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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10
HOMESTEAD NOTICES
NOTICE

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La,
Dec. 22d, 1884. 5
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the
Judge or clerk Of court at Opelousas, La, on
January 31st, 1885, viz:
OLIVIA q. JOHNSON,
widow of Albert S. johnson who made
Homestead Entry No. 5297, for Lot No. l, Sec.
25 I los R.2 W.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Andrew Henry, Joseph A. Dupuy, Tanas Ri
ehard, Louis Henry, all of st. Landry parish La
C. B. DARRALL.
dec27-5t Register.
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NOTICE ]!

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
New Orleans, La, December 18th, 1884 5
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof viii be made before the Judge
or Clerk of Court, at OpelOusas, La, on the
31st day of January, 1885, viz:
ALADDIN HAUKs,
Homestead Entry No. 3639. for the north half Of
southwest quarter and south half of northeast
quarter section township ten south range
two west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Joseph Hauks, Joseph Janis, n. Hauks and
NJ Arenas.all of St. Landry parish, La.
c. B. DARRALL,
dec2O-5t Register.
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NOTICE F!
LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans. La.
Dec. 12th, 1884. )

LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans, La. I
Dec. 12th, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Judge
or Clerk Of Court at OpelOusas, La, on the
Slst day of January, 1885, viz:
JOSEPH HAUKs,
Homestead No. s681 for the north east quarter
of section township II south range one west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said, land, viz:
H. Hanks. Joseph Janis, Alfred Saunler aud
M. Arenas, all of St. Landry parish, La.
C. B. DARRALL,
deepest Register.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICB at New Orleans, La,
Dacern ber 18th, 1884. s

LAND OFFICE at New Orleans, La.
December 18th, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final prOofin support of his claim and
that said proof will be made bef0re the Judge
or Clerk of Court, ar OpelOusas, La. on the
7th day of February. 1885, viz:
ADAM DAEGLE,
Homestead Entry No. 5273, for the ] Of Fri
Sec 81 and s of N w Sec 80 TIP 8 saw.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Onezime Fontenot, Alcide Daigle, Adan1
Reid, Neville Reid, all OF ST. Landry parish La.
C. B. DARRALL,
dec205b Register.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10
NOTICE.

LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans, La,
Dec. 10th, 1884,
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim and
that said proof will be made before the Judge
or Clerk of Court at Opeiousas, La, on the
9th day of January 1885, viz
AUGUSTEN LAIAYE,
Homestead No. $780, for the W. of N. W. of
Section % township 4S1W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land. viz:
Ducide Guillory, Landry Lahaye, Auguste
P. 2. Fontenot, TheOdule Guillory, all of st.
Landry parish, La.
c. 3, DARRALL,
dec 1856 Regi: ter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10
FOR RENT.

TWyHE store Building near the Courthouse; ss1S as
at the corner OF Court ana AanuAS
streets, Opelousas. rrarpvpTt
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10
esBaz oBgAanHp; bnsine;ss and n III Il

q. s. Patent Office attended to for MODERATE
FEES. Our office is opposite the u. 9. Patent
Office, and we can obtain patents in less time
than those remote from Washington.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise ae
to patentability free of charge; and we make
No Charge Unless We Obtain Patent.
When patent is granted drawing of your ins
vention, with claims yonr name and address,
will be published in the United States Patent
Office Gazette, paper OF immense circulation
And the only one that publishes this free.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the 6upts
of Money Order Div and to officials of the u.
8. Patent Office. For circular, advice, termSs
and references to actual clients in your own
State or county, write to
g. A. SNOW 81 CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, d. G.
nov 24-tf
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10
MUSIC Less rs.

The undersigned is prepal ID to give music
lessons at her mothers residd ce or at that OF
her pupils on the following "a ms:
Three lessons week OF h hour each, per
month, payable monthly, 100.
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Rich Trophies.

