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There is said Il be a tradition that the
first man who goes into n pawnshop Of
a Monday morning is never permitted
to leave without buying what he wants.
Pawnbrokers have a superstition that If
they don't sell TO the first customer who
comes in on Monday they will have bad
luck all the week. And this has be-
come n rule with people who pat
ronizo pawnshops. A man got a $40
overcoat last winter for 80 because no
went into a pawnbroker's the first man
on Monday and asked 10 look at some
Observation-Disclosures News.
, 1886-01-23


A man who had been in active bust
ness in life sought 10 mike arrange
ments whereby he might. in his declin-
ing years, Law inside the cares OF life and
spend the remainder of his days in
serene retirement. And 30 he made ar
engagements 10 live around among his
children, and divided up and gave TO
them his property. All went well for a
space, but after a time he became cog
infant of the fact that his children
looked upon him only MS a burden. He
b%ethought himself Of an old safe of his,
which many years before had been left
at the place where he once did business.
One day he said to his daughter where
he then was staying: "Angel-in, 1 should
like to go over and visit the old place
once more and see some of my old &C
quaintances there When he had
visited the place where his safe was. and
had made some arrangements in relation
TO it, he returned.
Awhile after this he said TO his daugh-
tor. sAnyel-in I nm Vetting In he an
oId man and vo, arc INV vo,,ne,est chiId
al haya rni,5 ~ hana,awaafa
brought and left here where II Viii he
, 1886-01-23

A singular point of current history
has just been brought to light in Eng
land which shows that the late Burmese
war may be referred 10 the wearing of n
pair Of earrings. The boring Of the cam
Of a royal princess in Burmah is re
garded as an event OF as much i'm
portance as her coming OF age would be
were she the heir TO the English throne.
II is the occasion when she first assumes
the rank and state due 10 her.
King Theebaw, il is stated. when the
time approached for this ceremony in
the case Of his eldest daughter, con
ceived the idea Of inviting all the
crowned heads Of Europe to witness it,
and was eager 10 entertain them with
becoming magniiicence. Hence he
made an enormous demand for duty
payments in advance ON the Bombay
Burmah Trading company, an English
corporation. The company refused 10
submit 10 this extortion. and the result
IL matter Of history. Youths Com
IGtuiun.
, 1886-01-23

The captain of the steamer Olympia
has been accustomed for some time past
10 make daily observations of the
temperature of the surface water of the
ocean during his transatlantic voyages.
On his last westward trip, in the early
part Of November, he found the average
temperature Of the Atlantic along the
fortieth parallel to be about T.5 degrees
from Gibraltar to 6S degrees west longi-
tude. In crossing the gulf stream, how
ever, the warmth vas considerably
greater. In previous years the average
temperature was only about 20 degrees
for the month of October, and consider
ably below this during November, %
that this year the water seems TO have
been ut least 3 degrees above the
temperature of former years. This diff
ference is slight, but it shows a back
wardness in the approach of winter
compensating in n measure for our tardy
Rpring.-Scientiic American.
, 1886-01-23

A wonderful amount OF money is in
vested in the cigarette business in this
country. Apart from the great cost Of
machinery. factories, material and labor,
the advertising expenses Of such estab-
lishments are astonishing. One small
house, which has been in existence only
a few years, spends yer 800, 0OO an
nually in advertising. That house alone
sells / ,0O0, 900 cigarettes a day. $. much
for spending S10O, 900 a year in advertis-
ing.-Cor. Globe-D Democrat.
, 1886-01-23

When Spain held despotic sway over
South America, from Panama TO Cape
Horn. some OF her ablest viceroys and
brnvest and most brilliant soldiers We're
of Irish blood, the men or their descend
ants who. after the disastrous Crom-
wellian and Williamite wars, disdained
10 take service under the ~conqucrors.
and went in thousands TO swell the
armies Of Spain. & Chicago Herald.
, 1886-01-23
ITCHIN G.
Skin Diseases Instantly Relieved
by Cuticura.

