The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1915-10-23

hair and a patriarChal set of whisk-
ers to sell his liquor Otherwise he
was miner
San Francisco, Cal.-While San
Francisco acknowledges Atlantas
claim that its women have the small
est and prettiest feet in the world, it
asserts that the legs Of san Francisco
girls are the shapliest. Physical di-
rectors of The public schools say
the graceful carriage and shapely
forms of the San Francisco girls is
due to the hilly streets of the coast
city.
Bethel, Pa Miss Maria Kurr, one
of Pennsylvauias most noted char
acters, is dead of tuberculosis. For
a quarter Of century she kept tn,
Kurr house at Millenburg, which was
a famous place to eat and stop. She
was the conlidant Of politicians and
controlled elections III her own town
ship She was an expert at mixing
drinks, a horsewoman, a hunter and
could outplay the men at chess,
cards, pool and checkers She was
six feet tall, strikingly handsome
and refused steadfastly to marry.
Monroe City, Mo.-Farmers of this
community are spending their nights
in the marshes catching frogs by
which Albert Farquer hopes to be
cured of a cancerous growth which
threatens his life. The breast of
living frog is placed against the
sore, and absorbs the poisons. Far
quer is rapidly recovering. The
farmers hunt the frogs with sacks
and electric torches, which they flash
into the eyes of the croakers and
blind them.
Washington, ID. C.-Margaret Ker-
foot, a government employee, holds
the record for accuracy. She has
been in the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving for thirty years, in en-
tire charge of twenty-five men and
responsible for the consignments of
postage stamps to the offices all
over the country. Last year she
consigned twelve billion of stamps
without an error
Steele, n. DIN a thunderstorm
here recently lightning struck the
barn of Ed Hustled and burned all
the hair off bird dog which had
taken refuge there.
Carlton, Okla.-For 70 years J. NJ.
Haigler has gone barefooted and to
that fact attributes his old age and
the fact that ne never has an ache
or pain He is as prankish as a
boy of II, although the father of five
huge sons. He refuses to wear shoes
even when he visits large cities.
Rockwell City, IA ditcher
brought into the newspaper office
! here a two-headed snake which he
had stepped on accidentally One
head was where nature intended it
to be, and the other was at the end
of the tail Both were perfectly
formed, but one was larger, and the
snake crawled in that direction more
frequently, although at times the
tail head seemed to be trying to
have it crawl in its direction.
New Rochelle, n. Y-For ten years
John Cabot Lewis, 80 years old, and
Helen Fales, %, have lived next
door to each other and were ap-
\ parently deeply in love with each
other. John would go TO New York
each morning and Helen would meet
him at Che train when he returned
in the evening. The other day John
confessed TO Helen's father that they
had been married for ten years, but
that both had been afraid to tell
\ Mr.. Fales.
Washington, Pa.-Divorced, mar
ried and fatally stricken with par
alysis is one days record of John
w. Wise of East Washington. I'M
mediately after receiving his div
Orce, Wise met Miss Julia Elizabeth
Scott who agreed TO marry him. He
was stricken at the altar and his
physician says he cannot live.
Hickman, Ky.-A baby girl with
out eyes has been born TO Mrs. c.
w Brown. The baby's face is
smooth where the eyes should be
II is healthy and is expected 10 live
-o
Il DWork has been resumed on the
Herzstein building and the building
will be rushed to completion. The