Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-26
oF oENERAL INTEREsr.

Over 38,OO0,00 was invested
in roller skating r1nks during the
craze, and most Of 1t proved total
loss.
"A Romeo of Othsll6s hue in
Smithheld, Va, proposed to his girl
at Portsmouth by telephone. She
said ''yes."
"A little waif in New York under
the care Of the Society for the Proven
tion Of Cruelty to Children, lately fell
heir to $2,OOO,OO
"A Texan, who Is blind, deaf, Grip
pied and savage, offered $1,000 to any
woman who would marry him, and be
received nine applicants in two weeks.
"A Brooklyn fireman who was
buried under falling wall says that
his only thought was of his landlady.
He owed her for two weeks board,
and he was afraid she'd lose it.
AN Iowa man, married second
wife two days after the death of the
first, and it took him just eighty-three
days to remove the last remnant of the
tarry wardrobe presented by admiring
neighbors.
The fragrant and savory nutmeg
is placed on the list of active poisons
by the Hospital, of London, because
boy Of eight years, after eating two
whole nutmegs, fell into comatose
state and died within twelve hours.
The people of Wapella, ILL.,, re-
Gently saw the little town of Midland
City, twelve miles distant, suspended
in the clouds. The mirage was SO
vivid that the observer could see q
train Of cars approach and leave the
Midland station.
Not long ago a mercantile firm in
Boston, wishing to ascertain the finan.
cial standing Of a customer in New
Hampshire, addressed letter to the
town clerk asking for rating. 1t so
happened the country merchant and
the town clerk were the same person,
and the reply returned was interesting
reading and must have surprised the
party who made the inquiry.
"A new scheme for harbor defense
is soon to be tried Perforated iron
pipes wNl be sunk in the water, and
through them petroleum will be
forced, In this way fierce stream Of
blazing oil could be sent down on the
enemy's feet to drive it away. Iron
vessels could not pass through this
lake of fire, because it could be made
to extend many miles along the river.
Indians reckon time by the return
OF snow or the springing up of how-
ers. and the fight of birds announces
the progress of the seasons. The mo-
tion Of the sun marks the hour of the
day, and these distinctions of time are
not noted in numbers, but in language
and illustrations of highly poetical
character. There is no word in the
Red Indian language for the word
year"
"A Chicago man was lately arrested
for swindling young boys by what is
known as the cowboy trick" He
advertised for young men who wished
to become cowboys and got a number
of answers from youthful would-be i'm
itators of Buffalo Bill. AS an evidence
of good faith he extracted two dollars
apiece from the boys. At last they
saw through the scheme and about
fifty of the victims chased him to
police headquarters, where he was
held for trial.
"A resident OF New Haven, Conn.,,
awakened one morning recently, after
having worn new set Of teeth the
night before, with his tongue swollen
to three times its natural size. This
swelling disappeared, and was fol-
lowed by swellings in different parts
of his body. He had suffered intensely.
and one night suddenly became blind
for while. The teeth plate was
made of red rubber, and medical men
attributed his suffering to mercury
used in the making of the plate.
The pronunciation match promises
to be one OF the coming diversions in So
ciety. 1t is even more exciting than
the spelling match and rather more
destructive to the lines Of combatants.
A match held in city of learning was
taken part in by professors, students,
teachers and journalists, none of whom
were able to pronounce more than
three words correctly. The majority
went down with decided rapidity. 1t
seemed that the simplest words we're
the most difficult to pronounce. and
such words as "gaseous," "obsolete, !"
''luxury, 'luxurious" and "allopathy"
found ready victims.
-Aromantic case OF disappointment
in love is reported from Whitesboro,
Tex. A young man from Tennessee,
who went there year ago, cOrre-
sponded with young lady whom he
left behind and became engaged to her.
Not long since he paid her a visit, and
also visited his father, who was a Wild
over with several children. The
young man returned to WhitesbOro.
having arranged to marry the girl dur
ing the coming spring. A few days
later he received two letters, one from
his father and one from the young
woman, telling him they had been
married the day the letters were writ
ten.