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Show " TIIK BULLETIN start with, but that a log driver named Peter Pelker punched one eye out with a plkepole, while, a year later, a romp cook ruined the other with a pot of boiling water. Deprived of sight. Bingo, then In the flower of his youth, thenceforth was obliged to depend upon the senses of hearing and siuelL His hearing became so acute that he could detect the rustle of a leaf 39 yards awny, while his scent wss so keen that he could smell beans baking or bacon frying a mile off to leeward and 10 miles to windward. For three years Bingo listened and smelled his way through life, but the end came when, having clawed out a bean hole one night, he got his head stuck in the iron pot and smothered to death. Then there Is the experience related by Peter Neptune of the Tarratlne (Penobscot) Indian tribe, a famous trapper and hunter, who once was well acquainted with a wildcat that responded Instantly to the melody of a mouth harp and paused in rapture at the sound of a violin. Bnt music was the big cat's undoing In the end. Taking advantage of his weakness one night while he hung about a logging camp listening In rapt delight to the strains of sn accordion within, an unsympathetic sneaked up behind him and slew him with an ax. good eyes to "SAWED OFF DEER WITH LEGS OF PIG i IS SEEN IN MAINE I Minister's Tale Starts Orgy of "Nature Faker" Yarns of Weird Animals. : Bangor, SicFrom Aroostook's ve w ilderness comes the startling tale of a buck deer carrying heavy antlers upon a massive head set upon an immense body, but unable to more than waddle awny when alarmed, because Its legs are no longer than a el Ptfs. The Iter. Basil Glenson of Brewer brought the tale to Bangor, and he had It direct from two hunters who had seen the amaxlng beast, which Inhibits the swamps around Wytopltlock. Although some persons are skeptical deer about this story of a "sawed-of- f as a fantasy of sportsmen, there are old woodsmen and hunters who are willing to accept it and who are ready to match It or surpass it with freaks and marvels from their own experience. 8tllt Fast-Travelin- g Legs. It Is recalled, for example, that once there roamed the forests alwut mountain, near Moosehead lake, sled-tend- Squaw a buck deer whose legs were so long that he appeared to be on stilts. He was reputed to stand nearly as high as a giraffe and to have had an amaxlngly long neck. In midwinter, when heavy snow forced deer to herd In sheltered places known as "yards," there to subsist until spring upon mosses and such tender twigs as they could nibble from deer fared the trees, this much better than the rest, being able to feast upon branches that were too high for any ordinary deer to reach. The speed of this buck, called "Long Jim," was such as to discourage the fleetest of hunting dogs, and he thought nothing of wading small lakes or of moving all over northern Penobscot Ilscataquis and Aroostook counties within a single week. One day Jim got his neck and head entangled In some telegraph wires and was strangled. Ills carcass was devoured by bob-eaand foxes, and when the tragedy was discovered In the following spring only his antlers and a few bones remained. The leg bones were more than twice the ordinary length. bobThen there was the cross-eye- d cat of Canada Falls, which was always Jumping upon expected prey from of trees, or rather Jumping at , limbs expected prey for he always missed by about two feet The last man he missed, a Canuck named Joe Soucle, killed him with a camp hatchet And the Blind Bear. bear of Seeboomock also blind .The deserves a place In the forest hall of freaks. Bingo, his name ,was, and It was said that he had two long-legge- d Teaching of Ducks to Swim Found Expensive Covins, Calif. Ducks which found swimming a novelty proved expensive to the Knights of Pythlss and Moose lodges here. Twenty-fiv- e ducks, bought for a game in which spectators were supposed, by luck or skill, to toss a ring around their necks, were placed In a big tank of water. The lucky ringers were to win the ducks. But the ducks were bred on land and had never been near the water before. They hugged the tank's shoreline where the spectators delightedly won prizes with no trouble at alL The next batch of ducks, say lodge members, will be taken "on trial" or with a swimming Instructor. SMUGGLING ALIENS STILL IRKS TEXAS Immigration Service Active in Corder Patrol. Laredn, Texas. Although the smuggling nf aliens is less than It was a few years ago, when Chinese were brouuht into the United States from Mexico literally in carlntf, the traffic has by no means erased, according to immigration officials. The length of the frontier and the sparsely settled nature of the country makes complete patrolling Impoa-- , Bible. At some points the Bio Grsnde rsn be forded, at others It is possible to swim across the river, although the current Is treacherous and this latter method often results in the death of those who attempt It Many unidentified bodies have been found. Indicating the danger that awaits those who would force