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St. Landry democrat., 1884-11-08
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St. Landry democrat., 1884-11-08
A Slight Difference.

Judge David Davis. who for eight
years rode the same judicial circuit
in Illinois with Abraham Lincoln
related many capital anecdotes
about him. One was a scene In
court soon after Davis was appoint
ed Judge, when Lincoln had de-
Tended a fellow named Lindsay, who
had been indicted for highway rob-
berry. Lindsay had pleaded guilty,
in the hope that the court would
give him the lightest sentence i'm
posed by law. The crime, however,
had no lenient features, and the
character of its perpetrator was very
bad. At the close of the term
Lindsay was arraigned for sentence.
The Judge alluded to the youth of
the prisoner, and dwelt upon the
enormity of his crime. He had
robbed a helpless man of his hard
earned wages, and committed a
crime that the law characterized as
akin to murder. Gathering wrath
as he proceeded, the Judge closed
his philippe with the words "Lind-
say, sentence you to seven years
in the Illinois Legislature
Abraham Lincoln was quiet OBJ
server. He arose with quiet CLEAN
ofhumor on his face, and said: "May
it please your Honor, as the friend Of
the Court, allow me to suggest that
the Constitution does not permit
cruel and unusual punishment. Your
honor has sent this man to the Leg
islature when he ought to go to the
penitentiary. /"
"The differences is SO slight that
the Court has no hesitation in adopt
ing the suggestion of its learned and
experienced advisor" the Judge re-
sponded. Thereupon he imposed
the full sentence of the law, and
everybody laughed except the de-
fendant and his counsel. Ben Per-
ley Poore in Boston Budget.
It is announced in telegram
from Augusta, Ga, that rumor is
afoat that Geo. 7. jackson, presi-
dent of the Enterprise Cotton Fac
tory, is a defaulter for a large sum-
and that a committee was appoint
ed to investigate the books of the
company. jackson confesses de-
Ialcation, but cannot give the
amount. He claims all the respon-
sibility Of the deficit. 1t viii be
several days before the full amount
e tha dafalcatinn nf President
, 1884-03-19

reached their former level. Sections
have been carried east and west
across the Arabah and The Jordan
Valley. rw" traverses of Palestine
have also been rade from the Medi-
~trrranean to the Jordan. Professor
Hull has in hand, besides his Scienti-
fc report, a popular account Of his
journey, winch Will first appear in
Tie transactions Of the society. Cap
tain Kitchrner'S map work is in the
hards of Mr.. Armstrong, WHO vas
for many years OF the survey of
Western Palestine. He has himself
been ordered on service up the Nile,
but it is hoped that his absence will
not retprd the publication of a new
aud very interesting piece Of geogra-
phical work.-Ibid.
, 1884-03-19
France.

The D6bats veryjustly condemns the
permission given by the Government
for the holding Of u grand lottery to
cover the defci Of the Inflated Nice
Exhibition. If any locality chooses
to get u? a foolish exhibit'on mis-
manage it, and incur a large debt,
they have henceforth only to apply
for a l%icence for a lottery. II such
licences are granted 50 freely, the
logical course would be to proclaim
free trade in lotteries, so as to pre-
cIude all suspicion of official favour
itism.-Tmes.
, 1884-03-19

per cent of crystals Of ir~t-rate quail
ty will be obtained.
The megass resulting from the Elk
man-Fry process is obtained in a
form which renders it very suitable
as a raw material for paper-mnkirg,
The expense Of boiling it again, so
as to produce almost pure cellulose,
is small, and thus from every 100
tons of canes one can easily obtain 5
Obs of paper pulp, worth at least
I2L. per ton.-European Mail
, 1884-03-19

ed pulp through the ordinary cane
mill, we might expect 10 obtain, to-
gether with the drained liquid, about
1000 lbs. of juice, containing about
131 lbs. of sugar.
But owing to the previous boiling
operation having softened the woody
matter of the canes the squeezing in
the mill might be expected TO be
more effective than when raw canes
were operated upon. This turns out
to be the case.
The following is the mean Of a
number of experiments made =
, 1884-03-19
The Russian Crown Estates.

