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St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
supcrstitions Of the Hish,sad..

The belief In fairies and brownies, OF
the more playful and fancifnl kind G.
fairy, seems to belong more to the Low.
lands of Scotland than the Highlands.
The character Of the psqpjs was softer,
and the lighter forms Of s,iperstitious be-
lief found more fitting homie there. than
In tbs Highlands. where the gloomy and
s.1stese character Of the people led them
to invest the supernatural inhabitants of
their glens and mountains with some
thing moro akin TO their own darker and
sterner natures.
Thus the fairies and brownies Of the
Lowlands take in the north the form OF
warnings. that come In gruesome guise
to foreicil misfortune and calamity to
the family 10 whom, they belong, and to
whom they appear when danger or mis-
fortune threatens their patrons. Every
great and powerful family In the north
was believed to have supernatural
warning or omen which appeared before
the death Of any prominent member. II
Taried in most cases, but each family Of
clan seHsrally received the same warn
ing before death as the chief. Very
striking condolences no doubt have oc-
Cured, quite important enough to con.
vince a highly superstitious people OF
their in$ailibility. Murray 's Magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
A Cargo Of Rasaiaa Cr,.ain.,s.

Twas enabled to inspect the internal
arrangements OF the Russian convict
transport. Nizlsni-N ovgorod, which sails
hence with 400 criminal deportes for the
Russian penal Island Of saghalien. Ths
acknowledgement is an iron steamer OF
about $500 tons burden and Is specially
fitted as o convict transport With a
null complement OF convicts the vessel
carries e5e. The more desperate charac-
tiers are manacled and chained to iron
staples in their berths, from which they
are released when necessary. Among
the 4a0 convicts carried by the Mimi
Sovgorod about 100 are murdsrers. Upon
the greater number OF these murlerers,
III addition to their various terms of hard
labor in the mines and quarries, will be
inflicted upon their arrival number of
blows from the knout, varying from fifty
to 1875. according to their crimes. Man
acled and crouching at the end Of ons OF
the cages was a convict about IS years
of age. There was nothing particularly
viljainous In the mans face, though ii
was by no means Well favored by nature.
What struck rne especially was his pallid
look and apparently general bodily Ian
guor. Seven years ago this man had
committed murder and was sent to Sibe-
ria for life. the first five years hard labor
to be worked in the mines. After the
expiration OF his mine labor lie managed
to escape, and was only rearrestel after
committing second murder.
He Is now sentenced to mine labor in
Saghaiien for life, to receive 1876 blows of
the knout on arrival on the island, and
thereafter to be chained to his barrow OF
hand wagon for the first twelve mouths
Of his sentence. In these cases there ia
no enchanting; the chains are welded On
the convict's limbs. GLOW long do YOU
imagine this poor wretch will exist under
the. conditions Of his first years punish
mentf' asked my guide, who has spent
some years OF official service in saghalien.
Possibly monitor two. The shorter
the better for the poor devil" 1t is this
question which docs not appear to occur
TO the "humanitarian' defenders Of the
Russian penal code--whethef capital pun.
ishnlent were rot al unqualified mercy
TO such criminals, and their number il
terribly large in Russia. The convict's
horror and dread Of having to live out
these sentences is shown by tho desperate
attempts at self destruction he is ever
ready TO make. The scene on board these
departing ships is altogether saddening
and depressing. perhaps the more SO that
che does not hear u,urmur or lament
from the stolid looking and broken spir-
tied wretches crowded behind the bars Of
these cages, which remind the spectator
only too forcibly Of tbs wild beast taens
We are accustomed to SEQ in travelling
-Odessa Cor. London News.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
How TO Prolong Life.

] have been much interested iii recent
articles on The Christian Science" ''No
More Sickness and Death" aud "The
Prolongation of Life" I like those
articles amazingly well. as for years l
have had d hobby like then, and am still
astride Of it, only mine is muscular one,
and il doesn't matter whether your
thinker is wound up and going OF hot.
# / tell you Of it, in an old fashioned
way. SO you may keep your spine crooked
in the right direction and make Yourself
feel ten or more years younger, it may
do some good.
Please call to mind now iistlessiy old
l,caple crawl out:of bed in the morning,
also if there arecy young people In the
room getting up, notice how the urcl,ins
stretch themselves. Also call to mind
how person just recovering from SICK
bed is inclined to do the same. Call to
mind how seldom middle aged and old
folks are inclined 10 stretch unless ex-
pecting something Of importance.
| have found thai good. hong stretch
in tho morning, az soon as on my feet,
has turned the bend Of my back to the
front, has taken the stoop out Of my
shoulders, and my wife says MY hair is
becoming dark again. have sons past
30 years Of age who step no lighter than
I; and as for my eating qualifications, I
defy any man to get away with me.
OF course take stretch several times
q day, with great benefit. I don't know
why it does me good, only 10 force the
blood and other juices OF the body where
they belong. Anyhow, I know It makes
rpe feel young, and others 7 have told
about ic say it does them great good
James Laurie in New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
sseethe.. digestive Capacity.

