SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIZENTS AND INCIDENTS OF | EYERY-DAY LIFE. | tneer Episodes and Thrilling Adven- tures Which Show that Truth Stranger than Fiction. ix “Tuere will bo a wre ck on the road to-night boys.” nade by Bracema the steps of the depot at Winfield, night wiio Phils was the expression in Robert Harand, on han A » ' BUS, event Thursday crowd R athered ther saw the dead 31 «i . had during the evening ae] Fhere Irond men on that is presazed by the appearance i of ieidlow frainmen ‘ face us | came in, is a superstition among he rad along the road that every division of u dead face on the track just ahead of as it vead wreck road. wal sever gome train goes along the This times during instance it has until now it is looked upon by all train men sont to toll them of coming danger, has gappeare | ti Ce the past year, and in every bes i followed by is wreck, ns a warning and when it is seen it is impossib e to get those who have scen it io a wreck. In the instance just mentioned there was h or smile that greeted the assertion of a coming the road unt { go out on il they lear of not a laugh but each man shook his head and hey pense, however, for as they were talking the : freizht badiy story shows +4 solemn. were not jong wires | it news of n wreck of has been a bel road that Some one w ho The a dead face apparition ho lying on the track has the shadow. and looks low . y with eves wide enlines Delore the aut a dead but when nothing wi 1 2 detail duels ever by 0 pProspe mounta Mexico between oid line the peo races, and wool east a doz Huis two walked inlo he To stand, wh he Mexi was h nil ] had been cle the Mexican hat he was doors were and fell walked out n that the Mes all, but had 1i for for Arson { any or near the are large, but appear to make up in activity whut they lack in A house cat be. longing to Mr Walton was in the habit of going to the river and feeding on mussels and such fish could get, and it was noticed several times that when the cat moved along the bank n ripple in the water showed that an ails gator kept pace with it. The cat, how. ever, was aware of the alligator's pres. ence, but showe | no signs of f im ear the day i bank. The saunaus syle, ns it mentioned the cat proached too near the water in its eager- ness to get on fish and was suddenly grasped by the hind leg by an alligator about three feet long. The cat made a spring and got away, but the les was bitten badly and bled freely. The taste of blood seemed to put the alligator in a frenzy, for it came out on the bank and tried to continue the pursuit. The eat turned on its enemy and a fierce fight began. ‘The cat was 8» quick that it was impossible for the siligutor to get a bite ot it, and the result was that the saurian was soon endeavoring to beat a retreat to the water. Dut the cat now began an offensive attack and cut off the way, nipping the alligator in the throat and tender spots under the arms until the reptile was bleeding and slnost exhaus. Hy ‘This ficht continued for several hours, and when at lost the alligator gave up it was bleeding from over a hun- dred wounds, The cat was seemingly unhurt except in the wounded log, which was injured before the fight bagan. ap- TwiLve years ago Bryeo R. Blair, jr., gon of n prominent citizen of Carbondale, Penn., went to Colorado to seek his for. tune. His parents heard regularly from him for three years. The lust time ho wrote them he was in Marysvale, Utah, but was ou the point of going to Idaho No tidings have come from him since then. His father has boen constantly searching for him for nine vears. Not long ago he inserted an advertisement in a Salt Lake newspaper, desoribing his son mintely, among other things saying thit he was left-handed, nnd asking for information concerning the missing ! young man. A reply to this advertise | | received from a man in Salt ake City, who said a man named Bryce ment was Carbondale man ing in ion of the to being left-hunded, was li missing even Blair's fii Young to [aca about nine years unable int their son, had no doubt him at T but, ander is the ox while silence ot hind followed up, Bryce Blair in | of the Carbondale man of the sam ion nut ast. although thut thoy found Ciue was wet dou POY, peculiarities, he i of Jun and was not even mn sill 0s sir Nebraska, a ated in the remotest y to his miss merce of Etna, XN, J... 1 i% a noted i % ral tANK 1 hunter, un neighborhood complained farmers in his tha Ds recontly their poultry yards hud been rai od tracks esitnt- wild animal, he examined the of the robber, ingly, that they 1 He started out to prove pturing un! and declared, * had all been made COOL. of his assertion by ca or the chicken thief A little ui turned but carrying under i dend moeerning ti