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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
A Chlnaman Who Had Made His Pile.

Among the passengers that boarded
the Western bound train last evening
was Quang Long, Esq, the washerman
OF Seventh Street. Seeing the reporter,
no became clamorous for . personal -"
which he wanted inserted in this issue
without any "foolce."
"Going far, Quang" asked the re-
porter.
"Going homo," was tho sentcntious
reply:
eyes"
The reporter looked at Quang's ticket
and saw it was good for San Francisco
and on to the port of Shanghai, in the
Cclectial Empire. Tho pagan and re-
porter sat down to exchange fsrewells.
In their conversation Quang stated that
he had made enough money in Erie to
support him and his family in atlluence
the remainder OF his life. He had been
nearly six years in America and had
worked most industriously to attain the
competence with which he was now
retiring from business. Sewn up in the
lining Of his pants he had 81, 200 in bills
of 800 denomination. This sum he
will pay into the Chinese Bank at
California, in which he has already quite
respectable sum deposited, and will
get a draft for the whole on a Chinese
money house," as he terms it. In a
little pocket near the concealed bills he
wears sharp-pointed dagger, and be-
hind him he carries an arsenal Of as
sorted firearms that not only impede
his locomot:on but it will make it risky
for those who share the same car with
him.
He says the fortune he has made in
washing shirts will be as good as mil.
lions, and hcnceforth he will be q big
man, a boss among his fellows. In his
sachel he had quite a collection OF
spurious nickel, bronze and silver coins
which had been "shoved" on to him by
unprincipled patrons before he became
civilized to the extent Of knowing good
from bad money.
Going to give these to your children
when You have them, suppose?" re.
marked the reporter. Quang shook his
head and looked knowing.
"Me going to pass 'em on C hineeman
in San Fangsisko just come ovcr,' said
he. And then the reporter apologized
for calling Quang a pagan.-Enc (Pa.)
DisD0tch,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
About Being ObIip,o,

Did You ever think that , ~
be very selfish and very unsp ps;soa M!
same time? Ethel is very tond ~ At tie
iny presents to her friends 'I 1 81 max.
Or Mamie admires WORT ho,. IL Edith
or a Pencil OF hers, it is at her, $500 oeok
mates with little gifts, and ofta . ssSloo.
':nas a bunch Of yiolets on her, s dSl
winch have come from Ethels Ser ca, ussk'
:tory. ora great golden ORANGE i; IL as3:
to Sadie's luncheon, and i - Is added
have been brought from Plor; satet 70
ttheis Uncle lom. Ethel is ' inn y,
Kind thoughts, md is a, I;hs, sa'' a
generous as possible with ,h;,r a' q: ana
cost her nothing. But still I d ' nat
regard her as unscl!ish, and | will IL t as'
you why. WIZ 'el
She is not the least bit obl;,;,, e,
she is seated in her little rocker f. ~ y
south window, and mamma Or ., sn' NE
comes in, ever 50 tired. it ,!oe s'' we
occar to Ethel to offer her char hair Nv, 10.
either OF the ladies may rest. lnds @d'
If you hint it to her, She sbatas a' ~,
head and says: There are Manu., As u
chairs in the room; why should ! ,;ss
up mlrc" Not long since Cousin P SMs
and little Agnes Lee arrived ,na,n oaI
euly, and as there were other guests !.
the house. mamma was COMPELLED u, ~
ask Ethel to give up her pretty raos ~
and sleep for thenjght with her younss, '
sister: Would YOU believe it. EtbeI ~.
so vcxed that she pouted and sulksS a ~
Cousin Polly face, would take no nm ~
tice OF the child, and IinaIiy cried hs,
self to sleep? Not one OF the t,m nit
ever dreams of asking Ethel to run \.
Stars or down on an errand, to mend.
ripped glove. to carry messase or "a =
10 the slightest thing which = will mt
her ont OF her usual way. They know nv,
that she is not an obligirg girrl, and
strangely enough, the very schoo!''
mates who accept her flowers AND
oranges, are much more fond Of Msv
Ann, a plain. dumpy little bodv, who
never has anything to give away. but
who is always greeting everybody with
kind looks and words, and who. whe,.
ever She goes. is helping along:-Hsr.
pers lossng People.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17

