The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 25, 1882, Image 1
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T DVOATWON ND 1O TRE WENERAL INTRUST OF THE COUNTRY.
DeFle BRADLEY & 0s THIRSDAY, MAY 25, 1882.
VOL XI. NO c6.
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4General h f athe Butle any
~ep when sin intervieweroni
0 Brewers' Convetion as
'led' -at the National Capital, do.
gainst all parties who bavor
ox seems to be having his
about politioa matters in Pennsyl.
Wawik.It Is pretty hard to dethrone
6#I.old fellows.
OD and Sarikey didn't like London
iad herefore refused to enter into a con.
traot wth heir religious people for the
sal~ation of souls.- London, however, is
not entirely lost,
:7 lton predicted for May, cold and
Whusually wet. We do not mind know
ing in advance how the weather is going
Iobe, bit we would like to have a better
.-eteorologioal manager.
im report of "thirty lives lost" by
the burning of the steamer Rodgers was
a grave telegraphic blunder. The re.
port wa written " no lives lost" and the
O"W -transmitted as "80."
.T WsT we are., glad to note that
fhere will be some fruit this year. While
peach biandy may be scarce, the indica
tions point to an abundant yield of grape
juice and plenty of hard cider.
"Burrr and the baby " have some.
thing like $4,000 in the bank to their
credit, and the prospects are not exactly
favorable to an early releaso o. Mason.
In fact he seems to be almost forgotten.
TaE New Yorkjytate Board of Health
reports that sugar sold in New York
is not adulterated to any considerable
extent, although much adutlterated sugar
is there prepared for the Western mar.
ket.
Tan early impression given out as te
the *identity of the assassins of Caven
dish and Burke was that they were "in
nocent Americans" -- Americans 'whos
wpuld be displeased to see England and
Ireland conciliated.
Cxtains Bn&DLAUCIH, who, because of
his atheism, was ejectedi from his seat in
the British House of Commons, has re
fused an offer of $10,000 to come to
*Arneries and lecture. Perhaps he knows
how well we are supplied.
TaE President's assassin holds that
Scoville is a crank. Scoville holds that
Mrs. Scoville is a crruik. John W. Gui
teau holds that they are all cranks. In
this particular the opinions of these
cranks are remarkable for their accuracy.
WITa a feeling something akin to
4* eostacy the announcement may be made
that th~e masthetio child of England, whose
name has become wearisome to the eye
and ear, will sail in a few days for Aus
tralia. America will survive.
IT SEIs that Chinese immigration
will have to cease, but mneantime--until
the law goes into effect-our shores win
* be flooded with coolies. It is estimated
thsi 24000 will arrive at Victoria alone
4 efree this and the 1st of August.
*4 SUIZMERt resorts are offering the Pres
ident spartments for the season, free,
Being a widower, it is expected great
droves of marriageable women will. tag
aft4r him. The President might realize
a prettg respectable salary from his
socilsposition -if he were so disposed.
DaLMomeo's, New York, now serves
grapes to dinner parties at $8 a pound
. and other unseasonable fruit at propor
tionate rates. A man who will eat grapes'
costing $8 a pound and smack his chops
over themi hates the very ight of -the
article when they get down to five cents.
GEN~n~n HAzEN, Chief Bignal Officer,
says the escape of Captain Howgate do.
prifes the Signal Corps of its best
~i ~ ~apans of answering the falho and vicious
sOonsations made against it, ar '. in a
letter addressed to the Secretary of War,
demands that every effort be made to
effect his arrest. -
gAS Tenn trial of the Malle, boys and
ahnohe Douglass progresses at New
Haven, Connecticut, charged with the
iutder of Jennie Cramer, the teatimony
adduced leaves little doubt as to their
guilt, The girl was first outraged, and
thO poisoned, an~d when cold in death,
the Ubdy was thrown into the river.
IA isestimated that thus far the
United States Government has given
away to railroads 200,000,000 aeres of
landc, and4 none of it has returned under
a dol1er an 'aol'e to the companies, and
m.at it has gone way above that.
Thzere is ,r reaon why railroad man..
gers should no't be independently rich.
Ucairn says a
.th~g~ goch~eto quote ;
ji*~5i~tt~ Q ho ath~er
o ~ to 1 slch
9 ~t~t~*aW*d
emarkable family promises to offer nao
and attractive features as offen asm bay
be required for the erpetuation of a
money-making notoriety.
TUn whisky business in Ohio can
hardly be said to be as rosy as it has
been. Saloons that were not forced to
close by the Pond tax bill are worried
beyond all measure by the Smith Sun
day-closing bill. In other words, the
man who conducts a saloon in Ohio now
has several sumptuary measures to sub
scribe to not exactly to his predilection.
