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the cowBoY,s LAsso.
with 1t He Is Almost as Good q Marlfsman
ms With the Rite.

with 1t He Is Almost as Good Marlfsinan
ms with the Rifle.
1.-THE cowboys of New Mexico, Texas
and Arizona are all skilled in the art OF
using the lasso, said Louis Edwards OF
Santa Fe. 81 used to be in the ranch
ing line myself and once thought l
could throw u rope as straight as any
man living But that was before ! had
mixed TO any extent with the Mexicans
AS good as the American cowboys are,
they can't hold candle to greaser
when it comes to the roping business.
They can do things with hemp that no
other mortals eau ever hope to accom-
plish. As the Australian stands out pre-
eminently in throwing the boomerang,
80 does the ignorant son Of the land OF
God and liberty exceed all other men
in this one accomplishment
"a Mexican will chase steer at full
speed, and while be guides his broncho
with one hand whirl his rope with un-
oiring aim with the other, and it isn't
once III thousand times that the moose
will fail to catch just where the rider
meant. A fayoiite trick with them is
to stick lot IL long handled knives in
the ground close together within the
limits Of d narrow circle and bet with
outsiders that they oan ride past at race
horse speed and pick up any one of the
knives designated with a rope. They
are good marksmen with the rife, too,
but in this regard the cowboys are fully
their peers 49, Washington Post.
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When, after salanis, Xerxes was in
full flight for Asia. and the oyercrowd-
ed vessel, SO the story ran, was laboriag
In the storm, Xerxes, getting frightened,
asked the captain whether there was
any chance Of safety. None, " said the
captain, unless the ship IL ightened
Of some Of its passengers Whereupon
Xerxes, turning to the Persians, ex-
claimed, fNowis the time TO show your
loyalty to your king, for on you my
safety depends" And without word
the we'll trained oourtiers made obei-
sanoe and leaped into the sea.
Thus unburdened, the ship arrived Of
the lard, whereupon Xerxes presented
the captain with golden crown for
having saved the kings life, and then
ordered bis head off for having caused
the death of SO many noble Persians =
Westminster Review
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II is she opinion of the true gourmet
that Of all marine panfish there is none
to compare with the smelt tOsmerus
nordax). This primary rank is It's own
by reason of its delicacy and delicious
favor, and when fried light brown IN
very fine bread crumbs aud served with
melted butter there is none that dis.
putes its pre-eminence. Its delightful
fayor, however, as well as its peculiar
odor i eyanescent Like the mackerel,
it cannot be too fresh.
tis from its odor that the smelt de-
rives not only its familiar but Latin
name an odor 40 aggressive Of sliced
cucuinbers that, IL its presence be mani
fest only TO the sense Of smell, people
arc often deluded into such supposition.
This odor is not marked except in the
freshly caught fish and disappears ~
the cooking, giving place, however, TO
fitting resurrection Of the smelt TO au
oifaetory scnse still more savory and de-
ligAtful. Market Review.
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Some years ago the state department.
at Washington received through the
minister Of Ecuador to the United
States specimens of plant known as
oundurango, found in the province Of
Loya, IN Ecuador, to which marvellous
qualities in curing cancer were ascribea,
The physicians In South America experi-
mented on this substance and reported
most wonderful cures Its virtues arc
said to have been discovered by accident,
An Indian had been suffering fearfuily
for long time from internal caneer,
aud his wife undertook to relieve him
by shortening his life by poison. For
this purpose she selected the ounduran-
go, making q decoetion Of the bark. To
her ast0nishment the first dose appeared
to benefit tho patient, and by the con-
tinuance Of this remedy he was cont
pletely curod in short time NOW
York Advertiser.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
Churches.

