The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-05-30
Miscellaneous Mixture.

The official report ndfnbefs the snee
in the United states at 45.0o0,0O0.
The entire police force Of Kansas City
are church members. Two elders, and
any number of deacons.
Eiy's Cream Balm is worth its weight
in gold as a cure for catarrl. One bottle
cured me-S. A. Lowell, Franklin. Pa
Under the laws Of Maine you can bor-
row a mans horse. keep him ior year
and day, and then settle for ~ cents
per day for every day the horse was
used.
Though there are from . TO @ per cent
more males born than females, yet there
Is an excess Of more than six per cent. Of
females in the various populations.
Statistics appesr to show that in Eng
land domestic servants sre growing few
er. In 1881 there were 1,250,0e0, but in
isSS there only 100000.
The average yield of wheat in the Uni
ted States in 1887 was about 20 bushels
per acre, and the average price IS cents
per bushel This is at the rate Of only
s. per acre.
The consumption Of beer in the United
States has increased from 5,50OOo0 bar
rels in 1867 to about 100000 barrels in
1887 that is twice as fast as the popula-
tion.
A hen that is twelve years af age and
grey-headed, is feature Of the Detroit
poultry show. She laid fiffy-four eggs
last year and raised seventeen chickens.
Authorities on such matters state that
hens rarely live more than four years.
A French naturalist, who has made =
study of the throat of the lgirafs, says
that taste does not hnger any longer with
him than a human being. This viii be
a consolation to good many fellows
who have been enyious Of that gullet.
The area Of dry land in the world is
estimated at 100000 square miles, and
the area Of the ocean III, ,200, 900 square
miles. The bulk of the dry land above
the level of the sea is 23,45O.00J cubic
miles, and the volume of the waters Of
the ocean is -. 100000 cubic miles.
Alta teachers examination in Jones
county, iowa, in answer 10 the question
What is hygiene ?" young lady appli-
tant for certificate to teach school an
swered " Il is the soft spot on the top Of
a babys head which gradually becames
harder as the baby grows older"
A citizen of san Bernardino, California
has succeeded in making living off Of
one acre of land. Around the acre isa
row Of fruit trees from which ne has re-
allied 500 for a seasons fruit. He pa;
quarter of the acre in strawberries and
sold 500 worth From the rest Of the
acre he took three different crops Of veg
tables, and was so successful with them
that he sold 81 900 worth, besides keep
ing a COW pig and fowls.
1t is a somewhat singular fact that Adj
miral Porter, the head ofthe navy, should
receive higher salary than the COM
mander Of the armies. He is paid $4,000
year, while Lieutenant General Sheri-
dan receives. only $1,000, although the
latter is allowed commutation Of sl00
month for quarters and forage for four
hores. General sherman, as General Of
the army, and General Grant also, re-
ceiyed sI3OOO.
Some of the thirsty morials of Wichita
Kan, have coneocted neat scheme for
evading the probibitory law. An organ
ization, known a. the Oklahoma band,
with power 20 DO business in Wichita,
has been chartered Officers were duly
elected. and stock issued at he rate Of ;
per share. In one corner Of the certif-
Gates are ~ stars. The holder mas the
entree to the club rooms Of the band,
which are known as reading rooms. Here
he presents his certificate, calls for what
drinks he requires. and has the charges
punched out on the stars in his certif-
cate.
LUIS 1bAA-iIro " III ~ DWMi Al lAl1ANA
as the greatest sword buyer Of the era.
1t paid sl0,OO0a week or two ago for a
couple of warlike implements which a
Missouri member said belonged 10 Gen
Shields during his life, and now comes
Miss Virginia Lewis Taylor who wants
$4,000 for one which she declares be-
longed to General Washington She not
only wants the money, but Senator Ev-
arts has just introduced bin giving her
that amount in exchange for the sword
Miss Taylor is a Virginian, who claims
to descend, in some way, from one Of the
branches Of the Washington family, and
she has several hundred other relics Of
the Father Of his Country, which she is
willing to turn over to the country at the
same rate. She claims that the sword
she now offers is the one Washington
wore when he resigned his commission
at Annapolis and at his public receptions
while President,