Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-06-01
Oddities , guidditics
There are More Things in Heaven and Earth.
horatio.
Th an are Oreamt of In Your philasnnhx I"

nv 0'Sotuh VI u tOut GutOSOpuy.
Pendleton, Oregon, comes to the
front with a remarkable hen story. 1t
is to the effect that the owner of n hen
and chicks administered an insecticide
to free them from vermin. The hen
suddenly ceased struggling and was
found to be dead. A post mortem ex-
animation showed that fright had
caused her death by rupture of the
pericardum, the covering of the heart.
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In court at Pasadena, CAL, a man
said that he was unable to support his
family of eleven on his salary of $55
a month. Thereupon Justice Klam.
roth, from the bench, said it could be
done, and that if the father would turn
over bis wages, he (the Judge) would
see that the family-father, mother
and nine children-lived comfortably
and kept all bills paid. If Judge
Klamroth succeeds he will be entitled
to Carnegie hero medal and Roose.
velt, anti.race.suicide badge.
What is claimed to be the smallest
electric motor in the world is in the
possession of Texas electrician and
watch maker, who made it as a scarf
pin. According to the american Me.
chamic. it weighs one pennyweight
and three grains and is run by current
from a small silver chloride battery.
The field magnets are made from two
very fine pieces of sheet-irou scraped
down and polished. Instead OF copper
as q conductor gold is used. The
magnets are held together by gold
screws and wound with very fine silk.
covered wire, and the commutator bars
are of gold.
A baby that changes color three
times in every "a hours, is . curiosity
in Des Moines, Iowa. It is little Eli
RAINY, the 12.months'-old son of
Count Natho, who married An Ameri.
can girl in Quincy, Ill, three years
ago. II is the FIRST baby of Hindoo
parentage ever born in America, it is
claimed. When the little fellow awak-
ems at sunrise he 10 pretty pink, fair.
complexioned boy; at noon he changes
color, and within an hour is of the
dark ginger color Of his princely an.
cestors. At night he becomes An
alabaster white. The mixture of
bloods is said to be accountable for
the strange phenomenon.
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"Stone guideposts are being placed
in the deserts OF California to direct
lost travellers to springs, wells and
small streams" saws Popular Mechan.
ics (ApriD. every year large mum.
bers of prospectors risk the dangers OF
the desert in their eager search for
gold. Many of these wander about
until they become bewildered, and
after searching for water for hours
and days perish miserably of thirst.
The Legislature of California has ap.
propriated 5000 for placing the
guideposts, and several counties have
already undertaken the work. Thous-
ands of posts will be erected during
the spring, and it is expected that the
number Of deaths will be very greatly
decreased by this means"
The death has occurred at Kings.
town of man named Joseph knight.
who for more than ten years had lived
without eating. Eleven years ago,
while on board the yacht Eliba, at
Gosport, be accidentally drank some
detergent instead of stout. He was
removed from the yacht to a man of.
war in Gosport harbor, where first aid
was given him, and afterwards placed
in the hands of surgeon, who intro.
duced tube through his side into the
stomach. Through this tube be was
fed for the rest of his life. Wheeling
about the town in q bath chair, poor
knight was always an object OF
sympathy to residents and visitors.
Although unable to eat, he WAS always
able to enjoy q smoke. He was about
d0 veaya of aoo