Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-01-22

r since died from the effects of tn,
D chloroform.
5 Horace Greely once SAID in con
E versation; 'tAny man with more thar
a million is nuisance.
: A tame cougar followed like dog
at the heels of wild cowboy in the
: streets os Portland, Ore, the other
| day.
, Gen. Sparks continues to worry
, the land grabbers. His last order
, prohibiting visits of attorneys and
land agents to clerkt aud employees
of the Office during business hours
has set the schemers wild. Certain
railway and land syndicates have
heretofore had inside information
from the Office which enables them to
operate very profitably. They are
now determined to down Sparks.
A statistlcan shows that since 1898
wars amOng civilized nations have
cansed the death of 4, ,470, 900 men.
A very large majority of these deaths
come froms wounds, hardship and
disease, the number actually killed
on the field being comparatively
small. The bloodiest battle in the
period named was Borodino, where
250, 900 men were engaged and 49,
600 hors du combat.
The richest men in Russia are two
Swiss brothers named Noble. They
brought up immense tracts Of oil
lands and now control more petrole-
um than the Standard Oil company
There is no way of computing their
wealth, which has been estimated as
high as $400, 900, 900.
Wolves have appeared in large
numbers in the neighborhood Of
Hillsboro, ILL.,, and are killing sheep.
One farmer, lost twenty-five out Of a
flock of sixty, few nights ago.
The importation of coffee into this
country during the year 1884 amount
ed to 522, 900, 900 pounds, or an aver
age of ten pounds per head for every
man, woman and child in the country.
The importation of sngar during the
same period was 2,400, ,000, 600
pounds, or little over forty pounds
per head.
Apparently the Cherokee language
supplies the longest existing word in
"Winitawfgeginalisk
litisesti," which means, "They will
by that time have nearly done grant
ing (favors) from distance to them
and to me-" In Aztec an equally
formidable combination Of vowels |
and consonants exists. 1t is "Ama-
Observation-Disclosures" and it
means, Payment received for hay-
ing been bearer of paper with writ
ing on it,
The cholera has broken out in |
Venaee. Italy, end the people are
fleeing from the city.
The German Foreign Office has no
titled Mr.. Pendleton, the American |
minister, that 1t is intended to expel |
the German-Americans residingi at |
Schleswig who emigrated TO the
United States just before becoming |
liable to military service and retnrn-
after being naturallzed. The recent
order of expulsion of other Germa1-
Americans remains suspended.
A mamwoth's remains have been
discovered near Yreka, CAL, by mi |
ners. They were found 45 feet |
below the surface. The horn is five
and half feet long, In the shape Of
cows born, aud is eight inches in |
diameter at the base. The teeth and |
other bones are Of mammoth size. |
An animal built in proportion to them
would weigh at least ten tons when
alive. The teeth, horns, etc.. show
that the animal was of the bovine |
species.
The more duties woman has to
perform, the more need has she for uni
form good temper and strong. healthy |
nerves. Some women are miserable |
when idle, even when rest is necessa-
ry. When to rest, how to rest, and |
where to resteach must determine for |
herself; but all know that nature re-
bells unless true and complete rest is
taken during some portion Of each |
day.
Senator Evarts had q family reun-
ION recently at which nine gran
children tried TO ride his knees to
"Banbury Gross" all at once. They |
are not as long as his sentences.
The proposition to permit each
state to decide whether gold or s;l-
yer shall be legal tender within its
boundaries find an advocate IN the |
Boston Transcript.
Mining enterprises employ $780,
0O0, 900 capital in the United States |
and produces over $40o, 900, 900
worth Of metal.
A pound Of bananas is said to COM
tain as much nutriment as three |
pounds of meat, and an acre of ba-
mana trees will produce IS much food |
as thirty-thrce acres Of wheat.
A considerable portion Of our navy
is laid up for repairs at the Brooklyn
navy yard. The Tennessee has been
IN dry dock three times lately and may
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