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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-11
SUBSIDIES I'm mENICO.
Serious Troubles Anticipated as q Re-
suit OF EnOrmons Drain upon
h Mexican Treasury.

New ORLEANS, May 1.-The PScayune, US
uallysconsidered authority on Mexican affairs,
anticipates trouble from the enormous sub
sides which her present rulers are granting
to railway schemes, it being utterly impossi-
Ole that she can meet the heavy drain on her
treasury and resources, or that the people
will remain quiet under the strain. At the
lowest calculation, one hundred million dol
lars are already granted railways, The Gould
line from Laredo to the City Of Mexico alone
taking $40, 200, 600 out Of the treasury within
the next two years: Other subsidies swell the
amount to SIS, O00, 900 or $50, 600, 900 due
before 1883. Where the money is to come
from, with an average annual income Of but
$4,000, 600 to meet 500, 00O, 900 average an
nual expenditures for the ordinary expendi-
lures Of the Government, is a problem which
it it is morally certain will speedily engage
the attention Of statesmen, economists and
politicians on both sides of the Rio Grande.
The masses are already apparently suspicious
and fear the encroachment of Northern cvp-
~italists. When these millions and tens of
millions Of money are drawn out of the
country to help pay for these improvements,
the Administration which favors the schemes
will doubtless find q powerful party arrayed
against it, the United States will be called up
on to protect its citizens in their contracts
and preserve their property from destruction
and conquest will likely follow bankruptcy.
Enormous taxation is inevitable if the SUBJ
sides are to be met, and in either case it is
morally certain we shall have q recurrence
of popular discomfort which will need but
little prompting to run into a revolution.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-11

maximum, Richter attacked the bill. Bis
marck, replying, said he intended to move at
the next session for the removal of the Ger
man and Prusian governments to some other
city more equitable in her demands and less
likely to influence Parliament and the off,
Gals, and it would then be seen what value
Berlin attached to the presence of the central
authorities.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,
Yours truly

There are at present sixty-five geo.
graphical societies in the world. The
oldest is at Paris, and was founded in
1921.
A public chemical laboratory has
been opened in Paris for the analysis of
any substance used for food. Tho fees
are moderate, varying from five to twen-
ty francs.
in a recent note to the French Ac-
ademy, NJ. J. Seure announced some very
successful experiments in the preserva
tion Of meat by dextrine. He exhibited
three specimens of meat which had been
perfectly preserved by doxtrine for the
space Of twenty months.
M Mcrcadier has devised form of
electric lamp suitable for the production
of intermittent luminous signals. 1t is
operated by cam, which separates the
carbons at each revolution. The cam is
turned by clockwork, for regular signals,
or by hand, at variable rate, for the ir-
regular ones.
News from Cairo states that to the
north of Memphis, near Saggarah, two
pyramids have been discovered which
were constructed by kings of the sixth
dynasty, and the rooms and passages of
which are covered with thousands of in
scriptions. The discovery is said to be
Of great scientific Importance.
Prof. Maska announces that among
the remains of post-tertiary animals
(such as the mammoth, rhinoceros, horse,
lion and hycna) found in the Schipka
Cave, near Stramberg, in Moravia, the
iaw-bone of supposed diluvial human
being has been discovered. It was i'm
bedded in 'he Immediate vicinity of
spot where carboaised animal bones,
stone Implements and bone utensils were
found. The jaw-bone is Of colossal di-
mensions.
"A medical gymnasium was lately
opened in Paris, having been built at
cost of 100000. Physicians find it at
times very desirable to give special exer-
else to certain muscles of the body, and
for this purpose about seventy mechan
ical contIivanccs Of different descriptions
have been arranged iu a series of rooms.
The greater number of these are worked
by steam-engine, aud all of them can
lie graduated by screws, SO that the ex-
tent, duration and velocity Of motion can
be regulated according to the direction
of the physicians,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
NUMBER 80.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Foreign.

