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St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18
Met His Match.

The only man who ever beat a nitro
glycerine explosion after it was once
started is John McCleary, of Pennsyl-
vania. He saw what was coming and
ran. His coat-tail was cut off and his
back was somewhat scratched. He
jumped, with some assistance from be-
hind, about hundred feet, and con-
tinued running until he dropped from
fatigue. 4 He kept ahead of the flying
fragments Just as Baron Munchausen
kept ahead of the rain. and there may
be a lie aboutit somewhere also. This
is something akin to the story which old
Colonel Reed, of Acton, Mass, relates,
and maintains that he was an eye-wit-
ness of the circumstance. One of the
powder-houses on the bank of the stream
below Concord blew up, Gas they are in
the habit Of doing on an average OF two
or three times a year, and sent a man
flying through the air, throwing him
completely oversa round-top hill. He
was accompanied in his terrible flight by
an instrument probably something
sharper than the ordinary hoe used in
the manipulation Of saltpeter- which,
Just before he landed, cut him slick in
twain through the waist. The legs
walked off for distance of several yards,
and the trunk, pointing its index finger
toward the retreating saddle, exclaimed:
"See therer' A bystander, who didn't
seem to take mich stock, so to speak, in
the Colonels story, related what occur
red in his saw mill Two dogs were
fighting. When the encounter became
fiercest they got directly in front Of the
saw, ON the carriage, which was slowly
but surely moving UP to the killing
point They seemed to be in DEATH
struggle, when one of them was cut COM
pletely in two. Now, it is a wel-known
proposition that every dog has four legs,
but no dog has hislfore legs behind; and,
however that may be, the two hind legs
Of this particular dog ran away while the
two fore legs remained and whipped the
other dog. Colonel Reed simply said:
ssIf told such lie as that I'd have no
hopes of Heaven !a'-Sshoe. and Leather
Reporter.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18
HUMOROUS.

"A Sunday-school teacher in Albion,
N. Y, asked her class the question:
''What did Simon say?" Thumbs up?"
says little girl.
If bank is blown by gunpowder,
the report is instantaneous. If it bursts
by the cashier, the report does not come
until the examiner gets ready to make
it.-Ecchange.
Where one woman scans the hori-
zon for signs of the dawn Of a bright
era, ten are scouting among their
aeighbors trying to borrow saleratus.
BY putting an 'r'' in the wrong
place Richmond printer made the edi-
tor say of scene at the close Of a burial,
"disconsolate fiends stood riveted to the
sport"
"A four-year-old child, who, while
visiting. saw bellows used to blow an
open fire, informed her mother that they
SHOVEL wind into the fire down at
Aunt Emma's."
In Rome, once upon time, bank
rupts were compelled to wear in public
bonnets Of sugar-loaf form. Such a
law in this country would impart a
mighty odd and funereal appearance to
the kaleidoscope scenes in our streets.
It would be both conical and comical.-
NorristoUn Herald.
The lecturer began: 'sThere is a
fortune lying in watt Up jumped a
bullet-headed fellow in the northeast
corner to remark: "Well, I guess
YOU bout right, there, mister. There s
Bill Jones the butcher. Three years
ago he wasn't wuth dollar. He's got
fortin now. Got it. as you say, by
lying in weight" The bullet-headed
man said no more, but the lecturer was
i'll at ease during the entire evening
Boston TRANSCRIPT. Is .5,-s =,
tive seen himr' she exclaimed,
her eyes flashing with excitement, and
her bosom heaVing like pony balloon.
Il rode up in the stage with him."
"Seen him, rode up in the stage with
him-whom do you mean?' asked the
old lady. "Why, Oscar Wilde, OF
course. !" "How did you know it was
heP' because, when he got out of the
stage, went and sat in his seat, and
just see here" she added, exhibiting her
wrap, my cloak is covered with sum
flower seeds.''
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18
Cooked Meats for Fowls.

