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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
The Art of ThraShing.
IN. o. Tilnes.]

Professor. Baldwin, Of Missouri, who
has bad years of experience as Il peda-
gogue, has just given to the world a
refractory school boys, but the treatise,
although interesting to adults, because
it recalls scenes Of their vanished youth,
does not contain anything novel. 1t is
merely an establishment Of old ideas.
The learned gentleman states that a
boys head, back and legs should be
exempt from punishment, leadingtl to
believe that the meridian, or rather
neutral ground, situated Immediately
below his pants buckle, is the proper
spot. The professor may be right in
this instance. That portion of boys
anatomy seems to advertise it's own
fitness as the place upon which the
earliest Impressions are to be made.
Touch it with the rod, and the Juveniles
heart is moved. 1t is the medium
which conveys certain ideas to his
mind, and convinces boy that it is
wrong to loaf around the streets and
yell like poisoned dog. tits the equa-
torial line which the angry father often
crosses with an old boot leg amidst a
perfect hurricane of screams. In fact
it is the very citadel of a boy, and the
Walls utbVe W Oo SCdleu anu DaCCGreu
before he will surrender and subject
himself to home or school discipline.
Prof. Baldwin thinks the best way to
administer the rod to refractory boy
is to stand him on his feet, and after
dealing him ga singing blow" stop
and talk to him, and by so doing draw
out the agony, nr in other words, not
to crush the effects of one blow by de-
liverias another on top of it. This plan
enables the teacher, or parent, as the
case may be. to locate fresh spot on
which to plaster the rod and increase
the suffering.
The professors style of whipping may
do very well for anyone who possesses
patience, but as we glance back through
the long vista of years to the time when
we were young and compare it to the
old-fashioned maulings received then,
it fades into insignifcance. In those
days school teacher grabbed boy by
the hair, yanked him across his knee
and went to work from the jump. The
pedagogue clutched his rod, and fred
in files and platoons. Then he brought
forward the reserve force and blazed
away in regiments, brigades and divis-
ions, and when the fight was over and
the dust had cleared away the boy felt
as If he'd been wounded five or six
hundred times, and he was ready to
capitulate to the enemy without any
parley whatever.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23

effao+ n "a examined the question of the
and Ia VI These emanations upon health,
cen, 1 ~ concluded that they are inno-
oo on'' tie does not believe that thew
ana d' G. with them the germs Of disease,
ara ano mat the gases of which they
eno, oo"posed do not load the air
inc 20 produce perceptible poison
sho,la 'o'n'ng that contagious diseases
eiebt manifest themselves within
the osr -, .en days after the planting Of
of NJ =. se'"s' the weekly health bulletins
1aa 'ne year have been examined to
loma =" II any increase of mortality fol-
uaeu the Introduction of the unpleas-
detected. '''ease mas oeeh
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
Words With the Bark On!
[Capitollan.l

