Huntsville gazette., 1884-07-05

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The Shah of Persia smokes, nine
on state occasions which is valnd at
100000. 1t is encrusted with aeon
glomerate of diamonds, rubies, perls
and emeralds. T
The mixture used in New York N
manufactury of Neufchatel cheese is
one and half pounds of lard mixed
with one hundred pounds of skim milk
M " Sun.
In Newark, N. j., old tomato cans
sell for fifteen cents hundred. They
are put into a furnace and rolled out,
and eventually used by trunk-makers.-
Necarh Register. .
John Matlock, of Brandon, w. Va
has run away with Emily Shatfer and
ten children. He would have taken
Mr.. Shaffer also, but he didn't happen
to be at home at the time of the exodus.
-R0St0n Post.
There are about three hundred men
engaged in killing llligators in South
Florida. The hide and teeth of the
gator is what's wanted. The years
business will bring to that section
about $4,000.
Marriage superstitions hold q great
sway in Philadelphia, and the number
of people who fear to violate them Is
large. June always sees q great ln<
crease in the number of weddings, be-
cause May is not considered so lucky.
Philadelphia Record. h.-...f
While saving log recently in :
Mississippi mill, the workmen were
astonished to see the log suddenly take
fire and the machinery stop. Examin-
ing the saw, they discovered that every
tooth was gone, and on splitting the
log cannon ball was found buried in
the heart N 0. Times. lrE
The solid gold snuf-box presented
to Thaddeus Stevens, which was recently
sold in Washington, contains this in
scription: ITO the Hon. Thaddeus Ste
vens. from Colorado Territory. When
old Thad takes snuff Colorado will
sneeze This box is made of Pixies
Peak gold. y Washington Post.
Detective Smith, of Harlem, is a
sort of mousetrap. As several intoxi-
Gated men had been robbed in his pre-
cinct he feigned drunkenness and ''set"
himself on stoop, and was soon re-
warded by feeling a nibble at his watch
chain. Itis needless to say that the trap
succeeded and the rat was caught. N.
Y Herald. ..
In France lately young conscript
failed to answer to his name when the
Council of Revision was sitting. Aper-
son present said that the young man had
hanged himself, preferring death to com
ing before the Council. 1t was true.
The young mans father was in the re-
vision hall and thought that his son was
there with the other cOnscripts.
"A number of human bodies in q
good state of preservation, dressed in
ornamental costumes, and evidently be-
longing to prehistoric race, have been
found in q mound in Desba County,
Arkansas The apartment in which they
lay was paved with stone, supported by
stone pillars and overlapped with huge
wooden beams in perfect condition.
A Belfast (Me.) } firm has received an
order for doors, frames, etc, to go to,
Turkey The doors are to be shipped
all supplied with locks, hinges and
handles, and done up in packages Of not
more than two hundred pounds in
weight, in order that upon arrival in
Turkey they can be taken into the in
terror of the country upon the backs of
camels.
Some people doubt the assertion
that the Chinese eat rats. But they eat
them Just the same. A Chinese servant
in the Western Addition was caught in
the act of stewing plump rat in one of
the family kitchen utensils. He denied
at first that it was q ''lat" and said it
was ''labbit," but the boss satisfied
himself that the thing was rat and dis
charged 1.-THE Chinaman-a the
saucepan at one fell swoop. Fran
cisco Post.
Young lady-Have you ever heard
Mr. r. the lecturer? Young manlet-
law, vas, dozens of times, y know,
dozens Of times. think, aw, he is the
most uninteresting lectuwah | evah
heard. Young lady-And you have
heard him dozens of times? Young
manlet-Y'as. Young lady-Why do
you 90 to hear him SO often if you find
him uninteresting? Young manlet-
Aw-aw; that's an ideah. Bah Jove!
Doosid stupid in mel | nevah thought
of that, don't cher know.-RtilGcieLpisto
CaU
The number of colored Catholic
nuns in this country is slowly but grad
ually increasing. They are known as
the Oblate Sisters Of Providence. This
organization was instituted for the
amelioration of the condition of the
colored race in this country, as well as
for their spiritual and temporal welfare.
This community was, founded in Balti-
more by the Rev. Father Joubert, q
Sulpician, on the fifth day of June, 1929,
with the consent of Archbishop Wheat
field, of Baltimore, and was approved
by Pope Gregory XVI. on the second Of
October, 1S31.-N. y Times.
1t is related of the late ex-Sheriff
Shannon, of Blair County, that at tho
time he executed, McConaughy, the
murderer, he sprung the trap the first
time while the condemned man was pro-
testing his innocence. The rope broke,
and McConaughy sprang to his feet and
declared he was ''now free man."
30 no, Robert, (" said the Sheriff, well
try it again, and this time We'll double
tho rC,ra ~ Tho yvratah ic said IN hayn