It is too much the practice to feed raw
meat to poultry under. the mistaken idea
that as the worms and insects eaten with
such avidity are knocked, SO should be
any meatsgiVen chem BY their owners.
But the early worm which Biddy
takes in her empty crop, soft, PUPPY and
crushed by the bill before it descends
the outlet, is one thing, and the coarse,
dry, stringy, fatless flesh thrown to
them Gin the rough and the tough is
quite another, even IL the carcass Of
horse or sheep 50 bestowed is not still
more objectionable on account of dis
ease True, these nearly { stlry bones''
may serve to while away a weary hour
in the monotonous life of the poultry
yard, and happily the fowls may labor
under the impression that they are eat
ing something. And SO they may serve
certain purpose in the poultry world.
But for real aid and comfort to the fowls
save all your refuse meat, and buy, in
addition. a.. liver, lights, heart and all, :"
as the old story runs, from the sham
bles, and boil all together for two hours
or more. Then chop finely and mix
with meal in the water in which they
are betled. This dry rich mess, show
ing bits of meat, like the raisins in plum
pudding, will be q dish. fit to set before
any "queen Of the poultry harem,"
and she and her maids Of honor will pay
you for it in more than words, as your
egg basket, high with pearls, will show
on many q succeeding ay.-Poultry
Yard.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18
Elk and Deer in Connection with For
estry.

The recent shipment Of three car
loads, fifty in number, of elks, by Judge
Cayton, Of Ottawa, ILL.,, to England, Of
his own raising, has convinced the
writer that the growing Of the elk and
deer of America can be made another
branch of stock.growing that will be
more remunerative than cattle, hogs or
sheep. They are both natives of North
America, very hardy, have withstood
the rigors of our Northern climate, and
the ravages of the Indian wolf, panther
and lynx for centuries. Venison will
always bring the highest prices of any
meat put on the market. The hides
and horns always bring high prices on
the market. Why not domesticate the
elk and deer the same as our forefath-
ers did the wild turkey from which
have sprung the tame turkey that have
spread all over America and Europe.
At the rapid rate that the newer por-
tions of our country are being inn
proved, these noble animals will soon
become extinct if not, domesticated or
cared for the same as other stock. An
elk and deer park can be had on every
farm at trifling expense by setting posts
that will be eight or ten feet high.
When set use barbed wire. Get young
fawns, raise them by hand along with
some calves and lambs; feed on cows
milk. Id that way they become as tame as
other domestic animals. They Increase
as rapidly as sheep. Their food con-
sists Of grass, grain, hay and acorns,
They like to have more or less OF for
estry to roam in, and as the subject OF
forestry or timber planting is agitatingg
the American people at the present
time, we will try and weave the two to-
gether. ,*s. !g5z xe4 i. 81.
We will suppose that parties going,
into elk and deer growing will take up.
a new farm, anywhere it can be found
on the new wild prairies OF Amer
lea. OF one hundred and sixty
acres. Plow a strip twenty feet
wide all around the outside. AS soon
as well rotted, plant of the Western
hardy catalpa seed or seedlings in a
straight row, all around it, from three
to six inches apart. Cultivate well, In
the course Of five years they will have
become one solid wall that will turn elk,
deer or wild buffalo, if you wish to put
some of the latter in. Then II the par
ties wish to divide it up into four forty
acre lots, to keep elk and deer apart,
plant the inside fences the same as the
outside, with catalpa. Rake and plant
at least forty acres of said one hundred
and sixty to the Burr Oak. it being q
very profuse bearer, the nuts being al
most as good as cheStnuts. 1t is very
hardy on wet or dry land. The timber
is more durable in or on the ground
than any other variety. Elks and deers
grow very fat on them in the fall of the
year. Plant forty acres more in the fol
lowing varieties of timber: Russian and
American mulberry. (Both are dura-
BILE and valuable timbers. The Russian
bears fruit equal to the blackberry;
European larch, (another very durable
e
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18

The New York World says: ..What-
ever was most Bostonese in Boston two
generations ago was piously austere;
one generation ago it was luminously
transcendental; to-day it is pensively
aesthetic
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18

1t is announced that the storms
which have been raging in the sun for
month past have almost subsidized, and
we may soon look for list of houses
and barns destroyed and cider milL
blown into the next county.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-18
This time it happened in Ohio.

farmer with $500 which he doesn' t
know what to do with. Wife put it in
straw bed; forgets all about it; emp
ties the bed in the orchard; then re-
members; goes out; finds the hogs
have either eaten the greenbacks or
trampled them in the mud. Next!
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
THE JOLIET OUTRAGE.

Arrest Of Several of the Train Rioters.
CHICAGO, June 2.-The attack of dock labor
ers at Bridgeport last night, upon the Chicago
and Alton train, was we'll executed and
evinced careful planning. They were thor
oughly armed with sticks, clubs, pieces of iron
and stone, and the number of broken and
bruised heads attest their effectiveness. Three
had their skulls laid bare by vicious blows and
half dozen others are crippled or hurt in va
rious degrees None of the injured are likely
to die, even Judge Pillsbury, who was shot,
being in fair way to recover at last accounts
The rioters quickly fled when their vengeance
was satisfied. The police were early on the
scene, and have made several arrests, includ-
ing James O'Brien, John O'Neill and John
Frawley, all on suspicion.
A dispatch from Dwight says one of the riot
ers was hit accidentally in the forehead.
Daniel McWilliams, who was with Judge
Pillsbury says the shot which struck him was
fred from inside the car, but none of his party
saw the man who fred it. 1t is believed, how
ever, that important clues are in the hands of
the police, and the miscreants will be brought
to iustico
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
XLVIIth Congress LIST Session.
SENATE.

WA sH1NGToN, June 2.
At the hour of assembling, Acting Secretary
Francis e. Shober read a note FROM President
pro tempore Davis, as follows
As | shall be absent from the opening OF
the session this morning, under provisions OF
rule 4, | name John j. ingalls, of Kansas to
perform the duties of the Chair until adjourn
ment to-day"
Mr., 1fest made the point that the President
pro tesi. had not the power to delegate Sena-
tor to axe place which, under the circum-
stances, could only be filled by an election by
the Senate
Mr.. Hoar suggested that Mr.. Ingalls, be de-
clared r lesiding officer for the day.
A long and somewhat animated discussion
followed, as to whether the designation OF Mr..
ingalls, should be made by affirming the right
OF tue President pro tempore to select, or by
the dlfect action of the Senate.
Presidents were read, showing that on pre-
vious occasions the presiding officer OF the
SenatlS had not been permitted TO name the
presiding officer pro tempore, and general de-
bate ensued, in which number OF senators
expressed different opinions as to the right of
Judge Davis to designate the presiding officer.
Finally, Senator Sherman ended the debate by
a motion to adjourn until Monday which was
almost unanimously carried.
HOUSE
Immediately after the reading of the journal
the House resumed consideration of the Ala
bama contested election case of Lowe vs..
Wheeler
Mr.. Thompson of Iowa submitted an argu
ment in favor of the claims of the contestant
and Incidentally denied statement made by
Mr.. Wheeler last evening that he had not
been tairly treated by the committee on cleo
tions.A
{ Messrs. Mills and Athert On spoke in favor of
the sitting member and Mr.. Jones in advocacy
of the contestants claims.
Pending further discussion Mr.. Cameron
reported from thu appropriations committee
the legislative, judicial and executive appro-
priation bill, and it was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole
Mr.. Hiscock of the seme committee reported
back the general deficiency bill and it received
similar reference.
The election case then went over until to-
morrow when the previous question will be
called early in the session.
Adjourned
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
THE STAR ROUTES.
Attorney BLISS Opens the Cases for the
GOvernrnant.

Attorney BLISS Opens the Cases for the
Government.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-In the crimina. court
this morning Mr.. Bliss began his opening ad-
dress to the jury in the Star route cases. He
said it was his duty to explain to the jury the
reasons why the government asked a convic-
tion of the defendants. Through their action
more than $600.C00 had been frauduIently
taken from the Federal treasury without an
adequate return. lhe case was peculiarly
conspicuous from the prominence of some of
the parties indicted, notably an ex-assistant
postmaster general and an ex-United States
Senator. The whole proceedings were charac-
terized by so many and variegated phases of
fraud that perhaps it would be tedious and
difficult task to explain them thoroughly and
comprehensively.
Mr.. Bliss then read the statutes defining the
duties of the postmaster general and the second
assistant postmaster general, and said that
during their service large sums of money had
been Illegally taken from the treasury, ostensi-
bly, for the Star route service, and government
expected to prove that Brady together with
other parties had entered into combination to
secure and had secured a large part of the
money.
Continuing, Mr. Bliss said: Why did the
Department not go to postmasters and people
along the routes for information? Why not go
to the sub-contractor, man who personally
knew the country, who knew the arduous
mails he needed ?" One route after another
was instAnced by Bliss in which the original
contract had been let for few hundred dol
lars, and afterwards run up into thousands by
Brady's orders. On one route a sub-contractor
had stated that while there were no post-offices
or trails along his route there were few inhab-
itants, but if they wanted mail it would be
necessary to send along a company of soldiers,
because carriers had been chased and shot by
Indians. Mark this" said Bliss, in three
months this same route had assumed such an
Importance in Brady's eyes that it was run up
to over $70,000' In the one month of July,
1879, Brady had increased the cost of the star
route service west of the Mississippi river more
than 81, 100000. One year of Brady's manage
meat cost 81, &c, ,232. Contracts to be awarded
this year will cost less than four and half
millions.
Mr.. Wilson objected to counsel making COM
parisens between contracts let four years ago
and those let now, which had not been, and
may not be performed. A
The court overruled the objection, and after
some discussion the hearing adjourned to Mo-
daV.
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
MINOR TEI,EGRAMa.

