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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28
PERSONAL AND POLITICAr.

The president of the National Associa
tion of Democratic clubs has selected tn
following executive, committee: Charlie
Ogden, Nebraska; Bradley G.. Schley, Wis
consin: Alexander T. Ankeny, Mime
sofa; Harry Welles Rusk, Maryland; r. e
Monroe, New York; Harvey N. Collision
Massachusetts; Lawrence Gardner, Dis
trict Of Columbia.
/ The Journal de st. Petersburg welcome.
the visit Of the German Emperor to Russia
and says it is a confirmation of the policy
OF peace which the two powerful empires
are trying to consolidate,
| Hon. F. DARDEN, grand master of the
National Grange, died at his home in JEFF.
| ferson County, Miss, recently.
REVOLUTION is reported in Venezuela
with DR.. Juan r. P. Paul leading the VIC
torious forces.
The Eighth Indiana Democrats have
nominated Elijah v. Brookstine for Con-
gress after casting 139 ballots.
CALVIN S. BRIcE has been selected chair
man of the Democratic National Campaign
Committee
The State Prohibition convention was
called to order at Jackson, Miss, on the
18th by B. T. Hobbs, of Brookhaven, and
Judge E. G. Peyton was made chairman.
Bishop Galloway successfully advised
against an electoral ticket.
COLONEL LAMONT reports that thieves
have broken into his house in Northern
New York and abstracted papers having
reference to the Hill and Cleveland CAM
paigns.
GENERAL FoRNEY has been renominated
for Congress by the Democrats of the
Seventh Alabama district.
The President has approved the Agri.
cultural and District of Columbia Appro-
priation bills.
The Kansas Prohibition party has nomi-
mated full State ticket headed by Rev. J..
p. Botkin, Of Wichita, for Governor.
The Democrats and Greenbackers of
Michigan have nominated fusion ticket,
headed by Wellington r. Burt, of Saginaw,
for Governor.
GENERAL BoULANGER is making rapid
progress towards recovery. Friends who
have made speeches in Ardeche in behalf
OF Boulanger have been received with
great hostility. When III. Laguerre at
tempted to address meeting, his voice
was drowned with groans and Kisses.
The Emperor of Germany and the Gear
of Russia met at Cronstadt on the 18th.
THE President has recognized j. b. |
dartznek as Vice. Consul of the Neither |
ands at st. Paul for the State Of Minne-
'ota, and n. B. Borden, Consular Agent of I
spain at Fernandina, Fla.
THE Senate confirmed the nomination of T
Melville w. Fuller for Chief Justice by
1ote of Al to 20.
EDWARD p. ROE, the novelist, died sud-
lenly at Cornwall on the Hudson, N. ",
n the Goth, aged fifty. He was born at
sew Windsor. N. Y.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28
A FUSION TICKET.
Michigan Democrats and Greenbackers
Harmonic ON q Ticket.

Michigan Democrats and Greenbackers
Harmonic ON Ticket.
DETROIT, Mich, July 20.-The Democratic
State convention met yesterday, when
William P. Wells, of Detroit, was made
temporary chairman and F. Fl. Thomas
temporary secretary. After the calling of
the roll Chairman Weston, of the State
Central Committee, announced that he
had received a telegram from the Green
backer convention at Grand Rapids ask
ing that a conference committee be an
pointed to confer with similar commit
tee from that body. The announcement
was received with general favor and a
committee composed of a member from
each Congressional district was named.
A recess was then taken until two O'Clock.
Upon reconvening the conference COM
mlttee reported an agreement with the
committee at Grand Rapids for division
of the ticket, the Greenbackers taking the
Attorney General, Auditor, Commissioner
of the Land-office and three Electors.
After a brief discussion the report was
adopted and the convention adjourned
until 7:30.
1twas after eight O'Clock when the con-
vention reassembled, when the eight
Electors chosen by the district caucuses
were nominated without opposition. Well
ington h. Burt, of Saginaw, was nominated
for Governor by acclamation and the
ticket was completed as follows: Lieu
tenant Governor, William B. Moran; Sec
retary of State, Thomas d. Hawley;
State Treasurer, John d. Horton: Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Stuart
State Board of Education,
Charles E. King.
The Greenbackers at Grand Rapids COM
pieted the ticket by nominating A. A. Ellis |
for Attorney-General, BARLEY Green for
Auditor s. w. Fowler for Com
missioner of the State Land-office and |
three Electors.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

SENATOR CHASE has submitted an
exhaustive report on his bill to reduce
she postage on fourth class matter. He
says the bill proposes, in effect, to
merge the third and fourth classes,
with uniform rates of one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof. The
fourth class embraces merchandise,
samples, seeds and an infinite variety
OF small articles of almost every con-
ceivable class.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

