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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-12-23
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Dec. 9.-After various petitions had been
disposed of in the Senate, resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for information as to the cost of
collecting the revenue and the number of
employees in each district. The bankruptcy
bill was taken up and discussed. A bill was
introduced to make restrictions against po-
Htical assessments more binding. ....In the
House, resolution was adopted calling on
the Secretary of War for information whether
or not the money appropriated IN the River
and Harbor bill was for work in the interest
of commerce and navigation. The Consular
and Diplomatic bill was passed.
DEC. 11.-Bils were introduced In the
Senate to prohibit political assessments and
for increase of pensions. -. In the House, q
bill to stop the coinage of silver dollars was
introduced. MI. Springer offered a resolution
for Constitutional Amendment relative to
the election Of President, Vice-President and
members of Congress. 1t fixes the term for
President and Vice President at six years, and
makes the President ineligible to election Tor
the next succeeding term; abolishes the
Electoral College, and provides for q direct
vote for President. Every State shall be en-
Representatives in Congress, and the vote of
each state shall be cast in proportion to the
popular vote in the State for each candidate.
The term OF members of Congress is fixed at
three years. and each session shall begin the
first Wednesday in January. In counting the
votes cast TOR President In Joint convention
CdCu ScllutOI hilu ulcIHDSE Slldil Uc Ouc tOtc.
Dec. 12 In the Senate several bills were
introduced, among them one to prohibit Fed
eral officers and employees from contributing
money for political purposes. A resolution
was adopted for inquiry as to legislation
needed regarding Yellowstone Park. The
Pendleton Civil service bill was discussed at
length, and anumber of amendments ordered
printed......ln the House the Post office,
Military Academy and Agricultural Appro-
priation bills were reported from Committee
of the Whole. resolution calling for infOr-
nation as to the amount expended on rivers
and harbors since the beginning OF the Gov
eminent was referred.
DEC. 3D. Consideration Of the Pendleton
Civil Service bill was resumed in the Senate,
and numerous amendments were offered......
In the House, the Agricultural Appropriation
and Military Academy bills were PASSED.
DEC. IA. I'm the Senate the Military and
Agricultural Appropriation bills were re-
ferred, and consideration of the Pendleton
Civil Service bill was resumed. 49,. In the
House a resolution was adopted inqu1ring
whether unauthorized land patents had been
granted to railroads, and the Post-offfce Ap-
5 preparation bin was then taken up. It APP
propriatAs so, being 81 49,, 52l less than
the estimates, and $685. $50 less than last year.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28
REMARKS BY sAGHs.

The Prince of Wales, it is said, has recent ly taken to American whiskey, and IS now addressed ''your ryeness- "-Neto Fork Post.
 One hundred and fifty years ago to day old Mrs. Washington became the grand. mother of her country.-Phladeiplti BntIe tin, 22d.
 Professor Proctor says the world will come to an end in 1897, but he has not yet com menced to give away any of his thing.l- DGn6as1y Neaos.
 We begin to doubt the good influence ot chapel devotions when the professor prays that the students may have hungering and thirsting after Patience. ."-BeacoH.
 ''why," said the esthetic editor as he came into the A1yo sanctum, lis my cigar intense?' s'Give it up," said Ephraim. Because it's too all butt" remarked A. E., plaintively. His place is now yacant.-11tteHd9Im
 A little Hartford boy who was being whipped by his mother for playing truant said 'tGiye me another, mann. cause I've got to play hockey one day more to go slid ing down hill with Ben Francis-told him would"
 At a young ladies' seminary recently, dur ing an examination in history, one of the pupils was interrogated thus: Mary, did Martin Luther die a natural death ?" 'No,
  bull. ."-Hdrgard LampoOR.
 ''There, there, don't cry any more" said the kind hearted stranger to little girl whC was leaning against the railing in front of { public schoolhouse, weeping as if her hear would break Tell us what's the matter. , The child turned two highly infismed orbs uI at the good Samaritan, and then stammereC between her sobs, ''All the girls in my clas was vaccinated last week, and mines the onll one that hasn't took. .''-Sund1y EdgLe. She was just arranging to settle down com fortably on Alphonso's shoulder, and AT eyes were contemplating her with that rap ture which is the top dressing of loving anC susceptible nature, when the psrlor doo | opened and her younger brother, the prid' and hope of the family, poked his head in an: exclaimed, ''Sallie, I've got one this time tha i you can't guess.n His sister was an amiabl' | girl and always humored him, so she kindl. added, ''Well, Poncey, let's have it-" What ! the difference" he asked, between you an' | a butterfly" As neither Sallie's nor Alphon so's face betrayed much enthusiasm over tn conundrum, Poncey fired the answer of a once "Cause butterfly has powder on it wings, but you always have it on your face. , | I-Brooklyp Eagle.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28
Nervous Debility {!

