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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
The unpardonabIe oRense.

The other day the steward of one Of
our clubs solicited an interview with q
member. It was granted, and the
steward stated, with reluctant and
shamefaced air, that certain young
Englishman, well known about town.
and who had been introduced to the
club as guest by the member in ques-
ton, had borrowed money from him
(the steward) and refused to repay it.
s:How do you mean by borrowings"
demanded the member. Ibid he ask
YOUR
eyes, sir.'
'sWhen?"
Several times.''
s.And how much does it amount 10
altogether"
The steward produced memoran-
dunn. 1t was for $5, in three install.
ments. The club man gasped: Good
heavens! I thought he was gentle.
man. and tainted He paid the bill
when he came to, and told me next day:
IF it had been hundred or so might
have forgiven him, but now shall
never speak to him again; no, never,
upon my honor!' - To- Dag.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
THE OLD STORY.
The True Inwardness of an Editors Pop
uIaritys

The True InwardnesS Of an Editors Pop
uIaritys
My son, if I should publish daily
paper for twenty years-if you can just
strain your credulity to the point of be-
ieVing that | could keep a daily paper
going longer than six weeks-if should
publish daily paper twenty years, and
in all that time take occasion to mem
tionsyou about twice a week as sour
distinguished fellow townsman'' and
that eminent man of letters and mer-
chant prince and should say every
time you crossed the river on the ferry
that you had departed" for the East,
and when you came back | should no
tice that ''our justly popular fellow citi-
zen' had returned if should in all
those years praise your dog, your horse,
your goods, your wife and babies, your
clothes and your character, and then
some day, when was away attending a
convention, my local editor should call
the attention of the town marshal to the
filthy condition of the street and side
walk in front of your store, would you
ever forgive me? Would you? You
would denounce the paper as a '.scur-
rilous sheet" and its editor as s'lying
scandal monger that ought to be whip
ped out of the community" That is
the reason, my son, why there are but
two kinds of editors. One is a meek,
smiling, timid little scrivener, who pays
all the bills and allows his neighbors to
edit his paper; and the other is a trucu-
lent, loud-voiced savage, who yiciously
scratches out the nice little personal the
local editor has written about your arris
val home, and sends it in BY some in
scrutable decree of stern and relent-
less Providence, old Jake Diffenbaugh
has been permitted to come back home
alive and then meets you at the head
of the stairs with blackjack and
pounds the top of your head in when
you come to see about IT. BUrdette, lie
Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
SHE WAITED.
A Detroit Woman Who Wanted to See o
Square Fight.


The other day dog which was fol-
lowing carriage turned aside and ran
into yard on Park street. He might
have expected to pick up fall and VIM
ter stock of bones, but in this he was
disappointed. He was about turning
away when a dog owned in the house
flew out and rushed upon him in the
most reckless manner, and in the course
of ten seconds there was a bite as bite
can contest of the fiercest description.
A woman considerably past the prime of
life came out of the house as the dogs
rolled around, picked up club lying ON
the grass near by, and seemed about to
enter tie struggle. She raised the club
two or three times, but let it fall as oft,
and finally stood an interested spectator
ofthe fight. Among the dozen pedestrians
hating at the gate was a man who called
out: ''Say! stop 'em-stop emf"
The woman raised her clu5, but hest.
tated to strike.
'Why don't you stop emp" shouted
the man.
'tI'm waiting" she replied.
''For what? Don't you see they'll kill
each other?"
ssI'm waiting to see how it comes out.
If my dog can lick him it's all right. II
he gets the bulge on Rover I'll even up
the chances with this club.
Rover got aneck-hold and shook the
stranger until his yells were heard .
block away, and when he was finally
permitted to sneak off the woman flung
down her club and mounted the steps
with the remark:
Nobody nor nothing has been killed
as knows on, and every one of you
could see that it was square fight, and
victory for the best dog. Please don't
rub the paint off that gate. '-DetrOSs
Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
LEES DAY.

