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St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Extensive Funerals and Monuments.

Is it not about time that the societies
and other efforts put forth to reform
funerals and reduce the expenses OF
burials, included the conceited display of
monuments People never heard Of be-
yond their street have the resting places
of their bodies marked by stones that
cost anywhere from $1,000 to 100000.
This cannot be the result of family atfec-
ton, but is more likely to be family
pride. There is but one possible advafi-
tage of such display-that is the creation
of snowy and interesting cemeteries.
But people Of sound sense are, nowadays.
ordering that they themselves be buried
without display and their graves marked
In the simplest manner. The amount Of
wealth already unnecessarily stored in
our cemeteries is high among the tens of
millions, or even hundreds of millions
The nlauseleums of the dead were In
primitive times the earthly homes of the
spirits of the departed; but we have no
longer this excuse for unlimited expense.
Globes Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Death and Burial In China.

When the Chinese wish to declare the
extreme righteousness Of any piece OF
work they say: 'It is more trouble than
a funeral;" the obsequies Of parent
being reckoned the most maddening
affair in human experience.
Infants are buried summarily, without
coffins, and the young are inferred with
few rites; but the funeral Of the aged, OF
both sexes, are elaborate in proportion to
the number of the descendants and to
their wealth. When childiess married
man dies, his widow may perform all
the duties of a son toward him, may re-.
main in his house and may adopt children
to rear az his heirs and worshipers Of the
family names, If his widow proposes
marrying again, a young male relative
may, with the consent of senior members
of the clan. undertake the services ex'
rected from a son and inherit the estate
of the deceased.
When one is about to die he Is re-
moved from his couch to bench or to
a mat on the floor because Of belief
that he who dies in bed will carry the
bedstead as burden into the next world.
He is washed in a new pot in warm
water in which bundle Of incense sticks
is merged. After the washing the POI
and the water are thrown away to-
gether. He is then arrsyed in full suit
of new clothing that he may appear In
hades at his best. He breathes his last
in the main room, before the largest dooa
of the house. that the departing soul may
easily find its way out into the air. A
sheet Of spirit money, brown paper hay
ing patch Of gliding on one surface, is
lail over the upturned face, because it il
said that if the eyes are left uncovered
the corpse may count the rows Of tiles II
the roof, and that in such case the
family could never build more spacious
domicile.--Adele n. Field In Popular
Science Monthly.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Cranp of the Pianists.

Certain functional diseases Of the hand
and arm have been observed in pianists
by Mr.. Vivian Poore. This cramp Of
the pianists he estimates to be eight
times as common as the cramp Of
writer's; and he finds especially liable to
it those who practice with the wrist con
tinually held rigid. The symptoms are
painful stiffness of the shoulder and of
the right arm, less frequently Of the left
side. cramps Of the little finger end OF
the ring finger, sometimes with trent
bling-this distressing condition often
persisting after exercise with the keys,
and being brought back by the least ex-
ertion of hand or fingers. Cold. seden-
tary habits, weakness and predisposition
to rheumatism and govt increase the la
kility to it.-Arkansaw Traveller.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
The arandes. Instrument On Earth.

