The Dickinson press., 1883-11-24
General Paragraphs.

The London Medical Times discusses
beverages from a sanitary standpoint,
and concludes that a light bitter beer,
brewed from malt and hops, will yet be
recognized as the most wholesome drink.
and one which will the most surely pre-
vent ~intemperance.
The largest oyster shell in the world
is in the church of st. Sulpice, in Paris.
1t weighs over 500 pounds, and is used
as a baptismal font.
A court in Washington having decided
that milkmen's cans shall no longer rat
lie nor their gongs resound, as has long
oeen the fashion there, sleep may now
rest upon the tired eyelids of the con
gresham who has been out all night on
committee duty.
The traffic in church livings still con-
tinues in England. ga desirable recto-
ry in Northamptonshire" is offered for
sale, its chief attraction being the glebe
Of about 700 acres. which might produce
'an income of 81 900 per anunm" to"any
clergyman having the capital and inclin-
alton" to farm. it. An English paper
suggests that the advertisement should
have opened in this way: "Wanted, an
experienced farmer in holy orders. to
take charge of glebe of 500 acres with
rectory attached"
A young ina wrote to a Chicago pa
per the other day that he wa disposed
to marry, but that he thought he could
hardly make a home comfortable on $40
a week. Two young ladies have written
to the paper that they do not think $lOa
week too small an income. Either
would cheerfully superintend its dis
bursement, but one would insist OH no
tobacco, and the other on no drinking
Mules are now used, instead ofhorses,
in the mines and tunnels of the west
Mr.. Adolph Sutro describes those in his
famous tunnel as the miners pets, and
are cared for with as much tenderness
as children. The animals become so ac-
eustomed to darkness that they cannot
see on emerging into sunlight, and, to
obviate this difficulty. the men in the
Sntro tunnel are in the habit of covering
the right eye of the mule while in dark
that the animal will always have the full
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A guest in a tavern being disturbed at
night by the incessant patrol of some
sleepless individual in the room over
head, knocked at the door of his apart
ment and the followingcolloquy ensued;
"You seem disturbed my friend. May
| inquire what's the matter??" "My dear
sir, ! am in deep distress. / owe a man
five hundred dollars which falls due to.
morrow and l have no ean of paying
it." "Is that all; we'll, nv advice, my
good sir, is for you now to retire. and
let the other fellow walk a while."
A rather curious case is now before
the Lexington, Ky, courts. Some weeks
ago a capias was issued to a sheriff, who
was a very small man, commanding him
to bring the body of a good old minister,
who was very large and fleshy, and
weighed $50 pounds. He was found
working in the woods on a summer day.
He did not want to go, ard vet he was a
punctlllous observer of the law. So ne
went and lay down flat on his back in
the shade, and solemnly said: "In COM
plience with the law I hereby surren-
der my body to be taken by you," and
be lay there till the little man got tired
ano went away. Now the question is,
did he resist al officer?
A gentleman who penetrated into the
unsettled regions Of Florida recently
met there Spotted Tail, the chief of the
remnant of the Seminoles who still in
habit that region, and Leaping Panther,
the old chiefs son. The royal pair were
dressed in ali the pomp of the tradition
al Indian, with leggins and moccasins of
buckskin adorned with a great profus-
ion of glass beads and strings of wan
pun. They wore %coronets Of feathers
and had mantles of dressed deer's hide
thrown over their shoulders. Spotted
Tail wanted to sell some slaves to his
visitor. When told that slavery had
ceased to exist, and that he had no right
to keep any human being in bondage,
Spotted Tail replied that he did not
Know anything about that. lie had
slaves, and intended to keep them UNI
less he could get a good price for them.