The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-05
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Win a pOpuiaI1On OF Two RunQrSusE Q&J
five lawyers, or one for every thirty
nine persons.
The paltry sum of ten cents was
given by traveller to a colored man
in Nashville. N. c., recently, who found
and returned to him his lost pockets
book containing eight hundred dollars
"A puzzle now troubling the peopie
is simply this: Place eight checkers
on board so that no two will be either
on a straight or diagonal line in eithes
direction, if you csn.-IthccG N. ~
Journal.
According to Florida paper, the
pumpkin is perennial in that State. .It
Is said that there is pumpkin vine
growing near Rock Ledge which has
been bearing three years, and shows
every indication of holding out for am
other.
The magnitude of the slate indus
try IN this country can be imagined
when it is stated that the amount
produced of roofing slate alone is 5OO.-
600 squares per year. A square" is
about one hundred square fset.-Rut-
land Herald.
"A company is LAYING a cable con-
tanning two hundred and fifty telephone
wires in pipe along Spring street,
New York. The overhead wires in
that city, if in straight line. would
extend from San Francisco to London.
Troy Times.
The moss crop of Florida, says the
Pensacola Commercial. is worth more
than the cotton crop, and can be put
on the market at less expense. The
demand exceeds the supply, and there
Is not county in which this product IS
not going to waste.
"A German engineer has invented
an electric target, on which hand in
dicateS the exact point where the bull
let strikes it. The arrangement Will
effectually prevent the accidents to life
and limb which are so frequent at rife
grounds in Germany.
"A well-established system of sup
port has been adopted by the Hume
vile (Pa.) Record. 1t announces that
hereafter the Record will be fifty
cents year, and each new subscriber
will get pair of suspenders by mail,
postpaid, which sell for fifty cents"
The emigration statistics from Ire
land for 1884 show that the emigrantj
who left Irish ports last year were rs. !
O43, decrease of 81, 1873 as compared
with 1883, the number of males being
3S.177, or 1925 less than in the pre-
vious year, and of females 81, S66, dei
crease of 1867. OF the 76.O43 emil
grants in 1884, 1858 were natives Of
Ireland, and $50 were persons belong
ing to other countries.-Cnicago Jour.
nal.
The statistics of leading articles OF
food during the last fifteen years, the
american Grocer thinks, support thu
theory that we have reached an era Of
permanent low prices. The decline
has been continuous" it says.
throughout the period mentioned.
necessitating readjustment in the
economy of everyday affairs" The
decline in the price of meat however, is
50 slight that it has escaped the obser.
vation of most buyers.-N Y lads
pendent.
Boston girls have resorted to des
perate measures. The other afternoon
a young single lady employed In the
State House took . cab to transact
some business, and for several hours
attracted the wandering attention Of
the passing crowds by q card displayed
upon the cab window reading mot
Engaged" Whether the young Lady
co1nived with the driver to keep the
significant card pendant from the win
dow, or whether she did not it certain
ly was an engaging advertisement for
timid bachelors.-Los0sa Chzen.
1t is curious fact connected with
deep mining, that from the hours Of
twelve at night till three in the morn
ing the disturbing influence in the
bowels of the earth Obtains increased
activity. At this time it is observed by
miners that water falls from places
where none is observable during the
day. The volume in the wster-wheel
is perceptibly increased, the atmosphere
is charged with gases, which often
prevents the lights from burning, and
small particles of earth and rock ara
dnves.-ScientsGc AnsesIcan.
"A bird which attracts much akseo-
ton in Arizona is named the road-run-
ner. 1t has body about twelve inches
long, with tail Of the same length,
and runs like . race-horse. Il is the
determined enemy of the rastlesnake.
Upon finding this reptile it gathers in
It's beak cactus leaf loaded with thos0-
which weighs about q pound. and.
lowering over the snake, drops it uQon
him. This makes the snake cod foc
fight, when the bird returns With a.
other and another, until the mad SER
pent il either killed by his bed OF
thorns, or dies by his own poison. The
bird then proceeds to feed On his wc-
tim--CSicdgo Times.
Some thirty-six years ago, By q
premature explosion of gunpowaer, an
iron bar three and one-half feet loag.
one and one-fourth inches in diameter.
and weighing thirteen and one-foursh
pounds, was shot completely throagh
q mans head and perforated his brains,