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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
OPELOUsAs, La. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %. 1885,

, allowing the lives of our young men Il
unfold in natural directions, the adVan
tages of steady nerves and clear brains
OF a strong, vigorous, robust manhood
and what thinking persons can dOub
the policy of prohibition {?
Or would you learn from experience
Ask those parishes that have tried it
You need not, for your question has
been answered again and again through
the public prints. There is but one
voice: "It pays, it pays u PAYS in re-
duced taxation, pays in a higher tone,
IN healthier public sentiment, in a
pure@, nobler manhood.
Third, There is no neutral ground.
Rejecting the license system on princi-
/ pie, we are driven to prohibition as the
only remaining resource.
WHAT WE PROPOSE.
This statement, as stated by the res
olutions adopted by the convention, is
non partisan and nOn-sectarian. 1t ap-
peais to the conscience of the masses.
| 1t seeks to create and foster a public
sentiment favorable to its own exist
ence. 1t appeals is to the thoughtful of
every race. party and creed.
| The present local option laws of the
State, amended perhaps in some mat
ters of detail, will give to each eommu
nifty an opportunity to decide the ques-
tiOn for itself, regardless of the claims
Of ndidates for office or the entang-
ling alliance of other questions.
We propose to give to each citizen of
/ this State an opportunity and, if possi-
BILE, to make it a necessity for him to
define his position upon this question
disconnected from all other questions.
To this end local organizations will be
effected, mass meetings and barbecues
will be held, and every legitimate avail
able means employed to secure the
purpose for which, as committee, we
were constituted-the suppression OF
the liquor traffic.
We appeal to you who think. We in
vite your sympathy, your cooperation,
your support.
And when we have succeeded, as sue
ceed we must (for the work is of the
Lord), we shall look upon our beloved
State not as now borne down beneath
burden of debt, and the still greater
burden of the liquor traffic, but erect,
redeemed, and free in the proud con-
sciousness of nobler life, it will then
seem strange that questions appearing
in that purer light so plain, could once
have been the matter of debate.
(JOHN T. SAWYER,
State at large Z A. E. p. ALBERT,
tWILMoT III. GooDALE.
First District, LEWIS S. TOMBSTONE.
Second 's S. M. ANGEL, nj. D.
Third /" j. Y. GILMORE.
Fourth L. E. CARTER.
Fifth A. G.. CALHOUN
Sixth LYMAN S. WIDNEY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28


BY virtue of an order of the Hon. District
Court, in anf for the parish of st. Landry,
there will be sold at public auction, to the
highest bidder, by the undersigned aSf1ninis-
traitor or any duly qualified aIctioneer, at the
Courthouse in the town of Opelousas, on
edncsday, December 23d, RSS5,
the following described property belonging to
the estate of Della ID. Webb, deceased,
to-wit:
One lot of gronnd situated i'll the town of
Opelousas, La, together with the buildings and
Improvements thereon, bounded north by
Landry street, south by Vine street, east by
Walnut street, aud west by C. w. DuRoy.
Terms and enditions.-One-fOnrth cash, bal
ance in one, two, and three years from day OF
sale. Purchasers to furnish their notes with
security in solidO, bearing eight per cent. in
terest from day of sale and to pay attorneys
fees at ten per cent in case of suit to enforce
payment. Mortgage reserved to ellfOree pay
ment Of the said notes and attorneys fees.
G. B. ANDRUs,
nov 21-5t Administrator.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28


BY virtue of Judgment rendered in the
above entitled and numbered suit, and by vir-
tue of the proceedings of q family meeting held
on behalf of the minors, defendants in said
suit, and by virtue Of the order of the Hon. 18th
Judicial Dist. Court of La. homologating same,
and by virtue OF commission to me directed.
issued by the Clerk of said Court, in said suit,
| will sell, at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, at the Court House door, at
Opel0usas, st. Landry parish, on. December
18th, 1885, at II o'clock, a. IN, the following
described property, tO-wit:
One hundred acres of land lying:in the Wes-.
tern portion of the South East Quarter OF Sec
ton Twenty Three, Township Three South
r East in st. Landry parish, Being bounded
north by NJ. j. Richard, south by land unknown
east by the balance of land in said south east
quarter Of section twenty-three, being proper
ty of the Estate of Uriah Tarvar and wife and
west by land formerly belonging to Robert
Hart and now said to belong TO t. S. Hayard.
Terms Cash on day of sale.
Said sale being made for the purpose of effec-.
ting partition between the parties to said
suit. G. C. DUSON,
nov 7-2t Sheriff, ST. Landry parish
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
GmERIFF's SALE.
HENRY 1. GARLAND VS.. WILLIAM SNUFF
No. 14017
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE oF LOUISIANA.

