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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
Ru,dette's Advice About Marrying.

R. J. Burdet.e, in the Burlington Hdao6-
eue, gives the following advice to young
men: "You say you demand domestic
useful woman rs your wife. II that Is So
marry Nora Mulligan, your laundress
daughter. She wears cow-hide shoes, is
puiitless of corsets, never had SICK Gay
in her life, takes in washing, goes OUT
bouse cleaning, and cooks for family or
seven children, her mother and three sec
tion men who board with her. l don u
think she would marry you, because oon
Reagan, the track walker, is her style OF
man, Let us Just examine into your quail
ifcations as a model husband after your
own matrimonial ideas, my boy. Can you
shoulder barrel of -four and carry ID
down cellar? Can you saw and spht ten
cords of hickory wood in the fall so as TO
have ready fuel ali winter? Can you space
mn half acre of ground for Kitchen
Garden? Do you know what will take the
lime taste out of the new cistern, and can
Won match the little leak in the Kitchen
roof? Can YOU bring home pane OF glass
and wsd of putty and repair damages III
the sitting room window? Can you hsng
some cheap paper on the kitchen? Can
Won fix the front gate SO it will not sWag
Can YOU do ANYTHING about the house NAV
Com Reagan can? My dear, dear boy, you
gee Nora Mulligan wants higher type
of true manhood. You expect to hlre men
IN do all the mans work about the mousse
Init Won want your wife to do anything
anv woman can do. Believe me, my SON.
that nina tenths of the girls who play sn7
niano and sing so charningly, whom YOU
IN vonr limited knowledge, set do"n
I...a;os If fashion, are better mug
mere fos vi Dqs't than you are for husband;
10, w yrant ton to marry frst-class cook q
you w ianoe % b ln do your cout
inq in the intelligence Office. But II T.
want a wife, marry the glri 3 yGa The tbe H.
dimpled hands and ~, 1a .a.a l,1 her ali tss
things, my boy, long o osro lesson so
learned one half of your own ie'''
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
Aeronaut Van Tassel Lost.
HE DRoPPED INTO THE PACIFIC AND w
PROBABLY EATEN Ry suapxs

lie DROPPED INTO THE PACIFIC AND WAS
PROBABLY EATEN BY SHARKS.
a dispatch from San Francisco SAYS:
trol' van Iassel, an aeronaut, met a hor-
rlole death in Honolulu on the 18th inst,
ile mace an ascension on that day, and on
coming down in his parachute he fell in
the water and was never again seen.
Inc occasion was the kings birthday.
lhere was a grand celebration, and the
ies'iVlt'es were to conclude with an ascen
SION ana leap Shortly before 3 o'clock
van iaszel entered his balloon alone, after
al necessary preparations had been made.
The conditions were favorable for his
landing On the island, and when the balloon
shot upward he shouted to his brotbars
that he would land not more than half a
mile from the starting point. The balloon
ascendsd steadily to the height of 100 feet.
when it was caug 1T by breeze blowing
seaward and carried over the water.
The aeronaut evidently aw that he must
inevitably fall into the alter, and those
who were watching saw that be was hur-
r1edly making preparations or the de-
scent. suddenly the parachute was let
loose md -h9 bag of gas, shot up into the
air. The pazachuue opened nicely and the
MAJ DESCENDED Crtc fully into the wate-,
shout -wo miles Off shorl. TIL t is the last
that has bee seen Q. him. Th. ste mer
Zealazdia as leaving tie .arbor at tn
time and those on board saC' Van Tassel
foil IL the ate about mile distant
Two boats were INN odiately lowered nd
we're soon al she spot there the man was
lash seen. They could find no t2ace of him.
The parachute had sunk in the wa.er from
= l. E
fous monste- rhite sharks rere seen near
By, srRimming about. They followed the
boats back 10 the steamer
There seems no doubt that the sharks
mads way it'll IAN Tassel He vas :
daring swimmer, and under ord.uary cir
cumstances could not have dror ned before
the bo8ts cached him. IAN Tfssel as
8ell known throughout the United States,
hRving made many successful ascensions
gpd parachut descents. He '@cs native
of New llozk, 43 years old.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
Possible Danger in the Postage Stamp.

