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St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
ABOUT CORNCORS.
4 Chapter on the Many Uses to Which
They Can Be Put.

Sdn hC Ut.
Corncobs are useful to make pipes fol
the men, as shoppers TO bottlesthat have
mislaid their corks, to crowd into the
bunghole of the cider barrel, to throw al
the hens when they scratch the young
onions, to curl hair on, to hold up win
dows, to ferrule the children with, t.
grease the griddle in place of the
time .honored half of & turnip, to
wind basting Rawlings for future
use, to stop up any kind of chink, to
drive away red ants and to found for
tune. The last two statements may
seem to challenge remarks, but they can
bear the light Of the best tallow ever
run in candle mould. One steps on
corncobs when entering the pantry, and
ioggles the cream into the pickle dish.
On inquiry one finds that red ants don't
like coTncObs.
| don't wonder. As for the fortune a
man who once lived not ten miles from
Springfield laid the foundations for q
fortune so large that, although he died
twelve years ago, the lawyers have not
yet done fighting over his will, solely by
carrying loads of corncobs hither and
yon and selling them for fabulous prices.
The children find both fun and sorrow
in ccrncobs. They make pretty dolls to
be sure, but if the masters of the Inqui-
sition could have been provided corn
cobs sufficient to allow one for the mouth
of each prisoner, they would have aban-
doned all other methods of torture. 1t
is most enlightening sight to enter a
"deestrict'' school and see a row of little
culprits standing behind the stove, a
corncob in each mouth, and the silent
tears of agony rolling down the chubby
cheeks. A corncob smudge is said to
give ham and bacon most perfect and
delicate flavor.
A corncob put OH pole, saturated
with kerosene and set blazing, will de-
stroy any worms nest into which it is
thrust during the early morning of June's
rare days. A corncob slightly creased
and set in candlestick has been known
to burn half an hour, and to save bring
ing in the lantern from the barn in order
to light the children to bed. Without
the grease it would, if very dry, burn
slowly and perfume the air in a way that
showed itself an excellent substitute for
joss sticks. The ancient nurse in the
rural districts uses them to purify the
atmosphere in the sick room and consid-
ers that, together with wooden rags, they
are far ahead of any disinfectant favored
by the medical fraternity.
Tho country damsel preparing for the
social fray has been known to blacken
her eyebrows with burnt cob. When
object too strenuously to having
their teeth secured with SCOT from the
teakettle, an indulgent parent may make
Il compromise on the black powder
from burnt cob. In many places
the jetty stuff is supposed even to have
medicinal power, and Miranda swallows
a quantity in order to have a sweet
breath-ah, telltale plan-when Ferdi-
nand comes a-wooing. You can black
boots with corncobs. You can shell corn
by rubbing cob on grain. A corncob
makes an excellent scFnbbing brush.
A woman with soul for ingenuity once
hung out large wash with clothes pins
from cleft corncobs.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
TANTALUS-TEYAS.

eff may trust your love-" she cried
"And you would have ME for bride.
Ride over yonder plain, and bling
Your flask full from the Mustang spring
Fly fast as ever eagles wing
Ger the Llano EstacadoH'
He heard, and bowed without word,
His gallant steed, he lightly spurred;
He turned his face, and rode away
Toward the grave of dying day,
And vanished with its parting ray
On the Llano Estacado
Night came and found him riding on,
Day came, and still he rode alons:
He spared not spur, he drew not rein
Across that broad, unchanging plain
- Till he the Mustang spring might gain
On the Llano Estacado.
A little rest, lit le draught
Hot from his hand, and quickly qua1fed
His flask was filed, and then he turned
Once more his speeI the maguay spurued,
Once more the SHY above him burned,
On the Llauo E3tacado
How hot the quivering landscape glowed.
His brain seemed boiling as he rode;
Was il dream, q drunken one,
Or was he really riding on:
Was that t. skull that cleaned and shone
On the Llano Estac ado?
"Brave steed Of mine, brave steed" he cried
$50 often true, SO often tried,
Bear up little longer yet -
His mouth Was black with blood and sweat,
Heaven! how he longed his lips to wet
On the Llano Estacado
And still, within MS breast, he held
The precious flask so lately filed
Oh, for drink! But well he knew
If empty it should meet her view,
Her scorn; but still his longing grew
On the Llano Estlcado.
His horse went down. He wandered on,
Giddy, blind, beaten and alone.
While on cushioned couch you lie,
Oh, think how hard it is to de
Beneath the cruel. c!oudless sky,
On the Llan0 E3tacado.
At last he staggered, stumbled, fell
His day had come he knew full we'll,
Andraisingto his lips the flask,
The end, the object of his task,
Drank to her, more she could not ask,
All! the Llano Estacado!
That night in the Preside
Beneath the torchights' wavy glow,
She danced, and never thought of him,
The victim Of woman's whm,
Lying, with face upturned and grin;
On the Llano Estacado
Joaquin Miller.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
HOW BIRDS FLY.