According TO the bills of fare preserved
in the city archives at Jena, Goethe vas
in sj,e habit of dining exceedingly well.
He also liked company at dinner, for,
during the period covered by the bills
when he had not one guest with him, he
Ead three. He always had four courses.
and sometimes more, the dishes OF his
choice being such as rcast beef and roast
t,ork on the Same day; soups with dump
ling, and a sirioin with anehovy sauce,
with roasted pigeons ard roast mutton
to follow, the dinner rather Of gllltton
than of q poet. For q week and more
he dineti in this fashion, the bill only
coming to a little moro than.e3. Il is
satisfactory to know that this really
great man could dine well, and was net
!. nuerussus and dyspeptic wreck, though
II 8 NOT 10 pleasant to know that tho
poes squstbled with tho landlord over
,ha items. and even went to law with
ain, On the subject I.oIdaa Lie.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
Life OF German Peasants.

Let us suppose now. for moment, we
arc living in Q German village. At 6
O'Clock you viii. see the farmer take his
first meal, consisting OF weak coffee.
which il very often composed Of coffee
and roasSsd wheat, and in which milk is
larreay used. lie will take to this coffee
some slices OF brown bread tccrn bread
with ign, or with butter, lard, etc. At
. O'Clock another meal will be served,
for "a people had aIresdy done some hard
work by that time they want another
meal. This second breakfast taay cob
sist OF slfoes OF brown lrye) bread with
butter and ham, or butter ard cheese, or
butter with eggs, or bread with bacon or
sausage only, to which "a rule by the
male members of the family very sell
dom by femaleS-e!tiier small glass of
'.scllnaps' {corn brandy or some very
weak beer Is partalen Of
An average peasant family. number
iDG five heads, would about consume per
rear, two fat pigs, four or Ave geese,
f9eriiaps few ducks, about half dozen
Al hens snda dozen young ones, two
dozen young pigeons. Pork j. In stock
nil tho year round. as well In form ofthe
well known sausage as In the shape
OF bacon, ham, etc. It vii! be smoked
in order to keep. AZ to the vegetables
used, must say people know better to
appreciate their value than in England
OF America. It is really astonishing to OBJ
serve the ignorance which prevails here,
especially among tho poorer classes in
England, upon such matters. There are
thousands Of people In England, who
never saw In their lives q Haricot bean,
pea or tnrtis---ifving on nothing but mt
ton chops, .beefsteak. pie and cheese.
This is entirely diferen: in Germany.
Cereals and pulses are largely used. and
there is healthy variety in the bill Of
9arS. It will not happen very often that
The sa1,le dish is served for dinner twice
u week j remember having read once
In q medical .sook--I forget whethea it
was bv Professor Cork or Redam--that the
rural people in ThHEvingia and Saxonia
had the best natural instinct for the choice
cf their foods. and that the mixture OBJ
served by this people could be put down
ss standard for any other people by
any physician.--Pupke in Herald OF
Health.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
"swing Bridges I" Of shs Fast.

At this stage Of the proceedings we fall
in for the first time during the present
expedition with one or two Of those IA
nous swing bsidgeA.' which are such a
Characteristic feature both Of India and
Of Ceylon. Their construction 10 very
simple. Two ropes are stretched from
bank to bank about four feet apart. and
4 number Of thin planks fastened across
them 30 as to make kind of rude fcot-
way: but the addition Of handrail on
either side Ia absolutely necessary to make
this primitive bridge passabis at all, for
by the time yeu gss near the middle Of it
the whole construction is rocking TO and
fro like a swing, making you feel very
much % If you were an acrobat dancing
upon Q slack Tops, David Ker In New
York Tmes.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
x wakehsa Gain or L4oss.

