The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-05
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There are thirty-eight letters in the Rus
| sian alphabet.
! Six thousand pigs are eaten In the Lon
| don suburbs each week.
| In Paris the street doors are wide; In
London they are narrow.
+ There are manufactured in the United
| States 5000, 900 kegs Of nails year.
A swOrdfish was captured by New
London (Conn.) skipper which weighed 600
pounds.
News from the front concerning the,
army worm is to be found in every New
England paper.
James r. Atwater, who has just been
elected mayor Of Thomaston, Me-, is only
: % years old.
The man who feels that 1t Is necessary
| to support his word by an oath confesses
| that his character for veracity is not
above Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
A boy bridegroom at Siallxote, India,
was so vexed at his being jestingly made
| to bend his knee to his little bride, that
he killed himself by jumping into well.
A small piece Of candle may be made to
burn all night by putting finely powdered
| salt on it until it reaches the black part Of
the wick. A small. even light may be
kept in this way.
| A New York florist recently was stung
In the tongue by a small insect. The In
jury was SO serious that surgeon was
|
order to save his life.
The grave of John Fitch, who is said to
have first applied steam power to naviga-
| ton on the western rivers, is unmarked by
| any stone in an old cemetery In Nelson
county, Kentucky.
| Since the opening Of Carlyle's House,
Chelsea, on July q last year, 1t has been
entered by 400 people. The exhibit Of
| memorials has proved very attractive and
| will ha
| Visitors to Colorado Springs make the
ascent Of Pixies Peak almost daily, as
transportation is easy by cog road. On the
| top the luxury of snowballing In July
may be INDUCED in, as the snow is yet
| plentiful.
| Only one of the thirteen trees planted
Washington Heights by Alexander Hamil-
memorate the thirteen original states Of
the Union, is in flourishing condition
All Of the others are either dead or dying.
| Plans are well under way for the ex-
| pending Of s., 900 on the canals of New
York state, for which the people voted at
| the last election by a majority of 243,505,
and 1t is expected that the work will be
| done in the next two or three years. sss
Within the last four years q sum of
$40, 900 pounds has been expended in Inn
| proving Irish hotels, and nowadays
| wherever the tourist may travel, north;
| south, east or west in the Emerald Isle,
| he can count upon a clean bed and very
| fair table, @
Within the past year there have died in
Massachusetts four ex-governors and one
| governor. They are Ex-Governor Alex
| ander H. Rice, died July %, 1896; ex-Gov-
| ernor Oliver Ames, died October %. 1895;
Ex-Governor George D. Robinson, Febru-
| ary %, 1896; Governor Frederic e. Green
halge, March 5, 1896, and Ex-Governor
! n Ts,1v All
| Citizen.
| A Maine Central brakeman says that
tramps are not particular how they ride
| or what they ride in as long as they get the
ride. Recently the night freight out Of
| Waterville conveyed hearse on a fiat car
to Portland. Near Monmouth, as the
| brakeman was going over the train, he
discovered the feet of tramp protruding
from the hearse, and the man himself
| sound asleep.
The trade of the kidnapper fiourishes in
| Canton, China, and young girls can not
safely go about without an escort Re-
Gently three girls, accompanied by several
| maid servants went to a photographers
to get their portraits taken. They had
been in the shop only few minutes when
seven men broke rudely in, seized the
| maidens forced them to enter sedan chairs
which they had in waiting, and carried
| them of.
| Japanese coal Is to be placed upon the
California market in competition with the
| standard grades that have been used there
for years. The large steamers are load
| ing coal at Kobe for San Francisco, and
| two more steamers are under charter to
| carry similar cargoes for the same desti-
nation within the next 30 days. The bulk
| Of the coal consumed in California now
comes from the Puget sound and British
| Columbia mines, while big share is sup
| piled by Australia.
Prince Bismark used to be very fond of
| brandy. When he was going to war in
1866 his youngest son asked him how long
he was to he away. He replied that he
did not know. At that moment servant
came in to inquire how many bottles Of
cognac were to be packed up in the
Princes luggage. Twenty -four" - was the
answer. "Ah, papa" cried out the terri
BILE infant, now know how long you are
to be from home-twenty-four days.
"As in great many other things" says
a Chicago man, Chicago is in the lead in
transportation. One Of the big roads lead
ing out Of the city has adopted the expert
ment of making a uniform fve-cent fare
on all points on its lines within distance
of twenty miles from the center of the
city. The innovation is already proving
! very popular, and it is stated that there
| Is greater exodus than ever Of city peo-
J pie to the nearby suburbs. The railroad
| company is also said to be highly pleased
| with the new move, and 1t is likely to be-
come an established thing"
I A Norirdgewock (Maine) farmer enter
| tanned party of about 100 friends one
day last week, and the table was spread
| in the yard beneath the branches Of
/ willow tree which has an interesting his
! tory. The next day after President Lin
| coin was assassinated the farmer CHANGED
miles from home, and to assist him in his
| walk across lots cut willow limb which
| he used for a cane. AS he climbed the
| fence into his yard he stuck the cane
| into the ground. top end down. It took
root and grew as willows often do, and
today is large tree, covering space 81
| feet in diameter.
I When MI. Eady first began to fly kites
I at Blue Hill, Mass, an altitude Of $500
! feet was considered remarkable, but on
Tuesday an altitude Of 1900 feet above the
I level Of the surrounding country was at
/ tanned by a kite. The Blue Hill boys have
! now some two miles of strong wire on
hand. and think that they can achieve
! still greater penetration into the upper
| air than the present record Of mile and
quarter. The experiments of the pres
| ent week are likely to be OF Importance,
/ since Professor Harrington. late chief Of
| the weather service. and Mr.. Archibald
! from England. the first person to use kites;
I for meteorological purposes, are both in
town.-Boston Transcript. ss
| Louisiana has decided to make January
| -, Gen. Robert f. Lees birthday pub.
lie holiday. The idea OF observing
| special day in commemoration or men1ento
| Of the Southern Confederacy was proposed
only few years ago, but 1t has met with