The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-09-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

Ice cream and iced drinks have
made the American stomach what il is
"a cavity which produces cramps.
headaches and several sorts Of fever, to
say nothing of bad temper.-Detreis
| Free Press.
Beef is now slaughtered in Omaha
for the eastern markets. The first car
load from that point reached Boston a
few days ago. making its 1000 miles
journey in six days in excellent condi-
tion.-Boston Jesrndt
Paris green is made of arsenic, car
Donate of soda, blue vitriol. acetic acid,
chloride of barium, and sometimes
Whites sugar of lead. 1t is a double
salt. known to chemists as aceto- arsen-
lite Of copper
Timely advice: Never take food to
a picnic. Take plenty of wholesome
drink and something to drink it from.
Never go TO a great distance. Never
take very small children. Do not stay
long. Have hearty meal as soon az
you get home. Don't go to picnic
-LoweH Times.
The Hawaiian Gazette tells how a
native of Hilo came to his death while
endeavoring to kill fish he had Just
caught. He placed it in his mouth to
bite it, according to custom, when ii
slipped down his throat, and, as it was
too big to be swallowed and the ex-
banded fins forbade it's removal, the
fisherman was chokod TO death.
--Prcfane words having been occa-
sionally spoken within the hallowed
precincts of the court house at Palstka,
Fla, the county officers agreed to in
fiict tax of ten cents on each repeti-
ton, A fund for the poor is rapidly
growing, and there seems to be some
prospect of a lawsuit to decide what
shall be done with the proceeds. A
man from the country paid forty cents
for the pleasure of five minutes con-
versation.
The eight tons of cherries shipped
from California to Chicago recently sold
at an average of fifteen cents per pound.
The cost of placing them in Chicago is
put at nine or ten cents pound. This
leaves the grower profit Of five or six
cents per pound, or 800 ton. The
San Francisco Bulletin remarks: "WhiIe
this profit is not large one when the
cost of cultivation and the value of the
land is taken into account. it is still a
better profit than it ever derived from
wheat farming. ~ Chicago Inter Ocean.
-"Yas, boss" said Uncle Cephus,
''dem Jensings am de highest toned
colored people in de huh State. De
pride OBJ dem young ladies is sumpin
OATS past de understanding OBJ COM
mon niggah. You see, dere grandfather
he died OBJ some kind OBJ a heightened
misery in de back, witch de doctors
called de cebrum spinal men in letters,
an upon dat fac de family hab been
foundered. No. boss. l doan know
what kind OBJ men dem men in jeters'
is. but spec dey Is way up, case Miss
Libbie she dun lowed dat de family
was a-goin' to hab cote OBJ AIMS. y
Detroit Free Press.
"A bachelor German immigrant who
went west three years ago, and who had
succeeded in getting farm under
good state of cultivation, recently sent
to Castle Garden, New York, to have a
wife selected for him. HIS request was
published in the papers. and he now
prays that the marriageable maidens be
informed that he is no longer in the
market. He has been deluged with let
tiers from all sorts of feminine creatures
slim, fat. tall, short, blonde, brunette,
fair, freckled and with black, brown,
red and gray hair, and coming from
every part of the country. He says that
he would require the bank account of a
Could and reg ment of stenographers
to reply to the letters he has received,
which ask him about the size and value
of his property, the climate, soil, prod
ucts, population, schools, churches,
and age and description of the minister.
He is married now.-N Y. Tribune.