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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03
CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES.
How tho Seal of the Late Confederate
Treasury was Made.

How tho Seal of the Late Confederate
Treasury was Made.
The Confederate Treasury seal is
among these archives. I dent suppose
i hundred men in the country have ever
seen it, and it is inaccessible to the sight
seer at Washington. 1t is common
enough looking affair, and I have seen
more fancy seals in many an office OF
country notary It is made of iron, and
looks as though a blacksmith had
wrought it. The seal or die is screwed
into the frame, and it operates by hand
looking very much like one of these lit
tie sausage grinders which Ohio farm
ers who cure their own pork are wont
to use. A palmetto tree, doubtless taken
from the coat-of-arm of South Carolina,
is the emblem engraved upon it, and
around the top of this are words stating
that it is the seal of the Confederacy.
There is also scrapbook here OF Con-
federate moneys and bonds which con-
tains the cream of the money captured
at Richmond. When the Government
captured Richmond it obtained half a
million dollars of Confederate bonds,
two large chests and five bags contain
ing millions of dollars in Confederate
money Some clerk in the War De-
partment made this serapbook from the
cream of this material and the book is
now almost invaluable. Covered with
blue paper and cheaply bound, it is
made of blank block of blank drafts
on the Confederate Treasury. The pa
per is thin and the cover of the book
shows that it was probably made in the
last DAYS of the Confederacy when pa
per was scarce, and when wall paper
was used on which to print the orders
of the Government. 1t makes one feel
strange to touch the thousand-dollar
bonds which it contains, Wholesome
at least-were once worth so much, but
now are worth SO little. Some of these
ive-thousand-dollar bonds have some
of their coupons cut off, and others are
full. You notice as the dates of the
bonds near 1865 their provisions grow
more generous, and their prospect OF
no immediate payment seems to in
crease. Here is one as big as the
blanket sheet of a country newspaper
which the Confederacy did not intend
to pay until 1894 and they gave 6
per cent, interest upon it. Here is an.
other which is to be paid two years
after signing a treaty of peace with the
United States, and here is another for
$1,000 issued in 1861, which offers 8
per cent. semi-annually and is to be
paid in 1868. And SO throughout the
scrap-book. These Confederate archives
are full of interest and they will grow
in value as history points to them as
the record. unwritten, of time and
q generation that has passed away
| Cor. Cleveland Leader.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03
Educating the Negroes.

..The negroes in Georgia" says the
Atlanta Constitution, '.enjoy excellent
educational advantages. They have
three well-organized colleges in Atlanta
and are building fourth. One thous.
and young negroes attended the three
colleges during the last term. Besides
there were 2, 900 negro children in the
public schools of the city. A high
standard of scholarship has been es'
tablished at the colleges and the average
proficiency of the students is fine. At
two of the colleges industrial schools are
in operation, and some fine specimens
of workmanship are exhibited in each
as the result of the educated manual Ia
Dor of the students. There are no bet.
ter schools for the negro than those in
Atlanta, and none have shown better
work. The rising generation of negroes
is undoubtedly being educated. !"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03
ENGLISH RAILWAY TRAINS.

A Comparison Between the Insignifieantly
small English Locomotives and Cars
and the American Limited Express
Train.
The first impression which an Ameri-
can who Is experienced in railroad trav-
cling ID his own country derives from
the exterior aspect Of an English train is
unfayorable. The car, as he must
necessarily call them, seem to be small;
they laek. apparently, the weight and
soliditv Of the American passenger
coach; the compartments are narrow,
the ceilings low, the ventilation appar-
emily doubtful They stand upon two,
three. OF more pairs Of gaunt high
wheels. to the axIes of which their
SPRINGS are directly geared. He misses
the little independent vehicle, the truck,
or borie. with Ifs four or six, small COM
nact solid-lookiug, wide-fanged wheels,
which sustains each end Of the Ameri-
can ear that rolling gear which looks
STRONG. 50 adapted to inequality OF rail
n curve. 50 resourceful against disaster,
and 50 complete in its equipment. The
cars arc snaller-th is no doubt OF It.
sThey are narrower and they are short
or: and to the American eye they look
even shorter than they really are, De
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

