Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-07-13
SELECT SIFTINGS
A Georgia man has a red bat.

a deorgl3 man has q red bat ,
A new variety Of clam has been dis
covered.
Military drill is one of the features Q,
the modern girls school.
Virgins predicts that Philadelphia viii
have 8 severe earthquake in 1904.
Heart failure i said Ia be a disease
which is ener"aching upon American col
leccS.
The Government conscience fund has
just been increased by fourteen two-ceni
stamps.
Small farmers in France make from
$1,000 to $1,000 a year fattening snails fol
market.
The effect of the electric light on tbs
Eiffel tower is 10 illuminate all Paris IN /.
manner unprecedented.
\ Latisvillc (Ga.) man was tryin-
to chase 4 black snake out of his CHECKER
yard, when the reptile suddenly turned
upon him and pursued him tor over hall
a mile.
The latest imported novelty i, an arti-
fetal sausage casing Of paper which.
when tailor-ma1e and closely tittcd to 5
plump ..Frankfurtcr," IS said to be very
becoming.
T. X. Kennedy. of Rochelle, Fla. Ia.
a gln.of unique pattern that Was made II
1886. over one thousand turkeys have
been Killed by it. besides 4 vast mount
Of other game.
An English firm have manufactured al
enormous bottle. measuring ten feet high
~ -four feet in diameter, which is to b.
filled with scent and exhibited at the
Paris Exposition.
John Bright used to say that in one i'm
portant respect a dog is superior to man.
When a man is utterly out of everything
he gives up, hut IA dog simply curls W
and SO continues to make both ends meet.
In Holland an unmarried woman
alwavsstakes the right arm OF her escort,
and the married woman the left. At q
church wedding the bride enters the edi-
flee on the right arm of the groom, and
goes out on the left side of her husband.
In the future every great iron clad will
81 liiNc 1S Stilit- o~Nh VI q SiiiIli iFCt.
This will consist of TIVE tirst-class torpedo
boats, "a fast gunboat ram, generally
towed, and a very fast . ton "turn-
about torpedo catcher, fitted with the
latest improvements for destroying tor
pedoes.
The Poughkeepsie On. " Horse Rail
road Company has just disposed Of ,
horse that has travelled 1000 miles OF
the road in that city, having been in the
service Of the company ten years. During
all that time it has been sick but four
DAYS. The animal was sill in good con
dition.
One of the most fashionable of Phila
delphia physicians always kisses his hand.
when waving farewell to his wealtAiest
lady patients, but some of them were com
pairing notes the other day and found tina
for visits that he kissed his hand ht
charged SO, while for others he charged
only s..
Armory Brown, of Taylor County
Georgia, has a hen 9 that seems to b'
magnetized. It will not lie on the side 0
on the LARGE end but When it is put dow
it Immediately turns up or the small end
It makes no difference in what position j
is placed, it will turn until it stands oil
the small end.
Monroe Singer. a young mulatto boy
Of san Antonio, Texas, is afflicted with
case of hvdrocephaiu> that is believed t.
he the most remarkable on record. Hi
head measures thirty-one inches in cir
conference, weighs forty pounds. an
looks like q large watermelon with
child.s face set in the end.