Richland beacon., 1880-06-26

NEW ORK party has pdiu Toi ,VVo 1
ior the lease of Canada salmon river.
SEVEN hundred and forty-three thou
sand tons of sugar sweetened the United
States last year.
IT il estimated that seventy years and |
81 .OOO,0 ,00D will be required to complete
the excavations at POmpeii.
THE Hebrews of New York City col.
lect 81, 900, 900 in rents every year. "IO
your tenants, o Israeli"
DURING the last forty years the Ap
rletons have sold 10000, 900 of Web
.ter's Speller,' or 10000 year.
PROF. PROCTOR thinks that Mars is
the only planet besides the earth that
is inhabited, all the others being too
sultry.
ENGLISH scientists have bought the
five hundred pound fragment of the me-
teor which fell in Iowa some months ago
for $4,000.
MEN who die on the gallOws, says the
Detroit Free Press, are remembered
longer than those who die fighting for
their country.
THERE is on exhibition at Lees burg
Ga, a lively young chicken with three
eyes and three bills. In other respects
il does not differ from other chickens.
The total valuation of railways in
Maine is s., ,225, 600, on which the taxesis
s55,25O The total valuation of tele-
graph companies is 1926, 900 and the tax
is $5,S75.
JOHNNY lost his knife. After search
ing through his one pocket without sue
cess, he exclaimed, "Oh dear! wish
had another pocket; it might be in
that
"What is Needed in the Nursery?' is
the title of long article at hand, but
which we have not room to print. The
gist of it is that what is needed in the
nursery is more mother and less nurse
Boston Transcript
WHY is it when one man calls another
liar and scoundrel the insuted person
almost invariably asks, What do you
mean, sir?' 1t would seem that such
language would not require map and
diagram to make it clear.
OLD Ben johnson was right when he
said that no man is So foolish but that he
may give another good advice sometimes,
and no man is 70 wise but that he may
easily err if he takes no other counsel
than his own. He who is taught only
by himself has fool for a master.
AN Ithaca man killed his neighbor's
rooster for trcspassing on his garden
The owner of the fowl brought suit for
damages and was beaten, the court de.
Gliding that the defendant was entitled to
abate the nuisance after giving the owner
notice to have it stopped.
AN aged cOlOred man was fastening
home from church, and was asked why
he was in SO great a hurry. go, nOthin'
partikler, boss" was his answer; ''On'y
jess heerd at de cOnfrunce dat Sam
.Johnson's fell FIN grace, an thought
ID get right down homes soons I
couldn lock up my chickens; that's all"
A BIG six-footer was lifting for all he
was worth on wagon wheel, which was
stuck, when a little twO-fOOt mite of hu.
manity, nearly as broad as he was long,
and just out of long dresses and INTO
pants, with his hands in his pockets and
Il staggering air, sang out: :. Mister, DO
you want me to help you? can grunt
while you lift"
TO prevent the Oxydation of new
iron tea-k-ttle, first wash it thoroughly
with sapoliO soap, rinse we'll in clear hot
water and dry over the back of the
stove. Scald out thoroughly before
using and put one or two clean oyster
,hclls into the kettle, and keep some
there all the time till the kettle begins
togrow smooth, and shows no longer any
signs OF rusting.
The MiddlctOwn Press publishes a
notice of death in a family in which
this peculiar relationship exists: A
l,dy in this village is half sister TO the
gentleman whose death is announced
and is half sister also to his wife, who
died few months ago. The explana.
tion of the mystery is that the lady is a
daughter of a widow and widOwer that
married, one Of whom previously had a
daughter and the other a son that mar
lied.
VICTOR HUGO has been explaining
how he makes pictures. al generally
he s,ys, make use of my ink bottle a:
apalctte, and then in order To make l.,y
tints lighter | throw half glass OF
water over my paper, or $ criiice few
drops of my coffee to my drawing
Often it is mere accident that decides
The nature of his work. The ink makes
u blot upon the paper, and this bo is
immediately made to take form, aud is
metamorphOsed into castle, "a rock,
or silhouette; it becomes a veriiable de.
sign, it extends, and in the end cover:
.ust As much space as the sheet of paper
in which it has fallen will permit"