Huntsville gazette., 1886-07-03
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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"A monstrosity in, the way of .
medium sized dog, with the head of q
hog. is the property of a Shoshone in
Eureka. New. laf s4s4er&
Envelopes for social correspond
ence are becoming larger and larger.
Many now have an Illuminated mono
gram or crest on the flap.
About a year ago a monument for
erection at Yalaba, Fla, was lost over
board while en- route to its destination
and now the pedestal for new one has
suffered the same fate.
"A novelty in horticulture in Cali
fornia is the successful grating of Ital-
ian chestnuts on the ordinary black
oak. 1t has been practiced with the
best results in number Of instances in
the Napa Valley.
"A station on the Illinois Central
railroad has been named Rhubarbville,
area Of land in the vicinity is devoted
to the growing of rhubarb for the Chi
cago market. Chicago Mail. .l
A London physician who for six
months has tested DR.. Jaeger's plan of
wearing nothing but wool, day, OF
night, says the result has been COM
plete immunity from colds and marked
increase in capacity for work.
A widower in Athens, Ca, called
on young woman and stated that he
had prayed to the Lord to send him
wife, and In dream had been directed
to her. The wooer was informed that
the Lord had certainly directed him to
the wrong person.
"A meteor which fell near Walla
Walla, w. t., recently, is said by pa
per there "to have made bright Grim
son track apparently as wide as q hogs.
head, which was visible for an hour
afterward. A large, dark body was
seen in advance of the flame.
The Philadelphia Record is the re-
cipient Of letter from strong-minded
female, who says: zone axiom is laid
down which is SO sound that we feel
called upon to give it to the world
Never scold your husband before sup
per. Put him to his purgation on a
full stomach
A collection for missions was taken
ters, 81 dimes, II three cents, 8 two
cents and 288 pennies. Total, $16.02;
less than three cents each. Two hum
dred or more gave nothing. g.-Medtc0I
Missionary Record.
The Canaan Conn., Nes1s tells of
a man who began work on barn
thirty years ago, and who finally got
the frame raised on a recent Thursday.
For thirty years it has been conun-
drum often asked: ''When is Tomp-
kins' barn going to be raisedp" and for
thirty years the invariable answer has .
been: "Next Thursday afternoon"
A Cheyenne buck came into the
post-traders store at Fort -Keogh five
years ago holding in his hand long,
icicle-shaped pendant of the purest
kind of virgin gold, which he said he
had broken off from beneath an over
hanging rock in the Big Horn noun
tains. He would, however, tell nobody
the exact spot he got it from. How it
came to be in the shape described it is
hard to say Chicago Times.
A Hartford Comm high-school
boy disappeared some three years ago
and nothing had been heard from him
until recently, when he as suddenly re-
appeared He. says that his school
friends used to doubt his ability to sue
ceed or disposition to work, and this
50 troubled him that he determined to
prove the contrary. So he went West,
liked upon certain sum of money he
must obtain before going back, and
having Just reached his goal, returned
for a visit. Hartford Coatrdnt.
The Reno (Nev.) Gazette, referring
to the wearing of the tires on wagon
wheels, says that on a rocky road the
tires wear rounding, on a clay road
Hat, while in sand they cut out in the
center. Through Honey Lake valley,
saws the Gazette, vehicles much used
rave two hollow, places all the way
around the wheel. There will be
little ridge in the center, with hollow
on each side and a high place on each
edge Some Of the stage wheels are 80
and many of the farmers buggies and
wagons. I'M I'M
A doctor at Fredericton, N. B..
claims to have performed a remarkable
faith cure recently upon daughter OF
Mr. Young, of Nashwaak. The young
lddT was uDdUIc W WAN IOl ocFCl di y
years except on crutches, and was bed
ridden great part of the time. Hear
mo of her condition and that all medi-
cal remedies had failed, the doctor
visited her, and by some means sue
ceeded in raising her from her sick bed.
She gained in strength, and was soon
able to walk without crutches. Having
accomplished this, the doctor offered
his hand in marriage, and the two were
welded few days sgos tt- v
"A band Of robbers, dressed as In.
dams, came into the little town q
Petoe. near Merida, in Yncaran. A
travelling company were playing in the
theater, the best people OF the town
forming the audience. The robbers
surrounded the theater, sufficlenf
number of them going in and plunder,
ing every one of all the money and
vaIuables on their persons. sometimes
with violence. A party went on the
stage, ransacked the wardrobe, and
finally carried off the handsomest
prima donna, Mme Ruiz, and two