OIelSu.
| Count Pecci, brother of the Pope, is
dead.
Misery and destitution are alarmingly
prevalent in Lima.
The new Czar has been warned to be-
| ware of his fathers fate
An anti-vaccination riot occurred re-
Gently at Brighton, England.
The King of Portugal made $4,000 by
his translation of Shakespeare.
The King of Sweden is going to Eng
land on short visit to his wife.
The Madrid government closed twenty
six gambling houses in six hours.
One hundred people persisted at the
burning of the Opera Honse at Nice.
The Beers have agreed to the British
terms and peace has been concluded.
1t has been decided to erect Il religious
memorial edifice OH the spot where the
Car fell.
Twenty or thirty Cinnamon have been
murdered by drunken Negro mob near
Cerre Azul, Peru.
Italy, Australia. Vienna, Berlin, Rus
sa and Prussia all give international
fairs during 1881.
Another strong shock Of earthquake
has been felt at the Island of Ischia, and
many more houses have fallen.
The Earl of st. Germans, of London,
Gen. Justin Clinehart, Military Governor
of Paris, and Gen. Nilon, Italian Minis
ter of war, all died March 80.
Cetewayo, the Znlu ex-king, is to be
released from his close confinement in
Cape Town Castle, and allowed to live
on a farm in the neighborhood of the
city.
The Greek government having set
aside 1000, 900 francs to reward bravery
at sea, Greek boatmen propose to blow
up Hobart Pasha's fleet on the outbreak
of war.
The French government proposes to
employ the electric light in forty-two
lighthouses. Up to the present time
there are but seven electric lighthouses
i'll the whole world, three of which be-
long to France.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
Domestic.

Lee, tho inventor of steam fire engines,
is dead.
Bowdoinham, Me, has a fox hunter
eighty-fiye years old
The New York clergymen have begun
An anti-liquor crusade.
Fifteen counterfeiters were arrested in
New York in one week.
Gen. Grant has resigned the presi
dency Of the Worlds Fair.
Brooklyn is to dig an underground
railway under Fulton street.
There are four Chinese opium dens on
one block in Mott street, New York.
Beecher and Talmage are now holding
revivals, after the fashion of Moody and
Sankey.
An Indian is suing the United States
for damages, because he was not allowed
to vote.
That terrible nuisance, the railroad
whistle, has just been abated in Con-
necticut.
The Illinois Ciruit Court has refused
the application Of a Chinaman for natur
alization.
A Rock Island pastor has resigned be-
cause some of the members of his church
persist III dancing.
During the present season of ice, bank
and telegraph messengers are mounted
on roller skates in Chicago and Detroit.
A snOw-tlrift on the Western Union
railroad, forty miles north Of Davenport,
is fifteen feet deep and a mile and u half
long.
Dean Buchanan, the Philadelphia ven
dor of bogus medical diplomas. has been
arrested and has made Il confession of
his msdeeds.
Sitting Bull is to be allowed to cross
the line and be welcomed by the United
States and assured that lie will not be
tried for his murders.
A Philadelpliian poisoned four children
'.just to see 'cm cut up and frisk round"
He was gratiiied, for they had violent
and almost fatal convusions.
A dog in Il Cincinnati theatre smelt
smoke, traced it to Il fire in Il dressing
room, barked an alarm, and thus saved
a large audience from Il catastrophe.
Ten cows stood III a row III a stable at
Plattville, Wis, with their heads fast
ions The floor gave way in the night,
and in the morning they were found
hanging dead.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02

just before his death, the late Prof.
Watson of Wisconsin University was
engaged in the experiment Of gazing at
the stars down cellar, on the principle
that stars can be seen at MONDAY from
the bottom Of deep we'll. He built his
new observatory over Il cellar twenty
feet deep, into which the light of the
heavenly bodies was thrown down a large
tube from rcticctors on a ncishboring
hill
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Transient advertisements 81 per square
first insertion each subsequent insertion,
rs cents per square.
Official advertisements 81 per square first
insertion; each subsequent publication 3o
cents per square.
Editorial notices, first insertion, 2Ooents
per line; subsequently, 10 cents per line.
Cards of six lines or less in business Di-
rectory, five dollars per annum.
Brief communications upon subjects OF
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is notresponsible forthe views
of Correspondents.
Addrcss: CHIEF, Donaldsonyille. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.

