Wichita eagle., 1889-01-15
STRAY BITS.

The output Of the coal mines near AIbu-
querque, N. NJ. is $50 tons day.
Saxony is said to furnish the largest per-
centage of suicides of any civilized state
Capt. Sidney O'Danne, the famous "pre-
tender to the throne of Ireland" is on trial in
Berlin for swindling.
England has only one college paper edited
by undergraduates, namely, The Review,
published at Oxford
The richest university in the world is said
to be that Of Leyden, Holland It has real
estate to the value of sc, 0O0, 600.
It is said that Charleston has improved 80
per cent. in general appearances since the
earthquake obliged so much rebuilding.
The almost incredible statement is made
that Honolulu has more telephones in use in
proportion to her population than any other
city.
Quick firing Armstrong guns, SO and 100
Founders, discharging ten and eleven shots
minute, have been finally adopted by the
British army.
One of the greatest innovations in the house
Of parliament is the introduction Of a boot
black in the commons cloak room He is the
first of his kind.
1t is said that Christmas shopping was not
so brisk in New York this year as it was
last. Nevertheless, the popular stores were
damned with customers.
There is an acrimonious debate going on as
to which of the New England states raises
the finest turkeys. Thus far Vermont seems
to have the best of the argument.
The roof seats Of coaches on Fifth avenue,
New York, are supplied with rugs to wrap
about the knees of passengers who care to
brave the cold for the sake of the view
The church in Shaker village, Canterbury,
n. H, although built in 1882, has never been
reshingled The shingles are of heart pine,
and were fastened on with wooden pegs.
A dry goods clerk in Pennsylvania village
ate three large nlince pies in an evening and
went to bed Instead Of dreaming that he
saw his departed ancestors, he went to join
them before morning.
a Louisville paper speaks Of robbery in
which the victim was "a hard working, fru-
gal man, who, by a lifetime OF toll, had
arnassed the sum of SAB and was about to en-
joy long needed rest"
After having at least fifty fire drills there
came an alarm Of frs in a New York school,
and every pupil lost his head in a minute and
assisted to create q confusion in which over
twenty children were injured.
The yearly income Of the great Kimberly
diamond mines in South Africa is $40, 600, 600,
and besides this it is estimated that fully
s1O.OO0OO0 worth of diamonds are stolen
every year by the natives who work in tho
mines.
The people of Wapella, Ills, recently saw
distant, suspended in the clouds. The mirage
was SO vivid that the observers could see
train of cars approach and leave the Midland
station
Edward Sherman, of Whitewater, Wis,
has become raving maniac as result of an
attempt to abruptly discontinue the use OF
tobacco. He had for many years consumed
large quantities of the weed, both by smoking
and chewing
Micajah Henley, the man who invented
foiiee aEates, lives in Richmond, Ind He
was a Door woodsawer, and it took nearly
mis- last dollar to pay for the patent, but the
craze for skating that spread over the coun-
ury I1sae him rich.
The old saying, "cold enough to stop a
clock" has been actually exemplif1ed in Maine
this winter The recent storm Of snow and
sleet froze the hands of the town clocks In
Bangor solidly down On their faces, and they
didn't go any more.
According to The Railroad Gazette, there
were in October 100. persons killed in railroad
accidents throughout the country, So per
cent. of whom weRe passengers Of the rs
persons injured, 120 were employees and most
of these freight hands
An old man on the Vermont border, says
The New York Herald, died the other day,
end in his last hour he confessed that he had
been smuggler for forty-seven straight
years, and had beaten the government out OF
tens of thousands Of dollars.
A diamond owned in Buffalo and known as
the Buffalo gen." weighs 60 carats and Is
supposed to be the largest in the United
States 1t is about the size of an almond and
before cutting weighed 95 carats. 1t was
bought in Amsterdam for $4,000.
Some Wilkesbarre, Pa, young men who
have been dubbed the "Pious Ten" have or
gained an Anti-Profanity club AS 81. so IN
fines were collected within ten minutes after
the adoption of the bylaws, it is expected the
club will live high, for time at least.
In the town of Ofen, opposite Pesth,
trapeze woman was performing with her
5-year-old boy While she was holding the
child by her teeth the rope broke and mother
and child fell to the ground, the mother on
the child Both were seriously injured
A sensation has been caused in Belgian So
ciety by The Almanach de Gotha falsely an
nouncing the marriage of the Countess OF
Caroman, fourth daughter OF the Prince OF
Chimay, to Alphonse Wanters, O member OF
the Royal Academy Of Fine Arts of Brussels.
TIE Methodists of Lumpl1ins, Ga-, have a
new church bell, the old ono being cracked
and worn out. It's time the old bell had
rest, for it was cast in 1900 and has in its time
summoned to worship men of varying creeds
in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain aud
America
A new scheme for harbor defense Is soon
to be tried Perforated iron pipes viii be
sunk in the water, and through them petro-
leum Will be forced In this way fierce
stream of blazing oil could be sent down on
an eneny's feet to drive it away. Iron YES
sells could not pass through this lake Of fire
because it could be- made to extend many
miles along the river.
What He Had to Say.
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