Wichita eagle., 1889-04-21
CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

A man named Dory has Just named his
first infant Hunky.
A St. Joseph CMo.) Lad rides pony that
weighs only 1So pounds
A mathematician has figured that q man
80 years old has spent three years In button
ing his collar.
A Georgia lady who bought pink pearl at
Nassau, n P, for $40, has been offered $500
for it by New York jsweler.
A Long Island waiter found pockesbook
containing 1880 and returned 1t to the
owner. He received twenty-five cents as .
reward for his honesty.
A hint that the silly season is coming
around is given in the story from Youngs-
town, O., that q turtle which disappeared last
July has been found alive In the craw Of .
chicken
"a superior house parlor maid who can
teach elementary music, and "a plain cook,
under 25, who knows short hand were ad-
vertised for in recent issue Of an English
paper.
Out in backwoods town in Indiana ths
sheriff left the court room for dinner, forget
ting all about his prisoner, who afterwards
leisurely walked of, and has not since been
captured.
A lover of chess on the Pacific coast has
kept strict count OF the games he has PLAYED
In tifty-ons years. and gives the number as
IS, ,SS2-an average OF fraction more than
four per day.
A paper contains the following in an I'd
vertisement: 'Cotfps and Caskets / viii
sell % per cent. Cheaper than any other
i a. n
at any hour OF the Night or Day
John T. Reldington was 10 be married in
Chicago one night His hancee and her
friends waited for him in vain Ii was learn
ed afterwards that he had been engaged In
playing with the pigs in clovern puzzle and
had lost track Of the time. The wedding VIII
never take place
There Is a natural born humorist at Red
Cloud, Neb. He announced excitedly the
other day that he had made an important
discovery CT coal, a1d volunteered 10 show
the place He WAS followed by an enthus-
astic crowd all over town, when he led the
way TO a coal yard
An old saddle, which had been kicking
around in Nashville harness shop for several
years, wasfipped Up the other day and found
10 contain 81, so IN Confederate money. II
the owner OF the SHOP could only have found
the prize In March, 1860. he could have
bought breakfast and three cigars.
a drunken man leading horse through
the streets OF Wh.te.ield last week met an
other intoxicated rnan They both bcgan
conversation and bo,h fell under the horses
feet. The sagacious animal, after carefully
picking his master up let fy both heels at
the other drunkari who picked himself up
and got away.
Burls used in masking veneers with remark
able eccentr,clties of grain, are excrescences
that grow upon various trees, such as the
walnut, rosewood, mahogany, oak and ash
They weigh from 1000 10 O,O00 pounds, and.
the largest and best come from Persia and
Circassia, and cost IN the rough from fifteen
to forty cents pound
A peculiar kind of blaclInail is c,rried on
in New York a man who owns oie or two
vacant lots ad joining Improved proprty viii
threaten 10 build cheap tenement hsuse un-
less the other property owners pay I'm sew
eral hundred dollars u restrict il. There
nre men who make e regular businessuf do
ing this, and who make money by it,
In a new book upon "Arncricanisrns, pme
Of the less familiar are: Bibibles for drika-
bles, Bohn for crib or translation, baliieds
for state of badness; 10 deacon or 10 place
fine fruit Mt the top, parquet, or the pit Of
theatre from its mosaic floor; pizarro f~
piazza; skulduggery, wire pulling; tranrpoo,
20 wander aimlessiy, and daisy, for anything
first rate.
Four years ago "A boy and girl Of York.
Pa, each years old, asked IA gentleman TO
marry them. To huinor them he reed some
thing out Of an almanac and told them they
were united The boys family moved 10
Baltimore, but Ee still writes TO his dear
wife" In his last letter he says: II don't
know whether you would know me now or
not, because am wearing long pants"