The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-08
OF GENE2AI INTEREST.

men. They arc all put in motion by a
windmill turned by tho current from
burning candles.
An enormous shark was caught
dear Yarmouth. y. -, the other day.
1t measured twenty-five feet in length
and weighed about two tons. A barrel
Of liver wa. taken from the carcass.
A Philadclphian who advertised
that he was lame, cross-eyed, had
catarrh. bad temper and was adj
1icted TO drink and profanity. but
wanted a wife, received two hundred
letters in four days.
An English lady has written to
the newspapers protesting against the
outrageous conduct Of the railway
companies in not providing men to
stand in the railway coaches and hold
bonnet boxes in their arms, so that
their contents shall not be jostled.
AT Il recent sale of fancy Jersey
cattle ut Hamilton. Ont, a scvcn-year-
old COW fetched $500; another, ten
years old. 81. 100; and two yearling
bull calves 81, 700 and 81 $50 respect
lively. Twenty-nine head in all were
sold, for which $3.50 was realized.
An Austin inventor has devised a
steel corn huSker. which. drawn by a
team, picks and husks the corn at the
rate of eight TO twelve acres a day,
according To the capacity of the team.
The team and machine move astride
the row, one horse on either side, and
every ear of corn. large or small. Is
picked up. Corn husking can now be
done just rs thrashing Is, lasting but
few days
A California philosopher evolves
the theory that the many divorces in
that State are due to the GOODNESS of
the climate aud the high price OF coal.
In the evening. he says. il Is so chilly
that the husband and wife can not sit
down comfortably as they do in the
East. and with coal at fifteen dollars u
ton they can't afford to use it. So the
husband gets in the habit of going out
for n walk in the evening to keep
warm. and the wife often gets into the
same habit. Divorce soon follows.
"A merchant in Philadelphia had
in his possession seven quarter dollars
that he had taken at different times.
These quarters had hole punched
in each of them. ard the merchant
placed them on q shelf in his count
ing-roOm, intending to take them TO
broker and sell them for what they
were worth. Somebody stole the
quarters, and while the merchant was
away took advantage TO pass those
seven quarters back on the clerks in
one day in payment of purchased
goods.
Prof. Whitney says that from the
summit of Mount Hamilton. in Cali
fornia. more of the earth's surface can
be seen than from any other spot on
the globe, though it is only about 400
feet high. The view extends around
il in every direction, and the snow
capped range Of the lofty Sierras can
be plainly seen 200 miles away. against
the northern sky. To the south nearly
as far away. the San Bernardino range
limits the view, and between the two
lies room for all the Eastern States.
with their rivers. lakes, mountains
and seacoast.
Tho history of engraving in this
country has its dark and IFS romantic
side. Engravers must be trusted in
great matters, and sometimes they
have betrayed their trust. One OF the
most skillful engrsvers in the country
now works at his profession in Brook
lyn under police surveillance. He
counterfeitcd Government securities
while employed by the Treasury De-
partment He escaped Imprisonment
by turning States evidence. His ac-
completes are still in Jail, and though
he is free he can never escape the
watchiul eye OF the police. Once sus-
pected. an engraver is ever after a
marked man.
1t has been observed that laughter
is Indicative of particular temper and
character. according to the sound OF
the vowel that prevails in cachinna-
ton. Persons that laugh in q broad
Latin "A" are open-hearted. honest
people. fond of noisy jOcundity.
but perhaps OF yoluble mood. Excess
sive jerking laughter. however. is an
evidence of vulgariiy. Those laugh
ing in a dry "a are respectable. but
little expansive. and Il hard lot oil
people. When the Latin ''E'' prevails.
there prevails also "a phlegmatic,
melancholy temper. TimOrous. I'M
steady people, also those imbued with
malignity. laugh in a kind of swelling
~ Laughter in 90 is the utterance
OF proud, bold. imperative, somewhat
bantering people. Beware of those