Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-15
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The death rate in Dakota j. only
five IN n" thousand
The Great Eastern j. to be- m""rrd
Al Gibraltar A. coal hulk.
1t j. illegal in Paris for news
dealer 10 lend ont newspaper Ia ANY
one for reading purposes.
A silver box. smut Al wedding in
Hartford, Conn. the other daN. i 10
be kept under seal, like that OF Pam
dora. till tn" tim" for the silver nnni-
Ver>arN, twenty-five wears hence.
A horseshoe has been invented that
comes on and off like a man shoe. A
rim Al the hutt"m and buckle at the
back hold it IN place. A pad protects
the bottom of the hoof TroV Times.
Three hundred and fifty-cight Grim
inalS. who hav" escaped from Gr"rgia
III tn" last few years. are wanted IN that
state. The rewards offered for them
aggregate one hundred thousand dol
lars
1t has been discovered a: Austin,
Tex, that one-half the thirty million
acres Of school and university lands
have been frec-grazcd for wears. the
State deriving no income from the cat
tlrmcn.
1t is reported from Dakota that
prairie fires will not cross fields of
clover or timothy. a. there is green
sprig AT the bottom which checks it. 1t
is the dry buffalo grass that the flames
run in. As the land is improved and
tame grasses are sown this >courgr will
be checked Chicago T'ibms.
Blue Ribbon beer. manufactured
in Toronto. and claimed to b. tenn
pcrance beverage. WIS tested a few
day, ago on two men. each of whom
drank seven glasses in an hour and "A
half and then became drunk. The
court thcrcupon decided that the stuff
was intoxicating - HjcGqo Hruid
The advantage of fresh air from
the open windows in a >l"rping room
has received strong proof from an Incl
dent of the cholera in Spain. In the
house of rich merchant the cholera
attacked. first of all. the one person
who slept in the only room of the
dwelling which was without Il window.
Tossing as high in air A. possible
the drye>t of the long seed pods under
the maple trees, i suggested by the
Lawrence (Ma>>.) american IL 4 new
diversion of school children for recess.
The peculiar motion whllcfalling may
surprise those who have never tried it.
Ii might br called the game OF butter
fy."
If wifr'> feelings are injured one
hundred thousand dollars worth by the
killing of her husband in Texas. where
men are plenty. what must be the ,.N-
tent Of damag" inflicted upon her atf"c-
tion- in Il aparailri case ia Massachusetts,
where tn" Reserve supply i about ~"N-
enty thousand short Ch0r',,t"n IS.
c. N.ars.
Mining was pro-pcctrh within a
few miles of Nogal"~ Cal. three hun
dred and three Years ago. >tN the N"g.
g.t. ages before The ground WAS di~-
turhrd by the minrr'> pick in any ot
the >u-callrd older States ar Territories.
and the present indications Ar" that ere
long the most important mining field
Of that remote period Of antiquity will
become the most important OF modern
times
There was lady in the White
House the other day who always goes
To call on the President when She
makes 4 wedding trip, and n" has en-
loved three of these Interesting cNcur-
>iOnS since Grant came in. BN strange
i'll luck. the husband. in every case but
the last. ha> >lch"nrd and died soon
after the visit to the President. The
lady i from Massachusetts. and -hr in
tends to pcrScNerc in her custom. She
announced 10 one of The dooTktcpcr>
that She would be more careful with
her present husband than with those
who preceded him. WGshiRqioH Post.
Prom Greenland comes the story
that little hamlrt> occupied by tn" de
>rcndant> of the Nor-cmcn are in exist
cnJr. and that they contain happy and
contrntrd population. wuimtiurnc"d hy
the events passing in the outside world,
and unrutfled by politics or base ball.
Centuries ago the coast of Greenland
was the Danish fishing ground, and
the country. which then boosted les
rigorous climate than that which it l.
credited now, WAS not deemed unfit for
settlement. Ii j. something 10 know
that other than E~qulmauN humanity
Is vegetating there. Ih1HiriIhi0 Press.
A Virginia girl who advertised for
a husband in Dakota paper received
ll9 letters IN reply. and the po,rma>trr's
salary has been raised 1T that nlace on
account Of the new business. " y