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St. Landry democrat., 1893-12-30
LIKE TWO PEAS.

LIKE TWO PEAS.
Hicks - Speaking of the Foglesby
twins, are they really so much alike!
Wicks-Yes, indeed; when one of
them lies, the other will swear to it,
Boston Transcript.
CASE IN POINT.
A late Judge, whose personal appear.
ancc was as unpreposcsslng as ms legal
knowledge was profound and als intel
lcct keen, interrupted female witness.
''lIumbugged YOU, my good woman?
What do you mean by that?' said he.
"WeIl, your honor,' replied the wo-
man, II don't know how to explain it
exactly; but if girl called you band
some man, she would be humbugglnS
YOU"
TOUGu ALREADY.
"Wcll. Willie, how did You like it?'
asked the fond mamma, when her angel
child returned from his first day at the
public school,
,Buly.' calculated the chcrub, with
new light in his eyes. "Bnt, say, ';on, t
call me willie, my names BiII - De
troit Tribune.
SOFT PLACE.
Tramp Say, boss, don't yer want ter
hire a man?
Farmcr-WaI, I dunno; [ s'posc |
might use you as a scarecroW.
Tramp Thank yer, boss. That's the
first encouraging word I've had since
money went up ter a premium in New
York. - Boston Transcript.
A LARGE FIGURE.
81 understand Phjlpotts is a large
figure in local politics."
x You bet. PhiIpotts weighs 324
pounds. - Chicago Record.
LIE IN WEIGHT.
Boxer-Who do you think are tho
champion light weights Of America:
Sparrcr-Coal dealers i Harlem Life
AMBIGUOUS.
Screeder you think my literary
distinctly original:
Enthusiastically; nobody ever wrote
in that style beiore.-I Judy.
HIS REASON.
"Why do you cut up such, antics
when you feed your turkeys, Mr.. Ear
mer?'
ooh! I'm trying to make game OF
them. Washington Star.
HOME REMEDY.
"What ails yce, sir?'
"My conscience is troubling me, Bird
GET
"Why not put linsecd poulticc on
it, sir, that niyer fails to cure. = IIar-
lem life.
CRYING FOR HELP.
''What is the idea in calling q consul
tations of physicians?'
"Oh, that's when the doctor, who
originally took the case. can't think Of
any more excuses to give to the family"
i Detroit Tribune.
APLAcE TO sHUN
He-I like the room, and perhaps IN
hire it. but hope no one ia the house
plays the piano
Landlady-Only my Youngest daugF.
ter, ana she is only just hcgnning,-
LFliegcnde BIattcr.
MONEY GOING ABROAD.
"My wife has an absolute genius for
making money GO a long way, especially
in the matter Of dress
indeed.
Yes; she buys all her gowns in Paris
now. - Detroit Tribune
NOT EHCOURAGING.
Nervous passeuger-Why are you
stcaming along at such fearful rate
through this fog,
Ocean Captain Observation-Disclosures
are very dangerous, madam; and | am
always in hurry to get out Of them.
Tlt-Bits.
SELF SATISFIED.
Figg-What! YOU don't call huffman
an opinionatcd man!
FOgg--I consider huffman, as the
world goes, fair minded fellow. lie is
never biased in favor of other peoples
opinions, and he is entirely devoid of
prejudice against his own convictions
Boston Transcript.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-12-30
A NICE DISTINCTION.


Tourist notice you charge different
prices for seats in your omnibus. How
is that2
Omnibus Drive--It's this way. When
we get to hill the tirst-cass passengers
may keep their seats, the second class
passengers must get out and the third
class passengers must shove behind
(Fliegende Blaetter.
THE GIFT OF A SEASON.
Sir Edgard Fitz Wales-Your Amewi-
cans aw so chahmingly thoughtful, ye
know"
Mr.. Hobbles--In what way?
Sir Edgard Fitz Why-aw--
after you've had your own summer, We
know, you have an Indian summer--foh
the pooah natives, suppose.-IChicago
Record.
A POST NUPTIAL DISCOVERY.
sdear2'''
Because it makes me feel so cheap"
-IPuck.
CLASS IN GRAMMAR
Teacher-Parse the sentence, "Yuca
tan is peninsula.
Pupil (who never could understand
grammar, anyhow -Yucatan is proper
noun, nom'tive case, second person sing
uar-
''How do you make that out?"
First person Icatan, second person
Yucatan, third person Hecatan; plural.
first person, Wecatan; second per-
"Go to your sestv'-[Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-12-30
NO ESCAPE.
OUGHT TO SUFFER.

