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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

noise, which one Of the witnesses COM
pared to the rustic Of leaves, and another
to tho sound produced by the swapping
chords of harp while being tuned. All
were agreed as to the duration of tho
apparition, which they judged had lasted
about ten minutes.
The black draperies, the detruncated
head, the spurts of blood staining the
floor, had all vanished with the phan-
toms The slipper of Charles Nj. alone
retained the crimson blot which by itself
would have suhiced to remind him OF the
scenes Of that dreadful night, had they
not been already too we'll engraved in his
memory.
When he returned to his study, the
king caused minute report to be written
of what he had witnessed; made his com
pnnlons sign it, and himself affixed his
signature to it. Despite the precautions
taken to keep the contents Of this docu-
ment from the public, they managed in
some mysterious manner to leak out,
even during the lifetime of Charles nj.
The document is still extant, and up to
this dav nobody has ventured to raise q
doubt as to it's commences. Its closing
paragraph is remarkable. Says the
king:
And, II what | have related be not
the exact truth, | renounce all hope OF
better life, the which | may have de-
served through some good deeds, and,
above all. through my zeal in laborlng
for the welfare Of my people, and the
defence of the faith Of my ancestors.
Now then, if we recall the death of
Gustavus III, and the judgment Of An
karstroem, his assassin, we shall tnl
more than our point of contact between
this event and the circumstances attend
ing that singular prophecy.
The young man, beheaded in the
presence of the assembly, points to An
karstroem.
The crowned corpse, to Gustavus Ill.
The boy, to his son and successor,
Gustavus Adolphus ".
Lastly, the old man, to tho Duke OF
Sodermanland, uncle of Gustavus w.,
who was regent of the kingdom, and at
forwards king, upon the deposition OF
his nephew.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
A Monarch Among Saws.

Carnegie. Phipps & Co. are about to
add to the finishing plant OF the nrmof
department of their homestead mill q
gigantic tool which will greatly expedite
! the delivery Of armor plates for the new
warsbips. 1t is q steel saw weighing
10 tons, that will cut a nickel steel
srmor plate us an ordinary saw walks
through a plank. These armor plates
range in weight from eight to thirty
eight tons, and reach length OF twenty
feet and II thickness of twenty inches.
Tho ormor of a modern war vessel cannot
he nut on like sock, oil in one piece.
# is built on tho frame OF the ship,
rather like the scales on a fish. In nm
ishing the plates, ready for hitting they
hive to be beveIIed along the edge where
they fit together. -,
This has been done heretofore with
DIaning machines, which, slow y ana
IaboriousIy, q shaving ut the time, cot
them down to the desired shape. his
saw has a blade seven and halt teet IN
diameter, geared from above anu roVoiv~
ing horizontally. The armor plato IS
placed on tilting table which is adj
ifusted TO any angle and presented to the
edge of the saw ondwlsc. The forward
N lion of the carrying table thrnsts the
plate steadily against the flying teeth
and an angular slab Of cold nickeL-steel
weighing perhaps dozen tons, is taken
off Ike the slab off a pine log. 1t will be
used also for cutting plates INTO any o''
sired dimensions .,:a5
This saw will be the first OF rs klho
,sed in this country. It is an improve
roent on g similar tool used in the hr,upP
cannon works at Essen. 1t cost ABOUT
s95 0OO. and will be set up early next
Observation-Disclosures Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

WHEN a woman says a man takes
his wife's death hard" she means
that be groans, and means, and
screams, and tears his hair. If he
sits dumb under his affection, she
says he is not affected very much, and
that he will be married again in a
few months. The emotional sort Of
grief appeals to the women so much
that IL man screams when his wife
is buried, and marries again the next
day, they say that his great sorrow
affected his mind, and that he is
irresponsible.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

A WISCONSIN jury has found that
seven men who INDUCED in the d.
version Of lynching criminal some
weeks ago were all insane on the
night OF the crime. Three of them
are held to be insane still and have
been sent to an asylum, but the other
four are considered to have recovered
their reason and were discharged.
The verdict is an extremely valuable
contribution to the law of insanity.
IL may seem almost incredible that
seven men Of previously unquestioned
mental competence should simultan.
eously be seized by exactly the same
sort Of madness, should disguise
themselves, proceed by separate paths
10 a meeting place, and thence in a
body to a jail where the common OBJ
5ect Of their insane resentment was
5ncarcerated, should take this pris-
oner out and hang him, dispensing
them to their various homes, giving
thereafter no sign Of madness-all
this methodical procedure seems a
strange form Of insanity, but insan.
fly 1t must have been, for a Jury Of
twelve good men and true at Oar.
Lin gton have said 1t.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
DOuble-Headed Snakes.

Double headed snakes have been
known to occur; and in German jour
nal DR.. Collin, of Berlin, describes and
figures a double tailed earthworm, and
mentions four other cases of such NAL
formations. Double headed and double
tailed fishes Dr. Collins infers that all
such cases as double tails are due to alb
normal processes Of regeneration, after
the original tail has been lost,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

FIFTY prominent society women in
New York have taken upon them
selves the responsibility for raising
$4,000 for the mechanical and in
dustrial department Of Hampton In
etitute at Hampton, Va. The ILL.,
health Of General Armstrong, who
was stricken with paralysis while in
Boston last fall, has left the institu-
tion much behind in its funds, the
greater part Of which General Arm.
strong always raised In the North.
In his helpless condition many of
those who knew the old General and
his devotion to the colored people
and the Indians, have come forward
to help bear the burden which he for
many years carried alone. There Is
no more deserving charity than this
In which the women of New York
have decided to help by their efforts.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
st. Landry Democrat
by l. 4 sANDOZ,-
0peIousas, Louisiana.

4 NEW book purports to show "how
much harder it is to spend million
than to make it," The difficulty
probably depends upon the personal
temperament Of the owner Of the
million. Russell Sage, for instance,
could afford the author Of the book
some very convincing illustrations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

AS A rule people are good enough
except in the little things of life. So
many of them lack the ability to be
agreeable; so many of them are bores
and have foolish notions that an
hours study might rid them Of. A
man who never steals may be very
impolite and very tiresome. A man
who is never guilty Of murder may be
unfair and have contemplate ways.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
description of How the Chicago Ex5
position Will Appear.

''i' Appear'
| The following is from, Mr. w.
Brunt's description Of the CoInn, 49,
Exhibition in the MayGoDt7,rI. w
| have already said thai tI?is voe+;l,rlos
was intended to intrnduce the visitorS
to the Exposition into new uorII
As they emerge from il east archwav
and enter the court they ronet if no:.
siblc. receive a memnraLIe imnr4s
| sion If architectural harmony rn a
vast scale. To this end the ftruns
| basilica, and bath. Of the Roman I'm
pire, the villa, and .safdnna If The
princes Of tn" Italian RenaissanIa
the royal court wards afthe rala~[s
France and Spain must y;a}I to tho
architects. in the new world which
is the Old their rirh inheritance If
ordered beauty. t. make rn--ih,p tha
creation Of a bright pirtIIlr of civic
sp,"udor such as thi, great function
! Of modern civilization would seem ia
| require.
" At the outset it was considered of
| the first Importance that the people, in
! circulating around the court and on.
| tcriug or leaving the hriItinrs
| should, 30 far as uos-ih)p he nTo,
tectcl from the heat Of the midsilm-
mer sun. 70 assist in acrompli.hinr
this Object. the great uuadranrIn viii
be closed in hv = series Of -hplt,raI
ambulat0ries. like the Greek st,1
included in and forminrn part OF ,br
iacales Of the palaces Of machinery
and agriculture ON fine rirls nnJ ~
the liberal art, auG clrctrir}fy ON the
| left. The vast fronts Of tEgr,e huild,
| those of any other anrirn or modem
architectural group. with their monu-
mental coIonnadei nayilione thafr
ary. Ih,nes. and towers will annna,,
| in mellowed ivory marhIr. reIicvcdhy
decorations in color in the shnJowy
recesses of the portirrs Imuediotc-
" before him the stranger will behold
| the great basin 350 feet wide and
100 feet long stretching eastward
| in the middle of tine court lurJerpd
with double walled terraces of which
| the lower will be decorated with
shrubberv and flowers. and the
upper with bplustralrs. roetral
columns. vases, and statuarv. Broad
stairs descend from the main pOrticos
of the buildinc,s TO the water ard tha
canals. which enter the basin on
each side. are crossed bv monument
al bridges On the nearer margin Of
the greater basin. and in the axis of
the court he will see u smaller cir
cular basin $50 feet in diameter. on a
level with the upper terrace. thanked
bv two lofty columns bearing eagles,
In the center of this. on an antique
gallery of bronze, sixty feet long,
ei,,ht colossal r,,yprc nGrtrayincr tEa
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

