Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-25
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A marriage recently occuIEcu u.a
fishing smack off San Francisco a.
A Frenchman of much ingenuity
has invented "a lock which admits
of 3,647, 5S5 combinations.
-Colored men propose to raise
$1,000,000i to erect monuments in
Washington to the sbenefactors of their
race. aFt An A,'.f...Af r. E8 ma
1t seems hard thing that so many
dudes should be walking about with
nothing to do when the hand organ
man has to pay forty dollars for a mon
key.-Baltimore Herald.
The people of Guadalupe, Mex,
are evidently engaging in agriculture
on an extensive scale, Judging from
the recent arrival of three hundred
American plows at that place. aa7
DR.. Richardson, of London, re-
marks thatif the mortality of the young
among the lower animals be compared
with that of the children, it will be
seen that there. is no animal which
loses SO large a proportion of its off
spring as women do. s.Eata a4aus
Farmer Underwood, of Rodman,
N. Y, took fine calf to Watertown in
his wagon to sell to the butchers. Just
as he reached the railroad alocomotive
came along and whistled shrilly. The
calf gave start, tumbicd and dropped
dead in the wagon. apparently dying of
fright.
buffalo papers are enthusiastic
over the game of base ball. The home
club was recently beaten by. one from
Rochester. and the next day the start
ling headlines in morning journal
announced: 'sRoasted by Rochester
The Buffalos Again Succumb. to the
Arch-Enemy. Troy Times.
"A Georgia newspaper man visited
a terrapin pen the other day where
were confined three hundred of these
costly little turtles. When their keeper
raped on their pen they crowded
about like drove of hogs, and showed
like eagerness to tackle the feed, which
was shrimps, crabs and small fish.
Does the sunlight falling upon an
ordinary wood fire have any effect upon
its burning? 1t is popular notion
that the fire burns more feebly when
the sun shines full upon it. is now
alleged by scientific men that there
may be some such influence produced
by the action of the sun Chicago
Times.
Alfred Krupp- owns probably tho
largest business in the world dependent
on one individual. The works within
the town of Essen. Germany, occupy
more than five hundred acres, half of
which are under cover. According to
a census taken in September, 1881, the
number of hands employed by Mr..
Krupp was 10, ,605. and the members Of
their families 1916 making 65,3Sl
persons supported by his works. .f
-Six-year-old Daisy Gatchell was
fishing from a pier in Cayuga lake, N.
Y, one day recently. She had her
hook baited and was about to throw it
into the water when duck waddled
up, swallowed the hook, entered the
water and swan away with e-hG6k,
line and pole. The bird was pet and
was used as decoy by the sportsmen,
and when it heard its masters call it
swan to the shore. The hook was cut
off with file and removed without Sc
rous injury to the duck. @At-@' a~
The population of PENNSYLVANIA,
by the last census, was 4,2S2,S ,S9l, and
in composition approximated more
closely to the normal standard than
most American States, males being to
females as 2l3 to 214; native born to
foreign born as 36 to 3, and white to
colored as 419 to s. This is more
nearly equal proportion of the sexes
than in any of the adjoining States,
smaller proportion of foreign born than
in New jersey, New York or Ohio, and
q smaller proportion of colored than in
Delaware, Maryland or West Virginia
--PhiladeLph5a Press. ai Es. aa.s
Some two weeks ago a young man
of Moransburg, Pa, was bitten on The
ankle by copperhead snake. Whisky
was applied externally and internally,
but in an hour or two the limb-had
swollen to such an extent that serious
consequences were feared. The lads
father then placed his sons foot lin a
basin and poured coal oil in the. recep-
tacle until the wound was covered.
Not long after substance resembling
was noticed in the oil, and
the young man found relief. Next day
he was sufficiently recovered to walk
about.-P7tttadellahja Record. ss4of
A box left at Boston police sta
ton one day recently by a messenger
caused a great deal of NERVOUSNESS
among the officers tor awhile. 1t was
suspected that the box contained dyna-
mite, and Chief Nelson left the station
hurriedly. AS the policemen came in
and looked at the box they werewarned
that it was dangerous, and they hur-
ried out When Policeman Kean start
ed to open the box the others warned
him. All the policemen in the station
went across the street while Kean
opened the box and therein toy
wooden dog g--Boston Herald. a,ifa
The late renowned. trotter,e Ham.
bletonian, is buried at Chester, n. Y.
This remarkable animal is the founder
Of family of trotters that has.added
many millions of dollars to the taxable
property of the Union. In addition he
has given the people of the United
States roadster that has no equal on
the globe. After the death of the
widow of Hambletonian 5 owner the
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