Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-26
MIsCRLLiSEOUS.

During the year 1888 London had
SI4 hotrs Of sunshine out Of possible
4.456. an average Of 2.40 per day.
When Sarah Scheuer, Of New
York. elopcd with Henry Friedman, tho
other day. sffc left behind he- llU
dresses. many Of which had never ksea
worn. This Is loves greatest sacnkcey
indced.-N. y: Gfaphics
AT o recent funeral of & deceascd
free thinker at South Beach, Conn, the
church was brilliantly illuminated. d
scientific poem was read and the serv.
vices were conducted without PRAYER
or the mention Of . Supreme Being
Hart ord Post.
While the business Of canal bose
navigation has been very largely over.
shadowed in this country by the intr0.
ductiOn Of and development Of railroads.:
it is still of sufficient importance 90
support o population estimated as
6O,O0l. o number about equal to that of
the persons engaged In our coastinI
trade.
There are over l2,000 men and
boys employed all the year round ia
the North sea fisheries, IL In said they
are rapidly becoming demoralized by
the presence Of ''coopers." or floating
grog-shops, that accompany the fsh-
ing fleets. and missionary efforts ar6
being made to counteract the growing
evil.
China Is about one third larger than
the United States and It's territories,
and has eight times the population Of
this country say, In round numbers,
over 400,OOO,0 ,0OG Records there date
back from beyond the time of the No
achian flood, and printing was known,
Of Chinese sort, 1000 years ago.-M
y. !SUn.
Miss Sarah Simpson, Philadelphis'S
eccentric Mrs. TOodlcs," is dead, %
the age of eighty-one. During all the
years that she has listened To the knock
ing down TO the highest bidder Of every
thing from \ fiat-iron 10 4 magnificens
wardrobe, she has been q daily visitor
to the auction rooms, and has probably
witnessed the selling out Of more fam.
lilies of high and low degree thaT any
person in that city or probably in Amer
lea. -Paiadeiphia Press.
An American microscopic who has
been investigating the causes of certain
frantic movements of the common hOuse
fly under the stimulant Of strong light.
hno NiSS''O'O SItnt tuO HJ - OlLcu Tue
victim OF disease Of the brain arising
from the presence Of myriads of minute
insects. these parasites, though per-
feet insects, are SO small that ten
thousand can be packed in Q tiy's era.
mum. The disease sometimes becomes
epidemic, and millions OF tlies perish Of
1t in d sea,ou.-Chicago Times.
They are progressing in railroad
management in England. An inno-
walton on the Brighton Line is set forth
in the advertisements: "In addition to
the ordinary refreshments thxt may be-
had at most railways, passengers will
in the future be able 70 procure cool
and fresh water at the rate Of penny
per glass. At certain stations the water
VIII he carried along the platform. so
that thirsty travellers may be supplied
with the cooling beverage without
leaving their seats"
Henry Irving says that of all tho
people ON earth the American peOpl6
eat with the most Intelligence. It Is
plain to be seen that MIR. Irving means
well. but it can't be possible that he
has ever watched our people paralyze
s.xiy minute meal in twenty minutes
at railroad saloon or he never would
have made that remark. When Ameri-
cans partake of a twenty minute rail-
road dinner intelligence takes a.vaca-
tiOn. Everything is done ON the get
there-Eli plan. and he who eats the
most is considered the best man.
PecG's SIN.