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, 1884-01-24
Pools ALI Around.
hands.

Pittsburgh, January 23.-A move
ment is on foot to form a coke pool on
the same basis as the railroad pools, for
the purpose of obtaining an increased
and uniform price. Prick Coke Co.,
Schoonmacker & Co., Mcclure & Co.
and Connelsville Coke Il Iron Co., who
own two-thirds Of the nine Thousand
ovens, head the movement, the balance
of the operators are expected to Join.
The selling price OF coke is now from
95 cents to 81 per ton. The operators
claim that the price should be advanced
twenty-five per cent.
, 1884-01-24
VOL. XVII.
1ELeeRAPHlc NEWS IN BRIEF.

Hamilton, Ont. The Spectator print
Ing office burned yesterday morning
Loss, $50, OOo. Insurance, $4,000.
Nashville. A raft was drawn into
whirlpool below Carthage, in the uppe
Cumberland and nine men drowned.
Trenton, n. j.: The house passed
bill providing for the burial of honor
ably discharged soldiers who die in pow
erty.
Oil City, Pa: James Dryden,
cousin of Gladstone, died at FRANKLIN
Monday, and was buried yesterday
afternoon.
Baltimore: The Pennsylvania Ex'
press company, of Baltimore, has filed
a certificate of Incorporation. Capital
stock, $40, OOO, 600.
Vineyard Haven: The tug, Storm
King, will visit the wreck of the City
of Columbus as o as the weather
permits with a diver, and search the
sunken steamer for bodies.
Detroit: John G. Patterson of this
city to-day received a verdict for ST.
900 against the Wabash road for in
iuries received in a collision east Of To-
lsdo March "a, 1882. He asked $780,
600.
Albany, N. Y: A bill was introduce
ed in the legislature which authorizes
the magistrates to fine spectators
twenty-five dollars for each offense for
selling theater tickets above the box
office price.
New York: Mrs. Lydia Cocks has be-
gun suit against Cassius H. Read and
DR.. Gustave E. Susdorf to GOV $780,
900 damages for loss of the services of
her daughter, Clara Lotter, consequent
upon seduction and condition following
abortion.
San Francisco: George Revett, gen.
eral superintendent of the South Pa
cifc Coast railroad. resigned to-day and
returns east tomorrow. Differences
with the executive regarding the oper-
atoms of the road were the cause of his
resignation.
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, 1884-01-24
Chicago Cattle Market.

Chicago, January 49, Cattle, re-
ceipts, oo,000i market strong;
good to choice shipping. 1896
@6.10; common to medium, $1,000
$50; stockers. S8,75@4.25i feeders,
$4,000. 90.
Sheep, receipts. 5000; market steady;
Inferior to fair, S3.0094.W per cwt;
medium to good, s4.0095.OO; choice
to extra, s5.UOa6.o0; Texas sheep,
%. 75@4.25
The best smoking tobacco Is Little
Joker"
, 1884-01-24

South Amboy, N. J.-Captaiu John
Riley, of the barge William II. Smith,
Of this place, says: ~ have tried the
great pain-conqueror, st. Jacobs Oil,
and found 1t a good thing; it cured me.
| shall always speak well of it."
, 1884-01-24

Ayers pills cure constipation, inn
prove the appetite, promote digestion,
restore healthy action, and regulate
every function. They are pleasant to
take, gentle in their operation, yet
thorough, searching, and powerful in
subduing disease.
, 1884-01-24

Long, OF Massachusetts, introduced
a Joint resolution returning the thanks
of congress to Captain Eric Gabrlelsen,
commanding the United States revenue
, 1884-01-24

A large assortment OF clocks at
ZEHNER. JACKSON y BUECANHR's,
, 1884-01-24

For the best dental work and lowest
prices visit DIR. Warmers dental parloEs.
, 1884-01-24

Engraving in all its branches is done
at ZEHNER, JACKSON & BUEcHNER's.
, 1884-01-24

Legal blanks at the LEADER ONCE.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-01
What They Say OF Farmers.

