Telegram-herald., 1888-03-15
RaR,TiEs FOR READERS.

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hying. Two gr4ndtsyeers. two grspcg.e'sls-
srs. ave great srsssf2lEeFss and f91f great
srsEdUosAers-
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nslor4llsts - Ire Cha-ies ger e. xPesfsti0a are
foand totally bliud IL the deep sea, oss hsss
eses - asa ~ inEsbl1Aaz shallow water.
Ia FannetssoCrg. Fr4aklln co8nty. Pa.
lives = Eftesn-ye&r-eAd by MAo IL SIX feet
AID oas saeh IN hSaght esd ssell.propor-
toned HIS nanas : James Newton Alex-
s1geF.
Rxs. Ma BACCHus ls coaccciiag a elg
tcuperzE,s revival In Iz1fel, Del Rev.
Mr.. Sucker i prvachi2g against smoking,
and Rev Nr. HGs9and. y EBglaad, ts-s
cone cat against the clergy marrying
DASBUar, Conn, comes proudly forward
with a prodigy. Little Minnie Nsn Wert,
of that town, i o1ly two years Of age. ont
knows her alphabet. "a able ~ spell simple
words, and counts up 10 one hundred
readily eaOugh
A RESIDENT of Summervllte, Ca, IL the
owner Of a pair Of twin ROSTERS. They
were hatched from the same egg, never
quarrel or night, and flap their wings aud
crow simultaneously. They roost side by
SIDE. bat one is biask In feather while the
other L. dominique.
A Man at Atlanta Is peculiarly af1icted
One OF his ewes Is dark blue IA color and
the other is light gray. IN the daytime
/ from sunrise - sunset-he can not see any
thing out of the blue eye but can see dis
tlnctly aud well with the gray eye; aud
/ from sunset 70 sunrise he can not 500 any
thing with the gray one. His hearing Is
similarly affected. tie can hear on only the
/ blind side, thus he can hear with one ear
/ during the dayti and with one ear during
the night.
| A RECENT issue of a New Orleans paper
! gives an account OF an aged and eccentric
/ lady who recently died on her farm near
Lexa, Ark. Among her peculiarities was
the one OF assuming masculine apparel She
gave her personal attt ntion 10 her farming
interests, and at the time Of her death was
the owner Of fine tract Of land and the
finest herd Of cattle in tho State, which she
had raised herself. All of her work was done
by herself. She had very little to do with
her neighbors, living moro or less "a re-
\ cluse.
ONE Of the most extraordinary incidents
/ in tho whole record of longevity Is reported
/ from Pesth, in Hungary, where "a beggar,
| aged eighty-four, tried 10 commit suicide by
| throwing himself into the Danube because
he was no longer able to support his father
and mother, who are one hundred and ff-
teen and one hundred and ten years old,
respectively. When he told this story,
after his rescue, IL was laughed at, but n
police inquiry showed ii 10 be true Tho
family are Magyars from the extreme south
of Hungary.
A GENUINE woollv horse is attracting the
curiosity y-seekers OF Roxbury, Mass. The
animal has the familiar form OF an ordinary
horse but instead of having the hairy hide
horses generally do, he is entirely covered
with wool, like a sheep. The wool, which
is pronounced TO be Of n fine quality, is of n
light brown color close to the skin, and
gradually becomes darker as it grows long.
1t is very curly and soft The horse has no
name, his ears are small, and his tail, which
is short moves up and down instead Of side
1 ways.