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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-12
Where Buttons Are Mades

The button trade of New York is esti-
mated to amount to from $4,000, 900 ia
SIC, ZOO, 900 annually, although Europe
is still the chief seat of the button manu-.
facture. Glass buttons are nearly all
made in Bohemia, where many children
are employed in the factories. They re-
ceive about ten cents a day, women
thirty cents, and the men from forty to
fifty cents Vienna is at the head of the
pearl button trade, but many shirt but
tons are made in Birmingham, which is
also the great locality for the production
of metal buttons. The Paris and Berlin
manufactures for novelties in this line
are the most extensive of any in the
world. In one village situated near
Paris and having population of from
5000 to 5000 people, all of the working
class are engaged in making agate but
tons, which, when imported into the
United States, under thirty per cent.
duty, sell for about thirty-one cents d
great gross. 1t is said the material
alone could not be produced here for
double that price.
The American manufacturers excel in
making bone, brass, ivory and gold but
tons by machinery, and export large
quantities Of the goods. Providence,
R., l., has been quite largely engaged in
this branch of the business. Boston
9Zobe
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-12

At Washington, some one applied
to a theatrical manager to obtain free
tickets for the pages who carry mes
sages and the like in the Senate and md
House. NO." said the manager Il
might give to one page, but not to SO
many. MANY pages make a volume!'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-12

The name Of the inventor of the
thermometer is unknown, and the ear
lest mention of it as scientific appli-
ance. then fifty years old, was in a work
by Dr. r. Fluid, published in 1888. As
to the instrument as it now exists, Rob
ert Hooke suggested the use Of the freez-
ing point, HALEY the boiling point and
the substitution of mercury for spirit,
and Newton blood heat. = Chicago Jour
nal.
, 1884-09-23

The following sales occurred at Chicago
on September 20:
Swan Land and Cattle company: IL
cans of Americans, average weight 1000.
a. $3.50; . cars of failing, average weight
LIS, at 1925.
Clay & Forrest: Is cars of half breeds,
average l,lso, at "a. so; 3 cars of %tailings,
average we ght 1850. at 81.
Earnest: 5 ears of Americans, average
weight / ,l60, at 500; 5 cars of Ameri-
cans, average weight l,l25, at s4.l2; 9
cars of Americans, average weight | ,023,
at s4.o0;l car of Americans, average weight
l 1000, at SO. 80; IL cars Of Americans,
average weight / ,l3O, at "a. So 3 cars OF
commons, average weight l.02O, at 81. 90,
and one half car Of commons, average
weight l,0s0, at SO. s5.
Yesterdays sales: Ed Page sold his
lot, average weight LII, at 81. so.
Clay i Forrest sold one lot, average
weight, LILO, at 81 65.
The following cars were ordered yester-
day:
October Hunter L Bergman, Al
cars for Pine Bluffs.
September &c. Gardner 4 Bro, II
cars Tor Pine Bluffs.
September 25.-J. W. Snyder, 20 cars
for Snyder.
September 26.-J. w. Berry, 6cara for
Pine Bluffs.
, 1884-09-23
The Tramps Should DO.

A gang of tramps have been encamped
south of the railroad track for some time
past and have proved a source of annoy
ance to the inhabitants of that portion of
the city. They are perfectly lawless, and
have neither respect for themselves nor
anyone else. Last night they created
quite an excitement in the neighborhood
by the reckless manner in which they
used their firearms.
About u O'Clock they commenced fir
ing off their revolvers and keeping up a
perfect bombardment for half an houi. 1t
is time these vagabonds were suppressed.
Perhaps a few days spent by them ip
hard, honest work for city improvements
would curb their lawless propensities and
make the n~eighborhood a more desirable
place of residence.
, 1884-09-23

