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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

A curious libel suit is that brought by
one Myers, in indianapolis, against a
journal of that city, for calling him a
negro. One of the Republican papers
suggests that, under the fifteenth
amendment, it is no otfense or insult to
call man a negro, and he cannot claim
damages therefor; but Myers answers
that the negro is hated, prosecuted and
ill-trcated in Indiana, and that a man
who is supposed to be guilty of having
negro blood in his veins in that State is
thereby practically prohibited from
ever holding office or being treated
civilly. In fine, he claims that life, as
negro i'll Indiana, is uncomfortable, and
sues the libeling journal for $50,0O0
damages.-[N. o. Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

Work on the Railroad has assumed no
new form since our last issue. Grading
of the road bed between town and the
Bayou is nearly completed and pile
driving on the bridge will very probably
be finished to-day. 1t is said that much
difficulty is experienced in obtaining
cross ties for track laying, in conse-
quence this part of the work is progress
ing at a great disadyantages.-[Laf-
ayette Advertiser, Jan. nth.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

We were glad to see the law in regard
to cruelty to animals enforced in our
parish, by the arrest of one Louis
Thomas, colored, charged by Col. Jas.
M. Thompson, with maliciously and
cruelty beating q mule. He was re-
manded to Jail by justice w. f. Ander-
son in default Of a fifty dollar bond. All
good citizens should see that law en-
forced and any offender well punished
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

OUR RAmRoAD.-The iron bridge
over the Sabine river is about finished,
and the locomotive will cross it next
week, when the bridge hands there will
join those working on the Calcasieu
iron bridge. The Sabine bridge is said
to be one of the finest and strongest in
the southern states. Everything going
ahead steadily and smoothly Lake
Charles Echo, Jan, 18th.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
JUDICIAL ADVERTIsEMENT
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No. 4145.
ESTATE OF JAMES R. FOSTER.

Whereas. Leopold Godchaux of the parish of
of st. Landry, has applied by his petition to be
appointed administrator of the estate OF James
r. Foster, deceased, late Of the parish of st.
Landry.
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment, will file the same
in writing i'll my office, in the town of Opelousas
within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES o. CHACHERE, Clerk.
Jan. 24-kb
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
A CAR ID.

OPELOUsAs, La, Jan. 21st, 1880.
Whereas. one o. II. Violet, formerly Il resident
OF this parish, has seen tit to make certain
false and malicious statements concerning the
reliability of James H. Houston and Son. Real
Estate Agents and Editors of the st. Landry
all infamous liar, a vile scoundrel and a base
coward
JAMES H. HOUSTON AND SON,
Jan. 24~1t
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

AND Office at New Orleans, La., Jan s,
- $780, Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
claim. and secure final entry thereof at the
expiration of thirty days from the date of this
notice, viz: Joseph Heurtevant. of st. Landry
parish, La, who made homestead application
No. 1887 for tho d W! Sec. % 7 8 s e W, S W
nesses, viz Augustin Guillory and Andre
Guillory, both of st. Landry parish, La
VIM. NJ. BURWELL,
Jan. "a st Register.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

4 man died of liver complaint! One
dollars worth of "BLACK -DRAUGHT"
would have saved his lif
For sale by W. O. POSEY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
Notice {!
DR.. VIM. ChiIds,

Formerly of Church Point, having perma-
nently located at Barry's Landing. offers his
professional services to the citizens OF that
community. sept 1a-4m
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

Query: Why will people suffer with
indigestion When "BlACK- DRAUGHT''
would cure them?
For sale by W. o. POsEY'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
NEARR ED

MORNHINVEG-LARC In Opelousas,
Thursday, January 22l, 1850, at 7 O'Clock p. M
by Rev. G. A. Frazee Mr.. c. M0RNHISvEG. Jr.,
and Miss ALEDA LARCADE, both Of Opelousas,
La.
We acknowledge the receipt of the printers
fee-both cake and wine-and hope that lifes
journey to the newly married pair, may be
one OF uninterrupted happiness. We sincerely
hope that as each page of life is unfolded to
their view in the future there may be no blot
upon its sheets; that the staff upon which
they lean may be proof against all the trials
and temptations OF this world.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

Ladies, get permanent relief by using
"BLACK- -DRAUGHT."
For sale by W. o. POSEY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
OPEL0USAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY a, 1850.

