, 1890-09-11
ALL SOISTS.

Among the new settlers in Oklahoma
are man and his wife who are respect
lively seven feet seven inches and six feet
in height.
A Bohemian living in bridgeport.
Conn, had cut oft his leg recently u
bullet that he received in tho Franco
German war.
Edward Mcdonald, of Allentown,
Penn, thinks lie owns the smallest dog.
II is five months old and weighs four
ounces.
Within the last few weeks, over /, 900, 20
OcO ounces OF silver have been bought for
shipment to London in the New York
market.
\ Chester lady staying at Ballefontainc
ished visiting card from the bottom of
the lake and II bore the name OF Charles
Il. McGinty.
1t has been calculated that there are
about 10000 families living in London
on about El week, and they are In u
large measure the people OF one room.
| A Three Rivers Mich, girl has beau
who is a Lake Shore fireman. Every
/ day she ties bouquet TO u stick and
hands it to her lover as he flies by her
home in his cab.
The distance travelled by Stanley in
the interiorof Africa is estimated by him
at 6,4OO miles, of which all but |, 900
were on foot. The expedition occupied
three years, and rescued 800 persons, at
a cost of less than E3O, 900.
1t Is on record that the Vanderbilts
once gave check Tor E7OO 600 in tre-
mendous railway transaction, but that
record is now beaten by the check for
| FL, $50 900, said to be drawn in London
by the Indian and Pcninsular Railway
Company.
The army of the United States con-
sists OF ., l67 commissioned officers and
| a little over 1000 real private soldiers.
exclusive OF those performing civilian
duties. In other terms, one-tenth oi
the military force consists of its officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Padgett are the
proud parents of bright son. The
mother is only 10 years of age and is
the youngest mother ever in Crawford
county, Ohio. She was married a wear
ago in Kentucky, her maiden name nav.
ing been Shupp.
An interesting fact just ascertained by
government observers is that at the eX.
tremities of Long Island sound the tide
begins to flow inward near the bottom
one and one.half hours before IL begins
TO flow in the same direction at the sur.
face of the water.
A remedy for cholera has been discoy-
cred by Frenchman from Cette. Peo
pie either attacked by or in fear of : tn,
disease must sit for some hours in q gar
ment soaked in parailin, which irritate.
the skin and produces healthy reaction
and kills the cholera microbe.
The eyes of insects ure immoyable
and many OF them seem cut into mul.
titude of fncets, like the facets of q dia-
mond. Each of these facets is supposed
10 possess the powers of true eve
l.enenboeck counted 3, ISL of them IL
the cOrnea of u beetle, and over 5000 IL
that of common horsehy.
A veteran athlete, known as "oic
Vetter Michael" although past hi
eightieth year, recently climbed to tn,
top of the spire of the parish church o
SaarAlben, Germany, which is I32 fee
high. and stayed there some minutes
, turning the weathercock round an,
} round and performing a few gymnesti
icats.
James Groves, eighteen years old.
plumbers apprentice, while at work o,
a new building in New York Civ, mn
dertook to slide down hoisting rome
He fell four stories to the ground, s,rik
} ing on two-iDCh plank, which n
, broke. AS far as known he received M
injuries except slight cut on the fore
head.