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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Rich Mines Discovered in Various Parts
of the Dark Continent.

1t is a remarkable but not surprising
circumstance that certain extensive re-
gions in South Africa, which two years
ago were only visited bya few Eu-
ropean explorers and hunters, are now
about to be traversed in all directions
by prospecting parties looking for gold
mines These regions are near both
the east and west coasts, extend far in
land, and stretch north and south from
Zambesi to the rich mines now devel-
oping in the southern part of the Trans
vaal.
Two years ago, when the Germans
took Angra Pequena, on the southwest
coast, under their protection, the world
wondered what they could find among
the wastes of Namaqua Land to tempt
them to that desolate region. The
Germans themselves thought the coun-
try hardly worth holding, but an en-
thusiast had set UP a trading station
there, and his government was Selling
upon almost any pretext to acquire ter
ritory anywhere. Now every mail
from Angra Pequena brings surprising
news of the richness of the new gold
fields in thatregion. The cable gave
the testimony of three men, who say
the diggers at Otyimbingue are aston
ished at the richness of the gold veins.
and believe they will prove more valu-
able than the Australian mines.
A Go,,4I, fr;aar
now equipping several parties who are
instructed to prospect Systematically
the large region from Victoria Falls,
ON the Zambesi, to the Limpopo river,
about 10000 square miles. This il
the northern part of Bechuanaland, re-
Gently appropriated by Great Brit
ain, and the scene Of Livingstone
early wanderings. East of this region
is Mashonaland, where the natives fill
quilts with the gold dust they wash ort
of the soil of dried-up river beds. The
present prospect is that a few years
more will furnish convincing proof
that the gold regions of South Afric.
surpass in extent, and in some local.
ties equal in richness, the best aurifer
Gus districts of the world
The regions here mentioned arr
wholly outside the Transvaal, in whose
mountains big mining towns are rising.
The days of 40 are now repeated
among the African Drakenbergs. The
explorations of the past fifteen years
indicate that Africa may become a very
useful sort of a continent after ALL
NJ Y. Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
Preserving Farm Machinery.

A wagon-maker says that ne has used.
cottonseed oil in his business nearly
three years. He finds it better than
either coal oil, kerosene or linseed. He
oils all his stock with it and it keeps
away worms absolutely. 1t also pre-,
serves the wood and brings out the
grain. singletrees, spokes ana huos
are particularly benefited. Mall cafts'
village carts and wagons that are made
in natural colors are much handsomer
if the wood receives two coats OF cot
tonseed oil. The oil is absorbed rapid--
ly by the pores of the wood and does
not gum and in hot weather does not
sweat out. He uses the summer yellow
oil and has recommended it to many
friends who like it now as much as ne
does.-Farm md Home.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07

base of the head, while the mustach5
! and beard are thin and closely cut, the
| eyebrows being white and thick. The
forehead is not large; the brow-ridge
is prominent; the eyes are small; the
nose is long, thin and aquiline; and
owing largely to the process of mumi-
fication the cheek bones and chin
necessarily appear to stand out very
prominently, while the temples and
checks are sunken. The breast is
broad; the arms are crossed over it;
the hands are small, and, as also the
feet, dyed with henna. After visiting
it number of times, and studying it
at some length, certainly failed to see
in the mummy of the great Rameses
what some have thought they saw, an
expression "unintellectual, perhaps
slightly animal" What is apparent,
however, and what others have declar-
ed as plainly to be seen, is an air of
courage, strength, ambition, kingly
resolve, sovereign majesty, and which
certainly COMFORTS with the history of
this almost if not quite the greatest
ruler of the monarchy of the Pharaohs.
1t is a unique experience to stand re-
peatedly and for some time beside the
mummied remains of the Rameses.
The thoughts and feelings that come
to a person in that position, looking
upon that form and into that face, are
strange and impressive beyond express
sion. You are looking into the lace of
a man who, thirty-two centuries ago.
flourished as the greatest monarch of
the mightiest empire on earth; the man
whose conquering hosts swept and sub
dued the nations from the northern
hills of Syria to the Nubian gold mines
on the south; the man whose trading
posts dotted the lands while his. naval
and commercial fleets traversed the
rivers and seas; the man whose archi-
tectural achievements had changed the
"field of Zoan" into territory of tenn
pies, and whose miracles iii stone
rose and stretched along the banks
of the sacred river from the
shores of the Mediterranean to
the borders of Ethiopia; the man
who had wondrously advanced in wis
dom and gloritied the worship of the
Egyptians; the man whose praises had
been sung by poets, priests and peo-
pies, as the conquering Pharaoh and
impersonation of Divinity; the man
who in God-defying might had OPP
pressed the chosen people while yet be-
ing himself a chosen instrument of God
in preparing that people to become, in
Egypt, according to the promise
to Jacob, u great nation; the
man who doubtless had seen and talked
to that member of his household who
by adoption was his grandson-Moses,
the Leader and Lawgiver of Israel.
To look upon the face of that man,
and have that face recall wildly such
as these, is to sense strange
is to make strangely
real passage over the waking dreams of
the present into the mighty dynasties
of the past. Christian Lategligencer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
RAMESES THE GREAT.
Thoughts Suggested by an Inspector of the
Mighty Pharaoh's Mummy.

