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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28

Is 81 +
A remarkable career was that of the
Hon. John Tod, who died recently at
Victoria, B. c., aged ninety-one years.
in 1907 he entered the service of the
Hudson's Bay Company, and within a
few years had visited almost every por-
ton of the vast territory from Hudson's
Bay to the Columbia River. He visit
ed Montreal in 1912, and Astoria, Ore,
in 1913. Afterward in the Peace River
country he spent nine years without
hearing his mother tongue or seeing the
face of a white person. Forty years
ago he was in charge of old Fort Kam-
loops. and one day, when almost alone,
was surprised by a large party of In
dams, who invaded the fort tor the pur-
pose of plumber, and, perhaps, murder.
Quickly knocking out the head of one
of several barrels of powder, he delib-
erately lighted a match and threatened
to blow up the fort and every one in it
If the Indians did not instantly leave the
neighborhood, which it is needless to
say they did. He was member of the
first Executive Council of Vancouver,s
Island, and held that position several
years, but retired to private life about
fifteen years ago. He retained tull
possession of al his faculties to the day
of his death.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
A Cough Remedy.

One of our English contemporaries, in
reply to an inquirer, recommends q
strip made of the following ingredients
for colds and coughs: Take is ounces
of perfectly sound onions, and after re-
moving rind make several incisions, but
not too deep. Boil together with 133
ounces of moist sugar and 81 ounces of
honey in 35 ounces of water, for three
quarters of an hour; strain, and fill into
bottles for use. Give one tablespoonful
of this mixture (slightly warmed) i'm
mediately on attack, and then, accord
ing to requirement., five to eight half
tablespoonfuls daily. 1t is said that
this ricipe was that used by the Zulu
Caffres when visiting Europe some two
years since, and who suffered much from
the climate, but invariably recovered
upon its use.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
DAVID SMITH.

OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
HACK and Buggy painting and trimming
IL speciality. Prices Moderate.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
''8Iay God Bliss the OirisIn. Both
PlnDk e and Black

A GOO 3Sstory j. told of Hibernian
stump speaker 40 was called upon to
address Demo ratic meeting in { nth
Carolina, at w fch number of negfoes
were present. hb'Hoolihan made ring
ing speech, ant Alarming up, INDUCED
in an energetic ESSAY on the E1ODgs of
Ireland. SomeS ne n9alled his attention
to his mistake IN alluuipg to EriD's
flihulations. 1fe NEfade sudden break
III his remarks, and endeayoting to
soothe his hearers, closed his speech
with
AM in cancIushion, Teller slterzens,
aay God bliss tn Oiri.,.i. Acfsl i3oite
~. Haf,.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
A Singular Case.
A WHITE MAN WHOSE SKIN HAS CHANG
ED TO A DARK YELLOW.
SIT, Louis Republican,.

A man as yellow as wrapping paper
walked into the city dispensary yester-
day afternoon. At glance anyone
would have taken him for u mulatto,
but when he spoke there was strong
German accent. All over his hands and
body there had formed something like
carbuncles, some as large as marbles,
and others in groups, being of size not
larger than pinhead. The man who
keeps cigar stand near Twelfth and
Olive stated that these carbuncles had
been growing on him for years. Seven
years ago he said he was as white man
as ever walked the streets of the city,
but at that time his skin began to color.
The dark yellow color first completely
covered the right side of his body, half
his face and his right leg, the rest of his
body being as white as could be. The
colOring continued until he became the
color of q dark mulatto. Drs. Carson,
Dorsett, Epstein and Goebel examined
the man thoroughly. Upon lancing one
of the gatherings on bis hand it was
found to be as tough as leather, and fill
ed with chalk. The case, the doctor
said, was an exceedingly rare one, and
they gathered all the information posi-
BILE about it. II the Ethiopian cannot
change his skin, the visitor at the dis
pensary proves that the Biblical infer
ence does not apply to the Caucasian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
Arms and Legs.

