The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-18
items of Interest.

Chill pays bounty of So head fol
the scalps of condors, but the birds are
SO sly that it does not pay to hunt them.
A Missouri editor, soliciting subscrip-
tons to his paper declares that neg
lcct to take interest in reading the news
of the day is an iniallible symptom OF
early death.
Prince Bismarck recently told Rus-
sian diplomatist that he had decided
never again to use tobacco in any form,
and that he regarded cigarette smoking
as extremely noxious, and ridiculous tc
boot.
The Afghans eat onions as we do ap.
pies. The cause of the recent attack by
the Russians can therefore be easily
understood. They were obliged to use
their gums to keep the Afghans from
coming within hailing distance.
Two young Philadelphia sportsmen
were recently freed for whole day up
in Potter county by bear which, as
was afterward found out, was perfectly
tame an escaped pet but they paid
500 for the privilege of shooting it.
Headaches, accompanied by dizziness,
may be cured by some simple medicine,
such as magnesia or Rochelle salts,
taken at night in small quantities.
Coffee should be let alone and the diet
carefully regulated. Meat should be
taken but once day, and the head
should be kept elevated during sleep.
The more exercise you take in the open
air, the better.
! Some few days ago lad in st. Louis
decapitated q rattle-snake. He then
picked up the head of the reptile for
closer inspection when its mouth sud-
denly opened and closed, striking its
fangs into the boys thumb. Immedi-
ately all the symptoms of poison ng
manifested themselves, and the unfort-
unate youth died after some hours OF
great pain.
ConnecJlcuc leads in longevity in this
country. The majority of very Old
people are women. Among men, sold
iers and farmers arc the longest lived
A recent investigator found one hun
dred ministers who had passed the
century limit, but he found only thirty
doctors, ten lawyers, and ten actors
According to tradition, famines occur
in Japan every forty Or fifty years.
Modern history records great famines
in 1910, 1878, 1881, and 1885. This is
the fftieth year since the last great
dearth, and as t. e climatic changes have
been frequent and severe, apprehensions
calamity.
Experiments by means of photo
graphic plates i'll the Mediterranean
show that in the middle of sunny day
in March the rays of the sun are Unable
to penetrate the water of that sea to
de til much beyond $50 fathoms. III
September the distance is reduced.
The depression at this depth on the
Photographic plate is not equal to that
made by starlight
Gen. r. Brinkerhoff declares that we
cannot blink the fearful fact that the tide
of crime is rising. He would gladly
doubt it. and figure it away, if he could,
but the statistics are pitiless. National,
State, and county statistics all concur
that the flood of crime creeps upward
year by year. sit must be checked or
it will overwhelm us, he exclaims.
The Maine bird catchers, who drive a
thriving trade in native song birds, use
cage divided into four compartments.
In one is O captive, which, when taken
into the field, utters call to his wild
brethren, one of whom is very likely, i'll
flying about the cage, to enter one of
the open doors and set free spring that
shuts the door. The favorite bird is tho
red linnet or "redfroll, which is hardly,
easily contented, and sweet singer it
mates with the canary and an excellent
cross breed is the result
The picture of Washington crossinc
the Delaware has popular Zed a seen,
that recurs every spring. Except for til,
absence of the figures of the commander
and his compatriots, it has lost none OF
its picturesque features When the
winter SHOWS are melting ami the sDrinn