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The Constitutional Amendments.

GREENsBURe, La. Oct. 8, 1876.
Editor Democrat-The Demo-
cratic Executive Committee Of the
perish Of st. Helena. La, having
met at the Courthouse on Satur-
day. the Irh day Of October. 1916,
the president thereof, in the due
course of their proceedings. called
up for their consideration the
question OF the adoption or rejec-
ton Of the proposed smsndmsnts
to the constitution Of Louisiaps,
to be voted on at the ensuing elsc-
ton in November, when, sfter
discussion by several members
thereof and due deliberat,on, the
committe unanimously voted re-
commencing the adoption Of said
amendments to and by the quali-
he'd voters OF St .Helana parish ct
the coming November election,
and empowered the undersigned
to convey to You and the entire
press of the State the result of
their deliberations on this very
important question of these con-
stitutional amendments.
The Executive Committee of
this parish deem these amend
ments rs measures OF eminent aud
practical reform, and now they
have an opportunity (Which they
may not have again soonJ they
propose to put into practice their
professions Of " economy, retrench-
ment and reform" which they. as
Democrats, have been preaching
for the past six years.
The adoption Of these amend
ments. when carried into practical
effect, will ave to the taxpayers
Vt the State annually and directly
from the State Treasury some
sl6O,000. and at the same time no
public interest will suffer, but all
will be sdbserved and advanced
better and more satisfactory than
now, or at any rate the. public
burden in the way Of taxatien viii
be materially hghtened, and we
honestly trust that the taxpayers
and voters of the State, both
Democratic and Republican, will
be fully aroused to the magnitude
and importance Of this question,
and by their ballots adopt ut least
the first. second. third and. fourth
of these amendments.
The fifth amendment in. refer.
ence to the perquisites Of District
Attorneys and the attorney Gene.
raj, does not affect the State
Treasury but only the accused
and its rejection would, in m,
opiaioa. conduce to the public
interest. and hence ! shall advo
cate its rejection,. bat Tor al tn,
other amendmentsss shall. and d.
cheerfnny sndlekrnesAy vote and
labor. Respectfully yours r.r
l
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violent end implacable manner.
and then I sat down and snuffrd
and snuffed till the answer came.
All the boys-the editors-were
in the Office helping me- in the
dismal business, and telling about
duel, and discussing the code vita
lot Of aged rufiians who had ex-
perience in such matters and al
together there was q loving inter-
est taken in the matter that made
me nuspeakably uncomfortable
The answer came--Mr. Lord de-
clined. Our boys were furious,
and so WAS Ion the surface.
l sent him another challenge,
and another, and another. and the
IN IRE he did not want to fight the
more blood-.hirsty I became. But
ut last the mans tone began to
change. He appeared to be waking
up. 1t was becoming apparent
that be was going to fight me after
all. ought to have known how
it woul,. be-he was a man who
could never be depended upon
Our boys were jubiiant. I was
not, though I tried hard to be.
1t was now time to 90 out and
practi e. 1t was the custom there
to fight dnels with nary six shoot
ers 1T fifteen PAGES lead and emp
ty till the game for the funeral
was secure. We went to little
ravine just out of toxn, and Dor
rowed bara door for target
borrowed it from q gentlema u
who was absept-and we stood
this barn door up. and stood a
rail on end against the middle OF
it to represent Lord, and put a
squash on top of the rail to repre-
sent his head He was very tall
lean creature, the poorest sort ol
material for duel; nothing but
a line shot could fetch him, and
even then be might split your bull
let. Exaggeration ASIDE, the rail
was Of course a little too thin 20
represent the body accurately. but
he squash was all right. If there
was any intellectual difference be-
tween the squash and his head, il
was in favor of the squash. Well
l practiced and practiced at the
barn door, AID could not hit that;
, and I tried for the squash, and
could not hit that. / wonid have
beer entirely disheartened bat
that occasionally l crippled one OF
the boys, and that gave me nope.
