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St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Dry Ref. igeration in The Transports,
ton of Fruit

A late issue of the Times Democrat con.
tanned an account of the methods of dry re
frigeration adopted by company of New
Orleans gentlemen, by the use of water of
ammonia, whereby degree of cold as low
as 90 below zero might be obtained, if
necessary There can he no doubt what
ever that the process is a perfect success,
but what most concerns the fruit growers
and truck farmers, who at times have been
compelled to ship in ordinary refrigerator
cars, is that by the ammonia process a
tank or receiver may be charged in New
Orleans, placed upon the cars and sent to
any point desired without any waste.
AS soon as the articles are placed in the
car the ammonia can be turned on by
means of a stop cock and any degree of
temperature necessary may be sustained
until it arrives at its destination. The air
within the car being entirely free from
humidity there can be no loss from mildew
or decay the fruit remaining sound for an
indefinite period. 1t is also less liable to
decay after being placed upon sale than
that cooled through the medium Of ice We
think this new method VIII do much in
solving the problem of successful trans
portation of perishable goods.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
New Substitute for Glass.

The new translucent substance intended
as substitute for glass has been satlsfac-
1orily adopted in some Of the public SCHOOLS
in London, and various advantages are
claimed for it, among these being such
degree of p!iaucy that it might De pehs
back wards and forwards like leather, ana
be subjected to very considerable tensile
strain with IMMUNITY it is almost as trans
lucent as glass, and of pleasant alhOe.
color vary ing in shade from very llgnt gold
to pale brown. The basis Of the maIerla,
is a web of fine iron wire, with warp ana
welt threads about onetweltth i1ch apart
this being enclosed like fly Ill amber III
sheet of translucent varnlsh OF "hi:n
the base is linseed oil. There is no resin
or gum in the varpish, and once having
become dry, it is capable of standing n nt,a
and damp without undergoing any change
neither hardening or becoming sticnyi
Briefly, the manufacture is accomplished
by dipping the sheets dgewlse lnso ue tHi,
tanks of varnish, and then allowing tio
coating which thy thus receive 10 uiy ~
a warm atmosphere. 1t requires soneo
what more than a dozen OF the ulpa 80
bring the sheets to the required degree -
thickness, and, when this has oeen aoeo,
plished, the material is stored LOT se'0'S'
weeks to thoroughly set.--N. T. 6""-
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Rest and Religion.

The farmer folks of Western Onondaga,
N. Y, have found that minister can be
something besides minister and lose none
of his dignity. The Rev. J. o. S. Hunt
ington, of New York city, son of Bishop
Huntington, of Syracuse, became reduced
in health from overwork at the Five
Points, and resolved to try the benefits of
country air. Unknown as a clergyman or
priest of the Episcopal Church, Father
Huntington applied for work near the vii
lage of Meridian, and was hired by a
farmer. He worked in the fields with the
other men, and gained strength, but he did
not forget his calling. In the evening he
usually walked to the village and went
about among the men, talking with
them on religious subjects. Instead of
being ridiculed, his earnestness and bear
ing attracted the villagers, and he preached
two Sundays to them in the open air.
Only few days ago was his identity made
known by a friend of his schooldays who
happened to be in the village, and since
then he has drawn still larger audiences.
This kind of an outing might not satisfy
some of our ministers who are suffering
for trip to Europe, but it shows what
can be done by an ardently religious man.
who is not careful to let his left hand know
what his right hand is doing. Springfield
fM0ss) Union.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Singing a Mules Virtues.

The mule is very rarely sick-not near
SO often sick as the horse. Its hoofs are
much sonnder. It is not SO apt to be in
jured, not being SO easily frightened. 1t
will do the same amount of work on two
thirds the amount of food required by the
horse. 1t will eat coarser food. When
properly bred and handled it is fully as
Trustworthy and industrious as the horse,
and more docile than the horse The
docility and patience of the ass is proven
bal. The mule endures exposure better
than the horse. 1t will endure heat better,
and I have never been able to preceive that
it did not endure cold rs we'll, though the
notion that it cannot is general. But there
is no good reason why it should not endure
the weather of the Northern States. While
the mule is most used in warm climates,
it is also used in regions where the tenn
perature is fully as low as in our Northern
States, and there last longer than do our
horses. Il Country Gentleman.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Abuse of the Eye.

