Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-06-25
FACT ASD FANCY.

Pink-eye IS prevalent along the Euu-
son river.
1t takes good many strikes to make
baseball match 60 of wei.
A trout that gets away rarely
weighs less than seven or eight
pounds.
A lottery prize of $4,000 was
recently won by a Chnaman in San
| Francisco.
The smallpox has been declared
epidemic in Montreal. Fifteen cases
OF the disease were reported within
two days last week.
San Diego, Cal, numbers rattle.
snake skins among its articles of ex-
port. They are extensively used in
pocket-book making.
On account OF the general use OF
mahogany, says The FURNITURE Trdde
RcrieW, blue, in all varieties of shades,
is the predominant color in upholstery.
The prosecuting attorney in the
Cluvcrius trial at Richmond has been
overwhelmed with flowers from the
ladies since the rendering of the YER
dict.
A Washington Judge has decided
that organ. grinders are entitled to pay
for their labor, and hence passing
round the hat after performance is
not begging.
Suicides may not bo reported in
detail in the Uruguayan papers under
penalty of a heavy line. The theory
Of the authorities is that publicity sug-
gcsts imitation.
The white house has always enjoyed
the privilege Of being free from rats,
although there are no cats and dogs
on the premises. Even the kitchen
and stOrcrOOm are free
Oregon and Washington territory
have shipped 10000 head of beef cat
tie eastward during the past year.
which brought between 100000 and
$500, 600 to their raiscrs.
The city council of Savannah has
ordered the removal of all bill-boards
from the streets of the city and for
hidden the posting of advertisements
n bills of any kind in the streets.
Snuff. taking has become fashionable
among New York dudes, and the aver
lgc dude is so weak in the legs that
when he takes pinch it brings him to
his snccae."
Chautauqua is corruption Of an
Indian phrase meaninga foggy place"
The founder of Chautauqua literary
iirclcS knew what he was about when
he chose their name.
Nothing bothcrs n modest but hun
Try old hen so much as when she has
made hearty breakfast oil an old
'hoc-lace, and finds the unfortunate
shoe at the end of it,
The SOcorro (Ncw Mexico) Bu''ctm
IS of the opinion that the government
If the United States is responsible for
every man killed by Apachcs and
should give pensions to the relatives OF
the deceased,
A scientifically inclined gentleman
recently spent three months com
putating the tips given to sleeping
3ar pOrtcrs in this country, and then
suddenly stopped his work. 1t is be-
lieyed he ran out OF figures.
The mine mule is the least enviable
If all useful beasts. He never leaves
the mine after he goes in, except per-
haps in his old ago to bU shot, and is a
patient, Woodworking, deeply abus.
ed animal, His only recreation is
kicking.
E" hope You will be Il better boy in
The future SAID his mother. "Ycs'm,
sobbcd the boy. 81 guess YOU will
mind your father the next time he
speaks to you?' "Ycs' m. ""Poor boy"
she added, Sympathetically, "did he
touch your hcart?' Nom"
\ correspondent to The Los Angeles
7jm,S report, that along the southern
coast of Mexico the people have habit
Of inocuIating themselves with the
virus of the rattlesnake or adder,
which renders them absolutely safe
forever aftcrward from the bite or
sting of the dcadlicst reptiles.
The elm and apple trees of towns
along the Connecticut are suffering
from the ravagcs of the Canker worm,
and already the towns noted for their
foliage have the rusty appearance of
mid, summer. The effect is the more
deplorablc since by proper care 1t
might have been avertcd.
The wicked milkman whose lacteal
wares deposit their creamy treasures
at the bottom OF n basin instead of at
the top may argue that the cream is
too rich and heavy to be borne by the
milk but he shouldn't tell the story
too frequently. 1t is apt 10 grow as
thin as his milk with too much ex-
pOsure.
Two rival country editors while at q
political meeting were importuning an
old farmer to take their papers. Cen
tlemen, don't want both, said he.
"Wcll, take mine,n replied one of the
editors. milne has twice as much
original matter as his" "That SOP
Well, | believe Ill take his. | always
want the best"
A North Carolina negro served
term in the pcnitcntiary for robbing
store OF $500. The money remained
safely hid, and as soon as he was re-
leased he began to draw on the deposit,
which was made under rock on
mountain. He was watched and the
money seized, at which he was greatly
indignant, declaring that he had
earned the money by serving three
years in prison.
Coal is said to be an almost un-
known luxury to the Chinese of San
Francisco. Their mode of cooking is
to have an empty oil-can serve as a
stove, upon which they place their tea
kettle or cooking pan. They start
fire with two or three small sticks of
wood, which they add to as they burn,
and in this way manage 10 establish a
good degree of heat with but small
expenditure of fuel.
The islands along the North Pacific
coast are mostly the tops of sunken
mountains, and vessels of heavy
draught can get comparatively close
TO them so close that, in sailing
along the shores in large steamer, a
traveller writing of them, says he
could, by the aid of good field glass,
distinguish most Of the kinds of wild
flowers growing on the rocky shores.
These channels are SO narrow, aud yet
so deep, that one can sail through
them for days and weeks, and thus
distinguish the flowers on either side.
The young Cinnamon of San Fran
| cisco are said TO be deyelOpinp great