Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-14
CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

An Iowa boy got locked up in beef cooler
/ for fourteen hours, and his teeth chartered
until they were worn half down
A colored man found $4,000 in greenbacks
between the leaves Of an old book he had
bought az a second hand store at Paris, Ky.
An orchardist near Walla WaIla, ". T,
has gathered five crops Of Bartlett pears
since Jan l, according to a Walla WaIla
paper.
The wife Of a farmer named Dufort, a.
Masanche, P. O., has given birth to her
thirtieth child. she has been married twenty
one years.
When E. G. Rowe, who had been fishing
from boat in Pushaw lake, near Bangor,
Ne, pulled up his anchor he found a vaIu-
able gold ring on the end Of It.
In order TO test the question Of how many
cigars man ought 10 smoke q day q Cincin-
natl man smoked ffty-one. The question was
settled He has gone to an idiot asylum.
A horse jumped from car while the train
was in motion near MaysviIle, Cal, a few
days ago and landed in good condition, at
once trottirg off. The car door had been
opened in some manner.
"Old Bill" Watson, who died near Wind
scr, Ills, recently, was buried In a coffin
made by himself several years ago. He Kept
the casket in his bedroom. and took great
pride in showing it 70 his friends
One Of the horses used on the stage line
near Albany has a heavy mustache. People
who have examined the horse and the re-
markable growth OF hair on its upper lip say
they never saw anything to equal it,
A California widow had plans made for
$4,000 monument for her late departed, but
when the lawyers got through fighting over
the estate the widow was doing housework
at 81 week for the man who designed the
monument.
A Scotch lassie objected to her lovers
smoking, and said to him: Choose between
your cigar and me" He promptly chose the
weed, and the gIrl sued him for breach of
promise. The court held that by offering the
alternative she was responsible for the
broken engagement.
San Francisco lady bought chicken
from hard up peddler When she cleaned
1t for dinner she found in its crop particles
Of gold whose value amounted to $40 1t was
impossible to find what part of the country
the chicken came from The lady IS very
willing to make a similar investment
There is a man in Albany who has solved
the problem of winding his " aterbury watch
without wasting half his time in the opera
ton. He is employed ii a machine shop.
When the time arrives for the watch TO be
wound he simply holds the knob of the stem
against one Of the belts for moment and
the thing is done
Th--s
tured young snake, TO which he has been
giving a certain amount Of whisky every
day. At first his snakeship did not take
kindly 10 the beverage, but Of late has shown
a decided hankering after it. When given
all 1t can drink It rolls around on the foo-
and performs number Of odd antics.
Eugene Bloc, of Paris, Il years old, appar-
emily didn't take enough exercise, for he fell
in love with q plaster cast of Venus IN his
fathers house, and would stand gazing at il
for hours. lie neglected his studies, and his
father got angry and smashed the Venus
Thereupon Eugene went up TO his rom.
twisted sheet around his neck and straugIed
himself to death.
A young man Of Albany, \ z, who prides
himself on his ability to 90 queer things,
now astOuIshes his friends by tossing I'D a
grape, and as it comes down cutting it in
two with one stroke Of his razor 1t took
him over five weeks TO learn the trick. and it
cost him the end Of one Of his fingers before
he succeeded
C. A. Smith, Of Hickory township. near
New Castle, Pa, was not allowed TO vote be-
cause he had no name He to.k the name Of
Smith ten years ago, before be got married .
He had one under the name Of Cabbage" W
to that time. When be was baby he was
found in a cabbage patch, and he has never
known his parents.
Milton Beuner, Of TrumbauersviIle. Pa.
while out cunning, saw a fox squirrel mount :
a high tree, and fired at it. It fell. followed
by a blacksuake six feet long, which caught
itself on a limb. He called his son ami they
killed the snake BY giving it another shot.
The snake was not seen until after the first /
shot, and was in the act OF deyouriug tie /
squirrel when killed
The curious fact has been demonstrated /.
by Sir john Lubbock that certain kinds Of (
ants are unable 70 exist without keeping /
other ants as slaves, though why this IS 50 ne /
has not found out. On removing the slaves !
from nest OF fifty slave holding ants he !;
found that the latter Immediately com |
menced to die of, and were speedily reduced +
in number to six When the slaves were re-
turned the mortality ceased.
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