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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-07

A correspondent Of the Vienna Srntlnrl
advocates consolidating Lincoln and Jack
sou parishes and having the county site AZ
the new town on the railroad. The Sru-
tinel appears to favor such measure. aud
comedies that the future If Vienna il
doomed.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-07

A delegation Of our citizens visited
Nuden last week on railroad hu~iur>-
The people Of this place viii oppose maA-
ing the railroad bridge across the Dor
cheat, the head of nav igatiun.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-07

distribution. The seeds were sent To Mr..
Harrison 1t the request Of our Congressman,
Hon. j. Floyd King. Tn" first that come
will he the nr-t served. Call III and get
package. Latcr-All gone.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-07

The people Of Nhrry pot are warmly
discussing the proprlcty of holding - city
election some time daring the present year.
The people appear tn hc divided on thu
favor 10 clrctIun hrturr Isl.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-07

The prohbitIuul,tS OF Connecticut an
nounce their intention of making a
thorough aud systematic canvass If the
State in the tuhriua,urial election.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-07

We are under obligations tn Hon. j
Floyd King for RECENT public documents
and among other, a copy of the Congress
ional Directory, II really useful work
which we prize very much.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
WEDNESDAY. JULY rs, 1882.
SOME CITY DAYS.

BY EDGAR FAwCETT.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
WhY Ii lasted Bad

In Brooklyn the ways that are dark
and the tricks that are vain flourish
nightly. One of the hotels in that city
changed hands recently, and the new
proprietor, abandoning the brewer who
had long supplied the place with beer.
bought from another, much to the dis
gust of the former. But the change
was not satisfactory. The next day af-
ter it was effected one of Uncle Sans
servants employed in the vicinity en-
tered, ordered glass Of beer, and as
soon as he tasted it set it down with the
remark that he didn't want to be pois-
oned, and left the bar. During the day
and for several days the performance was
repeated by single individuals and
groups, until the proprietor IN despair
went to his brewer. The latter assured
him the beer was all right; but it was OF
no use. The customers wouldsnot drink
it and the stricken proprietor. went back
to the original brewer, whose beer his
customers found entirely satisfactory
The proprietor has noticed of late that
everyone of the grumbling- customers
has new hat, and there are dark sus-
picions in his mind of conspiracy be
tween them and the brewer whose beer
they apprOYe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26

an oath from Dirk; then came a swift
curve in his line of advance. I saw him
half face me, with eyes full of vengeful
terror and surprise; [ caught the CLEAN
of knife, and heard the words:
"Fool-curse you! You have fooled
me. but you diel"
And then before l could halt, or even
turn, the avenging blow descended, and
throwing my arms wildly above my head
| sank quivering upon the ice, dyeing
its smooth surface with my warm blood,
while Dirk and all his men, in wide cir
Gle, turned and fed.
But even as they fed and all things
grew dim before my eyes, heard a
sharp, cracking sound, as of a dozen
rihe-shots-then tainted.
When consciousness returned Hay be-
meath the tall pines, the ragged wound
in my shoulder bandaged. My friend,
the deputy, bent over me.
How do you feel ?" be half whis-
pered.
Better" said 7, family. "And SUIT
ton 2"
For answer my friend pointed to a
dark object few steps away.
dead! My men fred at him as he
struck you, and he fell, pierced by half a
dozen bullets. You have lost the gang,
but we have killed the leader"
Smuggling on the river never thr1ved
after Dick Sutton's death; but I did not
go to Washington for appointment.
One experience was enough; I went back
to farming.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
A Salt Nine 2 900 Years, Old.

A mine has been found in the noun
tain near Salzberg, Austria, which gives
indications of having been occupied and
abandoned at least zoos, years ago. 1t
contains large and confused mass of
timbers, which were used for support,
and a number of miners Implements.
The timbers, we're notehed and sharpen
ed. but were subject to an inundation
and left in confused heaps. The nipple
ments were mainly wooden shovels, axe
handles, etc. Among the relics. also,
was a basket made of Unframed raw
hide, a piece of cloth woven of coarse
wool, the fibre of which is very even
and st1ll in good preservation, and a
torch, bound together with fax FIBRE
The probabilities are that the ancient
salt miners were oKertaken by the food
ing of the mine, as mummifed bodies
have been discovered, also. The find
seems to have belonged to the pre-
Roman times, as the axe handles were
evidently used for bronze axes, speci
mems of which have been found upon
the surface of the mountain. The relics
are of high order, the basket being
superior even to some that were used
In the early historic times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
A Gallant Deed.
[From the Chicago Inter-O cean.

