Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-01
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aode of traction Is by two steel scopes I
put in movement by sleap spgb,e at
ho fobtof the conc %
Il November, thc niiit 81 san Franz
cisl'o coined ei,0o0 double eagles, b000o
eagles, s.0o0 laif eagles and l0@sa0 |
standard dollars, making toiaIsf ,l9S.-
o00 pieces. ofihe yalne of si20du0os
Tsr e,auiaitiee of t,e Dutch Artic Ex.
Il. ,.s.. AZ, z laafle known ihe,r tiaer-
ssi,a a.s shild tiraa
their little sailing schooner Willem Ba-
rents. The cost OF The new expedition is
estimated nj little over ci,QOo.
WINK hunting with two friends in
Platte valley, Nob., recently, Gen. Crook
was caught in a snow storm and lost his
way. Ills friends happcned TO find him
almost Chilled "a death, and assisted him
10 farm hou,e, where hc remaiucd two
days.
Tng telephone and stop watch have
been used successfully to measure the
time Of the flight Of cannon balls. To
start die watch when the gun is discharg-
ed and stopit when the telephone sounds
the striking of the bah in its fall is the
simple procc- that has given quite exact
results
WRnISo from Manitoba The special
correspondent Of the London Times says
ihat, while the amount Of good land lin
this Farmer Paradise OF Lord Bcaeons-
feldl is certainly enormous, prudent
thoughtful cmigrnts find serious draw
backs in the lack Of cheap, conyenien
transit
Tng Sultan Of Morocco is good Ma
honlmetan, IL not good ruler He lies
IN at Fez from the effects vi poison adj
ministered ia bis food, and has sent
faithful deryish To- Mecca with a bag ot
gold to cndeavor TO procure the loan Of
the broom with which the Sacred Kaaba
is swept
TnE lat, Duke Of Brnswicl's viii,
which left his whole fortune 70 the town
Of Geneva has just been declared null
and void. That grateful town has already
spent 81 100000 Of the fortune Oh COM
memorative monument to the Duke, and
perhap,, as much un magnificent opera
house.
Mr. BGucr, Of Mississippi, is described
as sitting in the Senate dressed with the
most scrupulous care and nicely On his
spotless linen sparkle diamonds, his gar
meuts are Of the handsomesi cloth and
most fashionable cut, his boots slime
with brightness, and his hair l. most
effectively arranged.
Elegant house dresses, for company
teas, are Of chudda cloth in garnet prune
or mulberry, and have the front brcadths
open and turned back like Trianon
polonaise. The underdress, reyers, cuffs
and pocket lays are of rich brocade in
cashmere designs, showing the same
color interlined with gold.
Two young men Of high respectability,
who were rivals in love, fought duel
with swords in the Bois de Bouloune, at
Paris, the other day AZ the first thrust
one Of the combatants was touched in
the arm. The wounded man then rushed
iuriously upon his adversary and lntlict-
ed eight severe stabs upon him in few
seconds The latter was taken 20 his
home in a precarious condition, A strict
inquiry is being made into the affair
The duel was fought without seconds
The Moniteur des Produits Chimiques
describes the process ofproduclng starch
from rice thus: Twenty-Five parts Of rice
ground as finely as possible, are mixed
With seycniy-6yc Of water, 10 which one
per cent. Of its weight of cau-tic potash
has been added. The mixture is intro.
duced iuto ihc drum Of a centrifugal, like
those in sugr works, aud rotated from
eight 10 ten minutes II the speed Of from
500 to 1000 revolutions per minute The
starch whirled out adheres 20 the sides o
the drum from which it is collected,
A MONKEY belonging 10 gentleman o
the south Of France oilen helps tn,
nok, Being given a pair Of partridgei
% pick one day. he seated himself in nj
open window A hawk flew down anc
snatehed one of the birds, when tn,
money trickod the hawk by sccretinl
himself, and awaiting, sooA saw hin
come for the other, when the monke,
caught the thief rluckng both tht
hawk and the remaining partridge, h'
took them TO the cook, and the change
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