Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
Quaint Features of Life

>IudlIlt 1 - uluI ~ vi LII y
Mr. Thompson, u member OF the Con
nccucuL legislature, introduced new wOru
me Other day III "A ltgiSIative debate. IL
Mas IN horse story a nelghDur of MI.
lhompsOns went 10 buy last morse. Alter
having been SHOWN some with past records
ana some with possible future records the
man said: "A don want u has-Deen nor a
wIll-be, / want an is-Cr."
Herman kuumau " ii, recently filed for
~ loDatc III san Frdnc,s SEQ, closed mus: In
taking leave OI YOU, my ucar ones, 1 wish
10 impress upon you tnat you should not
hrleye TOO much. lou must take the event
pulIUsOphICauy. The laws OIL nature are
"Ise ana We ought to submit to them with
,uI Il murmGr. lne blessings Oi an au
"lse universal power be snuwerod ON you.
1t costs to go "masnIng IN Kansas CIty,
as mas been Icarncd by hUDtrI Cunningham,
proprietor OF IA motel. lIc spuhe TO u young
woman whom ne had never seen ana IN
sisted on shaking hands wI,n ner. lhe
sensible girI nad MIN arrested and he was
Lned 5000 III tne ponce CuuII cunningham
appealed ana the decision mas Deen
sustained by the higher court.
a J-ycar-Cld ChiIu was paying ON the
sldewain az Locust and nutcnlsUn streets,
Philadelphia, when a Dlind man came along,
guiding himself wltn ntdyy walking stick.
swing OF the cane struCk me chlld on the
forehead and he lell down ccIlarwdy, sus-
tanning CouCusslun OF the BRAIN and dying
in Il lev hours. y neIgnDor saw the
accident, D.l ran to pick up the chIId ana
when she retuTned the unknown blind man
had passed out u sight, doubtless unaware
OF the tragedy il "hich he bore blameless
part.
..
X. Monarch OF Ow,Lsboro, Ky, has
hard 10 buck against trust. Tie owned u
dlstllery and Two years agO Iae whisky
trust offered hm S3UU,OVU Tor the property.
Monarch refused 10 go into the combine,
say ing ne preferred to be indepeLurnt. In
the mysterious manner when mas become
50 common IN late years his business Iell
OIL ana a few days ago the distilleries weie
disposed OI at lOrCeu SAFE tor SliOUU. EX-
pcueucc, which always comes nigh, IN this
case cost S2S3,OUU.
1ho following letter Is one OF the queer
things which sometimes nnd the,r way INTO
the kanaas papeis. Mr.. EdIIor. fiease
print this letter TO quiet the storm raised
Dy some halI -lulot VINO mas been telllnB that
/ was gong 10 be married, and by several
smart Alecks, who have made it their busi-
ness 10 ask my boys about it, l Will say
that the talk is all bosh. | want 1t un-
oerstood that when | want husband
won't ask the community to select one for
me- | consider myself FULLY capable of de-
Gliding that question to suit myself Miss
LYDIA Peach
some time ago Anthony Holland and wife,
highly respected residents of Tallahatchie
county, Mississippi, were found dead in a
wood near their home They were a
most devoted couple and the conclusion ar
rived at was that Mrs Holland was acci-
dentally shot, Mr. Holland through grief,
committing suicide with the remaining bar
rel of the shotgun which he carried. The
estate was settled on the basis of this sup
position, but on appeal to the courts IL
was shown that when the bodies were
found that of the wife was still warm,
while Mr.. Hollands was cold. Therefore,
the wife must have survived her husband,
and the court so decided
cage thirty-two feet long and ten feet
wide has been erected by Mrs, Katherine
NJ Brady on her property at 30 King street,
Flushing Long Island for the purpose OF