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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25
1 Remarkable Case Of Forgetfaluess.

The Newburyport. Mass, Herald re-.
lates the following: IAN Oldtown
farmer the other day sent his man to
tho meadows for . load of hay. In
due time the farmer was surprised to
see his help come into the yard, gravely
driving tsi e. team Of f. oxen pulling behind
natures name is your load of hay?'
called out the astonished farmer. The
man looked behind, recovered from q
deep fit of abstraction and appeared
dumbfounded. 1t was utterly inexpli-
cable to him. Finally, looking down the
road about a half mile, there was the
hay where it had halted when the tongue
pulled out. We should call this re-
markable case of Observation-Disclosures,
and the man wasn't deaf, neither"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

-Mobammed.el- Sadoke, the present
Bey of Tunis, lives in palace whch is
. marvel OF Moorish architecture. he
exterior walls are Of dazzling wilderness
and reflect the suns rays like mirror,
the upper part OF the building being a
mass Of embattled towers, green aud
yellow curolas, and vanished roofs.
The central gate gives entry to the Es-
ca'ier des Lions, whence the visitor
passes into the vestibu!e with its COW
cred walls. arabesqued ceilings, and
ralnbow-col0r.d columns. In the cen
ter is an inner court. in the midst of
which plays fountain casting an agree
abe and cooling spray over the sur
rounding apartments. Round this court
lie the bey's private rooms.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25
SCIENCE AND INDUsrpv

DIR. Herr, foreign electr;c;.,
shown that it ispossi6le to telepb ~%, !!
hundred miles. p0as q
M. Alder has Just been .,,-,
5000 francs by the Paris Acads~as0as
Sciences for his advances in nhuyya
telegraphy, as also telephony. ''usa'
Vines are said to extract ,,.-,
from the soil only about three .fon!st tSas!
the quantity of potash and phosn In'@
acid that the cereals take up. pu'F's
Paris has oxygen gas WORKS o.
bic Of supplying about 1000 cuhis "a.
of oxygen daily. Nothing is Know. eel
to the method Of producing the ON. ~ ~
the establishment is still in it, s srn.s ~
mental stage; but if the oxygen il o ~ I'll
purity claimed, and can be sold At =, , W. .ue
sonable price, the enterprise bids fair w. ~
succeed. s t"A %
M. Lefranc has called attention :.
the Journal de Pharmacie to wo o ~
mattresses as a possibly fertile n;dus ' ,ea
disease. In a large city such mattres w.
may represent millions of fleeces I w..
have been only partly cleared Of ore .n''
and have, moreover, been affected +,
long use through successive generation:'
They are rarely efficiently purified. snS
might become an active medium for I ~.
propagation of infection.
"A suggestion to employ artisc;,,
lights for the capture and destruction -
noxious insects has found consderahHIss
favor. A medal was awarded At 1 ths
last exhibition of agriculture and ~
sociology in Paris for lamp especi.Iv
adapted for catching insects. The eIa:'
trio light has been found to be ver,
effective insect-trap, and its eyenm:i
coming into use for this purpose in b,o.
infected gardens and orchards NAV !.
regarded as among the things thst A., ,s
possible.
M. Aluntz's experiments (the iodo.
form reaction) show that alcohol il n
be found in all kinds of water, exceM
very pure spring water. Rain and river e
water contain about one gram per cuhs
meter; snow and cold rain a little mon
1t also exists in the earth, even poor
soil, in the quantity of 100 to 200 gram,
giving the iodoform reaction. tn
diffusion of the substance in nature !,
accounted for on the theory of the de
struction of organic matter by variou,
agents Of fermentation.
"A thermometric bureau has been
established in connection with the Win.
chester Observatory of Yale College
for the more accurate graduation an
verification of thermometers. The ther.
mometers in common use are, as a rule,
not graduated with any approach "a
scientific accuracy, and the best Of them,
however exact they may be when new,
increase their readings rapidly within /
few months, so as to become as much
as % in error in the course Of . year.
This is a matter of particular importance
with clinical Thermometers, Of which
several thousand are bought every yeas;
and to instruments of this class specia1
attention is paid. ..,,,.,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25
Tom Marshall's Oratory,

