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St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
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PARIS Uses.

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Rules for Their CD. all thePrepared by q
Philosophic Expert. p. =,
Smoking is habit which is not confined
to men in France and other continental
countries, says the London Telegraph. Many
Parisiennes now indulge In cigarettes even
in their boudoirs, and recent writer, who
is herself smoker, has drawn up a set Of
rules for the benefit of fashionable female
votarles of the weed" Some of these
regulations are rather peculiar, and the
wonder is that it should be at all necessary
to insist upon their observance. 4
Never, says the guide philosopher and
friend of fashionable fumeuses-never smoke
in restaurant or out of doors, even when
in company with your husbands. Never
light q cigarette after five-o'clock tea,
even if your most intimate friends only
are present. Smoke after your meals at
home, either in a room dd hoe or in your
boudoir. Do not hold the cigarette between
your teeth or at the sides of your mouths.
Such low tricks are even unworthy OF we'll
bred men, and you must be mindful to car
ry the cigarette gracefully to your lips, and
to blow gentle wreaths Of etherialized es-
sence around you from your mouths, or, if
you like, down from your noses. Be ex-
tremely careful not to allow any ashes to
fall on your dresses or your carpets, and be
sure that your cigarette-holders and their
cases, your match-boxes, your ash-trays
and your general appliances for the ENJOY
ment of tobacco be as delicate and artistic
as all objects used by ladies should be. =,
By attention to these rules, concludes
their compiler, a fumeuss may frequently
make herself additionally interesting and
piquante. Blowing clouds of smoke from
the nose may even develop into most fas-
clnating operation, providing the smoker
have pretty proboscis, and that the profile
of it only be seen by the admiring cavalier
or sutton, as the blue-gray vapor descends
delicately from the nostrils. The guide
might have added an injunction to the
fume,lSss which would be well worth their
attention had she said: =" Go and see the
Hottentot women smoke in the Jardin des
Plantes." The three or four brovn-esnned
beauties from the Bush who are exhibiting
themselves daily to Parisians have way
Of inhaling and emitting tobacco smoke
which would be worthy of the emulation OF
the most artistically disposed Partisan
f,tn,e,tss. 1t is true that the Hottentot ladies
smoke big cigars which they beg from visit
ors, and that they do not disdain the short
black pipe Of clay, but they have fine way
of manipulating the numerous cigarettes
which are also given to them gratis, and
they emit the smoke from their rather wide
nostrils in a perfectly natural and even
graceful manner.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
y ORIGIN OF cHAMPAGNEh
Tho Discovery of the Efervescef1t Boverae
Purely Accidental.

The Discovery Of the ERervescefit Beverage
- Purely Accidental.
Champagne was discovered or invented
by accident, like so many other things, says
a writer in Lippineotts Magazine. About
1868 one Perignon was cellarer in Bene-
dictine convent in Hautvilliers, Champagne.
Providence had evidently marked him out
for that position, and bestowed on him q
strong head and a discriminating palate.
The products of the neighboring vineyards
were various, and, like true Benedict,
Dom Perignon hit upon the idea Of "marry-
ing" the various wines. He had noted that
one kind of soil impaired fragrance, another
generosity and discovered that white
wine could be made from the blacklist
grapes which would keep far better than
the wine from white grapes. Moreover, the
happy thought struck him that piece of
cork was more suitable stopper than the
flax dipped in oil which had heretofore
served that purpose. His wine became IA
nous and it's manufacture extended
throughout Champagne. Then he hap
pened upon still greater discovery-how
to make an effervescent wine, wine that
burst out of the bottle and overflowed the
glass, whose fragrance and exhilarating
qualities were doubled by this process. At
that time the glory of the Roi Solei was on
the wane, and with it the splendor Of the
court of Versailles. The King, for whose
special benefit liqueurs had been invented,
found CLEAN of his youthful energy as he
slipped the creamy -foaming vintage that en-
livened his dreary tete-a-tete with Nine.
Maintenon. 1t found its chief patrons, how
ever. among the band of gay young royster-
ers, the future roues Of the regency, whom
the Due d'Orleans and the Due de Vendome
had gathered round them at the Palais Roy
al and at Anet. At one Of the famous sup
pers in the latter place the Marquis of Sill
ery-who had turned his sword into prun-
ing knife and devoted himself to the calti-
walton of his paternal vineyards-frst pro-
duced the wine which for two centuries has
made his name famous among wine-drink-
ers. At a given signal dozen blooming
damsels, scantily arrayed as Bacchanals,
loaded the table with bottles. They were
hailed with rapture, and henceforth cham
payne became an Indispensable adjunct to
all petits soupers.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
MEMPHIS GOVERNMENT.
How the Metropolis of TennesseS Ceased
to Be u Municipality.

