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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1909)
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The tour tool; bcv rral nutiths ami from time to time the nntlior mailed the following iie'.vunts of the str:i!i(;e things which were reported tn 'ini. only this week Mr. frefakeo rtrraiiia rnnie tA an ml. anil lie delicate ly confi.le.l i!;at he liad sworn off "for gooil." leiltor's Note. 0 050000000000000000000000000000 IARIS CRIJIOK, N. M This town was deeply silrred up and Paris Creek s;ici"ty cir cles were unusually ugog up on the arrival of your eorre spotiflent. The whereof of this was the birth of an ossified chicken from out of a hard boiled egg. This strange oc currence took flare on the farm of II. J. Seaman, a wealthy countryman. Mr. Seaman avers that he placed the hard boiled egg in the mother hen's nest simply to conx her to lav and she. being deceived into the belief that fihe had laid tho proceeded to hatch It out. the process taking four months. The wee chick has no feathers and much resembles a lottery creation. It walks me chanically, its small lgs working in sock els, while its neck does not wag like that of tho ordinary fowl in search ef food. The youngster appears in good health und will probably live. So hard Is the chick's body that Mr. Seaman will paint tho ntars and stripes where the feathers should be anil when the paint, is dry he will present the wee fowl to the Smithsonian Institution at Wnshinploii, which has been reeking just such a phenomenon for the post SO years. Tiiscaloolno, Nov. One of the qtiaintert exhibitions of mot her love which ever drew tears to the eyes of a matinee girl was that which this small bustling city witnessed to day when n number of town officials off on a junket, returned tw tell of the manner In which a mountain lion protected Its young. The ollieials ha I conn; to a point In a mountain pass and were surprised to see a little distance ahead of them a male and female mountain lion rolling a gigantic boulder down tho side of a hillock. Deftly the pair placed t In big rock agalnr.t a hole In tho fueo of the mountain and then de paried In search of food. It wan marvelous In the eyes of tho city ollieials and they pro ceeded to Invt i tignte. In tho cavern they found seven lion cubs, playing peek aboo, secure from zittat k. The watchers hid a short distance away and a few minutes later were greeted by the soft fuotialls of tho reluming Hons. The male, Iwipi nlng a small rock beneath the boulder, allowed it to slip a few feet to the right ami both animal.-, pas-sod Into tho cavern iitnl out i' ihf.-. IF! ..Jy.ll.. Tk.H .It.. This Is r.ot a local option town. Some of the city ollieials missed the rare siht, being too tired. J ' Morning After, Ark In a part of this coanty which Is sildom frequented war. fouud to-day a tree growing down ward into the ground. U Is the only case of 1;:? ki:id i:i the world. Your correspondent saw the rare sight. The roots of tho tree project seven; I feet above tho ground and are of the palest green, while tho leaves, seine .f which tho writer dug up. are white and taste not unlike celery. Tho only explanation of the strange occurrence was given by an old Indian who Is saiM to have lived in this section "00 years Ho ir. known as Big (,'hkf Kick a-IIole in the Sky. and he declares that long ago the chief of the happy hunting ground vented his wrath upon Uig Chief Kick a llole-in-tiio-Sky's great grandfather, who had ilanted many trees. I In ' caused the seeds to bo planted upside down, thtu accounting for nature's reversal. There was once a whole grove of this In verted timber, "Heap much too plenty bunk," sighed the aged red skin, us ho turned to re-enter his cabin. Firewater, Minn. Josh Stillfngs arrived In this city to-day from a hunting trip and told a wonderf;:! story, which upon Inves' igation of the quality of the liquor which Mr. Sel lings carries, your correspondent found to be an absolutely true tale. Mr. Stilling said; "I was hunting b'ars up north and had traced a big one iolo a clump of trees when, to my surprise. I saw fly towards me a full grown jack rabbit, equipped with eight pairs of '.'