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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-09

New YonK, March 8.-Ihe Worlds
Panama correspondent, writing under
date of Feb. 18th, says a dispatch is re-
ported to have arrived recently from
the Canal Compsny's office in Paris.
fixing the Pacific mouth of the prop ,sed
canal somewhat TO the east Of the site
previously selected, the mouth of the
Rio Grande River. The canal newspa-
per says that the Franco American
Trading Company have sigted a con-
tract for cutting seven miles OF the
Panama side from the new outlet "a
Paraiso. Chas. DE Les cps will Toe pre-
sent on the 18th. to inspect the wors,
done. His visit No doubt will lead up
| 20 the third call for another l50,O00.0 0O
francs. OF the 10000. 900 already paid
Ia, it lie said bat littlo remains. Not a
foot has been cut ont for the canal prop
or. An English dredger is deepening
the canal in Fox River. The promised
theater and water works system canal
officer is in Paris DOW, trying to secnrs
1000 men to build. He failed in New
York some months ago in an attcmp
| which he made to plant loan.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-09
4 Marrow Escape.

A school-house containing 400 chill
dren narrowly escaped destruction by
the sudden turning off OF the water for
repairs 20 the mains. no notice being
given so that the boiler of the engine
ussd to generate steam for heating pur
poses contained no water. and was on
the point of exploding when discovered
by chance, and the fires banked.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-09
Couragecus Girls.

LrAEaIcK. March s.-Two hundred
girls started froia here toby for New
Hampshire. Almost tho entire populi-
ton assembled to bid .hem good bye.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-09

LAnovrLLK, Ark, March 6.-The river
rosa two inches last night. This indi-
oates that the rise here viii continue
for some days.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-09

PmLAprLrHrA, March S.-The second
attempt to launch the big steamer Mar
iposa was unsuccessful. She IL intended
for the San Francisco and Honolulu
trade.
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the Chief Justice. He thought he had
Alright to ask these questions to show
Witness acted in good faith in asking
extension Of the mail service.
Davidge also Thought witness should
ssif.
Tho court said that witness could do
taM BY making an affidavit before n
so.tlce OF thu Peace. As to Wilson's
POINT that Brady was not responsible
~ Dlrsey's failure 10 produce the
looks, the court some time ago decided
.au defendants were joint and not sep
1ate defendants. and that action OF
oae vas action of all. An accumula-
Mon OF evidence of conspiracy justified
me court IN submitting il to the jury.
nefedeli's statement couid NOS be
0otradicted by secondary evidence.
sasn the court knew they had primary
ssudence. The evidence showed that
s0ey used fictitious names to conceal
n,sndulent entries. and tho fact that
SHORTS full name WAS used Was an ar
samsns to show that no fraud existed
nat connection.
nai.1 "'
ae court replied that the entry
I.eut be made in connection with some
ssiimste mail bushes. At any rate
inquiry. NV ~ '' l'o
usefsoii put a number of questions
illness intended to show good faith
saich representations had boon
sr;s e 70 the department, bat the court
i. M refused to allow them, say.
f,cu would presume its legality and
sss;.t acs that was no imputatson
sS ;anN Belford. Witness said every.
l. : man could state To get service
oshs.a sed, not only to Brady, but te
- Officers Of tho department. Re
nv "oen Bslford was excused as a vii.
ps;,,i - we star route trial, he asked til.
s..s 1919 OF making a Abatement to III.
2oncefnina the evidences touch
honor. bat the rsqussS va
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-07
THE WANDERERS RETURN.

