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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-02-26
HSEB14aS SALE,

PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST LANDRY,
No. 1907
ESTATE OF LOUISA LEWIS, DECEAsRD.
BY virtue OF an order Of t,n honorable Pro-
pate Court, OF the Parish of IT Landry, there
Wlll he sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder by the undersigned administrator and
legal tutor or any duly qualified auctioneer,
at the plantation in Bellevue, parish of 81.
Landry, on THURSDAY, March sd, 1881, tho
following described property, belonging to the
estate Of Louisa Lewis, deceased, to-wit:
l. The plantation situated in Bellevue eon-
slst1nS of 1875 arpents, with buildings and
improvements thereon, to be sold in lots ae-
cordlng to plat to be exhibited upon the day
Of sale '
2 100 acres OF woodland in the Bellevue grant.
also 20 De sold in lots by plat to be exhibited At
sale. -
5. horses, mare and colt, oxen, 8 milch
COWS, IL head young cattle, one lot household
FURNITURE, one lot old books, one silver laddlo
ana lot OF German silver spoons.
Terms and Conditons.-Personal property
cash on the spot real estate to be sold for one
th!rc OF the principal price cash. and for the
balance purchasers will give their notes So
cured oy mortgage and vendors lien, and paya-
hle IN two equal annual installments with eight
per cent interest from day OF sale until payment;
purchasers Will also pay the notarys fee for
transfer OF the interest of the major heirs.
CALVIN A. FRAZEE.
Administrator and Leg1, Tutor
Jan 29-5t
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-02-26
Mourning Goods.

We have 81 full stock OF black goods Of Cast
,aeres, all wool 4I+ wide, from 10 cents TO $500
yard, Tamise, all wool, wide, from 40 cents
10 sl.5o a yard, Black Alpacas, from IS cents to
90, Albatross, Etemerc, Bombazines, etc.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-02-26
SssERHFF's SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OFsT. LANDRY,
NO 1926.
GEORGE r. FISLiT Il CO. w. A. II.
MAYO,

Ry virtue OF q writ OF feri facins, issued
ont Of tho honorable District Court, in and for
suit, and to directed. will proceed to sell at
public anction, to the highest bidder, at tho
Courthouse Of said parish, in the town Of Ope.
iousas, on SATURDAY,, the 10th day OF
March, 1881 at II o'clock A. NJ, the following
described property, to-wit:
Four lots Of ground with the buildings and
Improvements thereon, situated in the town OF
Opeousas, parish of st. Landry, bounded on
the north by south street, south by Cherry
street, east by Liberty street, and west BY
R"ilroad street being same property Acquirsd
by defendant by inheritance from Sue A. Mixer,
deceased wife of CIaadins Mayo. his mother.
Ierms-To be sold credit Of twelve
months. purchaser furnishing bond and security
accord ns to law and paying all costs and taxes
in cash
G. C. DUSON,
Sheriff OF the Parish of ST. Landry.
Feb II
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-02-26

In testimony whereof. wo have hereupto
signed our names, the day and date above
written.
P.J. LEFEBvRE,
JOHN SIMMS }.
c. MAYO,
JAMES 0. CHACHERE, Clerk.
Jan. IS
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
PILEsl PILEsl PILEsl
A sure Cure Found at Last. No One
Need Suffer.


A lure cure for the Blind, Bleeding,
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DIR. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DR.. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured the
worst chronic cases Of twenty-five and
thirty years. standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after applying this
wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions,
instruments and electuaries do more
harm than good. Williams Ointment
absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after get
ting warm in bed). acts as a poultice,
gives instant and painless relief, and is
prepared only for Piles, itching of the
private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. j. NJ. Cofinber-
ry, of Cleveland, says about DR.. Will
iams' Indian Pile Ointment: l have
used scores of pile cures, and it affords
me pleasure to say that l have never
found anything which gave such i'm
mediate and permanent relief as DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all Druggists, or mailed
on receipt of price.
FRANK S. HENRY g. Co., Props,
Cleveland, o.
Be sure and ask for Williams Pile
Ointment, and take no other.
For sale by Addoms & Glover.
mav7-daw1y
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25

