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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

From the New York Graphic.
Avoid railroad food by carrying chicken, beef,
hard-boiled eggs, bread, fruit and salt.
Arrange to start quietly after plentiful meal.
Take overshoes and waterproof in your hand
bag. This Is important.
Engage sunny rooms up two flights In ad.
vance. Unsunned rooms are unsafe. II the
weather be only chilly, still have q small fire.
OF an express train aud the front car Of o slow
train, or get as near these points as possible.
Eat hot boiled milk, salted to taste, and
Crackers also cracked Ice freely. The safest place
IN ear IS the center. opposite the side taken by
passing trains
Attend to the daily functions, else travel will
derange them. On warm days ride backward
by an open window, thus avoiding cinders and
For ocean trips take abundance OF outer par.
ments and flannel bedgOwns. Walk the deck for
exercise else first days ashore will be fatiguing.
but rest the first two days at sea.
Al night II fatigued drink q cup of tea with
q DIT OF bread and rest thirty minutes be-
lore dining. tired stomach cannot digest
easily. Hence the frequency OF diarrhea during
Final days ashore are exhausting II seasick
keep the deck; lie upon the back near the GEN.
Ing follows. eat again at once. This Is the only
Drink little or none of the railroad ice water.
Eat slowly. Better less food than much haste
, Tread and fruit or chocolate make an excellent
II Drink hot beef tea, with plenty OF red pepper.
Eat ship crackers, raw beef, fnely chopped,
ssle9 ana tred) peppered, and mixed with
bread crumbs. If not seasick, control the appe-
ute or prepare for dyspepsia.
retire early. II wakefui eat simple food.
start with warm feet In winter provide them
WIN soepstone, fur shoes or wrap them in u
snawl: Garry bottle Of paregoric and carda-
.sraa,, MIXTURE half each, tor diarrhoea Wait
WE'VE hours, then take one teaspoonful In hot
water every two hours till better.
Avoi9 nearneSs to waterclOsets. Be sure of
ory PED linen and clean blankets. It is better
10 use your shawls than to be exposed to damp
h hess. inrow back the bed clothing two hours
Sslo1e Ietring. Sec that your gas burner
ooes not leak. Move bedsteads away from
windows. Old hotels are draughty.
The only woman railroad of,icial in this conn.,
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PlatOnic Love.

had sworn to be q bachelor, she had sworn 10 be
For We both agreed in doubling whether mlltrimony
Besides i had my higher aims for science filled my
And she said her young affections all wound up
So we laughed at those wise who say that friend
Twixt man aud woman, unless each has something
We would De friends and friends as true as eer were
I'd be second David, and she Miss Jonathan.
we ike each Other that was ALL and quite enough
So jus; Shook hands upon it in business sort Of
We shared sorrows and our joys. together hoped
With common purpose sought the goal which young
We deamel together of the days, the dream bright
We strictly confidential and called each other
And many day we wandered together DER the hills
seeking bugs and butterflies, and she the ruined
And rustic bridges and the like, which pcturemakers
To with their waterfalls and groves and sunny
nd 70 make quiet evening, in hours Of full release
We fioated down the river loafed beneath the
And talked in long graduation from the poet to the
While the summer skies and my cigar burned slowly
Out together
But through all no whispered word or teltale look
Told aught of warmer sentiment than friendly symps
We talked of love as coldy as we talked of nebua.
And thought being one that we did of being
three
well, goodby. old fellow" I took her hand, fof
the time had come 20 go.
MY going meant our parting, when to meet we did
know.
had fingered long and said farewell with . very
heavy heart
For though were but friends you know. tits hard
for friends TO part.
well, eoodby. old fellow; don't forget your friends
across the
And some day. when you've lots OF time just drops
line to me-"
The words came lightly, gayly, but crest sob just
behind
Rose upward with story of quite different kind
And Then she raised her eyes 70 mime, great liquid
eyes of blue,
Full 10 the brirh and running al like yiolet cum
with dew:
One long, long look, and then did what never die
before
Perhaps the tear meant friendship, but I think u
klsS mea MT mn
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Advice 20 Girls who Stoop.

