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VOLUME XII. DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1883. NUMBER 49.

Te :Do0aldso0ville ChiefEAmicus Humani (eneria.

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Doualdsonville, Ascension Parish, La.,-IY--

-L. E. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor.

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WITH Da. XW. S. ('HANDLER,S12 .. ............('arondeiet street............. 112

New Orleans.I H.1J. . ,vDEG(RIFF, CORONER,

OFFICE:

Lafourlche street. between Attakapas and Ope-los.as et reets,

Donaldstonvil le.

)h. V. M. McGALLI.1IMD

OFFICE:

Corner iHouinHas and lbervillh streets.

ilonlu.ld4oin Ville, Ii-.S*). IIANSON, MT. D.

OFFICE:

Corner Houmas and Iberville streets, near C.Kline's store.

Ion ldsloniv iille, i ,n.

J. LECHE1E

DRUGGIST,Corner C(lhetiniaches and Mississippi treet1,t

Donaldsonville, La.A cotiplete stock of pure chemicals always in

hand. Prescriptions carefully compiled at allhours, day and night.

WVM. REEDi) 3ILLS,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,No. b St. Charles Street,

Ne'w Orleans, La.Practices in all the Courts itf Louisiana, State

tnI Federal.

J ,V AND NOTARIAL OFFICE.

IR. N. Sit.s,.ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Donaldsonville, La.Psactices in Ascension, Atssnumption anti St.

F I. I E ART, - -I

ATTORNEY AT LAW,Ollffice: Opposite the Colu't-llolse,

D)9oIlal solviIle, La.Practices in the l1Twenty-Second Juleial )is-

,riot (comprising St. Jamesn a:l Ascension.sri.sh•s), and in the Suprteme and United)tates Courts

H. N. Suats. J. E. Poctir.

$I1S & POCIIE,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,NI. Jaane.•, Ca.

Oihoe at 1. P. Ilhii's. Address: C'onventP. O. Mr. Sims: will be in St. James ii ryMonday.

J OlIN iH. ILSLEY,

ATTORNEY AT L.AW,piltie: Lafourcho street, near IRay~iou l erry.

Don:aldsonville. La.

Practices in tih Twenty-Secmdl Jutditcial t )i<-rrict (eonmprisiig the pari!shes St. Jani- tandAscension), anti in tiet Supreme and United

;,totes Comrts.4il |AS. A. .I I.El,"

ATTORNEY AT LAW.Hahnviille, I4.

Practices in the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Sixtl J udicial Districts, comprising the pari*si-es of Jeffersont St. ('harles. St. JohnI St. J.utesand Ascension. and before the Federal mudSluprellle Courts in New (ir'lans.

Special attntlion patid to the colelltionl of-cominercial clailaim.

Address: Hahnville P. 0.. St. tharles, Ia.

WI \V. DIAISTON,

Civil Enginser & Surveyor,(Parish Surveyor of Ascension.)

Will attend promptly to work in all Ibranehespf his profession, such as surveying, mapping,teveling for canals, bridges, rice flumtes etc..estimating cost and superviiSina constrcntion of

"iame. Orders left at the CHmEF office will meetsith immediate attention.

DONALDSONVILLEBUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DRY (OGOODS, GROCERIES, Etc.

Sll ISRAEL & ('0.. dealers in Dry Go(isl'.i. C('lothing, Boots, Sthoes. Saddlery. Bug-gies: etc., corner Mississippistreetand iuilroadAvenue.

!'1 KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Hon-. masstreet, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions,

Hots and Shoes, Groceries, Protvisions, ('orn,titts and Bran.

A D). VEGA, Agent. dealer in Dry Gotxls,I * Ntions. (:lothint, Boots and Shoes, iHats,

I Groceries. Liquors, Furniture, Hardware. To-bacco, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumbiier, Bricks, ('artsand Wagons; Loeh's corner, Railroad Avenueanti Mi)sissippi street.

ERNAIIRD LEMANN & BRIOTHER, dealersin Western Prodtree, fancy and staple Gro-

ceries. Liquors, Hardwatre, Iron, Paints, Oils,('arts. Plows, td(idlery, Stoves and Tinware,Furniture, Crockery. Wall Paper and HouseFurnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner('res(cent Place.

OS. GONDRAN &r SONS, dealers in D)ry1 Goods, ('lothing, Notions Hals, Giroceries.

Wine, Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints,Oils, Saddlery, ('rockery, Furniture and allkinds of tiouse Furnishing Goods. Blue Store.Mississippi street.

'[ TOBIAS. dealer in Groceries. D)ry iGoods.l. ('lothing, Notions, Boots and Shoes,Hts.,

Furniture, hIardware, ('rockery, Trunks, etc.,corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets antNo. 21 Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowesttigures.

]R LANDMAN, dealer in Dry Goods, Groee-l. ries, Planlation Supplies. Wines, Liquors.

('igars. Tobacco. and Gene(; ral Mrhandise, cr-nor lailroad Avenue and Taylor streets, oneblock from Railroad Depot.

1-NO. F. PAHK. dealer in Staple and FancyG. (iroceries.Provisions, Plantation and Steam-

boat Supplies, Canned( Goods, Wines, Liquors,Bottledi Beer, Ale, etc., Dry ,Goodsi~ a:nd Notions,corner of Mississippi and ('hetimlaches streets,opposite River Ferry.

.LEVY, dealer in Dry Goods, ('icthing,1 * Boots. Shoes. Hats. Groceries, Furniture,

Hordlware' and Plantation Supplies, at Lemann'sI ld stand, Mississipp)i street. G. FEI'TEL,Agent.

