The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-11-06
Items of Interest.

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At wedding in Bridgeport, Conn,
recently the groom, n young man. who
appeared nervous from the start, broke
into hysterical sobs before the ceremony
was over.
A glass bedstead has been made ct
Birmingham, Eng, factory for a. Cal.
.cutta millionaire. 1t is of solid glass,
the legs, rails, etc, being richly cut.
The King of Burmah also has one.
There is natural bridge near the
boundary line between Arizona and New
Mexico, twenty miles north of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which
surpasses in every way the famous one
in Virginia.
Two thousand horned toads have been
shipped from San Francisco to China.
They will be converted into various
kinds of medicines, which sell very high.
A toad is placed i'll flask of whiskey
several weeks and the stuff is sold as O
tonic
The largest farm in the world is said
to be the Bell Farm, in Canada, belong
ing to the Qu'Appelle River Farming
Co. 1t consists of 81, 900 acres, of which
some ID, 600 acres are under close cult
walton. Every two hundred acres has
upon it u cottage.
The oak. says Robert Douglass, is
creeping out into the prairies and cover
ing unoccupied grounds in. the West
wherever it is not too sandy for it to
grow. Thousands of acres are now
covered with young oaks where they
did not grow forty years ago.
Worl1men in borax factories possess
charm against cholera. During the
terrible epidemic of 1875 the work
men in seven contiguous factories in
Italy were free from the disease which
killed off one third of the population of
will, in their immediate neighbor-
hood.
Visiting cards dogs are the rage in
London. They are engraved, one inch
by half inch, and put up in packages
OF 100 each. Miss Minnie Black and
TAM" Mr.. Suite Pug" MRS Will
oughby Pug" Mr.. Frank Fox Terrier"
and hundred others may be had at
any stationer's.
In some parts of the African coast the
shark is still worshippel and offerings of
poultry and goats are made. Once a
year child is sacrificed to propitiate it.
The little victim is bound to post in
the sands ut low water and, as the tide
rises mingles its snrieks and screams
with those of its mother until devoured
by sharks.
Mexico has her financial troubles. but
her condition for years past has been
far more prosperous and peaceful than
during any period of her history. Since
1900 she has had 1l5 revolutions. From
1928 to 1861 Juarez was the only presi.
dent who served out full term.
The Drogheda Guardians have dis
covered that their collins are made
without regard to the size of the body
to be inferred. and the natural conse-
quence is that many are found to be
too small. Corpses are accordingly
iammed into those narrow receptacles
by main force.
There is curious uniformity in the
number of persons killed annually i'll
India by wild animals and snakes. The
Indian Medical Gazette gives the number
of those killed in Bengal alone by
animals, for five years. at from 1864 to
1902 III each year. The snakes destroyed
from 9,153 to 10,064 annually.
Prolonged freshness is secured by
st ,nding flowers in water some hours
bef' they are sent away. 1t is the
greatest fallacy to suppose that any
which have to be sent to distance
should be fresh picked They will
travel better and last longer if allowed
to imbibe Il full supply of moisture
before starting
TIE Formosarians, says NJ Girard de
Rialle, are ietish-worshippers In one
of their houses traveller found stake
on which was placed the skull of q deer
adorned with garlands of flowers and
herbs. This he was told was the female
fetish the male was composed of bam-
boos and interlaced like cradle A jar
of pure water below appeared to be the