At last We began to bear pistol
shots, near by, in the next ravine.
We knew what it meant The
other party was out practicing too.
There / was in the last degree
distressed. for of course, they would
hear our shots and then send over
the ridge, aud the spies would find
our barn door without a wound or
mark, and that would be an end
to me; for of course the other man
would immediately become blood
thirsty as I was.
Just at that moment q little
bird. no larger than a sparrow,
few by, and lit on a bush about 30
PAGES away, and my little second.
Steve ellis, who was a dead shot
with pistol-much better than !
was-sDatched ont his revolver and
shot the birds head off! We all
ran to pick up the game, and sure
enough. just at that moment some
of the duelist came accommodating
over the little ridge. They ran to
our group to see what the matter
was, and when they saw the bird
Lords second said: That was .
splendid shot. How fnr OF Was
it?' rzo sti az 'ui bad I
Steve said, With some indifser-
nnna Unh M nvaak dIcfnnCQ
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which, while much smaller thar
the collection at the Worlds Fair.
is OF a higher average Of merit. 1t
consists Of the choicest gems Of
the principle private galleries IL
New York temporarily loaned T.
the Academy Of Designs for the
purpose, aud offers an interesting
study to the large class Of rene
gade $ Americans who having
travelled" are in the habit of
turning up their hoses at Ameri
can pairters and American appre-
citation of art generally.
While Tweed with the aid of the
U. $. Frigate Franklin" is speed:
ing DER the main towards the out
stretched arms of his eager country
men, news reaches us that from
the opposite direction another long
sought New Yorker is Fastening
hither to meet his old companion
and Boss. The name of this party
is Woodward, and his journey
hitherward from Chicago is not so
mach because he wishes to revisit
his old baunts AS because the depu-
ty sheriff who bears the requisition
from the Governor Of this State is
50 pressing in his invitation that
he refuses to take no for an answer.
Woodward Was clerk of the Board
Of Supervisors during the palmy
days of The ring, and was the
official who had charge Of the
division Of THE spoils, spportionipg
the shares OF plumber of each OF
that noble baud Of patriots, Tweed.
Sweeney. Connolly and their col
leagues. The joyful meeting Of
the long separated friends in the
prisoners b..x Of the Conrt they
were wont to control. may be bet
ter imagined than described.
The late rsvsges of the yellow
fever in southern cities have
thoroughly awakened both the
s,mpathies and the fears of this
city. AS u result of the former
nearly S2U,0UO dollars have been
subscribed and paid to the treasu-
rer of the Savannah Relief Com
mittee by our citizens. In conse-
quence Of the latter . strict quarin-
tine has been established in the
case of vessels hailipg from infect
ed ports, they being prevented
from bringing their carg MS of cot.
ton up to the city, and forced to
discharge them into lighters in
the lower bay. These precautions
together with the reported sbate-
ment Of the plague. render it
probable that New York will es.
cape the fever this year entirely.
After repeated retirements from
the amusement field, Barnum once
more yields to his irrepressible
instincts and announces Cehten-
NAL Season in Gilmore's Gasien,
Gilmore and his tnneful company
being ousted for the pur pose, and
the. +" Garden" transformed into
the " Hippodrome." 70 show how
his native modrsty gains on the
old man with advancing years, 1
will quote little from his prelimi-
nary announcement. He bashfnlly
tells Us that he will exhibit " The
Tropics Trahsplanted! A Vast and
veritable Geological Garden EN-
towering the Rarest of Exotic
Creatures! The Jungle Monarch
in q Vernal Wilderness Of Bloom
and Beanty!" He proceeds to en-
large considerably under the above
heads and then, fearful lest these
simple statements should he in
sufficient to attract our twenty
five centees, blushingly admits
that be has "a Brilliant and Varied
Centennial of Circus Triumphs
4
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Ex-United States Senator Resels.
Of Mississippi. d supporting 3Idsn
Tor Prooidoof. sia1 sGokas. I'D
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.,aR 10 ". -,
, 1876-09-09
Not Fit to be Kissed,

