St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-08-26
SOUTHERN HLEANINGS.

destrian tour Of the mountains. The girls
wear dresses even shorter than the regua-
ton walking skirt, have KNAPP sacks strapped
over their shoulders, wear broad -bottomed
easy shoes, dark hose, and are fixed up for
comfort In their baggage they have ham
Knocks, which will be used in case they have
to camp out at night. The trip will con :
sumo about two months, and cover district
OF six or eight hundred miles. The girls
are all young, the oldest possibly not over
% and the youngest 16. They are 1.-THE,
hearty, and appear to be able to make fiji
teen or twenty miles day easily. Three OF
the fair pedestrians are from Maryland, and
the others are pupils of a seminary in Vir-
ginia and the daughters Of well-known
business man of that State. They do not
manifest any fear of being molested in the
long and lonesome route. They say they
are fully able to take care of themselves.
Each Of the fair cramps" is armed with a
small bowie knife and revolver. Two of the
party are amateur painters and two others
have some little talent in sketching.
Billy, the young Seminole who has
been for three years living with the white
people at Fort Myers, Fla, and attending
school at that place, is making rapid prog
ress in his studies, and appears to be de-
termined to get an education and become
civilized Seminole. Billy is remarkable
Indian, and demonstrates fully the Indian
character in carrying out their fixed de-
signs. When Billy first began to attend the
school at Fort Myers many disparaging re-
m rkS and nrof IL, 81,
soon he would become tired of his studies
and return to the ''Big Cypress" and to his
old habits. Three long years of study, I'm.
der the most perpleXing disadvantages,
convinces everyone that Billy means busi-
ness, and clearly demonstrates the fact that
the education and civilization of these red
men OF the forest is perfectly practicable
and within the legitimate power of the
State.
One of the curious industries OF
the country has its principal home
at New Berne, n. G.. This is the
manufacture OF wooden platters, plates
and trays. The timber used for this
purpose is supplied by the neighborne
swamps. A huge log is rounded by cir
cular plane and then put into machine,
which, with great accuracy and swiftness,
cuts off thin strips Of the wood. When
these strips have been cut into square
pieces and thoroughly dried they are made
piiable by steam. In that condition they
are molied in the shapes desired. The
factory is now making 100, 900 plates a day,
according to report, which is hard to be-
leve.
The Texas Cooperative Association
has just closed its third annual session with
results to the stock holders.
Fifty.one delegates, representing eighty
one local stores, in almost every section of
the State, were in attendance. At the
of August, 1881, its paid up
stock amounted to S2,S45, which has been
increased during the year to S14,915. Since
last August, up to June 80, the association
had purchased $421 ,023.27 worth of goods,
and handled 97,3sS bales of cotton, at net
leaving to farmers of 81 per bale in the way
OF reduced expenses, to say nothing OF
grain and other products, and in addition
thereto have realized net profit on the
years business of ST.. A. The Changers
are much Encouraged by the results Of the
meeting.
A young man named Kileneane, in
Sumter County, Ga, dreamed few nights
ago that he was having a good time swim
ming, and he jumped from his bed head
foremost through the window out into the
yard. He was so badly cut by the broken
glass that the physician pronounced it seri-
Gus.
A few days ago, while a lady who re-
sides near Chattanooga, Tenn, across the
Georgia line, was at work in her garden, she
discovered something sparkling in the I'M
and on closer examination dis.
covered that it was an English sovereign.
She continued her Investigations and soon
forty, which were strewn promis-
cuously in that locality. They are all dated
between the years 1920 and 1927. How they
came there is deep mystery.
In tearing down the walls of the old
Capital building at Austin, Tex, the other
day, the workmen removed the corner
stone, but nothing OF interest was found;
all the documents that had been placed
there had become wholly ilIegible.
BY an arrangement with the widow Of
William Enston, Charleston, S. c., has come
into possession Of part of the 100000 he
eft to found refuge for Aged poor. Eight
acres have been purchased in the northern
portion of the city. and neat cottages will
be erected thereon. The institution will be
called civilian Enston."
The new school building partially
in San Antonio, Texas, will cost |
10000 when completed, and be the finest
school building in the State.
All the lands in the State of Texas
owned and controlled by the International
Railroad Company have been sold to an
English syndicate, and the holders OF Inter-
rational lands have been notified that their
eases will be annulled at the end Of the con-
racts. The lands amount to 100000 acres
II all.