Tombstone epitaph., 1891-03-15
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 SuperStitious people al Rsakuk, Ia., were almost scared to death by a wiIistling buoy which was placed in the river by the government They thought t was ghost.
 The Texas steer which made image st aeircus elephant in TexarkAna never knew which came out ahead He got wbaek from trunk inc which knocked him stfff and cold
 In the lower portions of South Carolina It Is not an uncommon thing for white women. and even little girls of 10 to l2 years to bs seen doing manual labor tu the fields
 It must bs pretty hard for woman to lead in fashion Out of 5u0 toilets and 1JO hats surveyed on a recent afternoon on Bruadway New York. no two were alike. while all were fashionable.
 What Is claimed to be the longest chain ever made IS m the imperial arsenal at Vienna fl has 600 links and was used by the Turks to obstruct the passage of the Danube in i529
 The success of the great worlds fair at Melbourne, Australia. has melted San Francisco to undertake a Great Pacific D IoPe and international exposition" in the IAst nGrUed city in A year or two.
 One hundred years ago the Presbyte- rian church consisted of IFS ministers and lS. 1000 communicate The last min Htes show that there are now 5.e54 min isJers. Q 455 churches and O95. .75T com mUnicauts
 Denmark Is an immense diary The sx. port of butter last year amounted to 45,. eco 900 pounds. and it's quality Is said to have been excellent and wonderfully uni form The business Is conducted on sci enti6c principles
 An old observer tells that one's eye brows are an Infaliible guide 10 bis age No matter be says, how young looking the person may be. if his eyebrows lack gloss and do not lie fat and smooth. he is no longer young man
 There are 493 mountain peaks in tba United States more than 10, 600 feet in height. The highest mountain east Of tho Mississippi is Mount Balsam Cone, in the Black mountains of North Carolina, which is G.61l feet high
 Italian immigrants to New York live on nine cents day. They make a soup with bit of pork and cast oh shreds of cabbage and serve 1t with black bread Some Italian labOrers who are receiving seventy i've cents day are growing rich
 Whereas six years ago all the cartons burned in the electric lights of the eoun- try were made in one rOOm in Boston by ten men. there are now l50 tons consumed daily, and of this number 100 tons are turned out in the twenty caEbon furnaces of Cleveland
 There Is R new high wire act. Two men starting from different ends of a slack wire meet and pass each other. go- ing by on waltz step. 4 woman act ualIy dances on the wire. and maa trOts across il with 8 companion upright on his shoulders
 A rUmarkable case of preservation is re- ported from tho old BIandf0rd church yard. near Petersburg. Va body was exhuned that had been entombed over thirty years. and was found to be in an almost perfect state Of preservation It was In an ordinary metallic case
 According to DT. Erasmus Wilson. the great authority on hair aHy one gho is threatened with badness. if 1t has not made too much headway. can check the tendency by rubbing little mixed vase line and sulphur OI the spot Rt night and soak it with quinins every morning The past summer was the wettest that Eat ;l2nd has experienced since 1879. and the coolest since 1SC0 In most parts of the country the sun has not shone more than an average of to 4t hours per day, instead of a possible l4 or i5. In Scotland tho daily average has been about hours. The most powerful war ship aGoat. tie BCUbow, has just been completed and joined the British Mediterranean fleet. She carries two III ton guns. besides other smaller guns A shot from one of them weighs l.6v9 poundE. and wien pro pe!led by the ful charge of $50 pounds of powder it can tear it way through a whole yard of iron armor
 Ii was so cold at the race meeting of the New York Country club recently tbat young lady on the grand stand, who wore vanished boots, forgetfIlly kept her feet together. sId when sEe attempted tO stand up found tha; owing to the cold and G&mpGass her boots had stuck to- gether. and she wEs helpless until her feet were pred apart
 The points of au oyster are. first, the shape. which should resemble the petal of a rUse leaf Next, tue thickness of the shell. thoroughbred should have a shell HkG thin china It should also possess an almost metallic ring and peculiar opalescenE lUsJeF on the inner side The hollow for the animal should resemble si. egg cup. and the fish should be Errn, white and nut like.