Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20
eLnrPsEs OF THR cURroUs.
The oldest and Queerest Incidents of Ever!
Day Life.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
During the last scene of Richard III"
at Portland Me- theatre, recently, in
the combat with Richmond Richards
sword broke, swapping off some six inches
from the hilt. The piece few directly in
TO the audience, striking gentleman on
the bridge of the nose, cutting cash
which extended nearly to the eye.
CUT ELEVATED.
A curious error was made in telegraph
ing critique of one of Mr.. Irving's first
nights in the States during his recent
visit. The critic was made to say next
morning. "The toast for Irving, like the
toast for olives, must be cut elevated"
The writer had intended to say that the
taste for Irving, like that for olives, must
be cultivated The academy.
BRUIN AS A FISHERMAN.
I came suddenly upon very large
bear in swamp, lying upon large hOl-
low log across a brook fishing, and he
was so much interested in his sport that
he did not notice me until l had APP
preached very near him, so could see
exactly how he baited his hook and
played his fish, He fished in this wise:
There was large hole through the log
on which he lay, and he thrust his fore
arm through the hole and held his open
paw In the water, and waited for the fish
to gather around and into it, and, when
full, he clutched his fist and brought up
q handful of fish and sat and ate them
with great gusto then down with the
paw again, and so on. The brook was
fairly alive with little trout and red-sid-
ed suckers, and some black suckers, so
the old fellow let himself out on the
fishes. He did not eat their heads. There
was quite pile of them on the log. 1
suppose the oil in his paw attracted the
fish, and baited them better even than a
flying hook, and his toenails were his
hooks, and Iarp ones, too, and once
grabbed, the fish were sure to stay.
INTHE SAME ROOM.
Henry =. MillWard shot himself after
participating ina mock tragedy at Spring
field, Ohio. Some weeks ago MillWard,
assisted by bundle Of friends, construct
ed dummy out of a number Of towels
and pillows, and laid it on a bed in the
Arcade Hotel in that city. The room
was carefully darkened and the dummy
covered with sheet. A pasteboard head
with grotesquely painted features was at
tached to the body, so as to be in sight
when the sheet should be removed.
When all was ready, the report was cir
culated through the city by the jOkers
that drummer had committed suicide
at the hotel. The report attracted hun
dred of citizens, including the Coroner,
who were piloted up to the room one by
one. Millward killed himselfin the same
room.
A SHATTERED TOE.
Miss Emma French, who lives a few
miles from this city, went into the field
yesterday to shoot geese, accompanied by
her brother The young lady carried a
parlor rife, and at a time when it was
pointed to the ground it went off accident
ally, shattering one of her toes. She came
into the city and consulted DIR. Hudson,
and submitted to an amputation of the
toe. When the Doctor suggested to the
young lady that she could be placed I'M
der the influence of chloroform, she said:
"No; if your instruments are sharp | will
see the operation performed" Accord
ingly the toe was removed without sign
from the young lady to indicate pain
Stockton Independent.
MOURNING MONKEYS.
The solicitude and care of monkeys fol
a dead companion were remarkably
shown in an instance related by ]. Forbes
F. R. S., in his Oriental Memoirs" One
of shooting party having killed a female
monkey, carried it to his tent, which was
Immediately surrounded by forty or fifty
of his companions, who made a great
noise and seemed about to attack theil
enemy. Till his gun, the dreadful effec
of which they had witnessed, was present
ed, however, the head of the party stood
his ground, chattering furiously. The
sportsman, feeling some little compunc
ton for having killed one Of them, die
not like to fire at the creature, and ye
nothing short of firing would suffice t.
drive them off. At length he came tt
hn Of tIo hoOsaTO q q h 4
moaning, and by the most expressive
gesture seemed to beg for the dead body
which was at last given to him; sorrow
fully he took it in his arms and bore i
away to his companions.
SENDING A BABY BY EXPRESS.
The British Medical Journal says thai
an English gentleman was recently sen
fenced to twelve months Imprisonment
with hard labor for sending his infan
child by rail from Belfast to Coleraine II
a flower hamper, addressed to a lady
about whom he knew nothing whatever
The hamper was left by him at one of the
parcel delivery Offices in Belfast, about
l1:3O a. M, for transportation to COler
aine, a distance of about fifty miles, anC
placed in the parcel office. About "a. m
the next morning the night watchman'
attention was attracted by the cry of I
child; on making a search in the parcel
room he discovered the cause snugly anC
comfortably placed in its hamper. 1t i
remarkable, and of interest to medica
men, that with all the knocking abou
this hamper must have got the chile
slept, and did not utter asound for fifteel
hours; and when released from its incar
ceration Though this occurred in the mid
die of winter) it was not anything the
worse for its confinement.