St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-11-04
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE,

Queer Facts and Thrilling Advel
tares Which Show That Truth
Stranger Than Fiction.
A PECULIAR result Of lightning wa
noticed near Dion, in France, after
severe thunder storm. A bolt struck
small pond just outside the city and
was discovered that the electric shoe
had killed all tho fish in the pond, abou
| 1000 II humber.
PEOPLE fond of tracing coincidence
may make a note of the asserted fact thu,
Mrs. Elizabeth Payne. of Gallowa
Cotnty, Mo-, who recently celebrate,
her eighty-third birthday. has numbered
among her descendants sixty grandchiI
dren, of whom thirteen are dead, an,
sixty great grandchildren. of whom thir
teen are dead.
AN execution In the Indian Territor,
Is uri4Hc proceeding. A few days agC
1t became the duty Of sheriff to legal,
Stay Choctaw. Two men held The
criminals hands. The sheriff knelt five
PAGES in front, aimed at bit of white
paper pinned over the Indians heart anu
shot him dead.
A TEXAS man was sitting in dark
room recently when he was attracted by
the buzzng of Il gold colorcd bug.
taking the appearance of the bug rs q
favorable omen, he followed it. 1t
stopped directly over au old well in a
deserted field then the man went to
digging and presently discovered O MUM
Der Of gold dollars and some few silver
coins.
IT is said that interesting experiments
As to the ability of animals in counting
have been made by q Russian physician,
who estimate, that 4 horse can count to
e5, dog to 10 and cat to 6. 4 single
illustration will show the physician $
method. The house of a certain peasant
had the habit of stopping to rest from
blowing when he reached the twentieth
(urrow, and could not be induced to take
any rest until the full twenty burrows
had been finished. He never found a
horse that had a capacity beyond twenty
Eve.
IT is stated by the London Lancet
that ''The English professional classes,
who head the list as the taIIest of adult
males, attain the average height Of 5 feet
IT inches. Next on the list come the
American males, and a minute fraction
behind come the English of all classes.
Most European nations average for the
adult male ) feet inches; but the Aus
TRANS, Spaniard and Portuguese just fall
short of this standard"
THE Binghamton IN. " Leader tells
of a grocer in that city who, while
taking Sunday afternoon nap, fell into
a deep sleep, and while in that condition
went to his place of business, opened his
store and was moving some Of his goods
out on the walk and making other prcpa-
rations for the days trade, when he was
awakened by friend lie had worked
20 hard that he was dripping with per
'piration.
A CINCINNATI paper mentions a sharp
rick played by shoemaker to attract
custom. He had a bold sign printed
Shoes mended for nothing next week, y
md displayed it in front of his shop.
Early Monday morning such a rush Of
business set in that he was compelled to
all in another workman to assist him.
The next day some of his patrons began
o call for their shoes, and were greatly |
when he demanded pay. They |
cferrcd him to the sign in the window.
You haven't read it very carefully he
eplied, ''it says next week. ~
THERE is a place in Dorset. England,
rown as White Farm. All the farm
buildings, the house itself and even all
he animals Oh the place are white
rabbits, cats, guinea pigs, hens, horses,
ows, donkeys and all the creatures are
potless. But this is not the most re-
1arkablc feature. The free and indie
endent British men and maids who till
he soil and churn the butter are COM
ellcd to attire themselves in white
nocks and white frocks to bear out the
eneral impression Of whiteness.
THE Duchess dues, whose reputation
8 a sportswoman is as familiar almost
, Americans as to the people of her ma
We France, has a very remarkable pack
hounds. 1t is composed Of Just 100
ogs, all exactly alike to the eye of the
rdinary observer, for they are all white
18th brown spots. Their mistress, how
yer, can readily distinguish them, and
le looks after them as carefully as
)lonel after the soldiers in his command.
very morning when Mt her country es-
Ite she visits the kennels, and the
ounds arc made to line up before her
Ike militiamen on review
The Japs for the most part are non
eat eating race; indeed, in central
apan and in out-of- the way parts the
hab!tants have never tasted such food,
fact partly due. no doubt, to economic
asons, a meat diet being an expensive
Xury in the Ear cast. Statistics of
cent year go to prove that out of the
O21, 503 head of cattle existing in the {
'untry only the comparatively small
lmbcr of 81, III were slaughtered for !
1rposes of food The tendencies of
'pan being thus inclined toward vege-
case of positively inhuman !
ccption to this state Of things is all I
9 more astonishing. 1t appears that c
ute recently in the prefecture of Meji a
tive was discovered digging up the l
'dy of II newly buried child, with the 1
tent to eat its flesh. Upon arrest the a
an pleaded in self-defense that he had {
Ell led to believe that human flesh c
ould cure him of disease from which [
was suffering, cure which all unfore
IN cost the credulous believer q three Il
onths' residence in prison. |,
AMONG the deeds recorded in the Sulli- =