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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
PITH AND POINT

DE only mistake whut n...
makes is in creatin' er mean pusson
ArkansaW Irareler.
Professor: Mention AN ovid. 4,
Student: Leather" Professor: %,
!de OF what?' Student: ..Oxide -
beef" Exit Professor Medical ans =,
Surgical Reporter. ""a
The expression THANK nv star,r,
IS rarely heard from the mouth Of .
theatrical manager. We do not nv
tend to know why; We IMPLY state the
fact.-BoSton Transcript.
is the age of chivalry past,n
asked contemporary. Oh, no. OnIv
last week a young man in town mar.
ried a red-headed girl with wart on
her chin.-Norristo,Un Herald.
-Brown-I never see Mrs. Snook,
now. l used to 10 sweet on her bne
she was quite uneducated-had mot
even learned the rudiments of Gram.
mar. SIN th-Hadn't she thoughp T
hear she knew enough to decline An
ass, though.-Judge.
-Agitated man to acquaintance.
by gracious. did you see me rush nm
just then and shake hands with that
fellow?" Yes" well, did II nm.
der Misrepresentation. | wouldn't have
shaken hands with him for anyth,npn
''Why, don't you know b im?" ..Yes.I
know him, but owe him ten dollars
-ArkansaO Irareler.
Said the good-natured Rev. DIR.
Robinson. as he stood looking over tina
new books one day. II see you hays
Schem's Statistics of the World
Have you Hams Travels in the De-
luge?" '.No." responded the book
seller, ''but We can accommodate ron
with 'Japhet in Search of a Father
Christian Inteiliqencer.
The Wise Juryman.-A Juryman
who had Assisted in Reaching Wise
Conclusion in Several Cases OF Import.
ance was Complimented by the Law
yers ON his Wisdom, and he replied:
Really. Deserve no Praise for what
you Mention. for was sound asleep
during your Arguments. Moral: The
less Lawyer the wiser the Verdict
Detroit Free Press.
Insurance agent: "It's all right.
Inc doctor says you arc the Desl risk
he ever examined" Citizen-.The
best risk?" "Yes; soundest constitu-
ton and perfect health. you know"
"Did he say that?" "Yes. indeed. No
trouble about your case. He said thera
was nothing to prevent you from lv.
ing hundred years" ''You don't
mean it?' Honest truth Come right
around to my Office and I'll fix up the
papers at once" ..No, thank you; it
won't pay. I'm too healthy. "-PAilo-
detphia Cal.
An Ir sh song:
Oh. dainty Kitty. II you knew
My loves profound degree,
know you'd pity love so true,
And give your heart to me.
For when meet You on the street
And lightly lift my hat,
Within my breast, alas, my own
Poor heart goes pity Pat.
So, Kitty, put your hand in mine,
And let IL nestle there,
And you shall be my Irish queen
Without an Irish care.
And then my heart, that all for you
Often goes rat a-tat,
Shall gladly cease within my breast
Its pity, pity Pat.
Washington Post
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
UNSEEN BUT REAL.


shall we only trust what the ear can hear,
what the hand can grasp, and the eye make
clear?
eAall the dearest hopes Of the human heart
In our Utmost being have no part,
Because we fail to understand
The movements of the Unseen Handf
Shall We sadly say there can not be
A land somewhere In immensely
Where those We loved, who have gone be-
fore,
We shall meet again and love once moro,
BecAuse UNEMPLOYED by rs Is the spot,
And those who have 5ourneyed return to NJ
not?
At the close OF 4 summers sultry day,
Walk In the garden and choose the way
Where the honeysuckles bud and blow;
They may teach lesson 'twere well 10
know.
The air Is full of the odors rare,
Exhaled from the blossoms clustered there !;
Odors We never can touch nor see,
Nor solve the depth of their mystery.
To weigh this fragrance again and again
The wisest savans have tried in vain.
And yet we must own It's not wholly ideal.
Unseen and unfelt we acknowledge Il real,
-Emna B. Durham, IN Boston Journal
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05

