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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14

There is such suggestive lesson. says
the Ciristian Un,on, in the following in
cident, which we clip from the columns
of one of our exchanges, that we feel it
duty to print it for the benefit of our
boy readers:
IAN express train filled with listless.
sleepy-looking passengers stood in ito
Pennsylvania Railroad station yesterday
afternoon. on the moment of departure
for Philadelphia The locomotive bad
backed up 10 the cars, and poured .
volume of thick smoke into the hot,
sitting atmosphere of the station. The
travellers lolled in their seats, looking
as though they dreaded the discomforts
of the long. dusty ride, but yet were inn
patient to be whirling along through
the open country, away from the smoke.
the smell, and the noise A slow-mov-
ing, surly-looking boy of fourteen or
Whereabouts passed through the train,
calling out:
".Fa-a-ns, five cents
HE spoke in dreary. disconsolafe
tone, which made the people feel moro
tired and languid than ever. He wens
from the smoking-c car to the rear OF the
VI olus ouu SOlu luSs WV kahSs
"A colored boy. about the same age,
followed Immediately after him, with .
big armful of new bamboo fans. The
difference in the two lads was striking.
The darby had CHEEKY, business-like
way with him which appealed directly
to the comfort and to the pockets OF tho
perspiring passengers. In peculiar,
boyish voice, as mellow IS . hute, no
called out:
keep yo'selves c-o-o-ol. now. Il,
dies and gemmen! C-o-ney Island
breezes. A big fan only i've cents!
Zephyrs from de pillows! Buy 'em while
you cant
1.-THE effect was like draught OF cool
air. Everybody At once wanted . fan.
| The darby was as much in demand -
the newsboy on an early train from the
suburbs. People left their seats to avoio
getting left. In two cars the boy SOLO
sixty seven fans. He could have sofa
a many more II he had them. ne
! jumped of the platform as the tram
moved from the station with his pockel
full If change and his heart fuI OF JOY
sGolly' he shouted. dat was quick ousi.
mesa The other boy stared in stupid
establishment. and wondered how nwsl
DONE
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
IT TIE MAKING OF THE Hay

When the whp-poor-w;lls are calling,
And the apple-blooms are falling,
With q tender tint fcrestalling
Summers blush up IN the grass:
Where the little stars are keeping
watch above the meadow sleeping,
Ana the jack o lantern peeping
viii meet my bonnie lass.
Twill seek her; ! will find her;
will silly steal behind her;
And with kisses win blind her
Till she sets the h. ppy day!
And when the barley's heading,
And the summer rose Is shedding,
Oh, there'u be a merry wedding
AT the making o. the hay!
Samuel Miatsun Peck in Manhattan.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14
THE Dutch have NOT CONTROLLED 1

The Dutch have not controlled the
nutmeg trade for many years. They
tried to confine the growth of the nut
meg to the Banda Islands, which they
owned. but the nutmeg pigeons car
ried the nuts into all the surrounding
countries. and the trees grew and
fourished in spite of the would-be
monopOlists.-N. Y. Herald.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14

"A Chinaman re emily died in Una
tilla. Ore, and when he was buried by
his coun,rymen his worldly e6e t. were
put in the grave with him. The next
day . couple Of tTamDs appeared on
re streets Offering the articles tog sele.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-11-14

-GOld-plAted spoons are used I.
iaahlonahle New York resta lrants =
" ]. 1ail,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
American Landed Principalities,

It is astonishing, says the Troy
Times, what large farms in the United
States are owned by titled Englishmen.
Of Individual owners there are Sir
George Reed, 100000 acres; Earl of
Dunmore, 100000 acres; Earl of Dun
raven, 10000 acres; Duke of Suther-
land, 100000; the next largest farms
are owned by Phillips, Marshall & Co.,
1900, 900 acres; heirs of Col. Murphy,
4, 100000 acres; FL. Distou, 100000
acres; Standard Oil Company, 1,000,-
900 acres; and scores of others. Nine
men own territory equal to that Of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island combined. Then there
are great railroad corporations, whose
free gifts of land from profigate Con-
crosses amount to upward of 200, 000,-
900 acres. Eleven of these corpora
tions have been given 12O, 900, 900 acres.
The Northern Pacific road has received
the biggest slice, 100000, and the
grants have ranged all the way from
100000 acres and upward.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
The Mosquito at Close Quarters.