One may form some idea OF the
cxteut OF The possessions belonging
to the Russian Emperor, as property
Immediately attachrd to he Crown,
when we hear that the Altni estates
alone cover an area Ot 40 millions
OF drsirtinS. or oyer 10000 square
miles, being about three times the
size of England and Wales. The
NrrtchinSk estates, in Eastern >lhe-
ria, are estimated at about Is mill
lions Of de>j tins. In The Altal
estates are situated the gold and
silver mines of BarnauI, PauIOv,
>mijos, and Loktjepp, the copper
foundry at %a<Oum, and the great
iron works of Gavrilov, in the Falagi-
row district. The receipts from these
enormous estates are in q ridiculous
~ pitifuI ratio 10 their extent In the
year 1882 they amounted to $4,000
roublps, or n little more than
EOS, 900; while for 1888 the revenue
was estimated at less than half the
sum, or about 400, 900 roublcs. The
rents, &C., gave a surplus over ex-
pense of administration Of about "A
million and u half of roubleS, On the
o;hrr hand, the working of the mines
Showed II dtfcit of yer a million;
hence the result Just indicated. A
partial explanation of this very un'
satisfactory state OF things il to he
found in the situation of the mines,
which are generally in places quite
destitute IF wood, while the smelling
works were naturally located IN dis
tricts where wood aIIounGS, ONE
times as much as 600 or 700 kllo-
metres distant from the mines. The
cost of transport OF raw materials
became considerable in this way. By
dec recs all the wood available in the
neishbourho0d OF the smelling works
became used up, aud it was "eceSSa-
~ to fetch wood from distances OF
even over 100 Kilometres. Formerly
the mines were really penal settle
ments, worked by c"nvIc's. VIII" were
partly helped by immigrants whose
sons were exempted from military
service on the condition of working IN
the mines. But since the abolition OF
serfdom this system has been quite al
tered, and there is now a great deal
of free labour on the ordinary condi-
tiolis.-Ibid.
, 1884-03-19

If we take the weight of canes, the per
centage OF crystallisable sugar obtained
was -
Drained liquor.....,..... 6 per cent.
Liquor from first pressing. 4 "
BY a subsequent pressing the amount
obtained aS.......-.-..23 "
Total CrystallisabIe.. 1873 "
and the total amount of inverted ST.
gar from drained liquor and two
DRESSINGS was Ito per cent, making
a total Of 1874 per cent of sugar out
OF canes which contained about Is
per cent. Of cryetaliisahle sugar. If
improved machinery for pressing
were employed it is probable that
one pressing would be sufficient.
Some of the results obi; in d have
been ever superior to this, as for ex-
ample, the following
Cane in 1000
Pressure. .............. Is lbs.
Duration. 2 hours
Sp. gr. at "a C.............1.O34
Volume of drained and press
ed liquid. 1900 G C.
Per cent. of crystallisable SUI
gar In lQuld....... -. 7'49
Per cent of inverted ditto. =. O,36
Per cent of crystallisable
weight of cane. ........... 1876
Per cent of inverted ditto. O50
Per cent of megass........ q
1t is we'll known what canes of This
qnality e. e.. containing abom Is per
cen crystalIisable sugar. will give
according to the old method. The
amount Of juice obtained will be from
60 to 70 per cent. of the weight of
the canes, and this will contain 9 to
10 per cent of sugar to the weight of
the canes. The crystallised sugar
actually obtained will generally be 6
per cent, and in no case will exceed
I per Q OF the weight OF the OrlgI-
nal canes.
BY the Ekman-I'ry process, we
shall obtain in the solutions al least
IL per cent of crys'aIIisable sugar to
the weight of the canes, and these
solutions will be in the best possible
condition for the subsequent process
es of evaporation, Qualification, and
crystallisat'on.
Nothing but working on a con
siderable and practical scale will de-
monstrate the amount and quality of
the crystallised sugar obtainnble IN
der this process. The preparations
for such working are already il a
forward state, and we hope three
months will see the process i'll praclI-
cal operation. It appears to us pos
sible and probable that from canes
containing Is ner cent. of suUar. 10
, 1884-03-19
Geological Survey of Palestine.

