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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
SWALLOWED HIS TEETH.
Decidedly Unpleasant Predicament of
Boston Brakeman.

L
Employed on a bra lch Of the New
York and New England railroad is a
man of 50 or 3S years of mortal expert
ence, says the Boston Herald, who can
to-day testif' that none of those years
have brought to him such unprecedented
surprises both painful and pleasureable,
as the last. In consequence of the ab-
sence of FIVE prominent teeth, he had
made for him rubber plate with five
artificial teeth attached and which work.
ed dqnite to his satisfaction. On retiring
late one night in November he forgot to
remove them from his'moulh, as was his
habit, and upon awakingin in the morning
he felt that dawning consciousness that
comes upon one SO gradually as one
rouses from slumber, that the rubber
plate containing five teeth was not in its
should-be receptacle, the tumbler of
water, neither was 1t clinging firmly to
his upper jaw. At the same anxious
moment he experienced something of n
discomfort in the region of bis throat.
and calling his wife, asked her to ex-
aninethe locality, which she did. and
to her surprise, behel1 the retreatlng
form of that selfsame plate, which had
vainly tried to fit itself to the cavity OF
the throat, but in so doing had lodged
just too low for her grasp. He proceeded
at once TO his physician, and underwent
a series OF attempts to extract it, which
were unsuccessful. He was then taken
tc the Massachusetts general hospital.
where all efforts to extract the teeth
proved also ofno avail. Meantime, the
plate worked slowly down toward the |
stomach. The patient was confined to |
his house about ten days, and soon re.
covered>his usual strength and spirits |
and went his way without experiencing
further trouble from the accident. Va.
rious were the opinions of the medical
world in regard to what would be the |
final upshot of the matter. One doctor
said: Blood poisoning must follow"
Another said: THE rubber will digest |:
the teeth thus set free you will rid YOUR
self of, and all may be we'll" But to
say the least, the patients state of mind
was but little eased by any diagnosis
pronounced upon the case by men who
thought they knew all about it. How
ever after three months the teeth finally
emerged in as perfect condition as on
the day they left the dentists hands.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

He was Western Senator, not used
to fashionable ways, and was a guest at
Washington ball. Entering brilliant
ly illuminated suite, he suddenly stopped
backed toward the door, and in Mortified
tones exclaimed: m ---. ..-.
MY stars. I've made a mistake"
"My dear Senator Blank" said the
hostess, hurrying toward him, "what is
the matter? You look ill.,
tOh, nothing, nothing. only am such
d8lt; came very near entering this
apartment by mistake. Please p: rdon
me and show me the way to the ball
room.'
Why, Senator, this is the ball room
What did you think it vas?"
"The-the ladies' dressing roon," mur
INJURED The Senator, hopping the perspir
! alton from his brow. Boston Globe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
THE LATEST CANES.

--c"""",:' novelties That nrc Hotng In-
trOduccd Here.
"The styles in walking canes are con.
stantly changing" said prominent
dealer in imported canes on Broadway to
a reporter for the Mail and Express.
THE most popular and most stylish
cafe is now made of hazel wood. with a
buckhorn handle shaped like shep-
herds crook. The moro expensive have
silver bands just below the handle.J II
the owner desires he, can have his
monogram cut on the band, and if he is
very lah-de-dah, he will do it. They are
the latest London rage in canes and the
80 49, -ei ri--- IN adoutiuu
them. The plain cane without the s;l.
yer ban1 sells at So, and the highest ~
But the hazel wood and the cute wsy
the buckhorn handle is put on make
them odd aid from the firgt insured
their popularity" . - H.
What style of cane ranks nextin non.
ularity?'' " A''h pup
Those with small silver caps. F,r n
long time the silver crooked handle
cane was In the ascendencv. But tbe
street vendors with cheap limitations in
nlckle handles caused their popularity
TO wane There is nothing that breats
into the trade of stylish canes as disas.
terc sly as cheap limitations. Generate
I'm who carries a cane has a certain
amount of vanity and pride, and 10 see
snide people trying TO swell it on cbean
imitation cane disgusts him with
even the genuine" ..--. -
Are any new kind of canes being in.
troduced7" =.
Yes. The crystallite, so called he.
cause the handle is capitalization of cer.
tain wood found only in South Areric, p
They are mounted in tieerite. The
handles are frequently designs of the
heads Of animals. Tney are ve,v scarce
and can not be purchased for less Than
Sl2 or $40 They are somewhat too ax5,
3ensiye ever to be universally popular.
)nly the rich can afford them" - =
What of the gold and ivory headed
:anes?" ''"us"
They will never 90 out Of style Tt1o
'old headed canes are worn on ,holidzy
,ccaslons. The ivory headed are sill
n0nopolized by old men, and 1}rohablyJ
vii be for many years TO Gomez New
ork Mail and Express.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
OPPOSED TO HURDLES.

