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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

| iatHeteu w all lHilUA ont OF n
white woman. OF eNe latter,
have met instances in my residence
ih Central America where / have
found pure and no mistake white
women, yoked to pure and no mis-.
.1ake Indian men. ~
Now, dear sir, in opposition to
the Yankee definition, dated Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, 1859, let
me invite your attention to the
Dictionary of the Spanish Ian
guage published by the Royal
Academy ofMadridin 1862, which
thus plainly defines the word
"creole :"-"One born in either of
the Indies, whether the East or
the West Indies, of Spanish pa-
rents, or Of parents Of other nations,
rhO are not Indians" This word.
"creole," is one INVENTED BY THE
SPANISH CoNQUERoRs OF AME.
RICAANDBY THEM MADE COMMON
IN SPAIN, to distinguish their Eu-
ropean progeny, as we learn from
AcOsta's History of the Indies, in
the fourth book and chapter the
twenty-tifth. The definition goes
on to say: "This word 'creole.' in
course Of time, came to apply not
only to children born of European
pnrents, but it was also extended
to animals, vegetables aad. fruits.
Henc9kbey had creole Horses,
creole peas, creole beans and creole
flour, to distinguish these, no
doubt, from the like which were
imported into the colonies from
SPAIN"
The next definition, relative to
this question, derived from the
profound work Of Covarrubias on
the "Origins Of the Spanish Ian.
guage," from its Carthaginian
sources, running, through the Go.
thic and Moorish eras, down to the
period in which he wss1nwz1
states that the word cTi0No-a
creole-is an "incentiON of Spain
born parents to denote their chill
dren, begotten and born in Ame.
rica." '=..ae'za'-srs-
A next definition, connected
with the earlier significance of the
word Creole, Is in the Trevoux
Grand Dictionary, q work of the
learned Jesuit Fathers, written in
this wise: "This word, in French,
was formerly written criole, as de.
rive from the Spanish verb criar,
TO beget, to bring mp, etc. 1t is
now written creole and is the ap-
pellation given to n child of Euro
pean origin-no longer limited to
Spanish origin, as you may per.
ceive-of European origin, born in
any one of the colonies of the two
Americas. This name was after.
wards misapplied to negroes and
mulatOes, whether free-bOrn, or
born in slavery, either from Afri-
can parents, out from mixed white
and black blood. 1t was, in after
years, used in speaking of animals
and even ofvegetables aud fruits"
ALEx'R DIMITRY.
". o. Bulletin.
(Tok c0ntinued.)
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07
Z Chickens.

'IDrDxTr aays Chip. "You did r says Peep
How do you know f-you were fast asleep
II was under Mammy's wing,
Stretching my legs liks anything,
For close beside me heard 4 sound
A little tip, and q little tap
-Fddlede-dee! You'd had nap,
And, when you were only halfawakn,
Hold n icicle somewhere breAkH assM
Whats an iciclc " ~ don't know;
Rooster tells about Ice and snow,
Something that Is MT ~ good ". meal,
That drop, down on you and makes you
well! swallow Rooster's tales, I beg!
And think you did MT come out Of an cggl
! tell you heard the old shell break,
And the first small noise you ever could make
And Nanny croodlcd, and pufied her breast
And pushed NJ further out Of the nest,
just TO maass room enough for y0u;
And there's your she'll say it's truew
Chip looked over his shoulder then.
And there II lay by the old gray hen
Halfaa0Ggshell. chipped and brown,
xnd'he wns ball Of yellow down,
Clean nd chipper, and smart and spry,
With the pertest bill and the blackest eye.
"H'nr said be, with q little perk,
"Thst IL wonderful piece Of work!
Peep you sillyi don't Won aee W@
That sl.ell y mt nearly m big ~ met
Whatover you say, Miss. / declare
] never, never, could get In there ~
.You did r. says Peep. II did MT r. says Chip;
With that he gave her horrid nip.
And Peep began 70 dance and peck,
And Chip stuck out his wings and neck
They prsnced. and stuck. and capered about,
Their toes turned in and their wings spread
"a angry .s two small ehiclscould be,
- ~
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

Last Tuesday q laI,orer or the
Wiendahl place, named Jim Lewis,
whilst heating his wife, was rs.
sanlted BY his step-son who cut
him severely in the left side. For
tnnately the'blade slipped On tile
ribs, and the wound is not con.
sidered very dangerous.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07
ST. NICHOLAS FOR AUGUST,


