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LIZARDS IN SlNGAPOREa
The Cold, Cia:any Creatures Get Into
Eedrocnls by Scores.

There are Ezards in Singapore-large,
scalnnerl,ig suddenly dropping things,
of all sorts of "olors. You see theln en-
the walls Of your hotel, in the sunshinea
and admire them. At evening, sitting
with fan and iced drinks, one srlGenIys,
falls on yon, and it is colder thaa yoEr Z
ioddy. How can any organism bred III
1his seething spot be so cold?
You go TO bed, you and your wife.
Each has canopied couch, rods remote
from the other, for sleeping apartments
are ample. You stretch out on light
mattrass over which is one sheet. For
upper covering pull up the darkness and
draw the mosquito nets. There is no
need of sheet over You any more than
there is for warming pan
The night orchestra, strange sounds of
tropic insects and trees and airs outside,
finally lulis you asleep. Presently
plunk! and then a scanpering of some
nimble clawed thing on the floor near
your bed. Ay lady, over at the other
side of the vast waste of chamber,
squeals, "A mouse!'
You assure her that it couldn't be mice.
"lIice don't lall from the ceiling like
lump of mUa. It's only the Hzards.'
This cheerful information elicits no
squeal. With mice ont Of the question,
what wUllan would not be brave? There
is a hush in the distant couch, silence
too sill for sleep. You know your
partner lies ever yonder listening hard
for more lizards Presently there are :
more little duh thuds The lizards seem
to be falling in several places. They
seem to lie chasing each other or some
venolno15 prey or possibly making away
with yolir shoes.
When one is tagged out with sirht-
seeiug, to lie awake in inky darkness Ill
the midst Of y lizard carnival is little
hard on tie nerves. All, something IS
pulling af the canopy of your bed, a8 il
a young L5tten Fvere trying to climb It!
There comes q very sabdued voice
from tie distant corner: This is awful
Won't you get up and strike light:'
''And step on the bloomin cold beasts
with ny bare feet! You try it; your
nearer the matches than r.
But we can lie here Like this. Call
Somebody
And enc Of the omnipresent ''boys,'
who seems to have been on guard at the
threshold, comes softly in. THE lizards
viii not hart you, lady. They catch
the mosquitoes and spiders. Sometimes
they get under the nets on the bed; but
don't you mind" Reassuring, very; but
madame was ready for one tropic dawn
hours before itIeame. Buffalo Express.
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THE POLICE JURY
OFFICIAL PROCEEDING

state of Louisiana. P.,risl, OF T.alourt.lie }
~, Ih!hndaux. La, May 10th 1892
lhe Police Jury of the parish OF I.af,urrhe.
me. TINS day according tn adjournment
:, fresent-t resident s. T. Grisamo,e. and
neSsfS. " r. T. PARA, Y. Barrlleaux and J.
u, Bourgeois
Absent s--Messers II. Ayo and + Christon.
=. Lrrliie, e., o. Lepine, lno. S. Seely and Ali
There beng no quorum present NJ. Parra
moved an adjournment until Tomorrow mt
~ O'Clock a. III and that the Sergeant It
a nr'l's ne sent IN the meantime 10 notify
'essfs Seflv and Thibodaux to be PROMPTLY
GU hand at that hour.-Carried
S. I. GRISAMORE. President.
Il. n. COULON Clerk
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At box No. located at Jules Thiho-
d.ax'- there were east City Sc On votes
I'll in favor Of he tax signed by L. j.
Caillnnet and Pierre VI. Roudreaux rs
II hax No. located at or near Louis
N"'tin's there We're sixty four votes
l.a.Itd all Isl favor al SAID tax. retained
sig ed hy Felix Robichaux and ~ l..
Bargrrun. fi
AT box No : located near Ben Folses
there were cast twenty-rieht votes all
II favor of TAX returns s;gued Ly Sos
folse and Alex II tolsp 2s
Al hex No. ~ located near Lufr3i
Dal@le's noNot We're p0led 90
At box No. - lor,teI at Ozeme Ho-
tar'ils seven votes Wprf' east all in senr
OF tax returns sgne hv commiSsoners
Making one hundred aid sixty-cirht
votes all in favor of Sait, suee!al tax lfo
From the Assessor nd Tax collector find
iha' there are TIVE hpnaled aud eleven legal
votes EoldinS property in the said Third
Drainage District, and that the assessed valne
oi all property in the sid district amounts to
one hun dr"d ard forty three Thousand and
fifteen dollars
majority Of the legal voters have voted
IN favor OF the said special tax who represent
property to the assessed valne Of eli ,hty- ght
thousand six hundred and ffry five dollars,
being more than one half OF the assessed pro.
pelfy i'll the district.
therefore declare TIE sail ordinance of
the P9lice Jury in reference 10 tie le ling OF
~peeial tax in lhe rh,d Drainage District
adopted by that body on the fifth day OF
January Eighteen hundred and ninety two
tlS)2l to be the law.
ST. GRISAMORE,
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POLICE JURORS.
President, S. T. Grisamo-e; Jno. s. Seely
L. F. Gaud6, F. Barrileaux, j. B. Bour
geois, Frank Christian, o. Lepine, Hamil-
ton Ayo, Louis Lerille, Frank Para
Clerk Police Jury, H. N. Coulon,
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$6S59 35
Distributed as follow
Batture of

