Joseph Wheeler, a prominent poultry raiser, found among a recently hatched Rhode Island Red brood a chicken perfectly formed except that it had four legs. All went well for nearly a week. Then it was discovered that the two sets of legs were arranged for locomotion in opposite directions. The result was that the chick pulled itself apart.
People from all over the countryside came to see it, and in death it has been turned over to a taxidermist.
How Ships Take Oil on Run.
The method of supplying vessels, especially battleships, with fuel oil at sea is remarkably simple when compared with that required for coaling. A tanker is run up to within about six hundred feet of the vessel needing oil, a tow line is attached, and a second line supports a hose through which the oil is pumped. Meanwhile the ships are steaming at an hourly speed of from ten to twelve knots. An automatic tension furnishes the necessary elastic medium for paying out and taking up the supporting cable, as required by motion of the vessel.
By this method it is possible to transport from the tanker to the vessel taking on the fuel nearly seven hundred barrels an hour.
Owes Life to Sleeping Dog.
A dog averted perhaps a fatal injury to its owner, J. H. Adams, a farmer near Polo, Ill. He fell thirty feet from the haymow of his barn and alighted upon the dog, which was lying asleep. The dog was killed, but the man escaped.
Facts for You.
For the convenience of travelers, an English firm is compressing tea into blocks that resemble American plug tobacco.
After experimenting for thirty-two years, a New York man claims to have perfected a synthetic gold, made from copper and aluminium.