Into the field of life we pass
AT early morn. The jeweled grass
With sunheams kissed spreads at our feet;
And youth. Hlye morn, all pure and sweet
And bright is filled with rosy dreams:
While in the purple heavens CLEANS
Inc star of fortune and of fame,
And in It's light we read name
q dream, most sweet, it is our own;
More glorious still, it shines alone!
TIE sun speeds on; the star no more
Is seen. Elusive dreams are DER.
Fortune and fame SO coy and fleet
But mock our weary, Way-worn feet;
Ambitions fairest prize has flown;
a name appears, but not our own.
What have we then for all our palms,
For all our prayers? Are there no grains
Of good to show? Has all been lost
In that our cherished plans are crossed,
And dissipated each fond dream
ACKNOWLEDGES melt within the stream?
All, mol See how our souls are filled
With wealth of harvests we have TILED;
With, neekness, patience, love and truth
Blest springs of everlasting youth;
Bright jewels of the crown within;
Ripe fruit of hfe's sharp discipline;
On which there dawnS the twilight gray
Of day that dies not with the day.
George W. Crofts, in Current.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
A Valuable Fresco.

The Vienna AAgenseine Zeitung re-
ports that few days ago fresco was
discovered by workmen engaged in the
process of repairing and restoring tho
Cathedral Graz, the chief town of Syria
It was simply walled up by monument
erected to o bishop who died in 1870.
The fresco is in excellent preservation.
1t represents the browning with thorns.
The colors are almost. fresh, and the fig
ures admirably drawn. The date il
assigned to about 1850. Competent
judges declare that cleaning is all that
will be required to allow the fresco to
appear in its original beauty.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
fro BE CONTINUED. I
1t is told of Cassius M. CLAW that b,

1t is told of Cassius M. Clay that hs
was once present at a convention where
the qualities of the Short-h horns of Ken
lucky were discussed, and he was asked
how much milk these Short horns gave.
He was entirely taken back by the ques-
ton. The idea of its being matter Of
information how much milk cow gave
seemed to strike him as something en-.
tirely new. He hesitated, but soon res
covered himself, and said he did not
know exactly, but was quite sure, in
fact he was positive. that he had known
them to give as much as half bushal.
- Chicago Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14

membered that he wanted to talk with
Mr.. Jobbers.
He had utterly forgotten about Mr..
Annelsey, and would have given him no
thought had not Mr.. Jobbers mentioned
him, and now he did not think to in
quire why or where the young man had
gone. It was sufficient that he was
gone, and so could be of no use in in
fuencing the company to cease the
work Of destroying homes. But Mr..
Jobbers was one of the company; he
represented that half of the stock which
was held in London, and ii he could
only be made to see how much damage
was certain to be done, how many
homes ruined if the work went on, he
might, voting for those whom he rep
resented, stop the whole thing at once,
by stopping work upon his own mine
and refusing to sell water to the other
companies.
It was a foolish thought, for when
have men ever refused to get rich from
fear of running others?-yet John Par
sons said to himself that he would try,
and If that failed he would threaten
them with the law. No, not the law,
for he felt that that was always on the
side of the rich Only the hi CHER law;
the right of every human being TO all
the products of his own toll, and to de-
fend that right regardless of conse-
quences to those who attempted to vio-
late that law, was worthy of being ap-
pealed TO, he thought; and he called to
mind the instances in which men who
were being robbed under guise of legal
enactments there on the coast had
appealed to this higher law and admin.
istered justice with a bold hand.
But now he would go with Mr.. Job
bers and would see what could be done
to save his own home and those of his
neighbors from destruction. II
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18
wars q Telling 4 Nan He Lies.


