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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

They would ask II. SJleiilet and BIS
party to blow upon them AID to spit in
their faces ard uron their breasts. At
kimiakaro, Daya and Dyalla the ex-
plorers lived On Intimate terms with
TIRES kings, whose residences were sur
rounded by walls. pierced with holes for
defense, and fanEed by towers, The eff
cers or the respective palaces were all
women, who had much greater irAu--
enco over their ns@jesties than the 1cgiti~
mate wives. Their msisstlts passed
sufficiently idle lives. either sq1atting or
lyicg all day upon mats, with their sa
ber2 on their knees, By way Of variety
little girls would rub Ihem and give them
little slaps upon Ike back and breast,
while musician tjnEled an Instrument
resembling guitar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15
The Demotfatt.
WEAVING TIE WEE.
OPELOUSAS, La.

"Th7 morn will wc7ve my wei, she sail,
as sh stood by her pom in The roy !jgnt,
AMI her vou3g Cve5 hopefully ga | AMI clear,
Eclios 4 ..fac the s~aIi1R fl ght.
ana As 50 n "a the day s first tasks are done
while yet an froJ IN an st ong " said she,
q Y Il b @n 20 weave the beautifH! We b,
Whoa p,ttarn is known to none but ME
al vii! W ave it inc, will weave it fair,
ANITA hlw he eel DTS W II :" she said,
so faGt PISS and sto org Will weave my wei,
Tn Il p,rhap3 il viii live AFTER | AN &, ad -
But the morning hours sped 90 apsce;
Ih1 air .:raw gw ct with III breath Of June;
AE'l yo% ~ we Ii! W the waiting !o1pl
Ia 81 n. thr;aiS Is he iu nmld d tune
"Ah! .e is SO r;ch and fun" she c,iel,
ma mora is short though tn days axe lang
7 h.tn-,,tr will weave my lie .1ltiful web
y u @.@ave it earthly fine and strong"
Flu tn rose hi n i'll The cnudes: sky;
fhc I:den and heat OF thu day she BORE
An hitIPr and ihithar she car e and went,
Will the Dom stood still az it stood before.
All lie is loo busy at noon,' she said
''.dy WEI must wait tilt the eYentide
TIL the common work Of the day is done,
And my heart gT"Ws Tim in the silence wide!
SO. one hg one the hours aSsed on
IN the eaping shadows mad longer grown:
Til TIE hou.e was still and the me yes slept,
A nd / sin ling bir.s 10 their nests had flown.
Anu HD" VI we've my WE'D SDe SAD,
.3s shD turned to :er loom ere ct of sun.
And id lr han on the shiang threads
To get t. en- in or@cr one by one
y II hand WIS firnd and htart was weak;
81 an not rs strong as was" sighal she.
" ini h" cstteFn IL b urIed, and he colofs rare
are nof 30 biglt or sc faiT to see!
II must wat, think til another morn:
:DuS so 10 my rest with lay work undOre;
IL is growing to- dark to Weaye'' she cried
A love- r and lower san b the sun
Sh.' dtop3ai the shuttle; the loom stool still;
be weaver Il mt in the twilight gray
Tear heart III he weave her beautiful web
In The gu len light 0: a longer day?
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15
An Editors View Of Death.

