St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-15

received u bequest of $3.50, 900 from ar
OLD gentleman, an entire stranger, for &
small art cf kindness rendered to him
five years ago. He was in the crowd out.
side Buckingham Palace Watching the
arrivals at one of the Queens drawing
rooms when he became faint and STAGGERED
helplcssIy. The crowd ieercd him,
shouting that he was druok, and com,
mcnccd to jostle him rudely. The lady
saw he was i'll, end helped him Though
the c'owd 10 scat in park close by.
He soon recovered, asked her name, and
they parted, and she did not hear of him
again until two weeks ago, when hi,
solicitors informed her of his death and
that he had bcqucathcd her the sum
named
THE famous smuggling schooner Hal,
Cyon, which has led the United States
revenue boats and officials SO MANY IN
tercsttng chases along and off the Pacific
coast, and has landed her contrtband
goods every trip, has. been rehttrd and
rechristcnod, and as the Vera she will
sail from Victoria soon as a seal pirate
She will be fitted up in the best style,
with six crack shots and the most ex-
perienced hunters, and her owners expect
her to come back the 'high liner" that
is, with mCre skins than any other vessel
IN the sealing fleet, an odious distinction
In the Infamous business of Strengthening
of seal mothers and their young.
NERVOUSNESS shows itself in queer
ways. There is a young New York news
paper man who exhibits a commendable
self-possession on most occasions, and
would not be supposed to have suth d
thing as d nerve about his person; but
there is one spectacle that lie cannot en-
durc, and that is to see mans hat blow
off. If this calamity occurs in his pres
encc he catches his breath, shoulders,
and reaches about for something to hold
to until the sensation of losing himself
has passed. This is constitutional and
is the only exhibition Of nervous weak
ness that he ever makes.
NINE years ago last summer Farme,
Jesse Gibbs of FlcetvilIe, Penn; lowered
a crock Of butter into a we'll On his place
to let it get cool. The string broke; the
crock sank to the bottom, and Mr.. Gibbs
made no effort to reclaim the butter, as
the well was very deep. A few days ago
the well went dry for the first time, and
Farmer Gibbs got some men to clean it
out. The crock was lifted to the surface.
and when the farmer opened it he found;
mulch to Ills SURPRISE that the ninc-ycat-
old butter was as sweet and palatable as
it was when it had been packed in the
crock
A TRAVELLER in the Maine backwoods
this season was somewhat surprised on
coming upon q ]umberman's camp, full
thirty miles from any settlement, to hear
the music Of an organ and the strains CT
an cperatic air. He was met on entering
the camp by the organist, a bright, neat
Maine girl. who he found was also the
cook, who had taken along her parlor
organ out to camp to entertain her father
and his crew in the long evenings during
their stay in the wilderness.
To PREVENT the escape of his spirit,
dt death; Gedrgc Ffanci5 Ddbsd1i, Ct
Muskegon. Mich. has hit upon strange
idea. He has made arrangements for
his friends. just before the spirit leaves
his body, to seal him in huge glass
cylinder, 50 that his spirit may be kept
from departing, and at the same time be
enabled, by a series of systematic dis
turbances of the air. WITHIN the cylinder
to communicate with his friends through
Il Geographic instrument placed in the
cylinder.
PROFESSOR Morse of Salem, Mass, has
solved the problem of house heating in
curious fashion. He has built q house
with all its rooms fronting southwark,
and only passage on the north. Almost
the whole southern front of the house is
made of glass, and by means of rctlectors
Professor Morse is enabled on sunny
DAYS to heat his whole house with sun
shine alone. At night and on cloudy
days lie has hearth fires going. He be
lievcs that by this continuance he has
the most wholesome heat that is attain
able
THE body of Julia Rcedcr, young
lady of Bonneville, Ind, was prepared
for burial. The sign of apparent death
had succeeded a severe attack of typhoid
fever. Her friends were gathered
around, and lust before the final leave
taking, her lover took her hand to kiss
it. The lover was astounded to feel his
fingers pressed by the hand of the sup
posed corpse. The Joyous discovery was
thus made that the young woman was
alive
A TANE dove belonging to Andrew
Fairchilds of Falassburg, Mich, flew
from the dovecote into his house and
alighted upon cradle which contained
an infant. No one was in the room eX-
cent Mrs. FairchildS She, attracted by
the bahy's cry. ran to the cradle, and
found the dove picking at the child'ss
ewes. one of which was puncturcd and
ruined forever.
SEVERAL men who have outlived their
Greatness are now glad to earn their
living as Coachmen in Berlin. Among
them are sixteen mobiles, seven retired
army officers, and three pulpitless pastors.
Three British notablitics now gleeiully
crack the whip as London cabmen; they
are an cx-mpmbcr Of Parliament. baron,
and a marquis.
SURPRISE and terror caused some zinc
miners to desert shaft they were sink
inc at Webb City, Wis. As the opening
became deeper, they noticed that the
became warmer. At the
lcnth of 1853 feet the heat was so intense
that work was stopped, and soon they
saw flames burst into the shaft.