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Show Chicago has n noble, If somewhat odorous, waterway called llubbly Creek. The stockyards dlschnrgo Into It. It hns been discovered thnt the famous stream will burn. French teamen hnve n doyen In tho person ot n centenarian. The old sailor belongs alike to the navy nnd to tho iiicrcha'nt service, for he served lu both,' 'J nud It would be dtfllcult to say la' fl which of the two his ndvciiturcs wero the most thrilling. His record Includes, three shipwrecks, the battle of Nava rlno, lu which he won mention In or-der., or-der., the blockade of Algiers, ono cap turc by brigands, followed by himself A ease has been reported In Germany! which suggests the curative value oj fear. The subject, an old woman, hail been bedridden ou account of paralysis for ten years. Last August a tempesj hurst lu the region whecr sho llvcd Hall destroyed the vineyards. A gala shook the houses. Premature darkness 'settling down caused general tcrrorJ The old paralytic, Influenced by fcar leaped from her bed. There has been no relapse, and she may be set downj perhaps, ns the only case ot euro by 'M tempest. Dr. Daniel Murphy, the Roman Ca thollc Archbishop of Tasmania, who recently celebrated bis ninety-first' blrthdny nnd the diamond Jubilee of his episcopate, once made n Jest thatj amused the late Pope Leo. At tho close ot n farewell audience In the early! 80s the Pope said: "Well, brother, V suppose this Is the last time we shall meet In this world." Hut In tho carlyt 00s Dr. Murphy turned up -again at tho Vatican, reminded Pope Leo of his' pessimistic prophecy, and added: "So; you see you arc not infallible after all."' A handy word much misused Is phc-' nomeiiou. The London Globe onco heard a mnu explaining Its meaning to a friend. He did It ns follows: "Now,1 , If you see n cow In n medder," lie snid, didactically, "that's not a plilnomeena. It's'n pretty niilmnl 'and what not, but It ain't n phlnomcciin. And If you sco n thistle lu a inrddcr, thnt nlu't n phi-uonieenn. phi-uonieenn. Nor If you see n lark In tho! medder, that ain't n phlnomcuiia. It's n pretty bird und what not, but It nlu't1 a phlnomcu'.n. Hut if you were to sco, thnt cow sitting ou that thistle nnd. singing like thnt lnrk, that would bo: a phlnomscun." |