Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1878 — ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In China girls are considered" of bo little consequence that their parents do not name them, but designate them by a number. Thus, first daughter, second daughter and so on. .St. Isaac’s Church, St Petersburg, which was nearly fiftyyears in building, is one of the most remarkable of modern temples. It coat nearly as much as all the churches in England. A lady over 60 years of age has collected I,ooo,ooocanceled postage stamps, having been offered for doing so the |s3oo necessary to obtain her admission to a hospital. The stamps , fill a Saratoga trank, and will be sent to Europe to be used in the manufacture of papiermache goods. Paris street cars are warmed by small hot-water pipes connected with a little stove placed beneath one of the platforms. The cost is about 10 American cents a day, the fuel used being just sufficient to keep a moderate quantity of water hot. The Parisians are greatly pleased with the plan. During an outbreak of cholera on board a Chinese steamer lately, one of the crew was saved, while in a dying state, by the novel experiment of placing him between the heated boilers of the vessel. This extemporized Turkish bath completely cured the patient. A China paper is the authority for the statement. The success of an Italian boy, named Lally, who emigrated to Texas about eight years ago, is remarkable. At that time he was an organ-grinder, and all he owned besides his organ was a monkey. His pet died, and he hired himself out as a sheep-herder near Laredo. By hard work he accumulated a herd of his own, and now he is independently rich. In Nelson county, Va., a hawk was recently seen to seize a large moccasin snake and soar to a considerable height with the serpent writhing in its claws, when suddenly the bird clasped its wings and fell heavily to the ground. The moccasin had bitten it in the. neck, but the talons of the hawk were so buried in the vitals of the serpent that it also died. A Paris surgeon recently had occasion to administer ether to a beautiful young lady from Lyons. While she was inhaling the gas from the sack a light was brought near, the ether was ignited, and, the sack exploding, the doctor was seriously burned and the patient terribly injured, her nose being taken off and one side of the upper jaw laid bare. The doctor committed suicide.