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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-09-29
That ] 80 loved to listen to.
A Two.Ton Gem.
New York T'ines.1

New York Times.]
An interesting section of petriaed
wood, which stands q short distance
behind the main entrance door Of Tiff
any's, will not fail to attract the atten-
tion OF scientists as we'll as those found
of looking at curious things. The block
is an immense one, weighing 1900
pounds and measuring 404 by 33 inches
aud "a inches high.
1t is OF sgatized wood, aud came
from the petriAed forests at Chalcedony
park, Arizona, near Corriza, and
twenty miles from the nearest railroad
station. It was brought on to this city
through the efforts OF Mr.. George F..
Kunz Of Tif1any's, and is the largest
block of the kind ever brought east
and polished. Mr.. Kunz had no idea
that he could secure 30 large section
for the inspection of New York people.
Other pieces OF the petrified wood have
been brought on from these forests,
but none which approached this speci-
men In size.
The wood is used TO make up into
table tops and handsome wood orna-
mentatiou. The polished surface
shows q beautiful blending Of yellow
and black, snd In some respects resem-
bies the red wood Of the big California
trees. Some idea ofthe hardness of the
wood can be gained when 1t Is known
that 200 pieces Of marble can be sawed
up while oue piece of the agatized
wood Is being cut.
The piece OF wood Is very valuable
and for time was placed outside the
door on the street. It is the bigges
gem that has ever been placed ontsid,
Of Tinany's unguasded. 1t is needles
to say that no one tried TO walk OF
with the great block.
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piers. because OF the great depth of the
water, aud our only reoouIse was 20
place the maln pier on m island, With
strong piers on either ahOse. We hollt
the steel work Ia such Q uaanoef - 70
leave clear space II 1865 feet 6stWooA
the hrtdGa aud the water, to euaole
ships to pas beneath. The atesl work
extends 2lO lsss higher, making . %
tai Of S6S feet between The top Of The
bridge aud the surfaoe OF The Filth at
high walter. This great height d ne~
ceseAry because oe the TACT that the
most important refuge harboe on the
coast Of Scotland is above the bridge.
and 1866 feet hsadway vas necessary to
allow the tallmasled vessels 10 pen un-
der Il In safety. To the days Of sailing
veeesle there were often % many -
one thousand ships lu that body Of
water at the same time. The cost Of
the bridge will, when completed, b in
excess Of el5, ,000, 900, aud this inciutles
the railway approaches. The super
structure 70 wholly OF rolled steel, and
when dnished will weigh over 5000
TONS"
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The Waterbury (Conn.,) American,
CIud.) tells this story: ga father anu
son In the city differ In their Prostdsn.
ttat preferences, tho former preterrlug
Cleveland and the latter Harrison. On
the evening OF the day on which
Cleveland's letter wns p0biished the
son came home without having eeen
newspaper or heard OF the letter. The
father, who seems to be the younger Of
the two put up little game on the SON
and said: 'Harrison's letter IL Out
have you read tt?' 'No,' said The son !;
is 1t +" 'Yes,' continued the father
'slt down and I'll read Il to you, And
so, With such verbal changes OF party
names. etc., rs would not reveal the
deception, he read 1t 10 the Harrison
admirer, who received II with manifest
signs Of approval and satisfaction, and
went To bed cherlshing the eloquence
and good sense of his candidate % q
boon to the country. Which goes 10
support the comment OF the teller Uf
the incident, that there isn't thing Ia
the =. esl ient's letter which Repub-
lIcan couldn't cordially assent Ia If Il
only bore the Republican label"
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A Great Bridge.

Probably the most remarkable piece
of bridge engineering In the world IL
q structure which is being built across
the Firth of Forth In Scotland. This
body Of water Is an estuary or arm of
the North Sea extending into Scot
land. Edinburgh stands on the south
side of its waters, and this inlet Is In
the way OF important lines OF railway,
for which reason 1t was necessary to
bridge i.A The water there is some $50
feet deep, and Is exposed to the full
fury Of the storms and waves. Where
the bridge Is built the channel is more
than q mile wide, aud the bridge Is
required to be 30 far above the ordinary
tide level that ships Of any class can
sail under 1t. The work has been in
progress for five years under the direct
ion of Sir Benjamin Baker, distin-
gnished civil engineer of London.
This gentleman, who now fs In
America, was tn st. Louis recently.
Speaking Of the great work in which
he has been engaged, he said that u
WAS expected TO open the bridge FOL
business in the next eighteen months
st1t has been a difficult undertaking
because Of the immense spans from th'
| two shores to the middle pier, boil
measuring over 100 feet. You cal
form sorne idea of the immensity Z
these speus when you consider the fss
that the longest one on the st. Lou
bridge IL $40 feet. One Of the spans I
the Fifth of Forth bridge would spa
|. the Mississippi at this point. We cou
not think of building intermedia
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Panic May BE Prevented, Not Suppressed
IN. O. Picayune.l


