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St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26
TEL Haranl ut Mecca.

The central point of interest in Mecca
to the pilgrims whose visit thither con-
stitutes a sort of Easter holiday after
the fast is Ell Haram, the sanctuary.
This forms a sort of quadrangle two
hundred yards long and two hundred
and fifty wide, inclosed by lofty walls,
on the inside of which are cloisters ar
ranged in several galleries and sur
mounted by seven minarets. From the
cloisters are paths leading to the center
of the square, in which stands the cele-
brated Kaaba. This. is a square edifice
with sides of only thirty-eight feet in
length and forty feet in height. and sur
rounded with a railing. It is hung with
silk drapery having a fringe embroid-
cred with gold, and inscribed with the
names of all the successive 1Caliphs in
order. But the hangingss are taken
down every year and cut up for distri-
button among the pilgrims, who keep
the scraps as relics and mementoes of
their visit. Inside the sacred building
are four small chapels, or oratories, for
zvotaries, belonging to the four Islamite
sects, and under one of them is the well
of holy water. called Fem Fem, and a
block Of marble devoutly believed to be
the foot Of Abraham. The connection
of this patriarch with the temple is,
however, comparatively recent event
in its history. For at a much earlier
period the spot on which it stands was
chosen by Adam on his retreat from
Paradise as the most suitable place for
pitching his tent and offering up his
prayer. The famous g black stone,nn at
the outside of the temple, which is SO
eagerly venerated by the pilgrims, is
nothing less than the head of the angel
who, being in charge of Adam and Eve,
did not restrain them from tasting the
forbidden fruit. He was accordingly
transformed, as punishment, into the
shape and substance of a black piece OF
stone, and will not resume his original
form until the Day Of Judgment. LON
don Globe.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26

I'm November next four hundred
years will have passed since the birth
of Martin Luther, and a new edition of
the reformer's works is announced as
one of the proposed modes Of doing
him honor which Germany will adopt.
Hitherto the best edition of his Latin
and German works has been that pub
lished at Erlangen, 1826-1S57, and in a
second edition, 1861. That edition will
be superseded by the new one. The
German Emperor has presented the
necessary funds for the undertaking,
and the Prussian Ministry Of Worship
has appointed a committee to superin-
! tend it. az. 7. Herald. .s3
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26

Samuel Gum was recently ar.
raigned in local court for intoxica.
ton. When he shot his breath at the
,Judoe the latter remarked that it was
evidently d muzzle-odor, but he couldn' t
permit discharge. Fopaker, Gazette.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26

Business conducted on sound prin.
cip1es. The telephone.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26

France can put 5000, 900 armed and
kEained men ia the field.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18
Beware Of the Cloak.

A scientist, in the interest of married
men and the oppressed OF all nations,
has advanced new idea that will till
want long felt, and afford all men who
take advantage of it immediate relief in
this hour of their affiiction. He says
these new fur r-lined circulars are un-
healthy and should be abolished. 1t
appears that the iur-lined cloak has the
same elect on woman as diamond
pin on, mans shirt bosom has on the
man who wears it. A man with q dia-
mond pin on cannot have his coat but
toned up, for tear the pin will not show,
and in nine cases out Of ten unless he is
care nj to wear sheep skin protector.
he catches an awful cold and is liable to
die. More has been written by scien-
fists, and me iical men upon the folly of
wearing diamond pins on the shirt front
than upon any other OF the modern
fashions 10 which mortal man is ad-
dicted. And it seems the fur lined
cloak is also a worm that is gnawing at
the bud OF our beautiful tvpes of woman
hood, and making consumptives out Of
them. The troub is woman is bound
to have about five or six buttons of her
fur-lined cloak unbuttoned at the bot
tom so the cloak will blow back and ex.
pose the fur. But women seem deter
mined, in the face of all this testimony.
to stick to the fur-lined c oak and brave
dea h in one of its most horrid forms.
They have either got TO buttod up the
fur-lined cloak or wear sheep-skin
chest protector. .-Peck'S San.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

Elf you are . woman and want both health
and beauty, remember that all superficial ell
forts to increase your personal charms are
vain. Freshness and beauty accompany health,
and to secure this Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's
remedies for all female weaknesses offer the
surest means OF renovation. The highest in
telligence loses its luster when it must find
expression through bilious complexion.
Good for either sex.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

