The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-02-06
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ters, Circulars.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Where there's a will, there is often
nothing left for the heirs.
"A Chester (Pa.) woman calls her
husband Telephone when he gets
mad and won't answer her.
Water differs from good many
things in that it is highest when there
10 most OF it.-Binghamton Republican
"A Meadville PA man is authority
for the statement that rooster, served
st his home the other day, had two fully
developed and perfectly formed wish
bones.
Queen Victoria's crown, kept with
other royal regalia under strong guard
st the old tower, and worn only on state
occasions. is worth $500, 900, metal, gems
and decorations included.
In Wheeling store where looking,
glasses were formerly scattered around
rather generously they have all been.
taken down. "The reason" said q,
floor walker, ''is that the women would
always be jammed up in crowds where
ever there was looking glass, and we.
took them down."
An instrument called the tele-'
graphone has been patented, which
enables the sender to record his message
on a cylinder attached to the receiving.
instrument, in the absence of any one
to hear it, and even to repeat the mes
sage back to himself for correction.
-"Come in and see the Swimming
Match! Admission, Ten Cents" This.
advertisement. cleverly displayed to,
catch the public eye, was posted on
board outside large fair in Brooklyn.
When the visitors paid their admission
fee, and rushed In, they saw . match
floating in tumbler Of water.
ITO show the capacity of his stomach
visitor at the Neversink Fire House at
Reading, few days ago. ate MIXTURE
composed of pound of figs, fifty raw
oysters, and a pound Of sugar, and topped
Of the mess with . pound Of lard. He
! said on . wager he would cat box OF
wagon grease, but the spectators woulds
let him go no further.
Frogs are improving with the rest
Of the world, and are evidently develop
ing capacity for turning the tables on
their prosecutors. One Of the frogs put
into the snake cage at the Worcester
(Mass.D Natural History Museum to be
swallowed, turned swallower and lab
sorbed' so much black snake that the
latter died after being pulled from the
fighting frog.
A writer who contends that old
fashioned out-of-door games are the best
form of exercise for children says:
Running makes . trim ankle and .
shapely leg, and girls should be en-.
couraged to run rs often as possible
in old-fashioned games OF ball or pris-
oner's base. which, as 1t used to be-
| played. left few fbers Of the body with
out stretch and refreshment. The dodg-
ing, the feints and sudden dashes for
base were good practices in tactics, Civ
ing quick eye and foot and 1.-the body.
| A hawk pursued q pigeon into .
house at Brunswick. Ca. the other day.
The pigeon took refuge under table in
the kitchen. The hawk in entering the
door saw window beyond, and suppos-
ing his prey had gone that way darted
for the aperture, but, to his horror,
found IN invisible pane of glass. through
which his momentum carried him to the
ground beyond, where he lay for some
time. ..Who trow dat brick?' sang out
the cook. The master of the house ar
rived on the scene just in time to dis
cover dat brick" was hawk, and to
see him disappear after recovering from
his encounter with the window pane.
A newspaper man went to interview
the superintendent Of one of the eleva-
ted roads Of New York few days ago
with lot Of letters complaining that
the cars on the road were too cold.
you'll save me lot of trouble if you'll
let me have these letters" said the SUI
perintendent. reaching into his desk and
taking out . package Of documents.
''How is that?" ''Why, here is bundle
Of complaints we have received about
the cars being kept too warm. If you'll
let me have yours can send the cold let
tiers to the hot writer's and the hot let
tiers to the cold writer's. and SO make all
the growlers answer each other."-Iowa
State Register.
The modern game of base ball is ar
American institution and not. as some
might believe, An exotic of foreign
growth which has come to us from the
older civilizations Of Europe and tlls
East. The game from which our pres
ent sport Is derived had its origin and
development among the aborigines ol
the American continent, who playet
with bat and ball for ages. for augh
we know, before the dream Of new
world filed the Imagination Of tn.
Italian adventurer. 1t is thus Ameri
can to the core. OF course the game ha
undergone great notifications, but re
cent archaeological investigations prov,
the truth Of the above statement.