That man who lies IS a liar admits Of
no doubt but thc time was not far distant
when il was considered advisable to give
expression to the fact, when applied di-
rectly to the individual, with something
of prudent euphemism in the choice Of
the particular choice Of words chosen for
the occasion. Many delicate methods Of
getting around the difficulty have sug-
gested themselves TO ingenious and inyen-
tive minds. a man suspected Of untruth-
fulness has been characterized as one
'swho says more than his prayers = whose
word is mot exactly gospel truth =
whose methods of stating fact are
not in logical harmony with the strictest
demands Of veracity,D whose 'spracticaI
sympathy with the leading characters
tics Of Ananias' views Of truth is unQnes-
toned, and so on. But we have enter
ed upon IN era III which these polite
methods describing mendacity are deem
ed week, unsatisfactory and supernuously
polite sHance the word liar" has
come into general use, and is banded
from one end Of the line to the other,
and with q frequency that promises TO
deprive it Of the emphasis it has hitherto
enjoyed by making il too common.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

The ancient Egyptians excelled in
nice mechanical work, and it might
puzzle some Of our masons and stone
workers to equal them at the present
day. Mr.. Kendriclx. in speaking Of the
casing Of the great pyramids. says !:
"The joints Ere scarcely perceptible.
and not wider than the thickness OF
silver paper; and the cement SO tena-
cious that fragments Of the casing
stones still remain Ia their original
position, Notwithstanding the lapse of
so many centuries. and the violence by
which they were detached. All the
ane work Of the interior passages
where granite Is not expressly men
toned. i Of the same stone, and an
ished with the same beautiful exact
ness. But the skin il quarrying was
displayed more il the extracting Of the
huge blocks out 81 which obelisks and
colossal statues were hewn. ObeIIsks
ninety and statues forty feet high.
each fashioned out Of one stone, were
not uncommon things: and the blocks
selected Tor these monuments we're not
chance splinters from barbarous efforts
Of splitting and smashing. but clean
slices separated secundum artsm from
fhn nnkfvo ron1v nftnr hare .,i.,t,.s
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18
The Industrious Bee.

No wonder the bee Is such an indefati-
gable worker. Each head of clover con-
tains about sixty distinct fiower-tubes,
each Of which contains portion Of sugar
not exceeding the five-hundreth part Of
q grain. The proboscis Of the bee must
therefore be inserted into five hundred
clover-tubes before one grain Of sugar
can be obtained. There are seven thous-
and grains il pound, and, IL honey
contains three fourths Of its weight 81
dry sugar, each pound Of honey repre-
sents two billion. FIVE hundred thousand
clover-tubes sucked By bees.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

Beware q thc person whose nne
lurn backward kLe Is unjust subtle,
Ingenious. end The heater bis fingers seem
Y De the more mischieVons s. be, and the
greater enemy 30 virtue
Fingers which cling 70 each other, de-
note changeable character
Long and large ineels betoken hber.
atty true friendship, good condition
abraham Lincoln had these.
Fingers too short. with thick ends and
tak, viii be dishonest and sly.
Fingers that stand apart from each
other, poverty, wretchcdness, and much
talk about self.
Nerveless fingers denote want of char
acter; trembling, twitching fingers, :
drnnkard.
Small, taper fingers, on 3 woman, show
indecision Of character, daintiness and
deceit If the nails are oblique, want Of
courage.
a large, Well-made hand inclines 70 !
generous. unselfish disposition.
Little. round nails means 0bstinacy
and anger and violent love.
Long, pure-white nails. especially on
. woman's hand are Oh Indication Of 4
deceitful nature, with great strength and
cruel, crafty love.
Red nails signify cruelty and desper-
ate love. Spots on the edge Of nails,
violent death
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