"a. G.. NJ" in a contribution to our
valued contemporary, the Advocate,
concludes long article on the question
of "What Does the South Need I" with
the following graphic and truthful pre-
sentation of facts. We disagree with
him in regard to some expressions in
his article, but this extract shows so
plainly the duties of the hour-active,
aggressive work-that it will reach the
comprehension of every intelligent rea-
der, and we publish it with the hope
that it may bring the wavering to a re-
alzaton of the true situation:
cit is true that we want labor and
capital, but we do not go to work the
right way to get it. Does the miner,
when he strikes rich vein, after long
prospecting, white and wait till labor
comes? Or does he sit till he wears
out the seat OF his unmentionables,
waiting for capital? No, no; with the
strength he has, and the means he COM
mands, he goes to work, and as soon as
the yellow dust begins to roll out, labor
tlocks to him, and capital pours in upon
him, and they will do SO long as his
rich lead yields to labor and capital a
fair remuneration. Louisiana is a bO-
nauza; the South is an immense one. We
have nothing to do but to open up the
yellow facts, by our own exertiOns, and
all the aid we need will knock at our
doors for admission; come III time and
come as fast as we can safely and prof.
tably employ it. A surplus, surfeit of
labor or capital would not be a blessing
to us. We only want immigrants as we
can support and assimulate them, ard
we only need capital as we learn how to
proftably employ it. Let then our hope
be in our own industry, enterprise and
toll. have seen something like this,
somewhere: "The Gods help them that
help themselves"
ut is not numbers that we want, so
much as men. Ali men remember the
fable of the she wolf and the lioness.
The she wolf boasted on the number of
her little ones at each littering, and up
braided the lioness, as she Uttered only
one at time. But" said the lioness,
''it is L0n." So we would have it with
the South, not so many, but every
one man. A. G.. NJ"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beacons-
neld' and late Prime Minister of England,
died on tue morning of the 10th inst.
1he New Orleans Democrat, in an
nouncing his death, says:
Eulogies on the life and character of
Lord Beaconsfeld, who died at $40
O'Clock this morning, will be numerous.
but none will be more to the purpose
than that pronounced by his great rival.
Mr.. Gladstone, who recently called him
the greatest Englishman Of his time.
Since his assault upon Sir Robert Peel.
nearly forty years ago, Benjamin Dis
raell has been man of mark not only
IN England, but Throughout the civilized
world. Even before that period his
writing had given him standing in liter
airy circles. 1t may be said that from
his first appearance in public life he
has been prominent figure. Honors
on honors were heaped upon him, and
at last, in 1868, he reached the goal of
his ambition, the premiership. Since
the death of Lord Derby, father of the
present Earl, Disraeli has been the
leader of the Conservative party, which
has been held together mainly by his
genius and political skill. His country
will miss his vigorous craftsmanship,
but his party loses with him its yery
life and fire.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
A Strange Cure.
HANDLING DOVES AS A TREATMENT FOR
EXPLANATORY RHEUMATISM.
fPittsburg ChrOnicle.l


Recently has gone the rounds OF
newspapers all improbable story of the
cure OF a nervous, painful affection of a
rheumatic nature, by an old tramp, who
accomplished the wonderful feat by
passing and repassing the little chap
several times over the back of a jackass.
for nine days, during which time it was
observed that the animal gradually be-
came ill,while the child improved, until
at the end of the nine days the jack sue
cumbed to swollen limbs and body, and
the child was completely restored.
The story, of course, was not taken
without salt, inasmuch as the popular
impression is that while child or even
man would be perfectly cured of all
earthly ills by rubbing around a mules
hind prOpellers. the patient for obvious
reasons wouldn't be able to tell much
about it afterwards.
This case, however, is merely intro
ductory to brief allusion to cure which
was effected very similarly in the four
teenth ward recently. Some years ago
a coal miner named Braun was afflicted
so badly with infamatory rheumatism
in his hands and arms that he was COM
PEELED to seek another way of earning
a living. Somewhere he heard that
handling doves would effect cure, and
he purchased number Of the birds,
These he would take up in his hands,
stroke and play with daily, and the re-
suit was that the pair he thus manipu-
lated invariably became swollen up,
Rrst in the legs and then in the body,
precisely as though they had rheuma-
tism.
Finally death would ensue. In pro-
portion as the doves became swollen
Mr.. Braun's affection decreased, and
finally, after pursuing the strange treat
ment for some time, he was able to keep
himself wholly relieved from pain. He
still raises doves for the sacrifice, and
winter and summer alike he is able to
pursue his business as a dairyman,
vocation he took Up in lieu Of coal dig
ging some years ago.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
a. HERlFF'S SALE,

q HERIFF's SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OFsT. LANDRY.
No 124ls
B. A. MARTEL, DAT. TEST. EXR.. VS. T. A
CARMOUCHE EFT AL, d. A. MOSS EFT A.
ny virtue of a writ of tieri facias, issued
out OF the honorable District Court in IVA
tor the Parish of st. Landry in the above ON
utled SUIT, and to me directed, | will proceed tn
sell at publlc sale, to the highest bidder Mt
u court House OF said parish, i'll the town of
Opeiousas, on SATURDAY, the 2lst day Of
May, 1881, at II o'clock A. NJ, the followin,.
described property. to-wt:
2. Forty acres of land with the improvements
bounded north by Lands of estate of Henry L.
Ihoins. south by lands above described east
ny lands of estate of Henry T. Thoms and west
by lands OF r. A CaInOuche; also two acres nf
land joining the above land with all the build
by Bayou Petit Prairie, being lot No. 2 of nrno
cess verbal OF sale estate of Henry T. Tloms
B. Forty acres of land, bounded north bv
estate OF Alexandra Burton south by lands
ABOVE described, east by lands of estate of
henry L. Thoms and west by lands of E. A.
Carhlouche, being lot No ) OF process verbal of
sale of estate. ~
4. Forty acres of land with the improvcments
bounded north by estate of Alexandra Burton,
south by lands of estate of Henry I. Thoms to
be sold, east by land of f. A. Carter and %. A.
Carmouche and west by land of estate of Henry
L. Thons, sold to f. A. Carmouche. being lot
NO OF process verbal of sale Of estata Henry
r. Thonis.
5. Forty acres of land with the improvements
bounded north by land above described and
south, east and west by lands of Emile A. Oar
mouche, being lot OF process verbal of sale Of
estate OF Henry L. Tholus.
Terms-Cash.
{. c. DUSON,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry
April 9
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23

