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St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

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St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13
Easy Divorces.
wow EASY IT Is TO GET UNMARRIED IN
THE LAND OF CAR. .-.

Divorces are not allowed in Russia,
,,nt marriage can be anDuled for lntor-
nalitv. 1t is only a question OF money,
Hike most Russian things. In Llthnanla
and some Darts of Little Russia 1t IS the
custom for the brides nearest relative TO
give her a slap in the face Mt the momens I.
of leading her to the priest, the OBJECT or
this lming to establish, in case OF neeG.
that the bride married under conipul-
sion, which would be enough to break
tl,c marriage. Russians themselves as
sure strangers that the slap is only 2 re-
minder to the bride to behave well IN
future, but the true sense OF 1t is tiaV
inst stated, for otherwise the remlncer
would presumably be given by the bride
groom. In some parts Of the empire tue
date of the marriage is lett blank on the
certificate; and this again FURNISHES
ground for a divorce. In the Chersonese
the Pope Intentionally omits to register
the ages of the parties; but there 10 no
rsal need for any of these precautions;
for the marriage laws are SO complex
that two parties willing to pay for the
luxury OF a separation can easily ferret
ont n Ilkase whose prescriptions are not
scrupulousIy observed at their n9ptlals;;
II is not by any means rare for lady OF
ficle affections TO get her new lover to
pay her husband a sam or money LnaG ne
may consent to a divorce: ana this mas
been done even in social ciReles Where
a regard for deeencies might have been
expected. ..- ......-.. ....... ..z.sE.#
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13
Four Lucky GoanpOsitors.
THREE GIRLS AND \ SUNDAY SCIiOOl
TEACHER WIN $4,000.
New York Star, 18th. !

For several months Jesse Petit, a
compositor in the Brooklyn Eagle office,
and three female compositors, have
been in habit of buying Jointly half
tickets in the Louisiana Lottery, each
OF, the four contributing 25 cents. Yes
terday, while the Quartettc were at work
at their eases, Petit shouted wildly,
"Wc've hit it, we've hit it," The
compositors gathered around Petit. in
excitement as he pointed TO the number
OF the ticket drawing the first prize OF
$4,000. Petit and his partners held
a half ticket, emitting them to $4,000.
The three lucky girls came near faint
| ing as they learned Of their good fortune.
The city editor OF the paper, upon being
acquainted with the luck which had
befallen the compositors, betrayed
SYMPTOMS of insanity; the managing <
editor abandoned his work for a time
and wept for joy, while the more practi
cal minded publisher sent out for a
basket of wine. The girls are un-
married.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13
The Sums Power.

In an interesting and eloquent paper
on "The Sun d Source OF Power" just
published in the Scientific American,
Prof. Langley takes the following
method of giving some idea OF the work
performed by the SUMS heat on our
earth, which receives only a small
fraction of the enormous quantity sent
out yearly from the centre OF our sys-
tenn. Assuming the area Of Manhattan
Island to be twenty miles and the aE-
nual rainfall thirty inches, he shows 10y
a simple calculation that this small
norton of the earth receives l ,305, 5,9SO, ,OO
cubic feet, or 80, ,7S1 900 tons, Of rain i'll
year, /" The amount of this" he says,
amay be better appreciated By com
narison. Thus, the pyramid of 'Cheops
contains less than 100000, 900 cubic feet
and weighs less than 1900, 900 tons; and
this water, then, in the form OF ice,
would many times replace the largest
pyramid of Egypt. It we had cast it
away it would require 3,231 800 cars
carrying twelve tons each to remove It.
and these, at an average length OF ~
feet to the car, would make SIX trains;
each reaching in one continuous line OF
cars across the continent, so that the
leading locomotive OF each train would
be ut San Francisco before the rear llad!
left New York." A days rainfall OF
one tenth of all inch spread over the
United States represents ten. Thousand
millions of tots, and would take, he
states, more than all the pumping en-
gines which supply Philadelphia, Chlca'
go and other large cities depending
more or less ON steam for potable water
working day and night for a century, t.
put it back to the height to which i
was raised by the sun before it fell. Il
has been found by careful experiment
that the effect Of The beat Of a. vertlca
sun in the month OF March, acting on ;
having lost a portion OF its energ,
through absorption by our atmosphere
I is equivalent to O.13l horsepower, ant
other problems with equally startllns
results can be readily framed iron
!! this and other accessible date. ~.a.s
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13
Lake ltasca.
THE PICTURESQUE BODY or WATER
FROM WHICH THE FATHER or
WATERS SPRINGS.

