Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

of any of the grains. It grows equally
well in Lapland and in the valley of
the Nile, the only difference being that
in the latter country it is capable of
producing two crops year
Air can be frozen at a temperature
of 295 degrees below zero, and tho
product, which can be handled and
felt, burns, so to speak, with its eKces-
sive cold Frozen air can be produced
in any quantity, but its cost, five hum
dred dollars a gallon, is likely to pre-
vent a large business.
The marines in the Brooklyn navy
yard have soberAnd elderly dog that
now and then turns out for sentry
duty. He is occasionally seen before
the officers quarters on Flushing ave
nue. close at the heels of the man on
guard, turning promptly at the end Of
the post and never making excursions
into adjacent territory.
"A singular feature of the decora-
tions of the city of Leeds, on the re-
cent visit of the duke and duchess of
York, was triple archway formed en-
tirely of loaves of bread and inclosed
in q light frame of wood and iron.
Nearly six tons of bread were used in
its construction, and the next day it
was all distributed among the poor.
SLOUGH hats are numerous in almost
all communities south of Mason and
Dixon's line, and conservative old
southerners still demand the best felt
in such hats. A really good broad
brim felt hat such as a fastidious
southerner wears will cost almost as
much as respectable high silk hat
but will last longer, because it never
goes out of fashion.
Here is a specimen of the sort of
pleasantries of which the Parisians ap-
pear never to tire. 1t is from the
Gaulois. At subscription ball man
happens to step on the train of a lady s
dress. The lady turns in wrathful
manner, but suddenly changing her ex-
preston, says with smile: ''Ah, par
don, monsieur. l was merely angry.
/ thought it was my husband"
In the heart of large pine tree,
three and one-half feet in diameter,
james Miller, of Marinette, Wis, found
a knife that was about foot long and
one and one-half inches wide. The
age of the tree is estimated by good
judges to be over two hundred years,
and the knife was buried in it when
the tree was in its infancy, for it is
right near the heart and only about
six feet from the base.
Just before the Zulu war there was
in Mauritirs stamp collector who was
q friend of the local postmaster. One
day he learned that there was to be a
clearance of old stock, and obtained
permission TO buy it all as waste. It
occurred to him that he might do the
same at other small colonial pest Offices
and acquire stamps without difficulty
One of his Mauritius stamps he sold not
long ago for 81, $50. and according to
the Manchester Courier, he has already
made between 100000 and $3.50, 900 by
his investment.
There are great many hunters
armed with magazine cameras instead
of guns out in the Maine woods. watch
ing and working for snap shot at
deer, moose, or any other wild game.
The photograp pliers return with some
wonderfully interesting results to show
in pictures of wild animals in their
natural surroundings. And they claim
there is as much glory in taking a
deer's picture as in taking its life. IL
requires just as much skill to get with
in photogra phing distance as within
shooting range. and often more. ANY
way. it IS an interesting new field for
the trserrssslhle amsteuF phosng'
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