Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-25
or GENERAL INTEREST.

any other city in these United States,
A yulture measuring nine feet
from tip to tip was lately shot near
Julien, San Diego County, Cal, as it
was sailing away with full-grown
sheep in its claws.
Collars and cuffs for women are
now made of steel lace, as fine as cob y
web, and in any color. They with
stand the warmest weather and are
winning favor rapidly.
A pipe smoked by General Jackson
while he was President, was recently
presented to the New England His
torical Society. 1t is still strong. Vir-
ginia plug was Old Hickory's favorite
brand. --i --
A citizen of Burlington, Nj, was
bitten on the leg by dog eight years
ago, and every year since, on the an~
niversary of the bite, it is said, the in
jured member has swelled to twice its
natural size.
There is catawba tree in the
front yard Of a house in Camilla, Ga,
which bears three crops Of leaves
every year, and, strange to say, each
crop is destroyed by what is called the
catawba worm.
Soft she'll crabs are always cheaper
after a day or two of thunder showers,
They can not be kept alive in such
weather. Electricity in the air is
fatal to them. Dealers can not explain
it, they only know it is so.
In Webster County, Ga, recently,
twenty hogs belonging to farmer
took refuge from astorm under clump
of bushes that grew near tall pine
tree. The tree was struck by light
ming and every hog instantly killed.
An Oregon City, Ore, clergyman
got lost in the woods while en- route to
Arthur's Prairie, ten miles distant, to
marry couple, and not until after the
lapse of forty-eight hours did he reach
his destination. The bride and groom,
together with the invited guests
waited all the while
The defense scare in England has
|
has 294 admirals and only fifty armored
sea-going ships. Only thirteen adj
mirals are7employed, drawing $4,000,
while 281 unemployed receive 9161 900,
At the same time there are 140 Gener.
ais, of whom 109 are employed.
| A New York man missed $45, in
| ,luding his luck-penny, and told his
| roommate, who offered to take care Of
| him while he had cent left. The room
mate in the generosity of his heart.
| bought the drinks, and, when he pulled
out handful of change, TO- the luck
penny! The good Samaritan went-to
jail.
Farmers at work in the fields near
Long Fork, five miles from Mount
Pulaski, Logan County, Ill, had their
attention attracted by the tinkling Of
bell attached to the neck of an
American eagle flying overhead By
means Of glass the bell could be seen.
No attempt was made to kill the bird,
which disappeared to the northward.
An Iowa editor wrote to Dakota
postmaster inquiring about a de-
linquent subscriber. The letter came
back indorsed, '"The man is dead
Some time afterward, in overhauling q
list of delinquents, an inquiry was in
adverdently sent to the same post
master about the same man. The
reply came back: ''Still dead. Ed
change.
An English physician, who has in
vestigated the characteristics and sur
roundings of centenarians, says he
finds that the average qualities were q
good family history, well-made
| frame, of average stature, spare rather
than stout, robust, with good health,
appetite and digestion, capable OF ex-
ertion, good sleepers, Of placid tenn
| permanent and good intelligence, with
little need for and little consumption
| of alcohol and animal food.
The following are said to be the
| sixteen American inventions OF world
| wide adoption: The cotton gin, plan
| ing machine, grass mower and reaper.
rotary printing press, steam navlga-
| ton, hot-air machine, sewing machine,
| the India-rubber industry, machine
manufacture of horseshoes, the sand
blast for craving, gauge lathe, grain
elevator, artificial ice-making on
large scale, the electro magnet in its
practical application, and the tele-
phone.
From early ages till now the race
| classification Of mankind has been q
subject of interest For a long time
only three types, comprising the white
European, the brown Asiatic, and the
black African, were recognized. 10
these, after the discovery of this con-
tinent, the red American was added.
But the number of alleged races OF men
has fuctuated all the way up to sixty
three; and theory after theory Of clas-
sifcation has been from time to time
developed and abandoned. And now
the idea of classifying the human races
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