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the fun. Now, what can you do with
horse pirouetting on his hind legs when
you want him to play dead or hunt the
handkerchief ?"
"My father gave me the passion have
ior educating horses. He is one of the
biggest breakers in Europe. Since | was
seven years old. ! have been, in some
way, in the horse business At an early
age my work was confined to riding
horse at break-neck speed. At fifteen
went to the Imperial school at Berlin,
where l learned 4 great deal about
torses, and passed examinations success
fully. Then | posted to the stables of
the Emperor of Russia, and enjoyed the
privilege of breaking for him magnid-
cent stud Afterward was employed in
the well known stables Of Rent, CARR 4
Salamanschi. am in love with my
work, which am pleased to Call high
art whether the books dub ii in that way
or not.
If you ever go into the art, . said An
tony. in conclusion, remember that
stations always make better trick noises
than geldings. They are more intelli-
gent, and hence easier 10 train and do
not get weary so soon. You can begin
10 train for tricks when an animal is two
or three years old. and if you take care
of him he ought to be good for quarter
of century"
Here another stallion forged into the
ring, and Antony was again deep in the
mysteries OF a manage act. 1t is very
pleasant stroll through the stables of Bar
NUNS circus to see the twenty-five stall
lions in their stalls. Any one who has
any leaning whatever toward an equine
weakness can there crafty il,
The Trakene stations are, OF course,
the attraction. Over their stalls are
printed in bold type these imposing
names: Rinad, Gadir, Sultan, Asian,
Nero, Sixtus. Next come the Hungar-
ian horses Oriole, Marmeduke, Pasha
and Faust. The last named horse plays
the dead business to loud applause,
and can gracefully go through kissing
affair with Oriole. The Russian stallion,
Mon Plaisir, is a walker, and the Italian
horse, Sankissoit, leaps over horses and
high hurdles. Then come more Russian
s,eeds, AMI number of Ta'tery trick
horses There is, too, Bonny Scotland,
the beautiful animal ridden by Miss
emma Lake, in her daring manege act.
This stallion is noted for making three
high jumps successfully over hurdles
They are clean jumps, clearing the ground
each time.
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Milk Diet-wife Fattening in
Africa.

Spoke remained in karawe .or a month.
but Grant was detained there by serious
illness Until the Spring Of 1862, when he
teo;ned his comrade at Uganda Dur
ing thei- stay at Bumanika neither OF the
explorers saw fit to change The first opin-
ion they had formed of that chiettain' 5
personal character, but more intimate in
tercourse with him showed that he held
many strange and supets.itious beliefs,
and INDUCED in practices the reverse Of
civilized. One of the latter, which seems
TO have struck Spoke most unpleasantly,
was the fatlening of the women of the
court to such an extent that they could
not stand upright. Scarcely able to credi,
the reports he heard Of this popularity in
the royal females, the English leader OBJ
tanned an interview with the Kings eldest
brother and his vile. On entering the
hut, he found the old man and his Chief
wife sitting side by side on bench ot
earth strewed over with grass, and par
tiioned like stalls for sleeping apartments.
The wife could not rise, and so large
we're her arms that between the Joints the
flesh hung down like large loose stuffed
buildings. The result the husband TIL
umphantly informed his guests, had been
obtained by milk. and milk alone. Prom
early youth upwards" he said, pointing
to two rows of milk bowls on the ground,
I'VE keep these pots to our womens
mouths. Heroes of South African Dis
COveiV
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A Boy with a Heart.

The other day a bit of a boy called at
the sde-door of good looking farm res
idence and told such a sorrowful story
that the lady was not stingy in throwing
provisions into his basket. Happening
to look into the front yard after few Minis
utes, she saw the strange boy mixed up
with her three or four children, and she
called out:
"Boy, what ar, YOU doing here p
"Feed'n these hal: starved chi Iren"
he promptly replied.
Bat those are my children" she in
dignantly exclaimed.
Makes no difference TO mel he SAID,
as ne broke Off another piece of cake.
when | find a young TN crying for bread,
and ready to swear that he hasn't tasted
pie for over year, In going to stop my
business and brace him up. Haven't
YOU got clean waist which could put
on this dirty little boy :"
She looked VI and down TO see if any
canvas.ers for the poor heathens were in
sight and then she grabbed the bloom
and ran that Sympathetic boy out Of the
ward. New York Graphic.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
A Pithy Official Report.

