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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-18
Them's Foxes.

% Readers familiar with the gaunt and
Extensively smelling bird'M the marshes
known as the poke, will appreciate this
illustration of IGNORANCE is bliss" CIV
en- In Forest and Stream:
My son Lew and his young friend Joe
thought they would like to 60 a-gunning.
Having secured the loan of a gun, they
trotted off for q marsh some three or
four miles distant in the country, and
calculated to have some sport shooting
at marsh-nens. Neither one of them
knew O marsh. hen from a turkey-buz-
zard, never having seen one; but some
body had told Lew that the marsh was
full of them, and as the mud there was
not over knee deep, by wading through
it he could find plenty of birds and have
lots of sport popping away at them.
Away they went, skipping along the
road like frisky colts in their haste to
reach the marsh. In due time they
reached the marsh. As they walked
along its edge a great blackbird sud-
denly rose up, and Lew, who was on the
lookout, took aim and fired. Down
came the bird, about thirty feet, but in
the marsh, and out Joe waded after
him. The mud was up to his knees,
but he persevered until he recovered the
bird.
"What is it, Lew?' Joe inquired.
"It's a marsh-hen, Joe. Amt he a
thin one? What long legs he's got!"
"How strong he smells!"
"But people say they're awful good
eatin'! You carry him and I'll shoot. :"
They soon flushed another marsh-hen,
and Lew brought him down. This kind
of game was plentiful, and by the time
they turned toward home they had bag
ged about a dozen. Lew divided fairly
with Joe, giving him about one-half of
the lot.
On their way homeward they had am
pie time to examine their birds. They
were all neck and legs, and, as Lew said
before, "awful thin" They entered the
village with their birds flung out con-
spicnously, for they felt proud to exhibit
such magnificent lot of game. Just
before they got home they met Bill
Somers.
"What kind of birds have you got
there, Joe?" said Bill, taking Joe's bunch
in his hands.
"Marsh-hens, Bill. Amt they thin?"
sh.hens, Joe? Phew!" said Bill,
dropping them quicker than he took
them up. '.
"What are you going to do with them,
Joe?" said Bill. -..-
"Haye them drilled for supper, Bill.
Lewis going to keep his for picnic"
Bill seemed lost in establishment for q
minute, and then he yelled out:
~ say, Lew, don't you know that
them birds amt marsh-hens? 1hem's
p0kes!"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-18
our Young Folks.
" WHAT IS Il HERO?"

