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St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-28
For Sale

A hack with four seats, almost as good as
new with two good creole horses, A No. in
harness or plow; cheap for cash. Also an A
Jan. 17-2t
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-28

OPELOUSAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1880.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-28

81 q ga week in your own town. Terms aud
SDOO$5 outfit free. Address,
FL. Hallett IL Co., Portland, Maine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19

was afterward declared to be iunatic,
and turned over to his brothers keep
ing.
What's become of Jack @ Why, he
sailed with me for several years as first
officer Gow he's Captain to the COM
panion steamer to this. That good
looking young fellow that's been MAX
ing eyes ut you, Miss Hetty, is his son );
and dare say he agrees with his father
that sea-sickness makes precious little
difference when d mans in love-"
The moon is quite up now, flooding
the sea with silver. Between us and the
shining mirror interposes the head Of
young Jack, showing in fine, clear-cut
silhouette. What wonder that Hetty
has to put severe strain upon her eyes
that they shall not wander in that direc-
ton?
The Captain saunters away to do the
agreeable to other passengers, while
Deb strays down to the deck to listen,
at little closer quarters, to the tinkle
OF q guitar and to a soft voice hummlng
Spanish love song.
AS she strolls back she finds mascu-
tine form usurping her place. and peep
ing under Hetty's downcast lids are a
pair of earnest sailor eyes, whose dawn
ing love and hope no sea can fright or
Iuel.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
The Census.

The Sences taker in our town being
sick, he deppertised me to go out for
him one day, and, as he was too i'll to
give me informashun how to proceed, I
was consistently compelled to go it
blind. Sittin' down by the roadside, I
drawd up the follerin' list of questions
which [ proposed to ak the people I
visited:
Watts your age? Whar was you
born? Air you marrid, and, if SO, how
do you like it? How many children hay
you? Did you ever haV the measles, and,
if SO. now many? Hav you twin brother
several years older than yourself? How
many parents hav you? Do you read
watts Hims" regler? Do you use
boughten tobacker? Watts your fightin'
waite? Are you troubled with biles
How does your meresham cutler? State
whether you air blind, deaf, idiotic OF
got the heaves? Do you know any opry
singers, and, If so, how much do they
/. owe you? Watts the average of virtoo
on the Fry canawl? If four barrils of
Emptins poured onto q barn floor viii
kiver it, how many place can Dion
Bourcicault write in a year? IL beans
regler article of diet in your family?
How many chickens hav you, on foot
and in the shell? Air you aware that
Injiany whisky IS used in New York
shootin'- galrys instid of pistils, and that
it shoots furthest? Was you ever at
Niagry Falls? Was you ever in the
penitentiary? State how much pork,
impendin' crysis, Dutch cheese, popler
suvrinity, standard poetry, childrens'
strainers, slave code, catnip, red flannel,
ansient histry, picked tomaters, ole
junk, perfoomery, coal lie, hoop-skirts,
ETC., you hav on hand.
But it didn't work. I got into arrow
at the first house stopt to, with some
old maids. Disbeleven the ansers they
Civ in regard to their ages, I endevered
to open their mouths and look at their
teeth, same as they do with bosses, but
they foo into yilent rage, and tackled
me with brooms and SIGH. Taking the
senses requires experiunse, like any
other bizniss. Ward.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
A vgoRD ABOUT WORDS.

All ne! those terrible tongues of ours
Are we half aware of their mighty powers?
Do we ever trouble our heads at all
Where the Jest may strike or the hint may fall?
The latest chirp of that " little bird"
That spicy story" you must have heard "
we jerk away i'll our gossip rash,
And somebody's glass, of course, goes smash.
What James have been blasted and broken
What pesteht sinks have been stirred
BY word in hghtness spoken,
By only All idle word
A sneer-a shrug--a whisper lew,
They are poisoned shafts from an ambushed ow,
Shot by the coward, the fool, the knaye;
They pierce the mail of the great or brave.
Vain is buckier of wisdom and pride
To turn the pitless point aside;
The lips may curl with O careless smile,
But the heart drips blood-arips blood the while
All met what hearts have been broken,
What rivers of blood been stirred,
By word il malice spoken,
By only bitter word
A kindly word and tender tone
To only Gods their virtue known!
They can lift from the dust the abject head,
They can turn foe to % friend instead;
The heart close barred with passion and pride
VIII fling at their knock its portals wide,
And the hate that bIghts and the soorn that sears
VIII melt in tie fountain Of childlike tears.
What ice hound griefs have been broken,
What rirers of love been stirred,
BY q word in kindness spoken,
By onlya gentle word!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
An Engineers Ignorance.

