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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
FULL OF FUN.

-Ira -"Do you say .chrysanthe.
NUNS or 'chrysantbemar" Alexan-
der-.'Mum's the word."s "a
I'll wish it would stop raining" re-
marked a st. Petersburg gentleman the
other day, after a weeks storm, and q,
detective promptly arrested him for re-
ferring to the Gar as it."-Harper's
Bazaar. 90. srs
-Prpf. Deadpill-''In case of ag-
.gravated progressive paralysis, Mr..
Sawyer, what course Of treatment
would you adopt?" Mr.. Sawyer
tpromptly) IN would make the pa
tent taper off, professor. Lowell
Gifted.
-Oa the witness-stand. Western
MagisEate-"The offshur accuses you
of Chie shootin' at random" Prisoner
-''Ya, sir" well, we'll 'xcuse you
from I be witness-box (hic)a moment"
(ArouSing himself. CLERK, call Ran
/: dan. ! Epoch.
..A"Fes, SIR" said Mrs. De Porque,
just after her return from a trip
abroad, France Is great country.
The Ieople in Paris are amazingly
clsserf" ''In what wayp" why. they
all spaak French fuently, and several
OF. the assured me that they hadnever
takenl single lesson. Merchant
Traveller.
III hole Berkshire-.sHow much be
that Fatch?" Jeweler-"Forty dol
lars" Uncle Berkshire-''En that
smallsr one?" Jeweler-"Fifty dol
lars" Uncle Berkshire-,"En the
smallest one?" MISUNDERSTANDING
five dollars" Uncle Berkshire-
"GosH, mister! How much is no
watch "-Jeweler's Weekly
a+'f md how are We failin'. ter day,
Mr.. 0'Rafferty?" II niver felt 50
poorly in all me life I'm, ta9xpoor to
buy the necessaries of-lta.- II had
,miliio ns it's livery clint av.it that I'd
give tp be a rich man." I'm wild ye,
Mr.. ORafferty, IfIowned the whole
wurldl I'd be wiliin~ter give It away for
a'little piece of land an a cabin that ]
could call me own."-Texas .Siftings.
-Minks-"Great Scottl3 Old man,
why don't you have 10 pulleds ]
wouldn't go round with-a face on me
like that Jenks--.'Oh bother! ]
haven't got the tooth-ache." Minks-
well. you've got the awfullest -ex-
pressiorf ever ssrw un rrrv 1asnra.
What's. the matter?" Jenks-"Noth-
ing. Oh! nothing. got married this
morning and I'm trying to look unoon'
cerned." - - sf~ss~s@Ae As@s>
Il can only be a sister TO you,
George-nothing more" Tim afraid
that won't do, Miss Clara have five
grown sisters already, and. to tell you
the truth, they are not very favorably
disposed toward you; they think a
match with you would be the mistake
of my life." I'm that case, George"
said the girl, drawing herself up with
naughty grace, ''you may name the
day."-N. Y. Sun.
-Customer--''That was splendid in
sect-powder you sold me the other day,
Mr.. Gilman" Mr.. Gilman with iusti-
fable pride)-"Yes, I think it's pretty
| good-the best in the trade" Gus
tomer-"r1 take another couple Of
pounds of it, please" Mr.. Gilman
Two poundsp" Customer--..'Yes,
please. gave the quarter OF pound
| | bought before to black beetle, and
| it made him so i'll that think II keep
up the treatment for about week l
may manage to kill him.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
CRABS AS DANCERS.
A LudicrOus Performance Enacted by .
Male and Female Crab.

LudiCrOuS performance ksSAhCteU W -
Male and Female Crab.
Without apparent cause he was seen
to rise upon the third and fourth pairs
of legs; his large chel@ were thrown
above his head with the claws open
and their points touching in the mid
die line; his fifth pair of feet were held
horizontally behind, and his body per-
pendicular to the floor of the aquarium.
or at right angles to the normal posi-
ton. The posture. was ludicrous, and,
when in this position he began slowly
to gyrate, his movements and attitude
were the cause Of much merriment
upon the part of the spectators. At
times he balanced on two legs OF one
side, again on two legs Of opposite
sides. Now he advances slowly and
maiestically, and now he wheels in
circles in the sand on the floor OF
the aquarium, and now for few
moments he stands as if transfxed
in this unnatural position. An cleo
trio light hung above and to one side
| of the water, which suggested the pos
sibility that it might be the exciting
cause. 1t was turned out, and still
| the dance went on, and the Joy was
| unconfined. At last from sheer ex-
haustion, he sinks down to the sand in
his usual attitude.
CfBut now the female, who had all this
time remained tucked away in the
sand, comes forth and begins to move
about the aquarium; soon she comes
near to the male crab, when instantly
he rises to his feet and begins to dance.
Again and again the performance ID
repeated, and each time the approach
.>of the female is the signal for the male
4 to rear high upon~his hind feet, and to
reel about the aquarium as If intoxi'
cated.-T. H. Morgan, in PopulaE
| Science Monthly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
Had No Room for It.