ttT ItFIcC'- to
AS there Is no further ne ed of the funds APP
propriated for batture experiment ! recon-
mend that the balance of S7001 be placed to
u the credit OF the Incidental Exrehse Fund
Respectfully Submitted ed,
S. T. GRISA MORE,
President
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RIHRO1D SCHEDULE,

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE Ot TRAIN
FROM NON. 2sTu., 1859.
lst. train leaves Thibodaux. $40 a. m
arrives .i1 4. III
Train tof Ntw Orleans and west
eonheel4ou gayas EA.u0d8uX 4:iUp. IN.
arrives ..o:oS p. IN
Mali closes Is minutes before the de-
parture ol the train.
FROM TlfE stNt-TwO YEARS AFTER
Jan 2otA. 5saa--It will be TWO years this
week. ihat have had 40 attack OF ASTHMA,
thls Is tie hest ce0tGyJte You can Wlsh.
Your Asthma Remedy Inns proved most el
aeacious ana $, cured "a full cure IN case
mat happened IN my Il mily.
p. A. BAgIos, Lockport La
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To the Police Jury /:

- tnt Tollct Jury
HE Undersigned presents the following
staiement relative TO the condition OF the
i-evee Lotte y Fund of this Parish
Jan. LIST lS92 amount on hind as per last state
ment----- $70li. lbs
IA p'd check No. } Dis. ) 500 90
- - I6 Dis ii On
Ap'l 10 p'd ch'k No, Il Dis No.3 10 90
Total l59 80
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Ireasnrea.'s kseDOrG

Report of Thomas 4 Badeaux, Parish Trea-
surer of the Parish OF Lafourche.
GENERAL FUND.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE OFFICERs

STATE OFFICERS
Governor Murphy J. Foster of st. Mary
Lieut. Gov .Chas Parlauge of p. Coupee
Sec. Of State. II. S Adams Of f. Fcliciena
Aud. Pub Acct S. w. W Heard Of U.non
State Trf asurer John Pickett of Rossier
Atty Gen, NJ. j. cunningham Natchitoch's
Supt. Pub. Ed A. d. Lafargue Avoyelles.
q. s. SENATORS.
E. ID. " Nhlte------.... of Orleans
R. L. 6 bison. ...-.....o of Orleans.
STATE SENATORS.
Us. Perkins --.--..... Assumption
Jonn D, Shaifsr....... ..... Terrebonne.
JUDGES SUPEEME CoUaT.
ChiefJustice: Edw. Bermudez, of Orleans.
Asscciate u. A. Breaux. of iberia
=" C E. Fenner. of Orean~.
S. d. Nc merry, of Ouachita
L. B. Watkins, Red River
CIRCUIT Co7C- OF APPEALS, Fifth Circnit.
R.T BeauFegard- .......o of st. Bernard.
Il. D. Suaitl of st. Mary.
CoxGREssMAN. 3rd. Congressional Dist.
DIST JUNG S. goth. Jud Dist.
TAYLOR Peattie.. Walter Guon.
Dist. Attorney II. P. Caillouet.
PAoI II OFFICERS.
representatives: ves:......--....M M. Delaune.
Coroner. -. DR.. John Gazzo.
Clerk of Court. j. w. Knobloch
Sheriff p. E.. LoriO
Treasurer .... Thos. A. Badeaux
Printer. r. Samoan
Assessor. ...... e.. Prosper Toups.
Returning Officer w. G. Ragan
PoLIcE JURORS.
President, S. T. Grisamo-e: Jno s. Seely
{. f. Gaud6, +. Barrileaux, j. B. Bour
geois Frank Christian, 0. Lepine, Hamil-
ton Ayo, Louis Lerille, Frank Para
Clerk Police Jury, H. N. Couion,
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
Dist. No. lie. U. Morvant. j. E. Coulon
andJ. B. S. Mire.
Dist. No 2-John McCullah, J. C. Braud
aud Nc. Bourg.
Dist. No. J.-S. Folse, j. Guedry and Wal
ace Lefort
- Dist. No. &c. A. ClaI.4et. O. Toups and
P PARA.
Dst. Nc. 5.-L a. fl osclair. D. Cancienne
Morvant.
Dist. No. 6-U Prestenbach P. Toups and
0 heplne.
Dist. Ne. 7.-C.S Mathews. L. Foret and
Ayo.
Dist. No. SIS. Bourg, J Foret aa1 j. T.
adeaux.
Dist No. 9-Paul Lefort, VALERIE Guedry
ndEst Savoie,
Dit. No. IO.-Lu Bergeron, Leufrey
aille aud @. Thibuuaux.
Roam ANn LExEE INsPECTORs.
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w. c. RAGAN. President.
c. j. BARKER, Secretary.