-McBeth Simmons, an Onion Creek
farmer, while in Austin a few days ago,
took his dinner at the Brunswick Hotel,
There happened to be an old gentleman
at the dinner table who adjusted the end
Of the napkin around his throat before
he began to feed himself. Simmons
looked at him for a minute, glanced
around the dining-room, and then said:
Il say, Mister, amt you in the wrong
box? This isn't barber-shop. -" Tea
rs Stftings.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03
A Slight Mistake.

met a gentleman from Guatemala
the other day.
"You must have lively time down
there with all those revolutions" said.
.Oh, Guatemala is quiet compare
lively. If you want revolutions Monte
vidoe is the place. They used to have
a revolution there every other day. ]
remember an English couple, friends OF
mine, were one day in a photographers
establishment. The camera was set
and fixed, the operator was taking a last
look under the black cloth, when there
was q sudden noise like the discharge OF
musketry. He threw away the cloth
and at once proceeded to close the shut
ters and barricade the place. My
friends rushed out, and as they made
for their hotel, everybody along the
street was barring up his house and fas-
tening the shutters. The hotel was all
closed up when they reached it. They
went to their rooms and patiently
awaited the expected carnage. An houl
passed, but no noise was heard. Final
" the husband stole out and found
everybody in a huge state of hilarity.
/ 1t seems that somebody had unloaded a
cart Of cobble-stones in the plaza, and
everybody had taken it for the custom
ary opening Of q revolution H. Sen
Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

"A man is well off if he does not get
promoted too fast, and because he may
be highly successful in one walk of life
it is no reason why he should be thought
capable of taking up another with equal
honor. MEaVaakee Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

"A French paper denies that this
country has invented one single thing OF
national benefit. and the New York Her
aid gives it a list of 338 different articles
to caeW on.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

"A new pansy, seen in well-kept
flower plats this season, is of a deep
purplish violet, frightened at the petal
rims with borders of white. This rich
little flower has the high sounding name
Of Lord Beaconsfeld, but the girls
and boys allude to it as a Johnny
jump-up'' all the same Chicago TrS-
5use.
He who goes barefoot should not
plant thorns.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

"A juvenile New Yorker visiting IN
South Boston was shown the other day
a building which had been moved from
City Point to another portion OF the
peninsula by means of floats. He was
much interested in the matter, and after
apparently exhausting the fund OF inior.
n1ation to be obtained by questioning,
was silent for a moment. Then sudden
" one more question suggested itself to
him: How did they get the cellar
around pr Boston journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03
Boiling Notes for Housewives.


Raspberries six minutes, eight ounces
of sugar to the quart.
Boil plums ten minutes; eight ounces
of sugarto the quart is needed.
Boil blackberries six minutes, with
six ounces Of sugar to the quart.
Boil cherries five minutes; the amount
of sugar to a quart is six ounces.
Boil ripe currants sixminutes; amount
of sugar to a quart eight ounces.
Boil peaches, whole, fifteen minutes,
using six ounces of sugar to quart.
Boil whortleberries five minutes; the
amount of sugar TO d quart jar should
be four ounces.
Boil Siberians, or crab apples, whole,
twenty-five minutes; eight ounces OF
sugar to quart.
Boil pears from twenty to thirty min
utes- twenty for halves and thirty fol
whole pears using six ounces of sugar
to quart can of fruit N 7. Graphic
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

After ruling thirty years and attain
ing the age of IA years the Sultan Abdul
Munin, of the Kingdom Brunch,
in the island of Borneo is dead.
He was more or less familiar
with German, English and Spanish
languages, having been educated in the
Dutch settlements. At the time of his
death he was the oldest living sovereign
in the world.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-03

It is said that nearly all stout people
are great water drinkers.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20
sUhnARY or NEWS or THE WEEK.
m few lEisslssippi Senator.


