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Eastern IdIeness.


In the East they dedicate small por-
ton Of the year to avowed idleness, and
nothing is then permitted to disturb the
halcyon of utter leisure, The doors are
shut even to friends. No one goes in
or out. The inmates Of the house are
in their fiimsiest tissues; they go unshod.
The hawks sit nodding on their perches,
the'h0rses are idle in the stable. The
fountain splashes in the court yard, and
the turtle-doves among the pomegran-
ate trees lull the garden to sleep with
their sultry, slumbrous cooling. The
interval is sacred to the refreshment of
the body. Gentle medicines are taken
of relaxing and blood-cooling kind.
The hardest exertion of the day is the
bath; its chief employment the sham
pooling of the limbs with soft scented
oils. The ladies of the household re-
cline with their zithers by the side of their
masters couch, and the slave girl sits
at his head with a fan, lest some pre-
sumptuous fly should break the pious
calm.
The master of the house stretches
himself st his ease and dozes all the
day through. While the story teller
drones away in the corner like q bum
BILE bee in scrape, and the zithers
tinkle one of the thin, monotonous airs
of the East. Now and again he stirs
himself--a kite shrilling far up in the
blue sky, a dog barking far off in the
outer dust has aroused him and he
solemnly cites Allah as witness that
the day is hot, and in tho name Of She
Prophet calls for sherbet of citrons.
Such is the Afghan holiday. Or, turn
to Africa, where the sun compels idle
ness for long interval Of each day, and
note how the barbarian fences with the
weather. Under an awning of grass
mats that is stretched under some deep
foliaged tree, he lies TRANQUILITY, accept
Ing the heat without any reservation.
Out in the sunshine he sees the heritage
shimmering in the refraction, and the
shadows Of the plants are gathered close
about their roots. So he knows it is
noon, and turns round to slumber
again. The dogs are lying on their
sides in the shadow of their hut fast
asleep; from within the kraal there is
not sound of life. High up in tree
q barbet is piping the hours, and, cling
ing to twig, the shrill-voiced cicada
cries all the afternoon through. But
the negro dozes on until the evening
breezes come up, and the shadows lie
aslope. The dog is now up on its
launches, huskily barking at nothing,
the chickens are abroad again, the grass
mats Of tho huts rustic as the women
come out, and the sound of food being
prepared awakens the sleeper. The
day Is now fit, he says, for human be-
I. \
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04
A Shark Fight on Land.

.Afearful shark adventure is reported
from Passade, small fishing village
between Nice and Villefrance. Two
fishermen returned late in the evening
with a shark measuring ten feet in
length in tow. The monster had been
harpooned, and lost considerable blood,
which fact enabled them to draw it on
shore easily and secure in their hut, in
tending to take it for exhibition to Nice
the next day. About two in the MORN
ing a horrible noise arose from the hut,
the unearthly bowling of a dog and
screeches of children predominating.
The two fishermen hurriedly lit their
lamps and fastened to the spot, where
a terrible scene met their gaze. The
monster, whose wounds were mortal,
had so far recovered that he was seen
Tapping about, swapping at everything
within reach. The dog which had
been left sleeping by the Bed Of the two
childrens who, with their mo her, oecu-
pied the hut, had been nearly bitten in
two. The mother herself, in trying to
shield | or infalts, had had her Leg cut
off below the knee. Onefof The men
seized harpoon and managed. to strike
the brute in the eye. but in the terrific
bound it gave, the lamps. We're knocked
over and extinguished, and struggle
of unprecedented horror took place ia
the dark. The fishermen suddenly
made for the door, but were unable e.
open it. In the meantime q neighbor-
ing fisherman had been drawn to the
spot by hearing the fearful din. With
his help the two children were first
reached through small window by the
united efforts of the men. The shark
was held in respect by means of the
table, the legs of which We're already
bitten through as so much straw. and,
directly the door was opened, it tapped
its way outside and sought the sea. II
was mastered in the end, however,
through harpoon thrust in the remain
ing eye. DIR. Gabrielle Immediately
sent for, and amputated the stump
from the mothers leg; it is expected she
will recover. The children luckily
unhurt.-Gatgmdn'S MesSen
ger.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