"In Providence we trust"-everybody else cash
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

1,Sj7 Prizes, amounting to- SIIO,4OO
- DApplications for Agencies Or
Rates to Clubs should only be made
to the office at New Orleans.
Write, clearly stating full ad-
dress, for further Information, or
send orders to
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

Georgians chew BLACK -
instead of tobacco.
For sale by W. o. POSEY
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
Lost Strnyed or Sfole,s .

From Waxia the 1st of this MONTH an Ameri-
can mare. four years old, color brown, white
spot in the forehead, one white hind foot,
branded L F on the shoulder. A liberal reward
will be paid fnG her delivery to
WM. DUCkWORTH,
Jan. 24-3t WaXia La.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
DIED

LEJEUNE-In Opelousas, Sunday, January
18th, 1880, LOUIS LEJEUNE, aged about "A years.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

Sour Stomach is instantly relieved BY
a dose of "BL LACK -DRAUGHT."
For sale by W. o. POSEY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24

CaIomeI relieves: "BLACK- -DRAUGHT'
cures.
For sale by W. 0. POSEY.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.

No British order of knighthood dates from
so remote time as that of the existence of
the extinct l1nightly orders of Europe. The
oldest, 90 the most noble Order Of the Gar
ter" takes US back not five and half centu-
ries, its institution being subsequently more
than generation to the suppression of the
once heroic order Of the Knights Templar,
which before it persisted had waxed fat and
in a successful skirmish, and so q military
symbol, or was the mark of a playful and
happy treatment of drawing-room misad-
venture the order, therefore, may be said
to lack an origin peculiarly associated with
any ancient knightly ideal Its exclusive
ness give to the decoration its rare prestige,
which can scarcely be said to inhere in any
respect due to knighthood, every one of the
members of the order being possessed al
ready of a superior dignity to that which
knighthood has ever claimed liz the order of
worldly precedence. Her Majesty Is the
chief of the order, which includes most of
the crowned heads of Europe, and is strictly
limited in respect of the number and status
of its members At the present moment
the gartered knight of the lowest rank as
regards precedence is a nonagenarian Wis
count. It would be prodigious to regard
this order as in any sense representing or
binary knighthood, although it may bear
the name. 1t is indeed to pay great COM
piment to knighthoood for personages so
eminent to condescend to bear the title, and
should they derive any additional lustre
therefrom the fact goes some way toward
verifying the statement that knighthood is
different not only in degree but IN kind
from any other dignity.-THe University
M1nnz;1H
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
LIQUID FOOD.

DR.. H. Wood, in the Medical Times, of
Philadelphia, in recent lecture, gave the
following hints on liquid food: "The best
diet is composed chiefly of milk and eggs,
with the lean of flesh in some form. The
best preparation of flesh is scfaped raw
meat, with milk and eggs. cannot recon-
mend this too highly as one of the best and,
most nutritious articles we can use. 1t may
be made by bruising meat in mortar, but
better plan is as follows; Lay a slice of
the round of beef upon firm board, and.
scrape it laboriously with dull case knife,
until you get out of it all the red pulp it will
yield. This, mixed with brandy and sugar,
is not unpalatable to most persons. In using.
eggs, it should never be forgotten that they
are much more digestible raw than cooked,
and that in all cases of systematic feeding.
they are to be given raw, difused in milk,
or partially cured in mulled wine, or as an
unbroken whole In ordinary wine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
A NEW SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETA-
TION.