Mamma closed her book as the eve grew
dim:
Twas beautiful story, too
About a Captain who gave his life,
lua slOrln, to save his crew.
Her little boy sat on her knee. and thought
OF the tao she Just hal read:
Then lifting his eyes to his mothers face,
"What is q herO?" he said.
us he always, wonder, great, strong
man!
Does one ever come to this town."
Then mamma softly bends, aud strokes
Tue curls of chestnut-bruwn.
"a little boy, like you, can be
A hero brlvcand Ne,
Fighting, not giants but faults, my pct
Willing to dare and do.
In days Of old. brave men were called
by the good name of Knight:
They helped the weak. and ever Tough
For justice, truth and rgAt.
All hcrO's that the world has known
Once were but boys 20 tried
TOlcad II noble life. and leave
A grand name when they died.
1.-THE bravcst hero. dear little one,
May never in far lands roam.
Or do great dee'ls: but every boy
Can be Il hero at home!
-Golden Days.
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The province Of Adana, In Asia
Minor, has besn thrown into . state Of
frantic excitement owing 10 q, unpleas-
amt discovery that al tho cultivated land
bet heesttlFesAthe ports q Asrsinasnd Htifghe
eggs. The eggs lie in compact layers,
.a2dfIS 1ppoged 2 have been depozit-
e. 1vaA amy ot socusts which passed
through the district toward the middle
IPt last .leaFs On tho state Of
\ PIP Ak eeen naAeg known
(44 ItelsaMliN In Goveiaof,
Abeddin Pasha, orders were at
once transmitted 70 the authorities of
fkAt0 tSllia& them 70 summon at tho
able-bodied men and women who could
p BIC qqp.else .le md 70 cot them to work to
lsthty W sgSs.' {
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mountains, always fresh and clear. 10
this stone" Arequfpa" owes much Of It's
reputation for being the healthiest city
in South America. Invalids who have
been given up to die with consumption
come here, and in q few months are ap-
parently restored to perfect health. In
the environs of Arequipa are several
celebrated baths, all maintained at the
expense of the city, and free to all.
Many of them contain minerals in large
quantities. One of them, known as the
"Banos de Jesus" is said to be almost
miraculous in its cures of rheumatic af.
fections. The waters are hot, and
chalybeate, aud sulphurous.
The houses in Arequipa are built in
the most substantial manner, to protect
them from earthquakes. The walls are
of stone, about two feet thick, and gen.
orally from one and half to two stories
high. The roofs are arched, and these
are built of a sort of cement which pro-
tects them from rain and resists the
shock of earthquakes better than flat
one.
The exception to the prevailing style
of architecture is to be found in the
churches. These have enormous spires
and believers of stone, which come
tumbling down into the adjacent streets
every time an earthquake happens. The
Plaza is large, and has a handsome
fountain and flower.garden in the CEN
ter. The buildings on three sides of it
were destroyed by the great earthquake
Of 1868, and the buildings are only now
being rebuilt. The Cathedral stands on
the North side of the Plaza, and is now
in good repair, and is the largest and
finest'in Peru. The earthquake of '6e
destroyed the towers, but these have
since been replaced. The Cathedral is
built of sillar-stone, which is found in
great abundance in the quarries near
the city; the blocks are cut and dressed
at the quarries and brought in on the
backs of donkeys, block of stone about
eighteen inches long by five in width
and four in thickness, carried in pam
niers on each side, forming a load for a
donkey. .,.
In wandering about the streets Of
Arequipa one is struck by the large
number of ruins caused by the earth
quakes of former years, no attempt hav-
ing been made to rebuild, except in the
case of some of the churches here and
there. Upon asking citizen of
Areqaipa why so many houses were al.
lowed to remain in their present wrecked
condition, l was answered by shrug Of
the shoulders and the remark: "What
is the use of rebuilding? They may
tumble down again any day" ...,,.
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A Pretty German Custom.

