, 1874-11-29
SOME GENUINE CURIosITIEs.
Things Which We're Declined by slae
Conn znr.iissSoncr5 OF EEx international

HAGat 4At5A4atiOuAtt GAI1UIE1Ou u 4oU1 6UQHlu
now have an opportunity Of showing to the world
the wonders OF their Imagination or tho pecul-
arities Of their mind; and though with no desire
to further this object, vsc give few OF the pro-
posed contributions rejected By the Commission
era OF the 1869 exhibition.
A lady sent stuffed cat which she said lived
to ba II year, OF age. and IVES known to have
killed during his life 3.270 rats. It followed it's
mistress for niles, and would seize rnbbit now
and then aud place it at her feet
A man dEtins from WilIeuhall, 6ta0ozdshire,
whose name NO withhold, wrote US follows:
9 Oi don't no If hanerals is to be showd but II
they be, oi got J. dog, bull dog, has ausom has
pant and he wul kill again ony hapi.nai tbs
1ur.:nner5 caa briug-and there DO cLapa hera
has will fluid money to back em-Au oi want his
chance at thin furrlnness it they bo goio to
bT1ng dogs OF muss bring en- my8el and Il you be
ready oi am-he has kilt GU rots in 20 minnes aud
that as moor on onr fotrinuer do-you be
save on backing me-send eat1n mummy to paY
me railxa and oi will be vi you."
number Of hideous stuffed monstrosities
wero sent-cats with three heads. dogs with six
legs, half-dogs. h1lf-cat, calves with Elk eyes,
four eyes. and numerous other ll.sus nat,1ra :;
but tho Office OF the exhibition had not been open
many months when 80 American gentleman call
cd to make proposition OF still mora ad-
vanced" description. Ha was the fortunate
possessor OF the enbalmed body Of Juila Pas
trana-a poor crc.4s1re, hRlf-baboou. half-Hom-
an-Tho created q sensation III England 3 few
years before; and lie thought that arrnusenaenrs
Ul!k4L Do NAu6 VIII LAe N04uu1ae1one1s ~ 611oW
this dead wonder at Cd q head. He seemed much
astoundea wien his offer was refused.
4 lady wrcte to say that she could procure the
identical shirt that Charles I. WIS executed IN.
1t WAS composed OF the finest possible canbric,
most elabofately worked, and had been handed
down to her from early ancestors; bat unfor-
tuuately It Was then in the hands of the pawn
broker, who had advanced ten pounds upon It,
If she could receive this snm, and further
sraouut sufficient to buy glass caae for it, this
would prove one OF the greatest attractions in
the exhibition, and st,o* how superior was the
needIeworaz Of that age to any produced At the
present time
Another lady sent large sheet OF cardboard,
on which only blata Eaarks welo V1s1Ela, "4taous
any outline that could be understood. Sno
wrotes "Ihls. gentlemen. is done With cna7-
coa-charcoal, no drawing pencil, simply chaxTea
wood. want it exhibited, to show to the world
that womana mind is superior TO circumstances,
and that ], o woman without means, am sape-
rior to Michael Angelo" The Commissioners
sen. it back With the curt 1omark: "Wish
thanks but no space.
foz no one had then talked about cremation
wished to eSh;bl. an apparatus by which lou
pounds OF animal nstter could be reduced to
dust BY pounds OF charcoal IN. tew hours
without causing an Offensive smell ''Thls, ho
said, labelling small packet containing q few
ounces Of dust, " is oil that romains OF large
dog" Tho Commissioners Werc st loss 20 see
the utility OF his invention at that period and,
tlefe10le, feIuHeQ 70 clio" ulu Hp1C8
The Bmnlest contribution which was declined
Was penny loaf OF tho year 1901. The apl'l1-
cant for space to exhibit this loaf said that ha
believed it to be the oldest piece OF bread IN tn,
world It vas purchased by the applicans'u
father sixty years before when Wheat was selling
at guinea . bushel; and for the purpose OF
preserving = specimen OF vary dear bread, b
s1ring-net was made, IN which it had been in
caaed ever s;uca.
A thoughtful friend OF the commissioners
ant a 3UnpHer nf anfAJi 1hyRc nnUErF4 all tlH
way from BadenBaden. They were carefully
directed, Us mellclle packets usually are, ana
wcra intended to repair the exhausted conBtl-
tutlons of the oVo1Horked Officials
4 Norwegian sent chart OF the ecrth. ito
provo that 1t not round. bat fat and asked
that space may be gwen him to lecture in, when
ho would show how blind all the learned msn
had been on this subject, end would teach sho
rising generation truths that it would be worthy
of the Exhibition to uafoId.
One person, on the otEer hand. asEed that
space should be given him to suspend . pondu-
lum BY Link lZ0 teet long. and tho sald peuau-
This VAS to some extent carried out at tho Paris
International Exhibition. where pendalu.a
weighing upward OF ton VAS suspended oy 3
thick wire, With humorous swivels upon It;
underneath, the hours tos caS and nient Eere
marked, and the pendulum being set going when
the sun WAS at his meridian, it marked tue t!no
ACCURATELY, apparently changing lts molten. bu.
i'll reality continuing it's action f:om north to
south, by means OF tue eHlFe's; 1ne pEcsuinpt1o4
being that the surface had changed its position,
showing tho oar.hs rotation
One gentleman. 2 Frenchman. OF poetic turn
OF mind, wished to put tho whole official cG.a-
minutes. documents, and decisions Of the Com-
n;ssione-s into en epic posm-
OF the thousands o. applicants for space, souo
protested to produce sla=a oyes 80 sruo to na:nfe
that none could believe them to DO artificial :
others asserted that they could produce wigs su-
pcrior to tho natural hasr, end taat.whiekars and
mustaches could be so fixed upon the iaco as to
give tirsute appearance to tho most barasaced
indtvidua's Ttere we1o cotfirs Of tne rnsss in
solutelv soat OF embalned bodies, to provo how
mortal lash can be preserved from decay. Lastly.
:hcre was an applican. for spacs VINO bed the
elixir OF Life. and only wanted opportunity OF
some one dying suddenly within the Exhibition
build1ng to prove tho miraculous power OF his
mixture.