St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

| ~ ''iiP1io'"iiu htdliy every Chango
OF government has been effected by yio-
| lence. '
MANY valuable high mountain mines,
which could not be worked prohtabIv =,
owing to the expense Of Transporting fur!
| to the engines, are now being opurticL
by electric motors, whose power is fur.
| nlShed by another motor in the valleys
which uses water power.
There is a movement in the regular
army circles for the restoration of the
old army field hat, which was super
seeded by the helmet, of which many
officials have complained. The old style
hat was picturesque, comfortable and
| serviccable, while the helmet is top
heavy and does not give proper vontila-
| ton.
No less eminent authority than Sir
| William Gull, of Great Britain, has said
| that the benefit derived from university
education such us girls get Mt Ncwnham
| and Girtom makes them and their children
stronger and healthier Also that the
percentage of childIcss marriages is less
with the educated women and tho por-
centage Of children that survive infancy
is larger
The school for the boys of the Apache
tribe, at Mount Vernon barracks in Ala
bama, is a success. The Apache boys
there are taught to speak the English
language and to give up the ways Of
sayagcry; they wear white duck trousers
and coats; they even surrender the glory
of their tribe, which is their long black
hair, and some of them are said to be
anxious to make money"
A GERMAN commission reports that
no case of damage by lightning to ship
with wire rigging has been recorded, ex-
cept in a few instances where continuous
connection had not been made with the
| hull. With iron or steel bulls and wire
rope rigging, the whole ship forms an ex-
| cellcnt conductor to lead tho electric dis
turbance safely to the ocean. This fact
explains why it is that ships at sea suffer
much less frequently from lightning now
| than in the days of wooden vessels.
AN interesting little war story has Co
vernon Jones, of Alabama, for its hero.
At the time Gordon was resisting Sher-
mans advance, Jones, then statf-cap-
tain, was delivering a message from his
chief, when he saw little child, clad
only in night clothes, hiding in terror be-
hind frame house in the direct tracks of
the bullets from each army. Jones rode
forward, took the child on his horse and
galloped back with her to the Confeder-
ate line. When the Union forces saw
the act they ceased firing, and there was
an impromptu cessation of hostilities un-
til the child had been carried to point
Of safety.
| From report Of the Hon. Edward
Bedioe it appears that industry in Poland
is far behind the age, as machinery has
not been introduced to any considerable
extent. Consequently the wages of work
men who have to compete with the ma
chimes of other countries are lower than
almost anywhere else, as may be seen
from the following figures: Soapmakers
receive from 81 to S. per month; flower
makers, who work fifteen hours per day,
make 50 per month; laundry hands, 81
per month; bookbinders, from - to 81
per month; paper-box makers, 50. 20 per
month; label printers, 50; chair polish
ers, $3.50, and tanners, $3.50 per month.
A woman and her children making paper
bags at cents thousand can earn from
$3.50 to 81 per month.
One Of the greatest furniture centres
of the world is Grand Rapids, Mich,
"The busiest time Of the year in tho fur
niture business says Grand Rapids
man, 'is lust after the second week in
January. Then is when most Of the buy
ing is done, and if YOU want to see fur
niture in all shapes and forms you
should go to Grand Rapids In reality
we hold regular exhibition there, and
buyers come from all parts of the coun-
try. Furniture manufacturers from
outside Of the State also, recognizing the
Importance Of Grand Rapids as furni-
turc centre, come here with their wares
and secure quarters for the season. Men
come from as far as Boston, generally
representing firms that deal in leather,
upholstering, brass goods or other furnl-
ture sundrics.
CALIFORNIA fruit growers are turning
their attention to olive culture. The no
ton that the trees do not bear for many
years after planting has been proved to
be without foundation by the success OF
Col. J. b. Rowland, of Pomona, who has
an orch''rd of 100000 trees, John ).
Calkins, of Pomona, who has as many
more, and j. S. HARRISON, OF San Diego,
who SAYS that ten per cenS. OF his trees
that were planted in 1888 will yield this
year from three to five gallons of olives
and the ma ority gallon and half. Mr..
Calkins recently exhibited at the Los
Angeles fair branches Of olive-trees
loaded with fruit that were planted three
and half years ago in land that up to
that time had not even been irrigated.
Mr.. Frank KimbalI, of San Diego, says
that the trees at three years old will pay
expenses, and at four and five will yield
handsome profits.
THE new winter game or sport known
as man fishing is becoming very popular
among anglers at the gymnasium tanks
all over the country. Tho fisherman
uses regular outfit, such as IS employed
in bass fishing The fish or swimmer,
wears bands of canvas or leather around
his head, to the top of which the line IS
fastened. The fisherman must pull the
fish to within six feet of the side OF the
tank in q stated time, usually thirty
minutes, or ne loses at the game. Should
the swimmer break the line he wins, but
he must not touch bottom or use his
hands. He may dive or plunge as much
as he pleoscs. 1t is said to be surprising
TO see how little line a swimmer or
medium size and weight will gain froman
expert angler and small and light man
is in great danger of giving out during
the struggle, and finding himself within