They were packing Mr.. Billus' trunk
fora journey.
.There's just room in that corner for
this Bible, John" said Mrs. Billus.
.Td like to take it" he replied, as
he put the book regre fully aside, 'but
can't conscientiously do 1t and leave
thai box of cigars. Maria They wo Id
be / temptation to Tommy. Chicago
Tribune.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
AMERICAN, FABLES.
Theee Tales That Are Quite as Ipstructiys
a "A, as They Are Entertaining.

Thees TaIes That Are Quite ss 1pstructiys
a az as They Are Entertaining.
THE rEAyELER AMP THE QUET6:
a commercial TraveleF. aweae from
a sound Slumber to find q Mosquito
Buzzing abouthis Head in-theDarlx,
ness. He ct enoe Arose, lightsd 1.-The
gas, and. Selling the Bolster from Che
Bed, he struck vigorously at the little
Insect exclaiming: "a
.Ah! you Pest, hut I'll have your
LITER
"You are a very Inconsistent man,
upon my wordr' replied the MosquitoS
from his perch on the Ceiling. \ VIII
"How?"
"Why, you have been Bittenintwen-
ty places by the Bugs. and you pay
them no Heed. " kyTH x'E.E,s O..
Eyes, but every Man has a Right tc
, choose what Nuisance he will put uI
With. Take that, you Rascalp'
/ MORAL: If a Citizen chooses to- FIX
cuse the Piano Pounding on the. right,
and Poison the Barking Dog on the
Left, no one can gainsay him.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27

: According to Prof. Potter, asphalt
an article OF prominent commercial i'm
portance at the present day, was USED
In the building of the tower OF Babe
and other ancient structures.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27

The women of BrIdgetown, N. j..
are taking advantage of the prevailing
white Cap craze in q peculiar way.
A case is reported where one of them
wrote her husband letter in order to
keep him in at nights. Is proved ef
fectual.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
THE THIEF AND THE DEFAULTER.

A Thief who had been Arrested fol
Stealing an Oyercoat had hardly been
] Locked up when a Defaulter in the
Amount of s.. 900 was brought in.
sAh! but we are in Sad Luck!" sa-
lutedi the Thief. "Allow me to say
that Feel for you.n
y''Sir! want none of your Sympa-
thy" replied the Defaulter. Il don't
even want your Acquaintance"
but we are both Thieves"
fare wep beg to piff.tr. Yol,.ran
OF with another mans property and
was Pursued by a Patrolman. l bor-
rowed money from the Banks funds
to Speculate in Wheat aud was Un.
fortunate enough to lose every dollar.
A Detective kindly asked me to ride
over in his carriage"
"But we both Appropriated what be-
longed to another without Consent, "
persisted the thief.
while that is True, it makes a
Difference whether we wanted it TO
buy Wheat or Whisky. Please keep
your Distance.
MORAL: The Thief went up and the
Defaulter's friends settled the case by
Reminding forty cents on the dollar -
Detroit Free Press.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
THE FROG AND THE LAMB.

A Lamb Who lay down beside a Pond
for Rest and Sleep. found. it impossible
to close his Eyes on account of the
Cracking of a Frog. Out of Patience
at last with the Interruption, he sprang
up and demanded: -..-..---
"In Heavens name, why doyou keep
that Noise going?p q. So, q
ats the only Noise can make, =" was
the Humble, Reply. :. ="
Eyes. Bit why do you make it al
all?''
IF I kept Quiet, Who Would know
that was on earth?n E /.
MORAL: Men of Blab are excused
on the Same grounds.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
A GOOD MOVE.

