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VOL. 2. ý ý BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1881. - O
ATTOINEYS.
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C (J, IrIe Afrotla AT LAW. Will
G. attend promptly to all business Intrusted
to hblm. Oice on Conventionl streot, between
lhird andl Church streets. Baton louge, La.
(-W. p¢pIg, A'rroaKIY ATr LAW uarl
* Notary PIublle, 'Port Allr,, West Baton
lou, La. Hpctll tttolntlon gIveo to the eci.
ton of account, tkkUig testihimlony nnder comn
miniaon, and to all other cmitter, reiqu.irin the
atrntilun of an Attorney or Notary in th, parlh
of West Baton Rouge, pJts4 vJnl3.
T $. LAN(4, ArroasrK ANICOUEous Oelt
L. At Law, I)oaldsolnvill, La. Will prac.
toe In all the courts of the htate of Lonislunla.
riHONH. B. DUPRE3I, Arrossr
J, and Counselor at Law. tflice--No. 6, Pike's
Row, liaton Roue1 La. Will practice il the
State and Federal Uourtsi
HERC BON" d& BICAL,.
AHrro and UouNestLts AT LAW. Ofioe
on North Boulevard street, near the post office,
baton Rouge, La. Will attend to all law bult.
ai entrusted to them iu this and adjoining
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.I'I AT LAW. Oice on North Boulevard
street, Baton ionge, La. Will attend to all
law business entrusted to them in thIs and ad.
jo. lp. ri .... . ....J. I. Lamon.
WE w ,M.IUo33MaTsorN,
* Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Office
on North Boulevard street, Baton Rouge, La.
Will practice in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Judletal Distriots.
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rGEO. W. BUCtKNERI, Attorney
at Law sad Notary Publle, Baton Rouge,
La. Businees promptly attended to.
LOCAL DOECTTORY.
SBTfEENSEN, Drugglet, dealiLr in drug, medl
Sines, chemicals, cigart, fancy and toilet
articles, Third street.
A -ttiFNIcLD, dealer to dry goods, ready
madle clothing, bootsts and shoes, hats and
S, all of the latest styles.
T GAIGl , krwaratlln and Conmmissieu
AMerchant, dealer la patation sspplles
a geleral steamboat, purchasing and coloUo.
ti.0 agent, Front street.
A NDIREW JACK8ON, Cotton Buyer, and
dealer in groceries and plantation supplies,
northeast corner of Main and Third streets.
NlIiOLAH WAX, wholesale and retail gro.
Scar, dealer In plantation supplies, bancy and
staple groceries, wines, liquors, crockery, cut.
ley, cigars and tobacco, St. Louis street.
W G. RANDOLiLl, wholesale and retail
grocer, asad dealer in wantert produce,
wlnes and liq1uors, Main street.
J1(UMIA DEAL, Fatully trucer, dealer in
i fancy groceres, canned fralt and erery artl
ele needed in the household, c.rner 'hird and
Laurel streets.
(1U3UIk M, W l 6 , udealet In western
UJprodiuce, graceries, plantatIon sulppliles,
salddlery, harness, oorner Third and Convenu
tlotn streets.
J 1Oi J, WAX, dieale In fancy and staple
groceries, liquors, cigars, tobaeco and Con.
feeiloterles, lt. Ferdinand street
J J. UAPDIVL LL , dealer In groue:rles and
liquors and ear corn, lime, hIoop.pole and
Ilat.boat agient, Front street.
iW.WTTW, dealer in fancy and staple
£L groceries, fruit andl oonfeetllonetle, ci.
gars, smoking tobacco, Thirtl street.
lM f JIAt t1, tationet, dealer at station.
*'. , liblm, uotlery, Violo and Guitar
stinrln, aifd ftlhtot papersr Third street.
L ' W, IIiWROMA, hlue Store, detaler in news
literary and fashlon perodicrals, stationery.
andi plictures, )lain street,.
JI'lIlLI1' iIU'T'l', iruprrletr of litamiarck Sa
Sa loon andl Lag.r feaer Rtouse. corner St. I.ouils
and Nortli ltaulevard l streets.
SIlARLhiN WI EUK, proprlutluruiter House
L' dealer in the finest. winls, lulluolrs andl cigars
corner Third auld Laurel streets.
T. (I.LUVIIIUS. D)ruggslt. lbagel's old
stand. dealer in drugs, ntmedictues. cutlery
soap, garden seed and fancy articles.