EVERY effort is made" said a rail
road officer In q recent conversation, "to
procure trustworthy, faithful employees,
but all kinds of receptions are gotten up
to throw us off. / have one case in
mind. There is a rule on the road for
which labor which compels not only
the conductor but the engineer to sign
the receipts Of all train orders. When
my superintendent took charge he insist
ed upon having that rule adhered to, and
in that way he ascertained that there was
one engineer In the employ of the COM
pany who could neither read nor write,
and he had been running an engine for
fifteen years. Had an accident occurred
to his train, In which accident persons
were injured, and in consequence of such
injuries an investigation had been Or
dered, and the fact of the engineers 10
norance been established, we could not
have saved ourselves in suit for heavy
damages, and, beside that, would have
been fined heavily for allowing such
state Of things. His cunning came into
play. He was married man and his
wife was once a school teacher, and
through her efforts he was able to ccm-
NIT to memory the rules as printed on
the time-cards, and he had them so thor
oughly fixed in his mind that he could
point them out on the card, but he was
just as liable to do SO with the card bot
tom side up as in any shape. He was a
good engineer, but we had to let him 90.
He went home very much chagrined, but
he went to work to learn to both read
and write. He spent one whole winter
at it, but he was too far along in years to
be successful and finally was obliged to
give it up, and to-day he is firing on the
road"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
CONNECTIONS from RAGS.

The manufacture of glucose from rags,
o novel industry, carried on in Germany,
is regarded with much disfavor, and it is
understood that the German Govern
ment will be likely to interfere with the
business. The glucose is said to be
chemically identified with grape sugar.
The process, which is represented to be
very cheap, is as follows: Old linen
rags, which are composed of hard vege-
table fibers, are converted into dextrine
by the application of sulphuric acid. and
the product thus obtained is then washed
with milk of lime. Next it is treated
with q stronger solution of the sulphuric
acid than that first used; when the ma
terial is Immediately transformed and
crystaliized into a glucose, from which
appetizing jeliies and tempting confec-
tons can be made.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
Only Once.

Of the $4,000 words in Shakespeare,
about 5000 of them appear only once
OF words beginning with q, 364 appear
only once and with M, $40. Among
those beginning with M that Occur but
once are, magical, mirthful, mirth-
moving, noss-grown, moonbeams, mat
In, mural, maSSnificence, meander, mas
ter-piece, marrowless, martyred, melh-
fuous. Some, like mechanics, mis-
sion, maxim, magnify, malcontent,
marsh, mamma, maritime, metropolis,
medal, metaphysics, motherwit," and a
score OF others, aye SO familiar it seems
impossible that Shakespeare should not
have needed them more than once, often
so beautiful and poetical that one
wonders they could fail to be his favo-
rites again and again. "They remind
NE, says the essayist, ''of the exquisite
crystal bowl from which I saw Jewess
and her bridegroom drink in Prague,
and which was then dashed in pieces on
the floor of the synagogue, or Of the
Chigi porcelain painted by Raphael,
which, as soon as it had been once re-
moved from the Farnesina table, WAS
thrown into the Tiber." His explana-
ton is that Shakspeare's forte lay in
Characterization, and that endlessly d.
versitied. But when he sketched each
several character it seems that he was
never content till he had either found or
fabricated the aptest words possible for
representing its form and pressure most
true to life. No two characters being
identical in any particular more than
two faces are, no two descriptions. as
drawn by bis genius, could repeat many
Of the self-same characteristic words.
Each of his vocables thus became like
those Of the 1900 constituents of loco
motive, which fits the one place it was
ordained to fill, but everywhere else is
out of place, Eand even dislocated. On
every average page of Shakespeare you
are greeted and gladdened by at least
five words that you never saw before in
his writings, and that you never will
see again, speaking once and then for
ever holding their peace-each not only
rare, but a nonesuch-fve gems Just
shown, then snatched away. Each page
is thus studded with five stars, each as
unique as the century fower, and, like
the night-blooming cereus, "the per-
fume and suppliance Of a minute" The
mind of Shakespeare was bodied forth
as Montezuma was apparalled, whose
costumes, however gorgeous, were never
twice the same.-Lappi1acott's Moq0-
zine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
Removal of Grease Spots.

