St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS.


patent for an improved photograph.
"A line of steamships is to ply direc
between Dublin and New York.
Pretty things, the long handled lit
tie fans of the season, only they raise
so little wind and look like ornamental
griddle-cake turner's.
The new villa of "Fritz" Emmett
which is to cost $50, ZOO. now in process
of construction near Troy, N. T., will
be one OF the finest in the country.
"A Dakota man has novel Indian
relic in the shape of a perfectly formed
skull, with an arrow head shot into the
eye and piercing the brain.
"A gavel made by an ingenious
young mechanic of Atlanta, Ga. IRON
one hundred and ten pieces of hickory
wood cleverly joined together has been
presented to Speaker Randall.
"A demure, diminutive girl, aged
eighteen, is under arrest in Philadel-
phia for bigamy. She has three living
husbands, all of whom she has married
within two years. When asked why
she had done this, she said, "They
were all good fellows, and they coaxed
me sou
Mr.. Frederick Tyler, of Hartford,
Conn, who is now a little more than
eighty-fve years old. and is in fair
health, can remember seeing a man
who was born in 1899. 1t was his
own grandfather. Mr.. Tyler, who was
born in that year and lived until 1900,
covering the whole of the eighteenth
century with his life.
| Miss Wilson is a Delaware heiress
and beauty. She fell in love with a
farm hand because she deemed him
heroic; but when they eloped and he
ran away from her across the fields at
the approach of her pursuing father she
| concluded that she had overrated him
and went back home contentedly.
The Toledo Babies Home was not
so much home as place for dying in
1t was found that twenty-five out of a
hundred of the inmates had persisted
from Entertainment The woman who
conducted it had face like Madonna
and was very successful in getting money
from the benevolent. She is to be tried
on a charge of manslaughter.
"A North Carolina runaway couple
are in curious predicament. They
presented themselves before a Justice
to tie the matrimonial knot, which that
functionary proceeded to do. As he
was just finishing the ceremony he
dropped dead, and now the couple do
not know whether they are married or
not.
The London Times says that many
peasants of Southern Russia save their
money tor half lifetime in order to
make pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Many people in this country save their
money for whole lifetime in order
that the President of savings bank
may make pilgrimage to some coun-
try with which we have no extradition
treaty.
Talking of big mills, there is the
new thread mill at Willimantic, Con-
necticut. In verifying the levels slight
discrepancy was discovered that at first
could not be accounted for. Investiga-
ton showed that the mill is 80 long that
the curvature of the earth made an ap-
parent discrepancy. 1t is the largest
mill in the world and yet its very exist
ence hangs on unread.
Everybody reads postal cards.
Many consider it harmless amuse-
ment to peruse any card that comes
through their hands, yet, under certain
circumstances, there is a penalty for
reading another persons postals, and
the penalty may amount to $500 fine
and imprisonment for one year at hard
labor. Therefore turn the converse
tional gossiping side of a postal card
from you.
Bonds worth $4,000 were stolen
from Philadelphia safe, and J. F.
Southern the clerk in charge, was ar
rested. Certain circumstances were
taken as strong evidence against him
and he was committed for trial Then
John Casey, a professional thief, came
forward and not only confessed that
he was the thief, but proved it. He said
that he was not mean enough to let an
innocent man be punished in his stead.
"A San Francisco man went to
dentist, while temporarily insane, and
said that he wanted his teeth all ex-
tracted. The dentist advised him not
to get rid of them as they were sound;
but he insisted, arguing that false set
would be far handler and more COM
Portable. As he did not seem crazy,
the dentist performed the job. On re-
covering his reason he brought suit for
S., 900 damages under the California
law against professional malpractice.
There is Railway Boys Mission
in London. One thousand seven hun
dred boys between the ages of thirteen
and eighteen years are employed on
three of the large railways in England.
Fishbourne says that the OBJ
ject of the mission is to keep the boys
safe, by finding them honest employ
ment in their leisure hours, from the
vast amount of bad literature now afioat
and from the disguised and undlsguised
prevalent in the country.
Its no fun for hungry person to
dine with Queen Victoria. It is not
etiquette to eat of anything after she
has finished with it, and as Her Majesty
eats very little the courses are hurried |
over. After dinner there is hardly |
time to take even one glass of wine
before coffee is brought in. The Queen
does not put her cup on the table, but
sips little as the servant holds it ON a
,alver Then Her Majesty rises and Of |