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Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10
Almost an Election.

HELENA, Mon, Feb. 9.-The Demo-
Gratis OF the legislature are in perspir-
alton over being caught mapping at the
joint session Wednesday, at which SEN
ator Sanders came within two votes of
being reelected. With two exceptions
every Republican was in his seat and
Tierney, Democrat, added to the excite
ment by also voting for Sanders. Five
Democrats were absent. "
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10
Convention of TelecraDhars.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8. - A secret
convention Of the Universal Order of
Telegraphers OF North America will be
held in Pitcsburg beginning next Tues
day. All the lodges in the United
States and Canada will be represented
Special reports Oh grievances will be
made by delegates, and action will
be taken looking to an advanced pay
under the increased volume of business
during the period of the worlds fair.
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10

Let us make picture Of the old
soldier who stands with his hands to
the pillow, not looking back, as we'll as
that one who falters by the wayside
with all his infrmities upon him.
Let sweet charity reach down her
gentle hand to this but let JUS
tice clasp the other to her breast in
proud embrace-for throughout the
land this old soldier is rather to be
honored, than pitied, gratefully point
ed out, rather than compassionately
excused; the great, the very great
majority of those who went to the
front in response to the call for troops
we're of that stuff upon which and OF
which civilization rears her noblest edi-
fices-true- hearted, self-forgetful,
loyal, honest, independent men, men
who laid down all dear things in life
and offers life itself in defence Of the
principles that make for the glory Of
mankind.-Charles Dudley Warner
in Harpers Magazine.
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10
Texans Are INDIGNANT.

LAREDO, Feb. 9.-Great indignation
is manifested throughout the state in
regard to the barbarous torture which
was inflicted by the people Of Paris,
Tex. upon the negro, Smith, for the
fatal assault on little Myrtle Vance.
Indignation meetings have been held in
several towns in the southwestern part
Of the state and resolutions have been
passed condemning the torture as dis
grace upon humanity and the state.
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10
CastOria.

"CaStorll IS an excellent neulClno 1Or CHI.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OsaooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. J. F. KINCHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Centaur Company, n
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10

A corner in lard in Chicago has
netted the controlling syndicate
s1,5OO,OOO.
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10

contains 160 pages and publishes
every month from Is to % com
plete stories, original and selected
from all literatnres. During 1892
it.has printed stories by Dumas,
Tolstoi, Mrs. Spoffertl, Daudet,
Dickens, Hugo, Mrs Wilkins,
Haw thorne, Maupassaut Hag-
card, Coppee, Octave Thanet-and
4 host oI otIler famous writer's
OF the past and bresept-stories
Of al! sorts, and all nf them
interesting:
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10
UNITED STATES SENATORS.

The House in Favor of Their Election
by Popular Vote.
After the roll call in the house Speaker
Lee announced that c. A. Quist, of Min
neapolis, was not fit person to be al
lowed on the floor Of the house. He
had been granted a pass for one day
and had changed it SO as to admit him
the next day, ard was also charged
with being a lobbyist.
A large number Of petitions recon-
mending the passage of different meas
ures were introduced and also the fol-
lowing new bills:
BY Booren-Naking salaries of public officials
subject to garnishment.
By Smith-To create an additional Judge for
the Fourteenth judicial district.
BY Knuteson-Appropriatin So for a bridge
in Polk county.
ing the election of United States senators by
popular vote
On motion Of Mr.. Gutterson this bill
was placed upon its final passage, and
carried unanimously
By Gunn-To appropriate s5oO for bridge in
Wilkin county.
Endless Discussion.
The house then went into committee
of the whole with Mr.. E. F. Comstock
in the chair.
H. F. 4)1, the substitute for Mr..
Jacobson's bill for condemnation pro-
ceedings in securing elevator sites, was
first taken up. Mr.. Cole and Mr.. Bjorge
wanted the bill delayed, and the former
moved that progress be reported, claim.
ing he had not had an opportunity to
consider it. He was seconded in his
efforts to delay by Mr.. Bjorge, who OBJ
jected to the ruling Of the chair that
the bill was properly before the house.
A motion to consider the bill section by
section prevailed, and after a long dis.
| cussion the first section was adopted.
The committee then rose and reported
| progress on the bill. A recess was ther
| taken to 2:30 p. m.
Anti.Pool Room Law Goes.
At the afternoon session of the house
| Representative Horizons poll room bill
was taken up. The. bill was intro.
duced simply to close the pool rooms OF
st. Paul and Minneapolis, and con.
| tanned this clause: provided that this
act shall not apply to the actual enclos
| ure Of any fair or race track associa.
ton, incorporated under the laws of this
state, during the actual time of the
meetings Of said associations" In com
mittee of tie whole the house STRUCK
out this saving clause and unanimously
recommended the bill to pass as
amended.
Little Falls transcript., 1893-02-10
CaStOria.