Fatty oils have a greater surface ten
sion than oil of turpentine, benzole, or
ether. Hence, if grease spot ON a
piece Of cloth be moistened on the re-
verse side by one of these solvents the
tension on the greasy side is larger, and
therefore the mixture of benzole and fat
or grease will tend to move toward the
main grease spot. Ii we were to moisten
the center of this spot with benzole we
would not remove it, but drive the grease
upon the clean portion of the cloth. 1t
is, therefore, necessary to distribute the
benzole first over a circle surrounding
the grease spot, to approach the latter
gradually. at the same time having blot
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
BACKBONE.

When you see fellow-mortal
Without fixed and fearless views,
Hanging on the skirts of others,
Walking in their cast-off shoes;
Bowing low to wealth and favor,
With AFFECT, uncovered head,
Roody to retract or waver,
Willing to be turned or led;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing:
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the thing which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
When You see d theologian
Hugging close some ugly creed,
Fearing to reject or question
DOgmas which his priest may read
Holding back all noble feeling,
Choking down each manly view,
CARING more for forms and symbols
Than to know the good and true;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing;
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and xnaIfow--
Just the things which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
When you see a politician
Crawling through contracted heles,
Begging for some fat position,
In the House or at the polls;
With no sterling manhood in him,
Nothing stable, broad or sound,
Destitute of pluck or ballast,
Double sided all around;
Walk yourself with firrner bearing:
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and mArrow-
Just the things which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-bsckbone.
A modest song, and plainly told
The text is worth mine of gold;
For many men most sadly lack
noble stiffness in the back.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

In any complaint where therei is much
perspiration do not go directly from a
cold or frosty air to the bedside.
GRAHAM waters for the sick: One cup
OF Graham flour, one and one-third cups
OF boiling water, and one-half teaspoon
full of salt. Put the salt in the.boiling
water, pour the water gradually over
the Graham, beat thoroughly, and set
away to cool. When cool spread on
sheets or pans as thin as the blade of a
knife. Bake In moderate oven about
twelve minutes. Sick people can eat
this when they can eat no other bread.
A CURE FOR NIGHT SwEATs.-A pow
der known as streopuIver, composed of
three parts Of salicylic acid and ninety
seven parts silicate of magnesia, is used
IN Germany as cure for sweating of
the feet. Recently Belgian physician,
DIR. Kohnhom, tried its efficacy in sew
eral cases of night sweating by cOnsump-
tlyes. The beneficial effect was imne-
date and permanent. The powder was
rubbed over the whole body. To pre-
vent any breathing Of the dust and con-
sequent coughing handkerchief must
be held over the patients mouth and
nose while the powder is being applied.
MEDICAL Use OF EGGs.-For burns
and scalds nothing is more soothing
than the white of an egg, which may be
poured over the wound. Il is softer as
yarnish for a burn than colIodion, and,
being always at hand, can lie applied
immediately. It is also more cooling
than the " Sweet oil and cotton, which
was formerly supposed to be tie surest
application to allay the smarting pain.
1t IS the contact with the air which
gives the extreme discomfort expert
enced from ordinary accidents of this
kind, and anything which excludes air,
and prevents Inflammation, IS the thingto
be at once applied. The white Of an
egg, into which piece Of alum about
the size of q walnut has been stewed IN
til it forms Jelly, is q fine remedy for
sprains. It should be laid over the
sprain on q piece of lint ard changed as
often as it becomes dry.
CHILDREN are not apt to believe they
drink too much water, and yet they DO.
When you come into the house, painting
and thirsty from play, you VIII take
tllmbler OF water and drink it down as fast
as you can, and then rush out to resume
play, and, perhaps, repeat The drink.
Now, the next time You feel thirsty, try
this experiment Take goblet of water
and slowly sip it. Before it is half gone
your thirst viii be fully quenched, and
you will feel better for having drunk
only that which you need. And again,
We are all apt to acquire the habit of
drinking while eating our meals. Nature
gives us all the saliva we need and if
any one will chew his food slowly and
thoroughly, and not take swallow OF
drink until through eating, the desire to
do so will leave, and he VIII require only
few sips of water, tea or coffee after
the meal is finished. This practice, too,
viii do wonders in the way OF keeping
off indigestion, dyspepsia and sickness.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19

ting paper in contact with the spot to
absorb the fat Immediately.
Another method, namely, to apply
hot iron on one side, while blotting pa
per is applied to the other, depends upon
the fact that the surface tension Of
substance diminishes with rise of tenn
perature. Ii, therefore, the tempera-
ture at different portions or sides OF the
cloth is different the fat acquires ten
dency to move from the hotter parts to-
ward the cooler.-Ihe Pharmacist.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19