NEARLY every hospltsl ed house "
correction Ii cue country has lts reeu-
lar attendance OF malingerefa. says q
physician at the Episcopal Hospital
Philadelphia some are most Gun
ming in their schemes to become
patients. The comfortable bed. the
good food and the kind attention they
receive are the temptations 70 try these
receptions
why. / once saw case OF feigned
muteness. A youth Of II Was brought
70 as. His parents said he had spoken
well enough until he was ! years old,
but since then he had never spoken :
word. lie had his hearing perfectly.
We tried i good many things gal
vanism. tonics and even, because we
thought il was stubbornness, we had
clergyman to talk to him. but all
was Of no avail. AT last we came to
the conclusion that the young rascal
was hoodwinking Us. and we deter
mined to try a trick upon him that
has been tried with success before
Two Of The physicians stood at bis
bedside. as IL consulting about his
case. One Of them said dn a loud
whisper to the other:
"WeIl. I'll ted you what wen do.
First Of all well cauterlze the whole
Of the under surface Of his tongue,
and, II that does not succeed. we will
cut out bis tongue and examine It
under microscope" Then. turning
TO an assistant, lie continued: '.Mr.
Wilson, please get the iron red hot.
We viii use it at once upon this boy"
"The fellow didn't say anything, but
he tried BY signs to beg the doctor not
to perform the operation. The iron.
was brought, and the surgeon began
arranging the patient. The sight Of
the instrument on its spirit fame, all
most at . white heat, brought forth u
terrible cry from the boy. the first
sound in six years Then one assis-
tant held his legs. another his arms. a
third his head, and q wedge was thrust
into his mouth. Still not word.
The hot iron was lifted and brought
near to bis face. so that he could feel
the heat. Whether the operation
would have been performed or not /
am unable to ~. but there was no
necs ssity. for the instant he felt the
heat he shouted:
"Oh, don't, doctor dear, please don't;
I'm not dumb. ! viii speak, win.
indeed"
And be left the hospital that very
afternoon. philadelphia Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

a rich young man was counting i
poor young girl bur he was slow in
bringing matters 70 i srIsls
So one dag she complained Of the
hardship ol being poor
PooE ns exclaimed calamity.
syonng lady with Jour wealth of mind
end grace g person poor WY. such
charms - Sou possess exe worth \
mint oE money
a1 wish 4 hea thc mint nad
ob0 nsa bid $50 Ill utnh
m
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18
The smell q BOIIing Cabbage.

Here Is q piece Of Information for
housekeepers. It has been tried several
times. Every one knows how disagreed
bic the odor Of cooking cabbage is. All
your neighbors can tell when you are
going to have cabbage for dinner. If
you put small piece Of rcd pepper ii
with the cabbage there will be no smell.
The pepper absorbs the odor OF the cab
bage. Don't put in too large piece Of
pepper, however, or the cabbage will be
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18
what che anxann anIsl.

Mr.. Louis Edwards, Sexton OF Mt. Yer
non Place Church, Washington, d. Ct,
certifies that for several months past be
had been suffering with severe cough
which distressed him day and night. He
was very much debilitated, with constant
pains in his chest. After trying various
remedies he used the Red Star Cough
Cure, which gave him entire relief.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

N0nDxBRmE1HA, uznEua axnoN, depFe aiun a. anlN4
also on preventive against fever and mwu8 and
other intermittent kavefs, tAo s.EeEro. EhosphoE.
atea Elixir 81 CalisayA made by CA6w8ll
Hazard Co, New York. And sold b. al Drug.
gisla Z the beet tonic and for patients recover.
ING kr0m feVer or other Sickness Il has no equal
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18
l1F1sn . F1aInll Plaster.

Porous and engtheninn. improved. Ia
best for backache, pains "a cheot oR sid rhen-
matism. nauEal1ia. 80. DRUGGISTS OK snail
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

when yon Visit Or leaV6 NeM York ags I've $1,000
axnfessaae and hlre and stop - tne 0f4uQ
Union Hotel 0pposlta 0Fand Central Depot
90 elegant ro0ne. nttro ~ - rn4t of uu4 million
dollars. al and upward per day. &QlopQAn pIan. A4
water Restaurant ppite4 with thG beat Horse cara
stages nud elevated raroAd to AL depot4 Families
can live better Tor l@8M money mA &6@ Grams 0MA@M
Hofai than e nnS other arstcaas hotel ~ eno etg
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

y 6he very best A klaaI win prove Va nxa
State Fair. Centennial ard Paris Expcslll6n
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

Simplicity 8 characlek Is fhs natural Is.
eulk of profound thought
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

Catnrrh 81 the BLADDER.
Singing. Inflammation. all Kidney and Url-
mary Complaints, CURED By eBuChu~P aiba. =
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

Childfon. slow ii ooQalopn nahG punv. aa3awns
ana delicato uss Wells HealtA Reviewer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

: weather prophet Tie gain q TIE coal
dealer
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-18