"Castoria is so we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, n. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. 3
"Our physicians in the childreu's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among or
medical supplies what is known as regul;.r
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres,
urraY Street, New York City.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
Monaghan Calnels.

The popular idea regarding 1.-THE ship
of the desert is com letelv at fault ii
| applied to the camels of Mongolia and
Pechili. Juvenile natural histories talk
of the soft padded foot for which this
animal is 50 distinguished, as if SANDY
bottom were the only surface upon
which he could walk with comfort. But
the greater part of mercantile transport
in North China is performed by camels,
and, except in the immediate neighbor-
hood of Picking, sand is an unknown
luxury to this much enduring beast
How vast is the number OF camels thus
employed may be guessed from the fact
that during our days Journey we passed
more than eight hundred vending their
dilatory way from the Tartary steppcs to
the plains of Chilli They chiefly carried
soda-soap, kind of animal alkali or I've
found on the borders of Mongolia, and
cut into blocks each weighing about $50
pounds. At no time is the camel pre-.
possessing object. But here nature pro
vldes him with so shaggy covering that
his ungainly form becomes even more
hldcous. Camers wool, by the way. used
for padding clothes, is an article of con-
siderable traffic hereabouts, and, when
spring zcphyrs take the place of winter
blasts, the herdsmen of the plateau
shear their camels by process which
preserves the merit of extreme simplicity,
pulling out by hand whatever has not
been shed naturally. Many animals are
kept for the sole purpose of yielding
wool. but the amount obtainable from
each is singularly disproportioned to the
huge bulk of the producer. A heavy
fleece taken from full grown camel will
seldom average over seven dollars, while
eight dollars is high price for the picul
of 1873 pounds. -[Ccntury.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
Milk Powder,

The recent invention of German
agrlculturist is attracting attention as a
convenient substitute for condensed milk.
He claims to have solved the problem of
preserving milk in solid state for an
indefinite period His milk powder,
specimens of which have been exhibited
at agricultural exhibitions in Germany,
is prepared from skim milk, and it is
said to contain about thirty per cent. of
albuminous matter, or about seven per
cent. more than meat of good quality.
The powder is easily soluble in four or
five parts of hot water, and can be used
with great ease for the preparation of
cocoa and other beverages or incor-
porated with potato flour for confcc-
tionery purposes and the like. In case
the invention turns out to be all that is
claimed for it, this will create all in
creased demand for milk and inaueurate
a new industry that cannot but prove
advantageous to the farmer American
Dairyman.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01

Early neglect followed by later riches
has been no unusual lot among the poets
of the century, recalls Public Opinion.
Longfellow, who received $l4 for "Ex.
celsior," $40 each for the 'tGoblet of
Life" and 'To the River Charles" and
$25 for the "Wreck of the Hesperus,"
lived to receive $4,000, $2l line, for
the changing of the Crane" II wish, -"
he wrote in 1910, CT the $40, 900 year
made BY N. 7. Willis, "that I made
ten hundred" Down to 1852, $500,
he records, was the largest sum he had
received in any one year from his pen,
and this was after he had published
"Evangeline," perhaps Lis most popular
poem. Yet when he died he left an es-
tate of 1856, 200. Whittier has just left
$500, 900, though for his earlier poems
he received nothing. Lowell, on tho
other hand, published his first poems at
his own expense, and to the end his in
come from them was small; aud it was
only in the closing ten or fifteen years Of
his life that Browning, who had a similar
experience with his first volume, re.
ceived anything from his poems.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01

A paragraph is now going the rounds
to the effect that in Shakespeare's day
there were less than 5000, 900 English
speaking people. This is printed as
something remarkable, states the New
York Advertiser. But it is not so Won
derful as the spread of the same tongue
in the present century. In the year
1900 English was spoken by@o, COO, 900,
and to-day it is the common tongue of
more than 112, 100000. At the same
rate of increase Gladstone estimates that
before the close of the coming century 1t
will be the language of 1000, 000,o 900
neonle
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01

