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A Few Brief Notes

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
September
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Chromic acid was first employed as a caustic by Sigmund, of Vienoa. Nearly all the glass eyes used in the woiid are made in Thuringia, Germany. The ritualistic use oí candlea in churches was forbidden in Bngland in 1548. Over twenty boys under elghteen years of age have won the Victoria Cross. The Arabic land of Egypt is said not to ex'eed one hundred thousand square miles. The expense attendlng the marriage of the Piince of Wales was about L41,000. Twenty-two thousand persons died from venomous snake bltes in India during 1894. The popularity of precious stones now is: The pearl first, ruby seeond and diamond third. Pallas Athena was implored by mothers for strength and wisdom to rear their children. Nearly fifteen thousand more people were married in England and Wales last year than in 1893. Robert Browning is said to have preferred "The Ring and the Book" to any of his other works. There are four opium dens in the East End of London - two on a large and two on a small scale.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat