The Washington critic., 1889-05-04
MATTER woRTH RRApINa.

The Utica On. W Herald relates how
wedding trip was intcrfcred with A
dapper young gentleman in q skull cap
Jumped off drawing room car and
went into the candy store at the station
and asked for two boxes Of caramcls.
While they were being made ready he
noticed the new toy, Rats in the
Meal, and picked one up. lie became
very much Interested in the game and
chased the rats" around and around
for nearly ten minutes. There, I've
got il, he exclaimed, but while he had
been absorbed the train had moved oil.
He was in utter CONSERVATION. II
transpired that he was recently married
and was on his wedding trip. The
groom was Mortified TO find that his
bride was on her way to Albany with
his hat, ovcrcoat and belongings. Mat
tiers were Strengthened out by means of
the telegraph.
One Black Sheep.
An old-fashioned housewife in a
Clifton, Pa, farm house will never per.
init her husband TO be without at least
one black sheep in his flock She has
got notion that II is not healthy TO
wear stockings with any kind of dye in
in the wool, and as she dislikes to wear
white hosiery, all her stockings are
made ont of natural black wool. She
cards the wool into rolls by hand, Just
as people did three or four generations
ago, spins the rolls herself and knits her
own stockings. Once tree fell on her
only black sheep and killed it, and her
husband had to hustle around and find
another. II took him three days and
miles of travel but he finally came
across black eve lamb fifteen miles
away and bought IT,
A Queer Old Mans Death.
A queer old man died recently in
Stewart County, Georgia. For thirty
years he has done all his blowing with
one mule, raising crops large enough TO
support large family. Every year
during that time he mortgaged the ami
NAL to buy supplies. Belonging to the
family of which he was the head are
three old maid daughters, who have
not been seen by masculine eyes for
years Men have tried repeatedly to
catch glimpses of them, but the women
always manage mysteriously to disap.
pear.
A Curious Bridge.
A pontoon bridge for ordinary traffic
has been laid across the Missouri River
at Nebraska City. 1t is ,074 feet long,
24l feet wide, and consists of flooring
laid on anchored boats. The scheme
was declared to be impracticablc on
account of the swiftness of the current
and the amount of driftwood, but il is
found that the driftwood passes under
the boats without injuring them. The
bridge is built V shaped at the channel,
and a draw allows shipping to pass
through.
Lost Long Ago.
Last week man named Hagan, while
at work in his field in Scriven County,
Ga, found gold coin about the size
of silver half dollar, round, but not
near as thick. On one side was the pro-
file OF man, and the inscription "Jose-
phus |. ID. G.. Port. et Alg. Rex, and
bearing the date OF 1172; ON the reverse
side was coat Of arms, surmounted by
crown. This coin was evidently lost
during the Revolutionary war, or, II
may be, is stray piece of some hidden
treasure.
A Unique Society.
Denmark has new and unique So
ciety. IL is called the "Celibacy AS
surance Society,"" its object being to
provide for women who cant or won I
marry. Premiums begin at the age of
| 10 and end at 40 AT the latter age an
| unmarried woman receives an annuity
| for life. If she mariies at any time
after taking ont policy she forfeits all
claims on the society. The profits of
the society are expected to be enough
to provide well for members who never
marry.
Good Young Men.
The little town OF Newark, in Cali
fornia, has some good young men.
| They rode a drunken and abusive hus.
band and father named Chase out OF
town on rail, and then quartered the
wife and children in the principal hotel
until they had raised money enough to
send them to Louisville, KY, where the
| wife's parents reside.