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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
Look to tine Legislature.
shreveport Democrat

Our contemporary of the Standard
appears to look with disapproval, if not
with absolute alarm, upon the earnest
appeals of the Democrat and Picayune
to patriotic citizens everywhere in
Louisiana, to closely inspect the charac-
tiers and past records of all aspirants
for legislative hOnors in the several
senatorial districts and parishes of the
state and to look to it that only honest
and true men, who can be relied upon
to redeem their pledges to the people
and labor in the interests of good
government and reform, be entrusted
with the law making power. In the
issue of the Standard of yesterday
morning such appeals are characterized
as An attempt to array against the
Governor suspicious, hostile Legisla-
ture." So far as the Democrat is con-,
cerned, this is an unjust insinua5ion.
1t is not a suspicious" Legislature
above suspicion, in which desire we are
sure we shall be Joined by good men
everywhere. What have Governor
McEnery and Treasurer Burke, Who.
according to the Standard, are two of
the most exalted and immaculate pa
trlnts in the common wealth, to fear
from the election, oy the people, of
an honest and incorruptible Legisla
ture? II, as the Standards line of
argument would seem to indicate, its
editor and the governor are appre-
hensive of such result, it appears co.
Us as a suspicious" circumstance and
an additional as well as most potent
reason why the vigilance to which
We have invited the people, in the,
premises, should be exercised with the.
more caution. In answer to the in
terrogatory of our contemporary. els.
the Democrat going to follow in the
footsteps of the PicSynne and CONT
nue. the warfare now thai matters are
settled and standard bearer chosen,w
we will answer, that, we shall CO.
operate with the Picayune and all
other journals and people who favor
the warfare on the lot
terry, the monopolies and Rugs whose,
baleful influences have operated so.
% the best interests Of
and that we shall continue
to urge the election of hGnest men,
who are above suspicion, to the State
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

The Philadelphia Times says: The
party that presents substantially the
following platform to the people ii 1884,
will elect the President over any oppos-
ing party or combination A revenue
tariff sufficient to meet the expenses of
the Government economically admins
tered, and scrupulously maintain. the
NATIONAL credit, with just discrimina-
50ns in favor of productive home in
slustry and against aeeemonopoly.
fThe people have very little to do with
.b9se matters; tfs politicians fix them
to suit themselves. It does not mat
u Wnse-E7zaa platform may be, tie
3hsheTn States will go Democratic.
The people are not familiar with the
questions Of tariff, protection, ETC., and
they cannot control their representa-
tives after they are elected; but they
can refuse to vote for any but honest
men, and honest men will serve them
faithfully.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

We publish from the States an article
on Insanity as derived from the figures
of the Census. This is another product
OF high civilization, of a dense popula-
tion, where the struggle for animal ex
1stence, and for artificial life, upsets the
minds of human beings. In the sparse
population of the South, where the main
occupation is agriculture, which is reg
nlar and certain in its results, are the
feWest insane. And yet many of our
people are insane enough to want this
goodly land crowded with population
like Europe which is the very reason
that SO many thousands leave there
every year.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

Most Of the evils complained of by
the Socialists, are caused by crowded
population. When in the course of ma
ture our country becomes crowded,
these evils will be upon us, and will
have to be dealt with but it is not the
part Of wisdom to invite them from for
eign lands. Already the Socialists are
among as, from Europe; but they can
do nothing except where there is dense
population.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
Advertising an Evidence of
SOIvency.
Monticello Consultation.

A few days ago we received letter
from mercantile firm in New York,
enclosing one dollar, and requesting
that we send him the Constitution, "as
we have a few customers in Monticello
and desire TO keep posted as to their
business" The remark was mistifying
but the following from the New York
Times is a sufficient explanation:
"a wholesale merchant Id this city,
who has become rich at the business,
says lis rule is that when he sells bill
of goods on q credit to Immediately
subscribe for the local paper Of his
debtor. So long as his customer adj
vertised literally and vigorously he
rested. but as soon as he began to con
tract his advertising space he took
the fact as evidence that there was
trouble ahead, and invariably went for
the debtor. Said he: ''The man
who is too poor to make his business
known is too poor to do business
The withdrawal of an advertisement
is evidence of weakness that business
men are not slow to act upon.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
Yellow Fever Cure.
Rio Janeiro Letter.

