Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS


 niversary of the arrival at Salt Lake. July 24, 1877, of thd first company of pioneer Saints. At the last celebration but nine people were reported surviv- ing.
 A sliding telephone is the latest. It is d movable telephone that can be run up or down to any floor of q large building, so that a person on one story who is wanted ut the telephone need not com down or % IT to another floor, bat can pull the instrument up or down as is requirel.
 A Pittsburgh optician makes the statcmont that gum chewing has a harmful effect on tae cyns. and when carried to cXc"s5 is npt to cause blind ness. The constant moving of the jaws spine to the optic nerves and strains the latter until they give out.
 A South Carolina farmer recently found specimens of two kinds of strange grass in his meadow, and sent them to the State agricultural depart ment for classification. The officials were unable to name the grasses and sent them on to Washington, and they proved to be timothy and red top.
 -Irritated Frenchman (to American who has mistaken him for a waiter) !: "Sir-r, you haf gr-r-os,ly insulted me. There is my card. My seconds will vait upon you. sir-r.' American |: "Never mind your seconds, Frenchy; ! you can wait on me just as well. Pass me the Worcestershire sauce and be quick about il" t."--Hdrpcrs Bazar.
 A gentleman of Americus, who, by the way, has a fad or two, was walking down town the other day with witty lady, the intimate friend and guest of his wife, when he began to revile face tiously the gait and carriage of her sex. Even you said he, walk with avery mechanical step" "Yes, v she instantly replied, 'I am going
 There is somewhat lengthy Ger man word, consisting of thirty-seven syllables, l09 letters. Its translation is: "A stock company of bagpipe man. ufacturers in Constantinople paying 5! per cent. dividends" This is the word: Constantinopolitanls einhalbp procentizedadels elsackmacherges- ellenherberbergsaetienversicherrungs gesellschaft
 A drum owned by Horace Thomas, of Visalia, Cal, was carried by his father in the battle of New Orleans, and afterward sounded its notes oi alarm at the battles of Tippecanoe and Rising River. It was made from a sycamore log, the heart of which had been hollowed out, and both heads are gone, but it is highly prized as relic.
 There is in the United States dog for every three inhabitants. The cost of keeping twenty million dogs is at least $200, 100000 per annum. The food given to an average dog every year If fed to chickens would yield return of more than sl0. High-toned dogs are very expensive, their food costing a good deal more than that of some people.
 Samuel Kautfelt, of Wrightsville, Pa, who is eighty-three years old. has written the Lord prayer on piece of cardboard but a trihe larger than Q gold dollar. Under magnifying glass every letter Is as legible as if it had been written a quarter of an inch in size. The venerable penman used an ordinary steel pen in executing the work.
 It appears, from experiments at the War Department, that the space between American eyes is gradually decreasing until now it Is found that our soldiers can not use the field-glasses used in Continental armies. The best military field-glass is that with which the German soldiery is supplied. This, however, Is so broad between the glasses as to be unavailable by tho harrow eyed American.
 The Indians have not the sound Of 2. All their SIS are sibillant. The French missionaries and writers were always strictly phonetic in their tran scription of Indian words. Note the mistake in the word Missouri, the name of large State, of d great river and of a famous Indian tribe Always and invariably Americans pronounce it Mizzouri, and the natives of the State do likewise. -MOHtrcM Gagctte.
 A Georgia farmer, had a queer dream. and d negro not only inter- preted it to mean that there were $75. = 900 buried on his ground but located the treasury by means of a diyining rod, and predicted many circumstan- ces that would attend the digging. The eXcavating party were rapidly nearing China at last accounts and everything came out amazingly like what had been predicted, except the l golden treasure.
 That the great world Is not SO large after all is, writes a correspon- dent, occasionally proven beyond ques- tion. Two gentlemen from America recently met on the top Of the great pyramid in Egypt, They exchanged greetings, and one gave to the other his address. The second responded, giving his place of residence in the same city, and added coolly, And I have here'-handing to him ia letter Of introduction to you from mutual friend at home.'
 Thomas A. Edison says that his phonograph is now absolutely perfect, "Ihere is no sound that can Do made that it docs not reproduce perfectly.