The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


The tombstone Of the late Mrs. Ann
ID. Carter, OF Philadelphia bears the
following lines cut in marble:
Some have ch ldren and some have none
But here lies the mother OF twenty -onc.
Ono of the dancers in theater in
Berlin was found dead in her bed and it
was supposed that she had committed
suicide, but post-mortem examination
showed that she dicd from hcart failure,
due to tight lacing. The liver of the
unfortunate young woman was horribly
doformed and crushed out of shape.
Many parents are apt to consider
their daughters worth their weight in
gold, but Il Scotch gentleman est mated
his two daughters value at even higher
rate than this bequathng to each her
weight in 81 notes. Tho elder seems to
have been simmer than her sister, for
she got only e5l, 200, while tho younger
received e57,34
"A very miscellaneous cargo was
taken by Il Bangor vessel, the brig
Emma, which has just left that port for
Port of Spain, Trinidad. 1t consisted of
G33 pounds of ice 1000 feet pine boards,
S00pounds butter $50 pounds new cheese,
various vegetables, four half barrels
OYSTERS 455 pounds fresh fish, two half
barrels beef, o,2T5 pounds hay.-Kennc-
bee (Me.) Journal.
One of the peculiar industries of
Kern County, California, is the collec-
ton and Shipment of horned toads.
they are sold to the Chinese, who uso
them for medicinal purposes. They AFRO
considered especially valuable in tho
treatment ofrhcumatism. The formula
is as follows: Two parts whisky and
one part horned toad; mix and let it
stand one year. II may then be taken
internally or applied externally to tho
rheumatic parts.
"A queer h story attached to a Port
land young woman. When but five
years old away off on ono of the South
Sea Islands, She was sold by her own
people, who arc cannibals. to Portland
sea captain, and the seller firmly be-
lievcd that she was bought to be eaten as
food She has be en- educated and treated
kindly and earns her living rs q servant
in the captains family, realizing every
day. no doubt, how much better it is to
cat than TO be eaten.
Lieutenant Sc ton Karr reports that
during his recent explorations in the
Alaskan boundary he killed the largest
cinnamon bear on record. He says:
Tho tape measurements of the skin give
1T an area of siXty-fve square feet, in
Guiding head and paws; across tho mar
rowest portion it measures six feet, and
in length nine without the head; the
claws of the fore paws measure four
inches round the curve, and in fur, size,
and texture the hide strongly resembles
that of a buffalo"
"A whale thirty-fivo feet long got
stranded n shallow water in Manokin
river. Somerset County, Maryland, and
was killed by the inhabitants. Tho
creature, when discovered was furiously
lasning the water in efforts to escape a
colorcd man went out in q boata and tried
to tie the tail of his whalcship with IA
rope. While doing this the whale struck
the boat with his tail, upsctting the
craft and throwing the colored man
about twenty feet in the air. The be-
siegcrs aftcrward succeeded in killing
the monster with axes and clubs. They
then hauled it up on the shore.
September &, 1881, is we'll remembered
in New England and parts of New York
and Pennsylvania as the yellow day."
| Southern Canada took on some OF tho
characteristics noted in the States above
mentioned, the yellow in the atmosphere
having more grccnish cast, which
accounts for the Canuclls referring to it
as the green day" In the morning the
| sky had the appearance of being cloudcd,
but as the sun arose it was plainly visi-
bic, and of tho color of brass. About
midday much darker yellow appear
ance prevailed; every thing except
Leaves and grass had the intense yellow
look, they appearing Of Il rich. vclvety
green. The cause of the phenomenon,
which lasted but one day, has never
been satisfactorily explained.
Recent investiga tions in Indian pris-
ons have revealed a cur Gus physlolo-
gical condition induced by tn ewes for
the purpose of secreting valuablcs
They allow a heavy lead bullet to slide
down the throat and keep it in position
! for half an hour at a t me. In about Il
year pouch is formed; into which any
thing under tho size of ten rupees may
| be thrust, without interfering with
| speech or breath. really expert thief,
with some histrionic power, is ablo to
use the stolen contents of his throat as
an aid to an appearance Of innocence
when he IS being searched. At present
there arc in Calcutta Jail twenty prison.
ers who have successfully assimilated
themselves to monkeys in order that
they might with profit take Jewels and
money. Petty larcenists do these things
moro ingeniously in the East than in
Europe.
| CircnmventinE Smoheless Powder.
| Cnc of the summers exercises at
Aldershot has been what is called tho
| infantry smoke attach An sdvooood