It is said: That the farmer sub
Sisteth himself upon Jersey milk,
and spring lamb and chickens.
and regaleth himself with the fra
GRANGE of new-moWn hay, and the
aroma of his horse stables. That he
rideth a sulky pillow and reaper, instead
ofstumbling over the clods of the valley;
and weareth a hickory shirt and butter
nut pants, without fear or molestation
or abuse. That he riseth early betimes,
and stitch up late, that he may fill his
barns and store houses with plenty, and
subscribes for some good weekly paper,
and pays for it, that he may store his
mind with useful knowledge He get
teth out of bed at four o'clock in the
morning and stirreth up the maid-serY-
ant out of her lair, while he warmeth
himself, and is comforted by the kitchen
fire. He eateth his breakfast by candle
light, while the sad and weary wife of
his bosom and mother of his children
longs for the peaceful, happy days of
her childhood. Hegrowleth and is sore
distressed il it rains, and anon he heal
eth his breast, and repineth at the Sc
verityof the drought, saying calais! my
crop is ruined!' Verify, the late
rains do blight his wheat, the frost
nippeth his standing corn, potato bugs
raVage his fields and the assessor sad
dleth him with calling taxes. He
Weareth blouse and blue jeans, and
men call him a tramp" He is shaven
and clad in broadcloth and fine linen
and people say: tbehold the duden.
He payeth for insurance on his
buildings for twenty years, and
then letteth his policy lapse one
day, and the same night fire de-
stroyeth his home. His daughter mar
ried man of culture and wealth, be-
coming the proud mistress of a palatial
mansions, and in few short years he
buildeth lean-to, to his habitation, to
shelter them and their children. He
selleth out his farm and moveth to
Kansas, and there slaketht his thirst
with alkali-Water and corn-iuice. A
cyclone catcheth him at midday and
sweepeth his house, stock and fences
into Missouri, while he sheltereth and
preserveth the lives of his wife and lit
tie ones in "dug out. " He maketh his
will at the end of his days, and dieth;
and the lawyers of his widow and of his
first widow and of his first wife's chill
dren take possession of and divide his
From an A0ldreSS 5y r.
Little, Before Michigan State ASsoctG-
hon.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-01
Our Young Readers.
WHY HE DIDN'T LIKE HIS
GRANDMA.

"Tdon't like Grandma at ALL said Fred
g [ don't like Grandma at all;
And he drew his face in queer grimace.
The tears were ready to fall,
AS he gave his kitten loving mug,
And disturbed her nap on the soft warm
rug.
Why, what has your Grandma DONE" I
asked
ITO trouble the little boy?
Oh, what has she done, the cruel one,
TO scatter the smiles of joy?'
Through quiveriug lips the answer came, ),
!" She-called--my-kitty- observation-disclosures.
/" She did? are you sure2' And | kissed the
tears
Away from the eyelids wet
81 can scarce believe that Grandma would
greye
The feelings of either pet
What did she sayT' '' Boo-hoow cried Fred,
/" She-caled-m -kitty-a-'Q 1t1d-rtt-pedF :
-J0Sephil1e Pollard. in HGT.De1'S Young People.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-01
The Canada Thistle.

The Canada thistle-which, by the
way, is misnomer, as it is native of
the Old World-may be known from
all other thistles by the small size of the
| fiower-heads, which are always purple,
and not generally more than half an
inch, or st most two-thirds OF an inch,
in diameter, Add to this the excessively
prickly character of the leaves, and the
general business of the stems, which
rarely exceed two or three feet in
height, and we have characters which
will enable any one readily to recognize
the pest. The Canada thistle like most
others is, strictly speaking, biennial;
| that is, it gets a start in life one year
and then the next grows up, produces
an abundance of flowers and seeds, and
| then decently dies. That is, the other
species die decently. Here is just where
the Canada thistle does not follow the
custom of all Well-behaved thistles.
During the second year of its life,
which should be its last, it quickly sends
out underground a number of stems
which secretly penetrate the soil and
get good foothoId, so that when the
parent plant dies these hidden offshoots
do not suffer. Thus, while the plant
itself dies at the end of the second year,
its underground stems do not Each of
the latter will act just as the parent
plant did, so that while each plant dies
out on time, the patch of thistles is per-
ennial.
Now as to the destruction of the pest,
it is evident that every method resorted
to must take into account these under
ground stems. 1t is not enough merely
to prevent its seeding. That would
check it only in one particular. and the 1
least important one at that. More rad
zeal treatment must be resorted to-. Let
me enumerate several methods which
will prove successful if thoroughly car
ried out: l. No plant, even though it
be a Canada thistle, can live without
having green leaves exposed to the sun
light Ii no leaves are allowed to APP
pear, as by persistent hoeing, any Can
ada thistle patch may be starved out.
The difficulty is that in such a contest
between a farmer and his thistles, the
farmer gets tired out sooner than the
thistles do. 2. Plow up The patch,
and carefully pick out every under
ground part of the thistles that can be
found by repeated narrowing. After
the lapse of few weeks repeat the
process, and then again, and again.
This is tedious and expensive, but in
some cases it will pay. 8. In the early |
part of the season but off every plant at
the surface of the Around, and drop on
the top of the root small handful of |
salt. Some recommend the addition of I
copperas. This can only be resorted to
when the patch of thistles is limited in
extent l know chemist, who de-
stroyed a small patch of thistles in his
door-yard by pouring spoonful of oil Of
Vitrol (sulphuric aciO on the top of the
root.-Prof c. &. Bessey, Iona Agri-
cultural College, IN NJ 7. Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-01

