Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-08

sea he might be accused of murder. lie
scarce ate or slept while waiting for the
relief boat and vainly making signals for
help lie kept the light burning at
night, but his terrible experience almost
killed him.
c. NJ. SAWYER, cashier of the Dexter
! (Me.) National Bank, possesses a very
peculiar faculty for telling the weight
of things oif-hand. He cannot explain
what the power is, but that he can exer-
else it correctly there can be no doubt.
| Numerous instances of its use are told.
One is that merchant was one day pre-
pairing to weigh boXful of old copper
scraps, all shapes and sizes thrown In at
hap-hazard. Just then Mr.. SAWYER
stepped into his store. Seeing the box
and the scales he remarked: "You
needn't weight that, for | can tell you
to an ounce just what it weighs. The
thought came to me just as | came in the
door thst that box an dcoutents weighed
just 313 pounds" The dealer was not
prepared to adopt this mode of weighing
without verifying it, so he put the box
on the scales, and it tipped the beam at
exactly the weight named.
REMARKABLE family record is that
OF Thomas and Catherine Smith, who
moved to Coles county, H., in 1880 and
settled near GAINESVILLE. Both of them
died in February, 1865. They left fifteen
children, fourteen of whom are still
living. Twelve of them have grand
children and three have great-grand-
children. Counting the whole genera
ton from the parents down there are
now 236 persons living, as given in the
following recapitulation: Fourteen chill
drcn, II grandchildren, liz great grand
children, and 8 great great-grand-c chill
drcn.
SOME curious figures bearing on longe-
witty are published by the vicar of Sand
hurst, England, in a periodical called
Worcestershire Notes and Queries. He
slys that during the last century he
finds in his parish registers IS persons
who. died between the ages of so and 80,
and l6 between 80 and 100 years of age
Of these, 8 were % years and upwards,
and 30 were s. and upwards OF the
former, one was 80 and another, 100
The centenarian was one Hannah Han
cock, who died in 1859. Out of the Ii
persons over 90, II were females.
ANTOINE. NELSON a Colorado cowboy,
lassooed an eagle a few days ago. Mel
son, was riding over the praire on his
little cow pony with his lasso tied to his
saddle, when he saw the eagle flying
ahead of him quite close to the ground.
He started his pony on run towards
the bird, and when short distance
away threw his rope, which settled over
the eagles neck and under one wing,
and he succeeded in getting the bird to
the ranch house alive. The eagle meas
ured eight feet from tip to tip of its
wings
A RESIDENT Of New JERSEY village
had his watch in soak for three weeks
winter in peculiar way. He dropped
it into the millpond, in about six feet OF
water, and during the night the pond
froze over. Three weeks later, when the
ice had gone and it was possible to drain
tlO lJOht anu ctdiGl INT DDllOlU, tile
watch was found. 1t had waterproof
case, and, having been dropped in the
water at half past nine, it had stopped at
half past four after running seven hours
under water 1t is running us usual now.
THOUSANDS Of dead crows lie upon
the ground under the trees on the noun
tain east of Frush Valley, beyond Me
Knights Gap, Penn. This place has
been roosting place for crows for many
years. the unusually severe winter and
the deep snow have killed the birds.
There arc said to be tons upon tons of
dead crows on the mountain at this
famous roosting place The GOODNESS
has blinded many of them SO they cannot
find any food.
Mrs. MARY SLACK, of Cleveland,
attended funeral in Woodland Gene
terry, and took seat in the corner of the
vault, where she fell asleep. The mourn
ers departed, the vault was locked, and
awOke at three o'clock in the morning.
Her cries alarmed the guard, and it was
thought that one of the bodies entombed
the previous day had come to life. She
was released and sent home in an under
takers wagon, and became quite ILL.,
LIEUTENANT SMoILoFF of the Russian
Army has trained the falcon to carry
messages in lien Of the pigeon. The
falcon has several advantages over the
ordinary carrier. A pigeon easily flies
100 leagues at a speed of eight to ten
leagues an hour but falcon can as
easily cover fifteen leagues an hour for
fifteen hours, whereas the pigeon rarely
accomplishes such feat.
A BLIND beggar, in the streets Of
Paris, bore on his breast a picture re-
presenting indistinctly an earthquake or
an explosion Of fire-damp. A gentleman
stopped and kindly questioned the poor
beggdr Tell me, my good man, in
what country that catastropc occurred
of which you have been the victim. Il
can't tell l bought the painting at an
auction sale.