St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-11-04


= long.continucd deception. But he ia
done some excellent work since his al
I, pointmcnt on the force as Iooko man
and at times his courage in the bra
bordcrcd on rcckl csSues3.
A BERLIN correspondent sends q sng
/ gc>tlVc account Of the way in which
s German detachment, operating in l. Is
Africa, was routed by a swarm OF bees
Thcy-the soldiers, not the hccs-Ner
g reasoning with native ch;oftnin l.
. means OF grcnades. The native levi
, fled, but a swarm Of bees, terrified or OK
, asperatcd by the blaze OF fire, sallirI on
. to avenge the honor Of the tlay. TNri
stings drove the as>aIants in I'LL dire
tlons and nearly killed an unfnrtunat
sergeant who hal been left behind
3 These insects would be an cNrc:,Iirgl
cheap defense Of African nt'.ons, if tie,
! could he made amrnabIc to command
by u proper understanding with III,
locu>ts. the ccntipcUr>, the giant bee IT,,
and the giant ants of Africa, thry miyi,t
succeed in keeping It very eAtpn~iy,
sphere Of influence entirely to thcm
selves.
DR.. r. c. McBRlDE writes a letter t,
the Courier Juurnal giving IN inter, t
ing account of a team of wild geese Il;
has on his farm in Virginia. He icra#,
possess cd of a pair, from which tie raised
eleven more. While very youny lie Iu.-
gan training them t. drive fastened to-
gethcr. He harneSsel them up to i.tlI
wagon which they >oo2 learned t. pail
about the yard. He lhcn hitvhyd !!l.3n
to Il hight skiiI, which he maic til II,
drag over Il pond near his house, ill.,;
swimming and aftcrWard f!iv%. lie
says that whore they took to tie wing
they could carry him along 1T the rat" e
mic minute. III the winter he lar-
messed them to IN ice boat. with Nilic,
they made wonderful speed. IT, j, ROW
huilIin- a balloon, which will just carry
his weight, and he proposes, WHOM it i,
finished, t. hitch his geese t. it HHi go
on visit to the worlds fair through the
air. He estimates that h can make 20
miles an hoMr in the face Of - luiic
wind. lie is going to offer his "rrin!
! team to Captain Symmps for his Arctic
! trip, and thinks that after lie has CONE
as far north rs his ship can carry A:11,
! he can utilize tic birds to make litt!y
/ trips of 500 Or 400 miles in various
directions between breakfast and Sup
| per.
| BERT BARNES is lncman in the en-
p,oy Of the Sunset Telephone Company
i'll Los Angeles, Cal. The other ,jav lie
was sent to tho San Fernando Valley to
make some repairs on tile line. Having
climbed to the top of Il telegraph pole and
finished the repairing, he started to lie.
scend when he heard screnm Locking
around, Barnes was Startled to see IN
eagle of immense size sweep down to-
wards him. Dropping everything bat
hammer, he prepared for fight T:4e
eagle dartcd upon him and struck at
him fierccIy with talons aud leak. The
lineman welded his hammer with such
effect as to finally drive the bid away,
leaving him bleeding from the claw
wounds and almost exhausted. Enrnr5
was preparing to descend from islat.I,'-
ground when he saw the bril- sweep
down for second attack He waited
until the bird was right Oh him. Whrn he
struck it blow with the hammer that
stunned it. and it fell to the ground,
where it was bound before ii recovered
Fortunately the mans eyes escaped in
jury. but his face and shoulders lo.r
evidence of the fcrocity Of the bird,
which is OF tremendous size
A PARIS municipal councillor, ".
Georges Berry. las tcen exploring all
sorts of outoft the way places with a
view Of presenting to the council Il re-
French capital, says tho London Daily
News. Under ''lisyui>cl heg@i0g' hr
devotcs special chapter t. those strange
trades which really come under that hc;lI-
ing, and he has also much t. say about
tho people who, while not actually
going begging themselves, get their
living out of those who do. Near lie
Ecole de Medicine ". Berry found IL
woman who sells sets Of addresses Of
the charitably disposed to e44iny-
letter impostors. Size sells two sorts.
the big set and the little set. Tie it'll"
set is 5 francs and comprises 2Hn adj
dresses; for + francs one can have the
big set Of $50 addresses, sufficient. sniI
the vcnder, to enable any one starting
in the business to earn his living for q
year AS NJ. Berry bought a copy Of
each set, doubtless the council will give
l useful warning to tie persons whose
addresses are given. Ordinary street
begging in Paris, it appears, is T,cAoncl
TO bring in an average Of at least a
shilling an hour. Many Of the lorgars
sleep i'll the neighborhool of the ,IarIir
les PIantes. A man in that neighbour
1ood makes large income by atTorling
| shelter to them at the rate of penny J
l head PER night. He is able to j:
his by hiring for u small sum each.
Until regular tenants are obtained for
hem, all the empty shops and houses
le can obtain.
In my journcyings over this fair land
have run across some very strange fl Is
ndulged in by people who have plenty
If money and who have used it in the
qualification of fancies that haze not
the world in the least, says
of the Globe Democrat.
have met stamp collectors and pug dog
ancicrs; men with mania for accumu-
ating walking canes; once | knew a
nan who had spent hundreds of dollars {
n getting up a collection of historical
,ats covering two centuries; but lew
Ter at Buffalo told me about Million l
ire in that vicinity who should certainly |
ave the highest pointed crown hat in :
ny friends collection. About a month {
90 this millionaire walked into jew
ler's place with a common land turtle t
r tortoise, which he had captured in 7
be woods near by laid it Oh the cnllntcr G