Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-26
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A citizen of Portland, Me-, is worth
q, 900, 600 that he has made in the man
ufacture of chewing gum.
The highest railroad bridge in the
United States is the Kinzua viaduct o.
the Erie road-305 feet high.
An English railway company has set
apart a special furd from which to re-
ward acts of bravery on the part of its.
employees
Silence for ten days, speaking only
in whispers for ten days more, then
gradual return to the ordinary voice, is
recommendation for stammerers-
A very ingenious electrical device
has lately been patented by which the
hands of clock set to q certain hour
are made to complete an electric current
connected with the kitchen stove so
that the fire is started when the given
hour arrives.
A new kind of door hinge has been
invented for the use of those who never
think of closing doors after them. Its
popularity is that the door not only
shuts quickly and noiselessly, but Il
Illus UU6 person WHO ltdfto buO WV
open fierce blow on the back.
An Irish land bailiff, who had been
boycotted for ten years, and was con-
stantly guarded by the police while he
lived, died few days ago, and the
guard being relaxed little, some per-
sons unknown stole his body and made
away with it so effectually that it has
not since been found.
"A youth of sixteen, at Fort Benton,
Mont, recently performed difficult
feat of capturing gray wolf with
lariat from his horse. Twice the ant
NAL got away by biting the moose in
two. But the third time it was caught
firmly around the body and dragged be-
hind the speedy broncho until 1t was
dead.
"A Partisan lately made an Easter
egg, intended for a wealthy Spanish
lady at a cost of 1000. 1t is most in
genius piece Of mechanism and is made
entirely Of pure white enamel. 1t is
provided with doors and slides, the In
side being engraved with Easter gospels.
The opening Of a door sets a tiny birS
singing and musical apparatus going,
which is capable of playing twelve airs.
A recent railway accident in On
tario, in which a train rolled down
twenty-five foot embankment, was
marked by this incident: Among the
passengers on the train was a convict
in charge of bailiff. He was chained
to seat and when the car turned over
he hung in mid-air. He managed, after
considerable effort, to free himself, and
then went to the assistance of his kee~-
~ and helped him from the wreck
"A Georgia fisherman recently baited
his set hooks with small green frogs.
He left his hooks in the water all nicely
foating-having been told that this was
the best of bait-expecting to return
next morning and find fish by the dozen.
He returned and to his surprise all Of
his baited hooks were setting out on the
banks looking at him, and as he camS
close to them they would jump back into
the water ''ker chunk" He had expe-
rience, but no fish.
The great siphon in the new aque'
duct for the water supply of New York
City is considered a most wonderful
piece Of hydraulic engineering. 1t con-
veys the metropolitan water supplf
across the Harlem at depth of 307 feel
beneath the river bed. Certain advana
tages were gained by this method over a
stone or steel viaduct, which 1T is beT
lieved will counterbalance its creates
cost. Not the least of these is the inn
munity from danger of foreign attack,
A correspondent of the London
Times thus destroys the old legend Of
the Devils Bridge in the Pyrenees:
''The popular legend about this bridge,
which spans mountain torrent called
the Tech, near the small town Of Ceret,
| was that it had been built during one
| night by Satan and his myrmidons, and
| the fact that the particulars as to it's
construction had never been found in
any Of the local archives gave additional
strength to this legend. But the regis
trar of neighboring town called Prats
de Mollo, close to the Spanish frontier,
has Just unearthed manuscript, dated
1921, which relates how the notables OF
| that town contributed ten golden
crowns Of Barcelona toward the building
Of the bridge at Ceret upon condition
| that the inhabitants of Prats de Mollc
were exempted from paying TOLL"
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