licked on the mantelpiece, minute by
minute, shortening the strand of life,
drawing nearer and nearer the shadow
OF the valley"
''Hit's gittin' so dark"-the dyip g
man said-..night am comm fast: my
eyes am closin', de day am neatly
gone, but de shoah am very neah. /
see angels an angels standin' dere;
dey's walkin' in de sunlight, dey's
singin' in de glory = and now dey
beckon me to come. Eyes, rs comm
fast"
Night shadows were indeed falling,
and the shore was very, very near.
'Hon' is you, dere?'
'Come cluser-I's leabin' you hon.
but Is goin' to bettah lam; my soul
will be white as de lambs. When
you's ready-come. Ill be dere to
meet you, an we'll be young again-in
de new life; baum again-in ou' Fatha' s
home. Use so happy. No noah
trouble-no more pain. Cluser hon
cluser.'
The lips moved again. but no sound
came forth; speech had ceased to be.
had flickered out in darkness, and the
poor old body was following quietly
after.
His lips grew wide apart, his breath
came in irregular gasps. until at last it
ceased. There was a long culver in
the frame and Gabe was dead.
=
Down in q corner of our garden,
where tall trees make twilight live at
noonGay. in spot restful and quiet,
where dead MOSES make footballs s-
lent, is. q little mound with a plain
marble slab at its head. This is the
grave of Gabe.
In the warm summer months during
vacation in Northern college there
comes back to us tall. fair g.rl. .'She
is always glad to return to the dear Old
home. she SAYS, Though it is quaint
and old-fashioned."
Many times before the summer
waues does she softly tread the messy
earth bes de the dead and kneeling by
the little mound offers anew thanks to
Him who saw fit to prolong her life, at
the sacrifice of that pure and noble
souL-W Giyndon, in Detroit Free
Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
A CRASH OF MATTER.

The Wreck OF Street Car BY Fire En-
CINE. And What Came OF 1t.
II shan't never forget the night
when one of them things run into US. ="
said the conductor, as a fire engine
Numbered down side street.
"When was that?' asked the 70
porter.
Toward the last part of the Presi-
Dental campaign" replied the conduc-
tor, as he showed dime into his pocket
with one hand and rang up two fares
with the other.
I'VE were coming up on the 'runnin'
in tr p' about one o'clock in the morn
ing. On the 'runnin' in trip you
know. if we don't get morn ten fares
we can run in when we get to the stable.
So we were just a-flyin' along Center
street, without looKin' either to the
right or left. There was q young Teller
an his girl a-settin' in the front right
hand corner. a-spoonin' away for dear
life. just before we got to Grand
street they changed their seat and got
on the other side of the car. to the rear
That movement saved their lives: for
just as we were halfway round tho
curve into Grand street, goin' ct =
good eight-mile gait there came amoss
awful crash; and the next thing knew
I was pickin' myself up out of the gut
ter and feelin' around fur my cap. while
one o. them FIRE engines was a-tesrins
up the street. without even droppin' .
man to see whether we were dead or
livin'.
warn't it?' said Jim. the driver. ~ 10
sat up on the curbstone, an felt OF ~
ribs to see if they were all there yet
".Well, ratherr said j, for there was
that car with the whole of one s.de 81
it clean gone, scattered up along fhe
street for q half a block. while the
HOSES were all mixed up in heap. On
the sidewalk. Well. sir. we vans
hurt, either Of us. Neither were To
horses. So we just loaded up ne
wreck with all the kindlin' wood 10
could pick up around, and started up
the Bowery. We never found the
clock, so was half dozen fa7es IN.
Bet yer life 1 didn't look for II very
long! When we got up to the stable
all swore we must have been drunk or
asleep. l had tn 60 and ring up the
Superintendent and tell him abo'lt Il
What's the matter?' said be, pok-
in his head out of his chamber WIN
dow.
One O. your $3.50 carssmashed up'
said /.
Who did itp' said he.
81 did, saysI.
(" Well. you'll have to pay for il
says he.
s.All right. says l, charge it up
1--WE lost ten days work while they
were quizzin' us and investigator the
matter. but the city paid for it. The
foreman owned up it was his fault u
was late. you see, and not expecting %
meet anything, they didn't ring the
gong. because the horses ran Letter
without it,
what became Of theyoung coupler
asked the reporter.
s.Dunno. Never seen 'em after.
ward. replied the conductor. b :ipln4
. lady mp the step. Guess they wakes
The yest Of tho way.-M 7. Tribune
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
HOiHOW.
A Chinese City with Novel smells Rivaline
the Far-Famed Smells of Cologne.

