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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
HE KNEW HIS GAIT.
a Detroit Tramp Who was Well Posted on
the Forms OF Law.

Saturday forenoon, as tramp was
about to enter yard on Sibley street,
tie owner of the place came around the
corner of the house. The recognition
was mutual, and the owner observed:
No use coming in here"
.Why?"
Because we have nothing for tramps.
Better be off with you"
lis that a threat?" asked the tramp.
"You can take it that way"
Then you are liable to the law. The
fifteenth Michigan reports, page 221,
makes a threat of bodily injury pun
ishable offense. 1t was also held by the
Supreme Court in Baker VS.. Gray that a
threat could always be construed as a
breach of the peace"
"There's too many loafers of your
shape around. "
I'm loafer, ehP SANDER is defined
as applying opprobious epithets, or cir
culating stories calculated to injure ones
character. See Twentieth Mich, pages
90, "a and 25. Also decision in Black
VS.. Tallman."
you come in here and I'll give you
all the law you want"
IAN assault may consist of bodily in
jury or simply of words. If John Doe
inveighs against Richard Roe in anger,
uttering covert threats of bodily injury
and leading Richard to suspect and fear
bodily harm, that is an assault. See
Michigan Statutes, pages IL and II; also
Supreme Court decision in case of Fair
H., l., 1xxra11 ~
s.Well, / warn you to keep out"
Certainly. Any person entering
upon the property of another when for
hidden so to do is guilty of trespass.
Thirteenth Michigan, case of Jones VS..
Braintree."
The owner of the place looked at the
tramp for a moment and then disap-
peared in the back yard. The stranger
stared after him for a while, and then
started slowly up the street with the OBJ
servation:
ANY person going about from place
to place without occupation or means
of subsistence, or any person asking for
food or aims upon the streets or public
highways, shall be considered a vagrant.
That's me. See sixteenth Michigan,
page 92. Also, decision in case of De
troit VS.. Warner. Judgment of lower
court sustained and plaintiff remanded
back to the work house. Detroit Free
p,.eee
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-"Why don't you literary men get
richp" asked lady of Bohemian. II
don't know" he replied, "unless it is
that dollars and cents never go to-
gether ~ y. Independent.
Many persons seem to imagine that
they are always in an amphitheatre
with the assembled world as spectators;
whereas, all the while, they are playing
to empty benches. Monthly Magazine.
-Ouida says: "a girls love must
never be begged, but conquered"
That's all very well, but how to subdue
the thick-soled parent OF the period Is
what's bothering our young men just
now.-iSan francisco Post.
If you want to look for heroes in
our days. says woman writer, ''you
must look for them in the Kitchen
That's where the policeman spends
most of his time while on duty.-Bnr-
Gngtom Haackeye.
"A favorite style: swell, my daught-
er, your mother and have been con-
sulting recently about the windows for
our new house. What kind would you
like in the parlorp'' 30, thank you,
papa, for seeking my advice. should
prefer beau windows by all means. y
Boston Budget.
Health Hints: Never go to bed
with your clothes on. Never sleep with
your eyes open. Never drink q
cocktail after dinner. Don't look
down the barrels of gun to see il
it is loaded. Never kindle the fire with
kerosene. Never fool with buzz-saw.
Never try to conciliate strange dog
with kind words. = Chicago Tribune.
"A little girl was told that she must
not 90 to the currant bushes-that the
currants would make her sick. She
said she did not mean to, but Satan
tempted her. why didn't you pray:
Get thee behind me, Satanp'" asked
her mother - did," was the reply,
land he got right behind me and
pushed me into the bushes"
Baby Mine with Twist:
I've letter from your sire,
Baby mine baby mine,
And he says he'll come and see us
y he ever gets the time.
Aid he thinks far in the distance
He can see a coming day
When his very busy business
Will send him down this way.
And while the engine stops for water
Full six minutes and half,
He will listen to the music
OF your winsOme baby laugh.
Twice already he has seen you,
Twice has kissed your dimpled cheek.
How you grow, you little beauty,
One year old last Wednesday week.
Inter Ocean.
Darling" he whispered, as the
clock sadly struck two, and he still sat
there trying to impress her with his
love, ''there is one thing | SO much de-
sire Would you let me take some
thing that would be eternally sweet to
my remembrance" II don't know
she coyly replied, making move as il
to fall ON thirty-cent shirt-front, ''but
there is one thing you could take that
will fill my happy cup to overlooking
what is it. loved onep" ready to catch
her; but only cold answer came, that
sounded like the bottom of a coal-box
| in December. You might take your
leave. atlanta Constitution.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
NUMBER s.
scHpoL AND CHURCH.