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 sions, Premature Old Age, caused by -exertion
 self fabuse oyerindugence which leads to misery, decay and death. One box will recent Each box contains one months treatment. One dol lar box, six boxes for five dollars sent by mail prepaid receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With each order received by for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, will send the purchaser written guarantee to return the money if the treatment does not effect Guar antees issued by D. A. Whttlesey, New Haven, Ct, to whom all orders should be addressed now eod&w1y
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

British red tape is perhaps more marvel ous thing in some respects than the red tape of this country. A specimen of its marvel ousness is afforded by the experience of Mr. Gerald Fitzgerald, an official in the Bureau of the Indian Controller General, who not long ago married daughter of Lord Houghton- Mir. Fitzgerald was selected for duty in Egypt some four or five years ago, to assist in man. aging the finances of the Khedive's nominal government. His post has been by no means sinecure, and his services are still required at Cairo. The English government fully rec ognizes the propriety of reckoning the time spent by Mir. Fitzgerald in Egypt as part Of his active service life. But it appears that under the prescriptions of red tape, Mir. Fltz- gerald's special leave of absence being up, he must lose his pension unless he complies with those prescriptions by leaving his home in Cairo, going to Calcutta and taking charge of his former office there for the space of one day, after which he may return to Egypt of a new leave. and become in due time fully entitled to his pension
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28
Butted to Death by a Ram.
From the St. Louis Republican,

about sixty-five years of age, residing at Padderborn or Prairie du Long, about twelve miles south of BelleYille, died yester- day morning from injuries received from a vicious ram. The old man Sunday morning last went out to the barn premises to feed the stock. The ram attacked Mueth as soon as he entered the barnyard and buttidg him in the stomach knocked him to the ground Then the ram continued his putting until the old man was unconscious and nearly dead, when he was rescued by members of the family. He was taken to the house and a physician called but his injuries were of such character that they proved fatal yes. terday morning.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28
BAKING

qualities cannot be surpassed, producing ost del cious, light sweet and wholesome Biscuits Cakes Pas try, Puddngs, etc, which may be eaten while fresh without detriment
 The high standard for purity and excellence which preparations have always maintained, and our ex- perience of thirty years in the manufacture of Baking Powder for use in making Self Raising Flour, warrants us in offering this Perfect Baking
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

Wild rumors circulate among some of the Russian peasantry since the assassination of Alexander II. That catastrophe has not al- together destroyed the faith of the peasantry in the old traditions of Czarish power, but they now believe strongly in the intention of the present head of the Romanofs tofedis tribute all the land among his faithful chil- dren In Saratoff the belief is spread that the present Czar has been elected for three years only. Among the ideas prevailing with regard to the land are these: That the gov ernment will buy up all the land both of the proprietors and peasants, and then relet it to the peasants in lots for twenty years, during which time no taxes will be imposed; that the Emperor will buy the land from the large proprietors and give it to the peasants; and that the soil will henceforth belong sole ly to the peasantry, to the exclusion eves of all merchants and members of other classes of the population. E..
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

About six weeks ago, Morgan l.. Rowland, who lives with his son John on East Seventh street. suffered third stroke of paralysis, which affected his throat so that he is unable to swallow. For 35 days he had taken no nourishment of any kind, not even water, which he rejects as soon as it is put to his lips. When Mir. Rowland was stricken down he weigh d 190 pounds. Should he continue in his present state it is only question of time when he dies of starvation.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28
POWDER.