The most prominent fact about bird
is faculty in which it differs from every
other creature except the bat and insects
its power of flying. For this purpose,
the birds arm ends in only one long
slender finger, instead of full hand.
To this are attached the quilts and small
feathers tcoverts) on the upper side,
which make up the wing. Observe how
light all this is; in the first place, the
bones are hollow, and, finally, the
feathers themselves are made Of the most
delicate tilaments, interlocking and
clinging to one another with little grasp
ing hooks of microscopic fneness. Well,
how does bird fly! 1t seems simple
enough to describe, and yet 1t 10 a
problem that the wisest in such matters
have not yet worked out to everybody's
satisfaction. This explanation, by the
Duke Of Argyle, appears to me to be
the best: An open wing forms hollow
on it's undersidc like an inverted saucer;
when the wing is forced down, the np-
ward pressure of the air caught under
this concavity, lifts the bird up, much
as you hoist yourself up between the
parallel bars III Il gymnasium. But he
could never in this way get ahead, and
the hardest question is still to be
answered. Now, the front edge OF the
wing, formed Of the bones and muscles
of the forearm. is rigid and unyielding.
while the hinder margin is merely the
soft flexible ends of the fe2thers; 30 when
the wing is forced down the air under
it, finding this margin yielding the easier,
would rush out here, and, in so dong,
would bend up the ends of the quilts,
which, of course, would tend to shove
the bird ahead This process quickly
repeated results IN the phenomenon OK
fight -lDetroit Free Press al
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20

lie was gong out alone AN
ness that lies between thi
the next; the little fello! a
and chung to his fathe'9 h. III u
planned in feeble voice that 'osr
of pain: ~,
~ don't want 70 die, papa. 1t will
be so lonesome in heaven; there isn't
anybody | know there"
Then his father soothed him fondly
and told him of dear ones who were
there and would be sure to welcome
their little friend
"They are grown-up angels, paper.
They won't know me at all"
The father reminded the sick child OF
d PLAYMATE who had died the yeaHbefore.
Did Jean 90 to heaven de Will
know me, won't he. when he sees IN
coming2 And maybe they'll send him
to meet me, and we can play together
''Arc you afraid now, Artie"
"No, papa. It's all right. | don't
mind going to heaven if Jeans there.
It kind of makes me feel acquainted, ="
And with Il pitiful little smile he
went away to find Jean Detroit Free
Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
4 FEROCIOUS battle took place between

y fEhotlCCS DuILlc tOOh place between
the two royal Bengal tigers in the Roger
Williams Park Meuagcrie at Providence,
r. l., in which Prince, q noted animal,
was killed by Princess, his no less noted
mate. Prince was the aggressor, and
Princess, Infatuated by the attack, flew
at her mate, and in the terrific combat
that ensued, tore his throat and head
into pieces. Prince had bad reputation
among showmen, and was sold to the
Park Commissioners three years ago for
81, 1000, much less than his quoted value.
Princess is we'll known to circus men,
and cost $4,000 originally, but was
bought for the park for $1,000. She is
reputed as cunning, but mild in temper
ament unless badly used. She is said to
be the handsomest tigress in captivity.
The Commissioners had an offer of
81, $40 for Princess last week and IS, 600
for the pair month ago by the New
York Central Park Commissioners.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20

creature's way. He caught it In his jaws
md gave it savage jerk. The involun.
tary action of my muscles in clutching
the rife, to prevent it's being torn away.
pulled the trigger. The tiger recoiled
and with one spasm fell dead upon the
ground. The bullet had pierced the roof
of his mouth and lodged in his brain,
thanks only to himself. fist. Louis Re.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
Cheap Substitute for Putty.

A cheap and effective substitute for
putty to stop cracks in woodwork Is
made by soaking newspapers in a paste
made by boiling pound Of flour in three
quarts of water and adding IL teaspoonfui
of alum. The mixture should be Ot
about the same consistency as putty and
should be forced into the cracks with a
case knife. 1t will barlen like rapleI
mache and when dry may be painted or
stained to match its surroundings, when
it will be almost inperceptble.- New
York Telegram.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
killing Horse by THROWN. Him.

