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Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

{" A LEG LOST FOR LoVE.-A French
paper gives the following account of a
branch of the ''leg business," which
seems to have escaped Miss Olive
Logan's attention:
can English lord fell madly in love
with a young lady who had lost a leg by
amputation. He fell on his knees and
laid at her feet-or rather at her foot
his fortune. She declined. "Why, oh
why9" asked the enamored peer. "Be-
cause such a marriage would be unequal
and unequal marriages are always un-
happy. The peer protested that there
was no inequality. His wealth and sta
ton were us naught compared TO her
love. "Still, we are unequal calmly
said the maiden. 'IIow, dearest, how!'
frantically asked the peer. "Our stand
ing is not the same.'' 10 which the en-
amored, peer said 'tNonsense.'' The
maiden persisted, and proved her cor
rectness by the fact that he had two legs
while she had but one. He madly rush
ed away-not to suicide, but to amputa-
ton. He returned hObbling, but hap
by man; for the maiden accepted him,
and they will limp through life, cripples
but companions" ..u.r
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

a SINGULAR AND IMPORTANT LAW
SUBTITLE Nashville Banner, of the
9TH inst, reports: .. .r. >,
There is now pending in the circuit
court of the United States for the MD
die district of nnessee-transferred
IRON the chancery courtat Columbia--a
singular and highly important lawsuit,
involving some new questions OF gen
eral interest. ~
Mrs. Rebecca Polk has sued Messrs.
billiard, Summers s. Co. for nearly $780,
600, and POUNDS her claims on the follow
ing state of facts: s.s.Hrt
For many years before the war she
was the owner of plantation ana
slaves in Mississippi, which were man
aged by her husband. ,5a lrlf. q,
Nfessrs. billiard, Summers & Co. were
his commission merchants, and sold the
cotton raised on this plantation, paying
the proceeds to her hsband, the late
Andrew j. Polk, who is now dead. She
has now brought suit for the money
thus paid over TO him., on the ground
that her husband had no right to receive
| IL. The suit is one of more than ordi-
nary Importance, because, before the
war. large interests of married women
were managed in the same way in many
parts of the South; and if it shall turn
ont that commission merchants are la
| BILE under such circumstances, suits OF
| like character may become quite com
mon,
Mrs. Polk claims that the merchants
maid over the proceeds of this cotton to
| her husband, knowing the money be-
1 Ionged to her. This, however, they
deny. u Rosa p,
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

81 FooLSCAP PAPER Every kind of
paper is known by the stationer, by its
name: Quarto post, octave post, Svo
post, foolscap, etc. The term foolscap
to designate certain kind of paper no
doubt has puzzled many Young inquirers.
The origin is not only amusing but his
torical. Charles l of England granted
numerous monopolies for the support OF
the Government. Among others was
the manufacture of paper. The water
mark of the finest sort was the Royal
Arms of England. The consumption of
this article was very great at this time,
and large fortunes were made by those
who had purchased the exclusive right
to vend it. This, among other monopo-
lies, was set aside by the parliament
that brought Charles 1 to the scahold;
and by way of showing their contempt
for the king, they ordered the royal
arms taken from the paper, and a fool
with his cap and bells to be substituted.
1t is now over two hundred years since
the foolscap bells were taken from the
paper, but still the paper Of the size,
which the rump parliament ordered for
their journals, bears the name of the
water-marks then offered as an indig-
nifty to Charles. -... ~
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

The following advice isl given in Binns'
Anatomy of Sleep, or the art of procur-
ing sound and refreshing slumber at will,
published in Londonin 1912. The prin-
cipal feature in Binns' system is for the
patient to fix his attention on his own
breathing. "He must depict TO himself
that he sees the. breath passing from
his nostrils in continuous stream, and
the very instant he brings his mind to
conceive this, apart from the otherideas,
.consciousnessandm memory depart; imag-
nation slumbers; fancy becomes dor
mant; thought subdued, the sentient
faculties lose their susceptibility; the
vital or gonglionic system assumes the
sovereignty. and he no longer wakes,
but Slopes. .1Eli Lg l Ib
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

