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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28
THE GRAND DAME AND HER
SERFs
How She Treated His Evident-Growing
SeIf-Conf1dence.

How She Treated His Evident-Growing
Self-Confidence.
Simon Karilovitch was a dark and
handsome man Of thirty, in all his bear
ing and manner a servant of the most
aristocratic type. His position as butler
often required him to talk with his mis-
tress of household matters. He had
been favorite, and as she saw, or fan
cied she saw, in him a growing self
confidence, a consciousness of his
value, she began to worry him. It was
a marked trait in her character that
any signs of independence or self-as-
sertion excited her anger at once.
Simon paid no heed to the little insults
that were heaped upon him, and his
very GOODNESS only exasperated her. By
her plate at table always stood a splen-
did c0rGfe, which it was Simon's bust
ness to fill with water. 1t pleased her
constantly to find fault with it It was
not fresh, was cold, or warm, or dirty:
So it went on for several days consecu-
lively. Each time Simon took the
carafe from the table, and after few
moments returned, apparently with
fresh water. At last, one day, after
Barbara Petrofna had put the glass to
her lips, she turned round to Simon.
and asked: 'sWhat is this?'
Silence.
81 ask, what is this?" Again silence.
81 want to know is this water good?"
and instantly the glass was thrown al
most in the face of the butler. Simon
turned pale, took from the table the
carate, and went out. After a few mo-
ments he returned, and poured water
for his mistress into a fresh glass.
s.Ah, that is water said Barbara
Petroffna, and drank more than half
glass.
Then Simon, pale, with lips trembling,
came a few steps forward, stood near
the sacred picture, crossed himself with
a broad cross, and said, bowling to the
picture: God be witness, | gave the
same water. / did not change it
Having said this, he turned toward his
mistress and looked straight in her face.
Several seconds of strange silence
followed. Barbara Petroffna, suddenly
rising from her chair, said: "Begone"
and left the apartment without finishing
her dinner She shut herself up in her
room. Three days after the daughter
found Simon, all his fine livery gone,
in goatskin, with broom in his hand,
sweeping out the court. From the but
Ter in the personal service of his mis-
tress he had been degraded to the low
est place. atlantic Monthly.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28
Lessons of Experience.

Fond Mother Now see here,
George, want you to break off with
that girl. She is very pretty and all
that, but know her too well to want
you to risk your life and happiness by
marrying her. Why, she knows no
more about housekeeping than ! know
shout Greek, not d bit
George Perhaps not; but she can
learn.
AFTER marriage is rather late for that.
George"
"But You said yourself that you did
not know d thing about housekeeping
until after you were married. z
VERY true. George. and your poor
father died of dyspepsia twenty years
ago Philadelphia oil
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28
Pot-Roilers.

This is name given to highly col
ored and well-varnished paintings,
carelessly, rapidly and conEentionally
executed with the sole purpose of sell
ing as soon as possible. The popular
''pot-boiler' always has surrounding
of purely conventional and stereotyped
arrangement, distance, middle Dis
lance and foreground, tendency to
vivid yelloW-purple on emerald. Sunset
views and marine views are very COM
mon; the latter for the reason that an
economical perspective, and an expanse
Of lifeless blue or green waves, can be
painted in with vast rapidity. The gay
barge in the center of the canvas can
be gotten up with little drawing and
much color. The entire picture may be
done by an accomplished "pot-
boilerist'' without sketchI before him
st Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28
THE MAXIM GUN.
A Most Efficient Machine for Killing Our
FelIow-men.