A slips chronoueter is 50 adjusted -
+, remain always. in one position, no
mater yyhas the motion Of tbs slip may
50. and on that account It keeps better
lime than o watch that Is placed In the
rocket during The day, on q table ct
night, and 10 naore or less irregsilarly
iasrad from day TO day BY the motion Of
Ina body. A pocket watch that gains on
loses only 3 second day il considered ma
excellent timepiaee. bus in order to be 30
considered it must make the gain steadily
ono day after the ether, or loee Ia the
same say--it must not BE- q second fast
a,,e .lay and q second slow TIN asxt,~s
10. ~ 10 The Epesa,
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
'ns NATIONS WORKING POWER.

1lnefsy Of Various Countries Estimated I'm
AonS-Aa Englishman's Tribute.
auons Che many scientific papers read
~ tne recent meeting Of the British asso.
sastaon IN Bath, none possesses higher
degree OF interest than tho brief mono
graph of Mr.. Michae! G. Mulhall on the
trowth OF American Industries and
Wealth" 1t Is all the more interesting
reeause 1t is the work of distinguished
hhgheh statistician, and so must be re-
saroea ae free from any blemish Of pa
riot,c exasgeration.
10 ioos upon the picture which Mr.
Muihah gives OF the astonishing life,
wealth and energy Of the United States
stirs the Llood. In every one OF the
,hfeo principal sources of power--man,
, ,osse ana steam--we greatly exceed the
ieading nations of Europe, as will be
seen from this table of Mr. Mulhalls,
showing the aggregate energy Of the
principal nations In millions Of foot tons
daily:
C"uit!7ea" Hand Horse. Steam. Total
Shited States. ......a,4s4 $500 1890 $3.50
nhl1ed Kingdom. .s,ae0 500 $3.50 s2.eo
france 800 $500 1910 $40
"err%ny...." $500 1900 1880 1890
An inspection of this table shows that
IN round numbers the WORKING power of
the United States is three times ~ great
as that OF France, two and one-half times
90 great as that of Germany, and ona
ana two-thirds times as great as that of
the united kingdom Of Great Britain and
ireland. 1t Is equal to that OF tie two
greatest OF the older nations combined
II there were any danger Of the re-
puolic's putting forth its gigantic strength
IN aggressive warfare, there would DO {.
panic terror among the powers across tho
ocean, that hundred years ago heheld
its birth with indifference or contempt.
borrower, as Mr. Mulhail shows, the I'm
laraDeted growth Of this country has
only begun:
AZ present the increase Of industry,
energy and wealth goes on undated.
The next census in 1890 will probably
show population of 66. 900, 900, with. an
aggregate energy Of almost 100, 600. 000.-
900 OF foot tons daily, ard an accumulated
wealth Of 1000. 00O.0 600 sterling, figures
never before applicable TO any nation in
the world"
Uncle SANS boys are not given to
vainslorious bOasting as much AS they
used 70 be, and perhaps one reason is
that there "a no need for titrn ~ boast.
A power like that. which :his republic |.
now possesses speaks for itself, ana all |
the world leeds II. The moral force /
eAnsnating from such an enormous ag- !
gregate OF physical energy is ull- .
measurable. Theirs is not move
nlent for political enfranchisement
ON. the face Of the globe that
does not feel itself strengthened by the
influence Of the United States. It is
glorious to be citizen Of such II coun-
try, infinitely more glorious than to havo
been Roman citizen at the height Of
the Roman yenown!
Well, all this sple,dor OF national de-
yelopment, which the British men Of
science have just bad displayed for their
admiration and wonder, the people of
tho United States have created for them
selves, and t.,ay have created it by ex-
tending the same lines of progress which
their forefathers struck ont century
ago.-NeW York Sun,
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
GENERAL RULES OF COURT.

