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MONROE, LA.. JUITLY 4.1879.
BY wY. 0. WALKS. 5
In bivouac, on tented field,
The hbattle drawn the atn gone down,
With neitr dds to yield,
Onr any elged b.o erecid town.
The dead and nthinly lay
pon that o bl d sand woen
The ranamne down with close of da
g.1ý ehristened Mtent And fo.
ithz. hur'led pan L srove to te |
The one I loved in distant land.
Of those vho lived and those who fell
raom Out our home-recruited bmand
when o'er the fieold the bugle blat
Rang out is muair-sounding "taps"
epe an'e voice in aeeents grim
ld"o-s ant time flabr writlng'spassed,
so 'douse t glim.' "
_Long yesr have parsed since that sad day.
I took may hevronA long ago
And gave them, with thepower to way.
bo one I wrote from eld of woe,
And told her how my hurried note
Was stopped by voice of eaptain grim
Who eane upon me as I wrote
And ordered me to "doese the lim"
And toten--often since that time,
The infhntry that round us gew
t n lht-time would fail into uine-
At bed-time-stouch ajolly srew
Theirerry voteere sweetly sungm:
A take ofon the Iaptain' ngri
"Come aergeant, it is lte to-night.
So 'douse the glim. "
Lest night this theme came inm my mind,s
s ofen will an idle whim-- o
My---u haadoomna id the.ir prayers
And- r to us their evening hyman;
The rSnalf gaently on the ever-
The embers on the mre glowed dim-eo
I thought of that eventful night
Of my rude bed of withered leaves
When a soft vroleo frompillows white,
Arouned me from my sad delight,
Her drooping eyes erstwhile so bright,
Just glimmering in the embers' light:
"mtr oBilly. it is late to-night-
so ,dogse the gim.' I
MARY TWAIN AS A PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.
This Is the way in which Mark
Twain once announced himself as a
candidate for President:
I have pretty much made up my
mind to run for President. What the
country wants is a andidate who can
not be injured by Investigation of his
past history, so that the enemies of the
party will be unable to rake up any
thing against him that nobody ever
heard of before. If you know the'
worst about a candidate to begin with,
every attempt to spring things on him
will be checkmated. Now I am going I
to enter the field with an open record.
I am going to own up In advaneo to all a
the wickednes I have done, and if I
any Congressional committee is dis
posed to prowl around my biography
in the hope of discovering any dark I
and deadly deed that I have secreted, '
why-lot it prowl.
In the first place, I admit that I treed
arheumatic grandfather of mine in
the winter of 1850. He was old and
inexpert in climbing trees, but with
the heartless brutality that is charac
teristic of me, I ran him out of the
front door in his night shirt at the
point of a shotgn, and caused him to
bowl up a maple tree, where he re
mained all night, while I emptied shot
into his legs. I did this because he
snored. I will do it again if I ever
have another grandfather. I nm as in
human now as I was in 1850.
I -candidly acknowledge that I ran
away at the battle of Gettysburg. My
friends have tried to smooth over this
by asserting that I did so for the pur
pose of imitating Washington, whoI
went Into the woods at Valley Forge
for the purpose of saying his prayers. I
it was a miserable subterfuge. I struck
out In a straight line for the Tropic of
incer because I was seared. I wanted
my country saved, but I preferred to
have somebody else save It. I enter- I
tain that preference yet. If the bubble
reputation can be obtained only at the
cannon's mouth, I am willing to go o
there for it, provided the cannon is
empty. "If it is loaded, my immortal
and inflexible purpose Is to get over
the tfene and go home. My invariable
practice in war has been to bring out
of every fight more men than when I
went in. This seems to me to be I
Napoleonic in Its grandeur.
My financial views are of the most I
decided character, but they are not
likely, perhaps, to increase my popu
larity with advocates of inflation. I
do not insist upon the special suprem
acy of rag money or hard money. The
great fundamental principle or my life
Is to take any kind I can get.
The rumor.that I buried a dead aunt
under my grapevine was correct. The
vine needed fertilizing, my aunt had
to be buried, and I dedicated her to
this high purpose. Does that unfit me
for the Presidency? The Constitution
of our country does not say so. No
other citizen was ever considered un
worthy of this office because he en
riched his grapevilnes with his dead
relatives. Why should I be seolected as
the fnrst victim oitan absurd preJnudie?
