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St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
ORDER OF COURT.

IN accordance with act No. 7 of the Legisla~
4 ture of Louisiana. approved February Goth,
1880, the following terms of Court are hereby
fixed in and for the 18th Judicial District,
parish of St. Landry, for the calendar year
1882, viz:
LIST. A civil term beginning Monday, January
23d and ending Thursday, February sd,
I'd. A jury term beginning on Tuesday. March
18th and ending Saturday, April sth.
Sd. civil term beginning Monday, April
oath and ending Saturday May 27th.
4th. A jury term beginning Monday, septem-
Der It'll and ending Saturday, October 4th.
5th. civil term beginning Monday. October
23d and ending Saturday, November 25th.
9Th A jury term beginning Tuesday. Deem
Der 5th and ending Saturday, December Esd.
GEO W. HUDSPETH,
Judge 18th Judicial District of Louisiana.
A true copy: E. S. TAYLOR, by. Clerk.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
BelIshaZZar and His Brother
Bill.
IArgOnaut.i

Belshazzar Smith had very bad and
a very dangerous habit of walking in
his sleep. His family feared that dur
ing one of his somnambulistic saunter-
ings he would charge out of the win
dow and kill himself, SO they persuaded
him to sleep with his little brother Will
liam, and to tie one end of a rope
around his body, and the other around
little William.
The very first night after this arrang-
ment was made, Belshazzar dreamed
that burglar was pursuing him with a
dagger. So he crept over to Williams
side of the bed, stepped over William s
slumbering form, jumped out on the
floor, and Slid under the bed. He stayed
there awhile, and then, his nightmare
having changed, he emerged upon the
other side Of the bed, and got under the
cover in his old place.
The rope, it will be observed, was be-
meath the bed !; and it was pulled taut,
too. Early in the morning, Belshazzar,
about half awake, scrouged over against
William. To his surprise, the move
jerked William clear out of bed. Bel
SHEAR leaped out to ascertain the cause
if the phenomenon, and at the same
time his brother disappeared under the
scared, and he Owed beneath the bed
stead as he did SO, he heard William
skirmishing across the blankets above
his head. Once more he rushed out,
just in time to see William glide over
the other side. Belshazzar just then be-
came sufficiently conscious to feel the
rope pulling on him. He comprehended
the situation at once, and disengaged
himself.
Perhaps little William was not mad.
He was in the hospital undergoing re-
pairs, for about three weeks, and when
he came out he had strange desire to
sleep alone. Belshezzar anchors him
self to an anvil now.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

CAN HYDROPHOBIA BE PREVENTED
NJ. Pasteur, an eminent French sarant,
has made up his mind to try and cure or
prevent hydrophobia. M. Pasteur is
we'll known in connection with investi-
cations into the efficacy of germs in
propagating disease, and much is ex-
pected Of his labors in this. new field.
He has already announced one impOr-
tant discovery. Hydrophobia is not
blood poisoning, but affects the gangli-
onic centres and the nerve tissue. 1t
was found that sheep, whose blood was
inOculuted with the poison were not
affected by hydrophobia but what was
very remarkable, the animals thus inoc-
ulated were proof against any attack
OF hydrophobia when bitten by mad
dog; that is to say, the incubation of
the poison in the blood is a preventive
against hydrophobia. Quite number
OF sheep have been treated; but in eve
~ case the animals died of hydrophobia,
except When first inoculated through
the blood. 1t would not, perhaps, be
advisable to try this preventive, but it
is a pity that the experiment could not
be tried first on human criminals. Cult
eau would be a very good subject
From Demorest's Monthly for Novem-
Der.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

PLAYING BARNYARD.-One day Billy
and Sammy We're playing in a mud
hole and Billy said
"Now, Sammy, les play we was a
barnyard. You be the pig and lie down
and waller, and I'll be bull and heller
like everything"
So they got down on their hands and
knees, and Sammy he went into the dirt
and wallowed, while Billy beloved
like distant thunder. By and by Sam
my came up muddy-you never saw
such a muddy little fellow-and he
said =
Nov you'll be the pig and let me
beller."
But Billy said =" amt very good
pig except for dinner, and it'll be time
huff for you to heller when yer mother
sees yer close.O
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
NOTICE..

