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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
A False King OF a Phantom Island.

Sad accounts are given by the French
papers of an emigration scheme organ.
lied by the Marquis de Rays, who seems
to have deluded some two or three hum
dred families into embarking for the is
land of "New France, in Oceania. The
Marquis assumed the title of King of the
island, described his scheme as a royal-
ist and religious enterprise, and asked
for the Pope's bid pon it. That
blessing was give Iwo years ago
ship, the Chandler j, was chartered
to carry out the first load of emigrants,
who had previously handed over to the
Marquis considerable sums for the pur-
chase of land and houses in bis kingdom.
On the faith Of prospectuses, these peo-
pie went out hoping to find a fruitful
island and q prosperous colony, having
capital called Port Breton; but the
Chandernagor never reached the island
at all. After cruising about the Austria
Ian seas for some time, the Captain de-
clared that he could not find New
France, and landed his passengers at
another island, which was desert, and
where they lived for several months on
roots. At last a raft was constructed.
and some of the emigrants, embarkine
upon it, were eventually picked up by an
English ship and carried to Australia.
Only five of these found means of re.
turning to France. Meanwhile another
emigrant ship had started for "Port
Breton" and has not since been heard
Of. The survivors of the first expedi-
lion have lodged complaint against
The Marquis de Rays, in which they &C.
cuse him Of having obtained money
from them by false pretences. The Mar
4uis, who has retired to Barcelona, re-
fuses to come back to Paris to meet this
charge, to which the French Govern.
ment has affixed an additional count of
sunlawfully usurping q royal title."-
Pail Nall Gazette.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
The Local PAPER.

The columns of a paper are the pub
lisher's stock in trade, and the parties
who ask US to use them for their special
benefit must expect to pay for the same,
and we hope that all parties will, after
due consideration, view the matter in
the proper light. Every philosophical
citizeq of q place should have pride in
seeing his own town and the surround
ing country improve. Every new house
or barn in the surrounding country;
every new fence, road, or shade tree;
every new manufacturing establishment
erected; every new business opened,
enhances the value of property in our
midst. Every honest, rejecting mind
knows this to be true, and you should
not forget that the local newspaper adds
much to the general wealth and pros.
perity of the place, as well as increases
the reputation of the town abroad. It
benefits all who have business in the
place, enhances the value of property,
besides being public convenience, even
II not conducted in the interest of the
ruling political power. If its columns
are not filled with brilliant editorials,
still it benefits you in many ways. 1t
increases trade, it cautions against i'm.
position, it saves you loss, it warns you
of danger, it points out different advan-
tages and increases your profits. Now,
if you want such paper you must sup
port it by advertising your business in
it; assist in increasing its circulation by
getting your neig hbors to subscribe with
you for it. If you want such paper
you must not consider it an act of
charity to support it, but as a means to
increase your own wealth as we'll as
that of the place in which you live.
The local press is the power that moves
the peoples therefore, support it by
advertising and subscribing and paying
for it.-Erchunqe.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
Thieves Roll.Call.

