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A small cyclone struck Dallas. Texas
| of sand two feet in diameter TO a height o
| 500 feet.
jacob Romcis, Mayor of Toledo, has
been nominated by the Republicans for Con
gress, In opposition to Frank II. Hurd. vii
son Cramcr has been put forward by the
Missouri.
There were seventeen deaths from
yellow fever ut Havana last week.
Sir John A. Macdonald condemns the
theirs as fraught with the greatest danger to
Canadian farmers and stockholders.
In the National League baseball
contest the week ended with Providence still
in the lead, having won 30 games. The rec.
ord OF the other clubs was; Boston, So; New
York and Buffalo, a7cach; Chicago 40; Cleve-
land, 30: Philadelphia, %: and Detroit, -.
The saw mills of Little & Peck and
@. W. Peck h Son, at Duluth, valued at
100000, were destroyed by Ore.
Samuel Lilly, John Asks, and
Charles Nation went skiff-rlding on Lake
Contrary, six miles south OF st. Joseph, Mo.
They got into tight, the boat was upset, and
all were drowned.
Oil has been struck OF Ellsworth,
Pa, which has created great excitement
thercabout.
A train on the New York and New
England Railroad was thrown OF the track
near Quinchaug, Conn. One smoker and
passenger car fell down m emhaEkmcnt q
distance of twenty feet. Many passengers
were seriously injured,
Fennimore Clayton, farmer of Mid
dlctown, n. u, afflicted with delirium trc-
mems. took his 2-year-old son into the yard
and shot him through the brain. He next at
tempted the life of his wife aud his mother,
who Knocked him senselcss with baseball
hat.
The expedition for the relief Of Khar-
ioum will include five thousand British
troops, under command of Gen. Butler. The
last battalion can not leave Cairo before
Nov. l.
The works Of Herbert Spencer, Emile
lola, and Prof. Huxley arc forbidden IN Rus
sia.
The visit Of the ENJOYS Of King John
OF Ahyssnia to London which was expected
to be great event, has fallen Hat Their
presence has been milctely ignored by the
notahles.
Gladstone is enjoying his recess at
his home nj Hawarden.
Capt. Renard, n Frenchman, is said
10 have invented cigar. shaped balloon which
Is rs easily directed in the mir us steam
launch In the water. The English, Russian,
and German Governments are trying to t,ni
out the secret of Capt. Renard's invention.
The American Consul General ut
Genoa reports that cholera has broken out ut
Spcxia and that forty-nine deaths have
occurred. Marseilles shows fourteen fatal
cases and Toulou five, caused by the return
OF refugees.
After three hours bombardment by
Admiral Courbet's squadron the Chinese
arsenal ut Foo Chow was destroyed. Seven
Chinese gunboais were sunk and two escaped.
Only one Chinese battery replied to tho
French guns. The French fleet sustained no
damage.
A mob near Lincoln, Neb., took
from the officers and hanged to u tree .
Mexican charged with assaultiny girl. He
had been Identified lay his victim and made a
full confession. Near Gatesville, Tex, tho
citizens took from the Sheriff and riddled
a. HAIL IA Al
ing some wh.at-stacks and n thrasher. He
was dragged from he'd in his shirt and al
lowed Ave minutes for prayer.
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Michigan Anti nIonopolist..

