Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-01-18
GENERAL NOTES.

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Yale College has now 1892 stu
dents s,l.de,lo7g ca-
Ganeral Sheridan was an alta--boy
in his youth.
| President Arthur is great lover
! of music a E.5. an,f 1sse3
A Pennsylvania grandmother has
eight twin grandchildren. ha .a'''
I There three cents worth of gold
in every ton of sea water. .r
Fourteen negroes occupy seats in
the Mississippi legislature. 4#t
/ In Sweden there is doctor as
signed to every 80 miles of railway.
/ The giant of Chicsgo museum
says he grew Is lnehea in 22 weeks.
! Beaf-tea is said to be one OF the
favorite bar-room drinks in Omaha.
The state of Pueblo, Mexico, has
been invaded by great clouds of
locusts. -. Sqsw -i,ts
| Large, sweet onions have been rec
commended for gout and rheumatism.
One hour today is worth two to-
morrow. v
Do that first, always, which needs
doing most.
The first and worst of all faults is
to cheat ones self.
Truth becomes effective by fire.
quent contemplation.
Investigate affsirs closely, and en-
gage in them cautiously.
A mans wisdom is his best friend.
folly his worst eremy.
Luck is first lieutenant in the COM
pany of Captain Success. 'e
He that doeth nothing hath little
time for anything else. 41o
Eccentricity is often used as big
sounding title for fool.
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1t is our own vanity that makes
the vanity of others intolerable to tls.
Vermont has twenty female school
superintendents.
Morristown, Tenn, mas q woman
barber who does thriving business.
The peach crop is damaged every.
where by frost.
Princeton, Mass, has hauled in
about 10, 1000, 900 pounds Of Goldfish
this year. rs.t.-..
An Indiana clergyman is said to
have recently delivered his sermon
in rhyme. ',e t1h'a
] Iu the Geological Garden in Lon
don there is q macaw known to be
119 years old. E
There are ~ 900 blind persons in
France who live in pauperism and
msnacity. +. sss m
A successful farmer in Kentucky
has been blind since he was eight
years old. ..,.s.s,-s...,,
The piano is the most moral ct
instruments, being grand, upright
and square. .i '1 ts i
I Statistics show that in India wild
beasts destroy about 1000 human
lives annually. aI tFI
London Bible societies have gwen
away 4 1888, 900 copies Of the Scrip.
ture last year.
A prize-fght between two women
for $40 side was a recent novelty
in Austin, Texas.
Boston, Providence, Hartford and
New Haven have startedtramp wood
saving yards.
Buffaloo boasts that one of its
1 wards contains larger population
than the state Of Nevada.
In Harrisburg, Pa, recently, a
young man was arrested for splitting
tobacco juice on the door OF 3 church.
The women's branches of shoen1ak-
ers in New York number 800 mem
bers. f'i.'st
The menu cards at recent New
York swell dinner were made of sill
yer, and cost $2I each.
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There was more snow at Memphis,
Tenn, last week, than there was in
st. Louis. s'.39
The last raid on North Caroline
moonshiners yielded three distiller-
les, and $500 gallons Of beer, but
no prisoners.
A petrlfied Indian was recently
dug up in Georgia, with deep cleft
in his skull, and stone hatchet be-
side him.
"A Chicago fancy goods store has
adopted the practice Of giyins free
! oyster stew to every one who buys
dollars worth Of goods.
Several large iron, works started
4 work on full time last week, a4 Eas-