What ails papa's mOufg" said sweet little
girl,
ilcr bright laugh revealing her teeth white as
pearl,
II love him, and kiss him, and sit on his
knee,
Gut the kisses don'tsmell good when he kisses
mel
But, mammn"- or eyes opened wide as
she spoke
DO you like nasty kisses of 'bacco and
smOkeY
They might do for boys, but for ladies' aud
girls
don't think them nice" as she tossed her
bright curls,
"Don't nobody's papa have mouf nice and
clcang
with kisses like yours, mammi-that's what
mcang
want to kiss papa, | love him so we'll,
But kisses don't taste good that have such
smell
Its nasty to smoke, aud eat 'bacco, and spit,
And the kisses ant good, and ant sweet not
q bit !"
And her blossom.like face wore a look OF dis.
gust
As she gave out her verdict, 80 earnest and just.
Yes, yes little darling your wisdom has seen,
That kisses for daughters and wives should be
clean;
For kisses lose something Of nectar aud bliss
From mouths that are stained and unit for a
kiss.
, 1876-09-09
a Wonderful subterranean
Palace.

Recent proceedings in the Hungarian
Parliament disclosed most remarkable
discovery, which, were it not so conclu'
sivcy authenticated, would be almost
impossible to believe. The story, as
condensed from official reports, is that
two peasants, or rather shepherds from
the village OF Ivan Egerzeg, near the an
cient city of Vezprim and not far from
Lake Balatone, came to Pesth, and to a
iewelcr offered some broken fragments of
what evidently was some very old golden
ornament for female wear, probably n
bracelet or band for the upper arm. The
ieweler questioned the shepherds, and,
their answers bcing unsatisfactory, he
Nhad them arrested on suspicion of being
thieves. On the examination they told
ahlc which was so astonishing that it
was communicated to the Minister of the
Interior, and this functipnary ordered an
Investigation by scientific officers. The
Information Of the shepherds was, that
in the woods skirting Ivan Egerzeg,
where they had some huts for shelter
when out at night, they had been dig
ging at little hill, wanting the earth for
building purposes. Suddenly they came
upon what appeared 10 be square
structure of brick walls, with stone
covering the aperH'u'e. Removing this
!. stone they found that these walls encos.
ed an opening into the earth, and resolv'
cd to sound its sdepth. Lowering stone
tied to a rope, they ascertained that the
shaft, about three feet in diameter, or
nine square feet, descended perpindicu'
arly to depth OF over hundred feet.
The pebble they had lowered REACHED
what seemed like stone floor beneath,
and from the sound itself, they judged
that this opening must lead to some large
aubterranean cavern or hall.
They agreed to keep the discovery Il
secret and explore the mystery. A day
or two alterwarl the shepherds were
again ut work. They prepared small
square board, trcighted with stones, and
IN the centre of it they PLACED three light
ed candles. This they let down through
the shaft, and by the light of the candles
they saw distinctly that the inner sides
ut the shaft were smooth, and apparent.
~ ended in some large apartment. AS
n the candles continued to burn all the
way down, they came to the conclusion
That the air could not be vitiatcd, and
That 1t would be safe to 90 down. They
next prepared rope ladder OF the requ-
B site length, secured lanterns, and then
one OF them let himself down the shaft.
'N tile bottom he stood in wonderment
'S ne gazed upon large, square hall, the
walls covered with faded paintings,
'"airs, benches and tables standing
around, ornamcnted with gold and ivory.
"ud'large, heavy doors, hung ON golden
hinges, leading 70 other rooms. The
'nepherd climbed the ladder, and told
us Companion of the discovery Both of
'ne'n went down together and, walking
S'oout, found themselves in succession
rooms abounding with deliberately
NYWed furniture of a style they had nev.
! Acen before. In some of them were low
, 1876-09-09

AN ARTLEss GIRL.-Down in Mexico,
Mo-, young lady and young man get
out on the steps of Sunday evening and
enter into contract For each shoot.
ing star he is to receive Il kiss On one
of these interesting occasions a half hour
passed away and not solitary star shot
across the sky. But after a while the
cherry lips of the young lady parted and
she called her young mans attention to
the flying meteors that were about to es.
cape his observation; then she got to
calling his attention to the Lightning
bugs, and finally got him down to steady
work on the light Of lantern a man was
carrying about the depot where the
trains were switching. Artless girl.
, 1876-09-09

large stands, evidently once used for
beds; there were also closets, bureaus
containing armlets, rings, medals, coins,
tiaggcrs, chains, swords, shields and hel.
NETS. There was also breast. plates of
leather, covered with iron and studded
with ornaments in gold Some of the
armlcts they took away, broke them up,
and carried them 10 Pcsth for sale, in
which transaction they were arrested as
above stated. The officers of the Hun.
garian Ministry Of the Interior began their
investigation under the ancient law
which makes all such discoveries the
property OF the crown, and their report
rs communicated to Parliament is still
more startling. Their researches clearly
establish it us fact, that this subtcrra.
mean structure was undoubtedly an old
Roman castle, built many centuries be-
fore the Huns and Magyars left their
Asintic homes to invade this part of Eu-
rope. This section of Hungary was in
the province of Pomona, of the Roman
empire, and in the vicinity Of Lake Bula-
ton there was large permanent camp,
the agricultural and military settlements
of the Romans extended for many miles,
and traces of this Roman occupation,
which continued 'Own tn the sixth CEN
tury of the Christian era, have repeatedly
been fonnd. But how this vast struct.
ure, which is said to cover two acres, and
two stories high, with massive walls of
stone and brick, was covered with earth
to the depth of more than sixty feet,
over which II forest of heavy timber had
grown up--a forest, too, that is mention
ed as existing in the oldest preserved
chronicles of the kingdom, the officers
have so taI found it impossible to ac.
count for In one room several skeletons
of human beings have been found, but
the bones were too much decayed to in.
dcate with certainty the race to which
they belong. AS thorough search of
this wonderful building is now proposed,
further developments may clear up the
mystery. The shaft through which the
first discovery was made is believed to
have been either chimney or an observ-
ntory or look out, as iron hooks have
been found fastened to the wall inside, to
which means of ascent and descent were
probably attached. The Minister of the
Interior has asked for preliminary ap-
preparation of 100000 forins to make a
more careful examination, and also de.
mandcd authority to commence work at
once, digging out the whole earth now
burying the place, and thus bring to the
eyes OF the nineteenth century evidences
of Roman provincial life, hidden from
the light of day possibly for fifteen CEN
trries.-Er
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-20

