St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-30
CURIOUS FACTS.
A ton of cold il worth $500. 900.


Swans arc said to have attained the
age of 800.
Earth worms six feet long are found in
Gippsiaud, Victoria, Australasia.
Live fish have been sent in safety II
the mails from India to the British
Museum.
A "Poor Richard Almanac of 1853
sold for S35 at an auction in Philadelphia
few days ago.
The famous castle at Buntzlau, Ge:>
many, stored with antiquities, has been
destroyed by fire.
A hermit named Owen Mulligan, who
died in Clinton County, H., recently,
left fortune of 500, 600.
The skin of the whale is thicker than
that Of any other animal. In some
places it reaches a thickness o. several
inches.
1t is found that the Bangala cannibals
of the Upper Congo, Africa, make ex-
cellent soldiers when put in uniforms and
drilled
The city of London proper is only one
mile square, but so valuable is its real
estate that it produces rental of ST.
900, 900 year.
DR.. Bordean estimates that 400, 900
men (ca7c men or any other kind) could
have safely found shelter in the two mon
ster cavcrns that were discovered in Aus
tralia three years ago.
Sometimes families who desire to bury
their dead IN the clothing worn in life
in evening or wedding dress for instance
substitute less costly limitations for the
jewelry worn in life, partly from motives
of thrift and partly from superstltlous
fear that anything taken off a body when
it is ready for the tomb will bring ill-luck
to future wearers.
Nothing varies so much in value as
pearls. With them fashion affects the
market constantly. Sometimes white
ones are sought, while other tints at in
tervals are in demand. For some years
past black pearls have been the rage. A
fine specimen, worth $500, will fetch
$1,000 perhaps if another can be got to
match it perfectly.
The harp which was suggested by the
Lutte is ascribed to Jubal, 1919 B. c.,
and was King David's favorite instlu-
ment. The harp was used by the Welsh
and Saxons, and also by the ancient peo-
pie of Ireland. One of the oldest harps
in existence is in the Dublin College
Museum, and originally belonged to
Brian Borothme, King of Ireland.
The two most remarkable trees in
Normandy are the yews Of La Haye de
Routot. These are nine and half and
eight and half meters in circumference
at the base of the trunk, and seventeen
and half and fourteen and half metres
high, and they are supposed to be at
least 1900 years old. Another tree, sup
posed to be 800 years old, is the beech
of Montigny.
In Rockland, Me-, is dog that is .
born thief. Its lavorite plumber is CLOTH
ing, and in daily excursions about the
neignborhood during the past winter it
has differed enough to stock shop. The
other week it went into an opera hallway,
picked up costly mu1f and started tor
home, holly pursued by man and two
excited women. The owner got her null
and the dog got beating.
Adhesive postage stamps were intro
duced in England fifty-two years ago,
and in this country one year later. Tney
were the invention of James Chalmers,
a printer, of Dundee, Scotland. The
advance made in the business of carrying
letters is indicated from the fact that SO
late as 1916 it cost eight cents to carry
a letter of prescribed size, and contain.
ing single sheet of paper, distance Of
forty miles.