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St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26
JURY LIST.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Be it known that we the undersigned menu
bers of the Jury Commission did on this 21st
day OF December, A. ID. 1888, meet at the Clerks
office i'll the town of OpelOusas, Parish of St.
Landry, for the purpose OF drawing q special
Ventre OF 15) fifteen Jurors, as provided by act
No. 35 OF 1880, to attend for the week beginning
Monday, Feb. 18th, 1884 for the trial of Criminal
cases, as provided by said act d. Duri0, one of
said members drew from the general yenre box
one at time, the names of the following if
teen persons to compose the special Venire for
the week beginning Monday, Feb 1854, for the
trial OF criminal cases, as provided by aforesaid
act No. 35 Of 1880, q list OF whom was then and
there kept by the Clerk of said Court James o.
Chaehere And we the Clerk and Commission
ers did then and there place the names drawn
as aforesaid Tor the said week beginning as
aforesaid on the 18th Gay of Feb. 1884, in an en-
velope and sealed and endorsed the same which
sald envelope containing said names was then
and there placed in Jury Box provided for
the purpose which was locked and sealed by
US, and placed in the custody of the Clerk of the
Court for use at said term as q special Venire.-
Theogeae Daigiet, ,.-...-... Church Point
s. Jules gsHigtlS Opelousas
"a Nose Green Opelousas
Raymond Clark -P1aquemine.
Godfrey Dupre. -PIaisane3 e35S
geo ! moore e-----..---..--.-P -Plaquemines
Ant st Andre --.-.......... Mallgh
Snatles GadianQ -.------.- OpeIoustlSs
ErasEe Durlo.---------------; Plalsanee=est
Y Cozlne Washington
hoSsuth Core1l Vile Plate
A B Young Faouetaiuue
OY1gnac CarF1ere. -..s...... Bayon .iechB
jean BergerOn. ,-..-..---. .ArnaudvIlfa
In testimony whereof we have hereunto sign
ed this 2lst day OF December, 1888.
(~~1 ROB. CHACHERE. !
}sEAL. VIM. G. BELL, Com.
(S~~9 D. DURIO,
JAMES o. CHACHERE, Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Benjamin F. Meginley,t Deputy Clerk of
the 18th judicial Districtof La. in and for the
parish OF St Landry, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing has been duly record
ed in book No. 1, Jury Record, at page 40.
Witness my hand and seal ofoffice at Opelou-
sas, this 2lst day OF December e. d. 1883. 49,
SEAL. B. F. MEGINLEY,
t~~~~1 Deputy Clerk
A true copy.
D (~~~l B. F. MEGNLEY.
( SEAL. Deputy C!erE
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26
w. w. DUSON,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,

PIaquemiue Bru!ee P. O., La.
A TTENDs TO SELLING LANDS,
a Purchasing lands,
Homesteading lands,
Perfeeting titles to lands,
Searching Records for lapds,
And paying taxes f0r Een-residents. l4-t4
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26

Congress has appropriated $1,000,000
for the Improvement Of the Mississippi
river.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26

For Senators,
T. S. FONTENOT,
M. d. KAVANAGH,
For Representatives,
ALBERT GUIDRY,
PLACIDE ROBIN,
FRANK WHARTON,
.. C. LYONS.
For Judge-tsth District,
GEO. w. HUDsPETH.
For District Attorney-1sth District,
JOHN N. OGDEN.
For Clerk of,Court- 18th District.
JAMES, 20. CHACHERE.
For Sheriff,
C.sC DUsON.
For Coroner,
w. M. THOMPSON
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26
We would like to know how the Re

