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Year: 1875

shreveport tLa-t Times


A friend yesterday gave Us an account
of desperate fight which he recently
witnessed between a cotton mouth or
highland moccasin snake, about three
and half feet long. and large rat.
The fight q evidently been going on
under the picking-room of gin-house,
near which our friend and companion
we're standing. In the struggle the com
l,atants came from beneath the house
md within a few feet of them. The rat
vas evidently the a<sailiag party, and
would rush upon his Antagonist with
fury OF small hyens. The snake would
occasionally make its coil. and striGe
the rat, knocking him two feet. Moth
ing daunted. however, he would return
to the assault, biting the snake wherever
he could catch hold, and Shaking him
like terrier killing rat. At times
the snake woul1 get him in its folds,
hut the little fellow would struggle out
from the dangerous embrace BIth COM
batants seemed totally oblivious of the
presence ofthe gentlemen, although they
followed after them only FIVE or six feet
distant. The snake frequently endeavor-
ed to escape by climbing cotton stalk,
but the rat would seize him by the tail,
tearing the flesh away and finally pull
ing him down, though several times the
snake lifted him over a foot from the
ground. They fought in this manner at
least fifty yards across the patch Of cot
ton. At length the snake stretched il.
self ont, to all appearances dead, when
the rat t,ok a position two or three
yards of, and quietly sat dawn and lick
ed himself, keeping keen eye on the
gentlemen. though apparently without
any fear of them. One of them struck
the snake on the head, which killed it,
even if it were not dead before. The
flesh was almost entirely torn of for at
least a foot up its tail, which was done
while il was climbing cotton stalks. The
gentlemen left. and were absent half an
hour. On their return to see whet had
finally become of the victorious rat,
neither rat nor dead snake was to be seen
and they were satisfied that the former
haG dragged off his dead enemy, bnt
whether to eat it or not could not be
known
Year: 1875

. To CURE A FELoN.-The London
Lancet suggests the following simple
treatment for felons: "As soon as the
disease is fels, put directly over the spot
a fiy blister, about the size Of the thumb
nail, and let IL remain for six hours, al
the expiration Of which time, directly
under the surface of the blister may be
seen the fslon. which can instantly be
taken ont with the point Of a needle ora
lancet" A piece Of adhesive plaster


win keep the blister In place.
Year: 1875




LONGEVITY OF VETERANS OF 1872
The extraordinary longevity of the sur
vivors of the war of 1912 is certainly
curious fact well worthy of notice. Tha,
was not great war; not many troops
were engaged, and no very large force
mustered into the service of the United
States, and the war came 10 an end al
most sixty-one years ago. Yet the Com
missioner of Pensions reports Is. .875 sur
vivors of that war on the rolls of the
Pension Office. Very few, indeed, of
these can be less than eighty years of
age, and the number must be nearly ii
not quite ten per cent. of the whole
force mustered for service. If the vet
Grams of the late war Of the rebellion
prove so tenacious of life, nearly two
hundred Thousand of Them will survive
in the year 1926. We should be very
glad to believe that all of them would
live much longer than that, but we cam
not expect IL, for Il Is against the course
Of nature. II is hard 20 resist the con-
viction that = large share Of the fifteen
Thousand veterans Of 1872 are impostors.
| II Worcester Spy.
Il n
Year: 1875

Q. And was it matter of considerable excite
ment and attention in the councils Of the party and OF It's ad
herensi A. Yes Sir think the Republican party very gen
orally believed that Mr.. Beecher that time betrayed it,


Judge Neison-He don't ask you that.


Mr. Eyartsohi that my question TO the witness
The general opinion Of the Republican party that hr
Beecher then betrayed it, A. Yes Sir.


q You then took quite the opposite and hostile position to
that A. stood with the main body Of the Republican party
and made protes; against Mr.. Beecher's action.


g. And did you make his letter and his position matter OF
public discussion your part in the that you have now
expressed yoursei A. did Sir in a very direct


@ Now in both these differences that you have spoken Of
in the discussion about the application of the funds of the
church in reference charitable society and this about the
crisis in politics. If may call Of isG6were yon what
considered and called the radical side and view and
Mr. Beecher the other wayi A. No Sir then with the
general bulk and body Of the Republican party and Mr.
Beecher in small wing that to the support Of


Mr. johnson The radicals in politics far ahead Of both
Of us.


