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Real Estate Transfers.

instruments filed for record in the recorders Office
OF Marion county Indiana for the twenty four hours
ending at o'clock P. n. Aug. IT, 1886, furnished
by Elicit & Butler abstracters Of titles, No
70, Etna Building:
Peter jock and wife to Frederick G. A.
Meier, lot H. in block /, in Barth's
hers addition to Indianapolis -------.- $zoO.Oo
lane. lot in block loci 45 IN frirhfwood 10000
marina a Thompson and husband to Eli
W Thomas lot 4. in block 2. of Child
addition to indianapolis. . 74450 |
Louis Unverzagt and wife to John P6ef
Ter, lot To- in Webb's subdivision OF
part of lot s. in Yandess subdivision of
the Carson farm ---------.----- zoo.OO
Frank II. Lowell to Charles H. Atkins,
lots Z, F. g, H. /, j and X. in Mc6n
lard ct al s Brghtwood addition ., 10000
Joseph r. Shoemaker and wife to Char
lotte Hand lot lS6 in e. r., S. K and
A. r. Fletcher's Woodlawn addition to
indianapolis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10000
Walter s. Tingley and wife to John s.
bott revised subdivision i. .- 100000
Nicholas McCarty ct al. to John Reed and
side addition ditto to f I @ $4,000
same tract fliN .'.'s $4,000
Ida n. Loucks and husband to Catharine
addition to Ind i s..-..-4...... 10000
Geo. A. Wilmington to Olivia H. Fletcher,
diton to INDIANAPOLIS arep N00ss na 10000
Frank II. Lowell to Fremont Afford, lots
!, and in his subdivision of j.. IL.
apos sp.-lisN'.S ~aN-' 10000
Conveyances IL; consideration. $11, 6745O
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Haute; M. r. Chilcote. Cecil s. Spencer, Rens-
salaeri J, G. Hollis, Chardon; A. G. Comstock,
Kokomo.
Occidental Hotel: NJ L. Smith. Springfield,
o.; w. d. Murphy, East Liverpool; w. w. Haw-
ley, Huntington; Samuel Bufkin, Anderson; n.
=. Funk. Elkhart A. Mayfeld, Lincoln. ILL.,. 0.
y Ill., Elkhart William Stern. Evansville; r.
u Reynolds Fort Wayne; J. A Rounds. Law
renceburp
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COMING REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.
Call for Republican State, Congressional and
Joint Representative Conventions.
Rooms MARION COUNTY
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
49, II 1895


Aug IL. 1856.
The Republican voters of Marion county are
hereby notified to meet in their several wards
and townships lat places to be published here
after on Saturday, Aug. 81, ls86-in wards at
73O o'clock p NJ, and in the townships outside
the city at 2 o'clock P. st-for the purpose of Sc
lecting delegates to the above conventions
Representation to the State convention will be
as follows: Two delegates for each ward in the
city and two delegates for each township in
Marion county except Center, outside the city.
which shall have one delegate for each precinct.
Representation to the congressional and joint
representative conventions will be as follows
One delegate for each one hundred votes cast
for James q. Blaine, or fraction of fifty votes or
over.
The number of delegates to joint representa-
tive and congressional conventions is as follows:
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: HEADACHE, costiveness and piles are easily
and thoroughly cured by judicious use of Ayers
Pills
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vincennes & o. II. Contract Let.
,ial to the Indiananolia JournaI

VLNoENNEs Ind, Aug. 17.-Itis semi-offcially
announced this evening that the contract for
the building OF the Vincennes & Ohio River
railroad has been let to Bullock e. Meicer,
capitalists of New York. The proposed road,
for which heavy tax has been voted in this
and other counties, is to run from this city to
Petersburg, Jasper and New Albany, Ind. A
gentleman who claims to know says that work
will be begun in a few days, and the road pushed
rapidly to completion.
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DONAIb sONvlLLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRY GoODs. GKoCEKIEs. Etc.

~ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Hou-
Os mas street, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions.
Boots and Shoes. Groceries. Provisions, Corn,
Oats aud Bran,
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sham 1dIlisa.y k,put.t,on.-

hwe. year BY yeer, grew away from the
war, and the number Of men who carried a
rifis or swung sponge staff ameng the guns
grows smaller, tbs country il flooded with
mythical ecccunts Of this or that officers
wonderful display Of courags on such and
such fields, and the rising generation is called
upon to admire tho galiantry Of the warlike
commanders of their ancestors / protest
against the further manufacture of aham
military reputation. / have seen some Of Il
manufactured know, aud all soldiers
know, that the greater portion OF the stories
now current must be FALSE The privahs In
both the Union and Confederate armies did
the fighting in our war Theirs the poor nav
and wretched fcod. Not regiment Of vol
unteers but had as intelligent men in the
ranks as the one who commanded the division
they belonged to. No general saved this re-
public. 1t was preserved by the stanch
courage and intelligence and patriotism c1
the privates, who were victorious en- many
bloody battleteads in spite of the laundering
Of their commaaa,,erA-Fsank
Wnkeson, in New York Sun.
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sorate in Burritt, ula, In 1857. Since that tina
he has devoted himself to svangelistic WORK.
For several years, when preaching ameng
feeble churches, his expenses have been paid
by wellknown organ builder.
DR.. Brown, Of Rochester, says OF Mr.
Dewitt: Il am not much Of an enthsas.ss:
concerning evangelists and their methocfs, s:ss
Brother DeWitts work in Rochester wSs. oc
the whole, successful and healthy one, H..
has tact. courtesy, sympathy, 4 p.easas.,
manner, warm heart His preachina il
largely illustrative. His methods, as ss.eI,
methods go, are simple, direct, and, isss,.t.s
by their results, wise. He ID not .greedf os
filthy lacre' OF all tho evangelists whoso
work have ssen, he Is the safest would.
II the occasion seemed to cali for such work.
be glad to have him again, which ID the high
est tributs can pay hum
One Of the great, strong leaders Of rsvtvals,
both in this country and Europe, h the Rev.
T. Payson Hammond. He has been called
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allowed her by Reid, Of The Tribune Mis-
Gabrielle Greeley supports the young Smiths
left by her dead sister Ida.
Col Nicholas Smith spsnt his wives money.
Rumor declareth that this doubled and
twisted widower b now crazy 10 marry "Our
Mary" Anderson. he followed her to Louis
vile, thence to this oty. He started to follow
her to Chicago, too, and got % far as the rail-
way station. There his money gave cut, or
something, and he paused Il y about time
for him 70 get soma more money to
be beautiful On, and Mary has q nice plum
laid away. Her private SECRETARY, an Eng
lshman named Abud, givss IN amusing ac-
count Of Col Smith, unless Ths Chicago
Tribune reporter made the story up, which
he probably did. Eyes" aid Mr. Abud, ~
remember this Col -sr-emith We played
three nights ct Louisville, and bslisvs he
occupied boz at two ok tds performances.
He b an old schoolfsllov of Ds. Grit
fms, and was merely presented to
Miss Anderson, and I d1dnt hear any
thing OF this sort Of nnassaass. When Dr..
Griffin and l wers standing IN the rotundah
of the hot-tsl At st Louey"-tshe nrst part Of
this interview Il presented In the United
States language, to avo Tins iona evening,
Ier-seh 70 him, you know, why, doctah,
there comes that er-ex1ahdinary er-man.'
For this er-Smith was standing there besids
US, you know. He attended some Of The paw
fawmanses at Sc Louey and was at the slash
Il mean deppo, you mow-whan We loft 81.
Louey, but be oawn't have como 10 Chicago
wsally, because he'd have been mrs 70 havs
been seen by some Of us, you know. The
man was o most dreadful boab," vouchsafed
Mr.. Abud, IN conclusion. "He was continually
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The Fiae,r U,,d 81 .n Er.e.r.

