Wichita eagle., 1888-09-18
aailg eagle
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Among the miscellaneous articles
Invented for the promotion of beauty
are artificial veins. the wrinkle effacer
and the Circassienne, which imparts
Ibrilliancy to the eye.
Farmers within a radius of three
miles of Perham, MINI, during four.
teen day recently caught and killed
5000 bushels Of grasshoppers, for
which the county paid bounty of one
dollar bushel.
The Southerners, as a rule" saws
"a Washington correspondent, "wear
clothes cut after the conventional
statemans style, double-breasted frock,
vest high or low, as the case may be,
and black trousers, with boots. Hard.
1y a Northern man wears boots, and
you seldom find shoes on the members
from the South"
"A mischievous dog frightened the
ostriches at farm near Los Angeles,
Cal, and they broke out of their pens
and ran in all directions with the
speed Of greyhounds. They were
finally captured with lassoes after a
hard chase and struggle. A Mexican
was kicked in the stomach by one OF
the birds and severely injured.
Prairie chickens, like other ma
tives Of the wilds, are opposed to civ
ilization and are being pushed back
toward the frontier with the advance
of the immigrant. During the last
ten years thSy have been moving west
SO fast that they are no longer seen in
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, and now
flock in Western Nebraska or Dakota.
An elaborate investigation has
shown that the number Of blind people
IN Russia is very unequally divided
among the different races, there being
only S blind in each 10000 Poles. 10
in each 10000 Russians, and as
many as 80 in each 10000 Votyaks
No less than one-eighth of the cases of
blindness are due to smallpox, and
only one-half to direct eye diseases.
Twenty bags containing $4,000
were being conveyed by two men in a
cab from one Of the London banks re-
Gently, when the bottom of the cab
gave way and all the bags fell into the
street. 1t was minute or so before
the men could attract the attention of
the driver and get him to stop, and
the bags were left some distance be-
hind. They were all there, however,
when the men hurried back. There
were few persons on the street at the
time.
"A writer in american Notes and
Queries says Of the turquoise: For
some reason, not perfectly understood.
1t changes from blue TO green and
sometimes to white. l own a turquoise
myself which, am sure, changes color,
sometimes looking green, sometimes
blue. This change of color gave rise
to the belief that the color of the tur-
quoise varied with the health OF the
wearer, being blue when the wearer
was in good health. and white or green
in case of ill-health."
An old colOred man, who lives a
few miles from Monroe, Ga, who is
noted for his peculiarities, was on the
streets OF the town one day when some
of the boys suggested to him that he
eat some raw eggs; he told them that
he would be glad to get some, but he
wouldn't start with less than two
dozen The eggs were procured, and
the old darby would break a small
hole in each one of them to see if
they -vere fresh and sound, then he
would swallow it down When he had
disposed Of the two dozen he called
for more; he then ate about half
dozen more. and told the boys he
would call again.
The custom among business firms
of following their patrons to different
resorts is gaining rapidly. Dress
goods and imported costumes are now
exhibited in hotel parlors; embroidery
and all devices in fancy work are
spread upon hotel tables, and the city
dealer in fancy wears has become a
dangerous rival TO Indians with their
stock OF gay baskets. 1t is said that
modistes sometimes followed delin-
quent customers to the resorts on
dunning bent; manicures have been
part Of all fashionable hotels, and
Others make the most Of summer
marts, and often gain much profit
from their enterprises.