The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-02-12

a workingmau employed ON tn.
upper scalIolding of the Washington
monument, slipped and fell ten fee.
his sleeve catching on n4ii, prey en-
ing his plunging down the other 40
feet.
Major Brooke says III the Rural I
Hone, that more cherries, berries. /
peaches and grapes I less pie. cake |
and meat would le Il pain, prolong
life, and greatly in.lease the mental
and physical vigor of the race.
Comfort is the first essential of
growth, development and of milk
yield. a COW which is chilled and
half starved is no condition to do well
as a mixer, and if she gives no decent
return of this milk what is she kept
for?
1t is said that one tree marks the
corner of three counties in Ohio
Wood, Hancock and Seneca-and
COW rubbing her sides against the
trunk in Hancock county, chews her
cud In Seneca and brushes flies in
Wood.
Sweet skinned milk is worth to
feed, IN connection with other food, TO
a good breed of pigs, cent a quart.
Two quarts of milk, Prof. Roberts
says, drawn from the COW by the calf,
are worth three quarts fed to it from
pail.
! IL is noticeable that farmers are less
( lnciln"d to cooperate in doing work
J or /" Jr"v ling supply OF food than
! the early =, ttIerS Of the country We're.
There has been Sc bic decline in
what was called "ucighborly kind
ness"
a very pretty story is told to the
effect that the thimble was invented
IN 1854 by goldsmith named Van
Beuscholten, of Amsterdam, to pro-
tect the ii0gers OF his lady-love. The
English were the first to adopt the
new invention.
A man in Cedar Keys. Florida, went
10 a physician 10 be cured of a num-
Der OF diseases. The physician told
MIN that there was nothing the mat
ter with him, which made the would
be patient So angry that he assaulted
the physician.
Could the waste Of corn or its equiv
alent IN other carbon food that is
caused by cold, uncomfortable stables
sheds aad styles, or their entire alb
sence, be accurately estimated, ii
would show an array or figures that
would antonish some farmers.
A Scottish physician declares thai
Oh all the strange journeyings Of
needles In the flesh which have com,
under bis observation, the stranges
occurred IN lady patient who, q yea
ago, broke needle in the first joint O.
!. her lett thumb, and few days ago re
. moved it from her right forelinger.
[ a little brick school-house, in Butte
s county, Pa, which has an Enclosure o
t one acre of land for the children!
4 playground, was until recently sup
: posed to be worthS500, but the discov
= cry OF Oil IN the immediate neighboI
: hood has led to an offer of $4,000 TO
a the property. The trustees deman
r 100000.
In the Moscow district Of Russia
a case was recently tried which show
It that Ferdinand Ward can flourish i
q the Cars dominions About 1876
IS Ivan GaYrilovitch I,ykoff was instrI
t. mental in establishing bank in th
n town OF Skopin. For twenty years b
d controlled the bank, and when it faiIe
4 the deposits amounted to about $500
IF 600, most Of which had been appropr
a ated by Rykoff. He was sentenced
er exile to Siberia for life.
Is Some live chickens created con
rt motion on a Baltimore stage tn;
lie seems to prove that property CHECKER
is are better than thei real articles f,
the purpose. AS the heroips-Sf q
is play was becoming pathetic in a pre-
a. ty barnyard scene, a big rooster in
e. hlcRon-coop gave a vigorous ar
al clear call. All the small chickens, b
n coming xcited, burst their bonds ar
n. t1uttered cut upon the. stage. The he
n oine rushed from the arms of HI
n lover to catch the chickens, but thu
I flew hither and thither, till the man
L ager rang down the curtain. Son
q Of the chickens flew down into Il
4 auditorium, and the audience had
- lively time. 1t was an act whit
te gave much humor to the perform
an ance.
- Three hunters had very lively e
perience with a bear recently, ne
~ Huntington, Pa. The bear W
so brought to lay in large thicket wi
de the aid of hounds, and one of the pa
us ty volunteered to creep in and dri
sC bTuin out. The volunteer had gol
l uo bat short distance when he was su
ia uC14J dCGdChcu ny Uuo 6urdScu USe
III who planted its feet On the huntel
III breast and terribly lacerated hi
u, The cries of the unlucky hunter sol
~ brought the others to his assistanC
o. 90 but the bear left him only to char
~ on his rescuers, one Of whom bru
o. grabbed around the waist, and wi
so a powerful hug broke two of his ril
-, =" The third hunter raised his Ran at ii
~, critical moment, and with a weld
sS rCcted aim, planted two balls in Il
he bears heart, killing it instantly.