The Sanitary News calls attention to the
fact that postage stamp may in various
ways convey contagion. One of the sim
plest and most plausible is that in which
postage stamp, partly attached to letter
to pay return postage. is sent by person
infected with some disease, to another
person. The disease is transferred in the
first place to the adhesive stamp through
the saliva, and in being attached to the
letter by the receiver the poison may be
transmitted to him in turn through the
saliva. Another cause may be the infec-
ton of the stamp with disease germs.
That this is true can be proven very
simply by microscopical examination.
We often see persons holding change
for moment in the mouth, probably not
knowing that investigation has shown that
disease germs can be carried by money.
If they could see through what hands the
money has passed, they would hesitate be
fore using such third hand. Silver money
is as bad as paper money !; but while many
would hesitate to hold dirty bank note
in their mouth, they think thst silver
piece, because bright, is apparently clean.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
I'm IN Ashe
a SQUARE @.ILG II THE CITY, CENTER
DEVAsT 3TEE BY FIRE.

a SQUARE @-ILG II. THE CITY i CENTER
DEvAsT TEE BY FIRE.
a.ynn. tn city of shoes, y as listed on
the 26th ult. b. the greatest fire in it's his
tory. ans With two exceptions the confe-
Grafton is tho most disE strous that nas ever
visited Ie@ England. Tho RECEPTIONS re
the goat Boston fir Oh 1872 hich de-
stEoyed 100000, GOO wo-th of property,
rnd the Portland lie of 1865, which caused
9 loss OF betEeon $4,000 00C md $12,-
100000
The 4ts stast4d 4 4:5T F.. n, ragged
over eight hongs, devastated square mile
oH thiS business section of the city and
caused loss SIT lated at about $50, 000,-
00C. n fact, the greater part of Ward
is wiped out as regards the mpoltant shoe
manufacturing blocks and prominent
places of business.
The fl3 started in Mowers wooden
building ON Almont street, over the boiler,
and spread with such rapidly that the
fire department of the city was powerless
to cope with it.
The scenes of the great Boston and Chi
csgo fires were epeated in ali their hor-
rors. Mothers fleeing with babes in their
arms, express wagons loading at business
and dwelling houses and transferring
goods to place of safety, in many cases
second removal being necessary. After
the FIRE had been in progress two hours,
every body declared it would not stop until
it reached the ocean. So it looked and so
it proved,
Four daily newspapers are burned out,
the Hem Bee, Press and Nems, three of
which are issued in the afternoon and one
in the morning. Three national banks, the
Central, Security and First National to-
gether with the Lynn Institution for
Savings, located in the First National
Block, are all wiped out. Twelve of the
finest shoe blocks in the city are in ruins,
and about 1876 stores.
There were many narrow escapes from
accidents.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
TEa Efow as q LrsNe laas

~ street taxidermist @ith ~ stuffed cgo@
attracted the attention of several hundred
people on Clark street last Thursday ''The
cro@," he said, sis g great traveller. he is
. social sort Of q biSd, 600. Eou don't
often see q lone cgoG. We generally has q
mste, but most generally he has several of
them. Grows like 20 keep together berseT
than any OF ths featherse 9sibe, unless it
is wild geese and pabtsidges. They always
migrate sogethee, bat unlike Eac migBaa
tory birds, they don's 60 Sous al
ways. TheG quis Che Highlands a. the
woods early in the seasoa and haunt the
eivet edges, flying from s8oee to shore.
SIT night, 9nen ah8 0easheB is cola. they
fly to the nearest goods to foosa The
hawk ana the ow0 though. 60 it alone.
&ou hardly gveY5 see p&iD OF either. They
fly loE9 OR else ver9 nigh. Fhg hawk is "a
higher fyeC than ahe owl. ahey are ais
ways looking foe something % destsop,
and never migrate in 9n9 dissection long at
4 tims. They seem 90 BID uncees&in which
way to go SusD like son49 9olks in this
fgorld. "-lJhicaqo GTa5une.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
Al Striking Epitaph.