Viewed through the microscope the
mosquito presents picture of mechan-
ical ingenuity as marvellous in execu-
ton as it is devilish in design. In the
bill alone, which seems so fragile to
the unaided sight, there is a combina-
ton of five distinct surgical instru-
ments. These are, a lance, two meat
saws, and suction pump. The fifth
instrument have forgotten, but labor
under the impression that it is porta-
BILE Coriss engine to run the rest of the
factory with. know that the hum of
the mosquitoes in the cottonwood
thickets along the Lower Mississippi re-
minded me constantly of the hum Of
a manufacturing village, and several
times / walked back several miles look
ing for town before I could convince
myself that the buzzing heard was
made by mosquitoes, with their engines
running to sharpen their saws. When
the insects operate on man the lance
is first pushed into the flesh, then the
two saws, placed back to back, begin
to work up and down to enlarge the
hole, then the pump is inserted, and
the victims blood is syphoned up into
the reservoir carried behind, and final
ly, to complete the cruelty of the per-
Torrance, the wretch drops quantity
of poison into the wound to keep it ir-
ritated-FOreSt and Stream.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
To Much of a Good Thing.

A Bordeaux merchant has an i'm
mense mastiff, named Lion, which was
The wonder of the Paris dog show. A
few years ago, as Lion was walking
with his master along the quay they met
a little dog showing evident symptoms
Of madness, and followed by an excited
crowd, among whom were two sergeants
de vile with drawn swords. Lion,
quick as thought, bounced upon the
mad dog, seized it by the neck with his
capacious jaws, carried it to the waters
edge, jumped into the canal, and held it
under water until was drowned. Onre-
turning to the shore he received quite
an ovation, the crowd escorting him
home, where his master gave him an ex-
ira feed. The mastiff seemed so de-
lighted at the result of his exploit that
when he afterWard met any little dogs
IN the street he seized upon and drown
ed them in the same manner, until
finally, he had to be kept constantly
muZZled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
The Brothers. Sacrifice.

"More than a quarter of century
ago, " says London writer, II used to
meet Louis Blanc at Mrs. Miner Glib
sons, in Wilton Crescent. He was a
singularly tiny man, with smooth cheeks
and a bullet head, and he used to wear
tight-ftting little coat with brass
buttons. One night man, only half
looking round, said: Take this, please
and handed him an empty coffee cup.
He thought he was page" Charles
Blance, by the way, used to tell touch
ing story about his diminutive brother.
When the two were at school together
at Rodez, Louis, the elded by two years,
regarding himselfas natural protector
OF his younger brother, used to sacrifice
to him half of his own meager rations
OF boiled beef and beans. This valun-
tary starvation caused in after life the
stunted stature of Louis and the hand
some, stalwart appearance of Charles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

we'll known lady of Athens, Ga, is dead.
She had kept for many years the comb
1ngs OF her hair in pillow, and request
ed that the same be placed at the head
OF her coffin and entombed with her.
which request was granted. She had 3
superstition on the subject.
The Salt Lake Chronicle is authority
for the statement that starvation pre-
walls among the deluded emigrants ON
the route to the Occur d. AIene mines.
Hundreds upon hundreds of unfortunate
men are almost dying of hunger, and
none dare carry valuables about his per-
son without at the same time being well
armed.
IT is said that in Appleton, Me-, a
veteran who had applied for, and was
almost certain of, pension with arrear-
ages amounting to several hundred dol
lars, died before the pension papers
were signed. A scheme was put up to
furnish widow and get the pension,
and woman was procured and married
to the corpse several hours after death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

