SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF | EVERYDAY LIFE. Queer Facts and Thrilling Adventures Which Show that Truth is Stranger | than Fiction, : SaviniaN Beene, made a big haul few days ago é of Salecs, ou. with his eed the Louis Globe-Democrat. Last July, among the people who sojourned at Essex was a wealthy Cineinnati family. A young lady member this family went out boat riding one evening and during the trip she lost a vaiuable gold bracelet from her arm. The bracelet was in form of a gold chain that fastened with a hock. A few days ago Beebe, who usually makes about two eeling trips to the Connecticut River during the year, hitched up his horse and drove down. He worked all day like a beavers and succeded in but one very small eel. He then ran his knife in- to the throat and shoved it toward its tail. When about half way down the of the knife struck something that be cut He slashed into the middle. To his astonishment a | i as bright new, las the stomach. He showed to his wife says of sie the getting yt eels point used to as if Mrs Beebe thing and examined of the clasp the woman who Summer was eng glances known after his horse and { he delivered tl ple with whom th in boarded and received ps to bres JOHN CARROL, after four vear completed will Carrol conceived the make a mac pelled of Com hopes and it worke chine, which chanism and is made capable « weight. and through fifty was | trinl nigh that trive a of travel hour, and continue { against a stror shortly he exhibition Cincinnatians the novel through th rol’s machi is propelled Irs ties. we f ap ii OS Mr, 4 worked give machine afford : aen oe STRANGE {roy 3 3 blown sands New Mexico River valleys and mountain In the canons « natural stone ) tic forms by the natural ved formed by the wind 1 down these 1 , river valleys ally, great aren { sand hill h IS ArN® seen canons 1iffs and fantas. Et Dlasis Grande especi- 1t tossed up These traveling i ion vailing win until they scatter the plain or er tion, I against which valuable lands but t buried in this invading Thus along the Pecos River tances from twenty forty miles below the town of Eddy, eastern New Mexico, th old deserted puebl vil built by tural Indians which, it is est nee contained | a population of from 10,000 to 15,000 | people. Now the nearly ! buried in sand blown from the hills that bound the valley. Vestigesof a] canal to these towns have been dis-| covered leading from a canon near by which once furnished water but ianow | filled with sand. riant waves of a sea shift their positions slowly, yf the pre-| on er some obstrue- such yuntain side Not only! may As a m they heap Wns he element nt dis to in south ere are five Inges ing ancient Anciens 1 iliages are Prussia is conapienously a niusic- loving and music-making country. As the inhabitants of its citieg, how- ever, for the most part live in flats, | they are not allowed to play or sing in their own apartments after 10 o'clock p. m., unless with the express consent of the persons residing ime mediately above or below them, whose | innate right to enjoy unbroken rest | ‘0’ nights’ they are bound to re- spect. Nor may they keep on their premises any furred or feathered ani- mals addicted to the nocturnal utter | ance of sounds that ‘murder sleep,’ and give rise to irritation of temper. | The conscientious dog, promptsd by a sense of duty to bark all night long; the sentimental hound that gives vent to its tenderer feelings in a pro tracted series of melancholy howls these and other varieties of the canine species, if notoriously vociferous, have to be severely eliminated from the precincts of a Prussian town house, or the local police will make a point of ‘knowing the reason why,” and acting upon their knowledge with unfailing promptitude. Fivry years ago Almeron Higby, of Watson, N. Y., then nine years old, planted In his father's dooryard the stone of a cherry that he had eaten, A tree grow from the stone, and from the time the tree began to bear [ruit it was known as the boy's tree. He gold the cherries the tree bore {rom year to year, and always put away the money that he received for them, was married and had children of his ywn. Last summer, his health being to show signs of decay, Higby cut the troe down. He had the trunk sawed into boards from which he made a A short time ago he became seriously ill, Heo sent for an undertaker and had the coffin trimmed. He died and was buried « expenses were paid from the money the sale of the cherries borne by thi tree from which his coffin was made We find a remarkable advertisement in the columns of the Vossische Zietung. It is as follows “*A very pretty little boy, nged n gomewhat covery ar increased, HHI Cellar inventions Dio 2 Fexan he Instantaneous what in an willed a contrivance which (1 hm 184 he The first time thirty His cellar dig suddenly. tried i \ ! ve § #41 ed ile wns blown it 3G landed In a creek. 