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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-18

1882 mortgage cancelled $4,000
Interest," 1885 another cancelled drawing 81
and in 1888 cancelled drawing "a interest,"
1t possible realize what this condition and these
Massachusetts,
horrible and brutal examples of mans nhumany
population has od forbid the
heartess
ndosng small loans with security.
These nhuman vultures the that there
in the country have With them
h Boosting that he had entered 692 chatt the
four monhs) told that he Endorsed had cote
which would sell double the amount under the hammer
How people realize what compound interest Thes
interest all the time everything their
advanc The following table astonishing apy
with interest rolled the rate cent increased
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-18
endorsing and not presenting in bank routine is Of a

endorsing presenting course Illegal
by the statute.
Danbury Conn., Aug 1Owng to the scarcity currency
the Danbu and Pahuoque National Banks preparing
currency the shape OF certified checks They will accepted
the banks for deposit only will payable
through the New York clearing house. The
this medium Saturday they will
and other half
which will be issued denomination ST. given
employees and estimated that $4,000
checks as money.
The this light cabre,
instead Wednesday,
and DEVILS Lake. Bear Lake and Devils Boo
shake off corrodng and kill mosquitoes Mrs.
|Courtland Skinner
Our bhe bookkeeper Miss Minnie Scoten fmy gloom
the office by deserion to the electric haun civilization
Worlds Folly WHITTIER she strayd week. This
anteopes and HALVES and gaz the
Rapids. Returns Friday.
hurry get have off heavy correspondence
Several splendid Minnesota letters will get tired waiting
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-10-21
UN VIEUX LIFRE.

Tn yoyaeeur francsis du nom de
prisse a decouvert Thebes ct d pre-
sent6 d la Bib!iotheque Rationale dc
Paris lie plus vieux iivre du monde,
9crit au moins 1900 ans avant la
naissance de Noise plusieurs annees
avant le deluge de Noe. NJ. Prisse
trouve ce precieux document dams un
tombeau renfermant la monte du rOi
de la onzieme dynastie. ce qui prouve
que ce manuscrt ete ecrit au mOins
2600 avant Jesus-Christ; mais le Ii.
vre lHi-meme fournit des preuves de
la date de sa composition ct renferme
des extraits DUN Outrage beaucoup
plus ancien. II a etc compile par le
prefet Piah- -hotep pendant lie regne
du roi ASA. Ce potential est ravant-
dernier de la cinquieme dynastie, de
sorte que ce livre do etre ecrit vers
$3.50 avant Jssns-Chri>t, on il y a
plus de cinq mile ans. Les preceptes
de Ptah-hotep, don't lie livre tire son
titre, sont precedes par des passages
dun Outrage anterieur ecrit par Ka.
kimna, prefet du roi Seneferu, de IL
troisieme dynastie, qui a regne avant
Ia construction des pyramides, vers
$3.50 avant Jesus-Christ, ce qui le
ferait vieux de $3.50 ans 81 Get ouvra-
&c existe encore. lie livre trouvA
par NJ. Prisse est ecrit en- langue HE
ratique ct e,e traduit en- francais
par NJ. Virey ct ell anglais par le
professeur Osgood. Sa principale va
lcur nest pas son merite litteraire,
mais c'est la connaissance quill donne
de feducation TT de la civilisation de
rhomme a ceite epoque primitive de
ia race humane. Son auteur, Ptah-
hotep, etait pr6fet-position de grau-
de diynite ct responsabilite sous les
anciens rois egyp,iens, Ellie venait
immediatement apres celle de roi--la
meme posi,i n qu'occupa Joseph, fils
de Jacob, tel que raconte par Ia bible.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-10-21

;euner me vi-ite fut faife nnx dtffe-
rents monuments he cette vile, entr
autres la maison dc Cour ct la prison
etc.
Les departs dps differents trains 81
parersnt les nembres de cette petite
expedition qui tons ne faisaiant que
des elogas sur Ia bonne reception oui
eur await etc faie. Eli rGalite les
sheriffs Broussard ct Cade ont fait les
chooses royalement, lis cont largement
recus leurs hotes qui Sc rappellernnt
long.emps de fagr6able seiour qu'ils
ont fait eli notre vile ct de paimable
accueil fait par leurs confreres de La
favette ct d'lbcrie.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1893-10-21
CONVENTION DES SHERIFFS.