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS. La, ;
November 4th, 1881
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, ana
that said proof will be made before the Judge
or Clerk of Court at Opelousas. La, on the l2tis
of December, 1881, viz: Thomas i. Bell, home
stead No. 1872, for the WI of W. section %
IS j, Louisiana Meridian, and names the
following as his witnesses, viz: Benlam1n
Walden, A. j. Mitchell, A. w. Carol and W. b.
GEO. BALDEY,
Nov, 12-5t Register,
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

Opelousas, Washington and Ever
green, during the races the past week,
were represented by the following
named gentlemen: Messrs. Z. Nc
Daniel. Thos: Firth, Edgar Roy, F. P.
Pete, nj. Medicis, John Kidder, Jules
Pete, Sam Bird, Joe Rivet, VIM. Hall,
Rich. LaWless, H. Ulrich. It would be
superfuous in Us to say that the dele
cation reflected credit upon st. Landry.
alexandria We The People,
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

Broom corn is likely at no distant day
to revolutionize the breadstuff supply of
the world. A process has been discov-
cred by which the finest and most deli
cious -four can be made from the seed to
the extent Of one-half its weight, and
leave the other half a valuable food for
making beef and milk. Theaverage yield
per acre is 800 bushels. or $1,000 pounds
have been secured. Nor does it exhaust
the soil as Indian corn, from the fact
shat it reeds from the deeper soil, and
assimilates it's food from cruder state.
1t belongs to the same genus as sweet
cane, commonly known as sorghum,
which as an article Of food is growing
seed Of which q most nutritious flour
can be obtained.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
New Bakery.

Fresh Bread and Cakes of all kinds, always
on hand, or baked to order, by the undersigned
at his new bakery, near the telegraph office,
Opelousas. Prices moderate. Call and see.
CHAS. PEFFERKORN.
Opelousas, March SHIFT
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
Darelgi2ss for Sale.

A GOOD DWELLING CONTAINING SIX
n rooms, and kitchen, situated at the corner
of Court and Cherry streets, Opelousas, are for
sale. For particulars apply at this office, or to
Sept. 17-6m. 7. s. RICHARD.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
N. EALER,

MATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Corner Main and Landry Streets. Opelousas
Keeps constantly on hand, for sale, a general
assortment of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry,
and
Grover Baker Sewing Machines.
He also gives his personal attention to repair
ing Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, and Sewing
Machines of all kinds.
dec. 21-ly.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

1t is expected that through trains
from San Francisco to New Orleans
will begin about the 18th inst. The
trains will run over the Morgan road,
by this place.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

1t is mistake to Judge Of the excel
snrce OF your work by the trouble it has
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

