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St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24

cal science. DR.. Barker had no doubt what
ever Of the entire legal responsibility OF
Guiteau for his crime. Rev. Rush X.
Shippon. pastor of All Souls Church,
Washington, testified: He boarded
at the same house and occupied a seat at the
same table with prisoner from April last I'M
til the day before the murder OF the Pfe-l-
dent, when he (prisoner) disappeared.
Witness had frequent conversations WIN
the prisoner. Both had lived in Chicago
and this formed the basis of conversations
which led to quite familiar acquaintance
ship. The prisoner was chatty and polite;
a little quick or nervous in utterance, but
not sufficiently so to indicate marked pecu-
liarity. Witness never detected anything to
indicate insanity The usual topics OF con-
versation between himself and the prisoner
at the table were the Conkling- Garfield i'm
broglio and the New Testament revision.
On no occasion did the prisoner exhibit
more excitement than any other person
might.
A SENSATION has been created at the
City of Mexico by the attempt of an Ameri-
can named Greenwood to bride Senators ana
secure valuable concession.
ARRESTS under the Coercion act con-
tinue in Ireland, and the Government is ev-
identity preparing for more. The number OF
paid magistrates is being increased, and the
military authorities have been asked to
saction the appointment OF a number OF OH
GERS as magistrates. A magistrate named
Studdert was shot at in st. Clare. but es-
r1,o Of NJ al
League paper has fled to England to escape
arrest. The paper will he managed by the
Ladies' Land League in his absence.
OSCAR 4. RICE, defaulting Internal
Revenue Collector OF New Orleans, pleaded
guilty to the charge of embezzlement and
was sentenced to two years at hard labor
and to pay 4 fine OF $l0,34.
JOHN c. SMITH, former Indian Agent
at the Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory,
has been convicted of fraudulent pract ccs
and sentenced to six months Imprisonment
and a fine OF Sll, 900.
THE Southern Pacific passenger train
west from Ell PaSo, Texas, on the 18th, was
taken in by "rustlers" 4 few miles from
town. The Wells-Fargo messenger was
robbed Of 81 200. The passengers lost 5000.
The robbers, controlling the brakes, jumped
from the train and escaped.
THE stage between Fort Tucson and
Benson, Arizona, was fired upon from the
roadside on the night of the 14th, some tif-
teen or twenty shots being discharged. The
driver whipped up his horses aud got away
with bullet in his leg. One OF the horses
was also hit and fell after going some
distance. There was no bullion or treasure
on the stage, and it is believed the attack was
made for the purpose of killing Mayor
Clum. of Tombstone, who was a passenger
that night and whose life has been fire.
quently threatened by the cowboy and rust
Ter element
Two new counterfeits are atloat-one
Of the SO silver certificates, the other of S.
bills on the Boyston National Bank of Boston.
The latter is said to be most excellent imi-
tation, the only poor work being on the green
tint on the back. The silver certificate is
clumsily executed.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