CLARA Z. SMITH.
WHO lies here fainting by the way?
Is there no rest for that head so gray,
But turf all wet with dew!
IT'S almost night and my home is near.
Come, mount the seat beside me here;
My wife, I'm sure. has word of cheer
And bite of food for you.
And if a lodging you can not buy
'Gainst those less lucky in life than |
/ never shut my door"
II thank you, sir, for your offer kind,
But can not rest till news find
Of the children twain left behind
When | sought the Western shore.
why did I leave them? Perhaps he knows
Who aside a precious jewel throws
To seek for worthless dross:
Mine is story that's oft been told;
My wife had died and my farm was sold
And [ saw afar the CLEANS of gold
And followed it, to my loss.
''They could not write me, they were too young
And perhaps they lie the dead among;
It makes my eyes grow dim:
Know you my Nelly. my girl so fair
lived in that brown house, over there
My blue-eyed Henry, with curling hair,
Can you tell me aught of hln!"
"What, Henry Lee? Then l knew your son:
I honor the father of such a one,
youth so brave and fair.''
The smile from the old mans vlsage He'd,
You knew my Harry, not know, you SAID;
y, do not tell me my son Is dead,
For that | could not bear"
THE truth is kinder than any lie,
And bravely and nobly did he die;
And on a famous day
We heard the calling for volunteers,
And so, in spite of our tender years,
In spite of our lov'd ones prayers and tears,
Together we marched away.
Together we ate and drank and slept,
And over our fallen comrades wept;
We were but boys, you know;
And out we sailed from Roanoke;
Into Newbern together we broke,
Together we fought mid shot and smoke
Till bullet laid him low.
There, as we stood on the river banks,
He suddenly drew me from the ranks,
And thrust himself before,
Where we'll aimed bullet swiftly sped;
He shielded me from the fatal lead,
But it pierced that gallant heart instead,
And your Harry was no more.
brilliant the victory. loud the cheers,
But had heart for nothing but tears
Over our Harry's grave:
Yet do not weep, for he lies at rest,
All in his country's colors drest,
With his broken sabre on his breast
AS fitting a soldier brave.
But though of a noble son bereft,
Your Nelly, your daughter, yet is left,
AS fair as fair may be;
My house is yours for the rest of hfe.
And freed are you from care and strife,
For little Nelly is now my wife;
So, father, come home with me-
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
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GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Foreign. i

| The German Emperor is improving rapidly.
| Sebastapol Is to have q new government
dock.
| The Marquis of Lorne is to be raised to
the peerage.
Monseigneur Gastaldi, Archbishop of Tu-
rim, is dead.
| The Pope will be represented ut the coro-
nation of the Gar.
! The first snow for thirteen years, fell.in
Rome three weeks ago.
| The Fenians have threatened to blow up
| the post-office at Cork Ireland.
Gillian forces are attempting to penetrate
| and conquer the Auracanians.
NJ. Sigismond Laeroix, Radical, las been
elected as Gambetta's successor.
Brazil and the Argentine Republic are
dispu ting as to who shall appropriate ;Ur,l-
quay.
Another bottle containing explosive ma
terial has been found near the Quirnal,
Rome.
All the public buildings in London are
constantly guarded, owing to the Feniap
troubles.
The treaty of copmerce between Germany
aud Mexico has been submitted to the
Bundesrath.
The differences between the Berlin gov
ernment and the Holy See arc in fair way
for settlement
In En- gland deserted children anu juvenile
criminals are sent to cottage homes, instead
of reformatores.
The former Minister of Finances at Con-
stantinople has been appointed Turkish
Minister at Washington.
A bill to abolish actions fer breach of
promise to marry has been introduced in
the British Parliament.
Over $50 persons have been killed and
ten injured from snow avalanches at the
foot of Mount Ararat recently.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is presi-
dent of % society to ChristianiZe, simplify
and cheaper funeral and mourning cere-
monials."
An American citizen residing in Glouces-
shire, England, has presented the Pope q
large sum of money for the Catholic schools
of Rome
The Bishop of the League of Donegal says.
"Were it not for the substantial ai'i sent
from America, the people would die of star
vation."
A bill has been introduced to enable c1ef-
pymen of the Roman Catholic and Estab
lished churches to hold seats in the English
House of Commons.
An earthquake occurred at Miskolez, Rus
sia, during performance i'll the theatre,
causing panic among the audience, and
several persons were injured.
Russian Socialists are circulating mani
festoes inviting the people to avail them
selves of the opportunity afforded by the
.corofstion of the Gzar to pillage the houses
of mobiles and Jews
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Domestic.

