Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-04-30
FACT AND FANCY.


deep water, and at tho present rate of
decrease will shortly become curiosi-
ties, to be found only in museums.
Brick houses are q long-felt want in
Texas, according to The San Antonto
Times, which chronicles with joy the
fact that preparations are being made
at Columbus to erect such buildings.
An old man in Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania, received So, 900 from his
chirdren on agreeing not to marry
fascinating girl of II. Then he mar
ried her and gave her the money, aud
she disappeared with it.
A suit for $1,000 damages has been
instituted BY resident of Rome, Ga,
against local grocer who displayed
in front of his store Il card with the
name of the prosecutor on it and the
words "Deadbeat, S6,38."
The dude collar this season, it is
authoritatively announced, will be
narrow and will have the corners
slightly turned down. He will now
have an opportunity of looking around
him and of seeing what is going on in
the world.
The baltimore Amcyical truly says a
man who will give up the cditorship
Of an influential American paper for
second-rate foreign appointment is
not made Of that sterncr stuff which
enters so largely into the makeup of
all good editors.
1t is WELL sometimes, to have a caro-
and not yawn too loudly or to open the
mouth to wide while indulging in this
peculiar pastme. A Rochester lady u
| few days since was unfortunate
enough to dislocate her jaws while
indulgng in an ordinary everyday
yawn.
''Yes, SIR" said the entomologist,
II can tame flies so that when | whis
Tie they will come and alight on my
hand" "Pshaw!' said the bald-hcad-
ed man, that's nothing. They come
and alight on my head without
my whistling." The netomologist sat
down.
A citizen of Boston, in looking over
| the genealogical records of his family,
noticed the following: "Abiah-died
1893, aged Il. Tradition says she
went to q ball dressed in the manner
of later days, beautifully but not
warmly caught cold, and died four
days after. The dress was an heirloom
in the family of Ira"
A man at Union City, Pa, puzzled
his neighbors by frequently carrying
paper bag, evidently containing
something heavy, to his room. What
he could do with so much flour was
a mystery, bnt the other night the
matter was explained when the man
slipped upon the ice and burst the
bag, disclosing tin pail filed with
| beer.
The kirmess which opened recently
in New York is n festival which origi-
mated in the Netherlands many years
ago. 1t is supposed that the word is
derived from kcrk, the Dutch for
church, and messe. feast and was origi
nally 4 church festival. Tenier and
other Flemish artists have illustrated
the old-time scenes of the "kermesse,
as 1t was then called.
The many Americans who have
viewed with wonder and admiration
the remains of Heidelberg castle,
splendid even in decay, will be glad to
learn that the reported injury to tho
foundations by the railway tunnel be-
meath them existed only in imagina-
tion. A commission appointed to
make an examination says it finds tho
foundations in perfect condition.
Capt. John Ayrcs, of Santa Fe, New
Mexico, who went to New Mexico with
the California volunteers in early
days, and for a time was in command
Of Fort Marcy, publishes two-col-
umn article review, stating that he has
discovered the original warm mineral
springs which the Aztecs filled up and
hid at the time of the Spanish invasion.
The spring is about four miles east of
Santa Fe.
Mr.. d. c. Robbins, in his "Annual
Review of the Drug Trade of New
York" states that in 1884 we import
cd l,263, 1872 ounces of quinino and
2,5SS,3O7 pounds of cinchona bark.
We are Importing more quinne and
manufacturing less every year. In
1884 we imported twice as much
quinine and half as much bark as in
1882. In 1888 more opium was i'm
ported for smoking (29S, 1853 pounds
than for all other purposes put to-
gethor. The large duty placed upon
this form Of opium reduced We import
for 1884 very considerably.
A letter was received at the post
Office in Portland, Oregon, the other
day, addressed to Olympia, Oregon,
State of California" The laughter
caused among tho employees by this
funny address had not died away when
another letter was discovered adj
dressed to some postofice in Oregon
which looked much like Sow Belle"
After everyone had wondered for somo
time the expert of the establishment
discovered that the address was "Sow
Piellie," which was quickly interpreted
TO be the Chinese for South Prairie,h
and thither the letter was sent.
A good story is told of farmer in
Georgia who rented some land last
year to colored man for third of
the crop. When the drought came on
his corn and cotton were affected by
it, He gathered two bales of cotton
and two wagon-loads of corn. Tho
latter he penncd up for his own use
and the cotton was sold. When his
landlord called for his share he was
told there was none or him. He was
thunderstruck and asked: didn't 1
rent you the land for the third of the
cropp" Eyes, boss" said the man,
"but you see dero was no third. Dere
was only two bales of cotton and two
loads of corn; all mine and muffin for
you by de contract. And tho land
lord could not mako Cuffee believe
any other way.
The greatest calamity that can befall
q confirmed smoker is to have his cher
ished meerschaum broken, as frequent
ly happens by fall or other accident.
When this happens, the fractured idol
is generally taken to jewelers. and
the dismembered parts rojoined by
means Of silver bands. This, of
course, is expensive, but when was the
time that a Yankee could not over
come difficulties OF this sort at
trifling costP The Bfddeford (Me.)
Journal relates that smoker Of that
place happened to drop handsome