The United States has never known a
more sensible and astonishing report than
that which the War Department received
from the West Point Board of Visitors.
The Boards officers, consisting of noted
political economist, a soldier of high
rank and college professor of national
reputation, bluntly inform the Department
and the country that Congress does not
desire information from such sources, and
that the mere nod or whim of Secretary
OF War or General-in-C has more
influence than the combined opinions OF
all the boards that have ever been APP
pointed. They therefore suggest model
for report, which model is as sensible as
it as sarcastic; higher praise than this
could hardly be oppressed. Ali that the
report proper lacEs Of ideal completeness
is a recommendation that. 10 visiting
boards shall be appointed hereafter, but
that the Inspector General and his as
sislants shall discharge the duties which
haze heretofore devolved upon the
visitors" We commend the Board re-.
port to other boards, commissions, ETC.,
whose only satisfaction for the work they
accomplish consists Of the compensation
they receive, and whose sef-respect il Of.
Tended by the persistent neglect Of Con-
gress 10 make any use OF the information
gathered at considerable expense of
time and money
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
The Prime of Life.

Between the ages of forty-fve and sixty
a man who has properly regulated him
self may be considered in the prime of
life. His matured strength Of constitu-
ton renders him almost impervious to an
attack of disease, and experience has given
soundness to his judgment. His mind is
resolute, firm and equal; all his functions
are in the highest order; he assumes mas
terry over his business; builds up a
competence on the foundation he has
laid in early manhood and passes through
period of lie attended by many grauf-
cations Having gone over year or two
over sixty he arrives at q stand-still But
athwart th is the viaduct called the turn
Of life, which, if crossed in safety, leads
TO the valley OF "old age, round
which the river winds, and then
beyond. without boat or calseway, 10 eli
feet his passage. The bridge is, however,
constructed of fragile material. and il
depends how it is troddcn whether 1t
bend Or break. Gout ard apo2lexy are
also in the vicinity to waylay the traveller,
and trust him from the pass; but lei him
grid up his loins and provide himself
with filter staff, and he may trudge on
in safety ard perfect composure. To
quit metaphor. 1.-The turn of life, is a
turn either into prolonged walk or into
the grave The system and powers hay-
ing reached the utmost expansion, now
begin either to close like flower at suns
set or break down at once. One judiciouS
stimulant, a single fatal excitement, NAV
force it beyond its strength, whilst care
full supply of props and the withdrawal of
al! that tends to force a PLAN will sustain
it in beauty and vigor until night has en-
tirely set in.
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Road Making.