To the Police Jury. ~
The commissioners of Drainage District
No ; Guring the past year have kept the
drainage bitches cleaned so as to allow a
quick aud thorough passage OF the surface
water.
Their District is now in as good system
for sufficient and speedy drainage as could he
re sonahly desired.
since eour last session. one Of the comm's-
sinners. Mr.. Hugh Cogtn h died.
Mr. Cagan was a very orthv man and at
tended prom 1tly aud efficiently to his duties
oa,h public ami private.
In him the community loses gond citizsn.
by oIIer Of the commissioners
5. I. GkISAMORE,
Seeretsry Drainage District No. ,.
ThibodauX La, May 10. 1872.
To the Police Jury
In accordance with Ordinance No. = adop-
ted aud approved at the regular session of
ta;, body, held on January 9TH 1892. have
ordered and held 4 special election, in the
Third Drainage District OF the Parish OF La
fourcho Lonisiala on the 18th day of April,
Isa2, heinz the date q. the General Election,
and dcsi aIated commissioners If each oo&,
Whlcn were lccai eG at tile same n1aces at
2blci the polls OF the Regular Election were
heated, the polls tens kept open from
n'ciuck a. m TO o'clock y. M. to ascertain
the VIII ot the V0;efs who held property III
said Drainage Di-;iict in the matter q levy
me "a special tax o! eight mills on the dollar
an .pI taxable property situated IN said Third
Drainage Dis.t;cd af the Parish of LafouFche'
bsginuing the present year and To become
du,, aud coileetible annually IN the same man
nec as the State and PARISH Taxes. said
taxes waen collected TO be placed to tho ere
Ills Of the saiH Third Drainage District TO be
used as designated by law. The conil1ISslon-
sof the said special election have made pro-
per returns to me as follows, as compiled
ii, IN the retufns acconpanyln ing this report
At box Ne. i located ut Arsene Bergeron's
there were east twelve votes ala IN laNor OF
the tax. returns gncd By Urban Toulouse
and Clay Begyeron commissioners. l2
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WRECKED By DRINK.