JOAQUIN MILLER is living the exist
ence of hermit in the mountains near
Oakland, Cal. He is engaged upon a
poem of some length, entitled Leg
ends OF Christ" embodying quaint
stories picked up by Miller when he
lived in the Levant.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

The explorer Burton in an interview
at Paris stated that he believes the
White Pasha who has arrived in the
Bahr-el-Gazel province is Emin Bey
and not Henry M. Stanley. He thinks
that Emin Bey is striking northwards.
Mr.. Burton is of the opinion that Stan
ley's force is not strong enough to at
tempt an attack upon Khartoum.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

SIR CHARLES RUSSELL made the state
'ment on the trial of Jockey Wood that
only two jockeys on the English turf
have unblemished reputations-Tom
Cannon and John Osborne.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

The order for the dispatch of Brit
ish reinforcements to the Cape has
been countermanded, owing to an i'm
provement in the condition of affairs
in Zululand.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

HE man who represented himself
as Artist Remington, of Harper's
Weekly, and killed himself at Trini-
dad, Col, recently, is fully identified
as Baron Raymondston Rhoski, of
Germany. His father is Colonel in
the German army and of noble lineage.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28
MISCRLLANEOU|

| CHARLEB LABEL, the pTlnCS$al witnes
against the recently arrested ium SNUG
glers, escaped from the otticas near Por
ssfsiy nssSp' inso M'ss, dsnaas' shs other and go
The tercentenary of the dee :. ..tion o.
the Spanish armada was o3S.erved a,
Plymouth, England, on the 19til
The shooting contest for the Elcho shield
at Wimbledon resulted in favor of the
Irish team. The score was as follows,
Ireland, 1862 points; England, 1912; Scot.
land, 1868.
FIRE at Kentland, Ind, recently de.
stroyed two grain elevators. the railroad
depot and eighteen freight cars.
| IT is reported that all the members of the
| Holy Synod of Servia except two opposed
the granting of King Milan's petition for
divorce from Queen Natalie.
THE Senate has passed the House bill
fixing the age for consent of all females in
the Territories at sixteen. The offense
under that age is termed rape, punishable
with five years in the penitentiary.
The Carson New Appeal says it hears
from reliable authority that John Mackay
has disposed of his cable to Jay Gould for
$11 100000. Negotiations have been pend
ing for some time. Mackay originally
asked $13,0O0,000 but Gould refused the
cable at these figures and finally offered
$ll 100000, which was accepted.
FIFTEEN workmen were lnangled to death
on the Mexican National railroad at Front
recently.
The ship Farragut, from Calcutta to New
ork, has been long overdue. She had
twenty-five Boston seamen ON board.
JACK ALLEN was hanged in the court
aofM NJ W
murder of Ursula Ulrich at Jeffersonyille
last October.
THREE more elopements were reported
at st. Louis on the Doth.
GOVERNOR Guy, of the Chickasaw Ma
ton, was reported marching on Ardmore
with large body of men and proposes to
run the non-citizens who have been intim-
idating the militia in that vicinity out of
the country.
yellow fever has made it's appearance
at Tampa and Manatee, Fla.
BONANZA MAcKEY denies positively that
he has sold his cable property to Jay
Gould or any one else.
The Commission appointed to negotiate
with the Indians for the opening of a part
Of the Sioux reservation in Dakota began
work on the Goth. The opposition was re-
ported growing.
The steam pipe Of the tug boat Convoy
exploded near Louisville, KY, recently. |
Seven men were scalded to death.
DR.. JAMES RIDLEY, the medical officer
in attendance at Tullamore Jail during |
Mandeville's Incarceration there, and who |
was subpenaed to appear at the inquest |
1T Mitchellstown into Mandeville's death,
has committed suicide.
IT is reported that the Shinwanis have
1illed sixty men sent with an envoy from
he Afghan commander-in- -chief.
E. 81. AND s. w. JACOBS, president and
cashier of the Madison National Bank, Da-
,ota, have been arrested, charged with
perjury and other creokedness in connec-
ion with their bank, which is now in the
lands of a receiver.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
even days ended July 10 numbered for
he United States, 214; Canada, IA; total
%, as compared with 240 the previous
Teek and 172 the corresponding week of
ast year.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28

The Savannah steamers for the
month of June delivered almost quar-
ter of million of watermelons at New
York.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28
CURRENT COMMENT.
CANADA at present has no murder
"ers under sentence of death. The fact
is almost without precedent.