TREATMENT.-A warm bath with CHti-
lcura Soap, and a single application
Of Cntlcura, the great skin Cure.
This repeated daily, with two or three
doses of Cuticrra ResOlyent, the new Blood pu-
rider, to keep the blood cool. the preparation
pure and unirriinting. the bowels open. the liv-
er and kidneys active. will speedily cure ecze-
ma, letter, HngworIn, psoriasis. lichen. pruri-
tus, seal head. dandruf and every species OF
Itching, scaly and pimply humurS of the scalp
and skin. when the best physicians and RENE
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, 1886-01-23

The weak stomach is said to be the
lodging house of many vagrant diseases.
These can be turned out by strengthening
the stomach, and the digestive organs in
partnership. There is no %strengthener
like Browns Iron Bitters. Safe, speedy,
and sure. Mrs. Henry Corning, Hart
ford, Conn, says: Browns Iron Bitters
relieved me Of general weakness and dys-
pepsia and made me strong"
, 1886-01-23
The wonders of a walking Stick.

Robert Yale, of Norwich, N. Y, has a
historical cane, which probably is the
oldest walking stick even built in this
or any other country. 1t contains 1000
pieces of wood, and each inlaid piece is
given an artistic and symbolic form, so
that the cane by its various colored
woods is given a most artistic look, al
though no color is used upon it. He
planned and constructed It, and the cant
represents five months labor.
Sixty of the 1900 pieces of wood are
relics of great value to the relic hunter,
and comprises a piece Of wood from the
oldest tenantable house in .America, the
Fairbanks residence, built in 1920, and
now occupied by the seventh generation.
The head of the cane is from the tree at
Crown Point to which Gen. Putnam
was tied after being condemned to
death by burning by the Indians.
Set in the cane Is a wreath of hair from
the head of Rebecca Bates, one of the
heroines whose strategy drove the
British to their shipping after landing
to attack Scituate, Mass. There is n
piece of wood from the Charter Oak;
another from the house of Hancock, the
first signer of the Declaration of indie
pendence; another from the house
where witchcraft originated in Salem,
and another from the building where
the victims of that craze were tried.
Set in the cane is n small piece of
Plymouth rock, and also a piece of
wood from the Mayflower; also, woods
from five different forts on Lake Cham
plain, from Hawthorne's residence at
Salem, from the church where Roger
Williams preached, and from the tree
beneath which Jonathan Edwards
preached TO the Indians at Stockbridge,
Conn; also, a piece from the curbing Of
the well commemorated by Woodwork
in his poem, "The' Old Oaken Bucket"
etc. The only foreign relic in the col
lection is Il piece of wood from the
Tasso oak. The cane is n unique and
attractive piece of work and is valued
at $500 by its owner.-Norwich Bulletin.
, 1886-01-23

An astronomical observer, through his
telescope, has discovered that colossal
disturbances are now agitating the sun.
These, it is believed, cause our queer
weather here. II the sun docsn't behave
himself better. the earth will have 10 boy
cott him.
, 1886-01-23

Henry Emmanuel, in his History Of
Precious Stones" thus eSplodes the
story Of Cleopatra's peafl. A pearl Of the
magnitude which he's been ascribed it,
he says, could never have been dissolved
in vinegar, but would have required a
much stronger acid, such "a would have
destroyed not only the fair EGYPTIAN
teeth, but her oxisteuce.-Exchangc.
, 1886-01-23

For enterprise, push and a desire to get
such goods as will give the trade s~atisfac-
ton, w. N. Hunt leads all competition.
He sells DIR. Bosanko's Cough and Lung
Syrup, because its the best medicine on
the market, for coughs, colds, Group and
primary consumption. Price so cts. and
sl.0O Samples free.
, 1886-01-23

Bulls providing for uniformed militia,
for a territorial equalization board, and
for the protection of the employees of
coal mining companies are being prepar
ed, and will be introduce | in the assembly
NJ an earlY day.
, 1886-01-23

Your most valuable Cutleura Remedies have
done my child so much good. that 1 feel like
saying this for the benefit Of those who nre
troubled with skin disease. Ny little girl was
troubled with eczemn. and 4 tried several phys
iclans and remedies, but did not do her any good
until | used the Cutieura Remedies. which
speedily cured her. and for which l owe you
many hanks and many nights Of rest.
ANTON EdinbuT. Ind.
, 1886-01-23

Subscribe for the Weekly Loader q
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, 1886-01-23

want to tell you that your Culicnra Resoly-
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my face WAS covered with blofches. and after
using three bottles of Resolycnt. / wp perfectly
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, 1886-01-23

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, 1886-01-23
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SATURDAY. JANUARY %. 1886.