"Tom Marshall, Richard Menifee and
Frank Hunt were all brilliant men,"
continued Gov. Magoffin, as the CONVEX.
sation drifted in that direction. "Hunt
came nearer being the equal of Clay
than any man l ever knew. He was q
wonderful man. Marshall had a wider
reputation, perhaps. He was won
derful compound. They talk about my
astonishing bursts Of eloquence, he said
to me one day, .and doubtless imagine
that it is my genius bubbling over. 1t
IS nothing Of the sort. Ill tell you how
l do it. I select subject and study it
from the ground up. When I have mas
tered it fully l write speech omit. Then
I take q walk and come back and revise
and correct. In few days subject it
to another pruning and then recopy it.
Next l add the finishing touches, round
it off with graceful periods and commit
it to memory. Then | speak it in the
fields, in my fathers lawn, and before
NV mirror, until gestures and delivery
are perfect. 1t sometimes takes me six
weeks or two months to get up q specch.
When I have one prepared, 60 to
drinking. l generally select a court
day, when there is sure to be a crowd.
I am called on to make speech and am
permitted to select my own subject. !
seize hold of the bannister or railing and
confirm the impression that l am very
dr,,nL ond anoak mt niece II aston.
;shes the people, as intended it should,
and they go away marveling at my
amazing power of oratory. They call it
genius, and it represents the hardest
kind Of work. This was the way Mar
shall would talk to his intimates, and I
have no doubt he was telling the truth.
Yet, with all his vanity and his faults,
he was man of unquest;oned ability
and intellectual power Of the highest
and brightest standard. "-kenttcky Let"
ter in Chicago Times.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

The detective camera is new pho
tographic feat. 1t enables photographs
to be taken in the street, or anywhere
else. without the person or persons pho
tographed being aware of the fact, and
is calculated to inspire lively terror
among that class of celebrities who
object to having their portraits taken.
Externally it's made to look like book
or small box. Several excellent street
scenes have been secured by this device.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

Strict orders have been given by
the Ru. sian Minister of Finance pro.
hibiting the entry into the Empire Of
nitrrgiy celine, which il declared .
Government monopoly. This corneriny
Of the market will only sharpen the wits
Of the Nihilists.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

though he had swun, and dived, and
sought for hours, risking his lie twenty
times. "God knows where she wentP'
he cried, sobbing.
And doubtless God did know.
At present there is no more Needle
Rock of Polloot. Lady Blanche had it
blasted, and a fine lighthouse has been
erected where it stood, to warn vessels
of the other dangerous rocks in the VI
cinity. It is called "The Margaret
Lighthouse" and Mark Brathwaite is
the keeper.-London Truth.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

