Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-11-15
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glish bishops is seventy years.
\ Florida paper urges the town au-
thorities to plant pear trees along the
streets.
The coal fields of Hokkaido, in Japan,
are estimated by an American engineer
to be worth 800, 0O0 900.
A pure white tarantula was caught
in Los Vegas, A. T. Its venom is said
to be equal to that of rattlesnake.
The oldest hostelry in England is
the Seven Stars, at Manchester. 1t
dates back to the time of Edward I'LL.
A public school at Delmar is partly
situated in Delaware and MARYLAND.
Each state furnishes teachers for its
pupils.
Upward of twenty-eight large bales
OF human hair We're brought to France
IN the last steamer that arrived from
the Orient.
Out of 246 men passing along Main
street in Cincinnati on Il recent after
noon 2l0 had lost one or more of the
hind buttons off their coats.
A woman at Reading, Pa, hanged
/ herself because she had severe tooth
| ache. She told friend the day before
she couldn't bear it any longer.
The New Hampshire girl who drank
chalk-water to make her look pale
fooled the doctors nicely. 1t took two
post-mortems to tell what she died Of
There are altogether about 1900
Arabs In this country, and not 10 per
of hnr how lnH
any other means of support than ped
ding.
A projected canal across the upper
part of Italy, connecting from the
Adriatic to the Mediterranean. would
take six years to build and cost *l25,-
coo. 900.
North Dakota will be the first state
rs state, to make provision for sys-
tenn of manual training. Forty thou
sand acres of land are set apart for that
purpose.
A young woman from the West who
was visiting a seashore resort was told
that man-eating sharks could be caught
there. Where do the sharks get the
men, she exclaimed.
Over three thousand French desert
ers who have been living in Geneva
have been benefited by the late amnes-
ty law. and have left with their families
to return to their country.
At a wedding in Arizona the other
day the bride received, with other gifts,
a furnished house, mule, heifer. al
barrel of beer, a cask of wine, some
whisky and corkscrew.
Micajah Owens. one hundred years
old. living near Rochelle. Ca, walked
to town the other day distance of five
miles. Only three years ago he walk
ed twenty-eight miles in one day.
The whole of the sewage Of Paris
will soon be used for the purpose of
market gardening, Gennevillier now
absorbs and puriies third of the Paris
sewage water. Achires and Merry viii
soon utilize the rest.
George Bucket. Louisville inven-
tor. is to the fore with mysterious
vacuum bed, which will cure all pain.
and a triple motor to travel with equal
celebrity, ease and economy on land OF
water or in the air.
House boats are becoming so COM
mon in England that there is talk
about taxing them. There are nearly
twelve thousand pleasure boats, includ-
ing house boats. used on the upper
reaches of the Thames.
The Victoria and Albert, the Queens
Yacht, was built at Pembroke IN 1894
She is constructed of wood. sheAthed
with copper, and cost flS6. AL. at the
outset, and about $4,000 has since
been expended on her.
John Cannon Short, an aged farmer
of near Georgetown. computes that In
going to Georgetown three times per
week during the past forty years. the
distance each way being seven miles.
he has travelled 81 500 miles
Judge +. Wellhouse, of Fremont
Kas. is said TO be the proprietor OF the
largest orchard in the world. He has
! .O78 acres in fruit trees. and it Is claim
ed that no other grower on the face of
the globe can make a similar showing
The cigarette habit is increasing
faster than the cigar habit. Last year
taxes on =, Isl. SIS. 800 were collected.
an increase of 2s9. .s9. 260 over the year
before. For the same period >. SS1.-
3s5, $50 cigars were taxed. An increase
of %. 6Ss, 900.
A child who had just mastered her
catechism confessed herself disappoint-
ed. because, she said. Though | obey
the fifth commandment. and honor my
papa and mamma. Yet my many days
are not a bit longer in the land, be-
cause | am still put to bed at o clock
The cold fresh air cure" Is q new
cure for consumption. Slowly being
accustomed to the action OF air, the
patient is moved litties nearer each
day toward an open window. The last
stage of the cure consists in sleeping in
the open air, regardless of wind, rain
or snow.
The Kansas man who made LOCO
barrels of vinegar from twenty acres
of watermelons and sold the vinegar
for 80 barrel has founded new and
valuable industry. He has also shown
that the best way to avoid cramps from
watermelons is to convert the melons
into vinegar.
According to the Portland Oregonian
the fact that the western people are
not slow in taking advantage Of mod
ern Improvements /. is shown by the
statement that one company alone dur
ing the last four months has put in
nearly O.0OO electric lights in Oregon
and Washington.
The Portland Oregonian says that
the Pacific coast has suffered greater
losses from fire during 1889 than any
other section Of the United States. It
is computed that $50. 600, 600 worth Of
property has been destroyed by fire
since the beginning of this year. or
this sum California and Washington
contributed little over half.
Lewis Purdy. postmaster at Shrub
Oak, Westchester county, N. Y, was
appointed. by William Henry Harrison
in March, 184r. and has served contin-
uously from that time. Though now
in his eighty fifth year. he is vigorous.
his memory and vision are clear, and
he still receives and distributes the
mail twice day, as he has for long
years.