The great West., 1890-05-16
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.

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When Mrs. Harrison was in England she
took lessons in cooking at the school of
Mrs. Agnes Marshall, who found the
American Lady an apt and intelligent pupil.
Meddy bemps, Me-, boasts Of six-year-
old boy who spelled over four hundred
words on examination day without missing
one. Evidently the spelling book is not
neglected in that school
Steam surface cars, or dummies. are used
by the street railroad companies OF Bir-
mingham, and last year they carried 49,
000, 900 passengers with only two fstat and
forty-one minor accidents.
The theme Of tho Japanese national an
them as recently rendered into English 10:
20, that the reign Of our emperor might
continue for thousands and thousands of
years-untn oyster shells become rocks"
The present head of the Shelley family
in England is Sir Edward, nephew Of
the poe He is widower sixty years Of
life of wild adventure in all parts Of the
world.
Complaint is made. that the craze for
natural flowers, ferns and rare plants gen.
orally is leading to the destruction of the
British hedge rows and law is proposed
to make it misdemeanor to steal flowers
or twigs.
The best way to clean out lead pipes
without the expensive aid of plummer is
to pour q solution Of concentrated lye down
them. The lye will dissolve hair, lint, in
deed all animal and most vegetable matter,
and so open the pipes.
Scientific farming in Italy is to be under
taken this year by a company owning
capital of s20,oOo,OOO If the operations
prove successful the old wooden plow pull
ed by oxen that has held the field since an
era before the Roman Caesars will probably
have to 60.
Santa Cruz, Cal, has horse that is
fifty three years old. For many years he
has worked in a brewery, but was turned
out to rest last year. His favorite food is
the refuse malt from the still, and he does.
not disdain to wash it down with bucket
of warm beer.
Hall Caine, the dramatist, is tawny- eyed,
thoughtful looking, and slimly graceful
He has long auburn hair and a pointed
chin beard; is quiet of manner, and the
proud possessor Of curious old lantern,
which was carried by Eugene Aram on the
night of the murder.
M. Fallieres, the French minister of edu-
cation, has ordered that all reference to
tho reign Of Henry Nv. be omitted from
French historical text books, and that the
events Of that period be passed over, dots
being placed in tho books to indicate the
omission.
When Carlyle asked, "What great or
noble thing has America ever dones" some
one replied: ''She has produced girl,
deaf. dumb ard blind from infancy, who
from her own earnings has sent barrel of
-four to the starving subjects of Great
Britain in Ireland"
In the Argentine Republic, Frank Vim
cent saw a rocking stone which weighs 700
tons, and is so nearly poised that it rocks
in the wind, and may be made to crack a
walnut The old Dictator Rosas once,
harnessed thousand horses to it, but3
could not displace it. II
Bernhard Pollak, Of Scent Andras, Huh .
gary, recently celebrated his ninetieth
birthday by giving party to the 155 men,
bers of his family. There were present
his twenty seven sons aud daughters.
Twenty-seven sons-in-law and daughters
in-law, fifty four grandchildren and forty
six great-grandchiidren.
The ladies Of Bermuda have started q
rifle club, Of which the governors wife
is president They have range Of their
own, where they practice at 100 yards with
200 caliber weapons, and are said to make
remarkably good scores. There are sew
enty members, and their first champion
ship competition is to take place neyt
month.
The story Of the discovery Of gold
mine of astounding riches in China is sup
ported by many specifications. The gold
bearing quartz is reported to be on penin-
sula across the Corean Sea from the Pen
insula of Corea and directly west The
mountains are very precipitous, and the
outcroppings Of rocks rich in gold have
been traced for sixty miles.
A new York shoemaker suggests that if
men would adopt the English fashion of
keeping boots on trees they would get ten
times as much wear out of them. When
the shoes are taken of they should be put
on tree at once. The leather is stretched
to its full extent then, and all the wrinkles
smoothed away There is no chance for the
leather to crack, as it does il the leather
Is allowed to remain in one condition long.
Railroad men employed by tho Pennsyl-
vania company. like all others, are more or
less superstitious. Their superstition runs
in numbers, and for years l, 3ls has always
been regarded as an unlucky number, NO
matter in what particular it was used.
Many cars bearing these figures have been
wrecked at divers times, aud when q loco
motive was constructed and mum bered !, ,313
there were not few who pred icticted an
unfortunate career.
An English sparrow became entangled in
q network of electric and telegraph wires
in one Of the busiest streets of Cincinnati
tie other day, and was killed, but hung to
tho wires Immediately sparrows began to
arrive from all sections of tho city, and
they covered tho roofs like huge blanket.
There were thousands upon thousands OF
them They filed the air over the snot