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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Member of Congress. III. ID. Coleman
SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
State Senator. Henry Demas
TWENTY sixth JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Judgc...... ..............E Emile Rost
District Attorney. .Gcrvais Lcche
JURY TERMS.
JcfcrSoR-First Monday in April and
first Monday of December.
81. Chdries-First Monday in May and
second Monday OF October.
81. .hhn-Fir-t Monday in June and
first Monday in November.
CIvn TERMS.
JeffrsOn-Secund Monday in January
and fourth Monlay In June.
81. Charies--First Monday in February r.
and fourth Monday in July.
81. John--First Monday in March and
| third Monday in August.
PARISH OF Sr. CHARLES.
Representative. ....C. a. Bourgeois
ShcI IF and Collector. Lewis Dry
ATTY 10 aid Collector. nc a. Baquie
Clerk and Recorder. Il. Martin
Coroner. ..........,D DIR. Victor Lehman
/ Treasurer. Arthur Robbins
Assessor. ........... ....T. L. BaudouiD
Parish surveyor. ......OwcD McLeran
Official journal. ST. CHARLES HERALD
FIST WARD.
Coy Clinton. Justice OF the Peace
Niny.L KyleS. Constable
sECOOND WARD.
+. r. Mortz. Justice of the Peac"
Alfred NIlliS... Constable
THIRD WARD.
a. liawkin Justice oi the Peace
Pete BroMll... ........ q Unstable
FOURTH WARD.
j. Fontchn.. Justice OF the Peace
Edmonds Roberts. Constable
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. STATE OF LOUISIANA,
lffru JUDICIAL. DISTRICT COZ XII,
PARISH OF ST. CHARLES.
No. $40.
y j. 4. RICItAlD.
".
HIS CREDl TORS.

Whereas Lewis CRY sheriff of the Parish Of
81 Charles, the duly qualified D"hnitiNc syn
-. of the estate of j. \. Rcchaud has On TINS
2l day Of February, 1890 filed in TN. court a
fsaI account OF his administration OF said
estate praying for the homuiogdtloh OF the
syme b., a.,,,a
frublic Notice is hereby given I" all whom
Il may concern to file their opposition u any
they can or have, in writing, to tn" honorable
&c Judge of our said Court at IN" court
House, within ten days from, III" lirst pnhli
Alton hereof, why the final account herein
died should not bc approved and hoh"l"
gated as prayed fur, and the funds In th'
hands of the syndic distributed, in "cc"r
dance th"fcwith.
| Witnre the honorable Emil" Rost JudS"
| and the sc.d Of the said Court this II day 1"
| February, A. D.. II 10.
\ 4 rue Copy, J. Il. MANTIN.
! Clerk NJ foUrt.
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week auu vanished during thesant Gay
II is currently rumurcd that detective
follow, 4 her into oblivion III the hopes
of finding the whereabouts OF SAcou-
Rumor equally authoritative locates ST.
colt in Victoria. where lIc wa> last seen
purchasing ticket for China. tA-
Srrr,aut-t-arn> I.rcdom on discover
inu the presence OF the Thelhault woman
+ in the city. attempted TO have her arrested
but could find no Caarg" u put against
her. Lee Ion still says that h" l. hope
! nl IF catching Silcott. lie dcNotc> most
4 Of hl~ time 10 b"wailllng his misplaced
confidence in the WHY clerk, 80 lar a.
having the confidence Of Others A. he
once had, Leedom l. bankrup'. iis
! r,,rt.lessnrss in allowing his "Wa aud tn"
publi" money To rcmail uui"r 'oAtr1l
of A man he knew to be- u gamble. and
a losing one at that. CONDEMNS his lddgr :
mrni. doubt whether l.eedom COLD
be elected To the position OF constable III
"A begging district.
