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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28
DIVIDING WITH GRANDPA.
What . Little Girl Did for Her Bald
Headed Grandfather.

What . Little Girl Did for Her Bald
Headed Grandfather.
Lulie was as bonny little lassie as
ever wore blue eyes and shiny curls
and white dress, with ruffies and
sash.
In the summer she went to see her
grandfather. She had been there be-
fore, but it was year ago. and she
didn't remember anything about it. ex-
cept that they had a squatty dog. which
sat up and said: "Wough!' when he
wanted something to eat And q cat
that scratched her when she patted it.
And that the bedrooms smelled Of dried
rose leaves. And that grandfather al
ways had nuts in his pockets, and
watch that snapped very loud.
For she was now only four years old.
and most people find it hard, you know.
to remember things that happened
whole quarter of their lives ago!
She was a little afraid of grandfather
ut first, but he was so kind and pleasant
that she was soon sitting on his knee,
playing with his long white beard. Then
She began to look very hard at his head.
She thought it looked very strange in
deed.
"Oh; poor ganpa! What's ee mat
ter wis GUS head? Where is all GUS
hair gomez"
why, Pussy" he said. laughing. 81
have lived so long that my hair is all
worn out"
Lulie felt very much concerned about
it She stood up on his lap, and
peeped over his head to see how far bis
forehead went back. 1t went back
very far indeed, and Lulie softly stroked
the few white hairs on his temple with
a feeling that something ought to be
done about il. f-ss
Her own hair covered her head and
hung down in long curls- 1t seemed
to her that she had great deal moro
than her share.
"I'n div 'ou some o. mine, ganpA"
she said very earnestly.
will you? I'll take curl now,
then" he said, and he took out his
penknife and cut off little curl which
he put in his pocket-book.
mo, no." said Lulie; '.rll vide even
wis our -
But mamma said. '.Run away and
play now, dear" and grandpa slipped
some nuts in her pocket and set hT
down.
But Lulie went very soberly up to her
mammals room Half an hour after.
wards she came back with . face al
smiles and dimpleS.
Here's GUS s'are, ganpa! sne
cried, running up to him. Her short
dress was held up in both hands-fuD
of bright hair!
Everybody stared in dismay.
/ What woeful havoc mammas scissors
had played with the sunshiny curls!
On one side they waved as before.
but on the other they were unevenly
shipped off to the very crown OF Aef
head.
Mamma looked ~ II she hardly kne~
whether to laugh or cry. But grandpa
gathered the darling, hair and all ING
his arms with such . hug as she nsd
never felt before.
/ Lulie's curls have grown long again.
but think they might grow down Q
her feet before grandpa will ever fofges
how she cut half of them of 70 cover
his dear old bald head Youtbs Cess'
panion.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28

AN interesting estimate Of the
amount, in weight Of one inch Of rain
fall on ono aero of ground is thus
given: An acre Of ground contains g.
rs. $40 square inches. Rain one inch
deep would give that many square
inches; 1.728 cubic inches make one
cubic foot Rain one inch deep would
Rivc 8. $50 cubic feet A cubic foot Of
water weighs 67} pounds; 1900 mako
ton This win give al. 8z5 pounds,
Or 113 fons and 676 pounds 70 tie aere.
= nh one ipcA der. C1iceeQ TN
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28
A PRACTICAL JOKE.