Throughout the year the coyote is the
herder's wiley enemy. He is con-
stantly on the war-path, lives almost
exclusively on mutton, and takes no
pains to conceal the fact. If the sheep
wander away from camp at night, the
coyote is apt to find it out before the
herder does, and at once proceeds to
feast upon the latest and always the
finest Of. the flock, If very hungry he
will kill one and devour nearly the
whole of it, summon his confederates,
sail into the band, and slaughter just
for fun until the numbering devils be-
come tired and the sheep are scattered
in frightened squads all over the range.
The coyotes will then appear to leave
that particular locality, as If aware that
a more vigilant watch will be kept, and
will turn their attention to some neigh
boring band until the previous nights
raid shall be in some measure forgotten.
Coyotes are constantly being killed off
either by being Shot or poisoned
with strychnine. The latter mode is
more effective, but is attended with Sc
rious danger to the shepherd dogs,
which, in spite of the utmost precau-
ton, often hunt up the poison and eat it.
| never knew shepherd dog to die a
natural death. They always end their
days eating strychnine meant for the
rascally coyotes, which often get too
smart to be caught by poison.
once knew of female coyote
haunting the same range for thirteen
years. She reared q litter of whelps
every spring during that time. Her
progeny We're got rid of one way and
another before they became very old,
but she was proof against strychnine,
and too willy to be shot or trapped.
had often tried my best to get rid of
the old robber, but failed. One morn
ing early | was climbing a hill, with
my back to the rising sun and double
barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot
on my shoulder, when l suddenly
espied my antagonist sitting on her
launches not twenty steps away. The
sun was dazzling her eyes, and she was
intent upon the flock below, so she did
not see me. I cautiously brought my gun
to bear, took deliberate aim, and pulled
both triggers. Both caps snapped, the
noise startled her, and she bounded off.
The gun never served me that way be-
fore or after, and often thought that
there must be something supernatural
about that old coyote. She was still on
the war-paih when / left that part of
the country, although the neighbor-
hood had been thickly settled with
farmers and the sheep business had be-
come thing of the past Oregon Cor.
San francisco Chronicte.
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CuriOsitIes Of Definition.


There was fiction that crocodiles
wept over their prey; hence the tears of
hypocrite were named. Bullokar, in
1916, made an English dictionary in
which under the word he says: "a croc-
odile will weepe over q mans head
when he hath devoured the body, and
then will cate up the head too. =
| saw one of these beasts in London,
brought thither dead, but in perfect
forme, of about two yards long,
Bullokar was followed by Minsheu,
who issued in 1917, second edition 1926,
u polyglot, but yet true English diction-
airy, remarkable as the first effort at
English etymology, as the first book
giving printed list of subscribers to it,
and giving an amusing account of the
origin of the word Cockney: IA
"A Cockney or Coekny, applied only
TO one born within the sound of Bow
bell, that is, within the city of London,
which tearme came first out of this tale:
That u citizens some riding with
his father out of London into the
country, and being novice and meere-
ly ignorant how corne or cattel in
creased, asked when he heard n horse
neigh, what the horse did; his father
answered, the horse doth neigh; riding
farther he heard cock crow, and said
doth the cooke neigh too? and there
fore Cockney or Cocknie, by inversion
thus: incock q. incoctus, i.e., raw or
unripo in countrey-mens affaires.
But the dictionary of this period is
what its author Henry Cockeram, when
publishing it in 1923, was pleased to cali
''The English Dictionaries; or an Inter
prefer of hard English words. Enabling
as well Ladies and Gentlewomen, Young
schoolers, clarkes, merchants; rs also
strangers of any nation, to the under
standing of the more difficult authors
already printed in our Language, and
the more speedy attaining of an elegant
perfection of the English tongue, both
in reading, speaking and writing"
rs this work in six or eight folio vol
mes," does the reader askp No, it is
hardly if at all, larger than the Primer
of English Literature. 1t is, moreover,
divided into books; the first giving
choice the second, vulgar words,
and the third, a singular tumble of
natural history, mythology, and biog-
raphy. Among the choice words is
found "bubulcitate, with the meaning,
"to cry like a cowboy" The word
''actress" is defined, since this book was
published before the practice of women
appearing ON the stage sprang up, rs
s'woman-doer. In the third part it is
stated of little beast called the ''igna-
rus, whatever that may be, that ''in
the night it singeth six kinds of notes
one after another; as a-sol-fa-mi-re-ut."
1.-The Barble," Henry Cockeram assures
us. lis fish that will not mcddle with
the bate until with her taile shee have
unlocked it from the hooke, "-BritiSh
Qi4arteriy.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

