Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-02
sINGULARITIES.

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OF furniture made Of glass.
Strawberries weighing seyen-eigths Of an
ounce each have been grown in Delaware this
yoar.
A deyil-fish, measuring eigth feet in circum-
ference, was captured ut Santa Monica, Cal.
a few days ago.
John Browns shackles, the ones used on
him at Harpers ferry, are owned by George
b. Kennison, Of Booth Bay, Me.
Ten well -preserved teeth Of the sabcr-tooth
tiger were excavated at the Nevada state pris-
on quarry last week. close to prehistoric tracks.
A resident near Retford. England, while
in his garden, was stung on the forehead by a
a bee, and died instantly from the effects OF
the poison.
Baron Rotachild's carriages at Vienna IN liSh-
cd by e~lectr!ct light. The Apparatus is be-
meath the coachman's seat, and the light,
vii burn 100 hours, within ordinary carriage
lamps.
A salt well being drilled at Pearl Creek,
near Warsaw N. Y. has passed through thirty
feet % salt shale and eighty FIVE feet Of pure
salt, and the end Is not yet. The present
depth of the well is 100 feet.
A fish dealer in .Bridgepart, Conn, has been
exhibiting a cat fish which was exactly alike
on both sides, with the exception Of a small
spot under the throat, and many old fishermen
said they had never seen anything like 1T be
fore.
New Haven il talking of free kindergartens
Miss Brooks, of Springfield, Mass, told al
audience gathered at President Woolsey's tn,
other evening about her work, and a commit
tee was appointed to form a kindergarten ~
ISOLATION.
1t has been observed that observation-disclosures
extends far down in the scale of creation. Par
riots take hold of their food in their right foo
by preference, and MIR. Crookes is inclined t.
believe that insects like wasps, beetles, an,
spiders use the right anterior foot most fire.
quently.
South African children have rs n fayorits
plaything a snake. II is a tiny little earth
snake, rarely found over three inches long, wit
a CLASSY jet black skin, long pointed head an
who tie its little body up in knots, TO have tn
pleasure of seeing it until itself. 1t is perfect
" harmless
The Virginia Military Institute, at Licking
ton, Va, has turned out 124l graduates, {
whom 200 were killed in battle, 175 have bt
come professors, 1876 mining and civil eng
neers, 100 merchants, "a farmers and plan
ers, 30 physicians, 80 c~lergymen and 10 banl
ers. The institute is supported by the stat
and is conducted upon the same principles .
West Point. The present graduating cla'
numbers twenty-one.
Beside each plate at a recent dinner
Paris was a telephone which was connecte
Will n ulhVhut bdiDu, WucTt " suItTD OrCuc
ira was playing. 1t would not do to try an
thing Of the kind in this country. The effe
of the music would he ruined amidst cries
"Hello central Office ? connect 1907 with Is
Blast the thing. Don't understand. You'
stoo near. Stand back u little What d.
say. | can't hear a word Hello r.
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Transcript.
Tn existing cedars Of Lebanon are near
900 years old. The express trees ut Moptezun
Mexico, according to French botanist, a
5000 years old, and consequently he max
them out coeval with the creation Of the worl
Still that IN only estimate. The oldest tree
earth, so far as absolutely known, is the "B
tree In the sacred city of Amarapoora, Burma
1t was planted in 2SS b. G. and is according
2,17i years old. Its great age il proved
historical documents, according to Sir gan
Emerson Tennent, who says: To 1t kings ha
even dedicated their dominions. in testimo
of belief that II IL a branch of the identical {
tree under which Buddah reclined at Urumel
when he underwent his adotheosia.
About eight miles from Kingston, Ont, a
400 yards from the river st. Lawrence, rises
lofty granite ridge, ON which are three we
carved out of the solid rock, which have def
the queries of the oldest inhabitants as to tn
intended use. These cylinders, only four f.
deep and a foot or more in diameter, 4
hewn out of rcck which the keen., st temper
tools of modern times would scarcely chip, a
from top to bottom they are as smooth as I
finest polished Scotch granite. They alws
contain a oopious supply Of pnre wat
which must be supplied by rains, as no 81
face water can penetrate them The popu
idea is that therein former savages pound
their corn, but the diameter of the holes a
their disproportionate depth render that i
probable.
A pearl fishery Of create promise was, so
time back, reported in the Gulf of Mexi
During the winter fishermen prospectors hl