Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-25
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A petriHed block of oak with the marks OF
an ak plainly visible upon it, has been found
near Dallas, Ore. The question is, who used
the AK.
"A house in New Jersey which had been
kept insured for eighty-nine years, burned
up the other day between the lapse of one
policy and the taking out of another.
One of the most remarkable things con-
nected with tho weeks blizzard was the me-
cessity Of getting telegraphic news between
New York and Boston via Europe, a distance
OF 900 miles. .
Charles II. HILL steward at the Cadets
hospital West Point, who died recently, had
doubled in weight through dropsy, which
caused his death. In health he tipped tho
beam at 200 pounds
a woman in Harlem, N. V, has double
row of teeth, one of her sous has no teeth at
all, a daughter has a head of hair black on
one side and red on the other, and the watch
dog that guards the varegated family has
one artificial eye and was born without
tail.
The negroes of Georgia are flocltiug to the
Ocala swamp and daubing themselves with
its mud, in the hope that it will turn them
white. This movement had its origin in the
fact that negro who had wounded his leg
and bandaged it with the mud of the swamp
found when his leg healed that it had turned
almost white
The sea serpent that appears periodically
off the Maine coast is apparently no spring
chicken. He was seen there in 1917 and by
minister, too. Mr.. Staples, one of the oldest
settlers of Prospect Nc, used to say that he
once saw the monstrous creature envelope
schooner in its folds aud sink it in plain view
of the people on shore.
| A Louisiana negro, near Bayou Goula, saw
bear in his turrnip patch and tried TO drive
Hmm out. The bear resentedhe insult, drove
the X egro out chased him up the railroad
trac . The da ky stepped aside to let an ex-
press train pas and the bear didn't. After
the train passed the darlsey took q lot of bear
meat home for supper.
Wind rolled snow balls are often seen on
the Dakota and Wyoming prairies. Some
times millions upon millions of the balls are
IN sight at one time. Many are the size OF
an orange, some as big as cannon ball while
others reach the proportion of the prize
pumpkin of the county fair. These freaks of
| the storm leave pc rSon under the impress
| sion that great armies of school children have
been battling over the snowy spaces.
Quite number of years ago there came
| from Virginia to Eola Mo-, a newly married
| couple In the natural course of events
| daughter was born to them and made happy
abe young household. That daughter is now
| young lady-quite belle-and the fact has
| Just come to light that she is web footed.
The young lady, however, wants her name
concealed. She is great society belle, and
| the story of her toes, If found out, would
| embarrass her not a little.
John Battersby, who, in his day, was the
| began to gain weight Immediately after being
| thrown out of a wagon near F'rankford, Pa,
| some fifteen years ago. His lightest weight
| was tifty-two pounds, and after the accident
| dupois until he has fattened out of the busi-
ness at 1SO pounds. His wife, Hannah Bat
| tersby, weighs $50 pounds. She never
| buckles her own skate straps.
An anatomist in Science is responsible for
| this statement: ION the outside of per-
| fectly formed human being there is nothing
| to distinguish the right hand from the left,
and no one can describe it in words so that
| an ignorant person can find it," 1t is not
| true. There is a geographical difference
| easily indicated. Let a man place the hand
on table, palm down, with the fingers to the
| north. If the thumb points to the east, it is
the left hand; if to the west, it is the right.
| Nexta
| What looked like the largest, straghtest.
| soundest and longest walnut log ever tloated
down the Cumberland, reached Nashville the
other day. 1t belonged to a green-looking
| must sell it Immediately 1t was such fine
log that despite the owners anxiety to sell, it
fetched almost its apparent value In due
course of time it was taken out of the water
| and proved to be a sycamore log with walnut
bark tackled all over it In the most artistic
| manner. The green countryman has not
| been seen since.
A bright witted girl in Manchester, Eng
land, telephoned to her father at his office,
asking if her dog, Curley, was there. He re-
your arms and hold the receiver to his ear; I
| want to tell him to come home," said the
| girl. Her father did so. The dogs counte-
| nance wore, momentarily, look of astonish-
ment at hearing Come home, Curly! Come
| home!' !'' in the feminine tones of his mistress,
but it took him only an instant to understand
| what was wanted and he made break for
home az fast as he could CO.