Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-21
ALE AROUND THE WORLD.
Wolves and other kinds of game ar
plenty in northwestern Florida.

wolves and other kinds OF game are
plenty in northwestern Florida.
From $50 to 200 bottle-nosed whales
were driven ashore below Barnstankerness,
Scotland, the other evening. About twenty
boats took part in the exciting chase, and
the finish was witnessed by large number
of people. Some of the whales were I'M
usually large.
The batch of dough sat on the hearth to
raise by an Erie county, Pa, housewife
raised so effectively that it aroused the
family, as the dish which had been placed
over it rolled on the floor. The lady, in
order to save the "batch," got up in the
middle of the night and baked her
bread.
A watch for blind people has been in
vented in Switzerland. In the middle of
every figure is small peg, which drops
when the hour hand reaches the figure.
The owner feels that the peg is down and
counts back to twelve to determine the
hour.
Probably one of the largest bicycles
ever known has just been finished in Peru,
Ind, and Is the property of John Ward, a
man weighing over two hundred pounds
and over six feet tall. The frame is of
iron and steel, with a wheel sixty-nine
inches in diameter.
The farmers of the neighborhood of
Hiawatha, Kan, are burning corn for
fuel, finding it cheaper than coal. Corn is
sold on the farm for twenty cents per
bushel, while the average price of coal de-
Gvered at the farm ranges from twenty-one
70 haf
Farmers Alliance brought the attention of
the farmers to the relative prices of the
two commodities, and advised that half
the corn crop be used as fuel, thus adyanc-
ing the price of the other half and saving
money in their fuel bills. The farmers
have begun to act ON this advice.
The custom of putting housemaids into
livery, which is common enough in Eng
land, is beginning to be adopted in New
York. The costume, or uniform, consists
of skirt of dark livery cloth, blue, green
or brown, with plain front and broad
plaits at the back; a waistcoat of the same
cloth, with fine crosswise lines of red braid
and coat cut away in front and covering
the hips. Metal livery buttons are used
on the coat and waistcoat. A small white
cap, stiff white color and cuffs and white
cravat complete the attire.
q. T. Devore, a Parkersburg, W. Va,
merchant, owns dog of superior intelli-
gence. The dog goes to the store with the
mail every morning. and from it takes the
mail addressed to the private residence to
Mr.. Deyore's house. Nothing can divert
him while attending to his duties as mail
carrier, and he never makes a mistake in
! taking the letters to their proper direction.
Every evening he sees to it that the evening
papers are taken to the house, and if by
chance the papers should be missing, either
by being blown away by the wind or car
ried off by the boys, the dog makes raid
into some neighbours yard and -hypothe-
Gates paper, which he carries off home.
| A Sandersville, Ca, paper tells this
! story: few days ago a gentleman was
driving in the vicinity of Longs bridge.
He firmly held the lines over splendid
mare, while the mares colt contentedly
trotted along behind. When Buffalo
creek was reached, repairs being made on
| the bridge, the gentleman found that he
would have to drive through the channel,
| which was unusually deep, almost SWIM
ming, and would swim the colt. The mare
was driven in, and the colt not desiring a test
of his swimming qualities, reared up on
his tender hind legs, gently placed his fore
ones on the box of the vehicle back of the
buggy seat, and was safely drawn across
the muddy stream. When the opposite
bank was reached he gracefully bounded
off with whinny of satisfaction. Geor-
gia is developing a numerous race of fable
writers.