Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-12-11
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a new industry has sprung up i
Maane. It IL the shipping Of fur-boaeIo
tor pillows. Thus far u tons have bssn
sens n0m Sebec alone to parties in Bos-
ton. The quality of the boughs is tie
The aldermen Of New York are not
lnguists, and have, therefore, passed
resolution requiring Chinese lsundrymen
to issue their checks in the English lam
guage.
The University of San Marcos. in
Lima, Peru, was founded eighty-five
years before Harvard, and the Uniyer-
sity of Mexico antedates the Cambridge
institution by eighty three years.
A Danbury, Conn.,, family having all
been i'll after fish dinner, It was CON
cluded thst the fish were poisoned BY
dyestuffs in the Still river, where they
were caught.
The banking capital of Augusts, Ga,
in 1860 was greater than the present
capital Of the entire state.
There are fifteen hundred miles of
streets in Philadelphia.
Anamascobite, SAYS the industrial
World, is a newly discovered mineral
found only in Missouri which cuts steel
with great rapidity and vet retains q
very fine keen edge.
Sir Henry Thompson holds that arti-
fical teeth are an evil in those of ad7an-
ced years, because they enabled such
persons to masticate flesh. When the
teeth fall naturally, it is natures design
that the individual should subsist on
vegetable diet.
An antidote for poison by poison oak,
ivy, ETC., is to take handful of quick
lime, dissolve it in water, let it stand an
hour, and paint the poisoned parts with
it. It is said that three or four applica-
tons will cure the most aggravated
cases.
It has been noted as curious fact by
Sir Samuel Baker that pets are never
seen in Africa, ard that negro has new
or been known to tame an elephant or
any wild animal. The elephants en-
ployed by the ancient Carthaginians and
Romans were trained by Arabs and Car
thssinians, never by negroes.
In France some experiments have re-
Gently been made in supplying COWS
with cold and warm water to test the
effect on them as milk-givers. The food
given was the same in both cases, but it
was found that those supplied with wa
ter heated to 113o Fahrenheit yielded
one third more than those given cold
water.
Near Colusa, Cal, recently an arrow
point made of ivory was extracted from
the breast Of goose shot on the wing.
As there are no savsges, nearer than
the Arctic regions with whom ivory is
plenty, the conclusion is that the arrow
was made from the tooth of q walrus or
some other ivory -jawed monster and shot
into the breast of the bird by an Esqui-
mau, or perhaps by an inhabitant Of
those polar regions which our world has
been unable to penetrate. The point
had been in the flesh for some time, as
the skin of the goose had grown over
the arrow.
A solid man is Jonathan Bass, OF Cam
bria, N. Y. Iu 1848 his joints began to
stiffen and grow into solid bone; in 1857
he took to his bed, and there he lies
now, perfectly seiff, every joint solid,
unable to stir, unable to masticate food,
and blind. Yet he eats the heartfelt
food by sucking it into his mouth and
swallowing it whole. His constitutional
health is good, he keeps himself inform
ed on current topics, and is likely to live
many years yet. He is now Sc years
Did, and weighs but seventy five pounds
New York's new aqueduct will cost
about $50, 000, 600, and yet nearly every
contract of importance involved in its
is owned by one man, or is
controlled by him, or pays tribute to
him.
Instead of "Much obliged" Thanks"
,r "Thsnks awfully much" the Anglo
naniacs in New York now say Behold
IN" or every much beholden to you"
80, at least, observes the Buffalo Er-
press,
At recent revival meeting down in
Virginia an old farmer rose to his feet
md paralyzed the congregation with the
blowing preface to his "e1perience:"
Dear friends, am glad to have this
to mingle together and to
pend these happy hours There I
couldn't If I wasn't.
There are 28,500 tenement houses in
New York. This includes all buildings
occupied by several families and also the
Of Mott, Mulberry, and Baxter
treets, a. well as the Dakota and Navar-
o fats uptown.
A carpet trade paper tells story of
salesman who seemed to be
lnable to suit lady after unrolling
niles of his stock. When she remarked
o her companion, ''Bsby likes to see
inn roll them out, and it is not time to
AXE the train yet" he gave it up.
The Site Of Calvary.
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