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St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
COunterfeitcrS.
(St. Charles Herald. !

Counterfeiters of United States
money do but little damage to society
compared with the evils inflicted by
other kinds of counterfeiters. They
do not endanger the health and lives of
our citizens, and the State and national
governments hunt these men down.
brand them as out laws, and when ar
rested, they are condemned without
mercy, and incarcerated in the peniten
tiary.
But strange to tell, the counterfeiters
of whiskey, brandy, and alcoholic
polsons which create sad havoc among
sixty thousand households, damaging
society, creating pauperism, taxation
ana crlmlnallty, is not only tolerated by
civilized and christian communities,
but actually sanctioned by legislative
assemblies.
The liquor traffic, with its counterfeit
polsons, engendering disease, creating
poverty, and producing thousands noon
thousands of horrid deaths, and hur-
aening the dockets of our courts with
nlne-tenths OF the crimes committed
instead of being hunted down bv y
government pledged to the Protection
OF the life and the health of it's people
presents to the world the ridiculous
farce OF criminally perverted lesisla-
ton, directed against all the interests
OF society. The liquor traffic or the
traffic in counterfeit liquors, is doing
more damage to the country than all
the counterfeiters of money that ever
existed, or ever will exist, and yet it is
allowed aud legaIized by statutory
enactments.
We demand, and we have the right
to demand, that it shall be branded AS
criminal by express statutes in everv
State III this Uuion. We demand the
modification or repeal of every law that
licenses the traffic.
Natural and common law, as we'll as
morality and true civilization. and
every. principle of equity, all demand
that 1t ought not to be permitted to
prey, upon the health, lives, and pros
perlty OF our people. and yet there
are men who look upon this gigantic
curse OF the nation as a legitimate |
business, because they have millions
Invested in this disgraceful and in
furious kind of business.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
Am Important Discovery.

A discovery in chemistry has just
been published which bids fair to intlu-
ence agriculture in manner that may
be we'll described as revolutionary. It
must soon compel the attention
OF the farmers and the manufacturers
of artificial manures everywhere. The
essential part which ammonia PLAYS in
vegetation need not here be dwelt upon,
and no one will question the desira-
blllty OF securing it cheaply and in
quantity. The Importance of the recent
feat OF Messrs. Hickman and THOMPSON
OF England, disc closing plan by which
ammonium sulphate can be made and
| sold with profit at two cents pound,
will not, therefore be liable to be under
estimated. The following account of
the process is taken from the Chemical
News: within the last twenty years
the manufacture of ammonia syntheti-
cally has been several times attempted,
and though In every attempt it is
probable that ammonia has been made,
IL mas never been produced on COM
merclal scale. In all these attempts the
process has been to combine the nitro
gen to the hydrogen directly at a low
temperature, and receive the ammonia
IN solution in water, or by substitution,
first forming a cyanide at a higher heat
and tfren indirectly producing ammonia
ny the decomposition of the cyanide.
the result IN both cases being ammonia
ID solution with water. Hickman and
Ihomson's procedure is altogether diff
terent, they produce ammonium chloride
direct either IN dry powder or in solu-
ton, and this by the simplest and
inexpensive means. Instead of en-
ploylng retOrts, as in all other cases,
they mereley use closed brick furnace,
the ash-pan OF which regulates the sup
ply OF air, and they cause the yapor of
water to be produced by the waste heat
OF the furnace itself. With the excep-
ton OF about bushel of coke for start
ing the furnace, the deoyodizino
material and only fuel used is coal dust.
The great difficulty III making ammonia
from the nascent hydrogen of wafer
and the nitrogen of the air is the res
tricted limits of temperature between
generation and decomposition :it being
necessary that carbon, however used
should be at a full red heat to decom
pose ammonia, Now, ammonium
chloride under the same conditions is
simply yolatalized and not decomposed.
AS chloride OF sodium or of calcium is
decomposed at a full red heat in pres
ence OF nascent ammonia, therefore one !
OF these. chlorides is mixed with
the coal that ammonium chloride NAV
be formed SO that if by chance the
heat should be raised to bright red
no loss will be sustained-the ammo
mum chloride is simply volataliZed,
by these means a greater range of
working temperature is obtained. At
the present time, with the CONSUMPTION
OF from twenty to twenty eight pounds
Of coal dust and salt mixed, from two
to three pounds of ammonium chloride
is formed. 'Ao
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
COlOred Justice.
Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.