There were two men in the Mississippi
regiment commanded by Col. Stith, of Bal
timore. One of these men contended that
the Scriptures were of divine origin, and the
other said they were of human invention,
and asked his opponent, in one of the argu-
ments which they were continually having,
if he believed the story of Jonah and the
whale, to which the other replied, Yes"
do you also believe that the three Hebrews
passed through the fiery furnace without
feeling the heat?" persisted the infdel.
YES" came the answer again. ''Do you
believe, came sharply, {" that Samson slew
all those thousands of Phiistines with the
jawbone of an ass?" It was just after the
battle of Shiloh, and the believer IN the
Bible had just had some tough experience IN
the difficulty of fighting only four or five TO
one. Well" he answered hesitatingly to
the last home thrust, I-I-aiways re-
garded that story as mere camp rumOrI"
Mem York Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
An Old Boat.

passed boat to-day on the shore,
That will be launched on the sea no more.
Worn and battered, the straight keel bent,
The side, like ruined rampant rent;
Left alone with no covering,
For who would steal such a useless thing?
&c was stately once, when the shipwright's hand
Had laid each plank as the master planned.
And 1t danced for JOY on the curling wave.
When first the seas broad breast it claVe.
And it felt the pulse of the well-timed stroke,
That rang on the thole-pin of tuneful oak.
DIT it has carried home the spoil
Of fishers, tired with night-long toll;
And often in Summer days it knew
The laugh of pleasure-seeking crew;
Or launched by night on the binding waves,
It has rescued life from the seas dark graves.
It's useless now, as it lies on the beach,
Drawn high beyond the pillows reach;
And none Of all it has served in stress
Remember it now, in its loneliness.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
4 SPECIMEN "INJUN FIGHTER. ,,

A man was saving wood, yesterday after
noon, in backyard. He severed two sticks
as thick as your wrist, and then went into
the house. MARY" said he to his wife,
"my country needs me; there's no use of
talking; we've just got to slaughter all these
Injuns; no true patriot can be expected to
hang around wood-pile, these days"
"John," said his wife, "if you fight Injuns
as well as you saw wood and support your
family, it would take one hundred and eigh-
teen like you to capture one squaw, and
you'd have to catch her when she had the
ague and throw pepper in her eyes" John
went back to the wood pile, wondering who
told his wife all about him.-SGlt Lake 73T-
bune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
HOW COBwFBs ARE TURNED TO AC-
COUNT.

The trade in cobwebs feeds, it is said,
whole families in Paris. No tradesman likes
to confess he has none of an article which
the best people in the trade keep. 1t de-
monstrates he is not one of the best men IN
the trade. Therefore, let foolask for Clos
Vougeot, or Chateaux Margeaux, in any
restaurant or winners in Paris, he is sure
to get bottle SO labelled. AS these finer
wines improve with age, and, as the quality
of the wine leaves good many of the es-
sentials Of Clos Vougeot to be desired, 1t Ii
necessary to call in artists to aid deception.
Thus the demand for cobwebs arises. When
they are placed on the bottle with "giddy
heed" wine, which ten days ago was In the
cask, looks venerable, and seems oppressed
by accumulated interest, raises In every
breast an irresistible impulse to stop inter-
est's running. The dealer in cobwebs has
likewise liquor which softens and colors
the cork to make it assume the stains Of
time. He has two essences which give wine
the flavor and odor of the choicest yintages.
He does not spread his cobwebs without
preparation on the bottle; they are pre-
viously stepped in gum, which makes them
adhere without losing their appearance.
After he lays them on the bottle, he sprin-
Nes little SCOT on them-there's your Clos
Vougeot, ten years in bottle, for only forty
cents. What delightful wine Would yon
know how to discover whether the wine
you are drinking has been tempered with ?
Observe if its nosegay is violent, and at
tempts to carry your nose by assault, and
disappears in a very short time. In this
event be sure that it is adulterated, and that
this nosegay is obtained by artifce. The
nosegay of pure wine is modest, appears
slowly, and woos the nose.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
SINGER.

It is said that Isaac M. Singer, the sew
ing machine man, has left a fortune of
nineteen millions of dollars-ffteen mil
lions in the United States and four millions
in Europe. During the last twenty-five
years of his life he spent a great deal of
money, but he made great deal more.
The magnifcence of his estate forms q
striking contrast with the poverty and
privation in which he began. At one time
he was a strolling actor in the West and
after he had left that profession and in
vented his sewing machine, he was in such
a state of desitution that one day he had
only sixpence leftin the world. After much
deliberation he bought himself a dinner
Of pork and beans at Sweeny's with this
money and with the vigor derived from
this nourishing repast he went on to accu-
mulate the nineteen millions he has left to
his heirs.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
A STRANGE PROCEEDING.