Net collections for March,. SLASH OS
A. GARRIGUES, by, Collector
On motion, Resolved, that T. Ferreol Perro-
the owner of the toll bridge across Bayou
Crocodile, Oh the road leading from Bayou
Chicot to Homesville, to furnish bond with
OF said bridge in good order and repairs, and
to turn over said bridge i'll said conditions to
the parish authorities at the expiration of his
charter; and if said owner should neglect or
refuse to comply with this request, the said
attorney is hereby instructed to institute
for the forfeiture of the
Messrs. Haas, Hicks and Young having
been appointed a committee to examine the
claims on file against the parish, reported
through their chairman, Mr. Haas, that thew
claims:
CLAIMS OF 1880.
B. r. Rogers supreme court clerk fees S At 60
Geo. Pulfori, acting sheriff 357 ~
J. G. C Cha district court clerk fees 1sl 40
L. ]. Kerr, special constable. ........... 10 IS
CLAIMS OF 1881
w. W. Oneal, building Dogue's bridge. 8 40 rs
P. Arceneaux, building bridge Robin
A. G. s:i,nns, repairing bridge Bayou "
Petit Prairie ...-.......... o. 90
P. Reed and D. sandifer, repairing Mil 80 "
burn bridge ..-:--...-............ 20 90
Mount Pleasant MIL, lumber 90 OS
:" g .......-.. Is %
Sydney ArceneauX, :: ..... II 90
d. W. Wilson, " . 43 80
usua"l & pAndan +" ...... 50 90
Theo Chachare " &c.,. SO
A M Bailey timber SO
los Valery spade broken on road $3.50. so
I0uis Norris 50 ...... SO
Vim. Wright, l so
l.. Skinner, ---..- ! 80
J. O. Chachcre. index district court suits rs 90
Victor Lastrtpes, blacksmith bill ...... So so
pin q
c. c. Duson, prison guards .--...-...--. 1s1 90
]. 0. Chachere, district court clerk fees. Il so
Geo. Dupre, supreme court n. o. clerk
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23

:. What Ais You ?-Is it disordered
liver giving you yellow skin or costive
bowels; which have resulted in distress
ing piles or do your kidneys refuse to
perform their functions j? II so, YOUR
system will soon be clogged with Dois-
ons. Take a few doses of kidney
Wort and you'll feel like a new man
nature will throw of. every impeachment
and each organ will be ready for duty.
Druggists sell both the Dry and Liquid.
n. Y. Atlas.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
DUBLIC SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No. 1928
ESTATE OF ANNIE HANKS

