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St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-11
A CLASSICAL POLICEMAN.

A Bachelor OF Arts as "a Policeman, and
How He Hsppened co Become One.
PatroImsn Smith-he is called Smith
for the reason that this is not his name
is graduate of the University of MFehi.
gan. He can write B. A. after his
name, but does not make % practice Of
doing so. In appearance he is not
strikingly different from the non-clas-
sical policeman. He walks much ths
same as though he had never been in
the academic. shades of a university.
He arrests crook in the same severe
fashion that the rest of the force use.
He was just coming out of s patrol
box when he was met by a former class
mate-a lawyer.
Smith, is it possible that you have
become a policeman2" asked the law
yer.
''It is quite possible. These accou.
trements indicate the position that ]
occupy" was the reply as they. shook
hands.
II used to think, when / saw you
wrestling with Homer and Aristo-
phanes, that you would be college
professor.
II thought myself, at one time, that
/ could be contented with such place,
but circumstances compelled it to be
otherwise. :"
SIS your classical education of much
use to you as a patrolman?"
Eyes. don't see how the rest OF
the force get along without such train.
ing. My knowledge of Greek and Latin
gives me an advantage that few of my
associates enjoy. II man inquiries in
Greek or Latin the way to the City Hall,
/ am able to direct him. Suppose
two crooks are stopping on the corner
discussing in a dead language some
crime they are going to commit, how
could / comprehend their schemes i
/ had not studied those tongues?"
''Are these Greek conversations OF
frequent occurrence?T
mo, can't say they are. have
been on the force great many years
and have never happened to run across
a native Greek yet, but, you see, if
should meet one I am prepared"
''But if you had gone into some
learned profession you would have a
larger income"
''Possibly you are right, How much
do you earn, by the way, in year?"
''Well, to tell the truth, think ]
am getting along all right. I make
both ends meet.
Exactly. think / am badly off i
i do not lay by an even hundred dol
lars in the course of year. Since
have been here ithas been my fortune tC
arrest at different times three who were
classmates of mine at college, all OF
them total wrecks. Only two that ]
know of my classmates are any better
situated financially than | am. When
/ received my diploma, although .
bachelor of arts, was not a bachelor,
and I had to get place Immediately
where / could earn some money.
tried to get a place as teacher, but
would have had to wait several months
before l could begin. tried several
things, and finally applied for posi-
ton on the force and was successful,
and am now contented. Detroit Free
Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-11
Press Opinions of the New
Exposition
Nashville Union.l

New Orleans continues to insist that
it should have one more opportunity to
attend the Exposition. Some people
meyer seem to know when they are
through. Everybody else knows that it
was failure, not from anything in the
Exposition, but from its out of the way
location. New Orleans has great adj
vantages for some things, but Nation
al Exposition is not one of them. The
total number of visitors was 1,158,840
and the entire gate receipts S533, 1851.
AS the government loan of $1 $50, 900 is
a prior lien, the dividend to private
stockholders does not look very fat
tering.
jackson, MISSY ClarioR.I
The Worlds Exposition property is to
be sold for enough to pay the debts of
the corporatioU-the deficit being about
S15O,OO0. A new management will then
reOrganize and reopen the Exposition
next winter. We had hoped the end
was reached, and that the Great Worlds
Show would not resolve itself into a
mere local exhibition. 1t might benefit
the shOp-keepers and boarding houses
of New Orleans, but would be of no
further benefit to this section of the
country. In fact, we think we voice
the general wish that the Exposition
curtain shall not rise again. The actors
have bowed themselves off the stage,
and the audience has retired. Let us
have peace.
shreveport Timesl
The proposed continuance of the Ex-
position seems to hang fire. The truth
is, there are so many conflicting inter-
ests in New Orleans that it is difficult
to secure concert of action on any public
duestinn. 1t is not so much the feasi-
6ility of any plan that may be suggested
as the political status of the man sug-
eesting it that seems to be considered.
If the Picayune speaks of John" I"
the next issue of the Times-Democrat
will contain some reference to
"J-o-h-n." And thus it goes to the end
of the chapter.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-11