CONNIE ellie await etc annoncie, la
Convention des Sherilfs de pEtat de
Ii Louisiana eu lieu Samed II cou-
rant. Das la veilie plusieurs den
tr'eux Sc trouvaien! dfja Lafayette
ct les trains suivants ell amenerent
d'autres. Lassemblee s'est faise &
4,3O du soir dams la sale de la mai
son de Cour. Quatorze >heriffs etaient
presents ct quinze etaient
representes par proxit-, cs qui les
metiaient au nombre de vingt-neuf.
Voici les noms de sheriffs presents.
l.. II. Huson, De Snto;D. T. Stat
ford, Rapide>;J. w. Connolly. Sabine,
j. T. Nc Clellan, Madison I. A.
Br'ussard, Lafayette; c. I. Cade,
f, iberia; E L. Daniels, Union; Remy
Kl"ck, Orleans; E. w. Lyons, Aca-
dia; A. W. Conuelly. Terrsbonne;
Victor Mauberret, Orleans; A. L. Le-
blanc, Vernillion; j. G. Harper,
Cameron; David Rees, St. Martin A.
G. Frere, st. Mary.
LIE meeting etc ouvert par le She
riff |. Br,ussard qui dsSigna C. +.
Cade de la N. Iherie pour presider ct
le sheriff Y. Mauberret de la Nou-
velle Orleans fut ncmme secretaire.
Mr.. Julien Mnuton du barreau DE-
Lafayette souhaita la bienvenue q
tous ces officers ct dams DIES parole,
tres e!oquentes les felicita sur rexcel.
eite organisation qu'ls aliaient ac.
complir. Sur la requefe du sheriff
Cade, Mr.. Mont'n exp iqua EN- peu de
mois lie but de ce,te association e,
an>sit6t apres les officers suivants fu.
rent elus
President G. T. Cade d'Iberie;
| Vice President D. T. Stifrnrd dc
Rapides S cretalre : V. Mauberlet,
Id'Orleans; Tresorier :: |. Broussard de
Lafayette; PORTER j. w. Emery de
Terrebonne.
| Une Constitution e: des reglements
furent adoptes ct le meeting s'ajourna
vers les dix heures du soir. II fut
decide que lie proclaim meeting au-
rait lieu lie Is de Janvier d la N. Or
leans. Toute Ia depu'ation Sc rendit
ensuite fhotel Rigues on un souper
somp'ueux leur fut servi ct a la FIN
duquel lie Juge Allen preseuta un
toast des plus circonstancie. Vers
une heure tous les convives Sc retire
rent avec prnmes>e d'atre presents au
proclaim rendez- vous qui etait fixt
pour lie lendemain q 5 heures du ma
tin au depot aim d'y prendre les chars
pour Sc rendre a Ia Saline. Persorne
ne manqua a rappel ct la Compagnie
du Southern Pacific await eu ramabi-
lite de procnrer un char special pour
faire ce voyage. A la station d Iherif
le general F. f. Myles qui est rex.
ploiteur de la mine attendait les voya.
geurs ct prit place syec eux dams le:
chars qui conduisent vers cette mer-
veille. A ieur arrivee, sur les ordrel
de l'intendant de Ia mine de SCI
les machines de pelevateur fu-
rent misses en- fonctions ct tous les in
vites furent desccndus d 100 pieds d,
prof1ndeur. L'intendant les condui
sit dams les nurabreux compartment:
creuse-, ct de temps q sutre alum,
des feux de Bengale de differente
couleurs qni donnerent 4 ces gisse
ments des effe.s fe4riques. Dams !
compartment des cristaux tous les ex
c,rsionnistes rrirent possession d'u
fragment en- gnise de souvenir. VeI
les neuf heures. lie depart fut annonc
ct les voyageurs Sc rendirent i la No
vclle- -Iberie OH un deieuner leur fl
seryi i l'Alma House .Apiss le d
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
SO ALL CAN SEE.
Worlds Fair Opening Ceremonies to Yak
 Place Out of Doors.

Worlds Fair Opening Ceremonies to Take
 Place Out of Doors.
 CHICAGO, April 10.-President Cleveland will touch off the Worlds Fair on May in the presence of from 100000 to 150, GOO people. The plan to have the opening eX- ercises in small hall has been abandoned and the ceremonies will be held at the east front of the administration building There was considerable objection to the massing of so large a crowd in one portion of the grounds to witness the ceremonies, as it was feared that it might ruin the lawns and flower gardens, but these were overcome by those who favored an open air programme.
 A substantial platform will be built in front of the administration bull ding. This will be connected with Machinery hall SC that President Cleveland will only have tC step to the speakers table to touch the button.
 The new plan furnishes many oppor- tunities for picturesque effects. It is pro posed to mass all the electric launch es, gondolas and other water craft in the basin and in front of the administration building.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10