the Theater Francois, richly furnished
and supplied with some fifty telephones
each. where the auditor, calmly seated
in his armchair, may listen to the sono-
rous recitative of NJ. Villaret, or the
bright dialogue Of Croizette and Co.
quelin. In adjoining rooms the visitor
may talk through the Herr telephone
with distant cities like Lyons. Orleans.
Dion, or . dozen others.
Next will come q series of eight
rooms, literal copies Of . Partisan apart
ment Of the present day, where every
thing viii be, so to speak, run by cleo
tricity. The kitchen will be lighted by
electric lamps; the range heated by
electric currents passing through water;
q half dozen electric cooks, by means of
incandescent platinum wires, will turn
out electric waffles," and electrically
heated metallic plates will serve for
braziers and chatting dishes. The din
ing room will be fitted out with all the
wondrous new apparatus which already
threatens our peaceful firesides with its
novel blending of science and comfort.
The central sunlight, in place Of chan
delier, can be lighted by the pressure
of button or the opening Of . door.
The dishes will be brought up on an
electric dumb waiter; doctors, errand
boys, firemen and servants can be sum-
moned by the familiar New York sys.
tenn of dials and calls. The only thing
left to do would seem to be to eat by
electricity, and, in view of the wonders
accomplished, even that seems not 30
very improbable.
The third room--the parlor- be
furnished with electric chandeliers,
mantel clocks going by electricity and
adorned with electrical groups and fig
ures. telephone speaking tubes, and
electric fireplaces. In the billiard room
adjoining, an electrical billiard table
will enable the player, If not to make
his carroms, at least to mark them BY
an electrical indicator. It would be .
pleasant fancy to add to these rooms an
electric chair for the extinction of the
persistent bore. You take the idea!
Your bore is comfortably seated, smok.
ing and talking you to death. A light
touch on knob-crack! your bore is
wrung with internal commissions and set
upright on his legs. Ez1 er ,,ecesx;tate.
Seriously, however, the parlor will have
an electric piano to be played by "some
other fellow" at q distance and having
= Carpenter n,elog, Gphc to make cleo.
trio record of appropriations.
The bedroom. besides all sorts Of
electric calls, will have on the toile,
table q set Of electric brushes. You
turn commutator, offer your head ia
the gentle caresses Of the brushes and
your hair is brushed If you have any.
The series of rooms closes with q family
theatre; stage. auditorium, flats and all,
lighted by the Werdermann electric
lamp, which allows the footlights to be
instantaneous raised or lowered, filling
tho room with q blaze Of illumination Of
leaving it in total darkness at will. In
THE pleasant room noted Pari3ian must.
cal artists will be invited to give CON
certs, 70 moro completely electrify the
audience.
Finally : room will b. devoted "a
electric views, projections and TOYS,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

their taste-once year or Whereabouts,
and the booty was often miserably small.
But there had been years within the
memory of some of the inhabitants,
who were not yet old, when dozen
vessels Of all sizes had foundered in a
ingle winter, and when the luck of the
wreckers had been large. It was in
winter of this kind that old Peter PEN
oorrow had made his fortune. He was
young then, and it was said that he had
licked up package of diamonds from
he Brazil a. his share of the spoils.
Anyhow, be disappeared from Polloot
and went to live in London, like . gen
tlsman, ~ some supposed; though 9th
a. affirmed that be ran through his
money pretty fast, and went through :
multitude Of queer adventures afterward.
twenty-five years after his departure he
returned to the village with . boy Of Dix.
tam and . girl one year younger; and
soon afterward he was appointed custo.
dian Of the lifsboat Lady Blanche, which
lad been presented to Polloot by the
rich and good Cornish Earl, and chris.
tened after his favorite daughter.
Peter Pencorrow WAS not liked at Pol
bot. It was said that he had "blown
IL gah." He was accused Of having,
while steward on board an ocean steam
q, told . number Of ugly stories to the
Earl and Lady Blanche, who were re.
turning home from tour in America;
hsomnch that my lord and his daughter
hid made avow to dedicate lifeboat ct
once to the salvation Of human life.
There was some talk Of blasting the
Needle Rock, and erecting lighthouse
q that dangerous part Of tho coast.
1nGinsers had come to take soundings,
ard their operations had BEEN watched
NTH sullen wrath. Harold Trecorpe,
- biggest, most scowling, fisherman In
~ village - fellow whose face looked
uurder, and whose mouth never opened
without . cursehad sworn that il he
hanged for It PencorroW should never
Hive 70 80 . hfs saved BY his boat nor .
ysGDel warned Of danger by the beacon
els lighthouse. Before long, however,
Fster fsncorrow osased to be 70 much
hated. He was . worthless scamp, a.
uays drunk, and bis chosen companion
came 10 be Harold Treoorpe, who had
. smsS snl H =. u w. D .rn
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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

