Wichita eagle., 1889-05-19
STRAY BITS.

There are six newspapers published in Ice
land.
The City Of Rome consumes an average Of
300 tons Of coal q day in crossing the ocean at
top speed.
The gilded youth of Fresno, Cal have or
gained tallyho club and ordered four COM
plete outfits from London.
Belgiumas zinc manufacturing industry has
developed until one-third Of all the zinc used
in Europe is made in that country.
The fleece of ten goats and the work Of
several men for half year are required to
make a cashmere shawl a yard and half
wide
A project to place an export duty on Swed-
ish iron ore has just been defeated in the
Swedish parliament by a considerable ma
jority.
A Windsor, Me-, philosopher says man
can live forever on a diet limited to parched
peas and spring water. He knows, because
he's tried it,
The first thing George Sheldon of Indiana
did when he got legacy Of $4,000 was to
buy SIS, 600 worth of diamonds and thou
sand dollar team.
1t is said in England that Col Goring, the
hero of Mr.. Froude's novel, ''The Two Chiefs
of Dunboy," was meant in some sort to rep
resent Gen. Gordon.
It is reported that an English syndicate
has subscribed 50, 1000 to complete the
tunnel under North River at New York,
work on which ceased some time ago.
A Buffalo bachelor has a memorandum
book in which he keeps the name of every
girl he has ever kissed. He had e23 names
on the list the Last time he counted up.
Out Of thirty justices of the peace whom
the Earl of Roseberry, as lord lieutenant Of
the county of West Lothian, has appointed
to the magistracy three are workingmen
Several Caro-, Mich, gentlemen recently
saw large rat carry a hens egg on lis back
They say that it twisted its tail around the
egg and carried it safely until it was hit
with stone.
There are more paper mills, running more
machines In the United States than in any
other country in the world Germany has
nearly as many, but no other country has
half as many.
Three times as much coal as ever before
was imported into ST. Petersburg last year
and Ruxsian government commission is In
vestigating the Russian mines to find out
what ails them
1t is estimated that dxty-six per cent. Of
the anthracite coal Is wasted before it gets to
market. Fity-ave per cent has to be left In
the mines for pillars and eleven per cent is
lost after 1t gets above ground
A New York bootblaok of an enterprising
turn Of mind sends out bis business cards
with the inscription: ''Shoes shined by week
or month at your residence daily, or other
job work done Send for me by mail
A copy of the first edition Of Charles Lev
er's works lately sold IN England for $3.50
The craze for first editions is now at its height
and absurd prices are given for many modern
books which have little value as literature
a suggestion has been made In New York
to erect large lodging houses II different
parts of the city for tramps, and let them
work In return Tor q couple Of hours each
morning Ia cleaning the streets as payment
for their lodging
The smallest church IN the world Is said To
be the Catholic church a: Tadousac, ct the
mouth Of the Saginaw river. It's extreme
capacity Is not more than twenty peopls
This church Il supposed 70 have been founded
By Jacques Cartier.
4 SvaineSboro, Ca, nan tried % SET q
worthless Texan pony for ten can.A BE tAsa
tried TO give It swsy, md, failing tn this, tied
an inaammable bundle to rs tai, Sc: fire &c
it and turned the animal loose. The eZpedient
worked and The nan Is happy.
The rules Of the Austrian vaf departnen;
ara ~Ty erict In regard 70 the marriage Ct
officers os the army. Only ors-hak Of tie
general stat are allowed 20 raAxry. and II the
engineers, infantry, cavalry. artillery and
MEDICAL corps Only ooe cut q every sOur NAY
be married
The fastest locomotive sap.oysd h c2-Ty-
ing TIE Scotch mail uherv the kixb1s rae
Of sosed Ia England IL attained, h.s 1res
Grinders, . Few departure in ioac.sc.tys
b-,ssdtng, srd seven test driving wbsd- Il
has ben rnads specially sor high seed with
heavy trains
In sas future every great tronclAd VII
hays tss sutse. ccnposed u small eesz Isis