1T is reported in New York that Ed
ison has sold his phonograph to an
English syndicate for $25O,OOO.
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NOaiGN'S WEAR.

a pale yellow tulle dress Is made over a
pale blue MORE SKIRT and 1t Is very delicate
ly emUro.dercd in silver and gold
A brick red cloth makes a snort waking
costume, trimmed with MORE and asstrakan
fur ana heavy DlacG l2ssenleaterIe.
The dinner cress Of blue and gold brocade
has an iAcgoyabIe c0at vera over a crepe &c
chine june nnd VIDE U,aes more sasu.
A gray cloth waiain. dress. with a tight
fitting JacAet behind u loose front, Is entirely
emoroIdered III antique 4eS4sl Oh = v.Ivet
surf "a.
\ BAL dress of white tulle, with lis sixteen
corsase embroidered entirely VIA vio.ets
aud pan ies ard wild May roses, Is q dream
o. ioSellaeaS
\ morning dress OF blue wool has sleeve
less JacSet over white o4ue jersey sSua vest,
whicI ou.uols VI under the arm ice p.44A
blue "ooi sAd. ot'e..s y. IL GAG % tae same oi
jersey soo4S
\ b.aca Rembrandt hat, with IN unusually
large brlm and long almond sAaCed plume,
is mos, picturesque a fea-4er passed
through tae leis and comes to nestle near Tie
ear g. the uacA OF lie Lees
a BLACK Grass OF brocade is in rniuosa dc
sign, and t.as a magnificent Jet emJTo.Gered
undegs@.rt- y pecu.larity Is TIE lace scarf
vest which tae wearer is TO tie Cud pin &c
suit her owa sweet fancy with suca jewels "a
she can command
A theatre CLOAK Is made Of roman red
cloth. Lined with long white Monaghan goat
fur. and antique cam 20 clasps, wIth boa, CT
toe thro1t Caneos, by tle way, viii 10 TIA
race ti.ls winter and they will Ia Used Il
coatne eosuiettes on the ShouIIsrs-
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prevailed until the Wild chickens bad Gown
out Of the open window
PART "