The professor of anatomy at Edin>
burgh University is paid $l6.0oo
year.
No student in Tulane University -
permitted to pursue more than -FOUR
studies.
The Swedish Church has recently
adopted the revised version OF the
Scriptures.
William H. Vanderbilt has given
$500, 900 as a building fund to the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New
York City.-N. Y. San.
The Salvation Army claims that its
colors are flying in nineteen different
countries, and that it prints eighteen
journals in six different languages.
1t is estimated that the South Is
spending to-day twice as much as 1t did
five years ago for education, and four
times as much as it spent in 1870.
Robert j. Burdette, the Hawkeyc
humorist, has presented to the Baptist
Church of Lower Merton, Pa, church
bell in memory of his wife.
There is Methodist preacher in
Phillipsport, Pa, who travels over forty
| five miles on his Sunday circuit, hold
| ing 1OuT StTNlCcS. Ills saiuiy 10 VAAAy
$500 year.-P Pittsburgh Post
The conductors of the Palestine
| Survey Expedition think they have
| identified the sepulcher OF Joseph OF
Arimathea, in which our Lord was laid
after the crucifixion.
MIR. Aver, wealthy grocer OF Bos-
ton, has built on the Back Bay section
of that city a $250,000 pile of granite,
the First Spiritual Temple" to be used
by the Spiritualists.
Alexander Graham Bell hopes to In
troduce generally into deaf and dumb
| institutions the entire substitution OF
articulate conversation for the present
system of sign language. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The benevolent contributions of the
Presbytery of New York for the past
year foot up total of $74S, S74H. VI
this total there was for foreign missions,
S82, Jap; home missions, $8S, 022; and
church erection, 1871, 1862.
| Before the apostles of the New Edu-
cation proceed further they should de-
wise some policy whereby students. on
entering college, may be made to regard
their college-work as seriously as an APP
prentice does his on entering a shop
Current
The journal of the Twelfth Annual
Council of the Episcopal Diocese of
Arkansas gives the following figures;
Clergy, including the Bishop. IA;
parishes, Is; bapiisms, 1856; confirma-
tons, So; communicates, LII; Sunday
school scholars, sol; contributions, $l2,-
800.
The Christian at Work says that
eight hundred thousand pupils have been
taught in the different Methodist schools
for the Freedmen during the past year.
The receipts of their Freedmen's Aid
society have been $780, 900, invested in
permanent school property; and the re-
ceipts of the year are $118,453.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
ORGANIZED SCIENCE.
The Old Royal Society of London, and Its
Hard Struggle.


There are said to be in this and other
lands over one thousand scientific bodies.
Many of these are devoted to special de-
partments of investigation, while others
aim to foster all branches of learning.
Some few are very exclusive, being linn
tied to a few persons OF ripe attainments,
while others are popular in their consti-
tuition, aiming to interest all intelligent
men in the advancement of science. 1t
is now proposed to form one gigantic So
ciety of all the various scientific bodies
in Europe and America. 1t is held that
union of effort will bring about mighty
results for the good of mankind. II is
evident that scientific men are held in
the highest esteem. They are the priests
of the new faith, for men believe in and
reverence them. When scientific bodies
were first organized they met with much
opposition. The Royal Society was or
ganized in London, in 1920, and a very
hard time it had to live at all. Many of
its original members were so poor as to
be unable to pay the subscription rate OF
one shilling per week. Among those
excused from the payment of this tax
because of poverty was Isaac Newton,
who subsequently, in 1886, laid before
the Royal Society the original manu-
script of his famous "Principia." Sir
John Hill wrote quarto volume to set
forth the crimes, heresies and conspira-
cies OF the Royal Society, and clergy
men, physicians and fellows of the uni
versities joined in the hue and cry
against them. Although their studies
were confined to purely scientific topics,
such as mathematics, astronomy. phys
les, and the like, they were suspected Of
designs against Church and State and the
morals Of the community. -Demorest' $
Monthly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22