"And yet Grant was not a hard-hearted
man." said gentleman who had heard Mr..
ArnOt's story. 81 remember, on this very
visit of which you speak, while he was in at
tendance at the races, some one spoke OF the
hurdles. Grant asked when the hurdle races
occurred, and requested his friend to drive
him from the ground. Inever like to see
hurdles, he said, 4 can't bear to see the ac-
cidents'"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
A CLEAR CASE.

grow paler day by day,
Sad to say;
And the chances are may
Pine away,
For my heart has gone astray
From its tenement of clay,
Ard I'm smItten with a CAV
---A a. LCorynhee-
Though she represents a fay
Light as spray.
And she pirouettes so gay
Through the play,
Such appearances betray;
Chops and beer she puts away
Till II fills me with dismay
When pay.
To the parquet's foremost rows
Smiles she throws,
Where l watch her whirl and pose
On her toes;
And my dOting heart bestows
Marechal Niels and Jacqueminots,
Has she any other beaux7
Goodness knows!
But the friends that seem sincere
Soon will eneer,
For the time is drawing near.
Year by year,
When her figure will grow queer,
And the wrinkles will appear:
Then they'll Danish her, fear,
To the rear.
Chicago Rambler.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

Instead of balancing the stick horizon
tally, the doctor sets it polnt upward,
and when the air becomes moist. the
dry salted blotting paper quickly takes
up moisture and at once sinks with its
end Of the stick.
Such a weather indicator is easily
made and it is sure test of the moisture
in the air, is very useful in foretellipe
iaii OF ram or snow. 1t will anticipate
the storm usually from six to twelve
hours.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
A Home Shot.

Two colored ladies became involved in
a wordy difficulty recently.
go long wifyo," said one of the ladies
vigorously. "Yo' poo ignorun black
trash, ye' can't dance reel no mo- dan
or TO- yeoh chile"
go long wifi We, yo'self," replied the
other lady defiandy.- II know | can't
dance reel, but don't take arsenic for
my complexshun likes y6." Boston
Globe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

CONFIDENCE IN HIS sUBoRDINATEs.
A little group of gentlemen sat about one
of the pillars in the rotunda of the Southern
Thursday evening talking of Grant. Some
interesting stories were told of his career as
an officer and commander, for two of those
present had served under him. 'Grant's
confidence in his sGbcrdinates was one of
his distinguishing characteristics as gen.
eral," said Mr.. J. b. McCullagh. II never
saw this better illustrated than in one of the
early assaults upon the works in the seige
Of Vicksburg. i carried some dispatches
from General Mcpherson to Grant and
found the old fellow sitting coolly upon his
horse. with shot and shell screaming about
him and men falling all around him. He
was putting away at q cigar, with strength
of respiration that, L think, would have
smoked half a-dOzen cigars. Away at the
right the fight seemed to be going against
us. The rebels were coming out over the
breastworks, and it looked as if our flank
was repulsed.
THAT looks bad over there, General
ventured. ..
"Grant looked at his watch coolly and re-
piled, as if it was the most trivial matter in
the world: It's time for Logan to be there.
You'll see him in moment
well, the words were hardly out of his
mouth before a shout went up from our
lines on the right, and Logan at the head of
his troops dashed in, driving the rebels back
into their rotrpnnhmarts
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

acter of Grant as had conceived it, that l |
nave treasured it in my mind and shall
never forget 1t.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
APerplexed Humorist.

After carefully readi ig all the publish
ed accounts of the battle of Shiloh, up to
date, am firmly convinced:
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
GRANT AND ACNTIE.

