Wichita eagle., 1889-05-21

an advertisement headed: "Cut this
out; 1t may save your ufe." cut the adj
vertisement and pasted it in Els hat,
and the same day was struck on the
head by brick and killed.
The greatest depth of the ocean
of which soundings have been taken
is off the coast Of Japan. The water
at that point is FIVE miles deep. and on
the bottom even at that enormous
depth, traces of animal life have been
found.
There are said to be more than
one hundred thousand varieties of but
terfies One of the finest collections
of butterflies in the world is owned by
Berthold Neumogen, of New York.
Only two others can compare with it.
One of them is in the British Museum
and the other belongs to public in
stitution in Paris.
To Bishop Newman we owe a
truthful and witty summary of the
present marriage and divorce laws.
He says: The old Jewish and Roman
custom of successive polygamy Is gain
ing among us. The difference between
Utah and some States is that in the
former plural wives are simultaneous,
in the latter they are successive. II
this continues, what can save us from
the fate of Jerusalem and Rome?"
-Greenville, S. c., has two colored
curiosities- One is a colored woman
who was twelve years of age when
George Washington was inaugurated
as first President, and the other, an
aged man, makes the following state
ment: Il am the father of nineteen
children. have sister who has
family of twenty-four children. My
mother and father had thirty-one
children 1 had thirty brothers and
sisters.
in large portion of Europe, from
one-half to two-thirds of the population
is crowded into cities. In the United
States, the older States exhibit similar
conditions. Leaving out the towns of
less than four thousand inhabitants,
the ratio for Massachusetts, is sixty-six
per cent, Connecticut and New York
fifty-four per cent, New. Jersey fifty
two per cent. and Pennsylvania thirty
nine per cent constituting the urban
population.
Tho Boston Journal tells queer
story OF three st. Louis men-Dr. Syl-
vester Videlet, Colonel CELSIUS Price,
and Quenius Price. The last two are
sons of the Confederate General
Pap" Price. A lady friend of theirs
was dying several years ago, and the
three dropped on their knees and
vowed that If her life was spared they
would devote the rest of their days to
the spiritual elevation of mankind.
The lady survived, and the three men
have since Travelled from city to city,
preaching to the poorer classes.
"A lady tourist in Florida secured
the services of a noted guide, who
supplied buggy, guns and dogs, and
after enjoying a good days sport
through his assistance, dismissed him
at the hotel with a present of her card
and the remark: '.Now 1 won't charge
you any thing for writing you up, Civ
ing you a good advertisement in the
papers North that I correspond for.
and in return you must not charge ma
for the sport l have had. like your
dogs, and the shooting was good"
The poor guide was dumbfounded.
Many thieves ply their business
almost exclusively at funerals. They
come in at the front door, explains a
New York detective, with the clergy,
the bearers, or any respectable people
with whom they may fall in. Once
inside the door. the whole house and
every body in it are at the mercy Of
their clever and Industrious fingers
1t is an easy matter for one of them to
slip upstairs and rife the chambers
while the solemn services are in prog
ress. Servants are easily persuaded
that he is only the undertaker's man.
and nobody else would have sufficient
assurance or cause of suspicion to in
AuCLl, bl4O SlO"uoo
or hall offers the adept
tempting harvest
james Spencer. who died at West
Hartford, Conn, the other day, aged
years, had been from
boyhood totally blind. He was edu-
Gated at DR.. Howe's institution for the
blind in Boston. He early developed
more than ordinary musical ability,
and for a generation was organist and
musical director in the Congregational |
Church at Collinsville. He took a
great interest in all public matters,
aud knew what was going on in the
world, for he had newspapers and |
books read to him and his great MEM
Dry retained what he heard. He mar
ried twice. was always genial and
happy, exerted a powerful influence
ior good in the community, and his
advice on important matters always
i