Tac Tnciba..lt i laid 10 have stated
While here that SHcott had been fHlhcu
by borrowing Congressman aud uhlucky
ratiur ventures. What factor sue WAS
in the GENERAL smash. the trail creature
does not add. Ii may we'll be believed
that large amount oil the money went
into the hands of local booknakers. ui
which .redum, of his notorious lre4uch-
cy of that class of places. should nave
been we'll aware at the time. The efect
If the Silcott affair upon the pool rooms
has been most disastrous. bill l. no"
pending before Congress shppressihS
diem in the District OF Columbia. ana
tn,ir business for some reason has
strangely decreased. This class of gam
bling is 80 expensive TO tn" owner oi IN,
game that his percentage OF advantage
must bc enormous To enable nm 10 heel
open.l His customers are day after day
the same friends. and i'll the end III,
expenses eat up all concerned. The
Western Onion Telepragh Company alb
sorb all alike. aud thus gambling, like
virtue, is Its own reward
Fac unlucky congressman whose sal
aries disappeared with Silcott are no
void of hope. They look with interes
to the test eases brought before Tn
Court of Gliims to compel the govern
ment to reimburse for all LOSSES AN
I which will be heard March l. POI
= the result of these suits rests their ON
hopu of obtaining their money. for I'll
Introduction of Il sill 10 Reimburse
e after failure in the court, would
s. suicide 10 the projectors.
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houses framed) one could see plainly into
the rooms behind.
Ally glued his eyes to crack. Cecil
instantly crept to his side. Before be
could look he felt his cousin IS cold hand
on his lips. A kind of electric tremor of
emotion ran from one young creature to
the other. Somehow CHS knew that Ally
saw something terrible, and just as
surely he OWNED that this sight of horror
was an overwhelming surprise.
If he didn t see, he could hear. There
came rattle of hammer blows, deep
hum of voices.
Cts pushed closer. He answered Ally Is
dumb caution with a nod before he
peered through the crack, to recoil as
il he had been shot, sitting an eIolama-
ton.
Instantly Alley pulled him away and
began with infinite caution to crawl back
into the shelter of the hedge.
Swiftly as he could Cecil crawled after
him. Ally motioned him to pass him,
to hurry.
The boys faces were white; they tore
their hands and knees on the hard
ground while they pressed forward in q
kind of frenzy of haste, that never yet
made a sound.
Not until they stood in the shadow Of
the expresses, rods away from the house,
did they venture to speak; even then it
was in a whisper, while they caught each
other by the arm, trembling.
"CIs,' whispered Ally, "did you
see?''
"Dawseyl" whispered Cecil back.
"He'd have done us like he did Cobb s
brother-in-law, - said Ally, drawing q
deep breath, claws, ain It he a terrible
wicked mani"
What, then, had the boys seen? The
scene might not strike every one as
spectacle to send two brave lads scam
pering off on all-fours like frightened
mice.
They had looked in on q bare room,
furnished with nothing beyond O lamp
(the broken chimney of which explained
the ominous Pickering light) a stained
pine table, box with tangle of green
covered wires, bottles and brass knobs
near it; and a heap of rings and small,
round, fiat, black objects sIrewn over
the table; kettle smoking in the ruined
fireplace, an anvil in one corner, Ii =
tered with hammers and sledges, and
cheap, strong trunk in the other.
Dawsey and two other men were the
occupants of the room.
Dawsey stood before the fire, looking
at something in the palm of his hand.
One of his companions hammered at
the anvil. The other, with barred and
dripping arms, bent over the box. His
hands were full of silver.
Perhaps boy might suppose thai this
scene meant only an honest Workshop
perhaps, again, he might guess that the
men were counterfeiters and what they
made was base money, to rob the posr
and defraud the government.
Ally knew very little about counter
feiters, but he knew a great deal about
old Dawsey; the real meaning of the
scene, more than that, the true expla-
nation for those mysterious horrors of
fright and death which his father had
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the forest and that dark house of crime.
Huddled close to each other, the boys
waited.
Aily's arm stole about Cecil's neck.
Cecil's arm clasped Ally's waist; their
cold cheeks touched as they whispered:
"Cis, - said Ally, 90 truly am sorry
hit you'll"
Then Cecil's pride clean broke down.
81 was to blame, Ally, - he cried with
sob in his voice. 81 didn't mean
what l said about Cobbs. If we get out
OF this I'll do something nice for
Cobbs.'
81 hadn t ought to have got so mad"
ALLY went on psnitentIy-''ain't it
queer, if hadn't thought 80 much of
you wouldn't have been half so mad.
Sey lin a half embarrassed tone-''do
you know wanted to cry and hit you 81
the same time. 1 never did see q boy
liked as much as do you.
And Cis-could it be the little prema-
ture man of the world who answered:
''And l never saw boy liked as much
as do you. Ally, let's us be friends
all our lives long, like-like the old
knights. Brothers in arms, you know. "
IAN right, - said Ally, who had not
the least idea what Cecil meant, but
thought it sounded nice and friendly.
'Or like your father and mine" he
added after second g thought.
''Yes, " said Cecil, very low
They were both silent q little while.