A French traveller from Stamboul
tells a wonderful story of the sights he
saw. There We're two thrones, one of
enameleh gold, with incrustations of
pearls, rubies and emeralds. Also two
caskets studded with rubies aud dias
monds. in which hairs from the
se .upns' One eea room ate was .sAi huna R Pia,
armor and scepters; caskets audescre-
torres lay on the table. In another
room are the costumes of all the Sul-
tans down to Mahmoud IL. Each Of
the costumes has a silk scarf attached.
together with a magnificently chased
dagger and a diamond aigrette. Fin
ally, the sacred treasure. consisting Of
the relics of Islam. the mantle and
standard of the Prophet, his sword and
bow; the swords of the first Caliphs5
and the Oldest manuscripts of the ko-s
ran.-Boston AdyeTtiSer.
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A Fortune in Celery.

Fifteen years ago Lendert De Bra
zen, a Hollander, was a poor gardener
near Kalamazoo, Mich, trying to
make a living off of some marshy land
he had purchased. After other things
had failed. he experimental with cele-
~, and is now 4 rich man. What was
a dozen years ago a swamp is to-day
a vast celery field, beside which a
hundred ere lot is but a garden.
The shipping season begins in July,
increases until the holidays, then
gradually disappears until the crop is
disposed of in the spring Fifty tons
daily are now being sent out, and the
crop OF 1884 will reach 5000 tons.
Twenty thousand stalks are raised up
on an acre OF ground. 1t is said that
1000 persons in that locality are en-
gagged in this industry.-Pbuadeiphia
IedGer.
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attached, was left standing IN front Of
a school-house. The driver had gone
into a neighboring saloon to Stake his
thirst. The mischievous boys eathor-
ed around the vehicle and proceeded
to annoy the animal by punching him
in the abdomen and other parts with
sharp sticks. They also impaired q
spiral shape to his tail by twisting it.
They also tied the donkcy's bars to-
gether, much to the discontinue of
the animal, but much to the amuse-
ment of the urchins, who deserved the
severest punishment for their cruelty.
Did the thundcrbolts of heaven fall
upon them and destroy them? Hardly
any.
A small boy named Smith was stand
ing off ut a short distance looking on.
He had been a good boy even before
he was weaned. He never gave his
friends any trouble. He went TO Sum
day school and brought home medals.
In this affair he was really sympathiz-
ing with the donkey. He took no part
whatever in the hazing of the poor
brute. On the contrary he was she'd
ding tears over the cruelty Of the bad
boys. when suddenly the proprietor of
the animal emerged from the saloon.
He charged ~furiously upon the boys.
They saw him in time, and fled in every
direction. making good their escape.
The little boy did not run. He had done
no wrong. Conscious innocence made
him bold. The driver of the donkey
came down upon the good little boy
like an avalanche, boxing his ears
until he had a slight hemmorhage of
the nose. The boy. whose sense of
Justice was also injured, rushed into
the school house to inform the princi-
pal. Unfortunately one of the teach
ers was coming out of the door at the
same moment, and he was almost inn
paled by the impetuons youth. In
fact, the two colliding bodies were al
most telescoped by the collision. For
tunately, the teacher retained his
presence of mind. Without asking for
an investigating committee, he dealt
the luckless youth II box on the ear
that sounded like hitting a beef steak
with the fiat side Of an AK. For 3
second time the boy detected the heav-
emily bodies. We mean, of course, he
saw stars.
The good little boy did not linger
around the teacher, who was partially
doubled up from the force of the coll
lision, but was nevertheless lifting his
boot to kick. The boy kept right on
upstairs, until he rushed almost
breathless into the room of the princi-
pal. AS soon as he was able to do SO,
the pupil said:-
1.-The teacher boxed my ears, and I
hadn't touched the Donkey
"Call your teacher a donkey, do
your" calculated the principal. llvid
with rage at the slur at the professor;
and once more the good little Sunday
School boy got it right and left, more
consultations bursting upon his enrap-
tured vision. 1t seemed to him rs If
he had suddenly sat down in front Of
a drug store.
The idea that had been instilled into
the youthful mind of that boy. that the
good were rewarded and the bad pun
ished, is undergoing some modification,
at which we can hardly wonder
Texas Siftings.
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Pretzel-Graphs.