YoRKTOwN.-The Northern pictor-
ials are filled with sketches of real or
fanciful scenes at the historic Virginia
village an hundred years ago. In all
these pretending to depict the interview
between CORVALLIS and Washington,
the truth of history is, we fear, I; little
falsifed by the non appearance OF old
Caesar, a veteran negro who t1ourished on
a plantation near this city over score
of years before the war. He was one
of the numberless crowd of body SER
wants that always kept the great rebel
poor by consuming more ratlOns than
a regiment of quarter-masters could
we'll supply, and prided himself ON the
alleged fact that he was just behind
Washington when CORVALLIS gave up
his sword. Glow did he deceive it,
would ask some bystander, when old
Caesar would open on the subject
well, sab, Glnral Corvallis looked
mighty sick and ragged, JUS like pc
white trash. Marse George was dressed
nifty fine and sot On a big bay boss.
When Gineral Corvallis 'proach Marse
George he hilt out his sword and make
cOurtisey and offer it to Marse George
What did your Marse George say ?
" He look nifty cole and he draw his
sell up dill wave HIS Udu u W dIu
he say, hand it to my servant, sab ~
BIsMARK's FIRST LovE.-A lady who
lived recently in the United States
was, it seems, the object of Count Bis
marks first passionate attachment. Her
parents let rooms to the students atten-
ding the university in Greifswalde. The
young count serenaded the object of his
affection, and wrote her tender epistles.
While in the midst of his courtship with
his Josephine, he quarreled with the
authorities of the university, and was
forced to leave the town. He made,
however, a formal offer for his ladylove
but the lodging house keepers objected
to giving the hand of their daughter to
such IAN ill-reputed young man." This
was in 1842. In 1916 the family came to
America, where they lived in Brooklyn.
Here Josephine was induced to become
the wife of a Hungarian dealer in pc.
troleum. The husband died in 1872
and the lady went back to Europe, and
at last accounts, is living in Hungary
with married sister. She still pre-
serves the letters and amatory prodnc-
tons of the great Chancellor of the
foremost nation in Europe.-[F From
Demorest's Monthly for November.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03
~. IL. .NNrtel,
Ely AT LAW,
OPELOUSAS, La.

Will practice in the Parish aud District
Courts, of the District and give especial at
tention to all business before Magistrates
Courts. may 3-tf
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

te Frederick w. Gum, princi-
famous Connecticut school,
against the danger of free
e-alms by the following order j:
permit Il boy to aim an unload
- nc you ; ie you do not knock him
Cos will thrasi, you. Never mind
tie AIDED guns, they never hurt any
ehe; it is the empty ones that do all
che mischief"
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-03

One of the most remarkable cases of
a transportation of attorneys into wit
nesses occurred in the District Court
this week. Hon. d. C. Scarborough,
District Attorney, and w. H. Jack, ESQ,
happened to be the only witnesses in
case OF carrying concealed weapons.
Mr.. Jack was the attorney defending
the accused. They were both sum-
moned as witnesses and the District
Attorney prosecuting tile case. testified
in bei5aIf of the accused, while Mr.. w.
FL. ,'k. defendants attorney, testified
in aei'"f OF the State. Is there
en' UGH case On record Match
t. indicator.
, 1881-12-30

"A careful examination of our record
has convinced me that fully one-third of
our members can be counted on the
dead head list They do nothing in the
line of Chrirtian activity. AS to their
example. they are not bad enough to be
a warning to the outside world, nor good
enough TO be taken as an example by
any bOdy-in or out. Our benevolent
contributions look pretty well for our
numbers, but l learn that nearly one
third of their full amount has been
given by four persons; and that of the
other members OF the church more than
Onehalf gave less to religious causes
than they pay TO public amusement"
, 1881-12-30

They don't make much progress in
catching on" to electricity at Cincin-
natl. \ clerk in a hat store went to the
door with brass rod to take in some
buffalo robes The metal touched the
IRON frame Of the electric light, and he
was knocked through the plate glass
show window, from which he rolled to
the sidewalk, remaining unconscious for
"a long time.
, 1881-12-30

LAR, Bolton: Why DO you put
more than one n in the word tenant
in an advertisement regarding farm to
rent" You are the second crank who
has called our attention to that matter.
Wehave inquired Of the party who wrote
the 4d., and he says that experience
has taught him that tenants with il
double 'u have more energy and enter
prise, and are more likely 10 cultivate
their crops aud pay rent than tenants
with only ua. .'u. aal Doe Says Lu would
uar rent Goo any other kind. Now. We
..T. ra.f a... satisfy .uu, and iaat tuu
a.. .rr... .. a.r. a.H Farther inter-
, 1881-12-30