The abuse of the eye is the crime of the
age. l am prepared to demonstrate that
at least nine tenths of the prevailing sleep
lessness of which we hear SO much is due
to nervousness directly traceable to the
optic nerve. We are wearing our eyes
over books and de ks and types, and the
effect shows Itself not only in the appear
ance of the organ itself, but in its retro
active eff. ct on nerve and brain. l have
discovered remedy for sleeplessness, and
for the reason that | have never known it
to fail am fortified in my opinion that
the whole trouble arises from overstraln
of the eyes. Take soft cloth-say
piece of mapped towel-and fold in it two
small pieces of ice at proper distance apart
to exactly cover the eyes W hen the cloth
is laid across them. Then lie down, ad-
Just the cloth with the ice over the closed
eyes, and you will be asleepin very short
while. -Eanory s. Foster, in Gl be- Demo-
crHt
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Large Cities and Literary Inspiration.

Many writers, some of them men of
great ability, will be astonished to hear
that Mr. Howells was compelled to leave
New York because "a large city IS fatal to
inspiration" Mr. Eugene Field, in reply
to this too general statement, points out
that Flancols Vlllon did not find the at
mospbere of Paris, not even to that Bohe-
milan Paris in the midst of which he lived,
at all iniur GUS to his work. Horace, &C
cording 10 Mr.. Field, was scarcely ever
away from Rome, though many are under
the impression that though he made his
observations in the capital, lie wrote his
epistles, his satires and his ode5 in the
retirement of his Sabine farm. Mr.. Field,
however, is doubtless right in say ing that
numberless great English authors, from
Shakespeare and CHANGER down to Dickens
and Thackeray, did some admirable writ
ing in busy LONDON.
Goldsmith, it is true when he was about
to write his Natural History, took
cottage in the coun ny but that was less
for the sake of solitude Than with view
to the direct study OF certain ANIMALS,
such MS sheep and oxen, whose pecullarl-
ties were unknown to him. we nave II,
indeed, on the authority of Johnson him
self, that Goldsmith scarcely knew the
difference between horse and COW. But
the "Vicar of Wakefield was written IN
the heart of London in the midst OF noise,
distress and duns. Dickens once wrote IN
Household World pleasant story OF all
author who went to the seaside with
quire of paper and bundle OF quill pens
in order to complete, far from the busy
hum, some work on which he was en-
gagged. But first one thing, then another
attracted his attention and it was not un-
til lie returned to his chambers in London
that he was able to get seriously to work
London Life.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Rotation in Office.
SECRETARY PRoCToR's IDEAS IN REGARD
TO SPECIAL MISUNDERSTANDING
DEsERTIONs, ETC.

SECRETARY PRoCToR's IDEAS IN REGARD
TO SPECIAL MISUNDERSTANDING
DISTORTIONS, ETC.
A special to the Herald from Washing
ton says: Within the next i've weeks
there is going to be lively shaking up
among those officers of the army who have
been serving under special assignments Tor
four years and upward. Secretary Proc
tor has some ideas of his own on the SUB
iect of rotation in Office, though from the
first few details and extension of time he
gave in certain cases when he first assumed
charge of the War Department the 1m-
preston naturally gained ground that he
was not believer in the four year tour OF
duty rule. Lately, it is understood he has
given some attention to this subject, ana
the result of his conclusions will appear
from time to time in the near future IN the
shape of special orders relieving the most
of those officers who have had reasonable
share of detached duty. With rare excep-
lions 1t is intended to adhere strictly to the
four year rule in cases of officers on de-
tached service on special assignments, in
GLIDING aides de- camp and staff officers !;
two years for staff service and three years
for officers on duty at State colleges.
Several officers in Washington and at the
military academy will be the first to be at
fected by this determination.
Desertion statistics recently complied at
the War Department present the lamenta-
BILE fact that the army's greatest abuse is
on the increase. The returns from com
pany commissioners show total of 2S11
assertions during the fiscal year ending
June 80 last. This is an increase of 372
of the number recorded for the previous
fiscal year. The commanding general and
the adjutant of the army are becoming
disturbed over these figures. They are
thoroughly alive to the necessity of apply
ing q speedy remedy, but want to be sure
of their diagnosis. The returns are &C
cordingly being critically examined with
view to first locating the companies from
which the greater number of assertions
have occurred and then determining the
causes therefor. There is no denying that
the harsh treatment of some officers is the
true secret Of SO many assertions. Nearly
thirty three Pc Tent of one company, COM
manded by ae4 officer generally known as
martinez, deserted during the past year.
Large percentages have also been discov-
cred in other companies where the discf-
pine was severe. 1t is the mental labor
that the soldiers have to perform, that also
accounts in large degree for desertion.
This whole subject is to be investigated in
all it's bearings this fall, and considering
that the 2811 assertions during the past
year represents loss to the government of
5000, 900 it will not be surprising if Con-
gress takes hand in it.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
The Louisiana State Horticultural
Society.