I dreamt I dwclt in marble halls;
l felt at case, with life content,
Till fancy brought the landlords call;
He came, alas. to get the rent.
- Buffalo Courier.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-12-30
TOUGH ALREADY.

"Wcn Willie, how did You like it ~
asked the fond mamma, when her angel
child returned from his first day at the
public school,
"BuIly::' calculated the chcrub, with
new light in his eyes. ''Bnt, say, tion
call me willie, my names Bill. - De
trOit Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Acquiring Foreign Languages.

It's unusual for person who goes into
q foreign country after he has grown t.
adult years to acquire the language ~
that country we'll enough TO conceal his
alien origin, but there arc exceptions
There is German in New York. who
has been here only six years, who speaks
English without n trace Of accent. nj
though he never studied the tongue until
he arrived in America A professor Oi
French in this city says that Englishmen
and Americans bctray themselves more
by stress ON the letter ~" when they try 10
talk his language than in any other way
Frenchmen are more "stumped" by the
sound Of th than by anything else IN
English
Ono OF them. who declared that he
could pronounce anything in our tongue,
was asked TO say "Thoophilus Thistle.
thwaite." lie threw up his hands and
exclaimed, "Ah, barbarianl' This sound
is trying TO the Germans likewise, and
one Of tho early things in Puck, when
that was n German paper. was n series
OF pictures representing Tcutonic
waiter twisting his neck and cracking
his teeth in the attempt to say 'Thanks. y
New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
The Biggest Panorama In the World.

Within few days there will arrive IL
New York for shipment 10 Chicago q
painting valued at $500, 900 and Of such
huge dimensions that two freight cars
will be required to bring il to this city.
The painting is panorama Of the Ber-
nese Alps of Switzerland. II will be
placed on exhibition at the Worlds fair
in II specially constructed building, hay
ing the distinction Of being the largest
panorama ever painted.
When it reaches New York, special
rigging will have to be employed to take
it from the vessel. The roll of canvas
being 60 feet long, two freight cars pro
vided with device for turning short
curves will be used for its transporta-
ton. Much Of the material TO be used
in the construction of the panorama
building is included in tho shipment, and
no time will be lost in putting it to-
gether when it reaches jackson park
the aim being TO have the panorama ON
exhibition March /. After the Worlds
fair the canvas will be shipped back 10
Switzerland Chicago Herald
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Heroes In Many Walks Of Life.

Whoever has high and worthy pur.
pose mt heart, whether Of truth or duty
or love, and also has the strength and
courage TO work, to sacrifice and TO suf.
fer, II need be, for its sake, is worthy Of
the name Of hero. One quietly denies
himself pleasure or comfort or ease foI
the aged parent or sick child. Another
gives up cherished plans because they
would interfere with the claims Of de-
pendent family One faces the displeas-
ure of friends and society sooner than
forsake his principles: another employs
all his power in defense Of the weak
and against the oppressor Philadelphia
Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
A Shedding Fxpericncc.

The story comes up from below the
city about man who attempted TO cross
the Androscoggin on the ice and was
swamped, together with his team He
had been hauling wood across the river
for several days and had just one more
load to haul.
As the water was mp ON the face of the
ice he first thought TO put off hauling il,
but the thought that perhaps there would
not he another chance 10 haul IL made
him go ncross Whom he started back,
he thought he wouldn't go in the same
track where he had hauled the. rost, SC
he went little above.
The ice began to crack slowly when he
got 10 the middle. Quick ns n flash he
unfastened the two tugs and ono hold
back. Then he struck the horse violent
ly with the whip. At the same time the
slodload Of wood went through with q
crash. He commenced TO sink with II
but when tho horse had been struck W.
jumped ahead, and breaking tho of hold
back jerked the man off Of the load and
dragged him TO the shore with tho reins
There he stopped, and the man got up.
When he looked back the top Of the
wood and the shafts could he seen stick
ing out Of the hole in the ice. The water
was not deep. Ho says that he would
rather lose the wood than go near the
hole again. n Is frozen In now Lewis.
ton journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15

