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St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-07
The Beautiful Dog Star
IT'S DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH is lOO,UOO
000.000.0U0 MILES.

IT'S DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH is lOO, UOO,-
00O.000.0U0 MILES.
It is difficult to conceive that this beau
tiful star is globe much larger than our
sun, vet it is fact that Sirius is sun
many times more mighty than our own.
That splendid star, which. even in our
most powerful telescopes, appears as
mere point of light, is in reality globe
emitting so enormous quantity OF light
and heat that, were it to take the place OF
our sun, every creature on this earth would
be consumed by it's burning rays.
Sirius shining with far greater luster
than any other star, it was natural that
astronomers should have regarded this as
being the nearest of all the "fixed" stars,
but recent investigation on the distances
of the stars has shown that the nearest to
us is Alpha Centauri, star belonging to
the Southern attitudes, though it is prob
able that Sirius is fourth on the list in
order of distance. For though there are
about fifteen or twenty stars whose dis
tances have been conjectured, the astrono-
mer KIN ,ws that in reality all of them, save
three or four, lie at distances too great to
be measured by any instruments we have
at present.
Astronomers agree in fixing the distance
of the nearest sta1 at 22,UUu, OUO,Vuouu
miles, and it is certain that the distance
of Sirius is more than three, and less than
six times that of Alpha Centauri, most
likely five times so that we are probably
not far from the truth if we set the dis
lance of Sirius at about 100, 600, OGO, 600, 600
of miles. What vast distance is this
that separates us from that bright star !!
Words and figures of themselves fail to
convey to our minds any adequate idea Of
it's true character.
To take common example of illustrat-
ing such enormous distances: II is cacu-
lated that the ball from an Armstrong 100
FOUNDER quits the gun with the speed or
about AGO yards per second. Now, if this
speed could be kept up, it would require
ne fewer than 100, 100000 years before the
ball could reach Sirius. Again, take the
swiftest form of velocity of which we have
any knowledge, light, which travels at the
rate of nearly 300, 900 miles per second, or
| about Il, 900, 900 miles minute, yet the
distance of Sirius is so great that it would
take almost twenty years for its light to
reach u.s. so that if Sirius was to suddenly
become extinct, we should not become &C
| quainted with the fact till twenty years
| hence.-ChGmber's Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-06-07
Taught Him a Lesson.

Etiquette is responsible for queer legal
decision. A traveller on German railway
train attempted to eat lunch, and while
in the act of conveying food to his mouth
the train stopped suddenly and his cheek
was badly cut on the edge of the knife he
was using. The man sued the company
for damages, but his claim was defeated
on the ground that it was breach OF eti-
quette for him to eat with knife. The
court recited unto him the chestnut that
"A man cannot take advantage of his own
wrong. 80 Chicago Times.
a very old lady on her death-bed, in .
penitential mood, said !: Il have been q
great sinner more than eighty years, and
didn't know it" An old darkey woman
who had lived with her long time ex-
claimed: "Lawsl knoWed it all the
time Interior.
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DOOMED.

The Republican party is doomed.
When the Republicans regained their
power after having been out for four
years conservative men who voted
the Republican ticket hoped and be-,
lieved that the mnnagers OF the vic
torious party would conduct affairs
so wisely and consorvatively as to
keep control OF the government in
definitely. But their hopes were
dissipatcd emily in the administers
ton. In tho first place, the Rcpub
lican President turned out to be OK.
acily what the Democrats had said
OF him--a very small man under an
ancestral hat. Then came the rule
of Reed--the worst high.handod boss
That ever attracted attention in
Washington. Congress under Reed
seems to have tried it's best TO go to
audacious extremes. No Congress
since the war has been half so expen
sive to tho country. This is boo
dlo Congress, and every Republican
boodler is going to get his share of
the spoils.
The Mckinley bill will increase
the taxes enormously and tho Force
bill! is intended to crush growing
section of the country.
The people nro becoming thor
onghly aroused against this reckless
gang in Washington, and the tidal
wave OF Democracy that sweeps over
the United States next November
will DO even bigger than that which
swept the reckless Republicans away
in the Congressional elections OF
1882. State.
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A REVOLUTION IN BUENOS
AYRES.