81 have a very pleasant recollection of
Gen. Grant" said Gov. johnson yesterday.
when I came to st. Louis to study law /
served in an Office on Pine street, Just below
Third. Grants real estate office was next
door. Grant & Boggs the name of the firm
was. Grant was great man to stand on
the pavement and smoke lis cigar, and as
spent considerable time sitting on our door
Step We e fIHes Ss eTp up and an 5 racs We'll
/ heard of course of Gnlt who was made
AdjutantG General of lllin,is and later of a
Grant who was making himself immortal
as leader of Northern srnies, but I never
connected him with the Grant of Grant &
Bogg.; 9!yg $ had ...,no o.rs of,rr or7.. ,u ,,,s
lame negro woman; III. only name we
besides taking care of ounfice. swept and
cleaned the real estate ote Of Grant &
Boggs. She was a kind old soul and
homely as hedge fence
81 remember that it wasn the day that
Mrs Suratt was hanged TIT was in Wash
ington in company with Pier l.. Foy, then
Postmaster of st. Louis. We called on
the poor law student, whoforked next door
to his real estate Office.
81 suppose things h e considerably
changed in st. Louis dufg the last dozen |
years, he said.
They are much chang
"'And many of the pple that knew |
are moved away or dead, hbtless.'
WAITED moment exHing to hear him |
ask in particular abOq some business
friend or associate.
johnson he said, hat has become
of old auntie. Bless her I'd soul, i wish l
could see her.
ening in his strong cle3eye, when told |
him she was well and hoy. !
] The incident was so dTary to the char
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

all winnie visits Ireland.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
IN THE MISSION GARDEN.
FATHER FELIPE.

speak not the English WELL but Pachta
She speak for me; IS it not so my Pancha?
Eh. little rogue! Come salute me the strang
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

-c"'"c,,' novelties That arc Uc,nr In
trOdmccd Hero.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
Why Beef Is High.
The Supply Virtually Decreasing 2
 While Population Increases.

The wonder is often expressed
 in these days of big cattle ranches
 and refrigerator cars that meat
 should remain so high in price.
 An examination of the cattle sta-
 tistics gathered by the bureau of agriculture will be sufficient to dispel all wondering on this ac- count. It appears by these statis- tics that over large and important areas of the United States the number of cattle are actually de- creasing, while the average in- crease the country oyer is in much smaller ratio than the increase in population.
 There was a decrease in the number of cattle between Jam uary, 1884, and January, 1885, in the eastern states, including New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, of 27, ,131 head. The decrease in the southern states, including Texas, was 98,914. In the five western states east of the Mississippi-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin the increase was less than the loss in the south, or about 0,000 head. These figures show an actual decrease in the number of cattle in the states east of the Mississippi and including Mis- souri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas west of the river of nearly 36, ,000 head, leaving the increase, if any, to be confined entirely to the north western states and terri tories. In the whole of a territory where the aggregate cattle num- Der nearly 20,000.000 head there was an actual loss, while in the states and territories of the north west, where the total is a trife more than one>third of that mum Der, there was a gain Of 10 per cent. In the Pacific states and territories the gain was insignifi- cant, being less than the propor- tionate increase in population.
 It is evident from these figures that the farmers uf the east and south have given up cattle raising as a branch of agricultural in- dustry and are directing their energies in other directions. They are barely keeping their herds up to the standard of past years, let alone increasing them. In the meantime the population of these sections is increasing much faster in proportion than the surplus cattle of the few states and terri tories which show a gain in live stock.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
Plain Living and High Thinking,

Frances E. Willard says: '] have formed settled conviction that the world is fed too much. Pastries, cakes, hot bread, rich gravies, pickles, and pepper sauces are all discarded from my hill of fare. and I firmly believe they will be. from the recipes of the twen- tieth century. Entire wheat flour bread, vegetables, fruit, fish, with 8 little meat, and milk as the chief drink, will distill in the alembric of the digestive
 organs into pure, rich,
 feverless blood electric but steady nerves, and brains that can think Gods thoughts after Him. as they have never yet thought.
 This is my recipe: Plain living and high thinking,' and this my
 warning: with high living you will get exceedingly plain think ing.' Yours for stomachic ic rights"
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06

We commend the following to all whom it may concern: Horace Greeley said. "If you want to keep a town from thriving, don't erect any more buildings than you can conveniently occupy yourself. If you should have an empty building. and anyone should want to rent it, ask three times the value of it. Demand shylOck prices for every foot of land that God has given you stewardship over. Turn cold shoulder to every mechanic and business man
 who seeks to make home with
 you. Look at every new conner with a scoWl. Run down your workmep. Fail to advertise in or support your home paper. Get your job printing done abroad.
 Wrap yourselves with a coat Of tmpervious selfishness. There is no better way to kill your town"
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06