There is q custom in vogue at thu
Four Courts known as running the
gantlet," which thieves, burglars, and
people of that ilk, are very anxious tc
escape. The gauntlet was formed in
the drill room in the basement of the
Four Courts last evening, by opening
the ranks of the night platoon of police
so as to form two lines of about forty
each, facing inwards. Sergeant Schmidt.
gems stood at the head of this line, and
called out in stentorian tones: "Atten-
ton, men! Here goes Tom Casey,
eneak.thief, burglar and house-breaker.
Look at him!"
Casey was thereupon compelled to
walk slowly twice up and down the line,
to be inspected by all the officers, and
chiefly by the detectives, in the rear of
the officers.
"John Kelly, sneak-thief and burg
lar" called the Sergeant, and Kelly was
compelled to run the gantlet.
"John Henry" sung out the Ser
geant, and a big negro, said to be the
tallest man in St. Louis, came skulking
along, and he, too, ran the gauntlet.
Then came two other men, George
Lewis, alias Chicken Jumper, and
Charles Jones.
Now for their pedigree as read out by
Sergeant Schmidtgens: "These three
men are sneak-thievcs, burglars and
garroters. The way they play their
game is for Henry to walk behind an
unsuspecting citizen, throw his right
arm around the citizens neck so as to
choke him, and place his right arm on
the citizens mouth so as to keep him
from crying out. While the citizen is in
this position Lewis holds his feet and
Jones cones through his clothes, taking
all he has portable except his pants and
shirt.
The particular crime for which these
men are held is the garroting of an old
man named Ephraim Hale about ten p.
m. on the 18th inst, and garroting and
assailing Mr.. Kicks, of Wash and Sixth
streets, on the 5th inst, and the CARROT
ing of VIM. Rooney at the corner of
Tenth and Morgan streets, on the 18th
inst.
Then came well-dressed, dapper lit.
tie man, who looked like popular dry
goods clerk off on his vacation. He was
dressed in the pink of fashion, his red
hair curled and finger nails neatly trim
med. and little red mustache neatly
twirled: "Bartley Kelly" called the
and the dapper-like little gen.
tleman tied white handkerchief around
his neck, drew his scalp down almost to
his eyebrows, so as to give his face an
entirely different aspect from its normal
and walked scowling
through the gauntlet.
"Sneak- thief, wire, safe.blower, bur.
yiar, and confidence man," shouted the
Sergeant. "Look at him; he is the
smallest, but the most dangerous of the
gang"
Sergeant Schmidtgens did not say so,
9ut BARLEY Kelly is wanted for roping
William Means, a rich cattle dealer
rom Paris, ILL.,, into house, drugging
him and stealing all his money, watch
md chain.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
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Possibilities of Cast. Iron.

There is a class of cast-iron work that
formerly was imported more extensively
than now, which gave us minute articles
OF use, and even ornamental appen-
dages to dress, so light in weight and so
apparently fragile in form as to suggest
fine hand labor. It was supposed, saws
the Metal Worker, that we had no ma
terial or means to reproduce SUCH d.
minutive and fragile articles from cast
iron. But recent improvement, both in
material and manipulation, prove that
we can almost equal the delicacy of
what is known as the =" Berlin iron.''
Fine charcoal iron possesses wonder
full properties of auidity when in a mott
en- state; it finds its way into the small.
est interstices of the mold, and comes
out cooled, q definite reproduction of
the imprint of the pattern. So exact
is this reproduction that bare lines, to
be represented only by very fine wire,
come from the mold perfect in form
and quite tenacious in texture. Articles
of cast.iron, cast in q mold Of sand.
which require fifty or hundred to bal
ance q quarter-pound weight, are as
readily produced here as articles weigh
ing pounds. It may be doubted if anv
metal e1pable Of producing more d.
minut I'M iron. AS in
; isssl E .. 81 :. sas,s tss
delicate SID suolis3 i belt.6uckl tss.
the shawl-clasps and ornamental hair.
pins, called steel, which bear q burn
ished surface rivaling that of;silver. He
will find they are Of cast.iron, verv
brittle, and showing bright iron frac.
ture. Quantities of these articles are
made in England: They are said to be
cast in sand molds, the same as masses
Of iron are cast, and that come out as
perfect as the heavier castings. In
short, the possibilities of cast-iron range
IRON the utmost capacity Of adjoining
cupolas. capable Of melting thirty tons,
to the hand ladle that, with ten pounds
Of meta, pours for 1000 different arti.
cles.
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Romance Of . Letter.

Five years ago a maiden fair of q
little town not farfrom Macon anxieuslv
awaited an important letter from her
lover, who was absent. The letter failed
to reach her, and after season Of des-
pondency she married another suitor.
Time rolled On and brought liz kappi-
ness and two bright lite children.
The other day permission Vas granted
By Capt. John Frey, Special Agent Of
the postal service, to tear away some
boards Of . letter case in the Macon
Post Office, behind which was supposed
TO be lodged several letters. Wien the
boards were ripped off . letter was
found, post-marked five yearS ago,
addressed to the maiden fair WHO lad
waited In vain for her lovers tender
missive. Itwas forwarded to her, and.
no doubt, . retrospective look brought
to mind that well-used but very trite
conplet Of Writers:
= OF al sad words OF tongue or pen.
The saddest OF thAse. = otc.
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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
An Ice Gorge in New jersey,

