Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-20
NEWS AND NOTES.

In Hungary. where the railway fares
were reduced by the Zone system" from
20 to so per cent, the receipts have in
creased IS per cent and the number of pas
sengers rose from 1000 600 to i,OO0,OO0
Recent reports from the Salton sea in the
Colorado desert are to the effect that there
is no marked diminutiOn of the water, not
withstanding the enormous evaporation,
and it seems to have come to stay.
The keeper of a bar-room in San Fran
cisco, while among the casks in the cellar,
was killed by the explosion OF an empty
cask. one of the slaves crushing his skull.
His light ignited the accumulated fumes IN
the cask.
Moose are so very plentiful in Northern
Maine that, as a sportsman can legally XII
but one in a season, 1t IS something OF a DIS
appointment to throw away the only chance
on an understood or lean animal, or one with
poor antlers.
Western Washington loggers tell OF an
immense log. recently floated down the Sno-
oualmie river, which five oxen had difficulty
in hauling. 1t was fir log thIrty-two feet
in length and eighty-nine inches IN diam
eter at the largest end.
Twenty-one specimens of fossil shells
have been found in the vicinity of Boston.
Some of these fossils were found in the
Muddy river on the border Of BrookIlne !;
some have been found in the dredging of
the Charles river near the Back bay. Some
of the oyster shells are ten inches long.
To the long list of food fishes caught in
Oregon waters is to be added the mackerel.
Five fishes that looked to be mackerel were
caught at Astoria one day last week, two
of the wharf and three in a boat. One OF
the fishes viii be sent to the Smithsonian
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classification.
The mummified body of a man has been
found in Selma, Fresno county, Cal. 1t IS
in a perfect state of preservation, being
thoroughly dried and as hard rs board,
without the least sign of odor. The flesh IS
as hard as sole leather and as black as the
mummies OF the ancientS. The body IS evil
IDENTIFY that Of a Mexican.
Between two small lakes near Boras,
Sweden, a strip of land has interrupted
traffic, but engineers have overcome the
difficulty by constructing ship railway
across it and building a small steamboat
that can run itself across from one lake to
the other The vessel has accommodations
for sixty persons.
The Dalles (Ore) Chronicle tells of a
wagon load of produce recently brought to
that city which consisted of but SIX heads
of cabbage, the half-dozen filling the wagon
bed. These mammoth cabbageS were raised
on the dry hills near the Des Chutes river,
and were the wonder and admiration OF all
| who saw them.
The Rainy Day club, which the women OF
Tacoma organized recently with the oolec'
| of encouraging the wearing OF ankle-hlgE
| dresses in wet weather in the interest Of
| comfort and cleanliness, is finding imitator:
| in various cities of that region. Thereo1s 9
| Wet Weather club of women in Olympia
and another is being formed in Aberdeen.
The orientals have a very original though
| ancient method of detecting rogue in lie
| They stand him up in the presence OF judge:
| and witnesses and give him handful O.
| wheat to chew. If he has been lying hi:
nervousness affects his salivary glands anc
his mouth gets dry and the dry whea
| chokeS him.
The Paris Figaro has heard of the Chi
cago fair and has heard disturbing news O.
| it. Figaro says: lone of the great at
| fractions of the Chicago exposition will be
| it seems, an orchestra of 40U pianos, ar
| ranged in pyramid, and played by singh
| pianist BY the use of an electrical con
/ trivance these 400 pianos Will sound all to
| gether. Oh! my head, my head"
One of the customs of the English cour
| prevails nowhere else. 1t is the solemn an
| nouncement at the beginning of each cours
| of the name of the cook who has prepared
the dishes served. This announcement i
made in audible tone, for the benefit Of he
majesty, by one of the clerks-in-waiting o
the kitchens. The origin of this custom
dates back to the reign of George II.
Farmer Hall of Clay county, Alabama
| has a remarkable family. He is siXty-fou
years of age and has never tasted liquo
| nor chewed tobacco. He has been marrie
| twice and he SIS the father of twenty-seve
children-sixteen, eight boys and eigh
| girls, by his first wife, andceleven, six boy
and i've girls, by his second wife. Sixtee
of the children are living. Twins wer
born to him twice, the first boys and tn
second girls.
The degree of delicacy which has BEEF
attained in the application of the radio
micrometer for the measurement of radian
heat-yiz, from the candle, fire, the sur
the moon, the stars or anything else whic
radiates heat in space-is pronounce
marvellous by scientists, a single illustra
ton of this power being afforded by tn
fact that really 'appreciable effect is prt
duced on that instrument by candle place
two miles away.
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