People who are fasddioUs about the perfsc-
ton of their corrsspondsncs carefully scratch
with sesel, o. rub cut with rubber eraser,
word whsa they inscsibe c wrong syllable.
have noticed hundreds Of nnen who write
great dsal rub eus words, and svsn whole
hnes, whils tbs Ink was fresh, and than write
over ths plAcs drst vrit4en upon
II nsv~ uss An 9asr of any kind said .
cabinet omc~ . few day. agn spsak1n9 Of
tlis habit 1T takM too loug. Il don't
want to ooo oat the word or words, rub It
or them out With my angse. Il quick and
effective, and ons sca1csly notices ths hlotch
afterwaTd belisve ths habit h N English
one. vsnturs you win And few hlottsrs or
erassU about tbs desln ok Old ofacms in the
dspartmants, O. old statsaman In congress.
No, ths finger = good enough for ~
Warrington Cor. Baltimore American
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pstctty and tenderness which Is all-powerfuI
with the young The editor Of The Chicago
Interior says Of HIM: Mr.. Hammond was q
pioneer In the work as.ong chfldren The
essential idea that little o1s can Be slunaly
converted: that the NV OK spiritual growth.
from very fe.hie begiiadnv, may be en-
phesizel liz religious lie, ami chinlsuo trained
up for ths carrch, rather than recovered to
II after Lipienges. wandering, IS ole that wilt
THROW heavenly radiance on all the future life
OF the eilursh s. IA n
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to tbs Hanging Rock iron region. Grad
ually hs was drawE moro and moss
deeply into the iron kads, anA n thie
he made his fortune In 100 be eans haek
to Cincinnati He1e he engaged n various
business enterprises, real estate msnufaStsar-
ing and other th;ngx In thaae he WAS sn:,su-
ally successful OF the money thus sesnsl he
has spent generously fer NE good Of sthazs,
and this is his best claim 10 havi.g
his picture printed h tbs nevspapers.
He gave $1o0, ,oO0 to the newsboys' home and
the Bethel, a united entsspriss. he paid
debt for the Young Mems Christian associe-
ton Of ss3, eco Hs hae also made various
other gifts to Cincinnati, Including a largo
one to the new art museum Other public
institutions have shared his munidceaea.
The newsboys owe it to him that they have
handsome and comfortable home down by
the river. a fine portrait Of their bsnefaotor
hangs in the reception room His private
charities ars very large, but concerning these
he let's not his right hand know what his
left hand doeth
Mr.. Smton Is man Of great decision and
seif-reliance. sHe is largo and dne locking.
His black eyes are stu bright with the fire
OF youth He is MAN with square chin.
His manners III private life are modest and
quiet. JANET elmer
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WAIT.

Oanst thou mot watt for M, O husryMg
years,
TIL 60 back and gather up tho pest,
Though ais but to shed upon IL grave my
tear,
That even now ars failing thick and fastl
Let M go back and bind tbs ripensd shsavs
That left wasting In The harvest nsld.
Ny night Of nssd has CONS; thsse pooe, dsad
Ars al havs my sustsnancs 70 yisld-
Let me 60 back and frum dimmsd syo The
teas
Let me them w1ps TN thsy azv CLEAR and
dry.
Why did lesvs them thsrs In other ysarsl
Methinls Thought I ns'sr should nour.
or cry.
Let ms 60 back-with sad, repentant hands
Gather ths unkind words my hps havs
said,
And bid mo walk tAe ysazstAoosh On seoruh-
ing sands,
But ~ to me- thadr sting i lost and dsad.
Let Ill my fair dau de, but thoss mar.sa
To have them bach, unwuunded and unp
SCARED,
To nvs than better, thts to b my saak.
Csnss thou not watt but now, O hurrying
years,
Fen whils lay at thy swift going fse4
Atonement for the past, Of prayers and tear,
That In my cup Of rue shall b some gwesti
Tho shivering vines cling closer 10 ths walk,
Around The houss the wind cTssps with .
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Hou ras: the uand travels.

Somebody says be has discovered that the
hand Of penman who writes thirty.6xa
words in a minute travels over si1tecn fsnt at
SPACE In that time, providing be dots al hi.
is aud crosses all his ts Il IA hard 10 -,
how there can be any i.afexibie rule ia sa1ch
matter. Ihc ha1ni OF John Hancock In writ
ing two sore OF words must have Travelled
several tf.oasa.d times further than the hard
CT Tie MA Who engrsved ti1s Dessasatiaxa OF
ias.e.s.sd nee on the snocthed side Of iifty
cent piece -Harpers Weekly. 's
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markable learning and Intellectual power. He
fraterni1es with Christians Haors than most
learned jewish theo3ogians do He i the
rabbi Of the Plum street synagogue, which il
the church Of many Of the prominent end
wealthy Israelitish people ia this city OF
Hebrews Rabbi Wiss Il identified with the
best interests Of morality and reform, both
In Jewish and Christian circleA He Is q bril-
liant and forcible speaker.
David sinton il another a Cincinnat4s
most worthy nen. He was bern in North
Ireland, and il of Scotch Irish blood When
3years old he cams 70 Pittsbtug. Pa, With
his parena He Fsesived 8 plain Englnh
education at the pablo schools ldcnt know
how old ks i hecauAD don't think he tells
that past # his kstory.
Es 6 laintonaiYs n09, Mr.. S.nsoa,
but hs began Ne - . slask at s< amonth and
board, & skakinx Spshga, this ssAtsl Thh
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the children's
evangelist, !" from
the influence which
he has over youth
hl minds Mr..
Hammond seems
to have long ago
realized the val.ie
Of training the
twtg, instead OF
later attempting to
bend the unshaIe'y
tres. He has beea
e1ffni with a Siyr,-
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He Is tall and black
eyed, and . native
Of Kentucky. His
drst wife was .
wealthy woman, IL
Is said, and he
spent her money.
In process Of time
he married Horace
Greeley's daughter
Ida, and spent her
fortune too He
likewise made away
with that Of her
aunt, Mrs.. Cleve-
land, who now lives
on a small pension
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TWO CITIZENS OF CINCINNATI.
DR.. Wise, the Jewish Rahbi-Davld Sin
fon4 Al,a Nf4fif0n asr,a

