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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
The Worlds F air.

DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVIS ISSUES AN AD-
DRESS TO THE PRESS OF THE COUNTRY.
To the Pre- of the United States:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October THE under
signed has been elected to the position OF
director general of the Worlds Fair in
Chicago 1898, by the joint action of the
national commissioners and board of direc-
tors. In accepting this important posi-
ton, with its responsibilities, trust that
with aid of the press of the country, this
great international exhibition may prove
to be such success as will be a credit to
America, BY act of Congress it is pro-
vided that the buildings for the Worlds
Fair shall be dedicated on October IL,
1892 and that the exhibition shall be
open to visitors on May ], 1893, and close
not later than October 30 thereafter Thus
we have two years in which to arrange
grounds and erect buildings and seven
months additional In which to receive and
place exhibits. 1t is desired to make this
exhibition specially interesting in all that
relates to the manufacturer by the pre-
sentation of the most important processes
in active operation. In comparison with
these will be presented the methods used
in other countries 400 years since. AL
ready there are indications that nearly
every State and Territory in the Union
will be freely represented and that large
appropriations will be made at the ap-
preaching session of the different State
Legislatures Circulars and blank appli-
cations for space will be forwarded in due
season to all intending exhibitors. the
undersigned would call upon the press of
the United States to hold up his hands in
this great international undertaking.
which, if successful, will establish the
United States of America as the first ma
ton on the globe. Respectfully,
GEORGE R DAVIS,
Director General.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
Temperance Failure.

An exchange gives this sarc astic cut to
the opponents of prohibition
"Another failure is to be charged up to
prohibition in Iowa. One of the largest
institutions in the State, and one that has
been thought most necessary, is well nigh
ruined by it. The warden reports to the
governor that the penitentiary at Fort Mad
ison is being depopulated, Last year the
conyicts had become SO scarce that the Ia
Dor which had been contracted for could
not be furnished, and thirty-two counties
were added to the Fort Madison district to
Fill up the penitentiary with prisoners
enough to supply contracts: Yet, there is
a scarcity, and the institution is being de- e.,
serted. Now no such desolation prevails
In the penitentiary at Joliet, Ill. Here
high license prevails, and the penitentiary
is full and tourishing. These prohibition
fanatics" will have to admit that in some
directions at least their work is a failure
it ruins jails and penitentiaries, and we
shall have to let the politicians crow over
1t some"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

James Russell Lowell wrote this beau
tiful sonnet as tribute to the late Gap
Clinton B. Fisk:
He stood Upon the worlds broad threshold:
wide
The din Of battle and Of slaughter rose.
He saw God stand upon the weaker side
That sank in seeming loss before its foes
Many there were who made great haate and sold
MO the common enemy their swords;
lie 3cornrd their gilts vi fame aud power and
gold,
AM, underneath their soft and dowero w1rds
Heard the cold serpent hiss: therefore, he went
AM Aumbiy siued him to the weaker Part
5AnatiG named, and fool, yet well content.
50 he could be the nearer TO Gods heart
And feel It's solemn pulses sending blood
Through all the widespread veins OF entless
good
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
At the meeting of the National Temper

At the meeting of the National Temper
ance Society at Ocean Grove, last July, it
was reported that there are 10000 Swedes
in New York city, yet not one of them
Keeps a saloon. The report comes from
Long Branch that the hotel proprletors all
aoree on one thing, and that is that while
thew have had considerable trouble to meet
the demand for rooms, their wine-room
even the record of last season. There
were few of the great wine dinners which
have been prominent feature for several
seasons. aThe guests of the hotels, q, as
general thing, drank less wire. rms
would be cheerful news were it not to be
accounted for by the growth of greater
evil. The hotel men claim that the Golfers
Of Monmouth Park and the notorious gam
bling establishments of Philip DAILY, John
DAILY, and David Billiard took all the sur
plus funds of the summer guests.-Ea.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
;t+,a Errand For God.

Helen stood on the doorstep with very
tiny basket in her hand, when her lathei
drove up to her and said: 81 am GLAD you
ara all ready to 60 out, dear came TO
take Won to Mrs. Lees park and see the
new deer"
"Oh thank you papa; but | cant go
met this time The deer will keep. and
we cap 90 tomorrow. | have very par
ticulsr errand to do now, said the ll'tle
girl. f0.,a-
ooh il Ia to carry this somewhere, anu
she held up the small basket. ,,,
Her father smiled and asked: "W no IS
the errand for, dear Z
"For my own self, papa but-oh no;
guess motifs little errand 1of ooo'
"Well will not hinder you, my little
dear" said the ,od father, tenderly
"Can help you anyy
"No, sir. l was going to carry my
orange, that saved from the dessert, 10
old Peter"
els old Peter sick?'
"No, hope not but he never has any
thing nice, and he's good and thankful.
Big folks give him only cold meat ano
broken bread, and | thought an orange
would look so beautiful and make him SO
happy Don't you think poor we'll 1olkS
ought to be comforted sometimes, as well
as the poor sick folks, papa2'
SsYes, my dear land think we too OTTER
! forget them until sickn So or starvation
comes. You are right this is little
errand for God Get into the buggy, ant
will drive you to old Peters and wait III
you have done the errand, and then sho"
you the deer. Have you pin, Helen
eyes, papa here is one.
swell, here is a IS bill for you to tx OF
the skin of the orange. This will pay oil
Peters rent for four weeks, and perhap
| this will be a little errand for God, too,
said the gentleman.
Little Helen, who had taught wis
man a wise lesson, looked very happy a
her fingers fixed the fresh bill on III
ge.-Domestic Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
The Ragged Boy.

