St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY DAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Hdven-
lures Which Show That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.

Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven.
lures Which Show That Truth l.
Stranger Than Fiction.
TIE superintendent Of an orphanagc
at SCcundra, India, writes TO a st. IOui,
paper IN account Of bGy-wolf who is
ROW under his care. Some time ago tho
boy was discovered by some hunters IL
the country near that Place, u no saw
him cunning himself upon rock. He
appeared to be u child about five years
old, nakcd hairy and dirty. When they
approached him. he scampcrcd off on all
tours i'll company with d wolf, which
they had not seen, and took refuge in q
cave. The hunters built Il fire before The
cave to smoke its occupants cut, and
presently the wolf rain out. and after it
the boy, whom they captured, but only
after Il severe struggle, in which one OF
the men was badly bitten by the ferocious
| child. For a long while tCthing could
| be 1cre with lin. lie resented his cap
| tivity, would wear no clothes, ate nothing
| but raw meat, which he guawcd on the
ground like wolf, lay Sleeping all day,
and moved about rcstlcssly in the night.
Uudcr the care If the cfphanagc he has
| brCr'mc more tractAblc in the lapse of
Time. He vii! now endure clothing, and
eats cooked food, but will not under
take to talk, though he appears to under
stand what is said to him, and manfests
considerable intelligence. 1t is supposed
that he was stolen away from his parents
while d baby by wolf, which perhaps
had lost her young and adopted the
child.
The Baltimore American says tia: the
Indignation Of the passengers on a
Western Maryland train was aroused the
other day by the unusual spectacle of a
richly clad boy Of five or six years, whose
legs and feet were perfectly bare, al
though the day was a cold one, The
child was accompanied by his mother
ard sister; who were evidently people
of wealth and refinement. On inquiry
it was learned that the boy was the son
several children with throat diseases,
j)ntt lie lit on the idea of turning his
children out barefootcd. The expert
ment proved to BE- a perfect success.
The barcfootcd boy was the picture of
health. At the Union station in BaIti-
more he ran around on the Geld bricks
totally Unaware Of any discomfort.
Peoplcarc constantly shocked and amazed
at seeing the children Of this gentleman
going about barefootcd, winter and sum
mcr. but inasmuch as it saves their lives,
i'll his opinion, he is Indifferent to crit
ciSm.
HE Chinese Cabinet at Whitehall
Yard, London, is repIcte with objects of
interest, while among the naval CltiiOs
is the tin box found in the body of
shark, tile story Of which has been graph
cally narrated by the late Mr.. John
limbs in his ''Curiositics of London
y ship bound for the West Indies fell
in with and chased srspicious-looking
craft having the appearance of SLAYER.
During Tho pursuit. something was thrown
overheard from the chased vessel, which
being captured was taken into Port
Royal to be adjulicatcd upon as a SLAYER.
The ships papers were not forthcoming
and the vessel was in & fair way to escape
condemnation, vhcr Flip came into
port which had caught d shark. in the
stomach Of which voracious monster was
Il tin box containing the missing papers
and these clearly showed that the cap
turcd craft vas engaged in the slave
trade.
F'EtNK HARVEY. fireman. committed
suicide at Indianapolis Ind, from Il
peculiar cause. Three years ago he asked
a day off duty and Ulysses GIazier WAS
put on duty in his place. That after
noon the Bowen Mcrrcll fire occurred
and GlaHicr WAS one Of the twelve men
WHO MET death IN tho collapse Cf the
building. Since that time Harvey has
been subject to fits Of melancholy aul
often referred to the fire and to the fact
that he regarded himself as responsible
for the death of his friend. Some weeks
ago another fireman died and this proved
upon iEarvry's mind, as his death was
indirectly caused by in uries received in
the fire. lie refused sistenancc Of any
kind and was finally taken to s;ini-
iarilm, where he hanged himself to the
hcdroSt in the absence of the attendant.
TRAP-SHooriNG Of English sparrows
is all the rage among the Albany, IN. W.
marksmen, who hold open matches and
keep scores after the fashion in pigeon
"tournamcnts' A. the epar,cvs are
regarded us undesirable settlers, there
are no compunctionS about killing them
wholesale, They are caught in great
numbers in the West Albany railroad
yard, whore they swarm around the
grain cars. After capture they are
turned intoa large cage in well-lighted
outbuilciing, and fed until the collection
is large enough for tie demands of the
trap Shooters The sport calls for as
much skill and greater quickness than
the slaughter Of the slow starting house
pigeon.
y CRUSADE against profanity in the
public streets is being carried on with
vigor III u number of English towns.
a laborcr at Wi>bcch WAS convicted a
week Or go ago Of publicly using four
profanc oathS, and fined IA shilling for
each oath and thirteen shillings costs.
The conviction was obtained under an
act ofGeorge H., which imposes a pen
atty of one shilling per oath when uttered |
by laborcr. two shilIings when the |
offender is above the social degree of |
laborcr and under the degree of gentle
man, and five shillings for each oath
when uttered by gentleman. Under
the provisions of this act the nenalty is |