The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-08
MISSING LINKS.
There are 60. 600 families in London,
each Of which lives in ons room.

Central Park. New York. is two and
q half miles long and half mile wide
It contains 1862 acres
at the head of Pennsylvania temper
ance movement in the churches
The English, stimulated by Russian
enterprise in the same direction. are
beginning to talk seriously of q railway |
from Europe to India
Georgia has become as much of 3 |
temperance state as Maine or Kansas.
Whisky is q scarce article, and drunk |
en- man is q rare sight
Japan possesses 1000 newspapers.
Not . single journal of any kind exist |
ed. or was thought of, in the country
twenty-five years ago.
The ex-Empress of Mexico is forty
five. The doctors note an extraordi-
nary improvement in her, and antici-
pate complete recovery.
The British Mint, which has been
operated at an average profit CT about
Sis, 900 year since 1871, is said to
have Melted over $438, 600 of profit in
1884.
Paper pulp is now nodded into
spokes for carriage and wagon wheels,
and is said to be superior to wood in
every respect, and much cheaper and
easier made.
A French paper denies that this
country has invented one single thing
of national benefit, and the New York
Herald gives it list of 33S different
articles to chew on.
DR.. Brown-Sequard has just received
the biennial prize of 10000 francs
from the French Academy of Sciences.
He was given "A votes against in
favor OF the explorer, De Brazza-
Steel knives not in daily use may be
kept from rusting if they are dipped in
a strong solution of soda, one part of
water to four of soda. Then wipe dry,
roll in flannel, and put in dry place.
President Cleveland keeps q scrap
book of excerpts from the newspapers
in order to be informed of ali sorts of
public opinion. 1t ia one clerks sole
employment to collect and preserve
these things.
Young American men are settling in
Mexico, but they are not marrying
there The story of Mexican woman
seventy-two years of age who has just
been blessed with new baby has sort
of scared them away from the senor-
itas.
A man became bankrupt with liabil-
tiles of 800. 600, and in the settlement
of the estate, which yielded 78 per cent
/ to the creditors, the costs of the adj
ministration amounted to less than s..
This happened away off in Smaland,
| Sweden.
On the walls of the largest factory
in Norway, Conn, the following motto
is displayed: This factory viii here
after be run without rum or be closed.
If any man employed here is seen
drunk he will be discharged without
further notice"
Two New England pastors exchang-
ed pulpits, and one delivered sermon
which the congregation had within q
month heard from the mouth of the
other. The Baptist Weekly vouches
for this story, and would like to know
the real author of the discourse.
A savings bank in Portland, Ore,
has 800 gold piece which was taken
from the stomach of a slaughtered COW,
and found to be worth $16.2 %. The
milling is worn off the edge, which Is
smooth and rounded, but the designs
upon the sides remain visible. The
date of the coin is 1870, but how long
the COW had been digesting the So. 7E
no one can tell
1t is becoming quite popular ION the
other side" to introduce odd and anus
ing figures in the cotillion, and tn
monotony of the dowager of looking a
the dancers going through staid figure
Is thus relieved by the substitution o
the new ones. At u party recentl
/ rrixy in L..
led bait at the end of a fishing-rod il
the faces of the young men who strug
gled for it. A waltz with the fair an
gler was the reward offered to the on
who took the bait.
A new and characteristic anecdot,
of Gen. Grant was related by Dr.
Haughton, President of the Roya
Geological Society of Ireland, on tn
occasion of the visit of the Lord Lieu
tenant to the splendid gardens of tn
Institution at Dublin. When Gran
visited the city the reverend doctor ha,
the honor of conducting him arounr
the gardens. The doctor observed tina
the General was a silent man. III
asked him what he would like to see
and he replied; Bring me a chat
and put me in front of the lions.
want to see your Irish lions" III
sat down." added the doctor, San
smoked two cigars, and then went on
OF the gardens without saying anothe
word. "
An old theatrical manager says tina
the memory is taxed more by a panto
mimic role than by an oral one, and b
Instances Marie Zoe. who for years wa
the leading French Spy Of the Amer
lean stage. The performance as tn
dumb girl was always hard strain o.
her. The pantomime, with its requi
site nicely of movement and expires
sion, was more exhaustive to her brai
than the heroines of Shakespeare to
tragedienne. She was compelled
few years ago to retire because he
mind was affected, and now she ha
been taken to an insane asylum. He
shattered intellect knows nothing bu
the French Spy, and she is almost con
stantly going through with its scenes
The contest with the Arab is Tough
over and over, without weapon or an
taScnlst, but with a zest and vim O
pantomime that startle her attend
ants.
A well-known firm of booksellers il
the Strand have on view. says the Pal
Mall Gazette, what must be, we shoulC
think, one of the largest and most ex
pensive extra illustrated books in ex
istence. 1t is copy of Boydelrs edi
ton of Shakspeare's works, which, b.
the insertion of many thousands O
plates, has been extended to thirty-si,
volumes. Some idea of the vast quan
tity of the plates and the labor involv
ed in their collection may be gained
from the price of the book, 1000. 1
Is said that this by no means repre-
sents the original cost price. It i
really melancholy that men of educa
ton and certain amount of taste anC
intelligence should devote a lifetim.
and vast sums of money to such OBJ
jects as these Printsellers must how
ever, look at the matter in a different
light A really enthusiastic Granger
ite" with money must be good income
to one of these gentry.
When some Americans, who had
overheard the remark that Slrassbure
was famous for pate de foie gras, =
reached that old town one day recent
| ly they sailed forth IN quest of the thing
in question. 1t is said that they actu-
ally went into book store and asked
/ the clerk for a ''pate de foie grsls, -
and that, being a true-learted human
being. he took them aside, whispering
that what they wanted was goose
liver PIE. Then, unabashed, they
went to an eating house and found the
| pie-a thing awful To look back upon
they say, since it was SO very nigh
as TO SUIT only the trained palate OF the
epicUrc.
A tadpole. the larva of frog, has q
tail and no legs, gills instead OF lungs,
a heart precisely like that of FISH, a
horny beak for eating vegetable food.
and spiral intestine to digest il.
With the approach OF maturity the
hind legs appear. then the front pair;
the beak falls Off the tails and gllls