Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-11-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
"A washInr,oa policeman had nj.
pockets pirkcd by a thlef he ga. TAX
Ing - ne ieckap.
4 Vermont minister has preaehed
i2i faneral sermons, with net returns
of two barrels u aFplos AMI silver
dollaw.
Aboat tho meaneat gaa that could
oe Devised wa. one Mhich AN Ohio
highvayman used Ne illed his vic
tiin's mouth With sand.
Gold dollars hrc asesi ior hangles
and trlnkeis to such an extsnt that
thas have heeome srarcs and command
a prumium Of twenty five cents.
Tho lack of women's restaurants
dowa toan In New York IL made up in
sone INSTANCES by the Ianitncsses Of
bla oitlre buildings who serve warm
dlnners 20 the pretty typswriiers ap
under the caves.
Rassiesnnke~ have ls~~n mn@naiiy
numeroa. n tscorria during The last
year. nud their Increase II aitributed
Us ihs new .papeF~ oi the state to the
enforcement % the -tock Law. which
prohibits lhe hog. The raitler's great
cst euomy from roamlng at large.
\ new disease has broken out
among the grapc,ines ~ tho santa
Ana and san Gabriel valleys of Cali
furnia II b. termed the .apsuuF. and
thy rau-r of t uu one knows Tho
yiuo- b.giu o. vither and in short
l.m, die Tho di-ra-s i- infectious and
-pr.ad- very rapidly.
monument to Cd" memory Of
d. Ei-hH Mlt.hsll has recently boen
rr,rt.I un tb, summit of Mitchell .
Peak. .n Nur'h Carolina Tho monu-
ment h. oi bronze, and Is probably the
high,-t memorial -hat In the world.
The mountain having greater alti-
tsdr than any east " the Rockies.
A Bo ton liquor dealer Was trisa
fHr .D'iing without license. Hc
slammed that b., only kept an Ice ecream
-a.uon. thcrcupoa the Judge arkod tho
witnesses had they ever seen any wom-
en ent, Rag the Plseo. They declared
thry bad not. That settles ". = said
ihc Judge. "tha man j. convicted. An
i,-r ,rram saloon without women is ~
imp"- ihiliiy.'
\ writer in a Chinese paper AS
-.ris a.. physiological fact that lho
Chime. lack the mli complement oi
nsrs,z taat are p'.-e-~s''i by Western
p,uply. or that their nerves arr less
-su-itiyr than those ~ other races,
and explains IN this way the wonder
fui rnduranyo ~ the Chinese. their
impa--ivsnc-s. and IA sir ability 10 gc,
along aithuut bodily exercise.
japanese gung- melodiously sum
mou guesi. ~ dinner, and are con
-iisrrd a rrrat improvement upon the
/ dinner hyiL Ot an devices. however,
whish has, hccn Invented 10 call pro.
pie "a meals. Including the buglr. th'
GONG. string- - bells suspended iron
/ the p0rtierv rud, ara tuc suu-spokcf
waiter. no arrangement sends such 4
thrill and awake- such an appetite ~
the farmers horn.
\ table prepared for working,
mau'- soririy in Leip.ic represent.
that loss ~ different members - the
bndy rrdurrs the capacity to gain a
living iu the following proportions
Lo-= ~ both arms. eyes, legs, hands
or hrct lun per cent: loss ~ righ,
hand o. I,r cent q right thumb,
a3F per- cent ~ one eye, - per cent
- lsh thumb or right index finger. Il
par cent - any other finger, . PER
cent
Tho recciving ship Wabash Will,
/ living or Boston some time ago had
several curious applications from men
Who wanted "a enlist Ons man said
be- NoulI enlist u h. could de- work IA
whirh he was accustomed. lle vas
mot enlisted. For h. wa. paper.
hanger Another wanted "a enlist and
take care 81 %, Captains horse. A
gardiner would enlist II he could fad
/ work, and another candidate wanted
| tu b, iho ships roofer.
Tho IsiH HrH Garsfic Publishes a
novel suggestion in sanitary scienro
4 French Colonel a-Cvrtainsd that he
could wash hi- men Nith tspid water
/ for c"utime. or one-tsnth ~ Tonny
. psr head. soap included The mnu
/ uudrcs~es. steps into tray of tepid
water, soaps himself when a JET from
a tso-hand.d pump plays upon him
/ t.pid water. and he dries and dresses
I himself In avc minutes. against twen'
I IS minutes In the bath. and with ave
| gallons Of water against some seventy
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