The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
SOME THINGS WE ARE EXPECTED TO BELIEVl

T<ORTUNATELY perhaps, readers are not always
II compelled to wade through recltas Of crime pol-
cal gossip or reports OF the proceedings Con-
gres in order to experience the thrills that enliven
life or to learn of remarkable happenings
Some seasons Of the year. especially news often as
suTnes sprghter garb; men, animals birds, even
the nanmate forces of contribute lighter
brighter side Of newspaper columns
Al Sroudsburg Pa. instance two young men during
the last summer bolt Of lightning slip down teIe-
phone pole and electrocue Every feather in its
body was loosened. If lightning can do that" they
thought why won't an artificial electrical current do the
same thing2"
Now, it is said they have devised contrvance for
dry pucking ducks by electrical voltage the feathers
being ioosened without injuring the Dryplucked
ducks bring pound more than those treated bv
the scllding process. il is asserted
The genius Of invention has gripped Alonzo Muir
ply, Of Moustown, n j. Mr.. Murphy has conceived the
idea Of producing and cream from the same
patch at the same time by crossing the mikeed with
the strawberry plant.
Last fail he grated several berry plants on the milk
weed One specimen nicely alongside the kitchen
range and in full fruage when alas one cold night
In winter the fire At that Mr. Murphy saws
each berry, when examined found to contain o1an
uty ot cream varying from few drops to teaspoon
Ingenuity certainly its own reward Capt syea-
more who sailed Sir Thomas Lptons Shamrock for the
Americas Cup, took part in plovng match in England
short time The versatile sailor fastened con1pass
to his plow beam, and able such straight
furrow that he the prize.
The useful domestic hen responsible for many sur
prising items Those Of Robert E. Foster jr of Sussex
County, New Jersey it gravey stated have been trained
with handles them-supposedIy of course
for convenience in eating
This result not accident, but rather the re-
suit of suggestion. Some time ago when breaking an
egg the breakfast table Mr. Foster conceived the idea
that eggshel with handle which would form its own
would not only lot of dislwashing but would
be at culinary and a scientific triumph
Accordingly he had the interior the henhouse paint
ed white Food conveyed the fowls in large white
vessels, each having handle Water was provided in
similar. but smaller. vessels
Across the single window teacups we're suspended on
strings comprising the only ornamenation upon which
the hens could gaze Nightly the fowls sung TO sleep
to the tune o rolic1ing drinking songs.
such persistent scientific treatment had its effect
is solemnly declared. Within ten DAYS eggs began to
appear bearing slight on one end and after
two weeks the new eggs had wel-forned handles
That suggestion brought such a useful result
Is Mr. Fosters belief During the experiment a rooster
ESCAPED from yard into that OF neghbor The neigh
boris boy chased the rooster home and during the
proceedings threw it part a broken white pitcher
that bore a large and conspicuous handle
The incident greatly frightened the rooster and WAS
witnessed by From that there was rapid
development handles eggs.
Laying eggs that turned inside out is the freak
speciality hen belonging to p. Mangana OF Delaware
Ohio. She lays one egg day. and all are inverted
The outside covering OF the is the thin white skin