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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A book with loose leaf should be
bound over to keep the piece.
"A Frenchman has invented ma
chine for " caressing" cats. 1t is formed
a la boot de Ja1ues, and can be fired
from any elevation.
Scientific mammas are feeding their
daughters on phosphorus, because it is
a good thing for making Matches
Baltimore Every SATURDAY.
1t costs Buffalo man $40 to nit
another on the head with billiard cue.
Thus one by one the beauties of the
game are taken away.-R0chester Ea-
press.
AT a trial of new fire escape in
New York on Saturday, no one was
killed 1t is the first time an accident
of this kind has occurred.-N. Y COM
nercial advertiser.
In the temple of fame, it is said,
there is niche for every honest man;
but the truth compels us to add that in
that same temple there are great many
inches to let.-N. Y. Graphic.
If it is right to say train is "de-
railed," it should be right to say that
the passengers are "de-rided. Come
to think, however, it is generally some
official that is derided. -Philddelphia
NeUs.
"A man who left Syracuse thirty-one
years ago without word to anybody
returned last month and tried to make
folks think he'd only been fishing and
was determined to stay until he got
h;+o Dojro;f E,roo p,oso
Hopkins, who believed a hearty
laugh to be cure for all the ills that
flesh is heir to, had severe cold and
went to hear celebrated lecturer.
When he returned he explained to his
inquiring wife that he had been out to
get some Cough medicine.
NO place, no company, no age, no
person, is tenn ptation free. Let no man
boast that he was never tempted; let him
be high-minded, but fear, for he may be
surprised in that very instant wherein
he boasteth that he was never tempted
at all.-Home Treasure.
"A lecturer asking on rainy day
why one of the audience had paid the
admission fee and come in and slept all
the while: Il will tell you,' said the
old man, with shrewd wink of his eye.
Z" 1 was out in the rain, and as [ had no
umbrella to keep me from getting wet,
and tickets are only twenty-five cents
and umbrellas are seventy-fve. saved
fifty cents by coming i'm
He pressed his lips to her shining
hair and then suddenly withdrew them
with look Of mingled surprise and dis
gust. She noticed it and said reproach-
fully: Clarendon, you didn't use to
act that way" "True:" retorted Clar-
endon; "but when the sweet Oil got too
rancid for the table you didn't use to
soak lemon-peel in it and clap it on your
hair. '-Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.

"A Pittsfeld (Mass.) mandatory IS
to furnish sleeping-car blankets for an
Italian railroad
When Kansas school lands are sold
the State will have an endowment fund
of $40, 900, O00.- Chicago Tribune.
1t is estimated that the State Of
Louisiana contains $4,000, 0OO,0 900 feet
of good lumber, more than twice as
much as Michigan.
The Long Branch property of ex-
President u. s. Grant, near Elberon. has
Dent Grant The consideration named
was $4,000 .a
The city of Utica, N. Y, was fifty
years old the other day, and of the
49, 900 inhabitants who lived there when
the city charter was obtained, only 175
remain in the present population OF
$4,000
During the past nineteen years
Brooklyn has paid for the maintenance
of her public schools nearly 10000, 900.
One half of this amount was paid to
teachers. About 5000, 900 were used in
providing free books The expenses Of
from S3O7, 72O in 1864 to 81, 424, 1875 in
1882.
The First Baptist Church of Boston,
at Rutland street and Shawmut avenue,
has purchased, for $780, 900, the euitice
at Clarendon street and Commonwealth
avenue, erected bv the old Battle Square
Church Society a few years ago at a cost
of about 100000. 1t was sold at auc-
ton year ago and was purchased byJ.
Montgomery Sears, who has sold it to
the Baptists.
Statistics show that the annual con-
sumption of eggs in the United States
is about 10, 600, 900 barrels. The poultry
marketed or consumed is estimated at
$50, 000,O 900 pounds, at sos, 100000, and
yet there are some that say that chickens
don't pay them anyhow. If this is so,
some one must be losing money in dis
posing of the vast amount of chickens
and eggs consumed in the United
States.
The packing business in Maine has
reached immense proportions There
are siXty-one corn-canning establish
ments, with an an annual production Of
about 11,350,O00 cans. The packing of
fish is roughly estimated at 100000
cans of lobster, 750,0 cans of mack
erel, and 100000 cans of CLANS annual
ly. The sardine business. which had
its origin four or five years ago in a
small shop at PASSPORT, has attained
vast proportions, there now being fif-
teen OF more factories in operation at
different points in the State, and others
are projected. Several factories are
also quite extensively engaged in the
canning of meats, chiefly mutton.
Others at present are canning apple.
while immense quantities of blueberrries
and other small fruit are put up at the
various establishments throughout the
State during the summer season.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01
LOUISIANA.
JUSTICE.

