Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-06-20
or GENERAL ,MTEREsT.

or GENERAL lNTERE9T.
Chester, Pa. has a baby which =
three months old and his exact weight
Is thirty-two ounces avoirdnpoiA The
baby has never worn any Clothes hut
is kept carefully wrapped mp in cotton.
1t blinks it's wee eyes and crows, and
when it gets angry its cry is no louder
than the weak wall Of kitten.
An attempt to wreck train on the
Connecticut Valley road at Rock Hnl,
near Middleton, Conn, was frustrated
by a little girl of ten. She discovered .
pile of ties on the track just around .
sharp curve and, with rare presence Of
mind for child, rushed down the trsck
toward the train and waved a red shawl
at the engineer. r's-s
Lexington, Ga. has q town marsilsl
well equipped for his duties. A few
days ago, it is said. he had occasion TO
arrest three evildocrs in bunch. He
gathered one under each arm, their legs
dangling in the air. and drove the third
along in front, and in that way pro-
ceeded to the calaboose, where all three
prisoners were locked up.
There is not mile of railway in
Brown county, Ind, nor within six
miles of it. Nashville, the county seat,
has four hundred inhabitants and but
one brick structure, the courthouse.
The Jail is built of logs The county
has not sent anyone to the penitcn-
tiary for several years, and there is not
4 saloon within its limits.
Opponents of the Salvation Army Ia
Los Angeles, Cal, thought they had
discovered an effectual method OF
routing their enemy, and during street
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played upon the soldiers with a hose.
The prayers and praise went on with
out any dminution of fervor, however,
and the army carried its meeting to tho
usual close.
Among the curious trust funds in
the hands of the overseers of the poor
of Boston is one the income of which is
to be applied to the purchase of tea,
coffee, chocolate and sugar for the re-
frcshmcnt of those persons who, in the
providence of God, are or shall be
obliged to seek refuge in the almshousc
after having lived respectfully, but al
ways giving preference to the pious
poor.
"A lady who bought bonnet of
fashionable milliner up town was
shocked when her purchase was hand
ed to her in a cardboard box made
hidcous with many lines of. printing.
She asked that the box be done up in a
paper. ''Well,'' said the milliner's
c,crl<, THAT is strange, nearly all our
customers who carry our hats home de-
sire them in uncovered boxes, that
other ladies whom they meet may read
our firm name upon the package. IN.
Y. Sun.
An orange trec in the Robert Pack
er hospital greenhouse at Sayre has
shown 4 queer freak. In December
last blossom appeared, and from that
has grown very fine orange, now as
large rs hens egg. In March the
tree blossomed as fully as it was
thought possible, and from this the
young oranges, as large as marbles,
are found in large numbers; and now,
aside from the fruit already set, the
tree is loaded with buds that will burst
into blossom in a few wdays.-Scranton
Truth.
One must travel from the north
end of Jasper county to the south end
to realize the great difference in tenn
pcraturc. Crops may safely be planted
in the southern end of the county a
| month earlier than in the northern
part. Oranges may be raised in the
south end of the county with more
safety than figs in the north end Sc
rous damage was caused to the fruit
crop at Jasper by the late cold spring,
yet twenty miles below town it seems
not to have affected vegetation in any
| manner.-Jasper (Tex.) News Boy.
A Cincinnati physician has secret
Office bell. which he calls a ''bore bell"
and he says it is great thing. When
, he is tackled by a'.borc, or when his
! lady visitors insist on giving him the
a Al
ills. the doctors foot suddenly touches
: a spring, which rings the "bore bell"
! and in rushes a servant with an impor-
! tant message or n telegram. The visit
or's tedious tale is interrupted, and she
or he leaves the office because the doc
| tor is busy, you know. The same
! message or telegram can be used a
great many times, and the doctors call
crs never suspect anything.
A couple of weeks ago Mr.. Van
Nan, Il farmer near Zcna, in Polk coun-
| ty. Orc, was engaged in cutting cord
wood on his place. He chopped down
| an oak tree of about three feet in diam
cter at the butt and. after saving it in
to the proper lengths, proceeded to split
| it in the usual manner. In the section
| about five feet from the ground he
struck his AK into what he supposed
was bunch of knots, but as the chips
Immediately crumbled he made closer
| examination and discovered the right
side of pair of deer horns embedded
into the very heart of the oak tree.
| There arc evidences that it had five
prongs, and from the growth rings" of
the tree had been in that position for at
least century and a half. The tree is
thought to be at least 200 years old.
| "Moral Thrashing."
1t is strange how parents forget their
own thirst for knowledge at what they
consider this innocent age of childhood.
One thing must be remc IN bered. When