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St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30
Fashions ! in Cigars.


''How will you have your cigars
stylish, colory, or is it flavor that you
want?''
ARE there styles and fashions in
20 be sure,,' THE tobacco man re-
pl ed Fashions and STYLES change in
cigars even more than they do in dress
The judges of really good cigar are
very few, indeed The average smoker
buys cigar through his eyes Now,
here is one,''' tak.ng it from glitter.ng
showcase, F'thatp sells for i've cents,
You viii notice that it is rich, dark,
glossy and handsome. 1t has no quail
1y. but smoker is satisfied with it be-
cause it looks well, and, stuck in his
mouth, it serves the purpose of twenty
dive-cent cigar. | remember when it
was fashionable to smoke light -colored
cigars, Claro or Colorado. as they are
Known in the trade, but now everybody
wants dark, colory goods. This has led
to the use OF coloring extracts, and
Havana tobacco extract is now staple
article of merchandise in the trade. In
shapes the cigar manufacturers are con-
trolled by mold-makers, who, in order
to stimulate their business, are as mex
,orable in their season changes as are
the makers of hatters' blocks. Cigars
are pressed into wooden molds before
the wrapper is put On, and, according
to the mold, the cigar is turned out to
be thick Or thin. dumpy, pointed at end
or entirely round. Smokers, jas said
before, are attracted by appearance,
and some shapes become very popular
and have great run; others don't take
at all, and then the mold makers get up
another shape As for quality, it is
simply a matter of taste. Some men
actually prefer the taste Of a nickel
cigar, Just as an Irishman will cling to
his clay pipe and fligger head But
it is curious fact that il a smoker once
inhales the flavor of fine cigar he loses
all taste for cheaper article. M
Eyes; people are gradually becoming
educated in. the matter of taste, and
there would soon be no market for
nickel cigars if the ranks of smokers
were not constantly recruited from boy
cigarette smokers. Last year the con-
sumption Of cigarettes were 100000
less in this country than the year be-
fore. This shows that recruits have
been added to the ranks of cigar
smokers. Perhaps you don't know that
New York has become the largest man
ufacturing center of the cigar industry
in the world. For the seven months Of
this year ending July 30 there were
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30
A Change of Base.


q. It was at . social gatherings Colonel
Percy Yerger's mansion On Muslin ave-
nue.. There was newly -arrived young
lady present. who was in Austin on a
visit She was talking to an Austin
young gentleman when, pointing to an
other young lady, she asked:
!. Who is that fhorrid fright with red
hair and turn-up nose near the Window"
e. DO you referD the young lady with
the blne dresspf' IL asked re e. Z
Yes, that gawky-looking creature
with the blue dress and cheap pink
sash, and a stuck-up air about herr
''That is my sister, remarked the
young man, gravely.
Good gracious! You don't tell me
so? | don't know when I have seen
such a dear, charming creature. l am
just dying to be introduced to her. | can
tell by her looks we shall like each 9th
er. "-Ie1as Sitti,qqs.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30

A young lady in Philadelphia, who
was wearing handsome new dress, the
sleeves of which fitted as tight as her
skin came near losing her life recently.
In attempting to remove her waist the
cuff of one sleeve was so tightly wedged
against blood vessel that circulation
was arrested and she tainted. Her fall
brought assistance, and the sleeve had
to be cut open before it could be re-
moved.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30

Hundreds of thousands of men die
annually from strong drink. -Kunsas
P1ohibitioaatst. We never undertake to
critieise any other editor, but we do not
believe that any man can die annually.
Annually means every year, and no man
can die every year, for any great length
of time, unless he has great deal of
practice and experience at the business.
-leraS SlttingS.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30
LYDIA z. PsMKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Is a Positive Cure