There is beautiful custom among
the Germans of having chorals played
from the church towers at regular hours
of the day. 1t is said they first derived
the idea from the Arabs, who at certain
hours Of the day and night are called to
prayers by the long waiting cry Of the
muezzins from the minarets of the
mosques. When I first heard this music
in Stuttgart, coming as it appeared to
me from the heavens, l was puzzled to
know its object and the sources whence
it came. [ gazed above and around me,
but I failed to detect its source. The
beautiful melody, softeued by distance,
was floating in the air. 1t was like the
invisible heavenly choir that enraptured
St. Cecilia. A few days afterward, hap
pening to be in the same neighborhood
and at the same hour of the day, l was
more fortunate in my discoveries. l
again heard the music from above, its
pealing notes coming to me from some
far distance like the strains of a church
organ. Near me was the Stifts Kirche,
an old church built in 1903, which has
attached to it an immense octagon, tower
rising up to height of nearly two hun.
dred feet. Encircling this tower near
the top is balcony, on which at last
espied the authors of the strange music.
Several men with brass instruments
were perched on that giddy height play
ing sacred music. When they had
finished one piece they moved TO another
position on the balcony and played q
different tune. Four selections in all
were played, one toward each point of
the compass. ~ On making inquiries af-
terward, found that this playing from
the church tower had been in practice
for more than hundred years. A Ger
anlady, ''once upon time," belonging
to one Of the noble families bequeathed
sum of money, the income Of which
was ever after to be devoted to paving
the expenses Of this religious observance.
The clause in her will stated that chorals
or selections of sacred music were to be
played from this church tower twice q
day, punctually every morning at, the
rising Of the sun, and also from.half-
past eleven to twelve at noon. The
musicians for their services are paid two
marks (ffty cents) a day each--a MARX
for the morning and a mark for the nooa
service-which, for walkingup and down
that long flight of steps in addition to
playing several pieces of church music,
is small enough remuneration. Choir
ais are also played from another Of the
church towers in Stuttgart BY q brass
band, and also from church towers in
4Ludwigsburg, Rossenstein, Frederick
shsfen, near Stuttgart, and in others of
the very old German cities and town...-
Springfield Z Mass. Republican,. IT, ,g
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fully, !. it isn't-elsosys...,,,;.~
ocean, And l have no donS, ~
you picture yourself, s,, set thu
'Pinafore' sailor, leaning ;S'sa
the rail as the ship glidess , my ,,hs
ward before the Steady ', tr'3a ~
over some sparkling tropical ~.
/ confess is o charming n;et'' Viii
dear {! nephew g, the drawback f 6s;e
it is as unlike the reality =, st y, ass$s
alive. o'"plcle,
"ln certain ATTITUDES Thorn
m m! seas and skies for DAYS Vs. =. %s . s@
We're 1t not SO. my dear bow ~ sas
pleasant and endless jobs Of t,,.; mem
greasing; and splicing and 'I msas; ~
and scrubbln- and painting. ,n msla'a :
Ing and oiliug, which srsss = sau ss's
on on shlpboaN but 1eye, ~
would have to be done in hHnp'NA|
instead OF line. For the soo nd C Ce
and his kind-hearted officers n Hsp ".9
mean that you shall have no ~" wv. o'a|
nope or be homesick in. hu ''n ! 4
bear in mind the beautiful sna' n W
of DR.. Watts, that eses'ss
Isaiah finds some mischief s,,u
FOR ld.e hands to do sui
SO that you will find everv mo u
spent on deck is filled and runn;n ,vasa
into the next one with tasks Of 3. we
conceivable Kind tasks which ~ a., s,t''
variably connected with clin,;o.. !.
and odorous @rease-tasks Witt :. y
take you from the keelson to M pI ro W;
truck a dozen times in day, "' IVA
" True: should the Sabbath prov. :,
ceptionally tine, you mav have t;m. y ,
read a chapter in your Bible. tIo,!
such rare occasions are geners)ly .. \
pied by sailors in the Necessary dn ss
of patching and mending. '"'''
So. my dear johnny, in summn, :,
matter up, | have to tell YOU frs, y
that going to sea before the mast ~:
notgivc the boy the chance to gr,t;t ~
love for fun and adventure Of whicI y
fondly dreams. True, bein z disn.,,ss
ina typhoon or wrecked on d lee sh' ~.
may saver of adventure, but even t th..
exciting episodes have some vel1. N,
pleasant fea>ures--so unpleasant !;
fact: that it not unfrequently h.p,e.
to the participant inthcm thathe n nav.
ret.rns home to relate such sdyeu.r,''
"And finally, as to rising in the s,n
or merchant service, that, nv d,
nephew, depends. If YOU have an +"
constitution. gptta7percha joints, !,
perfectly tempered steel springs ,
over your body; if you have 8 . ouiie
mind to take in both the practice !,
theroy of seamanship, il you hsr,
| new r-tiring energy. which can can,
such body and such mind to be il h
perpetual motion. and if you b,
enou Ii of the yeast Of ambition I,,bo
you to keep the whole in a sort Of d
ceasing ferment-why then. in d
course OF time, you may rise in eth
branch of the service. But V
will never rise above hard work. q
posture. anxiety and responsible
even if YOU are elevated to the quartz
deck. In conclusion, my dear john
my own impression is that, general
speaking. You will find the ibest Part
sea-going to consist in staying Il boz
and reading truthful accounts Of I
sailing experiences ofothers. Fra
Il. Converse, IN Christian Union
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,Grecian Beauty.