ga street bow in London, had both legs
broken bv dray passing over them ~. he
voc Ibid away in one of the beos OF 'ne
IeS,,;tsI ~ die and another little creature
If he same class was laid near py' P,oAo o.
Va rio1r p;th famine fever. Inc laIsef
nos allowed to sit down by the sloe u VIC
iitt I'll crushed boy. He crept up 10 mn
a MD said Bobby, did you never near
a az ?" "No, l never hearo OF
Him" Bobby, I went to mission scnoui
onca and they told us that Jesus Woulo
ta1ro Won to heaven when you dleo' anu
von'd never have hunger any more, anu
M more pain, if you axed hlm. -
conldn't ak such great big gentleman as
he is to do anythidg for me. lie Wouldn
sion to speei to a boy like me-" Tbut
Tg do al that if you ak Him." how
con Tax Him if I don't know where ne
lives. and how could get there whe Ell
h hotb nv lers is broker Bobby, they
tn1d me- a. mission school as how Jesus
passes by. Teacher says as ne su I rn;nbt
How do Won know but what He mlgh'
come round to this horspital lnis s w. -
nigbt2 You'd know Him If you "ao ~
see Him" But | can't keep my 60 &C.
open. My legs feel SO awful pau vsr hsnd
saws III de-" "Bobby, hold up yer naI ~
and He'll know what you wshs ~nen T,
passes by" They got the manu- up' foil
dropped. Tried again IL s! soy little
back. Three times he gov up ' .;na mt
hand, only to let il fall. ba1stlng INV Nv
tears, he said, 81 give it up, boop .;
lend me your hand; put yer eioow On -
piller; can do without it." 80 one nan :,
was propped up. And when they ean ho NJ ~
the morning, the boy lay dead, ms a n1nl
still held up for Jesus You may sea-,
the world, and you cannot lind gfanoe O.
illustration of simple trust than tnav ~ ~
the little boy who had been 10 "iSs'o'
school but once-Se2ected.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
Hate Not.

1t is not worth while. Your life is rot
long enough to make it pay to cherish i'll
will or hard thoughts toward any one.
What if that man has cheated you, or
that woman has played you false7 What
If this friend has forsaken you in your
time of need, or that one, having won
your utmost confidence, your warmest
love, has concluded that he prefers to con-
slider and treat you as stranger Let it
all pass. What difference will it make to
you in few years. when you 60 hence to
the undiscovered country 7" All who ILL
treat you will be more sorry for 1t then,
than You, even in your deepest disappoint-
ment and grief, can be,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
Mercury and Calomel.

Iniudicious use of mercury in. the form
os caiomel or otherwise leaves very inJu.
rious after effects. Much of the distress
that afiicts humanity is due to too per-
sistent use of this poison. The various
functions OF the body become impaired by
it's use and even the bones sonnet i'm ss be-
come affected, causing aches and general
feeling of debility and distress. Any one
who las used calomel or mercury in any
of its forms, will do well to follow it up
with q use Of DIR. Bulls sarsaparilla
This excellent Alternative counteracts the
evil effects of mercury and other mineral
poisons. 1t is composed of strictly vege-
table ingredients. and there is nothing In
its composition that will harm. the most
delicate. Good health invariably follows
its use Springfield Health Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

The Mississippi constitutional conven-
ticn is endeavoring to have good public
school system. They provide for four
months school. A poll tax is to be col
lected and retained in the county in which
it is collected, and provision made that
each county or separate school district can
levy further taxes to maintain their
schools for longer time. This can be
stretched easily to eight months, and al
that is necessary to do it, is to properly
agitate the subject before she people.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

1t is reported that the increase from $50
to $3.50 for license in Baltimore has
worked so great an improvement that the
next Legislature will be asked to raise the
figures to $500 One-third of the saloons,
which were 900 in number, have been
closed. An English syndicate, with a
capital OF $500, 900, has been formed to
operate beer saloons in Chicago. An
Anglo American syndicate, to be known as
the Columb ian Bar and Bouffet Company,
with a capital OF e30,0 900. has also been
formed for the purpose of purchasing and
operating saloons in the city of Chicago.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
Sight Seeing.
FOREIGN VISITORS VIEWING AMERICAN

