St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-11-29
MISCELLANEA.

IN the first four weeks after the Dlsa-
l;tv Pension Act became law. nearly
4 ,srter of a million of applicants put III
cir claims.
( The Roman Catholics have organized a
\ ,ciety called Josephites who are 10 "orh
nong the negroes of the South ana seeh
4 make Catholics of them.
If the records are to be believed long
.fe is one of the blessings OF russia: ol 10
ne year the deaths were reported OF 90
,ersons between 100 and 10 years oln .
30 between 115 and 1870 years old anu q
between $50 and 1856.
Over $50 O"OO10 new capital has been
invested in the electrical industry III this
country during the past year, ana IN hns,
and during one week twenty one electr'cal
.ompaujes were formed. This shows no"
rapidly the industry is growing.
The whole number OF postctiices in oper-
alton on July l, 1890. wa G., 400. as agslnst
SIS, 999 in 1889, 57,316 in 1883, 3d. lo' IN
1887, and 43,O12 in 1890, the increase
during the last year being 34Ol, the largest
in the history of the country. The increase
during 1888 was 1923.
The tricks and manners of the ornado'
like the ways of the heather Ch'nee' are
"peculiar." One III New Eng land recently
took the form OF big round black CLOUD
and p.anced across farm IN the town u
Lisbon.-NeH York EU1ngelist. 50 Inc
town of Lisbon has farm III 1t.
New Jersey has 374S miles of railroad.
By accidents of all sorts during the last
wear. 149 persons were injured, 2b3 OF
them fatally. Two thirds of those injured,
but less than one third Of those killed,
were employees This seeming anomaly Is
explained by the statement that many
tramps walking along the tracks were
struck and killed by trains.
Fourteen months after the flood, the
Johnstown local paper printed what 1t
claimed to bs correct list of the oead.
The total number was given at 2lS1, which,
If correct, leaves over 200 bodies not yet
recovered. The list varies considerably
from Secretary Kremer'5 report, and the
nsmes are given of thirty four persons
that were lost from the day express.
Within the years 1670-S9 the increase
in population in England has been Is pei
cent. the increase in the number OF letters
carried 20 per cent, and the ipcrease in the
number of kilograms ass per cent. In the
United States, in the same tine, the In
crease in population has been 80 per cent
and the increase in the number of mes
sages $50 per cent. In the ratio of increase
of messages to increase of population, the
English have beaten US three to one.
There are 147 SIC children in the
municipal or State schools of Paris 6l,-
294 in schools directed by religious orders
and 50, 900 in free day schools where re-
ligious instruction is given. 1t is alst
~, rIntp; mol cchnol,
has increased By only about 700 in the las
three wears. The annual expenditures
for the municipal schools is 26, SOC, OOs
francs.
The peoples party of Kansas, composed
of representatives from the Farmers ALL
ance, the Citizens Alliance, Union Labo
party and the Knights of Labor, met il
convention in Topeka, August Is. w. +
Wrightmore was nominated for CHIEF JUS
tice of the Supreme Court; j. +. Willetts
of jefferson county, for governor; A. {
Shinn, of franklin, for lieutenant gov
eEnor.
Not many things in the earth, the waite
or the air are out of the reach of photog
raphy. A flash of lightning has frequent,
been photographed. Not long ago Frencl
scientist with camera and an electric bat
terry got good picture of the bottom o
the Mediterranean sea. AND few DAY
ago a photographer in Pennsylvania OBJ
tanned 8 negative Of the bottom of an OF
well in which had been exploded
glycerine t~rpedo. The Instrument wa
lowered 1900 feet and illuminated with a.
electric flash light, the result being dis
tinct picture of curious cavity in tn
earth, fourteen feet long and seven fee
deep.