Most Efficient Machine for Killing Our
Fellow-men.
The most efficient machine for killing
our fellow-men yet invented appears to
be the Maxim machine gun, a utensil
which any person can carry without
difficulty into battle, and having leVeled
it at his enemies and supplied it with
quantity of ammunition, he need do
nothing more than turn a crank once,
and retire to place of safety. The gun
then begins shooting by itself, and con-
tinues to fire bullets at any rate desired,
from two a minute to six hundred, until
it's cartridge belt, which contains three
hundred and thirty-three charges, is
exhausted. The advantages to war
like person Of being able to kill three
hundred and thirty-three persons at
single effort, without exposing his own
valuable person to injury, are so obvious
that there is likely to be an extensive
demand for the new instrument among
Christian nations, and no one should
fail to acquaint himself with the prin-
ciples on which it acts. Every one
knows something of the machine guns
heretofore used, the Calling gun, with
it's six barrels tied together by bands,
and the crank at its rear, being perhaps
the most familiar, but all those hitherto
used differ from the Maxim gun in en-
ploying continued force from the out
side, generally applied to crank or lever,
to fire the charges, while the Maxim
weapon loads and fires itself, after the
first shot has been discharged, by util-
izing the recoil of each discharge to
effect the necessary movements; an in
genious system of springs and levers,
operated by the barrel, which slides
back about half an inch at each explo-
sion, extracting and throwing away the
shell of the cartridge just used, putting
another in its place, pushing the barrel
forward again, cooking the hammer and
pulling the trigger, and repeating the
whole series of movements as the bar
rel slides back again by the recoil of the
new discharge. With all its ingenuity
and apparent complication, the new
gun seems from the tests to be substan-
tial enough for active service, and it is
much to be hoped that the occasion for
employing it viii be rendered rarer by
the very fact that its efficiency will make
it dreaded. -Amertcon architect.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Pay close attention to little things
on the farm, says a wise adviser. Neg
lect of the little things makes many a
big loss in the farm economy. Z.
Examiner.
Eggless Cookies: Two cupfuls oil
sugar, one cupful of milk, one cupful
of butter, one-half teaspoonful of soda,
one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg, flour
to make it thick enough to roll.-BoS.
ton Globe.
Steady work does no harm to ma
ture horse. If well fed, carefully
groomed and kept from undue ex-
posnre, team may labor the winter
through with profit both to the owner
and the animals. Exchange.
There is milk and fat in apples.
Why not cover some of the landscapes,
where hillsides and rock abound, with
apple trees, and make them profitable
at small cost. The thrifty man win
say yes, and do it.-Detro1 Post.
While kerosene will take the hair
off a cow or horse, says the New York
Tribune, it has no effect on swine, but
assists to clean the skin nicely, though
appearing to make them itch or smart
for short time. Where objection may
be entertained against pure kerosene it
should be mixed with like quantity OF
warm lard.
Mashed Potatoes: Steam or boil po-
tatoes until soft in sailed water; then
pour over it one pint of boiling water;
pour off the water and let them drain
perfectly dry; sprinkle with salt and
mash; have ready some hot milk or
cream in which has been melted piece
of butter; pour this on the potatoes,
and stir until white and very Light
The Household.
"A Western Sarnler says that he
uses the following as q combined food
and condition powder, with excellent
results: Oil meal, fifty pounds; com
mon sugar, ten pounds; fine corn-meal,
forty pounds; fine middlings, twenty
pounds; turneric root, one and one
half pounds; anise seed, ten ounces;
ginger, two ounces; cream tartar, two
ounces; sulphur, one pound, and fine
salt, two pounds. The amount given
each animal is not stated. N Y. Times.
DIR. Nicholas of the Boston Journal
Of Chemistry. found by repeated and
careful experiments that the cooling OF
cows legs by standing in pool Of cool
water in hot summer days sensibly di-
minishes the milk secretions, so sensitive
are cows to the influence of cold. Yet
many farmers subject their milch cows
to frequent and severe chills during the
winter, both indoors and out. to the
great detriment of their own pockets
as well as the health and comfort of the
cows.
The american CultSvator has it
that sit is very rare that any man can
achieve financial success by neglect
of his chief business and by the pursuit
of some side occupation. If a farmer
goes steadily forward, producing crops
at the lowest possible cost, living eco
nomically and saving his surplus earn
ings by investing them in improvements
upon bis farm, he can snap his fingers
at the attempts of bulls and bears to
make the prices of his products. In
the long run. good farming is sure to
pay, and he can safely trust the laws of
supply and demand "
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28

its the belief Of DIR. PetteH Sofer,
as set forth in a new book, thS the
cholera can not make sea YoyaS of
twenty days that is, if team prs
could not cross the ocean in len tine
we should never get cholera. Fron this
standpoint seyen-day trips appear in "
light of doubtful blessing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28

In Georgia an inOendiaEy has been
sentenced to death. The laws of that
State provide the death penalty for
arson.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28

The value of agricultural nipple.
ents yearly produced in the United
ates has increased more than tentold
D Ana 1858.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-03-28

Young artist displaying a picture)
This painting is entitled Jonah and
the Wk0le. Possible purchaser
s.WlAre Jonah?" Young artist
You notid the rather distended APP
pearance 81 he whales stomach mid
sway betY Ia the tail and the neckp'
Possible purchaser Yes. " Young
aStist- That's Jonah.M z. Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
Collision and Loss of Life.

