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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

Frank G. Abel, the best Of Oregon artists. Ia al
ways prepared 10 make photographs In the highea
style OF the art At his gallery 1867 inst street, Port
land. Call at his art rooms when In the city.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

Agents wanted IN every Town IN Oregon an
Washington to sell the new improved NC
SEVEN American Sewing Machine. John B. Gar
risop. General Agent. l67 Third street, Portland
Oregon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

Roaring cataracts OF honest applause, ioamlng
oceans of fun, and the best show Of the season
now being held at the Elite theatre, Portland,
Oregon. Regular prices 20 and 80 cents.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01
ATTORNEY

TUST RECEIVED AT GARRlSONS SEWING
q Machine store l67 Third street. Portland. Ore
gon. Ito cases OF Household Sewing Machines Dur
ing two and one half years in Oregon the House
hold has forced its way TO the front Its superior
merits are now well known to the public Agents
wanted to sell In every town In Oregon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

Garrison repairs all kind of sewing machines.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

DON'T BUY BOSS BOOTS UNLESS
YOU WANT THE BEST. SEE THAT
OUR NAME Is ON EVERY PAIR.
AKIN. SELLING g. co.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

Take Vim. Plumbers Oregon Blood Purifier.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
JURY LIST.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !

STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. ) *fz.-
/. Be it known that we the undersigned mem
hers of the Jury Commission dld on this 29th
day of june A. ID. 1888, meet at the CLERKS
office in the town of Opeousas, Parish OF ST.
Landry, for the purpose of drawing Jury for
the regular term Of the District Court, OF the
Thirteenth Judicial District, under section 5,
act A of the regular session OF 1877, and all the
members beiugpresent P. j. Lefebvre one OF sald
members, drew from the general venlre box
one at a time the names of the following htty
persons to compose the Grand and Petit JE!les
for the LIST week Of said court, commencing,
Monday, September Sd, 1888, a list OF whom was
then and there kept by the Clerk OF said Court,
James O. Chachere, and i'll our Judgment
jury being required for the second, third ana
fourth weeks of the term, we then ana 1hcfe
proceeded as in drawing tho first hfty jurors
to draw thirty additional names to serve as
petit Jurors for the I'd week and thirty addl
tionai names to serve as petit jurors for the 80
week and thirty additional names to serve as
petit jurors for the 4th week OF the term OF sald
Court and we the clerk and commissioners uld
then and there place the names drawn as alofe-
said for each separate week in separate enVe!-
opes and sealed and endorsed the same Win
the week for which they were respectively
drawn which said envelopes containing salo
names were then and there placed III a jury
box provided for the purpose, which a1tef de-
posting said names therein as aforesaid, was
locked and sealed by us and placed i'll the Gus
tody of the clerk of the court for use at the
nay n said COrrt.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
A WorkIBg,nan's Opinion.

EDITOR SATURDAY EXPRESS: = The
communication from Mr. johnson con-
tains a great truth. He says: " Ii
workingmen would spend a tenth of the
time and money in studying their own
condition and in supporting labor pa
pers that they do in saloons, base ball
and races, they would Ievolutionize
things in very short tlme,n This is
strictly true. [ have heard working
men complain of capital and monopoly
that theyare riding down labor, and
have known the same men to spend from
10 to 90 cents day in saloons for beer
and perhaps as much more for tobacco
and cigars; yet it you ask the same men
to subscribe for labor paper they will
say they can't afford it, though at the
same time they are paying for a monop
oily paper have known workingmen
who were always grumbling about our
government and complaining that those
who were elected to the different offices
are men who favor capital and monOp-
oily and that Workingmen have no repre-
sentation, yet at the next election, if
men will repudiate him, and vote for an
old political humbug as some one re
presenting monopoly. But as Mr.. john
son has it, they don't and they won't,
and you cannot make them" do other
wise. Is. :. ,.e s
If workmen in place of spending their
spare change for beer would spend it
for papers and books thatadvocate their
cause, if in place of spending their spare
time in saloons they would go to places
where labor questions are discussed, or
come together and discuss them among
themselves, they would not be long in
finding out that the fault. lay with them
selves, that they are not better off.
In the last ten years | have been try
ing to arouse my fenow-workmen to a
sense Of their duty to support working
mems papers, and to the Importance, of
choosing men from their ranks to repre-
sent them in the different Offices of our
government, but my labor has been
largely in vain. But can not cease to
do what I believe to be right, and have
yet hope that the working classes will
be educated upon this question. When
informed as they can be they will soon
find remedy by which they will better
their condition and be free men.
CHARLES Wilson, Chicago.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
1 The Last Great Eclipse.
Demorest's Monthly Magazine.