How n Retired Merchant Paid the Penalty
for a Dead-Head Trip to Europe.
A group of steamship agents were
talking over cheap ocean passenger
rates, when a retired old merchant
present said he was reminded of a
cheap trip he once took.
..Some years ago." said he. 81
owned a good-sized steamer, which /
chartered out for grain. or other
freight to Europe. One season OBJ
tanned cargo for Hamburg. and the
notion took me to 60 over in my own
ship and see the Continent l told my
Captain of my inclination. He was q
ioliy old Yankee, and noted as care
full officer. He at once reminded me
that the ship was not licensed to carry
passengers. Very WE'LL said ]. we
mustn't break the law for the sake Of q
little economy; perhaps I'll 60, later
on by a Cunarder.'
oh no. no. he replied. needn't do
that; I'll fix it for you. Let me ship
you as one of the crew! You can pull
on q rope when you feel like It but you
can mess and turn in in the cabin with
me-see?
II was amused at his device, and
consented to go in the way he had de-
scribed.
1--WE had a rough. uncomfortable
run across. and freight boat is a
slow one. I wasn't sorry when we
steamed up the Elbe and anchored.
1 gave the steward directions about
nv baggage. and started for the Ho-
tel Royal. bidding the Captain. who
had come ashore with me. goodbye on
the wharf.
81 shan't say goou-bye.' he re.
sponded. soberly. for you'll be aboard
before sundown.'
/" No. said /, decidedly. I shall be
busy all day.
.&Busy or not replied he pleasant
| " but positively. You'll return before
night
II told him hewas mistaken. laughed
and went away. Now, imagine my
surprise when 1 received at the hotel
q command from the United States
Consul 10 report myself at once to the
ship. The official who brought the
note said he would have to nc
company me. IS i was charged
with desertion. Back, Of
course. had to 60. When we were
rowed out to the ship. there ! saw the
Captain aud Consul (the Consul proved
to be an old chum Of the Captain) and
. number of gentlemen, all looking
over the ships rail, enjoying my arrest
exceedingly. went on board. report
ed myself. but I couldn't get my dis
charge until l had partaken Of an ele
giant wine supper that was held in thu
cabin that evening 1t the Captains ex
| pense. IN. r Tribune.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28

The Walthour -four mill at MANOR
Station, Westmoreland County, 80
was built in 1875 bv Christopher wan
hour, greatgrandfather OF SAM
Walthour. the present owner.
mill was originally built In 2 49,
infested wilderness, and about ~
miles from the nill are the runs =
Fort Walthour. sn ancient block-nouse'
where the settlers gathered q me r
proach Of Indians.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28
-Shakespeare's remains have never

Shakespeare remains have never
been disturbed. The slab covering
them, and which bears the famous
lines beginning Good friend. foroe,k
is Just within the altar rail OF hoy
Trinity Church. Stratford-uPon- Avon.
Holy Trinity's chancel is as long - -
nave, and. while the body OF the cnuIce
is in daily use by the parish OF Ssrs ,-
ford that part of it in which the poes :
bones lie IS seldom or never used: IL
name of the river is pronounced W
the long sound of the a-A-von.-C
c0Q0 Herald
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28

The second largest park IN Cal Tor.
mia Is the San Louis, in The extreme
southern part a tho etata III highest
point = not more tha1 700 let 6bovo
- level
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
The Cholera.
From the Boston Traveller


A noted German physician predicts
that the cnoiera, which started in the
south Of Europe. will extend over both
continents. Thirty years ago the same
prediction was made, but little heed
was taken to it. The Spring Of 1854
was similar to the spring Of 1SS4-late
and cold. The cholera reached New
Orleans some time in June, swept up
the Mississippi river to Cairo, divided
there and swept on in the direction up
the Ohio river to the Wabash, then fol-
lowed the Wabash river and the Wabash
canal through Indiana and Ohio till it
reached Lake Erie. From this point
it swept onward to Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and Detroit, decimating many of
the cities and towns along it's march,
causing business to be suspended and
putting an entire stop to work on the
great railroads then in pro-
cess OF construction. At Ogdens-
burg, on Lake Ontario, or
rather at its outlet, the ST. Lawrence,
it received check. The seaboard cit
les which suffered SO seriously in 1882
and 1Sf9 escaped. The cause and
the course Of the cholera are alike
mysterious-no satisfactory explanation
has yet been given That it exists is
sufficient. But that it can be stayed
in its course and checked in it's progress
by timely precautions is equally true
August and September are the months
which in this latitude it finds it's great
est feeder, and too much care and pre-
caution on the part Of those who control
the sanitary department in our great
cities can not be taken. An unobstruct-
ed flow through the sewers and drains
is oneimportant measure for prevention
the constant cleanliness of the streets
another, and compulsory cleanliness en-
forced in quarters where the population
is dense and ventelation poor, still an
other. It would be surprising to those
not familiar with the subject to know
what foulness can arise from small To-
cality in large city to spread disease
and death through all its territory.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
Cause of Pneumonia,

