The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-08-30
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven.
lures Which Show that Truth is
Stranger than Fiction.

EMPEROK IiHL JO>cfn III Austria has
inst narrowly escaped having an Amazon
corps showed into his army in spite of all
the objections of his general staff and the
Minister of War. Three Polish widows
from Lemberg applied at the Ministry of
War in Vienna about four weeks ago for
nermission to organize a volunteer ANA
aon corps for the imperial Austrian and
Hungarian army. The petition, contain
inc the arguments of the three Polish
women, urged that they should be al
lowed to enlist all young girls and married
women whose stature and general health
insured to them the muscle and endur-
spce of the average male soldier. 1t was
Alright, the petition said, of every female
subject Of the Austrian throne to do as
much for the fatherland as her brother
orfathcr. The three Polish women gave
proofs of their ability to handle the new
Mannlicher rifles with the proper skill
and to 90 through military evolutions.
They offered to mount, uniform and arm
the Amazon corps ut their own expense.
The Ministry of War received the petition,
passed it through the proper official
hands, and pigeonholed it. The Polish
women then appealed personally to the
Emperor for the permission which the
Ministry of War had refused. The En-
peror, apparently, desired to smash the
whole scheme with a pocket veto, for he
listened to the detailed argument of the
Polish women in silence, and has shown
no sign since the audience of satisfying
their thirst for military glory. The Kur-
yer Lwowsky, Polish daily published in
Lemberg, said recently that the three
AmazonS had determined. in case they
could get no encouragement at Vienna.
TO organize the corps under the name Of
the Amazon Free Lancers.
In San Antonio. Texas. n novel wager
was decided. Albert Wander, a rail
roader about thirty years old. and Antoine
Stuckenbcrg, stolid German. about the
same age, got into discussion concern
ing their respective abilities to Withstand
cold, and Il challenge to sit on ice was
issued by Wander and accepted by Stuck
enberg. Fifteen dollars Il side was put
up and the men took off their coats and
vests. Two huge blocks of ice were
brought in. They took their seats. For
ten minutes neither complained. but
when the watches marked the expiration
Of that time Wander stirred uneasily and
spained expression crept into his face.
Stuckenberg sat immovable to the end of
half hour. Wander showed signs of
great distress, but his companion was ap-
parently as insensible to suffering as a
polar bear. When forty-five minutes had
expired Wander gave up the contest.
Stuckenberg remained fifteen minutes
longer, completing the full hour, then
rising briskly, claimed the stakes. Dur
ing the whole time of the match the men
melted down the ice fully six inches in
depth. Neither was the worse for it.
REMARKABLE case is reported from
Kennetook, Hants County. Nova Scotia.
young man named Alfred Miller was
some time ago attacked by the grip Be-
fore he fully recovered he went to work
in shipyard, and suffered a relapse,
which was even more serious than the
first attack of sickness. and which re-
duced him to deaths door, The physic-
ian who attended him is one of the most
skllful in the country. But his skill was
without avail One day recently the doc
tor found Miller sinking so fast that he
said that the end would come at any mo-
ment, and he left the members of the
family and their friends watching the APP
proach of death, which apparently en-
sued in few minutes. The body became
rigid, the flesh discolOred and all pulsa-
ton ceased. Preparations were being
made for the performance of the last Of
noes, when member of the family OBJ
served movement of the body, and in a
lew minutes the young fellow rose to a
sitting position, his face regained nat
ural color and his conversation became
animated. Since that time his recovery
has been rapid.
LUTTE curious phenomenon was re-
ported recently in a letter to c. 5. Cooper.
secretary and Treasurer of the Monte
vi Uflsto Mining Company of Aspen, Col.
Inc phenomenon was witnessed and de-
scrlbed by a couple of gentlemen well
Anown to the recipient of the letter, who
'ouches for their veracity. They are
prospectors, and had been working IN
\, 'ohHci dI MdIOOH buiCil, Short
Instance from Aspen. the day before the
letter was written, and on emerging into
'ne open AIR about ) p. NJ. found the sky
beautiful red. They thought great
STORM was approaching, but in a few
minutes snow of delicate pink hue COM
menced falling. Ere long everything
was covered with pink snow about an
men deep, and this remained until the
next day, when it was covered with white
snow. The solution of this strange pho
.omenon, as suggested by the writers, i.
uat the snow falls through myriads of
minute pink -colo-cd insects that exist
.uere IN great numbers, and that the snow
'akes Its color from contact with them.
, AGENTIEMAN in Paris, Texas. has a