Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.


most costly gem in the world. A FIVE
carat ruby of this kind is worth ten
times as much as a five-carat frs water
Brazilian diamond, which is the most
precious species of diamonds in the
world.
"A ledge of stone has been discov-
cred at Checto, Ore, which as yet no
one has been able to identify. The rock
is of sandstone formation, having a
greasy touch, and is susceptible of a
high polish. 1t can be sawed or shaved
with a knife, but when exposed to the
action of fire becomes hard.
An Objection Overcome. -Hojack-
1T is objected that now the govern
ment rainmakers can produce shower,
they have no means of shutting the
rain off when we have had enough
Tomdik-"O, yes, they have. All they
need do is send up lot of balloons
loaded with dry sponges "-Brooklyn
Life.
Time for Departure a Chicago
parlor. Augustus Newyorke Clearing
the tread as if of a mighty host)-'Why,
there's a procession passing by; at this
time of the night, too" Miss Windecite
No; that is papa coming home. 1
yorke-''Miss Windecite, bid you good
evening. IN. Y. Herald.
"A late invention is a process for
lacing a gentleman's or lady's shoe in
place of the hook that is in use now. A
very neatly arranged pulley is placed
between the lace stays, so arranged
that when the lacing is once adjusted
the shoe is simply pulled open to admit
A. itch
acts upon the pulleys, lacing the shoe
in perfect manner.
Patti is very fond of parrots, and
when she sees one that strikes her
fancy she does not hesitate to pay the
price asked for it, howe yer exorbitant
it may be- Some years ago she actually
paid S. 900 for a parrot, and this loqua-
cious bird is still to be seen and heard
in her winter garden at Craig-y-Nos
One of the diva's parrots speaks Welsh,
another French and others English.
A new invention that will doubtless
'go'' next summer when the swimming
season sets in again is a webbed rubber
glove for use in the water. Young
swimmers find one of the most difficult
points to learn is to keep their fingers
together in the water. With the webbed
-
swimmer will then be web-fngered and
can safely compete with the Newfound-
land dog.
II am sorry, Henry" said Uncle
Ralph, that you exhibit so little pro-
fciency in photography. That letter
you wrote to Mr. Brown the other day
had so many misspelled words that it
let the whole counting-room in a roar. p"
hot
in this world. There were good many
words in that letter that 1 know were
spelled right, but of course 1 get no
credit for that"
Mr.. Nathan Harris, of Rich Valley
Va, has daughter nineteen years old,
who is only two feet, ten inches in
height and just weighs forty and half
pounds She is we'll proportional and
intelligent, and her hair sweeps the
floor when she stands erect. She is the
eldest of four children. She has lived
in the valley all her life with her par
ents, but very few have known of her
existence until recently, her parents
not desiring notoriety.
"A strange bird, which attracted the
attention of hundreds of people, was on
exhibition on the farm of John Roda-
St. Mary's, Ohio. The bird resembles
an owl very much in form, has a head
shaped like heart. the face of a mon
key, and snow white fur adjoining it's
face, while the feathers are of beauti-
full and delicate yellowish gray, with
the tail of turkey.
Forest and Stream says that at
Woods Holl, Mass, some years ago a
el,
certain the nature of their food and in
ternal parasites, and in some cases the
contents of the abdomen were removed
entirely. 1t was supposed that such
rough surgery would kill them; but
some of the eviscerated specimens were
seen swallowing food after the opera
ton as readily as if nothing had hap
pened.
-Cholly Litewaite (member of a
Liverpool athletic association Jaw, l
thay, doctah, I'm tewwibly afwaid
there'th thomething the mattah with
my arm. I've been exerthiting with the
Indian clubth for about thix months,
and there'th gweat lump on my fore
arm. Do you-can it be an-an
abtheth?" Doctor feeling his arm)-
My dear young man, 1 really
Doctor (gravely) 81 really believe
you're actually getting little muscle. -
AT Hanover, Ind, while Mrs.
Charles Logan was putting up jelly in
her kitchen, assisted by servant, an
immense swarm of bees flew in, driv-
ing the family from the house and set
Ting upon the pans containing the jelly.
Two of Mrs. Logan's children were
frightfully stung, and the lady and her
servant saved themselves from serious
injury by grasping quilts from a bed
and throwing them about their heads.
The bees were finally expelled by burn
ing birthstone.
Mr. Swift, of Chicago, whose house
last year slaughtered nearly half mil
lion cattle, is described as lean, shriv-
elled up Yankee of about Al years. He
kept, about 1876, in eastern Massachu-
sets, little butcher shop, which he
abandoned to go into the cattle trade.
He went to CHICAGO in 1878 and com