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St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Senator Bayard is ranked by George
a. Sala as the best story-teller in the
country.
- Milton received 1926 for his 'sPara-
disc Lost and Tennyson $5, 600 for his
s.Promise of May"
MIR. Bill Nye, of the Laramie Boom
erasg, speaks OF Elder Cannon as a four
ply rater-iamilias.
Nine. Nilsson, speaking of Oscar
Wilde 10 a Chicago reporter, said: "He
ought to have been taken by the ear
and taken to the boat and driven out OF
this country
In the opinion Of the Philadelphia
Press Mrs. Langtry could have ''got
into her critics in the most cruel way
by saying: slow much money did you
fellows earn while / was making $685.
900.
1t is now said that Governor Cleve-
land is. a direct lineal descendant Of
Henry Sewell, ESQ.,, who, in the days of
Queen Elizabeth, was several times
chosen mayor of Coventry.
Mrs. Charlotte Carpenter, who be-
came the wife of Walter Scott, wrote
before marriage that she did not APP
prove of rejecting, and babe adieu to
all thoughts, for she meant to have a
good time.
The London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian says that Herbert
Spencer looks well, but protests that his
bronzed look is only a temporary conse-
quence of the sea voyage, and that he
feels in reality the reverse of benefited
by his trip.
The prospective Mrs. Cleveland,
who is expected to preside over the ex-
ecutive mansion at Albany, is Miss May
Burlingame, a lady residing near Utica.
The Governor elect has been about six
years making up his mind to it, but the
question is said to have been popped at
last.
Sergeant Ballantine, though cele-
brated and eloquent speaker, is rather
awkward in manner and has an odd
way OF altering his phrases like a law
yer debating an important brief to an
amanuens;s. He has spoken six hours
a day in court for three succeeding DAYS
without notes, but says that he is afraid
to address an American audience.
DIR. David Parsons, the old-time
pastor of the church in Amherst, was
noted for his eccentricities, and, among
other vagaries, used to have plate set
at his table for a favorite cat. One day,
while asking a blessing at the morning
meal, he was taken with fit of cough
ing, and before the paroxysm was over
the cat mewed. As soon as the par
son could speak he turned to the cat
and exclaimed: ..Shut up! l can get
along without your helpn' and then
struck in where he had left off and fin.
ished the blessing.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-06
Our Young Readers.
CAN YOU?
!, web back in its

Can you put the spiders web back in its
place,
That once has been swept away2
Can you put the apple again on the bough,
Which fell at our feet to-day?
Can you put the lily-cup back on the stem,
And cause it to live and grow?
Can you mend the butterfiy's broken wing,
That you crushed with Il hasty blow?
Can you put the bloom again on the grape,
Or the grape again on the vine?
Can you put the dew-drops back on the
flowers,
And make them sparkle and shine?
Can you put the petals back on the rose?
If you could, would it smell as sweet?
Can you put the flour again in the husk,
And show me the ripened wheat?
Can you put the kernel back in the nut,
Or the broken egg in its shell?
Can you put the honey back in the comb.
And cover with wax each cell?
Can you put the perfume back in the vase,
When once it has sped away?
Can you put the corn-silk back on the corn,
Or the down on the catkins-say2
You think that my questions are trlnlng'
dear?
Let me ask you another one:
Can hasty word ever be unsaid,
Or deed unkind, undone?
Wide AlCdIee,
St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-06
HUMOROUS.