By virtue of an order Of seizure and sale is
sued out Of the Hon. Dis trict Court in and for
the parish of st. Landry. in the above entitled
and numbered suit, and to me directed, I Will
proceed to sell at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, at the principal front door of
the Courthouse, in the town OF Opelousas, par
of December 1885, the following described prop
erty, to-wit
a tract of land measuring twenty superficial
St. Landry La, bounded west by j. D. Gonor,
now widow of j. D. Gopor, east by Charles
Guidat, north by lands of Charles Guidat, for
merly belonging to Estate of A. J. Thompson
and south BY lands of Henry i. Garland, to-
gether with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon.
Seized in the above suit
C. C. DUsON,
nov 146t Sheriff, St Landry parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

BY virtue of writ of feri faeias, issued
ont Of the Hon District Court in and for the
parish of st. Landry in the above entitled and
numbered case, I will proceed TO sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder
at the principal front door of the
Courthouse in the town of Opelousas on SATUR-
DAY, the 18th day of December, 1885, at II
o'clock A. b., the following described property,
tO-Wit:
Ia certain plantation with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, measuring one
hundred and fifty superficial arpents, compris-
ing the following two t2) lots of ground, the
first tract having three arp6ntS front by thirty
i'll depth, bounded north by widow and heirs Of
Franchebois, south by land of AndrepOnt on
one side by land of U. T. Blacksher and on the
other by the tract below the second, tract
by twenty in depth, bounded north by lands of
u. T. Blacksher and north by land of widow
and heirs of Franchbois and east by land above
described.
3. A certain tract of land containing thirty
arpents situated in Plaisance, St. Landry par
ish, bounded north by Cyprien l.. Fontenot,
rette east by land Of Emile POirette and west
by Bayou Carron, being the same property
purchased by George Bacon Burke at Sheriffs
sale made 1st day of May A. d. 1875 by C. G.
Duson, Sheriff. in suit entitled George Bacon
Burke VS.. William p. Brewer No. 12414 of the
files of the District Court In and for the parish
of st. Landry, aud recorded in Recorders office
in book G, No. 2, page 179; one bay American
mare one dun mare with blazed face, one
black mare with white face, one mouse col0red
creole mule and one black mule.
Seized i'll the above entitled suit.
- G. G. DUsoN,
nov 14-6t Sheriff of st. Landry parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
Saturday, December ne, 1888,

the following described property, belonging to
the estate of Robert w. Heath, deceased, fo-Wit
Four hundred and eighty acres of land with
the buildings and improvements thereon, sit
uated in the parish of st. Landry, on the Tex
as and Pacific Railway, only one mile from
Rosa Station. bounded on the north by lands
formerly of N. Carmouche and lands formerly
belonging to B. T. Lntou, east by Bayou Petit
Prairie, south by lands of Nathaniel Van Vert,
and west by lands unknown.
To be eoldin three lots of one hundred acres
each and one of one hundred and eighty acres.
Terms and ConditiOns-One-third the pur-
chase price payable cash on day of sale one
third in one year, and one-third in two years
from sale. Purchasers to execute their notes
for the deferred payments with eight per cent
per annum interest from maturity till paid
special mortgage and vendors privilege re-
tanned till full and entire payment of notes.
principal and interest.
CAROLINE E. TUCKER,
nov 7-5t Administrative.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

Persons having rice, cotton, hides
and other produce for sale, might bene-
fit themselves by corresponding with
Edward Odell, 81 Bienville street, New
Orleans La.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
ELEVENTH JUSTICES. COURT, PARISH
OF ST. LANDRY

BY viltue OF a writ OF fieri facias issued out
OF the Hon. Eleven&h Justice of the Peace
Court III and for the parish of ST. Landry, in
the above entitled suit, and to me directed,
will sell at public anction to the last and high~
est bidder, at the office of Hon. Eli Clark, jus
tiee OF the, Peace, OF said ward, on WEDNE@5~
DAY, DE. cember 9th, 1885, at Il O'Clock, q. Us,r
the fOllowing described property, to~wit:
A certain tract Of land, with the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated in the
PARISH OF st. Landry, containing three hltndred
and sixty-seyen acres, more or less, bounded on
the north by lands of Haas and Hawkins, south
by lands of Sam Haas, east by lands OF same
ard west by lands of A. J. Walker, being the
Farm upon which the said Wilmington now
resides
Seized in the above suit.
WILLIS z. WOLFF,
nov T1St Constable
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

