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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
A Growing Act Of Cruelty.

Women of the metropolis are in some
instances very curious creatures indeed
The horse cars occasionally furnish
striking illustrations of this fact. A
middle-sged girl and girl of girlish
age were seated in a crowded horse car
last night chatting in so loud tone
that at least One-half of the passengers
could hear them.
"Wasnt that really to bad about poor
Mrs. SMITH" said one of them.
"Why, / haven't heard of it. Please
tell me, said the other.
"Oh, haven't you heard of it2 Why,
dear me, 1 supposed everybody knew
of it. You know the great trouble she
had in getting divorce from her hus
band" said the one.
"Oh, yes, but she goi it, didn't she2"
asked the other.
"Yes, but she had to pay S40O for
it."
"But she ought to be satisfied with
that, hadn't shel"
"Well, hardly; her husband, just to
show how mean he could be if he wanted
to, died the week after she paid the
$4OO, and she had all her expense and
trouble for nothing. Men Haren Regis
ter
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
English sparrow Ingenuity.

At the city of Lafayette, two summers
ago, some boys, in flying kite, dropped
it accidentally over telegraph wire.
whence the string hung several feet in
mid-air. A female SPARROW coveted the
string to weave into her nest. She
pecked at it several times, on the wing,
unsuccessfully, and at last succeeded in
getting one foot and leg entangled. 1t
proved to be a painful and precarious
situation. In vain she futtered and
tried to escape. Her calls were soon
answered by nearly hundred sparrows,
which sat in rows, chirping, occasion
ally flying down to the imprisoned bird
near enough to catch the situation. At
length, as if by precOncerte1 arrange
ment, they started in circle round the
imprisoned bird. Each bird, with the
certainty of a well aimed-arrow, nipped
the string with its bill. Finally the
string parted suddenly. She few to
an adjoining building, where her mates
and herself soon loosened the obnoxious
string, and she few with it to her nest.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
A NcW CnNcrlCf.

Cheese-cloth quilts are the new cover
lets, and commend themselves. being
warm and inexpensive The materials
needed are ten yards of the chcese-cloth
and five one-pound rolls of cotton. The
cheese cloth when cut into lengths OF
two and half yards is placed on a
bed or table. Over this is laid a layer
of cotton batting, VIII CHI has previously
been placed before a hot fire or register,
unrolling it from the bundle over chair
or clothes-horse. This causes the cotton
to expand to twice its first thickness.
A second layer goes crosswise, and so on
until all the cotton has been utilized.
Over the last layer is placed the second
cover of cheese cloth, and the whole tied
with worsted, in bedquilt fashion. \
feather stitching completes the edge
CommerciM Adrertiser.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07


ing on them from different points,
barely gave them time to take
refuge in the house and hastily
barricade the doors, leaving several dead
and wounded in the fields. After bar
ricading the doors the Italian soldiers
hastily ran to the windows on the first
floor and began to pour steady fire into
the assailants, who were gradually ad-
vancing in Q semicircle and reply ing
vigorously.
The sixty Italians were commanded
by two subalterns and Captain, tall
old fellow, lean and severe, with white
hair and mustache. With them there
was Sandman drummer boy, boy not
much more than IA years old, who
scarcely appeared to be II; he was
small, with an olive brown face and two
sparkling little deep black eyes. The
Captain was directing the defence from
q window on the first floor; while the
semicircle of the enemy kept closing up.
All at once the Captain, who until
then had been impossible, was seen to
show signs of uneasiness, and to stride
out of the room, followed by . sergeant.
About three minutes afterward the SER
geant came running back and called the
drummer boy, beckoning him to follow.
The boy ran after him up wooden
staircase, and went with him into an
empty garret, where he saw the Captain,
who was writing with pencil on q sheet
of paper, leaning against the window,
with q we'll rope on the floor at his feet.
The Captain folded the paper, and
looking with his cold, grayish eyes, be-
fore which all the soldiers trembled, into
the eyes of the boy, said abruptly:
drummer boy!" The drummer boy
saluted. The Captain said: "You've
got grit" The boys eyes lighted up.
Eyes, Captain, he answered.
"Look down there, said the Captain,
pushing him to the window; ''in the
plain, near the houses Of Villafranca,
where there is glittering of bayOnets.
Those are our friends, standing idle.
Take this note, catch hold of the rope,
slide down from the window, run down
the hill, go through the fields, reach our
friends, and give. the note to the first
officer you see. Chuck away your belt
and knapsack."
The boy took off his belt and KNAPP.
sack and put the note into his breast
pocket; the sergeant threw ont the rope
and grasped one end Of it with both
hands; the Captain helped the boy pass
backward through the little window.
''Take care, he said to him; 'the safety
of the detachment depends on your
courage and ON your legs"
"Trust me, Captain" replied the
drummer boy, swinging himself out.
"Stoop as You 60 down., said the
Captain again, helping the sergeant to
hold the rope.
"Never fear"
''God help you"
In few moments the boy was on the
ground; the sergeant drew up the rope
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
Built the Mill.