If you have choice potatoes to keep
for seed, put them in a box of sand in
the cellar. They will not sprout nor
freeze.
The Michigan Farmer says that in
England new use has been discovered
for damson plums. Farmers are plant
ing quite largely, less for pies than for
dyes. it having been ascertained that
beautiful color can be obtained from the
ripe trllit. U
"A tight, warm stable for animals
will result in the saving of from one
quarter to one third the fodder. Aside
from this, the comfort of the animals is
no unimpOrtant matter, when viewed
from humanitarian standpoint. .-In-
dianapolis journal.
Orange Pie: Crate the r nds of two
oranges and squeeze out the juice;
cream quarter of pound of butter, and
add by degrees half pound of sugar,
the yelks o: two eggs well beaten. then
the rind and juice OF the oranges. Beat
the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth.
and m them lightly with the other in
cred ents. Bake in pie-tins lined with
paste.-N Y IriJune
To Cure Group: Group, it is said,
can be cured in one minute, and the
remedy is simply alum and sugar. The
way to accomplish the deed is to take
knife or crater. and shave o 4 in small
particles about a teaspoonful OF alum;
then mix it with twice that amount of
sugar, to make it palatable. and admin
lister it as quickly as possible. Almost
instantaneous relief will follow - Detroit
Post.
Pick out the poorest poultry for
market first-not the poorest in flesh
and size, but the bad shaped ones, the
ones of bad color. or a color not to
your liking-long le rge ones, and such
as that. Select the best pullet. to keep
over-the best in 81 e. shape, color, pro-
ductivenesS. ct all the res, off out of
the way as soon as possible, so that the
stock birds shall have the best ch; nee.
Chicago JOurnGI.
"A sat ST ctory piece of e onomy is
tc take the pretty striped or dotted socks
of the father and cut them over in little
stockings for the baby. 1t often hap
pens that the sock is worn past mend
ing at the heel only, leaving the rest OF
it available. and if care is taken to make
the se9ms small and smooth. the little
stockings will be success, and W II last
at least twice as long as any children's S
socks that can be bought.
Some wise farmers ind it to their
advantage to keep no stock through the
winter, as they can always buy all they
want in March as low as in November.
and thus save the winter teeping. One
farmer we have read of whose regular
practice was to buy in March. feed ju-
diyiously till gr IS was ready for graz
ing. AMI then sell in June or soon af er.
ward. when his cattle were in the best
possible condition. BY this metho he
gave his pastures rest in the ia l. and
secured an earlier and more vigorous
start + hi' grass in the spring. N Y.
Examiner.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18
A Case not Beyond Help.

Dr. NJ H. Hinsdale, Kenawee. ILL.,, advises
us Of a remarkable cure of consumption. He
says = a neighbor's-wife WAS attacked with
violent lung disease and pronounced beyond
help from Quick Consumption. AS 1ast're-
sort the family was persuaded to try DIR. WM.
Halls BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS. To the as
constituent of all, by the time she had used
one half dozen bottles she was about the house
doing ber own work. / saw her at her worst
and had no idea she could recover"
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

DIR. PIERCE's ''Go.den Medical Discovery"
has become SO thoroughly established in public
favor that were it not for the forgetfulness OF
people it would not he necessary to call atten-
tion to its power to cure consumption, which
is scrofula Of the lungs, and other blood dis
easrs, as cru tions, botches, pimples, ulcers
and ''liver complaint
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

*x*"Durablity is better than show" Dura-
biiiIy of he 9TH is worth more than the wealth
Of Vanderbilt. Kidney-Wort is mans CO.
la orer in maintaining health. With healthy
liver, bowels aud kidneys, men and women
are torpid, if piles torment, if the back is full
of pain, get pack re of Kidaey- Wort and be
cured without more suffering.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

DIR. C. w. BENsoN's Celery and Chamomile
Pills are prepared expressly to cure and will
cure Headache of all kinds, Neuralgia, Nerv-
BUSINESS and Dyspepsia. Proved and endorsed
by physicians.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18
What Physicians Say.

