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St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18
Worth Noticing.


. 1t is a fact worth noticing, that til
town OF Opelousas is rapidly assumin,
an air of industrious and thriving bust
ness.
The United States Courthouse is loom
ing up to conspicuous altitude, and
out for the protracted interruption o.
freight transportation over the railroad
would have been much further on the
road to completion than it is. Mr.. Van
Horn has been met by insuperable ob-
stacles, and of course the work has not
progressed as rapidly as it otherwise
would. With the exceptions of light
articles, he has not been able to get any
materials by the road or Joy water. His
workmen have been idle much of the
time during the last month. Ncverthe-
less the arches are under way. The
lockers on (and there are not few can
now begin to form an idea of some of
the plan, and to appreciate the beauty
of the design in what relates tosthe ex
terror appearance.
Right opposite to this, preparations
are going on for the sinking of an arte-
sian we'll lately contracted for by the
Town Council. Mr.. Ware, the contract
or, has been delayed in the commence
ment OF the work, by the same obstacles
to transportation encountered by Mr..
Van Horn. He has nevertheless sue
ceeded in erecting the derrick, which
stands fifty feet high, and in placing
some of the pumping machinery in po-
sition. Pipes are on the ground, and
could he get his boiler, hole in the
ground would be made in short time. !
Hands are still at work on the streets,
and in little while the drives on them
will be all that could be required. Many
of the sidewalks have been greatly i'm
proved, and others are receiving atten-
tion. Fences are undergoing repairs
in almost every direction, and new resi-
dences are looming up here and there.
The merchants complain of dull times,
but without just reason. The planters
and farmers are busy preparing for
crops and of course should not be in
town trading.
Gardening is going on admirably, the
;rees and roses and Towering shrubs
ire putting forth their greenest foliage
md most beautiful blooms, until the
gentle gales that float along are laden
With the richest perfumes. The birds
ing blithely and tunefully among the
branches of the shade trees, and all ma
ure is wreathed in smiles.
The ladies come out in their gay and {
BEAUTIFULLY modest attire, and move +
mong us in their true character - c
hings Of undeniable beauty. The gen. e
lemen walk with an air of business, q
nd loaGng on the streets has ceased to +
e a vocation-and the wbilom appear s
nee of the tediousness of existence is 8
hanged to activity in the pursuit of u u
)me desirable end.
Opelousas is on the alert, and if it r
ut continue so the near future is preg- Il
ant with the most important and graf g
ying results. Let every one lend a g
elping hand, and in the lapse of a few " W
ears we may be able to boast not alone cl
being one of the Oldest and prettiest, el
1T also one of the most fourisbing ~
WINS in the State. &C
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

A lot of colored hoodlums, who went
about town on Wednesday night throw
ing bricks at inhabited houses and com
mittipg other lawless and disorderly
acts, were up before the Mayor on
Thursday to answer for their misdeeds.
OF the eight arrested by Constable De-
jean, several pleaded guilty and were
fined and the others propose to stand a
-
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

Wonder if those resolutions of the
Farmers Union on the post master
question have reached" " the official
journal of that organization yet? It
looks very much as if somebody was
tritling with our farmer friends, but
from what we can hear they are in no
mood to be trif1ed with.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

When you need anything in the Dry
Goods line you would do we'll to send
your orders to B. Fellman, 1879 Canal
St., New Orleans, and in doing so lend
us helping hand by telling him you
saw his "ad "in the DEMOCRAT.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

A new schedule went into effect on
the Morgan railroad on Sunday. Pas
senger and Mail trains now pass here
on their way to New Orleans at Cos a..
ln., and at 9:25 on their return-a very
unsatisfactory arrangement.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

Mr.. Jos. Lassalle has had tho founda-
tions laid for his new residence on Lam
dry street, and Dr.. r. NJ. Littell is hav-
ing the rubbish removed from the site
of his new drugstore, preparatory to the
Inauguration Of active building opera.
fionc
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

We want correspondent at every
postoffice in the parish-good, reliable
persons, who will give the news, if it is
only few lines. Who will do 50 2
Don't all speak at once. We will make
each correspondent a present of 100
sheets of note paper with name and
business neatly printed thereon, and
send him a copy of the paper free.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

