Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Philip Einstein, of Buffalo, who has
been blind for fifty years, suddenly and
unexpectedly recovered his sight,
Buffalo Express
After voluntary fast of thirty
three days Convict Weldon, in the Tren-
ton, On. J.) State Prison, has again
taken food.-N. Y. Sun.
Philadelphia has the wickedest girl.
She recently made parrot sneeze itself
to death by throwing snuff into its eyes,
while her 'schief delight is to catch flies
and pull their wings off"
Society in Philadelphia is all torn
up by the question whether a lady
should recognize a gentleman while he
is having his shoes blacked on street
corner--Philade!phia Press.
The Insurance Critic says that OF
the seven thousand men who attend the
ten thousand steam boilers in New
York mot one-seventh are believed to
be trustworthy and qualified for the
responsible work"
In Pembroke, Mass, is said to be
standing, in good condition, the oldest
house in America. In the year 1923 it
was built of flat stones laid in clay by
two pioneers named Baker, from
Plymouth. Boston Herald.
The new style of good Indian in
front of the cigar store is not a wooden
man, but zinc. Zinc Indians run as
high as five hundred dollars and six
hundred dollars each. and down as low
as twenty-five dollars. Chicago Herald.
"A curious needle, says the Toronto
Globe, is in possession of Queen Victo-
ria. 1t was made at the celebrated
needle manufactory at Reddetch, and
represents the Traian column in minia-
ture. Scenes from the Queens life are
depicted on the needle, so finely cut and
so small that they are only discernible
through a microscope,
Efforts are now being made by dis
tinguished surgeons in England to cure
cerebral disease by operation. Second
AIRY inflammation can be absolutely pre-
vented, and there can be good deal
of diminution of the cranial hemis-
phere without danger. The seat of the
disease can thus be positively aseer-
tanned and remedies used to modify OF
remove it.
Sheridan Shook is rated now
among the millionaires. OF the other
theatrical managers in New York, A.
M. Palmer has fortune; Samuel Col
vile is thought to be worth 5000, 900;
E. G. Gilmore, $3.50, 900; Harry Miner,
$3.50, 900; Antonius Pastor, $250,00O,
and Mr.. Schoeffel, S150,000. Finally.
John Stetson overtops them all, being
worth a good deal more than,a million.
N. Y. Herald.
The new pension building will be
the largest brick building in the United
States. 1t will cover nearly two acres
of ground, and will form a new feature
in architectural Washington. The
other public buildings in the city are of
heavy classic style, dating back to the
days of Greece and early Rome. This
building is modelled after the style CT
the Roman palace Of the fifteenth CEN
tury.- Washington Post.
"A seamstress was arraigned in q
New Haven court on a charge Of having
stolen three gold coins from her en-
ployer. She blamed the theft-on her
baby In order to find out the truth of
her story, the baby, who was eleven
months old, was brought into the court
room and the thee coins were placed on
table near its mothers chair The
baby looked at the coins for a moment,
and then clutched them with a miser' s
eagerness, refusing to give them up.
The seamstress was allowed to 60 free.
Hartford Courdnt.
While thunderstorm was passing
over Bucks pond, near Louisa, Md,
one evening recently. the water in the
pond was drawn up in spiral column
some two hundred or more feet high.
and then on sudden dashed in every
direction into misty spray, then re-
turning. to the pond, assuming all the
appearance Of a huge aquarium. The
scene was truly magnificent. A very
heavy roaring wind accompanied it,
which, striking the bluff on the south
side of the pond, very soon subSided.
- Chicago Times.
i was introduced to gray-haired
salt in that quaint cavern, and the cap
tain who presented me said, with
complimentary accent: HE has seen
service, though" I" The man hitched up
one side of his mouth as he smiled at
me, and he spoke with a deprecating
halt, as if he didn't like to take up any
of the time. He was gnarled speci-
men, deformed and mutilated in the
face. head, arm and leg. "You have
evidently been out in a heavy blow,
sir" remarked to him. ''Got ketched
in whales mouth, that's all he said.
He spit me out, though, after he he'd
chawed me up!' He was unconscious
when he was picked up.-Nantuchei
Letter. IN Detroit Post.
A kazoo is an instrument invented
to give pleasure and satisfaction to the
small boy. 1t is a cross between a
bagpipe and accordion with several
new and pleasing features of its own.
1t can make more noise and even less
music than brass band 1t can imi-
tate the warbling of cat or the screech
of a mocking bird. The inventor would
be hanged, drawn, qua11ered and burnt,
but it is more than likely that he is
kept out of the way in some insane
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