The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-31
Some Freaks Of Nature.

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a cat had caught mouee on lawn ant
let 1t 80 again in her cruel way in order t.
play with it, when the mouse, Inspired b,
despair and seeing only one hole pessibl,
to escape into, namely, the round, rec
throat OF the Cat, very visible through bel
open mouth, took bold spring into hel
JAMS, just escaping between her teeth. anr
struggled and stuffed himself into hel
throat, with the result that the cat MAS sui
located. W.
There is negro woman in Marietta, Ga.
who is gradually turning white-wnits
spots cover her lace and oIner parls Of he,
body. This bleaching process has beer
gong on Tor some tiple. The woman il
WORKING Tor one OF tho best families Of the
place: sne Is apparently in good health
and the white spots, which keep enlargi1 &
and spreading over her body, can not be
accounted Tor upon any other hypothesis
than that she has peculiar skin disease
that Is working out this wonderful trans
formation. II gives her no uneasinpes
whatever, because it is psinler,.
A very good spider.and fly story ia told
on the authority Of Nh. Thomso Ball, the
natura!iat, who witnessed tho act. "a
very Strong, loud, blus:ering fellow Of i
blueboltle hy bounced accidentally into q
SPIDERS web. Down rushed the old spider
and threw her arms around his neck; bu,
ho fought and struggled, and blew biz
drone. Snd tore the web into holes, and &C
got looss. The spider would not Jet 40 heI
mold, and the ny flaw away win the
spider." 80
When snakes ara shedding their skins
they will noe eat at all, IS they 90 blind,
snd q enake will pot cut anything it can
not see. When they are abon. to shed
Their skins they give great blow at their
mouths snd this looaens their skin, and i.
comes oil from the heah and they crawl
out. Then they are very hungry sud will
eat anything. Some snakes won't eat III
the daytimt; Others won't eat when there
Ii a crowd looking on.
Ia sba Travels in SPAIN" By the Mar.
qula OF Z.ngle, he speaks Of ! parrot tina, re.
tained u quantity of things-ah incredible
number If stories and necdotes-which it
related and ar.iculated without heettation.
I. speke Spanish, murdered French, knew
GONE yerses Of Rac. 1e, &C aid shy grace, ~.
peat the fable Of the crow and count thirty
louis. They dared scarcely to hang its
cage at the windows, for when it was there
aud the weather WAS fae the parrot talked
ceaselessly. It said everything it knew,
spostroph zsd ali the passers.Dy, except
women, and talked politics. To one Of
b y, birds Prince Lson owed bis life. He
had been condemned to deah by bis
father, and tbs parrot took Il 20 ,anoh to
heart that he kept repeating, "AlasI my
master Leon" and the sorrow Of the bird
made such an impression on the brutal
father that be released lila aon. TN.
The Alba'yosa bag brought North quite a
curiosity. 1t is a double lurllt, or ii other
worcs, two turtles connected, i Is Siamese
twine. The two animals are jnined together
At their posterior extremities. and where
the connection is mads the d ,shy part Is
nearlv RS thick % at any other portion oil
the body. There are two separate, nearly
circular ahelIs on the back, and al
each extremity Of tho combined animal a
little head pr jsot0, vhils there are three
legs on the aide, making elk III all. The
entire length Of this monster ia about fou,
inches, and 1t is, approximately, two inchea
wide. W !. ~ @l.s,.. >. ~, & 4 e.
4 thfee:legged kitten, some twenty ave
days old, is living curiosity at Marietta
Georgia. The front shoulder where the
fourth leg ahould naturally appear, il per
lectly smooth. - -