Wichita eagle., 1889-06-04

CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

The Pennsylvania Railroad company has
50, 369 persons in its employ.
Zoar Bridge, Conn, has horse that, in
drinking from brooks, laps up the water like
a dog.
Oxmoor, Ala, has curiosity in the shape
of petrified pine stump, weighing about 300
pounds.
A mule As years old does little service
for Georgia physician, who has had him
since 1S49.
John Cole, of Lapeer township, Mich, has
hen which makes a regular thing of laying
6xS111 inch eggs.
A Chinese theatrical troupe has been or
gained at Portland, Ore, to make tour of
the United States
performing maternal functions for three
young foxes and two kittens
A Lawrenceville Ga, cyclone carried part
of fence twenty feet and set it down again
just as it had stood, every rail from the
ground up in its place.
White lead is manufactured by the new
Hannay method direct from the ore in the
space of few hours, while by the old pro-
cess it was o matter of several months
An Albany, Ca, young man made desper-
ate love at a dance to the wearer of a mask.
Imagine his surprise when the object of his
addresses raised her face covering and said:
"You ought to love your aunt"
Judge J. H. CASTOR, of Meriweather, Ga,
has jumped across a thirteen foot gully
every birthday of his life for many years.
The other day he was IS years old, and he
made the jump with perfect ease.
The greatest surprise Of the day is the
statement that the Eiffel tower is not, in
fact, the Eifel tower, but the Monguier
tower. 1t was young engineer of that name
in Eiffel's employment who first conceived
the idea and worked it out.
A San Francisco doctor delivered lecture
the other night before the Cooper medical
college, in which he entered into an eloquent
defense Of tho pun from a medical stand
point. He claimed that it produced laugh
ter, which is antagonistic to nearly all disease.
A Georgia colored man is very fond of ALI
gators as a food product He captures the
8aurians, and, after duly preparing them,
cures them as he does his hams. In his
smoke house at present five or six of these
reptiles are hung up undergoing the smoking
process.
A ghost has appeared near Akron, Ala, at
point on the railroad where man was run
over and killed last summer. A ghostly figure
in white, with arms extended, was seen there
by young couple who were out riding the
other evening Both were badly scared and
so was the horse
Ten years ago the superintendent of an
Iowa railroad booted tramp out of his Of
flee for having the cheek to ask for pass
Today that tramp is the superintendent of
that same road, while the man who lifted
him on his boot keeps restaurant and sends
him over lunches.
The largest pension but one ever granted to
Union soldier was recently granted to
Christian Holzwortls Of Lowville, N Y. He
receives a back pension, exclusive Of ex-
penseS, of 12,979.90, and a monthly allow
ance of s72. MIR. Holzworth is an inmate Of
the Lewis county asylum, and is incurably
insane
J. D. Stafford, of Granville, Ga. let all
the water out of his carp pond. At the bot
tom he found a large hollow gourd, within
which were two catfish, too large to get out
They had entered the gourd when small, and
had remained there until their bodies became
too large to pass through the door which ad-
United them
A Paris fakir is making a fortune BY adj
vertising cure for corpulency which will,
without injury to health, take off two pounds
in ten minutes. In return for franc he adj
vises trip up the Eitfel tower. at the top of
which reduced atmospheric pressure reduces
the average mans weight temporarily by
about two pounds
A citizen of Moncton, n. B., called doc
tor TO extract two teeth for his daughter.
The doctor requested the man to look after
his horse while the operation was being per-
formed He charged fifty cents (half price,
for his services whereat the citizen turned
pale, but quickly recovering hiInself, put in
a counter claim of twenty-five cents for hold
ing the horse.
A Boston girl was married to Chinaman
named Charley June The ceremony pro-
ceeded with much difficulty. When the
groom was asked if he would take the bride
TO be his welded wife, he became con-
fused; the clergyman suggested that the
usual reply was Il WILL but it was not till
the bride had warmly said: Say yes OF no,
one or the other,n that June came to time
with II will"