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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-08
MEN OF STRENGTH.
Thomas Thompson, Who Lifted Three
Barrels of Water.

Thomas Thompson, Who Lifted Three
Barrels of Water.
On March Is. 1871, Thomas Thompson
lifted three barrels of water, weighing to-
gether 1886 pounds. He also put an iron
bar on his neck, seized hold of its two ends
and bent it until the latter met. On another
occasion he raised with his teeth a table six
feet long, supporting at the farthest end a
weight OF 100 pounds. He also tore without
serious effort a rope of a diameter of two
inches and lifted horse over a bar.
Some years ago a negro appeared in Lon
don who, with one hand and his arm out
straight, lifted from the ground chair on
which was seated fuil-grown man having
on his lap a child.
1t Is on record that German called Bnch-
holz lifted with his teeth a cannon weighing
about 200 pounds, and fired il off in that posi-
ton. While performing at Epernay, in
france, the same feat the barrel of the gun
purSt. Mracuinusly he was not killed, al
though several Of the fragments were
thrown over fifty yards away.
Ihere are stories OF other strong men who
DID not appear in public. A butcher lived
in South Holland who killed calves by
strangling them. a Dutch count. in pri-
vate entertainment, bent an iron bar by
beating 1t with his right hand against his
lett arm, protected by a leather bandage,
bending it afterward straight again by beat
ing it the other way.
Charies Louvler, carpenter of Paris.
found 1t chiid's play to roll tin basin be-
tween his fingers into a cylinder. On one
occasion he carried off a soldier on guard
who had gone to sleep in the sentry box, de-
posting both on low churchyard wall close
by. An equally amusing story is told of a
Dane, knut Kundson, locksmith who,
while standing in a window on the ground
floor, lifted with one hand half bullock
from the shoulder of butcher who was toll
ing past with his load.-ChamberS' Journal,
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the ground, like as sand dog would Then
heard shuffiing, scraping sound. as il
something was being dragged along. l
knowed there'd be some trouble, and happen
one OF the two had murdered the other, but
L couldn't tell there in the darkness whic h
one it was. Then 1 suddenly remembers
that I'd got some matches and a piece of
candle in my pocket So lights the ca ndle
and goes forward. But what I did not
think to see was what | saw-Mr. Robert
propped up agin one of the pillars of the
arch as If he'd bin alive and settin' there of
his own accord, but dead"
Dead? Murdered? And not by Maurice !?
You are surep You will swear to it? Oh,
Grlerly, tell me again you are surer'
1t was Felice who spoke. rising in her ex-
element and selling the old mans arm be-
tween both lIer hands.
phaticaIly. 1T was trap for Maurice.
There l waits, thinking over what to do
next, when Mr.. Maurice comes in and passes
me IN the darkness without seeing me-"
did you follow him in?" asked Felice,
eagerly.
mo. didn't. Where would have been
Mr. Maurice comes out agen, still passing
me without seeing me- Has he seen the
body?' l says to myself. So | creeps in
agen, and lights my bit of candle, and goes
back to where I'd left the body of Mr.
Robert. and when gets there DANCED if it
"Gone pr
Yes; it was clear that Maurice had some
how pushed it into the water"
"A lew minutes after Grierly had told his
story. Marcus was found in his room He
seemed asleep, but Feliee knew that the end
had come, even before Mrs. Fenton stepp ed
into the room and laid her hand over his
| mntionless heart.
Poor boy! NY poor boyr'
And as if he had been child again. she
drew her dead sons baad
| shoulder, rocking him to and fro, while she
tenderly smo0thed his hair with her fingers.
LOOK, Felice. and all of you. He will
| give no more trouble now. MY boy is dead 4"
But little more scandal concerning Stone
| royd and its inmates reached the ears of the
I dWellers in Cl0feld. TIE news that Mr.
Marcus Gilmore, the gentie-mannered and
| poetcat little gentleman of well-kn own
Literary taste and respited genius, son to
Lady Fenton OF Stoneroyd, had been dis
! covered dead at his study-stable from an
| overdose Of choral, which he had been in
the habit of taking for sleeplessness, did not
| leak out Tor some days, and when heard was
| quite devoid of startling details.
| All that night Mrs. Fenton sat up with her
| DEAD sons diary, portions of which, confir-
nation IN every detail Of Grerly's evidence,
| she lad in Felice's hands next morning.
| =, Show them to Maurice" she said, and
| then destroy Them
Already, as early as the office opened, a
Geographic message had been dispatched by
Mrs Fenton to her nephew Maurice. recall
/ ing him home.
Copy'fgt, 1891, By the Attthors alliance; all rights
reserped.
18th, will be So The Toilet of Death" by
Emil ZoIa.
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The Cost of Government.

