The National tribune., 1886-09-16
PERSONS AND THINGS.

A Buffalo scientific man suggests thinning out
the English sparrOws by making them fashionable
for bonnet decoration. Perhaps more than he
guesses have gone the way 10 the milners already.
feather Is a feather, and can be dyed almost any
color.
Ira d. Sankey Mr. Moody's musical associate,
has sailed for Europe.
Dwight Hackett, the editor Of the Napa Re-
porter is a Democrat and his father is the Republic
can nominee for Sheriff. After the Republican
convention that nominated Haekett, sr., and made
n ticket composed largely of Napa men, Hack ett,
jr wrote a report of their doings, and headed it,
:" Napa Hogs IL AL" Then he took nap until his
paper had gone to press, and when the edition had
been printed he woke up very thoroughly, for the
headline read, Papa Hogs it AL"
One thing which was not settled by the trial is
whether it was n boom. bum bahm bawm or bomb
that was thrown. There IS no doubt, though, that
something was thrOwn.-PttSburg Chronicle.
Some men are never satisfied with the arrange
ments of nature. The most recent grumber thinks
that the luminous end of the FREELY should have
been hitched to the CONGRATULATIONS C1U.
About 100 persons a day visit the condemned
Anarchists in jlil in Chicago. Half the visitors are
ladies. They not sympathizers with the cause
of Anarchy, but regard the prisoners as a part of
the eity's sights. The physicians at the County Hos
pital are endeavoring TO get between $1,000 and
$1,000 extra pay for their services in attending the
policemen wounded during the riots. They say
their salaries only for attendance upon paupers
"A new planchet Is made in Chicago by nail
ing four short wooden legs under the rim of man
hat by means of pins run through the cloth. On
pieces of paper the letters of the alphabet
marked. and so are the words yes y and no" on
or electrical qualities derive much fun from maxim
the hat spell out words by leaping from letter to
letter. The toy is called the dancing Derby"
"A young eolOred man of Buffalo IS making
money by giving most remarkable musical per-
formances. He holds his mouth open taps his skull
with a beer mallet, and thus plays tunes in tones
not unlike those of the xylOphOne. He seems not
only to have wooden head, but an empty one
also.
The Danvile Breeze tells of a young woman
riding with young man and exclaiming at the
sight of two calves: "Oh, see those two little cow
let's" You are mistaken said the young man
those are not eOwlets but bullets"
Savannah, Ca has policeman who can sleep
soundly while walking. The other night he sum-
bered through heavy shower. and was much sur
prsed when he woke up to find himself drenehed.
Purple pond lilies from Japan are the floral
glories of the hour. The Japanese lily does not
attach itself to any object but floats around in the
water. The leaf springs from little air bulb that
sustains the plant the surface and the roots find
nOurishment in the water.
w. ). O'Brien, of Boston. found pocketbooIS
| in which were $500 He at once set about finding
/ the owner, and succeeded at length. The book
| belonged to a Providence man, who not only re-
waTded OBrlen with money. but wrote n letter TO
the Boston papers telling of Bren's honesty. and
giving him and his business advertisement that
Is likely to be worth much more than 500 to the
honest Boston man.
| Henry Blevins, of Poplar Bluff Mo-, while
/ squirrel hunting heard n pig squeal as if in great
/ distress. He went toward the sound and saw a big
bear lust in the act of squeezing the last saueaI out
| of poor piggy. Mr.. BIevins gun was not loaded
| for bear, but he found in his picket No. buck
/
fitted the gun. rammed il home top of the squir-
| rel shot, aimed at the bears head and pulled the
| trigger The aim was true, the buckshOt did its
| work, and the bear fell dead.
| DR.. Henry Vile, of Atlanta, has been trying for
long time to cure the scalp wound of a nine year
| old girl who. when baby. fell in the fire and re-
| eeived burns that never healed He decided to
l give the girl new scalp, and said that he would
| have to take the skin from some ones arm. The
| girls cousin, brave boy Of r. at once barred his
| arm, and the doctor removed . small pieces OF
| cuticle and placed them on the head of the girl
| Both children went home well pleased, but the
boys father was very angry, and has sued the doc
| tor for assault and battery on his son.
/ "A citizen of Clayton, Ca, lost a valuable dog
| and suspected that he had fallen into a deserted
| mining shaft. He could neither see nor hear any
thing of him at the bottom of the 60 foot hole but
| when he let down piece of meat a string some
| thing bit !" as greedily a Saranae trout. Then
| miner went down, and sure enough the dog was
| there. and after being drawn up found to be
| unhurt.
A Reading Pa) drug clerk, annoyed by some
little boys caught one of them and painted his II
| with oxide of silver. When the boy tried to wash
IL off it turned black of course. His mother nearly
skinned the lip rubbing it, and then took her t
| the clerk. He put on carbonate of Soda and tha
| made the lip smart and the boy howl Then she
got a warrant charging the clerk with assault anC
| battery.
| San Francisco papers are advertising n rat anC
| squirrel poison that Is said to have the excellen
qualities Of killing the animal drying up its in
1 sides, and tanning the skin.