From the Chicago Inter-O cean.1
The dispatches from Alexandria en-
large upon the wonderful devotion and
the extraordinary bravery of the gunner
on board of one of the British vessels
who picked UP a shell with burning
fuse and immersed it in bucket OF
water. This was coura geous act, but
1t was not "more gallant than anything
of the sort ever chronicled." During
our own war for the Union, hundreds
OF cases as deserving of mention oc-
cured.
At Stone River, when Cruft's bri-
gade of Palmer's division was pursuing
the routed rebels on the I'd of January,
they came suddenly on reserve battery
that opened upon them with surprising
fury. The men were ordered to lie
down, and dropped in the soft mud of a
corn-feld. The rebel artillerymen had
the range, however, and poured shot and
shell into the advance line in a way that
tore some unfortunates in pieces and
covered nearly everyone with mud. In
the midst OF the terrible fusilade, shell
struck between two men lying fiat on the
ground, so near to their heads as to stun
both. Dozens of men, the bravest
there, closed their eyes IN anticipation
of the terrible scene that would follow
the explosion. But one of the men at
whose shoulder the smoking shell had
struck, digging up handful of mud,
held it aloft for a moment while he
coolly said, "Ten to one, boys, she don't
bust, +" and then with q sort of gleeful
agility he brought his great wad of mud
down on the shell smoking in the shall
low hole, and "she didn't bust" No
one thought George Hunt, of Company
G, First Kentucky Infantry, hero for
doing that, but possibly he ranked as
high as the courageous gunner on the
Alexandria.
Another case: When Sherman was
getting ready for his move on Atlanta,
great quantities of ammunition were
stored III the railroad sheds at Resacca.
One day, IN the midst of a thunder
storm that dismantled the camp, the
ammunition building was struck by
lightning. Hundreds of the bravest
soldiers ran blindly away as they saw
the boxes CT shell thrown about, saw
the guards drop as if shot, and saw
smoke issuing from the top of the great
pile of explosives. Bat one man, clear
eyed andcool-headed, saw that the smoke
came from tow in which the shells were
packed, and. climbing TO the top, he
seized the burning mass, and, holding it
up, shouted. SAL right, boys; no fire.
works this time" His intrepidity and
alertness saved. the ammunition and pos
sibly many lives; and his record should
be kept as green a. dhat of the gallant
gunner of Alexandria.
These are only sample cases. The
American war for the Union brought
hundreds of such gallant deeds into
clear light, and there Is no good reason
Wbv thew shOu1d he forpotten
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26

hens egg. Pass heavy roller over it,
and it is ready for business. Some will
say: ''Let the passing wagons do the
rolling" but they will do the work less
perfectly and evenly.
Brood mares and young colts should
be well fed and have good paeturage,
Every farmer should raise several colts d
year. It is profitable and is generally
too much overlooked. Good work horses,
roadsters and saddle horses command
always high prices at home and abroad.
The most profit for the general farmer
will be found In rearing from a sound
well formed, fair-sized common mares,
bred to Percheron, Clydesdale, or strong,
stout, thoroughbred racers. Such pro-
geny is likely to sell high if treated well
from their birth, as heavy draft, or sad
Gle horses, or fast drivers In carriages or
light wagons. Never breed to an i'll
bred or cold blood, common stallion
Maryland F'tYn1eq.
WEIsKI and other investigators have
very recently published an account of
some experiments on sheep-feeding. in
stituted with the main object of ascer-
tanning the difference in the assimilation
with increasing age of the various mineral
Cor asb) constituents of fodder. Two
lambs of about months old were fed on
meadow hay and split peas until they
were years old. 1t was found that the
lambs assimilated the first year fairly
constant amount of the constituents of
common salt CHLORINE and sodium). but
gradually increasing amount of bone
forming substances-viz., phosphoric
acid, lime, and magnesia, while potash
was assimilated IN proportion to the
growth of wool. At the age OF years
an extremely small amount of these sub
stances was required, of which potash
still predominated. The absorption of
phospheric acid and lime had almost
passed, whence it may be assumed that
at 2 years the bones are fully developed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
Counterfeit Fur.
From the New York Times


