Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-09-26

II ls - journalist, been allow
"a ~ Ell to ascend as high
- " ~ as the present state oi
the structure permits, and was most elo.
quent as to the spectacular results of the
gigantic undertaking. The view from
the top Of the completed tower will be
one such as nobody but o successful
aeronant will have ever beheld, while
the oscillating sensation which will be
experienced will be positively unique;
for, difficult as it is to realize the fact, it
is mathematical certainty that the top
Of the Eiffel tower will oscillate in a
high wind to the extent Of yard or two.
Fancy, then, what the experience of en-
terprising climbers will be when they
find themselves sensibly swaying about
in the upper air.
A WEALTHY English bachelor invited q
few friends to an evening party just be-
fore his departure abroad. As the guests
entered the reception room each received
q handsome engraved card with the word
"Causerie" at the top and the quotation
from Paradise Lost: "With thee con
conversing, ] forget all time" It was
explained that ten subjects had been se-
lected for discussion and ten couples
chosen to do the work. Instead of
spending the evening in dancing each
gentleman was expected to fill out his
cards with the names of the young ladies
to whom he desired to talk. Five min
utes were to be devoted to each topic,
and at a signal from the host there was
to be general swapping of partners,
and a comnlete change in the subject.
A PEER who had always ordered his
coats through his valet stepped into his
tailor's on Piocadilly to order one HIM
self. When he gave the address, the
tailor, supposing him to be new valet,
slipped o little packet into his hand,
with "Heres your commission, and it's
your own fault if you don't earn more.
Just you take this brush, and give the
old mans clothes good wipe down
with it every morning. He doesn't
wear half as many coats as he should. !"
It was steel-wire brush. The peer
took the money and his custom with
him.
The Wolverhampton, England, cor
respondent states that during heavy
thunder storm collier named Bates,
who had lost his sight through an acct
dent, was being led home, when flash
of lightning reflected on the spectacles
he was wearing to conceal his disfigure-
ment. After tn peal of thunder which
followed he complained of pain in his
head. The next moment, to his sur
prise, he found that he had regained
possession Of his eyesight. The occur
renee has caused considerable excite
ment in the locality.
JACOB MILLER, who lives in Cobb
County, No., had not walked in seven
years on account of the contraction of
the muscles of his leg. During recent
storm, while sitting under o tree, a
stroke Of lightning shattered the top OF
the trunk OF the tree, knocking it into
splinters. Miller says he felt the cur
rent of electricity pass through his
body, and thought death was upon him.
In attempting to get his crutch he
found that his lame leg was almost
straight, and he has walked without as
sistance ever since.
Mr.. JAMES You've, of Bath, Canada,
while engaged raising timber from the
bottom of the bay, found securely pin
ned to one of the logs pike weighing
10, pounds. The fish had run with
such force against a large pointed silver
that it had penetrated his body and held
him prisoner. The strangest part of the
whole affair was revealed on opening
the pike, when there tumblcd out four
ounce coin silver watch, three trolling
spoons, pair of silver spectacles, and q
white porcelain door knob.
A BAKER in Bloomsbury, England,
suea man for $3.50 for bread fur
nished. The man entered counter
claim for $45 for the value of q dog.
The evidence was that the bakers boy
leaving bread left the gate of the GUS
toner open, and the dog ran out and
was lost. The Court held that if the
man could not take care of the dog him
self he ought not to expect the bakers
boy to do it, and Judgment was for the
baker.
SAMUEL NIoKERsoN, President Of the
First National Bank, of Chicago, has
probably the finest collection of rock
CRYSTALS in the world. One of them is
as big rs goose egg and is valued at
$15, 900. It is supposed to be the larg-
est in existence.
The name of Elizabethtown, KY,
could be very properly changed from
Elizabethtown to Widowville, as we
doubt if there is town in the State OF
it's size that contains so many widows.
A careful count has been made, and
they number just sixty-one. What is
rather singular is that the widowers can
be counted on your fingers. There are
more than six widows to one widower.
Tt is enough to alarm all the married
men, as it conclusively shows that, in
Elizabethtown at least, the women out
live the men. What is also very alarm
ing to the widows is the, fact that in
thirty-five years only three of them
have been able to get second husband.
R. F. MYERS plays q tenor horn in
the Union Band of Carlisle, Pa. Tho
other day this musical organization
gave concert at Mount Alto, beauti-
full picnic resort in Franklin County.
Myers, while playing in one of the
pieces, took the horn away from his
month, as horn blowers generally do.
When he began playing again he felt
singing sensation in his throat. The
pain caused him to stop blowing and, as
he took the horn away from his mouth,
q large, yellow jacket dropped to the
floor. The insect had flown into the
horn, and when the man began to blow
it few into his throat and stung him.
THE wife of a Breton peasant, fol-
whom the doctor had prescribed leeches,
fried the leeches and gave them to her
injured husband to eat. He was taken
fatally i'll and it was attributed to the