VoLTAIRE UPoN MEDIcINE.-When
Voltaire was told that a friend of his
was studying to become a'pbysiciaR' he
exclaimed; "Why will he he so madE
He will have to thrust drugs, of which
he knows little, into abody of which he
knows less
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Mrs. GAINES LAwsUIT.-Mrs. Gaines
will not derive as much benefit from her
successful lawsuit as might be expected.
a large portion of the property recover
defraying the expenses of the thirty
years litigation. So says an exchange
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07
die Natfbitnfbes 5peftatur.
TERMS Is

49, HE SpEorAToE viii be issued every Thursday
Morning. Subscription price-S5 per. annum
So for six months, IN ADVANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
I of 81 SO per square, for the first and 70 cents
for each subsequent insertion. Eight lines, or
less, constitute one square, 49, >f@ /.
:, Cards occupying the space of one square, $50
per year, ~ isgi9 .!sa 4 atai. 8I1
:, Liberal deductions from the above rates made
in favor of those who, advertise more extensively
by the year. or for a shorter period.
- Marriage and Obituary notices exceeding -four
,es IN length and all others Published for the
benefit Of private parties, viii be charged as
.adyer isements. r}tat1CH % 4{fTDtfo ff
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

"a Massachusetts inventor has i'm
proved the sewing needle, which prom
Uses to make its valuable mark among
modern inventionsk6 The Improvement
is in the needless eye, making the thread
ing of it as easy to the blind as to those
of the sharpest vision.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

The following sis an easy method of
detecting whether the red color of vino
is artificial or otherwise a small piece
of bread OF sponge which has been we'll
washed is dipped into the wine and then
placed in water, II the color is artifi-
cial the water will be at once eolored;
otherwise the color will not be apparent
for half an hour,
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

"Sir," said sturdy beggar to a. be-
nevolent old man, ''please give rue u
quarter, 1 am hungry and uhainse to- pro-
cure fOod.'' The quarter was given,
when the beggar said: ''YOu have done
a noble deed, YOU have saved me from
doing something which | feared would
have to come to-" "What is thatl"
said the benefactor. Work. was the
mournful reply.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

An old bachelor in New York offered
a young lady pony for kiss; she gave
him the kiss; he refused her the pony;
she sued him; he pleaded Fnoconsidera-
tion;' the court decided that a kiss was
legal consideration, and made him
''pony over" qnfd ..H4 ses
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Albert Pike has performed one great
achievement. In a recent edltoTial ne
produced single sentence OF -5wo nun
bred and ten words wlthout any oeheE
stop than a few commas. 1t rs salu Slae
Henry A. Wise tainted away on reaolhg
the sentence.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

An Australian lady gives public no
tice by advertisement, that if her lius-
band does not turn upin three months
she intends To marry again.tq sa7a
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

n Western paper strikes the names
of two subscribers from it's list because
they were hung. Tie publisher says he
was compelled to be severe, because he
didhot know their present address.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Why not adopt the old practice of
trying witches; tie the hands behind the
back and throw the Presidcntoverboard
if he sinks, declare him innocent; If he
swimss hang him as guilty.-Ne,ebWIy-
port Herald. IL .-...- ...--.-.---- -.-n.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

A Connecticut couple fought. on the
ilrst night of their marriage because the
groom kissed the prettiest bridesmaid.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

The public lands in Alaska are said
to extend to 365,000,O00 of acres. Many
of these acres are preserved in ice.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

A traveller breakfasting at an Arkan-
sas hotel, requested the waiter to take
his cup of coffee out into the yard and
pump some of the water out of it.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Wieland, the German novelist, must
have been Il sublime lover. He was
perfectly convinced that love is born
with the first sigh. and expires in GER
tain degree with the first Kiss.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

