Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-03-01
QUEER AND CURIOUS.


AN odd subject for discussion was
chosen by debating society in Fred
sricksburg, Pa 1t was this: (which
makes the better wife-a cross and clean
woman, or dirty and good-natured
one? The decision was IN favor of the
latter.
JAMES mclaughlin, the jockey, often
gained in weight seven pounds In one
day. If this addition was In excess o.
his riding weight, and he had to ride
The next day, he would have to work it
off the next morning, by running from
seven to fourteen miles In heavy cloth
ing.
Cold air is supplied to the butchers
in Washington Market, New York.
through pipes. 1t is made cold by the
use of ammonia, and by its use the
butchers will be enabled to utilize for
meat the space heretofore occupied by
ice. 1t is the intention of the company
to also supply restaurants and saloons
with cold air.
DR.. ISAAC BARTLETT, of Hope, Me-,
is one of those who have attained a good
old age, and he is said to have lived all
his life upon bread and milk and never
to have eaten an ounce of meat In his
life, never to have taken teaspoonful
of intoxicating liquors, and never to have
used tea, coffee, or tobacco. He now
weighs $40 pounds and is In the regular
practice of his profession.
For over three years an electric ply
stefan in New York city has been en-
gagged in removing the superhuous hairs
from lady's lip. The process was very
slow, as the electric needle had to be
inserted in the capillary tube of each
hair, to kill the root. Her lip is now as
free from hair as the lip of child, but
this desideratum has been secured at
cost of some thousands of dollars.
In Bowling Green, KY, there is
very sagacious dog. The other morn
ing horse was left standing, hitched
to buggy, and while its owner was in an
adjacent place of business, the animal
took fright and ran away. He was
going at breakneck speed, when the
dog saw him, jumped the fence, headed
the horse, grabbed the line In his
mouth, and held him fast until the
owner of the beast came up and re-
ieyed him.
ONE of the unhappiest men in the
country is a real estate agent in Kings
ton, N. Y. HIS hired painter to deco
rate, refresh, and brighten one of the
houses he has for sale or to rent. He
gave the painter the wrong number,
and the wrong house was painted, in
side and out, almost regardless of ex-
pense. As the agent must foot the
bill, he receives the sympathy of his
friends; the owner of the house needs
no sympathy; he is not only resigned,
but cheerful.
THE sensitive heart of Mr.. John
Leyersha, of Sandhurst, Australia,
suffered lamentable laceration at the
hands of Miss Sarah Wrongham, who,
after being persistently courted by him
for two years. and agreeing to marry
him refused to keep her promise. He
brought suit for one thousand pounds,
claiming that even this sum would not
fully heal his wounded heart. The
Jury decided that he had been abused
Just little; and their award was one
shilling.
WHAT is called Siberian sunfower
has been discovered in Northern Siberia,
where the ground is continually covered
with frost. The wonderful object
shoots forth from the frozen soil early
each Year-usualiy the first week in
January, and lives but a single day.
The leaves are three in number, and
each about three inches in diameter.
They are developed only on that side Of
the stem toward the north, and each
seems covered with microscopic crystals
of snow.