Chicago eagle., 1893-11-25

was the wanted murderer"
EDWARD LANE, painter employed in
painting the smokestack of Touring
mill in San Diego, Cal, recently passed
through thrilling experience. He had
painted half of the stack, 100 feet high,
and had just been drawn to the top when
the hook holding his platform gave way.
! He fell twelve feet, striking guy rope
with his legs, which he wound around
the rope in a twinkling, but without
effect He fell again, droppolg forty
/ feet further, where he struck another guy
rope, luckily catching it with both hands
and feet He held on pluckily, although
considerably bruised on the breast and
shoulder, until help reached him, and he
was lowered to the ground. 1t was a
narrow escape, but he did not appear 10
be especially disturbed over his accident
and was at work next day as usual.
HAT stealing is said to be one of the
favorite occupations of the footpads in
the City of Mexico. The scoundrel
marks his victim, often in the most pub
lie streets and in broad daylight comes
up behind him, grabs his hat and makes
oil at the top of his speed; and from his
knowledge of the byways and hiding
places of the city usually succeeds in
making his escape. An ordinary Amer;-
can reader will wonder why anyone
would want to steal hat, but perhaps
, he does not know that the hat, or SOM
brero, affected by the average Mexican
is the most expensive part Of his apparel.
These hats are very large, made OF the
best of felt, and often elaborately dec
Grated with gold and silver embroidery
A Mexican cowboy will wear the biggest
and costliest hat that he can afford to
buy, and it is not uncommon to see them
with hats worth from $50 to $50, when
all the rest of their garments would not
be worth $5.
MIND-wAvEs which strike separated
friends at the same time and make each
sit down and write to the other after six
months or six years of silence are COM
mon enough. But the case of two
brothers living in the South comes
little nearer the rarity of cases placed
high in the investigations of the Psychi-
cal Research Society. 1t appears that
recently a Mr.. McCrory of Oglethorpe
decided at q certain hour on a certain
night to visit his brother, who lived in
Florida. 1t had been long time since
the two brothers had seen each other,
and the strange part of it is at the very
hour on the same night the Florida man
had decided to visit his brother in
: Georgia. They both started about the
: same time and were both eminently sue
e cessful, for each reached the home of
v the other about the same time and was
, much surprised to find the other gone.
e ONE of the most curious applications
! of the phonograph to practical use was
u made by an American student of Ian
guages. Being desirous of studying
Chinese SO that he might speak it, he
q asked an acquaintance TO send him an
instructor When the latter arrived he
: proved to be Cinnamon of unpromis-
y ing exterior but fair English. Teacher
: and pupil got on well the first day, bat
the. latter found his instructor so often
!, sive in personal characteristics that he
- decided to avail himself Of his knowl-
"a edge without enduring his presence. So
- the Chinamnn was set to work to talk
+, his lesson into a photograph and at
night the pupil, having gone to bed
e with the lights out, turned on the phono-
le graph and memoriZed the lesson. lie
, gave up the experiment, however, foI
g. the whimsical reason that he dreamed ol
J. Chinese dragons and other hideous pro
). ducts of Oriental art.
e AN amusing story comes from the
" South Sea islands. A missionary there
e not long ago concluded that his house
It would look better for coat of white
o wash, and to get the lime burnt some
a coral. This operation the natives
a watched with a good deal OF interest
thinking that the coral was being cooked
for the purpose of being eaten. They
= were greatly disappointed when the.
Ia found that this was not the case, tu
,f when in short time they beheld tn
&c missionary's cottage cleaning in tn
y sunlight as white as snow. their deigh
knew no bounds They danced, they
. sang, they screamed with JOY. Ih'
" whole island was in confusion. White
o. wash became the rage. Happy was tn
- coquette who could enhance her charm
~ by daub of the white brush. COnten
= rions arose. One party urged thei
" superior rank; another obtained posses
sion of the brush and valiantly held i
lg against all corners. A third tried to up
r. set the tub 20 obtain some Of the pre-
a cious cosmetic. To quiet the hubbub
ID more whitewash was made, and In
n- week not hut, domestic utensil,
In war club or garment but was as whit
lie as snow; not an inhabitant but had hi
d. skin painted with grotesque figures; no
le a pig that was not whitened anC
he mothers might be seen in every direction
40 capering joyfully and yelling with de
s- light in the contemplation OF tn
ig superior beauty of their whitewashe
I'd babies.
st A correspondent witnessed a strang
d. duel on one of President Crespo's bi
q cattle ranches in the interior {
~ Venezuela. Two vanqueros, or cowboyi
=. were enamored of the same dark-eye
70 little Indian girl of the great Orinoc
Is plains, and they decided TO settle by
II duel with the lasso which Of them shoul
take her to wife. A dozen fello
q vaqueros assembled TO witness the fra.
q. The lovers soon appeared mounted O
N mettlesomo mustangs, each with Ion
= powerful lariat OF tough COW hid
q They were both experts with the lass
- and their borssmaushiD WAS marve