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, 1886-01-23

WAS almost perfectly bald, caused by tetter
ofthe top OF the scalp. | used your Cuticnra
Remedies about six weeks. and they cured my
scalp perfectly. and now my hair Is coming
back AS thick as Il ever was.
j. T.. CHuIcE. WhitcsbOr0'. Tex.
, 1886-01-23

A PLEuRo-PNEuMoNIA scare prevails in
Pennsylvania. A ring of veterinary sur
geons is probably preparing for a raid on
the treasury when the next legislature
shall meet.
, 1886-01-23

= = HOW LIKE OIL AND WINE
to the famished Of old IS q Cuticnrn
Anti Pain Plaster to the aching sides
and back, the weak and painful
muscles. the sore chest aud hacking
- Nncough. and every pain OF daily toll
. vents. Everywhere.
, 1886-01-23

pIMPLES. black heads, skin blemlshes, and
4 lIu Iinhy hnm0rs. use Cnlicnra Soar.
, 1886-01-23
NETHERLANDS r-

NELRALGIA. HEADACHE. NERVOUS
~ NESS, tooth aud earache doctors and
druggists recommend u.
, 1886-01-23

Incorporated In 1865 for Is years by the Leg
lslRture for Educational and Charitable pur-
puses-with n capital OF 81 100 OO0-to which a
reserve fund OF over s55O,OO0 has since been
added
By an overwhelming popular vote its
franchise wns made a part OF the present
state Constitution adopted December 2d. A.
ID. 1873.
TIE only LoueTV etcr uofed a., aud rndorsed
BY ahe peOpLe Of ann @nte.
, 1886-01-23

Courtesy CT Hyo. Archives g. Hist.
, 1886-01-23
BUSINESS

Successor to II. S. Oliver. FIRE INSURANCE.
] None but time tried and fire tested companies
, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
SELF-CONTROL,
A Trait Whose Beauty and Power Can Not
Be Over-Es stimated.


Be Over-Estimated.
Who does not admire the power and
beauty Of this trait! To my mind, it
more than any other gives honor and
dignity to its possessor. Witness two
cases of behavior under provocation.
Abuse borne in quiet patience awakens
for the sufferer our ready sympathy;
while one who RACES and vows venge-
ance on his prosecutor loses part of our
pity, in the scorn which he provokes.
There is greatness in the one who holds
himself i'll submission. If it is ''better
to rule ones own spirit, than to take
city, /" how much better than
to WELD, through sellishness, the
wills of our friends There are
those who, if fearful of losing
their own way, will indulge in fit Of
passion, even to bringing on illness,
making all the other members of the
family feel obliged to lay aside their own
feelings and walk with the greatest fear
OF exciting such consequences Cases
have been known where this person was
not child but the wife and mother of a
grown-up family. Father and children
may develop an unusual amount of kind
thoughtfulness, rendering them very
pleasing; but, alas! it can not prevent
the contempt they must feel for the self
ish and passionate wilfulness which has
wrought in them this result. Dear read
ers! You can not afford to grow into
such a character. Commence early to
practice self-control Christian at Work.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
ABOUT CREAM.