The following entries of public lands
were filed at the United States Land
Office YESTERDAY:
Timber culture claims, Elias NJ. Thur
mond, Of johnson county, northwest
quarter of section u, township Sc, range
SO, leo acres
Geo. T. Chierge, Of johnson county,
north quarter Of southeast quarter of
section 80, township So. range 81, 50
acres.
button Thompson, Of johnson county,
north half of south half Of section 2,
township 40, range 20, 100 acres.
Desert entries, Sarah j. Gilmore,
Middlesex county, y. Y, northe st quar-
ter of SECTION 20, township H.. rang 70,
500 acres.
James NJ. Gilmore, of Albany county.
Wyo., all Of section 30, township 4, range
10, 81. 527 acres.
Allen Thompson. Of Laramie county,
south half Of northwest quarter Of section
10, township ., range 10, 400 acres.
John w. Collins, of Laramie county,
south half of the southwest quarter OF
section II, and rorth quarter of north
west quarter of section township 10.
range 20, leo acres.
William A. Davis, of Carbon county,
what will be, when surveyed, the south
west quarter Of the southwest quarter,
north half the northwest quarter, north
west quarter Of the southwest quarter Of
section G, south half of southeast quarter
Of Section I, township IA, range SO; the
southeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter and northeast quarter Of sectien |, east
half of the northwest quarter and north
east quarter Of southwest quarter and
north half of the southeast quarter Of
section II, township IA, range 81, GAG
acres.
William F. Pergany, of Carbon county,
southeast quarter and southwest quarter
Of the southwest quarter of section 81,
township Is, range SO, 200 ocres.
, 1884-09-23
This was carried unanimously.

This was carried unanimously. 49,
Mr. Durbin moved that Mr.. Stark be
continued in the position.
Mr.. Hicks moved that Mr.. Parrish be
elected to 6I the Principalship after Jan
uary 4.
A motion to elect by ballot was carried
When the vote was counted it appeared
that Mr.. Stark had received four votes
and Mr.. Parrish two votes, Messrs. Hicks
and Voorhees, casting the ballots for the
latter. Mr.. Stark was declared elected.
In political conventions they generally
move to make it unanimous" said Colo
mel Snow suggestively.
Yes, but this is not a political conven-
ton" said the chairman decisively.
This closed the great question of the
evening.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Hicks
that all teachers now employed be com
PEELED to file with the Secretary of the
Board, before October Is. a certificate of
standing from the County Superintendent
except such as have them FROM the Terri
torial Institute. This was adopted.
Miss Huffschmidt was elected assistant
to ME. Miller, and after various bills had
been allowed, the Board adjourned.
The regular Board meeting occurs
Thursday evening.
, 1884-09-23
.cHEYnNNEs KEEN cRIrIc.,
The Leading New York Dramatic Paper
Has Something TO Say Of Him.

-
Under the caption of Frank Critic
isms, Byrne's Dramatic II ines. of New
York, takes up The LEADERS critique
on the performance of Mr.. Daniel 4.
Bandmann, in this city, as Hamlet"
In introducing the same the Dramatic
Times says editorially;
The Western critic is often rude, and
sometimes he lacks literary skill. Once
in awhile he is poetic. al We have seen by
reference to ST. Pail newspaper But
whether brilliant or dull, polished or I'M
oouth, he is always vigorous, and now and
then he bites off Il performance in a highly
humorous fashion. We lind a curiously
emphatic criticism of Herr Bandmann's
"Hamlvt' IN a Cheyenne paper, TUE
LEADER. 70 a man of the irascible
nature of Bandmann it must have been
eminently soothing to see himself and his
company raked over the Goals in the ex-
tremely original manner a adopted by the
Cheyenne journalist OF Herr Band
mann himself the critic mllly aud dis
%passionately rises to remarks:
lIIere follows a reproduction of The
LEADERS criticism on Mr. Bandmann
and his supporting company.
In closing his remarks the editor Of the
Dramatic Times says:
we are not prepared to admit that We
believe this kind of criticism introduced
into New York would be altogether ad-
vantageous. In the trackless West it may
have its advantages. But at the same
time we should not like to see a system
adopted here which might wound the feel
ings of such tender hearted and sensitive
people as Herr Bandmann. We reprint
portions OF the criticism Of The LEADER
SO that great actors going West may know
what to expect in the direct vicinity of
Cheyenne. 1t is certainly no wonder that
combinations are asking forr a new route
which shall circle but not 90 near this
spot, where Turks the keen critic of Chey-
ennp
, 1884-09-23
a rERRIToRIAL GLANCE.
Press Paragraphs Of Local aud General
Interest

From the Buffalo Echo.
G. F. Garraghty, postmaster and tele-
graph operator at the fort, has fitted up
his postofice in such a shape as would do
credit to a %populous town. The boxes
have all Yale keys and the delivery ar
rangement most complete.
There are sixteen places for selling beer
in Buffalo. Now let four more come in to
make the even twenty, and then it will be
just half as important as the capital
Cheyenne.
The Hurlbut-C onrod Live Stock COM
pany has organized anew, under the name
of Hurlbut- Conrad Land and Cattle com
pany, capital $500, 900, with A Heller as
manager. The company recently added
2 $500 to their herd.
, 1884-09-23
SHOOTS HIMSELF.
The Result of Handling a Revolver Too
CarelessIy.