@ Now about the chusch- about the missionary society
that hadn't anything do A. What your question
about thati


@ Whether you that question OF the missionary society
-you know what refer to. a. Yes, Sir.


q The differences you hadwheher you there were on the
radical side and Mr. Deecher what called the
conservative A. No, Sir; the true solid and old
fashioned conservative ground and oil the liberal members Of
the sSonary society sustained in it, and printed my
speech that occasion for general dstnbuton-sood on
the early ground OF the fathers.


@ Wel there you had you think the support OF the
greater portion Of the good opinion OF the party the com
muniy1 A. or the religious community; yes, Sir


Q And in the other Of the political communiy' A Yes,
Sir


@ Now from that time forward there any particular
public questions which brought you public
tagonism A. No, Sir; not that remember, and think
there
Year: 1875

The general impression seems to be
that the Legislature viii not repeal the
act Of last session for the erection Of
insane asylums in East and West Ten
nessee, but viii, by making no appro-
priations, simply suspend the operation
Of the act until the State Treasury can
better afford such an outlay.
Year: 1875

home, and when it was learned that the
little fellows had been driven ont in the
cold 10 sell their baskets, the popular in
dignatiOn was intense against the parents.
If there is any legal punishment it win be
invoked on the unnatural father and
mother
Year: 1875


is bitter, and if the opportunity shall pre-
sent there is no doubt that it will show
itself in what may prove to be the most ex-
citing scene Of the session. The extreme
Radicals, led by Butler, are incensed
against the Speaker on account of his op-
position to the Force bill, and they, on the
other hand, are indignant at the attempt of
Butler to drive them into the support of
those measures, and of the third term plot,
which is the foundation Of them. Butler
boasts that in passing the bill he gained a
great victory over what are called the weak
kneed- Republicans, led by Blaine; while
upon the other hand, Blaine claims that
Butler, in limiting the operation Of the act
to four States when he intended to make it
apply to the whole country, was practically
defeated in his outrageous and revolutiona-
~ schemes.


He Accepts the situation.


Special 70 the Cincinnati Gazette.


The President said to-day to Senator
West that he would, if Congress adopted
the Louisiana resolutions, see them both
carried out, even if he had 10 send Sheri-
dan to do it.
Year: 1875

We here put that wretched syco.
plant, David a. Num-, on record, to
his everlasting infamy and shame. On
Saturday, Feb. q, he stood upon the
floor of the House, while the Force bill
was Under discussion, and declared:


1 had rather see Grant, with the con-
hdence 1 have In his ability, with the
confidence I have In his integrity, and
with the confidence I have in his pa
triotism-I would rather see him MIL
tary Dictator than see any man on earth
President of the United States who
would sit silently by and see the weak
and the helpless trodden down and op-
pressed without attempting TO stop It


Heaven be praised, that the seat now
disgraeed by this blatant scalawag will,
from noon tomorrow, know him no
more forever.
Year: 1875

Taken in full doses retiring for the night, it
will be found to exert the most powerful influence
on the organs of circulation and perspration. Per
spiration flows from every part of the body, glow
Of heat extends from head to foot, every muscle and
fore is relaxed, and in state Of the most crafty.
ing repose, while pain, soreness of the bones and
muscles disappear, and the poor sufferer in state
OF mind at once composed and happy, sinks into a
refreshing sleep, lasting until morning, from which
he awakens a new man. mild dose before break.
fat and another before going out for the day, will
prevent his taking more cold.
Year: 1875

FRESuET.-Mill Cre:k was on the
rampage all of Thursday night and
yesterday. The result is that the
bulk head put in At Roberts place to
keep the water from breaking through
and flooding The back part Of the
town was washed away. The bridge
at tie crossing Of MaiD street had pant
of The foundations wa>hed out, but
sus aimed DO materi. damage. At
intersection Of Third street the
b dye W2s wrecked and the water
washed all around 1t. The Fourth
street bridge rode out the storm, but
the one at Fifth street is badly dam
aged. The freshet demonstrated what
all knew who had gwen the matter
any attention, that the bridges were
poorly constructed, and offered no re.
>iSJence whatever against severe
pressure. These structures, rs well aS
the bulk head noticed above. cost the
city A large amount Of money, which
- say the least was spent wylh very
little Judgment,
Year: 1875

mo one need hope to rise above
his present situation who suffers small
things to pass by unimproved, or who
neglects,s metaphorically speaking, to
pick up farthing because it is not
shilling. -
Year: 1875

The Republican says, eve still hold
that the Democratic Party is responsible
for the financial difficulties which have
come upon the country"


How perfectly ridiculous this is, when
it's readers know that the Democrats
have had no power to make or unmake a
single law of Congress since 1861.


