Sharp County record., 1881-07-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Astronomer Proctor SAYS II,

viii last $4,000, 600 years Vet.
"A Boston gentleman paid q, $
one cent Of the year 1875 at Psr X, y
phia the other day. r
Chung, a Chinese coxswaiD
Yale's eight oar last year. and IS !,
in the stern again this season. " r z
"A Cana dian court has dsoil., b
q ball dress, not being ordi1,. "
necessary clothing IS not fra
seizure for debt under the Cans5. d
IemDciOn law. Q
Fort Benton, Montana buT.
thirtv-igc years ago, is aLm0s, = 4
DLeLe wreck. The winds and ,t,.. :
nearly half a century have warna5 5
eaten into the adObes. u
Il shall die" said an old G.
doctor the other day, under 6a =
belief that human science will i,
Ienr-hen the years Of lie from =.
erage Of seventy to an average Of :, q
OF the famous Greuadier b,,,,. a
that accompanied Napoleon L !,
alter his first abdicaCion at Fo,,-
bleau. the last survivor, Jacgua, be
mOud. expired in Paris a few dar, t
at the advanced age Of ninec7-siI. 4
A swarm Of bees in the Swaa,,,
Valley, Cal, settled on a rattIa,,I
that was six feet in length, twelyei,-,
in girth and had TWENTY-FIVE r,~ y =
They stung him violently. 50 h, !
was blinded and he was easiIv 81
with a spade. !;
A Washington girl has higB,
teresting hair. Its color used IA IS
light blonde. DR.. d. W. Prs1fa i
ports to the Smithsonian [nstituuo-s L
he gave her ja0orandi. Brazilian i
as 4 cure for blood poisoning. Her u
soon began to darken. and in
months was almost black. q
A Rational Dress Socie,yr /,
been formed in London, the obise !
which IS to promote the adoption ,
cordiug to individual taste and co,aI'
ience. of q style OF dress based -
considerations Of health. comtor J.
beauty. The annual su0scripti0lbrs,
half q crown. |,
The London Economist estrre
the average immigrant, in caDn /,
capital-prOducing force, at SI,N s
estimate which agrees with the o0r /,
Of political economists gene1 {
Looked at in this light the Ua
States is being enriched at preserc
the amount Of S4,OJ0,Jy to Sj,O0n
daily. y
The clock in the old church-9I
at Newark. Y. J.. has been keeDn, !
time. A thorough examination re7s
2 mass Of hay, twine. cotton. graa q
feathers tangled in the wheels. Az
Of birds had tried for weeks to bui.
nest in the machinery, which tore J
work TO pieces. They kept on, .
wichstanding, until their pesEE'
stopped the wheels. They had 50 =
Dletely hidden their operation that 2,
were carrying it on in cog.
The widow of au Am5a3sligd d
Berlin took an immense fancy % d
good looks and attractive malneEi
Young medical man. and, there n
nothing the matter with her, demG,
his constant attendance. besides I'd
ducing him to many of her friends 4
visiting her lately. however, be a
stopped in the hail. and rresenal .
ladyshjD's own maid came to sa7 N
unfortunately, my lady could nG5
him. Going out?' No, doae
she's really unwel, and has had Dag
for q physician J
Spanish history SAYS that a I,
sent to South America in lS0) to ca
tribute from the colonies of Spain =
sunk near the mouth Of the RiOa,
Plata. with -, ,JJ),y)) ABOARD. |,
money is supposed to lie to-day -
bottom of the ocean. in a strong I,
safe. An expedition has Just sailet-r
Phi.aie.Dhia to recover this treN
The leader IS Captain Charles A. Jl
who has already made a fortune 10 a
South American wreczing business :
. goes in an iron steamship, supplied
apparatus for removing the dee9J
supposed to cover the dollars. 3
Smallpox, writes DR.. W. B.
penter to the London Times, is :
ease over which general sanitary la,
ures have little or no control WI,
ersOever cOntagion is cOnveyed .
unprotected person is liable
attacked bv it. The experience o. r
IceIaudic epidemic is most signla'N !
this respect. An Icelandic sallof, 4
to Denmark. there took the :mal.
and died. His clothes were sent |,
to his family in Iceland; and ma "a
pOrtatiOn Of the poison, nOtwlth'-,
ing the sparseness of the popnlS
was fatal to $1,000 persons in the o-l
Of six months many, it IS exo@1
stated, thus taking the disease Wl'1
previously had it.
A little Cincinnati boy has i
slowly wasting away with some 2
planned disclse for several mel
The German women of the nelsl
hood concluded that he was Vc'l'
| witchcraft. and sent q commtT
the explanation, but permitted ~ ;
animation Of the bed. There S'~,
man superstition that witches y
feathers in a bed to weave them%I ~
into wreath. and that whoever ~
on it will become ill, dying wn'u
ends of the wreath come IVS.S
. Sure enOuUh the women tOunu