from Do Lewis nuggets.
/ don't believe in shoulder braces. Nature
furnishes the needed braces to keep the Shout.
ders In position, and when you use the artificial
these natural ones become weak for want OF
exercise. The best way to cure STOPPING
shoulders is to carry weight on the head q
half hour morning and evening. Make the
weight large. There is no other single exercise
SO valuable as carrying weight on the head. A
bag OF sand weighing from 20 TO SO pounds Il q
goOd weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

In Germany, according to IN exchange. .
servant has one sunday out Of every two weeks.
home, and II she stays out later she loses her
next sunday holiday: Her pay I: never more
S12. When there s. . dispute'betveen mistress
and maid It IL settled by the police. Bat one
servant h usually kepts and the work Il hard,
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Gen. Joseph +. Johnston, who officiated as one
OF the pali-bearers at Gen. Grants funeral to
day, passed through Chicago Thursday, on his
way to New York. He is reported as having
said while there: ''The first time ever saw
Gen. Grant was during the Mexican war. He
was lieutenant then, and, OF course, no one
saw In him the great general which he proved
10 6e: know the southern people feel kindly
nnd nave always felt kindly toward Gen. Grant
!uney never forgot his kfndness-the prompt
lngs OF good heart-in making the favorable
conoitlonS to Gen. Lee at the time OF his SUR
render ade ! don't speak from official informa-
uon, PVT It was generally believed in the south
mat Mr. johnson, then President, determined
70 make an example of some OF the southern
generals. Gen. Lee was selected by him as one
VI the men TO be sacrificed. Gen. Grant resisted
such proceeding. He said that the nation's
honor was ct stake, as by the conditions Of the
surrender Gen. Lee could not be sacrificed. In
s sn1Sr! Cen Grant stood IN the way q Johnson's
death. The southern people remembered that.
Iney knew that he had 8 soldiers heart and
dead"
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Summer i'm Town.
Charles E. Whitney in the New Orleans Times Dem

Summer i'm Town.
Charles e. Whitney in the New Orleans Times Demo
GRAFT
Within the breathless precincts Ofthe town.
Beneath this brassy glitter of the sun,
Where heated payenaents trenbie In its ffown.
1cAtch the faroff sound of rl and run.
Above the restless roar of toll and trade
sweet sylvan voices whisper to mine ear.
And am lost in tRngles Ofdeep shade,
And ''purr" OF leaves and mnrmuring brooks seem
near.
seethe waves in laughter running in
And hear the surf moan on the outer bar:
The larks q feld their noontide songs BEGIN
And yet know they are 80 far, SO far.
What Is there in the air. this August day.
That keeps me dreaming OF those pastures green.
And scents the room with 0dors of new hay.
And wakes the locus's song, II ween, weenrs
The DOING cows stand knee-deep In the brook.
The fiickering shadows play upon the grass
And as try 70 read, beyond the book,
0erhead see white cloud fleets sailing mast
Il there within the soul some subtle string.
Untouched by anght, save on such days g thea
When faint remembered odoro make if ring
With songs Of dingies dark and nlied least
South Carolina b the only state which allow
no.divorce.
widow IL Harrisburg has beaten the zeeord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

A GIRLS CRUEL ExPERrrNcE.-Herth Teb.
man, sixteen years old, of Chicago, disappeared
mysssser11ously June 3Oth and was found by the
RonCa 1nursday. She said she was taken to
Inc mouse Of Mrs. Anna Baker by George III.
. n;easce. salesman. under false Representa-
sly sa, anu YVES nelQ there q prisoner and conn
a,rn named Hinckiey. The parties were all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