Has any one found out how much
waterways.
Question in Natural History What
does catamount to-.
Aminadab says the balance Of trade
is generally some two ounces short.
Said a loving wife to her husband:
"Do you know, my dear, that butterfly
ornaments are very fashionable?''
Perhaps So he gruffly replied, "but
grub is the great desideratum."
An exchange, thinks that when a
man cuts his throat a new term should be
employed in place of from ear to ear.
How would s.from the knee to the
elbow do? That would be a, change.
B The verdict of the Coroner's jury at
Tunbridge Wells on the death of a
child was. g The child was sutfocated,
but there is no evidence to show that
the sufocation was before or after
death.
Julia. my little cherub, when does
your sister Emma returnp' Julia: 81
. don't know ...Didn't she say any
thing before she went away?'' Julia:
She sa d. if you came to see her, that
she'd be gone till doonisday,' n
What impudence!!'' exclaimed
Mrs. Shoddy. Here is man applying
by letter for situation as coachman,
who signs himself Your obedient SER
Vant,' and | have not even thought of
hiring him yet. - ,talqdelpbia NeaOs.
Where q chap gets ahead of old
Father Time is when he dreams. He
can dream Of going to England and
fooling around Tor year and returning
home again in ten seconds It also
saves expenses. Detroit Free Press. !.
MIR. J.sJ. IL Gregory says that an
acre of land may contain six tons of
worms. So itmay; but. if Mr. Gregory
ever tried TO dig a box of bait on ten
minutes notice of an invitation to go
fishing in dry time he knows it don't.
-LoWeH Courier.
why, John, whore have you been
all night?" was the greeting, as he
stumbled upstairs. "Comet party, my
dear, that's all. y s.Comet partyp
Why, it ought not to take all night to
see the comet. eff you zhee as many.
comets ash ! did. = would take you,
poor. weak woman. a whole week.
Yesh it would.
An old darky said to his wife at the
circus: Look ahere. Suse, yer jest got
to make up yer mind: of yer gwine to
take de shoes yer can't 60 to de circus,
an ef yer is gwine to de circus yer can't
get de shoes. = just about this time
the band. struck up lively air, and
Suse told the old man she would 60
barefooted while longer. She was
bound to see de circus.
"A countryman stepped into a fruit
store and invested in a nickel's worth
of chestnuts. In half an hour he re-
turned and handle the proprietor one
of the nuts. = What does this mean?''
asked the dealer. ...Well.'' remarked
the customer, '.that is the only sound
chestnut / found in the pint, and so
thought you had put it in by mistake /.
am an honest man, and don't want to
take mean advantage OF a fellow
St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-06
Phosphorescent Beetles.

The beetles (elater) are the most re-
splendent forms of the South. Over
seventy distinct species Of them are
known from Chill to the Southern States
DfaNorth America. They have two yell
dow pbosphorescent spots upon the back.
and two others hidden under the wing
cases. which are only visible when the
insect flies. We have frequently read
tby their light; allowing the insect to
cling to the finger, and passing it along
the page, spot two inches in diameter
would berendered luminous by the DOR
sal lights. The sight produced by these
tropical fire-flies is often extremely
magnificent, and has been aptly de-
scribed BY Southey:
(. Sorrowing we beheld
The night come on; hut soon did night dis
More wonders than it yelled; innumerous
From the wood cover swarmed, and darkness
Their beauties visible; one while they
streamed
A bright blue radiance upon flowers which
Their gorgeous colors from theeye of day;
Now, motfonless and dark. eluded search.
Self-shrouded: and anon, starring the sky,
Rose like a shower of fire.
Now red glare dashes by, followed by
an intermittent blaze of rich orange
yellow, while in the foliage all about
the brilliant green light of the photuris
appears, dying away mimic revolving
light. At times these attract others of
golden hues. and a bevy of flashing in
candescent bodies circle about each
other for moment, and then dart
away like flaming meteors to illunine
the gloom beyond. One, the pyro-
phoras, ernits, when at liberty, a rich,
rudy glow. and again q yellowish
orange, but in captivity it seems diff
fused with pale, green glow. These
are the insects the early Spanish in
yaders took for the lights OF an inn
mense army as they advanced upon the
ancient capital Of Mexico. At this
time they were used by the natives at
night. numbers of them being tied to
the feet. Solthey refers to this in the
poem already quoted. When Coatel was
guiding Madoc through the cavern,
She beckoned, and descended, and drew out
From unde meath her vest cage, or net
It rather might be called. so fine the twigs
Which knit it, where, confined, two fre-hies
gave
IuctF iuSt-F.
In parts of the South TO this day they
are in common use as decoration by
the ladies'; and among the peasantry Of
Italy and Greece gala toilet would not
seem complete without a diadem of
flashing fire flies that CLEANS and scin-
tillates like a veritable halo about their
heads. AS evening falls these maids Of
the sun follow the cleaning insects.
and bedeck one another with living
gems that only Nature can produce.
Upon one occasion Don Domingo Condo,
of Colombia, appeared upon the evening
promenade with an enormous live beetle
as a catch to his Panama hat, which in
turn was ornamented with a loop of
blazing fre-iiies: and in his palace
cages Of silver wire hung, imprisoning
myriads OF the cleaning insects.
Charles 2. Holder, IN Harper's Magar
zi11e
St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-06
His Candor Pays.

