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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
HOTEL MASIERlLS.

t'Why is it," asked the man
with the sample case, "that at
the average hotel, the shortest
man is always set down at the
end OF the table, where there IS
nothing and where he can reach
nothing else? p
"And Why" asked the sad
passenger, "is the waiter always
tluttering over some deliberate,
fussy old gormand, who is go
ing to stop over three days
anyhow, when you have only
fifteen minutes and then have
to run for your train ?"
"And Why" asked the tall,
thin passenger, lis the black
pepper cruct always in the cas-
tor on the next table,"
"And why is it empty when
YOU get it % asked the cross
passenger.
"And why" asked the fat
passenger, "do the two young
married people Who SIT opposite
YOU always stop eating and
gaze at you with such pitifu!
Representatives, every time you
look at them 2"
"And why,' asked the brake
man, coming in to light the
lamps, "locsn't the hash shave.
"And why,' suddenly said
the woman who talks bass,
"don't men ever talk sense"
The peaceful silence came
drifting into the car nolslessiA
as q Fundy fog, untll'thc cal
was full of it. And these Q1es'
tons are unanswered conun,
drums even unto this day, cs'
pecially the last onc.-Burling,
ton HaWk-Eye.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
BENJAMIN DISRAELI.

The British Premier is a figure
if not power. He has filled a
large space in the political1and-
scape of Great Britain for a
quarter of a century, and has
been the most conspicuous per
son in the foreground Of affairs
since 1874. The son Of Isaac
Disraoli, 4 popular } cWiSh writ
or. who was the son Of Behja-
min Disracli, q successful and
energetic Jewish merchant, he
began his career under a cloud
Of prejudice which his early
BAPTISM did not remove. In
fact, his remuneration OF the
faith or his ancestors cost him
the regards of the Jews without
gaining the hearty confluence
CT Christians. His father was
thoroughly saturated with the
eighteenth century sceptlclSm,
and his more brilliant son seems
to have been born without the
least bias toward religion Of any
sort, or faith in any spiritual
substance or reality behind the
shows and shadows Of the Visi-
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24
The El.FC.aNA SENTINEL
ROM FeATs OF OHILD RIDERS.

A gentleman who lives on the
Stanislaus river, close to its
function with the San Joaquin,
told a Mail reporter this morn
ing what he never would nave
believed had he not known MS
informant to be entirely trust
worthy. He said that near his
place are boy and a girl, the
former about twelve and the
other fourteen years of age,
who frequently jump into the
saddle in the morning and rlue
all day among droves OF WIG
cattle which would surely gore
them to death should they be-
come unseated. Both carry
lariats, and if they see a cali III
the drove that has escaped pc
ING marked they run on to 1t,
the boy throwing his rope and
catching it by the head and the
girl catching it by the feet, at
ter which the ears and brlsket
are duly cut. But this is not
all. On the ranch is a large
bottom of underground, in which
roam hundreds of wild hogs.
Ofthese the bears are very te-
rocious and will fight when
pressed the least bit. The chill
dren, mounted on their wei
trained Eorses. and carrying II
their hands the lasso which they
so skilfully handle, dash head
long after these hogs over al
sorts of ground, up and dow
steep banks, catching one on
of nearly every drove they scar
I'D. Last summer they cauglI
over thirty in this lnannc;
When the lasso is thrown o
the head and feet Of a hog, an
he is stretched out so that h
can do no more harm, the DO
GETS down from his horse an
ties the hogs feet with Il roI
carried along for that purpos
His horse stands as firmly witt
out as with a rider, being tran
ed to that work and never ha'
ing done any other. A wage
is sent for the hog, which
placed in a strong pen and SOC
tanned SO that it can be fattt
for market. A few days a!
the boy was riding in the II
dergrowth when he started !
a deer. Putting spurs to |
horse he got near enough
throw his lasso on his horns, b
he did not have time to fast
the Other end of his lasso to |
saddle before the tleet-foot
animal was off with the 20
and all. These children la
been riding constantly CIV
since they were big enough
sit on a horse.--From the Stot
ton (Cal.) Mail.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