the same, are they not?" Pa-s'No.
The difference there is still greater. A
Quaker bride does not promise to obey,
but she does; a worldly bride does
promise to obey, but she don't. "-PhiI-
0dek2OhiG Call.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, while making
call upon one of the ladies' of his
church, the.other day, was made recip-
lent of doubtful compliment. The
lady's little son stood by her side for
some time, very attentive and very
quiet. At last he broke out: "Mr.
Brooks, should think Mr.. Barnum
would want you'll" ''Really!" laughed
Mr.. Brooks, "and why?" because /
think you'd make such lovely giant"
JoNEs-What an enthusiastic old
angler George Washington was! Smith
-Washingtonl Why he was not a
fisherman. Jones-Indeed he was
great lover of the sport. He wrote
book about it. Smith Are you not
thinking of LEAK Walton? Jones -
Izaak Walton? Why, that's fact; SO
was. 1t was not Washington. of course.
He was not an angler. Smith No,
indeed; Washington could not tell lie.
Philadelphia CdIL.
FROM over the fence: "S'pose you'se
got all de news dis mornin', Brer Pew
ter?"
Brer Pewter: ''Yaas pretty much all.
Dey is havin' great times down in Africa.
You know de English folks want to hab
a Chinese named Carbon made presi-
dent of a town called Skintat and de
Democrats being strictly opposed to de
Chinese want False Prophet, called Ell
Tilden, so the French is stepped in and
dey is habing som pretty severe fghtin'
in dat locality. "-Ldfe.
CALLER-''I am glad, my dear, to see
you looking so we'll and happy. Your
wedding tour was not of long duration,
notice. Very sensible; very sensible"
Bride-F'My husband was perfectly
willing to prolong the tour, but knew
that his presence was required at his
place of business.
Caller-''Very few brides are as con-
siderate as that"
Bride-"Oh! but [ ceased to be
bride very early. In less than a week I
became a wife"
Caller-'I do not understand"
Bride-"We had not been married a
week when he asked me to sew on but
ton. "-Ph6ladeLOh6G Call.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
Noted Telegraphers.
Washington Cor. Boston Traveller. !

washington COfs 6OSGOn IraVel6r.l
The telegraph service in Washington
is said to have no superior either in
Europe or in this country. I had a
brief chat with a gentleman who is a
recognized authority on all such mat
tiers, only few days since, he said:
''The fastest sender in this country is
Mr.. P. '. De Graw. Some years ago
a congressional committee went over to
New York and examined the Offices of the
Western Union. The members we're
taken in charge by Mr.. Walter P. Phil
lips, who is now the general manager OF
the United Press Association, and who
is recognized as the fastest receiver in
the business. Mr.. Phillips sat down at
the 'clicker' and telegraphed Mr.. De
Graw to give an exhibition of his fast
sending, for ten minutes. At the ex-
piration of the ten minutes he had tele-
graphed four hundred and ninty words.
an average of forty mine words minute,
This is the best record yet made in this
country. MIR. De Graw has charge of
the work at the capitol of the Union
Press Association, and occasionally goes
to the wire and sends so fast that the
receiver has no difficulty in knowing
who is In Washington that is rattling
the sounds with such rapiditY. Some
time ago Mr.. Phillips made bet with
an operator in New York that he could
telegraph an editorial at the rate of
forty words minute, for ten consecu-
tive minutes. Now Philips is recog-
nized as the fastest receiver in the
United States, but since his attack of
partial paralysis of the right arm, oc-
casioned from over work, he is regarded
as slow sender. The New York OPP
orator snapped up the bet in a hurry,
but Mr.. Phillips accomplished the feat
with ease. The secret leaked out after
a while that Phillips had written the
editorial, and the popularity Of. it was
that it did not contain d word of more
than nine letters. Mr.. James. of the
Associated Press, sends the most per-
feet Morse of any man in the country,
and there are a number of others who
are noted as tele graphers, but those
have mentioned are known all over the
Union"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
False announcement.

The President complains bitterly of
the annoyance to which he is subjected
by ofice-holders, who persecute him
day and night. In order to enjoy a
partial rest, he is obliged to shut him
self up, and he is therefore virtually a
prisoner. The President himself is
partially to blame. Instead of shutting
himself up, he should shut up the appli-
cant8; but the truth is, the President is
so a1table that he is besieged by people
who imagine that his affability is liable
to produce practical results in the
shape of fat Office. The President is
IN confinement for pretty much the
same reason that a certain convict was,
who stated that he was in jail on
account OF false encouragement.
What do you mean by that ?" asked
a visitor.
L encouraged forty-three women to
believe that was going to marry
tbom. "-Teras Sjttimgs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
MAGIC PASTRY.

