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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-06
THE YAxcY SUICIDE
A Different Version Of the Death Of Mss
Yancy.

Yancy.
Shreveport Journal.
Miss Lucy Yancy, handsome. pre-
possessing and highly Intelligent young
efrf, between fourteen aud fifteen years
u age, the daughter Of Mr. Daniel Yancy,
living four miles soutn Of Homer, Clai-
bornc parish, committed suicide Tues
day morning at an early hour, at the res
idence Of her father, by taking strych-
nine. The circumstance surrounding
this sad affair are of the most distressing
character. In an unguarded moment
this young girl, who was admired and
esteemed by all who knew her, yielded
to the desires of some base and merciless
wretch, and it was to hide her shame
that she took the fatal drug.
On Friday evening last it was rumored
in Homer that Miss Yancy had been out
ragged by a likely young mullatto named
George Ford, who has been living on Mr..
Yancey's place for the past three or four
years. A party of twenty-five or thirty
men went ont that night to Mr.. Yancey's
for the purpose Of giving the negro a
short shrift. When the party arrived at
Mr.. Yancey's the young lady was in COM
v,,!si ,ns, the cause Of which our inform
ant did not learn. bnt It was presumed
she was suffering from the effects Of poi
sou. After short consultation the par
ty returued to Homer without molesting
the negro, from the reason that from all
that could be learned the crowd were in
grave doubt as to the guilt Of the negro.
Excitement ran high. ard Saturday
night another party Of men-larger than
the flrst-again visited Mr.. Yancey, armed
with warrant for rord's arrest ON the
charge Of rape. Ford was still on the
place. and made no effort whatever to
get ont OF the way. Another conference
wns held with Mr.. Yancey, who, It seems,
was unwilling to have the negro sum-
marily dealt with, and again the crowd
retired without troubling the negro
moraAy satisfied that he was not the an-
thor Of Mss Yancey's ruin, and the sto-
~ that he had outraged her was erigina-
ted for the purpose Of screening the gull
ty party. The negro remained at his
home nntil late Sunday night, when he
disappeared and has not been heard Of
since.
This ssd and distressing affair sesma
to be shrouded In mystery which will
never benngaye3ed.
Mr.. Yaacey \ An old and highly res
pectabIe citizen Of Claiborne parish. and
bss = most exCsllsnf family. with whom
the entire community deeply sympatize.
Ne know nothing whatever - 70 the
facts Of this sad affair, hut give the state
mcnt as ne resolved it from resident Ol
Homer. We have purposely avoided
giving many unpleasant snrmises thai
have and are sill being indulged In a
to who is responsible Tor the young lady'i
death.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-06
Atlanta MALE & FEMALE
INSTITUTE.
Situated It Albania vim Parish Il.

Vsseasss - Ossa1so WIN osto9 6As
d.-hoot placed BY Act Of the Legislatxrs
ef Losi.iesa, ..ssder Tie co.tro1 # u.
Sapesiatendest Of Public Edsoatios osd
Ne State Beard Of Edscatios," asJ rept
reseafed BY legally Incorporated board Of
Trustees.
This Inetitntion is presided over by the
Rev. A. N. WALES, a re-. 1..,iar graduate
Of Centenary College q: this State.
Regular tuition per month
for all grades. .s2.0O.
Good board CO. be obtained
in private r. allies at the raie
per mopf. of................... $500.
Schr .ars who have but little means,
cap .nd work on neighboring farms to
r .,ply such deficiencies; and planters
{ are calling for students who may desire
to pay their board with their labor, In q
country where labor Is honorable.
The locality Of the schoo. is provefh'al
fur its healthfulncss.
The religious privileges are good and
haruonizing, and the social influences
are moral and clevating in character.
The present school management has
been approved BY Its Board Of trustees
tDr three y years sncccssively, which
while Il indicates its peSmancy, should
r1commend he school to the patronage
| of the public It large.
For further particulars apply to the
!. Rev. A. n. WALES or to TIE SeeretATy Of
the Board Of trustees.
J. L. DURHAM,
Pres, Board Of Trustees.
G. C. LEWIS
Secretary Board of Trustees
Nay - 1855. 4.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-06
SMITHS SALOON.
Why Pitsbarg Han Went Out Of the
Liquer Business.

