Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-12
CURIOUS FACTS.

Japan.
A horned rabbit is the curiosity of the
day at Akron, Ohio.
A -moistening apparatus for post
age stamps is also an invention.
There are within the present city
limits Of Milwaukee 10000 lots which
are unoccupied.
Hay thirty-two years old has been
found and is said to be well-preserved,
bright and sweet.
A Liberty County (Ga.) man has
found oysters growing at tie bottom oil
his sixty-foot we'll.
Indiana's 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 ring dove which is
twenty-one years old, and has been in
one cage al! its life.
A large fox tried to steal goose from
a 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 a red coat
hanging on a post, entangled her horns
in it, gave bellow aud dropped dead.
Since it is rumcred that marble man.
tel-pieces are coming into fashion again,
these pieces of interior decoration which
have been criticised as vulgar and mar
tistic are now called "perfectly lovely"
A monument will be erected shortly in
Tutlingen, in the Black Forest, to Max
schneckcnberger, author of "ThC Watch
on the Rhine" The fund for this pur-
pose is $4,000, aud 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 a number OF
pelts to be worked into footwear for the
coloaists.
A prisoner escaped from the Browns
town Qnd.) Jail by cutting hole
through the roof, after which he walked
ten miles to his home. Failing to secure
a bail bopd, he returned to Jail. He was
not missed by the sheriff, and he re-
entered by the hole through which he
escaped.
Wis., an indianapolis citizen was rid
ipp on a street car in that city the brake
handle slipped from the drivers grasp
and struck a pistol in the drivers 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 camels are mere Jumps
of fat, and not provided for 10 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. 1t is
usually kept in vaults of banks for de-
mands rarely made, and for this reason
the loss by abrasion is but one-halt OF
one per cent in twenty years. In a SZo
gold piece, the standard weight of which
is SIC grains, the Government allowance
for loss by abrasion is 2.5S grains.
A black water snake, which was dis
sected at the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege the other day. was found to contain
the bodies of four fishes. One OF these,
which was about four inches in length,
had partially swallowed another fish
two. thirds its size. 1t was, however,
not quite equal to the task, and the snake
had captured both. This curiosity will
be preserved in alcohol as a museum
specimen.