hFps many asA saay year axn H tff
go - eoessyy b. the ssa, sta4s (
rhs H. 4. %.s ., !" q Rgwss. giom you mag ksev
And this NAL f?an iived with no. other ,hsuxhe
han ~ rule for u term ealIeti nro0
THO people wore mild yes exssenosy mt,ta.
tn this eooStsy by the sess, 'T + 81
And thsy leyed with 1vs that was moro usss,
. This xonserfal leed ,,y the ssa;
Why tbis can aryer bei" f
Apd this " tho rsa.oa II 4 Non. auo
wind blow out - Heloud ehiIlInG igep a
Our beautiful Ulytses Il: s.5 .,,.s =. .stf...
80 That his high-b m notion fell t's
70 point bilow y1so de9soet T, Ffls.s 81 pa
They made f,r his hop n sspuICh Fe. "a
And bufi d his term eallod lhreei W hls1
Tho pitying Angels 40 happy In Bcsysn.
yssi that was the res.son Las AL fnsu know
In 'his country By the s6a
That the people. indi <nant, grow es,lt1 one a.gns
hiiiihg AMI chilling our Ulysses u
Bat his love TOR power wae strong IN ti.e L,ys
- Of thoee who are older than We;
Of many lslr wiser than we;
And ks prayed the hnseky in Heaven ais,ye
Ana the demoGs under the sea.
TO rule ns he had rais.i.
Under tns name Of Rutherford Is.
And tho moon never beams without briogtnS
Us drearns
OF third term Ulysses q.
And the stars never siec but the, Mei Tho. his
Arc looking from Rutherford b.
I'd 10 all the day nh Ms nghl~ni.se by side
ihess markcd ons+ oi tate ran out with the
With the tide thas In nsss . le~i in the se..
That " leet ia the sounding pes.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-20
bvlliiass; sAe IVES . p,siab.s sh,oe ~.

bslVlSaos; she IVES . pieinbls sh,oe ~.
! srtsA 70 impress hsr ,saagtselavn h
ntenine 10 oe1ieve - sAe dld. bus .
happily, - hsd ~ ess4 6s1ld)0d H1e4
crsan!iey, ] sesld noe tasAly en1e ~
eoonassss. COD seld ~. hswsvss. tnel :
Evil spiTlts, an1 thss 4 - 6ss,ss6 = 4
would p!uscenss u. A nsus hss na1e
raj onseleshsess anA sess)ssSss wOuIa
not permit her 70 slIow - u ayAw -
finally the fear Of death Ov1FUssns hes
seruples spd she SmplotVA - % NJ M3s
spell. ! pyonosnssd lovAly And so
etnnay some lines Of Racine g en tovp.
cation then, nftor rubbing tss aesk
red agate / haa eonSsaisd sssWsss
my hnfers, and sesare<a her grsvely
that had resnoved tho souese a M
Illness and that she wAs SAVED. bsA
with = sad smile, she sAids "Yd&
have degcivsd me; you lund that oe~1oA
- little easket; l had sesn u bofoUA,
You are not . magician. Thus M
russo did her more harm than GO04
From that moment she grew vSfl9
rapidly. Hl a4 bn - 10 pEa1-l
On The nigh. before her aestl 80 ssssE
lover (and she named ono cf ire Yoaf2
mon Of the villAgs) wished M q J'etVpS
with lin, but would NOT, aud aaheA
him 10 bring ne silver shAiA -
went 70 Ma<saska 70 bey me ons. Nadk j.
w9e then that she vaMaoieo soeno. Aftgt.
all, u hsd not been 90 the kUugS. IL
might hsve killed my mUther; O. fer.
hape II was oil for the besA n01t ar,
sho made her father promise hiueek
TO eut her throat and open her veins
after her death, that she nsA9ht nos
also become = vampire ehe yeG1d
have DO other hand b6e hn - GoU1nntt
upon her corpse these neSdDoee sAp0M~
ties. Then embracing hos moAhSf a.
desired her TO take = rosary - ~ tothk
Of local hermit oS saiat, lhspe 70 saAe
MY y; then bsing n bask - kAE +
souid set TAIL 70 admise thie poaeanatp
thosghtfulness IN finding eoSh 8 -
text 10 keep her mother kOm Wttae6n
Ing her dying agontes. ~ E
bhe took IN amulet from het uneH AnS
gave u 70 mo. Keep n, che ~. r.
may IT do ySh more gooe tAAn y ~
done - me-" Dho Ihsu veSotved ~
|sssrsment devOusly. Shortly 3foas ~
breathing became tn1sv d1jnssno go
shes .oyes gDsxed. 6tAaenl0 - ssin
nor isthsrys arm and made 'an 49, r.
4 - snM herself upon biA hsea6A 0&a
sessea 70 live. Her siskn>a1 hn1, ,ho98a
eleven days. n =
A Ssw hsus aftsr ! had NJ ~ vR !.
laSe bshiud nse, oOnsiRuiu9 6bason A.
tho devil, vampires. and s1 wAs bslevA
In theH
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-20
YAMPIRIsM IN SERBIA.
A Horrible story of Young Girl Killed
ny Vampire.
IN. Y. World.l