Why q Pitsbarg Han Went Out Of tho
Liquer Business.
Pitsburg Dispatch.
81 hear that Smith has sold out
his saloon," said one of 4 couple
of mlddle-aged men, who sat sip-
ping their beer and eating ! BIT of
cheese IN a Smith6eld street se)oon
last Friday night.
"Yes," responded the Other.
rather slowly.
"What was the reason? +
thought he wasjust coming monsy
there"
The other nibblea cracker nj.
stractedly tor > moment and thsn
said: "It's rather . funny story.
Smith, you know, lives on Mount
Washington, right near me. where
he mas an excellent wife, 4 nice
home, and three as pretty children
as ever played out doors. An
boys, you know, the oldest not
over nine,. and all about the sane
size. Smith is . pretty respecta-
bic sort of a citizen, never drinl.
or CANDLES, and thinks the woejd
of his family.
"Well, he went home one aflcr-
noon last week and found his wife
out shopping, or something Of
that sort. He went on throueA
the house into the back yard, asd
there. under m apple frse. were
the little fellows playing. They
had bench and somc hOttIee anA
tumblers and were playing 'kssp
saloon. He noticed that they ~er6
drinking something ont Of pail,
and that they acted tspsy. II
youngest. who was behind thehnr.
had q towel tied around h,s w1iaE.
and was settingthe drinks upprst-
ty free. Smith wslked over and
looked IN the pail. It wss beee.
and two Of the boys were % drunk
that they staggered. A ne,ghbor's
boy. couple Of years older. lay
asleep behind the tree.
My God, boys, you must rot
drink that, /" he sand, as hs lstted
the slx-year old from behind ~
bench.
ewes playln' s'loon, papa, an
! was sellin' 1t just hike you,'
said the little fellow. Smith
poured ont the beer, carried H.
drunken boy home and then took
his own boys in and put them -
bed. When his wlfe bame back
she found him crying like = child.
He came back down t0wn TIT
night and sold out his bussneol,
and says he will never sell or dy1ak
another drop OF liquor. His wife
told mine about it, and che broke
down crying while she told it. .
This u = true story, but ths
name was not Smith.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-06

A bill has just passed ~ Sen
ate, granting penslons ID ! nsx-
lean soldiers IT app65s that
their services are beginni1G - -
appreciated BY Congreas. Tha1
should have been peosioned ~
egos r
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-06

Judging from past experience in pub
lie schools, we think center school
with that amount Of money appropriated
each year would be the occasion for a
greater howljovcr misaPpr priated funds,
than Was ever heard before.-Ed.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-14
Running a Religious Daily.

Mr. John Dougall, who recently died in
Flushing, was the founder OF the first penny
paper in Canada-The Montreal Daily Wit
ness. The paper is unique in its way, being
q daily religious paper. Mr Dousal tried to
repeat the experiment in this city, but it
proved a failure. remember talking with
him one time on the subject. He came to
Canada from Scotland when young man,
and with yalise filed with goods became q
sos,t of peddler. He was prosperous ard went
into the book business and became editor Of
n temperance paper.
Speaking on this subject to mo be said II
long cherished the idea of starting weekly
paper, giving the news and also being devoted
10 the spiritual wants Of the poopie-that j,
advocating c;ory good cause. l began it il
Montreal in 1916 with circulation Of 800
l WAS told by nearly every person that daily
sold for one cont would not succeed kesi-
tated to begin tho daily until 1860, when tho
Prince of Wales visited Canada. could net
get any boys to sell it at frs. l finally sue
oeaded, and the sales ran up TO several
thousand daily, an unheard Of thing in Mon
t.eai.' About sixteen years ago Dir. DoUgall
came here to try and get the religious week
lies to start . daily edition. They refused,
and he finally started ono himself, but, Ike
The World when run as 4 religious daily, it
proved failure. 1t finally gave UP tho daily
ghost, but I'll continues rs wcckiy-Cor
New ori.1 News.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-14
. Talk With = Platter.

Il gold, silver or nickel plate any thing from,
a lady's pr, to brass watch" said plating
mechanic to \ reporter. Gold plating is
cheap nowadays, es compared with former
years What are Tie principal articles plated9
Watches, rings and other articles Of jeweiry.
VII put a gold plate on watch, guaranteed
for year, for So 80, and not so good plate
for So Rings cost 25, IS and 80 cents each to
plate with gold. Ii you viii step this way
will show how plating is done"
The reporters Informant led the way to
rear room containing dozen electric bat
teries, to which were attached thin steel
wires. On Ia bench were small cups contain
ing liquid gold. silver and nickel. The gold
used IS twenty four karats fine. To Illustrate
the process the operator took q silver ring,
and, after washing it in a aprepara.ion, tw;nsd
one of tie wires attached to tho batteries
around it. The electricity Was then turned
OF and the ring dipped in tho liquid gold.
Instantly the ring assumed bright red color.
and this was succeeded by golden hue. In
less than two minutes TIE ring was taken out
with sufficient gold plate TO last @ year, or
at least so said the operator. Spoons. knives
are plated in tho manner described There IS
p!S ilo-iel III me bNSAisf - tls i4tl4S SO4i =
used in the plating process.
Il can so heavily plate watch that acid
won't touch it., said the plster. "Boeu, or
heavily gold plated watches are frequently
pal,ied of By inscriptions jewelers. on Gus
toners. Confidence iuen often fad plated
watch a means of earning a dollar when
times sre dull. Two ,sonths ago l plated
silver watch, probably originally worth Sic,
r = ~
job A week o- 80 ago be called ca me and
said tha: be had pawned that identical watch
In Brooklyn pawlshcp for ssa No doubt
the watch was plated heavier in some places
than in others. and il case the pawnbroker
tested the watch, which IS unlikely, be did 50
on the heavily plated partx Brooklyn
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-14

Physician and Surgeon VIII continue his profee.
0dOn In all its branchee- Consultation free Once
and restdence at Isl y. Main ST.. Weller Nh
11B paint once. 40
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-10-29
THOREAU'S HOME.
Walden Pond and the Famous Hermit
Who Lived There.
Especial correspondence

Especial Correspondence
BosToN, Oct. 2G--I visited Walden pond
a few DAYS SINCE You know, Thoreau lived
there alone in house he built for himself, a
whole mile from the nearest neighbour and in
his house he did his own cooking. This was
IA wonderful thing for man to do in New
England, but very common occurrence west
of the Rocky mountains, where thousands of
lone men have lived twenty miles from the
nearest neighbor, year in and year out
Thoreau wrote all about it. and very pleas
antly too, and became notorious hermit
and was visited by Emerson, Hawthorne
Acott and the rest of the book making gang
of his time, who wrote him up still more, SO
surprised were they that college bred man
could have the courage to sleep alone in
house within a quarter of a mile from the
Fitchburg railway track. Somebody has
been writing ever since about this literary re-
cluse, who hated civilization SO much that he
went and lived a whole mile from it. There
is every probability that Thoreau will be
written up and make his periodical appear
ance in the magazines for the next half cen
fury.
He was genuine lover of nature. The
mistake he made was in not going to Cali
fOrlna III ~, puUClnS up c'ipiH VII VIZ
north fork of the Stanslaus, high up in the
mountains, where there is from twelve TO
twenty feet of snow from December till April
No neighbor on either side for thirty miles,
and no way out to the settlement save
Oh snow shoes. Then he and his friends
would have had something to brag about;
ANY old California miner would have counted
Thoreau's as a "right lively" location How
ever Thoreau did the best he could under the
circumstances Possibly if he had to do it
over again he would try hermitage where
he would run no risk of becoming curiosity;
There are islands in the Pacific unknown and
unnamed where he could pull oblivion over
himself and not require even a suit of civii-
zations hated raiment
From Walden pond the solitude of Tho
rcau's time has departed. 1t is now picnic
cround-a place subject to excursion inva-
sions of the city Apaches, male and female,
from Boston-a revel of swings, boats, pea
nuts ice cream and ginger beer, while the
wclbtrodden woods echo with the beast-like
cries and yells of these city savagcs, who are
really very dangerous when half full of beer
and armed with the dollar revolvers and full
set of cartridges to be bought at the cheap
hardware and notion stores, and unsafe when
fired both to the man in front or behind the
weapon. MAX ELTON.
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SEEN ONLY OUTSIDE OF CITIES.