Mark O%ppenheimer mutilated himself
with a pistol on Sunday morning
During Saturday evening, and until
the Sabbath morn was quite permanently
established in the September calender.
Mark handled the checks and announced
the winning colors for the wheel of
fortune at West Meyers saloon. To
sustain the shock to his nervous system,
occasioned by the hard labor to which he
is subjected in the performance Of his
duties in this capacity, Marx INDUCED in
promiscuous drinks of an Intoxicating
nature. To use his own words, be was
pretty full. When he started for his home
on the corner of Bent and T~wenty-frst
streets he fell in with some one whose
name he does not now remember, and in
a short space of time managed to get into
ia serious argument with his new acquaint-
auce.
Mark states that owing 10 the exhilerat-
ing influence Of the alcoholic beverages
which he had partaken he has a very
ndistinct recollection of what occurred.
He thinks that he drew his pistol and his
an~tsgoniStic quietly left him in possession
of the field. In his effor.s to return his
Weapon to his pocket he accidentally dis
charged it. and all he can remember ofthe
transaction is that he managed get to into
the house and soon recognized that he had
shot himself
Drs- Marston and Gray arrived and ex-
amined the wounded man. The ball,
which was a thirty-two calibre, struck Just
below the right groin, plowed its way
down to the bone and lodged just above
the knee. An %incislon was made and the
ball was extracted. As the bone is not
injured, he will probably recover sufici-
emily 10 esune his duties at the wheel in
two or three weeks
, 1884-09-23
DIED.

On Monday morning at 10 o'clock the
infant child of Mrs. II. NJ. Merrill, aged
I months and 10 days. The funeral will
take place this afternoon from the resid-
ence OF j. L. Below, on the corner of
Sixteenth and Ransom streets, at ;
o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.
, 1884-09-23
From the Evanston chleftaIn.

From the Evanston chleitaln.
Miss Bessie Arnold, who has spent the
past two years with her brother in Ger
many, perfecting her eduction, has arrived
by steamer in New York. She will stop
q short time with friends in Chicago, and
is expected to arrive at the home Of her
parents, in this city, about the lat of
October.
E. s. Croker, of the firm Of Crawford,
Thompson & Co., sold to Dave Reese
their two story brick on Front street o..
Tuesday last, the consideration being
IS, 500. The original cost Of this struc-
ture was so 600.
For architectural beauty, the new
Episcopal church being erected in this
city viii eclipse any similar structure in
western Wyoming.
, 1884-09-23

lives & historical Deptj Cheyenne, Wyo.
, 1884-09-23
wOman,s Temperance Convention.

The second annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
commences at the First Presbyterian
church, to-day, at 2 p. m, and will last
three days. A large attendance is assured
and it is expected that this will be the
most successful held in the Territory. An
invitation has been extended to all per-
sons interested in the temperance cause
and the different Christian churches are
requested to assist in promoting the cause.
The ladies approve of your smoking
Little ] oker."
, 1884-09-23

Cures collie, cramps, diarrhea; extern
ally for aches. pains, sprains, headache,
neuralgia, rheumatism. For man or
Least. 70 and 81 cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

a truly extraordinakss story Is told b.
an old schoolfellow ofN. T,emaira late
French consul general M Shanghai ana
recently appointed misEster pienipofen-
taary - Hue. Twenty.5svc years ago he
was at school At TonnesNe. There with
Inconsistencies Of hizacstiny. he was
nicknamed Jaunot. az accovnt ~ 20
singularly yellow Compilation. re IVES
q quiet lad, not brilIiaus often bnlliad
by his comrades, and s5mewhat ha.tlIv
treated by his professaSs. When fifteen
he passed 3 vacation Nsth an uncle II
burgundy, and had fcT.a COMPANION
cousin much younger than himself. Their
delight was to play at A&diers. Lemalre
shoul0ered a rusty f11ss gun. and the
cousin hourished an old aaDer. One dav
1t was agreed that thee should oct IN
some wine from the cesFssr. not with anv
pilfering intention, bu1anerely to pIav Al
soldiers plundcring. AS the cousin was
mounting the cellar stsiSs. Lemaire ex-
claimed, "Here is the ersezny y and pulled
the trigger The gun, which he did not
know to be loaded, wSIit off and blew
out the brains Of the yoasag cousin. Lee
MARES family, horriiel at the event.
sent him to sea as cabtR boy. Nothing
was heard of him for yeats, and he sent
no letters home. At last it was found
out that he had established himself at
Saigon, had learned Chinese, and was
employed as interpreter at the French
consulate Later news tame that he had
married Cochin Chinesa lady, whether
native or settler is not stated, and
now the result of that unfortunate shot
with the flint gun is thai he is recognized
as the most accomplished diplomatist
that France can find to conduct her af-
fairs among the yellow people. Such is
the history of Jaunot. x ,Ond0n NeCs.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

