The herald., 1896-12-18
STARBEAMS

There is a Kansas City High school
girl who can chew gum and recite Horace
at the same time.
The usually practical and sensible
Dunkards are going into colonization
scheme in Brown county, Ind.
Nine. Melba shows her appreciation
of the high STANDARD OF mus4,ai taste IA
America by investing 100000 in new
gowns.
Seven miles an hour is the camel's lin
it, nor can it maintain this rate over two
hours. Its usual speed is five miles an
hour.
Susan g. Anthony is never seen in pub
lie in anything but black silk gown,
which is the New England uniform of
spinsterhood.
Muscotah, ILL.,. has citizen who is 40
years old, and the people there are not
proud enopgh of him to keep him out of
the poor house.
1t was rather unexpected that the de-
nial of Mr.. Talmage's engagement would
| come from the young woman, instead
| of from the man in the case.
Three highwaymen held up a ST. Louis
brewery the other day, but got only $500
for their trouble. They found plenty
OF beer, but little money.
An Indianapolis physician, after an
hours lively chase, caught a 'possum in
his back yard. That is lively and whole
some exercise for doctors who are wait
ing for patients.
AT Kokomo, Ind, the amputated leg
of drayman who had chilblains and
corns is to be disinterred under his doc
tors orders to relieve the mans presen.
sufferings from the old complaint
1t is said that because he did not under
stand how to mark his ballot properly
.-a1
g. Prohibition ticket. He knew mighty
well that that solution of the problem
involved no chance of harm to his own
business.
Sir John Lubbock, the naturalist has
been experimenting to find out how long
the common ant would live if kept out
of harms way. On August 8, 1888, an ant
which had been thus kept and tenderly
cared for died at the age of Is years.
which is the greatest age any species Of
insect has yet been known to attain
One night recently in Buena Park.
near Chicago, Miss Mary French Field.
daughter of the late Eugene Field, was
stopped by footpad. When he demand
ed her money she did not give it to him,
neither did she scream. She simply lift
ed her umbrella and threatened to punch
his eyes out. and that settled it.
prominent New York decorator has
1ancy When he decorateS for a rose
dinner to stand at the head of the table
after it. is done and toss a handful or
armful of roses over the table. Some
of them fall on glasses, into the bv bon
dishes, and wherever they fall they are
left. The guests do with these stray
posies as they like
In Mr.. Barrie's life of his mother, MAR
garet Ogilvie,' he tells the following joke
at his own expense. "A devout lady,
to whom some friend had presented one
of my books, used to say when asked
how she was getting on with it, Sal it's
dreary. weary, uphill work, but I've
wrastled through with tougher jobs in
my time, and, please God, I'll wrastle
through with this one
The big revival now going on in hila-
delphia eliminated the other day in
street parade of the 800 church workers
In way this suggests the religious pro-
cessions of the middle ages in Europe
The houses along the route of the pa
rade were decorated with flags and Chi
nese lanterns red fire was burned and
skyrockets were set off. while the parad-
ers sang various Gospel hymns as they
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