Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14
George Kingston of woiroo Now zoo

land, recently died from a bee sting.
| Small footmen, the Boston Tyaoeller i,
informed bya Washington correspondent
are now IN style. 1.-The day of the grea
Dig strapplng footman and driver Ina.
| gone past"
Prairie fires have recently burned owe,
nm area of 5000 square miles nenr 81
Joseph in the Pan Handle of Texas. nm,
severe losses are entliled to cattle me,, n
That exceptionally good region.
Contagious diseases having excit,,d tb
people of Fairhaven, Mass, to snch
degree that the horse cars carry two bnp
OF camphor as dsinfectants, one ~ encI
end, placed there by the board of health
The Smithsonian Institution no lonce,
gives away its publications, but oiTer
them Tor sale at about cost price. IN,
principal place of sale is Brentano's new
publication stand in the rntuuda of m,
National Museum.
hrupps famous works at Essen hny,
turned out larger number of guns dnr
ing the last three months than are usualI,
produced in whole year. The henviest
delivery was made to Turkey after whicl
came Greece and Seryia.
The number off words between cant,
and "batten" in the second part of Dr
Murray's great English dictionary i,
9,l35. The work will embrace 2G no,ts
on the calculation that there are aboni
2i0,O0O in the language.
Some Indian arrow heads were lnteIy
shown ut the Societe d'Anthropoloyie
winch were poisoned with curare over a
century ago, but still retained their
deadly power. Small animals scratched
with them died in half an hour.
A prosperous farmer ut Marion. O. boa
eloped with his hired girl. The loooI
paper accounts for it by saving tlnt he
had always manifested deer interest
IN religious reviyals, but of late had he.
come Spectator in Bohemian oats.n
DIR. Hartwell of Johns HOPKINS U,i
Versity says that German soldier can
scale II 2O-feet wall with his arms and
nccoutrements, or Jump m iron-sniLed
fence without getting caught. Gymnns
tics are compulsory in the GERMAN
schools. i''''ii
The food of Burmese peasants includes
almost all Kinds of reptiles, the grub of
Dall-rolling beetle, II kind of ant which
constructs nests of leaves in tree-tops
leaten IN curries), and hill rats. The last
named exist in such hordes that their con-
sumption is almost necessity to prevent
the rats eating the Burmese.
AT a race in South Australia ea,,,
weeks ago, the falling of LEADING horse
Drought nearly the whole field tumblintr
over MN. Two jockeys were killed ouf.
rlBnt, nait a dozen others seriously (some
lataily) injured, and several horses killef
or manned. -N'''o''
ftaaro says that Yankee mol,er of
sewing machines hns offered Mn po,,;
81, 900 for. each appearance. in a5,i;ti co.
to her regular salary, if Size viii IL -
one Of his sewing machines inatead ' ns az
king of Thule" '
The hunting accident which eaisrd
the Earl OF Guilford's death n few dnvs
ago was n singular one. While hunting
IN the Vale of Bucklnnd he was taking &
nylng leap, when his horse turned It
complete somersault, and then rolled over
heavily on its rider.
The Edinburgh Medical Missionary So.
elety reports the opening of it's hospiinl
III Hangchow. Many Chinese officials
were present, and number OF the mandn-
rms subscribed literally toward the build
ing. A large ward for opium patien was
niled on the first day.
"fou have no idea," saws Robert q.
ln8ersoll, "how many men are spoiled nv
education. For the most part.. COLLEGES
are places where pebbles are polished and
ulamondsare dimmed." Colonel BoI will
W pohshed Off in tho next world. and
ms temper improved by dire.