Huxley says that "a mounEain Of cod, /"
from 100 to 80 feet in height, moves for
two months in every year from westward
and southwark, past the Norwegian coast.
Every square mile Of the cCscssal column
contains 30. 900, 900 of fshes, which,
even on short rations, consume no fewer
than $40. 600. 600 of herrine every week.
The whole catch Of the Norwegian fish
cries never exceeds "a a year more than
half : square mile Of this scod noun
Fa;n and one weeks supply Of the
herrincs are needed to KEEPS haf area of
cod from starving.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
WhxW wan Won IlIefa

ScovilTs Sarsaparilla, or Blood and Liver
Syrup, for the cure Of scrofulous faint, rheu-
matism, white swelling, govt, goitre, con
sumption, bronchitis. nervous debility, mala.
ria, and all diseases arising from an impure
condition of the blood. Certificates can be
presented from many leading physicians,
ministers and the heads of families through
out the land, indorsing ScovilI's Blood and
Liver Syrup. We are constantly in receipt
of certificates of cures from the most reliable
sources, and we recommend it as the hest
known RENE " for the cure Of the above dis
eases
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
Wanted d DlRerei.t Nose.

A girl presented her moss TO a surgeon
for improvement. It was yery conspicu-
Gus aud undeniably destructive to the
beauty which her face wceld otherwise
have possessed. She saisl chat she had
read about his Strengthening out and re-
forming nose that was fattened and
askew. and she wanted 1sim to take
section out of her Roman feature, thus
transforming it into Grecian one. She
had pretty clear notion 5ttfo, as to how
the operation could be performed; and
he had to admit that the alan was en-
tirely feasible-that her paaSculinc beak
might lie altered into q feminine bill,
with only a. scar across ito mark the
point where some of tEe supe1huous
material had been removed But ne did
not feel satisfied in carving human faces
for such purpose, and kSd to decline
the Job. She vowed, however, that she
would find . surgeon. hiladelDhsa
Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

In thirty years successful experience In thu
manufacture OF 10000 Instruments. the
Mason g. Hamlin company have accumulated
facilities for manufacture without which thew
could neither produce as good organs as they
now make. nor with as great economy Said
an experienced manufacturer in witnessing
the operation Of single machine in their fac
tory recently: Zone boy with that machine
does as much work as ten skilled workmen
could do without it, and does IL better at
that"
These accumulated facilities, including ex-
perienced and skilled workrnen, are the secret
of their producing organs which are unques-
tionably the best, yet can be sold at prices
which are little more than those of the poor
est-BOston Traveller.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
rhn Linrs, club Discuss Eggu.

the meeting of the Liars club held
epIdence of Struckdum Tinlkins
gcning the subject of eggs was
shed.
ghirus Elkins remarked that he
owned q Cochin China that had
On his fathers farm for twenty-five
and held the belt as champion
EG Of the coop.
/. ghy, = said he, that hen could lay
aiyfour eggs a day and not half try,
he had one great fault. In summer
suffered from the heat so much and
0cold and tough that her eggs were
hd boiled when laid"
living delivered himself of this story,
arus leaned back in his chair and
acalmly at the medal on the table.
lnuiaS Barnum smiled serenely aud
that was nothing. His aunt had
once that could lay any kind of an
-poached, scrambled, boiled or ON
+ The Barnum hen, furthermore,
|at confne itself to laying eggs, but
l'Aed them, too--fricaseed, boiled or
|gayle. They had to kill hef, finally,
q was not discriminating poult,
'ndeavored to hatch a beer keg one
moon, refusing to take nourishment
.aihe thing was completed.
la medal here gave nervous Jump
edged nearer t. Barnum than at any
I previous.
y then Senator Spriggins entered
soOm and remarked that he had just
ian egg that measured ten feet in
s''er and weighed thirty pounds.
S \ Tlmkins suggested that this
Y not rightly be called a lie, as it
. more on the line of exaggeration.
'aen ever drew breath that could
!, Y egg that size, - said he.
mats So" said Spriggins, ''but it
seven hens to lay this one"
. 'ne ensuing confusion the senator
.aea the medal, and the meeting,
al0g more or less broken up, ad-
ned. Life.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
conundruln.

