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St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
A Mysterious Spring.

In the summer of 1888, says the Chat
tanooga (Tenn.) Commercial, the Third
United States artillery, commanded by
Colonel Gates, was encamped at the foot
of the Missionary Ridge, engaged in the
removal of the Cherokee Indians. One
day the colonel ordered out a fatigue
party to clean out the spring. beautiful
fountain bubbling up st the foot of the
ridge. Shortly after the sergeant reported
to headquarters that his men were all
drunk. Says the colonel: "You should
not have let the men drink whisky" "I
did not" replied the sergeant; "they
drank nothing but water from the
spring" The sergeant and men were
ordered into the guard>house and a new
detail ordered and lieutenant placed in
command, with orders not to let the men
have any access to spirits. Not long
after the lieutenant reported the men
all drunk. The men were eydered to
the guard-house and the lieutenant
under arrest. Another party was ordered
out, of which Colonel Gates took the
He took his seat on stump
80 he could overlook the whole ground,
determined there should be DO getting
drunk this time. But, behold in
short time all his men we're drunk. He
was certain they had drunk noth~
ing but water, which they frequently
did, getting down on their knees and
drinking from the branch just below the
spring. The colonel was at his wits
end. The men were ordered to the |
guard-house and be repaired to his tent
to think. After weighing the matter
pro and con, he had to give it up, and,
'epairing to the guard-heuse, he told the
men if they would show him how it was
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
How the Apostles Died.

l. Peter was crucifed in Rome, and,
at his own request, with his head down.
ward.
2. Andrew was crucifed by being
bound t., cross with cords, on which
he hung two dsya, exhcrting the people
till he expired.s
8. St. James the Great was beheaded
by order of Herod, at Jerusalem.
4. St. James the Less was thrown
from nigh pinnacle, then stoned, and
finally killed with fuller's club.
S. St. Philip was bound and hanged
against pillar.
6. St. Bartholomew was hayed to
death by command of barbarous king.
7. st. Matthew was killed with hal
berd.
8. St. Thomas, while at prayer, WAS
shot with shower of lances, and atter-
ward run through the body with lance.
9. St. Simon WAS cruci6ed.
10. Thaddeus, or Judas, was cruelty
put to death.
II. St. Matthias; the manner of his
death is somewhat doubtful; one says
stoned, then beheaded another says he
was cruciied.
l2. Judas Iscariot fell. and his bowels
gushed out.
13. St. John died natural death.
IA. St. Paul was beheaded by order
of Nero.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
A Question of Damages.

Some lawyers take very practical
views of cases in which they are retained.
In a certain town in Missouri, Squire
G. was defending a charge of mall
practice. A colored man was suing for
damages, his wife having died shortly
after an operation for removal of cancer.
When it came Squire G-'s turn to
crosseexamine the plaintiff. he asked:
"Mr. Wilson, how old was your wife
when she died?'
"About forty five, sir"
"Been in feeble health long time,
ha she not, Mr.. Wilson, and cost you
a great deal for medicine and help?"
"sYes, sir"
"You have married again, have you
not %
" Yes, sir"
Chow old is your present wife ~
"About thirty five, sir"
"And she is stout and healthy, Mr.
Wilson p
eyes, sir"
"Then, Mr.. Wilson, you will please
state to the jury how you are damaged
nj this case?'
M. Wilson had evidently never take
this vtew OF tbs matter, and could max
no answer. The good and true men
thought he had made rather good thing
by his bereavement, and brought in p
verdict for the defendant.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
The Queer Turks.
Horace Maynard.

The climate of Constantinople re-.
sembles pretty closely that of Washing>
ton, and lie there is by no means disa-
greeable, although restricted socially.
Thereois no society in our meaning of
the term. With us society means the
association of the sexes, but in Turkey
you never see the wives of your friends,
and it would be a grave breach of good
manners to inquire after their health.
A Turk makes no reference to his fami-
ly. DO matter how intimate he may be
with you. Turkish gentlemen visit the
families of Christians and know how to
behave politely in ladies' company, but
they never introduce gentlemen to their
own households. This is the rule of all
Mohanmedan countries. The Persian
minister at Constantinople occasionally
gives receptions at his house, which are
attended by Christian ladies. He shows
his guests the arrangement of his harem,
but its occupants are carefully secluded
from their gaze. There is no court in
the European sense of the term. On
ceremonial occasions no women appear.
The Turks with whom I came in contact
in my official intercourse with the gov
eminent are men of fine appearance,
dressed with scrupulous care, very neat
in their persons and exceedingly polite
in their manners. They talk in low,
pleasing tones. Many of them speak
French and few English.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07

