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St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26

at you Americans, how lean and
scrawny you are! Doesn't That show
that our climate is better than yours9'
I have had this obesity on the part OF
the English, and this scrawniness on
the part of the Americans thrust into
my face so often that am beginning
to rebel. 1t is the common belief over
here that paunchiness and health run
together, pari passu, and that longevity
bears some very intimate relation to
the number of feet or yards that one
measures AROUND the abdominal region.
As matter of fact, the French are as
long-lived as the English, and l believe
that the average is in their favor. There
are but two people in the world who
look on obesity as an ornament-an in
dication of extreme health. One Of
these is some tribe of negroes in Cen
trail Africa, where woman is valued
according to her avoirdupois, and the
other is the English. In both these
cases the obesity does not come from
health, but from stulfing. The English
are the most Incorporate feeders in the
world. They swallow an enormous
breakfast; they soon after fill up with a
heavy luncheon; then they doubly
cram themselves at rammlng-in proc
ess which is called dinner, and finish
the stufling process with a supper
which of itself is sufficient for the full
meal of temperate liver. But this is
not all. There are, as rule, several
gallons of beer and tea swallowed be-
tween meals, and lot of whisky and
water is chucked in just before bed
time in order to top off the enormous
mass of stuff that has gone before.
This is why they get fat; just the same
as turkeys are fattened by being shut
up and crammed each day with four or
five times the amount of food that is
demanded by nature. Ii statistics are
of any value the death-rate here is as
great as that of the United States,
whose meaning is that if the English
people worked as hard as we do, and
underwent the same mental strain,
they would be a much shorter-lived
people than we are. Shut out person
from the sun, and he soon gets that
bleached complexion possessed by the
average English, and which is asserted
by the English to be a sign Of robust
health. 1t is just as little a symptom
of health as are the number OF yards
which are required to span the waist of
the J" healthy Briton. Generations of
feeding and Of seclusion from the sun
light have produced the present En-
glishman. London Cor, Chicago Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
A Cows Cud.

The situation, the structure, and the
size of the rumen or paunch point it
out as the first and general receptacle for
the food, which receives in the mouth
only sufficient mastication to enable
the animal to swallow. it. When swal-
lowed it is received by the rumen, and
morsel after morsel is taken until this,
the first of the animals four stomachs,
is comparatively full. A sense of reple-
ton precedes rumination, during which
act the animal generally prefers a re-
cnmbent posture. 1t is not to be sup
posed that all the food taken is again
ruminated; it is only the bulky or solid
portions that undergo the process.
When the rumen is moderately full, it
will contract on its contents, and first
squeeze out the fluid portions, which
will pass into the third and fourth
stonachs, while the solid part will be
by the esophagus. or stom-
ach pipe, and returned to, the mouth.
BY the term ''loss of the cud'' is meant
accusation, Of the chewing of the cud,
which occurs as a symptom of most, in
ternal diseases of cattle. Prairie Farm
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There are said to be seventy-nine
American composers at work on comic
operas. ol... u5.. ..,.. . a.-.. s.-f
Mr.. Whittier, the poet, saws he re-
ceives 200 applicationsfor his autograph
in the course OF a year.
1t is said that no writer save Shake
speare has furnished so much work for
critics and commentators as Cervantes.
"A book of Autographed autumn
leaves is on its way through the press
in England, thing which it is said has
never occurred before. .s..
DR.. Oliver Wendell Homes is of the
same age as Mr.. Tenny seventy
two. Like the poet laureate, DR..
Homes bears his age wonderfully well.
"A recent visitor at Liberty Hall.
Ga. found Alexander Fl. Stephens in
almost perfect health for one so deli
cate, and hard at work upon his new
book.
The Schiller prize is one that is
offered in Germany for the best new
drama in the language of that country.
commission of prominent literary
men, that assembled in Berlin for the
consideration of productions competing
for the pr.ze, has decided that none is
good enough this year to deserve it.
Sidney Lanier's Baltimore friends
and admirers held memorial meeting
at which President Gilman, of Johns
Hopkins University, and others made
addresses. 1t was decided to raise a
memorial fund for the support of his
family. Among those named as mem
bers of the memorial committee were
George w. Childs, G. H. Boxer and H.
H. Furness ....5.
"A novel of Cape Cod life was read
in manuscript by Williams & Co., Bos-
ton publishers, and approved. They
accordingly published it, and the first
edition OF 1000 copies was so quickly
sold that second was hurried out.
Then came seven libel suits for an ag-
gregate of $4,000. The novelist had
not only introduced real persons in a
most uncomplimentary fashion, but had
gwen their full names. III ..5-...-. --r
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
FACTS ABOUT UMBRELLAS.

