The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-07-27
CURIOUS FACTS.

A whale is not fish. 1t is a mammal
and suckles It's young.
Although the Kentucky river is $50
miles long, there Is not an island in its
whole length.
Girls are trlined to agriculture in Den
marx, the owners Of farms receiving
them As pupils
Le Slfure claims that a machine Of
one-horse power would keep %, 900, 900
watches going.
A police officer at Los Angeles, Cal,
carries lasso and it ably assists him to
perform his duty.
The French will eat frogs, snails and
the diseased liver Of geese, but draw the
line at Alligators.
To-day the Fred A Billings Is con-
Eidered the largest wooden American
ship, her tonnage being 2600.
It is estimated that 10 collect one
pound Of honey from clover G., 600 heads
Of clover must be deprived Of nectar an
1850, 900 visits from bees must be made.
Amendment firm OF soap makers offered
10 print the British Census gratis, If they
were allowed TO print their advertise
ments on the cover. The proposition
was declined
Near Tallahassee, Fla. the other day
half an acre Of high land sank suddenly
below the level Of the marsh. and a
cabin close by narrowly escaped going
down with il.
A parrot died last year in Paris at the
fepuied age Of l05 years, and, since it
was handed down by viii 10 successive
owners, It's longevity may be accepted as
q fact fully established.
A ST. Louis chiropodist has queer
sign hanging in front Of his Office The
letters are made from coTns which he has
extracted from his patrons, and every
period IS indicated by an enormous
bunion.
At Tuscaloosa, Ala, the family Of DR..
Reed were awakened by the barking OF
q fine setter dog. to find their kitchen so
much On FIRE that in very few minutes
more the whole house must have been
lost, ifnot their lives as we'll
Il is a curious tact that while Queen
Victoria speaks German in her home
circle, the present German Empress dis
regards il in hers and uses English as
much as p0ss bic. English Is the fire.
side tongue Of the Greek, Danish and
Russian royal families.
There is, st Bradford, Penn, blind
jeweler who can repair jewelry and
watches entirely through his sense Of
touch The blindness came upon him
after he had become proficient work
man. and then, by cultivating the SEN
sibliiy in his finger ends, he overcome in
a great measure his lack of eyesight
George Herrick, Of Logansport, Ind,
while watching the demolishing OF an old
building in that city recently, saw clay
pipe embedded in the brick. Curiosity
led HIM 10 break the brick and secure
the pipe, Of common white clay. 1t
must have been lying IN its oontented
bed for nearly fifty years. and was put
there by some worker in brick yard.
The building was erected in 1s47.
A tramp known as the "Old Leather
Man" passes through West Somers, n.
Y. about once in five weeks His dress
Is entirely Of leather. made of small
pieces winch he picks up IN his travels.
lie never talks 10 any one. and refuses
money or anything but food. lie never
enters building, sleeps in the timber,
and tramps day by day through heat
and cold and storm. Where he came
from, or who he is, no one knows.
Alexander Nohl, of Corey, Ohio, owns
rare curiosity. 1t is 81 bill, Con
tinental currency On it is what is
known as the wild hog scala crude cut
Of q wild hog, while to its left IS the
following This bill entities the bearer
TO receive four spanish milled dollars, or
the value thereof in gold or silver, ac-
cording to a resolution Of Congress
passed at Philadelphia, February u,
i7fG. Signed John Howard" Another
signature appears. but it is too much
de seed TO be made out.