The fifth State Convention of the
Sunday school Association of Louisiana
will be held in New Orleans on the 5tb,
9th and 7th days of May. Each School
is urged to send one delegate, and one
additional delegate for every twenty
five scholars. Pastors of Evangelical
Churches are entitled to all the privil-
eyes of delegates. Railway arrange
ments have been made whereby the
double journey may be made for one
fare and one third. The citizens of
New Orleans extend through the Exc
cutiye Committee hearty invitation
to the Convention, and "will cordially
welcome to their Christian homes pas
tors and Sunday School workers
the State"
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

1t is more difficult to infuse life and
vigor into an old town than to start on
barren hills and build new toyn. The
new town has advantages over the old.
1t has no barnacles to shake off, no non-
progressive men to retard enterprises.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

Attention is called to the card of DR..
u. Pulford, in another column. The
DR.. is graduate of first class dental
college and is thoroughly equipped for
the practice of his profession.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

WANTED-Some good live person to
take hold Of the DEMOCRAT subscrip-
tion list and work it up. Good pay to
the night man.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

Nh NJ ~ N& II ESRVlAN n N ESNH H No,
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farmers in all parts OF this country and Canada,
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elevation and ennoblng Of Agriculture through
the higherand broader education of the men and
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per year. 1T COSTS YOU NOTHING. From
any one number ideas can be obtained that
you or members of your household, yet you
get it free. Call and see sample copy.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

A colored woman died of smallpox
on Tuesday night at the old College.
We hear of no other case.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18

Have you paid your subscription for
the St. Landry Democrat?
St. Landry democrat., 1891-04-18
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Family Worship.

The decline of family prayers is an
evil no less serious than the decline of
church attendance. Family worship
should be like family life, free and I'M
constrained. The austerity and SOM
berness with which many people con-
duct family worship make the children
dread rather than love it. Here is one
instance which know to have occurred
in strict Puritan household. The
only son, boy OF eight or ten years,
was following as best he could the
morning lesson. Struck by some start
ling and parad Xcal expression, be
ventured to inquire: Father, what
does that mean?' Hold your gable,
and study your Bible" was the redssur-
ing and edifying answer he received
And yet have no doubt that for the
thirty years that followed, in which
that son took no interest and saw no
beauty in religion, the father was
secretly praying all the time for his
conversion, and wondering why his
prayers were not answered. Our chill
dren must be taught the masculine re-
ligion of thought and outward express
sion, as well as the feminine religion
of sentiment and inward feeling, if
they are to go out from our homes to
found Christian homes of their own; if
their religion is to stand the wear and
tear of real life.-PreSident Hyde Of
Boaodoin College.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Gods Photograph.

One thought impressed me while in
communication with that wonderful in
strument. 1t was the thought of a
coming judgment. If simple wax
cylinder can thus record every word
and tone, every error in language,
every experimentation every harsh
or gentle tone of voice, every hasty,
irascible, or unholy expression, aud
preserve alike what is good or evil for
all time to come, who shall doubt the
power of God to treasure up the life
history we are making into a future
day when the secret things are to be
brought TO light? l know of case in
point. A man whose temper was very
exctab e, and who when once reused
loses control, became angry with one
of his Office clerks. The photograph
was in motion and recorded the iras-
chile rebuke with its angry words, loud
tones, and prOfane expressions. Sub
sequently, having occasion to put the
ear pieces into his ears, he heard over
again the entire outbreak of temper,
and confessed that when it was re-
produced by the monograph it did not
sound at all pleasing. Who can tell
in nature on which are even now be-
ing impressed the records of untamed
as well as sanctified tongues! And
with what horror would some men hear
repeated in their ears as on the house
top, the words spoken in secret in the
closet Gods Book of Remembrance
written before him for those who
thought aud who talked upon his name,
who spake often one to another in the
sweet, sacred dialect of heaven, may
be much more simple and natural than
we imagine. Nature is daily unwilling
some now secrets which make Gods
Word more reasonable and plain. One
mystery is being interpreted by another.
How solemn is life, since every act or
word or thought sets in motion waves
that in widening circles move on,
through the shoreless sea of eternity.
And on the other hand how beautiful
the thought that not word spoken in
love is lost. Gods photograph re-
cords, transmits, and reproduces it, and
the funess of its reward may be after
all the fullness of its reproduction and
infuence.-Dr. 4. T. PierSon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

