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St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
A Sleeping Car Comedy.
tCincinnati Commercial.

A traveller on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad relates the following incident
of travel:
A middle-agcd married couple have
turned in next to me, having boarded
evidently been much hurried and are
ont OF humor, for the wife is fretful and
excited, and the husband groWls above
his breath in this style:
" Now, III just bet you didn't put my
nightshirt in ?"
"Shush: It's in the basket in the
corner" replies the woman.
1--WE looked in the basket and 'taint
there. s'pose you put it at the bottom
under the vittals.7
In the vittals, indeed! Why, John,
what on e-l-r-th are you a-doing?n
I'm looking for my Shirt
Don't' that's the wrong basket.
You've gone and split them pickles ali
over the bed | never seen such a
mani"
"Never mind, Mary. you needn't tell
the whole car" This in u whisper
peculiar TO the stage.
Looking for your old shirt in the
dinner basket! don't see what apv-
body wants Il nj ght-sEirt for on q rail
road, anyhow" retorted the indignant
fema le and there was whirring sound,
which indicated that she had pitched
the missing article in his face lust in
time to choke off q wicked reioinder.
Sposn the cars were to run off the
track I" added she. "You'd be a nice
plctur wadin' ont of swamp or rollinp
down q bank in that. wouldn't You :"
Ia be just as comfortable and purtv
as you in that" p'''
'"S'hush ! You'll disgrace both of ps
With i your tongue WLimpering.
Ny tongue. Well, d-~-n me- Mary.
"Eh,esre, now, you're cursing me-you-
yoi,-" Broke off to sob.
There's where she had him.
l tancled shortly after hearing the
resonant and Agreeable sound of a kiss.
n}t perhaps it was only the angels. and
dropped off to sleep again. On the
following day saw the middle-aged
couple seated opposite muncl,iDg pickles
ana fried chicken at intel vals-as docilp
and happy couple as anybody may
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13

from practical retirement (I!e has been,
since 1874. minister Of dHmalns) created
muc!l excitement. II was annUunced
that Gurtschakulf' and Schnuvalof1
were hHsteuinG to s.. Petersburg to
prevent the act, and now we see it an
bounced that the emperor tild not con-
template the change. Oar dispatches
have given IL pretty full account OF the
last attempt upon the life of the czar.
1t would almost seem that he was mi
raculously saved. But these Nihili$lic
attempts at assassination are 50 COM
mon in Russia that the event will hard
y be a seven days Wondcr.
The great sociopoliticai event Of the
marriage of King Alfonso XII OF Spain
to the ArcildncheSs Maria Christine, OF
Austria, in Madrid, on the 29tn inst,
was duly aud elaborately chronlcIed
and tcipgrapErd over the world. Ihe
Young monarch has had q rather rO-
mantle life, and the interest in young
kings and their brides has evidently
not entirely died ont even III America.
The New York Herald's account OF the
affair occupied an entire page OF that
journal.
During the vacation which was ia ken
by the cortcs, pending the marriage
nhuIitinn bill drew their report, recon-
mending tie adjustment OF slavery in
Cuba. The act has received The EN-
,Iorsemcnt of the cabinet conncil. as
required by the Spanisl. constitution.
aud it will be read in the senate on
tuesday. II such q measure could be
speedily carried, and Ali'i,onso would
give his royal assent thereto. the CIR
rutnstancc would go towards rrcOncll-
nI the Christian world to his bull
lights.
In Italy, new ministry has been >nc-
cpssfuly formed by Signor Carroll,
which is significant triumph for the
Liberals. 1t is said that they will at
once bring forward a number OF re-
form measures.
The news from Asia is meagre. The
poor ainerr has been ordered and car
ricd into closer confinement, and few
more chill tril,es'' have been dispersed.
The Russians and the English are both
couuetting with Persia, each ready to
make war upon the shah should he lean
toward the other.
The American press has had very
full dispatches from France, announ-
cinc the particulars OF the return OF
he chambers to Paris, and giving de
tails and individual comments and
newspaper opinions regarding the
peaceful crisis which appears to be ap-
lruaching in the French government.
It seems to be generally believed that
he ministry of NJ. Waddiugton must
20 by tie board, and that Gambetta
will be called upon to form II new mln-
Strv. 1t is likely that bioodless con-
:titutional crisis will be reached before
Christmas
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
Tffty-TVO Years Ago.