.lugs. Tho rabblf flew faster than the fastest train. I ever rode upon. When my as tonishment had somewhat subsided I hinvd my rifle at a point about a mile ahead of tho queer animal und so fast did It Hy that It ran right Into the shot. After half nn hour's walk I came .upon Hie carcass, which had frozen stiff. The wings were of Huffy down and curiously shaped. I was anxious to bring the fly Ins rahbit. home, but that nlcht It was niysteiiouhly stolen and so I h.ive no proof for my story other than what, little lleker I have left In my flask. Have another drink, friend?" Your correspondent then saw a whole (lock of Hying rabbits. Tho phenomenon is wholly unaccountable. fiwan. N. J. The most wonderful sen fish ever seen appeared off this town tvice dur ing the past few days once by night nnd once by day. The reptile is shaped like a ser pent and planted between Its eyes Is a gi gantic headlight, which is only visible at night nnd which marks tho reptile's progress through tho waves. The cons'nnt sputter of electricity In tho form of dots and tl'i-hes led summer residents here to believe that tho serpent uses Us tail for a wlrclcss instru ment ui.d thus conveys tnea-i'.g", to o'heis of - . 7 7.7 r.; - r- ----iT . -Sr"T".' '- " 7:.S .v-r-:ti ''V.i.-'ie.-'v v- rv;tv)sv.i.it,' jv V'v'i vv.c.".rr Mt-.'fci'iiywl' - .. ILLUTIT1QNJ PROP! TZLEPATHC VJZfCQPTONJ W- .4 i' .,, ''.1,7 5 J ATE.. Ttit . iJr- Mr nny 1 fl ' ;;t . ..i - i TilZ FLYING KA5J5T NCJDZfJT BxracriJ.'grxXjapiijKgrriTiimT It -i species who are in deeper water. The serpent seemed to like this little summer ul lage until its appearance at night when it is supposed that the loving couples on the sai.ds cither made it Tixious or gave rise to nausea. Then it disappeared, its tail tick ing oft the telegrapher's ".'A" which means "good right," rind i.ometinos "never imain." Tor several days the young women bathers' desirted their favorite haunts on the sands i. ml the young men wittily said that at that time there was si u" excuse for not getting their pretty bathing itiits wot. IMir.gpnth. Cal i'r"babl.v tho most won derful mistake whiih t.nMiro ever made is that which was ii:naith"d lure in the birth of a cow with its bono; on Its rear hoofs. It h.v no horns c.n i' l head. It was several months before the hori.s on its hoofs began to sprout. It is a very savage animal and none date go near it, for it lights just as does a game roost r nnd i.-i more virions. The owner, Mr. A. .1. Ilirshfu-M, Is planning 1 breed the species and hopes to develop a new uport to take tho pi; to of both chicken licht Ing nnd bull fl:;hts. lie !. I1 a contest last week between a ha I d:: and his "devil cow, " the name which r .-rle'its of tVis scc'ion hav applied to the i,!ii'::al and ti cow reduced tho ";iiine to miiii i'U'.t at. giving rise to a pew industry that of tVj manufacture of bull nog rail:. age. Ding a Ling. China The belief of five-year- o'd American buy;- tl a the earth they will si d. tf.rj was lllus rated in w In ti your corre; po V suburb ou'tid" of Dlog ill'.' houses ain lueui!, : If t'-ey dig throu;h (oi in Chino.v terrl a ic.-ulai I'in to day :.t ;.;;iv. I lu a lilt!" a Lin'-', In nldch all :md hang litis from l.iiAJaHj4.'(ii. - .:''t' a gigantic crag which projects from tho side of a precipice. Tho people do not walk upsldo down as might be supposed. Macon, A crowd of grief stricken coloied people con signed an iiMslfiiiment of lino peiir trees to a grave u'. Pnlltit; broke just ut dark, thlnklns tl)y were the remains of Too',rer Adams, a nepro woman, whose denlti was due to a ntul from another negro woman In Tyhee. The police had the case and worked It nut; finding the dead woman formerly lived In I!o llni'hroke and notllieil friends that the t mains would he sent on the afternoon central train and when the box arrived containing the pear trees It had ko much the nppearance of a cotrin case that the party took charge. For Home reason, not ex plained, the casket did not Ret off at Macon and tho negroes who were waiting at the train took the pear trees off with the deepest Borrow and care, car ried the box to the home of relatives and sat up, bans and prayed nil nU'.ht. The word was out that the body was terribly slashed by 'A th( worn mi's assail ant ami for that. rea son, togeth or witli the long delay after death, the hox w a s not opened. At lh hour for the fu neral tho colored pas tor hail his text: "ty their fruits Pallbearers, mourners ye shall know them." and attendants, after the usual custom ictually buried tho pear I reep. When tho next north sender train came bearln ound Central pas ; the corpse of the ili-ad woman and tin funeral attendants were notified, tliei.