St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-07-01


Jcctlve, and man paints what is insid
OF his head, not what lac sees outside o
it,"
"THERE is one trait of character abou
an Apache Indian that is PECULIAR sale
Judge Porter Of Arizona. 'Thc Ana
, ches are very cow:Irlly- They are mur
|, dcrers rather than warriors and alway
,, wait until they get the drop on YOU o.
have an unfair advantage But they ar,
:: exceedingly truthful. | have tried over
thirty for murder. In every instance
with one exception, the Indian would
confess to the smallest detail of the fata
occurrence. In the exception | have
mentioned the Apache afterward told
me that he wanted to tell the truth, but
that his lawyer wouldn't let him"
| ANDREW FAIHcHnD of Fallarsburn
Mich, owned taiae dove that was
1avorlte pet of his wife's until a child
was born to them. Since then the dove
has refused to have anything to do with
Mrs. Falrchild and appeared to be very
Jealous OF the baby Several DAYS ago
Mrs: Fairchild while engaged in house
work left ihe baby alone in the room for
some time, until she was attracted bv
its crying, Running into the room she
found the dove picking at the infants
| eyes, one Of which was SO badly injured
that the sight is entirely ruined.
A Few weeks ago, an English lady
was obliged to paY four pounds Twenty
dolars> as dam;4n es for having given a
good "charactcr'' to a servant whom she
knew 10 be uniaithful. Her written
recommen dation of the servant enabled
the latter to get a place which she could
not have obtained without the recon-
mendation, and 10 which she proved un-
faithful and detrin rental to the lady who
employed her; and it was on the proof
of these facts that the damages were ad-
judged by the count.
THE American hen is busy and use
full fowl. There are 1876 COO 600 of
them, and they Law every year 6,OoO, OOO-
600 eggs. In Waterloo there is one
which is an expert in catching rats. 1t
leases them a while and then releases
them. The owner of this rem arkable
fowl has observed that no rat ever comes
{ he second time vi thin reach of its claws.
A report comes from PENNSYLVANIA
to 'wn of a fastidious hen that refused to
ST upon some colc'red eggs left over from
Easter.
AN Illinois nan recently tried to Dig
q we'll and found Il river. That is. he |
bored a well on his farm to depth of
II feet, when sud lcnly the entire bottom
fell.out, carrying all but about five feet
hn f]n
he deep hole thus formed could be seen
| wift-rushing stream All efforts to /
itQ up this hole have proved futile, TIE |,
II shing current ca trying away everything
EbEown into it.
One of the most remarkable sights I
wi messed on the face of the globe is
If srded by the subterranean lakes Of
Sin pia, in ZambeEia, in Central Africa.
Lilo bel Decle, the French explorer, has
from there and reports that the
water is of the deepest indigo dye, and
that the azure grotto of Capri can in
nowiSa compare with the beautiful color
Of those wonderful lakes.
A FARMER living near Grand Island,
Ncb., was thrown from his wagon bv
JIC liz NoCo DCCcEIuS uuud utScdDle, anu
:aught one of bis legs in the rear wheel.
he saved himself: from serious Injury bv
5rasping the spokcs of the wheel SO as
o keep it from revolving, and sliding
with it for mile before the horses were
stopped by run ming through a barbed
wire fence.
PASSENGERS n a train over the Pts
,ataquis division of the Bangor and
Aroostook Rail- DAD in Maine one dav
ecently saw an exciting race between
leer and the trlin. The animal was
puck, and ran alo ngsidc the train for
nile or more in Il woods road above
Shirley Finally, when the train crossed
he road, the deer disappeared into the
woods.
A YOUNG man in Wrentham, Mass,
las been finding amusement in mailing
postage STAN rs and sending greetings
o European potentatcs. He is deli ght6d
beyond measure at having already re-
:eived acknowledgements from the car
If Russia, the king of Greece and few
'thers.
The 100000 900 men of the United
states are wearing an average of twenty (
buttons each, making 1000, 900 /!
buttons for ALI estimated to weigh
1000, 600 pounds. ;