BuRSos ArRKs, July 26.-A revolu.
tion has broken out. A portion OF
the troops in the garrison have re
boiled and joined the revolutionists.
Firing is still in progress. Business
IL entirely suspended and great ex-
element and confusion prevail. The
minister OF France, Gracia, is a pris.
oner
Later.--Tho fighting is of the most
desperate character. many being kill
ed and wounded on both sides. Tho
insurgents arc advancing toward tho
Plaza do Lovictville, where the Prev.
ident's palace and the town hall are
situated Tho President has ESCAPED
to Rosario.
3 p. m-The rovolutionists claim
the victory and have announced a
new government with Wren as Pres.
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through their commercial orgauiza.
tons show the business men Of tho
North that the passage of the bill
would he hurtful to their interests
us we'll as to tho interests Of the
buiness men Of the South, and in
that way create a sentiment in the
North against the bill that would
command the respect and influence
the action OF the Republican, Sena.
tors.
A number of the cities in the
South have already adopted this
plan and commercial organizations
in the South are daily following the
example, aud the probabilities are
that so strong Il sentiment will be
created i'll the North against the
bill that the Senate will not even
consider it.-AuguSta News.
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NIGHT BE A GOOD THING.

1t is not likely that there will be n
war with Great Britain about the
catching Of seals in Behring Sen or
the catching of red behring's in the
Passamaqnoddy Bay. But should a
war occur it might not be without it's
good results 1t is poor cyclone
that does not carry good property on
to some poor mans furm. A rain
that washes down a hill generally
fills up valley at its base.
Just now there is lack of candi.
dates for the Presidency who are real
heroes. There is Alger, to be sure,
but the public would like an assort.
mont to pick from, so as to make tho
next National Republican Convon-
ton a little interesting. The Mexi
can war afforded many candidates
for the Presidency. The civil war
furnished many more A war with
England, even OF very short duration,
would give us Mt least n hundred
popular heroes, each of whom would
be willing to serve rs President for n
term or two.
A war would csrry up the price of
grain, potatoes, horses and ment of
all kinds. This would make the furm.
ors contented, prosperous and happy.
They would Withdraw their State
tickets and vote for tho grand old
party. With high prices for every
thing they produce they would stop
grumbling about the tariff. for they
would expect to pay war taxes in war
times. Manufacturers would also be
happy, for no ono would suggest ro.
flucing tho revenue ut n time when
expenditures were large.
A war would swell the pension list,
and this would furnish a pretex for
increasing tho tariff. The list is now
large and is increasing. But il in
cludes the names of comparatively
few young men. A new war would
enable million young men to enlist
for ninety days and draw n pension
for the rest of their lives. The peo.
Pile who would DO injured by the
war would be comparatively few,
while r.any would be benefitted.-
Chicago Herald.
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triumph to his former SUCCESS i'll the
discovery of tho causes OF cholera in
fantum and typhoid fever. He an
nounces that these diseases are due
to albuniuous poisons, a theory
which subverts all previous theories
i'll regard to their origin.
DIR. Vaughn discovered the frat
point last March aud has since add
eel four moro. He has isolated three
poisons, which were obtained from
tho germs in cholera infantum and
two from the germs in typhoid fever.
These poisons, bo claims. are fatal in
any quantity. and resouible closely in
their action the venom Of rattle
snake. They are of tho nature of
ferments, and are the growth of
germs. DR.. Vaughn took the germs
from tho intestinos of persons who
had died frcm the diseases, and
placed them in TASKS containing ster.
ilizcd meat. The flask was then set
in on incubator, i'll which the tenn.
perature was the same RS the human
body. a long, complicated. and con
sequcntly inexplicable chemical pro.
cess followed: and the poison, which
resembles partially slalSed lime, was
extracted. Animals being inoculated
with tho product displayed the Same
symptoms as tho persons suffering
from ono or the other of the dis.
eases. A quantity the size of pea
killed guinea pig in twelve hours,
while twentieth of grain is fatal.
but killed only after from fifteen to
thirty days. DR.. Vaughn has not
named these poisons as yet, and will
now devote himself to endenvoring
to discover antidotes for them.
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1T IS OFF.