! iLltllo hocf tAfh.) Gazette.
Several days ago white man was
arralgned before a colored Justice, dowr
the country, on charges OF killing man
and stealing a mule.
-" Well said the justice, "de facks in
dis case shell be weighed wild careful
ness, an eft | hangs yer faint no falllt
OBJ mine."
Judge, you have no jurisdiction only
to examine me-"
Dat sorter work longs ter de raieu-
lar justice, but yer see Use been put on
as special. A special hez de right ter
make mouf at Supreme Court eff he
chuses ter"
'"'Do the best for me you can, judge,n
OATS what Use gwine to do, Use
got two kinds of laws in dis court, de
Arkansas an de Texas law. | gener-
ally gins q man de right to choose fur
hlsSelf. Now what law does yer want;
de Texas or Arkansaw?"
~ believe I'll take the Arkansas.o
Wall. in dat case, I'll dismiss yer
fur stealin' de mule
Thank you, judge"
An hang yer fur killin' de mall
~ believe, judge, that I'll take the
, .m,Wall, in dat case I'll dismiss you for
KILN de man-n
"Io9 have a good heart. judge"
ANA hang yer fer stealin' de mule.
III just take the 'casion heali ter re-
marks, dat de only difference tween de
Two laws IL de way yer state de case,n
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
Female Beauty Here and
Abroad.
iSt. Louis Republican.

In fact, female beauty is rarely il
every other country in the world ex
cept this favored land. We leave
out of question the German, Rus
sian and Scandinavian nations, fol
there beauty is myth. In Italy there
is stately beauty Of form and richness
OF color among the peasents. accom-.
panied by a stolid impassiveness; the
Wanted beauties Of Spain are dumpy
little women, with sallow faces and no
intelligence. In Vienna alone, beauty
is as common among women as it is in
St. Louis and Baltimore, and there the
beauty comes from the Hungarians,
across the river. In Paris there is a
type of female beauty, dainty, refined
and exquisite fragile and delicate as the
dollhouse exotic, which it resembles,
rather than the blooming rose
bud Of an American cottage garden.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
Universal Beer Drinking,
IAN. O. Democrat.


A mistaken idea generally prevails
that the manufacture and consumption
of beer is mainly confined to Europe
and the United States. On the contrary,
many kinds Of beer are manufactured
in other countries, and it's consumption
is far more universal than is commonly
supposed. A drink obtained from corn,
and called chica, was prepared and used
by the natives of South America long
before the advent of the Spaniards.
The malt SO prepared is bruised, treated
with warm water and set aside until
fermentation has ceased. The corn
malt, primitive and unpleasant, is
cheWed by the natives in the valleys of
the Sierra, and the chewed morsel
placed in jars with hot water, when
fermentation becomes more rapid.
The chlc0 beer is also produced from
barley, rice, peas, manioc, pines and
grapes. The Grim Tartars manufac-
ture beer from millet seed and call it
bou@d, while the same seed is used on
the northern slopes of the lower Hima-
layas, and yields beer known as neur,ru.
In Russia a beer is prepared from rye
and called quaas. The Arabans, Abys-
sinians and numerous African tribes
compound beer of teff' and milet seed.
The Tartars use milk beer, made of
fermented mares or camel's milk. The
Arabians use the milk to produce their
tebau, and the Turks use it to make the
youart. In the Orkneys and some parts
OF Ireland, buttermiIk is permitted to
stand until it ferments, and is then
drank. The South Sea Islanders make
beer-aua-from the intoxicating long
pepper, and enjoy it hugely. From
these facts it will be seen that beer.
under many names, and prepared in
many ways, is well nigh universal
beverage.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22


We often wondered why girls mar.
ried. An Austin Texas young lady
upon this subject says: "Well, no, ]
don't know as I'd marry for money
alone, but il man had plenty of money
allied to sweet disposition and a
moustache that curled at both ends, and
nice blue eyes, and a respectable pro-
fession, and his father was rich, and his
mother and sisters were aristocratic,
and he wanted to marry me, and would
everything, and keep me literally sup
piled with coin, and have nice fur
nished house with big piano in it,
and would give me two diamond rings,
and would pay my dry goods, milliner's
and dressmaker's bills without gruinb-
ling, and [ really and truly loved him
] wouldn't consider his money any
drawback to the mateh.n
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