without anv coon, dead arms his dor neariy from starve ve he told ¢ og rth se Was w farmer, and promises 1 plowing using init e earth. Holes are drilied of three feet ayn deep and Hy making 1.600 to the acre, in placed in sufficient quantity of plosive, connec te] with a wire leading to the battery, and after the holes have been plugged with clay, the discharged by a spark. In recent es. periments, after the explosion the gro ind appeared to lifted two { elods being thrown to the height of thirty feet, while the bi broken to the depth of thirty inches nt the point of explosion, and for siderable distance arou.d the holes, Many whole is ha teat SOMO earth was found to a Cone Havywoop has been living in the woods near St. Heding, like a wild animal for the last six years, and during all that time has never slept under a roof. She wore a dress made of reeds and leaves, and has lived Pring ipal- ly on pecan nuts, although she woald make nocturnal raids on smokehouses and steal ment, which she devoured raw She would never permit any one to come near her, and the people of that section tolosated her presence until her thieving operations became so active that they ! captured her through strategy. She was pronounced insane by a jury. i A in Pexas, Gronaia farmer raising two themselves, and as a consequence, re. qui e leas care, barn, near a well, from which water is pump. The calves have learned to Lopernte the pump, und whenever they | want a deink they pump it. One pumps { while the other puts his mouth or tho | about, : . * A movxray lion approached a pig-pen ‘at the Tule ranch; near Alamo, Cal., and | effected an entrance through a hole jus 1 largo enourh to admit his bady. Hel leisurely himself with two | ‘h so swelled his body that he through the ww which he had entered the discovered then gored SUINe Later |r Aalidd not pass onl aperture t awnvr of the ranch the in the day French, siiot Lun, WHITE HOUSE FLOWERS * Mrs. Harrison's Interestin Orchids, Mrs. Cleveland Liked Pansies, Mrs, tress of tl Harrisen, the « White lo fond of orchids, accom sO. $1 i the spondent of the Minneay not fusion about the 1» Mansion, paints them Fhe Whi tains over uivly fos nrton corr Olls I ribuni sho only has them in pro the Execu uttivates oom of but stulies, « Hous y consarvatory to 10) numbering in all hese have the Bo) os Pog 3 tendent Phister, who experienced Horists in superintendent is evelopment fates that Hous ory i well as all the tive or more commonly th Has t known flowers, Just at Easter lily is receiving sg and the specimens of this ph jumerous and beautiful its (hi anaverage 100 roses a day reaches most perfect state in those grounds are placed in the White House. President basket morning for his office, gets o almost every supply runs short and something oise is substituted. I'he appropriation for the White House conservatory averages about $5,. 000 per annum. With this sam the sal. of three men have to be paid, the house kept in repair, and sail and plants Pp irchased., How much can complished with so small an amount of money is hard to understand The oon servatory, like the White House itself, ix open to visitors, All the children in the District of Columbia haye the privie lege of going there once a year, Owing to the limited space persons who wish to inspect it must receive permission to do se, and they are sccompanied by the superintendent or a guide, It is one of the attractions of Washington. Students of botany and fHoriculture who come to the eity do not feel that their viait ia complete unless they sre able to spend Lan hour or two there, aries way be ac. A Difference In Adjectives. Napoleon was one day searching for a book in the library of Malmaisoa, and at last discovered it on a shelf somewhat above his reach. Murshal Monoey, who wns present—one of the tallest men in [the army--sepped forward, saying: “Permit me sire. I am higher than your | Majesty.” “You are longer, Marshal,’ {said the Empwor, with a frown~ | (Argonaut. ‘ THE REINDEER. PROPOSED INTO ITS INTRODUCTION ALASKA, it Will Provide Food, Clothing and Transportation -A Food supply. Captain N. A. i Nnies Het steamer iy of the revenue the fol tor Bit Er 1335 wrote i Owing tory transportation 4 FIZOorous CHmaie uimost in Ly rough and penetrabie country the must either produced from i food #8 iy hing as yer gs I'he found in the Hesh of the the With the white population the nt winous « road, be wild aunimnis and bivds of or brought from ithout, food mizht be said to b | he 1 country g HBirou Wholly fro without, this entails has key this population i 1 A 4 nan ids 1 4 popuin tite COUNTY the intro into the country, In transform the native population from a fishing to a pastoral people and prove to them a never-failing supply of