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St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12
Pineapples.

We are having, this season, the
largest pineapples ever brought to this
market, enormous fellows, selling for
80 cents and 81 each. SHOW is it"
| asked of dealer, "we never had
fruit like this before9'' "Because," he
answered, "they were not grown. 1t
Is only OF late they have taken to cult
waiting the pineapple, by clipping off the
young ones and cutting close the trees,
growing only a few on each, after the
manner of grape growing for wine.
Hitherto pineapples grew wild, and no
care was taken of them" If they get
such great pines in England as we are
having, possibly they, fall down and
worship them. Brother Bull has always
venerated 'the pine," as he calls it. He
values it SO highly, that he seldom buys
one outright. He rents pine for his
grand dinners, and, as the custom is
well understood, nobody thinks of cut
ting it, though jokers have now and
then insisted upon piece, to the sore
discontinue of their hosts. Pineapples
like those we buy for few pennies
each cost an untold amount in England.
The perfume of the pineapple is so much
hked by some persons that they hang
the fruit in their rooms. 1t does not
take long for the delicate odor to per-
wade an apartment.-Progress.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12
.ttFather.,, he suddenly re

-'Father," he suddenly remarked
as he looked up into the paternal face,
you are awful good to. MAJ cam Il?
Well, 1 hope | treat her as husband
should devoted wife," ssAnd it's all
over town how liberal you are to her."
SHOW; what do you mean?'' "Why,
L heard three or four men on the car
say that all you had in the world was in
her name?" 'Yes-ahem-yes, you get
to bed, sir; and next time you hear peo-
pie lying about me don't listen to what
they say!'- Wall Street NeWs.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12
-Alyah Clark & Sons. of Cambride

-Alvah Clark & Sons, of Cambridge,
Mass, are constructing the largest tele-
scope in the world for the Lick Observ-
atory in California. 1t will have thir-
ty-six inch object glass, and will cost
$4,000 without the mounting. TO test
this instrument the firm is constructing
q brick tower, supporting an immense
iron cylinder, with the necessary gear
ing. The instrument will DO finished in
about two years.-NeW Eaven ReqisteT,
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

The Providence Journal says that at
Woonsocket, r. l., one of the elephants
in Barnum's show became enraged on
Friday afternoon and began to fight
with others of the herd. Panic and fear
seized upon the spectators. Crowds
rushed hither and thither and little
children were trampled under foot. An
effort to quiet the beasts failed. until
the arrival of George Arstingstall, the
trainer, who had one of his feet crushed
in his efforts to restore order.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

The German Post-office authori-
ties have recently issued on order, to
take effect on the first of January next,
that no mail matter will be received
having upon the envelopes or wrappers
additions to the address, any ADVERTISE
ment, medallion, or ornamental design
whatever, except only the name and
address of the sender, which must not
occupy more than one-sixth of the face
of the envelope.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

The Voltatc Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, WIN
send DR.: Dyes celebrated Electro oltaic
Belts and Appliances, on trial for thirty DAYS.
to men young or old) who are afflicted with
nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration
of vitality and manhood. Address AZ above
N: B.-No risk is incurred, as thirty DAYS
trial Is allowed.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

:, A SLEEPER is one who sleeps. A sleeper is
that in which the sleeper sleeps A sleeper is
that on which the sleeper which carries the
sleeper while he sleeps runs. Therefore while
the sleeper sleeps in the sleeper the sleeper
carries the sleeper over the sleeper under the
sleeper until the sleeper which carries the
sleeper jumps off the sleeper and wakes the
sleeper in the sleeper by striking the sleeper
under the sleeper, and there is no sleeper in
the sleeper ON the sleeper,
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

*x*"Slow and steady wins the race"
Steadily, but not slowly Kidney Wort is dis
tancing all competition for universal populari-
ty aud usefulness. This celebrated remedy
can DOW be obtained in the usual dry vegeta-
bile form, or in liquid form. 1t is put up in
the latter way for the especial convenience Of
those who cannot readily prepare it. 1t will
be found very concentrated and will act with
equal efficiency in either form. Read adver-
tisement.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

