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St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11

! THE road agents who robbed the Deer
Lodge and Helena coach a few days ago
have been arrested near Gallatin City,
Mont, and part Of the stolen property re-
covered.
SMALLPOX and malignant fever,
more fatal than yellow fever, was reported
on the I'd to be raging on the coast of Qua
temala. Yellow fever was playing havoc
among foreign residents of Callao, Peru.
KING HUMBERT visited the scene OF
the recent earthquake on the Island of
| Ischia, Italy, on the I'd, and went over the
ruins of the destroyed town. It was be-
lieved that some persons buried under the
falling buildings at the time of the earth
quake were still alive in the ruins.
THERE were eight hundred and eign-
ty seven deaths from cholera in Egypt on
the 1st, including 237 at Cairo, three being
among British troops. The total number
of deaths in Egypt since the first outbreak
of the disease to the I'd inst. was 11,OOO.
CHARLEY FORD, one of the slayers Of
Jesse James, was arrested at Kansas City
on the I'd on an old Indictment charging
him with participation in the "Blue Cutn
robbery.
A MORTGAGE for Sic, 10000 was ex-
ecuted by the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Company the other day, to secure loan
which would enable them to take control of
the road.
THE Treasury Department at Wash
ington has been informed that large guam
titles of low grade wool are received in
New York from ports in the east end of the
Mediterranean. Steps would be taken to
apply quarantine regulations.
The Louisville (Ky.) Legion escorted
the presidential party to the Exposition
grounds on the 1st, where the dense crowd
sent up cheer of welcome. The President
spoke briefly in formally opening the Ex-
position, and pulled silken cord which set
the ponderous machinery in motion. At
six O'Clock p. m. the distinguished guests
dined with the Pendennis Club. Fully
twenty thousand people witnessed the in
auguration of the great show.
The managers of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad state that two million
bushels of wheat will be sent to tidewater
this season from Manitoba.
AT the annual Faith Convention,
which was in session at Old Orchard, Me-,
on the Cd, DR.. Cults was amounting the
halt and the blind with healing oil. A Miss
Ruth King, of Rohway, N. j., had an
nounced herself cured of deafness lasting
twenty years.
Four HUNDRED employees of the Re-
public Mine at Humboldt, Mich, struck
the other day for a restoration of twelve
and half per cent. in their wages, cut
he ing been made two months ago. Ninety
co pers in st. Louis made demand for an
advance of two cents per barrel.
ASSIGNMENTS were made the other
day by Charles 81. Ward & Co., shoe man.
ufacturers of Boston, Mass, with liabilities
of 900, by F. L. & J. D. Phinney, boot
and shoe & | tter manufacturers of Bangor,
Me-, with abilities of 100000, and by
James McNichol, a fashionable tailor of St.
Leuis, Mo. A watch company at Lancas-
ter, Pa, had also suspended operations,
$50 men QUITO employment.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
Summer Resort Quotations
GOOD FISHING.

DelleVe you auFerLlSe GOOd n5h,
ing?'
| Eyes, SIR
"Where is it?''
| cover in the lake. We never fish on,
dry land here
"But have been over there all day
and never had bite.'
"Of course not. If you want to fish,
come here in June. This is July, and.
the fish won't bite. Sorry, but you are
month too late"
AT THE NEAREST RAILROAD STATION.
elbow far is it over to Rosebuah.
Lake?''
s'Sixteen miles, sir.''
"Why, was told that it was only
half mile from this station! This is a
pretty state of affairs, declare! How
do you get over THEREOF
81 have never been there, sir Ipre1!
sumo you can hire farmers team or
walk it,
"It's dead swindle!"
| "Wen?n
| .And I'm fool for leaving home!"
''And I'll take the down trains
Certainly. Only sixteen hours to
Noie 4oi DIV uONu Ill UuC llclSAO@
house and make yourself comfortable. -
TOO PREVIOUS.
''See here, landlord, didn't you ad-
vertise an entire absence of flies and.
mosquitoes at this placer
Certainly, sir; but those advertise
ments were prepared in March, and
assure you in the most solemn manner
that we weren't troubled in the least.
until the last of May. If you had only
come up here in April you would have
had glorious time.''
AN OFF YEAR.
"Hot! Why, it's five degrees hotter
here than at home! thought this was.
one of the coolest places in the coun-
try?''
''My dear sir, this is an off year, you
know! Every year but this we have
had to keep up fires in July, and we
shall probably have to next year again.
1t is sort of an extra season, you see.''
"But where are those cool breezes.
you advertised?"
ooh, they are over on the other side
of the lake to-day. You see, this is
only one side of the lake, and we can't
expect to monopolize all the breeze
the other resorts some of it.
CAME IN HANDY.
.'See here, landlord, you advertised a.
big, four-story hotel, with a grove,
fountains, bathing, boating, etc., and I
arrive here to find a shanty stuck in the
pine woods and the nearest lake mile.
away. Explain yourself, sir!''
With the greatest of pleasure. The
cut of the hotel was one left on the
printers hands, and he worked it in to-
fill out the column. l ought to have,
mentioned in the advertisement that it.
was a cut of a hotel at Long Branch,
but neglected to. Come right in
beautiful scenery, woods full of snakes,
rates down to four dollars per day and
children charged full prices
DOG CHEAP.
Landlord, this bill is downright ex--
tortion.''
..How is that?''
''Why, can stop at the Grand Pa
cific for less than you have charged
me-!
Eyes, sir, but is the Grand Pacific:
among the hills? Is it surrounded by
pines? Has it a boiling spring? Can
you walk over a precipice within two,
hundred feet of the Grand Pacific? I
charge two dollars a day for the preci-
pice, another for the hills and the
spring, and if twelve shillings a day for
hotel rates are not dog cheap then I
don't know how to please you. Why,
Sir. if the Fifth Avenue Hotel was on
The brink of a precipice two hundred
.eet high, you couldn't stop there for
eight dollars a day!'' Detroit Free:
Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

