Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-02-28
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The Bible has TO be printed in
twenty nine different languages to sup
ply the people living in Pennsylvania
The largely varied industries OF Penn
sylvania attract to that State moro
cosmopolitan population than any
other State in the Union.
"A rich find-almost s., 600 in gold.
bank-notes and silver-was made IN q
bag of oats by a storekeeper OF Brent
wood. Eng. He returned the treasure
to the poor farmer from whom he
bought the oats, and was rewarded
with bushel of grain and the promise
of q rabbit.
1t was recently decided in England.
in legal contest for the possession of
a dead body. that the executors of
control of the corpse; that therefore.
''a man can not lawfully dispose OF his
body by will or any other instrument"
The Judge added "That is legal
conclusion"
They live long down on the island
of Nantucket. OF the seventy-six who
died there in 1888. five were infants
the average of the ages of the seventy
one is little over IS years. forty-two
were 20 or over. twenty-five were so
or over, twelve had passed the IS mark.
three saw 90 or more. AND one. a
woman, died at the age of 81 years
and 25 days.
There is in the United States a
dog for every three inhabitants The
cost of keeping twenty million dogs is
at least 5000, O00, 900 per annum. The
food given to an average dog every
year, if fed to chickens, would yield
return of more than ten dollars. High
toned dogs are very expense We. their
that of some people.
"A Wisconsin man has patented q
fence for intercrpting insects. 1t is
made with boards joi nted together at
their ends, with a tarred rope at their
upper edge, and an outwardly extend
ing board made to form a channel,
whereby bugs will be prevented from
passing from one field to another, and
will be received in a receptacle where
they can be destroyed.
Recently young Norwegian girl,
after two-days' sojourn at Castle
Garden. secured situation in New
York family. In attempting to &C
quaint the girl with the character of
her new duties, the head of the family
was surprised at the lump of unsophis-
ticated innocence he encountered.
Finally in despair he asked his &C
QUESTION: What can you doP" Her
the faxen-haired native of the land Of
the midnight sun replied: 81 can milk
reindeer
"A London fashion journal says that
there is in that city a fashionable
boarding school where young women
are taught to enter and get out OF a
carriage. "A vehicle with the proper
pedal arrangements for this sort of ex-
ercise. which determines a lady's
breeding and claim to social position,
is kept in the back yard of the educa-
tional establishment and the carriage
classes are put through the most ardu-
Gus training" The information is also
given that another accomplishment
peculiar to this gilt-edged academy is
learning to eat asparagus, oranges,
grapes and other juicy and unmanage-
able viands that shall represent the
perfection of table manners"
York's motto. The newest thing is a
shop where men and women may have
their shoes mended while they wait.
Customers see the latest shoemaking
machinery in the window. and behind
the machines row of lasts at which
men prepare the work far the ma
chimes. A women goes in, has her
shoes taken off, put on the lasts, trim
med of all tatters and shreds, fitted
with new heels and soles, put into a
sewing Or mailing machine, and made
good as new almost half as quickly
as it has taken to write these words.
Patching is the only work that is done
in the Old-fashiOned way. Entire new
shoes are make to order by the pair in
two hours.
/ "A white pine tree was cut recently
two miles south of Shade Mills. in Gar
rett County, Md, near the site
of the old Braddock road and con-
verified into shingles. 1t was a large
tree. and by expert woodsmen esti-
mated to be at least three hundred
years old. In cutting it up the saw,
going through some tough substance,
then supposed to be a knot. attracted
attention, and investigation disclosed
a bullet imbedded within two inches of
the heart. The ball is supposed to
have been shot from a musket by one
of Braddock's men during the cam
paign which eliminated in the disaster
OF Fort D,, n,,oeno L, til. $1,000 -