not stretch my arms and could keep up
only fiuttering of the hands. | hung
slanting in the water and could barely
keep afloat. Just then / heard the
sound of oars in the boat-locks, and saw
the brave fellow approaching in his
skiH He was rowing manfully and
skillfully, and managed to swing the
stern of the boat around just in time for
me to lay hold of it. / attempted to
climb in, but he, Captain Jet Howard,
said; Don't try that, or you will
swamp me. The boat can hardly keep
alive as it is. / replied that l could
not hold on long enough to be towed ine
| asked him to tie my wrist to the boat.
He said he could not come to the stern,
for the boat would lose its head and be
swampcd, and we would both drown.
Then said /, get in the bow,
and l will try to climb in.
If / see she is swapping, |
give you my word of honor, / will let
CO. With that he got in the bow and
cleverly balanced the boat as l slowly
and clumsily crawled over the stern. /
fell forward into the bottom of the
boat; he seized the oars and pulled at
once for the shore. 1t was q narrow
escape. Captain Howard says am the
only man who has been in that sink and
escaped alive" III
1t is recorded in this paper that Cap
tain Alba, soon after this event, pre-
sented Captain Howard with hand
some gold watch and chain, as souve-
mir of his heroic act. Mobile (AtG.)
ReOister.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

The Central Park. Museum in New
York has been presented with a speci-
men of the East India minc, which
ranks as a speaker above any member
of the parrot family, from which it is
totally distinct. The mino s about tho
size OF moeking-bird or troopiole. In
the East Indies the bird, in addition n
wonderful speaking powers, is taught
all kinds of acrobatic feats, which, it
generelly performs with case.-N. Y
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

An Eastern journal reports the
'ase of a Philadelphia lady who for q
long time used arsenic for her COM
pie Jon, until it worked serious in
roads upon her health She visited the
,ikansas Hot Springs, hoping for re-
lief from tie baths; but instead the
action If the water has turned the skin
dark, and the la ~ is thought to be
permanently disligured.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04
For Half a Lifetime.

Mrs. John Gemmell, Milroy, Mifiin Co.,
Pa, in the Spring of 1864 injured her spine
and partial paralysis ensued. For nearly
twenty years she was unable to walk. In
the Spring of 1888, she was advised to use
st. Jacobs Oil, the great conqueror of
pain. The first application gave instan-
taneous relief. Before the second bottle
was exhausted she was able to walk and is
cured
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

MAY mean Poisoned with Potash, This is the
M case with hundreds who have been uuwise
enough to take sarsaparias. Potash mixtures, etc.
until digestion Is almost fatally Unmarried. Swift's
Specific Is vegetable remedy, and restores the system
to health and builds up the waste made by these
posons.
~ suffering with Blood Poison and treated sew
era months with Mercury and Potash, only make
me worse The Potash took away my appetite and
gave me dyspepsia. and both gave me rheumatism,
then took Sarsaparillas, etc All these Sarsaparla
mixtures have Potash in them. This made me stu
worse, 1t drove the poison farther into SYSTEM
friend insisted shoqd take swifs specific and Il
cured of the Blood Poison drove the Mercury and
Potash out of my system. and day Lam as web as
ever was" GEO. o. WEL1ATAN. -JI. =
Salem, Mass.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to
applicants. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. N
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. Office $50 W. Esd St., bet. 9th and 18th Ayes.
Phlladelphia ONCE 1905 Chestnut st. - Il
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Farmers, Folly.

Some farmers adhere, even against the
full light of fact and discovery, to the old
fashioned folly of coloring butter with car
rots, annatto, and infeEior substances, not
withstanding the splendid record made by
tho Improved Butter Color, prepared by
Wells. Richardson & Co., Burlington, vt.
At scores of the best agricultural Fairs it
has received the highest award over all
competitors.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

LADIES of all ages who suffer from loss
of appetite, from imperfect digestion, low
spirits and nervous debility, may have
health renewed and life extended by the
use of Mrs. Lydia e. Pinkham's remedies
for all complaints specially incident to the
female constitution. We not only have q
living faith in Mrs. Pinkham, but We are
assured that her remedies are at once most
agreeable and efficacious.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

And of greater value than fine gold is a
great tonic and renovator like Kidney
Wort. 1t expels all poisonous humers
from the blood, tones up the system and by
acting directly on tho most important
organs of the body stimulates them to
healthy action and restores health. 1t has
effected many marvellous cures and for all
Kidney diseases and other kindred troubles
it is an invaluable remedy.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

