The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-05-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
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with the varnish of white of an egg.
Are you the head-barberP" asked
Spatts, as he took his seat in the chair.
Yes, sir; replied the artist; you don't
see a chiropodist's sign hanging up in
the shop, do you9'' - s. G. & Co.'S
Monthly.
The Way Of a Woman. -"Only love
me a little bit and / will be your faith
full, willing slave" But where is the
fun in that? What a girl really enjoys
is managing an unwilling slave" - In
dianapolis Sentinel
DO l have to stick this stamp on
MYSELF" asked a dude of the clerk at
the post Office. 80, no." replied the
clerk; you couldn't go in the mail
bags, and besides, this is a letter stamp,
and you are moi hrst-class male mat
tern. Y. Sun.
No people in the world are more
( dependent upon boats than are the ma
tives of southeast Alaska. They live
in a region where the coas line is
broken into many channels, straits and
and harbors by the numerous islands OF
the Sitkan Archipelago,
Hourly trains from New York to
Chicago are promised by an enterpris-
ing railroad for the worlds fair season
And with seventeen complete hotel
kitchens, one thousand walters, cooks
and scullions, Eve acres of dining
rooms, and numberless restaurants in
connection with the principal buildings,
there would seem to be no lack of pro-
vision for all who may choose to join the
great western pilgrimage in 1898.
There is a lake in Missouri called
DEVILS Lake, which is fifteen hundred
feet above the sea 1t is on the top OF
a mountain, about seventy feet below
the earth surrounding it, and has nc
visible inlet and no outlet, yet it rises
periodically several feet, and there is
no apparent reason for this rise. 1t is
supposed that the lake is fed by a sub
t~erranean river, or is a part of an un-
d%erground river.
1T was not until 1859 that the ad-
justment of the calendar, on the plan
devised by Pope Gregory in the six
teenth century, was adopted in En-
gland. Even after the change was
made the common people were very
ElOW W duJuoJ ACA BO1illdJo dhd IhbA
versaries to agree with it, and many fol-
q long time kept Christmas on the day
corresponding with that formerly OBJ
served, the 18th day after the Christmas
of the new calendar.
"A Character Study.-'Did you ever
study the faces in a BARRIERS shop o.
the men waiting to be shaved?" Yes
ibid you ever try to distinguish the
pessimistic from the optimistic?" Eyes
and there is very little difficulty in as
signing them to their respective classes.
f1ndeedl' Eyes; the pessimist is tn,
last man that comes in and who has t.
wait until six other men are shaved be
Gore his turn comes, and the optimist i;
the maj distinguished by the appella
ton of next'"-N. Y. Press
"A young man of Buena Vista, Col,
decided to try his fortune at Crede, the
new FL Dorado, and as the first part o
his outfit he bought an immense revol
yer. While fooling with it he accident
ally shot himself. The Leadvill'
Chronicle remarks that ''the revolver
the bowie knife, the dirk, and tn,
slungshot nave no place in the Colorad,
"a 1OoA Ddh IlCh aEO db q dAoCOuhl
and the chap with a knife in his boo
and a brace of pistols in his belt will
End his occupation gone"
AT 4 o'clock a Portuguese maiden
II years old, named Conception Sylvia
became a bride at West Berkeley, Cal
-Four hours later she was a widow. TIL
wedding party escorted bride and groom
TO the station, where the happy coupl
were to take the cars for San Francisco
While awaiting the arrival of the trail
the groom, Frank Bispo, placed his lii
lie nephew on his shoulder and amuse
himself by running up and down tn
track. A train unexpectedly cam
upon them, instantly killing Bispo an
Elightly injuring his wife and nephew
The following story is told OF Nj
Barnum: A friend once wrote to hiI
that a certain Mr.. Tourgie, of Pennsy
vania, had a nose seven inches |
length" Mr.. Barnum immediatel
wrote to Nj. Tourgie to come to Ne
York. and he would pay his expenses
Mr.. Tourgie obeyed. One look Statistic
the distinguished Snowman that he Wa
the victim of q practical joke. Withol
, n word ne ascertained what his e.
penses were, and handed him I'll
, amount Mr.. Tourgie saw the sights
! the city, and went home sdmiring I'll
: Iberality of showmen
Galapagos tortoises are the onl
I survivors of an ancient race of hug
turtles which lived so long ago as Il
early part of the Tertiary epoch. Spec
mems weighing from 600 to 700 pounC
have been captured, and there is authe.
a tic record of one individual taken whiC
tipped the scales at $40 pounds How
s ever, nearly all Of the very big ones ha'
S been caught and devoured, and it wi
not be very long before the race is exte
y Enthusiastically ''eaten off the face
Z the earth by g%luttonous man" 1t
= reckoned that 10, 900, 600 of these turtl
. have been taken from the islands sin,
4 their discovery.
They Finished the Gator.