The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-03-27
GENERAL.

Oh FASHION.
"A stone knife of the aboriginal pc
rod has been found on farm in Union
County, Pennsylvania
The entire length Of the capitol
building is ISL feet and four inches,
and the greatest depth is S24 feet.
boston has an apple mission, which
distributes from 1900 to 5000 bushels
OF apples among the poor every year.
"A policeman who has served on
the New York force for twenty years
may then retire on half pay-$60O .
year.
"A squirrel can run down q tree
head first. The cat and the bear must
get down tail first (if left to them
selves).
The girls of Maine will rejoice to
learn than New York doctor pre-
scribes chewing gum for dyspeptic pa
tients.
"A brick of silver weighing 1900
pounds has been placed in the Mexican
Department of the New Orleans Expo
sition.
Nevada having no institution of
the kind of her own, pays for her vet
Grams being kept in the California Vet
Grams Home.
There is an old dentist in WASH
ington who boasts that he has pulled
over 100, 900 teeth by actual count He
has been in the dental business for
more than twenty years. Washington
I0st.
1t is said that the originator of the
Concord grape has raised over 10000
seedlings in the past thirty-five years
without finding his ideal grape, and
only twenty-one had desirable qualities.
N Y. Post.
The old carpet on the floor of one
of the rooms in the San Francisco Mint
was taken up the other day and ire
duced'-that is, they burned it and as
sayed the ashes, which yielded $1,000
in gold dust.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The deepest gold mine in the
world, says the AHa California, is the
Eureka in California, VIII oh is down
2, 290 feet, or 500 feet below the level of
the sea. The deepest silver mine is the
down 8. 800 feet.
An exchange reports that IAN
Ohio man who shot boy in his melon
patch has been indicted in the sum of
$6,0O0." 1t is the testimony of experts
that boy who is shot in his melon
patch rarely survives the wound; hence
the crime above mentioned was deemed
nearly equal to manslaughter and fined
accordingly.-LosOeu Citizen.
A New Orleans doctor calls atten-
ton to very simple fact which merits
attention from medicine takers. If the
medicine is mixed with very cold water.
and few swallows of the water be
taken as preparatory dose. the nerves
of the organ of taste become sufficiently
benumbed to make the medicine nearly
tasteless. The method will not dis
guise bitter tastes, but acts well in oils
and salines.
There are in America at the pres
emit time 1000 locomotives. To keep
up the standard and supply new de-
mands, 1900 must be built each year.
Locomotives cost on an average SIC, 600
each, which would indicate an cxpendi-
ture of &12, O00, 600 = year. There are
sixteen locomotive works in the United
States among whom this work and mon
ey will be more or less evenly distrib-
uted.-Iroy Times.
Thirty years ago David S. Horst,
residing near Mount Joy. Pa, while
eating q meal at q Lancaster hotel
swallowed q pin. Often since he ex-
perienced sharp pains in various por-
lions of his body. OF late on his back
and right limb sore spots appeared, first
above the hip. then further down. until
several weeks ago another sore APP
peared between the knee and ankle In
the act Of dressing it he discovered and
arrested the long lost PIN Pittsburgh
Post
Literary talent is kept fully abreast
of roller skating progress at Bruins
wick. Ca, where one of the papers
prints rink personals" like these:
miss Julia Futch glided around the
hall like a sunbeam playing upon the
crests Of the sparkling waves. Mrs.
McIver is quite at home on the rollers,
and skates as smoothly as the swan
glidcs over the passive waters. Miss
Mary Stacy fitted around the hall like
q light-winged dove ON some heavenly
mission"
The history Of Boston women De-
gins with young girl, Ann by name.
ten years old. who was the first person
to leap from the boat which brou zht
over the exploring party from Charles
town in 1850; and when, as Mrs. Pol
lard. she died in 1725. aged los, there
was left behind her . canvas, still in i
existence in the gallery-of the Histori-
cal Society, in which the strong, hard
lines Of the old face indicate . tough
ness which could well have borne the
hardships of the early settlement
Boston Budget.
AT Key West summer is perpetual,
and st MONDAY every soul Is asleep.
The cocoanut trees nod drowsily and
the great banana leaves droop under
the heavy air. The flushed sun gilds
the smooth trunks 81 the palms. and the
hum Of the insects IS hushed, and, tho
who sings 1t hiswork while
the morning mist lies upon the island,
seeka the shelter Of low-browed roof.
smokes his cigarette, sips his coffee and
lies down tn siesta The p0oule eharo