Every man who gives the matter
a moments thought knows that the
boycott plan could not be carried
ont, and that if it could be the
South would be injured fully as
much us the North, if not more.
Those who think otherwise have
very little understanding of the de-
pendence of the two sections upon
each other. 1t is true that the
South IL q customer of the North.
ont 1t must not be forgotten that
our fruit growers, truck farmers,
cotton planters, mine owners and
even manufacturers, find Il great
market in the North, and if the
business relations Of the two sec.
tions should be Interrupted the
South would not be in a position
altogether comfortable and desira
ble.
However, there is not the remot.
est possibility Of the boycott plan
being adopted, and, therefore, there
is no occasion for discussing it,
There is, however, something which
the business men of the South can do
to prevent the passage of the Force
bill. They can individually and
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PARTISAN NIISRULE.
DAMAaINe ErTror OF THE FoRcE Bill
AND OTnEr MIscB1Evous LEaIsLA-

WAsuISa1oN, Jnly 27-A Demo
crat of national reputation, in let.
ter to friend, says of the recent
course of affairs at Wnshington:
Il write to you plainly. for l feel
seriously alarmed at the condition of
affairs Mt home and abroad. The
virtual surrender of the vast and
mighty powers of taxation to the
control of n niercenary class of our
citizens, who 500 i'll such powers only
an engine for their private gains, is
naturally creating predatory com
mercial war upon one section of our
country, the rivalry and competition
OF growing manufactures i'll which is
now seriously felt by the other sec
ton. You arc perfectly right in say
ing that what MIR. Lodge and his as
sociates most desire is n boycott to
be attempted in tho South, for it will
not only inhame local resentments,
but it will kill the nascnt industries
of tho South, which FREQ trade within
tine Union already makes obiectiona
bic to Northern competitors. Tho
force bill is natural ontgrowth of
tho protective system, which socks
Congro 'sional votes to obtain Con,
grcssional legislation to consolidate
and expand its control over tho pow
or Of public taxation. 1t is not STATE
socialism, but something worse and
moro selfish; it il IL mcrce,lary dig
archy, knowing 10 law but it's own
will and having no end but its own
profit.
cat the root of the progressive
ayil Of plutocracy we find the meas.
ure adopted at the commencement cf
the present Congress in the rules so
called, by which the House of Rep
rcsentatiyes was wholly deprived of
self government as n representative
and deliberate council and reduced
to the machine of party, guided by
the single hand of 80 called Speak
err 1t ia simply amazing to me that
the profound and Infinitely danger
GUS consequences of tho Reed rules,
and Reeds conduct of them, should
not have penetrated and alarmed the
good sense of the American people.
The Lodge bill has no othor intent
than to use the voting power of the
negroes to impose taxation
upon the Northern white men,"
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A Balm in Gilead" for you by tax
ing Summons Liver Regulator fol
your diseased liver.
The Texas COW boys take Simmons
Liver Regulator when bilious. T..
Pierce. Ranchero Grandp, Texas.
For constipation, biliousness and
kidney affections, remember Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
Biliousness, bile. boils and the
blues can no cured by taking Sim.
mons Liver Regulator.
What will Simmons Liver Regula.
tor do7 Make you well by restoring
action to tho liver.
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Secretary.


The st. Paul Globe There ia no
hope for agriculture until tho GOV
: ernment returns into the hands of
the Democratic party. 1t is a
move in the right direction when
Republicans burst party shacllles
and start out upon an indcpend
ent movement. Yet it is only half
step in the right direction. The
full step will land them into the
Democratic party, where every
friend of pure and simple govern.
mcnt belongs.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer ::
The Federal election hill is the
most audacious scheme of centrali
cation that has SO far been pro.
posed. If it becomes % law, the
control of State and local elections
Will soon be III the hands of a Fed
eral Trust, having at it's command
all army of supervisors of election
and deputy marshals, paid out of
the United States Treasury. Are
the people of Ohio, Republican,
Democrat or Independent, prepar,
cd for such IA subjngation of their
po1itipa1 ljhnrf;n, Z
The Manchester (N. H.) Union :
The Federal election bill is the re.
suit of desperation, devised with
an utter disregard for fairness or
constitutional requirements, and
calculated to lean to anarchy and
disorder. We do not believe that
the people Of the United States
are yet ready to accept such IL bill.
calculated to make it impossible
to dislodge a party when once in
power, and intended to substitute
force and fraud for the proper ex.
preston Of the will of the voters of
the land.
The Chicago News SAYS: The
average workingman must labor
two weeks every year solely fol
the benefit Of government pen
sioners. 1t is not accurately known
how many weeks he has to work
for the benefit of protected monop
olists, but certainly not less than
two, and probably four or five. IL,
has also to work couple of week.
to cover his share of the ordinar,
expenses of the government out
side of pensions, which now alb
serbs nearly half the annual reve
nues of the Union. When the Nc
Kinley bill passes they will hav,
to do still more work for the "pro
tects" and he will get in return
his labor for his pains.
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WHO WANTS TIP

