St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-19

will make Augusta, Me-, his headquar-
tiers during the campaign.
A SAN FRANCISCO society leader en-
gagged the front row Of the dress circle
for Langtry' appearance last week, and
filled it with local beauties in decollete
dress. The verdict was they were all
more beautiful than the Lily.
PHILADELPHIA ladies have swell
boarding place for their pet dogs in one
of Che suburbs of that oVergroWn vii
lage, so that their favorite cannes may
not suffer during the owners absence at
Long Branch or Cape May.
Mrs. LANGTRY's latest conquest in,
wolves the happiness of swealthy cat
tle-rancher, who has followed her from
Cheyenne to San Francisco. he would
like to swap his whole herd OF long
horns for one beautiful little Jersey.
TIE assets OF the Cooperative Dress
Association, Kate Fields defunct enter
prise, have Just been sold, and amount
ed to the sum total of ST., which is just
81 more than some defunct enter
prises have left behind them.
SOME young women Of town IN
Western Massachusetts, think of organ
izing an association for the promotion
4pf co-education. The motto on their
corporate seal will be: IF q girl wants
to be a fellow with other fellows, let her
do it.
Mr.. LOUIS scHAFFER, of Canton, O.,
who recently offered home to the only
surviving granddaughter of Thomas
Jefferson, has issued circular asking
for contributions to place the lady be-
yond the reach of want in her declining
years.
PERE HYAcINTHE expresses himself
rs surprised by the vastness OF this coun-
try and the unity of the diverse races
which compose its population. He said
that here one feels true liberty, based
upon the principles of strong con-
serYative constitution and Christianity.
Two boys living at Beloit. Kan,
frightened an uncle, lately from the
East, nearly to death by making him
believe that cyclone was coming.
They got him into the cave cellar and
smashed glass and barrels against the
door. When taken out the old mans
hair had turned white.
AN odd effect of the recent drouth in
New England is reported from Siam
ford, Conn. A church organ there is
blown by water power. The other day,
at wedding, the supply gave out in
the middle of the wedding March, .
and the music squeaked itself away into
silence while the bridal procession was
moving up the aisle.
The other day man and woman
were walking across q railway bridge
in Connecticut when train came along.
The man dropped the woman down into
the water and then jumped in and res
cued her from q watery grave. He
thinks he did a pretty good stroke OF
Work-saved the woman life twice and
his own once.
Franz H1LMAN, who invented the
polka, has just died at Prague at the
age of eighty. About forty years ago
he was struck by the musical rhythm
and dainty motion Of Bohemian
country dance, and he forthwith COM
posed the irst polka that ever appeared
in print, borrowing not only the tune
but the step.
A LADY in Ashtabula, O., spent an
hour oyerhauling the finest goods IN
store and then bought aspool of thread
The clerks secured heavy dray with
four horses attached and sent four stal
wart men along to deliver the purchase.
With the aid Of . plank the spool was
rolled barrel fashion to the sidewalk
and then appended on the doorstep. All
her nelghbors were out to see SAe result |
of her shopping.
PRoF. e. s. WAYNE, the chemist,
says that he has experimental for two
years on vegetables over which arsenic |
and paris green had been spread to kill
insects. He found turnips grown under
these circumstances impregnated with
arsenic, but could not find that potatoes
were affected in the same manner. Ii
turnips will absorb the poison it is not
unreasonable to suppose that radishes
and onions will Lettuce grown where the
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