Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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"A we'll borer at East Los Angeles,
CAL, found the tusk of a mastOdon or
elephant at the depth of fortyaSix feet
recently. -.
All the fruit and other trees b
Santa Barbara, CAL, are being dug UP
and English walnuts planted IN their
stead. The craze is rapidly spreading.
-"What is the difference" says a
French paper, between a gentleman
and a valet?" .'Solely thiss that
whereas they both smoke thessa
cigars, only one of the two pays for
them" q
The Samoan name for lady is
''tomateis." The word is so near to-
matoes as to suggest that the original
APPLE" and in French it is still pomme
d'amour.
DIR. Holmes, by his new noYel, has
inspired the formation of freshly
coined word, "Gynephobia, meaning
a constitutional horror of women, which
will be applied to men who suffer tor
ture in the presence Of women.
Queen Natalie, of Servia, bought
forty American sewing machines re-
Gently, and set seamstresses at work
on them in the palace at Belgrade,
making garments for the troops, which
she cut out with her own hands,
The following is said to be good
remedy for sleeplessness: just before
retiring run up stairs two or three
times just as fast as you can, until you
are thoroughly winded; that will start
the blood from your brain, and you
will sleep all right, sure.
james Russell Lowell has given to
the Massachusetts, Historical Society
an autograph letter of Robert Burns,
dated at Dumfries May q, 1898. Mr..
Lowell received the letter from the
widow of Bryan Waller Proctor (Raxy
CornwalD, mother of Adelaide Proc
| tor.
Now that Mr.. Vanderbilt is dead
and his property divided, the papers
are discussing who is the ridhest man
| in the world. The richest man in this
or any other world, be his possessions
large or small, is he who is the MOST
contented and the happiest. WhoSi is
he?-7roy Times. 49,
Mr.. L. Harrison Garrett, Of Balti-
more, is the owner of half-eagle of
1915. There are only three of these
coins known to be extant, and they are
valued at five hundred dollars each.
/ One of them is owned by L.&G. Par
melee, of Boston, and the third lis in
the Philadelphia Mint. - baltimore
| american.
The Agricultural Department
makes it appear that there are in the
Union 2S5, 100000 acres of unimproved
J land, 445, 100000 acres Of forest, and
100000, 900 acres of ~4inimproEed and
waste timber land. The forest product
during the census yearwas about 49,
o 10000 ;oW; S so9 feet boar} re.77Tash-
In 1868 William Penn fought
duel in France. 1t was not duel ac-
| cording to the code, but when, for some
| affront, gentleman drew his sword,
Penn drew his. The Quaker showed
that he was the best swordsman, dis
armed his adversary. and inflicted upon
him only sermon on the evils of a
quick temper. yst,a
in the City of Nocera, Naples,
lives Maddalena. Granata, aged forty
seven, who was married at the age of
! twenty-eight to Il peasant-just nine
! teen years ago. Maddalena Granata
has given birth to. either dead or liv-
! ing, siXty-two children, ffty-nine of
whom were males. She enjoys tiorid
health, and is robust.
! COW no cho,1l IN
cautious how they cali to offer SYM
pathy to neighbors having sick chill
dreh. Women's clothing offers induce
ments to fugitive bacteria, and several
/ instances have been recorded lately in
which contagious diseases are known
to have been brought about by germs
carried into the household in the folds
of heavy wooden fabrics.-N Y. Sasn.
Two years longer will be required
! to complete the revision of Webster's
Dictionary, on which President Porter.
! of Yale, and others have been engaged
! for some time. The compilers will en-.
deavor to perfect thc introduction OF
multitudinous new words which have
come into more or less common use
during the last decade, such as boycott,
dude and others. There will be, how.
ever, a careful avoidance of strictly
slang terms and idioms of only limited
use.-Hartf0rd Courant.
"A London Times correspondent at
Malaga asserts that the large sum OF
money contributed in England for the
relief of the sufferers by the earth
I4uakes in Spain has been devoted to
the restoration and reconstruction ioi
churches, converts and other religious
establishments. 1t was placed in the
hands of the Archbish hop, and none OF
it has reached the destitute and suffer-
ing people for whom it was intended.
Indeed. they have been kept in entire
ignorance of the existence of. the
charity. "'i..ft. :. q
The Mexican papers are having a.
good deal to- say about great arthra-
cite coal bed in Sonora, .comprisiass
about six thousand square miles. The
California papers are becoming. inter
ested. The SAM Francisco eaR says:
..These coal fields can be reached by
rail over nearly level country. and it
is estimated that the coal can be mined
and laid down in San Francisco for five
dollars ns- tom Ehe estimate seems
very low, but at tEice that figure it
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