Jack Finehoart had ono love affair.
says The Bradford (Ont.) Observer,
and only one. 1t was his sole romance
in life, and he was very chary of talk.
ing about it. But / learned the facts.
and they form n startling commentary
on border life and the character of tho
man.
He and his brother both fell in love
with the same girl, the niece of an of.
ficer in the regular army, then stationed
at Camp Douglas. Utah. Jack could
hate rs well rs love, and he could make
and keep n promise. He and his broth.
er came to an agreement by which both
men pledged themselves ncve again to
see or speak 10 the young lady, the pen.
atty foria violation of the contract be-
ing that the offender should die at the
hands Of the other. The brothers shook
hands over the bargain, and each went
his way.
Six years after. Jack sought out his
brother, travelling over two thousand
miles to do so. He told him quietly
that he had broken his oath, and wanted
the compact kept. The brother remon-
strated. but Jack was firm as adamant.
He had forfeited a pledge. and he was
ready to die. The end of it all was
that the two brothers met on the bank
of the Platte river one lovely summer
evening. Jack drew a heavy derringer,
cooked it, and handed 1t to his brother.
The latter drew of a few PAGES. leveled
the weapon. and looked once more at
Jack. II can't do it." he said.
Fineheart stood there, solitary, tall,
his arms folded. and an expression Of
quiet melancholy on his handsome face.
81 I'M ready" was his sole reply. The
brother leveled the pistol. took delib-
crate aim. and pulled the trigger. The
cartridge did not explode. Jack took
one long, quiet look at 1t. and. seeing
his brother about to fire again. once
nor gazed at the river. Suddenly the
brother raised his arm. and the deadly
weapon whizzed through the air. and
found a last resting-place beneath the
turbulent waters Of the rushing stream.
Jack advanced in anger. You arc
q perjurer." he said IL would have
killed you" and, disdaining the prof.
fered hand of his brother. he strobe
rapidly away. The two never rae,
again,
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A $1,000 for a eight of Her.

bsiiViA res ilcsHy
The other night Bickels went homo
and found his wife particularly retro
spective. She talfei of the past with
a @ a and looked to the future with q
sigh.
"Oh, by the way said Bickles. as
he sat on the side OF the bed pulling of
his boots, Il saw a gentleman down
town to-day who would give a thousand
dollars to see you
"Who was hep Docs he live in Lit
tie Rockp"
81 don't know his name.''
"Tll warrant that it was Oliver
Gregg"
No"
Then he must be George Weather.
ton"
Guess again. ! might know his
name IL / were to hear it,"
"Oh. / do wish l knew I" said tho
lady, exhibiting excitement! WAS it
Oscar Peoples P"
Guess again. remember his name
now"
Harvey Glenkins."
mo; his name is Lucas Wentwig.''
81 don't know q man by that name.
Why would he give u thousand dollars
to see me P"
Because he's blind"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
Plaxor Of Fowls.

The London (Eng.) Farmer says.
Don't imagine that it makes any differ.
snce how the chickens brought to the
table have been reared and fed, is the
advice given TO the provisioncr. Chick.
ems may be carefully dressed, delicious
ly stuffed, and yet pronounced not fit 70
eat. There is a flavor about them tia,
no soda rinsing can eliminate. and no
seasoning conceal. There are chickens
shat have picked up their living around
pig-sties and other unclean places. :
chicken may be- spoiled in dressing, 10,
alone cooking it. II killed with q full
craw and allowed to lie several hours
before drawn it gets an unpleasant
flavor. Fowls should be caught and
shut up without food for twelve hours
before they are beheaded. Then tho
craw and intcstines will BIO empty. and
the task of picking and dressing will be
greatly lessened. Old fowls arc neces-
sarily tough. only cook them long
enough. They are moro tender twenty
four hours after they are killed than Il
eaten immediately"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
{ eimule Pbilosopber.


Curtis Andrews and his wife have liv.
ed together for sixty years in Carolins
county, Maryland. and have never quar-.
relied. When asked for the secret OF
their domestic happiness, the old man
replied: we'll, I have always noticed
that there Is always more trouble be-
tween man and wife we making the
fire in the morning than anything else.
II they can get along smoothly about
that everything else is smooth. My
wife and l went to housekeeping to-
gcther in II log cabin nigh fifty years
ago. We've only got one fireplace. but
that's a big When we moved in l
said to her, Sally, I'll make the fire
and I'll tend to It, i made that fire,
and it's been burning over since. For
nigh fifty years I've covered that fire be-
fore going to bed, and Eve fixed 1t up
in the morning. Eve never had any
matches in the house, and there are
never any sulphur smells in the house,
hold. While that fire burns. sir, there
Is peace in Curtis Andrews home"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
Mullen.

