The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-12-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS

latter getting well, mounted il on ne
legs and used 1t as q watering trour, LOU
his cows. With the lid he repaired S ,cs
fence. ~
THE speed of American railroad ,,.;
has reached the limit of safety ON ro.s.
with frequent curves, and it win ns.al
go any higher. The passenger who o.".
get along fast enough at fifty or s S..'
miles an hour had better arrapye .!
wings, and long pair at that.
BEARS and wolves in all Russia ku.,
last year only 500 horses, 1000 oxen aes
1000 other domestic animals-an soa ras
gate achievement which makes statiss;Ss.I
ly a poor show alongside of the w..
sheep slaughter in "highly ciyil;asSs
America by dogs, our petted beasts =,
prey.
THE earth appears to be still in A st.,.
OF incompleteness. Down in Honolulu,
volcano is in operation, a new lava lal.
has been formed, and cones which ss,s
sOme years ago have bobbed up ac,;,
fifty feet in one day. All this shows m.
things are not yet quite settled. and ~.
the world still ways.
THE German Government proposes "a
have its women telegraph and teleuAons
employees wear unifOrms-natty bIre A.
fairs, with gilt collar and facinos AM
bright buttons. In this way each O;J
will be labelled, as it were, and 4
claimed that the costume will protee,
her from insult as she passes to and from
her work.
A PET kitten was found dead at Hood
River, Oregon, and examination showed
that lizard was fast in the kitten,
throat, its tail and hind legs being il
vigorous motion in an effort to free itself
1t is supposed the kitten caught til,
little saurian, which in its effort to escape
made dart down the kittens throat. bu,
that being too small for it, the stranglinp
OF both kitten and lizard followed.
In New York City the estimated DOB
ulation between five and fouteen years Of
age is 81, 600 greater than the seating
capacity of the public schools. The
great deficiency is in the primary depart
ment. where it is $1,000, whereas it il
only 81, 600 in the higher departments Of
public education. If accommodations
are lacking anywhere the defciency
should be at the top and not at the bot.
tom of the public educational course.
A NEW expedition to the North Pole
for which the Norwegian National As
sembly voted two hundred thousand
kroner, will sail from Norway in Febru
airy, 1892, under the direction of NJ
Nansen. A specially constructed boat is
being built for the undertaking, and fuel
and provisions to last five years will be
taken, though it is expected that only
two years will be necessary for the voy
age. The discovery of certain relics Of
the Jeanette, and the Identification Of
certain weapons found on the coast Of
Greenland with those found by the
Eskimo in the vicinity of Behring Straits
at Port Clarence. Norton Sound and thu
mouth of the Yukon River, lead to the
suppOsition that there is route, compar
atively short and direct, across the Arctic
Ocean by way of the North Pole. Thi
route NJ. Nansen and the ten or twelve
men who will accompany him on ths
perilous journey propose to discover.
SAYS an American lady, who has just
passed through the Suez Canal: ''ShiP
no longer have to tie up for the night, but
go up and come down by electric Light
the effect of which, when once seen. car
never be forgotten. There is rule Of
4 ba rna1 hx, xx-hi,h <ha .fhap ~
the vessels going or coming down has t.
tie while they are actually passing each
other. | think we were fastened two
or three times, and it was most interest
ing watching the steamers coming in
from the mex: signalling station. In the
bow of each was an electric light Of
enormous power, supplied by the canal
company. The company charges ten
guineas for each lamp. hear it reported
that the British Government is about to
from Egypt. l sincerely hops
the rumor Is not true. 1t is pitla5le u
see how concerned the poorer classes Of
the community are over the intelligence.
They dread return to the cruelties and
of the pachas. and besiege enc
with questions about the truth of the
rumor. 1t would be a disgrace to Eng.
land if she abandons this poor, trustf@
people to the cruelties of Mahometas
rule, after having given them taste q
real liberty"
"NO ONE" asserts the Manufacturers
Record, "can study the combination Of
advantages possessed by the South with.
out being amazed at the possibilities OF
the future. Cotton, of which it prasti,
cally holds the monopoly Of the world, u
q wonderful wealth producer, that Ia.
no equal in the agricultural products Of
this or any other country. This CROP
alone, raised on 1900. 900 acres. viii
this year be worth, including the seed,
nearly $500, 600. 900, which about equal
in value the total corn crop Of the United