Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-07-10


fruitcake and pickles out of the same
plate. The proper name for these ex-
cursions is picnics.
The estate of the late Mark Hopkins,
of California, is inventoried at $50, 600.
900. of course there is lawsuit over
it. He left three-fourths 10 his wife,
appointing her administrators. and his
two brothers claim that she is trying to
keep their quarter too.
An office seeker, aged thirteen, had
a hard experience in Washington. His
father let him make the journey from
California with a friend, who professed
ability to get him place in the Treas
ury Department. and gave him $500
for expenses. The friend absconded
with the money, leaving the boy to
sleep in the open air and beg his food.
Hartmann, of Berlin, is the animal
king of the world, and he collects more
wild beasts and supplies more menag-
cries. probably. than any man living.
His animals are mostly collected by
young students OF zoology, who enlist
in amateur brigades under his command,
or by trained hunters. A Snowman can
get the great serpents of the Andes and
Amazon cheaper from Hartmann than
he can from their native country, and
the same may DE said of almost every
other species of wild animal.
In China the names of children are
giveE according TO circumstances asso-
ciated with the time of their birth. If
a child is born at midnight, its name
may be Midnight; if the season be
rainy, the child's name may he Rain; if
the birth occurs on the birthday Of some
relative, that relatives age my be the
name of the newborn, and SO there are
names of Thirty, Five, Fifty, One, and
other numbers. But there are even
more curious names. If the parents
desired boy, and girl is born, her
name may be Ought-to-a-Boy.
DURING heavy thunder shower at
Mechanic Falls, Me-, the other day,
boy was sitting at the foot of Balm of
Gilead tree which was struck by light
ming. The tree was splintered, but the boy
was apparently uninjured- Soon after
the accident he was sliced with nausea,
and on physician removing the little
fellows clothing there was found upon
his stomach and chest an imprint re-
sembling the trunk of the tree, its
branches and buds as perfect as could
be drawn by the hands of a skilled
artist.
BIssEr, the animal trainer of Perth,
taught an ourang to wait on the table
and perform other household duties be-
longing to servants. A Chimpanzee has
been trained to feed and attend bakers
oven fire on board ship. A female
chimpanzee in the London Geological
Gardens could lock and unlock door
or drawer, and thread any needle. In
spoon and drinking cup with the same
ease as a human being. The Chacma
baboon has been taught to blow bellows
and to drive teams of wagon horses.
IT is amusing to watch slim man
weigh himself. He steps on to the
platform as an elephant steps upon
bridge, with an awful fear of breaking
the thing down, and then puts the 800
pound weight on the end of the beam.
OF course he takes it off again, but he
does this unostentatiously. Having
found what he weighs. say 120. if you
watch him carefully YOU will see him
slide the weight along to l75. by
Georgein he will exclaim as he goes
out, 1--WE lost ten pounds since last
week" He does not say how much he
weighs now; if you wish to know there
is the scale. He knows you will look.
DANA KRUM, one of The conductors
on the Erie Railroad, was approached
before train time by an unknown man.
who spoke to him as if he had known
him for years. Il say, Dana" said
he, 81 have forgotten my pass. and |
want to 90 10 Sus luehanna; am a fire.
man on the road. YOU know?' But the
conductor told him he ought to have ?