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St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
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The Supreme Court Of the State. has
inst rendered an important decision
IN a road case, appealed from the par
- An INSPECTOR Of roads was proceeding
nnder the road laws passed by the po-'
ice Jury Of Terrebonne, to adyertlse
For sale the work to be done
IN IN tbe nublic road contiguous to the
lands of q person, who had refused TO
do the necessary work and was enJolned.
n was urged in the injunction that the
road laws of Terrebonne which required
thn nroprietors of land to make ana
repair roads in front of their properly,
at their expense, were in conflict with
State laws, which provided that p1bilc
roads should be made and repaired oy
the labor of the able-bodied men O.
the parish, under the control OF over
seers to be appointed by the Police Juc
ries. It was also urged that such part
ochial laws virtually operated tax on
The property, which had already tax
imposed on it, and are therefore VIOLA
tive Of constitutional provision.
The Supreme Court affirmed the de-
cision of the lower Court, which re-
fused to sustain the injunction. L. was
decided that under the laws OF the
State of Louisiana, Police Jnrles are
clothed with full, plenary and exclusive
mower in their respective parishes
The burden imposed on land owners
by the parochial road laws, is not a taa
within the constitution in it's Limitation
Of the municipal taxing power" :,
This decision should forever settle al
Doubts as to the power of Police ,Iurie'
to pass whatever laws they may deen
best and most proper to keep the road
| in good order. This parish is not al
i together free of those who hold sucl
j doubts and opinions.-l Marksville Bul
4 Ietin.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
why Life Is So Short.
lChicago Herald

Hardly day passes without the tele-
graph announcing the death of some
person at the remarkable age of 100 or
upward. But why should it be re-
markablea Also, why should it be re-
garded as surprising that IhurioW
Weed reached the age of eighty-flVe,
and that Gladstone, at the age OF
seyenty-three, should still be man
able to endure the fatigue of onerous
state affairs? 1t is because in the
Bible three score years and ten seems
to have been placed as the standard OF
ongvity, and four score an age only to
! be reached by reason OF unusual
strength? Why should not man, un.
der favorable conditions, live 100 years !.
All animal life has been demonstrated
| to possess sufficient stock OF vitality
4 to keep it going about. five times the
period the particular animal requires 60
mature. The horse natures at flve
years and easily livc9 twenty-five; the
| dog is pup until he Is about two years
old, and will live until he is ten, II not
overfed, and so on through the list
Ant man. who should have enough
sense to insure himself favorable condi-
tions for extending life, takes about
Twenty years to mature, and instead OF
living close up to the century hgure
1 neters out on an average of thirty five
i The fact is a man is prodigal OF the
4 vital force with which he is endowed
i He discounts it. Boys and girls are not
content to mature when nature intends
| they should. They 60 to school o.
i work before they should, and take or
y the clothes and manners of men anc
4 women before they have stopped grow
, ing. Boys become fathers, girls moth
4 ers, before they reach the age OF nor
] NAL maturity, and become old men ane
lwomen before they should have reaclfee
the prime Of life. There is no reasoi
wears if he and his forbears had no
and were not spendthrift Of their ant
] his vital capital. As it is man hardl.
Lives out half his days.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

A Belgian statistician has just pub
lished some interesting facts about the
comparative sums paid by each citizen
in the various countries of Europe for
war purposes and for education. In
England war taxes per capita amount
to 81 45, educational to Is cents u
France the respective amounts s. are 70 L L
and 38 cents, in Prussia w 80 and oe
cents, in Russia SO 45 and 8 cents, 10
Italy 81 So and sixteen cents, IN Aus,
tria 81 60 and SO cents, N switzerland =
81 is and 81. OF oil these countries
decent comparative showing for the lin.
strnction Of youth. The Russian fig.
| ures are peculiarly significant.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

II is computed that the shipwrecks
throughout the whole world last year
numbered close on 1000, representing
an aggregate tonnage of more than 60O,-
600 tons and loss OF 4129 lives. This
is d terrible sacrifice to the remorseless
sea; but one ray OF comfort may be
found in the fact that this record COM
pares faEorably with the re- returns rms. OF Pre- Pre-
yious Vars srenps and notably nygmbnaaa T1sa 1871 81
more. and the loss Of life was also cor
respondingly larger.-[S States.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
dimensions Of Heaven.