GrBnAr JoHN MoDONALD, a memue
of the once notorious St. Louis whisky
ring, and who, on conviction, was sen
tenced and served eighteen months in
the penitentiary, is now earning a living
selling his book " The Sourets of the
Great Whisky Ring." How great a de
cline-from millions to the position of
book agent. Indeed, the punishment of
the wicked is greater than they can bear.
Tan glory of having explorea the
Arctic .regions may have something of
intrinsic merit about it, but wherein the
glory lies in being found frozen stiff as
a poker it would be hard to divine. Poor
DeLong, who commanded the Jeannette,
like Franklin and other noted explovers
who preceded him, will reap his laurels
in another world. There is little con
solation in this for his family and friends.
Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Indian Territory have all, thus far this
year, been visited by disastrous cylones.
Tu the latter-Indian Territory-the de
struction to life and property was some
thing formidable. As cyclones in former
years were of rare occurrence, would
be a source of some gratification if
our scientists would succeed in solving
the cause.
Muxico seems disposed now to entez
into an arrangement with the United
States Government by which hostile In
dians may be brought into subjection.
This is to the effect that when either
they or the United States Government
are pursuing hostiles, the pursuing party
may be permitted to cross the border
and continue the chase until relieved by
those whose territory is being invaded.
The adoption of this measure will de
stroy the usual source of escape and
hence will effectually check brutal out
rages on the border.
TmiE is no one but that believes the
Irish Land Leaguers profoundly regret
the horrible assassination of Caven dish
and .Burke. Surely no one seems to
more sincerely mourn the sad event than
they. But that the crime was commit
ted for the purpose of destroying a pro
spective conciliation between the English
Government and Ireland there can bo no
doubt, and that it was the work of the
agents of the disturbing strata that
abounds in all old nations, whose chief
glory is bloody strife, is as true as that
tb" enn goes down. Peace they will not
have so long as they can find flimsy ex
case for an alternative.
UPON the subject of reviving the obso
lete Sunday laws in Ohio, the Cincinnati
Gazette, among other things favorable
to the project, says :
The need of the babies is pleaded as a reasone
for Bunday milk deliveries ; but the babios got
along all the same before Sunday milk wagons
were invented. - e awell-to-do have means for
saving milk over tiunday, The poor can do
without this, as they have to do without many
things. And if the steppage of Sunday miik
shall dimiah the rising generation, it will be
only another of the means which nature
fetches in to restrict the increasing pressure of
population en the means of subsistence, and
to raise the quality of the race by the great pro
ess of the survival of the fittest. T1he cows
can be relieved on Sunday, and the milk profit
ably converted, without the Sunday sale and
delivery.
So then, that which is necessary to
the sustenance of the rich Is not so to
the poor ? It is pretty hard to subscribe
to that doctrine, 4ut still harder is it to
agree to let hunger and death enter the
doors of the poor and lay waste their
homes " to raise the quality of the race
hv the great process of the survival of
the iie 't." Is there not something
monstrous 'i this suggestion ?
.Tun Washinigton Republio presenits
the history of the Peruvian claims in the
following brief, intelligible style:
"A long, long time ago there dwelt in the
Republic of Peru a poor but enterpising
Frenchman named Alexander Cochet. ISe had
an int~niring turn of mind, was something of a
chemist, and made some scientifle discoveries
as to the uses and qualities of the gnano de
posits, which are the principal product of that
country.. He likewise made similar discoveries
as to nitrate., which are also found there in
great quantity. The Peruvian (Jongress,q on
his petition, awarded him as arecompense for
his guano discoveries 5,000 tones of the article.
but on condition that he would reveal all that
hie knew about the nitrate.. The oondition
wao not accepted, ana Jochet returned to la
belle France, leaving behind him an unsatiefled
claim and an illegitimate son named Gelaclo
Cochet. The father died in France, and
Gelacio claimed to be the Inheritor of anything
of value belonging to his father in Peru. The
only thing was this paternal claim against the
Government; but as the award had been made
and rejected, that did not seem to be a very
valuable inheritance. However a Pennsylvania'
Dtitchman name'd Havener discovered
Ge4aelo, and for some trifle procurred from
haan assignment of his claim. In course of
timed itaade its wray into the possession of
soM oir York speculator., who were soon
into a jomnt stock eorporation
Pmian Company, with the now
B. hipherd- as its pgomoter
dlomatist, and chief
mlen Itself 3M now
otv. It was no
U ecrm demad
l no
sand millnm of 0llars. This was based upon a
decree which offered to theonders of oonocaled
church property (at a tUie when it was all con.
fiscated) one.third of its value. Then there was
another claim, also of a Frenchman, named
Landreau, in connection with the actual d
fin g of the guano deposits, and this claim
passed practically under the control or mans
ment of Mr. BIpherd. It was, however, o0 '
for a small anount (anywhere between seven c
millioxis and three hundred millions.) It had
come into American hands by the fact of Lan- 1
drean having a brother here, who was a. t
partner with him -in hiscontri6t who became
naturalized and who is now In The service of
the United States as. Consul at -Santiago- da
Cuba.
