SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE Thrilling Adven- Truth is Queer Facts and tures Which Show That Stranger Than Fiction. Dunia the last Paraguayan War it was noticed that the men who had been had been wounded, however slight, died heal. Tur Maharajah of Mysore has decided, if possible, to put an end to marriages between children, or rather infants of his kingdom. He issued an edict recently boys under fourteen to marry. In the future no man aged fifty or more dare wed a girl under fourteen. The ediot has the ruler is said to be an energetic man which he is pleased to promulgate. Ax extraordinary occurrence is report. ed from near Galashiels, Scotland. A boy named Drockie, the son of a shep herd at Buckholm, was out with sheep, when he was bitten on the finger by sn adder. He became alarmed lest the bite should prove fatal, and resolved to cut the finger off close to the palm. This he attempted to do with his pocket knife, but as it would not cut through He then went to the nearest farmhouse, whence he was driven to Galashiels, Here a doctor amputated the remainder of the finger. Geonrer Axper:ox and William Hunt, farmers, who lived near Corning, Mo. were engaged in boring a well when their drill struck a rock and broke short off. It was necessary for someone to go down into the well to dislodge the drill, and Anderson went. After he had reached the bottom, 160 feet deep, Hunt looked over the edge to see what he was doing, and by some misfortune missed his footing and tumbled headlong into the shaft. His head collided with that of Anderson and the skulls of both were crushed, killing them instantly. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massa chusetts is to decide whether a creditor who invades a debtor's bedroom and wakes him up early in the morning in order to present his bill is guilty of an assault. The aggravating party in the dispute is a milkman and the aggrieved person 18 his customer, who says that he forbade the milkman to invade his pri vacy, and was awakened by being shaken by the shoulder when suffering from a severe headache. The lower court en tered judgment for the milkman, and the plaintiff appealed to the full bench of the Supreme Court. Sevinrar wild turkeys that had a love for swallowing shining particles that had been shot by a hunter on ome of the branches near San Diego, Tex., netted him quite a sum in gold, which he found in their craws, which they had pic ked up. In South Africa ostriches have been suc- cessfully employed in finding gold de posits. A drove of the birds are turned loose to feed in the territory where the precious metal is supposed to exist, They are then given an emetic and the ejects carefully examined for nuggets, aud if any are found the trail of the bird is followed until the diggings are dis. covered, Tue full-rigged ship, the Harry Wil. liams, met with a peculiar accident while passing under the Brooklyn bridge re. cently. A sailor was at work near the top of the mainmast as the ship ap proached the structure. The mainmast was unusually high, and as the ship swept down the river a carpenter at work on the bridge yeiled to the sailor, who slid down just in time to save himself. the top of the mainmast struck the bridge and about six feet of the stick was snapped off. It was said at the bridge entrance that this was the first bridge was ereoted. Lawyer Busser, of Ellsworth, Me., recently had an unpremeditated contest with an angry bull on the Hancock coun- ty fair grounds at that place. He seized an exciting tussle, actually succeeded in downing the bull. Since then the young farmers of the county have been practis- ing at this hazardous wrestling, snd most any average sized man will now boast of his ability to upset any bull in the coun- ty. Competitive challenges have been just issued a deflance to Ellsworth to (wrestler) in the latter place, ‘horns holt, best two out of thes bulls.” Pronanry few men have had a more thrilling fifteen scconds or so than had the driver of a heavy load of giant pow- der in Oregon a few days ago. He was piloting a four-horse team drawing a wagon containing 3,000 pounds of giant powder over a rough road into Tilla- mook. A rickety bridge spanning a narrow ravine gave way under the load nod the whole outfit was dumped down into the dry bed of the creek. There was no explosion, and the driver, horses, Wagon and powder were hauled out all right. The driver bas not recorded his sensations as he felt the bridge giving way and during the few seconds between then and the time the load landed safely again, “Ir was decidedly a» grim ornament,” said a society young man in the New York Sun, ‘‘that I saw recently at the house of a well-known civil engineer whose career had some time been in the Rocky Mountains. It was a necklace com of the finger nails of a young Sioux brave slain by a Ute warrior, who, with the scalp of his victim, had taken this trophy of his prowess. Strange to say, this necklace was instriosically very handsome. The obaracteristic shapeliness of the Indian's arm and hand, ideally ect even to the finger tips, was illus. in this barbarous memento. The necklace of ten vital brown, more than any: thing olge a st ig So re. (soved in appearance was it