The Columbus journal., 1885-09-16
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Massachusetts, are veterans of the civil
war.
There are now over eight million
stove is five years.
In Florida oil is thrown into ponds
and standing water to prevent mos
quitoes from Matching.
There are said 20 be more species
Of birds nesting in Central Park. New
York. than on any area of its size in
the world
New Bedford. Mass. carpenter,
shingled one side of the roof of q house
before they discovered they were work.
: ing on the wrong building.
! -Wilkesbarre. Pa. was named after
Wilkes and Barre. two members Of Par
! lament who took sides with the Colo
nies during the tax discussion previous
to the Revolutionary War.
-Bohemia contains something mors
than 5,OOO,OOO of inhabitants. But
there are nearly 100000 Bohemians in
! the United States. Of whom there are
! 1000 Bohemians in Chicago. 20. 900 in
Cleveland and 5000 in New York.
Fargo has all along supposed that
she had seventeen thousand popula-
| ton. but census taken BY the police
fails to show quite ten thousand. How
seven thousand people slipped out o(
town inside of two days is what bothsrs
those who didn't 60.
The straw berry crop of the Eastern
shore of Mar, land is more profitable
than the 0. or crop. This region
promises to :. ..o,nc lie great trucking
garden of Il. Atlantic coast, and there
is very little nnprnvable land in it that
is not now uppder cultivation.
Queen Victoria detests smokers,
and keeps up in her palaces the stand
ing order. Positively no smoking
here" much to tho annoyance of the
Prince of Wales. who, as the first dandy
of the land. not only smokes, but sets
all the fashions. though his reputation
as rake is exaggerated.
John Z. Stevens was the founder
of American yachting. He founded
the New York Club, which originally
numbered only nine yachts. Now
there are one thousand eight hundred
vessels of the kind belonging to Amcri-
can owners. The Oldest American
yacht is the Minnesota, which was
built in 1885.
Some inscriptions people in San
Francisco are selling tie water of
Owens Lake, in California. at one dollar
q pint, under the name of the 'Water
of Life" The water Of Owens Lake IS
strong lye, and goblet of it would
o1 R,,t
pie buy it. ami drink small quantities
of it. under the impression that they
are taking wonderful curative.
First Cit:zen-'.DO you deal at
IS store?" Second Citizen-"O.
dear. no; ! make it a point never to 60
where am not wanted +. C.-..But
q stOrekeeper certainly wants you to
90 in and buy" S. C.--"Well. 1 think
if he wants me he'll invite me through
the advertising columns Of u newsSa-
per. No. never intrude where am
not wanted. MIR. never adver-
tises. oil city Derrick.
"A comparison Of the ages at death OF
Engl 81! aud ..mer:can statesmen shows
the average for the English to be
seventy years and for the Americans
sixty-nine. Of our Senators fifty-nino
gave an average of sixty-One years;
one hundred and forty-six Represents
tives averaged fifty-tive years, and the
average for both was tifty-eight. The
one hundred and twenty-one members
of Parliament averaged sixty-eight
years ut death.
Eagle feathers arc highly priced
by the Ind ans. and their method of
capturing the bird is this: They repair
to the mountains and dig q pit, which
is covered lightly with reeds and grass.
A piece of buffalo meat. done up in Q
wolf skin. is laid on the pit. The eagle
swoOps down, alights upon the wolf
skin and begins to tear it. The Indian,
who is concealed in the pit, seizes the
bird by its legs and drags it into the
pit. where he crushes its breast with
bis knees.
Says the master of the house to
the servant, as he prepares to lock
himself in his study and work: II am
not in. if anyone calls. mind" A
quarter Of an hour later he rings the
bell. No answer. He rings it again.
Still no answer. He opens the door
furiously and cries to the servant in
the ante chamber: 'Did you hear me
ring, YOU idiOt?' Yes sir, but as YOU
told me you weren't in. l couldn't
think Of taking BELLS word before |
yours. sir. ."-Manchester Courier.
The city house which Mr.. j. C.
Flood is building in San Francisco will
be very expensive structure. like
those of Governor Stanford and the
Crockers. One room will be done in
ivory and gold. The cost is fabulous.
At one time Mr.. Flood would not hear
of having it done. but the architect
finally prevailed. and he will be al
lowed to carry out the original plans.
He has furnished complete drawings
one might say paintings--Of every room
just rs it will appear when finished
some two years hence.
My dear" said a wife to her hus-
band. Il know that l am dreadful
cross with you at times. that am not
patient as should be. and think tho
,ame can be said of YOU" "Yes. cer-
'ainly." he frankly acknowledged. II
I'm almost as bad as you are" whats
.hat?" IL say that am just as
much to blame rs YOU are" II think"
went on the lady, THAT We ought to
cultivate a mutual federation of each
,ther's faults" and she bent over him
md fOndly kissed him. You are not
ooking well tonight. dear" he said
troking her hair. NO" she replied.
my feet pain me dreadfully." That's
you wear shoes two sizes too
mall for YOU" Then the trouble b.
IAN once more.-ShOe aAd Leather Re-
,0rter.
Mutual Regrets.