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THIBODAUX, SATURDAY, JUNE 90 1885,
A Monkeys Fear Of Firearms.

He was greatly frightened at a gun
hat shot off one day at some spar
:ows. He hid at once in the straw of
lis cage, and never left it till the gun
vas hung up again. After that had
only to touch the stock to make him
aide again, when nothing could be seen
the straw except pair of sharp
yes watching all my motions. Just
ouch of my finger or of cane upon
The cock of the gun was enough to de-
>rive him of all quiet. I used to carry
IN my watch chain little pistol. on
which percussion cap would make a
solerably loud report. The monkey
aad not yet found this out, and, sitting
III my knees, would amuse itself with
licking the silver barrel. One day, in
his presence, l put percussion cap on
;he nipple of the pistol. The monkey
observed my movements with great at
'ention, but without seeming disturbed
~ them. But when the cock, being
.aised, made two clicks, Molly dropped
mis- eyebrows, while he continued sit
ing quietly. When the explosion took
place his fright was unbounded. Cry
ng loudly. and full of anguish, he fled
rom my knees, ran across several
rooms, leaped out of the window, clung
70 water-pipe, slid down to the street
and hid himself in ditch in a neighbor-
ng garden. His nervousness lasted q
ong while, and I had to take off my
watch chain to appease him. From
hat day he was in such fear of the lit
lie pistol that to take hold of the chain
was enough to make him disappear in
the straw. But he very soon learned
by experience that the source of the
1etonation was not in the chain, but in
she pistol, and could easily distinguish
it from the other appendages Of the
chain, of which he was not afraid at all.
Sitting on the straw in his cage, he
would attentively watch my movements
while | was handling these appendages.
The closer my fingers approached the
formidable object, the greater became
his anxiety, and with his eyes riveted
upon the instrument, and with tense
ears, he would dance continuously in
the cage, all ready to go under the
straw. He would assure himself before
hand, for greater security, that tho
cage door was we'll shut; and one dav,
when the bolt had not been pushed in,
he leaped ont from the cage, which did
not seem safe enough 1or hinls and
went and hid himself under the bed in
the next room. As l gradually removed
my hand from the pistol, would re-
ceive chuckles of appreciation; and,
with his lips pushed forward and the
muscles OF his ear moving by jerks. he
would manifest very great Joy
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Alexandria, Virginia.

Alexandria, which was within the
original ten miles square which consti.
tuted the District of Columbia, made
vigorous attempt in 1886 to be restored
to the jurisdiction of the State of Vir-
ginia. Being quite out Of the atmos-
phere of Washington, she derived nc
advantage from her connection with the
Government of the United States,
while her citizens were deprived of the
privilege Of voting for their rulers, and
cut off from those comforting, mater
nal attentions which are derivable from
. State Legislature, Congress being 50
large and so dignified as to overlook so
small place as Alexandria, that could
give no votes, while immense attention
must be paid to the bnncombes OF the
West and the South. that had votes to
bestoy upon Presidential and Congress
sional candidates Alexandria had PEI
titioned the Legislature OF Virginia to
take her back, and the Legislature, like
q kind parent, made. arrangements = SO
soon as Congress should pronounce the
sentence of disorye.' TO. tecasv X K
her daughter, stripped of much that
she possessed when She lett her mattel
nal hope.--Ben: Perle1 rP0o''e.
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~Naggingn as nm Art.

