Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-30
PERSONAL ANo iMpERsoNAL.

IN. Bowling, of Minneapolis, wearu
900 worth Of artificial legs and arms.
His left arm and both legs are gone and
| al bat the stump U{ MIS- Fight thumb.
Neverthelsss he writes 1 good hand,
gets about briskly, and does more bus.
mess than many a whole man.
baron ven Krcytx, ex-cHptAin Of
the Garde du Corps Of tho Emperor OF
Germany and the bearer of one Of the
most ancient titles in Prussia, uses his
full name and titles on the bills of a
third rate circus now open at Berlin,
and In which he directs group Of per.
forming dogs
"A man in Liberty. Me. who il hve
feet and seven inches in height, has .
beard six feet and three inches in
length that Is tied up in kind Of cue
Nobody notices it's length except when,
TO startle strangers, he shakes out the
reefs and lets his great heard trail upon
the ground. The beard began to grow
twelve years ago
"A bridal couple from Eidgefield.
Conn, on arriving at Norwalk, found
that they had been made ridiculous by
some rude joker. White ribbon bows
adorned their trunks, there was an old
shoe In each handle. and on one trunk
''"'' pAOS0au CONTAINING n poIuVluK O1
two huge hearts transfixed with a
skewer, and under them the words,
1--WE are one.''
saved all the maple sugar no has made
In the past fifty years, having now on
hand a considerable quantity Of the
boiling Of 1912 and his entire crop of
every year since, the whole aggregating
10000 pounds. 1t Is all stirred sugar
and has kept perfectly. Nobody knows
why he boards the sugar, and he offers
no explanation.
"A mysterious singer among, the
nuns of the Church of SAINT Anna in
Rome has lately attracted an enormous
crowd to the services. such was the
beauty of her voice. and style. Ono
evening recently the congrega ton was
seized with such enthusiasm that it
burst into applause and cries of ''Viva!'
SO that the police had to intervene and
clear the edifice
-Aunt Hittie Strout, of Harrington,
Me-, now cighty.six years OF age. Is tho
daughter Of David brown, who wa.
three times married and was the father
OF twenty-five children. The last four
OF this interesting family were born at
one birth and were named Europe,
Asia, Africa and America respectively.
The quartette died in infancy, and
Aunt Hitty Is the sole survivor of the
twenty-five.
The latest of Count Tolstoi's visit
ors from the west of Europe reports the
counts youngest daughter As saying:
The approach of a sledge always ex.
cites us. Every minute we fear that
gendarmcs may come to take away our
The count himself looked
hale and hearty" and was clad, as
usual, in gray woolen blouse, with
top boots on his legs and plain sheep.
skin garment over his shoulders He
urged his visitor to become a vegetarian.
1T is interesting to know that DR..
George. +. Root, whose Rally Round
the Flag" and Tramp, Tramp. Tramp,
the Boys are Marching" have hardly
been surpassed in popularity as war
songs. wa. at one time so distrustful OF
his talent that he published his first
melody Under an assumed name. That
song was the once famous "Hazel DELL"
and the composer signed it with the
name of 'Wocrzel," the German for
root. DIR. Root is now a well-preserved |
Old man In very prosperous circum-
stances for his songs still bring him in
royalties.