Grog Far More Disastrous Than Is Foo
to Sailors.
Arthur and his father spent a delight.
ful week at the seashore. He delighted
to watch the vessels as they came and
went, and would often G limb up high
on the rocks for this purpose. that he
might have better outlook. One day.
as he walked along the shore will. his
father, they picked no here and there
a cork or wine-bottle; and at length
his father pointed out to him great
hulk of a vessel that had recently been
wrecked. 1t had on it an immense load
of coal-several hundred tons. You
could now look into it and see piles OF
coal, but no one could get at it. And i,
would cost more to get it out than il
was worth. 'How did it happen to get
wreched?' asked Arthur. II asked
that question" replied his father "of a
gentleman with whom l walked to the
wreck the day after the accident, ana ]
said to him: Il suppose it was caused by
fog He replied in one word to nv
question, and that word was 'grog.' So,
upon inquiry, learned that this was
true; that the crew had been drinking,
and, of course, with unsteady heads
they could not steer the vessel in a
straightforward course. So it is with
many wrecks in life. Men make mis-.
takes that end in ruin, and they often
find that there is more danger in eroq
than in fog" Pebbles from the Brook.
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II impossible for men In this condition
to abstain where the means Of relief
are at hand, even though they DO tenn
porary. No company can depend on
the best Judgment Of its trusted train.
men IS long as free spirits are carried
round with them on the train, and are
found ut every station. A railroad dis
patcher at saloon station, after .
glass of spirits, gave the wrong order.
Ten lives and over million Of dollars
were lost The dispatcher suicided in
grief at his mistake. The company re-
ceived thousand dollars year for tho
rent OF the saloon at the station. The
long night runs on through trains fur.
nish abundant illustration of the peril
and unknown risks of trains which car
ry travelling saloons. To the compa~
MES 1t is question of selfish interest.
To the travelling public it is question
OF personal peril. Every year accidents
occur which are clearly preventable,
and; q growing public sentiment de-
mands better and safer means of tran
ST. The saloon is always . source Of
danger in ways that are most unex.
pected. No one can tell how and when
it may influence the brain capacity of
the Eainmen. Obviously it is the clear
duty OF all persons to demand that the
saloons should be dropped from railroad
trains; to demand that trainmen be
free from exposure and be protected
from every possible danger that will
imperl their work and the lives of
others. The trainmen themselves de-
mand this protection, and no company
can be free from grave losses due to
this source except by this means.--T.
D. Crothers, in Union Signal.
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drew pen and paper toward me for the
purpose of writing a letter to Harry.
Sheet after sheet'I destroyed in my at
tempt to initiate Kitty's writing. At
last 1 succeeded to my satisfaction, and
here is what had written:
"'DEAR HARRY: Pray do not think me cruel
and fckle-minded But Lhave gone away from
here, intending to return q bride. He is old and
rich, Harry; that makes the difference. II you
had had his money, or Iris disposition, I
should have chosen you, for you are much nicer
looking. Good-by, dear old Harry; forgive your
little Kitty, if you can
~ smiled in triumph, as l read it
again to make sure that it was perfect
~ correct. That clause about myself
is, a clever one; perhaps he will marry
me right away, just to spite her. But
little did know Harry's disposition.
placed the letter in my pocket and went
down to the parlor. 1 soon had the
pleasure of seeing Harry coming swift
" across the shady lawn. He smiled
brightly when he saw me, but quickly
looked beyond me. to catch sight of the
little form he loved So well, and was
destined never more toBee in life.
, :" Kitty, has she gomez he quickly
asked. I came as early as possible;
she did not know was coming. I
wanted to surprise her. Can it be I am
too late?' ., s,.,@ ::.,.r.
I noticed q shade of disappointment
cross his handsome face, as I told him
he was too late, hut it quickly cleared
again, as held that cruel, false letter
toward him. saying. in my most allur-
ing tone: Here is letter. she left for
you. Harry; perhaps that will be lit
tie comfort to you 81 ;..E
smiled to think how soon that hap-
piness would be turned into the most
bitter sorrow. remember how eager
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HOMEMADE BROOMS.
Work That Every Farmer Can DO 4
Home on Rainy DAYS,

