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D.AD HAlW ON LIVE HtEAg.N-Re' v
eletly, on openingo a new street at t
Council Blufts, a bill was cut througlh t
which had been ulsd as aL cemet'ery,
exposing a large lunlliher of toftlis.
'the workmen co\'eredl theill lup, but so a
incfectually that the tirst rain :again
exposed thcn to view. Council Blults, I
it wust be promised. rejoi'es in a large '
numlwr of graves, andt thlis is what I
haplalned to a reporter:
L'using along upper II:oadway, he t
miet a sanitl boy earr.ing a package o i
something whiuch, it was evident from t
his actions he wished to keep oonceal- i
ed. Recognizing the urehbit aa one
with whom he was acquainted, he I
asked himt what he had wrapped up so
carefully in the paper in his hand. The
boy was at first loath to tell, but after I
a little Ipranasioli opened thepaper I
aid exhibitedl to the gentlhma ;a lot
of the lmost bear tiful, luxurint hair
he bUd ever beheld. To his astonish
meat and horror hIe was iulfotrmed
that it had been obtained from ona of
the partly uncovered graves in the
abandoled cemetery. IHisamazement
was not, as may be reatiddy imagined,
in any degree lessened when the boy
told him that several othbr similar
lots of human hair had been found by
other "gamin," and that they had dis
posed of it for a good round sullm, and
that ha hoped to realize not a little
sum from, the sale'of that in his ipos
aesaaig.
This .robably is not the only grave
yard that has been harvested fior the
benefit ot the dashing ladies, young
and old, who effect the huge hirsute
structures which Inow adorn the fash
ionable head. llie relect:ou is by no
means a p1leasant one.
g Again we beg the indulgence
of oar readers tor the lack of editorial,
,a this li Christmas week--hiu.
i 'f'be weather for the past two
, ,., kllhlr l.'i1, .,,?,x ,<i,+,l ntrl.
OU-R IPLAN OF SALVATION plhiuiu
ness ca
Our political storm has now about own lit
spent its fury, and it remains for the A fe
business lnen of New Orleans to decide woude
wlhether they will maintain the sullen. insura
dogged attitude of inactivity which cept n
has been assumed every since the in- :hew 1
aut, tration of [epubli cant governmeutnett prina
in this State, or take huol in a spirit their
worthv of enterlprising menl and strive treat t
to build up the trade of this city andtl treate
their own fortutes at the salIe tune. enstot
It is quite il:mui-'est that the- power of couniit
wealth aund the patronage of private and n
station have lost to a greater extent figure
e their influence over political afltirs be un
here. VWhet her for good or evil, the tain tl
voters of the State have declined to tial f
C heed the alluring promises of sucih clnin
bnsiness mIen as have assumed to half
direct them in their political duties. tion,
Df There have been strenuous attempts the u
y to divide and antagonize the two ele- in bi
Smelunt, to place t line of demakation part
between the poor votet and the rich the <1
citizen. In all political mocements some
L the latter class alonle has been consult- posit
ed. Their hnames have bee' solicited irres
to give respectability and finish to all unll0
proposed plans, while the tlen who those
were required to work for their daily ister
bread, and could only vote, were not and
invited to participate in the councils, ttti
whether li the ward, the parish or shot
1S the State conunittees. But the ma- the
terial and weighty matters of the caln- ever
paign were left to chance. The lpoor ilmg
the people were expected to vote fur the yea!
a- esdidates which were nonlinated d' tfor
All indorsed by the so-called "old and re- pon'
specttablet citizens," but tiley very ors
ed naturally refused to do this, and gave 0
for their sufflrages to men ot their own R-.3
for choosing, who. illn most ilstalnces, : .re
be meu of I heir ow: cL::ss. Such was the bit
case in 1S6S, 1S70, and also in 1872.
lly This practice prevailed last canllva-s f
in a more marked degree in the counl
try than ill the city.