How the Metropolis of Tennessee Ceased
to Be d Municipality.
Charles Dudley Warner, writing in Har-
pe,'s Magazine about Memphis and her prin-
cipal troubles, explains: Under these cir
cumstances the city resorted to novel OK
pedient. 1t surrendered its charter to the
State, and ceased to exist as municipality
The leaders of this movement gave two
reasons for 1.-THE wish not to repudiate
the city debt, but to gain breathlng-tlme,
and that municipal government IN this
country is failure. The Legislature erect
ed the former Memphis into the taxing dis
trict of Shelby County, and provided a
government for it. This government con-
sists of legislative council OF eight
members, made up of the Board OF Fire and
Police Commissioners, consisting OF three,
and the Board of Public Works, consisting
of five. These are all elected by popular
vote to serve term of four years, but the
elections are held every two years, so that
the council always contains members who
have had experience. The Board OF Fire
and Police Commissioners elects presl-
dent, who is the executive officer OF the
taxing district, and has the power and
duties of mayor; he has salary OF TWO
thoussd dollars, inclusive of his fees as
of his board have salaries of five hundred
dollars. The members of the Board of
Public Works serve without compensation.
No man can be eligible to either board who
has not been resident Of the
district for five years. In addition,
there is o Board Of Health, appointed
by the council This government has
the ordinary powers Of city govern
ment, defined carefully in the act, but it
can not run the city in debt, and it can not
appropriate the taxes collected except for
the specific purposes named by the State
Legislature, which specific appropriations
are voted annually by the Legislature on
the recommendation of the council. Thus
the government of the city is committed to
eight men, and the execution of its laws to
one man, the president of the taxing dis
trict, who has extraordinary power. The
final success of this scheme will be watched
with great deal of interest by other cities.
On the surface it can be seen that it de-
ponds upon securing non-partisan council,
and an honest, conscientious president OF
the taxing district-that is to say, upon
the choice by popular vote of the best eight
men to rule the city. Up to this time, with
only slight bitches, it has worked exceed
ipgly well, as will appear in a consideration
of the condition Of the city. The slight
hitch mentioned was that the presiden,
was accused of using temporarily the sum
appropriated for one city purpose for an
other.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
decided that Memphis had not evaded its
obligations by change Of name and form
of government. The result was a settle
ment with the creditors at fifty cents or
the dollar; and then the city gathered itself
together for courageous effort and new
era of prosperity.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
UMBRELLA STUDIES.
A Now Way of Studying the Character
Your Friends.

A Now Way of Studying the Character OF
Your Friends.
There is curious thing which one may
notice on rainy day. 1t is the way IN
which the manner of carrying an umbrella
reflects the character of the individual.
Most men, indeed, have stereotyped COM
mon-place way of bearing the emblem OF
our civilization; they grasp the umbrella by
the lowermest extremity of its handle, ex-
tending the thumb upward on the inner
side, and tipping the umbrella backward
little SO that considerable portion OF its
weight bears upon this thumb. This is a
very good way to carry an umbrella, and
the Boston Transcript.Listener, in the course
of tolerably long walk in the rain, noticed
about -four out OF FIVE men carry it that
way. The fifth is apt to seize it squarely
about the handle, without any upturned
thumb; and, what is a rather unaccount-
able thing, four out of FIVE women carry 1T
in this way.
Why should men tend to stick up their
thumbs on umbrella handles, while women
do fota The Listener will not undertake to
account for it any more than he will for the
fact, which he had also noticed, that the
male sex, which ordinarily is in all things
less perceptixe and sagacious than the fe-
male sex, tends to PROJECT an umoreila 10
the direction from which the rain or the
sun comes, and thus get the maximum of
protection for the body, while women have
tendency to hold an umbrella or parasol
in fixed direction always, either straight
up or over one shoulder, permitting access
to good deal of storm and sun which
might be excluded.
The actual idiosyncracies of individuals in
the matter Of carrying umbrellas, however,
are more easily accounted for. Some indi-
yiduals are bound to be very individual, and
such have strictly individual way OF car
rying an umbrella, as well as of doing every
thing elssa Some hold it with a grasp
well toward the top Of their heads.
Some put it back over their shout
ders, and march through crowd regard
less of consequent collisions. Others run to
the opposite extreme, and carry it edge
wise, in order not to incommode anybody.
and so manage to get the ribs of their UNI
brelias entangled with umbrellas and
clothes of halt the passers-by, and others
put4t away up m the air, IN lordly way.
above the tops of all other umbrellas.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
POPPING THE QUESTION. y
Charity in q Woman Excuses Blindness
fin the Man She Loves.