Antiquarians say that the umbrella was IN
vented shortly after the flood, and mas been the
lea improved upon of all appliances fol- human
comfort the shape being nov as it wa, IN fh'is
youthful days Of the world An NM u,n9 no -
sion-the last one who gets it owns IL The to..
lowing facts about mbrellas-especlnly me lust
one-1nay serve every reader splendid purpose
sooner OF later: To place your umbrella i'll rack
indicates that it is about to change o"ners. An
umbrella carried over woman, the man getting
nothing but drippings of the rain, indicates court
ship. When the man has the umbrella and the
woman the drippings, it indicates marriage 10
carry it at right angles under your arm slgnlhes
that eye isto be lost by the man VINO f,o%
six one signifies that Exchange Is no robbery.
TO lend an umbrella signifies that " am a iool;
To carry an umbrella just high enough TO tear
ont men eyes and knock off mems hats, signifies
II am woman" To go without an umbrella
in rain-storm shows am sure of getting Theu-
matism. and will have to use ST. JACOBS OIL to
pet we'll" To keep a fine umbrella for your own
use and bottle Of ST. JACOBS OIL always in the
house, in case of rheumatism or accident, would
signify that you are real philosopher.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
A Boys Thanksgiving.

Ibelieye boy can be as thankful on
Thanksgiving Day as man, if he tries
awful hard Some boys are too mean
to try, and they generally die off in the
spring. ..-. r..
I'm thankful l amt a girl. Girls
can't slide down cellar doors, or hitch
on, or throw snow-balls worth cent.
They can't take bumps like bows, and
if they roll off a sled and their mothers
find it out, they get boxed. .r.
I'm thankful that dad is still alive.
When he dies I'll have to split the wood
and build the fires. He is also very
useful in cleaning off the snow and
thawing out the penstock.
I'm thankful I'm not in the grave,
where some boys are. Some have been
taken and some left. and I'm glad Pm
one of the left. It's about the only
thing l ever did get left on. They say
it don't hurt boy any to die, but l
don't want to try it.
I'm not going to be thankful for tur.
key and oysters and two kinds of sauce,
because we are little off on finances
this year. We're going to have chick
en- and mashed taters and pickles, and
them's good enough for us. I'm going
to pass my plate twice, whether it's
fashionable or not. | think boy with
half chicken in him feels more tony
than the boy who didn't get anything
but the neck.
The more l think of it the more I see
to be thankful for. fell into the river
twice last summer. and didn't stay there
either time. l fooled with dads re-
volver, and sent bullet into sister
Mary's ear. Pm awful thankful it
didn't hit her in the head. l found a
dog and sold him fora pair of skates.
I found ten cents, and forgot to hide it
when went to bed, and ma, never
found out. l guess III put that III
among the thanks! / got run over by
a butcher cart, and wasn't hurt at all.
I'm thankful and.the butcher is mad.
A boy in Chicago was bowed sky high
with gunpoWder.," A boy in CLEVELAND
swallered pizens.>.A boy in Syracuse got
burnt up ,A@ boy in ST, Louis got in
front of a, cannon. /, IN F., ~.
% You bet Tn thankful. I kinder wish
I was big enough to knock a boy head
off when he turned up his nose at my
two shilling skates, but IN have to get
along somehow, and be thankful that
can outrnn any boy ] can't lick. De-
trOn Free Press. .i@t a,t'J ~. #
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
Firewood for the Farm,

