Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-10
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

J "A citizen of Chestnut Ridge, Pa,
owns tame crow that is remarkably
intelligent Last summer he split the
birds tongue and taught him to talk
The crow delights in calling the cows.
and will laugh immoderately when he
succeeds in fooling the dog and cat
A precedent which may yet be fol-
lowed to unforeseen conclusions has
been set by Mr.. J. Harbin Pollock, OF
Cincinnati, who is suing rival for
alternating the esteem of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Monroe" whom Mr. Pollock hoped
to make his father and mother-in-law.
The assertion is made by workers
in ornamental wood that yellow pine,
hard finished in oils, is the rival in
beauty of appearance of any wood that
grows, not excepting the costliest of
the well known hard species, it being
susceptible of receiving and maintain
ing as high degree of polish as any
known wood, while, when impregnated
with oil, it is well nigh indestructible.
Miss Hattie J. Chipps, who lives
near Budd's Lake, N. j., has fashioned
portions of hair from the head of over
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| over 1000 flowers and leaves. This
unique oddity is composed of hair of
| every shade and color known to the
| anthropologist. The young artist spent
over a year in collecting the locks of
hair before commencing work on the
| wreath.
"A remarkable somnambulistic feat
| is reported from Bath, Me. A young
man of that place went to bed with the
idea of rising early and shaving. In
the night he suddenly awol1e and found
himself standing in the middle of the
| room He went to bed again When
he arose in the morning he went to his
dressing case and prepared to shave,
when. on looking in the glass, he found
| that he was already shaved as neatly
| as any barber could have done it.
A ranch near Seattle, Wash, is al
most daily visited by large black
| bear, which makes its home in the
woods close by. The animal mingles
with the stock on the place and feels
| just as much at home, it is said, as any
Of them. 1t has been making these
visits for long while, and the rancher
has begun to look upon ''bruin" as one
of his pets and he refuses to harm it or
allow anyone else to do SO. The bear
weighs about three hundred pounds.
| "A Portland, Me-, lady noticed a
couple of young orioles that had fallen
| from their nest in tall elm tree into
the street, where they were in immi-
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ing devoured by the neighborhood cats.
She placed them in basket and LETT
them on the roof of high shed, where
in very short time the parent birds
| found them and carried them away.
Each of the old birds placed wing be-
meath their young, and then using Their
outside wings to fly with, carried the
lost birds safely home.
| A farmer named Shut, living
near Sulphur Springs, was up at
the cranberry marsh at work,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer when
he found six pretty round eggs,
and so greatly pleased was he at
their appearance that he picked them
up and put them in his pocket to take
home to the children. The warmth of
his pocket spoiled the eggs as play
things for the children, for when he
reached home, Mr.. Shut found that he
had five little blacksnakes in his
pocket, one of the eggs failing to hatch.
There is in this country the great
est army in the world-not a standing
army, but constantly moving body of
700. 900 men, who march and counter
march day and night, through heat and
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Each year they have 1900 killed and
10000 wounded. One man in 357 lost
his life last year; one in every 35 was
wounded. and the total loss by the
operations of the army was 5,823 killed
and 25, 500 wounded. Upon the soldiers
of this army 5000, 900 of our people de-
pend for their living. This army and
its soldiers are the railroad employees of
America.
The corner Of Henderson, Union,
and Hopkins counties, KY, was from
1911 to 1860 marked by famous oak
tree, of which John Young Brown tells
this story; ssAt the beginning Of the
century Micajah and Wiley Harpe and
their families moved in from North
Carolina Micajah was called Big
Harpe, being nearly seven feet high.
He and his brother seemed inspired by
thirst for human blood They muir
dered drover, then mill boy, then
three farmers, then whole family.
Big Harpe was lynched and decapitated
and his head stuck up in the tree in
question. the intersection of the three
counties being called Harpe's Head to
this day."
Wonderful Carving.
There is a wonderful piece of carving