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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
To Prevent Pneumonia.

As pneumonia is essentially a conges-
tive disease, the best preventive meas
ures are those which AVOID the causes
of congestion. Pulmonary congestion
is favored by too heavy clothing worn
in winter weather. A serious error is
the supposition that double set of
fiannels worn next the skin affords
double protection. The fact is that in
such case the inner flannel absorbs
all secretion and perspiration, which
are there retained by the outer flannel.
An almost poultice like acton IS thus
brought about softening the skin and
rendering it highly susceptible to the
slightest exposure.
Over-heated, ilt-ventiIated rooms.
and the sudden trans. ton from these
to the sharp outer air. are other avoid
able predispos ng causes of the disease.
He who uses cold sponge bath-with
brisk rubbing every morning, who
wears the ightest clothing consistent
with comfortable protection, and keeps
his living-rooms well ventilated and at
a mean temperature of 68 deg, is en-
ploying the best preventive treatment
of pneumonia known to sanitary
science. - CongregGttca1aIist.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
RAscALs IN BUSINESS.
wicked Devices to Rob tho People and De-
stroy Their Health.

Wicked Devices to Rob tho People and De-
stroy Their Health.
I'm country like this, where butter
and cheese-making may be prosecuted
so extensively that even the poorest man
may have bountlful supply of these
dairy products on his table, it is an in
famous crime to put hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of pretended but
ter and cheese on the market. Besides
the millions of pounds of grease now dis
posed of in the name of butter, aconsid-
cradle business has grown up in the
manufacture of cheese which is not
cheese, but which is made to look and
taste something like it, and can be sold
a good deal cheaper than the genuine
article, but which is dear OF any price
These wretched devices to ROB the peo-
pie and destroy their health are also a
blow at legitimate industry, calling for
the most vigorous action on the part Of
the Legislature. and yet in almost all
the States where anything like correc-
tive law-making has been attempted
disgraceful failure has been the result.
The number of men who are turning
their attention to these and other vii
famous counterfeiting operations is in
creasing so rapidly that il may well be
asked if American smartness is not so
far perverted that it prefers occupation
in knavish pursuits to any legitimate
calling. Whena people become so dis.
honest as to direct their energies into
channels commonly reserved for the
swindler. when the same zeal would
bring quite as. satisfactory returns if dis
played in legitimate enterprises, it is
time for Government to layits nand on
them.
Food adulteration has assumed such
proportions in this country, where food
Should always be cheap and bountiful,
that unless something shall be done tic
suffer materially and the public health
will be seriously undermined. KnoWl.
edge of chemistry and compromising
which runs in such channels is u species
| Of snartness which no nation can toler.
ate with safety. IF one man is to be
permitted to manufacture pretended
butter. another to make pretended
cheese, another to sell pretended coffee
and spices, and another to deal in pre-
tended syrups or sugars, then let every
body ADOPT the thief's motto as his own
and swindle and steal unreserVedly. II
It is worth while to make one man hon
est by law It is equally important TO
make his neighbor honest in the same
way Chicago Tribune.
An English lawyer lately received .
feU II SO, 09ee ivr fourteen days work.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
TAKING A PICTURE.
How some People Sit Before a Photo
grapher's Camera.

How some People Sit Before Photo
grapher's Camera.
"Queer sitters2 Hundreds of them, y
said o. b. de Morat, the photographer,
Yesterday, repeating q question and an
swering it. my greatest trouble with
sitters is that they viii almost inVari
ably sit as if they had swallowed
ramrod. A man will come in,
sit down as stiff as poker, and say: !
want my picture taken this way, I take
1t that way, and as q matter Of course he
is dissatisfied. Had he said to me take
1.-THE way YOU think best, he would have
been sure of good picture. Very few
people know how to assume proper
expression-and really they have no
business to assume any expression but
natural one. like to see business
men come in, for they give me very lit
Tie trouble, having no desire to look bet
ter than they are.
Ii is very funny to see some people
trying to look pleasant, One day a
philanthropist. whose countenance IS as
mild as a Woman's and beams with gem
tleness, wanted to be photographed. His
face had strained look as he sat in the
chair. and told him TO assume more
cheerful expression. The poor man
screwed up his face in such manner
!. that he looked like red-handed muir
! derer. worked with him for half an
hour, and during that time he managed
to make himself look ridiculous IN .
hundred different ways. One moment
he looked like an imbecile. the next ike
stage villain. I finally got negative,
but nobody would have taken it for the
picture of phiIanthropist. Now, i Ao
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
A water-color pa. inter-. Mr.. W. w.