MENTAL ODDITIES OF GREAT PEOPLE IIIrs-
TRATING THE STRANGE ACTIONS OF THE
BRAIN.
From the Popular Science monthly
The lowest grade of mental disturbance is
seen in that temporary appearance ofirrat.onali-
W winch comes from an extreme state of ab
straction or absence ofmind. To the vulgar
as already limited, all intense preoccupation
with ideas, by calling Off the attention from
outer things and giving a dream-like appear.
ance to the mental state, is apt to appear sympto
matte OF ''queerneSs" i'm the heau. But i'm order
that it might find place among distinctly alb
normal features this absence OF mind must at
tain a certain depth and persistence The ancient
story OF Archimedes and the amusing anet-
dotes of Newton's fits, il authentic might be
said perhaps to illustrate the border-line
between normal and an abnormal con-
dition OF mind. A more distinctly pathological
case is that OF Beethoven. who could not be
made to understand why his standing in his
night attire at an open window should attract the
lrreverent notice OF street boys for in this case
We have a temporary incapacity to perceive ex.
terror objects and their relations and a deeper
1ncapaclty OF a like nature clearly shows itself
in poor Johnson $ standing before the town
clock Vainly trying to make out the hour.
This same aiooineSS of mind from the external
world betrays itself in many of the eccentric
habits attributed to men ana women OF genius
here, AGAIN, Johnson serves as a good instance
His lneonVenient habit OF suddenly breaking
out with scraps ofthe Lord S Prayer in fashion.
able assembly marks a distinctly dangerous
drifting away OF the inner life from the firm
anchorage of external fact.
In the cases just considered we have to dc
With kind OF mental blindness to outer cir
| cumstances. A further advance along the line
OF intellectual degeneration is seen in the Der
Slstence OF vivid Ideas, commonly aDticipat ions
ofevii OF some kind, which have no basis in ex.
ternal reality. Johnson's dislike to particular
alleys In his London walks, and Madame de
Staels bizarre idea that she would suffer from
| cold when buried. may be taken as examples
of these painful decisions or idees fixes
more serious stage of such decisions is seen i'm
the case of Pascal, who is said to have been
haunted by the fear OF gulf yawning lust in
front OF him, which sometimes became SO over
mastering that he had to be fastened by a chain
to keep him from leaping forward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

Ere are no bod carriers in Germany Brjcks
faretssed by hand. The higher up the brick-
lay are the more men are required To toss the
brit. Two men to a story Is about the aver
ageith enough more To lead from the front OF
the Hiding To the place where the bricks are
neo1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

The radical newspapers In London are abus
ing the Prince of Wales for going i'm for racing
stud. They refer TO the many scandals which
have lately been exposed I'm connection with
the turf In England, and insist that the man
who expects TO be the next King of Great
Britain should not defile himself In such Q dirty
puddle. They also recall the career az thne
royal biackleg, King George ~. and express
over blood VIII not be exhibited In the persoo
Of the next sovereign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08

fatrtck Hanley was found drowned In the
INK ciutche In his hand, = -.
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The congregation OF St Peters cathedral,
f1tts6nrE. has presented Bishop Phelan with
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the only woman railroad Official in this coun-
Try y Miss Laura Braden, treasurer OF the
washington and Waynesburg railroad, In
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THE PLAN OF THE ENCAMPMENT-PROGRAM TO
BE FOLLOWED DURING THE STAY AT CAPE
MAY, ETC.
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ANECDOTES ABOUT GRANT.
Col. Stewards Recollectious Of the
Great Soldier.

HOW THE GENERAL PLANNED HIS CAMPAIGN
his WONDERFUL MEMoRY-HE MADE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MADE HIM.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-06-05
OF SUBSCRIPTION TO WEEKLY WORLD
Silver Question.
Silver State.

