The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-25
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

that must be popular with book agents.
There is not dog owned in the place
nor within mile of it
"A British shipmaster at New Or
leans reports that while off the coast
Of Patagonia butterflies were blown
aboard his vessel at a distance of $50
miles from the land.
"A Mount Vernon, N. Y, man who
has made the trial, asserts that any
man of ordinary intelligence can mas
ter VOlapuk SO as to write and speak it
correctly in a month"; time.
White paupers are buried at At
tanta, Ga, by colored undertakers be-
cause the white undertakers will not
inter the bodies for less than $40, while
the colored ones charge only $3.50.
"A citizen of Eustis, Fla, is said to
have combination tree in his garden,
consisting of a lemon, peach, pear,
grape fruit, persimmOn, orange and
guava, all grated on one stock and ali
in bloom.
"A Cincinnati woman who had lost
her purse and sum of money several
months ago, was surprised few days
since to receive the missing article.
with its contents untouched, in "a pack
age that came by mail.
The corner stone of the old Masonic
building of Savannah, Ga, was found
the other day, and showed no signs of
having been disturbed since it was
placed in position in 1892. 1t contained
only an English half-penny and an
American cent.
"A colored minister, recently elected
justice of the peace in Jacksonville,
Fla, was found to be disqualified be-
cause his house was just outside of the
city limits. While the matter was be-
ing discussed, Mr.. Lee hired force of
men and moved his house into the city.
"A young lady of Americas, Ga,
has suggested to a Recorder reporter a
design for a crazy quilt which is en-
tirely new and quite unique. She says
that she intended to cut squares in the
shape of the different States of the
Union, and putting them together
make pretty map of the United
States.
Ross Winans, the Baltimore mil
lionaire, hrs given up his 26O, 900 acre
game preserves in Scotland, and the
lease has been renewed by w. X. Van
derbilt, who has taken Beaufort Castle
| for five years. Thus does the newly
acquired money of the New World 90
toward building up the tOttering for
tunes of the Old.
"A physician in the american Nag
Gzi1le, illustrating the evil custom of
talking to an invalid about his pains,
says that once he requested a mother
to mark a stroke upon q paper each
time that she asked a sick daughter
how she was. The next day to her in
credulous establishment. she made LOG
strokes! A three months visit away
from home was prescribed.
| "A simple remedy for hiccoughs is
| given by the New York Medical Journal.
| The sufferer should close his external
auditory canals with his fingers, exert
ing a certain degree of pressure; at the
same time he is to drink a few sips OF
any liquid whatever, the glass or cur
being held to his lips by another
person. The effect is said to be imme.
diate.
"A relative of George Washington
wants to sell to the United States Gov.
eminent for $50, 600 the sword worn
! by Washington when he resigned his
| commission at Annapolis. The Nation
has already purchased his shoes and
| shOe-buckles, his old coats and waist
coats, his epualets, his snuff boxes, his
trunks, his commissions, his medals
his records, his home, and severa
swords.
-wThe amount of bronze cents coined
in this country from June 80, 1882. t.
the same date in 1886, was $I,003,
$50. 50. In 1882, copper and bronze
cents became very scarce, and strong
demand was created, which LASTED
through the following two years and
gave rise to a very large coinage
Since 1884 the demand has been salts
fled and the coinage has accordingly
fallen off.
The Common Council of Marion
Ohio, offered ten cents a dozen fol
dead English sparrOws, and with thi
incentive the members of the Marion
and Huber Gun Clubs began a sys
tematic crusade against the little pest
at day-break the other morning. B,
night they had killed from twenty-fv,
to one hundred and twenty sparrow
each, and they expect before long t,
rid the town of the birds.
"A Sioux City man who had beer
bald for years was surprised lately t.
discover patch of fiery red hair abou
the size of a silver dollar growing from
the crown of his head. 1t came fortl
with surprising rapidity, and in a few
days was several inches in length. Tn
queer thing about is that what littl
hair he had before was jet black, anC
the red lock covers only small par
of the bald place. 1t is so funny tina
he scarcely dares to take his hat of.