Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-09-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


large number of sheep TO South
American ports.
The London Ttnth advises those
who are slandered not to mind; it will
all come off when it is dry.
An Amador County (Cal.,) man
has applied for patent on a process
for making butter by boiling the cream
A large amount of fencing and
many growing crops belonging to the
Indians about limatilla. Ore, were re-
Gently destroyed by prairie fire.
Climbing the Catskills, the Boston
girl will saw "the exertion essential to
ascent causes me to excessive fatigue,
whereas the Chicago girl exclaims,
Great Scott! I'm done upN'-Roehes-
ter Democrat.
According to the creed of Theo-
sophy, each man 'is his own absolute
law. .giver, the dispenser of glory or
gloom to himself, the dccrees of his
life, his reward, his punishment -
Chicago Herdld
1t isn't often that melon seed
thrown IN the street begins to send out
shoots. but one did so in New York the
other day from between two paving
stones. The curiosity was pluckcd,
however, and its growth interrupted
n. J. san,
An automatic attachment for loco
motives supplies novel construction
whereby certain devices upon the loco
motive may be operated by a person
on the track or at station to signal
the engineer or stop the locomotive
Chicago Times.
The FortaighHg Rertew says brain
work should be forbidden after dinner,
and the interval between it and bed
time devoted to recreation aud amuse
mcnts. Them our sentiments, only
we want the dinner hour fixed at noon.
sharp. Free Press.
The annual consumption of coffee
in this country fell off from 572, 222 ,Sil
pounds last year to 537 ,602, 262 pounds
in 1896. Our consumption is about
ten pounds per capita, at cost OF
more than forty million dollars per al
mum. N. y. Htrdd.
Most metals and alloys shrink or
contract on cooling. But an alloy
which will expand on cooling may be
made of lead nine parts, antimony two
parts, bismuth one part. This alloy
can be advantageously used to fill small
holes and defects in iron castings.
Boston Budget.
A farmer had taken off his coat
one warm spring morning and thrown
it across the crotch of low cedar tree.
when noontime came an industrious
pair of robins had collected in the ex-
posed armholc the foundation of their
nest The coat was an old one and the
farmer tender hearted, so the birds
were not disturbed. Chicago Mail.
A stray cur recently walked into
Tombstone "a. T.) DOCTOR Office and
bv signs made it known that something
was ailing with one of his feet. The
doctor examined it and found a large
splinter. which he extracted. Since
that time the dog has constantly fol-
lowed the doctor on the street and
camped on his doorstep when at home.
Florence Schustcr and Frank
Hooper live in st. Joseph, Mo, and are
both popular! Florence went visiting
in Leavcnworth, and Frank went over
TO see her. He asked her to take
walk and before they returned the two
were married. The next day they vert
home, and. as the account says. 'were
warmly welcomed by hosts of admiring
friends. ~ Chicdgo Hcraid.
Major u. MacRay. who points
with pride" to himself as lead
ing physician of Portland, Me-,
that he has located the
Captain Kidd treasure, and proposes
shortly to uncarth $7,00O,00O of it,
The value of his discovery is somewhat
damaged, however, by the fact, as he
asserts. that whenever he begins to dig
for it the treasure Is surreptitiously
shifted bv the malign influence of the
spirit of the defunct pirate. Boston
i0HrHdt.
Even the horse jockeys in Boston
are epigrammatic. 1t is related that a
gentleman who was trying a horse in
company with 4 jockey noticed, after
having driven him mile or two, that
he pulled pretty hard, requiring con
slant watching and steady rein, and
inquired: "Do you think it is just the
horse for lady to driye?' We'll,
sir" answered the jockey, 81 must say
| shouldn' [ want to marry the woman
who could drive that horse. - San
Francisco drg0ndm.
"A bricklayer, who had come to his
death by being hit on the head with a
brick, was the subject of oulogy by the
members of fratcrnal society. The
desire of the orator to be solemn and |
was greater than his ability |
to impress the few ideas that he had.
MY friends. be said, IL looked out |
once on the beauties of nature, and all |
was e-a-a-l-m. Our deceased friend here |
was LAWN a brick. | looked once |
more: still all was c-a-a-l-m, but our de- |
ceased friend was no more. He was |
LAWN cawpse. - Toledo Blade.
About eighty miles OF the island Of
Monte Cristo, and thirty from Eliza, |
the Italian cutter San Carlo, from I
Genoa, with about three tons Of dyna.
mite on board. was recently blown up
by an explosion. The captain and |
crew, noticing little smoke issuing |
from a crack, at once took to the boats
and thus saved their lives. They had |
rowed about a mile from the vessel |
when it blew up, with a report that
was heard at Elha Pieces OF the |
wreck fell IN the boat. a botsnist, |
gathering herbs at Monte Crlsta. was |