Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-10-21
STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.

stranger IMAM t1ct-On.
a PECULIAR result of lightning was
noticed near Dion, in France, after a
severe thunder storm. A bolt struck a
small pond just outside the city and it
was discovered that the electric shock
had killed all the fish in the pond, about
1000 in number.
PEOPLE fond of tracing condolences
may make note of the asserted fact that
Mrs. Elizabeth Payne. of Galloway
County, Mo-, who recently celebrated
her eighty third birthday, has numbered
among her descendants sixty grandchil
dren, of whom thirteen are dead, and
sixty great grandchildren, of whom thir-
teen are dead.
An execution in the Indian Territory
is unique proceeding. A few days ago
it became the duty OF "a sheriff to legally
shay a Choctaw. Two men held the
criminals hands. The sheriff knelt five
PAGES in front, aimed at a bit of white
paper pinned over the Indians heart and
shot him dead.
A TEXAS man was sitting in a dark
room recently when he was attracted by
the buzzing of a gold colored bug.
Taking the appearance of the bug as a
favorable omen, he followed it. 1t
stopped directly over an old well in a
deserted field then the man went to
digging and presently discovered num-
Der of gold dollars and some few silver
coins.
IT is said that interesting experiments
as to the ability of animals in counting
have been made by Russian physician,
who estimates that horse can count to
%, dog to 10 and / cat TO 6. A single
illustration will show the physicians
method. The horse of a certain peasant
had the habit of stopping to rest from
blowing when ne reached the twentieth
furrow, and could not be induced to take
any rest until the full twenty burrows
had been finished He never found a
horse that had a capacity beyond twenty
five.
IT is stated by the London Lancet
that "The English professional classes,
who head the list as the tallest of adult
males, attain the average height o. 5 feet
81 inches. Next on the list come the
American males, and minute fraction
behind come the English of all classes.
Most European nations average for the
adult male feet inches; but the Aus
TRANS, Spaniard and Portuguese just fall
short of this standard"
THE Binghamton On. " Leader tells
of grocer in that city who, while
taking Sunday afternoon nap, fell into
a deep sleep, and while in that condition
went to his place of business, opened his
store and was moving some of his goods
out on the walk and making other prepa-
rations for the days trade, when he was
awakened BY a friend He had worked
so hard that he was dripping with per-
SEPARATION.
A CINCINNATI paper mentions sharp
trick played by shoemaker to attract
custom. He had a bold sign printed.
"Shoes mended for nothing next week, P"
and displayed it in front of his shop.
Early Monday morning such rush of
business set in that he was compelled to
call in another workman to assist him.
The next day some of his patrons began
to call for their shoes. and were greatly
surprised when he demanded pay They
referred him to the sign in the window.
"YOu haven't read it very carefully" he
replied, sit says next week."
THERE is a place in Dorset, England,
known as White Farm. All the farm
buildings, the house itself and even all
the animals on the place are white.
Rabbits, cats, guinea pigs. hens, horses.
cows, donkeys and all the creatures are
spotless. But this is not the most re-
markable feature. The free and indie
pendent British men and maids who till
the soil and churn the butter are COM
PEELED to attire themselves in white
smocks and white frocks to bear out the
general impression of whiteness.
THE Duchess dues, whose reputation
as a sportswoman is as familiar almost
to Americans as to the people of her ma
/ tive France, has very remarkable pack
Of hounds. It is composed of Just 100
dogs, all exactly alike 20 the eye Of the
ordinary observer, for they are all white
with brown spots. Their mistress, how
ever, can readily distinguish them, and
she looks after them as carefully as a
colonel after the soldiers in his command
Every morning when Mt her country es-
tate she visits the kennels, and the
hounds are made to line up before her
like miitiamen on review.
The Japs for the most part are non
meat eating race; indeed, in central
Japan and in out-of. the way parts the
inhabitants have never tasted such food,
a fact partly due. no doubt, to economic
reasons. a meat diet being an expensive
luxury i'm the far east. Statistics of a
recent year 90 TO prove that out Of the
l,02l sos head Of cattle existing in the
country only the comparatively small
number Of s4,7il were slaughtered for
purposes Of food The tendencies Of
Japan being thus Inclined toward vege.
tarianism, case Of positively inhuman
exception 20 this state of things h all
the moro astonishing. Il appears that
quite recently in tho prefecture OF Neil d
native was discovered digging up the
body of Ia newly buried child. with The
intent % eat in flesh tpou arrest the
man pleaded In selfdeionss that be- bad
been Irl to believe chat human hesl
wHuI rure him a. La Hl.rasr fr.ut wi irh