After each election, however, it has fat
been the custom for the defeateted par li
ty to retire into itself and boast of a t del
for determination not to recoglize or al
are hav e anything to do with the radicals, ele,
the scallawags and carpet baggers, by ore
toni which titles they designated the Ile- of
and publicans. They were negroes and ib
the friends of negroes, %ith whom as- pre
3* sociation, even in a business way, otl
would be a species of moral polhltion. po
As the Republican has before wvarned cll
them, the owner of a businels stand are
fact ould lease his property to a mer- 1i
litor chant, and, having kothing cise io do, en
nu- would lounge aroundl and abuse the tit
ey of customers of his tenunt it' tlhey hap- ipc
nue- pened to be negroes, or white ieplub ;
pr,- licans, the friends of the negroes. jil
-ore This foolish conduct, productsl disas- di
one trous results, hieh naturally recoiled co
upon the offenderc, tor the enstotmers 1
were ldriven away tr'lo the r. ruhant, sc
P'who in his tlurnl moved his stock away tl
to a better luns ket, aiind left the store
-Re- vacant. Then the "property owtS;CIr
t it tgrnmbled at radical rule and higih
ough taxes, and joined the tax-resister+. tl
tery, In man iusta;nlc , the traders have It
fits. beeni dri\-cvn into the country, to keep st
ut so a cr-oss-roads store, andl sent for his I
gaini supplies to St. Louis ~r Cincinati. sl
lulffs, There Ihas been such a change wroaght,
large by such practices, :and the alt.red re
whatat Itions of labor and capital, that there l
is a coustanit drain oi nmoney froim
' -, he this State to the Northwest, for sup
ge lof plies which ought to run ill this direc
from tion, and would, it our nmerchants d
Iceal. were las zealous in their busiuess umat- i
one ters as they are bigoted in their o
i, he polities. I
upi S) NOW, it ts our earnest desire to see
Trhe all this changed, so as to enchance
after the profits oft business melt, not by t
paper heavier charges, but by an exlpansion
;a lot of business. Instead of inserting all
hair their advertisements in two or three
,nish- l)Denoeratic llaP'r-, who flatter them
)rmed by pandeling to their iprejudices, and
>n of whhih are all conlined to nearly the
a tshe sali nailrow lilits, they sholtl ad
Pmeut dress thelselves to their customers
ined, through such mediulms as are likely
to boy to re:ach all classes. They ashonld act
imilar and talk as though there were no
d by politics in busiuess; that though they
l dis- may not like the prineiplhs of a Re
, and publican, they have no objection to
little inriting business relations with him.
SIos. - When a merchants restricts his cus
tomers to a particular class, he
gl-arc- virtually decreases the population of
or the the locality on which lie depends for i
-oung support to the exact unmber of the
irsute I excluded class. Our merchants have
lfash been doing this sort of a half business
by no for five or six yea:rs, and they have
grown poor at it. The party they
favored in the late election has been
Igene detfeated, as it wits in 1868 and 1870.
i Now, ulndless they bring a little wis
Sdom, a little commton sense, to their
aid, they will follow the old precedent,
t two and poke a'long in e same profitless
1W .. ~ IIcfu 1 . -unmulnll t!~n .i d 0lrn .
,_ll~ ithLa- _I-.- use usa- == --;- -
plaiuming at the same time of tile dark- Deal
ness caused by their standing in their
own light.
A few simple remedies will effect citemel
wonders. Let our merchants, bankers, wound
insurance ilen, and everybody else ex- comIul(
cept newspaper men and offticials, es- the inju
chew politics except at the polls or distini
primiary meetings and throw open has pa
their doors wide to the public and is no r
treat every man as a man should be the ro
,treated who present himself as :1 Lio 0
nustomler. Let each man sluppose hle Iand o01I
F couiit on:e at the polls (if ie votes) ,0011
and no more, no matter how his name his ill
tiilgres on the assessment roll. Let it cal br
be understood that an aristocrat on a the e.