Within an hours drive from Newton
may be witnessed one of the strangest
sights in this country-a perpetual ice
gorge. This gorge exists at the foot of
Blue Mountains, back of Swartswood
Lake and Vaudeville. and is but few
miles west of Newton. The gorge is
several hundreds yards in extent, from
ten to thirty feet deep, with numerous
caves and clefts in the rock where the
ice lies. The main gorge is located
but short distance from the mountain
and the shade at that spot is very
dense, the sun apparently never pene-
trating it. The entire bottom of the
gorge is covered with thick clear ice,
and the crevices and caves. are filled
with it. That it is a natural ice.house
there can be no doubt; hundreds Of
tons might be taken out without appre.
ciably decreasing the quantity. Mach
OF this great mass has doubtless lain
there tor years, the ice gradually melt
ing on top and being added to each
year. The thermometer, which, during
the recent drought and "hot SPELL"
registered l03 degrees in Newton,
marked just 80 degrees at the same
time at the bottom Of the gorge-too
cold for person to remain there anv
length of time. A few feet from one
end Of the gorge a spring of the most
delicious, sparkling water bubbles I'm
through the ice. 1t tastes s:,;,:htly Of
iron, and is very satisfying to the thirst.
This water stands at 81 degrees-about
as cold as one could comfortably drink
it.
Samuel Thompson, who owns the
farm on which this natural curiosity has
been found, said when asked about the
gorge by q reporter: "Why. YES.
pose it is rather remarkable. though
We never set no store !,!, by it 'cept when
we wanted ice. The neighbops all goes
there when they wants ice, and 'tain't
necessary for t build any ice houses
round here. Early in TIL spring tn
gorge IS filled clean to the TOP: with
clear ice, but long in the summer il
gets melted down, but then they's
alters tons and tons O ice thar an thew
hez been since l kin remember. Ye
zee, tn water runs down often TIL
mountain inter that boiler during TIL
all, and as they amt much outlet i
est stays thar an freezes. / s'pose
'ome o th' ice in that thar cave has
'een thar forever. The water in the
prlng, though, is mighty good tast;n,
md my wife sets great store by it.
cause she says it's powerful good fer
hcumatiz. We hev knowed bout t..
'orge fer years, but ez | reckoned thew
vas plenty jest like it round the coun.
~ l meyer said much about TIL Oh
hing. Yes, they hez been good manv
eople round here t. see tn spring th;s
ummer, but mostly city chaps that was
oardin' over t Newton, an come ont
sst t see tn sight, Mr.. THOMPSON
as been offered large sums of money
y enterprising capitalists for the
orge, but declines to. sell. "A he ia
and thinks: the property is
'orth just as mpcht9 him as It would
3 to some one else. PHILADELPHIA
tnaes.. '''>'
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
Our Young Folks.
TOMS WISH.

- wish could always, always play,
Every minute Of every day.
Just as long as ever shall liver
Cried little Tom Temple one day. nd give
My dollar bill AMI my old dOk Turk,
II never again should have to work."
Mo, no! ha, ha!" laughed Toms grandpapa,
Give me the dog and your dollar bill.
And pledge you my word you may have
your will
No more work, but just play, play. play,
Every minute of every day" !.
~ guess, mamma said our Tom that niQut
" That just all play isn't-well, not quite
SOvery nice ~ thought 'twOuld be,
se-because-well, don't you see,
You work, and ought to help some. too.
Because-tO show how much love yOu!'
-(Olr Little OncS.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22

"A South Carolina paper says that
the wife of Representative Tilman, Of
that State, Notwithstanding the cares Of
q numerous family, mounts her horse
daily and personally superintends cverv
detail OF her husbands planting interest,
and is considered one of the most snc.
cessful managers of q farm in Edeefieid
County. Owing to the Congressional
duties and business relations of Col.
Tillman, he has turned the plantation
over to her.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22

"A lead pencil over five inches long
was taken from the groin of Isaac Bull.
OF Louisville, Kentucky, the other dav.
he had swallowed it two years before
and had felt but little Inconvenience
from it until it produced q swelling in
the groin, from which it was removed
BY surgeon. The lead had all disap-
peared and nothing was left but tie
wood. Physicians pronounce it q very
remarkable case.
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knOWn-Will be called nn0n To nav fnP

known-will be called upon to pay foF
the Sunday amusement of their off,
spring. Boys powers for mischief are
something absolutely appalling, and the
world can scarcely be too thankful that
q wise Providence has not implanted
within them that cooperative instinct for
mischief which has been bestowed upon
insects, squirrels, rabbits and English
sparrOws.-Detr0it Free Press.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22

Sweet Potato Pie. ITO one pound
q potatoes, baked and rubbed through
Z lye, add 8 half pound 81 butter,
thru rters Of : pound Of sugar, ons
pint Q Mlk and six eggs; flavor with
nufme9 Of cinnamon and beat the whole
togethef Droughly. Bake with one
crust. T6tYin make three pies.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
The Study Of Botany.