Mr.. Cobb, an American citizen, the
story goes, wanted to put up -four mill
in Morocco. Flour in Morocco had al
ways been ground by hand, and the
Sultan wouldn't let him build a mill to
Overturn this ancient and honorable
custom. He wrote to the American
Consul, and got lack a formal note
saying that if the Sultan wouldn't give
him permission he couldn't build the
mill, and that was all there was about
it. He took his letter, with the arms
and seal of the United States conspicu
ous upon it, to the Morocco authorities,
told them it was an order for him to 60
ahead and build his mill, and wanted to
know what they proposed to do about it.
They COUNT read the note, but they saw
the seal and arms, and said that they
supposed that rather than have war they
would let him go ahead. He went ahead,
and now even the Sultan's corn 10
ground ot that mill.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
NUMBER %
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Preserving EuTS.

Amy method which will keep the air
from the inside of the shell will prcscr, G
eggs for certain length OF time. Eggs
for packing should not be more than one
day laid, and packed in fine weather,
the best season being from April to
September. One method of packing Is
to immerse them in lime water and set
away in cool cellar, this. though u>u-
ally successful for some weeks, often de-
stroys the eggs by keeping them in toe
long. A better way Is to back them IN
salt IN stone jar. Put layer OF salt
two inches thick in first, and alternate
layers of eggs and salt to fill the Jar, The
eggs standing on the larger end; a thick
layer of salt should be put on last.
Cover with a stone cover and set lii a
cool, dry place. Detroit Free Pes.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07

Miss Eta Graham, daughter of Ben
jamin Graham of Meriden, Conn, met
with peculiar accident, Tuesday. She
was stopping down from the piano stool
for some music when her head came in
contact with q three-masted miniature
schooner and the sharp edge of the mast
penetrated the white of one of her eyes.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
BICYCLES FOR WOMEN.
Moro Graceful and Easy-RidfnC
than the Tricycle..
IFrom the New York Sun. |

From the New lork SUM-
One of the newest things under the
sun is the Woman's Bicycle Club of
Washington. 1t is just two months
since the Woman's Bicycle Club was or
ganized. 1t now has upward Of seventy
members. There are half a dozen OF
young girls of Is, twice that number OF
young women under %, and the rest are
older women, and mostly married wo-
men. The members are elected by ballot,
and one black ball rejects the candidate.
The club uniform or habit is Of dark
blue cloth. The skirt is walking length,
and hung full from the waist line. The
waist or basque is perfectly plain, and
very like that Of habit for horseback
riding. OF course, the full skirt has no
draperies, and it is quite full enough Mt
the back to allow small hustle, if de-
sired. A blue cloth cap completes this
uniform. Mrs. Harriette Mills. the
president of the club, is q woman of cul-
ture and strong common sense. She is
an enthusiast on the bicycle rs promo
ter of health and source of pleasant re.
creation for women.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07

BENNIE was asked ii he was afraid Of
the dark. "Oh, no." he said II 60 in
great piles Of dark"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07

THE young artist sent abroad learns
first to draw drafts on his father.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07

TIE journeymsn candy-maker has pull
with his boss.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07
THE DRUMMER BOY.

N the first day of the
battle of CastOzza,
July IA, l848. about
sixty soldiers belong
ing to one of the
Italian infantry regi-
ments, having been
sent to occupy an is
olated house on q
height, were unex-
pectedly attacked by
two companies of
Austrians. who. fir
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-07-07

e'e Of Advertising Rate.
nmended by the Louisiana Prass Asso
co,no aunon Tor adoption by the publishers Of
.;try newspapers in this State in ac-
sgpn.g p...ng advertisements from advertising
Il 5o. aaeh advertising, one inch, one time.
"' each subsequent time 75c. '''
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-02-25
olIn Wanted His Urut.