Pneumonia, with rare exceptions, ex-
tends from the lungs to the lining men,
brane cf the chest pleura), and hence
is really pleuro- pneumonia. Its seat is
not the mucous membrane Of the bron-
chial tubes, as is that of bronchitis; nor
the general substance of the lungs, as is
that of lung fever, but the air cells and
the neighboring minute tubes Obronchi-
oles), which are wholly destitute of a
mucous membrane. Sometimes it is al
most an epidemic. It often attacks
more than one member of the family
Pleuro-pneumonia among horses is a
very. contagious disease, and has some-
times gone through the land, bringing
ordinary business to stand still.
What is the cause of pneumonia
One medical writer says that neither
colds, bronchitis, pleurisy, asthma, nor
any other lung affection induces it;
that, in large proportion of cases, is
not referable to any obvious causative
agency, that, when it appears to follow
exposure to cold, it is probable that
oAAAo oCeo OAAJ oS Oil C@AS1C1uS CduoS, Gu
operating with the action of q special
cause"
What is this special cause? This
question has received no answer until
recently. German investigators of the
highest character believe they have at
length found it in microscopic para
site, thus placing pneumonia among the
germ diseases. The parasites are oval,
generally go in pairs, and, unlike all
others, enclose themselves several to-
gether-in capsule.
On cultivating them out of the body,
insulating them in fluid, and injecting
little of the fluid into thirty two mice,
all of the mice died, in from eighteen
to forty hours, Of pneumonia, while the
blood showed the peculiar parasites
with their characteristic capsules. Ex-
periments by means of inhalation e1hib-
tied the same results. Different inyes-
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
intended no other ways than. az. they

intended no other ways than, as they
were prisoners with us, and therefore:
did then, aud yet do judge them not
legal evidence against their fellowpris-
oners. And l being something hard of
hearing, and full of grief, none. inform
ing me how the court took up my
words, and Therefore had no oppor-
tunity to declare what L intended
when said they were ofour company"
But neither her explanation or the
reprieve of the governor withdrawn
under clamor OF her accusers) were OF
any avail to save her from the gallows.
1t is Likely that the unveiling of this
monument will give an opportunity
for the popular filings at New England
and Puritanism, but it is as a friend
OF mine said, these deplorable
events at Salem We're but asmall eddy
III the great whirlpool of excitement
over witchcraft, and were nothing to
the tragedies which occurred in Eng
land. They have no more connection
with Puritanism than with the old
astrology.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
Current Notes.

Montana has over 92,OOO,OOO acres
within her boundaries, OF which TO-
100000 acres are fine lands, suitable
for agriculture or grazing. Nearly 2O,-
600, 900 are mountainous, but among
these 2O.OOO,OOO acres are located
some of the richest mining camps in the
world.
Tons OF arsenic are being fed to the
grasshoppers in California. One drug
house at San Francisco sends a ton a.
week into the infested districts, while
firm at Fresno sold 700 pounds in
five days, and had orders for 400
pounds more.
Judge Biddle OF Philadelphia has de-
cided that kissing woman isno crime.
We believe however, that kissing is
thing that every woman should set
her face against.-Allentown Chroni-
Gle.
Halfpenny dinners can be obtained
in London, consisting of rich stew
made Of the best quality Of potatoes,
carrots, onions, oatmeal, and meat
and a second course OF bread and jam.
About the rankest instance of hori-
zontal reduction is cited in the case of
a tribe of Indians in Santa Barbara
county, Cal, which fifty years ago
numbered 1000 souls, and now mum
bers one old and feeble squaw
In California one sees the vineyards
and orchards creeping up the noun
tain sides from 1000 to $500 feet
high, and some at even greater alti-
tudes. Dwelling houses are perched
upon elevations where few years ago
no one would have taken the land as a.
gift under an agreement to cultivateit.
These new VINEYARDS and orchards are
the last to be overtaken by any of the
pests found at lower elevations.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
YOUTH.

oh! strange inc onsequenc of Youth. sssgsss
when days were lived from hand to mouth.
And thought ran round an empty ring
1 In Sf foolish, olish, sweet imagining.
I'VE handled love in childish fag ion
The name alone and not the passion
Eahe Sdf world and life were things SO small,
FOUR little wit encompassed all!
We took our being as our faith
For granted, drew our easy breath
And rarely stayed to wonder why ne Z
We were set here to live and die
E5s ~
Vague dreams we had, a grander Fate
Our lives would mold and dominate, s
! Till we should stand some far-off day
More godlike than OF mortal clay.
Strong Fate! we meet thee but to find
A soul and all that lies behind,
We lose Youth Paradise and gain
A world OF duty and OF pain.
The English Illustrated Magazine.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
Mounting q Dromedary:.
From Loring's ga Confederate Soldier il
Egypt"

