Sea Sight. Six miles out from Galveston, in the Gulf of Mexico, a tugboat encountered a horse, swimming.

Man at Work. In a Chicago court, Robert M. Hoffman Jr. said his business partner had operated branch offices in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco chiefly in the hope of finding a pretty stenographer to marry.

Fall Guy. In Denver, strolling Private Louis Henriquez fell 14 feet down a coal hole, explained: "She smiled as we passed."

Ducky. In Stony Brook, L. I., Merton Powell swore he saw some ducks pull an arrow out of the middle of a mallard, which then flew off with its friends.

Wish. In Merrick, L. I., brooding P. Frank Sonnek remarked to a druggist, "I wish I'd drop dead," stepped outside, dropped dead.

Works Progress. The mayor of Asheville, N.C. got a letter announcing that because WPA was being liquidated the agency could not build the Asheville Auditorium--completed in 1940.

Fun in Bed. In Keswick, England, 71-year-old Robert Just swore that he got rid of his rheumatism by bedding down every night for a week with a few dozen resentful bees.

Animal Husbandry. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Betty Phillips sued for divorce, charged that when the meat shortage developed, her husband's pet lion "came first" at mealtimes, and she went meatless.

"In Youth It Sheltered Me." In sweltering central India, workers who built a railroad spur preserved their shelter from the sun till the last possible moment.

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