PREsIYTERIAE CHuRcH.-Servioes eyery
sbalh at II H. m. and 2 y. m. Sunday school
69O q. M. Rev, O. w. Lyman, pastOr.
baptist CHuRcH.-Services every Sunday
IA n. M nud 3 D. M. Prayer meeting every
s,rslny evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday school
-gO a. m. Rev, i. G.. Alfred. pastor
CnlRCH.-Services every Sunday morning
evening Mt usual hours in the Masollie
9.ding on Hodges street. Sunday school at
a. ~ Prayer meeting every Thursday
hing at o'clock. Rev. II. l.. Crawford,
lor
q GnuRCH, SOUTH Services every Sunday
fniug and evening at usual hours. Sunday
sbOl al H. IN. Prayer meeting every We'd
bay evening at 8 O'Clock, Rev. JAS. Parker,
nor
sCII OF THE Coon SHEPHERD Services every
iday ut II a m. and 7;30 p M, and every Fri
at 4 o'clock p. m. Jos, III. Spearing, Rector.
soLIC CHuRcH.-Masses on Sunday at and
clock a. IN. Sermon and Benediotion and
.ary AT 4 nm. In Lent-AIeilitnti0 on the
Sion during High Mass every "Wednesday
s Friday evenings ut o'clock. In the week
e at $50 a. IN. Father NRndeven, Rector.
Las LUrHERAE CHuRcH.-Servioes every
|sday at 10 o'clock In the morning. Sunday
Z pOl ut 2:90 p. m. every Sunday. Lecture
fy Wednesday evening at Tl30. Ladies' 30
N meets every first Sunday OF every month,
p, IN. Rev. ). w. KOssmann, pastOr.
CoxGREGATIoxAL CHuRcH.- Services every
day at church on Moss street, opposite
etery. Service at 1880 p. m. and sabbath
BIOL at 10 q. m, at MoOs street church.. Ser
b at GOOspOrt at $3.50 p. IN. every Sunday
"A. 5. II Barteau pastor
AAuL's A. M. II. CHuRcIl.-4Ireaclling every
day at II a. M. and . p. ma Snpday-srhoolA Ai
IN. Rev. d. Bufreli, Of New Orleans, pastor
barge, W. B. Barrett, sup't,
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NO q.
NA7oLEoMs MIRACULOUS GecAPEs.


lId Seon1rd to Nisn In y Gh.trifitti Niiflc AiaA
went About with Ne Fear.
In reply to tho question Ii what en-
rauenents nc considered himself to
have been in tho greatest danger Of les
ing his ifo Napoleou oico said, In
tho commencement u 1ay casnpaigua.
Indeed II further proof wcr1 demanded
to show that he did not fpare himself
at Toulon II IS cs4iy necessary 20 add
that, during the 10 weeks of It's siege,
Napoleon, In addition 70 o baycnot
wound in his thigh, had throo horses
shot under him. while at the siego OF
Acre during the expedition to Egypt ho
lost no fewer than four in the Same
manuer
During the last days of his life, when
captivity, disappointment and sickness
had we'll nigh completed their work, II
Is said that the agony Of his fatal dis
case drew from him on many occasions
tho pitiful cry Of, why did tho cannon
balls spare meIn
During his long military career Ma
poleon fought GO battles, while Cesar
fought but 90. In the early part of his
career he was utterly reckless Of danger
whilo on tho battlefield, and this spirit
of fearlessness contributed largely to
the love and esteem Ia which he was
held by his armies. There was curious
belief among the English Ii Napoleon's
time that he had never been wounded
and indeed the report was current that
he carefully, IL not In o cowardly man
ner, refraiued from exposing himself
Nothing could be moro contrary to the
truth, for ho was in reality several
times severely wounded, bat as he wish
cd to impress upon his troops the belief
that good fortune never deserted him.
and that like Achilles, he was we'll
nigh invulnerablo he always made q
secret Of his many dangers. He there
fore enjoinod once for all upon the part
of his Immediate staff the most absolute
silence regarding al circumstances Of
this nature, for ii ii almost impossible
to calculate the confusion and disorder
which would have resulted from tho
slightest report or the smallest doubt
relative to his existence Upon the sim
gle thread Of this mans life depended
not only tho fate and government Of .
great empire but tho whole policy and
destiny Of Europe as we'll.
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LIvElY FleHT wlTH 4 sAARK.
Terrifying Experience with o Man Eater
BY Man who Was Fishing.

by o man VINO was IA3hAnEs
William Muller, an attorney Of Deni-
son, Tex, had an experience with q
man eating shark at Roekport in tho
gulf. II hired a small sailboat. " said
MIR. Muller ia relating lis unpleasant
experience, ''and was out somo distance
from land when baited my hook end
cast it out. ! used . new clothesline 100
to 150 feet long for cord and tho hook
was quite large, probably six to seven
inches long
II felt q jerk, and in an instant the
line was under the boats rudder. ask
ed the boatnaan to reverse the sail In or
der that the line could be cleared. !
was oblivious to all except the big fish,
and as the boom swung around It caught
me on the back between the shoulders
/ was tumblcd overheard head foremost
in the winter, somo 40 to 80 feet deep. As
/ struck the water the fish that | had
caught, man eating shark, lnid hold
Of the calf OF my right leg. The pain
was fearful, and l felt myself jerlked
rapidly down toward the bottom OF the
sea
In my fall | did not relax my holu
on the line, and as soon as realized my
position / knew that my life depended
on my ability to hold en to the cord,
The struggle ! know was not long, but
to mo It seemed like an ago. The cord
was fastened to beam in the boat, and
inch by inch gained on my antagonist
and as soon as ! appeared ON the surface
the boatman came TO my assistance. The
shark retained it's grip ON my leg until
my body was entirely out Of the water,
and even then it did not lot go until
The boatman knocked 1t of with an oar.
When was safely on tho inside, how
ever, we pulled for the shore, and o.
my hook was securely fastened in the
mouth of the shark no trouble was ex'
perfenoed in landing the fish. II was
between and feet long. "--Chieagc
Post.
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REcoBD OF A TEXAS DESPERATE.



