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RAILROAD ITEN.

The Sioux City & st. Paul road have
the iron at Heron Lake to lay three
miles of track on the new branch and
expect to have most Of It laid this week.
The Southern Ainnesota road is en-
deavoring to find = route through the
Sunken Timber bluffs. Tie surveyors
are now there feeling around for 4
route.
The new branch will run to Lime
Lake. in Murray county, the company
having agreed to give the Avoc;. people
Il road by the coming fall.
It is rumorej that orders haye been
issued to have tile Southern Minnesota
grading completed to the State line by
the time the bridge is finished across
the Des Moines River above Jackson.
On Monday last it WIS rumored on
the street that the Southern Minnesota
had determined to build from the south
end Of Heron Lake to Worthington.
We could not trace the rumor to any
authentic source.
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we dropped over 10 ltuSlllnOle Tile
other day with party consisting of J.
w. Simmons, Auditor Walker, and
Messrs. Randall, Skoog and X. 7.
Thompson. We found the new town
rounding into shape for one of the fin
est little towns in this part of the State.
The parties who have it in hand are
New Workers, with the get up and
backing to make town. Messrs.
Rushmore s. Seney are having about g.
GOO acres broken and are ready to furn-
ish farms to parties wanting them. Mr..
Turner is just opening stock of Hard
ware and Mr.. Wemple has his new no.
tel ready for guests. If there is a good
crop this year, there will be a hundred
or two more New Workers to locate at
Rushmore soon.
As a home and neighborhood reporter
we hatter ourself that The Mail is the
boss, made so mainly 10y reason OF it's
system of ''suburban" correspondence,
which is not equaled either in extent or
| terseness by that of any other paper in
|
evitlent.-Sheldon Mail.
The Mail is capital newspaper, but
isn't it claiming good deal when it
claims to excel any paper IN the ''whole
Northwest" in suburban news? The
| ADVANCE some weeks has correspond
ence from ten to twelve townships of
this county, and seldom falls below a
half dozen. It has correspondents at
Rushmore, Adrian. Bigelow. Hersey
and Graham Lakes, besides. We have
sometimes had nearly 200 distinct and
separate news items in one issue, near
ly all from points outside of Worthing-
ton, but all from points in this county.
People have no idea Of what they are
getting until they stop to count up.
J. Darling, Of Mobiles county, while
on his way to his old residence below St
James, met with aad accident Tues.
day. While near the track just west OF
town, his horses were frightened. and
taking short turn, broke the axle, pre-
cipitatina him violently to the ground
and sprainiDg one ankle severely
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St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
AfglaalliSt:alR.

SnlLA, Sept. l9.-NOtwithstandin he
Amecr's protestatiOn>, Gen. Stewart has,
in accordance with instructions from the
Niceroy, dispatched a division of troops
with heavy artillery from Candahar in
the direction Of GhuZni, to maintain
order in that part OF the country.
Bombay dispatches report that Nom
munds have cut OFT all communication
with Cabul.
1t is stated in Vienna, that in consc-
uucncc of floods and bad haryests, some
parts of Hungary are threatened with a
terrible famine this winter.
\ dispatch from Candallar says: Gen.
Hughes brigade has been ordered to
khelatglilzas. The regiments at ILerat
kmutineed on the tenth Instant, and
murdered their commander. e
The Standards All kheyl dispatch
says: Intelligence has been received
here of IL terrible outbreak at Hcrat.
The troops have revolted and murdered
civil and military authorities.
The VicerOy of India telegraphs as
follows: have notified the Ameer of
Afgllanistan that strong British force
will march speedily on Cabnl' to his
relief and that he must use all his re-
sources to cooperate and facilitate the
march through his country.
The notification sent by the Niceroy
of India to the Amcer, of the intended
march of the British force OH Cabu1,
was dated the seventh instant. Tie
Ameer replied on the eleventh, as fol-
! lows:
81 have already written to say that
for the past eight days have preserved
myself and family by the good Offices of
those who were friendly to me, and also
partly by bribes and partly by deceiving
the rebels. Several persons of high
positions in these provinces have be-
come rebellious. | am Watching every
quarter carefully. trust to God for
an opportunity OF showing my sincere
friendship for-thc British government,
and of securing my good name before
the world
SIMLA, Sept. 19.-It is rnmored here
that the district of Kahistan has re-
vOltel
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
a Novel Industry.