HH OE1vLIASfAA 1-f14N"Of1"Gs
Christian or Hebrew, Turk or Creek
Babies the self-same language speak.
In every cline their tongue holds sway,
From Rio unto far Cathay.
Responsive, with their earliest breath,
To love that never suffers death,
Their first affection, near and far,
Finds sweet expression in "Ma-ma."*
On Ganges' banks, the young Hindoo
Crows cheerily the same "Goo-goo"t
That babes of English birth employ
To manifest ecstatic joy.
When Afric's sable scion ails,
He utters forth such plaintive walls
As Oriental babies use
The while his dusky thumb he chews.
In an ger. grief, or stern command
Alike they speak i'll every land;
While all with the one cry delight
To rouse their parents in the night.
Their language, innocent and sweet,
Admits nor lying, nor deceit, ....
Nor scandal; yet the virtuons young
Find full expression in this tongue.
"A well-authcnticated fact.
discussed with much ability by tho Al
Pathological Society, 1879.
-Scribner's Brio Al Brac.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
THE PEN.

The pen is simple, yet sublimel
1t writes its story on the page,
And sends it down the stream of time
In statesmen's lore-in minstrels' rhyme
As echoes Of the passing age.
1t, too, has power to crown a king,
And uncrown kings in realms Of earth !!
By lifted finger it can bring
A word to silence, or to sing
An anthem Of immortal birth.
The lustre Of the sword is dim
Beside the lustre of the pen;
The mountains crown, the oceans rim.
Echo the universal hymn
That lifts it highest among men.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02

Where the tide moves in all at once
from the ocean tho phenomenon is called
an eay,e or bore According to Dana, the
most perfect examples are found at the
mouths of tie rivers Amazon, Hoogly
Zone of the mouths of the Ganges), and
Tscntang, in China. In the case of the
last mentioned river, the wave plunges
ON like an advancing cataract, four Or
FIVE miles in breadth, and thirty feet
high, and thus passes up the stream, to
distance Of eighty miles, at a rate of
twenty five miles an hour. The change
from ebb to flood tide is almost nstan-
tancous. Among the Chusan Islands, just
south Of the bay, the tidal currents run
through the funnel shaped firth with a
velocity of sixteen miles an hour. In the
eagre of the Amazon, the Whole tide
passes mp the stream in five or six waves,
following one another in rapid success
sion, and each twelve to fifteen feet
high.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
DONALDsONvILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
SEWING MACHINES.

m A. KINGSTON, dealer in all kinds Of
i . New and Second Hand Sewing Ma
chimes. 155 Railroad Avenue. Needles, Oil,
Attachments and everything belonging to
the sewing machine. Machines sold, ex-
changed or rented on easy monthly pay
ments. Machines given on trial. Repairing
a speciality.
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While the recent efforts Of promi-
nent European astronomers have failed
to give convincing proof Of an eleven
year cycle in the occurrence of great fl
nancial panics corresponding to the
"sun-spot PERIOD" it is believed to be
we'll established that a relation exists
between the activity of the suns photo
spere and electrical activity on tho earth.
It has been shown through long series
OF years that the periods of magnetic va
ration coincide with the period of sun
spots; not rigidly, but sufficiently close
to prevent the probability of chance
connection. In one case at least, when
observers have been looking at the sun
through telescopes, and have recorded
the exact instant Of solar activity, the
magnetic needles over tho earth were vi
olently affected, rigidIy pointing out a
new meridian. Auroras were noted,
even in southern ATTITUDES. Telegraph
lines refused to work, and shocks were
given to the operators.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
0&~~-N

DR.. Siemens claims that whenever
strength and ma.nitude are both re-
quired the use Of stesI is without rival.
He asserts that even for all ordinary
hnuse steel gives more security than
wood, is six to eight times az strong, and
costs less. He thinks that ere the lapse
of many years steel will he introduced
into buildings Of all kinds, and that it
wiil gradually sHpp'alt iron, in the same
way that iron already tends to take the
place of yvecd
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02

Ee Wise and Happy.

If you will stop all your extravagant and
wrong notions in doctorin. yourself and fam
iIy with expensive or hu.nbug cnre-alls that
do harm always, and use only natures sim
pc remedies for all ynur s.i:nents-you will
be wise, we'll and happy, aDd save great ex-
rense. The greatest remedy for this, the
gfeat, wise and good viii f.'l y"n. is Hop
Bitters-Ielf ol. H. See anntEc! column.
--s5-s -4Ss------
No scrof,l.a can be deep seated. no sore
SO stuhbon, but that i .eis; Sars;trat lila will
be found helpful. Il G.I; ct3eei cn'e, if
cure hr pns@i.e.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
TINSMlTH.

r OUIS j. RACKE, Tinsmitll Mississippi
IL street. at Lrnann's old stand. Orders
attended to with dispatch and satisfaction
insured.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
MILLINERY.
SODA WATER MANUFACTOsY.