done he would release them otherwise
he would punish them severely. To
this they agreed, and took him to the
spring. Just below the spring, in the
branch, they unearthed fve-gallon jug
filled with whisky, the mouth of which
was stopped with cork, in which was
inserted quill which reached to the
bottom. When buried in the sand the
upper end OF The quill was just under
the surface Of the water, and when they
wanted to drink they stopped down, in
serted the quill in their mooth, and,
while apparently drinking pure water,
were drinking pure whisky, and the
colonel, sitting on the stump in plain
view, was none the wiser for it.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
WAIFS AND WHIM s.
SOFT. SOFT WIND.


Soft, soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding
Wait thy silver cloud webs athwart the summer
sea.
ih1n' thin threads of mist On dewy fingers twining,
Weave web OF dappled gauze to shade my babe
and me.
Deep, deep love, within thine own abyss abiding,
Pour IhyfeIi abroad, . Lori on earth and sir and
Worn, weary henrts within Thy holy temple hid
ing
Shield from scrrow, sin AMI shame, nv heipless
Lab" and me.
Pork is not admitted to The beat So
ciety in Italy.
The honeymoon is too often on! ! =
another name for the sigh-moon.
..Chinese poets have license to make
gait " rhyme with dog" and their
work Is essy.
The fsvorite resource of the I'urkp
ia procra5tiDation-their national weapon
ia the yet again, as it we're.
Some say that the quickest way to
destroy weeds is 10 marry s widow. Il
is, no doubt, a most agreeable species Of
husbandry.
For " it's poor mule that won't
work both ways" in yesterdays Issue,
please read it's poor rule" etc.
lCincinnati Enquirer.
There is this comfort in the great
art of giving up smokings One knows
that when he begins again he needn't
necessarily get sick.
There are two worlds fairs to take
place next year, and you can taEe your
choice between Mexico and Australia.
You'll find the landlords in each case
about the same.
AN agricultural society offered
premium for the best mode of irriga~
ton, which was printed irritation " by
m istake. A farmer sent his wife to
claim the prize.
When boy do.s something funny
and you laugh at it he will invariably
keep doing i, twenty or thirty times
more, till you have to knock him down
with something.
Vermont comes to the head with
horse having seven legs and five horns.
A horse fitted up as elaborately as this
ought to be killed and stuffed, and nailed
up somewhere for hat rack.
...Quoth wise man to youth one day:
TELL me'you aim in life pray"
- A mighty general I'd be,
Replied the youth, ambitously.
Then quoth the STRIPPING to the sage
Tell me your aim In your old age"
Then said the sage, little tired
Aim? Oh have no aim; I've fired"
"A itty lady was once told by
gentleman OF her acquaintance that he
must have been-born with silver spoon
in his mouth. She looked at him care-
rully, and, upon realizing the size of his
mouth, replied: 81 don't doubt it but
it must have been soup~iad|e."
..Oysters are never eaten in their
fresh state in China. After being taken
from the she'll they are plunged into
boiling water, then exposed to the sun
until thoroughly dried. In such condi>
tion they retain their delicacy ard na-
tive flavor for long time.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
Green Cloth Romance.

The Asiatic gambler is the most reck.
less; it seems to be his second nature,
and he will not scruple to stake his wife,
children, or, as last venture, one of his
own limbs, his life or liberty, becoming
thus the slave of his antagonist. And
here I am reminded of a fine point in
law once extant among the ancient Him
docs and touching upon this very ques-
tion. A warrior staked his last farthing
on chance, finally putting up his liberty,
losing which he bethought him of his
beautiful wife. Luck being still against
him, she was summoned as slave before
her husbands antagonist and escaped the
life of serfdom by the adroitness of her
frst query: "Did my husband lose me
or himself first ? For if he played away
himself he coul not stake me-" Tbore is
a story of a similar story as having oc>
CURED in an English.speakiug country.
It was during the plague in England that
a young captain of the kings body-guard
pledged the key of his house against all
the winnings of his adversary and lost.
The wife's honor was saved through the
medium of terrible avenger, the plague,
one spot of which having appeared upon
her throat, frightened away the winner
Of the key. The story is a long enc;
there was duel; the husband was killed;
The wife died OF the plague, and the cause
Of all this,woe, the lucky gamester, was
only cursed by the weird plague>prophet,
Esto perish 10 everlasting fire."
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
Wine vs.. Whisky.

