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DUCK EATS YEAST, QUACKS, EXPLODES; MAN LOSES EYE Rhadamanthus's Unusually Fermented Sunday Breakfast Causes It to Rise Plecemeal, BlInding Owner. DES MOINES, Ia... Jan. 2.-The strangest accident recorded in local his- tory occurred this morning when Rhada- manthus, a duck, which took a prize at the recent Iowa poultry show, exploded into several hundred pieces, one of which struck Silas Perkins in the eye, destroy- ing the sight. The cause of the explosion was the eat- ing of yeast. which was placed in a pan upon the back porch, and tempted his duckship. which was taking aSunday morning stroll. Upon"returning from church Mr. Per- kins discovered hls prize duek in a some- what logy condition. Telltale marks around the pan of yeast gave him his clew. He was about to pick up the bird when the latter quacked and exploded with a loud report and Mr. Perkins ran into tne house holding both hands over one eye. A surgeon was ca!lled. who found that the eveball had been penetrated by a fragment of flying duck and gave no hope of saving the optic.

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