prevailed untfl the Wild chickens bad Gown
out Of the open window.
PART w.
And SO the summer faded away into the
autumn. and October's chill breath be-
gan to kin the leaves IN Lindsley's Wood
By this time the partridges he'd become
strong Of wing. and following their natiVe
instincts Ea2,le short excursions into the
fields near by. Mrs. Finn was in state
Of constant fear lest they should not
come back, hit every evening when the
pan Of cornrleal was set ont in the back
yard the cartridges and tie ducks were
there feeding arnlcably together.
Thursday. Oct. 4 had been set apart as
a day Of fe@sting Sirs. finn Lad decided
TO Kill six Of the cartridges sn the previ
Gus evening and Mr. Cronin, the &c
Gordon player Hrs Doolan and her boy
Jaci. Nike .lurphy and his wife. who
who had never eaten tie toothsoEnc wild
chicken. and Mike Welsh and the sharer
Of his JOYS and sorrows, had been invited
to attend It vas decided after long
consultation between Mrs O'Brien and
Mrs. Finn that tie wild chickens should
be served up in & pot pic with appropriate
accomplishments OF sliced potatoes. sweet
r1arioEy. thyme, onions, carrots and other
hero ana vegetable ocncGrles-
FIsALE-
it was the twilight hour in the Finn
back yard. when tie frogs were beginning
to cro1k and the wLi?poorwill over the
hill was piping his Lag Shadows OF the
evening we're stealing across the sky
Palcr and palcr rrcw the clouds, and over
against the horizon the outlines OF Linds
lcvs wood were fading against the cast
era sky Mrs. Tim and her boy we're
sitting on the doorstep watching the par
tridges CIT their cvcning meal and loath
TO begin the slaughter of the innocents
for the Elorrow's Potplc. when ccross the
meadows intervening between the shanty
and the wood there came 4 curious nuf-
fed sound.
''Fhwat is that?" said Mrs. Tim.
Its mescr doesn't know" replied
Mickey.
Again the sound came over the wide
reaches of meadow iaId. 1t attracted the
attention Of the partridgcs. They lifted
their heads from the pan Of corn meal and
clustered together The sound was like
soft beating on nuClcl drum. There
was a sudden movement among the part
ridges then as one bird they rose into tic
air with whir which startled Hickey
and his rlOthcr to their feet. Luddlcd
close together in u bunch, which could
have bccl covered by Guilt, the part
ridges few. There WIS q LcctinS glimpse
Of brown feathers, rash OF beating
wings and tie shadows of the wood closed
over the Gcc.ag birds.
Mickey looked at his mother IN Wild
eyed establishment. Then he managed to
stanncr out:
Mn mother. the ould chicken called
the little vans. an they've gone horlc!"
Ernest Jarrold in New York Evening
Sun.
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Two young gentlemen LITTLE the worse
for wear dropped in one Saturday evening
al q certain Clark street restaurant, and,
after consulting tho bill of fare rather
hesit2tinGly, each ordered a sirloin steak.
In duo course of time the steaks were de-
livcrcd to tho consignccs. and they pro
ceedcd to carvc them. Ono of the young
men Gngcrcd the waiter, after repeated
onslaughts Oh his steak, by calling for an
az. TIE other young man was calm and
unmoved. After vainly endeavoring to
cut his steak whilc in sitting posture
he arose, poised his knife and fork and
addressed his friend as follows: You
just keep your eye on ne now Years ago
used to disscct remains over in q Lomeo-
patLic ncGical college on the West Side.
and I'll do this steak if it kills me
arr tho great prodissectcr. Watch no
and wait fer the big showl" and tho
young physician clevcrly separated tho
component parts of both steaks in a mas
terly manner. although it was plain to be
seen that lis Incidental remarks he'd ex-
crcised rather depressing effect upon
the appetite of This young friend. Chicago
Herald.
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A peculiar feature of London. to begin
with, are the so called mewj The name
mews originally applied to the royal
stables, though whether on account Of
tho characteristic melody of the cats that
congregatc around such establishments.
or for some more classical cause has never
been explained. 1t gradually came to be
adopted for the alleys in the rear of fash
ionablc mansions on which tho stables
open. and, in fact, for any street of
stables The news of London arc streets
sui gcucris They cut in half t. blocks
on which swell residences make pompous
frontage. and their aspect is IS much more
picturesque and homclihc, as it is less i'm
posing than that of the grimly grand
palaces of which they arc adjuncts.
In the quarters of London in which
aristocracy still fingers, the news still!
preserve much of their old character. and
arc the obiding places Of stable helpers and
gcntcel poverty In the deteriorated parts
of the town they gro squalid and rceling
nests of misery and want. where human
beings Earbor Ike rats and probably Otter
do not see tho light of day for years
can imagine nothing moro horrible under
the sun than tho Whitechapel news. IN
less it be the dreadful inner courts and
NJ thoroughfGrcS which still furthc~ com
plcatc the r&rniGcGtions of these nazes of
misfortune and vice.-Alfred Trumble In
PittsburS Bulletin.
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Docs Moro Injury Than Benefit

We are partly banboozled by tradition;
From our youth up we are deafcncd on all
sides by advice to read and improve our
Kinds" Tho inference is that the mind
is improved by reading. cut that inier-
cncc is open to the most serious question
Ter ny part, | should be willing TO hazard
the statement that twice as many MINDS
have been injured than have been bene-
fitted by it. and not small proportion OF
the former have been made entirely
worthless by tho practice 1t Is just like
dram drinhing-it is intellectual dram
drinking, and intellectual" is scarcely
the word to Use in that connection.
One reason is. no doubt. that the drains
in question arc, for the most part, of very
inferior stuff But even if it were of the
best stuff imaginable, the detrimental Of
feet would remain. The finest Madeira,
if swallowed in sufficiently copious doses,
will produce delirium tremens; and the
most uneXccptional books, if they are
also too numerous, will bring on mental
dyspepsia. The mind becomes a mere
sack TO hold other peoples ideas, instead
of machine to generate ideas of its own.
And the ideas thus acquired are OF no use
to it. The mind has lost the power to
work them into the flesh and bic Of
wisdom. They remain heterogeneous
and homogeneous mass. Foreign material,
whether physical or intellectual should
be taken in with discrimination and mod
Grafton, and thoroughly assimilated.
Unless you need and like it, You cannot
mako it yours: whether you swallow it or
not, it really stays outside of YOU
Julian Hawthorne III America.
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This blood red stone has peculiar sig
riicance and is an object Of veneration
to the Indian Since taught by Mani
tou" THE Great Spirit warlike tribes have
gathered here in peace. to worship. olg
the stone and smoke the calumet Relics
OF camps may be traced in great numbers,
BIZ the stones placed in circles. now nearly
buried from sight, except when pralrie
fires sweep over them Legends say that
q remnant of red men were driven from .
deluge TO the top of this rocky crest.
where an eagle had built her nest. and
that the rising waters swallowed all but
one maiden, who chung 10 the eagle Tor
safety When the waters receded. the
Great Spirit found cliff of rocky warriors
turned into shining jasperl In solemn
wrath he vowed that henceforth the tr1oes
should meet here only in peace. thal no
war whoop should be heard, no bow ana
arrow or toaahawk should be seen at TINS
rendezvous, but hereafter the tribes
should assemble here each year TO wash
of their war paint in the lake. bury the
Ratchet and smoke the peace pipe. in
token OF which the maiden and war eagle
should sacrifice milk white bison-a rare
and sacred beast. and an object OF cere
monious and mysterious sacrifice.
Il was laid on the altar of jasper, when
10, the flames Of heaven descended. as
lightning. connecting the stem of Mani
tous pipe with the altar. from whence
rose sweet incense. the blood of the sacri
Zee staining the crag a crimson stain
Tho eagle also joined IN the compact by
LEAVING five e-gs. which turned into huge
powders of stone watched over by two
female genii. who remained IN the grot
toes between those eggs. and alternately
sleep and watch the sacred quarry Then
Manltou broke open the quarry for MS
children. and taught them how to carve
the calumet and smoke it as piedSe'
after which he left his own impress on
commanding pinnacle of rock IN the iorra
of n human face and then vanished from
their sight.-Eelcn Strong Thompson in
American Magazine.
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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.

