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Philndelphia nIarkets.

fAssociatcd Press dispatch to The Gazette
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-FIour, quiet but
trm superllnc, S3.5Oa4.25; extra, $l.25a5.2j
Penna. family, S8.0Oa6.25; Ohio and Indiana
family, S6.25a700; st. Louis, S7a7 so; Mime.
sofa extra, Sa737; do. Straight, $75Oa7.75
winter patent, S7.6OaS5O; spring, Ssa0.
Rye -four, S4.50a5.0O.
Wheat, irmer, but dull Del. and Penna. red
VI .45al Al; amber, Sl47al. So
Corn, firm with fair local demand. Steamer
SB12 yellow, SASS; mixed, S7aL5.
Oats, steady but quiet. No. white 50 No
2, do. 62 No3 do. 81; No. mixed, 60
Rye, ,iirm sales 82c.
new, 7a7l4; timothy, dull; fax, nominal.
Provisions, firm
Lard, firm.
Butter, dun and weak; creamery extra 24a26
do. good to choice 22a24 rolls, nominal
Penna. and western l2nlT.
Eggs, quiet lenna. 2OLa2l western, 20.
Cheese tirm, fairly active.
Petroleum, dun refined, ~.
Whiskey, Sl.2l
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Local Quotations.

CORRECTED DAILY BY WILLIAM LEA x Sons,
BRANDYwINE MILLs-WHEAT FLOUR.
FLOUR PER BARL Wholesale retail
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PnILAnELpHIA cATTLR MARKET

Stock YARDS, PHILADELPHIA May 22-Cattle
market In active demand highest prices
ever known sales 2,4O0 prime at 87su9A ;
7Aa73; fat cows, 5Au7H dressed beevcs Ia
l312. sheep market active; sales LOO; sheared
sheep, .a6?s wool sheep, 5d7 spring lambs,
O12al012. Hogs market active sales 5000 head;
prime, MA good, l1Aa1lh; light mixed,
l012all.
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-s~@a a~~s--
Second Baptist Sunday School,
Cardinal McCabe,s Danger.
THE RAILROADS.
A Local Time Table With the --latest
Corrections.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON FOR
THE RAILROADS


Corrections.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON FOR
-s.lOt-s15-9OOt- t-9.49t-954t- -lO.3O-li.53 a.
m;-l2.OO+ m:-l2.l5-12.38-i.53 .53-2 3Ot- 90
5.17*-5.3Ot-6.l0-6.3S+- .30+-9 S. pm-
NEW YoRK - 2.OO#-2.23#-s.30- 30-7.25-954-
11.53 a. m;-12.3s-l.53-5l7*- 83sa-7 % pm.
m;-l2.Ol-l.OO-1.O -1.O9-6.O0-6.57-ll.04# .04# p. IN.
WAsHrNGToN-1.42*-4 a. m:
LOO. .O9-6.57-1104* p. IN.
BALTIMORE AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS
l.O5f-9l7 a. m;-l.OO-6.O0 p. IN.
Trains running both daily and Sunday.
Trains running only on Sunday.
/ Connect at Gray's Ferry for old depot.
Broad and Washington avenue.
DELAWARE RAILROADS. OO.-s.1 10 a. m;-1. .o5
-Soo*-o.25t p. m. No Sunday trains
= For New Castle only
I For Harrington and intermediate stations.
WILMINGToN & NORTHERN RATLRoAD-7.55 a.
m;-2.55-50O-6.25 p. III. On Sunday for
Coatcsyille-S.4j
DELAWARE WESTERN RA1LRoAD-lO.3O 80 a. m;
6.3O p. m. No Sunday trains.
TRAINS SARRIVEATWIL FROM
PHILADELPHIA = l25O-l.a2*-4. .474-745-
Observation-Disclosures a.m;-l2 SO
7.35t-7.65-9,50-10.5S .5S p. IN.
New .32*-4.47#-s.O2t-9l2 a. m;-
-4.56-6.4S*-l0.5S y. IN.
BALTIMORE -2ls+-9.4o-94-11.43 n.
| m:-l2.36-l.50-5.ll 5.ll*-630*-734- .49# d. IN.
WAsHINGToN-l.5l*-2 .43a. m;-l2. SO
*-6.3O*-T.24-0.49# p. IN.
Both daily and Sunday.
On Sunday only.
DELAWARE RAILROADS.. s.JO-1O15ta. m;-12Ot
-5.O5*-6.o5 p. m No Sunday trains.
From New Castle only.
| WILMINGToN s. NORTHERN RAILRoAD-e.4e
s4o-n 40 a. m;-6.37 p. III. On Sunday from
| Coatcsyille at 6.45.
DELAWARE WESTERN RAILRoAD-s.OOa n. m.-
2.l5 p. m. No Sunday trains.
TRAINS LEAVE FOR WILMINGTON
PHILApELPHIA NEW BROAD STREET DEPor-
| l2.aOf-3.5 .55*-6.3 30. .20#-8. .OO-s 2l-S3b+-Iu1 IN
.O5-ll.50 a. m;-l2.23-1.32t-l. .32-3,l6-
4'Vza4 4.Ji- 6.O5-520 5.55-o.05f $685. .3ss
BROAD AND WASHINGTON AvBNUE-63 3O-s on
-lOl5 a. -3.l0-4. .3O-5l5 D. IN.
New CAsTLE-s.3 $50 O.OO-ll. .48 a. m.-44eH
$40 p. m.
Daily and Sunday.
On Sunday only.
:, Gothic black figures denote the Limited
| Express trains.
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,-,--, r,o,1er Makers Strike

brooklyn Boiler M"A'is c.,atel
rAssociated Press dispatch lo,py nor maid
NEW York, May 22.-Ihc gi,n,cc,ressed
of fBrooklyn to-day struck lor hnr air n, oG the I'D
per cent. in wages, A hu,"ON
have conceded the advance.
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a1oo.ooo Fire in Michigan

GAssociated Press dispatch 10 ,'s 'n ua MI
CHICAGO, May pa fire at " Wyl,'" aSrTsl
gan, yesterday, destroyed ., ,.,a,hs, W, hsy isl
mill and large quantity Of lulllpT, TatsI
Ing to II. T. Wyman y Go; TO- odO iV'
nearly 500, 900; insurance, a'O'OO"
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THE Rent Bill.

tAssoclated Press dispatch o',a',one ~ a. nc
LONDON, May sa.-Mr. GIadssTi' llssT. d Il B
the second reading OF the AiiIJ A. nj, attend
bill IN tie House of Commons asmel ."
and debate on the measure cilsu,
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sUNDAY srAR
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| ".t
ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER
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6B-The black figures denote the Limited
Express trains.
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CITY DIRECTORY.

Presbyterian Church.
RCv. ----------, Pastor. SCNiceS Il
tho Church, Gramnont and Catalpa streets
first, second and third Sundays each month.
Protestant Episcopal.
Rev. w. II. PrOsSer, Rector Services az
Grace Church every Sunday morning at IL
o'clock; evening at +. IN.
Roman Catholic Church,.
Rev. Father l.. Enaut, Pastor. Services
ut st. Matthew's Church every Sunday.
First Mass ut o'clock, Il. H.; High Mass at
10 o'clock, Il. m; Benediction OF the Blessed
sacrament At o'clock, p. IN.
Methodist Episcopal.
Rev 3: +. White Pastor. SERVICES s,n at sne
Of each month, morning and night.
baptist Church.
Rev. w. \. Mason, Pastor. Services ut
the Church. GrammCnt AMI st. john SITS.
every sunday.
CONGREGATION B'nai Israel.
ROY. \. levy, Pastor, Services every
Friday, 80 p. M. ut Temple Sinai.
OniccrS: S. Mark. President; T.. Bloch,
Woo President; Marcus We'll, Secretary
Jonas Meyer, Treasurer.
+. A. NJ.
Monroe Chapter, No. is. Meets in Mas
onic Hail. second and fourth saturdays in
zach month.
Omccrs: Il. Richardson. II. P; r.: W.
| Richardson, l.. X; T.. r. McCormick, Els.
| 7. s.; S. Marx, Il. \. c.: Jas. McNeely. G.
| Nj. 3rd V: i. +. Moo; uire, G. NJ. End ";
| w. G. Kennedy, q. NJ. LIST "; s. Meyer,
Treasurer; j. II. Milling. Secretary; j. G.
| Sanders, Guard.
Western star Lodge, No. Fl. Meets in
| Masonic Hall, first and third Saturdays in
| each month.
oniccrs Z: Rtchardson, W. NJ; W..
S. Meyer, Treasurer J. L. Hanna. Socre-
tary L. Endom, s. D.: Jonas Meyer, J.
D.; j. G. Sanders, Ty lcr.
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THE NEW YORK ssN-FOR 1852.