VIZ doubt If these vacation -iays
yield any pleasure to the young
readers ofST. NICHOLAS greater than
that of the magazine. No days are
too hot for the exercise it affords no
monotpny is so fixed but it will van
ish before the appearance of this
monthly novelty.
As for the visitor itself, ST. NIcHo-
LAS wears always the jolly face which
the good Saint whose name it bears
puts on during the holidays,--is as
merry and cheerful in the open air
as ut the tireside.
Itbrings ns this month a series Of ex-
cellent contributions, all interesting
aud some Of them pleasantly sugges-
tive ofmountain air and sea breczes.
"The Cruise oftheCrusoe''f FOR instance
(aprolongcd boat journey such as al-
most every boy would like to take on
some one Of these snmmerdays), hard
ly needs illustration, since 1t il itself
u very perfect picture yet il has six
Characteristic and familiar scenes
in pencil. There is an interesting
paper on Umbrellas with picture ot
the first Umbrella in the streets of
London. "A Gun-powder Plot is
the story ofan assault upon q hornets
nests, in which tile strategy of attack
ing party has to contend against the
power and numbers Of the garrison,
and Is natural, humorous and pathe-
tic, appealing strongly to the interest
Of all boys. Rose Terry Cooke gives
MS lively controversy in rhyme be-
tween two chickens ON that familiar
subject always q fruitful source of
coutention-thc-eri origin of the species.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

Henry Holden was accused of
larceny, on affidavit of Walter
Mclean, before Juf-e Ehrmann ;
one oar was the prope.ty larcenied,
which not being forthcoming,
Henry was cared to the lookup by
constable John Ben. .
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

Office Board of Assessors.
Parish Of St. John the Baptist.

To the to,c payers If the parisa Of
st. John the Baptist.
The undersigned hereby give notice that
the assessment Of taxable property Of this
parish will commence at the Court House of
this parish on the LIST day of August next
(ls75) and will continue for one month there.
after, according to law. Parties Interested are
hereby advised to appear before said Board.
to their assessments. Property which has
not been duly returned, will be assessed by
the Board from the best information to he
had. "H
Parish Of st. John the Baptist, July 9th, l615.
LuCIEN CAMBRE. Sheriff,
.-.-. ZENON MILLET, Rec0rsier,
l0jy5t. A. G. BABCOCK, Clerk.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

Major s T. Grisamorc, better
known 70 our resding public a.
UNCLE slLAs, has retired from the
editorial staG of IT, Zhitadasa
6sstissi. A . hsporistic writer,
sfSjor Gris1inors enjoys . well de.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

Zenon Jasmin, employed on
Mr.. NJ. A. Becnel's place, was ar,
rested last Friday, July 3Oth, on
con ,laint Of Isabella Smith, for
assault and battery. In default
Of bail, Zenon went to Jail.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

by virtue Of a wrttOf, and AL, gcer.
IL: dat july 9th ls7i 81 O me dir .r.pd
by thc Honorable the afort. med Couf. In
TIE above ,Ctitird ard 1um ed suit. I have
Scacd ana will proceed 70 se. pubiic ave.
tion n the highest aad last / der, a tb,
Court House Of this Parish, on
SATURDAY., The dth day Of SEPTEMBER
A. D., 1875, at l2 o'clock, VI
The following described property, 70 vii:
a certain tJuet of land situa.ed In lila
parish, an the night ban : the Missis s!nri
River, al che place known Bonnet Car, 81
miles above the City Ne Orleans inesgur-
ihg one arpent, lora or front on said
river, by ten u: tuts. ~ sess, in dsptb
bounded above by to- .'ropel :. Of WSTV
George B0ssier aud. ow b. Tn. Of + "A
DieudonnS: % with all The ,iI,,i,gs
and imp ~-fs thereon situate ana
therey .oIging. oa which tfsct oil ssoa
ther about $40 heg ing orange trees VII
= srruits hsnging ther On, aud 6stwesn s.DF
10 10000 nursery ora e trees suitable
transplanttng.
TERMS:
Cash n L. S. Treasury Notes.
sheriR's Office, Parish of ST. John ths
Baptist, July ~, 1875. -
slry5t. She,ia.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

