Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1890 — OUT OF THE ORDINARY. [ARTICLE]

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Three years ago David Roys bought a section of land near Salt Lake City for $64,000. Last week he refused an offer of $448,000 cash for it. A recent law suit in Dahlonega, Ga., originating about a hen and chickens, compelled the defendant's husband to sell the only co® be possessed in order to get his wife out of it. Sparrow heads are . legal-tender among Michigan youngsters, in lots of ten. It takes one lot to buy a fishpole, and two will purchase a baseball, when they have been cashed in at the recorder's office. An Opelousas, i>a., gander has learned to turn the faucet ol a cistern with his bill, and when the water begins to flow he sets down under the stream, flaps his wings, takes a bath and has a good time generally. A cow fight at Ree Heights, Dak,, resulted in one of the animals having her neck broken, and the owner of the dead cow has brought suit against the owner of the victor for damages od the ground that the \ ictoi ious animal was the aggressor. A new industry lias sprung up in Kansas—that of collecting old tinware, which is used at the Argentine-smelter for fluxing purposes."" An industrious man can gather up a ton of it in a day. which brings $2.75 delivered at the railroad.

In each ton of camphor wood brought to this country from Japan there is 25 per cent, of camphor and 75 per cent, of waste. Moreover, onehalf of the camphor evaporates during the sea voyage, leaving 121 per cent, of the drug after reduction. Murder seems to b© the least perilous of all the felonious pastimes known to this country. Out of 14,779 murderers who took human life In the six years from 1884 to 1889, only 558 paid the penalty of their crimes by yielding their own lives to the law.

The brakes of a Richmond electric car became unmanageable on a down grade last week, and the car coming to a curve, left the track, and, plunging across the other track, ran into a bar-room. Fiite' ladies were in the car, but non e were seriously injured. A remarkable trout died recently near Kelso, Scotland. Its dead body was found in a covered well only a few feet in depth The tradition is that, some thirty-two years ago this fish was taken from the Tweed, placed in the well, and lived there until its death.

A lady in Americus is using a lamp chimney that she has had and used daily for the pa-st eight years, and she. expects to use it for many years yet.. She says that she boiled it in salt and water when it was bought, in 1882,. and no matter how large a flame runs through it, it won’t break. Lake Chelan. Wash., never freezes, although in latitude 48 degrees north* - The reason given is that it is so deep, and the warm water always rises from the bottom to supplant the cold, which goes down to warm itself. The Indians fish in the lake at all seasons and use salmon eggs for bait. Dr. Dixon, professor of hygiene at the University of Pennsyh-ania, lias been making some experiments with air and dust obtained in street cars. He has found in them the germs of many diseases, contagious and otherwise. Better ventilation and more effective cleansing are sorely needed. Two savage bulls, owned in Truckee. Cal, got into a fight a few days ago. While they were struggling with locked horns they stepped on the covering of an old well and both fell into the water. It took hours to haul them out. One of them was rescued alive.

A man named Fields, who had just died near Danville, Ky., never, it is said, though sixty-seven years old, slept a single night out of the house in which he was born, and never ate but one meal away from home. He was outside of his native county but twice, and then only for an hour each time.

A school-boy recently scalded his leg from knee to toe. As there were no signs of healing, the attending surgeon ehlorolormed a greyhound puppy to death, shaved his body, skinned it and grafted the skin on the boy’s leg. The healing was rapid, and the color of the grafted 6kin was uniform and very similar to that of the normal skin. One of the most interesting military sights in Europe is affordeed by the spectacle of dogs at drill in France. They are surrounded by an admiring group of vagrant curs, who do not enjoy the distinction of being enrolled under the French flag. The dogs are trained to act as scouts, messengers and sentinels. Artificial coffee is manufactured on an extensive scale in Germany. It is made from linseed meal, roasted to a dark color and mixed with Borne glutinous substance before being passed through machines, which turn out the compound in the shape of a real coffee bean. When the false bean is welt mixed with the genuine product only an expert can tell the difference. The Chinamen of Astoria, Ore., are arfmsing themselves with a huge top made out of an empty tweoty-five-pound white lead keg. A square opening is cut in the side, and it takes three men to spin it. one to hold the top and two to hold the string with a Stick, which sets it in motion. While spinning it sounds like the whistle of a steamer, and can be heard three blocks away. A remarkable coincidence is re potted from West Virginia. A censqs of Elm Grove was taken Friday, preparatory to incorporating the village as a town, with the following refill: Number ol males over twenty-one years of age, 148; numbpr of males twentyone years of age. 148; number of females over sixteen ye<js of age. 148; number of females under sixteen years of age, 148; grand total, 5*2-