Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-15
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show that Truth Is
Stranger than Fiction.


lsh paper describes desperate fight
between man and jaguar, which re-
Gently took place on the Demerara River
The hero of the combat, black named
Lally Davidson, farmer, was out with
his dog, which reused the jaguar from
his lair Tho ferocious animal made
tracks for the thick scrub, followed by
a., Davidson and his dog. Being closely
I pressed, the jaguar climbed tree, where
Davidson shot it, wounding it in the
heart. This made the animal descend
and again he dived info the bush, pur-
sued by Davidson. The beast concealed
himself in some brambles, and as David
son was again trying to take aim, the
jaguar leaped upon him, knocking him
bodily into drain full Of water. David
son now engaged in desperate struggle
with the fierce brute, and seizing the
jaguar, now somewhat exhausted from
loss of blood, he exerted all his strength
and managed to hold his head under
water until he was slowly suffocated.
But before this the jaguar had severely
wounded the courageous man; his hand
was badly bitten, the scalp on the left
side of his head was partly ripped off
and his left eye was gouged out. Suf-
fering as he was, Davidson slowly
crawled home, and while he went into
hospital sent his friends for the dead
jaguar. The latter measured five feet
, eleven inches from head to tail. David
, son, on whose happy escape his friends
warmly congratulated him, was slowly re-
covering when the last mail left Dem
erara.
MIssoURI's husbandmen have been
keeping well up with the agricultural
procession in this year of phenomenal
productions, although the state has not
been making much noise about its
achievements. Here are a few leaders:
Mr.. Magee of Glenwood sent to the office
OF the local newspaper radish weighing
over six pounds. w. +. Floyd Of Eagle
township handed in ten potatoes aggre-
eating eleven pounds in weight MIR.
Snider carried into the Bonneville Demo-
crat office two peaches and couple of
apples which completely filled bushel
basket. The peaches were each as large
as quart cup, and the apples weighed
one and half pounds each Joe Creech
of Louisiana, Mo-, exhibited sample
stalk of corn which measured fourteen
feet in length. The ears were seven
feet six inches up the stem and he thinks
/. he will have to gather his crop on horse
back. Elijah Young expects to get
4,o0O bushels of fine apples from his
orchard of 400 trees in Warrensburg,
and VIM. Avis of Lost Creek cannot vet
estimate his crop of cherries because one
of his trees from which he has gathered
one large crop this year has shed its old
leaves, grown new set, and is now in
full bloom again.
The Chicago Tribune tells strange
story of q mysterious affair, which is
said to have occurred at Mendoza, Ill. A
Mr.. Ralph Shaffer erected fine monu-
ment over the grave of his young
wife who died last spring, but
in Difference to his mother-in- flaws
wishes, who had no love for her daughters
husband, placed no inscription on the
stone. The story goes that recently II
distinct shadow of the late Mrs. Shaffer
appeared on the tombstone. 1t grew un-
til the shadow became life size. The
mother was wroth, and had the monu-
ment makers rub the stone down with
pumice, but they could not efface the
shadow. AT first sight the shape has as
much resemblance to a mans form as u
woman's, but by continued gaze one
seems to see woman,s semi-profile, with
oangs ana with the hair done up at the
pack OF the mead. The neck and chin
show plainly, as do also the shoulders,
ana there IS scarf about the neck. The
features ore distinct, and bear remark
able resemblance to the dead wife The
. shadow is oigbt inches wide and fourteen
inches biph and il in tbe middle of tbn
stone.
NEAR folnt Burwell, canada, lives an
eccentric character by the name OF John
harPer' though he Is best known by the
nickname OF Long HAIRED johnny,
which ne mas gained oy the extraordinary
length OF his halr and beard. These, he
claims ne mas never allowed scissors or
razor TO approach Tor over thirty years,
ment OF VOW though as to what his vow
was no Is Persistently silent. His hair
trails several feet ON the ground when
ioosened from the Plaits in which he
braids and wears 1T about his head, and
his board touches earth when he stands
erect. Both arc kept in beautiful order
ana arc great matter OF pride TO him.
harper is ah Englishman by birth and a
man OF superior intelligence and some
educaton. lie hves alone In a small
J nCu'o s,' ',.i,. "nH nus . no' peen hhowh Y,
tos no fan,;l,. he 1,a,,s Ill LII; -.
g., -" ;,,.ost,,a,t; i, En1.Ia,d 'A''''
CHARLES G. BnowIsKI, for twenty