u;noer called on Madeline last
sg pi7S was shown into the parlor,
~ found Mabel looking at the
.s,.,ary. He greeted her with q
a.ssoing. sissy; how are you this
-
rn pretty well; say, can you
...aodrums. Mr.. Bigger2"
sometimes; what is it2"
4 = \. one of Lina's; she asked me
we're like my bunny rabbit.
y tell that9'
II I'm sure I'll have to give it up.
like your rabbit"
I ne most 'spicuous part of you is
.s,fs what Lima says. "
ina came tripping down the stairs
"a the front door close behind a
,sag form.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
vruman Monster.

s,nt Charley Green uD to your
ID righti" asked one young lady
sther.
s.r plea,ant that wasl l think h
bo nice for any use.
En-. | DON'T" was the snappy reply.
Fhy nOtT
n because he's no good"
Issats the matter with him."
|sFy don't you think. after he had
/. here about half an hour he asked
4, and me to take stroll with him,
n course we thought it meant oys-
m it was a lovely oyster night, and
|me lust boiling, and we went out
loo quick"
|lsd didn't you get it9"
In tn MOI He walked us six or
squares, and then said it would be
,uch fun to get weighed. and he
IS into grocery store and we got
he'd and that's all we did get. Now,
I do you think of that kind of a
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

We were walking home. passed two
ice cream saloons brilliantly illuminated.
people were going in-she did not say
ice cream once. He asked her FOR her
hand, she promised it, The marriage GER
emony was ! failure He, ii his despon-
uency asked for reason. She said ice
cream. George tainted and was carried
home in an ice cream freezer. They
don't speak now.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

was so hopping mad about it that
= 70 swallow the lumpin his throat
-. III laur times before he could speak
~, When the other had patted
Vane back and led him around in q
y he began with:
|agit.n
y course
= worth $40, 600, and I don't owe
10 the world
Y course not y
W, ! was sitting in the Office about
,sOCS thus forenoon, when in came
'aser, He introduced himself and
-, cnair. was smokings and it
,s courtesy to offer him a cigar.
~ ne had frequently heard my
!. a mentioned, and supposed he was
ssltleman from the interior of the
So0 w" = wanted my written legal
~ Ss'slnlyi your luminous legal
y seemed rather difident and en-
y S y and as he had not made his
\ aaown up to noon invited him
~. Si, I me to dinner. He readily
zee. y
!Im. dinner | showed him oil over
4 played billiards with him for
Il -, sour' and then brought him back
e; nc and gave him another fifteen
1t '' ana asked him TO come to the
and be camsw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
vassar girls don't swear. They say 'buygnm.
How Women Diner From Men.

At least three men on the average Jury are
bound TO disagree with the rest just to show
that they've got minds of their own; but
there is no disagreement among the women as
to the merits of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription." They are all unanimous in pro-
nouncing it the best remedy In the world for
all those chronic diseases, weaknesses and
complaints peculiar 10 their sex. It trans
forms the pale, haggard, dispirited woman
into one of sparkling health, and the ringing
laugh again "reigns supreme in the happy
household
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

Sneezing. snufing and coughing! This Is
the music all over the land just now. And
will be until June i've got such an awful
cold in my head" Cure it with Ely's Cream
Balm or it may end in the toughest form of
Catarrh. Maybe you have Catarrh now.
Nothing ia more nauseous and dreadful.
This remedy masters it as no other ever did.
Not a snuff nor a liquid. Applied by the
finger to the nostrils. Pleasant, certain,
radical.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05
rnROUS SKETCHES


,S;es and gentlemen visited
yew York. and they
49, animals very much, and
aIarly the kangaroo.
~ animal is going to die,
- remarked Gilhooly, punch
n bis cane. +he r,atter Nth
,.o4l Well. / do. Can't you
4 q. ~ i rs last legsT' TEXAS SIT
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

Don't yon think you have 1 good
mamma to spread such nice. large slices
Of bread and jam for your said an old
lady to little boy, who was enjoying his
tea. Yes, was the reply; s.but she
" uld be still better If she'd let me spread
the jam on myself"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-05

An exchange says: -Nine-tenths of the
unhappy marriages result from human calves
being allowed to run at large in society pas
lures" Nine tenths of the chronic or linger.
ing diseases of to-day originate in impure
blood, liver complaint or biliousness, result
ing in scrofula, consumption (which is but
scrofula of the lungs, sores, ulcers, skin dis
eases and kindred affections Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cures all these.
OF druggists.