! THE burial services of the victims of
the Vienna theater disaster took place at St.
Stephens Cathedral on the 18th. The
cathedral was entirely draped in black.
Bishop Augerer officiated. The clergy en-
tered the cathedral in procession, fol-
lowed by the Crown Prince, Archdukes,
members OF the Imperial household, court
dignitaries, etc. The large square in front
OF the cathedral and adjoining streets were
filed by many thousands of people. The
common grave for the unrecognized victims
in the Central Cemetery is $50 feet long and
IA feet wide. The work Of lowering the
collins into the grave lasted from noon until
nightfal. The number OF missing persons
has been reduced to S05.
SECRETARY KIRKwOoD IS reported to
have acknowledged that there existed
among some Of the clerks of the Pension
Bureau conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment, but refused TO give details as to the
extent Of the frauds or the persons engaged
in the conspiracy. Interesting develop
ments may be looked for soon.
RETURNS to the National Board of
Health show the general health of the coun-
try to be good, save that smallpox, scarlet
fever and typhoid fever are epidemic in some
localities. Scarlet fever is very severe in
New England; typhoid fever is prevalent to
an unusual extent in the South and West,
and especially in the Mississippi Valley. The
most alarming disease is smallpox, at Chi
cago and Pittsburgh. 1t has been declared
epidemic in the latter city.
DIR. SPITzKA, of New York, a cele-
brated medical expert, has made thorough
personal examination Of Guiteau, and de-
clares under oath that he has no doubt Of
the prisoners insanity. Further than this,
he said: 81 do not hesitate to reiterate my
belief that an expert who will in this court
testify that the prisoner is sane is, in my
opinion, no expert or dishonest one.' DR..
Spitzka underwent severe cross examina-
ton from Corkhill, but maintained, his posi-
tion mistaken. Spitzka was followed by
Fordyce Barker, OF New York, an eminent
medical gentleman, who has devoted most
Of his long life to nervous diseases and to
cases Of insanity. His testimony was ex-
ceedingly damaging to Guiteau. He con-
tradicted the main declarations of Spitzka,
and showed that there was not one of the
grounds upon which it was claimed that
Gniteau was insane that was valid in medf-
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24
DIR. SAMUEL A. GREEN, the Republi-

5000 ASAN'J
can nominee, has been chosen Mayor of Bos-
ton. There were three tickets in the field
Republican, Democratic and Citizens. The
vote on the liquor question was in favor Of
license by a two thirds majority.
MAJOR WILLIAM ARTHUR, the Presi-
dents only brother, has received an APP
pointment on Gen. Hancock's staff.
POsTMAsTER-GENERA JAMES sent
his resignation to the President on the 14th,
to take effect Jan. l, or as soon as his sue
cessior is appointed and qualified.
THAT wing of the Greenback party of
which Mr.. Hugo Preyer is Chairman will
hold convention in St. Louis on March 8.
The President is reported to have
said to some Senators who called to urge
appointments that he does not get time to
think; that he is kept talking about ap-
pointments and filling offices twenty hours
out of the twenty -four, and can't get
time to properly consider anything.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

THE New Orleans Pacific Railroad is
completed, making connection with Nor
gan's road at Cheneyville. This gives all
rail from Shreveport to New Orleans over
the new route.
THE Post-of1ice Department has made
ruling that no newspaper supplement
containing any advertisements whatever can
be allowed in the mails at second class rates
unless the publisher makes affidavit that the
same rate is paid for advertisements in the
supplement as for those in the body Of the
paper itself.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24

The arrival at New York show OF
a man and wife who have attained q
height of over seventeen feet and a
weight of over half ton is noted
St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24

Montpelier, once the home of Madl-
son, has recently been sold for S19oO07
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Talk About VennOr.

II is all nonsense TO talk about Vennor. |
won't say that he is a fraud, because it is
not my part to accuse any one, but will
simply say that he has gained an undeserved
reputation. His theory is that seasons, like
history, repeat themselves, and that the eli
matte changes of this year are merely repe-
ttions of similar ones two or three years
ago. He claims to be able to foretell what
will occur in this weather a month ahead.
Now this is all the rankest kind of non
sense, as no man can determine what will
happen in the future further than the end
of his nose. We have kilograms to the
number of twelve hundred daily from all
parts of the country, giving detailed facts
regarding the weather at the points. We
then are able to tell where it will rain or
blow or shine the next day, should nothing
unexpected intervene. This is all we claim,
or have right to claim. Should it rain in
Pittsburg to-day, and should the winds be
favorable and travelling in the proper direc-
ton, we are almost sure that it will rain in
New York to-morrow-but further than that
we know absolutely nothing. The best in
stance of this which happened lately is the
cyclone which visited the West Indies.
Some days before it struck Cuba we had adj
vised the authorities that it was on its way.
We had received dispatch from St.
Thomas, and we followed it. In this way
we can prevent much destruction to life and
property. Do you mean to say that Vennor
could have done this ? How could he, as he
is not informed, receives no dispatches from
any part of the country, and the whole
foundation of his reputation is made up of
tissue of lucky guess work 2-Generdi w.
B. Hdzen, Chief Signal Officer u. S. A.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Story about the CLASSIFYING.

