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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Chewed by a Calf.

A we'll known Washington merchant
tells the following story on himself: He
was born clear up in the mountains near
the Tennessee line his mother died
when he was two months old. and his
father and grand mother ''ra!ss d. hin b.
hand in their lonely caHln Gil mouGtuin
clearing, miles from the nearest neigh bor
he was clad in slngl@ flowing garment on
the Mother Hubbard etrlo, made OF home
spun tow cIorh, which wss frightened as
years added length to his limbs
&c never saw u girl Il til he Heas sixteen.
That year d terrible drought stGu IL s.ui
his father lad to go ten miles down the
''cove" to get his corn ground. So he
yoked up the steers ard threw several bags
of corn in the bottom of the cart. he
boy, in his peculiar garment, climbed in
and sat on the bags. He was going to a
new and far off country, and every sight
was wonder. Arriving at the mill, be
watched with curious interest The corn
making it's way from the hopper into the
heart of the stone and then spurt cut ia
warm Jets into the trough. He went out
side and saw the water pour over ard turn
the huge wheel and peered with a sensa-
ton of fear into the dark, messy cavern
into which the wheel was forever re-
treating.
On rising at a little distance be spied s
log cabin, and shortly wandered ovel
through the brush in it's direction rsiI
fence stopped his progress a couple of rods
from the doorway, aud he leaned over an1
looked. There, sitting outside the door or
a bench, were two girls. One was spin
n:rg wool and the other knitting. TheS
were the most beautiful things he had evel
seen, and lie nearly died night there. They
saw him and burst out laughing at his re
markable appearance. He didn't know
Whist to 90, but thought it was probably
the proper tbiog to stare at them anc
laugh back, which he did with interest
This mutual entertainment kept up fol-
some ten minutes, when one OF the girls
laughed so hard she rolled off the bench
He thought it was queer, but just then b.
Ielt cold on his legs.
He turned around. As he did so boil
girls shrieked with laughter and rar intt
the house. He found that thu cold thinE
on his legs was the muZzle Of bull cal
that was chewing away vigorously OF
what was left Of the rear of his dress
which had been shockingly mutilated b,
the animal during the few minutes h'
was staring at the girls.
He has seen more girls since and bear
their smiles with greater equanimity. H
is also one of the best dressed men il
Washington, but that experience with tn
bull calf and the girls will never be etfacet
from his memcry.-W ashi"gt0n Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Decline of Manners.

No one who is brought into contact with
the young people of the present day will
deny that the manners of the rising gener-
alton do not receive that degree of atten-
ton, from the rank and file, at least, of
their instructors, which the importance Of
the subject demands. The stiff Formally
which marked the intercourse of period
which men who are still middle aged can
recall has happily vanished, and no sensi-
BILE person would wish to see, even if it
were possible, a revival of the manners
which then prevailed. At the same time,
while fully alive to the gain to society oc-
casioned by the disappearance of the mock
Difference and stilted and insincere compli-
ments which we're once so much in vogue,
one cannot help feeling that much that
was really valuable has also been surren-
dered, and that possibly too high a price,
after all, been paid for the social freedom
and unbridled liberty of speech which now
are continually doing violence to old fash
toned notions of courtesy.
The habit of allowing children to mix
on terms of practical equality with their
elders, and of permitting them to tsko a
full share in the conversation of the draw
ing room, appears to be an increasing ten
dpncy, and is one which cannot be on ali
grounds too severely reprehended. No,h-
ing takes the bloom off child's thoughts
more quickly than the desire to shine, and
the awakening of that hunger for applause
which is often fatal even to children of
larger growth. 1t is grave injustice to
the children themselves to thrust them
forward into an atmosphere in which they
ere naturally at a disadvantage, and in
which they can only feel at home when
they have been robbed of that frank and
modest Inconsistencies of speech and Look
which ought to be their safeguard, as it
undoubtedly is their charm lb}le Even the
warmest admirer of Atr.ssScan institutions
and customs will, if ms opinions are based
on personal knowledge, dlav the line
when he comes to deal with the manners
of the children in trans atlantic homes.
There the system of forcing human sensi-
tive plants in the hot atmosphere of the
drawing room can be studied to advantage,
and no one who looks dispassionately at
the results will feel any difficulty as to the
nature of the verdict which truth conpels
him to pronounce. Standard
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Mr.. Gladstone Speaks About American
Revolution.