DR. r. V. PIERCE Buff 10, n. Y: Dear SIR
Il have employed your Pleasant Purgative
Pellets in my practice for the last four years.
l now use no other Alternative or catha! tic
medicines in all chronic arrangements OF the
stomach, LIVER and bowels. know Of moth
ing that equals them. j. A. MILLER, N. d.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Cures coughs and colds. Pixies toothache
drops cure in one minute.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

"DR. BENsoN's Skin Cure eradicated my PIN
ole. They used to break out tcontanually." Steve
I. Harrison, Rochester, N. Y. 81 at druggists.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18
How Women Would Vote.

Were women allowed to vote. every one In
the land who has used D.. Pierce's "FavOrite
Prescription" would vote it to be an unfailing
remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex.
By druggists.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

EVEN half loaf is Better than loafng all
the time Many poor people of the working
class will testify to this version of the prov
erb.-Ckicdgo Times
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

THERE is nothing like molasses- candy
pulling to make yonns people clndid when
giving taffy.-Nec Haven Register.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

For THE CURE OF A COUGH OR SORE
THROAT, " "Browa's bronchial Troches'' are a
simple remedy. Sold only in boxes.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

For THICK HEADS, heavy stomachs biliousness,
''Wells' May Apple Pills, I" cathartic. 10 and 25c
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

"ANGELINA:" Eating onions not only pre-
vents the lips from chapping, but usually
keeps the chaps from Tipping - Chicago
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

ELDEST DAUGHTER (aged ten): ~ won
der what made ma marry pa? He is not at
all the sort of man should have cared for ~
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

A NAN writes to an editor for forty dollars
bee use he is terribly Short" and gets a re
ply: "GO long"
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

A POINTER: II you can't srell. write such
b id hand that nobody can tell what the
letters are
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

SKINNY MEN. 'Wells' Health Renewe.''
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia. 81.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

You can never rely upon an echo. Does not
Shakespeare speak Of the cave where Echo
l.es!-BOston Courier.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

''l'M a matron of husbaniry." said the
widow who made her fourth coupling
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

PROJECTION for home industries. A lock
On the pantry door.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

WHY is a shoe like house-girl2 Because
It is made of aw,-wOrk. f@E
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

PIECE of steel is good deal like man
when you get it red-hot it losses its temper.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

GET Lyons Patent Heel Stiffcners for those
new boots or shoes before you run them over.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

Frazer Axle Grease.
The Frazer Axle Gre ase lasts four times as
long as any other. Use it, and save your horses
and wagons. A trial will prove that we are right.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

TRY the new brand. ''Spring Tobacco.
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

~ ~ AMONTH and board in your county. Mel
$A or Ladies'. Pleasant Business. Address
W.T. P. W.ZIRaLKR 4 Co. Box - Chicago Ill
Dodge City times., 1883-01-18

GENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest.
"A selling Pictorial Books and Bibles Prices reduced
81 per cent NATIONAL PUBLISHING Co.. St. Louis, No
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14
A LIBEL ON US.
American TOURISTS Charged
With Outrageous VaudaI.
isnA.

LONDON, September 10.-An act of.
vandalism which has aroused the in
dignation Of all England has Just come
to light in Warwick castle. AS all
travellers will remember, after the
Warwick vase, the chief object Of in
terest and value is the famous begem
med table. This splendid work ofart.
besides its rare carvings, is studded
with rare ard costly old jewels, whose
intrinaic value alone amounts to sew.
eral thousand pounds. This table is
supposed to be never left unguarded
during the hours when visitors arc
allowed through the ancient demense.
aud is watched with jealous care at all
times. The other day, to the intense
indignation and disgust Of the keepers,
1t was discovered hal the precious
relic had been subjected to the depre-
dations Of either thieves or vandals.
The table was literally ruined, the
more valuable Of the carvings had
been pried or Clipped off, and the
body Of the article was all split aud
broken, and a great number Of the
jewels gone. All the fragments but
the merest splinters had been carried
away. A thorough investigation was
made, and 1T was ascertained that a
party Of Americans had been inspect
log the table a short time before the
discovery Of the outrage. The Amer,
leans were the last visitors in the
apartment before the discovery, and
they we're permitted to continue their
examinations Of the relic during q
brief absence Of the keeper. When
he returned the table was q ruin. An
alarm was sounded, but no trace OF
the American party could be found.
This act Of robbery has produced a
profound sensation Many persons re-
fuse to believe thatthe party described
by the keepers were really Americans.
IL is suggested that the party were
possibly disguised thieves, who had
intended 10 mutilate and carry away
iragments Of the Warwick vase for the
purpose Of securing a ransom, and fail.
ing 10 that design resorted to the at.
tack on tho table and robbery Of il
Jewels. One bad result Of this orimC
against art will be the necessarily
greater soolusion in the future Of al
the treasures Of the Warwick castle
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14