34 probably A common barn door hen at Furt Darton, England, recently laid | egg measuring 4% by seven inche | circumference and | On this ege being c: weighing OUNees, i broken a second perfect ear | hard shell of ordinary size was floating in the contents of the Hie, fortune to lose his dear mamma wishes in this manner—as he seldom a new mamma, who, however, must also be capable, | delicacy of sentiment, of affording a faithful companion for life for his pa- pa. My papa,’ the re yn, suddenly forsaki s a the who fills an i ne ang the ties ‘is an architect f r of thi rd person, mportant socia 1 herefore I am unfortunately obliged | position ‘ wsides delica 4 t i Cy for of sentiment, t ‘14 sev fosrtiny HIT Some ort v be con mamma in tor pa ma all go-between DOSSESS Cas, Mad gach an amou d the Mohaves conjec tha Indi ¥ died with memory had been thr yugh the tribe, ane eat A Ric foreigner seilles and built 8 very Two yeurs ago he dying ided s beaver's flesh since that day he dee moment had come. which could in a corner of his garden, with a reclining chair bra, and two pans i ready to light frequently, bi : week ago did he close the light the charcoal. He was dead in the chair. Mus. GG. F. wife of a West Newton, (Ind.)pioneer, was buried at that place recently. eight vears of age, and was ceedingly large woman, we pounds. This six feet } hand whenever be hermeti CON ROUTON, She was fifty. necessitated a casket long, twenty-eight incl wide and nineteen eep few weeks ago an attempt made to rob a grave at West Newton near the lot in which inches d grave vault of iron made. Ix the window of a cigar store on i i much attention. It is a goldfish that has no fin on its back. Otherwise it is perfectly developed, and seems to suffer no inconvenience from the ab- sence of this part of the anatomy. There is said to be but one other is a stuffed one in the Smithsonian Institute at Washington. Many Marty, of Oakland, Cal, had a little lamb which followed her to school one day. Instead of mak- ing the children laugh and play, and having fleece as white ax snow, the lamb butted the teacher over a stool, upset a quart of ink and rolled in it, and then jumped through a window and carried the sash along, Mary's folks ate lamb chops that evening and the teacher had three helps, Oxe of the patients in the Kanka- kee (111) Insane Asylum has the de- lusion that he must not under any cir- cumstances subsist on any other food than ostrich eggs. He refused to touch hen eggs or duck eggs, but they deluded him with the eggs of a goose, and he is perfectly happy. The doctors say that his whim having 1 i i | Mio t Apoils i of Indian share MceGRrEEVY, not to ipposed feminine desire for an elab- | orate wedding. She was marr d the wher day to John Perry, and tl | ceremony occupied 2 1-2 seconds by the watch. A GRAY a Pern.) farm is on terms of MARY los a gr ti does seem tho ~ ie Westehe fy fox on HOW GOLD IS LOST. Metal Disappears from Use. Jowelry way, especially rings, whi I1S-carnt, and an « suffer nsiderably (ron WeRr y $14 is a § 1OKS 5 Where it is never otal world. purposes Fug a total loss & fHOTMOUS average ountry has in his or |} 4 the how great is the Facl i fakes 80 many worth of the metal id's stock in this way gold is | ll possible if to § Not only are the dirt treated for the recovery f the w¢ but Oost in ea he lowest possible figur floors swept and the flow substance the iks are burned eventuall object. Even man who works with metal are subjected to the chem. of fire, 5 woonl« 11 n piat the same of each felding a small ‘‘but- precious material. At Tiffany's workshop in New York each artisan engaged in polishing g stands in front of a big with wide mouth, which has a strong suction draft. This draft takes in all dust and floating particles from the air. It swallows the filaments ground from the buffing wheels, and these, with whatever else has been caught, are deposited in a receptacle, forming a sort of felt. This felt is scraped out, pressed into bricks and burned, being thus made to yield the gold it contains, Incidentally. the work. men get pure air. —| Washington Star. ton’’ of the Ole w . 4 unnei. AAR IS ABBAS I Demanded Gold for His Cotton. A few davs ago Mr. Cole Nall was asked by a big farmer in this county to go out and buy his cotton, which he had not sold for three years, Mr. Nall went out, weighed and classified the cotton, which amounted to £14. 000. Mr. Nall wag about to write a check for that amount when the far. mer said he would not accept any- thing but fivedollar gold pieces, Mr. Nall went to the New South Sav. ings Bank and got 2,800 five-dollar gold pleces and earried them to him, whereupon the farmer got out a jug and counted them into it for burial purposes.