The Columbus journal., 1884-12-17
MISCELLANEOUS,

"A San Francisco newspaper re.
porter IS to marry lady worth 4,OOC.
ooO. Newspaper men do no. seem T..
care for money.-BoStoH Fo,s
lie D;mcnche, an Amiens paper,
has discovered that next year is the
1,SOOth anniversary of the Virgir
Marys birth, and advocates celsbrs-
tiOh.
San Francisco has organized q
''Girls Union" for the benefit of young
women vino are strangers in the city
and who may need sympathy and IS
slstance. Frdncisco Gail.
Concerning the dampness and un-
healthful condition of new brick
houses. it is an old saving that the
owner of new brick house should let il
be occupied during the first Year by his
enemy, during the Sc 'ond by his friend.
and during the third by himself. -
Troy Times.
AT Naples the other day steel
torpedo boat was launched. which had
been built there for the Italian Govern
ment. In her trial trip she not only
accomplished the stipulated speed
ttwenty miles per hour), but d Il
twenty one and half miles. whi n is
long way the best time on record
A bachelors society with ma,ri-
monal Tenderness and provisions ha,
been formed in .larlem. n. j. Only
Young men are eligible. They pay
monthly due OF five dollars and agree
To remain single one year. AT the end
OF that time any one. by giving three
months notice, may receive 5000 q.
his wed,ling-day. contributed out of the
fund of the society.-.N J. Tribune.
The wealth of the United States is
estimated ut $4,000, ,00O.OJ that of
Great Britain ut SiO,OO0, ,OOO.OO0. The
wealth per inhabitant i'm the United
States is 5000, and in Great Britain it is
$1,000. In the United States seventy
two parts OF the wealth 90 to labor.
twenty-three to capital and live to gov
ernment. In Great Britain foriy-one
parts 20 to labor. thirty-six to capital,
and twenty-three to government.
cagO Journal.
George Wilson. of Cleveland. O.
has sued firm of white lead manu-
facturers, his late employers. for SlO.cNG
damages, alleging that he and two
others We're directed to clean out what
was called the COG wheel room. beneath
tn. main llOor of the factOrv. and that
he did not know the dangerous cisr-
a. .er of tine work, Ond WIS made i'll for
year, by the poisonous fumes 1T the
lead. and eventually totally blind. His
two fellOwwOrkmen, he says, are dead.
-Clere'dnd Leader.
DIR. Surge, a medical missionary
to Siam. relates how native do..tor
administered an emetic to Il loye-sick |
lady who had swallowed n quantity o.
opium with suicidal intent. The sci
enlist of Siam took live eel. clipped |
of part of his tail to make him sIuirm |
in lively manner. and then pushed |
him. tail first, down tn. romantic
damsel throat. When the eel returned !
to the stream of running waite: near
which the girl was made to recline the |
opium quickly followed him.
whats the matter with the hank?'
demand an excited tonriSt. 90 lnS"d."
replied the calm citizen. What. e< |
claimed the excited one. .'ant ci"-ra''
"Shut up tighter than way. asserted |
the calm one. .'Well. that queer.
said the tourist. Not ten steps away |
from where we now stand citizen told
me she was busted wide open and |
now YOU say she is shut up tight rs
wax What liars some men are"
And he made an entry in his notebook.
HaUkeye.
Recent defalcations and de!icien.
cies bring to mind the case of coloreG
bank janitOr who lived in Philadelphia
in 1857. He had been i'm the service of
the Pennsylvania Bank. the total wreck
of which was one of the incidents of
the panic of that year. As usual in
such wrecks, there was n large de
ticiency. The books of the bank had
been kept in such mixed-up way that
lis affairs were in a great tangie. Cine
day it was announced that the directors
had found out how much the deficiency
was. The old darkcy thereupon put
on all his dignity and remarked. 1--WE
don't care SO much about knowing how
much de deficiency is: but de question
dat agitates my mind, and dat agitates
de mind oh de public. is. whar's de de
ticiency gone to-" They never found
out exactly where the deficiency be-
took itself. Philadelphia RecOrd.