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land.
An English solicitor prints upon the
back of his business card a portrait of
himself with the words "My Advocate"
beneath it.
Another "old California miner" re-
ports favorably on the gold region in
Maine. extending from Sandy river to
Androscoggin.
Italy has constructed several strong
military fortresses in Abyssinia with a
view of occupying her annexed terri
tory permanently.
The New South Wales minister for
mines declares that. excluding the
quantity obtaiEable from the Clarence
River District. the colony had 80, 000,-
OO0 600 tons of coal available.
Oakley Hal, who was Sherin's counsel
in New York for fifteen years, SAWS he
believes that the term tipstaves as APP
piled to Sheritf's officers originated
from the word tip" to bride.
Iceland fisherman now carry oil
regularly as means of smoothing the
waves and enabling them to continue
ut work in weather in which heretofore
their boats could not have lived
The French government has decided
to again undertake the manufacture OF
lucifer matches, and to avoid the ex-
pense of creating n special department
will place it under the tobacco reggie.
John Wesley Haslett of Kansas City,
claims the championship belt in a
novel branch of industry. He is the
'sticker' for packing company, and
claims that in fourteen years service
he has slain 8, 400 600 hogs.
The rich magnetic iron near Dab
loncga. Ga, continues to excite much
interest. Thousands of acres are be-
ing conveyed by option to outside
capitalists, who propose developing it
when the railroad is completed.
1t is stated that in one of the London
institutions which still maintains its
quantity of alcohol "a per cent of tho
typhoid fever patients die, whereas in
Glasgow Fever Hospital where milk is
used the mortality is only II per cent.
California will soon be well stocked
with Chinese quail. Many quail of the
Chinese breed have already been turned
loose in the vicinity of Sacramento. A
contract has been made for the delivery
of 100 dozen more, which will be wide
ly distributed.
! According to figures given by San
Francisco newspaper California is the
bloodiest state in the union. In 1889 il
had one homicide To 3, 40 of the popula-'
ton. In the other states it runs up from
one in SOP in Kentucky to enc in So
coo in other states.
The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are that cyclones of
great intensity are ascending spiral
whirls of wind having q rotary motion
in a direction in the northern hemi-
sphere opposite to the movement of the
hands of Il watch.
Negotiations are in progress fortran
fcrring the two great pictures by
RubenS from the Antwerp Cathedral to
the new Antwerp Museum. The
pictures, which are the property of the
state. arc said to be gradually perishing
or rather fading out
All the tirst-cass race tracks employ
a doctor by the year. or rather the
season. They pay Il liberal price. from
$40 day upward, and expect him to
report for duty half hour before the
races begin. and TO remain on hand till
all the visitors have left.
A French company is pushing a
scheme for piercing the Fauciles by q
} tunnel, which would shorten the dis
lance between Paris and Geneva by six
hours. The Swiss government is
against it because both outlets of the
tunnel would be in French territory.
One hundred and ninety-sevep
thousand eight hundred and twenty
three carats of diamonds have been ex.
ported from Kimberley during Jan.
uary. valued at f3S3. 367. The total
output of gold from the Witwatersand
mines for January was 3l,O3S ounces.
, Orlando. Fla. phosphate hunters
found piece of petriiied red cedar in
creek. The grain of the wood is sc
} naturally preserved that it looks as If il
could be cut with knife, but it is solid
stone and the red color of wood ha:
been precipitated in bright carmine
spots.
A meteorite fell recently ut Migheni.
in Russia. which contained about 5 pei
, cent of an organic matter in the shape
| of yellow substance readily combusti
, BILE. soluble in alcohol and resembling
| resin. 1t also contained 2 per cent o.
metallic salt of a new element alliec
> TO telluuium.
Oscar Hill. farmer. had fight will
a negro in Clay County. Ala. and wa
badly bitten. Hill had to have hi
! hand amputated and he developed
! symptoms of hydrophoba and died
The negro has blue gums. and it Is be
? lieved that the bite OF such negroes al
, ways proves fatal.
! The festive jack rabbit is stric
vegetarian. and will not touch Ereas'
Of any kind. nor will he tackle vegeta
) bles that are seasoned with grease
! Orchardists in Colorado take advan
l tage of his fastidiousness and protec
their trees from his inciSors by rubin,
the body of the tree with bacon rind
The rat plague in Lincolnshire. Eng.
, continues. in spite OF the enormous de
: struction of the animals by the farmer
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