ten thousand dollar basis is an essten- lihett
tial failure, and to set up for being P)lace
Seminently respectable on less than lhoto10
a half a million, with no other qualitica- ,now,
a. tion, an egregrious blunder. That tion
s the majority will finally rule, as well On
in business as in politic, and it is the tally
n part of the wise man either to be on ing ti
lh the dominant side, or to treat it with sat d
some degree of respect. For an op the s
. posite policy is to attempt to stem an vey
d irresistible current, which will event- lprOc
11 unally crry the stnggler away. Let frieln
to those who have been chosen to adulin- took
ly ister tie political affairs of the State hilr
t and city be left to discharge their Ile
, dulties, %%hile the shopman minds his was
or shop, the carpenter drives his plane, a c
a- the cobbler sticks to his last, and dent
uI every man does his duty. By pulrsu- alga
or ing such a course for six month or a a rot
lie year, more thorough and lasting re- ills t
id ortms cail be effected than were ceviU his
e promlisedl last summer by all the oia- I inli
it :ors of all the parties; and they can ten
e not be brought about in any other spri
,e way.-I N. 0. Republican. ciy
-- -divi
.r LtY Give Ie.s a call before II
butingn elsewhere.
7r2
is Another Stratagem Bc atern.
Mr. Ogden, who has just lost a fine i ya
a fat ofiic that he thought he ha;l his hen
r lilnerls ot, is comnluning with 'Pre.si- i
Sdeiit aiGrut, through Attorney tneer- anl
or al \illiams, to the eflect that he wa, stir
3ls, elected at one of the nios-t quiet Lantid wa.
by orderly elections ever held in the State lie
He- of Louisiana, and that he has been bit
11d beaten out of his fat thing by the op- shl
as- pre('ive action of Judge I)urell. lin
ay, some nurseries, if Mr. Ogden is well Ipr
li. posted in family matters, when the thi
tied children are the quietest, then tley tic
and are almost sure to be engaged in coi- ph
tier- mitting the worst actions. It is easy
do, enough to establish that the late eld- i -
the tion was a peaeacele one, ftr that is aii
.lip- point i:o one pretends to set lup. but it
iub ;s not so easy for him to explain thli. b,
oes. singuirr and unexpected ,;tet. The
has discovery of the reason of tibis quietutde 1 Ie
riled comes with greater graco from the op- t,
ers position, whose interests were made to d
:nt, suffer from this utllatlural order nadl th
t` 'rY icrumi. wi
Mt`I, Ir. Ogden's friends hid tlh polling e j
places from the colored l-e',ple, and
they had to be silent in order to secure' ,,
tile advantages they were plaving tr. thr
hive It theyi had put on the usa:l ihead ,I' ii
ee steamn and da;iced aroulng i their rceg- k
his ular uniform of slouched hats and six- ct
nati. shooters tihe iRepuntlic:us would have vt
ilit, discovered the balloting Places and in
Iput in their votes. In one parish the p li
here election precinct was sujppos-ed to have lii
f-out been called at a famous church ii a di
- large llRepublican settlement, anld the or
ir- egroes as embledl at tl:hat place in or- 11
ldts der to do their eotin. After stearc- t1
tating for hours they discovered that an nt
their out of the way place in an ohl tield C
had been designated as the polling c
S booth, the name of the church beitng {
imnle arbitrarily attached to it, and there all
t by the white people met and voted. When
usion the negroes reached the place they
g a wl were delayed by the frivolous ques
the tions put to the white voters until it f
them was too late for them to vote. This !
ad was quiet enough and orderly too, but [
Sthe it was a firauld, and such a fraud as f
I ad- -Ir. Ogden could hardly expect to t
riers overcome in a legal contest. What is t
likely the differenice, we ask, between beiing
d act lriven from the polls by violence,
re no which the law certainl!y woulh not :d
ey low, and having thile polls taken i'rem I
S- the voter by a deliberate piece ot
Oi to cheatery ? Is Mr. Ogden recouciled to
him. the loss of his money because the thief
Scs- did not disturb him while he runu ag-
s, he ed his plckets ! "The peace and quiet
of dodge," in so far as it violated the
is for rights of the people, and met the siuno
fate that the old violence dodge did;
ae and the people of Louisiana may be i in
ie structed by the fact that justice and
houesty' are the best aids to political
t bee preferment as they are to business suc
been css.--[N 0. Republican.
wis- We !orgot or rather neglected
their to acknowledge the receipt of a cor
edent, plimentary ticket to :he Catholic Fair.