Pre- t,>sor Hull, who has returned
with his party brings with him mate
riaIs for the construction Of Il ge0lo-
nicrl map of the Holy Land very
much IN advance OF anything which
could hitherto be attempted. he has
traced the ancient mrr4in of the Cults
of $ucz and Akabah, to a height of
200lt. above their present level, SO
Ihat The whole country has been sub
merged to that extent, and has bee"
gradually rising. As one most inter
cSting result Of this rise, the Pro
lrSSol is of oplnion that ~ the Tine
of the exodus there was a cOntlnu-
Gus conmtxi0n of the Mediterranean
and the Red sea. If This t ct be rs
tabliSh,d, il will place all the ques-
tions connected With the narrative
on an entirely new footing. AS re-
gprdS the Dead sea, he has di>cov-
cred that il formerly stood at an ele-
vation 1t 1.4O0li. above Is present
lcvcl-rhat is to say, l50fr. above
the level of the Nediltrr mem. The
history of This gradual lowering OF
III waters will form a special fea-
turp in Professor HuIl's forthcoming
report. He hay also found evidences
Of II chain of ancient lakes IN the
Ninaitic district, and of another chain
in the c+utre Of The Wady Arabah
aud the Jordan Valley which has been
traced to Il distance of more than
100 miles. The materials for wO,k-
ing ont a complete theory of the
origin OF this remarkable depr, S~ion
are row available. They are bound
to differ in many d taIIS from the one
furnished by Lprtet. The terraces
of the Jordan have been examined,
the most important one being 60Oft.
above the present surface Of the Dead
Sea. The relation of the rrace
to the surrounding hills and valleys
shows that these TEXTURES bad already
been formed before the waters had
, 1884-03-19

Weight of cane..... 127 kilos.
Pressure. ..-.. Is lbs.
Duration ......... . hours
Drained Liquor.... 100 litIeS.
Drained Sp. or. at 27o O.. 1896
Liquor : Crystallisahle sugar
per 100 c. Co.. so
Inverted do. do. 08
, 1884-03-19

If we take the weight of canes, the per-
centage OF crystallisable sugar obtained
was =
Drained liquor. ........,. 6 per cent.
Liquor from first pressing. 1 "
BY a subsequent pressing the amount
obtained "
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

ANOTHER IRON clad for the Chinese
Navy, was launched at Kiel, Prussia,
last week. France and China are
actually at war, but this does not pre-
vent neutral power, Germany, per-
mitting her mechanics to build ships
for one Of the beligerents. Now if
England and China were engaged
IN hostilities, China could not pur-
chase ships or other. material of war
in the ports of the United States, for
we are debarred by the terms and cir
cumstances Of the "Alabama Claims
treaty." from permitting ships to be
bought Or built in our ports by any
power with which England is at outs
at least we are bound to exhaust
every effort in preventing them from
getting to sea during the pendency
of the war England paid fifteen
millions of dollars to our people for
the privilege Of tying their hands
when she had fighting to do else
where, and it was the best and cheap
est bargain she ever made.
The alabama Claims" treaty was
the biggest victory England has
scored since she led the armies at
Waterloo.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

Lincoln county wunts "a uolGny
liquor law, and large dtIe-vIW. u.w-
,u by Rev Or, q. i. J.lngn, .rs.nr.
lay reported at the Capital wd fled %
formidable petition. -J,eh'. .u tuojau
Do the sieners Of that document say
anything in their petition in iAc nature
Of protest agaiust receiving Lincoln
county pro rata OF the scAoo. Jet-ou-
ton fund arising from licenses to ro.sil
liquor in Monroe, Lownles, Nozuhsc.
Warren, Adams, and all the othe copu-
lies that endure the evils uuurnt TO irs
sale? The Constitution may no permit
this fund being withhold from a "rro
hibition" county, bui tLeu 'or the ssI..
of consistency DR.. johnson oad the bal.
anco Of lincoln county should exhibit %
Willingness to decline school moneys
from others which are derived from s.
trlflc that they will not tolerate within
their own limits
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24
A state Harine Hospital,

We hope the Legislature will give
heed to the demands of the cities on
the Mississippi river coast for a
State hospital. Sach an institution
should be located at Vicksburg OF
Natcbez and the appropriation for
its maintaisance ought TO be liberal
one. we may not need it during
the coming summer, thanks to the
severe winter we have had, but then
we have gap of two years to bridge
before the Legislature meets again,
and no man can foresee the events
and perils that may be embraced
within those years.
A State hospital on our river coast
is demanded in the interest of all OF
our railroad-linked towns, and also a
II law in ficting the severest penalties
on the officers of any boat hailing
from an infected port, that shall land
a sick passenger or employee else
where in the State.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

The cutting Of the largest diamond
ever cut in this country was com
pleted in Boston last week after
moro than three months steady york.
The gem was found in South Africa
and in the rough weighed nearly 1875
kur1ts. Some idea Of the waste thai
necessarily accompanies the process
Of dressing may be obtained from
the fact that this diamond after be,
ing cut in the most economical man
ner-the workmen preserving ar
nearly as possible it's original shape
in order to avoid waste-only weigh
cd " karats when completed and
polished; a loss of 48 karats. 1t is
cut in cushion shape, its dimensions
being nearly an inch across the face
and more than five eights OF an inch
in thickness, with ffty-six facets. Ii
is considered one of the most beau
titul gems that has ever been dis
covered
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24
superintendent OF the Peniten-
tary.