The finding at Ticonderoga Of the al
legged mortal remains of Lord Charles
Augustus Howe recalls to the New York
Tribune a story embody ing terse and
striking epitaph, which was one suggested
for the tombstone of the brave warrior. A
mural tablet, intended for the adornment
of village church, had been prepared,
upon which his virtues and achievements
were inscribed. a famous wit, upon read
ing the panegyric. found that it was full
of gross errors Accordingly. he suggested
that in case the body of Howe ever came
to repose in the ehurchyard back Of the
church, the tombstone should bear these
words: Lord Howe, he lies here; and
Lord, how they lie there Y
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
How Long to Sleep.

Up to the fifteenth year most young
people require ten hours, and until the
twentieth year nine hours. After that age
every one finds out how much he or she
requires, though, as general rule, at least
six to eight hours are necessary. Eight
hours sleep will prevent more nervous de-
rangements in women than any medicine
can cure. During growth there must be
ample sleep if the brain is to develop to
excitable or precocious child is, the longer
s,eep should it get if it's intellectual pro
81 ess is not to come to premature stand
still, or it's life cut short at an early age.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
The 1,ooo, 900 Postage Stamp MYTH

Now and then someone announces himself
as the victim of the one million postage
stamp hoax 1t is firmly believed that if
1 900, 900 stamps are collected and for
warded to some one, bed will be pro-
vided for an invalid boy in some hospital
or home for an orphan. Christian
churches have neen the special victims,
and there is hardly one in England, the
United States, Australia, India, or in any
other country, that has not had several
members begging, borrowing, and even
stealing postage stamps in order to make
up the million that will 60 to clothe and
feed some orphan.
This swindle originated in the brain of
a postage stamp collector at Stettin, Ger
many. He desired to get vast collections
to sort ont and sell again, and hit upon
plan to get the whole civilized world to go
to work for him free of charge. He preyed
on the sympathies of people by announc-
ing that an orphan would be cared for in
s.the Syrian Orphan Home" for every
1000, 600 stamps sent to him. This worked
well, and the next dodge was the starting
of mythical mission in China, the Holy
Sisters of which agreed, for every million
stamps sent to them, to save from the jaws
of the crocodiles of the Yellow river at
least one Chinese baby, and then educate
and Christianiza it. The stamps were to
be sent, not to Jerusalem or China, but to
Munich or stettin. The last claim on the
sympathy of the world that has been made
by this German is that for ,000. 900 stamps
home for an old lady or an old gentle
man will be provided in one of three homes
one in London, another in New York,
and the third in Cincinnati. For SOC, 600
stamps bed will be endowed in a hos
pital, and for 100000 a home will be
found for an orphan for one year. There
are agencies in various cities to forward
stamps to Stettin It is estimated that this
swindler has collected over 100000, COO
stamps in the United States alone, and that
these were worth from $500, 900 to three
times that amount.-Good housekeeping
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
III Suggestion about daa0ina Boasd4

~ Suggestion About 1hopir& Boafd1
.I5 your ironing boEEd Gxed so it is %
pleasure to ipon on, and 90 tRouble 10 keep
clean? lNes me Cell Cos 8 good @lsn Take
long wide board (&0AarroGr one is huis-
Gpee) tapering at the left hand end; eoveD
it within q foot CT each 9nd, ehickls and
smoothly 90 both sides, tsith woolen
blanket; do aot make y seam GA the fat
side, bBt Bitb eaEpet t9cks fastea tho
blanket On che nabroaR Hise. Mex coBeA
tightlg with q sheet doubled, keeping both
sides of @ou6 board perfectly smooth.
Now you are ready fem the outside. Take
stout muslin aRld make cover the same
as you would for bolster case, open at
both ends; make it to slip on tight, This
is easily removed and laundried, and your
board is always neat and clean. Iron cali
Goes on one side, white clothes on the other
side. You will find this great improve
ment on the old plan of ironing all on one
side, and haviElg the colored lint coming
off on the starched white Clothes NArtlG,
IN the Country Gentlemen.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
Hints on Home Reading.