Always there is black spot in our
sunshine; it IS the shadow of Ourselves.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

et0lgn, SuO tnlSs wv AoIP0~ VIC AouS0'
Margaret had = wild, logged sort Of
attractiveness in her appearance. She
never wore shoes or stockings, and her
black hair fell down her back in one
thickly plated tress. A red handker-
chief formed her head covering and was
tied under her chin; her rough, brown
arms were always bare to the elbow.
Harold Trecorpe had cast his eyes upon
her from the time when she was seven.
teen, but she hated him. The first time
hetried some rough piece of gallantry on
her she caught up the stump of broken
oar to protect herself and merely glared
at him, without saying word. On an.
other occasion, when he came behind
her unawares and took her by the chin,
she lifted q heavy fishing net, all bronzed
with age and salt, and dashed it ip his
face with such violence that he was
knocked down on the single.
"Curse yo', wench!" he swore, as he
picked himself up. "Yo' wouldn't have
done that to Mark Brathwaite; but let
him look to hisself if he crosses me-"
"H yo' lay a finger or Mark Brath-
waite yo'll have to look to yosself," an
swered Margaret, contemptuously; and
Harold contented himself with scowling
at her from that time.
Mark Brathwaite was Margaret's Sec
ond lover-a fair-haired boy, about her
own age, whom she had saved from
drowning'one windy day, when he had
been dashed out of his fishing boat by q
flap of . loosened sail, which had hit
him on the head and stunned him. Mar
garet had swan a couple of furlongs in
| 3 tumbling sea to effect the rescue, and
Mark Brathwaite had loved her from
the moment when he opened his eyes
and found her bending over him and
breathing life into his body vigorously
from her own lungs. Margaret, how
ever, treated him like younger BROTH
er. He was the only human being who
could draw smile from her, but he was
not the man to teach her what love was,
though he tried hard and made himself
pretty wretched in the attempt.
Sometimes Peter PencorroW's daugh-
ter, sitting outside her fathers house on
fine afternoons to make nets, would drop
her hands into her lap and look out with
. dull, wistful expression over the sea,
so broad, blue and mysterious. Her
finely shaped head might have been a
storehouse of knowledge and great
thoughts, but it was empty. She could
neither read nor write; she knew moth
ing of the world except in its most sordid
aspects Of dire poverty, drunkenness and
brutality. She had never set foot in a
church, and had no idea of q God save
that she had heard and believed that
there was something above those skies
which were now so golden with sunlight,
now so black with thunder. Occasion.
ally such natural impulses of good as
were in the girls heart would well up in
short scraps Of advice which she gave to
Mark Brathwaite: ':Mark, yo'l not
get drunk like father. There's no good
In drink" or, ''Mark, if I were . mon,
I'd learn summit and become . schol.
ard"
This is what Margaret Pencorrow was
at eighteen, and on the night alluded to
in the first line of this story, when hel
worthless father stood, drunk as usual,
on his watch, and unheedful Of the
storm that was gathering.
l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

The Hour, weekly paper published
in New York, makes the positive an.
nouncement that the Hon. SAML. J.
TILDEN is in the field as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Presi.
dent in 1884. The Hour says that with
the shrewdness and foresight for which
he is remarkable, he has carefully sur
yeyed the field and has reached the
conclusion that the time has come for
the redress OF the great wrong which he
believes was done to himself, to his
party and to the country by the reversal
OF the popular verdict and the Inaugural.
ton OF fraudulent President" in 1876
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

The attempt 10 make out Mai.
DANIEL, the Democratic candidate for
Governor OF Virginia, an enemy of the
public schools, AMI to attribute to him a
wish to "burn the school-houses," APP
pears to be bit OF pure demagory on
the part OF the Readjusters. The facts
are, that during the debate in the Legis.
lature, in 1878, on Mr.. MAssRY's bill
providing that the school taxes
should be paid exclusively in
money-in direct violation of the
States pledge and contract to receive
interest coupons on her bonds in pay
ment Of all tsxes-Maj. DANIEL strenu-
Ously opposed this act of bad faith. And
in the course OF a forcible speech he
said he would rather see a bonfire
made ofeyery free school in the State,
and q bonfire then made of his own
home, than to have this bill and those
that are to follow it pass" This is moth
ing more than an extrsyagant statement
OF an honest mans adherence of an act
OF bad faith By the State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

