St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-22
nd all sorts of odd things happened to

him on the streets of Baltimore. The
most amusing episode of his life on this
side, however, grew out of a voyage tC
Europe. While abroad he made some
highly important calculations, but on
reaching Baltimore he found that the
paper on which he had figured was mis-,
sing. So important were the calculations
that he took steamer back to England
in order to look up the papers. He did
not find them, and started back to the
United States deeply disappointcdj but
during the voyage over he accidentally
discovered in pocket of the overcoat
he had Worn OIL the previous voyage the
very thing he was in search of.
| THE plague of wolves in Shensi, a
mountainous province of North China,
is described as becoming more and more
alarming. A correspondent in that part
writes that in the village in which he is
sojourning they had heard Of eleven
persons being carried off by these animals
in seven days. Most of the victims were
children; the rest young persons Of six
teen, nineteen and twenty years of age.
"They come" says the writer, ''to our
village here every night just now.
Men are bestirring themselves, going
out in large numbers to hunt them, as
yet however, unsuccessfully. Tonight
we have put poisoned mutton in two
places not far off, hoping to find at least
one dead wolf tomorrow. They roam iii
open daylight, besides entering villages
and carrying off helpless little ones.
Three went in company few days ago
into native village; one of the number
entered hut and snatched little child
from his fathers arms. Pursuit in every
case has been futile. It seems this is
their breeding time, hence their abnor-
NAL bodness.
THE usefulness of carrying d sharp
jack knife was shown the other day in a
Lewiston (Me.) mill, when one of the
young women's hair came tumb'ing
down as she passed piece of heavy ma
chinery and the ends of it caught IN
some slowly revolving cogwheels. The
girl screamed, but did not have the
presence of mind to break away at once
before more strands of hair were caught
and dragged in. She stood there hold
ing out her arms and screaming while
her head was drawn nearer and nearer to
the fatal wheels. Then up came man
with sharp iackknife He comprised
the hair of the girl within his left hand
and held it firmly as he might rope and
with the other hand severed the hair
close to the wheels.
A RATHER CHASTITY story is told regard
ing a French Countess, friend of Ca
mile Flammarion, the astronomer. On
one occasion, observing her in evening
dress, he frankly expressed admiration
of her beautiful shoulders. When she
died, in accordance with her directions,
enough skin to bind book was removed
from this part of her person, and sent to
Flammarion, with note gracefully ask.
ing him to use it rs cover for volume
of the next work he should publish. It
is said that after q skilful tanner had
been employed to prepare this strange
memento it was actually devoted to the
use prescribed; and upon the cover was
inscribed, in gilt letters, "Souvenir
dune morte.n
The picturesque little village of Pay
ernein Switzerland, not far from Lake
Neubourg, possesses unique curiosity
in the shape of saddle which belonged
to Queen Bertha, the founder of the
Benedictine Abbey, which has since been
transformed into one of the best educa-
tional institutes of Europe, This saddle,
which is more than 900 years old, is of
peculiar antique shape, having an apcr-
ture for the knee in the pommel. Queen
Bertha was noted for her zeal and indus
try, and in order to set a good example
to her subjects she always rode from one
place to another to gain time.
A QUEER rabbit story, which beast
"Uncle Remus'' at his best, comes from
Davidson, N. C. John Hedrick killed a
very large rabbit during the snow. 1t
had large raised place on the inside of
the left hind leg which he cut into and
found between the flesh and hide two
leather winged bats, which were full
grown The bats were fastened to the
flesh of the rabbit by leader or some
thing similar There was not broken
place in the hide until Mr.. Hedrick cut
AN extraordinary case of suicide is re-
ported in the Berlin papers. A sixteen
year-old boy, feeling himself Inundated
by severe reprimand that had been ad-
ministered by his parents, seated him
self in chair, and after loading a
revolver handed it to his brother, lad
of six years, and compelled him to do
the shooting, The little fellow fired but
one shot, killing his brother instantly.
THE monomaniac who, in 1889,
stopped Queen Victoria while she was
riding on horseback in Hyde Park and
proposed marriage to her has recently
died in Bedlam, the celebrated insane
asylum of London. He seemed to be
perfectly sound on every other subject,
was well educated, and wrote very SEN
sible letters relating to insane asylums
and the reforms which could be made in
them. He was eighty four years old.
MEN cutting ice at Buxton, Me-,
found a half blown water lilly imbedded
in one of the cakes. 1t was thawed out,
put in sunny window, and soon
bloomed out as handsomely as any lily
of July.
REJIARLE RECIPES.