St. Landry democrat., 1892-04-30
CURIOUS FACTS.
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Norway has waterproof paper church. |
Anchors were invented by the Tus'
cans.
The Persians shave themselves as
sign of mourning.
Weaving was practiced IN China more
than 1000 years before it was known
elsewhere.
Fifteen thousand larks have been
netted and slaughtered in England IN two
davs. between New Haven and Brighton,
for the London game shops.
It is said that the biggest organ In the
world, at Sydney, New South Wales, mas
such great vibratory power that IT can
not be used to its uttermost TOR lear OF
injuring the building.
Only six grades of sponges are known
in Florida, but the Bahaman product IS
divided into fifteen, although it IS the
same as that of the Land of Flowers,
| which is now the best known.
A man who died in Cincinnati, Ohio,
a few DAYS ago, it is said, had not a
singIe hard substance in his body which
would indicate that he possessed such
thino as q bone. Even his skull was OF
about the same consistency as India rub
Der.
The British army mainly arose in the
reign of Charles II. in 1861, In conse-
ouence of the extinction of feudal ten
ures. The first five regiments of British
infantry we're established between 1865
and 1880. James II. established several
regiments of dragon guards I6o5-o).
The ceiling of the entrance hall OF the
Imnerial Museum of Art at Vienna, Aus
tria. is covered with one immense pant
ing by Munkacsy. The canvas on "Hlcn
this was tainted was single lmu1ense
sheet, woven expressly for the purpose,
and so large that a special building nao
, TO be constructed for the studio IN WHICH
| it was painted.
The ruling sensation in London, Eng
land, at present, is the extraordinary
e lean made by man named Miriam Nlgg
: who Jumps 2O5 feet from the top OF tn
. AQUARIUM and lands on his feet on I'll
o hare floor. He wears the costume OF al
e American Indian, and his rapid descen
IS is broken by some patent arrangement IN
:. visible to the audience.
!, The admission of Vermont and Ken
u lucky as States brought up the resolu
'e ton January Is, 1894: "Be it enacted
lie etc.. that from and after the first day
g Nav. one thousand seven hundred an
2inety-fve, the flag of the United Stat
lie shall be fifteen stripes, alternate red an
re white. that the Union be fifteen star
ID white, in blue field" Adopted: In
Is was the "National Standard during u
= War of 1912.
80 Barley D'Aurevilly, the eccentf
/ French author, wrote his manuserl
10 much as an artist paints pictures. .
az his workable were stands holding ink
~ of different colors, gold, black, crlmso
~ VI, pink, green and blue, and according
VI one color or another seemed best adaptt
90 to express the particular idea which
SOUGHT to convey, that color be use
These rainbow manuscripts must la
astonished his printer.
About thirty years ago Moses starll1
Nv Nv and Others put two small tiocks OF sne
AZ on Monhegan, bleak and rocky lsLa'
OF off the entrance to Penobscot (Me.) Ba
a., in believing that sheep could take care
We themselves almost anywhere. olr
o then the focks have increased to an a
III gregate of $50 head, running wild a
IL receiving no attention whatever. VI
uu a wear men have gone to the island, Or
.S en- the sheep into a pen, and sheaI
1e- them and marked the lambs. The she
ny are now owned by half a dozen person
u.s. some of whom have not seen the sto'
III for twenty years.
he One of the most persistent beggars
wi Portland, Maine. is collie dog, VIII
nd is very fond of doughnuts. The coll
ort in company with its mistress, vlslte!
d. bakery one day last fall, and, percelvl
md some doughnuts in a showcase, ne
md down and pleaded, by means OF sho
e. sharp banks, for a treat. The clf
inc generously fed the smart dog, but n
,e7 he wishes that he hadn't, for every q
So since the collie has appeared to beg
more doughnuts. If the shop dool
: closed he will wait outside until Sc
|; III one opens it, and then dodge in to
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