THREE desperadoes entered store
near Hudson, Wis, the other, day and or
dered Charles Crandall, the clerk, who was
alone in the store at the time, to hold up
his hands. Instead Of complying Crandall
scoundrels dropped to the floor with a
bullet in his heart and the other two made
off.
FIRE destroyed half of one of the
finest blocks of business buildings in Min
neapolis, Mimi, the other evening, causing
a loss Of 100000.
A POSSE in Arkansas pursuing the
outlaws from Montgomery, Yell and Gar
land Counties came up with the Daniels
brothers in the mountains of Perry County
on the both. In the fight which ensued,
desperadoes escaped.
ONE HUNDRED and eighty houses
were destroyed by recent fire which oc-
CURED in the Russian town of Semenov
The roof of the Minneapolis (Minn.)
City Hall was burned Off few days ago,
and the Telegraph Company's office in the
building was damaged by water to such an
extent that business had to be suspended.
The extensive stables belonging to
the Gordon House at Orangeville, Ont,
were destroyed by fire the other night. The
celebrated trotting horses General Bramish
and Highland, Jr., with several other valu-
able animals, persisted; loss, $4,000.
A FIRE at Tulaire, Cal, the other
night destroyed property of the estimated
value of $780, 600; insurance 100000.
DISPATCHES from Hot Springs, Ark.
on the 31st said that the posse which had
fight with the desperadoes in Perry County
was led into an ambuscade by farmer
named Coker, and that the survivors OF the
posse had hung Cocker to tree. The posse
was still in pursuit Of the outlaws.
SIX men were killed by collision of
freight trains on the Troy & Boston Rail-
road tho other morning, near Pownal, Vt.
The engines were driven into each other
and fifty cars were deraiIed and piled on
top of one another. The wreckage inn
lmediately took fire and the bodies of the
victims were nearly consumed before they
could be taken out. The accident was
caused by the carelessness Of telegraph |
operator, who forgot TO stop one of the
trains at Petersburg Junction.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
NELSON w. FULLER, veteran jour
nalist, who established the first anti-slavery
paper in Wisconsin, died at Sturgeon Bay,
in that State, few days ago.
The reputation by Mexico of debts
due to Spanish subjects was said to have
brought about the recent recall of the Span
ish Minister and serious commercial trouble
was expected to result.
GLADSTONE has informed the British
Commons that the Suez Canal negotiations
would not be resumed Immediately.
MONsIGNoR CAPEL, who converted
the Marquis of Butte to the Catholic faith,
arrived in New York a few days ago. He
proposes to give course of lectures in the
principal cities of the country.
Miss NELLIE ARTHUR, daughter Of
the President, is taking trip along the
Atlantic coast on the United States steamer
Dispatch.
The Massachusetts Republicans will
hold their State Convention in Boston Sept.
10.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention,in session at Harrisburg on the
1st, declared in favor of civil-service re-
form, tariff for revenue, abolition of in
ternal taxes, redemption of express and
implied obligations as to coinage, main
tenance of the dignity of American labor
and the rights of American citizens at
home and abroad and reservation of public
lands for actual settlers. 1t Endorsed the
administration of Governor Pattison and
the economies enforced by the Democratic
House of Representatives. Robert Taggart
was nominated for Auditor General and
Joseph Powell for State Auditor.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS delivered
the annual address before the Civil-service
Reform Association, in session at Newport,
R. l., on the 1st.
The funeral OF Thomas Hoyne, a
prominent and wealthy citizen of Chicago,
ILL.,, which took place in that city on the
31st, was attended by scores of the repre-
sentative citizens of Chicago. Mr.. Hoyne
was one Of the victims of the recent terrible
railroad accident at Carlyon, N. Y.
The Democrats of Minnesota as
sembled in State Convention at st. Paul on
the I'd and nominated w. w. McNair for
Governor, r. L. Frazee for Lieutenant
Governor, J. j. Green for Secretary
of State, John Ludwig for State
Treasurer, j. w. Willis for Attorney
General and P. Lindholm for Railroad
Commissioner. Prohibition resolutions
were passed The platform declares for
tariff for revenue only, approves the river
and harbor bills, and calls for revision of
the patent laws.
The long contest in the Massachu-
sets Legislature over the election of Unit
ed States Senator was brought to close
on the I'd by the election Of Austin F. Pike
on the forty-second ballot.
The Emperor Of Germany has direct
ed that the 4OOth anniversary of Martin
Luther's birthday be celebrated in all Pro-
testant schools.
Mrs. MARY w. BLoDGETT, widely
known as a nurse in the Naval Hospital
during the war, died in Chicago, ILL.,, few
days ago.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11

