Show e ra rw 1 s 0 wog UNUSUAL occurrences in the an 0 imal and other kingdoms are aldaya the y most interesting to the american peo pie the editor realizes that of late there g hae not been enough queer happen ft ings which seemingly violate nature s a lava and though usually law abiding he 0 has endeavored to supply the want in pursuance with this policy nate g the renowned and much traveled natural Q 5 ast 1st who declined Preal dent roosevelt s of 0 1 l fer to accompany the executive on hla 0 baat african hunting trip was employed to scout up hundreds of unusual yet ing occurrences the tour took sev era month and from time to time alie 0 ft author mailed the following accounts of 6 the strange things which were reported 0 o him only this week mr f dreams came to an end and he delicate A Q ly confided that he had sworn ott tor 3 ft good editor s bote 0 ARIS CREEK N M athla town was deeply stirred up and paris creek society clr clea were unusually agog upon the arrival of your correspondent spon dent the whereof of this was the birth of an ossified chicken from out of a hard boiled egg this strange occurrence took place on the farm of H J seaman a wealthy countryman mr seaman avers that he placed the hard boiled egg in the mother hen s nest simply tp coax her to lay and she being deceived into the belief that she had laid the egg proceeded to hatch it out the process taking four months the wee chick has no feathers and much resembles a pottery creation it walks mechanically chani cally its small legs working in sockets while its neck does not wag like that of the ordinary fowl in search of food the youngster appears in good health and will probably live so bard Is the chick s body that mr seaman will paint the stars and where the feathers should be and when the paint Is dry be will present the wee fowl to the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution at washington which has been seeking just such a for the past 80 years of the quaintest quain test exhibitions of mother love which ever drew to the eyes of a matinee girl was that which this small bustling city witnessed today when a number of town officials off on a junket returned to tell of the manner in which a mountain lion protected its young the officials had come to a point in a mountain pass and were surprised to see a little distance ahead of them a male and demalo mountain lion rolling a gigantic boulder down the side of a hillock deftly the pair placed the big rock against a hole in the face of the mountain said then departed in search of food it was mary clous te the eyes of the city officials and they proceeded to investigate in the cavern they found seven lion cubs playing secure from attack the watchers hid a short distance away and a few minutes later were greeted by the soft footfalls of the returning lions the male loosening a small rock beneath icae boulder allowed it to slip a few feet to the right and both animate into the and out of sight this la not a local option town some of the city officials missed the rare sight being too tired morning after ark in a part of this county which Is seldom frequented was found today a tree growing down ard into the ground it Is the only case ot its kind in the world your correspondent saw the rare eight the roots of the tree project several feet above the ground and are of the palest green while the leaves some 0 which the writer dug up are white and taste not unlike celery the only explanation of the strange occurrence was given by an old indian who Is said to have lived in this section years he Is known as big chief kick a hole in the sky and he declares that long ago the chief of the happy hunting ground vented his wrath upon big chief kick a hole in the ekys great grandfather who had planted many trees he caused the seeds to be planted upside down thus accounting for nature s reversal there was once a whole grove of this inverted umber heap much too plenty bunk sighed the aged red skin as he turned to reenter re enter his cabin firewater glnn josh arrived in this city today to day from a hunting trip and told a wonderful story which upon investigation of the quality of the liquor which mr langa carries your correspondent found to be an absolutely true tale mr said 1 I was hunting bara up north and had traced a big one into a clump of trees when to my surprise I 1 saw fly towards me a full grown jack rabbit equipped with eight pairs of wings the rabbit flew faster than the fastest train I 1 ever rode upon when my as had somewhat subsided I 1 aimed my rifle at ft point about a mile ahead of the queer animal and so fast did it fly thit it ran right into the shot after half an hour s walk I 1 came upon the carcass which had frozen stiff the wings were of fluffy down and curiously shaped I 1 was anxious to bring jahe flying rabbit home but that night it was mysteriously stolen and BO I 1 have no proof for my story other than what little licker I 1 have left in my flask have another drink frienda 7 your correspondent then saw a whole flock of flying rabbits the phenomenon Is wholly unaccountable gwan N J the most wonderful sea fish ever seen appeared off this town twice during the past few days once by night and once by day the reptile Is shaped like a serpent and planted between its eyes is a gt headlight which Is only visible at night and which marks the reptile s progress through athe waves the constant sputter of electricity in the form of dots and dashes led summer residents here to believe that the bees its tall tor a wireless ment and thus conveys messages to others of ayk fv alti its species who are in deeper water the serpent seemed to like this little summer all lage until tta appearance at night when it Is supposed that the loving couples on the sands either made it envious or gave rise to nausea then it disappeared its fall tick ing off the telegrapher s 30 which means good night and sometimes never again for several days the young women bathers deserted their favorite haunts on the sands and the young men wittily said that at that time there was some excuse tor not getting their pretty bathing aults