The morning news., 1889-05-16
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eral ickens, died thereupon q cat took charge
of be brood, and las since remained their Jea!-
Gus guardian.
FoUR LOCOMOTIVES, to be run by soda, which
takes the place of hre under the boiler. have
BEEN built in Philsdelphia They are for service
on I stree s of Minnea polls, where steam en-
gine5 are forbidden.
The town of Hyattsville Md, which elbows
historic Old Blad ensburS, is going to put Henry
Georges single tax theory to a practical test.
Ii was ma ie the issue in the recent local cleo
ton. and three town commissioners who were
chosen are converts to the idea.
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 day, according to The capacity Of the
team. The team and machine move astride
the row, one horse on each Sida, and every ear
OF corn large or small is picked up. Corn
sizing can now be done just as threshing is
lastinS but few days.
A NOVEL WAY of selecting nominee for post
mas,er has been agreed upon by the dozen as.
pirants at Little Valley, N. Y. The names of
seventy five republicans are to be taken from
the revised republican poll list and placed in
hat Twenty-Five are to be drawn. These to-
getheT with one dele ate for each aSpIragt. are
to constitute committee of the whole. This
committee are to ballot upon the applications
and decide the f1ght.
NOTWITHSTANDING the continuous thunder on
the elevated railroads in New York, the bold
sparrows are busy building their nests between
its crossneams and roadway. righ' uader the
reverbrrAtlng trains In that part of ths Union
Elevated railroad nearest the Thirteenth pre-
cinct station those birds are building BY the
hundred When weary from work they come
down to the fountain in front Of tne station,
take drink and bath, and flock back to their
labprs refreshed.
AN Alabama man, charged with stealing
calf, made the following statement: II was
always teached to be honest an most always
have been, but vhen seed the calf caved. I
never wanted calf so Tad in all my life, an
you ell know that when man wants a calf he
wants him The jury returned e following
verdict 1--WE, this jury. are satisfied that Steve
stold ta9 calf, but, as the Teller that owned tho
animal is considerable of a slouch, We agree to
clear Steve and make the souch pay the costs"
COLLECTIONS OF LIBRARY TREASURES anticipate
some spiri ed bidding tor the ninety-one manu-
scripts from the Hamilton collection in the Ber-
lin royal museum. Trey are to be sold in Lon
don this month. They date from the seventh
to the seventeenth centuries, and among them
are manuscripts that had belonged to Charles
VI. Charles VII. Louis XII and Francis l. of
France, the Duchess of Orleans. daughter of
James l. of Scotland, Maximiian and Charles
Y: OF Germany; 1t is reported that an offer of
se5, 900 was made for the collection by syndi-
cate Of booksellers and refused.
A ST. LOUIS TAILOR promised customer that
he would have his new suit done in few min
utes. The young man said: "All right, I'm GO
lug across the street to take c bath. Send the
clothes over there" The tailor agreed and the
young man went to his bath. One Of the at
tendants offered him S. for his old clothes, the
offer was accepted and the transfer made. The
young man finished his bath. but the gar
ments didn't come. He waited and grew i'm
patient He was kept in the bath room for five
mortal hours before tne suit came. Then he
took his departure vowing never TO trust a
tai.or's word again.
A CURIOUS ILLUSTRATION of the treasures of
the soil, often overlooked for long time, is the
discovery o. mineral wax in Utah. 1t was dis
covered three years ago on the line of the Den
yer and Rio GrAnde railroad, covering an area
OF $50 acres Over LOCO tons ayear are secured.
IL looks like the wax that is made by bees, and
can be usei for the same purpose. 1t is mixed
with parafine in making candies, and is used in
the insulation of electric wires. 1t needs no re-
hnlpg for ordinary uses. Tne discovery is
hi t to our land owners tnat their farms often
contain riches tnat are overlooked. Ths Penl-
sylvania farmers worked tse oil fields for gen
erationS without dream OF the wealth under
foot.
A STORY of Maine judges love for fishing,
and shrewdness in gratifying his piscatorial
passion is told by the Wilton Record. He was
on the bencl when the word came that the
trout were biting at Weld pond, and he had
case on the docket for trial It was divorce
case between an old couple who had lived TO-
getler for forty years and now wanted to be
re eassd from the bonds of matrimony There
were many witnesses and the Judge foresaw
that II the mat er ca ne to trial 1t would BE- four
or five days before he could get away; so he
sent for the old couple and talked the matter
over. He gave them good advice, and they
finally agreed to try once more t. live together
in harmony, and went away happy The next
mornln the judge started for Weld.
FARMERS along he Hudson are being victim
lied by new style of lightning rod swndle
ho t,,I, @La Co. L-4-
rods on his house. agreeing. on account of the
prominence of the farmer or the beauty Of his
farmhouse, to make a present of nearly the
entire outfit The contract is signed, rods put
up " thout insuators aad the farmer invited
to 90 on the roof TO test the conducting qualit-
les bait ry is applied rom the ground a I'd
the countryman is thoroughly satisfied with
the shock he receives. Then comes the request
to settle. I rods are all right as to price, but
points to attract the lightning cost $40 each
and the farmer, who has not read the contract
through before, learns that he is bound to pay
from $50 to Sl20 for set OF worthless lightning
rods.
A GERMAN TRAVELLER has discovered the very
smallest republic in Europe. The honor, which
was claimed for Gersua until it was absorbed in
the Canton, seems to belong inco t-stably to
the independent hamlet of GOust. This pretty
group o hutS situated a few hours distance
from Oleron. IN the department of the Lower
Pyrenees, belongs nsther to France nor Spain,
1t has somewhat over 100 citizens, Roman Cath
ollcs in religion, who live by silk weaving and
constitute brave and seif-dependent common
wealth. They have no taxes nor any other pub
lie charges. They have no mayor or other civil
official They have not even an established
church or priest Of their own. but attend at a
neishboring village. Their very language, an
amalgan of Fren. h and Spanish, is spoken only
IL their little land and scarcely understood else
where.
FEW PERSONS imagine how many different
substances have been used OF late years in the
making Of paper. Rags, of course, still furnish
the bulk of our paper, but, says an exchange,
large quantities are also made of wood, straw
vari us parts Of the world successful expert
ments have been made with a multitude Of ma
terlals that have not yet been brought into
general use In France paper has been pressed
into blocks, and then stesped in lime water to
reduce them TO pulp. In Ireland the mallow
the hop vine, e yellow iris, and eveu the red
clover, have furnished paper pulp, and in Scot
land the stems Of the hollyhock, peat, bracken,
flags and ru hes Of sevei al kiHds. Seaweed and
tan have also been used in Europe, aud in the
east ramie, pineapple fiber, BAMBOO stalks and
the refuse OF sugar cane"
HERE is an interesting spot in Rocky HILL In
the lower part, near Cromwell, that is called
"Dividend,' says the Hart ord Post Its name
goes back to the founding Of the town OF
Wetherstield, Of which Rocky Hill was a part
After tho appropriation Of land, 800 acres re.
NAMED alongside q stream. II was ven to
Jonathan aud GershOm Bul1eleY, brothers on
condition tlat they should forever maintain q
grist mill there 1t was, therefore, called "Dfvi.