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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-30
SUMMER RESORT.
WOODWORTH'S SPRINGS.

NEAR WASHINGTON, LA.
This favorite place of resort having been
thoroughly renovated and put IN complete re-
pairs will be opened to the public on and after
SUNDAY THE Sd OF JUNE.
Large and eonmodous bath houses have been
built, for the use of the public; and Tor LADIES
and Children exclusive accommodations have
been prepared.
REFRESHMENTS
constantly on hand at the Springs, and parties
desiring the use of the grounds for picnlcs or
other purposes, can have the same free OF
charge by applying to the nnderslgned.
FRANK C. TRAY,
NAV o6-tf Washington, La.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CA ! !I'IlQlHt /!
TO Consumers Of Coal Oil !!
This COMPANY from this date will
L not handle Insurance Oil and Puro-
line for the following reasons.
Insurance d! Tank Company

who claim to own these Trade Mark
Brands have not during several years
past had any regular source of Oil Sup
plies, but have received Insurance Oil
and PuroliDe from sources where they
could buy cheapest
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WITHOUT REGARD TO QUALITY.

. -
Insurance Oil is simply any quality of
water white oil. Consumers have no
guarantee of its fire test or purity; pu-
roline is simply any quality of 74o Gas
oline. AS Gasoline varies greatly ID pu-
rity, consumers should only buy under
the proper name of 740 Gasoline, and
then be sure the goods are guaranteed
By RESPONSIBLE PARITES.
The quality of Insurance Oil and Pu-
roline which has been furnished by In
surance Oil Tank Co., has almost entire
ly stopped the demand. but we wish to
warn intended purchasers that we
will not be responsible for these brands.
Very Respectfully,
jn9-4t Waters Pierce Oil Company.
EyEUPION OIL. which is manufactured By
the above company. is for sale by
TOM SACKS 81 Co,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-30

THE ST. LANDRY DEMOCRAT |
OPELOusAs, SATURDAY, JUNE 80, 1883
- .a
Eupion Oil, the family safety OIL [adv
The Supreme Court meets here on
Monday next.
We received this week from Col. G.
d. Andrus, two half grown and jointed
stocks of sugar cane.
The largest tomatoes we have seen
this season, We're grown by Mr.. Ned |
Clements of Bellevue.
Eupion Oil is made from the very best |
Crude Oil /; is double refined, and free
from all impurities.-[adv.
Rev. F. w. Lewis will preach at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow, Sun
day, at IL A. NJ. and p. NJ.
In using Eupion OIL you not only guard
your family from accident, but also pro-
vide the best and most brilliant light
that any burning oil can produce.-[ady.
The last night Of Mrs. NJ. M. Hayes
school entertainment was occupied In
the rendition of "Maud Irving" play,
in which all the pretty girls and hand
l. II o,,I n ia
See notice headed auction" in which
household goods, kitchen utensils, ETC.,
are offered for sale by Mr.. Camille
.Roos. Call on him Immediately or you
may loose an opportunity for getting a
bargain.
We learn that the time fixed for begin
ming the camp-meeting at the Belle
Cheney Springs is Aug. 18th, to contin-
ne four or five days. We are religious
~ inclined and may follow the crowd
for luck's sake.
Another fish fry on Sunday last, but
owing to the fact that our knowledge of
manipulating sein without bag to it
limited the fish supply, we can only say
that we enjoyed a long ride, a fine swim,
and a chicken stew.
One darkey met another on Market
street and said: Else just found out
suppin' new The other asked: what
am it ~ The former replied: "Dey tell
me dat Abraham Lincoln been as
sassed." The latter laughed heartily
and remarked: "Lor, chile peoples jist
trying to fool you y
Messrs. CarrieIe & Joubert, in view
OF keeping fresh an increased supply OF
the choice meats they are selling, have
purchased large ice box in which they
propose to keep during all hours Of the
day for sale any amount of the tat beef
and mutton they have purchased. Meat
will be delivered at houses it necessary.
An entertainment for the benefit OF
st. Joseph Convent, colored, was given
by the sisters of that institution at vi
laseca's hall on Monday night last. 1t
was well managed, the pupils acquit-
ting themselves admirably, and receiv-
ing near the close many prizes and a
word of encouragement at the hands of
Father Gilbert Raymond.
On account of pressure of brief
work during the entire week a number
OF communications do not appear in
this issue. For the same reason the
public will excuse the birth of editorial
and local news. Besides this, we have
been deserted by "our girl" and intimi-
dated by the threat Of her old beau to
..chicot,r "thump" US, etc.
Eupion Oil was first manufactured in
ST. Louis, in 1881, and not an accident is
on record as having resulted from its
use.-[adv.
At the last meeting of st. Landry
Lodge No. 4, A. 0. u. W., at Opelousas
June %, 1883, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term:
G. w. Hudspeth, P. M. W.; c. Mayo
nn1o
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think it was wrong to put spots on the
hogs?"-Peck's Sun.
Cheese rs Food.