The following circnlar has been
addressed by District Attorney
Morris Marks, to the several JUS.
tiCss Of tho Peace of tho 4th Judi.
cial District:
Your attention is called to sections
o1f. 0l3 aud 9l4 OF the Revised Stat
atsa Of 1870, treating upon the subject
~ 9nmbliwg.
Yon are requested to instruct your
constable to arrest all parties found
violating said provisions Of the law,
xnd affer examining tho cases, you
are instructed to send the parties
Aefore the proper tribuual for trial.
Strict coOpliapce with the above
instructions Is earnestly reqpes1sa.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

Died, Wednesday last st 4
O'clock AM, Joseph Becnel, aged
yssrs, only son Of our worthy
postmaster and beloved friend
Max Becssl. Almost evesy body
In tho Parish knew Jox, and "a
kSev bin ~ = 'eyp him. Hi1
agEssbls featsrsA petite bearing
aad md dtspesitioa nsds hin op1
q ths scst popular ysass - d
Tho sisine esssraaioa Hi lAsssal
vas attended " : larye coooootse
a. people vhits and black, and
rfsv wsrs TIE syss that dsln't shs(
tears. s,a'.s,, /, 81
j y q RI rssssS ~ seFfst, i
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1875-08-07

GEORGIA and FLORIDA Ra.,is. lnf rn .asif'1s s
about Georgia or Florida, should subscribe
for the MoRsTNG News, published at Savan-
nah, Ga. Daily, $40; Weekly, 81 per annum.
Advertisers desiring customers in these
States, should use its columns His the best
paper in the Southeast. Specimen copies sent
on receipt offs cents. Address J. II. ESTIEL,
Savannah, Ga. 7at3t.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.

ith. judicial Dia1ict Court.
PArisI or ST. JoHN TN BATl.sT.
No. jJ2.-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05
Raising a Family.

About the year 1900 one Lady Elphin-
stone died the mother of thirty-si
BARNS, Of whom twenty-scven were liv-
ing at one time. The late Bishop Ba-
thurst, of Norwich, was the twenty-sixth
child Of Mr.. Bathurst, youngest brother
of the first Lord Bathurst. But this j.
only part of the story; for Mr. Bathurst,
who had had twenty-five children By his
first wife, was destined To have fourteen
by his second, making n good round
three dozen altogether. Rather distin-
gushed in this way We're the Bathursts /;
for two brothers and a sister of his had
during their respective married lives,
sixty-four children, which, with this
thirty-siN, made just an even hundred.
Another married couple. Thomas and
Helen Urquhart, are ranked among
those who have had thirty-siN children.
The parents lived AT Cromarty Castle.
in the early part Of the sixteenth Gem
fury their twenty-five sons All grew up
to manhood, and many of them became
distinguished, while the eleven daugh-
tiers All lived 10 be married. aud many
Of them to be the mothers OF large fam
lies. The Urquhart blood, therefore,
must have been rather extensively diff
fused in Scotland by the end of the CEN
fury. An authenticated ease of thirty
nine brothers and sisters was afforded
by the Greenhill family, in the closing
year of the seventeenth century. Thorn
a. Greenhill, II surgeon, afterward au-
thor of treatise on the cart of En-
balming," addressed in 1898, memo
rial To the Duke of Norfork. in his ca
pacity as Earl Marshal of England /:
THAT, in consideration Of your petit
toner being the seventh son and the
thirty-ninth child of one father and
mother, your Grace would he pleased TO
signalize 1t by some particular motto or
augmentation in his coat of armor, TO
transmit to posterity SO uncommon a
thing. :" The College Of Arms, or Heralds
College, Of which the hereditary Earl
Marshal is the official head, assentcd to
the application Of Thomas Greenhill by
granting an addition to the armorial
bearings of the family. In the language
of heraldry, which is not very intelligi-
BILE to our ideas, the addition was in the
form Of demi-grifiin, powdered with
thrty-nne mulle,s.--AU hc Year
Round.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05
Foreign Notes.

The Duke If Portland is one Of the
wealthiest Of living peers. His daily
income is estimated at fl,000.
Bets are made in London that the
Prince Of Wales will he assassinated
before his visit 10 India is finished.
The Italian Senate will presently
be occupied with the trial of one Of its
members, the Duke of Satriano, on the
ground Of forgery.
Queen Victoria's youngest son,
Prince Leopold, has joined the temper
ance movement. having accepted the
Presidency of the Oxford branch Of the
Church of England Temperance So
ciety.
Mile. Nathalia Petrovna de kesch-
ko, the aflianced bride If the Prince of
Milan, Of Servia. is ordering her troUs-
Scdu in Paris. Next month Mile. de
keschko, accompanied by her aunt, the
Princess Mourouji, and the ladies de-
putcd 20 accompany her to Servia, will
proceed to Belgrade, where the mar
riagc will be celebrated.
The Shakespeare Memorial Associa-
ton Of England recently held meeting
at Standardization, at which ii was
slated that about $4,000 had been sub
scribed for building the proposed thea
ter and library. The preliminary work
will probably be done during the win
ter, and the cornerstone be laid on the
23d Of next April.
The Shah of Persia is very expen-
sive man to entertain rs a guest. He
never visits any one without expecting
to receive presents. Not long since he
was entertained for whole day by llir-
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.
INDIANA