Only fty-tvo years ago last June the
late Mr.. Joseph I. Buckingham, then
editor of the Boston Courier, one Of tn"
most progressive Of all the New England
editors, wrote in lis paper OF June e..
1897, as follows. of the then talked of
railroad from Boston to Albany:
"Alcibindes, or some other great man
of antiquity. il is said. cut Oft his dogs
tail that qA;d aaaces might not
hpcome extinct for want of excitement
Some such motive, We dnnUt nHt, moves
one or two Of our natural and expert
mcntal philosophers to get up the pro
ject of a railroad from Boston to Al
bauy-a project which every one knows,
who knows the simplest rule i'll arlth-
metic, to be impractIcabIe, but at all
expense little less than the market value
OF the whole territory of massachusetts; :;
and which, if practicable, every person
Of common sense knows would be as
useless as a railroad from Boston to the
mOOn.'
Such were the ideas of Il man of ac-
know !edged intelligence in his day,
tifty-two years ago. With such ii fact
before the modern mind it onght not
to be- difficult 20 estimate how long ii
has been since man emerged t'Nm th*
i"iI f,tlibi III HIS tH uiulltf, its' tE'Ntti!
Advertiser, commenting on the above
eXtrac1, says: The statistics ot the
road from II sufficient commentary on
the above.
This railroad which if the expense OF
building it were pructicahir would lr
"ahout As useless az II railroad from
Boston to the moon." has earned the
past year, sc, ,427 ,463; has paid out ;s3,
'.24, ,S2t in EXPENSES; had divided among
stockiIo,i.rS 81 SOC 600, and had snr-
plus foi the year of sos, ,G::};9, which sur
plus on the 30ti of Srptcn, Der amounted
to S2.941 ,224. 1t has carried 5.19o,lC0
passengers, 2.7:}S 1916 tons Of freight, and
has given employment to an average of
4017 persons. 1t has assets OF $50, o,94G,-
925 with capital stock Of $40, 900, 900, Il
funded siphtof 1000, ,090and an unfunded
debt of Il ,005, 10i S03
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
The Negroesiss LOuiss:ssa;a High
iy Prosperous.
iCincinHati Gazette, Eep.l

just now is the most peaceful and
prosperous time the blacks OF the Mis-
SisSippi country have enjoyed suce the
war, more especially on the Louisiana
side, and most OF all in the upper par
iShe>-MAdson, Carol! and MnreElonse.
Almost every black man on that side
who stayed at home has cotton enough
to pay all his debts an;! have a good
deal Of money LETT. IN the best part ot
Madison they told me they counted on
Il bale and Il quarter per acre--quitt
equal to forty bushels Of wheat per acr.
i'll Indiana.
In many localities cotton pickers now
get from Is cents to 81 per hundred,
and good hands can average ESQ pounds,
while iii occasional woman can go up
to 400. In many instances man ANA
wife earn IS or IS per day. The crop
is SD large that this busy season will
last till Christmas. anh planters are
n0W bidding against each other for
!abOrerS.
Every wagon that brings in cotton
takes out load of town dan kies, who,
am told, will work four or five days,
then come to town and spree it ont
The country negroes are more prOvldent.
The average earnings OF a cotton picker
are put at $40 per week. Even the
ronstabOuts On the steamers get $40 per
month and boarded (it is very hard
work, though,) and ievee hands get
from 25 cents to 40 cents an hour, ac-
cording to the pressure. A man would
be a lunatic to leave such a country
while this sort Of thing lasts.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
Got Enough OF KANSAS.
fCarvOll CoEserVat!EC.t

