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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

ssWnAr u meant by the bone Of contsn-
Hionl,n asked young hopeful, looking up
r rs his father, solsmnly, .'tke jaw
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

Nh. BowLxs-"I guess that's cheap
cigar you're smoking Mr.. yowles-"Yes
swore OF using tobacco the drst OF the
YEAR,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

uAH.n aid Jehokes, taking his friend'e
baby, The has got his mothers eyes-and
nv hair" be added, q the youthful prod
IN grabbed him by his fore-top.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

CIRCUS men will soon be along to canvas
the situation.-The Rdnabler.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

RELIEF Is Immediate, and . cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 30 cents.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

A SOFT job-Shaving young man for The
! drst time.-Fdu River Adrdacs.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

How Women Would Vote.
We're women allowed to vote, every one
In the land who has used DIR. Pierce's "Fav-
orite Prescription would vote it to be an
unfailing remedy for the diseases peculiar
to her sex. By druggists.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

FELT sLrrfERs-Those applied 70 vicious
youngsters.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

"How DID the bull look on emerging
from the china showin "A little the worse
for the ware.n
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

WHEN the car-drivers strike they do not
brake any thing.-Boston Commercial But
lsfin.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28

The traitor who Is expected to be loyal
to both sides-The arbitrator.-M Y Led
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

sora The present hard WorkinG
maintaining and conscientious heed g
ihe NAVY Department y sparing 10
pains 70 rehabllitate the navy and .
making the best use of re means
placed at his disposal.
Il will BE- well 70 profit By the de
closures which arc being made In refer
enco 20 tho British navy, tho leaky @.
lypso. The bursting gun on the ColIings
wood and the serious defects Of the
Phnton. Those vessels were Of the
most improved and modern types, and
che guns were pronounced By the Ord
nance Department the best Of their
clasa A searching inquiry h called
for, and Il . feared that tho ''invinoi.
bic" British navy will b. found 70 b
In the Same unpreparcd state - was
the French army q tho outbreak Of the
war OF 1870. Il u decidedly scientific
work 20 make weasel which will b
both swift and strong. or gun which
will fire very heavy shot BY : very
powerful charge Of powder without
bursting. Mr.. Whitney is determined
to secure those necessary elements u
the building up Of TIE navy. He
Il hampered BY The cumbersome
system which governs the de-
partment, and needs . thor.
ough reorganization. 1t should b
the first step taken by Congress TO
bring around the reconstruction Of the
navy. The department can take ad.
vantage Of the experience Of England
in avoiding the plumbers which have
wrought such mischief in her navy and
robbed some Of her most Wanted ships
OF their prestige. The Secretary Of the
Navy has made the initiatory move to
adopt scheme which has proved Of
inestimable value to the British admir-.
atty, to have list and description Of
merchant steamers prepared FOR the
department, to be regarded as avail
able in case of emergency, to serve -
auxiliary cruisers or transports. 1t Is
. plan that i in operation with the
great Powers Of Europe, and must
work to advantage in case Of war. II
Congress will only do its duty toward
the Navy Department, there will be no
delay in repairing the blunders and
rascalities of former years. albany
argus.
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~ Dosonp1s1 uusnan1 - , Dlvoreeo
Womea De1ugos NJ noeoeasoe Win W.
49, lnnleelns natal ua1orles. 80 Ihee
Ests ~ own La = : Tragic Mnnnes'
P11TsnUnou. IA. July lS.-John 4
Dewald. the divorced husband Of pret-
y woman. who was married The same
day the decree q separation Was granted,
70 Jacob n. Jones, took . terrible -
venEe On hls rival yesterday. He lay IN
ambush for him near the place which he
he'd selected for bic new home with biz
bride, on Mount Warrington, end threw
: c0pful a vitriol u his fare. He
watched for awhile the sudcrings Of bic
victim and % zee that hIs work was well
done. and then ran 70 the edge Of the
hillside, where he drew : revolver and
deliberately blew his brains out. He
fell. rolling down The mountain . dis
lance Of over three hundred feet. He
Was picked up lifeIess, mangled mass,
and carried 20 Foley's stable, u the
Thirty-sixth ward. and Jones was -
moved TO DR.. G. w. Saddler's honse, near
By. and afterward % his house. HOG vir-
ginia avenue.
The vitriol was thrown midway BE-
tween the residence a DR.. Saddler and
Mr.. voght, on Grandvicw avenue, near
Ulysses street, where Dewald lay ID am
bush for his victim. Edward voRhe, =
boy Of fifteen years Of age, WAS the only
witness 10 the aflair. He saw Dcwald
arrive at the place about half-past six
O'Clock. He sat down on the grass and
took from his pocket bottle and tin
cup. He poured the contents Of the for
mer into the latter and threw the bottle
away. IL was picked up afterward. II
was labeled "Vitriol," purchased at
Beach's drug store on Mount Washing
TIN.
Young voght says that Dewald ap-
peared nervous. He seemed to be watch.
ing for somebody, a. he kept constantly
looking In the direction Of the incline.
At last he arose. The place where he
stood slopes somewhat and IL protected
from view from the incline side BY the
high ground on which DR.. Saddler's
beautiful house stands. The road
near Ulysses street, where Dewald
stood, takes . turn 1t this point
% that Z person standing there ID con-
cealed from sight. Jones came along It
brisk rate. He was late, and In hurry
20 get home for supper. Just Is he ar
rived 1t the turn Of DR.. SaddIer's house,
Dewald stepped forward, almost face 70
face with Jones. Before the victim could
eay Z word or recover from his surprise,
for he had recognized Dewald, the latter
threw the vitriol IN his face, exclaiming:
"There, take that!"
The police were notified Of the AFFAIR
and In torn informed the coroner's clerk,
L. p. Ennis, who took charge Of the case
and had the body Of Dewald removed.
DR.. Saddler said that In all Of his ex.
perience Is physician, and he had seen
= great many touching sights, he never
witnessed such awful suiierings Is those
Of Jones. His shrieks could be heard
blocks away. The scid was thrown over
the left side Of his face into his eve, ear,
nose and mouth and ran down under his
undershirt, eating away the skin and ex-
posing the raw flesh. Before his CLOTH
ing could be removed the upper part Of
his shirt, coat and vest and . portion Of
biz necktie were eaten up By the burning
0uid He will die
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4 sHREwD swIMDLE.