1Sy VG
This is accomplished as follows: A
Bedouin by divers jerks first succeeds in
coa1ing or forcing the animal down on
his knees, with a snap like that of a
double bladed jackknife. While one
holds his head away to keep him from
biting, another ties his fore-l legs to-
getber, and then to secure them stands
upon them, inviting you to mount and
n yourself in the execrable saddle. In
the meantime the dromedary. is utter
ing the most agonizing cries of distress.
Suddenly the Bedouin loosess the strap
and bounds from the animals legs: an
other terrible grunt and YOU discover
that you are on top Of this living ma
chine, waiting patiently furtherd develop
ments, with your hands grasping the
horns in front. The animal raises his
forequarters with bound, and this
sticks the front horn into your stomach
while you are pressing upon it to keep
in horizontal position ;: that done, up
go the hind quarters with another jerk,
and this time the rear horn sticks you
in the back. You are only too glad to
get the rear punch in token Of the COM
plete business. While the animal was
opening his hinges I was thoroughly
impressed with the dizziness Of several
hundred feet It is best not to strike
these beasts too much, for if beaten
they are certain to stand still and de-
liberately turn their long necks and try
to bite piece out Of yourlegs. It then
becomes necessary to stick to them, in
order to avoid their fury, until, by gen
tie patting, they are made to move on
amicably again. Their walk is rough,
but they trot with comparative case,
carrying the head up and tail straight
in the air, and looking very gay as they
rapidly move along. With your sack
of water and leather thong they can,
without much inconvenience, travel
from so to so miles day. But in max
ing this swift passage through the
heated air, reflected from the burning
sands, you are literally roasted, and
this rubbing and twisting your loins
and CALLING your hands in the effort to
hold on, makes dromedary riding a
painful operation to those not accus-
toned to it.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
The Course of True Love.
From the Heraldsburg (Cal) Enterpris

From the Heraldsburg (Cal.) Enterprise.
1t was one day last week, and in the
city of Cloverdale, that a wedding had
been given out to take place; all the
necessary preparations had been made
and the guests had all assembled, when
10 and behold! it was discovered that
the license had been issued by the Clerk
Of Mendocino county, in place OF So
noma. 1t had so happened that one
OF Healdsburgs ministers had been en-
gagged and was on the ground ready to
perform the ceremony, and it can be
better imagined than described the
CONSERVATION that was produced when
the divine informed the contracting
parties that marriage license issued
in Uklah was not just the proper au-
thority to perform the marriage cere-
mony in Cloverdale, as that burg hap
pened to be in another county. At
this time the dinner was almost on the
table, and many Of the guests
were standing on their tiptoe of ex-
cltement, and What was to be done
was on the tongue of every one. The
thoughtful minister informed them
that it was only three miles to the
Mendocino county line, and when that
point was passed the existing docu-
ment would assume legal authority.
AS soon as these words had fallen from
the minister's lips a rush for thelivery
stables commenced, and teams follow
ed teams in quick succession until all
the guests were on flying wheels in the
direction Of Mendocino line. When
this was crossed and a friendly shade
had been found, the party alighted
and the happy couple were made one.
Then all returned to the place where
the tables were loaded with the choic-
est dainties Of the land. A lasting ex-
ample was impressed upon the minds
OF those present that three miles make
q wonderful distance when ON the
wrongside Of the county line.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23
An Incident of Grant and STAN
ton.

