The Dillon tribune., 1885-05-16
GLEANINGS.

OLlIANANo0e
c..4.;r Ericsson is writing histor-
"a S,pr 1aner about the famous Monitor.
~ Fordyce, the distinguished En-
,nsh I surgeon, ate only one meal a day.
The large catfish, caught in the Gulf
.Max;co are now smoked, dried and
s.lted in three days by new process.
R.rtow Ella. } claims the honor OF
,.;nr the farthest south of any point in
.ha | United States reached by railroad.
The United States Government spent
q GOO at Bozeman, NJ. T., to convict
man for stealing ~ worth of postage
% stamns. Who cares for expenses?
The Columbus MEDICAL Journal re-
norts case of death on the fifth day,
liter taking eighty-tive grains OF bro
mide Of potassium every four hours.
Charles Kingsley once said: If you
want to be miserable, think about your
elf. about what you want, what you
ike what respect people ought to pay
YOU, and what people think OF you"
The Cherokee (Kan.) Sentinel US
the farmers in that section are Al live
men. Eachfarm is known by title,
and the owners have printed stationery
on which to write their correspond
ence.
Vermont has still unrepealed law
on her statute books empowering her
justices Of the peace to order the col
lection Of wheat at shillings, rye at 4
shillings per bushel to pay the salaries
Of certain specified preachers.
Arizona contains within her borders
nearly, il not quite, SO, 900 square miles
Of coal formation, which is computed
to be almost one-half of the coal areas
Of the United States. The beds vary
in thickness from two inches to twenty
feet
The grandparents of nine-months-
old baby girl at Erie have presented it
with superb sapphire necklace, and
the largest diamond to be found at
leading New York jewelers.. They
promise to add each year two equally
gorgeous gems.
Senator Garland rarely goes to the
theater. It is told on him that several
years ago he went to see Joe Jefferson
in rip Van Winkle'' the whole week
through i seven performances - and
then regretted that "Trip" was not to
run another week.
George Augustus Sala has made 50, SOC
on bis nose. Georges nose is of the
sunset tint. A jealous fellow-journalist
once said 1t had attained that hue
through Mr.. Sala's copious indulgence
IN stmulants. Result, libel suit and
$500 damages for plaintiff.
Osman Digma's original name was
AiPhonse Vinet, he being full-blood-
ed trenchman. He was at one time
sold as slave to Mohammed Ahmed
el Mehdi, but quickly rose in that
prophets favor and became his son-in-
law. de is now about So years old.
Mrs. Burton. wife of the well-known
traveller, has always averred that since
England took the Koh-i-noor diamond,
proverblal for the i'll luck it brings,
nothlng but disaster has attended ali
concerning British India. Recent
events will more than ever sustain her.
i, Col. Dwight Hall, OF Wallineford.
Ma. Mass.' who has a key left by Washing
.p na IN jeremiah Covington's tavern
aere October Is, 1889, will have it
"eIiald 'a with silver and framed, to be
vent zen, to President Cleveland, with a let
;er ;e from ex-senator Charles Yale tell
ing its history.
or Erasmus Wilson states in Quain's s
.sa. lsa dictionary of medicine, page 576,
saa aa' halr may turn white in a few
,Ss. aout: from mental disturbance, and
m ,aa' IL Is caused by the rapid develop
uent s. OF gaseous fluid within the sub-
stance s OF the hair obscurinr tho Mo-
mentary granules.
a., NJ John Bright wrote to a confer.
.u.e ". o. a funeral reform association:
5ss IN u, 20 funerals, our religious society
otsoa 'IS always offered u good example to
onLa ,IT: sects and churches and TO the
nuS'ic' nuS,i but sects and churches and the
some ' o.t are slow at learning this and
S'1'c otner matters.''
emh,. .'s Island of Ivaca the popular
nost sts@ mo! St lovc is gunpowder, and the
dsmssJ1t DAMS J1t,lliant a accomplishment: a young
aincS;a, finch, can display is to stand without
leps .as while her lover fires at her
lesots,, l, Haa which often assumes after a
Chfistysco Chtg scourtship the appearance of a
ssnas m plum-pudding:
interest .h are some very odd things to
"switcSe.ane .ne traveller in Porto Rico. The
edwomsne on the railroad are color
one Of fa' thu IT,. tae telegraph operator at
ball and 1e ~ stations is o convict with a
aeners Al eaa,n tha ION on his leg. and the gar