Show 51 5 1 J M haggler of carlton okla 11 lias s rone gone barefooted for 35 ye years mrs 75 he possesses pass esses a splendid phy si and nd ho he never has been ill much 0 of chis his life is spent out of doors which in connection wi with th Ms his barefoot habit ho he thinks has to keep him blin young the state of arizona is now at work on a plan to get mexico to cede it to arizona a large strip of teri lory toty just us t south of that state in payment to for the indemnity claims that american citizens hold against it the line propose propos ed would straighten part of the south boundary line ot of arizona westward to the pacific lic and give arizona a seaport and many other state slate advantages adva taKes during the last year a total ol of 69 applications for patents was received according to the report of thomas ewing united states commissioner of patents ilen ls the total receipts of the he office were as e d with an expenditure of leaving a surplus of of the applications for patents patents and trademarks were granted A total of 20 patents expired during the year the friends and relatives had assembled to attend the funeral services for a mrs mary col coll the musicians had just finished singing a hymn the minister was about to proceed with the funeral hei vices when he came to a sudden halt miss nettie cole the only daughter of the dead woman and her lover over arm in defended des ended the stairs walked to the open coffin and with hands clasped over the dead mother mothe r 3 body asked that they be married the cermon ev was performed amid intense silence after the marriage carmony the funeral services were continued and the mother laid to rest the strange marriage was the result of a romance that had lasted for or more than 20 yea years is the marriage being delayed it ft is said on account of the opposition of the mother to her daughter leaving her even the eggs we eat eal have a superstitious ious value in many nations and by many people in some parts of england it is believed that the first egg laid by a white pullet placed under the pillow at night will bring dreams of f those you wish wh to marry in derbyshire it is considered a bad omen to gather eggs and bring them into the house after dark eggs must not be brought in sunday aud no hen must mastbe be set on that day the number of eggs for a swing sitting must be odd 11 0 13 it if au an even number the chickens will w ill do no good in ireland at hallow wen een the maids take the yolks brorn from some eggs boiled hard fill the cavity with salt and eat egg shell and salt they are careful not to lo quench thear thirst until morning if at night they dream that their t beir lovers are at hand with water they belive chev will be jilted another irish superstition is that if 11 the owner ol of horses eat eggs they must take care to eat an even number otherwise some mischief will betide the horses grooms are not allowed eggs and the riders are to wash their hands after eating eggs in a of france it itis Is said that the people collect and preserve all the year such eggs as are laid on good friday as they think them good for extinguish fires when thrown on I 1 them hem the people in the northen parts of germany have a belief that to cross their face with the first new laid egg of a chicken that has been hatched in the spring and begins to lay shortly before christmas ot of the same year i is considered the means ol 01 0 improving and beautifying the comp lection 1 11 five children fit at cambridge and abid brighton mass died soon after being seized with violent violen A vomiting spells two others were reported near death it is believed that they were poisoned bo eating christmas candy charlie gardner of san diego has proved that a blind man can enjoy the ile movies provided he has enough imagination mr gardnor gardner who was an enthusiastic enthis lastic fan before an accident deprived him of oania his sight engages a small boy to take him to lie he theaters and deac describe ibe the pictures as last fast as they appear the blind man say says that by placing his hard hand on the boys arm arin lie he can biet ct the emotional a quality of the story also ilia leecan he can feel the waves of excitement sympathy or mirth as they sweep over the audience sam Slit ephalia and michael exchanged bites while on a crowded streetcar street car in chicago mike bit off the tip of sams nose and sam bit off one of mikes fingers sam had elbowed mike out of a seat and had the nervo nerve to grin at him afterwards thereupon there was a state of war without waiting for a formal declaration or on the severing of diplomatic relations II if you want the best the mark marh affords at all seasons cf the year gi i to evans we do all kinds or of job printing from an envelope to ir a theatre poster coster |