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St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06
THE GRlhDSTONE.
How This Useful Farm Implement Should
BE Used and Chosen.

4 grindstone is one of the worst used
implements on the farm or in the work
shop Few take the trouble to think
about their work and consequently the
great majority of the people fail
to get the most and the best use from
their tools. The few who do think will
agree with us when we say that grind
stone is both badly used and badly
chosen. It is too small; too thick; it is
not evenly and truly set and conferred;
it is not properly speeded, and is turned
either too fast, and made to throw the
water around, or too slow and so fails.
to do its work well; it is not well taken
care of, and it is badly used.
A grindstone to do good service should
be at least three feet in diameter and
two and one-half to three inches in
thickness, having a beYel on each side
OF the face for grinding on. It should
be quite free from hard spots Of iron
pyrites, which are injurious to tools, al
though these may be taken out with q
shal'p-pointed punch. If it is not CEN
tered truly, it will work out of shape,
and soon require truing up. 1t should
run as fast as possible, as it does work
both better and more quickly. To pre-
vent it from throwing water, piece of
bagging should be fastened to a staple
fixed across the frame on each end but
not so close as to grind it out; this viii
catch the excess of water and yet keep
the stone wet enough, and clean it. The
stone should be kept in the shade, and
never in water. which softens it and |
makes one. side wear faster than the
other. The water box should have a
hole in it, to let out the water and keep
the stone dry when not in use. In grind
ing, it should mostly turn from the tool.
and if used otherwise, great care should |
he taken by the one who holds the tool,
not to gduge the stone.-Indianapolss
Sentinel.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

ADosE of Red Star Cough Cure will pre-
vent you disturbing the congregation, and
put you in a right frame of mind to enjoy
the services, Twenty-Five cents bottle
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

"A fight, in which one of the partici-
pants was stabbed, was the outcome of
an argument between two Sacramento
Cinnamon over the best way to dress
hogs.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06
Young Men, Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich.
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRo-VoI
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 80 days, to men (young or old
afflicted with nervous debility, loss Of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rhel,.
matism,neuralgia,p aralysi and many 9th.
er diseases. Complete estoration to health,
vigor, land manhood guaranteed. No risk in.
CURED, as 50 days trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06
"A real King Charles dog WEIGHS.

"A real King Charles dog weighs:
when in good condition, about eight
pounds, has a SMALL round head, full,
round hazel eye Of great brightness and
expression, avery short nose, fine droop-
ing ears with black silky hair on them
that almost touches the ground; a soft,
long, black coat; delicate limbss fringed
down behind each leg with hair of arich
tan; a graceful tall tan at the side of
the mouth, and sometimes under the
chin and on the eyebrows. There must
be no white except ''tick'' on the
breast. Chicago Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

Not every man can make extensive
and accurate experiments in farm work,
but all can take good paper and Keep
themselves posted as to what other peo-
pie are doing- Toronto aeQbe.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

-"Gath' says John Wilkes Bootl
was never married, and that the story
about his wife and children is a hoax.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

CATTLE, when bitten by rabid dog, are
sent to the bone-yard; men to Pasteur.-
n. I. Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

Mexico has a land system under
which about $4,000 propretors own
most of the soil occupied by e0,000,00O
people.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

A COLD snap-Breaking an icicle-PTs-
historic Flt0
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

LEADING physicians testify to the value
of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, as Il specific for
colds
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

A KNIGHT of Labor-The one spent on a
morning paper.-Rot Springs Ners.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

LOVELY woman is doubtless mans infe-
rior in strength but she beats in point of
sighs.-N. Y. Herald
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

FAST walking sticks-Hurricanes.
6ugh Chronicle Telegraph.
St. Landry democrat., 1886-02-06

RELIEF is Immediate and Il cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-12
A MODEL REPUBLIC.

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the oldest representative" government OF
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churches ana tine r"rrnrfIn" 81 the
voters inc 81 oi''t'I "i i''' "tlI"''"\' or
fl"ll''E ABOUT 'i' l'"hN - hhNn"N H. \
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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-12
LABOR NOTES.

Tho ,ror nr thn Nou Nnrk IIot Sales.
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oppn ON Sunday is progressing finely, y
number Of clcrgymru HAY" promised
their support
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tied hy the national secretary, Louis
UcrIuand, nf New York.
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H..,.,a,l.;,ratior tlro,,,h Charles H.
,,,I,,au. ,r h,holr ur tine omrln,,.- in
Martin, ruhbcr web works. at Chelsea,
vhrrr 200 nurraliycs are NOW out.
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affair. rxi~t at tine new buIdiugOl Sprrry
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day, The retiring presidents Mr. MandS-
low IN an address insisted that in lessen
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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-12

tonkllu'a stage smile change when he
saw the friends of Organized lHbur.
-Four con,plratore Ioohiua lIrouGh the
RAT -holr.
4 star cIamhcr Caucus hcld ~ the
rear Of saloon un Congress- avenue.
The whole hog buttunhumg voters.
\ man fishing for those lost diamonds.
Two WouId-b" politician, in th, ,lh
ward who claim to be- labor men pulling
against Organized Labor aud trying To-
stand in with our enemies.
"l)mkie' coming out OF a .haprl street
dry goods store with a fopIoru lnoh ON
his Face,
The fonr men who followed the treas
urer of the picnic after dark to relieve
him.
One of them ret Knocked out 10y labor
watch dog.
Politicians with their heads together
cndravnrlng I" find some one to- control
the tabor vOtr
Many friends of George Mansfield la
hora candidate lnr congress
A number uf Mrriru and An4oui;
friends who would not patrouhr cncmn
OF Organized Labor
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
HERE AND THERE.

At COSTA Rica candles made of castor
beans are used.
A railroad to Mammoth cave has
been completed.
Nevada's state capitol is being thor
oughly repaired.
1t will cost someone $50 day to light
Lberty's torch.
Professional lamp-trimmers are New
York development.
In Bernardino, Cal. new wine is sell
ing at l24 cents gallon.
Epizootic is killing large number of
horses in western Maine.
One of the popular dishes in south
ern cities is red snappers.
Saloons in Taylor, New. charge %
cents for drink of whisky.
Missouri apples are on sale in the
markets of Los Angeles. Cal.
Four steamers brought 1,916 immi-
grants to New York Sunday.
Honey-raising is gradually becoming
the chief industry in Nevada
Turkish bath parties are now the
fashionable thing in New York.
The Carson (Nevada) mint will be-
gin coming within a few weeks.
The oyster trade along the Maryland
coast is remarkably dull this season.
A band of seventy-eight tramps was
seen near San Bernardino, Cal, re-
Gently.
Nearly 5000, 600 worth of candy
was made i'm California durinp the past
week.
Brick is being imported from Chicago
to be used in n new city building in San
Diego, Cal.
Little Rock. Ark. is being improved
by the erection of new court house,
costing 100000.
''Birdicides" is the name given to
Boston women who decorate their hats
with stuffed birds.
One of the patients in hospital at
Aguascaientes, Mexico, is said to be
exactly 1l5 years old.
Every voter in Dayton. New, a town
of three thousand inhabitants. belongs
to some secret society.
A farmer near Manchester, Tenn,
has an S-months-old calf which gives
one-half gallon of milk per day.
The Philadelphia bride who was mar
ried on the day she was seized with
scarlet fever is rapidly recovering.
In Hawthorne, Neb., sand is often
used to extingu sh fires in the absence
of water, and it is said to be quite eff
fectual.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
A Chance for Gladstone.

Lord Randolph Churchill has resigned
his seat in the British cabinet. The cause
of the troubles his inability TO agree with
the ministry on the increase of the army
and navy expenses, which increase he con-
siders uncalled for in the present state of
England's foreign relations. There is n
belief, moreover, that one of the principal
causes of Lord Randolph's retirement lies
in his inability to go as far as the MARQUIS
of Salisbury would wish to go in the direc-
ton of coercive legislation. His lordship
has not been n radical coercionist at any
time, and while he has given an unquali-
fed support to the ministry in all meas
ures so far made public. it has been made
evident his support of coercion was
sacrifice made to peace.
The Times, in commenting on the resig-
nation, disapproves of Lord Randolph's
hasty notion. 1t recognizes that his resig-
nation deprives the conservative ministry
of it's brainiest member, and says that
reconstructed conservative cabinet with
out new blood cannot last long and will
lead to the return of Mr.. Gladstone to Of
fice.n
The resignation of Lord Randolph
Churchill as chancellor of the exequer has
caused n profound sensation among the
public. The reasons that led to il and
Lord Salisbury's stand in upholding the
estimates for the army and navy as pre-
pared by the ministers of those respective
departments, indicate, it is believed, that
the ministry is of the opinion that a war
is imminent, and that is the intention of
the government to soon inaugurate extern
sive naval and military preparations with
a view to making its influence felt on the
continent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Mcouade's Christmas Present.

Ex-Alderman McQuade the bribe-taking
alderman of New York city, has been
sentenced to seven years in Sing Sing
prison and to pay fine of $1,000. In pro-
nouncing sentence the judge said:
Arthur McQuade. you have been fairly
and justly convicted of bribery. You
were elected TO perform public duty and
public trust Instead of doing so you
violated that trust. Your character as n
business man, citizen, father, husband, is
good. Ihave sympathy for your wife and
family. have reason to believe that yon
received rs much money as Duffy did,
$4,000. That money is not yours; IL is
not the property of your family. II it is
left with them it will work the inevitable
result of ill-gotten gain. would advise
you to give up and pay back to the city
the money which you received and have
no doubt it would work to your benefit.
The sentence of the court is that you be
confined in state prison at hard labor for
term of seven years, and that you pay a
fine of $1,000
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
THE KIMBERLEY GOLD FIELDS.
Pronounced Great Failure-Miners
Slain by Blacks.

Slain by Blacks.
A correspondent of The Sydney Her
aid writing from McPheey creek on
July 81, gives a gloomy view of the
Kimberley gold-fields. He was sent out
by The Herald to make a careful esti-
mate of the diggings, and from his OBJ
servations and the testimony of eXper-
fenced miners he pronounces the Dig
gings failure. The following are the
most interesting points in the letter:
There is the main camp in the center
of what are named the kimberley
gold-fields." There were about seventy
men and one hundred horses .camped
there. Samuel johnson. one of the
men recently speared by the blacks, was
also there. had personal interview
with him, and the information / obtain
ed from him has since been verified by
personal observation. and also from
conversation with at least one hundred
miners, many of whom have been ON
the field for months, others for weeks.
and others again for only few days,
but all are unanimous in prOnouncing
the diggings gigantic failure. Mr.
johnson has been on the field, which
embraces an area of some hundreds of
miles, between seven and eight months.
He states that he. with four others,
came overland from Port Darwin with
a thorough complete outfit and thirty
horses. His party commenced pros
pecting directly they struck the Ord
river, and have been hard at it ever
since. As they have experienced both
the wet and the dry seasons, Mr.. John
son ought to be able to speak with
some authority. He stated that he had
no hesitation in pronouncing the Dig
gings a failure.
All the gold hitherto got has been
obtained by gully-raking. which is very
''patchy. Sinking is useless. as it is
impossible to get down more than a
couple of feet No quartz Reefs have
been found rs yet. and the gold appears
to come from ''mullocky" leaders. 1
do not assert that there is no gold in
The district, for something like two
thousand ounces must have been I'M
earthed. But il must be remembered
that the parties who have got the bulk
of this came here well equipped with
horses and provisions and prepared to
prospect the country in all directions.
They have completely worked out all
the good gullies, and although many Of
those who arrive in the various steam
ers at the gulf are still working. very
little gold is being got-not sufficient to
give men rations.
Several men have been killed by
black and fully twenty men have been
missing for weeks past. They went out
prospecting in different directions. In
parties of two and three, with provis-
ions sufficient to last them only few
days. They have never been heard of
since, and it is feared that they have
either lost themselves and erished in
the bush or have been murdered by the
blacks.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
A New Pension Bill.

AT the request of the Union Veteran
Army of the republic, Senator Blair has
introduced bill making comprehensive
changes in the pension laws The bill
practically removes the limitation of ar
rears of the pension act and makes the
fact of enlistment into the service of the
United States evidence of physical sound
ness at the time of enlistment. It enlarges
the class of persons TO be entitled to the
benefits OF the pension laws so as TO in
clude all who may have been disabled
while actually engaged in service of the
United States Of n military nature, wheth-
er they were mustered or not. 1t also
grants pension to all female nurses in
the late war who shall have arrived at the
age OF 90 years and are without the means
of comfortable support. 1t provides that
there shall be two classes of pensionable
disabilities, viz, specific and non-specific.
Non-specitic disability is defined as one,
the nature and degree of which cannot be
determined without the aid of evidence or
of medical examination. The pensionable
disabilities are graded from one to twenty
according to the degree of injury incurred.
The rate of pension for minor children is
increased from $2'to 50 per month.
1t is made unlawful to reject a claim on
evidence secured by secret investigation,
or because the records of Che war or navy
department fail to show tho existence of
the disease, wound or injury. 1t is also
made unlawful to reduce n pension or
strike the name of a ,pensioner from the
rolls without giving thirty days notice to
the person affected. When claimant
who is entitled TO arrears of pensions dies
before the claim is adjudicated, the widow,
minor children and dependent relatives
shall be entitled TO be subrogated to all
the claimants rights. The bill also cor
reefs what are held to be imperfections in
many minor matters of the present pen
sion laws. "Such farther sums as may be
necessary TO pay the pensions granted I'M
der the provisions of this actn is appropri-
ated in addition TO the $75000,0O6 appro-
priated by the last pension bill.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Viii Help the Banks.

