Thomas County cat., 1885-08-06
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Nestheld (MaaS.) individual. -BoStoH
Post
The production of coal in Belgium
in 1884 is Professionally put at ls.3OO.-
600 tons, against M ascertained pro-
duction of lA. .l77.75 tons in 1888.
1t is claimed that the stature OF
race horses has increased an inch
every twenty-five years since 100.
The height of horses then was thirteen
hands two inches and in 1870 it was
fifteen hands two inches.-N. Y. Her
cid.
Artificial cheese made of one part
oleOmargarine and two parts skinned
milk, mixed to the. consistency of
cream and subjected to the usual pro-
cesses Of manufacturing the genuine
article. is the latest edible commodity
contributed by Germany to the world.
-CtHctIndti Price CuyTeRt.
Not content with crazy quilts, we
are TO be inflicted with crazy cloth
dresses Tho material is cotton. with
an odd mixture of colors and patterns,
and is particularly invented for chill
dren. as it can not possibly show the
dirt so plainly visible on the white
frocks they have been forced for so long
a time to wear Detroit Post.
The Bangor (9ie.) Commercial re-
lates that man i'll that section lately
received several hundred dollars back
pension. He has quite a large family
and had been very poor. The first
thing he did after receiving his money
Was to buy troiting horse, a harness.
wagon and the usual amount of boots.
hoods and other horse trarpings.
The newest thing which electricity
proposes is to steer vessels without any
attention on the part of the man at the
helm. The needle of an automatic
compass. by opening and closing the
circuit. keeps 4 ship on the course laid
down without any Intervention. All
that is necessary is to set the compass,
and the good ship makes true line for
port.-N. y. Herald.
The law OF finding, says n writer,
is this: The finder has clear title
against the world. except the owner.
The proprietor of a coach, or rail
road car, or shop has no right to
demand the property found On his
premises. Such propretors may make
regulat ons in regard TO lost property
which will bind their employees. but
they can not bind the public.
The decrease during the last ten
years in the value of fashionable furni-
ture is a striking economical phenome-
non. More paint and less carving are
possibly the chief causes Of the change.
Signing swains are informed that the
wooden portion of any matrimonial
venture they may have in view can now
he undertaken with fifty per cent. less
| cash than would have been necessary
| in l575.-CaTrca!.
High chimneys for factories are
now becoming unnecessary. by reason
| of the introduction OF n new kind of
oven. Any manufacturer, it is as
serted. can place one OF these ovens in
his works and Obtain from every ton
of slack he uses coke worth two dollars,
/ tar and ammonia worth one dollar,
and "a. 90 feet of gas to generate steam.
The coke.ta and ammonia will thus. it
| is claimed, considerably more than pay
for slack, wear and tear, etc.-N. Y.
/ San.
Prof. ]. W. Sanborn. of the Mis-
souri, State Agricultural College. and
also Secretary of the State Board OF
Agriculture, estimates the losses OF
stock in that State during the last
winter. from disease and exposure, at
not less than four millions of dollars.
The principal loss by diseases has been
from cholera in hogs ard from ey-
po,ur from want of proper shelter.
| Loss from disease, he states. could
generally have been prevented by
proper attention to diet and from ex-
posure wholly by providing suitable
shelter.
In nearly every railway station in
London is small box on legs. painted
crimson. which may be called an auto
matte post-o.iicc It is divided into two
compartments. On the top are aper
tures admitting penny, one being fol
postal cards and the other for enve
lopes. You drop penny through the
slot ard open little drawer beneath
and. presto. vou find postal card
Drop two pennies in the right hanC
slot. open u corresponding drawer. ant
,Du find a stamped envelope contain
inc :, ia MY sheet of note paper. Thes,
tile conveniences are the property o
a company.
A Eitchfeld County Comm cor
respondent Of the Hartford COurant
writing of manners and customs il
that region iiftv Yeas ago. SAYS tina
common people didn't own stove
then; they rented them of the rich TO
twenty-five cents a month. DIR. Catlin
of Litchfield. had quite number tina
he rented. We well remember seein:
him staff around for miles to collec
stove rent. There were no clocks il
school olhouses; the teachers had nool
marks on the window-sill; when the SUI
struck the mark it was noon: if cloud
thev guessed noon. There were clock
in but families in those DAYS
Several marriag geable young ne
of Rochester. n. H.. are in terribl
pickle. They have heretofore given a
reason for not marrying that the
could not afford the luxury. About
month ago several marriageable youn,
ladies put their heads together an,
prepared . document proving conclu
siyely that families Of from two 70 81
fthey provide11 fcr tie 1nf1re. yop -
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