Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-05-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Savannah NeDS says that the real
reason southern men wear their hair long
is to keep the sun from tanning their
neckR.
BARRIERS near Mono Lake, CAL, whose
water is heavy with salts of sodium and
borax, use it as natural Bhampooing
water, to the satisfaction of their Gus
toners.
An express train on the Central Yer
mont railway dashed round curve the
other day, and rushed headlong into
herd of cattle blocking n crossing. Five
animals were killed, but the train did not
leave the rails.
While southern military company
was in camp recently near Augusta, Ga,
one of the privates made more than his
expenses by opening barber shop, where
he advertised "a shave and hard boiled
egg for 10 cents"
A sharp-sighted observer is firm in the
belief that n woman works harder and
gets madden in putting up n clothes line
on windy day than u man would do in
building telegraph nine miles long
Chicag0 Rambler.
| The new frieze i'll the mayors room in
the Boston city hall has attracted attcn-
ton from the fact that in one corner is
the American eagle and in the other fine
representation of the Irish thrush clasp
ing n shamrock in its claws.
That Buffalo is still most provincial
town is thoroughly proved by the fact
that the appearance of three young men
in dress suits Mt the opera there tine other
evening gives occasion for an article on
/ g11l. ia,,N in NJ.
York Sun.
The lady student in the Ynle law school
was appointed to make an argument in
moot court recently. large audience
was attracted, and She sustained her part
with high degree of credit. She is
described as very womanly, and hand
some withnl.
writer in the Boston 7ldnScTfpt ex.
plains to his own satisfaction how the
glass eaters chew aud swallow glass. He
thinks they educate their throuts MS does
the sword swallower, and then introduce
a tube which receives the glass and holds
1t until 1t can be removed without detec
y ton
Danbury man went to Brooktield
@ Conn, the other day, and called ON
family in the way'of business. After h
had gone big black snake was found ii
the chair that had been occupied by tn
man from Danbury. Where the serpen
came from, if not from the visitors boots
is conundrum.
Georgia planters kill good man,
crows and the way Of doing il is thus de
scribed Catch one of the birds. tie
to your body, and walk through the fiel,
with your gun cooked and finger on tn
trigger. The cries Of the bird will caus
others of its tribe to flock around yo
and they can then be easily shot"
John Spalding of Louisville, KY, own
big mastiif bitch. The other day sh
y captured and killed cat, the mother q
~ three kittens, and then, as if consciou
y of having done an evil deed, gathered tn
D. little orphans to her side, and has sine
y, tenderly cared for them and fed theI
- with the faithfulness of mother.
a The British government has begun [
n construct at Castries, on the island of s.
I Lucia, the dockyards and other worl
I, /, needful to turn that obscure port into
n naval station. This harbor is the onl
" one in the British West Indies (exceI
q. that of Kingston, Jamaica) whei
SIS steamers can go to the wharves to coal
There is said to be in one of the Ge
man wards of Springfield, Mass, liquC
club called Observation-Disclosures
acknowledgements" One of the b.
laws requires that member must spe
the name of the club after every drinl
If he spells it correctly, he is sob
It enough and thirsty enough for anoth
drink.