The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-18
GOOD YEAR FOR FREAKS.
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL STORIES
OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

Fertile Imaginations Run Riot--Or
Maybe Nature Is Disporting Her
self and Having Fun with Fond,
Innocent Humanity.
From the New York Press.
Weird and wonderful to an extraordi-
nary degree are some Of the. stories of
birds, reptiles and human beings that
have been brought to light this summer
The Press told about a few Of them last
week Here are some more. They are all
the unique and enterprising Joseph Null
hatton ever dreamed of or attempted.
A correspondent living in Las Vegas,
who had evidently INDUCED in too much
mescal, described at great length and
with much elaboration of detail, how a
found the fossil remains of a silurian 100
feet long. Upon the backbone of the
skeleton was screwed a silver plate bear
ing hieroglyphics that no one has yet
been able TO decipher. The skeleton Is to
be sent to the Smithsonian Institute.
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light in describing the idiosyncrasies of
Kate Washington, who, after being COM
mitted to Jail by Justice Underwood for
stealing a chicken from Third avenue
restaurant keeper amused herself by
drinking half a dozen buckets full Of wa
ter, thereby winning for herself the sobri-
quet of the human camel"
Jacksonville, Ind. came to the front
with a yarn about 14-year-old Grace
IL rf4rfa taA NJ
that place no end of perplexity. Half of
the physicians in town are lying awake at
nights wondering what is the matter with
her. The other half, according to the pub
lshed accounts, seems TO be lying by day.
Grace was taken i'll several months ago
with a strange malady. As her illness
became more serious, and dropsical symp-
toms set in, she began to grow in hight at
an alarming rate. She Is now six feet
tall and there is no telling when she will
stop growing.
There is another Indiana girl who is
somewhat similarly afflicted. Her arms
and hands are all right, but her feet have
grown SO enormously that II Is with great
difficulty that she is able to walk. In
deed. il is only by the use of a stirrup
like ARRANGEMENT fastened to the soles of
her shoes and operated by her hands, that
she is able to amble about with any ease.
Chicago papers published the stories writ
ten about her with sardonic glee.
Freda Smyth of Columbus. Ohio, has
hands that are so large and heavy that she
is compelled to carry them in sling, else
they make her shoulders curve like N
tightly drawn bow. No one has the bray-
cry to shake hands with her, for she is
very powerful Denver boys nose has
grown so large that ne can see nothing.
He is suffering from a peculiar form Of
elephantiasis.
George Loveland lives at Elmwood.
Conn. The other day his children were
startled at the sight Of a particularly ac-
tive snake When the reptile was killed
1t was found to have two short legs and
armed with white claws" 1t was six
teen inches long and marked IN various
colors. II Is regarded as the greatest
curiosity in the history Of the village.
Newburg correspondent, while full OF
enthusiasm dashed off" In his inimita-
bic way. a hair raising bit Of summer fic-
tion about a strange ape like animal that
stunned The good people Of Margaretville
with horror killed a horse with one fel
blow. bore il away before the eyes Of the
paraiyzed driver and did other things