At State convention Of the Anti Monopoly
party Of Michigan. held at Detroit. Wildcman
Mills, Of Sanilac, was nominated for Governor
and the State Central Committee was authorized
to fill the electoral ticket with five Anti Monop-
olist and eight Butler electors from the Green
back ticket. The convention also nominated
George p. Sanford, OF Lansing, for Auditor
General. and Frank WI. Cook, OF Muskegon, for
Attorney General The last Two nominations
were agreed upon by the joint Greenback and
Anti Nonopolst conference.
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Connecticut Republicans.
The Republican State Convention OF Conneeti-
cub which assembled vt New Haven. CHOSE
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WHEN woman becomes Hurried she
feels for fan; when man becomes
Hurried he feels for cigar.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Since the war over six hundred
@oloreG Baptist churches have been es-
:Eablished in Texas Chicago Times.
Samuel Noble, of Admission, Ala.
has given $4,000 toward founding a
free high school at that place.
The theory that boy may be
popped into school, like corn into a
mill, to come out, after time, ready
for use, has been exploded by the sad
experience of nearly all that have tried
It.-FTeeD7a1a'S Journal.
The study of the Irish language is
becoming popular among many Irish
men in this country. In most of the
large cities there are classes organized
for the purpose. The Philadelphia
Glasses, for instance, number fifty pu-
pils.-Phj'adeIphta Press.
Among the regulations of aneWIy-
formed church among the Zulus in
South Africa was the following: mo
member of this church shall be per
united to drink the white mans grog,
sor native beer, nor touch it with his
lips"
1t is proposed to organize, under
the auspices of the American Social
Science Association. during its next an
ynual session at Saratoga, an American
Historical Association, consisting of
professors, teachers, specialists and
sothers interested in the advancement of
history in this country. albany
.JoWTn1J.
The New Haven Register saws.
s'Dudley Buck has politely declined the
degree of Doctor of Music conferred
by Yale College, giving it as his opin-
ion that American colleges cannot con-
fer such degree. This. should convince
Yale College authorities of the utter
=absurdity Of continuing their generos-
Atty in this direction.
MIR. Charles G. Leland gives some
interesting facts in regard to the prac-
tical utility of the Philadelphia Indus
trial Art School,, for which be. has done.
80 much. Il have ascertained by exs
pertinent, !" he says, ''that under real
.ly first class, highly intelligent artist
teacher, school-chfldren. While main
staining high averages in. other studies,
can, every one, earn from three dollars
to even five dollars by wood carving
two afternoons inthe week. Any pupil,
sRfter from fifty to one hundred lessons,
can do this in several branches.
- - 49,
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
1t Wasn't a Boulevard.

An Austin darkey raised large crop
of watermelons. but the cropis SO large
this year he has had difficulty in getting
rid of them, the market being over
stocked. He felt like the castaWay on
the desert island, for s'he saw no sale
from day to-day" He attributed the
dulIness of the season to the fact that
The superior quality of the fruit was not
sufficiently advertised, so he procured
a. long tin horn with which he startled
horses several blocks distant.
"Look here" said an exhausted
over BY q fugitive team; you can't blow w,
through the streets that way"
'.Who is blowing fru any street. Use
blowing fru dis heah musical impli-
ment. Yer don't call dis heah bassoon
q boulevard, does yer. Ta-ra-ta-ra. y
Texas SiftI7aQS.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Examine your bushes for insects,
and endeavor to destroy as many OF
them as possible.
Continue to improve your stock,
make it better every year, and ten to
one your soil will follow suit. - Chicago
Journal.
Color taken out of dark colored
goods with acid may be restored by the
application of liquid ammonia CleUe-
land Leader
Bad cookery in short is working
as much mischief as bad whisky, and
is doing more to perpetuate the use Of
the latter than is generally supposed. =
Toronto Globe.
Giving salt to animals is often neg
lected, and yet it is as important as
watering or feeding, for upon it de-
ponds the health and productive ca
pacity of the stock. Boston Globe.
The RuraI World says that it is one
of the few facts that are patent to all
who know anything of the business that
by the creamery system the hogs that
may be raised from the skinned milk,
after the cream has paid higher price
than the butter made thereof, will pay
all the expenses of a dairy farm save
only the feed.
Half dollar in the value of each
ton OF hay made can be easily made or
lost by the difference in the time of cut
ting and the manner of curing. This
may seem small amount to the: indi-
yidual farmer, but in the aggregate it
makes a difference of $18, 100000 for or
against the farmers, the value of the
hay crop being exceeded only by that
of corn and wheat.-P9GjTie Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
The fend-
He drops in now to call upon j
The editor or printer,
And closes carefully the door
He left ajar last winter.


