St. Landry democrat., 1891-10-10
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE

:, Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven
, lures Which Show that Truth
Stranger than Fiction.
Mrs. NoIIIr IirGu&s, u highly rcSpoc
ted widow lady, living near Camcrnyiilc
Idaho, is afflicted with unique an,
most distressing discasc. Little by liItI
the flesh OF her entire body is farming t.
solid bone, or, in other words, she is be
coming ossiticl. The disease wa, iir>
noticed in 1856, when Mrs. Hughes Va
Miss Duyohink of Canon Rapids \
> that time onlya single finger WAS atectod
Within amonth after the time WI en- Ni!r
Duychink first noticed the numbncss ant
stiffness OF the finger it had been acci
dentally droh~H Of while she Was asleep
The incident gave the girl no pain, there
being neither blood, nerves nor flesh left
in the diseased member, bat it excited
the alarm Of the family, who called in i
physician. The broken stump Of the
finger was amputated back to where the
living flesh set on and everything was
thought to be all right Soon the flesh,
muscles, arteries, veins and nerves on hel
hands, fingers and arms became rs hard
and fcClingless rs the finger had been
before 1t was broken off. Next thcaWfuI
malady extended to the elbows, the fore
arms becoming rs white and as clear as
alabaster. Within the year the toes and
the end Of the nose and car tips showed
a like color and rigidncss Tie process
of os>itication has now been going on
nearly five years, and the attending ply
sicians say that it is only a matter of
time when the entire body of the poor
victim will be solid bone. 1t is rare
disease, and the pathology Of it is little
understood.
AT Wcisscnthal, a small village in
lower Austria, a rich manufacturer from
Vienna owns u splendid castle, where he
and his family reside during the summer
AS superintendent Of his villa he en-
plOyed a young man who had received a
good education, and probably Oh this &C
count had been granted the privilege Of
dining at table with the famil y. Think
ing that She proprietor had a special
liking for him he resolved to ask him one
day for the hand Of one of his beautiful
daughters. When he told the gardener
of his intention the latter replied :
"Nonsense, you don't know the proud
spirit of this capitalist lie never will
consent to his daughter marrying poor
employee Il will bet my litc tn It he
will not dare to refuse my wish,' said
Edward Daschowsky, the superinten-
dent. "And bet all l call my own
that you will not succeed, remarked the
gardener. Good. | accept -" bctw
cried Daschowsky, and shoo> hands
with the other as a sign Of closing tn"
contract. Two days later the body of
Daschowsky was found with bullet in
the temple under tree i'll the park.
Near it was 4 revolver and Il card. On
which the following was Inscribed in tie
handwriting Of the suicide: Il have lost
the bet Ny debt is paid" AS the
gardener found him later, Daschowsly
A2H kept his VOID and made known his
wish to his employer, but was refused
and threatened with instant dismissal if
he ever REQUIRED again to the subject.
TIE anglers and lovers of fish about
Pork Rapids, Mimi, arc much disguised
and seriously alarmc over the appear
Il
lakes and ponds Of that vicinity, ana
which fish is said to be highly poison
Gus. The best naturajists, as we'll as the
oldest and most experienced fishermen of
the ncighborhood, haze declared that
they are at {. loss to name the strange
fish, which are so voraci0us that they
swallow all bait IS soon as placed in the !
water, and prevent others from biting, |
while wholly UNBEATABLE themselves. 1t !
is also believed that they are eXtermin-
ating the other varieties, as immense |
quantities of the latter are found dca,! !
every day along the shores Of the lakes
and ponds. The unknown member of
the tinny tribe is not unlike u small trout,
very pump and very tender, with few
bones, and these large. 1t is, however,
nearly black in color, except about the
under parts, where it is of a metallic
gray, mixed with gold, and q few red
blotches near the fins and about the
head. It presents handsome appear.
ance when in the water, about the sur
face of which it delights to linger, max
ing 1t very easy game. Eaten it has q
pleasant flavor, but will produce violent
pains in the stomach, which, if not al
layed, precedc death only few hours.
How these fish came into the lakes no
one knows, but they first appeared
of rain, when many firmly believed they
accompanied 1t.
A CURIOUS case has been before the
court of Samara, Russia. The decaycl
remains Of a woman were discovered in
the Eolga. On investigation it was
found that it was the body of woman
who about four years ago had been
drowned III the Nolga in a state of in.
ebriety, but taken out and given a Chris
tan burial by her children in a village
few versts distant from Samara ihc
police discovered at last that three peas
ants of the village of Kooromtcha where
the woman was buried had disirtcrrcd
the body and thrown it in the river On
account of the droughts and famine that
prevail i'll their district the peasants have
come to the conclusion that their mis-
fortune was due to the dispicasure of the
River Eolga, who had a legitimate clam !
% the body Of the woman drowned in
Ter &yatcrs. The river was Wronged
when her body was taken out of it and
buried, and it avenged that wrong by !
thoughts and famine. They believed ,,
hat if they restored the dead body to
he Nolga its wrath would be appeased ,,
nd their troubles would cease. The
Alderman of the village and the three :
'easants who committed the supcrsti- d
lous act were sentenced to imprisonment
or two to four months respectively But
he peasants of the district sympathize {
With them, believing that they did right c
restoring to the Volga what was due i
o it. c
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