Who has not seen the fair, fresh young girl
transformed in few months into the pale,
haggard, dispirited womans The sparkling
eyes are dmmed, and the ringing laug heard
10 more. Too often the causes are disorders
of the system which DR.. Pierce's "Fayorite
Prescription" would remedy in short time.
Remember that the "Favorite Prescriptonn
will unfailingly cure all "female weaknesses"
and restore health and beauty. BY all drug
gists. Send three stamps for DR.. Pierce's treat
Use on Diseases of Women 96 pages). Address
WORLDS MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS Buffalo, NY,
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

A MINISTER writes: From hard study and
close application to the duties Of a protractei
revival, my health suffered severed took
a vacation and tired to win back health and
strength, but l seemed to be sinking into a
state OF general weakness and prostration. A
friend presented me with a bottle of DR.. GUY
sott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It's
effect has been wonderful, and although de-
cline having my name published l will speak
tunty."
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12
A Losing Joke

A prominent physician of Pittsburgh said
jokingly to lady patient who was complain
ing OF her continued ill health and Of his in
ability to cure her, "try Hop Bitters!'' The
lady took it in earnest and used the Bitters,
from which she obtained permanent health
She now laughs at the doctor for his Joke but
he is not SO well pleased with it. as it cost
him good MISUNDERSTANDING Patriot.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have
frequent headache, mouth tastes bad, poor
appetite, tongue coated, you are suffering from
torpid liver, or 'biliousness." Nothing will
cure you so speedily and permanently as Dr.
Pierces Golden Medical Discoyery' BY all
druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12
The Bilious,

dyspeptic or constipated. should address, with
two stamps for pamphlet, WORLDS DIsPEN-
sARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

In some respects the gentler sex far sur
passes u.s.. No man, for instance. can deliver
a lecture with dozen pins in his mouth.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

:."How sEEsIBLr your little boy talks!" ex-
claimed Mrs. Smith. Yes" replied Mrs
Brown; "he hasn't been among company vet"
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

"DoN'T put in no muskeeter nettin' for
me-" said Aunt Hannah Il don't want to
breathe no strained air"-Boston Transcript
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

IF maiden says she is twenty, vet looks
nifty, add the figures together, divide by two.
and you will aver age 0'
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

WHEN his cousin Annie got angry and told
OF the alleged mean way in which he had
treated her, Fogg simply remarked that it was
an Annie mad version, and he had nothing to
say.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

e9y Make your old things look like new by
using the Diamond Dyes, and you will be happy.
ANY Of the fashionable celors for 10 cents.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

81 HAVE fresh cold" said gentleman to
his acquaintance why do you have fresh
ones Why don't you have it cured!n
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

TEACHERS wanted for fall and winter va
cancies: Address, with stamp for application
form, Teachers Agency, Cincinnati, 0.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

&c No YoU don't; you must pay as you gor'
exclaimed the landlord, as he caught an i'm
pecunious boarder trying to skip away.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

SKINNY MEN "Wells' Health Renewer'' re-
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia. ST.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

STRA1GHTEN your old boots and shoes with
Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners, and wear them
again. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

REV. DR.. BoGGs believes in church debts.
because, he says, they increase the interest.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

!: FLIES, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats mice,
crows, cleared out by Rough on Rats" 15c.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

A CAREFUL man will never attempt to sit
down at table when the chair is not there.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

CALL me an octagon! said Mrs. Parting
ton; why, the next thing you will call me a
centurion, a relic Of antipathy, and send me
to the next imposition.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

Use Redding's Russia Salve in the house and
use Redding's Russia Salve in the stable. Try it.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12

WHAT constitutes revolution of the
earth? First comes the spring, then the
summer set and the fall. Needless to 60 win
ter further details.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-08-12
=M@rch ants
!gl!s!!A!!!Rl!G(zIl. INC OIL,
e. 4 ri \ ri q hi r

1ITs TOT our Inlnent, but We
~ |, ! cialm tits without an equal.
lt Is put mp m bottles Of three
sizes. and I'll we ask isrthat
you giVei it a fair trial. remern-
berlng thatthe Oil put up with
"hlte wrapper Isnall) is for
human and fowl flesh, and
that with yellow Wrapper
nlmal flesh. Try a bottle.
the OIL is used sue
diseases of the human, foWI
Shake well before using
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The Turkish Empire.

