Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

Four quarts OF milk daily or thereabouts
for twenty years has been the sole diet Of
Thomas F. Laubach Of Hazleton, Pa. Two
decades ago Mr.. LAubach, being then 81
years old, was in very bad health and his
physicians gave up his case. Then he de-
oided to doctor himself and has done so
ever since, absolutely combining his diet
to milk. Now he is ore of the healthiest
and soundest men in town.
As an instance Of the observance Of the
Sabbath in Scotland an English paper tells
Of a postman having a route between Stir
ling and Bl~airdrummond. He was observed
to ride a bicycle over his six miles on
week days and to walk the same distance
on Sunday, and when asked why replied
that he was not allowed to use the machine
on Sunday. An investigation followed and
the postman's explanation proved to be
correct.
There is at least one lighthouse In the
world that is not placed on any mariners
chart. It is away out on the Arizona desert
and marks the spot where a well supplies
pure, fresh water to travellers. 1t is the
only place where water may be had for
! forty-fve miles to the eastward and for at
least thirty miles in any other direction.
The house consists of a tall cottonwood
pole, to the top Of which a lantern is
hoisted every night. The light can be seen
for miles across the plain in every direc-
tion.
9TH top of the morning and the shank
o. the evening" exclaims the New York
Sun, ITO Mrs. Augusta Aumussen Of The
Bronx. who scored 1862 at bowling on the
day she was So. She didn't begin to bow
until she was ~, and we hope she will
keep 1t up until she is 172. A CHEEKY and
engaging figure she is, rafting down the
pins at So and making the beginners stare
and gasp. Yet she is only a beginner her.
self SO far as living goes. Wait until she
comes to middle age. Saturday Joseph
Labouty Of ogdensburg. 1903, walked a mile
and back to register, and a younger friend.
Francis Berro, so, went with him. These
are the grownup people and the folks In
the sos are still In the infant class"
The remnant Of a remarkable and hitherto
lest tribe OF Eskimos has recently been dis
covered on Southampton island. at the ex-
treme north end of Hudson bay. 1t is said
that until recently these people have never
had an opportunity Of seeing a white man.
Their huts are built OF the great jaws OF
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is an elevation, on which is a stone lamp
used for lighting. heating. cooking, melting
snow and drying clothes. The lamp is only
a dish OF whale oil, in which is a wick of
dry moss. Indeed, the whale is the chief
means by which these people live, the
bones being utilized for making plates, cups
and sledges, but they also use sledges OF
walrus tusks, with deer antlers for cross
pieces. The tribe is almost extinct, as only
some sixteen are left. They speak a dia-
lect peculiar to themselves and are very
daring hunters.
Thomas Kane OF Chicago and Mrs. Joseph
| Sylvester had a happy reunion at the lat
ter's home in Waukegan, Wis, last week.
They had seen separated forty years. during
which each had concluded the other was
dead. While the Kane family lived In Ken
osha the father died, leaving three children,
two girls and a boy, for the mother to care
for. The youngest was Margaret, aged 3,
now Mrs. Sylvester. She was adopted BY
William Waddell, a farmer at Wadsworth.
Mary was adopted by another family.
Thomas remained with his mother. When
Mary was IS she located her brother in
Chicago and then they bent energies to ind
Margaret. They were unsuccessful. as Mar
garet had married. In the absence OF
knowledge Of the sisters existence they
came to believe her dead. Recently they
accidentally secured a clew to her where
abouts and the reTnion followed.