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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
JUDICIAL ADvERTssEMENTs.
GHRRzFF F,s SALE.
SIMEON BIRoTTE Admr.
VS..
JULIE SYLVAN ct AL
No 1460G
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST, LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA

By virtue Of an order of seizure and sale is.
ssued out of the Honorable the Thirteenth in.
dic1al District Court of the State of Louisiana,
IN ana for the Parish of st. Landry in the
above entitled and numbered suit and to me
directed, have seized and will proceed to sell
at public auction, to the last and highest bid
der, at the principal front door of the Court
mouse OF the Parish of ST. Landry, in the town
Of Opelsusas, on
Saturday March lst, 1889,
at II o'clok a. M, the following described pro
perty. to-wit:
certain tract of land situated on BAYOU
Ieche, in the parish CT ST. Landry. containing
about eighty acree, superficial. bounded north
by onezime Carrier, south aud west by BAYOU
Teche, aud east by lands of Mrs Littell being
same property which said Simeon Birotte ac-
CURED at the successional sale OF the estate of
jacques Zaeharfe, alias .5ackaire, ON the 2Tth
day of August 1884. duly recorded in Convey
ance Book No. 2. at page 223.
Tefms and Conditions - For cash to an
amount sufficient TO satisfy the SIX notes of two
hundred and six dollars and forty-seven cents.
ts206. .f0 now due With per cent yearly inter
est from their respective maturitfes, and also
for the remaining notes not due t6swit: One
note for two hundred and six dollars and forty
seven cents, falling due Jan. 1st, 1891. And
another note for two hundred aud six dollars
aud foffy-seyen cents, falling due JAN 1st 1892,
Oh terms OF credit corresponding to 1naturities
D the said non accrued notes, together with 10
per cent attorneys fees thereon and all accrued
aud accruing interest thereon and all costs of
these proceedings.
T. $. FONTENOT,
Jan. 25-Gt Sheriff Parish st. Landry.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-01-25
SHERAFE,s SALE.

A.
Jan. 25-Gt Sheriff z
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22
From ssThe Greeley News.

THERE is to be convention of reform.
ers at CINCINNATI, Feb. 23d, to which
are invited delegates from only those who
stood upon the st. Louis platform during
the last campaign. This won't do.
There are thousands Of people in this
country who do not even know the pro-
visions of that platform, yet who are as
anxious for reform in politics as any who
stood upon that platform this fall, or at
any time. What Is needed is conven-
ton, or conference, where ALL who are
in favor of reform can meet and exchange
ideas and get ready for grand fight in
'9l and '92. The st. Louis platform is
good so far as it goes, but it is not broad
enough to hold all of the demands of the
present day or Of future campaigns. 1t
needs to be made wider. Prohibtionists
are anxious to join forces with the farm
ers and laborers OF this country, but they
say (and no. without reasOn) that they
cannot leave their own party to join
party that is silent on the subject of the
liquor traffic. There are also many
thousands of good citizens who are not
eligible to membership in the Farmers
Alliance. but who would gladly lend
helping hand if they were allowed to do
70. We are surprised that men 80 broad
minded as Gen. Rice and Congressman
elect Davis, of Kansas, should not see the
narrOwness of their call for a convention
ut Cincinnati. Come let us get tOgeth-
er all reform forces into one grand army
of voters. We must 'brOaden out"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22

JAY GOULD Is becoming quite an edn-
Gator, in his way. He now Owls con-
trolliong interesting in a majority of the
most prominent railroads of this country,
and he says he proposes that there shall
be no more cut rates; that the roads are
TO be run In the interest of those who
own them. We hope he will get con-
troll OF a few more roads. Then the peO-
pie will begin to see the necessity Of
government ownership and control Of
the means Of transportation. They are
beginning to see it now, and If jay will
only pull the strings little tighter, the
people will become 80 Disguised that they
will arise i'm their might and demand
that the government take charge of the
railroads. Then 4. II. Funston and Il
few more such demagogies will lie land
away on the shelf. and Gould will have
to turn his attention to other matters.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22

"'To constantly strive to secure en-
tire harmony and good will to all
mankind and brotherly love among
ourselves. 10 suppress personal, local.
sectional and national prejudices; all
unhealthy rivalry and all selfish am
bltion.'
"They have gone into politics be-
cause they have been forced there"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22
After Ten Years. i.
WINFIELD, HAS, June 3,