in which he took part. He then saw
at Toulon 500 sailing vessels employed
10 convey an army of 10000 men,there
being also one steamer. What a change
had been witnessed since them land
be had been instrumental in bringing
t about, for last year he had passed
6.000,U O0 tons through the Suez canal
by steam aud only 70 tons by q single
sailing vessel. When he came on
leave from Alexandria, the journey on
board a man>of war, agood sailor, took
81 days, and there were 40 days quar-
antine at TOulon. He would say spmeN
thing Of guarantees and the cholera.
He often violated guarantees, for in
former days it was impossible to sub.
init to them. AS 10 the cholera. the
present terror was exagger-
ated. The chief thing IN
travelling where there we're
epidemics was to be fearless Courage
was a great preventive, and he had
seldom known a courageous man to
have cholera OF the plague. These
diseases began with a d%eraneement Of
the stomach, which sprang from
weakness Of character and will. He
staid seven years in Egypt. then was
sent in turn to Holland, Malaga, Bar
celOna and Madrid, and, lastly, as
Ambassador to Rome. Here he fell
out with his government and he there
upon resigned, deVotiug himself 10
studies on the Suez Canal question
end they knew that their old fellow
schoolboy had since then done some
useful things for the world.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14
a Rerractory Audienee.

Bill Nye, In Detroit FREQ Press.
A very sad thing occurred at a late
performance given at Laramie City.
Az the close of the last act one Of the
principal performers is instantly
killed. 1t is then the duty Of the
audience to rise, pick up its umbrella
and walk home. Sometimes, however,
the audience is not familiar with the
play and does not 90 home. 1t waits
tor more death and carnage before its
awful thirst for blood is glutted.
That was the case at Laramie two
weeks ago. The stage hired man who
hauls the dead off into the dressing
room, waited patiently, but the PEG.
pie would not go. In order to get the
full value Of their dollar they desired
to see the post mortem examination.
They could not go home until it had
been settled that the villain was fully
and thoroughly dead.
There he lay, with bis ear against a
kerosene footlight, suffering, at 50 per
week, and tho audience absolutely re-
lfusing to 80 home and allow the man
to revive or to requiescat in pace. The
curtain, though loaded at the bottom
with a telegraph pole, failed to come
down, and tho legs Of the avenger and
other members OF the troupe fitted
past the space left by the unruly cur
tain, and the dead villain lay on his
back, having yielded up his life four
times that same week, in the same
manner, beside carrying the heavy
trunks Of the beautiful actress up two
flights Of stairs for her in three differ.
ent towns.
As there were no programmes pe0-
pie looked at each other and wondered
They knew that this man was I'M
doubtedly dead, but whether the COM
pany had a fresh one or not was the
question.
Finally two adult members Of the
troupe came forward and pulled down
the refractory curtain. Then the man.
ager advanced to the front of the stage
and, in a voice ohoked with emotion,
said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we would
be glad TO massacre some more Of our
troupe it we could, but We cannot at
ford it. In a one stand town one mar
is all that we can yield up to the cold
embrace of death. Our printing il
high, and we have to pay $15 for the
hall. Therefore, we regret to an.
nOunce that the play IL now over
You can go home with safety and
We will attend to the remains. W.
have every hope that the young mar
will be able to draw his salary mex
week, and that we may win hin
back to joy and health sgain. He
has a good constitution, a fair appe
tito and we feel like trusting it all t
the future. We regret to see you 20
but as the %janitor is now blowing GU.
the lights and it is getting pretty wei
int the shank OF the evening WI
must say good bye to you, hoping tina.
during our absence the Laramie
Opera House Company will decide L
assessiits stockholders, purchase SOM
more wicks for the footlights, put tn,
old piano out Of its misery and sticl
another pair Of overalls into the bro
ken window Of the ladies' dressiuI
room, SO that the actresses who visi
your town will feel more segregated "a
it were, and separated from the great
vulgar world"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14
a Yonng Mama Cnse.

