San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-02-28
STRAY BITS.

Musisct balls wero legal tender a. farthings
IN Boston In 1854
Thsro ar~ 100000 books puhiished In
Germany evory year.
Tue fow~ trade q London Ia oAtlmatod 70
amount TO Go,0Oo day.
Tho indiana Of oidtown Island, No, have
organized printing firm
The population Of Germany, accoriing to
ehe last census 10 to,soo,1oA
There ao lo3 mountain peaks Ia tho Unitcd
States moro than 1000 feet In holght
As early as so5 tho council ot Nice ordered
tho foundation Of hospitals in tho principal
towiR
take cannon ball only eight days 70 roach
tho moon
Tho monster III ton cannon roccntly man.
ufacturcd in Germany throws q pTOJcctile
twenty iniloa
spaniarris, IN tho sixtocnth CENTURY, be-
hcvcd that spiders indicated gold when they
weTo found In abundance
A gcologist has como ncross evidences In
Scotland 10 provo that tho earth lay In a
Liquid state for 10000 years
The Turks regularly cut open tho outer
corncr Of the eyelids, II tho cycs Of girl are
not large enough for thoir Ideas Of beauty.
The largest and finest specimens Of mhla-
ohito como from Russia In Vcrraillos there
IL room entirely hurnishod with articles of
malachita
Jerusalem, II Is said, II fnst becoming the
- l... r.,
morn than 5000 Jows thore, now there arc
moro than $1,000
IN LApland tho test Of oratory "a seeing
Who rnttles OF the most words without stop
ping TO draw n breath. and tho wosnon Gener-
ally como out ahead
A London author has written thirty novels
IN thrcs years. This boats tho record Of any
living man, but tho writer's enormous labor
has brought him only $1,000
A North Carolina Justice OF tho peace fined
Q citiscn e. for contempt OF court In not
bringing out pail Of wator FOR tho Justices
horses while he was travelling.
An electric band saw Is the latest invention
Tor carpenters 1t works like any ordinary
saw, tho electricity being applied only In tho
process OF sotting and Sharpening.
During tho recent blizzard which descended
upon New York tho Oceanic hotel nt Fur
Roclraway, valued at $4,000, ioated out TO
soa and disappeared in tho waves
Tho first locomotive imported into this
country WAC bought in Manchester England,
for tho Boston and Lowell railroad corpora
ton 1t arrived In this country IN 1884
The largest electric plant In the world VIII
H.. ID, .NN,, q, a. L.,
illuminated by electricity, and a contract for
tho Immense undertaking has already been
made
Tho following arc tho figures showing the
dxe Of the European armies: Russia, 4,0O0,-
900; Germany, 100000; France, 2,43O,uD0
with, perhaps, 100000 moro IL needed
Austria, l,C77. 900; Italy. 100000; Turkey,
100000
A young man who was married nj Burling-
ton. Ia, the other night, gave the officiating
clergyman a $40 gold pioce by mistake for
q g. 80 coin, and went 20 tho preachers resi-
dence In tho middle Of tho night and de
manded restitution
The salaries Of colonial Govrrnors arc very !
high New Zealand pays e., 800 Il year; Bcr~
muda, R3,o0o; Jamaica, 5000; Feetee, |
5000. and British Guiana, $500 The en-
tire Fecjce revenue Is Gully G75,0O0 There |
are only u handful OF whites thcre
Tho most monotonous city in its buildings
Il Paris, tho houses there being almost all
alike An attempt Is now being made 70 vary
this by building houses OF tho style OF tho !
Renaissance aud Louis II, aud hope Is ex- |
pressed that tho example will be followed |
generally
A newly inyonted bolt for fastening to |
gcthor heavy tmbors does away with tho |
need OF nut Tho head OF tho bolt Is pro
vided With a spring Upon striking this |
spring with hammer two arms fly out from |
tho shank Of tho holt, pressing against the
timber and performing the o1loo OF a nut
London spends between 100000 and sS-
10000 year on potted plants and cut
flowers Many OF these flowers como from
Holland, Franco and even Italy. single
culturiss In southern Franco claims 10 send
every year 10000 worth OF white lilaxs,
snowdrops lilies Of the valley and roses 20
London
California supplies moro than half OF Tire \
quicksilver consumed In tho world Tho con.
sumption Of quicksilver In tho world has
averaged lSS, 900 tasks year. Tbs principal
uses 10 which 10 Is applied arc: % Motooro-
logical and other scientific Instruments; CT !
ohsmical preParasians; az looldnS glssss and
mirr0-S
A hunting party rc.urncd 70 FIOSHo, Cal,
hCm the mountains report finding the "
mains ot u man who evidently hal hva torn
30 pieces by grizzly bear. The remains
vop horribly ulGala.cd They verc buried
where found Il i believed they were tAos5
Of former citisea Of Fresno who was inter
sstcd In mialnS. Il
Nothing remains OF the famous English sc:-
uerneut Of Jamestown, Va, begun in 1907,
ave the ruins Of o church tower, and this 5
cunhlinS year by year T0co rN,ss hav>,
cracked tie monumental slabs n teo church. ,
yard. and thus enc Of tie few localities -
calling the first years Q: American history Is
siowy losing Its distinctive fca;aroS
Thew were 1914 suici&ys in Frame l.s
var. Of which 9, los Rro attributed t. rental
Affections Of diGgrUat kinds, les % phys.
cl suffering, Q'5 70 domestic ;lNoCbiCs, 500
drunkenness, $SS % poverty, SlSto TSS,.uia-y
difficulties, so % tire desire % avoid iInpr.s-
onrsent, loo - tho los - employment, 8 - d
tho fcar u expOsnr, y 70 the loss q r-ativrS,
ec 70 TIE drcld O: military sc-vico and - q ,
JEALOUSY end crossing IL loNA