There is more pity in wooden leg
but more elOQuence in an empty sleeve.
! remember that in the second davis
tight before Richmond captain by the
name OF Coward saw the sergeant shot
down and the colors fall, and lie caught
up the flag and waved it high and went
forward with a shout, and a cannon
ball came whiZZing along and took off
his arm, and the colors fell again. He
caught them with his other hand and
kept Oh until he fell himself. never
saw as brave a man with that sort of a
name tackled on to him. He always
signed his name A. Coward. and when
asked why he didn't sign his full name
he said his first name was Adam. and
when he used to sign it that Way at
school the boys called him d. COW
ard, which was worse, and he had to
tight out of it. Gen. Dick TAYLOR didn't
have much opinion of mans legs. He.
says his own trembled and wanted to
run in every battle, and he knew a
brave soldier who had to talk to his to
keep 'em steady: "Now Just look At
you, gone to shaking again with the
enemy mile off. What are Won in
such a hurry about? Can't you wait
until they begin to shoot at You. YOU
cussed towards % and he would ran
MS knees with his sword like he was
ashamed OF 'em. Bill Arp.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
How She Managed 1t.

81 don't believe in this tomfoolery
about leap year," said the Somerville
maiden TO her lover, it is all nonsense.
No. girl could be so immodest as to
make downright proposal of marriage
to her bean.D
"You are undoubtedly right assent
ed the young man 1.-THE young ladies
are not near SO anxious to get married
as the young men,
."Oh, as to that you are mistaken, the
girls are anxious enough to get mar
Tied. Few of them would refuse an Of
fer | would jump at the chance my
self.n
Would you really ~
"Try me and see.h
He did try her, and there is another
TO the list OF marriages to take place.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
His Spiritual Wants.
(slftings.)

"Don't you want some good reading
matter, my friend r. asked clergyman
who was visiting an Austin Jail.
The prisoner shook his head.
Here are few tracts that will make
you think over your past life, and
perhaps induce You to lead new one.
The prisoner again shook his head,
and replied:
1--WE got as much Of that sort Of
reading matter as want. Yesterday
the sheriff gave me something of that
sort"
"Indeed ~
Eyes. He served me with copy of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS me for murder,
and tomorrow I'm going to get Il list Of
the jurors chat are to try me; 40 You see
I've got all the religious documents
need. But if you bring me ft, r,
Days DOing6, or the Police J0Nrnri III
be obliged TO you, Parson.'
You must excuse me. thought You
needed something spiritual
$50 / do. When you bring me the
papers, just wrap mp aotfi' T. H'iislsy
3a E!ltstH.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
rev AritIlmetical Problems.

James has six apples and divides one
among his five brother and sisters. How
many has he left?
ia quart-boX Of strawberries holds a
pint and half, how many boxes will it
take to make peck, and how quick can
a tramp get away with them?
If farmer can NOW six acres fgrass
in one day, how many liars will it take
to NOW thirty eight acres of grass in
three days?
A guest at the hotel pays the porter
twenty-five cents to take his trunk up
stairs; ten cents to colored boy, to
bring him pitcher of water; twenty
five cents further to the porter to get
his trunk down stairs; fifty cents to the
omnibus driver, and So to the landlord
as the regular rate of the house. How
much has he been swindled, and what
is he going to do about it?
A coal dealer has driver weighing
1856 pounds, who is weighed with $50
loads of coal during the winter. What
would have been the gain to the con-
sumers had the driver only weighed $50
pounds?
If a policeman on night duty sleeps an
hour and q half each night for thirteen
years, how many years Of such arduous
labor will it take to reduce him to a
walking skeleton?
In each county in the United States
are seventy inhabitants who believe they
would make good State Governors. Of
this number only two per cent. ever get
to be even constable. What is the
exact number of constables, and how
many lawsuits can Wide-awake officer
provoke in q year.
A grocer has a horse which he asserts
can trot mile in 2:40. He puts him on
the track under a watch and finds his
best gait to be 1928. What was the diff
ference between the grocer's estimate
and the watch, and why did he wollop
the poor horse all the way home?
A father at his death left $12, 900 for
the benefit of his only son, fourteen
years, eight months and twelve days
old, the money to be paid him when
twenty-one years of age, with interest
at six per cent. How much money did
the lawyers leave for the boy?
A merchant who has stock valued at
IS, 600 advertises that he will dispose of
it at one-fourth off. How much does he
make?
A citizen has COW which gives six
quarts of milk per day, while his sales
foot up nine quarts. There is nothing
ior the student to find in this case.
Simply turn on the water.
A grocer buys chest of tea weighing
eighty pounds. He sells twenty-seven
pounds of it as ''my unapproachable
sixty cent tea," and the remainder as
g our splendid forty cent Oolong."
How much did he receive in all and how
much did he have to give to the heather
that year to quiet his conscience?
A plumber who does sixteen cents
worth of repairing desires to charge for
Jour pounds of solder in his BILL Please
suggest how it can be done without in-
Ky 30 his system. Detroit Free Press.
It
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
Ethen AlIem,s Comrage.
Youths Companion.

