Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-28
IRREGULARITIES.

In the year 1861 there was made at
Seidenberg, Germany, O barrel capa.
BILE Of holding 800 hogsheads Of water.
This great vessel-no doubt the largest ever
made-was composed Of liz solid beams,
which were q feet long. 16 feet across the
ends, and Is feet through the center.
The baby camel who is now Furnishing
Ia Central park, New York, is about the
size Of q colt, with long legs, and without
any hump on Its back. The neck il very
short, but will develop In time. As the
mother was born In the park, the baby
camel IL o true American.
A species of spider has been discovered
on the African coast, the long, firm web Of
which closely resembles yellow silk, and il
said to be very nearly as good as the pro.
duct of silk worms. The matter has been
investigated by the Lyons silk merchants
with favorable results, and there seems to
be nothing to prevent acclimating the in.
sect In Frame.
Aoeosdiug to the Frankfurter Zeitung,
o large eagle wa shot on April Is at Max.
koo, Lapland, which had around its neck
o brass chain with q little tin boz attached
to 1t. This box contained q slip of paper
on which wa. written In DANISH: Caught
In 1892 by w. and O. Anderson, Boetod,
in Falster, Denmark"
A Turin jsweler has made a tiny boat
formed of u single pearl, which shape II
assumes in swell and concavity. Its sail
Is OF beaten gold, studded with diamonds,
and the binnaele light at its PROV Is o per.
feet ruby. An emerald serves as its rud,
der, and It's stand Is o slab of ivory. II
weighs less than half an ounce; its price Ii
5000.
Dora Hells, aged II, died at Reading,
Pa., recently OF q rupture of q blood YES.
sci brought about in q very strange man.
ner. Two years ago o small lump ap'
peared on her right arm and increased
gradually, until recently her arm got to be
thirty.four inches 10 circumference near
the shoulder, The enlargement Of the
bone caused the arteries to burst. Hem.
orrhages followed and she d ed Of exhaus.
ton. The arm weighed forty.two pounds.
A California lion, measuring six and
half feet from tip to tip, was killed q few
canyons back of the Hitler place, Sants
Barbara, Cal. This ia doubtless the SAM
lion reported as seen from time to time in
that vicinity. Various disappearances OF
fowls, pigs, ETC., are charged to his 90
count, and those residing in the neighbor
hood are to be congratulated on the death
of 80 formidable and dangerous q prowler
1t Is said that "albinos," or white freaks
are to be found in every species Of bird ane
beast. Not long ago Mr. Huston, OF Ken
nard, Ind, caught a white rquirrel. TIL,
little creature is az white as snow, and ap
pears to be healthiul. It plays q gooc
deal, and Ia quite a pet. In FIuvsnni
county, Virginia, during the winter jus
gone, q sportsman shot q white partridge
The birds plumage is as white as that of
s~ea.gull. 1t was sent to Richmond, wher
1t has been stuff. ID and mounted as a curl
osity.
- There Ia a curious clock in the cathedra
: LubecS. Germany. On the end of tn.
nor hknd there is o little clock whicl
keel exact time with the large clock
inns ittle Nmepiece Of course goes roun'
: n round the larger dial, and reminds on
OF q "whsel within o wheel" In q Swis
museum mere ID = watch that is only thre
sixteenth OF an inch in diameter. It is in
I serted In the top Of an old.fashioned pen
cil-csse, Ich as u grahdmothers used t
posses. .ts little dial not only indicate
hours, minutes, and seconds, hut also day
Of the month.
The oariohes recently turned out In Lo
Angeles county became panic stricken las
week ami knocked the fence down, enc q
the birdi escaping. ! he Anaheim G azett
says: a reward OF fifty dollars was Of
fered fG the bird. As Mr.. Strong, {
; Norfolk. vas driving along the highway th
ostrich valued socially up to his WACO
and examined It's contents carefully, sv
IDENTIFY insearch of something eatabie.
subsequently, fraternizsd with q band q
|. sheep, and resented undue familiarity O
!. the part < the herdsr by knocking hil
down Whenever he approached too clos.
He was bund With the sheep and returne
to his companions"