TIE GTandest Instrument On Earth.
Professor George Davidson, Of the
United States geographical survey,
accompanied by several friends.
visited the Lick Observatory On Mount
Hamilton, Saturday evening, by in7i-
tation of Professor Holden The
night was splendid one for observation,
but owing to the fact that lit persons
were also on the mountain, it being visi-
tors night, no length Of time could be
spent at the great telescope, as that Is al
WAYS the great attraction for visitors. 1t
was the first peep through the 56-inch re-
tractor that Professor Davidson enjoyed
since the completion Of the observatory,
and to say that he was pleased with the
experience Is only half putting it.
sYes, SIR" he said the other day,
when spoken to about the matter, sit is
the greatest and grandest instrument on
earth. I AN not at liberty to divulge
lust now what I saw and what has
already been accomplished by the astron-
omers on Mount Hamilton. That glory
is for the astronomers themselves, and
vhen they do make public their discov-
cries, which I hope will be soon. it will
astonish the astronomical world as much
as any one else. Some Of the discover
les they have made are, in fact, so novel
and wonderful that Professor Holden and
his assistants are really tilnid about an
nouncing them to the word until they are
entirely satisfied that they really DO exist
and are not illusions OF some SORT I'm
portant discoveries have been made In
all of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, double
stars, planets, etc.-and questions which
have been subjects Of doubt and specula-
ton for generations have been entirely
put at rest and accounted for. The tee
scope exceeds my most extravagant hopes
and iInaginations, and the only way to
beat it is to build a bigger one, put it on
a higher mountain and in clearer at
mospl,ere, all OF which would be diff
cult combination to get together. "-san
Francisco Bulletin,
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Following Up Their Patrons.

The custom among business firms Of
following their patrons to different re-
sorts is gaining rapidly. Dress goods and
imported costumes are now exhibited in
hotel parlors; embroidery and all devices
in fancy work are spread upon hotel
tables, and the city dealer In fancy wares
has become dangerous rival to Indiana
with their stock Of gay baskets. It is
said that modistes sometimes follow de-
inquent customers to the resorts on dun
ming bent; manicures have become part
of all fashionable hotels, and others make
the most of summer marts, and often
gain much profit from their enterprises,
Chicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
At NIGHT.

A. set Of SUN we felt the breath Of night
Come with the salty seaweed up the Ray;
We heard tho curiews calling, far away;
We saw long lines of foam, and watched tno
eight
OF alitser1ng gulls, and trailing snowy white;
The shrouded crane dew inland; dim and gray
The crags rose. as the sun sank with the day,
And like horn tho moon hung DER the height
STEPPED tn her mlsts and haioed In her light,
Blurred like face In oils, or, like some dye,
Her beauty stained the canvas OF tho SKY
The winds turned seawasd, and the stars were
bright.
And when the tide went ouo-as tides must do
Our hearts went with it, and we thought Oh
you.
Allan Simpson Borsford In Overland Monthly.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Juvenile Astronomical Lore.

A young man home from college,
wishing to inspire his little sister with
awe for his learning, pointed to a star
and said: isis, do you see that little
lun,inaryP It's bigger than this whole
worldp' 'No, tain't," said Sis. "Yes,
it is" declared the young collegian.
"Then why don't it keep off the rain?''
was the triumphant rejoinder.-New
York Evening World.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
How Senatorial Speeches Arc Timed.

HOW SenatoflAa SPScSaaSS NNN~
President pro tenn. ingalls, uses the Old
fashioned time glass to measure the i've
minute speeches Of the senators. When
the senator begins the glass is inverted,
and when the sand has all run out he Is
stopped promptly. The other day q
senator who thought his five minutes en-
tirely too short demurred when the presi-
dent pro tenn. told him his tim was up.
ssThe chair is guided entirely BY this
glass.', said ingalls, firmly. holding up
the twin bulbs with the sand all In the
lower one. AS the president pro ven; y
almost as absolute as baseball ump1sss
notling more was said. As Ingalls, re-
marked afterTard to another western !,
senator, 1T takes sand to run The SENATE
Philadelphia Record.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Greatness Sitting for Its Picture.

Almost every photographers studio Of
any importance in the country has, at
one time and another, been visited by
some notable people, and there are not q
few in the business who can tell very
amusing stories about the whims Of
greatness when it sits for Its picture.
Politicians and members of the legisla-
ture are not, as a general thing, hard to
please, as they are almost all so used to
the proceeding that they grow careless
about it, but actors, ministers, literary
people and artists are in bad favor with
the knights Of the Chicago
News,
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
NOTICE.

