Telegram-herald., 1889-10-07

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wal-1 e sixte~z fss1 1-sn AL ~tlch ecal&Las
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clszgyuzaa who s1al sraHed al Pros2snsd =
Sydnsy
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he oprz-sd Ii Cciogls CO 1es 1, lss0. IA
Wnic1 81 ~ displayed al ullilsnss col-se-
tiol ol ems. instruments sc. safvlnz ~
lls-sns1s ,.as srg x ~aTtAFs, aid oe1rug u
zny ~ay % ras condition q uoops ~ sTrl-sA
TIE AfgoAn snssFs aaethod q yeHEsanos
% bis rvbel prisoners Is pTegty higniy cegel-
ope1 OEe bstca, wandering 50, were put
& teSrh rhrss day Ols Of tie THO WA
always hanged dressed in yellow an grsen.
sno-hsr vas dressed IL black aid blown from
gun. aui TIE tnlrd was dressed II red and
cur up with sword
An eocsatric bibiiomanizc Nho died recent
ly u England. leaving q highly valuaols u
brsEy. 7eilssd 10 allow book IN u over
certain -, AID esOluLsly excluded anything
written either o. clergyman OF = woman
They aad no business with literature, II his
opinion, ani were incapable q schleVlng $40
csas IA x
A writer IN TIE United Service Magazine
says that ths stones used Tor scrubblng The
deczs of ship. are called holy stones because
tie work was generally done on Sunday. But
q writer ia The Churchman says that they
were So called because those who used them
had 70 60 down on their knees 70 DO their
WORK
Lieut. Schwatka estimates the number Of
living elf dwsllars DO has discovered 10
southern Chihuahua az from 5000 % Il 900
They ars very Mid and shy, aud upon the
approach Of white people fly % their caves or
cliffs by uotched sticks placed agalnst the face
Of the cliffs II too steep, although they ascend
vertical stone faces II there are ne slightest
crevices for the fingers and toes.
A French woman invented one of the most
original methods OF dealing with refractory
child ever revealed 70 the public She fast
ened on the hat u her S-yesr-old daughter
who had been naughty. placard inscribed
with tho words, "MademOiselle is thief aud
liar" " and walked her through the streets
10 took policeman To rescue the lady from
the mobbing Of al indignant crowd
A writer in The Canada Presbyterian main
tsins that 1T is rot going too faI 70 say that
heard during their lives tho good things
/ spoken OF them after they were dead, they
might not have died. The help given them
by little kindness might have kept them
alive and in good working condition a few
| years longer"
Who is responsible for the misuse Of the
word "whiskers" In Americal The word is
| today almost universally used instead Of
beard Whiskers, correctly speaking, ere
only that portion Of mans facial hair which
is worn on either side OF his face, while the
rest is shaven clean A man with full beard
| cannot be said TO wear whisksrs AS the
very name indicates, ths appendages are
| fragments OF q beard. The American barbe
has almost lost the art Of trimming boards,
they are now so little worn in this country.
One Of the cannon used by the American
colonists in 1868 in defending their settle
ments from the attacks Of the Indian chief
Pontiac is iInbedded in the foundation walls
% the residence of J. Samuel Krause, OF
Bethlehem, Pa, where it was placed by the
officers Of the Moray IAN church TO prevent
Young America from firing it o1f on liberty
days
Professor Lancaster proposes, in Nature
that this new word, ''Mithridatism.n be ad
mitted to the scientific vocabulary, to sigrlfy
that immunity from the effects Of a poison
which is induced by the administration OF
gradually increased doses The selection of the
word has reference 10 the fable concerning
Mithridates, king of Pontus, that be became
so charged with the poisons be experimental
with, that he obtained al immunity from
them all