Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
A LITTLE OF EVERY THING.


Ar the present rate of expansion in one
hundred years the English language VIZ
be spoken by half of the people of the
world.
A LARGE boa constructor lately got loose
in New York animal store, and squeezed
and swallowed mokey fastened by .;
chain.
AT Lexington, KY, q lawsuitthat was be-
gun In 1911 has just been settled. 1t re-
lated TO land claim, and the sum in dispute
was originally about 1900.
TIE commissioners of the Yosemite VAL
ley have ordered the demolition of miles of
fences and many unsightly buildings, leav-i
ing more space for campers and tourists.
VICTORIA, B. c., is said to be the dulIest
city In North America. Business men get
down TO their office at p. m, and leave at
p m. After that the town is completely de-
serted.
TIE size OF the canvas on which Millet
painted .'L'Angelus," the famous $4,000
picture, is 2lj< by 251< inches. The paint.
ing was paid for at the rate of $2o4.05 per
square inch
A SCHEME for Matching partridges for
stocking Montgomery County, Pa, is to be
put In operation by the Game Protective
Association Of that county. The eggs will
be bought in large quantities and hatched
In artificial incubators.
AHNEfTA AND MIRIAM BoeGs, maiden sis.
ters, who committed suicide the other day
In jackson County, W. Va, left letter
bearing both their signatures in which they
stated that they were tired of life, as there
was nothing In 1t for old maids that was
worth the living.
RECENT storms have washed thousands
OF tons OF culm down upon farming lands In
the vicinity of Sunbury, Pa, and q number
OF farmers have taken legal action to re-
cover damages from the Mineral Mining
Company, the Philadelphia & Reading rail.
road and other operators.
THERE has been a competition among
stenographers to decide how many words
can be written on postal card. Sylvanus
Jones, OF Richmond, Va, has taken the
prize by writing Sc, 764 words. Mr.. Jones
Is q shorthand writer employed by the
Brighthope Railway Company of Richmond
AN artesian well in North City, a suburb
OF st. Augustine, Fla, is said to have the
largest flow OF any artesian well In the
world. 1t is an eight-inch well and its iow
exceeds the highest expectations. From
measurement made by DR.. ]. z Rainey the
now exceeds 5000 gallons per minute, or
over ll,5OO,O0O gallons every twenty-four
hours.
CAMPING out Is capable Of much luxury.
A large camp at the Adirondacks contains
about forty acres. The sleeping apart-
ments are all In separate tents, the draw
ing-room and dining-room being in a very
pretty log cabin overhanginR the lake. In
one place Is an artistic childrens' play.
house, and In another q perfectly rolled
tennis court shaded by lofty birches. The
stables are near
A GERMAN peasant who arrived at Castle
Garden recently with only seven francs in
his pocket had been told by an emigration
agent that gold was so plenty in this coun-
try that people gave golden trinkets TO
their children TO play with and trimmed
the carriages, buildings and streets with
the precious metal He therefore sold his
little place, bought ticket for New York
and gave farewell feast to his neiphbors.
He was to be sent back
THERE is an old man in Washington
named Roger Evans, who claims to have
polished the boots of every President since
the time Of jackson. He has been Obliged
at times to resort to peculiar devices to ac-
complish his designs on the shoes of a new
Executive. Up to q few weeks ago he had
not been able to capture Harrison's feet.
but he met the President one day recently
about block from the White House. Har-
rison's shoes were very dusty, and in an in.
slant Evans had his box on the ground, and
before the President realized what had han.
pened had begun to WELD his brushes yig-
orously. Harrison had to submit.