One of the most ingenious of the arts
of the furrier's trade is that by which
the skins of certain animals are treated
so as to initiate costly furs in appear
ance. Of late years these manufacturers
have been able to turn rabbit skins to
profitable use in this way and to make
tnerefrOm fur that has the appearance
OF fine sable. A local writer, comment
ing upon the subject, declares that such
such strides have been made in this art
of perfect imitation that the supply of
rabbit skins for the fur market has de-
veloped into new trade within the past
| few years. Nearly all the skins used In
this country come from New Zealand,
whose export trade in this article has in
creased amazingly since 1873. In that
year there were exported t. America
| 36, 713 skins. Last year the exports had
reached the extent of 1914 85 SKINS.
The price has risen by reason of the in
creased demand from to 20 cents per
skin, The skins are brought over by
way of San Francisco, and are put to a
variety of uses in making furs other than
sable. Great quantities of them, it is
stated, are likewise used in Germany for
| Tic SdLu0 PURPOSE. Lie aTG OF making
sable fur from the rabbit has, indeed,
been more perfected in Hamburg than
anywhere else. 1t is quoted asa strange
fact in connection with this new trade of
New Zealand that twenty yearsago there
we're but few rabbits in that;country,
with the exception of small number of
tame, domesticated pets. When the
animals were turned loose, however,
they increased SO rapidly that It is now
reported that agriculturists are debating
the ACCESSIBILITY of exterminating them.
They devour vegetation, and thus seri-
ously interfere with the sheep-raising
| industry. At the same time, hundreds
of dogs and men are daily engaged in
capturing the animals for their skins.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26


Dear are the days, though far apart,
When summers genial sorceries flow
Full on the city 8 turbid heart
From where kline feed and daisies blow;
When breezes loved by brooks and glades
Float peaceful over greeds raw strife,
Aud give the untuneful clash of trades
Melodious hints of ampler life!
Such days with soft compassion seem
The infrequent captive trees t o greet,
That dewless from dull pavements CLEAN
In torrid square or sultry street.
They make the pent grass vaguely sigh
For distant meadows, rich in balm,
That sweep to where the untrammeled sky
Leans low and clasps them with its calm
They rouse to delicate surprise
Those rare scant shrubs the courtyard sees,
AND bid some faded dover surmise
nUrmur as though of phantom bees.
But other messages they send,
Will gladdening thus the towns turmoil,
To piteous lives that yearly bend
Below the IS tyranny of toll.
Sad women, gaunt with needs worst throes,
viii feel the buoyant airs cool thrill,
And futter like the sickly rose
That pines upon their window SILL
Rude grlmy men that drudge Tor bread
With spade aud trowel, axe and bod,
VIII pause in transient dreams to tread
The old leafy lanes their boyhood trod.
Pale ragged children, reared in woe,
VIII family view, by instincts law,
That narrow heaven, the best they know,
Dome a green earth they never saw.
Aud yet With each fresh breeze that rolls
Through lars that vice and fraillty seek,
To still more melancholy souls
These dear unusual days may speak.
Ab would that natures ho,ier sway
And such kind hours new strength could VIII
And full upon their impiOus way
Curb the wild Keeling feet OF sin
-HdrDer'S MdgGzin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
AGE.
BY W B SCOTT.

