Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-24
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

cheStnutS.
The highest velocity that has been
impaired to shot is given as sixteen
hundred and twenty-six feet per second,
being equal to mile in 80 seconds.
DIR. C. C. Abbott has discovered
that crows have no less than twenty
seven different cries, each distinctly
referable to a different action.-N Y.
Sun.
1t takes the labor of five men an
entire year to build locomotive. This
is the average at all the sixteen loco
motive works in the United States.-
N. Y. Times.
The Boston Post knows all about a
man by passing his house. If he has a
stone dog on the lawn that settles it.
and he is classed under the head Of
eminent citizens.
A Newark maiden attempted to
play on her piano the other day, but
could not sound note. Investigation
showed that her small brother had
filled the top full of molasses. -Newark
Register.
-''Did any one ever see girl get a
letter at the post-office from her fellow
and not read it until she got home?
No, sir; and history has no record Of
any such freak of girl. "-kentucky
State Journal.
In the presentation of a cup to an
English runner the other day, the
referee, making the speech, said: "You
have won this cup by the use OF your
legs, may you never lose the use of
your legs by the use of this cup. y
Local Option IN England.
Among the gentlemen sent to State
Prison this fall in various localities may
be mentioned "Brocky Bill, )" "Whale-
bone SAM" "Texas Jim," Terrible
JONES' ''The Hustler" Bully Bates"
and 'sScotch John" Society will drag
this winter. Detroit Free Press.
The New York State capitol build
ing is the most expensive edifice on this
continent 1t has already cost six
teen million four hundred thousand
dollars, and estimates of the further
sum required vary from five million to
fifteen million dollars. Y. Herald.
-Crocodiles are the only reptiles
whose nostrils point in the throat be-
hind the palate. instead of directly into
the mouth cavity. This enables the
crocodile to drown its victim without
drowning itself, for by keeping its
snOut above water it can breathe while
its mouth is wide open.-Boston Budget.
"A recent calculation shows that a
man weighing one hundred and sixty
pounds, and running mile in six min
utes, performs work about equal to
that of half-horse engine, while a
walker sustaining five miles an hour for
a long time does work equal to that of
a quarter-horse engine, and consumes
only one-twentieth of the weight Of
food or fuel
General Sherman said at the cattle
convention at st. Louis recently: Il
myself have seen the cowboys of Ari-
zona, New Mexico and Texas, and can
say they are brave lot of fellows, a
little wild, perhaps laughter1 but. on
the whole, with the impulses Of a
generous and manly nature. l wish
one and all of you health, happiness
and prosperity"
Dogs dream precisely as people do.
You will hear and see them growing
in anger. barking in excitement and
wagging their tails with pleasure.
Sometimes they have nightmare and
need to be awakened, when, if it is
done gently, they will draw a long
breath of relief from some horror and
60 right on sleeping quietly for awhile.
Hartford COurant
"A New York photographer is
quoted as saying: "After twenty-five
years experience under the skylight,
and photographing over one hundred
and fifty-seven thousand people, Ihave
become convinced that in nineteen
cases out of twenty the left side of the
face gives the most characteristic like
ness, while to the same degree the right
side is the most symmetrical" l."
Life in New York flats, where each
floor is occupied by different family
is not always harmonious. A musical
young lady, who lives on the second
floor of fiat on Concord avenue,
meeting on the stairs the old gentle
who lives on the first floor, said to him:
THAT miserable dog of yours howis
all night long, Eyes, l know it; but
to make up for it he doesn't play on the
piano all day long. g."-N. Y. Star.
One of the queer sights in the
streets of Japan is the rows of wooden
sandals, old and new. large and small,
which are seen outside of the doors o.!
the houses, where they are left upon
entering. They have separate place
for the great toe, and make a loud,
clacking noise. 1t is surprising to see
how quickly the people step in and out
of them without even stopping. Straw
slippers are also worn, and travellers,
starting on a journey, take a supply OF
several pairs, in order to have new
ones ready when the old ones give out.
They cost only one and one-half cents
a pair.
The old-timers will not recognize
the utility of the weather bureau. just
after the recent cold wave had come, a
merchant in explaining the cold
weather flag, said: Now, you see,
the flag is hung out at least twenty-four
hours before the cold wave reaches
this place. This gives the people time
tO nrotact al rariS able roodc :, ..Tb a r