Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-05-26

again, whereupOn q
man arose, threw up his arms, and cried:
Don't shoot! I'll surrender" care
you hurt2" asked the startled hunter.
"No, but you've killed my friend" was
the answer, and the man pointed to
dead body lying OH the ground with
bullet through its head. Anderson left
the man in charge of the body, and went
to Visalia and gave himself up. 1t
turned out that the dead man and his
companion were cOnvicts who had es-
capped from Jail the week before.
Mrs. Jennie B. Brown Of New Haven
is woman Of nerve, with no nonsense
about her. She was crossing o street
the other day when two runaway horses
dashed around corner, and were upon
her before she could possibly get out of
their way. She faced them squarely,
threw up her arms quickly, and sternly
shouted "WhOa." The nearest horse
tried to obey, reared on his launches,
and then swerved to one side, carrying
his mate with him, and then they dashed
10y so close that portions of the harness
tore the bangles from her hat and the
lace from the shoulder of her wrap. Mrs.
Browne walked to the sidewalk, and
with hardly cf0nge of face said to q
friend who had looked on: at was mar
row escape. Good afternoon !"
HAVING read the story about the little
Sheriff in Aroostook who tried to arrest
the big farmer, friend in Franklin
County sends us an anecdote about a
Franklin Sheriff. He was much under
the usual size, but full of pluck. He
was sent to arrest a notorious offender
and found him on hillside. He was
burly, two hundred FOUNDER. Grinning
at the officer, he lay down on the ground
and said: eff you get me you will have
to take me-" The situation was favor
able and the Sheriff was quickwitte,l.
Without word he took one of the big
mans feet under each arm and started
down hill with him as fast as he could
60. The fat man got such humping
that he begged for mercy, and the officer
had no trouble in completing his arrest.
RENAN utterly disbelieves the story
that Alexander the Greats tomb has
been found at Sidon of the Phenicians.
He fees no reason to doubt what the
historians tell us, namely, that Alexan.
der's sarcophagus was carried to Alex
andria. The carving on the sarcophagus
now discovered, which is said to repre-.
sent the battle of Arbela, is declared by
M. Renan to belong to a much later
date. NJ. Remains incredulity is sup.
ported by st. Chrysostom, who says that
both the place of Alexander's tomb and
the day of his death are unknown.
Landor relies on this passage, and
makes Aristotle speak of the time "when
the sepulchre of this Macedonian shall
be the solitary shed of the robber or the
manger OF mules and camels."
Ten years ago there were on the year
ly average some 10000 patents applied
for. Two-thirds were usually granted,
and the other eithers refused or aban-
doned. Then the patent lawyer was
only just becoming established as prac-
titioner in the distinct field of patents.
Now there are about 81, 900 applications
each year. About $4,000 are granted.
Many of the devices for which these
letters are issued are trivial or chimeri-
cal or so useless that nothing ever comes
of them. Patents are now issued on
each of several parts of one machine,
were formerly one general patent
covered the whole thing. This is in
part attributed to the influence Of law
yers. Many of the letters now given are
for improvements instead of original de-
vices.
The old saying that "beefsteak is bet
ter medicine than quinine' is receiving
able support from many white men on
the Congo. Stanley regarded Bona as
a particularly unhealthful place, but it
has lost part of its bad reputation since
cattle were introduced and European
vegetables began to thrive in the gar
dens. The thirty white men at this
settlement have not been called Upon to
attend the funeral of European for d
year. Their herd was multiplied until
they are able to have fresh meat on their
table every day, which they think is a
great improvement on the timed meats
and canned vegetables upon which STAN
ley and his followers relied for strength
to lay the foundation of the Congo en-
terprise.
The wolves in different parts Of France
became extremely bold, owing to the re.
cent severe cold and snow. Two caval-
rymen quarteted ut Joigny,. while exer-
cising in the neighboring district were
attacked by a wolf. The rider used his
sabre, but the animal instead OF turning
tail showed fight. The appearance of q
peasant, who handed the soldier q gun,
enabled the pair to ride back to the bar
racks in triumph with he carcass, and to
secure the reward of $40 promised to any
one who makes away with wild animal
which, as the phrase COOS, ''has thrown
itself on human beings"
PHYSICIANS agree that poison con.
veyed by human teeth is one Of the most
annoying that they have to deal with.
One Of them writes to the Medical Regis
ter: 81 have under my attention severe
and most complicated cases of blood
poisoning, in which the patient had but
slightly abraded the hand in the course
of fight by striking the knuckles against
the teeth of his opponent. I have known
hands thus poisoned only saved from
amputation by the application of all the
resources of science"
ONE of the most successful features Of
Q recent 'sliterary entertainment" in a
town the other evening was chung
whiting contest by ladies'" Each of
the contestants received square bit of
wood from which to whittle q bung to fit
. large stone, jug. They could all see
the hole to he filled, but none could
measure IL Prizes were riyen for the