Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-07-02
SELECT STRINGS.

Few criminals OF any hiuu i've 10 nc
old men.
Plants grow faster between 1 and &
4. N. that At any other time during the
dav.
The Ohio River, which is very nearly
1000 miles long, has Il mean descent OF
only 81 inches to the mile.
Cawker City, Kan, has adopted an
ordinance requiring every owner oil
chickens to keep them on his premises
San Francisco has an earthquake-proo
hotel. Ii is constructed of iron. aud II
the form Of two hollow squares, one
within the other, arranged 50 as to brace
each other.
The arrivals in this country from Swe-
den, Norway and Denmark are next ID
Importance to those of Great Britain and
Germany, and exceed by one fourth those
from ireland.
In Burmah it is rather Il suspicious
thing to give money for a charitable DO
ject. 1t IS supposed to mean that the
donor has been very wicked, and is de-
sirous to make amends.
Tha original manuscript Of the "RooS
Of Mormon" Is nov in one of the banks
at sRichmond, Ray County, Mo-, in Gus
tody of j. ID. WHITTIER, a straight aal
non polygamous Mormon.
A red bril- diet at the advanced agc
of twenty three years in Zlnesviile, Oaio,
the other day. 1t had become 50 feeble
that it coull not mount its perch in its
cage, but it saug until a year ago.
A tree was cut IN the Puget Sound
Washinyton) forest.the other day fro II
which seven cuts were taken without \
knot, their combined length being l79
feet. The tree scaled As, 900 feet.
Mrs. Sanders and tive daughters, Of
Henderson County, Tennessee, have feet
which are <marvels for size. Mrs. Sanders
wears lumber fifteen shoes and the
youngest daughter number twelve. The
average sized foot of this wonderful six
Is number Eighteen.
Professor Lors. the Greek rifle shot, is
attracting much attention By his feat OF
shooting Il glass bali from his own head.
The trick is performed by shooting at
the trigger of Il rifle, held in a frame,
with the muzzle sighted at 4 glass bal
dangling 10y a string directly over Tho
markman's head.
A costly wardrobe is owned by one o
the Chinese Ministers, whose mayniticen,
and varied t~oilettes have driven the So
cicty bellies Wild with envy. Tho
celestial diynltary never appears at pubic
entertainments twice IN the same costume
and his silk aud satin garments ar,
valued at $50, 900.
Many readers will he much surprised
to learn that at tue battle of Leipsic the
Russians brought into the field number
of Baskir Tartars who were armed onl,
with BOWS and arrows. SO we read il
General Marbot's MEMOIRS, written b,
himself and lately published. The Gen
eral was himself wounded by an arrow il
the battle.
A Maryland farmer adopts this metho'
Of Kidding his premises Of English spar
rows: Whenever they get too plentiful
he cpuips each man on the farm with
fiat boarl, and they all proceed afte
dark with lanterns to the bird-roost
The sparrows fly toward the light, an
as they come within reach the men wit
the boards knock them down by til
score.
Charles G.. Leland traces the origin {,
the saying il reference to a small place
"therc is not room enough to swing
cat to a superstition current in Tran
sylvanla. In this country, it is said,
a cat runs away. when recovered SD
must be swun, three times around to a
tacn her 10 tne dwelling. The same
done with a stolen cat by Il thief If
would retain 1t.