,n- r" Our devil has the .:Epizootic.
Death Of Dr. Warren.Stone. Ap
In the midst of these political ex- The
citemeuts, and while men's minds are no dou
wound up by the agencies of public tion, "
commotion to the highest pitchs comes able t
the intelligetce that one of the mostl withou
distinguished of our New Orleans men jority,
has passed awnaj, and Warren Stone nizing
1 is no more. Born in Vermont,-he left in this
L the roof tree at an age whenu the ambi- answer
tion of his life began to take shape, should
and on his arrival in New Orleans he we cal
soon made his mark as a physiciau, fact t
e his iuclinings being towards the surgi- which
t cal branch of the healing art. One of hlence
t th earliest inadtl cnts in his life las I ty, is
. when lie was surgeon at a duel, taking Demo
g place in thlos days when the code of ocracf
honor was nmore in vogue than it is of th
a- now, and which shows the determina- nomil
tt tion of the man. to ha
11 One of the principals had been mor- it.' i.
e tally wounded and the seconds, carry that r
)u ing the stricken man to a log cabin, ed an
th sat down and l egan carousiniwhile The I
Sthe surgeon went for assistance to con- ing a
n vey him where attendatice could be from
pt. procured. He returned, found the and 1
et friends intoxicated, and deliberately cal d
in- took up the dead man and conveyed to as
te him into the city from Bayou Bridge. Orley
ir lHe was a man whose herculean frame to oh
is was not. as in many men, an index of mob
a clouded intellect. A thousand inci- right
lid dents that show his goodness of heart, Du
si. always hiddilen in a gruff demeanor and stain
a a rough exterior, have alleviated theral
re. ills both of youth and age, and nlade cons
S :his comiig blest. Anecdotes of his been
ia- I invincible will and energy, which of- the I
an ten ,inaouted to a d+3gged obstiaaci%, the
ter spring from almost every man in this menI
cily who has cros,sed the line which a bo
divides maturity from age. cial
r)Ie Ilhere, where a. his uiinistratious Dea
carried each its comfort to some sutfer- bre
er or sauferer's friend, andi where il pect
hi; triuamhs have occurred, we can nut
I hest appreciate his loss. For the past tlen
hin year: of his Ih; he had Ibeen in failin:g pn
hi health. For his frie's and yoger inju
e.i- lhi sicians lie had ever a kind word, na
wr- and never withheld his counsel or an
wa'a stinted his advice. His crowning trait this
sunt was the practical nature of his head. all t
ate lie despised preten:ilon, abhorred hu111- dat
ten lbug and quackery, no matter what is d
op- shape it took. ha
In I A coliieI-on of his lectures would brt
Nell I prove interesting readiing as showing sil
te this ablove all other of his characteris
tics. lDuring ihltty ytear. a practicing
o- l)hsican:l in this city, it m:ay well beli the
asy sur-mis-d that his i nuame was like a arb
lec hotischold word in every fxnmily, and sal
is a tii(d s c(ulh nog rest inl ca:sc of any to t
t it set ions naladly until D)r. Stone had. gll
t1i. b, ii e-i;e i, ((;nsultit tion. mta
Tihe The intli:'cce of his seliouis i- is -
tod elness, of his. calan ;,ad quiet approach th<
"e to he gties of li'atI haid d(lay by (daiy a
le to l;ln nealr him te gcater part of vi;
Ithe plvysicinus. u: tI:e city-,one half of lpa
who:n had gaintvl tr::u hiin their lit
ilinRg ailiest i , .ruc':...U, --::n1 it was the 1i
anld ir.-'i . M limg th1 -t the last few pi
rl' mt io : we're hs tin l jourliney, amid that l
for. tell worul ,,aul sooli ktnow him no io
ii cif mo. Ilis -u; aieity a.s a surgeonl is cc
reg- known tx .\very lan, nOiman a"nmi
I six- thild, anil iiu.a s it (-oiilliltlinury in the n
hiave voc of ,the erire peopile. atIha a
and man, so tfar above the ordinary run a, t"
li the physicians, can not drop from:u the
have Iline who are ete-nailly batthug with b.