ALABAMA is to have extensive iron
works, if the expectations OF company
lust organized shall be fulfilled. The
company is to have a capital stock oil
5000 600, and its intention is to WORK
extensive coal and iron mines in the
vicinity OF Birmingham, in that State,
winch are claimed 10 be the richest In
Ibis rOnnirX.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

TUE Agricultural Department predicts
2 shortage in the yielG OF wheat OF l25,-
GO COO bushels compared with last year
Our expectation last year nearly reach
ed zoo, COO, 600 bushels. But the crops
OF Europe are larger than for several
wears, and prices are not likely to go up
In fact present prices discount the fall
inc of in the crop.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

IT is announced in a dispatch from
Washington that ex-senator BRUCE will
give his services next month to the Re-
publican Committee OF Ohio, and that
his influence among the colored citi.
zens is great" 1t would have been
just as we'll if the latter sentence had
been left Ou'. Events have shown that
Influence" is an unknown quantity in
politics.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

REPoRrs of excessive hot weather, OPP
pressible drought and suffering crops
reich US from various parts OF the
Northwest. Rain is greatly needed
throughout the Mississippi, Missouri
and Ohio valleys.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

THE celebrated case Of the Rev. Dr.
TaoNAs, OF Chicago, for alleged heresy
is about to come to trial, and lively
scramble will be the result. The
charges have been formulated and the
case will be tried in September. He IS
charged, in brief, with denying the doc
trine OF inspiration, the atonement and
future punishment, as held by the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

Go TO your druggist for Mrs. Free
mans New National Dyes. For bright.
ness and durability of color, are unex.
eeiled. Color from 2 TO pounds. Oh.
rections in English and German. Price
Is cents
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

ONEIDA county, the home and stamp
ing ground OF ex-senator CoSKLiNa' the
Democrats expect to carry in November
by about 800 majority.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

IT will cost nothing more to make
some repairs with brick blocks than with
eebble stones. Why not have the ex-
periment9 Let the First Branch an
sa-pr
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

THE Second Branch OF Council did it.
self proud by unanimous vote IN favor
OF a test of brick block paving.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

TIE Republican party boasts oil nav
ing saved the nations credit. Why
should it try to ruin Virginia's?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

THESE is pretty general opinion that
the Republican party in Virginia has
dropped out OF the politics of that State
1t has gone glimmering.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

VRSSoK's frost is due this week. Get
out your listers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

THE people who are paying heavy
taxes for bad streets are curious to know
upon what ground the First Branch OF
..o.I ~ Imakc an inexpensive test OF brick
blocks for paving. The columns OF the
REGISTER are open, gentlemen, for any
argument yOu can make against a
measure which the practical members
OF the Second Branch unanimously en-.
Gorsed. Let US have better and cheaper
streets or a reason Tor not having them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-15

MIS- HAYES will hardly help CHARLEY
FOSTER out OF his temperance muddle.
The slogan cry that she suggests to run
the temperance question out OF the CAM
paign is alliterative, but nothing more.
GARFIELD or GUITEAU" sounds well.
but it doesn't happen that there is any
political division between the friends of
GARFIELD and GUIrgAU outside of the
Republican party. II there was,
FoSrER might whoop things up by rang
ing himself enthusiastically on GAR
FIELDS side. As things 60, however,
the only way to put the stamp OF popu.
lar condemnation on GUIrRAU's crime is
TO vote down the candidate of the party
OF which GUTEAu is the legitimate pro-
duct No sane person can question for
a moment that the Republican party
and its practices made the assassin
GUrEAU a possibility, and CHARLEY
FOSTER cannot escape his share of per-
sonal responsibility for the crime.