HE universe. He began lle i
With a splendid outfit of talents,
though without the ADVANTAGE
Of a university training. Hanh-
some, attractive, precoclous'
fond of epigram and paraooH'
caDable Of sparkling eNV esprit,
he gained attention. and aonll- @
ration. His early writings
increased interestin him, though
they are not sufficiently lmpor-
tant to make him f nous: IN
1882. when % years old, ne .
made his first venture in poll
tics, 1t was on the 18th OF
June that he made his entri
into the little town OF Hl&h
=, NVycombe, to whose electors ne
offered himself as a candld4tc
for Parliament. True to his
principle of attracting attention
bv his appearance, he GROVE,
} elegantly dressed, in an open
carriage drawn by four horses
accompanied by band OF ln11-
sic and a troop Of admirers with
: bannors. lie bowed to the
spectators who thronged the
9 windows to behold the specta-
1 Gle. and, when he reached the
5 tavern, sprung from the carriage
,, to the porche and made an am
S mated sDecch Of al hour LASH
n ing the Wings with biting sar-
G occ,, hoca17Sn their famous re-
e form bill did not so far enough
L In short he made his dcbNt on
" the political stage as q 1!lil-
2 blown, vehement Radical. Hc
IS was defeated. He stood a9alh
$ and was again defeated. The
e. tiGe was AGAINST him. He had
81 tie misfortune Of occupying an
IL Lc0uiyoeal position, q SotS O.
t, Tory-Radical, a contradictory,
&c if not impossible, charocter. Ho
I'd wrote pamphlets and challen& g
te cd O'Connell to fight a duel,
TO which tie great Irish orator re- e.
as fused to do, wIeroUpon Disracll
IL assaulted liill in the Times. Llll'
" allv. in 1887, he was chosen I,
~ Parliament for Maidstone Wit'
IS, 1Tr. N-indham lewis, vino HA'
ed paid fG00 toward aeIr2ylnS
Sc the costs Of Di$raeli's last cam
ne naign. There is something; SIN
las cular in the fact that Queer
he Victoria entered upon lIe2 relgI
10 at the same time. And 1t wa
an On the evening of December
MS that he made his famous lnalf
nc en- speech, in which ne wa
yea coughed and laughed dow.
laf amid the derisiye jecrs Of til
ius House, and as he took his sea
ore uttered the memorable words I
MS an almost terrific voice: u al
ma not at all surprised, sir, attlc Il
ms ceDtion I have met with. | lay
-c'S begun several timesmany tAm&
10 10 and have often sUcceeded :
All last. Az, sir, l Will sit dow
ca now, but the time viii com
on When you will hear me- 10
|. 4 the prediction has been futile
SIT- is q matter Of history. Iroi
to that day forward Disraeli h;
llSo been a name in English points
can and Observation-Disclosures ieral
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

- Representative Gibson
has Introduced a bill to cStAb-
lish navy yard atNeW Orleans
and appropriating five 1undred
thousand dollars for the pUr-
Dose. He contends that the
pensacola Navy Yard is now
exposed in case Of war and that
Kew Orleans would be perfectly
secure. Another argument FOR
locating the yard at New Or
leans is that iron-cladS cauf
stand salt water. The jetticS
have rendered possible q navy
ward at New Orleans.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

Ey'Dear me, how iluidly he talks"
said Mrs Darlington, recently, at tom
perancc meeting. 81 am always rcjolced
when he mounts the nostril, for his elo-
uuence warns every cartridge III my booy'
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-04-24

-g"A Middle Tennessee sign reads
thus: "John Smith, teacher of cowtiil-
ions and other dances-Grammar taut III
the ncatcst manner--frcsA salt hcrrin on
f1raft-likcwise Godfreys coajall-rute
sassagc and other garden trucll-N. Is.
bawl on Friday nitc-praycT meeting
chueslay also sam singing by the quire.'
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
An Empress Dead.

