Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-28

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TMRs disd d Joliet prison recently
life convict Who frst eAtsred the place
December Z. 1850. making twenty years,
four months and eight days actual time
served. There are but three convicts in
prison who have been there for . longer
period.
DURING 1889 the Auditor Of Montana
signed warrants for bountles to the
amount Of 5000. The following IL the
role of victims: o,s27 cayotes, go
wolves. 101 Wildcats, mountain lions,
II bears and "a lynxes. Total, 1000
animals.
VoIARUK has received . very severe
blow. An English society Of scientists
has decided that the German professors
universal language In wanting in many
particulars, and that the language most
suitable for general use IL medieval
Latin. adapted TO modern media"
CHINESE inspector % San Diego re-
ports to the Treasury Department mat
the smuggling Of Cinnamon into this
country by way OF Mexico Is . profits
bic trAfao Of no small dimensions and
backed BY . very heavy capital, with the
principal headquarters ct San Francisco
and China.
TMRrx-1ouR regular life insurance
companies Of the United States possess
invested assess Of STA, ooo. 900, and .
surplus Of eo9, ooo. 900. In other words,
they have 800. Ii in hand for every 800
they owe. These companies paid to
their policy holders last year the stu
pendous sum Of ese. 900 900.
THE Cinnamon Of Astoria, Orc, amuse
themselves with q huge top made ont Of
an empty twenty-five pound white lead
keg. A square opening is cut in the
side, and 1t takes three men to spin IT,
one to hold the top and two to pull the
string with . stick. which sets IL in mo-
ton. While spinning it sounds like the
whistle Of . steamer, and can be heard
three blocks away:
A FARlnR living near Bridgewater,
N. D., had . marrow escape from death
the other day. He was blowing in Q
neld with three horses abreast when q
shower came up and he orawled under
the horses to keep from getting wet
When the rain stopped he left his sh ell
ter and started across the held, but had
not gone more than few steps when q
bolt Of lightning struck the animals and
instantly killed all Of them.
ON1 of the wealthy men of Stark
County, O., who died the other day at
the age OF seventy, was buried in accord
anoe with his will, which was that no
believer in "the contemplate and bias
phemous doctrine of eternal punishment
should be permitted to talk" At his
funeral, NO stone was to mark his grave,
his wife was not 10 wear black, and the
mourners were to have q big feast as
soon as the funeral was over.
TEXAS farmers have been greatly tor
mented by the depredations by rats,
which have destroyed their crops in
MANY cases. In order to exterminate
the rodents all the entrances but one to
burrow are stopped up. At the open
one an iron teakettle Is placed with q
pipe leading from the nozzle down into
the burrow. Sulphur is placed in the
teakettle, . fire made under 1t and the
fumes Of the sulphur being driven into
the burrow every rat in it IS quickly
killed.
IN an electrical exhibition in San
| Francisco an illustration was given of
the saving that was effected when gas
Is used as q fuel instead Of an illumin.
ant. During the evenings run the gas
| engine, which works the electric plant,
consumes 800 cubic feet of gas, and
furnishes SO sixteen-oandle power in.
candescent lamps, while IS sixteen-can.
die gas lights, with fve-foot burners,
would require 61S feet for the same
length Of time. This is a saving Of ove1
fifty per cent.
FLORISTS in Brooklyn are watching
with interest the progress of an ivy vine
over the face Of block in Seventh ave.
nue., . little beyond F1atbush avenue.
The vine has It's root in front Of one tall
brown-stone house, and In the course Of
three or four years 1t has nearly covered
the fronts Of four other houses. Those 20.
| ouAinted with the habits Of the ivy SAY
that If undisturbed the vine will shortly
cover the whole block with Its greenery
| Oddly enough, ivy planted ON the oppo.
| site side Of the street does not flourish
LEMONS are used for soap in many
countries where they grow. When, fol
| instance, the men and women Of the
| West Indies want to wash their hands
they squeeze the juice OF q lemon ovel
them and rub them briskly in water un'
til they are clean. There 10 an acid In
the lemon similar to that in soap
And In countries whore oranges grow In
great plenty country gentlemen use the
cheapest kind for blacking their boots
The orange Is cut in two and the Juicy
side Of one half Is rubbed on the SCOT o.
/ IN Iron pot and then On the boot Thor
the boot Is rubbed with q soft brush and
q bright polish at once appears.
SOME SOLEMN THOUGHTS.