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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
HE HAD THE BULGE.
The Contract the Disobedient Boy Made
With His Father.

The Contract the Disobedient Boy Made
With His Father.
mo, my son. he replied as he put
on his hat, ''you can't go to the
circus"
"But why, fatherp"
"Well, in the first place can't fool
away my money on such things.
Eyes, but / have enough of my own.
"And in the next place it is rough
crowd, the sentiment is unhealthy,
and no respectable person can counte-
nance such things"
but, faith"
That's enough, sir! You can't go!
l want you to enjoy yourself, but you
must. seek some more respectable!
amusement.
An hour later a curious thing hap
pened in the circus tent. A boy
climbed to the top flight of seats and
sat down beside a man who had just
finished a glass of lemonade and was
lighting a cigar. He had his plug hat
on the back Of his head, and seemed to
be enioying himself hugely 1t was
father and SON. The father had gone
straight to the grounds from dinnep
and the boy had run away They
looked at each other for half minute
and then the boy got in the first blow
by whispering:
"Say, dad, if you won't lick me
won't tell ma you was here!'
The father nodded his head to thu
agreement, and the great spectacula
parade in the ring began.--Detroi
Free Press.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.
Abraham Lincoln's largest fee as a
lawyer was five thousand dollars in n
rnilrnad case -Ghicnno Hernl6

Abraham Lincoln's largest fee as a
lawyer was five thousand dollars in n
railroad case. Chicago Herald.
--'1 would rather go thousand
miles to see remarkable man than
one mile to see magnificent view"
James Anthony Froude told Califor-
MIA reporter who asked how he liked
the scenery.
DIR. Doremus, of New York, is left
handed from the fact that he was born
without a right hand. He makes
twenty-five thousand dollars year
from chemical analyses, mostly OF pat
ent medicines. N Y, Tribune.
The President of Costa RIGA lives
in the finest house in the capital city,
and his residence and the Palacio Fed
eral, which is near it, are about the
only two-story structures in the place.
He receives house rent free, the use OF
two horses and carriage, salary OF
$4,000 year, and uses soldiers toT
his servants.
Miss Lillian Smith, the wonderful
rifie-shot of the Pacific Slope, is u
plump little maiden only thirteen
years old. At an early age Miss Lillian
displayed a remarkable propensity to
kill all that came within her reach,
and at seven years of age she manufac-
tured for herself bow-gun, with which
she slaughtered all the little birds
about the house. - Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. w. G. Gray, of Paulding
County, is in some degree remarka-
BILE man. He is nearly sixty years old,
weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds,
and is still fattening. He has repre-
sented Paulding County twice in the
Legislature. In all his life he has
never whstled, sang song or hallooed'
He has never used tobacco in any way
He has never cursed an oath. Last
but not least, he has never been drunk
Macon (Gd.) Telegraph.
The late John w. Garrett, of Balti
more, left his children very large for
tunes. The three best known are
Robert, who is worth fifteen mlllloI
dollars; T. Harrison, worth ten miiiiot
dollars, and Mary, who has fifty thou
sand dollars year. The Oldest OF TN
two sons named Ii not the eldest son
the late John w. Garrett, as general,
supposed. The first-born of the grea
t railroad magnate was mentally weak
and has for years been an inmate OF a.
D insane asylum, his existence being a.
5 most unknown saveyto few intlmat
friends. Philadelphia Times.
} AT recent wedding in the Save
! Chapel, London, the bridesmaids wer
I very Young children. One OF thes
t midgets, apparently two or three year
t of aye, became rather tired Of the sol
Q vice and began to ask questions OF on
9 of the bridal party as they stood IN tn
chancel. Finding, however, that nc
a prattle was unheeded, she. very con
/. posedly seated herself on the chance
$ steps, facing the wedding guests an
, emptying her basket OF flowers, +,
r arranged them to suit her infantl
n taste. She came in for greater shal
/ of admiration than the bride.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
THE AsTHETEs.


