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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-05-13

One COW we'll fed and comfortably
cared tor will produce quite as much
milk and butter as two that are allowed
to run at large, lie on the wet ground
and besubject to the exposure of the
weather.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-05-13
THEPRoPHET vENN0R.

Out of the thirteen long-range and
general predictions which I have given
forth and caused to be published In
the leading newspapers Of the day and
in my yearly almanacs between the
years of 1875 aud 1882, only two have
been seriously "out'' or astray with re-
spect to the summer season. Having
said this much on bygone forecasts, I
desire now briefly to give brief bat
comprehensive outline of what, In my
humble opinion, are likely to be the
most remarkable features of the sum-
mer and autumn of the year 1882:
F1rst-A season that will well merit
the designation Of cool. to cold and
wet, generally. Not that there will
not be terms of summer warmth and
even Intense heat for periods, but
rather that these last will appear In
the retrospect as of but comparative
insignifcance, or as the exceptions
to the general rule.
6econd-The season will be marked
by not only great precipitation, but by
q mugginess of atmosphere, generally,
caused by the reekine condition of the
earth and the long continuance Of
clouded sky. This will result In perl
DDS of extreme sultriness and heavy
weather during which the thunder and
the summer will be the reverse ofclear
and dry.
Third-There is q likelihood of June
and August frosts In Northern, Wes-
tern, and Southern sections, and q
general cold wave may occur toward
midsummer.
FOurth-The autumn months will
continue moist. September will proba-
bly, given rains and floods in western
Canada, aud In Western and Southern
sections of the United States. October
will be much the sane, with early
begin the winter of 1882 e3-a winter
likely to be memorable on account of
Its exceptionally heavy snow falls and
very cold weather over the whole
northern hemisphere. That GA cold
and wet summer is Invariably followed
by a cold and stormy winter is a
truth now 80 well proved aud borne
out by the testimony of past records
that we cannot lightly put it aside
and, II we have good aud sufficient
grounds for predicting the former, as
We most asuredly have at this time, it
is but right that we should warn the
people of the latter in good season.
Fifth and last-The approaching
season will probably be the first of a
couple of wet summers, and as 1882 is
so is 1883 likely to be. But here we
must stop for the present.
HENRY G.VENNOR.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-05-13

This Academy has been long established
and successfully conducted. It is mainly
a preparatory School for the University Of
Virginia. The instruction, therefore: in
Mathematics and in the Ancient and Mod
ern Languages, including tho English, is
necessarily very thorough.
The Location is one of the healthiest and
most beautiful portions of Piedmont, Vir-
ginia, under the Blue Ridge and near the
Rapidan River, and in an intelligent and
highly refined community, with Churches
of various denominations convenient.
The Buildings and Grounds are extern
sive and attractive, and specially adapted
to the purposes Of Boarding School.
The Session begins the Third Monday
in September, and closes Third Thursday
in June.
The Terms are 5000 for session of nine
(9) months, for every expense except
Clothing, Text Books and Medical Atten-
dance.
Patrons preferring it, Board at reasonable
rates can be obtained in private families in
the immediate neighborhood.
For sons of Ministers of the Gospel, the
Tuition Fee of 5000 Is RENTED.
This is Private School, and under the
absolute control of the Principal.
For further information, address the UNI
dersigned at Locust Dale P. O., Madison
d. +. BOYD.
Principal.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-05-13

Clothes are the best passport among
strangers-character among acquain-
tances.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
Sailing on Skates.

A new means OF locomotion on the ice
has recently been introduced upon
Fourth lake, near Madison, Wis, which
will probably be pretty generally adopt
ed, that is, the use of small, some
what kite-shaped sail. which each skater
holds for the breeze to catch and send
flying over the ice with speed scarcely
surpassed by the lightning-like ice-boat.
These sails can be made almost any
size, but they usually range from six to
ten feet in length, and perhaps three
feet in breadth at their widest part.
They can be operated like the sails on
an ice-boat, only with greater ease, for
they are held by the hand at the side,
and person, urged over the ice by
means of one meets with comparatively
small resistance from the air, and there
fore can attain great velocity. A move
ment is on foot now among the Fourth
lake skaters to have number of the af-
fairs built and soon whole fleet of such
sails may be looked for Madison Jour
nal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
A Bears GINNING.

