The Butler weekly times., 1891-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

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negro and the other aChinaman. in-
dulyed in n novel contest "a few days
ago TO see which could clean chicken
in the shortest time. The celestial won
in twenty seconds and the fowl was still
kicking after being denu,ed of its
feathers
There is a six-year-old Chinese girl
| in San Francisco that has blIe ewes and
| faxen hair. That she is flll- blooded
Chinese was established in he course
of unsuccessful proceedings recently
| taken by the authorities to have her
taken away from her parens on the
| ground that she was white hild
"A woman in Cleveland -ent to q
chiropodist and told him she vas affiict-
cd with an in-growing toe MAJ He di-
agnosed the boot she wore an found a
roll of bills worn TO fragmens in the
toe. She raid him his fee an, sent the
money to Washington to be .deemed.
| She declares she must have hidden il
| there in her sleep.
A horse in Macomb, Mich has been
| used to 60 TO church every SuEay with
| his owner for years Last Suday. for
| reasons best known TO himsel he left
the horse at home, and afterservices
| went out and there stood the faithful
animal in his accustomed plac by the
church, waiting for him, but without
the carriage.
Count Taafe, the Austria prime
| minister. is almost as taciturn anan a.
Grant was. He is sparing of hi ords,
so that when he does speaL in the
chamber he is listened to wtthnusual
interest He dresses most plaly and
in cool weather is usually wrsped up
in a gray overcoat, with 4 gra SLOUGH
hat on his hcaAAe
President Carnot expent from
$1,000 to $500 each time thate gives
a grand fete, such as society xpect
him to furnish three or four ties du,
ing the fashionable Paris seas. Hs|
official dinners for twenty foupeope
at a time cost about 500 each A dn-
ner, followed by an open recepsn end
dance, costs from s., 500 to $40. All
these expenses come out of thallow-
ance of 6a5, 900 francs annually p,vided
by the nation.
1
you some nice wheat cakes andmaple
syrup" "Yaas, sab; but boss, n wise
you not to eat 'em now" Why not?'
"Bettah wait, sab. till It's leetl,
darker. De gloamin is da bes tim
foh to eat dem wheat cakes an'mapl
syrup, sab" "Why?" We'll YOU see
sab, de red ants done got ito tina
maple syrup ~ it's good dea plea:
| niger to eat IL just after dusk, ,ah."-
Detroit Free ress.
Felix L. 8wald maintains tha. uigl
| air from the outside is far more iealtl
| full than the vitiated, disease-laden nigl
air of ordinary human dwellings
Germany successful experiment. ha'
been tried in summer of having pstien
! with pulmonary disorders sleep ,
night in the open air of the pine woot
. | Night air is no more harmful than d
air. At any rate it is all we have
, breathe at night, and it had better
fresh and pure as possible.
81 1T is estimated that the Britt
r | mines will be exhausted in less than {
: | to 500 years. 1t is further calculat
that drawing upon only one of
fields, the Westphalian. Germany "
not exhaust that before the end Of
n twenty seventh century, but that by
beginning of tie year 5000 the big c.
Il fields of Bavaria and the Aachen a
, the Silesian districts will also be
= tirely used up. What will Europe
e for fuel then? Fall back on the timl
s. supply. of course. But the timber v
+, also be a thing of the past.
l. A young lady's exploits mention
by the Portland Oregonian: "A
IS days since. Mr.. Kahn. the fur deal
l. while driving ont of Empire City, c.
y Bay, met young lady riding into to
IF with rife in hc- hand and the care
r of a bear strapped across the horse
j. hind her saddle. The young lady ,
ia Miss Charlotte Nichols. of Empire G.
ut who had started out to visit a place
O. father owns in the country and took
5, rifle along. and meeting the bear. S
OF it. She is quite an expert with
e. rifle. having Killed number of deer
Of A Farmefs Idea--A farmer
I'd his wife. VIII had been doing Cen
al park the other day. stopped at the F
a, avenue entrance as they came out
es turned for last look. Nice, isn't
u said the wife. Purity darned fine.
100 no mistake" he heartily repl
of whats it wuth?" wall, that's h
re- to say, as l don't know what l
EN- fetches by the acre round here, but
IL tell ye this. 1t we had this thing ON
sc farm jest as it stands. l wouldn't tai
he cent lessen $1,000 for it, and I'd
ill 5000 if could-'-N. Y. World.
Id A Maine man in attendance
en- camp meeting and in the attitude
nj prayer was greatly annoyed by W
ill seemed an especially persistent L
lal quito. First it perched upon his n
all and his impulse was to fetch
ed whack, bnt a sense of decorum
ly. strained him, and he gently dislot
rm it with his hand. Next he felt q I
ro- ling sensation on one of his ears. an,
ly. went the other band 1t was not
err before the pc was again foo
of around the bacNof his neck. This
by the annoyance was too much for
to and. with his eyes still closed, he u
of a grab for it. What he caught WI
the feather from the hat of young wo
ro- who was devoutly kneeling behind