The wild young kitten aroused the cat,
As doing at ease in the path she sat.
''Oh, mother!" he cried, II have just now
seen
TITS yonder by the naSturtium-vine-
Barbaric and tropic and leonine-
Il am not quite clear what these terms may
But they've something to do with the flower
I've seenD
And the aim in life of high-souled cat
Is to gaze forever on flowers like that!"
To the wild young kitten replied the cat
As blinking her eyes in the sun she sat
al should nope had known how sun flowers
't-count-hoto-many ye' 1rs apol
But they never caused in my well.poised
Ideas of dubious, dangerour kindl
And your time heneeforth its your Mas
Will be spent in matur ing your views on
NIGEL"
The wild young pu' 10y disturbed the pug,
. 40 eh1 ntborSS peace ON the Persian rug
seen, o 1"'' NV
"A AlR9 plume d ID q suggested rainbow's sheenl
R Ri1e tgeons eye of dye divine
~ Gen. frdescent and berylline-
81" Aot quito clear what these terms may
n mean,
b at they've something to do with the thing
And the only JOY to cultured pug
Us to gaze on such in graceful jug!"
Composing herself on the Persian rug:
81 would blush with shame through my dusky
tan
If raved at piece of peacock fan!
'Twould never have raised in my sober mind
Ideas of doubtful, derious kind!
Will see That henceforth yodr attention goes
10 perfecting the Snub of your small blacl
nose!'
Helen Greg Conc, IN st. Nicholas.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

1t il no indication that q cat
knows the value of money because II
always carries its purrs with 1t.
The Emperor of Austria, it is said,
has private circus. So has many
married man who isn't an emperor
when he gets home late from the club.
Boston Times.
-"How long does this train stop for
refreshmentsp' asked traveller as no
entered railroad restaurant in Geor-
gia. 1T depen's on how hungry de
conductah am, said the waiter.-N
y. Times.
boosting of her industrious habits.
an Irish housemaid said she rose ut five
and made her fire, put on the kettle,
prepared the breakfast, and made all
the beds before any one else was up In
the house.
An Englishman, in looking down
a list of American towns, came to those
bearing the well-known names OF Paw
tucket, Shetucket and Nantucket.
"Haw! hawI' he exclaimed. 'Bless
me, If the whole family didn't take it!''
Golden Days.
She was in the kitchen
Hans fell in love nit u shweed leetle maid,
Und every night by her window he shtood'
Und dhere init pocty sharanado
He woke out der whole naborhoodt.
But vainly he tried once to rouse
Dot maid out her scheeb so pewitchen;
He vas play on der front of dot house,
Und she shleep on der leetle pack kitchen
Carl Pretzet
"A Pennsylvania schoolgirl aston.
ished her teacher with the following
composition: George Washington
the first President of the United, States
born in Virginia in the year. When
George was little boy he would never
. tell q lie. Because he thought it was
| not nice. It tbs not nice neither. He
) studied all kinds of things to be q
| President. - Pittsburgh Post.
THERE'S good deal of money in
the house tonight said the head
: usher. ..Nonsense!'' replied the man
n aoer: "more than three-quarters o.
n them are deadheads." That's the idei
:. was seeking to convey, said the heat
!. usher; IL supposed there must be
good deal of money in the house,
I know that very few Of them left any a
/ the box-office. T-BoSton Transcript
!. Husband at the dinner-table)-
r at strikes me, my dear, that the ne'
!. cook is noLas good as the old one.
e FashiokoiSs1a wye-'No, her cooking
n very back Eo, the last day or two poe
n little Fis,6> US displayed signs OF di
n tress and attribute it all to her hayln
20 eaten improperly cooked food. Unle
: the dear little thing improves very mnt
i, Within a short time, | shall certain
make change, "-gAeaqo Tribune
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
BILL SNORT.
ais Adventure With Manipulated water
melon.

