Huntsville gazette., 1886-03-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Orange ice is said to be unpopular

in Florida.
A German reminds the world that
the initials of the .Grand Old Man"
spell w E G., the German word for
way" ''path, T" ''road."
The opening by Queen Victoria of
the eleventh parliament of her reign is
a circumstance parallel to which can
not be found since the time of Henry
vi.
A Cohoes man and Troy woman
met at party in Lansingburg last
Friday evening, fell in love at sight,
became engaged before the party was
over, and were married Saturday
night.-1roy Times.
"A new natural history says:
"When lion becomes old and unable
to injure man his name falls out"
This is a valuable hint. If you happen
to meet lion any time you can tell by
examining his name whether to run or
not.-NeoO HdUen NeUs.
OF car-horse that died in Sacra-
mentO, Cal, a short time ago it is
told that he was so well acquainted
with some of the regular patrons of
the road that when they were aboard
the car he would stop in front of their
residences to let them off, Chicago
Times.
Bull fighting for the expert must
be very profitable. The chief espada
of Madrid, Lartijo, is employed during
the summer season for six thousand
pounds, and last winter in the prov
inces he made ten thousand pounds.
He killed three hundred and forty-five
bulls without a single accident to him
self
-Four tramps stole hand-car at
Newhall, Cal, few days ago and
started through a long tunnel regard
less of the danger Of getting caught and
crushed by train. Such an accident
was, in fact, only averted by a tele-
gram from train-dispatcher, who
stopped train from entering the tun-
mel till the tramps came out
The wind is always tempered to
the shorn lamb. In the bleak climate
of st. Paul, where an editor would nat
urally freeze to death several times
each winter, kind Providence induces
his subscribers to bring libel suits to
warm him up. One paper in that city
has fourteen such suits, and the editor
works in his shirt sleeves on the cold
est days.-Puck.
Nova Scotia is the only place under
the British flag where Imprisonment
for debt is allowed and practiced. In
many of the Canadian provinces a
creditor can sue debtor that resides
in Nova Scotia, but Nova Scotian can
not return the compliment. The mani
fest uniustness of this law receives oc-
casional spasmodic agitation, but the
Objectionable law still exists.
The JeaUeler's Circular reads mer-
chants in all branches of trade lee
ture for employing hummer" to hang
around hotels, make the acquaintance
of buyers and extend to them all sorts
of questionable hospitality for which
the firm pays. The practice is said to
be common means of turning prom
ising young men to shiftless, extrava-
giant habits, which often leads them to
embezzlement and disgrace.
a young man employed on an Au-
gusta (Me.) newspaper, according to
the Journal, has been holding a loving
correspondence with young woman.
The other day letter came from her,
went to the business manager, who,
without noticing the address, tore it
open and turned it over to the editor,
who promptly marked it for the
young folks column where it duly
appeared, to the CONSERVATION of the
young couple and the merriment Of the
town.
The success of the incandescent
electric lamp for private carriages in
Paris, as a substitute for candles and
Oil lamps, is pronounced complete.
Not only the regular side lights are in
cluded in this plan, but the interior of
the vehicle is illuminated by lamp
sufficiently powerful to read by, and in
some instances a similar lamp is
placed for novelty on the head of the
horse The lamps are connected by
wires with small eccumulators placed
under the drivers seat.
Every one has heard of the artist
who painted the Holsters in the net red,
never having seen any except those in
the fish stores. 1t seems, however,
that Hogarth, the great painter, paint
ed his crescent moon upside down,
although he had plenty Of chances to
observe fair Luna. So, at least, Prof.
Young, of Princeton, says. The learned
professor also states that the moon is a
petrified daughter of the earth, desti-
ute of life, air, and water. The tenn
perature he estimates in the dark spots
at two hundred degrees below zero,
and at other places at ''boiling water
point" If the moon was annihilated
the temperature of this section would
be reduced one degree.-N Y. Mail.
The Virginia Enterprise tells how
the young Piutes slide down hill at
Virginia: white children can not
possibly enjoy sliding down hill on
heir nice little sleds any better than do
he young Piutes on bit of plank or a
oarrel stave. This last method they
consider chief of all and the true circus
If the business. A good smooth oak
,tave is just the thing. With short
,it of baling rope hitched to the for
ward end they stand with one foot on
he rear portion of the stave, with the
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