Much has been said in praise of Gre
clan beauty, and the men are hand
some in every sense of the word; we
might well imagine them to have been
the models of Phidias and Praxiteles.
Their large eyes, black as Jet, sparkle
with glances Of fire, while the long silky
eye-lashes soften the expression and
give . dreamy appearance Of melan-
choly. Their teeth are small, white,
and well set; q fine regular profile, :
pale-olive complexion, aud q tall, elegant
figure realize an accomplished type of
distinction. As to the women, they
seem to have left physical perfection to
the men; some possess fine eyes and
hair, but as rule they have bad figures,
aud some defect in tie face generally
spoias the good features. 1t is among
them, however, that, the old Oriental
customs are most strictly preserved;
while the men are gradually undergoing
the process Of civilization, they, in q
moral pointof view, remain stationary,
and are just as they were fifty years ago.
1t may, indeed, be said that, with the
exception of Athens, the women pos
sess no individual existence, and count
az nothing in society; the men have re-.
served every privilege for themselves,
leaving to their helpmates the care Of the
house and family In the towns, where
servants are kept, they are Of the poor
est class Of peasant, who know nothing,
and Il receive miserable wages. The
families are generally large seven or
eight little children demand q mothers
constant attention. The morning b.
gins BY directing the work of each SER
want, repeating the same thing . hun.
bred times, scolding, screaming, even
beating them, to be understood. In tho
evening, when tho children are sleeping,
il there remain some little time, the poor
wornout mother sits down to her spin
nipg.wheel to spin elk, to sew or knit,
or. Il It DO, summer time, to look after
her silk-worms and cocoons, happy Il
she has not 10 do the work Of her ii.
competent servants over again. Z
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Sanitary Condition Of Farm.houses.

Farmers who are about to build
houses, by observing certain precaution-
ary measures will greatly mitigate all
sickness arising from malaria, such as
ague Or Intermittent fever and neural
gia. The farm. house should be situated
not only on high ground that has q dry
surface, but the subsoil ought also to be
dry. In q word. it should have per-
feet drainage, natural or artificial. The
drainage of the ground about the house
is. WI grEAkg ihpoffaAee, and this
should be directed away from the well
that snpplies,th water for domestic use.
A whole chapter might be written on
the eyils resulting from drinking water
fSm Hdh that are supplied with sur.
face water and the filtering of slop-
ldtAi3s; :et6. x In districts in near prox-
unity to rivers, marshes or other sources
of melaria, account. should be taken Aof
TN Hirectsphl 81 prevailing winds, 20
wv the h{u)d will not Be erected onthe
sidS of these malarial-producing dis.
tricts to receive the malaria brought by
tn: wjhas. d ,Er Instance, if the prevail.
ing winds are westerly, avoid building
on the east side of . marsh or pond.
IHM)eishpuse ought not to Be densely
shaded BY ,tr,es, It is WE'LL in damp To-
calities, to plant rapidly growing trees,
baeaus6 they take up much Of the
moisture. In malarial sections the
YepiasfSqnsslsqA b st the top Of
the h6hse, not on the ground floor. An
9bserYenee Of these and similar rules
will do much toward promoting the
htaltA Of q family. One word more
avoid outdoor exposure early in the
'pJfnipt 9nl Jste ct nigAt ID malarious
regions; boil al the water that is used
for drinking purposes, and prevent any
vegetable natter from decaying in or
sfohnd thS dwelling. = Cor. N. z.
World. 40 =, ~. et
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i'm building house. build "a as 5 II .: y"
expected to live forever. inc s' ~.
rule is emphatically applicable to TO-, 'al *.
ing. Manage your farm as u you .rs ).
peeted to live forever. Whatever .t &C..
ment will injure your farm IN 1u'u'
time, avoid in the present time q. u
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-18
An Ingenious EouaA Hap

