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St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Elixir of LOuthfu; SDIr;ts

~As | was walking up and down my
room the other day." said man,
wrapped in thought and absorbed in
care, with head lowered and hands
clasped behind me, I heard q litter
Ing, and looking back l saw my chill
hren following me, each with bowed
head and clasred hands; they had
tried hard to be very solemn, but had
found it quite impossible. I could
not help laughing myself when saw
them, but l picked up my burden
and marched on. Promptly the chill.
dren fell in again and marched after
me; when l turned corner | saw
them tagging on as before. We all
laughed again, and then the children
and l played soldier for a while.
When we got through with that
found that my serious friend care had
gone aWay!"-NeW York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Sherman's Resignation Asked.

heard rather good story on General
Sherman the other day. 1t occurred
away back in 1916, while he was on the
Pacific coast, with the title of Captain.
For some reason or other his men took a
violent dislike to him, and after standing
it as long as they thought they could
they prepared petition requesting him
to resign. The paper contained the sig
natures of all but five of his company
and was handed to him by committee
of three. When it was presented Cap
tain Sherman glanced over it and said:
"Has every man signed this?"
"All but five" replied the spokesman.
GAN but five?"
"Yes, SIR"
''Then will you kindly convey my
thanks to those five and say that I have
decided to remain with them2"-[San
Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
OF MANY NATIONAMITIEs
Inhabitants OF the Storm.ravaged Re.
SfOn Of Louisiana.


OF the zoos counted victims of the
Louisiana coast floods only fifty three
were negroes, says letter to tn > Troy
Times. There are few colored people in
the section visited by the storm They
are mixel-up people in that p art of
Louisiana The predominating races
are Acadians, Austrians, Creoles, 1slin-
CUES, Italians, Maniliamcn, Chimes, :, and
| Spaniards, the number of each RAJ lging
| i'll the order naped.
The Acadians are descendants t'f the
people who have been immortaliu ID in
Longfcllow' poem ''EvangeIine." Gfhese
people have large families, freq1s ntIy-
from twelve to fifteen children each
The ManilIamen are iull-blooded Tug.lis
from the Philippine islands; these poo-
pie had no women among them; they
had only one stove in the whole colony,
and they eat their fish raw. They frate' :
nize well with the Chinese, and are
treated by the whites on equal terms
The people called Austrians arc genuine
tia They speak Italian. a relic of the
days when Venice ruled Dalmata They
are all fishermen, and are an industrious,
bold and hardy people. The Isl-ngues
are the descendants of colony Oh Can
airy Islanders, who came over to Louisiana
during the Spanish invasion. a'hey have
a dash of the BeIbcr blood Of the Can
airy aborignes and are darker than the
average Spania:d. Scattered among
these various people arc few Americans
and Germans and many creoles-
In spite of their propinquity, these
races generally live separate, and one
can in travelling a few miles fund settle
ments of pure .blooded people of each
nationality. This is remar kabe fact,
as mary families are natives who can
count their American descent back for
ten or dozen generations. They live
in the swamps AID lowlands, and this !
accounts for the terrible destruction of
life by the storm. They control the
entire fishing industry. but the packing
houses for oysters and shrimps are owned
by Americans. There were 1880 fisher /
men lost in the Hood; the Others were !
sailors, traders, storekeepers and far
mers. The absence Of negroes is due to !
the fact that they have been driven out i
by the overwhelming numbers of these I
queer people.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
The HIGH EST AWARD.

