The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-16
GENERAL.

Edison lives chiefly on apples and
milk. .~i'}- = '- -. =. lag s''.'
1t is expected that more Americans
will go to Europe this summer than ever
before.
British taxpayers will be called on
to pay OF, 1900 of the expenses OF
the fghan war.
BY surveyors blunder 9 substan-
tial brick hotel was built in o Phlladel-
phia suburb on lot forty feet from the
one bought for the purpose.
"A California says that resident OF
Placer County, that State, has the root
of q tree which is in the shape OF an
eagle. The head, neck, and wings are
nearly perfect, and little knots distinctly
mark the place for the eyes. "
Recognizing as a fact that life pris-
oners are VIGOROUSLY the hardest to
manage, for the reason that, however
well conducted and industrious they may
be, they have no clemency to expect, an
attempt is being made to amend the
penal code of California by having life
sentences oommuted upon the life insur-
aiice tables, and permitting the dis
charge of prisoner after the term he
was likely to live when sentenced has
expired. "
Railway and Geographic commu-
nication between Aberdeen and Peter
head being stopped by q recent storm,
message was on Sunday sent from Pc.
terhead by North Sea cable to Eyer
sund, where it was translated into Nor
wegian and sent to Arendal and Chris
tiania. to Gothenburg, Sweden. There
lit was retranslated and dispatched to
Newcastle, where it was again turned
into English and sent to Edinburg, and
thence to Aberdeen, its destination,
which it reached six hours after leaving
Peterhead. 'aJ-. ~ ..' .....
The hottest climate in the world
probably occurs in the desert interior of
Australia. Captain Sturt hung a ther.
nometer on q tree, sheltered both from
<he sun and wind, 1t was graduated to
127 degrees Fahrenheit, yet so great
was the heat of the air that the mercury
lose till it burst the tube; and the TEN.
perature must have thus been at least
1928 degrees, apparently the highest ever
recorded in any lart of the world. New
ertheless, in tho Southern mountains
and the table lands three feet Of snow
sometimes fall in q day. " 81 So
The production Of q good and cheap
dinner by the New Century Cooking
Club, of Philadelphia, described some
time ago, has been followed by a nine.
cent dinner for twenty-five persons.
\ There were really thirty-two guests,
which reduced the cost to seven cents a
head, aud there was plenty for all. The
|hill. Of fare included pea soup, Irish
stew, rolls, butter, potatoes, pork and
seans, veal croquettes, cold-slaw, mac
isaroni, rice pudding, apple dumplings,
and coffee. Nothing was charged, how.
ever, to the account of fuel orlabor. i
Speaking of: her past, Mrs.. Thomp'
son, the philanthropist, says: ~ was q
poor girl myself, born and raised in
Vermont I had : sensible mother,
thank God! who taught me, in fact
rang, into my ears day and night almost
that handsome is that handsome does.
Ind I have tried never to forget it. L
was nv good fortune to meet Mr.,
TAompspq; and we were married. It Il
now some twalve years since his death
and i have always felt thatI could in
no way 80 well show my reverence fol
\ his character and name ss by using the
means he 80 generously intrusted to mt
! TO alleviate the snferings Of humanity
| james Syme, the eminent Scotch
surgeon and Edinburg professor, wa:
entirely devoted to the profession. 4
well-known public character at one tim,
consulted him about some affection o
the lungs. Years afterward he returned
on the same srrand. On being an
nounced, he was nettled to observe tina
Mr., Syme. had neither any recollection
TOT his face nor, which was still NOR
CALLING, acquainted with his name. H
7 thereupon mentioned the fact of hi
former, visit. Still Syme failed to re
member him. But when the professo
put his car to the patients chest, an
heard the peculiar sound the old ailmen
! had made chronic, he exclaimed, "Ah
I T remember you now. L know you b
1 your lung" .1.E aI9. q. . a.a.' ~.
r. Secretary WINDOWS name, accord
ing to the Cleveland Herald, was orig
i inally spelt Wyndham, and many fam
4 lies living In the Sixteenth Ohio DISTRICT
where he was born, still retain the oil
spelling. It is said that when Windor
was q school teacher be discovered tha
bis name was not attractive in its OLD
4 awkward shape and 'declared that n
\ man with such IN outlandishly-spelle
name, could ever amount to anything.
He worked hard on the farm during hi
y boyhood years, learned what the meage
opportnaitiesof his life threw in his va,
and after . comnoA-school educatio
4 sought an income by teaching. iWhe
nearly twenty-five years of age he bega
the study Of the Inv: d. ''@@'C'' =, ,''0
# NH. "a The Close Colony. "A ,,t7
, Not far from the Missouri River, j
, the northwestern corner of Iowa, is
= colony Of Englishmen who have unde
! ftaken, with moderate capital and mfr
tte: pluck, to build mp. their, fortunes
this country: Their enterprise is new
! Just old enough, however, to furnis
satisfactory evidences that agriculture i
when properly undertaken, one Of ii
:, most profitable industries in this oou1
! try. Thar number at present is abo,
three hundred, and many additions
members are expected this spring.
This colony, oftsn called the 'Clo'
]. Colony, owes its origin to three oents
Uprising brothers,. respectively Jane