Dealers are authorized to warrant every can O. Heckers' Perfect Baking Powder to give entire sstis faction For sale only in Cans, by all Grocers. GEORGE V. HECKER s& CO..
 Croton Flour Mills 2O5 Cherry Street, N. Y. James D. DeWeH X Co.,, Agents.
 233 to 239 STATE STREET.
 jy72tawdtf NEW HAVEN CONN
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

A DVERTISERS send for our Select List of "A Local Newspapers. Geo. P. Rowell X Co.,, 10 Spruce Street. N. Y. fe20 eod1m TEA CLUBS 51s o ing Tea Clubs" French China Tea Sets, Moss Rose Tea Sets, Stone China Dinner Sets Watches etc. gv- away. Extra inducements offered until April 1st
 CELESTIAL TEA O.,
 1nI dEA gnn Arnrfr,,i ,,irnntn prc i.anrnn
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

being done. It says: "An immense open
 ing has been made in the forest to admit the
 excavators to their work of cutting the isth-
 mus, but these monsters, which are credited as capable of doing the work of 500 men, are rusting on side tracks, or not yet put in working order. There are no tracks pre- pared to carry the excavators to the scene of | their labors and no side tracks to dispose of the earth when cut away by these machines. All this will be the work of months, at the rate at which we are moving, and the next dry season will be upon and the great trocha filled up again with undergrowth be- fore any real canal work will be done"
 A Spanish physician, Dr. Olive, deduces the following conclusions from 119 observa- tions: 1. The cobweb, when taken as pow der, cures daily or tertian malaria levers. ?. When administered by two gramme doses to men and one gramme doses to children 1t stops levers, usually after the second attack. 3. Its action is not so rapid as that of the sulphate of quinine, so until further re- searches cobweb powders ought not to be used in cases of pernicious levers. f. The powder being tasteless. is easier to take than quinine, especially for children. D. This remedy is very good preservative, To make cobweb powder, clean the cobwebs, dry them in the sun, and pound them in mortar. One gets thus an brown powder, insoluble in water and hardly soluble in alcohol.
 They have in Kentucky what are called "fifteen-cent assessors" The asse ssors are charged with the duty of returning the num- Der of legal voters in the State, for which service they are allowed fifteen cents per head They have not only ransacked the almshouses and the graveyards for subjects, but they have drawn on their imaginatiens for legal voters at fifteen cents per head, The result is that while in every other State in the Union the number of male persons over 2l years of age is largely in excess of tine num- Der of legal voters, in Kentucky there are more voters than adult males. According to the tables in the Auditors office there are in Kentucky 1000 persons who are legal voters'' and who are not males over the age of 21 years A single county-that of Lewis has l ,O31 of these nondescripts.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

A Panama paper comments severely upon the fact tn at the best season for work on the canal is passing rapidly away and nothing is
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28
EnlTORIAL NOTES.

The eulogy delivered by Mir. Blaine yester- day did full justice to it's subject. It was also very appropriate and eloquent.
 bill has been introduced into the New York Legislature providing that all telegraph and electric light wires and cables used in any city in the State shall be placed under the surface of the streets before March l, 1883, on penalty of having them taken down has been introduced before, but was killed, and it is hardly probable that the present one will fare any better, though it ought to.
 Some idea of the way the Mormon author ities work to strengthen their sect may be gained from the fact that during the last five years they have sent out about 800 mission aries. Last year the number sent out was 189, besides 79 who went to Arizona for colon- ization purposes. Of the 500 sent out in the past five years, 2S4 labored in this country, 219 in Great Britain, 114 in Scandinavia, IT in the Sandwich Islands, and 13 in New Zea. land. The missionaries remain abroad on the average, about two years.
 A decision which has just been given in a suit for divorce at Montreal will attract the attention of judges and lawyers generally in the United States as we'll as the dominion Of Canada. It was the case of one Mime. Ste phen, who obtained divorce in New York from her husband, James Fisk, merchant resident in Montreal, on grounds of adultery. The chief question was one of law, as to whether, under the circumstances, the Su- preme Court of New York had power to grant a divorce. Judge Torronse held that it did have this power and that the judgment was valid in the dominion of Canada. This de- cision is contrary to all precedents.
 | The Georgia papers report that gigantic scheme is on foot said to be started by Mir. Edward Atkinson, which, if carried out, will 1 abolish all the cotton warehouses in the | South It is claimed to be the purpose of the company, of which Mir. Atkinson is re- ported to be the head, to establish ginneries at every accessible point near to and on all railroad lines, purchase the planters cotton in the seed, gin it and, with the use of the Dederic press, press it into bales of 12i pounds, and sell direct to the factories. Il 1 is stated further that it is the purpose of the company to secure space in Oglethorpe Parl for the erection of gins and presses to man ipulate all the cotton coming into the Atlants market
 A Panama paper comments severely upor 4ha fook I Haa Cow h.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-28