William George, OF East Carroll, who
has been summering it, in Kansas,
has Just returned 10 Lake Providence.
where the editor OF the Conservative
intervie we'd him at length. He is a man
uf more than ordinary intelligence and
gave his experience aud observations
very clearly. The subjoined extract
from the interview shows his opinion OF
the ppople and the country:
" Do you have any desire TO return to
Kansas -
II never want to see Kansas any more.
got nui that country and ihe people.
went to see Gov. st. John and talked
to him he told nae the South was the
best place for the black man; it Was his
natural climate, and he should not come
to Kansas with less than 5000 in money
to live over the winter. / darsent tell
when [ WAS coming home. [ had been
threatened by white men and was
atraid.7
What do YOU think OF your trip,
anyway"
Il think that | have learned con-
siderable more than thu money have
spent. The white folks up there ain /
uutillng like rs good 10 tile darhlcS as
The white folks in the South. ana don't
think they cau fool me with their han-
Sts pictures and fine stories any more.
would like TO help them starving
people, up there back home, cause they
want to come back, tut there a!n't n"
chance whatever for TO do SO. But I'm
going to tell all the people down thele
tI,at they had better stay -at home and
thank God they ain>t in Kansas starry
ing and freezing to tit.atfl.'
Il was almost afraid to start home
after saw Judge Moss in Kansas City,
because he told me the white folks down
there would surely XIII me il ! Went
back. and that every one OF the negroes
ought 10 leave the South. Bat started,
aud here am. judge, and I've told
pretty much all there is to tell, aud
every word have told you is the truth,
fore God"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
appropriation Of slRmds for Railroad
Purposes.

To the Honorable George W. Hudspeth, Judge
Of the Eighth Judicial District OF the STATE
Of Louisiana. fer the Parishes Of St. Landiy
and Calcasieu: ~,
The petition Of The Louisiana Western Rall
Road Company, duly incorporated by act OF
the General Assembly OF the Stale OF LOUISIANA
approved March 3ofh. 1878, domlclled ID tie
city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, j. J..
McComb of the city and State OF New aorh,
President respectfully shows:
Pirst-That they are now engaged IN building
and constructing the Railroad between Eel1n!l-
lionyisiein the Parish Of Lafayette and point III
the Parish of Caic<astetl, upon line the between
the State oT Louisiana and the state OF le&a5, as
required by their charter
Second-That by their charter they are 1niiF
authorized TO acquire land necessary Tor their
road By eyprODrlation. ..,,
That the road being built by them runs through
the Parishes OF Lafayette, st. AaAprv anu
Caicasieu.
That most of the land on the line OF their
road and necessary 'nr the use Of the ROAD, Is
,lnimproved and uninhahited
That they have used dilicent eBori2 10 an,
certain the NAMES of the oWners OF tRe feai
estate aud to acqui e title "a the SINE an"
they have been unable r. do so, ~ VIII more
fully appear by the affidavit OF j. q. ParRcison,
the agent OF che company, hereto annexed anu
made part Of tpla pstlt'oR, :.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
Il .AND Office at New Orleans, Lii, Nov. ls

