St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-14
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.

EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.
A REMARKABLE case of canine heroism
is related to have occurred at Macon,
Ga, the other day. Mr. Donald had a
fine ST. Bernard that was raised by his
children, and was devotedly attached to
them, especially to the baby, who was
also very fond of the dog. The house
took tSe at night. The dog discovered
the fire and barked vociferously until he
bad awakened the family. Whc, he
found that the family was aroused he ran
out to the barn and drove all the COWS to
a safe distance from the fire, barking at
them, and biting them when he found it
necessary to make them move.
He then ran back to the house
which was all in flames, and entering
the room where the baby was accustomed
30 sleep began Juggling at the cradle,
being too much blinded by the smoke
removed out of harms way Some of
The family, who were trying to save the
furniture saw the dog, and tried to get
him out Of the house, but he refused to
go, and whined piteously about the
cradle. The fire soon drew out the party
that was trying to save the dog, and
they were forced to leave him to his
late. They ran out just as the roof
ie'l in, and the heroic animal died in
the blind attempt to save his little
friend.
! AN Alabama duck hunter had curious
adventure one day while on the water in
skitf. He had lost a leg in railroad
accident, and wore cork substitute,
useful for ordinary purposes, but pre-
venting him from following game except
In boat. On this OCCASION, as he was
an expert marksman, he had almost
loaded the skiff with ducks, when, IN
reaching aft r a particularly fine bird, he
Overreached and upset the boat. Down
went the birds with gun and the hunter,
and as there was a swift current at that
point, the boat drifted away before he
came to the surface. Being unable to
swim. the hunter clutched wildly for
support, but found none, and would ac-
tually have been drowned had it not been
for his cork leg. 1t kept him ahoat,
and at first he was over joyed; then he
became apprehensive. The cork leg had
tendency to invert him in the water,
but after struggling against this for some
time, he managed to unstrap the limb
and use it as float. It was then easy to
paddle ashore, and the hunter was saved,
although he lost nearly everything else
but his life.
THE brunette type is becoming more
in England and on the Con-
tinent generally. Mr.. Gladstone, who |
observes most things, said some years
ago that light-haired people were far less
than in his youth. This state
ment was borne out by the results of the
statistical inquiry undertaken by DIR.
Beddoe, who examined 1876 women and
found that 1863 were brunettcs and 357
blondes. Carrying this inquiry a step
further, says the New Orleans Picayune,
DR.. Beddoe learned that 1876 per cent.
Of the brunettes had husbands, while
only So per cent. of the blondes were
married. From this it appears that in
England brunette has ten chances of
being welded to the nine chances of the
blonde; and DR.. Beddoe went on to
argue that "the English are becoming
darker because the men persist in select
ng the dark haired women as wives"
The same thing is happening in Ger
~
elsewhere On the Continent.
Mrs. FRENCH-SHELDoN,w who penetrated
100 miles into the Dark Continent, has
ct up booth at the Worlds Fair to ex-
libit African curiosities, and to sell her
,ook about Africa. She told an Indian
polls reporter a curious story of African
ustoms. The blacks in her exploring
'arty were unwilling to obey her COM /
hands, alleging that she was too short in
physique to give orders, and that only
ONE one whom they could literally look
Up to would receive their obedience.
lrs. Sheldon obviated the difficulty by
counting platform, whenever one was
andy, to issue her orders, and at other I
imes,- in lieu of a platform, she made
he backs of some of her PROSTATE at l
endants serve as tribute. Paul Du
'haiIlu in all his odd adventures IN the {
bark Continent, did nothing more re-
iarkable than that. s
THE way in which rivers, hills and To- =
llities throughout the land came by the a
ames they bear is subje of wide and s
aried interest. The Picket Wire River
/ Colorado got its name by singular t
recess of free TRANSACTIONS through two a
nguages. Many years ago number of t
-exicans started up the river gold hunt
e. They never returned, and their
lends came to call the river ''El Rio de
IS Animos Perdidos," the River of Lost y
pulls. Some time after French colony y =
titled on the banks of the river, and the
lme was freely translated into "La =
Later along came the '
merican cowboy, and in his large off
md way Of rounding out difficulties, e e
} smoothed down the foreign twist Of =
70 French word and dubbed the stream II
e "Picket Wire River" Z
A CHICKEN rancher living near Milton, o
ASH, was brought to the verge of ruin b
! great quantities of snakes that mi a
ated to his neighborbood and swal- G.
wed his eggs and his young cspckens. c.
e tried many plans designed to dis IL
rise the reptiles aud save his stock and 81
rtune, but unavailingly. A happy Ell
ought struck him two or three days q
o, and he bought biglot of porcelain W
of nopr aud enattarad tbey,, yron,;oou | II,
Isly over his premises. The snakes were Ell
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