The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-15
CURIOUS THINGS or LIfE

John Counertou, Of Louisville. Ky, Las e.
mule which cbews tobacco
A Spanish paper announce that a Spanish
aapmaker has proved the world 20 be tat
a single gold dollar can 10 made intos
sheet that wiz carpet two rooms 49, feet
square.
a Swiss has invented musical box which
f Introduces tho auinan voice and also the trAl
Of birds
They are going back 10 the old fashion Of
/ selling grains and vegetables by weight in'
stead of measure 10 Philadelphia.
Among the students at Princeton college Is
one ~ years old. lie IS studying Tor the min'
stry, and expects to graduate this term
4 cow broke into a Brooklyn oyster deal
ers establishment and deVoured eight quarts
ofraw oysters before she was discovered.
The Baxter family, Of Norwich, Com.
found O valuable diamond ring slowed away
Ia the interior ct their Thanksgiving turkey
A California farmer, believing that cats
will e1telm.ua,e squirrels AID goyleTs. puf'
chased large number AID ~ them Ct 10
srty Ga bis land.
4 Chicago rap1r. in tTyi1S TO yefsg 70 "fns
late lamente1." g.ts it. The lats laulen'
ant, and what makes it wcrs3 t3th9 ssss
that It was a woman.
William Solomon. a. OHIO TOURIST. fall
through z s.yAgbt e. kearny street. ssn
Francisco, lodging house. a fragment o
glass caught hin IL tie right eys AID gougsd
the mem0sr out
Cum chswers should take warning from
the fate Of q Newton. Cone, GIL, sGed 10
A piece Ct gum allpped down Der throat, and,
lodging az the entrance @ the stomach,
caused fatal liberation.
an Iowa well digger who was imprisoned
Tor Eve days ga g wei says be did uos suffer
much Tor focd or drink, but he was much
vexod that be did not think 70 pat novel In
his pocket when he left home that morning
Il citizen Of New Ulra, 1lnn., owns @ horse
which be considers an unerrlng weather
prophet lie can always tell when a storm
10 coming by Watering the animals eyes
which change from q very light color TO dark
blue tweuty-fcur hours before change in
the weather.
A co,ored nurse gin Of McRae, Ca play
fully put a baby 10 q bureau drawer to
amuso it Tie child, Of course. screamed,
and everybody became 50 excited that the
baby nearly emo.herod before anybody could
regain sufficient presence Of mind 20 open
tho drawer
There was too little water IL tie baPtis-
NAL pool OF O colored Baptist church IN Kirk
vile, Ala, and when the sexton started toe
Gre It blsw up. Tie church vas full OF peo-
p.o and the pastor bad 70 be taken oR tns
raftcls-whithsT be vas tEroWl-vitb . sd
der, bus 10 one vas hurt
i freight tram on the Southern Pacido
railroad lately ran into q herd Of cattle.
striking a vearlng calf. which jumped O..
one bound on tie pilot Of tue locomotive. It
laid down quietly and rode for nine miles
As the train approached Tucson tho signal
shistio aroused .t and it jumped from tl9
pilot and scainpcrod across the range
Tie Detroit Journal shoulders this state
meut a Grand Rapids family named
Smith use q combination bed.lead, which
serves for an upright piano, desk aud side
board during tie day and couch at night
Tho other morning SIR. Smith got up fist
aud bad scarcely douued bis clothes when BIO
heard click aud looking around saw the
furniture had closed with Mrs Smith iug.te
lie opened decentralization quickly, but Alrs
Smith wa badly used up by the accident