Sharp County record., 1881-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS

gions OF Alabama have almos,
in price within a few years
Some rats gnawed loose &.
ings of a trap-door at Vens'a-.' ~
Franklin, Pa, and fonr
bushels of corn fell into tba
low and were lost. V
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomnso,
York City, after having oiya,
years of time and S6OO,606 ~
charities, now publicly annon,
belief that she has done more h.
good.
Mr.. Kenward Philip. who .
much and such unpleasant n6.
connection with the GarfeId.TJ
ter forgery, has retired from io-J
and become a travelling salesn.,
dertakers' supplies.
= During the recent cold fern
seen at Waldo, Fla, fully an ing
At Cedar Keys ice was forni
fourths of aninch thick. Am.
on the St. Johns River, all tbs
were frozen, the loss beipc q.
at $500 The thermomets,
nandina went down to seven
grees above zero.
AT Kirk Yetholm, on the d
border, lives Esther, a GYPSY \
joys the title of Queen. Her ~
neat and vineclad. She was en-,
the age of siXty-five and is now
She has many pictures, much
and a sword which was found .
den field. Kirk Yetholm is N
where the original of Scottish
rifles lived.
-Sheik Mograbin, an Egvpt.
nitary, has been condemned \
for numbering and plundetI
ladies, whom he enticed by mr.
to cure the most difficult dispsu
patients he sent away unharn.
some specific, while those wear
elry and costly dresses he mai.
with. He confessed to eightee,
crimes.
"A counterpart to DickelI
Havisham, in d" Great Eypec.a
lived a few years ago at LOuiy-
She was a rich woman Of sevenr.
living all alone in a darkenei
which she never left except ai.f
to attend church, and then wa
| yelled and mutfled. She never
an article of furniture to be mol
| lived in constant dread of a fire.
the publicity that would result
There was ga dolls party"
timore lately, and among the &
treasures exhibited were a q
good state of preservation q
brought from Paris twentYN
and one from Richmond, Y2
was dressed at Fortress Mon,
years ago by the graudmOths.
little girl who brought it. n
pany present numbered over
dred, of both sexes, from six h
age to fourteen, and supper /
nounced at eleven O'Clock.
The rosy hue and life-lik3 I
ance of q corpse in BaltimOr
parents in a state of painful u
and even when several phi
united in the most positive y
that life was extinct the rtmll
not removed from a vault d
coffin was left open under the
watchers. The explanation 7
made that the undertaken hadt
perimenting successfully withS
acid and other agents, and b
ceeded beyond his expectations
stituting a temporary bloom
pallor of death.
"A writer who has deyOtedi
tention to the decorators and !
Of Japan says that the worker
is, without exception, the most
but that all japanese wOr5n
artists discard utterly the by
lucky method in their work. p
dergo a thorough training inf
custom and precedent. han
with elaborate instructions a.
| gressive lessons are cheap and-
bic to the poorest, for circulate
ries abound. From first StrOEa
finished drawing, and for each
style of design, there are man
rately illuminated works OF rel
Vast efforts were made byl
sian Government last summero
the grasshoppers. The work I
ried on for about three months
cupied in one district, Cor, I
than 10000 people per day.
colossal efforts resulted in cuttI-s
the ratio of crops destroyed to
cent. While many million rOuCf
of hay and corn were saved ln.
prise cost the Government
roubles. Many thousand acre'J
and gardens were neglected
owners because the extra WOh
in the grasshopper districts "
remuneratiye.
Bishop Elder, of Cincinnati
Roman Catholic parents to y
children full Christian names (
Authorizations or pet names J
please to make use of these y
in the family it is well enou:l
when a young girl is growln:s
not well to allow every young
speaks to her to use pet nali'
were as intimate as her bro'.
though this is only little Ila. M
self it contributes its share 'Coi
sening the maidenly reserve =. W. !,
beautiful and 50 serviceaos
ment. 1t likewise detracts
Christian dignity of womanhG3Os !.