DR.. Domingos Freire, the chief of the,
government commission on yellow fe-
yer, has now published results Of his
experiments upon the possibility of
preventive incubation, as in the case
OF smallpox. As previously stated, he.
considers that he las established be-
yond all doubt that yellow fever is due
to th6 multiplication and development.
Of microscope alga termed by him
naicr0ceas srGBthOgeRicuS, in the blood.
under the influence of high tempera-
ture, This alga and spores he has
found III immense number in the earth
of yellow fever cemeteries, which he
considers, therefore, hotbeds for prop
agatiOn, the spores beng carried thence
by rSins and winds to whore they can
enter the human organism and begin
their deadly work. He has also shown
that guinea pigs and rabbits can be
made to take yellow fever by inocula-
ton, with the blood of a yellow fever
patient, or even by confinement over
that the disease can be transmitted
from one to another indefinitely by in
oculati6n.
In his latter experiments he has found
that he was aOle to render guinea pigs,
which are very susceptible to the (dis-
ease, while fowls are unsusceptible),
quite incapable of taking it when inoe-
ulated with large dose Of blood from
a recent yellow fever corpse. This re-
suit he obtained in two distinct ways,
o2e being by previous incubation with
q culture of a nsicrobe found to be an
tagonistic to the Development of the.
yellow fever alga, and the other being
by previous incubation with culture
through The organism of fowl or by
cultivation in the air. This last he
seems to prefer, and he says that he is
so convinced of the preventive efficacy
of sufficiently attenuated culture that
he is prepared to submit himself 10 q
public incubation with the blood of a
yellow fever corpse as solemn test of
the efficacy of the previous preventive
with attenuated culture.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

Public lectures on temperance, reli-
gion, education, ETC., are generally not
we'll attended, even while admission is
free. It is the easiest thing in the
world to have large attendance, and
make money at the same time. Let the
lecturer charge for admission, with the
announcement that there will bea dog
or cock fight as an afterpiece to the lee
ture, and only those who attend the
lecture shall see the fight. Nothing
will draw crowd quicker than dog
fight.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

Once two brothers happened at a
place to dine where they were not well
acquainted; but third brother, a
preacher, was intimate there and on his
account they We're guests. The family
were religious people, and the husband
was absent. The hostess thought that
her guests were Of course pious. At
dinner she requested one Of them to ask
a blessing; he stammered something
unintelligible, and passed the request
to his brother who was professional
man. For the sake of pious family
he made an effort to repeat the
Lords prayer and stalled on that-that
was all chat he could do in the shape of
a blessing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
Memory After Death.

Paris Figaro DR.. de la Pommerais
was executed in Jure, 1854, for murdnr
of the Palmer type. The night before
his execution be was visited by Surgeon
Valpeau who, after few preliminary
remarks, informed him that he came in.
the interests of science, and that he hop:
ed for DIR. de la Pommerais' COT operation
You Rrl0W, he said, shat one of the,
most interesting questions OF physiology
Is "a to Wheather any ray of memory,
reflection, or real sensibility survives in
fhe brain of a man afte" the fall OF the
head y At this point the condemned
man looked somewhat startled; but
nrnfessional instincts at once resumed
their sway and the twophysicians calm
~ discussed and arranged the details of
an experiment Tor the next morning
"Nhen the knife falls, "said Velpeau,,
81 snail be Standing by your side, and
your head will at once pass from the ex-
ecution's hands into mine, | will than
cry distinctly in your ear: 'Connt de la
Pommerais, can you at this moment
thrice lower the lid of yonr right eye,
while the left remains 0pen9'" The
meet day when the great surgeo reached
the condemned cell, he found the doom
ed man practicing the sign agreed upon
A few minutes later the guillotine had
done it's work, the head was In Velpeaus
hands, and the question put. Familiar
as he was with the most shocking and
CHASTITY scenee, he was almost frozen
with terror as he saw the lid fall, while
the other eye looked fxedly at hin.
Again!n he criee frantlcally. The lids
moved, but they did not part. 1t was
all over.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
Timely warning.