E'rom Dodge city to santa re.
The man who told tho story between
the puffs Of his cigar was from Texas.
aClay Allison's life was a tragic ro-
mance,5' he began. 'sClay Allison was
desperate. He lived in tho Red river
country in the Panhandle. His trigger
finger sas busiest IN the carly eighties.
His record was 2I. He boastod Of it
Twenty -one dead men. whose graves
were scattered from Dodge City to San
ia Eel myself saw him kill Bill
Chunk, bad man, who shot people just
for the fun Of seeing them fall. The two
men had no cause for quarrel They
were tho prize killers of the same SEQ
tion Of the country. 1t was a spirit Of
rivalry which made them swear to
shoot each other on sight. Their friends
bet on the result Of their first chance
reneounter. They met one night at q
orossroad inn in New Mexico and sat
down at tables opposite each other, with
their drawn six shooters resting on their
laps beneath their napkins. A plate OF
oysters on the shell had just been set
before Chunk, when he dropped his
hand in careless fashion and sent a ball
at Allison beneath the table Quick as
a leap of lightning Allison's gun re-
piled A tiny red spot between Chunk q
eyes marked where the bullet entered.
The dead man rolled over ON the table
and was still, with his face downward
ia the dish of oysters.
"Allision was large cattle owner.
He went on drive to Kansas City
once. and while there fell in love, mar
ried and took the woman to his home in
the west to live A child was born to
them-a child whose face was as beau
tiful rs the face Of q cherub, but whose
poor little body was horribly deformed.
Allison loved the child with the great
love of his passionate nature. In the
babes twisted and misshapen form his
superstitious mind read meaning a.
significant as that Of the message which
the divine hand wrote on the palace Of
the king Of old in Babylon. God, he
thought, had visited q curse upon him
for his sins He quit his wild ways.
He drank no more. No man ever aftei
the birth Of his child fell before biz
deadly pistols. He was completely
changed.
''In the new life which followed h'
devoted himself with absorbing energy
to his business interests. He became
rich in time. Ten thousand cattle OF
the Texas ranges bore his brand. A few
years ago he was driving from his ranel
IN o heavy road wagon to town. Thl
front wheels jolted down into a deel
rut. Allison was pitched headfore
most to tho ground. His neck was bro
ken. The team logged on into the dis
tance and left him lying there dead ans
alone upon the prairie kansas Cit!
Times.
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a WOMAN HATER DISCONNECTED.
He Had Reason to Repent Asking a Ques-
tion About Icve.

bAon ABOUT 1--we
There is e crusty old bachelor on
Fourth street who is confirmed woman
hater and who never misses an oppor-
tunity for saying something sarcastic
and disagreeable about the fair sex.
But he met more than his match the
other day in a pluclSy little woman,
who, metapho1ieally speaking, wiped
up tho earth with him, much to the de-
light Of his friends, who were greatly
amused at his discontinue.
The old bachelor inquired why, when
Eve was manufactured OF a spare rib,
a servant wasn't made at the same time
to wait ON her The little woman re-
sponded promptly: Because Adam
never read the newspapers until the sun
got down behind the palm trees, and
then, stretching, yawned out, Isn't sup
per most ready, my dear?' Not he. He
made the fire and hung the kettle over
it himself, I'll venture, and pulled the
radishes, peeled the potatoes and did
everything else he ought to do.
"He chopped the ldndling, brought
in the coal and did the chores himself,
and he never brought home half dozen
friends to dinner when Eve hadn't any
fresh pomegranates.
The little woman stopped q moment
for breath and went on with renewed
yigor: And Adam never staid out
till 12 O'Clock at political meeting
hurrahing for some candidate and then
soolding because poor Eve was sitting
up and crying inside the gates. He never
played billiards, rolled tenpins and
drove fast horses nor choked Eve with
cigar smoke.
"He never loafed around the corner
groceries and saloons while Eve was
rocking little Gains cradle at home. In
short, be didn't think she was especial
ly created for the purpose of waiting on
him and wasn't under the impression
that it disgraced man to Tighten q
wife's cares little. That's the reason
that Eve didn't need hired girl, and
with it is the reason that her descend
ants do. +"
She drew another breath and was
about to continue, when the bachelor
pulled his hat down over his eyes and
sneaked away amid the laughter cf the
crowd. louisville Post,
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JOHN suLL,s HuMoR.
It Is Of the Fat witted Kind-What Amer
lonns Think oft,