The Minnesota Linseed Oil Companv
has issued the following letter Of advice
to Its patrons respecting tho cutting and
curing VI flax, and the hints here given
are applicable to all places where flax is
grown for the seed:
First, cutting-When most OF the bolls
and lower parts Of the stalks have turned
yellow, and the seeds have turned
lightly brown. and the lower leaves
have dropped Oh, it is ready 10 harvest.
At this stage it will cut q easily a.
wheat. Be careful not to cut bsfora
ripe: Unripe seed can not be properly
dled out, snd must fall short in weight.
Use . smooth knife in your reaper. i
Cut high-only low enough to get all
Second. shocking. Set Il up ~ soon
. cut, 10 esyels. It may be handled
the ssme - barley Or buckwheat; but.
better still, bind with . sell.binder and
shock the same ~ wheat. This treat
well.
Third, stacking.-Flax cures yery fast.
ana in good drying weather may be-
sacked tho day after cutting. Don't
WASTE . day after Il il ready, for .
tareshing.machine or anything else, but
stack, stack. u yOu want to save your
evoP: Build . good, cold stack, always
keeptng tull IL To center heads IN and
butts out-and top OF with prairie hay.
oeaeks uanst not DO disturbed for two Or
tAree weeks, or moro, until TIE hax d
through tho "sweat" which bavee the
I'D heavier and beetse. s
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
Is Anything Fit to Eat!

From the objections that are made to
one after another Of the cOmmonest ar.
.icics Of diet, !: would appear that there
Is among US a number Of base persons
who are conspiring To make trade for
gra, e.diggers. There il not q single
dish ia common use but Is sOundly
abused by some one; bread is said to be
worthless because it lacSs the gluten OF
the wheat, butter is said to be the cause
OF bilioasness. salt thickcns the blood
and makes the user cross, milk sOftens
the muscles and bones, bcaisteak con.
tains prussic acid, mutton Is unfit to eat
unless 1t has been kept so long that it is
unfit to smell, pork means trichin.e, fish
Trims the blood, tomatoes produce can
Ger. berries sour on the stomach, the
coats OF which are ruined by rhubarb
stalks in pic or sauce; green peas pro.
duce boils, and the dreary list might no
extended indefinitely. Between all these
cdamities and death BY starvation there
is not much choice, unless one prefers
to prolong miserable existence nv
using some Of the alleged foods that arc
put up in bottles with attractive labels.
Yet somehow people 60 on eating all
these dreadful things and living, and
when any particular food product fails
and snother u substituted tho health OF
the public does not seem to suffer by
the change. II the people who buy fam
lily stores will pay less attention to talk
about the heal,hfulness of various arti.
cles Of food and more attention to such
methods OF cooking rs will make foed
most palatablc and easy Of digestion,
there need be very little fear of the nat.
ural quality Of the rough materials
brought to the cook. 1t is the dry,
tough steak, the leathery slices of fried
ham, the UNDERGONE vegetables and
overdcne meats, the greasy pies and
heavy cake that play the mischief with
the American digestion, health and tenn.
per. M. Herald.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
Even.Handed Justice.

