Life's Little Ironies

There recently died tn the Missouri penitentiary a man who was totally blind, yet a thief of considerable expertness. The Indians will very soon be, on the average, the richest people in the country. Some tribes of them are now worth several thousands per head. A man in Auburn, Me., just had to sneeze the other day when his mouth Vb full of carpet tacks. One went down his throat, but the doctor ot lt There's a good story afloat of a man w-ho has a L5,000 Bank of England note and makes a good income renting it out for wedding, where it appears as the bride's fathers's gift. Customs offlcers near Belgrade recen'y seized a lot of human bones consigned to a Vienna bone-boiling house Thev had once belonged to Russian and Turkish soldlers who feil i„ the war of Lewis Pierce of Batavla was wounded Y Jl the 'ast war' and has been struck by lightning once, twice shipwrecked at sea, and smashed ani =rushed In several runaways. The other day a nnger was crushed.