St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-10

IN the matter, rs he desired to have tho
reward all TO himself The pos SCISSOR Of
, the doleful drrciict was kept lodgine
about the riveIsi(e for nearly a quarter
Of an hour, trying with might and main
to reach terra tirma. At last two police
men went to his rescue, enabled him tC
land and decided that he alone was en-
titled to the premium due for the cap
ture OF the floating corpse.
A RATHER curious lawsuit is reported
| from Paris. A gentleman living in the
Avenue de Ncuilly was terribly annoyed
with rats in his house. They were Iar-o,
ravcnrus humorous and huld TO catch.
Finally he m!nng"d to trap one Of tie
pet, and, cqurping bim with Il tiny
lutte tell. fastened to his neck with a
lit Of wire, set him again a. ibvrtv
HE rat, Of couse, ran &c tul lis com
panlonS, aud they all ran a. eagerly to
avoid him, and in a It'll" tim" thc'e Was
not "A Fit left Oh III. premises, Nearby
there lived 4 nervous gentleman, and
one night he WAS awakened by Il curious
tinkling sound, which came IN htfuIiv,
and seemed to proceed fr n every corner
of the room. lie lit cun,ir, and
timorou~?y proceeded to scarcIl There
was nothing visible, and yet the mystcri-
Gus sound WAS distinctly audible. lie
tried to think it was imagination. but,
failing, decided it must lie gho~tS. 1t
was clear his house was hauntrd-and
haunted, too, by dry as we'll IT'S by
night. For weeks he could not sleep,
and the anxiety tod ON his health. At
last goss ping servant learned the
truth, and the victim, instead Of laugh
ing at his own creduli'y, has Degua IN
action against the man who beI!el the
| rat.
a MIS-. JOSHUA S. PALMER. of Port
land, Me, has discovered an important
industrial process in very cXtraordi-
nary way. Mis-. Palmer has long been
known to possess some extraordinary
occult powers. 1t is said that she can
take scrap of any pcr> on's handwriting
in her hand, or a bit Of his clothing, or
any object intimately associated with
him, ard at once give an accurate de-
scriplion of bis personal appearance,
mental qualities, in more or less Of his
history. She can take any object in her
! htnu and describe the place whence it
came and the dissertations connected
with it. This remarkable faculty has
been known TO Mrs. Planners intimate
ftirnIs fer years and they have delighted
Ill testing it. On" day her husband
gave her a bit Of dried wood pulp She
had never seen any before and did not
know what it WAS, but she ar once de-
scrihei its nature and the processes
through which, it had passed. Mt only
that, but she perceived simpler and
cheaper process by which it could lie
made, and being something Of q chemist
She proceeded to experiment with it.
hatcvcr may be thought Of the man
ner IN which she arrived at the discovery.
it appears to be q very valuable one, and
a company has been gAn!Zed in Bangor,
with Il capital of $!Ou,OJO, to manuiac-
ture wood pulp according to Mrs Palm
er'S method
TIE British Royal Humane Society has
just recognized the gnIla1try Of a nurse
girl named Esther Grey by presenting
her with gold medal fci saving life.
The presentation took place at Bristol,
end was made by the Mayor, who re-
IN liked that the case OF Grey was pc.
cuI!a:ly interesting as well as one of
great bra:ery and self devotion under
trying circumstances. 1t appeared that
on Sunday afternoon in August last
Grey, the nurse. was walking in the gar
den of her employer, Mr. J. r. Bennett,
OF West Park, Clinton, with the baby in
her arms, and, stepping upon the stone
which covered a we'll. The slab gave way. !
and nurse and child were prccipitutcd !
into the we'll which was Thirty feet deep !
and contained six feet of water. In the |
fall Grey struck against an iron bar, and, |
b. coming stunned, the child fell out OF !
her arms into tie water She soon re. :
gained consciuJ s2cSs and. after crop. |
ing, rcgalncd her charge, which WAS then
head downward il the water She then .
supported the child with one ann, and
chung on to 4 bar with the other Her
cries for help attracted attention, and at
length both child and nurse We're brought
to the surface. The Parents were
admirable behavior, and the Royal
Humane Society had marked their
of her bravery by awarding
her the gold medal ard certificate.
THE rulers of tie miniature republic
If AndoTra decided recently that the
country should possess cannon. Krupp,
therefore,, was ordered t. manufacture
'ne OF the most modern type. The gun
rrlved at its mountain destination Il
hort time ago, and was placed on the
highest point in the "country," so that
he citizens could see that the valley was
veil protected a day was app inted to
ry the cannon, which was able TO send
ball eighteen Kilometres just as the
wo artilIerymen Of Andorra were ready
o fire it occurred to one of the prudent
citizens Tint the shot might cause some
rouble. The territory of the republic
Andorra does not extend over more than
tx kilometres. TO direct the shot,
therefore,, toward the surrounding noun.
aims would be the same as firing at
rance or Italy, as the ball would nee
ssarily fall on the territory of one Of
hese countries A war might be the 10.
ult. 1t was then decided to shoot the
all in the air, but someone suggested
hat it would endanger thu lives of too
lany people in its descent, and possibly /
ore great hole in the Republic of An
ORA. Good council prevailed, and the
wo artillerymrn were commanded to I'm.
'ad the gun. The shot has not yet been q
red, and the good republicans are I'M |
ertain what to do with the expensive
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