1--WE had better understand each
other" he said. deprecatingly, as he
.shambled into the editorial room, s.be-
fore we begin. I'm book agentn
Unmindful of the groans that met this
statement, he went on:
s'Fm not white-haired philanthro-
pist from New Haven, who has come
South through sympathy for your
stricken people. I'm fair, square,
bald headed book-agent. y
Encouraged by the reception OF this
frank ayowal, he took a seat, and drop
ping his feet in q waste basket, said:
.sIm not a retired clergyman who
seeks to scatter religious instruction
while he builds up his Worn-ont frame in
your balmy CLINE. m not an apostle
of art who has consented to seek your
benighted reg: ION, and educate your
people by parting with a. few picture
books III parts. I'm not all OF these-n
either. I'm an unmodified book agent,
with none Of the corners rounded, rum
ming on cheek in pursuit of tin. sst
Here candor, at least" remarked
the young man who writes the pulls OF
hardware stores.
..Yes; candor at best I'm not a
gilded sham. You don't pick me up for
Prince in disguise or art, or morality
going incog. lido not fly the skull and
erossbones hid behind holiday flag till
I've grappled and boarded you. I've
got the regular old Deaths head nailed
] to the mast, and I'm pirate from keel
to center-board. and if you don want
thatsort of company blow me out of the
water go
He had the whole force on deck at
this point.
'tTye got no off hand preamble TO my
bloody work. / do not lead you through
the AoWery paths of ease to where I've
got the trap sprung. do not beguile
with anecdote, inspire with eloquence,
soothe with persuasion. or piqfe with
local gossip. WAS not directed to you
rs a leader OF culture or person who d
be likely to buy. / won't show you a
ist'of heightened decoys who have put
their names down to get rid of me and
to draw you in. / don't show the work
I'm selling, and I've never been able to
learn the idiots soliloquy3 that explains
the pictures. =
Here he paused while the manager
called for the cash-boy.
That s about the size of me and my
business. The books right here fifty
parts. fifty cents part, plenty o pic
lures. end big type for the reading,
written by somebody or other, and
means $40 clear money to me every
time work one of. Do you take, or
do go?'
By this time eleven copies of the first
part were ordered, and the .'eleveu
able resumed their work. while the of
lice boy indites this tribute to man
who amt ashamed of his little racket =
d. Laatd Constitution.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07

interest there in matter of christian
education some Of The leading citizens
have offered the Bishop land and
moneyif he would come to their var
ious towns and establish institutions Of
learning for girls. 's lay --
The last speaker was R't. Rev Bis
shop Pennick, of Cape Palmas,1 who
gave an7interesting account of mission
work in Africa. Bishop Bedelh pre-
sented report, of Bishop oSohores-
chensky, missionary Bishop of Shan
gahi, after what benediction was pro
nounced by the Bishop of Rochester,
and the, board of mission then adjourn
ed until II o'clock Monday morning.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 5.-Acting
Secretary of the Navy to-day received
a telegram from Commander Welsh,
of Pensacola Navy Yard, stating that
there has been no new case of yellow
fever and no deaths at the yard since
last report. One critical card now under
treatment. People-in-goodsp spirits
BosroS, Oct. 6.-Hon. Chas Creigh-
ton Hazelwell for quarter of a centu-
ry connected with the editorial staff Of
the Boston Traveller and writer of the
weekly review which had become a
feature of that paper, died at his resi-
dence in REVERE this Il. M, aged 60
years. 'lI ''-,'
:, New YORK, Oct. Cat a meeting
of the Directors of the Northern Pacific
Railroad to-day the old board of Off.
GERS were reelected and an issuance of
$20,000,000 second mortgage bonds,
subject to approval of preferred stock
holders, authorized. 1t will require
consent of three fourths of these share
holders and it is thought that no seri-
Gus objections will be met to the issue.
1t will wipe out tioating debt and will
also be applied to the. completion and
euliDment of the road
. ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 6.-The Nc
Donough Telephone Company was in-
'corporated to-day with Il capital of
$1O,OO0,OO0, with proviso that it may be
increased to 2O,OO0,O0O. Principal off, d
ces will be in New York, San Fran
cisco, New Orleans and other places.
The incorporators are: j. w. McDon-
ough, &. II. Williamson and III. q.
Townsend, New York; w. j. Vanpitt,
Jr., Hoboken; and q. w. Cop, of Mil 81
ford. 81 a. .... O.'. - Hu}r t.-"" "''t
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
THE WALSHE WAR.

