St. Landry democrat., 1892-12-24
MISS SING LINKS

HE DtSL uldll HDl StS III JIlt tDuu~
try are reared in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania.
The flavor of an ostrich egg is cX-
ceIlent, and one egg makes an ordi-
nary meal.
MORE than 1900, 600 copies Of 70
las novels, exclusive Of TRANSACTIONS,
have been sold.
TIE first folio 1923 edition Of Shak-
Spcarc is under process Of reproduce
ton by means Of photography.
DURING the last financial year the
German Government paid away s H.
"Ho, 600 IN pensions to naval and mil
itary officers.
OUT of tlfty-two artists who have
been singing this season at COyent
Garden IOndOn) Italian opera only
four are genuine Italians.
The religious fatalism in the Hin
docs life extends also to their intel
lectual state. In grammar, as in
faith. kiSmet rules supreme.
THE great cantilcvcr bridge at Nj
agara Falls is entirely composed OF
steel. 1t is 80 feet in length, weighs
5000 tons and cost &000,0
IN England they do not chew gum,
looking at the habit as vulgar and
low, but the Australians have already
taken kindly to it and are indulging
freely.
Of Inr II
that there have been 1914 ministers Of
war in Spain during the century, the
average time Of service being six
months.
A DEXTER woman became so in
fatuated with the Christian scientist
theory that she laid away her false
eecth, thinking that her natural ones
would grow again.
OUT Of a total Of q. 034 paunorS in
almshOuSes in the United States in
the year covered by the eleventh cen
sus lis per cent. were white tHd
SIS per cent. were cOlOrcd.
In China they tie red cord around
babys wrists, so that it may grow
up quiet and obcdient. Should a
child turn out bad, they say: Ills
parents forgot to bind his wrists.
san FRANCISCO boasts Of having a
hotel which is practically earthquake
proof. 1t is questionable il the men
who imbibe too much Of its whisky
are constructed on the same principle.
If the earth should cease to rcyOlve
altogether. the oceans Of the equator
would fOrsake their beds and hasten
toward the poles. Probably the en-
tire globe north Of Boston would be
submerged.
The drivers Of the work teams in
Paris can beat the "crackers" of Flor
ida at cracking their whips. This is
saving much. for the latter got their
peculiar designation from their skill
in that direction.
LORD SPENCER's library, which is
said to be unriyaled among the pri-
yate collections of books in England.
and which contains matchlts> set
of Caxton publications, is to BE- sold
at auction next year.
THERE is no color line over in Ger
many, apparently. 4 colorcd man
who went over there from Boston and
got naturalized some time ago IS now
on the roll of pensioners Of the state
insurance for the aged
The Seryians have a curious Gus
tom Of giving parting kiss to their
deceased friends before final burial,
and the observance of it has caused
serious epidemic of diphthcria, The
custom has now been forbidden.
SURELY the ''siIly season may be
regarded as fairly upon Us when
American papers will print as a
special cable an account Of the plcnti-
tude of meals and drinks and the
paucity Of sleep enjoyed hya cheap
American comedian during brief
visit to London.
PRIzE-FIGHTER SLADE eloped with
the daughter Of mormon bishop.
The enragcd father pursued the pair
for twenty miles. but the speed with
which they fled would have aroused
the admiration of the Hon. Charles
Mitchell himself, So they were mar
ried, and Cupid gets the credit for
another Knockout.
A GERMAN doctor at Casscl, Ger
many, undertook a new and peculiar
treatment for hy>teria. lie reasoned
that corporal punishment would be
more etfeCtUal than drugs. The court
which investigated the case marked
it "brutaI.' and sent him to jail for
six months. He will likely return to
asafGtida and other antiSpaSm0diCS
when released.
THE theory is now advanced that
the peStilence that walkcth in dark
ness scientifically known as the B-tlat
is responsible for the spread of tuber-
culosis. He hitcth first one sleeper
in a bed and then another, thus in
oculating people with diseases and
spreading death as well as discomfort
broadcast. 1t has long been believed
that this insect was mean enough for
anything.
4 GERMAN writer who doesn't
know much about what he is discuss
ing is the latest writer about Ameri-
can women. Among other UncOmpli-
mentary things, he gives our girls
the credit for the invention Of that
supreme device Of the dcyil-firting.
1t may go by another and more ap-
propriate name in other parts Of the
RI EI1t
tionahiy Mother Eve.
MONSIEUR WILSON, the famous. or
infamous, sOn-in-law Of the late Pres
ident Grcvy of France, has again
brought himself into disgrarcfuI no.
toriety. Not content with running