The Lincoln County herald., 1872-11-13
rERMs % ADVERTISING.

James Smith Of GLASGOW, Scotland, bnt
formerly Of Jackson, Mississippi, hss
taken charge Of movement to raise funds
in Great Britain toward the proposed
monument Of Gen. r. u. Lee, at Lex.
,ngton, Virginia.
One Collins, a Wisconsin man, recently
shot himself, arranging IL so that he
would fall into the FIRE and be burned up,
to escape falling into the doctors hands.
A young man named Evans has been
sleeping for fortnight or so, at Fort
Wayne, with waking intervals Of only
few moments, and has eaten nothing but
cold water during that time.
Darwin says that Shakespeare was Of
the came opinion as he is, respecting the
descent of man. Doesn't he make Ham
let say-"I could q tail untold" Now
who would have thought that Of Billy?
Before you ask q favor of any msu,
consider three things: First. Can you
not avoid it? Second. Can the one
you apply to, grant It? Third. Would
you, If your places we're reversed, do for
your friend what you ask him to do for
yourself? 1t is we'll to :hink of this, 40
It may change the whole question.
Allen Coates, q soldier of the war Of
1912, and the oldest man 10 Boone
county, diod at the residence of his son,
near Hallsvills in that county, on the Sd
ult., aged about 107 years. He was
probably the oldest soldier OF the war Of
1912 in the United States. He received
his pension but . few days before his
death.
Philanthropic farmer: "Well Tom.
kips, after this week, instead Of paying
you partly IN cider, 1 shall give you tive
shillings extra wages"
Tsmkins mo, thanky, master; that
won't do for me y
Farmer: why, man, you'll bs the
gamer; for the cider you had wasn't
worth two shllings.'
Tomkins: "Ah, but you see drinks
the cider myself; but the ovid 'osman
II 'sv the tive shillun' |"
Some curious statistics about small
birds have recently been laid before the
British House Of Commons. - The thrush
is said to work from 2 80 in the morning
until 8 80 in the evening, or nineteen
hours. During this time he feeds his
young 2O6 times. Blackbirds work
seventeen hours. The male feeds the
young l44 times, and the female IS times
per day. The industrious titmous man.
ages to spread All meals day before
its voracious offspring. According to
one naturalist, their food consists largely
Of caterpillars.
A man had an unreasonable grudgs
| against his minister that lasted twenty
! years. But at last the hand Of death
t knocked at the door of the parishionsr,
, and he sent for his pastor. The good
| man hastily obsysd the summons with
, solemn delight, as his being thus called
showed q mellowing Of the heart Of the
| dying mau which prom ised reconcilia-
tion with heaven and himself.
"You sent for me !" he said as he
, approached the bedside.
D EYES," answered the dying man.
D whose breath was short and difficult; IL
, have but few-a few hours to live, and
| sent-sent for you to say that this 10
! your last-your last chance to apsl.
I ogize"
A little Danbury boy ran away from
school Monday, to go chestnutting.
During the expedition he fell twicc out
Of one tree to the imminent danger Of
t breaking bis neck, was licked by one of
. the other boys whose breath he materi.
; ally lessenad BY stumbling against his
j stomach, ran silver into bis knee, and
Q was bitten violently on the neck BY q new
, kind Of bug. Whom he got home
, his father annointed him with the boss
D end Of . billiard cue, and the next day
s the teacher escorted him twice around
=. the room by his poorest ear. He says
chustnuts are SO wormy this year that il
don't pay to 60 after them.
: Prof. Watsrhouss, in q paper on tho
. resources Of Missouri, gives the following
description Of the Iron Mountains fct
which this state is so famous: "Shsp.
hard is 660 feet high. The Gre contains
> q large percentage Of irca. The height
: Of Pilot Knob above the Mississippi
. river is l,l18 feet. Its base, 6sl feet
= from the summit, is 800 acres. The
. upper section Ct l4l feet is judged to
contain 100000 tons of ore. The
elevation of Iren Mountain is 228 feet,
T and the area Of ito base 500 acres. The
. solid contents Of the cone are 230 00O,-
:, 900 tens. 1t 10 thought that every foo,
beneath the surface will y,cld 3 00O, ,0O(
: tons Of ore. At the depth of $50 feet
g the artssian auser was still penstratine
:, solid ore. These mountains contain
:. :. enough ore above the surface to afford
E f for 200 years an annual supply Of 1,000,'
900 tons. The iron is strong, tough
aud 6brous."
d There ia living in Kanawha county,
], West Virginis. Mrs. Rachel Stanley, whe
J was born in Bedford county, Virgisla, IN
1774. She has grand daughter fifty
st six years old, and hss fourteen children