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.”
|
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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?
ARERR RRR LE RR CR RE RRO 00 RRA LRT AR DR 100 hg
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