The principal industry OF tie village
of West Falmouth. Mass, is the tying
OF business tags with hits OF strings, by
which tllt. tags may be attached to goods
in dry goods stores and to other articles
which require to be labeled. A cores
pondent writing from that village says :
These tags are cut elsewhere, and sent
in bulk TO West Falmouth. The string
is also sent in skcins. The business here
il to tie, cut the string in suitable
lengths, Tie one into each tag, and le-
turu il to the manufacturer i'll Boston.
This sounds simple enough and small
enough. ana vet it furnishes occupation
TO between three hundred and four
hundred persons, and involves all elab-
uratc system Of book keeping. The
business has been carried on by Il woman
for the last twenty years.
The orders, which We're once filled IN
bushel basket, now require large
freight boxes, aud amount to an aggle-
cate OF forty millions Of tags in a year.
THE little pink strings are recicd OIL
and cut in given lengths and bunches,
each bunch having one hundred ana
one stl ingS. The strings are given out
hv the one thousand and ten, together
with corresponding number OF tags,
to people coming to the office for them,
and are paid for at the rate OF twelve to
seventeen cents I: thousand.
Young children tie with their mothers,
and even old men, and it is the great
resource Of pin money in the community.
Different sizes OF tags require different
lengths and different qualities OF the
thread. When these are returned by
the tiers, they are packed i'll symmetri-
cal order in boxes, labeled and made
into attractive merchandise, and pur-
chased by merchants all over the coun-
try. | have been thus particular in
speaking OF the details of this business
because it is conducted by Il woman.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
Pee ss2iariiicS OF the People of
EsPDsiagnFEa.
Il " RnWl,I

Braver, better people yon will not
! find. And yet, in consequence OF Ger
tain pecu!larltlrs, they arc not happy.
They don't want to be. One wonders,
in view OF their marvellous resources,
: tliat they should torment each other
about trltles. 1t is not 80 with other
people.
Tobacco Is exempt from taxation.
, Spit is sacred. All that comes ont of Il
man during his lifetime is put into IL
pot or urn-thelr grave yards are full
, OF them. internal revenue is derived
solely from green applcs--rathcr Il Jc
June system, but productive Of great
activity in business circles.
The circulating medium is mud. IN
foul weather, when times are bad, it is
abundant and soft; in fair weather,
when times are good, it dries and be-
comes hard money. This it expands
and contracts by natural law; it is q,
perfect currency. The standard coin is
II mud pie; il passes from hand to
mouth, and satisfies every want Of the
farmer Land is always high, and dirt
1T Il premium.
Game is very plentiful, the woods are
full Of live glass balls which dart from
tree to tree, atfordin@ fine sport and de
Ntlo)luS lut HclllitlHtliN llllllu very
gently. Angling with the double bar
rel brecch loader at sunset for bull bats
is universal. SO is debt. The habit Of
i the country is to play on the flute,
which clears the atmosphere and con-
duccs to patience under atlicton.
The men smell like sole leather.
| They believe in nothing new, but have
! faith in Great Hereafter, when some
, body will come and do something for
| them. Their faces are handsome but
! peculiar; an excess Of chin being com
| penSatcd by an unusual amount OF
! check. The women are sweet and sui
len, like sobhy sponge cake. When
married they quickly become afflicted
with ii permanent wen OF tumor, called
Il Doctor. The Young ones are very
pretty and pin their clothes back. Why
they don't pin them in front | don t
know, nor they either. And yet, some
body ought to know upon which side
nature has the bulge on EN-.
! Everything IS free, except opinions.
Tenants collect rent of their landlords
at the point Of the carving knife, and
| there is no bad butter there, except the
! billy goat. War is conducted with the
knucklrS, and the ''.Survival Of the
tiStest" is considered the sum Of all
science so when fellow knuckles
down, then his back is up.
Good people, yea and OF Il good)y
land, but the roaring Of the lion and the
meaning OF the gdoodlc, which
never cease, mar it nightly.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
A Lesson for the Times.