The female nagger is the exact coun-
terpart of tho male bully. The house,
hold bully Of the ordinary variety may
be described as one who is maniacally
intolerant of household defects in
small things, who has ludicrously in
dated notion of what is due to him as
the bread-winner and central pillar of
the establishment, and who has never
seriously attempted the discipline of
controlling his more disagreeable hu-
mors. Mean and contemplate as, from
the point of view of the social moralist,
this creature is, he is not probably the
cause of as much positive discomfort,
and even misery. as his equivalent, or
superior, in petticoats. Men worry and
tidget, occasionally rap out violent
words with ill-conditioned vehemence,
and, in the Judgment of feminine crit
les, generally demean themselves as
brutes. But if nagging as fine art is
to be studied, women alone can illus
trate it in its perfection. The first
i. thing to be said about this delightful
little feminine idiosyncrasy is that it is
not so much momentary failing of
temper as an Unborn trait of DISPOSE
ton. The lady who nags in the most
accomplished and the most aggressive
fashion never gives way to violence,
and is famous for the ease and even
ness of her spirit. She is tranquility
and dignity personifed. If her man
ner is ever criticized. she remarks with
perfect truth thatshe has done nothing,
said nothing, and that she only wishes
to be left alone. But articulate speech
is quite unnecessary for the most try
ing attacks which the nagger can make.
A certain little laugh, the slightest of
noises which accompanies the process
of clearing the throat, look, or per-
sistent silence may be quite enough. To
nag effectually, there must be dis
tinct kind of raw" established, and,
when this has been done, it will de-
pend almost exclusively upon the art
istic aptitude of the nagger whether
enough cayenne pepper is rubbed into
the sensitive part. Nagging, in other
words, must be relative The lady who
nags must know when, and whether she
can render the existence of her victim
a temporary burden by speech or ST.
lence.-Ha9per's Bazar. .2
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An Ancient American CITY.

Tucson, Arizona, is an ancient city.
Antedating jamestown and Plymouth,
and first visited in 154O by Coronado,
it saw its first European settlers in
1860, and its first missionaries in 1881.
But long before the year 154O there
was On Indian village established on the
site Of the present city, SO that the Tue
sonians can, if they please, claim an
age for their town as great as Santa
Feans claim for theirs. For all prac-
teal purposes, however, l54O is date
sufficiently far away, and if Tucson
only. continues to improve with age, or
becomes ss good as she is old, much
may be, expected Of the place. Built by
the Spaniards, who brought so much
.religi61ito the people whom they con-
quered, San Xavier (San Havier) is to-
day onef fUf1the largest, as it is one of the
best preserved, Of all the churches
built during the years of the Spanish
occupancy Of the Southwest. Riding
from Tucson for nine miles up the val
ley of the Santa Cruz River, one has
g1impses from time to time through the
groves of olive. oak, and meskete trees
Of the white walls and graceful towers
~ the church as they stand clearly out
s1ined against the sky beyond. IT was
down this valley OF the Santa Cruz,
which il to-day attracting SO much at
tsntion - an agricultural section, that
vCorenado marched on his way from old
.MAx3u6i9l5 1910, and before the advent
Of ttn1d dlmepid explorer Aan sssr since
-thes S4nev has been snhabhSd by the
Passage Indians, N4fose. dddbe 4ehses
with thatched roofs .afs scattered along
the rpad leading to the mission
TOMBSTONE Epitaph.
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m e: !: !;
- e 0MXaY than ANYTHING

else in this world. All of either sex, succeed
from first hour. The broad road to fortune
OPENS before the workers, absolutely sure.
At once address, TRUE & Co., Augusta, Me
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The American Flag in Canada,

The influence of the United States
over Canada extends even TO ednca-
uonl matters. A publie-@hool 6-ysar-
old. scholar returned home the other
ete..ipg. writes a correspondent, and
proudly said: Papa, see what teacher
taught me to draw to-day" The par.
ent looked at the slate held In the tiny
hands and saw fair representation o'
The stars and stripes. Thinking the
child was mistaken, copy of the Royal
Canadians first reader was dbtained,
and tile specimen of blackboarl draw.
ings which are on the inside of the GOV.
er shown to the child, with the, remark.
pointing to the British ensign which is
there: "You must. be sni6tekee. thai
was the tag teacher gave you 70 draw. ;
sOh, no, papa! that hasn't tie stripes
on, came she pessistent answer. Nc
Objection em .bA taken to teaching the
children to draw Che stara and stripes,
but surely our own ensigh shoula u
the hrst 70 10 made iamilias.1e the, sx
panding mind.-Otta,ca Cossedo) Fra
Press.
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] @.lOQ Of1Ofn' prsse.ss sfren Fa,asy,


am prepared to collect all kind Of bills
intrustsa to my care. Prompt attention
given - all matters intrasted to mo. Best
of relbIoncee furnished. Addruss: j,
~, FRED DAVIS.
Constable 9th Ward. Lockport p. o
Asg. - SLY.
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Manners q Century Ago.

