Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-18
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
ouaer Facts and Thrilling AdVen
lures Which Show That Truth Is
STRANGER Than Fiction.


stranger Than Fiction.
A CT riosity of Amityville, Pa, isa
peach tree, which is seventy years OLD.
Peach trees ordinarily do not thrive Tor
more than four or five years.
EXPRESS agents on Southern railroads
are passing the hat around in novel
way. The hat is an old SLOUGH, its rim
filled with tags and its crown covered
with slips, and it has already Travelled
over ten thousand miles in an intended
trim all over the South, which an agent
at Covington, Ky, started it on Tor
whim several weeks ago. 1t isn't col
3ecting anything but tags and slips.
A four tined silver fork bearing the
name of the old steamboat 5. Is. Bayard,
which went out OF service twenty years
ago was found in the stomach of n
forty-pound catfish hauled out of the
Missouri at Louisiana, Mo-. a few days
ago. Where the fork had been for
twenty years, and how long it has been
serving as ballast in the catfish are mat
tiers which have been submitted to the
river folk for discussion.
A CURIOUS present has been sent to
Queen Victoria, who, while properly
grateful. is considerably puzzled how to
dispose of the donation 1t consists ola
happy family of lion, li0ness, and two
cubs, sent by the Sultan of Zanzibar.
They are said to be still on the steamer,
"awaiting her Majesty's pleasure. Por-
l,o
shock of having this sudden introduce
ton of new members of her family she
will feel the pleasure which the lions are
awaiting"
The entire product Of the diamond
mines at New Jagersfontein, South
Africa, was taken during the first half
of ,his year by syndicate whose con
tract expired at midnight June 30. just
before shutdown on the last day OF the
contract the largest white diamond OF
the world was found. 1t is 3 inches
long, from II to q inches thick, and
weighs 971a carats, or u ounces avoir-
dupois 1t is perfect III color, except
for a black spot in the middle. which
will probably make it advisable 10 cut 1t
in two.
SrLAs no1BRooK, of East Harswell
Maine, has dog. While out sailing witt
his master recently the dog noticed that
the plug was out of the bottom OF the
boat and the water was coming in. Aftel
barking to attract attention the dos
placed his paw over the hole and KEEP
the water out until his master found tht
plug and replaced it. Mr.. Holbrook does
not say that the dog then hoisted the
lib. took the helm, made Il long tacl
and stood about for home, but there /
no doubt that the sagacious animal wa
quite capable of doing these things
necessary
THE recent funeral Of Charles Tale.
at Chadd's Ford, Penn, was the lima
chapter in the history of a remarkabl
man. He was 10 years and q month
old, vet never either fed or dressed him
self single time in all his life Ever
part of his body was perfectly formed
yet he could perform only the most SIN
pie acts with either hands or feet. Il
was one year old before he raised hi
hand from the pillow, and IL years Of
before he made any progress whatever
Iocomoton.. His mind was clear, h
Judgment keen, and his memory reteI
tive.
Diamond, the big elephant of Walla'
& Co.'s Circus, which has just gone in
winter quarters near Peru, Ind, got tire
of confinement the other day, broke tt
chains that bound him, butted down Il
door of the building where he was kep
smashed the gates and waded across Il
river, where he proceeded to anu
himself with knocking down the farmer
fences and tramping their crops,
their no small CONSERVATION. His keep
and twenty assistants finally succeeds
in subduing him and carrying him ba'
to his bondage, but not before he hi
done an immense amount of mischief
BALTIMORE has blind boatman. /
boat was stolen by some worthless #
lows the other day, and subsequent
abandoned and picked up. Tie claim
it, and when told that he must ident
it, did so, not by telling its color a
model. as a man with good eyes mis
do, but 10y giving the positions OF all
nails ana tne Cnlnks III tllc Dodlj wiz
splinters had been knocked oil. and
on. Then, being admitted, he went
over it with his careful touch, iina
said eyes. it is mine, n
rowed away, successfully avoid
the dozens of Other boats, tn
etc, that were moving around.
A Choctaw woman living near J
Alester, /. T., laid her baby on blan
on the sunny side of her cabin the otI
day. and went about her work Shol
alterward great eagle swooped doy
aud, Selling the child in his claws, 4
away with it, An Indian man, who y
MESSED the scene, grasped his n
Jumped on his horse, and started in =
suit. For miles he gilloped at a re
less speed over streams, through woe
aud across hills and valleys, trusting
his horse, aud keeping his eye on
eagle At last the bird alightcd o
limb about feet from the ground, !
holding the child In mis- ialons.
pursuer managed to get within 100 -
II him, aud just a. the great bird
about 10 resume his Hight fred,
brought him 10 the ground The g
was rescued unhurt save iOr a
scratches, aud returned in safety 4
mother