IN. \. Wprld.J
In Serbia, IA In most Sclavonic coun
tries, exists II popular belief In VAN
pires. dead folk who quit their graves
at night TO torment the living. The
signs by which the vampire Is known
long time after it should have decayed
the fiuidity Of the blood and the sup
pleness OF the limbs. Prosper Merimee,
in the course Of his travels. was the
witness OF II case OF alleged vampirism
which he describes AS follows: .
In 1915 WAS travelling on foot In Var
garaZ and chanced 70 stop at the little
village OF Varboska. nv host was one
Vuck Poglonovich, well-to-do for the
region, u good fellow and sufficiently
drunken. His wife was yet young and
fair, and his daughter. a girl OF sixteen,
charming. / would fain have remained
with him several days, in order to study
the ruins In the neighborhood, but he
would not rent mo room, insisting
that should be his guest; and as this
invoived holding my own with him at
the wine after dinner, the relation was
not particularly pleasant. u
One evening the woman had left US
about an hour, and. to avoid being COM
pelled to drink, / was singing to my
host, when we were started by the most
fearful cries from the sleeping apart
ment, which, as is the custom OF the
country, was occupied by the Who'll !;
household In common. Aiming our
selves We hurried tnither, aud beneld u
frightful sight the mother. pale and
nag gard, holIing her still more paliid
dauy lter. who Was stretched on her
straw bed as if dead The woman was
shrieking without pause, "A vampire!
A v',nIpirei My poor Guild Is dead j.
With great difficulty we restored
khava ~ cuuciou ness; she had, sue
said, seen tile window Opene | and II
man, pale AS ashes and wrapped In a
winding sheet, hal flung himself upon
ner, bitten her aud strsveD To stranSle.
Sue Was vul, able to shrek aloud when
tue spectre fled aud she ssooned away,
tut sue fancied that sue had recognized
IN It's features those vi d villager named
Wieczuany, dead about fortnight.
There WIS small red spot on her
throat, but / did not know whether IL
might not Ire u natural mark, or the re-
suit Ut the bite uf al insect during the
girls nightmare. When, however,
ilaz .rdcd this conjecture, the father re-
'cted 1t suti-nIy; the girl wept piteous-
ly. aud wrung her hands aud rocking
tO-and-frs,, kept repeating: "AiAsl 10
die 40 young and before ones wedding
DAY u while the mother loaded ne with
reproa clleS, declaring that she had her
self seen the vampire and Known to be
I considered 1t, therefore,
Liit, part VI prudence to be sileut. Ali
the amuietS Ia the village were sum
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-20

ibe fashtonables Of the Avenue, and
hey refused to be satisfied until this
,lisreputable addition TO their thorough
fare was separated from them by call.
ing It Lower Fifth Avenue"
80 much for New Orleans streets.
Perhaps la future years we may reduce
them into order, aud have only one
Washington. instead OF five, as We have
now. Perhaps we may even learn how
IN spell Prytania and other streets right.
Perhaps We may simplify the puzzling
orthographv OF Tchoupitonlas ana Ca
rondelet. II Is certainly to be hoped.