The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-07-06
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

one of her tenants to vacate because he
ill-treated his mule.-N. D. Rcaytne.
The stenographer's fees in pro-
longed contest over 8 will IN New
York court were nearly eight thousand
dollars.
A coonery has been established in
{ Edenville. in Orange County. \. j.
The business will consist I'm breeding
and raising coons for the markets Of
New York City.
With the exception of the British
Museum and the National Library in
Paris. the Congressional Library, with
It's two hundred and fifty thousand vol
umes IS the largest library in the
world.
The st. Paul Pioneer-Pr has got
tired of the Eastern young men with
waxed mustaches and boiled shirts who
90 out West to grow up with the cOun-
try, and says that no one is wanted out
there who can't hustle"
"A writer in Hygiene Pratiqns states
that boots and shoes may be rendered
waterproof by soaking them for some
hours in thick soap water. The COM
pound forms a fatty acid within the
leather and makes it imperviOus to
water.
Nearly eighty thousand acres of
land under water along the Connecticut
shore have have been sold by the State
TO oyster growers. and last years taxes
on this area (one-tifth of which is in uSe)
yielded eight thousand dollars.-Hqrt.
ford Post.
The public exhibition of insane,
idiotic or deformed children in muse
Ums Is clearly contrary TO public poll
CIV, and should be forbidden by law.
The same is true of the exhibition of in
sane, idiotic or deformed persons of any
age.-N. \. Times.
The ferries over East River at New
York are steadily recovering the traffic
that was lost TO them when the Brook.
Ign bridge was opened. The throne
passing over the bridge is as great a
ever. This state of things is accounted
for by the increase of population in
Brooklyn.-N. Y. Tribune.
Among the late evidences of the
spread of Yankee notions in Japan IL
the erection of Touring mill at Hok-
kado 10 manufacture -four by the roller
process. The machinery was made in
Yokohama Dolly Mail says il is the
only mill of the kind in the far East.
One of the reasons for the decline
in the price of Quinine is that the bark
is now removed from the trees in strips
and the wounds thus caused are healed
with moss, so that the tree does not die
but gives a new yield yearly. Formerly
every tree was stripped clean and killed
at n single OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Press.
"A Western paper notes mine acct
dent: In the Solferino mine, Nevada
vile, Col, q loose rock knocked A.
Warren out of the bucket. A piece of
jawbOne was found at the twelve
hundred-foot level and piece of skull
and his coat at the thirteen hundred
foot level! These comprised his recOy-
cradle effects"
Contrary to general belief, it is
stated that the number of suicides in
this country is small in comparison
with Europe. Out of the more than
twenty-five thousand cases of self
destruction which occur annually in
Europe and the United States together
only about sixteen hundred can be laid
70 our score.-BOStOI Post.
Experiments made during the past
two years 20 introduce q few of the
early varieties of American corn into
some of the Austrian provinces have
proved very successful in Dalmatia.
Not only is the Weld twice that of the
home product. but the harvest of the
American corn can be finished early
enough 10 escape the annual inunda-
tons, while the Dalmatian corn ripens
late and is often totally destroyed by
water before the harvest time.-BoSton
Globe.
"A census-taker called at a house
on Commonwealth avenue one day
when all the members of the family
were out except an only son, boy of
about ten, who was required TO answer
the questions put by this gatherer of
facts. This he did satisfactorily until
he was asked his mothers birthplace,
which he said he did not know. Not
know where your mother was born?"
exclaimed the man. well, can't
you guess?" Guess yourself. quietly
answered the boy.-BostOn Beacon.
The delights of music, the enjoy
ment of painting and sculpture, the
charms of oratory are not within the
power of the multitude. These in their
excellence furnish never-failing fund
of enjoyment, and one which elevates
and enlarges. 1t is a matter of regret
that their influence can be felt by so
few. A recent writer in urging their
importance argues that public funds
thus spent would be well spent. We
now sanction State and municipal ap-
preparations for public gardens. monu-
ments. halls and libraries. Why not
include concerts and lectures?-Les0is-
ton (Ms.) Journal.
"A San Francisco dispatch says:
A., 81,