A Chinese City With Novel Smells Rivaline
the Far-Famed Smells of Cologne.
Hollow is not an attractive town.
The streets of the suburb outside the
wall are even narrower than those oil
ordinary small towns in China, much
dirtier. and thevisitor, who has already
some knowledge of China. detects 8
few varieties of bad smell that impress
HIM with the idea of absolute novelty.
The inhabitants show the mixed types
Of Fokien and Kwang-tung. with such
indigenous elements as have, during
many thousands of years, been finding
their way here from the mainland OF
the peninsula of Father India, or the
islands that lie to the southwark of it.
They are well-disposed and far less Gu
rious than the Chinese of mainland cit
les. The shops contain such Chinese
goods as are suited to population of
this class. with odds and ends of Euro
pean and American notions which have
within thirty years found their way to
the most retired villages in the interior
of Asia The markets make a liberal
display of fish and pork. which is con-
sidered the diet in China, and,
what can not be seen else
where. kind of water-snake
Qor sale at the fish-stalls). which is
esteemed delicacy by the Hainanese.
The dress is with some variations, that
of the Kwang-tung provinces. The
language heard in the streets is SO diff
ferent from that of the mainland as to
be hardly Ineligible to native OF
Canton. The houses are of lava-stone,
or brick, one story in height, and
though swarming with pigs, dogs. and
vermin. are permanent and comforta-
BILE in climate that is always cool and
sometimes cold in winter. The resi-
dences of the merchants and officials are
spacious. The guilds have large halls,
or detached buildings, conspicuous by
their Chinese ornaments in front, their
two lofty poles bearing huge baskets,
and . stage where theatrical represen.
tations are occasionally given. The
wall OF the old town is not crenelated.
The streets within it are broader and
cleaner and the shops larger and better
stocked The foreigners connected
with the customs and cohsulates are
comfortably domesticated in Chinese
houses. no European residences having
been built during the eight years since
Hollow became an open port.-Cor.
San francisco 0Ironscfe
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The courts of France, it is said,
consider it libel to overestimate q
lady's age.
Nine Australian telegraph oper-
ators are said to have become lunatics
from oyerwork during the past thirteen
months.
"A Nuremberg chemist says that
paste made of starch. glycerine and
gypsum will retain its Elasticity and
adhesiveness longer than any other &C.
ment.
The modified Constitution of Hol-
land provides that the crown shall pass
to the Princess of the House of Orange
who is nearest related to the last King
when there is no direct issue.
AT a recent meeting of the support
ers of the Home for Lost and Starving
Dogs in London it was stated that the
number of dogs brought into the Home
during the year ending the 31st of De-
eember last had been no fewer than A.
772, being eighty-fiye in excess of the
proceed M twelvemonth.
in the Tower of London are twen-
ty-one specimens of shields, with pis-
tol attachment in the center, the weap-
on being a breech-loader, and slightly
projecting, SO that it would hardly be
noticed by an enemy until it was dis
charged. All these shields were car
ried in former t mes as concealed
weapons. ;"
Two Frenchmen, the brothers
FORE, have invented new kind of
harp. made entirely of wood. Instead
Of str ngs, the inventors use strips of
American fir. The sound is produced.
as in the ordinary harp. by the con-
tact of the fingers. but the player wears
leather gloves covered with rosin. The
tone of the instrument is sad to be one
of remarkable purity.
The enormous wealth of the Or
leans Princes is chiefly derived from
Louis Phi lippe's mother. who. in conse-
quence OF the death of her brother. the
Prince de Lamballe, became sole heir
ess of her father, the Duke of PEN
thievre, the richest subject of France.
The Duke died in 1898. His daughter
had two DAYS before his death been di-
yorced from her worthless husband,
who was thus debarred from touching
her property.
-Kossuth, while still alive, enjoys
the satisfaction of knowing what the
worlds opinion of him will be after
death. He has, it is asserted, cut out
all the obituary notices that have
reached him. and they fill half dozen
serap-books. hundreds of newspapers
having been sent him from different
countries as soon as it was known that
the report of his death was untrue.
twenty-five Germans who have en-
tered the Chinese service were required
to take Chinese names. One of them,
who was formerly captain of cor
vette, is now called Wang-Li-Triang,
which. when turned into English, means
Mr.. High Wall. He has just been pro-
NOTED to the rank of Admiral, and
commands the Chao Yung. Another
German officer is now named Lin-Pao,
or Mr.. Six Cannons.
Shop signs in London were former
" not affixed to houses. but were placed
on posts or hung thereon with hinges.
So largely did these increase at one
time that they absolutely INSTRUCTED
the free circulation of air. aud were
supposed to be among the causes of the |
frequent epidemical disorders of Lon
don. They also naturally aided the |
spread of CONGREGATIONS, and on these
grounds were afterward forbidden to |
be- DISPLAYED
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
THE GLACIERS OF ALASKA.
Forty Miles Across the Mountains by the
Ice.


