The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

I'm the west of France a cord IN pue
around the neck of geese. and 10 thia
cord is suspended horizontally in front
of the breast = long and heavy stick.
Goats in the same region are bridled-
il, indeed, we may call il byidling--
exactly in the same fashion Tho obs
ject in both cases is to keep the
animals from passing through tho
hedges and eating the grass of neigh.
bora
Until recent years alcohol was gem
orally used for preserving specimens Of
fishes by nataralists. but other things
are now taking its place Tho best Of
these appears to be solution of ace-
tate Of soda. which is spread on tho
fish like salt. each layer of the fish
being covered with il in turn. Prince
Henri d'Orleans used this preservativo
during his travels in Indo-China and
found IL excellent
An actor of note passed his vsca-
ton in a Vermont village. Among the
residents was = girl who had seen him
play in Boston, and whs said that she
wss lest dyin'" TO see him OF the
stage. As he passed her house one
day, smoking a brier roo. pipe. and
dressed in an old suit of English
checks, she exclaimed: ''oh, I'm 50
sorry that I've seen him thought he
looked as he did In Claude lH.lHoffc
The cost in making a frs,-class
lead pencil is not in the wood. nor i'm
the finishing. hut in the time and labor
necessary to make II perfect Tho
graphite carefully selected FOR the pnT-
pose is nosted through water time and
time again, and in this way the grit
and cosrser particles sink aud become
detached Then comes long continued
grinding and careful mixing and other
painstskins operations which make uP
the pcrfec, pencil
A translation of a Chinese recipe
engraved on many tespota manufSct-
ured in the celestial kingdom is a. fol
lows: 'On slow fire set tripod
Fill it with clear rainwater. Boil 1t a.
long rs would Be needed TO turn a fish
white and = lobster red Throw this
upos the delicate leaves of choice tes
Let IL remain as long a. the vapor rises
IN cloud. Al your ease drink the
pure liquor. which will chase away the
five causes Of trouble
The gold bugs which were ~ popu-
lar as ornaments few years ago were
most Of them manufactured. There 70
. genuine gold bug. or beetle. colors,l
o pure bronze. but IL l. found only ia
the tropics. and is not plentiful even
there. The gold bn1 81 commerce ia
simply th. common June bng dipped IN
,hellac and rolled ia very ans COLA
dust After the dust h@. dried ia shs
shelisc the bug except in weight
would pass for pi-cs of grnnia. go.a
js.elrF.
be wish 20 conceal her aye Is NJ
popularity supposed 20 D. s~ooud nature
10 every woman tha. IL has ecrss - =.
accepted as slnost on. ~ her prcrugas
tives Even on the witness stAnd ls-
gal inquiry and Judgment are very
lenisnt on th.s point here IA America
Over in Austria. hoxe~er. IL se@rrs. Il -
serious osTense. and recently nssr-
rage was declared void because the
husband proved that hss wife bad DE-
esives bin "a Ia her zves claiming 70
be fft,en years yoangsr than shs
really was
"A ne~ brick k-rnskinz machine i 81
BE- noted among tb. rec~ss nsecnsosezL
novelties IL - = simple eosstrsva-nre.
consisting Of tAb.e covered With irga
brick Hsoiss 70 uaseh an electric cur
ren, is applied. the liable being eight
By four.een feet and nosding one sAos-
eAnd snolas sosnss .<sxs,hsr b<1
piyeon-h -hoiss. each rrsoid ts th. sir- %
Sriex Which has ben pressed bet nos.
baked and each has cos~x - tttet 40
to folio. tae s~sek ss IL shrfnks. Th-
bricks are taken frssn The presses saa
placed IN she Mods. the cover adjust
81. and the ea~-Snt tsru~a GA The
iroa s-des ot The n0iA. form the ''rs-
sissanc~ and ;Ae bricks are vistussIy
iaeiossed by walls of Sire: she bricx say-
ing shrank 20 The proper SIZE. the ssak-
ing covers of the aaeids automatically
turn pn the current the osslag y daeO
AID ;As erse&s ere duRDok