Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-05-07
IAFo ARA-sAR DAY NAY
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
-rhcr. exists In some parts Of South
Dakota; GYiofsd5 and .f'exas singular
~sristS at Hfasa cal}xa the 'ssleepy
grass" When in fresh green state |
this plant is strongly charged with mar
cotic propensities, so much SO that
horses and cattle grazing it are thrown
into profound Aissll
The Indian, by contact with tRS
Caucasian, soon learns the tricks of his
white brother, even to utilizing the
"talkinr paper" some days ago an In
dali dt bEeit'a take; North Dakota.
forged the name of Maj. Waugh to d
check. Then he, in a business-1ike way,
presented the check for payment, re-
ceived the cash and disappeared.
"A small and graceful waist IL -
thing Of beauty aid 4 TOY forever pro;
vided that it is natural. and not seeiifsa
| at the expense of health. The latest
insane method of securing a graceful
of adhesive plaster, abdnt four feet
afid constantly worn. The wearer feels
as Il she Wereih %ics; aid Of course
the compression of the digestive organs
causes permanent injury.
Considerable ingenuity is displayed
by a firm Of ':enRravers, printers and
makers Of novelties" in the form of a
letter marked PERSONAL" enclosing
faded fasetud with Its leaves and the
FIRMS card. with this note in d girls
| handwriting: Take back the flower
thou gavcst. love you no longer. All
my affection is now given to Messrs.
So-and-So because they do such beauti-
full printing. am no longer yours.
MACpE.''
Camden, Me-, before the recent di-
vision of its territory, had six grave
yards and four hearses. In splitting
up the town the section now called
Rockpott got four Of the eravexards and
three of the hearscs, and the Camden
ties don't know whether to feel angry
or pleased. Camden is we'll provided
with relics, however, as it has one
graveyard that Is 1iofe than century
old and contains one hundred and forty
four unmarked mounds.
The most curious of pets is that pos
sessed by some Singhalese children. 1t
is nothing more nor less than an inn
mense rhinoccros, with plates Of tough
hide like an armored ship. lie is just
such a beast as has killed scores of dar-
ing hunters who have penetrated the
Jungle. but this big fellow is as gentle
as Mary's lamb. and allows children to
| play on his back and squirt Sweetcned
] water into his mouth without causing
anything but a grunt to issue there
from.
---Cart. !. X. Morse. Of Roc2<port, Ne.
has invented course indicator which is
! expected to prove of great value to nav
| igators. He believes that his device
will show the actual course steered fol
r | any length Of time, as it records every
, movement of the compass and registers
5 the difference between the direction o.
. the vessels head and the points of the
r compass intended to be followed. Any
deviation from the course ordered, either
5 from carelessness or otherwise, will be
shown.
, Herr Fruwirth. the Austrian piaci
cu1turist. has adopted the most ingeni
Gus plan for the production of food fol
2 his fish-ponds. He has a number OF
, small bitches stocked with stagnan'
water and aquatic plants which arc
1 | used as nurseries to propagate the larv3
of insects, small crustaceans. and othe,
i, low forms of animal life on which fish
0 naturally feed. From time to time some
1 of the water swarming with these Great
> urcs is admitted to adjoining ponds il
). which live the fish, who no doubt give
the new arrivals warm welcome.
;; "A snow-shoe competition for ladies
was lately held by the Christiani:
. Snwshoe club. The interesting even
= took place on a hill which not man,
years ago was considered a very diff
cult one for men. but the fair snow
" shoe runners did wonderfully we'll
. | They not only compasscd the descen
y without slaves or poles. but even in
sisted that hop be added. The reques
was not only complied with. and the.
had not, as it turned out. overvalue'
their powers in this respect, for th
: hop was cleared in the best style. Thre
prizes were awarded. and a dane
brought the day to close.
o The Northland is the largest PENN
sula in Europe. and. with the exception
of Russia, is the largest country on tn
European continent. 1t is more tina
LOO miles long. it is from $50 to 40
d miles wide. and it contains nearly 500
= 900 square miles of territory. 1t i
about third larger than either the re
a public of France or the empire of Gcr
many. and more than three times tn
e ! size of the peninsula of Italy. If w
compare it with the states of the Anne,
lean union we find that the Scandina
Wan peninsula comprehcnds more tina
four times the territory of all Ne'
England. and that if we could transpol
C ! it over the sea and moor it alongsid
our own Atlantic coast, it would eXten
from Maine to Florida.
- Fraternal Affection.