len E g Walthall, who has been appointed
" tho governor q Mississippi to succeed,
M. Lamar in the scnnte, was born in Rich
lnond, VI, IN 1881, and won't to Mississippi
when seven years old. Settling ct Holly
Springs where he was educated, he studied
law and became district attorney for the
Tenth Judicial district Upon the breaking
out o. the Rebellion he enlisted % ! private
IN mo confederate service, and was soon
made lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth Mis-
.sissippt regiment subsequently he became
colonel Of the Twentieth regiment, and in 1862
rose 70 the rank Of brigadier general. COM
rlanding the celebrated HDie Harda.s i Mis.
sltssigpi brigade consisting Of the Twonty-
iSurtis IWenty-seventh, Twenty.ninth and
sEhlItiesn sgin,snts The very flower Of the
:scs army nndcr Gen. Johnston that the
old Etonewall brigade attained in the
army OF Virginia In1SA Gen. Walthali was
made = major general for distinguished ability
and calamity, and 81 once took rank IS one Of
iof the war Al the close Of the war Mr. Lamar
and 3 WalthAll entered into law partnership.
SAt present Gen. Walthall is the attorney forthe
,Atisaoufi, Jackson Il Great Northern and Mis.
sissippi Central railroad companies. Besides
this, General }Walthall has q very large prac-
uce q the bal, pcrhapa the most lucrative in
the state. He Y : man OF fine personal appear
ance, six feet two inches in statue. he pos
sseases . voice OF wopderful compass andtrain-
ing, and lis rated ~ one OF the best orators of
the South. Gen Waithal III upon terms OF.
Gloss intimacy with Secretary Bayard and
Lamar, and was 9 prominent mcmber of the
mississippi delegation In the Democratic con-
~ycntions in 1886 and 1854 warmly supporting
". sBayard for tho presidency on each oc-
S@A0As
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20


s1tisAtimated that there are 2O0,-
1000 fohammedans IN the world, 81
l1n.es0Do.000 are4in. Southeastern
uropea md 70. 0oO,OO0in Asiatie Tur-
400, 100 II Persia, $4,000, 90 in
kxahia md Central Asia, and 6O,0OO,-
90 IA Hindostan. Considerably more
an halt " them j IN Asia. and the
msindersin Africa. except the $780,
loQjn European Turkey. Il is also
sd4hss sslans iss rapidly converting
4 followers 81 Brahnaipism. This is
~ forcs which threatens England
|Aclld thss Mahdi sueceediin impress
NJ y nth ths beliei that lie Is the true
pro6teSt RE- s b gs
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20

city Of Cssselton; authorizing Miner
county to fund Indebtedness: establish
Ing an independent school district In Gilman
Lake county; CHANGING the corporate limits Of
the city Of Redfeld; changing the name
regulating the passage Of fish In
she james river; amending section
s. Chap. 81, Revised Code; amending sec. AIS.
Uiv1i Code; amending the cnarter OF
the city Of Yankton: amending the
charter OF Jamestown relating TO the
election of a board of education; establishing q
code of proceedings of justices courts; supple
mentary to chapter SO. political code; pro-
vidins for contesting the election of county
officers and the location OF county
seats: providing for planting forest trees on
prairies amending section 236, code Of civil pro-
cednre: establishing an indcpenden. school dis
tr;ct In Woonfocket, Moody county; amending
sec. 6, chap. 10, Political Code; amending sec.
!. chap. IA, Special Laws Of 1888: preventing
the spread of noxious weeds: amending sec. los,
Political Code amending sec. 4. chap. 8, Political
code; amending chap. 80. laws of 1879; author
lzing the commissioners of Lawrence county to
settle with and release the sureties Of Robert
HUI, treasurer of the said county: establishing
an asylum for the blind at Ipswich.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20

NM sblssbodisd hilitasyscridcs d
IA American Dali. press have created
sooddsSIsn8 saHussmsns:b 81 their elab-
Dsats tactical management Of the Afri-
~ canpaIgn. No general on the spot
shall g we'll informed Of the typ5gra-
Rhy ~ the soudan, ii the obstacles
which my force must meet orthsposi.
Hons itshould take Yor offensive 81 de.
1snAiye operations. II Wolseley could
only induce some Of these critics to
ahAnddn their present business, and
lon him on thu Nile or wherever, he is.
nv this time, E MAhdi would SOC the
sfqt1ityfsof further resistance. Many
pleNM renaenabes how these news
aarer isics attempted u instrnct orr
I 1slscrals drriug M war for the Union.
xki brilliantly colorea mapS.larxaad
|1l|1
3ssess. were no Obstacles
5hlSBs6dk 81 men Of tietransporta-s
aa4ntesials offvAr. They drew :
sExetrasght Line from 4 point Il another
md Wondered why II was not followed.
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Dssth Of Gen. 8. .. aactet.