INSUIIRANCE AGENCIES.

•T MAURIN, (tGeneral Fire Insurance Agent,S* Mississippi street, over Fernandez's bar-

ber shop. Represents first-class cmpanies withtovr $ti,ts•.ln, of capital. Policies issued li-rectly from agency without delay.

HOTELS AND BOOARD)ING-IIOUSES.

-EFP-O'-DAY HTOTEL AND IBAIIOO•M,tMississippi street. First-rate accommo-

dation ant reasonable prices. W\Vestern Uniontelegraph ottice in the hoItt'l.

I) OBT. ..LEE HOTEL ('rescent Place, nearIt the Market-House, Jos. Lafargue, propri-etor. Blar and billiard room attached. First-class entertainment anti accomnmodation.

C ITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, Rail--roa't Avenue. cornter ler-dlic street. liar

sulpplied( with best Liiquors.

LIQUOR AND ILLIAIRD SALOONS.

i tHE PLAC(F. Gus. Israel, manager. ('Cornerj• Lessard aund Mississippi streets. Billiards,Lager Heir, Best Wines and Liquors. FineCigars, i-tc'.

TINS MIITI.

LOUTS J. tIACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippistreet, at Lemanni's old stand. Orders at-

tended to with dtispatch andl satisfaction in-sured.

-ARiIIEER SHOP. -

L L. FEI'iNANDEZ. arber Shop, MississipliL.A street, near corner Lessard. Shaving. hair-cutting, shamnpooing, etc., in most artistic style.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

F lHEDEIHC'K DUFFEL. Attorney at law and- Notary 'ublic, office op ('hetimaches street

opposite.the ('ourt-IHouse.

"WA\AWti)D N. PU(GH, Attorney at Law, Atta-j kapasi street, oipposite Louisiana Square.

Visits Napoltolnvill on .Mondays.

I )AUL LE('HE, Attorney at Law and Notary

iPnbilic, D.naldso villl. ( tice: on bldockbe'low the ('ourt-Hlouse, on Attakapas

street.

HO1USE AND SIGN PAINTING.

(1INGIIY. THE PAINTER, shop at ('leap_ 'T'oty's Store, corner Mississippi street and

laihlroad Avenue. Homuse. Sign and Or'nam'ntal'ainting in all their branches. Best work at

lowest prices.

UNI)EIITAKEII.

t('lI()NHE)II('S Unhdertaker's l•sablishment,-J Railroad Avenue, between Iberville amd At-ltakapas streets. All kinds of burial cases, fromthe ,pinel coffin to (th( metalic or rosewood cas-

DI):I'(,;S AND MEI!)ICINES.

I\ IIYBISKI, Apothecary and I)ruggist. Mis-I. siilippi street, between St. I'atrick ;nil St.

Vincent streets. adjointin g (ondlran'si store.'

11ILLINERIY.

S118. 1. ILU 3I. MIilliner. Missi's ippi street.t Itwna Le-sard and St. Patrl •k. Latest

styl.'s of bIoinnets, Hats. French F1lowers, etc.;als,. all kinds of Ladies Underware.

SODA ATER MIANUFIACTOR1Y.

O D; WATER 1~.ANUFATOIYh • i. el Htie•r,- ropiri., )rtor, No. 11 Mississippi street. Stdi ,1 inera;l. Stltz'er and all kinds of aeratdl w:tle-

manutfait tr.'d and sold at lowest prices.

3I .TTr:I•SS M3AKEI:.

)ETIER WAGNER, Spring and Moss Mattr.asManufiitory, lississiplt 51. I:, pairing and

cleattiig firnitnr- a specialty. All order:;lprompltly attendedI to.

Ajj1RN. I. PALM3ER,

DRESSMAKER,h:ailrold Avenue. near ('laiborne strr t.

Donaldsonville.Pin in and fancy swing of all kilds dine in

best style and on reasonablet terms. A trialsolicited and satisfaction guarantTet.

IJOIIN 1. I(,IRCHA.

Cistern 3Iaker,RailroadAvenue, opposite the Post-ofice,

I ona hl.on ivii ie. ILa.All work guarantIeI atnd sati faction war-

rant"',l . 'Prici•s lower than theii lo 'sest.

It. D1

UIINN,

Carpenter and Builder,Shop tn llterille strret, near the c;rnor of

HoullmtLas.

D)onulIadsonuvi!le. La.

Orders ri,"ived througih thel Post-=)fui(n'c willllletl with ]prompt aftttot.

B. CHIRAME'S

Fruit and Oyster Stand,(*t ci''1, Place. opposit'e Market-House.

D) ( I• , )'I LLE.

anaitnas, Grangs-,. Appiles, rapesa and otherfruits in snu. in. 'Cabbage•s. Onions and otherv,"'gstable's kbcl'. Also. Raisins. Figs. Nuts and('Candies. Fin,'-t Ovsters the market atffords atilow prices. l'samilie s-uppliel oil short notiice

City Hotel,Corllr lRailroa1i Aeanue cind It•rvillo Street,

D nasoldsonville, La.P. LEFEVRE, - - - Proprietor.

The bar is always supplied with the ibestWines and Lionors.

Written for the CHIEF.A FARfIER'S HIOMIE.

BY GALUS.

If on earth there is an Eden,It is in the farmer's home:

Sunny fields with harvests lade;!3Meet our eyes where'er we roam.

I very nook and every cornerIlath some sign of promise fair,

Hopes that lie will safely garnerWhat he needs and have to spare.

Nature, smiling in her beauty,Dresses all in lovely green.

And while farmers do their duty,Plenty everywhere is secn.

I'arthly comforts 'round him gat herAnd rep;ay him for his toil.