Though he was such big fellow and felt
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breasts the wind would blow Ia the direo-
ton IN which their bills were pointing.
The negroes of the South believe that the
green heron and the kinghsher influence
luck in fishing. One of their sayings is:
"When de kingfisher and de fly-up-de-
creek Green heron) says how'd 'ye-do,
de fish gwine ter say good-by. - Which
means that you will have no luck when
you go fishing il you see green heron
and kingfisher.
In migrating the green heron rises to
great height usually far above the reach
of human vision; but late in the night
when everything was very still haye
heard bis cultural croak dropping as IL
from among the stars. Its method Of
feeding is to creep slyly upon its victim,
whether fish or frog, and strike 1t with
its spear-like bill. 1t will hide behind
tuft of water-grass at the edge of
stream and stand for hours apparently
asleep; but let minnow approach near
enough and down will flash that dagger
like beak with an aim that rarely misses
the mark. was very much amused
watching one trying to kill little turtle
that was trifle larger than q silver
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desperately mortified at his weakness the
thought of his father upnerved Cecil,
and the tears rolled down his cheeks.
He knew what his fathers grief would
be, If harm came to him. And be had
brought Ally into the peril, too.
"It's my fault he burst out; eff I
hadn't persuaded you, you never would
have Gomez
Gwen, don It know, - said Ally, ''I
reckon it's GOOD thing We found out.
Come, CHS, it's dark enough -
They stood up, Then, to Cecil g sur
prise, Ally knelt down ia the mud and
covered his face with his hands. 81 most
forgot to say my prayers, =" said he, sim
ply, "papa always did say his prayers
before he went into battle. Got your re-
yolVer ready, Cis2''
"It's ready, Ally
Ally nodded. He softly stole out of
the wood, Cecil close behind.
They heard the hammers ringing, but
the window must have been screened in
some way, for the only sign OF light was
through the gaps in the walls.
They ran. Their feet made no sound
on the soft ground.
They ran and ran; past the sycamore,
down the clear space, until their breath
failed them and Ally gasped: 81 reckon
we're all right nowi 1 can't see the
house,
They rested few moments before they
went on.
One danger had only given place to
another. TO Cecil there was no trace of
road, but Ally's woodlands eye
marked kind of band running through
the woods where there were no trees or
trees of a smaller growth.
More than once they were obliged to
leave even this poor trail, because the
water had overaowed the road at every
depression.
On these occasions Ally carefully noted
in which direction they turned. $50 to
the right. then [ bear to the left, and
we get back, said he, "there'll be
more of road by aud by when we came
70 the old curduroy."
They trRmped on and Cd, so tired now
that they were past talking. After
long time Ally stopped. The moon rode
high in the heavens. He could see down
the road.
He leaned forward. "Thers were two
roads here once,' he muttered. az
don t know which way to turn"
Then he suddenly pulled Cecil into the
shadow of the trees.
"Do you hear?" he whispered.
"They re after US" gasped Cecil.
What they both heard distinctly was
the galloping of horses.
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sought to solve in vain, flashed over him
with paralyzing completeness and swal-
lowed up every other sensation in panic
of fear and fury. Rage as much as ter
TOR shook Ally's nerves, while Cecil only
realized their danger.
''They must have killed that man"
said he.
"Hit him with hammer" ALLY NUT
tered; "they lowed to kill the darkey
some way, but he was too thick headed.
/ reckon then they cleared everything
out slick or papa would have found
them. -
He shut the knife, which he was hold
ing in his hand.
"Dawsey would have killed US II he
had found us, - said Cecil very low; and
he could not repress shudder.
"Come on, they may catch US yet, ="
he CRIED, hurrying blindly forward.
"No,'' said Ally, mot that way,
CHS; We just have to get home tonight,
and to send folks over yonder. And We
got to go back little to strike the old
road. That's our only chance.
"Oh, can t. - cried Cecil.
"Wen, we have to, ~ said Ally, 'else
wen wander about all night, and maybe
Sally and them viii come after US, aud
then -
"I'n go, !" said Cecil; "that would be
too horrible. -
Gwen, / don't know said Ally.
''Not if she fetched enough of our folks
along -
Cecil now was as eager to run back to
peril as before he had been reluctant,
but Ally said that they must stay in
their covert until it wss too dark for
them to be observed from the house.
81 know where the road starts, said
Ally. THERE'S . big dead sycamore
trunk right at the turn. We can t miss
it. And IN bout an hour the moon
will rise. Stay here half an hour. -
It was a nerve-trying half hour. The
lads were chilled TO the bone with fright
and the nipplng night ar; remember, it
was December. Gusts of wind moaned
in the distant forest and ratified the near
tree branches and the thick ropes of
muscadIne and trumpet vine tangled
about the tree trunks. The owls hooted
dismally above them. They faneied g
hundred sounds Of pursuit in the creak-
ing of tree limbs or the splash of falling
noorns into the pools of the swamp. or
the piercing calls of the wood creatures.
And steadily. steadily, the darkness
blurred the lines of the landscape and
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OLD TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS.
STuDgo Parks Discoveries in Africa-MarcO
Polo's Adventures in the Far East.
ny u.nRIEr nREsc nrr spnEEnRn

5IuDgo Parks Discoveries in Africa-MarcO
Polo's Adventures in the Far East.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.
copyrighted 1880 by the Author
While modern travellers and discover
ers are resping great gains of fame, one
should not forget some of the older ones
who, like Mungo Park and Marco Polo
were pioneers in exploration, and so far
as fame and honor went had little but
their labor for their pains. The name
Mungo has so odd a sound that it might
be thought the Christian or unChristian
name was given to its bearer on account
of his African career, by anyone who did
not know its origin.
But Mungo Park was a Scotchman
born IN the beginning of this century,
apprenticed in boyhood to surgeon, and
fred for African travel by an early voy-
age to Sumatra. He was twenty -four
years old when his services were accepted
by the African association for the ex-
ploration OF the river Niger. After his
arrival, while i'll in Africa, he learned
the Maudingo tongue in five months, and
then set out on horseback, with six
negroes, meeting with all sorts of difficult
ties on his tour. III one place a wild
boar was let loose on him, but it refused
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[To BE CONTINUED. ]
CURIOUS HABITS OF GREEN HERoNs.
An Interesting Bit of Natural History by
Maurice Thompson.

An Interesting Bit Of Natural History by
3Iaurice Thompson.
copyrighted 1890 by the AuthoT.l
The little green heron is one of the
most beautiful and interesting of ali the
birds that haunt our summer streams,
and, although it is one OF the smallest of
its family, it is very stately in its deport-
ment. Like all the herous it has mea-
ger body, wide spreading wings, tall,
stilt-like legs, very long, slender neck,
q small head aud long, sharp bill.
Wilson, in his great work on ornith-
oIogy, eriticlses Button for saying that
herons pass a life OF hunger and anxiety.
Doubtless Wilson is right, for nothing
could be happier apparently than the
life of the little green heron, who passes
his days wading in the cool waters of our
limpid mill streams, with nothing to do
but eat and sleep.
In ancient times the actions OF herons
were watched with great interest, as
they were thought to presage certain
conditions of the weather. Thus If the
bird stood still and gloomy on the shore
il foretold frosts and cold; If they were
active and noisy there would be rain; il
their heads were drawn in upon their
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to attack him, finding meat more to Its
liking in others. After enduring a loug
suspense here while his captors debated
whether they should take his life,
his eyes or his right hand, he man
aged to escape AMI found the Niger again
and, nothing daunted, continued his
way. But the king of the country he
had now reached forbade him to cross,
and q negro woman admitted him to her
hut and took care OF him and sang a
song about him-memory OF which has
since been famous-that of the Poor
White Man. at last the king sent him
q guide and large gift OF money in
cowrie-sheils. But after some progress
the tropical rains, protracte6 sickness
and the hostility of the Mehometan in
habitents OF that portion OF the continent
made it mpossible for him to proceed,
ana he was nearly year in returning to
the coast. There an American vessel
took him TO Antigua, and he at length
reached England after an absence of two
years aud a half, where his return
aroused great enthusiasm. Eight years
afterwards, when he married and begun
the practice of medicine, the British
government sent him out to Africa again
with the brevet rank OF captain and
a company OF some forty men.
The party reached the sources of the
Senegal and Gambia, found the inhab-
itants friendly, but the climate so deadly
that Park was presently left with but
four companions. He continued his way !,
however, and at Boosa, where the river
narrows between PERCEPTIONS walls, the
men of the king Of Yauri attacked the
little party with murderons rain OF
lanoss, arrows and stones, and MunSo
Park found his fate in the waters of the
river he was exploring. One of his
journals was saved, the rest remained
with the savage king. With dire strug-
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dollar and was crawling along on the
sand beside brook. The bird struck
the little fellow several times and was
apparently much surprised that the blows
had no effect. With ludicrous agility it
hoped around the diminutive creature,
wagging its head and stretching its long
neck until 1t looked like dancing inter-
rogation point. Meantime the little tur-
tie very deliberately scrambled into the
water and escaped.
When in flight the green heron is q
most comical- looking bird, especially
when frightened or angry. 1t stretches
out its neck, bangles its long legs awk-
wardly behind II and flaps Its wings with
ludicrous stateliness. When on its mi
gratory flight, however, it doubles up Its
neck and rests Its head on its back, so
that its beak is barely visible from be-
low.
On small brook in Kentucky l saw
green heron overcome hen hawk that
attacked if. The hawk struck down
from a pine tree, intending to take its
prey unawares; but the heron was quite
ready for her, and, thrustiug upon its
beak, caught the hawk fairly up it.
That one fierce stab was sufficient. The
bold assailant was glad to retire with his
wound. MAURICE THOMPSON.
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gle and small need of praise be CAV. -
his life at thirtv-fiye. W

gle ana small need OF praise be pavs
his life at thirty-five. Up
A very different fate from NM,
Park 8 was that of Marco Polo. a V.-sO
tian traveller, some five and halfcs r.N
ries earlier, and one inspired BY no ,ra,
high motives as Park. His fstbe, ~
uncle having returned from q tra1G""1
expededition that had led them n~s
the Black sea, through Bokhara ~;
into what was called Cathay ~
Marco, lad not yet twenty, on ~
next trip, the pope having given t5a.
letters and gifts to the khan of Tay,,.t-
They threaded wildernesses, crossed 49, J.
erts, great rivers, great cities, and g.,
at last met by an escort and conduo,'s
into Pekin, where the khan oonfa..sss
great honors on Marco, gave him a nIss|
about the throne and in time sent hin
on embassies to neighboring poEsr,
Probably the Venetian beauty mada H.,
an attractive youth, but his pruda1a.
and good sense and daring won such ~
for him that he saw the most sacred a.,
secret things, was loaded with wesI,t
and made the governor Of a citr-,h..
ruler-who was that one of whom CoIs
ridge, in his opium dream, wrote.
In Xenadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure house decree
refusing to let him leave him for his ~,
people.
At length a Persian embassy bsr4-,
won the daughter of the khan as a bri5s
for their own king, Marco and his com,
panions were given leave of absence n,
a promise to return, and went with n,
Persian embassy by sea around Borne,
and Sumatra to the Persian gulf, AND
were entertained for nearly a whols yes,
In Persia before they left it, again mas
nificently enriched. They reached TenJe.
twenty-four years after they had left +.
and no one would at first believe 1t VS.,
they, long thought to be dead, bro1zsi
by the sun, aged by years and travsl
and speaking their own dialect with
strange accent. Giving q great Tess.
they received in rich oriental garment,
of red satin those who ought to hays
been their friends; the guests bei7s
seat ed, these garments were EXCHANGED
for others of CRIMSON damask; and tbs.,
in turn were changed after the fra,
course for those of heavy crimson velve;
At the close of the banquet they wers
in the usual Venetian dress, and then
distributed the superb and curious gar.
ments that they had taken of among
their guests. Then they brought out the
Tartar clothes which they had been
wearing, and ripping them hers sHi
there, out tumbled treasures Of priceless
jewels. This was enough, and they wers
soon recognized as the travellers who had
left them so many years before, and the7
received many honors and appointments,
Marco being given command Of gaIey
in one of the naval wars. But, although
Marco was one of the first 20 make the
existence of Japan known, and the mOsi
he said and wrote of his explorations all
discoveries was true, he never received
any credeuce, not word of his stories
was believed. He figured as q liar 0.
equal quality with that OF the Baron
Munchausen OF much later life and fams,
and even on his deathbed he was begged
to confess and retract his fslsehoods.
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copyrighted 1890, by the Author.l

Ally paused, not to be dramatic, but
to fish in his pockets for something. He
pulled out clumsy knife. "That be-
longed to him, - said he, lowering his
voice. "Cobbs gave it to me-after-
wards
Ally opened the blade. cts SPLEEN
did knife" said he with respect.
"What became of Mr. -, the man
you were telling about?'
"Oh, he was dead. They all ran into
the house but he was lying on the floor,
dead -
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CHAPTER xu.-THE BOYS sen SOME
GHOSTS.