The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-07-03
GEN ERAL.

lU,OUU,OUU less than that OF 1851.
Dakota can boast of a greater va
riety of mineral wealth than any known
locality on the globe.-Sfonr City
journal.
"A Georgian claims to have per-
fected contrivance for running street
cars by quicksilver motor.
Seven tunnels have been success
Angeles County, California. and water
obtained for irrigation purposes.
"A man in Mansfield, Mass. failed
in an attempt to commit suicide. The
next day he was accidentally killed by
falling under the whsels railroad
train.
I'm q burning cabin in Franklin
County, Ca, two colored children
persisted. and dog which had been
left with them refused to leave them,
and was burned to death by their de.
Among the immigrants who passed
through Pittsburgh recently, were four
children, ranging in age from four to
twelve years, who were bound for st.
Louis. and had travelled BY themselves
all the way from Germany.
The Boston Ideal Opera Company.
which has been favorite organization
with lovers of light opera all over the
country. gave farewell performance
of "Pinafore" at the Globe Theater in
Boston. recently, and was disbanded.
The Medical journal states that a
few handfuls of common salt thrown
| daily into closets, and an occasional
handful into wash basins, goes far
toward counteracting the noxious eff
fects of the omnipresent sewer gas.
Mrs. Fred Hess. living near Alex
| andria, Va, missed her little five-year-
old child. to find him in the well cling
ing with both hands to crevice in the
wall. and crying Justify: mamma!
come and take mer' The little fellow
was fished out unframed.
COuyler-Journdl.
Wheat, now the most important
cereal crop cultivated in all parts of
the world. and one of the principal ar
ticles of human food. was derived from
wild form of grass, and can only be
improved and maintained by careful
| culture. Althou gh widely disseminated
it is nowhere found growing wild.
L
to measure the dimensions and speed
of deep sea waves with marked sue
cess. The longest wave recorded
| measured a half mile from crest to
crest. with 8 period of twenty-three
seconds. Waves having a length of
500 to 600 feet and periods of ten to
twelve seconds are the ordinary storm
waves Of the North Atlantic Ocean.
A resident of Bangor, Me-, re-
Gently noticed large and small spider
in pursuit of fly. The small one
caught the fly and was carrying him
of. when the large one attacked him,
took possession of the fly and marched
away. The little one crept up behind
| the large one, bit him on the leg and
| ran away for dear life Instantly the
large spider commenced swelling. and
in five minutes was dead.-BostoD Post.
The other day truck-driver tied
/ his horse and wagon to the rear of q
train of empty oil cars on the West
Shore track in Weehawken, n. j. Dur
ing his temporary absence q locomotive
was hooked on to the train. 1t started
at rather lively pace. dragging the
horse and wagon with it. The animal
kept up for about q mile, but the pace
proved too much for him, and he fell
down exhausted. When Won Hagen
returned it took him three hours to find
the animal, which was badly injured.
The wagon was scattered along the
track-N =. Sun.
| The Postmaster of Sandy Hill, N.
Y, has been cured of rheumatism in q
1 wonderful manner. He has been q
great sufferer from the disease, and
i some one told him if he would carry
sound raw potatoes in his pocket he
would be cured. He selected two
Hebron beauties, put one in each
pantaloon pocket and awaited the cure.
His pains have departed. and he sums
| il up thus: Zone thing is sure, car
ried the potatoes, and the rheumatism
has disappeared. Troy Times.
The most elegant way to eat an
orange, saws . lady from Philadelphia,
is no longer to extract the juice by q
spoon. but to put fork in the orange
at the part precisely opposite to the
stem. With steel knife that has been
sharpened for the occasion. pare down
the peel in thick slices until You have
al the white inner skin cut away.
Then, W thout removing the fork, hold
IL up to the mouth sideways, and eat il
Is you would corn from the ear. Thu
gives you the pulp only.
Civil service examining rooms:
Examiner Cooking over John Smiths
papers This man has made bad
botch OF this mathematical question
Principal Examiner-What is the ques.
tionP Examiner (reading)-H l owe
William Jones S65. and promise to pay
him % month, how much will l owe
him at the end of . year? Prin- Ex.-
Well what did he answer? Ex.-Ha
has it S65. Prin. E.-That man Is q
natural born government clerk; already
has Their traits. Mark him 1O0.-
WdaRingt0n Hdtchet.
| "A writer in the Medical World say
that as opium Is m antidote for pain,
%, conversely. the real antidote for %
overdose Of opium is to cause persist
ont pain. With this idea he has .soften
pl1oed hand-v;se on tho thumbs. md