Work That Every Farmer Can DO \
Home on Rainy Days.
Anyone at all ingenious can max.
brooms for home use. Set the stalk emf
of brush enough for the number O:
brooms to be made in water and leav,
it for an hour or two. When softenet
gather enough for broom, putting tn.
largest and best stalks on the outside
From the ceiling of the room suspend ,
strong cord. Wind this two or thre,
times about the brush, attach the othe,
end to treadle hinged to the wall, ant
with the foot increase the pressure, a,
the same time rolling the brush rount
several times to shape it. Wind tn,
ends with cord, beginning at the lowe:
or broom end. Place the pressure corr
close to the brush and wind the twin,
below this, moving the former up a:
needed. To make the broom fat, pres;
it between two narrow boards fastened
together at one end with strong leath
er hinge, or it may be placed between
two boards and screwed into a vice
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DWARF BROOMCORN STALK AND BRUSH
the water collects therein causing til.
brush to become gummy and to turf
red. The common sorts grow withou
fertilization from IL to Is feet high.
In the prairie regions, land which
produces good yields of Indian cor,
will a SO grow paying crops of broom
corn. The soil should be free from fou
stuff, as the young broom corn plant
are small and delicate and cannot figh
their way among the weeds. 1t is usua
to plant the seeds two or three inche
apart in drills three and one-half fee
apart. If thicker than this it is best t.
thin. Rows should be planted nortl
and south to let the sun in to the bes
advantage. Plant when the soil ha.
become warm in spring, usually littl,
later than Indian corn. Cover seed q
to 4 inches deep. Two quarts per acr,
OF good seed is about the right amount
but as much of the seed is chaffy AM
will not terminate. it is necessary tt
allow something for this. The cultiva
ton is similar to that of Indian corn
Broom corn may be grown for severa
successive years upon the same ground
1t does not exhaust the soil and the
dense growth keeps down and kills ou
the weeds. Authorities differ as to tn.
time of harvesting, but the buyers de
mand brush of a light green color ant
to secure this it must be gathered as 500,
as the blossoms begin to fall, which
happens when the seeds first form. Be
fore cutting, the stalks are tabled" t.
facilitate handling, that is, bending O.
breaking the tops of two contiguous
rows toward each other diagonally
so that those of one row cross
those of the other, forming a sor
of table. The table is about 80 inche,
high to be most convenient for cutter
and the brushes extend beyond the ia
BILE. After tabling, the brush and abou
inches OF stem is cut off with a knife
and laid upon the table. From here
is loaded upon wagons and hauled t.
the scrapers, where the seeds are takel
off. The scrapers consist of rapid,
revolving cylinders having iron teetl
upon the surfaces. The lunches
broom corn are held between these ant
the seeds removed. The straight ani
crooked brush is separated either whe1
loaded upon the wagons or at tn,
scrapers. After being freed from seei
the brush is taken to the drying house
This consists of shed with a tigh
roof and sides. Every four or six fee
along the sides is narrow door which
is kept open during fine weather, bu,
closed when wet and stormy. TIL.
brush is spread upon racks made O!
laths or light lumber, two or thre,
inches thick. The time required f0
drying depends much upon the season
When dry it is baled for market. Car,
must be taken to keep the brush straigh
and to have the bales compact and firm
and of 800 pounds weight or more.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
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GENERAL GlEANlNGS.

FRANCES f. WILLARD is said TO have
recently refused to attend dinner of
the Sunset club in Chicago, lest by her
presence she should seem to indorse the
use of wine at the table.
A TEMPERANCE lecturer was once
asked: "What shall we do with the
grain now required for distilling?" The
prompt reply was: "Feed the drunk
ards wives with it; they have gone
hungry long enough"
RUSSIA has become infected with
the vice of ether drinking, and the
pernicious habit has spread so rapidly
that the government has judged it nee
essary to prohibit the free sale of ether
and of certain of its compounds, and to
schedule it among the poisons.
The Christian churches of Great
Britain and Ireland are united in their
determination that the growth, manu-.
facture and sale of opium Except for
medicinal purposes) shall he prohibit.
ed. AS it is a government monopoly, q
single blow will crush the evil traffic.
The society for the abolition of
strong drink in Holland certifies that
in a population of $500, 600 there arc
1000 licenses for the sale of liquor an
nually granted. Computing two-thirtls
of the total population to be women
and children, there is saloon to every
thirty-three men; a woeful condition.
ACCORDING to the Philadelphia
Record, recent experiments made by
the proprietors of distillery of that
city have resulted in the production of
a kind of whisky which leaves no sus-
picion of an odor upon the breath. It
issaid Of it that the new whisky has
the same effect upon the brain and tho
legs as that now in use. however. ~
The principal action of alcohol is
that of narcotic when taken in full
doses, and of a sedative in small doses.
This is an important fact, and one that
indicates much danger, in common
with all remedies of this class. As their
action is only palliative, they usual ). re-
quire repetition, and neurotic patients
who are most in need of such remedies
are least able to bear them. Nervous
diseases and will-power are closely
allied, and the soothing effects pro-
duced by stimulants are so irrcsistibiy.
strong that q dangerous habit Is
entered upon almost before one 10
aware Of 7Journsl Of Inebriety.
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CopVEl63aT leoI

Can be counted on
to cure Catarrh DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. It's nothing new. For
25 years it has been doing that very
thing. 1t gives prompt and COM
plete relief but you want more
than that. And you get it, with
this Remedy there's a cure that
is perfect and permanent. The
worst chronic cases, no matter of
how long standing, yield to its
mild, soothing, cleansing and heal
ing properties. "Cold in the Head :"
needs but few applications. Ca
tarrhal Headache, and all the
troubles that come from Catarrh,
are at once relieved and cured.
You can count on something else,
too-$5OO in cash.
You can count on it, but it's
more than doubtful whether you
earn it.
The proprietors of Dr.. Sage's
Remedy, in good faith, offer that
amount for an incurable case of
Catarrh. Don't think that you
have one, though.
They'll pay you, if they can't
cure you. That's certain.
But they can cure you. That's
just about as certain, too.
Can you ask more