The are telling joke up the valley
on 7. b. Hickey which is too good to
keep out Of print. About two weeks ago
a CEinaman passing along the county
called at Rickey's ranch ana wanted to
grab saScbruslI for lis dinner. Hickey
told him ne coald eat. bat there was no
s1Scbrush to grnb near tie house.
Tie Chinamaa had Il small sack on his
hack. After dinner the sack upset
somehow and lot of wheat rolled on
the floor. Rickey happened to be in at
the time and saw the wheat. Il made
his eyes bulge. lie picked up some Of
the kernels and was astonished to find
them about four times as large rs any
wheat he had ever seen. He asked the
Chinaman to give him some, but he re-
fused, laying that the wheat came from
China, and ii lad cost him cheap mon
ey" to get the wheat. The more Rick
ey saw of the wheat the more he wanted
it, and finally offered the Chinaman S25
for the sack, which had about thirty
pounds in it. The Chinaman turned
up Ills nose ct the offer and said the
wheat cost more than thGt to get it from
China. Hickey studied the proposition
a while and decided that re was bound
to be the first man to troduce that
mammoth wheat into the United
States. He calculated that few stalks
OF such wheat would make loaf of
bread. He finally spread ont five twen-
ties under the Chinaman's nose and Of
fered him place to work on the ranch
for one year. Well, john finally let go
the wheat and took his money. He
was then installed rs a ranch hand AMI
told to go to work in the morning. In
the morning he WAS gone, but Hickey
didn't mind that rs he had the wheat.
He showed it 70 the ranch hands, and
his foreman, whose curiosity was excit-
ed, bit one of the kernels. 1t was not
grain at all, but -four moulded into the
shape of wheat kernel almost as big
as hazel nut. Some yellow satin
had been put on, and the heather had
made such a nice imitation that an old
rancher WAS fooled. Carson Tribune.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-02-25
The Prosperous South.

The remarkable industrial and CON-
mercial progress made in the southern
tates during the last few years has been
widely noticed. An important rataIe
of thi, is found in the co.nparltive free
dom from labor troubles, which in near
" every other section of the country
have caused SO much disturbance. Lead
ing southern papers have recently ceiled
the attention ofmanufccturers and Others
20 this as an induccmcnt TO embark il
southern business enterprises, ard this,
with natural advantages 1T the south,
has induced many 70 start in business
there. - Bradstreet;.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-02-25
Satisfactory to the Soldier.

The idea begins to prcvailin European
armies that it is better to wound a man
III battle than to kill him, as more men
are taken out OF liac to care for a
wounded man than for dead one.
Hence opinion at present iavors a small
bore for the magazine rifles now being
introduced, and the average guagc
adopted is abou. thrce-te2ths of on inch
only, instead Of the hal:-inch gulgc
used in Europe and in this country.
An advantage of the smaller bore is thai
the soldier can carry more rounds OF
ammunition. His gun also can be made
lighter. The soldier. too, when con-
suited about the matter, prefers being
shot twice to being killed once Bos-
ton Advertiser.
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How LicOrice il Madc.

at is almost an impos5ibility." a.
wcll-known New York pharmacit
Gently to Mail and Express rel,rte
''to tell how much licoricc is rcalfcoi
sumed by people in the city of Ne
York. The amount is almost iaredi
bic, and probably reaches thousaas
pounds annually"
GLOW is the drug obtained "
asked.
"a species of licorice is found q Il
shores of Lake Erie, though goa. de
comes from further West. The Ilau
from which it is obtained IS calle gl,
cyrrhlza. 1t grows very erect, , II
height of about four or five feetiaa
he's few branches. 1t bears a five
formed like that of pea, but OF a iol
or purple color. The root in it ravstat
is well known as the 'licorice root ot'on
merce. 1t attains a length Of ser;
feet and is often al inch il diaDtc'
When the root has attained the az {
three years it is taken up and fromhi
before it becomes dried. is made tbey
tract of licoricc, sometimes know ;
Spanish iicoricc. This juice is prcire
by boiling the root with water; It'd
coc;ion is then decantcl OF and e!pt
rated to proper consistcnce for form
the substance into sticks, five on
inches long and an inch in diame.
these are the Spanish licoiicc OF a.
merce.
is not the article adultcratcig'
eyes. it is often nothing else thu
mixture of the juice with the worst Ii
Of gum arabic. Metallic copper scral
off the cooperating pans is very
quently present, and starch and fl
sometimes constitute nearly one-half
the substance"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-02-25
Imitation JellieS

A year or two since man Ii nfkowa
of Oswego found himself with as nm
crop of red currants, and, as the Pee il
the market was too low to permit ; n to-
sell them at a profit, he manufactured
them into "jam," " "jelly," usifS tht|
best of sugar, and producing mos ex-
ccllent article, which he imagined
would sell to families and hotels reslily.
lie found the hotels supplied with a
cheap, impure article, manufactured
from gluten and acids and color,d tc
resemble somewhat II color and taste
currant jelly, which the landlords tol,
him answered every purpose, as the
boarders didn't know the difference,
and it could be procured at a rate mucl
lower than he could afford to sell tho
pure, delicious, wholesome article, bcI
cause they sold at retail an article which
answered the purpose" even lower thar
he could afford his al,
Wholesale. The result was the
cnterprising man, who Though
he would do the people great kininek
by furnishing them with pure, den
cious article of currant jelly at a cos.I
less than they could manufacture i,
themselves, had a large quantity oil
hand to send to friends and to pass
around Gin leases of sickness etc
But we haven't heard of his mamfac
turing any more 'pure currant jelly
for market. A few years snce 4
gentleman in Union village startd thu
manufacture of apple-jelly, AMI I'D
produced a very pure and deciout
article, which should have commando
a ready sale at hotels, bakeries an
in families, for the table and fo,pie.
tarts, etc. But the business die mel
prosper, we think. At ell eveas, il
was suspended. An inferior aticl'
made up largely of authorizations, WHO
answered the purpose" took the rad /
-LOswcgo On. " Times. 4
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0be fl)tct:ill 4fsessrnacr.
Published Weekly
Al
St MartinsYil!e, Ia.
BY
EASTiN g. eiENvENU.
= Georgia Lover'S StratagcT.

From the American .ictrbAcan.I
4 young cC.latIvinan, vino had long
loved a girl who lived Il mile or two
from him, was -.carly il despair about
winning her hand, and VAS or the eve OF
selling out and leaving the country, as
the girl had refused Lin three times,
and it was out that she Was engaged to
another fellow. Our hero had noticed
that his rival and the girl would walk III
an old meadow field nearly every after.
noon, and he grew madly jealous. In
his cattle he had a young bull that was
always mad with everything but his
master, because he was an especial pet.
Now Dave, as he called the bull, was to
be the object with which to satiate his
revenge. BE would turn him into the
meadow, hide himself, and see his rival
tossed like football. So one afternoon,
calling to Dave, who would follow him
like dog, he repaired to the meadow,
let the fence down, and turned the bull
in. He then strolled off, and walked
around as miserable as man could be
who was committing an evil deed. An
hour or so later he heard the deep NUT
terings of the bull, and fastening to the
meadow fence he saw Dave about
twenty yards from the couple, paving
dirt and shaking his head. The man
was trying TO get the girl to run, but
she was so terrified she could not move.
The bull made dash, and the fellow
ran shricking for the fence. The bull
dashed on after the flying fellow, while
our disconsolate young man, having
jumped the fence, rushed to the girl, as
the bull dashed on after the fugitive
rival, and, catching her in his arms,
told her that such coward was I'M
worthy OF her. As Dave saw his young
master he left of pursuing the other
man. returned and went 20 licking his
hand, while the indignant girl vowed
she would never more speak to a man
that was afraid OF COW. She soon at
terward married Dawes boss.
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The Malaria, Gas Industry.