" Alcohol is never 8 fool" says DR..
Willard Parker in recent article.
There is nutritious element in fermen-
ted.liquors be concedes, but it amounts
to little practically. The only injury
possible from pure fermented beverages
is from too excessive use; but $50 one
may get the gout by eating to excess of
bee!steak, or kidney difficulty by eating
too much meat and taking too little ex-
ercise. But the great harm, both to the
individual and to society, comes from
the use of distilled liquors, in which the
alcohol is extracted by an artificial pro.
cess and used separately from the COM
bination in which God and nature have
put it." DR.. Parker will not concede
any possible good in distilled drink. cit
adds nothing to the substance of the
body. 1t is never digested. It adds
nothing to the forces of the body. On
the contrary, it weakens force. It acts
as an irritant, and so diminishes force
by compelling the body to put forth ef
forts in order to get rid of the intruder"
The average life of those who either
practice total abstinence or confine them
selves to a moderate use of fermented
liquors is estimated by the writer at
years, while that of intemper>
ate persons, "those who habituaIly
drink alcoholic liquors, using them not
merely at meals but at different hours
during the day. is put down at only
thirty.fve.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
. Curiosity brought A]eck Benn

Curiosity brought Ajeck Benn to
an untimely end. He was colared boy
of Alexandria, and in an evil moment
wss tempted to investigate an old thirty
two pound she'll Exactly how be pro-
ceeded is not clear, but they found the
string that had tied his trousers in the
next yard, anl held q funeral over one
OF his tracks. It wasn't much, but the
minister said he was satisfied he had
Benr there.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07
THE TOKEN,

Clad IN purple, he sat in his palace,
q powerful king, in the days OF old;
hey brought him wine in beautiful cha!iec,
Whose gems were crusted in beaten gold
Who hath jewels like mine ~ demanded
The boastful monarch; and sraightway then,
Through his men-at-aIms, who at once disbsndet
Came one who looked like the Man of men,
E came in proudly and held up iew,l,
Held it with both hands over his head
Its light was lovely, its light was cruel;
But cruel, or lovely, the light was red,
1t shot out sparkles; it was Glory,
terrible SpleDdor. heart OF Fire;
No one light like 1t, in song or story,
For who bad that had his souls deere
Its brightness shone over land ard ocean,
Far-1eaching,-a dazzling, binding light;
Creating wonder and strange devotion,
L fense of Love, and the sense of Might.
" Who hath jewels like thine ?'' demanded
This Man of men. "Look at my great gem!
1t grew where the rivers are golden-sanded,
With others,- it does not compare vii h them
" say to thee, monarch it is tok en-
OF Masters, hat ever on earth remain
And if by chance any part is broken,
It is nothing less, but is whole again."
Thus in Gsllic Latin,- ycur Southey will show it,
Two hundred and fifty years ago,
Wrote the great de Thou, of an early poet;
But " hat the meaning, he did not know.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07

"A lady told her little SGD, who was
teasing for something to eat, to wait un~
til breakfast. With a tear: in his eye,
he burst out: II jest honestly some.
times think you're stepmotherp'
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07

be no doubt about the capacity of the
country to consume all the mackerel
that can be caught, however rapid the
increase.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07