The announcement Of the death OF the
Empress Of Russia sounds like an i'm
portant event in the worlds affairs. In
reality it is of no more consequence than
the death of the poorest invalid. Her
family will mourn her, the Gar, per
haps, for his heartless neglect of her and
his constant wounding of her most ten
der sympathies, if, indeed, he had not
killed them all long ago. But as far as
the Empire, of whose ruler she was the
unhappy wife, is concerned, her life or
death is of no moment. Politically she
was nonentity, and has been little
more in her household FOR years.
The marriage of the young Nicolas
nearly forty years ago with Maria lex
androvina, daughter of tie Grand Duke
of Hesse Darmstadt, was q love match,
and happy years were spent by these
two, until the husbands fancy fell
aturning." The Empress, never strong
woman, grew less attractive to the Gar
as her slight girlish loneliness faded in
to womanhood, and when she was no
longer the sweetheart whom at II, he
at 80, had welded, he looked elsewhere
for the charm of female society which
he, as nan of the world, as Russian,
and as member of the somewhat no.
torious Imperial family, found necessary
to his happiness. So the Princess, who
has given to Russia family of sons
and daughters whose marriages have
united the Gar to England and several
lesser Kingdoms, finding no happiness in
her dome site relations, became reli-
gious fanatic, and embraced with zeal
commensurate with her former distaste
the faith in which she died
The particulars of her last days are
familiar with the public, and the quick
progress of her physical decay until she
had to be supported chiefly on oxygen.
She has lain for many hours unconscious,
waking only at infrequent intervals to
dazedly express her envy of those who
enjoy health. Her death has released
her from life the waking moments Of
which brought only pain, and her career,
which had passed from youthful joyous
ness through much trouble to the mega
tive and quiet existence in which her
sorrow eliminated, has ended at the age
of fifty-six She was very old woman
at that age, and death could not but be
welcome to her
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
A Very Smart Girl

Toledo has smart girl. Her father
and mother are living pleasantly togeth
er, and she suspected nothing wrong in
their relations till one day, on receiving
bundle wrapped in an obscure Indiana
paper, she discovered an application for
divorce signed with her fathers name.
She promptly started on a visit to a
friend in indianapolis, from which point
she made an excursion into the county
in which the notice was published.
Here she found that her father had been
divorced. Coming straight home, she
informed him of her discovery, when
the sold man" confessed, said he was
ashamed Of himself, and anxious to make
it all right with her mother. "You
must not go to mamma yet" said the
girl; 81 do not want her to know the
painful truth" Fortunately the twenty
fifth anniversary of their marriage was
close at hand, and the girl arranged
silver wedding, to which the minister
who first married the couple was in
vited, and he pronounced the ceremony
that made them again man and wife
The mothers rival was present by the
very urgent request of the daughter,
and when it was all over the latter took
the fair offender into corner and whis-
pered to her, "papa and mama ace mar
tied again as fast as the law can make
it. Whether the truth is ever known
depends on you. Papa will never tell
- rrl L shall p,,t. ~
does seem to me, dear, that some other
climate would suit your constitution bet
ter than this"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
Capital Punishment il China.

Apropos of the sentence just pro-
nounced upon Chun Hou. formerly the
Ambassador of China at this court,
Prof Vassilieff furnishes the following
explanations According to the latest
Pekin newspaper, Chun Hou, though
condemned to be beheaded, is not to be
Immediately put to death, but kept in
prison for the present. Capital SEN
fences are promptly carried out in the
case of insurgents and certain other
classes of criminals, where delay might
endanger the peace Of the country. In
such Cases even the local magistrate is
empowered to summarily take life if he
deems it necessary. But ordinarily the
executions throughout the empire take
place simultaneously at the autumual
equinox, at which time the Emperor
visits the Temple of Heaven to clear
himself Of the sin of shedding blood.
Hence if an order criminal is sentenced
the day after the autumnal equinox, he
has whole year Of his life still before
him. Moreover, for certain time be-
lDT lu- CuulHoA lht -ilutStti VI IOl Oul GO
receives and examines the lists of the
condemned from all parts of the empire,
and reports to the Emperor the names
cf those least deserving of clemencv
The Emperor then orders some to be
executed forthwith, and lespites others
for another year. The sealed lists of
the doomed are carried to all parts of
the empire by couricrs. On fixed day
all the sentenced criminals are brought
to a public place, where the sealed lists
are opened and the Emperor's orders
carried out on the spot. Some are be-
headed with sword or common knife !;
some are strangled by being dragged
over the ground, for the jibbet is not
used in China. Beheading is regarded
more shameful than strangling, for the
latter leaves the body whole, while the
former dismembers it.-St. Petersburg
GOlos.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
A Girl with the Jim Jams.