Manners q Century Ago.
The Purltans were right when thew
insisted that gentleman should dress
III plain clothes of neutral tint. But
it required years for this idea to make
its way among tallors and their custom
ers. Even boys, one hundred years ago.
were dressed as "gnys." The pupils of
the Edinburgh High School were rig
ged out IN scarlet vest, a bright green
jacket, and brown corduroy 6reeches.
tied at the knees by q showy knot of
brown cotton tape. Long worsted stock
lngs We're worn in winter and blue cot.
ton ones in summer.
The shoes, fastened by brass or copper
buckles. were large and clumsy. Thev
We're not rights and lefts," but made
to be worn OH either foot, and the boy
was required to wear them on alternate
feet daily. The vest had two rows of
buttons and buttoE-holes, so that it
could be buttoned ON either side, which,
when one side got dirty, was conven-
lent. The shirt was fastened at the
neck by black ribbon, and round
black hat completed the fantastic cos
tune.
The dress of the gentlemen and la
dies Of that period was even more fantas-
TIC than the boys clothes. At parties
the men wore coats and vests of gor-
geous colors. frills and ruffies, silver
shoe buckles and side curls.
Stately matrons appeared in large
hoops and many-colored satins. Young
ladies walked in high-heeled shoes or
stood still While their powdered, poma-
tuned hair, surmounted by lofty head
dress, was admired.
The manners of the day were formal,
for the age was ruled by those social
martinets who viewed more leniently q
breach of the ten commandments then
they did violation of etiquette. Yet
it was q coarse age, one which tolerated
swearing and drunkenness among men,
and coarse manners and language
among the boys tr - -
Lord Coo kburn, an eminent Scotch
Judge, says that SO 'barbarous were the
boys Of the = din burgh High School that
no lady dared to be seen within its
walls. Tile masters were as vulgar and
harsh as the boys were brutal. Instead
of alluling their pupils, they drove
them by constant whipping
Gentlemen, at dinner party, would
keep sober until the ladies had ad-
joufned to the parlor; then they would
get drunk. It was the fashion for a
gentleman TO swear. He supported
every assertion by an oath. II he
found fault. he swore roundly at the
offender, who would not have felt the
censure unless an execration accom-
panied it.
A Scotch nobleman apologized to
lady whom he cursed at whist for play
ing the wrong card, by declaring that
he had mistaken her for his wife. Mas,
ters swore at servants, officers at sol.
diers, and scarcely any one thought the
practice odious, much less sinful.
The world has moved since those
days. Our manners are less formal and
more refined. No one now thinks il
gentlemanly to swear. If guest should
now get drunk at dinner-party, he
would be sent to Coventry.
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New Use for Biography.

Photography i. now sdrnsd to new
uses in Paris courts in cases Of alleged
adulteratson Of lspper.s sArha, and
other articles of commerce: Hitherto
the evidence of experts who have ex'
amined such commodities with the
microscope has been accepted as con.
elusive, but the new system introduced
bv'tlfe chemists of the municipal iabo-
ratory las changed the method of pro-
cedure. They now conduct their an.
slysis of minute samples Of commodi-
tiss under a strong light. which permits
the use of Photographic microscope.
The photograph thus tsksn s snfa.
ciently large 10 BE- easily Inspected BY
the court. and thus the Sudges may be
able to verify the Investigations, and
also give the prisoner the benefit OF any
mistake which may be discovered II
.ths expert testimony.
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A Change In Ship Building.