..One Of the g beauties of spring"
the cheering act it never gives us fail
election.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-07

nao educated the fsh to visit, iced and
fatten in handy pastures. @
As we have taken 80 successfully to
eating oat.meal, may we not take another
lesson of the hardy Scotch, and learn to
eat more fish ? Surely if eating oat-
meal and herring have given them Drawn
and brain, they may be proud of both.
Dryden did not mean the Gaels when he
said, Brawn without brains is theirs"
In 1860 there were employed in the Irish
herring fisheries 1000 men and boys,
and more than fourteen thousand vessels
and beats. The Dutch and Scandina-
Wan fisheries are enormous, the fisheries
of Norway being its leading business.
In 1918 there were inspected in Massa-
chusetts forty-seven thousand barrels of
mackerel, which was the largest of any
year in its history. 1t was regarded as
q good year for mackerel, and great
many wondered where all the mackerel
went, and who ate them. In 1920 two
hundred and thirty-six thousand barrels
were inspected, and all found ready
market. In 1881 the returns were three
hundred and eighty-three thousand barr
rels, and no complaint of surplus stock.
II any one should think my standard of
q million barrels per annum fancy esti-
mate, let me call your attention again to
figures. At the ratio OF expansion
during the thirteen years from 1918 to
1881 We should need In 1890 nearly two
millions of barrels, There need, then,
Daily Republican., 1879-05-17
Special Mention.

For fine photographs go to Sutter,ey,
3O2 Market ST., above Sd. The cheapest
first class gallery in the city.
D. Reed, Second and King streets,
all kinds of fresh fish, terrapins, &c.
Don't forget VIM. 7. Hickman, All
King street, for cheap walking shoes
and slippers.
Received this day a fine lot Of import
ed HAVANA segars at 10 cts. S. W.
Schultz, 3 +. 4th street.
For first class walking shoes 60 to W.
T. Hickman, All King street. Ladies
for IS cents up, and special bargains in
slippers.
Sutterley never fails to get good
picture of your babe 3o2 Market, above
Sd street.
Sutterley can not be excelled on tax
ing children's photographs.
Hold Fast chewing, just received, at
Chapman's, 4th and Shipley streets.
A fine display of "Camphor' to be
seen in Danforth's window, I'd and
Market streets. Price 35 cts. per ID.
Cuticura Soap, for cutaneous at O.
tions, the toilet and bath, sold by Tay-
lor & Fullerton, Druggists, 3o2 King
street.
Cutters and Kirdwood's Inhalers, for
throat diseases, sold at the Ladies' De-
partment of z. James Belts Drug Store.
Lady attendant.
HATS AND CAPs.-Wm. Alsentzer has
at his store No. 90 Market street, a
large stock of hat, caps and straw
goods of all the --latest styIts, which he
is selling at the lop..t market prices.
Daily Republican., 1879-05-17
thurman In the Senate.

Hon. Allen G. Thurman, the prospec
tive Democratic candidate for the Pres
idency, delivered his expected speech
in the Senate yesterday to good au'
dience, the members generally listen
ing attentively to his remarks. Thur
man is an easy speaker, with none OF
the rant or straining after effect OF the
Beck or Ben Hill school. He has a
clear, forcible manner, and speaks in
the argumentatve style, welding his
glasses by way of emphasis, and
only occasionally referring to his notes.
He professed great love for the Constl-
tuition, and endeavored to show how
the Republican party had trampled
that great instrument under foot IN
their attempt to enslave the free people
of the South. As all the Democratic
speakers for the past two months have
said the same thing, there was nothing
extraordinarily brilliant in the position
he took, and the applause was not deaf
ening. As a bid for the Presidency II
was success, but as an argument why
his party should refuse to grant sup
plies to the government it was fail
ure. His speech was a happy medium
between the soothing syrup style o
David Davis and the ranting exordiun
of Ben Hill.
Daily Republican., 1879-05-17
A Grave Charge.

John B. Stewart a baker at 2O7 W.
ighth street was arrested yesterday
fternoon for committing an indecent
esault on Ella Conahan little girl ~
EARS of age. The assault was commit
ed about noon yesterday and the little
irl telling her father he imme aiately
lent to Squire O'Nells Office and had
warrant issued for the arrest OF
tewart, and he was given hearing
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
be evidence given is unfit for publica-
Jon. The Squire considered it vio-
bnt and felonious assault and required
tewart to furnish $1,000 bail for his
appearance at Court. Jacob Stuck and
amuel Barkley went his bail.
1t is but simple act of justice to
r. Stuart to say that he Indignantly
enies the charge; that the girl is Is or
years of age, and came to stand in
is store on Monday last. A few mir
tr5 after the assault was said to have
|een committed, Mrs. Stewart, came
P and found Ella sitting on the back
,or step in a meditating mood, and
sking her what was the matter, she
eplied nothing, that she was only ty-
bg her shoe string. Passing out and
pmng in again, Ella had removed to
chair, when Mrs. Stewart again asked
er what was the matter, when she
gain said nothing, only that her corns
urt her. Mrs. Stewart then went up
tairs, and coming down Immediately
aid the girl off and sent her home,
nd it was not until after she had gone
ONE that any thing was said about an
hdecent assault. Mr. Stewart and
is friends look upon the affair as a
Rse of blackmail.
Daily Republican., 1879-05-17
COL. DWIGHT's INSURANCE.
A Meeting Of Many Ofthe COMpan
les Interested, hut NO Aetisn TAX


en-.
The New York "Tribune." of yester-
day says:
A meeting of insurance companies
was held yesterday, at the rooms OF the
United States Life Insurance Company,
to decide upon a course Of action in the
case of the late Col. DWIGHT. Among
those present We're representatives Of
the Germania, the United States, the
Metropolitan, the homeopathic, and
most of the New England companies
holding policies on his life. The ses
sion was long, and, and it was decided
that the verdict of the Coroner's jury
was not binding upon the companies,
and that the policies should be resisted
in the courts, but the special line of
defence was not agreed upon.
A statement was made by gentle
man who has been active in working up
the defence that the circumstances of
Colonel Dwight's death were more sus-
picious than the public was aware of,
and that when the cases came to trial
lhe would be able to produce witnesses
swho would sustain the companies. 1t
" as understood that committee was
sent last night to Binghamton to work
up the defence.
j The officers of the New York Life said
"We have not taken any action yet on
the Dwight policy" Manager johnson
of the Travellers Accident Insurance
Company of Hartford, said: No de-
mand has been made on US yet. W.
have not decided what we will do
Secretary Halsey of the Manhattan
!, Life Insurance Company, said: Z
t claim was made upon US a few days ag'
tor the $40, 900 policy we held on Colo
mel Dwight's death, and we refused t.
: pay it for the present. We have no
e decided on the matter yet. We di'
r not attend the conference to-day be
8 cause we were not invited
q L. Spencer Goble, State agent of tn
: Mutual Benefit of Newark, said: "Ou
$ company settles its own claims outsid
! of any combinations. The policy o
n Colonel Dwidgt's life was not take
t or1t here, and know nothing Of tn
|. meeting today. No demand has bee
!, made upon US, as the time for it ha
n not expired" The officers Of the HON
II Lite, and Secretary Mayhem, of tn
v Homeopathic Mutual Life, declare
that the companies had taken no al
e ton.
:. President Buell., of the United State
S Life, said eff We owe the estate (
}. Col. Dwight any money we are read
It to pay it. We do not consider that W
n had policy on his life, as we refuse
IS to receive his premium" An officer
!; a life insurance company holding
n risk on Colonel Dwight's life said
d at is doubtful if any fight will be mao
e over the question Of an Immature
r; death. Resistance to payment will
rt made on the ground of fraudulent re-
10 resentations at the time of taking Of
the policies, in Colonel Dwight denyil
D. that he had ever been subject to spi
in ting Of blood"
Daily Republican., 1879-05-17
Straw Hats,

"Truth lies in a nutshell, and brev
itv is the soul of wit" To be brief
when the shell is broken the truth will
be discovered that Rumford Bros, 400
Market street, give more satisfaction
for less money than any other house
Complete assortment of straw hats al
low prices.
Daily Republican., 1879-05-17

Isn't it about time for the Democrat
ic press to bring out the old opera
called "His Fraudulency'? Then, too,
where, oh! where, is Montgomery
Blair? 1t cannot be that the old gen
tleman is going to lot the season pass
with out laying the axe at the root
of President Hayes title. 1t likewise
seems to large circle of American citl-
zens that Tilden ought soon to make
his appearance on the steps Of No. Il
Gramercy Park, and make some re-
marks about the people never condon
ing fraud. If some OF these things b'
not done at once, the country viii
not be worth saving, that is certain
Tr0u Times.