enator Sherman of Ohio, the pro-
br of National Banks and defend
II mono-metalism, is expressing
|elf freely on the silver question
an Francisco. Though on record
hst the passage of the act author
the coinage of standard dollars,
III was passed over the veto of the
ldulent President, while he was
etary of the Treasury, Sherman
unblushingly asserts that he has
Tvs been the friend of silver. He
Its, however, that he wants the
ptity of silver regulated by the
which London feels disposed to
for silver. This would make sill
\ comodity like lead and iron, or
ht, and if carried into effect by
lation, would doubtless result in
Ing silver coins on the stock boards
tpeculators to deal in, as their val
Fould be as changeable as that of
hany other asticles.
&-Senator Stewart Of this State,
was a member of the United
les Senate when the bill demoneti-
I silver was passed in 1878, differs
IA Sherman, and in replying to his
IMarks on silver before the San
mclsco Chamber of Commerce, says;
lsam I'm IN favor of the free coinage OF
1.-TWO metals. If either is denied q
lae coinage it will lose its money val
send become a comodity, but | diff
with Sherman most emphatically
rs proposition to add more silver
me silver dollar so as to make the
ket value of silver in a dollal
al to gold dollar. This woulo
pre-, according to the presen
ket value of silver, abont seventy
Pe grains more of silver than th'
ar now contains. We would hav,
Pllar OF about 4S5l grains of silver
cad of 41244 grains, which nov
Stltutes the standard dollar. Ire
the proposition to put more sill
In the dollar as both inexpedien
dishonest, and one that woul'
pity discourage the silver mining
nstry."
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AE OTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Ell.
NJ mira Silver Mining Company. by John Brown
its President and General Manager whose Post.
office address is Hanne,, Idaho Territory, has made
application for United States Patent for the
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1ne remarkable popularity of the
|Plthy Vanderbilt family is that
and always has been without a
|P'hard, rogue spendthrift, or gam
+ All of the male descendants of
|0lo commodore are bright, thrifty
ana two grandsons of William
|aSed 10 and II, have recently
Paed a monthly journal called The
|ie'' which, considering the youth
Z projectors, is n very creitable
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

turn them both out than walk pigeon
tOed. If he didn't turn them out, with
all the weight of the fat he has to carry,
he'd probably fall down pretty often.
Now look at this"
He referred to a tall young man
whose costume included a pair of very
short pants. This young man leaned
forward and his long body rocked from
side to side as he propelled himself for
ward. He turned both feet in" His
pedal extremities looked like two very
Young lovers promenading along a
moOnlit lane and trying to look into
each others eyes.
While the sentiment which the feet
expressed was beautiful, the practlcai
part of their normal position had It's
unpleasant features, for the young man.
happening to meet an obstacle in his
nath, suddenly turned aside and trod
upon his own toes, and grlmace OF
main and annoyance distorted his other
wise beeming cOuntenance.
He recovered his balance in mo-
ment, however, and along came three
young ladies, side by side, and all talk
| ing at once. Each one turned in" g
foot, two of them the right foot ana
the third, apparently "tO be odd,"
turned inn the left.
Tpon the turned in" foot in each
case was crooked boot heel, while the
other one was all right, with its tiny
brass attachment smoothly and evenly
worn. They were pretty ladies and
could only be graceful when they
walked bearing upon the arm OF another
or when they were dancing OF sitting. :,
Out of twenty-five people Inspected
by the seIf-ppoint d committee OF two
there were only half dozen who
walked gracefully, and the cause OF the
lack of grace in the other cases was
only due to their manner OF managing
| their feet.
was noticed to prevail, especially among
| ladies. That's all owing to training;
said the gruff gentleman" Most girls
learn 30 talk before they learn to walk,
and that's why the majority of ladle:
talk more and better than they walk.
The gruff gentleman was bachelor.
"The people who train them think OF
telling them how to carry their heads
and their hands, how to smile and to
throw their shoulders back. They
show them how to manage a train and
how to hold their fans and they forget
all about their feet excepting to caution
them about wearing shoes large enough
for them, unless the girls have corns OF
are going to dance"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
District Court.

