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Show j STRANGE TALES. i j In some langufiges, notably the Japan- esc, there is no word for kiss, i A Philadelphia lady who had lost the ' key to a valuable casket arose and found it during her sleep. j A colored woman at Chester, Pa., ap-I ap-I plied to a local magistrate for law that would prevent a neighbor from placing a hoodoo spell upon her. Westville, Iud., h;is a cow which quenches her thirst at the village pump, tossing the handle of the pump with her horns until sufllcient water flows for her needs. At a Polish wedding in Wisconsin, after tho feast the plates were all washed and placed upright against the wall and pelted with silver dollars by tho guests till all were broken. There were no conventional presents, but the ammunition ammuni-tion accruing to the young couple reached nearly $ Too. In Warrensburg, JIo., lives a lightning light-ning calculator who has done in three hours work that would have taken six ordinary accountants six days. He can I also, at any period of the day or night, : give the exact meridiau time in hours, minutes nnd seconds, though he cannot tell time by looking at a watch or cluck. |