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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-04-25
NOTICE OF TABLEAU,
ESTATE OF ELIZA MccJE1r.nn

No. 1914
fHobAIE . :, ~ DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
Whereas, DR.. Theogene Cbachers n, .,o
lsn OF st. Landry administrator of the ahpua hpUt
ehtlted estate, has filed tahleau and Sist;h,,
uon Ga sa or esate his petition
y Aynd ~ 2hora hor .ne thonologauon Of tho same
date April 22d 1891 N'uit' oeaElng
notice is hereby given to all
taoleau to file the same in writing in NV otsoa
nra n tme town p OF Opeousas within the time eo reo
CURED by law, why the said tableau shomiG re- re-
be l0m0lOgated and confirmed onouiu hos
April 25, 1891. ot ooN,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-31
A Lost Tribe.

An extraordinary statement is
made in the New York World by F.
G. Carpenter, who states that he
makes it on personal observation.
Its significance will be appreciated
by all who have followed the discus
sion as to the identity of the lost ten
tribes. He says:
"Thirty thousand out of the forty
thousand people of Jerusalem are He
brews, and the Israelites bid fair to
become the predominant people of
Palestine. The Turkish Government,
which has for ages prohibited them
from living longer than three weeks
at time in the Holy Land, is, under
the influence of the foreign govern.
ments, relaxing its restrictions, and
ut present they are coming here by
the hundreds. They are engaging in
business, and they now control a
great part of the trade of Jerusalem.
Some feel that the day when the
prophecy of the Bible that they shall
again inhabit their land shall be full
filled, is at hand, and one curious
tribe from southern Arabia claims to
have received a revelation that they
must leave their desert country and
come back to Palestine. They have
lived in Yemen, Arabia, for the past
$500 years. They are Of the tribe Of
cad, and they left Palestine 700 years
before Christ was born. They are
bringing with them many valuable
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-31
SOUTHERN 9TANDAND- NonNNVILLE, TENNTssE 1TIRDAYJl

butter out. Next morning before he
went down town he said to the cook t:
"Ill send up a chicken to be baked
and stuffed"
AT II O'Clock no chicken having ap~
peared, she fried some bacon for din
ner, Mr.. Bowser didn't know it UNI
til he sat down. Then he took one
look at the bacon and arose and
walked out into the kitchen and
asked
ais this my house or yours?
"What of ?" asked the cook.
Didn't say I'd send up chicken?n
"You did,"
"And it was to be stuffed"
eyes, SIR"
"Then why didn't you do it?"
"Where is the chicken, sir?"
"Where? Gone to the cat, prob
ably! l ordered it at s o'clock !"
ut didn't come"
at didn't. Let me get to that tele-
phone! No! I'll go down and wipe
the face of the earth with that butch
er's carcase"
tried to hold him, but he broke
away and went off. He came back
in about an hour with his coat torn
up the back, his nose skinned, a
bump on his forehead and one eye
shut up. didn't question him, but
| learned from Others that the butcher
got the better of him. He hadn't
ordered any chicken. He meant to,
but he never even got off the car.
That evening after l had bound the
third piece of raw beef on his eye and
had glycerined his nose fer the fifth
time he suddenly observed:
81 am satisfied that / could run
this house just 40 times better than
any woman on earth, and save dol
lars where you save shilings, but
I've got too much on my mind az il
is and you can go ahead with your
eXtravagant and disastrous career
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-31
MR.. AND MRS. BoWSER.
He Orders Groceries and Makes a Hit.

Detroit Free Press.
Some groceries which ordered the
other afternoon failed to come up in
time, and at supper we haG bread in
place of biscuits.
"Cook run away?" queried Mr..
Bowser as he noticed the change.
"The baking powder didn't come
up" / replied.
"Did you order it?"
eyes, at , O'clock"
"And it is now 6! Mrs. Bcwser,
there must be something very wrong
with your system Of trading. If l
were ordering groceries Pd like to see
'em try any such game on mew
eve can get along for once"
THAT isn't the question. You or
der groceries attwo o'clock. They
are not here at six. This shows eth
cr that the grocer doesn't care for
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-31

old documents which prove their
origin, and not few Of them are en-
gagged in agriculture near jerusalem.
A half century ago, there were only
thlrty>tw0 Israeite families in all
Jerusalem, and the number in Pales-
tine was only 5000. Now there are
nearly fifty thousand in the Holy
Land, and three fourths Of the p0pu
lation Of Jerusalem is made up of
them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-31
"The Converted Catholic. "
St. Louis Presbyterian.

