St. Landry democrat., 1893-12-30
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction

TNCCA EhCbS ANA huFCh
lures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.
A SINGLE sponge has been found on
The coast of Florida with a circumfer-
cncc of five feet six inches.
J. w. GARRISON, of Flat Creek, n. c.,
boasts of ii PIC which has two heads, two
sets Of teeth, three eyes, two tails and
six legs.
A WOMAN named Marin Smeaton, re-
siding ia the suburbs of Cincinnati, al
though past the age of ninety one, has
FHlthen the last year cut four new teeth.
A LITTLE dog at Woburn, Mass, whose
master had taken Il passenger train, fol-
lowed it on a run to the next station,
which it reached only 200 yards behind
the iron horse.
AFTER separation Of sixty-four years
William Shaw, an inmate of the Bling
hamton, n. y, county farm, has been
restored to his family. Mr.. Shaw is re-
puted to be nearly 1O5 years old.
A LIVING curiosity is in the possession
of Henry Gerbcnding, of Fort Wayne
Ind. 1t is freak of nature in the shape
of three kittens which are inseparabv
joined at the hips. There are three
heads, six fore feet and only three be-
hind.
SAMUEL LETTERS, an aged resident of
Moraine, n. d., who has been a great
sufferer from rheumatism for over twenty
years, has been entirely, and, it is
thought, permanently cured by a slight
stroke of lightning.
A HORSE that fell down q we'll on the
bailey farm, i'll Polk County, Oregon, re-
gently was rescued in novel manner.
Straw was thrown down the well, and
the horse tramped it and rose until he
was able to climb out.
An English sparrow met Curious and
rntimely death in London recently in
trying to take drink of water from the
famous Temple fountain, A gold fish,
1t is declared by witnesses, jumped up
anl seized the bird by the leg. A sec
ond fish did likewise by the birds other
leg, and between them the sparrow found
watery grave.
THREE years ago William Brown, of
Lost Creek, Pa, walked down noun
tain path to the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad tracks lust in time to have
his leg cut ok by passing train. A few
weeks ago 'Ac Was on the same mountain,
walked dLwp the same path, and at the
spot OF lis former misfortune, he trippcd
and tel Ind had his remaining leg taken
of bsg the same train.
A NATURAL wonder of British Guiana
Is Mount Roraima, a peak famed for its
Inaccessibility and peculiar formation.
1t is only 5000 feet high, but the last
1900 feet of the ascent baffled tie at
tempt ct exploration until 1884. This
main peak is solid wall Of sandstone,
flat at the top, except for depressions
and cavities worn by the rainfall. From
the tabletop are supplied innumcrab!e
streamS, and equally numerous lakes in
the expressions make natural reservoirs.
A BLOWER lately discovered in the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec is white in the
morning, red at noon and blue at night,
and is called the chameleon flower in de-
fault of any botanical name. 1t is prob
ably species Of the hibiscus mutabilis
The colors donot pass abruptly from one
shade to the other, but change gradually
from the white Of the morning to the
pink and red and thence to the blue at
night. The Tehuantepec tree grows to
the size OF guava tree and gives out Il
slight perfume when the flower is of
red color.
A PROPOSED fox hunt at ST. Joseph
Mo, recently, was prevented by the per-
sistency of the hounds. The tale reads
IS follows: "a fox was taken out of
sight CT the crowd and freed. The dogs
were released, and before the fox had
got twenty feet away had killed it. The
crowd patiently waited half mile away.
As sort of consolation race the fox was
attached to a bicycle and the cycler
started off before the people, and the
dogs caught the fox within dozer steps
and pulled it loose, and that ended the
sport"
The English papers tell the following
story Of badly malfOrmed lamb: Mr..
W. Hewitt, of Harrington Mills, has
eve which this spring yeaned lamb
that is certainly culiousIy and won
drousIy made. 1t has two eyes, both in
the centre of the forehead and in single
socket, both covered with one eyelid
One car is situated at the back of the
head and the other directly under the
lower jaw, near the hinge. 1t has no
tail, but in the place of that very neccs-
sary appendagc fifth leg almost as long
as the other four, fully equipped with
hair, hoofs, etc. 1t was living at last
accounts, being almost three months old
THE oldest one of the white elephants,
which was born in l770 died in its tenn
pie at Bangkok in November last. Every
one knows that the white elephant, before
whom whole people bow the knee, is
the emblem of the Kingdom of Siam. 1t
is honored with the most beautiful pres
ents, for the Indians full of the idea of
metamorphosis, still believe that so ma
iestic an animal could only be animated
by the spirit of heaven Or of an emperor.
Each white elephant possesses it's palace,
vessel of gold and harness resplend-
ent with jewels. Several mandarins are
attached to its service and iced it with |
cakes and sugar cane. The King of |
Siam is the only person before whom it |
bows the knee, and similar salutation
is rendered it t5y the monarch.
A FEW days ago William Bell was re-
leased from prison at Birmingham, Ala,
after having been convicted of murder
and sentenced to hang. He MANAGED to