There is river in Illinois known as
the Cache, which pursues n meandering
course of one hundred miles, while the
distance from its source. to its mouth is
only thirty-siX miles.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

An exchange says tits little singular
that IN making up bouquets for danseuse
no florist has ever suggested fig leaves.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Louisville covers an area of % square
miles, having nine miles of river front,
and extending inland miles. 1t has a
hundred and fifty thousand Inhabitants
and has seventy churches. -.--.-- -.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Poor is theIman who can boast ofinoth-
ing but gold. ..c. ,..s,..,sg ~. s. c,ra4
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

n Wisconsin paper describing a large
farm which the advertiser wants to sell,
adds the. following: ''The surrounding
country is most beautiful; also two
wagons and a yoke of steers''
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

The New York car companies propose
the Berlin system of issuing numbered
tickets to passengers to prevent conduc
tors ''knocking down fare,' il possible
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

|, The tax of one cent on each box OF
matches produced last year throughout
the United States about S1,5O0,O00, OF
enough to arm, transport, and keep IN
the field 1900 men, and make us a match
for any other nation. * . 5I8
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

There are thirty-two thousand lawyers
in the United States, whose earnings
are sixty-four millions. 5ilt io rs,
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Connecticut railroads must be rough.
A citizen of Bridgeport says he was
cured of dispepsy by riding ON them
last winter. i'"' '- ~ N'i- 'tH -
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

The Republicans in Trenton, New
Jersey, are running an undertaken for
mayor. The issues involved in the cleo
ton are very grave. lsi..' eaHs2a
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07
NUMBER %.

~ Queen Victoria has over thirty tons of
silver and gold plate. aassig & ass
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

a2 Too BAD.-The New Orleans Crescent
says it is reluctantly admitted that Stan
berry, as q conductor of the Presidents
case, is failure. .e...,... f..,s
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

A newspaper has already made it's
appearance in Alaska. 1t is styled the
Alaska Herald, andis printed in Rus
sian and English. Pi.3 a'sH9
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Marriages are decreasing in 'TenTles-
see, owing to the hard times. jiafif
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

SYNoNYMs.-In Hebrew, Sunshine
and Happiness are words of the, same
meaning. 4 itt'' S+H%
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

Mrs. Cakes Smith says none but hand
some men and women should marry.
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

CAN MOTHER FoRGBT.-Can Il
mother forget2 Not morning, noon
or night but she. looks into the corner of
the kitchen where you read Robinson
Crusoe, and thinks of you as yet Il boy.
Mothers rarely become conscious that
their children are grown out of child
hood. They think of them, advise
them, write to them, as if not full four
teen years of age. They cannot forget
the child. Three times day they think
who is absent from the table, and hopes
that next year, at farthest, she may
have ':just her own family there" and
if you are there look out for that
fat. limb of fried chicken, and that
coffee which none but everybody's own
mother can make. ~"
A mother mourning ut her first born's
grave, or closing the dying eyes of child
after child, displays q grief whose very
sacredness is sublime. But bitter,
heavier than the death stroke, is the
desperation of n son who rushes over n
crushed heart into vices which he would
hide even from the abandoned and the
vile. 't ~ . -.'
Napoleon once asked lady what
France needed for the education of her
youth, and the short, profound reply
was, ''mothers."
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07
Professional Card.