The House of Romanoff.
The Romanoffe rather pride themselves
on the antiquity of their family-tree,
claiming that it is known to have been
planted by a Lithuanian prince in the
fourth century. It is certain, however,
that the family (id not make their ap
pearance in Russia until the fourteenth
century. In the year 141, Andrew j
Kobyla emigrated from Prussia to Mos
cow, and entered the service of the 'I
Grand Duke Simeon the Fieroe. The
descendants of Kobyla held high posi- I
tions, and the fifth in direct descent
frqn him was Roman Iurievitch, who
died in 1543, leaving a son Nikita
Romanovitch Jurief, who by his mar
rige with the Princess of Suadal' (a (
direct descendaut from a brother df St.
Alexander Nevskoi), who was allied to I
the royal race of Rurik; and a daughter
who became Czarina by her marriage
with Ivan the Terrible. Nikita was one
of the regency during the minority of
Foodor I.; and his eldest son, Feodor, E
under the name of Philarete, was
elevated to the rank of Archimandrite b
and Metropolitan during the reign of
the false Dimitri. The Romanoffs sup
ported the party that tendered he Rus- ,
sian crown to the Polish p ice, and
Philarete had gone with th: , view to r
Poland, when the opposition yecame so
violent as to change entirely tae state of I
affairs, and the poles imprisoned
Philarete. The national party then pro
ceeded to the election-of a native sover
eign, who should be as closely allied as
possible by blood to the race of Rurik, I
and after much hesitation and many re
jections, they selected Michael Feodoro
vitch Romanoff, the son of Philarcte,
and the representative, through his
grandmother, of the royal houso of I
Rurik. The following is a list of the 3
Czars and Emperors of Russia from that
time to the present. Czar Peter I. was
the first ruler who adopted, in the year
1721, the title of Emperor:
1Iou'e of Romanoff, Ivan III..........1740
male line: Elizabeth.........1741
Michael........1618 House of Romanoff
Aloxei............1645 Hoistoln:
Feodor............1676 Peter III.........1762
Ivan -,nd Peter I... 1i2 Catharine II......1762 I
Peter I........1689 Paul......... 1792
Cathariio I.......1721 Alexauder I.......1801 i
Peter 11.......1727 Nicholas..........1825
Fmine line. Alexander II......1855 1
Anne .............1730 Aleiander ill.1881
The Cow "Hoisted."
A man came to the office with a black
eye, a strip of court plaster across his j
cheek, 'one arm in a sling, and as he
leaned on a crutch and wiped the per- I
spiration away from around a lump on
his forehead, with a red' cotton handker- A'
chief, he asked if the editor was in. We 1
noticed that there was quite a hpalthy
smell of stock-yards about the visitor,
but thinking that in his crippled condi- a
tion we could probably whip him, if
worse came to worse, we admitted that I
we were in.
"XWell, I want to stop my paper," said ~
he, as he sat down on one edge of a chair,
as though it might hurt. " Scratch my
name right off. You are responsible for
my condition."
Thinking the man might have been y
taking our advice to deaf men, to always
walk on a railroad track if they could'
find one, we were preparing to scratch
him off without any argument, believing ~
that he was a man who knew w~hen he
had enough, 'when he spoke up as fol
lows:
" The amount of it is this. I live out
in Jefferson County, and I come in on
the Northwestern Road, just to get re
creation. I am a farmer, and keep cows.
1 recently read a~n arliale in ;your paper
about a dairymen's convention, where e
one of the miottos over the door was, 1
' Treat your cow as you would a lady,' I
andi the article said it was contended by<
our best dairymen that a cow treated in
a polite, gentlemanly manner, as though 1
she was a companion, would give twice
as much milk. The plan seemed feasible 1
to me. I had been a hard man with
stock, and thought maybe that was ono
reason my cow always dried up when1
butter was forty cents a pound. I de
cided to adopt your plan, and treat a cow
as I would a lady. I had a brindle cow
that never had~ ieen very much mashed
on me, and I decided to ornmence on
her, and the next morning after I read
your devilish paper, I put on my Sunday
suit, and the white plug hat that I bought
the year Greeley run for President, and
went to the barn to milk. I noticed1 the
old cow seemed to be bashful, and fright
ened, but taking off my hat and bowing
politely, Isaid, 'Madame,excuse the seem
ing impropriety of the request, but 'will
you do me the favor to hoist?' At the
same time I taped her gently on the
flank with my p'ug hat, and putting the
tin pail on the foor under her I sat down
on the milking-stool."