We would like to know how the Re-
publicans, or Independents, or Republi-
cans and Independents combined, ex-
pect to carry an election in this State.
All the election machinery is in the
hands of the administration, and the
returning officers are appointed by the
administration. The way the recent
campaign was conducted, within the
Democratic party, is a sufficient hint to
those who had eyes that could see.
Now where is the paper to come from,
to be used in printing tickets ? The
election law says no tickets will be
counted except those printed on paper
furnished by the Secretary of State.
Suppose he does does not or can not
furnish enough for all demands ? How
is he to know how much will be called
for !? The law does not reqnire him to
bankrupt himself by buying or having
manufactured an enormous amount of
paper that may never be called for.
The present Secretary is not candi
date for reelection and his successor
might not want to take off his hands
his assets in old election paper stock,
for the present election law might be
repealed before another election. The
Secretary of State therefore may feel
that it is not safe to have more than
enough paper manufactured for the
use of the regular Democratic tickets,
especially as there is little prospect. of
any Republican ticket or tickets being
nominated. 1t seems to us that the
election machinery has been arranged
to perpetHate the power of those who
control it and the first step to be
taken towards breaking this power, is
to repeal the election law, so the people
can at least be certain of having paper
for the printing of tickets. Under this
election law, an independent ticket
would amount to nothing, and money
spent on it would just be thrown away.
By some oversight, a resolution re-
quiring our State Senators and Repre-
sentatives to urge the repeal of the
election law, was not presented to our
last parish convention; but they should
do so nevertheless. There is but little
doubt that there will be Republican
State ticket, and encouraged too by
parties not Republicans; for the pur4
pose Of adopting the unjust debt ordin-
ance amendment to the constitution, to
which the majority of the Democrats
are opposed. We again warn the
Democrats of this parish to see that
their tickets are printed against this
proposed amendment, as directed by
the parish convention for there are So
called Democrats, wolves in sleeps
clothing, who will no doubt have the
parish flooded with tickets printed the
other way-they are working in the in
terest of the bondholders, and not in
the interest of the people.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26
qHE ST. LANDRY DEMOCRAT.
pEMOCRATIC sTATE TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
s. D. McENERY, of Ouachita.
For Lieutenant Governor,
CLAY KNOBLOCK, Of Lafourche.
For Secretary Of State,
OSCAR ARROYO, of Plaquemines.
For Attorney General,
M.,J. CUNNINGHAM, Of Natchitoches.
For Treasurer,
E. A. BURKE, of Orleans.
For Auditor,
OBJ. STEELE, of Union.
For Superintendent Of Public Education
WARREN EAsTON, of Orleans.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

and comparatively young woman-it
the proud mother of twenty-cight chill
dren. Here some native musicians
were called in for an entertainment. !
wish | could print that evening scene
for you-the low adobe walls, covered
with crosses and pictured saints; the
dirt-floor upon which most of the mot
ley audience squatted, wrapped in their
bright zasapes; the dusky troubadours,
with music of harp, guitar, flute and
viol, singing Of las bonitas senoritas
de Gualahajara,' and the wild fandan-
60 that was danced by a daughter of
the host and n tall ranchero, with a
murderous-looking dagger and two pis-
tolls stuck in his crimson sash. And
later, by the light of the Southern
moon, Betsey and spread out blankets
on the dining-room table, and with our
revolvers on the half-cock under the
so-called pillows, slept the sleep Of the
just with the music of Mexico'S most
popular air
La GOlandrina' sounding In our dreams
Whittier SO swiftly flies the timd swallow
What distant bourne seeks her untring wing
To reach ii safe what needle does she follow,
When darkness wraps the poor, wee storm
tossed thingi
--NeW York Home journal
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06
The Clothes Pin as a Civilizer.

