The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

hcio uIC nv" f,VVV tltltcTs IN inc
United States. and 1900. 600 a day il
paid for amusements in this country.
The academy at Pekin has got up
one of those treasures OF human knowl-
edge which leaves the Britannica far
behind so far rs bulk is concerned, be-
ing in 16O, 900 volumes.
AT a colored Sunday-school in
Haynevillc, Ala, the scholars are ex.
pected to bring either a penny or an
egg every Sunday. AS a result of this
the school last week was able to throw
nine dozen eggs upon the Hayneville
market.
They took a vote in Rolla. Mo-,
recently on the question who was the
Sweetest girl in school," and as a re,
suit there have been no fewer than
twenty fights between young men and
old, friends and brothers of the fair
contestants. No event that has oc-
Cured in the towns history has 50
stirred up its society.
"A pipe connecting q New Haven
house with a sewer was recently ex-
amined to see why it was choked up.
1t was found that roots of a large elm
in front of tho house had entered the
pipe at the point Of two sections, and
then had grown so luxuriantly that for
six feet the mass of fibcr-like roots
completely filled the pipe, rendering it
useless.
The owners of one of the largest
ranches in Texas have contracted with
a Chicago firm to have the top wire all
around their pasture fence charged
with electricity, s as to give a shock
to all animals touching it and to enable
their cowboys to telephone to them by
attaching a portable instrument to the
wire. A break in the fence will ring "A
bell at headquarters.
There is a chain of prairie dog
towns along the Texas 4 Pacific rail-
road for a distance of one hundred
miles. Some of the villages cover five
acres of ground. Hunters say it is al.
most impossible to kill one of the dogs
and get his body, so quickly does he
dive into his hole at the explosion of a
gun. Deluging their holes with water
will not drive them out.
A queer sight was witnessed at
Fort Smith, Ark, recently. There is
not a foot of paved street in the city,
and when it rains it is almost impossible
to get around. Some ingenious resi-
dents hitched a pair of mules to a skin,
one drove the mules. another used the
oars and Il third managed the ruddcr.
The sight caused a good deal of cheer.
ing from the crowd that watched it.
1t is not generally known that
Washington is the most southern of the
of the great nations Of
northern hemisphere. Madrid,
Constantinople and Rome are
even further north, while Paris
IS up in the latitude of New
and London and Berlin are
on the line of Labrador. St. Peters.
burg is on the same parallel as Green.
and is one thousand fourhundred
miles due north of Washington.
A physician in the american Mug
nzine describes February as the time
Of saturnalia of colds. He advises cx.
effort to guard the space between a
mans coat collar and hat brim. Be.
meath this exposed skin lies the crrebro-
spinal axis, whence proceed the nerves
hat govern both heart and lungs, The
lace is supplied with, blood vessels
vice as plentiful as the neck, enabling
t to resist external cold in that proper.
ion. For diet in February he advises
food and fresh lettuce and spin.
,ch, anti-scorbutics, which should be
,aten freely.
S. l.. Barrel, an electrician. was
sentenced to Jail in Houston. Tex. for
period of twenty days for using a
,istol in the county court house, While
n Jail he invented an instrument which
lc calls Il micro-detective. While in
working position it will warn n jailer if
prisoners are attempting to escape by
awing, filing, or using any other
.droit means. 1t was tested by a mum.
Of citizens, they posting themselves
n a front room in the back part of the
with doors closed. A clock was
nut in motion. Every click could be
istinctly heard in the room. A saw
vas used gently on the bars and pro
.uccd II loud, saving noise. The in.
trument is worked by electricity on q
ingle wire, the various noises of toe
ellis coming over it distinctly.
A postmaster in u small village i1
Mississippi has written to the Postmay
er-General asking him to discontinue
he Office. He explains that his neigh
ors. who are wool growers, becamedi-
Of his rabbit dog, and in con.
equence, he states, ait turned up
So ! am left here con
Inues the postmaster. patheticaI'y.
without the means Of s%ustenancc. So
you expect me to get up nights fT
trains you will have to forward At
nee some pork and beans or some
nourishment, or Il new post
laster will have to be appointed AZ
his place" He added in postscript
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