" Did she hoWs?" said we, rather
anxious to know how the advice had
" dkA she hoisj? Well, look at me,
and see if yon thing she hoisted. Say,1
I tell yon in confldence, and I don't
want It repeated, but that cow raised I
right up and kicked me with all four feet, I
switched me with her tall and hooked me <
with both horns, all at once, and when -I
got up out of thiebeddingin the stall I
and dugnmy hat out of thermanger, sand
the nlng stool outfromune me, and
began to manl that cow, I forgot all about
the proper treatment of horned cattle.
Why, she fair1~ galloped over me, and I I
never want o readyour old peeagain." 1
We tried to ezplain tow hmn that the
advice did ,ot apply to briedle caws at
'all, but he hobbed out, the muddest
man that ever asked a cow to h 1jn1.
IT i said that Sitting Bull ia e4
a tb cloafer, being t~*
do any ~Gw exept
b~k5~1~EIof th~e noble 42
ko. of th weathe
BY AMZJI .B LAMAn.
Old Joe, an bonest old darkey, finding ht
aye were drawing to an end, summoned al
I his child ten about him to impart lih Jas
rords of advice before entering the " have]
f rest." Some of his female admirers beinj
resent alto. The old man had already los
WO wive.. Ris mind seemed mostly occu
led now with his children. Tossing rest
mely on his his bed, he cried:
'Jake, come hyah I now, jes fli dis pille
rbcurely neaf my head,
Por I se somefin fur to tell you all jos afo
I'se dead;
)owe nigher to your daddy; lisen closer t
his words,
"ur peoples allers talkin'-pay dey gits I
fem do burds.
ake, you's my eVest chile; son take keer ol
all de res;
Ln', chilun, min' yer biudder. fur he's sur
to know the be.
'6e raised him up a good boy, an larnt hir
'bbut de Book,
)at tays do good Ole Wfah'sr knows yo' eb
rV turn and crook.
'so teached him how to plow, hoe, piek a:
pin de cotton,
re knows de name of tb'ry weed growin
in dat bottom.
ber janer, cross de creek fhar dat'a cor
am growin'
Iroun's so clean It looks as ef 'twould nel
ber need a hoein'.
Oe barn am full ob clober hay, de cattles fit
an sleek;
lai's middlin in do smokehouse an a mi
dbwn by the creek.
knows dat you all'li hell) Jake, excepti
dat debblIsh Ned,
ut he's so 'Ifernal lazy. his bones wont r<
when be's dead.
ow jes you look, he's ketchin flies lom o
dis counterpone
lat nigger don't keer a cent fur de surshiv
or de rai,
thfn Cwsar kotch on fire las' fall, when d
mecn fokes wasn't 'bout,
debble &ettin' dar jes cried kase Samm
put him out.
[e knows whar eb'ry apple tree data barli
fruit de be%';
[e'd wade froo thorns and briars, jes to ro
a poor burds nes.
ut I'se seed him pow'ful 'ticlar, when h6ei
out de corn,
[e'd skip cber half a acre, jes ter pas aitt'
thorn.
hilun, I feel dat def am comin, draw m
nigh de fire.
bliebq I hyar de xhuqic ob de bol
Ieb'ly quare;
CS, shoo, dar am de angels wid harps all i
deir han',
.n I see de glo'ius Mansions in dat Ifebet
ly lan';
Fo, dat can't be de Heben what I sees u,
froo de Ri',
ur dmis iwo black angels a pullin one a' lu
der's har.
)eir forms 'penr mighty fermilyah, but sic
quur lookin things,
declor of dey an't keerful dey'll break o
bofo deir wings.
Vio's dnt ar a comin, qwingin oen df
flow'ry gate?
ou hrd better part dem angels afore it g*1
too late.
.ook'ayander! here dey comes flyin at
fearful rate,
ure's you liorn dems my two wives, fu
hebens sake shot dat &ate.
akeo, what's you holdin me for? lemme gi
ight out dis bed,
:r I's talkerlated iight I likes a heap f'or
beiai dead.
fo' I'd face dem angels I seed up in do n'i
il true'my luck wi-l de debble. I's sure de
ain't dowvn dar.
rook hyar, you weepin' 'oomans, git righi
'cut din (do0',
n nebber put yo' foots again upon di
punohen floo';
so done seed enongh ob you all; I hate
yo' berry race.
