Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-28
A LITTLE OF EVERY THING.

Ar the present rate Of expansion In one
hundred years the En0lish language win
be spoken BY half Of the people Of the
world.
ALARoE boa constructor lately got loose
in New York animal store, and squeezed
and swallowed . mokey fastened by Q
chain.
Ar Lexington, KY, . lawsuit that was be.
gun In 1911 has just been settled. L 70.
lated 70 land claim, and the sum in dispute
was originally about t6y0oO.
The commissioners Of the Yosemite Val
ley have ordered the demolition Of miles Of
fences and many unsightly buildings, leav-
Ing moro space for campers and tourists.
VICTORIA, B. c., 10 SAID 70 be the dulIest
city In North America. Business men get
down to their once AZ p. M, and leave ct 1
p. m. After that the town 10 completely de-
serted.
TEE size Of the canvas On which Millet
painted "L'Angelus," the famous $4,000
picture, b 2lX BY 4S1< inches. The paint
Ing was paid Tor 10 tho rate Of e204.0a per
square inch.
A scHH1D Tor Matching partridges for
stocking A0ntgSmery County, Pa, 10 70 be
put Ia 0peFGsi0n by tho Game Protective
Association Of that county. The eggs will
BE bought 10 large quantities and hstched
In artificial incubatOrs.
AHNHFTA AHD MyRIAM BoGGs, maiden sis
ters, who committed suicide the other day
in Jackson County, W. Va, left Q letter
bearing both their signatures in which they
etated that they were tired Of life. - there
was nothing IN Il for old maids that was
worth the living.
RECENT storms have washed thousands
OF tons Of culm down upon farming lands In
the vicinity Of Sudbury, Pa, and . number
OF farmers have taken legal action to re-
cover damages from the Mineral Mining
Company, the Philadelphia q Reading rail-
road and other operators.
THERE las been competition among
stenogrsphers 70 decide how many words
can DO written on Q postal card. Sylvanus
Jones, Of Richmond, Va, has taken the
prize BY writing 81, 164 words. Mr.. Jones
b Q shorthand writer employed by the
0riGhthope Railway Company Of Richmond
An aFtesian wen In North City, . suburb
Of D. Augustine, Pa, is said - have the
largest flow Of any aFtssiAn well In the
woRId. 1t II IN elghNincA well and ~ Cow
exceeds the highest expectations. Prom Q
measurement made By Dr.. J. Z. NGin0y the
dow exceeds 1000 gallons per mInut0, or
over II, 900 gallons every twenty.four
hours.
CAMPING out 10 capable Of much luxury,
A large camp ct the Adircndacks contains
about forty acres. The sleeping apart
ments are all in separate tents, the draw
ing-room and dining-room being in q very
pretty log cabin ovePhanginR the lake. In
one place IL An artistic childreps' play
house, and in another Q perfectly rolled
tennis court shaded by lofty birches. The
| stables are near.
i GERMAN peasant who arrived ct Castle
Garden recently with ouIy seven francs In
his pocket had been told by an emigration
agent that gold was - plenty In tAis coun.
Try that people gave golden trinkets q
their children TO play with and trimmed
the carriages, buildings and streets with
the precious metal He therefore sold his
little place, bought . ticket for New York
| Spd gave farewell feast 70 his neiRhhors.
He was u b sent back.
| TExR1 % n old man In WashinRto
named Roger Evans, who claims to have
polished the boots Of every President since
| the time OF jackson. He has been obliged
at ttmes 70 resort 70 peculiar devices to &C.
complish his designs On the shoos Of q new
Executive. Up TO few weeks ago he had
not been able to capture Harrisou'e feet.
but he met the President one DAY recently
about block from the White House. Har.
ftso4's shoes were very dusty, and in an in.
slant Evans had his bog on the ground, and
| before the President realized what had hap,
pened had begun 70 wield his brushes Wig.
orously. Harrison had 20 submit.