I admit also that I am not a friend
of the poor man. Iregard the poori
man, in his present condition, as so
much wasted raw material. Cut up
and properly canned, he might be
made to fatten the natives of the Can-.
nlbel islands, and to improve our ox- ]
port trade with that region. I shall
recommend legislation upon the sub
Jet in myfrst message. My campaign
ry will be, "Dessiccate the poor work- l
ing ma estuff him into sausagos."
These are about the worst parts of
nyrecord. On them I come before
the country. If my country don't
want me, I will go back again. But I
reommend myself as a safe man-a
man who starts from the basin of total
depravity and proposes to be fiendish
to the last.
",Darling husband," she said, "am I
not yotr treoaure?"'COertainly,,, he
r-eplled, "and I should like to lay you
up in heaven.'Hgar-or/, Journal.
SEAONAll LE l ITS FR03 FARMBIERS.
[New Orleans Times.]
DOW PEAS.
The season is at hand when every
farmer and planter should strive to
plant as many peas as possible. Peas
are the clover of the South; they en
rich the soil to the same extent and
produce a forage, if made to hay, supe
rior to clover hay. Like the clover
plant, the pea deposits a large amount
of roots and absorbs the majority of its
nourishment from the air. Any land,
not totally destitute of vegetable mat
ter, will produce a good pea crop.
Where peas are sown solely for the im
-provement of the soil, they generally
are plowed under when in full bloom.
On stiff clay soil this is advisable, as it
tends to make the soil porous for the
coming crop; but, where the soil is
sandy, we prefer to cut the vines for
hay, and as soon as cut plow the stub
bles.
We hive made repeated trials through
a number of years, wilting some and
ploughing under the vines when in
bloom, and never found any difference
of consequence, never enough to com
pensate for this peavine hay saved.
To Illustrate: One acre of peas, average
growth, will produce one ton and
a-half of pea-vine hay, which is worth,
at a low calculation, $15 per ton, or
$2250 per acre. Allow $8 per acre for
saving, leaves a nett product of $19 50
per acre. Suppose by ploughing under 1
the vines the following corn crop in
creases eight bushels per acre, or the
cotton crop one hundred pounds of
lint, the cash value of this corn would
be about 06 per acre, and the. cotton
about $10, deducting gInning. Peas
can be sown and grow at a season from
July 1st to October, when no other
crop can be cultivated to advantage,
protecting the soil from the scorching
sun when at its zenith. Plant peas,
gentlemen, enrich your soil and in
crease the stock of provender tor your
teams, a forage that will save you many
a bushel of corn.
RAB GRASS.
Before the war, when we practiced
our ancient system of cotton, sugar and
corn exclusively, crab grass used to be
one of our worst enemies because it
would Infest those crops to such an ex
tent as to make it nearly impossible to
subdue it. At those times we were
working to keep down grass; to-day,
we work, or ought to work, to make
grass grow, at least to a certain extent,
on every farm and plantation. The
revolution in our labor system has
necessarily also revolutionized our
farming system to a certain extent.
Exclusive cotton planting has been
limited and can only be carried on un
der certain local circumstances. The
majority of planters and.farmers have
to pay more attention to general farm
,ling, which includes the production of
hay. For this purpose crab grass takes
a prominent place on the farm. It
needs not to be seeded; only plow and
harrow the land, and it appears beauti
ful and yields a fine crop.
There has been a general prejudice
- against the crab-grass hay which used
t to be produced, naturally so, because it
a generally has been saved after it had
r died off and lost its nourishing quality.
But if cut when the seeds are fully
formed,, before the blades and stalks
turn yellow, cut in the morning and
housed or stalked before night the
3 same day, It yields a fair quantity,
about one ton and a half to the acre, of
the very be.u forage that can be pro
duced anywhere in any country. We
have used It for more than twenty
years and decidedly give it the prefer
ence to Northern or Wtstern hay, not
only because the quality is better but
also because It goes farther. Our stock
has always shown a preference for it.
The time for saving crab-grass hay
is approaching, and we would advise
farmers to avail themselves of every
opportunity to do so.
TIHE REIGN OF TERtOlt IN RUtlSIA.