Comptroller Trenholm has prepared the
draft of a bill for amending the national
banking laws, has promised to draft 4 bill
dealing with the whole subject of reor-
ganization. The present draft provides
that interest bearing bonds which have
been called must be replaced within three
by other interest bearing bonds,
allows banks to discount notes having not
more than four months TO run, although
the same may be secured by real estate,
when discounted for an indorser in the
ordinary course of business and when the
mortgage or lien is merely collateral.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Bitter Against Knights.

The organization of Negroes into knights
OF labor assemblies has caused bitter feel
ings among the farmers in South Carolina
and other southern states. Some papers
advise spotting the organizers and driving
them out of the state. They also advocate
the appropriation of money to maintain
the militia as they will be needed il the
work continues. The legislature has done
this and bill will undoubtedly be passed
making it conspiracy To interfere between
employer and employee in any contract
written or verbal II n strike occurs dur
ing cotton picking season it Is feared
much blood will be spilled.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Not All Harmonious.

Tho development of tory coercive meas
ures has been checked by strong divi
sion in the British cabinet Lord Ash.
bourne favorS tho most stringent meas
ures and instant action, treating the cam
paign as an illegal conspiracy. Sir
Michael Eicks-Beach and Lord Randolph
Churchill favor mild enforcement of the
present laws, Lord Ashbourne advises
the dismissal of Hicks Beach as chief Sec
rotary OF Ireland and the appointments OF
The tory press violently assail the govern
ment for diletoriness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30

A colt near Santa Rosa, Cal, which
runs loose in the barnyard, came across
sack of barley the other day, and, not
being able to eat it all. picked up the
bag and carried II across the lot to its
mother. The owner saw the act, and
removed the SAX to distant part of
the yard and hid II. 1t was not long,
however, before the little horse found
it where 1t was covered with several
empty sacks and carried it back to lite
mother. who was allowed to finish the
grain.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Distressing TO tho 1ndres.

The venerable judges of the supreme
disturbed. A bin has been introduced to
cut off the salaries of all Federal judges
who are eligible for retirement on full pay
Chat is such as have reached 20 and have
served ten years. who fail to resign within
one year after such eligibility accrues.
troller Durham will refuse to allow the
usual expenses of the supreme court of
New Years day. He considers the custom
of paying for the carriage hire and gloves
of the justices more honored in the breach
than the observance.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Preparing For War.

Uneasiness is felt in Paris and other
cities of France over the rapidity with
which France is improving her armament.
All the manufactures are worked to their
fullest capacity. 1t is reported that Italy
Is arming and that Germany is increasing
her troops in Alsace- Lorraine.
Russian agents at Prague are engaging
gunmakers for Russian factories which
have large contracts to fill.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Aichigan Granpara.

At the annual meeting of the Michigan
STE Grange, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Master,
Cyrus G.. Luce; overseer, John Holbrook
of Ingham; lecturer, Jason Woodman of
Van Buren,; steward, VIM. Shafer of Ing
Oakland; chaplain, !. N. Carpenter OF
Wexford; Il. A. Strong of Vicksburg,
Kalamazoo county, treasurer and j. +.
Cobb of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo county,
secretary.
The address by Worthy Master Luce
was careful resume of the history and
work of the organization, and was listened
to with1close attention.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-12-30
Attention. CallArni

The official program for the presidents
reception on New Years day has been Is
sued. The usual procedure viii be followed
and tho reception will terminate at 2 y. m.
The president will he assisted by Mrs.
Cleveland and the ladies of the cabinet.
lands weekly Saturday afternoon recep-
lions, from 3 until o'clock, will begin on
Saturday, Jan. s. and continue through
the season, and that she will be at home
TO her friends on Tuesdays and Thursday