A small boy was recently discovered
purloining some apples from the front
of grocery store. The proprietor gave
chase, but failed to overtake him, and
was obliged to shake his fist and shout
after him:
Never mind, my young kid, I'm GO
ing up to see your mother about this.1
tThat all right yelled hesmall boy.
You just go right along up there. Pa
filed man full of buckshot the other
day for going to see my ma, and /
reckon he's got dose laid away some
where for you.n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

The geOgrapheIs tell us that the
planet on which we live is round like a
ball, and that about three-fourths Of
ats surface is covered with water. and
only one-fourth left us and the other
land animals to live upon. OF course #
Is not exactly round for, though the
water part approximates perfect
sphere, the land is considerably eleya-
ted above the water, and some Of #
Lifted up into mountains several miles
high. But these Irregularities. com
pared with the great size Of our globe.
do not amount tomore than the irreou.
1aTlties Of an orange. But the ouant;tv
OF land above the level Of the ocean S
simply nothing compared to the amount
OF water below its level. The ocean
surface is not only three times greater
than the land surface but the land az
ovation has an average Of less than one
fifth ola mile, and the land so elevated
is only acout nine or ten millions IF
cubic miles, while the ocean has An AZ.
erage depth of about two miles and CON
tains nearly two hundred and ninety
cubic miles of water, which il twenty
nine times as much as the land that
stands up out Of the water. If there
fore all of the land was scooped IN and
thrown into the ocean, so as to bring
all the land at the bottom of the sea
and that above it to an even surface. q
make it level, the water would cover
the entire globe and be about d mile
deep. That is probably the way it was
before volcanic action raised land out
of the water. And if, SDy some little |
accident in nature, any ofethe under
pinning that holds the land above tEsl
water should give way, it would notf
require forty days rain to make a eel \
uge that would beat Noah's. ALI would
go down at once,sas q fat boat in the
Mississippi river would, if the bottom
were to drop out.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

Where is there country on the face
of the globe that gives the attention to
charity and spends as much as Ameri-
ca New York city alone expended
this year $5,34S.2s3 about So II per
capita. City Item.
And yet the poor of New York have
to commit crime purposely to be sent to
the prison on Blackwell's island so as to
get something to eat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
He Knew WhereofHe spoke.
Texas sift1ngs.

Texas SlfTln9s.
WHAT'S a complimentary voter ask
ed Gilhooly of Gus De Smith.
Gus, who had several times experience
ed the joy of receiving sucha testimoni-
al OF the esteem in which he is held by
his fellow-citizens, cleared his throat,
and replied.
"A complimentary vote il like kissing
q girl through a telephone; it is the
shadow without the substance
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

Just before the Earl Of Roseberry
married Miss RothschiId, she asked him
what he would have for q wedding
plesent; he said, box of gloves. She
sent the gloves, and he found in it d
note, or check for $1,0O0,O00.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

tits estimated that between $4,000
and $4,000 persons died from cholera in
Egypt last summer, and it is said that
"in many villages of the interior the
majority Of the laboring population
died, and III some instances nearly en-
tire communities disappeared, so that
not sufficient effective hands remain to
cultivate the harvest crop"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

It would appear from the following
paragraph, that the hang-man in En-
gland, is on par with members Of the
legislature and congressman in this
country
1t is now charged that the Hon. Bar
tholOmeW Binns, the new English hang
man, takes on too much gin.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

Augusta News: NO red haired man
can enter the mining camp at Devils
Gulch, GunisOn country, Colorado.
Three years ago a gentleman with au~
burn tresses left about $500 in counter
felt money with the miners there, taking
away gold dust in the place, and the
whole camp is now united against all of
that Endsn
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