for NIL those Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
socommon to our best female population.
It will cure entirely the worst form Of Female
plants, oil ovarian troubles Inflammation and CIcera-
tion Falling and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted TO the
change of Life.
It viii dissolve and e1pe tUmors from the uterus il
early stage of development. The tendency to
humors there checked speedily
1t removcs faintness, fatulency destroys all craving
for stmulans, and relieves weakness of the stomach.
It cures Boating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration,
General Debility, Slcepessness Depression and Indi.
gestion.
That feeling Of bearing down. causing pain, weight
and backache IS always permanently cured by its
1t will at all times ard under all circumstances act in
harmony with the laws that govern the female system.
For the of Kidney Complaints Of either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed
LYDIA E. PINKIiAAi'S VEGETABLE COM.
POUND is prepared at 223 and go Western Avenue,
Lynn Mass. Price 81 Six bottles for S.. Sent by mail
in the form of pills also of ozcnees receipt price,
ST. per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely
all letters of inquiry. Inclose &C. Stamp. Send COR
PAMPHLET Address as above Mention this paper.
No family shoull be without LYDIA F. P1NEHA1I'S
LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, bilora1ess,
and torpid:ty of the liver. 25 cents per box.
ny- Sold by all Druggists. L:
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30
That terrible scourge


That terrible EcOurKe
<,,or and oo,r snt
us consthcF, plfious
rcmlttent, besides af-
fectionsofthrs,om.
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produced by fl!ianiila-
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-30

The proprietor of this celebrated medicine
Justly claims for il superiority over all rem
edies ever offered to the public for the SAFE,
CERTAIN, SPEEDY aud PERMANENT cure
ofAgue and Fever, or Chills and Fever wheth-
er of short or long standing. He refers to the
entire Western and Southern country to bear
him testimony to the truth Of the assertion
that in no case whatever will it fail to cure il
the directions are strictly followed and carried
out. In great many cases single dose has
been sufficient for O cure, and whole families
have been cured by singh bottle, with per-
feet restoration Of the general health. It is,
however, prudent, and il every case more GER
tain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller
doses for week or two after the disease has
beer checked more especially in difficult and
long-standing cases. Usually this medicine
will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order. Should the patient, however. re-
qure cathartic medicine after having taken
three or four doses Of the Tonic. single dose
of BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS
will be sufficient
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must
have DR. JOHN BULLS private stamp on each
b>ttle DR. JOHN BULL only has the right to
manufacture and sell the original JOHN ].
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP. Of Louisville, Ky.
Examine we'll the label on each bottle. II my
private stamp is not on each bottle do not
purchase, or you will be deceived.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-19

cycle can appreciate, perhaps, the ha-
zardous nature of the performance,
even IT, it we're done on an elevated
straight track. with but three inches Of
room ON either side of the wheels; but
when 1t comes to track that is not only
. small circle, but ascends at ratio Of
10 in IS inches, it passes the comprehen-
sion of possibility. Still more marvel
Gus than the ascent is the decent. First
Of all is the start. ALI bicycle riders
know the difficulty Of mounting the by
cycle and retaining equilibrium without
first having given it an impetus; that it
is next to impossible to mount q bicycle
while it is standing still and start of.
Well, this is Just what LeOneti does. At
the top Of the spiral the track is level
about the length of the machine around.
The wheel stands facinR-nothinQ-
empty air, with nothing below but the
ground, some sixty feet below. When
he mounts his bicycle he starts it from
a standstill, and instantly turns the
wheel to the left. There is no chance to
remedy q mistake or to start over again.
The start has to be accuracy itself or it
is the last Of Si9nor Leonati, and once
started, the same supreme control of
nerve and muscle must be maintained
throughout the perilous journey. It is,
indeed, the most sensational perform
ance given before the public. 1t has
been the reiRnin9 sensation in Renz's
circus at Berlin for the past year, and
many unsuccessful attempts have been
made BY other American manaRers to
get it here. Tho salary demanded for it
vas too high for them, but then Mr..
torepaugh determined in the organiza-
tson Of his present company to stop at
no expense 70 mako up a performance
of novelties, he sent his son, Adam
ForepauRh, Jr., to Europe, and told him
to engage the greatest and the best, no
matter what the salaries demanded
might be, and of course the first thing
secured was this wonderful perform
ance, which will be presented In Fore
paugh's arenas.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-19
TaE COLUMBIA VALLEY.

