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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19
One Dangerous Characteristic.

It might be said of soda water. as the
temperance women said of alcoholic drink
at their institute Tuesday-its greatest forte
is the power it has of creating an appetite
for itself. 1t makes a very pleasing first ap-
pearanee, and improves constantly on ac-
quaintance, until finally it assumes such egotis-
teal tendencies that it takes full possession of
the victim, to the utter oblivion of iced tea,
lemonade, buttermilk, any of the old-;ime
hot weather favorites. Fortunately, the only
serious effect the soda water habit has
is that of tightening the purse. Were it other
wise, and should it increase in popularity in the
future as it has in the past, the soda water
problem would require the grave deliberations
of those who are now devoring time and atten-
tion to the alcoholic question.
The only new syrup thus far introduced this
season is the 81 don't care" kind, and it really
is a very ancient one masquerading sub-ross.
Gentlemen, when they drink soda, will be es-
pecially partial to the II don't care" favor and
by their easy, indifferent innocent manner Of re-
plying 81 don't care" to the usual query, what
davorY' will deceive effectually their fair CON-
2anIOns, not previously made wise on the sub
ject.
simultaneously with the soda water advent
ice cream has bounded into it's annual popu-
larity and parlors devoted to its sale have been
filed almost constantly the past few days.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19

idea three or the
hundreds of styles of Trimmed Hats and one's @' e s"o "
points, the harmonious otendtng or
perfect of details CAN'T oe
fashionable of he0dOe0r as IS ass
be appreciated NO other hou "
city give you large Varey of styles to select FROM
extremely considering that none out strict
IN UorE Is leave this department.
and Leghorn Hats CHIP and
Ladies' Misses BOnnet Infants Hats ana Caps
Neest Shades of Rt60ons SEs Loce
Bonne are trimmed to order
workmanship
make it, full Tine of Mourning Bon"
al,pays you already Vistted oar Mnery
and Courteous attendants
read to sbo around.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19
Guests and Hosts.

Miss Jennie Charles, of Allegheny. ofdciated
as bridemaid at a wedding in Chicago recently.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19

Squire Creelman, Assistant Burgess Of VIII
kinsbuIg. has had severe attack Of the grip
He has recovered to a large extent, however,
and his friends hope to see him perfectly well
before long,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19

struments are the famous Hardman, A. 3.
Chase, Krakauer and Voss pianos, and Chase
and United States organs. Write for pamph-
lets interesting to you.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19

The Newport" Club will hold their FIRST re-
ception at Braun's Dancing Academy, Friday
evening" April "a Gernert's full orchestra will
be in attendance.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

TnE late Admiral Porter is said
to have been a great reader and
admirer of American newspapers.
On one occasion. when asked by q
Boston editor, what. in his opinion
constituted good newspaper, the
Admiral replied : ga good newspa-
per is the one which has the largest
circulation and. makes the most
money, inculcates the highest. code
of morals and contains the best edi
torials. 1t should be conservative
and should not favor any party IN
support of wrong in opposition to
the convictions of the editor. 1t
should support the beat men in city,
State and national government, ir-
respective of their politics, and do
what it could to bring about the
millennium"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

TIE EVENING CAPITAL. viii be served By
carriers TO subscribers Ia the city ~ cents
week. or mfiied 70 any address Ia the Uni.eo
states for 80 &C ats per month, DO cents TOT
shree monfhs e1.T5 for six months. or $500
Der year. invariably in advance. Unless INF
& snts per mouth or 93.Go per year will posi-
tieeiy be charged.
wCorrespOndence containing interesting
news solicited from every part OF the county
b~Address ell Letters and Telegrems 70
the EVENING CAPITAL
1-This paper has = larger bona ode city
0lreuI alton than ali the other papers In the
city Of Annapolis c3mb tued-
AN. "A. ABBOT, Eoiros.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

THE State immigration conven-
ton to consider the immigration
question, meets in Baltimore to-
day. The question most to be con
sidered is whether Maryland is in a
position to cooperate with other
Southern States. Some OF the i'm
portant questions to be considered
to-day are The value of immigra
ton; the inducements that can be
offered to desirable immigrants; the
Importance of securing immigrants
OF the right kind; the need and val
ne of systematized effort; the Oxpe
diency of State organization first,
with the possibility of beneficial CO
operation afterward, and of the adj
vantage Of official recognition and
assistance by the State, supplement-
ed by private interest and enter
prise.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

