El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-18
VARIOUS FACTS.

VARIOUS FACTS.
A pet fox in a West Chester pa.
bird store upset a gas stove and as
phyxiated a number of the birds.
Gentleman (entering)-"Do you wor1
here, boy?" Office Boy-"Only When
the boss is booking. Boston Tran
script.
The largest sewing machine IN th'
world is in operation in Leeds.
weighs $500 pounds, and sews cotton
betting.
A band Of Jealous young English
high churchmen are keeping Lent by
praying daily for the conversion Of Si1
William Vernon Harcourt.
Though the flesh of tigers is tough
and sinewy, it is eaten in India. the
natives believing that by so doing they
gain strength and cunning.
The finest furs in all Russia are LAID
aside as tribute and become the prop
erty of the crown. So highly are these
a certain rank is allowed to veal
them.
HEWITT sat at the table next to
yours at the restaurant yesterday, and
I don't see how you could laugh at tn;
stale stories that Gruet was telling
Jew1tt-"He was paying for the DIR
ner.'-What TO Eat.
When President Eliot was put a
the head of Harvard university he a
once donned for the first time in his
life a high silk hat. In all the year.
-;v k1ok = hoe
out of doors in any other style OF head
gear.
A February issue of the Hawaiian
Gazette says: 1.-THE powerful search
light of the Oregon was turned on las
night, cleaving the darkness on every
hand. Strolling couples are extremely
chary of the searchlight, as it makes
night too much like day."
The eighty-two ton stone which is
to form the upper portion of the Rock
efeller monument has been delivered
in Cleveland. 1t was shipped from
Barre, VT, where it was Quarried, OF
two heavy fiat cars lashed together and
was unloaded with much difficulty at q
point half a mile from the cemetery
where the monument is to be erected
In India, that land of mon caste a
BARRIERS son must be a barber and
must marry a BARRIERS daughter. He
goes about looking for trade and
shaves his customer tn the street, both
sGuatting OF their heels while the OPP
Grafton is being performed. He is a
manicure and a chiropodist as we'll.
and sometimes works in a family for
$1-25 to 81 month.
Interesting results are expected from
the expedition to explore the ruins OF
Babylon sent out by the German ORR
entail society. The ruins lie about two
days journey from Bagdad, and cover
an enormous area The part to be es-
pecially eXcavated is the site of the
palace in which Alexander the Great
died. The Turkish government has
given its consent, and it is expected
that the work will require about five
years
This is how a Georgia darby ex-
How come he died, he wuZ in de way
er de train; en- how come he wuz in
de way er de train WIZ count or de
dimmyjohn er liquor; but how come
de liquor didn't spill, en- de dimmyjohn
didn't break wen de train ruined over
him. is one er desc things OATS provi-
Dental, en- hid fun our onderstandin'
fer a wise purpose. ALI I knows fer
suttin' isl don't see how a man could
go ter sleep On a railroad track, OF
anywhar else fer dat matter, wild SIGH
good liquor 'longside him.
Anton Hessel, a saloonkeeper Of Eau
Claire, Wis, has made a practice OF
attending all funerals held in his ma
tive town, regardless Of whether or not
he knew the deceased. The funeral OF
an old resident took place the other
day, and On the morning Of the OBJ
sequies Hessel received the following
letter: anton HesselI Dear Sir
Your absence from the funeral of my
father is requested by the entire fam
lily, either at the home or in the pro-
cession. No saloonkeepers or barten-
ders allowed. Yours respectfully, r.
G. Burgar." Hessel promptly made
the letter public, and It caused a great
sensation.