ii aii disease aind circumventiiig death with
di the out ereatiiig a uirofound fceling, and
il or- there will be sincere miotnxers at his
arcl- fnieral to day, which will take plhlce c
ait an from the Church of the Immaculate
field Concepition, cornlmer of laroiunem and
olling Coninon streets, at three o'clock.-[".
being O. Riepublican.
-re .all i The ladies sayol that Hless
When sells cheap.
ques A man may borrow money, steal t
util it fxroim a widow, discount his own whis- 1
This ky t ill, or "nip" a prayer book from a I
o, but heathen, and still have some chance s
dl as for pardlon ; but when he swindles a d
ct to newasplaper man out (t his bill, we I
hat is tlhink the dlevil has such a grip on the a
being seat of hisxintaloons that repentance
lenice, and forgiveness are utterily oat of the 1
not :d- luestion.
ee of [F Ifess has alnything you
iled to want at inir rics.
e thief A .oston gent'emtan who could lot I
I nSag- waltz, ,ftl,,red a young hlay oet4 hun- i
i quiet ted dollars if she would let liim hug
. d the lher as much'i as the man did .who had
e ulno sjLt waltzed with her. It was a good
;e did; oteir. amid showed that monmy was no
b Ie ini- object to hini, but they put him oat of
cce an:d the house so hard that his eyes were
oliticaul inite black.
S We call special attention is
ected caaned to the Sherittff Sales, which take
glecteo- place to-day.
ie Fair.  The river has again commence
oeric. to tfil.
Appealing to the Military. 'h1 pu
the pub
The Republicans of the North have ed her
no doubt asked themselves this qnee- ever e
tion, "llow is it that our party is not print,
able to control affairs in Louisitia latIo
without the military ifit is in the ma- In d
jority, as it pretends to be' Recog- In repl
nizing our responsibility to the nation ate, t
in this matter, and considering that an
answer to the inquiry of the North e wr
should justly and properly be made, ownl, a
we call the attention of country to the estly
fiat that the city of New Orleans, respou
which is the nursery of all the vio
Shlence that menaces the peace of socie- t,
I t, is under the domination of the agree
! Democratic party, and that the Dem- ritties.
f ocracy is'so much under the influence write
s of the rowdy element that its last a" de
- nuomininaing convention was admitted to a
to have been a disgracelful affair, and most
. its iu'!overs were so disgusted with it lettir
that more t!han omme-half of them seced- three
, ed and organized the Rierm party.n at
Is The Republicans consist of the labor- an a
- ing and farming clasue:, living away and
e from the city and having little time forma
to and less inclination to engage in politi
ly cal disturbances. It is an easy matter to mu
d to assemble a Democratic mob in New lato.