A SON Of the Hon u. w VOORHEES,,
! 81 Indiana, viii shortly appear upon the
Stage a. Hamlet
Matthias Keller, the composer of the
.lmerican Hymn" died recently in
Boston.
Mrs. Helen Hunt G. H. H." the
poe,ess.) il j. said. win soon marry "A
wealthy gentleman of Colorado.
MIR. Bret IIarte has just finished a
new play, which his admirers think will
proye to be- the long-looked-for Ameri-
can comedy.
Miss Sarah H. Brayton, NJ. ID, has
received the appointment 10 the chair
II Materia Medica and Therapeutics in
the New York Free Medical College for
Women.
Miss Ella Wheeler. young Wis
consin lady, who has written some very
pretty and popular poems. will publish
them in collected form about the holt
day season
MIR. Ernest Longfellow. the poets
son. Is about to publish a volume If
eichings Of American scenery, Ia which
nj, father will contribute descriptive
verse.
Carl Schurz has recently lost by the
death ~ Herr Kruger. Of Spartan.
Germany. the frmest friend lac ever
had. When Mr.. Schurz escaped from
NJ. confinement for treason in the for
tres Of Spandau. kmegcr gave him
shelter and saved his life For this his
estate was coniiscated and he was
thrown into prison After long DELAY
he wa- released. and 10 some extent he
retrieved hi, fortunes and passed his re-
naming days in peace.
The death j. announced al Edin-
burgh. from rapid consumption. Of the
actress, Lady Don, who was we'll known
IN this country. She was the eldest
daughter II Mr.. John Sanders Of the
Adeiphi Theater. and was known TO
the playgoing public a. Miss Emily
Eliza sanders She married in 1891
Sir William Henry Don. seventh baronet
If Newtondon. Berwick hire, formerly
an officer in the army. who afterward
became an actor. and died AT Hobart
town in ls62. Lady Don leaves one
daughter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05
The ROadrunner.

This peculiar species of the feathered
creation, known to no other country but
California, and of extreme scarcity, is a
curiosity that we seldom see i'm a days
travel Mr.. l.. Tully, of our town, and
Mr.. Mthel of Calistoga, while returning
home last Monday, discovered one in
the road, running along, wings half ex-
tended. with the velocity Of an ostrich.
Although not SO large, it has the os-
trich's peculiarities, runs like it and,
again, does not possess the power of fly
ing, but can jump in the clear, by the as
sistance of its wings, from twenty-five To
forty feet, raising seven or eight feet in
its lump. This also characteristic of
the ostrich, which does not fly, but, by
tapping its wings and heeling and toe
ing the dust. gets away with the turf so
as TO astonish the fastest horse. The
roadrunner did the same thing, and not
only astonished Mr. Tully. but Mr..
Mithel also, who was making a terrific
race on horseback after it, the object
being to run il down. During the race
the roadrunner took To the low-limbed
trees frequently, jumping from branch
To branch, making il decidedly inter-
esting rs well a. hot for the pursuers,
rs Mr.. Tully had TO climb and drive it
out. 1t was finally run down and cap
tured by Mr.. Tully, but soon thereafter
escaped from the box, and before il
could be run down again, it was caught
by the dog and unfortunately killed. In
Southern California, where the charac-
ter of the roadrunner is better known,
tho Maxiaans aud Indians natar LII n
They say that it is the deadly enemy TO
the rattlesnake. It's mode of warfare is
one Of Judgment, the favorte mode of
attack being when the snake is asleep;
il then gathers cactus, and, after cir
cling the reptile within its thorny ring,
wakes him up with pick, or by drop
ping one of the thorny things on him.
The snake will not cross the cactus, and
he is sooner or later aggravated into a
spring, when he falls upon the thorns,
and death ensues 10y nightfall.-St.
Helena (Cdl.) Star
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05