Fanny DaveHport's company have pur-
chased, as souvenir for their star. u neck
lace made of rare sea Shells.
Irs, Lanstry asserts that sao loves to
mend her own clothes. 1t may be remarked
that her clothes are Worth men4Ins
Emile Zola, who is anxious TO become a
member of the French academy, has allowed
bis EAR to grow long after the fashion of
AlpLousc Dsudet
Nine. Janisu, tho well known actress, ,yno
has pi yed several tines in Boston, is tie
VITO OF COult Arco, tao new German minis
ter ut Washington
Miss Mary Anderson bestows a great deal
Of attention Ga her couture, which Is GIHays
OF historic correctness. Mrs. Llngtry las u
different fashion of Lair dressing Tor every
role.
". j. Scanlan will mako a twelve weeks
tour OF Eng and, Ireland and Scotland Iio
VIII close hIs present engagement ct TIC Globe
theatre, Boston, April u, and sall the .olIow-
inS Tuesday for Liverpool
A Spanish opera COMPANY, organized in
Madrid, will arrive in San Francesca IN Jaa-
uary next The organization Includes sew
euty five performers, and the repartory viii
CONSIST OF It,I!iaI, French and Spanish opera.
lima DO Mursha, the hungarian nightin-
gale, who startled tie muscIl world Some
years ago with tho exquisite quality of her
voice, Is now living IN u sinSe, poorly fur
niShed rooa On Naslig sc square, New
York, il "a Impoverished condition
Mary Anderson has lately paid a visit to
Lord Tennysoa. The poet received her
kindly, and during her visit she was an
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Julius Licl:Lcrg. tic well Known Boston
musician, tells this story Of IN carly OK
pcricncc: Cac day lady somewhat
advanced in years camo to make arrange
ncnts FOR taking private lessons in sing
ing At iho end Of the second lesson the
teacher felt constrained to tell her that
her car was not true She received tho
remark very coolly. and at tho next lesson
sang IS badly as before. Il ara afraid. 4"
said Mr.. Eichberg, that you caI never
learn to sing in tune" ''Oh. it doesn't
natter" was the surprising answer
Doesn't Eattcr." said the nstonished
teacher. No. said tho pupil II don't
care anything about music but ny doctor
said that sing g would be the best thing
for nv dyspepsia, and so decided to take
lessons '-s-cw York sun
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Speaking of titles. encountered the
other day man who has copyrighted tho
names of twenty eight plays-or rather,
twenty-ciGht names for plays-and has
nc~cr written one. lie is journalist Of
literary aspirations and with an especial
leaning toward the stage Whenever n
good title occurs to him he Immediately
takes out a &C .yright on it. lie has had
opportunities Of selling one or two of his
titles for round sums, but be has thus far
steadily refused. lie is considering, how
ever, an offer of several hundred dollars
for one Of lis twenty eight titles from 4
manager who wants it for one Of those
hodge podses of spccialties which now oc-
cupy the stage SO largely Cook Cuyer.
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The coolest day will fall between Jan.
90 and 80, according to Gen. Greoly's pre-
diction. According to his explanation the
coolest day does not occur ut the winter
solsticc. but somewhat later, since the
greatest cold must be experienced at that
time Of the year when the amount of Ec2t
received from tho sun becomes equal TO
that lost by nocturnal radiation. AS
might be expected tho coolest day falls
earlier in the southern part of the coun
try than in the northern. Chicago Herald.