St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-03-20
or GENERAL INTEREST.


obliged to register their ages.
The Chinese Legation people at
Washington all wear their native dress.
The japanese have discarded theirs.
Nothing like getting hold Of novel
sies A Philadelphia hottling estab-
lishment is advertising purified water.
At the recent city election at La
Conner. W. T., two married women
were elected members of tho City
Council, and the local paper affection
ateiv calls them the lefty mammas.
New Zealand. with population Of
env half q million. supports one hum
Gred newspapers. thirty Of which are
daily. In Auckland, a place OF thirty
thousand people, the Star of that city
has ten thousand circulation.
-Excellens oranges from Palestine
are now exported to England tor the
first time. and will no doubt ere long
find their way to this country. They
are ~hipred from Joppa and packed in
peculiar braided straw hampers instead
OF boxes.
.t -Ristori PLAYED at Athens night or
two arc. The orchestra elected thun-
<l.r> OF applause Ivy playing Billy III
the Low Grounds during the exocu-
ton Of the Earl Of ESSEX. while Queen
Elizabeth welded up the g host TO the
tame OF Dixie. "-lHacoa (Go.} TEE
ar4,h
An idea of how quickly gossip flies
NAV be gained from Il little incident
that occurred in Birmingham, Ala, re-
Gently, where rumor got out that
one of the female school teachers was
to be married, and in few hours no
less than fifty applications forher place
was made.
A dog in Wanaqua. n. j.. who for
some time had been noticed to take his
breakfast in his mouth and run away
with. it unseen, was followed, when 1t
wa Ssii-coyered that he took his meal
to a dncrcpit and emaciated old dog in
covert in the field. who eagerly de-
yorred the food thus provided for him.
" j. 1ribunc.
The oldest apple trees west OF tlle
Missouri River are said TO lie on the
Alpopaix. Some of them arr over a
foot in diameter. The seeds were
brought over by Rev. Mr.. Sp@uldlDg.
the missionary who was stationed at
Lapwai many years ago. and father OF
Mrs. Eliza Warren. the first white child
born on the Pacific slope.
A German microscopic detected
in the incrIstations OF silver coins i'll
use bacteria In active motion and
bacilla in great numbers. 1t is asserted
that these active agents OF contagious
diseases may probably he found on all
coins in current use. Many years ago
tle old copper coins in England were
found to convey the itch insect.
Mrs Codd, suing for divorce III
Brooklyn from her second husband,
ts.stities that before seeking legal adj
vice she tried to effect reconciliation,
but he placed five pages OF closely,
written legal cap before her and said
that if she would follow the rules ht
had prepared for her government ne
would consider the question Of recon,
citation BrooHyn Eagle.
A Boston woman says she has been
married ten years, and her husband
has kissed her on an average five times
a day, which makes eighteen thousand
two hundred and fifty kisses. She
thinks she beats the record, but We
know of a Buckeye couple who have
the record up to fifty-four thousand
seven hundred and fifty and are still
healthy. Clcrctand Leade7.
A New Orleans doctor calls atten
ton to Il very simple fact which merit;
attention from medicine takers. If The
medicine is mixed with very cold water
snd few swallows of the water bt
taken as preparatory dose, the nerve:
OF the organ of taste become sufficiently
benulnbed to make the medicine Tearl,
tastelcss. The method will not disguise
bitter tastes. but acts well in oils ane
ealines.-N O. Times.
Shoes are made in Athol. Mass.
for use in the mines of California ant
elsewhere. that involve an amount 0
labor that is somewhat astonishing
The number OF Hungarian nails il
each pair is eight hundred and sixty
two: the number of blows struck il
making a pair, two thousand tire
hundred and seventy-four. The shoe
when ready for use weigh i've and one
fourth pounds. and look as ii able t,
stand any amount OF wear ard tear.
BosfoD J0avnat.
The pneumatic SYSTEM of the West
era Union Telegraph Company I'D Nav
York was begun in 1876 and ut nresen
lis line passes through Dey stree,
through Broadway to Fourteenth street
to Fifth avenue, and to the corner 0
rwenty-tllird street. The carriers hay
capacity of Que hundred message
each. and the tubes, of which there ar
four. have capacity for ten carriers
minute. Boxes have been sent hetweel
the two main Offices, distance Of IA,
E.ln fn.t l., tat1 rninutnS and twelve SaG