Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-11-01
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Buenos Ayres proposes to hold q
worlds exhibition.
A Dakota farmer holds that the
failure of the wheat crop is largely
due to the work of gophers.
The expectation of petroleum last
amounting to 612.0O0.OO0 gallons. 1t
was worth S45. .420.817.
A lecturer in San Francisco, treating
of the lower forms of animal life, said
that "the oyster is capable of being
educated in limited way"
A new varnish has just been brought
out in England. 1t is called "arden-
brits," and is said to be proof against
water, steam, smoke, sea air and sea
water.
The ''Monstuart" mansion of Lord
Butte, near Rochester, is said to have
cost no less than IS, 600, 900, and is be-
lIeved to be the largest and costliest
private palace in existence.
An Australian who was hanging to
the beam of bridge and realized that
he must fall, made a verbal will dis
posing of $4,000 worth of property,
which was sustained by the courts.
The Parisians, it is said, are shortly
to have the opera and drama laid on
to their houses, like gas and water, by
the theatrophone. The cables, it is
stated, will pass through the Partisan
sewers.
A girl of fifteen at Remove. Pa. be-
came insane Immediately after drink
ing a glass of ice water. and died soon
after. The doctor attributed the re-
suit to the effect of the ice water on
her brain.
Jerusalem seems now to be a rapid
ly growing city. This is due to the
great number of Jews who are flock
ing there yearly. They now number
$4,000 more than the moslem and
christian population combined.
A citizen of Virginia is seeking to
have the sulphur springs of that state
indicted as nuisances injurious to
health. He has lived near one for
three years, and he says that strawber-
ries and dead dogs now smell alike to
him.
The tallest chimney in this country
Is the new stack of the Clark Thread
Company. at kearney, near Newark.
n. j. 1t is circular shaft S35 feet
high and 2SA feet in diameter at the
base. This chimney cost $50, 600, and
contains !, ,697 900 brick.
In the Dutch portion of Borneo the
natives used to adorn their huts with
human heads. and they were not par.
thousand of them have had tn be killed
in order to put stop to the practice.
which is now obsolete
Realism In art will have an extraor.
binary revelation in New York when
q lion painted by = Boston artist, is
placed in position. The owner Of the
picture, . hotel man. will illuminate
the lion with electricity and place il
behind q row of real barA
New York physicians say that the
mild weather Of the year has caused
more nervous prostration during the
past three months than in the eighteen
months preceding them. People who
live under tremendous pressure re-
quire an invigorating climate.
The making of q tramway from
Cairo to the pyramids is likely to be-
come . completed fact before long.
The money paid for the government
concession has been actually handed
over to the official concerned. and it is
said that the preliminary operations
have already commenced.
News comes from Tounga, Burmah.
that Koh Pal Sab, timber merchant
there, has founded q new religion.
which is described as a sort Of mixture
of buddhism and christianity. The
disciples. who number several thous-
ands, keep the christian Sunday and
abstain from strong drink.
Martha Cobble, Of Owen sboro. KY.
a colored woman formerly q slave. has
searched forty years for her two sons.
who were sold to New Orleans trader
when they were eight and ten years OF
age. Recently she learned the where
abouts of both and was made happy by
visit from one OF them.
1t does not paw to be q hog Two
thieves appeared at house near Mon
treal. where a peddler was spending
the night: and demanded money. The
peddlcr gave them his pocketbook and
contents. but they said this was not
enough to pay them for their trouble,
whereupon he shot them both dead.
In Brooklyn Mr.. Ziegler owned 40
per cent of baking powder business.
Not agreeing with his partner he sold
out his share for $2,500.000. This was
considered low; but as he had already
made IS, 900. 900 he could stand it Mr..
Ziegler landed in Brooklyn twenty
years ago with moderate capital,
amounting to $3.50.
An Oklahoma hack driver purchased
two lots on the day after the opening
from men who decided that there
would never be city, and who were
going away in disgust For one he
paid $40 and for the other he traded a
well-worn six-shooter. One of the
lots he has sold since for $1,10O. and
he is holding the six-shooter lot for
81.
There were numerous casualties
during the erection of the Paris Expo
sition building. 1t is estimated that
800 workmen hurt their legs, 200 re-
ceived injuries in the eyes from pro-
jecting timbers or bars of iron. ia
were scalded or severely burned and
fifty had their fingers cut off. The
deaths from falls are put down al
twenty-four.
The Times of India says that "a
former secretary Of the American
legation at Pekin is now travelling
through Thibet in native dress with q
caravan of Thibetans. He b on capital
terms with his escort, and IS he can
speak the language fuently and thor
Oughly and understands the customs
of the people, he feels confident Of pene.
trating to Lhassa."
The London Queen says that feweu
people ride in the Row" now, "prob
ably because riding is luxury, and {
luxury which farms unlet, land depre'
ciated in value and depression in price
forbids to the land owner and country
gentleman. However, there are "
yet few remaining who are neither
impecunious English squires nor En-
glish landlords.
Camping out Is capable Of much