DIR. Wise, tho Jewish Rahbi.Davld SIN.
tom, the AI4lf10n1ire. ssssssssa
tepeclal Correspondence1
CINCINNATI, March A-This conservative.
wralthy old town has many distinguished
citinens. They are pablo spirited, too, and
have done much for the place Of their hAbita-
ton The city has for years been cursed
with and governed by rings of local poiiti-
clans, first Of ono party, then the other. Il
is these that have given CindnnaM her bad
name for riots, election unpleasantnesses and
things The city has within It's borders at
once some Of tho best and some Of the worst
people in the United States.
Some Of her best citizens are tie two eez.
tlemen whose pictures appear herewith
DR.. Wise h the priuciDal Jewish Dastrr.
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col. NICK sMlTH AFTER QUA MARY.

gage ON Beauty.
Especial CosfespondspceJ
81. LOUIS, March A-Col Nicholas Smith
hoss not hesitate to ray in his modest way
that he is the most beautiful Of living men.
There d reason to believe that he thinks also
that he b the most beautiful man that ever
did live. Like Grosvenor, In the celebrated
opera of patience, he has mortgage on
beauty. In tho privacy Of his chamber hs,
too, wrfngs his hands and exclaims:
"Curses on mo fatal attractiOnsr
he b "A years old and does his snow white
hair ia ounce seed lotion 10 mako II curl.
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The class Of graduates which will leave
West Point at tbs next commencement is de-
elarsd to be the largest in number and hig..-
est in efficiency ever graduated from tia il.
ssit:.t;oa. There are seventyeight meiaher-
CT tie ciasa
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For many years he
has bean known a.
tho leader Of IT,. I'd.
vanced and modern.
ised Hsbrew roligi.
oU thought not
only IN Cincinnati,
hut = au hs ad-
1aoO< rsSia He
b . distinguished
vriA@ On social,
metaphysical and
theological topics,
AMI u man ~ "a
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UNDERTAKEN.
MILLINERY.

Mrs. NJ. BLUM. Milliner. Mississippi street.
N1 between Lessard and st. Patrick. Latest
styles Of Bonnets. Hats. French Flowers. etc.;
also. all kinds of Ladies Underware.
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BARBER SHOPS.

R0GGE & LANGBECKER, City Barber Shop,
Hotel. Shaving, Shampooning. Hair-cutting,
Dyeing OF Hair or Whiskers, etc, in the best
style, at popular prices. Respectfully solicit
the patronage Of the public.
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ATTORNEYS Al.

FREDERICK DUFFEI,, Attorney at law and
y Notary Public, office on Chetimaches street
opposite the Court House.
pAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and Notary
i Public, DonAldsonville. Office: on block
below the Court House, on Attakapas street.
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Wealth, is steep hill which .hs fssae
e;.clhs slowly, and <:iss, TIE s,.l es..a7; .tu-
,.-s down 2rse;gi.a.sss,,s DR. Q. -1...:..ss
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The success Of the recent Missions n New
York and elsewhere in tho Episcopal church,
justify his advocacy Of this method of church
work Hs b shout publishing al The facts
on this subject, - well - the many interest.
Ing Incidents be has met with III his travels,
In book, entitled, "The Church Revived: .
Sketch Of Parochia1 Missions In England.
Canada and the United Etatean Like III -
vivalistS, Mr.. Bonham s intensely earnest
and energetic in his manner, and pleasant
and interesting speaker.
Another Of the hard working svanseldsts 4
the Rev George C. Neodham NJ -. 49,,
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or bust fever swept
Mr.. Cha6ee west
ward to Colorado.
When he sst foot IN
what h now he
prosperous and
wealthy city 6 pn-
yer, It was only .
camping ground.
He w0 one Of the
first arrivals and
ono of tho fol1ndesp
Of the 1st town
government. He
invested his money
In Land, mining
claims and mining
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE.