fool. The hides uf the animals already furnish almost the portant ¢ Are, is : t of ine {netion leer proper numoers they w» ill And to the dorers, miners, missionaties and setters he reindeer will white ex Bro } en means of trans. them to learn and develop the resources The natives of Siberian have for conta. l them the country and climate. are selfsustaining In travel they I'he supply of moss lends Alnska and instinct secure it northern them to ft snows, speak of the value of such pack animals to the prospector. To the explorer they are equally valuable and when supplies fail are equally valuable ns food, I am referring not to the Alaska of the tourist-~that narrow strip of island from the southernmost boundary to Sitka «bat fo that fmmense territory of HOO000 square miles of the north and west of which the world has no knowledge and no conception, and to which the Alaska of the tourist bears + # much relation as the state of Florida does to the whole United States. How Hotels Are Robbed. The largo hotels in all the eities of this country carry upon their annual exe pense account thousand to fifteen hundred 10 paper, envelopes, watches and toothpicks The thie £176 ni ono doling from chargenbl rs. than which supplied to guests sud strong SIFANCers use i them mote « A Bijuare b Xs in kept i dozen necdssury things sacl live pes und tooth cards, mnt Chive stands on the counters of most ho Fhis box has to be constant i I'he Prong i hotel inhi hotel guests and stranger 1 Lits velopes nnd on i fr =» writing 1 irom the riven away Very visitor muna mints former He i to Pens nnd month these hote The temarkable Colneidence, 2 For the aby seemed to Cis ““As | went town The kindly neighbors seemed sore afraid t “Men would have called me a thing { of harm.” I was forgolten six more { And a hasband & Hoorn, { “‘My babe was asleep in a stranger's win thorugh the hh months or new bride wa xed on my f amm +] renched the door of my husband's i house | And swiftly 1 came to the upg Hoor wl passed the streets to my band ® home The chamber stairs clonb. “My babe of little more than a vear I hushed her weeping with * Mother is hero.” “1 kenwed me a voice, though my lips were dumb, ‘ Hush, baby hash, for mother is come.” It will be seen from there two extracts from the two poems that besides having the same theme the thoughts are in many cases identical and are expressed in almost similar language. In Mr, or hus. in a dream 1 C mother takes the child with hor; in Miss Tynan's “My baby came in a month or less; She was far too young to be motherloss.”’ | Luke Starp, in Detroit Free Press. * A buoy has been invented which is in. tended to be carried upon vessels, and will natomatically dotuen iteelf and rise to the surface. Being connected with the vessel by a small line, it will thus foeate the position of the vessel should she founder in water of reasonable depth. x PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS EPITOME OF NEWS GLEANED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE. AT Mek ovr theatre Hore, i n i . #2 » bauk in Eastor He failed to dey known Tie Philad at Doyles is Grn ing Presbytery oners to Ld nailed su a — Lees of the Dambono, by the Department « Agri that the bamboo Ge cultivated in this country as it in China, where it supp a large part of the wants of the bee ing to more than five hundred different purposes. In the Flowery Kingdom it takes the place of both fron and The farmer builds his house and fences out of it, his farming utensils as well as his house- hold furniture are manufactured from it, while the tender shoots furnish him with a most delicious regetable for his table. The roots are carved into fantastic images, shaped into divining blocks 10 guess the will of the gods, or cut into lantern handles and canes. The tapering culms are used for the props of houses, the framework of awnings, the ris of sails and shafts of rakes, for fences and every sort of frames, may ye is ICS peonia, pplied steel. ribs of umbrellas and fans. The eaves are sewed into raincoats and thatches. The shavings and caried threads farnish materials for stuffing pillows, while parts supply the bed fur'siceping, the chopsticks for eat- ing, the pipe for smoking, the broom the mattress to lie food to eat, and the it with, ete, ote. In are almost without num. {0 eat on, the fuel to cook fact, its uses ber. ssi soi IIs Normxoe sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so Keenly as the courtesy that polishes it: no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and pro- went with a bow, a 5 Normixa is done in good sivie in New York. There was a train rob- bery there recently, and the robber didn't even hold up the porter of the sleeping-car,
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