THE investigation of the weather bu- reau, now being publicly conducted after office hours at the department of agriculture, is a very nasty mess as far as it has gone, and it promises to grow even nastier. The property of the bu- reau has, according to the testimony, been stolen and sold to junk dealers whenever certain of the minor officials needed little extra whiskey money, and the stealing was done in broad day. light, the employees of the bureau being used to load it upon wagons. About every thing seems to have been included in the thefts, upon one occasion stone step being taken from the building itself. The principal men implicated thus far are the foreman of the press room and the captain of the watch, but others higher up are said to have re ceived portion of the money, and it il expected that the evidence will prove it Secretary Morton is determined to gt'
 to the bottom of the filth and to se'
 that every guilty man is published, re gardless of who he may be, or who ma,
 be his friends.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
THAT BIG STEEL SYNDICATE.
No Authentic Source Has Yet Been Foun,
 Concerning It.

No Authentic Source Has Yet Been Found
 Concerning It.
 PITTsBURG, April 10.-The latest publi- cation of the rumored organization of a steel and iron syndicate with a capital stock of from $75, 900, 900 to Sl0O, ,OOO, 900, to rival in magnitude the combined Car, negie interests, cannot be traced to au authentic source in this city. Similar re ports have appeared recently in local papers, but the most careful investiga tions fail to develop satisfactory results There are very few business men of the city give the story any credence. Those who have been named in connection witt the rumors either cannot or will not fur nish the desired information.
 The latest reports in this connection are that James Harvey, the inventor O. the famous nickel steel, and of the liar veyized steel from which armor plate i! made, is the projector of the syndicate The Carnegies use Mir. Harvey's process paying the inventor royalty on the pro duction.
 It is stated that Mir. Harvey has be come dissatisfied with this arrangement ss he had expected to be taken int partnership with the Carnegie finn. Dis appointed in this he determined upon tn, organization of syndicate that will hay the exclusive use of his valuable processes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
NOTICE.

I hereby notify all persons liable to pay taxes in the City of Waterbury, that I have received rate bill and warrant to col lect City tax of twenty (2O mills on the dollar on the list of 1899, and will be at my law office, 15 Platt Building, 4S East Main street, on and after May 1st. 1893, when said tax is due, from 10 to 12 A. M., to $ P. M., and to PM, to receive said tax.
 P. S.-The law provides that percent age at the rate of hree-quarters of one per cent. per month must be added from May 1st, 1893, if any tax remains unpaid June 1st, 1893.
 CHARLES J. GRIGGs, Collector.
 Waterbury, April 9th, 1893.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10

THE southern negro is rno political opposite of the anarchist. He has a feminine belief in the possibility of com- passing any end by legislative enact ment, and a childish faith in the cer- tainty of redress for real or fancied wrong at the hands of the court. The police and justices courts of every southern city are choked with cases in stigated by negroes against neighbors of their own race, and the threat of one negro to ''have the law on" another IS made and accepted with wholesome faith on both sidesin the effectiveness oi such broccoli ng.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
IS ANXIOUS TO ADJOURN
The Senate to Give President
 Cleveland a Hint.
ITS WORK NEARLY ALL DONE

The Question in Regard to the Appointed Senators to Go Over-NO Quorum in the City-some Important Missions Yet to be
 Fined-Fourth-Class Postmasters Ap-
 pointed.
 WASHINGTON, April 10.-The Senate has practically concluded its labors and is now waiting for an intimation from the Presi dent to bring the extraordinary session to a close All idea of passing upon the ques tions involved in the appointment of the three Senators from the Northwest has been abandoned, and the matter will be left for disposal at the next session. The reasons for this course are:
 First-Many Senators are still undecided As to how to vote upon the propositions in volved.
 Second-Many others desire to address a full Senate; and,
 Third--The final and conclusive reason that there is not 0 voting quorum in the city at present.
 It Is probable that tomorrow the Senate will appoint a committee to wait upon the President and ask whether he has business to lay before the body. It is assumed by the Senators generally that the only
 