While our population in 1890 was only
sixteen tunes as great as in 1870 the eX-
penditures of the National Government ex
Guiding all payments upon the interest and
principal OF the public debt, were more than
$50 times as great. In other words. the
population increased from 1927, pa in 17e0
To o., 4S0, 540 IN 1890, while the ordinary an
nual expenditures rose from S1,9Ia. 59e 10
the sum OF S26l, 6S7, 203. Ii we take the
year lSlo, twenty years after the adoption
OF the Constitution, We find that the popu-
lation was 1880, 1881. and that the expendi-
lures we're Sd, 81 ,0S2, or 70 cents per capita.
In 1890, eighty years afterward, the popuia-
ton was less than nine times as great as il
was then, but the ordinary expenditures
were more than As times as great, and
amounted to 81 10 per capita. From 1880 10
I54o, including the period of the Seminole
war, the population increased 80 81 per cent
ana the expenditures increased so per cent:
from 1910 to 1850 during which time the
war with Mexico was commenced and
prosecuted to successful termination. the
population increased 35S7 per cent and tine
expenditures increased 50 per cent; but
from 1880 10 1890, a period of profound
peace, population increased 24.57 per cent
and expenditures increased 55 per cent. The
ordinary expenses for the current fiscal
year, 1871, Will be at least II per cent
greater than in 1890, although the popula-
tion, as SHOWN by the recent census. is in
ereaSlng at rate of less than olL nrr
cehs7oehator carlisle in February Forum.
Fond M0tber-John. do YOU know Gertis
has arranged little piece for the pianoP
Fond Father-Goodl Peace for the piano
means peace for all of us.-Detroit Free
Press.
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CHAPTER I.

/. ]. ! g. !. ]
NE-5"1N a November evening
eS:assS<<SSI3 two men sat by the fire
s1ENSG9sSNSS1E7 in the drawing-room at
IMsITSSS@GH Stoneroyd. One was
. Esf3S ~ SqAf tall, finely made Young
!. ESsN.11334N:INAh, man, broad shouldered
,:@SSSssesSI and deep-chested-Maur
k@sEzzz-zAzzs ice Fenton by name, and
the most popular member of the family. He
was clean-shaved, and of that fresh, rudy
.c0loring spread all over his face, which
sometimes accompanies very dark hair,
nrOfusion of which, in not unbecoming clus-
tors, was tossed from his broad forehead.
Tile other occupant OF the drawing-room
was q much older man, well-bred, we'll
dressed, short, rather stout and of tranquil
manners This was Marcus Gilmore.
Maurice, after looking down on Marcus
fnir. hair. carefully brushed aud parted. be-
gan abruptly:
''Of course, we're both thinking Of the
same thng-that crazy will my uncle made
fiYe-years ago, and the conditions of which
viii be due next Monday. Here we are at
Friday Well, each of US had five hundred
apiece-yon and l, who are cousins, and
Robert, your half-brother-when l came of
= age five years ago. And now the odd fifty
Thousand or SO will so to whichever one of US
three has the largest balance at his bankers
by Monday next. l suppose we've all of us
tried-you and l, at Ieast-to do the best we
could. AS you know, l thought 1 was
painter, but the public didn't; so l dropped
art and went in for iron. And-and the long
and short of it is, there's what I've been able
to save during the five years and what duly
lies to my credit"
Saying which. Maurice pulled from his
pocket large sheet of paper and thrust it
into Marcus hand, together with bank
pass-book. Marcus sat up at once. A
smile of bland compassion irradated his
placid features. d" l have beaten you, my
boy. But you have done wonderfully well,
on my SIOUX l don't know how you We man
aged it,"
Maurice drew a long breath and whistled.
- Well, it's good thing it's settled one way
or another" he said, "for l suppose we
need hardly reckon on Robert ever doing
anything for his living or even on his daring
to show his face at StOneroyd any more"
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How the English View It

