Telegram-herald., 1890-03-25
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stssss lass year
IrA xstting fasAi0nAb1s fer lSales %
both shoos and tenoe. Al sbis rate
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have . sriaL
AOoOEDiss 70 . chewing rsn manu-
faesures. TIE ChicAgoAns consumed more
gun than the inhabitants 81 any etAes
AmeEio4n city.
THz cheapest place IN Missouri %
live is st the Psnitentiary. TIE daily
cost q maintaining convicts a. thai instl-
tuition i only seven and 0ns-bat cents
per capita.
Wits oak tree cut in Kalamazoo
township. Mich, furnished 250 fence
posts. each o. feet long, and ~ cords
ot stove wood, cords being 20 inches
IN length, and IS cords IS inches
RAILWAY marriages are so common ia
Georgia. an exchange reports, that
many parents deposit injunctions with
he licensing officials, torbidding the
Issuing Of marriage licenses 70 their
children
LOCOMOTIVE on the Atlantic & Pa
cisc railroad was run long distance =
: few DAYS ago without q smoke-stack, .
barrel being substituted. The engineer
SAWS ell he needs TO pull train IS a
steam chest a pair OF driving wheels
and fireman.
A CURIOUS fact is that OF the seven
| teen clerks in the Senate Of the new
State Of Washington a majority (nine)
are women. and there is but one who
/ carries Mrs" before her name. The
same rule holds good with the House, a
majorit ~ Of the clerks being ladies'
THE last venture that We read Of in
/ the use OF human hair is fan valued al
$3.50, says Hsrper's Bazaar. Deft fingers
| must have fashioned this unique curiosi-
/ ", for what appears TO be costly lace
/ fringing the sticks is really human hair
baby curls. like unto fairy thistle-down,
We doubt not yielding 10 the gentle
wooing OF summers s0ftest breezes-
SOME Boston capitalists, who are
anxious 10 make q handsome thing out
of the ice famine, have formed a novel
/ plan for gaining a crop. They propose
TO catch some icobergs nsar Newfound
land and tow them by steamers TO some
/ point on the New England coast, where
the bergs will be cat up and brought tc
the distributing points in lighters.
A MAN Just arrived from England was
arrested in Philadelphia for being in
toxicated, who gave his occupation as
| that of worm eater" The magis
trate, on demanding an explanation Of
the term, was informed that the mar
was employed by firm Of London an
tique manufacturers TO fire shot at the
furniture TO give it worm-eaten appear
ance
THE Sturg.s (Dak.) Record reports g
novel lawsuit A man from Bare Butte
Valley lost his pocketbook containing
$50, which was found by man of Ell
Creek. A month later, upon learning
who was the owner he returned the
same, and the owner wac very thankful
but demanded inter est for the use O
the money for that time. Judgnen
was given for 81. IS and costs.
A WASHINGTON electrician is at worl
on some important Improvements in the
direction of electric cooking. There i.
every reason to believe that investiga
tions in this fold will we'll repay in
ventors. Electricity when laid in tn,
house has only to be tapped to be i'm
mediately useful. The great advantag,
of the gas fire over the coal or coke is il
almost instantaneous applicability