DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-03-20
OF GENERAL, INTEREST.

when he chopped his finger off.
Even snowdrifts twenty feet deep
and packed as boys pack snowballs, are
compelled to yield to the rotary plow
These modern appliances mean business
when they go to work.
Verdict of a coroner's jury in Della
ware County, n. Y: "The jury inds
that diseased came to his Death through
the influance of Liquor and carlessness
on his part and while ling on West
bounded track, and killed by train No. !
exonerating the Company from blame y
"A wealthy farmer of Palestine, Ohio
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Hagcrty, at Columbus re-
Gently. charged with opening letter
addressed to his daughter. ltseemS that
the old gentleman discovered that his
daughter was corresponding with a
Young man against his Wishes and he
resortcd to this means Of putting an end
to it. He was required to give bond II
$500.
An Englishman who came to this
country thirty years ago, leaving wife
at home. to whom he soon after ceased
writing, was amazed recently at his
boarding house in Cohocs, n y, by
coming face to face with her They
eyed each other for moment and then
embraced. She had been searching for
years for him, going from town to town
all over the country He is weaver,
and went to Cohocs from Philadelphia.
AT the Paris Exposition Florcntino
triar showed a watch onlya quarter of an
inch in diameter. 1t has not only the
two regular hands, but a third which
marks the seconds. and microscopic
dial which indicates the days. weeks,
months and years. 1t also contains an
alarm, and on its front lid or cover an
ingeniously cut figure of Saint Francis.
On the back cover, by aid Of powerful
glass. You can distinctly SEQ and read
two verses Of the ''Te Deun."
-"There is something curious about
the American silver dollar and half-dOI-
larof 1904, says numismatist. "Ihere
were about 10000 of the dollars coined,
but not one Of them got into circulation.
Two Of them are in coin collections to-
day, however, and they are the most val
liable of all American coins. Why the
dollar of 1904 was never in circulation
after leaving the mint is one of the un'
solved GovernmcntmySteries. The half
dollar of 1904 is surrounded by mYS
! tc1y equally plVfuulfd. Thulr "vr'
$50, 900 of these coined, but not one was
ever known to be in circulation
Among the countries in which re-
strictions are placed on the press Is
France. The Home Ministers there may
prohibit single number Of ncwspa'
per. The whole Council of Ministers,
duly convened. may prohibit the circu'
lation of q foreign newspaper absolute
". In Spain and Portugal, in Germany
and other countries somewhat severe
press laws have prevailed, system of
| censorship being carried out. In Russia
considerable restrictions are placed or
the press. According to a recent return
only 1O7 foreign political journals werC
at the time of the return allowed to cir
| culate in the country.
During the recent grippe period
when almost everybody imagined
peculiar symptoms, a resident OF
| Commonwealth avenue dropped into
his doctors on the way down
town. Doctor, | don't know wha
is the matter. I have peculiar sen
sation in one of my legs. 1t appears
to be shorter than the other" "WaIl
across the room, " said the Doctor The
patient amblcd gracefully. THAT vii
do, said the doctor, smiling "louI |
have to 90 home" 81 can't; ! have
business engagements. ''Well, | give
YOU my advice, and You can take it o.
not but if you want to get rid of tha
peculiar sensation you will go home anC
put on pair of boots that are mates
for a single-sole boot and one with ;
cork sole never did 90 we'll together"
The power of gold is phenomenal
The discovery of gold in California gay'
population and new life to the Pacifi
coast. Such discovery in Australia
| II
rica is making the Transvaal predomi
nentlv English. And now adyiccs from
| Demarara represent that it was only The
discovery of gold which prevented al
| insurrcctiOn. The comparative failure
of tn e sugar cane industry left the ne
rrocs without work. The East Indian
coolies had all the places on the suga
| estates. The negroes were on the poln
of rising against the Government, Whcl
"a few exploring gold seekers fount
gold along the sides Of one OF the uppe
rivers. The gold fever set in, and i
| carried into the interior so many of The
| idle, strong and reckless fellows that ;
great public danger was ayerted. ant
| the emigrants have speedily made anc
are now spending nice competencios."
Violet Ink in Vogue.
We have more calls for violet ink thai
anv other Some persons think this i
an affectation. It is nothing Of tht
kind. Violet ink dries more quickl,
than any other. 1t does away with tn,
use of blotters for that very reason. L
flows more freely than any other, too
You can hardly ever make an indistinc
letter or mark when writing with viOle
ink. And another beauty about 1t i
that it never changes it's color, and i
doesn't appear sticky on paper. SOM
one was in here the other day talkin!
about inks, and he said that all Engltsl