aev : PhfIs delphi. Tailor Lose H1ne
suit o. Clothes.
n. went into the store Of one Of tho
- s..h;or.hl. ..;lors ~ Chestnut
NUS '.'''o'"''e '.o !,
street, ana arrayoo n''.se" - ~ -
pensive summer suit Then 10 sara;
II must pay You BY check. but 40
Won do not know me will not ask YOU
- s.Le one ~ NV own. Won are acauain-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

me Symptoms % violent IIydrophobla
Resultlng From the Bite 81 : water
Moccnsln snnke-rhe Patient Recover
Ing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July lS.-Mr. Wm.
Reed, while bathing In Flat creek, rear
6helbyville, Tenn, few weeks ago, Be.
gan to feel around under rocks for nsh.
He caught what he thought was : nsh,
but upon bringing It TO The surface Of the
water found Il to be : large water mOc-
casIn. The snake BIT Mr.. Reed on the
thumb. but, - u was killed,
nothing Wa thought Of Il until :
few days ago, when Mr.. Reeds
hand began 70 swell, throwing him
Into violent fever. He became dcliri-
Gus and wanted TO bite every one who
came near his bed. It required the con-
blned strength Of several men 70 combine
him to hIs bed. Several medical men
were called In, and all their efforts seemed
futile, - the symptoms were III similar
10 those IN cases Of hydrophobia. The
constant attendance and skill Of his ply
sIcians, however, pulled him through,
and ne u now getting well.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

General Logan's sarcastic refIec-
tons on Mr.. Blaine clearly show that
he has an impression that Blaine has
no love for soldiers. Grand Rapids
Leader.
-- Secretary Bayard's position
throughout the fisheries controversy
has been consistent with his own Dig
nifty and that Of the country. The ro-
suit is that England Is ready to make
concessions and Canada Is ready To
back down.-St Louis Republican.
III there really Is any necessity,
now when twenty years Of peace have
supervened. for the special pension
legislation which the Republican or.
gans are upholding against tho Presi-
Dental veto, IL can only be because the
Republican party in Congress has
shamefully neglected its duty TO tho
soldiers. From this proposition there
Is no escape. Detroit Free Press.
The President gives the Senate
and House = reminder nearly every
day that they are losing sight Of the
laws. This lesson which occasional
vetoes give must have . beneficial ef-
feet upon legislation after awhile.
For the first time in years there Is .
judicial mind in the White House
which calls halt to even Senators
who have prided themselves on their
legal knowledge while voting for un-
constitutional bills. --Du6dio Times.
The announcement that the
Committee on Commerce of the Re-
publican Senate is making large addi-
tons to the River and Harbor bill
passed by the Democratic House. and
that II Is likely 70 call for two or three
millions more when the upper branch
gets through with IL, Is an unfortunate
response to the Republican platforms
recently adopted in Maine and Yer
mont condcmning the Democrats for
their cxtravagant appropriations. ~
Y. Post.
The Committee on Privileges
and Elections in the United States Sem
ate have passed upon the effort Of the
Republican ringsters Of Ohio to be-
smirch the fair fame Of Henry b.
PAYNE, . member OF that body. There
were upon that committee i've Repub-
licans and four Democrats. Upon
both sides they were the men Of high
est repute in their respective parties,
the cream Of the cream, - to ability,
personalintegrity. party standing and
lifelong experience in public service.
OF these nine men. such - are above
described, seven declared upon their
solemn oaths that the charges against
Senator Payne were unworthy Of con-
sideration. - Cincinndti ESqxirsS.
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MILITARY TACTICS.

The Manner IN which Major sumner PRO
poses % Nest the Ihresssned Innux q
Insrnders On Oklahoma Lands.
WICHITA, Kas.. July 1.-THE follow.
ing card appeared In the Eagle yester-
days
sourH HAvEx. July 6-PIease publish n
Oklahoma the lssh ofthis month Il one half
60 II Who cav they are going and who are
15o0- We viii seart from this place.
Nugcnt IL one Of the promoters Of the
movement to enter Oklahoma, and there
ID no doubt that July Is ID the time for
the proposed advance. The secrecy and
caution which characterized the earlier
efforts are cast aside now that the troops
are sent among them. They have sub
scriptions amounting TO about 1000
and large amount Of ammunition and
arms.
II Il said that the ssBanner," the name
Of the organization, viii meet with I'M
looked for opposition IN Major Sumner,
man feared alike By Indians and white
men. His plan II very practicable. He
has given orders to the Indians who are
located on the west Of the Oklahoma 70
pl0w nvc yards around their ranges, @
be intends to burn every spear Of grass
IN the country except what the Indians
require 70 gra1e their stock. In this way
he invaders VIII have nothing upon
which 70 feed their stock, and 30 practi.
cably b starved out.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

Waterford WIseonsln, Ravagsd ~ .
stvaneo Epldsnie % virulsnt ryphoia
Typo.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, July l2.-Advices
received late last night from Waterford,
: hamlet Of I'VE hundred people IN Racine
County, Just beyond the border Of Nil.
waukee County, aSs that the strange dis
ease which made IL appearance there
few days ago Il spreading. Two deaths
have occurred and elk Others are expected
momentarily. Forty people have been
stricken with viruleut form and many
others with milder phase Of the malady.
The people ere terror stricken and the
village d being rapidly deserted. The
stores are barred, the schools closed and
surrounding towns have virtually quaran-
tined the place. The Stats Board o.
Health Yesterday made IN investlgs tion
and found The malady 70 b . species Of
violent typhoid fever. IL attack pro.
duces delIrum. It WAS introduced
into the village By . Milwaukee
laborer named Huening, who went there
sick. Receplac1es used BY him were
washed q Z well where eighty children
attending the Catholic parochlal school
are wont 70 drink, and contaminated the
water. Many Of these children are down
with the disease Il % reported that the
epidemic hes spread % the ncigho0rinG
town Of Rochester.
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= v1neugnnme DnGnso Coopeg Ia1po -
PoaanGo eeo>o N1ngngo whlP1pee1 unD-
-. v>e.e oapenna We1o Conns . ~
Ornsn, mnenao1 - . unsro1-uIo u1lu
EAvsa - Puupesps = Dele AGn1n.
BUFFALO. n. r.. July 13.--yey len
= ~ thousands q persons Who visited
NiaGnn Enlls yesterday had any Idea
that another adventurous man would ~
tempt % pass the whirlpool rapids q
which Capeain Webb lost he NE. FOR
some time past g. d. Graham has been
making preparations for ths attempt ont
lev persons really believed that Bile
courage would hold out long enough for
him % make Is. Such, however va
noe the case, and e four o'clock n ne
afternoon Gnham started on bis perllous
voyage, which he successfully accom-
pllshesl. 0aham had told reporter al
about HE plsns. and stated that he would
carry them ont q the time be did, but ~
Qnes1ed that the time b not given IN
publishing he article for fear that he
authorities would prevent him In biz pur-
pose. Accordingly. very few were among
he spectators. Graham kept the cask IN
which he intended % make his trip II :
saloon In this city. About elev-
en o'clock Saturday night he loaded u On
. wagon and, accompanied By
several frlends, started for the
falls. They arrived there about four
O'Clock yesterday morning and unIoaded
The cask ~ 3 point on the American side
Of the river below the falls and about
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