l really think that Bruin possesses the
sense Of humor; ut all events his actions
point that way, and there is no doubt that
he is extremely cunning and observing.
/ once had an English friend visiting me,
who played the flute He was in the
habit of marching up and down, while
playing, near a tame bear had at the
time. The bear had piece of stick
about two feet long. which he tossed
about for amusement. After time, he
came to handle the stick very much as
my friend did his flute. This annoyed
my sensitive friend, and in revenge he
leased the bear with uncouth noises.
Bruin shifted and whined, and waited
his opportunity for delivering ire
mendous blow with his paw at his enc
my, whose tall hat was knocked COM
pletely over his eyes. He escaped being
scalped by dropping fiat and rolling out
of the reach of the bear. This bear
spent much of his time in the tree to
which he was chained, and when climb
ing usually got his chain twisted over
and under the branches in most intri-
cate manner, but never failed to take
out every turn as he descended. A friend
who owned tame bear told me that for
a long time he could not account for the
mysterious way in which the poultry
disappeared. Observing at different
times a good many feathers around
Bruins pole, he began to suspect that
the bear was the culprit. Close watch
ing confirmed his suspicious. When
Bruin thought he was unobserved he
would seize any unfortunate hen or
chicken within his reach and devour it;
but if any one approached before he
could complete the meal he would sit
upon his prey until the danger of dis
covery had passed. He was betrayed
at last by the cackling of an old hen
that he had failed to silence.-The Cen
tury.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
The Ultra Style of Hotel Clerk.

The hotel clerk is young man who
was originally created to fill an Emper-
or's throne or adorn Dukedom, but
when he grew up, there being fewer
thrones and doms than there were EN-
perors and Dukes. he was temporarily
forced to take position behind hotel
register. His chief characteristics are
dignity OF bearing, radiant gorgeousness
of apparel, haughtiness Of manner, and
jewelry. His principal duties consist In
hammering on the call bell, in handing
guests the wrong keys to their rooms,
and In keeping supply of toothpicks
on the end of the desk. When all his
time is not taken up in the performance
of these arduous duties, he will conde-
scend to explain to guest that he does
not know whether the north-bound train
leaves at 8 p. m. or not, and II the guest
insists on enticing further information
out of him, he will probably hand him
last years official railroad timetable.
When a stranger comes In on late
train, jams his valise down on the coun-
ter, and approaches the register, the
hotel clerk, in a preoccupied and aus
tere manner, turns the register and
hands the stranger a pen-a pen that
has an impeachment on its legs, catches
in the paper, and splutters fragments of
the guests name all over Yesterdays
arrivals" The clerk, after turning
around the register and examining the
signature to see If it is genuine, express
ses some doubt as to their being vacant
room in the house. The stranger says
he is bound to have room. The clerk
retires back of the desk, and after con-
sulting pigeon-holes, concludes that the
gentleman may have No. 1892. He
writes some hieroglyphics on the regis
ter, and then he talks for half an hour
with the porter and the baggageman
about the trunk of the gentleman in No.
46, having got mixed up with the bag
gage belonging to the gentleman in No.
"a. When he gets that matter arranged
he sits down to polish and admire the
long nail that he is cultivating on his
little finger, and forgets the gentleman
who has rented No. 1892 until he is
made aware of his existence by an i'm
patient tap on the counter. With the
air of martyr and sigh, he says:
sab! would you like to go to your
room?"
Then John shows the gentleman to
No. 1892.
No matter how crowded a hotel is,
the hotel clerk always finds one room
left for the late arrival. When the lat
ter kicks about it, when he is leaving
next day, because it was on the fifth
floor, and was furnished with nothing
but bed, bar of soap, and crack in
the ceiling, the clerk tells him that if he
had only been staying another day, he
could have had an excellent room, in
fact, the best room in the house, which
would be vacated after breakfast, by
gentleman who was leaving on the
noon train. To our certain knowledge,
the gentleman has been leaving that
excellent-that "best room in the house,"
every tomorrow for the last twenty
years.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28

tor 1881 1t was 4, l63. These A, 1868 con-
sisted OF 1924 mentor government rail-
ways, 2,613 artisans and domestic SER
wants, 1853 agriculturists, and 1853 recruits
for the Cape mounted rifemen. The
agriculturists took out with them In
money alone an aggregate of $77, 1926,
or little over 800 for each man,
woman and child.
After an investigation, based on actual
results obtained by several persons, the
San Francisco Chronicle expresses the
belief that well-selected and well-tend-
ed vineyard OF raisin grapes Tin Califor-
MAJ after the seventh year, is good for
a net annual profit Of $500 to $500 an
acre. "Five acres of this sort of prop
erty," it adds, ''would be worth more
to the owner than 160 acres of the best
wheat land in the state in the course of
five years cultivation.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
MAYBE so.r

