Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-27

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In which she captured a pistol from MIN.
The police secured him and, N token OF heI
bravery, presented the lady with the pistol.
IT is custom IN the bacl-woods regions
of the South, upon the celebration Of a
wedding, to appoint a young man and a
young woman as candle holders" The
Office of these is to remain through the first
night with the newly welded couple, IN
their chamber, each with lighted candle
in hand. 1t often happens that the can
dle-holders" themselves soon after enter
the matrimonial state.
LANTERNS are the most common objects
in "A Chinese town. There is an enormous
trade in them, owing TO the fact that nearly
every Chlnaman carries a lantern at night.
They are made OF paper and six stretched
upon pam boo and oiled or Vanished. The
Chinese towns are uulIghtcd save by an
occasional lantern hung before a Joss-hoUse
or shop. Upon these are written with red
paint the family name or title.
\ DOG. whose companion was a cat, DEM
onstrated in the following manner a tru9
friendship: Their master, deciding to rid
himself Of the cat, tied stone about her
neck and threw her into the river. The
dog rescued her aud returned her in tri-
umph to the house. The uurelentiug
master again threw the cat into tie river,
and again the dog plunge9 IN after her and
bore her safely cut but deposited her upon
tue further shore.
A STORY is told IN a Western paper OF a
remarkable trophy in the possession OF q
Georgian hunting party. A large deer was
captured upon whose autiers was found
impalsd the wh.tened skull Of a human
being. In al probability some hunter, IN
a struggle with the animal had been
struck by the horns, which, penetrating
the skull, had become fixed and lmmovabls
and was thus dragged about Until nothing
remained but the skull.
IT is related az a famous v.oliuist that,
while passing through q country place, he
came upon a rustic fiddler who waS engag-
Cd in saving out aoe-down polka with
the manner q perfect master CT the IN
strumeut Let me play you sonething,"
said the virtuoso. and taking the fiddle n
hand be executed a brilliant opera TIE
fiddler, II open -Enouthed awe, took n every
note. When The ylrtu0so handed back the
instrument the rustic Eournfully replied:
Il don't want il, I've got &c use for Il"
Tsz Singular csss of = horses renarkabis
instinct is related IL Georgia paper =
band O. Wild horses we're freeusatiy seen
near a Eentisnzn's place, which upon TIE
appearance q: human being, rsp%diy fed
One morning when ths gentleman wsat
out 10 the yard. oae q ttess animals xAs
there, and a. soon as sue ssw niE shs q.
lowed him 70 take her By TIE name, leasd
her 70 The stable aud put halter OF Der.
he soon found tha. shs wal slck and Ia
great pain. and evidently lad qE1t The herd
Ia tie night ard cone rp far reiief, IN
stincI teaching her ths.- Il bsr distress,
pess she, urder Ordinary circumstances
considered Ter enezy. Eosld befrlcSd her
and relieve her ys4as- TEs gsE:ss<1@z,
taxing IN fhe xst1aaoa, proceeded .. ones
% Minister % her wants. every effort
IA he. behalf being X ndlT and apparently
gratefully rece.~e1