Thomas s. Hill. the young naturalis
Of Knoxville, Ia, who is spending the
winter at Passc el Tont, Tex, has rc
Gently come into possession Of n rare Gu
riosity-a japanese salamander-th gift
Of friend who ia now doing" the
orient. According 20 the descriptive tag
which was pasted ON the tin box in which
Mr.. Salamandcr made his long trip, the
creature was caught in ono Of the fresh
water lakes Of the japanese mountains
on the 4th Of July last Unfortunately
the tag does not state whether tho spcci.
men is n young or mn old example Of tho
salamandor family Naturalsts who
have examined it since its arrival mt the
Passe, however, declare that il IL about
7years of age.
II is exactly feet aud inches il
length, has four legs, like an alligator.
and very extensive caudal appendage
The head is broad ana Hat, very "snaky'
in appearance; the eyes SO small ms to bf
hardly discernible. I'm color the creature
is u muddy, dark brown above, and
lighter underneath. The entire skin is
covered with warts" or cxcresences
like those ON toad. When pressed
upon these warts exude viscid acrid
fluid, which is probably its only means
of defense.-St. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
what Science iIas Done In Agriculture.


Not only has intensive cultivation
taught us how 10 draw larger return
than formerly from n particular soil aud
given surface, but by the selection oi
seeds we have doubled and tripled the
formation Of sugar in beet roots: by like
selections, the production Of the potato
has been augmented, and we are seek.
ing, with certainty of success, yet more
considerable increase in the production
of wheat No less progress is reached IL
the production Of fruits and vegetables
and Of cattle, to the daily amelioration
Of the general condition Of the human
race.
This advance has been promoted part
ly by close acquaintance with the gen.
eral laws Of living nature as revealed
by disinterested scicnce-la laws which arc
the essential foundation Of every oppli.
cation. and equally and in n way no lcss
worthy of admiration by the efforts Of
inventors, those men Of practical ingcnui
ty who labor at the same time for the in
crease of their own fortunes and for the
good and profit Of mankind. p. T.. M.
Bertholot in Popular Science Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
waiIing For the Modern Woman.

Mrs. Lynn Linton, who has consti-
tuted herself the judge and censor of
woman, has come forth in The Nine
teenth Century with a new grievance. 1t
is woman as a housewife whom she
holds up to public scorn this time. Home
made bread, says the lady, is as extinct
as the dodo and home cured hams as
scarce as great auks' eggs. She laments
the desuetude into which brewing and
winemaking have fallen, forgetting that
this is scarcely theme for poetic regret.
and she utters last despairing wall be-
cause we have no longer 1.-THE pretty
girls who unused in sweet security"
And all through the article she takes the
unique ground (for her) that women
should be the playthings of love, gracious
and graceful, living to please and be
pleased. No thought has Mrs. Linton
for those who are compelled to go ont
into the world to fight. and fall or stand,
a. the conditions shall direct-Chicago
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Heavy Damages For n Demolished Nose.

A jury in the circuit court has placed
definite value on handsome nose in q
verdict rendered in case which has
been in the courts for four years. The
case is that of Emery Bruce against A.
A. Bombeck and wife. Bruce alleged
that while sitting in his buggy on the
Southwest boulevard Mrs. Bombeck
drove by at very rapid pace, and her
buggy collided with his, owing to her
careless driving, with the result that his
nose was 80 badly crushed that it has
never regained its shape. Bruce further
alleged that his nose was u particularly
handsome one, and he considered it his
strong point of beauty. The jury sized
up his nose and awarded him S675 dam
ages.-Kansas City Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Doing Society.