The damage will be very large. Every
telephone and telegraph wire was prostrat-
ed and trains delayed.
FRANKLIN, KY, Feb. 20.
This town was visited by tornado this
afternoon. A large tobacco factory, owned
The Borcean Hotel, Opera-house and other
buildings were unroofed.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Feb. 20.
A special to the Star, says: At Rocking
ham the cyclone struck the village on the
outskirts, destroying fifteen houses, killing
twenty three people and Wounding many
more: Several colored people were also
killed on Pedee River.
At Manly and Keyser the cyclone de-
stroyed everything.
Near Ellington, Harnett County, six per.
sons were killed.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-01

There is a strip of country in
Houston County, Tex, one mile wide
and ten miles long, where the wells or
1inarily furnish plenty of water, but a
north wind takes it all out. The wells
are fron sixty to eighty feet deep.
Chicago Hercld.
The first place of business erected
~ the New Haven Conn. colonies,
1atipg back to 1852, is still standing
Ind a active USE Hartford Post
St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-01
WmMINoroN, N. c., Feb. 20.
DEADLY FIRE DAMP.

Nineteen Miners in PeRnsyIvania CoIIIery
Killed by an Explosion Of Fire Damp
The Bodies all Recoverable Large Num-
Der of Widows and Orphans Left to
Mourn
The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-05-23

The Regular old-fashioned Palm Leaf Fan. Price, Dc. Aprons, Children's Dresses in Calico Gingham, Cambric, Rose Buds, the correct thing Nansook and Linen
 Lisle Gloves.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-05-23

The tenacity with which ants hold on to their habitations is strikingly shown in the continued existence of the un- slightly spots which mar the beauty of the plaza. For over year every effort has been made to destroy-fre, acids and water being brought into requisition without even producing perceptible diminution in the size or number of the hills
 Twill R. Gibbs was to-day appointed a notary public for Yavapai county, to reside at Prescott.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-05-23

Assistant Secretary Furnas visited some Lynx Creek mining properties in which Secretary Van Arman is interest ed, yesterday, and reports their looking fine. The ore, he says, will "go better than he anticipated.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1884-05-23

The many frieuds of Mir. and Mrs. J. L. Fisher will regret to learn of the ser ious illness of their infant son with | bronchitis, Drs. McCreery and Aims worth who have been constantly in at tendance on the little sufferer, express | very serious doubts of its recovery.
 The many friends in Prescott of Hon. A. c. Baker will regret to learn of his re cent bereavement in the loss of his two year old daughter, who died on last Satur- day from the effects of several morphine pills, of which she had accidentally ob tained possession.
 Assistant Secretary Furnas visited some Lynx Creek mining properties in which Secretary Van Arman IS interest ed, yesterday, and reports their looking fine. The ore, he says, will Ego better" than he anticipated.
 Tim Donavan, drunk and disorderly in dividual, arrested yesterday by Marshal Dodson was to-day sentenced to pay fine of $40 or be imprisoned twenty days in the city jail In arresting Donovan, the Mar shal broke some of the small bones in his right hand.
 From w. M Tngersoll, who, in company with w. H. Jones, returned yesterday rom the Placeritas at Walnut Grove, we learn that the Placeritas Company have determined to abandon work on their prop critics in that section for the present, and sell their ten-stamp mill and all the build ings they have erected there.
 The Bible class at the Congregational Church have raised funds, and are now getting plans and estimates for the cree tion of classroom in the rear of the Congregational Church. They think they will be able to have the improve ment done for Sl, 200. When completed lit will connect with the Church by sli
 ding doors.
 The articles of incorporation of the Prescott Land Irrigation and Stock Company have been filed with the Terri
 torial Secretary. The Company is or qanlZeQ uQUer the ldWS Ol Olie 1cIIlOOI1
 with capital of Sl, ,00O,00 divided into IiO,0O0 shares, and the incorporators art IJ. A. Macdonald, Wm. Adams, Jr., ant Hugo Richards. The principal place oi
 business will be Prescott, A. T.
 | Wm. B. Bushnell, one of the directors Iof the United Verde Copper Company in company with Wm. Adams, Jr., Jeff
 this morning for California with view | to procuring a set of the most approved artesian well-boring machinery, whicl will be immediately shipped here for th' purpose of conducting a series of experi r ments in several of the extensive dry Ivalleys in this section of Arizona, unde lthe auspices of the Prescott Land Ir
 rigation and Stock Company, organized lhere on the l7th instant. Mr. Bushnel while absent will also endeavor to mak
 arrangements for the early erection of [ I three ton ice machine, which will suppl. 5 ice at one half the price now charged fo I;t
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
The New Train for st. Louis,
Via the Iron Mountain Route.