AasJ n'Sht NUMBER OF men were Sit.
ting in front of the Ormsby House dis.
cussing the big mining suit in Eurek,
between the Richmond and Albion.
General kittrell. W. W. Bishop, Sinc
Barnes, Johnny Moore. and othe:,s were
interesting the crowd with recitals Of
the suits they had seen. Bishop and
kittrcil insisted that of late years the
atmosphere OF the courts had beef, purer
than in the earlier days.
THAT is" said Barnes, Skinner and
weaker; in other words, jurors COS. les,
than formerly"
Both the lawyers agreed that coin had
a potent influence. When the law was
.all on their side and the Jury on the
other, they could only explain it on .
coin hypothesis.
i At this point an old erizzly-besrded
man who had been listening slid up and
remarked: '.as
mining suits amt what they rsedto
be. There's been no real live litigation
to speak OF since the RAYMOND / Ely
suit with the Hermes in Pioche.'
"Were you in town?''
"Well, rather; 1 Travelled 400 miles
on mule to get to the jury box. l
struck the town about six O'Clock 81
night, and, walking into the leading bar.
room, inquired if the suit had begun.
Inside of half an hour man came up
and asked me what my name was. He
wrote it down on his shirt cuff, and then
he said: 9 Pard, If you want to say
and see the suit, let me see you through
on your expenses; and he handed mo
$500. remarSing that he thought the r
and +. had the bulge on the law. lssd
that I thought that myself, and then
sauntered off. In about an hour man
came to me and told me l was drawn
on the jury. l said didn't mind, and
agreed to stand in. About nine O'Clock
u man tapped me on the arm and
handed me five hundred, remarking
! that the Hermes had about al the law
! and facts on their side that was neces-
sary. He thought might need little
money for expenses. III course / took
the money. he seemed so anxious to Get
rid of it, and then I slipped into back
room, put on a pair of false side wis
kers, a Thin silk buster had been car-
/ rying under my coat, and l was .
changed man. BY ten o clock | wssol
a good horse that paid $500 for. md
/ started oil on q prospecting trip. !
couldn't bear the idea Of holding the
scales of justice in case like that. !
was fearful OF further corruption, you
see. But on the trial was represented
b. q proxy. On the road | met old bl!
Damen, dead broke and discouraged. !
put him on the lay, and he stared
double quick for Phoebe. Hestruck the
ledge rich. guess, for when ! ne :,
heard of him he was drivin' . spsnkn
team and enjoying lie. "-Carson( As''
! <IVptU!. .-I-s= *
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
The Dress Of Children.

One thing that is good may be seen
abroad, and that is the often pretty,
but uniformly comfortable and sensible
dress of children. Even the poorest
have their feet well covered with stock,
ings OF their mothers knitting, ana
strong shoes, and their blue checked
pinafores tied behind, are generally
clean and cover bodies plump and mar
dy as their faces are rosy. The cn,''
dren of the better class wear simple
styles OF gabrielle dresses. lace collars
and hats in short c0stmes like our own;
only. while in England as with US, solla
black and very dark colors are en-
ployed even with the very light dress.
es. here the hose is nearly always hssns
IN color and solid. such as was worn II
America by children ten or fifteen years
ago. But it is the comfortable, Uniform
dress and well covered feet OF 1ne
children Of the poor that please' m ~
the most, and il grows out Of the t mn
Of the mothers. In the market selllns
her eggs or vegetables. in the door.
way, on the narrow sidewalk. wherever
and whenever her hands are not otne,'
wise employed, the German ana per !.
gian woman Of the peasant cas- - -
always knitting. and to the sorl'ewn I.s
clumsy, but warm and durable produces
Of her industry, the children certainly
owe much of their strength and look ,.
of health and hardihood. No contras::
can be more striking than this or u
comfort which the clean. blue.checke
aprons and the thick shoes and STOCK
ings gives, as compared with the oalo
feet. the rags and general dilapidatloa
of the Irish poor in our large cities.
The Germans complain that too many p.
Of their people are being drawn on ~
the United States, but if they take WIN
them their thrift and industry, tnel!
hand.knit stockings and blue'checke"
aprons, they will be heartily welcomed
Jennie June.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
sasrl.e - Kssplas rssassss.