ais Adventure With Manipulated Water
melon.
Day before yesterday, about the sick
est looking man we ever laid eyes on
came into Terds SifttngS office, took
chair, and unburdened his mind as fol-
lows:
This country is overrun with for
signers. We are being ruined by 'em,
None Of them should be allowed to
land until they have been long enough
IN this country to learn the language. "
''What is the matter? What makes
you talk that wayP"
''Just look at me-" he replied, in a
whisper, ''see how my clothes are too
big. l have fallen off forty pounds. y
.'What has that got to do with the for
eigners learning EnglishP'
Il was travelling in the interest of
my paper. Near San Antonio saw a
large watermelon patch. climbed
over the fence, and was just about to
cut open big watermelon, when a
woman came out of the house. She
was Bohemian, think. She talked
ut me, but l didn't understand what
she said. told her my paper had all
ways advocated foreign immigration,
but if she refused to encourage the
press with that watermelon, that
would pay for it next time l came that
way. or l would send her a copy of
my paper for year, or bring out her
husband for an office. "
''She ought to have let you take the
melon"
'She iabbered and sputtered and
waved her hands about, and tried to
pull the watermelon from under my
arm, but got away with it"
"That was all right. l am glad you
got away with the melon. The press
has got some rights that should be re-
spected. am real glad you held or
to the melon"
II am not. The melon got away
with me. Ten minutes after | ate it
was swelled all up like Governor Hub
bard when he was appointed Ministe
to Japan. l was taken to San Anto
MO Four doctors pumped me out
They pumped me until their very arm
groaned in their sockets. | never fel
so bad in my life, but | am cured o
eating watermelons. You might pu
me in watermelon patch all night
and next morning there would be NOR
watermelons in it than there were be
fore 1t makes me sick to dream Q
watermelons. Those doctors turne
me inside out and scraped me. ltwa
the worst scrape ever | was in"
"But what has all that got to d
with foreigners learning English?" W
asked the stranger.
The watermelon was poisoned
kill crows That was what the Bohe
milan woman wanted to tell me, bl
she labored under the disadvantage
not knowing the language of the coul
try. If | had known that melon wa
poisoned would never have been sue
! a hog as to eat it myself. | woul
have given it to the editor of the riv
paper All this comes from foreigne
being ignorant. As soon as l am alb
! to get out my paper again
/ ''Then you are an editorP'
''Great Moses! Don't you know b
t. Snort, of the Crosby COW7aty CtariC
and Farmers VindicGt0r2'
, We sprang to our feet in astonis
ment. 1t was our old friend, Ri
!, Snort, but his own mother would NJ
/ have recognized him, so changed WI
, he from his sufferings. He is an q
, tered man. He says he will new
{ again solicit melon from one WI
+ can't talk English, and we believe it
if he had sworn to it.-1eGas Sitting
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12
A USEFUL LESSON.
Honor and Love More Valuable
Than Diamonds.

There they were, to be sure! spark
Hing like twin stars, as enveloped in seal
she tripped down the steps and turned
her head amoment in passing by. Mrs.
Mayrell dropped the Holland window
shade from behind which she had been
accommodating, and turned away with
groan. TO live in the basement
flat was bad enough To have tape
stry Brussels carpets when Mrs. Kins-
ley had moquet was worse; but to have
only coral earrings now when the ten
ant of the floor above displayed dia-
monds was the latest and most cruel
blow of fate.
A latch-key turned in the street-door.
There was step IN the passage with
out WHIPS CHEEKY voice rang out,
Dora, dear!n
And then il minute-"Why, what's
upP Are you ill?"
''No-o! gulping down the sob that
would rise; "but-b-ut she's got
oorS big, good-natured, mystiled
ain Just stood and stared.
Il saw themn'
"'You did, eh?'
,"Ye-yes!"
And now, ;" deliberately, twill you
he good enough to tell me who is
she, and what has she got Pr
Dora swallowed another invisible
pill as she rose.
Il mean Mrs. Kinsley. She has got
diamond earrings"
Come, now, Dora. Be sensible,
like a good little girl. You don't mean
to say you'd cry for pair of ear
ringsP'
Mrs. Mayrel's pretty olive face
frightened not at all at the pleasant
Taillery.
much good it will do me!' she de-
clared, sullenly, and intently regardful
of the toe of her slipper. Win edged
over to the sofa, sat. down beside her.
stole an arm around her.
"Dorap'
''Wellp"
''You don't look half so pretty wher
you're cross.
Silence.
Dora, pet" he said gravely, "you't
have diamonds if could give them tt
you, indeed you would, dear. Blu
YOU know I've got to figure pretty
closely to make ends meet now tina
hard times are upon us. You know
that?n
She nodded.
He was not quite so gay as usua
that afternoon. He didn't joke s.
audaciously with the boys. nor breal
now and then into lifting whistle
The man who had the desk next hi
observed the change.
whats the racket, Mayrell?"
VIII started.
20, nothing!n and he laughed an
shrugged his shoulders.
That's he," returned Andrews
with calm direetness, and the familiar
ity born of long friendship. ,"Out wit
itr'
VIII turned on him.
you've helped me out of goo
many tight places admit, but yo
can't do it this time"
Andrews, sandy-haired and chubb,
faced little Scotchman, cooked h
head on one side-like an inquisitiN
sparrow "May be not, but try me"
VIII laughed with an air of emba
rassment.
ut seems foolish thing to worry I
about, apologetically. "Well, as yc
must know, here's the case in a nu
she'll. Dora wants diamond earring
and | could quite as easily purcha
for her the Worlds Fair with the Gre
Eastern thrown in. Now you know.
Andrews rubbed his chin and nodde
Eyes, l know" dryly. Il kno
women, at least l know, one woma
and l guess they are all pretty mu
alike I'm engaged"
''Ho!' cried Will
Fact. Got TO get rich first d
nestle happiness indefinitely pc,
poued. just bought the ring" FUN
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12

1t is claimed that the best time to
sell steers is when they are two years
I'D, as up to that time all they eat goes
to build them up-create new tissue
and bonneville large part of that
which they eat after that age goes to
supply wasted tissues.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-12

1t is said that one thousand new
farms will be opened up in Colorado
this season, They all have to be irri-
gated,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02
LOCAL PREVITIEs.

