St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-29
SOMEWHAT STRANGE,
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.

S~iNo " MIA NuoW mat truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction,
A MAMMOTH tusk was recently found
in mine at Schoningcn, Brunswick,
Germany, which, although broken off
at the point, measures twelve feet in
length and two feet in circumference.
and weighs 224 pounds.
Mrs. MARTHA HEKsEY of Pembroke
Pa, nearly 80 years of age, fell in the
barn a few days ago and broke her hip.
She dragged herself to her house, and
lay on the floor two days before she was
discovered. 1t was very cold, and she
believes she would have died had it not
been for her faithful dog that remained
by her side.
THERE is smart dog in St. Louis
His master is paralytic, and has dinner
placed on a table by his side, and cane
to thump for the attendant, if needed,
His dog has fallen into the habit of
stealing his masters dinner, but every
time takes the prccaution of stealing the
cane first, SO that the patient cannot rap
for assistance.
Two negroes in cutting a great tree in
a swamp near Snow Hill, Md, the other
day, came upon an old cannon ball com
pletely embedded in the trunk. The
tree measured three feet in diameter,
and much of its growth had taken place
since the ball found Judgment in the
trunk. There has been no artillery firing
in that region since the Revolutionary
war.
A HOUSEWIFE at Benton, Pa, found
foury young mice and placed them in a milk
pan on the floor. Presently the old
mouse peeped out, jumped into the pan
and tried to hustle her youngsters out.
1t was no use. Finally mother mouse
placed her paws on the rim, squatted
and the children ran up her back and
dropped on the outside of the pan. Then
the old mouse hoped out, and they all
skedaddled.
THERE used to be curious oil-well in
Venango County, Penn, which never
yleldei drop of oil except on Sunday.
But there is we'll in Wheeler Canyon,
Cal, known as the Lunatic Oil Spring,
which is quite as curious. When the
new moon appears it begins to flow oil,
and the flow increases in volume as the
moon grows. When the moon is full
the spring yields three barrels day.
When the moon reaches its last quarter
the flow ceases.
In Edgefeld, S. c., chicken raisers are
advised to bait their chickens with
strychnine in order to destroy hawks.
A paste of strychnine the size of pin
head is placed on the head of chicken,
and then the fowl is turned out where
the hawks may have free chance at the
prey. To seize chicken so baited !
usually means death to the hawk, and as
there arc more chickens than hawks this |
IS esteemed an economical method of de- |
stroying the latter.
ST. PETERS episcopal church in AL
bany n. Y, has a silver communion |
service 17S years old which is a COM
panion set to that held for the descend |
ants of the Mohawks by clergyman in
Canada. 1t seems that Queen Anne sent |
two services over, one for the Mohawks !
then living in the New York colony and |
the other for St. Peters, Albany. The !
Mohawk service followed the Indians I
INTO exile, and has been carefully pre-
served by the persons to whom it has
been lntrustcd by the council of chiefs
rom time to time.
FOUR miles southwest of Mount Yer
ION, Texas, is a great phenomenon on
he farm of Marvel EIolbert. Last july
le dug a we'll. Going to the depth Of
fifty feet and getting no water, work
vas suspended and the we'll covered up.
)ne day recently Mr. IIolbert, passing
'y, uncovered the well, and to his sur
orlse hot steam gushcd out in his face,
md on examination it was found that
'eln of hot water about six inches in di-
lmeter had burst in through the bottom
md stands at a depth of eighteen feet,
polling like teakcttle over slow fire.
HERE is pathetic story from Sydney:
leading solicitor Of that city one morn
ng received instructions to hunt up a
Dung man who had quilted England ten
ears previously. After a considerable
of trouble his efforts were re-
hANSNA dhSt IiS " dS ulltCtttl 10 u certain
lowell in low quarter of Sydney. There
e found a hut, which boosted a box
nd pile of rags and straw for it's sole
urnlture. a weary woman, with traces
i former beauty in her face, begged that
he and her former husband should not
re turned out of their dismal abode I'M
il the latter was better, and hollow
yed invalid, stretched on a pile of rags
n the corner, echoed the petition. And
hese two people were the heirs to for
une of $3.50, 600.
IT used to be the law in California that
Justices of the peace had 10 jurisdiction
cases involving more than $500. Once,
ays an old Californian, A. sued B. be-
ore squire in the Coast Range for $500.
). posted up to the next town and con-
lltcd climb Of the law S. swell
o down and throw him out of court on
10 jurisdiction, said s. The dav for
'ial came, and B. and his attorney were
n hand. Just to see how far he would
o, S. let him enter Judgment against
i'm, and then called his attention to the
'ct of ''no jurisdiction. 'Ah, ycs,'
III LIS IIolloT, 'hr. D, tne Court has |
bought Of that, and discovered a remedy.
he Court enters judgment against your
lent r$t00, and issues two executions
" $500 each!' And he did it. {
A CORRESPONDENT of "Notes and I
ueries' brings out q strange conccit. t
Almost from chiIdhood,' he says, II
i've been in the habit of associating the :.
)wel sounds in word with color. In -;
le course of q somewhat long life | !
ever met more than one person "a {
oman who was possessed of similar :,
'aze, as l considered it, and in her case s
llH two Of the unu,als q anl ~ ,..oro