St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-07
tubes, and furniture to make 1t comfort

tubes, and furniture to make 1t comfort
able for days abode if necessary With
the indications Of an approaching cyclone
one day recently, the family retired to
the underground quarters. When the
storm subsidized they found that some i'm
movable obstruction had been blown
across the door Of the storm house, and
they were prisoners. Finally the neigh
bors, in searching for their bodies. sup
posing them all to be dead, removed a
great tree that had fallen across the door,
and the family were rescued in time to
save their lives.
AN under shcriif's apartment wanted
for gentleman of leisure in Berlin, S.
w." Thus strangely reads an ADVERTISE
ment IN Berlin newspaper. The adj
vertlser is person who has good reasons
for expecting the visit of undershcrilfs
or baili!fs, searching for funds or goods
and chattels. Tae apartment he desires
to rent is singl lie room, furnished only
with table, chair and bed. such as the
German law allows to the bankrupt. If
there was wardrobe in the room the
balliif might attach it with all it con-
talns. There are number of people in
Berlin who make money by renting under
sheli1l's apartments, which accommoda-
ton is much sought for and usually brings
a high price.
A CITIZEN living near Fingerville, S.
c., had some hens that were laying in
nests made on the ground in the hen
house. The smaller chickens were roost-
in
the chickens were disturbed and the eggs
taken. He made diligent effort to catch
the egg thief. He secured good dogs
and tired to get them to track the "var-
mint, but they never as much as shifted |
up their noses. Finally he set trap |
near the hen house door and baitcd it |
with piece of chicken Next morning
he found frog in the trap which was
eight by fourteen inches in size with q
mouth large enough to take frying
A NEW story of Captain Fred Burn
aby's athletic proves was told in Chica-
go the other day by Gerald Rolston,
! young Englishman. Mr.. Rolston says
hat he once saw Burnaby, who was
the strongest man in the British
army, hold his hand out straight from
he shoulder and allow man weighing |
1876 pounds to stand on it. He then |
urned his body about as if on pivot
md brought the man around to a table,
where he deposited him. During tho
performance of the extraordinary feat
5urnaby did not lower his arm six inches.
Mis- REED, of Benton, Maine, owns
n old shepherd dog that has quite a
equation for sagacity. He happened
me day to be in neighbours barn where
wo or three men were talking, when one
+ them remarked: "Therc's Mrs Reeds |
heep in my field" He did not think of
be dog when he spoke and made no ad-
ance movement himself but no sooner
7ere the words out of his mouth than
tower dashed out Of the barn. away to
le field and drove Mrs Reeds sheep
ONE
A GREAT many farmers, especially in
,ew Jersey and Pennsylvania, encourage s
1c presence of snakes in their neishbor- q
God on the theory that they destroy l
ermin. Naturalists are now agreed that 6
ley do injury by devouring toads and c
egs, those animals being more indus I
lous destroyers of vcrmin than the t
akes. In some of the Southern States L
ack snakes are kept in barns in the t
'pc that they will catch mice. '
PROBABLY the most remarkable knife
the world is that in the curiosity-room
the factory of Joseph Rodgers & Sons,
Sheffield, England 1t has 1880 h
AIDES, and ten blades are added every ~
n years. Another curiosity is three pairs A
scissors, all of which can be covered q
a thimble. 10
SEVERAL years ago, Hamilton Houston, W
tailor in San Francisco in the early IA
US, made suit of clothes for patron, tt
d received in payment therefor little W
zee of land in the city. That lot was bl
ely bought of the tailors heirs for tt
1000. The Baldwin Hotel is built Is
it. pc