1t may not be generally known that by
the new arrangement Of the st. Louis Iron
Mountain and Southern r, r., which went
into effect on Sunday, June eel, the Cairo
public going to st. Louis are afforded a
great convenience. Leaving Cairo at 40
p. M. at Charleston you can take Pull
man Palace Sleeping Car at 0 ;2j p. m; get
a good nights rest and arrive at ST. Louis
6:25 next morning IN time lor good
breakfast aud max G connections in Union
Depot Tor all trains bound North, South
East or West, Or on the day train leaving
Cairo at 80 q. NJ, arriving at st. LOUIS
1880 p. III. same day,
The line is equipped with new elegant
Pullman Palace Slcepers and day coaches
of the latest improvement, furnished with
all modern appliances for the convenience
and comfort of passengers, making the ser
vice complete in every respect. Rates the
same as via any other route.
Call on L. b. Church, Iron Mountain
Ticket Agent, for any information regard
log above.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
A Blind Man Who Can Pick Cotton.

Taylor county among other things
worth of note can produce negro man
who has been stone blind for 81 years,
yet he has always been able, with the
assistance of his wife, to make q decent
living for themselves and large fami-
" of children. His name is Ben Cald-
well, and a more Industrious negro
cannot be found in the county. A
number of the farmers will testify to
the fact that Ben can pick $50 pounds
of cotton per day, and with the assist
ance of his two little boys, can tie into
bundles all the grain of any kind that
three graders can cut as fast as it
falls from the cradle. He can cut
wood, split rails and do most any kind
OF farm work.
Death claimed his companion but a
few days ago as its victim, yet poor
Ben is striving hard to support his
family on little farm. One Of the
most remarkable features of his char
acter is that he never forgets voice
after once catching its sound, and is
enabled to call most any person by
name with whom he is acquainted
Butler (Ga.) Herald,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
Loved BY the Cats.

"Ihcro is curious sight, said
lady, pointing out OF the parlor window
Of her house in Morrisania one day last
week; "but it is a common enough one
in this neighborhood."
The New York Sun reporter looked
and saw fish peddler flirting with a
servant girl across the road. He was
evidently prosperous peddler and the
servant girl seemed to appreciate the
fact But it was neither the peddler
nor the girl who constituted the curl
Gus sight alluded to. The wagon, with
the thoughtful horse between the shafts
stood in the middle Of the road. A tar
paulin covered the fish, and at three
points, about equi-distant, three cats
tails were visible above the cloth, and
the vibratory motion of each indicate
that the object at the other end was
enjoying itself.
ut is q most extraordinary thing"
said the Morrisania lady, "but each
fish peddler is followed by his own par
ticular cats. They seem to know the
sound Of his horn, and trot out of their
houses as soon as he blows it, Each
wagon has usually about three cats fol-
lowing it. | don't think any affection
for the peddler influences their selec-
ton, or if it does, there is no reciproci-
ty Of the sentiment, for, while the cat
may love the peddler the peddler in
yariably hates the cat. | am inclined
to think that the attraction lies in the
quality of the fish. fancy that her.
ring is the favorite fish of cat. Cats
are also fond of shad, but they dislike
the bones That wagon has shad in it.
Before three weeks have gone by the
cats will look with contempt upon shad
and follow the mackerel wagons. I
see there is q fourth tail sticking up
above the tarpaulin. "
There was, and the poddler saw it,
too, He put rapid end to his court
ship, and, softly stepping toward his
wagon, seized tail and dragged out
cat with a shad in its mouth. The cat
was made the recipient of hard kick
and its three followers were similarly
treated.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
Proverbs AIodernized.