The common mullen, regarded a.
but = common coarse weedin this coun-
try. and so common in fields as to often
prove n nuisance. is cultivated in Eng
land for its beauty. A writer In the
Gardener Chronicle says that it i,
well worth the attention of bo..h pro
fessional and amateur gardeners" II
seems that ii is known in Englsnd by
the common name OF 'Aaron's Rod"
There are two reasons" says this writ.
ter. '.why IL should be called by thu
name: First. the Romans dipped tbs
STAINS in tallow, and burnt them at fu
nerals. Secondly, the simple spike 10
long. cylindrical, and on it is n quaint.
ty Of densely packed, very largo, hand
some golden yellow flowers. The stem
is i've feet high. The flowers, when
dried In the sun. give u n fatty mat
ter. which is used in Alsaco as q csta-
plasm in the hemorrhodial complaints.
Formerly the plant was called barbas-
sum. from barba, meaning . beard. an
allusion either to tho shaggy nature Of
Its foliage. or else to two Of the five STA
mems. which are hairy"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
Too Late For the Resurrection.

The story of a MAJ who. having hir-
ed q horse to attend n funeral and was
cautioned against over-driving. said he
would keep up with the procession if he
killed the horse. is retold in . different
shape Of an Illinois candidate for nom
ination to office. Wishing to reach the
convention at q town, he hired n horse
at q livery stable. In spite of the an
didate's pounding and swearing, the
animal was 50 slow that the man did
not get there until after the conven-
ton had adjourned, and so he lost his
nomination. He denounced the owner
for giving him such a beast. The pro-
prietor Of the stable. on investigation.
discovered that the hostler had let him
have one of the hearse horses. ''Hearsc
horse, hearse horser" cried the bailed
politician. why. if a man should
start to q funeral with such a horse as
that he would not reach the grave till
two weeks after the resurrection"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
A Good and oheap Whitouash.

Few people know how easily white
wash Is made and how valuable it IL
when properly applied. Itnot only pre-
vents the decay OF wood, but Is great,
conducive To the healthfnlncss OF build
;ngs. whether Of wood or stone. Out
i.uildings and fences. when not painted
should be supplied once or twice Il ycs'
with a good coat Of whiicwash. whicl
should be- prepared in the following
way; Take u clean. water-ugh. barrel
or other suitable casA and put into l.
about n half bushel OF lime; slack il by
pouring water over il boiling hot. aud
put in it a sufficient quantity OF water
20 owe il five inchc3 deep. and stir i;
briskly till thoroughly SACKED; when
:he Stacking has been thoroughly effect
ed. dissolve il in water. and add two
pounds of sulphate OF zinc and COM
mon salt. These will cause the wash
70 harden and prevent i3 cracking.
which gives an unseemly appearance 10
the work. II desirable, a beautiful
cream color may be given 10 Tho above
wash by adding three pounds OF yellow
ochre; or a good pearl by lead. lamp,
vine. or ivy black, For fawn coio:, add
four pounds of lumber, Turkish or
American-the latter Is the chsapcr-
N pound of India red. ono pound OF
common lamp black.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25