THE father of family saw his plum
trees despoiled OF their fruit. Suspect
ing his children, he called them all to-
gether, and said: Zone of you has stolen
my plums, and I know which is the
guilty one, for he has leaf on the end
of his nose" And the guilty one had
the seasvete, foreseen by Ethe father, to
denounce himself by rubbing the end of
his nose.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
Not Crowded Out.

A Galveston poet came into the sane
tum hurriedly. with copy of the Ncess
in his hand, and going up to the editor
remarked:
81 did not notice my little poem ON
the Golden Tints of Expiring Antumn.'
I suppose it was crowded out"
'tNo; it was crowded in"
'I don't see it.
'Look IN the waste-basket That's
where it was crowded ."-GoEsesten
Neacs.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
Too Much ENTERPRISE.

An eagle, flying down from his eyre
ON lofty rock, seized lamb and car
ried him aloft in his talons. A iackdaw,
Witnessing the capture of the lamb, was
stirred with envy, and said to himself:
"Why, that looks to be as easy as start
ing big newspaper" and lie deter
mined to emulate the strength and flight
of the eagle. He flew around with a
great whirr of his wings, and finally
settled upon a large ram, with the in
tention of carrying him off, anyhow;
but, his claws becoming entangled in
the fleece, he was not able to release
himself, although he futtered with his
wings as much as he could. The shep-
herd, seeing what had happened, ran
up and caught him, and, clipping his
wings, took him home for the children
to play with. On their asking, "Father,
what kind of bird is this2" he re-
piled, "To my certain knowledge he is
asdaw; but he will have it that he is an
eagle
This fable teaches a great many
things, and, among others, that starting
a big newspaper is an undertaking that
should be seriously considered Ia adj
vance. -GdIVeStOl NeUS.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
\ Good Card for the Country Where
He Lived.

A village merchant from up the coun-
try had concluded his purchases, and was
ready to go. when he suddenly remem-
bered something, and said:
4 want your help to bring out an
idea. I've got tired of advertising after
the old fashion, and want to strike
something new
Did you ever try the dodge of giving
away a chrome to customers?"
eyes. Played that out two years
ago. Folks don't take to chromos as
they did.
"Have you offered silk apron to the
ladXtpaking the heaviest purchase at
one Vine ?"
81 have. And I had to give it to an
old woman who purchased an old bed
tick and half pound of tea"
How would it do to give away, say
ten half-pound packages Of tea during
the day?"
81 tried that dodge, and those who
didn't get the tea wouldn't trade with
me again. I've given away oysters, sar-
dimes, butter, rolling-pins, washboards,
and almost everything else, and now
must have something new. l keep all
kinds of goods and want all kinds of
customers"
Two members OF the finn and the
gray-headed old book-keeper went into
committee of the whole with the mer-
chant, but he resisted every suggestion.
The convention - was in despair, when
the customer suddenly slapped his leg,
smiled all over, and broke out With
''I've got it-biggest draw yet 1
want a pair of the finest kid shoes in
this city-about No. 3's. I'll take 'em
home and advertise to give 'em to the
first lady customer who can wear 'em.
The catch will be to keep back the size. "
You won't have 'em on your hands
long"
won't I? Say, I've lived in -
over forty years, and Eli bet u silk hat
against Goldfish that we haven't got
female above y years old who doesn't
have to tie a towel around her head to
get her feet into No. IS. You ought to
come up there and see the tracks in the
sand after smart shower. When L
throw out my dodge and they come in
after the shoes, they'll turn whittier than
ghosts at the first look, and every
blessed soul of 'em will he glad to take
a Scent cake of soap and keep still
about 1t. y Val Street NeaUS.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-31

Pools will be sold at Col. Murrin's on
the Sd OF September, and also ut the
track on the day Of the race. a2std
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-31
AI...,.. I.,s.sssa..