Obs i"uls tcSolleIldn'
This is the title of monthly mag
azine, issued in New York, by Rev.
James A. O'Connor, once a Romish
priest, but now a Christian and a
minister of the Gospel, who devotes
himself to the emancipation of Ro-
manists from the thraldom of the
Pope.
With a faith born of God, Mr..
OConnOr has prosecuted his work in
the face of very great Obstacles
chief among which, we fear, has
been the criminal indifference of Pro-
testants, growing largely out of their
criminal ignorance of the teachings
and spirit and aims of the Papacy.
Nevertheless, his labors have been
gl0riously successful, as is attested by
the number of priests as well as lay
men whom he has had the high
honor of leading out of horrible bond.
age into the liberty wherewith Christ
makes His people free.
AS an adjunct of his work, Mr..
O'ConnOr publishes "The Converted
Catholic" which gives the testimo.
mics Of recent converts from Rome
(tifteen hundred of which have al.
ready been publiShed) and tells of the
progress Of evangelical truth among
Romanists everywhere, besides eX-
posing the errors and practices and
anti American schemes of Popery.
The tone of the magazine, while its
language is plain, and its exposure of
false doctrine and cunning maneu~
vers very courageous, is not abusive,
but indicates deepest pity for those
who are held mercilessly in the bond.
age of superstition and trickery, and
an intense, loving zeal for their de,
liverance.
The great question before the peo-
pie of the United States, whether
Christians or otherwise, is not PRO
lection or Free Trade" the "Force
Bill or Free Elections" but the
Covert attempt of the Romish
Priesthood to strangle the liberty and
overthrow the republican institutions
of this country" This attempt is
the necessary outcome of the doc
trines of the Romish Church. Every
one who accepts those doctrines is
logically bound in conscience to
sanction and aid the conspiracy to
get control of our Republic, in order
to throttle its free worship, free
thought, free speech and free press,
and make it vassal of the Pope. TIC
defeat that conspiracy, it is absolute
ly necessary that, on the one hand,
our people should be told what the
teachings of Rome are, and that, on
! the other hand, the Gospel should be
preached to ROmanists.
It is to this two-fold work that Mr.
/ OConnor is heroically devoting him
self. He stately breaches the Cos.
pei, most clearly and winningly to q
congregation Of his former co-relig:
r iOnists, who hear him respectfully
, and many of them gladly. He sends
! converted priests and other men Of
; prominence to the several Protestant
) Theological Seminaries, that they
may be prepared to minister among
their people. And he sends out
monthly "The Converted Catholic
which is always intensely interesting
as well as invaluable to both Protest
ants and Catholics, and the income
: from which goes to sustain Mr.
. O'Connor's great work.
We renew our hearty commenda
" ton of this magazine. Send 81 for {
years subscription, to Rev. jaime.
A. OConnor, y Bible House, New
: York, n. Y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30

Pail Mall Budget tells that while rum
maging among the parochial archives of
Islington Mr.. Edward Davey, clerk Of the
guardians, has found an old book which
gives some interesting facts about the fa-
nous metropolitan district as it existed at
the beginning of the present century.
Among other things it contains the census
return for Islington in 1901. The parish is
described as "a merry village adjacent to
London, and favorite resort for its citi-
zens," and the population is given as TO-
12l. Now its inhabitants number 35S, COO
Another entry in the curious volume has
raised a startling controversy among local
antiguaries The genial Oliver Goldsmith
is generally supposed to have lived and
died bachelor. In Islington another ira
dition exists. Ii is to the effect that not
only had Oliver little habitation there,
where he spent good deal of his time, but
by his neighbors he was regarded as re-
spectacle married citizen. In the recently
found book ccurs the name of Mary Oil
via Goldsn and it is stated that this
was none other than the poets daughter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
MORE KANSAS POEMS,