S.Nt SobSo- -
What makes the weather vane?
If a man can't find terms in which,
TO express himself, he ought to be
sent by freight.
Isabella Bird is the author of ..Six
months in the Sandwich Islands," but
it is a Boston printer who Is the author
of "SiN Months on Ham Sandwiches
The musicians of England want to
agree on a standard pitch. We pre-
sumo the musicians have discovered
the fact that base ball pays better
than music.
A young lady named Rose Budd is
studying law in New York. Ii she is
anything like a good many LAWYERS
we know, she will probably lilac the
deuce. @..
Queen Marguerite writes moro than
some queens think, and she does it
we'll, too, says the New York Morning
journal. What's the matter with Vic,
toria. Can't she do it up Brown?
Chicago girls walk along the street
chewing toothpicks; New York girls
act as cappers for ice-cream saloons.
but st. Louis girls do q song and
dance on the sidewalk in broad day.
light.
Ladies hosiery will be higher this
year than usual, says 4 fashion ex.
change. The Lord knows they were
high enough last year, at least any
that came under our notice-some OF
them rs high rs Il dollar n pair Car
Pretset'S Hceklg.
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The Book Trade.

Book-publishers and book sellers
are doing their business irreparable
damage in c%onspiring together to de-
ceive the public by giving false prices
for their books. For instance the iu-.
venile books during the recent HOLIDAYS
were almost uniformly advertised at
Sl.25 per copy, whereas the book
seller paid only 40 cents per copy to
the book-publisher. Here is a differ
ence of IS cents between the price
printed upon his book by the publisher
and the price at which he sells il to
the retail dealer. This is not a reason
able discount to the trade-every
book.buyer is willing to allow that
but it amounts to a deception and a
fraud upon the buying public. a.
buyer does not feel like paying for
a book mor than three times its actual
cost to the seller, but il he does SO
with the connivance of the book pub
Usher and finds it out, he is apt to call
such q conspiracy between the pub.
Usher and seller a barefaced swindle.
and stop buying books.
This custom of the publishers in
printing fictitious prices on their books
has developed a new feature ID the
book business which will tend to de-
stroy legitimate book stores. This is
the establishment Of book bazars in
large retail dry goods stores, clothing
houses, &c. Several years ago Mr..
Wanamaker in Philadelphia placed in
his large clothing establishment q
table filled with juvenile books. Each
year his business increased and new
he has a large book department in his
clothing house. He paid no attention
to the publishers prices, but adver-
tised in his book catalogues the low
est discount prices plus a small COM
He seems to be capturing
the retail book business OF PhiladeI-
phia. Good book stores are educatioal
institutions and are as important to
the literary life and growth Of a large
city as public libraries and schools.
Their existence, however, is threatened
by the establishment oil book bazars,
which owe their origin to the decep-
tions prsctlced by the book trade;
itself. The Publishers Weekly, which
is a semi.oilicial organ OF the book
trade, has for years consistently and
ably opposed this custom: but to n q
purpose. The rapid increase of BOOK
bazars may open the eyes of both pub
fishers and sellers to their own inter-
ests aud compel them to adopt an
honest statement of prices.-Cincim.
natt Times Star.
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Wines for Sacramental Uses.