The following calculation based up
on a text OF Revelation, is botn cuiioue o',a
and interesting. 1t is copied from Ine
TharInt1yille .Jeffersonian, and VIII sug-
eest thought for those who think !:
aReyelaIion, xxi, 16: And he meas
,,rad fife CITY with reed, twelve tnou-
sand fnrlongs. The length and the
breadth and the heighth are equai;o aso ooo
aTweIye thousand urlongs.a,a9 ~ ,9sO,VVV ~
feet winch being cubed, is 943,oSo,oOO,,,
1lo1 fOO 600 900 100000 cubic feet, anu
half of which we will reserve !, 1or lne
throne of God and the court OF heaVgn, tI,l
half of the balance for streets, anu .nI
remainder divided by 1895, the cuoacaa ad
feet i'm the room sixteen feeG sqnaIree p lre ann atu
sixteen feet high, will be sU'o4o''oo'ooo..
900 rooms. +ho u,rld al
.as ~ did ID and always will contain 90O,-
100000 of inhabitants, and geheaa1sn1ooni !, 1no !
viii Last thirty and a third years., ,!Uo,-
oil nm nersons. Then suppose there
Weye II $40 such worlds, equal to this 10 2
nnn,her of inhabitants and duration OF
vaars~then there would be a room SIX,
Teen feet long, sixteen feet wide an1
s;xtaen feet high, for each person, anu
vet there would be room.
ITnregenerate sinners might ara"
some comfort from the fact that Wheie
such ample room has been provided
there must be design for all to oe
saved. especially if the world-thls
earth's population-were to come to an
end within a short time, or few thou
sand years. But the same authority
that provides so much room IN heaven
provides a still greater space OF outel
darkness for the wicked. Many shal
he called, but few shall be chosen
straight is the gate, and narrow Is thu
way which leads to heaven, and lev
there be that find it; but wide is th'
cate. and broad is the way which lead
to destruction, and many there be whlci
on in thereat. The only reasonable ID
ference is, that human life will contln
ne on this earth through innumerabi
wears till tile comparatively few VII
are saved will swell to sufficient mum
Der to I'LL the space provided for ther
in heaven. When that is accomplished
the Flower regions" will be pretty NJ
merously populated.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

Jefferson said there are two classes
of political thinkers: the one, fearing
or pretending to distrust the lntelll-
pence and patriotism of the people,
would grasp all possible power and cen
tralize our free political system the
other confide in the virtues and capac,I.e
ty Of the people for all tasks OF sell
State government, and would MAKE
them, instead of party leaders, the de-
pository OF power: Isaiah was a no tfqe. 1e
prophet than Thomas Jefferson. ne
can government Of to-day American
Register.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

AS there are some flowers which yonl
should smell but slightly, to extract all
that is pleasant in them, and which, II
YOU do otherwise, emit what is unpleas-
ant and noxious, SO there are some men
with whom slight acquaintance, Is
quite sufficient to draw out all that's dis;
agreeable a more intimate one would
be unsatisfactory and unsafe.-LLan'
lor
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
when to Elect congressman
fFrom the n. o. Times Democrat, ]

fFrom the N. o. Times Democrat
Attention is being called to the fact
that any election OF congressman is, to
nsa can't word, decidedly : too pre-
Tions., The Forty eighth Congress
meets in December, 1913, and yet lts
members are elected in November, ",
13 months ahead of time; while the
Oregon member is selected as early as
:Tnly' ,s2. lust II months before he ls
,,aaded Two serious disadvantages
fnllnw from this. By the time that
Congress meets, dozen or more sacan-
Cos have naturally occurred from death
IN inf the new roll. Two deaths have al.
raadv heen chronicled Of members OF
+ha Forty Congress-Coi. her.
ron Of this State, and DR.. Updegraff
If Ohio: and by December, 'S3, at the
average rate of mortality, we may eA-
meet a dozen or so more deaths OF Con-
rressmen long before their term begins.
The other disadvantage ls that Con-
oress. instead OF being fresh from the
neople-as it should be-to leglslate on
current questions of the day, comes .
year or more afterward, when prooaoly
The issues on which it was elected have
long since been laid at rest. Ihus lne
internal revenue was an Important ISSUE
in many districts in November put
when the members who are elecleu eli
it meet at Washington next Deceme eeI' se
the probability is that they VIII nhu l
this same internal revenue question
long since finally settled.
The fact is, that the present system
Of electing congressman from yeal
to q year and half ahead OF the time
when they are to serve, is q reiIct OF an
old barbarism. In the old days OF the
rennblic it took several months Tor. 9
member from the backwOOds to reacI
Washington. The California repre-
sentatives had sometimes to come
around Cape Horn and make tour o.
tle world to get to the capital. To-day
thanks to the railroad, all this is changed
and the most distant portions OF tut
country can now be reached in sever
days. -.
press or Parliament, like us, more thai
a wear in advance OF it's session nor d
we elect any other Of our officials i
this very :. previous manner. In
( President is chosen by the Electora
College in December, less than thre
months before he takes his seat. Up M
GoyerHufs occupy their position WIFI
in two months after election, and mum
cipal officers generally take pusscssl91
owithin q month. A change here woul
be very democratic. and the Worl
would not witness the absurd contra
diction that will be presented on o? !, = MOI 1!a
for q country which has shown at th
elections that it is strongly Democratl
The English system, which makes Ia!
lament correspond with the country
politics, changing as the views OF Il
{ nation change, is far more democrat
than 0urR
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

