The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-12
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FOUR AT A BIRTH.
The Extra ordinary Little Chinese Family
Born at Woodbury., n. J..

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Quite a sensation has been created
IN the little town of Woodbury., N.
j. by the news, which has just got
abroad, that the little Chinese lady
who arrived there about three weeks
ago from Annoy, China, had given
birth, two weeks after her arrival, to
four children, all of which are said
to be doing we'll, and, in the words
of the kind people of odhury who
have interested themselves in their
welfare, are las fat as butter.''
The little mother, who is unable to
speak word of English, travelled
all the way from Annoy, China, to
Philadelphia alone. On the voyage
from Hong Kong TO San Francisco
she was in charge of the stewardess.
but from San Francisco to Philadel-
phia she had to depend entirely upon
Her object in coming to Philadelphia
was to place herself in the care of
Mr.. E. T. Postlethwait, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, to whom she had
been directed when in Annoy, China,
by DR.. E Bedloe. the United States
Consul to that city.
Notwithstanding the fact that she
Travelled entirely alone, the Philadel-
phia Times says that she did not
attempt to associate with any of her
fellow passengers, nor would she
subject herself in any way to the
vulgar gaze, but, according to the
customs of her country, remained in
complete seclusion. She travelled in
specially constructed compartment,
built of heavy Chiaese wood, some
W what rese-~uoling unpublished oak.
Inc sides, top and bottom, instead
OF being nailed together, were dove-
tailed after the manner Ct a. Cir Chinese
carpenter work. In this compart-
I ment she was placed upon the
steamer and from the steamer trans
ferred to the cars.
On the passage from San Francisco
to Philadelphia her food had to be
especially prepared, and the bills for
it presented to Mr.. Posthethwaite
when she arrived here footed up to
quite sum- Her daily menu con-
sisted of boiled rice with a little
well-cooked meat, varied with cooked
fish, poultry, eggs, &c. Typewriter
instructions to this effect were
delivered by DR.. Bedloe to the
stewardess of the steamer. and by
her transferred to the porters on the
cars. A startling note appended to
the instructions stated that she was
practically omnivorous," but this
was probably one OF the doctors
little Witticisms. s
/ When She arrived in PHILADELPHIA
Mr.. Postlethwalte handed her over
to the care Of Fred Kirby of the
Woodbury. Kennels, Eighth street, be-
low SAMSON, who conducted her to
his residence at Woodbury., N. j.. It
was there that she gave birth to her
children, four beautiful little things.
valued in this country at anywhere
from 900 to $4,000 each. Thew
were three weeks old on TUESDAY,.
and are the only Peking poodles ever
born in this country. The mother
is splendid specimen of her breed.
She weighs scarcely seven pounds,
and does not stand higher than six
inches at the shoulder.
Outside of this family there is not
another Peking poodle in the United
States and numbers of people inter-
ested in dogs are daily focking to
Kirby's place to see the little Curl
osity. In form she somewhat re-
sembles King Charles spaniel. She
has the same short, puggy nose, but
the dense curly coat of a st. Bernard.
Her tail does not curl over in the
same way as pug's, nor does she
carry it straight out as most other
dogs, but it lays horizontally over
her back. She is so tiny that she
can scarcely walk. her mode of per-
ambplation more nearly resem bling
the waddle of duck.
All the ladies who have visited her
are enchanted and many lavish offers
have been made for one of her pup
pies, but all have been declined with
thanks. Mr.. Postlethwaite intends
keeping them all,
The Tablecloth of Cape of Good Hope.
A frequent atmospheric phenom-
enon at Cape of Good Hope is queer
mist which overhangs Table noun
TAIN, and is known the world over as
s'the tablecloth." The mists which y,
gradually collect over the mountain
spread their surface over the perpen-
dicular sides of the towering pile of
rocks, dropping over the edges in
folds, exactly like a piece Of fabric
Then the wind begins to roar and
lash fragments from the edges of the
''cloth'' until it, is finally torn to
pieces. This singular atmospheric
freak is usually seen On the after.
Moons of very hot days.
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