BY virtue of an order of the Hon. the District
Court in and for the parish of ST.. Landry
there will be sold at public auction to the last
and highest bidder, at the last residence of the
deceased in St Landry parrish ON
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
.aT # B.aRG.aKN.

MILLINERY EsTABLIsHMENT, with a
1NH good run of business for sale Apply at
this Office Terms easy. nov 7-4t
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
JUDICIAL ADyERTIsENENTs
pUBLrc SALE.
ESTATE OF ROBERT W. HEATH.

No. 3519.
DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
DARTGTION SALE.
ELLEN L. TARvER, VS.. sALLIE TARvER,
minor ct ais

No. 1898,
18th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH.
OF ST, LANDRY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
DUBLIC SALE.
ESTATE OF DELLA D. WEBB,
deceased wife of Adolphe Garrigues, deceased

No. 1921,
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
JUDICIAL ADVERTIsEmENTs.
g CHERIFF's SALE.

THOMAS. G. WILLIS VS.. JOHN sIDIMs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

No. 1905.
DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28
sA.nE..

SAMUEL Haas VS.. KfSYoN WHITING
TON.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-28

BY virtue of an order of the Honorable the
District Court in and for the parish of ST. Ian
dry there Will be sold at public sale, to the 1asr
ana a. highest bidder: at the former residence Cs
deceased. In prairie Mamou at Pointe-aux-
Pms Cove, by the undersigned adninistraf01,
or any duly qualified anctinneer nI.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-19

years, such as Los Of Memory, La5situde
Nocturnal Emissions, Ayersois o society
D;fnness Of Vision Noises in the Head; the vita,
iul,i passing unobserved in the URINE, ard many
,tier diseases that lead to msssritv and Death
Pa. MIMI i, who is a regular physician
=. s,ig4te of the University q. Penns, ivania)
viii agree to forfeit FIVE HUNDRED Dol
LARS fer case Of this kim. tac TAT RES
,R,flVt, under his special advice aud treat
nen:) wi not cure, or for anything impure or
hjuriou found in it. DR.. MiNT!E TRAITS eli
private iseases successfully witho',. mercury
Consultation free, Thorough examinas ion aud
.hvice, including analysis If urine. s.. FREE OF
VITAL RESTORATIVE, 81 so a b"tJle, or f rur
times the quantity. s.: sent to a v address
upon receipt Of price, # G. O. D., secure from
observation and in private name If desired by
E. A. MINTIE, NJ D,
IL kearney st., San rancisco, Gal
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE will be sent to any
one plying by letter. att symptoms, sex
and age Strict secrecy in regard to all bust
ness transactions
4. NiNTIE'S KIDNEY tEMEDY-NEP-
HRErtCUN cures all kinds OF kidney and
bladder ccmplsint-, gonorri "ea gset, lelIcor-
rhoca. For sale by al druggists; 81 bottle;
six hott es for IS
DR. MiS1IE'ss DANDELIOS PILLS are tie
best and cheapest Dvs"n"sia and Bilious cure
in the market. For sac ny ali druggists.
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-19
n tor working peope1
L' Send IL cents post
HI, age, and we will
mail you free o

royal, valuable sample b < Of goods
that will put you IN the way of making
more money in q few days than you
ever thought possible ut any business,
Capital not required. You can live at
home and work in spare time only, or
oil the time. All Of both sexes, Of all
costly earned every evening That ali
Who want to work may test the bual
noas, We make this unparalleled 0fler Z
II all who arc not we'll satisfied We will
0o0d 81 t. pay for the trouble Of writing
- -. Full particulsrs, directions. etc,
sont free. Immense pay abrol molly osne
1br oll wlio start AI0nce Dent DELAY.
Address .aTIN3oN Co., t'o.rI4n.t, Ne.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-19