M. Quad, who is writing for the De-
troit Free Press, a series OF letters relat-
ing to the late war entitled Sixteen
Years After" says:
After looking over the battle field Of
Charlottesville went back to the brick
house for dinner. During my absence
little red-headed man had arrived, and
he was introduced by the woman as her
brother-in-law.' AS soon as came in he
began on me:
"vhas you under Sheneral Shackson
in dis fightp"
mo"
IL tell you dot vhas an awful fight
my frendt. Blood poured out shust like
it vhas raining. Maybe you vhas under
Sheneral Lee, up der blank road"
mo, wasn't"
"Not under Leep But dot Sheneral
Lee vhas an awful fighter. Maybe you
vhas NIT Early, up at Fredericksburgp"
..Sop Well, dat Early he vhas
shplendid sheneral, und he like to fight
ali der time. feels sure you vhas NIT
Early. Maybe you vhas init Hooker,
ehp'
"No."
"Not NIT Hooker down here! Den
you vhas NIT Sedgwick up der roadtP"
mo"
"Vhell, by golly! Not NIT Shackson
nor Lee-not NIT Hooker nor Sedgwick
Vhell! Well! Dot beats me all oafer"
Both of us fell to and began eating,
and nothing further was said until the
meal was finished and we had gone out
to look at some old cannon wheels in
the yard. Then my friend put his hand
on my shoulder, lowered his voice, and
said:
"My frendt, if you vhas not NIT Lee
nor Shackson nor Hooker in dis fight
maybe you und me vhas in der same
placer"
maybe so. Where were you|'
"In Canada ~ he whispered.
He call "goot-bye" after me as rode
away, but wouldn't have answered
him for hundred dollars.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28

Two months had passed, and In her
dainty boudoir Isabel sat with one guest
"a guest who had been very constant
during these latter weeks. He was seat
ed now on low fauteuil at her feet. She
leaned above him, with every tone of
the flexible voice in itself caress.
Eyes, have been lonely all these
years, she half whispered. "Hubert, 1
was very cruel to you once, but learn
ed afterwards that was far more so to
myself"
All! did he know-did he dream what
it cost her pride to utter those words?
Only the knowledge that his hand never
would break down the barrier hers had
raised, with the added knowledge that
beneath itlay her buried heart, gave her
strength and courage.
81 should not tell you this, perhaps"
she continued "but it may help me to
win the forgiveness you once denied
me-"
The violet eyes were dim and shadow
She laid her hand upon his arm. He
felt it tremble. Was this woman so con-
summate an actress that she must ever
demand new fields for victoryP
"You mean thatsyou have learned to
love mep" he said almost coldly.
There was silence for full minute;
then she spoke.
'Im mean that have always loved you,"
she answered.
The mans face grew deathly pale.
he trembled an instant convulsively,
then he laughed aloud-a harsh. dis
cordaht laugh-and rose to his feet.
1--WE have played the farce out to the
end now, your ladyship," he said. II
have tried to make my skill in fencing
equal to yours. must thank you for
the charming assistance you have lent
me. The audience has been small, but
appreciative. You will now permit me
to bid you good morning. On Saturday
return to the East"
He bowed and turned to the door.
She sprang up to detain him, then stood
with one hand grasping the chair for
support. the other held tightly over her
heart.
This, then, was his revenge-this her
punishment Oh, merciful Heaven! had
she deserved itP Her foil had slipped
and hurt him--his had buried itself in
her heart.
At the door he turned, as though COM
PEELED against his will, and caught upon
her face the expression of mute agony.
One stride brought him to her side again.
With almost brutal force he seized hold
Of her arm.
'Are you woman or devilP" he said,
between his teeth. "Look! I came to
claim my triumph; but 1 cast it back at
your feet! l love you'll shall love you
to my death. Gloat over the knowledge
it is your daily food. 1t is to you,
farce still-to me, a tragedy"
HUBERT" whispered but the
one word, but it stilled his passion like
magic-"oh, my love-my love! 1 am
so weary! Willyou not give me restP"
she said.
Over his face there crept marvel
GUS softness; his grasp upon her arm
relaxed. The next moment-how it
happened, neither knew-she was Sob
bling in his arms.
Who had won the victoryp Was it not
to both defeatp Yet for what victory,
however glorious, would either have ex-
changed FTP
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
The Kangaroo as q Fighter.

