The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-30
CURIOUS FACTS.

A Chinaman cannot become a citiz
of the United States
A child born of Chinese parents in Il
} country may become a citizen.
A turpentine well is reported to ha,
been discovered in Laurens County, Ga
In Baltimore they call ball throwing ii
the public streets barking and catch
ing"
Tanning crows is a new fad in Georgia
The birds are intelligent and easil.
taught.
The word ''vinegar" is derived fro,7
two French words, win aigre, meaning
sour wine.
Nine petrifed frogs were found in a
solid rock at High Springs, Fla, duri..-
a recent day.
A hairless calf is owned by Mr.. Free
land, of Howe Township, Dauphi7
County, Penn. p
A West Virginia electrician has in
vented wire fishing rod with an cleo
tric bell which will ring for every nib
Bile.
If all the telephone wires in this coun-
try were stretched in a continuous line
they would reach seven times around the
earth.
W. Shelly, of Milford Square, H., has
Newfoundland dog ponderous enough
to do all the family washing by ire.
power.
A recent count of money in the United
States Treasury revealed shortage of
S35. The amount counted was S1s4,-
900, GOO.
Pete Mutt, of Dade County, Ca, has
a chicken eating mule. He eats them raw,
and will chase fat hen for a mile, if
necessary.
The law of Wisconsin requires that all
logs put into water shall be marked.
Just as cattle are marked on the plains,
so that every one will know his own.
Among the Chinese, should the lily
blossom on New Years Day, it is re-
garded as a most happy omen, presaging
the best Of luck to the fortunate owner Of
the plant
Up to 1884 the English Postofice haS
issued 81, 1902, 900, 900 postage stamps.
That would cover 1852 square miles, and
would reach to the moon and back f
placed end to end.
Warden Toner, of the New Castle
DELI Jail, has received a bushel of plug
tobacco for distribution among the prison
Frs. The donor signs himself: "one
who has been there"
A milk white horse that was ridden by
General Grant during the war is now
'wned by D. B. Flint, of Boston. The
inimal is twenty-nine years old and is
requently driven by Mr.. Flint.
One mode of selling turquoises at
Sijni-Noygorod, Russia, is peculiar. A
'erson, on payment of certain sum, is
llowed to plunge his hand into bag full
Them and to retain all he can seize.
According to NJ. Mace, the ex-Chief of
be Surete, four hundred or five hundred
ockets are picked daily in Paris, even I
Then there is no universal exhibition to
tract both the wolf and the lamb.
The Chinese have a practical way of
living a testimonial. When a few VII 4
Iges appreciate the kind offices of s
the natives subscribe together I
nd present him with an official um-
rella.
A French fisherman who was orenoEted
- = - -
turned all right after an absence OF two
ars but the French courts hold that he &
dead. and he has got to take new
me and be somebody else. {;
The "Colombophile Congress and
onster Toss" will take place at Paris
his is not a species of bull fight, with
econ fanciers as picadores, matadors,
g. but a great fight of 100, 600 pigeons,
be started from the Trocadero August
The word s.teetotal" had its origin
trough a suffering temperance orator,
no urged on his hearers that nothing
IS than s'te-te-te-total" abstinence
-oull satisfy temperance reformers,
ONE one at once adopted "teetotal,
nd it sprang into general use.