Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

At little girls party, at Hartford
Conn, a few days ago, when the dolls
had grown trife tired, two of the
young people decided to entertain the
rest with charades. As none but the
children themselves were present, the
report Of course comes second handed,
but from all accounts it appears that
there was one pre-eminent success.
"Of course it's easy enough to guess,
but it was real fun. First they talked
about a cat-that was the first syllable;
then for the second syllable they had a
sledge; and the word was mew-sledge."
The citizens of Colletsville, N. c., have
discovered an excellent and easy way to
catch suckers when they run up the
Johns river, There is dam a Cott-
letsville, and the fish make many at
tempts to climb the waterfall. Baskets
are fastened to the top of the Cam so that
they will hang just under the water, and
the suckers, failing in their efforts to
climb the falls, drop back into the bas-
kets. Four hundred were thus caught
one morning recently.
Photography, it is claimed, is to be
still further advanced by the use Of the
air brush. In this device little holder
is charged with India ink, and, by a
bellows operated with a foot-pedal after
the manner of a sewing machine, the
fluid is blown upon family outlined
portrait, the result giving picture su-
perior in many respects to the best cray
on drawing the whole operation involv-
ing also only few hours time.
The stingray is the natural enemy Of
San Francisco oysters, and his appear
ance on the Atlantic coast is al
most as much to be dreaded as the FIVE
fingered starish that destroys the beds
of eastern waters. The fish has a pow
erful pair of jaws, with which he consid-
ers it no trick whatever to smash the
shell of an oyster into powder, after
which he sucks the meat into his stom-
ach and discards the rocky debris.
Several years ago Louis Renneberg
was found dead in his bed at Mononga-
hela City, and buried. But he wasn't
dead after all, for he turned up the other
day at his old employers and asked for
work. He SAYS that he revived after be-
ing buried and dug out Of the grave; but
it is thought that he was resurrected by
medical students, who, finding him alive,
paid him to quit town and keep quiet.
Alaska has been having touch of the
labor trouble fever. The carpenter and
mechanics of Sitka presented a petition
to Judge Dawson deprecating the plan
of one Heaton, a missionary under a sal
ary from the government, who competed
with contractors for the construction OF
new buildings at figure too low for al
lowing living wages, proposing to en-
ploy Indian boys from his school.
The small jelly fish, says the Ventura
(Cal. Free Press, continues to be cast
upon the shore by the million. The
beach is lined with this beautiful little
meduse for miles. The body or disk
has an oblong shape fattened upon it,
upper and lower sides. A triangular
sail rises on the upper side of the disk
extending diagonally across its surface
Why so many appear at this time Is
mystery.
It is related of Old Doc, horse Of To
ronto fire department recently killed
while on duty, that or Q night he got out
of his stall and found a pile Of oats
Catching bag in his teeth he carried it
to his two stable companions and then
carried two bags TO his own stall. The
feast that followed well nigh foundered
the three horses.
James Warder, of Nokesville, Va, in
sists that the following is true snake
story: "My wife's old turkey hen was
sitting beside the garden fence on thir-
teen eggs. About week ago a large
black snake came along and ate the tur-
key, curled himself on the eggs, and
stayed there until they Matched out, and
then ate the whole brood at once"
A gentleman of Trumbull county,
Ohio, was awakened one night recently
from a sound sleep with singing, biting
sensation in his leg. A search was IN
stituted and discovery made. In the
folds of his wife's robe de chambre a
fsh-hook was securely caught, and so
deeply had it imbedded itself that slice
of flesh went out with it.
Among the new curiosities donated
the Wyoming Pioneer and Historical
association, at Silver Lake, N. T., Is q
large piece of the bridge which Gen.
Sullivan constructed near Conesus, to
move his artillery over, more than one
hundred yes1 ago. Il was made Of