St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-06-11
CURIOUS FACTS.
It is claimed that the colored popu-
1otion of all France is less than $50.

Il is claimed that the colored popu-
lation of all France is less than 55O.
More than $4,000, 900 was expended
on the Escurial Palace IN Madrid, Spain.
A fish dealer in Bath, Me-, on cutting
open yellow perch found eight twenty
penny nails in the stomach.
New Orleans, La, with an area of 22I
square miles, covers more ground than
any other city in the United States.
Alexander Hockaway, of Blue River
Township, and blacksmith by trade,
recently celebrated his 10Th birthday.
Horticulturists say that apples grown
in grass ground will keep longer than
the same fruit grown on cultivated land.
In almost every school of the Mikado's
Empire it is the custom one day in the
autumn to take the pupils out rabbit
hunting.
The oldest woman in Indiana is Grand"
ma Sears, Of Plevna, Ind. She is lOo
years old, and has smoked her pipe daily
for ninety years.
The world converses in 5000 known
languages and dialects, and in addition
to these there are some that scholars
have not yet learned and classified.
A size in coat is an inch; in under
wear the same; in socks, an inch; in q
collar, a half-inch; in trousers, one inch !;
and in hat one-eighth of an inch.
Policeman Henry Hand, of New York
City, has fallen heir to $75, 200, but he
will complete his twenty years term
on the force, so that he may be entitled
to pension of 5000 year.
One of the largest camellia plants ever
known is now growing in nursery near
Birmingham, England. 1t quite fills a
large greenhouse. Some 1000 buds have
been trimmed from the tree, and it still
has 5000.
A Stockton (Cal.) we'll borer recently
found the tooth of an animal at the depth
of 1924 feet. It resembles the tooth of
monkey. Another tooth, apparently
that of herbaceous animal, was found
at depth of 900 feet.
What are described as the finest stables
in the world are those occupied by the
magnificent horses of the Baroness Won
zuylIan in Paris, France. The stables
cover three acres of ground and are fitted
up in a style that is little less than sump-
tuous.
In 1889 man walking along Crescent
Beach, Block Island, discovered the hip
bones of some gigantic species of extinct
animal. The combined weight of the
two bones GENERALLY speaking the sacrum
is called a single bone), was nearly 500
pounds.
The State Treasury of New Hampshire
has lust been drawn on for $3.50 for
thirty-six bears killed within the limits
of one town (Bartlett) during last year,
and of this sum one man, F. G. Merrill,
received $3.50 for twenty-eight that he
personally killed.
The Chinese make what is called
t'Chi-wa-hi," or grass cloth, from the
fibre of the common nettle. It is said to
make splendid cloth for tents, awnings,
etc. When made into betting for ma
chinery it is said to have twice the
strength of leather.
A new viaduct over the River Lea, in
Bolivia, for the Antofogasta Railroad, is
described as the highest viaduct in the
world. It is 1888 feet above the sea
level, and the height of the viaduct
above the river is 400S feet. 1t Is 1O,-
497 feet long, the highest pillar is 1886
feet and the weight of the structure is
Oils tons.
The savages of the Amazon region, of
South America, fed the common green
parrot for generations with the fat of
certain fishes, thus causing it to become
beautifully varies gated with red and
yellow feathers. In like manner the
natives of the Malay Archipelago by
process of feeding changed the talka-
tive Tory into the gorgeous king Tory.