WE send expressions Of sympa thy
20 our brave Japanese contempora-
ries, the Jiyu, the Toho and the
Mimpo, which have been suppressed
by order of his majesty the Mikade
for criticising some Of the recent
measures Of his government; and we
send words of censure to the Mikado
FOR his wrongful act in suppressine
these independent papers. The
Mikado will new please resign.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

"My barber is a hustler. He's got
out new sign now"
"What is it,"
Bald heads polished to look like new
-lHarper's Bazaar.
APHRAsE ILLUSTRATED
She, in a costume tailor made,
Which we'll the makers art displayed
Swept down the street with carriage
grand.
Her splendid gown, her bearing high,
Attracted admration's eve.
And men remarked, as she went hv.
"A perfect woman, nobly planned. y
= New York Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

THE colored preacher in Chicago
who regards cake walks as peculiarly
disgraceful to the whole colored race
pronounces too sweeping a judgment
upon his fellow citizens. Because
come persons Of color take delight in
these performances, it does not follow
that the whole race is to be con.
demned. Prize fighting is an English
pastime, but all English-speaking
people are not bruisers. The negro
whose soul revels In cake walk is
entitled to his enjoyment. The race
can not be held responsible for him.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
Police Figures.

In New York there are 1855 police
men to each square mile Of territory, in
Chicago bst o.08, in Philadelphia II. OF,
in Brooklyn 34.o1, in St. Louis s u, in
Boston 1925, In New Orleans 4.e6, and
in Washington 1884,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

M LEON PAUL of Paris has lately
ooaoa ont in favor Of sterilized sabcuta-
osons infections Of solutions Of Sleeps
5 aT as a cure for paralysis. He claims
for this extraordinary n1edloile 'ha' T.; ~
has no injurious reaction, ana fhat IN
slmost every case in v hioh tie has tFIea
II there has been marked improvement
in the patients condition.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

Some new photograph frames are MADE %
of birch bark, on which coIored oeaos
are embroidered in various quaint designs
It is something after toe style Of Aaa'sa
bead work,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

THE son Of prominent Chicago
clergyman was arrested for stealing
e22 from his fathers carpenter. The
young man explained that he felt an
uncomfortable desire to steal money
whenever he saw it and was there
fore dismissed by the authorities on
the ground that he was a klepto-
maniac. This scientific term is a
great convenience for the courts. 1t
has saved them from making very
many unpleasant convictions. II the
young man referred to had been an
ordinary street urchin who had stolen
something to eat, he would have been
sent to the bridewell along with a
batch Of ordinary sneak thieves.
Kleptomania never afflicts ragged
offenders.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF PROS
PER MERIMEE BY FRANCIS ]. AMY.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

QUEEN VICTORIA, who is now In
France, has amazed the natives by
her enormous appetite. The dispatch
says that she disposes of soles, beef.
steaks, eggs, and other dainties Of
like substantial nature In vast guam
titles, and that she eats several times
day with undiminished relish. Her
majesty comes of good old beef
eating and beer-drinking race, and
seems to be doing credit to her
parentage. She bids fair, like an
other celebrated character whose
shoes were valuable, to 60 down to
her latest posterity in person.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

Kohl rabbi may be grown in drill,
or trsasplanted lie cabbage.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
PROOF POSITIVE.

II know my grocer is honest
How"
Il heard him play the bass drum at a
concert the other day, and | watched him
closely. He gave full weight to every
pound. ;'-Harpers Bazaar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

Tie practice OF cremation 's On 'aS increase
In 6sgaaa2.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
VIE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.

