Wichita eagle., 1889-06-11
CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

John Wheel, Dawson, Ca, boy, eats hles
Cole & Wood are dealers in wood and coal
in New York city. This is an actual fact.
AN italian boy having four ears was found
asleep on J. Philadelphia doorstep few even
imgs ago.
An egg the she'll of which shows all the
colors of the rainbow is the product of an
Ellsworth, Me-, hen.
4 German carp weighing nine and half
pounds was caught in the Conestoga, near
Millersviue, in dip net
All the men in Hermansville, Mich, are
wearing whiskers now. The only barber IN
the town went to Oklahoma.
c. S. Cremer, Of Saxton, in throwing a
cigar stub out of a car window, struck
bridge and fractured his wrist.
Squire Harris, of Greensboro Ala, and
friend of his went fishing the other morning,
and when they returned ate eight dozen eggs
for breakfast.
The Connecticut man who hit upon the de-
vice of putting copper tips on the toes of chill
dren's shoes has realized fortune of 81 ,0O0,-
600 from his idea.
The executors Of wealthy bachelor who
lately died in Knoxville, Tioga county, Pa,
found in his house fully 1000 empty patent
medicine bottles.
Mr.. Pulver, of North Vineland, n. j., mas
eaten an egg every day in the year for the
last half century. The total consumption up
to date amounts to ,521 dozen.
A negro who lives in poor house in AL
bany, Ga, is 122 years old. He says that he
frequently saw Washington, and used to
hist my hat and say 'Howdy' to him"
A curious fact in natural history comes
from Fairlie, Scotland A hen, after hatch
ing several chickens, died. thereupon a cat
took charge of the brood and has since re-
manned their jealous guardian.
A curious freak Of nature has been found
at Weathersfield, Vt Two birch trees, a
short distance apart, are united few feet
from the ground by a cross branch, which
seems to belong to both.
While JEFF Graves, Leary, Ga, black
smith, was at work, his anvil suddenly dis
appeared through the roof. Some mischiev
Gus persons had put a lot of gunpowder
under it.
a shaving match took place recently be-
tween two prominent English BARRIERS for
Z
men in minutes 40 seconds ard then shaved
two biindfolded in minutes 10 seconds.
A Delaware county, Pa, mechanic re-
turned to his home the other day after an
absence Of a year. HIS wife had received no
word from him and didn't know but what
he was dead The first words he said to her
were: is dinner readyw
Seventeen years ago a Portland, Oregon,
woman buried some bottles OF wine in the
cellar of the house in honor Of the birth of a
daughter. The wine was to be exhumed on
the occasion of the daughters marriage. A
day or two ago the bottles were dug up and
found to be in good condition.
The poorest memory on record is that of
the fellow tried for burglary In Brooklyn the
other day. He testified that he had never
been arrested before but when his memory
was logged by certain evidence admitted thas
he had a dim recollection of being convicted
of murder once and a twenty years sentence
A clerk in a Columbia hardware store was
selling cartridges to q customer for a self
cooking revolver. A colored employe stepped
in the front door, and the clerk said Look
outl7 and pulled the trigger. The man ducked
his head at the word, and q bullet grazed his
scalp. Inc cleIk, OIL course, uiOn { KNOW III
was loaded
gentleman of Marietta. Ga, recently had
some improvements made on his residence
He noticed out Of the four carpenters at work
three were left handed, and the man who
came to do the painting was left handed. \
few days after that he bought door bell
and hired another carpenter to put it on the
door, and he, too, proved TO be left handed.
A farmer riding along the road in Chester
county, Pa, overlook two children, boy
Of S and a girl Of !, some distance from
their homes. He knew the boy and asked
him where he was going. "You won't give
me awayf queried tho little fellow mo,
indeed" ''Well, then, we're going TO get
married! We've run away" The farmer
persuaded them TO postpone their elopem ent
for dozen years or so, and took them back
70 their parents