The Colored Union Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
OF New York who have been caring for
aud supporting the negro exodusters
from Arkansas, now in Manhattan en-
route for Liberia, have finally become
thoroughly disguised with their wards,
proclaim them humbugs and swindIers
and refuse to aid them further. The
Union complains that the Arkansas
negroes are greedy and lazy, take every-
thing they can get but refuse to work
foritand even charge them with stealing.
They declare. that they do not believe
in the Liberia scheme and that those
who do will have to take care of the
Arkansas darkies. 1t is generally sur
missed that these negroes are perfectly
content with their present conditiony
food and lodging without work-and
have no idea of going to Liberia.
their pretended disire to emigcate.
there is no vessel to take them to-
Africa.-[N. 0. Democrat, "
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

THE OLDEST TowN.-St. Augustine,
Fla, has always been accounted the
most ancient town in the republic.
While landing was made there by
SPainards as early as 1912, there was no
settlement until SO years later, when a
fort was built, fixing it's age, to date,
at 315. This honor of antiquity Is now
disputed by Western village, Tucson,
Arizona, organized, it is claimed, as a
pueblo OF. Spanish town site in 1919,
nearly 90 years earlier than the settle
ment of st. Augustine.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
The great Comet of '43
Returning.

Prof. Benjamin Pierce, tile eminent
astronomer of Harvard University
writes to state his conviction that the
comet lately seen by Prof. Gould at
Cordova observatory, South America,
is the great comet OF 1913; in some res
poets the most interesting and wonder
full of any the orbits of which are
known. This comet is supposed to
have an average OF 81 years.. Its first
appearance is noted in the chronicles of
the Chinese astronomers, ITO years
before Christ. Its last appearance was
in 1843, when its splendor and long
continued visibility made it very no.
tieea6le. Among its recorded returns
those Of 1909, 1866, 1511 and 1891 are
recollected.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
A Witty ParsOn.

| A Scotch clergyman by the name O.
| Willy Morrison was a man of most ir
repressible humor. On one occasion q
young officer scoffed at the idea that il
| required SO much time and study to
write a sermon as ministers pretended
and offered bet that he would preach
an hour on any passage in the Old
Testament without the slightest pre-.
paration. Mr.. Morrison took the bet
and gave for his text, "And the ass
opened his mouth and he spake." The
parsOn won the wager, the officer being
rather disinclined to employ his eio-
quenee upon the text.
On another occasion Mr.. Morrison en-
treated an officer to pardon poor SOL
der for some ofense he had committed.
The officer agreed to do so if he would
in turn grant the first favor he should
ask.
Mr.. Morrison agreed to this. In a day
or two the officer demanded that the
ceremony of baptism be performed on
a puppy. The clergyman agreed to it !;
and a party of gentlemen assembled
to witness the novel baptism.
Mr.. Morrison desired the officer TO
hold up the puppy, as was customary in
the,baptism of children, and said
"As I am minister in the Church of
Scotland, must proceed according to
the ceremonies Of the Church"
Certainly said the Major; II ex-
pect all the ceremony
"Well, then, Major, begin with the
usual question "You acknowledge your-
self to be the father of this puppy pm
a roar of laughter burst from the
crowd; the officer threw the candidate
for baptism away, and thus the witty
minister turned the laugh against the
intidel, who intended to deride the
sacred ordinance.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

Calico dresses have become fash
lonable now, and it turns out that thew
may be made to cost like sixty--nav
like hundred dollars. 1t is true the
fine calico only costs fifty or sixty cents
pei. yard, but when the laces and buttons
and other coquettish things demanded
by imperious fashion be added, the bili
mounts up to lofty figure. One thing
remains to redeem this invasion ~
fahslon upon the ranks of the loWly and
slmplehearted calico worshippers, The
designs OF calico have become really
artistic and charming.-[Ex.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

A stock company is being organized
in New York to make little money
out Of the negro exodus from the South.
The company proposes to purchase a
large amount Of cheap land in New
Mexico which is to be sold to Southern
negroes, in small lots, at greatly ad-
vanced price. Ex-Governor Newell, of
New Mexico, who is president of the
company is very enthusiastic over the
outlook and thinks he can get 800
from at least 100000 colored men from
various sections Of the Soutb.-[N. o.
Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
Tile HOOD ORPHAN MEMORIAL FIND
BY GEN. G. I. BEAUREGARD,
New Orleans, 1850,