Who wants Federal elections
law =? Who has asked for it! Who is
to DO advantaged by it's enactment
Not the white Republicans of the
South, certainly. They arc as vehe
mont in opposition us tho Southern
Democrats themselves. For testi
mony read the memorial put forward
by tho representative Republicans of
Alabama.
Not tho negroes. Thor represent
ativa men, through World interviews
and Otherwise, hive protested against
tho bill as IL measure certain to be
calanItous to their race.
Who, then, wants this bill enact
ed Not the business men of the
North, the merchants, the manufac.
turers, the investors of money in in.
dustrial enterprises. These earnest.
~ deprecato the unnecessary disturb
ance of tho peace, and many Of them
arc quietly bringing influence to bear
for the defeat Of the bill
Nowhere has public opinion de
handed or even approved such mea.
sure Nobody wants it except GER
tain desperate politicians who thiuk
they see i'll it means of retaining
power which they must otherwise
lose through popular distrust OF
them.
Is it worth while to revolutionize
our system to crafty these men Is
it likely in tho end to be good poll
ties to do this thug (?
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ident, and Romero as minister Of f
nance. Tho regular authorities.
however. are still in partial posses.
sion, and declare themselves able TO
Suppress the uprising.
BUENos AYREs, July oS.-An,
other battalion has joined the in.
surgents. Their nun bers are cor.
tainly increasing. The result of
saturdays street fighting was adj.
verse to the government.
The plot to overthrow the gov
eminent, which has been suspect.
ed for some months and the exist.
enco of which has been 80 MANY
times denied, was carried out Sat.
urday, and President DIR. Juarez
Celmara is fugitive.
Tho revolutionists claim they
have completely triumphed. The
governor of Buenos Ayres is Sc.
rlously wounded.
LONDON, July 29.-The Argen.
tine legation has received tho fol.
lowing: "Bucnos Ayres, Monday.
80 p. m.-Announce that the in.
snrrection has been completely
SnDdued. The president and the
national cabinet are giving orders
from the national governments
house. The finance minister has
been set at liberty.
JUAN GARCIA.D
Garcia is the minister of the Ar.
gcntine Republic.
LONDON, July 20.-Thc terms
for the settlement of the troubles
between tho revolutionists and the
government, according to a dis
patch published in the Times from
Bnenos Ayres, Of yesterday even
ing, are that the criminals who
have taken part in the insnrrec.
ton will not be punished. All
captains of the revolutionary
forces and all officers above the
grade of captain will be deprived
OF their rank. The artillery of the
insnrrectionists will be surrender.
cd tomorrow.
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AN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The CAUSES OF Cholera IsFANTuM AND
TYPHOID FEVER.