a delicate little volume of poems.
redolent with the perfumes of Kansas
prairies and brilliant as her sunflower
patches, reaches our table from the office
of the Topeka Lance. a Sunday literary
paper published at the capitol. This
volume of about $50 pages was compiled
by Hattie Homer and contains a num-
Der of the most familiar and bright
poetical productions of Kansas, together
with many fugitive pieces which we
have never seen. We cannot agree
with the prospectus that something of
nearly all Of the best that Kansas rhvth-
mical writers h ave produced, is found
In the volume but its collection of the
hnest things, undoubtedly, viewed from
q Topeka or Lawrence standard. if we
except the fact that B. w. Woodward
powhere appears in the book.
The above volume is not for sale but
was published as a premium to every
subscriber to the Lance, 81 per annum.
Harry w. Frost, publisher, Topeka,
kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
Cartons Uses of Paper.

Paper is now made to serve for steel and
iron. When strong fiber is used il can be
made into a substance 50 hard that IL eau
scarcely be scratched Railroad car wheels
are made OF it more durable than iron A
building is said 70 have been made OF it.
the rafters, weather boards, roof and floor
ing being all made of paper boards. i'm
pervious to water. The Rreslau freproof
chimney has demonstrated tia; cooking
and heating stoves bathtubs and pots,
when annealed by process that makes
them dreProOf. becomes more lasting than
iron and will not burn out Cracks ia
floors around the skirtiEg board or other
parts OF room may be neatly flled By
thoroughly soaking newspapers Into
paste as thick as putty, and forced into the
cracks with paste knits- Il viii soon
harden and can be painted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
COTTON IN SOUTHERN KANSAS.

A delegation from Southern Kansas
has been in st. Louis this week to get
pointers on the handling of cotton. They
want to make Cherryvale the cotton CEN
ter for crops from Southern Kansas, Ok
lahoma and the Indian Territory.
"What we want, remarked one Of the
gentlemen of the delegation, sis a CEN
tral market for the Indian Territory,
and then things will boom. The putting
in of a cotton gin will necessitate the
erection of an oil MILL We have lots of
seed, fax and beans, and before we are
through that section of the country will
not be excelled in cotton growing"
That cotton can be successfully grown
in Southern Kansas has been fully dem
onstrated, and that as an auxiliary crop
in well-planned system of
diversified cropping it can be
made profitable there is little
doubt; but the idea of making cotton the
staple and principal crop is mistaken
one. Some persons are disposed to &C
cept the statement of the aggregate cot
ton crop of the south and the aggregate
amount of money it brings INTO that Sec
ton as prima facie evidence of the profit
ableness of its cultivation, but it is a
fact, nevertheless, that the farmers, the
producers of the staple, are as a rule the
poorest and hardest run as well as the
hardest working portion of the commu-
nifty, almost invariably year behind,
and often drawing on the crop even be-
fore it is planted.
OF course the idea of the amount of
work necessary to produce and market
crop will not deter the thrifty. enterpris-
ing farmer-he knows that work, and a
good deal of it, condition precedent to
a profitable crop of any kind, yet he will
hesitate when he comes to consider that
it takes from eleven to thirteen months
of the year to get through with a cotton
crop. The same is true of q tobacco crop,
and the same conditions referred to in the
cotton districts exist to the same extent
in sections that depend upon ''the weed"
as the staple crop. In short, about all
or tobacco as principal crop is that it is
ready money crop and may be drawn
on in advance of production.
In view of all these circumstances and
facts-and others that might be men
tioned-the EAGLE would advise its form
er friends against the policy of going
into cotton cultivation to any extent be-
yond that of an incident of the season.
Diversified farming is now generally adj
mitted to be the safest and most profita-
bic, and it is all right for the farmers of
the southern portion of this state to add
cotton to the list of crops, but they can
not afford to stake the success of the
years labor upon it, or any other single
crop as for that.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30

Senator Coke of Texas does not seem
to attribute much importance to the Al
lance as political factor in that state
1t is stated that he scorns the idea that
the meetings of the Peoples party now
being held in every county of that state
will ever amount to anything in either a
state or national way. They may ride"
he said, until their seats are sore, and
reSolute until their tongues hang out of
their mouths, but they can't phaze a
Democratic majority of more than $780,
OO0." That is the way the movement
was regarded in Kansas last year: no.
body dreamed that the 81. 900 Republican
majority would prove other than a Glib
raltar Of strength: and yet it was prac.
tically swept away in a single campaign.
There is this difference between Kansas
and Texas, however, i. e., Kansas is not
n southern state, while Texas is, and this
simple fact may account for the sena-
tors Astounding confidence IN the i'm
pregnability of the 10000 Democratic
majority against the make-belisve at
tacks Of the Alliance, alias People's
party,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
Blessings Upon the Married FIirt

Dorothy Maddox has been studying the
ways Of maidens, matrons and bachelors,
and informs the girls that sit is no use
You might as well accept the situation
and no longer declare war against the mar
ried hirt. She is a social blessing which
monsieur is in no hurry TO relinquish. She
always knows just what to say and just
what to do. is never on the qui vive for a
proposal, supplies her own little amuse-
nents and her bachelor friends as well.
and does it at her husbands expense,
which is certainly for the bachelor an alto
gether jolly situation. Society girls, on
the tiptoe of expectancy for a five dollar
bunch of violets and lace kerchief thrown
in, are quite enough 20 scare Off even the
most sentimental youths.
1.-THE modern maiden wants TOO much
The married belle asks for nothing from
her carpet knight save his delightful So
ciety. What wonder, then, that the bach
elor of today has his own particular theo-
ries respecting life, regardless Of the bland
ishments Of the single Hebes of society?"-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
Should Women Cry and Faint.

cannot say / agree with French ply
stefan as to the advisability of women sit
ting down for ga good cry" when every
thing seems to have gone wrong for the
time being, says an English lady writer
This worthy doctor, who evidently believes
that woman should be treated as a help
less being, declares that we do ourselves a
great deal of harm by trying to be brave
and enduring
A woman, says he, should never try to
bear pain without flinching. In fact, she
should just scream and faint as much as
she likes, and then she will surely get bet
ter much sooner than If she silently bore
suffering. And what about our dignity,
N. le Medicin? Does it become a British
matron to fguratively fall of heap" and
give way to outbursts of weeping because
her gown does not fit or the parlor maid
has given notice? And could we ever rec
oncile it with our sense of self respect to
scream and kick and promptly give way TO
Mysteries directly neuralgia attack came
on or the demon toothache claimed US for
its own?
No, no; we have our faults, and our
nerves may be but 'puir things" yet l
hope and believe that we are mentally bet
ter balanced and physically stronger than
to require to have a good cry on the
slightest provocation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
Insect Products.

While insect products are not numerous
in comparison with the number of insects,
of which there are nearly 300 900 species
known, there are several of great CONNER
cial value The silkworm is the most use
full of insects, furnishing the world an an
nual product of immense value. The
yearly value of the cochineal produce runs
to millions, while many Of the gums
brought from the east are produced by the
insects piercing the barks of certain trees,
and thus causing the exudation. The
quantity of honey annually stored up by
bees amounts to many millions of pounds,
and the wax is almost equally valuable
Gallnuts, from which valuable kind Of
ink is made, are caused by insects, while
more than one kind is used in medicine
10 some parts OF Asia and Africa large
share of the peoples food IS supplied by
the swarms of locusts. so that the insect
world really contributes largely both 70 the
comfort and luxury of mankind
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
An AID to the COMPLEXION.

An infusion of meadowsweet flowers
drank freely improves the complexion and
clears the blood of scrofulous faint. The
rule for making infusions is ten times
as much boiling water as Of the herb
poured on the latter in tight closed jar,
boiled two or three minutes, then allowed
to stand where it viii keep hot for two
hours. Four to eight tablespooufuls Is :.
dose, which may be taken three 20 six times
day.
White willow is an old remedy in fevers,
long used in Europe and still largely pre-
scribed by the hakims or doctors Of India
and Afghanistan. The juice of the fresh
willow leaves largely di!nted is preferred
TO quiuine for intermittent fevers, a. it has
less irritating effect. The sap Of the will
low gathered by Sitting the bark when the
tree is in flower is an old cosmetic and good
TO cure redness Of eyes and dim sight
Shirley Dare in New York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
Is Raal Ladrn

We hear the phrase so often, and how
hard it is 70 define its exact meaning. We
al know the lady when we meet her, and
yet her charm is as indescribable as the
scent of a rose or the tints of the sunset
sky. 1t might be said to lie in her utter
lack of positiveness and best painted in
negatives She is not obtrusive in appear
ance or dress; she does not claim your at
tention by any effort TO attract it, nor does
she seem conscious OF your admiration if
you eyince it. She is never known TO
speak harshly, malieiously or loudly to su-
perior, equal or inferior.
She does not laugh at anything that
could by any possibility wound another,
nor seek TO introduce into the conversation
any topic she has reason to think may
prove disagreeable or embarrassing, but,
rather, closes her eyes to whatever her keen
tact tells her you desire 10 remain unno-
ticed. In her Judgments she does not seek
to impress you with her infallibleneSs, but
is quick to add the saving clause She does
not envy or scorn another's possessions,
and would not point out the crumpled rose
leaf for the world. She makes no boast of
anything, but does not decry herself in any
way, so that her sweet pride is humility,
and her sweet humility the trIeSt pride.
She is no gossip, though she is not above
taking an interest in the lowliest that cross
her path, and has womanly sympathy for
every sick and suffering thing. She takes
up no fad or hobby TO the exclusion of
other duties, but is consistent in all things,
and, without being foolishly conventional,
does not neglect TO fulfill the least demand
of her position. She is not religious IA
matte, and has no he'll of accommodation
for those not of her way of thinking but
is in thetruest and best sense noble heart
ed, Christian woman, than which there is
no better definition of lady.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-30
A WoMAN's FolsLEs

She VIII Not Admit the Tixhtne.s oe
Dress or Of shoes
There are two things which a woman
caunot endure for minute 10 be told. Ona
of these is that she laces too tight, and the
other is that she wears too small = shoe.
To the first accusation she replies By an in
diginant denial, and then she draws In her
breath and puts her hands mp under her
waist to convince you that you have been
telling dreadful lie. She then goes on q
say that she could wear q corset thres
sizes smaller than the one she has on with
perfect ease When any one suggests THAI
her shoe is too tight she also gets indig-
nant at first, then she places her foot upon
a hassock, bends over and graspsit to show
there are at least two inches OF shoe nos
occupied at all OF course il is trick, but
the one who looks on is bound TO be con-
WINGED.
A little story that was told by boot and
shoe salesman the other day illustrates
these peculiar caprices OF women A lady
entering the store complained that tho
shoes she had on hurt her feet and asked
what the trouble was.
Because your shoes are too small for
you" promptly replied the salesman.
larger than / usually wear"
Notwithstanding that, they are too
small, )" repeated the practical young man.
Upon which the lady turned and walked
out of the store without so much as look
ing at the unfortunate salesman
81 wonder what is the matter with hers
he aid.
You have no need 20 ask that" replied
his employer. You will never become q
success in the shoe business until you learn
that you must never, under any eircum-
stances. tell a woman that her shoe is too
small. Tell her that it is the wrong shape
or that it is badly cut or that il is not her
style-anything except the truth. Women
never like to be told the truth about their
shoes"
This weakness is not entirely confined 20
the feminine portion of humanity. The
chiropodists say that quite as many men
as women come TO them with corns and
bunions and crooked toes. Some OF the
most skillful manipnlators of the feet
claim that the so called common sense shoe
is not much of an Improvements upon the
narrow, high heeled French gsiter, against
which so much has been said; one goes as
far TO one extreme as the other does TO an
other.
Very few feet are perfectly fat and very
few toes are perfectly square. A shoe
should be made TO lit the foot, aud IL there
is the least tendency TO enlargement OF the
joints of the great toe q narrow shoe
should be worn, always taking care that it
is quite long enough. A shoe that ftS
closely across the ball of the foot keeps 10
from spreading, and the length will allow
the toes TO lie perfectly fat. A deforned
foot is one OF the most hideous things in
nature. Harriet Hosmer. the clever sculp-
tor, states that she can find plenty Of per-
feet hands, but not once in hundred
times perfect foot-New YORK carder.