The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-16
GENERAL.

rOHII years NSO WOU'aH Ncp"s'ANN
Si5 in tho Middlctown, VT, savings
bank, and now eight children receive
1886 each asthe product Of that well
laid nest.egg.
THE car of Juggernaut was not
drawn through the streets this year, on
account, the natives say, Of the ncgli-
gence of government officials. and the
omission defcrs its next appearance for
twelve years.
TIE minis of France belong to pri-
vate corporations, but coin money un-
der the supervision of the national au-
thorities. Any one possessing silver or
gold can have it coined. The five-franc
piece in silver is the only standard ma
tional silver money, the other pieces
being mere bullion for market cOnvcn-
ierce.
In a Deaf Mutes' Convention at Bos.
ton there was q pantomimic row over
the charge of their President that solicit
ing agents had kept back 40 per cent.
of $500 collected for the proposed
home. The scene was a strange one
400 persons earnestly and excitedly grs.
ticulating at each other without an audi
BILE word.
THE famous dry-goods establishment
of the Louvre, Paris, is heavy loser by
shoplifteYs, who conduct their opera.
tons with such skill as to generally defy
detection. A fortnight ago, however,
twcnty.six articles were found in posses
sion Of young woman who proved to
bc the keeper Of small dry-goods store
An eccentric Englishman, long a resi-
dent of Paris, has just committed sui.
eide, after having devoted twenty years
to q strange mama. Every six months
he had Il coffin made for himself. Each
was too long, too short, or uncomforta.
bic in some way, until the last proved
perfect. Having no further object in
life, he killed himself.
In some foreign countries certain
bridges and monuments, if not conse.
Grated to suicide, are largely used fo1
that purpose; and similar setting apart
is evidently sought by some people fol
Niagara Falls. Mr.. Knapp, of Utica.
who both shot himself and plunged over
the Falls, took needless precautions, for
he could not have survived the plunge
alone.
GAS the American" says the Rev.
David Swing of Chicago, scan out-chew
and out-spit and out-talk the rest of the
world, so can he Out-swear the residue
of humanity. Sittingbehind two gentle.
men for day, as our train glided along
from St. Paul toward Chicago, the words
by God came back to me 700 times,
when bedtime made me quit counting"
AN old English miser named Rhodes,
who began making money as rubbish
gatherer, and lived and died in squalor,
has bc1ueathed 100000 between the
Royal Free Hospital. London, and the
National Lifeboat Institution, leaving
his relations penniless. The will stands,
but the Charities have given the five
next of kin $3.50.
DALYE-LAMA, the earthly god OF
Thibet, lately became seriously i'll. The
priest applied to the Emperor for the
appointment of a new divinity. The
candidate has TO present himself to the
dying Dalye-Lama, who transmits to
him his divine soul, which has thus beer
passed down from the founder of the
Thibet religion, Dzon-Epa. The yearly
income of the deity Of Thibet is said t.
be over S1,0OO,00O. lie occupies pal
ace, in which are more than hundred
golden idols.
A NOVEL election bet is reported a!
having been made by Hartford politica
opponents. The loser is to black boots
at q designated corner for two hours On
a given day, the proceeds of his work tc
90 to tho orphan asylum. The agree
ment also provides that all moneys col
lected shall be given to the asylum; tina
no change shall in any case be given t
the party payingfor the shine; and tina
the one WHO does the work shall provid.
himself with a bottle of dressing witt
which to black ladies' boots.