St. Landry democrat., 1888-02-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST

The collection of old and rare coins
IS now said to give employment to y
number of travelling men from each of
the large cities of the country.
AT Montgomery, Ala, the other
day, four colorcd men stood up and
were married to four colored women.
The men were all brothers and the
women all sisters.
Paramount" in Lcavenwortk
County, Kan, has an orchard con-
tainilg 437 acres, with 10000 apple
trees This is claimed to be the largest
apple orchard in the United States.
The population of the United
States was SO. 15j, 7S6 on June 80, 1880,
and ON June 80, 1886, was SO, 1913, 939.
The increase is now about two per
cent. per annum, plus the annual I'M
migration.
An Omaha lawyer took diamond
ring as retainer from a man accused
of grand larceny. On his way to
luncheon he slipped into a jewelry
store to ask what the diamond was
worth and the ieweler identified the
ring as one that had been stolen from
him.
-lndianais proud because she claims
to be the first State to adopt Il daily
weather service. The headquarters
are to be at indianapolis, from which
one hundred kilograms will be sent out
each morning early, giving the proba-
bilitics for twenty-four hours in adj
vance.
Prof. st. Andrews, of the Central
Experimental Farm of Canada, pro-
poses trying some experiments with IL
hardy variety Of tea grown i'll Japan,
and which, it is hoped, may prove sue
cessful in the Dominion, as the northern
part of Japan has climate about as
cold as that of the Ottawa valley.
One of the inmates of an Indiana
reformatory for young women was re-
leased OH a two weeks parole, and
took the OCCASION to be married. This
being clearly against the rules of the
institution and the laws of the State,
which forbids marriage under such cir
cumstances, the bride is spending the
honeymoon in prison.
The remnant of the once great
tribe of Tarratine Indians now live on
an island in the Penobscot river. near
Bangor. They are civilized, and most
of them are prosperous. At q recent
wedding of two of them the bride wore
a robe of delicate blue brocade satin,
trimmed with cream Spanish lace and
cream satin ribbons and one of the
guests wore Il peacock blue surah
silk and satin. with overdress of Orien-
tai lace"
There is a man in Copenhagen,
Denmark, who wants to be st. Louis
policeman. He recently applied for
the job, and sent his photograph to
show what solid man he was. He
wrote that he was six feet four inches
TALL weighed 220 pounds, and could
outrun and outwalk any man of his
size in his country. The fact that there
are over two hundred citizens of St.
Louis whose applications for just such
a place are ahead of his makes the CO.
penhagen mans chances slim.
In Central and Northern Dakota
crops of all kinds the past year have
turned off a surprisingly large yield
even for that productive country.
of instances can be cited
where the years crop of wheat will
pay for dwelling, barn, teams, farming
utensils, and still leave a comfortable
little stake for future needs All of the
best titled farms have made gross re-
turn of twenty-one dollars per acre. 1t
is the general rule that the cost of rails
ing crop in Dakota is eight dollars
per acre. This leaves net revenue of
thirteen dollars per acre on five dollar
land, or two hundred and sixty per
cent profit.