Stepping westward, +" did she say,
At sunset on that long Scotch day
Stepping westward" yes, Away,
With staff and scrip,
Wayfaring songs upon my lip,
Stepping, stepping, to the end.
AS down the slarting path wend,
Behold a breadth Of distant sea,
Between the hills On either hand,
Ships bearing from some unknown land
To other land unknown to me.
: Stepping westward" all that be,
Body and soul, by land or sea,
Follow still the western sun;
That must end which has begun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
Melancholy wish Millions.
(From a. New Work. Letter.1

The most melancholy-looking house
on all Fifth Avenue and there are some
very melancholy-l looking dwellings, on
that fashionable thor ghfare-is the
one occupied by the widow of A. T.
Stewart. 1t stands there cold and silent;
never curtain raises a quarter of an
inch. Sometimes at night one sees a
CLEAN of light streaming through a win
dow, as though it longed to get out of
that awful gloom. Inside the house is
as cold and uninviting as it is out. A
man in long linen buster, wearing an
lnky- black beard on his pale cheeks,
guards the household Coming upon
him suddenly, you feel that you have
got into an undertaker's establishment,
and the polished rosewood doors, look
ing like SO many collins standing on end,
do not lessen the illusion. Mrs. Stewart
leads ghostly life Ker millions do
her no good. She would be great deal
happier If her income was only So, 500.
Then she might be free to mix among
her kind. often think how those mil
lions would fly if she was another sort OF
a woman. AS she is she has a few or nc
wants at all, and is contented to- sit all
day IN her bedroom, with it's gloomy
painted walls and hOmely photographs
in oval frames. Il she cares for ractures
there is the gallery at the back of the
house, containing number of art
treasures and great many danbs. But
she never goes in there, and cares less
for the old-fashioned portraits that hang
by long red cords in her bathroom.
can imagine no lonelier life than hers,
and [ don't believe but what she would
exchange places with the poorest woman
for the sake of more sociability and less
worry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26

THE minister who shouts loudest from
his pulpit, disturbing the quiet of all
the neighborhood, is the one who pro-
tests most earnestly against allowing
newsboys to cry Sunday morning papers.
The misister shouts for his bread and
butter; so does the boy. Why not live
and let live, Mr.. Preacher - Cincinnati
Saturday Night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26

The ball that put out Peter Vande-
marks eye came out at his shoulder q
few days ago. 1t was sent by rebel
sharpshooter in the late war, but was
supposed to have glanced off. He has
enjoyed good health ever since.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26

The top of fence IN an inundated
tract IN Illinois reached just above the
water, and for days every post and
board was piled high with snakes, en-
deayoring to save their lives.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-06-03
How the Jeannette Ssnk.

Since the Rrst fall party we're out,
when they vere caught by the ice in
trying to reach Herald Island, they had
never taken a course, but the vessel was
held as in the jaws Of death, squeezed
until every timber was strained. They
were every hour in suspense, never
knowing when the ice would close upon
them. a little more and the deck sank
beneath them. Throughout this strain
they were we'll and tried to be cheerful.
They worked very hard, for the engine
and the men were barely able to keep
the water out. They had ~ pump for
a year and half.
On June IL, 1881, tue crisis came.
The ship showed greater straining than
before, the deck quivercd and inexplic-
able movements warned them to hasten
from the vessel They prepared their
boats and made their camp beside the
Jeanette. She rose and turned in her
cradle until the yards touched the ice.
Then the rigging gave way and her masts
lay postrate. 4: clock il the morn
ing the doe parties and all went down.
a cry Of alarm called all - escape from
the crcvlce in tie ice. /; opened JUS,
through tbs captains tent Then began
the retreat. For twenty Line days they
struggled southwark, 800 miles o: broken
ice being TINS passed over. -Four miles
day was though. good fortune. After
one serie. Of fourteen days they were
tventy-seven miles further north THAI
at srst. While working over the ice
and dragging three boats they discover
ed Be1nt.s Island, 70 explore which
they spens three weeks Of their preci-
Gus summer day and expeaded much 0:
:le;r limited supply oi food. To ,iis
desour those who survived at'r.Lz ciouch
oi ,..eir suffering and the death Of their
commander, with nine:e n men. After
three months Of tbs pelilous and e1-
Laus.ing work they came 70 blue water.
AID .heu, with fair winds, took their
course to- the mouth Of the Lena ,iyer.
Chief Engineer MelvilI-'s boa, was stove
agaln.: block Q. ice and the captains
boa. los: her mas: and sail. The cap
tain landed WITH all well, bat abandoC-
ei the boat, a. sh. water WAS shAllow
and could not maze slie channel Of the
riv@
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-06-03