Gen. Ghourko is said to have ex
polled from St. Petersburg no fewer
than 20,000 persons unprovided with
passports, and accordingly not entitled
to live in the Capital. A similar ex
pulsion has taken place at Odessa and
in the other large towns placed under
military control. By a decree of the
Minister of the Interior, vagrants,
beggars and people without visible
means of subsistence, instead of being
sent to their native places as hitherto,
will henceforth be bundled off to Sibe
rio, or, as It has been called, Nihilaria.
A few weeks ago, Count Nicolai Kos
kool, who is connected with the load
ing families in St. Petersburg, went on
a journey to Germany, and the after
noon following his return he left his
house with the intention of visiting
his solicitor. Nothing has been heard
of him since, and all endeavors to trace
his whereabouts have proved fruitless.
The Count was an extremely wealthy
young man of regular habits. The
suplosition is that he has been kid
napped by the Nihilists as a hostage
on behalf of the revolutionists con
demned to death at KIlev. Koskool is
a near connection of Gen. (thourko.
The Nihilists already have one such
hostage, Gen.VWahl, Governor of Klhar
kov, who was spirited away the day
after he assumed charge of KrapIotkin's
duties. Recently the government re
coived a letter from him, saying that
his captors were about to hang him nas
a reprisal for the recent execution of
Dubrovin.
A cypress saw-log recently passdl
down the Sabine, in Texas, sixty feet
long and seven feet in diameter, capa
ble of making 50,000 shingles.
a In Macon, Ga., gamblers are required
I to pay a license tax of two hbundrel
dollars per month.
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
J G. SANDERS,
GRAND STREIET, MONROE, LA.,
SDe AZLER IN
HARDWARIE, GROCERIES, DRY GOODS
AND
1 GENERAL PLANTATION SUPPLIES
AND IMPORTER OF
t LANDRETH'S GARDEN SEED.
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND
LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER.
ALSO AN AIiSORTMINT OF
WAGONS, WHEELBLARItOWS, PLOWS.
August 17, 1872. 48:tt
9 OUACIIHTA LIVERY STAUILE,
r VALENTINE F. VOGII, PnorRlueron,
Cor. Third and Dergiard Streets, Mnonroe, La.
r Horses, buggies and hacks kept for hire.
Horses and mules bought and sold. Good
lots and sheds, for drovers connected with
r the stable. Horses and mules boarded at
- reasonable tormns. Personal attention paid
to feeding all stock.
e ry Bastrop and Farnmerville stage otlnce
at this stable. March 29, 1878.
,,I -
p Is determined not to be undersold in
it Snddles and arness.
Single buggy harnoss, $12; double btngy
harness, $20; saddles, $2.50 to $20; "brids
0 (150 to $5; wagon broching, $3.50 to $. Al
of the best oak-tanted lo:athor :and guaran
tood hand-nadtlo. 23-11u
FUIRNITIURE STORE,
AND FURNITURE REPARING.
Tie undersigned respectfully Informs the
opblie that hoI has now arl hand a well so
Slchtoed stock of Oalt ?ie d l[OUFuseOold it4ti
t L aure, TYooden co-ina, uetalic Burial caskets,
tl Coln 29imnanings such as Irandica, Paules,
curews, etclh.TFrms, Cnsh. Storo on Granld
streeoot, neaor the CollrLthouse.
J. E. PETERS.
Monrooe, La., March 18, 1878. n2t;-tf
it 1ACII1TA IHOUISE,
d DESS[Alt ST., MONROE, LA.,
Jurius ENNEnrOSn, Proprietor.
S This Iouse is now open for theo reception
d of the travelg publie. Favorlablo arrange
eontest can boe 0litae for board by tho week
0 or month. Aug. 9, 1878. ly
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAyer's
Sarsaparilla
For Scrofula, and all
scrofulous diseases, Erysi
pelas, Rose, or St. Antho
ny's Fire, Eruptions and
SEruptive diseases of the
skin, Ulcerations of the
Liver, Stomach, Kidneys,
SLungs, Pimples, Pustules,
Boils, Blotches, Tumors,
Totter, Salt Rheum. Scald
- IIcad, Ringworm, Ulcers,
Sores, Rheunatism, Neuralgia, Pain in
r the Bones, Side and lfead, Female
STVWeakness, Stcrility, Leucorrhiea, arising
from internal ulceration, anll Uterine
t- disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis
d eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation,
General Debility, and for Purifying the
t , Blood.
