The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-24
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
A German has invented an incandes-
cent lamp apparatu tus for showing the m
eerior of boilers while filed with steam.
There are at present In China only 1.o22
citizens OF the United States, nearly half
of whom are women; 5o6 are mission
aries.
Greenland. with its population of 10000.
is almost entirely Christianized by the
Moravians. Lutherans and Danish mis-
sonaries
The earthworm propels himself along
the ground or through the earth by
means of bristles projecting from each
ring of his body.
A tenement house in Muncie.. Ind. oc-
cupied by ]. T. Robinson and Roy Hprtt
was burned. The fire started by mice
gnawing matches.
. A well on the Bannock reservation at
Boise. Idaho. has been sunk to a depth
Of 40 feet and the water in h is of a
temperature OF 90 2-5 degrees
At Oakland. Cal, last Sunday burglars
robbed the contribution box In a church,
and at Sonora they broke into a Jail and
cleaned out the sheriff's coin.
With the exception OF New York the
sum total of the served congressional
years of Iowa members is greater than
those OF the congressman of any other
state.
Scientists estimate that every year a
layer equal TO IA feet of the surface of all
oceans and other bodies Of water Is taken
up into the atmosphere as vapor. z
There are nearly II. 100000 acres of land
In South Dakota subject to entry under
the homestead laws. There are great pos
sibilities IN this vast tract of uncultivated
soil. go
The center of the city of Birmingham,
England. is being undermined by the
nyriads of rats infesting the sewers The
damage done to property is incalcuiable,
In one place no fewer than $50 rats were
caught in one day.
Treasury officials expect an immense
importation OF sugar during the next four
months. which will add largely to the In
come Of the government The present
stock of raw sugar h the smallest this
country has had for years.
over SIG. .00o. 900 is invested in cotton mills
in North Carolina, only 10 per cent. of the
investment being from capital outside the
state. These mills use more cotton than
is raised In the old north state and fur
nish work for 24.s25 operatives. e5|
The football craze has invaded even the
college faculty. as We learn that Presi-
dent c. w. Lyon of Ellsworth college at
Iowa Falls. was induced 10 act as a
Sub" in a practice game. and in one of
the scrimmages the presidential knee was
disiocated and severely strained.
The London Spectator defines the Mon
roe doctrine as an American method of
keeping clear of European entangle-
ments. THE Americans" says that jour-
nal. valued intensely. and still value.
their isolation and aioofness from the
quarrels and alliances Of Europe.
A member of the legislature of Missis-
stppi has introduced a bill providing that
persons who make money by dealing in
cotton futures shall be fined to the full
amount of their prodts. and that persons
losing money in such transactions shah
be compelled to advertise their losses In
some newspaper. firr4s
The papal postage stamp. issued In
commemoration OF Sept. 20. and which,
of course. Ia only available for collec-
tions. has in the center a vignette por-
trait Of Leo Kill, upon a gold back
ground. above which Is written: Xxx
Eettembre. 1885," while below are the
words: "Evviva Leone XIII. Evviva
rItalia-"
Ga1ignanfs Messenger. after an exist
ence of 81 years, VIII lose its name on
New Years day. 1t will then be called
the Daily Messenger. late Galignani's.
till the end of the century, when the
name Galignani must disappear. accord
ing to the terms made by the family IN
selling it's interest in the paper. "f
In removing the body of Davis Reeves
from an old to a new cemetery on the
Licking river. near Hendricks. Magoffn
county. KY, Il was found that the body
had petriied and was so heavy that six
men were necessary to remove II. The
body retained its lifelike appearance to
such an exten as % be recognized by for
mer friends OF the deceased. sr
Four of New York's theaters now
charge 81 for orchestra seats. and three
of them advanced their prices from 81 30
at a time when the general business of
the country necessitated reductions In
wages. One manager says that there are
any amount of people who seem anxious
TO pay the steep price simply because
they imagine that II guarantees exclu-
siveness. .s....u
Mrs. Z. NJ. Gattreii OF Wheeling. w
Va. a married woman Of so years, who
has nine children OF her own and who is
seven times a grandmother besides. has
eloped with Charles Doyle. who left
wife In Moundsville TO fee with his aged
Juliet. Some time ago the couple attempt \
ed an elopement. but were both arrested
on complain OF Mr.. Gattrell. Both were
locked up and were only lately given
their liberty. The couple are supposed 10
be in ohio.
For Hoarseness. Coashs. Asthma and BrSn
chial Troubles. Use '"BrONns BToncllal
Iroehes." sold only nj Boxes. Avoid inita