| l. Cases at issue will be called generally on
the first day of Court and fixed for trial,
| 2. When not reached on the day fixed the :
will be refxed at the request Of either counsel.
3. When the trial OF q case ia begun If VIII
have preference until closed.
Cases partially tried In open Court v III have
preference in their order on the docket. But
Jury civil cases will have preference over all
as stated III rule No. 7.
s. Defaults may be taken or confirmed utter
the legal delays ON any day or at time during
the day the Court may he in aesson.
8. Where general denial is aled at the last
moment and Fwhen the case Is called for Cen1ir-
nation and It is manifest to the Court that the
object be 10 obtain nero delay, in such cases
the Court will permit an immediate trial and
not assign or fix them for future day.
7. Civil Jury cases will have preference dur
ing the setting OF the Jury over all other civil
fases. and when IN Stch a case q Jury may be
adjourned over to return and resume the trial
on given day it will he taken up by prefer
ence to ali other cases.
a. Attorneys or parties In giving all order 70
summon witnesses must give in the order. the
number and title of the case and in addition
state in what part OF tue parish the witness re-
side. The officers OF the Court will not be re-
CURED to execute such process otherwise.
g. Attorneys or parties applying for contln-
ucuces in criminal cases on the ground OF the
absence OF witness must prepare such applica-
llOns Delore tne case Is called Tor Trial NO &c
lay will be given for such purpose after being
called for trial except under extraordinary CIR.
cumstaneea.
10. In criminal eases all applications to re-
duce to writing tho charge OF the Court to the
jury, must be made before the trial Ia begun.
These rules are subject to such exceptions as
may DO found upon trial to- work injustice and
in SO far as they do not conflict with the provi-
si0ns Of law upon this subject.
The Clerk OF Court Is hereby directed to post
copy OF the above, in the Court room, one in
his Office and to forward copy to the Clerk OF
Court in Acadia Parish who is here.y also re-
CURED to post copies as above directed for the
j information of Ill concerned
The Clerk of Court i'll st. Landry and Acadia
Will further enter these rules upon the minutes
OF their respective courts.
Given at Opelouaas this o2d day of March 80
tSignedl T.. + LEWIS
Judge 18th Jud. Dist. La.
Filed March ~, 1882
W. r. COCHRAN. by. Crk.
A true copy:
W. r. Cochran.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
Snake H.te and yellow Fever.

DR.. Urias da Slveira has sent 10 tie
Medioo- Chirurgical society Of Rio de ia
metro quantity Of a segatable substance
which ID very common In the provinces
Minas geraes and Barra mansa-and
which, be says, he has used with greet
advantage Ia the bites Of cobras, espe-
cialIy during the period "a which the
nloat serious symptoms-heznorrhages
and ataxo-adynaTnic phenomena--ap-
pearsd, BE points out anaioSics between
the effects OF snake bite and Of yellow
fever, both of . aymptonatic and patho-
logical nature. and suggests that the
drug lie sent should be- tried IN cases ok
sssia~ fsrer. .-seisntiAe Amsricsa.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
Description 4:

MILAN WILKES formerly George wilkes
JrJ Is q hand anmc blood bay. years old last
Spring, II hands high black name and tail. He
IL lengthy. but symetricav formed f3nc heAd
and car, large bone ana heavy muscle. For
style IN harness or under the saddle, he has no
superior. He drives kinGly, either donhe or
single, ard is perfectly quiet and submissive in
any position
He II descended directly from Ola 4eorgs
Wilkes. the sire 81 mere trotters in the 2:3a List
than any 0trtr horse that ever lived, and thsa
sire OF double = many IL die 3:SG list de- 6ns
other Hamblet0uiAu that ever lived and the
number To his credit is increasing with every
years Training, having added IL to this list liz
1855.
Lyle wilkes. TIE sire OF MILAN WILKES, Is
Thought TO be III" best formed colt that Old
ling IN his general makeup, old Hamble:oniar.
the foundation Of The family than any other %
Ills long and honorable Inc OF desceudante,
Pedigree
MILAN WILKES was foaldet IN the spring Of
1850, the property OF Richard lowell, texirg-
to-, Ky. He was sired by Lyle Wilkes, he by
Old George Wilkes, and he by Rrsdyk's Ham
hletonian, the father OF the mos: famous family
OF American trOtftrs.
MILAN WILKES dan was Lisaie. by Bow
mans Warfleld Jr, who was never beaten In
the kentucky show rings either for atyle or
speed 2d dam, Lizzie Harris, by Faiknar's AH-
circus; ed dam, q thoroughbred mare, raised nv
Major VIM, j. Marbly, OF Mason county, Ky.
Terms
Twenty-Five dollars (s25) to nsuge mare in
foal. ''
This high bred trotling stallion will stand the
present season, at my stable IN Bellevue
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
Address Registered Letters to
VIEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANk,

NcN DrlcnnR, La.
Remember that ONE DOLLAR is the Price Of
the smallest part or fraction of Il ticket issurd
in any drawing. Anything IN OR name, offered
at Il lie; price, Is either counterfeit OF a swim.
die.
Remember, also, that the payment or Prizes
ls Guarantees by Four National Banks OF Now
Orleans. ana tho Tickets ale sivucd by the t.,ts
ldcnt Of an ms tuition whose chartered rights
are recognized III the highest Courts: therefore.
bsW are OF limitations and anonymous schsmes.
St. Landry democrat., 1889-04-27
ATTRACTIONS
L. OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED
IS "a
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