Z AND Office at New Orleans, La Nov. 1st
- 1879. Notice is hereby given tDat TIC lol"
loWlng-naincd settlers have filed notice o. tnflr
intention to make final proof III support or tnelr
CLAIMS, aud secure 1iuul entry Thereon az inc
expiration OF thirty days from the aate OF this
Ii jtIce, viz: Ont2ime NjGe, Of ST. Landry
parish, La, who made homestead application
70. 1881 for tho \ W fractional quarter sec.
4 ", s " Dist. La, and NAMES the foio"~
ing as his witnesses, viz: Edmond Ives lG)euho
and HyPolite HydrcpOnt,. both Of It. Landry
parish, La Also Adele POnssOn Of ct. i.pndrv
parish, La, who made homestead :pplicatlQh
No 1856 for the s. WI Sec. % L ",
Dist. La, and names the following as her WIZ
nesses, viz: Melon Doucpt and william Eeeh,
both OF St. Landry parish, La. Also Dhtflvo
l~ilicr OF ST. Landry parish, Ia, "ho Hiant ID ~
0mestead application No 1885 Tor the Va . -
See T S RiW, S " DIST La ana names Ihe
following as his witnesses, VIZ: Augusuh 9hliler
and Octave Sonier. both of St.. Landry PARISH
La. Also Melon Dgucet Of St. Landry, La, VINO
!nade homestead application No 1857 FOR the e
: ES n "! Of Ia and ) ts 81 w sec. 81
I = T. W. S " Dist. La; ANA names the Iolio",
] Lss as his Witnesses, viz Mathew Pou53oh anu
William Reed both OF st. Landry parlsn, La
Also Mathew Porss0n of 81. Landry parish, La,
who made homestead application Ne. j36' 10.
the Es Sec. 81 I s 8 RA w.. ~ Dlst. La ansh
: tnles ~ his witnesses Melon noi!cet ana WIZ
lam Reed, both Of St. Landry parish, ~
VIM; " BGEW ELL"
gov, 2-;t RsgAtsz.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13

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. NIX,
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sa.ti,n fnrt, ,t s ,aAto
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w. N.Y.; ,,. v',,',. 49, -'''A'' 'h HHhuip
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',n south Of rln%t. one ,' VEST. ' J." ~" 's''ip
,rshit' If said rn,t i"" "N" F''1eEl own
Il,,;rtt tr,,,'f t,.i,i>r - .
r.aInrg srafnd 10 nnn,;" ~ +,} i4r my
. s'I,,.; !. "I4"l'r noe 10 s"lu land
,tn,I w. ''A9 :" 'A0 PROCESS "' 'AFfoffla'
F.f,I,-- -patjti,nprs ,r,. ,,o,,,,
ra,ni ,,,l ra, ;i,,.E "tIf":' {" 1latc tno
th >, .t ,iriks5 81 " tht ',"n''i' or
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ri,!r ..;r ,E, y, ~ "ioll "''S lait's'
rn.y;ii 70 ritc rho n,,t aiH'F''' At - i!iI'
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adyfr1i.rn,.,t f.r three w,s =, :" ,."i' nt
"a II, w. IrrI, "''ts III Il le" 9papcF
s,turfrI ana riat nrntrd c,.n;et tHt ia,l'i !,
n;i H, I',i ~ l''i ,rp,'s ~ t"t'tion ana
h., 1,,t;tiI -, ~, r"i .,,'a hu iiia' 'heF
rn,r,d Nv tI. clIart,r ~ t,i i'l ,I 'ii'h'f re-
snynnth rh,t 1,,tit;,n.'r w. '','i,"'t
rc,. 10 nav To- rjI+. ,vm.r. If s;. t e'' "ll"
5u3,,i,pr nr,., 1jh,d ~, inv th, ,I ,t AZ wv NV
n!Jssnurrs shall ,l.rr,. 70 tI, 1";l ~, 'on ~
said land. a. tIir 1,rorpr a,rn,n, ~ ~ "uo !ol
tInn. VI '''''i''Sn-
Wherefore yp4r n,.1i1inncrs 1,r.., ,b,, ,l,,- ,u
r,lnjtt.d 10 sxI:,1Irj,te s,id Inn1s ~, u"
nliS,iourrs Of ..npprni>.l h, :,,I,nintnJ ,hn+
tIrv hrat. ,vi.nrr And a,...rt.In a1d 9 ,,ias
tir an,oun1 and romr,u,-,tti,I, fn ~, n,;I t a
Tie required ,,ronrr,v: fi,,1 rh~ snail IN .Jt ~,
ThinrS ro1noly with lie ,.,f,,;rpinartS nf " .;n "a
charter. ;,pprove, March seth. ls7s: and ihat
OF, nptifinI,Ir !,,vj,r rhr a,nnI,,,t .w,';t nt
otherwise cGlaHIylrs with 1h tn,|IjI,, ''''"
s;it Stn;i;te th,.E hi. decr.rd to In. th. nruers
OF said h-relnhciore described prnnerty
Al,i they pray Tor such other rplier in rhc
premises az may be necessary ana nrouer ana
for al general and equitable RELIEF
J. L. PARKINSON
Agent LII Western y l. fo
STATE OF IorIsIAEA ''
Parish OF ST. Landry. s
James q. P;rkc'aon 1icing Gplv sworn. do.
post, amt aay-, that al tie. statements con.
tainad in til,. foregoing p41ition .ra truh a.
therein alleged and set forth: thar he is shs
duly authorized a1clIi Of the Louisiana Western
Railroad Company; that he has endcavorcd to
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
a Cherokee Indian Aged III
Years.
fChariotte N. c. ObEerytr.l