('u can't 1lib in peace in Hibben, so don'
loaf roun' dis place.
ow, chiilun, hueumma tol' you, don't marr;
soon or la'e,
t je lgnaent 'zert yo'safs an git a good sea
by do gate,
'urwhen dese hyair M.rmons come, an er
taalin' ob doir joys,
['will heat dem shows an circuses, you sees
when 3 on was boys,
n no ones gwine to blame yon of you opel
wide yo' eyes.
'ur sartin, as ycu libbia, dar'Il be fun up ii
do skies
Cutting Out.
The most desperate, yet generall:
uccessful and popular, achievments havy
>een those known as "cutting out"
hat is, attacks by open boat upon .ai
mnemy 's ships in an enemy's harbor
mud I may cite one as among the mos
>rilliant and picturesque of these exploitE
l'he small British frigate Seahorse wa
>lokading another frigate of about eque
bize in the harbor of Porto Caballo, o
~he Spanish main. The idea of "ci
ing out" the frigate from under th
spanish batteries by means of his smal:
pen boats, manned with only one hur
Ired men, inspired Captain Hamiltor
md, when communicated to the crew
was received with three hearty cheeri
l'he boats, commanded by the captai
himself, left the frigate at night au
made for the harbor? not unobservei
however, by a Spanmsh launch "roi
ing guard" at the entrance. This di
not deter the gallant assailant. Tv
boats proceeded to cut the cables, i
others attempted to board at differe:
pints, two only out of the six succee
Log at fist The Spanish crew, numbe
ing three hundred and sixty-five, retir<
before the headlong attack of probab
not eighty asailants, rand two boal
3rews remained to tovw the enemy out
saptured. For some minutes the issi
was doubtful, ' but while the dead
struggle proceeded below our litheson
silors sprang aloft like a flight of nigh
irds; the gasket. were cut, the sai
Iropped curtain-like from the yards ti
ihip gained life, and floated out iice
ummer cloud or a vision amid the roi
>f guns from the battery the continue4
eof musketry, the louA curses of ti
spnadadthe measured splasti
he oars. When. the struggle ended on
ide of ' the harbor- one huadred ar
~ineteen of the enemy lay stiff ar
tale ne aeen were wounded, whi
)rilosstl ofe icos was triflng i T13
>rilinty naessful exploit was of tU
rregular and desperate kind to wbk
he well known saying, "6 C'est magni
Ique mais ce n'est pae la pue~ro,"woi1
apply, and it shows that mn war not onl
he chances of suneess, but the object i
se 1ned, must decide. Readers
history know that there wer.e
a1 r a on w at l ssards theH
I.
"Been There."
"I believe you are taking quite an in.
terest in spirits just at present?" said a
rather seedy-looking old party, sliding
into the city editor's room.
"Yes, we are devoting some space to
that sort of thing," said the city editor.
"Got a communication ?"
t "Well, no," said the seedy party.
"But I can give you a good deal of in
formation on the subject. You see I've
worked the medium racket myself. I
used to be one of the best materializerm
r going, and rve seen the time I could set
a whole set of parlor furniture dancing
a Highland fling by simply slapping my
fingers. These modern follows are no
good, and don't you forget it. They
t bungle the whole business, and give
everything away before they have hardly
commenced a sitting. What you want
.is cheek, and plenty of it. Don't cave
in because a crank happens to ask you
troublesome questions. Just get up an
infernal rappng under his chair and
scare him into silence, or got your assist
ant to-"
1 "Assistant ?" asked the editor. "Then
you confess-"
" "Confess I of course I-confess," said
k the seedy party, "that's what I came
here for. Yes, you have to employ an
assistant, and very often the whole busi
ness depends upon his judgment. Why,
I have an assistant who could run the
snap just as well as I could, and he was
death on stirring up the uneasy ones
after the light was turned down. One
time he touched a piece of ice to the
t back of an old gal's neck, and put her
in a fit. We had to skip that town in
ff short order I tell you. That was his
great trouble. He never could take in
the true inwardness of a circle. My
motto is, first be sure of your circle, and
then stave ahead. If they are farmers
y and that kind of thing why let 'em down
easy. A little will go a great way with
'em. If you strike a city bring in your
heavy guns. Lead off with a dozen or
so communications from the old world,
work up a little rapping business, and
then when you've got 'em nervous
enough just suddenly spring the cabinet
act on 'em; but there is one thing a well
trained medium will never forget."
"And what is that?" asked the editor.
"He will always keep himself between
the gas fixtures or lamp and his circle.'
"Exactly," said the editor.