Here is what the Oregon Short Line
Record has to say about the CUlumbia
Valley-its vast mineral wealth and
great possibilities in general, and the
Oregon Short Line in particular. That
paper has our best wishes as to realiza-
ton of the explanation predicted below:
We opine few of our Eastern readers
have any adequate conception of OuI
grand natural fempire hereway, soon TO
be developed by the Oregon Short Line.
Ours is the great basin or drainage of
the Columbia. It contains 100000
square miles and 10 larger than Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
sctts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
combined. In this vast area We have
$4,000, coo acres of the finest wheat lands
the sun shines on, capable of producing
l,5OO, 900 bushels annually-more
wheat than the United States, Great
Britain and the German Empire con-
sumo in twelve months. We have nearly
100000 farms yet to give away, of the
average size of those in the New Eng
nd States. We have &C, ,000. 600 acres of
D sturage, an area about two and half
.lmes greater than the entire State of
o Oaio, on whose small proportion of graz
lg lands there are 100000 head of
live stock. We have rom for 100000
cattle and 100000 sheep. We have
mineral belts containing gold, eilver,
iron, copper, lead, coal, salt, sulphur,
quicksilver, mica, antimony and other
varieties, thickly scattered over region
700 miles wide, east and west, and 800
miles long, north and south, whose sur
face. merely scratched over, has yielded
1895, ,OOO, coo in the last twenty years.
They will, when thoroughly developed
BY the Oregon Short Line, easily pro-
duce half the annual output of gold and
silver in the United States. We haye
more and better timber lands than
Maine, Wisconsin and Minnesota could
boast before they felt the axe. Here on
Wood River We have some heavy forests,
but Puget Sound, anywhere and every
where, will give you for the cutting, if
you are equal to such crime with an
axe, trees that will lie straight on the
ground and cover 20 feet Of length, and
measure %. feet around.
Our farm lands, il utilized as are those
of New England, would give employment
to 100000 people, or as those of
France, to 1900, 600. and annually pro-
duce crops worth $1,000. orc, 900. Our
mining districts 1--WE mean all those en-
braced in the drainage of the Columbia),
at the present rate of interest, will be
producing $lO.O0O,0OO per annum in
1--WE years, and giving employment to
$1,000 miners. Our forests, says the
Census Bureau, will soon be producing
$125, ,OO0OW worth of lumber annually.
and employing small armies Of men.
Tho best authorities agree that We can
market. $4,000 cattle, 10000 sheep,
and 5000, 600 pounds Of wool annually.
Our fisheries now export $1,000, 600
pounds Of salmon annually, worth
$3,0OO, 900, and employ 1000 people.
We have the right kind of climate to
Develop the highest type Of manhood
and WJmanhood, and to stimulate all of
these industries to the uttermost.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-19

give indication that its volume Il not A
great . II vasa year ago. The general
tone Of prices during the frst week Of
October Vas aboot 3 per esnt. lower
this year than last; % that the volume
Of business 10 measured In the quanti-
ties Transferred, which vas a. large "A
It was year ago at I'VE of the cities
which report smaller exchanges in
breadstu6s, especially those where the
decline in prices has been greater than
the decrease in exchanges, a. at Chica-
90, st. Louis and Milwaukee. In view
Of this fact the exchanges for the last
week reflect moro satisfactorily the con-
ditiOn Of business in some respects than
It did q year ago, while the decrease in
volume ID quite a. small.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-19

Among the supplies for the British
ARMY In Egypt mention 10 made of
driving spparatus, tubing. and pumps
name American drive wells are known
in ENGLAND, from the circumstance that
they were first used in the British army
in the Abyssinian war. Il is estimated
that 200 wells Of the capacity ordered
will furniah from two to three million
gallons Of water day, and make the
army independent Of the surface water
sources Of the country.
This, however, does not exhaust the
Indebtedness Of the British forces TO
American inventors. Tho great WaY
ships of England are supplied with the
Brush electric lamps, invented at Cleve-
land, and, as every reader will recall, it
Vas By means Of the powerful lights Of
the deet that AIabi's attempts to
strengthen the forts about Alexandria,
under cover Of night and contrary to
agreement, were detected and frustra-
ted. After tho bombardment began the
electric lights played . not less import
ant part in directing the movements Of
the ships at night In guarding against
surprises, and in wntchin9 tho move.
ments Of the enemy On shore.
During the bombardment the most
effective service was done by turTetsd
vessels; and the revolving turret il au
American invertiOn.
The machine gun, another American
invention, has proved an extremely Of.
Ao;ent arm for the invading forces.
Ono veaDel fred 6000 pounds Of shot
from Gatiin9 guns the frst day Of tn
bombardment.' A handful Of marines
with guns Of this type, were able TO dis
pefse the AlexandHiAn hooters" an ! n
stoee osder in ths afflicted city, whsr(
many times their number would have
failed without such aid.
In the subsequent skirmishinQ with
Arabi's troops about Alexandria, ani
later in the capture Of 6haluf and othe
fortified places along the Suex canal, th'
same guns on the gunboats and ol
shore have been IN constant use.
Il ID mot % veil known that the smal
arms Of the British soldiers arc bu
aliQhtly modified American guns, mad
With maohinsEy pattsrued aftse tha
developed IN the shops of Spgingneld
0Amaohuset1n. The system Of Axe
ammunition for small arms also, An
the machinery By which such cartridge
axe made, are all Of American origin
Seienfifse Asse1icas.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-19