New ORLEANS, LA,-Justice Poche,
of the Supreme Court granted petition
Of the City Attorney, in case Of
Treasurer Walshe toowit: Prohibition
against Judges Of Civil District Courts,
prohibiting them from interfering
with the City Council in the impeach-
ment OF Treasurer, or writ compelling
Judge Lazarus, Of the Civil District
Court to grant a suspensive appeal to
the Supreme Court, returnabIe in Nov
ember, from his decision in favor of
Treasurer Walshe, which had re-instated
him and enjoined the mayor, chiefs
police, etc, from interfering with him
and the city council from proceeding 9
any further with the peachment.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

Eastern mail via Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific Railroad-daily.
Shreveport mail-daily except Monday.
Monticello mail via Bastrop--daily ex-
cept Sunday. IS ssszsa e -
Camden maiLyia5 5Farmersville--ttaily ex-
cept Sunday. ~6
Columbia mail--daily except Sunday.
Ouachita City mail departs Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Arrives Tuesday,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Okaloosa mail every Monday and Friday.
Lapine mail every Monday and Friday.
Ouachita river mail every Saturday, OK
cept during low water when arrivals and
departures 'are irregular. ! -. I T. III -
All mails close at o'clock p. H., except
ing mail via v, S. IL Z. r. r.. which closes
one-half hour before departure of train.
Office hours Sa.m. to 5 p. M; Sundays,
) to 8 a. III. and to s p. N. Hours for
money order and register business, 5 q, n.
10 p. III. JULIUS ENNESIosER, /. NJ.
Monroe, La, Sept. 3, 1883.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
News By Telegraph.
. KILLED HIS MISTRESS.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. a.-Kittie
Coulon was shot this morning by
police officer Ed. Ryan, and died this
evening from the effect of shooting.
Ryan, who was living with the woman,
declares the shooting was accidental,
but she made dying declaration
stating Ryan deliberately shot her be-
cause she intended to quit him.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Oct, 5.-The
Episcopal Convention assembled
this morning, Rev. DIR. A. A. Watson,
OF n. c., df' canon on lay readers be
referred TO committee on canons, this
was agreed to, Rev. Jas J. Vaux, of
the dl0ceSS OF Arkansas, presented q
memorial asking for a general court
OF officials in the matter of trials of
Ciergymen which was referred to
Committees on canons. House of
deputies adjourned at this point and
the board of missions was called TO
order by R't. Rev Bishop Lee, of
Delaware. R't. Rev. DR.. Spalding,
Bishop of Colorado, was introduced
and addressed the board upon the condi-
ton of the church and its needs in
that State. Rev. Bishop Elliott, OF
Western Texas, then gave an account
of work in his mission. He saw that
IL were engaged in the ministry there
all on active list except one, as church
had just been built in his jurisdiction.
Ladies Of Connecticut sent Bishop
So, $50 for that purpose. He must say
the school had not progressed az it
should have done. He believed that
if educational establishments were
there they could gather in those who
would be mothers Of new churches.
Great territories full of living souls are
growing up and people are pressing in
to occupy the country and ii must not
be long before churches can reach the
Northern States of Mexico. There are
great opportunities for Gods Church
and may Gods Church be led to
embrace them. ...
R't. Rev. Bishop Garrett, Of Nor
thern Texas, was the next speaker.
The Church he said is doing as much
in North Texas as can reasonably be
expected. There was ten clergymen
including Bishop, ten parishes, thir-
teen oIganized missions, twenty-five
mission stations and fourteen lay rea
ders; three parishe7 are self supporting.
What is needed in addition TO money
FOR erection Of Churches is men Of 4
proper evangali>tic spirit, men able to
tell grand stories Of the Redeemer's
love. An effort has been made 10 rouse
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
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BIG FIRE AT DALLAS,

