Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-12-26
Fo BAYoUsAR ArURDA,DE NOE
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

VI oGN6oAI
Sarah Althea Hill-Terry walked
recently Into the office of the United
States marshal in San Francisco.
showed an order from Judge Morrow
and demanded the return of two self
cooking revoIvers. They had been used
Ms exhibits, but the judges order indi-
Gated that the famous litigation in
which she was interested had been
closed.
The centenary of the panorama &C.
ours in 1892. A young Edinboro painter.
named Barker was thrown into prison
by his creditors From the way in
which the light from a hole in the cell
ing struck the walls he evolved the
idea OF the panorama. The first eircu-
lar panorama exhibited in 1902 in Lon
don represented the British AeetsAt
anchor of Portsmouth.
"A Baltimore boy of ten years has
acquired morbid desire to inhale
gasoline, and was found the other day
by his mother unconscious with can
of gasoline on the floor by his side.
the stopper from the can and inserts
his nose in the hole, remaining in this
position until he becomes unconscious.
1t is the first case of the kind known to
physicians in Baltimore
One of the most precious orna-
ments of the princess of Wales is said
to be a colored gold bracelet comprised
of eight compartments, whose
enameled blue lids are set with
diamonds. In each of the compart-
ments is a miniature of one of her
bridesmaids The pretty article was
presented to Alexandra by the eight
daughters of peers who waited on her
at the time of her marriage in 1868.
Washington, Ga. has three trees of
which it is vastly proud. One is q
white oak, under which the commits
sioners began the work of laying out
the town in 1888 A second is poplar,
under the shade of which in 1890 took
place the first ordination of Presby-
terrain minister west of the Savannah
river The third is huge oak, under
which in 1856 occurred the memorable
debate between Robert Toombs and
Benjamin Hill, one OF the greatest in
tellectual contests in the history Of
Georgia
Only three golden eagles were ever
shot in Maine, SO far as known. The
last Of these was killed last week in a
field a few miles cast of Bangor. The
eagle was discovered feasting upon q
lamb by farmer. Two foxes came
along and attempted to join in the
feast, but the great bird fought them
off and continued its meal until the
farmer put a stop to the banquet with
his shotgun. The eagle. which is a
splendid specimen, with wings spread
ing six feet, was taken to Bangor to be
mounted.
&c sfolx
architect, "to suppose that men are be-
coming smaller physically. When I
was in Europe, in Munich, we gave a
grand ball and the city authorities de-
cided to let the artists have the use Of
the medieval armor stored in the muse
UNI there. There were only two suits Of
armor which could be worn by US. The
rest. which belonged to the ordinary
sized, strong medieval soldiers, were
too small for us. Would not this tend
to show that we are larger than our
ancestors were?'
"A flag of thirteen stripes and
twelve stars, now owned by Mrs III. r.
P. Stafford, of Cottage City, Mass, is
the first American flag ever saluted
by any foreign nation. 1t was pre-
scented to John Paul Jones by the
ladies of Philadelphia Floating from
the mast of the Bon Homme Richard in
its engagement with the English ves-
sci Scraps, it was shot away and fell
into the water. Mr.. James Stafford,
father of Mrs. Stafford's husband,
sprang into the water aud saved it.
After the war was over it was pre-
sented to him for m eritorious service.
During the nesting season the male
ostrich seems to be anything but an
agreeable creature, and may only be
approached in safety with great pre-
caution. He resents the intrusion Of
any visitors on his domain, and proves
a most formidable opponent. His mode
of attack is by series of kicks. The
leg is thrown forward and outward,
until the foot, armed with most for
midablc nail is high in the air; it is
then brought down with terrific force,
serious enough to the unhappy human
being or animal struck with the fiat of
the foot but much worse if the victim
be caught and ripped by the toe. In
stances are known of men being killed
outright by single kick.
LADYL,KE.