Saws a writer in the Hoasekeeper: Some
body once said, Il suppose it was "John')
"Tet q woman, at marriage, be ever SO
much In advance of her husband intellec-
tuaIly, in ten years he would be equal to
her, in five more her superior, and in
another five actually ashamed OF her."
Perhaps this was true at the time it was
said: I have known one or two such cir
cumstances myself. Men are out in the
world, talking and hearing, coming in
contact with superior minds, and naturally
thew grow. It has been different with
women; but Chautauqua Circles, reading
clubs, societies for the promotion of study
at home, the general diffusion Of books
papers and magazines, have changed all
that, and we are trying to hold what we
have got and are anxious to get what we
can.
| am glad, indeed, to find women, real
housekeepers most of them, agitating the
question of home study, home reading,
and, wish / could'say, home writing.
One lady from North Carolina wrote me
asking me-to outline a course of history
which she could read with her two -daugh
tiers. Wasn't that nice thought of hers,
sisters And can imagine how quickly
the morning duties would be spirited out
of the way that mamma and the girls"
could spend the morning hours with men
and women who lived SO long ago.
I sat down and considered, although l
wanted to write the sister a good letter at
once Finally l wrote her, and said that
thought if the daughters were young and
the reading was to be with the view to
making good history scholars, she might
commence with the history of our own
country, and take up with it the lives of
it's eminent men and women from earliest,
down to the present time. Everybody
nearly, nowadays complains that they
cannot remember dates. met in the
family of friend device which she had
arranged for her children that seemed to
me most excellent blackboard hung in
the sitting room, and on it were pictured
four connected arches. These arches rep
resent each thousand years in history
B. C. At the foot of each arch were writ
ten the names of men who lived at this
period of history, from Adam at the bot
tom of the first arch, to Christ at the bot
tom of the fourth. At the top of each the
most prominent man of 500 B. c., 1900
etc. Then the arches were divided into
1OO-year parts, and prominent men and
events written against the divisions. Mod
ern history was illustrated by 600 year
arches in the same manner.
A little pains taken in this way interests
not only Yourself but the girls and boys,
and you will soon have everybody in the
house hunting up men and events, and be-
fore you know it, you will find you are
long gone by as If they were in your owl
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

Nowadays the young men of the period
don't 70 down on their knees in nervous
agony before their future wives. They
hold solitaire diamond ring above their
heads and the girls jump for it.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
Northern Farmers on Southern Farms.

What odd and unexpected changes time
produces ! Years ago, for example, the
New Hampshire and Vermont. farmers
were among the most independent and
thrifty folk on the continent. Farming in
New England nowadays, however, is a
constant source of grind and discourage
ment. The soil has grown stubborn and
the mortgage has increased. Ii the grand
fathers OF the present generation in YER
mont and New Hampshire had been told
that their children's children would pull
up stakes aud colonize in different paris of
the South, they would have raised their
hands in horror. But the war is over, we
are one people, and our young men receive
an equal welcome in all parts of the country
There is some difference between plow-
ing round the rocks on New England
farm with pair of oxen and turning up
the rich soil on Southern plantation with
a couple of mules. So the South invites
colonists and good many farmers sons
are leaving the North with the hope OF
making their fortunes New York Herald
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

Guest-"You seem musical. always
hear you whist1ing. What is your favor
tie song Waiter - REMEMBER ne'
sah.n He got q quarter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

Five hundred men employed sns
Western Railway Company Oh
struck for higher wages
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

When faith survives doubts, temptations
and difficulties, its very existence is an
argument for the reality Of that which is
believed, a proof of the practicability OF
religious life, and commentator OF Its
unspeakable worth.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

The President has appointed Otis n.
Russell postmaster st Richmond, Va, vice
m Il. C0lling worth, removed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

IA New York World especial from Wash
ington US: Secretary Blaine is now en-
gagged In negotiating an International copy
right treaty with France. Count De Ker-
city has been here sometime as the special
representative of the French republic, and
voices the view of the literary men Of that
nation Count De Keraty has had several
interviews with Secretary Blaine recently.
It is understood that their conferences
have thus far been of general character,
as the subjsct Of international copyright
has been before Congress during several
sessions, and While the Secretary Of State,
acting for the President, has "a constitu-
tional right to Negotiate . treaty with
France OF any other country on the sub
ject Of copyright Il anything else, Mr..
Blaine is not likely to take the matter abb
ruptly out of the hands of Congress, es-
pecially as Congress has shown more or
less disposition to legislase Id way that
would Be equivalent TO the negotiation of
treaty with France and ali the nations of
the earth. Count De Keratyss mission is :
special one. He Is not at all connected
with the regular legation here, and his
business Is not confined to the subject of
copyright.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25