Every wound or injury, even by acct
dent, or any disease entities a soldier of
the late war to apension. All pensions
by the law of January, 1879, begin back
at date of discharge or death of the
soldiet. All entitled should apply at
once. Thousands who are now draw
ing pension are entitled to an increase.
Soldiers and widows OF the war of 1872,
and Mexican wal are entitled to PEN
sions. Thousands are yet entitled to
bounty but do not know it. Fees in all
cases $40. Pay for every description of
war claims collected. Employ an at
torney residing in Washington, who
can give personal attention to your
business. American aud foreign pat
ents obtained on short notice. Send
two stamps for pension and bounty
laws. Address w. T. Fitzgerald, us.
claim agent, Lock Box 422, Washing
ton u. & f22dtf
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success in becoming . successful reader
by The tact tat be and his brothers
Lad so few books, Is children, thai, to
use his own words, we thought that
they We're all to be gotby hearty Every
good book whether il be a Of theYoI1d's
great books OF ne Of the books which
contains only the thinking and exper-
ienee of q nan wise in his generation,
If thoroughly studied, makes the read
er likeminded with the author. What
Webster read he made his own. Emer-
son has confessed that Plutarch and
Montague were books upon which hc
fed in his youth with irresistible attrac-
ton. CARLYLE saws: What | have found
the university did for me was that L
taught meto read in various language-
and various sciences, SO that i could
90 into the books. that treated on these
things and try anything / wanted to
make myself master Of gradually, rs /
found il suit me-" He was as omniyer-
Gus a reader as Maeaulay, with an in
sight into the heart of things which the
English historian never possessed, and
his advice TO the Edinburgh students
on the choice of books suggests the Sc
cret of his own studies. He says:
Learn 10 be discriminative in your
Te1ulu2 70 Ithu I'LL kluus VI LuluR1 lnhL
you have an interest in, and that you
lind to be really fit for what you are en-
gagged in. If you are in the strait" he
adds. "a very good indication al TO
ehoice-perhaps the best you a get
is a book that you have great curiosity
about. What Carlyle did at Edinburgh
university was to lay the large. liberal
groundwork for a man Of letters, and
the tradition goes that no one ever put
its library to such service. or entered
more deeply. while q student. into the
deep currents Of the worlds history.
Goethe, in .sWilhelm Meister," and
John Foster. in his letters and essays.
hive shown how culture begins. Emer-
sons three rules-neye. 70 read any
book that is not n year old; never to
read any but famed books; never to
read any but what you hke-are prac-
teal and modern, and can hardly be
improved upon. James Freeman
Clarke's rules are nearly the same-to
read actively. not passively; to read
with system and method Prob
ably the experience Of all who have DO
come intelligent and thoughtful people
conforms TO tho same general rules
They have worked upon individual
Lines Of choice in the selection Of books.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
High and Low Heels.

Some time ago Mr.. Morey devised an
apparatus for registering the steps.
which he called an odograph. t con-
sists OF a small cylinder, rotating by
means of clock-work in its interior. and
OF a pen which marks on the cylinder,
and is raised at each step by an impulse
communicated by a ball of air beneath
the sole. Observations have been made
on a number Of young soldiers. II was
nscertained that the step is longer in
going up hill than in going down hill.
1t Ii shorter when q burden is carried;
longer with low than high-heeled boots;
longer when tho sole Is thick aud pro-
longed q little beyond the foot than
when it Is short and flexible. 1t thus
appears that the heel may with benefit
be almost indefinitely lowered, while It
is disadvantageous to prolong the solo
Of the boot beyond q certain limit, or
give it an absolute rigidity. Some In
fluences which lengthen the step lessen
its frequency; SO in going up hill tho
step becomes at the same time longer
and less frequent. In walking on level
ground the length Of the step and its
frequency are always proportioned; the
quicker the walk the longer the stop.
Nature here proves the folly Of the
high heel in q most practical manner;
and the objection to them in men is
equally applicable to the ladies; and II
shey could only see themselves as they
,otter along perched on high heels and
walking as If stepping on e~gg-shells,
heir ludicrous appearance would at
n stop the fashion. ANY n accus.
iomed to country life and long walks
nm fho htl1a p,rct kava falt a.. ,o:ll-
cg WEAKNESS which a days shopping
with a lady entails. The slow, irregu-
ar walk. the frequent pauses, and the
difficulty of taking short steps with prop
r balance, are trials well known 10
men. Without q g~ood-shaped. low-heel-
I'd boot, NO lady, however pretty hor
loot or graceful her carriage, al walk
Decomingly, with case to herself and o
proper dexion of the muscles Of the
!eet and legs. Half the Kicked ankles
.omes from heels being too high to form
! proper steady base for the weight of
he body, and the narrow-pointed toes
prevent their proper expansion and use.
aake q footprint in the sand and then
70 and place your boot in it-what
margin there will be!
Horses. even with q horny hooi. suf-
Ter terribly II their shoes arc crampsd
Ind do not allow their feet to expand
Much more might be written Of the 40
'ompanying ills Of tight and high
aeeled boots; but as long as women vii
ooar the pain SO as TO appear taller and
% have tiny feet, 20 long win shss-
10 violence to naturs's gifts. LeRs and
bet were given ~ for use TO exercise
he body upon. In faet 90 cramped
ap and stalted has faahion made the
walk nowadays that . lady with wood
. !:gs might pan muster IN The PARK
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
The Choice of Books.

