The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-03-05
|. S. AYRES & c0.
In ALA N APOLIS.

distinctly seen as though they had bean q
quarter of mile away. A little boy wss
seen driving flock Of sheep, little girl
girl was seen fondling Q doll in the door of
the lighthouse. In another minute. q Sec
ond feg-banb arose and shut out the vision.
Now when il is remembered that the usher
men were at least thirty miles from the L.
land, the sight must be regarded Ae wondsr-
full. 1t wss due of course to refraction and
bending of the suns rays. but some of the
fishermen, who didn't understand ssrefrac-
ton" got badly scared and sailed for home.
not TO fish any more that day.
One of the bravest hunting feats
ever performed by boys happened near
S!aunton, VA, during January of
this year. EppA Maddox. aged eleven
years, and his brother, Davis Maddox.
sged thirteen Years were fox-hunting
near Staunton, when their hounds started
deer. The boys had never taken
part in deer-chase, but they put spurs
70 their horsce and rsn st brsak.neck
speed after the animal. They made the
run straight across the country for I've
miles, leaping ditc hes and fences q
though they had been accustomed TO il
for years. At enc particularly high fence
Davis hesitated for q moment and the
hesitation caused him to throw his horse.
but, with the exception Of that mishap,
no accident interfered with the grand
hunt. After chase of about five miles
the dog came up with the deer which
the boys killed and carried home on the
back OF one of the horses. Eppa and
Davis are now the hsppiest boys in Viz
ginis.
A gentleman who recently visited the
pa eoknnl in ha Tn
says that he saw the Indian boys use
very odd sled in coating. They took
blocks of ice, and folding coffee sacks on
the blocks, seated themselves on the cush-
ions and fairly few down hill. In the
summer, when there is no ice, they cover
hlllsideIwith straw, and slide down il On
barrel slaves.
To look at the ordinary clam that we have
in this country, one would suppose il TO b
the most harmless thing in the world. But,
in reality, it can pinch quite hard, and the
big CLANS found near the islands in the
Pacific ocean are actually dangerous 70
divers. Many of the islanders live almost
altogether on the meat of this huge shellfsh.
They dive after them, stab them with sharp
spikes, and after they are dead, tear them
from their fastenings. At place in the
Pacific called Paumotu, not long eco, Q
dlver-who was looking for pesrls-got the
fingers of his left hand between the shells Of
q monster clam. The fingers were at once
made prisoners. The man pulled and tugrsd
with all his might, but he could neitker
make the clam let go, nor pull it from ih
roots. What situation he was ini Ten
feet under water and held fasti He drew
his knise and tried 10 pry open the shslls.
It was no use; and finally, seeing that h
would drown if he remained much LONGER
under water, he grasped his knife firmly
and cut off the fingers, leaving them in the
CLAIMS mouth at the bettom of the So.
1t is related in Massachusetts, nswspapss
that gentleman in the town of Holyoke
recently saw "spsrrow's funeraln The
gentleman was aroused from sn aftsr-dinnsr
nap by chsttering under his window. and
looking out he saw that fifty or more spar-
rows had gathered around the body of = dsad
sparrow. All the birds were utteriag criss
Of distress. Finally q large sparrow dsrtsd
down upon the body, csught Il BY the neck.
and few with il over the house-roofu until
he disappeared from sight, oil the other
birds following.
Many valuable discoveries have bean
made in curious ways. At any rate, the
process of making sugar white was. A hsn
that had gone throughs q clsy-puddle went
with her muddy feet into . suesr-houss.
She left her tracks on Q pile of sugar. Is
was noticed wherever the tracks were the
sugar was whitened. Experiments were
made, and the result was that vet clay came
to be used in refining sugar.