Fair play., 1890-06-07
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MiSCEllANEO

+ II inlI,sdtfpbli lNry Awarded n'S
cents damages ~ young woman whose
anianced husband changed his mind.
! 4 Lad Of seventeen wears died lately
a. Pomona. cal. from the excessive u>o
Of tobacco lie was known 10 have
smoked III one dav sixty cigarettes and
two ~ three strurs Ncxican cigars.
/ The doctors say he died nf narcotic
poison.
Mr.. Edison Is criticised by the Lon
don toart journal a> not having brought
his new phonocra phic doll up ~ date.
Il says the first Of these dolls which has
spoken in London. rccito> ''rhc spider
AMI the Fly" which il quite anti
/ qUat"d, even tor c,,ilJrcu nowadays"
\ gentleman who lives near WASH
lnEton Village. Ne, and deals III sewing
machines ran upon quito - mine ~
wealth recently In tearing 10 pieces
an Old machine which hal been in niS
possession for some time. he ran upon q
secret cavity containing tittcen SO bills.
-filial pictv in China does net dio
out with the advance of Western IDEAS.
y provincial governor recently petit
TONED the Emperor fer leave a. retire
ON account Of the health of his grand
mother. which required his personal at
tcnti"n during the rest Of her life.
\ Young gentleman called At tha
homo of friend L. spend The evening.
While there he asked for 4 glass of
water, which was given him. lie noticed
that his friends wife wis watching him
intcntlv. " he finished the refreshing
drauELt the lady sighed ~ sh" said
solcmnly: 1T does me good 10 81. u
man drink a glass of water like that
once more" The silence that followed
was painful in the extreme. rrovidcncn
Telegram.
The biggest ruby in the world is
found i'll the CEar Of Ru>sias crown.
which has the distinction sf being tn"
finest eyor worn by any sovereign In
shape it resembles Il bishops nitro. and
on its crest is a cross composed Of five
superb diamonds. which support tho
"higgcst" ruby. \ iolIatrd arch. COM
posed IF eleven mign itc"nt diamonds
supports this cross and on each side of
III" arch is i hoop nf thirty-clght pearls.
than which thcrc are nona handsomcr
in the world
The ward ''hurrah" comes from tho
people of the East who "migrated To
Europe. The original is found in the
''harri' used by the llindoos As a iesigna-
tion Of God. Whom they have any thing
difficult tn accomplish they shout
''l!arri." ''llarri," and this as cquiva-
lent To our modern phrase. God help
us u is. however. needless to remark
that the expression, Hip, Hip. ilur-
rah, conveys no such rryercntial senti-
ment "a the vocifcrating crowds of our
.ivilization.
In a recent lecture on Marine ant
Fresh Water Fishes" u noted scientist
said that fish have the power OF in
iGencing one another by sounds and
action. He had observed Il shral Of carp
following the lead of a single one.
which conducted them 10 a quantity Of
food at "a considerable distance away
He had also noticed that certain fresh
water fish, such as trout, were su',ser-
Went to 4 ruler. which might be seen
swimming AZ the head Of his tribe. Tho
same was possibly the case with some
marine forms, like the herring and bass.
me- foreign thDa prayer WHO ran
against snag in the shape of a New
York custom house official. who decided
that he wasn't an artist and therefore
couldn't land in this country to com
pete with our native .alcnt, has tri-
umplied after all. The tuba PLAYER
undertook to plead his own case before
a higher authority, who examined him
In melody, harmony couuterpoint, COM
position. Instrumentation. execution.
etc. He rlayed Annie Laurie" on his
tuba without an accompaniment and SO
the obdurate customs officer
that he was adjudrcd an artist and
eligible for admission to our shores