What is there about graveyard
which so frightens people that few care
to enter one at night9 Even the sailor
who has faced hurricane or the guns
of an enemy, will go long way round
at night rather than take the short cut
that leads across the village church
yard.
An interesting story, which is yet
told at the fresideS of Vermont, brings
out the fearlessness of the hero OF
Ticonderoga, and his indifferences to
the superstition that then ruled in the
community.
There was dispute one day in the
village where Ethan Allen lived as to
how far his well-knOwn courage would
permit him to go in deeds of daring.
The dispute finally resulted in wager
being proposed to Allen. The terms
were that he should go to the graveyard
on dark, stormy night, without a Ian
tern, enter certain vault, open coffin,
and lay his hand on the skull of the
skeleton within. His word was to be
taken as the guarantee of the perform
ance.
When the dark night came, not few
of Aliens admirers thought that his
courage would fail him. But he went
W SAC
CROPPED his way to a coffin, took off it's
lid, and laid his hand on the skeletons
skull.
just then a sepulchral voice exclaim-
ed:
''That's my skullw
"All right" thought Allen, who sus-
pected that some one had followed him
to see if he could brighten him; ''I'll |
show him what | dare do"
He replaced the lid, and, opening an
other coffin, placed his hand on it's |
skull. Again was heard the voice, say
ing:
"That's my skull ~
"That's lie," exclaimed Allen, "no
man ever had two skulls
From that day the villagers believed
that Ethan Aliens courage was bounded
by no human limitations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
OPELoUsAs. SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1884

A little while ago, the writer, "a
Methodist) as mayor Of a town, gave
permit to the Baptistst to move their
church edifce through the streets.
When it had reached about half the
distance, there was some hitch for q.
compile of days, On passing it and see
ing pastor, Rev. DR.. Nj, the writer
remarked: your church moves rather
slowly for one run by water power
"Oh, quickly responded DR.. NJ, ''tIle
truth is, we attempted to initiate our
Methodist brethren and run on dry
land, and got stalled
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
.RssessOr,s Notice !!

All taxpayers owning property in the parish
of St. Landry arc hereby notified that the as
sessment lists of property situated therein
have been completed and the estimated value
of same made according to law and that said
house in the town Of Opelousas, for inspection
and correction, for term of twenty t2O) days,
beginning on Wednesday, June 18th, 1884.
FRANCOIS J.. PITRE,
may 31st, 1884-1m Assessor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-28
SEg'ssyeG5 on. Stolen.

Any information of sorrel filley. strayed or
stolen from my place on the 18th of last March,
will be Literally rewarded. Said filley is three
years old, IA hands high, two hind feet white
nearly, up TO the knees. left fore foot the same,
star in tile forehead and unbranded
JOHN J. BEARD. +
Bayou Waxia, La, May 26th, 1884.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-01-26
Go to the New Northwest.

Why?
Because no industrious, sober
man can fail to prosper there.
Because labor applied to the
virgin soil creates wealth rapidly.
Because there are new and good
openings for business talent.
Because mechanics are in demand
to erect new structures and estab-
lish new shops.
Because farmer can get 100
acres of good land for nothing by
homestead residence, and can buy
railroad land adjoining on long
credit and at low price.
Because values o. property are
all the time increasing with the in
coming of population, SO that a
small investment made now will
soon become worth ten times its
cost.
Because the climate is healthful
and invigorating.
Because the people are energetic,
hospitable and intelligent.
Because schools, newspapers,
churches and railroads keep pace
with the settlement of the country.
And finally, because a man
counts far more than in the crowd
ed communities of the East, and
gets more enjoyment out of life
[The Northwest.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-01-26
MY Childhood's Home.

