The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The wooden manufactures of En-
gland were begun by party of Flem-
ings who were driven from their own
country and took refuge on the island
during the reign of William the Con.
queror.
"A hollow celestial globe of copper
At Pembroke college. Cambridge. Eng.
was constructed in the last century as
a lecture room. and will hold a half
dozen persons or more. The constella-
tons are depicted on its interior, aud
it rotates on its axis
-Gurlt has collected figures which
show that there is one death to every
three Thousand administrations Of
chloroform, while with ether there is
only one fatal case in fourteen thou
sand. Ether il dangerous TO the lungs,
chloroform to the heart
Mr.. Mullarkey's hired girl turned
on the natural gas in the cook stove
and applied lighted match, but the
gas didn't burn. Then she emptied the
oil can into the stove, tried another
match, and made one Of the liveliest
explosions ever seen in the Ohio town
Of Bellevue.
Senator Blanchard, of Louisiana,
Is one of the most skillful sportsmen
in the country. He is dead shot with
the pistol Mr.. Blanchard was once
challenged to fight duel. hut the
challenger, upon learning of his Won
derful skill with tho pistol, withdrew
the dam nd for IN tisfacfiOn
1T was stated in q recent number
of Bradstreet's that 'Convicts from the
New York state prison at Dannemora
have constructed 8, 400 feet Of macadam
road and 8, $50 feet Of cobblestone gut
ter, set 5000 feet of curbetone and
made 1850 feet OF earth sidewalk since
June 81 last"
Exhaustive experiments in the cul
tivation of tea are soon TO be made in
Russia The czar is personally inter
ested in the plan, and experts are ar
ranging for the cultivation of the plant
in the western limits of tho Caucasus,
where the temperature is much the
same as that in which the plant crews
in China
Richard IL, of England, was about
as weak and effeminate as Richard l.
was ferocious and lion-hearted. IL was
during the reign of the second Richard.
quite appropriately, that long-pointed
toes were in vogue. Some of them
reached 10 the knees, TO wien they
were attached by gold or silver chains
Several papal bulls were issued against
these long-toed shoes, but they ccntin-
ued in favor for more than a century.
In the window Of a cigar store on
Column bus avenue. in New York. is 70
be seen a freak of nature that attracts |
much attention II is a goldfish with. |
out any fin on its back Otherwise is !
is perfectly developed, and seems to I
suffer no Inconvenience from the ab- /
senee of this part of his anatomy. |
There is said TO be but one other speci- |
men in the country, and IL Is a stuffed
one in the Smithsonian institute a.
Washington
I'm an east side street the other I
day." said New York stroller. II met
A man who was selling vegetables from
!, push cart There was nothing very
about the mere fact of
,is selling veRe Ia bles from a push cart,
put there was something unusual and
attractive about the way in which he
rad the vegetables arranged He had
n hite and purple cabbs9es and pArs-
hips The csbbsges were disposed in
he sem lasce of a checker board and
he parsnips were ARA nged around the
,dge. with the oig ends against the
ides OF the cart and the points point
ny inward As q border"
AT Madras. sone time ago. a vals-
bile lion. having incautiously allowed
Is tail 20 stray into an adjoining cage,
he tail was seized by an evil-disposed
eopard. close 10 the lions body, when.
5 the lion attempted TO escape alzos.
he whole of the skin of bis tail wAs
tripped OF This was followed by
uch an amount Of Inflammation that
he lions life was in danger. Surgeon
iaj Miller, brother Of the late Prot
filler. Of Edinburg. the surgeon 70 the
overnor of Madras volunteered 20
ertorm zmputation- The hon was
eized II bis cage and his head covered
nth cap containing q considerable
uan.ity OF cki0roform Re vse then
ragged 20 the edge Of the cage and !
be tail passed through the bsr> whore
n. Miller cie-eriy performed his o2~r-
tioE The lion made a good recovery.
Dealers in eurios have way Of
avia9 that ssr1ovars are nos obtain
tls 10 New York. and travellers 20
.a.sis sometimes import them ~ great ,