That the final wiping out from the
mgp of Z" Turkey in Europe" if not the
total dismemberment of the Ottoman
empire, is mere matter of time
is conceded by every one posted
in European politics. The great pow
ers, armed to the teeth, watch pa.
tiently for the time when the Grand
Turk, seraglio, and all the retinue OF
Oriental dissipation, luxury and in.
dolence, will be forced across the Bos-
phorus, and they be accorded their re-
spective slices of the "sick mans y
territory. In 1881, when France in
vaded and took possession of Tunis, it
was thought that the royal freebooters
were about to accomplish that oft pre-
dicted purpose; but the end was not
then. During this year Turkey has
had Egypt virtually wrested from her,
she has been compelled to cede more
territory to her offspring-Greece, who
of course will never be satisfied until
she gets numerous other important
and commercial marts which lie con-
tiguous; and now the little insignif-
cant Montenegro, mere spaniel
among the nations of the earth, of
course actuated by Russia, has, with
the greatest assurance, demanded the
immediate cession to her of the dis
trict of Kolatchin. Of course the
powers, which always decide unfavor-
ably to the porte, will urge compli-
ance with the demand, and
for aught we know terri
bic scramble viii follow as this
@house of cards." as some one terms
the present Turkish empire, be-
gins to fall. There is a theological
conceit, very ancient, that the final
overthrow of the Moslem empire is
predicted in the book Of Revelations.
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The Republican quarrel in Colorado.

washington OelLlnel.l
Ex-senator Chatfee, chairman of the
Republican state committee of Colora-
do, has published highly interesting
review of the recent election in this
state. Mr.. Chaffee makes serious
charges against Senator n. 7. Hill.
He accuses Senator Hill of having de-
iberately defeated the regular Repub-
ican candidate for governor, who rep
resented the Teller-Chaffee faction.
In Colorado there are two Republi-
can factions bitterly hostile to each
other like those in New York, in
Pennsylvania, in Ohio and in other
states. The hostility has resulted in
personal enmity between the respec-
tive leaders, and is therefore greatly
intensified. Mr.. Chaffee and Mr.. Teller
assert that two-thirds of the members
of the recently chosen legislature are
Republicans of the regular pattern.
This assertion is squarely denied by
Mr.. Hills friends, who allege that the
coming contest for senator will dis
close a state of facts wholly different
from that pictured by the administra-
tion organs.
The quarrel in Colorado is only an
other illustration of the apparently
irreconcilable feud affecting the party
everywhere at the present time. For
merly the policy was to silence per-
sonal quarrels and to restrain indi-
vidual ambitions, at least until the
harmony of the party was so far as
sured that its success at the polls was
out of jeopardy. That day has gone
by. Republican factions now fight
each other like Kilkenny,
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PRESS NOTES.