The astronomers of all nations who
went to observe the eclipse of the sun
at the Caroline Island in the Pacific on
May 9th, had the rare good fortune to
have cloudless day on which to make
their observations. The results are said
to be very important. They found no
trace of a planet between Mercury and
the sun, which it was expected existed,
and which had been named Vulcan.
The outer corona of the solar photo
sphere is now found to be due to refrac-
ton. It is said the spectrum revealed
lines which were undistinguishable by
the astronomers, and this means that
there are metals or other material sub
stances in the body of the sun which
are unknown to our planet, at least SO
far as the discovery has gone.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
No. 1857.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,

By.yirtue of a writ of plus alias fieri facias is
sued out of the honorable District Court in and
for the parish of st. Landry, in the above ent1-1
tied suits and to me directed, will proceed to
sell at public sale to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse in the town OF opelonsas, parish OF
September, 1885, at II o'clock A. NJ. the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
ist The undivided half of a tract OF land on
the east side of Bayou Bnuf, bounded east by
the public road leading from Wash Mn gd to-
Bguf, which tract is known as the Bendtield,
containing about three hundred and thirty five
acres with all the buildings and Improvements
thereon. s@&$i
I'd A tract of land situated on the West side
Of Bayou B9uf containing about seven nun n
bred acres, bounded above by lands sold by !.
C. Anderson to Carl Wolff, and below by lands
which formerly belonged to Peter Collins now
to Mrs Jim Curley ct ais with all the buildings
and Improvements thereon.
Seized III the above suit.
TeIms-Cash.
+ jul 2s-6t Sheriff. ST. Landry parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
july g. Sheriff, st. Landry PARISH parish.
NOTICE OF ADNIHNHsTRATION
ESTATE OF JOHN l.. sUDDTTH.

@ No. 1915. 1r-,,r
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COukl,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Whereas, Samuel Haas, of the. parish OF OF
st. Landry, has applied by his petition 70 20
administrator of the estate of John L. suddl1h'
, Therefore, any person intending to mako OBJ
position to said appointment will file the same
in writing in my office in the town OF op na
sas, within ten days from the Rresen1I n9Iioe'
- JAMES o. CHACHERE;
july 2s-2t IetA
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
SHERHFF'S SALE. e. Ei5E55
SAMUEL HAAS VS.. SARAH ANN FORE
t MAN, ADMINISTRATIVE.
No. $780,.

No. 1890.
DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
s BY virtue of a writ of fieri facas issued out Oh
the Honorable the 18th Judicial District Court
in and for the parish OF ST. Landry, IN the
above entitled and numbered suit ana 10 4i ine
to the last and highest bidder at the courthouse;
in the town of Opelousas, on sATuRDAi, me
LIST day of September, 1888, at II O'Clock, a. h.'
the following described property, to-Wlt:
All the right, title and interest OF Sarah AMI mn
Foreman in and unto the estate OF RoneFs
Newell, deceased. ga
Seized in the above suit
Terms-Cash. ,,,,-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
SHEHHFE,s SALE.
SALE.
- ESTATE OF JOHN DAVIS,
Elk Rel +. Mallard, Test. Elk. ct ais
VS..
THOMAS G. ANDERSON, Test Ex., ct ais
No. 1862.
DISTRICT COITRT PARISH OF ST LANDRY