The State Senate and House of
Representatives assembled in joint
convention on Thursday night last,
for the purpose of eleoting such Off
GERS as are appointed in that manner,
and reelected our fellow citizen, Mr..
I. j. McQuiston, to the Office of Su-
perintondert of the Penitentiary, by
vote Of SO out of l30. 1t was a
handsome majority and the informa-
ton was received with pride by his
numerous friends in Monroe county
and East Mississippi, upon personal
considerations as well as the fact that
it was a decided and emphatic en-
dorsement of his administration of
that office during the last term of
two wears.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

AT conference meeting between
the stock men and the House Com
mittee on Agriculture, in Washing
ton last week, the cattle men in an
swer to inquiries stated that Con
tageous diseases were known to exist
among the cattle in Deleware, Dis
trict of Columbia, Maryland, Penn
sy!vania, Virginia, Connecticut and
New York.
Judge Carey, of Wyoming, gave
a history Of the disease, saying that it
was Asiatic cholera spreading through
Europe and reaching New York
about forty years ago. 1t existed on
the continent Of Europe Great Britain,
Australia, New Zealand and this
country. All that saved the West
from the disease was that the line OF
transportation was from west to east
Had it been otherwise the Western
plains would have been infected and
once in existence there it would
spread over. this entire country and
could not be stopped. He said one
hundred million dollars was invested
in the cattle houses of the United
States.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

The Republicans of the Senate
with their Readj ulster auxiliaries went
through the pantomime OF electing
Governor Anthony of Rhode Island,
President pro tempore on the 18th
inst, the Democrats antagonizing
him with Senator Bayard. In ac-
cordance with preconcerted pro-
gramme Mr.. Anthony in neat little
speech pleaded his physical inability
to perform the duties Of the Office and
declined the profiered honor, where
upon the chairman Of the Republican
caucus, Senator Sherman, nominated
Judge Edmunds for reelection and
the nomination was ratified. Judge
Edmunds came forward and took the
oath, but insisted upon Garland OF
Arkansas who had occupied the chair
during the tendency of these pro-
ceedings, retaining the gayel.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

THE Government receipts from
Custom House duties and Internal
Revenue on the l4th inst, amounted
to the neat little sum Of Sl,207, 900
Of which amount $676,056 was de-
rived from the Internal Revenue du.
ties on whisky and tobacco, and yet
there are many people who chime in
with Kelley of Pennsylvania in de-
handing the repeal Of the Internal
Revenue laws, which would have the
effect to saddle the entire support OF
the Government upon Custom House
duties and make tariff reduction i'm
possible.
We are in favor of the adoption OF
system Of collecting this tax that
will rid the country of its army of
spies and informers, but shall as here
tofore oppose the plea for "free
whiskey" while the demands Of the
Government are so enormous.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

Major l.. l.. Maughs, fondly re-
memberod By "A host Of friends and
whilom companions in Aberdeen,
Houston and Cornth, is in Washing
ton as the representative of the bar of
Dennison, Texas, seeking for the es-
Enlistment of y. 5. District Court
in that city, to have jurisdiction in
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
Of the Indian Territory. The scheme
has the endorsal Of TIE legislatures
Of both those nations and is a darling
project with the people of Dennison.
Major Maaghs stands high at the
Bar of his adopted State and has
made satisfactory advances in all res
poets since he left us-looking little
the worse for the wear of years and
preserving the joyous spirit that made
him such lavorlte here. lie sil! re-
toices in bachelor freedom.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

ted with other reports, by counties,
and with snch other statistics as may
be obtained through othes sources,
and published for general uss, and
for dissemination by the Commits
sioner of Immigration on both sides
of the ocean, thus putting the Stai'
in her true light before the world.
and showing the wondrous variety
of her products and resources, and
her annual Advancement in material
development aud wealth.
This scheme is we'll worthy the
attention of our present legislators
and should not be left for their sue
cessors to mature and put into ex-
ecution.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