 communicated is the nomination of the Court of Appeals for the District of Co- lumbia, for, unless this court is filled be- fore the adjournment, there is likely to be a deadlock in the judicial business of the District.
 Although the impression prevails that nearly all of the foreign missions have been filed the records disclose the fact | that no nominations have yet been made II .A mt hfS SS | the list:
 Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Hayti, Hawaii, \ Italy, Russia, Corea, Liberia, Paraguay | and Uruguay, Persia, Portugal, San Do \ mingo, Siam, Sweden and Norway, Turkey \ and Venezuela.
 Most important of these, perhaps, is Russia, and it is surmised in some quarters | that the delay in making the change there arises from q desire to await the possible action of the Russian government raising tho grade of it's mission at Washington to an Embassy, which will admit of the nom- | ination of another Ambassador by the Pres, ident.
 But in the majority of these cases there is no good reason why the places can not be filled by appointment, subject to con. irmation when the Senate meets again | next session, and therefore the impression prevails at the capital that the present ses | sion will adjourn some time this week.
 About Fourth Class POstmasters.
 The following comparative statement prepared at the Postoffice Department, hal been made public:
 Total number of fourth class postmas ters appointed from March 4, 1893, tt April 8, 1893. inclusive, SIS, of which 50E were to fill vacancies caused by resignation and deaths and 370 removals. Of the re movals 90 served four years and over
 Total number of fourth class postmaster appointed from March 4, 1889, to April 1889, inclusive, 1898, of which 503 wer to fill vacancies caused by resignations ant deaths and 825 removals. At that time n, book record was kept of the term of servic | in removal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10

A GERMAN geographer, Professor Ruge, has busied himself in an attempt to answer the interesting question, what it cost to discover America. The records of the cost of the caravels themselves do not seem to be extant, but the archives of Palos show what was the amount paid for the actual ex- penses of the voyage. It foots up 1,- 14O, ,000 maravedis, or about $7 300. The items of this expenditure are not less curious than the extreme modesty of the aggregate. The yearly pay of the "admiral" was $320, of the captains $102 each, of the pilots from $132.5O to $l53.50, and of a surgeon but $33 25. The ships surgeon was then, apparently, as he sometimes is now, a medical stu dent who was more eager for adventure than for profit. As for sailors, their monthly allowance was something less than $2.50. Considering the revenue to Spain itself within the two centuries that followed the discovery in gold and silver alone, the return from the outlay upon Columbus's expedition makes that outlay perhaps the most profitable com mercial operation in the history of the world. The voyage itself will be ad- mitted to have been astonishingly cheap. It is to be hoped that an accu- rate account has been kept and will be published of the expenses of the voyage which has just been made by the repro duced caravels, so that a parallel may be drawn in this respect also. Even from the fifteenth century point of view, it is evident that the voyage of Columbus was too small an affair to attract the attention of the politicians
 There was nothing in it for them. h
 fact, the outfitting of the expedition hat discovered America was an under
 taking so petty that it would not now
 attract the cupidity of a "district
 leader"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
BACK IN CHICAGO.
Ress Mitchell Finishes Her LOrg '
 Ahead Ot Time.

Bess Mitchell Finishes Her Lorg Trip
 Ahead Ot Time.
 CHICAGO, April 1O.-Miss Bess Mitchell, who has travelled around the country in three weeks, has set her foot upon ground again. She left the city on a wager that she could travel 10000 miles without leav- ing the railroad car and she succeeded in accomplishing the feet.
 The route took Miss Mitchell to Portland, thence South into Mexico, back to St Louis and finally to Boston. She arrived here at 4:30 in the afternoon, 13 hours ahead of time. Sho was weary of riding, but had enjoyed the adventure thoroughly In several towns she was visited by GU rious women but the trip was without spe cial incident. Miss Mitchell promises no1 to write book
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
THE HgkLA IN PORT.
TOwed by the FreIghter Amorina-All
 w ell on Board.

Towed by the FreIghter Amorina-An
 Wen on Board.
 NEW YORK, April 10.-It was gay lot of passengers that landed from the Thing valla line steamship Hekla yesterday, after an eventful trip that had lasted ten days longer than expected. Early in the morning the Hekla's dock was surrounded by dense crowd, most of whom had rela- tives or friends on board the ship, and when the belated steamer finally came up from quarantine, where she had arrived during the night, a great cheering went up from the assembled multitude. Cartain Thomsen gives the following account of the accident: The ship was in lat. 46. 10, long Al .4S on March 24 when the shaft broke partly through. The ma chnery was stopped and the vessel lay to while repairs were being made. This occu- pied from Friday morning until 1O.3O p. m. on Saturday.
 The steamer then proceeded slowly at from to knots an hour according to che wind and weather. April 1 the shaft broke again and the passage was delayed while repairs were made until 10. 30 p. m. {, April 3.
 On the lst while making repairs the "Amerca' of the National Line was ! sighted. A line was not got to her until the next morning, owing to stress of | weather. The heavy seas interfered with ! the work of repairing also. It was not until 6. 30 a. m., on the Sd that line was | got aboard.
 It was carried away in half an hour. but | at 10 a. m. two steel hawsers were got aboard and we went along in tow of | the America in good shape, except when \ laying up for heavy weather We had by | this time repaired the shaft and another start was made and all vert we'll until ! a. m. on the 4th when the bolts which had been used to repair the shaft were carried \ away one after another.
 Then the ship was hove to and tie re \ pairs were made over again. The hawsers \ were carried away on the 9th at 4 a. m.
 but we got them aboard again the next \ morning.
 We used our engines at slow speed an6 | with the assistance of the America arrived
 off the bar at 7:45 p. m. The America
 left us here with three cheers from al
 hands on board. We lay at another unti ' 9:30 p. m., when the tugs Evarts anC | Goodwin took us in tow and we ran ou
 engines at nearly full speed up the bay.
 { The America can run up portly bill oi
 expenses for salvage. This according t' | well-informed mariners will range abov
 $5O, ,000.
 There was no panic or excitement amonl
 the passengers and further than som
 grumbling at the delay everybody was sat ' isfied
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10

