Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-25
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The Standard OH Co. has secured
the contract for furnishing oil for fuel
for the worlds fair. It Is thought that
at least 225,O00 barrels, OF a gallons
each, viii be required, and this is 70 be
furnished during the year 1895, for TAX
cents a barrel, delivered at Jackson
park
Snakes climb by means OF ribs and
the scales on the abdomen, to which
each rib Is attached By set of short
muscles These scales grasp the sur
face over which the snake passes. some
species being able to climb trees with
great facility. On q perfectly smooth
surface serpent cannot move
The Americans are said to be the
best buyers of diamonds in the world.
and insist upon having the finest stones
and the most perfect cutting Rpssia's
fancy is for the large yellow diamonds,
and China has recently become large
buyer, owing to the fact that thesm-
press has broken the custom there
which prohibited women from wearing
diamonds
In the government building a. the
worlds fair viii be exhibited an origin,
al standard surveyors Chain, author-
lied by act OF congress. May Is, 49,.
for executing surveys OF government
lands. The chain was made By BeH-
jamin Rittcnhouse, OF Philadelphia, ia
1877, and Is still IN the same hard
wood box IN which II was sent ont by
the manufactures.
"A curious and beautiful superstition
| prevails among the Armenians that.
| when anyone is seriously III, the sick
room Is filed with angels who are sent
/ to watch over the patient For this
reason The room Is beautifully drapeds
and furnished with flowers, sweets,
! dried fruits and cakes, and each visitor,
1 on entering, strikes q chord on q nau-
steal Instrument which hangs at the
head OF the Sick-bed.
] The Calling gun Is now worked by
an electric motor IL the American navy
Tie motor Is attached TO the breech OF
i tie gun Hitherto Z couple OF men
were required 10 serve the gun, one 70
! train the piece and droD the shot. tbs.
/ other to work the firing crank; bat now
/ enc man is sufficient BY touching Il
J switch he can train and operate The
/ gun ct viii, 50 as to fire either single
shot, or at the rate Of 1,20o a minute.
american girls, IN search of foreign
! titles, must now look 10 their laurels,
/ for the Australian beauties are begin
ming TO attract the attention OF titled
/ Enrlishmen. Miss Maud Wilson. whose
! engagement TO the earl of Huntingdon
! has been recently announced, is said TO
/ be the first Australian girl wooed and
won by an ErElishr1an Of title in En-
! gland, though other colonial marriages
and engagements hare occurred il Aus
tralia-
Nine men had TO hold 4 patient with
! icine was administered. The dose con-
. sisted Of three pills, each the size Of
cricket ball, and the patient was the
| hippopotamus Celipll. in Central park.
Kew York. The medicine comprised
1910 grains OF aloes and 20 drops OF
crOton oil, combined with Enseed oil
and ginger, and the pills were forced
! down Caliy,h's throat with a policernan's
club. The patient speedily recovered
Mr.. Nicholy Jensen, OF Washing
/ ton, has patented a simple device that
! greatly facilitates the accurate setting
| OF watches. Il consists in a lever
which, when pulled out, stops the sec
ond hand a the sixty point After
| this the other hands are set, and when
! the secondhand Of the regulator
reaches the sixty point lever on the
! watch being set is pushed in. This re-
| leases the secondhand and the other
| two the same moment The three
| hands thus march in step.
! The bluejay is the most persistent
| practical joker in the feathered king
dom. He will conceal himself fn a
clump of leaves near the spot where
| small birds are accustomed to gather,
and when they are enjoying themselves
in their own fashion Will suddenly
| brighten them almost to death by
screaming ont like hawk. Of curse
they scatter in every direction, and
| when they do so the miscellaneous rascal
gives vent to a cackle that sounds very
much like laugh If he confined his
pranl1s to such jokes as this, however;
he would not be such a bad neighbOr to
| birds smaller than himself, but when
he amuses himself by breaking the eggs
in their nests and tearing the young to
| pieces with his bill he becomes pesti-
/ lent nuisance, and they often combine
their forces to drive him out Of the
neighborhoOd-