THE sun forlSs2 will make its fifteenth
annual revolution under the present man
and little, mean and gracious, contented
and unhappy, Republican and Democrat,
depraved and yirtuous, Intelligent and oh,
womankind of every sort i; but its genial
warmth is tor the good, willie it polirs hot
discomfort on the blsterng backs OF the
persistently wicked.
The Sun of 1868 was a newspaper of IL
new kind. 1t discarded many Oft forms.
and Il multitude of the SlpcriluOIIS words
and phrases of ancient journalism. 1t I'M
dertook to report in Il fresh, succinct, un-
conventional way all the news Ofthc world,
emitting no event of human interest, and
comment upon affairs; with the fearlessness
of absolute Independence. The success of
this experiment the success of The
Sun. 1t effected a permanent change in
the style Of American newspapers. Every
important journal established in this co,lr-
try in the dozen years past has been mod
elled after The Sun. Every important
journal already eNistin has been nodiliad
The sun for 1882 will be the same out
spoken, truth telling and interest in:; news
by a liberal use OF the means which an
abundant prosperity affords, we shall make
it better than ever before.
We shall print all the news, putting il
into readable shape, and measuring its i'm
but by its real interest to tie people.
In politics we have decided opinions; ana
are accustomed to express them in Ian
w
what we think about mon and events. That
habit is the only secret OF The Suns roliti-
cal course.
The Weekly Sun gathers int eight pages
the best matter of the seven daily issues.
An Agricultural Department of u,ie4uallcd
merit, full market reports, and liberal
proportion Of literary, scientific and do
mestic Intelligent complete The Weekly
Sun, and make it the best newspaper for the
farmers household that was even. printed.
If our idea of what Il newspaper Should he
pleases you, send for The Sun.
Our terms are as follows:
For the Daily Sun, a four-p page sheet of
twenty:eight columns, the price by mail,
year; or including the Sunday paper, an
eight-page sheet of fifty-siN columns. the
price is SiNty-iive cents per month, or s. so
a year, postage paid.
The Sunday edition of Tho Sun is also
furnished separately at 81 20 year, post
age paid.
The price ofThe Weekly Sun, eight pages
fifty-siN columns, is 81 a year, postage paid,
For clubs of ten sending SO we will send
an extra copy.
Address, i. w. ENGLAND,
Publisher of The Sun, New York City
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-12-23
sTUFFING An ELEPHANTS SKIN.

Not long ago, Ward dispatched a
man to India to shoot an elephant.
He obtained permission from the Gov
erpOr of the Madras Presidency (for
the elephant is protected by the laws),
and after q long hunt, in which the
natives Joined, finally secured the lar
gest stuffed specimen in the country,
now in the Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. The
elephant was shot through the head.
Careful measurements we're first made
skin was removed in three sections.
One incision was made at the top of
the neck, along the back to the tail !;
another divided the skin from the
throat, along the middle of the body
underneath, meeting the first incision
at the tail; and the third cut severed
the head from the body. On tho
inside of each leg an incision was
made from the sole of the foot to the
abdominal opening. The skin was re-
moved by working from the latter and
the back cuts at the same time, the
legs being cut off at the joints. Then
the body was rolled over, and the
operation was repeated. Finally the
head and trunk were skinned. The
absence of hair from the skin facilitated
the treatment of both sides with pre-
servatives. Both sides were washed
with arsenical soap and salt, and rub
bed with q fiat stone. The skin was
then rolled up and packed away. Two
days later it was spread out, and the
pieces of flesh adhering were removed.
After being again treated with arsenic,
it was left undisturbed for week, at
the expiration of which time the fibers
were found to be hardened, and the
epidermis thoroughly set. Powdered
alum was now freely used, and the
skin left to dry in the shade. Twenty
days after the commencement of the
operation, the skin, then weighing
only 24O pounds, was shipped to
America. Upon its arrival hither,
four bars of wrought iron, each II feet
long and Ia inches thick, were bent
into shape for the legs, and firmly
bolted to a beam 16 feet long and 4
inches thick. This was to serve as a
backbone for the attachment of ribs,
and scapul.e SeInicircular- shaped bone
were attached to the backbone, and
laths nailed thereon. Then II wooden
pelvis and shoulder blades were set,
and at each joint of the legs round
piece of wood was fitted about the leg
iron, and laths nailed from one joint to
the other. An exact copy of the skull
in wood was bolted on in position.
Then the several parts were wrapped
with wisps of straw, and the manikin
was covered With the skin of the ele-
plant. From the measurements that
had been made, the distances between
the various extremities were copied,
and the prOtrusions initiated by stuff
ing. The trunk was filled with straw,
and the wooden imitation of the skull
covered with clay and moulded into
shape. After the skin was thoroughly
dry-for previous to mounting it had
been in the relapsing tank-thc seams
were sewed together, and the elephant
was complete.
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DOR SALE.
THE BEST REAL ESTATE Inv EST
MENT IN NORTH LOUISIANA.

THE BEST REAL ESTATE INVEST
MENT IN NORTH LOUISIANA.
IoEFERTORS SALE .'sTONNED AWAY"
the plantation tract Of The late Df. Gilman
NJ. Peck, decd of Richland parish. The
tract contains $50 acres of land, so acres in
cultivation and so an old dcadcninG now be-
ing cleared up. This tract is located across
the neck of large bend of BnuH river
one mile across and is known to be the best
tract on that river it is Is miles from
Monroe the river is navigable six months
This tract has three advantages over any
tract situated on the Mississippi river, viz {:
it is entirely above any overflow, has no
caving banks and no levee taxes. The
cleared land produces one and-a-half bales
to the acre. and rents for $3.50 per acre an
abundance of labor on the place which viii
always command it :; soil black mould,
mixed with y little sand ; growth, ash,
gum, dogwood, oak, hickory, pawpali,
grape vine, etc. Range line, game and fish
in abundance, waiting for the frying pan.
The projected X. r. from Alexandria to
southwe Arkansas will pass by this place
Apply to
I. N. PECK,
Attorney in Fact, Sicily Island
Reference: Judge NJ. J. 1-iddell, lion
roe, La.
N. B.-This place has fine cypress
break and mill-seat for water powder.
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JOHN CHINAMAN AND THE SUNDAY
LAW.
New York Tribune

Enter policeman (reads)-"NIr.
Quong Long, you are hereby notified,
in conformity with the provisions Of
the new code, that you must close your
shop on Sunday under penalty OF the
law"
Quong Long-s'Codee, me no snbee.
What you call codee"
Officer (aside) -"E'aith, III translate
it for the haythen Chineser.' -"Big
policee, Mclean man Stay you no
washee Shlunday shuttle shoppe, 60
chop chop churchee-D'ye understand
that, bcghorra "'
Quong I4ong-"Bring him in to-
morrow, one dolce Dozen"
Of1icer-"I don't want washin.' L
warn ye to shut your shop tomorrow"
Quong Long bringing license)--
"Big coppee, five dolce, alice lite"
Officer very mad, and shaking a
club)-"Ye'd better mind phat say
or I'll run We in at sunrise meself.'
Quong Long (after consulting his
dictionary)-s'Me sabee, mo Christian
20 Mclean Sunda school. Put shuttee
up allie time Sunda."
Officer, returning later, finds the
following in the window:
Motifs.
Sunda.
No washee, no Gomez. Man must &C
churchee. New COdee.
QUoNG LONG.
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OF REMOVAL.

have removed my BUTCHER SHOP to
tho now building on DeSiard street, At tho
railroad crossing, where my patrons, for
whose past favors I am greatly indebted,
will find mo supplied with fresh meats of
the best quality to be had in his market.
q. w. MILLER.
Monroe, December 5, 1852.
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UTATCII-NKAK Err.
MONROE, LA.

THOS. l.. DEACON. latoot New Orleans
has opened in the Opera House building,
where no is prepared to repair watches and
clocks in the best manner, and warrant for
ONE YEAR.
Old gold and silver bought, or taken in,
exchange.
Monroe, November 10. 1Ssl.
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GEM SALOON.
No. % DESIARD STREET,
Next door to Sholars Drug Store.
MONROE, LA.
LEVY 4 LEYENS, A'roprictors.
MONROE, l.

The GEM has just been opened and is
supplied with Imported and Domestic
Wines and Liquors, and Imported and Do
mestic Cigars, all new and fresh. Mixed
Drinks prepared with care. and polite alton
ton will DO received by all.
Monroe, February ), 1852.
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NOTICE.

