The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-22
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But one person in 10000 attains the age OF 100
years, according to insurance statistics.
The rabbits of New York city are urging their
people to hold all weddings and funerals in the
synagogues.
Rubber heels for marching have been intro
duced by French army surgeon. The infantry
has tried them with good results.
The steel used by the United States navy is
recommended by the Austrian society Of en-
gineers as the best known in practical science.
There is In q yard at Palatka. Fla, quite a
curiosity in the shape of an orange tree only
seven inches in height, but containing perfect
orange.
Indiana will alone turn out $1,000 bicycles
from her manufactures this year. The promise
OF bow-legged generation is looming up
grandly.
There is q wine cask in Toledo which holds
$1,000 gallons, and thereby greatly outdoes the
famous Heidelberger fass, celebrated in German
prose and poetry.
One of the finest opals in the world is said to
be worn on the turban OF the Japanese minister
in Washington. 1t IL as large as a pigeons egg
and surrounded by diamonds.
A Philadelphia has educated q house fly to
respond to a prolonged "buz-zz," which brings
1t from its Granny any time OF the day for its
supply OF sugar.
The earth's surface only exceeds the moons
by about thirteen and one-half times. The
moons surface is fully as large as Africa and
Australia together, and nearly as large az North
aud South America without the islands.
Mrs. Sanders and five daughters, OF Hender-
son county, Tenn, have feet which are marvels
for size. Mrs. Sanders wears No. Is shoes and
the youngest daughter tweives. The average.
sized foot OF this wonderful six is fourteen.
A new form of saddle is being served out to
the garde du corps experimeutally by order Of
the German emperor. There has been some talk
in military circles lately of new saddle, all the
metal parts of which are made of aluminium.
1t is now admitted that the inherent hue Of
water is blue. Even distilled water has been
proved to be almost exactly of the same tint as a
solution of Prussan blue This Is corroborated
by the fact that the purer the water 10 in nature
the bluer is its hue.
Fl. r. Murcy, of Forsyth, Mont, has the head
of deer that has three irregular horns on each
side and nine irregular horns in front, between
the two larger ones. The side horns are nine
inches in length, and those in front from one to
four inches in length.
The Roumanian has, in every walk in life, a
fierce and savage PRIDE which causes him to abb
hor the idea of medicine and surgery, and to
consider the loss of a limb terrible as that of
life itself He has become accustomed to the
Idea that only beggars are so disfgured, and be-
lieyes that no necessity should constrain him to
such a loss.
In Rockland, Me-, is dog that Is a born thief.
It's fay orte plumber is clothing, and in daily ex-
cursions about the neighborhood during the
past winter it has pilfered enough to stock q
shop Last week it went into an open hallway,
picked up a costly muff and started for home,
holly pursued by man and two excited women.
The owner got her muf and the dog got beat
ing