"A water-color painter. Mr.. W. w.
Fem, who has recently become totally
blind. writes: "The difference between
the sleeping and waking state is not so
marked as might at first be expected,
for. unless by an effort to remind my
self that I am bl nd. see my friend.
after fashion, while am awake and
talking to him. nearly as wildly as |
should do at times in a dream, the fact
that in reality | can mot see him in
either state being scarcely more present
to me in one than in the other. = Chi
caQ0 I7ster-0ced71.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
a sad Case OF Poisoning

is that Of any man or woman afHictediwith
disease or arrangement of the liver, re-
sulting in poisonous Accommodations in the
blood, scrofulous affections, sick-he
aches, and diseases of the kidneys, lungs
or heart. These troubles can be cured only
by going to the primary cause, and putt
ting the liver in a healthy condition. To
accomplish this result speedily and effect
ually nothing has proved itself so eftica-
cious as DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery," which has never failed to do the
work claimed for it, and never will
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

WHAT can be more disagreeable, more
disgusting, than to sit in room with a
person WHO'S troubled with catarrh, and
has to keep coughing and clearing his or
her throat of the mucus which drops into
it? Such persons are always to be pitied
if they trg to euro themselves and fail.
But if they getDr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
there need be no failure.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
PROGRAMME OF FAIR WEEK
in ST. LOUIS.
GREAT ST. LOUIS FAIR.
What Can Be Seen For One Ad-
mission of Fifty Cents.


The 18th Great ST. Louis Fair, opens octo-
Der 9Th and continues six days; $4,000 Is OF.
Tered in cash premiums to be distributed
among the exhibitors of Horses Cattle,
chanfcal and Industrial displays, Works OF
Art, Textile Fabrics, Produce, Fruits, ana
Vegetables, Geological and Chemical Spect-
mems.
BIOLOGICAL GARDEE=-FAIR GROUND.
The collection of Wild Beasts, Birds and
Reptiles on the Ground of the Association
compares favorably with any Geological
Garden in the World, and will be opened free
to all visitors to the Fair. Numerous addi-
lions have been made to this Department
and it is now complete in all its details.
NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON FAIR GROUND.
Sixty.flye acres have been added to the
ments. comprehending full mile race
course, 700 new Horse Stalls, 500 new Cattle
stalls, 800 Sheep and Swine Pens, Pou!try
House for :, 1000 Fowls. twenty eight new Elk
hibition Halls and Payilions. Appiica tons
for Stalls or Pens should be made at once.
Trotting and Pacing Races Every Day,
The horses contending being the most eel.
ebrated in the country.
GRAND ILLUMINATION.
During the entire week the streets of the
CITY will be Illuminated by 10000 gas jets, in
termingled with hundreds of calcium, mean
descent and arc electric lights.
YELLED PROPHETS PAGEANT.
On the night of Tuesday, October 9Th, the
grand annual nocturnal pageant OF the
RVEILED PROPHET" comprising thlrty.
five floats, will be given at an expense OF
thousands of dollars.
TRADES PAGEANT.
On the night of Thursday, October Sth, the
stTRADES PAGEANT will be given for the
purpose of illustrating the industries, wealth
and resources of the Mississippi Valley.
sHAW's GARDEN.
stSHAW'S GARDEN of world wide fame,
will be open free to all visitors during the
week, through the generosity of its owner
HALF FARE RATES.
All railroad and steamboat companies
have generously made a rate of one fare for
the round trip during the entire week.
PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
The municipal authorities have agreed to
declare Thursday of Fair Week holiday to
all. Rooms and board for 100000 guests
have been provided for at greatly reduced
rates.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
CONMERCIAI, EXCHANGES.