LONDON, Oct rs Mr.. Gladstone made
an address at Chester to-day on the condi
1ion of the working classes. He contrasted
the English workman's position to day to
that of fifty years ago. showing that during
the half century there has BEEN an increase
of so per cent in wages, while the cheap
food and clothing no n obtainable are bet
ter than heretofore.
In conclusion he charged English work.
men to study the history of the American
Revolution. He claimed that it was by
men from this country that love of free
dom was sown in America England now
in return reaped an advantage from the
American vindication of these principles { f
freedom VIII CHI animated the revolution
The system Of government in America
combined that love Of freedom and res sect
for law and order which formed the surest
elemnts of national greatness.
1t was no extravaganza to say that al,
though there were only two millions of
people in the thirteen States at the time OF
the revolution the great statesmen that
proceeded from them wee match for any
in the whole history OF the world Their
appearance was due to we'll regulated mus
cular freedom
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
A Scotch Girls Wonderful Story.
BEATING HER WAY FROM SCOTLAND To NEW
YORK

BEATING YER WAY FROM SCOTLAND TO NEW
YORK
Maggie Stewart, Is year old girl, tells
a wonderful story of how she managed to
beat her way from Scotland to New York
without aying cent for fare. She left
her home in Ellen borough, ne ar Glasgow
about month ago to avo scolding for
having broken ing, obtained wagon rides
to Glasgow, took the train to Greenock,
went on board the first boat she saw, and
found herself in Belfast, Ireland No one
asked her for money, as she made acquan
tances on the road, and the officials thought
she was one of the party. She then went
to Fleetwood. and from thence to More
Gamble Bay, England. from there to Man
cnes.e r, and then back to Fleetwood
Then she took a sail to the Isle of Man,
stayed there few hours, and left for
Liverpool. On the docks there she saw
board boat and followed hem Nobody
asked her any questions AID after little
while tse tug left the dock and steamed
alon ~ the City of New York, bound
acT. Atlantic "3he runaway wa,
liz s----7Es vessel, and KEEP
clos, ~~,sady whds3ered her bunk in
her ssANSom. Maggie made herself per
fectly at home, ate at the table with the
rest of the family, and everyone connected
with the vessel thought she was the child
of somebody on board. Arriving at New
York nobody paid any attention to her
and she walked quietly down the gang
plank and entered the city fearless ano
lighthearted She called at an intelligence
Office and obtaiued work in family. but
only stayed few days and then called
upon the fliead whom she had made on
board the steamer, who for the first time,
learned about the girls astonishing travels.
Her father was communicated with, but
the girl is in New York in the charge OF
Mr. Gerry society Errhnnge
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
A Marnificeut Spectacle.

To an American citizen, especially a
Christian, who rightly estimates his liber-
ties, the conventions in the new States in
which the people are preparing for State
hood are of intense interest. The action
Of North Dakota in the matter of the loca-
ton Of public institutions shows the ad-
vance of civilization A State unive, sity,
school of mines, an agricultural college,
a State normal school, deaf and dumb
asylum, State reform school, hospital
for the insane, an institution for the
feeble minded, sol Hers home, q blind
asylum, an industrial school for school
manual training, school of forestry, a
scientific school These are located in diff
ferent parts of the State, instead of crowd
log them at the capital, and are all to be-
endowed with vast tracts of land under
the act of Congress. What view it gives
Of our magnificent domain to find eighty
thousand acres appropriated for normal
schools, forty thousand for a normal
school, thirty thousand to blind asylum,
and so on.
In Idaho the members of the Consti'u-
tional Convention, called to make ready
for hoped-for admission, has won great
credit for capacity, fidelity, and working,
to the neglect of their own business, for
the good of the public. All the members
are p edged to support the Constitution,
except one man, who refused to sign be-
cause the document recognizes God Idaho
abolishes bigamy and polygamy, and sep
arates church and State. These States
have territory larger than that of many
great nations, and will be filed with pop
ulations in which the descendants of four
continents will mingle enjoying the benefit
of practical independence; they will be
| component parts of federal government,
by which their dignity will be enhanced,
their liberties preserved and their pros
pe1ity assured -Christian Advocate.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Central America.
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS


A contract has been signed by Guate-
mala with the Suez Canal Company for
the construction of northern railroad,
which will be united to the northern, or
rather central line of Guatemala. This
work will be of great Importance to Guat-
emala and all Central America, as we'll as
to those doing business on the Pacific coast.
as it will establish direct communication
between the Atlantic and Pacific across
Guatemala.
The French company will place at the
disposal of the, government LOG, 562, 500
francs. With this money the nation will
purchase the Guatemala Central Railroad,
which is worth 20, 600, 600 francs, and with
the remainder the company will construct
the Northern Railroad, with the necessary
wha, YES at the seaports, stations, etc
The sum of 10000, 900 francs will be en-
ployed in establishing an agricultural
mortgage bank.
The discovery of number of skeletons
under the artillery barracks in San Saliva
dor, has caused much excitement. The
Debates of that republic says: "These are
skeletons of those who in the midst of the
horrors of silence and mystery were sac
rifced to the thirst of BLOOD of Zald :
var by his sleuth hound, the execrable
Nora"
The president of the province of Minas-
Gerats, Brazil, has called a congress of
engineers to report on the various conces-
sions granted by the recent provincial as
sembly. If all the concessions are carried
into effect the capital guaranteed by the
province will reach pearly 5000, 100000,
besides which some of the recent conces-
sions will produce roads that invade priv
LEGGED zones.
On September 25, large rumber of
Cinnamon landed at Calloa, Peru, from
the Serena, by which vessel they had
taken passage fran Guayaquil, whence
they found themselves compelled to move
under the decree recently issued by the
Ecuadorian government respecting China
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
The Yopuon,


HEDGE PLANT FOR THE GULF STATES.
A M. Philips, writing in the Pensacola
Ne2rs, thinks TIE youp"n al excellent ma
tive hedge. It will undoubtedly grow we'll
aud make an excellent hedge near the
Gulf; how IA Moth it will succeed we
are unable to say. 1t may be seen through
out East Feliciana parish in its wild state,
and where spot OF it is found, here and
there in old fields where it IS often broken
and tramped over by stoT&. it shows it's
hedge qualities. MANY tines we have
noticed it and wondered why the farmers
did not take advantage of its native growth
and Utilize it for hedge purposes.
1t is hardy evergreen shrub, grows
vigorously and attains height usually
from wtlve to futen feet. The old
bushes bear clusters of beautiful red
berries. By planting the cuttings in
similar way that the pyricanthus is planted
and trimming it al height of four or FIVE
feet, it will 1hicken ana its branches will
inte1lock aud form a dense mass so dense
that small animals can scarcely pass
through it. For durability and beauty we
believe it could be made to surpsss any
thing in the :Sputh Tor hedge plant
We hope Our enter, rising Durs-rsmen
here will introduce IL On our prairie landsJ
1t grows well on sandy loan. lands. and
will no douot soon mske ledge on our
prares if properly attended to. 1t may
e gro VI from cuttings, and Mr. Phillips
says it will grow readily from the berries.
He a'so says that it is sometimes called the
''tea bush" from the fact that the leaves,
when gathered young and dried, can be
STEPPED, making drink of delicious flavor
and very similar 10 that of tbs China tea
plant. Mr.. Phillips says he has seen it
trimmed and trained as hedge plant, and
be regards it as one of The most valuable
nd =; LIS that can be used on tie Gulf
coast ana decidedly the cheapest and
easiest to obtain The american.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
The Awful Cost Of War.

According to computation just issued
By an eminent statistician, the cost in
human life Of the wars of the last thirty
four years has been 2 253 600 souls The
Crimean war cost $50, 900; the Italian war
1850: a. COO TIL Danish war 1854 5000;
the Am ri. an c.vlI war--rh7 Northern
States. $50 0 .; tue Southern States, $40
0O0; the Auetr" PrUs.ian war, 45 O(0 ;
the Franco-'ierrnan war-France, 155, 600 ;
Germany, 60, OOH; the TuIco- Russian war,
$50 900 rhe South African wars, 80, 0C0 !;
the Afghan war, 20 600 the Mexican and
Cochin Chinese expeditions, 50 600; and
the Bulgaro Serviaa instruction, % 0O0.
This list does not include mortality from
sickne s.-Canudian Adyunce.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Southern Enterprises.
MAGNIFICENT SHOWING OF NEW IN
DUSTRIES.


Saturdays Manytacturers' Record show
that great enterprises are crowdlng one
upon another so rapidly in the South that
there are reports of the organization OF a
greater number of gigantic enterprises
than ever before made public IN one week.
O1e of the most striking features IS the
heavy investments OF taste and New
Eng and capital, which is pouring into the
South as it formally did into the West. a
number of PHILADELPHIA capitalists have
lust returned from Florence, Ala, where
ther invested heavily, including it Is re
ported, $500, 900 toward $500, 000 carpet
mill.
The New England excursionists to Fort
PAYNE and Denison left, it is said. over
$500 600 in these two towns last week. A
i've million dollars company has been or
yaniz-d, with al stock subscribed by lead
ing New England bankers and others, who
have purchased 1900 acres of land ad join
ing Chattanooga, where extensive enter
prises will be Established and the purchase
by three million dol ars Northern COM
pany of 300, 900 acres of land in East
Tennessee, The entire piece being in the
hands of the wealthiest members of the
prohibition movement.
In Chattanooga a million dollar bank
will open for busipe shortly. Two com
panies, one with 100000 and the other
with 100000 capital stack, have been
organized in England for gold mining
operations in Georgia. Birmingham has
organized million dollar coal mining
company; Centre, Ala, a hundred thou
sand dollar iron company, to repair and
operate an old furnace Dadeville, Ala,
fifty thousand dollar cotton mill Mobile
a fifty thousand dollar paving company
Kentucky half million dollar contracting
company.
In Louisiana sulphur mining property
has been sold for 5000 600. Laredo, Tex,
has secured "a $50 coo foundry and ma
chine shop. In Vi -giaia there have been
about dozen big enterprises, including a
| 5000 900 town company, So, coo lumb bel
company and 5000, iron company at
Graham the sale of iron property on
Cripple Creek for 800 600 for develop
lnent, a 100000 manufacturing company
at Richmond, 81 00O,0 land and invest
ment and $5O0,0GO land company at
Roanoke, with many other enterprises be-
ing actively worked IN.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16

The Presbyterian Bannfr, in speaking on
the suhirct of sawdust, has this to say:
There is evidently great need for new
invention for the cheap and easy utilization
of sawdust, and if inventive people would
study the subject doubtless somethin Z
practical might be realized. In Cauads
the deposi'ing of sawdust in rivers IS for
hidden by law. Recently there was con-
vlction and fning of prominent mil
owner. at Peterbor", for depositing saw
dust and mill refuse in the Otouabee river,
in contravention to the regulations of the
department. Mr.. Irvine, the defrndent in
the case, was fined $40 and costs or twenty
DAYS imprisonment. In rendeTing judy
ment the magistrate said that the evidence
showed that large quantities sawdust
escaped from the defendent's mill into the
Otonabee river, which river contained
valuable fish aid WAS navigable for steam
ers 1t was we'll known, he said, that the
mill refuse from the Peserb6fo mills for
the past forty years had been freely
emptled into the river, and thai fer twenty
miles below the town the banks of the
river were lined with accumulations CT
sawdust, and that at the detren chment
into Rice lake the mouth was almost
entirely closed. 1t is understood that the
government has instrlcsed its inspec ors to
rigidly enforce the sawdust regulations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
North Dakota Suffering.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE DIS
TREssED FOR THE NECEsSARIEs
OF life

TREssED FOR THE NECEssARIEs
OF LIFE.
A dispatch from st. Paul, MINI, says
The greater the amount of information re-
ceived concerning the restitution in North
ern Dakota, the more difficult it seems to
form definite idea of the distress actually
prevailing there. Not that there is any
tendency to exaggerate on the part of the
sufferers, but decidedly the reverse. In
fact, it is the extreme sensitiveness shown
in this respect that i responsible for the
apparent Indifference with which the mat
ter has hitherto been treated. In the first
place, the area over which the distress
prevails is certainly much greater than has
been SO far supposed Yesterday it was
estimated that fully 10000 people were
bordering on the last stages of restitution,
Mr.. Marvin, chairman of the relief COM
mite, feels convinced, from information
received, that it was nearer 10000 fami-
lies, representing total of upward of
100 900 people. Such widespread distress
and magnitude of the problem with which
it confronts the twin cities is appalling.
How to meet the needs of such host is
question beyond the power of any local
committee to cope with. So far, the con-
tributions received are inadequate to the
necessities of the case. A few bundles of
old clothing and small cash subscriptions
have been sent in and the committee is
making the most strenuous efforts to OBJ
tain and forward all possible aid for the
sufferers as promptly as possible. In re-
gard to South Dakota, while the distress
there is very bad, it is not to be compared
either in magnitude or intensity to that in
the Northern State. Probably 1000 fami-
lies are destitute in South Dakota, but
they can nearly all be taken care of by the
towns surrounding the district. w. R
Sterling, an old resident of Huron, arrived
in the city to day and gave an account of
the situation. There is no question that q
large number of people, especially in
Faulk and Miner counties are in condi
ton of partial restitution. That is to say,
they have experienced failure of crops
for three years, and last year the loss was
absolute They have no means where
with to purchase either food or fuel, as
their farms as rule are mortgaged to
such an extent that they cannot raise any
more money. In Miner county there are
5000 people. and one third of them will
need help. They have neither food nor
fuel. In Huron the people have organized
as thoroughly as possible to furnish re-
lief. The ladies have formed societies and
are supplying clothing.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Save Your China Trees.

The Aberdeen Examiner says: 1T may
not be generally known that the China
tree furnishes material for furniture that
is almost equal to mahogany in beauty
and durability. We have also been in
rmed by our cabinet makers, VIII have
used it in the manufacture of bedsteads,
that it is absolutely proof agsinst vermin
in other words, that bed bugs will not
come near bedstead made from the wood
of a China tree" The China tree grows
very rapidly, snd On any kind of soil, and
it might be good idea to plant your old
worn cut fields in young China trees for
future se.-S0uthern Farm.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16

Protestant clergymen who are playing
fast and loose with the temperance ques
ton, careful to keep themselves under he
shadow of public opinion, whatever thai
opinion may be, must be careful lest the
Catholic clergy get ahesd of them in this
work, and take away the laurels. Arch
bishop Ireland, of Minnesota says:
eve Catholics will unite with our fel
low-citizens of all classes and all denomi-
nations to do away with that terrible sin,
shame and disgrace of the saloon. all
those who violate the law and disgrace Us
go into the saloon irst ; aud would we be
epatriots, would we be Americans, if we
did not turn round and meet with our
whole strength the spring of crime, the
sccursed saloon p
Bishop Spaulding, of Peoria, H., talks
in the same way
"Withio fifty years we shall be as pop
ulous as al Europe i now: our cities will
be the largest in the world; our wealth
the greatest. If vice and pauperisln,
which drink leads with either hand, be not
checked. the violent, the envious and the
ignorant will gain control, and high and
noble life vii lbecnme impossible
While the digni aries of Roman chu1 ches
speak thus many OF the priests are taking
mp the subject in their local parishes with
great enthusiasm. Should not Protestant
ministers blush to be behind them in a
work so noble, so divine ?-7he ChriSti1n
In0Iirer
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16
Persimmons.

The Japan persimmon was first intro
duced into California by distinguished
missionary. 1t is not a desirable fruit
here. California nurserymen have about
quit growing it.-Mr. WItcor, of California.
Persimmons grown in the Gulf States
are larger than those grown in California.
Prof. FL. b. Yam DenaGn.
The Japan persimmon does well all
along the Gulf coast, and is growing in
favor with the people.-Parker Easle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-16

The President made the following ap-
pointments in the navy: VIM. A. Wind
SCR, to be chief engineer with rank OF lieu
tenant commander; VIM. B. Caperton, 10
be a lieutenant; Harry M Hodges, to be
lieutenant; James A Ring, to be paymas-
ter, with rank of Lieutenant; Charles A.
Atwater and John a. l.. Holcombe, to be
lieutenants, junior grade.