Inc entire proceeds arising from the sale Il
| llllS work are devoted to The Hood Orr,t; n
MVnorHl Fund, which is invested in Inn, 4
| States Registered Bonds Tor the nurture ear,
| support and education of the ten infant, d -
pilVed OF their parents last summer at My
orleans, (the melancholy incidents of wifi, 4
sad bereaNements are still fresh i'll the punl :
mindl ~ fS
Inc BOOK is an elegant octave c0ntairn, .
800 pages, with fine photograph likeness and
d me steer c1igraVlng made expressly for tnia
WORK, louf large maps of battle fields bon,
| III handsome gray English cloth! SD or in A
me sheep binding, with marble edge S3s
IN halt bound, morocco. library stylc 81 80
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on the receipt from any person RENTING +,
man, or express, of the amount III a register i
letter OF hy a postal order, bank draft. or clecI-
Il copy Will he Immediately sent free of posta. :,
registered us second class matter
Inc volume is published in the best styln If
typography, on el"Santpancr, administrations,
executed us highest specimens of art
me author, the subject, the purpose, all alike
render 1t worthy place in every library-nn
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10 the Ladies, who feel !; desire TO ,xnr, 81
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. For terms, rates TO agent, etc, address with
full particulars ~ ''A
GEN: q. 7. BEAUREGARD. Publisher
on behalf of The Hood Memorial Fund,
fop' '-o" New Orleans, La.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
Tlle Fascination of Chess.
| Saturday Review.

But, as rule, the physical strength
OF woman Is not equal to a PROLONGED
struggle at chess. We fancy yeoC
many ladies would like for the nonce II
enjoy the imperial prerogative of NaD0.
leon, VINO, according to Madam de Re.
musat, insisted upon moving his Owr
pieces as he liked, crediting them with
exceptional powers in cases of urgency
we can easily believe he always won,
lie most undoubtedly used to cheat AT
cards. but then, as he frankly explained
was 1t not his object to win How
these little circumstances illustrate the
later phases OF the mans career who
had come to regard every moral and
physical obstacle, fortune and time
Itself, as so many things to be made
will. = '''>' ''A 'o''
halt the catastroples inducing lis
doWn1aH were due to his ignoring the
existence OF law of nature superior to
himself. There are curious but we'll
authenticated anecdotes showing what
fasclnatlons chess possesses for some
minds. We have heard of one Of her
Majesty's ships being nearly run ashore
through the captain, absorbed in his
mblnatlOns, not needing the repeated
representations of his lieutenant that
they were getting uncommonly near
the land. There was once a Caliph of
Bagdad WHO would would i net he ais+n;1 Ine in
ms game though his city was being
carried by assault. And Charles the
! Ii OF Sweden, when hardly beset bv
the Turks in his house at Render, was
at least as much interested in beating
his antagonist across the board as In
beating off the Turks. Again, an Flee
tor OF Saxony, taken prisoner at the
6attle OF Muhlberg by the Emperor
c : v, was playing chess with a
fellow prisoner when tidings were
brought to him that he had been SEN
fenced to death. He looked I'D for a
moment to remark upon the irregularity
II the proceeding and then resumed the
game which, to his great delight, he
Won.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

A check drawn by the Treasury De-
partment to the order OF VIM. H. Van
derbilt for $310,500, being three months
interest on $31 100000 of United States
four per cent. bonds, was paid through
the clearing house in New York. This
represents an income of So, $50 per day,
S143 Is per hour, or nearly So 40 per
minute, and Of nearly cents per sec
ond, sleeping or waking. 1t is, besides,
only one of several Of Mr.. Vanderbilts
sources of revenue.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

A TRAG1cAL TALE.-The Golos of st
Petersburg relates the following tragic
incident: "A peasant of the village OF
Olshany, province of Kharkoff, on his
return from the market, while counting
leaving some bank notes on the table.
His little son, four years old, began TO
play with the pretty pictures, and when
the father returned he found only small
pieces left. In his rage he threw the
boy violently upon the floor. At this
her baby in her arms; letting the babe
fall, she snatched the boy and fled from
the house with him, but found no trace
Of life in him. In despair she returned
10 the house and beheld a new horror !;
her babe was lifeless corpse, floating
in the tub of water where it had fallen
from her arms. Overwhelmed by misery
the father committed suicide by hang
ing himself.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