~ o1D1m Jnoo - 10y - 0ooo 10 uou0
th1ng A1eee An
y seems - - impossible % HnA
eut the truth about the English spar.
rows and their usefulnesA Il u very
much ths fashion 70 abuse them and "a
dsny thst they have any merits 81 all
Because they DO quarrel among them
selves and with other birds Il Il thought
improbable that they war upon worms
ani o<hsr pestA and yet The fact 70
mains that n great numbers they Dc
81 : living. i must be that they live
upon the enemy. for peoples hearts
~ generally hardened against them
- zach degree that not many meali
ars furnished 70 them by friends. And
in point Of fnct does not our own ex.
perience show 10 that there are fewer
OF those dreadful worms about than
there were bofore the sParrows camel
thot now We seldom SEQ trees entirely
stripped Of their foliage - once We
didf that in our gardens rose-bugs and
tent-caterpillan arc fewer than they
usod 20 bo. and that even the little
green worms that eat the rose leaves
are not by any means 50 numerous q
whom lev years agO they made = rose
bed look g II Il had been swept over
by fye. Il must have been the spar
rows that did Is all for there are hardly
any other birds left near the city In
places where once the robins jumped
about upon the vernal grass, the cat
bird called from every bush and tho
wood thrush and the orioles voice could
be often heard, none Of these old
friends can now be found except at
long intervals. They are gone. and
some people say II Is the sparrows who
have driven them away, by eating up
AL the food, BY worrying them and de-
stroying their nests and young ones.
This may be true. II least in part, but
IL II not equally probable that these
native birds, like the native wild ami
mails, would have vanished anyway
without the sparrows' aidP
The loss Of our song birds ID : very
serious loss, one which every lover Of
nature feels acutely. The spairows
are accused Of being one cause Of the
losa, and the passion for feather trim
mings Is said 70 be another cause. Both
Of these causes are efficient, but there
Is another. which il probably quite A.
efficient Is either. and which certainly
thould be taken into account, and It Is
she growth o. the science OF ornitholo-
~. Halt the children in the land are
engaged in the collection Of objects Of
natural history, and birds nests and
birds eggs always play leading part
in such collections. A drawer full Of
eggs. with which nothing Is ever done,
Is generally = part Of every country
school-boy's property just now. and
when IL Is remembered that this Is 60
ing on all over the land and that there
ere millions Of school boys. and that
the familiar birds only inhabit the cul-
tivated parts Of the country and have
no chance to make their loss good by
retiring out Of sight occasionally, n
tho fishes do. we need no longer won
der IL they are growing rapidly fewer.
The making Of archaeological collec.
tons really ought to be discouraged
for a while at least long enough to give
the birds chance to replenish their
Numbers 80 Philadelphia Times
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

"Oh. yes-- said The tattooed woman.
any story = sd one. You see my
father and I were captured BY some
natives Of West Africa, who threatened
% put him 10 death unless he tattoocd
me- from head to foot. Pa could tattoo.
You know. Ny father was obliged 20
do II, although = nearly cost me my
lifc."
ssThey tell No that some Of those
/. New York tattooers are remarkably
proficient in this work"
Yes; but they charge awfully for y:
Boggs made me pay 900 for my JOB. 4
ND BITS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