Cheese serves two purposes. 1t is
food and it promotes the digestion of
other food. As food it is the most nu-
tritious of all alimcntary substances.
This is shown by the figures given by
DR.. FARMLAND as the result of a long
series of careful experiments with ali
mentary substances. Food is the ma
tcrial which produces force in all ami
nal, or rather which enables the mus
cular system Of an animal to exert force,
and it is valuable and effective in pro-
portion to the amount of force which it
enables the muscles to exert. DR..
Frankland's experiments were conducted
on the basis of the weight of a certain
kind of food which would enable a
man of 100 pounds weight to raise
himself 10, 900 feet. He found that lis
pound of cheese in this respect was
equivalent to 1.2S of oatmeal, 1.31 of
flour, 1.33 Of pea meal, 2.34 of bread,
3.53 of lean beef, 5 pounds of potatoes
and 8 pounds of milk. Thus cheese is
the most useful of all these foods. But
ter has the equivalent ratio Of O,G93, but
butter can hardly be considered as a
food, because it is wholly deficient in
nitrogen and is a carbo- hydratc only, and
therefore wholly inadequate to repair the
waste of muscular tissue. But although
cheese varies in its composition, as skim,
half-skim and full milk cheese, yet it
varies but little in its food value, because
when the fat is deficient there is an en-
cess of cascin or heterogeneous matter,
which is directly available in the animal
system for the production of heat or
force, and even fat, as we'll as of muscu-
lar fiber. The following table gives the
composition of some kinds of cheese in
common use:
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Santa Claus,

The history Of Santa Claus-a curious
mixture of truth and fablc-gOcs far
back into the ancient time. Centuries
ago a child was born in Asia Minor who
received the name Of Nicholas. His par
cnts were wealthy and of high rank,
and desiring to express their gratitude to
God for the birth of their son, they re-
solved to educate him for the Christian
priesthood. The child was sober and
thoughtful, and while yet young both
his parents died, and he inherited their
great wealth. lie considered the richer
a sacred trust; he fed the hungry, he
clothed the destitute and performed all
kinds Of good dccdsas sccrctlyas possible
As Il priest he was greatly beloved; as a
bishop he continued his b~cncvolcnce; af-
ter his death the church canonizcd him,
and he became one Of the greatest OF
patron saints, being rcvcred as the helper
of the poor the protector of the weak,
and as the especial patron saint of little
children. who were taught to believe
that their good gifts came from him.
Saint Nicholas was the name given him
bv the monks. and this was familiarly
changed to Santa Nic'laus, and finally
clippcl down to Santa Claus, who is
still represented as retaining his old hab-
it's of secret b~cucvolcncc and coming
down the chimney at nights, laden with
Christmas presents for children. y
pleasant fiction it is to them. under the
cover of which that charming secrecy
concerning the donors of gifts is kept
up, though little eyes and cars and
minds arc keen, and Santa Claus is
usually very well known to them rs a
much more modern parsonage than old
st. Nicholas. But the children enjoy
the harmless prctcnsc, the mysterious
filling of stockings and the heavily laden
Christmas tree.
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A Convict Paradise.