Wood seasons much more rapidly
when split, therefore itis economy not
only to fell and haul wood for ftiel from
the lot before stormy weather and
heavy roads are at hand, but. to cut it
in shape for stove and fireplace at the
same time. Wet, sappy wood is not
only Wasteful, but it is a source Of yeS-
atI0n and discomfort. In the, burning,
of,dry, wood, the heat is nearly all Of it
available, while from one half TO two
thirds Of the heat produced during tine
consumption of green wood escapes lat
emit and useless in the eyaporating sap
and water. fNtth Hnat- Ho-ta5f u
In selecting wood for fuel it becomes
a matter of economy to take for fire.
wood such sorts only aswill do best
service in range and stove, leaving be-
hind for rails, timber and fence-posts
the varieties which, while possessing
little value as regards their heating
qualities, stand in the foremost rank for
durability under exposure to the wealth
er, other things being equal. She'll
bark hickory is regarded as represent
ing the highest standard among forest
trees for fuel. and calling that 100.
other trees will compare with it for real
value as fuel for house purposes as fol-
lows: Shell-bark hickory, 100; pignut
hickory. SO; white ash, 81; white oak,
So; dogwood, Is; scrub oak, %; white
hazel, Y; apple-tree, 70; red oak, 67;
white beech, ,65; black birch, 81; yellow
oak, so; hard maple, 50; white elm, 5S;
red cedar, So; wild cherry. 55; yellow
pine, "a; chestnut, 81; yellow poplar.
A; butternut and white BIRCH 49,. and
white pine, 30.--M y World.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
Discomfort J In England.

There is no fire in the CRATE. The
door is wide open and SO are the win
dows. The cross-currents rush in and
out, going straight through your mar
row; and all the while you have to
listen to compliment panegyrics on the
beautiful weather. Every Englishman
will assure you that this everlasting re-
gion Of fog, cold and east wind must be
healthful. hA4i soosks no he says, sat our
people, how fat they are; and then look
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26

The following communication to the editor OF
the Salem (Mass) Register shows how an artist
treated hts visitor: Il would have accepted your
kind invitation to visit you in your new quarters
with pleasure before this had not my old enemy.
Mr. rheumatism, pounced on me so suddenly.
He arrived last Friday, and, without stopping to
send up his card, rushed in and grasped me by
the hand with such grip that in a few hours
my hand and wrist were SO badly swollen and
painful that l felt as though one of Mr.. Hatch's
coal teams had run over me. Mr.. Rheumatism
has been constant visitor of mine for several
years he always swells and put on great many
airs making himself at home, devouring my sub
stance and leaving me poor in flesh and pocket:
Last winter he came and stayed two months.
then decided that the next time he came would
change his diet. / was somewhat at loss what
to feed him with. but finally concluded to give
him three square meals day of ST. JACOBS OIL
morning noon and night. This rare ne Is dis
gusted With. and is packing up his trunk and will
leave by tomorrow or next day: says ne cannot
stop any longer, as he has pressing business else
where He is a treacherous fellow, and he in
tends visiting some of our Salem friends: ii he
does Just give him the same fare that did and
he won't stop long. Us. LEFAvoUB.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26

d -Fitznoodle was out again worrying
the life out of the ducks with his shot
gun. He blazed away at some ducks,
and an unseen man on the other side of
the pond rose up threateningly, with a
long gun, and called out: Did you
shoot at me?' ibid any of the shot
hit your" inquired Fitznoodle. Eyes,
they did," SID the man, rubbing his
legs. Then you may be certain thai
l didn't shoot at you. I never hit any
thing l shoot at. ''-Lancaster Intelli-
geascer. y
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26
DR., JOHN BULLS
Smiths 7 onic Syrup
.a FOR THE CURE OF
FEVER and ACUE
Or CHHLS and FEVER.