At the recent Madison Garden
]horse show It was no uncommon sight
to see beautiful girls kissing the ami,
mails on their Velvety noses. The tan.
talizing spectacle made lots of dudes
wish they had been born with short ears
and no Bray. z. Tribune.
Student" Cheat expands and cold
contracts. Professor Correct. Give
an example," Student "During the
summer the affections of city people for
their country relations expand and in
winter they contract. - PHILADELPHIA
Call.
First old gentleman -'.Who is that
handsome young man standing THEREOF
Second ditto That's my daughters
husband; very brilliant young mamie
made fortune through the law. y
Firsto. q, -'sIndeed!n Second d. g
r''Yes; the law made me his father
Harvard Lanapoon.
"A lemonade man on Hudson Riv-
@er excursion boat is sa d to have sold
ten thousand glasses of lemonade on
one excursion not long ago.. and he had
half of the lemon left for the next DAYS
trip up,the river. Fortunes are rapidly
made in this great land. -'LoWeU Citizen.
~ can't keep my girls from climb,
mother; '.what shall do about it?'
Well, mother, you can tie them TO the
bedpost or to your apron sting, but our
advice is: Let EN- climb " Itdoesn't
post any more to sci. a girls arm or leg
than a boys, and, beside, girls can
cling as well as bows, and when they
grow up their clinging capacities will
be appreciated. Springfield Mass.
Union.
She had just returned from Vassar.
land papa was stroking her hair fondly.
81 hope, my dear, !" said the old man,
''that you haven It acquired any of the
vulgar slang phrases which so many of
the Vassar young ladies are said touse."
''You bet I haven't, papa.' she said
brightly; when anybody catches me
talking slang he is especially invited to
slug me in the seventh rib. !" 'sThat is
right, my daughter; never indulge in
slang. 1t gives q young lady dead
away. M y. Sun.
What shocking speaker he is!''
exclaimed a lady, abiding to boy or
ator, whose mother was within earshot.
The mother looked up, cast q quick,
ssidelong glance of rebuke and knit her
brows in frown, 'tShocking!'' said
the first lady's husband. what do
you mean?5' go, he eIectrifes his
hearers don't you know?" Then the
fond mothers frown was chased away
by dozen smiles, and she beamed upon
the speaker during the remainder of the
exercises. - Golden Days.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
A Notifying Mistake.

"Conductor, will you please tell me
at what time this train will reach
BostonP'
sWell, really, madam, I can not
say" he replied, punching her ticket.
isn't it little singular?" she asked,
somewhat surprised, ''that you can not
give me this information2h
'.Not at all singular. The train may
never reach Boston, but it is due there
at $780,
The young woman sank back in her
seat mortified that she, a Boston girl,
should have made such stupid mistake.
IN. 7. Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Speaking of absent-minded men,"
observed Mrs. Anger, ''my husband is
the most absent-minded man ever
saw" as that so?'' eyes. He hasn't
had any mind Of his own since we were
married. IN Y Graphic.
Professor, to class in surgery
.''The right leg of the patient, as you
see, is shorter than the left, in conse-
quence of which he limps. Now. what
would you do in a case of this kind?"
Bright student-"Limp, too. IN 2.
Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13

In Queensland immunity from pun-
ishment induces the white men to think
nothing of taking the lives of natives,
ar d the latter are killed for stealing
few pieces of tobacco, as was the case
with a skipper at Dufaure Island For
trifing theft he shot three p1ep FbaR
he suspected.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13

The perceptible earthquakes of the
civilized world are estimated to aver
age 10 per annum. Chicago Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-09-13

Horns are weapsds az ofense: their
absence denote11aAbmest ftg and docili-
y; consequently thrja bfJauctiyeness
Ind fertility. They absence insures
comfort and COINCIDENCE in handling,
Tarding,z stabling, feeding and ship
ping. Their absence insures against a
arge proportion of the casualties on a
Itock farm. This is. the experience of
nearly all who have handled polled cat
lie, and there are facts, to deny which
to cali white black. -Massdchusetts
RE0uqIn1aa.
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MEDICAL.
A GOOD COMPARISON.

I'd ...nTH - feH. .....# #. |-
The Rev. William Roulat., q ~well.known
Methodist Clergyman, residing ut Nipples,
draws the following amusing, but apt com.
parison between Dr. @. AeLdne's TtrmiIuos,
prepared by Fleming Bros, Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, and n ferret.
"a ferret when placed at tho or trance ofa
mt hole, enters tho aperture, travels nlong
tho passage, seizes upon tho rat, extermin.
ates his existence md draws tho animals
definct carcass to tho lights And In like
manner hnvo l found DR.. Q. .MtLdns's rtrmt-
fage TO operate upon worms, those dreadful
a%nddnnseroiis tormentors OF children. This
remedy, like tho ferret, enters tho aperture
OF the mouth, travels down tho gnllet, hunts
round the stomach aud lays hold OF the
worms, shakes tho life out or the reptiles,
sweeps clcnn their den, and carries their
carcasscs clear out OF the system. This,
Mt least, has boon tho oirocs Of tho Yerml.
hugo upon my children"
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ELY'S
CREAM BALM

has gained an cnyiab!e
reputation wherever
known, displacing ali
other preparations. An
Article Of uudoubted
merit. Is convenient
ana Clearly. 1t CAUSES
no pain nor shocking,
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Are you disturbed at night and broken OF
your rest by q sick child suffering and crying
With pain OF cutting tcethY II 30, send at
once get o bottle Of Mrs. Winslow's
soothing Syrup for Children Testhirg. liz
value 10 ~incalculable. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon 1t, mothers, there Is no mistake gbout
IT. It cures dyssntery and dlarrhosa, reg
collie, softens the gums, reduces in1smma.
ton, and gives tone and energy to the whole
system, Mrs. Wins!ow's Soothing Syrup Tor
Children Teething is pleasant 70 tihe taste,
and ia the prescription OF one Of the Oldest
and best female nuIscs and physicians in the
United States, ard is Tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world, Price Is cents a bot.
tie. nNsAw
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What Doctors Have to Learn.