GALVESTON, TEN.-A special to
the News says, that probably the
largest and most destructive fire that
ever occurred here is now raging. AT
/ o'clock a. M. fire broke out in the
engine room Of, G. Howard d Co.'S
elevator, and soon after flames were
issuing from all directions. The eleve-
tor is situated at the Texas & Pacific
depot, one block north of Elm street.
The flames spread rapidly and soon
the cotton yard of the City Compress,
occuppying. the block of ground i'm
mediate adjoining. The elevator caught
fire and was consumed. A strong
breeze is blowing from southeast and
the heat from the blazing buildings is
frightful at 1890 o'clock. The elevator
fell with crash. The brick building
adjoining it, occupied by Sinker, Davis
and Co., containining boilers and en-
gines, is also a total loss. The flames
spread rapidly, and soon. the cotton
around the City Compress caught fire.
and is being rapidly burned at l2:45
O'Clock. The fire caught and wiped
out the Electric Light Work and
livery stable. The part of town in
which it is now spreading, is composed
of small frame structures. There is no
telling where II will stop at The eleva-
tor containing wheat and oats to the
amount Of 80, 900 bushels, all of which
was destroyed. There are also probably
1000 bales of cotton consumed thus
far. Prominent Insurance men estim-
ate the loss at 100000 dollars and the
insurance at S750,OO0. Of course this
is all guess work, as nothing definite
can be obtained. BUSINESS is almost
suspended and the whole town IS exited.
The fire department responded prompt.
ly, but it was nearly half an hour be-
fore the engines got regularly to work,
and than the water supply was in
dequate. One engine seemed TO be
nearly worthless. When the fire broke
out the fire broke out, there where so
% or 80 box and flat cars werere tying
around on railroad tracks, and as
those lines had to cross the firempu
were delayed until the swith engine
removed them, Fort Worth has been
delegraphed for aid, and assistance is
expected to arrive from there in few
minutes. Later it is said that there
are nearly 10000 bales of cotton in the
the. yard around the compree, and
half of that number have been con-
sumed.
II I'm
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
Talbot SfilIlnnli,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW. MONROE, La,
IA will practice in the Parishes OF
ONachit0, 4orehotse, Richlna,d md Frank
lin, i'll the Supreme Court of the State,
and in the Federal Courts. Will take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
same in connection with attorneys residing
Vhere. .>rP.~ - August I3, 1851 -
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07

: SALT LAKE CITY Oct, 6.-The 53d
Semi Annual Conference Of the Low
man Church met in this city yesterday.
Sessions were held both in the morning
and after noon, The morning session
was addressed by Apostles Taylor,
Young and Grant. Attendance is large
and the meeting SHOWS the dignitaries
of the Church stand by polygamy.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
TRANSPORTATION.
NICKSBURG,
SHREVEPORT ~ PACIEIC RAlLROAN.
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30 1rrs [T5 d 2 s:: sA:.l.sS,-
GaaR y = ssg1+ssa
Train leaves Monroe. 500 IA. IN.
g arrivesa at Delta. ....... ..:...: .6.05 p. III.
RETt- RING
Train leaves Delta...................... II III.
g arrives at Monroe. ...............6.05 p. III.
Monroe and Shreveport stages connect
daily for Shreveport.
Daily (Sundays eXceptedl stage line from
Monroe to Bastrop. La, and Ham burg, Ark.
Daily Sundays eXcepted) stage line to
Farmerville, La, and Camden, Ark.
Connects with Vicksburg Il Meridian
Railroad at Nicksburg for New Orleans
and all points North and East, and with
Mississippi river steamers at Delta.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
RIVER NEWS.

|J NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6.-Departed:
Natchez for Vicksburg. Clear, partly
cloudy and warm. ..,...,,.....,........
u VIcKsBURti, Oct. 6.-River station
ary. Clear and hot. Departed
Montana for New Orleans. Richard
son for Greenville. .a,aiG~. esr
MEMPHIS, Oct. 6.-River 3 feet
inches; Cloudy weather. Departed:
Henry Frank and Port Eads for New
Orleans, City of Providence for st.
Louis.
e. PITTsBURG, Oct. &. River 2 4I5 feet
and falling; light rain and cool. ,.r.
% LOUISVILLE, Oct. 6.-River 4feet
inches and falling; fair and pleasant.
Big boats run Monday in the LOUIS
Vile and New Orleans line, Five
side-wheeiers will run this season.
New Canal lock will De opened in 3
=.
CAIRO, Oct. G.-River & feet L lnch
rising; clear and pleasant. Arrived
Dippold south, r. $. Hays from New
Orleans, Annie p. Silver from st. Louis.
AS previously announced through
these columns, the Katie Z. Kouutz
will enter the Ouachita trade on the
frstrise. The will make weekly trips to
Monroe, connecting at this point with
the tributary steamer j. G. Abbott
The Kountz will be in command Of
CAPT. VIM. Wenzel and the Abbott in
command of Capt. III. ID. Vaughn of
MorehOuSe.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07

The SherevePort Standard says that
the V. s. & p, r., r., will be completed
to that city by the 1st Of February.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07

sen Subscribe for the DAILY TELE-
GRAPH.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-07
PROFESSIONAL CAR.os.
ThOS. u. Benton,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, .'t4
n MONROE, LA.
Il. q. Cobb,
4@e$ II 3 :
&. J. BOArNER. !. :. BOATNE
q. j. ~ j. 5. BOATNEK.


A TTORNEYS AND lCOUNSELORS AT
IL Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the fahd Office Department.
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. = d. -. July Is, 1882.