WINFIELD, KAs., June 5, 1890.
N. b. SANpNER, DEAR SIR: Your
Positive Cure for Piles has cured me-
l have had the Piles for item years, and
have tried all kinds Of remedies. bur
your remedy is the only remedy thai
did me any good. 1 can recommend
il as the best cure for piles, and sure
cure. Yours respectfully,
JOHN BARNDoLLAR,
Winfield, Kas.
Sent postpaid for SLIGO, No cure,
no pay. Address
N. B. SANDNER,
Winfield, Has.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22

One Of the most remarkable lists of
famous contributors ever brought tOgeth-
er in single number OF a magazine will
be presented in the January issue of
The Ladies' Home Journal, of Philadel-
phia. The authors In that number will
include Henry NJ. Stanley, DIR. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Ex-President Hayes,
Hon. John Wannamaker, Joseph Jeffer-
son, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Madame
4ilbani, James WhitcOmb Riley, Gen.
Lew Wallace. George w. Childs, DR.. Il.
DE Witt Tslmage, Mrs. A. ID. 4, Whit
neg, Robert j. Burdette. Edward Bella
my, Will Carleton, Charles A. Dana,
Sarah Orne Jewett, George w. Cable,
Julian Hawthorne, Mrs. Lyman Abbott,
Mrs Margaret Bottome, and nearly
twenty others.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22
Farmers Alliance,

No. 2SO6 (the Glen LODGE, at its last
meeting passed resolutions condemning
the the ''force" elections bill, and re-
solved to oppose all efforts to pass the
bill, and to vote against any person who
would vote or work for it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22

TIE national grange. at its meet
ing at Atlanta, Georgia, some days
ago, engaged 10 protest against the sale
Of liquor at the Worlds fair. The farm
ers as rule, are opposed to the saloon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22
FORCED INTO POLITICS.
The Farmers, Alliance Discussed In q
New York Pulpit.

| Rev. ThOs. Dixon, OF new DIX, OH
Sunday, the 9Th inst, selected as Ms
theme "The Moral Import of the
Farmers Alliance" lie said, III part:
"The real sensation of the year is
the advent Of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union. 1t is
no mushroom growth. 1t is the re-
sistless movement of millions under
! the oppression of centuries. Its mo-
tive is social economy, religious and
political. The advent of these en-
battled hosts is the impregnant event
of this generation. 1t is the begin
ming of revolution that will shake
this continent and the world. The
first time they gathered around the
ballot box was the 18th of November
last. They pollee between two and
three million votes, elected governors
IF three states, some forty men to
congress, and scared the life out Of
hundreds they did not defeat.
THE PROTEST OF BURDEN-BEARERs.
"What is the moral meaning Of this
great movement?
"First-It is the protest of patient
burden bearers of the world, who
have toiled through weary years,
struggling beneath the wrongs Of
economic and political superstitions.
In America the farmers have become
the beasts of burden Of the nation.
Their business has been to feed over
sixty-five million people, together
with the hosts Of the old world, with
the products of the years work, and
then, through the winter, exc out
miserable existence, wrestling with
their mortgages, cyclones and floods.
While they are doing this, we laugh
and grow fat, dance and make merry
in the city, bet how much they will
make next year; buy and sell their
crops fifty times before they are plant
ed, and charge old 'hayseed' with all
our own losses.
"Thc question is whether these men,
the freest of the free, the authors Of
this country's liberty, shall assert their
rights and obtain justice. or degener-
ate into the condition of tenants and
serfs. The conditions of labor in all
other industries have undergone mar
velous development and change in the
past 100 years. The farmer works
under the same sterE conditions, per-
ishimg in the midst of bOundless
prosperity for others. lie has deter
mined to effect change in the condi-
tons and rc-adjust himself on living
basis 10 the new civilization.
THE EDUCATION OF THE MASSES.
"SecOnd--This movement means the
education of the masses as masses
of the farmer as a farmer. 1t means
the assertion of the manhood of the
yeomen Of the nation. This il real
education. The accent Of our educa-
tion hitherto has been to get onto rise.
We have been taught to climb out of
the humble sphere in which we were
born, into the so-calied higher sphere.
The smith learns To dcspise his anvil,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22