Among those millionaires whose accumu.
lated dollars have made the United States of
America SO famous we are likely soon to
have to include Mr. John L. Sullivan, who
recently forsook the prize-ring for the stage
Mr.. Suiiivan's professional income amounts,
1t seems, to the portentous total of $500 per
week. Seeing that ESQ a week Is ordinarily
accounted phenomenal salary in 1.-THE"
profession, the figure is one calculated to
not only make the mouths of actors water,
but also to cause the cultured to weep over
the strange tastes of play-goers. For GER
talnly, after all the talk we have heard about
the elevating influence of the drama, there
is much irony in this convincing demonstra-
tlon that the intelligent trans Atlantic public
takes keener interest in the performances
OF bulky prize-fghter than in those of a
tragedian Of talent-London Graphic.
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front garden. knew you were gone, and
didn't want you to come back here tonight.
| don't know whether L tell asleep, perhaps
/ did. Anyhow, was pretty sleepy when
l crept upstairs in the dark, for hadn't
candle. l heard at first no sound from out
side the room Robert was in, no movement,
no conversation. But as l paused in pass
then pistol shot, and half-smothered cry
of Murderp l tn aught that you had come
back and that he, perhaps, was killing voui
tried to make for the door in the dark. 1t
was suddenly burst open, and some one
came out; he. as L guessed, trying to escape.
which We struggled in the passage few
seconds, and then some one brought light,
A table by the bed was overturned, and on
the floor was pistol of Roberts covered
with blood. That's all L know about the
whole affair upon nv honor"
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The novelette, for Sunday, February
18th, will be The Toilet of Death" by
Emil Zola
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NOTICE.

Tax payers are hereby notified that the
taxes for the year 1891 are now due and pay
able; and are requested to call at my Office
and settle for SAME.
In accordance with section 80 of Revenue
law, all taxes unpaid by December 3lst bear
from said date; and property liable to seiz-
ure and sale.
Persons wishing to avail themselves of the
law postponing the payment Of taxes In
case OF overflow &C., are REQUIRED to make
sworn statement, in writing and in duplicate
to that effect, and hle same in the office OF
the tax collector.
p. 4. LORIO,
Sheriff and Ex-oflcio Tax Collector,
Parish of Lafourche
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One Of his bad days.
AND He WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN NEXT.

