Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-02-04
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
INTERESTING EVENTS THAT ARE
WORTHY OF NOTE.
The Oyster On an IsIand-HiS Broth
cr-in-Iaw-A Note of Bank Notes
"A Ton Of Coal, etc. cr".


zeal tar. Now destructive distiliaiion
OF This amount of coal tar e, about 20
pounds i pitch. II pou..,'S of crcosot'.
II pounds of heavy oils, ABOUT 81 pounds
of naphtha ,Hllow. 6 80 pounds of
naphthaIinc, 1. pounds # naphtho'.
. pounds of alizarinc. "a porNdS ot
solvent naphtha l.5 pounds of pneno'.
L. pounds of aurinc, / .ounds of ana
Ii Oh pound f tuludine, 0.+t pound
of anthra in and 90 pound of tolur"e
from 'hr last nal..ed ,Ubs,ancc being
obtained the new p luct sacrhariro,
said - be- 230 times rs sweer rs the best
cane sugar.
Here i 4 good story of 'hr rrlouht
able Na,,.l of Balliol No long . 20 i.i
undergraduate of that college lost II roll
of bank notes He had the numbers,
and wisely t.'d Nj Jowctt ct IA 5.
"Gnc me tn, numbers and sav nothing
about it to anyone, sail thc Master,
who th.n sen. th, nur'hers 20 the bank
teller with hint not 10 disclose them.
Ncv' dav the GNf.-d bonr,lings Y rc
covered with EJstrrs proclaiming the
loso. hlt Giving Tie wrong numbers.
Tn, thief fell into th" trap and py.'s, ntcd
one of the notes III Tire uanh with the
.romlt r'suli that he was rrcsicd. That
und,i graduate ha> recovered all MS
notes, ana thinks t'u' Mr. Jvwctt ought
to have neen detective.
ON ONE oi the islands of the Maine
coast there lived, several vears ago, u
man noted 10. his miscrly disposition.
However that may be, ne heca.nc o1ito
Wealthy. One winter. during the SESSION
of th' Legislature, this person bod occa-
sion to visit Augusta. He stepped into
resta rant for dinner and waiter
spread before him the trlnted bill of
ARE. The eyes f tho nov ace opened
wide rs he quickly added the iigu,es ut
tho right of the page, Indicating prices:
thon, sprinSing to Ms feet, he indig
nantiy cried: "What, all this to pay,
and hahn eat n mOuihful yet" The
outcome we are not tO,, but on a subSc-
quent sit tn" gentleman canned I. pail
If victuals win him from hon
J IEs SPENCER. II Chattanooga grocer
being greatly ,.oubl" by flies. put
twenty-one sheets of sticky fly pa''or
about his store. In the eve. ng nc
gathered them mp a"i no ced how much
heavier they We're, being covered with
flies. He weighed the twenty-one
sheets, and found they weighed seven
pounds. Then he put twcnty-oDc fresh
sheets on the seal 8. and they Weighed
four pounds fourounces. Thus .hc lies
weighed two Dornds twelve ounces. He
found that IT, re- we're twenty lies in each
epuare inch Of the fly paper; each sheet
mad ;'3G luarc inches AM 6,12O flies,
and the tNcnty-onc sheets nad 14l l2D
flies. Thus one may ascertain the
weight of II fly. for, if II 100 mes weigh
two p lunds II ounces. it's easy - calc,b
tate what one will weigh.
THE COASTS of Lower California
abound with huge turtles, which weigh
from Boz 10 400 pounds each. Down ut
Punta Banda. where Il company is build
ing big hote' one of the lOrkmcn.
who is al, expert swimmer and who
spends much time in the water, has be
come skillful in ridirc thc big animals.
\ trav Ter says that when the man sees
one that is big enough to ride, he rushes
into the water and mounts it. He has u
way of slappiNg tht ii Oh the side of the
head that makes them jo,, along, aud,
by striking them, he also guides them.
He rode II big fellow near the shore the
other day rs tL. stage drove up the coast
road, and the occupants 6 the stage
were SO pleased with the exhibition that
they made up purse Of $40 for the
rider.
"A BELFAST man is being laughed at
considerably there this week, and our
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well to profit by his experience He
wished to make his wife a present of II
muff, and took home two for her to Sc
lcct from, one cheap and the other II
high priced nrticle. Thinking to have y
little fun AT the expense of his better
half he changed the labels. The cheap
one was much admired, but seeing the
price on the ticket, the wife said they
could not afford that and would take the
Other. 1t looks little as though ~.
joke Tas on tile ii..iii 81 tiie hdUse.
A GHOST that has bc,u f. several
months soaring the engineer, ~ crr.
tam trestle, Oh Il railroad near Atlanta,
was found Il few days az wing uncon-
scious and nearly frozen tu ieat' ia II
pool OF water near thc spot. She had
neither shoes nor stockings and few
other clothes, and was eyitlo..ty de-
mented, although she could talk ration
ally on some subjects. She seemed to
be of good birth and had evidences of
refinement about her. She said she was
Annie Garrett, and had taken to the
woods because she was disgustcd with
tEc world and lacked the courage to
commit suicide. A hole was found dug
ont bencat the trcstle and IL that she
had lived.
The story is going the rounds of
cowboy of the Wild West show who
went into London restaurant and
ordered steak, which was brought to
him exceedingly rare. He looked at it
moment, then drew his revolver. and
1iazed away at the meat. OF course there
was panic. and the police came about
the time that the revolver had been
emptied. 'What on earth do you mean
by this conduct T. asked the proprietor.
"What do mean, pard." answered the
cowboy. "Why," pointing to the all
most raw steak, 81 wanted to kill the
blamed thing"
a GENTLEMAN OF BOssJ'., had the mis-
fortune few weeks ago to lose by death
his wife. A few days ago he visited
bank on business, and WAS told by the
Cashier that at the time of the death Of
lis wife she had accumulated and had
on deposit i'll the institution in her
name the sum of 5000. The widower
was thunderstruck and could hardly be-
lieve what the Cashier told him. He
soon realized the fact, however, whe,.
the Cashier gave him certificate Of d.