4 Kansas ode: Tell US not in mourn
ful numbers life is but an empty
dream, oyster stews, our sweethearts
tell us, are next best to frozen cream.
Let us all be up and doing, labor early,
labor late, for the necessary money
oysters cost two bits plate Winfield
COurant
, 1881-12-30

Experience is good school, but it
keeps too long, and the bills are too
costly for fellow who is III hurry for
q diplOma.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04
4" IintlemanIy Ladies'"

Contemporary appreciates the follow
ing specimen of Irish gallantry-and
grammar. So do we:
In railroad car the seats were all full
except one, which was occupied by q
pleasant looking Irishman and at one
of the stations couple of evidently we'll
bred and intelligent young ladies came
in to procure seats. Seeing none vacant,
they were about to go into the next car,
when Patrick arose hastily and offered
them his seat with evident pleasure.
But you will have no seat for your
self,'' responded one of the young ladies,
with smile, hesitating, with true po-
likeness, to accept it.
"Niver mind thatl" said the gallant
Hibernian; "I'd ride upon cow
catcher to New York, any time, for
smile from such jintlemanly ladies'"
And he retired hastily into the next
car, amid the cheers of his fellow passen-
gers.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04

ENANCY Goods and Notions, Some new ar
= '' S-'"F' F. MORTIMER.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04

e6- Mrs. Swisshelm says IL men wear
boots at all the boots should reach to the
waist and be fastened by belt; that
they should wear no collars, but leave
the neck and throat bare; that 'the
pantaloon" is an awkward contrivance,
impeding locomotion and catching dirt;
that a "boiled shirt" is physical abom-
ination, and the bat of man is the eli
max of his absurdity. We should like
to see a man dressed after Mrs. Swiss
helms ideal Ye gods wouldn't he be
q beauty 2p
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04
Guessing a Hogs Weight.

A dog fight sends the pulse of village
up to 1870, and foot race or knock down
will almost restore gray hairs to their
natural color; but for real excitement
let man come along in front of the
tavern about sundown driving hog.
"Say, where are you going 7"
"Going to sell this hog"
GO Hold on a minutel What does he
weight"
"Ob, about 225."
"Your' off; he won't go over 20O.''
Every chair is vacated ON the instant.
Every eye is fastened on the hog roofing
in the gutter, and every man flatters
himself that he can guess within a
pound of the porker's weight.
"That hog will pull down jist exactly
1876 pounds, - said the blacksmith, aftera
long squint.
''He won't go an ounce over 1856, ''adds
the cooper.
"I've got 50 bill that says that hog
will kick at 21O,'' says the hardware
man.
"You must be Wild" growls the gro
Ger; 81 can't see over $50 pounds of
meat there"
Twenty men take walk around the
porker, and squint, aud shake their
heads and look wise and the owner final
ly says:
" If he don't go over go, shall feel
that am no guesser."
"Over 220l If that hog weighs over
go pounds III treat this crowd! !" ex-
claims the owner of the bus line.
81 dunno bout that" muses. the
Squire, who is ON his way to the gro
Gerry after butter. "Some hogs weigh
more and some less. What breed is this
hog?"
Berkshire"
swell, I've seen some o. them Berk-
sheers that weighed like load of sand,
and then agin I've seed 'em where they
was all skin and bone. Has anybody
guessed that this hog will weigh 600 ?''
"No."
Well, that's little steep, but I've
kinder sot my idea on 25O."
By this time the crowd had increased
to a hundred, and the excitement is in
tense. The Squire lays half dollar
on 250, and the owner of hog rakes in
several bets on g between 900 and 225."
The porker is driven to the hay scales,
and the silence is almost painful as the
weighing takes place.
"Two hundred and twenty-three !"
calls the weigher.
Growls and lamentations smite the
evening air, and Stockholders pass over
the wagers to the lucky guessers, chief
of whom is the owner of the hog.
swell, I'm clear beat OUT" says the
Squire 81 felt dead sure he'd weigh
over SOO.'
"Oh, knew you were q ways of, !"
exclaims the guileless owner. When we
weighed him at noon he tipped at exact
ly 22S, and knew he couldn't have
picked up or lost over pound"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04
Perseverance Will Tell!