L1 M. luK)llsbruggist, stealer in airu ga and
nuedaleaes of every. kind, cigars, smoking to
bacco, cutlery, etc., Mal stnreet.
B A. lUa.L proptl ett* Etick Drag Store,
keeps Ulonstantly aeb lld it full assottfent
of druge and medleiult, corner Africa and
koumerulie Streets.
jI ;"salfý' if -intT o,,I and
L he ast asbilotubl styles O" rendly mule
elotlilngl, lats blet atd houes, Malts satt.
1 ys. J. M. PA'i 5Mt- deae-r u Mli- ,in' ind
Dry ,oosds aud fany artieles o' aill does.
eriptionl, alon greet.
hiiii YOMRNji, waichniaker and ,Jew ler
J dealel Jewelty, silver ware, pictures and
picture Iales, Thtl sltreet. a1
-AL DE (RG 1OUCH , proprietor of the
Capital House. Boaord by lthe day, week or
mdnilth, with the best the market allords. ta
%Jt A(bAR AK 3L and Restaurant Is in
V upplied with the beat viands to the market.
Third street. U. Cremonilnl, propriestr. At
Pf . KIlIIY, proprietor Ladies' Restaurant ii
SV and dealer in fruits, confeotionteries, el. C
ga, etc., cor. Third and florida streets.
gi' i f (Oi INir, dealer in forelign isaln t
A denleatlc ardlware, house flrailhlng goods,
clarnelr Third aldlll hlorhla streets.
SUESSEICLLY, Citvil andl Mitlitary 'talur,
CJ Latest styles, Thilrd Strlot. at
r J. WILLIAMS. namanuftartutaor af stýaamn M
Srlains, strike prlns, boilers and tanksn, isnul
all kinlis oft sugar lolusao work, corner of Mlain S!
andil Fronlt streets, neat the terry lanliding. l
ILLIAM tESELL, worker in tin. oupper
VT and sheet iroa, anid dealer in i toves., til
ware alnd crokezli waire, eCr. Third and Floridal. it
E) AiTON liaage aOil Works, manularoture ca t.
I tni seead all. oil cake, cotton seed meal and
lillnters: Front street. pl
,t1l-IiANA il'TLO[AN Book and Job -e
Printingl establishment, on Third street, is
one of the most complete in the State. PI
A D15. LYTLE, Photograph Arttist, Main at. of
P )hots.albumt, frames, etc., kept on hand.
PjW Rl'l Furniture and Undertaking Etab
lilshment, Main street, well supplied with
everytkbig In this line t
D 1). THUIMAM, dealer ito Fancy and Slrt e
' Grooories and ilry hoods, at Tai Dug-
gan's old etand, onl Mail street. le
1.IMN P. BERTITAND. MIllIner, dealer ll tt
lh Millinery Iooodsl andi FlAncy Goods, Main of
street. _
UASE. C. MAILIOT. Third street, tdealerin
AL Millinery and Dry GooUs, Trimlnlage, N.e
tions,etc.
M A(UGEL RODRIIIUIZ, i.Latavette street,
.,Mannmfaottarer of Choke Cigarsn.
tobt. F. Hereford, I. D.,
O1FRshblo profelatonal ~trvicr to o the citi
znas of Baton RugaW. and vcuinity.
Oit.- oranr Lat'ette .and Florlda strta
Boinieas Buuldtog. Ftdience-Africa streets
between 6t FPadtinaad &u t. Lout, treots. B
Refert by permlselo to Dr. T. J. Bufllngtot.
on. A, Herroun, Audrlw Jackson Win. arz el
Rev. Dr. SEmttlelch Mab W. T. Btlerlus uid
iedsae. GCorrier I rcNatr.
Batonow ag .Tuy 10th, 180.
ears It atordsla pleasMre to recommend hki
th, tbnitisOens easof eIt, aaa
and Phystls ,. '.
dA es f(il?.tly) T .J. TON. 'I
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For the (lArrtOLLa.l
Country Girls vs. Town Girls.
Let fahullonalle people,
t With their styhlisih arfs.
Say they dishlike the ceoniltry,
ANAs If Ianyltoy ('ar111i.
'rhey hay it IN too lonIsIomli;
i Pray, what do they call gay 1
To heiat our lllrrTy Nollgslterls,
That chirpl fromn day to iday.
