Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-16


levied on torpedo magazine, containing
several cases Of glycerine, and the party
defendant, who has the key, refuses to
open the door to let the Commonwealth
in. The policeman could take sledge-
hammer and bust things, but as he has
family and lives happily, he does Lot
like to 60 fooling round the magazine in
that way"
A NATURAL deposit of Glauber's salt
lsulphate Of soda) has been discovered In
the Caucasus. The salt was struck at a
depth OF three feet below the surface, and
was found remarkably pure, being chem
ically uncontaminated, and with only
about eight per cent. of mechanical ad-
mixture. The entire deposit Is estimated
to amount to fifteen and half million
cubic feet.
A FEW days ago a resident of Detroit
was taken sick and sent for doctor. The
doctor left prescription and with 1t a re-
quest that one of the children should call
at his office the next day and say how the
patient was doing. A little girl came,
and, when questioned, she promptly an
swered: "Please, sir, father is getting
better he's broke the stove all to pieces
this morning, and been fighting mother,
just like he used TOP
KILLING PoTAToEs.-A correspondent
of the Rural Nep Yorker tried an expert
ment last season with raising potatoes by
hilling, and by leaving the surface nat.
The summer was wet, giving the hilling
the advantage, If any. The result was
about the same quantity for each, but the
potatoes from the part not hilled were
larger, fewer in number, and finer In
quality. He thinks much labor, worse
than useless, is expended in hilling pota-
toes.
BUTTONS are assuming alarming pro-
portions. A Boston girl, 80 says rumor,
was very anxious to have suit, Of which
gigantesque buttons were to be promi-
nent feature, finished i'm time for class
day. All was going well, when suddenly
her supply of button molds gave out.
Despair! At last bright idea struck
her, and laying violent hands upon her
mothers individual butter plates she COW
cred them and wore them on the grand
occasion.
THE Omaha Herald says the consigners
of fish recently wrecked while en- route
for California have determined to make
something of the accident. They have
leased large lake near the Elkhorn river,
In which the fish were prematurely emp
tied, and intend to transfer what fish they
can recover to the waters. The lease ex-
tends over ten or fifteen years, and they
design improvements In the way of fenc-
ing, breaking, tree planting, buildings,
wharves and boats, which will make the
spot favorite resort for Western fisher
men.
A New YORK paper says: The wife Of
an uptown citizen, who has grown
wealthy during the past few years by the
advance Of real estate, went abroad q few
days ago. One other acquaintance asked
her what particular purpose she had In
going, and what she expected to enjoy
n1Us6. --Ob, uvu-U rsssvi. raD06J
Europe" she replied, son my own ac-
count. The main object have in maxi
ing this trip Is to have the portraits of
those children" pointing to three homely
girls of nine, eleveDend thirteen, ''painted
by the old masters"
SPEAKING of the manner In which the
escaped rhinoceros Of O'Brien's menage-
rie was Gagged an Ithaca, N. Y, the Demo
crat says "a cable chain was attached to
each Of his legs, and one around his neck,
on each of our railways. The engines
were then started. Pulling in five differ
ent directions, his behemothship had
nothing left to fight with but his tail,
and that was lashed to church spire by
q wire rope. Being rendered harmless
by these guys, q new wagon was built
Jeropnd. hin. and thus he was secured"
The Klamath IndHls. have a saw-mill
at their agency in Oregon, snsSa sell all the
lumber they can produce, save whxv 3
used by the agency. Teams are furnished
to haul the logs, and Indians, who are
good teamsters, are employed by the
agency. A head sawyer Is maintained,
and the Indians assist him. They derive
considerable revenue from the sale of
lumber, and some of them are very
industrious. Last year the mill sawed
100000 feet of lumber, which was all the
lumber furnished by the Indians. A
grist.mill is being completed, and will be
running this fall.