We hear great deal about rings nova
days, and nothing very good of them either.
heard of ring the other day that told a
story-in fact, its own story. The ring
gistened on the finger of washwoman
through the suds in the tub, and thus be-
trayed secret. The lady of certain
house in Detroit had advertised for laun-
dress to come to her house on certain days.
The advertisement was responded to by a
neat, rather refined looking woman. When
the laundress had begun her work the lady
saw, shining on shapely hand, pretty and
peculiar ring. She requested the privilege
of looking at it. The woman hesitated a
moment, and then nervously held out her
hand. "That is a class ring" said the lady.
at is ?" was the response of the laundress,
as she turned her face away. "Where did
you get it ?" asked the lady, emboldened
perhaps by the manner of the wearer of the
ring. alt is my husbands" AT what col
lege did he graduate ?" "At Yale" "In
what class 2" "The Glass of rs" That
ended the interview for the time, as the lady
could, by no means, get from the washwoman
the name of her husband The lady had
been thus unladylike, perhaps, and curious
because her son wore a class-ring exactly
like the one in question, and was a graduate
in the class of rs at Yale. She told him
the story, and one night he followed the
laundress to her room in Michigan avenue
where he found an old classmate and college
chum porting over some secondhand law
books. He works in the daytime, and SC
does his trump of wife. One day he will
be admitted to the bar, he will work hard
she will help him, and when they are rich
they can afford to smile at the story of the
ring-which is strictly true.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Advice to a Young Man.

James +. Fair is worth Si2,000,000. And
the whole of it, my dear boy, can't make
him as happy as you are with the dew OF
youth in your heart, when you hold the hand
of the girl you love, and walk with her in
path that is only wide enough for one, with
the rustling branches whispering above your
head, so happy you cannot speak with any
thing but your eyes. If you envy him,
Telemachus, if you, with your hands aud
your bright young face, with the down just
shading your lip, with not gray hair in
your head or gnawing care in your heart,
with the morning sun shining upon your up
turned face, with the velvet turf under your
feet and the blue heavens above your head,
with the blood coursing through your veins
like wine, with fifty or sixty years of life
before you, with mirage after mirage of
bright dreams and beautiful illusions and
pleasant vanities making the landscape
beautiful around you, if you envy this man
his forty-two millions of dollars, and his
spectacles, his gray hair, his wrinkles, and
his old heart, you are fool, my boy; and
you are scattering ashes on the roses that
grow in the morning. There is hghtness in
your step, my son, aud color in your blood,
and dreams in your heart, and all the love
and beauty and freshness of the sunrise, the
S42, 100000 can not buy, and don't you for
get it. You don't want Sf2 00O,0 900 any
how, 100000 are plenty, that will keep
both of us. Aud if you want couple of
millions, why go ahead and get it. "Seest
thou a man diligent in his business He
shall stand before kings he shall not stand
before mean men,"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Silence About Ourselves.

Think as little as possible about any
good in YOURSELF turn your eyes resolutely
from any view of your requirements, your
influence, your plan, your success, your fol-
lowing-above all, speak as little as possible
self-love makes speech about ourselves like
the putting of a lighted torch to the dry
wood which has been laid in order for burn
ing. Nothing but duty should open our
lips upon this dangerous theme, except it
be in humble confession of our sinfulness
before God. Again, be specially upon the
watch against those little tricks by which
the vain man seeks to bring round the con-
versation to himself, and gain the praise or
notice which his thirsty ears drink in so
greedily. Even if praise comes unsought,
it is WELL while men are uttering it, to
guard yourself by thinking of some secret
cause for humbling yourself inwardly to
God, thinking unto what these pleasant &C
cents would be changed if all that is known
to God, aud even to yourself, stood revealed
to man. Place yourself often beneath the
cross of Calvary see that sight of love and
sorrow hear these words of wonder look
at the Eternal Son humbling himself there
for you, and ask yourself, as you gaze fix.
eddy on him, whether he, whose only hope
is in that cross of absolute self-sacrifce and
establishment, can dare to cherish in him.
self one self-complacent action. Let the
Masters words ring ever in your ears
"How can ye believe, who receive honor
one of another, and seek not the honor that
cometh from God only ?"-Bishop WIDER
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
DIR. Hopkins and Williams College.