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine
Justly claims for it superiority over all ROM
edies ever offered to the public for the SAFE,
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure
ofAgue and Fever, or Chills and Fever. wheth-
er Of short or long standing. He refers to tho
entire Western and Southern country to bear
him testimony to the truth of the assertion
that in no case whatever will it fail to cure If
the directionsare strictly follo wed and carried
out. In great many cases q single dose has
been sufficient for 8 cure, and whole families
have been cured by single bottle, with per-
feet restoration Of the general health. 1t is,
however, prudent, and in every case more cer-
tain to cure, II its use is continued in smaller
doses for week or two after the disease has
been checked, more especially in difficult and
long-stsnding cases. Usually this medicine
will not require any aid to keep the bowels In
good order. Should the patient, however re-
quire cathartic medicine, after having taken
three or four doses Of the Tonic, single dose
Of BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS
will be sufficient.
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must
have DIR. JOHN LL'sprivate stamp on each
bottle. DIR. JOHN BULL only has the right to
manufacture and sell the original JOHN ].
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP, of louisville, Ky.
Examine well the label on each bottle. If my
private stamp is not on each bottle do not
purchase, or you will be deceived.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26

:; "A widow applied p s,se Mayor OF
Allegheny, Pa. for aid. ,1ShN had not a
morsel of food in her hotS ! and was
about to be elected for non L(a ent OF
rent. Her distress was not tks fes--.,-..
Of poverty, she explained, for sAe was
very wealthy; and she, showed hisHon.
or the deed Of 10000 acres of KentLeky
land, worth 500 as acre. but now un.
productive. :" 'f4f-
St. Landry democrat., 1881-11-26

ID, the cure 81 Coughs, Colds. Hoalseuess Asthma,
H i.r, Ga1np WnsePag Cough lpee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-20
URGED TO PROSECUTE ACCLAIM


William VI. Earl yesterday sent To the re-
ceivrrs of The Manhattan Railway Company letter in
which hr requests them to prosecute claim for tho
Tl3opoooO of Manhattan stock issued 10 the NcV,-ork
and bieropo'un Companies. Mr.. Earl asscrts N Lt.
letter that he il owner Of stock of ,lc Manhattan
Company, aud Of second mortgage bonds Of hc Mclrono
Hat Company aud be calls The receivers io rotct
herghis OF the creditors and of the 1,lt
tan Company lie declares his .cntion 9, so,ic. tl,c
cooperation Of other creditors ava sor, lolIara and
agrees to furnish counsel to prosecute Nh. cloi,,I
make H. good.
The letter or Mr. Earl is supported by LEGAL ,ui,o,
given y cN-Ind"c james Emott and by Thomas Aui!n
of the 'aw firm of Allison Shuw. After r,,l.s. u
cucomfi1uctS Attending The isspc nf ihe Manic Nv,
hhpdW IS stock Mr.. Emnit. in hlS opinioo so, Xxx
t ,HHr "I ms stock was lud that Inc sllarc yyc
h"l i4F lai, h8 ire c'rtNcu'l s dtclnYtd fhpu, a. l
ANA that lhr} are now held mainly hy inuoc,nt hoI
WI" nou1hl hcn ia the open market. II concludes a.
-" !! thc leases made hy The Nctropoliiau ANA l,, Nm
YORK { uianlr are valid, IL they rrupol s.rrt 49,, w.
lhNdlIiii, am uunic iu what defence thcs. c,'
ll7 r'h c' hcr o iGrul UGNr to action tn
mem 10 paw M lllS Tl3,OJDOOD 81 stock mi
II I'llo"" tha the receivers OF tho Manhattan com,
lHnY can ana should enforce That Inability Tbnt ot
pauY H. iSolycnt, aud in default anon ii al Nina
lis RECEIVERS are bound 10 look to ever, rc.our, in
power or WltAlH their reach TO satisfy t1o itn,
whose hcheht thcE were appointed. and to nrote., ,I
innocent STOCKHOLDERS OF their TIrr,
ana IN HW an unpaid stock sHhscrutiou of SY oup ~
which they can collect / rlason t G"'t ~.
mana" ' '"oh "a uc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-20
THE IMMIGRANT HEAD TAy