Chicago, Aug. 30.-The Times Lon
don correspondent, who has journeyed
from Scutaria through Albania says:
There is q complete understanding be-
tween the north, central and southern
Albanians to defend Janairo, Arto and
Preyesa- 1t Is the general wish
throughout north Albania 10 settle the
Montenegrin question promptly in or
der 70 have their hands free for action
in Epirus. Various districts have
promised 10 provide q total Of 5000
men. The substantial basis which they
have for tins movement Is this years.
magnificent maize harvest. which is
estimated TO furnish three years sub
sistence 70 Albania
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-31

Paris, Aug. 30.-Gambetta, as soon
as the chambers resume. viii introduce
a bill for the sale Of that portion Of the
crown jewels not considered Of artistic
value, and estimated to he worth
:, SOC, 900 francs. The proceeds Of the
sale are to be devoted 10 the purchase
Of works Of art.
Since the beginning Of the year there
have been l40 duels in France.
Pere Hyacinthe on Saturday solem
nized the marriage Of Able Loine, un
til lately priest Of the diocese Of Mans
with Madame Woechese. Pere Hya
cinthe warned them that they must b
prepared TO encounter persecution.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-31

MIME. NovooRoD FAIR.-The great
market of the eastern world has been
held at this junction Of the Volga and
Olga Rivers in Russia, every summer
for hundreds Of years. Here the na-
tions Of Europe and Asia meet with
their products for trade. Cossack. Chi
nese, Turk and Persian meet the Ger
man and the Greek with every variety
Of merchandise that mankind employs,
from sapphires to grindstones, tea,
opium. fur, food, tools and fabrics, and
last but not least, medicines. j. C..
Aver & Co.'S celebrated remedies from
America were displayed in an elegant
Bazaar, where the Doctor himself
might sometimes be seen. They are
known and taken on the steppes Of ASIA
as well as the praries Of the West, and
are an effectual antidote for the diseases
that prevail iu the yaourts of the
North as well rs the huts and cabins of
the western continent. (W.
| Times.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-31
MILrrAnY MATrKRs.

PRBCARIoUs CONDITION OF CAPT.
JKwErr. U. $. A.-The following or
der has been issued from the head
quarters Of the district Of New Mexico:
SANTA FEE, N. NJ, Aug. 10.
Upon the application Of command
ing officer Fort Marcy, New Mexico.
board Of survey win convene at Fort
Marcy, New Mexico, at IL O'Clock A.
m, tomorrow, the 18th inst, TO exam
inc into and report upon the unservice-
able condition of one Springfield rifle
musket, calibre As, the property Of the
United States. and for which Capt.
Horace Jewett, 18th infantry, is re-
sponsible. Detail for the board-Maj.
I. e. II. Smith. paymaster U. S. A.,
Capt. Thomss d. Hunt, A. Q. NJ, u.
5. A., 1st Lieut.. Thomas q. Dayen-
port, 9th cavalry. .3 a5u
The following are the latest special
orders issued from headquarters depart
ment Of the Platte, Fort Omaha. Neb. I:
Capt. Emil Adam, 9th cavalry. is de-
tailed as u member Of the general court
martial convened at Fort Omaha, Neb.,
by special orders No. O.. current se-
ries, from these headquarters.
Maj. William T. Gentry, 9th infant
ry, ID relieved from duty as member Of
the general court martial convened at
Fort Omaha, Neb., by special orders
63, and paragraph 4, special orders
No. 20, current series, from these
hsadquarters-
Maj. J. w. Mason, Sd cavalry, COM
manding Fort washakie. w. T., is ap-
pointed special inspector to inspect at
his post Q quantity Of subsistence
stores, for which ID Lieut.. George w.
Baxter. Sd cavalry, A. c. s., is respon-
sible, and which are reported now TO re-
quire the action of an inspector.
Capt. John B. Babcock, 9th cavalry,
commanding Camp Sheridan, Neb., /,
appointed special inspector to inspect
ut his post a quantity Of Subsistence
stores, for which 1st Lieut.. c. NJ
Watts, 9Th cavalry, A. C. s., is respons
ible, and which are reported TO now re
quire the action of an inspector.