One small dose of Bailey's Saline
Aperient will Immediately cure sour
stomach, heartburn and sick headache.
It is pleasant and charming in taste,
and for constipation among. all VINO
lead a closely confined life, it is a most
admirable remedy. Fifty cents per
bottle.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

Many persons are bitterly opposed to
"patent medicines" and will rarely use
them at all. There is no doubt that
many are worthless, yet a remedy tnas
has stood the test for years, ike DI.
Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitters, and lts
sale and popularity increasing every
day must have merit or Ii would nave
disappeared long since.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

a remarkable warrior recently pre-
sented himself at Constantinople in or
der der to render homage to the Sultan.
This III veteran, known as "Hod Bey," the The
Gircassian leader, claims that he is 1SO
Years Of age and that he has seen 1o5
YEARS Of military service. He asserts
that he was born in 1862, and entered
the Turkish military service under the
Sultan Abdul Hamid in i777. Since
then he has served in the Ottoman ar
INV Ito which he still belongs) under
eight successive Snltans. He is said to
have participated in IS battles and un-
numbered small afrays, and to have re-
ceiyed twenty-three wounds. He is
still erect and vigorous, and possesses IS, a
remarkable appetite. The present SUI. u.
tan is said to have treated him with
mneh kindness and attention.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
1TFETING OF CREDITORS.
a ABRAM MAYER VS.. HIS CREDITORS.
No. 1s.41 DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF
ST. LANDRY.

pr rirt1e Of an order OF the Hon. District
f,anrt in and for st. Landry parish. and COM
m;ss;on to me directed, issued in the above en-
titled and numbered suit will hold meeting as
OF the creditors OF Abram Mayer, lns9rsenS a.
February % Goth, 1883, at 1Oo'cloek, A. NJ. IN order
that said Mayer may lay before his credltors q
statement of his affairs, that they may aeeeRs s3a
to take charge thereof, and take such further
ese'.o-- - w. 8. FRAZEE.
,on on.st Notary Public.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
ian 2o5t
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ppLICATI0N FOE RESPITE.
MAYO 8. DUKE VS.. HIs CREDITORS.

No. 1888.
DISTRICT COURT, PARIsH oFsT. LANDRY
finder and by virtue of an order Of the Hon.
the 18th Judicial District Court and commis-
sinn tn me directed issued in the above entl-
fed fed and an numbered suit, will hold meeting
elsa of the an creators Of Mayo Duke for the pur
Dc pose s Of taking into consideration the appiea.
ton Of said Mayo s. Duke ior respite m le +ww now
IF nnelousas, St. Landry parish, La. at the
honr Of 10 o'clock. A. NJ, Monday, March 5th,
1883. y Notarv Pnhl;e
nnelonsas. January 2sth 1883. st
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

Mr.. Spencer thinks we work too hard
and that the gospel we need to nave
preached to us is a gospel OF relaxa, !,
tion.n One and all the newspapers, iall
in with his views and deplore our shlgh
pressure life. This is simply fudge.
Man is lazy animal. Not one n MIL
lion Of us die from overwork. WHISKY
and Incidence kill 10000 where over
work: kills one, and what WHISKY
doesn't make turn up its toes prenaa-
ture loss of manly virtue and gormand-
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

