The Delta independent., 1890-06-17
WINGED MISSILES

fAs membership Of the Sons Of Veterans
Il $4,000
his claimed that tobacco in Kansas yields
~ average Of 90 per acre.
You can got 100 acres OF land IN ssmos
Tor s1.0 and the taxes will be only ~ cents
year.
Our postage stamps are oountsd NO less
than thirteen times duriag the process
OF manufacture.
Berlin has seven different elasses Of
prisons, which often hold more than 1000
parsons At time
The American has come to b known in
Europe - the Worlds Tramp He IL
tound everywhsrs-in the old world
The money annually spent for cosmetics
~ the women Of this country would paint
1900 houses, allowing SIS for eaoh house.
Small diamonds fixed in the front and
baok sights of rides are said to enable the
marksmen to take good aim even In bad
light
The experiment Of treating typhoid
fever BY prolonged immersion Of the Do
uent In water has been tried with crafty
ing success.
Professional florists Of England are ouL
tivating old-fsshioned dowers such % ths
datsy, tho columbine, larkspur, holly hook,
and Canterbury bells.
James Whitooub Riley's posms bring
him S25 to $50 each In the early days Of
his versemaking he was glad 70 get tenth
Of these sums for his poems.
Professor A. N. Klaer, Norwegian Sta
tistician, has discovered and declares that
the marriage state increases the death rats
among women and decreases II among mon.
Farmers in Romney Marsh, England,
arc seriously troubled with tho rat and
mice pest Out Of one wheat stack alone
few days ago NO fewer than 5000 mice
were killed.
John IL going to be . business man. In
Los Angeles 800 Chinese vegetable dealers
have charge of that branch of trade and
they have formed trust to continue their
control Of It
Chief Justie Chase's home at Edgwood,
overlooking Washington, is soon to be pur.
chased by ssyndigate Of wealthy senator's
and divided into lots. The estate embraces
about fifty aorsa
Nearly half that number, 16 millions, live
from tho soil There IL not 30 much eager
ness thsre, As here, TO desert tho country
and 60 to the city.
Professor Foster, of Breslau, states that
800 cases have come under his notice in
which the eyesight has been affected BY
the disturbance Of tho circulation caused
oy wearing tight collars.
Mrs. Humphrey Wards eldest son, An
mold, who is only fourteen years old, IL said
to be . literary prodigy; he recently sent
an essay to . magazine and received q
rharIr for Nd n lntt 80
The present British rage for arst
editions has brought up the prices. One
hundred and fifty dollars were given lately
for the original edition of Sketches by
Boz" with Cruikshank's illustrationa
A woman at Westerly, Conn, who had
rheumatism and neuralgia arose in the
night and dsubed herself with hnimsnt
In tho morning 1t was found that she had
used ink, and she is not at homo to callers.
An opelousss, La, gan der has learned
to turn the faucet Of cistorn with his BILL
and when the water begins 70 dow he sits
down under tho stream. flaps his wings
takes bath and has good time generally.
The doctors In the French neet have been
forbidden 70 practice "hypnotism" on their
patientA A similar prohibition was issued
some months ago 70 the French army doc
tors.
A bill 10 abolish suits for breach Of
promise Of marriage has actually boon In
troduoed In Parliament Such actions ct
law have become 20 frequsns that Sir
Roper Letheridgs has drafted bill 70 put
. stop 70 thsm
India u not such benightsd land people
arc sooustomed TO think It Max Muller
says many OF the women Of that country
compare fsvorably with the most refined
| and best educatsd women of France, Ger.
many OF England.
Ths statement II made that at least
| seventy letters . day mlsoarry because of
the similarity OF the names of OsweRo and
Owego-cities In the State Of Now York.
| For this reason each town wants the other
to change its name.
| Tho largest steam derrick In the world
l. used by . shipping company at Ham,
burg, Germany. 1t IL kept Ut tho docks
and used In lifting immense weights on and
Oh shipboard. It can pick up q ton wheeled
locomotive with perfect ease.
| A novel way Of raising money 70 build =
church has been I'D opted by congregation
In an Iowa town. They borrowed el20, 900
and gave life In ursnce on . number Of the
members, which is to bs spplied On the
debt - fast - death ensues.
Charles ,. Wright, who last August shot
and Killed Sherih Marshall and Deputy
Thurbsr. who were attempting 70 serve
papers Of attachment, at Bensonia, Mich,
was found guilty OF murder and will bs
sentenced 70 life Imprisonment
There 10 . craze In London for queer
leather. Some shops arc stocked with
fancy articles made from the skins Of all
sorts Of beasts, reptiles and fishes, includ-
ing pelican skins, lion and panther skins,
nsh skina, monkey skins and snake skins,
sto
A small instrument has besn devised for
use In mines TO indicate the presence Of
IRE damp. or In gas mains TO indicate tho
e,cape Of gas. The invention Is based up
on the property certain metals have oi
evolving heat in tho presence Of hydro.
gen gsA
Between Jan. /, 1889, and Deo 81, 1852
not less than 1893 persons have boon bitten
by mad dogs and treated at the Pastsur
Institute OF those Afty-thres died. In
| striking contrast TO this small fraction IL
the percentage Of deaths among persons
bitten by mad dogs and not trsstod by the