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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26
TIE DEADLY UMBRELLA.

Need of School Where Women May
Learn to Garry 1t Properly.
Awoman in Boston wants to establish
school to teach women art, and to that
end she is writing letters to the newspa-
pers calling on the people to subscribe
money al once Without wishing to be
considered as antagonistic to the intel
Io"'n"I advancement of women, we
- boldly announce that we can not
give the scheme our support, for the
reason that there are great many things
that woman stands more in need of
knowing than how to paint long-legged
butterflies on window shades and yellow
crockery. If an effort is made to found
school for the purpose of teaching the
softer sex how to carry an umbrella on
the street, we will remove the surcingle
which encircles our plethoric pocket
book and deposit fifty cents in the con-
tribution box without betraying single
tremor of excitement.
A woman wants to know this. Ever
since the umbrella was invented she has
filled the soul of man with terror every
time she appeared on a crowded thor
oughfare with one of the dangerous
weapons in her hands. She holds an
umbrella directly in front of her, and
charges crowd with the cool daring of
q Richard Ceur de Lion, and when she
dashes through it her wake is strewn
with crumpled hats, dismantled ears and
punctured eyes. Never has she been
known to turn her umbrella either to
one side Or the other in order to afford
some unfortunate head an opportunity
to dodge it, but on the contrary, it
points straight ahead like a couched
lance, hurls everything to the ground
that blocks its way, and the hospital
wagon follows after it and picks up the
wounded.
A training school in which women are
taught how to steer an umbrella along
a sidewalk would be great blessing to
this country, and the fruits of its teach
ing would be shown by the rapid de-
crease of the number of one-eyed men
and the gradual decline of the trade in
glass optics and celluloid ears.
The Government has in the interest of
humanity established commissions to
discover and stamp out the germs of
Presidential disease. and now it should
come forward and do something to help
the people escape the fangs of the
deadly bingham umbrella. There is no
good reason why it should not take
lively interest in this matter and estab-
lish National training school for women
and teach them to handle the parasol or
umbrella, not as an engine OF war, but
as a protection against the elements.
If the scheme is properly laid before
Congress an appropriation will surely
be secured, for the reason that the Gov
ernmCnt can not afford to grant the
people protection against danger in one
form and refuse it in another. If Con-
gress sees fit, the scope of the National
Training School for Women can be ex-
tended to teach the future mothers of
the Republic how to place patch on
the ground floor of a pair of breeches so
that it will not look as if it was the
handiwork of timer and had been
spread on with soldering iron. We
do not want any more art schools
There are already too many of them.
What we need is a training school, and
we are willing to increase our original
to dollar right now.-N.
0. States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

AT the recent session of the Meth
odist Episcopal Conference at Rich
mond, Va, the committee on revisalre-
ported that attending the opera and
circus is contrary to the general rules
of the church, and can be dealt with
under the law as it now stands.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

YOUNG or middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory,
premature old age, as the result of bad
habits, should send 10 cents in stamps for
illustrated book Offering sure means of
cure. Address Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

SEVERAL persons have been poisoned in
Boston by eating lemon pies. When the
average Bostonian strays off from baked
beans his life is not worth cent.-Atlantd
Constitution
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

"ADIEU," she said sweetly, as he kissed
her good night. He's adieu'd, amt hes'
sung out her little brother, as ne vanished
upstairs. Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

"MAY aspire to your hand?' asked
dude of witty belle, who instantly re
piled: "You may have the refusal of it
sir, for an indefinite period"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

A MAN never realizes how insignificant
he is until he attempts to describe to his
wife the dress worn by another lady
Boston Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

IT is estimated that one in three of the
females of this country suffer from COM
plants peculiar to their sex which may be
relieved by DR.. Dromgoo!e's English Fe-
male Bitters.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

SENIOR visits his girl professors house
getting quite late; conversation Tags; girl
mods; animal of the lopg-earned genus
brays; girl starts and says: What did you
say, dear?"-Norristoaen Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

