Daily Republican., 1883-11-01
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A North Csrolins girl had her hand
completely severed from the arm by IN
axs. Tho physician not being In condt-
tion to amput&te the arm above the
wrist, replaced tho hand, secured 1t
withsilver stitches and adhesive plaster,
and having bound both arm and hand
TO . broad splint, ordered them 10 be
kept warm with hot flannel cloth. The
third day pulsation could be plainly felt
in the hand, which had also changed its
color. Says the physician 10 charge" !
removed the sutnres on the fourteenth
day, and afterward she carried the hand
in . sling, and is now-three months af.
tor the accident-able TO extend the fin-
gers and grasp with nearly the usual
strength.
A young woman living near Byes-
vile, Ohio, was found in her room one
morning with Ter throat cut and nearly
DEAL She protested that she had
wounded herself with q razor while
suffering from night mare, and strongly
disclaimed any intention to commit
suicide. 1t il believed that she cannot
recover In New FORK, where an attempt
70 commit suicide Is punishable by i'm
prisonment, the validity Of the plea
that the self.injury WAS inflicted while
the person was asle ep has not yet been
tested.
A young woman In Maine who was
sent 10 the State prison for life some
three or four years ago has been par
doned by the good. .nstured Governor. -
All she did was to put her little baby
under board and then jump on the
board until the lite was crushed out Of
the unwelcome child. The jury and
Judge thought such little offense as
that deserving of severe punishment,
and 10 did Governor Plaisted, who
would not pardon her. Governor RObie
thinks differently.
An old settler in Southern California
says the impression that the cost of liv-
ing IL higher there than In the eastern
States In erroneous. you can get .
meal here. and . good ono too," ho says,
+" for ten cents. Meat Is high, and soils
for Is to 25 cents . pound, but people
don't need much In this climate. Every
body lives on fruit Our grapes, that
you pay Atty cents pound for, We get
for two cents pound. The best hotels
In the large towns, only charge t3 .
day."
Mrs. James Vaughan, Of GENTLE VAL
10y, Idaho, missed her 18-mOnth-0.d
babe, and her neighbors following the
tracks Of . large bear into tho Bear
range Of mountains, found the baby
curled up In a bunch Of weeds and grass
in the bushes, sound asleep, with Its
little tattered and torn dress thrown
over its head. Close beside the sleeper
was the warm bed of the bear, which
had abandoned its captive on the ap-
proach of the searching party.
Every farmer In Iowa, Wisconsin and
Nebraska Is joyons on account Of his
large crops. One of the most enchant-
ing scenes to look on is riding along
one Of the big western railroads for 200
miles at night, and seeing the field work
done by the light Of straw stack
fires. An ARABIAN Night" is the
nearest to 1t.
There is In Washington a Chinese
laundrymau by the name Of Pin, who
attends services At Congregational
church, and refuses to become member
ofthe Chinese secret society there. The
others of his race are trying to drive
him out Of the city, but he holds his
own and deAes them.
Tho long-lost African pigmies seem
to be found at last Itappears that
| = 10 t-tha In nm 2r,,Inp roN
the Tkitki, the msn and women of
which are seldom taller than three
feet and one of the | tile men, it
is reported, has arrived in Lower
Egypt.
A man living at Minneapolis has a
pet pig which follows him about like q
dog. AT one time pigs were made pets
OF by Spanish ladies, and very, very
long ago dogs and pigs roamed the
streets Of townsin England aud Scot
land, and were petted alike.
A remarkable popularity of the na
tives of southern China il that the great
toe OF each foot is separated from the
others like the thumb of the hand, and
can be used In much the same manner,
although not to an equal extent.
A mail carrier, who has kicking
horse, has sewed the beasts ears to-
gether at the tips, in the belief that a
horse never kicks without moving his
ears, and, If unable to move them, will
not use his heels.
The strength of mans tendency to
sleep in church was recently illustrated
in Lewiston, Me-, where burglar was
found In sound slumber in q pew OF
St. Peters with his kit of FOOLS scatter
ed around him.
She had been six months In attend
ance at school of fashionable cookery
and no one was therefore surprised tc
hear her inquiring how much pie plant
it took to make lemon pie.
A Chicago wholesale cloak touse ad
vertised for female model with q
thirty-six inch bust" Offering $8 q
week. There were five applicants In
two hours.
The Dominion Parliament In to bt
petitioned to appropriate SO, ,0O0 for the
carrying out of Commander Cheyne's &
plan of exploring the North Pole in
balloons.
A Texas owl mistook a sleeping man.
head for q chicken, and fastene its
claws In his hair and scalp. Then tht
man woke up and wrung the owls
l neck.
A Montana Indian Is named Woman
shoes. He had seen a Chicago girls
feet as she rode mule and he knew at
once that he had found great name.
The difference Of forty years between
the ages OF Michigan bride and BRIDE
groom was against the woman, wko was