Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21
sDDs AND ENDS

4 narrcf owned by Kansas Ctr barher
hanas IN = c1se IA trOnt q the ESTABLISH
lnent. and occasionally advises pS.ssers ID
to gei their hair cut
Charley Cy, q tall, angular CainAlnaa.
has boen gFAats@ q llcease ln PkilAdslPhi2
u marry Maggie bFsoA. puetgy white
grl, Is years old,
1t is reported that al effort Is being made
at Atlanta Ca, u crganlEe q company
with 500 099 capital 10 establiAh : newly
invented system q sleotrle motive power.
Il has been suggested that the phono-
graph shall be used az q cash Register
Every sum the cashier receives might he
called ia tbs pbonograph. End tlers TO
corded - a check on the accounts
The steamer Palestine, which has jast
reached Boston from Liverpool. reports
that on June =, IL l&t. az al north, lon-
zS, "a west, she passo4 al iceberg appaF-
engly one n.ile IA length ana about 80 ieot
high.
Professor T0tten, ~ Yale, has actually
discovered the date q Jossaas long day.
BY series Of calculations be proves 70 sat
isfsctioa that the iancture OF the sun and
moon which marked Joshuss long day
took place az ll:I5 a. IN, exactly 3, 455 full
lamar years ago, or, IL other sorcs, the
So5tA S~bb9tlc year.
The chief q the police Of Hoao0a has is-
soed orders that those who sell papers or
other printed matter Ia the streets shall
nos be allowed 70 pursue Iheir vocation II
they are not dressed IA proper UNIFORM or
i they DO not appear clean aad tidy. From
tie date Of this order two weeks WAS al
lowed the vsnders Of newspapers 10 get
their uniforms into proper sA4pe-
Some curious statistics on the amount Of
artificial lighting supplied per head IN
Paris have been laid before the Societe ln-
ternationale des Electriciols. Thirty yesrs
ago the Hght!ng was equivalent 10 S,7Cs
CANDLES per annum for each inhabtant.
BY 1872 the amount had arisen 70 6,ooo,
aud by gradual Increase il in ISS reached
1880, which was equal 10 about thirty can
dies per head per day
A school teacher at Fairfield, Ne, has
hit upon a plan which greatly alIeyiateS
the trials OF the district schools Ia the hot
summer months. She moved the whole
school out OF doors and taught on impro-
vised recitation benches, while the pupils
studied on rural desks. The only disturb
ance was caused by small boy, who be-
came disinterested in his primer and
Skinned" 4 willow tree while class was
reciting
The coolest place where men do business
/ In New York is the old Washington mar
ket. al the refrigerators in the market
arc cooled by the Cool Air company. The
plies which lead from The central plant 10
the refrigerators run IN eTery direction
Just under the roof OF the market. On the
warmest days these pipes are covered with
snow half an inch thick. This cools the
air around them, and the cool air naturally
falls. thus cooling the entire atmosphere
ia the market.
at may come TO pass" said British
lecturer lately, that some African may,
In centuries TO come, point out how race
OF Englishmen once dominated the West
Indies and were improved of the face Of
the land" Such fears are real enough.
In 1858 there were IN those islands 1900
Europeans TO 1880 Africans. In 1900 the
numbers were 5000 Europeans and 10000
Africans In the last census the figures
were l4,433 Europeans, l09, ,9f6 colored or
mulattoes, Al, lSj Africans and IL, ,240
Asiatics.
4 Mexican parrot which has just died
in New York at the age Of &c spoke French
and English, as well as Spanish, with
noticeable fluency She sang English and
Spanish sentimental SONGS. Her favorite
ditty was How Can We Ever Meet as
Strangers'" This she could sing all
through, without skipping word or max
ing false note. She could call by name
every member OF large family and every
article of food on the table that she saw
and desired
The new postal cards which VIII shortly
be printed are OF two sizes-an idea % the
postmaster ecneral-the bigger ones,
which have twice the area CT the present
postal cards, being intended for business
communications that cannot very well be
crowded and for other purposes demand
ing space. Both kinds have ia the riCht
hand upper corner, instead Of the repre-
sentstson OF o stamp, a small portrait Of
Gen Grant.
DR.. Parr, the celebrated scholar. was
once preaching in the country parish q
another clergyman, AID. as was his habit
used very learned l1ngnage The rector
afterward said 10 hiia, They could moi
understand you Nonsense, said DR.
Parr. 'T am sure there was nothing IL
my sermon which they could not compre
hcnd" "Wel." said the rector, Il vii
call one of them IN and see If he under
stands the meaning cf BE word felicity
SO he called IN q labOriug man and said
John, can you tell re the meaning o
felicity" "Well. ] don't know, sir.
said John, "but believe it is some part q
the inside @ pig A"