Thirty -uine years ago The great CatIio-
lie jurist and scholar, the late Judge
Castor, of North Carolina, in his splcn-
did address before the American Wing
and Clio>ophic Societies OF Princeton
College, New jersey. said:
When the lust Of gain becomes i'll
ordinate and universal (, it is a deadly
foe to intellectual cultivation and re-
tinement, to individual honesty and
benevolence, to public virtue and pub
lie freedom. intellectual pre-enlincnce
is not to be acquired but by long en-
during labors. and few will be found to
encounter such toll, unless the public
voice accord to the successful student
the need of high distinction. But
where wealth alone is recognized as the
title to superiority over learning, how
ever profound; taste, however cultiva-
ted; literature, however polished; or
the arts, however elegant, command no
respect it found in what are too irc-
quently and most nniuStly called the
humble walks of life. Poverty is re-
garded not IS a misfortune but as d dis
grace. Ostentatious and extensive dis
play is indulged as cvidencing claims
to the distinctions which belong to the
honored rich. The cnvious are excited
to resentment and the silly to immita-
ton. How many happy families have
drained tho cup of misery to the dTegs
because they would fain ape the dress,
the eqnipage and the style of the arro-
CANT rich, and cheat the world into a
! belief of their wealth How many
fathers have had their hearts wllng
with agony, and their heads bowed
down in shame to the earth, because Of
the guilty deeds of their sons, whom
eXtravaganccS reduced to want, temp
ted to protiigacy led on to infamous
crimee And what are his enioyments,
what his merits, who has no other Oh
.iect than to hoard or display his riches.
His pursuits have in them 30 mixture
whatever of the social affections. They
habitually present his interest as in
opposition to the interest Of Others, and
increase, to an inordinate degree, that
self love which it is always so difficult
He loses all relish for intellectual and
moral pleasures. is sorCid in his views
and coarse and sensual in his gratitica-
tious. But the coutaoion spreads:
wealth accumulated or wealth souan
dered becomes the theme Of vul gar ad-
miration, and the hunger Of gold pre-
walls as al epidemic, The dearest ties
Of family affection are ssndcred with
out remorsc. il It distant land present
a prospect of more rapid accumulation
the holiest words of human union,
founded in reason, loyal. just and pure,
and consecrated by God himself as the
best security of virtue aud pledge of
happiness, are degraded into a .joyless,
mercenary bargain the slow and moder-
ate profits of exchanges mutually bene-
fetal, are abandoned for wild and
wicked speculation, in which the win
ncr loses at least his houesty. and the
unsuccessful gambler loses, all. 1t is a
lust denounced Of Heaven, and to dis
regard the denunciation is impiety.
He that maketh haste to be rich
shall not be innocent.7
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
South Africn.

LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch to the
Times, dated Cape Town, September 2,
saws: Operations against Chief SecocOcn
will DC resumed.
Sir Garnet Wolsclcy goes TO Tlansvaal
on the fifth instant, when all troops will
be withdrawn from Zululand except q
small column engaged in pacifying the
northwest. Two British regiments re-
main in Nortl, and South Zrluland.
The Times Durham correspondent
reports that Cetewayo will be placed on
board the guEboat Forester, at Port
Dunf0rd, which leaves witt. sealed
orders.
The South African cable has been
completed between Natal and Mozam-
biquc. The section from Mozambique
to Zanzibar will be finished before the
twentieth instant, which will place
South Africa within nine days commu-
nication with England.
A dispatch to the Times from Cane
Town, says: "Gen. Wolseley hopes
that Chief Secocoeni will yield without
fighting, but those on the spot say that
this is. doubtful. as it has transpired
that the chief has lately only with
difficulty been dissuadcd, after five
hours council, from numbering two
him concerning prisoncrs.'
Details of the capture Of Cctewayo
show that while the King was being
watched on one side by Lord Clifford,
whose presence was unknown to the
King, it was intended to defer the at
tack until nishtfall 80 as to prevent the
King from escaping into dense brush.
Cctcwayo bad caught a glimpse of the
Iya rnous Int he thOuyht in consp-
Quence of the bad condition of the
ground, that they could not approach
Quickly. Major Marter, however. di-
rectcd the removal of all noisy accou-
trements and sent the native contingent
off ahead. These surrounded the kraal
where the King had ia ken refuge, and
Major Malter then rode and called to
King Cetewayo to come out of the hut.
The King after some parley complied.
He preserved a dignified dcmeanor and
asked to be shot.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
Ehc Catastrophe at HasaanO!
Plane. Pc.