A member of the canoeing expedition
which is en- route from Lake ltasca to
New Orleans writes from the head
waters of the Mississippi to the Cincin-
natl Gazctte: Lake ltasca is really Il
beautiful sheet of water, OF light green
ish hue, set in the midst OF sandy hills
from fifty to one hundred teet high,
which are closely covered with dense
forests of pine, tir and spruce. with some
oak and other green woods that did not
recognize. Its form is three arms, start
ing from the surrounding Schoolcrafts
Island. The north arm is two miles
long, the southwest arm is two and
half miles long. the southeast arm four
miles long. The southeast arms form
half a circle, the diameter OF which,
counting from the inner shores, is about
two or two and Il half miles. Facing the
north, the north arm springs out OF tins
semi-circle of water about One-t lllrd or
the distance from its end on the LETT.
The north arm really tends east OF north
for two-thials of its lenght, then west OF
north, the Mississippi river flowing out
Of the extreme end. Thegreatest width
of the lake is about one and a iiaLf miles,
and that is where the arms join, The
arms themselves are not more than a
l.
with rounded bays, and in the water for
probably 200 yards rnshes grow, with
Wild rice aud some lilies nearer CD the
shore, which is firm sand mostly. In
some places the alluyium from the hills
has washed in and made very soft shores.
At tile extreme end OF the south east
arm bright little stream, q foot or
two wide, with q swift current, pOtlls III
, over clean sand.
| In the southwest arm five streams flow,
all insignificant except two. The small
| er of these comes i'll among the grass
and rushes, eight or nine feet wide at It's
mouth. but soon narrowing to a mele
Woodland rill. The larger contributes
eabout third the volume OF the Mis-
sissippi, is about fifteen feet wide at Its
mouth, and comes iu through low,
sFampy ground. We pushed up tins
stream with the canoes for nearly two
hundred yards; then had to land. dhls,
which may be called Elk river, flows
ahout one mile from Elk lake, which
lies south of ltasca about oneh half mile,
and is divided from it by sandy hills,
over which some heavy yellow pine
grows. We had thought that possibly
| the Mississippi might be traced above
Itasca, but the character OF the streams
putting into that la Ike does not entltle
them to be called the river. Into Elk
lake, on the south, the surveyors found
two little streams tiowlng, the largest
we learn, running probably ten miles III
its dubious course, and starting from a
little pool two feet in diameter in a wide
marsh. That is where the furthest drop
Of the Mississippi flows from.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

The East India Company, frolu the
time of its creation, in 1890, saved every
paper connected with its BUSINESS. and
the accumulated mass Of letters, bills,
memoranda and books is enormous. 1t
has lately been turned over to a DIR.
Hirdwood for inspections, and, among
other curious facts, he finds that the
great Anglo Indian Empire had it's ari;
| gin in a company which was organized
simply because the dutch raised the
price of pepper from three shillings
pound to six,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

EXTENT OF THE SToRM.-We are
thankful to know that the tornado OF
MONDAY last was not general in our
STATE. East of Morgan City, while
much wind blew, few on no buildings
we're damaged, and VIC believe the crops
of Terrebonne, IIafourche and the
Mississippi coast (Which comprises most
Of i.he sugar producing country,) have
been injured but little. West OF the
Teche.z tlle storm was. not nearly as
furious as east of there, and the storm
center seems to have been about
Franklin.-[New Iberia Sugar-BeW
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

Atwriter in the London Builder COM
nlains. tllat an English patent costs in
Goyernfnent duties S1s5 within the first
sfS months, then $3.50 within three years,
fbe;, $500 within four more--totai se75,
say;et, in seven wears for a patentduring
fourfeen years; while apatentin Ameri-
ra costs only S35, in one payment, fol
se ssventeeu h wears. "'Thus," he adds
g ara the brains of Englislinen handi.
capped against those OF their great r.
walls in the proportion of 2175 to 4.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

a gentleman travelling on train OF
cars recently said to the conductor
"Supp.,se @ the breaks should give way
where w,a1ld we go tot" The eonduc-
tor remarked that 1t Rmf WAS tha eenea 'oa
again asked the same quesi,tiod, tt s,t l5 Mlsi
the conductor repll,e:ae ,:e -. y haan a.. aepehas
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

aTell me-" lie said to the doctor, tell
80 frankly is there any hope y " Yes,
sir, sir q great deal. The statissies I,t ss.o', show
siiti with W your disease reeoyers.a . We'll We =
s"Enn are the hundredth | have treated
for the mallady and have not cured
one of tilen.h
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