A year ago, Just after the return o.!
Rev. A. ". Miller. D. L., pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, froIn bis
evangelistic t0nr OF the mountains d
North Carolina. the Observer spoke of
his having brought with him from the
mountains a photograph OF tbs ce's--
hrated Cherokee Indian, Che SluiaI!-
Yah, at that time 40 years old. This
old Indian lives IN Graham cuunty,
five miles from RObbinSvi!!e, the cnun-
ty seat, and about twelve miles from
the Tennessee line, and while Iahorlng
in Graham, last summer, DR.. Miller
saw the old man again aud talked with
him through an Interpreter, John
Sneed. half breed, and also through
John Ross, the Cherokee chief, with
whom the ancient lives. John Ross
lives on Ground Squirrel farm, across
Cheoah river, and it was there that Dr..
Miller saw and cOnyersed with Che
Squiah Yah.
He reports having found him much
more friendly and communicative than
he had been led to expect, the lDdian
holding ont his hand as soon as he SAW
him and giving him the usual saluta
tion: See You: hoWh'y"." His minH
is unimpailrh, but his bodily powers
are failing. He walks short distances
only, and with difficulty. His teeth
are still sound and strong. He has d
little hair Oh the sides OF his head. His
voice is reduced to I; whisper, but a
whisper of amazing energy and anima-
tion, resembling the blowing Of {. Dor-
poise. He blows at the flies on his face
and blows them off. He converses with
vim and much gesticulation. He de-
MES a deluge, saying there was Il "big
wash 100 years ago, but no flood in
Noah's time. He knows there was none
because he was there then and there
was nothing of the kind. He fought
against Andrew Jackson, hut says
things got hot for him and he ran.
Near to the old Indians home"
says DR.. Miller, "is the cabin Of the
most Ingenious Indian [ ever saw or
heard Of, Sa-lo-la. He makes pocket
knives, pistols, rifles, buggies and
mills. | bought of him a steel hreech-
loading rifle, of his own device and
construction, very simple and ingenious,
every part of it made by him. 1t
shoots with admirable precision. He is
Il wonderful man, the only Indian
ever knew to possess a mechanical
genins."
DIR. Miller has kindly presented to a
member Of the Observer staff photo
graph which he received Il few days
ago from Rohbinsville, OF Che-SQuiah-
Yah. The old man is sitting cross
legged, his body bent forward, and
leaning ont staff. For head gear be
has an object which resemble fools
cap. He is hare-footetl, and around his
body is wrapped blanket. From his
posture and his sunken features, one
might easily imagine him to be 500
years old, and yet Dir. Miller says he
really looks older than his picture
represents him. DR.. Miller bought
for fifteen cents the staff upon which
the old Indian is represented in the
picture as leaning. 1t is good hickory
stick, made and vanished by John
Ross, the chief.
.Che-Squiah-Yah, now 14t years of
age, is, DR.. Miller is sure, the oldest
person in the United States, and per-
haps the oldest in the world.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13