A wild kangaroo is more forinida-
BILE beast than might be supposed.
Standing at bay, in fighting attitude,
on the tripod of his leg and tail, some-
times seven feet high, a solitary .'forest-
err is not to be trifled with. The arms
of such q beast as long as those of a
man, and his hand-like paws have
sharp, hooked claws. With these he will
spar against couple of powerful hounds
like boxer, and woe betide the unfor-
tunate puppy that ventures within reach
of those sinewy limbs; he will be held
for moment in a strong grip, while q
downward blow from the hind-foot,
armed with its sharp, long claw, rips
him down from shoulder to tail. Sew
up the cash, apply the black fellows
remedy-a little dry dust-and let him
take his chance to die, or crawl home a
wiser hound. An old dog will wait his
chance, make a flank attack, and get
hold of the enemy by the tail, when
over he goes, and is soon worried to
death.
A kangaroo always takes to the wa
ter, where he will stand as deep as he
can, and methodically drown any dog
which ventures within his reach. A
stockman in Australia, while looking for
tracks along the boundary of his run,
heard dog barking-a sound sure to
attract bushman's attention, as it
would portend something with a flock
of sheep. Riding over in the direction
of the sound, he found shepherd in the
grasp Of big, old kangaroo, holding on
for his life to a root in the bank of the
stream. The kangaroo had been chased
into the stream by the shepherds dog,
which had gone into the water after
him, and would have been incontinently
drowned had not his master gone to the
rescue. The kangaroo, leaving the dog,
had seized the man, and was doing his
best to drown him, which he would
most likely have done had the stockman
not heard the frantic barking of a dog
and interfered with big stick.
The writer has never seen kangaroo
swim, though they always take to water
when hard pressed, like deer. A mob
of kangaroos running look very like fall
low deer at q distance. When sitting
up, immovable, on the watch, they look
SO much like gray stumps as to be in
distinguishable to the inexperienced eye.
They look very ghostly and uncanny as
they go into water on bright, moonlight
Berlin has a curiosity IN the way OF a
bookseller who can neither read nor
write. He is well respected, and sells
good books, many of them scientific,
and the best literature of the day. He has
an excellent memory, and large trade.
Some of the characters which he has de-
vised for memoranda are said to be curl
Gus enough. 1t is the shape and size of
books that are his chief guides, and he
has seldom been known to make seri-
-.-- ,,,;sta1a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28

A Deadwood evangelist was called to
help revive Sunday-school that had
been closed for two weeks. He peror-
ated as follows: "When this yer Sum
day-school closed. I want here, or
should a-bucked ag'in it. believe there
is place in that ar Bible as says if q
Teller is a fool and a wayfarin' man he
kin understand some on it, if he'll read
1t at all, and I am in favor of startin'
her up ag'in, superintendent or no SUPER
intender, Christians or no Christians,
and a-keepin' her runnin' the track the
hull year round; and that's the kind of
cat am There was a unanimous
vote to ''start her up ag'in."
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
New York's Broadway of To-Day.