NsFEFIF 'l''lf PROTEST. OmaI Card.
- FrNhe undersigned has the pleasure OF informing
a. the Public in general that he is still engaged
the practice ofhs Profession in all its branches
Special attention paid to Chronic Diseases
- confidential affections, &C.. &C.,
mem. Office at Dr.J. p, Bredas residence ABOUT ohe-
half mile above the town of Natchitochss-
ie'i.i A. p, BREDA, NJ, D. .
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

LINKS IN A iCHAIN.-The blast that
drove the storm clouds across, the heav-
en- shook the oak, and the acorn cup,
loosened from its fruit, fell on thepath'
way. 8n taas @s ~ "a 1eI5e2il
The clouds burst, and the raindrop
filled the acorn cup, A robin wearied
by the sultry heat of an autumn day,
hoped along the path when the storm
was over, and drank the rfindrop. Re-
freshed and gladdened he flew to his IA
vorite perch in the ivy that overhung
the poets window, and there he trilled
the sweetest, happiest Song.
The poet heard, and rising from his
day-dream, wrote u chant of grateful
rejoicing. ,rac .s,.S .e,. . 81
The chant went forth into the great
world and. entered the house of sorrow,
and uttered its DEMONSTRATING accents
beside the couch OF sickness, The sor-
irowful were comforted, the sick were
cheered.
Many voices praised the poet. He
said, ''the3 chant was inspired by the
robin'S song.'' set9H sG 1aisa ny
my throat would have been too dry
to sing said the robin, '.if l had not
found that sweet drop of water that
was in the acorn cup"
+ 81 should have sunk in the earth had
not the acorn cup been there to, receive
me-" said the raindrop. ~ tg 81
81 would not have been there to re-
ceive You but for the angry blast" said
the acorn cup. 3a @ aafe
/ And so 5hey that were comforted
praised the blast; but the blast replied:
praise Him at whose word the stormy
wind ariSeth aud who from darkness
can bring light, making his mercies
oftentimes to pass through unseen and
unknown channels, and bringing in dne
time, by his own way, the grateful chant
from the angry storm cloud"
Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07

ear RI N GA PFSRS. &c plaiBoThe parish, Agent
for louisiana north of Red River.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-25
IHcFT1ERATIOv.

We have noticed from exchanges
lately received from the SOUTHEAST
crn States. that at convention OF
Railroad men and managers lately
held in Georgia, steps were taken
looking to the inauguration If a reg
ular system, on the part Of the Rail
road management in the South East.
! to invite and assist immigration from
/ Europe 20 this section Of the country.
| The leading ObStacle to the settlement
of European laborcrs in the South
has, in large measure, been remOv-
ed. Under our former system Of com
pulsoty labor, the working man felt
to some extent that his calling was
degraded by the institution of slave
~; in the present condition of our
people, men and women of all classes
and races are reduced TO actual man
ual labor in order to the securemcnt
Of subsistence. There is now no
easy way-no royal road-tO wealth
in the South, we all feel the primal
curse pronounced upon Adam, "In
the sweat Of thy face, thou shalt earn
thy bread"
The great and pressing wants of
our people and States is increase of
population and the influx of capital.
Population and capital are the great
foundation stones upon which all
strong and lasting empires stand.
We need more whites in our midst. |
an immediate and large increase of
reliable and Industrious laborers:
men who till the soil, and work Mt |
the ANVIL nd with the plane. There
is no country in all the world better
able TO support a large population,
than the Mississippi valley and the
States OF the Gulf The climate is
and healthy; the soil
brings forth the most valuable pro-
duets fOr home consumption and for
sign markets; and there exists here !
every iHduccmemt for the foreigner
coming 10 America 10 seek this as
ais home.
II our Railroad men, approaching
he necessities OF our people, will but
inter- into this movement, which looks
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-25