Having received and added to our al
ready immense stock large invoices Of new
goods, we are now ready to supply our Gus
toners with full line Of the latest goods in
the market, consisting Of
SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR, TRUNKS, HATS.
VALISES, ETC.,
Ladies' and Misses, Gents and Boys
Ties, Hosiery, Purses, Satchels,
Albums, Accordeons, Turnaphones,
Organiun Harmonettas, Cutlery,
Fluted ware Crockery, Glassware,
Magnolia ware, Stationery, Fancy Goods,
Notions, Soaps, Perfumery, Cologne,
Bay Rum, Brushes, Brackets,
Baskets and Willowware,
Toys in immense quantities,
Blankets, Quilts, Towels and Crash,
Playing Cards, Household Tools,
Baby Carriages, etc.
Agency Of the celebrated Home and sgva Sewing Machine;
agents for California Surf Co.. 327 Sansome st.
The advantage oneprce system and Why the Golden Rus
Bazaar succeeds, follows:
We don't keep tash don't do cap-tzap advertising
n know that We Are live house. and vber vs s to be found
the best goods Be found the c and when d
With get full dollars worth for 100 cents can cell
placed on the same footing With the shrevdest buyer
and have shipments o goods on the v.y
and viii give customers the benefit Of it.
ton, and, the goods satisfactory returned
An goods marked in plain figures and shova With pleasure
Intending purchasers should call and examine stock
We rely extremely low prices from the beginning
also rely the principle which doing buiinss
We rely the good judgment Of fair.mindsd public.
i E. LOBE & co,
Front street. Seattle
j Els.z. SAT nars.. =. =. vr....... ..sx
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-19
F OR EIGN
ARahl's LaWyers.

CAno, Oct. 18.-The difficulty in re-
gard to counsel for Arabi Pasha con-
tinues. Possibly . compromise will be
formed in allowing counsel to sdvise
Arabi. but prohibiting his addressing
the court.
81. PE1zlsBU10, Oct. ia new
Russian loan Of Sc, ,WO, 900 nominal three
per cent. bonds atAfty win be Issued
immediately BY Rothsohild.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-06-01
Life Ynakutisk.

Lieutenant Eisenhower, Of the jean
nette Expedition writes on the 30th of
December, 1881, from Yakut5k, Siberia,
as follows; We are passing the time
quietly but imrAGently. 1t is daylight
here Mt about a. III. We get up and
have breakfast at little hotel that is
handy. The forenoon l spend reading
q little, writing little and in attending
to any business L may happen TO have
ON hand. About p. IN. General
TSchernief's sleigh arrives, and go to
dine with him generally return about
p. M. and if do not have visitors l
take q nap and kill time as well as | can
until p. A., when we have supper at
the little hotel, and then go to bed. As
/ have told you before, have found
nice people in every part of the world
that have visited. and this place is by
no means an exception. Last evening,
for instance, we spent very pleasantly at
the house of Mr.. Correikoff, an Irku-
tsk merchant, who entertained us very
well. His wife is charming lady, and
it was very pleasant to see the three
beautiful children. They have n fine
piano, the first one we have seen since
leaving San Francisco.
Yakutsk is city of 5000 inhabitants.
The houses are built of wood, and are
not painted. The streets are very wide,
and each house has large yard or
court. The principle trade is in furs.
In summer a great deal of fresh meat is
sent up the river. During nine months
Of the year snow and ice abound. In
the winter the thermometer falls to sew
enty degrees below zero. Since our ar
rival it has been sixty-eight degrees be-
low, and to-day it is only thirty-fiye de-
grees. or thereabonts. In the summer
the temperature rises as high as
ninety-fve degrees Fahrenheit, but the
nights are cold. There are many horses
and COWS in tins vicinity. Tue natives,
the YakutEs, eat horse meat, but the
Russians eat beef and venison. Pota
toes, cabbage and few other vegeta-
bles, few berries, wheat and rye are
grown in this vicinity. There are few
sheep and poultry also.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-06-01
Exploding an Alligator.