There isacertain way that experienced
stockmcn know Of throwing horse down
so as to break his neck and kill him at
once. An ordinary halter is put on the
horse. the lead-strap from it passed be
tween the horses front legs. a turn beng
taken around tie far one near the fet
lock. The eXecutioner then hits tho
horse sharp cut with mhi,,,-a"a -vl.-,>
he jumps up pulls sharply and strongly
on the halter strap. The horse strikes
head first with the entire weight on his
neck. The fall is invariably fatal.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS,

THE LOBSTER.
The lobster is funny fish,
Because no fins has he
With which to move in sport about
The airy, tossing sea.
Some think he's ugly. but he 10
Indeed lovely fish,
Because he is SO very sweet
With dressing on dish.
like his color, and I'm sure
Originally he
came TO US way from Palestine
ont Of the deep Red Sea.
-lOnce A Week.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
Gold at the Center OF the Earth.

Did you ever stop to consider the fact
that i'll all probability the center of the
earth is Il globe of gold, iridium and
platinum? These metals are. of course,
in Il liquid state, the iridium at the exact
center that is, provided there is not
some heavier metal at present unknown
to man occupying that place, the pIati-
mum next and the globe of gold sur
rounding the other two. "But," you
say, what proof have We that your
proposition is tenabIc hypothesis!' In
answer | would say two proofs at least.
and perhaps more: First, the three metals
mentioned are the heaviest known sub
stances, compared bulk for bulk :;
this being the case they would
be naturally attracted to the
center Of our planet. In
the beginning" as Moses would say, the
earth was liquid, if not gaseous. In
either case the heavy metals mentioned
were held in solution. By gradual con
densation the metals settled to the cen
ter; iridium first with the proviso above
mentionedI, platinum next, gold last.
Ages ago, when the crust Of the earth
was thin, very thin, all the gold now
known was vomitcd out in volcanic
eruptions The last mentioned fact is
the second reason for believing that our
globe has golden center core woven
around a nucleus % : IL ii u,inm and platinum.
\ third reason for believing mat thcIc> ::
gold ut the center is this: The earth. a.
a whole, weighs five times rs much as a
globe of water the same bulk, while the
locks forming the same outer crust are
less than three times as heavy as water
-ISt Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
XENOPHON SIZED UP.

xENoPHoN SIZED UP.
prolessor-To what did Xenophon owe
his reputation?
Student-Principaly to the fact that
his name commenced with an X and cams
n so handy for the headlines in alpha
betical copy books. Puck.
FATAL ERROR
Borrowes Nelly, hand me my UNI
blella, will YOU 1t has commenced to
rain.
Mrs b / lent your umbrella to Mr.
Swecttern last night.
Borrowes What did goa TO that
forl Didn't you know it VAS hjs?--
Puck.
IT REMINDED HER.
The young man was prematurty gray,
and was not little proud of it.
"Looks quite poetic, don't YOU
think - he could not forbear asking Of
the Young woman he was calling on.
1t does remind me Of certain poem,
| must admit, said she.
"Ana what poem is that
when the frost is On the pump
kin "
And his hair went on whitening at
more rapid rate than cyer.~ indianapolis
journal.
CLEv Err At MATHEMATICS.
Mamma Robbie, how many time
have told You that YOU cannot have
two pieces Of pie:
Robbic--I don't know, unless you cuH
tell Inc how often we've had pie. $780, Chi,
cago Inter Ocean
ONLY \ WOMAN COLD SAY so.
Miss Muegy / wonder if George
knows have money.
Friend - Has he prop0srd'
''lIe has -
"IIe knows. New York Weekly
DAYS or ,HvALRY CONE.
Wife gdrcali vl--AL, me, The days OF
chivalrv are past
Hush and--W hats the matter nowf
"Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak
on the ground for Queen Eliza,
beth to walk over, but you get mad
simply because poor dear mother SAT
down on your hat > New York " eekly.
PRUNOkINj@ GIRL.
Jack Honestly, now, what's the rea
son you don't like Miss Flyrtei
CholIy -Weil, dear boy, the real truth |
is | don't like her because she keeps
laughing at me all the time unless try |
to make Joke, and when do she never |
even smiles. - SOmcrvile Journal
OF THE CANALS.
\ tow path mule while practising
His merry little pranks,
Exclaimed :-"'m getting ready for
\ run upon the banks
-. Washington Star.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20