Work is soon to be resumed on tho Hud-
| son river tunnel.
The Dismal Swampis fast being converted
into fertile fields.
Illinois keeps guard at the tomb of Lin
coin to this day.
A storm at Dalton, Ga, March 81, did
$40, 600 worth of damage.
A patient at the Salem Mass almshonse,
has just died of leprosy.
The President expects to start this week
on his long delayed Florida trip.
Tie Tennessee Legislature has passed Az
act making gambling a felony.
| One of tho guards on duty at Garfieids
| tomb has become insane from melancholia.
| A mountain of natural soap has been dis
covered at Rock Creek, Wyoming Territory.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has bill
before it prohibiting cremation under severe
| penalties.
| Mr.. c. b. Lewis, thse" NJ. Quad " OF TIC
| Detroit Free Press. is about starting ON
| Southern tour.
The guard at Garfield's tomb is changed
every month, and the tomb is opened to see
i if the body is there.
The bill to establish q whipping post for
wife beaters has been defeated i'll the Penn
sylvania Legislature.
There are 5000 car loads of matter, weigh
ing l2,Gooo0o pounds, remaining IN the
Braid wood. Ills. mine,
Dollar subscriptions .are being raised III
| ,r,f al
the author of " Kathleen Mavourneen.'
The Arkansas Legislature has passed o
law giving the official printing to any paper,
from Maine to California, which makes the
lowest bid.
If the German prohibition on American
pork is not removed before December ], the
President will address special message ta
Congress on the subject.
Congress has appropriated 1926 ,o0o and the
State of Ncs York $4,000, to erect monu-
ment at Newburg, on the Hudson, where
Washington had his headquarters
A party of lads at Philadelphia while re-
hearsiug "Si Slocum," using the Climax toy
pistol, shot one of their number through the
head on attempting the apple scene.
Minneapolis, Mimi, has the highest eiec-
tric light tower in the country. 1t lights up
the most dangerous portion of the city, and
j diffuses light for radius of one mile.
Charges are ta be preferred before the
tribunal of the Episcopal Church against
the Rev. r. Heber Newton, for his recent
sermons on ''The Right Uses of the Bible
The attorney who undertook to secure
Mason's release from the Albany pehitenti-
arv, has brought a suit for $500 out of tho
$1,000 which was raised for "Bettie and
the Baby"
, While the Houston, Tex, Hook and Lad
, der Company was responding to Il false
: alarm, the engine house caught fire and was
totally consumed, including the new truck
= lately purchased.
Despa;rng Of removing the remaining
bodies. the owners of the Braidwood mine
are considering the proposition to close anti
abandon it and erect oyer ti4s entrance q
/ monument to the memory u those entonltse'i
f Bodies recently recovered could only sa
! handled by sleseing them into bags.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-07