It has not yet been generally noticed
that in the stagnstion that has settled
upon the industry of ship building there
is change-probably temporary one
in progress. The latest list of the
monthly additions to the registry of
British vessels shows that change. It
is evinced in the fact that the vessels
now being added to the registry are Of
very small tonnage compared to those
which were added year ago. In
the month reported on last bv the
registrar, 62 iron and steel steamers
were added to the registry of the
United Kingdom, but the net registered
tonnage of these was only %, ,693 tons
not 500 tons each on the average, which
is far below that usual at the time We
have referred to. OF wood steamers,
four were added within the month, the
net tonnage being So only, while of
iron sailing vessels, the 5 that were
added were of 5,52l tons net, and the
wooden sailing vessels added were of
1853 tons net. It is clear from these
figures that while the iron and steel
and wood steamers included many OF
very small tonnage river tugs and
similar vessels-the tonnage of the
sailing vessels was larger Hence the
deduction is fair, that the vessels which
are now being built are small steamers
for special purposes, and large iron
sailing vessels. It is fact that gives
ground for belief that there will be
soon a revival in the demand for steam
ships, because the loss is going on, and
practically the building Of large steam
ships has for the present ceased. The
vessels which are idle must by and by
be called into requisition, and then we
shall find that there will be orders for
new ones to meet the loss that seems to
be increasing with the increase of the
feet Of steamers, and with the transfer Of
. considerable part of the tonnage from
sailing vessels to steamers.-Estg ineer.
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Size of the Brain In Animals.

Among animals we lind still greater
increase in the weight of the brain as
compared with that of the body. Leurei
found it to range in the monkeys from
as l to %, "a and %; in the dolphin it
was as to SO; in the cat as to "a;
in the raj as L to 1870; in the fox as
to 2O5; in the dog as to 305: IN the
sheep as to 351; in the horse as to
TOO: and in the OK as to 100. The
mean for the class OF mammals, exclu
sive of man, was as to 1856. My own
observations accord very closely with
those Of Leuret. I found that i'll the
prairie wolf the proportion between the
brain and the body was as to 80; in
the wildcat as l. to 15s; and in the rat
Us to 132.
If these figures teach anything at all,
it is that there is no definite relation ex-
listing between the intelligence Of ami
mails and the absolute or relative size
of the brain. It is true that, taking the
data collected by Leuret as the basis,
there is a well-delined relation between
the mental development and the brain,
as regards tine several classes of yerte-
brate animals; for in fishes, the lowest,
the brain is but 1-566Sth part of the
body; in reptiles. the next highest. it
is 1-132lst part: in birds, next in the
ascending scale, it is 1-2l2th part; and
in mammals, the highest of all, 1-ls6th
part. There is, therefore, beginning
with the lowest class, a regular ascent
in the volume Of the brain till it reaches
the maximum III mammals. Ham.
nooad, IN Popular Science Monthly.
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Pouk 6rocKs 1t does m't pay to
keep poor stock. Of any kind. II any
animal is good Of its kind, It is always
aalable and can be turned into money
Whenever II Is desirable to do so:
whereas, an inferior one is always
drug on the farmer's hands.
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The Meaning Of Narsli Gras.

=. .aAFordi Gras Gin Ntanco Fat Tues
day. is the day preceding Ash Wednes
Ia, The custom Of holding carnival
and merry making o., this uav is cen
turtles Old in the old country. Fhst
carnival. then Lieut.. As early as 1927
the carnival was introduced INTO New
/, Orleans, and the pageant has been rau
institution. since 1851, The day n s
legal holiday, = ss.'hss -=ays>lgE
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Showing Off and Using.