DlSIRlCIC Oh4, fAfsiSf1 of o1 .Aa4sDII3s =.
By virtue of writ of feri facias,.
issued on twelve months bond in
the above entitled suit, and to me.
auction to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of said parish, in the town of Ope.,
lousas, ON SATURDAY. the LIST day OF
September, 1888, at II o'clock A. M. the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
A certain tract of land situated in the parish
of ST. Landry, in this State, on the east side OF
Bayou Marie Crequant or Teche, bounded
above by lands belonging to Mudd and below
by lands of Terrell, having a front OF eighteen
arpents ON said bayou, by forty arpents more
hundred and eighteen superficial arpents to-
gether with all the buildings aud improve
ments thereon, as per plat OF said land filed IL
the papers of the above suit.
:. Seized in the above suit
Terms Cash. szs=,s
Sheriff Of the Parish of st. Landry
iif1l1y -
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04


29th day of June, 1883.
~ }ilsI| G. MAYO,
~1 3ss. D. DURIO, ror,
SEAL. VIM. G.. BELL, oin
}~~ P.J. LEFEBVRE.
JAMES o. CHACHERE, Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
y do hereby certify that the within and fore
going has been duly recorded in my office in
Book No. / of Jury Record, pages SO, 81, IS, 80,
40 and Al.
witness my hand and seal of office at Opelou-
sas, this I'd day OF July, A. d. 1885,
SEAL. B. F. MCKINLEY,
(~~} Deputy Clerk.
A true COPY 3. +. MCKINLEY,
Deputy Clerk
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1888


To the Honorable Secretary of the Interior:
Sir-We hereby withdraw the oppo-
sition and protest filed by US to the
recognition of the New Orleans Pacific
Railroad Company, as the grantees and
transferrees OF the lands in Louisiana
granted by the act of Congress OF 1871,
to the New Orleans, Ration Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad Company, and
claimed by said New Orleans Pacific
Company as transferrees OF the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg
Company.
s The object we had in filing said pro-
test..was the protection OF the rights of
settlers on the land covered by said
grant, and as that has been obtained by
agreement with the company, we do not
wish to throw any, further obstacle in
the way of the recognition by the De-
partment of the Interior Of the rights
claimed by the company, The New
Orleans Pacific Company lave con-
structed the road running through the
grant, that isto say, from New Orleans
to Shreveport, and having obtained the.
funds with which to do so upon the
faith of its rights to the land grant, we
think that justice demands the recogni-
ton OF their claims to the land.
WAare, sir, with great respect, youIf
obed ant servants,
E. w. ROBERTSON,
NJ. C. 9th Dist. of La.
n. G.. BLANCHARD,
NJ. G.. 4th Dist. of La.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04

show how the great LAND grab by the N.
O. P. r. r., was accomplished. Cut it
out and preserve it: La
3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Washington, Dec. Is, 1881.
Sir-We respectfully urge that there
be as little delay as possible III consul
mating the transfer of the lands granted
to the N. O. V. and b. r. r. Company
by act of March 3, 1871, and by that
company transferred to the New Or
leans Pacific Railway Company by act
of sale now on file in your office, to the
latter company.
AS we understand, the N. O. ?. r. r..
Company has earned by construction
its title to the grant, and that all the
Dreliminaries have been complied with,
and there remains now but the certiti-
cation of the lands and the issue of the
patents.
The affairs of the N. O. P. r. r. Co.
have been much deranged and embar-
raised by the protracted delays that
have already occurred, and we there
urge that the matter be expedited as
rapidly as possible. With great res
pect, we are your obedient servants,
E. JOHN ELLIS. ID La. Dist.
b. f. JONAS, u. s. 5.
j. FLOYD KING,
w. P. KELLOGG.
Hon S. Kirkwood, Secretary of the
Interior.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
THE BACKBONE LAND GRANT.

The following correspondence will
show how the great land grab by the n.
@. P. r. r., was accomplished. Cut it
out and preserve it: lFa
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
.HERIFF,s SALE.

