St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-11-25

to a hitching post, walked with her to
look at the condition of the fields. The
horse stood quietly for a while, but fin
ally growing FESTIVE, he broke the hitch
ing strap and started for home. He had
not gone very far, however. when he
concluded that it would not be fair to
leave the deacon and his wife to walk
home, SO he turned around, rctraced his
steps, as the buggy tracks plainly showed,
and quickly followed them into the field.
Coming up beside his mistress, he looked
at her and then at the buggy with a
"hlnny, as much as to say, If you are
going my way, You had better get in. ="
This story, of course, cannot be doubted,
as deacon told it.
AMONG the candidates who presented
themselves at the annual examination at
Kong Kong, China, few weeks ago, was
child four years old. The Planvu
Chehsjen conducted the examination of
the little savant in person and was greatly
impressed with his knowledge The
precocious boy was able to write a thesis
on the sub ect presented to him, although
the letters betrayed the fact that they
were written by child. The ''wonder-
child" eXcltcs great interest in the Flow
cry Kingdom, and his knowledge of
Confucius, the Chinese journals say, is
very great.
DR.. Alfonso Carpentieri, one of the
most famous physicians in Italy, became
suddenly insane at Naples the other day.
Rushing into restaurant he drank four
cups of coffee, bottle of wine and
bottle of cognac, and ate fifteen sand
wiches and a dozen eggs. He imagined
he was dying of starvation. Eggs! !
eggs" he howled. climbing upon table
when the proprietor refused to serve any
thing else. "Give me eggs and keep me |
from starving" When he began to
break the chairs and tables he was over.
powered and taken to an asylum.
If man commits a murder in Tun,
CORA none of the natives will detilc their
hands or weapons by killing him. He is
supposed to be haunted by the spirit of
his victim until he goes mad and kills
but us matter of fact the
priests capture and strange him I'M
known to the rest of the community.
The thongs with which the wretch's life
is squeezed out of his body are then
burnt before the image of Kali and the
ashes crammcd into the dead mans
mouth, by this means purifying his
corpse.
A REMARKABLE meteor exploded near
pompton, N. j., one day recently. In
describing the phenomenon, O witness
said that 1.-THE whole sky began to glow
before the meteor itself came in sight,
There was no wavering in its course, and,
Is 1t came more nearly overhead, it
seemed to go faster. Suddenly it burst,
md a thousand pieces of many colora
vent flying in every direction The
glow, which mingled with the dawn,
asted for a moment longer. But it was
lot until the light faded away that
he report came. The light lasted about
hirty seconds.
The vitality of the small horset1y after +
ecapltation is as remarkable as that of
he snake that has undergone the same
recess. He does not use his wings, if !
be beheading has been done neatly, SO :
not to injure him otherwise, but walks 8
bout, stopping now and then for "dry Z
ASH" rubbing his legs together and !,
leaning his wings. If touched he will r
ide off. II blown upon he will cling +
ghtly to avoid being carried away. /
his performance he will continue for
uarter of an hour or more.
The following unique advertisement,
gently appeared in the "Neue Freie
resse,' of Vienna: "a young man
wishes to marry q girl of SINH b
r convictions. She must be kind II
eaftcd, a serious thinker, of a manly is
laracter. The most important condi- P
ons are wealth, beauty and talent for a
eraturc. The marriage must be pre- b
deI by long correspondence. Reply 5
Welded Batt.ers for Liberty at the "
lice of the 'Neue Freie Prcsse.'" n
1T is impossible for frog to breathe r.
it'll its mouth open. Its breathing ap- r.,
ratus is SO arranged that when its "
outh is open its nostriIs are closed. 70 =,
ffocate frog, you have only to prop is
s jaws so that they cannot shut. But il
no wants to do it, anyway! h,