A remarkable case of Jim jams came
under the observation of officer Heffer-
man a short time ago, in small room
in the rear of No. Us Almond street.
The victim was Clara Walker. She
said that three days ago she had cele-
brated her eighteenth birthday by unin-
tentionally getting very drunk. The
effect produced by the overdose of spir-
its was so charming that she continued
the drunk up to last night. When dis
covered by the officer she was in the act
of adjusting the end of piece of clothes
line around her neck, preparatory to
choking out her life. Hefferman pre-
vented her from carrying out her self
destructive design, for which kind act
she was at first greatly enraged, but
after becoming calm she thanked her
deliverer. While the officer was volun-
teering some good advice, the woman
became q series of shrieks. She mag
ined that the room was filled with in
fants, and that huge rats were devour-
ing them. She leaped upon chair,
anu LTOHl tuC CIldlt w Vic DCu, uilu AIOlA
the bed to the washstand, utterly disre
garding the consequent damage to
pitcher and bowl, all the time wrlnging
her hands and uttering shrlll cries of
fear, like maniac.
She was taken to the Chestnut street
station, where, in earnest and pitiful
words, she described the horrible fate of
two or three of the imaginary babies.
She said there were several more in the
room, and before going to her cell plead
ed with tears to the sergeant to send
some one to prevent further destruction
of the innocents by the rapacious TO
dents. The sergeant promised to see
that all the rats were killed. which
seemed to pacity the woman, and "A smile
changed her whole countenance as the
turnkey did his duty-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
Preparing to be Photographed

An old lady from the Virginia SIDE
was in Washington the other day, and,
having heard much of Brady's photo
graphs, concluded she should go in there
and get her "likeness TUX" as she ex-
pressed it, She was accompanied by
her daughter, q tall, gaunt young woman.
Mr.. Brady, who is always very polite to
his customers, took the old lady himself
into TIE operating room and seated her
in chair. He stepped away for mo-
ment, and when he returned he found
the old lady carefully tucking her clothes
tight in about her feet. "What in the
world are you doing that fort said Mr.
Brady. "Well, answered the old lady,
81 know when you look through that
thing there" pointing to the camera, al
shall be standing on my head, and am
getting ready for it." Mr.. Brady, after
much trouble, succeeded in convincing
the old lady that, though she might APP
pear upside down in the camera, her
clothes would remain in the proper pos
ition, and that tucking them in about
her feet in that manner might interior e
with the artistic beauties of the photo
crapn.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
Humorous.

A lady of Troy attended 800 funerals
last year. She probably writes letters
to the funeral fashion papers.-N. Y.
Com. Adv. Her life must be perpet
ual rehearsal. Eve. Bulletin. What
exposure that woman must have been
subjected to, she probably die of coffin.
Barren Hill Times. She must be
dreadfully tuclsered out. Strengthening
prescription gratis-Taken to her beer.
-Burgtown Banner. If her appetite
for funerals don't pail, she'll undertaken
three hundred this year.--Squedunk
Herald. She doubtless plumes herself
as the champion mourner.-FeathersvilIe
Record. And possibly has cultivated a
good tombstone. Musical Review
Think that belle TOLD lie or made a
miscount.-Gath's Truthteller. Bre,h-
rem, the subject is too grave to be so
trifed with. Let's quit.-IdlewiId Mir
ror. Nine more funerals, and neither of
them first class.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
Does a Whale Spout Water ?

Thore is an interesting discussion 60
ing on in New y ork over the question
whether a whale does or does not spout
water What do the men who go down
to the sea say about lt!-Boston Tray
eler.
We think that those who go down to
the sea in ships will agree that the whale
does not spout water although he blows
water. To explain this seening para
dox, it must be understood that the
blowing Of wh.le is simply strong res
piration or breath, aid that the whale
is a warm blooded mammal, with lungs
like those of land animals, and breathes
air only. AT the moment OF rising to
the surface of the sea, he forces out
strong current of air, by which the small
quantity Of water standing in the cavity
Of his spilacle or spout-hole, is blown in
to countless atoms, forming cloud of
spray which looks like white smoke or
steam. The form of this cloud differs
in the case of different species Of whale.
so that the practiced eye Of the whale.
man can usually distinguish the several
varieties, even at distance of miles
This variety results from the different
conformation and direction of the spira-
Gle in the different species of whale, and
also from the fact that some species have
only one spiracle and others two. Tie
current idea that the whale takes in vast
quantities of water and elects it again in
a solid stream, like that of fire engine,
is a great mistake, ard the pictures
which represent him as spoutlng such
streams high aloft are simply ridiculous
to the eye of the whaleman. 1t is not
probable that any water worth mention
ing ever finds its way into the lungs of
a whale, but when mortally wounded he
viii throw out copious streams or gushes,
not of water, but warm, red blood. -
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
Useful Recipes.

