Democratic messenger., 1893-09-09


AMONG the candidates who presented
themselves at the annual examination at
Kong Kong. China. few weeks ago, was
child four years old. The Planyu
Chehsien conducted the examination OF
the little sayant in person and was greatly
impressed with his knowledge. The
precocions boy was able to write thesis
on the sub ject presented to him. although
the letters betrayed the fact that they
were written by child. The ''wonder-
child" excites great interest iu the Flow
cry Kingdom. and his knowledge Of
Confucius, the Chinese Journals say, is
very great.
DR. Alfonso Carpen,ieri. one of the
most famous physicians in Italy. became
suddenly insane at Naples the other day.
Rushing into restaurant h. drank four
cups of coffee, bottle of wine aud a
bottle Of cognac. and ute fifteen sand.
witches aud dozen eggs. lie imagined
| lie was diving of starvation. Eggs!
eggs" he howled. climbing upon a 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 aud taken 10 an asylum.
liza man commits murder in Tun.
CORA none Of the natives will detilc their
hands or weapons by killing him. lie is
supposed To be haunted by the spirit OF
his victim until he goes mad and kill,
himself. but rs a matter of fact the
priests capture aud sirangle him un-
known To the rest of the community.
/ The thongs with which the wretch's life
is squeezed ont OF his body are then
burnt before the image of Kali and the
ashes cramned into the dead mans
mouth. hy this means purifying his
| corpse.
\ REMARKABLE meteor exploded ne;i
Pompton, y. j., one day recently. In
describing the phenomenon. a witness
said that ''the whole sky began TO glow
before the meteor itself came in sight.
There was no wavering in its course. and.
as it came more nearly overhead, il
seemed to go fa ter Suddenly it burst,
and thousand pieces Of many colors
went fying in every direction. The
glow. which mingled with the dawn,
lasted for moment longer. But it was
no. until the light failed away that
the report came. The light lasted about
thirty seconds.
TmE vitality of the small horscfly after
decapiaiion i as remarkable as that of
the snake that has undergone the same
process. lie does not use his wings, if
thc behcading has been done neatly, so
as not 10 iniure him otherwise, but walks
about. stopping now and then for a ''dry
wash" rubbing his legs together and
cleaning his wings. II touched he will
slide Oft. Ii blown upon he will cling
tightly to avoid being carried away.
This pc, furmance he will continue for a
quarter OF an hour or more.
TnE following unique advertisement
recently appeared in the Meme Freie
Presse. OF Vienna: "A young man
(Socialisi wishes to marry girl of SINH
lar convictions. She must he kind.
hearted, serious thinker, of manly
character. The most important condi-
tions are wealth, beauty aud a talent for
literature. The marriage must be pre-
ceded by long correspondence. Reply
TO Welded Batt'ers for Liberty, at the
office of the .Ncue Freie Prcsse' "
IT is impossible for frog to breathe
with is mouth open. Its breathing ap-
paratus is SO arranged that when its
mouth is open its nostrils are closed. To
sulfocatc frog, you have only To prop
his jaws so that they cannot shut. Bat
who wants to do it, anyway.