SIIENANpuAll, Pa, Sept. i3.-.A couple
of New York ladies, visiting at the house
of Mrs. Mary t'ris!l, at MalianOy Plane,
ten miles north oi his place, We're treat
td to Il scene last Thursday night which
gives them new views of life in the coal
regions. 1t was their first visit to the
region, and they had made their visit to
a mine that day, being greatly pleased
with what they SAW OF underground life.
At llalf-p ten o'clock at night they
were sitting in the house alone await
ing Mrs. trlsh'S Tetlrn on q late train
from 4: cighbOrlng town, when there
came IL very sudden burst OF sound, IL
trembling shock resembling an cNplo-
sion iii the back yard, followed instant
ly by a quick succession of rumblng,
crashing noise, as it," said one who
was present, I" the whole mountain WAS
falling in." The Inhabitants OF all the
neighboring houses, who knew the
sound well, rushed into the streets,
some half naked, others Just as they
had sprung from their beds, trembling
and crying, waiting to see their houses
go down INTO the chaSrn, which, not
witlStnnding the darkness of the night,
they knew had formed close in the rear
Of the buildings. The houses, how
ever. did not fall, and after II time the
people gained courage enough to remove
their household goods, but none of them
dared occupy their homes again that
night. They took refuge in a more Sc
curely situated neighborhood. and the
morning showed the extent of the dis
astcr. \ fresh hole had been added
just north OF Main street, and their gar
dens and houses and fences had gone
down into it,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
SquanseSeriapg Time.
(By "I>arf. u

In this place, "a in most other places,
BOYS have u great fondness for lettering
about the streets and stores. Ga
through the town any evening and you
will be surprised, il you have never
given the matter any thought, at the
large number of boys and young men
who make q practice OF sQuandc1ing
their evenings, to say nothing about the
days spent in the same manner.
Souandering time is the sin OF the age.
As a rule, the idle, indolcnt boy goes to
the bad lie may have all the elements
! necessary to make Il first class business
or professional man; but il he is not
instructed and encouraged to form hab-
its of industry, he will be Il failure,
almost inevitably. There is one way
this great evil OF sQuandering time can
be lclnedied if not altogether obyiated
Parents must take the matter in hand
must themselves set the example OF III
tlustry and frugality, and must sec that
their children initiate the example.
Make the home pleasant and attractive.
1t the boys love the street or the lO;tiing
place better than the home, you may
rest assured that the home is wanting in
some important particular. Provide the
boys. with interesting reading matter,
anu encourage tlltlll w t(ili 1t. tl Ill IL
them to employ their time in any harm
less way that will keep them from idle
ness and protligacy. When You see :,
boy or a young man willing to tritle
away a day, q month, or a year in doing.
the work OF a disgusting street loafcl,
you may set it down that it would NOT
take much to persuade that boy or that
young man to become It full 1cdged
scoundrel.
Teach the boys that no success comes
from sQuandering time, and that tie
better class Of people have about as high
regard for a real Industrious tbicf a.
for an ignorant, idle loafcr. 1t is III the
power Of parents to regulate this mat
ter, and we hope to see our army OF
| tritiing, loatine young men and boys
diminished.
Make the home what it should be and
you have no need to fear the future OF
our bows.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27

TIE NOZZLE lnl.NG WOMEN Mrs.
Betsy Abercronlbie, who died in Lau-
reus county this week, was a widow.
Her daughter Sallie is widow, and
>allie's daughter Polly is also a widow
with Il grown daughter, making four
generations and three widows who
lived in the same house. The two old
ladies were hot able to do anything.
The two younger ladies did all the field
work, .plowin% and hoeing the crops.
They have made good crops and sup
ported themselves since the war bv
their own labor, without the assistance
of any male labor. They have been
noted for their honesty and punctualtv.
Such cases ale so rare think they de
serve an honorable mention.-[Charles-
ton News and Courier.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27