e. Orleans, and it is not an easy matter lit
e to obtain the power to make such a
of mob respect the peace, and even the genrr
ri- rights of tle opposition. ativ
1, During the late excitement, for in- the 1
id stance, although the decree of the fed- the 1
ie eral judiciary was the matter to be trout
toe considered, if the military had not wt
is been present to euf arce the orders of DuVil
nf the law, he mob!) would have resisted tIIm
;, the results of J.u:lga Durell's judg that
is meat. The Lyceum hfall conclave was
wort
ch a body convened in contempt ofjudi
cial authority, and if the leaders ot the pros:
us l)emtiocratic party will commit such ge
er breaches of order, what is to to ex
nil pected florm the followers ? If it had
an i-t been that the United SLates au- In
1st It, ritist' f-it a hlak of dispositio.n to prac
:ag l;usuwi the l;parties who coilteiilled its from
iir ijunction, there would have Lee, a I ret
d, tumilwr of arrests an'. inmp;risonmeuts; ;gate
or an I this goes to tshow hobw caretully port
sit this entire ti ub!e Lai been (lt~r-eed, the 1
ad. all the winnl ra seeking to accomUmo- gart'
.n- date to losers as much asvpossibe- It pa.w
hat is tlbubt:'ul if the other side would have ble
h:andled the Itepublicans as they have they
ultl bet', hanmlled is the e\eunt they had thel
iug seu cecde d. will
5is More than this, the Republic·i'ans lr:- sla
-ing liss to bh, the pal ty of law and corder; hod
I he they admit that the United States can Lit
ea arbitrate a local question without in- all
nani saltling the State; amA they prefer to nt:o
ny I to settle difllen'ties by avoiding nasty this
hadl gialpowder. The community in the and
i uidl.t of v. huilh the Legbilature mer.ets but
i!!- is unfoitunately of a dflnrent cru.er of meo
rach thought. Neaw Orleans has been deali- the
lda caltd to he Demaocracy for years by he
t, of! virte of the superior ability of that ott
f l ar.ty t call in its uisele a:,d its n -ice si.
heir little revolver. The people have sub- the
thme mitted time out oe mind, but the Re- hot
few pubi,iicans, Gildidug the militamy at an
ihat l:a.ld, resolved to try conclysions with pal
I o rowilies. Thie attempt hasbeen a suc- bo
aI is ces,, anld the expelieunt will do to iw- or
•and ,'rove on in the ntutre. The men who Ith
te st al ald stui' bTallot boxes will be de. ri:
,h . f-,,r-,d byI the fi-dleral iudiciarvy, acd th
Sof tihe men who menurce the public peace or
the will run against federal bayonets. And pr
\iit both evil l wil than come to an end. pa
witlh- In conclusion let us ask the North D
and why it employs policemen when the wl
t hisi great maIns of manikinid is honest I Be- Im
dmace cause a tfew rascals can do a great deal r
ulate f injury that many honest people can sC
and not rclpair.-[N. 0. RRpublicau. in
-[N. . T
A Bit of Romance. t
[les
s Miss Sarah Butillon, at the age of ai
nineteen, was an operative in one of tl
steal the cotton-mills of Great Falls, 5. L. h
whis- DurIng certain June she was called w
om a home to nurse a sister w ho had fiallen it
lance sick with typhoid fever. The sister Il
lles a died, and her parents were old and n
, we poor, Sarah remained at home to look k
n the after the affairs of the honusehold. i
tance Among her effects which she had c
of the brought with her from the factory was o
a parcel wrapped in a newspaper pIub
lished -in one ot the cotton-growing
yoularishesof Louisiana In this Ipape'r
she !fouud, among the prominent Dmen
id not mentioned as having take, part, on a t
hun- public occasimon, one who bore her fam- 1
in hug ily name of Butillon. l-e name was
o had not a common one, and in a jocose
, good manner ahe said she had a mind to
was no write to the man, and see if she could
out of not scrape upa a relatioanship. A corm
a were pauion told her she dared not db it.
Partly from curiosity, and partly trom
a love of adventuret , and, perhaps, in
ion is tluenced alightly by the bater of her
h take friend, she put the project into efleet.
She wrote a sedsible, modest letter,
giving an account of her family, and
amence its genealogy as she understood it, and
s nggested that. as the family namne
wIas iot a common on, SaUd .that as
the publication of his name had afford
ed her the only opportunity she had
ever enjoyed of seeing the same in '
print, it was not impossible that some
relationship existed bpa them.
In dum time Miss sitillon received
in reply a letter triendly and affection
ate, tei writer aeknowledging that her
father and himself must be cousins.