MR. MURPHY EXPLAINS HIS SONS CONDUCT.
That boy, do We mind. isn't yet seventeen
fe,d imagine in tricks Of the world he was
green;
He'd always such gintle an innocent ways
He made me behave him as good as we PLACE.
An now find out that for three months, at
Taste, .-
That boys been indulgin' his love-makin'
taste.
It's Nora McCarty, the daughter of Tim,
w no seems to possess an attraction for him,
The two are about of the same age an size,
ohe,s a dacent young thing, wild pair O
black eyes
That twinkle an seem to be laughin' when
sure
The rest of her face looks extramely de-
mure;
Though she's elegant teeth to be shown by a
smile,
An her black hair is banged in American
style,
An In truth, altogether, she looks mighty
For to be maxim love wild that Johnny @
mine.
Sure I'd niver have found out the sacret from
But learned it by goin to call upon Tim;
The night it was dark-'twas little past
An, as quietly walkn', came to his gate
L heard q whispered talkin, an, afther,
Like fut comm out O. the mud. looked
An beheld the young lovers in hivenly bliss,
He'd his arm round her waist an was takln
a kiss.
Wull I sazed the young rogue be the ear,
an says /: - ~ 60 "a
q Now what are yez doin'?' He tried to reply.
] hollered: Hi not dang word from yer
head; VIZ =-Ft
Ye just travel home an go right to yer bed.
An for you, MISS | said-I was thryn' to
look Frn3 .sE;t -
An spake very sternly, by way of rebuke-
& You know that your father and mother'd be
wild,
If they, were to learn of this thrick of their
An thin Nora spoke, an I thought I could
sound in her voice that was much like
+" Oh, Place, Mr.. Murphy, forgive us you
It's my fault, not Johnny's." Bedad, she
was right.
But tried to be stern, an said: at is sad
That two children like you should be actin
so bad,
An l n yer mustn't hear O. such actions agin!
Now you, Johnny, run home, an you, Nora,
run in
They ran. I should rightly have taken a
9 An have bate the young imp to pay for the
thrck.
But, niade, 1 can't blame him for kissin'
the elf,
Be me love of ould Ireland, I'd do it me-
selfY'
Boston Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01
Early Navigation.

Ever seen navigation open as early
as this before?' he repeated, as he
glanced out of the window at the river
and settled back in his CHAIR bless
you; yes! Why, this is no spring at all
compared to one we had along in the
forties. I don't exactly remember the
year, but We'll say 1884,
'Very early, was it?''
eyes, indeed. We only had seven
flakes of snow that whole winter, and
they fell in December. Only seven, sir,
and the other two men who kept count
with me are now up in the sail loft.
Shall 1 call 'em downp' ~
"Oh. no matter. Was the river
frozen?''
"Not the first sight of ice all winter. !"
"Did vessels continue to run?'
'sRight along without break. On
the 10th of January sailed into Buffalo
with cargo of wheat, and the weather
was so warm that the men walked the
decks barefooted On the return trip /
was sun-struck off Point Au Pelee.'
els that possible?''
"That's dead fact. That was sad
trip for me, both financially any physic-
ally"
why, you didn't lose any money
did you?'' .. Ill.
"Not on the cargo, but going off just
at the time did and being gone eleven
days threw my garden patch all behind
and it never caught up"
''But you got over the sun-stroke?"
"Not entirely, and probably never
shall. I can't talk five minutes without
feeling dry, and if should 60 to ask
you to have glass of beer with me I'd
stutter over it so long that you'd have a
chance to ask me twice to drink with
you. No, young man." he
continued as he carefully put the glass
down, "don't try to rush the season.
Early navigation has no money in it, and
it is full of perils. I've tried it, and the
result is an infirmity which will follow
me to my grave. / always smoke after
drinking, and yet-thanks-don't
care if | do prefer dark color-and
yet-that is, don't rush things. There's
nothing gained by it."-Detro't Free
Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01
DOLLIE'S HAND-ORGAN.