Thoughts Suggested by an Inspector of the
Mighty Pharaoh's Mummy.
The mummy of Rameses the Great
was discovered in 1881, in the tomb of
the priest-kings at Dayr-al-Bahari, in
the territory of Thebes. This Rameses
is generally accepted as being the
Pharaoh of the Hebrew oppression, for
whom the Israelites built the royal res
idence-cities of Raamses and Pithom,
and whose daughter found the infant
Moses and adopted him as her son.
The mummy was identified as being
that of Rameses the Great by the Off
cial entries bearing date the sixth and
sixteenth years of the reign of the high
priest Her-hor Se-Amen, and the high
priest Pinotem l., written in black ink
upon the lid of the wooden mummy
case, and another entry of the sixteenth
year of the high priest Pinotem l.,
written upon the outer winding sheet
of the mummy, over the region of the
breast.
The mummy was unwrapped in the
presence OF hhedIve I0wfeek and a
number of illustrious individ uals. The
wrappings were of fine linen, covering
the body in Il number of layers and
foldings. On one of these was found IL
figure representing the Goddess Nut.
The wrappings are now thrown loosely
over the body SO that they cover a
greater part of it as it lies in its coffin.
The body lies in the Egyptian Museum
at Boulak, in its own coffin, which in
turn is enclosed in another case having
the top-piece glass. It was the writer's
privilege during the past summer to
visit and look upon the mummy of the
great Rameses a number of times.
In appearance and as to color the
body is overspread with a yel.owish
hue. The skin and flesh tissues cover
the body dry, hard. thin, having been
greatly reduced through the process of
mumifcation. The top of the head is
hare, a few hairs appears on the tenn
pies, a heavier growth is seen at the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
The Name, America.

The meaning of the name Amerigo
has been often discussed, the
only thing certain being that it
was one of those names. of leu.
tonic origin, like Humberto, AL
fonso, Grimaldi or Garibaldi, so COM
mon in Northern Italy, which testify to
the Gothic or Lombard conquest
Americ. which occurs as early as 744
A. D., is probably contracted form Of
the name Amalaric, borne by King of
the Visigoths, who died in 531. A
Bishop was present at the Council OF
Salisbury in 807, and an Americas
sBallstarius is mentioned in the close
rolls (thirteenth century,. It has been
coniectured that the stem is I'm, from
which we get the name Of Emma The
meaning of this is not known with Ger
tainfy, though Ferguson thinks it may
denote 'sstrife" or ssnoise.'' Since,
however, the name is probably Of
Gothic origin, and since the Amalungs
were the royal race of the Ostrogoths,
it is. more likely that the stem is anal,
which was formerly thought to mean
without spot, but is now more plaus-
IDLY connected with the old Morse ami,
labor, work. The suffix rio, cognate
rez, reich and rick, means s.rich'' or
powerful" and, therefore the most
probable Specification Of Amerigo is
strong for labor. "-Notes and Queries.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
/ will tell you how a Vermont

Il will tell you how a Vermont
butcher loads live hog without lift
mo him. He backs his wagon up
the pen, places two planks side by sid
with one end in the wagon, the othe.
on the ground, making an inclined
plane. Then turn the hog with hi
tail toward the wagon, put a baske
over his head, and as he steps back
oet his head out, follow him up, tax
inc care that he does not step over IN
side, and to his surprise he will NM
himself in the wagon without u strua
ole.-Ionle and Farm.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07
Good Reason for Dismissal.
Observation-Disclosures is Babette,

Observation-Disclosures is Babette, my
dear?
Wife, discharged her this morning.
H-Any thing very serious the mat.
terp
We'll, I should say there was.
She put Fido to bed last night without
doing up his tail in curl papers. What
kind of treatment do you call that for
a pugp-Iat-Bits.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07

While Mrs. Robert Harrison, of
Orange, n. r, was in her cellar the
other day she was attacked by a large
cat, which bit her about the ankles and
then climbing up her dress scratched
hex hands severely. Mrs. Harrison
ran screaming upstairs with the cat
still holding on. and it was not until
the cats head had been erusled thai
its teeth relinquished their hold.
The ~oman was so frightened and
laeerated that it is feared ehc viii
dieA
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07

The Omaha Zee tells of little girl
who defines faith as believing what
you know is not true"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07