The Merchants Cotton. Wool, Mechanics
and Real Estate Exchanges, will be open,
free to all visitors. Exhibitors should apply
for space, stalls or pens at once in order to
secure a desirable location. Address FES-
TUS j. WADE, Secretary, us Chestnut street,
st. Louis, Mo.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

. . Rupture radically cured, also
pile tumors and fistulas. Pamphlet of par
ticulars two letter stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, NY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

sWHY is it that nearly all mems heads
are round?" Because so few of them are
square, UdnsuitEe argus.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

IT is reported that female dentists are
gaining ground in Germany. They seem
to be taking root in this country.-Oa
City Derrick.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

WHEN a woman wants to make a COM
plete change of front she leaves off her
bangs.-BurgingtOR Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

PIXIES ToorHACHE DROPS cure in ! minute, 25c.
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GERMAN Corn REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

The small boy steals away from school
to s'go a fishin'" He hates his book and
bats his hook.-Boston Transcript
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
CZ vIA!

NY wife has been sorely afflicted with Eczema or
Salt Rheum from infancy: We tried every known
remedy but to no avail. She also afflicted with
a peri0dicaI nervous headache, sometimes followed
by an intermittent fever, that her life BECAME
burden TO her. Finally determined to try S. s. s.
She commenced seven weeks ago. After the third
bottle the Inflammation disappeared and sore spots
dried up and turned white and sCaly and finally she
brushed them off in an impalpable white powder re-
sembng pure salt. She ts now taking the sixth bot
ties every appearance Of the disease is gone and her
flesh is soft and white Chd's. Her headaches
disappeared and she enjoys the only good health
every bottle of S. S. S. Is worth thousand times its
weight IN gold JOHN F. BRADLEY.
Detroit, Mich, May 16, 1885. A Griswold st.
For sale by all druggists.
NY, 157 W. 2SdSt. Drawer g. Atlanta. Ga.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
Did you Sup

pose Mustang Liniment only gooo
for horses? It is for inaamma-
ticn of all flesh.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
EDUCATIONAL.

RnaWsSfuH RED on Cotton Turkish Rubrum.
BG0MAAa@l Samples free to every person sending
address to Il. r. WHITE Eaton Rapids. Mich.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

The municipal authorities have agreed to
declare Thursday OF Fair Week a holiday to
all. Rooms and board for 100000 guests
have been provided for at greatly reduced
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

The most beautiful ana nnest toned
NUHs ~ in the world. Loo prices easy pay
HHmHTA IN ~ nae7lt. Send for catalogue. Address
VAA0FABVS Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York.P Pa
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

AMI mHEB@ NEWLAWs; OmceFs' pay from
NWh0HGBaOc commissions; Desc rter g re d.
N ed: PenSFons and increases; experience 19 years;
E Success or no fee Write for circulars and laws.
-. 4. w. MCCORMICK SON. Cincinnati. OHIO.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26

An English lawyer lately received Q
ffeU II 81, 09e iyr fourteen days work.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26


All railroad and steamboat companies
have generously made rate of one fare tor
the round trip during the entire week.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
Accidentally Killed.

just before noon yesterday, DR.. Ma
Ihlas brought word to the HERALD Of
nee that the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. b. Smart had been suddenly killed.
inquiry about the matter elected the
following facts: Mrs. Smart and baby
with her mother, Mrs. Jordan, and her
slster-ln-law with her two children,
started in the morning to visit at
GRANDMA smart's. In going through
the gully just south of where w. L
bateman's house used to stand the bug
gy was overturned and the whole par.
ty thrown out upon the ground, killing
Mrs. smart's baby and :njuring Mrs
Smart quite severely: They succeeded
In getting to Mr.. Bateman's house and
sent for DIR. Matthias. The child was
dead before the doctor arrived; after
an examination he expressed his opin.
Ion that the child struck on his head
aud dislocated his neck in the fall,
Mr. Smart had gone to Mitchell anG
w. II. Jordan to Woonsocket. The
neighbors did what they could for the
distracted family but their efforts
seemed utter weakness in the presence
of such d great calamity.
At this writing it is not known when
the funeral will be.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
Notice of Proposals to Builders.