'heerful still in wintry weatherIs the tiller of the soil.

All around his peaceful dwellingFragrant flowers embalm the air.

And their sweetness for extendingWell repays tihe nat ron's care.

Peace and plenty, joy ind gladnessBless their hands and fill each heart.

And whilst others rove in sadness,Farmers iulve the lEden's part.

TIIE MIAID)EN'S LAMENT.

[After Schiller.]The oak forest bends

To t t! temnpest's roar,As a maiden sits

iOn the lake's green shore;I The waves are breaking wit I stormy uright.And her sighs go forth tin the darkening night

And tier eyes are red with weeping.

" O(l the world is void,And i my heart is sore,

And nothing is left meTo wish for more.

Oh! mother o;f 'Christ! why still must I live?When I've known all the jov this world can give,

The rapture of living and loving."

h" ;thcl rIany thy tears,In vail (ost thou wetep;Thy cries will not wakenThe dead flroml their sleetp."

But tell me thile balm for a wounded heartWhere the death of love has left its smart -

This suolace 1'll1 send thee from Heaven."

T " Full well do I knowThat in vain 1 weep,

That my cries can not wakenMy dead fromn his sleep;

Yet the sweetest halm for a wounded heartWhere the death of love has left its smart,

Is love's sweet anguish and sorrow."- --- 9o--- o41-4-- --

OUR GOOSEQUILL LETTERS.

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia's CrawninhgGlory--A I)eligiltful Mountain lesort--Big Trees-Strike of the Telegrapheris-Sund;ay .iqutior Selling, Etc.

PHtIL.\AELPHII.\, July 21, 1T3:.EDITOR CHIEF:

Fairmomnt Park is the pride of Philadel-phia. and truly sire iihu; something of whichto be proud. It is her crown of glory. Atall times beautiful, because it is nature'srealm, it never seems so perfect a delightas during the intensely hot days: and everytime I see the crowds of peolle that throngthere I become more and more enthusiasticover it as a blessing and lament that all thepoor, tired men and women and the wastedchildren can not step from their bake-oventenements right into its sylvan nooks andcool glens, when rest time come-, and be-come rejuvenated and reinvigora.ted. As itis, those who really need it most, seldomget a sight of it-too far off and too expen-dive a luxury. Any city that is without apark is recreant to duty. That mnuch atleast should be done for the benefit of thepoor who "stitch, stitch, stich, work, work,work, with never a breath of the cowsliand primrose sweet." To mre Fairmount I(Park is more remunlerative than Windsor ft

or Central Park. It covers 2700 acres and dis the largest park in the United States. 0Windsor, if I remember correctly, has "000 bacres, but size is immaterirl. Every thing a

is in perfection just now in Fairmount-the oflorist hars displayed plants and flowers in iithe most artistic manner, and perfect har- Inony of design greets the eye on every uside. Bat let those who like linger in that it

portion made beautiful by art and science; L

I prefer the woodlands, the enchanting kdrive along the noisy, gleeful Wissaiickon; gthe hllls, the ravines, the dells, the cascades, nthe lovely landscapes, the mighty trees;: i

, Iery place, in tine, where nature is left free sito expaind in her own way. ()f all thebe:auties which God has given to gladden fiour heairts and visions, none are comlnpara-

ble to t rees. What rhas a more soothing ef-feet upon the wearied brain and the sorely ebruised heart than to throw one's self upon atihe sward beneatih the trees, watch the t1swaying of the Ibranchers as they point heav-

onward and listen to their delicious music. tiYou rememiber Oliver Wendell Holmes says Pthat of all ti-e verses he lhas written, hi.s real "t:poems are the tree.. he has planted. " \hat b

are these nmaples, birches and l'Icecihes butAdeC, id 31.s and mindrigal? W\hat are these sloleni pines, firs and sprces linut holyhymis? "' While trees are in my mind let ttine tell you of sorre near Cresson Springs, e'far tit the Alleghanies, which are remarka- clble for their iu:aenasity. All in that beltof Plimber ar liege, libunt ;he Julmbo of the lot fl

is twelve feet in di:iunter. over 10:) feet bI:igh, ind the largest tree erastof (lalifornia. ciAbouit ten feet frontl the ground'it branchesinto four large, straight trees, and from Fthese, still higher, it shoots forth fifteen rtlimlis. Nobody goes to Crersoni without Ivisiting the big' trees.

Last week, about fifty doctors were invi- iled by Mr. Tyler, proprietor of the Moun- f(tain ! ouse. Cre-son Springs. to sojourn withhin r few days for thre purpose of passing ajiur rl-nt upon the watlers and advaintagtes hIrffercd by the plice. and to meet their tiir-ethrlen' fromu tie Jntinta Valley. It isiarely that doctors can lay off the harness c

to take recreation. blit when they do, they aire like young colts turned into pastures tlgree!:. These in question had a jolly goodtime during the whole excursion. ucre al- l

ways ready for sightseeing and fun of every c rydescriltion. ()lie day they tramped in ev- h,ry direction, viewing the land--went to ItLookout Point. where they got a grand 1vi-tw, which every lover of mounta:in seet- idery would cherish forever. Another day iIthey attended ia ,ieicc and danced: even the i onost sedate amion•g them--Dr. W. B. Atkin- s:son. for instmlee-whirled in the waltz. No edoiulbt their prescrilptions were given with trclearer, brighter brains after their gambols tlin the mountains. Cresson is a charming 1iresort. The hotel is new. is owned hby the aKeystone HIotl Coimplany and cost rn:O.(f0t). a