VIE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
"Young Britehed and his wife gel
al"ns together very happily"
There is perfect confidence between
them, | supposed
cit isn't that, but the habit they have
of concealing things from each other tina
makes them happy"
What do they conceal from eact
other?'
Their failings. = New York Press.
sPRIGGINs' LITTLE GAME.
Friend lat French play)-Why did
you applaud so vigorously when that
| comedian made his speech before the
| curtain:
Sprisgins Confidently So folks would
| think | understood French. What did
he say?
Friend. He said the remainder of his
| part must be taken by an understudy, as
his mother was dying. : Good News.
AT BOTH ENDS.
"By Jovc,' said the youngster, AID
:.
with in the proper shape
"lgh, growled the veteran, I'D like
to have 500, 900 to go out Of business
with in the proper shape. - Detroit Free
Press.
EDUCATIONAL NEWS.
First New Yorker-To what college
do you propose sending your son to &C
quire q classical education?
| Second New Yorker-To Yale, of
course; haven't you read how the Yale
baseball team whitewashed the Harvard
twice i'll succession last season? Texas
Siftings.
TAXING TINE BY THE FoRELOCK.
Spriggs-lt looks to me as if it we're
going to rain before night.
| Briggs is that so? must start right
out how then, and borrow an umbrella
before the other fellow notices it - Som
ervile Journal
A DIFFICULT CASE.
he-Wili YOU love me if | give up al
my bad habits?
She protesting But, GEORGE, how
could you expect me to love perfect
stranger?
PROOF POSITIVE.
81 know my grocer is honest
How"
II heard him play the bass drum at a
concert the other day, and | watched him
closely. He gave full weight to every
pound. ''-Harper's Bazaar.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

ile-Wili you love me if give up al
my bad habits?
She protesting l-But, George, how
could you expect me to love perfect
stranger?
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

'There are more things in hea v'n and earth,
Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
-(SHAKEsPEARE-Ham
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16
A RISING STATESM

1.-The trouble with this family blub-
berel Johnny as he emerged from the
wood shed immediately after Il brief but
spirited interview with his father. sis
that there too blamed much paternalism
in its form of government."-l Chicago
Irihuuc
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

Mr.. Grecnbaize-T!lis religious crus-
SADIE against gambling viii ruin us.
Mr.. Shuttle Yes. Whenever q deacon
comes in to investigate he always stops
ahead of the game.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-16

yanced with head erect and firm look.
Behind them stalwart young man,
wearing q brown leather coat, held the
end of the cord wherewith their hands
were tied. The one who walked in front
and seemed the most important of the
prisoners, stopped in the middle of the
hall, close to the block, which he sur
yeyed with naughty disdain. At the
same time the corpse seemed to shudder
convulsvely, and fresh crimson stream
flowed from its wound. The young man
knelt, and laid his head upon the block.
The ak gleamod in the Dir and instantly
fell with thud. A CORY rivulet bub-
b!ed upon the platform, and mingled
with that Of the corpse. The head, re-
bounding several times upon the Redeemed
pavement, rolled TO the very feet Of
Charles, which it stained with blood.
Up to that moment surprise had par
alyzed his speech; but at sight Of this
horrible spectacle, his tongue was loos-
ened He advanced few steps toward
the platform, and addressing the figure
draped in the mantle Of administrator,
he uttered boldly the we'll known
formula,
eff thou art from God, speak; if from
the other, leave us in peace"
The phantom replied slowly, and with
solemn tone
Charles, King. This blood will not
flow under thy reign here the voice be-
came less distinct, but five reigns after.
Woe, woe, woe to the blood Of Wasa,"
Thereupon the forms Of the countless
persons composing this weird assembly
began to grow dim, appearing only as
shadows, and then dissolved altogether.
The fantastic torches were extinguished,
and those Of Charles and his companions
illuuined only the old tapestries, softly
stirred by the wind. They still heard
for while ssussth.s, use msledieus
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-15
For Tho Campaign.

In order to bring the Weekly Dee
into the family OF every English read.
Jog man and woman in the west
lie publishers have decided to offer the
paper for elk months, cove'ins the cam
paign, for 30 cents.
In order TO fully understand the
questions Of vital importance to the
producer aud labodng man thst will
come up during this campaign, svery
voter should hear both sides. The Bee
proposes TO discuss si questions thor
oughly and iutelliEensay. You can
not afford 70 allow this opportunity 4
10 pass. Address.
TIE BEs PUBLISHING Co,
Omaha Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-15
Incitins Anarchy.