'sYEs,n said Miss Penn, II rejected Mr.
Hogg Nice fellow, but / couldn't have
the announcement of my marriage appear
Penn."-N 7. Mail.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

SOFT, plant and glossy hair results from
the use of Halls Hair Remover.
For impartilg tone and strength to the
stomach liver and bowels, take Ayers Pills.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

''My dear" said mother, annoyed at
some incautious remarks of her little girl,
''why can't you keep a secretH' Because
said Little Mischief, demurely, two OF
M Eaat teeth ara eous. MANI
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

CLARA Cooking at the bonnets, etc)-
'Don't you think they are handsome2"
Amy (whose thoughts are on the other side
of the street, Every, specially the one
with the black mustache.''
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

PIKE 5 TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, 25e
GtehnS Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. ESQ
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunons
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

THE boy who bit into green apple re-
marked with wry face: ''Twas ever thus
in childhood-sour''
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

WHAT'S the extreme penalty for biga-
myr" asked man of an old judge, who
answered: 1.-Two ENTHUSIASTICALLY 7.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

Is man open to the charge of assauls
and battery for cudgeling his brainss
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

DIR. SAGE's Catarrh Romedy cures when
every other so-called remedy fails
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

MAIDS in waiting-those hsyond twenty
five.-St Paul Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

THE strawberry shortcake is not long for
this WORLDLY. Y. Jougual
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

IT is curious that when dog chases his
tail, his tail, which is certainly behind
should always keep a little ahead.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

CHAsM that often separates friends:
Sarcasm.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

BURNING out the oil makes a lamp
Hghter.-N y. PicuY,.ne.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Drugf' stssell it. 25c.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

VILLAINS in the play are always caught
in the ct.-lndiandpolis Journal
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

HoME-RULE-Wipe your feet before you
come in.-NeU HdUen NerS.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. Csc
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

IF the night air is unwholesome, why do
owls live SO long :-Natiouul Weekly.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26

Such writing ought not only to please
but to carry conviction that what Editor
Lassing, M. D.,-so high an authority
says is true, and that his counsel is worthy
the attention and heed of all prudent, right
minded people.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02

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AZ ~ 80 ssaat n hfaahiahd wM 80
sisa IN iha asfihaisa ahs bulls ihfig'
lne s%6lss.ss sa as ssss easi a ~
saflg msiis ig aas bssh 9ssid@l "
; Dsslah G-ggafHaaai sspsahiiea, cot
sus ID lAs vglar a JAS y srpitis ne
ItlIs sia,ai eotsi Ths sffiy Hefses
gan records fpsat n sAlssb parishes
aad nearly tbfas hundred Villages On
Greenland fght ~ hlHs hHHifei YsaTa
agg, whan 4 bod " own Bishop boy
thls snHfs civilization he'd psfished
rhah Davis penetrated alOtK TIE sast
soaAt " ihs strait that beafs Bis mans N
l6aa Ths feet ihai 40 "eHfsfh' sna
q Hwesiafn artilemeni wefe spoken ~
In The geaDrls led ~ us iallef that both
aoass had besn settled 10 The early days,
NhiIe modern explorations have made
f0rfea only al0ng DE west ooast
N~ofienakloid who visited these regions
In 1888, believed that he had found
traces n ancient habl ati0ns on the east
side similar 70 those found along The
west coast The Danish explorers have
proved him wrong THY spent two
winters on the east coast and penetrated
a hundred miles further north than the
point (G6 degrees ~ minuteA) reached
By Graah In 1920. mapping out the land
and calling h king Christian the
Ninth land' but they found no trace
u previous occupation, except a beer
bottle which the E%squlmauk who In.
habit these high ATTITUDES had looked
askance ut for several years, believing
IL TO be somehow connected with The
elves Of the inland glaciers, which they
fear as evil spirits. The explorers were
unable 10 account for the presence Of
the bottle, that had the name Of q we'll
known Norwegian brewer blown in the
glass, until they learned Of Nor.
denskiold's previous visit 10 the neigh.
borhoOd. The coast was quite accessible
Inst summer north Of the dreaded glacier
Puissort0k, aud presented an unex-
pected view Of handsome mountains
and green valleys, with very little Ice,
No doubt remains. from the report Of
the expedition, that by the eastern set
Element In the old record was meant
the one further south on the west coast.
for in the lower ATTITUDES this coas'
trends sharply toward tho east. i'm,
portant ruins have been found there
Chicago Tribune.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
P~ERCHERoN HORSES.
40 Years Experience.