The editor Ct the Gardiner Me Jour-
nal has recently had q narrow escape from
death, bis horse running away as he hung
in the wheel. He thus Gescrii e5 his seu-
sations:
"OA, can't some OF my spirit friends
dc something to help me out of tits
scrar -" beseeching:y said or thought.
It was prayer no. laid down in the
books, and perhaps the fern was rot
staid nor formal Short IS it WAS it did
ME good. saw then crowds OF spirits
around me-part o. whom kGcW. i
do not see what they can DO, thought.
and as they stenle d to mover round the
front part OF the wagon, and over the
horse. | wondered how they kept up
with him. Then | thought perhaps
they'll take the old horse + strength away
but I couldn't see very clearly how
they were to do thisfUr old Robin was
3 hard customer to "dematerialize. !
probably should have lived but few
seconds longer, The 5eiEs hsd WON off
upon the wheel Just when my strength
was all gone. Had died, people would
pityingly have said it was q horrible
deeth-but really I suffer very little.
All the pain I have had up to now has
not been equal to what I suffered last
summer in a day from the hit q an in
sect. The shock was such that my nerves
of sensation were beEumbed I had no
fear; in fact, there was physical sort Of
feeling that was q bundle about three
feet long, with SOFT Of handle to It
(Which was my left leg probably, thai
was bouncing along over the ground
which I WAS trying to untangIe. Then
there was another self who hsd to take
care of the wheel, untang!e the rein, take
hold Of old Robin, yell to the deg and
attend to matters generally while the
third sell seemed TO DO the thinking, and
[ kind of liked that one best. ! had
often heard that in such crises SIS these
ones whole lie passes in review before
him, and l thought Of that iact, but
had no such experience. | had only enc
regret for deeds done or left undone and
that Was that I had neglected my usual
custom Of taking accident tickets, and
this regret felt ashamed of, Ny only
thought was OF my vile. TIE knowledge
that nave faced death unfinchingly is
not without satisfaction TO me, and there
is something that [ iee], which | ca0
not describe, that assures me that there
were more powerful influences than my
own aiding, comforting and sustaining
me-. My religious friends will say it was
the Good Father, and it matters not what
We call it the feeling is the same. DO
not feel OF sufficient consequence to msrit
Gods special providence, but that loving
friends rom the other sphere may have
comfOrted and sustained NE is not repug-
nant to my common sense, and does not
lessen my idea Of the goodness and
greatness OF the Creator.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15
The Faro Box.

The old records show that Robert
Gailey, of Virginia, long resident OF
Washington, secured a patent f)r the
faro box. He did it for the purpose OF
protecting those who played from black
legs who would not playa air game. I:
tailed to do so, however, though Bailey
! made large amount Of money out OF
his patent, as he received hundred col
lals rvyalty for each box sold. He spent
il as easily as he made it, and lie died q
poor man. A letter says:
1t seems strange that there has been no
improvement on this box. since i. has
become public property under the opera
ton Of the patent law Those who play
with the tiger will notice that the
B tiley box OF those days is the box Of
the present, though some OF eur dealers
have way of forcing a two-card box On
their victims 1! makes but little di.
ference to the player, as the dealer would
win any way. Before Railey died he
put on record, in 1924, the following,
which advice, coming from him, should
be accepted by all having weakness for
faro:
"Stick to your profession, merchants;
stick to your business, mechanics stick
to your Labor, laborers; speed the plow,
farmers and if every other profession
would attend to my counsel and keep
from gaming, the vice would soon pro-
duce its own death by starvation; but
mankind, it seems, will not agree to this
forbearance; they will partake OF their
own ruin from free will. We are all
prone to speculation, to which I have no
objection if upon principles Of honor and
honesty; otherwise ] protest at this late
hour OF my life, after having the reputa-
ton of doing SO much injury myself.
"My own experience is, that it does
not matter how fair game is played, ii
persevered in it always produces ruin,
sooner or later.
81 am OF the opinion that there is but
only one preventive to the mischief
resulting trcm gambling never to visit
gambling tables or gambling houses, nor
ever associate with gamblers; it does not
matter how staunch may be your pru-
dence, Or how firm may be your resolve;
man is frail, you may be drawn in.
:" So sure as you play, so sure you will
become fond OF it; in consequence you
will lose your reputation, your business
will go to destruction, and yourselves
lost to society. Let all things be man
aged fair, the bank will beat YOU as Ger
tain as my name is Robert Bailey"
These extracts are from the lie OF
Bailey, written by himself in 1924 His
latter days was spent in Washington,
selling his book.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