ers, railroad men and politicians.
1--WE now have fully eight million
men in this country educated to be
presidents of the United States. We
only need about dozen in hundred
years-an awful waste Of raw mate
rial. The farmers are learning and
teaching to their children in this Or
ganization that the work of the farm
er is as sacred, as noble, as honorable
as that of any sphere iu life.
"Women, too, are admitted to the
order. Well they may be. There are
more farmers wives in the insane
asylums of America than any other
class. They have actually recognized
the fact that woman is human being.
rs MARRIAGE A FAILUREI
A reporter once asked an old farm
er in the west what he thought about
the question, is marriage a failure ?
He replied: what! marriage fail
ure? Well, let's see. There's Lucin'
dy gifts up in the mornin', kindles the
fire, milks six COWS, starts four chill
dren off to school, tends to three
others, skins twenty pans of milk,
feeds the hens, likewise the hogs,
looks after some motherless sheep,
gifts breakfast, washes up the dishes.
gifts dinner, etc. Why, man, do you
think 1 could hire anybody to do all
that for what she gifts? Not much
It's a great success, SIR
"Ah, these patient, sad-faced, weary
millions of women-the pathos OF
their lives! They have entered the
organization with cheeks flushed with
hope-many of them for the first time
in their lives. May God lead and
bless them!
COOPERATION AGAINST COMPETITION.
"Third-This movement means co.
operation as against competition. II
is in this principle Of socialism that
the order has its strongest foundation
They are pledged to cooperate with
each other in the production of eco.
nomic goods and not only so, but to
cooperate in the distribution of these
goods.
"They are asserting in life
the principle that it is better for men
to fight for each other than against
one another. Thoy are learning the
secret of associated pOwer-that in
union there is strength.
at is in the light of this fact thai
we solve the apparent paradox that
while they cry out against trusts and
monopolies, In the same breath they
demand that the government press its
functions to the very verge Of state
socialism. These cries are not incOn.
sistent. They are the assertions Of
fundamental principles. They recOg.
nize the important fact that the gov
eminent is not something separate
from the people, but when normally
administered Is simply the people
governing hemseives-that it is not a
power TO be feared, but power to be
utilized for the happiness of all.
IT MEANS BROTHERHOOD.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22

On to Washington, fellow citizens,
in 80.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-12-22
1T MEANS BROTHERHOOD.

"Fourtll-The organization means
brotherhood. 1t is benevolent or
der, with principles of love and fra
terniiy wide as the world, universal
as the race. The fifth and sixth ar
ticles in their st. Louis declaration Of
purposes, second declaration Of
independence, reads thus:
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26
An IDEAL

Being in the kitchen department to-day
l will give the young housewife a glimpse
Of what in my very childhood was to me
the beau ideal Of the kitchen. IL was a
large, airy room, with deep window seats
and with doors on either side; on one side
opening on a broad veranda, beyond which
the grass sloped town to the edge of a
brook bordered with pine and hemlock.
On the opposite side the same deep=ses
windows looked into an old-fashioned
flower garden, where tufts Of larkspuT.
sweet william. and all the old favorites
luxuriated, and where punches Of pepper
mint, sage, thyme, p~enDyroyal, chamo-
mile, catnip, fennel and other herbs grew
and flourished. Within the kitchen cool
shadows lay across the pale gray floor. an
old-time looking glass, a tall clock In a
corner, above its face a ship tossing rest
lessly on the green waves; behind glass
doors were shelves of FURNISHED tinware
and shining china, and in q large open
fireplace was a bed Of Goals ready for COW
cred spiders and gridirons.
By enc of the deep windows was the
work basket. Inside the deep, fiaring
window, and just above the reach OF small
hands, hung what might be called a series
Of pockets, made OF blue and scarlet, a
five inches wide, with a small piBcushion
at the top and a few flannel bits for need
les; below three or four pockets for thread,
tape, buttons-all the little things so con-
stantly needed. The white rufied curtains
were looped back, a screen shielded the
spot from the heat Of the fire. No odor of
cookery peryaded the place. The wide
throated fireplace took all to itself, save
when the old-fashioned oven was open, and
the cakes and pies were taken out and set
upon the long table. A very email child
then loved 10 sit in those deep window
seats and read tales of fairies OF books Of
travels. Things unknown, whether fan
ciful or real, always had an especial
charm.
And | would say, row aid here, that |
believe in eultivating the Imagination.
Nothing so helps the house mother, amid
the cares and trouble and turmoil of her
life, as a we'll trained Imagination, one
cultivated to see beauties where one exist,
rather than to see the disagreeables of
life. Imagination is a good thing to have,
and a jndicious mother is of all the one
most needed in its cultivation, for the cul-
ture is most successful in the early days of
childhood.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26
SNEEZISGAND sHIyERENG.