Mr.. S. S. Hodsen. Jr., Of No. 1t7 Park st.,
lewiston, Ne relates the following personal
narrative. May Il. 1888: About fifteen months
sincs l had a severe attack Of typhoid fever.
was very lame, and confined to my bed for
eleven weeks, and when the fever left me l
was in a very dsbilitated condition. Ny back
and loins seemed to have no strength, and l
had no vitality or appetite. 1 tried various
kinds Of medicine recommended by my
friends, but found they did not improve my
condition. 1 was induced to try Hunts Rem
edy, which has been used with such great
success here in Lewiston that It has a very
enViable reputation Of being a NEST reliable
medicine. 1 purchased one bottle. and can
date my improved health from the time l
commenced using it, and my progress con-
tinued very rapidly, l gained IN strength,
and experienced less paia in my back. my
appetite increased, and after using three t)
bottles my pains we're all gone, and my health
entirely restored, and 1 can most heartily
recommend Hunts Remedy 10 any who may
need a true REMEDY for debility, kidney or
urinary troubles"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14

Mr.. L. j.. Jones, Of No. 10 Charles street,
Portland, Me-, writes US these convincing
facts, May Il, 1888; 81 have for several years
been troubled with liver complaint and indi-
%gestion. and have suffered at times terrible
distress, and have tried many different cures.
so-called. that have been recommended from
time to time. | one day noticed in one of
our papers the testimonial Of a person that
had used Hunts Remedy and been cured Of
diseases similar TO mine. l purchased q
bottle Of one Of our drug stores in Portland,
and before 1 had used tho first bottle found
that / was improving boyobd my expectation;
have used in all six bottles, and 1 have no
trouble from INDIGESTION, no distress OF pain
In back as / formerly had; and since l have
been cured my wife has used II for kidney
trouble, and IL has cured her. We can both
say that Hunts Remedy Is q blessing to any
that are troubled with kidney or liver dis.
eases, or indigestion. We gladly recommend
II 10 our friends or 10 auy sufferers from liver
or kidney diseases, aud you can use this let
tor a. you mag choose for the best interest Of
suffering humanity"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14
methuseIeh DeLesseps on Him
self
Manchester Examiner.

10 distributing the prizes at the
Lycee Henry " NJ. dc Lesseps. an
old pupil OF the school, delivered a
chstty speech, in which he gave some
Interesting anecdotes from his own
life and experience. When he was ex.
amined for his bachelors degree he
vas one Of four. The examiner. he
told his young auditors, took down A
map and asked him to show where the
north, south, cast, and west, vert
Neither he nor any Of his comrades
knew the cardinal points, for IN those
days geography was not taught. YET
he was now President OF the Geo
graphical Society, and, therefore.ihes
boys who were low 10 their classes need
not despair. As a student at theUpis
versity he was not an assiduous ire.
qaentcr OF the classes He had ana.
sion for riding, and il was at the riding
school that he passed the timo which
should have been deyot. d 10 p~reparing
himself for a diplomatic career upoS
which career hehad duly entered Alter
having Kept the requisite number Of
terms at The School Of Law. Ia 1926.
through the influence Of his uncle who
was the only survivor Of the De Ia
Perouse expedition, he went as an at,
tache TO Lisbon. From Lisbon no
teIurned 70 Paris, spent a year at tho
Foreign Office, and was sent to Tunis
last before tho Algerian expedition,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14
a TOWN.
HOwthe astTennessce Virginia
and Georgia Railroad GOi the
BETTER Of a SHit-iOvIng Town.


For some time the citizens Of Cha
taga, a small town on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
few miles above here, have been
determined to rid that town Of the
coal chutes located there. To carry
out this purpose suit after suit has
been instituted and heavy damages
obtained against the railroad for rails
ing a dust 10 this quiet aud clearly
town, The railroad company