" Yes," said the seedy party, slapping
the desk with his hand, "more good,
likely mediums have bust up in that wa
than any other. They put too much
confidence in the circle. Whiff! Up
went the gas, and that settled the whole
business. You're always - sure to rip
down a curtain in getting out of sight,
r and there are all your properties exposed
to everybody, but I've got out of one or
t two scrapes of that sort in my time, and
don't you forget it."
I " How did you manage it ?" asked the
a editor.
" Oh, I just threw the whole thing on
r the spirits, and played the innocent in.
jured act."
" But would the people believe you?'
t asked the editor.
" Believe me," said the seedy party,
"my dear boy, if you want to know just
,how much the people will believe, ge
, into the spirit business. They never
stand en ceremony. They just swallow
t everything whole, and the bigger th(
mouthful the easier it seems to go down
a with 'em. You just taike a hack at the
spirit business for a month or so, and ii
you don't agree that I'm right, I'll staind
t the drinks for the whole office. Talls
about-the side show and dime museun
i business. Well, those fellows knov
something about guys, but we can dis
t count 'em every time. They may sticli
a stray leg on a c'ow now and then, and
a call a South Carolina darky a Zulu, bui
for your simon pure humbug-"
" Then you go so far as to call youm
business a humbug ?" said the editor.
" My dear boy, I've been there," said
xthe seedy party, as ho lit the ::tump o:
a cigar, and sauntered out with the ai:
of a man who had relieved his con
acience.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Keep Those Discharge Papers.
No soldier should allow any person
however specious his reasoning
-or smooth his tongue, to ob
tain a copy of his discharge papers
It can be for no proper purpose that an:
pesnwants copies of such papers, un
lssuhperson be the authorized agen
of the ex-soldier and be engaged in se
~curing for him a tract of land undo
the homestead act; and, even then, th
ex-soldier can act for himself. This cas
ecan have but one of two meanings: ]
must be the intention of parties buyin
:up such copies of soldiers' discharge
as they can obtain, thereby to local
rland ; if that be the case an
the soldiers' claims remain unin
ripaired, tho government is to be defrauf
d ed. Or else it means that these copi<
of the discharge are to be used in sonm
way so as to invalidate the claims of th:
asoldiers 'who right fully deserve recogni
o tion, and have the privilege of the hom<
e seadact. Soldiers should remnembt
t-and dishonest men need not be told
that " in making final proof on a home
-stead entry under the Soldiers' and Sai]
dors' Homestead Act the party will b2
reured to present to the proper distric
lan oficrsa certified copy of his dia
ifcharge from the United States Arro
eduring the war of the rebellion, or il
Ly the ab~sence thereof, 'satisfactory evi
dence' of service, which may consis
of the party's affidavit of the facts, cor
roborated by the testimony of two dia
einterested witnesses, will be accepted.
aThe intelligent soldiers of the State o
aIowa and the Northwest will at one
see the reasons why parties want soldier
to give up their papers for a contsidera
tion. Let such persons uniderstand tha
such practices wvill be investigated, ama
ad that they may hear further on the sul
.d ject, and their schemes will be dropped
Ic A PAPRa has been discovered in th<
s archives of Venezuela, dated 1780, whici
10 gIves an historical summary 01 earla
h fprojects for piercing the Isthmus o
P aa The first goes back to th<
Stign of Philip K!L of Spain, who, at th<
astgaionofthe Vicero of the Indies
cetiPFeih e sto inves
on~ the spot the fesbility of th
kn.Their replby was alto
Sdre ; and thereupon PhU
Stories of Talleyrand.
Talleyrand was the only Bishop po
sessing a benefice in France who took
the new oath required by the State.
Mirabeau early descried the talent of this
extraordinary man, "who dressed like a
ooxcomb, t ought like a deist, and
preached like a saint." Perceiving the
wide range of his abiitities, he distin
guished him as one of the most power
ul and versatile of the men of genius
who then abounded in Europe. Through
everything Talleyrand preserved a sang
froid which was inimitable. It was
seen alike in small matters as in great.
One day, as he was mounting the steps
of his carriage, he spoke to an inividual
whom he had hitherto pretended not to
recognize, but whom he knew very well.
This person he had seen for days near
his door. "And who are you, my
friend?" "I am your coachmaker, my
lord." "Ah, you are my coachmaker;
andwhat do you want, iny coachmaker ?"
"I want to be paid, my lord." " Ali,
you are my coachmaker, and you want
to be paid; you shall be paid, my coach
maker." "And when, my lord ?" "You
are very inquisitive," said the bishop,
as he settled himself in the new car
riage which he had not paid for.
Many were the scenes which took
place between him and Napoleon. On
one occasion, Napoleon having said that
if he thought his own death likely, he
would take care that his Vice-Grand
Elector should not survive him, Talley
rand quietly replied that he did not de
sire that reason for hoping that his
Majesty's life might long be preserved.
