St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

thought
"A fiddle with Tom Paine's name on
it has been found slowed away in the
attic of an old inn at Bordentown, n
j., where Paine did much of his writ
ing.
The Shah Of Persia smokes a pipe
on state occasions which is valued az
800, 900. 1t is encrusted with COM
glomerate of diamonds, rubies, pearls
and emeralds.
The mixture used in a New York
manufactury of Neufchatel cheese IS
one and q half pounds of lard mixed
with one hundred pounds of skim milk
N \. Sun. .
I'm Newark, N. J., old tomato cans
sell for fifteen cents hundred. They
are put into furnace and rolled OUT
and eventually used by trunk-makers.-
NeWark Register.
John Matlock. of Brandon, W. Va
has run away with Emily Shatfer and
ten children. He would have taken
Mr.. Shaffer ALSO but he didn't happen
to be at home at the time of the exodus
Boston Post.
There are about three hundred men
engaged in killing alligators in South
Florida. The hide and teeth Of the
gator is what's wanted. The years
business will bring to that section
about $4,000.
Marriage superstitions hold 3 great
SWAY in Philadel phia, and the number
of people who fear to violate them Is
large. June always sees great In
crease in the number of weddings, be-
cause May is not considered so lucky&
Philadelphia Record.
While saving a log recently in a
Mississippi mill, the workmen were
astonished to see the log suddenly take
fire and the machinery stop. Examln-1
ing the saw, they discovered that every
tooth was gone, and on splitting the
log a cannon ball was found buried in
the heart.-N @. Times.
The solid gold snuff-box presented
to Thaddeus Stevens, which was recently
sold in Washington, contains this lnT
scription: ITO the Hon. Thaddeus Ste
vens, from Colorado Territory. When
old Thad takes snuff Colorado will
sneeze. This box is made of Pike 8
Peak gold. - Washington Post.
Detective Smith, of Harlem, is q
sort of q mousetrap. As several intoxi-
Gated men had been robbed in his pre-.
cinct he feighed drunkenness and set
himself on q stoop, and was soon re-"
warded bY feeling a nibble at his watch
chain. 1t is needless to say that the trap
succeeded and the rat was caught.-N.
y. Herald.
i'm France lately young conscript
| failed to answer to his name when the
Council of Revision was sitting A peri
/ son present said that the young nam had
hanged himself, preferring death to COM
ing before the Council. 1t was true.
| The Young mans father was in the re-
vision hall and thought that his son was
/ there with the other conscripts.
A number of human bodies in q
good state of preservation, dressed in
ornamental costumes, and evidently be-
longing to a prehistoric race, have been
/ found in mound in Desha County,
Arkansas The apartment in which they
lay was paved with stone. supported by
stone pillars and overlapped with huge
wooden beams in perfect condition.
4 A Belfast me. firm has received an
order for doors, frames, etc, to go tc
| Turkey. The doors are to be shipped
/ all supplied with locks, hinges anc
handles, and done up in packages of no
more than two hundred pounds il
weight, in order that upon arrival II
Turkey they can be taken into the in
terror of the country upon the backs o
camels.
Some people doubt the assertion
that the Chinese eat rats. But they ca
them lust the same. A Chinese seryan
in the Western Addition was caught il
the act of stewing plump rat in one o
the family kitchen utensils. He deniet
at first that it was ''lat'' and said j
was .-labbit, !" but the boss satisfied
himself that the thing was rat and dis
charged 1.-THE Chinaman-and tn
saucepan at one fell swoop.-San Fran
cisco Post
Medical men declare that poo
health is more common among wome
than among men, but add that it Woul
be very easy for the majority OF Wome
by regularity of habits, proper exercis
of body, and wholesome employment
mind to secure the enjoyment of bette
health. The Wholesome employmen
i of mind is especially needed, and ca
be only obtained by variety and pleas
ant interchange of work and recreation
} - Indianapolis Journal
Young lady-Have you ever hear
; Mr. r. the lecturerp Young manlet-
t saw, " as, dozens of times, y know
| dozens of times. / think, aw, he is th
] most uninteresting lectuwah / eva
| aeard. Young lady-And you ha7
heard him dozens of times? 1oun
manlet-Y'as. Young lady-Why 9
' you go to hear him SO often if you tn
: him uninterestingP Young manIet-