DR.. hooker gives a full and very in-
terysting account of the argan tree in bis
journal of tour in Morocco" 1t is
found on a strip of land about forty miles
wide which extends along the coast some
two hundred miles. at is absolutely
unknown elsewhere in the world.' This
tree was first described about the year
1910 by Leo Africanus, who saw it in its
native habitat. 1t is closely allieftO the
Sideroxydon (iron wood,) q tropical
genus. The wood is extremely hard,
fine grained, Of a yellow color, and APP
Darently indestructible by insects. 1t is
of slow growth, and occurs on sandy
soils, and on barren hills, where irriga-
ton is impossible. Not far from NIGGA
dor is q large specimen, probably three
hundred years old. 1t measures fully
twenty-six feet in girth. with three
immense branches extending from tho
trunk at only three feet from the ground;
one of which rests on the ground and
measures eleven feet in circumference,
The spread Of the branches covers an
area seventy feet across. The tree at
tains only very moderate height. As
the trees throw out branches near the
ground, goats frequently climb them tc
Obtain the oily fruit which they bear
DR., Hooker observes that he had moi
heen accustomed to consider the goat an
arboraal quadruped. The oil extracted
from the nuts is used by the natives fol
MANY domestic purposes, but has rank
and unpleasant flavor. not relished 10y
those unaccustomed to it. About fifty
tons is annually consumed: This arga1
tree is q striking feature of the plains o1
Southwestern Morocco. Itnever forms
dense forest, butt distributed IN clumps
where few other trees are found.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13
A New Weather Theory.
now HOT AND DRY SUMMERS MAY BE
FORETOLD.

III. Roc L. r. A. S., in London Times.]
When the number representing any
given yearis even and exactly divisible
by three, that year is the middle one Of
three cold and wet summers.
When the number representing the
year is odd and divisible by three, then
that year is the middle of triad Of dry
and hot summers.
For example, 1860 is even and divisi-
bic by three, and the prevailing char
acteristic of the three years 1859, 1860,
1861 was wet, or wet and cold; and
again, 1868 is odd and divisible by three
and everybody remembers 1862, 1868
and 1864 as bright, hot and dry sum-
mcrs.
Taking now a range of twenty seven
years over which my own personal
observations extend, and applying the
rules just given. the wet and cold
triads were 1S53-'555, 1S50-'6l, 1866 81,
1918 and 1S77-'79, while the dry and
hot triads were 1956-'jS, 1SG2-'64, 1851
and 1S74-'76 and without claiming that
no single year broke loose from this
very order Of seasons, fearlessly main
tain that all the markedly wet or dry
summers of the past twenty-seven years
fall accurately within some wet or dry
period as given above; so that no very
wet year falls in what should have been
a dry period, nor any very dry year in
what alphabetically was wet period.
The number 1881 is odd and divisiblc
by three, and, if there is anything in
MY theory, that year ought to be the
middle one in triad of hot and dry
summers. I am looking forward, there
fore, with much confidence to good
summer in 1880, followed by two SINH
larly good ones in 1881 and 1882, and
for the sake of every interest in the
country, earnestly hope my expecta-
tion may not be disappointed.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13