English Female Bitters sends red
blood toa sickly woman's cheeks and
strength to her muscles, by giving an
appetite, aiding digestion and building
no the system. All sickly women who
need d never failing female regulator,
viii be delighted with it's prompt ac-
7tiOn.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
NOTICE OF ADMnNIsTRATIOf
ESTATE OF JAMES D. HAINEs.
"a. 44o4, PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT
~ - 1saITRT. PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.

whereas, Thomas g. Willis Of the parish na o.
a. Tandry. has applied by his petition TO pc
amounted administrators OF the estate Of James lss
b. Hanes, deceased, late of the parish oI ~
Landry. "a make
onnnsition to said appointment, will file tne as
same in writing in my office, in the toWn ,9t ~
0neionsas, within ten days from the pLss,enne ps,e y
notice. JAMES O. GHACHEkE, Siaa SieSA'
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17

Three hundred bushels of red oak
acorns have just been shipped to Eu-
rome by Mr.. G.. w. Letterman, special
agent of the forestry bureau in the In
terror Department, together with one
hundred and twenty bushels of pignuts.
The acorns and pignuts were sent to
England and Germany, where they are
"a Be planted during the coming spring.
This foreign demand for acorns and
nuts and the necessity for renewing the
forest growth Of old lands is full of i'm,
pcrtant suggestions to the people Of
this ountry.-[American Register.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-05
Modern Dairy EARNING.

Modern dairy farming, says the Hon.
Hiram Smith of Wise jnisn, starts out
with keeping one COW on four acres,
and this should be the password &c
every dairy lodge-"one cow to four
acres" and this should be rapidly re-
duced until the undoubted possibility
is reached OF keeping one to every acre.
One of the principles of modern dairy
farming is TO have our cows give the
most milk when dairy goods are ut the
highest price, which is invariably IN
winter. 1t has been repeatedly de-.
monstrsted that good herd of cows
coming into milk IN Septembe1, Octo-
Der and November will, Ill the average
give from 500 toe, 900 pounds of milk
annually. This milk is worth, to sell
at factory, or TO manufacture into
butter or cheese, $l.30 per 100 pounds,
or S5S 30 as the average for each COW.
In other words, dairy farming with one
cow to eight acres ON 100 produces ST..
| 100; modern dairy farming, with one
COW to four acres, produces 81 GEO, an
increase of 81 800; by an outlay for
| feed and help, net profit of 500, a
sum sufficient to raise the price of land
from $50 per acre TO 500 per acre. A
fundamental condition of successful
farming is large crops of corn, not less
than two acres of fodder and four acres
of field corn for every ten COWS. or a
total of twenty-four acres for forty
COWS. All the manure OF the farm
should be evenly placed on these TWEEN
ty-four acres during the winter, and the
land plowed previous to the 1Oth OF
May and thoroughly narrowed, the
corn planted Immediately thereafter
with horse drill, the rows three and
one-half feet apart, and the kernels
from seven to uine inches apart, apd
cultivated we'll before the corn comes
up with fine tooth harrow. Ere
quently cultivate until the 10Th of July,
at which time, if the work has been
honestly done, it will be free from
weeds with never hoe in the field,
and it is almost certain to produce fifty
bushels per acre Of shelled corn and
thirty tons of fodder. 1t TAX es. less la
Dor to raise twentyfour acres of corn
az described above, than to raise hal
that amount planted in hills and the
cultivation deferred until you can see
the rows.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-05

whose dangerous illness in Paris sum-
moued her par ents thiiher few weeks
ago, is noW.rspidly regaining her normal
health and strength.
Professor Paul Haupt. of Gottepgen,
whom h 3 been invited 20 fill the chair
of Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins
University, is only so years old, but has
already risen TO euviable prominence
among German philologists.
General H. v. Slocum has taken the
unexpired lease OF General Snerman's
house in Washington, and Congressman
Eadsworth Will make his Winter home
in the one in the same row that was
formerly occupied by Mr.. Blaine.
Dr. ]. :. Ford. of Ha gerstown, Md.
lived y commonplace lie, but when he
died his neighbors found that there had
been q streak Of eccentrictv in h
character In his will he left SOC, 600 TO
his wife and from 5000 to S5G0 each 70
all the women now maids or widows
whom he courled in his youth. This
romantic remembrance required an
outlay of So 600 Two weeks before his
death he chartered aud paid for a
special train for the use of the funeral
party.
Professor Alexander Agassiz ID by no
mems an idler by TIE sea. He has been
hard at work for several weeks in his
laboratory on Castle Hill, near Newport.
The interior of the laboratory contains
sinks and aquariums, which are suppli-
cd with salt water by a small steam
pump, and is furnished with work
table,, which are covered with black
and white tiles. The locality for the
laboratory is all that can be desired for
the study Of marine fauna. To avoid
isrrjng the stands used for microscopic
study are arranged upon a disoonnect-
ed floor, supported by brick piers and
arches A small steam launch Is pro-
vided for dredging.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-05
Business Failures.