This Sarsaparilla is a combination of
' vegetable alteratives - Stillingia, Man
drake, Yellow Dock -Lwith the Iodides
19 of Potassium and lJon, and is the most
o, eficacious medicine yet known for
the diseseaes it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are so skilfully com
bined, that the full alterative eiffect of
each is assured, and while it is so mild
as to be harmless even to children, it is
n still so effectual as to purge out from the
r- system those impurities and corruptions
is which develop into loathsome disease.
ag The reputation it enjoys is derived
I from its cures, and the confidence which
pe rominent physicians all over the coun
Stry repose in st, prove their experience
Sof its usefulness.
Y Certificates attesting its virtues have
e accumulated, and are constantly being
1- received, and as many of these cases are
e publicly known, they furnish convincing
i. evidence of thle superiority of this Sar
saparilla over every other alterative
medicine. So generally is its superi
Sority to any other medicine known, that
we need do no more than to assure the
r- public that the best qualities it has ever
y possessed are strictly maintained.
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
t WARRANTED BEST DIO CHEAPEST.
d Officee: *3 Jledusesr 5t5, I'ole fh.
I SI.IU NEVS'APEllS
0 1ORt SALUE AT'.ll' OFFICF
MONROE ADVERTISaEMENT'S..
SHOLARS & KEY,
DE SIARD ST.. MONROE, LA..
ND
GULLETT'S COTTON GIN, WITH SELF-FEEOER ATTACHED,
DEALERS IN CHOICEd
FAMILY GROCERIES,PRODUCE, BOOTS, SHOES,F
AND
eGENERAL MERCHANlDISE.
July 20. 1878.
DRUGS! DRUS !
JOHN AMOORE,
7)a SI~ARD STREET, MONROE, LA.,
- DEALER IN -
/ru s,C gie cals, Stationery, Paints,Oils, Etc.;
SAu entire new stock is offered for sale. Noting deteriorated, or stalbut ALL FR
A cordial Invitation is extended to all to inspect mn stock of Drugs. etc.
_ v Physicians' prescriptions accurately compounded at all hours, d .g or night.-%
CELEBRcE RILLR G
CORIER ORAND AND ORAMMORT STS., MONERO, LA.,
DEALER IN
BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC, NOTIONS,
Glass, billow and Wooden Ware, Tobacco and Gigars.
e AGENT FOR
°LAZARUS, SPECTACLES
MORRIS " AND
SCO'S EYE-GLASSES.
OIL&,1 NEEDLES AND ATTACdHMENTS FOR ALL MACIIINES:
Mr. Milton has charge of the Gan and Sewing lMachine shop in rear of store.
All work guaranteed.
J O.H IAE MOOR I S,
Bernhardt Building, DeSiard St., MIonroe, La.,
--DEALER IN
FAMILY GROCERIES,
T'oba cco, Cigars, Canned Frutits, 1aconi,
IFlu+1rt , Sugar, Salt, Maaclxerele, Ntts,
Raisins, Catndies, Etc.
The undersigned offers for sale an entire now stock of Family GroceriLes recently
purchused, which will be sold at the lowest cash tigures. ]is store is on DeSiard stroeet,
next door to Kilndorlaann's, whore he will be pleased to wait upon his custolmers alnd
sell thoan grocorial at prices as low as anlly ill this mnarket.
Dr°- Ladies are specially invited to call.
January 10, 1879. C.. C. LE IS.
H, KINDERMANN,
DeSIARD STREET. MONROE, LA.,
p. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -- - ... -. -..<
DEALER IN CHOICE
BKAMILY GSAONERYE, WINC, LINUOOS,
CrocLery, Shelf-Hardware, Notions, Ete.
i OO A PRIGETNIOGR
PROMPT, NEAT AND CHEAP,
t1 t1.1 B g r S, M r L
--AT THE-- ]
OUC-HITA TEALEGRIN H O CE.
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
LEWIS D. ALLEN, Jr.,
;oBANKERIt,
GRAND ST., MONROE, LA.