SEEN ONLY OUTSIDE OF CITIES.
At Brussels YOU have Waterloo to remind
you of the great battle which, had 1t turned
out otherwise, might have given bonapar1e
the sacking of London, and in the palace OF
Holland at Amsterdam, there is magmncent
reception ROOM the ceiling of which IS lOO
feet high; on the walls of this are groups IN
marble, and one of these groups contained
skeleton. When Napoleon Bonaparte took
the palace he covered this skeleton with
sheet of stucco, and SO it remains to-day.
Napoleon had curious excuse for the cap
turing of Holland. He said France owned
the Rhine and other rivers which flow into
the north sea; that Holland was made from
the alluvial deposits of these rivers, and that
in capturing it he was merely taking back the
ground that belonged to France originally.
These Dutch cities are wonderful works OF
human industry. Rotterdam and Amster-
dam are cut up by canals as New York and
Philadelphia are by streets. These canals
are walled with stone and their banks care
fully paved. Good bridges cross them, and
in many places the queerly shaped, high
Dutch houses rise straight up from the water
like those of Venice. The Dutch cities are
more picturesque than Venice, and their con-
struction is fully as wonderful. They are
built upon piles and this building is even
now going on. l saw much pile driving in
Amsterdam Great trees Is and 20 feet long
were stood OH end, and by driving machine
were forced inch by inch into the mud until
they reached the level of the ground The
bridges are all built in this way, and the pal
ace of the king at Amsterdam rests on q
foundation of nearly 1900 piles There are
90 islands and 800 bridges in Amsterdam, and
the city seems to have as firm foundation
as that of New York. The piles hold up
buildings as big as those of Broadway The
extent of this sort of building in Holland can
hardly be appreciated, and the cost of build
ing the foundation of a great house is often
Is great as the putting up of the house itself.
These Dutch cities spend thousands of dollars
daily in watching and taking care of their
buildings and public works. Worms sometim =
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-10-29

Erorch man or woman whose choice meets
with parental opposition Is condemned to long
whiting before marriage can take place. A
son under Is and daughter under
2l cannot marry without tho consent
of both father and mother; or, II the parents
disagree. OF the father; or II one be dead, OF
tho surviving parent. Even after the man
Is Is and the woman II this consent
Is necessary In certain contingencies
A man OF 80 and woman or 70 nave 70
notify their grandparents OF intention
of marriage. The individual is nothing the
family Is oil. Marriage has becof', one
of tao trades of parents. Children are iorced
into matrimony or kept out OF it as fainiiy III
terests or selfishness may dictate
These marriage laws are articles OF the Cods
NAPOLEON, and bear the impress OF ms coid'
calculating selfishness. Napoleon had no
more hesitation In breaking heart than ne
had in expanding cartridge AFTER he had
gained his utmost power he dictated the mar
riares of all his family and all his officers who
would submit to him. and quarrcied win al
who would not sacrifice their own ahections
to his interests. He broke up Jerome Bona
parte'; marriage and quarrelcd with his
brother Lucien because the latter would not
nut aside the wife he loved and marry
woman designated by the emperor. inc
French marriag, laws have been respohsiole
for many deaths and horrible amount OF I'M
happiness, and Napoleon is responsible Tor the
lava. Boston Transcript
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-10-29

For Grown People to Answer If They
Especial Correspondence
New YORK, Oct. 26.-Whc invented old
age! Was man really made for old age, and
stiff jointsl Or does his ignorance make it for
him? How old do you suppose Methusaleh
looked in his SO0th year? Do you suppose he got
presents on 700 birthdays! Was Mrs Methu-
saleh as old as Mr.. Methusaleh! Dare Mrs.
Methusaleh say she was 500 hundred years
old?
What makes most men when turned IS
get so sober, so dignified and so stiff in
the jointsl Why can't a man climb an apple
tree as well as boys Is it weight of dignity
or lack of musclea Why do we stick SO much
on our chairs and become as setting hens at
45l Why does life get so serious and sober
as we grow older and wiser? Why should
boy enjoy himself more on ten cents than
man on $40, while grown up folks work
and fret and worry, buy all the grub and pay
all the house rent? Would you like to buy
boys mind for twenty four hours and have an
afternoons fun in the frog pond with raft
or two of boards and lath to push itl How
busy 1t does keep one, though, to have a
curious, inouisitive, inquiring, prying mind.
hash a man as good a right to the worth Of
bis money as boya Are bare legged urchins
playing in mud puddles to have all the fun in
en's "oriuf EBBoy OLIVER.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-10-29
NORTH HOLLAND FARMHOUSE.