A venire of fifteen jurors was drawn
to try, by juries of five, criminal cases
during this week at the present term of
Court. Up to time Of going to press
criminal cases have been disposed OF as
follows:
MOL PROS'D.
Joseph SShern, obtaining money and
goods under false pretences.
Francis D'Avy neglecting road duty.
Octave Grader ct ais, disturbing a
peaceable assembly.
Sam Brown ct ais, int1icting a
wound less than mayhem.
Martin Gradni, on one Indictment,
carrying concealed weapons.
Stephen Jones, larceny.
PLEAD GUILTY:
VIM. .Hanchett, on two indictments,
opposing aud resisting public officer.
and carrying concealed weapons.
Joe Thompson, selling liquor without
a license.
George Oneal, larceny.
TRIED AND ACQUITTED:
Charley Bihm, carrying concealed
weapons,
INFoRMATIoNs FILED:
Octave Grader for threatening to kill
Stephen Jones, for larceny.
MIsTRIAL:
Colas Silva for carrying concealed
weapons.
FOUND GUILTY:
Martin Gradni fer carrying concealed
weapons.
license.
Colas Silva, carrying concealed
weapons.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
FEET seIN" MID FEET g OUT"
The Awkward Manner i'm Which Some
Men and Women Walk.
0T,ook AT that felInw's foot -

"LOok at that fellows foOt0
Tie request was delivered in tone
of command by a gruff, but good
natured and observing gentlemen TO a
reporter as the two were gazing at the
passing throng on the street last even
ing.
direction indicated and beheld the OBJ
iect of his friends remark. The foot
was attached to the leg of an elegantly
dressed young gentleman. The foot
indicated was the right foot, and it was
only of moderate size, but 1t made a
terrible imprint in the mud which car
peted the places where the crossing
usually exists at street corners.
The left foot was of the same size,
bnt it made print only about one
half as large, and a very neat impress
sion it was The owner OF the pair
was. as before remarked, handsomely
dressed, and would have presented a
very stylish appearance but for the
right foot, which was not acting in a
right manner.
2 Fiippity flop; flippity fopw said
the gruff man, keeping time with his
words to the step of the stylish young
gentleman. That young fellow hasn't
yet learned what child ought to have
done during its first year on earth. lie
hasn't learned to walk"
The whole trouble with the young
man was a popularity which the re-
porter soon learned ts quite common,
he turned the right foot inn and
managed the other one properly with
the toes turned slightly "out." Now
sou just notice." said the gruf man,
now many people there will be, come
along in the next few minutes, who
walk as civilized beings ought to walk
The first man who came by the
watching pair was short, fat man.
He was hurrying along, breathing short
aud perspiring freely. He had a very
black cigar in his month, and he blew
out short, thick puff of smoke with
every breath, averaging two puffs to
every step. He turned both feet square
ly out, almost at right angles with his
body.
HE TURNED BOTH FEET OUT.
Now he goes to an extreme re-
marked the grutf- voiced old man, but
he errs on virtues side. He'd better
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
Am Old Citizen speaks.

Mr.. j. NJ. Norris, an old resident of Rome, Ca,
saws that he had been badly troubled with
Kidney Complaint for great many years ana
with Eczema for three years at times conlo
without benefit, until he began taking Elecrlc
Bitters and amounting his hands and feet WITH
BuckIen's Arnica Salve. This treatment al
fnTfefi him great relief and he strongly recon-
mends Electric Bitters to all who suffer with
Kidney Complaints, or need a Blood Purifier
Sold by NJ. p. Young d Go.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

Hon. Thomas Andrew Hendricks,
Vice President of the United States,
died suddenly and unexpectedly at his
home in Indianapolis, on the afternoon
of the 25th inst, of what is supposed
to have been a paralytic stroke. he
left a wife but no children. He was
born near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, September
It'll, 1919.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

ported to the chief clerk. The door
keepers at the Treasury were armed
with tablets and took down the names
Of tardy clerks as they arrived. The
result of the first days catch was 235
delinqueDts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

The servians, who under their king
Milan, recently invaded the weaker
country of Bulgaria, whose ruler is
Alexander German prince, have been
driven back into their own territory,
and hostiIitiesl have been suspended.