No Hair Cut in Fifty Years.
Caleb Stone, eighty, Middletown, Ill., received his first hair cut and shave in fifty years. He said a half century ago that he would not permit his hair to be cut or his beard to be trimmed, and kept his word. His white locks had grown down to his shoulders and his beard to his waist.
Groping for Gems in the Sea.
There is plenty of romance and excitement connected with the work of diving for pearls in the waters of West Australia, but one of the strangest things about the business is the curious mental condition of the divers while they are under the water, groping for precious gems, says an exchange. During a part of his time below, the diver is said to be bordering on insanity.
A grudge against or a suspicion of those above is suddenly magnified in the diver’s imagination, and he signals to be pulled up, resolved on immediate revenge. When he reaches the top, however, the imaginary wrongs vanish.
At a depth of eighty feet the diver cannot see well; he moves painfully and he breathes hard. At every foot deeper he thinks how slight a mishap may befoul his life line, and all his thoughts tend to center on his hazards.
At such times the inadequacy of his pay appears to him as a huge grievance, but when he comes to the surface and rests a few minutes, all is again serene.
Man Suffocates in Balloon.
Asphyxiation inside of a balloon was the perilous plight by Andy Doyle, of Krug Park, Omaha, who assisted Veo L. Huntley, balloonist, at the recent celebration in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Doyle was stationed inside the bag space to watch the progress made in filling and to call out for more gas from time to time, as was the usual custom. Because of the strong winds blowing the fumes of the burning kerosene oil to the ground, he was suffocated.