Dollie's uncle, who was a sea-captain,
brought home a hand-organ from Italy
on one of his voyages. It had belonged
to passenger who had died on the way
to this country, and as Uncle George
knew nothing Of his relations, if he
had any, the organ, which was all he
possessed with the exception of the
clothes which he had on, was left on his
hands. At first he thought he would
sell it or give it away to one Of the sec
ond-hand dealers in such merchandise
which crowd the city. Then he con
cluded to take it home with him, as it
might amuse his brother children, who
lived on the old farm in the country. 1t
wa an old organ with a sweet, plaintive
ring in its melody, and it played a
great variety of pleasing airs.
He was right in thinking the chill
dren would be pleased with it. There
were three of them, and they were all
wildsver it. He gave it to Dollie, who
was his favorite, but, of course, Will
and Nell enjoyed it just as much as
she did; and, as for that matter, so did
all the children in the neighborhood.
It was rare that an organ-grinder
had ever strayed SO far out into
the country, and when such a
thing did happen, it had always
been gala day to the younger popula-
ton of the town, and even the older folk
were interested in the musician, if not
always in the music. The moment the
sound of his organ was heard in the
street out trooped. the children after him
as after the pied piper of Hame1intown,
and they followed him through lane and
cross-road everywhere. So to own
hand-organ seemed like owning a bit of
fairy land. Nell, who was hardly more
than baby, was lulled to sleep every
night to its music, and Dollie and Will
both used to cry when, on its first arriv-
al, they were obliged to go to school
and leave it.
Sometimes Mrs. Evans, the mother of
the aehildren, would declare that she
sholfld go distracted with the sound of
it, for it was never silent from morning
until night, unless Nell, who was too
little to 60 to school, and just large
enough to grind it, were asleep and the
others at school. And, strange to say,
though of course it was not always quite
SO enchanting as when it was novelty,
it never ceased to be a delight. The
children resorted to its music as conso-
lation in all their trials. Even Rob, the
wise old house-dog, used to lie down
by its side and listen gravely to 1T is
better to laugh than be sighing;' the
kitten would mount it and try with all
her might to get her mischievous, furry
paws into the inside to feel where the
sound came from; and the birds who
came around the door soon grew to
recognize its voice, and answered it
gleefully. But the parrot which Uncle
George brought home on former voy-
age scolded at it and about it continu-
ally. POLY wants quiet,'' she would
screech, keep still, keep still" forty
times in day.
Good-natured Uncle George was de-
lighted at the success of his gift. He
remained at home few months on
account of ill-health, and the noise the
children made with it must have been
rather tedious to him, but he bore it
like martyr, and when he first Went
away he wrote home that he actually
the noise of the old organ almost
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01

There is considerable evidence to
show that Nathan ID. Marshal, of Cam
den, N. j., who committed suicide re-
Gently, was influenced to take his own
life by his extraordinary friendship for
Horace Hammel, the defaulting Secre-
tary Of the Newton Building Association.
The two men had lived upon terms of
the closest intimacy from boyhood, and
the horror of testifying against his life
long friend, of whose trial he had been
summoned as witness, is thought to
have unbalanced Mr.. Marshal's mind.
At least, there was no other known
cause for the act of an estimable citizen.
Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01

The word carnival" so often in
use at the present time, is derived from
the Latin carni yale. farewell to
meat"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-01

"A Cincinnati factory makes eleven
miles of candles day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
MINERAL THURSDAY JULY 6 1882

CAN'T WE?-Can't this city do
something in the way of aid TO
lowa's tornado sufferers? A little
cash contribution from our town
would be appreciated by those whose
homes Were desolated. The Cover
nor of Iowa in calling on his state
for aid says:
We have the names of 60 dead aud 800
wounded bali of the latter are seriously hurt
and probably 50 of them fatally. Over so
families had their homes totally destroyed
aud there are now at least 800 homeless per
sons in want The loss to property exceeds
$2,0n,oo0, aud may reach 100000. In Grin.
nell alone over $4,000 in property was dcs
troyed, on none OF which was cent of insur
ance, as in ease of fire II viii take at least
$50 ,0oO To put the people there beyond need
and distress. 1t will take 500 GOO at once to
put the wounded people in a condition to be
cared for. 1t will take u million nj least, TO
keep the sufferers from want and 10 help them
put roofs oyer Their heads.
Mineral Point can appreciate the
condition of things in Grinnell and
vicinity; we've had little tornado
experience. Will some aid be sent
them?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
NEXT SUNDA Y.

