Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-30
STRAY BITS.

A curiosity In wallingford, Conn, Is dos
with three tails
Madrid theatres are allowed by law to use
only tho electric light.
The slot device for ensnaring pennies, nick.
els, dimes and quarters originated In England.
There are more than 1900 people in the
United States who are over 100 years Of age.
The annual income Of the population Of the
United Kingdom Is estimated at 81, 200, 00O,-
On0,
It IL said that aftor fifteen or twenty more
lnterments are allowed In Westminster abbey
the room will all be occupied
The Arctic whaling season for 1883, which
Is about over, resulted In o catch Of 18a
whales, against 9ee Last year.
Tho cheapest Christmas present sold by one
| jeweler In New York city cost eight cents:
the most expensive cost 100000
A musical manuscript Of Mozart was sold
few weeks ago in Berlin for SIS marks, and
letter from Leasing for 500 marks
The Eskimos are naming their children
after "By Thunder" "Go to Halifax" and
other expressions used by English sailora
Philadelphia has s47 900 people and 10000
houses, while New York, with zoo, 600 in
habitants, is said to have but o., 900 houses.
"Che Mah," the Chinese dwarf, the small.
est Iliputian on earth, aged 30 years, is 50
small that you can cover him with an or
binary plug hat.
The water is colder at the bottom than at
the surface. In many bays ON the coast of
Norway tho water often freezes at the bottom
before It does above.
An alum mine has been discovered In Utah
1t yields 80 to 20 per cent pure alum, which
can be extracted by simply placing the crude
material in boiling water.
In the single industry Of iron and steel in
the United States 81, $50 men are employed,
who receive every two weeks $685. in
wages, or 81. 4s7, 500 a year.
One Of the best lawyers in Virginia says
he would on no account leave his chill.
dren any considerable amount Of properly,
and he gives away not less than a 900 year.
An English joker took down the calendar
In business Office, and hung up one two
years old. Dates for important papers were
taken from it, and q loss Of $4,000 was the
result
world gives u fuel for the next 800 years, by
which time some genius will have invented a
way to make one corncob heat big house for
o week.
The Amalgamated Union Of American Car.
penters has 46a branches and %, 226 members
It is the rival Of the American Brotherhood
Of Carpenters, which has q much larger mem
bership.
An Indiana court has decided that unless
woman Is pleased with her photographs she
ueed not pay for them, no matter II dozen
Of her friends declare that they "look Just
like her,"
The Texas census bureau has estimated re-
turns showing the population Of Texas In
january, 1887, to have been, in round num-
bers, 2,Os5, 900, an increase Of 28,S per cent
since 1880.
A singular accident happened at Albany
recently. A horse being ridden was suddenly
paralyzed and its boots gave way, turning up
to its fetlocks, while the horse came down on
its ankle bones.
Walker county, Ga, there are two wives,
two mothers-in-law, two daughters-in-law,
three mothers, two grahdmothers and one
great-grandmother.
A Floridian states that It takes just half as
much food and clothing for his family in
Florida as it did in Tennessee, where he for.
merly resided. The difference in temperature
effects this economy.
The corner stone Of hotel for women has
recently been laid In London II Is proposed
to allow the occupants to do their own cook
ing and housework, and the rent Of rooms
will vary from s1.25 to $25o per week
In lately published story book for boys
the author has boy IS years old capture
three burglars, save four persons from drown
Ing, discover and put out fire, save a city
from inundation and find $50, 900 In an alley.
The greatest depths of the ocean Of which
soundings have been taken u OH the coast VI
Japan. The wcter at that point is Eve miles
deep, and on the bottom, even at that enor.
nous depth, traces Of animal. life have been
found.
The attendance at the meetings Of secret
societies Of st. Louis Il ON the decline, and II
Il believed that unless new methods are
adopted they win gradually dwindle away
A member says moss grown entertain
ments" no longer draw.
The new meat market of Haun &
Dollins, 721 Austin street, is under
full headway and doing q 6rst-rate
business. The propriet0rs are well