The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

California Indians Ewing near chs
foot OF the Sierras have learned K
make bread from acorns.
The first brick building in Cincin
nad was the St. Clair House, built il
1906, of brick brought from Pittsburgh
and is still standing upon Main Street,
between Seventh and Eighth. Cisci,s-
natl Times.
-Southey records in his Common
place Book that physician who hac
seen more than 10000 cases of small
pox said he had never met with the dis
ease in person with red or light flaxer
hair.
-Dio Lewis reaches the conclusion
that consumption is found in every eli
mate. Inhabitants of the frozen region:
and those who live Under the equator
die of consumption. As to the United
States, there is no doubt that New En-
gland has the largest ration of mortal
ity from consumption. But the differ
ence is slight.
1t is stated that in France the ma
jority of the church organists are blind
They have been educated at the Ma
tional Institution for the Blind in Paris
There are between thirty and forty in
situations for the blind in the United
States, and many printing presses fol
the production of books for their use
the establishments at Boston and Louis
vile being very complete.
Mary Howell. aged nineteen, own,
the stage route between Warwick, N
Y, and Bellvale, N. j., and drives the
stage herself. A few days ago, on hel
way to Warwick, her horses were con
fronted by a large rattlesnake that lay
coiied in the road and showed no dis
position to retreat, Miss Howell stopped
her team, jumped from her seat on th,
stage, and beat the ugly serpent t.
death with her whip. She then tore of
the rattles and brought them TO War
wick as a trophy.-N Y. Star.
good swimmers to strike out in cole
water on hot day for long swim
This is frequently done, and friends ar,
all amazed to see their good swimmer
suddenly become powerless and %
down. The secret of this sudden disa-
bility and death is that the long chill
sends the surface blood inward anc
maintains it there so long that conges
ton of some vital organ takes place
and the swimmer becomes paralyzed
faint, powerless and sinks. - gcbanqe
There is circular railway at At
lantic City, with very steep and abrupt
grades, so that the passengers expert
ence the ups and downs of travel ovel
the Rocky Mountains condensed into 9
few rods. 1t is in the form of an ellipse
reaching from the street down to the
surf. "Only five cents for a ride to the
beach. says the solicitor. But wher
the tourist arrives at the shore end o.
the route he is told that he must pay q
nickel more for getting back, or walk
through the sand.-M Y. Sun.
One of the stone masons at work
on the Washington monument told 9
reporter that the summit of the monu.
ment is terrible place to be during g
thunderstorm. He had seen the light.
ming flashing about, above and below
him, while the thunder peals almost
Knocked him from his feet. 81 have
SEEM he said, ga great flash of light
ming blaze and crackle among the iron.
work above my head, and then follow
the girders through the inside to the
ground, brilliantly Illuminating the
dark interior for an instant and filling
the air with sulphurous smell. -
WASHINGTON Post.
The story is told that while General
Sherman was accompanying President
Hayes on visit to New England he at
tended a reception in certain town, and
good old lady, who in her simple way
was doing what she could to make il
pleasant for everybody, ambled up to
him and, after few formal common.
place remarks, suddenly asked in most
complacent way: care you the General
who was in the army during the warp
Old Tecumseh was astounded, and,
looking at the woman for moment
and, seeing thai she was serene and in
nocent of any attempt at impertinence,
responded quietly: "Read history,
Madame; read history. "-Albany Jour
nal.
William Anderson, of Schenectady,
N. Y, while walking along street in
that city, was surprised to hear a boy
shouting 'Papann and to see q woman
hurry from a house in the vicinity and
run toward himself. Anderson aston
ishment was complete when the wo-
man, reaching him, threw her arms
about his neck and between shower
of kisses exclaimed: "My darling
William! My dear husband'' He
finally convinced the excited female
that she had made a mistake, which
she reluctantly admitted. The woman
twelve years ago married William The
Ian, who enlisted in the army, and had
since been missing. Anderson bears a
close resemblance to Thelan, and she
supposed he was her long lost husband.
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