"A California tramp set fire to lot
of railroad ties in order that they might
be sent to States prison and learn
trade. He said that was his only
chance of becoming any thing but
tramp.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-07

in Japan a won n who receives a
male visitor gives hila the signal for his
departure and it is considered very
rude of him to leave TIL she does SO.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17

nearly Vs5J, wv barrels OF Kerusolso we're
Inspected in tho state the past year by In
sp-ctor Platt and his twenty four deputies,
Tor which they received In fees from $500 70
S!,2oJ each The Standard Oil company
continues to furnish the most Of the illumin-
ator. as well as annually increase the amount
OF its spare change
The Cadillac bakers fred ~, go loaves Of
bread ut their customers In '87. What won't
they be able to do when the loaves and Ashes
are on top for a presidential campaigna
An Inlay City man moved to Nebraska,
but his dog became homesick and has re-
turned to the land OF his birth, unaided and
alone. Blizzardy Nebraska was too much
for him.
Mrs Stella M Barnes. of jackson. has re-
Gently fallen heir to portion Of the Chas L.
Havens' estate, that Is expected to net her
about 500 600.
Mahlon Covert, who died at Leslie the
other day, had been resident Of Ingham
county for fifty years Both himself
and wife assisted in tho organization OF the
Leslie Baptist church forty EIGHT years ago.
she being the only Surviving member of the
devoted band Cf 1851.
Three Jonesville blacksmiths claim to have
set $50 horse shoes in a single day. They are
all, doubtless, industrious citizsns, but that
doesn't debar them from being good story
tellers
A Three Rivers man who had vainly etl-
deevored to get rid Of Oh obnoxious tenant,
Is raid to have resorted to tho torch in order
to boost the o. t. And now the law steps in
to ask the reason fer such warm action.
Some eight or ten Kalamazoo county
farmers are extensively engaged in the sheep
fattening industry. VIM. Stewart leads the
list with l,050 head the total number reach
ing nearly 5000.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
ss,o'svo weqa sAss ems 'uaIpupo psq enc usqA
'sllo9sso o, SUMO eqs 'ssyN owvosq Gus usqM
~s'o'ro IoJ p0po sqs PHO svA Gus u0qM
Nossso lsu sAss en- 'zop svA 1qsa usqA
Answered Out of his Own Mouth.

Our wise president says the farmers
ought not TO object to nbolishing the duty
on wool because, though It might injure
the wool growers, n majority OF the farm
crs do not keep sheep, and the minority
should be willing to suffer little for tn
benefit Of the majority. This il the argu.
ment In his wonderful stump speech mes.
sage, and IL Is unworthy of q. boy of 10
years. Let us see. Assumesthat one.
third OF the farmers raise sheep Abolish
the duty on wool, and that industry Is
practically destroyed, and these farmer
Mt once become, 10 that extent, more thl2
before, competitors with their brother
farmers in raising wheat and other prod.
ucts Of the farm. Suppose the produc-
ton Of wool 10y one-fourtb of the
farmers amounts to $5,0O0.000 year
Destroy that industry and they must do
something else: ard what can they do but
raise $4,000, 900 worth OF the products
now raised by the other three.fourthsy
Nothing can DC palmer to reason than the
fact that the norwood growers are as
much interested in protecting the wool
interest as are tho men directly engaged
In thu business. Detroit Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17

W. H. SEYMOUR IAquired TO nominate.
At this point the Hubbell and Adj
ans men forced an adjournment &c
1880 p m, and nominated Henry ".
Seymour, of Sault Ste. Marie, soon
after the assembling of the evening ses-
sion. Hubbell made a desperate fight but
the sentiment of the convention was unaker-
ably against him.
Henry W. Seymour has been resident Of
Sault Ste. Marie for years He has served
several years in the state legislature as SEN
ator and representative from his district.
MARQUETTE, Mich, JAM 27-Tho Demo-
cratic congressional convention for the
Eleventh district OF Michigan met here
Thursday, and after short and harmonious
session, nominated BARLEY Breen, of Menonl-
inee, for member of congress. Breen had
already received the Labor nomination, AMI
is therefore, the candidate of both the La
Dor and Democratic parties
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
cnr,apson .,,o, rI.,,n writer.

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Treatise on Bloo and Skin Diseases
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THE TIMES-s1 90 II year.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
A LETTER RROM THE PASTOR OF
THEM. E. CHURCH.
FRANKLIN, Oakland Co Mich,
Dec .ruhar o 1897

FRANKLIN, Oakland Co Mich,
Dec mber 2. 1887.
Rheumatic Syrup Company:
DEAR SIRs-Mr A. A. Rust, of this
place, furnished me one bottle of your
Rheumatic Syrup. Have taken about
TWO thirds of II Before taking il The
slightest change in the weather affected me
very much l am now almost entirely
free from the awful twinges of rheumatism
and changes in the weather do not affect
me. 5. A. LONG.
Pastor of NJ. E. church, Franklin, Mich.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
FOR SALE.

