Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-14
PARAGRAPHS OF INTEREST.

Forty three of lowa's many school
houses are built of logs.
The dcrvishes of Tablet, Morocco. have
eclar,d Il holy war against the sultan,
Dynamos are being run by windmills.
Three cighty-one ton guns 10y krupp
have been delivered ut the Dardanclles.
There are 600 men in Cincinnati who
carry an aggregate life insurance of $i0,-
600, 900.
A big oak tree was recently fcllcd in
Pike county. Missouri. 1t made 420
fence posts and cords of wood.
\ company has been formed in Berlin
to manufacture electrical watches. Two
small cells and small electric motor
take the place of the ordinary move
ment.
\ steam logger, or snow locomotive
lately constructed. is in use in the logging
camps of northern Michigan. where it
draws with ease sleds holding 30. 600 feet
of logs over snow II foot deep.
There is still in force in Rhode Island a
law forbdding the smoking of cigar on
the main street of any city in the state.
and in Vermont the smoking of cigar
on the street on Sunday is made mis-
dcmeanor.
\ seed company in Atlanta has Just
sold to the car Of Russia. through the
chronological agent of the Russian gov
crnment at Washington, 900 bushels of
cotton seed, the first shipment from this
country.
\ Chinaman named Confucius has
reached England on visit from his
native land. He claims to be direct
descendant in the seventy-second genera
ton of the famous Confucius who gave
China religion.
a novel way to move house was
adopted AZ the railroad depot at Orlando,
Fla, the other day. The house was
slipped upon the railroad tract an engine
was backed up and hitched on, and the
house pulled along, sliding on the tracks.
a Swedish farmer has hit upon the
idea of lighting his farm by electric
lights. and has purchased dynamo and
connected ii with IA waterfall close by.
The man intends also to employ it for
working tllreshing machines and for
similar work.
There are 1900 acres of vineyards
along the Hudson River valley and the
average yield is four tons to the acre At
three cents per pound this means $40
per acre to the grower. Some grow
larger crops than this average and realize
$500 per acre III sales.
Macy Warner, who was hanged at
jefferson. Ind. for murder made the
following saliows speech: If any of you
ever take a glass of whisky, before you
put it to your lips think of Macy Warner,
and look into the bottom of your glass
and see if You can't see a rope there.
Barnum's latest big scheme was the
writing of his autograph on the fly leaf
of $500 sopies of his autobiography. He
liked the fun so much that he refused to
have the name autographed, but insisted
on writing his name IN each copy. The
books are for presentation to editors. gov
errors, the president and other great
Americans.
In The investigation as to frauds3in food
and other articles now making by the
committee on agriculture of the house of
representatives, some disgusting exposures
have been made. One witness testified
that diseased swine are bought and turned
into lard and their fat sold for household
use. In one case 1900 smothered hogs
were thus used up. and animals suffering
from hog cholera are put into the tanks
and turned into lard for family Use con.
stantly.