St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-29
OF GENERAL INTEREST

According to Southern writer
sorghum syrup has q soothing enec6
upon the disposition of women ana
children, who probably are easily ap-
| peased by sugar candy.
An Italian physician claims TO
have discovered that the blood OF an
eel contains poison of a similar char
acter to the poison of vipers. he says
an eel of two kilogrammes has LII lts
blood enough poison to kill six men.
"A Maine deacon on his return from
quarterly meeting one Sunday not long
| ago, saw string of trout lying on
bridge. He sprang from his wagon
seized the trout and drove on, ttly
furnishing the Sunday angler for his
wickedness.
"A Georgia baby not quite two
years old has fallen over the foot OF
the bed one hundred and eleven times
by actual count" besides mashing both
hands rather badly, and having the
surgeon called about twice week to.
sew up cuts in his scalp.
A Partisan Duchess has bettered
Sarah Bernhardt's tiger club by adopt
ing a real panther as pet. She keeps
it in a long cage and gives it sun and
air on the veranda, where she feeds 1t
herself, stroking it through the bars of
the cage as she does so.
The bird-minders' of Southern
rice plantations have sharp contests
with the rice birds, who are vast con-
sumers of the growing crop. Begin
ming their attacks when the grain is
first formed, they destroy sometimes
as much as ten per cent. of the crop.
"A physician briefly reviewing the
history and progress of medicine says
that in the time Of the Middle Empire
of Egypts history, progress in medical
knowledge was checked on account OF
the rule that new medicines and treat
ment could be employed by a doctor
only at the risk of being put to death
if the patient died.
"A correspondent of an English
alleges that perfect cure
for sleeplessness is to think of some
dream one has had, the more recently
the better, and to begin to 60 over a.
gain in the mind as nearly as possible
the details of the dream. Sleep comes,
he asserts, almost invariably and often
as quickly as the fall of curtain.
An Englishman who was playing
billiards in public house made bet
that he would get one of the ivory
balls into his mouth. He did get it in
and there it stuck, in spite of all his
efforts to dislodge it. The surgeon
who was called in extracted the lump
Of ivory, but only after taking out
several of the experimentalist's front
5eeth.
1t is said to be a curious sight
20 watch the little Indian children
when they first come to the House
If the Good Shepherd, in Denver, to be
educated by the Government. When
hey first reach the institution they go
Upstairs ON their hands .ap' knees,
lot understanding the use of the stairs,
md sleep at night under the bed, from
which they first pull the clothes.
"A coin bearing the following
tamp, ''Carolus IIL-Dei Gratia
1872" was discovered imbedded in the
oquina from the Anastasia quarries,
ear St. Augustine, Fla. 1t is pre-
umed that those Spanish ships which
ame to Florida with bullion and were
cuttled by the great pirate Morgan,
re the source whence the coin came.
i number of pieces coming from the
anne place have from time to time
cen discovered.
A remarkable funeral took place
t Binghamton. DR.. Wheaton, an
Id and influential citizen, believer
ne dogma Of ''good cheer died, after
aying directed that no outward signs
mourning be assumed at his funeral.
ccordingly the friends of the family,
hen they met at the appointed hour.
ere astonished to find the widow and
aughter5 OF the deceased attired in
le purest white and wearing bouquets
flowers. The corpse lay on the sofa
)vered by a many-colored robe, and
as not removed to the coffin until the
Jst moment.
That the average woman hasn't a
nall foot was distinctly proven by
'ur made in the shops by Southern
oman, who wanted to get No. ten
is shoe that was narrow. She was
,ndidly told that she wouldn't find q
Zoe to fit her in the place; that any
ling from fours to skies were the
lmbers kept in stock and the woman
it'll narrow foot and high instep
as quite unknown. The Southern
ri FELT so delighted that, although
le hysd to wear her shabby shoes, she
opped by the wayside and sang
South in Dixie. n-Seaside
etter.
Healthful Lung Exercise.