their company on the United States. ,' The alien's troubles are hot over even after he has negotiated the river. Border police and the Texas Bangers are alert In identifying strangers and a foreign accent Invariably results In a demand for proof of legal entry, . A dozen or fifteen years ago smuggling was largely confined to. Chinese and Mexican aliens, but- these two classes have decreased In recent years due to changed policies In Mexico. That country now attempts to keep Its own citizens at home, and It has adopted legislation unfavorable to the Chinese. Smuggling now concerns Itself with undesirables from many lands. Riffraff fom the continent unable to comply with United States immigration laws, enter the country all the wsy from Tolnt Isabel on the south to El Paso on the northwest If they have plenty of money, and without It they cannot get aid from professional smugglers, they may be able to drift northward to the Interior and comparative safety. ts i ed Sword Swallower'i Career Is Ended by Rusty Blade Budapest Mlbaly 8zlkssaL member of a circus troupe, died of blood poisoning caused by a rusty blade which he "swallowed," a performance he had been doing night after night for three yeart. A few days ago Sxlksca! slightly In- jured his throat The blade was a little rusty from the wetting It got when a heavy rain drenched the circus wagon carrying equipment. Next day Sslkszal was taken to a boapltal with high fever ami the symptoms nf Ii'IimmI poisoning. He wavered Itetween life and death, then auccumlied. - Cunning Navajos Foil the Great White Father Window Rock (Navajo Capital), If anybody can figure out a way to identify Indians, let him step forward and win thanks of officers of the United States Indian service. They want to know how to tell one Xavajo from another. "Name, please?" When confronted with the query, the Navajos, according to Dr. W. W. Peter, government Indian health worker, frequently give the name of some one else, perhaps some one unfriendly. Result of the Navajo wile Is chaos for vital statistical records. Even if the Navajo gives his right name, he might give any one of several, used at different ages. Some years ago the government Ariz. . THE Sugai house The most popular place SERVICE Barber Shop M. & ELLIS " 1062 East 21st South CONGRATULATIONS " Discover New Method for Assaying Gold Ore Hamilton, Ont A new method of assaying which will enable determination of gold value of ores within 20 minutes, has been discovered by the science department of McMaster uni4 versity. The method, named the "mlcroapot" teat was discovered by Prof. W. O. Walker and Miss Doris Hlscox. Professor Walker ssld the test would provide, a prompt Indication as to whether ore contained gold. He said nsssylng problems had long been the check-reiof gold mining. Prospectors have been forced to carry ore samples long distances to assay offices, often requiring several weeks' n Inventor Devises Dunkable Sinker Napa, Calif. That the doughnut Is basically a dunking food and should therefore be built accordingly, Is the contention of Jack Cook, the Edison of Byron, Calif. The conventional doughnut Is only about 8 per cent dunkable, with an average of 17 dunks needed for anything like proper permeation, says Cook. Research shows that the last dunk finds the danker with an uncontrollable gob that drips coffee on the vest So ..Cook has devised an ultramodern! streamlined doughnut that four dunks. "The requires-onl- y final dunk can be accomplished without wearing a bib," says Cook. The Cook doughnut Is shaped like a four-blad-e propeller. Honolulu. He sent a dollar from Florida to Hawaii to pay his traffic flue I Chief of Police William A. of Honolulu gasped lo surprise recently when he opened a letter postmarked Pensacola, Fls. In the letter wss a money-orde- r for one dollar, and the explanation that the writer, A. E. Phlpps of the U. 8. naval air force, bad received a ticket for overnarklng in Honolulu and had left this part of America without paying his line, having been transferred front Pearl Harbor to Pensacola. '1 believe the fine far overpaying was reduced from two dollars to one a short time before I left" he wrote.- "Thank you for all the good times shown me by. the police department during my stay in Gab-rlels- - THE NEW MECCA American Linen Supply Co. Wasatch 2484 35 East 6th South COMPLIMENTS of the ! HYGEIA ICE COMPANY "Those Who Really Know, PREFER ICE" Hyland 497 Florence testified that relief workers told her the only way she could get relief would be to return to her missing first husband, whose address she cannot learn. But she said of her child and her sister's children, who have been taken from her; "I love them all, and I want them back." The Judge dismissed her. but prom--, Ised to see If her own child might be returned to her. Canadian Lover Waits 36 Years for His Bride London. Th!rty-!yeara ago Mat the Storey, who waa living at Bishop Auckland, proposed to Miss Frances Jane Clayton. They were both deeply In love. They have Just been married, at Sleekburn parish church. The figure of the lover of 30 yean ago