SUSAN WEBB. WIFE, VS.. "A. E. KELLER
H. WIDOW GALLIGAR.
j. q. Payne, Interyenor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04

William E. Seymour, lately of the
firm Of Stevens g. Seymour, station
ers, New Orleans, died last Sunday.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04

The people of this State want a State
government that viii not Cypress the
people under the forms of law, or other
wise. They want officers whose main
object is not to enrich themselves out
of the spoils. Of Office, nor to use their
positions solely to supply themselves
with the means to indulge their vices
and extravaganza. s..!
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04

The Irish informer Cary, whom the
English government sent to Africa fol
safety, was followed and shot and
killed by one O'Donnell. ..
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
THE ST. LANDRY DEMOCRAT.
FIELD TRIALS.

opET0USAS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. 1883
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04

Judge Roman of New Orleans has
sentenced four hoodlums, forEaggrava-
ted assault and battery, to imprison-
ment for two years and a fine OF $1,000
each and in case Of failure to pay the
fine, they are each to serve another
year Of imprisonment. A few such
judges in New Orleans, would termi-
nate hoodlumism there. a.4 ~ ,,., .zz,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04

Tie town Of Cassamicciola on Island
Ischia near Naples, Italy, was nearly
destroyed by an earthquake last Sun
day night, and the lives lost estimated
atone thousand, and eight hundred
wounded.
1t has been estimated that in the dis
aster on the island near Naples, about
1000 instead of 1000 lives were destroy
ed. 1t is said that it was no earthquake
but sinking OF the ground.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01
Power Of Habit.

The power of habit, so-called second
nature, is well illustrated in our every
days doings. 1t grows so strong and
clings to us 50 like the ivy in its tenac-
ity that it oft becomes ruling passion
strong in death. 1t is well illustrated
by little incident that occurred last
Sunday in one of our leading churches.
Our telephone exchange is very eff
GENTLY presided over by young ladies,
one of whom was the innocent cause
of the mirth at the church referred to
our remarks above. In her daily
toll she shouts "IIellol" "IIellor' from
the moment her duties begin until the
close. On last Sabbath she nodded as
even Homer did when the preaching
was long. She was suddenly awaken
ed by the silvery tinkling of bells, and
raising up in her seat, and placing her
prayer book to her ear as she would
an ear-rhone, she shouted "Hello!
hello! Central Office" The scene can
better be imagined than described
Bloomington Eye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01
Tho Minister'S Wife.

The minister's wife must hold up
his hands when they are weary; like
Moses before the Amalekites, he ought
to have good brother; like Aaron on
one side and Hur on the othel. 1t is
pleasant to see that the mothers in Is
rael are generally disposed to help a
young minister to find a fitting COM
panion to share his labors Help
meets of our ministering brethren,
our meetings would be as dreary with
out your presence as flower gar
den with nothing but stalks, as a mid
night sky without star, as a Sunday
coat of one of your honored husbands
without a button.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Spectacles were invented in 1899.

Spectacles were invented in 1899.
Pins were invented in 1886; needles
in 1913.
The spinning the precursor
of our modern looms, was set in
motion by Jergens in 1880.
During one of the recent hot days
in Brooklyn N. Y, the bridge de-
scended to within 1876 feet 9 inches of
the water. Unloaded, in the coolest
weather, it would be two feet higher.
The parliament of Bats is the
name given to the English Parliament
which convened in February, 1926.
The members were forbidden to wear
their swords, as they had been accus-
toned to do, and armed themselves
with immense wooden bats.
A California man has flock of
twenty-five domesticated wild geese.
One regularity of the wild geese is
that if its mate dies, it never takes
another. Second marriages, so to
speak, are not tolerated among them.
In olden times an extraordinary
custom prevailed in Denmark, that of
burying a live animal, a horse, a lamb,
pig, and sometimes even child at
the commencement of a building. 1t
is strange that a similar custom ap-
pears, from the Servian ballads, to
have prevailed among the Sclavonians.
A lamb was generally entOmbed in the
foundation of a church; horse in q
churchyard.
The English Prophecies" was
Joanna Southcote, born about 1873.
She claimed to possess such miraculous
power as would restore the dead to
life, and once large concourse OF
people assembled to witness the full
illment of her profession. One of
the crowd suggested the eXpediency of
ascertaining with a dagger, if the man
to be raised was really dead, where
upon the corpse sprang to his feet
and ran away.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Perfection is attained by slow de-
grees; she requires the hand of time.
Man is 50 constituted that even a
smile or word of friendly recognition
enables him to bear up under the most
grievous burdens.
There is that which seems to exhalt
a man when it is debasing him, and
there is that which seems to debase
hin when it is exhalting him.
Our progress as a race is like that of
man who had lived through all gen.
erations profiting by his own expert
ence and that of his fellows.
The secret of cheerful life is not
planning to escape SORROW, which can
not be; but nerving the heart to meet
sorrow, and smite victory out of its
unwilling hands.
"A slender acquaintance with the
world must convince every man that
actions, not words, are the true criteri-
on of the attachment of friends; and
that the most liberal professions of
goodwill are very far from being the
surest marks of it.
Infinite toll would not enable you to
sweep away mist, but by ascending
little you may often overlook it
altogether. SO it is with our moral i'm
provement. We wrestle fercely with
IA vicious habit, which could have no
hold upon us if we assembled into a
higher atmosphere
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01

