The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-18
Wichita. Kansas

black horses and all the white ones
were meant. or only the piebald, a
black-and-white ones, witness teSti
fed that all the horses Of the dead man
were I~ar-~. and confusion was worse
coniCUnCel
Hens viii stand almost anything
There was one in Calais, Ne. which
swallowed pin and became nervou,
and irritable. The owner administered
ether. cut the giEzard open. took ont
the pin. sewed up the wound with
needle washed in n dilute acid. and the
hen is now all right again. testifyins
its gratitude vOciferously whenever ia
benefsctor draws near.
God moves in a mysterious way
WAS written by Cowpcr in lJ5S. Jus, he
fore his second attack IF insanity. III,
intended suicide and engaged n coach
man 10 drive him TO a point on the
River Ouse, purposiug there % drown
himself The coachman lost his way
and COwper, instead of carrying out
his intention, returned home and wrote
this hymn. Cowper gave II the title
Light Shining Out of Darkness"
The highest recorded speed on the
Atlantic as an average for the whole
passage is 2l.9 knots per hour, per
formed BY the Cunard line steamer
Lucania. This has now been nearly
equalled by her sister ship. the Cam.
pania, which has just made the passage
from New York 70 Queenstown in +.
DAYS, IS hours, minutes. over total
distance Of e.eO5 knots, her average
speed having been 81. 50 knots per hour
An Arkansas man the other day
raped on his coffin just rs the minister
was about 20 begin the burial service
over him. A man in the room, who
thought some one outside was knock.
ing at the door. yelled. Come in
hearing which the supposed dead man
in the coffin exclaimed; What's the
matter with you? ! am in already. and
want 10 get OUT He finally became
so obstreperous that the funeral had &c
be postponed.-N. Y. Tribune
Mrs. Thistlethwaite, who died in
England quite recently. was. in he's
youth, remarkable FOR her exceptional
beauty. A celebrated episode in her
life was when, some forty or fortv-t~a
years ago al the opera, the whole
house rose 20 its feet 20 watch he's
leave the theatcr. Her eyes and fore
head were beautiful beyond descrip-
ton, and some idea may be formed "a
them by the well-knOwn picture OF thu
Nun, for which she sat. and the pho
tographs of which are sold by thou.
sands for scrap albums.
A remarkably droIl wedding. a
the registrars Office. Bristol. attracted
an immense crowd not long since. The
bride, prirn spinster, fair and FORTY.
pushed into the cflice Of the astonished
registrar a family perambulator. in
which was the bridegroom. n man 81
forty-fve. SO crippled in both legs tkai
from his birth be had not been able "a
walk. lie was permitted 70 remain in
the perambulatOr during the customary
declarations Of the civil contract. and
when the bride again appeared. push
ing the perambulator containing beg
husband, the crowdvished them joy and
gave them plenty Of rice.-N. y Ledger.
The other morning when was
taking a walk before breakfast, said L
citizen. Il saw OF the curbstons IA
front Of a house ahead a box filed with
the ordinary refuse % a kitchen. but
on top 81 II was about quarter Of =
loaf of bread--th~ crusty end a q
square loaf which even from where Z
was could see looked al right. a
light be stale, but IL looked nice. and
IL seemed a pity % waste e. But,
dear me, IL wasn't wasted Even whis
! was looking az II a man ahead % me.
whom ! had noticed particular be,
fore. and who was now just passing
the box, reached out and picked up tad
quarter loaf and dropped 1t into 3
ooG<et. al w.;boEtstoDping IN. L. san1