Brig. Gen. Delos Z, saeket senior inspector
general United States army. died the 9Th inst.
q his residence in Washington. Gen. sacket
sntered the service as 8 cadet in the military
academy in 1840, and after his graduation in
lt45 WAS appointed brevet second lieutenant IN
the Second Dragons. In Juno, 1916, he was
made second lieutenant in the First dragons.
and was promoted to I arst lleutenancy Ii
sleaa, having previously received . breyet Of
frst iientenant for gailantry in the Mexican
rsr e the battles Of Palo Alto and Rssaca de
captain q the First cavalry, and in January,
1851, he became major in the same regiment
His promotion to DO lieutenant colonel Of the
Second cavalry took place the following Nav.
On Oct 1, Of the same year, Gen. sackot wss
appointed colonel in tho inspector generals de.
'partment and a. snch served during the entire
var, receiving successfully the brevets Of
brigadier general and major general in the
regular army tor faithful and meritorious ser
vices.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20

Remarkable miragss are among the
atmospheric effects in Dakota. The
Darlington News says that a few morn
lngs since, in that town. the Wesing-
on Hills, over sixty miles distant, could
plainly be seen III all their magnificent
splendor n the horizon of the north.
Tie mlrages occasionally G are phe-
.iomenal wonders. Yorktown. Kimball
md other towns are plainly visible,
Hoating as it We're in the clouds. The
Ills on the west side of the Missouri
liver are also visible and afford the
observer Il landscape picture the
oeauty OF which cannot be described
ny pen.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20

ae Governor veto message concerning the
.loval of the capital was received, and laid
over for one day.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20
F7-lH
GRE.

at Total como ~Nn
The emigration commission bill passed he
hoase. According to the provisions OF the bill,
the commissioner will receive a salary of
$1,000 per year, and have $4,000 ut his dis
posal to expeudin advertising, Office rent and
clerk hire.
BILLS IN THE COUNCIL
By Jones, defining powers of the Presbytery
of South Dakota. BY Bowdle, amending the
city charter OF Chamberlain.
House bills passed:
Providing for the erection Of a court house In
Clark county; Incorporating the city OF Clark:
relating to county seat of Sphinx county; chang
ing the name of N3rdwag' village to Arlinaton;
amending the code of civil procedure: relative
to appeals by counties: making Burlei:h county
warrants receivable for county taxes; amending
the penal code so that penitentiary sentences
may be less than one year; creating u county Of
Adams; providing for annual elections In Faux
located on a railroad; creating the office OF COM
missioner OF immigration; for the issue of Nc
Pherson county funding bonds; revising and
amending the civil code relative to insurance
companies; for the protection OF prairie chickens,
plover and other game; authorizing Minnehaha,
Miner, Kingsbury, Beadle, Suily aud Aurora
counties to aid persons whose crops were de-
stroyed by storms: prohibiting civil officers from
entering into contracts with municipalities or
the territory.
Bills introduced in the house:
By Mr.. Larson, amending section l and repeal
ing section 6 of the act relating to bonds and
coupons issued by township OF Elk Point. BY
MIR. Parshsii. providing for The purchase of 100
copies OF the first and second volumes, Dakota
reports. By Mr.. Huntintou, authorizing An
dover school township, No. 8. Day county, to
issue bonds to build school houses. BY Mr..
Steele, amending the charter of the city Of
Steele. By Mr.. Williams, establishing a com
mission on legislation.
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Governor elect Gray, OF Indiana,
turned over the Executive office to
Governor Porter four years ago, md
the latter will turn it over to. Mr.. Gray
IN january, It is said that NO two
Governors ever stood in this relation
before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-21

lived at the foot of hill and near the river and
probably had more influence over Lincoln than
any other man then living. Years after Anre
Rutledge's death, Lincoln visited Green. They
walked together one moonlight night along the
river bank Both were then married and had
families They talked Of their younger days,
and Lincoln spoke of Anne Rutledge He
cutched Green by the arm and, with tears in
his eyes, told him she hoped the winds of earth
might never sigh, nor the snow of heaven be
permitted to fall on the grave Of the only woman
he ever loved"
A brother of Anne Ruttledge became Meth
odist preacher. and during the war Lincoln ap-
pointed him to some offics. There were other
members of the family also to whom he paid
marked attention. His love for the memo.
ry OF Miss kutedge was so well known. it is re-
lated, that on one occasion, while at the White
House, woman who called to ask for some ia
vor, shrewdly planned to have her daughter,
who accompanied her, play song called Gen
tie Annie, on the piano. The singing so af-
fected Lincoln that the woman's request-prob-
ably for the pardon of son condemned to be
shot--was granted. j. w. WERK
GREENcASTLE, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-21
Frank r. Blair's Gift.
st. Louis Republican.


