Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-12
ODDS AND ENDS.

Idlsaess always enviss industry.
ARoOd friend is my nearest relation.
In 1881, 154. ls4, 300 tons Of coal were
mined in England.
Some people will hold ON to their faith
In spite of clerical rancor and coutre-
versy.
Lemons may be kept fresh for a long
time in a jar of water, changing the wa
ter every morning.
Mr.. Gladstone's brief holidays are
usually spent at one of Lord ROseberry's
seats near London.
Walter c. Jones, munifcent English
man, has recently given $780, 900 for
missions in Japan and China.
Japan should have the sympathy of
Chrlstendom. The Government is adOp-
ting the medicines of civilization"
10 test nutmegs prick them with a
pin, and if they are good the oil will
instantly spread around the purcture.
In Boenos Ayrss it takes ten dollars in
paper money to buy one dollar IN gold.
The paper money there is deprecated.
Cakes Of soap are used as small change
In Mexico. A man who washes his
hands is put under guardianship as q
spendthrift.
Soaking calico Just previous to the
hrst washing in q strong solution of
either salt or alum ia excellent to pre-
serve the color.
Columns of advertisements in Span-
ish appear in the Now Orleans uewspa-
pe-s. This means that that city Ia get
ting trade from Mexico.
The Presbyterian Church at Oyster
Bay. n. Y, celebrated its l5Oth anniver-
sary July goth. Eight of the former
pastors OF the church were present.
George Lessard, born 1777, appeared
lately in the Court of Records, Montreal,
accompanying his wife, cited as wit
ness. He WAS married only in the year
1873.
A recent pay bill of John Elder l. Co.,
the Clyde shipbuildefs. amounted to
over $4,000 for fifteen days labor.
Nearly six thousand nen are employed
in the yards.
The Norwegian bark Sorsalfarer, from
Portland, recently arrived at Dunkirk,
on the voyage, and the Captain was
washed overheard.
The steamer Western Slope has been
shut off the Victoria Yale route by the
Inspectors of Steam Vessels, as being
unable safely to carry tho steam neces-
sary to make the run.
A soldier at Carondelet. No.. kicked a
horse to death. A police Justice fined
him one dollar but court martial took
more serious view of his crime. und
sent him to prison for six years.
The Mayors of Berlin, London and
Berne haye declined to attend the inaug-
ural banquet at the new Paris Town
Hall. The Lord Mayors refusal is at
tributed to his wife's fear of dynamite
danger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herrick were separated
by divorce, at Corinth, n. Y. IL years
ago. Both married again, and lived a
long distance apart until last week.
when they met and Immediately elOped
together.
When Fogg saw young Emptihead,
who came into possession of two or
three hundred thousand dollars upon
the death of his uncle, Fogg said that
he now understood the meaning of the
lines, "trifles light as heir"
A Missouri tree yielded 800 rails, 800
fence posts, 10 cords of wood, II SPUR
rels and raccOOn. II ia supposed to
have been 800 years old. And the man
who tells tho story is supposed to be one
of the ablest liars in the Southwest.
The Judgment of the Prussian court
martial which tried Chief Pilot Melting,
of the imperial navy, for selling navy
plans to Russia, has been published.
Melting is condemned for high treason
to six years. hard labor, and to dismis-
sal from the navy.
The Presiding Elder who went to con-
duct the dedication of new Methodist
Church at Grand Rapids did not do it.
The debt was not all provided for, and
he said be had promised God not to ded-
icate any more due bills, mechanics
liens, and mortgages.
At Troueville-Mme do c. to her
husband, who comes home at 1 O'Clock
in the morning: AT what time did you
get in this morning?" "AbOut mid
night, dearest, about midnight-a few
minutes after, perhaps" "Yes, 240 min.
utes after-I counted them
Two Boston boys bumped heads 60
forcibly that one died the next day and
the other was made seriously ill. Boys
Of any other town would never have
felt the collision, but the skull of BOs-
ton boy il always worn thin by the
pressure of his large Inherited brain,
The Missomlisn is informed that Mr..
A. j. Meeks, of Crook City, D. L.,
brought 1890 head of sheep from
Washington Territory, by way of the
Mnllan road and only lost two head an