The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-24
GENERAL.

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,--AI ouisville mother advertises in q
newspaper for prayers for the recovery
of her sick child. W.
The Jewish population of Vienna is
reported to have more than doubled it.
self, according to the recent census,
within the past ten years. In 1870 it was
80, 200. It is now 10000.
Il large natural cave has just been
discovered at the head of Williams
Creek, Josephine County, Ore. 1t con-
sists Of series Of subterranean caverns
or chambers, through which person
can walk some 400 or 500 yards from
the entrance. There are still other
chambers beyond, the entrances to which
are too small to admit person; but
could be enlarged sufficiently by q little
labor. The cave has been visited by 3
great number of persons.
The great plans of Ada and Cassia
Counties, Idaho, contain millions of
acres now lying waste but capable of
being made Ito blossom as the rose" by
the Introduction of a system of canals.
Nor is this impracticable, as the Boise
and Snake Rivers carry an immense
body of water, which can be utilized in
retaining lands that are now valueless
even for pasturage purposes. 1t Is
claimed that by means Of this irrigation
this section might be made profitable in
the cultivation of sugar beets and the
manufacture of sugar.
The Insurance Journal calls atten.
ton to a new kind of indemnity company,
which insures against breaches of trust
and burglaries. It is claimed that this
species Of insurance is likely to be ofuse
to the public, by creating moneyed cor.
porations to whose interest it will be to
see that burglars and embezzlers are
prosecuted and punished. Prosecutions
brought about by fire insurance compa-
MES are said to have lessened the fire.
quency of arson, and it is thought pos
sible that a similarly beneficial influence
may now be exerted upon burglary and
embezzlement.
William Brooks attempted to shoot
his wife at Shelby, N. G. The indigna-
ton Of his neighbors was outspoken,
and they proposed to have him .ptbse-
cuted; but he said that they need not 60
to that trouble, for he fully realized his
despicable character, and would punish
himself with death on the following day.
Next morning he shouldered his gun and
a rope and started for the woods, telling
his family that when they heard shot
they might know that he was hanging
himself, and could get his body. They
did not believe him; yet they went in
search of him on hearing the promised
signal, and found him dead. 81
In the district OF Saratow, ir. Rus
STA, a new religious sect, called "The
Underground Sect" is said to be gain
ing followers. The peculiar name is
derived from the habit, practiced by the
followers of this eccentric form of be-
lief, of seeking out caves and other subj
terranean places Of refuge as habita-
tons. They live an ascetic life, taking
only bread and water for food and
drink, and tolerate no union of the sex
es. Their dead are buried under cover
Of the night, from which the notion has
gained currency among the peasantry
that they throw the bodies into the
Volga.
Cypress is afflicted with a plague
of goats. The planting the Government
proposes to carry out will be useless un-
less some means can be adopted fol-
preventing damage by the Cyprian
goats. The number Of goats in the
island is said to be 23O, 900. They carry
no wool, furnish only a bad meat, and
hardly give more milk than the sheep,
to which, however, they are preferred
on account of their feeding on ligneous
vegetation, which the sheep reject
They not only destroy the young, freshly
grown plants, but browse on the young
branches Of older trees. St. Helena,
like Cyprus, has suffered much from
goats. The forests suddenly disap.
peared between ITO and 1920, in con.
sequence Of the Introduction Of goats in
1902. fs,.r, Igf.