In the midst of somew hat desultory
discussion last night ut the meeting of
commercial bodies, upon the best me-
thod of remedyiDg the manifold evils
OF the shotgun quarantine, DR.. w. E.
Brickeli presented some suggestions
which were extremely practical and
should be made the basis Of q system
of national sanitation IL such can be
agreed upon. He laid down as fun-
dalnental proposition in considering
the subject that yellow fever and
cholera are primarily introduced into
this country through the ports or over
the national frontiers. The injection
does not originate in the heart of the
- vn,ry and extend TO the ports, but is
Ps >agat from the circumference of
the Serior.
1t tHen becomes necessary to apply a
thorough aud rigid system for the purf.
fication of ships and for the disinfection
of their contents before they are allow
ed to communicate with our shores.
Obviously, If there be no Injection in.
troduced into the country there can be
no reason for obstructing Interstate
commerce with shotgun quarantine
Moreover, in order to secure udiform
and eff. Give methods for the protection
of the ntire coast Il would be deeirahI,
that there should be thorough harmony
between the State health authoritie.
and those of the National Government
which should also be prominently In
ferested in this work of protection
Without eucumberipg his observation
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The Farmers Meeting.

MONROE, La, Sept. Is, 1883.
Pursuant to call issued by repre-
sentative farmers of the several parish-
es composing the Fifth Congressional
District and directed to the farmers and
laborers residing therein, calling upon
them to assemble In this city for the
purpose of discussing Land, Finance
and Immigration and OF having theal
just claims relating thereto engrafted
into the platform of the Democratic
nominating convention for the Fifth
Congressional District which meets in
Monroe on Wednesday, October 10Th,
1888, the undersigned representing q
minority Of said parishes, held an iu-
formal meeting this day aud while
without daring to enter alone upon the
discussion Of problems In which these
the wealth producing classes are 30
deeply and SO vitality interested, We
have thought proper to issue this, an
urgent appeal, calling upon oil those In
terested without regard to party or
creed, to assemble In convention at Rus
ton on Tuesday, 9th day OF October,
1855, at 10 .. ID. for the purpose herein
set forth, and we invite and urge upon
each and every organized body of far
mers and laborers to send one delegate
to said convention.
8. WHITED, Ouachita
w. r. WoMAcK, Jackson;
J. q. COPELAND, Claiborne;
4. ]. DAwKTNs, Union
J. l.. SMITH, Morehouse;
j. b. DORSEY, Morehouse;
]. M. DEMoss, Ouachita;
A. BENoIT, Ouachits.
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Some Pumpkins.
[Caldwell Watchman.1

MIR. G.. G. Williams, OF ward one,
tells us of the extraordinary yield of
pumpkin patch planted on his Breston
place, this year, and gathered and
housed one day last week. From
patch Of thirty vines he tells us inst he
gathered and housed Ave hundred
pumpkins weighing from u to 26A
pounds, making an average yield OF 18y
pumpkins to the vine, and an estimated
average yield of q fraction over 2S8
pounds of fruit to each vine, and q
fraction over s640 pounds for the entire
thirty vines. Mrs. Williams has q
number Of mIlch cows and during the
winter these pumpkins are cut Into
email piecea aud mixed with other food
and are fed to the c0ws and Il IL said
they make . splendid butter producini
feed.
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Advice to Ms<hers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used when children
are cutting teeth. II relieves the little
sufferer at once, 1t produces natural,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes ~
abrtght as button.' 1t Is very pleas
ant TO taste. 1t sOothes the child, SOFT
cps the gums, allays all peiu, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and is shs
best Known remedy for diarrhO0l
whethef >aSising from teethiug or othel
causes. Twenty Ave cents bottle.
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A Strange Phenomenon.