Good farming ands adjacent TO Railroad
Title good. IN townships Of Abbey, llyady
Chaplin, Bran and Fremont. Saginaw g"
Elba, Cratic, Co.: Fairfield, ShiaMas-ce
Co.; Midland and Gladwir e. Cho'c, ~
1000 acres. Terms OF sah To- suit purchas
ers Alsotwo improved farms f., SALE IN
long time. Enquire oi " ,suukN,
Dwosso.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17

during the forenoon
session, when Col s. 4.
Osborn threw a por-
ton Of his vote to Il.
j. Brown, OF Menom.
inee. Brown kept gain
ing steadily durin :
the Afternoon session
until the 18th ballot,
when he received Al
votes, one less than
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17

Dynamite was exploded Sunday nighS in
Newport. r. l., harbor to break the ice, and
the shock was 80 severe that houses at Provl.
dence, Bristol, Warren, East Greenwich
and other towns ware shaken, the inhab-
itants thinking than sn earthquake had oc.
CURED.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17

"For some time my liver had been ont of
order. and felt generally good for nothing.
Twas induced TO try Simmons Liver Regulator
Its action was quick and thorough aud IL i'm.
parted n brisk and vigorous feeling. IL IL an
excellent remedy"--J II Hiland, Monroe. In.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
TO FILL MOFFATT'S SEAT.

Republicans and Democrats of ths Eiev-
entb Michigan District Nominate.
IsHPEMINe. Mich, Jan. 27.-In the Repub-
lic.n congressional convention here Thurs
day Henry w. Seymour was nominated on
the llG.h ballot The deadlock existing at the
close OF the convention Wednesday lasted
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-17
Dependency or Melancholy,

Commonly cBled the "blues." generally pro.
ceedA from n sluggish liver. IL either causes
dyspepsia or follows it, and then operates
both rs cause and effect.
Every Sufferer is earnestly invited
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-21

The above sale is adjourned to April 1th, a,
10 IN. GO. SMITH,
mr3i Trustee
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-21


Senator Sherman may now be said to
be fairly launched on the Presidential
sea, inasmuch as his own State Inns
givon him an unqualified and hearty
endorsement To steer clear OF breakers
and pour oil on troubled waters will, OF
couno, be tho chief aim Of his pilots.
There is something admirable in his
candidacy, and that is land was four
years ago. his plain ayowal that he is a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton, 1t is nothing more than tho re-
Election OF the public and private char
acter of the man, and speaks volumes
for his honesty of purpose. He does
not hide his thoughts, but calmly adj
dresses himself to the thoughtful men
Of the country and asks them in a
straightforward, manly way for Their
support
Whetherit will be the pleasure of the
convention to nominate Mr.. Sherman OF
not his fame and reputation will suffer
nothing if he is not made tho standard
bearer of tho Republicans in this some.
what critical year There arc many
warm friends OF Mr.. Blaine in Ohio, who
will no doubt be Just as active in their
support OF the distinguished Senator
but the ardent supporters Of Sherman
should bear in mind that the unanimity
that prevailed in the Ohio convention
was in great measure due to the refusal
OF Mr.. Blaine To allow his name to be
used in connection with the Presidency
The convention is yet to meet, and it is
possible that it will DO full OF surprises
Nothing is certain in these days of SC
much uncertainty.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-21

~ -. a6taNfN a.a =, ~. . N.IH.
not, however much they may do 70 con-
ccal their real feelings. To favor free
raw materials for such a manufacturing
nation as the United States shows q lack
of appreciation of tho necessities Of this
country that disqualifrs him !orthe exalt-
ed position he holds. His attitude on the
tariff question has opened the eyes of
some wayering Democrats whose inter
crsts his policy would destroy, and it is
not hard to divine what they will do TO
protect them from the disaster that
would surely follow the adoption of the
Presidents free trade ideas.
This will be the burning question OF
the. campaign. The issue Is cold fur
naces; or, chimncysbeichin flame. Sfhe
wayfaring man though fool cannot
err in this matter. The tariffs the
thing wherein we'll catch the conscience
OF the voter,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-21

II wo know all tho methods Of ap-
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better enabled to ward OF the danger
and postpone the moment when sur
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tendency toward death. Many, how
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extent that there is little or no help. In
other cases little aid to the weakened
lungs will make all the difference be.
tween sudden death and many years OF
useful life! Upon the first symptoms Of
n Cough, cold or any trouble Of the throat
or lungs, give that old and well known
rcmedy-DOschee's German Syrup, q
careful trial. It will prove what
thousands shy OF it to be, tho "benefac-
tor of any home"