PETERSON stands in the front
rank Of periodicals for ladies and
families, 1t is not possible to speak
too highly in its favor. There is
nothing that can contribute to the
comfort and pleasure Of home which
is not to be found in its pages. Its
literary matter is always of a high
order of merit, aud is furnished by
writer's Of superior talent and estab-
lished reputation. The March
number is an admirable illustration
Of the excellence and variety Of its
contents. There are two capital il
Illustrated articles, one on "House-
keeping ia India" and another on
The Little Queen of Holland, -
besides illustrated stories and poems
novelets and miscellaneous papers.
There is profusion of fiue full page
engravings and an entirely new de-
parture in the double fashion plate
which cannot fail to be exceedingly
popular. Peterson in its fftieth
year is fresher, brighter aud hand
somer than ever. We cannot too
warmly recommend it IS a period.
Cal which will meet the tastes OF the
entire household. Terms, two dol
lars q year. Address Peterson's
Magazine, 800 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. Pa.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

About 10 minutes walk to the bust
ness centre of Annapolis, situated
just out of the city limits along the
handsome boulevard-the extension
of King George Street.
West Annapolis is adjacent to the
first station out from the city on the
Short Line Railroad. The Lots are
large and front upon wide avenues
and streets.
TERMS ARE VERY EASY
One tenth cash, and balance in IS
to $40 monthly payments.
Book of description and fine lith-
ograph plat free on application to
GEO. r. MELVIN,
j24 81 Gloucester St.. Annapolis, Md
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

WHITTIER declares that his writ
ing days are oyer. Yet if any great
event should happen that would
draw powerfully on the sympathies
OF the poet Of patriotism his pen
would wake up and glide through
musical measures as sweetly and
powerfully as it ever has done. A
beautiful and fitting thing it would
be if Whittier should be spared to
us to write the opening ode for the
Columbian Worlds fair of 1898,
just as he wrote that for our GEN.
tennial exposition in 1876.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18


Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ~ SEW T0aK. ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18
LIVE AND LET LIvEi

CallIand see us and bring your goods and
you viii find our charges moderate. We have
come to stay and expect to earn the patronage
Of the public by the excellence Of our work.
A Suit of Clothes Secured and Pressed, @i.2b
aud upwards; an Overcoat, $l.00 and upward.
Other articles in proportion.
THE PIONEER STEAM DYEING co.
o21tf Is Francis Street
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18
Important to Sick Folks.
RELIABLE REMEDIES FOR ALL
DISEASES.
sent--pOst paid BY mail on receipt Of price.


Sent post paid by mail on receipt of price.
No. /. Cures all throat and lung diseases,
coughs, colds. catarrah, influenza, consumption
in its first stages, pneumonia, etc Price
81 per package, containing "A doses.
No. 2 Cures all stomach and liver diseases,
dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, loss Of
appetite, indigestion, headache, etc. Price
81 per per package. containing "a doses.
Ne. 8. Cures all kidney and urinary, dis
eases, Bright's disease. albuminnria, diabetes.
dropsy, incontinence. uremia, etc. Price 81
per package containing "a doses.
No. 4. Cures all blood and skin diseases,
malaria, fever and ague, blood poisoning,
syphilitic and contagious diseases, boils,
pimples, eruptions, ETC. Price 81 per pack
age, containing "a doses.
No. 5. Cures all bone and nurve diseases,
rheumatism, govt, neuralgia, pains in the head
back, loins, body, legs, arms, etc. Price
per package, containing "a doses.
No, 8. Cures all female weakness and dis
cases. irregularities leucorrhoea, faiRting spells,
falling sickness, Mysteries, etc. Price 81 per
package, containing "A doses.
No. Y. Cures nervous debility and physi-
cal weakess, resulting from the errors Of youth
or excuses of age. Price @l.OO package,
containing "A doses.
These seven remedies are the result of over
half century successful practice by the emf
nent late Professor Wilson's and never fail to
cure any disease that flesh is heir to when
taken according 10 directions ami even when
disease is incureable they viii proIong life
and prevent suffering.
They are not for sale In drug stores but
must be freshly prepared to suit the wants Of
each patient who must send clesp account of
the symptoms to-
CYRUS WILSON. n. D.,
$50 Main Avenue.
go Washington, D. @.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18
ECONOMY is WEALTH