Spring commenced yesterday according
to The alnanhcS.
The wind blew great guns" last niSnt'
SO March having come in Hex non. IL l.
houed ma, 80 Lu iiSr !, iar:h.
Mrs. Harriet Rnda, %i.in" Of John a.
Ruii. weIi-kGnr, IL this rity: died Oh SAT
urCa, Ill her residence. on kiG@ street.
During the tuonsh Of Fec; uIT} ten ue.;ss
were recorded IL aud seven marriage IL
ceuses issued from the clerks olhce oil the
Corporation Court.
A coiored man named Bcale assaulted
and beat woman named Sophronia Fer
guson, also colored, on Saturday night, bad
~ hurting her head
The travel on the railroads ceuterinS III
this city has greatly ncr-"s'd durlrg HE
past few days, and all tho trains arriving
here are now crowded wnh passengers on
their way to the inauguration
A row occurred on King street wharf on
Saturday evening last among number OF
colored men VINO were on their way to
fishing shore down the river, during which
bricks were freely thrown, and several OF
the partic pants had their heads cut.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02
The Silver Question.

The silver men in the House of Representatives,
who addressed petition to President. elect Glove
land not to discuss the coinage Of silver IN his
inaugural address, and to whom he replied by
letter, have published an open letter in response,
in which they deliberately review the question Of
silver coinage They say:
How iS is possible for such things to take place
q, are predicted in the last raph Of the letter
jMr Cleveland's) it is difficult to Gold is TO
be withdrawn to its boarding Places followed
by an unprecedented contraction in the actual vol
ume Of our currency Such contraction, 1t has
been shown, must be followed by great fall Of
prices. What then? Would not gold flow here
AS the tides flow Surely it would come us fast as
ships could bring It, What would those who
have been boarding gold do with it then? Labor
the letter says, already greatly depressed, would
sutfar still further depression by the scaling down
of the purchasing Iower Of every so called dollar
paid into the hand OF toll
Here in one sentence we have gold boarded,
'Uuprecedented contraction fall of prices and
the scaling down Of the purchasing p"wer of the
dollar That is, when these impending calaml-
ties come, prices to fall, evo ything becomes
cheaper, aud money becomes less valuable at the
same tim. That u.s. both sides of the balance 20
down together. Usually one side goes up as the
9th, r goes down; usually ms commodities become
cheaper money becomes relatively dearer, and
vice versa usually contraction OF the money
volume results in rise in the value of money
and not in fall. The contradictions involved
in this Paragraph OF the letter are hardly calcu-
lated to carry conviction to those who have ever
steadied money questions at all. or TO awaken in
them any sense Of alarm at our approaching ca
lamities from such cases.
The paper closes as follows: I'm view OF the
vast interests involved, the friends OF silver did
not think it too much to ask that the question
of stopping the consge of silver should not be
separated from its relation to the whole currency
question, ard acted upon 10y itself; the cutrcucy
question, it is belle red at the present time over
shadows all other questions, aud all that the
friends of silver have asked is that the President
elect should give it full consideration, aud hear
bot sides before com aIttng his administration
to any particular view respecting it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02

POLICE REPoRT.-Saturday night was
clear aud mild, with one prisoner and four
dodgers at the station house Last night
was clear and cold, with eight prisoners
aud twenty dodgers at the station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed of the
following cases:
John Laws. colored, arrested by officer
Pat. Hayes. charged With disorderly con-
duct. was fined So 80.
Morris Lee, colored, arrested by officer
Franks, charged with. disorderly conduct,
was dismissed.
Elijah HUTCHINSON, arrested by officer
Latin, charged with being drunk and dis
orderly on the street, was sent to Jail for
sixty days.
Isaac Freeman, Sias Harris and William
Porter, all colored, arrested by officers
Franks, Grady and Nightingale, charged
with disorderly conduct, were sent to Jail
for thirty days.
Eli Butler, oolored, arrested by officers
Pat. Hayes and Walker, charged with dis
orderly conduct, was sent to Jail for Is days
VIM. Jones arrested by officers Travers
and McCauD, charged with being drunk and
disorderly, was dismissed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02
AMCSEnE.STS.
AUCTION SALES.
By Green & Wise, 6uctioneers.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
ID Calvin Skinner and Mary Skinner, his wife,
led the first day December; 1870, Of record
in the Court of Fairfax county, Virginia. and by
the request of the party holding said deed, will
sell at public auction, on TUESDAY, the 81 st day
of March. 1855. At II III , in front Of the Market
Building. on Fairfax street, in the city of Alex
ardria, Va, the following properly. to wit: All
that certain tract peco of land and a?purtcn-
auces, commonly known as the
FRYING PAN FARM"
and bounded as follows: By the land CT John G.
Webster Oh the north, by Horscpen ran on the
south aud southwest and ON the east by the coun-
ty road leading from DrsnesvlIe to Ceutreville
containing Que hundred aud twenty-five acres
122 acrcs) more or less also all that lot parcel
of land being detached, known rs the WOOD
LOT" and containing about thirty-eight l3S)
acres making together 100 acres of land. more or
less. Terms Of Sale Cash.
fch2f-24w,s JOHN w. GREEN. Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02