The Custom house people at South,
ampton had aterrble time INSPECTING,
Nine. Minnie IIaqk-Wartegg's baggage.
She had forty six trunks and packages,
and it took q day and half to go
through them. The little Floridl
allgators, stuffed with wool, which
filled one trunk, were handled most
gingerly.
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PAPTLTON
cATARRH cnRE-


mas received the commentator of thousands af
hlcted With that dreadful disease, CArARRH 1t is a
positive cure, and pleasant use that when once
applied the efrectis so apparent that the treatment
Is continued with confidence. 1t docs not smart or
lrrltate, but soothes and heals.
f. NJ HORTON, car accountant of the l. c. r. r.
writes under date of Nov. 10 1871; "Papion Catarrh
Cure, cured me of an obstinate offensive catarrh of
fifteen years standing" lt5Ef ll
JNo w. STREETER NJ. D.. 80 Aldine Square, Chica-
GO writes July IS 1881: "PapillOn Catarrh Cure
cured mo of my recurring RosE Cold in a few days
have suffered for years tried every remedy knew
without beneht finally tried this remedy and tho ef
rect surprised me. shall prescribe il for Rtsr
cArARRH and HAY FEVER, being confdentft wa
cure - -
JAMES s. Cook, 12 Rockville Place, Boston, Mass.
writes Sept. IS 1881; 'Papillon Catarrh Cure cured
me of eatarrh after MI kinds OF remedies had failed
Insulated few days and must say the disease COM
mcnced TO cure at once"
PETER g, THOMPSON, 10 Vine street, Cincinnati o.
writes Sept. 10, 1881: Papillun Catarrh Cure cured
me OF hay fever | have recommended it 10 grca.
many and all have been benefited wonderfully"
Fapilion Catarrh Cure is purely vegetable and is q
positive cure for catarrh, rose cold and hay fever
For sale by all druggists -
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

"A young women in Toledo who
tried with horsewhip to teach Sian.
derer the art of holding his tongue,
had to pay thirty dollars for the priv.
lege. 1t is hard to teach by example.
Toledo Blade.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

"A California newspaper recently
contained an article on the subject OF
the increase of insanity in that State,
and the writer's explanation of the in,
crease is that free use use of flesh
meat by immigrants previously used 10
a vegetable diet causes the trouble.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

h9-In the Diamond Dyes more coloring
is given than in any known Dyes, and they
give faster and more brilliant colors. 10c.
at all druggists. Wells, Richardson g. Co.,
Burlington, VT. Sample Card, 80 colors,
and book of directions for &c. stamp.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

TO the credit of the ladies who have
managed the business affairs of Mount
Vernon its endowment fund which, in
1878. was only $4,000, now aggregates
$50. 900, all OF which is invested in Gov
ernment bonds Washington Pm,
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If your breath is offensive, your nostrils
fetid and filled with putrid matter, and
you are rapidly becoming consumptive,
use Papillon Catarrh Cure; you will be
purified and permanently cured,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

$4,000 would not purchase from me what
Swiit's Specific has done for me. 1t cured
me of Rheumatism caused by malaria"
ARCHIE THOMAS, Springfield, Tenn.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

ERYsIPELAs, Ringworm, Carbuncles,
Boils and Pimples cured with Papillon
Skin euro. Try it.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

THE man who called another dog,
apologizad by saying he did not do it purp-
ouslY.-GOuue1ne Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

To THE man hoeing his own row the
world hoes a living Whitehall Times.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

A SIGN of good notwithstanding the
prize in dog-sho Philadelphia Cali.
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ADVERTISE and adversely begin alike,
but they end very differently Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic
Will cure indigestion, dyspepsia or loss OF
appetite. Colden's, no other.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

AFTER all, the bean pole is more useful
to this country than the Nor5h Pole
PHILADELPHIA Chronicle.
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81 DO business on large scale !" said tho
public weigher, 'bu5 l don't give it a
weigh. "-Bost0R Star.
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PIso's CURE for Consumption is not only
pleasant to take, but it is sure to cure.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-10-04

A BUSINESS that is run into the ground
Artesian well boring.-N. Y. Journal.
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25o.
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A SOUND reasoner--The inventor of the
elephone.-Philddelphi Call.
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A GRAVE misunderstanding a live man.
Baltimore Euery Saturday.
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A. N. X, b. 99ea
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
please say you saw the advertisement In
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when and where their advertisements azs
paying bests
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The cadets ut West Point during
the summer are taught how to swim,
how to rescue drowning person. and
the quickest method of restoring the ap
parently drowned.--M y. Times.
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N. Y Office 159 W. Esd St., bet. 9th and 18th Ayes
Philadelphia Office, 1905 Chestnut st.
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Only iInportedy HAYLOCKA JENNY.
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The kidneys act
a. purifiers Of tho
blood, and when
their functions ars
Interfere d with
through weakness,
they need toning.
They become health
fully active by tho
nse of II tet ter's
Stomach Bite RS.
when falling short
of relief from other
sources. This su.
perb stimulating,
tonic also prevents
and arrests fever
and ague, constipa-
tion, liver com
plant, Dyspepsia,
rheumatism and
other ailments. Use
II with regularity.
callers generally. mi