Senior Joaquin Labrado of Havana, thu
well known Cuban physician, is dead.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-29

The Boston Cunipator says: "The use
of air brakes on passenger trains is now
general, and it probably soon will be on
freight trains as well. 1t Is much safer
and quicker than the old'fashioned hand
brake, and freight trains are now COM
monty run at such rates OF speed as to
make them very unsafe without air
brakes. The process of sowing up O
heavily loaded train by hand brakes was
always too long a job to keep 1t from
running over an obstruction not seen
some considerable distance ahead. BY
adapting air brakes for freight trains, the
engineers can do the work, relieving the
company of the necessity Of employing
large forco of brakemen, who as they
stood on the steps or platform were al
ways peculiarly exposed to danger. No
bodv need feel sorry to have the brake
men 90. As many men will be needed
in railroad work as ever, and prooaoi!
more, but It will be in work much plea
santer and much safer 70 life than tha
OF the brakeman
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-29
A Bird That Plucks Itself.

Several new aud interesting birds have
been added to the Royal Geological So.
ciety's collection within the last few
weeks, among the most noteworthy be.
ing gray hypocolius from Sind, paii
OF jay thrushes, and two long-tailed jays
from Central America. These are moi
unlike magpics, with their black and
white plumage, aud have large crest
upon their heads. But more curious
still is the motmot, or "pendulum bird, !"
presented to the society last month by
DIR. Seton. Its ornithological name il
Momotas subrufescens, and it is native
of Colombia. In size it is rather larger
than missel thrush and it derives its
second name from its habit Of moving its
tail from side to side with clockwork
regularity when pleased and contented.
1t shares with the barpet, to whose family
it is closely allied, the distinction Of being
the only bird which wilfully mutilates
itself. There is in every one of these
birds an inch or so bare of feathers to.
ward the end of its tail. The feathers
grow perfectly, but when the bird is in
sound health 1t invariably strips just this
piece OF It's feather appendage, and nat
uralists can assign no reason for the
singular freak. In appearance it re-
sembles somewhat the kingfisher, having
a back Of lustrous metallic shades Of blue
and green, while its head has band OF
very bright blue feathers round it. The
breast is a greenish- brown and the tai
metallic green, duller in tone than the
black. st. Jdnless Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-29
The Land OF Ducks.

There are more ducks in the Chinese
Empire, says an authority, than in all the
world outside Of it. They are kept by
the Celestials on every farm, on the pri'
vate roads, on the public roads, on streets
Of cities, and on all lakes, ponds, rivers.
streams. and brooks in the country
Every Chinese boat also contains batch
of them. There are innumerable hatch
ing establishments all through the en-
pire, many Of which arc said to turn ont
about so, 900 young ducks every year.
Sailed and smoked duck aud ducks egg,
constitute two Of the most common an6
important articles Of diet In China.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-29
The achievement of the naval ordnanc'

The achievement of the naval ordnance
officers at Washington in firing a pro-
;ectle filed with emmensite through a
two.inch steel plate and exploding it on
the other side is something that the
Times Democrat thinks will open the
eyes Of experts all over the world. This
feat is regarded as one of the most i'm
portant developments in the field Of high
explosives. 1t is said that no doubt is
felt that the explosive can be successfully
fred from the new large'calibre rihed
mortar which the Ordnance Bureau ha'
under consideration.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-29
During Senator Jones's recent exhau,.

During Senator Jones's recent exhnus,
tive speech on the silver question, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch, he referred to
fact that in the ancient days of Massa.
chusetts oyster shells were used as
money. Mr.. Hoar nodded his venerable
head aud whispered to Senator Gray:
ayes, and very good money 1t was. II
a man in these days wanted to order a
dozen on the half shell, he could do it
with perfect safety, knowing that he
could paw for them with the shells"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-29

English farmers are giving increased
attention to the growing OF small fruits.
Including the orchard lands, where tho
small fruits ere grown between the trees,
there are already nearly $4,000 acres
under cultivation, and in the county OF
Kent alone about $4,000 persons are
now employed as rickcrs, growers, etc,
ard more than 15O, 900 tons of sugar are
used annually in the industry. Jams and
iellies are produced in largo quantities,
and the British public is a large con
sumer Of fruit products.