nODA WATER MANUFACTORY, Fl.
- Iietlicr. proprietor. No. Mississippi
street. Soda. Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds
Of aeratesl waters manufactured, and sold
at lowest prices.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

Old New YOrk-John Jacob AstOr and the
Astor House-Barnum's Museum-Win-
dust's and his Distinguished Guests-Old
Park Theatre, its Actors and Patrons
The Leister Rebellion-Pewter Mug
Pugilists and Politics-Horace Greedy
and The Tribune, etc.
New YORK, March &c, 1881.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02

A NTOISE PFISTER. dealer in Fancy
n and Staple Groceries of all kinds, OF
best qualities and at lowsst prices. Wines,
Liquors. Boat and Plantation Supplies, etc,
Railroad Avenue, near the Depot.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21

and flung him across the room 'You're trans
acting business with Spoopendyke now!" and
he cawed out a handful of mashed sardipes
and slapped them down on plate.
WON'T you spoil 'em, dear?" asked Mrs.
Spoopendyke. lodging the flying heads and
tails. They won't be very good If you open
"Oh, won't they?" howled Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. IF you don't like 'em that way, what'd
you ask them for? Maybe you want me to
take 'em out in a baby carriage. Praps
you've got an idea ought to climb under 'em
and lift 'em out. Maybe you want me to get
into that box with boat and take 'em out
with a seine. Well, won't, tell ye. Give
Where's the tongs9 Gone to get married TO
the can opener, haven't they?" and Mr.. Spoop-
endyke grabbed another fish and fred him
into the CRATE.
''Be patient, my dear" said Mrs. spoopen-
wider, and they'll come out"
"Ain't | patient" shouted Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. "P'raps you want me to sing to 'em,
i wish was an angel and with the-dod CAST
the fish! come out of that!" and with wrench
Mr.. Spoopendyke hauled off the top and dis
closed the mangled remains of his enemies
Now, give me lemon" and he eyed the
repast with anything but contentment. "Stir
around and get me lemon; quick now"
:, Upon my word, my dear, 1 don't believe
Spoopendyke, 81 had one"
'sOh, you had one!" proclaimed Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, "only you're Just out. II you been
brought up right, you'd only need az ay-:1s-
and family on the top floor to be q grocery
shopi Spose Pm going to eat these sariines
raw? Think I'm going to swallow thas fish
alive! Gimme something to put On 'em, will
What would you like, my dear?" queried
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
link, dod gast It'll fetch me some measly
ink! Got any nails? Can't We find some land
anum somewhere" and Mr.. Spoopendyke
projected himself into the closet and pranced
out with bottle of arnica. There" he
howled, as he dashed the contents over the
sardines, there's your fish all ready for you.
and the next time YOU want me to open the
things, you have lemon, will ye? Find
can opener. won't ye?" and Mr. Spoopendyke
Topped into his easy chair and picked up the
paper
Don't you want some of the fish," asked
Mrs. Spoopendyke, after long pause.
No. DON'T" growled Mr.. Spoopendyke.
But this is a fresh box," said Mrs Spoop-
endyke. displaying the sardines in neat layers.
How'd you get 1t open?" demanded Mr..
With the can opener" replied his wife, "I
sharpen it,
"Maby put the lemon in there to sharpen
1t to-" grunted Mr.. Spoopendyke, pegging
away at the box and looking up with his
mouth full, but recognizing the taste of vine
gar, he made some remarks about some peo-
pie only needing handle and a cork to be a
Fortunatus jug, and having finished the lot.
he demanded why his wife hadn't asked for
'em If she wanted some, and went to bed with
some lncoherent observations on the absurdity
OF some folks sitting around like martyrs with
fish within reach.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21
Sardines.
How Spoopendyke Opens Them.