FOREIGN VISITORS VIEWING AMERICAN
METHODS
When the 800 mem bers of the iron and
steel excursion awoke Oct. 3. in PAttsburg
Pa, they found themselves sidetracked
among the eastern foothills of the AIle-
gheny, along the New Juanita car shops
of the Pennsy lvania railroad company.
Theo. Nicely, general superintendent of
motive power, was in waiting with com
mitt. cf foyeIn to escort them through
the compans's works, and show them the
novelty features of the famous railroad
shops. They saw the locomotives and
cars in every shaps OF construction,
wandered through the foundries where
the wheels are cast rode on the turntables
saw the huge locomotives h0isted from the
track by hanging cranes and carried dang
ling from end to end and side TO side to
the repair shops, and were appiauded
when they entered the new building fitted
throughout with rivetlng machines from
Gloucester, England. Ore locomotive
factory is very much like al other, and the
patriotic Englishmen who refuse to see the
novelty anywhere, talk knowingly of
the great extent and superiority Of the
wol Ks at Harwick and Grove. They were
surprised, nevertheless, at tie complete
ness and affinity of the appliances worked
by hydraulic and electric power as well a.
steam The only machines absolutely
| new to them were the track and heater aud
| dynsmolers. The indicator is an ordinary
| car with additional truck suspended under
the middle wheels, this truck being regu-
lated so as to rest lightly on rails when car
| is In motion. Inequalities in rails surface,
| or irregularities of gauge are registered
with exactness by travelling pen on
table in the center of the car connected
with the truck. The dynamoter is another
car with special instrument for recordln
the speed Of the train and weight. |! Is
ruled by the locomotive to which 1t is al
tached. Nothing of the kind is used II
Europe. Another curiosity was al auto
matte stoker and furnace into which cca
is fed and from which ashes are removed
| BY machinery. One NAN manages slI
boilers of $50 horse power each 10 th'
new shops the railroad company has pro-
vided an elaborate system of lavaEorles
The earnings of workmen range as high a
500 day. Every part of the train, except
ing the axles, is manufactured at tn
shops, which includes force of skllle'
carvers and cabinet makers, The axes ar
made at the combination works. Afte
luncheon at the logan house, at Altoona
at 8, the train crossed the Alieg hehle
to Jamestown. The visitors were &C
companied from Altoona by members Q
the Johnstown local reception committee
Everybody forgo. all about iron and stee
in admirlng the magnihcence Of tn
mountain scenery.-Kr.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

Of all the vegetables which furnish
nourishment to men, the banana is the
most prolific A single cluster often con-
tains 100 to 1870 pods and weighs from 60
to 80 pounds. Humboldt saws that a piece
of land of 1870 square yards will produce
1000 pounds weight of fruit, while the
same area will rarely produce more than 30
pounds weight of wheat, or 50 pounds OF
potatoes.-ET.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

There does not seem to be any safety for
o,r one nowadays. Within d week we
hear of girl who has been married with Eas
o nut.' Knowing it, and of man who has been
divorced and never found that PROCEEDINGS $,
b had been begun until after the decree was
granted. The only safety seems to Dc 70
20 IA the woods.-Detroit Free Press
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

I have been affected with mercurial
headache and heavy pain in my liver. ]
made use of several different sarsaparillas
without success until gave Bulls Sarsa-
parilla a trial, three bottles Of which gave
me relief. take pleasure in recommend
ing it as being superior to other sarspa-
rillas.-T. Fl. Oaoen, Louisville Ky.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
Adpantaeas Of Color.

Dinab-Wat's de matter dere, honey
Small Daughter dressing for party IL
piackvillel-Derh's so many holes IN m:
shoes dat my new red an blue stocking
shows right froo. o,,,os or.
Dinah-Well, go wifout stockings a.
=. hnI,s WON'T show.-Good News.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
Progress.

1t is very important in this age OF Vas'
material progress that remedy Dc l pissS
ing TO the taste and to the eye, easlly .aAen,
acceptable to the stomach and neatly ~
its nature and effects. Possessing taese
qualities, Syrup of Figs is the one pea,eo'
laxative and most gentle diuret1c kno"h'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

Make it q rule to keep company Win
rouehs and rascals, and then If you Should
be prosecuted for an offence you nave ,1 con- N
mitted, and your companions are called on
to witness against you, nobody will oelleVe
them, and you will get clear.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

AsseI has 'o at last adjourned. and many of
the members will be kept busy curing .n's
month and portion Of November iookins
after q 70 election.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

Associate Justice Miller, of the supren o o
t,onrt died on Monday night at lO:oS
o'clock, at the age of "a years, q months
and days.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

DR., Bulls Worm DsstroyeIs are not new
and untried. For thirty years they have
stood the test of usage, and their large
sale is due to merit only.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25

The California Voice says: "California
has made provision for six asylums for
the insane. Our statesmen are liberal
toward saloons and their victims. The
rule is more saloons, more prisons, more
insane asylums7 If 10000 saloons require
six insane asylums, how many will 10000
require2 In this city saloons multiply
constantly. They are practically without
restraint or control, and are in perfect
harmony with the city government, which
Is saloon dynasty"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
The American Hog.