a wHIsKEY DRINKER will commit
murder only under the direct excite
ment of liquor; beer-drinker is capa-
bic Of doing it in cold blood. Long
observation has assured us that a large
proportion of murders, deliberately
planned and executed without passion
or malice, with no other motive than
the acquisition of property or money,
often of tritllng value, are perpetrated
by beer-drinkers. We believe, further,
that the hereditary evils of beer-drink-
ing exceed those proceeding from ar
dent spirits-tirst, because the habit is
constant and without paroXysmal inter-
ruptions, which admit of some recupera-
ton; secondly, because beer-drinking
is practiced by both sexes more gen
orally than the spirit-drinking, and
thirdly, because the animalizing ten
dency of the habit is more uniform, and
the vicious results are more generally
transmitted. -Pucifc Medical Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
Temperance.
Abstniners Live Longer.

An endeavor was recently made to
show that total abstainers do not live so
long as those who consume achohol in
moderation; also, strange to say, that
those who often drink to excess outlive
the teetotalers. Statements purportng
to come from the medical profession in
England were adduced in support.
The whole story had suspicious APP
pearance. The facts were evidently
cooked, but so skillfully as to deceive
unwary people. All persons possessing
common sense are aware that an eX-
cessive consumption of alcohol leads to
ill-health and high rate of mortality.
But many are not convinced that even
what is called moderate indulgence
tends to lessen the duration of life. The
United Kingdom Temperance and Gen
eral Provident Institution, London,
Ergl nd, has two classes of insurance,
one for total abstainers, and another
for temperate people who are net total
abstainers. All insurance officers care
fully avoid insuring the lives of drunk
ards, or of those whom they suspect
TO be inclined to overindulgence. That
of itself is sufficient to show that the
universal CApclISuCO VI lllc uIlCCs Is
that alcoholic excess means high rate
of mortality. The directors of the
aforementioned institution at their
last annual meeting reported that for
the total-abstinence section on the
the whole number of life policies for
every one hundred claims estimated to
fall due by the actuarys tables there
had been only fifty-nine deaths, but
that in the general section-that is,
among those who drank in strict mod
eration-the deaths amounted to eighty
six out of the expected one hundred.
Therefore, out OF equal nun bers of
two lots of iusurers-tOtal abslaluers
and temperate men-the abstainers
showed forty-iive per cent better than
the temperate drinkers. Toronto Mail
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
His Conscience Triumphed.

A man on an Ere train the other day
picked up from the car-seat a package
that the former occupant of the seat,
who had left the train at the last station,
had forgotten. He looked at the pack
age critically, and then glanced at the
conductor, who was at the other end of
the train. He evidently thought him
self unobserved, for, after a couple of
moments of reflection, he put the pack
age, which was a small one, into his
pocket, and then resumed the reading
of his paper. But his mind was not at
rest His conscience troubled him. He
tried number of times to read, and
each time removed the paper from his
eyes and gszed into vacancy, lost in
meditation. The conductor passed him,
and it made him uneasy. He moved
about nervously in his seat. Presently
he folded up his paper, put it in his
pocket, leaned his elbow against the
window-sill, and allowed his head to
rest in the palm of his hand. He was
having hard struggle. 1t would have
been interesting to know the drift of
his thoughts. Perhaps the question of
the value of the package entered into
them, but it is to be hoped that it did
not AT any rate, his sense of justice
triumphed. He raised his head from
his hand in a determined way, and t. OK
the package from his pocket. 1t was
easy to see that he was happier now
that his mind was made up. The next
time the conductor passed, he handed
him the package with the remark,
" Here is something that the lady who
left the train at the last station forgot"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
The Senate Restaurant.

The editor of the Christian States
man, commenting on the recent discus
sion of the resolution forbidding the
sale and drinking of intoxicants in the
senate restaurant, speaks as follow :
The members who opposed the reso-
luton failed entirely to see that it was
not question so much of the personal
habits of senators as whether the high
est legislative body in the nation shall
continue to sanction the traffic in al
coholic liquors. The senate restaurab
is patronized by hundreds every d.,
besides the senators. If every senator
were a total abstainer, there would still
be large and profitable sale to Others
The nation is engaged in a death
struggle with the drink traffic. Some
states have almost freed themselves
from the curse. All the rest of the
country is subject to its ravages. The
sale of liquor in the nations capitol
throws the weight of the example and
authority of congress on the side of the
liquor traffic. 1t discredits the law in
every prohibition state and county,
keeps every on-keeper in continu-
ance and bril- Is measure of protcc-
ton to every saloon. Temperance men
and women know well enough that SEN
atOrs who use intoXicants would not be
prevented by this resolution from OBJ
tanning them; but its adoption would
extend over a small but conspicuous
area the law of prohibition and would
transfer the weight of the senate's au-
thority and example to the other side
of the line of battle. The resolution,
therefore, was right and reasonable and
ought to have prevailed"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

THE Minneapolis Erening Journal,
in an editorial saws: These noble
women (of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union) not only talk; they
act. And they are fortunate in the
possession of the courage of deep con-
viclions. Their movement throughout
the country is powerful enginery for
good He who would disparage such
work has little appreciation of the true
object of life, To the purely selfish,
the work of the union is incompre-
hensible.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

they wore the sweet bloom of child
hood in its happy mood. From that
night of watching Mrs. Elton was a
friend to every little child who needed
friend, and her life was crowned with
love and true benevolence.- Christian
ENQUIRER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

ChiCaGO. Rock Island &PaCjiC RV.

Including Lines East and West of the Sissouri
River. The Direct Route to and no'a CHICAGO.
ROCK ISLAND DAVENPORT, DIES MONIES
COUNCIL BLUFFS, WATERFOWL SIOUX
FALLS, MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL ST JOS
EPH, ATCHI5ON, LEAVENWORTII, KANSAS
CITY. TOPEKA, DENVER, COLORADO SPNGs
and PUEBLO. Free Reclining Chair Cars TO and
from CHICAGO CALDWELL, HUTCHINSON
and DODGE CITY, and Palace Sleeping Cars be-
tween CHICAGO. WICHITA and HIITCIITNJSON
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
If YOU are offered a bottle of Saliva

If you are offered bottle of Saliva
ton Oil without wrapper, or mutilated
or defaced, don't buy it at any price.
You may be sure that there is some
thing wrong-it may be worthless or
dangerous counterfeit. Insist upon
getting ape,Ject, unbrOken, genuine pack
age, in yellow wrapper.
TRY it. twill cure you. DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. All dealers keep it.
Price twenty-five cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale by G. Blakely,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

AN order has been issued by the SUI
perintendent of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul railroad, forbidding
the sale of Intoxicating liquors in rail-
road hotels located on the company's
property.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

ARCHBISHOP REYNOLDS of Adelaide,
Australia, has taken the total absti-
nence pledge before a vast congrega-
ton, in order to give an example to his
people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

Only sarsaparllla GUARANTEED to Cure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, |


FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
e. j. CHENEY & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
catarrh that can not be cured by the
use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
~ in my presence, this 9th day of
g.. S. December "A ~ pi 1856,
W Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally and acts directly upon the blood
and mucus surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
ca Sold by druggists. Price sew
enty-fve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14
SOLID VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

SOLID VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS
Of Through Coaches, sleepers Free Reclining
Vhair Cars and Cast of Mo. River Dining Cars
aaily between CHICAGO. DIES MONIES, coUN-
GIL BLUFFS and OMAHA with FREE Reclin-
mig Chair Car 70 NORTH PLATTE (Ncb.), and
between CHICAGO and DENVER, COLORADO
SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via St Joseph, or Kan
City and Topeka. Splendid Dining Hotels
west of ST. Joseph and Kansas City. Excursions
daily, with Choice of Routes to and from Salt
Lake, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Direct Line 10 and from Pixies Peak Mani.
tou. Garden of the Gods the Sanitariums, and
Scenic Grandeurs OF Colorado.
Via The Albert Lea Route.
Solid Express Trains daily between Chicago and
Minneapolis and st, Paul, with THROUGH Re
clining Chair Cars GREE to and from those
points and Kansas City, Through Chair Car and
sleeper between Peoria, Spirit Lake and Sioux
Falls via Rock Island. The Favorite Line TO
Watertown. SioL "'.lls, the Summer Resorts and
Hunting and Fish, arov44A" of the Northwest
The Short Line via b. S.-t. -AankaRee Offers
facilities to travel to and IrOm Indianapolis Gin
cinnati and other Southern 'tnts
For Tickets, Maps Folders, O. desired informa-
ton apply at any Coupon Ticket Office, or address
e. ST. JOHN. JOAN SEDAo TIAh,
Gen'i Manager. zen Tiki & Pass. Agt
CHICAGO. I'LL.