The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


n. S., which produces annually two
crops of pears.
"A two-legged colt died at Brock.
vile, Va, recently. The owner had
refused fifteen hundred dollars for it
two days before.
Persons who wish to avoid drown
ing are advised by an Eastern physi-
clan to lock the hands behind the back,
fully initiate the lungs and close the
mouth.
-Jewelry manufacture in Provi-
dence, r. l., which has been practical
ly dead for five years, is enjoying a
boom, the greatest since lSS1.-PrOCi-
deIlce Journal.
Carp is used by Hartford. Conn,
to keep the city reservoirs clean. The
fish have completely cleaned one reser-
voir of vegetable growth. and are now
at work upon second.
Boys destroyed quantity of water
melons OH the farm of William Avery,
near Paris, Ky. Avery's hounds fol-
lowed the trail and chased one of the
boys up a tree after q run of several
miles.
The time made by the fast trains
between Chicago and st. Paul is four
teen hours and thirty-fiye minutes; the
distance is about four hundred and
fifty-seven miles, making nearly thirty
two miles an hour, including stops
Chicago Journal.
"A cage of lions belonging TO a
circus at Kingston, Can, fell into a
hole and capsiZed, the lid being
Knocked completely out. A fire was
brighten the animals into remaining in
side, and the cage was replaced by the
exertions of two elephants.
Two Young men of Augusta, Me-,
who were driving out lately thought il
good joke to scare an old soldier who
was standing out in his yard. They
fired q pistol at him twice. when the
veteran lodged into the house, got
revolver and succeeded in wounding
one of the young scamps in the hand.
Boston Journal.
MIR. Frank Stockton is credited by
Arlo Bates with sending ponderous
door key to a friend just sailing for
Europe with the message: He says it
is the key to one of the very best board
ing houses in London. He is sorry he
has forgotten the address: but if you
try the doors until you find the one this
fits, you may be sure the place is cap
ital one. Chicago Inter Ocean.
-Patient-Then you think my finger
will have to be amputated, doctor?
SurgeOn-Yes, it will have TO come of.
Patient-How much will the job cost?
Surgeon-Fifteen dollars. Patient-Is
that he best YOU can do, doctor? I'm
a poor man. SurgeOn-Yes, fifteen
dollars is the best can do for one fin
ger, but I'll cut two of 'em off for
twenty-five dollars.-N. Y. Times.
People on board a steamer at Chat
ham, \. b. heard a splash and saw a chair
floating in the water. Next rose above
the waves the head of a man, who re-
marked: Don't mind me, can
SWIM" The spectators, not TO be out
done in politeness, fished him out az
once. He had placed chair for him.
self in such a position that it went
overheard with him when he sat down
on il.
"A brilliant meteor was observed one
night recently at Washington, Me. 1t
first appeared like an electric spark,
Illuminating the city in a startling
manner. Then a blue ball of fire
appeared, turned red. fared again,
and became extinguished. The phe-
nomenon occupied half minute. Then
the meteor fell, leaving behind it
red track across the sky. which faded
out gradually and was visible for sew
eral minutes after the fall.
George Phillips. of Binghamton.
Solano County. Cal, has just completed
an organ containing four hundred
pipes, the longest being sixteen feet.
All the pipes are made of old newSpa-
pers rolled and fastened with q paste
made of glue and alum. The wood
work was made entirely of old fence
boards, posts, dry-goOds boxes and the
like. He was two years i'm building
this instrument, which is said to have
an excellent tone.-SdH Francisco Gail
A remarkable freak of lightning
recently occurred at Plainfield, n. j.
Cornelius ID. Paul lives in West Fourth
street. The shutters of the bay win
dow in the dining-rOom of his large
IldHlC hOuSC hclC OpcH. anu III tic
center of the window stood a small
stand on which rested a polished old
gold Japanese tray. Upon this tray
the lightning imprinted the photograph
of Miss Lillian Paul, a young lady
about eighteen years of age, who had
just stepped to the table to remove it.
The case is said TO be the only one on
record. and will be scientifically inves-
tigated.-N. Y. Sun.
"A good joke was played on the
riflemen of Brunswick, Ga, while they
were on drill recently. Colonel Dart put
them through few evolutionS, and
then read TO them a fictitious letter
purporting TO come from Washington
asking him how many men he could
muster to 90 to the Mexican frontier at
once. Surprise not unmixed with con-