Foreigners are sometimes inclined to
twit Americans about their pride in the
mightiness of Yankeeland; but that
pride has broad and very solid founda-
ton, boasts the New York News. Rail-
way expansion has been the great bar
ometer of National progress during the
last seventy years. Measured by this
guage we find that the United States
comes very near beating call creation, "
for we have more miles of railroad than
all the old world combined. The rail-
way mileage of Europe, Asia and Africa
now aggregates 159, 655 miles. The rail.
ways of the United States reach 1885,
597 miles. We have AIS per cent. of
all the railroads on earth, the fraction
necded to make up the majority being
within the bounds of our American
neighbors.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
SELECF SIFTiNGS-

Fjc1d,no tbc novelist married his
maid SERVANT and was miserable,
Tho aoo,.; ..,o,;o - ho.h rboo,-
eror and ncIons o,r oro n VI wv" D"0A
1bo ou,,4 u,,;a1
;ra?, - ,~.:ar. w., 80 fr,,,1 13nn - a-0n
,,o,nds ~
..., ,,,,
~ 'hc peS'nnin7 u 'Hc h'9Hteen'h
tnnn trS;~s '' '7'''' '' ''''' " pm
-.
hoeo'lns > i Sn, "i'os' ~ ttl'7a'"
mas d sl'al oI CO 1'''' Will n''y niue
iooV '0Nee' ''''
IT. Is Sai' 'n"' tloI1 niu' 'o'7 oc'u, III
r"fiS III SlA 'uonI'io 'L'''n III '4'n''on' o7i-
AL ''no 'eu'i' Ill q e''''
A tive-cent postage stamp issued in
Alabama during the Contederacy was
sold in New York City recently for
$3.50.
The United States imported over 81
100000 worth of peas and beans in
lS9l, and nearly Sj,o09,OVo worth OF
potatoes.
4 single mahogany tree in Honduras
was recently cut into boards, which,
when sold in the European market, re-
allied nearly Sll $50.
r. has ONLY hren piobtv.nna wears since
the first tomatoes were introduced in
America. TIE original plant was cult
waited as a vegetable curiosity at Salem,
Mass.
OF E,on. the ufabulist y it is writ.
fen that he va, norson Of oxtremelv
luvur;ono faces and +b,+ ba ooca had
eorvod Of hanoupt dish If singin,
birds at q, exnonso of $4,000
The Lord 1ioutenont If Ireland is ad.
dressed As .sSjr.n lust like the Prince of
Wales. and ne has the nrjv,loac of kiss
inc the rouno ladies nrcsentcd at the
,}ravinr rooms. Some of the mast Lord
L,cutenants have kissed Is m,nv as 300
vouno ladies in the course of :. sinple
afternoon.
Tho c1;a ,.u;xt .ho o o,a tho liz
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
Two

determined to end them for always. Two
troops Of United States cavalry have been
sent out f him and arc now securing
the hills on the old Head rancho in New
Mexico. They have orders to hunt him
down, no matter he long or how far
they have to follow him.
] ust over the line 500 Mexican infant
rvmcnt are on the same mission. 1t would
be a close place for most men, but Kid
has been as badly besct before. San
Francisco Examiner.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
WISE WORDS.

| Anger strengthens the heart bat
weakeus the mind.
| Voluntary expressions are often deceit
! full; involuntary ones, never.
/ Stoid conservatism makes barrier
of the dead to keep back the living.
A vain man is ever busy in the mint
of his conceit strikin. medals for him.
self.
What can be more o]ious than the
! union of young thoughts and old feel
ings2
As soon as the spuriouaness Of saint
is detected we see the halo eat into his
forehead.
He who aspires to be great is impa-
tent. He who is great is tolerant toward
the llttleness Of others.
Truth is the magic worl that binds
reason; creativc1ess the divine spell
that sets imagination free.
The richest fruits OF experience are
those yielded by gratis from the tree of
knowledge on the tee Of life
Earnest and precise thought cxats the
mind into blossom; vague and careless
thought dcgrade5 it into blur.
The enthusiasm We receive clcvatc5 US
IN our own estimation; the enthusiasm
we impart elcvatcs mankind in our
views.
Distance may be assumed. deviation
is natural. Reserve may be pride forti-
fed in ice. Dignity is worth rcposing
on truth.
The noble admire and love their SUI.
periors; the base envy and hate them.
The folmer are fed by what they con-
template; the latter ar" poisoned by it.
There is one suprerl apprenticeship
which claims every human being,
whether he takes it with conscious seri.
CUISINES or with unknowing haplazard;
the art which we all enter into inden-
lures to practice, is life.
The conservative who goes backward
and takes refuge in the bleak system of
doctrine his fellows have rcpuliatcd is
like one who casts anchor in q hollow
iceberg, while his harbor itself is drift
ing and dissolving in the warmer air of
the age.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
LITTLE DISTRESS SANS lLERCI
BY EUGENE FIELD.