When Huddle was in New York,
strolling about and seeing what was to
be seen, he noticed by the side Of the
door OF large mansion on Fourth Ave
nue., right under the bell, the words:
please RING THE BELL FOR JANrroR. =
After rejecting for few minutes,
Huddle walked up and gave the bell
such pull that one might have sup
posed he was trying to extract it by tie
roots In a few moments an angry
faced man tore open the door.
ssAre you the janitor?" asked Huddle.
Eyes, what do you wantp"
Il saw that notice, Please ring the
bell for ianitor,' SO | rang the bell tor
you, and now want to know why you
can't ring the bell yourself. = 1sxss
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
Four Distinct Climates in Mexico.

The Republic of Mexico contains an
area of TAI 600 square miles, or 474, 624,-
600 square acres, and population of
over 100000 souls, and enjoys four
distinct climates:
The tropical; from the coast to the
foothills.
The semi-tropical; from the foothills
to the wide, level plateau.
The temperate; from the plateau to
the higher plains, such az the plateaus
Of Anahuac, Toluca, Durango and
Shichahua.
The cold; among the mountain val
leys of the States Of the interior, where
haiIstorms are frequent, and where the
inhabitants require artificial warmth
during tho night Detroit Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
VOLUME XVI.
A CANARY AT THE FARM.

Folks has been to town. and Sahry
Fetched nea nome a pet canary
And of all the blamed, contrary,
Aggervatin' things alivel
love music--that's / love it
When it's free-and plenty of it
But kince git above it
AT dollar eighty-tiyel
It's just as I'm a-sayin'-
The lady, now, o. layin
Out yer money, and a-payfn'
For willer cage and bird,
When the medder-larks is wingin'
Round you, and the woods a-ringin'
With the beautifullest singin'
That mortal ever hcardl
Sahry's sot, tho'-so tell her
He's a purity little feller,
With his wings o. creamy-yeller,
And eyes keen as a cat,
And the twitters o. the critter
Seems to absolutely glitter!
Guess I'll have to go and git her
A better cage n thatl
--Jdnes WhitcOnb Riley.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22

-Journi .lism Is in a flourishing con.
dition in the little Kingdom of Greece.
At this moment there are 1s2 printing
houses, which produce annually about
1000 different works. Nearly every
village has its newspaper. In Athens
4hers are fifty-four political papers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22

The surgical experiment of remov-
ing pin that had lodged in boys
lung shows the audacity, enterprise and
briliancy of our surgeons, but it does
not prove that it is safe to swallow pins
on account Of subsequent possibility
Of removal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22

No more touching compliment could
be paid than that of the child who had
overheard conversation at the table on
the qualities Of wife. As he stopped
over to kiss his mother he remarked;
Mamma, when get big I'm going to
marry lady just xactly ike you. r
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
The Soldiers Reunion az
Dallas.

On the last day Of the Southern
Soldiers Reunion at Dallas, and
when sentiments had been read in
honor of this and that officer Of dis
tinction in the service of the Lost
Cause, lady occupying some
what retired position on the platform
handed to Gen. Gaue slip Of pa
per, on which was traced the follow
IMP noble sentiment, as read by
Gen. Gaue in clear, distinct voice
and in tones that expressed his en-
tire concurrence.
The sentiment and the name sub
scribed are sufficient of themselves.
We give it as follows:
"The private soldier of the Con-
federate States Army: He bore in
his bosom a heart of oak he with
stood the brunt Of battle and sus-
tanned the heat and burden of the
day. His blood nourished the lau-
rels which otherwise had never
bloomed to grace the brow Of Lee
or Jackson. For myself, no bless
ing has ever crowned my life more
highly priced than the God-given
privilege [ enjoyed during four
years Of the ministry to the boys
who wore the ragged unornamented
gray. Your devoted friend and
comrade,
Mrs. FANNY A. BEERS
s'Late of the Confederate Army
But the most touching feature
followed A number Of old Con-
Ifederate soldiers who had, in wound
and sickness, received gentle and
healing ministrations from the hands
of Mrs. Beers, and learning just
then that she was present, and In
defiance of all order rushed to the
stand and gathered about her
Each and every one bore the mark
of some wound received in the war
and wore about their person some
fragment Of Confederate uniform
a hat, a coat or other articles, as
souvenirs of trial and Of glory.
Like old children they gathered
around her, grasping her hand and
testifying to all the world what 8
blessing she had been to them.
It was, indeed, truly the mos
touching and striking incident o
the many incidents Of the late re-
union Of Confederate veterans a
Dallas. Shreveport Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
For the Exposition.

