The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-06-25

We notice that since the decision Q
the Supreme Court upon the subject q
the Sunday law, that man, ofonr larges
!.usiness 1.nuses still remain closed o.
the Sabbath. VIZ heard one prominsn
merchant rrlnark when the news reaclle'
us that the Sunday law was dead Let
ter: " ] am not member ofany church
] see no sin in selling my goods on Sun
day; / have always been able to max,
living ly working six days ont Of tn.
seven, and whether the law compels mt
to close or not on Sunday ] am going t.
do 50, and at least have enc day in til,
week to rest" He has done so, and W.
| expect will continue to do 50. We have
ffetstfd difficulty ing OH
wants for Sunday, by purchasing what
we needed on Saturday, nor do we sup
pose any one else has. We are under the
impression that tie ma jority of orr mer-
chants have found by experience that
| too much, and that Law or 10 law that
tho habit of closing their doors on Sun
day and giving themselves as well rs
their employees days rest will still be
Observed Opc1orsas Dcmoc,uf.
The attitude Of Carlyle towards the
,,f, ,
which considerable interest is naturally
felt. 1t is known that he was for q long
time decidedly hostile to the theories of
Darwin, but, according to late statements
Of Prof. Tyndall, lis views were consider
ably modified during the last few years
Of his life, 50 that lie even approved
cordially Of certain writings advocating
Darwin's ideas, while a personal inter
view with the great naturalist caused
him to say that Charles Darwin was the
most charming ofmcn.
The total eclipse Of the sun, May II,
1882, is awaited with much anxiety by
astronomers, for it j. hoped that then
the question Of tie existence Of 4 large
planet within the orbit Of Mercury may
be settled. Prof Watson believed that
he saw such a body during the eclipse Of
July %, ISIS. The search is attended by
great difficulty and liability 10 error, as
it can only be conducted during tho cx-
ccrdingly brief interval Of totality
which III the case Of the next cclipsc
amounts to less than two minutes 1T any
point on the carth's surface, Willie in
localities acccss lille to scientific cxpcl-
tipns it is scarcely more than one minute.
Tho story Of john Duncan, Of Afford,
England the wnavcr-b otanist' has
been received with the warmest sy1npa-
thy by scientists and scientific societies
the world over. Although only Il poor
weaver, tuiling at the loom for his daily
bread, he has, by lifetime Of industry
aud earnest devotion to science, added
very materially to the botanical lsnowl
rdsc Of bis country; and quito recently
presented his large and very valuable
Ilcrharium to the University Of Aberdeen.
His scientific labor, however, brought
him no pccnniary reward, and extreme
I'D age found him dependent for his daily
upon parochal relief But
during the past few months the worthy
id botanist's needs have attracted much |
attention, and 4 fund now being raised |
or his relief by voluntary subscriptions
las reached the respectable proportions
# about c;;25. Her Majesty the Queen
presented El0. The money subscribed
$ to DC placed III tho hands Of i board Of
rnstecs, who will make ample provision
or Mr.. Duncan during he remainder Of
lis life, and on his death Will devote any
nm remaining to the promotion Of
clcncc. The weaver butani>t is ROM in
lis eighty seventh year, and il feeble
,ralth