Across the bay, and almost within
sight Of this city, says Il San Francisco
letter, is San Quentin prison, more appro-
priatcly designated rs the convict para
disc" and a paradise it is, indeed. The
prison buildings are situated on the water
front, and inland rise picturesque hills
covered with v%crtlurc throughout the
year, which add considerably to the
beauty of the landscape. Inside the yard
and outside the gates flowers and rare
exotics grow in profusion all the year
around. The convict. rs he goes to and
from his prison cell to work each morn
ing and evening, trcads his way with
lock-stcp down through gravcled walks,
surrounded on all sides by fragrant plants
and flowers, and when, after his daily
task is done and he is locked in his cell.
he can peer through the wicket in his
prison door, and, if he be anything of a
lover Of nature, can almost forget that he
is a social outcast in gazing on Il lovely
landscape. made more beautiful by
the changing tintS of the sun rs it dips
into the ocean. firing of this the I'M
fortunatcs can look into the large garden
on Which the cells front, and enjoy the
perfume OF flowers or watch the birds fit
from tree to tree. Such are the SUR
roundings of the %convicts in CALIFORNIA;
principal pcnitcntiary, and il is not at
all strange that ''crooks' too old to
longer ply their peculiar business do a
job bunglingly in order to be returned
there
Its nice to be il con here" said a
hard-lo"king old customer whom | met
at the prison Il few days ago. He is I'M
dcrgoing Il life sentence forhighway rob-
berry. and made mo bones Of the fact
that he had done time in several Eastern
prisons. 1T makes me Shtlddcr sOmc-
times" he continued, when | think of
Il winter | once served in the Illinois
'pcn ut Joliet. 1t was so cold almost
frozc to death, and, great Caesar. how
they does work a poor chap there, cs-
p~ccially them as is put in the qrarrics!'
The fellow looked contcntcd and happy,
and the fact that his clothing was striped
did not bother him Il bit. He concluded
BY saying he was content to die there,
and if he was to be turned loose to-
morrow he would commit some crime in
order to be returned TO the home Of his
choosing.
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Blushing MONKEYS.

Mr.. Darwin remarks the fact noticed
by Mr.. Sutton, that the face of the ma
cacus rhcsus when much enragcd grows
rcd. Mr.. Darwin himself saw the face
of this monkey rcdden when attacked by
another monkey, and he also adds that
the "scat pads" also seemed to redden
under the influence of anger, although
he could not "positively assert that this
was the case" My monkey, Jenny,
blushed more distinctly. A red hue shot
over and obscured the normal yell
low tint of the skin of the
face, and l noticed that the
"seat pads" occasionally also grew red
der. Another curious fact concerning
this monkeys behavior when enraged
consisted in the variations she exhibited
when she was irritated by myself and
by another person. If irritated by an
other person, she shook the cage and
chartered, while her face flushed like
that of n human being in anger. If, on
the other hand, l had occasion to rcprove
her. she dartcd down to the bottom of
the cage, lay down, and, as often
as not concealing her face in the
straw. The analogy between that in
effective or suppressed rage in a human
being, which is shown by the person
throwing himself down on the ground
a feature seen familiarly in SOM children
and the behavior of Jenny under my
reproof, appears to me to be too exact to
escape notice. Paddy, the Capuchin, on
the contrary, when cnragcd or frightened,
used to retire to a corner of the cage and
stand on his head, uttcring, meanwhile,
the most plaintive cries in the we'll
known shrill and musical voice
of his race. On one occasion, when
q servant had allowed Paddy
to imbibc nearly half a glassful
of champagne, he showed his alcoholic
dissipation by standing On his head and
vainly cndcavoring to emit his familiar
cry. DR.. Darwin mentions the case Of a
young female chimpanzee who, when en-
ragged, "prescntcd a curious example to a
child in the same state. She screamed
loudly with widely open mouth, the lips
being rctracted so that the teeth were
fully exposed. She threw her arms Wild
ly about, sometimes clasping them over
her head. She rolled on the ground,
sometimes on her back, sometimes on her
stomach, and bite everything within her
reach. Geateman's Magaeine.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Somebody says lager beer is Teutonic.
Bill-collecting is easier said than
"dun."
Why is a great bore like q beef Both
appear best when leaving.
"Truth crushed to earth will rise
again"-provided the yeast is not o
Teas Syittngs.
What is the difference between the
North and South Pole? All the differ
ence in the world.
Bob Ingersoll's middle name is Green.
Perhaps that's the reason he thinks he
will never burn.-New York Journal.
The difference between advertising
and advertiser is, the former always pays
while the latter sometimes does not.
The Washington milkmen are not al
lowed to ring bells, as they disturb the
slumbcrs of the policemen. They might
be allowed to use dumb bells. -Saoannah
Nevs.
"No sir, my daughter can never be
yours" II don't want her to be my
daughterw broke in the young ardent
81 want her to be my wife."-New York
Commercial.
The Connecticut boy who has q third
arm growing out of the back will be able
to scratch himself between the shoulder
blades without resorting to the corner of
a building.
Professor of chemistry: "The sub
stance you see in this vial is the most
deadly of all poisons. A single drop
placed on the tongue of a cat is enough
to kill the strongest man."
"We have struck smoother road,
haven't we r. asked a passenger of a con-
ductor on an Arkansaw railway. "No,"
replied the conductor, 1--WE have onlyrun
off the track."-Arkansaw Traoekr.
1t is estimated that over 600, 900 tons
of paper are made in this country every
year, and yet the man who shaves him
self has to hunt around for over fifteen
minutes before he can find a piece that
he dare wipe his lather upon.
"Oh, no, l don't object to the quality
of your butter" said the customer to the
grocer. "It's not that, but my wife
complains that there isn't enough hair in
it to make a respectable switch, but a
good deal too much to make it palata-
ble::"
The newspaper foreman got a marriage
notice among a lot of items headed
"Horrors of 1885," and the Norristown
Herald says: When the editor learned
that the groom's income was only seven
dollars a week, he said it had better re-
main under that head.
ooh, I'm real glad to see you, Cicely,
dear. Pm puzzled to know what to give
Charles for a Christmas present." HAS
he proposed yet 2" "Why, no What's
that to do with q Christmas present 2"
"Oh, nothing. Only Pm having a plaster
cast of my hand made for George. Per.
haps he will take a hint. you know"
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COTTON.
' It's born of the burden Of Toll
From the strength and the speed of the