FngHE CHIEF Odsce, Crescent Place, opposite
u the Market-House, is supplied with fine
assortment of type and turns out all kinds of
plain and fancy job work in best style q. New
Orleans prices. No better and chssper work Is
done anywhere III the State.
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IN the Episcopal
church. He has d.
voted his life to thiD
subject, refusing
pastoretes and
other omces In
order that might
be FREQ to pursue
missionary work
He has crossed The
ocean nineteen
times, and Travelled
through the United
States, Canada.and
Europe, preaching
and advocating pa
rochial missions.
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LIQuon AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

ITlHE PLACE. Gus. Israel, manager. Corner
Il Leesard and Mississippi streets Billiards,
Lager Beer. Best Wines and Liquors. Fine
Cigars. etc.
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WIS whea hs was
k. But even at
that tender a1e he
saved naensy, and
in couyBs a tin1s
got enough to-
getno- to start as q
commission mer-
chant in Gncin-
natl. But here he
failed, as most mil
honatres, as well e.
other people do, in
the start. He gave
up the commission
business and vent
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HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

~ INGRY. THE PAINTER, shop at Cheap
m Tonys Store, corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue. House, Sign and Ornamental
lowest prices.
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GITY HOTEL, p. Lefevre, Proprietor, Rail-
~ road Avenue corner Iberville street. bar
supplied with best LiQuors.
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CIVIL EHGiNEER AND SURVEYOR.

vi. veyor-parish Surveyor 81 Ascension.
Will attend promptly to work in all branches
OF his profession. such as survsying, mapping.
leveling for canals, bridges. rice fumes, estima-
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TINsMITH.

DAUL wUTKE, Tinsnith, Port Barrow, La.
Il Roofing eutterina. etovepiping, repairing
and all work pertaining to the timers trade
Address P. q. Box IA, Donaldsonville. Lr.
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Es, LIQUORS,
BEER, CIGARS. ETC.

1t will be the aim of the rev management to
conduct the establishment in q manner that
will insure the favor and patronage Of the local
and travelling public and they solicit a trial Of
tho advantages afforded by the Riverside as
q hotel and general pleasure resort.
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lpIvERsIDE HOTEL. AND BARROOM,
~ Mississippi street. Firet-rate accommo-
lation and reasonable prices. Finest Wines,
Liquors and Cigars. A. J. Bethancourt. Pro-
prietor; Sam Ayraud, Manager.
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,n sf1Bs S Fancy snS
steamboat Supplies. Canned Goods. Wines,
Liquors, Bottled Beer, Ale. ETC., Dry Goods
and Notions, corner Of Mississippi and Cheti-
maches strcets, opposite River Ferry.
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TOB. HON0RAN 4 SONS. dealers in Dry
Wine. Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints,
@ lis 6xddlery,- Crockery. Furniture and all
kinds Of House Furnishing Goods. Blue Store.
Mississippi street.
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TyHEAP JOHNS BARaAlN HOUSE. Dry
" Goods, Boots and Shoes. Hats and Caps.
Hardware. Paints, Oils, Glassware, Iinysre,
Avenue. nexr the depot.
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HOTELS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

ROBERT e. LEE HOTEL, Crescent Place.
IL opposite the steamboat landing. the most
convenient location in town. First-class ac-
commodatiens at reasonable rates Elaeant
bar. billiard and pool room attached. ]. ]. La-
fargue, Proprietor.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-09-04
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
CRADLE SONG.

Hush a by, baby, the bees in the clover
The red, red clover--haye fallen asleep,
Swaying and swinging, now under, now over,
In the red, red clover,
So sweet and 50 deep.
Hush-a-by, baby, the COWS from the mead
The green, green meadows -are lettering
home;
Their bells tnklc softly as through dew and
shadows,
From the green green meadows,
Tley lettering come.
Hush ably, baby, the birds and the flowers
The sweet sweet flowers - have fallen
asleep;
They sway and they swing through the SOFT
dcwy hours.
The sweet, sweet flowers,
In meadows SO deep
Hush-a-by, baby. tits time you were sleeping,
so sweet, sweetly sleeping in dreamland
affair;
Low over the meadows the night mists are
creeping
It's time you were sleeping,
My baby, my star.
j. X. Ludtllm, in Our Little Ones.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-09-04
An entirely new yepetable is be

An entirely new vegetable is be
ing introduced by a great French firm
(the well known house of Vilmorin,
Andrieux & Co., of Paris), which is ex-
citing some interest. 1t is called choro-
gi and is native of Northern Africa.
1t belongs to the mint family (botan-
ical name Stachys affinis). Its feshy
roots or tubers only are eaten, dressed
like string beans or fried like frittcrs,
and are said also to make an excellent
pickle. Whether it will become use
full vegetable and desirable regular
market crop in this country can only
be determined by trial.