St. Landry democrat., 1893-12-16
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth is
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the stalk measuring twelve inches in cir
circumference, bearing thirty-nin(
branches and supporting 154 flowers
was exhibited at Lathrop, Mo. Two o.
the branches were over nine feet long.
Ir is the custom in Prussia to call on
the Emperor to be godfather to the sew
cnth living son. This has happened
three or four times during the present
Williams reign, and, just now, Laborcr
Schnittspan Of Friesack has invoked the
imperial godfathership on such an occa,
sion, and the Emperor has accepted.
William himself has six sons
A KITTEN in Pittsburg has one head,
two bodies, two tails and six legs. 1t
had one spine running half way down
the body, where it divided and formed
the two lower bodies. This curious Kit
ten was healthy and strong and lived
three days, until its mother noticed what
sort of Il looking creature it was and
killed it by biting it back Of the neck.
AN ALLIGATOR eight feet two inches in
length and weighing 220 pounds, was
caught in the Mississippi off the levee at
st. Louis few days ago. AliiSators
are quito plentiful in southwestern
rivers, but they rarely attain length of
more than four feet. SO far as known
this one is by far the largest ever taken
from the Mississippi. Some of its teeth
were oyer two inches long and very like
the tcef5 of a shark.
AN average waltz takes dancer over
about three quarters of a mile; a square
dance makes hiN cover half mile 4
girl with weli-tilled programme travels
thus in one evening: Twelve waltZes,
nine miles; four other dances at half
mile apiece, which is hardly fairly big
estimate, two miles more; the intermis-
sion stroll and the trips to the dressing
room to renovatc her gown and COM
plexion, half mile more; grand total,
eleven and one-half miles.
The figure six played prominent part
in the life of young woman who recently
died at Americas, Ga. She was born on
November 16. 1916; moved to Americas in
1856, Joined the church IN 1864, was
married August 25, 1866; was the
mother OF six children, and was buried
january 1G, 1893, at the age of forty six,
after having been married twenty-six
years. There are eleven skies in these
facts, and eleven times six makes the
year of the century in which she was
married, 1856.
A. P. HINTON, of Oklahoma, is q
"boomcr. SO is S. S. Sowson, like
wise of Oklahoma. They were bosom
friends, and one day Hinton traded Slow
son revolver for a watch. When the !
Cherokee Strip excitement began they
doomed along amicably for awhile, but
finally quarreled over u jumped claim or
something. Then Slowson pulled out
the revolver and blazcd away at Hinton
The bullet struck the watch and Hinton's
life was saved. The incident affected
Slowson to tears, aud he apologized.
They took drink and then doomed
along together again.
The only instrument used purely for
punishment in English jails nowadays is
n crank handle weighted heavily with
lead and working heavily inside box,
an indicator at a slit recording the num-
Der of revolutions nadc---S, 600 or II, 900
days work. Among the
purely m, chanical labor is included the
at tho crank handles of the
huge water pump, and by cranks, too,
all the meal used in prison is ground, but
in the case of corn grinding the prisoner
may rest as often az he likes, provided
be gets through his allotted task.
WHEN 600 miles off the coast of France
the crew of the British steamship Wild.
lower, which has just arrived in Phila-
lei phia, from Rouen, France, saw with
aston ishment a big owl alight in the rig
cling Of the steamship. The bird was
soon caught and killed, and an examina-
ton of its stomach showed that it had
lot eaten anything for days, having been
iriven sscaward by the storm. But for
he glare Of the sunshine after the storm
lad subsidized, it would undoubtedly have i.
lad the power to make its way back to
he coast of France, despite the great
distance, for owls, it is said, have en- ,,
lurance and powers Of flight equal to
he hcming pigeon.
The Vienna (Ga.) Progress tells this 7
story: Messrs. J. r. Duncan t
nd Joe L. Collier we're speaking of t
var "reminiscences few days ago, when S
ne of them told a remarkable circum- l
lance. A company of one hundred men, /
+ whom the above named gentlemen a
we're, which was formed at Perry. The
light before they left for the scene of a
var they met at tbs church, and good d
Id minister by the name of Talley was n
allied upon to pray. He prayed very c
and among other things prayed S
hat not single yankee bullet might
trike one of these men. This company S
f one hundred men went through the n
ar, being in many fierce battles, and Fl
OF one was killed or wounded, and e
bout sixty of the one hundred are now n
wing b
0 l.. Without, of Warrenton, Ca, v
omes to the front with very intelligent v
It of young pigs. For some time he u
rs noticed that his milk cows would VI
i've but little, in fact almost no milk, Ii
7ery morning, and he was unable to ac- d
,unt for this. 1t was at first thought y
lat they were being MIXED by some a. a.
le, so watch was placed at the end of -
lie pen to catch the miscreant Instead
his catching a supposed two-legged
fender he caught about q dozen little
gs. While the cows were lying down te
sting the pigs would go up beside them h.
I'd getting hold of the teat would take Or
1t all the milk, leaving them perfectly %
ry. The pigs are no longer allowed the a
'ivilcges of the cowpen, and the usual h
lantity of morning milk is being OBJ Il
ined. T