There's little low hut by the rivers side.
Within the sound of its rippling tide,
Its walls are gray with the moses Of years,
And its rosf all crumblcd and old appears;
But faircr to me than Castles pride
Is the little low hut by the rivers side.
The little low hut was my natal nest,
Where my childhood POSSIBILITIES springtime
blessed
Where the ardent hopes Of youth are formed,
And the sun of.promiss my young heart warmed
Ere threw myself on life's swift tide,
And left that dear hut by the rivers side.
That little low hut in lowly guisc,
Was soft and grand to my youthful eyes,
And fairer trees were neer known before
Than the apple-trees by the humble door
That my father loved for their thrifty pride,
That shndowcd the hut by the rivers side.
That little low hut had glad hearthstone,
That echoed Of old with pleasa mt tone,
And brothers and sisters, merry crew.
Filled the house with pleasure as on they few.
But one by one the loved ones died
In the little low hut by the rivers side.
The father revered and children gay
The graves Of the world have called away;
But quietly, all alone. here sits
BY the pleasant window in summer and knts,
An aged woman, long years allied
With the little low hut by the rivers side
Ny mother-alone by the rivers side
Sh0 waits for the hssd of the heavenly tide
And the voice that shall thrill her heart with its
call
To meet once more with the dear ones ALL
And form in region beautfed
The band that once met by the rivers side.
The dear old hut by the rivers side
With the warmest pulse Of my heart allied
And glory over its dark walls thrown,
That statlier mansions have never known,
And shall love with fonder pride
That little low hut by the rivers side.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-01-26

a party Of sixty miners OF prospec-
tors from the Pacific coast were
camped q few miles out on the trail
on their way to the mines, having
come in a body, or sort of club or
ganization. that being a cheap way
and the best.
| should have mentioned above
that at Trout Greek there were only
two tent hotels, three tent saloons,
and building being built for a
Eotel and nearly finished.
The great difficulty now in get
ting to the mines is the great depth
of snow.
The men now working the placer
mines are said to be taking out fifty
dollars week even in the rude way
generally adopted by ordinary
working miners when first working
a placer mine, before the improved
methods can be applied. The gold
is said to be coarse and in some
cases might be called chunks, weigh
Ing from one SlX-tentn 10 One-elghth
OF an ounce.
forgot to mention before that
another Billingsite, Phelps that had
a fruit store near the Bank Saloon,
was ON the train with me, he has
gone into the mines with a stock of
livuors and fixtures for saloon
bound to be pioneer in the saloon
business.
| should have mentioned that
Charley Zoller, formerly with Clark
& Co., is going into the mines with
stock of merchandise, but has not
decided which route he will 60, but
thinks Rathdrum or Trout Creek.
THOMAS GIBSON.
SPOKANE FALLS, January 10th, 1884.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-01-26
A Grammatical Prude.

The venerable but ever new ques-
ton of grammar is cleverly pre-
sented in a somewhat new and ORR
ginal light by Miss Magrudcr, un-
der the head of "A Grammatical
Prude." We do not, by any means
give our assent to all the dicta of
the terrible Eugena, supported
though they may be by authority
of good lexicographers. A certain
popular lecturer said the other night
in reply to a volunteer critic who
sought him out after the lecture
and pointed out sundry alleged
slips in pronunciation: II have not
a very high opinion of man who
can onl y pronounce a word III one
way Perhaps there may have
been a suspicion of banter i'll this
retort, but there is a very consider
able proportion of underlying truth
as well. The Scriptural injunction,
"Be we all things to all men," may
without offense be taken as apply
ing to the English tongue, as per-
haps it applied to Greek provincial
isms in its own day. OF late our
attention has been particularly call
ed to differences of speech between
New York, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton, and they are equally marked
between states and general diyis-
ions of the country. Of course
there would be certain ad vantage
in a standard authority for pro-
nunciation, but it can hardly be
said to exist at the present time:
Sonc Of the rulings of the great
dictionaries are entirely obsolete,
and are mainly followed by school
teachers and others who find it
necessary to support their decisions
and practices by some authority
which, for the time being, may be
enforced as absolute. This is per-
fectly right, for if disputes arise in
a community like that which ex-
lists in school room, some fixed
standard is necessary. In the world
at large, however, there is no recog-
nized authority, though if we mis-
take not the dictionary quoted in q
foot note on page s., to-wit, Storm
unth's is considerably in advance
Of the unabridged editions. Indeed
we happen to know that certain
new dictionaries, now in the course
of preparation, are conforming in
g greater or less degree to the sys-
TEN followed by the compiler OF
the work specified.-The Continent
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-01-26

