Sharp County record., 1880-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

The bTOad-heel shoe IS becoming
fashionable for ladies wear.
The missionaries in China find the
opium traffic their chief hindrance. 1t
is estimated that three million people a
year perish owing to their inveterate
habit of consuming this drug. The
city of Ningpo has twenty-seyen hun
dred opium shops.
What will be the next device in
fashionable iewelry no one can predict.
The little gold elephant is now treading
upon the heels of the jewel-eyed pig;
and the spider, with his body OF pearls
and legs of silver is crawling in among
the latest novelties.
AT ROckcastle, KY, a few days ago,
a clergyman went to the house of one
of his bre hren to pass the night. He
had Just got seated when hen flew in
to the house and attempted to alight on
a rifle that hung on the wall. The
weapon tipped over, falling on the lock,
and was discharged, the ball taking
effect in the thigh of the preacher, and
causing finally lockjaw, from which he
died.
1t is said that no rhymes exist in
the English language for the words sill
yer, orange, month, kiln, bilge and
gulf, and yet in the face of this we'll
known impression, the ingenious, clev-
er and patient puzzle editor of the Lon
don Truth advertises that he will give
e. Is. to the one who best rhymes the
greatest number of the stated words.
He calls it "go as you please" rhym-
ing match in which no conditions are
laid down, save that the best rhyme will
win.
New Mexico, however fruitful in
natural wonders. has just presented
another which is to crown all that have
gone before. The city architect, or the
official who holds the post correspond
ing to that in Las Placitas, has made the
marvellous discovery that the pavements
of the streets contain very large pro-
portion of gold. The place is construct
ed on ledge of rock which it is esti-
mated can be made to yield from 50, 900
to $1,000 worth of gold per ton. The
vein is calculated to be eighty-fOur
PAGES wide by 5000 feet in length, and
if the estimate is borne out by the re-
suits of the crushing and amalgamatiOn,
an enormous quantity of gold will be
extracted from the site Of the village.
The correspondent of the London
Times accompanying the Montenegrin
army writes "The Montenegrins, in
stead OF being the ruthless savages they
have been described, are rough, honest,
and courageous people. For ruthless
and bloOdthirstv savages, too, the edu-
cation of the Montenegrins is very re-
markable, as up to quite recent times
there were Government schools in every
small hamlet, and every man, woman
and child learned to read and write.
Unfortunately, however, the drain on
the exchequer has been so enormous Of
late years through constant wars, con-
Quoted nowadays on more expensive
European systems, that many Of these
have fallen into allegiance.
In recent heavy work on primary
education and apprenticeship in France,
NJ. Splicer, a naval officer and cantOnal
delegate, referring to the dista7te for.
manual work of the children who leave
the elementary schools of Paris says
"These little bureaucrats come to the
end of their school course with but one
fear before them-that of being forced
to become wOrkmen and workwOmen
and but with one wish-the boys to be-
come clerks, the girls shop women.
Hence this underlined, uncertain, over.
stocked class of bOOkkeepers, cashiers,
salesmen, clerks, agents, scorning cap
and blouse, and the spOnding class
still more to be pitied OF young ladies',
of no shop, perhaps, and with the COW
eted attire, but, alas, how procured +"
In an interesting article on Indian
transport animals, the London Times
says: "Camels on the march are
usually told off in strings of four, under
the charge of one attendant or sarlCaD.
This man should lead the front camel
by his nose rope; the nose rope of the
second is attached to the crupper of
the one in front, and so on. The four
animals in string cover distance OF
about fifteen yards. If animals can be
trained to follow their leader, it is far
more merciful to attach the leading
rope to the head collar than to the nose
When camels are properly fed and
looked after they are the cheapest of all
pack carriage. -Four good camels, with
one attendant, will carry as much as
nine mules or ponies with three attend
ants, and will eat considerably less. If
this proportion is applied to transport
animals by the thousand, 1t will be seen
that, assuming equal staying powers
and freedom from disease, there is a
very great advantage in favor of camel
transport"
The Remarkable Fasting Achievements
OF a Canada Girl.