The Commissioners OF Emigration have in
suted suits in the Court OF Common Pleas TO enforce
the law recently passed by the state Legislature reoar
Ing the ocean steamship lines to pay 81 for each alien
Immigrant landed 1T this port. Louis sanders apearp
as the attorney for the Commissioners, and yesterday
lac caused the complaints 10 bo served upon the officers
or chief owners of the various steamship lines. The
Judgments demanded amount already in aggregate
10 about 100000 AT recent meeting OF the officers Of
ihe Varios companies IL decided put the eases
mo tue lands or Butler, stiilnan d Hubbard. The
Auohor Lane, however, ana of the COM
palcr nave retained James X Hill and eXudge Shin
n VINO before tine passage of the law had given opin
IONS 10 the eueet that IL unconstitutional and could
MOI be enforced long and harlfought contest IL an
uelIteu ana the test cases viii doubtless carried To
1le Olteu States supreme Court. In the meantime Che
Sohnlssoners VIII continue to institute SUITS for every
steainshp load OF passengers that comes into port
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-20
FAr4L RAILRoAD ACCIDENTS

GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. IDA dispatch to
The Ne~s from Waco gives The following particulars
Of the wreck OF an excursion train narrow gauge
Railroad:
The engine jumped The track and the engineer inme-
datel& whsted down brakes ana gave the danger sig
nal Those who understood the signal started uup
Oft the cars, bur before dozen persons lad reached
ground the crash came. and the engine crowded
Its side on ebankmcn and the two
were jammed together. william David was crushed be-
tween the ca and died within minutes. Joseph
Barush had both legs shattered and was otherwise IN
jured he lived fonr hours. Robert Brooks Knocked
down, but was moi seriously hurt The eneineer and
fireman remained on the engine until il turned over,
when they were buried beneath the wood from the
tender The compiling between the tender the first
car gave wav thus saving the entire train from
bon the persons killed and wounded standing on
the platform between the when the crash came.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-20
THE STRIKE ON THE ERIE ROAD.

The officers of the Erie Railroad in Jersey
City made attempt yesterday conceal the fact that
the freight traffic OF The road much delayed by
the strike AT ilornesvnle Assistant Superintendent
Thomas, who IorneIlsve when the news of the
strike rS reached Jersey City, photographed the dyis
ion superin endeut that the strike was caused 10y the
TACT that the demand OF the increase 10
per cent in their refused by the company.
The company refuses To concede the demand o the
strikers for the liz officers say, that pays
the same wages the other trunk limos An officer OF
the company however, said to TRIBUNE reporter yes
crday that u would be glad 10 settle the difficulty by
concedng the advance OF 10 per cent but this
done, all the trackmen and switcilncn on the road
would denand the same increase while the men on
the Eastern Divisions seem to be satisfied with the
wages obey are receiving
From the dispatches received yesterday IN Jersey
city from Howcllsvillc, Salamanca aud Buffalo IT ap-
pears that the tnc Ia only slightly affected
by The blockade of freight trains along line while
the strikers wish to delay much ~ possible West
bound freight, they are using pcuccablc
means 10 gain their ends, and show no inclination
I" oo.urt IN any way the other business Of the road
Arc"rdns |" the officer, OF the road the paid
on "a iat "a thcy present thcmsc, and their parrs
wholly inadequate 10 the work of rc,bpping tie com
rant h9wr, ny their hep the bueilrs. OF The road viii
not he hopclcssiy delay until other arrange
mcn7 can hc made TINS the officers believe wil bc The
that he side tracks aud freight yards oi the Iloncls
tu' ' E"1i9 srct"n7 arc almost "ntirc!! nucd with
freight cirs and unless hc, can be cleared u day or
tWo ~" umo't inco. ycnicu"r and severe
blockade blockade VII, b. the result. At Sal
70 uaNe rc1ed to work vest cray .nornng ana 10 have
running of the trains scuc,uic time.
'i"u ~ pNo,, .nr 1rn'ra passenger agent, said in
the BuAao and l"r0ct lie ards have quit work and
applied tor an Increase of wages, wh.n die ro,pat il
not prepared TO conccdc to them Tor the reason at
thry are being paid % rate equal 10 tna received by
the Peun,y iNauia, ana o,Aor tnstrru railroads As last
as The men qull tncS paid on and others hirrd In
lner laarrs, No ds"ricror interference ia, occurred;
,,r, -, ,t W. n ''n o., ,"S lu S'lhE freight trains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-20
TIE COURTS.
4 CASE TO BE REOPENFD.

Justice DyIman recently granted a motion
to set aside order for disoontnuacs OF the action
brought by Jay +. Darrow against Dexter b. Brton IA
executor OF the Will Of the late Reuben Lowell The
order was based upon aidayits made in behalf OF the
defendant setting forth singular facts Mr.
Lowell and MI. Darrow it ayeIred were formerly
in partnership proprctors of the Westminster House
now called the Occidental Hotel in the Bowcry In 1867
Lowell sold ont to Darrow, taxing in payment two notes
for $4,000 each secured by $4,000 moriga ze on the
property Lowell went into the thea ricai business and
became menaSer of the old NewYors Theatre He con
timed 10 live at the Wcscncscr House and a MINT ne
would take the receipts of the box Office ana dc osit
them in Darrows safe. He would take no recent from
Darrow, who him his checks for the various
amounts as they came The checks, which ranged in
amount from 5000 to s. 900, were promptly cashed
Lowell died in 1872, aud Mr.. Britton his executor
began to settle his estate. The notes against Daro
were not paid but, instead, DaIIow began ii suit in the
Supreme Court to have the and mortgage SET aside
on the ground of payment during Mr.. Lowes life fine
Upon the lla OF the cause Mr.. DnirOW produced th,
cashed checks which he had given Mr. Lowell as evil
uchce OF tiIe payment, nnd testimony given %
that Mr. Lowell considered that The nOes had actually
been paid. Upon this evidence The notes wcrdF eur-
rendered the mortgage satisfied INC
sun was discontinued. II Is now cOntrnlcd he
tehdint mat evidence has been discovered show that
he cheeEs dld not represent the equivalent money
OF the theatrical receipts to Mr. nv
lOwcl 10 was on the aidayits setting forth tbis evi.
denee that Justice DyRman, upon the motion of j. H.
sonhwoWh the attorney Tor the executor granted the
q Nhiheg was appointed referee ana the WIN be
retired before him soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-20
MORTGAGE OF $4,000. ooo.

ALBANY, n. y, Aug. 10. The largest mort
gage ever He'd in Albany County was received ot the
Clerks Office to-day. II is for $JOO0000 and l. i,,
by the New-York West Shore and Buffalo Rpiro,d rn-
pany to the United States Irl,t Company of Nc,yrl,
as trustee The mdcutuIc scts forth that the ro,1u,
company iormedby the consolidation of the New York
Nesl Sh"re ana Bufiuo Railway Company the Marin
rave Railroad Company ana The Jersey Ci ana ,hn,,
HNWGy company The purpose is 10 construct n ilr,I
from NEeha%hro, m Hudson County, \. j. opn,sitn I'U
NY OF new hoFH, along thc west Rioro of the lsnn
htEtr TO west Point, Ncwburg, Kingston. Catstllis
AlhuT ana CoNRacke, 10 Or near Schrnpcl adv AMI ,i
along or near the south shore The Alo, Il t tfCi0
syracuse dhd Buffalo. with branches 10 no iti,s ~ a.
phJ ana ~ fhcise. The rate OF interest is per cent