It Is Of tho Fat Witted Kind-Whnt Amer
lonns Think oft,
Hawthorne, observing Englishmen In
England, speaks Of them as heavy
witted. " Emerson alludes to their
''saying stupidity" Howolls has intro
duced to us some typical specimens Of
English respectability and rank baitied
in their chase after American humor,
but ON the scent and arriving at the
point Of appreciation after considerable
silent thought, sometimes lasting into
the next day, and here Is the testimony
Of Lowell from his recently published
Letters " In letter written In 1883
from England to Professor Norton he
thus explains The warm reception given
to Buffalo Bill by London society;
"But ] think the truo key to this
eagerness fer lions--even of the poodle
SORTS the dullness Of tho average
English mind never come back here
without being struck with it, Henry
James said it always stupehed him at
first when he came back from tho con-
tinent. What it Graves beyond every
thing is sensation, anything that will
serve as a WorcestersL sTe sauce to its
sluggish palate We, Of finer and more
touchy fiber, get our sensations cheaper
and do not find Wordsworth's emotion
over common flower so very wonder
full. People are dnll enough on our side
Of tho ocean stream also, God wot but
here unless know my people | never
dare to let my mind gambol. Most OF
them, If | ever do look on like the fa'
nous deaf man at tho dancers, wonder
ing to what music ! am oapering, They
call us superficial. Let us thank God,
dear Charles, that our nerves are nearer
the surface, not so deeply embedded In
fat or muscle that wit must take pitch
fork TO us. n--Outlook.
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II love all that is beautiful In arr
and nature, . she was saying to her @s-
thetic adnlirer. II reYel IN the green
acids, the babbling brooks and the little
wayside flowers / feast on ahe beauties
II earth and sly end air They are my
daily life and food and''---
aMaudiep' cried out the mother from
the kitchen, not knowing that her daugb-
ter's beau was in the parlor 'Maudis,
whatever made you 90 and eat that piR
dish OF potatoes that was left over from
dipnerf j told you we wanted them
warmed up for supper. ! Edeclareif youl
appotits isn't egiopeh 10 bankrupt youl
Ii. 'i--- 4oDdoA TIT Bits,
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Rorli0z was nsadG miserable bg his
wifs. lie married Miss smithson, an
ACTRESS many years younger than hiia-
self She bad prolonged iite u jealousy
and III telnper ruinod him BY her the
asrioal ventures aud finally fell from q
carriage aad broke her lex thus ending
Ser attisfic esroor. Berlioe ho1e With
ler ~ patience until she ApaAlg iett
sim. FIe was 4 tall nan of stesA aspect
ena very dianidad. Ia spite Of lis IN,
nanse nlusseal abilities as composer,
ho could play 40 Instrument excspi tbe
rniaas, aila sh9t yely aedly st LoVis
Glcbe. llamuygat
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TAE GRAPEVINE SWING.
Blithcly whistlinE, with ugile swing,
Leaps the farmers boy to the grapevine 81

Blithcly whistling, with ugile swing,
Leaps the fRrmcr1R boy TO the grapevine swing
To and fro, high ind low,
Up where the winds the branches blow,
Flying down 70 lightly mss
Where bare feet ripple the blue eyed grass,
Up again in the sunshine free,
Back, in the shade of the maple tree,
spurning the ground with supple foot
At the well worn spot Rt the mRple's root.
Higher; the branches strike his breast,
There are three blue eggs in the robins nesa
Dropping, dror1jfiig, swiftly down,
With a flying glimpse of the distant town,
Back and forth In the nOontide glow,
Swinging slower and still more slow,
Idly rocking in sun pierced gloom
To d tremulous pause in the vines perfume.
Springing at length where the grasses yield,
He follows the men 10 the haying fleld.
Mary L. Paine In Good Housekeeping
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II has baen shown by recent expert
ments that there is practically no differ
enee in cost between cooking by elee-
tTieity and by coal, while tho adyan-
tages Of the former method in point ot
comfort, cleanliness and safety arc con-
siderable. OF every 100 tons uf coal
burned In an ordinary cooking stoYa DO
tons are, II is said, practically wasted,
whereas with electricity the exnensa i
NOT go inuch on the fuel AZ on labor and
interest on machinery. Invention
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onn or the unknowp 0uantllIes.