Washington Letter to New York World.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
in speaking of the magnaminity
of Gen. Grant, related the follow
ing, OF which he was personally cog
infant: Clement c. Clay, said he, was
appointed by the Confederate Govern
ment as a DiplomaticCo Commissioner to
Canada He was afterwartl taken and
carried, | believe, to Fortress Monroe,
where he was imprisoned. He was
dying at the time, it was thought, OF
asthma, and his wife came here to ask
his release on giving the required bond.
She went to President johnson, and
he gave her the necessary order, which
she took back to Secretary Stanton.
Stanton read the order, and, looking
her in the face, tore it up without
word and pitched it into his waste
basket. The lady arose and retired
without speaking; nor did Stanton
speak to her. She Was filled with des-
pair. She saw her husband, in whom
her life was wrapped up, dying in pris-
on, and she was unable to help him.
Shortly after she met a gentleman, 1
think Mr.. Garland, the present Attor-
ney General, and told him how she
had been treated. "Your husband
was commissioned by the Confederate
Government Brigadier General, said
Garland; II was present at the time.
[ know that he duly qualified and re-
ceived his commission. That brings
him within Gen. Grants parole to the
Confederate army. You 60 to him and
tell him your story" Mrs. Clay went
straight to Gen. Grants house, but
was told that the General was just
about to leave for New York. She
asked to send in word to him, and the
servant took her name. In about
minute Gen. Grant appeared, gripsack
in hand, and told her that he had but
time to catch the train.
''Then Twill walk with you, General"
the lady said.
"No, no" said Grant, "let's hear
what you want to say"
'"Then must make my statement
short" said Mrs. Clay. ''Ny husband
is Gen. Clay, of the Confederate army
He is in prison, and will die if he stays
there. President Johnson gave me an
order for his release on bond car
ried the order to Secretary OF War
Stanton. Mr.. Stanton tore the paper
up before my eyes and cast it away"
Grant rung the bell and Badeau en-
tered. ''Have you aroster OF the Con-
federate army?' said he
eyes, SIR" answered Badeau.
''Is there a Gen. Clay?" he said as he
took the roster.
element c. Clay. Is thatyour hus.
band?"
eyes sir.
Gen. Grant sat down and wrote as
follows:
"Gen. Clement G. Clay, OF the Con-
federate army, is included inthe parole
OF that army granted by me at Apo
mattox. It is my order he be released
on giving the proper bond, and Ishall
see that this order is carried out.
"U. S. GRANT, General U. q. A."
Grant handed the order to Mrs.
Clay and bade her good-by. The lady
went to Mr.. Stanton and presented
the order. The Secretary tapped his
bell and, handing the paper to his aid,
said: "Have that man discharged"
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23

One thing to the credit OF Kansas
City is that she is the only city in this
country of 100000 population that has
no professional base ball club The
grown people of this metropolis are too
busy to sit in the sun and listen to eigh-
teen men quarreling with an umpire
Kansas City Journal.
New Ulm weekly review., 1885-09-23

tigators seem to have confirmed the
discovery.
Later experiments show that the
lungs Of animals which have died of
pleuro-pneumonia contain the same
parasites in large numbers, and that
the disease is necessarily the same with
pneumonia in man.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-23
THE GAFFNEY CITY RAILROAD.

Work has been commenced at Forest City,
Rutherford county, n. c., on new railroad
which is to connect Marion, Mcdowell county,
n. c., with Georgetown and Charleston, S. G..
The road is to be built between Marion, n. c.,
and Gatfney City, S. c., by the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company, composed
of Boston capitalists, with paid in capital OF
$250,OOO. From Gaffney City the road will run
to Chester Thence one branch will run to
Georgetown and another branch to Charleston.
Marion is in Mcdowell county, on the Western
North Carolina Railroad, and is about eighty
miles northwest of Charlotte.
This is the statement that has found its way to
number of the papers, having originated in
Charlotte. We have been informed recently by
a gentleman who lives at Gatfney City that there
is scarcely any foundation for the story. He
says the road is only on paper and in the minds
Of some very imaginative persons.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-23
THE NEW AN.ESTHETIC.

In surgical operation performed by DR.. w.
g. White, Of this place, on Thursday last, the
new anasthetic, cocaine, was used with satistac-
tory results. The subject was colored girl
about twenty years of age, who suffered with
very large kelod tumors on both ears, produced
by piercing the ears for rings about five years
ago. The tumors were Of dense, tibrous struc-
ture, and 50 large and pendantas as to produce pain
by their weight. To render the patient insensi-
BILE to pain, the physician substituted muriate OF
cocaine for chloroform, using two per cent. so
luton, which was administered hypodermically,
eight minims being injected into each tumor and
about ten minims into the adjacent healthy tissue.
Just after the injections the operation began. In
order to remove all the diseased tissue the Incl
sion was carried through some healthy tissue.
The entire lower lobule of each ear was eXcised,
the operation requiring twenty minutes, during
which time the patient did not feel the slightest
pain.