Foreign nations which are discriminating
against American pork products have been
influenced to do SO through prejudices
against the healthiest animalin the world.
The American hog gets up early in the
morning with good, vigorous appetite
and keeps it all day long. He requires no
stomach bitters or other stimulant to keep
him in good condition. Possibly the
prejudice against the American hog has
arisen by mistaking counterfeit of the
genuine animal. This counterfeit is q
beast that puts his feet on car seats and
defiles floors with tobacco -spittle. If
foreign countries will take this fellow they
can have him as gift.--OmcinaGti CON-
meTeSQk Gazette.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25


hills, until at last we had reached point
not usually visited by railroad tourists
who drive over to see the trees. All about
us on every side were trunks varying from
go to 100 feet in length, some as perfect as
the day they fell, but all turned to stone.
The sightseer and prospector jumped
from one stony trunk to another in delight,
knocking off brilliantly colored piece of
wood here and another there, seeking
uew and unusual formations and always
every pretty piece of wood / saw that
was small enough to lift.
Here and there were trunks of trees bro
ken into pieces almost as squarely cut as
if by the hand of man. These blocks
were from few inches to twelve and if
teen feet in diameter. The colors on the
ends of some of them reminded me of old
palettes l had seen in artists studios,
wheron dao of paint of this color or of
that had been smeared until every shade
of the rainbow was represented. But the
colors on palette would be dull compared
with brilliancy of freshly broken petri-
ed wood. Bright orange shaded off into
the lightest shades of yellow, and will be
found blended here 8 I'd there with all the
shades of d. Jet black is also found at
times, but no grays ever appear.
In some of the trunks of the trees are
found crystals of rare beauty. They are
of purple and blue shades, resembling
amethists and saphires. Red and scarlet
crystals are also there in great numbers.
Several years ago a firm in the North .
west blasted out huge pieces from the
largest trees and shipped them into Mimi
esota. They made them into tables, lamp
stands, paper weights and other things,
but the cost of handling the wood was SC
great that their product was too costly fol
sale. Claims have been staked off all ovel
the area Of the petrifed forest by various
individuals, pre-empting sections of land
for various purposes. But 1 am Informed
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25
CITY FOR BICYCLlSTS.
m ROCHESTER, N. Y, THEY HAVE
THINGS THEIR OWN WAY.

There Arc Over 4 ,00G OF These Vehicles
In the Place Business sfen Are tho
Chief TiLers-About 400 Women aud
Girls Own Machines.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
A Remarkable Redwood Exhibit.
So. Louis Republic.

The wonderful redwood-tree shipped
from Tulare county, CAL, by a Mr.. Van
Doorman, which will be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago, has arrived in
San Francisco. Three fat-cars were re-
ouired to haul the exhibit TO the city. 1t
weighs 5000 pounds. 1t will be exhibited
at the Mechanics Fair in San Francisco.
The section of the tree was taken from q
mammoth forest in Tulare county, CelIfor-
MIA. within thirty-fve miles of Porterville.
Ii was cut from a forest giant 3l2 feet in
height, growing at an altitude ot6,325 feet,
and was severed from the parent tree
twenty-eight feet above the stump, at
which point the tree measured sixty
feet in circumference. or course, the
tree was considerably larger at the
stnmp. but section from the
base could not be cut for the purpose
of transportation for the reason that q
solid cut twenty feet in diameter and nine
in height was the maximum of the rail-
way freight limit on fat-cars. The entire
piece of wood consists OF sixteen sections
as follows: The lower section is foot in
height by twenty feet in diameter, all in
one solid cut, weighing 19.72S pounds.
This will be arranged as floor, placed on
nine elegantly -csryed and enormous pc
destals made of the wood OF the same
tree. The next cut IS seven feet IN height
by twenty feet in diameter, which is hol-
lowed out and will be placed on the floor
cut. The last and final cut IS one foot
high and similar IN every respect to the
floor cut. The whole Of this remarkable
curiosity will form sort of hall. and will
accommodate about 100 people. and will be
entered by q swinging door made out OF
one of the portions OF the second section.
Two hundred and fifty incandescent
lights will illuminate the section inside
and out, and q number OF skilled wood.
carvers have been engaged to manufacture
souvenirs for distribution among tho visi-
tors
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
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