Seventy leading Democrats of Ohio,
including Judge Thurman, have Joined
in petition to the Democratic Legisla-
ture of that State, asking that body not
to consider the claims of any millionaire
in the selection of United States Sena-
tor to succeed Senator Payne. This is
very proper move and we hope that the
petition will be headed not only by the
Ohio Legislature, but will be observed 10
future by every State in the American
Union. The Senate OF the United States is
shame and a reproach to the intelligence
of the American people. Barring about
ten on side of each political party,
most of whom are poor men, the rest are
not twentieth rate in point of ability in
any community under the sun. 1t is high
time that the tendency in this country
to drift into an aristocracy Of wealth was
brought to sudden halt. An sristoc-
racy based on mere dollars is even more
Objectionable than that of the Old
World which is based on blood and line.
age, for in the latter case, the assump-
tion may be backed by some degree OF
culture and brains. "Titles " are in
herited under the system of European
monarchies. In this country rich fools
buy them for themselves and daughters.
When q rich ass seeks to 90 to the
United States Senate it is the distinction
and "title" that he is after. If the
people in the several States had as much
independence and discernment as free
people should have. they would sit down
on all such presumptuous nincompoops
with ga dull and sickening thud.P
Merit-eourage, manhood and ability
should be the only recommendation to
to popular favor in a Republic. The
Pacific Coast could adopt the reform
suggested in Ohio with advantage.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
A TEST OF DEATH.
The simple Way THAT Won Large
Prize.

If most people are afraid OF anything
it is being buried alive. That cases do
happen where it is very difficult even
for the most experienced physician to
determine whether a person is really
or only apparently dead without hav-
ing recourse to means which, while
they would at once settle the dispute,
while they would place life, il it really
still existed, in jeopardy, may be
Judged from the fact that the French
Acrademy OF Sciences ten or fifteen
wears ago offered a prize OF 10000
francs for the discovery OF some means
by which even the inexperienced
might at once determine whether in
a given case death had ensued or not.
A physician obtained the prize. He
had discovered the following we'll
known phenomenon Ii the hand OF
a supposed dead person is held toward
a candle or other artificial light, with
the fingers extended and one touching
the other, and one looks through the
spaces between the fingers toward the
light, there appears scarlet red color
where the fingers touch each other,
due to the blood still circulating, ii
showing itself through the tissues
which have not yet congested. When
life is entirely extinct the phenomenon
of scarlet space between the finger at
once ceases. The most extensive and
thorough trials established the truth
Of this observation.-Roc Post
Express.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
A Matrimonial Prize.

The New York Sun gives an account
of girl down South who relinquished
a fortune to marry an editor. We
don't know whether there is any
truth in the statement or not, but if
there is, we see nothing irrational in
her action. The poorest editor that
ever lived on crackers and cheese,
slept on bed OF exchanges, wrote his
editorials on pine box, and yanked
the lever OF hand press in a country
office on publication day, is jewel as
compared with ordinary mortals, and
worth more than all the mines of
Golconda. Most editors have the
true stuff in their makeup. and COM
pared with the shams and shoddy
around them, they are never appre-
ciated for one-half OF their real value.
A girl that would not give up fortune
for an editor is simply n. g., and it is
catching in the family! Giving up a
fortune for an editor is no sacrifice. A
girl that would not die for one p. d. q.
will never have the opportunity Of
walking the golden-paved boulevard
of the New Jerusalem. Scarcely !
Some angel with a fine sense OF the
eternal fitness OF things will promptly
bang the door in her face, and all the
saints and seraphim will say al
mighty correct. .%-Ogden Commercial.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
xEnniar nr rfIE CEoNIN sumY.