SPECIAL TRAINS ON WEDNEsDAY.-For the
accommodation of the citizens of Alexan-
dria desiring to visit Washington to witness
the Inaugural ceremonies on the fourth
of March, the transportation depart
ment of the Alexandria and Washington
Railway has arranged to run regular and
special trains on that day, as follows : Leave
this city, s. 9, $50 and 1910 a NJ, and l,
3:05, 3:2i, $40 aud 705 p. IN. Ample ac-
Communications will be provided for the re-
turn Of passengers. II
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02

FAIR.-The attendance at the I. 0. r. NJ.
far. at McBurney's Hall, Saturday night
was large. The following lis the vote for
III. various articles named
For Cane-Thomas Chaupcev, II; John
Smarr 6; &. J. w. Summers, 10
For ]. o Il NJ Pin-J. Watkins, 6; u.
w Rvat,7; F. G. Travers, 6
For Castors-Mrs. J. Grifiu, 10; Mrs.
Mary Watkins, ii.
For Bracelets-Miss Clara Travers, IA !;
Miss Jeanette Javins, g.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02

HorEL ARRIvALs-Bruddork House.
Robt Andrews, Wilmington, Del; II. S: James,
]. B Crowell, and A. S. Walsh New York; p. +:
Southwick, Harrisonburg. Va; A. M jackson and
J. NJ Goggin. Austin. Tex; John Carter, Ports
mouth, o; H. S. Biscoe. Washington, d. e.; W.
Bissel, Milton, Conn; E. Younger, San Jose Cal;
Hon. S. T. Landes and DR.. W. M. Garrard, illinois;
Thomas P. Wallace and Dr. F. Irwin. Virginia
r. S. Emery Chestertowu, Md; N. j. Ruth, Balti'
m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02

"He jests at scars who never felt q
wound and man may stand with his
hands in his pockets and laugh Mt poor,
worn rheumatic, but if be is gentleman,
he'll step into the nearest apothecary shop
and buy him a bottle Of Salvation Oil at the
small expense Of only twenty live cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-03-02

The THIRD REGIMENT AT THE lNAUGU-
p.rIoN.-Col Wertenbakcr, of the Third
Virginia Regiment, has issued circular
letter in which he says:
For the convenience Of the companies
pror,sing to attend the inauguration cere-
monies in Washington, on March 4!h,
coaches will be left at Lynchburg, Gull
r.D.r and Warrenton, and will leave as fol-
lows:
Leave Lynchburg p m March 3; leave
Culyeper 6:5l .. N; leave Warrenton
G:45 .. IN.
Round trip tickets to Washington, good
until March 10, will cost as follows:
Lyuch"urg, Sc 05; Cu!peper, 50 35; War
renton, ~.
Company l will go via the shenandoah
Valley Railroad, and Company via the
Baltimore and Potomac route. All compa.
MES will be met by 81 staff officer III Wash
iugton aud conducted 10 quarters. Free
quarters have been secured by Gen. Lee in
the Interior buildings. They are heated by
steam and lit with gas.
All officers and men are advised 10 pro-
vide themselves with extra underclotbes,
and pair of wooden gloves TO be- worn un
der the white gloves) in the event of cold
weather.
Field ami commissioned stall officers will
report for duty, mounted, at $50 O'Clock a.
10 March at reg mental quarters.
Each company will make its own ar
rangemputs for ratlons.
Capr. r. Holt has been appointed on Col.
G. G. Werteubaker's staff during the cere-
nouies Of the inauguration.
The A. L |. will not 90 to Washington
tomorrow with the regiment, bit viii leave
here on the 9 clock train on Wednesday
morning and Join their command in that
city.