stantly wetted with petroleum, he was
able L. ut metals and alloys with them.
although when the tools were used with
out the oil. their edges were soon turn
ed aud dullcd. The hardest steel can
be- turned easily il the tools be thus wet
with mixture Oftwoparts ofpetrolcum
with one part Of turpentine.
"A chunk Of milk, " solidiicd by the
Hooker process,n and weighing about
100 pounds, and which - had been eX-
posed 10 the action of the air for four
years and three mOnths,m was lately
shown az the rooms Of the Society Of
Arts in London, and the Agricuiturdi
Gascfe of that city says its quality was
still So excellent that in few minutes il
was resolved, by churning, into good
fresh buttcr.''
In Rounebeck, Bremen, an engine
has been nearly completed by Herr
IrOSsin which resolves the problem,
which for nearly thirty years has en-
gagged the attention Of inventors, of the
utilization of superheated steam in com
mon engines. The answer 10 the prob
lem has been found in the new applica-
ton Of "A physical law, and the use Of a
peculiar lubricant. An engine working
with superheated steam needs only half
the ordinary amount Of coal, the boiler
and CRATE can be smaller by one-half.
the supply of water by one-third, and
the air pump and condenser are equally
reduced to half their usual space. The
Improvement has been patented in Eng
land, Belgium, and other countries, and
can easily be applied to engines Of the
existing type.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05
lIaps and Mish APPS.

Martin l.. Pierce, Of Newport, Ind,
was thrown over the head Of "A horse
which he was riding after cattle and in
stantly killed.
"A son Of Fred Lande. aged years,
living in Table Mound Township. Iowa,
took horse to water. After having
been absent an unusually long time,
search was made, and the lifeless form
OF the boy found. lie had fastened the
halter strap around his arm. The horse
had taken fright and ran away, and
dragged and kicked him To death
L. NJ. Holmes. Of Atkens, Ohio. an
employee Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, was accidentally
thrown under a car upon which he was
riding ona, load Of telegraph poles. and
was Instantly killed. The accident oc-
Cured on the Neosho division Of the
NJ, X. al. Railroad.
MIR Lou. Troutman, Of Winona,
MINI, was married in Chicago. on the
18th of October, 10 Miss Emma Mahon.
On the lith he arrived home with his
bride, and while unpacking his valise
he took therefrom small pistol which
he handed 10 his wife I'm some unac-
countable manner the weapon was dis
charged, the ball lodging in her hus-
bands brain, causing death almost inn
mcdiately. The newly made bride and
widow was 50 crazed by the terrible ac-
cident that she attempted TO end her
life with the same weapon.
Some recent suicides: John IIuss,
4 IN. q L.,
Tiiiin. Ohio, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
Financial irregularities. Daniel Way
bright. aged % years. "A Bunker preach
or residing AT Milton, Ohio. committed
suicide by cutting the arteries in his
wrists aud his jugular vein with pen
knife. Cause not stated. John Bogart.
of Sandusky, Ohio, shot himself through
the head with a revolver. A note 10 his
wife was found ia his pocket. telling her
that he was tired Of life. Bogart has
been dissipated for some time. VIM.
Il. Hooper. - wears ~ age. entered y
restaurant in Nashville, Tenn, ordered
oysters for himself and companion. and
while seated at the table, drew a pistol
from his pocket, placed it to his head
and fired, instantly killing himself. He
attempted suicide by poison year ago.
+. =. Brown, hotel keeper Of Plain
Vile, Conn, killed himself with a cary
ing knife while insane. INLAY b. Viets,
prominent and well-to-do citizen of
New Britain, Conn, 81 years Of age,
drowned himself Albert c. Cooper,
for many years foreman Of the compos-
ing room Of the Rochester Democrat
printing Office, shot himself, Domestic
and financial trouble was the cause.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05

Artificial grindstones are being
made at Worms, Germany, Of grit, so
iuble glass and petroleum.
In the four Pennsylvania counties
Of Crawford, venango. Erie and Mercer,
there are lOl cheese factories, produc-
ing yearly an aggregate Of 100000
pounds.
-Russian railroad managers are ex-
perlmenting with the electric light rs a
headlight for locomotives. Successful
results were obtained on the line from
Moscow To kursk. The apparatus con-
sisted Of battery connected with the
'front.' axle, the revolution Of which set
IN operation, and the track was illu-
minated distance of 1900 feet.
A French machinist has discovered
mat, by keeping his tui ning tools con-