All the national legislation since that
time has been forced upon the country
by the aid of soldiers, and very often in
e1ntravention of the Constitution of the
u. States. We are thankful that the time
ilwhlch Grant and his party can make
war on the people is about to close, and
white men will once more feel that they
are not the slaves of negroes or the al
lies of negroes.
Year: 1875

A revolution in manufacturing and an
enormous development Of our exports Of
iron are not unlikely to be the results of
an experiment which has just been quiet
ly and successfully tried in Pittsburg. The
firms of Sprang, Chalfant & Co. and Graf,
Bennett 4 Co. have brough the gas fow-
ing from a well ID miles from Pittsburg
through pipes to their furnaces, and have
successfully substituted it for coal in the
manufacture Of iron. The cost of their
experiment was $4,000, and each expects
to save By this new fuel about 40,O00 q
year The gas is almost pure hydrocarbon,
and comes out Of the ground with such
power as to force itself through l5 miles
of pipe The fuel furnished by the gas
well is equal to about 100000 bushels of
coal day. 1t gives a saving Of more than
20 per cent in making iron, and is, besides,
much cleaner, easier to handle, and more
rapid in heating, than coal. 4 pudding
furnace that it takes several hours to heat
By coal can be heated by this gas in three
quarters Of an hour. a larger gas-well IS
now flowing 3 miles further from Pittsburg,
with such force that the stream Of gas is
thrown flames 100 feet into the air. Its
ownership is in litigation. When this set
tied, and the capitalists, who stand waiting,
are allowed to carry the gas to the city,
the well will furnish, ii is calculated, fuel
enough to run ali the manufactures in
Pittsburg. 1t is easy to see what results
will follow from the general introduction
of this cheap, selffceding, powerful fuel,
but it is impossible to measure them. The
control of the iron manufacture Of the
world would seem to be inevitably ours with
such advantage. Other manufactures VIII
seek the oil and gas belt country. If the
supply of gas remains constant, the trian-
gular district of which Pittsburg is the
apex and the Allegheuies are the base vii
become the greatest manufacturing district
in the world.
Year: 1875

In conversing with persons about Vice
President Wilson's death and its cause,
have noticed that few have a right concep-
tion of the SYMPTOMS of apoplexy. The
conditions constituting an attack are the
rupture of cerebral blood vessel and con-
sequent hemorrhage or extravasation of
blood into the brain. The effect of an ex-
trayasation of blood into the brain substance
is the same as compression by a depressed
portion Of the skill, because the brain is en-
closed in hard, unyielding bony case.
Under these circumstances the pressure
caused by the extravasated blood interrupts
the circulation in the substance of the brain,
and the apoplectic phenomena, such as
stupor, insensibility, etc., are in fact due to
a deficiency of a proper supply of blood to
the nervous mass The mechanism is prac-
tically the same when apoplexy depends on
sudden and intense congestion, or the plug
ging of cerebral artery by blood elot.


The symptoms of the disease and i'm
mediate causes of death are, therefore, due
to lack of proper supply of blood to the
brain, and not as is generally supposed, to
Year: 1875

Prof William II. Pancoast, Of Jefferson
College, recently performed surgical oper-
alton, which was not only triumph Of sur
gical skill, but the circumstances attending
it are so remarkable, as to render 1t memo
rable in the annals Of surgery. The patient
was a boy from the Reform School. at
Janesburg, \. J. The lad had been suffer
ing from a mysterious affection Of the face,
which appeared to assume the character Of
a lnalfornation of the bone just above the
jaw, and about parallel with the nose 4
running sore was connected with this just
below the right eye, and very painful.
Physicians had been bafied from time to
time to know what to do in the matter, and
to ascertain precisely the cause of his dis
tress. One Of the officers of the institution
brought the boy to Jefferson Medical Col
lege where Prof William II, Pancoast
went to work at the case. The Professor
supposed, while lie was operating, that he
was cutting against bone, but he soon found
that the substance was iron. After con-
siderable labor breech-pin of musket,
two and half inches long, and an inch
wide in the thickest part, was found i'm
bedded in the face 1t was taken out in
the presence Of nearly 800 students, and
when the operating was successfully per-
formed, cheers went up from the whole
audience. 1t was then ascertained that
the boy was injured about fifteen months
ago by the explosion of a musket, and
strange to say, nobody had ary knowledge
IL at the piece Of the musket lock had been
imbedded in the boys face. The boy was
kept under medical treatment, but at last
accounts he was doing well.
Year: 1875