1t is noticeable that there is peculiarly
warm and deep feeling on the part of the
alumni of Williams toward their college,
and it seems to us to be explained only by
this sense that here their manhood was re-
yealed to them and developed. If President
Garfield were to disclose the influences
which have given him 80 honorable name
in the camp, on the field of battle, and in
the councils of the nation, he would be
ready to say, probably, that when on receiv-
ing the reply from President Hopkins, " If
you come here we will do what we can for
you," he placed himself under his helpful
instruction, it made him, with his own
faithful endeavors, what he is. Indeed, a
current story, to say nothing of the public
| avowals he has made, leaves us in no doubt
as to his opinion of Williams College, and
especially of his great teacher there. Some
years since, as the story goes, meeting OF
the alumni of Williams was held in the city
of New York, which General Garfield, then
a member OF congress, attended. The con,
dition OF the college was discussed, and
much was said of the pressing need of books
and apparatus. The general listened atten
lively, and when his opinion was asked, ex
pressed himself as conscious of the value Of
books and apparatus. "But," said he
"giye me log-cabin in the center of thu
State of Ohio, with one room in ii, and |
bench with Mark Hopkins on one end of i
and me on the other, and that would be
college good enough for me."-Harper'
Magazine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
LOanug.

Does the young man who persists in being
a loafer ever reflect how much less it would
cost to be decent, respectable man Does
he imagine that loaferism is more economi-
cal than gentility2 Anybody can be a
gentleman, if he chooses to be, without
much cost, but it is mighty expensive being
a loafer. 1t costs time, in the first place
days, weeks, and months of it in fact, about
all the time, for no man can be first class
loafer without dev citing his whole time to it..
The occupation, well followed, hardly
affords time for eating, sleeping, dri- we
had almost said drinking, but on reflection
we will except that. The loafer finds time
to drink whenever invited, at the cost of
friends. Once fully embarked on the sea of
loaferdom, and you bid farewell to every
friendly sail that sails under an honest aud
legitimate flag. Your consorts will only be
the buccaneers of society. 1t costs money,
for though the loafer may not earn cent or
have one for months, the time lost might
have procured him much money, if devoted
to industry instead of sloth. 1t costs health,
vigor, comfort, all the true pleasures Of liv-
ing, honor, dignity, self respect, and the
world when living, and finally, all right of
consideration when dead. BE gentleman,
then it is far cheaper
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Good Night.

How tenderly and sweetly falls the gentle
goodnight" into loving hearts, as men,
bers of family separate and retire for the
night. What myriads of hasty words and
thoughtless acts, engendered in the hurry
and business of the day, are forever blotted
out by its benign influence. Small token,
indeed, but it is the little courtesies that
make up the sum of happy home. 1t is
only the little courtesies that can so beauti-
fully round off the square corners in the
homes of the laboring men and women.
The simple IL thank you," for favor re-
ceived, will fill with happiness the heart of
the giver. True wealth is not estimated by
dollars and cents, but by the gratitude and
affection of the heart. II a home be happy,
it is of heaven the truest symbol. If a
home be happy, whether the owner possesses
patch of ground or thousand acres, they
who live there are indeed wealthy beyond
mathematical calculations. Then how much
more lovingly are the sable folds of night
gathered around the happy home. How
much more confidentially do its members
repose their weary body in the care OF
divine goodness smoothing their over-taxed
minds to the living realities of beautiful
dreamland.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Female Society.

