The Opelousas courier., 1891-08-08
SELECT SlFTINGS.

Maine and New Hampshire make all
the worlds spools.
A Hope fInd) COW gives fifteen gal
Ions of milk day.
The Commissioner of Pensions dis
burses nowadays over 800, 600 900 a
year.
A PENNSYLVANIA town boasts of a pear
tree that is $50 years old and full of
blossoms.
In average condition, u turnip seed
may increase its weight fifteen times
in a minute.
The persecution of Hebrews on the
Island of Corfu is said to have been
planned by Russia.
The English flag floats over one-sixth
Of the population and oue-eighth of the
surface of the habitable globe.
1t is announced that the State OF Mime
will present a solid silver tureen to the
United States cruiser which bears her
name.
The people of this country use three
times as much writing paper as those of
any other nation, in proportion TO their
number.
During the past year there were over
5000, 900 pieces of matter withdrawn
from the mails because Of incorrect OF
insufficient addresses.
Pennsylvania makes tifty-two out of
every 100 tons OF rolled iron in the
United States, and sixty-nine out of
every 100 tons of steel rails.
The Oldest college in North America
was founded in 1531-the College of St.
Ildefonso, in the city of Mexico. The
next oldest is Laval College, Quebec,
Canada.
A bride was arrayed in her wedding
fnery and 300 guests had assembled at
Keyport, N. j., when she received a note
from the groom that he couldn't be pres
cnt, as his wedding clothes didn't fit
him.
n large and curious fish was caught in
the creek near Calhoun, Ca, recently.
It's head resembled that of a snake. and
it had teeth like a human being. 1t is
of a variety unknown to the oldest fisher
men.
1t is said that r. C. Duncan, the Ameri-
can who tried 70 kill his wife in Wales,
has a mania for discovering ancient an
! c~estors, and that he went to Wales to
find proof of his descent from Rhys
| Funr, a Welsh chieftain.
The longest suit Of hair in the world
is perhaps that which grows on the head
of Miss Asenath Philpott, of Gainesville,
Texas, ners trailing on the ground when
she stands nearly four feet, measuring in
all ten feet seven inches.
The field of the United States flag on
and after July 4 of this year will have the
stars arranged as follows: A horizontal
row of eight stars, Immediately below
four horizontal rows Of seven stars, and
then another similar row of eight stars
Al in all.
There was recently exhibited in Dub
lin, Ireland, a new burner for lighthouse
use, possessing twice the Illuminating
| power of the largest burners now en-
ployed. 1t is calculated that this new
! burner, in connection with a specially
devised system of lenses, will transmit a
light equal to about eight millions of
candles, which far exceeds the most pow
erful light at present used.
Buffalo Bill. in letters to friends in
Chicago, says that 100 hostiies captured
| by General Miles in the recent Indian
war, are among the best behaved mem
| bers of his Wild West exhibition, which
is touring through Europe. They are
saving their money and intend to settle
down and build homes when they return
to this county. Kicking Bear and Short
Bull, two Of the worst h~ostiles, are par
ticularly economical. The Indians viii
remain abroad two years.