The young man about town is rush
ing" society just now for all it is worth.
0ne of the smart set writes to friend,
Il have been invited out every night for
;wo weeks, but have accepted only one
)id."-New York Tribune,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Rubber Band. Permitted on Postal Card.

Several days ago DR.. W. w. Parker
inquired of Postmaster Russell whether
rubber bands could be used around the
new double postal cards. The official
could not answer the question, and the
physician wrote to the postmaster gen.
eral in reference to the matter. DR..
Parker has received reply stating that
bands could be used.-Richmond Dis
patch,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08
SHOT IN THE SHOULDER.
Peter Durham Gets Bullet for Resist
ing an officer.

4h6 ah SAAGCIs
Constable Lawrence Kennedy had a
lively scrap with a negro named Peter
Durham, whom ne went to arrest at the
Ocean Steamship wharves yesterday
morning.
Sometime ago Durham put up one of the
checks representing so much work for the
Ocean Steamship Company, with a mer-
chant named J. ]. Barrett, as collateral
for a purchase of groceries. A day or
two ago he procured the check from Bar
rett in order to get credit on it for more
work that he had done, and failed to re-
turn it within a reasonable time. Bar
rett took out bail in trover action for
the check aud warrant for Durham's
arrest, which Constable Kennedy went to
the wharves where Durham is employed,
in order to serve them on him.
When Durham saw the constable COM
ing he picked up a cotton hook and made
a rake at him, Failing to strike him
with this Durham started to pick up a
brick to throw at Kennedy, when Kenue-
dy drew his pistol and shot him in the
shoulder, the ball entering from behind.
Durham was then taken before Justice
Naughtin who had issued the warrants
for Barrett. but in considerable of the
fact that Durham was so badly wounded
he was allowed to go and was told to see
a physician and have his wound dressed.
One of the deputy sheriffs said that Ken
nedy was not a constable and denied his
right to serve papers of any kind. He
said that Kennedy was not bonded Off
GER, and that the law requires such an
officer in all cases where court papers are
to be served. In that case the question
arises as to whether he had the right to
shoot Durham or whether he had the
right to take such action as would pro-
woke Durham and make self-defense
necessary on his part. If he was not a
court officer he had no right to serve the
papers and certainly under those circurn-
stances was not justified in carrying a
weapon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08
TO PATROL FOR REFUGEES.
The Revenue Cutter After a Party on
0SSabaW Island.

The Refugees to Be Taken to the Ma
tional Quarantine at Sapelo-other
Parties Reported to Be Along the
Coast and the Gutter to Look Out
for Them-Dr Cofer in Charge Of the
Patrol
The revenue cutter Boutwell, left yes
terday afternoon for Ossabaw Island to
intercept parties of Brunswick refugees
reported to be moving along the coast in
boats. A party of these refugees is re
ported to be encamped on Ossabaw Island.
where they have spent several days and
it is reported that others are on theirway
to Join them.
Health Officer Drummer notified the sur
geon general last week that parties of
refugees were scattered along the coast,
making their way northward, and recon-
mended that the revenue cutter Boutwell,
be ordered to look after them and remove
them to some point where they
could be detained until the danger
from the epidemic is past The surgeon
general accordingly secured the services
of the cutter and ordered her to report to
Savannah to take on Marine Hospital
Surgeon COfer as reported in yesterdays
MORNING News.
DIR. CoFER's INSTRUCTIONS.
DR.. Cofer's instructions were to take
with him some immuned physician and
take charge of the refugees camp on Os-
sabaw or to remove all the refugees to
the government quarantine on Black
boards Island, as might be deemed
best. In case the former course
was adopted DR. COfer was no.
titled that DIR. B. F. SheftaH had vol
unteered his services and would probably
be available for this work On the adj
vice of Health Officer Drummer, however,
DR.. Golfer decided to remove all the refu-
gees to Blackboard.
DR., Drummer gave as his reasons yes
terday for advising this course, that it
would be great deal better to take the
refugees to the government quarantine
station, where everything is provided for
such an eXigency and where the surgeons
at the station will be able to look after
them.
NO NECESSITY FOR A NEW CAMP.
1t will cost the government a great
deal less to take care of the refugees at
Blackboard than TO estab a new camp
entirely on Ossabaw Island Another
consideration is that the refugees will be
further removed from Savannah
The government authorities are thor
oughly alive to the situation and every
step is being taken to prevent the extern
sion of the infected district by the scat
tering of the refugees.
A cash subscription of $500 was added
to the Brunswick fund at the city ex-
change yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08
THAT POND is STILL THERE.
The Controversy over it May End This
Week and the Nuisance Be Abated.