THE great battle between capital and labor, growing out of the strike on the Ann Arbor railroad, has been fought. Temporarily, at least, capital has the victory. The judges find the Lake Shore engineers and firemen who re. fused to handle freight cars belonging to the Ann Arbor company in contempt
 but allow them to go unpunished. One employe, however, who is judged to have made resigning a makeshift tc enable him to disobey the federal courts
 order, is fined $50. His case will be ap pealed. In the conspiracy case against Chief Arthur of the engineers, the enforcement of a rule against
 handling the freight of a com pany against which there is a strike it judged in this case to conflict with the interstate commerce act, and he is re
 strained from boycotting the Ann Arbol
 road. This ruling will also be appealed
 from. Judge Taft's decision maintain'
 that, while the strike was legal, th' boycott was not.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
NOTICE.

I hereby notify all persons liable to pay taxes in the Town of Waterbury, that ] have received rate bill and warrant to collect a Town tax of five (0 mills on the dollsr on the list of 1899, and will be at my law office, 15 Platt Building, 43 East Main St on and after May 1st, 1893, when said tax is due, from 10 to 12 a. m 2 to 5 p. m and to D. m., to receive said tax.
 P.S The law provides that a percent age at the rate of three quarters of one per cent. per month must be added from May 1st, 1893, if any tax remains unpaid June 1st, 1893. CHARLES J. GRIGGs, Collector.
 Waterbury, April 9th, 1893,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10

WHEN the news of Holze Smiths appointment reached Monongahela county, West Virginia, there was great excitement among the friends of loca celebrity named Polk Smith. They thought 8 mistake had been made i1 the name, and the excitement was not quelled until the Morgantown Post an nounced that Ut was HoI1e Smith, O. Georgia, and not Polk Smith, of Mon er-pa-hail"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
NOTICE.

hereby notify all persons liable to pay taxes in the Center School District of Wa. terbury, that have received a rate bill and warrant to collect Center School District tax of Q0) mills on the dollar on the list of 1899, and will he at my law of. fee, 15 Platt Building, 43 East Main street, on and after May 1st, 1893, when said tax to 8 P NJ, to receive said tax.
 P. S.-The law provides that a percent age at the rate of three quarters of one per cent. per month must be added from May tst, 1893, if any tax remains unpai June 1st 1893. CHARLES J. GRIGas, Collector. Waterbury, April 9th, 1909,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10
[EaHiEII|Il5l[i13
NOTICE.

hereby notify all persons liable to pay taxes in the City of Waterbury, that have received rate bill and warrant to collect Special City tax, laid August Sth, 1892, of four (D mill4 on the dollar on the list of 1891, and will be at my law office, 15 Platt Building, 43 East Main street, on end after May 1st, 1893, when said tax is due, from 10 to 12 A. M, 9 to P. M and 2 to s P. NJ, to receive said tax.
 P. S-The law provides that percent, age at the rate of three quarters of one pel cont per month must be added from May 1st, 1893, if any tax remains unpa'd June 1st, 1893.
 CHARLES j. GRIaGs, Collector.
 Waterbury, April 9th, 1893.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-10

BRIDGEPORT, Feb. %, 1893. Sawyer Medicine Co.,,
 GENTLEMEN II take pleasure in adding word of commendation to the many giv- en in well ll-deserved praise of your Dande. lion Compound I have used it in my family with wonderful results, and in an experience of more than 25 years in the drug business have never seen an article that gave such uniform and perfect satis- faction. My sales have more than doubled this season, and I unt esitatingly pro nounce it th- best made and the most valuable blood purifier, rative and spring tonic in the market. Yours truly, JOSEPH H. LUTZ, 3 Wall St.