The People's vindicator., 1880-10-23
GENERAL.

0EN1N NAA0
II now ,skes Sl4 in Turkish money
to pay for staying over night at Turk
ish hotel.
TIE summit of Mt. Hamilton, q peak
of trap rock in Santa Clara County,
CAL, towering 1850 feet above the level
of the sea, has been selected as the site
of the Lick Observatory.
The new colony of the Cumberland
plateau in Tennessee, in which Thomas
Hughes is interested with company Of
English and American philsnthropists,
has been named appropriately Rugby:
The road to the town will be finished
soon, and a formal opening is to take
place. A lawn-tennis court has already
been established.
THERE is a legend to the effect that
"Forty.rod Whisky" received its name
because the drinker could stagger that
distance from the place where he drank,
before his drink overcame him. This
was some time ago, however, and great
modern improvements have teen made
in whisky since then. A man In New
York took drink at q bar and instantly
dropped dead. This, as far rs execu.
ton is concerned, is far ahead of the old
style of liquor.
The art of dressing in the common.
est materials, and yet looking superior
to other women, is studied by fashiona-
bic Parisians. Fourteen ladies recently
entered into competition, and the prize
was awarded to . dress made Of that
coarse sacking used for packing pur-
poses, trimmed somewhat incongrl-
ously with Valenciennes lace and floral
embroidery ON . gold ground, Parasol
and shoes to match. The experiment,
however, was decidedly expensive, for
though the dress itself cost q mere
nothing, the lace was worth $500, the
handle Of the parasol cost Sl2O and the
embroidery $3.50, not to speak of the
shoes.
MR. GEO. w. NORRIS, the conductor
on the indianapolis and st. Louis road,
who met with a horrible death the other
day, was conversing with q newspaper
man q short time since and remarked
he had travelled over $4,000 miles since
entering the service Of the Indianapolis
and St. Louis, and had been in several
accidents, but had never yet been in
jured. As the engine whistled for the
next station, Mr.. Morris arose, and re-
marked thoughtfully: "In our busines!
it comes sooner or later to US all, and
cant say how soon may be a victim. ,
He told the truth. 1t seems but ques
tion of time with train men. "lt comes
sooner or later to ALL"
ONCE more it was supposed not to b.
loaded. A son of Mr.. Wells, of River
head, on Long Island, fifteen years old
pointed pistol at his brother, who wa
two years his senior, and pulled tn
trigger, "as he had often done before.
lie pulled it once too often, the charg
j, with which the pistol really was loade
exploded, and the elder boy fell dead
, It is reported that the weapon had bee
, q familiar plaything about the house
because ''no one suspected that it wa
loaded" That the mere absence of SUI
picion sufficed and that nobody too
pains to be certain that it Was not loade
would seem to he incredible folly, wer
, not such cases common.
A PLAINLY dressed little lady fror
San Francisco recently appeared at
; California watering place and was snut
bed by all the ladies'. She sent HON
: for her best dresses and all her di.
= monds. After her trunks arrived sh
= went to breakfast in .magnifcer
|, morning dress made by Worth, and pr
4 fusely ornamepted with diamonds, an
her two little children were dressed
!, the height of fashion. Every bod
= seemed anxious to make amends Il
); past sights, but she was extremely di
u tant to one and all. She cut them
'' this way for a week, then packed up h
o nine Saratoga trunks and sent the
d home, and resumed her plain and cor
d Portable vacation clothes.