There is q new business up in the
highly civilized North that does not ex-
ist in the half civilized South it is the
business of the resurrectionists they
rob the grave yards and sell the
corpses to medical institutions for dis
section.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12

The following shows a disgraceful
act of his civilized Grace, the Duke of
Bedford:
The Duke Of Bedford, owner of Con-
vent Market, London, aud u large
amount of adjacent property, which
produces an annual rent-rolI of over
$1,000,000, has been figuring in the des-
picable role of a rack-renting evictor.
On the 14th, three poor women occupy
ing rooms from him in Exeter street,
Strand, were notified to pay nearly
double rent or vacate the premises in a.
week. They were unable to find other
lodgings On such short notice, but they
received no grace from his grace. Ac-
tually. before the weeks notice expired,
the lead was taken off the roof, the wa
ter cut off and the windows removed.
Under the circumstances, the miserable
creatures had to seek shelter from the
police.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
OPELOUsAs, SATURDAY JANUARY i, 1884.

We advise any of our country girls
who may be poor and dissatisfied with
their country life, to read and ponder
over the article we publish about the
New York working girls.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-12
An Uhwhoresone Institution.
Chicago Times.

The United States Senate is a trying
place for the health of its members.
Senator Anthony and Cameron are still
suffering from the effects of illess con-
tracted during last session, and as Sen
ator Logan threatens to make another
six days speech on the Fitz John Port
er case, there is no probability that the
present session will be any less I'M
healthy.
And yet how many men are insane
enough to want to be United States
Senators.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-15
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Bargains can be secured at Deller's

Bargains can be secured at Deller's
The best scot. tea in the market,
is at the Nila5le Nickel Cash store.
Farmers, Brewer & Penhallegon
pays cash for your produce, buy
your groceries of them. SO
Fresh Oysters, direct from Balti-
more, at J. A. Spratler's-at reduced
rates.
The proprietors of the Cash Gro,
Gerry house are going to give away a
beautiful organ. Everyone who buys
a box OF blue gets chance.
We want the public to under.
stand that we are Offering goods al
low as the lowest, and will not be
understood by anybody. J. DELLER
Absolutely pure Baking Powder
is very scarce. Pure starch or pur,
-four does not make baking powdel
pure, yet on this ground alone many
manufacturers claim purity. De
Lands Chemical Baking Powder i
absolutely pure. 1t contains only
Grape Cream Tartar and Pure Bi
| Carb Soda.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-15
CONTINUED from last tCeek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

A plate of SOLID GOLD IA 2-10 karats
fine is soldered on each side of plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts of the cases-backs, centers, bezels, etc.
are cut and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turning. The composition metal gives it
needed strength, stiffness and solidity, while
the rrittcn guarantee of the manufacturers
rarTantiag each case to wear tcenty years
proves that it contains all the gold that
can possibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual results, as many of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold. DUBUQUE. Ia, Dec. IA. 1880.
have used one Of your James Boss Gold Watch
Gases for seventeen years. bought it secondhand
and know of its having been used before got 1t,
but do not know how long. It looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect 1t was nlled case
until 30 informed by jeweler short time stnce:
/ most cheerfuIly recommend your cases TO De AZ
they are represented to be, and mora
o. McCRANEY, Dep Col Int. Rev. ID On lo~a.
Send cent stamp to Keystone Factories Phiia.
d.luhis Pa for Illustrated showing how
DANES Boss and Keystone Watch Cases are made.
Ito be Conttrssedl
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-15
LINDEN.