An intermixture or succession of diff.
ferent things is the condiment of exist
ence.
Shortness Of duration or contraction
into q few words is the animating
essential part of humor.
All that emits q soft scintillating
light is not precious metal remarkable
for its ductility and malleability.
Brushes with long handles that have
existed but brief period remove loose
dirt in a manner entirely free from de-
Element.
All manual labor and no exercise for
amusement is the cause or agent which
enforces John to be youth of slow
understanding.
A single pass of small steel instru-
ment, promptly and expeditiously exc
cuted, saves the number following
eight and preceding ten.
If eager desires or longings were
hoofed quadrupeds, those who make
it their business to ask aims might 90
about supported in motion.
| To deyiate from the true direction
however slightly possesses as many
desirable qualities as certain distance
equivalent to 500 rods.
A feathered flying animal in the outer
extremity of tho human arm is of
greater value than double the number
in aplace Astounding in trees or shrubs.
One who does not possess the
common powers of understanding and
his medium of commerce are in
very brief period removed from the
contact of contiguity.
One who entertains for another senti-
ments of esteem, respect and affection
from personal motives in times of great
necessity, is one who entertains for
another sentiments of esteem, respect
and affection from motives in reality
and in truth
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
Iodine for Diphtheria.

While at Matches, Miss, in 1865,
was led, through my experience with
an epidemic then prevalent there, to
adopt the treatment which | now pro-
nose to describe. During this epidemic
about 100 cases of diphtheria were sue
cessfully treated in the manner about
10 be described. For some years SUBJ
seouent to my return to Illinois l treat.
ed all the cases encountered (tifty in
number) with complete success by the
same means, and | have since treated
$50 cases, all with the same satisfacto-
nv result, except in two cases where
death occurred, the patient being al
most moribund when coming under
treatment. Previous to the adoption
of the present mode of treatment my
results were by no means so satisfacto-
ry, the disease proving fatal in at least
one third of the whole number OF cases.
The treatment which has proved so sue
cessful in my hands is as follows: The
patient is ordered tincture OF iodine ID
ten or twelve drop doses every hour,
well diluted with water, so long as the
fever lasts, subsequently reducing II 70
ten drops every two, and, finally, every cry
three hours; local application U, .,r .no
drug is made use of at the same my,
These latter should be made oy tno
sician himself at least twice day.
Far internal use, give latterly, the de-
colorized tincture; bread and starcny
articles of diet are at the same time
eel In abundance. Such Is my treat
$500. Ia, p Gautier, in Msdicai
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
Cheap Homes in Arkansas and Texas

Along the lire of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway, Texas and
Pacific Railway and International and
Great Northern Railroad, are thousands of
acres of the choicest farming and grazing
lands in the world, ranging in price from
5000 to $500 and $500 per acre, in a
healthy country, with climate unsurpassed
for sAlubrity aud comfort. Send your adj
dress TO the undersigned for copy of sta.
tis,ics of crops raised in Arkansas and Texas,
in 1882, and make up your mind to 60 and
see for yourself when you learn that the crop
for 1888 is so per cent larger than that of
1882. To those purchasing land owned by
the Company, and paying fourth, one.
half, or all cash, a proportionate rebate is
allowed fOrmonoy paid for tickets or freight
over the Companies lines.
II. G. TOWNSEND, Genl Pass. Agt.
St. Louis, Mo.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01
Advice 10 Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and brcken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup for Children Teeth
ing. It's value is incalculable. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer immed-
lately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is
no mistake about it. 1t cures dysentery and
darrhTa, regulates the stomach and bow
els, cures wind collie, soGtens the gums, re-
duces Inflammation, and gives tone and
energy to the whole system. Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup for Children Teething
is pleasant to the taste, and is the prescrip-
ton of one of the oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United States,
and is for sale by all druggists throughout
the world. Price % cents bottle
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-01

Ifyou are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss Of appetite, general de-
Jility, disOrdered blood, weak constitution,
headache, or any disease Of a bilious ma
turc, by all means procure a bottle of Eec-
trio Bitters. You will be surprised to see
the rapid improvement that will follow
you will be inspired with new life; strength
and activity will return; pain and misery
will cease, aud henceor,h you will rejoice
in the praise Of Electric Bitters. Sold at
fifty cents a bottle by Barclay Bros. 6