M Whlt I the,re, I the, city,
To meet the gll!er' Iyoe,
More charming tha oural woodhlnd
I Awl lovely ilzurt Isky '
A slyllsh hoIp o romiiellnade,
A glide, or heIl-and toe
iCan tie'r lsurpass ourll rilhtic' halls,
Or makle a Ibtter show.
While city girls are sittiing ieat
I The tire withi ilrooping air,
-tlhe country girls are out, yon know,
With faces Iright anld lair,
Their voleve, ring throughout the house,
'Their sinlos Iare sweet arItI bright.,
They always look contenlted, too;
Now 1ay, alll I niiot right
S Jus.t let th'e stylilsh city girls
Lallih at us when the'y tny;
, Wie wone ht ot ibarter with them,
Not el'ven' lit e illi .
Wi Ill raitther lih iive ' 41t r'i e ri'ks,
r I;xmpt tfrom "halk alitl ptunt.
And travel through the uilsllly roaN
Witllhit thI l'ait complalit.
W\i ote ouine t hillo oml r llu
W ith N li;lt o Ilight allnld yll ;
Nevirn think lof cwity folks.
'l'bT boys arr ,Jst as ay a.+ life,
And love the girl s well
As Iops who linger lby the millh,
Of ,o4il14 proud city) belle.
Thhen It me live where wild hirds
ilog forth their joyful lIays,
To cihier the rountry maideas
t Tlrollughout long lnommer dlays.
Thein who ran any they're lonesomo
In snoh a lively place,
WleWhre nature eshowl her bounty,
And smtles on each fkir face
LlIJhA.
"Salnays you can't come to see her
any mtore," remarked a Marathon boy to
the admirer of the youth's sister. "Why
note" "Because you come seven nights
e in a week now, and how could you come
any more without spreading the week
like hlaze.'" A stillness as big as a
Contrtlindl girl's foot thou spread itself
all aroinld1 tho room.
'i'he pllrintelirs of the London ''iimes
s-tru'k work oil the 13th inst., IbecauLse
Mr. Watiers Ipersists in halving tlihe type
n set biiV alChinery. i llhas eleven ilia
- chines ili full work, iand avers' that
though the i'ost is greater, thel work is
Sl1ore rapidly dolne. His uiiachinies, how
ever, do not distribute the types; anl Ihe
lproposl.ed to his night staffl that they
b should spend ive, iIhours per nightin lpre
paring the uilSes for tlihe Iaclilnes. 'lThey
. oljlcttld. lie grantedill tlilhu an inter.
viiew, but wouldIt listen to nothiing they
had to say its to thile cost of the new sys
tenm. "That's lily l)busilnes," was hisonly
remark. T1'herifi'ore', the''y lunanilyllsy
left his eluploy. 'lThey are the pick of the
u trade, and are not likely to be loug out
of work,
ItHRMAI ON THE COLOR QU3.
TIOW.
(G . 8herman: "We do not keep up
Sthe military academy to equalize the
negr'o with the white man, but to make
soldiers. The negro halus the same righbt
as the white man. Hie can buy anldeill,
and engage in aay tradLe or occupation.
But if you want to compel me or any one
else to invite bIhnl to my house to dinnr,
and to introduce him to my wife, sister
qr daughter, there probably will be a row
S-that's all. You can not compel the
. qidsts to put their arms around the neo
How a Murderer was Haunted
to Death,
It was a rough night outside. Black lt
"all around and pouring down In the ri
middle. It was cheerful enough, though, P(
in our pleasant cabin, and the murmur th
of the fall winds from the Sierras, and tr
the patter of the rain on our roof, made n
the glare of our roaring logfire all the
more comfortable. Luck had been fair
with us of late-with Pierre Nuget, my th
partner, and myself, and as we sat by so
our cozy hearth, each thousnads of miles or
from home and the place that gave him le
birth, we certainly must have looked hi
drowsily comfortable as we smoked our
"night-cap" pipes. Pierre was a fine, at
manly young'fellow of twenty-eight, who to
had left his native Alsace when but a
youth, and had followed the seas for half m
ascore of years, mootly in English vessels, no
and had circumnavigated the globe I
twice, He was very fond of tie sea, and
never tired of talking of It and of the
strange countries it had enabled him to hi
see. Just why he had quit the comforts cI
! of the sea-faring life (he had been the ra
first mate of a clipper engaged in the
China trade) for the privations of a tl
miner's camp, was something he had T
never told me; anid, thinking the present d,
as good a time as any to ascertain, I re- al
moved the pipe from my moath, spat
into the fire, and abruptly said, "What
made you leave the sea, Pierre ?"