Exchange.
doctors haven't any more idea Of har.
mony than q Cincinnati man has OF Emusic"
SAD a brunette to her runnins.mste not
why, what's the matter? 2" replied tho
"Well, !! was down TO SEQ DR.. Blank and
ne prescribed some medicine for me.".
bat what has that got 10 do with bar.
mony"
"A good deal. he ordered mo to take
blue pills, and anybody ought to know
that plue is not at ell becoming to my com.
p!exion. l thing doctors ought to learn a
little something besides medicine"
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h. W SluD Du
AND what do all those stupid figures
mean2" yawned Claire.
1T means, my poor dGrling-it means
thst-Heaven help met means that we
can't 80 to hear Patti again until next
month. But there's a rafting good show
now at the Tivoli-and-" 80
The Tivoli, indeed" ~scorniully Missed
the lnsnlted beauty. "IIenceiorth, Charles
h. Jones, We meet as strangers. Ishall 20
with Billy Crockery."
It was too much. With the low, inar.
ticu!ate moan Of a breaking heart, Charles
\. Jones fell a bankrupt corpse at her
feet.
HE put up pretty well for one round"
muttered Claire, as she turned on an alarm
wind to last"
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LOHY AND GAIN.
CHATTER ].
~ WAS taken sick u year ugo

|a s"AuL 'ASA y 9Sht NV a. u
A- With bilious ~lcves."f Il
MY doctor pronounced me cured, but
got sick again, with terrible pains In my
back and sides, and I got 10 bad
Could uotmove!
I shrunk! .I
From 22S pounds to 100! l Ind been doc.
toring for my liver, but 1t did ME no good. I
did not expect to live more than thres
months. I began 10 use Hop Bitters. Di.
rectly my appetite returned, my pains left
me, my entire system seemed renewed as II
by magic, and alter using several bottles | Am
not only as sound 81 a sovereign but WEIGH
more than did before. To Hop Ditters /
owe my lie"
DUBLIN, June 0, 81. r. F~r1zrATRlcS.
h. EaIf CHAPTER II.
maiden, Mas, Feb. ], 1881. Gen.lemcu-o
suffered with attacks OF sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in. thu
most terrible and eycrutiating manner,
No medicine or doctor could give me- relief
or cure until l used Hop Bitters.
1.-THE first bottle
Nearly cured ME -
The second made me as we'll and strong AZ
when n child,
"And l have baen SO 10 this day."
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with 8 serious $500
kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
"Pronounced-by Boston's best physi.
clans 1911
"Incurable !"
Seven bottles Of Your bitters cured him
asd l know OF the
"Lives OF eight persons''
In my, naighborhood that have boon saved
by your bitters,
And many more are using them with grsal
benefit. "
"They almoat
Do miracles!" Mrs. Z. D. Slack.
How TO GET sIcX Expose yon7rclf day
and night; eat too much without exercise
work too hard without rest; doctor all tbs
lime; take all the vile nostrums savortised,
and then you will want to know how to ge!
reI, which Is answered In three worIs-Taks
Hop BitterR! apr21.MwF&w
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TuE REv. Gro. H. TuAygr, Of Bourbon,
Ind, says: both myself and wife owe our
lives to sH1loH's~ CONSUMPTION CURE"
ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indigestion,
Constipation. Dizziness, Lees OF Appetite
Yellow bkinP 6hiloh's Vitaiizsr is q positive
cure.
WIZ WILL You cough when Shiloh's Cure
ots. and 81.
6a1LoH's CArAnnu RENEDY-a positive cure
ior Catatrh, Diph.heria and Canker Mouth.
For sale by McLain Bros. and A. I. Yonnr
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jolly John

Among all the new acquaintance we
had the pleasure Of making at the conven.
ton, there waa no moro genial gentleman
than Sheriff John Donahoe, Of Doddridpe
county. He was much pleased with our
people and u country, and we gladly
welcome him as our guest any time. He'll
a true son Of the Isle OF Sorrows and AZ
true an American, for he was oue Of the
strongest o. the strong for Blaine,
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A Family flair.