Having carried to q triumphant
conclusion the plans of his father for
the East River Bridge. at New York,
Colonel W. A. Roebling has resigned.
the position of Chief Engineer.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11

A LARGE building used as manu-
was destroyed by fire the other night.
Three firemen were killed by falling walls.
In an ARRAY at Brooklyn, ILL.,, a small
negro settlement opposite st. Louis, Henry
Green, the Town Marshal, and Macy Jones,
a negro, were both fatally shot.
JEALOUSY caused Peter A. Mezen-
zehl, a st. Louis tMo.) German, thirty-two
years of age, to send a bullet crashing
through his sleeping wife's head and then
turn the pistol against his own breast few
days ago. Both were severely wounded.
FIRE at Danbury, Conn.,. the other
night destroyed the Dexter hat factory and
contents, valued at 100000. At McGregor,
Iowa, block of buildings was swept away
and ten firms, in various lines, lost $50, 600.
CAPTAIN D. w. PREssELL, 3 white
man sixty-four years of age, was taken
from the Jail at Meyersville, Miss, where
he was confined on charge of assaulting
nine-year-old girl, by mob of three hun
bred men and hung in the courthouse
yard.
A PARTY of soldiers in Ecuador the
other day sacked village and murdered
several persons. Three of the leaders were
court-martialed and shot.
AT Yale, in British Columbia, $50
cases of giant powder exploded the other
day, breaking all the windows in town.
No one was killed.
THERE had been no rain for two
months in British Columbia up to the I'd
inst. Forest fires were raging extern
sively.
WILLIAM SMITH, Baltimore (Md.)
shop-keeper, having had difficulty with
his wife, the other day killed her and then
committed suicide.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-20
ALL recommend Wise's Axle Grease
POLICEMAN'S DUTY.

Policeman ED. K. HEATH, % North Street, Port
land. Me-, May II, 1881, writes:
II have been troubled for good many years with
Inflammation of the bladder dating far back dur
ing the time was In the army. i suffered with dull,
heavy pains in the back and kidneys too intense for
to describe, aud tried several remedies that were
recommended and was examined by one of our best
physicians who pronounced II Inflammation of the
BLADDER and went TO the hospital for treatment, but
all medicine and treatment had seemed TO fail was
recommended to try Hunts Remedy, as 1t had been
used in several such here IN Portland and vi,ni-
ty. purchased bottle at Smiths drug store here,
and found after using the first bottle that ii relieved
greatly and after using several bottles found that
It did good than all other medicines and treat
ment have received combined. And to add to my
good opinion of Hunts Remedy beg TO state in clos
ing that my wife has been for long time troubled with
q weakness and Inflammation of the bladder, with a
complication of other diseases peculiar to women.
After using only two bottles she has been completely
cured and say that my wife is loud IN praise OF
this wonderful medicine, and l would highly recon-
mend all who suffering from kidney diseases
or diseases of the bladder"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-20
HUMOROUS.