NrorrcF il hereby given that on election Of
i trustees for this Township &c. 0, .. r. FL
viii be held at the Court House, on MONDAY y
Dec. ga, 1888 Polls open from A. NJ 20 :. ~ "
All parties interested in the disposas " r nhe
township extends about miles north, 4 mics
south, A miles east and II miles west q ope.'
onsss al, within this limit are emitted 70 vote.
Ss.s''s' - " - u. e. LITTEhL,
Nov. 24at Secretary 9. 2.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

Able to Lose All She Had Wagered :
MANDY ~ almost shrieked the elderly
aunt, as she entered the parlor unex-
pectedly and found the young lady
c,asped In the arms of a young man who
was kissing her with every indication
that lie had had considerable practice,
"wflat on earth does this mean r. Moth
ing but nm election bet, anntie," replied
Amanda. with look of heroic. martyr
like RESIGNATION ION , On her logeiZ face, Z"
waa that PIT Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
The Secret of Eleauenoe.

Sixty years ago the leading pulpit orsar
tor Of New York city was Dr.. John Nj.
Mason. During visit to Scotland he
heard Dr.. Chalmers, and thought him
the greatest preacher Of the age. A
friend asked him, on his return home,
the secret Of Chalmers eloquence. His
blood earnestness," was the prompt an
swcr.-Youth's Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
willow and Oak.

The willow which bends to the tempest
often escapes better than the oak which
resists it; and so in great caiamities 1t
sometimes happens that light and frivo.
lous spirits recover their elasticity and
presence of mind sooner than those of
loftier Characteristic Walter Scott
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Italy's Coral Fishery,

The italian coral fishery seems to DO
giving out. The 1000 workmen who
used to be employed have decreased to
1000. Calcutta is now the chief market,
America and Europe taking compare
lively little.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

A flippant, frivolous man may rldicule
others. NAV cnntrovert them, seorn
them but he who has any respect Tor
himself seems to have reneuncfd the
right OF thinking meanly OF others
Goethe.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

aMa.n inquired Bobby, hasn't pa q
aneer idea Of heaven e. Well, think
not. Bobby. Why w | heard him
sav that flie week you spent at the sea-
shore seemed like heaven to him.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

Ten millions sterling will be spent BY
the Japanese government in the next ten
years in the purchase of fifteen ironclads
and thirty torpedo boats.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
Sheep shearing by Machinery,

The process Of sheep shearing by ma
chinery is now performed in Australia by
an ingenious kind Of device, the results,
as represented, being very satisfactory.
The apparatus in question is very
simple one, being made on the same
principle as the cutter of mower Or
reaper, and the fniyes are worked by
means of rods within the handles, these
in their turn being moved by core
within long flexible tube, which is kept
in rotary shaft, and wheels driven by
stationary engine. The comb is in the
form of a segment of circle, about
three inches in diameter, with eleven
conical shaped teeth. Each machine is
worked by shearer, and as the comb is
forced along the skin Of the animal the
fleece is cut. The machine can be run
either with a steam or gas engine, or by
ordinary horse power, and does not easily
get out Of order,-New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

Man In so per cent. water. mat 70
Why n boil inak6a him hot,
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01

A French physician reports al attack
Of govt in boy Of Is.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
R.MORNHAvEe
MATCHMAKER
MAIN aTREEr nnMa nnrmaa
MAIN STREET, oPELOUsAs.

WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEwELRY re.
paired and warranted. Clocks, Jewclry
Watches and Spectaeles always
on hand and sold at bot.
tom prices.
2a6 Old Geld and silver BeasAs., IN IL
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A WORD ABOUT CATARRH

ut is the mucous membrane, that wonderful
semtfuid envelope surrounding the delicate It's
sues of the air and food passages, that Camrrh
makes Its stronghold. Once established, II eats
into tho very vitlls, and renders life but long
drawn breath of misery and disease. duling the
sense OF hearing. trammeling the power of speech,
destroying the faculty OF smell, ;ainting the breath
and killing the refined pleasures OF taste Insid.
iously by creeping on from simple cold in the
head, 1t assaults the mcmbnnous lining and en-.
velops the bones eating through the delicate coats
and causing Inflammation, slouehing and DEATH
Nothing short Of total eradication will secure
health to the patient aud all alternatives are sim
ply procmsinated suAerings, leading 10 n iatl
termination. SANFoBD's RADICAL CURE by iRhd-
ldtlon and by Internal administration, has never
failed; even when the disease has made frightful
inroods on delicate constitutions, herring. smell
and taste have been recovered, and the disease
thoroughly driven OUT
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CAUTION.


