Little Falls transcript., 1886-10-08
auF sENERAL INTEREST.


OF fGENERAL iNTEREsT
Mrs. Leland stanford will build q
hospital at lbany, n. for aged
men and women.
An 4seascapt ain, who ..can talk
in six lang ages, ''sad vertises in New I
Yorkfor q position as master of - ca,
nal boat Is Is ."5 s5 u. .5s#
BARRIERS near Mono Lake, Galifor-
=nia, whose water is heavy with salts Of
sodium and borax, use it as a natural
shanpooing water, to the satisfaction
Of their customers. @
5 Rip Van Wrinkles hut.in the Cats.
kills has been repaired. 1t was dam
aged recently By lightning. Rips old
rusty gun, sammunitien-pouch and
drinkingrcup are still there. Troy.
Times. ss =, 's7'{ :. T.. N,
The women Of the Salvation Army
in Bristol, Conn, have armed them
selves with Cayenne pepper. to throw
in the faces OF the ruffians who are ae-=
customed to annoy them in their street
parades. = Hartford Post. ~s,S. ..5z
A pocking-bird can be taught,t
sing almost any tune A bird at Mn-.
con, Ga, MARBLES Dixie in a manner
that would enthuse any .Southcrner,
and another at Savannah sings alto to
its owners whistling- - Chicago Times
Several young ladies Of New York
City are earning very good salaries
from their knowledge Of the Spanish
language by doing work for those mer-
chants who have business relations with
Mexians. j
A judge OF the superior criminal
court, Boston, ruled that the furniture
in a roomn1sed for. gambling purposes
is subject to saizure.a as well as the lay
out actually used In playing ga1nb-
ling game, and that 1t IS forfeited.
a la England between 1915 and 1920
a banner with the following Inscription
was carEied at workingnen s deinonsta~
.tionss -. ~ y H.*@
Eight hours Of work,
- p Eight hours Of play,
= Eight hours OF steep,
Eight shiilings day"
AT Laredo, Tex, a man was ar.
rested for the theft.of a suit OF clothes
from baker he had entered the
house and prt the clothes on over his
own, and taking the boots in his hand
leisnrely walked ont and seated him
self on the door step to put them on,
when the police grabbed him.
At Middleton. Ca, a yearling bull
was struck by a train moving Slowly
and knocked into a trestle. where it
fell between the tics, but caught by its
horns and one leg, remaining sus-
pended. in mid air three hours It was
finally pulled out and found to be un~
hurt except for few bruises
The Boston correspondent of the
Springfield KepasbHca7s says that talk
about a statue to Wendell Phillips is
removed now that Mrs. Phillips has
passed away, and it is understood THAI
her objection TO such a memorial was
not deep-seated It is possible that be-
fore long an effort will be made to
| start subscriptions for fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Burnett, aged
Germans, after long struggle with
house ct Menzeles, Tex. The old
woman took it to heart and said she
wanted to die, but did not like to leave
her husband. Apparently she induced
him to 60 with her, for one morning
recently The poor cid pair were found
in their bedroom hanging dead, side by
side by side. suspended by clothes line
from the rafters above Every thing
indicated the most careful and deliber-
ate preparations for DEATH
I Philip Reilly is a citizen OF Min.
nesota, and consequently is little al
sea when away from home. Recently
he made his first trip to Washington.
Several friends accompanied him. As
they were walking about the city the
shaft erected in honor of the father o1
his country came into view, when one
OF them exclaimed: 'Oh, see, there's
the Washington monument!!'' ''Where
is itp' said Mr.. Reilly, Il don't sex
it" "' why, there" pointing, ''don'1
you SEQ that tail, monument there?''
'"Oh,7 said the other, much disap
pointed, II thought that was the Chin
ney of saw-rnil1. Chicago Meil
The postagge-stamp beggar Is the
latest pest in New York, A party o1
mon in a hotel or saloon will suddenly
be accosted by poorly clothed person.
who first inquiries If there is any for
eigner among them. Then he pulls ou'
| d letter with the remark that be is az
old London Publisher, sick and in bae
luck and in need of assistance If shx
gentlemen give him any money, ht
shen goes away. If not he asks for {
postage-stam as he wants to write
home. He generally secures mum
ber of these and after saving them W
for week CT two, he goes to some
out-of-the-way drug store and dispose*
Of them. In this manner: he secures I
good living.--N Y. Sun
! One Of the forest,curios1ties of thu
Isthmus Of Darien and lower Centra
America is the tree5kller (matapalo)
| This starts in life as climber upo1
| the trunks Of large forest trees, and
owing to it's marvelously rapid growth
soon reaches the lower branches.
! thea begins t., throw ont many shoots
which erltwine themselves oil aroun<
the trunk and branches, and also aeria
tendrils, which, as soon as they reacl
the ground, take root In few years
this gigantic parasite will completed
envelope the trunk of the tree whicl
has upheld It. and kill 1t. The who'll
Of the inner dead tree will then 70
away, leaving the hollow. matapal,
standing alone and fourishing.
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