A hunter says that after having
tramped many hours through the swamps
of Southern Louisiana without finding
tho game he sought, he seated himself
upon log to take rest before turning
his steps homeward. A few minutes
after he was seated he looked down upon
the ground around him and was startled
by the appearance of large alligator.
which was lying upon its belly only e few
feet distant, with its mouth wide open
and Its eyes closed. At first impulse he
sprang to his feet and started to change
his resting place to a safer distance.
But he observed that the animal remain
ed motionless as though he had not OBJ
served his sudden movement. He at
once surmised that the alligator must be
asleep, and he resolved to have some
fun with him. After bea ing around the
bushes in order to reassure himself that
the animal wss really unconscious, he
stealthily crept up by the side of the
immense jaws and poured horn full of
powder into his mouth. Then taking up
number of percussion caps from his
box, he placed them in opposite posi-
tions on the ends of his teeth. And the
alligator continued to doze with his
mouth wide open. ''Then," says the
hunter, 81 walked to his other end, and
after preparing myself for emergency 1
just stuck Iin in his tail. Instantly
the great jaws went down with crash,
which was followed by an explosion and
a flash of fire, and from the volume of
smoke which enveloped the head /
saw pieces of flesh and jawbone flying
about among the trees. The great body
first recoiled from the terrible force and
then bounded forward against a tree.
Then 1T houndered about in the most
terrific commissions, beating down small
saplings and tearing up the ground.
Thus 1t continued for a quarter of an
hour, and then at last it became still.
Then there was one last lash of the tail.
a quiver through the frame, and my ALI
gator was dead"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-06-01
A German Stove.

On going to bed that night we got cur
first insight into the mysteries of Ger
man stoves and beds. German rooms,
are sas all well-regulated foreign rooms
are, cold in winter. In the corner of our
room stood china or deIf-ware concern
which the waiter was pleased to inform
AS was q stove. 1t was at least seven
feet high, and two feet and q half
square. The monotony of Its white.
gliStening, glazed exterior was relieved
by an attempt to deceive one into the
belief that it was built of seperate bricks,
while for ornament it bore around its
top border of impossible raised flow
ers, and half way down one side an i'm
possible raised angel, with outspread
wings. surrounded by a wreath OF i'm
possible raised flowers, in much the same
style of art one sees on the old-day tea
pots in the familiar illustration of "Re-
becca at the Well" Well, the waiter
opened polished door of sheet brass on
one side of this monollth, about foot
from the floor, and exposed an iron
door, bearing peg, from which peg de-
pended a key. With the key he unlock
ed this second door and brought to view
third door of barred iron. He opened
the third door and We gazed into little
chamber about foot square. Into this
chamber he put piece of paper, small
handful of wood and and a still smaller
handful of coal. He touched off the
paper, closed the the inner door, and
proceeded to open the windows, for that
stove smoked most Internally. We went
down stairs until the stove had gotten
through with its smoke When we went
up again the waiter had shut all three
doors not forgetting the middle one, and
had left that little smothered handful of
Goals to warm up that great stove and
our great room. The Germans claim,
that they get maximum amount of
heat out of these stoves with the expen-
diture of minimum amount of fuel and
that there is no danger of fire from them
economy and safety, two German
characteristics. l can vouch for the
minimum amount of fael, but on the
question of heat am inexorably silent.
They must be safe, for it is a physical
impossibllity for little. smothered fire
to get out of stove with solid walls
half foot thick and defended by three
doors, one of them locked aud the key
on the outside.