| loICcu TIE UttiDGY ID tthc ulul W u uoStst IL
the vicinity of Franklin and Gasquet streets
where he intended to sleep off his liquor
While returning Aleck was stopped by the
notorious ex-Corporul Griffin, recently par
doned by Gov. McEnery, and received {
blow upon the head which knocked him ou1
into the street. The assailant followed itul
by snatching he BARRIERS watch, the latter
holding or to the chain and receiving an
other blow which downed him again. The
thieves ran away as Aleck arose and shouted
| for help, police officer standing upon the
! corner ten or fifteen yards away paying nc
attention to the call. Aleck walked over tc
the officer to get his number, and was told
| by the guardian OF the peace that he, Aleck
was lucky to get off as easy as he did. This
was true enough, for the assailed barber had
| 5000 cash on his person which the robbers
! would have taken had they known it.
| Aleck met friend soon after and the two
returned to the house where Duggan had
| been escorted, and peeping through the
! window they saw Duggan, Griffin and two
noted thieves in close consultation, evidently
agreeing upon q division of the booty
Duggan came around to the BARRIERS shop
next day and sought u compromise OF the
affair, offering to return the watch, but the
tender was declined. Affidavits have been
made against the guilty parties, but it is
doubtful if any thing will be done under our
present Milesian regime.
The storm of Saturday has left its traces
upon the streets and fences in the shape OF
mud and debris which it seems our imbecile
hoodlum government is unable to remove.
We hear of snow being removed from
Northern cities within six hours after
storm, but with climate and everything else
in it's favor, our government will require
weeks to accomplish similar work.
The Sanitary Auxiliary Association is out
in /. circular to the public, calling for sub
scriptions to clean the city before the warm
days come on. and also to provide better
system of drainage i'll place of the planta-
ton methods now in yogue-and it can be
said with truth that many plantations III
our State are better drained than the 81 eat
metropolis of the South. If these gentle
men would bend their efforts to put into the
municipal offices of New Orleans enlight-
ened and progressive men, irrespective OF
their politics, the whole aim Of their desires
would be accomplished and we should once
again be on the march to prosperity. But
the people of New Orleans have been
welded to their idols and have tried IN
their near-sightedness and narrow-minded-
ness to destroy the very liberty they pro-
fcssed to subserye. Their action OF late, to
take it as whole, has been as ridiculous
and suicidal as the late Irish Land Leagues
attempt to destroy the Houses Of Parlia-
ment; but the clouds appear to be rolling
away, and our reputable classes are getting
tired of the inane policy pursued by the
McEnery- Fitzpatrick mob which has SO
misruled our city and State.
Truly yours, w. ii. \.
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tions.
DoNAIDsoNvILLE, April 2, 1888.
EDITOR CHIEF:
One of the most important considerations
connected with the subject of education is
the combination of industry in the ordinary
avocation of life with the acquisition Of
knowledge of letters and science. When
vouno men have to be sent from home to
acquire an education, too many are apt to
contract idle habits, and fancy that the pur-
pose of their education is to enable them to
become professional men, or in some way to
make their living without resorting to man
ual labor. This, l apprehend, is the source
of much misfortune, and has been the cause
of many young men taking wrong dtrcc-
ton and of rendering them unhappy and
dependent all their lives. The common
schools, when made what they ought to be,
| by the employment OF none but competent
teachers, who are capable Of teaching ac-
| curately all the branches of a practical
business education, will greatly lessen the
evil, The farmer, the mechanic, the labor
er, the manufacturer and the merchant, can
send their sons to school under their own
immediate experimenting care, and while
their children are acquiring the knowledge
of the schools, they can at the same time De
made to learn habits of industry and q
knowledge of some business to be pursued
in after life.
The Same observations may, with some
notifications, be applied to females. The
young lady, coming from boarding school
without a knowledge of the kitchen and the
economy of the household, has much to
learn to enable her to perform we'll her part
in life. No circumstances or condition can
render knowledge of these duties unim-
portant. Even the most wealthy will be at
the mercy of others if they are ignorant OF
these domestic concerns But no reliance
ought to DO placed in wealth in regard to
these things. Riches are constantly tiuc-
tuatng and passing from one 10 another.
They seldom continue in one direction very
long. No young lady has any assurance as
to who may be the guardian of her proper
ty. She may be reduced, by some unforeseen
causes, from affiuence and the tender cares
of parental affection, to poverty and want
How miserable will then be her condition il
she is entirely ignorant of the duties of the
household Can the most fertile imag ina
ton fancy an object better calculated tt
excite the sympatL1es of our nature
To attain then, as far as practicable, The
great desideratum of combining the acquisi
ton of knowledge with habits Of industr.
and sound economy, good common schools
with intelligent moral instructors must b.
; provided in every neighborhood, adequate
to the wants Of the community. Much goot
; has already been effected in many parts 0
the State, but until their influence shall b
, extended to every nook and dale, vilag
and nei.hborhood within the limits of thi
} vast commonwealth, the object of thei
: establishment will not be accomplished.
C.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-07
THE SPORTS AND THE STRANGER.