It's born of thu burden Of Toll
From the strength and the speed of the
plow.
tsprings from the heart of the soil,
And the seeds that are glorified now,
In the soft-furrowcd fields of the South,
1t rules DER the realms of the grain,
IT'S green through the gloom of the drouth,
IT'S fair through the fall of the rain.
With blossoms of purple and white.
With leaves that are vernal in hue,
IT'S fed by the air and the light,
IT'S nurtured by sunshine and dew;
Il springs from the breast of the earth,
IT'S rife with rare color and heat
In marvels of magical birth,
It's king DER the corn and the wheat.
The procreant pulses of May
Beat under its ripening boil;
And later it lives in the ray
Of the light that Eliminates its soul.
Twas known in the land OF the East,
Through ages long silent and dead;
With wonders of whiteneSs increased,
To the warmth of the South 1t Is wed.
IT'S gathered from valleys and hills;
In opulent bales it is bound;
With orient beauty it fills
Vast acres of atfluent ground.
Though planted in darkness and gloom,
'Tis safe in the dust of the sod;
It arises in splendors of bloom,
It awakes at the whisper of God.
Oh! lift a large paan of praise,
As strong as the tides of the sea.
Through lengths of laborious days
And conquests of Commerce to be,
This plant from the heart of the soil,
In the pride of its purified fleece,
With triumphs of glory and toll
Shall reign in the rapture of peace.
-Wm. II. Hayne, in Home and Farm.
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HE WAS NOT 4 SHTLOCk.

\ day or two ago a man who was at
the Central depot to take Il train sudden
" cried out that some one had stolen
his valisc, and he began such Il hullaba
loo that everybody had to be Interested.
II sot that ere Sachel right down thar
and stepped to the door," he explained
to Officer Button, and when l returned
it was gone"
"Wcll, you should have been careful.
We are not responsible for such losses"
You amt, eli? Whar's the pres
ident?"
"Out of the city, sir"
"Wnar's the general manager?"
"Hc's sick abcd."
"Whar's the superintendent
"Won't be here till 4 o'clock"
"Wall, now, somebody's got to make
good that loss or about a dozen men will
20 to the hospital for six months apiece"
What was the ~valuc?"
Fifty dollars and not a cent less"
What were the contents?"
II had twelve shirts. a new suit of
clothes, an ovcrcoat, and lots of other
things"
"Was it a carpct-sack?"
"Shc was
Gone handle gone and the lock
broken"
Eyes, one handle was gone, and | had
her tied with Il string"
"Is this it," asked the officer, as ne
took the baggage off a bench not six feet
away.
"Great snakes! that's her" chuckled
the owner.
In handing it to him the string broke,
the bag flew open, and out rolled two
old shirts, a pair of socks, and five or SIX
paper collars all there was in it.
"Thcn these arc the buds you wanted
$50 for?" qucried the officer.
"No, sir was the indignat reply.
80 should have taken the money for loss
of time and damage to my feelings. I'm
no Shylock, sir.."-Detrvit Free Press.
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The Capital OF the Sandwich Islands.