Swifi's Specific i entirely q vegetable prcpar.
alton. and should not be cnufuuudad VITA Tho
various tubsiltnics, limitations, uuu stcft. hul.
bags, "succus Ancfnns." etc., etc. which arc
now bClna Manufactured b. yafions rcr-auL
None ~ these contain n fiuglc nriclc which
enters Into The competition ~ s. :. =. There IA
only one swii's sPciac, aud there d uoih,ag la
the world like Il.
CoTrrrvufr Ntss T,hnary o. ie9s
Ccntl,mcni funVfcd with eczema fUr u,filY
tvoycnfs, and IVES treated hy thfcr physicians,
but they could do me NJ good. I spoke " Try
irg :. \. =. and they told me h would XIII nc,
bit tried II any WAY. and after taking Us or
eight lpiiles. Nas completely cured. hrd h1Nc
never bcrn toihtfpd f.ncc with 10. rud I flcl IL
duty IN you and suffering humanity ~ nuke
this statement H. =. DAVIS.
hoxrroEr iiousE, Wills Point. Tcxns.
Aprl ., issA
Gcnilcmcn; Our baby vhrn bot two vutks
old WIS attacked With a trfufuluug Affection
that for time destroyed her eye it CntifUly,
ard causcd ~. a. despair ~ her NE. She was
lf,aiud ~ Tie bcst physieians without bcncht.
We hually gave hcf swihs slccinc, which
foCn relieved be- completely and fhc y nov ~
hale and hearty child " three Ne can J., found
Anywhere. J. V. DEiK
Treatise on f,lood sud skin nlsrascs m1cdff'c.
1uFtWtFr trTriTir Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, "a
Ncw lOIk, 10 broadway.
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SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION.
TWO HUNDRED DELEGATES PRES
ENT AT THE CONVENTION.
w. ii. Peoples, OF Mississippi, Chosen
President-Some Important Resolu-
tions offered-E. B. Stahlman Inaures
the Assistance of Railroads,

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 1.-THE South
ern immigration Convention met in the
City Hall this morning with about 200 del
cgates present, representing all the South
orn States and New Mexico and Caliior-
mia. The convention organized by the
election OF Col. W. IL. Peoples, OF Missis-
sippi, as president, and A. Strassberger
and Mr.. Elliott, of Florida, as secretaries.
The vote OF each State in the Electoral
College was adopted as the basis OF the
vote OF the convention. w. ii. S. Bur
goyne, OF North Carolina, submitted
resolution proposing that in 1901 and
1892, the Southern States join together
and hold a Southern exposition, either in
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago
Kansas City or st. Paul, the exhibits to be
exclusively Of Southern products and man
uiactures.
l.. c. Drew, of Louisiana, offered an
amendment, that the exposition be ar
ranged in the shape of an immense train
OF cars, TO be run from city to city through
the North.
The resolutions and amendments went
~ the Committee on Resolutions without
debate.
S. II. Grubor offered resolution mem
orializing the Legislatures OF all Southern
States TO appropriate $4,000 each per an
mum for tive years for immigration pur.
poses.
Resolutions were offered by Col. Cal
houn OF Mississippi, extending q general
invitation to all home-seekcrs and declar-
ing that immigrants need have no fear OF
non-supremacy, rs the race question is set
ting itself by the logic OF superior intelli-
gence.
A. b. Johnston OF birmingham, offered
q resolution providing Committee on
Ways and Means, TO be composed Of one
member from each State to carry out
whatever plan the convention may deter
mine upon. All these were referred to the
Committee on Resolutions.
Mr.. Nelson, OF New Mexico, offered
resolution to appoint a committee consist
ing Of one delegate from each State on rail.
road rates, excursion facilities and immi-
grant transportation.
John Temple Graves. OF Georgia. moved
to amend 10y creating Two committees. one
from the States east OF the Mississippi and
one from those west Of the river.
This provoked a long discussion, the
most interesting OF the session. During
itsprogress Col. T.. H. Stahlman, vicc-prosi-
dent of the Louisville x Nashville Road,
pledged the railroads 10 do their share aud
perhaps more 10 forward any plan the
convention may adopt. The roads, he
said, ere ready TO cooperate with the PEG.
pie. lie closed amid applause. Finally
Mr.. Nelson's resolution and Mr.. Grncc's
amendment went 10 the Committee on
Resolutions.
Adjourned.
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NATIONAL SABBATH ooNvEN TON
A Meeting or the Sabbath Roformers in
sesalcn 90 Washlngton.


