Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-05-24
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peny-bit of 1873 almost as bright as
new.
The wreck of our war vessels in the
Samoan harbor of Apia entailed a
loss to the United States of over $2,-
100000.
A young doctor in Camden. N. j..
is courting an undertaker's daughter.
1t will be good thing for the under
taker.
Constable Ike Smith, of Birming-
ham, Ala. has a cat which has devel-
oped material affection for litter Of
orphaned puppies.
Mr.. McMackin, of Ell Verando, Cal,
raised beet that weighed 112 pounds.
Three cows fed on it for four days and
then didn't eat it all.
The elephant is sharing the fate Of
the buffalo. 1t is predicted that
twenty years hence not single wild
elephant will be found on the globe.
In divorce case at Pittsburg, Pa. :,
a woman testified that soon after mar
riage her husband laid down rule
that she was not to eat meat, butter,
eggs or lard.
An electric fire engine is new in
vention. 1t can be started at full
speed, is much lighter than the steam
fire engine, and possesses various other
advantages.
From Harmon station, small place
in Louisiana. 1,240 bushels of straw
berries were shipped in six days.
Some of the berries were four inches
in diameter.
An Ithaca woman, who is only
twenty-eight years old, has been mar
ried four times. One husband is dead.
one is in state prison, one is divorced.
and she lives with the fourth.
A Tacoma (W. T.) paper says that
place is being blessed with perfect
cloud-burst of babies. 1t reports the
birth of twenty baby boys and dainty
girls in different parts of the town.
John Shane had his red mustache
dyed beautiful black in Cincinnati
barber shop two months ago, but now
he has none at all. His lips were
poisoned and are slowly being eaten
away.
At Franklin, Ind. two sisters, in
dignant because young man deserted
one of their family whom he had been
counting. followed him to his new
girls house, and there on the doorstep
gave him a good thrashing.
Captain A, S. Allen, of Zebulon. Ga,
set out mulberry tree tifty-five years
ago. 1t was then about as large as a
walking stick. Now it is eighteen fee,
in circumference, and is the largest
tree of its kind in the state.
A New York bootblack of an enter
prising turn of mind sends out his
business cards with the inscription
"Shoes sh ined bv week or month at
your residence daily. or other job work
done. Send for me by mail"
A ghost has appeared near Akron,
Ala, at point on the railroad where
q man was run over and killed las,
summer. A ghostly figure in white.
with arms extended, was seen riding
there by young couple who were oui
riding the other evening. Both were
badly scared. and SO was the horse.
The widest guesses have been made
in Paris and other parts of France as
to the range of vision from the Eiffel
tower. The real limit, according to
the Temps, is forty miles, which takes
in Fontainebleau, Nantes and Pom.
toise, while even this area can only
be viewed in exceptional clear weather.
There was dearth of hvacinths in
London this year, on account of CON-
mercial reasons. Previous large sales
of the flower has reduced the price OF
the root, so that the Dutch growers
will not permit the blooms to be col
lected. They are allowed to die upon
the ground and then are carted off ip
heaps
The oldest war horse is not dead,
after all. 1t is alive at the age OF
thirtv-four and is owned by A. w.
Barrett of Stewartsville. Ind. This
animal is mare. known as '.Old Fly"
She went into the war in July. 1861.
and served until September, 1864. She
was in several big battles and numer-
Gus skirmishes.
G. A. Sala tells that the Maoris are
great in oratory. On one occasion he
was being welcomed to Maori town.
MAY your boots" said the orator of
the day. "be lovely on the hills" in
which G. A. S. dimly recognized re-
vised version of How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings.
The license law of Sweden forbids
any person buying drink without pur-
chasing something to eat at the same
time. Brandy is the national drink,
and it cannot be sold in a quantity less
than two bottles. As the poor are uu-
able to purchase drink often. in this
way, the law is said to have greatly
promoted temperate habits.
Hypnotism has become conspicuous
in Europe of late. 1t has been used
in the place of chloroform for some
time in surgical operations at Paris,
and when, in recent murder case
there, it was charged that the murderer
had hypnotized the victim and forced
her to kill herself, public opinion ac-
cepted the possibility of the fact in a
way quite remarkable.
In a certain town in California the
doors of the calaboose are left open
all night. In the morning the consta-
BILE goes to the Jail and closes the
door, and as general thing has from
six to ten vagrants inside. Then the
men have farcical trial, are found
guilty and ordered to leave the town,
while the justice of the peace and the
constable pocket fat fee in each case.
Soft thing.
A story of Won Bulow, told by the
Pail Mall Gazette, illustrates his pecu-
liarity: ''Not long ago Won Bulow
was conducting one of Beethoven's
concertos. In the pause before the
dead march, which constitutes the
second movement, the conductor, in
Difference to the funeral music, was
seen rapidly TO take off his white
gloves and substitute pair of fault
less black kids, which disappeared
again as soon as the dead march was
Dlaved