Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-14
When they reached the place the Kansas

struck the rOCk Il lew DlOWs anu ulSCioStd
a ledge of white quartz, about thirty
inches wide, thick with free gold. Sam
pies from the ledge are said to assay
$4,000 to the ton. Mr. Elicit says that
he had never seen gold ore before and
did not know quartz from any other
mineral
FERN BLUFF, prospective city on the
Great Northern few miles west OF
Sultan. has heroine in the person of
Miss MAY Freak. She is a modest school
girl about sixteen years of age and re-
sides with her parents upon ranch
close to the town, says Seattle CORE
spondent. The recent rains had caused
drain to clog that carried away the
surface water from a hillside cut past
which the young miss walked on her way
to and from school, On approaching
the place she noticed that the rain OF the
previous night had washed out the
sandy soil from beneath the rails for
distance of ten feet, leaving them sus-
pended over pit several feet IN depth.
She knew a construction train was due
about that time, and instead of proceed
ing. waited to signal it, A large num-
Der of cars of material, and having 200
aboard soon came in sight The engineer
looked ahead saw the signal and stopped
the train before reaching the danger
point. He leaped from the cab, thanked
the young lady and inquired her name.
She acknowledged the thanks, but
turned Immediately and went away,
leaving the men to wonder and to re-
pair the damage. Subsequent inquiry
was made by the road officials, and the
modest young woman was promised a
life pass over the Great Northern.
A SUCCESSFUL diver must possess great
courage and nerves of steel Such a
man, connected with large wrecking
company. was visiting the pearl fisheries
in the Gulf of California. On one of his
trips in quest of the pearl oyster he had
narrow escape from a fearful death.
He had been instructed never to stir
from the bottom until he had looked up
and around. Fortunately he needed the
advice. Having filled his bag, he
glanced quickly about and caught sight
of huge shovel shark watching
him. Near the diver was a large rock.
He moved quickly to the other side of
ii, hoping to dodge the ferocious mon
ster. But the maneuver did not work;
the shark watched every movement,
changing his position by slight motion
ofhis powerful tail Time was precioGs
and the diver conceived the idea of
binding the shark 10y stirring up the
mud. Under cover OF that he might
escape He worked for dear life, and
had the water thick with mud in less
than half minute. Slipping around
the rock again, he rose to the surface,
having barely strength enough to reach
the side of the boat, and was hauled on
board just as the voracious man-eater
made rush for him.
THE Washington Post says that there
is young lady in that city who has q
cat that after years hard work she has
taught to sing with some degree OF
correctness the best part of the we'll
known tunes, "Homes, Sweet Home
and "Auld Lang Syne.n When the lady
wants Grimalkin to sing she sets her on
a footstool and commands, "Puss, sing
Home, Sweet Home, and huns the
air. Puss cheerfully responds, singing
the tune in rather a high falsetto, but
correctly enough to be recognized. II
is said that when this cat joins a back
yard fence serenading party, as she fire
quentIy does, her voice en- reldily be
recognized ringing out in one Of thcs'
familiar airs. The young lady lives il
dread lest some dime museum man may
discover her pets accomplishments and
besege her to part with it.
THE ornithologists in recent convention
at Washington, have been saying NOR
interesting and remarkable things abou
eggs and feathers than ordinary peOpl
have ever dreamed Of For example
who would have imagined that any kinC
of eggs could be dangerous to humal
life? Yet, they declare that ostrich egg
) sometimes explode like bombshells. No
long ago DR.. Bauer at the Smithsonian
Institution was the victim of such al
: accident. An ostrich egg, in which h
was boring hole for the purpose of ex
, tracing the contents. had become YER
much added, and the gases generated
inside caused it to blow up in his hand
{ the flying fragments Of shell cutting hin
2 severely. On at least two occasion
; similar occurrences have resulted in tn
, serious wounding Of persons. 1t shoul'
be remembered that the shell Of an ostric
? egg is more than quarter OF an inc
! thick and extremely hard.
IN June, 1884, Mrs. Abigail Mossma
was inferred at the HazclwJod Cemeter
', in Powcshiek County. Iowa. Not lon
! since relatives determined to remove tn
remains to another cemetery. The work
I, men engaged to perform the job foun
: the coffin filled to overlooking with red
/ colored mineral water. This was drine
off. whereupon il was found that th
corpse. with the exception Of the finger
, and toes, was perfectly petrifcd tn
hair was perfectly natural. as was also
! bouquet of roses that lay on her brcas
! Alteru thorough examination by relative
: and friends the coffin was again close
! and covered up.
ArRoPos of paragraph about que'
FL names the Christian advocate says tn
, at the dedication of % church recently
! "a capital city 10 Was announced th
.,,t,ut, thp .Ib.rrihur. were Mr. Sens