a Late years ~ potato has bcen ono
ashs most profitable a iarm-crops In
- East sad ~ cAis0y arises from Tie
- that & b soasVhat difficult to keep
~ great quantity Of thsm. Thus only
01say ass grown - ean b preserved.
- o. the accommodations arc limited
snnss Is 10 giut In tho market, as there
60 With things which are grown and
u1ase be sent % market at once. OF
osurss there are times when potatoes
ssle low. This II apt to he the case
9th early ones, grown especially for
early purpose, and which follow the
tsmc law that rules in transient yegeta.
t6ss. So also those who grow potatoes
aad have 10 convcnicnccs for storing
them. These have to market In the fall,
aAsd have to take whatever price may
ri foe them. Those who have good
cellars under their barns, or In any place
80 from frost and yet cool and dry,
eoa generally make potato growing pay
sesy well; and these are usually the
sses who do.
In old times large quantity Of pota.
tDss we're stored out Of doors in the open
9y~and. They were arranged in long
Isd .es, not in great bulk, as even mas
q pe;a;oes will heat, snd covered with
eartA sufficiently thick to keep out tho
frost But since the appearance OF the
potato disease, this plan il not much
tellowcd, though the rotting has Of late
aocn very much diminished. The in.
focted tubers will often rot, especially IL
tho mass heats little, and the diseased
Sscs will often communicate the disease
- che rest. In cellar this can he seen
and noted, but in n mound OF, Of doors
10 one knows OF the trouble till spring.
when great loss has been found.
Besides this, il Il so difficult TO get. at
chem in winter that those who have no
gay 20 preserve potatoes excep. this, rs
aEeneral thing prefer not to grow at all
rather than to nc bothered with this.
Dampness undoubtedly favors the
spread Of the potato disease, and there.
6ese where there Is any chance q. all Of
the disease existing in the roots, they
ough. TO be stored as dry rs possible.
These which are tn be kept ia this gen.
arh way should be dry and cool, but
Isis shoald be especially seen to In the
ease Of seed potatoes. Since the potato.
beetle came among US |! is clear that we
have had the very best results from early
planting, and by the use Of the earlics.
varieties. Now these early kinds are
mere easily affected BY warmth than the
late ones. They sprout easily, and
s,aa'ncss is therefore the more essential
hv them. Some people think il makes
; HGale difference whether seed potatoes
aHrou. or not before planting. We have
Known people tear Of sprouts severa.
iaeaes long, and cut up the tubers in
full faith that they will sprout ont again
aud be none the worse for it. They do
generally grow but there is little doubt
they are constitutiOnally weaker, and
much more liable to disease than those
which do not sprOut till ready to 90 in
the gronnd.-Germanto,on 7slcgu,,a.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
GENERAL.

"A watcring.place letter says that
ex-senator Conkling Is an expert swim.
mer.
The Mayor OF Boston receives
900 moro salary than tho Governor
Of Massachusetts,.
I'm excavating at the Lord Lorne
Mine, At Gold Hill, Nevada, ut q depth
Of 800 feet, there were found in STRAIT
um Of clay live worms about three.
quarters Of an inch long.
The Arab Chief, Ali Ben Hilfa,
head Of the instruction against tho
French at Sfax, is fifty years old. has
six sons with him, Is Of rich family,
and enjoys great influence among the
tribes collected at Sfax.
Consul Wilson writes that Palestine
is fast asleep. There is only one good
wagon road in MI the Holy Land, tho
one leading from Jerusalem to Jaffa ;
the newspapers are two small, feeble He
brew sheets; and the railroad improve.
ments arc yet to be made.
"A Brooklyn lady at Poland Springs
Is an accomplished pianist, dcxterous
croquct player, pulls y good oar with
any boy in the crowd, is IN admirable
tly.fsher, and a crack first base at base.
ball, beside possessing unusual attain.
mcnts in social culture.
Professor Fairchild, of Jersey CITY,
offers $1,000 for q parrot which can
plainly speak one single word. He has
seen hundreds which cawed and CAB.
bled, but never one which talked, and
he says the bird was not born to get the
right twist of the tongue.
Peter Joubert, the Bocr General, is
called in the Transvaal "Slim Pet "
Chat is, in English, "Clcver Peter ~ ;
also Pct Advocate, because he can talk
very much, and has been not only a rich
Bocr, but also for some time an asen,
in the lower courts, what in England is
called Jettiiogger.
j. p. Wickcrsham, formerly Super.
intcadent Of Schools for PENNSYLVANIA,
who has been examining into tho rela.
tons Of education to crime, has come
to the conclusion that one.sixtho of all the
crime in the country is committed by
persons wholly ill;iera'e, and one-third
by persons practically illiterate, and
that the proportion OF criminals among
the illilcrate is about ten times greater
than among those who have been in.
structcd in the elements Of a common
school education or beyond.
The late General Robert Patterson,
OF Baltimore, recently said: II have
voted at every Presidential election since
the war OF 1872; was on intimate and
friendly terms with Monroe, Adams,
Jackson, Van Buren,, Harrison, Polk,
Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln and
Grant; have dincd with nearly all Of
them at the White House, and most of
them have dined ut my house. l had
the honor of intimate and friendly rela.
tons with Henry Clay, Webster, Cal.
houn, Benton, Hugh L. White, Taze.
well, Grundy, Dallas, Poindexter, Lin
coin, OF Massachusetts, Silas Wright,
Marcy, Bayard, Reverdy johnson, and
most of the intellectual giants Of the
Senate and House Of Representatives in
by.gone days"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
The Artful Artfulness Of Widows.