Little Mistress Sans-Merci
Trotteth worldwide fancy free;
Trotteth cooling to and fro;
And her coOlng is command
Never ruled there yet, trow,
Mightier monarch in the land;
And my heart it lieth whe:e
Mistress Sans-Merci doth fare,
Little Mistress Sans-Merci-
Sh hath made a slave of mel
500" she biddeth, and 60
"Come!" and I am fain t, come
Never mercy doth she show,
Be she wroth or frolicsome;
Yet am content to be
Slave to Mistress Sans-Mercil
Little Mistress Sans-Merci,
She hath grown so dear to me
That count as passing sweet
All the pains her moods imparti
And I bless the little feat
That go tramping on my heart.
All, how lonely life would be
Blu! for little Sans-Merci
Little Mistress sans-Merci,
Cuddle close this night to me,
And that heart which all day long
Ruthless thou hast trod upon.
Shall outpour soothing song
For its best beloved one
AL its tenderness for thee,
Little Mistress Sans-Mercil
ladies Home Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
Spiders Eat TIER Mothers.

One Of the most unnatural things in
nature, if the expression is allowable, is
the manner in which the young of the
common wolf spider, found everywhere
in this country, treat their mother. After
the little creature has laid her eggs she
envelops them il sIiScn covering, so as
to make a ball about the size Of pea,
and this she carries about with her
wherever she goes, and will defend it
with her life. When the young are
hatched they climb on her back, giving
her monstrous appearance, and ride
about until nearly half grown, and as
sool IL 'urH 4. ..,r.t H. rength, they
ia to md ..-,,...; Cg,c.c s.2thcr. As
III: tae m4;c..a3 rt.4t;'u IS recognized
IN the animal ard insect world only so
Ionr tu. H., s-~ .>~- -:
lists, but inc
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
"Sir. that is nv wife,

| HSir, that is my wife"
| 81 had not finished my sentence. She
looks as if she were painted by Raphael
and had just stepped out of the frame. -"
! Truth.
| ACCOUNTS FOR THE BIG BLOWS.
"You came near having a prize fight
out your way"
| ''Do We mean to say" said Farmer Be
gosh, THAT pugilists come out in our di-
rection2'
Yes, indeed. They called the fight
Oft at the last minute"
| "W a-al, that accounts fur them on
usual wind storms we've bin a havin'. -
| Washington Star.
NEW FRIENDS.
That Christmas time is near at hand
Strong evidence find
For all the girls | know have grown
OF late exceeding kind.
i New York Herald.
LAST RESORT.
Slitone-Do you notice how Chugley
has fallen into the habit of talking to
himself on the street?
Chattcr-That's the only chance he
has to get in word since he has mar
ried. Chicago er-Occan.
A DIP INTO THE PAST.
HAS the ocean no charm for you?'
she asked. Docs it not suggest some
thought2'
EYES," he said. "Whenever see it |
always wonder where in the world all the
water came FROM
BOTH TO BE PITIED.
Woman Ito herselD-It scares me half
to death to drive this horse. | wonder
what he'll do next.
Horse Ito himself)-That must be a
woman driving, or I wouldn't be jammcd
into everything on the road. Il New
York Weekly.
NIPPED IN THE BUD.
"Seems to me know your face, said
Mr. Harrison to the office seeker, "but
l can't place YOU"
huff said If you can't place me I'll
go home And he went buffalo
Quips.
A SERIES OF COMPLICATIONS.
Hair pins are made by a very compli-
Gated machine They are used by a very
complicated creature, too.- Bonneville
Journal.
SUBJECT TO DUTY.
Mrs. Gummey-I learn that the Gus
toms officer wanted to collect duty on
Miss Flypp on her return from Europe
Mrs. Congratulations. What forz
Mrs. Gummey He said her complex
ion was work of art Detroit Free
Press.
AN UNFoRTUNATE.
Il don't think that man is acquainted
with his mother tongue"
He has no need to be. His wife's
tongue is more than he can stand. -
[ New York Press.
VERY COMMON THINGS.
John" said Mrs. De Porque. Il hope
YOU will not tell any one else that YOU
have cold
"Why not?'
ut doesn't sound select. ! told Mrs.
Feathcrgllt about it this morning, and
she says colds are dreadfully common
Just now. -. Washington Star.
READY FOR HIM.
Briggs-Just for a joke, told Miss
Elderly the other day that when she
laughed it was all | could do to keep
from kissing her
Griggs-What happened?
Brlggs-The next time | saw her she
had mysteries. - Life.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
Snpclal A rnnt z r. hlIo, Of