VERDICT az rfiE CEoSIs yURY.
1t is compromise and a disappoint-
ment. 1t fails TO mete out to the as
sasins of DIR. Cronin the penalty which
their diabolical crime merits. and falls
short Of that full Justice which society
has q right to demand.
1t is inconsistent and illogical. All
the defendants were charged with con
spiraOy to murder. The penalty Of that
crime is death. Each Of the murderous
conspirators was either guilty or he was
innocent. If innocent he was entitled TO
acquittal. Ii guilty, the fate he de-
served was the gallows.
Kupze might have been acquitted
without serious concern. He played but
an Insignificant part in the business, and
apparently was merely an unwitting tool
or dupe in the hands Of the others. His
worst offcnse appears to have been his
silence after he knew the crime must
have been committed.
The rest were clearly parties to the
deep damnation OF DIR. CIonins taking
off, and deserved the highest penalty OF
the law. Beggs was not an actual as
sasin, as Coughlin, Sullivan and Burke
were. But as chairman OF that secret
meeting of Camp 20. where the con-
spiracy was hatehed and launched, he
was not less guilty than they. To acquit
him and let them off with life imprison-
ment is simply to cheat the gallows and
defeat justice.
This fact seems to have been plain to
eleven of the twelve jurors. The unsat-
isfactory verdict rendered appears to
have been the mischievous work Of one
man whose obstinscy left the others no
choice but compromise or disagreement.
The result Of the trial is a disappoint-
ment not only to Chicago but to the ma
ton. The assassination of DR.. Cronin
was exceptionally heinous in concep-
,ion and brutal in execution. Like the
anarchist murderers it was one OF those
crimes which arouse the indignation Of
the world.
A secret political organization that
seeks to import into this country feuds
of foreign origin; that asserts jurisdic-
tion over the lives of American citizens;
that holds assassination among the pen
4 Il 20 inf tct nj
any person it may choose to punish; that
does not hesitate to issue an edict for
the removal OF any one it may con-
slider an offender; that selects and sends
forth the assassns to do the damnable
business-such an organization is foe to
civilized government and society to be
stamped out of existence. When it's
members or emissaries resort to assas-
sination they deserve the just fate Of as
sassins-death on the gibbet.
The spectacle of four anarchists dang
ling from the gallows did more than
hundred life sentences could have done
to crush out ansrchism in Chicago and
check its spread throughout the country
The hanging of four Clan.na.Gsel assas.
sins would have nipped Clan-na-Gael
assassination in the bud more effectively
than any mere imprisonment will.
Such a warning lesson was needed in
Chicago, but a Chicago jury failed to
give it.-New York Herald.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
A Wife by Lottery.

Two brothers, William G. and
Sydney @. King, living at Newport.
Washington, Minn., were discussing
an advertisement for a wife which re-
Gently appeared, and were soon in a
heated argument. Finally Sydney Of
fered to bet five hundred dollars
against Williams farm that
the latter would not choose wife by
a lottery scheme that he proposed.
The offer was accepted and q contract
was drawn up. 1t provides that
William is to make 100 tickets, num-
bered from l to 100, which are to be
put in envelopes and one given to each
lady wishing a husband, regard
less OF her age or nationality. A GER
tain day is announced for the draw
ing and public notice is to be given of
the place where it is to take place.
William must marry the lady holding
the corresponding number to the one
that he draws.-Ex.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
nnRINsnN DISTRICT.
a Fsne sne n eng for the investrnent
of Capital.

Nuitt Elnt NNNHs
The Joanna bonanza continues to loom
up bigger and richer with every days
work that is done upon it. The bad
weather Of the past two weeks made it
necessary to have the small working
force transferred from the surface to IN
derground, where the work being done
is daily exposing higher grade ore with
out limit as to extent. The roads, too,
have been bad and the hauling Of ore to
the mill has been impeded. Were it not
for the shadow OF cloud as to title
resting over the Joanna, the property
would no doubt ere this have changed
hands for the snug sum of quarter OF
million dollars.
But the intent Of this article is not to
oxalt the merits OF the Joanna-it shows
for itself. What we wish to do is to
call the attention Of capitalists and min
ing men to the many other promising
mining claims in this district, some Of
which are adjacent to, and look TAR
more promising than did the Joanna six
months ago.
The owners Of many OF these claims
are poor men who are hampered IN de
veloping their claims for the want OF
means, but who would gladly give men
OF money an interest in their mines for
working capital, or sell out to them at
reasonable price. We met man the
other day-an old pioneer Of the camp
who said: 81 have a good mine; lots OF
good ore in sight; can you tell me Of any
one who would put up few thousand
dollars to build a little mill so that | can
work its l will give such party fair
interest in my mine.
There are dozen or more claim own
ers in Robinson District who can offer
like inducements to capitalists as the
one above referred to, but they must
abide their time. The time will come,
and the properties that capitalists could
now invest in for few thousand dol
lars will go up into the hundreds OF
thousands.
Winter has now set in in earnest and
the indications are that it will be long
and severe one. People looking for
mining investments do not travel at such
an inclement season, and If they did it
would be hard to show them the merits
of claim covered over with several
feet of snow. So we must wait until the
Spring of 1890, when we have no hest
tation in predicting that Robinson Min
ing District will boom on merit. In the
meantime the Joanna, il not tied up in a
lawsuit, will spread the reputation OF
the district far and wide, and the owners
Of good mining properties will not have
to 20 begging for capital to work them. +"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
SAINT. elan. ua. arrived.