What is it that makes all those men who
associate habitually with women superior to
those who do not What makes that woman
who is accustomed to and at ease in the soci'
ETY. of men superior to her sex in general
Solely because they are in the habit of free,
graceful, continued conversations with the
other sex. Women in this way lose their
frivolity, their faculties awaken, their deli
cacies and peculiarities unfold all theiI
beauty and captivation in the spirit of intel
lectual rivalry. And the men lose Their
pedantic, rude, declamatory, or sullen man
ner. The coin of the understanding and
the heart changes continually. Their asper
tiles are rubbed off, their better materials
polished and frightened, and their richness
like gold, is wrought into finer workmanship
by the fingers of women than it ever coulc
be by those of men. The iron and steel O
their characters are hidden, like the charac
ter and armor Of giant, when they are no
wanted in actual warfare.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Se1erf sMisreHanp.


All the earth is filled with blessing
which no sorrow can destroy,
And for every day OF trouble
There shall come day of Joy.
There are moments full Of silver
Az the showers from heaven which fall,
And the tenderness OF loving
is the blessing OF them all.
Though the clouds may hang above us,
Somewhere sunlight fingers stilli
And the good Of every moment
Shall surpass the moments i'll.
Love AID trust are yet immortal
Loving souls immortal tooi
And the glory OF Jewel
sparkles in drop of dew.
Take The dew-drops as God gives them,
Re they moments, be they hours,
SO the stream Of life which bears you
shall flow on through banks OF flowers.
There are moments full OF blessing
As the showers from heaven which fall,
But the tenderness of loving
10 the blessedness of all.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21

A young lady in Boston had gathered
Sunday-school class from among the news
boys of the city. One Sunday she was
striving to impress upon their minds some
good advice in regard to the future, when it
occurred to her that the word was, perhaps,
little beyond the comprehension Of the
class. Putting the question to the boys,
ado you know what the future means ?"
There was a dead silence for moment,
which was broken by bright little fellow,
who quietly suggested that it might mean
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21

The Persian kings took state upon them,
and enacted that none should come near to
them uncalled, on pain of death. But oh,
sirs, the gates of heaven are always open
You have liberty night and day of present
ing your petition, in the name of Christ to
the King of the whole earth. Oh, how
greatly are we privileged that we may thus
speak to the King of kings himself, and bs
welcome 2--Raiph Erskiae.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-21
Thf GONE Gnrle.



"what enemy hath done this thing u" cried.
Z" oh treachery that plotted while slept2
Oh foe that stole while I, connding, kept
No watch my fairest, dearest field beside
My noble field 30 sunny and 40 wide.
Only at midnight could foe have crept
To work this harm"
Alas In vain wept
Too late the poison tares to pluck or hide.
My loss Is ossi such hurt cannot be healed;
Forever. spite Of all new seed SOW,
Past summers sun and winters purest snow,
Forever poison tares my beauteous field,
Its shining harvests waving to and fro
Forever poison tares is doomed TO yield
And I, with swift clears iehtedness from pain,
Like one long blind, who. sudden gaining sight,
Cries out In suffering at the light,
Look back and know, with anguish keen ns vain,
No foe who had in treacherous ambush lain.
And stealthy sowed his poison tares by night,
Did work upon my beauteous field this blight.
Humble walk beside the loaded vain;
MY head bowed down by shame, and dumb my tongue
Fate gives each man the gifts he has bestowed,
And metes exact all measures which owed
The seed from which these poison tares have sprung
one idle day my own hand careless flung
l only reap the harvest that sowed. -IndependeRt
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-07-23
STILL ANOTHER COMET,

Prof. Swift, Director of the War
ner Observatory, Rochester, n. Y,
has just verified the discovery Of an
other comet, in the Constellation of
Auriga, made July 14th, by Prof. j.
ii. Schaeberle, Of Ann Arbor, Mich.
The new comet is apparently coming
directly toward the earth, and, for a
telescope comet, is very bright; in
deed, it can readily be seen with a
good opera glass. 1t is quite re-
markable that it should be in just
the spot where the present large
comet was first seen by the naked
eye in this latitude, and it shows
that the two bodies must have cross
ed each others paths. This makes
the fourth comet discovered within
ten weeks, circumstance hereto
fore unknown in history. Prof.
Schaeberle has duly filed his appli-
cation for the Warner prize of $500,
and as yea he is the only claimant.