Natures provisions against the conse-
quence OF a chill, " and for the preven-
ton of Il cold" are sneezing and shiv-
ering. A violent fit of sneezing often
saves a chilled body the consequences of
the nerve depression or "shock" to which it
has been subjected, and this shock may in
its first impression be very limited to its
area; for example, the small extent covered
by a draught of cold air rushing through
the crevice of 3 door or window. The
nerve centres are reused from their ''col-
lapse" by the eommotion or explosive in
~fiueneo of tho sneeze. If sneezing fails,
nature will try a shiyer, which acts me-
chanically in this way. If this fails the
effects are likely to be very serious and
bad consequences may ensne. The cold
is slight when sneezing ~sufiices to recover
the nervous system quickly from its de-
preston, and grave when even strong
shiveting fails to do SO.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26
DIRT ON THE MIND.

'sRecollections Of My Mother, " by Susan
T.. Lesley, gives an interesting picture of
life in Northampton fifty years ago. The
mother was Mrs. Lyman, famous for her
hospitality and her devotion to reading.
Here is a suggestive bit for housekeeEers:
One day a friend came in who had just
visited Mrs, who was one OF the ex-
quisite housekeepers. She began TO tell
my mother about the perfect condition of
that house from garrett to cellar, and rang
the changes on the brightness of the brass
es. the admirable shine of the glass and
silver, the entire absence of dust on every
carpet. My mother stood it just as long
as she could, through fidgeting uneasily
in her chair. Then she exclaimed: Il
think Mrs.-is the dirtiest person | ever
saw in my lifeiii '40h, Mrs. Lyman,
what can you meant cried the friend.
''What | say is true said my mother,
bringing down her hand with much force
on the table. From the rising of the sun
to the going down Of the same That
woman's mind is on dirt. She thinks dirt,
sees dirt, is fighting dirt, the livelong day.
Now | would rather see more of it on the
carpet aud less of it on her mind. Dos
ton Record.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26
NEATNEssIN DRESS AT H0ME

The importance of neat and tasteful
house-dressing cannot be overestimated
The matron who appears before the mem
beers Of her family In a shabby, soiled
wrapper, and makes the exeuse-if, indeed,
she takes the trouble to make one at all
that sit is so much more comfortable, "
has little idea of the possible consequences
Of such d course.
Could she but realize that her dress is
an evil example to her daughters, and one
productive of consequences that will reach
far beyond her own span Of lie; that her
husband and sons cannot fail to draw
comparisons between her dress and that Of
the ladies they meet In other homes, and
that these comparisons cannot fail to de-
crease their respect for her, she might be
induced to give more attention to her per-
sonal appearance. Not even the burden
of care and constant employment can fur.
nish a sufficient exe7se for careless per-
sonal habits, for few things are more i'm.
portant to the well being of a family.
There Is an old saying to the effect that
an untidy mother has disobedient children;
and while neither parents nor children may
realize the why or wherefore of it, yet
there is always a lack of respect and an
indifference to the authority Of a mother
who takes nc pride in her personal APP
pearanee.
And it is not the mother alone upon
whose shoulders rests the burden of re-
sp~onsibiiity for home neatness and order
in dress; the father has his duties to look
after as well, and should never fail to in
sist upon the younger members OF the
family presenting themselves with well
kept hands, clean faces. neatly brushed
hair, and orderly dress, at least at every
meal where the family assembles.-Brook
Ign Magazine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26
THE KITCHEN.

Last in the thoughts of many, the
kitchen should be first in the thoughts
of all who wish to keep house successfully.
Far from being an unimportaut factor in
the comfort OF the family, it plays a part
in reality superior to the parlor. Yet how
much Is lavishly expended to make that
room ltsutiful and attractive in houses
where the kitchen is damp, dark, small,
and insuficiently supplied with eonvenien-
ees for doing the house work. See TO it,
friends, that the cooking utensils are
whole, in good order. and handy to use.
If you cannot have the new chair, the
dainty vase, the lcnge6-for rug for the
drawing room, have enough, at least, Of
saucepans, spiders, pots and gridirons for
the easy preparation of meals. Let the
kitchen be well lighted and cheerful, with
q painted floor, if possible, or a bright,
thick oilcloth. Have one strong, large
table, a couple of smaller ones, and chairs
tt at are comfortable as well as serviceable.
l believe in making the kitchen an inviting
place, and keeping its appliances up to the
times, just as a farmer insists On having
the latest labor saving contriyanees in his
fields and barns. Too many women
wastefully spend their energies in max
ing things do" after the things in question
are worn out and fit for the junk shop.
This is mistaken economy Il Christian
TnfeNineneer-
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26