Ice.
When the Davidson glacier takes its
last turn in its course and pushes out
through a grand gateway in the
mountains, it spreads out in fan shape
and sweeps down in a long graceful
slope to its terminal moraine. The
moraine has been built up from the
water by the deposit of rocks, peb-
bles and sand. ground up and car
RED down from the mountains by the
glacier, until a long strip of dry land
formed in front of the melting ice.
The moraine before the Davidson gla-
cier was made so long ago that =
dense forest of ancient and lofty pines
has stretched like q hedge across the
three miles of the glaciers front.
Forty miles across the mountains by
the ice, or around four or five times
that distance by water to the other
side of the mountainous peninsula is
the famous Glacier Bay, the great
natural show place of Alaska Seven
immense glaciers flow into the waters
of the bay, coming down twenty, forty
and even sixty miles from great snow
fields in the White Mountain and Fair
weather Alps Range. One of the larg-
est of these ice rivers is named the
Muir Glacier, in honor of Professor
John Muir, of California, who was the
first white man to tell the world of its
existence no further back than 1879.
He went cautiously up an inlet Of the
bay in an Indian canoe; but large
ocean steamers ride up within
quarter of mile of the ice front now
each summer. and are received with
thunders and cannonades from the ice
spirits at every visit.
Sailing up that long inlet filed with
Dergs and floating ice. one sees broad
gray river of ice pouring down great
valley between two mountain ranges,
with tributary streams of ice joining it
from every gap and defile. and from
around every jutting point
The frozen flood, with its tossed and
broken waves. stretches ten miles across
from mountain wall to mountain wall:
and the long tongue of ice running
down to the inlet presents . water
washed. crystalline cliff three miles
long, and from two to four hundred
feet in height. Slowly creeping down
the valley. and thrusting itself into the
water, the ice is honey combed by the
washing OF tides and huge pieces of
the 'front.' and avalanches OF ice are
sliding down into the water with con-
tinuous crash and roar at low tide.
The spray and waves dash far nm the
front after one of these great
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
Singular curs For Nervous AfFss
tons.