Gen. Charles Gordon, generally
known as Chinese Gordon" was
only thirty years old when placed
in command Of division OF the
Chinese army. He always went
unarmed in battle even when fore
most in the breach, directing his
troops with a little cane. AS ne
was uniformly victorious in his
engagements, his Chinese soldiers
considered the cane to be a magic
wand which insured his protection
and their triumph. The general is
a lofty and admirable type, honest
as be is brave. 5
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-02-05
DIED.

Near Middleway, in this county. January 31st
1884, after lingering illness, which she bore
with christian fortitude. Mrs. MARGARET
SMITH. wife of Mr.. John II. Smith, aged
about Us years.
At the residence of Mr.. Jacob Gruber in this
county, January 3lSt, 1881, Mr.. ALBAE CHAP
NAN aged II years.
At her residence i'll Berkeley county. on the
18th, of hcmorrhagc of the lungs. Mrs. ELIZA
WILLIAMSON. widow of Amos Williamson,
Esq, and daughter of Mr.. w. Pcndlcton, de.
ceased.
At Hardy. Montague county. Texas ALFRED
Fl. POWELL. i'll the 44tll year of his aye. He
was the youngest son of the late DIR. w. s.
Powell. of Alexandria, Va. and Il brother OF
Capt. E. B. Powell. of LeesDurg.
In Cascade. Iowa. January 23d. 1884. Mr.
EDWARD F KERNEY, in the 57th year of his
age formerly of this county.
Near kCurneysvillc. JANUARY Goth. 1884, Mr.
GEORGE w. FLETCHER, aged 24 years.
At Roanoke. Va, January Sd. 1854. at the
residence of Mr.. John a. Sheppard, Miss
aged - years, Q months and Z days She wi,s
a consistent member of the Methodist Church
for more than fifty years. Though great suf-
fercr for some time. she bore it with Christian
fOr*;tudc. and died with the hope of blissful
Immortality beyond the grave.
- Thou art gone 20 the grave. but we will not
depiO:e thee;
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the
tomb
Thy Savior has passed throughits portal before
thee.
And the lamp of his love is thy guide through
the gloom F. G. S.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-02-05
MARRIED..

At Mcchanicstown. in this county, ntthe res
idence of the brides mother, January 29th.
1884, by Rev. j. w. Mitchell. Mr.. SAMUEL E.
LEWIS to Miss MARY E. SMITH; and Mr..
MARCELLES ARMSTRONG to Miss SARAH
j. SMITH-all of this county.
At Johnson's Factory, jefferson county. W.
Va, on Wednesday, January sd, 1884. by Rev.
DR.. a. C. Hopkins, Mr.. JAMES w. MILTON
to Mrs. ANNIE D JOHNSON-all of Jefferson
county.
On the 26:h of December. 1888. at the resi-
dencc of the brides parents, GlcnwOod Avenue.
Cincinnati, Ohio. JOHN s. BARNES. formerly
of this county, to Miss PAUL DICKINSON.
nGracc Church of Silver Spring Parish. Nd,
on Wednesday. January 9th. by the brides
uncle, Rev. A. #. Pindell, assisted by the Rec
tor, Rev. james B. Avirctt. VIM. NJ. CANDY,
of Montgomery county, Nd, and SALLIE J.
RUST. daughter of Col. George p. Rust, for
merly of I-oudOun.
Mr.. JOHN T. COX, of Alexandria, and Miss
A. c. DONOHOE. of LoudOun county, were
married in st. james Episcopal church, i'll Lees
burg. Thursday afternoon week.