Manchester is trying to produce cotton
goods cheaper than ever before. She is
cutting down wages and applying all
the economies she can devise. Upon
this effort and upon the success of our
own manufacturers in resisting any
upward tendency to higher wages OF
higher prices, depends the future of the
export trade Of this country in cotton
goods: This trade Is strictly as yet an
experiment. Two hundred and fifty
thousand spindles were set up in this
country alone during the year just
closed, making the total number TO-
100000, and it is well known that Russia
is largely adding to her manufacturing
capacity. The probability is, that the
whole number of spindles is considera-
bly, in excess Of whet present consump-
ton demands, but the worlds CON
sumption is Increasing at the rate of
five per cent q year.-[N. O. Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
Along the Rio daR:aaaaae.

Coming south from Santa Fe on the
Rio Grande. writes Il traveller, for the
first two hundred miles. one is never
cut Of Sight Of towns and villages. Tie
system OF rrigations is the most extern
Sive and complete in the United States
east of the Rocky Mountains, although
half the land is not cultivated. The
larger portion of these towns are of the
ancient inhabitants, OF, rs we call them,
Pueblo Indians. Some are called Span
ish or Mexican towns, and some are
mixed. In every one of them, small
and great, there is a Catholic church.
Like the other ifces, it is Of adobe,
and is marked by its larger size, and by
having Il tower and one or more bellies.
Many Of the fields are fenced by high
walls Of adobe brick, and sometimes Of
sod, some of them apparently of great
age.
The whole valley is lined with irrigat-
ing bitches, and sometimes three of
them are found alongside of each other.
These are under the control of local
officers, who keep them in repair and
allot the portion OF water due to each
when water is scarce. The oldest In
dian towns have very different sys-
tCm OF government, and the Spaniard
and American borrowed it from them.
The people cultivate wheat, oats and
barley. Indian corn is extensively cul-
tivatci, but, | should say, not very
successfully, although | saw some fine
fields of corn. They have patches Of
potatoes. cabbages, beans, onions. and,
in fact, most OF the vegetables usually
cultivated, large patches OF red pepper
included. Vineyards are found all
along the valley, and this is destined
to be the great wine producing region
of the United States.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27

WHY He FAILED TO "Por."-" Well,r
said Gen. Clingman, "it hapnencd in
this way; When l was in Congress,
years ago, used to have % sweetheart
in Washington. One night while there
/ thought | would go around, see her,
tell her how much liked her, and ask
her to be my wife. | did so-tI,at is,
went around, saw her, and was on the
point of popping the question. when l
was interrupted by a. colleague, who
had come around t. ask me about a
Congress the following day. / got up
and became SO interested in what he
had to tell me that I forgot all about
the young lady and what | had come to
see her about; and,' continued the
General, laughing, "I never had the
courage to renew my overtnres."-
[Asheville On. c. Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27

THE LONGEST BEARD IN TIE WORLD.
Our correspondent in Norwich. Conn.,,
writes that there is a man in that city
who probably wears the longest beard
Of any man in the world. His name is
Henry c. Cook, /; tailor by trade. He
never makes display of his beard. but
wears it concealed in IL little bag under
his shirt bosom. The beard is six feet
six inches in length, and, when allowed
to fall its length will reach to his toes
and stretch out on the floor ten inches,
and looks like large skein of brown
silk. 1t was six inches longer than at
present, but short time ago he ,trimed
it off to its present length. Mr.. Cook
says it has been growing about twenty
one years. A year agoP. r. Bamu,n call
ed and tried to induced him to travel with
Ills show, but Mr.. Cooks modesty and
the desire of his wife that be should
not accept Barnum's liberal offer, in
duced him to reject it. In speaking of
Cook In connection with the man with
long beard in Michigan, Barnum said
Cooks was by far the longest and finest
OF the two. Mr.. Cook often shows his
beard to visitors, but is not in the
habit OF making I, great parade over it.
'llie truth Of these statements can be
substantiated by calling Oh him at his
place OF business.-[Boston Herald,