My question startled him like thecrack
ofa rifle, and lie crossed him-selfdevoutly
as he replied, "Why do you ask 1" fr
"Merely front motives of curiosity. fr
Certainly the pay and comforts of an
officer of a fine ship, engaged in a profit-i a
able trade, are superior to the rough life bi
and slim chance of obtaining a fortune a
in these almost od-fiorsaken hills. Let st
mte see if I can't guess the motive. You p
are liani some and romantic. It was the a
perfidy of a false sweet heart that drove
yout here."
"You are mistaken, my partner," an
awered Pierre; "I never loved but once, t
and my little Marto sleeps in thechurch- at
yard of Lavonne. You should have ht
seen her. She was not too tall, but she ni
had the form of-not of Veens-there t<
was nothing of tlhe godaess ahlot Marieo i
--she was just lithe, and supl,',, and
willowy, and lovely. Her hair was al
black as the wing of a raven, and her h
oyes were as lbrownii as berries. Oh, ti
they were lovely eyes. But her month, so
in shape, a perfect cupll's bow, and in a
color like a rosebudl. No rose that ever
grew, had sweeter perfume than her n
breath. We loved and were to wed, t
but, she sickened and (lied while I was
far a way."
He stopped a moment as if over-come o
by the memory of his dead love, and I p
turned to give him a chance to brush m
away the tears that bedimmed his eyes. ti
Presently he became composed and re- If
sumed his narrative. "Sailors are nu- ol
perstitions," said he, "and once I used a
to laugh at their fears, but I have seen r
that which proves that.theire are more ,
things betwixt heaven atnd earth than i,
rare dreamed of in our philosophy, and ,
o now, I too, am fearful of the Unknown.
L Why 1 will tell you. While at Liver- i
1 pool, just previous to the last voyage I
e made, I noticed among the crew a dark, e1
k mooedy-appearing Spaniard, who had ,
a shippedl with us a day or two before.
f There was a sinist8r look about his eyes a
that arrested attuition, btt as we were u
short of lhands, nld ats able seamen were
' in great demand, I was not disposed to o
' Iquarrel with the mant about his lack of
, prsonal leauty, especially as he gave
- overy evidetnce of being a tip-top sailor, tr
At Among the crew was a man who had
Is sailed with me fornoarlytwoyears. One a
v- utight, during the dog watch, this rian S
e canme to me and said: "I beg pardon, o
y sir, but there's somtethiug I think you II
- ought to know. lIav% you noticed Leon I
y lately ?"
r "Not especially. What is wrong with h
Y him n"
- "His bunk is next to mine, and he has
l fearful dreams. Last night he groaned
y in agony and talked in his sleep. Mr. li
e Mate, that man is a murderer, and his
t victim is haunting him." I
"If he is a murderer,"I answered, "his
conscience is all that is haunting him. a
SDead men tell no tales, let alone, follow h
men across the trackless ocean." I knew a
p that the sailors had a superstition, that P
e the body of a murdered man would pur
e sue its slayer to death, sad I po~ke thus d
I to disablse his mnlud of any suchfeellang. ;a
I, The man touched his hat and went about ri
n. his duty. The next night I noticed that a
e Lean's face had a btrange, ghastly, hag- 5
, gard look, and that he aveided the stern f.
r of the ship as mach as posilble. Days al
w passed by and I had almost forgotten the fe
e occurrence, until about midnight one tI
Snight as we were nearing the line the 'e
.weather became very dirty, and s Il
was giving some directions for stinting 11
sail, a voices suddenly came from the L
main-top, "Stand from under!" I look- ti
ed aloft, but the night was so dark, that
I could not see the top of the mast.
Suddenly a flash of lightning lit up the o1
rigging from the blwsprit to the mizzen bi
peak. I saw that there was no one on P
the mast, but to make sure, I `put my af
trumpet to my mouth and shouted, c1
"Hello, aloft!" hi
"Stand from under I" came the an W
swer in a hollow, sepulchral tone. Just tl
then the lightning gashed again, and I ai
saw by its light Leon, the Spaniard, L
crouching in abject terror by the gal- b'
ley door. "What is that f" said I to t
him. tl
"My God do not ask me," he replied, 01
and swooned away. I had him earried l
to his bunk, and, strange to say, though a
the weather continued tough, I heardso t
more of the volce in the main-top. The
next night Leon reported for duty.