The head Of a well-known- young Ia
dies school lately gave the following
incident from his experienced:
Two young girls, sisters, came to me
at the same time. Neither had 'excep-
tional talent nor marked taste for any
line of study, but both were industrious
and faithful students.
When the day of graduation came
the elder girl, Hetty, could play three
or four pieces with brilliant effect, that
was all; the other, Jane, played for her
companions to dance, or supplied their
accompaniments with precision and
! TASTE She had, too, I found, taken
pains to learn the old songs which her
father liked, and sang them sweetly,
though in feeble voice.
Hetty had painted two striking land
scapes touched up by the master) !:
but after she left the school she never
| lifted brush. Jane had no landscapes
! to show. but she had mastered the tech
nical rules of drawing we'll enough to
teach them to her brothers; she could
also sketch any little scene or house
which she saw while travelling, and
wished to remember. Hetty wrote q
historical essay. by ''cramming" for
weeks before the examination. Jane
never attempted to write, but she had
an accurate knowledge of history, asfal
as it went She did, not attempt more
than she could master. The same par
allel ran through their studies.
The secret of their education lay in q
word One sister studied to make &
display of what she knew, the other tc
use it. An the girls I have taught
could be divided into these two classes
The difference between boys and
girls as students is for the most par
referable to these two motives. Tha
girl looks forward tos showing off" hel
accomplishments; the boy expects tx
use his. Hence he is usually NOR,
Ethorongh.- Youths Conndnion.
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JAMES SMITH, of kosciusko, Miss.
has been married forty-seven years.
sad death has. never yet visited HIS
household BE aad his wife had twelve
',ildren, All Of whom are marlisd.
hey have eight grmdchildfse. Tie
ntire family live within . radies q
swenty-eight miles, in thirteen rJsi-
sences.
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President Cleveland has exhibited
strong inclination 10 pick upon I'M
thought of men 10 till the Offices at bis
disposal. Because unthouRht Of, 10
does not follow that they nre either un'
known or incapable men. they are
usually both well Known and thorough
iy competent TO oil lhe Offices in ques-
tion; they have simply not been
thought of in connection With the
oftioea for which they are chosen. This
trait Of the Presidents vas not 50
strongly eIemplihed in his selsciion Of
. Cabinet, but since that time IL has
been marked. The Assistant seereta-
ries, the Commissions Of Pensions, the
Conmissisner Of Patents, are all men
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For the beneht Of the Tacoma Lsdgsr
!. may be veil 10 state something that
every ono else already knowa That il.
that the Puxr- IsTnLLaoKxcnn n not the
organ of any psrson or set Of per.
soss whatever that IL represents no
club. society or organization. political.
religions os social | and that ils utter
ansss express the ideas Of no one hut
ia publishers. On qsestions of public
policy Il takes tho position which. In
The opinion Of lee publishers. IL for the
greatest good 10 .he greatest nambes Of
its tonstisaentA The Ledger will save
itself unnecessary troahle by bearing
these facts In mind. Attacks on ac-
count OF senainenis expressed in the
Fotr' lNrxE1zaKxaEll shoald be directed
asains. the paper issslt and not Aeaiiass
any organization o. party in or oat Of
Seattle,
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the following described real es-
tate at the prices named:
Block 81, D. 5. Maynard's plat
of Seattle, $4,000. This block
lies two and one half blocks
south of the Court House block
recently purchased by King
county. and is the second block
north Of the Academy of the Sis.
tiers of the Holy Name.
Lots I and 5, block 5, of Draw.
ley's addition to the city of Sc.
attic, $500.
Lots ] and 2, block 3, same
addition, $4,000. Said lots
and 2 are highly improved, and
have one of the most comfortable
and best built residences in Sc.
attic upon them.
Lot z, block A, Woodward's
addition, 7l.9xl28 feet, SITS.
Lot 8, block 81, Kidd's addi.
ton, 1925
Fifty-two lots in the Comstock
and the Comstock supplemental
addition, at $3.50 per lot. or the
entire fifty-two lots for $1,000
These additions lie side by side,
within two blocks of the Front
street extension grade and side,
walk, near the bay, aud within
four blocksof the street car line
as now laid, and afford the best
view of any lots in the city +; vel
worth $3.50 per lot.
The north half of the north
west quarter of section 3, IN
township rs north, range 4 east
near Lake Washington. A gsod
wagon road to the land. An ex.
cellent site for a berry, fruit,
chicken or milk ranch, $500.
One hundred and sixty acres
within one mile of the townsite
of Whatcom; good location and
good soil $4,000.
Will sell either of the two las,
in tracts to suit, at prices to b.
agreed upon.
An undivided ene-eighth in.
terest in and to the north half,
and the north half of the south.
east quarter Of section SO, town
ship "a north, range S east, for
si7,5oO.
The above is one of the most
valuable coal properties in WASH
ington Territory, aad is fully de-
veloped. The tract contains over
sia millions of toms Of good coal
and is well worthy Of investi ga
ton by any one desiring to in
vest.