St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-05-08
MISCELLANEOUS,

1t is stated that the travelling ex-
penses of the Egyptian obelisk TO this
country are to be betrayed by William
H. Vanderbilt
-Newburyport, Mass, sends the only
American vessels now engaged in cod
fishing on the Labrador coast. The Lab
rador fisheries commenced at Ncwbury-
port in 1873, and has been kept up to the
present time.
Near Conyers, Ga, dog entered q
flock of sheep and had killed three of
them, when an old ram came up and
butted him to death. The owner of the
dog has entered suit for 800 damages,
and his ncighbor has entered a counter
suit for the value Of the three sheep.
The Empress of Austria has pas
sion for dogs as well as horses, and has
them of all the rarest breeds. They say
some of her pet dogs sleep in her bed
room, and plates are ranged near the
walls with the favorite food of each.
One of her favorites and a tall negro
footman always accompany her in her
daily walks.
French flats are growing in popu-
larity in New York Many Of them are
very handsome, and the rent is often as
much as the rent of a coy little house.
Living in flat is in some respects less
expensive than living in an independent
dwelling. There is special saving in the
matter of hired help, one servant being
sufficient where two would be needful in
house.
An American lady in Paris, anxious
to inaugurate novel entertainment, hit
upon the idea of a soap-bubble party"
The guests found tables furnished with
soap and warm water, and clay pipes
gayly bedecked with ribbons, and they
We'd with each other in the agreeable
pastime of blowing bubbles The more
serious business of eating and dancing
followed.
Charles Holbrook, of Orange, VT,
heard a noise about his door and, upon
going there, found man and woman,
who handed him girl baby apparently
about two weeks Old with plenty Of
clothing and fifty dollars in money.
They told him to keep the child and they
would be back in year, take it, and
give Mr.. Holbrook $500 more.
The policeman's life is not a happy
one in Japan, especially if he happens in
the discharge Of his duty to arrest law
breaking Prince in disguise. To the
average American it seems hard lines
that the japanese policeman who ar
rested Prince Henry, Kaiser Wilhelm's
grandson. while he was violating pro-
prietary rights incognto, should be dis
missed the service and fined.
The Australian papers report the
performance of a remarkable journey
across the continent from north to south.
Three Europeans started from Burke
town, on the Gulf of Carrentaria, with
200 head of cattle, and have succeeded
in bringing them to Adelaide in good
condition. They travelled in nearly q
straight line from point to point, the
journey taking six months.
The repulsed and therefore despe-
rate lover of Mdlle. Paula, a performer
in minor theater in Paris, swallowed
poison while looking at her from box,
and died on the spot. The actress was
known to have treated him badly and
when she next appeared on the stage she
was greeted with groans and misses, and
wreath Of immortelles was thrown to
her as tribute to the dead lover. She
fled from the indignant audience.
The La Plata (Col.) Miner tells of
a Mr.. Roberts, who interviewed some
Navaioes. who had been visiting the Ute
camp. They said the Utes were making
great preparations for war; buying guns,
ammunition, making arrows, etc. When
asked if they were going to fight they
replied that they did not know. When
Ignacio came back from Washington he
would tell them what to do, and they
would do as he said.
-Burlin gton, Iowa, has stick Of
wood, the heart of which is peculiar.
The wood is hickory, the main body Of
the wood being light colored and the
heart dark colored. Upon one side OF
the disc is plain representation of the
head of a calf; upon the other side fair
outline of a pear. The ears, eyes, nos
tlils and general contour of the head OF
the calf are quite natural, and the shad-
ing of the picture is excellent. 1t is
rare freak of nature.
The Lancet has the record of a case
in which man thought he had swat
lowed his false teeth-a complete set OF
molars. He was nearly sutfocated, as
they lodged in his throat. A doctor
tried to dredge them out with hooks;
but the spasms were so severe he could
not do it. A second physician was tele-
graphed for, and found the patient al
most dead. But, instead of looking in
the throat. he looked on the top OF
chest of drawers, and there he found the
teeth. The patient suddenly recovered.
Some eases of hydrophobia are doubtless
caused in the same way, by imagination.
DR.. Summcrhill, who lives near Ii
onesta. Forest County, Pa, was driving
into town, accompanied by an invalid
relative, some days ago, and when pass
ing through a dense clump OF bushes
large black bear sprang into the road IN
front of his team, which became panic
stricken and overturned the vehicle,
splitting the driver and his companion
into the highway. The bear rushed upon
them and terrible fight ensued, the
doctor having only an iron-bound while
tree for defense His wife heard the dis
turbance. and came out with a gun and
the dogs. and ended the fight just as Dr.
Summerhill had about given up from
exhaustion.