\ New York Tribune reporter called
recently on wholesale dealer in
clothes pins. The store house where
the merchant kept his stock was filled
with bales and sacks. Hundreds Of
thousands of clothes pins were there.
The proprietor pattod huge bale, with
gentlencss suggestive of appreciative
affection and discoursed after this man
ncr:
CLOTHES pins are one of the staple
exports of this county, In the spring
millions are shipped to Europe, the
majority being sent to England and
France. A family in England without
clothes pins would be like plum pud-
ding without the pudding, There are
five factories in this country which
manufacture over $4,000, 100000 of
clothes pins annually They are sit
uatcd in New Haven, Jcrses City, Phila-
delphia, Chicago and Boston, The
lumber which is taken from the AdlfUn-
dack forests, the spruce especially, is
nearly all used in making clothes pins,
but they are of inferior quality and sell
at wholesale for twenty-five cents a
gross, They are soft and apt to split
upon the line. The yellow pine, maple
and hickory are the best woods fol
pins, as they season easily and the
dampncss of the washing does not
spring thrm. The greater por'
ton of the wood comes from
Maine, and to tell you how
many thousands of feet of the
good pine woods of that state find theil
way into clothes pins would astonisf
YOU. 1t takes onl " a foot of wood siN
inches in thickness to produce nearly
800 pins. The block of the dimensions
have given you is divided into 2SS
pieces. which are thruwn into an auto
matte turning machine capable of turn
ing out 800 pins every ten minutes, anc
the square pieces of wood, thrown into
the machine by tho buShel, come out o
It with the neatly turned head and the
smooth slot which fits so snugly ovel
the clothes line. The domestic trade
in clothes pins is calculated roughly a
80, 500, 100000 yearly, They sell a
Wholesale for 20 cents n gross fo
spruce, 20 l-2 cents for pine, q t-2 ant
% cents for maple, and % for hickory
at Is a singular fact that clothe
pins are seldom used in the extrem,
south. There the clothing is doubled
over the line and allowed to hang un
til dry, which, owing to the warmth o
the climate, is q matter Of a short time
We first began to exporting clothe
pins to Europe in large quantities ii
1848, and as tho duty on them in for
eign portsis only nominal, we can sci
them cheaper than they can be mad
there. The American clothes pin is
civilizer in no slight degree, for wher
a pin is needed, washing of clothin,
is essential; a clean person after cleal
clothing Is demanded, and II 'cleanli
less is next to godliness,' then the mod
est pine clothes pin is a missionary t
be bought by the gross"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06
Popular Science.

Steel tubes are found to retain twice
as much magnetism as steel rods, and
are therefore better for permanent
magnets.
Carcasses of cows and sheep which
have died of contagious disease in
France are dissolved in sulphuric acid.
and the resulting solution is then treat
ed chemically for the recovery of salts,
which can be used as manure. Actual
trial has shown that there is profit of
scvcnty-fye cents on every dead sheep.
Ordinarily, what we see in the sun is
the protosphere, But outside of that
and beyond it the sun has an envelope
OF gas and Strcamcrs 100000 miles in
extent, and sometimes a million miles,
and even five or six million miles, are
thrown out. This invisible part be.
comes visible at times of eclipse
s. N. Rhoads has given evidence
which proves that turkey-yulturcs are
directed to their prey from great dis
tanccs by their sense of smell, and not
by light alone. Hepartly uncovered a
spot where horse and COW had been
buried some years before, and in few
hours buzzards were attracted to the
place in great numbers.
The brlliancy in the eyes of cats is
caused by a carpet of glittcring iibrcS
called the topeum, which lies behind the
rctina, and is u powerful reflector. In
perfect darkness no light is observed
in their eyes, fact which has been es-
tablished by very careful experiments.
Nevertheless, very small amount OF
light is sufficient toprOduce the lumin-
ous appearance in them.
Sir Samuel W. Baker, the African
explorer, states that the camel will
crCss the deserts with a load of i0C
ponds at the rate of thirty milesa day
in he burning heat of summer, and re-
qurc water only every third or fourth
day In the cooler months the animal
will work for seven or eight days with.
out water; and if grazing on green fO.
liagc without labor will drink only
once a fortnight
Prof. A. Nanticr has been trying the
effect of various manurcs upon pota.
toes, bects and maize. Superphosphatc
and prccipitated phosphate were most
eificacious in increasing the yield OF
potatoes. Precipitated phosphate
proved in every respect more beneficial
than the superphosphate with beets.
The best crops of maize were raised
from land treated with the manure OF
the farmyard,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

While the population of nearly all
countries is increasing, the indications
are that at the end of the present cen
tury France will have smaller num-
Der of people than now, Though the
population has considerably increased
since 1906, the ratio of increase has for
some years been declining at an alarm
ing rate and the average number of
children to family is now less than
two. The marked decrease in the pop
ulation seems due to the fact that
while the ratio of births remains about
the same as In former years the NOR
tality, especially of infants, has in
creased enormously. Like other cities,
those of France, particularly Paris,
draw n large part of their population
from the country districts, and what
ever affects the population of the latter
affects tho former, The rate of infant
mortality for the whole Of France is
now Is per cent, and in Normandy y
per cent. 1t is plain to be seen that
unless some means is found by which
this percentage can be reduced the
fear that the beginning of the twentieth
century will see less number of peo'
ple In France than live there to-day
will be realized. Cincinnati Times
| Star.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06
Cost of the Capital.

