Telegram-herald., 1890-07-28
ODDS AND ENDS

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factory ia California thst news S9e eco gal
lsus IN twenty -fsUr honrs-
On an up tosa street II PhilaaelpAia
there aFs SIX HOUSES E11alniAS e2cA otAaer
II. n aich tie wives 2rt a. sisters TbS last
wss married m0ntb axe. and last wsek
secured The house adjoining these 81 hsr
SISTERS
II Is estimated that the reEaisr Insurance.
companies II tie I ultsd STATES vii dis
tsarss auriug $50 tba sum q ss3Seo. 600 IN
death. endowment aud divided elzls2s. II
Is an average Of =, ,O09 for every minats il
the year.
Tie Lexieans and Indians ia Texas say
that every animal has brAi2s enough 30 tan
its own skin, and 80 the latter, IN the case
Of the wolf, panther, wild est and scaae
other sBiazls. Is mainly prepared - r0o-
biDg into tke aesh slde q i tie brains of
It's former wsareT.
The emoaat of water tie sun raises from
the earth IS estimated At tie enormous
weight of 81 90 .0o9 oo9 tons minute, the
quantity Of zeal required - produce = beal
ia any way equivalent 70 the suns Is cal
culated TO be Il, 0so. .c0o, ,0oo, 90, 900 tons.
One Of the largest stock farms il the
world is TIE great Percberoa horse farm 81
Mark w. DuHhGn. near Aurora. Ills. Mr.
DunhAm started by importing twenty
horses in 1878. Since that time his annual
importations have reached 500, and he has
become millionaire several times over.
There is nothing pleassnter 10 use IS
cure for rough o. sanburnt skin than slices
Of raw cucumber II Is a much cheaper
remedy than any Of the preparations IN
bottles, and the best way IL 20 cut OF a
slice and rub the jaiee well into the skin
and then dry with = towel.
The bachelors Of Baden have made
novel protest against piano practice They
have formed an anti-musicsl association,
binding themselves under solemen cath
lot TO marry any eirl who plays the piano.
TIE association, which already numbers
several hundred members. VIII hardly be
as eTectual as the law in Carlsr1be, which
subjects 10 "a fine any one who plays the
piano before an open window.
One ardent fisherman is 70 be made happy
by the gift Of wstch with unique dial.
His name has Just eleven letters in il. and
these letters have been placed in the plsoe
OF the hour figures on the watch the com
pany is making, while q rod and trout
name and illustrations are very cieverly
executed by hand with the finest OF brushes
Core.n literature has no ortborraphy; IL
has never had DR.. johnson. and there
fore il has no dictionary. Every author
spells as lie pleases, so does every printer,
and SO does every proofreader. 50, Is a
matter CT course, the result is preposter-
Gus hotch-potch. But nil responsibility Is
shrewdly avertcd. for IN no book does he
name either Of the author or OF the pab-
Usher appear.
The demand for the service Of the pupils
in the Carlisle Indian school Is greater than
the supply. The applications number 6oo,
and 436 boys and girls ere now working on
farms. This number includes many wko
have had 4 limited experience and accord
ingly receive small wages, but quite a
number of the boys ere being paid SO AID
sls per month, with board and washing.
An eminent physician has lately disoov-
cred that excessive whip cracking is an
early and infallible symptom CT homicidal
mania. The ccbman who is the victim Of
this terrible disease cracks his whip be
cause the sound reminds him OF the crack
OF a revolver, and while he Is engaged in
the act be is glosting over the men and
women whom, in his diseased inaginA-
ton, be IS shooting down.
One Of the first things which strikes an
eastern man who goes cut on the Pacific
slope IS queer is the use of the word rust
Ter" The word has exactly the same sig
nifcation there as the word hustler does
here, aid is invariably used by the Cali
fornisns ia place of the latter word. No
one has yet explained the reason Of the
change Ia the initial letter Another ex-
preston peculiar to Californians IS, Hes
bind" corresponding 20 the eastern ex-
preston, Hes a daisy" and implying
that the gentlemen referred TO has great
faculties or powers in some one particular.
An invention which is designed 70 be Of
special use in snow storms, fogs and cases
OF color blindness is an audible electric
signal which was tried last week with
most satisfactory results. When one train
IS on q block Of track protected by the con
trivance aud another enters a warning Is
given to the engineer OF the on coming
train in the shape OF q fat iron disk II
bright red color and the ringing ~ the
same time of gong. These operations
are effected by an electric current along a
wire, one end OF which is attached 70 the
BODY Of the locomotive and the other 20
the first trucl. OF the first car The circuit
IS made rs the locomotive wheels touch
one rsil at a nagBct.zcd point and tie c&r
wheels another.