Wichita eagle., 1888-08-05
STRAY E1Ts


years ago at Indianola, Nsb., has just been
discovered
It is predicted that the iron product of
Washington territory viii soon exceed that
of Pennsylvania
Forty-fve gamblers, 81 .e92 in money and
a great amount of gamblers paraphernalia
were captured IN a raid at Tacoma, W. T.
Philadelphia hotel men calculate they give
away 5000 worth of stationery year to
! letter writing fiends who don't pay the hotel
q cent.
Gently manufactured for customer dozen
collars, size %, and two merino undershirts,
size 80.
It is estimated that the total number Of
books in all the American public leJraries is
q, OO0,O 600.
An ancient canoe that was followed out by
means of redhot stones has been found in
central Norway and sent to the museum at
Christiania.
At Wolf Island, Lake Ontario, the shore Is
covered with dead potato bugs, which have
been washed up by the waves to the depth Of
two or three inches.
Col. Casey says that the proposed bridge
across the Hudson at Jersey City will have a
span of 1880 feet The Brooklyn bridge
span is but 1,500 feet
During twenty-five weeks Of this year 8, 1876
patents were issued by the United States
patent Office, but of this number only fifty
three were issued to women.
There are 62l newspapers printed in Berlin.
Fifty-four are official papers, 70 political, 165
have to do with literature science and art,
EFT are commercial and 30 religious
A bottle, thrown overheard from tho
steamer Celtic, June 80, 1885, was picked up
2S2 days after in the harbor of Rivadeo,
Spain, after voyage Of ], o5o miles
A western man Is selling large quantities
Of an ink which he calls ''lovers' ink" Its
popularity is that the writing in which it is
used entirely disappears after twelve hours
A tribe in the palm region Of the Amazon
cradles the young in palm leaves A single
leaf turned up around the edges by some ma
tive process makes an excellent cradle, and
now and then it is made to do service as a
bath tub.
Mr. Boyd, Of Collinsville, La, must be set
down as q fast man, however exemplary he
may be- Lately he hauled lumber, built q
house and moved into it all in the space Of a
day and night, which certainly beats the
record up to date.
At ball in London, considered one Of tho
best of the season, the staircase was hung
with double wreaths Of pink peonies; the
alcoves were lined with red roses in baskets,
and in the ball room the great chandelier
was effectively wreathed in flowers
Portable electric lights, arranged to hang
ON a button OF ones coat, and with para
bolic reflector to concentrate the light, with
storage batteries weighing one and a half
pounds each, are made to enable persons to
read in railroad cars by night.
One of the attractions Of the Paris exhibi-
ton next year is to be an immense model of
the terrestrial globe in tho Champ de Mars
It will rotate on an axis, and will give an
idea Of the dimensions as we'll as be accu-
rately constructed on a scale Of one-mill-
ionth.
Owing to the destruction Of the cemetery
of Waring a removal of Beethoven's remains
was necessary, and the sksieSosr S~as szpesed
to view 1t was found that the Uranium was
unusually large and that tho teeth were fne
and strong. The hands had quite crumbled
into dust.
In the rolls of the British parliament, l445,
is petition from two counties setting forth
that the number of attorneys had lately in
creased from six to twenty-four, whereby the
peace of those counties had been greatly in
terrupted by lawsuits. They asked that the
number be reduced to fourteen.
No more dunning by postal card Under
recent instructions from Postmaster General
Dickinson, anything in the nature of an Of
fensive or threatening dun, apparent upon an
envelope, outside cover or postal card, or con-
veying the suggestion that such dun is in
closed, must be excluded as non-mailable."
Aluminium is coming into use as mate
rial for dental plates It is nearly as light
as rubber; but little more than one-eighth
the weight OF gold; has neither odor nor
taste; is not affected by the elements of food
or the sec7etions of the mouth, and costs,
bulk for bulk, about Onc-sixth the present
price of silver.
At recent meeting Of workingmen In
England, held at the suggestion Of officials
of the Established church, for the purpose Of
discussing tho relation of the church to the
masses, it was suggested that while the
clergy preach the Gospel Of Calvary, they
should I'VE the Gospel of Galilee, and bishops
with Els, 900 year salary were declared to
be hindrances.
The names and locations Of the navy yards
IN the United States are as follows: Charles
town navy yard. Boston; Brooklyn navy
yard, Brooklyn; Gosport navy yard, Nor.
folk. Va; Kittery navy yard. Kittery, Ne;
League Island navy yard, Philadelphia;
Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco; New
London navy yard, New London, Conn:
Pensacola navy yard, Pensacola, Fla; Wash
ington navy yard, Washington, D. c.
The popular idea that razor needs rest
occasionally has scientific touniation in
the case of fns razors. Tie grain of the best
Swedish razors runs in diagonal direction
from the upper end of the outer point 10 to
ward the handle Constant stropping viii
twist the steel until the grain ssss up and
down, and steady use draws the grain still
further over. When it gets into this condt
ton It cannot be kept sharp; but, il laid
away and left alone for awhile, the grain
viii resume its first position, and the razor b
as good es new again
CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS.