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About Newspapers.

Ours is the greatest country in the world for newspapers, says Dr. R. Shel. ton Mackenzie, in Cincinnati paper. In the United States the sum reads thus Daily newspapers, 752; tri-weekly, six. ty- one semi weekly, IA weekly, 6, 1855, semi monthly, III; monthly, S31 bi. monthly, eighteen quarterly, sixty. one. Aggregate total, S,138.
 In addition, there are in the Domin. ion of Canada, Newfoundland and British Columbia 482 newspapers and other periodicals, which make total of 8,615 for the English speaking portion of the North American continent.
 The first regular American newspaper. which appeared on April 25, 17O4, was the Boston NeaOs- Letter, printed by B. Green, and sold by Nicholas Boone, at his shop near the old meeting house, Boston. It endeavored to give it's read CTS the European news, and, to avoid the censure of the government, omitted to record local occurrences.
 The history of newspapers is full oi interest-political, literary, social and historical. Probably the oldest produc- tion in the line was the Rela Pu6lica, an official gazette, issued in Rome, in the days of the republic and throughout the period of the empire. This was something very like our modern news papers. It appeared daily. with the sanction of the government, and gave information of the births and deaths in Rome, the amount of tax money paid into the public treasury, the stock of corn, the testaments of eminent men, the names of persons acquitted or con- victed in the criminal courts, the pro- ceedings of importance at home and abroad, the proceedings of the emp : TOTS family, and great variety of other news. It was edited by official persons, who "came to grief if they gave false intelligence, or if they omitted what should have been communicated to the community.
 The Roman Actd Pu6Hca was drawn up, under the official inspection of the city magistracy, by persons constituting what may be regarded as the editorial staff, but then and there called actuGrii, who were allowed clerks to make copies, a prescribed number of which were posted in the principal public places oi Rome, where they could be read by all. When the western empire fell, in the fourth century, the issue of the Acta ceased, and was not resumed in Constan tinople, which then had become the seat and capital of the empire.
 The modern newspaper, said to have originated in Germany, was the product of the discovery of printing with nova. ble types, in the fifteenth century The newspaper of that early period was usually in the shape of a letter. An ex tant number gives accounts of the ther recent discovery of America by Colum. bus, and other public events, with no tices of crimes, executions, earthquakes witch h-burnings and inundations.
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" Graphicalities.y y

I'm saddest when I Sing Sing. -.Syate Boarler.
 Mir. John Frost is the author !" Beautiful Snow"
 In France there are regular schools for the training of dogs. One teacher has 200 pupils.
 Ten men declare that they could not refuse To put their feet in Bayard Taylor's shoes. Does Fall River have it's beginning in the spring ?-- C9ncinnatt Sutwrdav NI0hk. Sommer near there, probably. The camel is n paragrapher of the animal kingdom; he has such funny coIumn. you know. = Y0nkcrs Gasett6. CSxtainly; but donkey with healthy 6ray has funuier calrem than the cnmel.
 Put nwny the little discount
 Ihat our Gxoenbnqk ueed to wear.
 IF m nood the bed9o 10 Ion9cs,
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THE NEW YORK SUN FOR Is7e.

THE SUN will be printed every day during the year to Its purpose and method will be the same e in the past To present all the news in readable shape, and to tell the truth though the heavens fall
 THE SUN has besn, Is. and will continue to bs inde pendent of everybody and everything the Truth and its convictions of duty That is the only policy which honest newspaper need have. That is the policy which this newspaper the condsncs and friendship of wider constituency than ever enjoyed by any other American journal.
 THE SUN is the newspaper of the people 1t h the rich against the poor man, for the against the rich but it seeks to do equal justice all interests in the community It is the organ of any person, class, scot. party. There need bs
 mystery about s loves and hates. 1t s for the honest against the every tne It for the honest the honest Republican against the dishonest Demo. crat It does not take its from the uttsranoes any politician political organization It gives It's support Ut ressryedy when men or m:.suIes are m piss upon which this Tspu6o r.s founded tos che
 Tas ds. sf
 r ss of to .aS sa na .9S . a a @ % or Sp: % sVs e snd tS. .by M rs.dss Se Ts end the resources m mbsongns te wssstablishsd pros
 The present disjofntsd condition of parties in this country, and the uncertainty of the future lend extraordinary significance to the evente of the coming To present with accuracy and oeafnese the aot situation in each of it's varying phases and to pound, according to its we'll known methods the prn oiples that should guide through the labyrinth, will be an important part of THE SUH's work for 1879.
 We have the means of making TIE SUN, . poti- cal, literary. and . general newspaper more enter tainng and more useful than ever before and we mean to apply them frseiy .,n us., the DAILY SUN, four-pags sheet of twenty eight month, or 38. 50 year or. including the Sunday paper, eight-psge sheet of hfty-six columns the price Is 65 oents . month. or 87.7O year, postage paid.
 The Sunday edition of THE SUN Is also furnished sep arately at $1.Z0 . year. postage paid. The SUNDAY SUN, add ion to the current news, presents . entertaining and instructive body of literary and mis- cellaneous matter in bulk twice great and in value inferior to that the best monthly of the day at one tenth of their cost.
 The WEEKLY SUN is especially adapted for those who do not take New York daily paper. The news of the week is fully presented its market reports fur pertinent, edited with great and ability is passed. The WEEKLY JUN is probably read to-day by farmers than any other paper published. choice story with other carefully prepared appears in each ssue. The weekly protects it's readers by bar ring its adyertiring columns against frauds and hum bugs and furnishes more good matter for lees money than be ob aimed from any other eource.
 The price of the WEEKLY SUN, eight page1, dfty-six columns, s year, postage paid. For ubs of ten sending BIO we will send an extra copy free. ,tAd- dress ". ENGLAND.
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A meddlescme old woman was sneer- ing at a young mothers awkwardness with her infant. and said: v declare q woman ouxht never to have a baby unless she kn oWs how to hold # F q NOT | ton6ueSithex, ? quietly respond.
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ruption against United States District Judge BlOdgett, of Illinois, and after discussing the
 Geneva award bill the House adjourned out of respect to the late Representatives Douglass ov.d VH9l1t aroa Y
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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Senate.

SenAfes
 The Senate met after the long holiday recess and proceeded to business. Among the bills introduced was ore for the interchange of sub sidiary silver coins, and another authorizing the taxation of outstanding legal tenders Mir. Beck offered 8 resolution, to which objec- ton was made, providing for an investigation as to whether the law regarding the payment of customs dues and interest in coin have been complied with .. Mir. Edmunds offered reso- lutions declaring it to be the duty of Congress and of the Executive to enforce the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth constitutional amend meats, and instructing the judiciary committee to prepare bill to protect citizens in their right to vote for C0ngressmen. Mir. Voorhees called up his bill making trade dollars legal tender, and addressed the Senate in favor of it's passage. In the course of his remarks he Genounced Secretary Sherman,s silver dollar policy, and declared that, in his opinion, the resumption of specie payments would be fol- lowed by disasters and hardships The con- sideration of the bill amending the pRtant 1&ws was then resumsd.; but without action thereon the Senate went into executive sesaions after which 1t adjourned.
 The drat thing done in the House upon its ro4asembling after tho holiday recess Mae q personal explanation by ME. AckIens of Loui1f- ann asking an inve6tfR1ad0n of Inc ehexR6 xnxdo aeainst him 0k ipamoxel conduek Ine H0use deofded tha ql16glden T1s u0t one 1T s1 iia insIlasl NJ M s N v M Ss1 s1
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oar Tenure ofL,fe

Depends in great measure upon our regard for CT neglect of the laws of health. If we violate them we cannot expect to C make old bones" !" But that the span of existence allotted to a naturally delicate constitution, or one which has been shaken by disease, may be materially heightened, is 8 fact of which we have daily proof. The vivifying and restorative influence of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters upon failing physique affords striking illustration of the power of judicious medication to strengthen the hold on life. Restored digestion, complete assimilation, renewed appetite, sound repose, these are among the benefits conferred upon the debilitated by that supreme renovant. With circulation enriched, a frame invigo- rated, and nervous system tranquilized, the invalid, after course of the Bitters, feels that his life-tenure is no longer the precarious thing that it was = that he may yet enjoy 8 ts green old age y
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Advanced Phys1cians.

Advanced Phys1c1ans. Many of the more advanced physlclans, having found Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines prompt and sure, prescribe them regularly in their practice.
 TwINvIILE, Tenn, May 28, 1877. Dr. R. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. r.:
 Dear Sir--For long time suffered with catarrh. finally called in Dr. Zachary, of this place. He furnished me with your Nasal Douche, Sages Catarrh Remedy, and your Golden Medical Discovery. These remedies speedily effected an entire cure.
 Yours truly, JOHN s. CHAMLESS.
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n Very important bins are HGHSI0V6TS. now pending in Congress,
 which. if allowed to pass. all claims heretofore dm ted will be reopened, thousands of meritorious claimants will be dropped from the rolls and great injustice For full par tisulars send for copy of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, epsge issued monthly and devoted to the inter ests of soldiers and sailors and their hers- Contains all NEW BOUNTY and PENSION LAWS. Should be in the hands of every soldier. Terms 50 per xear Special inducements to clubs. Specimen copy free.
 Address at once. GEORGE B. LEMON CO.,
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There is nothing to cleanse an impure circu- lation or wake up a dormant liver like 6c0vill'e E Blood and Liver Sirup. It does the business thoroughly in either case, promoting active bilious secretion, restoring to the life current the purity of perfect health, and removing sores. rss obronic rhenmatism % and gont also suc- cumb to it's curative influence. For the dis cases peculiar to the gentler sex, it is capital remedy. All druggists sell it.
 Only one American cabinet or parlor organ maker has aver succeeded in bearing of the highest honors at any worlds exposition, where they came in competition with the best European makers, and fhis is the Mason | or hiRhest konors, E every such exhibition for twelve yexxs ending with the Paris exposition this year, where they were aNarded the higheGt gold meda %
 Tor oonsh mn thrpat disordeEs; uee sHgoNn'e BxoSseIial 4fochse, hayins pzpved the1r e1s il<ixSae bs ' TIT <|l snsxy ysars n eentS LIZ
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OHEW The Celebrated sMATUHLNB' Wood Tag Ping n~Halu
THH PIONEER TOBACCO C0kPANY,
 New York, Boston. and OhiCag,
Uhew yackaon'a Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.

Cheapest AdvertlslnG in the World. Send for Circular. with full pafoulArs free Beals Enstxa nHrtrr1 Nav Vork
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11
A Child Swallowed by IL Snake



\ tough snake story comes from Ma
colpin county, the truth OF which we
will not vouch for, but as our in1Or-
mant is a book agent, and claims that
he Witnessed if, it may have the same
effect upon the minds Of some that the
truth could have, hence we give it: A
: lady named Smith, living near Carlln-
vile, while engaged in washing clothes
in her back yard last Monday morning,
heard several screams from her little
, three year old child, which she had left
asleep on II bed in the bedroom. She
| fastened to the room, and was hOrrfleu
! to sec the child partially swallowed by
a huge snake, only the little bare legs
! being visible, and the snake, backing
ont of the front window with all posi-
bic haste. Mrs. Smith screamed for
/ help, at the same time grabbing an AK
I and rushing to the rescue. She over
took the monster Just before 1t reached
the timber, and dealt it a blow with the
keen blade OF the AK Just q few inches
behind the ears, which disabled his
snaleship from further locOmotion.
Onr informant happened to pass just at
the moment, and noticing the contest
FASTENED to render his assistance by
Selling the TX from the mother ana cut
ting into the body, the mother gmcan-,
: while taking the child by the legs and
trying to pull it from its prison, which,
she finally did by bracing her feet
AGAINST the snakes underlip and taking
a long, steady pull. The rapid blows
of the book agent soon laid the mon
! ster lfeless, and the two turned thcir
attention to the Child, who was found
to be uninjured beyond being slightly
choked.
j The snake, wien measured, was found
to be eighteen feet long and forty four
: feet in circumference. When cut opcn,
it's body was found to contain seven
iron pots, two young calves, four ladies'
bustles, nine guns, a seven-up deck of
! cards, three bushels Of brass buttons,
four pigs and a members of congress
certificate of election, besides a volume
OF Joaquin Millers's poems and a copy
of the Carlinvilie Enquirer. Our in
formant says he has seen snakes ia
every quarter Of the globe, and cven
in his boots, but in size this one ia tho
largest one he has ever encountered.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11
Mexican Horses.
/ New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post
Horses arc bred in great numbers at
thc different haciendas in the provinces,
some of the larger estates having 10000
or 100000 cattle and $4,000 or 10000
mr|es and horses. The pasturasc is
rrccn all the year round, and the am
mails receive no other food. They mul
tiplv as the birds do, and with as little
nroiit to their owncrs. Generally speak
me, they run wild until wanted, when
they are caught with a lasso, hood
winkcd and immediately mounted. or
the first fifteen OK twenty minutes they
exert their whole strength to throw
their rider, but finding their efforts una
yailing, patiently submit, and gener-
ally give but little trouble afterward.
! Owing to tAeirimmense numbers, horses
are sold very cheap, the average price
for an orbroken herd being e'gtit OF zen
dollars head, with but little DEMAND
| mt that. 1t Sometimes occurs that the
/ Government purchases a Jew hunarea
| for the army, but, generally speaking,
! there are very few occasions when they
| can be sold. Mexican horses, as a rule,
arc not handsome and are seldom more
than fourteen hands h4Ss!; still. tlley
| have nothing of the peculiar ouiia OF
the pony about them. Fed entlress
mon "rass. they yet endure more fatigue
and are capable of maintaining a RAPID
cat W. q longer time than the granted
i,orses Of ottlsr lands. In the towns anc
Cities they receive the gc4rtiest OF care
and the meagerest amount OF 1904
flied up all day in the sitting court
Yards they stand patiently awaiting
fheir evening meal. Frequently the!
are turped loose together, When When It tire re-
auires tue use of a lasso to eaten tilcm n
So famiIiar Witu t4is instrument az
they become that tie lnosneul t4e am
mai feels the rope about ITS peck
stands stock still, when. without ~
would not suffer itself to DC saddieu .
briddieG.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11
A Cats Ltvcly Experience with
Bees. O.
Virginia City tNeN) Enterprise

Charles Kaiser, who has the ONLY hive
of bees in town, says that when he frst
got his colony, his old cats curiosity
was much excited u regard to thedoings
OF the lstle insects, the like Of which
she had never before seen. At first she
watched their comings and goings from
4 distance. She then tiattclcd herself
upon the ground and crept along to-
ward the hive, with tail horizontal and
ouivering. 1t was clearly evident that
She thought tho neaS Wlre some new
Kind OF game. FINALLY She took up q
position at the entrance to the hive,
and when bee came in Of started out,
made a dab at it with; her paws, III! =,
vent on for a time WITHOUT 81 ,',irartine
the attention OF tue i',h laojtants of the
hiye' :,
: resently, however, old Tabby struck
and crushed bee on the edge OF the
opening to the hive. The smell OF the
crushed bee alarmed and enraged the
whole colony. Bees by the scpre poured
forth and darted into the fl'r OF the as
Etonishe,l cat. Tabby rolled. herself II
1.-The grass, splitting. suffering. biting
fclawin: and squalIing as a cat never
suualled before. She appeared mere
ball of fur and bees. She was at length
hauled away from the hive with a garden
rake at IL cost of several stinss to hel
reseuer. Even after she had been ia kel
to a distant part of the grounds the bees
stuck to Tabby's fur, and about once il
two minutes she would utter IN "nearth
"" yowl," and bounce y SuIl yard into
the air. I've OF three days after thu
adventure Tabby was caught by he
owner, who took her by the neck an'
threw her down near the bee hive. N
sooner did she strike the ground thai
she gave squall, and at a single boun!'
reached the top Of the fence, fully 81
d feet in Height. There she chung for
moment, with tail lis big as y rollins
: Din, when, with another bound AM
', souall, she was out Of sight and did no
. again put in an appearance for NOR
: than week.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11
sNOnsasMly saOseeety.

Man loves the mysterious. y cloud
less sky and the full blown rose leave
him unmovcd: but the violet winch
hides its blushing beauties behind the
bush. and the moon when emerging
from behind Q cInHd, arg to him sources
Of inspiration aud OF pleasure, alodes-
~ is to merit what Shade is to figure
in painting-it gives boldness and
prominence. Nothing adds more to
female beauty than modesty. ito 81; a.:
aro,iil3 the countenance a halo OF light
whirh is borrowed from virtue.
1t'.otaui*t haF2 s5iTen the t rosy ,r hue
roses. the name Of "maiden blush.
This pure and delicate hue is the only
naint Christian virtue should use. 1t is
thc richest ornament, A women with
ont modesty is like d faded flower
1iffusing an unwbolesome odor, which
the prudent gardner will throw from
him. Her destiny is melancholy, TOR i
teammates in shame. and repentance
Beauty passes like the, flower OF tl'
Abe, which bloom and die in a few
hours but modcsby slves tie. trn'ai!'
charms which supply the place OF transl
tory freshness Of youth.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11
r n;.tr;cs ,Hudsc-G3th District.

VIZ avn ,,,tnorizrd TO announce l.. T. LEWIS.
,,sn ~ a randdate for District Judge OF the
TN 1m,icai district at the ensuing election
FELLOW CITIZENS OF SAINT lA>DHh
am candidate for judge o. me l",'t "'I IL
20, nj -trirt at the election to take pace III
S,"crss,bcr next subject t" the nomination u. q,
sho n.saocr;1tic conservative party of the parish
IN cfs,yeStiOn assembled. ,,,o ,r
,,;s Gstris1. refer to it as the best guarantee
1i,e Nv fn,. tit, tuturc and solicit your votes
can Si'' io' ' GEO. w. HUDSPETH.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11

Here are two matters of theological
nature, one froaa TaKas, tie other from
Ireland, which illustrate phases Of n =.
lief as the ultimate destination OF inc
parties to the dialogues. The first Is OF
two old Texas rangers who had just
helped to bury a ncighbor, and were
talking about religion, and one asked
the ether how pious lie thought it was
possible FOX q man to get in this Worid'
if he was in real earnest,
"Wa'al,n said the other retiect' Hels,
81 think Of a man gifts SO t he can swol]
steers or trade horses without lynn. al
he'd better pull for the better land atore
he has a relapse" ,>
The next is OF an Irish laborer Wl(
was wing in a ditch very much tht
worse for liquor. He WAS encountered
by the priest of his parish. Very muci
shocked, his reverence turned tha
drunkald over who, muttered: ""heiS
am I - $50, ;, A.,
Il thought so,' said Pat, when
heard Father Nprtagh's voice on Til
road, too.s
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11
Dselisical.

IT, Ernhlicn meeting hIld at OpeloaSs'tE
scntembci 9th. 1879, a Fopuhlican can4#iSn
c.tcus was organized with the following Officers:
+, Donate president, D. p. {. HILL secretary.
,DDEE>s OF TItE ST. LANDRY REPUBLICAN,
,ArCl.S TO THE EEruEl!tAN VOTERS OF ST.
LANDRY
Fe!lny citizens. in view "f the election to he
held soon for the adoption of new constitutions
and State and l,arochial officers to serve Is
adopted,
We the undersigned ctizcus' committee mp
pojntcd by the st. Landry Republican caucns,
IN view of preventing any f,rt her the practice
exercised for several years ny the So-caElcd
parish Republican, committee, to force upon
the Republican free voters of this parish a
ticket formed in darkness by few without tho
! consent OF the people. take this method OF
, notifying YOU that we have taken the step tn
protect the liberty of the people by organizing
ourselves into a campaign Republican, com
uttee and that our object is simply to Force
! the said so-called Republican parish executive
committee to Il legal organization OF the party
| And therefore call upon the free Republican
voters of st. Landry to- take steps and to CO.
! operate with lis.
! Yours tNlly,
John Simms I.eodore Skinner,
| Louis o. Guilly. Is. A. Guidry,
! William Higgins r. Donate,
j. G. Donate, -. - Any.
| AlpIuuse IAFildhOnne, l.. EaSsen.
William Wright, d. K T. Hll'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-10-11

We were present at the concert Oh
Wednesday night given by Mrs. Morgan
and were delighted at tho proficiency
of her pupils. They do great credit to
her system Of instruction, and we are
sure their friends and relatives noted
with satisfaction their marked improve
ment since last year. Mrs. Morgan is a
thorough and efficient teacher, and we
arc pleased to see that this community
appreciates her merits. We noted par
ticularly among the pupils little
musical wondcr-a daughter of Mr.. NJ.
Nilaseca. She is only four years old
and her voice, with its clear bird-likc
trills, is really something marvellous
Should her genius keep pace with hcI
growth we predict for the little night
ingalc a brilliant future.