Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-03
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY DAY I.lEE.

EVERY DAY LltSE.
Queer Facts aud Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.
The superintendent of an orphanacc
at Secundra, India, writes to a st. Louis
paper an account of "a boy-wolf who is
now under his care. Some time ago the
boy was discovered by some hunters in
the country near that place, who saw
him summing himself upon u rock. He
appeared to bc Il child'about five years
old, naked, hairy aud dirty. When they
approached him, he scampered off on ail
fours in company with wolf, which
they had not seen, and took refuge in a
cave. The hunters built u fire before the
cave to smoke its occupants out. and
presently the wolf ran out, and after it
the boy. whom they captured, but only
after u severe struggle, in which one of
the mon was badly bitten by the fcrocious
child. For long while nothing could
be done with him. He resented his cap
tivity, would wear no clothes, ate nothing
but raw meat. which he gnawed on the
ground like wolf, lay sleeping all day,
and moved about restlessly in the night.
Uuder the care of the orphanagc he has
become more tractablc in the lapse of
time. He will now endure clothing, and
eats cooked food, but will not under
take to talk, though he appears to UNDER
stand what is said to him, and manifcsts
considerable intelligence. it's supposed
that he was stolen away from his parents
while baby by wolf, which perhaps
had lost her young aud adopted the
child.
TIE Baltimore American says that the
Indignation Of the passengers on a
Western Maryland train was aroused the
other day by the unusual spectacle of Il
richly clad boy of five or six years, whose
legs and feet were perfectly bare. al
though the day was cold one. The
child was accompanied by his mother
and sis.cr, who were evidently people
of wealth and refinement. On inquiry
it was learned that the boy was the son
of a prominent physician, who had lost
several children with throat diseases,
until he hit on the idea of turning his
children out barcfootcd. The expert
mcnt proved to be perfect success.
The barcfootcd boy was the picture of
health. AT the Union station in Balti-
more he ran around on the cold bricks
totally unaware of any discomfort.
Peoplcarc constantly shocked and amazed
ut seeing tho children OF this gentleman
going about barefooted, winter and sum
mer, but inasmuch as it saves their lives,
in his opinion, he is Indifferent to criti-
cism.
TIE Chinese Cabinet at Whitehall
Yard, London, is replctc.with objects of
interest, while among the naval curos
is the tin box found in the body of a
shark, the story of which has been graphi-
cally narrated by the late Mr. John
9imbs in his 'sCuriosities of London. -
A ship bound for the West Indies fell
in with and chased suspicious-looking
craft having the appearance of SLAYER.
overheard from the chased vessel, which
being captured was taken into Port
Royal to be adjudicatcd upon as a SLAYER.
The ships papers were not forthcoming.
and the vessel was in Il fair way to escape
condemnation, when ship came into
port which had caught shark, in the
stomach Of which voracious monster was
tin box containing tile missing papers.
and these clearly showed that the cap
turcd craft was engaged in the slave
trade.
FRANK HARVEY, n fireman, committed
suicide ut indianapolis, Ind, from IL
peculiar cause. Three years ago he asked
a day off duty and Ulysses Glazicr was
put ON duty in his place. That after
noon the Bowen -Mcrrcll fire occurred
and Glazicr was one of the twelve men
who met death in the collapse of the
building. Since that time Harvey has
been subject to fits of melancholy and
bften referred to the fire and to the fact
that he regarded himself us responsible
for the death of his friend. Some weeks
ago another fireman died and this preyetl
upon Harvey's mind, as his death was
Indirectly caused by injuries received in
the fire. He refused sustenance of any
kind and was finally taken to sani-
tarium, where he hanged himself to the
bcdpost in the absence of the attendant.
TRAp-sHoorINa of English sparrows
is all the rage among the Albany, (N. Y.l
marksmen, who hold open matches and
keep scores after the fashion in pigeon
tstournaments." AS the sparrows are
regarded as undesirable settlers, there
are no compunctions about killing them
wholesale. They are caught in great
numbers in the West Albany railroad
yard, where they swarm around the
grain cars. After capture they are
turned intoa large cage in well-lightcd
outbuilding, and fed until the collection
is large enough for tie demands of the
trap-shootcrs. The sport calls for as
,nuch skill aud greater .auickncss than
the slaughter of the slow-starting house
pigeon.
A CRUSADE against profanity in tho
public streets is being carried on with
vvigor in number of English towns.
A Aborcr at. Wisbcch was convicted Il
week or SO ago. of publicly using four
profane oaths, aud fined q shilling for
each oath and thirteen shillings costs.
The conviction was obtained under an
acs of George H., which imposes pen;
atty Of one shilling per oath when uttered
by iaborcr, two shillings when tho
offender Is above the social degree of