Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-22

it rattlerS, he had 1t carried lOr u tIlue,
and I'll venture it was more secure from
robbers under that simple title than 1t
would have been in the stoutest safe"
THE physicians of Philadelphia are
said to be wondering whether the leprosy
is ever of spontaneous generation. y
woman was recently admitted to the
hospital there who has every'symptom OF
the leprosy. Her skin is badly discolored
and bears large spots of bronze color,
and the cuticle is dry, and in some places
l~ifeless. 1t is said that she has always
resided in the city, has never been abroad,
and, so far as known, has never come
into contact with any person afflicted
with the leprosy.
LAST winter d. W. Little, nj Of the
adobe farmers at Biggs, Cal, shot into
a band of geese. A white gander was
struck and had one wing broken. MIR.
Little took the goose home and gave him
to his boys, who doctored his wing and
he soon became so tame as to follow the
BOYS wherever they went, eat from their
hands and even poke his head into their
pockets for corn or wheat. A few days
ago a band of wild geese flying over the
premises and making their usual clatter
attracted the attention of the domesti-
Gated gandcr which gave an outlandish
display of q~uacking and shrill yells in
goose language that had a most startling
effect with the band flying past. A fine
white goose was seen to leave the band
and shoot down until it landed In the
yard at the side of the pet, and the meet
ing was demonstrative to an exciting de-
gree. Their Cabling, quacking and
amusing antics afforded as much fun for
the bows who witnessed the meeting as
they could have found at a circus. The
new arrival, which is probably a mate of
the now tame goose, refuses to leave,
but will fly over the fence when the two
are approached by the boys, and then fly
back to the mate when the boys step
aside.
A TRAMP giving, his name as John Fair
appeared at the police station in Atchi-
son, Kansas, the other night, bruised
from head to foot, and asked permission
to sleep in the cell until morning. Fair
said he had come to Atchison from
Omaha on a through stock train, and had
had the most terrible experience of his
life. Shortly before the train pulled out
of Omaha, the tramp said, he crawled
into a car which was loaded with steers.
The steers oon began to step on him,
and, seeing this would never do, the
tramp climbed on the back OF one animal.
This enraged the steer, and 1t lunged
forward, exciting the other steers, when
there was a panic. The maddened steers
dashed about, hooking each other and
striking the tramp on all sides. He put
his arms about the neck of the steer
which he was riding, and held his grip
until the train stopped at Atchison. The
tramp's head had struck the top of the
car a number of times and it was badly
bruised.
AMONG certain tribes of India the fol
lowing trying ordeal constitutes the
marriage ceremony: The man conducts
his betrothed into some water; they are
accompanied by a priest, and also take
with them a COW and a calf, which are
driven into the water. The man places
his hand by the priests hand, and the
woman places hers next that of the BRIDE
groom, and all three clutch hold of the
cows tail, while the officiating priest
pours water upon the GOV and the calf,
at the same time uttering a religious
formula. The two are then made man
and wife by their clothes being tied to-
gether by the priest. The latter claims
the COW and the calf for his part in the
ceremony, and the happy pair deposit
money presents on the various idols to
propitiate them, which gifts find their
way into the priests exchequer, so that
he is handsomely rewarded for his ser
vices.
AN extraordinary case isreported from
Halberstadt. A soldier in a cuirassier
regiment, who took part in the celebrated
death ride at the battle of Mars lie Tour,
was severely wounded in the left ankle.
The man was removed to the hospital at
G%uedinburg, where he remained for over
a year. The doctors, after making many
attempts to discover the bullet, at length
gave up the search and discharged the
man, who has been an invalid ever since.
The other day, after twenty-five years,
the doctors at the hospital at Halberstadt
succeeded in extracting the shot, which
wa embedded in the bone. The patient
is said to have experienced immediate
relief after the operation was performed.
A STORY Mr.. William Hancock is tell
ing on the lecture platform in England
reflects great credit upon the sagacity of
the butfaloes in Sumatra, where he has
been travelling. He says that these in
telligent animals, being in great fear of
their mortal enemy, the tiger, take
refuge at night in the rivers, where they
rest in peace and comfort with only their
horns and noses sticking above the water.
Possibly the traveller derived his infor-
nation from veracious natives like those
of Central Africa who RECALLED DR.. Jun
ker with tales of monkeys who built
fires and cooked their food after the
manner of the lords of creation.
The alligator has never been looked
on as Il possible article of diet, but a
negro known as Jack Fisherman, a we'll
known character living on Peace Creek, |
in Florida, declares that he nearly sub
sists on themr He has been seen to eat
their meat with great relish, and he says
that it is as tender rs chicken, but has a