Incorpo, atcd by the Legislative in 1853, for
Educational and Charitable purposes, and Its
franchise made q Fart of the present 3, ate Con-
stitntion, u 1879. by an overwhelming popular
vote.
Its Grand Extraordinary Drawings take place
tem-Annua'ly June and Decemhnri, and i.a
Grand Single Number Drawings take place on
each Of the other ten months III the Year. tnd
ar" all drawn in puoiic. al tho Academy o.
Music, New Orleans, La.
awe DO hereby certify that We suIssr5 ise tho
arang mcnFa for all the Month Y and Semi-An-
nual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottrr
Co.. and i'll person manage and control the
Drawings themselves, and that the same al
conducted with honesty, farm. SIS, and IN good
faith toward all parties and ne au horiEe the
Company to use this certiIcate with tac-tim1ea
Of our. signatures attached, in ts advertise
melts."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-01

him that the least disobedience would
invite his death. But he had not been
forbidden to use his voice, so he yelled
to Velasquez, who seemed too dazed at
the unexpected attack to move, "Don
Velasquez, call upon your servants for
help, and my men without"
The young officers who had accom-
panied Fernandez had all they could
do in a hand-to-hand struggle with two
robust Americans. But the STRUGGLE
was of short duration, for the Young
Mexicans soon surrendered.
The ranchero gave feeble call for
help, which some of the men-servants
quickly answered.
A sort of melee commenced, that was
brought on no one could tell exactly
how. Pistol shots rang out on the still
night air, by the chapel door, and the
women servants shrieked and fed
through the trees, the priest shouted
to be heard above the din in vain; and
in the height of it all, Leo, with a
severe wound in his left arm, received
he scarcely knew how, cut his way out
with Colonel Fernandez, his prisoner
still. lula Velasquez and her maid.
Iela, were by his side, and the other
Americans followed fast behind.
Here, through the garden to yon
grove!" whispered lula Velasquez to
Leo. I'VE shall find horses there for
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-01
Causes Of Bathing Accidents.
Yet, after all, it proved
That he had made u muddle-
Twas Harry giving Harriet
A lit across O puddle.

In summing up the causes for SC
many bathing accidents, writer in
the Aalolysit concludes that most OF
them are mainly or entirely personal.
and SO far preventable. Chief among
these is cramp, To large extent this
is practically identical with fatigue, fol-
it is not the fresh and vigorous muscle
which most readily passes into spasm.
1t is that which is wearied with over
action, in which effete products are in
excess, nutrition consequently i'm
paired, all molecular changes languid !;
where, finally. the movement of con.
traction, once initiated, gives way but
slowly, and tends to linger and becomes
tetanic.
The numbing influence of cold is an
other well-known obstacle to muscular
activity, and for this reason it is not,
as q rule, advisable to remain more
than few minutes in the water. NAL
nutrition of muscles is factor which
ought not to be forgotten. It supplies
a reason while bathing very soon after
a meal is not advisable, much of the
blood required for muscular exertion
being then diverted to the digestive
organs. So likewise must it impose a
check upon the rashness of those, adult
and youth alike, who, after period of
town life, with little physical exercise,
find themselves at the coast, and insist
on trying whether with jaded energies
they cannot safely accomplish feats of
SWIMMING
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-01
HOlly-Hocks.

Holly-hocks are coming in style
again. Years ago, when pansies were
known only as Johnny-jump-ups, and
fuchsias and geraniums were all i'm
ported from foreign lands and cost two
dollars smell, holly-hocks were the
pride Of every garden, and held sway
along with the peony and cabbage
rose. But the inexorable DEGREES of
fashion ordered them all onto the back
seat, and there they have sat and pa
tiently bided their time like the plain
skirted dress, until the tickle world
has gone through the dizzy programme
of fancy varieties in flowers and in at
tire, and now they find themselves
trotted out, the dust of years shaken
out Of their garments, and they given
prominent position in the flower gar
den. They have been doubled up and
colored up by the manipulations Of the
florist, until people wonder why their
beauties were never discovered before.
This is tickle world, and that's what
relieves the monotony and makes bust
ness. The holly-hock should make
good use of it's time, for next year
somebody Of wealth and influence will
discover new beauty in the dandelion
or sunfower, and the holly-hock will
be laid on the shelf again, and be num-
bered with the great and ever-increas-
ing chestnut family.-Da9esville
R1.ppSe