TEST YOUR BAKING POWDER TO-DAY!
 Brands advertised absolutely pure CONTAIN a nHnroT-A

raee can top down on hot stove until heated then remove the cover and smell. chemist will not bs rD. qulred to detect the presence of ammonia
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
Recent Explorations in Alaska

The official investigations made by Lieut.. Stoney on the Putnam river, discovered and named by him, show that the banks of this river are heavily timbered with birch and pine. Two hundred miles up the Putnam a beau tlful valley was found, which contained timber and many wild flowers, similar to those grown in the United States, and at a distance of 400 miles the river took the shape of rapids, and small boats had to be used. At that distance wild strawberries and salmon berries were found. Indians in- inhabit the country thereabout, who are clean, intelligent, peace able and honest. They use birch boats, and baskets to bail water, and are more advanced in civil izatIon than those who live near the sea. At 300 miles up the Putnam good coal beds were found, and traces of gold. At distance of 800 miles Lieut.. Stoney found the source of his discovery in the form of a lake, as clear as crystal, far on top of a mountain. The natives in this portion of the country had never seen a white man before and were much frightened, the women taking to the bushes at the sight of the ex- plorers, and it was only through the medium of presents being thrown to them that they were induced to come near the boats.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
YUMA, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1885.
Wit and Humor.

A call to arms-John, take the baby!
 A sound concIusien-an expir, ing echo.
 A fall which is epjoyed-falling heir to fortune.
 Is it correct to speak of sick lawyer as an i'll legal man?
 A bridge should never be con, demned until it has been tried by it's piers.
 The hen IS not much of a poet but she is getting up some very fine Spring lays.
 The reason why men succeed who mind their own business is that there is so little competition,
 "What is laughter?" asks a chemist. It is the sound you hear when your hat blows of.
 "Yes," said the dude, as he gathered himselfup, "the hardest thing about roller skating is the floor"
 "There are poems unwritten and songs unsung" "Yes," says an editor, Git is this that recon ciles us to life."
 "Rents are high this year," sadly murmured the tramp as he borrowed a pin with which to hold his coat-taiI together.
 The clumsy passenger, who in entering street car. tramps upon the rows of toes in the aisle, is bet ter than a red-hot stove to warm up the atmosphere.
 An ordinary woman's waist is thirty inches around. An ordin- ary mans arm is about thirty inches long. How admirable are thy works, O Nature!
 The man who always makes a practice of jumping off trains in motion would save trouble if he would have the name of his un- dertaker pasted in his hat.
 "The way to sleep is to think of nothing," says a scientist. All an editor has to do is to ruminate over his bank account.
 In speaking of the performance of a celebrated singer, a musical critic said, i've hang upon every note, ,"-a remarkable proof of the sing sr's power of execution"
 Nothing makes a fat man learn ing roller skating so mad as to have the band come in with a terrific clash on the cymbals every time he sits down real hard.
 Several young girls have been appointed station agents in Min nessota, and the engineers on that road are now keeping a sharp lookout for misplaced switches. Nothing betrays a greater de- gree of ignorance of the world, the human heart, and of good manners. than the assumption of a self-suficient, dictatorial tone in conversation. "You did not dare to speak to me in that manner before mar ried you, sirw "Nor you didn't dare come cavorting around me in curl-papers and rag>carpet slip> pers before I married you, mump' he retorted. Then she cried and | he profanified.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06

  
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The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
Only.

Only a baby, kissed and caressed, Gently held to mothers breast. Only a child, toddlius alone,
 Frightening now its happy home. Only 8 baby trudging to school, Governed now by sterner rule. Only g youth, living in dreams, Full of promise life now seems. Only man, struggling with life, Shared ln now by loving wife. Only a gray-beard, toddling again, Grown. old and full of pain. Only grave, o'ergrown with grass, Dreams unrealized. rest at last.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
Three Haryests.