An organized effort now being made by
a number of gentlemen long Identified
with the fruit, flower, tree and vegetable
industries of Louisiana. has resulted in
their determination to form grand c. n
trail organization under the nalle of the
Louisiana State Horticultural Society.
The object of the society will be to pro-
mote the interests of hortculurists to
their fullest extent, in the dissemination
of valuable fruit bearing and ornamental
plants, seed, grain, shrubs, comprehend
ing everything that will benefit the pro-
Queer, including packing and shipping,
marketing, etc.
The aim of the society will also
encourage growing good fruits alone,
excluding, SO far as possible, all worthless
and Improbable varieties also the adop-
ton of new and improved packages,
which go very far toward adding to its
understandable value. 1t is further pro-
posed to keep a record of all reputable
merchants in the various cities of the
United States, where fruits and vegeta-
bles are shi pped, and furthermore, to
black list all others, who. upon undoubted
testimony, and after a full and free inves-
tisation, have proven ia So to their trust.
Discussions will be held at stated times
by those actively engaged in Gle business,
where ideas will be advanced, essays read
by practical men Oh every branch of hor-
ticulture In addition to these stated
meeting, it is proposed to give grand
horticultural fair, perhaps twice every
year, where each member binds himself
to exhibit something that will add to the
display or otherwise forward the interests
of the association. This move is a good
one, and will be encouraged by every
means in our power
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
mo, 7 hank You. "

We quote the following from the article
entitled "a commonSense l'emperan, g Talk
with Our Boys" in the X0me UtEg,. for
July:
| heard two co]legians discussing the
subject (of vines last month apropos toa
college dinner.
'Of course, said one, with the couse-
quential touch Of self complacncy and pat,
ronage, "the fellows cali fresh " and
which only length of days can cure, eff
fellow hasn't wit enough to know when to
stop, he'd better be careful az first Some
heads are built weak, you know"
Careful in what?' interpoated /. Both
laughed.
why, drinking, of course" said the
first speaker. "A fellow has to take his
seasoning sooner or later some can stand
it, some cannot, at least for ashile."
H was, as have intimated freshman.
His friend was a bearded senior, the only
Ion of Il rich man, clapped him good hum,
oredIv on the shoulder ''Whtn was your
age, old fellow, my father said TO NE If
| tad nv lie to live over, would never
lake d glass of wine, or smoke cigar.
ans wered 1t wuuld be foolish not to
profit by what such d sensible man saws
have never tasted vine or touched To-
barco, and ain glad Of it--glad,ler of it
every cay | live. might have been built
with strong head and then again might
not >
"Whst do YOU say when you are offered
treat p
Il say No, Thank you never take
| it. Generally that settles the matter
| quietly"
Aud if they poke fun at you >"
Il let them poke, atd stand by to be
ready to take them to bed when their heads
! give out.
| There are-for the comfort of mothers
| let 1t be sajd-nany fellows" strong
| enough to main ain THIS stand sensible
enough to That the risks are not worth
taking 1t is the fool who NEEDLES with
tire arms the coward vino carries a re-
voiver.
If we could only divest boy ish minds of
the idea that there is something "know-
ing" and dashIng i'll tipping make them
comprehend that bravery, cleanliness,
purity, and health and strength are with
him who refuse, to debase the temper Of
his body to even the first stages OF dissipa
ton the work would pe done. Our boy
does not, in the b Z inning, nor for Il long
time drink b, cause he loves the beverage.
When the desire for liquor has come to
him the terrible danger has already fast
ened upon him.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Gen, Iackson's Religious Character.

