Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-03
STRAY SITS.

Kerosene ~ s ruspon ib!e for nine tenths
= the lirOz that take place in China
The fresh fruit cru OF California this ga
an has an estimated value Of $lU.OOO.uUO
Pullman saws he czn t,tild sleeping can
sJataining six uice bedrooms but passengers
Ould have 10 pay SO instead Of - per night
From SS0.OoO,OOO to S4O.UOg.OOO Of old
sWelry lies idle in England, and various
irnIs have begun 70 melt II down 70 make
New patterns
4 New Iors civil engineer has applied for
patent for a locomotive and tender. 10y
which he claims he can make ninety five
niles an hour With ten coIciIes
Stumm Bros, Of Neuukircben, Germany,
nave offered prize Of & so FOR the b.si
means Of preventing the Inhalation Of dust
by the workmen engaged in grinding Stag
The fastest armored cruiser in the world is
aid to be tine German vessel GRIT OF 2,OJC
tons and :, 400 horse power Frlsu Kie! to
Wilhelmshafen she attained speed Of
twenty three knots an hour.
Twenty of the leading restaurants aud
cafes in Paris are bCIng united into a com
pany. It's capital will ee 1850. 90 francs. il
500 franc shares, 1850 % which are n be
offered To the public at par
Two EShermca In the Dco, IL England.
nave caught a sturgeon weighing 200 pounds
over five feet long and as thick as a mans
body Tho best previous record was is
pound sturgeon two years ago.
The Yale sopsomures have declared against
BAKING. They are entitled to commentator
Although the practice Of hazing has dISap
peared from most American colleges, its I!lJd.
sr-n prototype, rushing" ST fingers.
A new device has been introduced for tbs
German army. 1t is u cloak cut and finished
ia such u way That two OF the garments to
gether may he converted into a ten:, tho sup
ports for which accompany the clocks.
A few years ago the Argentine r. public
did not raise wheat enough for hon. con
sumption. Last year it exported 7,OJO.UG
oushOo linHh1lSe tracts Of pasture are
being converted Iso farm land, aLd the
eountiS Is becouli & great grain growing
region
A new submarine torpedo boat has teeu
.ried by both France ami Russia AMI Is said
% be successful 1t Is driven by an Edison
dynamo, provided will compressed o-ycs.,
Tor use under water, AID large pair Of scis
Sors projecting from the Prov, in order 70
c1It torpedo wires
Frank Cra5tree and H,nrv Cvru. killed n
oil bear and two cuts out in OREGON. T!scy
went after the game with a team, wIel one
" their mares bo,aLao Infatuated a. th. snlcil
" blood. She ATTACKED Frank, knocked hi.-
down and Stamped On him, and struck Old
Mr. CrabtTaae IN the face, nearly killing him
The greatest national debt arnoig the N.
ions OF the globe is borne by France Il is
about S0,2j0, oO0000 Russia comes next,
with s3.G0O,0O0oo0, then England, with 81.
10000 900: AustrU-Iiungary, with S2,4S5.
100000; Italy, With s., rs 10000, Spain,
with Pi,s1s .JOv,0 v; anG Prussia, with 81.
0o0, 0o0, 900
The ctymology OF the word honeymoon Is
thus givcL By good authority: 'AmoaS To,
nOrrhern nations Of Europo there was en-
ancient pEactice Of newly married coup.es 20
drink metheslin or mead, kind Of wine
made from honey lhydromcD for thirty days
after marriage. Hence the term houeymOnth
or honeymoon Attila, the Hun, drank SO
much taeAd at his Wedding feast that he
died"
A young girl ia London has turned th,-
Photographic art TO profit by going about ana
taking incidents in the pubic thoroughfares
and parks. She llaSan eye for situations. and
catches them fiji Of natural spirit and action.
She is out from 10 O'Clock until 3, and under
her caInera characteristic scenes OF city life
are being turned into hard money. Her piot-
ares are used great deal IN studios, and they
are full os suggestion
A citizen Of EatOnton, Ga, smokes ahoat
twelve pounds Of tobacco yearly in a pipe
that he declares il over 1~o hundred years
0ii ThB leads a mathematical person 70
ealcuilte Lat II that were the average
amount 1Sed in the pipe since It's first day
:, 100 pounds Of the weed have been burned
in its bowl, and II the first sl2 had been puf
out at compound interest st the rate Of 10 |
pee cent 1t would now have grown to the ]
sum Of 81, 755, AS, 200 Just how this would /
have benefited the first owner Of the pips I,
aass aot appear.