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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
ECONOMY IN WEALTHY HOMES.
Expenses More Carefully Looked After il:
England THAN With u.


England THAN With Ia.
To keep an establishment cXtrava-
gantly on $40, 600 or $40, 900 works
quite as much mischief as to misman-
age on 81, 900 or less. Why is it that
servants who have been in service in
good families in England Ireland o,
Scotland are sought after SO eagerly
with us? asks the New York World.
For the simple reason that there tn,
household affairs arc managed with
thrift among the very wealthy. IT the
mistress o. the house is too delicate or
has too many social engagements to
attend to the details herself, there j.
always d housekecpor who docs this Ii.
systematic way.
Stores are kept in IL locked room
the cook reports each morning wha
she needs for the day and the article
are given to her; the housekeeper,
knowing the menu for each meal, I'M
derstands if the cook is making proper
demands No waste of any kind is al
lowed the ve?y scullery maid knows
this and dare5 not leave her soap in
the water, etc. There is no better
school for training servant than for
her to be taken into rich household
of this sort.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
MERICANIS S.
The Inalienable Right of Americans to
Use Them.

The Inalienable Right of Americans to
Use Them.
We know now that the mother
tongue is a heritage and not a loan. 1t
Is ours to use as we needs must In
America there is no necessity to plead
for the right of the Americanism to
exist. The cause is won. No Amcri-
can writer >Svorth his salt would think
of Withdrawing word or of apologize
ing for a phrase because it was not
current within sound of Bow Bells.
The most timid Of American Au-
thorcsses has no doubt as to her use of
railroad, conductor, CRATE, and to
smitch, despite her possible knowledge
that In British usage the equivalents
of these words are rdilwny, guard,
gradient, and to shun. On the con-
trary, in fact, there is visible now and
again, especially on the part of the
most highly cultivated writers, an
obvious delight in grasping an indi-
genous word racy as the soil. There
is many an American expression of a
pungent freshness which authors, wea-
~ of an outworn vocabulary. seize
eagerly. It may be a new word, but
it would not be in accord with our ira
ditiOns to refuse naturalization to a
welcome newcomer; or it may be a
survival fourishing here In our open
fields, although long since rooted out
of the trim island garden on the other
side of the Atlantic and in such case
we use it unhesitatingly to-day as our
forefathers did in the past, follow
ing" as Lowell remarks. 1.-The fashion
of our ancestors, who unhappily could
bring over 10 English better than
Shakespeare" -Harpers Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
SAVED HIS LIFE.
a MAJORS Presence of Mind and sub
alterH's Nerve.

It was In India. Dinner was just
finished in the mess-room, and several
English officers were sitting about tho
table. Their bronzed faces had the
set but not unkindly look common
among military men. The converse
ton, at best, had not been animated,
and just now there was lull as the
night was too hot for small talk. The
ma or of the regiment, a clean cut
man Of So, turned toward his next
neighbor at the table. a young sub
altern, who was leaning back in his
chair, with his hands clasped behind
his head, staring through the cigar
smoke at the ceiling.
The major was slowly looking the
man over from his handsome face
down. when with sudden alcrtncss,
and in quiet, steady voice he said:
Don't move please, Mr.. Caruthers.
| want to try an experiment with you.
Don't move q muscle"
"All right, MAJOR" replied the sub
altcrn, without even turning his eyes.
Hadn't the least idea of moving.
What's the game?'
BY this time all the others were
listening in a lazy eXpectant way.
ado you think" continued the ma
jor. and his voice trcmblcd just u little,
do you think you can keep absolute
ly still for say two minutes-to save
your Efe9"
Are you jolsine:?'
"On the contrary, move muscle
and you are dead man. Can you
stand the strain%"
The subaltern barely whispered,
Yes" and his face palcd slightly.
'Burke,' said the MAJOR, addressing
| an officer across the table, pour some
of that milk into a saucer and set it
on the floor here just back of NE.
Gently, man! Quietr'
Not Il word was spoken as the officer
| quietly filed the saucer, walked with
| it carefully around the table, and set
it down where the major had indicated
on the floor.
Like marble statue sat the young
| subaltern in his white linen clothes,
while cobra di capcllo, w;lch had
>een crawling up the leg of his trous-
| ers, slowly raised its head, then
! turned, descended to the floor and
glided toward the milk.
Suddenly the silence was broken by
the report of the majors revolver, and
the snake lay dead on the floor.
THANK you, major" said the SUBJ
| altern. as the two men shook hands
warmly. You have saved my life. y
YOU'RE welcome, my boy" replied
the senior. But you did your share.
Youths Companion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
SET UP BY oHosTLY FINGERS.
"A Typesetter's Story of News Getting
That Beat the Telegraph.

That Beat the Telegraph.
''In the summer OF 1884," said a
compositor Il was running paper in
a little backwoods town in Pennsyl-
vania- The paper was not so metro
politan in its makeup but that | was
able to do all the work myself with the
exception of the printing. Publication
days | called in the services of half
Wltted fellow who, under my lnstruc-
ton had developed into an expert
roller. | was the only man within a
radius of twenty miles who knew how
to set type, and if | had fallen sick the
paper would not have come out until l
was well again. Naturally am not a
superstitious man. but an incident oc-
Cured to me while I had charge of
that paper which lcannot explain, and,
until it is explained, | shall believe
that anything is possible in the way Of
ghosts spooks, wraiths, &c.
1T was the morning of June 10. I
had locked up my forms the night be-
fore so that | could begin printing
early in the morning. | was pulling
the old lever promptly at I, and at 8
the local list was in the post Office.
Soon ter the delivery had begun one
of the merchants OF the hamlet-a
very intimate friend-came into the
Office.
How I'D you come to hear Of the
death of your brother 80 soon?' said
he. (Ihere Was no telegraph station
within fifteen miles).
"'What do you mean?' said I.
'Mean?n said he, YOU ought tC
know what is in your own paper. Have
you forgotten that yoa heard this
morning that your brother is dead?
lave you forgotten that you set up q
notice of it an hour or two ago"
"'Are you crazyP' said l. / swear
that do not know what you arc dry
ing at
AT this juncture he opened tn,
damp sheet that | had so recently
printed and folded and pointed me tc
the following item at the bJttom o!
the third co umn OF the local page:
John Jones, bro her of W lillian
Jones, was killed at Peoria, HI, at !
o'clock this morning.
My breath was fairly taken away
from me. The merchant was ri hit.
There was the notice Of my brothers
death in my own paper, and | hal not
set it up nor heard Of it,
You are right, said T. but this is
the first that | have known of it. II
there ever was a mystery tn is it.
Il went over to the form" There
was the three-line item. The moment
saw the type was more amazed
than ever. 1t was the type-setting OF
my brother, who, like me, had beer,
bred to the printers trade. | coul>
tell his work from that of q thousand
He was a marvelously even spacer anC
he carried his taste so far that he al
ways put less space after a comma.
Though utterly skeptical aDou
supernatural visitations. from thai
moment believed my brothers dis"
embodied soul had made is way
hundreds of miles, had entered my
Office in the early dawn, had set up tn,
| notice of his death and put it in III.
form
Late that afternoon a dispatch
came to the effect that John Jones
was killed at Peoria, H., at ) O'Clock
that morning. Cleveland World.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
Hands Off of Snakes.

Joseph Graham, of Eastman, Ga,
had fed his hogs tlxe other morning
and was leaning on the fence watch
ing them eat when he felt something
chilly fondling and caressing him in a
peculiarly earnest way about the mead,
face and neck. He saw at once that
he had placed his elbow about midway
on the body of king snake several
feet long and was holding him fast
down on the rail, and, as one would
suppose, both ends of the snake being
loose, they cut up vigorous capers
about Mr.. Graham's countenance.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
Color Of Eyes I'm Men and Women.

NJ. de Candolie, French investiga-
tor, has come to the conclusion from
his researches that women have q
larger proportion of brown eyes than
men. He also finds that where both
parents have eyes of a like color the
chances are eig lty-eight to twelve that
their chill rem, when they arrive at the
age of 10 (when tho color of the eyes
is tixed), will have eyes of the same
color. When the arents have eyes OF
different colors the chances are 5 to
45 in favor of brown as against blue Or
gray eyes in the CHI ldren. He is also
of the opinion that the health OF the
brunette tyre is. as Il rule, su rerlor to
that of the blonde.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
YlsSta Were Frequent.

A well-known physician of Jackson
Vile, Fla, went out north OF the city
to administer to q colored woman pa
tient. He drove ~ to the gate, dis
mounted, entered the no Sc and in
ouired as to how the sick was gett ng
along. Imagine his surprise when
informed that the woman was dead and
buried. The doctor smi ed and said
he didn't think she would recover.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
Wanted His Share.

a house cat belonging to J. C. Bar
ry, of Pine Hill, Fla, caught large
rabbit the other night and dragged it
to the house and into the kitchen,
whore the cat had lot of kittels.s to
feed. The cat was followed by huge
rattlesnake, who coiled himself up by
the stove probably waiting for a share
Of the rabbit but the rattle attracted
the attention of the family, and bis
snskeship was quickly dispatched -
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
sided With Lover Against Brother.

A girl at Woodland. Cal. was en-
tertaining her best young man the
other evening when her brother came
home intoxicated and u ldertoox to OK
pei the young man from the house.
Seeing that her lover was getting the
worst of it in the struggle the girl got
o kettle of hot water and used it so
judiclously that her drunken brother
was forced to retreat.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
The Nations Hero.

A hero thou--in storm and battle,
Called from homely life;
Strong of soul and true of purpose
Steady midst the strife.
On thy hand the Nation trusted
Trusted not in vain.
In our hearts that name is written
Without blot or stain.
All their debt in hour of peril
Men will not forget.
In that shrouded form before them
Lives thy memory yet.
Crowding round the hero's statue,
Breathless thousands ask
Who to lift the veil is worthy.
Who assume the task:
Then came forth little maiden,
Drew the veil aslant,
And hcnccforth in song and story
Linked her name with Grant.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15

A rat with only three legs was
caught last week by SON of }. +.
Andrews, on his farm near Perry. Ga.
In no other way Was the rodent de-
formed, and the absence OF the foartl
leg in no way decreased its pow err OF
locomotion. The third 'eg was il the
middle of the under part of the oody,
and not where the hind legs usually
ara
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
A Frog.Rirsa.

Thomas Marshall and Fred Gsace,
of Newcastle, Pa, were out hunting
frogs the other day and captured a
creature not described in the books.
It is frog with wings and tail some
thing like. fantail pigeon. 1t weighs
exactly nine ounces. The wings are
composed of elastic-like skss, and
when stretched out measured nine
inches from tip to tip. When the frog
bird is III the water the wings and tail
fit closely to the body and are hardly
noticeable.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
Animals Love Perfume

An Investigator of the effect OF per-
fumes on animals in the Geological
Garden. LONDON, discovered that most
OF the lions and leopa"ds were very
fond of lavender. They took a piece
Of cotton saturated with It and held IL
betwee their paws with great delight
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
AUNT JERUSHE'S SOLiLOQUY
By ELLEN E. PRATT.

By ELLEN E. PRATT.
Ihey say the Lord will knoU Ala ov@
I'm powerful glad to hear it,;
It's proof enough that he divine
We mortais can't come nearl IT,
The saints and sinners dress alike
In Fashions latest whm,
Just like the mistress aud the maid
Disguise not always thln).
They 60 to balls and circusc9,
Play cards and dance all night;
1t pears to me it s sort O queer,
And doesn't look just right
And that's not all: the women scold,
The men they drink and swear,
AID then on Sundays go to church
And knecl in solemn prayer.
TO gee the poor sufferin
For want o breads II shame.
While city women crowd the stores,
And money falls like rain.
The wrongs that go unbalanced here
Prove est his truth 10 me:
Another word comes after tins,
When II reckonin thcrell be.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15

Cries of murder brought p large
crowd ana several policemen TO
neiehborl God In Reading. Pa las'
week. when it was discovered thai the
only Gauss for the alarrE was the iragn'
~ a little girl at seeing q mouse
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15

The entire French army is to be
armed with q new helmet. 1t is Of
nickled copper, with a cockade, worn
for the first time by the French sol
dier, upon the top.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-08
D and E En- Route to Beaver Creek

CHADRoN, Neb., Jan. t. = From our
special Correspondent in the Field. Or
ders were received at o'clock this morn
ing at FIT. Robinson for two companies to go
to Chadron and thence proceed to point on
Beaver creek-about twenty eight miles
distant Arrived this afternoon at Chad
ron, an immense crowd was at the depot to
greet US. Amongst them was seen a COM
pany Of Nebraska militia thirty eight
strong, who are here from Fremont to
guard the town. Our command is com
posed Of two companies, d and Z, Six
teenth Infantry, and officered by CAPTAINS
Morrison and Ward and Liutenants Chand-
Ter and Ballou. Each man carries fifty
rounds of ammunition in his field belt. The
court house here is crowded with refugees,
as well as every spare room. l am told that
parties go out every morning toward the
reservation to look out for the marauding
reds. A large band of horses was sent
from here yesterday to Beaver creek, to
be used in mounting the First infan try. A
tight between the troops = presumably
Carr's command-took place in the
vicinity of Beaver creek, the re-
suit as yet not known here.
No news from Pine Ridge agency to-day,
yet courriers report much fighting in that
vicinity, ana that fourteen riderless horses
came into the agency. The excitement in
this section runs very high, yet l am in
clined that under the able guidance of
General Miles the trouble will soon be at
an end. We are now sleeping in our cars,
and will pull out at o'clock in the morn
ing. The nights are getting very cool and
last night, at Fort Robinson, was like
camping in an ice house.. The boys are
cheerful. Our friends in Salt Lake will
know by this that our command is split up,
but all are well. AS the wire is so burdened
with military matters, shall have to trust
much to the mails.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-08
ACARD TO THE PuBLIC.

Apparently certain morning journal of
this City seeming to be better posted on my
Intentions than / am myself, as will be OBJ
served by their statement on the 21st inst,
to the effect that as soon as had settled
my business affairs l contemplated moving
to Denver. Now wish to inform nv
friends and the public in general that at no
tune during the past twelve years have I
ever contemplated going to Denver or any
other place, nor have I eyer given the least
animation to any person or persons of any
intention on my part to leave Salt Lake
city. On the contrary, they have always
been Informed that l am located here for
good.
| have been identified with various bust
ness enterprises in this city since 1878, and
for the past six years in the insurance
business representing the leading COM
panles OF America and Europe, In fire, life
and accident, my Office for the rast year
has been and still is in the Progress block,
rooms 5l4 and Bis, where or one of nv
representatives can always be found, and
Will be pleased to have all my old friends
Cal! at any and all times, and will also be
dehghsed to form the acquaintance of all
new corners, and have them bear in mind
that the agency of Louis Hyams is one of
the largest If not the largest in the country.
the ombined cash capital and assets repre-.
sented in my Office being over 5000, 600, GOO.
respectfully LOUIS HyAMs,
SILT LAKE CRY, December 20, $780,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-08
IL YOU HAD A FRIEND

About to visit some section of country
where malarial disease either in the form
of chills and fever or bilious remittent was
particularly rife, what would be about the
best advice you could give him? We will
tell you-to carry along, or procure on ar
irving, that potent medicinal safeguard,
Hostetter's stomach bitters, known
throughout malaria plagued regions. here
and in other countries, as the surest means
of disarming the maismatic scourge, and
robbing it of ITS fell destructive influence.
Not only does it fortify the system by in
creasing its stamina, but overoomes irreg-
ularity of digestion, the liver and the bow
els, and counteracts the unfavorable effect
of ver-exertion, bodily and mental expos
ure in rough weather, or occupation too
sedentary or laborious, loss of appetite and
excessive nervousness. The functions of
alimen tation, bilious secretion and sleep
have in it most powerful and reliable
auxiliary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-08
The Police Department.

Captain Parker has recovered from his
recent indisposition sufficiently to enter
upon the discharge of his duties and was
found at his desk by HERALD reporter.
When asked what the condition of the de-
partment was, the captain replied, SIN
Guiding. the two officers appointed on Tues
day night, there are now thirty five men
on the force, all told. Of these, one is
captain, two are desk sergeaRts, one is
court ballif, three are sergeants, seven do
DUTY at the depots, three are mounted,
While one does special work, leaving a
force OF seventeen pstrolmen to protect a
city OF d, 900 inhabitants. This is, in nv
opinion, insufficient. The department.
however, is in good working order, and is
doing very well"
The police alarm system has been ready
Tor use for some time, but owing to the
culpable negligence of the Gaynor COM
panY, 1t IS not yet in operation. After
getting the system in tirst-class running
order, the company rendered it practically
useless by not sending on the KEYS or even
the signal paper. The vigilant police com
mittee ought to look into this matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-08
THE REDSKINS,
The Movements of the Boys Of
Fort Douglas.
Camping Near Fort Robinson-D and E Com
panies En- Route to Point on
Beaver Greek.

Fort ROBINSON, Neb., Jan. 3.--TFrom
our Special Correspondent in the Field. l.
1t was our New Years gift, and that gift
was an order to leave for the scene of In
dian hostilities. Of course Fort Douglas
presented scene of much animation. All
that night (New Years eve) we were
awake. Quickly were the company effects
gotten into shape for transportation, and
by early dawn of January l, eight compa-
MES under command of Major J. N. An
drews, Twenty first infantry, were on the
march to the cars. Our run to Ogden was
without any incident worthy of mention.
From Ogden to Cheyenne we were split in
two sections and as we neared Fort D. A
Russell the Seventeenth infantry band
treated US to serenade. From Cheyenne
via the Cheyenne Northern to Fisher,
| thence by the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mis-
souri, Valley to Fort Robinson, we arrived
TINS morning, and are now encamped close to
the fort. We are in tents, and thanks
to General Greedy, of the weather bureau,
the climate is very mild. Rumor has it
that the Sixth, Fourth and Fourteenth
regiments of infantry are en- route to this
post and that general war of extermina-
ton will be waged against the hostiles
The report of the death of Major Guy V.
henry, Ninth cavalry, with his command is
untrue. Some seventy or more refugees,
mostly old men, women and children were
driven IN here IN wagons for protection.
General Miles mas issued an order to the
effect that all ranchers must report to the
military for protection. These here are
Quartered IN one of the vacated cavalry
barracks and are being literally fed by the
government
We are ordered to sleep on our arms.
My next to you may be from some part Of
the field. The government is using the
wire almost constantly and find it difficult
to get a message to you. The boys from
Douglas are in the best Of health and spirits
and all enjoy the camp life.
| Crawford, three miles east of here, is
crowded with refugees, and over this entire
| part OF Nebraska ranches are vacated A
general uprising is on hand among the reds
and long campaign is before US. This
place cannot compare with Fort Douglas ::
the quarters are not nearly so comfortable
and its general appearance is bleak and
barren. Our destination is now a mystery.
No one knows General Miles holds US here
awaiting orders. 1t is coniectured that we
may be held as guard to look after Indian
captives, but that is only rumor, and to
confess the truth, more imaginary talk is
on tap here than beer in the Salt Lake
saloons. Guard duty is being done here by
company H, Of the Twenty-first, doing the
| honors TO- night