By virtue of an order of the honorable Dis
trlct Court, of the parish of st. Landry there
VIII be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder by the undcrsi gned administrator or
any duly qGailfied a'lctioncer, at lust residence
OF deceased III the parish of st. Landry, on
WEDNESDAY, May 4th, 1881, the following
described property, belonging to the estate
OF Annie Hanks, deceased, to-wit:
l. Forty acres, being lot No. / of the north
vest quarter of the south west quarter of lot
No. q
2. Forty acres, being the south west quarter
or the south west quarter of lot No O.
3. Lot No l, bounded north by Walters, south
by Coopwood, east by M. Quibedeau and west
4. Lot No 2, bounded north by Walters, south
No. g. WV
5. Lot g. bounded north by Walters, south
by Coopwood, east by lot No. and west by
lot No. A.
6. Lot No 4, bounded north by Waters, south
CoopWood, east by lot No. and west by lot
No. 5.
7. Lot No. 5, bounded north by Walters, south
lot No. 6. ~ ''' 1''' T. anu "'SO Ny
s. Lot No. 6, bounded north by Waters, sout],
by Coopwood, east by lot No. ) and west by
lot No. 7.
Q. Lot No. 7, bounded north by widow Garvey,
south by Coopwood, east by lot No. and west
by ZennOt Cole
10. One dwelling house. one Kitchen one corn
crib, seven hundred and eighty ptnnels of
fencing, four hundred and f0rty-one pannels
raul fencing, one machine one harrow and set
OF teeth, one plOw six work o en- five mares
four gentle horses, seventy ont head of cattle,
nine head of sheep, four bedsteads, one feather
bed, one clothes press, one bureau, ono clock
one taple, three hogs, one boat, one branding
iron, one horse. one smoke house, one small
crib, turning laythe and TOOLS one lot tools
two spinning wheels, two lars, five Jugs. one
hog house, one shot gun.
Terms-Cash.
ADOLPHE COBINI
Aprll Cat Administrator.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
JUDICIAL ADVERTIsElIE
VIII II "A II v LIN - II NEN
SHERIFF's SALE.
DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
No 127G4.
ADklEN ISELIN FOR USE OF. ETC. vs.
j. L. a. FONTENOT, EDWARD K
ANDERSON EFT AIS,
CHE RIFFS SALE.

Twelve Mouths Bond issr,cd out 't'" of '' tn q
honorable District Court i'll and for tho
SUIT I fn and 81 f. 9 81. anaty IN me above entitled
a.. public sale to the highest bidder at the
Courthouse III the town OF OpelOlls;ts parish nj
~ Landry, on SATURDAY. the 4th day OF
J'tiIc, 1881, 1T II O'clock A. NJ the following
acSeilhcd property, to-wit:
H. certain tract OF land improved us Il cotton
"'.i'lph Nitil:'tll the buildings and improve
i.,h 1s 'Htfe"h' situated Ill the parish of St
i'ahufy, State aforesaid, measuring abOut thrc,
n'illdicd and ninety-thrte acres bounded m,
we north by land belonging to the estate Of
t D"n,omVille Delean, deceased east by land
ilo :, l. somth by land formerly belonging to Mrs,
>. NJ bullard now to Thos. J. Clark ana west
ny iand OF Jean Bite. Roy, deceased
n,,,,,i a tract OF two arpents of wood land,
uouhueu lofth ny land formerly belonging to
l'aholandler now to - west Nv Little R.,yor
;nu east by land formerly belonging to VIM,
f hnoN now to the heirs and widow of said
3. \ tract of land situated near W,shin,,+o,,
III me parish of ST. Landry and fronting on tha
i""t it,'"lnG from Opelous;is to Washington
tha ~ wv" arpeh'S front and running back to
.lic bayou tarron or Techc, containing sixtv.
TWO ana ooIloO arpeuts, bounded on one side Nv
1ah1 OF Mrs Nanhlle and on the other side ~
,ttl" ol fraItcolS Louis Pltre and designated rs
lVia iiti,i i . ana on plat filed with the
sue oi the sad land from Mrs Rice Garland tn
Hrs' michel Prud' homme by act before YVES
DaVy, Recorder, dated April 18th 1889 snyin~
and excepting that portion of said Land sold -,
benIainln Woodwork by s;ud Jean Bite. Ton.
tehHl on i me 2lSt of May, 1877, by act before
t a. L. Williams notary public, described as
i lpi certain tract OF land together with
an the buildings and improvements thereon.
containing thlr1y-tive arpents, situated about
piic lllle south o1 tine town OF Washington
pounded north by lands of f. /. Pitre, south Nv
said road. "N'' "
l. Judgment of the d t Court of St
kan''iy 40 l2o49 OF files ol ~ Vt Court entitled
Lot ne sum OF two hundred and forty dollars
1880. ~ "e"'''
Tcrms-Cash
c. c. DUSON,
.,n Sheriff OF the Parish of ST. Landry.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
illustrated Scientific News.