I read your letter of June -, in which
YOU tell of YOUR visit to Che home of Gen.
jackson, with much interest, as my mem
ory goeth back TO the Jacks oman period.
As his idolatrous friends aud bitter foes
are now dead, the time has come when
correct estimate of the man can be made,
and allow me to add an item in reference
to his religious feelings.
Forty-fv years ago | boarded in the
same family in Philadelphia with DR..
Craig Dill. D. who was for a time at the
head of the Patent Office during Jackson's
administration, and from him | received
many anecdotes about the old general.
The doctor was 10 politician, was man
of science, an old college professor and
for MANY years q member of DR.. Wylie's
church in Philadelphia. He and the gen
eral were alike in a mum Der Of troDg traits
of character, and became quite intimate,
and greatly enjoyed each others society
The President gave the doctor standing
invitation to breakfast with him Just as
often as he could come. He menti' ned
that meal so that they coult be together
without the presence of others. Aud thus
they often sat at the table together.
Dr. Craig said that it was the Presidents
custom in those days to allow no meal TO
be eaten in the White House without the
invocation of a blessing, and that he would
ask Felix Grundy, Gen Cass, }. M. Ber-
| rien or any other man of known religious
character to do this but if mona such were
present, then he did it himself: and that
| in al his intimate intercourse with the
general he never heard him indulge IL
anything like coarseness or profanity, WIN
the single exception that when excited he
would occasionally preface remark with
by the Eternal!' II ey often talked
upon religious things, and once the doctor
asked the President why he did not, with
his views and feelings, make public pro-
fession of religion. He answered tina; the
only reason that restrained him WAS that
his political enemies from one end of the
land to the other would raise the cry,
Look at the old hypocrite trying to hide
his sins under the cloak of religion y that
on his own account he did not care what
the world might say, for he was accus-
tome to abuse but that lie was not will
ing to do anything that would cause the
religion of Jesus Christ to be evil spoken
of and that just as so2n as be got away
from Washington and out Of the gaze OF
the world. he would do his duty in this
matter. And he did.-Reo j. Is. SconIIer,
D. d., IN ". Y. ECan0e'iI.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Legends ofthe Nightingale.

Among the legends Of old England are
SONS which aver that certain places are
never visited Dy the Nightingale. Among
these is Haveriug at Bower, where it is
said that Ed ward the COntessOr, being in
terrupted by them in his meditations,
pray ed that they might never sing in that
place again. In some parts Of Yorkshire the
idea prevails that the nightingale has never
been heard, aud in the forrest of St. Leon
ards, according to al old record, there
doth never SINCE nightingale, aIthoughe
the forests rounde about in TYNE of the
yeare is replenished with nightingales.
Izaak Walton, the famous fisherman and
author of that most delightful book The
Complete Angler" has given in the fol-
lowing prose poem beautiful description
of the strains of Philomrna. "Ihe night
ingale breathes such sweet loud music out
of her little Instrumental throat that it
might make mankind to think that mira
Giles ceased He that at midnight when
the very laborer sleeps securely, should
hear, as have very often, the clear ATS,
the sweet descants, the natural rising and
falling, the doubling aud rebuilding OF her
voice, mightYsll be lifted above earth,
and say, .Ldfa, What music hast thou pro
vided for the saints in heaven, when thou
affordest bad men such music on earth 2 "
Little Fclks
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
A Girl.

