The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-07-10
GENERAL.


Nine thousand houses are erected
nuually in London
The United States comprise one
flSesnth part Of the habitable globe.
The free lunches in New York So
lsons are said to cost I'll 500, 600 an
sally.
Italy has $500, 900 lemon-trees,
s Which produce !, 900. OO0. 600 lemons an.
Tally.
"A colored lad, with both arms of
= the shoulder, was tried for larceny in
Columbus. Ga, week or so ago and
scquitted.
California is obliged to import ten
times the amount of beef raised in that
State in order to supply her demand
Chicago Journal.
Electricity is now employed IN ex-
trscting teeth, recently invented ma
chine pulling. in an actual test, seven
teeth in five seconds. Chicago Times.
"A recent invention is a pocket for
coats which can be readily detached
andsused as cap. 1t is expected to
prove very convenient for travelling
MEM Y. Sun.
"A piece of wire rope nearly seven
miles long was recently made by Roeb-
ling's Sons at Trenton, N. j., for the
St Louis Railway Company. 1t is the
longest piece ever made.-N. r Times.
knoxville. Tenn, is said to be the
only city in the United States OF 5000
iDhabitants, and having railroads.
steamboats,. telegraphs and telephones,
that publishes no paper on Monday
N. Y. Tribune.
-'.Messrs. Editors: If young man
has been kind, sociable, gentle, and
expressed his affections to . young lady,
and has not gained hers, what shall he
then resort too. Try q bran mash
Detroit Free Press.
The specks of beads which float be-
fore the eyes are due to slight defects
in their tissues and fluids. They are
generally present TO some extent in all
eyes, and are not necessarily symp-
tom Of disease. Chicago Times.
"A new process for making pressed
glassware has been perfected. which il
destined. it is said, to supercede the
old presses for all purposes. From ten
to twenty pieces can be turned out by
It per minute. II Philadelphia Press.
Sea Island cotton, once SO famous
because in great demand for adulterat-
ing silk. is now . drug in the market,
the reason being that a way is now
Known for utilizing ordinary cotton
hat costs less in making goods to be
sold as4'an silk. ~ Y times
Here is problem that has puzzled
some of the best arithmeticians: IF a
man puts 800 in bank the day he is
twenty one years Of age. what sum
must he add to it yearly to have $780,
900 the day he is fifty years of age, re-
ceiving six per cent compound interest
On his money?"-Nicago Times.
when the Gar rides to battle the
earth trembles. !" is an old Russian say
ing. The modern Russians. however.
remark casually that when the Gar
lights his cigar the roof of the palace
is blown of. and that when he starts to
open the family photograph album all
st. Petersburg trembles.-N T. AaiI
When, q few million years hence,
! the world shall turn over aga n and put
the ocean beds above water, what
treasures will there not be brought to
sight from beneath the ocean waves!
In the nine years 1875-l863 British
shipping alone suffered . loss of 1891
vessels, with all that there was In them.
Boston Globe.
Among the Western cities Chicago
expended the most IN buildings last
year. the sum aggregxting go, 689. 800.
Mir = "a nile roynnu novf With ~ 6o1 :