It was nearly month ere the prizes
was ablo to leave his couch. Among the
first things he did when he was able to
conycrsa, WAS to tell the story OF the
midnight marriage. But his hearers
gazsd at each other with incredulous
glances, believing the old man was be-
re!t OF his wits. After while, however,
he vas able to leave John Ispraniiz's cot~
tsge, snd then he assembled the people,
and they proceeded to the church in
body. A careful inspection Of the slab
Of The vault showed that it had hsen
recently displaced.
Suddenly new purpose seized the
minds of the villagers. Spades and crow.
bars were at once at hand: and the vault
was quickly uncovered.
The first object that met their gaze
was a richly-mounted coffin reposing by
the crumbling remains of that which
held the ashes of Krynezloft. To open
the lid was only the work of few mo-
ments, and then they beheld, still with
perfect features, the body of beautiful
woman with q wound directly in the
region of the heart.
Never had such cry Of terror and
anguish echoed within those walls. The
clothing on the body was of the finest
and most expensive description, but it
exhibited no mark by which a clue could
be formed to unravel the dreadful deed
that had been committed.
The priest, however, considered it his
duty to make the whole affair known to
his bishop, who resided at Helsingfors,
and he in turn communicated the ats
tested facts to the government authori-
ties.
In due time came back message not
to revive the matter again, coupled with
warning that the Inhabitants of Blorn-
bog would do well to interest themselves
no further in the strange affair.
x X x
Some years later, naval vessel ap-
peared off the coast and landed party
of armed men, who proceeded to the
church, keeping all the people at dig
lance by placing guards in the vicinity.
When night fell they were heard at
work, and ere morning dawned they had
embarked, carrying with them burden
covered with pail.
Tnetew people who were curious
enough to get glimpse of the departure
of the party, stated that the persons en-
ployed showed the most profound respect
and reverence for the object they bore
away to their barge.
AS soon as the ship was well in the
citing the excited villagers again opened
the tomb, but they only beheld the &C.
cnstomed remains Of old Francis Krynsz-
loft.
That midnight marriage forever re
NAMED mystery.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

If the grave were rif3d in the interests
of science, people wouldn't mind it so
much. That is, if the average medica
student learned anything in the dissect
ing room, people wouldn't begrudge the
Young man body now and thens bu!
# Albany Argus.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

M. soLE1LLET, who lately arrived at
Rouen, France, from an exploration in
Central Africa, found that many tribes
regarded white men as superior beings
and favorises of the gods. They looked
upon them with veneration, and after
touching their hands, would rub their
own hands geligiously upon their faces.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15
A female teach

"A female teacher threatened to keep
an unruly boy fifteen minutes after
school. II wish you'd make it g hal
hour" said the appreciatjve youth, "fo
you're tbs prettist teacher in this town"
He cot off easy
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15


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lie Sa&' dies a martyr pawn that
ne ~ hot Il a"A7', lat jyy Il -" Sat
lie IS l'oS :" |.
"A man win m itr::ah'. ;...:,nor il
more to be pisi.l than one bowed uses:
to the earth with I";ve,ty.
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up aIo:ic NJ n.rs : >Hu4I 4~,,,
except silkrta4 H,.d .t;t1, .
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o0' a. ''S's'''e '' '' '''y ana l"';.@
I'VE should not OILY 90 onr duly
when prepared, tut we s"'u,i always
endeavor to be Pr pared to d. ~ur du,y.
"A wit a,ked peasant vha, rart
he performed in the great drama u, li'S.
II mind my own Business" Wan the 10,
ply.
He is happy Whose circumstances
suit his temper; but he Is nore happy
who car suit his tenn et to a"y ciscum,
stat cas.
.."C:ood morning, Mr.. Brown: you're
first at last; you u>td to be h,Iiad, b..
fore, but notice you have been Yetti'G
early OF late.'
The most benevolent intentions,
lose q or,st mart %. (ha,r 'osr;+. = .t.v
are vc;d Of dyIicaey.
The Glass in German grammar is on
the subject Of eendess. "M:.= Flora,
why is moon ma*cu';oc in cermno2"
IS, that she can 50 ont slsne nights,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

..S,me one seeing two Ct tn!8
lawyers gathered together on the site Of
a prospective court house, said thew had
met to view tie ground woere they
must shortly lie.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-02-15

to prevent intruders.
But the old man did not Immediately
proceed on his way. He knelt down
upon the ground and applied his ear to
the door-sill. He could hear loud and
angry tones from within, and suddenly
there came piercing shrek from man,
followed by pistol>shot. Then all was
still. springing from his crouching posi-.
tiol, the old man darted with all the
speed left him, toward the houses of the
villagers for the purpose of alarming
them, as he felt sure deed of terror and
blood had just been enacted. But SO
violent was his emotion, and so powerful
had been the strain upon his nervous
system that, when he reached the door
of John Ispranitz, he fell to the earth as
he knocked for admittanee.
Some hours later the whole village was
startled by the announcement that their
pastor was lying at ispranitz's cottage
in state of unconcieusness. Men, wc-
men and children focked to the spot.
and all did what they were able in aid
of the priests recovery. For days he
lay delirious, and while the fever was
burning up his frame he raved of the
open tomb Of old Francis Krynszloft, the
midnight marriage and the shot which
probably sent some poor creature to
eternity.
"Alas !" eighed the simple people,
"our good pastor has lost his reason,
heaven grant it may be restored to him
again."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
From the Portland Advertiser