Royal Baking POWDER has all tho
Honors-In' 4frencth and yalue oo
per cent .bovo its Nearest Com
petitor.
The Royal Baking Powder has the
enVlaole re hord of having received the
highest aw ard for articles Of its class
-Sreates'[ strength, purest ingre-
dients, /mcst perfectly combined
"hereVe r exhibited in competitor with
Others In the exM EDITIONS Of former
years, st the Centennial, at Paris,
VIENNA and ut the various State and
Industrial fairs, whtere it has been ex-
hioited, Judges havo Invariably awnrd-
ed the Royal Baking Powder the high
est honors.
At the recent Worlds Fair the ex-
animation for tho baking powder
awards We're directed by the chief
chemist of jtno Agricultural Depart
mcnt at Washington. The chief chem
lists otficia report of the tests of the
baking powders, which was made for
the specific purpose of ascertaining
which was tine best, shows the leavcn-
ing strength OF the Royal to be 100
cubic inches of carhonic gas per ounce
OF powder. OF the cream Of tartar
baking powders exhibited, the next
highest IN strength tested contained
but 1334cubic inches of leavening gas.
The 9th er powders gave an average Of
Ill. The Royal, therefore, was found
of twe5lty per cent. greater lcavening
strenq tn than its nearest competitor,
and 1orty-four per cent. above the
aHrT age of all the other tests. It's
SUI + rlority i'll other respects, however,
i'll ! he quality of the food it makes as
to !ineness, delicacy and wholesome
Lee IS, could not DO measured by fig
ur es.
It is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun-
try tor SO many years, that have
caused the sGles OF the Royal Baking
Powder, as shown by statistics, to cx-
coed the sale Of all other baking pow
Iers combined.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
BRlGANDS AND HiGHWAYMEN.
Better Police Protection in Rural Dis.
tricts NODDED.

tricts NODDED.
Most Americans cherish the sin.
guar superstition that brigandage
and highway robbery are only possible
III deprayed backward countries like
spain, Sicily or Greece, and that an
English-sreaking country with courts
and the common law must necessarily
DC free from these pests.
This is nonsense. Brigands, foot.
pads and highWaymen will spring up
IN any land where an efficient police
is absent. They swarmed over Eng
Land a century and a half ago,
they were FREQUENT in France a
little earlier, and they were to
be found over most Of Europe in
the last century. They are certain
to appear in this country and become
widespread pest unless there is
radical change in the American
hablt of keeping the peoples peace.
At present, it is left to keep itself.
Great tracts Of this country are left
without any protection to travel, ex-
ccpt the sheriff and the constable.
City people have very little idea Of
the insecurity which exists In many
American rural districts. There are
many counties in New York State,
and some doubtless in this State,
where 1T would not be considered
prudent for an unattended woman to
walk in broad day along lonely
country road. The farms on which
farmers are in constant fear of
tramps can be numbered by the
thousand. While abroad, even in
countries like Spain and Italy, the
rural districts are given the benefit
of police patrol paid for by taxes or
by the wealth and trade Of the cities,
here our thinly settled farming
neighborhoods are left to protect
themselves as best they can.
The wonder is, not that d train IS
now and then held up but that this
does not happen great deal oftencr.
Depend upon it, these mo crn high
way robberjes in the shnpe of train
robberies will go on increasing until
our States establish a permanent |
rural Observation-Disclosures Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Dutch Gardens.

A hint which our florists might take
with advantage from their English
cousins is the cultivation of what are
called Dutch gardens. These stiff beds
of low flowers, which are arranged &c
that the whole group is one mass of
bloom, either of one variety alone and
arranged so that the smaller plants are
Oh t-s Cd &C. TIE etAers slipping up to a
comp srativcly high apex. For instance,
in spring there would be late crocuses,
then hyacinths, anemones, datfodi!s
and finally tulips, all blooming together,
the time of planting regulating their
simultaneous Towering. Some English
women have carried this style of garden
ing to high degree of perfection, and
their stiff geometrical beds and neat
walks recall the old-fa hioned gardens
where ladies in high-heeled slippers and
stiff brocades drank tea and gossipped
with their friends.-[New York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

Anecdotes Ofthc Duke of lIdfnburQh.
The succession Of the Duke Of Edin-
buTgh to ducal throne on the con-
tlnent has set the papers to telling
stories about him. One is, that when
commanding the Galatca he called
in plain clothes on an admiral: who
rebuked him with the stiff greeting:
Il should have been very happy to
receive your royal highness on any
other occasion, but unharpily at this
moment l am expecting q visit
from the captain of the Galatea."
The duke went back to his ship and
put on his uniform, Another story
IS, that when travelling in Canada he
had guide who had served his
brother, and who remarked one day:
1.-The Prince Of Wales gave me
splendid gold watch, sir" "Indeed."
said the duke, that's more than he
ever did for me-"
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
HE ROBBED THE MINT,
Henry 8. Cochran, Who Stole Over 800,
OCO from the Government

