Oxford eagle., 1891-03-05
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


full for what got. bu; wish you had
more tn give"
The orange was originally imported
% this country years ago by the mission
fathers, who brought the seeds from
Spain They were planted about the
old mission. the fruit being used for
domestic purposes. and the crop being
simply Snitable or large enough for
these purposes
M. l. Levi near Newtouvillc. Ind.
had an apple tree which bore three
crops in one season This led tn news
paper comment. and n paragraph fell
under the eye OF Mrs Lou Clifford. Of Nc
CorSiSville. his sister. whom he had not
seen nor heard of for thirty years. and
they were reunited
Many n recent visitor has brougb.
back from EUROPE collection of quaint
teaspoons, each recalling some city. by
engraved name, historical emblem or
motto II Is not surprising that the
first American city to manufacture such
n souvenir j. Salem. Mass, and its en-
tlematic figure Is naturally a witch up
on broom.
Gently appeared in Copenhagen IL con-
sists Of small cartridge filed with Rem
gal light composition. and provided
with fuse which carries a small cap
sule of strong sulphuric acid When tho
temperature of the room rises above
the melting point of paraffine. the sui
phuric acid i liberated and ignitcs thc
fuse, which. In turn, sets fire In the
Bengal light. The device can be sup
plemcnted by u piece Of fusible metal.
which in melting will establish an
electric current and ring 4 bell
An extraordinary case Of mono
mania has been developed at Vienna
A bakers assistant there has stolen no
less than SO pocket handkerchiefs, not
for their value, but bccaus. an
irresistible longing to possess them
had prompted him to do 81 He
was first punished in 1873. when he was
condemned u a fortnight's imprison-
ment for stealing twenty-Sevcn hand
kerchiefS He was sentenced To tho
same penalty three years later for a
similar ofYenSe, but the police. instead
of handing him over u the jailer. sent
him to the hospital To have his mental
condition examined The doctors de-
ciarssd him u be suffering from acute
monomania.
a curious story Of .'spontaneous
hyPnosiSm.~ as il i termed comes from
Hancock. Mimi The husband of Mrs.
Edward Day left the house one day last
October TO 90 to the barn. and on his
return his wife shrieked and bade him
f.mw.u -. IL.
she denied ever having seen him. in
siSting that hsr name was Msrgsre.
Hill and that she lived in Philadelphia
All efforts Of friends and physicians to
convince her TO the contrary were un-
availing- Being asked her age she an
sxerV.si. ''Fffty-six, though she Il but
tweuty-four. She was sane on all other
subjects Three weeks later she was
again IN her normal mind week
aftervvard she once more fancied her
self Margaret Hill. spinster. of Phila-
delphia-
AT precisely twelve o'clock every
: day. the Naval Observatory at Wash
( ington telegraPhs the time all over the
country. The instruments Of the West
[ ern Union are in the room where the
L FAA@AAARa1 ART 8Afsh llNA kaIIEE
E and half minutes before noon. ope-
/ rating grasses in telegraph Offices all
over the country. at great loss and in
L convenience sometimes The wires are
then put in unhroken connection with
/ Washington A note of warning i sent
a few seconds in advance. and at the
second when the observer notes the
/ passage of the sun over the 18th merid-
ian. the electric current flashes the
news all over the country, and thou
sands Of eloc<S-seven thousand in New
York City alone, IL i said-arc daily
regulated by this record Of solar time.
Love laughs at irats fathers a de-
voted couple eloped from Piainville,
Ind. in hack The couple were young.
but the hack was old. and broke down
after few miles had been passed This
accident enabled the girls angry father.
who had pursued them on horseback.
| 10 Oxertake them He drew n horse
pistol. and aiming il at the young man,
threatened To bore hole in him unless
he rvlinquished all claim u his dauxh-
.er. Mary shielded the form Of her be-
lowed James. AID cluny % him with
frantic devotion She whispered in his
ear az the same time Then this undu-
tiful daughter hurriedly palied of her
ha-Jts. and started on n run James fol-
lowed and in few moments both were
s.-rissing across a railroad bridge. over
whish h0rse eoald not pass A clergy
man was found and they were happily
married
Il friend Of James johnson Quebec
street. Kingston Ont. brought him n
swarm of California beer bees Hived
in self-s~alers and given \ mixture Of
syrup. sugar and water. the colony
manufactures about three quarts per
day of beer. equal il i said. % malt.
and enough drunk viii pat a bead on a
fellow as big as any 0ne co.id desire
James Johnson Jr., Factory street.
ocessa- cane here and took a swarm
home They are in an eixht-ounee bot
tie. and resemble a ~baby's own
sponge When placed in the sun or .
warm place they shoe, rapidly from
their bed to the top Of the fuid. then
return lAngui6ly to the bottom again
when hundreds Of them shoot az once
they make things sizzle- About twenty
tour hours completes the make and the
beverage IS then It for use
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