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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
WHAT TIE DRUG CLERK SAID.

'iastcs good, doesn't it p asked the
drug clerk, as | drank the soda water
Favored with pineapple syrup.
"lrS, very good"
The drug clerk laughed sardonically
| and sand:
"Of course. But then you don't know
| what it is made of
"What do YOU mean p
'Iho old mans out" lie said, looking
cautiously around the store, land Iii let
You into some of the secrets of the bust
ness, if you won't give ne away,
Strict secrecy being promised le con-
tinuch:
'The old man made that pineapple sir
up, but he didn't make it right from the
fruit. He made it out of old cheese, that
you could smell through Il irc-proof safe.
Full Of shippers, too! I'll tell YOU a Curl
Gus thirg about that cheese The old
man cut off a Slice and brought it up stairs
here with him ono night. He laid it on
the counter; next morning it was gone.
Come to look, the little auimals in it had
showed it on the floor, WIigglcd it down
stairs, and put it back exactly in its old
place i'll the cheese. The old man said
that was an extra ordinary illustration Of
the strength Of the home instinct in tic
brut creation.
''Nes, and our sarsaraiilla strip he doc
tors up by extracting juice from boot legs
and old trunks. lie disti,ls all our lemon
strip from roofing shingles and from chips
that we get over here at the coopeI's
shop; and when we run out Of raspberry
all he wants is Il handfu! Of red bugs, Il
gallon OF coal Oil, and Il half an hour by
himself As for the soda water itself
well, people knew how we use up scd-
lltz powers when the soda is short, the
stored be Quilted by a hoWllug mob il
less N an hCur!'
''Do You do that kind Of thing often :"
"'Otten' is not tho word for it. The
drug business is Il perfect fraud. These
porous plaster. Tic old man has a ma
tionat reputation for them. lie makes
'rm ont Of old n.bonncts aud %lue-Cuts
Up the sun bouncts and smcars on the
glue; and when You get one of his plas
tiers Oh his back it is tlcro for life
There's man comes in here most every
day to swear at the old man because he
put on one If our plastcrs for Il lame
back in 1S4S, time of the Mexican war,
and as he couldn't get it off, the skin grew
over it like tho bark of a tree, you know.
That plaster has worked further and fur
thcr 10 until now its gone to his lungs,
and it pulls at his left lung in Il way to
set him crazy. lie is q very remarkable
old man. | do believe Ac
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
COMMODoRE BARRETT.

Death struck recently q shining maj
: our friend Commodore Edward Barrct.
He is no longer with his foot on q bonnl-
Ing aeci< ana the broad ocean around hin,
but his noble soul, which hated all shams
social and political, and loved deerly the
chVafry OF courage and truth scarcely
encountered nowadays, has gone before
inc rather 'St;ir beyond the twiliaht
Judgments of this world, high above il.
mists and obscuritics.
Our departed friend was born in Mo-
Orleans in 1928. His family was anon
the most aristecratic of the State. his an
ceSt'r' the Marquis dc Villers, being the
c'ili1nanoer-in-chicf of the French forces
to whom Washington surrendered his
sword after Braddock's defeat.
Oar people Will renlcnl Der that his f, th.
or, Thomas Barrett, was for fifteen veors
collector of the port of Now Orleans. t.
""'cil once lie was appointed by Presi-
"ehC Jachson. Edward. when only tbir
tcch yeats OF age, received q minshin
mans warrant, reporting to the sIoo,
warren at Pensacola. Subsequently,. III
was transferred to the frigato N1ecedo-
man OF the West indies squadron-aftc;
"'ius nc served i'll the lice of battle
snip Columbus and the sloop of was Pre-
DC OF the Mediterranean and BRAZILIAN
squadrons, and later in the s!eop Fal-
mouth, in the Mexican Gulf.
AS passed midshipman he was attached
10 the 1r1gate Mississippi and Cumber-
ianu' ana was present at all the engage,
ments on the North Mexican coast dur,nt
the war with the I,cigllborinr repubIic
lie served in General Worth's division
during the seiee of Vera Cruz, and nj
tho naval battery in tho expedition
against Lagnna, and in the enga gesnents
or Tuxpan and Tampico.
In 1900, he was commissioned ieuten..
ant, and served until the breaking out Of
the war for the Independence of the
South in tho Mediterranean aud African
sf"adrons. His Southern birth and the
tact. that he was appointed from one OF
inc lenel States, caused him to be pur-
sued with malignily and enemity bv the
Republicans
During the war no was tried for dis
loyalty, and was acquitted. He was
promoted to commander III 1855 and cap-
tain in 1871.
HIS last service atloat was in 1873.
command Of the sloop of war Plymouth.
tic was commissioned commodore in Jan,
uary last
Barrett was gentleman of birth and
by choice, an experienced navigator, n
brave commander, an ACCOMPLISHED lin
Gulst and the author of various nautical
works. lie was IN ardent Democrat, at
ways unllinchins in the advocacy of his"
principles. His death in the prime OF
manhood cannot but he dcplored by his
numerous friends in this city.-N. O.
States.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
POSTAL CARDS.