Week and the Nuisance Be Abated.
That stagnant pond on the White Bluff
road, at the crossing of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad and the
City and Suburban lines, has been the
cause of a good deal of talk and unfavor-
able comment, but the chances are that
it will be attended to sometime this week
and the nuisance abated,
Capt. Johnsonof the City and Suburban
lines stated yesterday in the MORNING
News that he was not responsible for as
large a share of it as was attributed to
his line. He went out to the point where
the pond is located, yesterday. in COM
pany with Mai Blandford, and the entire
situation was inspected by the
county engineer. Capt. Johnston in
formed Mai, Blandford that his line
owns only thirty feet of right of way for
each track at that point and both the
main track and the spur track pass d.
rectly through the pond. Maj. Blandford
was under the impression that the City
and Suburban lines owned the usual
amount of right of way, in which case he
says its right of way would have covered
all of the pond that was not on the right
of way of the Savannah, Florida and
Western. The usual width of the right
of way for railroad is 100 feet and if
the City and Suburban had owned this
amount on each track its right of way
would have covered the whole space
The Savannah, Florida and Western
has already filed in the seven feet of
space of the pond that was on its right of
way, and Capt. Johnston has agreed to
fill in all that is on that of the City and
Suburban. This, however, will not be-
gin to fill up the pond, the balance of
which lies on land belonging to DIR. Law
ton. The county cannot require an indi-
vidual to drain his land against his wish,
and cannot do it for him without
his consent. At all events, if the facts
are as stated when the pond is drained
the county will have to do the work, for
which they will have TO get DIR. Lawton's
consent.
Mai. Blandford has drawn up a plan of
the situation, and it will be laid before
the commissioners at their regular meet
ing on Wednesday. Maj Blandford
thinks that the commissioners will have
to do the work, but. he says, it
will require large expenditure on the
part of the county, as a ditch fully l500 or
1000 feet long and very deep will have to
be dug to get the water to the nearest
ditch. The pond is filed with water by
almost every heavy rain, and unless this
water is drained off, and the depression
filed up, a permanent drain win have to
be put there at Il cost of about 81 600
Some action will have to be taken, how
ever, for the pond as 1t stands now is a
continual menace to the health of the
city, it being only short distance beyond
the limits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08
FINES OF LIQUOR SELLERS.
$1,000 Paid Into the City Treasury
this Year in Penalties.


There is general impression that the
city treasury has been benefited to the
extent of several thousand dollars by the
fines imposed by the mayor upon the
liquor dealers for violations of the Sunday
law, and for selling liquor without
license is only 1000, 500 Of which
was taken in last week. A portion OF
the amount named, $500, was allowed to
go as part payment of licenses, where
parties who were selling without license
decided to take out one. So that in fact
the city treasury has been enriched by
the Sunday law violators to the extent of
only 500.
This does not represent the result of
the mayors efforts on this line for the
year by any means, however. There
are now ten appealed cases of liquor
dealers for violation of the Sunday
law awaiting a hearing by the council
The fines in these cases aggregate about
81 300. Some of these win possibly be
acquitted and others will have to cash
up. 1t will be remembered that several
liquor dealers who were fined by the
mayor were acquitted by council and
several others who failed of acquittal
served out the time of their sentences in
jail.
If reports be true that the mayor
has undoubted evidence against a
number of saloon keepers for
violations of the law who have not vet
been placed upon the docket the city
treasury may be enriched to a considera-
bly, further extent before the end of the
year, and another 81 900. or perhaps
So, O00 will be added to the city treasury
from this source.
The fact stands, however that the
fines paid by the Sunday liquor sellers so
far have not enriched the city treasury
to any material extent.