CINCINNATI, Nov. Ga special from
Lawrenceburg to the Daily Ncrs states that
between two and three o'clock this morning
the steamers J. w. GaT and Mountain Girl
collided at Split Rock, two miles from Au.
rora, and that the latter vessel sank, carry
ing down with her seven men, and between
thirty and forty horses. The Mountain
Girl was leased by a portion Of the John
Robinson show which was travelling as a
cheap circus and varied concern. A per-
Torrance was given at Lawrenceburg last
night, and the company was on the way to
Rising Sun at the time the disaster took
place. With the exception Of a young men
named Harrel, of Lawrenceburg, who was
connected with the show, the drowned men
were all deck hands
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
Double Suicide.

DENVER, Col, Nov. GA special to the
Tribunc-Rcpublican from SaIida says: DIR.
J. H. Nonamaker and his wife were found
dead in bed yesterday morning with bullet
holes in their temples. From letters left
by them to the editor Of the Nc'rs it seems
that both had grown discouraged over their
inability to get friends to endorse note for
$400, and had agreed to commit suicide
together. Wednesday night at - o'clock
was the time agreed upon to put their reso
luton into effect. They retired with pistols,
and when the clock toled The hour of mid
night each fired, dying instantly. AS Nom
amak or was jealous and brutal the general
belief is that he killed his wife during Il
jealous tit, wrote the letter and then COM
mittcd suicide
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
Ex-senator Sharon.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. G.-Ex-Senator
Sharon was reported to be slightly better
last evening. He is suffering from neural
gia Of the heart. In anticipation of ap-
preaching death he yesterday decided all his
property to his son, Fred. Sharon, and his
son.in-law, Frank G. Ncwland, in trust for
his heirs. His estate is valued at Sc, 600, 900,
and embraces property in Nevada, Calfor-
MIA, Missouri and the District of Columbia.
1t is to be divided into three equal portions
among the children, Clara, Fred and Flora,
LADY Hesketh) or their heirs. The three
children of Clara, who is deceased, will each
receive one third of her share. The deed
ignores all other relatives ofex-Senator Sha-
ron.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
THE ELECTIONS.

The official majority for Leo in Fairfax is
asa; for Ayers, ACT; for Massey, 443, and for
Chichester, 3S5.
The third Senatorial district, composed Of
the counties of Russell, Buchanan and Taze-
we'll, elects republican, making the SEN
ate stand Democrats so, republicans 10.
OF the counties not heard from yesterday,
Essex elects republican by 1872 majority !;
Northumberland and Westmoreland re-
publican Russell republican by 16 major
ity; Scott republican by 144 majority !;
Cumberland and Buckingham, it is believed,
have elected a republican, likewise Lancas-
ter and Richmond.
Scott county gives 144 republican, and
Russell county 16 republican majority.
The official vote of Grayson gives Lee lo'
majority, and F. R. Cornett, DEM, for the
House of Delegates, 1S6 majority.
King George gives Ruggles, republican. 22G
majority, and northumberland gives Lut-
trelI, democrat, majority of 90, which is
offset, however. by the republican majority
in Westmoreland.
The following is tho vote of King George
county: For Govornor-Wise, 746; Lee,
400; Wises majority, 247. For House OF
Delegates-Ruggles, rep, 152; Adie, dem,
494; Rusgles' majority, 25S. There was
falling off of 129 on the aggregate vote OF
| 1884
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
VIOLENCE TO ESCAPE STARVATION.