Strange, isn't it," he said, leaning
sadly against a water butt at Nassau
Fulton streets, and tanning his stubby
beard with a Panama hat, chow some
days are lucky days, and other days
you hit streak of miseries from break
fast clean up to bedtime
'Tis strange" answered the police
man On the corner, alphabetically.
"This is one of my bad days." contin-
ued the other, mournfully. "Things
has happened agin me ever since l got
up"
"Nothin' bad, l hope" said the po-
liceman.
"Well, she started in when l shaved
before breakfast. l joggled the razor
and when l started downtown my left
ear looked like a sliced tomato. That
made me late, and on the platform at
the elevated railroad station a tall,
thin fellow behind me stepped On my
umbrella and broke the bottom off,
"What did you doF
.'Nothin.' When l went out to lunch
this noon the man on the next stool
switched around and spilled half a
pint of milk and two crackers down
my sleeve. l feel like a milk toast
now, and l hadn't been back at the
office twenty minutes before
What the nextmishap was will neve
be known, because a new and unex
pected one had arrived. The water
ing-cart which on rare OCCASION
pushes through Nassau stree t ant
takes in that narrow gauge throughfart
entire with its broad-gauge sweep, hat
suddenly appea red on the the scene
and taking in the unfortu nate at TIL
water butt with a stream of limpi,
Croton passed placidly on, almost be
fore he realized the situation. Thel
he gazed speechlessly at his drippin!
legs, and looked up at the policeman
with a sickly smile.
"What did I tell you," he said
"here's another. Better 60 hcme
hadn't youv
"Reckon I WILL" gasped the drip
ping unfortunate, picking up his bot
tomless umbrella and hurriedly cross
ing the street.
"Tain't the Shawn I care about" III
called oack from the other curb, emo
the milk. o even being squirted on
but it's what is goin' to happen next.
IN. Y. Tribune.
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ing water for ton minutes. Strain this
mixture into 9 large bowl and set in a
cold place. When perfectly cold set
the bowl in a pan and surround it with
iced water. Add the unbeaten whites
of two eggs. Watch the mixture, and
when it begins to CONCEAL beat with a
whisk, or IN egg-beater, until it is
white and SO thick that it will hardly
flow when poured. Rinse a mold or
large bowl in cold water and pour the
pudding into it. Set by the ice for 3
few hours. At serving time dip the
mold into warm water; then wipe it
and turn the pudding on a fiat dash.
Pour a soft custard around it or serve
the sauce in pretty pitcher. Ladies'
Home Journal.
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Personal.

Mrs. R. R. Mcbride went to Houma
yesterday to visit a sister who had a
very sick child.
lion. II. n. Coulon, has been away
on a trip for a few days. Will proba-
bly, go as far IS Baton Rouge.
Frank Allan passed some days late
~ visiting relatives and friends in this
town his former home. Frank is al
ways welcome.
Mr.. Bradford of Rayne, Louisiana,
was here a few days ago on a visit to
Rldgefield plantation, where his wife
Is ~recaperating her health, whilst visi-
ting her father, Governor Nichols, who
has been a visitor to that plantation
for several weeks.
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The Police Jury met on last Tues
day all the members were present ex-
cept Ferdenand Barrilleau of the 4th
ward.
The new appointee ofthc third ward
did not make his appearance.
The Jury re-organized by electing
the same officers as were in service
heretofore. Mr.. L. P, Caillouet was
elected Road Inspector for the End
District, in place of Marcelin Bergeron
who declined to be a candidate. Tay-
Tor Adams was elected Road Inspector
in the 9Th District in place of V. Gued-
ry who was not a candidate for re-
election. In the eighth District Alfred
Adam "a elected in place of SyDfroien
ROdrigue who was not a candidate,
and Fred Davis was elected for the
ninth District.
The report of the Treasurer shows a
balance on hand in the general fund oil
$3426,75 and in the drainage funds a
balance Of S3954,O9.
The ferries will be sold at public
auction on the first Saturday in De.
cember, for two years commencing
January l 1897. A new ferry was es.
tablished at j. T. Badeaux's store. be.
low Lockport.
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Be coNsIDERATE-Don't worry your
friends and family with that worn and
faded appearance. Get a bottle of
Creole Female Tonic. Ii will change
your pallid checks to the rosy hue oe
health.
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UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA.

Tulane University embraces College. High
School, Fl. Sophie Newcomb Memorial
College for Young Women, Law and Med
ical Departments. The College has fOur
parallel courses: Classical. Literary,
Scientific, and Engineering. There is al
so a special course of Electrical Engin-
eering. Next Annual Session of the Ae-
ademical Departments including the H.
Sophie Newcomb College, begins October
LIST, Law Department opens November
18th. Medical Department, October 18th.
For special or general catalogues, apply to
the Secretary of the University, Tulane
Hall.
WIN. PRESTON JOHNSON,
Prssident.
Aug.-1-91-3 m.
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Was a Good Indian.
A DENVER RESIDENT TELLS HOW A RED
MANS GRATITUDE MADE HIM RICH.