The study Of botany is not a general
pursuit. There are many who could
not tell an akene from silicle to save
their lives, but only ask them if they
ever saw 6eggar's tick, and they will
glow with that true enthusiasm born of
unsuccessful scientific research, for there
is at least one page of botany with
which every one is famiiar-the family
Of the burrs, the, cookies, and the tick
seed. You are always running against
them in your rambles. They are the
Migrants and the vagabonds Of the veg
etable world, the vegetable tramps Of
the highways.
SoLe Of them, like the armed burr
marigolds, are bold and daring, and lab
you with their spears in true highway
man fashion; others, as the agrimony
and enchanter's nightshade, are sly and
cautious, hiding in inconspicuous places,
and eluding your detection until discov.
cred against the background of your
garments. But they are all our very
constant companions in the country.
An interesting chapter might be writ
ten, and afford ample opportunity for
decoration, on the theme Of '.Nature as
a Sower." We have here seen q class
of plants whose only means of dissent.
nation is through the medium of alien
transportation, of which design their
conformation gives perfect evidence.
Others shake their seeds upon the run.
ming streams, or hurl them in the cur.
rent with jerk, to be washed along and
lodged upon the shingly sand.bars. The
germs OF many Of our fruits and berries
look to the birds for their future oppor.
tunides Of growth, while nuts find an
abundant means Of distribution in the
Joint propsnsitiss o1 boys and squirrels.
Others, Ike the sAmaras of the tulip
Nee and elm, are launched from the
tree-tops, and Autter with q will to the
furthest limit OF their strength; while
many more, ethereal and spirit.like, as
In the thistle and the fire.weed, are pro.
vided with wings as light as air; they
are at home upon the breeze, and the
whole earth Is their kingdom.
& TO tn latter class belongs that en-
bodiment Of grace, our roadside clemat.
isthe queen Of all our native climbers,
trailing over walls and fences, throwing |
lts embroidered canopy over the On.
nightly stubble, covering. the ungainly |
brsnch with waving sprays Of borrowed |
vssdute and swinging is dropping |
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The Power of the Press,

One OF the old-time editors of Mich
gan was boasting the other day that h
had never been sued for libel, or at
tackled in his sactum, but he could re
call many narrow escapes. .Twenty-fiv
years ago he was running red-hot pa
per on the line of the Michigan Contra
Railroad. A man named Carson, VIII,
was running for some county Office, wa
given bad racket, and the editor re
ceived note that if he had anything
more to say he might expect to receive
a good pounding. He had a still more
bitter attack the next week, and the pa
per was hardly mailed before in walked
Carson, the candidate, accompanied BY
a brother and two cousins. The foul
were strapping big fellows, and each
was armed with a horsewhip. The two
compositors and the "devil'' got out
with all possible speed, leaving the edi-
tor without support. He realized the
situation at once, and began:
"Walk in, gentlemen; Ipresume you
have come to horsewhip me?"
eve have" they answered.
every well. Have you thoroughly
considered this matter?''
+, "1t doesn't need any consideration. ~
replied Carson. "You have lied about
me- me- and m I'm I'm g1ing to lick you within
"Just so, my friend, but first hear
what l have to say. Did you ever hear
OF the press being stopped because the
editor was horseWhipped?"
~ dunno"
swell, you never did. Lick me all
you choose and my paper comes out
week after week just the same. The
power of the press is next to the lever
which moves the universe. 1t makes or
breaks parties, builds up or tears down,
plants or destroys. Aggravate the ed.
ltor and the press becomes a sword to
wound or kill. Wollop me if you will,
but next week III come out more bitter
than ever"
There was an embarrassing silence
right here, and the face of each horse.
Whlpper had an anxious look.
lit will 60 out to the world-to
America, Canada, England, France
aye! clear to Jerusalem, that the Car.
son family of this county live on roots
and Johnny.cake; that they stole q dog
from !, blind man; that they murdered
q peddler tor pair OF two-shilling sus-
penders; that the women are club-footed
and the men work their ears when thew
sing; that the -"
"What is the regular subscription
price to the Herald?" interrupted Car.
son.
"0nly twelve shillings a year"
"Put us four down.
!: Very wel-six dollars-that's cor.
rect. Run in and see me-all of YOU.
and it any Of you want to see any Of my
Detroit exchanges I shall be only too
glad to serve you. ''-Detroit Free Press.
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and q n "a /. T.! = 4 IS :
n NJ. - ):
after. y n
|" Well, at pll
dozen new dfes1 7,
papa to give her : q
Wm clear Oh al demanfls.
Janet! I believe / must -
look pretty for dinner; for, +
e that check to smile for; al I
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
Boys Powers for Mischief.