cat least fifty thousand gallons of
wine are consumed annually for sacra-
mental purposes in the United States"
said a wholesale dealer in wines to a
reporter for The Mail and E1pgeSs.
What kind of wine is preferred?n
The pure juice of the grape, free
from alcohol, is demanded. Dry wine,
which has about IL per cent of alcohol,
also is sold for the church. The certi.
ticate OF a priest as to the purity of the
wine is often necessary before q brand
can be sold. But let it once become
popular and no matter if Il little al
coholic ad%ulteration creeps in, it is
detected. Sweet wine has at
least 20 per cent of alcohol, yet it is
often sold for sacramental purposes.
Fact is, the sweet wine is always the
favorite until its alcoholic percentage
is discovered. If all priests and
preachers We're OF the same nationality
one brand of wine might do, but a
French priest does not want the same
wine rs an Irish priest. Methodists,
Episcopalians, Catholics, and Baptists
all desire different brands"
''How do foreign wines sell?"
IL Is Il SIldnpe lacl, DuI
like American wine and drink more of
it than the natives do. The average
American, who drinks wine. thinks
nothing is like the imported article,
while the foreigner, who has tried
them both, prefers that made here.
But since the prohibition question has
started and several states have de-
clared for temperance. more WINE is
sold for sacramental purposes than
was ever known before. This gives
the wine trade a boom. Every whole
sale dealer sends his circular to the
prohibition states stating he sells only
the pure juice of the grape for church
services. Every drugstore in every
village, hamlet, and town lays in a
supply of sacramento wine, and this
year l predict that three times as many
gallons will be sold for sacred pur-
poses as was last year. This will bring
the figures mp to 100000 gallons.
When prohibition rules out malt
liquors, then the pure wine is in de-
mand, and the drug-storcs do a land
Office business. "-Nem York Mai and
EGDTeSs.
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A Bridal Freak.

The sight of a blushlng bride in full
bridal costume, sitting in an open
buggy OF Baltimore Street, met the
eyes of all passers-by yesterday after
o The bride-who looked old
enough to know better-wore a
wreath of orange blossoms and smi-
lax and veil, while her hands were in
cased in white kid gloves and her feet
in white kid shoes. At her bosom she
wore a large bunch of orange bios
SONS. The white contrasted greatly
with her aver black tresses, which
fell in ringlets about her neck. Her
husband wore u full suit of store
clothes and a straw hat. He had great
difficulty in steering the poor horse,
and the buggy looked us If it would
fall to pieces. The bride and groom
rode up and down Baltimore street,
much to the amusement of the crowds
on the street, and in vain tried to find
a photographer who would take them.
At last they found one near GAY street.
When the groom found the place he
had much trouble in getting the horse
and buggy up to the curb, and at last
had to get out and lift the buggy into
position. Then he lifted his wife out,
and she stood on the pavement in all
her bridal glory and fincry the OBJ
served of all observers; but she did
not mind that, and seemed 20 care
more for the safe disposal OF a band
box and Il lace shawl than the crowd
who watched her. The couple wen
into one gallery, but there they could
not be taken large enough, and so
they came down again and went INTO
another. The groom put on his white
kid gloves, and they had a perfectly
assumptions time' sitting for their
picture in bridal costume. Several
plates were used before a good mega
tive was secured, because the groom
insisted upon kissing the bride every
time the photographers back was
turned. After the ordeal the bride
took off her orange blossoms and veil
and opened the bandbox and got out
a white bonnet and put it on. Then
the couple left. The groom went into
the middle of the street, and, after
taking off the steamboat hawser that
tied the horse to the hitching-post,
turned him off so the wheel would
not dirty the brides white dress, and
the lady, unassisted, hoped into
the buggy. He followed her, and soon
the vehicle and its precious load went
down the street and ont of the city to-
ward observation-disclosures 4Amert-
man.
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Purifying Water With Alum.

Those of our readers who have
Travelled on the Mississippi river know
how turbid the water is, and thcv may
have seen people tie a bit of alum to u
thread, let it down into a tumbler of
water, and swing it about a little, af-
ter which operation the liquid be-
comes as clear as crystal. Recently
the matter has been carefully exam
ined into and reported upon by Profs.
2. L. Austen and +. A. Wilder, of
Rutgers college. In their experiments
two-tenths of a grain to the liter Zone
and one-tifths grains to the gallon)
caused the settling of the impurities
in the New Brunswick, N. j., wafer.
Double this quantity may well be used.
rs a rule. This amount of alum is too
small to be perceptible to the taste, or
to exert any physiological action.
The alumun may be used in clarifying
water by filtration. If a very small
amount be added to turbid water it
can be filtered through ordinary pa
per without difficulty, and yields II
brilliantly clear t%ii;rate. in which there
is no trace of suspended matter. 1t is
not necessary to let it stand before FL
tration, as the action of the alum is
immediate. The simplest form of FL
ter for considerable quantities of wat
er is a tube, II end of which is stuffed
with cotton. A d%rain-pipe is the best,
as 1t can be sc easily cleansed. The
plug of cotton should be two or three
inches thick, and may be keptin place
by a ring of wood fitted into the bot
tom OF the pipe. For household pur-
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human Justice.