The themes Of discourse at Trim
ity Church by Rev. NJ Chase will at
the morning service be, "Kipgdom
o. Truth" In the evening,"Obiyion
of the Past"
TuE topics of discourse at the P.
M. Church by Rev. G. Dawson will
be, Evangelical Religion Reason
able Religion" in the morning; and
in the evening, "Christ, the A!l-Suf-
fcient and Suitable Savior"
Rev. CHAs. IRISH, we are sorry to
state, is quite i'll, aa1 does not give
subjects OF discourse for the NJ T.,
Church; he hopes to be sufficiently
recovered by Sunday to preach, but
at any rate his pulpit will be accept
ably filled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06

A MOST terrific rain and thunder
storm visited Boscobel, Muscoda,
Arena, Mazomanie, Evansville and
Brodhead last Thurday night, caus-
ing great gamage to all kinds Of
property. The water was higher
at the places named than ever before
known, and great deal of farm stock
was killed by lightning and drowned
by the high water. Near Arena, VIM.
Rowe's mill was turned half around
on its foundation and badly damaged;
and close by the mill nearly mile
of the G. NJ. IL st. Paul railway track
was washed out. Near Bredhead,
just west Of the village, the same
con any had a-half mile of track
washed out and twisted out of shape.
We have heard of no loss Of life re-
sulting from the storm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
Personal Points,

Miss Nettie Sylvester is enjoy
ing visit from Miss Tenney, of Bos
ton.
Ike Suthers has been aeshing ap
with onc-siSed mumps, and is gosd
natured about the business.
Miss Edith and Rd. Hammill Jr., j.,
Chicago, are here visiting Mr.. Jas.
Hutohison's family--came Monday.
Theodore Dick, Mineral Eoint
boy of years ago, now of Chicago,
came for week visit, on Saturday.
-WillBrowning is having ashort
vacation from drug store duties; he's
been "undev the weather" triilc
lately.
-Albers ID. Prideaux of this city
will "teach" ut Linden the coming
school year; this re-engagement
must bo most tiattering to @Bert."
Miss Nettie aud Master John En-
gleken, sister and brother o! Mrs. G..
Horrung, of Belleville, Iowa, are
be.e on three or four weeks visit
Miss Margie Gunsry returned
from her Nebraska trip on Monday
evening. accompanied by Mrs GIN.
Lambertson and child, who will prob
ably spend the summer here,
Willie Bastian, now a job print
er of Darlington, visited the city of
his birth last Thursday. We think
he came up to take his Dulcinia Del.
cabosia to the st. Paul's picnic.
--McArthur, the proprietor of the
san, at Dodgeville, made us a call
Monday. Mae. says he was "bound
TO have son, so bought one" Its
probable the Sun will now be read
able journal; paper fit to enter the
family circle,
DR.. Vivian last week attended q
meeting of the State Board Of Char
tiles and Reforms, held at Madison
and owing to the railway washout ,
mile or two this side of BrodhJad
was compelled to spend last Sunday
in that village.
William Hickox, of the Wyom
ing cheese factory, called yesterda Y;
he reportc the factory to be doing a
good business, giving Subtraction tc
those furnishing the milk. The pro.
duct finds ready sale TO 'he grocers
of adjoining villages.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06

SATURDAY nighta young lad, whose
name we've been unable to learn,
while walking the track near Col
Iins, this side Monroe, discovered o
piece of rail nearly yard long
broken out of the track. He re-
mained on the spot until the west
ward bound passenger train came ia
sight, when he tagged the train by
standing in the middle of the track
and swinging his coat. Had the
breaISage not been discovered the
probabilities are that the train with
its human freight would have been
wrecked. The conductor took the
boys name and address, and it's
probable he'll hear of his work fro M
the headquarters of the G, NJ. & st.
Paul Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
ARE mumps contagious?

ARE mumps contagious?
THE CoMET.-Have you seen it?
We havn't.
LosT.-On Tuesday, the 4th inst,
a qoM breast pin, with amethyst set
The finder will be rewarded by leav-
inc the same at the TRIBUNE office.
THE M. T.. sociable will be held at
the residence of Mr.. Jas. Hutchison,
next Wednesday evening. A cordi-
al invitation is extended to every
body.
EDWIN GRAY.-Mr. and Mrs. r.
j. Penhallegon, Jr., gave party
last Friday evening, at which time
their babe was christened, Edwin
Gray Penhallegon. But few out
side the family were present.
THE Flower Festival, under the
management of the Nj. Il. LADIES, on
Tuesday, was more OF success than
anticipated. Mrs. Mary Priestley,
on five-cen t ballot, was awarded
the handsome boquet, as the "most
popular lady present"
PREMIUM LIST.-C. W Mcllhon,
Secy, Of the S w. Wis. Ind. Asso-
citation has mailed the Premium
Lists to all parties whose names he
could find; and if yoat'ue been over
looked, call on him and he'll give
you one, if you'll mention it.
ABOUT fifteen embers of Emery.
No. 3l1, LO.G.T., visited the Pleas
ant View lodge last Saturday even
ing, and report a pleasant visit. The
objects of these visits are said to ZEE
for an interchange of opinions re.
lating to the reform in hand, to com.
pare plans Of work, and for a social
good time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06

