The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-12-09

some Of dilicate silvery color, for
which there is no name, but which has
the effect of water when a gas flame
is lighted inside it, and upon it are lit
tie fishes and sea anemones that seem
to move as the light fickels.
The widow of General Sutter will
press before congress the claim of her
husband for $4,000 for discovering
gold in California. The report that the
general had been beside the grave OF
his wife in the Moravian cemetery at
Litiz, Pa, was partially untrue.
The faculty Of an Ohio female SEM
mary has issued orders that no pupil
shall have more than one male visitor
per week. The smartgirls invite their
young men to call on Sunday, so that
when their fathers come or Monday
the old men find themselves barred
out.
A Memphis man wanted to kill a
musquito on the back of friends
neck, and without stopping to men
his design, hit the insect a belt, and
when his friend got up and brushed
the sand out of his mouth and eyes,
four men had to hold him while the
matter was explained. -
Mrs. Fogarty has been experiment.
ing again. This time it was at press
ing leaves. She heard everybody talk
ing about; so she tried it, She says she
pressed and pressed, but didn't get
more than half thimbleful of juice,
"and that didn't taste like nothin'
nuther."
In court circ es at Madrid q union is
considered probable between the son of
the Duke de Montpensier and the In
fanta Eulalia, the youngest sister of
the king. A cornetcy in a crack regi-
ment of cavalry has been given to the
young Prince Antonio.
Mrs. Naleria G. Stone, of Maiden,
Mass, has given the Young Men Chris
tian Association Of Boston $25, 900 with
which to build new hall for it's ac-
commodation. The lady has given
100000 for new hall at Wellesley
college, and has also given donations to
Amherst and Bowdoin colleges.
the grave Of NJ Theirs is so filled with
tributary wreaths and bouquets of i'm
mortelless that they overflow, and have
to be hung about the walls outside.
On the door Of the chapel hangs a
photograph Of the dead statesman and
a short sketch of his life.
A California farmer got considerable
fun out Of what had been an annoy
ance by placing stuffed deer in his
grain field. The hunters after empty
ing large amount ofammunition into
the. animal and discovering the fraud,
never trespassed again.
Professor Herman lCohn, of Breslau,
who has been investigating the subject
since 1865, that short-sightedness is
rarely or never born with those subject
to it, and is almost always the result
of strains sustained by the eye during
study in early youth.
The Earl Of Erne, the wealthy Eng
lish landlord, one of whose agents
Boycott It's under siege in Ireland,
owns 40, 365 acres in Donegal, Ferma-
nagh, Mayo and Sligo, whose rental is
$36O,00O. What is known in Ireland
as the Government" rental places the
rent at $119,O2O per unnum.
Jay Gould, having paid the travelling
expenses of sixteen young Indian girls
from the Indian Territory, who have
been placed in Mr.. Moody's seminary
at Northfeld, Mass, the Colorado pa
pers are now imploring him to issue
passes for the transportation out of
their state of all the Utes.
Among the gifts displayed at a San
Francisco wedding was the brides
fathers check for 100000. The
cashier of the bank on which the check
was drawn was a guest. 1t was observ-
ed that he looked queerly at the docu-
ment, then turned up his nose, and
remarked: "Why, he hasn't $500 to his
credit in our bank"
The drinking water at Milwaukee
has become so stringy that it cannot
be swallowed in the ordinary way, and
is now used as breakfast-dish-fried,
roasted or boiled to suit the taste
Some prudent housewives are drying
and smoking supply for winter use.
Beer has been substituted as a quench-
er of thirst.
A seedy-looking man applied to a
candidate for ten dollars. He said a
few friends of the candidate wanted to
make preparation already to celebrate
his election. "But suppose l am de-
feated?" "Well then we can use the
money in celebrating your not being
elected. We are not particular, as
long as we celebrate"
A movement is on foot in India to
abolish the zerana system and to in
duce the Hindoos to bring out their
wives and sisters into society in the
European fashion. The movement is
opposed by the native papers, oddly
enough, on the ground that the Hindo
young gentlemen are not as yet moral
enough to be allowed to associate with
unmarried Hindoo ladies.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, the son of
Prince Pierre, and the young man who
is about to marry the wealthy Mile.
Blarc, is described as a youth of noble
sentiments and statue-like beauty, six
feet high, and never known to laugh
since his country was overrun by Ger
man invaders.
Mr.. Willis E. NOVEL;, a talented
young Boston violinist, has just passed
VIGOROUSLY the ordeal of a competitive
examination before the faculty Of the
Royal High School Of Music in Berlin.
Among twenty-one competitors Mr..
NOVEL; was the only one selected by
Joseph Joachim to receive less ons from
him in person.
The Fuel of the Future
The National Gazette makes the fol-
lowing announcement in regard to the
use of petroleum as fuel: We shall
soon be able to announce wonderful
stride in the mechanical appliances for
,,sipr lin,1id fI,a1 for Uennratinp steam