Mr.. Weed failed to leave an expla-
nation as to who struck Billy Patter-
son.-Philadelphia Times.
in Mobile is Mr.. Damrich. He ought
to be happy.-New Orleans Picayune.
Judge Folger is not the ideal secre-
tary OF the treasury. But the anxiety
of bad lot to have him resign is a
strong suggestion that he would do
well to remain where he is. He is at
least an honest tman.-Cincinnati Com
mercial.
Gambling to the amount of millions
is now the regulation thing in grain,
in meat, in oil, in stock. Legitimate
business is jostled out of our great
marts of trade, and the giant gamblers
are to the fore. How long can it last :?
Philadelphia times,
The pressure of public opinion has
caused the thieves to fall out. The
squeezing of officials has been con-
demned and the rings are to be
broken, no matter if the chief links in
the rings were used to pull Indiana
and other states through in 1885,
Vicksburg Herald.
Congressman Kasson sententiously
remarks: 1.-The Republican party does
not Sulk-it meditates." The medita-
tions of spanked child are not al
ways inspired by repentance. They
sometimes mean that new deviltry
will soon be afOOt. We trust the Re
publican meditations will not be of
this Sort.-BoSton Herald.
Senator Jackson, of Tennessee, who
supported the high-taX candidate for
governor at the late election, now ex-
presses his qualification at the election
of Gen. Bate. Senator Jackson is right
when he expresses the hope that such
legislation will be secured as will set
tie the debt on 60-3 basis, which is an
agreed and honorable adjustment
Baltimore Sun.
We commend the result of the cleo
tion and its causes as lesson in prac-
tical politics. If the lesson is candidly
studied, the most hardened observers
must see that any further success by
the spoils system is absolutely impos-
sible, and it is fair question whether
even its old advocates ought not now
to be ready to abandon it and try a
better method.-New YORK Times.
The decision last year, rendered for
the benefit of Chalmers and the dis
comfture of his negro opponent, is
now in favor of Manning and against
Chalmers. Under this act Manning
may keep the certificate of election
and let Chalmers contest if the latter
so pleases. Chalmers traps have been
so cautiously set that he is continual
ly tumbling into them himself
Chicago Times.
We do not care straw for Capt.
Cowdon's canal schemes. 1t is his Op-
position to the schemes of the other
fellows that we rejoice in. He has
told the truth about them, and has
our gratitude for his good service.
When their jobs are dead, we shall be
prepared to examine his job, if he has
any, upon its merits, and view it as
we do the matters that we have un-
der consideration, with an eye single
to the general welfare.-Cincinnati
Commercial.
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SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.

AS to the nature and propagation OF
electricity, Mr.. Ledies holds that they
are substantially subject to the same
mechanical laws which govern light
and heat.
Continuous baths, as carried out in
Vienna, are reported unoficially by
NJ. Lenoir as very efficacious in the
treatment of skin diseases, and he
warmly recommends their introduc-
tion into the hospitals of Paris.
Strange to say, the expedient OF
pouring oil upon the broken waves OF
the ocean to produce comparative
calm is spoken of by some of the scien-
titic journals as anew thing. The fact
is that this action of oil in stilling
breakers is as old at least as Aristotle
There is very little, if anything,
says the Lancet, to be said against the
use OF tobacco in an average state of
the organism. Those who are un-
favorably affected by it should alb
stain, and it is wholly inadmissible in
youth. We would go so far as to say
that no young man should smoke be-
fore he has attained his majority, and
it would he well if he deferred the
use of tobacco altogether and in every
form until the extreme limit of devel-
opment, which may be placed at the
age of twenty-six. 1t is impossible to
give any precept as to the time and
mode of smoking. Speaking generally.
the points of caution should be to avoid
irritation of the mucus membrane
of the mouth and fauces, loss of sali-
vary secretion, and super excitement
of the nerves and nerve centers. Ci-
gars are better than pipes, and far
better than cigarettes; but no cigar
should be smoked for more than three
fourths of its length, even with a
mouth-piece. The smoke should be
taken to the front of the mouth and
elected as rapidly as possible. Proper
ly and moderately enjoyed, tobacco
smoking, the writer concludes, is not
a baneful habit, but one that may be
reasonably enjoyed.
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The Prayer Cure.