Ihc postal card is Il little over six wears
ola III this country, yet it is doing as we'll
as could be expected fer its age. It has
oniy two enemies, the man who receives
dnns Oh it, ana tho manufacturers OF
writing paper. The littls postal causes Il
decrease of iloln twelve to fifteen million
dollars every year in the business Of the
writing paper trades III this country
POSTAL cards are mado at Iolyokc, and
forty men are continually employ at their
manufacture. Tho cardboard is furnish,
ed in packages of 5000 each, and every
sheet IS made into forty postals. Three
presses are kept going night and day. 4
machine Sits the sheets into strips of ten
cards each, and these in turn are cut in
to single cards and dumped in piles Of
twenty-five cards each, when thew are
packed by girls into pasteboard boxes
containing 500 cards. \ government of.
i'ccr IS constantly on hand to see that no
piltcring of cards is done. The IIolyollc
manuiactory turns ont about Il million
OF cards Il day. Last year thorc were us
cd in this country two hundred and for
ty.siN million siNty-thrcc thousand and
sixty cards. OF The now international
cards introduced u few weeks since.
there have been two millions used al,
ready. Ihc government keeps on hand
twenty-five u'tiion Of the postal cards
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
IMPROVEMENT OF TIE MISSISSIPPI

i The following is the full text of House
Giti, No. 542i, recently introduced pv our
indcfatigable andahfe Representa- tive in
! Congress, Hon. i. W. Robertson. The
btI, which viii in all probability, soon
| becomc Law. was read twice, referred
| to the Committee on 4.ovces and Improve.
ment Of the Mississippi, and ordered to be
| printed: ..r..
A titt to provide fol the raising, strength
! cnlnG, ana rebuilding OF the levees
on the mississippi river, TO protect
| said banks from caving, and to ner-
Manentiy locate and deepen the chan.
mel OF the said river, and for other
purposes.
Sec. l. That there is hereby apprc pri-
| a'eH, out OF any moneys in the United
| States treasury not otherwise aprroprja-
ted, the sll'u Of five million three hundred
and tweDtytiTec thousand dollars. to be
dawn on the warrant ard applied under
the direction Of the Secretary of War. as
follows, to-wft: Tho sum Of five million
three hundred and twcnty-thrcc thousand
dollars for maintaining and CONSTRUCTING
along the Mississippi river. deemed ncccs
sarN by the engineers placed in charge Of
the work, under the supervision of the
Mississippi River Commission, Establish
ed under act of the last SESSION.. and ap-
proved b.; the Secretary Of Wac: Provid-
ed, Such amount shall be distributed as
follows, to-Wit: Total for Now Madrid
Reach, nine hundred and twenty-threc
thousand dollalS; total for Plum Point |
Leach, seven hundred and tlirty-six |
Thousand dollars; total for the Memphis !
hcaeh, thrco hundred and cicEtv-two |
thousand dollars; total for Helena Reach |
six hundred and twcnty-seven thousand !
dollars; total for Choctaw Bend, five
hunnrcd and scventy-siN thousand dol
lals; total for Providence Reach, six hum
dred and nineteen Thousand dollars: con-
tingcncies, two hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars; total, four million one hum
drco and thirteen thousand dollars Clos
ing gaps in lcvccs, one million and ten
thousand dollars; surveys and cxamlna.
tons above and below Cairo, and the
other expenses of the Mississippi River
commission, two hundred thousand dol
lars.
Sec. :. That the Secretary ofWar shall,
after public advertisement, under supcr-
vision Of said engineers, let all the work |
10 nc oone' by virtue of the first section |
of this act, to the lowest bidder or bid
dcrs Provided, That no bid shall be ac-
cepted without good and solvent securi .
fy' that no payment for tho work done |
shat be made until the same sha all be ac-
copied and approved by tho Chief of En-
Sineers: And provided further, That no
portion of the money hereby appropriated
Shal! be applied to the payment of debts
incurred by the local levce authorities. or
to any work than such as may be con-
trActcd for and constructed under super
vision Of the said engineers, in accord
aucC with the iOrCwOiu" provisions
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
HON. E. W. ROBERTSON.