"AVING SUCCEEDED TO
L / the business of the Carson city Saw
ings Bank we are now prepared to do
General Banking Business
Bills of Exchange bought and sold on
San Francisco, New York, England.
Ireland, Germany, france and all the
principal cities OF the United states and
Europe.
Telegraphic transfers made.
Issue certificates of deposit and 20
ceive deposits on open account.
Collections made at current rites
exchange
Bullion bought and sold.
Mining stocks bought AMI sold OF
com mission only.
Liberal advances made on approved
stocks and other securities.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-19
a Mann Send six cents TO
ylzx postage, and receive
1nAn free. c,stly box of
u sex00, goods which will help

you t more money right away than
anything else in this world. All, Of
either sex, succeed from first hour. The
broad road to fortune opens before the
dress. TRUE & Co., August, Maine.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-19
CONNECTIONS:

At Carson. with daily stages for Lake
Tahoe, Genoa, Carson Valley, silver
Mountain, Sweetwater mines, etc
At Mound House. with trains of the
Carson and ColOlAio Railroad.
HIN YERINGTON.
General superintendent.
% A, BENDER.
General Freight and Passenger .gent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-19
CORRESPONDENTS:

New York -KOuntZ Bros.
The American Exchange in EurOp
Iimited) Messrs. knauth, NachOd q
kuhne.
san s'ranciScO-The AnglO-Californlan
Bank Nimited.) Messrs. Homer
King & Co.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-29
WISE WORDS.

Nothing hinders the constant agree
ment of people who live together but
vanity and selfishness. Let the spirit OF
humility and benevolence prevail and
! discord and disagreement would be ban
ished from the household.
The philosopher and lover of man
have much harm to say of trade; but the
| historian will see that trade was the prin-
ciple of liberty; that trade planted Amer
lea and destroyed feudslism; that IL
makes peace and keeps peace.
We often think we are of great i'm
portance to certain people; that they
must be thinking of us and our affairs ;
that they watch our actions and shape
their course accordingly. In genera; it
is not so we are quite mistaken.
When we are in company of sensible
men, we ought TO be doubly cautious of
talking too much, lest we lose two good
things-their good opinion and our own
improvement; for what we have to say
we know, but what they have to say we
know not.
We must never imagine that it is only
the poor and unfortunate who need our
services. We have some power for good
over all with whom we mingle, and our
benevolent desires will multiply and
strengthen in proportion as they culmi-
nate in wise action.
Real forgiveness is that which we ac-
cord to a child who has been naughty
and now is penitent. Forgiveness is the
right thing from us all to each other.
Full of faults and shortcomings as we
know ourselves to be, cannot we forgive
the like frailties in othersl
Moral beauty cannot co-exist with
radical effects Of principle. The char.
acter that is unable to resist temptation
or unwilling to cling faithful to duty is
no more truly beautiful, whatever be its
generous impulses or amiable traits than
a figure which cannot support its own
weight. Parts of it may be admirable; /;
but, as a whole, as a unity, it cannot be
rightly called beautiful character. for
it lacks the foundation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-29
suffering NYomnnhnnd-

Too much effort cannot be made to bring
the attention of suffering womanhood the
great value of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound as remedy for the diseases of
women, and perhaps nothing is more effec-
tual than the testimony of those who have
been cured by it. Such an one is the wife of
General Barringer, of Winston, N. c., and
we quote from the generals letter as follows:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Please allow me TO add
my testimony to the most excellent medicinal
qualities of your Vegetable Compound. Mrs
Barringer was treated for several years for
what the physicians called Leucorrhea and
Prolapsus Uteri combined. / sent her to
Richmond, Va, where she remained for six
months under the treatment of an eminent
physician without any permanent benefit
She was induced to try your medicine and
after reasonable time commenced to i'm
prove and is now able to attend to her bust
ness and considers herself fitlly relieved -
General Barringer is the proprietor of the
American Hotel, Winston, n. c., and is
widely kmOwn.l
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-29
Why Kerosene Exnlodes.

