The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-23
PERSONS AND THINGS.

Three men living in Milford Neck-John Ma
loney. Andrew Maloney, and Jehu Davis-have
all raised large families, and they all resided i'm
school district. At one time these gentlemen sent
To their district school 80 childrenall of their own
too. That's not a bad score for Milford Neck and
the pretty part Of it il that each gentleman has not
only raised big family but they have enjoyed
the world as they passed along and have laid up
goody share Of the golden sheaves for their COM
fort in their declining years
Gen. Crook, who is philosopher well "a a
soldier, advances the proposition that man Is
more or less savage according To the certainty
with which his food may be obtained" Many be-
sides Crook have noticed that the ongar the waiter
is in coming the savager is the guest.
Sets of pocket handk kerchiefs, stamped with
military rules and regulations, diagrams and other
information important for the soldier to acquire
and remember are being sold for the use of the
French soldiers. and are officially encouraged by
the French Government
Ten years ago - set of after-dinner coffee cups
worth $50 to 500 was salable in London, Paris or
Vienna. but was rarely found on this Continent.
and the sale of dinner set costing more than S2D0
or 500 was rare event here. But now dinner
sets costing several times that amount salable
In almost any OF the large trade centerS In Amer
lea.
Swindlers played the old game on Geo. Straw.
of Wea. Ind. He signed contract with n lightning
rod man for one rod, to cost $3.50 and a few days
later found that he had signed promissOry note
for $500. Rather than have legal fight with the
rlscals he compromised by paying $3.50.
- John Gallagher. Philadelphia workman,
found n pocketbOOk in which were - $50 in notes
and s3II in drafts and checks. He kept it until he
saw the notice of the loss in the papers and then
returned IL to the bank whose runner had lost it..
He received 500 reward and much praise for his
honesty.
= Pedro Fresca while digging a well at Ysleta,
Tex, at the depth of Il feet came upon what are
| Thought TO be the petFied remains of man and
woman. The bodies are almost entire and are very
perfect even the wrin les and texture of the SIX in
being preserved la the blueish sandstone into
which they are supposed to have been changed.
- Ensign Selin 4. WOodwOrth, U. y ~, tells the
San Francisco reporters that short time ago when
the Ranger of the coast of Costa Riea a sur
veying trip the lookout reported reef some dis
tance away. They drew near to survey IT, and saw
! that the reef was "A huge serpent. The head was
/ larger than q mans body, with large piercing
\ eyes. The body WAS OF "A dirty yellow color The
serpent WIS a slow traveller. and the ship gained ON
it. but escaped in the darkness not before several
musket balls had been fred into IL without appsr-
ent effect
4 - The Mayor of Malaucene, Of the Department. OF
Vauciase, France. has issued proclamation pro-
hibting all persons in his jurisdiction from playing
the trumpet. clarion. trombone, any other noisy
ana annoying instrument between the hours of
/ y. IN. and a. M, except upon written permit of
/ the municipal authorities and even in the hours
/ to which the prohibition does not extend such in
stTunents may only be performed upon in the fields
in isolated buildings least 800 meters from any
/ other habitation, and 80 meters from highway.
| Most of us think of SouCan and the Great "a
hara Desert as pretty hot places. But Prince Kara
mOkO, lately visitor To Paris. complained thus
Il sigh for the cool air of the desert it's so hot
/ here and Paris has so many bad smels!"
| "A Lisbon-street merchant Friday man
/ laughing at the familiar sign in his store window
lei on parle FrancaiS in so hearty a way that he
/ went out and questioned him. "A queer thing 10
hang up in n store window" quoth the man
i Why queer?" . Oh, cause il is" was the reply
No sense in 10 in store Who a want to buy one
/ Nobody but awonlan. My wife bought to hang
/ over the mantlepieee, but III be- shot if I'd hang
/ one in "A store window if was boss. don't take
/ no stock in these ere notices." The merchant
cross examined the fault finder, and found that he
| and his wife had bought a similar sign of peddeI
/ last week upon the representation of the wick ed
i fikir that IL the original Latin text for " God
1 Bless Our Home. .H-Let0iSfOn (He.) Journal
i George Miller. serving out l0-year sentence
| In an Indiana prison, heard of the prison trick oil
eating soap in order to appear To- he wasting away
| and thus gain pardon. The scheme worked toe
\ well. Miler's throat is liberated, he cannot take
/ even liquid nOurishment, and is more than likely
/ to die.