Under the subject of roads, there is no
more important item than how it should
be done, except the vital part, viz: their
projection.
We find by observation that many Of
our turnpikes are built by the slow and
tedious, as we'll as expensive, plan OF
shoveling dirt into wagons and hauling it
to the place wanted. This should never
be resorted to except in filing in across
a marsh or bog
All locations OF quality Of soil COM
posing road beds are benefited b. raising
the center of the road at least TWO feet.
On level lands This can be almost COM
pleted with the plow, beginning in the
center and back Throwing continually
until high enough, and then narrowing
and rolling.
Road scrapers are well enough known
to be used more persistently than they
are. In cutting through hills and in fill
ing in their base, plows and scrapers are
the only means of transportation in need.
One man and team with good sCraper
will take from hill as much earth, and
move it twenty rods, as three men can
move the same distance with team, wagon
and shoves.
Grading down hills, as a rule, is not
carried out. Remember, if four feet is
taken from the top Of hill and deposited
at the bottom, you decrease the grade
eight feet on perhaps a short drive OF ten
rods, or make difference in the grade
of 29e feet to the mile. Teams able to
haul a given weigh. on a level road must
lift it bodily in going up steep hill, add
ing at least one-haf 10 the labor required
to move it. Newl y made roads are usu-
ally left TOO rough by the worker. The
harrow should be used continually during
the grading of a road, as it not only
serves to level it, but compacls the soil
and furnishes a solid bed from the be-
ginning.
In building roads across marshes,
bitches must first be Cut on each side, to
drain the space between, in which case,
not more than cne-hat the earth will be
required to make road that would be
needed if dumped upon the undrained
land.
Road making over timber land pre-
sents many obstacles. The land mas first
to be grubbed and broken, and then if
long roads are to be quilt with small
appropriation, as is generally the case, il
is best to harrow down thoroughly i'm
mediataly after breaking, and let it
answer for year, when the sod will be
rotted ard the plow and scraper can
do economical work, and the same
method will apply to roads over tough
prairie roads
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SCo4cH FUNERALS Talking Of tuner-
ais, in the good old times, and in the
mansions of The lairds. these used 10 be
the most enjoyable Of parochial festivities
The kith and kin came from great dis
tances to be entertained in style betting
the occasion. There were grave faces at
the gathering when the guests assembled
round the coffin to listen to a suitable
PRAYER. Then glasses Of wine were
handed round once, twice, or oftener-
the poorest people would procure wine
for The occa>ion-and The memory of
the deceased was toasted in silence.
Then the long procession moved off 10
the kirkyard, and the body was laid ST.
lently in the grave. That duty being SOL
EMMY discharged, load was visbly
lifted from the assistants. Acquaintances
came together in the carriage, and mourn
ing coaches. and there was plenty OF ami
mated conversation. When the guests
took their seats at The tables in the din
ing room all were in excellent spirits and
appetite. The near relations might he
sad at heart, but they we're HOSPITALITY
bound to s,ifle their sorrow, and theie
was ample appliances for drowning it.
When the old fashion of drinking healths
and taking wine prevailed. mournefs
were apt to get merry in spite OF them
selves, while, as may be supposed, The
mere acquaintance OF the deceased gave
themselves over easily TO boisterous ov-
iaity. |, was ohurli.h thing 10 be the
first TO break ur good company, and even
the minister might we'll sit i, out till con-
vival example upsets his decorum.-Ihe
C0rnhX Magazine.
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The Hill of Life.

The roads leading over the hill OF life
are numerous; some people take the
road which is bright and gay-on which
flowers Of the brightest hue are blooming
but they find. tina, before they are half
way. the flowers are faded, all is bleak.
they are wearied. and are glad to lie
down and die; others strive to go over
the steep bank 10 fortune and fame. but
the paths on which they tread are weak
and rugged; some Stop at a steep preci-
pice over which they are unable to pass;
the soothold Of others give way and they
are hurled to the bottom, while only a
few reach the coveted goal; but the wise
man chooses the road which goes over
the hill with a gradual slope, on which
here and there are sweet flowers which
cheer him on his way until he arrives At
his journeys end, where dwells peace,
happiness and contentment.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
Origin Of Genius.

Columbus was the son OF a weaver and
a weaver himself. Claude Lorraine was
brought up pastry cook. Moiere, the
great French comic writer, was the son
of tapestry maker. Cervantes served
as common soldier. Homer was a
beggar. Hosoid was the son OF small
farmer; Demosthenes Of cuter. Ter
renee, the Latin comic writer, was a
slave. Oliver Cromwell was the son Of a
brewer. Howard, the rhlan,hrops,,
was an apprentice 10 grocer Benjamin
franklin, the son Of 4 tallow chandler.
DR.. Bishop, OF Worcester, son Of linen
drsper DeFoe, the great English po-
i,ica writer vas the son OF a butcher.
WhtefeG was the son OF al inkeeper at
Gloucester. Cardinal Wolsey, the son of
a butcher Ferguson was a shepherd.
Virgil was the son of Porter. Shaks.
peare o! wool dealer. Horace OF a
shopkeeper. LuCian of stationer.
Hogarh an apprentice to An engraver.
Dean Tucker of farmer and came to
Oxford on foot Bishop PrdeauX
worked in the kitchen at Exeter College
Edmund Haley was the son of soap
boiler.
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Getting Even With a Snob.

a clever little passage at the expense
CT member Of The Belgian Legation is
curren, in Washington. A young aitache
recently reached there fresh from Lon
con, his last station. and vas greatly
vexed over wha, he wa, pleased TO call
his exile. AT all events" he was in the
habit of saying, and the remark came TO
be widely quoted. IL shall speak no En-
glish in Washington. learned it in
London, and | don't intend 10 spoil my
accent" Time passed. The atlache was
a, a reception. Some friend OF his asked
bright YOUNG American woman to per.
nit him to present the a,,achc to 10 her.
tOh, dear. DON'T" was the reply, and it
travelled all over Washington. Il couldn't
hink Of such a thing. learned my
French in Paris. and it would ruin my
accent to talk with Pelgian."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
Ladies Should Read.