Considerable excitement has been aroused
atStrasburg by the proceedings of a stran-
ger, who makes his appearance at nightfall
in the less frequented thoroughfares, armed
with double-edged poniard, and as soon as
he perceives an unprotected female strikes
her on the right breast with his weapon,
inficting slight wound of from half to
three-quarters of an inch deep. He has sue
ceeded in stabbing fifteen women, upon each
occasion taking to fight before his victims
had sufficiently recovered from their terror
to raise an alarm. The imperial police au-
thorities have made search for him. A
large reward is now offered by the Governor
for the seizure of the brayado.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
RUINED BY A SPIDER.

Spiders crawling more abundantly and
conspicuously than usual upon the indoor
walls of houses foreten the near approach
of rain but the following anecdote init
mates that some of their habits are equally
certain indication of frost being at hand.
Quartermaster Disjonval, seeking to beguile
the tedium of his prison house at Utrecht,
had studied attentively the habits of the
spider; and eight years of imprisonment had
given him leisure to be well versed in its
ways. In December Of 1894 the French
army, on whose success his restoration to
liberty depended, was in Holland, and VIC
tory seemed certain if the frost, then of IN
precedented severity, continued. The
Dutch envoy had failed to negotiate peace,
and Holland was despairing, when the frost
suddenly broke. The Dutch were now ex-
ulting, and the French generals prepared to
retreat; but the spider warned Disjonval
That the thaw would be of short duration,
and he knew that his weather monitor never
deceived. He contrived to communicate
with the army Of his countrymen and its
generals, vino duly estimated his character
and relied upon his assurance that within
few days the water would again be passable
by troops. They delayed their retreat.
Within twelve days the frost had returned
the French army triumphed. Disjonval was
liberated, and spider had brought ruin on
the Dutch nation.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
AN AWKWARD poRTMANTEAU.

The proprietress of a small inn at Valen
ciennes has just met with curious adven-
ture. 1t seems from the account given OF
the incident by the Echo DIT Nord, of Paris
that man presented himself at the inn and
made request to be admitted, together with
very bulky portmanteau, which he carried
upon his shoulder, The woman of the
house, having allotted to him second floor
room, offered to help him In carrying up
stairs the burden which seemed too heavy
for his unaided efforts, but he refused on the
ground that it contained articles of very
delicate and fragile nature, and that he
could trust it to no one but himself. He,
however, requested leave to deposit it in a
corner of the tavern until after resting and
refreshing himself he should be disposed to
carry it upstairs. When the hour arrived
for closing up the house the portmanteau
remained still below, and the good woman,
on entering the room to put up the shutters,
looked at it, and to her horror perceived
tnat something moved WITHIN IT, 30 great
was her terror that she sank down speech
less and breathless in chair, and in that
position was found by a gendarme who
came to protest against the late hour at
which the place was kept open. AS soon as
the cause had been explained to this minion
of the law, he forgot the primary object of
his visit in his curiosity to explore the mys-
ferrous piece of luggage, and drawing his
sword, soon solved all doubts by cutting
open the leather. He had no sooner done
SO than stout man jumped out, pistol in
hand and fell upon the gendarme, who was
on his guard and used his weapon with
good effect. The baggage and its owner
were both accordingly arrested forthwith,
aud are now in prison
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
MONKEY STORIES.