VIOLENCE TO EsCArE STARVATION j
good looking young man sauntcred lisItcsF
ly down Oak street, New York, Tuesday
afternoon. His eyes we're downcast and h
countcnauce bore n vacant look. lie step
ped before Che large show window OF a
bakers shop, and suddenly picking up =
piece of brick that was lying at his t2c'
hurled it through the pane of plate GIast
Two policemen who were standing close by
swooped down upon the young man and"
rested him. He quietly submitted, AMI
said he had smashed the glass on purpos" %
get arrested. He said ne had eaten no:hi"g
for days, and wanted 10 be taken TO prison
to escape starving to death. In the station
house he gave his name as John Murray.
He said he was an Englishman, and that BE-.
fore coming to this country he was employ.
ed AZ an attendant in the Middlescx Hc-
pitaI, London. Mrs. Woods, who o"Hcd
the bakery where Murray broke the win
dow, when she heard the young man S
story, sent substantial meal to him mt The
station house-Ncw York N1uid.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06

A MARTYR TO SCIENCE-A young mcil.
cal student Of Lima, studying for his ii@a.
examination, selected as the subject Of BIZ;
dissertation a report on the well-known lis
ease indigenous to Peru, known as ycrru
or Oroya fever. la order to form pe:iar
diagnosis Of the disease, the student cau I'll
himself to be inoculated with virus f,om Il
verrugas pustule and then awaited the re
suit. He soon exhibited all the symptom,
OF Oroya fever, and was confident tina. his
experiment would prove very valuable TO
the medical profession Unfortunately hi:
strength was not sufficient to withstand The
virulence of the fever and, on the 9TH inS'
after suffering exc:uciatins agony, he died
The police ordered an investigation 10 r.oye
the culpabilty Of the physicians who pa"
mitted or praclccd the incubation. Tie
remains were followed to the grave by the
scientific and medical notabililie5 Of Lima,
who declare that the student was 4 mart "
to science, and that his name must be a--o
ciated with those OF Pasteur, Jenncr ",N'
FerraD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
DEMOCRATIC GAINs.-Analysis and com.

DEMOCRATIC GAINs.-Analysis and COM
parison of the returns of the elections on
Tuesday add to cause for democratic con-
graduation and rejoicing. Comparison
with the vote of the opposition demonstrates
that there has been a steady democratic
gain along the whole line, and the popular
democratic vote is shown to be materially
larger than in 1884. With the exception Of
New York the legislative gains have been
remarkable, notably in Connecticut, where
republican legislative majority of ninety
last year is cut down to twelve. In Massa-
chusetts there has been substantial gain,
and in Iowa the democratic leaders send
word that they have got the Legislature
into such shape as to give them splendid
fighting chance for United States Senator
next year. Owing TO local feuds, the demo.
Gratis lost two State Senators in New Jersey,
but their gains in the Assembly give them
an increased vote on joint ballot, and the
will find their claim of repub-
lican Senator next year very hard to make
good. EFtstl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
ST. ~ @
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
ATTEMPT to Mob q Minister.

PLYMOUTH, Eng, Nov. 6.-Rev. Stewart
Ross, formerly rector of Christ Church at
Belfast Ireland, was addressing the Ply
mouth Young Mems Christian Society last
evening, when Charles Joy, the Canadian
emigration commissioner, burst into the
room and shouted: "You hypocrite, you
eloped with my wife" Ross turned pale
and fled from the room. His audience were
surprised and greatly excited. The moment
many of them realized what was the matter
they became bowling mob and pursued
their lecturer for mile, yelling all
the time. At this point Ross, who was
breathless and driven to bay, turned sud-
denly and stabbed two of his most active
pursuers. Others coming up at the moment
seized and diSarmed the murderous rector.
The police then put in an appearance and
arrested Ross. He was taken before mag
istrate to-day, when charges were lodged
against him and he was remanded for n
week without bail. 1t transpires that Ross
disappeared from Belfast two years ago, leav-
ing a wife and three children. Mrs Joy, who
was teacher in his Sunday school, also
disappeared at the same time, which led to
a report that the couple had eloped. This
runor was confirmed when Mr.. Joy received
letter from Ross in which the latter said :
'Your wife has undergone malpractice and
you had better arrange for obtaining q
divorce from her." Mrs. Joy was found in
the prisoners lodging, and when informed
of her paramour's arrest, gloried in the con-
nection with the Lords anointed," as she
called her illicit lover. She attended court
to-day and sat in brazen manner through
out the whole proceedings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
CRUEL TREATMENT.-For some DAYS On!

