Connecticut western news., 1890-08-27
ODDS AND ENDS.

OOOS ANU ENOS.
 A man in Jefferson county, Pa, Is said to have lost his sight from drink ing too much ice water when heated.
 NJ. Stambouloff, the premier and practical ruler of Bulgaria, is about 46 years old. He is short, rather stout, and with his round face, black mus tache and small gray eyes somewhat resembles Chinaman.
 The Duke of Fife is one of the shrewdest of business men, All his in vestments turn out well. He took some founders shares in London trust com pany not long ago at $50 each, and they are now worth 8, 500 each.
 A writer upon birds says that in the fields and groves there are many old maids and bachelors who apparently never had any inducement to marry. There is no doubt that the rivalry in bird courtship is extremely keen, and the choice is a deliberate one.
 They have curious custom at the burial of unmarried women in Brazil. The coffin, hearse and the livery of the driver must be bright scarlet. the four white horses drawing the hcarse must be covered with scarlet net, and scarlet plumes must deck the horses heads. recently wandering about the Lahore bazars carrying bones of their de ceased relatives round their necks. They were pilgrims going to Hurdwar. Most of them left the train at Jhelum to wash the bones in the sacred waters of Hydasnes, and then repurchased tickets for their onward journey.
 Statistics of religious growth for the past year gathered by The Independent show that there are in the United States 151, ,261 churches of all denomi- nations, 103, 300 ministers and nearly 22,OOO, 900 members. During the year there has been an increase of 8, 300 churches. nearly 4,900v ministers and nearly 1,O90, GOO members. >*
 At Bristol, England, are two young artisans who are the prize twins of the world They are of the same height and weight; have eyes, hair and com plexion of the same color; walk, speak, laugh, sing exactly alike; follow the same occupation; have the same re- igious persuasion and likes and dis likes; are both married, and have the same number of children, who are of the same sexes--three boys and three girls.
 The captain of schooner that late ly arrived at Huntsville. Fla, a few days ago captured near St. Lucie river the creatures are females, the larger one measuring 1-2 feet in length and weighing $50 pounds. The other is feet and weighs fifty pounds less. The manatee is a warm blooded mammal, an animal that suckles its young, and is 8 cross between whale and a seal. It lives on vegetable food entirely, re- fusing flesh of all kinds.
 The largest known springs are those bursting up from the ocean floor. Of the coast of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, few miles from the shore, a large spring of fresh water rises to the surface, furnishing water to fishermen and sailors, who dip it up in the midst of the salt water of the gulf A few miles from the eastern shore of Florida, nearly opposite Matanzas, large spring of fresh water boils up in great album dance. So large is this spring that Lieut. Maury took his little coast sur vey steamer on the top of ''the boil, :" and it was quickly swept to one side by the boiling spring
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