To a Tribune reporter, Mr.. A. s.
Chamberlain, who for40 years has been
the proprietor of the "Old Bulls Head
Stables" New York City, said: 81
keep exchange and sale stables for
horses, thousands of which annually
como to my stables from all parts OF
tho country. don't deal on my own
account to any extent. The French
horses have good feet and stand the
payements better than the Clydcsdales,
and bring n better price on the market.
The Clydesdales are short-ribbed, slim
wasted and lack action. Compare
lively few Of them are now brought 10
this market. The demand Is largely
for French horses. / would advise the
farmer and breeders, who are breeding
horses to sell on the New York market,
20 breed from French horses in prefer.
ence To all others. ~ Chicago Tribune.
Pcrclnron stations of the finest quality
and with choicest pedigrees, registered
In the Percheron Stud Book Of France,
arc annually imported In immense
numbers. Within tho past two year
LOCO have been imported and collected
by one firm alone.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02

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All ths other mafiaas I ever hunted.
lhey eofne yut upon The saadkbsfe VERY
ssfIy IL ne morning. and are " ~
f1and ihafs 81 ail hours ~ The day an
hi almost sanset Individuals hsye
their fagoflta baanta. ADD unless fis.
tafind Me same crocodile will return
Day after day 10 tise ssms sand. Thank, "a
have plainly seen by Observing those
that ssfs peculiarly marked Often
when wstehlng gsylah that lay appaf'
sntly sound asIeep upon tho sand, have
seen them suddenly reach a We back.
ward 0 forward " kick Of . Ny thai
had lighted upon then. A ninefoyt n.
male which I captured was excessively
tiekllsh upon the back and sides.
Wounded gayials often bawl aloud like
calves when seized by their eaptors-s
thing | have never known any othei
crocodile 10 do. ~ oidtn Days.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
indigo-C armine.

To obtain indigo-carmine use only a
very good quality Of indigo, preferably
Bengal. which should be washed in a
hot diluted solution of sulphuric acid.
Then n part indigo and five parts
%sulphuric acid, sc deg. B., are mixed
together In a leaden vessel; the indigo
being first very finely powdered and
dried; The vessel should be kept cool
and the indigo should be added to the
acid n little at n time, the mixture being
well mixed. A heating Of the mixture
should be avoided, as II would cause
free sulphurous acid, which would i'm.
pair the good qualities OF the finished
product.-DrB Goods Bulletin.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Its Popularity In Germany and Other Eur
peAn Countries.