la a Utile less sprightly at seventy; his hair baa turned gray. And time haa taken the best yean of the bride of sixty-foui Here Is the story: "I loved him." aald alias Oayton, "but I aald no because : "I was bound by a promise made to my dying mother that I would look after father so long aa he lived." Storey went to Canada. He became successful. Miss Clayton remained at home. A few weeks ago ber father died. The news went to Canada and the suitor of 1S90 returned to claim hla bride. x r. FAMILY TANGLE IS REVEALED IN COURT Father Tells How Daughters "Traded" Husbands. Chicago, From the Hps of a fsther, Judge Leon Kdelman heard an almoat Incredible story of tangled marital relationships. Then, turning to the others before whom the tale had been unfolded In the court of domestic relations, the Judge said: "It would take a Solomon to decide this." It wss Albert llarenger of Racine, Wis who told the story. In 1930 his daughter, Florence, who waa twenty, married Ashley Ahln. Next year they moved to Chicago, bringing with them her sisters, Anns, then eleven, snd Celens, fourteen. In 1032 Celena had a child by Ashley. Florence then "gave" Celena her husband and married John Tulrl. who was led to believe that Florence waa Ahln's sister. Florence and Tuld moved Into an apartment across the ball, leaving JhertrsleteTe,-,AMftr.- S the child. In 1933 twins were born to Celena. In the next yesr Florence hsd a child by Tuld, and this year Anna became the mother of a child of Ahln's. Thus there were five children. A few weeks ago, Ahln and Florence's two sisters left town. Ahln left two of his children with their grandfather and brought the other two to Florence, Tuld moved out because he was unable to support so msny youngsters and Florence took a Job ss a waitress so that ahe might support her brood In her home at 8527 Cortland street Tuld hsd Florence arrested for "contributing to the dependency of his daughter, Joan, eighteen months old. Woman Lives 24 Years With Bullet in Brain Sin. Mildred Richard- years old. has been carbullet In her brain rying a for 24 years. It was revealed. The bullet struck Mrs. Richardson October 4. 1011, when a gun waa discharged while she was a pi'ctator at an automobile rare In Flint. Mich. eon. forty-liv- e seel-dental- ly Flint The bullet split and the pieces lodged about an Inch apart Dr. G U. O'Xell. her pbyalclan, decided that an operation would do more harm than good. Mrs. Richardson probably would have lost her sight or become paralysed If said. Traces 35,000 AaMstors Humboldt, Iowa. Digging upfamlly trees Is only a hobby of Harry Breed, n electrician, but during the part 13 years he has traced 85,000 ancestors, carrying hla quest Into every state In the Union. W.asaa a C.asUM. ' Chardon. Ohio. Miss Pauline Bunl of Buasel township, Is the first womai ever elected to the office of constabU In Geauga county. high echooi in una She completed . Drink Denhalter C ongratulations rvi Beverages Forest Dale Saratoga Chip uvu 1070 East 21 South Co. SUGARHOUSE Hyland 1741 Was. 1013 Friday Saturday 47 Kensington Ave. 235 East 5th South ; On the Opening of 120S East 21st South London. When a fifteen-year-ol- d boy goes off to school that ordinarily doesn't happen to be news. But when the youngster Is Egypt's klng-to-btypewriters click, telegraph wires hum, cables sing. This wss the case the other day when Crown Prince Farouki heir to the Egyptian throne now occupied by hla father, King Fuad I, arrived In London to enter the Royal Military academy at Woolwich. He was met at the railroad station of the British by representatives crown, foreign office UIgnltarles, army and nary officers. Actually, and not figuratively, a red plush carpet was rolled down to make his entrance diplomatically hotsytotsy. OF THE NEW , WELCOME, and Congratulations CAFE 1058 East 21 South Some Excitement When Prince Goes to School Page Diogenes! Man Mails Parking Fine wmm Congratulations in Sugarhouse made an effort to establish a metal tag system of Identification, but failed. Consciously or unconsciously, the Indians made a Joke of it, pooling the tags of families snd taking the. first one that came to hand when one was needed. They also started gambling tames with the tags as stakes.' . Welcome and To DIKE - JANUARY 24- - 25 CONGRATULATIONS FREE BEER, BIG CASH DRAWING Saturday Nite at 10: p. m. BOOTHS FOR LADIES Operating under new management, the Mecca beer parlor reopened this week at 1070 East Twenty-firs- t South, this week. E. K. Evans was granted a permit by the control board to run a beer dispensary in Sugarhouse and he will be assisted by "Lolo" Spencer, well known in basketball circles in the state, doing a great deal of work as referee, and Frank Buffington. The men plan to feature Becker and Bud-weis- er beers. An attractive; window showing a desert j, scene has been erected at the bar and is drawing much attention. Camels, Arabs bright tents and a mirag, typical of the great desert, is depicted as well as imitation palm trees and sand. To The NEW MECCA Pinney Beverage Co. Distributors of BECKER'S, and BUDWEISER BEER 1 |