Stoughton, Mass, March 16l1 $780,
b. Kendall Co., Gents:-In Justice to you
and myself, think ought to let you know that
have removed TWO BONE SPAVINS with Ken
dall's SPAWN Cure" one very large one; don't
know how long the SPAWN had been there. l
have owned the horse eight months. 1t took me
four months to take the large one Off, and two
The horse is entirely well, not at all stiff, and no
bunch to be seen or felt. This is wonderful
medicine. 1t is a new thing here, but II II does
for all what 1t has done for me ts sale will be very
great. Respectfully yours
GHAS. E. PARKER.
Is sure in effects, mild in its action as 1t does
not blister, and yet Is penetrating and powerful to
reach any deep seated pain or TO remove any
bOny growth or any other enlargement, II used
for several days, such as spavns, splints, curbs,
calous, sprains, swelngs, any lameness and ali
tism in man and for any purpose for which lin
iment for man or beast. 1t is now known to be
the best liniment for man ever used, acting mild
and yet certain In its effects 1t is used full
strength with perfect safety at all seasons of the
year.
Send address'for Illustrated Circular which we
think gives positive proof of its virtues. No
remedy has ever met with such unqualified snc-
cess to our knowledge, for beast as well as man.
Price 81 per bottle. or Six bottles for SIS. All Drug
gists have IL or can get 1t for you or 1t will be sent
TO any address on receipt OF price by the prOpri-
etors. DIR. b. j. KENDALL Il CO.,
Enosburg Falls, Vermont
"Kendalrs SPAWN Cure" is now sold by all the
leading wholesale druggists and a large number
OF prominent retail druggists
=, So 4. MORTIMER, New Bloomfield, agent for
Perry Co., Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04

INVENTORS ASSrsss EpsoN anS Bsof Patent A
Solicitors GIT Seventh Street. Washington. ID. c.,
for instructions. Reasonable terms. References
and advice sent FREE. We attend exclusively
to Patent business. Reissues Interierences, and
cases rejected in other hands specially. Caveats
solicited. Upon receipt OF model or sketch and
description we alive our opinion as to patentabil-
ity, FREE OF CHARGE. We refer TO the Commits
siOnef OF Patents, also TO Ex-Commissi0ners =
Established 1866. VIC. n
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04

ESrATE N NOTICE.--Notic is hereby given
OF John Smith, late OF Carroll twp Perry county,
Pa, deceased, have been granted to the under
signed, residing at Shermansdale. Perry Co.. Pa.
Allpersons indebted to said estate are request
cd to make Immediate payment and those hayinR
claims wlllpresent them duly authenticated for
settlementto
CYRUS w. SMITH,
Administrator
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-04

GB- ooh, you are too self conscious"
said Fogg to young man. II self
conscious exclaimed Adolescence II
am conscious Of nothing" "That's
what said, replied Fogg.
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REOPENING- HOUSE,
X street, between Eighth and Ninth,
ROBERT SHARP Proprietor

VyHIS HOUSE HAS BEEN NEWLY REFITTFD
in first class style. Terms moderate. Board
and Lodging, IS to $40 pei week. Single Meals 25
cents. Board, 81 per week Single Rooms, so cents
and upwards. Fine Wines and Liquors at the Bar.
Street cars pass the door every five minutes 4plm
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GENERAL NOTES.