|. is great mistake in female educa-
ton 10 keep young lady's time and at
tenlion devoted ONLY to the fashionable
literature OF the day If you would
qualify her for conversation, you must
give her something to talk about, give
her education in the actual world and its
transpir;ng events. Urge her to read the
newspapers and become familiar with the
presen, character and improvements of
our race. History is of some importance,
but the past world is dead, we have moth
ing 10 do with ii. Let her have an intel>
ligent opinion, and be able 10 sustain
conversation according to the mental,
moral and religious improvement of our
times. Let the gilded annals ana poems
on the centre table re kept a part OF the
time covered with weekly and daily jour
nails. Let the whole family, men, women
and children read newspapers.
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A pitiful incident of the late great
fires on the Iowa prailies was the death
of Fred Aiken, boy in Grant town
ship. He stayed in a bayfield, trying to
save a stack until it was too late to es-
cape the fire by running. He wet a
horse blanket in a creek, wrapped him
self in it, and took the desperate chances
of dash through the flames. The eff
fort proved fruitless. The flames licked
off the blanket as though it had been
paper, and burned the boy so badly that
he died within few hours.
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IL was the opinion OF the late Prof
Agassiz that, al a former period, enor>
nous masses OF ice covered the great and
beautiful valley OF Switzerland. altogether
with the whole chain of the Iura, the
sides OF which, facing the Alps, are also
polished and inierspeTsed with angular
and erratio rocks resem bling the boulders
in the mountains. ye, so far different that
the masses OF ice, no, being there con-
fined between two sides OF valley, their
movements were in some respects differ
enl-the boulders not being connected in
continuous ridges, but dispersed singly
over the ura al different levels. But the
most striking theory, perhaps. advocated
by this great scientist, was this, namely
that, at certain epoch, all the north of
Europe, and also the moth OF Asia and
America, were covered with mas OF
ice, in which the elephants and other
mammaia found in the frozen mud and
gravel Of the arctic regions, were imbed
ded at the time Of their destruction; and,
therefore, when this immense mass OF
ice began quickly to melt, the currents of
water thus resulting, transported and de-
posted the masses OF irreRularly rounded
boulders and gravel which fill the bottom
OF the valleys - innumerable bOulders
having a, the same time been transported,
together with mud and gravel, upon the
masses OF the glaciers then set ahoat
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"Oysters unwholesome," said he, with
n contemptuous sniff: 81 amt got any
patience with these new tangled ideas.
Oysters can't hurt nobody. Why, l
give 'em to my grandfather, old man Of
ninety, sir, l give him dozen raw-not
particularly frcsh either--give um to
him half an hour before he died-'n'
they didn't do him no harm Oysters,
sir, IL wholesome"
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MY son, would you like to steal one
Of those melons p "Yes, sir" was the
prompt reply. "You would, chi l am
sorry to hear that. II you would steal
one Of those melons. my boy. do You
know what the result might be" The
boy searched h,s head. surveyed The pile
again and answered: IL 'spect the
plaasy thing would be greea Ill the way
throegh."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24

A wise man who evidently speaks
from experience, says nobody can tell
how many Disputes for the front side Of
the bed have been settled by moving the
hedstead 10 the center q the rooaA
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Stale of E1spEssgsaEga.
PARISH OF CALCAsTEU.