A Meeting or the Sabbath Roformers In
Session at Washington.
WASHINGTON. Dec. ia business
meeting oil the National Sabbath Conyen-
ton was held in the Fcundery Methodist
Episcopal Church this morning. Col.
Elliott I. Shepard presided aud opened
the meeting by reading selections from the
Sculptures. /, was announced that the
Senate Committee on Labor would give u
hearing tomorrow morning to those inter
estcd in the Sabbath reform movement,
and a committee wac appointed TO repre-
sent the convention before that committee.
Officers Of the Union were elected ~ fol-
lows Col. Elliott r. Shepard, Of New
York, President; the Roy. Dr. d. L. Lord,
Of Illinois. Recording Secretary; the Rev.
J. II. Knowles of New jersey, General
Secretary, In charge OF publication depart
mcnt Advisory Board on Publication
The Rev. Geo. ID. Crooks, Of the Method
ist Episcopal Church; Col. Elliott \.
Shepard, OF the Presbyterian Church: the
Rev. W. w. Boyd, 81 the Baptist Church;
the Rev. W. ]. L. Taylor OF the Reformed
Church; the Rev. DR. u II. Storrs, Of the
Congregational Church; w. W. Hopkins,
Of the Episcopal Church. Trcasurcr-E.
n. Pcrlce, Of New York.
A constitution was adopted declaring the
basis Of the union 10 bo''thc divine authority
and universal and perpetual Obligation Of
the Sabbath as manifested in the consiilu-
ton of nature rs declared in the rcvercd
will Of God, formulated in the fourth com.
mandment Of the moral law and inter
prciod and applied by our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, and rs approved by It's benc.
fetal influence upon national lie. ;" The
object OF the union is declared TO be the
preservation OF the American Sabbath rs
day Of rest and worship.
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HUaENE BUNCH.
omcer1 Afraid TO Tackle tho Romantic
Train Kobbor.


NEW ORLEANS, Ia, Dec. i2-Nolwith
standing all efforts 10 capture him, and the
large reward offered, Eugene Bunch, the
train robber, II Is now definitely known il
In the vicinity Of this city, and Is liable to
be heard from nj any unexpected moment
The result is that the trains Of the North
western and Mississippi Valley Roads have
commenced carrying armed guards, and
all the train employees are supplied with
Winchester rifles, 10 b. used IN case Of hn-
other attack. The romantic bandit, who
has bccn n lawyer, editor and school
teacher had the bmyado the other day to
ride over the Northwestern Road ai u
point where he robbed the express mes.
icnccr Of $4,000 n few weeks ago, and no
one ycnturcd 10 modest him. lie has a
great many friends la the portion Of the
country mentioned. and they offer him
every assistance In Guiding the officers OF
the law. Bunch, 20 the police say. was
last week In this city and in Amite City,
aud spent money with some Of his friends
very freely. but the local officers did not
care 10 tackle him aud the crowd he had
Of his back
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