DEBTS DUE TUE LATE FIRM OF
Campbell Il Hcekin arc payable to me on
", \. CAMPBELL.
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An account is given in English jour-
nails of the performance of a locomotive
on the Great Mort hern railroad, which
recently carried the Duke of Edinburgh
from Leeds to London, 1861 miles, in
three hours, or at the rate of62 miles
per hour. This speed has frequently
been equallad and sometimes surpassed
for short distances. The engine had
driving wheels eight feet in diameter,
or two feet larger than the wheels of
American engines.
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Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., has sold his
New York residence for $25, 900 aud
$1,000 acres of Florida land.
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"What impudencev' exclaimed Mrs.
Shoddy. "Here is a man applying by
letter for situation as coachman, who
signs himself Your obedient servant
and have not even thought of hiring
him YETI
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Tt is intimated that the next nation
al Republican convention may be held
at Richmond, Virginia.
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nIEBOLD SAFE AND LOCK CO.,
CANTON, OHIO.
N. +. MILTON, AGENT,

MONROE, LA.
Safes sold for less money than by any
ono travelling. on tino, or for II heavy dis
count for cash.
Guns. Pistols, Clocks and Sewing Ma
chimes repaired On short notice by
n. Il. MILTON,
q Rills' News Depot
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City of Monroe.

Mayor and Chief of Police.........Fr. Endom
Eo,rcilmcn-J G Sanders, ID Nj SholarS,
S Never w 2 Renwick, + Garrett, & G
LOWS, i w Harrington (c.)
Secretary and Trcasurcr..........J {: Sanders
~ /. IrGns1o 10 Recorder
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EDUCATIONAL.
SELECT
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

NIon1'oc, at.
M RS. THANK. w. BENTON will open II
wi Select School for Girls, at her residence
in the City of Monroe, on the first Monday.
the 5th day of September, 1881.
Terms Of tuition, from to dollars, pay
able monthly in advance.
Instruction in music from 1 to 6 dollars.
School hours from So o'clock Il. M, to
2I% p. m. August 10, |
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Parish Of Ouachita
Parish School Board.

Parish School Board.
l.. Enduni, President; r. G. Standifer, W.
G.. Ucad. Secretary; ID: r: Trouscale, Eich
ard harrington, r. J. Wilson,, DR.: X. ).
Brooks, a. Myatt, X. Dunn. 5. Meyer,
Treasurer of tho Board
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-30

the rain descended and the floods came
and the winds blew and beat upon tina
house; and it fell not; for 1t was founded
upon rock"
| In the original the definite article pre-
cedes the noun in the above passage, al
also in the words addressed to st. Peter
| tie petra, the rock which brings out thi
meaning of these passages with some
what greater distinctness: 81 will hker
him unto a wise man which built hi
| house upon tic rock" 'iAnd it fell not
because 1t was founded upon tie rOck.'
| l may remark in passing that thu
Greek word translated "built' in tht
| above passage is the same word used II
/ the text under consideration-upon this
| (thel rock will build my church.
| The rock is the favorite and usual sym
Dol both in the Old and New Testament
for the steadfastness, immutability anC
| everlasting duration of the things founded
thereon. In the New Testament the word
invariably used for that purpose is ''petrG'
! or rather ste PETRA" not petr0S.
PetrOS is derivative word from petra
and signifies detached piece or frag-
| ment of rock; stone. Our Lord there
| fore said 'sThou art Petr0s "a piece of
rock and upon this rock (petra) l viii
build my church, That is, "Thou art
"PetroS," and upon this ''petra" will
build my church" To my mind our
Lord, in this passage, is simply announc-
ing to his disciples, who have just re-
cognized him as the Messiah, the nature
and character OF the kingdom which he
is about to establish---its immutability
its eternal duration and its omnipotence.
Accordingly he saws 10 Peter.
who had just delivered to him
the answer of the disciples to the
question, ttBut whom say We that am ?'':
Thou art called ''Petr0S,'' and upon
this ''petra,'' (the rock, after which you
are called, will build my church and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it. The church or kingdom which our
Lord was about to found, he tells his
disciples, was to built upon tie rock
that is, it was to have sure foundation
and an everlasting and triumphant exis-
tence. To my mind this is all our Lord
intended to say, or did say to his disciples
by these words
But it is in no wise incumbent upon me
to determine the true import OF this cele-
brated passage.
1t is sufficient that show that it can
not bear the meaning attached to it by
Bishop Ireland.
Our Lord in this text does not say las
Bishop Ireland claims) that he will
build his church upon Peter, but he says
he will build it upon the rock. The de-
liberate care with which our Lord here
substitutes the word ''Petrd' for
"Petros" forbids the conclusion tina: he
said or intended to say that he should
build his church upon Peter. In fu-
ture communication l will continue my
examination of Bishop Ireland's argu-
ment. LAYMAN