wet cal probably the most won darful mistake which nature ever made Is that which was unearthed hera in the birth of a cow with its horns on its rear hoofs it has no horns on its head it was several months before the horns on its hoots began to sprout it Is a very savage animal and none dare go near lt tor it fights just as does a game rooster and Is more vicious the owner air A J Is planning to breed the species and hopes to develop a new sport to take the place of both chicken fighting and bull fights he held a contest last week between a bull dog and his devil cow the name which residents 0 this section have applied to the animal and the cow reduced the canine to mincemeat giving rise to a new industry that of the manufacture of bull dog sausage ding a ling china the belief of five year old american boys that it they dig through the earth they will slide out in chinese terri tory was illustrated in a jocular vein today to day when your correspondent arrived in a little suburb outside of ding a ling in which all the houses are inverted and bang thus from M WL AA a gigantic crag which projects from the bide of a precipice the people do not walk upside down as might be supposed macon ga A crowd of grief stricken colored people con signed an assignment of fine pear trees to a grave at bolang broke lust at dark thinking they were the remains of booger adams a negro woman whose death was due to a stab from another negro woman in tybee the police had the case and worked it out finding the dead woman formerly lived in bo and notified friends that the remains would be sent on the afternoon central train and when the box arrived containing the pear trees it had so much the appearance of a coffin case that the party took charge for some reason not explained pla ined the casket did not get off at macon and the negroes who were waiting at the train took the pear trees off with the deepest sorrow and care car ried the box to the home of relatives and eat up sang and prayed all night the word was out that the body was terribly slashed by thas acci tor had his text by their fruits ye shall know them pallbearers Pall bearers mourners and attendants after the usual custom actually buried the pear trees when the next northbound central passenger train came bearing the corpse of the dead woman and the funeral attendants were there was amazement and surprise cabaness one of the most prominent farmers of the community found the mistake when he made a search tor the pear trees alton nature in an altonian Alt onlan mood brought another wonder to the door of jamea chessen of east alton noted as the owner of the famous swearing parrot when ches san first proclaimed the versatility of his parrot s powers in profanity the bird was dubbed a nature fake so chesses invited a number of persons among them a divinity student to hear the bird rehearse since then ches sens reputation for truthfulness in bast AI ii tm ton has been unquestioned even as the parrot s popularity has grown but this time a hen was at the bottom of it rather a setting ot eggs which chessen found in a nest reposing in the middle ot a big pumpkin which he purchased from herbert culp a truck farmer the little brown hen had made entrance through a hole which a hungry cow all cowa are hungry la a field had bitten out ot the gamboge vegetable As chessen who boasts that he drives a good bargain gave only 15 cents for the pumpkin and there were 14 eggs in the parrot nest he thinks he Is the financial gainer though he may have to exhibit again to establish reestablish re his reputation or ver acety chessen took the pumpkin in his ben houses and now a setting fowl is clucking 0 er the eggs he expects to sell the pullets when they are hatched at from 35 to 60 cents apiece dyspepsia kan in a single night abla burg haa passed into history and all because ot the sidetracking of worth ot 03 here the ostriches were bound tor los anglies Ange ies cal it Is said the birds had not been fed sanco leaving africa and the first thing they did was to eat up all the freight cars which provided their homes then they descended upon this town first devouring a plate glass window in george poultry store about midnight the town marshal fled when he saw the things that the a ostriches relished inadvertently he H ran right into the flock in his flight they looked him over smelled him but passed on to more savory delicacies in the shape of the railroad depot hav ing eaten this they started in on the homes of the residents and when dawn came there was only a crumpled mass of ostrich language and some human cuss words where the town once stood host ot the residents fled in their night clothing to hawkeye a nearby village and have formed the society for the prevention of wearing ostrich plumes the birds are now roaming the country devouring everything in their way the company at may be called out later it the ostriches died atmosphere N C physicians who were performing an operation for appendicitis itis upon herman graustark in this city today were astounded when they extracted four 5 gold pieces from the appendix of the patient the currency was piled in the appendix when extracted and one report has it that the money was labeled issue 0 1904 mr graustark Is cashier in the first state trust company of this city and consequently waa immediately placed under arrest on charges of misapplying the fund of the bank he pleads innocence declaring that be must have accidentally aw allowed the coins while biting them to see it they were genuine ft bee tenn by long distance telephone your corres alc had quite a alc time today to day in this alc hamlet he had quite a severe cola when he struck alc hero and was one of the ulcers who were present at the disco v alc cry of a magic well on the city hall square the well flows real moon shine whisky alc alc this Is a dryan town alc the well la a pub alc he utility jim orson made tho alc wonderful die covery it is considered very alc Tr thelme elMe that the well will be enjoined from flowing by the supreme alc court you have to drop 15 cente jn the alc well to make it flow your correa alc Is brok |