lettering to the nomination of a Con-
gresham for orr district, The Coyine;on
Farmer has the following to say of Col
l.. w. Robertson:
"Ihe st. Helena Gazette and Amitc
City independent want orr delegates to
the approaching ongrcSsionul convention
10 urge tho nomination Of q man from the
Florida parishes. We think Hon L. w.
robertson Is doing we'll enough. Bet ter
let him alone. lie Is doing good service
as Chairman Of the Committee on Miss
lS5lpm L"vccs, very important position,
and VIC Lave no doubt lie will do bis ut
most to accomplish the greatest lasSib. c
good, not only for or own district and
state, but for all the States within the
limits OF the great Mississippi Valley
lie has introduced Il bill i'll the House
appropriatng $500 geo for sustaining Il
system OF Mississippi lcvccs according to
the Plan OF the lcVce Commission. His
laborS arc Of great nntional importance.
And considering the fact that hr has ably
and honorahIy represented our district,
we do not propose to advocate Iii, rccn 4.
simply because lii; home is over wonder
in East Baton Rouge parish. instead of
'9t. i"nlmAnE, or amy other Florida Par
#li.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
THIS Is BuGINESS.

If n note is lost or stolen it does not re.
lease the maker; he must nay il, if the
consideration Tor which il was given and
the the amount can be proven.
Notes bear interest only when so ST at
| ed.
Principals are responsible for tho acts
of their agents.
Each individual ina partnership is res
ponsible for tho whole amount of the
debts Of tie firm, except in eases Of 'spc-
cial partnership
Ignorance OF law excuses 10 one.
The law compels no one to do impossi-
bililics.
An agreement without consideration is
void.
A note nadc on Sunday is void.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be
enforced.
A note made by minor is voidablc.
A contract made with a minor is void.
contract made with Il lunatic is void.
y note obtained by fraud, or from q per
son in Il state OF INVESTIGATION, cannot be
collected.
1t Is Il fraud to conceal a tl,u1.
Signatures made with lead pencil are
good in law.
a receipt for money is not always con-
elusive.
The acts Of one partner binds all the
rest.
''Faluc received" is usually written in
note, ana should be, but is not neccs-
sary. If not written, it is presumed by
the law, or may be supplied by proof,
The maker OF an Recommendation bill
or note Gone for which he has received 10
consideration, having lent his name or
credit For the acconimod itiun Of the hold
err is not bound TO the person accomno-
dated, but is bound to all other parties,
precisely as if there was Il good consider
ation.
No conclusion is sufficient in law if it
be 'illcgai' in its nature
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

I97A story is told ora darlicy preacher
who took the text irom Psalm Wi, s.
"Awailcn, psaltcry and harp He read
it praScl-tlro and harp, and expended his
time and energy Oh the pcascl-trce, dcs-
cribng It's size and flowers aud fruit ard
how it was cultivated and VAS used so,e-
~ to hang harps on. Unfortunately, he
try.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

IOCRIELE.- VIM. Mitchell and Abra-
ham DOkc, colorcd laborcIs employed on
Burnaidc's Ascension plantation, in the
first ward Of this PARISH, had q quarrel
last Saturday night which produced fatal
results. D0kc was under The influence
of liquor and addressed Insulting IAN
glIage to Il woman in the quarters, to
which Mitchell took exceptions. He re-
ccivcd a cllrsng for his pains and retail
lated by striking Dokc in the face with
his fist. DoEle pulled u picket from :,
fence near at hand and followed Mitchell
across the wide street bctwcc,: the paIal-
les rows Of cabins forming the quarters.
and when he men had crossed the open
space. Mitchell seized stick OF wood that
WAS lying on the ground, turned uron
his rursuer and dealt hima powerful blow
across the forehead, Telling him to earth
with fractured skull. Those near the
sIot say Dol;c apparently died Instantly,
without uttcring Il sound. Mitchell dis
appeared, and although Sheriff Jones and
Constable Owen White were on the place
shortly i'tcr the killing, their efforts to
ascertain his whereabouts We're unavail-
ing. The Coroner held an inquest the
fol owing day. Dolic was Il dissipatcd,
QuawclSomc man, and those who knew
ed in taking tho extreme measure he
adopted to protect hilns2lf from injury
D0N07d&oUriNc Chiy.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
: HENRIETTA HOUSE.
BAYOU SARA. l. A.

