Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-02-20
or GENERAL INTEREST.

Scorpions, spiders and various in
sects have been observed to remain
motionless if any person blows strongly
upon them in vertical direction
Canon FaTsr came to this country
for rest and took away twenty-five
thousand dollars He will take the
rest ON his next visit philadelphia
Gail
"A burglar in Weld. Me, was de-
tected by SNOWFALL from the heel of
his boot, which corresponded precisely
with a similar SNOWFALL found in the
STORE after the robbery,
The New Orleans creoles make a
slce ping draught of lettuce leaves
boiled to form tea. The lettucc-leaf
tea is administered in large quantities
before going to bed TO cure sleepless-
ness ~ y Times.
"A New York negro pleaded not
guilty to charge of highway robbery
with such fervor that he might have
escaped had he not pulled out the COM
plainant's handkerchief to mop his
perspiring brow, N Y Herald.
To stop runaway horse the Rus
slams have light cord with slip
moose in it about the horses throat,
with the cord running through the sad
die ring and over the dasher, at hand
for the driver to pull upon at the horse 5
first attempt to run. A little choking
stops him.
"A miner on the head waters of the
Columbia River, in British Columbia,
has found, so he alleges, n deserted
mining town, where the billiard tables
ssrlf stand in the saloons and letters are
living in the post-oilce bearing date Of
/ 1886, Not "a soul has been near the
place for years. - Chicago Times.
Some twenty colonies have been
established in the Santa Fe district OF
the Argentine Republic. Their terri
tory occupies ninety-five square leagues,
and the settlers number 1859 families.
During the last thirty years the district
has grown through colonization until
it has population of ll0,0o0 souls.
AT Trieste, ON the Adriatic, they
say the wind is so stable and enduring
that you might accept bill on it, and
! George Augustus Sala says the breezes
of Wellington, New South Wales, have
such steady habits und are so strong
that he frequently uses them as a desk
on which to draw draft on London.
Massachusetts, registered over six
thousand insane persons in her asylums
and hospitals during lS65-an increase
of two hundred over the previous year.
The annual cost to the State of this
form of relief exceeds 81 900, 600, not
reckoning the $3.50, 600 of interest on
the value of buildings, etc Boston
Herald.
The telegraph system of the Brit
sh Islands, under control Of the post
office, now amounts to one hundred
and fifty-six thousand miles, and en-
ploys seventeen thousand instruments.
The standard rate is twelve words for
sixpence, address included. Press
messages alone now average one mil
lion words a day.
Sir" said the wanderer, as he
entered the sanctum, 81 come to ask
your assistance have lost my right
leg Advertise for it. said the
busy editor, without looking up from
the paper. Especial rates in lost and
wanted column, and half money re-
funded if article advertised for is not
recovered. Y. Star.
Tie blind Mr.. Fawcett, late Post
master-General of Great Britain, was
an enthusiastic angler, "lfe performed
if anything better than the seeing"
says his biographer, "whether because
he waited more patiently to strike until
he felt his fish, or because he was more
docile in following the directions of
his skilled companions. He had great
success in catching salmon and trout,
and in trolling for pike in the winter
One of his trophies was a twenty-pound
salmon.
A great deal is being said about
hydrophobia that would be better UNI
said, and the dog will be charged with
the killing much ottener than he
should be. The work of old rusty
nails, whose wounds have healed
months ago, and the many other pro-
ducers of tetanus will all be laid at the
kennel door of innocent "old dog
Tray" In all the United States, with
its fifty-two millions of people, there
have not been in the entire year over
twenty-five deaths from hydrophobia
by the agency of three million dogs. -
Chicago Inter Ocedn.
1t was only two months ago that
Mrs. Sharpe's hired girl left her to get
married, and yesterday Mrs. Sharpe
was much surprised to receive call
from her former lady of the kitchen
II want to come suck TO work for yez
agin, said the latter, with an air of
resignation. "Why, Bridget, what's
the matterp | thought you were going
to get married?" "An' please ma am,
so / nd. But, you see. John he struck
luck in the lottery, and SO we hired
cook. An now, please ma'am, I'd
like to come back an be boss once
more. y Boston Post
There is an allusion of local inter-
est in book of verses recently printed
in London. The verses are by the late
William Mcguire, who, whatever may
be said of his poetry, was an expert
rhymster. One jingle goes;
why do you cry, my sweet Mrs. Flanagan.
When you viii soon have your own dear
Whom the nrst wind will bring home from
the Delaware,
Brimful of sovereigns and such other yellow |
wHrel
He y driven into some port to the west Of nc
"a thing that might happen, dear, to the best |
of usl.
Where he is signing, sobbing and chattering
Night and day long of his own dear Cath |
crime.
Distinctly Philadelphia street cries,
collected by a local reporter, contain |
some melodious calls Besides the |
music of the rag hfan ansi' oyster man.
there is heard the negro patriarch sing
ing, "Hominy man. come out to-day, |
selling sweet nominee! homineehn
And the watermelon vendor says: |
Here's your ripe watermelons. Try |
EN- before you buy 'eml All red" A
curious cry is: "Peppery pot, all
smoking hotr' and another humorous
cry is, "Crabs a-walkin', crabs a-talk-
nl, crahs a-bitin', crabs a-iightin',
ifesh crabs, cr-rT.sbsl" Philadelphia
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