The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

II He dS2TtSdlt pOpuldllOiiu vi btOOh-
lyn and New York is nearly 2,3OO,OOO.
The most wonderful mineral for
nation yet discovered Is said to have
been found near Colville, New. The
ledge bears the same material from
Damascus steel is manufactured.
As amusements are scarce at Park
City, Utah, it is no unusual thing for
the entire population to turn out and
go thirty miles to witness wrestling
match or horse-race.-DeHrer Trt6-
uRe.
England buys SO, 252. 1884 out of
the $50, sos, S24 worth of bacon We ex-
port: of hams. $2,454,9SO worth out of
the S3, 23l. 500; nearly half of the
3, 462 ,53S of pork and about One-third
of our surplus lard.
The honey crop of California will
be immense this season. That of Los
Angeles County will reach one thou
sand tons, and this amount will be eS-
ceeded by Ventura. San Diego and San
BernardinO Counties.
Mrs. Rose Merklhoffer, aged thirty
seven years. of Williamsburg. y. Y.
gave birth TO q male child which had
whiSkers fully half an inch in length
on the sides of its face. The child only
lived three hOurs.-N. Y. Mail.
"A new material for bOnnetS has
been discovered in a sort of fungOid
substance that looks like leather. The
great merit Of it is that when soaked in
boiling water it becomes so soft that it
can be converted into any shape.-Troy
Times.
The ArGIdncke heads a column of
miscellaneous news items from three
different States ..MisSarkalania." The
ArGIdnchc would feel mighty bad if
some enterprising rival should start
column with the captivating heading
of observation-disclosures
ia.--N0Shriile american.
In New York scarlet label lettered
in white must be put upon bottles con-
tanning preparations IN which there
are more than two grains of opium or
morphine tO the ounce. The name and
residence of the person for whom the
compound is prepared must be placed
upon the label N. Y. Sun.
A writer in the British Medical
Journal advises people TO be careful
not TO slice up a pineapple with the
same knife they use in peeling it, as
the rind contains an acrid organic sub
stance which i likely to cause a swol-
len mouth and sore lips. In Cuba salt
is used rs an antidote for the poison of
pineapple peel.
Rev. J. II. Munro. of Philadelphia,
SAYS that the reason why so MANY
clergymen 20 to Europe every summer
i that the expenses of the trip are but
little if any more than those covering
summer jaunt in this cOuAtry; and that
the great advantage is that when once
across the water they are not likely TO
be called on ANY little emergency"
"A gentleman once riding with q
wealthy friend over his ample farm,
came TO the small farm of humble
neighbor. That farm is mostly sur
rounded by mine, and | could have
bought it some years ago." said the
man of wealth, ''but | would rather
have such a neighbOr than To have his
farm" 1t would be difficult TO deter
mine which of the two farmers was
most complimented by this remark
WeSierH Rural.
A new law in New jersey is aimed
At the deceptive nursery agent. 1t
provides that ''any .erSon selling fruit
trees and fruit briers. who shall mis-
represent the name or nature of said
fruit trees or fruit briers, shall be
guilty of 4 miSdemeanor, and on con-
victiOn thereof shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
or Imprisonment III the county Jail for
a term not exceeding three months, or
both. at the discretion of the court"
Near Rockyhock in yard, there
appeared few days since a veritable
rainbow, the ends of which touched
the ground at the distance of about ten
feet from the house. 1t was about
thirty feet long and presented all the
characteristics of 4 bow. 1t Staid neart the
house about five minutes and then re-
ceded across a field where it soon dis
appeared. A light rain was falling,
but the sun came out a few minutes
after the rainbow departed. Raleigh
IN. c. NeUS.
The buffalo-gnats, the pest of the
lower Mississippi valley, have done q
WI VI SUM
of Tennessee. Reports of cattle. horses
and mules having been goaded to death
by these insects are received daily. A
colored man named Sneiss was stung
and choked to death. He was found
dead. evidently the victim of gnats,
which swarmed about the corpse. Gnats
crawled in and out of his ears and nose.
His mouth and nostrils were filled with
them. This is the second case on
record where buffalo-gnats have des-
troyed human life,-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
During what portion of the day are
bacteria or organic germs most numer-
ously present in the atmosphere?
Mons. MIGUEL, q member of the Paris
Society of Public Medicine. has been
trying to discover the true answer to
this question, and he has found the