The Irish standard., 1890-09-20
RANDOM R.FLEOTIONs.

Even the log hut has evoluted out o.
ITS primitive simplicity in these days
George Gould's log cabin in the Cats
kills cost $4O,OOO.' How much did j.
Gould's log cabin cost? A chrome tol
the correct answer.
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Samuel Dey, of Wesley, Me-, is one
OF the greatest bear hunters of his time.
During his life he has killed 220 bears
and cubs, receiving over 81, 600 in boun-
ties therefor The Dakotas should Of
fer him bonus to kill off their surplus
lemon squeezers.
"A fossil forest has been discovered
in Scotland. Thirty or forty fossil
trunks have already been laid bare, most
Of which are gray freestone. One OF the
trunks is at least two feet IN diameter.
All the Scotch fossils are not III the
woods by any means.
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"A Cairo bachelor who, the ad said,
was 78 years old, but rich, has received
$50 applications from ladies willing to
be his wife--and risk his dying pretty
soon.' If he wears no beard, is bald,
and is something of sprlnter he might
do worse than dissappoint 249 Of the ap-
plicants.
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"A man WIS brought to the hospital at
Eastburn, London, who had driven four
nails into his skull three or four inches
deep. He suffered from severe head
ache, and took that means to cure it.
The nails were extracted with difficulty.
That is about the funniest remedy on
record for curing headache.
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"A horse, known as Jerry, that died at
Santa Cruz few days ago. YVES COZ
sidered the oldest horse in the far west,
He crossed the plains in a caravan in
1846. and had been in Santa Cruz since
1849.' Another horse skeleton will soon
adorn the show window OF the dime
museum OF this city labelled s'Jerry.''
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.Galena, ILL.,, the home OF Grant, was
a rival of Chicago from 1845 to 1850. It
was considered tho future great city of
the west, but it has decayed, and at pre-
sent.it contains only 5000 Inhabitants,
though it once had 10000 Such is the
result OF fate. If Chicago had been
called Minneapolis it would have done
better
TO the list Of poisons may be added,
as source of occasional danger, the
fragrant nutmeg. At least one fetal
case has occurred where boy of eight,
having eaten two nutmegs. fell into a
conaatose condition and died within ~
hours. Political aspirations are also
known to have killed many people; why
not include them in the category?
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"A boy named John Hale, who was
stolen from his home near Marion, Ind,
IN 1886, when eight wears old, by gyp.
sizes, recently ran away from them and
made his way home. The parents had
searched far and wide for him and had
given him up for dead.' John was
travelling In great luck to escape the
gyps1es so we'll. He will probably not
Join them again for some time.
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Experience has shown that an electric
street car can be comfortably heated by
the expenditure of one-horse power OF
electrical energy. The electrical heaters
do not reduce the seating capacity of the
car, which is kept clear Of coal dust and
cinders.' This experience Is evidently
in the mind of the writer, Street cars
are not heated except in the Twin Cities,
and. the electric heat experiment. has yet
to be tried here. Better wait awhile.
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The torpedo boat is bringing about q
revolution in the naval service. She is
little, but like the Monitor, she is MAX
ing the war ship of her time obsolete.
The lesson of the torpedo mannuvers
thus far is that the cumbrous. and
heavily. plated 1ron.clad must give way
to the feet cruiser armed with rapid fire
guns Well, let the naval department
1-Ek II f.