N. I. Walters, of Denver, is a silver
made millionaire who ten years ago
was a dry-goods clerk in the city Of
New York and not worth a dollar. He
'akes great pleasure in telling how he
got his start. His story is one of In
dian Notwithstanding accounted
exceeding rare.
"When decided to go west in search
of my fortune in 1880, he said 81
struck out for Carson, New. From
that point | started on l prospecting
tour. l had been out about three days
when l came upon a solitary Indian.
He was going in the same direction
that 1 was and he consented to act as
my guide.
zone night l was suddenly awaken
ed by the Indian. He was greatly al
armed, saying a rattlesnake had bitten
him and he wanted some whiskey. l
had no whiskey and the poor fellow
was scared half to death. The snake
had bitten him on the shoulder. He
could not reach the wound to draw out
the poison and he was afraid to ask me
to do it. / took hold Of the mans arm,
however, SUCKED out the poison and
put a chew of tobacco on the wound.
Next morning the Indian vas all right.
"Much has been said about the un-
grateful Indian, but | never saw such
gratitude. He wept and danced 10 r
joy, Then he told me where there was
a rich gold bearing vein. He took me
to the place and between us we took
out one hundred thousand dollars
worth of the metal and then sold the
mine for sixty Thousand dollars. That
gave me the means to invest in silver
mines-all of which turned out profit
ably. Ihave had a phenomenal run OF
luck and lay it all at the Indian
door."-Chicagn News.
To MAKE A SNOW PUDDING.-A gen
erOus quarter or a box of gelatine
should be soaked in one-third of a cup
FIJI of cold water for two hours. At
the end of that time add half a pint of
boiling water. half a pint of sugar, the
Juice of one lemon and, if convenient,
the juice of an orange. Stir until the
gelatine and sugar are dissolved.
Should the gelatine not dissolved per-
fectly place the bowl in a pan of b oil
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Piles throughout life.

Louis Thibodaux, son of Aubane
Thibodaux, who resides near Lafour-
che Crossing, whilst chopping wood a
few days ago, accidentally cut his leg
so badly, that he will be incapacitated
for labor for some time.
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4 Ne Firm.

Some enterprising gentlemen, on
Thursday night, stole a number of
cooper's tools out of the shops on the
Ridgefeld plantation. Where they
propose to open a shop has not been
made known.
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THE WORLDS FAIR-The South may
claim, without prejudice, to have more
than its share of the worlds fair. The
acknowledged beauty of the ladies OF
the South is due in a great degree to
the use of Creole Female Tonic, the
ladies' friend and favorite, and sure
cure tor all female ailments.
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A good rain fell last Sunday night
and again on Monday.
twill be beneficial to crops grasses
and ci%sterns.
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THE BLOOM OF YOUTH-Every one
admires it in woman. Creole Female
Tonic restores it when disease and
weakness has caused its temporary alb
erce.
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The SENTINEL sends thanks to Mr..
F. A. T.te, for an invitation to attend
his marriage with Miss Antonio Noor-
heis which will take place in St. Louis
Cathedral in New Orleans.
The SENTINEL wishes happiness and
prosperity may attend the young cou-
pies throughout life.
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The proper authorities propose to go
TO work, to strengthen and raise the
leyee in frontof Thibodaux, something
that should not be delayed.
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Alarge fire occurred i'll the town of
New Iberia on Sunday Sept. 20, 1891.
The fire iends seems to have a pc
culiar ammosity to that young city.
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There was a lugger load of oysters
here the other day, but their health
was not very good.
OYSTERS do not thrive we'll when the
thermometer reaches IS or 80 degrees.
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Lottery and anti-lottery seems to he
the prevailing excitement now.
The Lazy Club no longer meets. but
engages in the discussion outside of
their haunts.
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The fine rain that fell here on Sun
day night and Monday did not extend
below Raceland, and only fell a few
miles below Schriever.
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There 10 being constructed a fine
leyee around the breach made by the
White Crevasse.
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ONLY A woRD-Just one word with
you. if you are suffering. Creole Fee
male Tonic will cure you. Get a bot
tie TO-DAY.
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Bayou Lafourche is navigable now
for alligators and shrimps.