Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-09-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A swordfsh marketed in New Bed
ford, Mass, has embedded in it's flesh
the head of a harpoon that is supposed
to have been there twenty years.
Prom the summit of Mt. Rose in
Nevada, 10000 feet above the sea level,
the waters of twenty-one lakes may be
seen glistening among the forests of the
Sierras.
In the hippopotamus the eyes, ear.
and nostrils are all set on the same
plane, which enables the animal to
sink its body entirely below the sur
face of the water and yet keep thor
ougly informed as to it's surroundings.
"A house still standing in Chicopee,
Mass, is reported to be two hundred
and twenty-five years old, and is proba-
bly, the oldest dwelling in the common
wealth. It is in good state of preser-
walton and it's present owner has occu-
pied it fifty-seven years continuously.
In the United States oranges and
lemons are produced only in California
and Florida. The orange crop of the
latter is practically out of the way be-
fore before that of the former is ready
for the market. The California orange
is Of slower growth than the Florida
product and does not decay so soon.
The slzewer was formerly used as a
kind of tallystick, and it continues to
find similar employment at Lyons,
where the butchers rarely fail to stick
in the middle of piece of meat small
wooden cylinder announcing by so
many notches what every housewife
knows to be the exact weight of the
meat.
The hide of the former Cincinnati
elephant, Old Chief, which was shot
last February, has been stuffed, and
with the mounted skeleton Of the brute
will be housed in special building at
the Cincinnati geological garden. The
hide weighed one thousand one hun
dred pounds, and it has been stuffed
with oakum.
"A dentist, whose stories are always
founded on fact, tells of negro who
came to him with his wife to have one
of her teeth extracted: Gas being
something whose mysteries added ter
ror to it's charms, the solicitous darlzey
questioned: Couldn't you gibe her
sufin little milde'rn gas, doctah?
Couldn't you gibe her gasoline?"-Phar
maceutieal Era.
In an old Sag Harbor paper of the
year 1904 appears the following: 1.-THE
husband of pious woman having occa-
sion to make voyage, his wife sent a
note 10 the parson to be read the next
Sabbath in meeting: Jim Kenny having
gone TO see his wife desires the prayers
of the congregation that he may merci-
fully be preserved from danger 1t is
to be presumed that the good lady S
photography and punctuation were not
altogether correct"
Flexible sandstone is one Of the
curiosities found in North Carolina. The
quarries are in the mountains of the
southwestern corner of the state, and
the stone is taken out more as curl
osity than for any other purpose, though
it is sometimes employed in building.
When cut in thin piece, say the size
and shape of a common milestone, you
can bend it into a considerable arc with
out it's breaking, and it will resume it's
former straightness on the pressure be-
ing removed. Of course, if you bend it
too far, it will break.
-''Buffalo Bills' father was shot by
border ruffians while making free
state speech near Leavenworth, Kan
in the ffties. He died in 1856 and was
buried in metallic casket in Mount
Aurora cemetery of that city. A stand
ing reward of $500 has been offered for
ten years to the person finding the
grave. Recently quarrymen dug up an
ron coffin on the site of the old GENE
terry. The corpse was in fair state Of
preservation and answered the descrip-
ton of W. F. Cody's father 1t took
eight men to lift the burden.
The homestead law of Texas some
times acts harshly to creditors. A let
ter from Austin says that cattleman
failed short time ago and the creditors
took possession of the property, subject
to attachment. The mans family live
in a house for which they have been Of
fered $4,000. The price asked is $75,-
900. This is made possible by the pc
culiar homestead exemption law of
Texas. The homestead can not be taken
for debt. And the homestead is defined
to be piece of ground costing not more
than S. 900 and whatever improvements
there may be thereon. In this case the
residence is the finest in the city where
it is located. It is one of the finest in
Texas. 1t cost more than $1,000, but it
is entirely out of the reach of the cred
itors of the estate.