Some years ago story was current
= : woman who applied It . London
hospital for treatment Of . nervous n
lection After listening to . recital Of
her symptoms. the doctor made her
shut her lips upon I clinical Their
momeeer. Upon removing it tho par
tent exclaimed: Why, / declare il
- done mo good already" The
doctor humored her delusion. and
reefained from any other treatment
than : 1ev more applications OF the
mnRioal G1ass tubs. She Was soon
euEo6 4 parallel case Il nov cited
" ~ Pill odelphia Medical Mc,cs. A
ny1oceieol po1ieot having heencuEed By
IL UnEnet was Of wood,
- S.I ~. netst - - y ~
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05

IL We publish jokes people say We
are rattle-headed. and il We omit Jokes
" ore told we are n old fossil IN y.
ENiosu~
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-05
''GABE. ("
II Was Neatly Too Late, But
Thank Gu Lawd, Sabed You"

II Was Neatly Too Late, Blu.
Thank Gu Lawd, Sabed You"
Even yet in the quiet evenings I cal
fancy the roll of that grand, deel
voice, soaring out over the waters o
the gull in liquid melody, or quaverins
in mournful improvisation among tn,
orange trees, in front of his cabil
door. where Gabe was won't to sit il
the warm nights with his wondering
eyes fixed on the stars. singing for al
hour ct time, with only Aunt Dinat
near to hear him.
Big, black, grave and kind. that i.
how the memory of Gabe comes before
me tonight, with his simple, earnest
way, the most ungainly, and yet the
truest-hearted Of all Gods living crea.
lures. He had been in our family for
years. He seldom laughed, was al
ways sad and thoughtful been 50
from childhood. it was said.
On any question of dispute that oc-
CURED among the other negroes
Gabe was refeQed to as authority to
settle the matter. and strange to say,
he was seldom wrong.
Why do you love to sing SOP"
asked him. after had listened to one
of his rich. pathetic chants or hymns.
He looked ct me in startled way, for
he had not not ced my approach,
and uai6 ssT dunuo vnvSolf horx3lv.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18
On annonce la convocation des
chambres provinciales pourl e COM
mencement de Mars proclaim.
MAGIsTRAT

Nous avons appris CO matin avec
plaisir que M. G. A. Dufresne,
frAre de M. Dufresne, bijou-
tier de IL rue Notre-D Dame, We
matt d'etre 6lu premier magistrat
du canton de Bray, Irlande.
NJ. G. A. Dufresne est le propri6-
taire de "l'intercolonial Hotel ct
il est consid6r6 CONNIE eplus richie
citoyen de cette derniere localit6.
NJ. Dufresne a laiss6 la Puts
sance il y a 20 ans, ct est allie Sc
fxer Reimbursement en-. Irlande, on
le canton de Bray Went B Ia der
Mere election de lui confer le titre
de premier magistrat, en- consid6ra-
ton DIES nombreux services quill a
rendus aux citoyens d'origine jr-
landaise durant tout le temps quill
a demeur6 parmi eux.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18
Revue Commercials.

La semaine derniere le march6
aux grains a 6t6 passablement
inactif, ct depuis, les transactions
mont pas subj d'am6liorations
marquantes. Les ventes Sc limi
tent aux meuniers qui n'achetent
que pour les besoins du moment.
Il y a Gu exception dependant pour
les bl6s de qualit6 inf6rieure qui
ont 6t6 robjet dune hausse pro-
nonc6e.
Voici la cote des prix d la Hall
aug b26s lundi
bic dur No l-82
ventes de mars 823
d'avril, "a
de mai, 869
No2-dur
ventes de mai, SO.
II a etc recu lundi 77.000 b. de
bic ct 1890 ont 6t6 export6s.
II y await lundi dams les entire
Minneapolis - bic ~ b. 4,158,008
lSt-Paul " l,l84,922
Duluth $685. O6
LIE mails -rejete-36 q SIC.
Avoine blanche No 2,-25 q 253
re1et6-23 a 241c.
LIE. foin SO maintient ferme-le
No l, DIES prairie: 1915 q $3.50
No 2,-$7.0 90 ASSOC. Timothy No
l,-$$9.7 Is q $1,000. No 2, $3.50 q
$500.
LIE march6 au beurre est inactif
par suite du froid. lie creamery
extra, est d rs ct &c. beurre des
laiteries-18 q 22c. Les autres
qualities de 10 3 l8c.
Les viandes mont pas subj de
arrangements bien sensibles, non
plus que lea volailles.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18