The elevated railroads have worked
curious changes with us, and one is O
matter of custom, says New York let
ter in Boston AdCertiSer. 1t is so easy
and pleasant to go down town by them
that comparatively few men make that
trip or its return one their daily consti-
tutional A walk down Broadway has
now all the pleasures of novelty, and yet
the Broadway of twenty years ago has
'.gone where the woodbine twineth."
One need not be old, or even middle
aged, to remember it as the street par
excellence of New York. What crowds
one saw and met! How gay and full of
life it all was! Now let one start from
Union Square and notice the difference.
Until he passes Stewards he still sees
crowds, but near the junction of Aston
Place they begin to thin out. Just here
was one of the very gayest parts of the
fine street, when old Hiram Cranston
kept the New York Hotel, and the win
dows were filed with the faces of old
Knickerbockers in winter, and we'll
known Southerners in summer. From
hence to Canal street travel is nothing
to what it was of old. The Grand Gem
trail, Metropolitan, and st. Nicholas ho-
tells stand as of old, but one cannot help
regarding them as ancient landmarks.
Canal street passed, the pedestrian en-
tiers the wholesale dry goods district,
and now he meets more and more peo-
pie, until the increase eliminates in the
jostling assemblage at the corner of
Fulton. Here is feast of numbers,
busy, anxious, and struggling, but for
many blocks not long passed there was
o famine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28
Industrial Brevities.

Land, noticing the enormous rise in
the value of Highland property during
the last twenty years, says: In 1889 the
estate of Torridon, in Ross-shire-a
wild and mountainous territory on the
west coast of that county-was bought
by Col. M'Barnet for f12,0OO. Thirty
years later the present Mr.. Darroch, Of
Torridon. purchased it for Eos, 0OO-an
increase of more than 500 per cent.
Another west-coast property, that of
Attadale, has had somewhat less for
tunate history. In 1922 Col. M'Barnet
bought it from Mr.. Matheson for fl5,-
600, but subsequently sold it for 60, 900,
and in 1861 it was bought back by Mr..
Matheson for $4,000. The Muirtown
estate adjoining the property of Mr..
Sterling, of Faidburn, was sold early in
the century for f12,000 to Mr.. w. Mac
kenzie, by whose son it was sold for
100000. The then purchaser resold it
few years back to Mr.. Sterling for
f40,000.
The English weights and measures in
common use in market reports of agri-
cultural produce are thus defined: A
truss of straw, SO pounds; truss of old
hay after Sept. /, Sc pounds; truss of
new hay, 60 pounds. Thirty-six trusses
constitute load One stone of butch
ers meat is 8 pounds. An ordinary
stone is IA pounds, a quarters 28pounds,
n hundred-weight is four quarters. or
112 pounds, bushel of flour Sc pounds,
sack of flour, or five bushels, is 280
pounds. In dry measure three bushels
equal one sack; of grain four bushels;
twelve sacks equal one chaldron; eight
bushels or two sacks equal one quarter,
and five quarters equal one load
1t is generally believed that O Mr..
Richardson, of New Jersey. first intro
duced lung plague from England, in a
shipment of shorthorns, and. discover
ing the true nature of the disease,
stamped it out by the slaughter of his
whole herd, valued at $40, 900. A sequel
to this is that some of the neighbors had
their stock infected by using the hay
taken from barn where the diseased
cattle had been. There are, however,
no recorded facts by which this story
can be corroborated.
1t will be news to some people that
ostrich farming is attended with dangers
to human life, although men engaged
in the business are not always free from
assault from some vicious bird. In the
district of Victoria West, Cape Colony,
some weeks ago man was actually
kicked to death, by an ostrich on the
public highway. Some dispute arose
between them as to the right of way,
and before they had settled It the bird
had kicked and trampled on him until
he was dead.
On the farm of Cornell university, q
double roomed silo was built of masonry
last summer, and one side of it filed
with fodder corn, which has been sown
in rows cut in fine pieces. The whole
was put under high pressure. 1t was
lately opened. The contents Prof.
ROBBERS regards as well preserved, and
will soon begin feeding it to his stabbed
cattle. 1t is semi-dry and has the tart
smell, from the partial fermentation
which seems inevitable.
Emigration to Cape Colony from
Great Britain is fast increasing. For
1879 the returns show only 1882 emf.
grants; for 1880 the number was 2.6O7:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28

I don't say life is not worth having; it
is worth having to man who has some
sparks of sense, the feeling, and bravery
in him. And the finest fellow of all
would be the one who could be glad to
have lived because the world was chief
ly miserable, and his life had come to
help some one who needed it.-Felir
Holt.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-28

Be gentle with your children. DO
not suffer yourself to speak in an angry
tone to them, and especially do not
scold them because somebody else has
provoked you. Children suffer as much
from heat and cold, and other causes of
discomfort, as grown people. Remem-
Der this, and be patient with them.