The Dickinson press., 1884-09-13
General Condensations.

General Condensations.
The existing craze for highly colored
houses consisting almost entirely of chin
neys and roof will probably soon die
out. There are symptoms that the pub.
lie is becoming wearied of red tiline
and dormers, and that inmates of "cot-
tages" with every bedroom partly in
the roof and every sitting room so low
that man standing on tip-toe can al
most touch the ceiling, are sighing for
lofty parlors and airy bedrooms. In
those modern monstrosities which are
considered old English because they do
not fulfill the requirements of English
speaking people of the present day it is
considered beauty to be ugly.
The latest novelty in the show busi-
ness is an exhibition of noses, which has
recently been held in Austria. Eighty
persons competed for the prize offered
for the most extra ordinary nasal pro-
tuberance in form, size and color. It
was awarded to competitor from Vien-
ma, who is the possessor of what is said
to be a gigantic nose of deep violet
blue. If this novelty should become
popular in this country, the dime muse
ums would not be large enough to hold
the Democrats who would be put on
exhibition.
In Nevada there are hundreds of ar
tesian wells, averaging less than 200
feet deep, and costing, in Guiding boring
and piping, less than $500. Each of
them will flow $4,000 gallons of water
day, and will irrigate five acres of
ploughed OF fifty acres of meadow land.
All the wells are on the top of the bed
rock, and there is shown to be stratum
of water underlying the whole State.
The water from the wells is quite cold
in the summer andvery warm in winter,
never freezing, making it very desirable
for stock men in feeding their stock for
market, as cattle seem to relish it and
thrive we'll on it..
The following extraordinary circular,
which has recently been issued at st.
Petersburg by tho department of roads
and communications, curiously illus.
trates the reverence with which the cZar
and all his belongings are regarded by
all good Russians. "The owners of
passenger steamers who have been
granted permission to name their ves-
sells in the names of the imperial family
are bound to keep their boats in excel
lent order and repair. If, however, any
such named steamer, consequent upon
commercial operations, should be en-
ployed in any manner likely to make
the carrying out of the above instruc-
tions difficult, the owners are hereby
notified that they must rename the yes.
sci and declare this change of name to
the inspector of marine"
A Florida pilot tells big stories of the
sharks which abound in the sea between
Pensacola and Fort Pickens, and the
unfortunate sailors and soldiers they
have eaten. 'sPd just as soon try to
swim lake of red hot pitch as to swim
over from Pensacola to Fort Pickens."
The sharks would be sure to get him.
Give seen 'em moving around on the
bottom like drove of hogs. They gen.
orally swim slowly when not chased,
but they can work up tremendous
race when they are chased, and I've
seen one jump twenty feet into the air. {"
He further remarked: "Some time ago
Spanish gunboat dropped in there
and the officers amused themselves
with shark fishing. They had quite cir
Gus. They would take small dyna-
mite cartridge, bind piece of pork to it
and fix it to float and wire and send it
200 feet astern. pretty soon shark
would take it and they would fire, and
the fish would fly into thousand pieces.
If one was wounded the others
went for him and ate him up.
A somewhat sensational incident
marked one of the performances, the
other day, at the Cape Menagerie at St
Etienne, near Paris. Agop, the we'll
known trainer, had scarcely entered the
cage of one of the tigers when the fero-
cious brute sprang upon him and be-
gan worrying him tooth and claw. The
audience screamed with horror, and a
general rush for the door of the tent
began. Agop, however, kept cool, and
in spite Of some fearful decorations all
over the body and great loss of blood
fought with such determination that he
finally overcame the tiger, which
crouched at his feet. Not content with
this victory Agop was foolhardy enough
to force it through its usual exercise, to
the wonderment and admiration of the
crowd who had stopped mo nentarily in
their fight. The tanner then left the
cage; and all torn and bleeding as he
was, proceeded to that containing q
lioness-which had formely made a
meal of Pernet, one of his predecessors
in the perilous situation. He entered
the cage totally unarmed, and succeed
ed in putting the lioness through her
habitual jumps, after which he left the
cage-this time at least. Agop then
had his wounds dressed.
His Circulation was Good.
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