St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-23
OF GENERAL INTEREST

4
dollars this year.
An Albany man says he has been
In prison two hundred and six times
4L6aasy IN z Journal.
A crematorium built in the time Of
the invasion of England has been dis
covered in the city of London, England.
"A specimen of every plant named
in the Bible is said to be growing in the
gardens of the Missouri Botanical So
Getty, near St. Louis.
The whole business OF the Dominion
of Canada in te!egraphy is not equal to
the business of the Western Union Teie-
graph office in the city OF Chicago
CJSjengo Her0Id.
A man in Denver has q curious
fowl. 1t has no eyes, one foot is Webbed
and the other is not. 1t has fat back,
and one wing is entirely without joints.
-Denuer Iribss7ae.,
The Afghans are the dirtiest people
in the world. They never allow water
TO come in contact with their bodies if
possible. When an article OF clothing
is put on it stays these until it wears or
rots of.
1t is stated that in an average life
of fifty years q man works 5000 days
and sleeps as many more, eats 1000,
walks $40, is sick 800, and spends the
rest of the half century in amusing him.
self.-M I. Tribune.
An Ohio man has just remarked
the wife from whom he was divorced
eight years ago. He proved to her that
he had quit snoring and she demon
strated that she had learned to make
good bread. c. eUetle7ad Letb44er.
Partisan ladies now employ what is
known as a ''dog modiste'' to fashion
the garments OF their pets Elegant
collars set with precious stones are
furnished by jewellers, while the modiste
makes the cushions or rugs on which
the petted darlings sleep.
The New York Board of Health has
issued orders forbidding the use By
soda-water manufacturers of water OBJ
tanned from those artesian wells which
have been found upon investigation to
be impregnated with substances dele
ferrous TO health.-M Y. San.
"A writer recalls the facts that dur
ing the reign of the cholera in Pitts
burgh in 1854 the total number OF
deaths was something like one thousand,
or an average rate of fifty day. There
was as many deaths in the hill districts
as in the low districts. Ftas5atrg5 foss.
"A recent cablegram from London
saws the committee engaged .in reyis-
inc the Old Testament have finished
their labors, and after submission to
the convention the Testament will be
issued to the pubic. Twelve OF tue
twenty-seyen members have died dur
ing the revision.
"A convicted thief in Morocco is
told to hold up his hands and then Po-
litely asked which one he would like to
keep. When the choice is made they
cut off the otner with an AK, and the
system is continued so that al obstinate
offender sometimes loosas both his
bands and both feet.
-"American society is no longer
provincial, says Edgar Fawcett, the
novelist. People come to us from
| European courts and marvel at the soale
| of magniicence on which our revelries
| are conducted. We are foreign and
| initiative only in our snobbery, and
might | adm our memory.
A man in Wexford bought daily
paper in which he saw an advertisement
| asking for information of bis where
| abouts. He promptly answered it and
| learned that by the death OF an uncle
| he had fallen heir to $50,0lV. The
moral of this is, always bay paper in
stead of borrowing oBe--SofTtstown
| Herald.
The cold world has not used many
Of us so well that we wouldn't exchange
our dreary load OF rnanful responsible
ties to be again the buoyant lad on the
| fence. careless of the future and with no
ambition more lofty than taat some
vagrant yellow dog may trot by to be
I stimulated to panic by the flying cracker.
Neg RdUe1z Conn Re4rS.
| Vaccination performed once does
not act as q preventive of smallpox at
ter certain length OF time has elapsed.
| An examination of the statistics Of this
| disease shows that of those who mad
taken it and had been vaccinated in in
fancy, ninety per cent. are over ten
| wears of age, while only ten per cent.
are under ten years OF age. Revaceipa-
ton at intervals, say, OF seven years, is
the only known effective measure for
protection. Chicago Joeeg7aaI.
/ The retrospective clause in the
French Divorce act will probably have
the effect ofkeeping lawyers and the law
courts busy for some tine to come.
| Couples legally separated for upward
of three years will be entitled to demand
IA divorce at once, and the application
may be made by either the plaintiff or
defendant in the separation suit. The
court will, however, have 10 review the
evidence given in the earlier proceed