| have been figuring up what this
capitol of ours has cost us since the hes
ginning, and find that the amount is
over 800, ,0O0,0 ,0000. The subject was
investigated by congress in 1876. The
total at that time was u cost of S94, 1862,
423; since then 50, 800, 900 has been paid
out for public buildings alone, and the
amounts paid out for works of art,
park decorations and other things will
run the total far ahead of the amount
above stated. For number of years
it has cost more than 81 200, 900 a year
to pay the government expenses of the
District of Columbia, and since 1867
the amounts have been much higher.
In 1873 the amount was more than
100000. In 1875 it was more than
So, 100000, while from 1928 to 1862 il
was less than 81 100000 year. In 1914
only Sl,SOO was appropriated for the
District of Columbia, and it was moi
until 1887 that the yearly proportion
reached 100000. 1t is interesting tc
look over the items of permanent i'm,
provements in Washington. These In
clude the original cost of the build
ings and their repair, furnishing ant
keeping in order. The following esti
mate, though not exactly correct, i.
approximately SO. 1t is less rather
than greater than the actual cost, some
of the minor expenses during the past
seven years being omitted: The capi
tol has cost S17,672,l 1873; the patent Of
flee, over $1S,000,000; the treasury
about S7,200,000; the Washington
streets, more than $4,000, 900; the state
department about $1,000, 900; the navy
nearly $4,000, 900; the white house, two
parks and public grounds, about 81,
600, 900. =. Washington Repnbhic.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06
WHERE Is HAPPINESSY

Is II in stately halls where tread
The dainty slippered feet,
Or, where the royal feast is spread
Where pampered courtiers meet.
Not there, not there.
Is II in fashions gay domain
Where fattered belle and beau
Present to view gorgeous train
OF elegance and showl
Not there, not there.
Is 1t where sparkling wines are poured
And drank in mirthful toast
By those who gather round the board
Their wit and deeds to toast!
Not there, not there.
Oh is II then In gilded church
Whose steeplcs pierce the skies,
Where polished pastors make research
For all that's grand and wise!
Not there not there.
oh tell me then, thou aged one,
Whose footsteps on the sands,
Point toward that shore. where all alone,
The mystic boatman stands,
Is II there, is it there!
Go, search the heart, whose greatest aim
Is pure and just to all,
Who trusts in God and works for man
Though good or Ill befall,
'Tis there, tits there.
Mrs " A. MOnf0rt
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

Fifteen dollars u head is the price
for which people are murdered at
their iircsidrs, and their mutiIated
bodies delivered at u medical college.
Fear of the gallows does not intimidatc
the actors in these horrible dramas,
for the gallows is no longer IN OBJ
icct of fear. Murdcrers come and
murderers 90, and still the rusty glib
bet lies unused in the Jail garret, The
course of reasoning with these cold
blooded assassins is very natural and
very simple. In the commission OF
such crimes as the Kirk murder and
the Avondalc horror they see the pros
pect of immediate gain with the chance
Of escaping detection altogether. In
case they are detected they argue that
their conviction is by no means GER
tain. In case of conviction the crimin-
al records encourage them to feel as
sured that they will at least escape
with their lives. 1t is species of gam
bling in which their chances are better
than in any other game. If detection
meant conviction, and conviction meant
death, would they taket he dhances!
Let us hang few and see.--Ctnctnnat
Times Star,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06
How Mrs. Trollope Wrote a Novel.

Mrs Trollopc, the mother of An
thOny Trollope, the novelist, never at
tempted to write Il book until after she
was fifty. After she had failed in her
romantic project to rebuild the fallen
fortunes Of her household in America,
she wrote II book on Americans, The
success of that brought her fiOO
twice, which lifted her household from
dire distress. She continued writing
until 1856, when she was scventy-siX
years old. and had in that time pro-
duced ia volumes. During this time
her husband died lingeringly, and her
three daughters and one son died of
consumption.
While three of her household We're
diving, the wife and mother, who
nurscd them, had to keep her pen GO
ing to keep a shelter over their heads
and to pay the increasing expense of
sickness. Says Anthony: II have
written many novels, but | doubt
whether could write one when my
whole heart was by the bedside Of 4
dying son. During the time when
her pen was most active her visible
occupation was that of nursing
Her power of dividing herself into two
parts, and keeping her intellect by it.
self, never saw equalcd. | do not
think the writing of novel is the
most difficult task which a man may
be called upon to do, but It Is a task
that may be supposed to demand a
spirit fairly at ease. The work of do
ing it with a troubled spirit killed Sil
Walter Scott. My mother wenI
through it unscathed in strength,
| WOndu'S Journal
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

