Telegram-herald., 1890-08-11
ODDS AND ends.

One man in Robbinston, Ne, has 5000
little chickens with quarters ia 500 barrels.
People go miles 10 see the sight.
The Italians make holiday Of the 2lst
Of September. the anniversary of the en-
trance Of the Italian army into Rome.
Chris L. Magee has given $1,000 toward
the erection OF home for newsboys, boot
blacks and messenger boys IL Pittsburg.
The total coal output of France in 1889
was "a, Jse. $50 tons, an increase of nearly
2,00a 900 tons relatively 10 lSSS.
A Paw Paw man worth SlOo, 600 carried
water for circus and thus got inside the
test free.
1t was Emerson who said, Hitch your
wagon to a star" but unfortunately the
great Yankee philosopher neglected 10 tell
US how.
It is estimated that the number Of pas
sengers carried by eli the railroads IN the
world averages 6.5O0.0Oo day.
Berlin hes stenogrspher with an unique
specially. lie attends all funerals Of
prominent persons, and takes down vor-
bs.im the addresses OF the officiating
clergymeD. Then be prepares highly orna-
mented copies OF the addresses ard sells
them TO the friends OF the eulogized dead.
His business is so good that he has taken
cae assistant and has advertised for
another.
There mas just been finished and placed
in the cathedral Of Charkov, Russia, clock
Of solid silver, weighing COO pounds. II Is
in memory Of the czSr's escape from death
in the railroad accident at Borld. and is so
arranged that upon oct. II, ia each year
the anniversary OF THAI event-lt viii ring
a peal Of bella
The droshky drivers Of Kursk have in
vented a new kind OF strike; they viii
not carry passenger through a street that
is not paved As most OF the streets II
that town are not paved, the public IS IN
trouble, especially on rainy days. when tie
mire is knee deep. The droshky driver
will take them only as far as the pavement
goes and then let them wade through the
mire.
Many parents arc apt to consider their
daughters worth their weight in gold. but
n scotch gentleman estimated bis two
daughters value at even a higher rae
/ than this, bc3ueathinz TO each her weight
+ in 81 notes. The elder seems 70 have been
simmer than her sister, for she got only
Gjl 200, while the younger received A55. .3s4
A 5-yearoid child in West Camel is of
the following dimensions: Height, feet,
weight. III pounds. circumtereuco of abao-
men. zotS inches. waist. 37L inches. chest,
81 inches, neck. IA inches. head, 2256 inches /,
thigh. = inches; calf. l5if inches. arm, Il =
inches; forearm. 1o,I inches. He ls very
healthy. eats al be can get. and j. fairly
intelligent. ! ne parents are by no means
oorpulent, and their other children arc of
ordinary size
An electrician who has Dadc speciality
CT spectacular electricity says the oar fs not
fa- of when electrical nrewcrks VIII su-
persede those now used He declare t1at
for O comparatively moderate outlay he
could arrange al electrical display for t8e
city which would last Tor msay years. and
could be repeated as often as desired. u
would comprise rockets. Roman candles.
. wheels, Niagara Falls and Ell the modern
4 1yrotochnic effects.
II may be news 10 some men who smoke
Perfect0s and Manuel Garcias a. twentv
ccnts apiece "a learn that the Dist price Il
the better brands Of Cuban stock runs up
- $50 a thousand THIS means thsf they
are eighty cents apiece a. Wholesale Now.
with the duties paid and the profits er-
pected on ~ article 81 this kind theF
could not be sold for % straight or about
sg)o = box. These o.gars are bouQht ~
the royal families - Europe. There's noi
much market ia America for cigars cost ng Z
g. oach.