oCO from the Government.
Henry S. Cochran, who confessed
that be stole over 800, O0O worth of
gold bullion -ffff999 9nn~ The government,
has for forty years been employed as
Weighing Clerk in the PhiladelD!tITTiaa-
Mint. The vault from which the
bullion was extracted was sealed in
1873, and not until it was opened
recently was the theft discovered
Ever since the vault was sealed Mr..
Cochran has been engaged in taking
the gold. BY means Of a crooked
wire he pulled the bullion bars from
the top Of a pile where they were
placed crosswise like railroad ties.
When they fell on the floor he would,
by means of his hook, pull the bars
to the iron latticed door, the bottom
of which was a little loose on one
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Milk for Burns,

A French physician has obtained
good results in dressing burns with
milk. Congresses are soaked with
milk and laid on the burn, to be re-
newcd night and morning. An ex-
tensye burn on the leg was healed in
this manner Two days reduced it in
size from II to centimcters; at the
end Of three days it measured but y
centimeters in diameter. Another
burn which had been treated for
eight days with olive oil and oxide OF
zinc healed rapidly under a simple
milk dressing.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
A Machine to Pick Cranberrias.

The latest invention of labor saving
machine is that OF an apparatus for pick
ing cranberries. A harvester Of cram
berries who uses his hands to pick the
cranberries can make only from $3.50 to
So per day; but by employing the cram
berry picking machine he can make from
s. to 50 a day. Unluckily, however, the
owners of the cranberry marsh suspect
the machine harms the cranberry bushes,
and many of them will not permit it to
be used.-Nsw York Telegram.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Lightly Taxed Chinese.

The Chinese are the most lightly
taxed people in the world. They haye
no chancellor Of tho exchequer worried
over budget-making. All the land
there belongs to the state, and q trining
sum per acre, never altered through
long centuries, is paid as rent. This is
the only tax in the country, and it
amounts to about S. per head yearly.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Land Laws in Russia.

A law is to DO promulgated in Russia
this summer prohibiting the transfer
OF land in the possession of rural c3n.
1nuaities or individual peasants to per
sens not belonging to the rural pop
ulatl2n. The law win be made ap-
pficaGio to the whole Of European
Russia with the exception Of the Baltic
and Vistula provinces.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
Mexico's In2eniOus PRECEDENT.

President Diaz Of Mexico is a hard
worker, and has hobby for collecting
firearms of all ages and nations. He
is d practical mechanic, having con-
Gtructod all tho furniture in his bed
room with Implements Of his own mako,
and he has recently invented and pat
ent~d many implements, Including a
new-fanglcd cork5crew.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

National Wonl-
c n S r e lief
Corps at the con-
ventiOn in con-
ncctiOn with the
en2anlpment of
the &. a. r., at
l II d j a n a p oils,
lately. Mrs. Mink
l S well known
throughout New
\ ork state, hay
ing formerly re-
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

Flower

" For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that I would have to
cease eating solid food. On the rec
ommendation Of a friend I procured
a bottle Of August Flower. Itseem-
ed to do ne good at once. gained
strength and flesh rapidly. J feel
now like new man, aud consider
that August Flower has cured me-"
Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.9
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
MRS. SARAH MINK.

hNS' sARAh MINK S!Gei II SYRIA
cuse, and latterly in Watertown, and
having Tor many years been active in
Z. A. r. affairs. Her husband is
Major Charles +. Mink, who was
commander Of MiDk's Battery.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

~ USE HNowN'4 THnTc:ti'-. TRaC1Irs for
Coughs, Colds and ali other ',,lat Trn1hla,l
-" -eminently the bt5t "-I.<I Hefyy Wuj
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

Eighteen Of the principal presents given to
Bismarck Oh bis hIr;ttliy are vulu Il at
rpD 0nn
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

Rio JANERIo was completely taken
with Admiral Mellos shell game.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

A Wondcrful stomach DISQUALIFICATION,
RMS. bceChaIn : no others. 70 cents box
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

The Chinese have a hywe~ which is white
at light or i'll the shade and lei in the sun
LIGHT
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

May always have a heart suuprior, with
economy suitable t" my fortune Sheust0ue
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13

CIeopatra's needle was taken from Egypt
to Eng land III a vessel bulls around it.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
MRS. SARAH MINK.