There are many persons who talk very
learnedly about electricity and seem
to fancy that they have found out all
about II that is worth knowing. In the
face of ideas of this sort comes on an
accident without precedent indeed, one
that under ordinary circumstances
would be counted impossible. A work.
man in oiling the machinery Of small
electric fan--one used merely for the
purpose Of cooling the air in business
accidentally touched the wire
and was Instantly killed. The current
that runs the fan is said to have scarce
" power enough to give gentle shock
when touched An electrician who has
recently beon making some important
experiments has demonstrated that by
using electricity in certain way so
times tho current usually employed for
executing criminals may be passed
through the human body without inju-
~ Is it not possible then, that very
weak currents undor certain conditions
may possess power hitherto unsuspeetedi
New York Ledger.
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Mrs. Henpecker is one of those wives
there Is no pleasing. On the rotuTp ot
her husband from the city last week she
greeted him thusly;
aOh, Adolphus," she exclaimed,
''how short you have had your hair
outP'
t'But, my dear Angelina" replied
Mr., II. meelcly, Il haven't had my hair
ont OF all. +"
''Then it is high time you had, re-
turned Mrs. II. severely. .-Leeds ( Eng
InnM Mercury.
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rrrr JUDICIAL DISTRICT, CALcAsIEu PARISH,
n TERMS. First Monday Of February, and
Monday of September.
s-IuRY TERNs.-First Monday Of May, and
Monday of November.
CAMERON PARISH.
N TERM.-First Monday after the Fourth
E-jultY TERM.-First Monday of December,
VERNON PARISH.
n TFrM.-Second Monday Of October.
s-JURY TgrM.-Fifst Monday of April.
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parish GDmcers.

sosentative, Dosite Perkins,
srict Judge, Hon. O.. A. Fournet.
"A District O0urt, II. @. GIL,
riiT D. j. Reid.
sErict Attorney, u. D. Miller.
sssor c. NJ. Richard.
liner. DR.. A. j Perkins.
Eeyor, Thomas Kleinpeter.
rafnry Parish School Board, John MoNeeae
lssI.otlice address of all. Lake Charles.
sCE JURY
silent. Wm. Vincent
etary, Dosite Vincent.
asnrer, A Rigmaiden.
4 Ward, j. NJ. Reeves.
nd Ward S, MarVuart.
In Ward j. W. Bryan and j. w Ilosteet
In Ward, Wm. Vincent.
4 Ward. Aladdin Vincent.
a n Ward NJ q. Frazer.
entb Ward. j. J. W. Miller.
,I, Wnrd. W. j. Martin.
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II you want a stopper for a bottla ct
acsd or any substance that would nAtn-
rally call fur 4 glass stopper because pf
tho danger that the cork would be eaten
up by the contents o. the bottle, take
the cork mud steep 1t m yeseline 10
viii then be ilnpeFyious ~ aclds ot any
kind, aud nc action w thnmieala 1Till
decay IL IL viii - fact 10 as good Tor
al purposes Is 8 glass stopper - aleR
York Dispatch
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rbe curse d humanity.

Frau Schlemiller (standing with hal
second husband at the grave q her airst
Yes. here he lies, the brave warrior
You would certainly not be my husband
today Il my dear Johu had not died th'
death of a hero on the battlefield.
Herr schlemiller (pensiyelyl-- \ esi
war "a the curse Of humanity. --zoitspie
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How people gaze Al NY new
srcss pesunas tlaeg eeaaeE 4 I've
been shopping sn RaEta
Husband Mere likely they wonder
L have haen tohhing \ bank. LonaQn
gis ss
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Reodieg-- Why Dc YOU snaoss contain
ually from morning until uighHf
Weealey- the oply time I got
! aleop from night fill morning Lon
don fit pltsi
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SOAP tahlets ara tho LATEST fQrn Il
Compressed meFnhanaise They como
packed ia pretty boxes, eac4 tablet
ahazt tho oigo of alozenge Naturally
thay ore chiefly valuable q travelling
but tio slippery sake "a ths halaa dlsh
may coseniehtly give way so iless
small dosoS