A dispatch from Ann Arbor,
Mich, says: The regents of the Uni
vereity of Michigan last year built
and equipped laboratory of hygiene
at the request of the State Board of
Health. Ono of the objects of this
laboratory was the investigation of
tho causations of diseases, and this
branch has been under the supervi-
sion of Victor G. Waugh, tho eminent
toxicologist, who few years ago
gave the world his discovery of tyro.
toxicon, the poison so often existing
in milk, cheese and ice cream. He
has now, it is alleged. added another
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Clinch alley News.
fhlDA1. AUGUST l. 1890.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
AT a convention of the Demo
Gratis of Tazewell county, in the
court house, July 90, 1890, the fol
lowing delegates and alternate;
were elected to represent the coun
ty in a Congressional Convention
to be held in Pulaski OH the 18th
OF August, 1890:
JEFFERSoNvILLE DISTRICT.
delegates. Alternatcs.
J. G. ST., Clair, G.. w. Doak.
j. j. Benbow, j. II. Stuart
Warren Painter, f.. l.. Wright.
a. t. Buchanan, \. 3. Buchanan.
ID. G. Sayers. J. NJ. Kits.
CLEAR FORK DISTRICT.
Delegates. Altcrnates.
Jos. S. Moss, J. p. Gosc.
Il. NJ. Hawkins,Jr II. NJ. Bourne,
Oscar Moore, a. st. Clair,
" l. GreeNer, u. y. Mccall,
JOS. L. Deaton. w. w. French.
MAIDEN SPRING DISTRICT.
Delegates. Altcrnatcs.
Geo. Ward, James TAYLOR.
VIM. "A. Ward, a. j. Larimer,
David 1,ockhart, Geo. Onoy,
j. L. Buchanan. Emmitt Scott.
The following resolutions passed
the convention
First. That having full conf
dencc in the integrity and ability
of Hon. John A. Buchanan, our
present representative in Congress,
that we favor his denomination for
Congress from this District, and
that the delegates to the Congress
.sional Convention to be held Mt
Pulaski City on tho 18th of August
next, he, anil are, hereby instruct.
<ed to cast the vote of Tazewcll
county III said convention for him,
and use all honorable means TO Sc.
Ncure his nomination.
Second. That we endorse the
course of Hon. John a. Buchanan
I'm the present Congress, and es.
lpccially the bold aud manly stand
Tho has taken in opposition to the
Federal elections till.
Third. Resolved, That the dele.
gates and alternates present cast
tile vote Of the entire county, and
h the event OF n full attendance of
both delegates and alternates, that
the vote he apportionel equally
be'AFeen' them, and that the alter.
mates present be authorized 10 cast
their proportional part Of the vote
Jof'the county.
ifSshed) Il. l.. WRIGHT,
Secretary.
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FROM THE SEAT WAR.

fftOhl IHE SEAT OF WAR.
New York, July pa special to
the Herald dated Guatemala CITY,
via Mexico, 25th, says: The Guate.
mnla artillery, under Cas San.
chez, with 500 men, and the Infantry.
under General Manuel Aquilar, to
the number of 1000 men, mide an
attack on the forces OF Salvador.
about thirty miles from the San Mi
Suel boundary, on tho morning of
July 23d, and drove them back into
their own territory with n loss on
both sides OF about 400 men. Guate
mala's loss Was by far the most SO
we're. loss than $50 men being killed
on the side Of Salvador.
SAN FRAScIsco, CAL. July &C.
The steamship San Jose, of the PA
cihc Mail Company, arrived from
Panama last night. Captain Rus.
sell, OF that vessel, spent the greater
part Of the last six months i'll Guate
mnla City. During that time i'm.
mense quantities of rifle guns and
Ammunition have been shipped into
that place from England, France and
the United States. lie says that
there arc enough rifles in the coun-
try now TO arm 100000 men. There
is no disciplined arm il Guatemala,
and i'll war times the officials have to
send out and catch recruits.
NEW YORK, July 2S.-The Her
ADDS special from La Libertad, San
Salvador, says the latest advices
fully confirm the accounts of the
two victories Of the Salvadorians
over the GuatemaIans- at
ChincO and the other at Atescal-
empo. The Mexican minister i'm
Guatemala has formally protested
aSalilSb the suppression OF tele-
grams by the Guatemalan authori.
ties, which suppression, it is claim
ed, extends to private and com
mercial dispatches. Great con-
sternation is said to prevail in
Guatemala over the news of the
two disasters to her army. The
Heralds correspondent at the City
of Mexico telegraphs that the re-
ports Of tho Guatemalan defeats
are fully confirmed there; also that
a revolutionary uprising took place
in the Department Of Chcquimula,
Guatemala, on Friday last. The
military were called upon to fire on
the mob but refused to do so and
threw down their arms. Many of
them joined the revolutionists.
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