It is very ortnate in architecture, elegantly Ifurnished and accommlodates SI0 persons.'lhe grounds are spracious and beautifully i>adorned: there are three good springs, iron. b(lium and magnesia. The doctors pro- Iinunce the waters excellent and say that xithe place, oi account of its cool, pure, dry imatmoisphere, is particularly adapted to chi-dren and to persons with weak or diseased Flungs. The company speaks of buying the o

lot containining the big trees and converting i Vit into a park. If they do that and keep a y

good livery stable, Cresson will have few veiqnals as a mountain resort. t

The telegraphers' strike has come at last f;and between five and six thousand hav te li

protested against hard work and small pay.A few days' suspension of a large amountof the business of this vast country willprove what an absolute necessity the tele-graph has become. How will it end? Bythe usual detestable mode-compromise--,no doubt. A thing is right, or it is wrong.If wrong, away with it! No compromisecan right it. Certainly most of the de-Sandls made in this case are at least reason-able. The demands are that there be a to-tal abolition of compulsory Sunday work,unless it is paid for at double usual rates:thiat eight hours constitute a day's work andseven hours a night's work, with equal payfor men and women iand fifteen per cent.increase on all their salaries. In Philadel-phin the number of strikers was about 300,only a very few remaining at their instru-ments. All the operators of small suburbanplaces and all the amateurs were called intoservice, but they could not keep up with thework. _Whell the cipher signal was receivedordering members of the Brotherhood tostrike, the operators, menl and women.

unietly quit work and went down to thesidewalk. where leaders of the Brotherhoodwaited to congratulate them. They imme-diately went into convention with closeddoors, where every thing was conductedwithout noise or confusion. The presidentthinks the strike may not last longer thantwenty-four fhours, but says they are assuredfunds to maintain them for three weeks.There was considerable flurry in )usinesscircles and among brokers, although it hadbeen anticipate-d, but there was no lanic.Strikes are the order of the day. and evennow there are no less than 10t)000 cigar-nmakers, strippers and packers out of woorkin New York: only in that case ,,:atters arereversed--the eimlloyis have been lockedout by the employers.l'The records prove that there is more of

every sort of crime committed on Sundaythan any other day, and without a doubt it Iis owing to liquor. There is a law in t his.city forlfidding the male of liquor on Sun- iSday, and it is not allowed in the Park rven,on week days. The linihmient for sellingliquor without a license i,. for the first of-fense, a fine of $200 to $~•:; for the secondoffense. a fine of $5f0) to .10(X), and in dte-fault of payment, i:nprisonmuent froin: simonths to a year. Quite a serious thinl tobreak that law and yet it is done constantly.The Law and Ot rder Society is using everymeans to find oat the g:lity tparties and cn-force a compliance with the law. It hasbrought charges against a number of estab-lishments and avows its intention to be norespecter of persons, to spiare none, noteven the aristocratic hotels of Chestnut andBroad strets.

t'OSTS.CIi'TS.

Edward Hanlan stands to-day without apeer in the world of scullers.Mrs. Dr. Jennie Trent of Toronto. Can-

ada, has donated $iO.,00 to e.taili=ih a Ined-ical school for women.

Arrasene is a new material used in tem-1broidery. It is a kind of flat chenille, ismade in London and is very rich in effect.

M lr. Jay Gould, the man of many mill-ions, is an einnlglJle of temperlance and so-briety. He does not chew, smoke, drink,play cards or swear.The el'a- session of the Pennsuylvania

Legislature. althoiuht t is cilled a 'failure,will draw about 175,09J out oit the Treas-ury. G)(USEQUILL.

------ * eo~e -- IVILLETTE'S VIVACITIES. i

Fabrics of Fact and Fancy F'ashionmed Iby'the Facile Faber ofa Fair Felicianian.

WEST FELICLIN t, LA., August 3, iN83.I 1EDITOa ('HIEF:

To the resident of a city, where balls,f8tes and other entertainments follow one

another in such rapid succession, the deepttald almost painful interest taken by thedenizens of a country town in the, perhaps,one solitary merry-making of a season,must be regarded in a ludicrous light. Inwhat a state of solemln suspetnse we awaitthe eventful evening; how anxiously thefeminine heart deliberates upon, anti thefeminine tongue discusses the comparativemerits of Swiss muslin and Nun's veiling;or undecidedly oscillates between blue rib-bon and pink; what furbishing up of coatsand vests and white neckties:, wherewithour male population makes itself irresist-ibly fascinati=g: what steps are secretly

practiced before the looking-glass, as someunfortunate neophyte in the art of dancing,tries to recall a forgotten figure in Prof.Lipard's last quadrille, may never heknown by the outside world, and onlyguessed by those whom a comilon fatemakes comnpanions ill experience-andmisery! However, as humanity, generallyspeaking, is about the same the world over,I suspect the heart-lthrobs of a village dif-ferentiates in intensity only from the morebltse pulsations of the metropolis. iOur rus-tic belies and beaux may feel as acutely, oreven more so, the same triumphis and dis-appointments that agitate the breasts of

their city relatives. These sage reflections,as you may irobably surmise, lead mle upto our great social evwnt. the fote cham-

petre! It was a grand success, both partialand impartia:l witnes'ses admit that. Everybody was there, from his Excellency (Gov.McEnery:, down to the tall, gaugling,shock-headed nubbin planter of the piny-woods: every body in his best bib and

tucker and on his best behavior. We hadevery thing too, that goes to make up ta fetechamupetre-clondless skies, crowds of ipeo-ple, music, refreshments served a Ia picnic,flirtations, dancitg, dust and red-bugs:beside• some luhing not often seen at fttechanmpetres, viz: A iBroom I)rill. The bt.Francisville Lancers, at company of little