Punch defines the difference be-
tween a pitch-fork and tuning-fork;
One is used to make hay with, and the
other to make ''A'' with.
Its rule at my table, said an
old settler to his guest, ''that each one
shall wipe his knife on his plate before
sticking it into the butter dish. -
Rdrpcr'S Bdzar.
The High School girl condemns the
phrase tumble to the racket" as vile
slang. She says ''precipitate in the di-
rection of the clamor" is a more ele-
giant eXpressicn.-OH city Derrick.
-'' How old would YOU think my
daughter waS,n asked mother of Il
lady friend at one of our summer re-
sorts; would you think she was eight
een?" ''Oh, yes, was the candid re-
ply, Il should think she was eighteen
about ten years ago." They never
speak as they pass by now.-IOnkcrs
Statesman.
Young lady Gust from boarding.
school, at dinner table)-'Pleasr, papa.
I'd like a lee of The roast chicken"
Papa-'.YoI have had one. my dear.
and your brother had the other :"
Young lady (in a sprightlyA manner)-
''Oh. sure enough! a chicken has only
two legs. It's duck that has four. -
Ndrpcr'S Bd2ar.
Are you to take astronomy next
term. Elise" inquired a classmate of
her youn~ friend. Hardly But Au-
gustus IS giving me splendid astronoui-
cal lessons during the vacation"
Isn't that nice? Has he text books
and an atlas?'' 'Ol, Louise, my dear,
He says Pm all the world to him, and
when lean my head on his shoulder he
is my Atlas. ''-HGrtjord POST
-" What was the trouble between you
and another party. Mike, on the avenue
last EVENING"" inquired an Austin citi-
zen of his Hibernian porter "Well,
Yer see, sur, it was bit of hesitation
on his part" "a bit of hesitation?"
Yes, sur. You. see l gave him the
choice av my two fists, an he seemed
to hesitate lOike, an when | seen he
couldn't make up his moind, L jist gave
him the two av EN- for luck. "-IeraS
Sytipgs. ~ NJ
A Roman ecclesiastic, in reply to
whatever question might be proposed,
always began by saying: Il make dis
tinction." A Cardinal. having invited
him to dine, proposed to derive some
amusement for the company from this
Eell-known popularity of his guest.
Saying TO him that he had an impor-
tant question to propose, he asked: is
it under any circumstances lawful to
baptize in soup?" 4 make a distinc-
ton" said the priest. IF YOU ask: Is
it lawful to baptize in soup in general?
l say no; if you-aSk: Is it lawful to bap--
tie in your EXcellency's soup? 1 say
yes, for there is really no difference be
tween it and water" en- e-tE ~ .
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-20
Selecting Seed Corn.

1t is the usual custom among farmers
to select seed corn at the time of husk-
ing, and each farmer has his particular
idea as to what constitutes perfect ear,
while some select the earliest ears,
others select the largest, and most Of
farmers select the largest of twin ears,
though some object to this, and prefer
an ear that is of good SIZE and grows by
itself on rather small stalk. 49,.
Our methods of selecting seed corn
and of improving it are most of them
wrong. In the first place, if we would
make permanent improvements, We
must have our seed corn grown by it.
self, and begin early in the season to
remove all of the inferior stalks, thus
insuring the seed to come from vigorous
plants, free from disease or imperfec-
tions; then the selection of the seed
should be done in the field as soon as it
begins to ripen, marking each ear by
tying red string around it. When
huSked n second selection should be
made, rejecting all undesirable cars
A few years of careful selection in this
way will make a marked change in the
corn, it will be more even and also
more productive, because there will
be less unproductivc stalks, those hay
ing been carefully cut out before bios
soming. 81 @ -t
The continual selection of twin ears
tends to increase the small unripe ears,
which do not pay the huSking. for I'M
less the stalk be of large size it will not
carry out two full sized ears: but if an
effort be made to secure seed that will
produce one good ear, on small stalk,
in q few years the small green ears will
disappear, thus reducing the labor OF
husking, and yet not decrease the yield,
for two small stalks with one good ear
each will as readily grow on one large
stalk with one large and one small ear
Every farmer should settle down tC
some particular variety which he be-
lieres to be best adapted to his particu-
lar farm. By so doing he will be able
to maintain a variety distinct from all
others. and to, year after year, improve
it in the direction he may think best
suited to his wants. Some farmers are
doing this, and have already made con-
siderable progress. The object to ba
sought should be to secure variety OF
corn that will produce the largest
amount possible with the expenditure
of given amount of labor and material.
Massachusetts, PlOugimGn.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-20
A Morning Scene.