.n Inc April number of this interesting
"". popular magazine is just out
ia among the various subjects illustra-
teo In this number is an engraving of
'ne tate Emperor of Russia's steam
ts".: ' h''adla; a series of views illus
s'at'ng wood working attachments for
l'o' lathes; Prof. Secchi's solar nboto-
siaph'c apparatus, with six distinct
views OF the sun taken by this iustru-
''en'; engravings of the boats and
apparatus used on Lake Geneva for
the velocity of sound in
wafer; new machine for decorating
enameled surfaces; engravings of several
curious animals and objects in natural
history and an deliberately illustrated
article on Bee Culture.
Every number contains tbirty-two
pages full of engravings of novelties in
science and the useful arts. Published
oy Mum & Co., 81 Park Row. New
york; at $3.50 a year, and sold by all
news dealers.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
SHEREFF's SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OFsT. LANDRY,
No. 13O1i
LUDGER BIROTTE VS.. SOsTHENE NAL
VEhu.

BY virtue of an order of seizure and SALE issued
out of the honorable District Court, in and for
the parish of st. Landry, in the above entitled
suit, and to me directed, Twill proceed to sell at
PUBLIC auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of said parish, in the town of Opc-
lousas, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of
May, 1881. at II o'clock A. NJ, the following
described property, tO-wit:
A certain portion of land situated on Plaque
mine Ridge III this parish and State aforesaid,
measuring one arpent and "a half in front OF
the lands of Francois Jean and running west
to the land OF Pierre Pitrc forming an amount
Of ten superficial arpentS and fifty huntlrcdths
of an arpent more or less, bounded north by
the land of widow Jean Baptiste Malvcau, east
by land OF Pierre Pitre, being the same prop
erty acquired by the present vendor from the
present purchaser ON the twenty-fourth day Of
the mouth of March, 1873.
TepIns-Cash.
G. G. DUSON,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23

The GREATEST BLESSING. simple.
pure, harmless :emedy, that cures every
time, and prevents disease by keeping
the blood pure, stomach regular, kid
neys and liver active, is the greatest
blessing ever conferred upon man.
Hop Bitters is that remedy, and its pro-
prietors are being blessed by thousands
who have been saved aud cured by it.
Will you try iti-lEagle,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-04-23
Bald Heads.

A french halrdresser, IN q letter to
the New York Sun, says:
1 don't think am far from the truth
when say that during the past twenty
five years that l have practiced the pro-
fessiOn of hair-dresser, have made the
trial upon different bald heads of more
than 500 different hair tonics, and | am
bound to admit that / never saw a sin
gle head the hair of which was restored
after badness. The bad habit of wear
ing hats indoors is very burtful to the
hair. In 1905 after the famous battle
of Jena, in which the Prussians were
completely defeated by Napoleon L.,
Baron LarTey, the celebrated military
surgeon, perceived that many of the
German prisoners were completely bald.
Surprised, be made inquiries as to the
cause of this and he found that they
owed their badness to the shape-as
hemely as unhealthy-of their caps.
The foul air of the headgear, having no
issue, destroyed the vitality Of the hair.
London HAYS adopted a new process to
prevent the falling out of the hair.
They burn with an iron brought to a
the extremity Of the point of the hair.
This system is SO efficacious that the
Prince of Wales is to-day reduced to
the necessity of brushing his hair with
a sponge.
Miss Hattie Buell., the young lady
who voluntarily tasted for about As
days, died on the nth inst. Not drop
Of blood was found in the body, which
weighed 45 pounds. The attending
physician may thank his stars if he is
not sent to the penitentiary for aiding
and abetting the girl to commit suicide.
Ii he gets his just deserts he will be sent
to prison for some years to come. This
prolonged fasting business is becoming
an intolerable nuisance, and as moral
check to its growth several interested
parties should be taken in hand and
dealt with as they deserve.-[N. o.
States. .,-
Only fools or insane persons will fast
to death; and as there are too many Of
the kind in the world, there is no loss
when they leave it.
Judge Edouard Eugene Mouton, of
Vermilionville, died on Wednesday of
last week, in the 43d year of his age.
This is the second Judge Mouton that
has died in that district, in few years,
leaving vacancy on the district bench.
John clegg. Esq, Of yermilionyille,
has been appointed district judge, in
Mace of Judge r. f. Monton docaasod