NEw York, June 20 --Approxmate
figures of the business failures over the
entire country for the half year ending
so.day, computed by Dun & Co., indi-
cate marked increase in the number
and extent of liabilities as compared
with the corresponding two previous
years. For the first six months in 1881
the failures we're 2 1862; for the frat six
monshs in 1882, 1897; first half 1888,
4 637. Liabilities show a greater in
crease. In 1881 the liabilities for the
first siv months were $40. 100000; in
1882, $50, 100000; first six months of
1883 SOC, 1000. The increase in
liabilities for the last half year is attrib-
utable largely to speculative failures
IN the west but even deducting the in
debtedness springing from this cause
the increase in failures and liabilities
is very marked. 1t is noticeable, how
ever, that during the second quarter OF
the year the mercantile disasters were
much less than in the first quarter in
which the bulk of increase occurs, 30
that it is possible the worst part of the
year has been got over. Reports as 10
the business outlook from 81 trade cen.
tiers indicate most hopeful feeling as
70 the future.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-05
Fruit Notes.

Prof. G. H. French writes to the Car
bondale, III. Free Press; in reference t.
a new strawberry insect;
Mr.. G. II. Allen, living near here
asked me a few days ago what it was
that was eating his Strawberries and
what be should do for it. Upon in
quiry | found that the insect was a
Myriapod, a species of Chilopod, relat-
ed to toe C8ntipede of the Southern
States. They did not eat the vines nor
the green berries, to any appreciable
extent at least, and we're to be found in
the ripest. softest frnit sometimes the
whole interior being eaten out. found
further that they were in patch that
had been set several years and in
that ouly. | think | have seen the
same insect N my celery every winter
when it is banked up for bleaching
and to be kept through the winter. IL
is slender, brown worm, many Joint
ed, single pair of feet TO each Joint,
and and two or three inches long. NV
impression is that this species usually
feeds on soft or partially decayed veget.
able tissues and its attracted to the
strawberry because ofits soft condition.
'lae mulching of strawberries for the
winter, or even the leaves and weeds in
the same place for several winters
would be conducive to their develop.
ment.
1t seems to me the only remedies
necessary are more frequent or closer
picking so that the fruit docs get over
ripe, and not planting Strawberries on
the same ground again till some other
crop has been raised that will leave the
ground bare during the winter.
The Farmer and Fruit Grower saws:
Contrary to Prof. Freuch's experience
we found the insect in new patch and
noue in the old ones, though it might
have been there also. This insect will
not cause any uneasiness with the
berry growers, as but few berries are
infested with them, and those berries
are the large ripe ones, which the pick
ers are sure to eat, Worms incluGed.
If the pickers do not complain there
need be no alarm felt. Estslltt:s aGGs
force TO the sTguEent against fall
mulching and in favor OF moving the
patch and burning after the crop ia CT,
ss is done by growers Ec!th CT &c, AID
then mulchine in April.
Colman's 9urel Weird says that TIE
Sharpless strawberry hgs fCCnC -a6zy
new admirers tbs season the St.
Louis Esarket. T,e Monarch, for.
mer favorite, ia steadily declining in
the estimation Of Producers and ooE.
sumers, too, in thi, section. TIE Cres-
cent has made 6 poor showing in the
berry market, lacking 10 much in keep
ing qualities, while the Chas. Downing
has enlarged its list Of friends. The
general shipping trade, now the most
important to receivers, will risk 10 ELL
ing orders very little outside of the
Wilson, which they still regard the
great berry for commercial purposes.
Ii will be difficult 10 displsce 1t.
In the same paper Rufus ". Smith,