About eight o'clock Yesterday morn
ing man smoking plug tobacco in an
old clay pipe walked out of Michigan
avenue saloon with a rat in trap. He
looked neither to the right nor the left
until he had reached the middle of the
street. Then he placed the trap on the
ground and whistled for his dog. If he
had dog. the animal did not respond,
but the public did. In less than two
minutes thirty men were rushing to the
spot.
Hi! there, Don't let him out till l
get my dog" shouted one.
"Hold on. Wait for the dogs yelleI
half a dozen voices at once.
"Keep cool and form a circle" COM
manded policeman, as he took firmer
grip of his baton.
The man with the trap spread a large
handkerchief over it and waited. He
was not bit excited. On the contrary
he was as placid as chip sailing i'll the
wash-dish. isE ||"-Fl co
"Whar' did We ketch him?" inquired
a newsboy. -r.u.
The placid man did not deign to
reply. ......
"What'll We take fur him?' asked
another, but his inquiry was treated with
the same silent contempt.
Then four or five men came running
up with dogs under their arms, and ten
or fifteen dogs on foot followed behind.
There was q fight between bulldog
and a Newfoundland, and there would
have been :: row between owners had
not Il second policeman appeared.
Order was finally restored. The dogs
were arranged ina circle and held by
their collars, and the PLACID man slowly
knocked the ashes from his pipe, looked
carefully around, and then raised the
trap and shook the rat out. All the
dogs made Il rush, but in ten seconds
each and every canine walked off on his
ear and seemed to be hurt in his feel
ings. A boy stepped forward and held
the rat up to view.
Its crockery rat'' he yelled as
he whirled it around.
Yes, it vhas a GROCERY radt, und he
cost me den centsn calmly replied the
placid man as he walked off with his
trap.-DetrOH Free Press. T. Att -Af'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-20
MIR, and Mrs. Jones at Home.

Mrs. Jones was reading aloud the
other night, and took that occasion to
hint toward a reconciliation with the
Sawyers, who haven't spoken since their
cat went home on the fly with an
abraded skin, the result of Jones dem
constructions in science. So she found
some philosophical reflections concern
ing living in peace with ones peighbors,
which ended by declaring that the hap
piest moments of peoples lives were
when they had reconciled difficulty
with their neighbors, etc.
'''Tisn't so, snarled Jones, who was
crosser than pet lamb. 1.-The happiest
moment of your life is when you have
driven everybody else out and hold the
tort yourself; at least that's the way it
looks to a man up tree"
Mr.. JONES'" said his wife, severely,
81 wish you would not swear so before
the children"
Didn't use single swear word, y
grumbled Jones.
factions spead louder than words, >
retorted Mrs. Jones, and there was a
brief silence; then Maria forgot to be
mad, and remarked: 5 80
Bridget says they've had an awful
time in at Sawyer's."
"Eh, glad of it." growled Jones.
"The children told their mother that
their pa gave Annie-that's their kitch-
en- girl-a pair of diamond earrings"
Good heavens exclaimed Jones,
getting interested, 81 never thought
Tom Sawyer was any better than he
ought to be.''
"Oh. it turned out all right; yester-
day was her birthday. The earrings
were for her; solitaires-what luck that
woman has"
"Why, Maria, how unreasonable you
are! You might have had diamond ear
rings, too, if you would ever consent to
have your ears bored"
My ears have been bored ever since
I knew you, without my consent" said
Mrs. Jones, but I've never had any
diamond earrings ....
Maria Jones was going to con-
tradict her, but he didn't. He grasped
his hat and cane and said he would take
turn in the fresh air.
But that night he had sweet revenge.
In the dead calm hour when witches
walk the earth and shceted students
prowl around country church-yards, Mr..
Jones laid cold hand on Maria.
"St-st-st," ne whispered.
Mrs. Jones gave a scream that woke
the policeman on the next block.
W-w-what is it?' she 9asped.
Nothing" said Jones, in sleepy
tone, you're not s<raid of a bat are
you?'
:. Oh-h-h.'' screamed Mrs JONES'
dragging the bed-clothes over her head.
'Oh-h-h, Jeptha. get up and put it
out!''
''Shan't DO it, said Jones in blood
curdling whisper. I'm not afraid if
you are
"Oh Jeptha dear, darling Jeptha, if
YOU have any regard for me-your own
Maria get up and put the dreadful
thing out. 1t would kill me if it flew
on the bed. / know it would"
1T isn't that kind of a bat, said
Jones, sleepily lit is not of the cheirOp
ferrous species ..t. ?.
"What is it!'' gasped Mrs. Jones, in a
voice sutfused with bed-clothes.
Its baseball bat" answered
her husband, sweetly. Goodnight,
Maria. ''-Detr0it Post and Tribune.