All honest men win bear watching. re fs
the rdacalB who cannot stand II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-22
BEFORE CONVENTION.
rHE NEw YoRkl hEFgBLloANs
dAshsrinE Rapidly at saratOEa for To!das's
Rny-Ihe Contest said 70 Lie nstIssa
Bliss, cOr6sli and lCOrtoD. VIA che
Lrhsilhooa of = Dars Horss.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept 9l.-Delesatest 10
the Republicans State convention are arriv-
ing in large numbers to-day, and the quiet
otsaturday and Sunday has been changed
to one Of hustle, activity and political vine
pulling, The "Booas," and there are
many Of them, are being pushed in the
hotels, at the spring., on the streets AID
everywhere else. There Is no coneentza-
ton fstrength onany onecandidsts worth
chroniclIDg. There have been about
twenty-five names mentioned for the first
place on the ticket, but Of course the
greater number Of these viii not receive
ana do not expect anything more than q
complimentary vote In the convention.
The more prominent. candidates AaFe
Alonzo B. Cornell, CornSli65 N. Bills,
Ira W. Davenport, J. W. Drexel, Josaph
B. Carr, Levi p. Morton, James d. War
rem, William 81. Seward ana Janes
Wadsworth. 57T.''' -
New York county is said to hold the
key to the situation, and the city dele
gates are hard atwork endeavoring to hats
monize upon candidate. This, ii atall
possible, will be accomplished tonight.
A quiet movement IA said to be on foot 70
make Colonel Fred Grant the nominee
for Secretary OF State.
Delegates fairly awarmed into town on
the afternoon trains and the scenes about
the hotels tonight Is decidedly animated,
At this hour, II P. ", thsFe Is no change
in the situation from that indicated earlier
in the day than that Cornelius \. Bliss and
Levi P. Morton have taken the lead leay.
ing Cornella goodthird. While thisisafact
1t Is apparent that Cornell blocks the way
TO reaching an Rmicahis arrangement
without considerable difficulty, and unless
be can be gotten nd OF by the friends OF
the other two gentlemen they win have
hard work in carrying out their wishes.
It Is unierstood that Cornell holds q sufi-
cient number OF votes in the New York
delegation to embarrass Bliss and Morton,
and It Is probable that this may neceasi.
tate the naming ol Drexel or Q new man
At midnight the Kings county ( Brook
lyn) delegation held conference and
committee to confer with the
New York county delegates, with view
70 selecting . candidate upon whom both
delegations could unite.
The State Committee met tonight and
decided TO recommend the selection Of
Senator Warner Miller for temporary
Chairman.
The New York county men adjourned
their conferences without uniting upon q
conferences. The scheme Is now, said to
be to take au informal ballot tomorrow
upon all candidates that may be placed in
nomination and then endeavor to coneen-
trate the different forces upon eompro-
miEe candidate.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-22

estimation "a secondary and incidental t
the primary and min object, the family
Coming 10 the relief Of its own subjects
and with desire to prevent further ex'
ampies of them being the cast-otf wives
OF adventurous young Frenchmen, the
British Government has taken steps by
first providing for certificate OF the
French consul, as agreed upon between
the two governments, that the formalities
OF the French law has been complied with
by the French citizen; and, second, that
ing all registrars throughout the Kingdom
not 10 celebrate any marriage 70 which Q
French citizen is party without the pro-
duution OF this certificate. Consul Will
son thinks that something should be done
by the Legislature OF the several States on
this question, and that Congress should
pave the way by informing them OF the
condition Of the French Law.
He suggested that the officer whose
duty It Is 10 issue license should ex-
anime every applicant under oath, the re-
quired questions for which might be
printed IN duplicate on the back Of the
license, giving full particulars concerning
birth, former marriage, and nation
atty, and Il either party is shown
70 be 4 French citizen, then. pro,
vide that the license shall not be Issued
until the clerk shall be satisfied that all
tormalities required by the French Ia"
have been complied with, and TO facilitate
this such certificate from the Minister
or consul as is now admitted in England
might be arranged and agreed on between
the two GovernmentI.