T. PUROWE.L , Notary Public.
Exchange on St. Louis, New York and
New Orleans, in sums to suit, and collec
tions promptly attended to in Monroe,
Trenton Farmerville,. Bastrop, Ouachita
City, Columbia, .c.
Interest allowed on deposits at the fol
lowing rates: On sums from $1 upwards,
remaining in bank for three months, 4 per
cent per annumn ; six months, 6 per cent
per annum. April 4, 1879.
SOUTlIERN CARRIAIGE FACTORY.
The undersigned takes pleasure in making
known that he is now as well prepared as
before the war, if not better, to do all kinds
of work, either in
M aufrctsur-ing or Repairi~n
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, HACKS, ETC.
Ready made work kept on hand; speci
mens of which may be seen by ealling at the
Factory. He will also carry on a general
Blacksmith shop, arranged to do all kinds of
blacksmithing. Terms reasonable.
January 1, 1879. FR. ENDOM.
OPERA HOUSE SALOON
DESIARD STREET, MONROE, LA.,
Adjoining the Opera House,
The undersigned having thoroughly fur
nished the above saloon-built under his
directions and arranged expressly for the
pleasure and convenience of his patrons
respectfully tenders his services to the
public.
The Bar will be found supplied with the
very best of
WINES, LIQUORS ANDT CIGARS,
BOTTLED, on KEG BEER,
And at all times with a
PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF ICE.
Lovers of blilliards will find two elegant
tables ready at their command. Polite
attention is guaranteed every customer.
and the strictest order rigorously enforced .
at this saloon. G. V. PIERCE,
April 20, 1877. Proprietor.
STHE CORNER SALOON,
CORNERI DESIARD AND ST. JOnRN Sr.,
MONROE, LA.
The undersigned, having opened a new
I and elegantly furnished saloon in Monroe,
respectfully solicits a liberal share of pub
lie patronage. Every attention will be
given by a polite and experienced bar
keeper. Imported and domestic Wines,
Liquors and Cigars kept constantly on
hand.
t* a All kinds of MIXED )DRINKS, in season,
a specialty. M. L. DEDMAN,
Jan. 1, 1879. Proprietor.
OFFICE SALOON,
GRAND STREET, MONROE, LA.
[Established 1807.]
The Proprieotor assures hii many friends
and eustoomers that lie will constantly keep
on haind the lineost and best brands of
tWines, Liquors and Cigars,
All of which will be served with prompt
nless and politOlus.
A. J. KELLER, Proprietor.
January 1, 1879.
JO!1 PRINTINC
iIROMPT, NEAT AND (,ITEAP,
AT TIHE
OUACIIITA TELEOGRAPII OFFICE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BEWARE OF BOGUS AGENiTS
ANiD ,I'lll;i)l)t MAt'IIINEN!
'THE SINGER
MANt I .A f INt t' .'
N I:V
Family Sewing Machine
NOWV IrI.T.IN,( AT THIEr
GREAT RELUCTION OF $30 LESS THAN FORMER PRICE.
"rWi. I;.WT ISN .l. WORhLD!
SM,Si.j Ma:c.lines Hold in 1877.
T,: [lt'.4 tlhrl.'x ins ihn l.e Long/
ltun, * l2rtg o)nlyq Ike (hlttenaine.?
11l'te'ra' of Obuntelrfcil!
WeV submit to any c'alnlid riador, that a
nitachinlo whisoe salos stieadily iuncrease
Stlhrontgh ve:nls of :illvcr~iity nmld unparalleled
doprcsaiounr ill busile'ss,, whlile tIhIe sales of
overy comliptitor f'll ol" heavily year by
year, ItST 11iE TILuE sIT MA(IIINIE. No
SIN8,R mlachillne is cmnUilno withoult our,
trado iimairk (giveni albvet') stalmiped on time
rl'll of time nil,1',ime.
Mr. J. o ,. hllu i is Ino lon.ger our agent
and cam nnot .iupplly the public wiithI genuine
liitcltiics tolsL ott thtc Iease or, isftlWn-,,r
TIlE SINGEIt MFlG. CO.,
170 1Va.-.hingtonz St.. Vi [ksbrlg, .Mis .,
IV. II. NTOwIvns, Ml:ll,sger
Add r'":- 1 U. Srl-EL, ,loulce,. La