swell, my DEAR" said a man to the wife
Of bis bosom, "shall l call for you, asy at 3
o'clock this afterncon?"
:, "Call for me? Why, what ior2' in
quned his wife in IN evident tone OF au1-
prise.
40 go to the milliner's alter a hat"
"Aiter a hat? Why, hubby, didn't We
get q new hat Tor me only Yesterday
What on earth arc you talking about?"
10, | forgot, surely. Why, yes, SO we
did. l see It now very plainly. 1t 10 only
every ether day you want q new hat"
By stepping out hastily and holding the
door shut he managed to escape merited
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Hun Heard ufIf.


II feel it my duty to inform you, no be.
gan, as he met a bank President on tbs
street, that your Cashier is-ah-thst il,
he gamblee: Yes, sir no frequents faro
rooms, sir" "Just heurd all about it hall
An hour aga" You did !" ayes, sir,
Cashier CAME in and informed me that he
won $l2.00 and broke a faro bank last
night. He buys Sl0,0 900 OF our stock at oar.
gets q vacation for four weeks, and will
hereafter confne his attentions to draw.
poker. Come in andsee us when you want
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A Lawyers Opiniou or In,e,c.. TO Al,

A Lawyers OpiniOn Of Inte.es. % All,
IA. TaEney, E:a,a leading attorney O,
Wlnona, MiIn., writes: After using 1t for
moro than three years, I take great pleasure
IN stating that | regard Dr.. Kings New Dis.
coyery for Consumption, as the bes. remedy
IN the world for Coughs and Colds. 1t has
never Jailed to cure the most severe colds
the chest"
Trial Bottles Of this sure cure for all
Throat and Lung Diseases may be had for loo
81 90. MTrsw
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no. ., ually eSlept ohtuniny l.. n. --
Lailcsrule Accommodation leaves Whaling nj
day, -
L; 90. Sleeping Ours on all through trains,
thtousn Coach from wheeling 10 GolnMbuE on
No. 9, leaving Wheeling ut 9.l6 d. b, ardyinp n
Columbus at 2.a0 y. m. -" 81
Close connections are mhde for all ro!nts g,u,h
and southwest, North and Northwest, making tais
. desirable route for ~colonistS and persous mSrIne
ton u given. '' ''"
Tickets 70 all principal points on nle at Dert.
Depot Ticket Once.
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: The constantly tired.ouLn feeling 30 often
experienced Ia the result OF Impoverished
blood, and consequent enieebled yitalitv.
Ayers %sArsapsrilln feeds and enriches t6e
blood, increases. the appetite, and promote,
digestion OF the food, and the assimilation of
its strengthening qualities. The system he.
ing thus invigoraied, the feeling ranidlv
changes to a grateful sense OF strength and
energy. Ns1I5H - nav
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OUT
BY the Girl Who Wanted the Heat Seat
NJ tho Opera.

al tho Opera.
Chicago Tribune.
Charles K. Jones sat modify in the
gllded salon Of his Wabash avenue bes,
girl, awaiting hor coming, and wondered a.
her moro than usual tardineea.
"sapristi!" he exclaimed, which Is the
only correct oath known 10 our "bcst
young men" since the adven. OF tho Italian.
opera Craze, II have smoked nine ~ciya.e,s
already. She usually occupiea only six for
morning toilet"
At this moment Claire Succotash rustled
into the room, %reaplendent In a swans.
down opera cloak and white hat.
: are you. going to a matinee masque.
radef' grimly inquired the surprised young
man.
II only wanted to show you my now
opera outfit; l hope you've rot good seats
Tor II Troyatoro!' Thoae we lad the other
evening were horrld- although | didn't
mind 1t so much because then my new hat
hadn't come home"
"Olaire,'" moancd tho young man, gazing
round with the despairing expression Of q
hunted animal. "are you-are you aware
that my salary Is only 500 per month p.
what do You mean, Mr.. Jones?' and
tho cspricious beauty threw herself up
h~auRh,ily. -
"Deare't," continued Charles X, while
MS voice trembled with q suppressed agony
and the great beads OF Precipitation gath.
cred upon his pale brow, do you know
what o balancsBheet It"
ITS n Of those tircsome things papa
brings home from the dislillery some.
times" pouted Glare.
Let me show you mine for March" and
with unsteady tingers he produced the fol.
lowing manifest: