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The DiYining Rod.

Professor E. Ray Lancaster, having
recently expressed some doubts upon the
alleged powers Of boy water finder,
who has been in the employ of the Grin
ton Mining company. in the north of
England, the chairman Of the com pany,
DR.. Mcclure, has replied to them, deny
ing emphatically that the boy, whose
name is Rodwell, is an impostor. He
says that the lad when tested never
failed to either find water or mineral
veins, the lodes having always been
found exactly at the places indicated.
The divining rod which he holds only
moves in obedience to the muscular con-
fractions Of his hands, and a rod Of any
kind of wood or even of any material
substance whatever can be used, pro-
vided it be a conductor of electricity.
Rodwel usually walks with his hands
tightly clasped before him, and as soon
as he steps upon a mineral vein of water
he is powerless to unclasp them until he
moves away from the region of the lode
or conduit. The lad is about IA years of
age.-London Times.
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THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.

DlSIhlCl COOhl.
The January term in the district cour,
opens this morning, when the docket Will
be called as usual. Judge Reed was In The
court room yesterday attending to
the odds and ends OF the last
term. Amongst other business VIM.
Knox was sentenced to pay costs OF
action and one year in the penitentiary
Knox pleaded guilty to forging DIR. Shuts
name to an order for goods on "Joe" the
halter and obtaining same.
Until further notice Judge Reed will
adopt his former custom of hearing mo-
lions and demurrers on Saturday, COM
mencing this week. No important issues
were filed in this court yesterday.
PROBATE COURT.
Judge Buckner ushered in the January
term in the probate court by uniting IN
marriage Mr.. VIM. Bowen and Miss Mary
Dixon. both of Wichita, at the residence OF
the bride, 237 North Hydraulic avenue, at
o'clock last evening. The ceremony was
performed in the presence OF few Irlends'
and the happy couple was handsomely re-
membered by their relatives.
The probate docket which has served
the purpose since the organization OF the
court is now exhausted. 1t runs back TO
March g. 1870, Reuben Riggs being the
first Judge The new docket, being a mod
ell of convenience was opened yesterday
with the following entries: January term
opened in regular form by Sheriff lays ana
Judge Buckner Petitions OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN estate OF T. l.. Myers, deceased, to sell
real estate continued. Settlement OF j. l..
Dyer, guardian of Dyer minors, HE'D
COMMON PLEAS.
The January term opened yesterday in
the common pleas court and the jury VIII
be called Wednesday. Judge Baiderston
set the criminal docket yesterday, dismiss
ing the following cases: State VS. >. Her
man, two cases; VS. S. G. Higgins, Us Sam
uel Rather, ct al, two cases: VS. Edward
Edmaston. The cases set were: State VS.
John Wilson, for 8th; VS. Matt Wall, ct
al for 9Th; VS. Thomas Owen, ct al, Tor
10th; VS. James Mcclure, for 9th; VS.. &. Z.
Wheelus, for 9th; VS.. W. NJ. jackson, ar
raignmeht waved, plea not guilty; VS.
Chris Wallace, for 10th; VS. Andy Woods,
for Sth. Today the whisky cases will be
set. All defendants notified to be present
or bonds will be forfeited.
POLICE COURT.
Ed Temple, solitary drunk, ornaments
the police docket end will be disposed of
today Fifty dollars was assessed up
against the girls yesterday, but they all
want time to liquidate. Judge Museller
in few minutes disposed OF the small
grist of cases from Sunday.
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Hung 1t Up.

An awkward young countrynan, from
Vermont, some years ago entered a Bos-
ton warehouse and asked for employ
nent. Hecould do any kind of chores, -
he said, and boosted of his strength.
Stout as you are" said one of the
clerks, ''I'll give you ten dollars if you
will carry that bag of salt twice across
the store and never lay it down"
The Vermonter stood for a moment,
thoughtfully eying the bag, and then
shouldered it easily enough, carried it
twice backward and forward, walked I'D
to a rope with a hook at its end, which
hung through a scuttle, and hung the
bag on the hook.
mister" said he, Il guess I'll trouble
you for that air ten. l didn't lay it
down. hung it up!'
The clerk rather unwillinglv Joined in
the laugh which followed. and handed
over the ten dollars.
That's better than chopping logs"
the young man remarked, as he deposited
the money in his wauet.-Youth's Com.
paniOn
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How the Heart Works.

4 curious calculation has been made
by DR.. Richardson, giving the work Of
the heart in mileage. PreSuming that
the blood was thrown out of the heart at
each pulsation in the proportion of sixty
nine strokes per minute, and at the as
oumed force of nine feet, the mileage of
the blood through the body might be
taken at 237 yards per minute. miles
per hour, los miles per day, 81, $40 miles
per year. or 5,l50.SS miles in life
time Of 81 years. The number Of beats
Of the heart in the same long life would
reach the nd total of :. S69,716. 900.
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Natures Transformations.

There are many wonderful transforma-
tons in nature besides those which are
common to the eye of the ordinary OBJ
server. Take for example the Medusa
or common jelly fish. Born of the sea,
the young hydrozoon becomes primarily
a distinct free germ, resembling grain
of rice, next a fixed cup having four lips,
which subsequently turn to tentacles,
and it becomes a hyatine flower, which
presently splits across the calyx into
segments, whereupon it is made to re-
semble pine cone crowned with tuft
Of transparent filament. Now the cone
changes into a series of sea daisies
threaded on pearly stock, and these
one by one become detached and float
away, each perfect little Medusa with
purple bill and trailing tentacles. Hall
Journal of Health.
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DID NOT KNOW 1T WAS LOADED.

The same old time-honored accident re-
sulting from Didn't know it was loaded"
occurred at 232 North Mosley avenue on
Sunday afternoon. Two colored boys were
entertaining each other with a shotgun,
looking it over, doing drill business, etc.,
when as usual it went off, taking effect in
Isaac Byron's leg just above the knee. The
ball glanced out again, leaving a badly
lascerated wound about six inches long.
The city physician was summoned and had
him removed to his home on Fifth avenue,
where the wound was dressed as soon as
practicable. The physician says the
wound is not necessarily dangerous but
will keep him in bed for some time.
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The 1arSs and the Crescent.

The crescent was not originally an es
blem of the Turk. 1t was FIRST used bv
he primitive Christians Of Constantine
pie and the eastern provinces of the old
Roman Empire as an emblem of the
growing influence Of Christianity. II
was not until about the year 1863. after
the Turks had overrun Asia Minor and
parts of southeastern Europe, and had
captured Corstantinople. that the Turks
adopted the crescent as their national
emblem. The Koran prohibits the use
# images and symbols in the religious
ceremonies of the strict Turk, or the in
teraal decorations Of their temples and
mosques, the rule being so strict as NO.
TO allow the martial or civic decoration
Of their greatest generals or pashas. sue
cesStul commanders or other distinguish
ed persons. The adoption of the cres-
cent by the Turk as national emblem
: an oddity which has. 50 far, remained
unexplained. -Exchaura
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Little Child and Zig Dog.

An amusing scene occurred on Essex
street, near the Phillips schoolhouse, this
noontime. Two large dogs, weighing
perhaps 100 and $50 pounds respectively,
engaged in a short and savage battle,
which ended by the 100 pound dog re-
firing Just as he turned tail little
girl about years old rushed in on the
scene, grabbed the 100 pound dog by the
collar, kicked him in the ribs, cuffed
him soundly over the ears, and then
dragged him triumphantly from the
scene, the big brute submitting with a
shame faced air, and his head and tail
down in an attitude indicating that he
realized his naughtiness, and acknowl-
edged the kicking and pounding as de-
served.-Salem News.
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A Remarkable Feat.

A most remarkable feat that I saw
performed while on a recent hunting
tour in southern Missouri was that of a
native of that part of the country, who
coon from the skin through its mouth,
thus preserving the skin intact, which 1
brought home with me and am having
it mounted by taxidermist The feat
/ considered a most remarkable one.
This is no fish story; it is the truth. The
operator removed the flesh and bones,
even the bones of the tail, feet and fin
gers, through the mouth, using no other
instrument than a sharp penknife.-In-
terview in st. Louis Globe Democrat
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THE WEAVER.
q the loom Of life ! stand

Beside the loom of life / stand
And watch the busy shuttle go;
The threads hold within my hand
Make up the filling: strand on strand
They slip my fingers through, and 80
This web Of mine fills out apace
While stand ever in my place.
One time the wool Is smooth and fine
And colored with a sunny dye;
Again the threads so roughly Irvine
And weave so darkly line on line
Ny heart n1isgives me. Then would
Fam loose this web-begin anew
But that. alas, | cannot do
Some day the web will all be done,
The shuttle quiet in its place,
From cut my hold the threads De run;
And friends al setting of the sun
VIII come to look upon my fs,ce,
And say: Mistakes she made not few,
Yet wove perchance as best she knew"
Mary Clark Huntington in The independent.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-07
Secular EducctiOn in Japan,

A returned missionary, who has been
many years in Japan, has just been
showing some curious effects of culture
In that country. 1t seems that the
japanese have seized upon the idea OF
secular education with great avidity.
While only 1000 children go to school
where religious knowledge is a part OF
the curriculum, over 100000 attend
where the teaching is purely agnostic.
The young men develop keen love for
metaphysical doctrine and research, but
their favorite authors are Mill, Spencer,
Darwin and Huxley. As this tendency
is accompanied by great demand for
English teachers, however, one would
think that the missionaries had the
means of opposing it in their own hands.
New York Star.
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IN FAR CkTHAY.

It daily meets my dreamy eyes,
That old world scene by farther sees.
And all unchanged; the water signs
Still in that bay, and still the breeze
Sings low, sweet songs amid the trees
Here stands a house-quaint, Swallowed DER
BY Clustering branches; wavelets fill
The river whispering near the door;
That white path meets the threshold still.
And birds chirp love with bill to bill.
That rude old bridge still spans the stream.
The passers few are passing vet;
The boat is there-it doth meSeem
The sailors sleeD-mayh hap forget
For ne'er was sail since furlei or set.
The bav spreads out--clear. placid, bright
4 summer sea, fringed round with green:
Afar some ISLE mayhap, in sight
Rising from out its breast is seen,
And houses mirror in its sheen.
And all is Still-nor voice. nor song
Comes the enjoyment to abate
OF that fair scene-fair, though a wrong
It tcIls-(of lover-fathcr's hate)-
Upon willow pattern plate
Detroit Free Press
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-07
The New EaSIntleroy.

The new little Fauntlsroy, Wallie Eddin-
gar, has a curious way Of expressing the
nervousness, or stage fright, which he eX-
perieuced when he made his debut at the
early age OF 5 years. Il was awfully
ashamed" he says His father WAS stage
manager at the time, and, naturally, was
very nervous on his boys account: lawfully
ashamed as toe child would say, lest he
should not speak his lines correctly, although
be had been letter perfect at rehearsala
Everything went oa finely at the first per-
iornance. The second day, however, the
child hesita ted and had TO be prompted
When he left the stage his father asked him
what the trouble was
The audience made ME forget it, the boy
said
What do you meant"
They laughed ar ne
When assured that he ws.s playing a comedy
part, and that it was wholly proper on the
part Of the audience 10 show their apprecia-
ton OF his acting. he was quite satisfied. and
now he never loses an opportunity to raise a
laugh If possible; in fact. he considers him
self qrite a comedian when he succeeds in
doing 50
Mr.. sddinger's great anxiety every time
the boy goes g. the stage Is not thai ne viii
forget his lines. bat that be viii indulge IN
SONS Ooylsh pranss not down IN the ''buSi-
pessa Of tie play. Al the second Little
Lord Fauntlerov7 matinee 81 the Madison
Square theasre last week, he gave an extra
touch not cslled for in the plav. II was IL
the frs act, wien c number of Children were
On the stage, behind tee scenes, beng EN-
p.cJed 20 do tins shouting WHICH scconpa-
Eles Ceirsc's fcotzace- They were cheering
Justly FOX Lord FDIntleroy, aud the boy got
:he better o. TIE actor, and MISTER WGIlis
joined VITA tise others, shouting a, ire top Of
MS lungs. Suddenly yhe other soios erased,
AID ais a.oz-e vas heard Nhea Ie-Hoa-
strst-d with afterwa-d, be SAID: Il fax ike
shouting, and DIDN'T think IL would ID any
h.rA-e-6ew Ynrx 6saf.
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ANOTHER TRUNK MYSTERY

Last evening about Z o'clock man was
seen with a trunk in the rear of the Val
ley house ana it looked as il it was stolen
One OF the Mattel Bros reported 10 the
Valley house that the trunk was theirs
but on investigation this was found to be
incorrect Later on the Mattel Bros. dis
covered il was their own trunk and that
it contained $500. Late in the evening it
transpired that the trunk was found on
the railroad track but it had been Invested
of it's cash. however. Up to a late hour
there were no further developments in the
matter.
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ALL SANTA FE,

Circulars have been issued from Chicago
signed by a. Marvel, president, and di-
rected to all the officers of the Santa Fe
system, announcing that the Santa Fe &
California railway and that st Joseph,
st. Louis < Santa Fe will hereafter BE-
known rs the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Re with A a Robinson general manager
Of all the lines of the system from the
lakes TO the Pacific and to the gulf.
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IirH' Mistake.
Blinks-what: Can't keep yorr

Biinks-What: Can't keep yorr En-
gagemelt with me?
Jinks (sadlv}-No. I can't / vas
drawn on Jury this week. and couldn.
get eut Of il.
Did you try
''Iade-d I die. did nav bezt 20 rake
uvsetf cut 10 6e hopeless ignoramus,
but they Wouldn't Pet me GO"
Great Sect. man. The wav 70 escape
jury duty is 70 act as II rou knew son1e-
shinG. New Yaxk WeAkiY.
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HAMLET" BY LOUIS JAMES.
SPECIAL ANNnI-NCEMENT

The board of the Children's Home de-
sire to meet their advisory board of gen.
tlemen promptly at O'Clock, Tuesday, at
the board OF trade rooms. Special notice
has been sent each member; let anyone
reading this who mas not received such
word, will please take heed to this notice
The executive and bnilding committees
also are requested to be in attendance.
Mrs. L. J. Foster, Pres.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
CRAWFORD GRAND.

This evening "Peck's Bad Boy" opens at
the Crawford-Grand for one night only.
The advance sale predicts a good business.
The Zouaye costumed full brass band will
give a parade in the afternoon and the
Zouave orchestra will be one of the acces-
SORES of the show A strong company has
been making big hit with the new YER
sion of "Peck's Bad Boy" and has earned
for it the reputation of being immensely
funny. The new and inventive cussedness
of this youth will give All the boys point
ers and no boy that wants to be thor
oughbred should miss seeing it, In vain
have philosophers tried to prove the lad is
not vicious but his eccentricities are as ap-
palling as those of Artemus Wards Kan
CARGO. Pleasing specialtes are introduced
through the piece just long enough to be
entertaining aud give the bad boy bit OF
q rest.
M'CARTHY'S MIsHAPS.
On Wednesday and Thursday McCarthy's
Misha ps will be given for two performances.
Seats on sale Tu, sday.
An event in the laughing world will
occur at the opera house on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of this week when
the famed congregation of laugh makers,
the Ferguson & Hack company, will tickle
the risibles of their auditors with pro-
iuction of that merry load OF fun called
McCarthy's Mishaps. They have in their
latest success gained an even stronger
foothold in the world of ''momus" than at
any previous time. The company is a
strong one. there being among others Mr..
Barney Ferguson, "A most familiar name
to lovers of the Irish comedy; Miss Lizzie
DAILY, dancer from family of dancers
and one whose graceful evolutions have
excited even the envy of the famed Lon
don Gaity Girls" Besides this talented
pair there will be found a number of play
ers whose long experience has given them
positions in the front rank OF the comedy
he!d. -Enchange.
HAMLET BY LOUIS JAMES.
Louis James will open at the Crawford
Grand in Hamlet" on Saturday night for
one night only.
''Tragedian Louis James, before q very
appreciative audience at the Grand opera
house last evening, presented an artistic
impersonailon of Hamlet. A feature of
Mr.. James performance Is the absence of
mannerisms His style is finished. and
his eleCution BELTS well the many solilO-
mules of the moody Dane. In posing, Mr.
James gives ev dence OF careful study and
training. Noticeable, too. is ir, that he
does not storm as others have who sought
to espopse the character of Hamlet, and
the stage is not made to re-ecno with the
loud-voicad lamentations of the irate
Dane. Decidedly Mr.. James Is "A very tenn
perate Hamlet, but Hamlet that all
good judges of the character can admire"
-EX.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-07

Woman's Relief Corps No. 40 will meet
in Regular session at Garfield hall tuesday
afternoon at 2:30. viii ali the officers
eject and all the old officers please he there,
as Installation services viii be. gone
through with IN the afternoon? Judge
Baderstou, the installing officer, will be
with US Mrs. MARY BUCKNER,
MRS. NELLIE CONCKLIN, Pres.
Secretary.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION.

The county commissioners were in ses-
sion yesterday afternoon on a stack of the
statutes
The time was mostly consumed in ap-
proving the bonds of the township officers
John Doran was appointed constable to
I'll the vacancy caused by the resignation
Of Rufus Cone. The allowing of important
bills and lengthy discussion on bridge
appropriations wherein the main diff
eulties were in reconciling the statutes
with the legal opinions of different mem
bers OF the bar completed the session.
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WEEK OF PRAYER.

The first union prayer service OF the
week was held at the Plymouth Congresa-
tional church yesterday afternoon. Chan.
cellor Everest conducted the meeting. The
subject to which the thought of those
present was directed was Christian Eel
lowship." a number Of ministers took
part in the exercises, which were interest
Ing and profitable. The meeting this at
ternoon VIII be conducted by Rev. : T.
Nilliken, and tomorrow by Rev. David
Winters.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Ivy Leaf chapter Eastern Star Z. d.
meets on Tuesday evening, January 2, at
$50 o'clock. By order of ". NJ.
MAY PEARSE Sec'y
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-15
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St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-15
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
JURY.
CALLED MEETING.
OPELoUsAs, March 9Th, 1880.

OPELoUsAs, March 9Th, 1890
Present E. NJ. Boagni. President, L. j
Dossman, c. T. Bihm, G. W. Ward, 8. Haas
and P. Robin.
The President informed the Jury that he had
called this meeting at the request OF the GOV
ernor to take action in assisting the parish OF
Point Conpee in protecting the Grand and Nor
ganza levees.
That as he deem the matter of importance
and in order to obtain the best information on
the subject he had attended the meeting of the
board of Leyee Commissioners, for the 4th LIE
wee district at Port Allen. Had interviewed
Hon. Martin Glynn, President Of the Police
Jury of Point C0upee, and Major Richardson
and others posted on the subject OF leyees.
that an appropriation should be made to aid
Point COupee in protecting Grand and Nor.
ganza levees, which, should they break. would
inundate a part of the parish But that there
were other levees in which the parish was vi
tally interested, and that he would requast and
urge the Jury to do all in their power to pro-
tect that portion of the parish subject to over
flow from another disastrous flood.
Whereupon, on motion of Mr.. Ward, the sum
OF one thousand dollars. or as much thereof as
may be necessary, be and is hereby apprO-
priatel out of the funds not otherwise appro-
priated, to repair any leyees that may be ne
cessary to protect the parish OF st. Landry from
overflow.
On motion OF s. Haas, a committee of three
composed of i. NJ. BOagni, w. C. Gordon and
G. W. Ward, be and are hereby appointed on
levees and to use the said amount when in
their Judgment it is most Necessary
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, March 18th, $780, instead OF Monday,
March 10th 1890
Attest: F. VI. BOAGNT,
III. Il. EsTORGE. Clerk. President.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-15
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