Long, white, embroidered muslin
polonaises, trimmed with deep bands
and edgings of embroidered muslin,
are again in fashion.
Linen band collars have two button
holes near the upper edge, through
which narrow ribbon is run and tied
in a long-looped bow.
The trademarks at a recent wedding
in English high life wore buttercup
colored India null over silk slips, with
garniture of crimson roses.
Pretty tea aprons are made of Orien-
tai net, with ruflles of Oriental lace
over strawberry Surah, and also Of
licelle lace over pale-blue satin.
ONE of the most novel arrangements
for the neck is pleating of lace sewed
down one side of a narrow band, reach
ing from throat to bust, with a success
sion of loops of "baby' satin ribbon,
or rows of velvet down the other,
forming a heading.
No two dresses are made exactly
alike as regards drapery. Short round
aprons and side panniers are worn by
short ladies those who are tall and
stout wear very long aprons draped
far below the hips.
The English oyerskirt has what is
called the waterfall back, finely killed
at the waist, with the pleats turned
toward each other, meeting in the
middle, and then left to fall loose, but
fastened near the edge of the skirt to
keep the pleatings in shape.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01

"Malden, Mass. Feb. l. 1850. Gentlemen
suffered with attacks of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief
or cure until used Hop Bitters.
"The first bottle
Nearly cured mel"
The second made me as well and strong as
when child.
"And have been so to this day."
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with serious
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Bostons best physicians
"Incurable.'
Seven bottles of your bitters cured him,
and know of the
"Lives of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been saved
by your bitters.
And many more are using them with great
benefit.
"Ihey almost
Do miracles" Mrs. E. D. Slack.
How TO GET SICK.-Expose yourself day
and night; eat too much without exercise;
work too hard without rest: doctor all the
time take all the vile noStrums advertised,
and then you will want to know hotC to get
ceH, which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-08-01

White is very much worn.
Amber jewelry is again fashionable.
House caps are trimmed with feath-
erS.
Fruit bonnets have disappeared in
Paris
Leg O mutton sleeves are worn in
Paris.
Chicken-down yellow is the latest in
colors.
The preferred parasol has a rustic
handle.
Shot silks and satins will be worn
this fall.
Crocus white is the latest shade for
bridal dresses.
A goldfish represents a favorite
device in lace-pins.
Hats are worn far back on the head
bonnets tip-tilted forward.
The Princess of Wales delights in
black costumes, with trimmings.
An inside waist of the same shade
should always be worn under every
jersey.
Pinked-out nounces of silk are used
as a trimming for NANTES, bonnets,
gowns and parasols.
Silk gloves in the popular jersey
shape are worn, and are embroidered
along the back of the hand and across
the arms.
A row of silver beads or dog col
lar of silver is worn very high around
the neck, with stylish dark costumes
of silk or wool.
Waistcoats are again in favor they
ale made just like Il mans, and over
them is worn a little cutaway jacket
With loose fronts