lBaton Rouge Advocated
1t will ba remembered that soon after
the earthquake in South Carolina the
waters in certain lakes in that locality
became impure, and the fish died In
great quantities. Scientific investiga-
tton disclosed the fact that 1t was occa-
stoned by the tannln in the bark of the
trees that had been precipitated into
the water. A somewhat similar condi-
iion isreported In the Amite river. Re-
liable parties who have visited tn 1T lc-
cality since the late storm say that at
the head Of the tide water where the
Amite empties into Lake Maurepas,
wagon loads OF dead fish may be seen
floating upon the surface. They repre-.
sent every species known to those wa
tore. Among the most remarkable that
were observed was the genuine speci-
meu Of man-eattng shark. One of
these monsters measuring more than
eleven feet Is reported to have been
seen. This may not be considered as ex-
traordfnary, for they have been known
10 inlest these waters for a number OF
years. A hugo specimen of this family
not long since followed o party In q
plrogue for some distance, and that too
at q point above tide water. These
points have created quite stir In the
netghborhood Of the ferry, and many
persons have visited aud observed this
strange phenomenon.
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ASTRANGE STORY.
A Louislana Romance Of the Old Nla.
very Days.
rNashville Amcrican,l

INashville Amcrican.l
George w. Gable said 10 newspaper
reporter the other day: "It Is interest
ing that 50 many short stories have
their scenes laid In and around New
Orleans and Louisiana. It is romantic
country. A friend In New Haven told
me some time since that while rumag.
ing among some old law reports he
found an account of a slave girl who se-
cured her freedom by learning thnt she
had no negro blood, as she had always
herself supposed. 1t was noted case
at the time, but had passed fiom the
memory Of the present generation.
applied to an ex-Jusiice OF the Supreme
Court Of Louisiana, and he knew moth.
found 1t In the records. The case was
clared the girl slave. The Supreme
Court reversed the finding at once. Its
decision substantially said that If tue
girl was black that fact would DO proof
enough OF her slavery, but as she was
while the girl could not be compelled
to prove her right to freedom, but she
must be assumed to be free, and her
negro blood and slavery must be pro-
ven. That could not be done aud she
was no longer sIave. The court re-
cords 1 possess BY the courtesy Of the
court, to which 1 must return them.
These records OF the case tell fascins-
ting story Of the girls life. tn company
with her parents and a sister she came
to America from the French province
of Alsace. The ship was captured by
mutiueers and her father was killed.
The mother died soon after landing,
and the daughter experienced various
adventures among the Indians, where
they were cast by the mutIneers. They
finally were sold into slavery and be-
came separated. She was at last recog-
nized by some Of her relatives who had
followed the family 10 Americs. Her
identity was proven by startling re-
semblance to her mother, and by BIRTH
marks fn the shape Of black kberry signs
upon the inside Of both legs just above
the knees. believe she Is still living,
an aged woman, In Sacramento, CAL,
where she has family and where her
strange history Is unknown.
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Get % tho Plasfsrn.
fDstrott Free Press.1