The Newly Elected President OF the Wom-
ems Relief Corps.
Mrs. Sarah Mink, Of Watertown,
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-13
won 'Wfisgg

THE earth has not been put in a scale
and balance against known weight, but
mathematicians have calculated its
weight. Professor Maskelyne first at
tackled this subject in 1872, when by re-
peated experiments, he determined the
attraction exerted at Mount Schihallion,
in Pertshire, Scotland, on plumb line,
which it caused to deviate from the per
pendicular nearly six seconds. Playfair,
Cavendish, Hutton and other scientists
then determined that the structure of
s1liaazaoNntain made it have density, as
ID to the mean density of the
7| IL five to nine. Then the CON-
density Of Schihallion to water
ertained, and that Of earth to
4 ling known as about five and a
b bne. 1t was not hard to calcu-
rest, knowing the cubical con-
the earth. II has been stated as
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23

tained, and will give his reasons therefor.
Senator Mills will, with Senator Villas.
lead the fight for the Villas motion. He
will also speak on the general features Of
the questions at issue, and will sustain
the presidents position. With reference
to the Villas motion he will take issue with
those who consider it out of order. and
will contend that ruling to sustain the
point of order would be unconstitutional,
The Texas and Wisconsin senators are re-
garded as the especial champions Of the
president on the issues now at stake
There is real apprehension on the part
of the friends Of the bill that there will
be an effort made to supersede the mo-
tions now pending with one to postpone
the bill indefinitely. The discovery that
such motion was contemplated Friday
was the reason for the adjournment over
until Monday and il is believed by those
on the inside that if the action had been
made and had not been ruled out on a
point OF order 1t would have been carried.
The same apprehension is felt in case the
motion should now be entered.
The program in the house for the com.
ing week will depend largely upon the
tariff problem, to which all present ar
rangement must give way. Today is Dis
trict of Columbia day, and tomorrow and
perhaps Wednesday will bo devoted to
the consideration of the Moore Funston
contested election case from the Second
Kansas district, in which Moore claims
the election by 1864 votes and Funston.
the sitting member, by 81 votes, The
majority Of ths committee have reported
in favor of Moore the contestant, and
Funston will undoubtedly be unseated,
bespite the minority report In his favor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23

New LONDON, Conn. July 2a.-Satut
day night there WAS trial of speed be-
tween the Priscilla, of the Fall River line
and the new steamer City of Lowell, OF
the Norwich line. The Priscilla pulled
ont OF her wharf at New York few min
utes before the City of Lowell The twp
steamers passed under the East river
bridge with the Priscilla leading by about
four boat lengths. The Lowell endeav-
ored to overhaul her and succeeded in re-
ducing the distance until Off Corniield
light. when two boat lengths would havb
spanned the difference. Then the pris-
ella changed her course and further eff
forts We're abandoned The Lowell broke
the record into New Londcn, with hend
tide and wind, making the distance in
fve hours and fifty minutes, the fastest
previous time being six hours and fvb
mi
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23

SAN FRANCISCO, July ga. G. Rem.
saw, British capitalist, has commenced
suit in he United States district court tp
recover S2l5,o0o. He charges that the sale
of the Bears Nest group of mines in
Alaska was accomplished by gigantic
frauds. He accuses James Treadwell,
John Treadwell, Captain James Carroll,
M W. Murray, n. A. Fuller and George
]. Smith with conspiracy to make the salb
by placing gold bearing rock from tip
rich Treadwell mine in Barren mine, ad-
joining, and treating the ore from da-
mond drill with chloride of gold to mako
showing of rich ore. He declares that
three British experts were decoyed into
the saltcd mine Each one reported that
the mine would yield a profit of 81 ,O0o, ,OOD
a ynnr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23
NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION.
But q London Newspaper Dispatch Say
War is Inevitable.

