Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-27
CURIOUS FACTS.

Japan.
A horned rabbit is the curiosity of thu
day at Akron, Ohio.
A gum -moistening apparatus for post.
age stamps is also an invention.
There are within the presen. city
limits Of Milwaukee 10000 lots which
are unoccupied.
Hay thirty-,wo years old has been
found and IS said TO be well-preservcd,
bright and sweet.
A Liberty County (Ga.) man has
found oysters growing at the bottom of
his sixty foot well.
Indianas building at the Worlds
Fair Is to be constructed of all building
materials found in the State
A resident of Parkers' Ford, Penn,
IS said to have a Iing dove which is
twenty one years old, and has been in
one cage Al. its life
A large fox tried to steal goose from
q barnyard near Butler, Penn, the other
day, but the fowl fought SO bravely that
she killed the would be thief.
a COW being driven through the streets
of Hannibal, Mo-, charged on red coat
hanging on post, entangled her horns
in it. gave below and dropped dead.
Since it is rumcred that marble man
tel-pieees are coming into fashion again,
these pieces Of interior decoration which
have been criticised as vulgar and inar-
tistc are now called perfectly lovely"
A monument will be erected shortly in
Tutlingen, in the Black Forest, to Max
Schncckenbergor, author of 1.-The Watch
on the Rhine The fund for this pur-
pose is $4,000, and contributions are still
solicited.
The father of shoemaking in this
country Is said to have been one Abraham
Lowering, who came over in the May
flower, bringing with him number Of
pelts to be worked into footwear for the
colonists.
A prisoner escaped from the Browns
| town tInd.) Jail by cutting hole
| through the roof, after which he walked
ten miles to his home. Failing to secure
bail bond, he returned to Jail. He was
not missed by the sheriff, and he re-
entered by the hole through which he
escaped.
While an Indianapolis citizen was rid
| ing on street car in that city the brake
handle slipped from the drivers grasp
| and struck pistol in the driver breast
| pocket. "A bullet from the weapon killed
the passenger instantly. His wife has
| recovered $4,000 DAMAGES from the car
company.
The humps Of came.s are mere Jumps
Of fat, and not provided for in the frame
WORK of the skeleton When the animal
is IN good condition the humps are full
and plump. On long journey where
food is scarce the humps are entirely alb
sorbed, the skin covering them hanging
over the flank like an empty box.
Gold, while in circulation, is handled
less than any other medium. It is
usually kept in vaults Of banks for de-
mands rarely made, ana for this reason
the loss bv abrasion is but one half OF
one per cent. IN twenty years. In s2O
| gold piece the standard weigh. Of which
is 5lG grains, the Government allowance
for l3ss BY ABRASION is 2 IS grains.
A. black water snake, which was dis
sectcd at the Michigan Agricultural Col
ieac the other dav. was found TO contain
the bodies III four fishes One Of these,
whic., was a0ou. fous inches in length,
had partially swallowed another fish
two thirds It's size. Il ws, however,
not anitc cgua. TO the task, and the snake
had captured l0.u This curiosity will
be preserved in alcohol as museum
specimen.