girls, performed their part in the dre:sparade with soldier-like precision and ease.I don't think any spectator will shortly

forget that gay little band, as gracefuland as rapid of movement as bright-wing.edhunm'ing-bird,. Their admirable evolu-tions could have put many a squad ofgrown-up bon fid', recruits to the bluAi:,and as for their older sisters, composing

the Broom Briiade, their brooms lookedformidable enough to have been Minieritfles, and their :smiles bright enough tohave captured a whole battalion of bache-lor enemies. What if some mistakes weretade--if one or two of the Swee Sweet weis!epersis! fail to keep in step with her companl-ions: or if some turned to tile left insteadof the right, at the word of command. I anmsure. as one of tihe young ladies truthfullyexplained, they could not all be expectedto know right from hlft at the Park, whenthey had been drilled at the Firemen'sHall? And besides, who regards such trivi-alities when every thing else went-t as merryas a whole chime of marriage bells? Again,I repeat, the fete champetre was a greatI success: but only our own people, the clanish Wes1 t Fdiicianianr attending e rrbut East Feliciana, East and West BatonRouge and Poin

te Counee mprishes being

well represented. The Baton Rouge a'.t:initiated our more sedate young pe,'t.le inthe latest style of dancinc. It is. in itsway. inimitable and being Capital tyle, isof course, capital fun-for the gentlemen.What it is for the young ladies, I have no:iyet heard one of them hazard an expres-sion. So far, we are emphatically a coun-try folk, living outside the pale of ultra-fashionable life, and consequently are alittle timid about adopting the custom; of

more progressive communities; however, aswe have Galileo's testimony to the effectthat the earth still moves, I dare say intime we will all be able to stand up andwaltz in as unabashed manner as ourneighbors. I can not say though, all thingsconsidered, that it is a consummation de-

ountly to be wished.Our summer epidemic of fevers has com-

menced, and as it is an ill wind that blowsnobody some good, the M. D.'s-lucky mor-tals!-are reaping a harvest of trade dollarsand honors. Calomel and quinine havegone up in price, and unprecedented valueis set upon those repulsive looking reptiles,leeche; and daily is heard resoundingthrough the length and breadth of theland, the cry for the hot nmustard baths,lemons and ice. Apropos do, bottes, did youever see a woman take a qutinine ill, orhave you ever been so fortunate as to assist,as our French friends phrase it. at the in-tere.sting ceremony? Let me describe thentdr1 uis pli'tlic': the minutiit may vary insome unimportant details, but the generalprinciple is the same as witnessed in anumber of cases. First of all, the unhappyvictim bolsters herself up in bed. receivesthe pill, round and white, from the handsof her meek and patient attendant, makessome disparaging remar'ks; about the conm-pounder of this particular one, wonders ifshe is expected to swallow a bombshell ora globe of the universe, is certain shecould, with less practice, make better look-ing pills herself if site were only upon herfeet: and after steadfastly surveying theinmncent globule. the unoffending cause ofher discomfort, for at least ten minutes,finally dcclares that she r•tn ntot swallow it.and there is no use to make the attempt." But the Doctor says you marst," insiststhe worthy successor to Job's trials, who isverily "Patience on a monumnlent." So,after nmich coaxing and having sir-oundedherself with an array of necessary articles,such as a glass of ice-water, a slice ofbroad. a generous piece of halm, a half glassof jelly and fig preserves-articles whichwould have puzzled Florence Nightingaleto have found i possible use for, she makesthe attempt. cautiously graspingr the pillbetween thumb and forefinger, as if it werea dynamite explosive, she opens her mouthmutil it resembles an oyster's 'ilaping shell.and delicately inserts it bietwen htier palateand esopha)l"us, and there i

t sticks while she

c,.llvulsively rolls her eyes and gasps out,"tQuick, quick, water water!" but it is of

no avail, all the water in the ocean will notwash it down, and accordingly she makes asecond attempt, this time inclosin ithepill between thin slices of jelly, and dcx-trously capsiizing" it from ia teaspoon on theroot of her tongue, but with no better sue-cess, for by some mysterious process thejell) slides down her throat safely, leavingthe offending hail adhering to her pa!;ite, ifit has not crumbled in her mouth. " I toldyou i couldn't take it," , she cries out sput-tering and twisting lies face into a doubleibow-knot. and so she doesn't, or if shedoe , sihe first 'wears out all 'er expedienceaand theft the temiper of her etilhapp'y nurstc,ere

the bitter drug ti fely reaches its de-ti-

nati:i. jowaever, it generally end'.; inswall•

•!io:,'ini lit' quinine ill coffee, ant!d reat

h..'ven:, what ia ds tiat i. to be sIre:'iThe juvenile son, brotherr oi neichew;. as the

case ma:y be, usually finds t n';er failingsource of a1u1setien iin wathii

•ng his femii-

nine relative take her medicinte: indeed, hehas been heard to avter confidentially that thescenes enacted, every other hour, affordedmore real fun to the second tl'an tie pleas-

Sures of a circus, and if I were in his place Ido not know but what I would enjoy it asmuch. but as it is, a fellow feeling makesus wondrous kind, and I quake and tremblein direful trepidation, lest my time shouldcome next to furnish forth a spectaclewherewith to delight that heartless, com-passionless creature--the eniftot ter ribtl ofthe household. VIIT,L T''E.

OUR LETTER FROM BROADBRIM.

Denmolition of fWashington 3larket-.Astor'sNew Yachlt-I)ivoree, Fire, Eimbeazzle-ment, Suicide, Stocks and the Strike.