Boston Courier: The announcement
that Mr.. Longfellow is to sit to Mile.
Sarah Bernhardt for his portrait does not
surprise us any more than the statement IN
the Paris Figaro to the effect that there
was meeting of the Cabinet at Washing
ton to consider the subject OF collecting
the duty on her wardrobe.
A doctor In Scotland made nerve and
bone all. healing salve, and thought he
would experiment little with it. He at
first cat off his dogs tail, and applied some
of the salve to the stump. A new tail
grew out Immediately. He then applied
some to the tail which he cut off, and a new
dog grew out. He did not know which
dog was which.
A scandalous case is reported from Rats
bon, Germany. A well-known ply stefan,
DR.. Schmelcher, after having lived with
his wife in complete harmony for twenty
wears, fell violently in love with a young
girl OF eighteen. Both were Roman Catho-
lies, and in order thae he might obtain a
divorce the doctor became Protestant.
The church communicated him and for
babe the girl to marry him. Nevertheless,
the marriage did take place, though the
couple were obliged to go to Nuremberg to
get the ceremony performed, SO great was
the indignation against them at Ratisbon.
A disguised looking man with double
barreled shotgun came YEARLY up Wood
ward avenue. 'fWell, Jones'" said a
friend, "iust in from the fiats?" eyes, y
said Jones, dropping the butt of his gun
heavily on the pavement. I'm in from
the flats. Six of US have been sitting in
the rain in wet boat for two days locking
for ducks. Not seeing any sport in this |
left. The other five are there yet, and
am of your opinion that they're fats. Yes,
sir, shouldering the shotgun again, 6 I'm
just in from the flats. ''-[Detroit Free
press
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sacramento Market.

FRUT-Our Sacramento quotations are from
the price-lists of w. r Strong & Co., and ara
revised UP to P. N. yesterday. They rep
resent trade prices, and have in view selectet
fruits suitable for shipment Apples, Spitzenberg
81 25 red, s1@1 %; cooking, 90cGsl paperet
TOR long shipment, 81 IS; pears, ordinary varie
les, 81 s0a1 IS; oranges, Tahiti, s. 80
Loretta, s3a3 80 9 100; do Mexican, g 50d3
lemons, Sicily, $ll@l2 2 box; California, S4a5i
bananas, s4d4 80 2 bunch; sugar cane, 81 81
as q bunch pinespples, sag 8 dozen lines
81 50aI 70 . loo; do, 3 box, sloau; Gran
berries, very scarce S16dI7 Q Dbl Choice apples fol
long keeping are now coming forward and in com
plete variety. In fruit the variety is SMALL con
fined mainly to apples and tropical fruits,
DRIED FRUT-Ca'ifornia raisins whole, S2d
2 so; half, 81 5oa2 IS; quarters q 1898 eighths
SSef3 so. Pears, 10dl2c; piums, 15ta16c p aches
1it9l6c; apples, sliced, Ease; do quartered 6T7c
prunes, 121@l6c; blackberries, IS@1ee; figs
chIice, S,d9c; far do, 6ef7e; apricots, 20d22c
NUTs-English Walnuts, 91lec; new Californii
do, extra choice, 116oI2e; Almonds, I5dl7c: Pea
nuts, SAFE for California and s;d9e for Eastern
Hickory Nuts, SG10c; Pecan, l6c; FIlberis
Ice; Brazils, 14c 2 n; Eastern Chestnuts
SOC q; Cocoanuts, S9610 g 100.
HoSBy-Comb, San Diego, Is all; comb, in I
cans 50 5o@4 extra extracted, Sg10c Q h com
mon extracted, ease z h.
SEED-Aifalfa, lI@lSc; Timothy (Eastern), LOG
lie; Red Clover, l4al6c; Red Top, IS6l5c.
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CAPITAL ALE VAULTS

MO. so2 j. AND zoos THIRD STREETS
~ Hot Lunch daily from IL A. NJ. to l o'clock
P. NJ The Best of Wines Liquors and Cigars.
jy1S-4pim BOWERS & LONG ABAUGH.
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seminal Weakness.

Seminal Emissions, the
consequence ofsed.abuse.
This solitary vice or de-
PRAYED sexual indulgence,