FL can berrocured hy the day, week
nth, and at reasonable rates. In
ture us in the past, the table Will
pplicd with the very best fare the
Z affords. Elegant and we'll fur
rooms. Accommodating serrant%
Rntly i'll attendance. Patronage So
Ianh SatiSiacti guaranteed.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

y 1t affords MS uDborndcd pleasure to
r"t"rto the fact that Towards Lottery
had no influence oyer Representatives
Mun,lay ond Iianoy, Of our own Parish,
or Senator Loakc and Representative
t'nlsan. Of West FcIiciana. These gentle
mcn stood exactly upon the samc ground
as did Senator MAT$tun and few other
incorruutahlc public servants. All honor
to them Intyi0i- TrHOcraf
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
Try c. KAUFMAN,
'. S. D. HAMILTON,

b Of the Peace, 4th Nard. West
Feliciana, La,
PECTFULLI states that having
bis Office for eight years, he is well
Jed to perform the duties thereof in
itable manner. Collection Of claims
|crivc his special attention
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

-" Financially speaking, the French
arc Il frame people, while Italions arc
Hars-I Exchange, Ifyo" told them SO
you might set n Ialstor on the eye, bat
its perfectly safe to say the Chinese have
taels.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
} BROWN.
DN'N ".
Opposite City Hall,)

KfVtf font, EHN0U ara.
Ter in Watches, Clocks and Jcwvlry.
b assortment Of Eye Glasses and
AclcS on hand.
ticn)ar attention given to the re-
& Of Watches, Cocks and Jewrlyy.
|p3!l for Old Snl , silver and dia-
:. Plain gold rings made to order.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

s'Thn Czar shoes his horse with silver
-NaltimoIo News. And the farmers
wife sloos hey chickens with au old
apron.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

....The buffalo gnat has made It's APP
pcaramrc and is doing much damage to
stock in NaI,idea parish.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Ana HSEaEao Fossil H'fsEa.

III the window of drug store on south
C-street, is to be seen on 4 thin slab OF
cream-colored clay slate one Of the most
perfect and beautiful fossils imaginable,
in the shape of a fish. It is of;a rich umhcI
brown, and. unless closely inspected, is
liable to be mistaken for painting OF
drawing. The fish is exactly foot in
length by ~ inches III width IL the wild
est part, and in shape closely resembles
the common perch. 1t has one dorsal fin,
| which is spread to its full width. There i
no second dorsal fin, nor is any Fentrai mn
shown. The anal fiji is spreatl and runs
All lie way back to the caudal fin OF tail,
which is forked and beautifully spread.
/ These fins are as perfect as could be drawn
/ by All artist. Every bone, large and small,
! III and connected with the yertebrae Is
perfect and beautifully delineated. The
rills are also handsomely shown. and the
eve is quite life-like, both the dark and
white parts being well preserved. The
fossil appears to be that Of the whole anti
perfect fish % compressed that all except
the backbone resembles Il drawing. The
backbone is the only part raised above
tile general surface Of the stone, and il
stands out TO about what would be the
natural size Of the rertebrae Of 8 fish Of
tie size mentioned. This splendid fossil
came from Bear Lake, Idaho, and was
presented to the druggist by . mining man.
| The miner has what appears to be an eS-
act copy or mate to this fossil.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Professional swinalers.
LNew York Correspondenca.