Girls as we'll as boys need to under
stand about kerosene explosions. A great
many fatal accidents happen from irving
to pour oil into a lamp when it is
lighted. Most persons suppose that it is
the kerosene itself that explodes, and
that if they are very careful to keep the
oil from being touched by the fire or the
light there will be no explosion. But
that is not so. If can or a lamp is left
about half full of kerosene oil, the oil
will dry up, that is "evaporate" little,
and will form, by mingling in the air in
the upper part OF the can, very ex-
plosive gas. You cannot see this gas
any more than you can see air. But if
it is disturbed and driven out and
blaze reaches it, there will be terrible
explosion, although the blaze did not
touch the oil. There are several other
liquids used in houses and workshops
which will produce an explosive vapor in
this way. Benzine is one, burning fluid
is another, and naphtha, alcohol, ether
and chloroform may do the same thing.
In New York shop lately there was
a can of benzine or gasoline on the floor.
A boy sixteen years old lighted ciga-
rette and threw the burning match on
the floor near the can. He did not
dream that there was any danger, be-
cause the liquid was locked up in the
can. But there was a great explosion,
and he was badly hurt. This seems very
mysterious. The probability is that the
can had been standing there good
while, and a good deal of vapor had
formed, some of which had leaked out
around the stopper and was hanging in
sort of invisible cloud over and around
the can, and the cloud, when the match
struck it, exploded.
Suppose a girl tries to fill Kerosene
lamp without first extinguishing the
blaze. OF course the lamp is nearly
empty or she would not care to fill it.
This empty space is filled with cloud of
explosive vapor arising from the oil in the
lamp. When she pushes the nozzle of
the can into the lamp at the top and be-
gins to pour, the oil, running into the
lamp, fills the empty spaces and pushes
the cloud of explosive vapor, and the
vapor is obliged to pour over the edges
Of the lamp into the room ontside.
Of course it strikes against the blazing
wick which the girl is holding down by
the side. The blaze of the wick sets the
invisible cloud of vapor on fire, and
there is an explosion which ignites the
oil and scatters it over her clothes, and
over the furniture of the room. This is
the way in which kerosene lamp bursts.
This same thing may happen when a girl
pours the oil over the fire in the range,
or stove, if there is a cloud of explosive
yapor in the upper part of the can, or, if
the stove is hot enough to evaporize
quickly some of the oil as it falls. Re
member, it is not the oil but the invisible
vapor which explodes. Taking care of
the oil will not protect you. There 10
no safety except in the rule: "Never
pour oil on lighted fire or into lighted
lamp. - Christian Union.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-04-29
Premature Burials.

"The world would be Mortified" said
William s. Mccarthy, an east side un-
dertaker, yesterday, '1f it knew the
number of bodies that are buried before
! life is extinct. Once in a while one of
these cases come to light, but no steps
are taken to prevent their recurrence.
Something that happened to rue
about twelve years ago has worried me
ever since. was sent for one day to
take charge of the body of man in Di-
vision street. The man was tailor. and
had fallen over while sitting on his
bench sewing. He was a big, feshy
man, about forty years of age, and
weighed about 250 pounds. The body
was warm and the limbs were limp.
l did not believe the man was dead, and
said 30. His friends told me that a
physician had pronounced him dead. l
was ordered to put the body on ice at
once, but l delayed this operation on one
pretext or another, for nearly two days.
During this time the body lay on the
bench in the little shop. Finally / could
delay no longer. The limbs were still as
limp as when first examined the body.
prepared the body for burial, and the
next day it was buried. do not believe
that man was dead when the earth was
shoveled in on his coffin. If the same
thing were to happen again would let
somebody else do the burying.
"About the same time young woman
living uptown was supposed to have
died very suddenly. A physician was
called in. He said she was dead. An
old woman who was present thought
otherwise and insisted upon it that sne
was in trance. The body was buried.
A few weeks later the old woman de-
termined to satisfy herself about it, and
bribed the grave diggers to disinter the
coffin. The lid was removed and hor-
rible sight was seen. The young woman
had come to life and had made terrible
struggle for liberty. Her hair was torn
out, and her face was frightfully
scratched. She had turned over on her
face.
"a person is generally believed to be
dead if there is no action of the heart or
pulse. But if any person is in trance
there is no action of the heart or pulse.
A vein should be opened. If blood flows
the person is not dead. This operation
would take about thirty seconds, but it
is not often resorted to- Suppose the
person is suffering only from temporary
suspension of animation. Before he can
recover the use of his faculties an un-
dertakA comes in, and he is put in an
ice box, where whatever life there may
have been in him is frozen out. The
board OF health should take hold of this
matter and devise some means of ascer-
tanning beyond all doubt that life is ex-
tinct before the body is buried. l have
thought of a good many different means.
A receiving vault could be built in every
cemetery where bodies could be placed
until decomposition had begun, when
they could be buried. - Nelo York Sun.