The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

professional clOck-winders. They eaci
have list of timepieces which the.
are TO wind on certain days. One o
them says he attends TO 200 clocks ,
day.
"A society ''fad' is to send a cuI
and saucer to a young lady, with con
gratulations on her engagement. One
Boston maiden received fty-two, nc
two alike, and yet all very pretty anc
choice.
There is cob-pipe factory 10
Gated at Sedan, Mo-, which is doing ;
rushing business. The factory pay.
at the rate of | ! cents for I-inch cob:
and Il cents for 1I-inch cobs. A mar
hauled load the other day of !-incf
cobs which brought him sos.
A young lady in New Haven, about
to be married, overheard her intended
husband cursing ut some trivial delay
but instead of Gliding him she stepped
quietly TO the altar, and when the
clergyman asked her if she would
love, cherish and obey?" she answered
in a clear voice, mot by long shot,
and marched majestically from the
church.
The gold used for testing in the
Assay Department of the United State:
Assay Office in New York City i.
claimed to be absolutely pure, being
one thousand fine. 1t is usually run
into long, thin strips. that look like 81
much tape or ribbon. People otter
ask me-" said a gentleman in this de-
partment, ''how much gold there is in
a tweuty-dollar gold piece. There i
exactly twenty dollars in a twenty
dollar gold piece, the alloy used being
in excess OF this valuation"
California has new grievance
the dandeliOn. How il came about is
told by the San Francisco Bulletin:
Some years ago it is said that citi-
zen imported from the East the seed
of the Old-fashiOned dandeliOn. He
wanted something to remind him OF
his early home. Like the man who
imported the sparrow, he did worse
than he knew. The sparrow is every
where, so is the dandcliOn. The seed
drifts in the wind like that of the
thistle, the down is built into the nests
of birds, and every seed which gets q
Judgment on lawn or grass plot will
in due time produce a million more.
The successful Sunset Mine" in
Colorado, was discovered by a young
lady, Miss Nina Ingraham. Wander
ing out from camp one day, she re-
turned with a few specimens which
she had picked up. He mother deemed
them worth investigation, and Miss
lngraham went with her father in
quest of the place where she had
found the ores. Clambering up the
side of cliff, she stopped down and
marked the spot just as the sun was
sinking behind the distant ridge of the
Elk Range. A discovery stake" was
Immediately set up. This claim was
leased and bonded to the Gillespie
Brothers, who at once organized the
Sunset Mining Company, and began
working it.
The following example of economy
comes from Pasadena, says the Los
Angeles Times: A fashionable and
wealthy party OF five people, whose
worldly possessions foot up near a
million dollars, drove into the city
from lively little town not far dis
tant. AS it was late "a hotel must be
sought at once. The place was found
and the parties quartered for the
night at twenty-five cents a head.
Next day one of the quintet went
down and bought ten cents worth
of doughnuts. With pitcher of water
and the pastry the whole outfit sat
around in their rooms and breakfasted.
The visitors after such a healthy
morning meal, sought their convey
ance and left the city.