MAGIC PASTRY.
Two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar.
four ounces of fine -four, two eggs. Mix
all together. very smoothly, and fry in
lard.
SUGAR CAKE.
One cup and half of sugar, one egg.
half a cup of butter, half cup of sweet
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, two of
cream of tartar. Roll them and bake on
buttered pans.
NICE CAKE.
Two cups sugar, one and q half cups
butter, three eggs, cream tartar and So
ola, one cup luke-warm water, three cups
of -four, half teaspoonful essence, or ex-
tract of lemon; beat quite to white.
FRIED OYSTERS.
Beat up two eggs in cup and rasp
bread crumbs on plate with sweet
herbs powdered and lemon peel. Dry
the oysters as much as possible, dip them
in the egg, and cover them with bread
crumbs. Fry in butter.
MUFFINs.
Take two pounds of -four, two eggs,
two ounces of butter, melted in a pint
of milk, and four or five spoonfuls of
yeast; mix them together, beat thorough
~, and set to rise two or three hours;
bake on hot hearth, in fat cakes.
sNowDoN PUDDING.
One-haf pound beef suet shred very
fine and small, one-half of pound of
brown sugar, one-half of pound of
bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of
orange marmalade, three eggs. raisins
round the mold. To be boiled three
hours.
LEMON TEA CAKES.
Rub half a pound of butter into a
pound of -four; add half pound of fine
ly-sifted sugar, CRATE the rind of two
lemons and squeeze in the juice of one,
and two eggs. Mix all well together,
roll out the paste, cut into shapes and
bake in slow oven.
SPRING ROLL.
Four eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup
of -four, half teaspoon of soda, one tea
spoon of cream of tartar, add any flavor
to suit the taste. Stir well, and spread
thin on bread pans; bake quickly, and
when thoroughly baked turn it out on
cloth, and spread with jelly and roll it
up.
CRUMPETS,
To quart Of warm milk and water
add tablespoonful of good yeast and
two eggs well beaten; mix with these by
degrees as much -four as will make a
thick batter; then heat very small fry
ingpan, rub it with q little butter, and
pour in large spoonful of the batter,
which will spread over the pan. Watch
the under side by raising it with fork,
and when brown turn it.
HOMINY.
There are three sizes of hominy.
Large hominy requires to be boiled from
four to five hours over gentle fire. It
should be washed clean, and put in the
stewpan with just enough water to COW
er it. 1t is eaten as a vegetable. To
cook the smaller hominy, wash it in two
waters, then, to one teacupful of hominy
add quart of water and teaspoonful
of salt, and place the dish that contains
it in kettle of boiling water to prevent
it from getting burnt, or else over very
gentle fire. Let it boil for an hour,
stirring it well with spoon. It is gen
orally eaten for breakfast. It is excel
lent sliced and fried after it has become
cold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
A Perfect Gentleman.

"Who is the man who has just gone
out?" asked globe trotter Of bar
keeper in Deadwood City.
"That, replied the gin jerker, that's
a perfect gentleman-one of the most
perfect gentlemen in the camp"
"lndeed!' said the surprised stranger.
"You bet he is why, the other night
over at Jack Bowie's game he killed a
man for something or other, and the
next day he paid the undertakers bill
out of his own pocket, and sent the
widow barrel of flour. It's true, he
made big winning, and all that but
how many men do you meet nowadays
with a great big heart like that? He's
perfect gentleman, sir !"-SG1o Fran
cisco Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
dashed ALOFT.

Alone benumbed with cold, the lookout waits,
flashed to the topmast, while, far underneath,
where waters 'gainst the bulwarks surge and
seethe,
Struggle for life the humble, busy mates.
Mark how that seeming idler animates
The buster throng below whose hope would fan,
But for the cheer rung through the smotherlng
gale
From Ioftier lips that parley with the Fates
Who glover and threaten Reproach not ye your
selves,
o. seers of truth, and evil threatning good,
For your inaction, who so lonely are.
We first descry Charybdis and the shelves
Where lurking Scyla piles her gathering Ioou'
Well may We toy with lightnings on the spar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

contemptuous speeches about women's
brains and the weakness of women in
art and literature especially, but lately
he has taken to buttering the sex gener-
ally and saying all sorts of sweet things
in land for) the favor of females.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

A HORSE which is now over 35 years old
has worked on treadmill at Hartford,
Conn.,, for the last twenty nine years,
saving wood for the railroad. He had
previously drawn milk wagon for five
years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

JOHN RUsKIN is rapidly redeeming his
reputation among the fair sex of En-
gland. For years he was conspicuous
for his always cynical and sometimes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

