St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-02-27
or GENERAL INTEREST,

"A Michigan dentist advertises
''Laffin Gas Ten cents a Ha Ha!''-
Detroit Tribune.
If every inhabitant of the country
gets his share of the years grain crop
he will have to consume or waste fifty
three bushels Chicago Herald.
"A snow-melting machine which,
it is claimed, viii melt snow as
fast as fifteen men can shovel it in, was
tried in New York the other day.-N
7. San.
From tests made by DR.. Fisher, the
German chemist, it appears that in or
binary stoves not more than twenty
per cent. of the fuel consumed is
Utilized in warming the rooms.
1t may be remarked, for the COM
fort of honest poverty, that avarice
relgns most in those who have but few
good qualities to recommend them.
This is weed that will only grow in
barren soil.-Hughes
1t is when we come to rejoice in
duty, to take pleasure in sacrifice, to
follow justice, mercy and truth, not
only with the firm and steady step, but
with a loving and tender clasp, that
we realize the true vitality of
righteousness.-N. 7. Ledger.
An English medical publication
says that turnips, beets, onions, carrots
and parsnips are so completely made
up of water and waste materials that
they can not be depended upon for
nourishment, but are valuable aids in
digesting the more concentrated foods.
"A very sad affair is reported from
Ridgetield Park, N. J. A bridegroom
died of lockjaw within fort
night after marriage His death was
caused by slight wound from nail,
and his funeral service was read in the
same room which a few days ago was
gay with the bridal party.-M =. T'ri6-
u7se.
On the first day of January, 1885.
contribution box was placed in the
conversation room of the Working
Mems Institute, at Millville, N j.,
the object being to raise six hundred
dollars to place town clock in the bel
fry. The other day the box was opened,
and was found to contain fifteen cents.
Buffalo Express.
"A man who was sued in Charles
County, Md, last summer by
neighbor for killing his dog, and paid a
penalty of ten dollars, has found the
dog alive and well, except having be-
come thin from exposure. Where the
dog has been is mystery. The dog is
beagle, and some of the witnesses at
the trial valued it at fifty dollars
Baltimore iSun.
"A man from New Lisbon, N. Y,
mailed two letters at the Oneonto post
Office the other day. His strange man
ner in buying the stamps, and his
query as to what to do with the stamps
after he had bought them, excited curl
osity, and inquiry brought out the sim
gular fact that although ffty-fve years
of age he had never before mailed alet-
ter.-Utica Herald.
"A Polander employed at Chicopee,
N. Y, met with curious accident re-
Gently. Beginning his days work about
six a. M, when it was not very light,
he had to cross a foot-bridge over the
canal to get to the mill Arriving at
the bridge he saw the shadow of it on
itself, SO he boldly stepped out on the
shadow, and but for the timely assist
ance of couple of men would have
been drowned.
Peter Cummings drove the first
boat that made the trip from Buffalo
over the Erie Canal in 1925. De Witt
Clinton stood at the bow of the boat
and gave the word to start. The boat
was called the Young Lion of the West,
and was drawn by nine horses gaily
caparisoned. Cummings drove until he
was seventy-fve, when he was drowned
at Pendleton. He is buried at Tona-
wanda, and Erie Canal boatmen are
now raising a fund to erect a monu-
ment over his grave.-Bufalo Courier.
The friends of certain man in
this city, who occasionally fingers with
the wine-cup far too long for his own
good or that of his family, are just
now having a laugh at his expense.
His son, poor little innocent, CHANGED
to hear some older people talking about
sleep, and piped in his childest treble
after this fashion: ''Pa gets awful
sleepy sometimes; he came home the
other night and was so sleepy that he
couldn't get in the house, but just laid
down by the wood-pile right out of
doors. "-Portld,ad OTeq0mian.
"A new incandescent electric light
mas been invented by Frederick
Schaefer, a young German of Boston.
Silk thread carbonized is employed in
the globes, and it is found to be as en-
durable and flexible as platinum wire.
The invention has been patented aud
is in use. 1t is evident that there is
abundant field for new inventions in
electric lighting. The energy with which
American inventors have pursued this
euhiact is unite remarkable. The old