Another .oene has been thus described
by . Mole: " At the end of the Coun
cil of State, which took place just be
fore the Emperor started for the cam
paign of 1814, lie burst out into some
violent exclamations of his being sur
rounded by treachery and traitors, and
then, turning to M. do Talleyrand, he
abused him for ten minutes in the most
violent and outrageous manner. Talley
rand was standing by the fire all this
time, guarding himself from the heat of
the flames with his hat ; he never moved
a limb or a feature; any ono who had
seen him would have thought he was the
last man in the room to whom the Em
peror could be speaking ; and finally,
when Napoleon, slamming the door
violently, departed, Talleyrand quietly
took the arm of M. Mollieu, and limped
with apparent unconsciousness down
stairs. But on getting home he wrote
a dignified letter to the Emperor, say
ing that if ho retained his present dig.
nity, he should be by right one of the
regency; and that, as he could not think
of holding such a charge after the
opinion His Majesty had expressed ol
him, he begged to resign his post,' and
be allowed to retire into the country.
He was informed, however, that hi
resignation would not be accepted, nnd
that he might stay where he was." I
is reported that Fouche and Talleyrauf
actually came to blows in the very closel
of the Emperor upon the subject of thi
misapplicittion of the secret funds, oj
which they mutually accused each other.
After listening to their accusations anc
justifications on both sides, Napoleon
turned them out of the ronm, say.
ing, " Go along ; you are both of you
rogues. "-London Sobciety.
A Horrible Beast in a Sewer.
One of the most remarkable incidents
that has yet come to light-or rather to
darkness-in North St. Louis is recorded,
and although the hero in the case
escaped with his life, ho is not particu
larly anxious to go on any more explor
ing expeditions, even when they are in
the interest of home .comforts and re
quirements. Billy Prant is a well known
mecat-sihop keeper, doing business on
INinth street, near St. Louis avenue. He
resides at Elliot and Sullivan avenues,
and the Rocky Branch sewer carries away
I the rniai s~nd refuse of the locality. For
some time Mr. Prant has had trouble
r with his sewerage, and the other after
. noon he took his younger brother with
him to investigate matters. The sewer
is a natural one, and large enough to
allow a wagon with a double team to
drive through it. From the surface the
depth is something over twenty feet, and
- a rope and a ladder was brought intc
requisition. Mr. Prant descended
r through the main hole, which was barely
.large enough to allow of his descent
:He had scarcely entered the sewer whei
- Ihe heard a rushing throngh the rushinj
r Istream of water and offal, which soundet
e as one might imagine the breaking ou
e 1of a menagerie, and by the uncertair
t light he saw plunging toward him
g monster dog, with eyes bloodshot and(
s emitting sparks of phosphorescent fire,
e The animal was about two and a hall
d ,feet high, and was heavy set, of thed
-bloodhound species with a~ crossing oi
.. mongrel blood, and probably weighed am
amuch as a deer or a colt. Ho was howl.
e ing madly, and his white, gleamina
e fangs were bared in a manner which ovi
-dently meant business. The .beast was
-covered with short white and black hair,
rand was endowed with other character
. istics which were peculearly interesting
-and worthy of research. Mr. Prant,
- however, remembered an Important end
e of the ladder, and, after breaking the
Sparalysis of fear, he moved up the rungm
-a quickly as possible, and not a moment
y too soon, leaving the beast howling
ifiercely at the foot, and expressing ite
..- rage in canine shrieks, which were fairly
t blood-curdling. The younger Prani
- heard the noise below, and felt the lad.
- der shaking violently, and his heart stood
still until hiu brother appeared in day
f i liht, hooking blanched and agitated
Mr. Prant soon got back to terrafirma
and postponed investigations of that na
- ture. Mr. J. Kurtzelom, a gentlemar
t who is particularly well posted in matteri
I in that locality, expressed his opinioi
that the dog must have been carried int<
,th" sewer when a pup, and had lived
, there all of its life. It was too large
o ven to get in through any man-hole
and as for its getting out at any tim~e
r that is simply absurd. The only exit'fi
by way of the river, and the anina
would be drowned instantly if he eve1
attempted to get out that way.-St Lousia
- A PmncE manufacture claims the die'.
c overy of making use of leaves of the
Seuoalyptua tree ag a substitute for tobadoc
%r 1a7a n lara E onalvatua lean
of o('e
mild na
AB
coua0adt
bekeptnws$
as dailk
Swiss glaoIed.
seven ttlt
Of CT la8e00
'Onth of a al
Inu Keg. war
in, then the gOIL1
again submi to
Tax ordinary work
at 22,500 pounds
minute for eight hours *
Tma fogs of Londo*
fluenoe on its death rate
with their heaviness an4
A RoBIMT for ohappe
of camphor the s"eo .
with hal a cupful of a p
A nAn of iron seventw l
temperature of 82 degrees
beated to 212 degrees,
FoUn inillion of a yo
threads, which are not so
of a grown spider, are not he
single human hair.