The national conference of the Dunkirk
church now being held at Arnold's near Wa
bash, Indiana, is one of the grandest ever held
in Indiana, 10000 pc pie being on the grounds.
Hon. Robert Lowry was nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats of the 18th Indiana
district at Kendallvile Thursday
Secretary Folger visited the New York GUS
tom house and sub-treasury yesterday.
Richardson's furniture factory, McAnally's
table factory and Finchley's chair factory, in
one building in Philadelphia, were burned yes
terday. Loss $35, 900.
Sloop Alice, Capt Benj Abrams, of Blue
Point, capsized on Fire Island bar yesterday
afternoon, and the captain and boy were
drowned.
Two page boys of the New York Assembly
accuse James j. Costello of drawing their pay
and neglecting to turn it over to them Cos.
tello was the Tammany candidate for Speaker
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
NEW YORK.
A New Gable Company

Ia NEW OdOl0 OOlAEuAys
New YORK, June 2.-The American ATTAIN
tic cable company has filed amended articles
OF, incorporation. The general route of the
line of telegraph is from this city to point
convenient upon the coast of the United States
and from thence to the coast of Portugal,
Spain or France in Europe. The capital is
ten million dollars, which can beincreased at
the discretion of the stockholders.
New YORK Insurance Receivers.
The legislature adjourned sine die to-day.
The report of the legislative com mittee on in.
surance receiverships heartily condemns the
methods of such receivers, especially of
Receiver Pearson, as being illegal and un-
warrantedly expensive.
Charged with Stealing Bond Plates.
This forenoon the United States marshal of
Brooklyn re-arrested Charles III. Smith on a
warrant charged with stealing bond plates. The
indictment is found against him by the WASH
ington grand jury. The accused was released
in So, coo to appear for examination next Thurs
dau
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
Presbyterian General Assembly.

MONMOUTH, ILL.,, June g. In the United
Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday, DIR.
Balph presented protest against the adoption
of the majority renort on instrumental music
in worship, signed by about 40 delegates. 1t
was decided to publish an Arabic Bible for the
Egyptian mission. Resolutions were passed
commencing the temperance work in Kansas,
and recommending its perseverance in Iowa,
pedging to work for the cause till prohibition
becomes settled policy of the nation, and to-
tai abstinence the universal practice of indi-
viduals; indorsing the Woman's Temperance
Union, and recommending the setting aside of
one day in the week for prayer for intemper-
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
REDUCTION OF THE INTEREST BEAR
ING DEBT OVER $15, 900, 900.
Analysis of the June Statement.