-At Norwich, Conn, the other day a
tramp was given an old vest. lie soon re-
turned with FIVE dollar bill he found in
enc of the pockets. The gentleman of the
house was so well pleased with his honesty
that he gave him dollar, and the next
day discovered that the bin vas a wretehed~
ly executed counterfeit.
Year: 1875

Lads with love of literature who
fancy that it would be fine thing to be
a Bohemian like Savage and Chatterton
and DermOdy, had better think twenty
times before they rush into any such
folly. For, in the first place, if there
were no material points to be consid-
cred, beginners should take heed of the
waste of ability which the so-called


Bohemian life brings with it. They


will not find it pleasant at the end of
loose and unbrideled career to reflect


that they might have done much and


have done so ittle-a few verses, tale


or so, farce, few jokes in the comic


newspapers, and a miscellany of pen


and ink stuff forgotten in the reading.


OF course, their light performances


have creditable elements -brilliancy,


perhaps, humOr, good feeling, a suspi-


cion of high and honorable aspiration.


It Is generous, doubtless, for a writer


to put his best into his public writing,
and to reserve his worst for his own


daily life and conversation but such
iberality comes to no good at last. Bad
habits take away the power of good
work. Without their constant COM
paniOnship, man forgets what is in the
| books, Exigency will make him toler-
ant of his own hasty faults, and IN
mindful of the duty of doing his best
| for the mere sake of doing 1t. Sensual


pleasures will render the finest hand
| coarse in time. He who drinks beer,"


said Dr. johnson, thinks beer ;" and


the stronger the beer, the smaller the
thought, may be added. Moreover, a


want of method will make results frag-


mentary and quality unequal, while the


waste of precious time and the unlm-


proved S'once" of opportunity, will


crown the disaster of an ill-spent life.


Then will come. mems pity, harder to


bear than their reprOaches the sting OF
/ conscience the sense of failure want,


modification, the extreme of discomfort


and at last death and the grave, with the


undertaker's bill paid by the charitable


and a monument raised by subscription


Young gentlemen still IN Liber PrimUl


this Is the brilliant BOhemianism o
which you sometimes pleasantly dream
Our advice to you Is 10 have nothing K
do with 1t. Love literature as much a


you please, but cultivate a habit of pay
ing your debts, of saving your money
of improving your time, Of keepinl
sober, and of wearing clean shirts
There isn't a writer living by his wits i
this great city, who will not, IN hl
serious moments, tell you that this
l good counsel He may repeat it to 20
over the mug of beer which you are t
pay for, warning you tOdo as he preach
, es and not as he practices. Then
will drink the beer and wait for you I
g offer him a cigar.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1875

Waitingl For what Shall ever know?
Or shall the new years creep drOwsily by
TIL my death day comes shall never know why
I was born, and must live out my life of woe &?
s the whole of my lifetime merely pause
'Twixt my birth that was, AID my death to be?
Must always follow, aud Eever be free
Am only effect? Can never be cause?
Or am but a lux of the weariful chain


OF life and the sequence Of things gone by?
I am forced to live for csnnot die,
But my life is empty and all Ia vain.
Yet sometimes hear my spirit, elate -
At the thOu9ht of the glorious deeds to be done,
Cry, 90 Strike! lis the time :" But in answer,


one


Shall I ever know who 2-whispers, Silence


Watt"


It cannot be Hope, for her voice is sweet;


It is not Despair, for know her well


It's like the ceaseless drOne Of knell,
And wearies the heart with moaOtonous beat.
Shall another voice ever whisper te me,


Awake! 'Fis the hour! Go forward and fight
Thy probation is ended, and impOtent night
Has burst into day :" So shall set free?
know not, 1 know not this only I dread,
That ere that voice shall proclaim that hour,
Not only the will may be lost, but the power
And may be cold with the nameiessdead.
Year: 1875

After a second DAVIS wandering in the
seorching heat of the midsummer sun,
extricating himself at one time from a
concealed pitfal made bv the bushmen
for entrapping game, dining off the
flesh of a spring buck which he had
shot, Harris took up his nights lOdg-
lngs IN cave on the summit of the hill
referred to, having detected no traces
of the road


The night was calm and the stars
magnificentinth their brilliancy. From his
stronghold he gazed out upon the wide
expanse of plain beneath, and for hours
listened for some sound which might
direct his bewildered fOotsteps-some
melody such as his followers were won't
to troll, the cracking of whips, or the
boom of signal guns which he knew
would be fred for his guidance.