THE alabastrile marbles of the
were not bIarble paper, bit a hard
bonate of lime, identical with stal
the modern alabaster.
A vEQET~ma A green, perfec M
less, for the use of cooks and fe
ers, has been discovered. It is m
from the grains of raw ooffeo.
IT is said that a lead tank
petroleum in a week ca
burned to choke the wick.
or slate is suggested for tanks.
HARD rubber, for ornaments, is
from the caoutchouo by M ixing
large proportion of sulphur, and
at a tomperture of 800 degrees.
NOTHING is so fatal to Oyster as'
storm or covering their beds *Ith,
The mud and sand scoumula4$6a
oyster's delicate breathing orgam:s
suffocate it.
TaE effect of a diet of fish
be sedative, quieting, prodi
ness, rather than intelloci da
phospho rus is a brain fo ~~o
Agassiz's few mistakes.
DARWIN found that $fsih Re
kinds of seeds sixty-ft, lnated
after an immersion of wnyIida,
and a few survived iaau~ in alt
water of one hundred and thirty-seven
days.
PIorQUE is made from the. agave or
American aloes. It is a poular error
that trees belonging to higenus re..
qui--e a century to #rwive at maturity.
Theli flower is sometimes put forth in ten
years in a hi t climat*.'3
IF pi tissue of mixed wool and4
silk is fl4into hydrochloric acid
the silkifdn dissolved, while the wool
remnai' o that by carefully weighing
be aafter the, operation, the pro
n fthe two fibers is easily ascer-~
c amed.
A FUnra~ font of Japanese t co0m
prises 50,000 characters, of w
are in constant 4'se.
5 ahw iainharacter, the Mer
has been useless to that natio, and th a
telephone is likely to prove a bessing to
them. _____ __
Clothes.
A German writer says that "one ot
man's principal defensive weapos In
his struggle for existence is his 'ltig
The place it takes in the history of cv
ilization and its connection with phyuiol.
ogy are not often thought of. It is spok..
en of from a moral and esthetio point'of
view; its nmi purspose is a purely*
hygenic one." There is much trtith in
this. The seeds of grave disorders and
chronic illness ate frequently. sown
through the neglect of wel-knw prin
ciples in regard to clothing. As Carlyle
says, " within the most starched cravat
there passes a windpipe, and under the
thickest embroidered waistcoat there
beats a heart," and all these orrna
weli as others which Carlyle dKoes not
name, need to be protected by clothing.
Clothes do not make men, althoig~
.some persons dress as if they did. There.
Iare those who are nothing more Qr less
than clothes-screens. Clothes are not,
as some suppose, for the purpose of~
keeping the cold from us, for, in truth
not allow of a continual ventilation of
our surfaces. It is not the dense$, .
thickest or heaviest material that w6
need in cold weather. It is of compa
itively little use in these days to call out
for an utter emancipation ro fashion
S-perhaps such an emancipation
not be altogether wise if it oouldb '
b effected; but *here custom is tyrannical
there the man or woman who hias a csae
for health and comfort should be abov
the custom.
Tan Philadeiphia Time. says that the
American kiss is to be the subject of a
book to be published soon. The subjeet
is a very expansive and voluminous one.
It will take at least ahundred chapt.s j
give an unabridged definition oftthe
American kiss. It will require iless
than twenty pages to portray the dite
ent variations of " the long, long is
the kiss of lovers ;" and there Is he <
good-night kiss at t.he gate, that wil
pretty well crowd the balance of the fit
volume. Then there is the rg
snappy kiss of the mother-in-law,
goes off with a pplike a oha~pg
cork ; the juicy, fabby kiss of the bb I(
that has no pop to itat all, and th.eU,
sipid oloomargrarine kiss of woman h. ~.
ing woman. Oh, it will be a diy, :2
book ; and how comfor daig to a
man, who has a fever blister enii
--Texas Sifting.
MIntsters to South Ameriea.
The United States kis when therq
no vacancies, the follwir
tion in South American
voys Extraordin and Min sn -~
Ipotentiary, at d
at Santiago Chill, and at
Ministers Reident, at .Buseo
gentine Republic; at L?
at Bogota, Colombia
suela; and Charge
deo, ruguay,-and
atos .in the several t
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