Wichita eagle., 1888-11-11
CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

On public occasions the governors Of the
British provinces in Australia all appear in
military uniform. Yet no one of them is a
professional soldier
Mrs LIE Baron, Of Leavenworth, fell dead
as she was making pie, and at the same
time clock which had been out of time for
five years deliberately struck L.
A New York girl dropped dead two hours
after having become engaged to be married.
1t is supposed her death was caused by an at
tack of heart disease brought on by joy.
A citizen of Marietta, La, put some chest
nuts on the roof to dry, and the rats gnawed
holes through the roof to get the chestnuts,
and when it rained the water came through
those holes with rush.
An old observer tells that ones eyebrows
are an infallible guide to his age. No matter
how young looking the person may be, if his
eyebrows lack gloss and do not lie fat and
smooth, it is no longer young man.
A woman in Americas, Ga, fell asleep
during a recent Sunday night service and
didn't wake up until after everybody had
gone home and the door was locked She re-
manned imprisoned three days before she was
discovered and rescued
Among the Continental armies the German
soldiers have the longest legs, judging by the
length of step. Il is eighty centimeters. The
step of the French, Austrian, Belgian, Swiss,
and Swedish is seventy-fve centimeters, and
of the Russian seventy-one centimeters
Thirty centimeters make foot
There is an old porpoise that has been in
the harbor of st. Augustine, Fla. years and
years The porpoise is particularly tame and
frolicsome. He is called Old Ghoul, and is
known by having one fin gone. He often
plays around the fishermen's boats and his
presence always augurs good catch.
Workmen in gravel bed on the Western
railway of Alabama recently came upon
the skeleton of what they think was an In
dian princess. On it was found silver cor
onet, silver bracelets, a necklace made Of
silver buckles, tied together with silk rib
bon, and peculiar knife with saber blade.
Medieval superstitions linger In Austria
The burgomnster of Zuraki, in Galicia, has
just instituted prosecution before the Grim
inal court of Solotwina against man named
Jean Kowelesink for having "by his mali
cious sorceries and incantatioas caused hail
storm to devastate the fields OF Zuraki on
July o."
r. f. Kreigsman, Of Curtis, Fla, received
lot of toilet soap for his barber shop. In
placing the cakes on the shelf he noticed that
one Of them was much heavier than well con-
Quoted soap generally is Cutting it open,
he found silver dollar Of the vintage Of
1852. he intends to deal with that firm alto
gether hereafter.
The daughter Of rich banker stopping at
Bar Harbor ventured beyond her depth whils
bathing, and was only saved by the efforts Of
a young man, who risked his life to save hers
Tho day afterward the happy father sen. the
young man note OF thanks accompanied by
q 81 bill, which was Immediately and indig
nantly returned.
4 Birmingham, Ala, man made "a clock
which he intended as presen. for a friend
He set It running, and il went ali right for /
awhile, and suddenly stopped It was after /
ward ascertained that the person for whom !
it was intended had died az the very time in I
Gicated By the clock 1t has been set going
frequently aftervard, but always stops e. the /
same hour.
Martin Wnes, bathing master OF the |
Mohican house, Lake George, while digging /
under the roots Of big cedar not FAR from l
tie beach, found quantity Of Indian I
weapons, evidently Of great antiquity, and I
portions Of human skeleton, which cYu-I1-
bled into dust as soon as exposed TO the air. /
The weapons were arrow heaas and store
hatchets Of curious design
a curious and fatal accident happened re-
Gently at Asrseilles. Thirty o~triches which /
had arrived from Algeria were being placed
in ths train far Paris, where they ara % be
exhibited in the Jardin discrimination,
when a man endeavored 70 pluck sozse
feathers OF. Of one OF tee birds Of tie
desert" lie immediately received q kicx
from tie osrich which k1i.ed Elm on lie spot
Oro Of the moss Irritating O. tho recent
Idiociss Of tourists is the fashion ot Having
cares at the torshs CT distinguished peop.e.
The bus. Of Loag.ellow IL Westminster Alb
bey Is Constantly surrounded by these t-ap-
p-opria.e bits Of paSorsoard. ard tie grave
81 H H Is atd 70 be literally oovCed WITH
ne viEfznS cards left By tourists who climbed
Ia lonely mountain Tear Colorado Err;n-s |
10 rts:s tie lass resting plaza 9: tie poe: ard
aove1ixt