The PORGY FISHING. "What success
are you having y was asked of the skip
per OF one Of the little porgy crafts which
go out from this port.
'Well not much, we can make a living
and that's all. The steamers have about
ruined our business, and what is the worst
OF all, our people, men of my class, don't
get any OF the money the steamers make.
The hands 90 on shares and grub them
selves, and the most Of em leave in debt
to the steamer. The owners make money.
and keep building new steamers, and why ?
just because they own the trying out
factories on shore. The captains of the
steamers make money, as they have their
share, and per centage on the foot.
When they see a school of five or six
hundred barrels Of fish, they take 'em all,
while we little fellows have to take what
fortune sends US; still if they'll keep out
of the bays, We'll be all right yet. | tell
you, it used to rifle US to see EN- come in.
and tangle US up, and take away a whole
years profits at once, and then only give
us sass if we said word. We fellows
live here, they don't. They take men
from the eastward of us, not from here.
Massachusetts men come and take our
1t does seem as if that ought to be stop
ped in some way. We work hard, and at
a not Over-nice business. We live here,
and so do our families, while the steam
ers live out of the state. Still I'd not say
a word if the money went to the men,
but it don't"
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An Outlawed Mountameer.

Frog Mountain is one Of the widest
regions OF Georgia. e. liner county, from
the rocks OF which it rises. is miniature
Switzerland. full Of the hard crusts Of old
Mother Earth. Two wears aLothere lived
u the most untrequented and barren re-
cesSes OF the mountain 4 family named
Jones, AyreS Jones being IDS prop and
malnstay. Ayres is a child ot nature.
From his b0yh9od he had lived Oh fish
caught in Jack river and Oh game killed
round about his home He had killed
bear within a mile OF the house. ON the
night Of the 10Th of February. ~. there
occurred at the mountain tragedy which
caused great sensation in Georgia ana
was warmly discussed by the press all
over the country. Lieutenant Mcintyre.
gallant officer in the Second [ nited
states Infantry, had been sent to the
northeastern counties with SQUAD of
troops To arrest some offenders against
the revenue laws who had detied the
efforts Of special deputies to bring them
within the reach OF the courts ON the
night OF the 10th an attack was made on
the house ut the Jones family The ap-
proach was beset 10y danger in the time
OF perfect peace, but when the inhabitants
We're aroused by what they deemed wrongs
at the hands OF revenue officers the march
was perllous to a degree that mi Lht make
veteran leel nervous. Lieut. MCINTYRE
followed the revenue detectives. who were
leading the way. until they reached the
cabin, hidden Doth by the shades OF a
black and fearful night and by It's natural
stClusl0n. \ bout this house there ac-
DrT II l.,+.. j. 4
number OF m0uutaneers attacked the
troops. After sharp firing on both sides
the aSsallants lied and escaped under the
cover OF night. they lett blood marks
behind them, and some Of the gang are
supposed 10 have been m0ltal.N wounded
Lieutenant Mcintyre was shot down.
never To Use again. The mountainous
were pursued, bat no satisfactory results
We're accomplished Governor Colqutt
appointed Colonel sam Williams to gather
evidence in the matter and the govern
ment al Washington sent troops to the
mountains. Several arrests We're made
but the general belief that Ayres Jones
slew Mcintyre sated the parties thus ap-
pretended. As tol Ayres he lied Oh the
morning after the assassination to the
mountains OF North Carolina. Time pass
cd. The comrades Of McIntyre bore him
N mind and when Tom Jones. a brother
Ot AyreS, was lodged in the Knoxville
jail, some Weeksago. the complaint against
him being Illicit dlstlllng, Colonel FarfoW
Went over and obtained an interview.
Tom readily told the Colonel that Ayres
was really back in the Frog Mountain
raylne BY the river jack i seems that
n -, -.
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The Dead Sea.