-={ Barnesville (Ga.) Jour nal FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS, LULLABY. little rosebud sleep. Sleep I hear the plaintive whippoorwill ; mle P, little rosebud, How with a lay knew before t ler what awny? The night winds rustie on t Sleep, little rosebud, sleop. Its throat is mel I never day ' I grieves its heart he hill; sleep, Ihe stars are sighing for the morn; Sleep, little rosebud, sleep. The night another morn has born; Sleep, little rosebud, sleep. The stars gleam on another grave, The dews another tombstone lave; ta day ; night morn; Sleep, little rosebud The hangs pressing on the sleep, The winds have sobbed the stars to rest ; sleep, little rosebud The whippoorwi sleep, sleeps within its nest le rosebud I'wo'little teeth begin Two i T Sleep gleen., ’ to show ack the glow hat 4 8ODE Ww heroine to her ye ty CeRsIon FB INORKAL er boat wax pulled jor who saw little girl be of service on 80 important nn CH8ION. ; does Life Boat She can swim like a A——— THE THE LEAVES “Oh,” eried of wind whirled not rest “Because the wind angry with us, and will not let us rest,’ sighed a green and gold leaf, it went scampering away with companions, “It is a mad wanderer,” ther, “and would have us for com- pany. Oh, for some quiet place to rest!’ But the wind was in a merry mood ind only whistled louder at these complaints. Far and far away it wafted the shivering leaves, over hill and valley, and its merry whistling STORY OF leaves them away, X in peace the us a gust ‘why is As its times it would pause where the birds were singing the last songs of the faded summer and let the leaves rest a moment in the soft and mellow sunlight. Then it would take them carrying the melody of the bird- songs, too. At last the wind came to a valley, and in the heart of the valley there was a lovely spot. where children were at play, and the wind paused a moment to toss their golden curls and play at hide-and-seek with them. It forgot the leaves, and they fell in golden masses at the children’s feet. And they laughed and said: ‘Se what the wind has brought us! Let us make a playhouse of the leaves!” The poor little leaves were glad to with them. But by and by the mother called the children home and | And all nn | dreamed of them, i The children came ngain next | but | the leaves said of cheeks | The childrer { gone away and will never play wit leaves, ig} 2 day one of them was missing. Then Where is the little lone the gold curls and ars answered | us again. Then the wi in | beautiful valley | children and the | down and | took the i And {the wind along, “Oh! {that we have lingered in the valley with the children, for now we may never see them again!’”’ But the wind did only sighed and bore the | ‘Why is the wind so gentle and so sorrowful?’ the leaves asked one of another. But the wind did swer. It only sighed and them far away-—until at passing over the remembered the and it came +s ida fnves kissed tha ldren SAVES Away, (Hh cried i them HE, nore y might It CUVES QWAY. not answer. not an bore last it came And then it leaves fall gently to a new-made grave, | paused and let the until it was of and tenderly upon it | traasformed Then the sorrow } Dy. voi} UC Dust in the Sea. made up of but in propor- in any earthly neral «= Hartford Times "Acting Congressman.” A jished new profession hy in Washington fession of AacLing a large number of men it with, probt apparently ployers, ] axes its rules so 3 Ye & 10 themselves tion satisfacti to their em- so iif Whenever t house that members not kept on hand by fear of arrest there is an exodus of representatives to their These can only be called back to the city homes, gentlemen the fate that makes them attend their In their absence, however, their business is not alto- | gether neglected. That is where the “acting representative’ comes in. While the congressman is at home looking after his personal interests | his representative in the form of a secretary stays in Washington and looks after everything the member cares for, answers letters and in all ways is a representative pro tempore, | except that he cannot vote or attend | the meetings of committees. There {are fully fifty men in congress who | practically delegate their duties to business, | a secretary, and who have seldom | been seen at a committee meeting | since the present congress met. They | appear to consider that they should | not be called upon to do any work | except where their personal interests | or the interests of their districts de- {mand it. They draw their salaries, | however, with the same regularity as | those who attend congress and occupy | their time daily with the considera. | tion of public affairs.—{ Washington | News, | Paris has 78 600 steam engines, ag- gregating 5,850,000 horse power, | ————— is Howsin has 180,000 blind persons wi F limits of the Empire. Sita " ¥ EFISODE OF THE WAR. tUnexnscted Casture of Curransy, Mr. Charles E pris ers we 100K J. Monroe Huskell Soma over