Velvets and bengalines will be used
for coats, and so will cloths, the newest
Of which are rough cheviots in plain
sslors and in mixed effects.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20

He is developing his facial muscles
% as to get a good grip on his monocle. "
i Washington Star.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20

Prolessor-To what did Xenophon owe
his reputation?
Student-PrincipaIly to the fact that
his name commenced with an Y and cams
in so handy for the headlines in alpha.
betical copy books. Puck.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
He Was Not Acqual

he was going out alone 1
ness that lies between thi&
the next; the little felloa
and chung to his fathe 3 Id
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20
THE JOKERS' BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.
To Song Bird-The Age of the Pre-
cocious-A An important Drawback,
etc, ETC.

TO A SONG BIRD.
Oh, song bird, madly caroling
Your careless life away,
How good it is to hear you sing
Your song from day to day.
Yet, though they bring us happiness,
Those melodies so sweet,
We'd like you better, we confess,
If you were good to eat.
Il Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-01-20

| "ucL VIC Tiger luuSCu, lure the 6arLn 1Of
an instant, precisely as have seen cat
attempt to tear rug, then made two cat
like bounds and another flying leap,
landing, in spite of the elephant. within
six inches of the mahoot, sitting upon
| his head.
The native lost his turban and only
escaped being trsmpled upon by dipping
down the elephants trunk. Beyond
that, however, the tiger did not pay him
the slightest attention. His eyes were
fixed on me. He was making for the
howdah
His red and quiverng gulet and glis-
tening teeth were already on level
with my feet. l stood there petritied,
looking down into that yawnipg cavern
cut of which tho h5arse breath came in
short, harsh gasps.
"Give it to him. Give it to him.
my friend shouted | heard his words
as though they came from a monograph
and had no connection with me- | knew
the danger was in, and that there was
no time to lose, but ! was absolutely
powerless. :
The tiger began to crawl toward me.
"Shoot shoot" my friend yelled. and
| tried to: but though the hammer was
already raised and the rifle pointed in
the direction Of the tiger, l could not
even lift it to my shoulder. I could not
even pull the trigger where it was
The tiger took another step. One great
paw rested On my boot | could fee! the
sharp claws cutting through the leather.
| could feel the hot breath on my hands
as it came rasping out of that yawEinc
throat. l heard my friends voice again
and realized that he had come up close
beside me, but this time could not dis
tinguish word he said. I could see
nothing, hear nothing, feel nothing, but
that tiger.
The muzzle of the gan MAS il the
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-04
NORTH INDIANA CONFERENCE.
Bishop GoOdseII VIII he with the NJ.
Z. Minister'S ut Bluffton TO-Dny.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON, Ind, April 3.-The North
Indiana Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church will convene in its fifty-f1rst
annual session In this city Wednesday
morning, April f. The president of the con-
ference this year will be Bishop Daniel
Ayres Goodsen, of San Francisco. This
will be Bishop Goodsell's first visit to this
conference and his coming is anticipated
with a great deal of interest, for, though
he Is the youngest member of the episcopal
board, he is one of it's conspicuous lights.
Besides, the first visit of a bishop always
awakenS a big interest More than the
usual interest will center In the conference
this year on account of the expiration of
places must be filled with new apoOinteeS.
There will be two propositions from the
general conference, one regarding the re-
duction of representation In the general
conference, the other the equalization of
ministerial and lay representation. TO be
viii be disposed of is in doubt for if it be
adopted Ii Will do away with the two
house feature of the present law in the
case. However, the general feeling that
bers with ministers may carry the prOpo-
sition. Tonight the Rev. c. King, of Hart
ford City, preached the opening sermon.
The examinations Of classes pursuing the
conference course of study will he con-
Quoted by the various ministers appointed
for that work. The energetic Bluffton pas
tor, the Rev. c. L. Wade his official
board, the church and people generally are
enthusiastic in their preparations for en-
tertaining the conference. The church in
which the sessions will be held is new, and
one of the handsomest and best equipped in
the conference
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-04
UNNECESSARY NOISE.
1t Wears People Out, but There Is No
Use to Protest.
rk commercial AdVertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t the deliberate opinion of Scho-
penhauer that people who are Indifferent
to noises are Intellectually dull, being
poetry and art, and, in short, to mental
impressions of every kind"
This takes in the great mass of men,
and the few who are sensitive must suffer.
Let them get off the earth, then What,
mass of men, noise makers, exist only
because an occasional being worth living
may grow out of them. Nature filings down
millions of seeds that one may fall in the
right place and become tree; the sun
filings rays of light and heat in every d.
recton, wasting them in idle space. in
order that the earth may be served by
1t is painful to remember that the thou
sands of worthless noise makers in the
imperial city disturbed the mental life of
the Incompatible Horace marred his
melodious thinking by their senseless
clamor.
VIE complain of the modern lack of
Hofaces and Shakspeares and old masters.
Small chance have they in a world where
mere noise makers have license to batter
sensitive eardrums to distraction. Mr.. Edi-
son would not have invented much but
for the enviable gift of deafness. Except
in blessed Germany, society has done al
most nothing to limit noise making-use-
less and foolish noise, most of ii.
In world where insomnia afficts nearly
tolerate engine whistles within the cor
porate limits; the authorities are bitterly
opposed TO asphalt and encourage the rat
ting of loose-jointed unoiled vehicles over
the hard and uneven stones; there are
licenses ready signed for anybody who
chooses to keep bowling dog and a yowl-
ing cat; anybody may hang a shrill-voiced
parrot where IL will torture a neighbor-
hood. and every pert little miss may bang
on piano and her love sick elder sister
may scream sentimental songs through
open windows TO inform q swearing world
what dreadful emotions she labors under;
persons ten feet apart may yell question
and answer as though the distance were a
mile. and so Then the eternal nuisance
Of the changing street-car bell, necessary
In a measure, but the need more than met
by the manner of the changing; the fright
full church bells, beginning before day-
brcc!-. that are not necessary in this day
of cheap and universal timepieces: worst
OF all, the cries of hucksters and extras
the pestiferous whistlers the loud laugh
that proclaims the vacant mind-what Won
der that there is great and growing in
crease of nervous disorders Yet n man
who protests against the purely unneces-
sary noises is regarded as fastidious and
a absurd
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-04
All About Horses.
The Pennsylvania.