Some time time ago d sou 81 Nj.
George Ellwanger while travelling !, u
Germany became Impressed wan ~
agreeable, combination Of tones ps
duccd by eolian harps. and. gu rslufe
ing home, mentioned the circ 'nll ~ J!
to bis father. The latter soon conceN.,
ed the idea Of erectfug gan aollan nap
on his tower near Mount Hope. 4
suitable man to make the instrument
was found in Professor c, Denneoec9
The sounting.boasd is TO- be made .t :!
Norway pine, seven feet high, ana s =.
back Of hard eurled maple Of forty ~" :
!, ears cut. These woods are al al inpot =
cd, the slow growth Of European w .s Y
giving them = texture better adapted \. y
musical instruments than the home pfo ..
,,ets,, As whole. the instrument J. =. |"
be tube shaped, with eight stops - ~. ~
tube. The latter is to be surInoul n !
with a lightning rod, eight reef p %ss,
with = weather cock. attached. kg"
here is where Prof. Dennebeeq 'nu ~
duces a new design Of his own; lol WI" v. !.
every turn of the weather-cock slo !. !.
presented to the wind and q strlnS J! I
made to yibrate. The first string tls
is made to vibrate in this manner slss !.
the fundamental note, white the oIna
will sound q third and give inc Scu Nv
octave to the first. Prof. Denneosc.9
has no doubts as to the success o. pm. ~,
instrument, and thinks. wkenco'hple'ssa.
and placed on the tower It osn !. u Il
heard on still nights for . dl''a1s :. y .
three miles up the river. ne ma.V i. ,
simila instrument for the Sorooone =; =
Paris. which. however, is not automs.s :
but it must be arranged by the )ap'D'
before it will work. ....,,, :. u. ,,.,n u,
: The constructor Of these ins .l,! II.
is 4 pupil of the celebrated Villain liz ,n. !,
and gave three years of his life to !e 81
the trade of repairing his own vloi,.'
This violin was one Of Steiner's max ma =
who was . pupil of Amarti, ana VIVA
violins have . reputation that IS y, woi h.I
wide. Prot. Dennebecq himself H. 1a'
acquired quite a reputation ss . v.o \
maker ana restorer, and is convel !. !.
with the mechanism, not only o. .n p,
but of every other musical l'st.um III
He is at the same time sprsct'ca' Wv.
maker, ieweler, optician and paue,''
laker.-Rochester (N T. Ds"' po'cH''''t
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They have . female houseoless AZ.
in Philadelphia that usess jimmy ass as %.
pertly as y man in plunderipg houses
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-Philadelphia stalking a'oD ou' 49,
public library. ''''
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-09-29

The Chicago Times of the 9th
contains a lengthy article con.
corning the autopsy on the body
OF the President. The Times saws
1t was false, and that the
ball was not located near
the heart as was first stated.
When the post norton was being
held, the supposed course of the
ball was followed but il could not
bo found. The 'intestines were
taken out and placed in q wash
bowl, and the ball was found in
them, encysted. THE Times says
that tho Presidents death was
caused by blood poisoning, and
that death could have ben averted
had the physicians known where
the ball was, as thew claimed they
did. The Times claims that some
startling developments are soon
TO be made.
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G1O outfit furnished free with full
cDlO Instructions tor conducting the
most profitable business that any one
can engage in. The business is so easy
to learn and cur instructions so simple
and plain, that any one can make great
profits from the very start No one can
fail who Is willing to work. Women are
as successful as men Boys and girls can
earn large sums. Many have made at
the business oyer 500 in a single week
Nothing like IL ever known before. A II
who engage are surprised at the ease
and rapidity with which they are able
To make money. You can engage in
this business during your spare time at
great profit. You do not lave to invest
capital In Il. We take all the risk. All
who need ready money should write to
us at once and all will be furnished free
Address True q Co. Augusta. Me.
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STILL ANOTHER.

When it was reported on the
streets Monday evening that an
Other bold and successful train
robbery had occurred, tins time
IN Arkansaw, we noticed that no
one expressed any surprise at all
after they learned where the out
rage occurred. The robbing OF
railroad trains is becoming al
together too frequent, and 1t is
hardly safe for an individual to
pass through either Missouri or
OF Arkansaw. The particulars Of
the late robbery, are about as
follows: AS a pssenger train on
The St. Louis, Iron Mountain d
Southern railway stopped at Hope
a small station in Nevada county,
il was boarded by three young
men. AS the train neared Pres
soft, the trio surrounded the con.
ductor and ordered him, at the
point of their revolvers, TO stop
the train, after which they made
him deliver up his money and
watch. They then went through
the cars and robbed the passen.
gers. After accomplishing this,
they went to the express car, tax.
ing tie conductor with them.
The messenger was compelled to
give MP the key to the safe and
they took from that about $4,000.
They then jumped of and made
their escape. II is thought they
secured about $4,000 in cash.
This last is a much holder opera
ton than the Blue Cut robbery
in Missouri, as but three boys did
the recent job.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-09-29

Old smokers are so careless
with their pipes and matches.
that II is a wonder that more con.
ilagrations do not occur than
there are. For instance: A man,
while hauling a load of hay into
Usage City the other day, drop
ped a lighted match upon the hay
after lighting his pipe the result
was the burning of the wagon
and hay, and the fire spreading to
an adjoining field, burnt forty
acres Of grass. six stacks of hay
with a large amount OF fencing.