Within these tombs lie the most
aristocratic dead of Louisiana, repre
senting many old-time French fam
ilies of that historic city. The photo
graph shows a section of wall thickly
lined with single vaults. Most of the
inscriptions are more than a century
old. Vines have grown up, almost
concealing the quaint French inscrip
tions of love and consolation. Wreaths
of immortelles garland others. A
small shrine of the Virgin is at an
other, and in places vases of faded
flowers are the tributes of the last
feast day. Virginia creepers hang in
s festoons over the sealed and barred
3 doors guarding the dead. Along the
r walks are vases still luxuriant with
I flowers and vines of a century's plant
I ing.
Oddities in Stamps.
The largest postage star) ever is
sued measured four by two inches,
and was the old United States five
cent stamp for packages of newspa
pers. The quarter-shilling stamp of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, issued in 1856,
is the smallest postage stamp ever
produced, being less than one-fourth
the size of the British penny stamp.
There are 13,000 different kinds of
postage stamps issued in the various
countries of the world. Some of these
are made only for collectors by coun
tries wishing to make money easily.
Horse's Artificial Foot.
The veterinary profession is much
interested in a surgical operation
which has been accomplished by Prof.
Udriski, one of the staff of the veter.
inary school at Bucharest. Having
amputated a horse's limb at the fet
look joint, after several failures he
succeeded in fitting a leather boot or
artificial limb that enabled the animal
to walk about and take exercise.
Different.
"He takes whatever comes cheer
i fully."
"Yes, of course; but you ought to
hear the roar he makes when any.