The success of the Linden Clut
dance is assured. It's stock is above
par. 1t draws better than revival
meeting.
While the local editors of the
Chronicle in other parts of the coun-
ty are quarreling like cats and dogs
and calling each other such endear-
ing names as monkey, donkey, dead
beat, liar, ETC., Mr.. r. W.Sampson,
editor of the Linden department.
pursues the even tenor of his way in
q very gentlemanly manner and re-
fuses to take part or share in their
petty squabbles.
Richard Manning, one of the wide
awake business men of Cobb, made
a fying visit to Linden on Wednes-
day afternoon. Besides taking all
the grain farmers wish to part with
he pays the highest market price in
cash for all the good hogs and cattle
they wish to turn into money.
The newspaper thief is abroad in
the land. He is very abundant at
the Linden hotel. Pollard will in
tercept him some of these times.
1t is a poor week when there is
not a runaway, tlp-oyer or smash
up of some kind to be reported from
this town. On last Sunday evening
Frank Hicks favored a number Of
boys and girls with sleigh-ride to
Miffiin. Frank never does things
by halves; so he put on the side
boards and took full load. When
within a mile and a half of Miffiin
Young Hicks turned from the road
to allow team and cutter to pass
and it appears the driver kept too
close to Hicks sleigh, one of his
whiffietrees catching on it, which
caused the horse to kick so violently
as to endanger the lives of some of
the occupants of the sleigh. No
lives were lost. Like the runaway
reported last week, this affair had a
fortunate ending. The only loss
sustained being that one of the
side boards was badly demoralized.
The owner will miss it when he
wishes to haul corn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-15
The Roscohel Mol savs. aTbe

The Boscobel Dial SAYS: The
Chicago & North Western R'y sur
yeying corps have run a line down
the south bank of the Wisconsin
river from Woodman to Wrights
ferry, thence across the river through
ravine to the Mississippi river
at Prairie du Chen. The company
will doubtless run this line to La
Crosse to connect with their Wiscon-
sin and Winona & st Peter divis-
ions"
Grand Army Posts are multiply
ing with great rapidity. There are
said to be now on its rolls quarter
of million members in good stand
ing, and before the next National
Encampment it is expected that
there will be an army of three
thousand comrades. So many
northern soldiers have gone to live
in the south that there are Grand
Army organizations in nearly all the
southern states.-Lancaster Herald.
"Our Little Ones and the
Nursery is a publication for little
folks that should be in every house
hold. Its articles and stories which
are written specially for the young
are pure in tone, elevated in char
acter, and are always interesting and
instructive, The magazine is beau
tifully illustrated throughout. 1t
is issued monthly by the Russell
Publishing Company of Boston,
Massachusetts,.
A. J. White, is agent for the state
of Wisconsin for county and town.
ship rights to manufacture and sell
Purinton's Agricultural Boiler and
Feed Steamer. Mr.. White is a good
reliable man and the article which
he represent is indispensable to ever
farmer and stock raiser. 1t is for
cooking all kinds of feed or heating
water for any purpose. Mr.. White
will Immediately commence to can
vass the several counties throughout
the state. The right for Iowa coun-
ty has been sod to Harvey M. White
Of Waldwick, and for Lafayette and
Grant to John Cullen, E. Cullen and
George Sonberger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-15
4 SeriOuS Accident.

Willie Gilman, a twelve year old
son of Charles Gilman, on Satur-
dav last met with a serious accident,
while coasting on the hill near Hulk
tables, opposite Geo. Days resi-
dence. He was riding down hill on
the crust of the snow when one of
the runners of his sleigh broke
through the crust, and as he was 60
ing very rapidly he was thrown
from the sleigh with much force and
fell in such manner as to break
one of his legs. DR.. Vivian was
called, and upon examination of the
broken limb found it to be an OBJ
lique fracture close to the junction
between the lower and middle third
Of the thigh. Although the break
is quite a serious and very painful
one, the little fellow is bearing up
under it bravely, and it is to be
hoped that no permanent injury
will result from it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-15
For three wears Mr.. r. c.. Wri

For three years Mr.. II. C. Wright,
of CASTOR, n. c., had been an in
tense suffer from rheumatism His
friend, J. A. Warwick, of Petersburg,
Va, writes: Before the first bottle
of ATHLoPHoRos was finished he
was able to walk, and now goes
about all over his farm In this
case, which the friends of Mr..
Wright regarded rs desperate, a
test was made of ATHLoPHoRos.
1t surprised friend and patient by
its prompt and thorough action on
the blood and diseased parts, and
Won the emphatic .opinion that il
was truly specific for Rheuma.
tisn.