\ correspondent of the Washington
Star, who has had a bath in the Dead
Sea- describes his experience as follows !:
"Ihe water which is quite clear, and
nearly the color of the Niagara river be-
low the falls, seemed to me a little more
bitter and salt than that of Salt Lake, al
though brighter and more attractive to
the eye when seen close at hand. Its
supporting power struck me as Il little
greater also, than that of Salt Lake, as
the body liOated more easily and the dit
ticulty of swimming was greater on ac-
count Of the Inability to keep ones feet
under water. 50 large a quantity of salt
is held in solution thai the water has
what IS called, believe, a 'ropy' appear
ance, much like that of a plate Of we'll
made taploca soup. | observed. how ever
that when we came ont OF the water there
was not 50 large deposit OF salt crystals
on the body as after a bath in Salt Lake,
and the feeling of the skin. instead of be-
my dry and 1pricklN. as | expected. was
rather Oily ana sticky. Our dinner that
night was seasoned with salt made tFom
Dead Sea water 10y solar evaporation. 1t
was little lighter in color than the best
article OF brown sugar Its cry stalls We're
large and hard, and. though foreign sub
stances We're eN IDENTITY present in consld-
cradle quantity, il was not unpleasant to
the taste. was told that two quarts Of
the water would produce one quart Of
salt, but this is probably an eAaggera-
ton. 10 complete the statistics of this
remarkable body of water, NAV add
what MANY of our readers NAV already
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JACOB LlMAN. lite IF Liberty

-INlE subscriber hereby gives plblic notice to III
concerned, that hc ha, bocu duy u.potutut
and taken uInu himself tho trust ut Autla. trHIu
OF tIlt. r-tt.. OF
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The Village Blacksmith.

HY HENRY W LoNGFELLoW.
Under Spreading chestnut tree
The village smithv stands,
The smith, mighty man is he.
With large and sinewv hands:
And the muscles OF his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands
us halr IS crisp and black and long:
HIS face Is Ike the tan
HIS brow is wet with honest sweat
lie earns whateer he can:
And looks the whole world in the face,
or he owes not any man
Week in. week out, from morn Till night
on can hear his bellows blow:
on can hear him swing his heavy sledre.
with measured beat ana slow.
i1he sexton ringing the village BELL
hen the evening sun is low.
And children, coming home from school
Look III at the open door:
IheY love 70 see the flaming forgc
And hear the bellows roar.
And catch the burning sparks that tlv
LIKE eha1 from threShing floor
lie goes on Sunday to the church.
And sits among his BOYS
lie hears the parson pray and preach.
He hears his daughters voice.
Singing IN the village choir
And It makes his heart rejoice
It sounds to him like her mother voice.
Singing in Paradise
ne needs must think Of her once more,
How III The grave She lies
And with his hard. rough hand he wipes
tear out OF bis eyes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

\ New GOLDEN RULE. According to
the Courier journal, a Louisville Girl late
ly male Il clever matrimonial point against
a young man who had asked her if She
could marry him. The question popping
and the answer are thus reported
You have asked me pointedly if ] can
marry You, and | answer YOU pointedlv
that can. | can marry a man who makes
love to different girl every month. can
marry a man whose main occupation
seems to be to JOIN in gauntlet in front Of
churches and theatres and comment an
dibly on the people who are compelled to
pass through it. can marry man whose
only means of support is an aged father
can marry a man who boasts that any
girl can be won with the help of good
tailor and an expert tongue. can marry
such man, but ] WON'T
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

church steeple at Richmond, Ind. on which
lights appeared at night was believed by su persti-
tons people to be haunted until the other day
when some one suggested that broken lightning
rod might cause the illumination and the sexton
climbed up above the bells and found the two see
tons Of the rod apart and gap Of an inch or more
between them. The passage Of silent electricity
over the gap caused spark, which, seen swapping
and jumping IN the moist air assumed phantom
forms and played the duce with the Vaccinations
OF all who saw it.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

\ Colorado paper says: " An English
man, who had seen better days was
riding in the coach to Leadville recently.
There were good many other people i'll
the coach, also. Will you please said
the Englishman, open that window
want to see the mountain scenery An
lrlshman, who was snoozing in a corner,
looked up on hearing the remark, and oh
served: Bedad, you'll see plinty ov it a
month from now, when ye're comm back
on fllt'n
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
Belfast SAVINGS Bank.

NOTICE is hereby given required by law, that
y the above named Bank has been duly notified
of the loss Of Savings Bank Book No. $50. issued by
the Belfast Savings Bank to Hollis NJ. A. Poor, and
application has been made for duplicate book.
JOHN H. QuIMBY, Treas. Of b. $ Bank
Belfast, April :, ls7Y.-3wI5