US popularity IN ttfnhhA anu Othef lutn'
pean Countries.
In reference 10 the Introduction Of the
electric light in Germany, DIR Schilling's
report To the convention Of gas technics
contains the following data: In Berlin
there are seyenty-onc batteries In opera
ton, twcnty.six driven by gas motors
and forty-siN By steam Although the
Edison central stations have not yet been
opened. which will furnish light to ii.
teen thousand lamps, there are already
five thousand lamps in operation In
Munich there are thirty-four batteries.
furnishing four thousand one hundred
and eighty.fy lamps with light, most
Of which have thus far been placed In
the royal theatres. Hamburg has TWEEN
ty-hyc batteries aud one thousand nine
hundred and eighty lamps. In Hanover
the railroad depot. the Palm garden,
and two streets are illuminated by cleo
tric lights. A goodly number Of electric
light batteries are IN operation inBrcmcn.
Cologne, Leipsic; Dresden. and nmany
Of the manufacturing centers Of Europe.
In chemnitz there are seventeen, mostly
In the cloth and cotton factories. Gre
field boasts of l.203 electric lamps; ~
berfcld. Barmcn Of twenty-one batter
los. The total number 81 cloctriclight
batteries In Germany amounts to about
500, furnishing light to n .50O lamps.
against which the number Of gas.light
lamps Is estimated At 1900. O00. But Il
must be considered that the introduc-
ton Of the electric light Is accompanied
with many difficulties, and must con,c.
quently h. Of slow growth Should Il,
for instance. be- decided tn have Berlin
Illuminated with electric light instead oI
gas, the proposition would ut one,
meet with the insumuuntable obstacle
that In order 10 I'LL the orders the work.
men In the factories would have toworl
steadily for twenty years. These figures
show that although the Americans ar
far In advance IT Grrmany In this mat
ter, the latter !. mp with England. an,
France Is left Tar behind. not one stree
Yet being Illuminated with electric Ugh
IN France. -CAiotg0 Times.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
..Ifin

"Btand back, gsntiemenl Clear the
track p shouted tho police, and ~ the
quickly gathering crowd surged back,
stesmaeNo 4came up the street, the mag
nldcent black horses striking fro from the
pavement
But holdi A wheel comes of the steam.
or II overturned, aud tho brave fremen arc
picked up bleeding and ssnselesst
An investigation revealed the fact that In
oilIng tho steamer that morning tho steward
had neglected TO put in the Iinch-pin. A
little neglect on bis part had caused a loss
Of n half million dollars. Tho busy marts
II trade are full OF men who are making
Che same fatal mistake. They neglect theft
kidneys, thinking they need no attention,
whereas II they made occasional use OF
Warmers safe cure they would nerer say
that they don't feel quite well; that n tired
feeling bothers them; that they.aro plagued
with indigestion; that their brain refuses
20 respond nj call that their nerves are all
unstrung.-F2re Journal.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
A Wise Statute.

The Board Of Trustees Of Cornell
University have passed q university
statute whereby every professor who
shall have served seven years at the in
%stitution may have a years vacation
on half-pay. This action a not fail
to result in great good to the cause Of
education. 1t Is a declaration Of n body
Of business men that the efficient teacher
is not only worthy Of his hire, but that
he must not be worn out in the tread
mill Of the lecture-room; that he is, in
short, worth preserving. 1t is a recog-
milton Of the teachers dignity and i'm
portance that can not fail to have its eff
feet upon the profession generally
Current.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02

"A correspondent writes: / noticed
in the Erening Post n specimen Of Ger
man translation which brought to my
mind q sentence | took from an old
German grammar some time ago. which
perhaps may be new to you; "A blind.
become hen. who to the scratching
accustomed was, after that she blind be-.
came ceased not to scratch. OF what to
the poor fool availed itP Another seeing
hen, who her tender feet wished 10 spare
this observing, yielded not from her
side; and as often rs the blind-become
hen a grain upscratchcd had. ate II the
seeing n away.-k. 4. EueHing Post.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
CONVERSATION.
A 0rseemi Art which !, Not Cultivated
q. ~ -aoaii ne.