How Spoopendyke Opens Them.
brooklyn Eagle.l
"Look here, my dear,'' said Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke, tossing over the laces and ribbons in
his wife's bureau drawer, "what's become of
the can opener. 1 don't see it anywhere"
"What do you want of it," asked Mrs. Spoop-
endyke, fluttering up to protect her trinkets
and trying to gain little time.
81 want to open some sardines with it." re-
torted Mr.. Spoopendyke, abandoning the
drawer and hunting through the work bask-
et "Think wanted to comb my hair with
it? Well, L don't. 1 want some sardines.
What have you done with it?''
"You might take your big knife" recon-
mended Mrs. Spoopendyke. "The large blade
Is just the thing for that
Mr.. Spoopendyde seized the knife and bored
away at one corner of the box, while his wife
looked ON with considerab le distress.
Hadn't you better put paper under the
box? You'll get oil all over the table CLOTH
suggested Mrs. Spoopendyke.
mo, won't either" said Mr.. Spoopendyke,
as the knife plunged through and the oil spat-
tered. Serve you right if 1 did," he contin-
ueu, piouSnlnS away al tne tlD, Wnlle tne
grease flew in all directions. "It would teach
you to put the can opener where you could
find it. What kind of housepeeping do you
call this, any how?" he yelled, as the blade
slipped out and closed up on his fingers.
"Did you hurt yourself, dear?" asked Mrs.
Spoopendyke, anxiously.
"No, didn't hurt myself" grinned Mr..
Spoopendyke. THE dod gasted knife struck
the bone,o would have been dead with agony
an hour ago. Give me some ether" he howl
ed. "Fetch me some chloroform S'pose Pm
going to saw at this box any more without an
anesthetic? Got an idea Im going to chip off
a couple of dozen fingers without something to
deaden the pain? Where's the laughing gas?
Give me some laughing gas while 1 extract
these measly old fish," and Mr.. Spoopendyke
pranced around the room, and then jammed
the knife INTO the box again, and ripped away
as though he was run by steam. mo use to
hide away from meP' he yelled, hacking away
at the box with all his might. "I know you're
in there, and there can't any dod gasted sar-
dine that was built get away from me. Come
out, l tell ye!" and ne seized fish by the tail
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21

The Providence Press has taken the trou-
BILE to analyze the effect of the 100000 ap-
propriated, for the public schools by the
Burnside bill, and finds that at liberal esti-
mate it will increase the educational privi-
leges of each American youth about two
cents worth year. Of the thirty-eight
States thirty-three possess school funds
which yield an income. These funds amount
in the aggregate to about $67,0O0,OOO, and
the yearly income from twenty-five of them
amounted to 1886, ,4S6 in 1878. This sum
is more than six times as great as the
amount that can reasonably be expected to
accrue under the bill which passed the SEN
ate last week; but in turn it is mere trife
when compared with 800, ,O0O, 900, which was
about the sum expended for public schools
in the United States in 1878.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21

''FINE-LoOKING bodies of men" are COM
mon in Texas, as will appear from the fol-
lowing in the Galveston News: As has
been the case with every Texas Legislature
since Texas has had Legislatures, the pres
ent one is ''the finest looking body of men,"
ever gathered together in Texas. Every
convention that has ever met at any time in
any country has never failed to be the finest
looking body of men that ever the sun
shone on. This is one of those things that
cannot be helped. All brides are lovely, all
grooms noble-looking, all trout speckled
beauties and every body of men is fine-look-
ing. When the convicts at Huntsville are
in session, at dinner, they are the finest
looking body of men ever convened 10 the
Penitentiary. They are not to blame for it.
1t just can't be helped-that's all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
believes that the cities which are building
great sewers to empty their filth into the sea
or into rivers upon which they stand, are
wasting their money and creating new
nuisance. The true course is to return the
sewage to the soil by leading it away from
the city and deodorizing it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21
There is no more common sight on the streets

Ihere is no more common sight on the streets
OF Galveston than a moving house. Even two
story frame houses, by the liberal use of able
bodied mules and rollers, are moved from
their sites to vacant lots many blocks distant.
This explains what Bill Pitz meant when, af-
and he started for home Gilhooly found him
holding onto a lamp-post and calculating:
whip up yer mules" What do You mean,
Bill?"' "What do yer shuppose mean? Are
you sho intossicated yer can't shee? I can't
crosh street till house gets pasht can /? Whip
up yer mules" The house that Pitz Thoughts
was moving was of brick, four stories high,
and kept in place by heavy mortgage.-Gal.
weston News.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-21

GALVESTON TEX News: With regard
to the condition of journalism in Texas, we
canonly say that there has been grievous
complaint among ONE of the more strict
party organs about the lack of fuel for office
stoves during the recent cold SPELL This
hardship is supposed to be due in large
measure to the neglect, if not unwillingness,
of Congressman Jones, of Texas, to furnish
the press with Congr essional documents.