Nothing has more completely changed
in this country than our ideas of hat
American women may do in their summer
holidays. In lieu OF the huge hotel they
may take the mountains or seaside
camp" with the village ..store-if they
be ~prudent-not more than a mile away.
In lieu of piazza dress, the band, the hop
tie piazza talk, the endless writing and
receiving of letters, they may make some
such definite occupation as woodland
studies of the rich fora Of New Jersey, the
untailing flora through the season, reveal
ing, from wild rose, iris and pond lily, the
constant procession of change; the still
more shy flowers that they cannot name.
and, later, the wild carrot ard aster
starring the very footways. Long after
the laurels have dropped their last golfer
ed and crimped p~inky-white dress-caps in
the woods, the search for exquisite bios
SONS goes on by the practised 'Jerseyman. >
native or naturalized, for the summer.
The flora of ever one village in the Jersey
sands or gravels would be a book worth
illustrating or writing.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26

oh Kodak. are you void OF sense,
That you so s~toicaIly take
The pressure of her fingers fair.
Which all my nerves would wildly shake
All! cont you see her wealth OF HAIR;
Her eyes SO softly, brightly blue
Now bent, with tende interest,
kodak camera, on you:
And can you feel the lively thrill
OF pleasure in her lovely face
When you work well? o Camera,
Tdlike, just once, TO have your plaee'
such pictures as ia take for her.
such glorious views of east and west,
Like magic they should come, her smile
Would pay me well TO do my best.
You don't appreciate your luck.
o Camera. with CLASSY eye.
whieh, staring ever straight ahead,
Sees not the charming maid close By.
III were you-bnt never mind,
You're not her lover that Is clear.
While IL love the very ground
That only serves TO bring her near,
But stitl, l scarcely envy o
Although from me you steal her smiles,
You're deaf, and dumb, and blind to all
Her beauty rare, her winning wiies.
And saddesi, worst of all your lot,
Al, this 1 could not bearand live.
To feel that l belong 10 her,
And then,-to take a negative.
NJ 4. u. Euaas, in Outing for Jan. 1877.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-26
GoNDEMENTs AxD INDIGESTION.

Cayenne pepper may be selected as a
typical example of q condiment properly
so called. Mustard is a food and condi-
ment combined; this is the case with some
others. Curry powders are mixtures OF
very potent condiments, with more or less
farinaceous materials and sulphur of COM
pounds, which. like the oil of mustard,
onions, garlic, etc., may have a certain
amount of nutritive value.
The mere continent is a stimulating
drug that does its work directly upon the
inner lining OF the stomach, by exciting it
to increased and abnormal activity. a
dyspeptic may obtain immediate relief by
using cayenne pepper. Among the adver-
tised patent medicines, is a pill bearing the
very ominous name of its compounder, the
active constituent of which is cayenne.
Great relief and temporary comfort are OBJ
tanned by using it as a 'diEner pill" II
thus used only as a temporary remedy for
an acute and temporary, or exceptional
attack of indigestion, all is well. but the
Cd1 tlillt, 1llttiCl ldhGn HI pms vi atiStNu
over the food, or stewed with it in curries
or otherwise, is one of the most cruel of
slow poisons when taken habitually Thou
sands of poor wretches are crawling mis-
erably towards their graves, the victims OF
the multitudes of maladies of both mind
and body that are connected with chronic,
ineurable dyspepsia. all brought about by
the habitual use of cayenne and its coudi-
mental cousins.
The usual history of these victims is that
they began by oyerfeeding, took the con-
diment to force the stomach to do more
thar its healthful amount of work; using
but little at first. Then the stomach be-
came t~olerent Of this little, and demanded
more; then more, and more, until at last
Inflammation, liberation, torpidity, and
finally the death of the digestive powers,
accompanied with all that long train of
miseries to which | have REFEREED
knowledge.