Psrhsps u ia fortunate for the
sountry that the appeals Of the i'm
'prlsosed Chicago anarchists for re-
lease and the efforts Of their friends
u their behalf have not vet brought
about their liberation. The presc ncc
Of the three rIngleaders OF the Hay
market tragedy at tie labor mass
meeting held 10 Chicsgo on sunday,
would in all probability have percipi.
sated smother bloody outbreak. The
! president Of the meeting sid thst
% labor creates all wealth, oil wealth
belongs to labor. and that instead Of
the workingmen asking Carnegie tor
. raise In wages they should tell him
70 got out, % the mills belong to
!, them. II do not Say hang Carnegie
or Pinkcrton," he continued, "there 10
! . time for everything" The sxecu.
ton Of Parsons and Spies and the
rsst was referred to a. 'judicial mur.
der that took away Ave Of our best
men. W. cannot afford to have any
more incipient revolutions" he said,
''the next one must be complete"
Such isosndiary talk At . timo Of
perfect quiet would probably not be At
al dangerous, but when the masses
IN = state Of excitement II 10 liable to
produce serious results. The expert
sncs Of the past prove that public
danger Turks under such reckless ut.
teraucss. Public sympathy has not
been denied 10 their ironworkcrs at
Homestead in their resistance to the
Pinkertou hirelipgs, but il must be
understood that public approval Of
such sentiments - those expressed at
Chicago 10 impossible.
The same mistaken notion concern.
Ing the rights OF the laborer are 70.
spousiblo for tho slaughter 10 the
mines Of Idaho, aad there can bs no
doubt that the striking miners were
spurrsd on BY the istempsrate talk
Of political dsmsgoguss who seek "a
array the workipsmsn against The
rspublissn party.
The riahts Of the workingmsu
must b prtsetsd; he must be preiitt
Cd 70 employ every peaceful means 4
gsia his ends; but II will never b
conceded that he he's . right to TAX,
possession Of the property Of his em
ploysr By force. Such dsctrins in
cites sparshy aid strikes It the basil
Of oil our institutiona-Bse.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-15

Good morningw Why, ] am sur
prised; the doctors and neighbors have
III reported that your death was daily
expeCtadY~ 81 ~{4
aAhl yss; they all said / never could
recover end gave me up to die with
chronic malaria, kidney and liver trouble,
sSS "a. Sons 7! aasn1s sas Rome s% sce "a.
For sale BY Il. II. Deyo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-15
FAR MERS

All Who are contemplating getting a harvester should see the Davis Patfor m ind.
or before purchasing, rs is the leading harvester Of the day, the following points
OF excellence will show its superior qualities over all other binders. The chief point
|s thereis no elevation of the grain at all II simply binds all the grain al a eleva-
ton OF not over nine inches above the stubble. Thus saving the power necessary Il
of the machine.
There is : complete separation between the bundle being bound and the rest Of
the grain Of nearly three feet thus doing away with the tangis M hanging TO-
|gether d bundle SO OmnOn with many binders No other binder has this quality.
A most wonderful features Of the Davis Binder tine only one ever put O a grain
binder u.s. the reel RAKE, which enables the driver to handles down and tangled grain with
aMd Of grsin, that the Davis Binder cannot harvest better aud make every shsaf
|sratghter and more symmetrical than car be done by any other binder.
We don't thrmh ut and waste grain as other binders dc, al: We don't have the
friction necessary to elevate the gram and thus ave enough grain Il the farmer to
crop.
The Davis u~s no ony aprons It,. all instead ussss studded belts, that car be
thus saving much valuable time used in tightening the canvas of the other binders
the longest OF shortest grain, and at the same time keep the platform in proper p.
.Mton to handle the grain.
There Is u o weight on the horses neoks from the tongue as it is perfectly loose,
there 10 absolutely 10 side draft at all.
win Hdtghter and with iesss end than any other binder.
The binder is a steel binder
The Dausneeds no folding apparatus for transportation about the farms as it will
pass through any eleven foot gate.
The DaN. binder is fully warranted. Before purchasing a bindir, call and ~ me
mers old stand. ' ~ -"
,-E l.st aef. w. N. GUIwifs, An.
Rcd Cloud, Neh.