Mr.. John M. Carson, clerk of the Committee
on Ways and Means, has prepared the follow
ing analysis of the June debt statement:
The reduction in the public debt for May
was $40, ,375 AL, and for the eleven months end
ing Wednesday, S139, 1913, ,655, which aggregate
is $50 COO 600 greater than for the corresponding
eleven months of the preceding fiscal year. 1t is
now safe to predict that surplus revenue for the
current fiscal year, which will close with this
month, will be at least $14S, 100000, and is
likely to reach $3.50 100000. The reduction for
May, 1881, exceeded that for the last month by
about $780, 900, yet the receipts for May, 1882,
exceed those of May, 1881. by over S4,00O,0OO.
The difference in the surplus of the two months
is owing to the fact that there was paid last
month for deficiency in pensions $9,O0O,OOO,
and it is likely that the remainder of the Sl6,-
000 900 voted last month Tor this purpose will be
disbursed in June. The regular appropriation
for the year for pensions was $5O,0O0,O0O. Inc
deficiency appropriation of last month swells
the amount for this purpose to S66,O00O0O for
the current year. For the coming year $780,
600 900 are asked, but those officials of the
Treasury who are skilled in affairs relating to
warrants and appropriations are inclined to the
belief that $140000,000 will be required to sat
isfy the demands of the pension list for the
next year.
The interest-bearing debt shows reduction
for the month of over $15, 100000. Many per-
sons do not seem to comprehend how the bond
ed debt can De reduced III Ouo uontu V4o,oOV,-
600 while the published statement of the Treas
ury shows that the reduction for that month
was only $10000000 and the writer of this
analysis has been asked to explain this appar-
ent discrepancy, and to also explain how 1t is
that in some months the bonded debt shows no
reduction whatever, while the Treasury.state-
ment announces reduction of several million
dollars. One answer will cover both these
questions
The reduction announced monthly by the
Secretary of the Treasury is the difference, less
cash in the Treasury, between the aggregate OF
the debt on the first day of the present month
and that of the preceding month. Thus it has
frequently hapsened that the Treasury an
nounced q reduction of several millions in the
public debt for a given month when the fig
ures in the column of the interest-bearing debt
showed no difference as compared with the
preceding month. No bonds maturing in such
months noae could be paid, and therefore the
money devoted to their payment remained IN
the Treasury. This surplus taken from the
aggregate of the debt for the preceding month
shows what is at the time technical reduc-
ton, and this becomes an actual reduction
when the called bonds mature.
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
CONKLING'S FIASCO.
His Attendance at Albany Urged by His
Friends.

His Attendance at Albany Urged by His
Friends.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The Herald prints let
ters to Roscoe Conkling, of recent date, from
United States Senator Jones, John f. Smyth,
ex-senator T. o. Platt, Louis F. Payn, @. M.
Dennson, A. B. johnson and S. B. French ,all
of which state that they participated in con-
ference of Mr.. Conkling's friends, at the resi-
dence of President Arthur in May, 1881, at
which Gen. George H. Sharpe was present.
All agreed in urging Mr.. Conkling to be
candidate before the Legislature for reelection
to the Senate. and to go to Albany in person.
All the letters agree in stating that Gen.
Sharpe was the most emphatic in advising
that course. The letter of Mr.. johnson states
that Gen. Sharpe said at the conference: "In
MY Judgment, Mr.. Conkling and Mr. Plat
should be candidates for reelection enter
tain no doubt as to this The party needs Mr..
Conkling's services, and the interests of his
friends demand his return, and he ought not
now to desert those who have taken sides with
him and approved his views. 1t is of vital
importance that Mr.. ConkliDg and Mr.. Platt
should go to Albany, and stay there until the
election Many of their friends do not under
stand the cause of their resignation, and perso-
nal explanations will go further to satisfy
them than any representations that could be
made by Others"
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
THE INDIANS.

Renegade Apaches Numerically Whip
ped by Mexicans- Trouble Feared in
Arizona.
SANTA FE, June "A Chihuhaa despatch
states Gen. Fuero commander OF the Mexican
troops in chihuahua with 400 Mexican cavalry
surprised and attacked Juhs band of renegade
Apaches early on the morning of the 25th ult.
near Bosques de Santiago and whipped them
numerically. Thirty seven bucks were killed
10 taken prisoners and the entire camp outfit
captured The Mexican loss is one officer and
eight men killed, two officers and twelve men
wounded.
TUosoN,A. T., June IA special from Fort
Thoras saws that orders have been dispatch to
all detachment of troops in the field to concen-
trate at once at San Carlos as trouble is anti
cipated 1t is stated on good authority orders
for desarming the Indians has been received at
the agency which causes the anticipated
trouble. The forces on Ash Greek have been
increased by four companies. This is pass
the Indians generally go through when leaving
ba
The Portland daily press., 1882-06-03
The Weeks Failures.

NEW YORK, June 2.-The failures reported
to New York for the seven days amount to 1856,
against 126 last week, and 124 the week pre-
vious. The increase is in the West and South
principally. New York city is still remark
ably free from business disasters. The most
Lionel Simpson of Denver, Col, liabilities
$160,Co0; assets transferred The geographical
distribution of the failures is as follows:
Eastern States, IA; Western, AZ; Middle, q;
Southern, 80; Pacific States and Territories, II ;
New York city, 2; total, 1856