fin the Man She Loves.
Nothing is more deplorable than an in
teryal in proposal of marriage, says
writer il the San Francisco Examiner. The
matter should be gone through with speed
lily once your attack begins. 1t is an attack
always. No matter how ready-hearted
Angela may be, there is a little perfunctory
hesltancy, only natural to her modesty, and
YOU must not give her the opportunity to
turn the current Of her wooing. Do not stop
to tell her that you only take three glasses
of claret with your dinner or that you don't
owe a cent in the world. Information of
this sort you should convey to her long be-
fore YOU ask the momentous question; 1t IS
reyelant, no doubt, and may abet your effort
greatly, but yet it is prosaic and out OF
keeping lust at the moment of crisis. The
more markedly you confine yourself to de-
Caring your love and asking her hand, the
better. Bear in mind always that pro-
posal partakes of the nature of an on
slaught; that no matter how apt and will
ing your lady-love may be she has still a
maidenly sense of preservation, and you
must afford her no opportunity OF avoid
ance, but bind ner most strenuously to the
issue. Give her the slightest pretext for
branching off up side issue of controversy
and you will never pin her to the point.
At all times woman's perception Of de-
ceit is keener than a mans, and it is pecu-
liarly so when the matter under considera-
ton concerns her affections. 1t is the
charity, not the blindness, Of women,
which makes them tolerant of want
of charity in men they love. You can
not cozen Angela, and it is distinctly in
discreet to make the attempt. Do not try
to make her believe that you are better
fellow than you are. If she gives you her
heart it is not because you are the noblest
of men. If we were loved for our deserts
only we should all die lorn bachelors; il is
in spite of your defects that she loves you,
and it would do you no good to trick her if
you could Tell her honestly that you are
but an indifferent honest fellow, not more
than passably clever, not too we'll furnished
in worldly gear-say this by way of pre-
face, leaving her no opportunity for other
interruption than formal protest at your
self. epreciation-an then-then at her,
my n1trryman; tell her how you love her,
and have no fear of pitching your song too
high on this peqiat-swear that you love the
street she lives s ss and If you do not you
are no true love
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
Benefits of Advertising.

Down in Florida not long ago family lost
away from home and got lost. Alters search
ing in vain for three days the frantic pa
rents placed an advertisement in the near
est newspaper. Imagine the surprise OF
the parents upon going to the door the next
morning to see monster alligator upon the
doorstep, where he had disgorged the child
alive and then died himself The tad
cost them but twenty-five cents, and it gave
them back their darling child; they sold the
alligator's hide for five dollars, and the pa
rents are showing the child in all the dime
museums of the land at fifty dollars per
week Does advertising pay!
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
How to Restore color..

It is customary, says the Scientific Amer-
cdn, to use ammonia for the purpose of neu-
tralizlng acids that have accidentally or
otherwise destroyed the color of fabrics.
This must be applied Immediately, or the
color is usually imperfectly restored. After
careful use. an application of chloroform
will bring out the colors as bright as.cs err.
Plush goods and all articles dyed with ami
line colors, faded from exposure to light,
will look as bright as ever after sponging
with chioroform. The commercial chloro-
form will answer the purpose very well.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
The First Cantilever Bridge.

The most unique bridge in Japan Is the
monkey bridge that one sees IN the Kofu.
kaldo before reaching the town Of kofu,
writes st. Louis Globe correspondent. 1t
spans narrow chasm over roaring
stream, and IS the first cantilever bridge in
the world, antedating the Niagara patented
novelty by the triae of a century or more
in years. Whether the Niagara engineers
ever saw picture of the famous monkey
bridge, with its bracketed ends, IS the ques-
ton. The condescending tourist often, on
seeing the photographs Of this bridge, ex.
CLAIMS: "Why, that's cantlever bridge.
Have the Japanese taken that up so quick
lysn They took it up u century ago, how
evpr.F
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
e,,,ck Umbrella Making.

Not in proyed workmanship but rapidity
4 the Distinguishing feature Of the me-
S,on;ea, arts aud trades nowadays. An in
fance Of this was noticeable in the expert
ace of lady who went into an umnrelia-
BAKERS store and asked Tor an umbrella
n secular size and make, which she
Eantea to take with her at once 10 Liver-
sool The dealer did not have one In
$ock. but said he could make one IN snort
S.der if she would wait. She sat down IN
4 , III. OF dreary afternoon, but in
E. .s.s. twenty-five minutes departed
Il. W. finished article. 1t had been made
4 - ~. u, .f,ou, The raw materials.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
Taken for a Tramp.