W. J. Smith takes pleasure in an
nouncing to the public that he Is in
receipt of bne' Of the finest holiday
stocks ever offered in Eureka at his
store in the Postoffice building. The
following is but a partial list: Dolls
Of all kinds and sizes, plush dressing
cases, manaeme sets, work-boxes
odor cases, very fine assortment oi
albums, autograph albums, block
games, tool-chests, kitchens, china
tea sets. childrens' writing desks,
pianos, checker boards, accordeons,
drums, Wagons, carts, swing horses,
fine selected stock OF books, full as
sortment OF gilt-edge poets and a com
plete line OF Juvenile books, very fine
assortment OF Christmas cards, and
other goods too numerous to mention,
at the very lowest prices.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
THE coMmIrTEE ON COINAGE.

Speaker Reed has announced his COM
mittees. That on Coinage, Weights and
Measures is the one in which this State
has the greatest interest. 1t is composed
as follows:
Conger of Iowa, Wickman of Ohio,
Walker Of Massachusetts,, Carter of
Montana, Comstock of Minnesota. Bar
tine of Nevada, Knapp of New York,
/ Taylor of Illinois, Bland of Missouri.
Tracy Of New York, Mutchler of Penn
sylvania, Wilcox of Connecticut, Will
Jams of Illinois and A. Joseph OF New
Mexico.
Speaker Reed is willy politician.
While placing few gentlemen on the
committee, who from conviction or geo
graphical position, are known to be pro-
nounced silver men, the majority are
against legislation of substantial benefit
to the white metal. That he would so
construct this important committee was
as well known to the silver men before
his election to the Speakership as now.
And still the Republican members from
the silver producing States deliberately
proceeded to tie their hands by voting
for him. So it will be as long as party
! is placed above the public welfare. This
committee is destinctively against free
coinage. Conger, the Chairman, voted
against free coinage in the Forty.ninth
/ Congress. Besides the Chairman, Wick.
man OF Ohio, Walker of Massachusetts,,
Tracy of New York, Knapp of New
York, Wilcox of Connecticut, Taylor OF
Illinois and Mutchler of Pennsylvania.
constituting clear majority, are all gold
men. Joseph, of New Mexico, being
only Delegate from Territory. has no
vote. Thus any hope OF benefit to silver by
legislation has vanished by the appoint
ment of this committee on Coinage In
the House. But no honest admission OF
the failure need be expected from the
Republican press and leaders in this
State. They will seek to deceive and
cheat the people as long as it is possible
to do so. The silver question is not go
ing to be defeated and kicked clean out
Df sight in this Winters session of Con-
press. Some sort of hocus pocus meas
nre will be kept on a pin hook some
where to do service in the next years
election. Stewart and Jones and Fitch
md the rest will be setting the sagebrush
.blaze with the marvellous things they
ire going to accomplish for silver if the
people of Nevada will but elect the Re
publican ticket once more. But they
will do nothing in this or any other
congress so long as either branch is Re
publican. A vote for the Republican
icket in this or any other State is vote
gainst silver. ]
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28

The Truckeo Republican tells this;
"In Sierraville the other day, there
was a case of amateur theatricals.
When the love scene was reached the
heroine got notion that she wouldn't
be hugged in public and when the
lover held out his arms she re-
fused to fall into them. lie tried to
catch her but she eluded his grasp.
He insisted on his privilege and
chased her all over the stage, while
the audience shouted and yelled and
offered to help him catch her. Finally
he caught her and hugged her, which
made her so mad that she wouldn't go
on with her part and the play stopped
right there. The audience did not
complain. They had got more than
their moneys worth.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28
National schocs Law.

Senator Ingalls, has introduced a
bill providing for a national school law.
1t provides for the appointment of a
National Board of Education, consist
ing of one member from each State
and Territory and the District of
Columbia, who shall have charge of all
the machinery Of the school system.
Districts are TO be established wher-
ever the parents OF twenty-five chill
dren ask for the appointment OF a
teacher, and all the instruction is to
be in English. The bill will furnish
much food for discussion and refiee-
ton,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-12-28

We don't want to express an opinion
on matters beyond our knowledge, but
il Betty Emmons OF Alabama had not
been the happy possessor of red petit
coat good many lives might have been
lost. The train was coming and there
was trouble ahead. Betty was on the
track, took in the situation and wanted
to signal the engineer to whistle down
the brakes. How could she do it She
had no crimson bunting, but she did
have a crimson petticoat. She waved
that; the train came to dead stop and
the disaster was averted.