Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22
or GENERAL INTEREST.

war ships are constructed Of paper.
An electric arrangement for regu-
lating furnaces has been invented by .
Westfield (Mass-) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Post
The production Of coal In Belgium
In 1884 is Professionally put at l8.SOO,-
600 tons, against an ascertained pro
duetion Of IL. III. 754 tons in 1883.
1t is claimed that the stature Of
race horses has increased an inch
every twenty-five years since 100.
The height of horses then was thirteen
hands two inches and in 1870 it was
fifteen hands two inches--N. 2. Her.
old.
Artificial cheese made of one part
oleomargarine and two parts skinned
milk, mixed to the consistency of
cream and subjected to the usual pro
cesses of manufacturing the genuine
article. is the latest edible commodity
contributed BY Germany to the world.
Cincinnati Price Current.
Not content with crazy quilts. we
are to be inflicted with crazy cloth
dresses. The material is cotton. with
an odd mixture of colors and patterns,
and is particularly invented for chill
dren. as it can not possibly show the
dirt so plainly visible on the white
frocks they have been forced for so long
. time to wear.-Detrou Post.
The Bangor (Me.) Commercial re.
lates that man in that section lately
received several hundred dollars back
pension. He has quite large family
and had been very poor. The first
thing he did after receiving his money
was to buy a trotting horse, a harness.
wagon and the usual amount of boots,
hoods and other horse trappings.
The newest thing which electricity
proposes is to steer vessels without any
attention on the part of the man at the
helm. The needle of an automatic
compass. by opening and closing the
circuit, keeps ship on the course laid
down without any Intervention. All
that is necessary is to set the compass.
and the good ship makes true line for
port.-N Y. Herald.
The law of finding, says a writer.
IS this: Tho finder has clear title
against the world. except the owner.
The proprietor of coach. or rail-
road car. or q shop has no right to
demand the property found on his
premises. Such proprietors may make
regulations in regard to lost property
which will bind their employees, but
they can not bind the public.
The decrease during the last ten
years in the value of fashionable furni-
ture is striking economical phenome.
non. More paint and less carving are
possibly the chief causes of the change.
Signing SWANS are informed that the
wooden portion of any matrimonial
venture they may have in view can now
be undertaken with fifty per cent. less
cash than would have been necessary
in 1875.-CMTrent.
High chimneys for factories are
now becoming unnecessary. by reason
of the introduction of a new kind OF
oven. Any manufacturer. it is as
serted. can place one of these ovens in
his works and obtain from every ton
of slack be uses coke worth two dollars.
tar and ammonia worth one dollar.
and II. 90 feet of gas to generate steam.
The coke, tar and ammonia will thus. it
is claimed. considerably more than pay
for slack, wear and tear, etc.-M. Y.
Sun.
Prof. j. w. Sanborn. of the Mis-
souri, State Agricultural College, and
also Secretary of the State Board OF
Agriculture, estimates the losses OF
stock in that State during the last
winter. from disease and exposure. at
not less than four millions of dollars.
The principal loss b. diseases has been
from cholera in hogs and from ex-
posure from want of proper shelter.
Loss from disease. he states, could
generally have been prevented by
proper attention to diet and from cx-
posture wholly by providing suitable
shelter.
I'm nearly every railway station in
London is a small box on legs. painted
crimson. which may be called an auto
matte post-office. 1t is divided into two
compartments. On the top are aper-
lures admitting penny. one being for
postal cards and the other for enve-
lopcs. You drop penny through the
slot ind open little drawer beneath.
and, presto. you find postal card.
Drop two pennies in the right hand
slot. open corresponding dr. wer. and
you find q stamped envelope contain.
ing dainty sheet of note paper. These
little convenienccs are the property OF
a company.
"A Eitchfeld County Comm cor.
respondent of the Hartford Courant,
writing of manners and customs in
that region fifty years ago. says that
common people didn't own stoves
then; they rented them of the rich fol-
twenty-five cents month. DIR. Catlin.
vt Litchfield. had quite a number that
lie rented. We well remember seeing
him staff around for miles to collect
stove rent. There were no clocks in
school houses; the teachers bad noon
marks on, the window-sill; when the sun
struck the mark it was noon: If cloudy
they guessed noon. There were clocks
in but families in those days
Several manageable young men
of Rochester. N. H., are in o terrible
pickle. They have heretofore given as
. reason for not marrying that they
could not afford the luxury. About a
month ago several manageable young
L. H.: