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The Princeton union., 1892-07-07
LABOR CIRCLE.

The strike on the lines of the East
Cleveland Street Railroad company was
settled both sides making concessions. The
company agrees to take back all the strik-
ing employees, and to pay 1S cents an
hour to men in their service under six
months, and 20 cents an hour after that
time.
A CUT in the wages Of miners, at Ishpena-
ing averaging nearly 10 per cent, goes into
effect at all the Ishpeming mines. There
will be no trouble on the part Of the men.
On the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic the
wages of fremen are raised Is cents and
engineers 25 cents day, and working
hours are reduced to II. This change has
been brought about by Chief Arthur, of the
Brotherhood OF Engineers. seygy,.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

PRINCE EDMOND RADzIwlLL has
found a new way OF paying old debts.
tie became monk and retired from
this sinful world considerably in debt
to several people. One sinful man
who was left $4,000 marks to the bad
has made an effort to collect, but the
court held that the noble recluse is
legally as dead as the late julius Caes.
ar and cannot be sued.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

ALTHOUGH a. dread for water is in
stinctivein cats, a London Correspon-
dent states that a person living on
the banks of the river Thames had a
cat which frequently swan across the
river to a spot which was infested
with rats. She always swan low in
the water, with tail erect, and would
shake herself like dog on coming
ashore.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

The new Temple Israel of BROOKLYN
is built after the plan OF the famous
church of St. Sophia in Constanti-
nople. The arches of it's main en-
trance are supported by polished
mottled marble columns, and it is
surm ounted by a gilded dome. The
walls of the interior are frescoed in
green and gold. The congregation has
many rich members.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

A CITIZEN OF Portland, Ind, claims
to be the owner OF a large tomcat who
long ago developed a great love for
the companionship OF the poultry
tribe. "1t eats everything they do,
even to shelled corn, and when night
comes perches itself on the roost
alongside OF a rooster as contentedly
as if IL were with those of it's own
kind"
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

EMPEROR WILLIE HoHENzoLLERN
has taken to writing editorials. If
the profession is going to be open to
every jackanapes who comes along,
some OF us sensitive plants will feel
like drawing out.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

A BICYCLE insurance company, to
insure bicycles against accidental
breakage, has been started in New
York. When broken wheel cannot
be satisfactorily repaired by the COM
pany's mechanics the policy holder is
given a new machine.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

STRANGE as it may appear, there is
only one person in the United States
entitled to be called "honorablc," and
that is the lieutenant Governor OF
Massachusetts,, the title in his case
being confirmed by law.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07
EoUEER DEcoYs in ALASKA.
How the Natives Enrrap Salmon
and Other Fishes With Engenious
C0nfriva


How the Natives Enrrap Salmon
and Other Fishes With Engenious
Contrivances.
Shut up in a, drawer at the National
museum, where nobody has the priv
llege OF seeing them, is curious col
lection OF decoys, says the Washing
ton Star. Perhaps the funniest
among them is a pup seal about a.
loot and a half long, quite artistical-
~ carved out of wood. Its little paws
are folded across its chest and it is in
tended to float on it's back upon the
water just as It does in real life.
However, it is not meant as adecov for
mother seals, as may be imagined, but
as a float for tying a hsh line to-
Fishes recognizing the innocence of
pup seals in general, are not likely to
suspect that one would dansle a hook
and line to catch them.
This is an Alaskan decoy, of course.
The natives Of that region employ de-
coy ducks made OF wood in similar
tashlon-not to attract real ducks
within reach OF arrows or bullets, but
as floats merely. To the floats, set
swimming in the river, lines are at
tached, with hooks and bait for sal.
mon. No ordinary wise salmon would
be afraid Of a duck. So these fishes
bite eagerly at the lures suspended
from the counterfeit birds in the wat
er and are caught. Another very
queer decoy in the drawer is a fish,
cut out OF wood and painted white.
No label states, unfortunately, pre-.
cisely how it is employed, although it
it is certain that it is a counterfeit in
tended to attract some big fishes. Big
salmon could swallow prey of such
size and it may be designed as bait for
them. Think, however, of the disgust
which would be felt by any scaly orge
at finding that he had taken in
a Wooden fish one foot long.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

UNCLE Sam shipped to Europe this
year 1,454,O0O barrels of apples.
The new arrangement for direct ship
ment of oranges from Florida the
coming year will give Europeans a
still better chance to enjoy our
luscious fruit. z....
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

Now that DR.. Briggs has joined the
Salvation Army let his reforming zeal
not abate one jot or little until he
has abolished the fantasie on the base
drum with which that organization
commonly heralds it's approach.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

The site OF the city OF Boston was
sold by John Blackstone in 1885 for
$3.50. If John had only held on to q
few acres for o century or so he would
have been comfortably fixed to day.
AS it is he is dead broke.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

A CALF with six distinct feet, all OF
which are used in walking is reported
from ,Mooresville, Ind. 1t is alleged
that this freak has a brother en-
dowed with an equal number OF feet
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

and you die. oh, that to him who.
bought US we might give all our time
and all our prayers and all our success
es, would we could think Of nothing
else, but come to Christ. He is
SO fair. He is so loving. He is, 90
sympathlzlng. He is 50 good. I wish
We ,could put our arms around his
,''s neck and say: Thine, Lord, will
oe forever" yer, Oh that you would be-
GIN to love him. Would that / could,
take this audience and wreathe r.
around the heart of my Lord Jesus.
Christ. s S'o'
When the Atlantic cable was lost in,
.65 do you remember that the Great
Eastern and the Midway and the
Albany went out to find 1t? Thirty
i times they sank the grapnel two and
q half miles deep IN water. After
awhile they found the cable. and
brought it to the surface. No sooner
had it been brought to the surface
than they lifted a shout OF exulation,
but the cable slipped back again into
the water and was lost. Then for
two weeks more they swept the sea
Wlth the grappllng-hooks, and at last
tthey found the cable and they brought
it up in silence.
THEY FASTENED TT THIS TIME.
linen with great excitement theytook
one end OF the cable to the electric
lan's room to see if there were really
any life in it, and when they saw 3,
spark and knew a message could be
sent, then every hat was lifted and the
rockets flew and theg guns sounded. un-
til all the vessels OH the expedition
knew the work was done and the con-
tlnents were lashed together.
| Well, my friends, Sabbath after
sabbath gospel messengers have come
searching down for your soul. We
have swept the sea with the graphing
hook OF Christ's gospel. Again and
again we have thought you were at
the surface, and we began to- rejoice
over your redemption; but
at the moment OF our glad
ness you sank back again
into the world and back again into
sin. To-day we come with this Cos
pei searching for. your soul. We
apply the cross of Christ first to see
whether there is any life left in YOU,
while all around the people stand, :,
looking to see whether the work will
be done, and the angels OF God bend
| down and witness; and oh! if now we
| could see only one spark Of love and
hope and faith, we would send up a.
shout that would be heard on the
battlements of heaven, and two
worlds would keep jubilee because
communication is open between Christ
and the soul, and your nature that
has been sunken in sin has been lifted
into the light and Joy OF the gospel.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07
THE Swiss has done the least fight
ing this century, and their only i'm
portant outbreaks have been more Of
q civil than military character.

JOHN L. SULLIVAN has expressed a
desire to meet and vanquish the man
in the moon. Alcoholic lunacy is
what the matter with John.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07
The Baby and the Savage.

In the bone caves of the south of
France have been found figures of
reindeer, mammoths,a and men scratch
ed on horn or ivory, and evidently
executed by artists contemporary
with the Elephas primi-genius. The
men are represented with short. bent
legs, and seem TO stand or walk in
STOPPING manner, with the body bow
ed slightly forward from the hips.
Now pass your hand down the back
of any infant of under ten months old
and feel the spine at the loin or lum-
bar region, where in the adult modern
man the back is hollow or concave.
You will observe that in the babe it is
convex like that of q quadruped, Ia
ten-month' sold baby is practically a
quadruped;) and though the child can
perhaps get on it's legs with the sup
port OF q chair, it does not straighten
It's thighs and stand upright, but is
bent forward in the same posture of
the cave-dweller whose portrait has
come down to US from the age just
succeeding the last glacial epoch. 1.-THE
support is removed the child falls for
ward, and again becomes q pseudo
quadruped. Blackwood's Magazine.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07
Galloplng Through Royal Dinner,

A royal dinner is not altogether a
Joyous and festive affair if one may
trust the report of an English period,
ical, which states that there is always
a little more conversation than usual
at the royal dinner table when Lord
Salisbury is present, as he is a great
favorite with the, Queen, but wise Wis
itors to Windsor are always as taci-
turn as possible when dining with her
majesty, as the dinner is galloped
through at such a rate that anything
beyond monosyllables invokes the
risk OF having plate whipped off by
a too attentive footman, and finding
in some forty minutes or so from the
advent Of the soup that one has only
enjoyed q sort OF Barmecide feast.
The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

LOVE AND REPENT AND PRAY.
0 sinner, come, come back! Tia man
is in no pain, il he is prospered, if he is
we'll, and he asks you to come, you
take your time and you say, i can't
come now. I'll come after while.
There is no haste. But if he is in
wantsand trouble yousay: II must go
right away. I must 60 now. Today
Jesus stretches out before you two
wounded hands, and he begs you to
come. Go and you live. Stay away
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
A Monster Evergreen Nursery.

The annual catalogue Of the Ever
green Nurseries, of Evergreen, Wis,
has been issued, and this Office has been
favored with copy. They now list
fully three hundred varieties of conf
erous evergreens. Some of them are
very strange and unique in form and
habit of growth. They have been to
great pains and expense to secure seeds
and plants OF evergreens found native
in all parts Of the earth. If man
wants evergreens cheap but good, fol
screens, groves, wind-breaks, or hedges.
there is no better place to go in Amer
lea. If a man is fond of the marvellous,
strange, and curious forms in nature,
there is no other place in this country
where his fancy can be satisfied with
rare and beautiful evergreens.
These nurseries are growing the
plants in immense numbers, planting
the seeds by the ton. They imported
from one seed house in Germany last
season $500 pounds, besides all they
gathered in this country, getting large
quantities from Colorado, California,
Washington, and all the western states
and territories. 1t is we'll worth any
mans while to send for their lists.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOLECE
.sURK.
OPEI,OUsAs. Tuesday, Feb.

OPELoUsAs, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1892
The Police Jury met pursuant to call: Pres
emit: E. NJ. B0agn, President, and Messrs
Stagg, BOSNIAN, Olivier, ROBIN, DurlO, Ward,
Mlburn and Haas.
The president stated the object of the meet
ing was to consider the subject of the improve
ment of public roads and to take action on the
report of the committee appointed to sell con-
tract to build the new Clerks office.
That having been petitioned according to
law, he had convened this special meeting.
Mr.. Haas in the chair.
Mr.. ROarni. Chairman of the Committee ap.
pointed to sell contract to build addition TO the
Court House, reported that after due adVertIse-
meEt the contract had been awarded to MIR.
C.. ID. Stewart for the sum of $3.50 tive thou
sand niue hundred and fifty dOllars) and that
the claim of Messrs. Stewart & White on con
tract to repair old clerks office had been adj
justed to the sum of five hundred and sixty one
dollars and fifty-five cents.
Whreupon motion of Mr.. Robin, thu report
was accepted, and SAID committee be authorlzed
to enter into a contract with the aforesaid
Stewart.
On motion of Mr.. Robin, the Jury took re-
cess until $3.50 O'Clock p. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
The Jury met pursuant to adjournment
Present, E. NJ. BOagn, President, and Messrs.
Stage, Durio, Milburn, Haas, Robin, Olivier,
Bihm, Ward and BOSNIAN.
Mr.. Stagg in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Boagni, be it resolved that a
committee of three be appointed by the
Chair to draft an ordinance levying road tax
for the maintenance of the public road-said
tax to be levied per capita and OH all vehicles
said ordinance to be so drafted that the money
collected in each ward will enure to the use
and benefit Of the pablo roads therein; and
that the said committee be empowered to con-
suit counsel, and are specially requested to re-
port at the next regular meeting. The Chair
appointed Messrs. Boagn BOSNIAN and Robin,
On motion of Mr.. Haas, Mr.. Ward was added
to the above committee.
On motion Of Mr. BOSNIAN, the Police Jury
1fnr,p nod nAfir
E.. M. BOAGNI,
President.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
Mardi.Gras Programme, March l. 1892

The Carnival will be celebrated this
year in New Orleans with unusual splen-
dor. At midday, Monday Feb. 90, the
King will arrive on one of the magnif-
cent Mississippi River steamers and
will be received and escorted through
the streets by all the mobiles of the
realm, the military Of tthe city and a
host of loyal subjects.
KRE Ef' OF PRfofiEUss will appear on
the principal streets of the city.
Tuesday (Mardi- Grass, between 10 A.
M. and 2. NJ, will be the grand pa
rade of REX, King Of the Carnival, and
at night the worldrenowned MYSTIC
KREWE OF COMUS will make beau
tiful display in procession.
The PICAYUNE Wal print three
special Carnival Editions, illustrating
these pageants. The illustrations will
be in SEVEN COLORS, and the des-
criptions accurate and comprehensive.
These editions will be THE ONLY AU-
THENTIC CARNIVAL PAPERS issued this
year, the PICAYUNE having purchased
the exclusive right for publishing item.
Persons in the country, who cannot
conveniently reach newsdealers, can Sc
cure copies of Carnival papers by order
ing direct from the Picayune, inclosing
postal note or stamps in payment for
the number wanted, at the rate Of 10
cents per copy.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
Bayou Chicot.


That the nomination of Hon. W. G. Perrau!t
Of OpelOusas for District Judge, Hon. Jho. y
ogden for District Attorney, and lions: y. a. y.
Thomson and Gus. Il. Fontenot TOT Tue ocliate
are hailed with dellgnI ny iheli A"iA"A' ''
friends at Chic0t. 1000 o,,o e, ,,o-
That il we are not mistaken some one ~ 30
ing to be woefully left at the coming electlon.
That on April 10Th, 1892, at midniShU Sid4tS.
excursion will leave Opeousas for olllaiia' Will
a sad lot of defeated candidates. A.. $500,
MAT the two Democratic tickets IN the par
ish are cautiously watching the action OF lne
Republicans of st. Landry.
That Captain Sam Haas ana ms hiosG estl-
Unable lady are spending few days on bayou
B9uf as the guests Of their son-lli-laW, Dr. W.
That certain young lady proposed to
a certain young man in town the oIher
night, and the shock actually gave the young
man chill.
That if the numerous candidates DO not visit
Chcot and let us take peep at them, that a
great many OF them will not get what they eX-
pect. r. ro,, r.,,,,,,,;a
near Capt. Chas DOssman's store, gave grand
lean wear ball on Friday night and IL was
That we have noted young bachelor i'll town
whom several young ladies nave tnelr eye on Ill,
That the acreage in cotton TINS season Will
be much smaller than last season.
That If every one who plants rice this season
succeeds the crop will be enormous.
That ii the gentlemen who were nominated
at Washington and Crowley on the Democratic
ticket will all pull together, see no reason why
the whole ticket will not win.
That think Gov. Nichols made bad mis-
take when he removed the Hon. j. J. Thomp-
son from the position OF returning oilcer OF our
parish. ..-.- ,,-..
That all the farmers of this section are busy
More anon. EvANGELINE.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
CURE For THE CORN yyEEvEL
From the Austin Statesman.

From the Austin Statesman.
For many years in succession | have had my
corn i'll the bin more or less ruined by the wee
wills. From my own experience in this line 1
should judge that there is an annual loss OF
over q million Of dollars from weeyils in Texas
alone. Could the weevil be readily destroyed
and exterminated we could export large sur
plus of corn ; as it is now, there is great deal
OF truth in the saying that Kansas feeds Texas,
both man and beast
have experimental with different insectici-
des to prevent the ravages of this insect but 1T
is hard to kill, my experiments failed until last
year.
Last fall in putting up my corn placed two
open bottles OF bsulphuret carbon, feet apart,
on the floor of the bin. The mouths of these
bottles were covered with a layer of cheese
cloth, and each bottle covered with an old
broken box. The corn was thrown on these
boxes, and the BIN filled to its utmost capacity.
The result of this experiment was highly sue
cessful what weeyils were admitted from the
field were destroyed and none further appear
ed. Thus at u cost Of so cents, with very little
trouble, effectually protected about 500 bush.
els of corn against weevils. Another feature
about this experiment is, that have noticed
neither mouse nor rat in the bin, nor any ira
ces of them, which was not the case before, for
in previous. years they, too, had done great
damage to the corn.
Let me recommend to the farmers trial OF my
remedy, for feel assured it will be with graft
flying results.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20

Much has been said and written regarding
the origin Of the Bowie knife. The fact is that
Rein 2. Bowie, not James, conceived the idea
of the knife The invention was the result of
an accident, Col. Rein P. Bowie was plant
er in Opelousas, La. While hunting wild cattle,
he attacked a young steer, which in throwing
up its head struck his hunting knife with its
horn in such way as to knock it through his
hand, making an ugly cut between the thumb
and the foreiinger. On returning from the
hunt, he repaired to the blacksmith shop on
his plan Sation, determined to have knife made
which would he a protection against such ac-
the blacksmith to make knife of it having a
cross-piece betwixt hlt and blade, SO that it
through MANS hand IN this ih' way did GIf Yen
Bowie knife originate, and it was never in
tended for other than hunting knife; but
James Bowie improved the original weapon
and brought his own knife so prominently into
notice by the use he made of it in personal en-
counters that the improved weapon became
known as the Bowie knife-Morgan City Re-
view.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
GOOD SERVICE. PROMPT RETURNS.
Columbia Rice Mill.
NEW YORK. .

The undersigned beg to call The atten-
ton of planters and factors to the above
mill, which is among the largest in the
United States. 1t Is thoroughly equip
ped with the latest and best machinery
for the milling Of rice, and secures out
turns equaled by few aud cxcelled 10y
none.
Sales guaranteed Accounts rendered
and remittance made Immediately on
disposition of goods.
If desired, will remit nominal value
of goods Immediately on receipt, charg-
ing for such advance at rate Of 6 per
cent, per annum.
Relatively higher prices are obtained
on rice at the North.
Toll (regular) same as in New Or
leans likewise selling charges.
Consignments and correspondence
solicited.
DAN TALMAGE'S SONS,
No. lis Wall Street,
New York.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
AROUND THE EMPIRE PARISH.
Chataign ier.


Now that the mild season is fast approa,chln :
t.onr,a gentle spring ethereal mlldhcss
hear the p1Wm enmn yG be
crop of 1892, accept again a rev no1e' Hull
Chataignier to your valuable paper. +o, ava
Welcome, Evangene y" Your iad notes e1 az: are
Coma again and see us-shake hands, brother
Miss Lillian Hardey is spending some tIlne en II,
Opelousas and Washington among Ifien"S 'iio
Mrs Outlet, mother of Mr. AlphonSe Gu,Iie'
of this place is expected here on a Visit. M iar
Outlet resides i'll France anu lids no' ''''- ava
Masters Willie and Louis ArdGin D PORES al
Lafieur and George Outlet, who have pee nor III,
Tending college at Crowley since se'era
months, returned home last Sunday week %,
Rev. Father Clarke, who has succeeded - he ~
Father Branche at this place, proposes TO Is
tahlish a good school near his church tor noy s
some time during the fall season, If every tnins
goes favoraby Things in genera or arc m WIZ
friends, A'Hoio'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20
Saturday, February 25th, 1892,

the following described property to-wit:
me undivided one-fifth Of the following DIES
cribed two pieces of property, to-wt:
1st. A certain tract OF land near the town oil
Opelousas. in the parish of ST. Landry bounded
oil the north by land of f. d. Estilettc, on the
east by the Camp Hamilton plantation, on the
south by land of Mrs. Am6dee Martel. and on
the west by land of Simeon Birotte. with the
improvements thereon, containing thirty ar
penis, more or less.
I'd. certain piece of land on the bayou Ma
RE Crouuant, or Little Tcche, parish OF st. Lam
dry, having about five arpents front on said Da-
you and depth OF about TIVE nty-two arpents,
bounded on the lower side by land formerly be
longing to the late Dr. George Hill, on the rear
side by land formerly belonging to the late Thos.
II. Lewis, and on the upper side by land for
merly belonging to Thos Wait, being known as
the Nugent tract.
Seized i'll the above entitled suit.
Terms-Cash. T. S. FONTENOT.
jaD.23-Gt Sheriff
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-02-20

New Iberia Enterprise: America Steam Fire
Co. No is having erected large water tank
on tower and pump to supply it with water
ali in connection with the saw mill plant OF
Messrs. Gall d Pharr, and with line of pipe
from the tank to Main street, to supply then
street sprinkler with water. There will be d
pressure of so pounds through this Pipe and
entity would have effective protection from
fire. We congratulate America on its pro
gressive spirit.