Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-18
1F GENERAL INTEREST.

)F GENERAL INTEREST,
Turkey is the only State in Europe
:hat is not Christian.
A contrivance by means of which
the blind can play whist, is new in
vention.
An apple tree at Java. n. Y, pro-
iuced fifty bushels of good fruit this,
year-Bufdlo Express,
An engineer running train near
Reno killed forty sheep out of flock
of seven hundred. Denuer Tribune.
In fifteen counties of New York
one-half Of this year ; potato crop has
been destroyed by rot.-Iroy Times.
Forest culture in Dakota has led
70 the appearance Of birds that were
never before seen there. Chicago
Herald.
A mystery as to the cause of the
death of a San Francisco man was
solved at the autopsy by the finding of
q lemon seed lodged in his intestines.
The pickle crop of this country
last wear was Just four pickles to every
man woman and child. This year it
is short, not more than pickle apiece.
N. y. San.
Siberian cats are the newest agony
in pets A Siberian cat has a cold and
searching voice. and is valuable ad-
diton to the backyard orchestra
Hartford Post.
Toronto papers say the growth OF
that city is something wonderful. Tho
census of 1880 gave it a population of
S6.4l5. Now the Assessors returns
show lll.S0o inhabitants. and this is
said to be rather under the mark.
The Shah of Persia studies geog-
raphy from globe covered with jew
els. The seas are made of the finest
emeralds. and the different countries
are represented by diamonds, rubies,
sapphires and other precious stones.
In q pack of cards with which two
Cinnamon had been playing poker at
Stockton recently. were found five aces.
eight kings. six skies and SO on, showing
that the MongOlians understand the in
tricacies of the game.-Sdn Francisco
Call.
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their chief arguments on the fact that
calves have tubercular consumption
a communicable disease Late re-
searches by Strauss show that the pro-
portion of tuberculosis in calves
does not reach one in one hundred
thvusand-N. T. Herald.
A Spanish doctor, named Forino,
has calculated that, supposing three
hundred cigars are rolled in day. the
movement of the fingers is repeated
two hundred and seventy four thou
sand. five hundred times in year of
two hundred working days. This often
causes professional cramp, so-called
cigarroller's cramp.
They make good coffee in Guatem-
ala. A traveller says he never drank
As good elsewhere. 1t was simply the
essence of the berry-a dark brown,
thin liquor. kept in close-stoppered
this liquor is added hot water from an
earthen jug. The decoction is then in
deed worthy of the gods.
1t was Lum Smith of Philadelphia,
whom Colonel Fred ID. Grant recently
stated had offered 5000 for the bed
stead upon which General Grant died
Mr.. Smiths mothers maiden name
was Lum. and twas at Mrs. Ann Lum 5
magnificent residence that General
Grant made his headquarters after the
siege of Vicksburg. Philadelphia Press.
Lady lin art store)--'.Have you
any painting that you can guarantee
to be real old master's?" Proprie-
tor-..We have a few, madam. that
are well authenticated. What particu-
lar study or subject would you pre-
fer?" Lady. Ga little undecidedly)-
weller bit of Adirondack scenery,
] think, or if you haven't that, Niagara
Falls in mid-winter would do. "-But-
fdto Courier.
"A forcible illustration of the
weight of the atmosphere was recently
given by lecturer in London. who
SAID that the air. which scarcely ap-
pears to be matter at all, is so enor-
nous in mass that it really presses
with nearly ton TO each square foot,
so that the weight of all the buildings
in the worlds metropolis. for instance,
is less than that of the air above them.
drunken men often meet with mis-
haps, such as falls, blows or shocks
that would kill sober man. The rea-
son of this immunity is that the nerve
centers are SO much paralyzed in the
drunken man as not to be affected by
the shock of the fall, which. in sober
man. would have acted upon them so
violently as to stop the heart, arrest
the circulation and cause instant death.
boston Budget.
An example of the extraordinary
high prices paid for articles of food
during the Revolution is recorded on o
leaf bearing the date November "a,
i77S, from the manifest of the English
ship William & Anne. which was cap
tured by one of Paul Jones cruisers.
In United States money the prices read
Is follows: Flour. $50 . barrel; pork.
800 barrel; peas. &l2 q bushel; rum,
ol3 gallon; butter e1.25 pound.
Limbs Of the law are often deficient in
understanding.