The Newark ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1877-1???, 1880-08-07
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

eff l have ever used any unkind
words, Hannah" said Mr.. Smiley, re-
fiectively, 81 take them all back"
Eyes; suppose you want to use them
over again." was the not very soOth-
ing reply.-Met0 Haven Register.
Tom Larry, repairer OF telegraph
lines for the Sioux City and Dakota
railroad, exhibits an odd job Of the
lightning's work. 1t is piece of tele-
graph wire, first melted com pletely in
two, and then twisted and soldered to-
gether again.
At Omaha a curious freak was re-
Gently performed by the wind. Flor
ence and Willow lakes, north of the
city, were blown nearly dry, the wind
scooping out the water. The ground
near the lakes was covered with dead
fishes which were blown out of the
water.
The Southern cow pea has a very
rapid growth. In ninety days it reaches
a dense mass of foliage, which destroys
other vegetations, and protects the soil
from the rays of the sun. Turned un-
der in August a crop OF these peas is
believed to equal two-year-old clover
q food fertilizer.
Milton married the daughter of a
country squire, and lived with her but
short time. He was an austere liter
ary recluse, while she was a rosy, romp-
ing country lass, who could not endure
the restraint placed upon her, 50 they
separated. Subsequently, however, she
returned, and they lived tolerably happy
together.
Lyman Beecher, on returning Lome
from church one Sabbath, said that he
had done very poorly. Said one of his
boys: "Why, father, thought you
were never in better trim; you just
shouted it out to 'em." faye, aye" re-
piled Mr. Beecher, "that's it exactly;
when I'm not prepared l always holler
at the top of my voice."
A French statist has come to the con-
clusion, after a very laborious examina-
tion of the number of deaths from rail-
way accidents in all parts of the world,
that if person were to live continually
in railway carriage and spend all his
time in travelling, the chances in favor
of his dying from railway accident
would not occur until he was $50 years
old.
A young woman ran wildly into a
st. Louis police station, and said that
rats were killing three babies in a GER
tain house. Officers were dispatched to
save the infants; but a physician, who
was called in to see the woman, dis
covered at once that she was suffering
from delirium tremens, as a conse-
quence of celebrating her eighteenth
birthday unwisely.
John Howard, the great philanthro-
pist, married his nurse. She wasalto-
gether beneath him in social lite and
Intellectual capacity, and besides she
was fifty-two years old while he was
but twenty-five. He wouldn't take
No" for an answer, and they were
married and lived happily until she
died, which occurred two years after
ward.
The iron workers of England include
100000 laborers in furnaces and forges
| l69,006 in the manufacture of machin'
cry, $500 In steel works, 5000 in ship
| building, and about 100000 in various
branches of iron and steel manufao-
| ture, making about $40, 900 in all. The
| mining population is about 530, 900, and
the laborers in cotton mills about
100000. ta lf
A fond mother wants to learn some
way to tell how her son will turn out.
That's easily done. If he's wanted to
90 out and weed the garden, he will
turn out slowly and reluctantly and be
two hours dressing. If he's called to
see circus procession go by he'll
probably turn out quick and hurt him.
self trying TO come downstairs and put
a boot on at the same time.-LoWeH.
san.
Postmaster. General Maynard's last
duty as minister to Turkey was not OF
an agreeable nature. He was Obliged to
sit rs sole Judge in the case of natural
ized American citizen accused of muir
dering Turkish pasha by poison. The
man was found guilty and sentenced to
DEATH This is the first instance where
an American minister has been called
upon by virtue of his official position to
try murder case.
-. Bulgaria is nice kind of place to,
i've in. A resident says that when
three or four armed Bulgarians meet an
unarmed Turk alone, they generally cut
off his head; and when three or four
Turks meet Bulgarian under similar
circumstances, they generally cut of
his head. When the Turk loses his head
the case is ended, but when the dead
Bulgarian is found there is an inquiry:
Turks are arrested and examined, and
encouraged 10 speak the truth by the
application of red-hot irons to the soles
OF their feet.