MAEIU PASTRY
Two tablespoonful of powdered sugar,
four ounces of fine -four, two eggs. Mix
all together very smoothly, and fry in
lard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

revolutionists disguised as peaceful col
onists.
THE United States government has
sunk under its iron wharf at Key West
eighty steel sheets covered with different
paints. Its motive is to see what paint
will prove the most durable in these
waters, preparatory to putting it on it's
steel cruisers, now in the course of con-
struction.
THE Chief of the Berlin Police has is
sued a proclamation in which he strong
ly warns people against eating any sort
of raw pig meat. The proclamation fur
Their points out that only by perfectly
cooking joints of pork, and all articles
made with pork, can the destruction of
trichine be insured.
WINDSOR, Conn. has a rogue detect
i've society, embracing in its member
ship of $50 the most Influential men of
the-town. Their principle is to ''catch
the rogue" at any cost or trouble,
whether the property is recovered or
not. They have just brought another
horse-thief to grief.
MRS. MARSLACK, young married Wo-
man of Fair Haven, N. Y, was drowned
in wash-tub few days ago. She was
cleaning house preparatory to moving,
and was alone at the time. She was
subject to fits, and undoubtedly died
while so attacked, as there was but three
inches of water in the tub.
Miss Narcissa Welsh, an aged and
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-21

"Ol What teat hath This our Clatborn f~l.
that he hath come 40 great -
And now The Hon. John NJ. Clai.
born, Chairman Ciaiborn or General
ClGlborn, comes out IN an interview
and informs the people in their pri
mary, sovereign capacity that he
John NJ. Claiborn, chairman of the
Democratic Executive committee has
not yet issued his high and mighty
order, graciously permitting them,
the sovereign people, the privilege
OF selecting delegates to anything but
tho Fort Worth convention to elect
delegates to Chicago.
For high and lofty airs ths assump-
ton of absolute authority and die
tatorial powers on the part OF the
chairman does take the cake. Had
the chairman OF the committee OF
tered his 2laus AS mere suggestions or
advice to county committees, while
it might. have been regarded n-
gratuitous. we think they would have
been recognized as Wholesome anel
the course the chairman h4f
suggested il being followed in Nc
Lehman county. 1t is being done be
cause we believe it the most judiciOu'
aud best Llan, not that the county
committee tor an instant supposed
that the state committee would AFRO
gate TO itself any authority to dictate
when and where the counties would
hold their primaries. Surely tho de
mand of ccntraliLation and the thirst
for one. man power ~ abroad IN the
land hon il has come about that the
democratic party bids the people ia
wait upon the beck and call of one
man We have heretofore borne in
silence Chairman Claibornc's phnn
tcsies, and assumption of authority,
bat when he goes this far in his dicta
tion, we know the people Of Texas well
enough TO know, that they viii pay
| bDout hb i'u'n hlichllOH lb beh. 'lhl-
borne'- commands IA they would to
| the bark ui n cur. Oh, no, JOHNNIE,
lay aisdc thu brass buttons, and mill
tary airs OF tho interstate drill, and
remembering that the democratic
party ia IA voluntary concurrence OF
men of mutunl views, shut your little
hy-trap, look wise, and assume your
wanted good nature, be prepared IT,
tell II social friend the latest hrst-cIns.
snccdote, aud you will not only re-
tain the esteem of your friends, but
do the party great service.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-21

BOARD of regents of the asylum for
delupct politicians refuse to accept
tho university building. The eN
pcnses last year were S41 900 or - 900
over the available resources Next
year eIpenses will be 500 0po, and the
only return to the state will bc n few
plug hat lawyers who should hrv,
paid for their own legal lore, instead
OF grinding II out of the TAX payers.
In June three new professors will br
plpgtpI
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-21

FoRr WORTH can certainly male
the big gest show on the smallest cap.
ital OF any town this eide OF the
world renowned Barnum, and mghI
give him some pointers that wound
make him blush for his ycrdnucy
The Tax list a. Austin show that ,asi
year her total money on hgni rem
dcred for taxes amounted to only, be.
tween Sll 900 aud 81 900.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-21

We call attention to the letter of
Professor Alex. llogg. il IL upon $
subject now attracting much altcn-
lion from our councllmen and citi-
lens, and as Professor !logg il one
Of the best authorize. .n the state
upoA this subject, we mend il to
the carcful peru-sl Of all.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-21

ERAIH COUNTY deserve, great
credit tor the prompt manner in
" which 1t brings criminal, to Justice.
Coldirou and Favor hsve been found
guilty Of murder Of Frank Trout and
sent 10 The nenitontiarN Tor lie.