I was willing to excuse him. His mates
avoided him as much as possible, and n
I saw that they were afraid to be near 0
him. Toward eleven o'clock the sky
clouded again, and by midnight It was
raining asit only can rain in the tropics.
Just at midnight came the voice from '
the main-top, "Stand from underl" 0
This time I suspected a trick, and I or
dered two men to the top sail. "Hello,
aloft," said I.
"Aye, aye, sir," came the reply. 1
"What do you see t"
"Nothing amiss," was the reply. b
" Then, come below,"
Scarcely had they leaped to the deck '
from the shrouds, when the voice came e
from above: "Stand from under!"
"Let go," said I. There was no reply,
and, as I stood listening, with the rain
beating in my face, the lightning blazed
again, until every line of the rigging
stood out in bold relief like lines of fire.
Perched in the main-top I thoughtI saw r
°an human form, and as I turned to the
sailors who had been aloft, I again saw
Leon crouching in terror, his faoe hidden
in his hands. "What is that ?" said I
to him. He fell over in a faint aslspoke,
and did not revive until daylight. Then t
° he was put on the siek-list, and it was
nearly a week before he was again able
to do duty.. Meanwhile, the weather '
had cleared up, and, as "the trades"
were in our favor, we were bowling c
along three hundred miles a day, and I t
had become convinced in my mind that
the voice from the main-top belonged to
some mischievous ventriloquistic sailor,
' and I determined to make him sweat
r for his "lark" when I caught him. That
r night I kept my eyes on Leon, and I saw
that his mind was ill at ease. About
ten o'clock, I noticed that the barome
tor was falling rapidly, a sure nladication
of a stoem, and I began immediate pre
I parations for it. Scarcely had all been
made stng, when the storm broke with I
terrible fury. For awhile, it looked as I
if the good ship would roll every stick I
out of her, and it was with difficulty that I
a footing was maintained on her docks. 1
The first blow over she steadied some
w hat, and I set the storm jib to keep her I
hiofore the wind. Then the sky grew
ldark as a pall, and the wind came in I
gusts that moaned through the rigging
like the wailing of lost souls. As I
I passed the binnacole light, I saw by the I
ship's chronometer that it was almost I
1 midnight. I had soarely reached the i
poop-ldeck, when from the main-top, 1
again came thile warning: "Stand from I
e under!"
S"Let go l" I commanded; but my
Sorder produced no effect.
f "' Where is Leon ?" I asked.
O " Here, sir," came from a doen
mouths.
I looked toward the companion-way,
n dn there stood, or rather tottered, the
S$Spaniard, the most miserable looking
olobject I had ever seen in human form. I
SHlis sickness had left his cheeks gaunt I
x while his eyes were hollow and filled
with a strange light. As I looked at
1 him the voice again called: 1
"Stand from under I"
s "Speak to it," said I.
SHe made an effort to respond, but his
lips merely moved without utterance.
"Are you a man, or what are you ',
I thundered.
My sneer taunted him into speech. I
SGrasping the bulwark with his right
Shand, he stood erect and defiant, as he I
v answered, "I am a man, and I will a
a prove it." r
Again the storm burst forth with re- 4
e doubled fury. The lightning flashed, I
. and the thunder rolled, while the waves
t ran mountains high. Then canue a lull a
t ad a mysteriouse silence, which was a
. suddenly broken by th .omiuouns "stand 1
i from under !" "Let go," shouted Leon, 4
a and the next instant, the body of a man a
Sfell on the deck with a terrible dead I
i thud that struck terror to the soul of t
s evqyg mqP~ ondeck I tas first tp
r right arm was bent, and the dexter
ilnget pointed to a t'errible gasi in its
- throat.: nO
S" Over with it," said I.