He heard only the shri1l neighing of
the zebra, the bleating of the timid
spring buck, the believing of the gnOo,
the roar of the prowling lion, like the
low rumble of distant thunder. All
else was silence, solitude.


He now debated whether to make at
once for Cape Colony or to continue the
search for his caravan. Bydoing the first
he must pass through an unknown and
inhospitable region, but could probably
reach the frontier, about two hundred
miles away, in six or seven days, should
his horse not give out. But the anxiety
and uncertainty which his companions
must endure, meantime, determined
him to make one more effort before
abandoning the search.


The third day dawned with a glory
which seemed to mock his fOrlorn stu
ofTnv, TVI,a l. - l.
treating IN an array of innumerable
fantastic figures from the pathway of
the sun, the whole heavens were tinted
by the field of rose and crimson
beyond, with every variety and depth of
shade. The sunrises and sunsets of the
southern hemisphere so far surpass our
own in their resplendence.


At noon, lifting his eyes from the
ground, where they were almost de-
spairingly seeking vestiges of the cara
van, he suddenly recognized the place
where it had halted for breakfast on the
morning previous to his separation from
it. With unutterahle Joy and relief he
dashed toward the spot, and instantly
hit upon the trail of the wagons. Stead
lily following this, he soon came up with
band of savages, who fed terrified at
his approach but encouraged and en-
bOldened By the offer of a broken cigar
they returned and when he, by signs,
indicated that he was in search of his
wagons they understood, and, holding
up the ir hands, pointed toward the
horizon.


The women of the band, though at
first exceedingly timid, had meanwhile
taken note of the brass buttons on the
strangers jacket, and pointing to them
exclaimed, ''Tullana, tulIana p Cbut-
tons, buttons , Upon being presented
with these, and also with the knife with
which they had been cut off, they were
mad with delight, and declared their
intention of accompanying the captain
In person, hoping to receive more gifts.


Placing himself under the guidance
of these people, in the course of an hour
he came within sight of the wagons
Weary and waywoIn, he was ioyfulIy
welcomed by his fellow travellers, who
had, meanwhile, taken every possible
means for his recovery, fearing that he
was dead.
Year: 1875




- New England is suffering terribly
from drouth. Last month was the dryest on
record.


A dispatch from POttsville, Pa, says:
It is the general belief among the coal operators
and other well informed citizens that the min
ers' strike VIII end within fortnight at far
thest, and probably not outlast the present
week The final surrender of men will not be
simultaneous, but one colliery after another
will find enough ready to abandon the union
to begin operations. To protect them the as
sistance Of troops viii be needed until the
strike is definitely abandoned. The loss to
SchuylIdH county alone, from five months
suspension of all mining operations, is esti-
mated at ten millions, of which sum the men
lose five millions in wages. II they should
carry their point they could not make up this
loss by the difference between the old and the
proposed new wages in four years.
Year: 1875

Pettenkofer, was estimated to have
between seven and eight hundred thou
sand leaves, and the total amount of
evaporation in a year was computed to
be eight and one-third times more than
that of the rainfall on an area equal to
that covered by the tree, the moisture
exhaled by the leaves being equal to
some two hundred and eleven inches,
while that from the rainfall was but
twenty five inches.
Year: 1875

The design for the new postal card
has been agreed upon, and is now being
engraved at the printing bureau of the
treasury department. It is very plain,
and will differ from the card now in use,
in that the border is left off, and it is to
be made of better material.
Year: 1875

THE postmaster general has been
aroused, by the sharp comments of the
press and the complaints of the public,
to the consideration of the iniquitous
imposition which laundering senator
caused to be levied upon the people.
He has expressed his purpose of calling
the attention Of congress, in December
next, to the law which governs the
postage upon transient papers, with the
view of securing a modification of the
rites