Gas this is the fourth time you have
rejected my offer Of marriage, l consid-
er it due to myself to let you know that
/ was only joking said Gus de Smith
To Miss Birdie McGinnis. You say
Won we're only joking 2" asked Birdie.
SOnly Joking" 80, Gus, don't say that.
because / wasn't serious myself when |
rejected you. Coma now, don't be a
fool.n "Birdie.' "Gus." "Yum, yum,
yum," by both parties. Tableau with
soft music by the band.-Siftings.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-11

GLOW are you finding business, doc
tor 81 was asked of physician. "Capi-
tai ~ he replied. II have all can at
tend tor II didn't understand that
there was very much sickness about: !"
s'No, there isn't. But we physicians do
not depend upon sickness for an in
is made from people who have nothing
the matter with them."-New York
Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-11

If there is a demand for higher
type Of the human race the way to
meet this demand most successfully is
in making the very best provision pos
sible for the present type Of humanity,
uvM 7. World.
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A Greyhonnd's Long Leans.

Capt. Ed Murphy has a.beautiful
greyhound. Recently Capt. Murphy
paid a visit to relatives at Urbana and
took his hound along for the purpose
of having a little sport. In company
with some of his friends, he went out
hunting, and near a lane, which was
thirty-three feet wide and bordered
on both sides by a stake-and-rider
fence, got up a rabbit. The hound
gave chase and the rabbit ran under
the fence. The first jump the hound
made it cleared twenty-five feet, going
over one Of the fences and landing in
the lane. Without any preliminary
motion it made the second leap, and
covered the immense distance of
thirty-three feet, clearing the fence on
the other side of the lane. There was
a heavy fall of snow, and it was there
fore an easy matter to determine The
distance covered by the prints of the
dogs feet in the snow. The distance
was measured by Capt. Murphy and
three others who witnessed the re-
markable feat, and their report made
it as stated above.-Ctncinnati Enquir.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20
Dutch Milk for London.

The farmers of Holland are now
maturing aplan for supplying London
with milk. Four steamers are to be
built, each of 72O toas, for the purpose
of carrying daily 100000 litres of fresh
Dutch milk from Amsterdam to Har-
witch, whence it will be transported in
refrigerator cars to its destination.
The enterprise will be Incorporated as
the "Soclety Anonyme," with acap.
ital of LOO, 900 guilders. Its promot.
ers urge that if only 1000, 600 litres OF
milk shall be sold each day in Londer
at q pence per litre, there would be q
revenue of 412, 500 guilders per annum,
or "a per cent. upon the capital. 1t is
solemnly declared that the milk would
always be dispatched from Holland
without mixture of water, and that il
it should be diluted afterwards the
blame would rest solely upon the Lon
don dealers -New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20
SnectacnIar Weddings.

Men must be acquitted Of the re-
sponsibility for the noisy, spectacular
weddings which are SO common in
every American city in these days, es-
p%ecially in the metropolis, writes a
correspondent to The Louisville Cour-
~ter-Journdl.
Women are to blame for these, and it
is strange how many sensible, refined,
well-bred women-so considered-are
willing to lend themselves to a Gus
tom that good sense, refinement, and
breeding should never sanction. The
reason is that they see but one side of
the ~thing-tho side of demonstrative-
ness and display. They sc love and
honor marriage that they believe it
can not be too richly and grandly cole
brated. Each wedding to them is
ideal, and they Undue it with thelight
n color of imagination. They loose
sight of the bride and groom in the
rights that are observed, ~fancying,
perhaps, thatlf the rites are splendid
the connubial feature will be fair-that
what begins we'll, as they regard it,
must end well. AS women incline to
superstition they are probably supersti-
tious about weddings. They may
hope to conciliate the deities that pre-
side over wedlock by the pomp Of its
commemoration. The other side, the
fitness or unftness of the couple for tho
new condition, their temperamental
harmony or disharmony, the serious
ness, even the solemnlty, of the occa-
sion, its proper privacy. the natural
unwiilinggness OF a sensitive pair to
proclaim their happiness before. they
nave had any opportunity 70 test it,
none OF this occurs to them. All the
liner considerations Of the blending Of
lives, OF the grave accountability as
sumed, of the hazard undertaken, OF
the numbcrless chances against any
single couple setting out or SO perilous
a Journey are wholly ignored. If they
were not who would have the termeri-
" TO chant peans Of victory before the
battle had commencedf
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20
The Mole.

The mole is a splendid architect and
SUI builder. 1t constructs perfect
subteranean galleries. The nest is a
wonderful building, bearing immedi-
ately above it as much earth thrown
up as would fill a moderate-sized
wheelbarrow. The soil roof of the
nest is so strong that an OK may with
safety stand on it, in spite of its being
surrounded and intersected by runs,
by which the family can separately es-
cape in case of sudden danger. In one
that Isaw there was at least, within
foot from the nest, four main runs,
and these main runs again had three
immediate branch runs toward the
nest from the wheat field, making
twelve within two feet of the nest,
while there were many escape runs
toward the surface for hiding. A IA
vorite place for nests is about old
broad hedge-roots, where the moles
have plenty of room, and where their
nests are concealed by the under
growth, which again protects their
surface runs from being trampled by
the hoofs of horses or cattle, And the
moles nesting on either side of the
hedge stick religiously to their own
side of the field. Between the nest
and the water there is a main run,
and to an experienced eye its only dis
tinguishing feature is that it is some
what more direct than the other runs.
But the mole catcher observes it in an
instant, and he catches more moles
there at the time when the moles are
returning home from their food or
water. 1t is wonderful how the moles
find their long ways home, and 1t is
remarkable me distance they travei
every twenty-four hours. in the ms
and outs and confusing number of in
tersecting runs. Moles multiply very
fast; they pair for the season, and
breed four or five times every year:
and they are among the few animals
which have a preponderance of males.
Their young run about shortly after
they are born, and are taught to run
in the main run first; the parents lead
ing the way. The mole is said to be-
very affectionate, and to brave death
for its offspring or its mate, and % be
found sometimes starved to death he
side a trapped mate. 1t prefers dry
loan OF sandy soil and does not much
frequent stiff clay soil which is both
wet and cold and difficult to burrow
in. For every one that is to be found
in clay soil ten will. be found in dry
loan. And it is q noteworthy fact, if
true, as it is said to be, that there are
no moles in Ireland.-Good Words.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20
of life in India, Or is life loss monot-

Of life in Indiae Or is life less monot-
onous 70 the native than to the Euro
peanP Lal Behari's tales, anyhow, are
wilder than the widest bits of the
ARABIAN Nights" A young man put
cupboard, and out of it comes a babe
that grows into the loveliest girl the
world ever saw. The mannik stone in
some snakes head is worth the wealth
of seven kings. In a certain city an
elephant is king-maker; but the king
of his choice only reigns a day, for out
of the queens mouth comes q thread
like snake which Stays him in the
bridal chamber. A long-lost son, who
had fallen in love with his mother, and
has mounted the cow-house roof that
he may break in and carry her of, hap
PLY hears his life's story from two
calves that are quietly discussing him
below. Ghosts haunt peepul trees. and
are as tricky as mediums at a
A wife, going out of doors on a dark
night, accidentally knocks up against
a Sankchinni, white lady ghost, that
sat on a low branch. The revengeful
creature at once took her by the throat,
thrust her into a hole in the tree, and
went on taking her shape so COM
pletely that the mother-in-law, that
universal inmate of the Hindu hut,
was deceived. The only difference was
that, whereas the wife had been weak
and languid, the ghost vas brisk and
active. ''She HAD turned over a new
Leaf; SO much the BETTER said the
mother-in-law, when the errands and
the cooking were done in next to no
time. But one day the old woman
caught sight of the ghost fetching
something from the neXt room, ghost
fashion, by stretching out a long arm
for ghosts can stretch their limbs a
great way, though not so far as Rak-
shasis can She said nothing, but told
her son, and they watched, and before
long they saw the kitchen ablaze,
though they knew there was no fire in
the house. Looking through a chink
they saw that the wife had thrust he1
foot into the oven, and that it was
burning like a bit of wood. ..She's a
ghost" they whispered, as they went
for the ojha, who tested her by burn.
ing turmeric under her nose. She
proved her ghostship by screaming,
and was then beaten with slippers till
she confessed and showed where the
real wife was, ard was again beater
until she promised never to do the
family any further harm. The poor
wife must have been a bad bargain af,
ter the active ghost, for she was al.
most dead, and very slowly got back
to her usual weak health.-AH The
Year Round.
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Worms in the Snow.

The snowfallin this vicinity and at
other points in Sullivan county, says
a Liberty, N. T., dispatch of the 10Th
TO The NeW York Times, was quite
heavy last night and this morning. A
peculiar phenomenon was witnessed
this afternoon, oddly-shaped and yell
lowish colored worms having been
seen crawling on top of the snow. A
correspondent at S~tevensville tele-
graphs that an extraordinary number
of these strange worms were seen this
afternoon and evening. They are de-
scribed as having the capacity to
crawl as lively on the snow-crust as
ordinary worms on warm land in sum-
mer. Superstitious people say the
visitation is u bad omen, and evil fore
bodings of the coming Of cholera may
be heard here and there in Sullivan
county. 1t is said that worms we're also
seer on one or two of the upland dis
tricts of Delaware county to-day. The
wood-choppers there say that a num-
Der of years ago they beheld a some
what similar sight. There are Sulli-
van county people who hold tina the
worms came down with the snow just
uS thC oulPHul Cl III OJStcl
county is reputed to have fallen sew
eral years ago. In a number of locali-
ties clergymen and scientists have
bottled the largest and finest specimens
of the worms ootainable, and a thor,
ough investigation of the phenomenon
if the worm shower can be classed
as such, will be made.
Old wood-choppers who have hew.
ed and cut timber in the dense forest
for many years. say that away back as
far as the year 1920, during the prev,
alance of a very fierce frost, which was
followed by a heavy snowfall and {
like atmospheric condition which ha!
prevailed during the last two days
worms resembling those seen to-day
at S~tevensville and vicinity appeared
Hunters say the deer have licked tn,
worms up with avidity. as they have
been short Of fodder of late.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20
The Fighting Ships Of the Future.

The London Post protests strongly
against building any more iron-clads.
1t enumerates the disadvantages en-
tailed on the British navy by the appli-
cations of armor plates to the sides or
batteries of line-of-battle Cor tighting)
ships as follows: l. The expense Of
iron or steel armor adequate to resist
the ever increasing power of artillery
is simply monstrous. 2. All fire from
shipboard is known to be more or less
inaccurate, and the chances of a ship
being struck in a vital part are very
small indeed. 8. But if the armor-
plating of a ships battery or turret be
struck. and if it be not wholly imper-
vious to the she'll striking it, the effect
of the blow is enhanced, and the
shield actually becomes an instrument
for rendering the blow more deadly
to the gunners behind it. 4. A ship
has a certain tonnage displacement,
according to which her weights have
to be arranged. Hence, every ounce
of armor weight decreases the gun
weight or coal weight that she can
carry. 5. Iron-clad tightening ships
are necessarily of such . prodigious
size that to possess a numerous navy
tbe nrinc;nles thai mnst he fol1owed.
if wa are tn mainta;n q 5ominant nos;.
tion on tbe saasMthat ;s as y wor ~
Observation-Disclosures
6e II 10 almnst na,to;n that tha Iii
| Of the educated naval on;nion If tho
present day fayofs the view that the
skillful use of the ram will be the
guiding objectin future naval ngage
about as handy an Instrument for moo
in ramming maneuyers as-well. let
us say an Old cow at a pump. 4. Next
to the ran the torpedo. or torpedo
vessel. is probably the most eficient
norn1 Sahtnn D.. NI"N
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20

power. upon application OF any person g. per.
sons, firms, railroads, or other corporations on
associations, alleging undue and unjust dis
examination against . person In violation Of the
provisions OF this act, to issue wr1ts OF manda,
mus against such person commanding such
person to move and transport freight or to
furnish facilities for transportation for the
party applying for a writ, upon such terms and
IN such manner as shall seem Just and proper
to the court In order to prevent any undue OF
unjust discrimination against the ~relator. The
proceedings shall be as In other cases of man
damus, and in cases of urgent necessity or In
volving the transportation of perishable goods
returnable forthwith; provided that no writ or
~peremptory mandamus shall issue under this
act until the relator shall have given security in
such sum as shall be named by the court to
pay the defendant proper and legal charges for
writ aforesaid; and provided, further, that the
remedy herein given by the writ OF mandamus
shall be cumulative and shall not exclude or
interfere with other remedies herein provided.
No cause brought under this act in any state
court competent Of jurisdiction shall be re-
moved to any United States court.
SEC. s. That any director or officer of any
corporation or company acting or engaged as
aforesaid, or any receiver or trustee, lessee, or
person acting or engaged as aforesaid, or
company,. receiver, trustee, or person afore-
said, or of one of them alone, or with any other
corporation, company, person or party who
shall willfully do, or cause, or willingly suffer
or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing
in this actprohibited or forbidden, or who shall
aid or abet therein, or shall willfullyomit or fall
to do any act, matter, or thing In this act re-
quired to be done, or cause or willingly suf-
fer or permit any act, matter, or thing so d.
rected or required by this act to be done not to
be so done, or shall aid or abct any such omis-
sion or failure, or shall be guilty Of any infrac-
ton of this act, or aid or abet therein, shall be
guilty of a misdcmeanor, and upon conviction
thereof be fined not more than 50 600.
SEC. 8 That nothing in this act shall apply
to the carriage, receiving, storage, handling, or
forwarding of property wholly within one
state, and not shipped from or destined to
some foreign country or other state or terri.
tory; nor shall 1t applyto property carried for
the United States at lower rates of freight and
charges than for the general public, or to the
transportation of articles for or at reduced
rates of freight for charitable purposes, or to
or from public fairs and expositions for exhibi.
ton.
Sec. 10. That the words, sper.on or per.
sons' as used In this act, except where other.
wise provided, shall be construed and held to
mean person or persons, officer or officers Of a
corporation or corporations, company or com
panics, receiver or receivers, trustee or trus-
tees, lessee or ~lessees. agent or agents, or
other person or persons acting or engaged in
any matters and things mentioned In this act.
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which he counted the seconds Of .

which he counted the seconds OF Q
life.
There came q binding fash,a crash,
a jar, a piercing shrek Of agony, and
the arrow ledge of rock, with its
kneeling burden, disappeared from
sight.
The choice was made, but not by
man! The thunderbolt had been the
executioner.
Two hours later, the stranger was
slowly returning to his home. His
weary search ~ over, and his sistel
avenged.
Pyramid Peak arose fair and glitter.
ing in the sunlight; each tiny leaf
glistened, and earth smiled with an
added beauty after the terrible tenn
pest.
The sun shone upon the miners, who
reverently buried the bodies of both
murderer and victim, and the sky
was as screnely beautiful rs though
no such thing as crime had ever marred
the loneliness of earth life.-Fred
Small, Jy.
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Hindu Legends.

OF the Hindu legends the most
striking feature is their wildness. Is
II u protest against the dull m~onotony