A dosen strong-arm sailors rushed to Bs
, obey my order, but they could no more so,
u budge the corpse than they could the do
u Pyramids. For a moment Leon watoh. we
s ed them like one dazed, and then he ex
claimed, "I lfted him oAcs and I can lt(f
him agagl." As he said this, he stooped gP
and took the body In his arms. Just be
then the ship lurched down by the head inl
and shipped a terrible sea, whioh s*ept oti
Leon and his hotrible burden over.- t
board. I was speechless with amaze.
meat, and-before I eould reoover myself, Oil
the Spaniard and his victim had sunk bl
out of sight never to rise again until the
I last trumpet is blown. Immediately the
weather broke and cleared up,' and for vii
the remainder of our voyage it was as as
good as If it had been bespoken. The
impressions made on me by the events of
that night were so strong that I could
not shake them off on- shipboard, so on
r our return trip when we tonobed at San
Pransoooo I took advantage of a fever
and quit the ship, resolved never again 1
to follow an avocation that brought me b
so directly into contact with the hand
of Providence.
TaE ?ANSTAAL. m
lhsgoeToms.l fin
Transvaal (that is, across the "Vaal,") or
lies between latitude 99-27 south and se
longitude 27-31 east. Its northern in
boundary is on the Oori orLimpopo river, m
k which here runs from west to east; the F,
eastern is formed by theeoatinuation of th
the Draohenberg mountains; the south- of
ern is the Vaale river, and the western ti
an undefined line separating it from the di
a country of the Betinanas. The total m
area is 114,360 square miles, and the 0
population, according to the officlal re- s.
turns of 1877, is 800,000; probably a ai
rough estimate, from which little dan be p,
known as to the Aghting strength of the ai
people who have defied the power of the I1
British empire. cl
Poteoherfetroem, the seat of govern. t
n went, is by land 960 miles northeast of
Cape Town. The region is described as
a vast plateau, sloping to the north,
r supported by the coast line of mountains, ij
lo which, presenting a bold mural buttress, 1
g or esoarpm6nt, to the low country at ci
their feet, stretch away on their western i
t flank into immense undulating plains. W
o At rihtangles to the coast range another n
rbelt of very high lands, called the h
t Magalieaburg, runs east and-west, form- b
t ing a water shed between the Vale and
Limpopo rivers. The southern face of d
t this range also presents long and T
undulating plains, generally well
In watered and wooded, and abounding in tl
. large game. sl
To the north, approaching the Lim- r
;b popo, high parallel chains of hills ap
i pear through the openings of which b
k flows small streams. The average f,
ºt height of the portion of the plateau in- t.
s. habited by Europeans is from 4,000 to y
5. 5,000 feet, but many of the mountain L
,r peaks reach an elevation of 9,000 or 10, v
000 feet, and the part of the year are k
n covered with snow. The cllmate is gen.
g oerally healthy, though in the northern d
i section the heat is intense, and during it
4 summer months hot winds and heavy te
st thunder storms prevail. The worst fea- tl
toe tre is, perhaps, a dfly oalled Ttetse, the I n
, bite of which ise ftalto hordes and oxen, "
n thereby rendering travel very dilotult if Ile
not impossible at certain mseasons. o1
y The Boers, though originally pure b
Dutch, are now very considerably mixed b
by intermarriages with European re. a
n fugees and emigrants from Cape Colony a
and Natal, as well as the natives. 8till, tl
* the Dutch characteristics largely pre. c
e dominate, and while the standard of b
i education is said to be low, the people r
Sknow enough to govern themselves and
Shate the foreign yoke. In religion they
are Protestants of the strongest Cilvin
istie persuasion, and the Bible and hymn
book are almost their only literature. t,
III hhhsI PPI sUQAB.
'Paseagoula Demoorst.) i
p Mr. H. Lienhard, of Handsboro, who
is a successful merchant, knows alsoi
b. how to raise sugar-oane. This past t
It season he raised on a lot of ground
ae measuring two and one-fifth acres five
11 and one-half hogsheads good sugar, and
seven and one-half barrels of molasses.
e- On another lot, measuring five and one.
h, half acres, the yield was live hogsheads
s esugar and seven and one-half barrels
11 molasses. On the first lot he applied
is about 1100 pounds of cotton-seed meal
ud to the acre and worked the ground well.
i, On the second lot he applied about the
m same proportion of fertilizer, but it wase
id not worked s well. This is but another
,f demonstration of what can be done on
o pine lands by the proper application
is fertillzers.)
r SATAN NW..