According to series OF reports
from Pittsburg, no less than five per-
sons residing III that city or neighDor-
hood have been cured of chronic
disease within che past two weeks by
the power of prayer alone. One man
who had been paralytic for seven
years crawled into shed on his hands
and knees, prayed fervently for few
minutes, heard a voice saying, Arise
and walk" and Immediately threw
away his crutches. He is now travel
ing through the country, preaching
the efficiency of the prayer cure. A
woman was cured mIraculously of a
spinal affection of two years standing,
and child who for six months had
been confined to her bed with SINH
lar disease prayed strcnuously one
night and woke up well in the morn
ing. A female paralytic in Allegheny
City was unable to use her lower
limbs for seven months, spent last
Friday night in prayer and walked to
church on Sunday. 1t is alleged that
the facts in all these cases can be sub
stantiated.
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| Orleans himself, who craved compass
sion by his rope stirrup, having lost
the steel one in the heat and fury of
the melee-all was got up and COM
blned for picturesque emotion; and
the loud sObs and bewailings of the
people produced far more effect than
the loudeSt cheering could have done.
The flood in Europe have been even
ly distributed and unusually severe
during the past two or three months.
First the Tyrol was visited by an in
undation, which for three weeks rem
dered traffic impossible. and in some
cases nearly caused starvation. The
water swept down from the TyroleSe
Alps, overtlowing the Adige and its
branches, raising the level of the Po
by many feet, and spreading over the
broad, fiat lands in the province of
Venice. Almost contemporaneously
Switzerland suffered, the districts
round Geneva and Berne being almost
literally deluged. Latterly, the Seine
and the Rhine have taken their turn
and have driven their torrents through
the lower streets of the towns along
their banks. AS yet, meteorologists
have given no explanation of this ex-
tensive down-pour, which may not
imposSibly be traced back to the in
direct influence of the comet or to the
spots on the sun.
Judge Hane, of Philadelphia, has
rendered decision which, upon the
face of it, seems a little strange. A
man named DurkhaTdt held an acci-
dent policy in the Travellers accident
insurance company, and met his death
in this wise: He was a travelling
salesman and was on his way to
Louisville. Kentucky. The train was
stopped on the railway bridge across
the Ohio by the opening of the draw
bridge, and Burkhardt arose from his
seat, went on the front platform,
stepped off to the railway track, fell
through hole caused by the removal
of some of the planks with view to
repairs, and was fatally injured. He
thought the train had arrived at
Louisville. The court held that the
death of the assured resulted from his
voluntary and needless exposure to
danger, and consequently the company
was not liable. Now" says the New
Orleans Times-D emocrat. 1--WE should
like to know what real simon pure
dcclQenC Is.
According to the Lancet lot of
people have been made i'll at White
church, Salop, from eating pork. This
time, bear in mind, it was not that
much and unjuStly slandered article
American pork; it was choice home
cured Drawn. There was no evidence
at the investigation that there was the
presence of mineral poison, as the
county analyst, to whom the Drawn
was submitted for chemical analysis,
pronounced it to be absolutely free
from any mineral poison" There was
no evidence that theswine from whose
flesh the Drawn was made were in any
way unhealthy, but there was evidence
that the people eat of it when it was in
Il raw state, or at least a few days after
it was in pickle, which was the cause,
no doubt, of their illness. Had the re-
suit of this carniverous gluttony been
traced to American pork there would
have been such an onslaught by the
so-called agriculturist press of this
country as was never paralleled; every
column would have bristled with the
invective and passion of the wrathful
writers,
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A Garden for the Children,

Let the children have garden of
their own, and encourage them to
take such measures as will be sure to
give gratifying results. Children
love flowers, and they take the finest
pleasure of giving their own to
friends, and especially to the sick or
grieving. The London Gazette prints
a touching account of the unfortu-
nate little dauphin of France, son of
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette,
getting up early of summer morn
ings in order to cut the sweetest
and best flowers from his own
parterre to present to his mother;
and taking delight in concealing him
self in the bed curtains tosee the graf
flied smile with which the queen
opened her eyes upon them. He
would labor with all his tiny strength
to keep up the supply, and if the of
ficials begged him to let the gardener
do the work, he would entreat to be
allowed to go on, because his mamma
liked the flowers so well that he raised
and carried to her all himself. Prince
Albert used to encourage the little
princesses to cultivate not only fiow-
ers, but fruits and vegetables in plots
allotted to each, and convenient little
kitchen was fitted up near in which
they cooked and prepared the pro-
duce of their ground. These da1gh-
ters are now known all over the world
for their virtues and amenities. Thy
are pleasing contrast to scions of the
same family of a former time, and
shining examples of what good educa-
tion (not of books alone) can accom-
plish in one generation. The kinder
garten should be more than garden
in which children are merely the
plants to be cultivated. If they are
also made cultivators in real garden
of the beautiful and useful, among
plants, they will derive from it more
of good and capacity for doing good
than all the books and desks In the
world can alone supply.
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