The campaign of 1868 was attended by deal
of sporadic killing and bloodshed, and it was
dangerous thing for a Democrat to speak as
Blair and Phelps spoke throughout the State.
In one of the southwestern towns coterie of
Republicans swore that Frank P. Blair should
not make speech in that town. On the night
in question the court house was filed with an
angry excited crowd. through which General
Blair rapidly made his way to the front Ar
irving at the stand he drew with his right hand
navy revolver and laid it carefully down, say
ing:
of the political issues now agitating the STATE
Here he drew from his left hip pocket another
navy revolver and placed il as carefully ON tho
desk, continuing without Interruption:
'"And propose to address you without fear or
favor
Thence he plunged into his argument, hurting
the bitterest Neutrality-suspicious. certain measures
but making no reference to his revolvers.
He spoke for nearly two hours amid the pro-
foundest silence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-21
The Old Road.

In0 OlQ ROAD
Old meandering country road to thy track ttrn
to-day.
Where the carven beeches spread and the runne slips
away
Thro the RANT ferns which grasp it in their eager
feathery hands
AS it cheats through their fingers and dmples the
sands,
Where, like slow stately swans. the white country
wagons creep,
Snailing down thy pallid path, as il dreaming or
Where the dim covered bridge. with catalpa blossoms
showed
Like old-fashioned brooch clasps the old country
road.
How oft have seen the swift showers Of summer
glide,
Hunted by pack Of sunbeams, cross the sleek coun
try side,
Or . rivuet of sheep flowing whitley past the farms
The shockheaded shepherds with new lambs in their
arms;
A bumblebee fetching bottom in trumpet creeper's
cup,
AS rode from the harvest-feld upon the swaying
load,
Brushed the locust boughs ON the old country road
The little hillside village sitting cozy and snug
And the old roads around it, with the fatherest
hug;
Every cottage draped at eve in smoky purple dress
Yeliowed by shutted sunshine to surprising lowell
ness;
Etched the blue the spre of the church is lifted
high,
And the sweet and pansies pasture for the
eye;
And the open dressers preach ali the hosptable CODE
Of the friendly ethics common long that old country
road
wonder if that weaver lass rnsing linen white as
snow,
Could not whiten out my life again as it was long
ago;
And think il could touch the emerald moses with
my face,
could damp these fever hres, with the turf of that
old place.
And sleep would be restfu in that mounded burial
plot;
TO lie down amid the grasses all uncrowded and for
got
And sometimes think my spirit, from the heavenly
abode,
Would core down and walk at twilight up that old
country road.
-Robt McIntyre
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-21
Philadelphia Press.


Howe, the author was born in Indiana in 1854.
He learned the printers trade in Bethany, Mo-,
in the Office of newspaper which belonged to
his father At present he is the owner and editor
of the Atchison Globe. His house. said to be
the best owned by any Kansas editor, is also
said to have been built with his own hands.
Bethany is the country town" described in the
story, and if the description is accurate, it must
have been barren, unattractive place.
In letter to California friend Mr.. Howe
writes: II never attended school after was
seven years Of age; have little knowledge of lit
erature, and have never read some of the princi-
pal writer's at all detest poetry and cannot
read it. although greatly admire the plays of
Shakespeare. Mr. Howe eontradicts himself
here.l return from the paper at 6 in the even
ing, and 60 to work again at z, whereupon my
wife and children so upstairs and keep as quiet
as possible. That is one of my faults; another
is, am not a farming or home man, and
when am too idle to work at nights or on Sun
day wander off to see my downtown friends,
my business acquaintance. of whom am very
fond. know that this is wrong, therefore l
wonder that my wife does not get a divorce on
the ground of abandonment. | have been told
that she regards me as quite good fellow, but
am mott