New York Corrsspondence.J
One Of the most successful swinCflers il
New York is a girl not more than twenty
three Or twentyfour years Of age. She i
umped-backed, but has very sweet
lady-like face, and works upon the sym
| pathies Of all with whom she comes in con
tact. She seeDss to be well educated, anc
is certainly clever. Her dress is always il
good taste, and she has not the appearance
of beggar. The way she manages is tc
find out the name of some one you know
and she makes a regular call upon you, as
any lady might do, representing herself as
the friend Of your friend, who has request
ed her to call. She comes several times,
and there is that about her that interests
you at once.
| After you begin to know her quite well
she asks for money, but in the most deli
cate manner in the world. She is raising
funds for a mission school, or she has a
check to be casi7ed, and the banks are
closed. Indeed she is so clever about it
that You never suspect a thing until you
find that her visits cease after the money
has been advanced. She completely fool
ed DR.. Holland some time ago. The doc
tor is one Of the most tender-heartecI Of
men, and he had the greatest pity for the
poor dcformed creature, and gave her quite
q little sum of money. | ain sure he felt a
great deal worse at his disappointment in
the girl than in the loss of his money. He
expostnlated with her and begged her to
give up her swindling ways; but she posi-
lively refused. He went to her house and
found that she lived with her mother in
very comfortable style, and all on the mon
ey she made by su;h nefarious means.
During Nine. Modjeska's s last visit to New
York this clever little adventures called
upon her and said that she had just receiv-
ed q letter from some Of Madam's friends
i'll Cincinnati, who requested her to call.
She came several times and Mime. Nodes
ka, like all the others, became very much
interested i'll her. One day she asked the
asked the actress for $35, giving good rea-
son-I forget now just what it was. Mad
anne did not have the amount in her poch-
et-book just then, so she told her to cali in
the afternoon, and she should have ii with
the greatest Of pleasure.
happened to call OH Nine Modjeska in
the meantime, and she told ME about this
poor child who was in such difficulties. lis
she hump-backed 20 / inquired. eyes,
poor thing, she is,'' replied the kind-heart-
ed lady. ''Then beware" said I, ''for she
is the biggest little fraud in New York;
and told Madam Of her tricks. 81 should
rather have lost the $35 and been deceived"
said she, ethan to know that the young
girl was an adventures" Indeed, I had
great difficulty in persuading Nine. Mod
jeska Of her unworthiness; and, even after
she knew, she wanted to let her have the
money. do not suppose the girl was
surprised when the money was not forth
coming. She probably supposed that she
had been discovered, and started off for
fresh fields.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
NO. 80

reason of our spreading science. What a
| place Of spleadors our cold explorers hare
been building with trowels OF mathematics
and the cement Of laF! And when their
soatfoldingS are knocked away, is it not
beauty rather than masonry they have
been rearing by their toll?
1t is science that detects the enchantutent
in light. Each pulse OF 1t beats ,eally two
hundred thousand miles minute without
jostiing the mir. Eleven million miles a
mi5tUtc from the sim without any visible
or conceivable chords OF communication,
every inch of the air a conductor, every
ray Of it stranded Of seven lines, and an
eighth element which Slips through the
prism and is the soul OF alI, never resting
and never wasting in its journey of ages.
The relations Of light to the eye are more
astonishing still. TO get the sensation of
redness, our eyes are affected four hundred
and eighty-tWo millions of millions OF
times in 4 second; of yellow, five hundred
and forty-tWo millions of millions; and of
violet, seven hundred and. seven millions
OF millions of Zines. The seven-hued rain,
bow, whose subtle flame is reared out Of
drops Of water that are ever shifting, is the
result of play upon the keys of human
eye, so astonishing that, though figures
may state it, the strongest mind staggers
under the awful revelation.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Another Invention


We are told that q gentleman in Londor
can write friend in Brighton through
the electric telegrapher, and no one won.
ders. We take news Of this kind with +:
yaWning Indifference, and simply look out
for something fresh. TO write one's name
on a check, through the cable to London
after all, is not much of a surprise. We
have grown accustomedto inventions, and
nothing could startle the world except
some simple means by which people
could be able to fly as conveniently and as
rapidly as those "little birdsn who in their
nests agree. The sloWness Of the age is
becoming monotonous. It is absurd to
think thatWe must be eight days at sea in
order to reach England, and that we cannot
transmit goods, as we transmit messages,
by cablegram. That tunnel under the
channel hangs fire as if all the world was
asleep. Africa is still clark continent" !"
and with all our boasted civilization we
have not yet found cut why spaniel Wags
its tail or what an oyster thinks. And
thenis it not tantalizing to think that after
all we know so little about the moon" 1t
is $50 near and yet so far" Again, why
must we go around the world, instead of
through it, in order to reach the Antipodes.
In fact the world is slow, very slow, and
we no longer wonder people yawn and say
time hangs heavily Oh their hands,
Montreal Post.