Nothing comes amiss TO a great university
library. The latest notable addition to that
of the University of Pennsylvania is a col
lection OF l,200 volumes on the horse en-
bracing all that pertains to the breeding and
training OF horses, riding, driving, stable
architecture, the anatomy and diseases of
horses. and, indeed, the whole of veterinary
science, including dentistry. The collection
was presented to the university by Fairman
Rogers, OF Philadelphia, himself q we'll
known student, lover and owner of horses
and the books represent the careful and
congenial work OF years. Many OF the
works are classic and very rare such, for
instance, as Hippiatria Laurentii Rusif
Paris, 1852; Ordini di Cavalcare, by GrisOni
Pesaro, l555; The Art of Riding. by Ashley.
London, 1854: The OposCulUm Equestre hv
Won Wildenstein. Bayreuth. 1866, and Others
There are several pleasing selections Of
songs of the chase and anecdotes of horses
maps of famous English hunts and nurner-
Gus stud books. Many of the volumes con-
tain curious and beautiful Illustrations The
collection is said TO be the finest in the
country on the subject. and it is even doubt
full whether that of the British Museum is
as complete.
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-04
MRS. SCHMIDT GUILTY.
Given Ten Years for Shooting Her
Tenant, Oscar Walton.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, April 3. = After sixty
eight hours deliberation, the jury in the
Mrs. Augusta Schmidt murder trial came
in this morning with a verdict of man
slaughter, and fixing her punishment at
ten years in the female prison. AS the
truth dawned on her mind Augusta broke
down and wept. She attempted to speak,
but her words could not be understood.
Her grief increased as Sheriff Simmons led
her out of the room and back to jail. She
confidently expected to leave the court
room free woman. This she had been led
to believe by her Logansport attorneys,
who encouraged her In the belief that her
days of confinement were about ended and
that after the five months in Jail she would
be given her liberty. Before reaching the
jail she partially regained her composure,
and denounced the law.
''You have great laws in this country"
said she, ito convict a woman for protect
ing herself. If it had been some tramp he'd
go free"
On meeting her children in the jail Office
Augusta again gave way to her feeling,
and wept inconsolably. MY poor childers,"
she exclaimed, what you do now?"
Messrs Dykeman and Winfield came
down from Logansport at noon. They at
once filed motion for a new trial. This
will be argued in a few days, and In the
event of a denial an appeal 10 the Supreme
Court will be taken.