The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

creased between 1856 and 1884 from
100000 to 205, 900.
!. The legislature of Tennessee pro-
poses to pass law for the taxation
of commercial drummers.
A BABY two months old and weigh
ing only five pounds Is the latest sem
sation at Los Angeles, Cal.
THE citizens of Dayton, O., have
made Gen. Grant a present OF an ad-
Unstable reclining invalid chair.
ThE die from which the Franklin
cent was made is now used as a paper
weight in a hardware house in New
Haven.
THE wheat crop OF Oregon this year
will be thirty per cent. in excess of
last year and the harvest will be two
weeks earlier.
THE requisites for a lieutenant of
police in Philadelphia are said to be
sharply defined. He must be a man
who can carry his ward.
\ LADY of Wheelock, Vt, has in her
possession a certificate of membership
from the Massachusetts Mechanic AS
sociation given in 1900.
A LITTLE girl in New Orleans was re-
Gently stung by a bee on the ball of
one OF her eyes, the sting causing the
sight to be utterly destroyed.
THE growing cane i'll Louisiana
promises an abundant sugar yield.
Judging from the acreage the crop Will
amount to 250,o00 hogsheads.
THE Leesburg (Na.l Washingtonian
has been published seventy-nine years,
and its present editor has been on du-
ty as such for thirty-tive years.
POWDERED rice is said to have a
great effect in stopping bleeding from
| fresh wounds. The rice powder Is
/ sprinkled upon lint, which is then APP
piled as a compress.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES has
written a pleasant letter and sent a
! present OF his books to the Holmes
! Club, a literary association named III
his honor at Corpus Christi, Tex.
IT seems that Mrs. Sullivan mauled
/ Prof. John l.. Sullivan of Boston.
/ Then let us tear the gaudy chaplet
! from off his brow. You tear it.-Chicago
! Current.
COLLEGE student, translating from
| Virgil "And thrice | tried to throw
nay arms around her''-that was as
far as | got. Professor-"Quite far
| enough"
EDWARD EVERETT HALE thinks that
''in these days the church has some
thing to do beside singing, reading and
praying" Among gother things hemen-
tions hospitality, education and
charity"
SNAPPING-TURTLEs are contrary
| creatures. When in captivity they are
so delicate that they are liable to die
at any time. But if their heads are
cut off they will live for an incredibly
/ long time.
IN some English country houses
now people draw lots as to whom
| they shall sit next at dinner, and. on
| the whole, 1t answers very well, and
gives much more variety than going III
| order of rank.
The consumption of alligator-skin
leather is said to have fallen off to al
most nothing. The demand for it has
! SKINS nave Ueeu tanned IN sIugIe year
in America and Europe.
THE Swedish Parliament has voted
| a duty on living flowers, fruits and
vegetables, the majority being
! prompted to that course by the idea
of bringing money into the treasury
by taxing supposed luxurles.
A STATUE OF Commodore Oliver H.
Perry will be erected in Newport, r. l.,
September 10, the anniversary OF the
famous battle on Lake Erie in which
he was the commander and won
signal victory.
-. DEATH" is the legend on a sign
in one OF our Lowell streets. Mr..
Death renews the life OF old boots and
shoes by furnishing them with new
soles. The 'sting of Death may be in
his charges.-LowcH Mass Courier.
THE Ontario government offers for
tv-vear annuities on the basis OF 4 per
cent. interest paid half-yearly. The
annuities may, at the option of
the purchaser, be made payable IN
Great Britain.-TOrontO Monetary
Times.
THE German and Dutch books
printed in dark blue on a pale green
paper have not given a satisfactory
result 1t was confidently expected
that the combination would prove
| restfuI to the eye, and diminish short
| sightedness.
HBATH BAGS" are coming into use
| in Paris. They consist OF bag con-
| tanning half a pound OF bran, some
meal and little powdered soap. On
wetting and pressing the bag a lather
| is produced and, at the same time,
soft pad for rubbing purposes.
1T is stated that napkins are now
marked in the center" There lsnoth-
ing surprising in this. We always
| mark our napkins in the center after
our regular supply OF soup has been
passed in.-LO&eN Citizen
"THERE is one thing | dread, re-
| marked Henderson, land that Is
premature burial" "DOn't worry
about that, " replied FOgg; 'the thlng
| is impossible There's no danger OF
your being buried too soon. ."-BOstOn
Transcript.
STOP tinkering with the Bible. If
much more is done in that line We will
soon be in the condition OF the old
Southern lady upon whom colpor-
teur called. He wanted to sell her
| Bible. Shesaid they must surely have
one about the house somewhere, but
after a diligent search was able to find
but a dozen leaves under a pile OF to-
bacCo. "Well, | deciar', F" said she, Il
didn't know we We're so near out OF Bl-
BILE. .'-Peoria Transcript.
IT was at the breakfast table. Mr..
Smilingboy was telling Mrs. ;. about
farce he had attended the night before.
"Ah." said he, my dear, you'd have
died laughing if yoJ, cUuIu nave seen
it," Then ne added, in a tone Of
burning enthusiasm, 'How | wish
you'd been there Even now he can
not quite understand why Mrs s. re-
marks directly afterward took such
| an unusually and violently personal
. turn.-Harper's Bazar.
LAST night, at an early hour, little
girl residing in the upper part OF Lib
: erty Street ran screaming down stairs
: and told her parents that there was a
! man under her bed. The latter were
; averse to going to the scene OF the
j..