St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

1Hefe Is couple In Wilkes
County, Georgia, who have been mar
ried about forty years, and during that
time the wife has never asked .tha
husband for any money except ten
cents.
Residents of Ashland Wis, ara
somewhat worked up over the cavinp
in of several acres of earth. II has
settled four feet, and in the opening
poles have been run down twenty feet.
1t is believed there is an underground
lake.
AT st. Augustine, Fla, the work.
men in excavating at the corner of
King and Cordova streets discovered
the coquina foundation of an old FORTH
fcatlon that once stood at this point,
commanding the bridge across the
Maria Sanchez.
"A child of Cincinnati, aged three
years, stood on tip-toe under hydrant
in the yard, and attempted to suck
water from the spout, putting his
mouth close against it. In some unac-
countable way he was held there by
suction, and an hour later was found
hanging dead, with his face black and
blue.
"A fisherman in Stewart County.
Georgia, pulled out his line from the
water the other day and found two fish
on it. A large fish was caught in the
regular way, and little way above
was small fish with the line running
lengthwise through it. No one can
account for the fish being on the line
as it was
An excellent rule of health, given
by a professional athlete, is: "Walk
to your place of business. Attend to
work in the usual way, resisting every
inclination you may have to give way
to Incidence. Walk home Never
mind the weather; little rain will not
hurt you and summer heat will not af-
feet you when you have done it long
enough to do you good"
A visitor from Manchester, En-
gland, is astonish ed at the high average
maintained in every social circle in
the United States. He is reported to
say: 1.-The working classes-in whom
l am most interested-are morally.
mentally and materially in advance of
the similar classes in any European
country. Physical comfort is the pri-
mary desire of the artisan; but he can
not live anywhere else so comfortably
as in the United States.n
In a German chart. published in
1870, by DR.. Gleuns, line dividing
places keeping Sunday and Monday
respectively, passes through Behring
Straits, leaving the Aleutian Isles on
the east, curves sharply in between
the Philippines on the west and the
Carolines on the east, then curves
again sharply, sweeping north of New
Guinea, and leaving the Chatham Isles
On the west. At.all places west of the
line it is Monday while it is Sunday on
the east.
In an account of the work in mound
carried on by the United
States Bureau of Ethnology, it is
stated that over two thousand mounds
nave been explored in different regions
II the country, besides a great many
graves and cemeteries. Over $4,000
specimens of relics have been obtained.
)ut not a single stone or tablet with any
hing like letters or hieroglyphics
Inscribed upon it, by which linguists
night be able to judge of the language
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red.
The May meeting OF Quakers in
Sew York is always an interesting an
liversary. 1t is noticed that only g.
ew older folks continue to wear the
distinctive costume, drab clothes and
vide, low-crowned hats for the men,
nd straight, prim gowns and little,
lose silk bonnets for the women. The
'oung Quakers dress like the worlds
DIX, dance, go to the theater and con-
orm in various ways to worldly GUS
oms. But they have not learned to
lake much noise and show in spite of
good supply Of worldly dress.
There was church entertainment
1 Smithville, Ca, one evening. and
ais was the advertisements 'Notis
iven to All There Will be christian
magic wonder show at the Baptist
hurch on Friday. & Saturday night
II friends are respectfully invited to ;
ttend the Beautiful sight. In which
i'll give Great satisfaction to all who
tend the Same. It is said or wit
essed By hundreds of attenders. To
one of the fines magic wonders That
yer performed on this C. & w. Give
otice by blowing a horn 3 times
Office also by Ringing the Bell on
lch night of the show Admittance Is
mt chil-at under u years 10 cts Doors