lDotrOtt Free PresS.1
Sam Jones was talking to man OF
weak faith one day. The doubter asked
u Mr.. Jones could not give him =
demonstration Of religion.
"None," was the reply. "You must
get inside the fold, and the demoustra-
ton will come Of itself. Humble your
self, have faith, and you shalt know the
truth.'
.1n other words, must believe, ac-
cept 1t before il is proceed, and believe
without proof"
ssNow hold ON right there! Out West
they have place for watering cattle.
The cattle have to mount on platform
to reach the tro0ghs. As they step on
q platform their weight presees lever;
and this throws the water into the
troughs. They have to get on the plat
form through filth, and this act pro-
vides the water and leads them to II.
You are like smart steer that clips
around the barn-yard and peeps In the
trough, without getting ON the plat
form. He finds the trough dry, OF
course, for It needs his weight on the
platform to force the water up. He
turns away disguised, aud tells every
body there Is no water In the trough.
Another steer, not 40 smart, but with
more faith, steps on the platform. The
water springs into the trough, aud he
marches up aud drinks. That's the way
with religion. You've got to get onto
the platform. You can't even examine
1t inteliigentiy until you are onto the
platform. II you slide around tho back
way, youth find the trough dry. But
step on the platform; and the water and
the faith come together without any
trouble-certain and sure aud abun.
dant.'
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WkAf0nn 4 faW RhnnDfn0 man have
aornnsra : c,sn hinetion n corner hv r,,,,.
ehsaine Al ths ints hasSins ln the
c0un0rv. ana hsvs run r. nm "a nrIcea
altoee;her ont Of respon ana Durden-
eome IN the nlanter vho ha. 10 No.
r. a = cnverIne FOR cotton. and ,.here,
a. ,hia ~ heen done snieIv ~ : mat.
ter 81 snecslation. ma vithout anv
rood and anfaclent cause Tor auch 81.
vance. We. M nn,on farmers Of the
Ssate Of I.nniaiana. nra onnosefl a. ana
condemn all praclicea Of extortIon uDon
farmers by speculators md have orssn.
ixa(l oureelvea Tor the nurnoee of resief-
inn all such extortlon. therefore b. Il 5
Reeolveri. that v,e will mot use iute
beeelu0 to wrsp our preeent cotton
croD. hut viii make uAe az any mao.
rial for wrappipr purDoses tlmi WIN be
received hv cotton nurrhasera and
handlers. ana thse we viii use auch
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with any speculati0ns - to the nature
and causnti0n OF yellow fewer, DR..
Brickell assumes that the disease ia not
indigenous 10 our country, but was
brought here 10 ships, and It II in .
large sense ship fever Whose trans
mission from one port 10 an0ther may
be ltmited and eveu cut on by proper
mafitlms sanitation. .s
The success that has attended the
port quarantine methods In use In
New Orleans for number Of years
past would strongly lead TO the belief
that II similar regulations had been
put Ia force In the Florida ports three
or four years ago the terrible calamity
which has fallen upon the good people
OF that State aud Is thEeaisning the
cOuntry round. would not have any
existence.
When the pestilence is opce intro
duced into the country the difhculty Of
preventing ils spread bec0mes coinpli-
Gated With extraordinary disturbances
to the commerce, travel and internal
economy OF the several States and COM
munities. The air 10 soos filed with
rumoss and people In all quaTters tax
ing couusel OF their feafs rather than Ut
sense aud reas0o, are betrayed into all
sorts Of extravngxnt and uuseemly acts.
Just how these are tn be prevented
under the circumstances, does not ap-
pear. National authority with the Gu
tire power 0i an army such rs ours
could not avail 10 prevent interstate
quarantine even II there were any law
to warrant such q use Of force. There
is none, nor is there any law la the
State to prevent the people Of town
or city from forming Gordon to keep
suspected infection out Of their midst.
There is no law to prevent any tndivf-
dual ffona standing guard with . shot
gun over his own domicile. II 10 moi
. question Of States rights, but popular
rights, and gentlemen who propose 10
invoke the power Of the National
Government to force Ahe people to give
up their approximations aud abandon
their panic would, If the experiment
were tried, arouse an Indignation on,
the part OF the people that would swesp
any national rspressive system out Of
existence. Let us keep the dood out
of the country. Once burst the bar
rters and no force can Withstand the
wild panic which 1t produces.
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tLifs OF Prince paul vsritsln.l ]

tLifs OF Prince Paul vsritzln.l
The Veritstns were boys Of enuemoas
wealth aud power. PAut hsld . high;
ONCE Ia court. One might, ellseeelox
with jewels apd orders, The y00aS
men Ia Russia, danced In Qua1rllle
opposite the Empress. s,.
Az she passed him 10 the dance che
fancled that his eyes scanned her g1oes
figure with covert amusement. Altos
the quadrllte che beckoued to him,
and, With SMILE. handed hlm her
tiny ivory tablets, coDtaining ssvon
pages, one for each Jay In the week.
On the flrst was written: ssThs imps-
rial ballroom, st. Petsrsburg." On The
last: "The mines, Elberls. - s
He read 1t, bis face grew gray -
that Of . corpse, bowed low, kissad her
hand and withdrew, sstaking," says
the old chronicle. ahls wife, the bsau.
tiiai princess Of Norwood, with him.
He was heard 10 say ~ ho left the bs.l
room: ssMy minutea are uuMbseod |;
let us not lose one"
Flight or resistance was tmpoasiblo.
The hold Of Catharino on her vlcllme
was inexorabie as death. Pstnce
Veritztn was forced to renatu passive
Ia bis palace, v bile each day the power,
the wealth aud the happiness that llfe
had given him wero stripped from
him.
Fret he was degraded from all his
offices at court next, his estates were
confiscated by the crown; his frlsuds
were forbidden to hold any c0mmuui-
cation with him; hts very name, one
OF the nob!est Ia Russla, was taken
from him, and he was given that Of =
serf. Then his wife and children WAfe
driven out Of the palace to herd With
beggars.
son the last ddy," says the record,
'Paul Veritzin, In rags and barefoot,
chained to convict, bade an eternat
farewell to his home, and departed to
the dark aud ley North. He was seen
Of men no more"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-09-29