DR.. Dunning laughs at a joke that befell
his friend, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, not
long ago. Dr. Hale was making one of his
long pedestrian tours through q rural re-
pion, and became very hungry. Calling at
the door OF farmhouse, he asked the
woman If she would let him have some
thing to eat. She looked over his tall,
robust figure, and then answered in q
slightly contemptuous tone: Yes, Ill
give you something to eat; but q man as big
and strong and as able to work as you are
ought to be ashamed of tranping and beg
eiIlg around the country!a
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26

A French astronomer, NJ. A. d'Assier, al
lows about half million years for the neb-
ular and stellar period of the earth's exist
euce, and about Is, 600. 000-of which 15,000,-
900 have elapsed dior the period of organic
beings. At the age of 26, 0O0. 600 our planet,
cold and lifeless, will receive the moon and
at later period will In turn fall to the
dead sun, causing temporary outbreak Of
tight and heat.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
!. Had the strength.

rorta;n salthorse ito lapdlady)-.sMfs
a 1ap,a can you tell me where ! can
,s.hase ! large quantity Of this butter"
= Hashetter (gushingly)-" Now, my
w. cantain, What ecan you want OF
an,;tw If that excellent .butterp Cap
E Ias',s. III intcpded armihg my marines
y, q "a Mace Of cntIasses, as my expe-
" = ,., I, Il here convinces me it's great
Y. l1a.....,.i l.r,n r.dpra e
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
What Not to De.

Don't neglect your finger nails, just be-
cause you have to do SO much rough work
that cleaning and polishing seem to make
little impression on them. That's an ad-
ditional reason for taking care OF them.
Don't neglect to wash your teeth on rising
and retiring, even il they are untouched
during the day. Don't neglect to brush
your hair thoroughly and braid loosely be-
fore retiring. Don't have it cramped up
with metal hairplns at night. Don't nag.
There is more saving virtue in one quick,
stern reproof than in an hours aimless
scolding. A nagging woman is a constant
thorn in the flesh.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
.,.,v.w6ite aIocking- Bird.

!, q chubp. proprietor Of the vIenna
s 4 isn rl;n gton, Ia. has in hrs store q
& 1|,x 4 ,he Shape Of . mocking-bira that
ls y "a Nm M colcr from adark gray to Q
nan 1se he bird was brought from
re Wn sa,,s ! wear ago. He has always
prs aoo raro,,s fellow and is 8 remarkably
NJ as w a little less than month ago
Re slngel mod. his feathers and turned
''s.1v 4 from . very dark gray % 2 snow 's'
&e1'a H,s .bill, which. was black, : now
s marble. He still seems vigor-
gal1 8 e throng the. place daily to
St. Landry democrat., 1889-01-26
~ Not the Pigs Fault.

Wife-"The 25th of next November we
will celebrate our silver wedding. Don't
you think we ought to kill the fat pig and
have big feasta" Husband" Kill the pig
I don't see how the unfortunate animal Is to
blame for what happened twenty-five years
acoH
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-11-20

BULLION STAGE.
Arrives, Tuesday& Saturday.. ......400P
Departs, Moudsy 4 Friday ....... e.e6I
The state herald., 1889-11-29
The Wolf. the LIN, and the Wild Cat.

Ono day tho three Animals namet
above met in tho Forest. aud tho dn,
being Pleasant and all feeling Good
Naturcd. the subject OF n more Fra
ternnl feeling among thom was soon In
troducod.
There Is no earthly Reason why w
should not even Hunt In Company nnt
Divide tho Spoilsn snid the Wolf ms h,
Combcd his Whlskcrs with burr.
"Nonc Mt all, said the Lynx. 'I &c
In for u Trust. or, at lcust for Co
Operation.
"Gcntlomon." said tho Wild Cat. 81
am with you heart and hand In whnt
over you do"
After considerable Discussion II wa.
decided 10 go on "A Hunt In Company.
They soon came 10 tho Trail OF MIN.
and while the Wolf wns for making
Pursuit the others objected. Tho ncxt
trnll was that OF hare, nnd while tho
Cat and Lynx were Eager 10 Pursue.
tho Wolf would not move. Thus II
went. until. ns the three wcrc finally
ready for II fight tho Wolf sat down
aud snld;
"Sco here. Gents -wc have simply
made n Mistake. While We belong 10
tho same species In n general way. our
pnlntcs were built on ndlf'orcni PrlncI.
plo, md Nature never intended us To
hunt together Each will 90 his way
and Please Himself"
MoRALi-rhc Housewife Won't Al.
nit there II any, II Ono Child likes
Bean Soup All must cnt II or tnlsc n
Licking. detroit Free pross.
The state herald., 1889-11-29
LONE REGULATOR.
How the Lottery Business W
dis lanai M