Have you Suit Of Clothes, Dress or
Garment of any kind that would be of service
if it were only Cleaned? Do not throw it
aside For very little money we viii make II
look as good as new.
Perhaps you are tired of the color of your
goods or they are faded. Send them to us
and we win give them a beautiful new color
and you would never know them to be the
same articles. We have opened up new n
dustry in Annapolis and we propose to do
Steam Dyeing and Chemical Securing in all its
branches and In the highest style Of the ar
Our motto is:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

After years of study the inventor has
perfected q Cooker that meets tie de-
mand of the housekeeper and excels all
others in simplicity and ease of manage
ment 1t is especially adapted to family
use. / have taken the agency and will
be pleased to furnish any of the citizens
of our city and county. have one in
use and it gives entire satisfaction and
there are over one hundred muse in An
napolis. The following is one of many
certificates from our citizens who have
the Cooker" in use:
have been using for two months, the
Peerless Cooker and would not be with
out it for ten times its cost. It is the best
kitchen utensil out, and saves labor and
worry, and indeed / can hardly find
words to express its excellence. It is
simply perfect cooker. w. G. Tuck.
ANY further information win cheer
fully, give by addressing.
r. =. CONNER,
d2s Church Circle, Annapolis, Md
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-18

To the New York Herald's ques.
lion What are the qualities most
essential TO the development of tie
perfect man ? Mr.. George w
Childs writes from Philadelphia
ga clear conscience, an earnest
purpose, a bright mind and a heal.
thy body"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27
DUTIES OF A DRUMMER.
His Life Is Not One of Unaroyed Happi-

His Life Is Not One of Unalloyed Happf-
ness.
'You drummers must have a nice
time travelling over the country as you
do. said man the other day to
drummer.
s.Yes, of course we do. It is just
jolly to go to an average hotel in the
country towns, sleep on hard beds and
eat tougher victuals than you will find
in a miners or railway construction
camp. Why. was up in Idaho the
other week and was laid out at nearly
all the sidetracks because Of late trains,
wrecks, etc One night sat up till 4,
first waiting for the train, then waiting
to get off, and not even chair in a
warm room where could keep from
getting frozen. After daylight got
breakfast, and, being detained till dim
ner, friend asked if was going in to
eat Looking at him, replied: Well
don't think I have strength enough.
It takes good deal OF courage to at
tack such meals as we get here Yes,
we drummers have jolly time in our
business, and it don's take much labor
TO pack and unpack one dozen or SO
sample trunks at every town. You
ought to join our army OF drummers II
you want to enjoy life. ."-Arkansaw
Traveller.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27
THE MEXICAN HEAVEN.
Strange Burial Customs sof tbe Original
People.

strange Burlai customs sof the Original
People.
The ancient Mexican idea of heaven,
hell and the after state OF souls is ex-
tremely curious and interesting. Ac-
cording to their notion souls neither
good nor bad, or whose virtues and vices
balanced each other, were to enter
medium state of idleness and content.
The wicked, or those dying of any Of
long list of different modes of death
(which list was sacredly kept by the
priest), went to Meitlan, distant hall
within the bowels of the earth. The
souls of those struck by lightning, or OF
those dying by any OF given list of
diseases, also the souls of children,
were transported to remote elysium,
called Tiaocan. The actual heaven
was reserved for warriors who fell in
battle, for women who died in defense
of their children, for those offered as
sacrifice in the temples, and for few
others. After death, according to their
belief, the souls passed Immediately to
the ''house of the sun, their chief god,
whom they accompanied for a long term
of years in his circuit around the sky,
honoring him with songs, dances and
other forms of revelry. Then, being
terminated in the forms of birds Of
brilliant plumage, they lived as beauti-
full songsters among the flowers, among
the stars, sometimes ON earth, some-
times in heaven.
It was the custom of the original
Mexicans to dress the dead in the garb
appropriate to the guardian deity of his
craft or condition in life They buried
a Jug of water with him, and placed
small bits of white bark in his hands,
which were covered with characters,
this last probably his passport to the
regions beyond the stars. AS soon as
one of their number died they made a
bonfire of his personal effects-all ex-
cept the clothes in which he was to be
buried--the idea being to warm the
soul during its fight through the cold
regions of space.-Sioux City Journal
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27
: OPELOUSAS, LA, SATURDAY, SUI
Brasseur and Joseph Bellair, Thomas Twee-
del and Felicien BeIlair, be and is hereby

Brasseur and Joseph Bellair, Thomas Twee-
del and Felicien Bellair, be and is hereby
decalred public road
Mr.. Haas III the chair
Mr.. Boagni, chairman of committee APP
pointed to have Kings bridge rebuilt, re-
ported that the contract had been given to
Mr. Charles Buckhardt for the sum of $100,
that the work had been completed accord
ing to contract; whereupon on motion of
Mr. Dossman, the report was accepted
committee discharged, and Mr.. Charles
Buckhardt ordered credited with the sum
of 500 out of the internal improvement
funds of 1891 1st ward
On motion of Mr. Durio, be it. resolved,
that the sum of $780, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, be and is hereby appro-
priated out of funds not otherwise appro-
priated, to meet expenses incurred in quar-
antining and caring for smallpox patients.
Mr., Boagni in the chair.
On motion of Mr. Dossman, the police
jury adjourned until the first Monday in
July, 1891, it being the sixth day of said
month, at 10 o'clock a. M.
T. M. BOAGNI,
Attest President
III. E. EsToRGE, Clerk
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27
ridges arrested the fires and preserved
the solitary trees on the slopes.

ridges arrested the fires and preserved
the solitary trees on the slopes
| The dark, lonely pines, clinging 10
the heights. with the white sunlight
dancing all around, look very somber,
like sentinels Of the night, or tn. shadows
of former age. 1t is rhese ssragglinp
pines on the ridges that give the name
to this reservation.
The Bad Lands lie to the northwest
of the Pine Ridge Reservation and ex-
tend about one hundred miles in length
and fifty miles in breadth.
If there is region on this earth given
over to the fends for their internal or
gies and demoniac, ghostly dances, it is
these notorious Bad Lands.
Imagine here five thousand square
miles of broken wilderness black.
barren, bare, devoid of any living
thing, studded with innumerable
weather-beaten crags, irregular, conical
hillocks and rugged plateaus, with ab-
rupt edges Of crumbling lava. precipit-
GUS canyons, steep gulches of slippery.
springy clay, treacherous quagmires,
weird and darksome glens, hollows,
holes, chasms, dens where robber-bands
could hide, defying attack, or, if spied,
could turn a ridge, shoot unseen, scam.
per off and lie in wait again; no road,
no path. no visible trail, hardly green
blade or level acre through all this
twisting, ziz-zag, endless, labyrinthine
maze.
The biting winds drift the SHOWS in
winter into the ravines and hollows.
gorging them full and leaving bare only
the tops of the hillocks and pinnacles
of crum bling clay, like desert islands.
frozen in sea of snow.
Much of the soil of South Dakota il
peculiar. heavy composition, called
gumbo; it is a lead-colored compound of
blue clay and sand.
The, name gumbo might be suitably
derived from gum, for when moistened
this soil is as sticky and cohesive as
gum, and clings to the wheels and
horses feet till every thing is clogged up
and the wheels look as big as the
wagon. When dry the soil is hard and
tough as hickory wood
A certain quantity Of rain, but neither
more nor less, at a certain time in
spring and summer, but not sooner and
not later, would perhaps produce the
requisite amount of moisture to insure
good crops.
But the course of clouds and rain is
seldom affected by the exact require
ments of the farmers of South Dakota.
and the requisite quantity of rain, at
the proper period of the year, does not
choose to fall more than once in every
five or ten years.
In the East we are accustomed to as
cribe the origin of many of our thunder
storms to Dakota and the Northwest
and rightly SO. Almost every night out
there it lightens all round the horizon,
and the people live in perpetual hopes
OF rain and plenteous harvests.
But these Dakota lightnings are
real ignis-fatuus, and fit away without
leaving any track of rain behind. They
pass on to burst in the east in terrific
thunder and rain.-Prof. w. C. Robin
son, in Golden Days.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27

NOTICE.-LandD Office at New Orleans,
May 23 1691--N Office is hereby given that
the following settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Judge or Clerk of Dis
trict Court at 0pelousas, on Monday, July
9th, 1891, viz: John SkimmerhOrH who
T. Fractional Quarter Section "a, Tp2S, r.
/ f La med. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of, said land, viz:
Charles Dossman, Sam Walden, John Doyle
and AIouis Dossman, all of st. Landry par
ish, La. CHARLES G. PALFREY,
may30 ct Register.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27
OUR DAUGHTER.

see her as q toddiing child,
Who In the sunshine laughed and smiled,
Enjoying life without pretense-
A picture Of pure innocence.
see her In her early youth,
Her face the very home of truth
And sweet unselfishness, that strove
To lose itself in acts OF love.
] see her In her msidenhood,
When knowledge Of the higher good,
The truer life, endowed her face
With softer light, more tender g.ace,
I see her In her matron days,
A sunbeam In Life's darker ways
Such sympathy she ever had
With sick and desolate and sad.
see her in her later years,
Passing through many vale of tears,
And yet withal you e'er could trace
Peace written on her wrinkled face.
Now, leaning on daughter dear,
And wee Annie playing near,
Just as she once had loved to do
She passes down the avenue. '-
And glad smile Is on he-'face
That lights 1t still with oid-tfme grace,
For, loi she fears pot coming night:
At eyentide there shall be lfghtl'
-G yeatherly, in Golden Days
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-06-27
BARREN PINE RIDGE.
The DesoIate Home of the Sioux Indians in
Dakota.

e
The DesoIate Home of the Sioux Indians in
Dakota.
The Pine Ridge Reservation, the
home and center of the recent Indian
troubles, lies in an immense rolling
basin of nearly four million acres in
extent. The surrounding country is
smooth and undulating as the sea, with
nothing to arrest the eye but endless
bare and barren mocrs. No fence, no
tree, no house, no hill, no stream, nor
any living thing except, sometimes, far
off upon the plain, a herd of Indian
ponies, looking up with pointed ears
and tossing name, and wondering with
Indignation and dismay at the painting
iron horse which, belching ire and
smoke, traverses their primeval wastes.
These ponies find a meager susie
nance along the dried-up rivsr beds,
or clip the b1eached brown grass cn the
plains, where it grew perhaps years
ago in some rainy season. This nm
mown hay is called buffalo grass"
and is said to have fine fattening quail
ties. :. H
In some low-lying prairies the ground
sour, thin, hard like wire and void of
nutrition. In these bottoms there Is a
constant moisture, but no clear water.
Among the tufts of reeds and knobs of
wiry grass, droves of cattle may be
sometimes seen searching for palat-
able mouthful.
On these boundless prairies around
the reservation any object-a horse, a
man, a train-can be seen in the clear
air miles and miles away, like a ship
far off at sea. The loneliness of these
unfrequented plains exceeds the loneli-
ness of the lone sea.
know nothing which impresses one
so deeply with the vast and limitless
extent of this mighty country like
travelling over these interminable soli-
tudes, or driving, reins in hand, as Is
often done, with the aid of compass,
sixty or seventy miles day.
It must have been savage instinct
that led the Sioux to accept Or choose,
these arid plains for their retreat and
final camping grounds. The buffalo,
elk and antelope have vanished from
the scene, but settlers and passing trains
might be robbed with ease, without any
hope OF timely aid.
Within the reservation there are FREE
quent deep and sudden gulches and dry
river beds, sometimes with scrubby
bushes of wild plum and cherry trees
about the banks. ..t
Geologicaily, Dakota is considered the
newest land in North America, and,
while it was still uniformed, the great
waves have gone rolling on and on,
sometimes breaking into long, white,
circular sandy ridges, with uneven, zig
gag crests.
To-day, strange as it may seem, it is
only on the sides of these low sandy
ridges that any trees are to be seen. It
is supposed these lands were once all
overgrown with forests, but the prairie
fires devoured all the trees on the plains.
whilst the bare. broken sand on the