l was once present when q widow was
presented to three gentlemen, all yc une.
er than herself and very attractive. She
was l,asse, poor, barely dressed, mother
OF nine children. and owner only Of the
moctgaged homestead on which thew
lived. But she was . widow; there was
no denying that. As she sank upon the
sofa she dropped lit seemed to be acct
dental) = whitey.brown paper parcel.
out Of which rolled q spool or two. :
earning egg, 3 pair Of scissors and some
fancy work: The men all Owed to &c.
cure them. Each man got somethinq
and restored the same TO the owner
whereup0n she thanked them with m
oyerpowsring drawl; enlarged upon the
misery Of being without = pocket, showed
them the place where the pocket ourht
70 ., and continued to talk about fha
pocket she didn't have and the ins Ana
odts Of different sorts Of pockets for
SONS ton or fifteen minutes, when sAe
wes called for BY Q friend in . cafrlare.
90 not remember that any other ton;c
Va 49,. introduced trs9 Or that anything &C.
CURED which Va calculated 70 divert
tne attention Of her hearers from the
all-absorbihg topic, bat this I do know.
that when she LETT the room there NJ
not . man init but would have died Tor
her. One and I'll, they were madly Ia
0ve, and. for anght I know. NAV h "a
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-17
A Sunday In a German Village.

The Sunday morning service is the
best time for seeing the picturesque cos.
tunes of the villagers. Before the hour
OF service arrives groups Of men, women
and children assemble in the church.
yard. the girls having for the most part
no covering to their heads save such a.
Is afforded by their own abundant hair
tightly plated in coils round their heads.
The elder women wear q most elabo.
rate head:dress, composed apparently
OF broad silk ribbons, so arranged a to
stand up over the forehead in 4 sort Of
tiara, while down the back the ends
hang in four long broad streamers. All
the women wear, even in the hottest
weather, great cloaks of divers patterns
and colOrs, very full all round and plat
ed round the neck somewhat after the
manner Of an Elizabethan ruff. As each
woman wears from three to five or more
thick skirts, and this cloak over all, the
apparent dimensions of . Thurinqian
peasantess rival those Of our ladies in
the days Of crinoline. The men have
tor the most part given up their old
peasant costume and adopted tho hide.
Gus garments Of civilization, and. appa-
rently conscious of their want Of pic.
turesqueness, stink into tho background
Presently the bell begins to ring, and
women and girls stream into the ground
floor OF the church. Men and BOYS are
relegated to the three rows of galleries
which, one over another, line the walls
OF the church to the very ceiling. The
bell stops, the organ begins to play and
the precentor starts . tune, which Is At
once taken up by the people, who sing
slowly and solsmnly one Of their old
German hymns. During the singing
the minister enters, and o. soon a. the
hymn Is done reads the prayers. These
consist Of q few general prayers, similar
to those Of the English prayer.book.
with few responses from the congrera.
ton, and the collect, epistle and eospel
Tor the day. Then there is more sing.
ing, during which the minister goes ont !:
and when the hymn Is finished, reap.
pears In a different gown, ascends the
pulpit and delivers discourse which Is
usually On ampliication and diiution Of
the gospel for the day. Then another
hymn. the benediction, and then vet an.
other hymn. during the singing OF which
the minister retires, and the people fol.
low his example as they list. The whole
service usually occupied about an hour
or less. For the rest Of the day the ma.
tives work in the fields, stroll about the
village or sit in the restaurants and drink
peer and schnapps.-Pvt. Adds Trav-