Sealed proposals will be received by the school
board of Blaine township, Jerauld county, D. r.
up to II NJ, Oct, 10 1885, for furnishing material
and building of six (6) school houses; said school
houses to be IS "a with 10 foot posts, fOunda-
ton to- be made of stone laid in good lime NOR
tar, waM to be not less than 18 inches thick and
at least inches at lowest point; box sill made
of X IS, to be bedded in WALL lower j0stS s
supported in centre by stringer 6X6 running
lengthwise With building and resting on stone
piers; upper jOists 2 X 6 bridged with rows of
bridging; rafters IA; studding 9 X 4; all to be
16 inches from centre to centre; roof 15 pitch;
paper between shingles and sheatlng, between
siding aud sleatliing and between floors; No. 2
siding laid Az inches to weather; best grade Of
shingles laid'4ls inches to weather. Mol sheath
ing Six (6) Windows, 4 light y X so, with roller
slat shutters; door 2-10 by Clio by *: Wains-
coting feet high made of No2 beaded ceiling;
No 2 flooring laid on sheathing as above; chinl-
ney 1G inches square on outside, ~ feet IN length
with ordinary water table and cap, made Of No;
| brick; plastering. drawed-up work and hard Y
finish, made OF good material; rostrum X it,,
G in. high of NO. 9 flooring; black boards colored
in hard finish and to receive coats of No. l Ii.
quid Stating, anl:tO extend on 3 sides OF build
ing. all to Ee 3 feet high. Painting to be done
with strictly pure white lead and boiled linseed
oil-2 coats both inside and out and to be tinted
as directed by school beard. Building for priv.
les and coal houses Y. II feet feet higli, Drivy
at each end and coal house in Center made of
stock lumber with battened crhGls; roof u pitch
sheathed and shngled-wth Il. Il. cornice-
building painted same as house. Bids will DC
opened on Saturday, Oct. 10th, 1885 at 7. M
Address bids to JAMES Ii. DALTON.
s25O9 5Woonsocket, d. T
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
NOTICE OF CONTEST States Land
~ Office at Mitchell, d. r., Sept.4, 1855.

Complaint having been entered at this. office
by Henry F,sskrabbenhoeft Jeraul1 county, d.
T., against John w. Schriner for failure to COM
ply with law as to Timber-culture entry No g.
ton q township 1oG range Ga, in Jerauld Co, d.
I. with a view to the cancellation of said entry
contestant alleging tlat claimant has failed to
1st year. and failed the 4th year to plant trees
on the I'd 5.acres; that the said second 5 acres;
is at this time covered with Il crop OF flax; that
said failure still exists; the said parties are here
Loomis, Notary Public, at Washington Springs
u. T., OIL the nth day of October 1888, at 10 q
cocka. H., to respond and furnish all the testi.
will be returned to this office October %, isS5
at 10 ain. GEO. B. EvERITT, Register
Testimony to be taken before L. N. Loomis
amendment to Rule So, Rules OF Practice ap-
proved Dec. 2S 1882. GEO. B. EVERTTT,
s11O2 Register
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
Notice to Creditors.
latter of the Estate Of Henry Cert, de-

In the matter of the Estate Of Henry Cert, de
ceased.
All persons having claims against said Hen
same. WITH the necessary vouchers, to the lnl-
dersiglied, Administrator OF said estate, at his
residenoein the county OF Jerallld, Territory OF
Dakota and that four months have been liMl-
tied as She time for creditors to present their
claims ateainst said estate
Dated the e9th day of August. 1885. u
ISAAC BEAAI,
sis25 Administrator
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

NOTICE FOR PUBEICATION.- Office
IN at Mitchell, d. T. Sept Is, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the folowingnam.
ed settler has filed notice OF his intention to
make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be'made before Clerk Dist
Court Jerauld county at Washington Springs, D.
T., ON October "a, 1886, viz:
JOHN KUCH, =
under his lid entry No. 2s110, for the nW1l sec q
town 1o6 range g. He names the following wit
and cultivation of, said land, viz Chris Clodt
Frank Shellmeyer, N. G. Rhodes, Sullivan, w
j. Williams, Washington Springs. ID. T..
S1SO23 GEO, B. EVERITT, Register
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