The eulogy delivered by Mir. Blaine yester- day did full justice to its subject. It was also very appropriate and eloquent.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-11-17
Hats.

Hats were discovered about the time
they capped the climax, as this is the
first intimation we have of any head
covering.
One of the ~pleasantest ways to get a
hat is to bet one with another fellow and
lose it, and then the other fellow gets it.
This recipe is intended for ''the other
fellow"
On goinginto ahouse usually leave your
hat in the hall, on the rack, especially if
there are mor there. as this enables
you to select one of the best as you 90
out. The old fashioned way of carrying
bricks in a hod was, was for some time,
obsolete, the hat being generally used.
Of course the wear and tear on the hat
is greater with this than the old way,
mor especially if the lamp-post gets
away from you, and the hat manages to
fall underneath. And, in connection
with the above, it may be remarked that
the more light-headed a man appears
the more people suspect there are bricks
in his hat.
Hats are sometimes used to make
omelettes in, but for this it is necessary
TO be familiar with the different stages
and changes which occur, and also to
know '~eggsactly" how to do it. IT'S
true hats are made of different sizes for
people of different ages, but a 2-year-old
child a wear his grandfather's hat
with ease-and some rags wound round
his head. Hats are sometimes very
musical, and a display of this peculiar
lty rarely fails to create amusement
Whenever there is air enough the hat
band will usually precede the man at a
proper distance until the wind gives
out. The time is usuallylively, the mar
selecting the double quick. When you
come home at nightwith the top of your
high hat on the top of your head, the
brim all gone and the band hanging
around your neck, your safest excuse is
"Have been to the club"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-11-17
Miss Anthony's Trunks.

That is a characteristic If not true
story of Susan B. Anthony, who left st.
Louis, the other day, for Leavenworth,
with two medium-sized trunks for bag
gage. At first the baggage-clerk OBJ
jected to check them both on a single
ticket, and demanded pay for extra
weight. 'But," said she, 'they to-
gether weigh less than an o~rdinary-sized
Saratoga l distribute the weight in
this way purposely SO save the man who
does the lifting" The clerk looked at
her incredulously. '.And you tell me
seriously that you do this simply out of
consideration for the baggage-manp" II
dor "How long have you done FTP"
s.All my life. 1 have never purchased
a large trunk, for fear / might add to
the overburdened baggage-man's affiic-
tons"
The clerk walked off and conferred
with the head of the department. Then
the two returned together. 'Do 1 un-
derstand." said the chief, ''that you, of
all women, have been the first to show
humanity toward railroad peopleP'-
''That is a tenet of my creed" "Check
that baggager' said the chief, with
emphasis;" and when you run for Office,
Miss Anthony, you shall have my vote"
'.Mine, too!' echoed the clerk, handing
her the checks, and the trio parted,
happy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-11-17
Why He Didn't Explain.