All on the wide and lonely plains,
 In the dead summers long gone by, Caressed by sun and fed by rains,
 A harvest laughed to the laughing sky Purple of sunset, sheen of gold,
 White as the foam of a foun tain'S spray Crimson and azure, fold on fold,
 Idle and beautiful it lay. Balm of quiet and bloom of air,
 Peace which no footstep breaks or stirs The gentle moths it's reapers were
 And honey bees the harvesters. And the plain laughed low with silent
 glee, . For hidden under the pink and snow And azure broideries fair to see
 Lay secrets which no man might know. Over the wide and lonely plains,
 Suddenly with exultant shout, From East, from West, in lengthening
 trains,
 Men rushed to pluck the secret out. They dug, they delYed, they tore the soil, They clutched each grain as golden
 good; And, mad with greed and hot with toll, Watered the shining sands with blood. No balm of quiet or bloom of sky,
 The flowers lay withered iE the sun, Uprooted, tram pied, left to die,
 And pitied not by any one; While hate and murder, side by side, And famine pale and wild despair, Garnered harvest far and wide, f Till desolation rested there. Over the wide and lonely plains, Gathering again from East, from West, Men came, with labor and with pains, To heal the scar on Natures breast. Then rose the sounds of cherry toll; scythes clinketed. axes gayly rung, And plough and harrow turned the soil Where once the miners cradle swung. Out of the rent and trampled earth, Where the dead blossoms laughed in
 glee,
 Another harvest takes its birth The fairest harvest of the three. As beauteous as the vanished Bowers, And yellow as the l-yellow gold, sun and dew and summer hours Like great sea it's waves are rolled. The wind sweeps gentlely down its tide, Bright pillows dip and sway and cease; And, as the long curved swells subside, A gentle murmur whispers: Peace.
The Arizona sentinel., 1885-06-06
The Mirror

is no fiatterer. Would you make 1t tell a sweeter tale ? Magnolia Balm is the charm CT that almost cheats the looking-glass.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-23
MEXICAN LIENS.

4 new porcelain factory was opened in
Aguascalientes last week.
A Belgian colony is to be established
soon in MetZtitlan, State of llidalgO.
Several young men editing FL Demo-
crata in Puebla, have been imprisoned.
The grasshoppers hang on at Tial-
pam and ii seems impossible to disperse
them.
Some Americans have put up large
cotton cleaning apparatus a few miles
from Lerdo. Ii works day anu night.
The Secretary Of Public Works has
contracted with Joaquin Castanos for
the fishing pearls in Pacific zone for
lG years.
A commission Of merchants from villa
Lerdo have been conceded by the gov
eminent Il concession tn fertilize lands ut
Tabualtioo, Durango.
The Lampasas Guards came in last
night very tardily to attend the prize
drill, They missed the train yesterday
and this is the reason they did not take
part in the grand street pageant.
The San Cristobal cotton cleaning ma
chinery In Ilacotalpam, Nera Cruz, Is
doing good work. Ii has so far this
year cleaned 3lGG bales Of cotton.
Times in Vera Cruz do not seem to be
improving. A paper of that place rec
Ords the closing Of cigar factory, n ho-
tel and cafe all within few days
Three thousand Indians were detailed
to fight the grassboppers in AtZcapot-
| zalco. They have made a good show
ing, and had collected up to yesterday
morning 5000 saoks-iull.
Three hundred houses were delnol.
ished by the breaking of the dam at san
Francisco on the line Of the Mexican
| Central railroad, and the inhabitants art
clubbing together to sue for damages.
Adolfo Valdes has been imprisoned fol
writing some articles in l.ns NOvedadei
which are considered sGurrilOus. The
warrant for his arrest was issued bl
Gregorio Gomez IoZaya, Judge of TIA,
Correctional court.
The postofllce at Uruapam. Miohoa
can, was entered few days since by sil
men masked and armed. They wen
through the correspondence as ifsearch
ing for particular letter, but not find
ing what they wanted left it intact.
In Guadalajara fine of from one +
ten dollars, or from one to thirty day
imprisonment win be imposed upon an
one shouting out the contents Of
| newspaper, nothing but the name an
number Of the paper must be mentioned
= The .Jaliscienses are truly delicat
people.
The project Of RinoOn de Romt
Aguascallentes, has been advised by til
=. municipal authorities of Cosio. a tow
{ in his district, that singular oh,
+ nomenon has appeared there, in III
shape of rose-colored doves who aI
r alightlng in large quantities In the sui
= urbs of that Town.