II appert du rapport semestriel
du Tr6sorier de LUnaon Fran
ca1se de St-Paul, M. LIS. Demeules,
que I'6tat de cette belle soci6te ca
nadienne est DIES plus forissant.
Les chiffres parlent d'eux-memes:
le Ter Juliet 1884, la soci6t6 await
en- mains $4,681,l8, ct lie Ter jan
vier. cette balance etait de 1865
So, &c qui constitute dams l'espace
DIES six derniers mois un gain net
de $282,35.
Nous sommes heu 'eux de f6lici-
ter a cette occasion nos compatrio-
tes de st. Paul, membres de TU-
MON FrdnG01se.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18
MORT DUN FIANCE.

Quebec, lO-Un cultivateur de
Saint Nicolas, comt6 de Lewis, a
6t6 Ia victine dun accident qui a
cause ga mort, la semaine derni6-
re, lie jour; meme OH il devait 6pou-
ser une femme de trente ans.
II await pass6 la soiree pr6c6-
dente avec sa fanc6e ct il 6tait sur
le point de monter en- voiture, d la
porte de sa maison, lorsque son
cheval prit le mors aux dents, ct lie
fanc6 co.lrut un certalne distance
pour larreter.
Ii go fatigue tellement quill tom.
ba malade imm6diatement ct mou-
rut de maladie de coeur lie lende.
main matin.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18

Nous sommes heureux d'appren-
DIRE que M. A FL. Tr6panier doit
ouvrir aujourd'hui meme au No
l06 Central Avenue, un magasin
deficits domestiques ct articles
de toilette pour hommes ct
.enfants, tells que chemises, GALE
cons, collets, cravates, etc, etc, assor-
timent DIES plus varies ct des mieux
choisis.
Nous souhaitons q M. Tr6panier
lie patronage de tous ses compa-
triotes.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18
DESFETES
Pour DANES EFT MEssIEURs.

Consistent ell bottles de toilette
ct de parfumerie magni6ques,
bottles en- pluche de sole FRANCHISE
ct en- marocain contenant un richie
set d'instruments m0n'cures, aus
81 qu'un article de nouveaut6 en-
core inconnu un elegant easel set
en- pluche, avec combinaison de
stona pour les parfumeries.
Ces precieux articles ne sortent
pas DIES manufactures ordinaires
mails sont d6licatement fats a la
la main ct portent la marque de
leur valeur.
Hatez-vous de venir choisir vous-
m4mes vos cadeaux au Nc LOS
Central Avenue. E. D.
PHARMACIE CANADIENNE.
T. F. RIVIERE, TCH1MIsTE.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18

Un Marseillais, retour des Indies,
raconte Sos Impressions dams un
diner d'amis.
&c qui m'agacait le plus dams
ce diable de pays, c'6tait d'avoir
trop de domestiques ...en avais
quatre, rien que pour ma pipe; le
premier me l'apportait; 10 second
Ia bourrait; le troisieme l'allumait.
-Et le quatrieme s'6crient les
convives.
oh! 80. .celui-la, il la fumait.
Moi, je mai jamais pu supporter
Iodeur du tabac.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-02-18
ECFI0 DE L0UEST.

Bon boeuf par lot "a TIC. mou-
ton: par lot-61 3 7c. Veau: s q
loo.
Dindes Ter ohoix Is a 14c. pou-
let's, 10 q l3c. Les DIES, 9 q 12c.
Canards extras: 10 q l2c.
Oeufs: de Is 3 % ct rs pour
aufs frais.
Les fruits verts, en- dept du
froid, Sc maintiennent toujours
fermes.