Three sports got into railroad car,
They called "here" "hyar," and there" was
And they always spoke to each other as
"pards.'
For sports there are. both good and poor,
Professional and amateur,
Where railroad trains are running
They wanted fourth at euchre hand,
Three were they, and they were one short,
And they asked a stranger if he'd the sand
To try a little game for sport,
And you'll always find stranger around
Where railroad trains are running.
The stranger didn't know the game,
But he was willing to live and learn;
To him the cards We're all the same
"They was to all at first he'd hearn.
And the sports laughed loud and dealt the pack
And gave him four queens and a thlck-legSeC
jack,
AS they will when trains are running.
And then they bet on the poker hand
And fattened the pot to a goodly pile,
Then asked the stranger if he would stand,
And the stranger stood, with a simple smile;
And one sport raised the other two,
And the stranger him, as strangers do
Where railroad trains are running.
And then in solemn breathless hush,
The three sports showed what they had got;
But aces won't beat royal flush,
And the stranger gobbled that obese pot.
For strangers and sports are natural foes,
And the former carry cards In their clO'es,
Where railroad trains are running.
-TraueierS' Magazine.
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COMING HOME LAST.
| On the proposed removal of the remains of
John Howard Payne to this countryl
WILL CARLETON.

| On the proposed removal of the remains of
John Howard Payne to this conntry]
WILL CARLETON.
The banishment was oyerlong,
But it will soon be past;
The man VINO wrote Homes sweetest song
Is coming home at last!
For years his poor abode was seen
In forein lands alone.
Ard waves have thundered loud between
This singer and his own.
But he will soon be journeylng
To friends across the sea;
And grander than of any King
His welcome here shall be!
He cannot come with cheerful brow
And step of conscious pride;
He will not hear the tributes now
That fall on every side;
And when we tell hlm how hlS rich
Sad strains our hearts have sought,
He cannot tell the price at which
The yearning words were brought
And silently this man must come
Unto the waiting throng-
Who gave trumpet voice to Home,
And thrilled the world with song!
He wandered o'er the dreary earth.
Forgotten and alone;
He who could teach Homes matchless worth
Ne'er had one of his own.
Meath winters cloud and summers sun,
Along the hilly road,
He bore his great heart, and had none
70 help HIM with the load;
And wheresoeer in his weary round
He went with heavy tread,
His sweet pathetic song he found,
Had fioated ON ahead!
He heard the melodies it made
Come pealing DER and DER,
From royal music bands that played
Before the palace door;
He heard its gentle tones of love
From many cottage creep,
When tender grooming mothers strove
TO sing their babes to sleep;
And wheresoeer true love had birth
This thrilling song had flown;
But he who taught Homes matchless worth
Had no home of his own!
The banishment was overlong,
But it will soon be past;
The man who wrote Homes sweetest song
Shall have a home at last.
And he shall rest where laurels wave,
And fragrant grasses twlne;
His sweetly kept and honored grave
Shall be d sacred shrine.
And pilgrims, with glad eyes grown dim,
VIII fondly bend above
The man who sung the triumph hymn
Of earth's diVinest love.
-Harpers Weekly.
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A large portion of an embanklnent of dirt
fell upon half dozen railroad laborers in
Lincoln parish, killing one of their number
and severely injuring another.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-07

Gov. McEnery has a young cow that at
tacks persons on the streets of Baton Rouge.
The animal knocked lady down not long
ago.
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High Authority

DR.. W. E. Scott. President of the College of
Physicians, Montreal, writes: II have recon-
mended Colden's Liebig's Liquid Extract of
Beef and Tonic Invigorator as the best pre-
sio. Jecer. ague, and loss of appetite" TAKE
no 1fher(
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Robert Blair was killed and Aaron John
son severely injured by a falling timber
while working On the Bayou Ramos bridge
near Morgan City.
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H. II. Slaughter, "a promising lad OF 1t
wears residing in Franklin parish, was
drowned while crossing a slough at night on
horseback.
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AS they will when trains are running.

Glenn's Sulphur Soap removes all local
eruptions. soothes all abrasions of the cuticle.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
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Phil Jackson, colorsd, goes to the pcnitci-
mary under life sentence for the murder OF
Munich Brigham, in Morehonse parish.
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and bakery were destroyed by fire in the
little village Of Canpte, Natchitoches parish.
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Fred. and Oliver Mellow ell, tried in
Morehouse parish for com plicity in the
lvnching of Wesley Andrews, were acquit-
ted
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MILLINERY.

MFRS. NJ. BLUM. Milliner, Mississippi
WI street, between Lessard and st. Pat
rick. Latest styles Of Bonnets, Hats. French
Flowers, etc.; also, all kinds of Ladies' I'm
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