The Columbus journal., 1885-12-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
An American lady has opened o.
house. in. Paris for young American
girls. who have come to that city with
out friends or protection. to carry on
the. studies .a &c hs#
"A tramp went into a house in Mis-.
souri, and spit on tho parlor carpet.
The woman was sick in bel. but she got
up and broke his co!larbone and ran
him to the woods.-SG louis Rbst.s =
The csusas Of a89O shdes tiias
TsnaesSe - ~ranks.trst - Q hona1kpoM
duciny Safe. The amount reported,
was $780, s9 pounds Of honey and &c..
42l pouudso Of bseswax. @ =
--2he PrsSdsut ofss liz zinDuranSe
COMPANY ressnt;y rsosiye q lettar In
which tn. wi. 81 said; In case Of detk
would got when fdys."-Bos.on.Iren-
script - 3. ESQ., Is,E - sas
There are 4. 100 stables e cow> in
New York. the m TX Of VIII Oh is sold in
in the city: AID ths;s cows from the
time thes enter the stable. until No
longer able to give milk. never q
grassy. y. 7Inses. sg 81.
There is NO more sense in tipping
. wa ter or bel room servant who 10
faithful than . prompt salesman or an
efficient helper of any sOr:. The sys-
tenn IS al ou.gsOwth Of the a~ristocratic
caste has $ of ssc.ety in Europe. and
should not get . foOthold hero where
labor j. held to bs honorable and paid
for Oh its mer; ts.- Washington Star.
Senator Walker. of Nevada, was
alta By a bad of coyotes near
Walmsiey s~a's """ tiy. and vas
obliged to at =, a tree to save
HI: | fe. H :iAe with him. and
X lied a numb r %: lar animals. which
We're quickly dcvo'ired by their COM
rades. He rems Red in tho tree all
night, closely watched by the coyotes.
but was rescued in the morning by q
party Of hunters. -
A few months ago a hitherto UNI
known portrait of Shakespeare was dis:
covered in . shop ,near the Haymarket
in London. It had been for many years
in the pos session OF Il family at Pad
dington. by thu last of whom il was be-
queathed to the present owner. At the
back Of the panel on which it is painted
ae several expla natory cohplets. dated
nearly $50 years ago. The portrait has
been photographed.
On some of the German postal
cards is a printed formula designed 10
AVE time in impartiEg news transmits
able by this med.nm. 1t runs IS fol-
lows: ''Only flew lines to-day" Then
follow five lines on which to write;
then. ''God be thanked. I am in good
health and hope to hear that you are
a'so. The weather is -; write soon
and give NV love to all. In haste. and
here follows tho signature. There is
even place reserved for postscript
A white man from away down South
in the O~keechobee Lake region came up
to Gainesville last week on bus: ness ut tho
United States land Office. While here
he saw the first ica he had we seen.
He manifested great interest in the
frigid substance, and put a half pound
lump in his pants pocket to take home
TO his family. He soon took it out of
lAio POVACb uOwOvVAs o10 10 AC AlN ~
said: II am Altered it will spile my
terbacker. Gainesville fF1a.l News.
A student Of womank nd explains
that b,l,es acquire an interchange of
ideas during the summer. and return
to their houses to put them into prac-
tice during the winter. At Saratoga,
Long Branch and other fashionable re-
sorts. women and girls from the most
distant parts of the cOuntry.are thrown
together in mutual observation, if not
in close social intercourse. and the in
fucnces that are more dominant fix the
convent Qualities of feminine behavior
for the ensuing year. New York sub
slant ally dictates to the rest of the
country through the force of numbers,
wealth and audacity.- N Y. Tribune.
Three linemen were at work at the
top Of 4 telegraph pole near New
Haven. when a thunder cloud, emitting
Z;g-zag arrows of JOvc's blue fire.
rolled down toward them. BY and by
a current from the surchargci cloud
came. flashing along the wire and the
men were given . dreadful shock. The
fellow who was standing highest was
struck scnscless. and, falling. was
caught by the others. Upon the taut
skin of the stricken mans chest were
three parallel marks; but. in spite OF
the stroke. he recovered within an
hour.-Nen HGucn Register.
When Miss Annie Middleton was
married to f. E. Stone. at Louisville.
several days ago. she wore what . was
nrnnouncrj tn Iva Ono Of thA most haau-
tiful dresses worn in that city. The
front was Of imported silk gauze. EN-
brO;dered in msrguerites and da scs.
The court train was . rich piece OF
white plush. bOrdered with heavy bands
of ostrich tips. In the ccrsags were
some coiorcd tints, which made the
effect more pleasing. Downy white
feathers and illusion veil. dotted with
tiny orange blossoms and fragrant
Marechal Mel bids were sdded.-N. y.
UeratI. "a Es
Of Santos, tho boss of Uruguay.
a correspondent writes: He was the
son of Il common sod err and born in q
barrack . never saw the inside of a
schoolhOu<c. and. when 4 child, was
not cons drred of cOnse iuence enough
to rece sc the baptism of the church.
Yet it was this mans destiny to intro
duce free schools into Uruguay. secure
the passage OF a compulsory educa-
tional law, demolish the monasteries.
drive out the nuns. Danish the Papal
legate. and forbid the j scussion of pc
lit:cal que StiouS from the pulpits of the
| Catholic Church."