Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-03-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The religious statistics of the Brit
ish army, which have just been issued,
show that out of total of 100, 473 non.
commissioned officers and men, 137, ,973,
or GIT per thousand, belong to the
Church.
-Four aching molars were recently
the lot of Mr.. Smith Williams, a colored
resident of Lexington, Ky. He refused
TO have them extracted, saying that he
preferred to die with less pain. He
afterward went out to his barn and
hanged himself with a log chain.
"A hinge squid or cuttlefish stranded
itself on the beach at Island Cove, New
foundland, few days ago. Its ex-
treme length was 32 feet, the tentacles
alone measuring 81 feet; the body was
! much longer than that Of an ordinary
horse, and the pe1t three inches in
thickness. 1t was cut up before being
removed.
Although nearly every European
Government has grabbed q slice of
Africa, that continent is SO large that
every nation on earth can gobble a
chunk of territory as large as the State
of Texas, and there will then be left
plenty of land to support a negro popu-
1ation of 1OO,0OO,000. No fear of any
one taking too much of the dark CONT
nent--Detroit Free Press.
In digging n cellar in Montville
Center, six miles southwest of Norwich,
Conn, few days ago, David A. and s.
NJ. johnson unearthed a solid ball of
snakes five feet beneath the surface of
the ground. They killed the serpents
as the ball slowly unwound itself. They
got fcrty-three black and two milk
snakes, whose bodies just filled a bushel
basket The snakes were from three to
six feet long.
What Will Prevent Bunions.-Easy
shoes with wide soles and low heels
will be found the most effectual pre-
ventive of bunions on, the feet.
Where they exist, they can be pa1liated
by spreading thickly with cold cream
or some healing salve, upon going to
bed. A round piece of court-plaster
over the unguent will keep it in place
and save so;ling the bed-clothes--
Ladies' Home journal.
A curious paddock, probably the
most ingenious ever made, was con-
structed in England the twentieth year
ofQueen Elizabeth's reign, by black
smith named Mark Scarliot. 1t con-
sisted of eleven pieces of iron, steel and
brass, all of which, together with the
key and chain to which it was attached,
weighed less than one grain and half.
The gold chain which fastened lock and
key together had forty-three links, and
when complete, Scarlfot put the chain
| about the neck of common flea, and
| the little insect drew it over silver
plate with perfect ease.
! The Hungarian Government is a be-
lever in the kindergarten system as
| one remedy for existing social evils. A
! bill drawn up by the Minister of Edu-
! cation is now before the Hungarian
| Parliament. 1t provides for the estah-
| lishment of kindergartens in every one
| of the 1900 communities. 1t makes
| attendance between the ages of three
| and six compulsory, unless private gov
| ernesses are employed. The compul-
| sorry feature is explained by the great
mortality of the children in Hungary
which is said to result from want of sn-
| Pervision, because the parents work in
! factories.
"A simple and novel treatment for
| the cure of dyspepsia and cancer of the
| stomach has lately been practiced by
| many prominent physicians. This con-
siSts in washing out the stomach. A
long flexible pipe is passed down the
] throat until one end is in the stomach.
! The upper end has funnel attached,
! into which hot water is poured until the
! stomach is filed. The funnel end of
| the pipe is then turned down until it is
| lower than the bottom of the stomach,
| which is thus emptied as through a
| siphon. The hot water closes the blood
vessels and reduces inflammation, and
! the relief is immediate.
The Russian secret police in West
! ern Europe has four divisions with
| l., i
and Zurich respectively. The chief of
| all is the Russian Consul-General in
| Berlin. Each of the four cities men
| toned, however, has its assistant chief,
| who has charge of some twenty five or
| thirty spies. Although, of course, all
| four divisions are in constant and close
| communication with each other, they
J are otherwise almost Independent of
! each other. In view of this organiza-
ton, the Paris dailies deny conclusive
| ly the truth of the report that four de-
| tectives were sent from St. Petersburg
| to Paris to look for Padlewski. The
| Russian police in Paris were intrusted
| with the mission.
TO destroy all evidences of her
| wealth, Vienna baroness, widow,
permitted herself to be controlled by a
! strange whim. by her husbands will,
his children, the offspring of a previous
| marriage, were to inherit his money
i after the death of his second wife. The
money amounted to 1000, 600 of gulden
| {about S42o. .600l. The baroness, Just
before her fatal illness, not over a
| month ago, threw into the fire docu-
ments representing most of her proper
ty. Just after the funeral the heirs
| tried to discover the missing documents,
but in vain. AT last they sent circulars
! to all the banks in Austria, Germany.
| France and England and thus learned
that 600, 900 gulden were on deposit in
| the baroness name in various banks OF
| England and France, but no trace what
| ever has been found of the remaining
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