To discourage drinking i'll the army Of
the {. S the success of the Amusement
Room at Vancouver Barracks i. step
IL the night direction. 4 room over the
guard house is occupied; 1t contains two
billiard tables. around the sides are
placed eleven small tables, with two
chairs at each table, and means for play
ing small games, such as chess, check :
ers, backgammon. .dominoes. cards. etc
In one corner Of the room Is q writing
desk, with pens, ink, paper, and envsl-
opes. Tee men pay five cents game
for billiards, and five cents fox sand
wicli and cup Of coffee; no charge Is
made for playing Ally Of the small games,
or for writing materials, Each sandwich
consists Of bread and butter and nea:
between, either cold boiled ham, tongue,
beef, or ,arliines or cheese; E.ilk and
white sugar are provided FOR tie coffee.
Cigar. are sold al five cents each. Ire
post library and reaiins-rooU II al aa-
joining room, which l. also used a.
court-nartial roo0- The prices charged
"a stated above. have been sufficient -
par all the expcrse., except for fuel and
rent Of room, which were furnished hy
the Government.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-06-03
The Boy Boat-Snller.

At Sontag's first concerts In New
York, the wonderful young violinist,
Paul Julien, appeared with her. He
was then mere boy, hardly more than
child, for he was but ten years old;
but his performance was already that OF
a vutuoso, and his tone and style were
nearly those of a great master Of the in
strument. One evening, after Madame
Sontag had been here about month,
went, at one of her concerts, to her prl-
vate room, where she had been kind
enough to receive me before, for she was
one of the very few prlma donnas with
whom was on familiar terms. "Entre="
said male voice when knocked at the
half-open door. / entered. and what
should I see but Count Rossi and Paul
Julien sitting together over basin of
water, which was between them on the
sofa. Count Rossl looked up and smiled
as he held ont his hand without rising,
aud then blew into the bowl. he was
engaged with Paul lwho III q few minutes
before had astonlShed delightful and
cultivated audience in sailing paper
boats which tie little fellow had begged
the Count to make for HIM from concert
programmes. The basin from Madame
Sontag's wash stand furnished the sea
on which the fragile fleet WAS launched.
He continued his amusement until
Madame Sontag entered, and then hasti-
" drying his hands upon another con
cert bill, took MP his violln and while
was yet musing IN wonder at the strange
ness Of tie scene. my rumiuation was
disturbed by the ousburst Of applause
which greeted the entrance OF the little
boat sallcr upon the stage
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-06-03
Ending Her Baby by Telegraph

When the frst ONO and Mississippi
passenger train from the Union Depot
arrived at the Relay, the conductor
stepped off with crying infant in his
arms. Seeing Special Officer Hannifap.
he said, Here IL a baby without .
mother, take it. Mr.. Hannifan took
the infant, bright little cAerub. but Il
cried awfully. and the officer took it
into the depot to see what the depot
master was going to do about il.
why. said the depot master, Mr..
Whitney, 'here is q despatch from =
woman at the Union Depo. asking for
her baby
1t appears that woman got aboard
the OHIO and Mississippi train At .h.
Cnlon depot, ST. Lotis, with her baby.
The train not starting. and she having
no ticket 10 60 - her destination, Ahc
asked fellow passenger if she would
have To get of and procure one before
the train started. Beng answered IN
the Affirmative, she stepped of, leaving
her baby III her seat. Before she re-
turned from the ticket Office the train
had pulled ont and gone Oh its way
through the tunnel and over the bridge.
The mother was, ot course. greatly dL.
iractcd, and le, ;lc fact he well known
aboutz:Le depot. She at once telegraph.
ed over TO the Relay depot. aud IN r.-
turn size Ma latornei that the los, baby
had already arrived and was II tho hands
Of ,he la.uevol.n. Hacnifaa