Wichita eagle., 1889-01-13
CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

A shingIe nail was found in perfectly
| fresh egg recently by a farmer near Niles,
Mich.
A Western falzir is selling an adjustable
engagement ring that can be made to fit any
finger.
A Michigan chiropodist is making a tri-
umphal progress as william the Corn
curer."
Thomas Wilkinson, of Vernon, n. 2, has
beard five feet long, which he wears tucked
under his vest
A man named Life has been appointed
postmaster of Virginia town He will have
nothing to do with dead letters.
The champion economist of the Nineteenth
century lives in Fulton county, Ga. He has
his socks and gloves made from his own hair.
Pine City, W T., claims to have the small
est living woman She is2 years old, twenty
nine inches tall and weighs thirty-three
pounds.
a Texan who is blind, deaf, crippled and
savage offered $1,000 to any woman who
would marry him, and he had received nine
applicants in two weeks
At a young mems debating club in Red
Bluff, Cal, the following question was dis
cussed: "Does a chimera Illuminating IN
vacuum devour second intentionsT 1t broke
up the club.
At Scottdale, Pa, the other day brake
man fell between the cars of a moving train
He counted sixteen cars and caboose as they
passed over him and then jumped up and
took his place again at the brakes. He was
not scratched.
Z VIII ipIr
ing well found about ten feet below the
surface numerous large timbers that are sup
posed to have been portions of bridge built
early in the last century. The timbers are
only very slightly decayed
An Easton, Pa, woman bought pair Of
shoes, and at home found a small purse nest
ling in the toe of one of them. 1t contained
81, 200 in negotiable bonds. Size found the
owner, who refused to believe she had lost
the bonds at first, but was soon convinced.
An assistant to a Connecticut plumber
poured a small quantity Of water into pot
of hot lead, in order to satisfy doubt in his
mind as to what the effect would be- He
wasn't seriously injured, but is likely to carry
a reminder Of the experiment TO the grave
with him
Thirty-ive years ago George NJ Woodruff,
of Litchfield, Conn, cut his initials on the
limb of an apple tree. They disappeared in
time but when the tree was cut down and
split into flrewood not along ago the initials
were found four inches from the surface per-
/ fectly distinct.
In the little town Of Arvesnes, in France,
there are forty-two young marriageable girls
and only three young men who are candi-
dates for matrimony, and one Of these has
proved SO recreant to home influence that be
is about to marry girl belonging to neigh
boring village.
Some time ago, Matte Fenneu, a young
woman of Santa Barbara, Cal, had some
lemon juice accidentally spilled over her
hair on one side of the head Since then the
hair on that side has become perfectly white,
and the ends of the hair curl, as though
treated with curling iron
John Simmons, of Galveston, found a good
sized pearl in a dish Of raw oysters a few
days since. He placed the pearl in collar
box in his bedroom. Two days later he found
the pearl a soft grayish mass with a red
center. If finger is placed on the pearl it
becomes hard and the red spot disappears.
A st. Louis suicide wrote: 81 am GO years
old In eight years | would have been 20,
an old, dilapitated, tottering fossil | have
played the world out, and it don't owe me
cent I've had more fun than a mule in a
corn field, and I've got enough. Therefore |
will cheat the course Of nature and jump the
time to come"
A Norwegian wood chopper near Carson
City, New, made an ingenious use of an acci-
dent He discovered a leak in one of The
mains of the water company, where jet was
forced out under enormous pressure. After
experimenting he found that this would cut
wood equal to fine saw, SO he set TO work
and now makes handsome brackets of choice
woods which find ready sale.
j. ". Smith, of Pittsburg, has recently re-
covered from a trance, after being uncon-
scious for three weeks. He first experienced
sensations as though he were in a dream.
This condition lasted several days, when he
lost consciousness and was pronounced dead
and his funeral arranged for. Signs of life
were afterward detected in him, and he was
kept alive by hypodermic injections OF brandy
and beef tea.