We have been shown a piece of
silk needle-work now being prepar-
ed by that estimable lady, Mrs. Z.
P. McCants of this parish for exhi-
bition at the Exposition, that will
hardly be excelled by the fair Ia
dies Of Louisiana. We are not at
liberty to state the design of the
work, but will say that it is to be
composed Of two thousand pieces,
and is nearly completed. When it
is borne in mind that Mrs. McCants
is Sc years Of age, the magnitude of
this undertaking will at once be re-
allied. Mrs. McCants will also
contribute some fine specimens of
her mothers handy-work made af-
ter the latter had reached her sew
enty-seventh year. One of the
pieces is q representation of "Christ
at the Well" worked in silk. B. E..
Weekly Truth.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
Corn Culture.

The plan of laying by" corn af-
ter it has attained it's growth and
just before the development Of the
tassel by deep blowing, is almost a
thing OF the past by Eastern farm
ers. Its injurious effects have been
most plainly demonstrated during
times of drought by the firing of
the crops and the development Of
dwarfed ears.
Advocates of shallow culture,
many of them, do not use even a
light pillow after the seed is planted,
but keep the surface of the ground
mellow and weeds subdued by fire.
quent working of the soil-shallow
and fiat-with the cultivator. Mr..
E. S. Carman, who has succeeded in
gaining excessive yield of corn on
comparatively poor soil in New Jer-
sey, is an enthusiastic advocate OF
drill-planting and level fiat culture.
He also advises the use Of a heavy
roller upon the drills after planting,
and in dry weather, believing that a
close contact of the soil with the
seed induces early termination.
Prof. Sanborn has made a series of
experiments, the results Of which
appear to prove that, when the sur
face soil is kept fine bv shallow Gull
ture it acts as mulch to prevent
evaporation, and the growing crop
endures drought better than when
the soil is left rough and lumpy by
deep culture. Prof. Roberts, Of
Cornell University, after some ex-
periments, takes a conservative
ground; he believes that root prun-
ing in wet soils, in moist or wet
weather, when growth is very rapid,
is apt to be beneficial in dry, hot
weather it is liable to be injurious.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
A Luncheon Story.

A story of Gen. Butler is told by
a weIl-known woman living in
Washington. During the war Gen.
Butler imprisoned her. She suffer
ed great hardships, not the least Of
which was the prison fare she was
compelled to eat. As she had been
delicately raised, and was at the
time in particularly feeble health,
she suffered much from living on
coarse food. One day Gen. Butler
sent for her. As she entered his
room he went on writing without
raising his head or taking any notice
of her whatever. She seated her
self, and, unabashed by the great
mans presence, glanced around and
saw delicious luncheon prepared
for Gen. Butler on table near by.
The sight was too tempting for the
half-starTed prisoner. She crept
up behind him, took possession OF
the luncheon, and with great enjoy
ment and perfect sel1-pOSSeSsloll,
devoured every crumb-she hardly
left bone on the tray. Presently
Gen. Butler turned around, and,
without perceiying the havoc made
in his luncheon, said grufiy:
"You see, madam, I have been
very much engaged
To which she replied graciously.
pointing to the empty plates and
dishes:
"And you see, General, that
have been very much engaged
toor'
She swears to this day that Gen
Butler looked embarrassed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.