"Few people outside of the natUI a.
Gas REGION" said large owner Of gas
wells in Washington co%niy, Pa, "have
any idea what eLorIlo.s proportions the
gas business has grown to. 1t may be
sail To be only about two years cid in
Wcstern Pennsylvania, and more than
900, 0Gj ceres of land in Washington and
adjoining counties have been drilled
with gas wells. Nearly 150,CJ) tons Of
iron have been UseI IL notwithstanding
the wipes THROUGH winch the 5DO, 500, 900
cubic feet OF gas TIA. dow from the re-
gioH daily are conveyed to the places
using it. Over 81, 0J0,C09 is invested
in The basineas Il the fourteen organ
izel companies tia; produce tie bulk
OF the gas. The laEl AMI wells repre-
sent - oat,2- Of &iT,DC9,OO0. The
wells NOW nrodc,i2G are capable OF
do|hling the qUa.. .i:v now demanded
for l:ght and heat. Nearly 1908 miles
OF mains are required 70. conducting .he
supply 10 cuGsu'lera. l. is estimated
that the use o. na.ural gas has displaced
25,C90 tons OF coal daily in Weston
Pennsylvania ard Eastern Ohio alone.
Besides the wells controlled by the great
ras-p-oducing comranies, individual
owners have wells Cor the supply Of the
smaller towns, and every village and
hamlet in the region has enough natural
gas running to waste every day to alum
dainty supply the same number of
towns Of 10000 inhabitants each with
light and fuel"
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Hog.Kiliing In Cn.caSs-

E0g-kililny IN SniC0-T
To kill and prepar. : .Sa % $500
beeves and 8, 900 to 10. 900 hogs in one
day, requires a complete system, says a
Chicago letter to the London Times.
The steers are driven into long pens,
and an expert riAeman walking upon q
platform over them discharges a rifle
shot into the brain just behind the
horns. The killing is instantaneous,
the steer, without even a groan, falling
like log. The animal is then drawn
forward from the pen, the hide quickly
removed and the carcass prepared and
cut up ready for storage in the "chill
rooms" and subsequent shipment. These
beef-killing processes are speedily per-
formed, but the science most thoroughly
developed is the hog-killing. These
animals are driven up an inclined road
way into pen in the upper part OF the
packing house. Men keep the process
sion constantly moving, and when the
hog arrives at the proper place, chain
is deity fastened round his hind leg.
The steam machinery jerks up the
squealing hog, so that he hangs head
downwards upon sliding frame; his
throat is cut, the blood-spouting carcass
slides along the frame, and, in .
moment, being drained of blood, it is
dropped into a vat of boiling water.
This scalds it, and being quickly lifted
| out it rolls over n table into a revolving
machine that scrapcs it clean of bristles.
Then the carcass is passed along a
sliding table, washed, again hung
up, behcaded, disem bowelled, split
down the middle and then sent upon a
heightened inclined railway to be hung
up to cool. An army Of men standing
alongside the machinery perform the
various duties as the carcasses transport
them by gravity through the different
processes which succeed each other
with such rapidity that in few min
utcs the porhcr Is finally disposed of.
This is done by moving the carcass to
broad block, where half dozen butch
ers standing around simultaneously at
tack it, and in twinkiing it is convert
ed into hams, sides and shoulders, and
the various parts are sent off to their re-
spcctive apartments. Every portion of
the hog is utilized for meats, lard, sau-
sages, or canned goods, and the
fblood and other offal are converted
into fertilizer. Enormous sausage
making machines grind and cut the
scraps, and scores of women are busily
engaged in packing and labelling the
the tins. These wonderful processes at
tract many visitors, and the American
who has been accustomed to the farmers
Christmas frolic of the "hog-killing,"
where elaborate preparations are made
for the slaughter of probably half a
dozen, looks with amazcment upon this
wholesale summary disposal of the ami
mails in Chicago. Great as this Won
derf0l city is in everything. it
scem3 that tie first place among
its strong points must lie gI"en to the
the celebrity and comprehensiTeness Of
the Chicago style of killing hogs.
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He Ought Not 10 Complain

"Ah, me-" lie sighed: at is Il colo
world. The rain falls alike on the jus
nnd on the UNJUST"
ayes, john" said his wife: "and that
ought to be a source of great consolation
to YOU. You have no reason to CON-
plain"
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Excellent Prospects.

You want the hand of nv dau,,,'
%! Why, yen haven't anyth;aI
bport her with"
True, sir, l an poor now. b
lye excellent prospects.
what prospects have you ?"
"hy,sir, i'll marry your daughter
1e oae of the riches. wives in tow
Chicago News.