The Lincoln County herald., 1872-07-10
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An inquisitive eastern man had his
nasal organ cut off by buzz saw. This
came Of poklng his nose in other peoples
buzziness.
A medical student who accidentally
dropped the hands and feet Of au infant
out Of his pocket on Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. has created quite u sensation in
Washington.
A helpless old lad dy was turned out of
house and home in st. Louis, last week.
by man who owns SIS 900, 900 worth of
propsNy in that city, because she was
unable to pay her rent, s6 per month.
It's not a year since John A Logan
charged that ut the battle of Pittsburg
Landing Grant twas SO blind drunk that
he could not lie down decently" Logan
supports Grant for re- election.
A French journalist recently put out
his eye in putting on a clean shirt.
Which shows that, like other things ia
the world, putting on clean shirts prop
erly requires more frequent practice than
rIcucuucu usuoiiy btSc IL.
POTATOES p cried darkcy pedler in
Richmond. "Hu-h dat rack ot--you dis.
tracts de whole neigh hborheod, came
from a colored woman in a doorway.
You kin hear me, kin you?" "uear
you ! | kin hear you a mile" Thank
God for dat-Is hollowin to be heard.
Tatees u
"Now III tell you about Ireland"
said Henry Wil.on (atias etc.) less than
year ago "Thosc who are not beg.
gars are natural thieves" When Wilson
was president Of Know Nothing lodge
he had human skull over his chair, aud
used to refer to it as the top piece Of one
tof those drunken Dutchmen."
A young lover called his girl sweet
fawn," and the uext day the simple.
minded lass discovered in one Of her old
school books that "faun" was the name
given to the Roman deities, which we're
guardians OF the wood, that their form
was mot like the human body. but that
they had short goats tail and large
horns. The next interview between the
couple was short and not very sweet.
A mau was picked up recently by the
Cleveland (Ohio) police who seemed to
be suffering from mental alteration, but
on recovery gave this account of himself:
when he left his happy homo early in
the morning his wife kissed him good.
by, as was her custom to do when she
wanted any srrand performed, and then
asked him to go to the dress maker ana
tell her that she Ohe wife) had changed
her mind, and would have the watered
silk made up instead of the poplin, and
be sure to tell her, dear, said the wife.
that if she thinks it would look better
with ten bias hounces without putting,
and hex pleated below the equator, which
should be gathered in hem stitched
gudgsons up and down the seams, with
gusset stitch between, she can make 1t up
in that way, instead Of Huting tho bobi.
nette insertion, and piocing out with
point applique, as | suggested yester.
day"
CURIosITIEs OF THE EARTH AT the
city of Modsua, in Italy, and about four
miles around it, wherever tho earth is
dug, when the workmen arrive at a dis
tancs Of sixty three feet, they come to
bed Of chalk, which they bore with au
augur five feet deep. They then with
draw from the pit before the augur is
removed, and upon its extraction the
water bursts through the aperture with
great violence, and quickly fills this
newly made well, which continues full.
and Is affected neither by rains or
drouths. But what is most remarkable
in this operation. is the layers of earth %
We descend. At the depth Of fourteen
feet are found the ruins of an ancient
city, paved streets, houses, floors aud diff
tersnt pieces Of mosaic work. Under
this is found q soft, cosy earth, made up
of vegetable, and twenty six feet deep,
with walnuts still sticking to the stem,
and the leaves and branches in a perfect
state of preservation. At twenty eight
feet deep. a soft chalk is found, mixed
with large quantity Of shells, and this
bed is o even feet thick. Under this
vegetables are again found.
SOAR AS A CAUSE OF SKIN DISEASES.
The last number Of Scribner's Monthly
suggests that the fat derieved from do.
ceased animate which is used 10 the man.
ufacture Of soap, is doubtless the cause
of many of the cutansods affections
which have been observed Of late years
among those who employ the highly
peri I'D soaps which are iu general use
among fashionable people. 1t cannot be
presumed that the fat of all the CLAN
dsred horses, distempersd aud NANCY
dogs, aud other dsfunct animals which
are daily consigned to the rendering
caldrons Of the soap manufacturer can bs
as lnoderous as the oils which were once
exclusively used 10 the preparation Of
soaps, or as the grease Of animals which
diseased. The chances are that the rem
dering companies, from which the soap
boilers generally obtain the bulk of their