The record Of General Black and
that Of bis predecessor in the Pension
Office are matters Of comparison and
contrast, on which no judicious Rcpub-
licsn organ will needlessly concentrate
public attention. General Black went
into office rs head Of the Pension Blu
reau March IL, 1885. His record ~ :
Union soldier d too well-known to need
rehearsal here. His appointment was
everywhere recognized - one emf.
ncntly it TO Be made. Entering UPON
hIs duties. what was the state Of affairs
which he found ~ 10 the ofIicehOldcrp
under himP The Office had been in
Republican hands for twenty years.
For more than half that time the Re-
publican party had been pledged
publicly in all It's conventions. State
and national. b the great principal Of
.'divcrcing patronage from politics. "
On the 18th Of March. 1885. the day
General Black went into Office, there
were 148 special exaniners In the PEN
sion Department, and not one Of the
entire twelve dozen and four was Z
Democrat There we're 229 clerks de-
tailed 10 assist In special examination
work and Of the cntirc nineteen dozen
and one there were just 2 (two) DEM
ocrats. Adding III the Other employed
Of the Pension Once TO those and the
total number a persons borne upon
IL salAry-roll was 1865. And out Of
that there wcrc just seventeen Demo.
craoA Seventeen IN nearly LOO
That u just ono per cent. And thil
was the genuine C'vil-Servico reform
which a. administered by General Dad
10y. Wa sanctioned By every Republio
q Administration. --Dos(es 0loba
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PORTLAND, Me-, July l3.-Ierrence
O'TIare, who II under arrest hers for the
murder Of bio wife, Gays bic wife hid forty
dollars % his money end that they fought
about g. His wife was intoxicated and
lell. O'Hare, 0ndIng her dead, sum-
m0ned ne nelGhbOru. O'Hare's daughter
says che never knew her father - beat
her mother. DR.. Cummings says ~ has
been upon several occaslons called - oew
- wounds that MrB. OHare ho1 r.
coIvod from her husband, and that O'Hare
No. been gradually gettlng mofe brutal.
Altoe The romoval o. The scalp several
wounds, before unaotlcsd, vors found y
~ Womon's heed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

AT the funeral of County Clerk
Pcachy. Of Oroville. Cal, who commit
ted suicide recently, pathetic scene
occurred. The father Of Pcachy.
man gray-beardcd and bent with age,
met face TO lsce with his former wife
the m0ther--from whom he had been
separated twenty years. The father
resides q Loo Angeles and tho mother
q Oakland. They have married again
and have families. Their actions over
he body q their boy were sad - be-
hold. The father tcnderly strokod the
hair a his son and the mother kissed
the lips. Both wept bitterly. but neither
recognised ths other. --Ssn Francisco
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Ths Returns 70 Date show De~Ided1y Ad-
verss - Gladstone snd His ISone- Rule
Plana fnr Ire1and-Whaf the EseusInisg
Contests Must settle - The Key 20 The
SItuatbons
LoxDox, July 1.-THE election -
turns up 70 the close Of the poll yester-
day are now in. They show that the
Ministerialists have taken l56 seats. the
RarneIlites Is, UnionIsts So and Tories
28s leaving "a sests still 10 be contested.
OF these the PArnellites will get Is, leav-
Ing IS for the Minlsterialists, Unionists
and Tories 70 light for. In order to -
cure majority over al other parties the
Tories must gain - out Of the IS seats.
A glance u the constituencies remaining
unpclled q once shows this 70 be ex-
sre0ely unlikely although not impos-
sible. Under the circumstances
the advice rendered 70 Gladstone
70 hold on 20 once until expelled
~ . vote Of the House, II Sails bury fails
70 secure his clear majority. finds warm
supporters among the Premier's most
trusted advisers. Such . vote could only
Be carried By the aid Of the Liberal IN
i0nIsts. The great advantage Of the
course advised II that it would cause the
Marquis 81 Harrington and Mr.. Chamber.
lain . disclose their policy. and place
them q once II posture not favorable
70 0Iadstonc'o attack, a60rding ample
opportunities Of bringing on discussion
q the whole question, enlightenIng pub
nc opinion and probably leading 70 COM
plete severance between the Unionists
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The best way 70 settle quarrel =
nor The innocent one 70 take the initia-
tive ard forgive The guilty one. 4
quarrel b seldom healed In any otneI
Way. Try it-M u lNdweWdsnk
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BERLIN, July LA number Of Jour.
nalIsts have been Indicted By thc govern.
meat for breaches o. ne press Law h
puoIlshing documents relating 20 The
Sarsuw case willis u Was o. trial n The
courts. The trial d the Newspaper men
pronises p abound j. seosation4, Cap
tain 9orauw having bee1 convicted d
fonlo1lnR . 1ranco, reguIarly while ~
49, T. ne German military service.
~ ~ Information be could obtain
co1cornIng German fortl0cations.
14porof Williams Doj0urn q Ems y
uo491e, inoomuc1 - y Improves IN
1ooll4 ond oopecG He n oolo - THE
1872 wallis tAan logmoslB.