To be a girl is to be in the happiest
state possible to humanity :: but girls do
not know it. They are always looking
forward to something, wanting something
a diamond or beau, tiattery or new
gowns. They rather envy women little
ahead of them, who have more self posses
sion, and are sometimes jealous of some
married woman who tlirts and makes a
dash.
Tm only young girl, heard one say
the other day. Only young girl Oh,
be glad of it delight in it. Thank heaven
every morning that you are still a young
girl. We cannot stop time. The years
will slip through your fingers like the
beads of broken necklace, after while !;
but now they linger while you are still a
eirl-a girl in the home of parents, yet in
the prime of life, with brothers and sis
tiers for companions. There will never be
ANYTHING better than this in all the world.
There is no skeleton in your closet, no
ghost in your reveries. Your future is
full of hope. You can fill in the distance
as you like. You can fancy lover coming
to you who is perfect in all things; and
every young man is interesting, because
he may possibly be the other half of your
soul. And every new girl may be the life
long friend and confdante all girls hope
for.
AS for beauty, the idea of girl of sew
enteen thinking herself plain, as some do !
In few years, she will look in the glass
and see those fine horizontal lines on her
forehead, on which time scores down our
trouble, and at the corner of her eyebrows
three little pencil marks, and little fall
in her cheek, and mouth that does not
smile as readily as it once did not an old
face yet, but not girls; and then she
will realize what it was to have girls
face
Oh, how few the years are how they
whirl away! Girlhood is gone so soon
but, while you have it, envy no woman
her diamonds and laces, her carriage or
her palace, her fortune or her admirers.
While one is in ones teens, nothing else
is necessary except to realize the fact,
and thank heaven for 1.-THE Globe.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Conemaugh.

The valley Of the Conemaugh will be
famous in the worlds annals of disaster
and never was region more fifty named
which fate had inscribed with the sentence
of doom. There is tragedy in the very
sound of it--Conemaugh No one who
has any sense of the subtle harmonies
of words can fail to feel the significance of
this one, the mystical concord between
this valleys history and its name.
Many legend will take its rise in this
fatal vale of the Conemaugh. Song and
story will find 1t fruitful field and weave
romances of love and death about it. But
not all the creative dexterity of art can
rival the truth. The imagination can
scarcely picture the changes which these
obIiterat1ng waters have wrought in
thousands of lives. Death to myriads; to
other myriads the utter annihilation of
hope, of happiness, Of love. To some re-
lief from the constraining bonds of circum-
stances, annihilation OF. the past, and the
possibility of new career Cases of mis-
taken and lost indemnity may occur among
the infant waits tossed up by the food, the
child of affiuence may never know his
heritage, the child of poverty may be
adopted to life of ease. There is no
p0SSlDl6 epiSou6 IL uuMdn IcIdtiVhs % GA
<traordinary, so dramatic that it can not be
built upon this theme, for such calamity
brings out all the latent virtues and vices
Of human nature. The same catastrophe
causes one mar& to mutilate and rob the
dead and another to ride madly down the
streets of doomed city with cries of warn
ing on his lips, silenced only too soon by
the rush of waters he might so easily have
escaped. Men are stirred out of the hum
drum course of life by such events and
moved to the extremes of good sn6 evil.
Who would have thought that martial
law would have ruled quiet Pennsylvania
valley that its meadows would be more
populated with dead than with living that
its name would be upon the lips Of the
world p Chicago Times. Il
St. Landry democrat., 1889-08-17
Crazed by Spiritualism,
UNPARALLELED IDEALS DRIVE CARL HAMMER
TO COMMIT SUICIDE,

UNREAL1ZED IDEALS DRIVE CARL HAMMER
TO COMMIT SUICIDE,
The body of the young German who
tiers Point, was identified as that of Carl
in the United States Laundry.
Hammer left his work and room at the
laundry Saturday, when he drew his salary
and disappeared from his friends. His eff
fects were examined at the Morgue, and
among them were papers which show that
the deceased was demented, or monoma-
MAC on spiritualism.
One rambling document, written by him
self, stated that he had visited a medium
on September 90, 1888. The test" was
that he would have change for the better
in the following December; also before
four weeks he would meet with q young
lady of charming appearance, about IL or
is years of age. He would marry her on
July "a, 1889, before which time he would
have great and good success. On May 1,
1898, he was to come before the world as
very eminent man and orator.
In long and incoherent comments upon
this prophecy, the poor fellow wrote how
firmly he believed it, and how anxiously
he awaited the change in fortune, and the
happiness of married life. He asked him.
self repeatedly what nationality she would
be of, what she would be like, and if she
would really be his ideal. His friends
believe that he committed suicide an &C
count of the disappointment of the oath of
last month. when all his hopes were rudely
shattered by the non. appearance of the
woman whom the spirits said would be his
wife.
In his trunk were dream books, a either,
music, harmonicas, @and miscellaneous lit
erature, letters of his own in French, Ger
man and English. He was well educated,
but lost his mind over psychological studies
He frequently spoke of suicide.-San
Francisco Cal.