It is ordered that the polls shall open at 8
O'Clock 4. NJ, and close at : O'Clock P. NJ, that
the vote shall be by ballot and the election be
held under the@superVislOn and control of ,
commissioners at each poll, two of whom, ap-
pointed as follows, shall choose the third:
Opelousas-L. A. SandOZ, Octave V0orhicS;
Bellevue-Jones p. Smith, G. NJ. DAILY:
Plaisance-Henry Lastrapes, Paul Lambert;
Grand COteau-T. Sanval, TheO Devalcourt;
Leonyile--F. c. Carriere, Benz. Dejean;
Barry's Landing-C. MelanGon, ID. p. Stizan;
! Churchville-W: Burton, 8; J; G. Gordon;
NirgerfoOt-A. Monticth j. II. Lester;
Washington-Geo. Luther, Gilbert Baillio;
| Lower Bayou Buuf-J. W. Daniels, II. Keller
Upper Bayou Bruf-E 6: Milbarn, Robt. Tate
| Old Grand Prairie-Paul StagS, Ernest BriSnac
Bayou Chicot-B. p Daniels, VIM. Foreman;
Vile Plate-Thos. Reed, Mark Lazarro;
Chataignier-Z S. FOntenot, d. p. Latleur:
Mamouth-Jos. Bacon, Cyprien Landreneau;
Malot-Lucien JOubert. D. l.. Todd;
Fa..getailue--J. D. Miles, r. c. ChacherG.
! Church Point--TheDdule Dasle, O. A. Perrodiu :
Plaquenine Erulee-F. ], Bruler; !: 9. 9 =; ;ons
! Poupeyilie-J. D. Bernard, DIR. Morris;
! Merinenteau-E. Sullivan, DR.. Louis Espange
Painte,arlx-LQHps-Itoui Cart, Yves sensat;
Waxia--s. ". ". Taylor, John Faley.
| Should either of these commissioners not be
present when the polls are opened at o'clock
! 4. NJ. the one present may appoint some citizen
| to act i'll place of the absentee: and should
neither OF the commissioners be present at any
IL
vative voters present shall appoint commits
sioners to conduct the election, and the com
missioners 80 appointed shall have the same
powers as those regularly appointed by the
COMMITTEE and shall perform all the duties a.
! such.
| At said ward elections all registered voters
| or persons entitled to registration who shal
reside within the limits Of the justice of tho
| lfeace ward where the polls are opened, who
support the Democratic party, and who pledge
! themselves to support the nominees OF tho
parish convention, shall be entitled TO vote
| and the commissioners shall exclude from 70
| ting all persons who being challenged, shal
be proved to be ineligible under the above
instructions. ..-
| Ths commissioners shall furnish the dele
gates elected at each poll with certificates O
tieir election, and said certificates shall enttl'
! the parties holding the same to seats in tht
| convention until its permanent organization.
. No representation in the convention by proxy
shall be allowed except the proxy be himself {
delegate elected from the same ward as th'
delegate whom he represents, unless otherwise
ordered by the convention after permanen
organization.
candidates for Justice of the Peace and Con
stables shall be selected by the delegates from
tieir respective wards, il said delegates deen
It cxpedient to do so.
W. A. ROBERTSON, President.
| ADoLpHE LAsTHAPEs, snDrsta;Y.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-13
Call for II Parish Convention.
Rooms EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Democratic Party Parish OF St. Landry,


Democratic Party Parish OF St. Landry,
Opeluusas, August 30th, 1879.
The Democratic voters Of the parish of st.
Landry are hereby Notified that elections will
he held ut the polls hereinafter designated on
Saturday, September Goth, 1872 for delegates to
!. Parish Convention of the party to assemble
thereafter on Saturday, September eth, 1879,
in the Court House at OpelouS;is, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. for the following purposes:
1st-TO select nineteen tl9, delegates to re-
present the parish i'll tie Democratic State
Convention t. he held at Baton Rouge. October
9th. 1879:
2d-Tanoipinatc two candidates for the State
Senate:
3i--To nominate four candidates for members
Of the House Of Representatives,;
4tll-To nominate Il candidate for Sheriff.
5th-To nominate a candidate for Clerk Of The
district court =;
Gth--T0 nominate Il candidate for Coroner.
Tie basis of representation i'll the parish con
veItiOn shall be the same us i'll the last rlcC-
ton, viz: one delegate to every tWenty-iiV
votes cast for the Democratic Conservative
candidate for State Treasurer i'll 1878, and one
delegate for every fractional part thereof eX-
ccedlng fourteen: and according to said basis
of representation, the appertionment and cleo
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-09
Learning to Wait.

