The Columbus journal., 1884-01-02
Of GENERAL

From the cafe converts, ETC., On
Champs Elysecs the city Of Paris metz
about $4,000 Il year in licenses,
An ear of corn containing Ito.
we'll maturad grains was grown in the
Crosse Te:e, Louisiana.-N. O. Rc0.
yane.
In some parts Of Russia it il be-
lieyed that ii the bride tastes the cake
on the eve of the wedding her husband
will not love her.
When Lord Co!eridge was asked il
Chicago whether he would like to in
spcct the process of sausage-making, b
replied: mo. l thank you; l guess
won't. l eat sausages sometimes.-M
7. Graphic,
Cattle, a writer says, are malicious
~ destroyed in India by wounding them
with a spike nodded from the seeds oil
the Arbas prscatOnios. Death ensues
on the second day. but the powdered
seeds have little or no bad effect when
taken internally.
The society reporter of the Roches.
ter (N. ~ Post Erpress kindly informs
Us that 'it is not in accordance with the
usaeas OF polite society to ask an elderly
lady whether she remembers when thu
o lct Of 1872 was here before" Won
der ii this man is the author of Don't
N. J. Granhic.
AT Yuma. Cal, the other day (
man left his lodg NJ armed with q pistol
and rifle anu slot at every one he met.
He was not Il I~irst-class marksMan and
Only s~ucc.ede,i in hitting one man. who
was famed for life. He finally ended
his day sport 10y shooting himself fatal.
ly.-San Francisco Cal.
A wild pig found in the woods near
Lytle Station, Ky, was. after consider.
able officially. so trained BY his finder
that ne would follow his master as thu
historic Lamb followed Mary. When
ever his master sits down to eat the ply
will lie down by his side, and eat and
drink Whatever his trainer hands him.
Chicago HeraiG.
Indians in Brazil use ants to dress
wounds, causing them to bite the edges
together and then cutting off the head;
the jaws will not relax, but hold the
wound together until healed. They
were formerly used as a cruel instru.
ment of torture by South American
tribes, who tied their victim to q tree,
smeared his body with grease and placed
an ants nest at his feet.
An aged owl, the pet of a house.
hold, in Porthmouth. n. H., passed
away and was buried at night with
distinguished honors, slow music and
the recitation Of appropriate lines from
the Burial Of Sir John Moore" Above
the grave of tine pet bird (Which, by
the way. was dubbed William) is the
following inscriptions: Sacred to the
memory of William Owl; born. 1880;
died. 1SS3.'-BostOa Post.
On the 25th day of September, two
or three thousand years ago, q great
Monaghan philosopher fell asleep and
his soul was transported to the moon,
where he saw a play. Coming back to
earth he built the first theatre and col
lected the first company Of actors ever
known in the world. Hence the feast
called '.Congratulsting the Moon"
which the Chinese celebrate on each
succeeding anniversary.-M. Y. Times.
They lived in Springfield. Mass.
loved and got married. All arrange
ments were made for a little wedding
trip, but the groom found it impossible
to leave, owing to business. So the
bride went ahead to wait for him at =
neighboring city. She was there q
week, and still he could not escape his
engagements. Then she vent home. In
a day or two business permitted. and
the groom started off alone on his we'd
ding tour boston Herald.
A young man from Texas married
a girl in North Carolina and then pro-
posed to leave her while he worked his
way back to his Texas home in the hope
of there earning some money to send
for her. She said. however, that she
preferred to accompany him on foot.
they therefore made their journey Of
one thousand miles as tramps, but their
good appearance gained for them con-
siderable help along the way, and fol-
the last fifty miles they rode triumphant.
ly in a carriage provided by an enthu-
siastic admirer of their pluck.-Detroit
Post,
The swells Of Washington are an
initiative lot. President Arthur, while
standing alone on the back porch of the
White House listening to one of the reg
ular afternoon concerts of the marine
band on the lawn, took out his handker-
chief, and after using it, carefully folded
it again and replaced it in his pocket.
His actions were closely scanned by the
whole crowd of spectators, and now
every swell in Washington carefully
holds his handkerchief out before him and
deliberately folds it, as the President
was seen to do, before replacing the rag
in his pocket Washington Post.
Two men in Miles City, NJ. T., pre-
tended to have learned by telegraph that
the Government had thrown open the
eastern part of the Fort Keogh reservs-
ton to settlers. They whispered this
cautiously to special friends. enjoining
strict secrecy. Before night there was q
stampede, the supposed public land
claims were staked of. shanties were
put up, tents were pitched, and the
jokers say that a town was laid out, and
a real estate '.bOOm'' was under full
Roadway before nine o'clock in the even
ing. But by ten the joke was out, and
the place was deserted.-Denrer Tri.
bune.
Some practical joker at Humboldt
Wells. New, ''stood up a railroad con-
ductor and despoiled him of his valu.
ables. Instead of ''babying" over it. he
got even. He took a lawyer into his
confidence. and swore out papers charg-
ing the jokers with highway robbery.
When his joke began to assume a seri-
ous aspect the people of Wells thought
he was in dead earnest. and every avail
able influence was brought to bear to
pull his way from his Ostensib!e purpose.
He was apparently inflexible until he
found he had his tormentors thoroughly
scared, and then he relented. Chicago