Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09


circus, which exhibited at Detroit re-
Gently, is snake charmes, and the prin-
cipal pet is a boa constructor eightsen
feet long. called "Old Nick. " on account
OF its wicked disposition. When the
side show was over one night, Harry
Prince, who has charge OF the snakes,
was left TO replace them in their cage In
the menagerie tent. Later teamster
heard groan in the tent, and four "a
Prince black in the face and nearly
strangled with five coils OF Old Nick
around him. Cowboys were summoned
from the big tent. who lassoed the boa.
They released Prince after slashing the
snake several times, and the .scharmer"
was restored to consciousness.
WILLIAM HESTER, of Spring Hill.
Penn, has large brown bat which he
has trained to carry messages like car
rier pigeon. Yesterday Mr.. Hester took
the uncanny bird TO his place of business
in New Castle, and having made arrange
ments at.homc to note the exact time Of
its arrival. let it loose. The TAT tiey a
mile in ga seconds. When liberated
the quickness with which it starts for its
cage at home is something amazing. Mr..
Hester will take the bat tn youngstown
and try its homing powers from there.
He is confident 1t will outstrip homing
pigeon.
IT has been found impossible to main
tain beavers in the Philadelphia Zoo.
They would not bear restraint and did
not take kindly to artificial homes. A
constant watch was needed to prevent
the animals escaping from the wire in
closure and cutting down the valuable
trees in the vicinity. Logs were laid be-
side the stream in the Enclosure and one
family partially constructed a house. Be-
tore il was finished, however, the entire
colony died, and the attempt to cultivate
the perverse animal was given up in dis
gust.
A SWARM of bees caused temporary
suspension Of traffic on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. While a freight train was
passing the farm of VI. X. Myton, above
Huntingdon, Pa, a swarm settled in the
cab of the engine, driving the engineer
and fireman from their posts. After the
train had been stopped, a long lire Of
freight trains was kept waiting until the
owner got the bees out. There were
more than bushel in the swarm.
How is this for matrimonial adver-
tisement2 "a stamp collector, the pos
SCISSOR of collection Of 12,544 stamps,
wishes to marry a lady who is an ardent
collector and the possessor of the blue
penny stamp of Mauritius, issued in
lS47." 1t appears in the Moniteur of the
island of Manritius, and tho stump which
the young lady must possess is valued at
about 81, 900 on account of its rarity.
FLOATING rock is one OF the won
ders of Corea. 1t stands, or seems to
stand, in front of the palace erected in
its honor. IT is an irregular cube of
great bulk. 1t appears to be resting on
the ground, free from support on all
sides, but, strange to say, two men on
opposite ends of rope may pass it un-
der the stone without encountering any
obstacles whatever.
A CONTROVERSY upon the cruelty of
firing horses has received an interesting
contribution from Bombay. Horses and
bullocks are fired there, it seems, but
the practice is extended to the firing of
babies as a cure for stomach ache. In a
certain village, the writer says, 1t was
difficult to find man, woman or child
whose stomach was not SCARED with fire
marks.
In the town of Rallies, Pomera-
MIA, great potato country, the entire
population, of between three and four
thousand, shut up their houses, leave
the keys with the Mayor, and scatter all
over Pomerania to the potato harvest,
leaving the Mayor apd bellringer alone
in charge of the town. =
A CORRESPONDENT in Babitz, Bohe-
mia, writes to the Viennese Deutsche
Zeitung: lin the neighborhood OF Eule
lives a woman who is 113 years old. She
has been pensioner for more than forty
years, but still threads her needle with
out glasses, and takes an hours walk TO
church."
WHOLESALE dealers in clothes have been
ro-enforced by those in secondhand
boots, shoes and hats. Those in boots
and shoes repair what they buy from
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