Special Agent B. F. Allen, of the
United States Lind O.iice, proposes the
carving out of an extensive tract of land
in the heart of California as a public
reservation, the object being to preserve
one of the finest watersheds in the State
the San Joaquin Valley, including the
headwaters of the MERGED, Kings, Ka-
weah, White, Kern, and Tulc Rivers.
The territory as marked out is 40 miles
long by forty-two to forty-elght wide,
lying in the counties of Mariposo, Fres-
no, Mono, Inyo, Tulare and Kern. If
the proposal were adopted by the Gov
eminent, waste in the telling of forest
trees would be prevented, and large
herds of cattle would be turned out to
seek other pasturage. On this last &C
count much opposition to the agents
plan has already made itself heard. The
proposed park would take in one side of
the Sierra Nevad Is at an elevation of
5000 feet. The Mariposa big trees near
Wawoma are included in the reservation,
but the big trees are already protected
by special laws. A gentlemen we'll in
formed on the condition of affairs in the
region affected says: "The proposal
will result, think, in much benefit to
the valley if 1t is carried out. The
watershed will be protected and the
streams will run longer in the summer.
Still, all moves in land matters in Cali
fornia will bear looking after, and this
is certainly one of the greatest reserva-
tons ever attempted. 1t means 241, 92O
acres that the State will be entitled to
in lieu lands, but the question is,
Where will the Government find that
number of unpre emsed acres In the
5tates''
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01

That 10, 900 Boston women took the
trouble to register so as to insure their
right to vote on school matters this year
is, in the estimation of the New York
Press, an encouraging indication that
women are more and more interesting
themselves in questions related to the
education of their children.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
The Hogshead.

1t has been suggested that as skins and
hides formerly did duty as bottles and
vessels for carrying liquors, the hogshead
or hogshide was originally barrel of the
same capacity as liquor containing YES
sci made of the skin OF hide of hog.
Others think it may have been "ox-hide"
from which the word was derived AS
A. II : 80 = Ca
oxhide, there is some probability that
this may be the true origin Of the
woYd.-i House Furnishing Review.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01

According to Miss Kate Sanborn,
'Genius is inspiration, talent is perspir-
alton" "spd either, to be successful,
needs aspiration" adds the Philadelphia
Ledger.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
The Homestead Riot.

The cost of the Homestead riot to
the State of Pennsylvania was $434,-
1856, Of which SSlI05S was individual
pay Of troops.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01

The proposition to divide the State of
Kansas does not seem to be popular in
the State, notes the New York Tribune.
Many of the influential papers have pro-
nounced against it.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
St. Landry Democrat.
By T. 4. SANDOZ.
Opelousas. - Louisiana,

Some residents of Washington object
to the use of s'Wash." as an abbreviation
and are advocating q change to own"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
THE JOKERS BUDGET,
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Overlooked tho Bait - Couldn't Be
Anything Else-Cause and Effect
Difference In Name Only, Etc, Etc.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-04-01
A CURIOUS ANALOGY.

A correspondent vouchcs for the &C
curacy of the following: 'My BRETHREN"
said preacher. ''such man is like the
captain of Crcwless vessel on shoreless
sea. Happy would such a man be could
he bring his men safe to land. - It'd
Ritz