The editor Of a newspaper that has
adopted phonetic spelling, in measure,
received postal card from an old sub
scriber in the country, which read as
follows: 81 hev TUX your paper for
eleven yeres, but if you kant spell emmy
better than you have been doing for
the las to months you may jes stop
pit.-[Burlington Haweye.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

The New York Express remarks, after
paying millinery bill: eff the fashion
would only stop changing there'd be
some chance for married man saving
enough money to pay the crematory ex-
penses when death heckona him.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

New York Sun: Let an honest man
jump from an express train going at full
speed, and the odds are a hundred to
one that he breaks his neck. Let a
handcuffed murderer or burglar or
counterfeiter take the same perilous
leap, and in four cases out Of five he
will get off with few bruises, or, at
worst, q sprained ankle. What is the
reason?
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

The Westminster Review reckons
the public debts Of the world at the
present time at S24,000,00O,OOO. The
railway Indebtedness has been estima
ted at $1,000 WO, 600, and municipal
debts at s5,oo0,00,Ooo, thus bringing
the pubic Indebtedness of the world up
10 the vast sum OF $50, OoO, 100000. 1t is
not expected that this will ever be paid,
industry of the world Of S1,7QO, o00, 600,
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

Mr.. Lincoln used to tell a story about
a big Hoosier who came to Washington
during the war, and called upon a
street Arab for shine. Looking at the
tremendous boots before him, he called
out to a brother sinner across. the
street: "Come over and help, Jimmy.
I've got an army contract"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

Among the relics to be exhibited at
Nashville centennial next month is a
razor formally owned by George Wash
ington, and a violin owned by an
Edgefeld family, given to their grand
father by Thomas Jefferson.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

The Cincinnati papers are making a
great ado over the discover of a
mica bed. Mrs. Malonie sends the
Boston Post word that she discovers a
Mike AIDED every morning when the
boy ought to be up splitting wood.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

A man noted for the non payment of
his bills, remarking that he "sprang
from Mother Earth" q bystander said !:
"'If that's so, you are disgrace to your
maternal ancestor" "How 500" in
quired the impecunious man. Because
she always settles in the spring, and
you never settle,n was the reply.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

They were sitting together Sunday
evening, with an album or two between
them, when she pleasantly asked !:
"How would you like to have nay moth
er live with you?" In just fifteen
seconds he had his hat halfway down
over bis face and was boiling through
the gate.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

The reason why women have little
or no luck at fishing, is because but a
a few OF them possess nerve enough to
hold the worm between their teeth so
that they can use both hands in getting
the hook out of their back hair
Popular Science Monthly.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

Benefits of advertising: A family in
Florida lost their little boy and adyer-
tiled for him. That very afternoon an
alligator crawled out of the swamp and
died on the front doorstep. In his
stomach was found handful of hair,
some bone buttons, pair Of boot heels,
a glass alley, a pair of checkered pants
and q paper collar. The advertisement
did il.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

Poor Mr.. VIM. H. Vanderbilt has
sent to the Treasury Department $21,-
100000 more of the 4 per cents. to be
registered in his name. He has now
standing to his account Sol 100000 of
the 4 per cent. bonds-the largest
amount ever held by any one individ-
ual
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

In Howard county, Ark, Sarah Stokes
only eighteen years old, stabbed and
killed Linda Stephens, aged twenty.
The cause of the muader was quar-
rel begun by the mothers of the two
girls and continued by the young peo-
pie. The murderess made no attempt
to escape, and is now On trial.
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22

"We imagine" says the San Fran
cisco News Letter in critizicing, new
play of mining life, "that it would
prove very telling card in places
where honest miners were not so we'll
known and so little trusted"
St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-22
An Early BetrOtE,el.
IN. Y. Triblll,e.1

An early betrothel is chronicled by
the Elmira Free Press. Two young
couples were married within a few
months Of each other, and from families
that had been very intimate, In Jan
uary last boy was born to one of them
aud be was welcomed as heartily as
though he had been a prince of a
reigning house. Last month a girl,
appeared to the other young couple.
One evening last month the mother of
tue boy visited the mother of the girl
taking the child with her. Most of the
members of both families were :lsn
present. The mother of the boy took
a diminutive but costly ring from a
case, and placing 1t on the finger of the
girl scarcely a month old, solemniy
engaged her son to the child, the mat
ter to be ratified in the future,