The Columbus journal., 1886-09-15
MISSING LINKS.

A son of the Mexican general SAINTS
Anna recently committed suicide in
Havana
Cocoanut culture along the lower
coasts of Florida is growing rapidly in
volume and Importance.
In New York City the Audubon So
ciety for the protection of birds. has
taken out articles of incorporation.
England has a Dicky Bird Society
composed of 100000 children. Its aim
is to encourage protection OF birds and
animals.
Lettuce leaves fried in butter make
a Creole dainty. They are also re-
garded as a d~elicacy in central Fem
sylvania.
Henry F. Abbey was $3.50, 900 IN debt
two years ago. Since then he has paid
off 5000. 600, and hopes to stand clear
by Christmas.
Queen Margharita of Italy has chosen
Il woman physician. Signora Margarita
Farne. n of the first Italian women
to study medicine.
School teachers are so numerous in
California that more than twenty appli.
cations have been made for each school
in SOlano county.
Near Coblentz is the church of st.
Castor, and this church they are now
bedecking with evergreens, for it is
one thousand years old, and fifty years
TO spare.
Some girls and young women are
beginning to part and wave their hair
again in the fashion SO becoming to a
certain type of face, In vogue L dozen
years ago.
A New London oyster dealer has in
vented a dredge with which Star-fish,
the greatest enemies of the oyster. can
be taken from 4 bed without disturbing
the oysters.
George Augustus Sala is about to
write his life. He has known "a little
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a great deal
of somebody, as for instance Dickens
and his autobiography will contain
many good stories.
a Macon, Ga, correspondent notes
that a church in that city has secured
the service of IAN elegant suprano." -
beautiful alto" "a fine tenor" and "a
fine basso.' Naturally some fine
music is expected from this strong COM
binatiOn.
Valerian and 4 tincture of opium are
used in the manufacture of popular
brands of cigarettes. Havana flavor
ing" so-called. is made from the tonka
bean. which contains Il deadly poison
called miUOlOtis, sever grains of which
are sufficient to kill a dog.
Little Juanita, the tiny daughter of
Joaquin Miller, has been creating Il
sensation at the Grand Hotel, in the
Catskills. by her extraordinary recita-
tons. She recites like an experienced
actress and looks 4 ver!table baby, with
curls and short skirts. and has to be
lifted on the table to be seen.
The office of the Secretary of the Navy
has recently been decorated with a
beautiful model of the japanese twin
screw cruiser Naniwa-Ean. which Is ~
be duplicated for the American navy. Ii
is in perfect working order, ami every
thing about it is according TO scale. 1t
is a perfect ship in miniature.
Three American horses are to be
shipped TO Rosa Bonheur. One was
bred on the Sun river in the Rocky
mountains. another is Il wild horse
caught on the head waters of the Mo
brara, and the third is Il mustang from
the Brazos river. Texas. They are de-
signed rs specimens OF horses used on
our frontier.
Jane Wycoff. a colored Oma OF
WiIkes-barre. Pa. is 105 years old. and
unhesitatiugly declares that she never
was a servant Of George Washington
and never saw him. She was discover.
ed in Pitlsburg. and her case was con.
sidered so remarkable that she was
Immediately furnished :: railroad pass
to her home.
The captain of 4 Mississippi steamer
amuse his friends by this statement
concerning the great stream: 81 have
seen it so low at ONE places that We
have had trouble soaring the calves
away from in front of the boat. The
whistle was USED for that purpose. and
sometimes we would have to keep her
going continually for 4 long time"
Nine. Alboni. whose gloriously rich
and thrilling voice all old O~pera-lovers
recall with d sigh of %ycarning, now
weighs almost 400 pounds. is very lame,
but jolly, wears glasses. and has an m
mense appetite. She sings for charity
sometimes, and preserves all the beauty
of her remarkable style, though the
tones themselves have lost their fresh
ness.
Mr.. Frank Stockton is credited by
Arlo Bates with sending a ponderous
doOr-key to 4 friend just sailing for
Europe with this message: ''He says it
is the key to one of the very best board
ing-houscs in London. He is sorry ne
has forgotten the address,; but if you
try the doors until you find the IN this
fits You may be sure the place is 4 capt.
tai one"
One of the strangest fights that ever
took place in New England waters was
that which occurred in Ipswich Bay the
other day between Captain Langford
and a swordfish. First the captain
harpOoned the fish and then the fish
harpOoned the man through the bottom
of the boat. nearly killing him. The
swordfish does not ''wear a sword for
fashion,"
English school-board education con-
tinues to yield curious results. The
latest is this: In answer to the question
put by the diocesan inspector, DE
scribe some effects of the proceedings
under Queen Mary" the glib answer
was reeled off: MANY of the bishops
Were deprived of their sees" One of
the managers, however, cross-eXamined
the children on the above answer,
and asked the meaning of the state
ment. After a long pause M boy put
up his hand and said: Had his eyes put
QUIT"
For the past two or three years the
continent of Europe has been deluged
with forged Bank of England notes exc
cuted in Il style defying detection, even
by the most experienced. 1t is evident
that the forgers have either access to
tho hank manor M. have fnuni mponS Of