Brown Bread-One cupful of Indian
meal, one cupful -four, one cupful of
molasses, two cupfuls Of graham meal,
three cupful of water, one teaspoonful
Of saleratus, also little salt Steam
three hours. 1t is quite thin before
steaming.
Stewed Potatoes the potatoes
and cut in thick slices, take half a table.
spoonful of -four, little salt and butter
aud chopped parsley, etc, a teacupful of
milk; put them all together in n sauce
pan and let them stand about twenty
minutes.
White Fruit Cake One cup of but
ter, two cups of white sugar, three cups
-four, one half cup sweet milk, one tea
spoonful cream of tartar, one half tea
spoonful soda, whites of eight eggs, one
pound of raisins, and one quarter of
pound of citron, chopped.
Plum Pudding.-One quart of milk,
eleven soft crackers grated fine. seven
eggs, one pound of raisins, wine-glass of
wine, seven of brandy, one lemon peel
grated, one-half cup of shred suet, mace,
sugar and salt as desirable. Bake in
large bread-pan.
Lady Fingers.-Four ounces of sugar,
yolks of your eggs, mix we'll four ounces
of -four, mix again; if too thick add all
other whole egg, half teaspoonful of
favoring. Beat whites to fioth and
stir in. Squeeze through a funnel made
of writing paper into pans lined with
buttered paper. These are used for
Charlotte lusse.
Favorite Meat Pie.-Take cold roast
beef or roast meat of any kind, slice it
thin, cut it rather small, lay it, wet with
gravy, and sufficiently peppered and
sailed, in Il meat pie dish. If liked, a
small onion may be chopped fine and
sprinkled over it. Over the meat pour
a couple of stewed tomatoes, little
more pepper and thick layer of mashed
potatoes. Bake slowly in moderate
oven till the top is Il light brown.
Potato balls, or Croquettes -Four
large, mealy potatoes, cold, mash them
in pan with two tablospoonfuls of
fresh melted butter. Il pinch of salt, and
little pepper, ore teaspoonful of cream,
and the beaten volk OF one egg ; rub it
together for about five minutes, or until
very smooth: shape the mixture into balls
about the size of a walnut or small roll.
dip them into IN egg well beaten, nd
then III the finest sifted bread crumbs ;
fry them III boiling lard.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
Ages of British Sovereigns.

Queen Victoria has attained her sixty
first year, an age exceeded by eleven
only of the sovereigns of England, dat
ing from the Norman Conquest-name-
", Henry l.. who lived to the age of 81 ;
Henry Ill, who lived to be 65; Edward
l., who lived to, be e.; Edward Ill,
who attained 65 years; Queen Elizabeth
vino reached 60 years; James H., who
lived 68 years; George L., 67 years;
George H., II years; George w., 6o
years, and William w., lived to be ~
years. On the Goth of June she had
reigned over England 43 years, period
which has not been exceeded but by four
English sovereigns, viz: Henry Ill.
who reigned So years; Edward I'LL, who
reigned so years; Queen Elizabeth, who
reigned 45 years, and George Ill, who
reigned for the long period of Gu years.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-01
The Force of an Indian Arrow.

The Indian bows are made of ex-
tremcly rigid wood, but the power to
bend them effectually comes from prac.
tice more than mere physical strength.
Gen. Brisbin says: have seen a slight
and small white man bend with ease the
strongest bow when he had once ac-
CURED the art. A white man, too, can
send an arrow as far and as deep AS an
Indian. once had an officer named
Belden with me, who had lived twelve
years with the Indians, and he could
shoot all arrow into a buffalo while run
ming SO that the point would come out
on the opposite side He would also
plunge the arrow into beast so that it
disappeared, and not even the notch re
manned visible. The power of an IN
dian bow can better be understood when
it is known that the most powerful re-
volver will not send ball through II
buffalo. Belden said he had seen aabow
throw an arrow five hundred yards, and
/, myself, have seen one discharged
entirely through board an inch thick.
A mans skull was found in the West
transfixed to a tree by an arrow, which
had gone entirely through the bones,
and fastened itself so deep in the wood
as to sustain the weight Of the head.
The man, most likely, had been tied up
to the tree and then shot.