St. Landry democrat., 1893-08-19

dition, but plump and full. The largest
of the two measured 211 inches in cir
conference and its mate Fl inches, and
both together weighed 81 pounds. They
were placed on exhibition at Riverside,
where they attracted marked attention.
The relative size of the oranges may be
judged when it is stated that but eight
of them could be packed in an ordinary
orange box-four on each side, and COM
pressed not little as we'll.
DR.. J. X. MALoY, of Milan, Ca,
has vegetable curiosity in the way of a
radish. The radish grew in such form
as to define almost clearly the human
hand. From the principal root, the form
of which is perfect wrist, there has
grown out five smaller roots, or rad!shes,
initiating in number and order of size
the fingers of hand Between the wrist
and fingers, that is, the main and smaller
roots, there is 4 we'll defined palm. The
hand is open with the fingers slightly in
clined to the palm, presenting the ap-
pearance of human hand in the act Of
receiving something. All who look at
it pronounce it SO perfect and natural in
appearance that they could not eat it with
absolute freedom Of appetite.
A KENTUCKY paper has strange horse
story. 1t is stated that there is owned
at Pleasant Hill in that State, gray
stallion of good blood that is the sire of
fifty four foals out of mares of all colors
and has never vet sired gray. The dam
Of foil re RI
and black in color, while his sire is a
bright bay with no gray ancestors. This
is an Instance rarely met with. Here is
algray horse that his ancestors furnish no
cue for his color, and who thus far has
been unable to impress it on his foals.
What reason is there for such a singular
chain of color contrasts? Who can solve
this puzzle intelligently?
MISS ADAMS, who lives near Silverton,
Marion County, Oregon, went horseback
riding the other day Her saddle had
been hanging all winter in the barn, and
she noticed that the seat of the saddle
appeared as though stick might be IN
der it, but could not be removed without
ripping the saddle. After riding for
several miles the horse became suddenly
frightened and began to rear and plunge.
Upon investigation she discovered
snake crawling from the saddle, striking
at the horse and then at her Realizing
her situation she jumped to the ground.
Il 'lding the horse with one hand she
killed the snake with club in the other
1t was found to be a black rattlesnake
three feet long.
DANIEL O'KEEFE, of Vulcan, Mich,
has issued the following challenges: II
am prepared to drink water against any
man in the world for any amount.
will drink half gallon of cold water
inside of three minutes for $50 or 500.
Or one gallon inside of fifteen minutes
will back myself to drink three gallons
of water in thirty minutes; or | will
drink from one to five gallons of water
IN quicker time than any man living for
$500. William Turner will back up my
HAMP STEVENS, of Dawson, Ga,
showed, few days ago, a curiosity in
nature that is seldom seen "a horned
snake. The horn was on the end of the
tail of the snake and was about one and
a half inches long. 1t was round and
tapered to point.
t. X. FISHER, of Santa Barbara, CAL,
says that the Indian remedy for snake
bite is species of the plant euphorbia,
which is indigenous in California and
Arizona. The plant should be maceratcd
in water and applied to the skin around
the bite.
A TWO .YEAR-oLD boy in Philadelphia
while playing in vacant lot was at
lacked by gamecock and might have
been killed but for woman who beat
he bird off with a club. This story
comes around by way of st. Louis.
In the State of Washington, in muddy
weather, pillow horses wear mud shoes
made of strips of heavy board eight or
EN- inches wide, and somewhat longer.