On board her Majesty's ship Euryalus
there was large black monkey with a
long tail for whom the master had a par
ticular aversion; he was convinced that it
would some day get at and injure the chro-
nometer of which he was in charge, and
he always kept his room fast locked. One
day, however, the monkey creptin, carried
off the chronometer, and rushed up the rig
ging with it in his hand, the poor master
following with the tears in his eyes, while all
the sailors in the ship were set 10 try and
catch the thief. Higher and higher they
climbed, but still the monkey kept above
them, and when they were within an inch
Of him he dropped from one part of the
rigging to another, with only a glancing
hold on the ropes, where nothing but a
four-armed beast with prehensile tail
could follow. At last one active fellow
climbed closer and closer, there was no
outlet right or left, above or below, his
hand was almost selling the cre.ture's leg,
when suddenly the beast, seeing he was
brought to bay, waved the chIomemeter
yiciousIv over his head. raised his arm as
high as possible, and then flung it as far
as he could into the sea. A monkey on
board another Queens ship fell overload
in very bad weather; the sea wai SO high
that the Captain refused to allow a boat to
be lowered; but the feeling of the sailors
for their pet was so great that st last he
gave Way. They rowed round and round
in vain, and were returning sadly up the
ships side, when they saw the monkey,
who had climed up by the chain of the
rudder, knocking and grinning al them for
their useless pains as he sat on the figure
head. Another monkey, one Jocko, on
board the -, much petted by the sailors,
was excessively jealous of a white kitten,
which divided their affections With himself.
One day the man on the bridge saw him
creeping very stealthily round to where
the kitten lay asleep in the netting; sud-
denly he stretched out his hand and
chucked her overheard before any one
could interfere. "Jocko," said the nara
tor angrily, "was an abominahls beast. I
could not bear him, he used to get drunk
and play underhand tricks; still he was
not altogether bad. A spaniel on board
had had puppies, with which locko was ex-
tremely anxious to play; the mother, how
ever, would have nothing to say to him,
and would not allow him to eIter her den.
One day. however, she had eft her chill
dren alone for moment, and coming
back found Jocko sitting nursing all the
puppies together in his arms, great, tat,
heavy, numbering Jumps which ne could
hardly lift" After this prof of good in
tention, the dog-mother used to take her
walks about the ship, contertedly leaving
her children in his charge, tocko seeming
to consider himself regularly installed as
nurse-Good Words.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
+" Then the games up"

Then the games up"
They turned slowly away, and were
soon gone. Lizzie's ruse had succeeded.
But she watched until after midnight,
then retired, satisfied that no further at
tempt would be made to enter the house;
she lay thankfully down beside her mother,
and slumbered snugly until morning.
An hour past sunrise, the captains old
buggy rolled into the yard. The family had
just risen, and the pillow figure, still in
tact, greeted his astonished gaze. But
his amazement was redoubled when Liz
Zie explained how she had saved the money.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
HOW ALpHONSE KARR BECAME A
JOUKNALIST.

The contributors to the Figaro had de-
manded more pay, the editor had refused,
and the result was q strike. At that time
writers of the highest order were paid at
the rate of five francs column, or less than
a sou line, and what they struck for was
an increase of two francs per column. The
first day of the strike Bohain and Nestor
Roqueplan wrote the whole paper between
them; the second they hunted among the
outside contributions put aside for possible
consideration, and, coming upon NJ. Karr's,
filed the paper with them. The description
of the way in which political articles were
manufactured was evidently not over
charged. Bohain and Roqueplan constantly
urged NJ. Kari to pay more attention to
politics, and one day they applauded him
for an allusion to the Incorporate habits of
some Minister. "You see," said Nestor,
" I told you it was easy enough. But"
replied M. Kari, 81 know nothing about
such things as these 1t was in the columns
of the Figaro that first read of this Min
ister's unhappy fondness for drink" "Do
you suppose" said Roqueplan, that your
colleagues know any more about such
things than you do? AS to this disastrous
propensity, I don't see why you shouldn't
have invented it as easily as Brucker did,
for it is probably not true. mot true? :"
asked M. Karr, astounded. well, it
would perhaps be going too far to assert
positively that it is not true; all that is
quite certain is that we know nothing about
il n-Tbe iSGt1LrlZnu Reniean.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-20
MIR. ERLING,s HEAD.

The Philadelphia Times says there is now
on exhibition in that city one Charles Erling.
of New Jersey, who although % years of
age, has been obliged to lie abedan the days
of his life on account of the abnormal size
of his head, which is about six times the
usual size, and is estimated to weigh 80
pounds, or two-ffths of his entire weight.
The measure around the head at the middle
of the forehead is SO inches, and over the
crown and under the chin AZ inches. It is
not case of hydrocephalus, but, as physi
clans assert, simply an abnormal growth of
skull and brain. The head is nearly proper
tionate, except the forehead, which is one
and half times larger than it ought to be.
The man has never learned to read, and talks
like child.