DEATH OF THE BIGGEST HORSE IN
AMERICA.--Sc lin, the big white horse
f "f ti'e st'eet-cleaning department, died
OF I"cklaw at the city stables, Liberty
ana Linn streets. aboyat o'clock yester-
day, morning. He was between eighteen
ana nineteen hands high, and, when
III condItI9n, weighed Il little over 1000
pounds. He was brought to this city
from Pennsylvania fourteen years ag0,
1t was designed to use him in the Ere
department, but he was too big and
cumbersome for its use, and was bought
by Major Robinson for the street clean
ing department. He ran a nail in Ills
foot night before last, with the result
above stated. Selim was probably the
largest horse in America. Toward the
latter end of his life he became pretty
stiff, and when he desired to lie down
in bis stall he did so with suddeness
that used to shake the Olive street
station-h house and occasionally loosen
the plasteriug on its walls.-[ Cincinnati
Enquirer.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13

GApEs.-We have learned to jest at
Tapes by makins free use OF ehmphor n y:
a pilI the he 81 size e Of q @ sarden D psa. As soon coon
the birds water to drink which is strong
ly impregnated with camphor, thus Civ
ing to the chickens what was f;.vorite
medicine with our greats grandmothers-
camphor iulep." The gapes or gaping
is caused by the presence of small red
worms in the windpipe. No medicine
can reac!. them, except in the form of
vapor. An hour after the chicken has
swallowed the pill it smells of camphor.
Camuhor is a very strong vermifuge,
and the worm dies.-[Rome Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
Esop Improved.
iCinncinnati Enquirer.j

Grandfather Lickshingle called the
'hildren IT, him, and, holding them by
he hair of the head to prevent their
'Scape, said:
"Once upon time there lived q gen
,eman named ASop-George Washing
on ES0p-an' mere truthfnller gen-
-eman never knOWed. He had many
stories which he used to tell with more
~ less success. On his dying bed he
allied me to him an said: Mr.. Lick
Single, when I am dead an gone, |
wish YOU to perpetrate my memory by
elatin' my stories, just as you have
.ftpn heard me relate them, nothln'
.xtenuatin' nor settin' down aught in
nalic.' Then he fell back on his pillar,
m in a few minutes We heard the
grim ferryman paddle his spirit over
10 the shinin' shore. Now, children,
here's one OF these little stories:
"a crow which wuZ so Internally dry
that it had begun to spit bales Of cotton,
seed pitcher, an with the observation
tEat it v uz long railroad that had no
turn-table, flew to it to quench its whis-
le. On reaclin' the pitcher, he was
appalled, by the discovery that it con-
Gained so little water, that he couldn't
reach it with ten foot pole. He tried
every way he could think of, even
stanlin' on his head, and Wuz about
yivin' up in despair, when he seed Il
friendly mill pond few rods distant.
Seizin' the pitcher in his talOns an
hyin' with great difficulty to the pond,
ne filed it to the top. Then, after
takin' several hearty pulls from it, he
wiped his lips on his tail feathers and
remarked: Necessity is the mother
Of invention, and don't you forget it,"
"A yaler dog lay in q manger, an
by his isagreeable barkin' an shOwln'
nf teeth, prevented the oxen from
ratin' the hay which hat been placed
there for them. what ridiculous
dog!' said one of them to his compa-
niou; he can not eat the hay hisself,
an yet refuses to allow them to eat it
served the companion, a seven-year
old roam steer of bad disposition we
will see about that an walkin' mp to
the manager with the remark, Come
out OF that, you NANCY son OF q gun :
he took the dog on his horns, tossed
him mp to the roof a few times, mopped
the stable floor with him, an wound
mp the circus by shootin' him through
The door into an adjacent corn field.
The dog dragged iisself of to a Sc
uuestered spot an said with his latest
breath: IF thar's hereafter for lost
I'll bet seven dollars get
Jhar!"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
Notice e..

TO COMMISSIONER Gfs'r. LAND OFFICE, !
Washington, ID. c.
Louis Pitre, who made, Opelousas, Las
cash entry No. 1901 July 18th, 1850, do hereby
give notice OF my Intention to apply for repay
nlent Of purchase money pald for FL, VT
Sec. II ana n E5 n WI Sec Il. 7, W.
S W District LIT. nov 29-Gt