A Graceful Art which IL Not Cultivated
ss ~ saouid tie.
The art 81 conversation y. not cult.
waited As carefully As /, should he. We
are, rs a general rule, either distressed
by the silence Of timid or indifferent per
sons or bored by the ~lpquacity Of brain.
less gabblcrs. Parents should impress
upon their children that they have a
place to MI. and tina, they must he able
to I'll Il gracefully that a person who
Is not able ito pay for his place can
have no status ia the social world, aud
that he mus, learn in early lfcto make
conversation. Matters of interest
should be discussed In the home circle.
aud each. according To his light, should
give his quota II ideas Ia the general
fund Some n has aptly said; Con.
versation should b. 4 ball tossed FROM
hand To hand gracefully aud without
violence. neither cndangering the play.
ers nor the object of their play The
shining lights among cnnversationalists
arr those who suggest IDEAS. who draw
out the thoughts Of thosc with whom
they come IN contact, and who are able
10 tell the common story IT life In an en-.
tcrtaining manner. An incident In my
experience illustrates this. AT q sum-
mer resort the table At which Il was my
lot 10 st had fallen into q state 81 stag
nation. II was impos lille TO carry on
any conversation owing tothc apathy 81
those present. one rvcning two hruihers.
well known IN literary circles. joined the
guests At the table. and IN less than zen
minutes there was A feast 81 reason and
fiow q soul that vas mentally refresh
ng.-Cldyiaad Lsaisr
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
A ReMINiSCtNCE
A Trus History OF the Once Famous "Rob
ert meller."


"Robert Heller the noted magician,
was really William Henry Palmer, a ma
tive of Canterbury, in England. At the
age Of ten years he was q musical pro-
dizzy, and at sixteen he appeared in con-
cert, and had composed several brilliant
stndies for the piano-forte. His musical
career was hindered by his boyish fancy
for the illusions Of magic, at first a mere
recreation, afterward an in~fatuation.
While still a student he left the ROYAL
Academy, in company with another
young and noted artist, and at the Thea
ter Royal, Rochester, he gave his first
magical entertainment. The result was
not brilliant. The friendly confederate
sat in n front box. with greatly waxed
mustache, eye-glass and other disguise,
but owing to anxiety he lost his presence
OF mind at critical periods, to the discom-
future OF the wizard and the disgust OF
the audience, from whose missiles tho
two young Adventures escaped through
a window at the rear Of the stage.
In 1852 Robert Heller" came 10 the
United States, and soon afterward he
drifted to Washington. There he became
a professor Of music, was organist at DIR.
Halls church, became . lion in the Dip
lomatic society presided over by Lord
and Lady Napier, and married Miss
Annie Kieckhofer, a daughter Of one Of
the firm of Riggs & Co, bankers. But
his infatuation for u Bohemian life was
not overcome. His marriage was not a
happy one, and no persuaded an old
English gentleman named Philips, the
father Of u Washington bookseller, to
furnish the funds for q new necroman-
GERS outfit. Soon afterward he OBJ
tanned the services Of his step.sister. Miss
Ada Palmer, as a confederate, and with
her he travelled around the world. Re-
turning to the Atlantic coast, he died at
the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,
November "a, ls7s.-Ben. Periey Poore.
mBoston Budget.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-02
KILLING SHEEP.
1ae Proper Way of Preparing Nation for
Home Use or the Market.

lac Proper Way of Preparing Nation for
Home Use or the Market.
A sheep improves in flavor with age,
and they are never too old as long as
they are healthy aud fat. In fact, they
must be two years old or more before
they make what Is called ''red mutton"
that Is, mutton which when cooked done
has red gravy. II is best before killing
to let the sheep remain twelve hours
without food. having plenty Of water.
Then. everything being ready, cut the
Sleeps throat close to the Jaw and
head TO the bone. inserting the knife
into the spinal column Of the neck to
insure quick death. The hind quarters
should then be skinned, as they are
easily reached; u gammon-stick Is then
inserted To the sinews OF the hook. when
the sheep is suspended aud the skinning
completed Next the intcstines should
be quickly taken out. which prevents
the wool taste so often mentioned by
haters Of mutton. This taste comes
from an infusion of the excretiuns into
the circulation after the vital powers no
longer prevent Il, rs the sheep has the
longest intestines Of r~uminants. In
killing game. experts always take out
the intcstines NJ once for the same rea-
son The carcass Of mutton may then
be wrapped in the woody sidn Of the
shccpskin without harm. as experiment
will show. The sheep may he hung up
at nee by twinc around the hooks and
the gammon.stick. and the same opera
tons gone through, hut the first process
Is the bcst.-N T. Herald.