Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-04

tor, after q brief examination OF TIC pa
tents told him that his COWS were ali
drunk. He was puzzled for time TO
tell how they came so, but presently II
came out that they had broken INTO
corn field and filled themselves tull OF
green corn, apd the doctor decided that
the corn had fermented in their stom-
achs and produced alcohol enough 10 &C
count for their condition.
JUDGE E. w. CUNNINGHAM, OF Empo-
ria, Kan, has good deal OF nerve IN
an emergency. He heard noise IN MS
house the other night, and getting out
OF bed went down stairs to ascertain the
cause. Half way down the stairs ne
came suddenly on a masked burglar
crouching in corner. The burglar rose
to his feet, remarking: 81 guess III
shoot YOU" al guess not, replied the
Judge, "but l will shoot you, " and he
raised his empty hand as though to point
a pistol at the burg In an lnstah'
the latter turned and, running down
the stairs. fled out at the open window,
by which he had entered, while the Judge
who says that he was as fully scared as
the other, ran in the opposite direction
to get hold of the gun which he keeps
in his room. Hereafter he will look up
unusual noises in the night with the
gun in his hands.
THE latest from the sea serpent comes
from the upper Ottawa river. Mrs. La
hey, a farmers wife, according to the
Ottawa Free Press, went down to the
river to do her washing. Going to dip
bucket of water out of the river, she
found great log in the way. Sh took
pole and undertook to push the llg out
of the way, and to her horror found that
the side of the log sunk inward under
the force of her efforts, but the log itself
would not give an inch. While she stood
considering what to do suddenly the log
rolled over and about ten feet from her
the head of hideous monster rose i've
feet above the surface of the water, hiss
ing in a snaksh way, and then with an
other roll and splash Of its tail, which
was fully twenty feet from where the
head appeared, the animal plunged to-
ward the middle of the river and disap-
peared The lady was so terrified by the
sight that she tainted, and was confined
to her bed for several days.
JAMES SMIrHERs, of Halliburton, Onta
rio, while moose hunting in that vicinity
not long ago, made a singular discovery.
| Walking across the country in an I'M
freouented place, he WIS suddenly aston.
ished to find himself sinking, He fell
about six feet, but, owing to the descent
of the loose earth with him, sustained nc
injury. He was amazed to find the bot
tom of the pit composed of solid ice of a
brackish taste, and evidently of untold
age. Walking about the pit Smithers
made out an object protrudlng from the
lev foundation, and, with his short hunt
ing axe, cut away the surrounding ma
teral, until he saw that the object was {
human hand holding spear. Further
excavation revealed the entire figure of {
man clad-in fur garments and perfect.
! preserved in his cold bed. Near at hanC
were also the remains of deer, which
the hunter had doubtlessly lost his lif,
in pursuing to this treacherous spot. Thu
frozen man was an Indian of noble builC
and wore chiefs amulet about his neck
That he died by cold was to be plainl.
seen by his expression, which was tn
placid one of persons who die thus. TIL
skin of his face and hands was draw
and like parchment, hut that protected
by his clothing was firm and natural a
if death had come within the hour
When thawed and exposed to the air, tn
body speedily crumbled away.
IT is said that on the side of Old Rag,
long Jagged spur of the Blue Ridge noun
tains, near Luray, Va, about ree-fourth
of the way up its side glows a strang
and beautiful light, which for Ion
time has attracted the attention of pee
ple for miles around. Not every nigh
but only when the atmosphere is favor,
bic then the ''eye of the Rag" may
seen dazzling and ocintllating, as if
were some immense diamond set in t.
rocks or everlasting hills So far, inve
tipation has not solved the myster.
though at irregular periods some enthr
sist undertakes to investigate, but Civ,
up the problem in a short time. Person
have camped on :he mountain for day
at time, seeing the light then as fro
, below; but so precipitous are the side
} and so impossible from the huge bow
ders and rocks that lie all around, thi
nothing definite has been learned. Otl
} ers, more scientific and enterprising, hay
spent days in locating the great damon
by establishing line of stations an
signals, but the light still shines-tl
mystery of the ridge. 1t can be no art
fetal light, for no one lives within Sc
eral miles, and to make such hgl
night after night for so many years woul
be simply impossible. Then, too, it
, too sparkling, scintilating and opale
: cent for art to make, and, whatever it i
one thing is sure, and that is that it
the work of nature. The light on
favorable nights seen thirty miles ava
and at the distance still preserves Il
/, peculiar shooting, darting features viii,
: are seen to so much better advantaI
J from the immediats vicinity.