The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-10
BITS OF IMPROVISATION.

BITS OF INFORMATION.
The St. Louis authorities have adopted
plan Of conveying patients from the
dlspensary TO the city hospital by means
Of an electric railway ambulance. A
street car with electric motor attach
ments has been fitted up as an ambu-
lance. II Is intended to run the car TO
all parts of the city 10 response to ambu-
lance calls. The car will be permitted to
make an average speed Of twelve miles
an hour.
Shortly before his death General Banks
visited the adjutant generals Office In
Boston to find out what his rank wash
said he remembered he was in the war;
he felt quite certain OF it. He was un-
able to remember with distlnctness how
he was ranked, and he had come to the
adjutant general to find out, He was
dignfied aud courteous, as usual, but for
some time previous his mind had become
wreck.
The largest plow In the world, per-
haps, is owned by Richard Glrd, OF San
BernardiDo county, California. This lm-
mense sod turner stands eighteen feet
high and weighs So 600 pounds. II
rams by steam, is provided with twelve
12-ineh plow shares, snd Is capable of
blowing fifty acres of land per day. 1t
consumes from one to one and a half
tons Of coal per day, and usually travels
at the rate OF four miles an hour.
Morrison, Jan English traveller of the
seventeenth century, while at Danizic,
Prussia, says he saw q mill which, with-
out the help of human hands, did saw
boards. IL had great iron wheel, which
did no. only drive the saw but which did
also nook in and turn the logs onto the
saw" DR.. Johnt dee must have seen a
similar mill at Prague. OF ut he says:
II saw me a mill at Prague ,of which 1
verify believe the devil himself was
MASTER
Impudence seems to be the leading
characteristic with the weasel in his re-
lations with man. Perhaps the creature
has cvufdeuce that his long, slender
body can always ibo snatched away into
safety before the ordinary human being
can do him harm. At any rate, the
weasel will cooly'sit in the chink OF
stone wall and cody watch the doings
.t,li - l.;
asylum. and after bightfall the beast
will crawl about fearlessly within n
yard or two OF any human being that
may approach its haunts
a committee Of English sportsmen and
naturalists has been formed for the pur-
pose OF devising some scheme FOR the
protection of South African animals.
chiefly giraffe. zebra, gland. gnu. koodoo
aud other snteopes. several OF which.
OH the verge OF eXtinctian, To attain
this desirable end it is proposed 20 In
close a sgitable tract OF country Of about
100. 600 acres by a wire fencing, strong
live fence of thorn on the outside.
A curious Instance Of home coming
after many years is the return Of the
iron chain that was stretched across the
Hudson in revolutionary days 10 Ring
wood. y. j., where II was made. Ring
God is now the county seat OF Abram
$. Hewitt. Some time ago, when the
chain was sold TO a junk dealer for old
iron. Mr. Hewitt heard OF II. bought as
much of IL as was left. about 200 feet
and intends 10 use it as a low fence
around a grass plot on his lawn. Not
only this chain came originally from the
Old continental foundry. hut also on the
land that forms part of Mr.. Hewitt's
place were cast most OF the cannon balls
used by the Americans in the reyoiu-
ton.
A curious wedding took place at Rom
ford Abbey Church, England. recently,
both parties being deaf aaa dumb, A
deaf aud dumb clergyman was expected
to officiate. but he was prevented ny ill
ness from attending. This caused little
anxiety to the couple, and "a search was
made for a lawyer TO give advice, so that
tne contract might be perfectly valid,
but one could not be found. However
u clergyman. with the assistance Of the
orue's brother. who acted as interpreter,
proceeded with the ceremony. Prayer
books were placed in the hands oi the
bride aud bridegroom, and each made
s,gns by pointing as the passages were
read. Then, when responses were re-
CURED to the questions the parts were
submitted in writing, and read aud duly
sign, aud witnessed. These documents
will be keut,iu the abbey as mementoes
Of the wedding.
"A Virginia inventor has constructed a
new engine of improved working capa-
city, among the advantages enumerated
bafno Tint tho v,tlva IL tarfactly hat.