When young man has learned to
wait, he has mastered the hardest lesson
in life. Few truly learn it, but he who
does has gained knowledge of the funda-
mental principles Of all success, and need
not fear that all other things necessary
will be added unto him.
When the triher sees young man
calmly enduring illfortune, steadily
steering his course through the wrecks OF
MANY earnest endeavors, and with un-
rutlled brow waiting, just waiting for the
recognition which he knows he deserves,
without clamoring in crowded places and
calling attention to his merits-to him
the trlher gives his whole heart and pins
his confidence to his success at last. But
for those peevish souls who snivel over
the worlds lack Of appreciation and be-
moan the hardness of the lot assigned to
them as uncheered by any prospect OF
success, he has great contempt, and
feels like saving unto them: "He is the
chiefest of fools and undeserving of the
interest of true man or woman who
complains that he must tread the path
which so many others. have trodden.
Who is there of the worlds great ones
who has gone on in a course of uninter-
rupted success? None, for had fortune
smiled and made their life an easy one
there would have been no need Of en-
deavor and no reward for patient work
and waiting. Nay, even, 1t may be thai
the ability to wait is the most valuable
quality granted to man, for it gives
satisfaction in itself which is only secone
to success and is, in some respects, supe
rior to it. Learn, then, to wait, and still
to watt for to him who can do this al
the gates Of the world are open and al
the rewards of life are within his reach"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-09
Adversely.

Adversely is the touchstone of charac'
ter. AS some herbs need to be crushed
to give forth their sweetest odor, so some
natures need TO be tried by suffering to
evoke the excellence that is in them.
Hence, trials often unmask virtues, and
bring to light hidden graces, which other
wise would have remained obscured.
Men apparently useless and purpose
less, have, when placed in positions OF
difficulty and responsibility, exhibited
powers of character before unsuspected.
Some of the greatest minds that have
ever existed upon the earth would never
have made their rare gifts of benefit to
others, had they not been drawn out and
purified by adversely. The poet, whose
sublime strains have cheered SO many
human hearts, have learned in suffering
what they have taught in song Had
their paths In life been strewn with roses
had they been waited onward by the ia
voring gate of prosperity, the multitude'
would have missed those grand inspiring
words that have so helped them in wea
yy battle Of life.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-09
How to Act in a Sick Room.

Nothing requires more care, judgment
and circumspection than the simple act
Of visiting sick room. A capital book
could be written on that subject, warning
people of the danger OF being brusque and
stupid. There ought never to be more
than one spare chair in a sick room, says
IN authority, and nurse who knows
what she is about would do we'll to place
an ice-pitcher on that chair, SO that no
enc could sit in it.
The most absurd thing person can do
who calls on sick man or woman is to
refer back to something which, in their
Imagination, was the cause OF this illness,
sthe cucumbers of last week, or the soft
crabs of the week before" Religious ad-
monitions, delicate point, though they
nav save the soul sometimes, if careless
ly administered certainly hurt the body.
Mr.. Brickly who has written careful
book, which he calls "Notes on the Care
Of the Sick" says that he 'looks with dis
gust on the person who speaks to the pa
hent as if the illness was distinct pun
ishment for some grievous SIM and fol
lows it up by sending some book, with
note containing these words: 81 hope yol
will prayerfully study this little bool
which send YOU" Doctors themselve
often act in exact contradiction to the
theories 81 must insist on the most per
&ct quiet in the house; have the children
moved to the rooms below to avoid al
he::see," says Esculapius. Then the ply
sician goes down stairs quiet enough, bu
IN the hall forgets all about the patient
for he closes the door with loud bang
and instead of moving off softly with hi
horse and wagon, rattles his equipage al
he can over the cobble stones. Doctors
sometimes, are as much at fault as visitor
In sick.rooins.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-09
Go Slow on SpecuIations.

Hartford Courant.
In consequence Of the large amount OF
money seeking profitable investment, the
mania for speculating in railroad and min.
Ing stocks and in futures" in cotton and
provisions is almost epidemic. Now and
then a fortunate man hits the market just
right and secures handsome return, but
In the majority of cases the inexperienced
speculator finds his margin exhausted and
his money lost. Most of this speculation
Is pure gambling, with the changes less in
avor of the player than in lottery invest
ments. And in addition to the risk of
loss the business Is demoralizing, as is
strikingly shown by recent disclosures at
Fall River. Those fortunate people with
money to invest are wisest who are con-
TENT with the small but sure returns o
rood bonds and mortgages, or who buy
desirable real estate at the present low
rates. b.