from any forbidding of the sav deed ft gentle and refined woman to whom ¥ was in color a was shown handled it loagingly, and begged of the owner that if he ever gave it away it should be to her.” | i i | Tur Neweastle (England) Journal re- ports a pathetic story of a dog, given in evidence before the Gateshead magis- trates. A man over eighty, charged with | keeping a dog without a license, did not [ appear, bat the chief constable informed | the Bench *‘that the old man had been at | the court ia a terrible state of distress,” and that be lived with his wife in a con- dition of abject poverty, being made, it appeared that the dog must be destroved if the summons was pressed, as the old couple had no money { had begged for the dog's life because it | had more than once saved her from be {ing burned to death. She had fallen into the fire in a fit, and | seized her, dragged her from the flames, {and burying his nose in her lighted | clothes, had extinguished the fire. prove the truth of the woman's state ment, the chief constable got some old newspapers and set fire to them, this be- | ing done in the presence of other con- On ek the news- i stubles, occasion floor. The dog rushed at it and extin guished the flame.” The magistrates, of couse, subscribed to pay for what the local reporter, with pardonable effusive ness, cails the ‘noble creature's license, " It is a pity that the dog's breed, or, at any rate, size and looks are men tioned. not Mn. Matrox, of Mississippi, was hous ing his hens, The night was somewhat eloudy. He had visited his barns sod was the point of returning to his house when all at onee he heard a pecu- tar hissing sound overhead, and at the same instant a luminous glow fell all around him, as if the moon had suddenly emerged from behind a cloud, chronicles the Chicago Post. He looked up was almost paralyzed at the sight of a brilliant, flery globe descending through the air with the speed of lightn ng, and shooting a comet-like tail far up iato the heavens. So rapid was the descent that it was only visible for a second, but in on and that brief space, he says, he suffered an eternity of unspeakable terror. The fire ball struck the earth with a dull report, It was some minutes before he could re- cover the use of his limbs, when, run- ning hastily to his house, he aroused the family and several laborers about the place, telling them a comet had struck the earth, and they had only a few min utes to pray. In a short time the whole plantation was up and women and chil dren were heard erving and supplicating heaven for mercy. They not get closer than about thirty vards on account of the heat and noxious fumes sulphur and gas which the stone emitted sizzled and steamed and shot out jets of steam or vapor from a thousand pores, }y daylight it showed up a dull, diogy biack, and was full of pores, which still shot out an offensive smell which almost stifled. The stone is evidently imbedded in the ground some distance. and shows only about a foot above the surface Mr. Mattox es timates it to be about the size of a hogs head. A pivreicert mechanical feat just ac complished st Po:ta Costa, Cal, is described substantially as follows Ly eye-witneaes: Oa August 10, a loco- n.otive went through the big ferry-boat and plunged pilot first into the waters of Carquinez Straits, the tender and cars remsining oan the ferry bout, wins deep enough to cover the cab, but not enough to let the boat out of the The locomotive stood practically vertical and its nose was deep in the mud. On the night of the 15th a large pair of shears made of 12x12 inch tim- bers crossed at the top was built up on the end of the boat and some large pulleys bung where the pulleys crossed. Then a diver spent several hours in fastening a number of cables on either side of the i frame under the boiler. Four engines were attached to the ropes, but could not | start the locomotive, although the strain was 80 great that a cable nearly three inches in diameter was broken. Finding i the applisnces of insufficient strength, i the shears were doubled in size, and a | fifth engine taken on board. On the 17th another trial was made. It was hard to get the engines to pull exactly together, and, as their wheels would slip and re volve, the cables would snap and the | tackle generally would be badly strained, Finally a simultaneous pull started the | mass, and the cab slowly appeared above sires did Cada wae # if glone jets of vapor of four LOr y walter sip. {lifted until somewhat higher than the { floor of the ferry-boat. Tackle from a | the slip was then attached to the forward end of the locomotive, which was pulled {out in this way. The shears were then | lowered to the tracks it had left. When | done beyond the splintering of the cab by the cables. ———— The White Farm. fn Dorsetshire, England, there is a place belonging to Lord Alington, known as the White Farm, Everything is per fectly white. All the farm buildings, the house itself and even all the animals on the place are white, Rabbits, cats, guinea pigs, hens, horses, cows, donkeys and all the creatures are spotless, Even the men and the maids who till the soil are compelled to attire themselves in white smocks and white frocks to bear out the