LABOR

DAY  , in the United States, a legal holiday in nearly all of the states and Territories, where the first Monday in September is observed by parades ,and meetings of labour organizations . In 1882 the Knights of Labor paraded in New York City on this day; in 1884 another parade was held, and it was decided that this day should be set apart for this purpose . In 1887 Colorado made the first Monday in September a legal holiday; and in 1909 Labor Day was observed as a holiday throughout the United States, except in Arizona and North Dakota; in Louisiana it is a holiday only in New Orleans (Orleans parish), and in Maryland, Wyoming and New Mexico it is not established as a holiday by statute, but in each may be proclaimed as such in any year by the governor . LA BOURBOULE, a watering-place of central France, in the department of Puy-de-Dome, 41 m . W. by N. of Mont-Doreby road . Pop . (Igoe) 1401 . La Bourboule is situated on the right bank of the Dordogne at a height of 2790 ft . Its waters, of which arsenic is the characteristic constituent, are used in cases of diseases of the skin and respiratory organs, rheumatism, neuralgia, &c . Though known to the Romans they were not in much repute till towards the end of the loth century . The town has three thermal establishments and a casinb .