The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-06
PARAGRAPHS OF ALL SORTS.

After $50, 900 persons have starved to
death in India, refreshing rains have
blessed the people.
The director of n German Asylum
attributes much of the insanity of the
inmates to the children being over
worked.
Michigan expects 10 produce So
000, 600 bushels of wheat this year.
Great Britain collects 10000, 900 on
articles produced in this country, while
the.United States only collects S25,0 OO,-
600 from the same source. This Is
strong argument against our present
system of tariff.
During the present year Michigan
has produced $500, 900 barrels OF salt.
The disabled horses of Philadelphia
are fed to animals in the Geological
Gardens of that city.
A company lately organized in Bal
timore, ships baled manure to Nir-
sinia, North Carolina, and even to
Cuba.
Only one-fOurlh of the cotton is con-
sumed in the United States.
The famous Island No. 10, which
during the war was three miles long,
and contained several large planta-
tiOns, and where there were camped
5000 soldiers, has entirely disappeared
and the only vestigc of it remaining
is small sandbank.
The wool clip of the world has ill.,
creased five times since 1880. During |
1878, the latest statistics give 1885,, 600
pounds.
When anything is made too salty
teasnoonful of vinegar will remedy the
defect
The Chinaman inks earthen jars i'll
the grond, where all his manure ma
terals are placed, upon which is pour
ed water. This is applied in liquid
state. He never uses manures in Il SOLID
state, and both Chinese and japanese
are the most successful gardeners in the
world, and they never apply manure
in any other way.
1t is said by those who know, that
persons who use whisky and tobacco
should not complain of hard times.
We don't know whether the man who
advises it practices what he breaches
Or not, butts good, nevertheless.
The following is Il splendid remedy,
md will break dog from sucking
eggs: Make ring around the egg OF
powder, and. set fire to it. He Will
.hink IL slumbering volcano has broke
orth, and will not trouble eggs the
second time.
The Rural World says nothing pro-
ects grapes better than paper bags. ;
they ripen up, do not rot, and ward Oft
he birds.
Buenos Ayrcs has $1,000 600 sheep,
5000, 900 belonging to Irish settless.
Mr.. Daniel smith, of New Hamp-
hire, realized from one Shropshire
we the first year over SIS, the heaviest !
amount ever realized from one sheep.
The new telescope in the great War
Ter Observatory, at Rochester, n. Y,
will cost $4,000, and be under the
charge of Prof. Lewis Swift, one of the
greatest Astronomers in the world.
The tube of the telescope will be - I
eet in length, and the lens 16 inches
n diameter.
A company has been formed in New
York for lighting the Parks and some
If the principal streets with the Bush
electric light.
The Texas cattle drive amounts to
Dver 300, 600 head this season, and one
lollar per head more was received for
hem than last year.
The engineer of train recently
lear Montreal, saw Il dog barking furi-
)usly on the track, which was run over
md killed. Not only was the dog kill
ID, but also little child was found by
lis side. The dog sacrificed his life for
he child, which was asleep on the
rack.