general im on of whiteness, «|New York World. An Electrio Horsewhip, The latest form of horsewhip is con. structed so as to give a slight electric shock to the animal. The handle, which made of celluloid, containg a small in- , the cirouit be. NOTES AND COMMENTS. appearance in asylums, hospitals and prisons, while In miserable dwellings, Durixo the past twelve months there were 1,259 desertions from the navy, 939 men and 320 boys, and 303 ports, and 163 men and 17 boys at for- The number of enlistments Everywnene in California the Chinese smuggled in. Since 1860 the Chinese taken from California mines the enormous sum of $141,750,000, Ix Switzerland the orange and myrtle diogs, find their substitute in Gruyere cheese. On theday of her marriage the bride receives a whole Gruyere cheese, which is religiously preserved in the family. As time goes on various marks ele. the household and among the Anyhow, it may always serve as provision fora rainy day. Cot. Epwanp Beck, of the Idaho Na- tiona! Guard, who was said to be the youngest enlisted person in the Union Army during the war, recently died in Idaho. He went as a drummer -boy with the 14th Rentucky Regiment when he was eleven years old. He was in active from the beginning of the war till 15863, when he was wouoded and home, He afterward entered the Repu lar Army snd was years, retiring in 1880, gecurring in relatives RErvign sent a sergeant for twelve Tue number of Americans who were enumerated at the last census as residents in England and Wales is given in a Par lHamentary Blue Book as 26,226. Of these nearly 20 000 were natives of the United Siates Ihe exact number having the United States for the country of their birth were 9 720 males and 10,014 fe males. There is nothizg in the Govern ment record to many were to irists au i how residents in ex show how many were permanent England, but the number judes those who were naturalized of the Brazilian rev- de Matos, 31 sod blonde hair + leaders olution is Mme with Dive eves Ose of th years old, At the beginning of the revolt she sold her cattle and attached hersell tot Tigre, whose adjutant she bes he troops of Yuca ame, She leader on all rm whi women's fers Accompanied the [-wild his expeditions, clad in & unif was a strange combination of kitire she carried » band words: ‘Long Rio COUrREe, A8 Weil Jeross her shou were and men s on which the i. WR live deeds of 5 Kindness, id of this unusual woman, who believes that she is a second Joun of Arc called to lead her country to independence. MyYe 1 erty Sal! Many Grande do are t A xover applieation of the alectric search-hight has been made in Scotland, To enavle the workmen to labor through the night while a pit was being sunk a searchlight, the apparatus for which consisted of an are light, a lens and a mirror concealed in a sheet iron case, was suspended over the pit’s mouth Access to the lamp was obtained by a sliding ihutter on each side of the case. The light was focused or adjusted by a screw or top of the outside of the case, and when necessary the lamp could be ad justed to diffuse light throughout the whole shaft or be concentrated at the sottom. The mirror, which was hung on its center, could be moved in a vertical direction, so as to deflect the rays to any required spot, and could be fixed in any position by a thumb screw, the Tne Chatleston News tells some mar vellous stories about the abundance of tice birds in the dikes and marshes back of that city. There are always plenty of them for the sportsman and caterer at this season of the year, but never before have they been seem in such swarms, darkeniog the air as they fly from place to place. They bave almost ceased to be n target for shot-guns, and are so thick tine amatte: marksman reports that with two The News says A few nights ago and returned with 1,236 birds. It required a wagon and two ized by several parties who embarked in song, and when taken to the town are sold for at Jeast twenty-five cents a dozen.” Barrisn occupation of Burmah is prov. ing most profitable. Ju the first year a In the following vear it doubled. In the last year for which we have seen returns, wide tracts were visited by scarcity and famine was actually threatened, Nevertheless a sum of 120 1-4 lakhs of rupees was screwed out of the perishing Burmese. Thousands of miles of roads were under way, and jails ard police stations established throughout the Pris districts. A recent travel ler told how the Burmese women lived on terms of practical equality with their brothers and husbands, and in the mangement of the house and in business affairs their su y was undisputed, In all essential points they en oct freedom and a position far di t from that of their Indian sisters. The British Government has established schools in competition with those heretofore main- tained by the Burmese monks, who were doubtless Banned; jo ae ii on ' a gen- eration to believe in oh - ing of British taxation and print cloth, A connrsroxpExt of the New York murderers of two Bwedisk missionaries. In Hunan and Hoope the officials are engaged in a systematic persecution of the men who have leased houses to for efgners, The unfortunates are imprisoned and tortured under various pretenses, and {In many cases the