- wa Witisliip Caban;:-.-. amazement and surprise. . one of the most protlli the (ommunlty, fouml tht tnude a Healt h for the pear ri"iit tanners of mital;i' wiien h( trees Al'i n. III. -Nature, in an A'toni.in mood, broui'l.t anotl er womler to th door of James CheSf.i II of Fast Alton, noted ,is the owner of the famous swearing parrot. When Cites sail first proclaimed the v. r-.tt ility of his par rot's powers in "efaaity the bird was dublcd a nauir" lal.e. So 'l. ss-ti invit. d a ruiibor of le.'oi,.,, i.i;.!ig them a ilivlt.i'.y s:ud':il. to hear Jlie bird r' l.''ave. Since thi n Chos sen's 1 1 put at it di ft r fruthf-ilr.ess in liast Al- 1 A'JFSICTNG Tfir. S1AGC MOCNSWNJi iVEL rynv --- ton has been unquestioned, evon na the par rot's popularity has crown. Hut this time a hen was at the bottom of It, rather a setting of eggs, which Chesscn found in a nest reposing in tho middle of a bit; pumpkin which ho purchased from Her bert Culp, a truck farmer. Tho Httlo brdwn hen had made entrance throufih a hole which a hungry cow all cowa are hungTy In a pumpkin' field-had bitten out of the gamboge vegetable. As CheHsen; who boasts that ho drives a good bargain, gavo only 15 cents for the pumpkin, and there were 14 eSR" In the parrot nest, he thinks ho is the finan cial gainer, though he may have to exhibit pgnln to re-establish his reputation for ver acity. ChcBsen took the pumpkin In his hen houses, and now a setting fowl is clucking over the I'ggs. lie expects to sou mo juum when they are hatched, at from 35 to cents apiece. 50 n.vspepsla, Kan. In n single night thla burg has passed Into history and all because of tho sidetracking of $50,000 worth of os triches here. Tho oBt riches were bound for Is Angeles. Cal. It Is said the birds had not been fed slnco leaving Africa and the first thin they did was to cat up all tho freight cars which pro vided their homes. Then they descended up on this town, first devouring a $200 plate glass window in (leorgo Krlckson's poultry store about midnight. The town marshal fled when ho saw the things that the ostriches relished. Inadvertently he ran right into the flock In his flight. They looked him over, smelled him, but passed on to more Bavory delicacies In the shape of the railroad depot. Hav ing eaten this they started in on the homes of the residents and when dawn enmo there was only a crumpled mass of ostrich language nnd Borne human cuss words, where the town onco stood. Most of the residents tied In their night clothing to Hawkeye, a near-by village, and have formed the Society for the Prevention of Wearing Ostrich Plumes. Tho birds are now roaming the coun try devouring everything in their way. Tho militia company at Hawklnsvlllo may bo called out. Later It wasn't. The ostriches died. Atmosphere, N. C -Physicians who were performing nn operntlon for ap pendicitis upon Herman Graustark In this city today were astounded when they extracted four $" gold-pieces from the appendix of the patlont. The currency was piled In the appendix when extracted and one report has it that the money was labeled "issue of 1904." Mr. Graustark Is cashier in the First State Trust Company of this city and consequently was Immediately placed under arrest on cliaiges of misapplying the funds of the bank. Ho pbads innocence, declaring that ho must have accidentally swallowed the coins whilo biting thorn to see It they were genuine. Whoe. Tenn. lily longdistance telephone.) Your corros-ihlcl-i'ondont had quite a (hlc) time today in this (hlc) hamlet. He had tpii'e a severe cold when he struck (hlc) here and was one of the hlcers who were present at the (Useov (hlc) ery of a tnnglc well on tho city hall square. The well flows real moon shine whisky (hie. hlcj. This 19 a drysh town thiol. The well is a pub-(hlc)-llo utility. Jim Oifion made tho (hie) wonderful dis covery, it Is considered very (hlc) probable that the wvll will bo enjoined from flowing ly tho supremo (hie) court. You have to drop IT. cents in the thle) well to make It IVv.v. Your cunes-t hicl pondcnt Is broke. ra4 -. j SCT