How the Lottery Business Was
Discontinued at Dodge City.
Dodge City was mt all times rough
town, says the Washington Post, speak
Ing OF times ten years now gone. Bat
Masterson and his gang rode it rough
shod. II was useless TO interfere with
them, SO long US they ran straight
game, but let any crookcdncss de-elou
and Marshal Dcger was after the
guilty ones.
A crowd of sharpcrs opened place
near the depot where they ran lot.
terry. They Ind stock OF watches,
jcwelry, revolvers, silver, and so forth
Tho railroad men, cowboys and '.squar,
heads." as tho Scandinavians wer,
called. were roped in TO trying the lot
terry. A long box Of envelopes wa.
shown, each one containing number.
which number was supposed 10 draw
some OF the articles temptingly DIS.
played In the showcase. But no OUT
slider ever drew II prize of any value.
Dcger arrested tho sharpcrs scvcr'l
times, but the Justice invnri
ably let them of with nominal fino
and they Immediately resumed bust.
ness. One day hc walked in with a
drawn revolver.
"This sure-thing game has been rum
ming long enough" said he. "rve
told yos fellows to skip town half n
dozen times. -
He put ono OF his biz arms under
the show case and picked 1t Dps
"Tll kill every man that draws H
gun" he remarked us he started TO the
street They knew him, and. though
they sworo considerable. not n gam
bier touched his pistol. Arriving in
the middle OF the street Dcger drop
ped his load. and then. throwing his
2S0 pounds OF flesh and bone on tho
case, danced wild Berscrlsir war;
dance on II until It's contents were de-
stroyed. Then he returned 10 the
room. kicked down all the fxings.
drove out the shnrpcrs, locked the door
us he went out and put the key In his
pocket.
Now. II you want 10 sue me-" snid
he. "go ohe,d. ! am n man OF sub
stance. and will pay any judgments you
GET
Tho sharpers tried TO get the gam
blcrs TO mob the Marshal. but his
draw" and tremendous strength were
too woll known. and Degcr ruled the
rOOst.
The state herald., 1889-11-29
Braia. and Other Br.In..

Studying the brain OF tho lower AMI
mails. we now have fair knowledge OF
the localization OF many OF It's func-
tions. With tho functions OF the front
part we are us yet not familiar The
part which lies, roughly speaking. be-.
hind and In front OF one Of the chief
assures OF the brain (thc nssure OF
Rolando. which runs downward and
forcwnrd above the earl Is known n,
the motor region. In this region tho
diffcrcn. ccnters have been mapped out
In tho monkeys brain. and have been
verified in tho brain OF man many
times. Most OF That part OF the brain
above and behind the ear has no special
functions that we know OF Mt present,
except ono region. which Is tho center
for sight Injury TO this produces
blindness OF the half OF each reiina on
the same side MS tho injury to the
brain. But II Is extremely difficult to
obtain In tho lower animals any owl
dcncc OF tho special senses other than
that OF touch. tho abolition Of which
produces loss OF feeling. OF which we
can get cxact evidence. Motion aud
sensation, therefore. nrc the two things
that can be most readily determined. :
DIR. Keen. In llnrpcrs.
The state herald., 1889-11-29
The Jlp,,l.,a Sor ,,r,or,.

Ncxt season novel mode of
clancy transportation" Is to be
introdu eed To tho fashionable world
OF Newport Every imaginable
style OF vehicle has hnd it, day Mt TIM,
leading resort, styo tho u irnriksha. y
tho Japanese hanson. and now cgcn
That Is promised. People VINO have
visited japan nro enthusiastic In their
praise Of this queer little carthage on
two wheels. drawn by II native. whose
elaborate harness consist, OF n hugo
bowl-shnpcd hat ana u navy-bluc
gabordlne. This costume. however.
would hero bs adapted TO western pro.
prioty aud climate. but the '.jinrltshn"
ought TO catch on. ~ II has done nj tho
Paris exhibition. Tho Parisinns have
taken It 10 thulr hearts aud gardens
aud It won't bc long before Jap ms
pct vehicle II seen travelling up nnd
around Bols do lioulogno 10 kno "
how dlstmctlnRly pretty young lady
cun bo In hcr 'Jinrlls-hn" look nt the
Illustrations Of Pierre Lifts iuscinn /
ing story. "Mnlnme Chrlsnnthcmc." p"
where this odd go.cari plays mn I'm.
portnnt part Boston sunday Herald.