The Columbus journal., 1886-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

An American living in Kobe, Japan.
has engaged thirty very skillfui Japa.
ncsc ivory-carvers to introduce the art
into this country.
j. X. Bond. of Stewart County,
Ga, says that some of his neigh
bOrs heard the train coming in the
other night for the first time, and. mis-
taking the rumbling noise made by the
train for cyclone, spent the night in
their cyclone pits.
The locomotive headlight, which
IS so universally employed on railway
engines in this country, is said to be
losing favor among experienced rail-
way men. They regard it rs of little
or no utility, while its powerful illu-
minatiOn tends to render indistinct the
colors of signal lights on the track
ahead.-N. Y. Examiner.
Richard w. Belmont. who was gong
from Denver to the Pueblo Insane Asy-
lum in charge of Sheriff Shrock, sprang
through q car window when the train
was running thirty miles an hour.
When the train was stopped Belmont
was seen running over the prairie un-
hurt Shrock, after long chase, recap
tured Chicago Mail.
When Thebaw and his retinue we're
landed as prisoners at Madras and
turned over to a burly Scot on duty
there, the officer who had brought them
demanded receipt. The ScOtchman
promptly made it out somewhat as fol-
lows: Received of Colonel Willoughby
one king, two queens. thirteen maids
of honor, ETC.. as per invoice"
With the laundering of the steamer
Feronia off the Dutch coast about
5000. 100000 of sewing needles were
lost, which had been shipped by four
firms from IsarbOhn for China. Sew
ersl insurance companies must bear
the damage, which is very heavy.
there having been large quantity Of
expensive needles among the lot.
"A gentleman having surrendered
his seat to lady in the hOrse-cars,
without the slightest recognition from
her, drew an ear-trumpet from his
pocket, and held the open end close to
her face. She was brought to her
senses by this broad hint, and found
she had occasion to get off at the next
crossing. We intend to carry trum-
pet hereafter.-Prairie Farmer.
"A cotemporary says '.many Of our
cooking utensils have remained the
same for 1900 years. We fry, bake
and stew in pans formed precisely like
those used in POmpeii and Hurcula-
neum. We even use the same shaped
pans for eggs as were used in those
of hn fatn II
of Vesuvius buried them in ashes and
lava" Happily the eggs We use in the
pans are commonly little less ancient.
Chicago Sun.
Mrs Elizabeth Chambers. of Mis-
souri,. made her will in 1862, and be-
queathed her slaves to her children
equally, with the exception of one to
whom she gave her freedom. She
lived number of years afterward. but
steadily refused to recognize the results
of the war and her will was admitted
to probate at st. Louis this week, just
as it was originally written. But the
slaves which she desired to divide
among her children long since walked
off on their own account.-St. Louis
Post.
Henry l.. Ebbecke. of Upper Naza-
reth township. Northampton County.
Pa. is the owner of three horses, the
like of which are seldom found. One
of the animals is thirty-eight years old,
another twenty-eight and the youngest
twenty-six. their combined ages making
3 total of ninety-twO years. They are
the only horses Mr.. Ebbecke owns and
all three are in constant use on that
gentleman farm. Even the oldest is
still able to do solid days work, and
all promise to be good for some years
service still.-Phiiadelphia Press.
"A youthful theological student. so
minute i'm stature that he ordinarily
can not make himself seen when
behind the pulpit desk, recently
preached near Exeter, n. II. An aged
woman sat in the front pew. and was
greatly concerned to see Il boy in place
of the expected minister. So she
slipped on tip-tOe to the pulpit stairs
and bcckoned to him, whispering
loudly: '.Come down. my boy; you
mustn't sit there; that's the place for
the minister" ."-Springfeld (Mass.)
Republican.