DE it remembered Chat we the Jury
ID Commissioners, for the Parish OF
Calcasier., La, did. on the 29th day oi
January, A. d.. 1879 meet ut the
Clerks office, in the Court House OF
said Parish, for the purpose of drawing
Jury for tue Regular April Term OF
the 9th Judicial District Court, IN and
for said Parish and State, under Sec
ton 8, of Act No Il, OF the Regular
Session of 1877, and the following mem
bers being present, viz: Julien Richard,
nj. j. Kosteet and j. ID. Leveque, with
Thad. Mayo, CLERK of Court, when Ju-
lien Richard, one OF said members, IN
presence of the Others, drew from the
General Venlre Box, one at time, the
names Of the following fifty persons, to
compose the Grand and Petit Jurors,
for the first week Of said Court. COM
mencing Monday, April 9TH, 1879, list
of whom was kept by tine Clerk. The
Clerk and Commissioners did then
place the ballots, drawn rs aforesaid, IN
an envelope, sealed same, and endorsed
thereon First Week" and placed them
in a jury Box, provided for that pur
pose, which was locked, sealed, and
placed in the custody of the Clerk, for
use at the said April Term of said Court.
The Commissioners not deeming it ne
cessary to summon any other jurors:
Geo. w. Wilcox, Rosamond Marcan-
tel, John johnson, Catvit Andrus, Hen
ry Parker, Peter Platz, James Howard
Edward I. Pierce, Valentine G. Nelson,
John L. Lyons, Isaac Vincent, Thomas
Berry, Joseph N. Ledoux, Thomas
Budd, Frank z. Houston, Jasper n.
Prater, E. L Cannon, Rees Perkins,
Jr., W. L. Vickery, Peter E. johnson,
John P Butler, Nathaniel Vincent,
William L. Reeves, Robert Arlington,
Andrew J. Moss, E. I. NJ. Fairchild,
James f. Gray, William Il. Harper,
James T. Kent, George Thielleman,
A. G. Pithon, Joseph A. Whitman,
James III. Reeves, Jacob Welsh, Asher
ny NJ. LINDSEY, W. ID. Jenkins, James
W. Bryan, Onezime Falgout, George
w. KOontz, James Holland. st. Ger
main Wing. Olivier ID. Broussard, 5. Z
Walters, James A. Loftin. James NJ.
Strother. Valerien Michel Miles Garter.
Edward Eseoubas, Jacob Rlgmaiaen,
James /. Lindsey.
In testimony whereof. witness on
signatures. a. Lake Charles, La, this
2gth Gay OF Janu4r 4. d. 1879.
~ 7. hOSIEET,
j. L. IIEVEQUE,
JULIEN RICHARD,
Commissioners.
THAD. MAYO,
Feb. 10, TO. Clerk of Court.
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A BARGAIN.


Liberal Teras for TowR Lott
A. agent for all the owners, Isi|
II sell number of the Kirby lots y
one-fonrth cash. balance in SIX, twelt7
and eighteen months. See descriptifIl
map at Recorders Office, and af r1|
once. Call on, or address.
GEO. FL. WELLS,
oune ~ Lake Charles, Ia.
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Election Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in &C
ls c0rdance with proclamation is
sued by his Excellency, Francis L.
Nichols, Governor of Louisiana, under
the provision of Act No. 3 of the Gen
eral Assembly of this State, approved
January 23d, 1879, entitled San Act to
Provide for Convention to frame a
New Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana, and making an appropriation to
pay the expenses of the same" an cleo
tion will be held at the different polling
precincts, established by the Police
Jury, in this parish, on
Tuesday March 18th, 1879,
from z o'clock A. NJ, to O'Clock P. N. i.
for the purpose of electing the follow
ing delegates to the Convention 10 be
held in New Orleans, ON Monday, April
2lst, 1879, to-wit:
One Delegate from the Parish of Cal
casieu.
Two Delegates from the Tenth Sena-
torial District; composed of the parishes
of Calcasieu, vermiIion, st. Mary and
Cameron.
Given under my hand, officially, at
Lake Charles, Caicasieu Parish, La,
this 9th day of February A. D., 1879.
DAVID III. LYONS,
Sheriff and Returning Officer.
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1oo Printing of al descriptions cas
my ezecutsd. with neatnesa and .
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Haskell House.
LAKE CHARLES. CALcAsIEg PAN,
LOUISIANA.

TNHE undersigned has just opso.,
Il the above named hotel, on R,'s
street. between the Catholic Ohn,s
and Moss & Riddick store. The hn;a'
ing is q large, two story house. and N.
recently been completely renova,i
throughout, and newly painted Nj
the furniture is entirely new, and pa''
chased expressly for this hotel. I'M N,
table will be supplied with Che hest d.
market affords. A large feed stahs
will soon be finished, in the rear Of n,
hotel lot. The hotel is admirably ys01
tilated and well lighted. The hotella
measures $50 feet by 4U0 feet. Twin
be the aim of the proprietor to make n
o first class hotel in every particrlar
Commercial travellers will find il a pless.
ant stopping place. Prices modsut
to suit the times.
". 81. HASKELL.
July III, 1875. Proprietor.