1t matters little what dull people
read. One book is as good as another.
and none will be of any service. This
Is not the case with bright persons.
Their reading gives direction to charac-
ter and method to thought. The biogra-
ply of every strong man or woman
shows that they were educated by some
one book. or by some living teacher
who acted upon them with a books ST.
lent force. 1t matters not SO much. in
any case. what the book may be; the
only qualification is that it shall deal
directly with some of the chief interests
Of life. The late Gen. Bartlett was
fond of quoting the case Of the ragged
boy who crawled into the Boston public
library and asked for a dime novel, the
same person appearing q few years
later and asking for q rare edition Of
Shakespeare. which the library did no,
contain. Daniel Webster explained his
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
EH6sh Of Dove.


A yesF or so sgO 8 little girl living
nsaF RathboneYille, n T., q village on
the line of the Erie railway, was pre-
sented with a pair Of doves. One day
three weeks ago, they wer flying cross
the railroad track, when the male bird
came in collision with the smOke-stack
of the Pacific express, which passes the
spot about z O'Clock in the morning.
The bird was killed by the shock and
instantly thrown u of sight of his
mate The female circled about the spot
for a few minutes, in evident amaze
ment at the sudden disappearance
of her mate. She then flew to a mile
post near by and for a long time gave
utterance 10 the IR%ournful notes char
acteristic of the dove. Suddenly she
seemed to realize what had carried the
male from her sight, and she rose in
air and few swiftly in the direction the
train had gone. She did not return
until about noon. She alighted at her
cote, where she remained the rest of the
day uttering her plaintiye cries. Next
morning, just before z O'Clock, she was
seen to fly away and take q position
near the spot where she last saw her
mate the day before. When the express
train came along she flew at the loco
motive. lowered about the smoke-stack
and around the cab as if looking for
her mate. She accompanied the loco
motive for a mile or so and then return
ed To her cote. Every day since then
she has repeated this strange conduct.
She goes to her lookout for the train at
precisely the same time each morning
and waits until he train comes along,
NO matter how late it may be. She
never goes further than about a mile
with the train, returning to her cote
and mourning p~iteously all day.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25

. A singular accident occurred TO q
freight train on the Boston and Provi.
dence railroad near the East Foxbor-
ough station. The train was heavily
loaded and OF a down-grade. running
at the rate of thirty miles an hour, when
the flange on N Of the wheels of the
car next TO the engine broke in going
over n frog. throwing the car from the
track and leaving it bottom-side-up
clear of the rest of the train, which ran
nearly half a mile before it could be
stopped. Had tho accident occurred
ten feet further on, the whole train
would have been piled up and the loss
would have been very heavy.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25

Are you disturbed al night and broken OF
your rest BY a sick child suffering and crying
with the excruciating pain of cutting teeths
II SO, go at once and get "A bottle of MRS.
WINSLOWfS SOOTHING SYRUP. IL will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
depend upon IL; there is no mistake about IL.
There Is not n mother on earth who has ever
used IL, who will no I tell ' on at once that IL
viii regulate the bowels, and give rest To the
mother, and relief and health to the child,
operating like magic. 1t Is perfectly safe 10
use In ali cases. and pleasant 10 the taste, and
is the Prescription OF one OF the olde st and
best female physicians and nurses In the
United States. Sold everywhere. Is cents a
bottle. jan30dawlycod
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25
Printing Greeubaoks.

IAN paper money!" said o Treasury
officer in conversation with a CnronicL
reporter. q few days ago. ..both legal
engraved. printed and iiniseed in the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing a,
Washington. Some years ago, one
halt tbe nq.e was finished in New York
by the Columbia Bank Note Company.
b,t - nj has been done away with for
ore tine. unier an act o. Congress.
:, Lai.dins has just been completed for
the sole use OF the bureau. Before
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-25

A singular circumstance is reported
from a hot. dry valley in New South
Wales. Last year the drought there
wa of long duration. and the denizens
of the apiaries suffered much from it.
This year the bees ave made provision
-gainst a similar emergency. They
have filled a large number of the ex-
;ornal cells in every hive with pure
water instead Of honey. 1t is thought
that the instinct of the little creatures
leads them to anticipate a hot summer.