tenants have given up their leases to relieve their unhappy | landlords. In this manner the Alliance | Mission have been obliged to vacate their | Viceroy, though it is twelve years since he first leased his premises to the mis. sionaries, Moreover, the Governor of Hunan has notified the Viceroy that all foreign missionaries, some forty in pum- | ber, must be removed from Wuchang | during the forthcoming examinations held in honor of the Empress Dowager's | unable to protect them against the vio what may happen if his advice is not followed. The Governor is a towusman ing the walls of Changsha with a fresh edition of the ‘Human Picture Gallery ” IN AN ARABA. A Curious Persian Method of Con veyance, a train of pack-horses and mules, or an araba, which will carry all our baggage, and in which our dragoman and can sleep. We decide upon the latter, but we should have lost less time had we taken pack horses, An ariba, it should be explained, js a lumbering tented lighter thun it appears to be, unlike an American irie The best arnbas sre built in Russia. 1 COON great wagon, and not schooner,” 3 ne sides slope inward from above, and the | tail projects backward beyond the hooped {tent which covers forward part. The four horses are harnessed abreast to a single long pole. This vehicle seems at first sight to be rudely and clumsily bug will be found that the toughest wood and the best iron and steel only are em ployed, This cart will stand any amount of rough usage, and the threat ening perils through whieh ours passed unscathed are almost beyond belief. It is not casy to give the faintest notion of the roads, if rosds they can be called, over which our arabas labored with ever increasing vic jes, and as we ap pronched the sowring passes near the boundary of Persiathey rolled and thun fered the straining and pitching like skips in foul weather let the reader Imagine a heavy army wagon, laden with baggage and men, dragged by four horses over the higher posses of the Alps not over macada- mized roads, such as the Simplon, but tracks the Grimsel Pass, and sometimes as high as Dent du Midi—and seetions of road partly destroyed by landslides sod heavy rains, and down the slippery banks of rivers or the beds of mountain | torrents. Imagine these passes of six, seven, or nine thousand feet in height to pecur not once or twice only, but day after day and week after week, through the wil derness of mountains south of Ararat and along the borders of hurdistan, We once rode a hundred yards in the araba down the bed of a river, and the sensa tion was like that of being tossed ina bianket Two hours from Trebizond we reach | a stretch of deep mire. The men go on in front to reconnoitre, and conclude to drive ahead: the horses sink deeper as they advasce, the mud reaches their girths, and the wagon wheels are buried the huls. Blows asd kicks avail nothing, and the poor animals cesse to strugele. Then the baggage is taken out and carried toa place of safety, and some laborers are found who dig out a passage with their shovels. A mule train coming in the opposite direction is even in a worse plight; one heavily laden donkey is only kept from sinkin, out of sight by his broad pack saddle; an old worn-out horse after floundering close to the bank where the mud is deepest, re signe himself to his fate, tormented on one hand by showersof blows and kicks, and on the other by clouds of flies which the COnStriu ted, upon issity over Fi ks xe wer mule the then over to tion. But all are rescued a%er heroic scene is partly repeated, but we extricate surseives with tess difficulty. [Harper's Magazine, scone The Spanish Onion, | The large | onjons, which have been coming to this city in increasing quantities for the past half-dozen years, are now cheaper than they have ever been known here. These | vegetables are grown mainly near Valen: | this year, which came by the way of En | gland, were harvested too early and were therefore watery. Being liable to quick decay, they were hurried upon the mar- ket and sold for low prices. The first direct importation was also off-grade in quality, and this set the price for the season very low, so that in many auction sales the price has barely covered the freight and duty, to say nothing of the commissions and oost of Pheking. The duty of 40 cents on & bushel of Hfty.six pounds, together with the freight, com- mission, and cost abroad, brings the actual value to the importer about 80 cents a crate laid down, and, therefore, when prices range from 55 cents to $1 « crate, the trade has been a disastrous one. Together with what has already arrived and what is expected, the im. ports this will amount to 150,000 crates or about 87,600 bushels. Attempts to raise this Spanish onion in California aod otises puri ol vhe coqntry from seed rchased in n ve generall Proved a as the vanity when n here do not differ much from the ordioary domestic onion, It seems that a Castilian climates and soil are necessary for the uction of this delightful product, this reason, and also beeause these bulbs do not come HOW ABOUT HITT ERENT ER ERROR PRR SRR ERIN LEAR ORT 0 PIERRE RE0S DRRSST FRIEND FR IRRR ATE THTRSIRINTT R100 HARD TIMES? 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