The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-11
Mjl}!l1s s|Eaalf
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
One of the features of the Califo,
MA exhibit at the exposition viii be
pampas palace, twenty feet square
which will be erected in the stat
building. The palace is the contribu
ton of Mrs. Harriet W. r. Strong, O
Whittier, Cal. who is large grower O
pampas plumes.
-Bellefont physicians are reported
to be puzzled over barometrical sor
OF young lady of that place, who is o.
the most amiable and pleasant dis
position in clear, sunny weather. blu,
who gets ugly and morose when clouds
gather and so unruly before storm
that she has to be restrained.
"A peculiar boycott is in progress al
Fargo, n. o. The business men of the
town have boycotted the Northern Pa
cific railroad because the company won't
build a new station and hotel there.
They have issued a circular to all their
business connections asking them to
ship their goods over other lines
AT public sale in the armory,
Westchester, Pa, on August 4, of the
effects of deceased old lady, the auc-
tioneer held UP an old collar box and
said: Here is pint of human teeth.
What is bid for them?'' The teeth were
mementoes. gathered from the mouths
of scores of the old lady's relatives.
They sold for one cent.
"A man at Peaks Island, Me-.
dropped a nickel into the slot of a
photograph one day last week, but the
machine failed to give out the promised
music. Thereupon the man became
enraged, for nickels are highly esteemed
Il the outlying neighborhoods of Port.
land, and smashed the deceitful phono-
graph into bits to recover his money
The largest sample of gold quartz
ever mined in Montana was taken out of
the Mcintyre lode. It's weight is !, 7s5
pounds. 1t came from near the surface
There are other large samples, which
came from the Shafer shaft at the depth
of lie feet; one from the Musser shaft,
100 feet, and another from the working
shaft, 200 feet. All are destined for exhi-
bition at the worlds fair at Chicago
The Young and the old are smart in
year-old daughter of John Gibbs, of
Brooks, Me-, has driven horse rake all
over one hundred acres Of hay fields
this summer, raking the hay up clean,
and has taken care of the horses be-
sides. The town Of Cooper, Me, boasts
Of a lady of seventy-three who rakes I'D
after a moving machine as well as any
of the men,
"A London paper, mentioning recent
anarchist meeting, says that speeches
were delivered in Yddish. This is a
term employed to designate the queer
mixture of Hebrew. German and other
words that is called jargon in New
York. Jargon is so extensively spoken
and read that it is profitable to issue
several newspapers in that language
The expression "our esteemed jargon
contemporary" is found occasionally in
the Jewish papers of the higher class,
and its use does not imply any DISPOSE
ton to speak slightingly.
The Hebrew intellect is displayed
TO great advantage not only in finance,
but in chess. Mr.. Blackburne, the rep
resentative English player, was recent
" defeated by Herr Lasker, Hebrew, |
and 1t is said that a large proportion,
perhaps one-half, of the recognized !
masters of chess in Europe are of |
Hebrew extraction. Both in London ,
and on the continent Jewish players of |
talent are to be found in great num-
bers. In the contest for a trophy late
~ offered by London newspaper of
the four most successful players three
were Jews. The power of close and
accurate c2lcula ton, which is charac-
teristic of the race makes them sl1illful
in the game of chess.
The streets and public grounds of
Washington are shaded by over seventy
thousand trees including eight hun
dred varieties and species, some of
which are to be found nowhere else in |
America. These trees have been
planted by many Industrious men, from
the first president TO the present one
There are in the city 331 large and
small reservations, the latter being
formed by the intersection of the
avenues, which radiate from the capitol
and white house, with the regular
streets. In all, these cover an aggre-
gate of 900 acres, all of which are COW
cred with trees the care of which,
with the nurseries and propa eating
gardens, costs 49, 600 annually.
A New Yorker taking Sunday
stroll not far beyond the city limits
was surprised at the conduct of two
score of sparrows that futtered in the
nir a foot or so above bare rock in the
midst of an empty pasture. Now and
then a bird would light on the rock,
but most of the time the grayish- brown
flock poised uneasily just over the spot.
1t looked at first as if the birds were
insects, though none were
visible On the human intruder's near
Err approach the birds still in the air
took fight, and almost as many more
sprang out of the grass Immediately
about the rock. At the same instant ,
the head and rapidly moving tongue of
n large blacksnake became visible just
behind the rock. and he too made off ,
1t was apparently clear case of bird
charming by the snake. :
The Newspapers of Persia. {
Recent travellers in Persia find the {
newspapers of that land source of I
perennial amusement. There We're none I
till the shah returned from Europe two @
years ago. While in Paris he saw the i
"a bmen with newspapers in their hands I
when idle and naturally, it is said, at