Some eight or ten years ago a silvery-
tongued chap who claimed to be afruit-
tree agent swindled the farmers in a
shameful manner, says the Detroit Free
Press, and one resident of Nankin was
so mad about it that he came to Detroit,
searched the rascal out, and gave him
a pounding on the street. After he got
through his work he told the fellow that
he would lick him twice as bad if he ev-
er put eyes on him again, and it vas a
threat to be remembered and nursed.
About three weeks ago the Nankin man
was travelling in Washtenaw County,
and as he journeyed along the highway
he met a traveller who SO closely resem-
bled the fruit-tree swindler that he halt
ed and called out:
Here you are again, you bold-faced
rascal"
Eyes, I'm here" was the calm reply.
"Well, som /, and I'm going to lick
you until you can't holler! 1 said I'd do
it, and / always keep my word. Climb
down herew
The stranger s'clumb'' without q pro-
test, shedding his coat as he struck the
ground, and q fight began. In about
two minutes he had used up the farmer
and was coolly replacing his coat.
''See here" said the man from Nam
kin as he wiped his nose with a bur-
dock, '.you fight better than you did
eight years ago." n
"Well, / dunno. This is my first iaf-
fair with you"
Didn't / wollop you in front of the
Detroit Postoffice eight years agoP"
mo, sir! 1 was in Australia up to q
year ago."
"And you never saw me before"
sNeverr'
"And was never in NankinP"
"Ncverr'
"Well, I'll be hanged! Come to look
at you / can see that you are not the
mani Why on earth didn't you explain,
or ask me TOP You must have thought
me mistaken"
'Oh, yes, / knew you were mistaken,
but / had just discovered that / had
driven seven miles on the wrong road
and was wishing some one would come
along and give me two words of SASS
/ didn't want any explanations about it.
A rotten sweet apple will cure that
black eye in three or four days, and salt
and water will tighten your front teeth
in a week or SO. l feel fifty per cent.
better, and I'm ever so much Obliged
So long to your
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-11-17

Anew Albany citizen, who has an
excellent but gritty wife, while engaged
in thrashing in Clark county, Indiana,
paid his addresses to a young lady up
on whom he passed himself for a young
man. The wife heard of her husbands
trick and visited the young lady. telling
her she was the loyal, legal wife of her
sutton. The young lady said she could
not help it if he was married, that she
loved him. The wife replied: "All
right; I'll fix things" The husband
returned home on Friday evening last,
and his wife began to investigate him
on his conduct. telling him she had been
to see the young lady and knew all
about his peccadilloes. 'Don't you
think she's prettyp' he asked. The wife's
answer came in the shape of a fiddle
over the husbands head, making a
wreck of the instrument. He was then
hustled out of the house, and passed the
night out among strangers. He was
still q wanderer on Saturday evening.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-11-17
what $500 will do.

On receipt of eI.00 we will send Cry AND CoUN.
TRY one year to any address in the United States or
Canadas, and In addition will give each subscriber
10 Choice Books, each book containing COMPLETE
story or first class novel BY celebrated American
or European author, handsomely illustrated and
bound In pamphlet form, and send them free of
postage These books bound in cloth, and bought
separately at the book store would cost at least S1.00
each. Below we give the names of the gifted
authors and titles Of the books we give away to
every subscriber to City N COUNTRY
A GOLDEN DAWN. By the author of Dora Thorne.'
ENocH ARDEN AND OTHER Poems. BY Alfred
Tennyson.
BLUE EYES AND GOLDEN HAIR. BY Annie Thomas.
DUDLEY CARLTON. By Miss M. 4. Braddon.
A GILDED SIN. By the Author OF Dora Thorne
SISTER ROSE. By Wilkie Collins.
DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE.
ANNE. BY Mrs. Henry Wood.
VALERrE's FATE. BY Mrs. Alexander.
THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF COMMON THINGS.
EssrcA; or, THE MYSTERY OF THE HEADLANDs. BY
Eta w. Pierce.
THE LAUREL BUSH. BY Miss Mulock.
THE LADY OF THE LAKE. By Sir Walter Scott
AMOS BARTON. BY George Eliot.
GRIMM's FAIRY STORIES FOR THE YOUNG.
CAPTAIN ALKCK's LEGACY. BY M. 4. Caldor.
DAVID HUNT. BY Miss Ann s. Stephens.
HENRY ARKELI- By Mrs. Henry Wood.
RKAPING THE WHIRLwIND. By Mary Cecil Hay.
RETRIBUTIoN; OR, The MYSTERY OF THE MILL. BY
Margaret Blount.