1t must have frequently occurred to.
the most casual observer of human
affairs, that justice is a mere mookery.
The man who is bad is just as apt to
enjoy health and happiness as the man
who goes to church and leads an ex-
emplary life. In fact. it would. seem
as if the good We're singled ontfor per-
secution. They certainly seem to have
more than their share Of bad luck. An
Illustration, on a small scale, Of how
the bad escape while the good are pun
isked for the sins of the bad, occurred
in Anstin ashort time ago.
A snail cart. to which a donkey was
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The Birthplace ofthe Monsoon.

In the plains of India at the COM
mencement of the monsoon storms
occur in which the lightning runs like
snakes all over the sky at the rate of
three or four flashes in a second, and
the thunder roars without a break for
frequently one or two hours at a time.
Yet it is very rare that any tree or
animal is stuck by the electric cur
rent. The explanation of this is the
great depth of the stratum of heated
air next the ground. which keeps the
clouds at such q height that most of
the flashes pass from cloud to cloud
and very few reach the earth.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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Fashion and Common Sense.

If there is one locality more than an
other where the voice of common sense
is never listened to it is in that very
extensive one where fashion reigns.
Who ever thinks of listening to the sug-
%gestions of the former. when the de-
cree of the latter potentate has
gone forth' Tight sleeves for
the ladies, and tight continue
lions for tho gentlemen is the
fashion, supposing. The advocates Of
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The Burmall Rice Crop.

The official report, dated Calcutta,
Dec. 10. 1854. on the prospects of the
rice crop for November is as follows :.
"The total area under cultivation in
the ten districts is reported as $780,
$50 acres. This area is only an esti-
mate, as the actual measurements are
not completed until the middle of Jan
uary. The other nine districts of the
province are returned as containing
$4,000 acres of rice land, and there
are $4,000 acres of taungya c%ultiva-
ton, nearly all of which produces rice.
The total ric%e-producing area for this
year is, therefore, estimated ut about
3.6iO,000 acres. The rain which fell
during November was beneficial, espe-
c1ally to the crops on the higher lands;
in parts the rain came somewhat late.
1t appears that the rain of October did
some damage to the plants in flower,
and the ears have in some parts proved
light; under these circumstances, it
will not be safe, until information is
obtained rs to the outturn on the
thrashing-tloors, to estimate the crop
at more than twelve annas, or about
an average crop, according to the cal
culation given in paragraph forty
eight of the recent revenue resolution.
An average crop all over the province
ought to yield an eNportable surplus of
9SS, 900 tons of cargo rice. The fallow
area has now been found to be some.
what larger than was supposed last
year. Although many of the district
officers anticipate a crop considerably
above the average, it appears better
not to estimate for an exportable ur.
plus of than 975, 900 tons, or 104,-
600 tons below the actual exports of
1882. This estimate will be subject to
modification after the reaping and
thrashing are over"
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No IncompatibiIity.

Husband and wife present them.
selves before the divorce court.
What do YOU want. madampp's
Divorce from that wretch,
sAnd you, STRIP
'.Dirorcc from that vixen.'
The decree is refusedAthere Is no
incompatibility Of temper. you both;
seem to be perfectly agreed. Call ths
next case.n-Paais Paper.
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basis of pleasantly he may be a shining
SuccHSs in the oEica

SUCCESS III the Office.
The tory start is, on the whole, as
good as it could well be under the cir.
cumstances. OF curse they are abso-
lutely in the power of the big opposi-
ton majority, but at Il certain
point that begins to be an adj
vantage. If the power is used
harshly, with too obvious a dis
position to be mcrciless and make
capital out of ministerial! helplessness,
the constituencies may conclude, with
their hereditary instinct of fair play,
to help the under dog to get on top.
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Princess Beatrice is said to have received
very few congratulations on her engagement
from her own family.