The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A Berlin professor while dissecting
Q shark found in his stomach dolphin
weighing 1913 pounds, forty-three fish, a
iecomposed seal, human arm and four
human legs.
Walters in Wheeling, Pa, restau-,
rants have adopted various schemes to
extract the regular tip from regular
visitors. One has Remember me" tat
toed in the palm of his hand.
New York has pawn-shop elegant
ly fitted up in hard wood, brass, etc.
The unique feature. however, is hand
some large orchestrion which grinds out
music all day long. 1t is said that its
purpose is to soothe the feelings of the
unfortunate patrons.
The regular down East Yankee pro-
nunciation, according to writer in
Notes and Queries, must have come from
Essex. The same twang is observed in
the speech there as in New England,
such as blue, true and through being
pronounced blew, trew and threw, with
double e.
A letter from Port Spain, Trinidad,
speaks of the recently discovered cura-
tive qualities of a plant locally known
as cousin mahoe, whose botanic name is
Triumfetta semitriloba. In cases of dys-
pepsia, indigestion and liver complaints
the therapeutic effects of this plant have
been simply wonderful. The doctors on
the island prescribe it largely, knowing
it's valuable properties.
"A Polar bear in the Cincinnati Zoo
logical Gardens recently gave birth to
twins. The cubs were about the size of
full grown rats 1t is four weeks before
the young of the Polar bear species open
their eyes, and fully six weeks before
they venture out of their den. In their
native haunts the mother remains with
her young until spring, when, emaciated
and scarcely able to walk, she crawls out.
"A student in Germany recently sued
physician for having hypnotized him
against his will. At the hearing of the
case witnesses for the plaintiff behaved
in the most extraordinary manner, their
testimony, in fact, being utterly nom
sensical. The court became quite be-
wildered, and great confusion ensued,
until it was ascertained that the wit
.nesses were being hypnotized by one of
the counsel engaged in the case, who
made them say what he liked.
The ticket agents on the New York
eleveted railways occasionally turn a
snug little penny by keeping sharp
lookout for the old and rare coins which
they may receive and selling them to
the old coin collectors. Many of the
lax 30; n %c1
they regularly visit and inquire eagerly
for ''any finds" Most of the money
passed in to the ticket agents, of course,
is small change, and some very rare
coins have been picked up in this way.
One woman has made the silk gowns
of the Justices of the United States Su-
preme Court for the past forty years and
she gets 800 for each of them. They are
all made alike, the only difference being
in the material, the Chief Justice wear
ing black Chinese satin, while his asso-
ciates are robed in black silk. The
Chief Justice always wears new gown
when he swears in President. The
new gown is always subject to good
deal of criticism by the older Justices,
and it's fit is closely scanned.
The Albany Journal relates that a
wealthy American while travelling in
the East was favored with the privilege
of inspecting one of the finest palaces in
Copstant1nople-said to be that of the
Sultan-and there fell in love with-not
an inmate of the harem, but most
beautiful rug. The rug is said to be the
finest and most valuable in the Orient,
and the rich American wishes to become
it's possessor. To that end he has COM
missioned an Albanian to get it. OF
course it will require diplomacy, detect
i've skill and all kinds of finesse, but
these will be backed by tender of $685.
900 as purchase price.
Prof. Won Bergman, of Berlin, is
reported to have performed remarkable
surgical operation. Two patients were
simultaneously brought to him for OPP
erations, one requiring amputation of
the thigh at the hip joint, the other
needing portion of the humerus re-
moved on account of the bone being ex-
tensively diseased. The first operation
was the amputation, and then the sur
geon proceeded to excise the diseased
portion of the humerus. This made
gap in the bone, but piece of the thigh
bone was taken from the limb which had
just been amputated and fixed in the
gap by which the continuity of the
humerus was completely restored. Per-
feet union took place, and the patient
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