Although the records are silent on tn,
subject, there can be little doubt tina
the Vandals who desolated Rome, de-
stroying its proud and elegant monu
ments, prostrating its temples, its statue.
and its amphitheaters, were not The
huge, tawny-bearded, hah-sayage men
they are usually represented. Thei,
ranks were undoubtedly composed Of
boys from eight to eighteen years Of
age. None but boys could have been SC
ruthless; none but boys so reckless and
wanton in their destruction, wrought
such thorough ruin, and rejoiced in the
desolation they made. No one acquaint.
ed with the habits and doings of BOYS as
individuals or in small groups can think
without shudder of the mischief thew
might do were they ever to take it into
their heads to unite. The rabbits are
but a "feeble folk" but they can over.
run territory like prairie or q forest
fire. So, too, can the still feebler ants.
grasshoppers and locusts when com.
bined in myriad armies. They can leave
q country in a worse condition than
when an army Of human beings passes
over it.
Imagine, however, the terror the two
or three million boys in the United
States might inspire should they unite
to overrun the country, stealing all the
fruit, breaking down all the fences.
smashing all the windows, earring off
all the gates, treading down all the
grass, losing all the hammers, scattering
al the sand and building materisls thai
workmen are using In the erection Of
houses, and turning on all the PEN
stocks! Suppose they should combine
simply to undo at night or on SUNDAY.
as they might, all that had been done
during the week in the construction Of
buildings! Compared with their work
the ravages Of the white ants of Africa
or the tornadoes Of Iowa and Kansas
would be child's play. Nor is this asser-
ton a. exaggerated as it seems.
A Cincinnati house owner, who
had contracted with carpenters
and painters to renovate His
handsome dwelling, and who on Satur-
day night was notified that it was nearly
was not, on visiting it Monday
morning, at all in the mood for thinking
the comet or the drouth, or the suu.spots
less malignant and powerful for evil
than q handful of boys. The walls.
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I0S UlUA0 was kTedL Oea
.jn that neighbprhood thar
been two hours earlier. The
niOny Of the scales showed tina,
Q was halt q pound Of lard on the
essor's clothing, another half pound
le two tin cups, and another half
= still in the frying-pan, while i,
estimated that at least q like GUAM.
6as distributed over the surface d
|Hoang- Chin Province. Thus the
nal amount OF lard had quadrupled
{ and rendered the effort to clean
ing-pan unsuccessful. Prof.
: lss tried the same experiment six
sstive times, and was thus enabled
hain that lard, when placed in a
pan which IS afterward subjected
WISHING process, expands until it
mes its original bulk.
france, hot water and soap are
yell, but how can they make
!. : fying-pan in which grease
- fast d tjs.removed? 50 i'm.
9 IS Il to get the grease out Of a
pan that the unfortunate camper
> IS assigned to wash dishes has
,een compelled 70 adopt illicit
b to convince his fellows that he
lcessfully cleaned the frying pan.
E1st comm9l Of these dishonest
rs Is perhaps the most objection
consists in covering thedbottom
pine-pan with d fine layer of
d then heating the frying.pan
20 until thu sand forms q brown
or the grease. The wicked
cher then announces that the
OF the frying-pan has been
Mblisterod BY the heat, but
rs perfectly clean, and as q rule
iendaciots explanation is readily
VI byshis fellows. The result IS
NJ ~ fyimg-pan is next used,
il AxtiGle q food is cooked in it
sfmpFsGnAted with sand, where
1n0oent cook Is subjected to
va language and sometimes to
n,st TIT q sfty can alone
~ topssiy cleaning