Jute is a foreign product and cotton
Is grown here In the South. All the
money that ts paid out for the cloth
manufactured ut the Lane Mills. Of
New Orleans, will remain at home.
and good portion OF II will be return
ed 10 the planter. Use cotton baggl0e
Use anything in preference 10 juis-.
and break the Ubiquitous trust s'.-Bir.
n,inghdDa Herald.
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THE IRISH VOTE.
leaaers In the Interest Of The
Republicans.
NEW York Tilaes.l

New York Times.l
There - trouble In the camp u .tl-
RepubiicAps over the Irish question.
Senator Quay, who had assumed the
infringement Uf the preliminary work
upon that part 0f the Campaign with
out project from his colleagues Ia the
national executive com mtttee. has bee n
outvoted By. John G. New, ]. S!cat
Eassest aud Gassett Hobart upon the
flnAl proposition 10 cobsiiiuie WPAIn
Ford the stage manager o: the Isish
net.
Day before yesterday he went into
the executive session Of the executive
committee with proposition to make
Ford the actual manager Of the Irish
Republican festure Of the campaign
and TO intrust 10 him fluid Of $50, 600
to carry ont any programme he should
cho0se to pursue. This Ford had been
urging upon the committee for some
time, with constantly Increasing tm-
It..
Other Irtshmen began to dispute
with Ford the right to represent the
handful 0f them who were ready to
barter with the Republicans for their
votes and such Others as they might
Influence for Harrison aud Morton. I0
the opposition to Ford, Colonel Quay
thought he discerned the unfriendly
hand of Wharton Barker OF Phiiadel-
phia. In the opposition to Ford were
some who were in constant communi-
cation with Barker. and This was whis-
pered by Ford In the ear nj his dila-
tory patron.
1t proved sufactent for his immedi-
eto purpose; for, anxious TO demon
strate his supremacy In the campaign,
Colonel Quay hastened TO plump
Ford's proposition into the executive
session without considering Il necessary
to demonstrate Its necessity or advisa-
bilIty, never doubling his ability to
secure its adoption. But he was not y
little astonished to be confronted with
o vigorous opposition centered around
Alexander Sullivan.
He was too shrewd to tnsist upon an
immediate decision of the matter thus
placed Ia issue, aud counselsd q post
poDemeDt, with some concession TO
stPat' Ford In the meantime to secure
his allegiance. This was accomplished
by agreeing to take liberal number
of Ford's papers every week for free
distribution In the manufacturing dis
tricts of Connecticut and New Jersey.
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John q. Carlisle has been unanimous-
~ renominated TO represent the sixth
Kentucky district. Samuel J. Randall
will receive the same high compliment
from his constituents In few days.-
This Is all as II SHOULD be. Both are
men In whom district, State, party and
country should feel, and do fell, the
greatest pride.--Atdiata Co,istttttiom.
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FORGET NE NOT.

Forget mo not when, far away,
You wander at the close of day
Mid other roses, not moro fair
Than those whose beauty was not less,
Because they sAw your loveliness,
And blushed to aee q sight SO rare.
Forget me not, when others deem
Ali happiness an idle dream.
Save whom they watch the sunbeams
play
In golden tents of silken hair,
As though they loved to linger there,
Who perish with the dying day.
Forget me not, when other eyes
Are careless it the sun arise
So only they may rest on you;
When others hold the songs of birds
Less sweet than those s0it-whispered
words
That so loved to listen to.
Aud oh, IL sorrow yours should be-
For even our dearest are not free
From pain we'd gladly bear instead
If you should find q friend untrue,
One heart will still be true to you,
Till all its lovelorn days are sped.
%. r, Crane.
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The coiossai statue OF William Penn,
which Is to surmouut tho fail tower of
the new city hall at PhiladeIphia, will
be the iargest bronxs figure ever cast,
standing thirty seven ieet Ia height.
The model has already been completed,
but there Is no foundry In the United
Estates where the casting can be done.
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II II stated by the New Ysrk Sun -
ga solemn truth that 1872 regular pas
senger trains enter and leave the depots
of New York City every tweniy-fOuv
hours.
The Washington critic., 1888-07-19

DoN'T FAIL to visit Shiloh tonight and
hear the concert hYthe WaterLown Band.