The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-05-23
ITEMS OF. GENERAL INTEREST.

! A single plant OF wheat viii often
! produce 1900 seeds in one season: a
sunfower will yield 1000: a poppy,
B.. .ooo; tobacco plan {. go. 0oo; q spleen
wort. Loco 900.
Kansas capitalists talk OF piping
natural gas from Neodesha. where 10
was recently discovered, to the zinc
fields of southeastern Kansas and
southwest Missouri
"A curious question Of law has been
brought before the Vermont courts
Tho point to be determined is whether
one man may bs held in damages fcr
injuries inflicted by another mans do.
| in the owners house and upon til
| owners vile
-Kentucky's latest freak produc-
tons in the animal kingdom are a
lamb with four extra legs sticking ur
from it's back. and another that rssem-
bles and hops like a kangaroo. never
using its hind feet for tho purpose OF
loconotion.
"A horse can draw on metal rail.
one and two-third times as much as on
asphalt pavement, three and one-.hird
times as much as on good Belgian
blocks. fvs times as much a. on good
cobblestonc. twenty times as much 40
on good earth road and forty times a.
much as ON sand
There has been introduced into the
house Of representatives a bill % amend
the revised statutes so as % permit Ia
civil cases the verdict cf thrse-fosr,h.
Of the jurors constituting the jury to
stand as the verdict of the jury. and
such a verdict 20 have the same .vrcs
and effect a. a unanimous verdict
"A curious phenomenon has been
discovered near Eddy. " NJ. Ia Dark
Canyon abou, three miles from Eddy
q number Of tunnels were run m order
% tap streams of water 20 get a supply
for tAe water works The water WA
fonnd running IN small natural yvat~r
pipeA made by the dsposi. ot lime
from the water. The whole space eu,
BY the tannels was found 70 De per.
fsrstei with these line pipes.
1t q not DARKEST jast before dawr.
The mailman of darkness begins whes
the sun has sunk below tn. horizon 30
far that none Of iss rays are re;rac,el
20 the earth by the stsnosphers or r.
Aeeted By clouds. ana eoatianss wi,h-
out variation uasi IL reaches p.osHs
near the eastern horizon when the
light reaches the earth oocs more.
nAxiny the esrnr1eceeneat Of ez~fL
II Is hard 20 understand how sach an
erronsous iasa came % bs generally
accepted
-Noi long ago = crow from Ors<os
waz ezzDine6 wboss digestive apgs,-s
rz,ns coatsisea . beetle Of a sr,xeses =,
rae tha. tAe specimen zoabs lar.
been worth SIS Il It lad been IN pol
Crows are vsry fosa. Of eat
lag little turtleN which they can @.silv
tea - pieces with .sx stroke. .,
,seir powerful b~zxk Couana.snlv a..
usiy T-orison OF Ia sar.l- dlAsox.~-<s "a
lAs stomach OF ths bird - tae .hs.i
'-o,sss tzS under tzw- Aecor,ila rlx. for
iseh szea remnant tka e-oss anSs.r d.
'ccsson - credited ws,k oas tor.s<a...
stamp ee2Lerx sexsoxlesszs IA,
acre - rAz <ed need fox "a i:st.rna<
stamp iast sh@li .esk eosA va.
'st~esn tss eozs;r1e> belonging 70 Ia.
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ne writes to azx . qse.ssoa oFs ssraa-
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. es<@os.-z AZ extra valsr Of dss.n.s-
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