Hawaii, being wholly volcanic, looks
like q fortress ninety miles long, built up
by inc genii. Yet, dreary as it is: or
seems from the sea, it is really full of
green pastures. on which feed wild cat
tic, the descendants of those brought in
by Vancouver, and owned by %ranchmen,
to the tune of ten ana fifteen heads
apiece, in runs of twenty miles long. 1t
must have been sad to stand by and see
a forest burned up like so many matches,
and another with the trees snapped off at
the surface of the fire-flood, the portion
imbcdded in the lava being burned to
dust, and leaving a series of pock-marks
on the hardened surface. One night in
1852, it seemed as if a solitary star was
shining Oh the side of Mauna Loa, at a spot
aftcrward found to be 1000 feet below
the summit. After the second evening
it seemed to die away, but soon burst out
again with amazing splendor, no longer
q star, but a column of fire seven hum
dred feet high by angular measurement,
and from two hundred to three hundred
feet broad. which was visible one hundred
miles of, and the ashes and charrcd leaves
from which, covered the decks of ap-
preaching ships. The lava stream was
visible thirty miles off; and in twenty
days there had been thrown up a conc
a mile round at the base and four hum
dred feet high, which is standing to this
day. The weird beauty of the color
changes was something past belief. Is
suing white-hot from the crater, the lava
changed first to light, then to deep red,
then to glossy gray, with shining black
patches, every tint interminglcd in con
slant movement, and a very cataract OF
sparks falling from the fire pillar.
In 1885 there was a yet greater crup
ton, from which the town of Hilo mar
rowly escaped. One strange episode
was when a cataract of lava poured over
a prccipice into a very deep rock-basin,
in which a big ship might have toatcd.
The water was all driven off in steam,
the basin filled up, and the prccipice
changed into a gently sloping plane.
Months after it was a hideous sight to
see this lava stream, about fifty miles
from its source, sluggishly twisting about
in vast coils, whose lustrous metallic
surface was scanned with red, showing
the uncoolcd stream below, while every
now and then the glistening crust which
hung ever this tirc-strcam cavcd in just
as eats ice" breaks and shows the water
underneath it.
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He Saw His Girl.

did you sec your girl last night 2
asked Il friend of a young fellow who
had been out calling the evening before.
where the old folks didn't like him.
''Well l should calculate to remark"
"Evcrything went well, ch 2
81 should cnumcratc the particulars"
See any others of the family q
eyes, the old lady and the boys"
Didn't you see the old man
"No.'
"You had a nice time, did you"
"Not exactly: the old gentleman
kicked me clear ovcr the fence"
"Kickcd you over the fence!
thought you said you didn't see him."
"Well | didn't see him. That's how
he got in his work. Do you suppose if
I had seen him | would have hung around
and pleaded with him to kick me? Not
much. l would have mosied lively. He
performed the ceremony before saw him,
and after the job l didn't feel any par
ticular desire to see him or anybody else
but the doctor. See him You bet |
didn't see im."-Ckicogo Mens.
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FASHION 7
Dress and hat must match in color.

AASSo onS& AAAo Aao AsAoSAA 40 ~
Tartans and gay plaids are much used
for house-dresses.
Gendarmcs blue, under another name,
is becoming popular.
Bone buttons arc to be had in every
color and shade to match the dress.
Velvet bands worn around the throat
are ornamcnted with diamond crescent.
In Paris fur is used extensively this
season for all kinds of costumes, even
for ball dresses.
Lace for dress garniturc comes this
season in four widths to match, and a
f~avorite kind is the c~scurial lace, which is
exceedingly effective when velvet is en-
ployed in its designs.
White dresses, so popular in Paris, will
be worn here. These will be made OF
wool and silk, also satin and velvet.
White plush will also be employed in
these toilets. A favorite style of trim
ming is handmade embroidery.
The choice of the season is divided
between the French wraps and English
coats and palctots. The aforementioned
arc dolmans and long cloaks Of rich ma
terial, deliberately trimmed; the latter
arc tailor-made and more severe in style.
Buttons are no longer a conspicuous
feature of the dress. They com for the
most part in two sizes, usually flat and
round. There arc pearl buttons in several
colors; there are also cnamclcd buttons,
and buttons carved with quaint devices
or set with rivetcd steel points.
Brides dresses are decorated in pro-
fusion with orange flowers alone or
mingled with white roses, white jessa-
mine and lilies of the valley; all these
flower decorations being put on in
clusters, chaplcts, sprays and garlands,
or strcwn all over in separate sprigs.
Little girls dresses for indoors are no
longer Of white muslin or linen, but of
white or bright colored wood, cut with
low square necks, which arc filled with
SHRED or plated yokes Of white, pale
blue, pink or amber satin, while the
sleeves arc made long, and of the wool
which forms the rest of the costume.