He wrote that he had no family of his
own, and but tea friends, and he earn
estly hoped and desired that the cors
respondence thus opened might be
continued. Sarah acceded to his re
quest, and a corresponde-ce ensued
agreeable and satisfactory to both par.
ties. She wrote as a child might have
written to an absent parent, while he
answere I as he might have answered
to a daughter. This was kept for al
d most three years, and then Philip
Batillon ceased to write. Sarah's last
letter had remained unanswered fall
three months, when she received, freo
an attorney of Natchitoches, intelll.
gence of the death of her distant fiend
and namesake, together with the In
formation that he had left her by will
the whole of his property, amounting
r to more than a hundred thousand do!.
w tlars.
r Shortly after receiving this intelll. .
gence Sarah had given her band ih
marriage to a worthy printer of her '
native State, and together they visited
the laud of sugar and cotton, where
the property was obtained without '
trouble.
We wish there were more Philip
ole Iiutillons, and more Sarahs to hunt
them up and secure their property
that is, it said Sarahs would selet
li worthy printers as the sharers of thei
he prosperity.-- 8. C., Jr., in N. '., Led.
Ih ger.
Gambling In the East.
u- In the Eas4t amLling is a universal
to practice. All classes delight in it,
from t'he king on the throne to the
a u retched begger that- prowls about the
t ; gates tit the noble to dnd a scanty sup.
Ily port, not in "the crambs that fall from
ed, the rich man's table," but in the very +
0-o garbage that is cast from his gate. fb
It passionately devoted to this despica
he ble vice are many Orientals, that wbea ;
ive they hava bartered away everythidi.
ad they possess, rather than desist they "t
will sell their wives and.children intoe'
r:: slavery. and even pawn their or a,
er; bodies to get money to gamble with.'
can Li'censed gaming houses are faond in
in- all Eastern cities, and most Oriental
to monaorchs derive large revenues tfam'"
isty this source. Sometimes dice are used,
the and ccuasionally smnall cowries (shells),
Bets but cards are most general. The coan
,r of mno people, male and female, freqest
cli- the public saloons, which are said to
by be pertect dens of crime, as they are
hat oftcn the theatres of the most heart.
rice sickdining tragedies. The gambling of
sub- the higher classes is done in their own
Re- home:, and they never fail to invite,
at and even importune, their visitors to
with partake of the sort4, while they otes .
suc- boast of the large sums they hare Its
iu- or won among their friends. Bat,'
who though husbands and fathers deem it
d right thus to employ their own ttimep,
cad their wives andi daughtern are trtetly
eace ordered to avoid all sueh immerl
And pracetices, lest the well filed parse o
i. paterfaunilias shouldt aier detrieatl
Dorth Duing the reign of the old uarperl
the who sat upon the throneat the tied st
I e- my first visit to Siam. it was one dlq
deal repoxted to his majesty that ds
s a cores of his hundred wives s haidb
indulging in the great sin of gambling.
The fair uenlprits, being summoned t
the royal presenee, made fall con
sion of their gailt, bat pleaded
g of as excuse, and prayed his
ue of torgiveneas on the groad thm tha
N. LI. h elost only 20,000 teis (13,
ulled wl fth ry argued was "bat mae a
fallen in the oeean compared with the
sister less resources of his serene, hi
d and iujesty." The covetous dtL kntag,
o look loved money better tha aLaything
ehold. in timhe world (the fair culprits !t
ehad cpted), had no sooner hieard th
y was.if twentY tthoaUUsd teals mean
r pub- Ithen, losing the small modteam of
owing tienee with which nature had
plaper ed him, she summoned to his pr
t mena several high officers of the name,
ton a f athirtly discidine of thirty stri
r fam- the soles of the feet of each of
,e was fending ladies, to preselve uthem
jocose tare from the degradiang vieof
ind to bling."-[LippineCtt'5 Magazine.
could
Scomu- i Price goes at le0a'.
db it.
y trom _f What bs the mattr W
sps, in- Shreveport maill as the latest
of her we have received from the 
effec$, date of lNov. 1st.
letter, - __ _ -
ly, and Early rmsing was oUce ap
it, and of thrift; but now it ladincat
nam an man is dry.
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