An Article of Food and Very Eficacious
Medicine.
Few seem to appreciate the value OF
cream as an article of human diet, most
people preferring to use milk fat, in the
form of butter. Though good and prop
erly made butter may fairly be conceded
to be the best and most wholesome solid
fat in use, it is quite inferior to cream
in respect to both economy and health.
The superiority of cream over butter. or
any other solid fat, consists first, in its
being not exactly in liquid form, beS
in condition allowing of great mobility
between it's particles permitting the
gastric juice to mix with it in the most
perfect manner, and with whatever else
the stomach contains, thereby facilitat-
ing digestion. Its behavior is quite
different in this respect from that of
butter and other pure fats. As soon as
they become melted they grease over
the other contents of the stomach, OBJ
structing, in measure, the contact of
gastric juice, and hindering, rather
than fastening, the progress of their
digestion.
Cream is also superior to butter and
other fats from its being intimately in
corporated with albuminous or flesh
forming matter in condition favorable
for easy and perfect digestion, so that
while it serves the purpose of all unctu-
Gus matter in developing animal heat
and force, it carries along with it nutri-
ment in most readily available form,
a very important consideration in the
case of invalids. 1t is fact in the
functions of the human stomach that
neither fats alone nor albuminoids alone
are digested by it as well as when the
two are mingled together in certain
proportions. 1t does not seem to cope
with any kind of grease alone, and pure
albuminoids it Ggests with great diff
Guilty. The flesh Of lean animals, which
is defective in fat, never digests as well
as that of animals in better condition,
in whose muscles fat is mingled. The
palate instinctively recognizes the diff
ference between fat and no fat in the
flesh of animals when used for food, al
ways preferring that marbled with fat.
A more perfect combination OF fat and
fiesh-forming food could hardly be i'm
agined than exists in cream, each fat |
gIobule of which it is composed being |
enclosed with an envelope of albumin
GUS matter, and besides this, being sus- |
pended i'm serum of similar charac-
ter, making the incorporation of fat and
matter as intimate as it is pos
sible to make it.-7he Household.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
A DESERTED VILLAGE.
The Las Shanty of Frogtown, Maryland,
is Tottering.

~AA~ @>s~1 NN-~-~SS
is Tottering.
They were talking about dead mining
camps. II have seen dead camps"
said the man from the east shore of
Maryland, "and I have seen dead oil
towns, but the deadest town | ever saw
was the remains of the once prosperous
Frogtown down on Delaware Bay 1t
was once station on one of the first
railroads built in this country, line six
miles in length. passed through the
place last week The engine stopped
for water or something, and | saw
gaunt, hungry-looking girl, clothed in
greasy calico wrapper, reaching out of
the door of hovel and tearing off o
clapboard. 1t was the last board All
the rest had been pulled off before for
tirewood, and all the other houses in the
town had gone the same way. This was
the last house and the last inhabitant.
AS soon as the gaunt, hungry woman
completes her work of destruction she,
too, will 90.
They used to have accidents on the
roads in those old days. continued the
Marylander. meditatively. 1.-The cars
were wheeled over wooden rails COW
cred with thin iron strips nailed down
to the wood. The ends of these rails
used to curl up and run through the
floors of the cars and out through the
roof. Usually there would be man on
the end of 'em. And it sometimes
took several hours to pick him off
They make all sorts of fun of East
shore people, he continued. after a
pause, land some of the inhabitants are
queer specimens They grow on trees,
you know; some drop oil before they
are ripe, and that accounts for the vari-
ETY. of the fruit. You will meet men
with one cheek bone two inches higher
than the other, others with one side of
their mouths turning down and the
other side turning up; some without
any chns, others with chins extending
out like horns; some with feet and
hands like hams, others misshapcn and
bent and warped and twisted out of all
semblance to humanity. A new gen.
GRAFTON is springing up, however, and
the latest born are very like other NOR
tails. Soon nothing will be left of the
East-shore men but tradition. - Chicago
NeWS.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

