The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A new post-office in Virginia has
been named Poverty.
"A Mitfiin pa woman threw some
medicine in the fire, and an explosion
yook place which carried the stove out
of doors
"A man shot sixteen times at spar
row and finally killed it, but one cow, a
log and two cats went along with the
sparrow.
When you want to compliment a
woman on the uncertain side of thirty.
speak of some one little older than she
is as a girl. Somerville Journal.
AS Peter Baur, of Pottsville. was
opening large oyster strange tlsh
Tipped out. 1t had eaten part of the
oyster. 1t had the head Of catfish.
A Newark, Ohio, woman bought a
lot of Christmas gifts for her husband
and children, and hid them away so
carefully that she is now unable to find
them.
"A grocer in Wheeling, w. Va, after
a three days search for his favorite pug
dog. found the animal in a back room OF
the store under an inverted half-bushel
measure.
-"Cigarettes for ladies' smoking are
sold in London, provided with specially
prepared mouthpieces. They are per
fumed with musk and violet. and they
are enjoying very extensive sale.
"A fearful widow at Charleston w
Va. obtained an order for four dollars
worth of groceries from the poor com
missioners Next day the provisions
were spread as the refreshments at he1
wedding banquet.
A Psychologist in France has been
observing the working of flies in flying
and has arrived at the conclusion that
the wings of fly make about $50 beats
second. and that such fly can travel
at the rate of $3.50 feet minute.
The schOolma ms of st. Paul not
long ago were instructed to give Oc-
casional instruction in plain and fancy
sewing to the girls under their charge,
and the horrible fact came out that few.
if any of the teachers, could do any kind
of sewing whatever.
~
reign of Louis XIV, is owned in New
York, and still keeps good time. 1t was
made by hand, and is inclosed in a "a
karat fine case. which is Ornamented in
! Louis XIV. style. with sixteen corners
The works are no thicker than silver
dollar.
A Washington County (Kan.) man
named Steers mortgaged -four white
steers to loan company. The fore
closure proceedings developed the fact
that the man mortgaged his four chill
dren. The loan company had Steers
arrested. as one of the children was girl
In parts of Brooklyn the excellent
custom has been adopted of placing or
street lamps the number of the house:
nearest to which they stand. This is {
great convenience to people who are
searching for certain number in the
dark of the evening, since the genera
methods of displaying house numbers
are far from satisfactory. The idea il
not new, having been adopted in New
York at least ten years ago.
Who says dog has not intelligence
A Gardiner (Me.) lady set dish of SOU
out in her yard the other day to cool
The dish was very hot, but had a handle
The house dog soon came along to thu
dish, lured by the fascinating fragrance
contemplated the contents long enough
to find that it was his favorite soup
then taking the handle between hi
teeth. he backed off several rods yer,
carefully, pulling the dish after him t.
a place which he con sidered both cOole
and more sequestered. He waited TO
the broth to cool, devoured it with in
finate relish. then dragged the dish bacl
to the spot where he found it.-BangO
Commercial.
Recently the dentists of st. Loui
have begun to employ young women a
Office assistants. Probably a dozen ar,
thus employed. They are paid from s
to so week. Among other things, i
is their duty to assist in bracing tn,
nerves of patients. One of them says
''If the patient is woman l frequentl,
stand by her side and hold her hant
sympathetically. Some people ma,
laugh at this. but it's an immense he'll
to the person in the chair. Once O
twice when a very nervous man wa
being operated on / have taken his hand
and it really braced his nerve wonder
fully"
A young poet, not averse to lettin
strangers know that he was poet, wa
one day in the country with party Q
friends. Stopping for some milk at a.
humble farmhouse, they saw an oil
lady weaving a rag-carpet on an old
fashioned loom in a small out-building
Several of the party had never befor
seen rag-carpet woven, among tn
number the young poet. After watch
ing the process for several minutes, b
said. in patronizin. tone: THAT look
simple, but dare say, grandmother,
could write poem easier than coul
weave yard of that carpet" ''Lik
enough replied the aged weaver
simply. with no intention of placing tn
young man in an embarrassing position
before his friends. like enough, sir
for, after all, it takes some brains to d
this. Youths Companion.
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FORCE IN SILENCE.