7 WILL BE at the places designated below to
correct and revise registration BOOKS Tor
eacll place, also to register all voters VINO li5Eo
not heretofore registered from O'CLOCK A W.,
to O'clock p. NJ each day.
Opeiousas-at Courthouse, September 81. 4Chs
5tll, 9th, 18th. 9th and 9Th. CO.
Washingtnn-at Town Hall, Wednesday SeNN
teml,er 10th, r,
Lower Bayou BOaGIf-at Begg's Store thurs
day Sept. 11th
Upper Bayou Bayou B0eUf-at Louis Sta%SS
Friday, September 18th.
Big Cane~Rt 7. GOdchanx's, Saturday, Septe"i-
her 18th.
Petit Prairie at Jules Godeau's, Monday, Sep
tember 18th,
Atchafaiaya-at ]. L. Morris Wednesday.
Sept. 18th.
waxiaIat schoo1house Thursday, September
Barre's Tanding-at D. P. saizan's, Friday
September 18th,
I,eORville--at SchoOThonse Saturday, Sept. 20ths
Believue-at schooEhouse, Monday Septen~
Grand Coteau-at Dunbar's, Tuesday, septcnl~
Der Esd.
September 9th,
Church point-at McBride's, Thursday, Sep
TENDER 25th,
PlaQuemine Brulee-at FOremans, ErifGy
September 26th.
Rayne-at Town Hall. Saturday, Sent. 9TH
Mermentau-at Maignaud's, Monday, Sept. 29tfE
acknowledgements S. Carts, Tuesday, Sep
tenfber 3Oth.
Faquetaique-at T. Huber',s Wednesday, Oc-
Prud'honme City-at T. c. Chachere's. Thurs
Lower ianmouti-at z. vidrine's, Friday,
Oct Sd,
Mammonth-at saucier's. Saturday, Oct 4tt.
Upper Ofammouth-at LandreueauX's, Mo!1-
dag, October 9Th.
Beaver Creek-at School House, Tuesday, oe-
tOEer 8th,
Bayou Chcot-at Haas store, Thursday, Oe-
tOIer 9th.
Bayou Chicot-at Dossman's. Friday Oct 10th.
Fiat TOwn-;rt Tate's, Saturday, October 11th-
Old Grand Prairie-at Stages, Monday, Oc-
tOber 18th,
Plaisance-at Jos. Vldrine's. Tuesday Ocf 14tlr.
ChataiGnier-at D. P. Lafieur's, Wednesday
October 18th,
Mallet-at los. suiices. Thursday, October 18th
Mallet-at Lucien Jouhert's. Friday Oct. nth.
Then at Courthouse i'll OpeIousas till Satur~
day, Nov. 1st, inclusive.
aug 49, Registrar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04

Old Dan Rice, the once famous
clown and Snowman, delivered a
lecture in Louisville, KY, a few
evenings since, which was very well
received. He says he is to organize
a stupendous entertainment for the
World IS Exposition at New Orleans.
To quote him literally; 'It will be
equestrian, will embrace school Of
calisthenics, classes, spectacles, my
biological representations, gladia-
torial sports and Roman pastimes. =
-Times-D Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04

Out West, when a girl wants a
male admirer to 60 home, she takes
down her back hair. When she
wants him to stay home she takes
out her teeth.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04

Next to love, sympathy is the di-
vine passion Of the heart.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
DPELOUSAS FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Opelousas, st. Landry Par. La.

-:O.--
FEYHES INSTITUTION will resume du-
Il ties Monday, September Sd, 1885, under the
immediate supervision of Mrs NJ. NJ. Hayes
and Mrs. NJ. 4. Davis, with competent assist
ants. The scolastiC year consists OF forty
weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION.
Preparatory Department, per months SO
Music. with Use of piano 90
Boarding, including washing, lights
and fuel. per month. .......---.. 1e 90
Embroidery, wax flowers, painting,
drawing, each, extra. 10 90
Incidental 90
DISCIPLINE.
Inc government of this school is strict but
parental, no hard tasks or restrictions are i'm
posed but every student mast comply with the
EuieS, ana must prepare up to the measure of
her apulty, the lessons assigned.
our course of study and mode of instruction
are designed to train the mind to the habits of
correct thinking and thorough investigation.
No student will be allowed to enter higher
classes without thorough preparation Parents
and guardians may rest assured that the man
nerS. nealth and morals of their children and
wards shall receive due attention.
No deduction for absence, unless in case OF
protF&cted illness. The location o. this town is
healthfut and easy of access. The boarding
department is under the immediate charge of
Mrs. Hayes. Boarders will provide themselves
with blankets and towels.
For particulars, address
MRS NJ. NJ gAYEs.
July 49, = Principal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-10-04
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We refer here, to the Postmaster, the Supt.
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State or county, write to
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