NEW YORK. August 4. I:3.EiDrTOi ('IIEF:

After long years of suffering, the old his-t'ric rookery known as Washinuton Market,has pa'>-ed away. (in Monday morning,bright and early, a corps of sappers andminers appeared before its ruined wails,and while thei venders were still busy- withi their sales, the crashing sounds of axe andhamimlnnrc were added to the u:ual iuproar ofthe market; and it was not till the fallingtimber: and crumbling walls warned themof their peril, that they r:luctantly gatheredthe remnar`ts of their stocks hnd rushed outinto the street to find near the neighboringcurbstones a precarious shelter, till suchtime as the new market shall be finished.While among all decent people to whom the

sight of this filthy, rickety ruin was an of-fense, there is general rejoicing, a howl of

disappointment and rage has gone up fromllmost of the old market-Ien and women,who hoped that the evil day would be put

off till the crack of doom. In the days ofthe Tweed ring, an effort was made to Iiovethe ma rket up-town, and a beautiful market

was erected by a stock company, but themove was opposed by all tie old Washing-ton Market ien- and when it seemed prob-able that the city would insist on movino gthem. one briglht morninng the market wasburned to the ground. Theb lutchers andmarket i-en funned associations to fightoff the evil time of moving. Thousands. ofdbill'

tre were su.i•cribed; Boards of Alder-

men uind Street Co,:ntnissioners wre hlou, ghtup, and for fifteen years the fight has hieengoini• in; but this wee!: settled it, andSpr:ied be llah., old W'ashitgton Market is

now a thing of the past.Forty yea'rs ago, the butchers of ,Washing :

ton Market ruled the city with a rod of iron.Mose, who "killed for Keyser," graduatedthere, and Sykesy, who held de butt, was anelnbryo butcher. Everybody was proud oftheir acquaintance. Brokers and bankers

affected the slang of tm ~1meat stall and theslaughter house, and fine young ladies woretleir colors and boasted of their acquaint-

ance. Ii was a strange phase in N•ew York

life, and one that decent people will not careto see repeated. hutlianisn raun riot. Or-gan'izations were formed whlic'h furnishedthe imaterials for the Bloody ;Eaer.:. theShort Buys, and the Empire Club, which,for years, were the terror of New' York. In;1iany respects tWe may not bIe tuch bet-

ier now than we were then: but h ,n one thing

amt

le a.t we can congr:tltulate ournelves andthat is that the judiciary are not controlled,as they were. by tie criminal cle-'. ihle

aftermath of tie time I speak of waIs Bar-nard, Cardoza and McCann. \'c lived to

see our Supreme Court ruledt by titi ring

thieves, and the most gig4antic robber of idstime, knowing. that he had cutrts and

judge- at his back, asking his rielow citi-

zens, in tie pride of iris strength: '" Wiat

iare you going to do about it?:" iThes~e eatrfew of the memories that rolled back upon

'e, as I saw the old decaying timbers scat-

tered upon the ground.From this market millions of people de-

'rived their daily supplies. Nearly all thi

meat and vegetables sold in New York andBrooklyn, come from Washington Market,and it is not these two cities alone that de-pend upon it. The cities in the interior ofthe State are furnished with early springvegetables and fruits, and two-thirds of thebannas used in the United States are soldhere. Its annual trade will amount tomany millions of dollars. The new marketis to be an elegant structure of brick, ironand glass, and will be a grateful substitutefor the unsightly ruin which so long dis-graced the city.

The latest sensation is Astor's new steamyacht. It really seems as if this old timeconservative family islieginning to feel theelectrical iniluences of the age, and aregoing to act like other people. As a race,they are a dull, heavy, stupid lot of people,rating everything, as old John Jacob J'd.

from a financial standpoint. With tbhall rich peopl)e are respectable, and )people belong to the criminal classesnow that Jay Gould has finished the At 3 Mr. Astor proposes to chip in and shothat he is not the only millionaire il:qYork. Mr. Astor's: yacht will bed•thirty feet longer than Mr. Gould's., •

several feet deeper and wider, and finally,;'she will be built of steel instead of iron, anni'will cost $100.000 more, the entire co,-

being h,. t•C5,0X.Hlo, ho! Hi, hi! Boo, boo!!! The Jersey

Lily has left us: she went off attended by anescort from the Salvation Harmy. Maygentle gales waft her t4 the arms of her ex-pectant lord, on the hulfner side of the vater.Freddie remains withkis: hiow long, I willnot promise; but he i" here while I write,and the report that s smuggled him onboard the steamer in aratoga trunk, is amalicious canard, and ill receive no creditin London. She goes back :10,000O richerthan she came, and twaty thousand poundsare not to be laughedfat, ye know, these'ard times.

):inond Tearle, Wallack's leading man,who acted toward his Wife like a brute anda blackguard, got cast in his recent divorcesuit. Mrs. Tearle got the divorce and the

uensody of her children, and alimony at therate of E;t2Ol) a year.

The burning of the Munroe building wasone of oar startling sensations this week.It was one of the largest buildings exclu-sivelt devoted to publication in this city.and it grew like ,Jonal's gourd. Starting,on flash novels, it finally got into the busl-ness of cheap reprints of standard works,and made an iinlimense sum of money; lt

tl!h contlagration of this week has cripipledit for the time, but we may expect to see itin full blast again in a few weeke.

An overhaul in the police department dis-cioses au alarming deficiency in the propertyclerk's ofiice. This matter was mooted someweeks ago, but friends of the party impli-cated succeeded .in getting up a v;hite-wavis:11 g report. Immelnse sumis ps tll.hroughthe propertyclerk's hands aunnally. All theproperty captured front thieves; all that i:found on dead bodies: the result of burgle-sies, and all that is taken from prisaners.It now appears that only a few hundred dol-li rs heve been accounted for, for seve-ralyonar, and the police pension fund is seri-ously crippled.

Thi'. coming, rigzht on the heels of the dc-falcation in the Board of Public Works'.m;akes it rather unpleausant for pnrominentDemocrats here, and there is now tail ofa genuine refofm party that shall sweep theflitd

TIhere sems' -tOD hB .tRl WTtilUTi-eti t.OTprobe the Carroll frand to the bottom. In-stead of a few thousands as at first suipooled,it may run into miilli~nu. Thie loss at firstwas said to be x)20,000, now it has swelledto over :t.0,t.!O. and every day disclosessome new los-. It is rumored that manyhigh and honorable gentlemen are impli-cated in the robberies. Mayor Edson is ex-ceedingly reticent: the cleverest reporterhas not been able to pump him: but ii isthought that when he does -peake, there willbe a rattling among the dry bones. So wemust. posseiss our souls with patience till thegreat Mogul speaks.Two cases of isuicide occurred on 5'etdnes-

day, and no two cases of self-destructioncould be imagined more exactly appo.ile.()n W' ednesday morning the city was star-tied b1y the news that Frederick Matthew.;h:ad blown his brains out. Few young menin the city were better known. Johni Mat-thews. the celebrated soda water ima;i, washis uncle: and John Matthews Jr., who in-herited his father's business, died Ia shorttime a-go. and left to his cousin Frederick,the suicide of Wednesday, 8:0,0IX• and a val-unable lot of real estate on the banks of theEast rive.r. His health was good, his pros-pects bright, his future ample for all of hisearthly wants. He was engaged to t bean-tiful young lady of Patterson, N. J.. andgenerous preparations were being made forthe wedding. Where late was happinessand joy, all is darkness and sorrow. Solvens this lproblem, Mr. Huxley: expl:ain thismystery. Professor Tyndal: where was theIweak spot that led ruin i n on so hopeful alife? No cause as:signed for the dreadfuldeed; we only know that he is dead. Theother was a case c>f a desperate wretch whohi:d nothing to live for. His wife lay sickand dying in the hosptital. attended by': trges hands: andl he, st:arving arnd sick

himelf, was unalle to aid her. 'Thei: worldhad drifted ,away from him, and there wasnothinig left but the river: so he plunged inand ended a misterable life. Frcdi- ickd1atthe.vs will no doubt he buried ii the

bea-timful plot in tGreenwood. surrollniled bythe n-sig-tly moistrosith•s that his ueer-old uncle enred there. T'he other will heburie-d in Poiter's Field. if the dark w.ers-of ithe river shall e iver ;ive im ba('k.

The batlls have been in an unhaly -fr mieof mind all the week. They houghit it everyidecline thinking that the worst had comenibut it had not. awl she went (don. i towi.down, till it actually looked as if the i. botomhad dropped out.The te.legrph strike Ihats left -s -ll at :i.Ir. Gould rmay whi'tle and phuo Ihoo ili

he likes: libut if iht s;ys that they are doingall the w'Irk Ihat. comes in. and are not tem-I.lrr-Ied. Ihe: tells a . well he does notte!l lhe triil t. Thie sympalthy of the i,eoid,-eis with the strikers. Tiitr denminds areju <t. and -houd should b in a1 juot and eq-uit-iab! spirit. Don't tiltmsn Gould, however.he can't help it, it's bred in tite hone. and

ion n't im:ke l a silk putl - itou of t ---The weaxlther is rnore monlerate. i'a, ta,

Truly yioul. Bi l iADB ja IM

P-,et L s.t- dr-lp ds•: i una p-rf•"c condi-iin of thle blooed. Par,-e ,lood tonqul tier- evIrydiea.. nid give , l f,. to ove.rv d, ctred and

mti-eted sart. Stroing n1rveure nd plerfect diiI -x onite d Ih, I coh.ystrnon on th •td th,: hO,-io'k ofs4,ulen -limr atic iharoa.. Ane: occasrlional ds-uof Brrown's iron Ilittrs will keep you in a per-f.ct stat- of in lth. Don't be dte.ived by othtri ron pr tiiils netid t to •e just as g,e;i. TI..,:nuiiP i_ made!yrii i-ony Brownll i t:-t1r ihlonl I-

SIpan;y. 11itimore. Id. Soldi by all hialrl in

Nineteen persons were killed f ail tIirty'wounded by a collision on the \1atertowi &-Gidensbur Dr-ailroad. near Barlton Station,N. Y., Friday night of week before last.

no-l a mdii to to purify the b hc.l, build ti:rnup. icrea-:" their -i.pp--iite and rjuvenato twi rwhole s s•o r-i•. .<', other preparation ro w't;lma.ts this, wilt. It ,•ch a t Se •xa,:t spot. 1t

' rec rdl of forty years 1, otter ,f cluntiit;t trium tphov.;r dia.-tztso,

Senor Don Fran-isco Barea, S,.a:irisMinister to the United State.:. committedsuicide at the Albemarle Hotel. New Yorkcity, Sunday before last, by sihooting him-self through the head. T'he cau.e of tihedeed is suposed to l xve been 'mon-tariy1l li"i- ofi ,tines".

OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

DOMESTIC.

Polk's lawyers demand a new trial.Philadelphia has a "Refuge for Lost and

Suffering Animals."O'Donnell, the slayer of James Carey, the

informer, is an Ohio man.The telegraphere have the oldest secret*

insurance society in the United States.A passion play is to be produced at a

small village near San Francisco, nextseason.

Mohsignor Capel, the distminguished pre-Slate, prerched his first sermon in New York,SAug'ust 5 ..

A theatifi pergformance was given at'" Franciscofo'the benefitof thestriking

i turs which netted $3000.marriage was recently celebrated in.ie "ia in which the contracting partiesen engaged for 28 years.lddie Gebhard spent $40,000 at a single'ork jewelry store in presents for Mrs.

1 y -y, one item being a $25,000 necklace.recent hop in the Union Hotel, Sara-

J ,uddge Hilton notified all who receivedai Aons that Is raelites would be excluded.

i undertaker at Niagara declined to

S.n air-tight casket without pay in, the body of Capt. Webb wastiuried

i sat` nsion Bridge, A. Y.Al

and a

line snapped u 1Shad to pay $7 for expressing iai

A St. Louis lady at one of the,Branch hotels has already exhibited tS";different costumes, and has two maids em-'ployed making new gowns which she putson as fast as completed.

A Wisconsin firm believer in a hell of ac-tual fire has fitted up his cellar with paintedflames, wooden demons and other horrors

ip which he incarcerates his children whenthey deserve punishment.

A carriage containing the skeleton ofthree grown persons and two children, sit-ting upright, as if in life, was found undera large tree, which had been shattered bylighningr , in Llano county, Texas.

FOIREIGN.

'The Hovas still surround Tamatave.

Locusts are making havoc in Venezuela.Mile. Bernhardt has greatly gained in

A fttltd tobe usedin defending Carey's as-sass:in i: being collected in Dublin.

Efiigies of Carey were burned and mock -

f•nerals held in various Irish towns.The officials of the German universities

are pr'elaring measures against dueling.London proposes to erect a memorial to

Cal I. Webb and raise a fund for his family.The number of persons who perished in

the Ischian earthquake is now estimated at

There have been 11,000 deaths from chol-era in Egypt since the outbreak of the' dis-

Two one-armed men applauded in a

Stockhrinm thentrbfiy pl tiin e :ho l is.vin, hainds together.

An inventor recently made the trip fromDover to Calais, across the English channel,on a water tricycle.

A proposed French law provides thatevery head of a large family shall be enti,tied to a reduction of taxes.

The Roman Catholics propose to have a.floating church, to traverse the Amazon

river in order to advance the faith.

Every pilgrim to Mecca must slaughter aaheeoo,, and annually the entrails and offal of50f,000) are left to putrefy in vast heaps,.

Liquid lime is being poured over the

bodies in the ruin:: made by the earthquake

converting Casamicciola into a vast ceme-

tery.The pension granted by the Italian Gov-

ernment to Pius IX, and constantly de-clined by him, is to be devoted to reclaim-

ing the iRoman marshes.

Owing to a discovery of a plot

to kill

them, the Irish informers were not al-lowed to land from the steamer Pathan onLer arrival at Melbourne.

In v:ew of the threatened war with France,.

cireulars printed in Chinese have been

posted in Chinatown, San Jobe, CaL, calla

ing for volunteers in the Chinese army. -

tile. Alphun-ine, the famous opera bouffe

singer of Paris. who weighed more than.i pounds, yet was esteemed the lightest-

footed tlnd mo:t graceful woman on thes!tie, is dead.

The t:ial of ten Jews at Nyiregyhyaza,

lun:ary, charged with murdering a Chris-

tian girl. in order to procure her blood toS.:ix in Passover bread, has been concluded

with a verdict of not guilty.

WVhy they Call Hlim " Old 4lTan."

"-~ . that's ~isadly so," said Jenkins, 'myh:air is t urniag gray and falling out before itstwi. 1;. I :,-s.n:,l-ing? I would, but moste•irl'-, ertS ari dlangirois." " Trus," answeredIi,, fro:. t' Iuat. Parker's Hair Balsam is asi.::rrnii - as it isH -ffctive. i've tried it. andIkow. Give tihe Halsam a show and the boyswill ooi itp ctiling you ' Old Man Jenkins.' "It ne,-r fatils to restore the orizinal color tt,

;ray or f:l.dl hair. Hichly p'irfum'ld, an ele--sint ,i'•'-•ing, -

"ii'; protracted Senatorial contest in the

New Ilami-hire Legislature ended laste-,lk with the election of Hon. Austin

F. Pik,, who is pronounced one of the ablest

,.ieplblicans in the State. He is'(3 years

ol. a practicing la;wyer, and has been a

tnmember of Conares.i.

.rom Euminie.t WVilmer llrinton, MAI. I)~,BIaltiimor'e.

S!haw- us,:L Colden's Liebig's Liquid Ex-tract, of Ieef 'and Tonic Invigorator in myprae'tic., and have bteen much gratified with the::: tilt. As a tonic in all raitsa of dsbilil4, weak.i-., a-rnctmia, chlorosis, tie., it can not he ,ur-

eiuid." (T0ik.e ano ther.) Of druggists.

The Au:erican Rapid Telegraph Company

hi:. conceded the terms demanded by thestriking operators, but the Western Unione:nd BaIi!tinmore & Ohio companies still de-cline to treat with the strikers.

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Fir, its u,stating and grateful influence on thescalp, and for the removal and prevention ofdti,:itnift Ayer's Hair Viugor has no egCalL It re-:ttors failed or gray hair to its original dark,rhler i~tti•mlat>S the growth of the hair, andg:i;.-( it a b,"eutifu!, soft, glossy and silkenl ap-

The Police Jury of Lafourche parish hasreceived from the State Auditor a warrantfor the :17 I) advanced by the Junry to e:i oii 11' " nis-'etr i -so'