NOTICE FoR Observation-Disclosures Office
Notice is hereby given that M Tie following-nam-
ed 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 in his absence before the Clerk Of the District
Court Jerau1d Co.. at Washington Springs d. T.,
on Oct. 10th, 1855, viz:
WILLIAM j. WILLIAMS,
the following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon and cultivation of, said land,
viz: W. T. Pierce. II. D. Fisher, James G. John
ston, S. 5. Starkey, of Starl1ey, DIT.
sla9 GEO. b. EvERIIsr, Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

NOTICE FOR Bl1cATIoN.--Land Office
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 Judge OF
Probate Court, Jerauld Counti, at washington
Springs ID. T. on October 10, 10 A. NJ. 1885, Viz
-, BENJAMIN F. WILEY,
d. entry No. 23244 for the sw "a sec 90 town 1Os
range 64. He names the following witnessesto
prove his continuous residence upon, and culti-
Walton OF said land, viz: Phillip Phillips, Rich
ard NanderVene, c. S. Heath, .Thos Roach, of
Washington Springs, Jerauld county, ID. L.
S4O9 GEO. B. EVERITr, Reg.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
THE HORNET
A Study in Natural History by sad-Eyed
Thoughtful Boy.

The hornet is an interesting study
after he is dead. I, for one, want no
intercourse with the swift-soaring warb-
Ter, commonly called the hornet, until
am convinced that he is thoroughly
deceased. =:
have been reading in. a learned work
on winged things that family of hor-
nets is composed of males, females, and
neuters, and that the. males just sit
round and give orders, while the fe-
males and nepters do all the work
about the house and gather in the dai-
ly provisions. The same high authors
ty intimates that the male hornet does
not sting, but is purely ornamental, as
hour, stroking his blonde mustache,
and wearing glad smile all day long.
wish could believe this of the. male
, hornet; but 1 can not. My. confidence
! in him is weak, and no male hornet
shall approach very near to me, if l
know it, until he has furnished satisfac-
tory evidence that he does not ;,carry
deadly weapon Concealed about his
person.
can recall the time when family
of hornets forced themselves into my
society without waiting for an intro
duction, and I.don't wantit to occur
again. The details of the affair are
quite indelibly fixed in my memory's
archives. Ishall never forget how it
feels to- be pierced to the heart by the
red-hot dagger of the baldheaded hor-
net until memory's page is obliterated,
and the congregation has passed around
my defunct remains, and rendered an
honest decision as to how look in
complete repose. :
was but sad-eyed, thoug ghtful boy,
with faxen hair and tired castof coun-
tenance and ordinarily moved about
with considerable deliberation, because
deliberati0n seemed to agree with me.
When I was sent to fetch anything I
sort of meandered, and if 1 met any
J thing by the way that was alive ] would
Z stop and throw stone at it. That is
the manner in which my young genius
budded, and drove the person who
would send me on errands to exaspe-
ration and profanity.
One beautiful summers day when
VIC I0hpeIS WeIo III Iuo AVAu s1hu sAo
golden grain was falling before the
flashing scythes, and the catbird was
warbling merrily in the hedges, and L
was resting, oh, so restfully, under the
tree that bore the early harvest apples,
summons came from the commander
in-chief of the department that a friend
less boy bearing my name should go
down tb rough the orchard to the bub,
ling spring at tho foot of the hill and
fetch the harvesters brimming bucket
of water. l had not meandered far
when I saw beautiful hornets nest
upon low limb which hung almost
directly ever my path. Il challenged
my admi ration, for it was as big as a
peach-ba sket and as symmetrical as an
old-fashi .oned Jug.
1 was, 1T in much of hurry, so set
the bucl ket down and put my hands IN
nv poc' kets, and made a careful and
critical observation. At the time there
was trong love of natural history IN
nv ard .ent. nature, and when i saw
someth ing. that l didn't fully undsr-
stand ] was prone to investigate. NOW,
that 7 am older I am not Mulch that
way. o1a hor.
net sit ting at the main door, ana nc