SFliolana Sentinel: What came very
near being a suioide on Saturday last,
we. prevented by an unknown man in
° Bayou Sara, A german woman, for
° some time suffering on a siok bed,' went
e down to the Bayou and jumped in, and
* would have drowned but for the timely
assistanoe,;
h tberville South: Obe of the oeatrlfu.
a gals en the Forlorn Hope plantation
t broke last Saturday, the fragment. kil*
I log Mr. Peter White and wounding one
4 other. We have not received 11 par.
ticulars of the occurrence as yet. Mt.
. White was an industrious and valuable
citizen and his death will be a heavy
k blow to his family, Darlng the late
war he was a private in the Iberville
Grays, 3d Louisiana Regiment.
Postmaster Wilkinson of Donaldson
ville has redeived an offiial letter from
Second Assistant Postmaster General
The J. Brady, dated Dioenber 7,
which says:
The Postmaster General has ordered
that a contract be made with 1. ft. Pe
n teron of New Orleans, La., for convey.
n lug the mail on route No, 30,086, from
a Donaldsonville to Baton Rouge and
e back six times a week, from Jan. 1 to
Dec. 31, 1881, in safe and suitable
steamboats Report the date of com
mencement of service.
We dedicate the followttig extract,
from the East Feliolana Patriot-Demo
') orat, to the Republioan howlers who as
d sert that the condition of the poor negro
iI in the Solid South is truly pitiable, It
r, must not be forgotten, either, that'East
se Feliciana bears the reputation of being
of the bulldoosing parish, par excellence,
b- of Louisiana: "As an illustration of
in the fact that in East Feliolias an in
is dustrions colored man can do well, we.
al mention that on Saturday last Aloaso
ie George called at our odlce, paid his sub
e- soription to our paper for the past year, r
a and renewed for the present. He also.
ro paid to a sewing machine agent a bal
is ance due of $7 60, and on the following
is Monday, after payiig his taes, pur
chased 110 acres of ground . one, -
I* two, three and four years. He is hon
Sf est, industrious and Intelligent, and by
the end of the four years, he will have
a paid for his httle farm."
h, Nathlitohoes Vindicator: Jack Go
" lugs, a quiet well to do colored man,
a, while returning to his home from this
at city, last week, was met near his dwell
a Ing, in presence of a number of persons,
Is. and brutally assaulted by two colored
or men, who were armed with razors and
e hges. Goings was knocked down and
n badly beaten. The parties assaulting
ad are well-known and will no doubt be
of dealt with as their crime deserveq.....
'd The farmers will yet learn how much
1l value these birds are to them, and when
la they do, will join in suppressing their
slaughter. As edible birds they are
n- worthless, but as destroyers of insects
P- which prey upon our crops there is no
3h bird equal to the Blackbird. Many
o farmers attribute the gradual decline of
n- the depredation of caterpillars of late
to years upon the cotton crop to them.
in Let us preserve them for a trial of their
), virtue in these respects, at least. Don't
re kill any more Blackbirds I
n. Ozeman Derbanne, colored, while
ru driving his oL team through the cross
ig lug on Bayou Julien, fell from the
ry tongue, on which he was setting at the
a- time, and the wheels passed over his
he neck nearly severing his head from his
n, body. Death was instantaneous.... We
if learn that the child of colored parents
on Mr. John Prudhomme's plantation
re below this city, on Cane river, was
. burned to death last week. The mother
e. and father left the child at home in bed
and went visiting to a neighbor's and on
II, their return found the building destroy
e. d andl the child a mass of charred
of bones. When parents learn to be more
careful there will be less of these heart
ie rending accidents to record.
y TIT FO3 TAT.
n- An old lady ofhis flock once called
un upon Dr. 11i with a grievance. Thedoc
tor's neckbands were too long for her
ideas of ministerial humility,' and after a
long harangue on the sin of pride, she
intimated that she had brought her
s ecissors with her, and would be pleased
if her dear pastor would permither to cut
Sthem down to her notionus of propriety.
d The doctor not only listened patiently
to her lecture, but handed over the of
d fending white bands to operate upon.
When she cut them to her satisfaction
and returned the bibs, it was the doc
tor's turn. "Now," said he, "my good
la sister, you must do me a good turn also."
ed "Yes, that I will, doctor; whatcan it bef"
al "Well, you have something about you
ii. which is a deal too long, and which
he causes me no end of trouble, and I
should like to see it shorter." "Indeed,
er dear sir, I will not hesitate; what is itf
Here are the scisors-use them as you
o lease." "Come, then," said the sturdy
Sdivine, "good sister, put out your
toongu."
