The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-01-03
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.nderful ice cave. accordir

'uuCrluI iC5 cave, according u
-ahima Herald, was discovered re
Gently near Trout Lake, Klickita
County. Washington Territory. L il
OF great size, but 1t can not be ex
plored on account Of the intense cold.
"A New York street-car conductor
complains that ladies take especial
pains to pay their fares in coppers. and
that If he gives them change in the
same coin he is greeted by an angry
glare that makes him feel like a cul,
prit
They have Jail in Missouri which
grand jury has condemned thirteen
different times, and out of which every
prisoner who wanted to escape has
gone, but the county won't make re-
pairs. The supervisors argue that jails
are relics of barbarism.
"A woman at Athens. Ga, who is
eightyseven years old, it is said does
not remember to have taken drink OF
water, and can not bear to drink the
fluid. Her eyesight has returned to
her, and she can now do the finest
needlework without the use of glasses.
She is in fine health and bids fair to live
q century.
One method of keeping the rail-
road track clear of sand near the Cas-
plan Sea is to soak the road bed with
sea-water. In other places it is pro-
tected by an armor of clay. Palisades
are erected sometimes to stop drift
ing. Another method employed is the
cultivation OF hardy plants such as are
used for the same purpose ON the Dan
Vsh coast
"A remarkable accident recently
happened to a COW in the country.
The COW was in the pasture field under
tree. and when switching at the flies
her tail caught in the bark of the tree
The COW began walking around the
tree and wound herself up so tight that
she could not get loose. She finally
fell down beside the tree, and when
found the tree had to be cut down be-
fore she could be got loose.
"A white man at Smyrna, Fla,
day or two ago bet negro that the
negro could not eat the two water
melons before them. The negro was to
pay double price for them il he failed.
lie cut the melons, weighing thirty
pounds each, up into sections, and 1t
was fun to see his lips slide up and
down the sections Of those melons.
Within five minutes nothing was left
but the bare rinds. which he turned
over to the white man, who had Just
paid seventy-fve cents for them.
: Investigation of fire ruins shows
that porous terra Gotta bricks and
blocks best resist fire, water and frost
next to these in the order of fire-re-
sisting qualities being the various con-
cretes, or some of them, and burned
clay work In the best building WORK
now done the iron part is incased in
porous terra Gotta, tile or brick work.
In roof, floor and the construction; the
hollow tiles are faced with vitreous tile.
slate or any good weather-proof coat
Ing, or with single thickness OF brick.
lncased in fire proof materials, iron and
steel framework is claimed to give the
best results.
: "A contractor in Birmingham, Ala,
was obliged to put off paying his men
for three days on account of the failure
OF some of his creditors to meet their
obligations. Finally he got his checks
and came to the city for his cash. 1t
was too late for him to get in bank,
and he took it quite phi 'losophically
and went to get shaved. The barber
persuaded him to get his whiskers cut
of That shave cost him 81, 600. Peo-
pie met him and failed to recognize |
him, and the rumor got abroad that he
had taken his money and skipped the
town. Men began pushing their claims,
some even going to the courts The
compromises he was obliged to make
cost him large amount of money.