Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05

"A man IN Indiana applied for =
pension because he grew baldheaded
In the war.
AN Elizabeth. N. J., man being
pursued by the police leaped from tho
third story of his home to the ground
and ran Oh. He wasn't injured in the
slightest
Robert Goss, who lives ncaf
Wheeling. w. Va. has a process of
COMPRISING bran which he thinks will
make him rich. He claims that
block trifie smaller than an ordinary
brick will last q COW or horse for two
days when soaked.
"A negro farmer, who works on
farm three miles from Rome, Ga. on
the Alabama road. has always been &C
customed to having his shoes made to
order. One of his feet is larger than
the other. 1t takes a No. 20 shoe to
inclose his right foot and No. Il to
house the other.
I. "A negro boy saw a man hanged at
cambridge. Ga, the other day and
was much impressed by the happiness
of the murderer on the gallows. who
declared he was going straight to
glory. The boy thought it was fine
thing. so he erected a private gallows
and took the same road to glory.
"A homeless dog in Stamford.
Conn. has habit of following baby
carriages about town. as if to protect
the innocent little occupants. The
brute is of yellowish brown color,
part shepherd. of medium size, and
will not let man or boy touch him. ALI
he seems to want is a baby to guard.
"A village in Waldo County, Me-.
was all stirred up the other night
over the disappearance of a young
man. He had attended a lodge meet
ing the evening and failed to come
home. The inhabitants of the place
turned out to hunt for him. and after
an extended search he was found at
the house of a young lady in the sub
urbs.
"A lady of Kingston, Luzerne Coun-
ty, Pa, killed two snakes which she
found in her front yard. and carrying
out an old idea, burnt the remains $50
that no more could come" Suisse
quently her laundress. having hung
out a wash. thrust her hand into a
bag of clothespins that lay upon the
ground and clutched a clammy object
that squirmed. Her yell brought
help. and the snake was killed with
an axe.
mento and the Guadalupe mountains
are fuller of large game. such as elk
and bear, than ever before in the his
tory of the West, and from the latter
range. which lies partly in New Mexi-
co and party in Ell Paso County, Tex.
there are well authenticated accounts
of herd of buffalo roaming through
its hidden and almost inaccessible
Businesses. That section is veritable
railroad from FL Paso to White Oaks
Is built.
Boston at one time in its history
had large assortment Of alleys and
lanes. viz: White Bread alley, Tan
ner's alley, Battery alley. Gallop's al
ley. Paddy's alley, Linck alley. Purses
alley. Cooper's alley, Scottow's alley.
Sheafe's lane. Blind lane, Round lane,
Frog lane, Killers lane, Rawson's
lane, Crab lane. Pudding lane, Wings
lane. Shumpton's lane. Long lane,
Green lane. Bishops lane, Cow lane,
Cold lane, Belcher's lane. Wood lane.
Beer lane. Proctor's lane, Fitcn's lane.
Love lane, Barrack lane.
The other day an Italian was ar
rested in New York. He wore a sign
appealing to the public for help on the
ground that he had sustained some in
jury which incapacitated him for
work. On the way to the station
house he offered the officer $40 to let
him go. In court he was represented
by a lawyer to whom he paid $50 from
the cash in his pocket. AS soon as he
was sentenced he handed over bulky
roll of bills for safe keeping to two
burly padrones who were in attend
ance. and who have since made strong
efforts to get him released.
An interesting experiment is re-
ported from one of the Leipsic hos
pitfalls. Pieces of skin from the bodies
of several white persons were some
time since grated upon a negro under
trcdGmeut. these transpidnCeo lraS-
ments gradually became darker and
darker. finally assuming the same
color as the rest of the patients skin.
This circumstance induced the further
experiment of grating black skin on
a white body. After few weeks the
transplanted piece began to whitenr
and it became impossible to mark any
difference of. color between it and the
rest of the body.
VERY OLD CUSTOMS.