War is Inevitable.
LONDON, July 23.-The London repro
sentative of the Associated Press visited
the japanese legation here to learn, il
possible, whether the report was true that
WAR Ind been declared between China
and japan because Of the differences be-
tween the two powers in regard to Corea.
No official denial or confirmation of the
report could be had, but the whole stall
of the legation made no attempt to dis
guise their delight at the thought of war
with China.
At the Chinese legation 1t was stated
that no news of a declaration of war had
been received. 1t was added that if the
rumor was true the report of it would
come from Japan and not from China The
Official statement that no late news had
been received owing to interruption to the
cable service was made. The latest in
formation received at the legation was to
the effect that 10000 Chinese troops had
started for Corea. japan had rejected
the proposals made by the British minis.
ter, although the latter had counselled u
peaceful settlement of the dispute. The
Chinese government had thereupon de
'olared that unless the japanese troops
were withdrawn from Seoul and Che.
,mulpo China would break off the nego.
tiations.
| The Japanese government was surprised
at this firm stand, which is supposed to
prove that Chinese influence is paramount
In Corea. In the direct negotiations be-
tween Toxic and Pekin China has SO fur
Ignored the Japanese counter proposals.
A dispatch to The Times from Shanghai
says that war between China and Japan
n considered inevitable.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23

LEXINGTON, Ky, July 23.-The police of
this city yesterday broke the worlds
record in the way of arrasting crap shoot
ers. They were informed of gnme in
progress near the suburbs of he city on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and
chartered u train, consisting of two box
cnrs and an engine. They steamed up he
tracks close to where the linsuSpecting
negroes were earnestly engaged in their
game, and after half hours battle. dur
ing which some 100 hundred shots were
fired, they captured twenty-spven of the
l3o men and women, and loading them in
the box cars steamed back and landed
their prisoners behind the bars
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23

CHICAGO, July 23.-The strike at Pull
man will be brought to focus this week
Notice has been served on managers of the
car works that unless they make an effort
to open their shops NIL the troops in that
vicinity will be withdrawn. Adjutant
General Bayles came to the conclusion
that 1t WIS folly to keep such large
armed force around Pullman as long as
'he company was not making any effort
TO start its shops He comedies that a
riot will probably follow any effort to be-
Eln work, and believing it would have to
come sooner or later, and that troops
would have 10 put it down, told the otfi-
cals they might AS well fight it out first
aa lnst
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23
GOVERNOR TllLMAN DETERMINED
He Declares That South CaroIinns Liquor
DIspenAarIen Must be Rsopened.


CHARLESTON, July Ex-Governor Till
man today issued his proclamation re-
opening the state dispensuries on Aug. L.
He says that he is determined to enforce
the law more vigorously than ever. The
governor explained his position, saying
that the decision against the constitutions
ality OF the law was due to the political
prejudices of the supreme court. He said
that their decision did not affect the act OF
1893, the non-enforcement of which, since
April e. when the decision was pro-
nounced, he explained by saying that he
was determined not to leave the saloon
men an opportunity to bring = test case
He appears to take it for granted that JUS
tice-elect Gary, who succeeds Justice Me-
Gowan on July %, is settled In his opin+
ion as to the laws validity. Gary was
president of the state senate when the law
was passed. and assisted In its enactment
The governors action causes the great
est anxiety. His opponents construe it aa
setting at defiance the states eonstitut
tion. 1t is moreover plain that the COVER
nor is in an ugly mood, and will resort I'd
efforts more rigorous than ever to crush
out opposition. Many who previously
joined in the effort to render the law in
effective now say 1t is a fight between
/ Ttllman and the gro9shop keepers, and
they will Keep hands off.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-23

BIRMINeHAM. Ala, July o3.-On account
of the serious state of affairs growing out
of the miners strike the police force and
fire departmental have been doubled. Therb
are rumors that the striking miners ir-
tend to march to Birmingham in body
and attack and set fire to the city and rd
lease the 100 strikers now in Jail charged
with the Pratt mines' riot Nearly every
citizen is armed and the citizens rcseryb b
forces, recently organized, are ready TO /
action. The Third and Second regiments
of state troops are also on duty.