St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1894-01-13
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


i.;g sixteen scctarian denominations, and
an effort is already being made in that
city to have the annual convention in
1896 held there. Next years convention
will be held in San Francisco.
Nh. tuArN"EY WARNER, an elderly
farmer Of Cambridge, Vt. has promised
tC present to the town of StUrbriInc.
Mass s., 600, in recognition and appre-
citation Of the care The town has taken Of
his deaf mute female cousin. This is a
practical manifestation Of gratitude that
is not Us common as the occasion for it.
COMPLAINT is often made about our
Senators and Representatives nbScutin4
themselves from Washington while ton
gross is in session. But we are mach
better served than England, for out of
60 members OF Id House Of Commons
seldom more than iD) arc present a,d are
evidently never expected to be present,
for there is only seating accommodation
for 800
TIE growth of the orange industry in
Florida has increased from IL production
Of GrO,U 600 boxes in 1888 to $500, Goa
for the season just closed, and according
TO conservative estimates the combined
crop will be fully 5000, 90 boxes, of
which over /, 100000 will be marketed
The average price received by growers
the past season was $l.3l per box.
TIE wandering St. Regis Indians, who
are found in camps and Villages on both
sides the St. Lawrence, still retain their
own language, though most of them
speak English and some Of them French.
They address one anothrraul 1hcir beasts,
dogs, and horses in the Indian tongue,
and, according to their belief, 1.-THE
robin bird speaks the Indian language.
The Wumcn are industrious, kindly, and
thlpclcss in middle life, while the men
are fat and idle, after the manner of saw
ayr males brought under ciyililing iutlu-
cnccs.
Liberal thinkers in the churches are
having a much pleasantcr time now then
in the time of Bishop Cocnso, 80 years
ago. After the Bishop published his
book asserting that certain statements
and figures in the Pcntatcuch were I'M
true he found himself almost universally
ostracizcd Men and women whom he
had known intimately from childhood
refused to speak to him. And 50 general
was the detcstation Of him that his iaun-
dress in London refused any longer to
wash his clothes, because she lost Gus
TONERS by coming into such close contact
with him.
EVER since there began to be colleges
in the United States Young men have
been in the habit of working their way
to graduation by tutoring, teaching
school, farming, and whatever other
occupation could be taken up and
dropped with case The presence Of Il
college at Athens, o., In the Hooking
Valley coal region, has offered still an
other opportunity to young men in
search of education. 1t is not unusual
for students at Athens to interrupt their
college course by a season Of labor IN
the mines for the purpose Of raising
money with which to 90 on with their
studies.
A Sr. Lows physician is qucrying to
know why marriage ceremonies should
not be performed by doctors of medicine,
instead OF h,i Ing the au horty lodged in
other min stvrS. He thinks it would be
a coed thing for this country if the
doctors were given the power ard cXer
cised it properly. III | had my way" he
says, "no two persons sho uld be united
for life unless they hal good, strong and
sound physical! IN ''>e-up,. Then | would
never marry No blondes. but would al
ways require :; londc to secure a bru.
nettc for partner. 1t this were done
we should become more beautiful as a
race, and stronger and longer lived"
AN exposition will be held at Lyons
France, next year. The fair is to be
opened on April 2jth. The principal
building is to be polygonal in shape.
with lofty central dome, which will
rise to height upon the interior Of
.s-4-sue one hundred and eighty feet. 1t
rises in SEacotul curve, the structure
being strcngNlene by means of the airy
lateral supports which resemble the fying
ljuttress # a Gothic Cathedral The
building Win bu seven hundred aud fifty
feet N diameter, and will cover Il space
OF nearly five hundred thousand square
feet. The total weight of the entire
structure will be only about two thou
sand four hundred and eighty tons.
A FRENcII scientist hos been using his
microscope recently on bank an national
notes of various countries and finds that
they are the home of great number Of
little organisms. These, he says, may
be dangerous to health, and he counsc!s
the fortunate posscssors Of the paper
money against placing it in tho mouth
under any circumstances. On some OF
the notes were found Lactaria and bacilI
i'll considerable numbers. The professor
declares that the bills are q dangerous
medium for the spread of contagious
diseases, and highly praises the system
of destroying returned bills adopted by
the Bank Of EngIand, although for an
other purpose.
TIE chartcring of the Bellamy colony,
which proposes to build cooperative
town somewhere in the Cherokee strip,
has excited a great deal Of comment.
Several hundred Of the Beiiamy believers
have got together and propose to go to
this new country and demonstrate that
the Bellamy scheme as outlined in
" Looking Backward " is q success
They are having built a great many
apartment houses in sections ready to
transport by wagon and rush them VI
in hurry as soon as the opening taxi
place. Everything will be RIM on the J
cooperative plan, and no one will be al
lowed to buy property unless they join
the colony. The food for all of the pco-
pie of the town will be cooked in one
kitchen, and it will be served in one
monster dining room. There are 800 OF
400 in the company, and they docf7Fae