London would seem to be fast be-
coming the paradise of domestic serv-
ants. A lady living in Regents
Park, advertising for cook and house
maid, announces that they Twill be al
lowed the use Of piano and late din
ner. " They will also be allowed out
two nights week and every other Sun
day so considerate an employer has
right to require that candidates shall
be furnished with highest testimoni-
als.N
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Fresh milk boiled with loaf sugar
will soothe a cough when other things
fail.-Deta"oM Tribune.
Be thou dilligent to know the state
OF thy tlocks, and look well to thine
herds.-Sotoonoae.
The New York Tribune saws that
mention is made of three COWS poisoned
by rotting potatoes. One died: the
others were saved with difficulty.
Apple Pudding: cupful sweet
milk; egg; teaspoonful of baking pow
der; tiour enough to make stiff Batter.
Pour over quartered apples and steam
them two hours. Toledo Blade.
Labor, concentration and adants-
tlon 20 an art or profession are what
give success. Ii is no less true in aori-
culture than III other professions.
Francisco Chronicle.
Imagine the sight of this earth
stripped of every vestige of plant life,
you who say "who cares for looks
when urged to set out some flowers or
trees.-N. E. Farmer.
"A new device in pin cushions is to
oead pattern in crystal beads. An
outline flower or bunch of leaves with
tne veins are among the prettiest pat
terms.
Feeding sheep on the ground in
winter is properly condemed by the
otocE"a0n as not only wasteful but
cruel practice, And yet it is a very
common practice.
Bread Cake: One pint of dough:
one cupful of butter; two cupfuls of su-
gar; one-half cupful of sour cream;
three eggs; one teaspoonful of sale
ratus; cinnamon or nutmeg to suit the
taste. Let rise before putting in the
pan and one hour afterward. .-Er-
change.
Gingerbread Pudding: One cup of
molasses, one cup of sour or sweet milk,
three and one-half cups of flour, table
spoonful OF butter, two teaspoonfuls of
soda. If sweet milk is used, one heap
ing teaspoonful of soda is enough. One
cup OF raiSins makes it better.-The Co.
terer
There is no better investment for
farmers than in draft horses. They
are always in demand at remunerative
prices. They are as much staple in
the markets as wheat, pork or coffee,
and can as quickly be turned into cash.
Stocknaom.
Baked Gus ards: One quart of milk,
four eggs, five tablespoonfuls of sugar
beaten with eggs, nutmeg and two ia
blespoonfuls tlavoring extract. Scald
the milk, pour upon the other ingred-
tents, stir together well, flavor and pour
into stone-china cups. Set these in a
pan OF hot water, CRATE nutmeg upon
each and bake until firm Eat cold from
the cups.-1hc Household
The Rural World says: THE man
who is the means of bringing frst-class
stock to a neighborhood confers upon it
permanent blessing, providing always,
however, he handles it in the right way,
and makes of the business success.
He who introduces new system of
business and is unable to demonstrate
" his management that it is worthy of
imitation does lasting injury thereto,
the measure of which is proportioned to
the pratensions made for the improve
ment."
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
MFR. Whittier dislikes. for himself,

MIR. Whittier dislikes, for himself,
biographies and biographers. "Of
course, | am glad" he said to recent
visitor, 'to have thee tell my friends
anything about me they care to know;
but such fame as man gets from books
written about him after he is dead seems
to ME worth very little I have never
thought of myself as poet in the sense
IN which we use the word when we
speak OF the great poets I have just
said from time to time the things /
had to say, and it has been series
OF surprises to me that people should
pay SO much attention to them and re-
member them so long
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

An octogenarian named Bohannon,
of Smithton, Mo-. died the other day,
after having tasted. it is claimed. for
sixty-one days. His abstinence was
caused by sickness. ST.. Louis Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

-Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, says
that some of the hardest work he did
while in Congress was the preparation
of speech on silver, and that some of
the wisest work he did was not deliver
ing it after it was finished.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
In the TToSnitaIs.

Baltimore and Philadelphia hospital ply
siclans are prescribing the new proprietary
medicine, Red Star Cough Cure, It contains
neither morphia, opium, norany other inju-
rlous ingredients. The price is only 25 cents
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

LOVE is a little confidence game, in which
both parties are taken inl-by the clergy-
man.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

WHEN trains are telescoped the poor pas
seDgers see stars
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

FOR removing dandruff and promoting the
growth of the hair, use Halls Hair Renewer
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses Of Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

:. a DESIRABLE thing in gloves-A warm
ining.-BoSton Courier
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

PEOPLE we must put up with-Hotel
keepers. Cifgen
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

GooD for boils-The tea-kettle Boston
Bulletin ~
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

AYERS Cherry Pectoral, in thousands of
cases, has cured a cough in a few days.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

The sigh of the seamstress-A-hem.-S
Paul Herald
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

PIKE STOOTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, 25c
Gtehn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties Csc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions
St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30

A sNow-PLow is like bad habit-A
good thing to cut adrift.-Boston Bulletin.