St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-29
General Notes.

The public schools Of Avoyelles par.
ish, after session of two aud half
months, have been closed.
In d recent "rabbit drive" at Fresno,
Cal, over 10000 rabbits were killed:
There is a bounty of a cent and a halt
for each of them.
The New Iberia Salt Cobpany will
send a unique exhibit to the Norld's
Fair, in tho shape OF a mammoth statue
of Lots wife in salt.
Molie Brighten, eleven years old, of
| without intermissiOu, week ago, and
died last week in consequence.
1t appears that counterfeits of the
| worlds fair souvenir half dollars are IN
| the market already, and as they are
| made of coin silver, they are not easy
| to detect.
| Natchitoches parish is out of debt and
| has $4,000 surplus in the treasury. A
| reduction of the rate of taxation from
ten to eight mills is advocated by the
Review.
4 Chicago man was discharged. on
| Thursday last, after having been i'm
|
on the charge OF stealing ten cents
worth Of tobacco.
THE South on Top is headline in a
| republican organ. That is saying a
great deal for section which, twenty
| seven years ago, was desOiate waste
| under bayonet rule.
One of the dentists of New York is
Olga Neyman, D. D. S., western girl,
young and pretty, with ariStOcratic fea-
lures and the intelligence which comes
| from education and travel.
Naples, April 24.-Thrce hundred peo-
Die were in church when slight fire
| occurred, panic ensued and IN the rush
eight women and five children were
killed and many other persons injured.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, who is Wis.,
| ting this country, is much interested in
| the remains of ancient civilization in
Mexico and the southwest, which he
will thoroughly explore while on this
side.
At the June commencement of ROa-
noke College, Salem, Va, a -blooded
Choctaw Indian will graduate. He is
| one of the best speakers in the college.
Another Choctaw was graduated there
in 1883.
| Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania,
has appointed five women as notaries
| public, his first nominations under the
new law regarding that office. One Of
them is Miss Hills, manager of the Har-
cisburs Telegram.
Stratford- on Avon, England, April "a.
Tho bil .hday of Shakespeare yester-
day was duly celebrated here, at his
birthplace. The tomb of the bard was
covered with lilies and addresses were
delivered. 49,
1t is declared that tie Mannheim,
Germany tailor's bullet proof cloth
for soldiers uniforms has witelstood the
powers of all rifles except the. Lebel.
This discovery will lessen the valve of
substitutes in the next war.
Rome, April 24.-Tbc Emperor and
Empress of Germany called at the vati-
can yesterday and met with a very gra-
cious reception. 10 the evening dyna-
mite bomb was exploded at the capital,
but the damage was inconsiderable.
St. Louis Globe Democrat Appa-
reEtly the western and southern demo-
Gratis are still solid for the income tax,
and they can, it they stick together,
give the republicans, tue eastern dem
ocrats aud Clevelabd pretty hard
shake.
The platform Of the democratic party
charges that the protective system is
legalized robbery. Why tolerate so in
famous and demoraizing a system for
day beyond the time needed for it's COM
plete etfacement That is the question
that many democrats are asking them
selves and each other, and it is the ques-
ton that Mr.. Cleveland and his advisers
have not answered satisfactorily. Con-
servatism is we'll enough, but is it a wise
conservatism to delay the rightng of a
great wrong? 1t is we'll that the presi-
dent possesses the implicit confidence
of his party, else revolt would be ineyi-
table.-Monroe Telegraph Bulletin.
New York Evening Post: The Miss
was bitterly denounced upon its adon-
ton by the Republican press of the
north, but experience seems to be iusti-
flying its wisdom. 1t is really only an
extension of the system which formerly
prevailed in New England, and which |
yet survives to limited extent in that
section, whereby only those who pos
sessed some property or intelligence
were allowed to vote. Massachusetts
has still Il reading and writing test, al
though it is said not to be very strictly |
enforced, and the people Of that state |
have always been taught that some |
of intelligence was requisite to |
he proper exercise of the franchise. 1t
g this principle which has now been
adopted by Mississippi, and is under
by other southern states,
after experience has demonstrated
he impossibility of good government
when every body is allowed to vote in a
community where the majority are ig-
lorant. 1t Is problem which each
tate must settle for itself, and Missis-
ippi appears to have solved it success
ully as far as she is concerned.