The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

swordfish weighing over four
,.ndred pounds was captured recently
au Sam Miguel Islands. offthe southern
- ~ california. The sword meas
I'D forty-6ve inches in length.
General Lord Wclseley's appear
100 Is decidedly effeminate. and when
- sneaks he accompanies each remark
- : nervous shake of the head. He
!. J;snosed TO be sociable, but is not .
s !. with the "-ank and file. !"
"A mnatic who escaped from the
,osn;tal for the insane at Buffalo. n.
two wears ago, and has since been
.r.nderinc over France and Great
pr;tain. returned to his home in this
state the ether day perfectly cured, ii
: reported. Buffalo Express.
One of the holiday books recently
;ssned in England was printed in blue
ink on green paper. This was done in
accoriance with the advice of aGerman
chemist. who says that the short-sight-
adness of his countrymen is due in part
u the German characters, but mainly
tn the violent contrast of ink and pa
ner-black and white.
The weeping willow. says the
Garden. seems to have had a romantic
history. The first cion was sent from
SMYRNA in box of figs to Alexander
Pope, General Clinton brought shoot
s,om Ponies tree to America in the time
n the Revolution. which. passing into
the hands of John Parke Gusts, was
nlsnted on his estate in Virginia. thus
becoming the progenitor of the weep
ing willow in America.
One marked popularity about M.
Worth. the Paris man milliner, is LIS
grcat dislike to perfume in any shape.
His workwomen are prohibited from
using scents. and even from wearing
flowers during their working hours.
When woman sends him her costly
laces for the adornment of new dresses,
an odorous from long sojourning in
perfumed sachels, the first thing that
he does is to cause them to be thorough
" aired.
"A nudge in Walla Walla, Washing
ton Territory. thus addressed a prison.
er the other day, upon whom he was
about to pass sentence for obtaining
money under false pretenses: Soon
siaering the service YOU have done ex-
perienced people and the lessons you
have taught, you have been of some
service to the community by doing evil
that good may come oft. /. therefore,
give YOU the lowest penalty allowed by
the law for felony-one year in the
penitentiary.
"A Connecticut Valley paper-mak-
ing firm sent to the Paris Exposition a
blank book weighing two hundred
pounds and having three thausand
enormous pages. as a sort of universal
autograph album. Only one-fourth
Of its pages were filled in Paris, after
which it served at local fair, and last
year was sent to New Orleans. where it
was filed. 1t has now been returned
to HoEoke, Mass, and will be exhib-
tied. 1t contains sixty thousand
names, some well decentralization
Cogrnnt
Young men in Nashville, Tenn,
used to have strange idea of fun.
About twenty years ago, during cold
speIl, they organized society with fun
rs its avowed object. The fun consisted
IN raising money and distributing it
among the poor people of the city and
county. In the course of one winter
they raised and gave away seventeen
thousand dollars. The young men who
were engaged in this frolic are now
rsy-headed, but they maintain that
they never in their lives enjoyed them
selves Us much as they did during that
memorable winter. A few such prac-
teal jokes would be blessing to every
town in the United States. Chicago
Journal.