San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-01-03
CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

John Connerton, Of Louisville, Ry- hasa
mule which chews tobacco.
A Spanish paper announces that Spanish
ipapmaker has proved the world to DO Tat.
A single gold dollar can be mado Into a
sheet that will carpet two rooms l6>S feet
square
A Swiss has invented musical box which
introduces the human voice and also the trfll
OF birds.
They are going back to the old fashion OF
selling grains and vegetables by weight m
stead Of measure in Philadelphia
Among the students at Princeton college is
one 70 years old. lie Is studying for the min
Istry, and expects to graduate this torn.
A COW broke into Brooklyn oyster deal
er's establishment and devourcd eight quarts
Of raw oysters before sho was discovered.
The Baxter family. of Norwich, Conn.,,
found q valuable diamond ring slowed away
In tho interior of their thanksgiving turkey.
A California farmer, believing that cats
will exterminate squirrels and gophers, pur-
chased large number and set them at lib
erty on bis land.
A Chicago paper, In trying TO refer to "fbe
lato lamentcd," gets it; 'The late lieuten-
ant" and what makes IL worse Is the fact
that 1t was a woman.
William Solomon, an Ohio tourist, fell
through skylight In Kearny street. San
francisco, lodging house. A fragment OF
glass caught him In the right eye and gouged
the member out
Gum chewers should take warning from
tho fate Of Newton, Conn, girl, nged 10
A piece Of gum slipped down her throat, and.
lodging at tho entrance TO tho stomach,
caused fatal liberation.
An Iowa well digger ..xho was ipprisoned
for Eve days In well says be did not suffer
much for food or drink, but be was much
vexed that hc did not think TO put n novel in
his pocket when he left home that morning
A citizen Of New Ulm, MINI, orns a horse
which be considers an uncrring weather
prophet He can always tell when a storm
Is coming by watching the animals eyes.
which change from a very light color 70 dark
blue twenty four hours before a change In
tho weather.
A colorod nurss girl Of McRae. Ca, play
fully pus a baby In a bureau drawer 70
amuse H. The child, of cOurse. screamed.
and everybody became 80 excited that the
laby nearly snotbcred before any body could
regain sufficient presence Of mind 20 cpen
the drawer.
There was too little water In the baptis-
nal pool Of a colorod Baptist church In Kirk
vile, Ala, and when the sexton started The
Iiro it bl " up Tho church was fuli q peo-
PIE and the pastor had 10 bo taken "a The
rafters-uhitber be uas thrOwn-Sith q lad
Hrr nrtt N, or.o rrrs lurr
A frright train On the Southern Pacidc
railrsad iasely ran into berd q cattle.
ssrikiu= q yeariing calf. uhicb jumped q
ons i.o1ud - ths piiot q TIE loconotive IL
laid do~u qs3etly and rode Tor uins miies
A. TIE train appruachei ruc-on Tie signal
shisfis aro1-ed q and q jumped fron tbs
rilos ami sramperud scTus The ra1,Ea
Tie Detroit , iurual sboulders tbs safe
meuts "A Grand Rapids family narncd
snifh uus q comtdastion bc1dr-d uhlrh
-srv- for an srrighf pla1.o. dezk and si1s
bo.rl during TIE daT and q cu1ch ~ nir1t
Tss CHR n1oruin- Mr. Smifh ga up frt
a-d h.i sr-rusiy dornet IN clothss uha1 ~
hs.ri click. E1i5 lsokinF aru11.1 ~ IL
turriturs lad cla.sd rltl Ma S-nltt inEi1a
Be oFs1sd the crrnttrs ti1n quicklg. ~ NJ.
snith rns bs1ly unsd - y - prr,dzfP