The army of this little country is over
twice the sine of that of ours. 1t contains
IS. 600 men, and you see the soldiers every
where Holland has a navy which venture
IA greater than that of the United States, and
its government is that of king with the
mowers of a president. The king lives here at
The Hague, though he has great palace III
the center of Amsterdam. Here sits also the
congress of Holland, and here is the great
sociaI and intellectual center of the country.
The Hague is one of the most beautiful
cities in the world. With only 100000 in
habtants. like all Dutch cities it is cut up by
canals. and great vat-lke ponds OF water
meet your eve at every street. The side
walks are lined with trees, and the town has
several large and beautiful parks. Its houses
are large. and it has many fine squares and
public places. In its picture galleries are some
of the finest paintings of the old masters and
Paul Pottcr's famous "Bull' is among these.
When Napoleon Bonaparte took Holland he
conliscated this picture and carried it to
Paris, where it ranked as fourth in value
emong all the pictures of the Louvre. The
Dutch offered to give S24 600 for its return,
tbourb thrvhad bought it less than 100 years
before for only about one-tenth this sum. 1t
WAS. however, IeSlOIcu ny uA'S HiSA'N''' -
the picture of young bull standing IN
field under a tree, with COW and sheep,
lamb and a ram as companions. Back OF the
tree stands shepherd looking at the group
and the whole looks Us though they might step
ont of the canvas at any moment NO one
ever forgets Paul Potter's Bull, and people
come here especially to see it.
Speaking of Napoleon, his footmarks are still
to be seen everywhere in Europe. The guides
have his name forever upon their tongues
and in every country have Travelled through
have had his achievements or his defeats
flung in my face. In England Scotland and
Ireland was continually reminded OF him
bv the statues of Wellington, which burst out
upon me in every public place and in every
large city. In France the great Bonapalte Is
revered as a god, and its palaces and monu-
ments are full of his great deeds and eccen-
tricities. At Versailles, in one OF the grandest
palaces of the world filled with miles OF
famous paintings, there are several great
frames left vacant These were filled with
paintings which Napoleon stole from the Ger
mans, and which the Germans recaptured IN
their late war with Louis Napoleon.
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"rhe Red Death" of Russia.

Russia is peculiarly rich in surprising
sects and associations, but the most astound-
ing is one lately brought to light bearing the
ominous title of 1.-THE Red Death" Its mom-
bers affect to believe that he who consciously
permits another to suffer prolonged pain COM
mits mortal sin. In order to abbreviate the
sufferings of humanity it is a matter OF con-
science with them to kill the sick, that they
may be put out of their pain quickly. inc
association takes its name from the fact that
its executioners, dressed in red for the OCCASION
strangle their victims with red cord plac-
ing them for the purpose upon red cata-
falque, beneath the dull reddish light OF an
oil lamp This strange and horrible associa-
ton was brought to light by the energetic OPP
position interposed by n man in s5aratol when
his mother and sister cndeavored to strange
his sick wife, He called in the authorities,
who have already arrested some forty mem
bers of the murderous sect Their organiza-
ton seems to be transference from India to
Muscovite soil of the worship of Bohwanee,
the religion of the Thugs-Ncw York Sun.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-10-29

Within two and half miles from The Hague
is Scheveningen, one of the greatest and most
fashionable of continental watering places.
The drive to it is through agreat forest, where
the trees are planted SO close to the side of the
street car line that their branches meet over
head and form an arbor of two miles and n
half of living green. They are old forest
trees, and the street car has seats on its top,
SO that your head almost touches the leaves
as you ride through. At the sides of the car
tracks there are roadways for carriages, lined
by other trees, which also bend and meet
overhead, and over further, to the sides, are
walks along canal for foot passengers, with
many seats and romantic resting places.
There are few finer drives in Europe than the
one from The Hague to Scheveningen, and
the gay equipages Of the court circles of Hol-
land, the quaint costumes of the Scheveningcn
fish wives and the queer dress of the peasant
boys, girls and men, in their clogs. forms a
scene which 1 shall remember we'll when l
have forgotten the throng of Hyde Park
Rotten Row, or of the drives in the Bots de
Boulogne, at Paris. Scheveningen proper is
Dutch fishing village of about $4,000 people
Its inhabitants dress in quaint costumes, the
little girls all wearing white caps fastened
ClOSc W ULc uct1SA3 dIIu CilC iSCO VI ihoSo "a
them clad in wooden clogs.
These fish wives carry great baskets of fish
upon their heads to market. They wear
great straw hats, under which their wrinkled
bronzed faces look out of white caps fastened
close to the head and ornamented at the cor
ners next to the eyes by great gold or brass
gilt pins. These pins have heads like horns,
and they are of different shapes The peas
ant women all over Holland wear them, and
when they are seen attached to the foreheads
of young girls they form an ornament not UNI
becoming The Dutch girls of the lower
classes are rather pretty, and the curious cos
TUNES add to their beauty. Their faces lack,
however, the vivacity of the French and Eng
fish and they appear rather stolid than
bright. Going through Holland of a Sunday
is like travelling through a continuous mas
querade. Every village has different cos
TUNES and the stolidity of the features are
lost sight of amid the blaze of gold and color