CRUEL TREATMENT.-For some days past
a committee has been examining into the
management of the Maryland House of Cor
rection under orders received from the
Board of Managers, and their statement
shows an almost incredibly disgraceful state
of affairs Gen. Frank A. Bond, who was
appointed superintendent of the institution
by Gov. McLane, is charged with the most
inhuman treatment of prisoners under his
charge, as we'll as of gross mismanagement
of the affairs of the institution. 1t was
ascertained that in August last white man
had been given thirty nine lashes with a
rawhide on his bare back and made tn wear
heavy bal-and-chain. A colored man
who was ordered five lashes with 'cat"
was given twenty with raWhide because
it is claimed, the cat has four straps, and
FIVE strokes with it equal twenty with a
rawhide. Another man was confined eight
days in a dark cell, on bread and water.
Ball-and-chain was attached to prisoners
unnecessarily, and shower-baths admins
tered cruelty. In addition to these charges
the committee accuses Gen. Bond of misap-
preparation of the institution and allowing
the men employed about the place to absent
themselves for political purposes. 1t was
unanimously voted to dispense with his
services.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
LETTER FR0M All ALEXANDRIA.

Edgar Sao~dcn, esq, .iicrmdria. Ia:
DEAR SIZE:
You may easily tell II patriotic yirs,aian
in the streets ofSt. Louis to-day. H. head
is carried little higher: he wears Il cny.v
countcnance his step is elastic, and ever
and anon when you behold il merry lja,c
group of hand. shakers. there YOU fad The
Eirginian, once more showing the iu.hcsl.
but long suppressed pride ofhs native STATE
Perchance before they part they Ill smile"
in unison and pass on to their ht!simcss. im.
buing those around them with sense Of
contentmcnt, increased prosperity and hap.
piness "Whats the natter? do they as
Why, the gallant Lee, Of Virginia. has
achieved a victory greater than that DIw.,y
he has crushed the viper that gnawed nj The
vitals of his State, and shown to the WORT
that honor is not yet dead in the hearts 81
Virginians !! Never so much as now liz /
appreciate the old ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
as we'll worthy national text book as u hi.,
family letter, keeping alive the best SENT
ments political life, and exalting Virgin
ians outside its borders with the spin, pf
maintaining the honor Of the S!atein a.iot'.
ed fields OF labor.
With kind regards, sincerely.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov 4. j. w. LAMBERT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06

Nor AMONG those who deserve the least
praise for the part they took in the recent
political campaign in this State, are the gen.
tlemen who aided the State committee so
effectively at the headquarters, in this city.
The Secretary of the committee, Mr. Scott,
and his assistants, Messrs. Joynes and Cor
don, executed the important matters en-
trusted to them with degree of skill and
ability rarely equaled and never excelled.
The committee depended not little for
success upon the prompt and efficient man
ner in which their wise orders were exc
cr1tad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06
Fire.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Nov. GA fire in tho Far
we'll building, Nos. 900 to 24O Monroe street,
at about S o'clock this morning, caused dam
age OF about $50, 1000; fully covered by in
surance. The fire originated on tho third
floor, occupied By S. NJ. Marshall & Co., dry
goods commission merchants, and burned
its way up through the roof. Sweet, Orr &
Co., pants manufacturers, and occupants of
the 4th floor, and Mannihan, Shipman &
Co., dealers in silk dress goods, on the 9Th
floor, suffered considerable loss. w. T.
Moore & Co., and James J.. Libby & Co.,
dry goods commission men, on the first floor,
will have loss on their samples by water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06

AMONG THE few newspapers ct the North
which from the first have had a clear insight
into the true meaning of Mahoneism is the
independent Philadelphia Record. 1t is only
natural, therefore, that that paper should be
gratilied at the result Of the recent election
in this State. The Record il also one of the
newspapers wise enough to discard the
Latin maxim, to speak nothing but good Of
the dead. OF General Malone it speaks as
follows: "He came from the political gut.
ter; he walked the political street; and he
has been spurned again into the kennel
whence he came, and no one says it is not
WE'LL" Now, if anyhody thinks he can put
away an offensive corpse in a more becom-
ing manner than that, let him try.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-06

GENERAL MAHoNE's organ is unwise in
wanting the whipping post ablished in
Virginia for the punishment of violations of
the right and purity ofthe elective franchise :;
for if its wish be grati6ed, the General and
his jackmen will be the first sufferers. No
outrage upon the right ofsufrage ever attri-
buted to the democrats of Virginia equaled
in enormity the refusal of General Mahone's
returning board to give the certificate ofelec-
ton to Judge Garrison, the fairly elected
Congressman from the first district Of the
State