They have the son of duke and
the son of an earl in merchants offices
in the city of London. Another noble
lad owns seven pawn offices, which
gives him large income, and another
peer draws profits from thirteen pub
lie houses. The latest result to the
ranks of finance is blue-blooded
youth from Belgravia. This swell has
staggered the city men by taking an
office in the midst of them, and posting
up a notice fixing his business hour on
Monday and Wednesdays from l2 to /,
and giving his private address at the
family palace in Belgrayia, where let.
ers are to bs forwarded,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06
COat-Tail Filtration.

When YOU see the northwest corner
Of a coat-tail torn off, it means: 81
have been introduced to her father s
watch dog If the coat-tails look like
a porotis Tlaster, full of holes; 81 went
over the back fence" Dust on ths
coat-tail: ~ had an interview witt it
her fathers boot" ''Coat-tail badly
nressed and wr;nkled: There wa'
but one chair in The parlor, Coat
tail sticky: II had tefy for her o9
she would not take IT. oo,-a.al ..I
ripped up to the collar: u ma naa INV wv
leap-ypar proposals at the same .l,he .la :
hpt escaped. :" This is tho ia nguage y
ooatytail Irritation. Peek s SitA'
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

IT is on the cards that Arab will be
back in Egypt before long, the views
held by him for the permanent improve
ment of his country being identical
with those OF General Gordon. The
latter thoroughly believes in Arab,
and never conceals his opinion. He sub
scribed to the fund raised for his de-
fnnsn
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

FROM the northwest comes the story
that when Wendell Phillips was there,
some six or seven years ago, he was so
attracted to bright little girl in a
family with whom he spent a day or
two that he laid his hand on her head
and said: "If live twenty-five years
longer trust shall hear of this little
one as the governor of Minnesota. "
The mother inquired; why, Mr..
Phillips, would you approve of such a
thingP" To which he replied: Ger
tainly; why notp"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

MRs. JAMES L. FIELDS offers for sale
the cottage which her husband built
at the place he named Manchester-by.
the-Sea-an afl'ectaton Emerson tried
to knock out of him by dating his
own letters Observation-Disclosures
Dnnpt
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

ARCHIBALD FORBES says that the
great weakness of the Austrian char
acter is the hunger after titles and
decorations. Mr.. Goodall Francis, the
eminent and popular statesman of
Victoria, just deceased, was an excep-
ton. He three times refused knight
hood. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, the
Irish patriot, who at one time affected
to despise such things, now wears the
honors of the British crown.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

THE latest development of fashion in
France concerns the announcements OF
births invariably sent out by French
parents. For bev they are pale blue,
for girl dclic' pink; in the left
hand corner is the father coat of arms
or monogram, and underneath the sign
of the zodiac which was paramount
when the babe first saw the light.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

GERoME has temporarily laid down
the pencil and taken up the chisel. But
he is sixty years old and will hardly
have time to approach the fame as a
sculptor which he has been many long
wears achievingNs painter.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

CAPTAIN A. NJ. KIRKLAND, who re-
Gently volunteered his services for the
Greely expedition, is native of Hills
boro, N. c. He was made a midship-
man in 1850, and reached his captaincy
thirty wears later.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

HEINRICH HEINE's memoirs consist
of 1928 pages in manuscript, written in
pencil by him during the last years of
his life. They have just been sold to Il
Paris publisher for 10000 francs.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

SWITZERLAND is indignant because
Che French have taken to establishing
recruiting stations along her border
and have succeeded in taking off good
many of her unemployed young men
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

The method of California divorce
lawyer was to erase the names from
old DEGREES and write in those of new
clients. These fraudulent papers were
then regularly filed in court.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

A SAMPLE of black pepper analyzed
by New York chemist was found to
consist entirely of adulterations, with
out an iota of pepper in it.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-03-06

DOG stealing has reached such q
point at Boston that protective asso
citation is talked of, and one man has
offered 81 900 to start fund with.