u. S. MARSuAL'S SALEs.-On nc
count of crowd of matter in our
columns last week we neglected to
G. attention to notices Of Il. s.
Marshals sales, on fourth page. This
Rock River Insurance business has
been a bitter pill to such as gave
their notes to that company. From
a perusal of these notices You'll dis
cover there is no way out OF this
difficulty but to pay the judgments;
by SO doing the costs Of sale will be
saved. Did we know any way Of
evadiDg the payment Of these notes
we'd give you the wink; from in-
quiry we tiud there's no appeal from
the verdict Of this court now, but II
attended to years ago u compromise
might possibly have been recon-
meuAed 10y the Court. It's barely
possible that people will eventually
learn that when they give notes fol
insurance that they must capect, some
time to redeem them in part, if not
entirely. Watch oui columns, for
there's a grist of these notices yet to
be published.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06

SEVERAL of our citizens started for
Milwaukee on Tuesday morning to
see what sort of 4th Of July cele-
hration that city gets up. The train
which bore them thither was delayed
by a wrecked freight train, so that
they reached Milwaukee at 4 p. M;
and the home-bound train left that
city at 4:l0 PM The boys are good
natured over their disappointment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
GleaRingS from our EXCHANGES.

The Illinois Central Il. H.. wills
run an eycursioa to the Iowa state.
camp meeting, at Clear Lake. Iowa,
leaving Warren at 4:52 A. NJ. and
Galena at 6:2@ a, NJ. on Tuesday,
July | lth. Fare for the round trip
1925 from Warren, or 90 from
Galena. Return tickets good for so
days.
The School Board at Dodgev;ile
have re-engaged Prof. J. w. Living
ston as principal of its High School
for the coming year.
The Blae Mounds creek at 4os-
cow is to be bridged again,
Sun lrairie, Dane Co., fines
tramps.
One Cay last week, at Scales
Mound, a, stone mason named aosely
was taken suddenly i'll with what is
supposed to have been cholega, NOR
bus, anaAdied in few hours,
---Dodgeville is to have another
printing Office.
Wild cats are killing.sheep in
Dane Co
One day w. j. Gevlon was
crossing the railroad track west of
town, his horse caught his foot in
the crossing aud threw himself upon
the track. He was attached to a
taggy and it took sonae time to de-
tach him. No sooner did he roll
off Of the track than the train came
by. Gordon sat on the animals head
to keep him still and the pilot of the
engine moved the horses foot from
off the track and passed along doing
no harm TO horse. buggy nor man.
After some time be got him up aud
logged along all right Nongot
Monitor.
--Gratiot ha, been inundated so
often lately that residents are fear
ing an epidctaic of fever and ague.
You know Darlington is n no.
| license town. To eyade the law
parties in the business tap beer
keg, place mugs near by, and those
who want beer draw it for them
selves and dcposite niosle on the
top of the keg; but the plan don't
work very well. The Democrat Of
that city says:
at is mean thing to place five
cents on self selling beer keg and
take off ten when you drink glass
Of beer, yet it is said some people
do il"
Madison justices give tramps
from % to 40 days at hard labor,
believing that when work is so plen-
ty, that such pests to society should
be compelled to labor.
--Janesvilc, Beloit and Rockford
will be connected by telephone next
month.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06

The Circus Are you going?
The 18th of July viii be a greater
dry in this city than the 4th of July.
Twill pay you to come in just to see
the grand street display. If you
have never seen the electric light
maybe you could satisfy your curios-
ity by coming into the city towards
evening, if you can't spare the whole
day in town.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06

HIT WITH BAT.-We are told
that an eight year old girl Of VIM,
James, who resides just this side Of
Cottage Inn, on June 22d, was struck
in the mouth with a bat, which slip.
ped from the hands of the striker,
in game she was watching with
great interest. The blow knocked
out eight of the front teeth, and
broke the jaw bone. She has lain
in critical condition ever since,
and it is believed the shock to her
system will in few days more re-
suit in death.