A short time s.nce ~ took flr & toxt
portion of S. 8. Clz's spacch t.'uv U.m
ocratic caucus, aId preached D @ u,rf asr-
mon to people III reg&gU 10 She hu nal
and tariff question now b., fore th9 cuuu
try. The Aberdeen Examiner takes Tho
same paragraph, and give sn elaborate
article upon the question suggested by
it. We commend The Examiners article
to the thoughtful confederation Of taa
people Of this State Ourpcoplc nil soon
begin 80 understand that they arc inter,
ested in the tariff question, and the Tx
amner gives some facts which will set
them thinking. YicAahu.s Posi-.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

If there were any germs of con-
tageous disease on hand in the coun~
try when the winter set in they have
been as eifectually destroyed by the
frosts as they would have been if a
general confagration had swept over
the continent in fact, unless South
Florida has reserved small supply,
the country is out OF pestilentiaI
germs, and the stock can only be re-
newed by impolttlion from Cube, Bra
zil and the NIX can coast; hence wit
ordinary quarantine protection, We
can hope for healthier year thar
tha country has known for long
time.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

The remains Of the German states
man, Herr Lasker, were sent to Ber-
lin on the 18th inst on the steamer
Necker. The Germans are preparing
to give him an imposing funeral. His
brother, who is a citizen of Calves
ton, Texas, accompanied the body to
Europe.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

The Cincinnati, New Orleans s. Texas
'acitic Railroad, which runs from tW.
'InnatI by Chattanooga, Birmingham
nd Meridian, m0koR tho diE'urr from
nClunnti to New 0rtsng SEl saIns uud
.he time 2G hours. The only val tina.
his road can have is a road fum New
)leans by Aberdeen, MIsr., urCGtgp
Ala, Fayetteville, Tenn, and Frankfort,
Ky, to Cincinnati. This will uIt hu a0y
Teater in distance or louE.- iu Time
han the Cincinnati, Now orr an. q Tex
- Pacific 1t is already built and ru
ulng from rev Orleans I'd Aupr .ocu
Miss and IA under the cDu'l. of tle
Illinois Central, the Etrongas. ali mos
,olveut rallroad company IN the Wes.
they can and will extend il from Auor
leen by Decatur Fayetteville and Fnuk
tort to Cincinnati Be Of good cheer,--
Fayetteville, Tenn, Observer
1t is a part Of the programme Of tl.
iIinois Central Railroad Comra y, 30
complete their Aberdeen extension TO
Decatur or some other ela .s rau
that will afford convenient .I m fife
Dlo connection with Nashville, sud 81.
soon rs the Canton, Aberdeen e gah-
vile is completed to tins city or ,orhars
eJ An earlier date, > corps a.. L;ruoa.s
viii be placed in the field for au9ev.us
the route through the Iicu Gal and min
cral regions of Alabma above ~'0l d
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

DIR. Prices Special Flavoring Extracts
have stood the tests of science and of
practical use triumphantly, and now are
taking precedence over all other Flavor
ing Extracts. They are justly entitled
to the reputation they have established,
Tor their strength, purity and delicacy
OF tlavor cannot be epuhled
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-24

The question of State hospital will
in ali probability come before the Leg
islsture at lts present teym The only
possible objection to the lGcauoa of the
hospital in Vicksburg or NntoAeA, the
points specified by tina Clarion, is that
these towns are rather iucOuvgniently
situated. The idea Of hvlng a StNt,
hospital is good one, hut could it not
be hullt in connection with one Of TIN
asvums aD Jackson at nominal cost p
C0Lum60s DispHch
1t is desirable that the State HospiLai
shall be in itself kind Ola quarantine
establishment, located on the grSa
water way between New O.eaus ant
Memphis, and be at the same tlms Il
boon to the anlictsd or infected and q
protection to the cities of the coast anr
interior In other words, as we under
stand it, this hospital if established is t .
he the only place on the Mississippi.
coast at which any steamer in times Of
epidemic is to be allowed to land scE
passenger, or at any timo to land s,cA
person whose symptoms suggest yellow
fever, small poY or any other contageous
or infectious disease.
We want the hospital and we want il
N the cos.t-we want it located on The
picket line as defence against the im
portation OF "epidemcs