down the banner of Democracy
which it basely abandoned and trail,
ed in the mire-forGctful of its glory
and obliyious of all men but their
own "Snall party in Jackson.
We want some new men at The
head of affairs. These old political
parasites would breed diSsension and
mischief IN Heaven they have al
ready involvcd rs in ruin and dis
grace and The loud demand Of all
orr people is: "Let new men take
The helm, and let us all work togetho,
for common good and public peace
and Quict.'
With the record Of the "Clar;on
Party clinGing to MS we could never
call ourselves anything but a Radi-
c1I. TIE idea Of dubhing ourselves
Democrats would never have occur-
red to us. Thus much we have to
say: II The" Clarion Party" is the
Democratic party, we don't belong
to the organization, if il is the Ne
Gro Suffrage party, we belong to the
Constitutional Union Democracy.
This we do know. they have not been
and we DO not nOW believe that they
are in favor of anything or anybody
but themselves; and we believe that
their championship OF any doctrine
or policy in this State will result in
its defeat and disgrace, and that in
AL matters Of public interest which
they push forward, the very fact that
they advocate and advise it, will
cause our people and the country at
large to look upon it with diStrust
and doubt.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-25

to the transportation of immigrants
at largely reduced rates, say from
one to one and half cents mile,
our people may afford to make the
experiment Of donating lands to the
first settlers. A laborer in Europe
seldom makes more than five dollars
year clear Of his expenses; some
times he realizes ten, but rarely
makes more than fifteen dollars as
the net proceeds Of his yearly toll.
1t takes day-laborer in Germany
many years to save enough to pay
his passage from the father.land to
America. Suppose they arrive Sin
New Orleans, say five hundred, seek
ing homes in the South, it will cost
them five thousand dollars to come
from New Orleans to Madison cOun-
ty, at present rates. This would be
serious and heavy tax upon them,
and the very existence OF these high
charges for transportation makes i'm.
migration avoid this section. We
hope that the Railroads of this and
other Southern States will enter, cor
daily, into this movement, and open
to the population of Europe the ave-
nueS Of travel into the rich agricultu-
raj districts OF the South; the land
holders will soon rise to the level of
their emergencies, and offer such in
ducements to settlers as will build
us up and enable us to maintain the
Of the white race in these
States, and in a thousand ways adj
vance and increase the interests Of
our section, in all the matters that
pertain to individual and municipal
wealth and prosperity.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-25
wOMAN'S MISSION

DR.. Stedman pays the following
eloquent tribute to the loneliness and
power of female piety, in his late dis
course to the Board and Members of
the Synodical Female College at Flor
ence, Alabama:
II speak not in fattery, and have
no view to catch applause when l re.
mark that the susceptibilities OF
woman are tender, her sympathles
iar-reaching, her affections warm and
deep, and her disposition kindly,
amiable, gentle, lovely and teachable.
God has constituted her so for wise
purposes not that she may pride
herself upon these things and glory
in them, but that she may turn them
on proper objects, to her own happi-
ness and the benefit of others.
Woman is more patient than man,
more self-denying, moro sensitive,
more generous, more given to hospi-
tally, more benevolent, more inclin-
ed to faith and confidence, more full
of mercy and good works, more dis.
posed to visit the sick, to pity the
distressed, to care for the INDECENT,
to entertain the good, and to serve
as a ministering angel, as a meSsen-
ger of love to the afflicted and dying.
Woman is also lover of virtue and
appreciates the beautiful, and is can
did, free, open and without disguise
and hypocrisy.
But with all these natural and at
tractive gifts and graces, she is a
sinner before Him who lOoketh not
upon the outward appearance but
upon the heart, and is inclined to be
"a lover of pleasure more than a
lover of God She is at enmity to
her Maker; at variance with His
law, and with all her aniableness
and good-heartedness, when judged
by human standard, is nevertheless,
without hope and without God in
the world 1t is, therefore, indis-
peDsable to her happiness that she
become savingly acquainted with
Jesus, that she welcome Him to her
warmest affections, that she take the
place of learner at His feet, that
she listen attentiveIy 70 His instruc-
tons, that she receive the words from
His lips with meekness and fear. In
Mary $ position and conduct, all 1e-
males have an example that is
worthy of Ill praise and imitation.
1t is woman's chief ornament, as it
is her highest honor and reward, 'to
be be clothed with humility and to
be adorned with meek and quiet
spirit, which in the sight of God is
Of great price
Nothing is more unloving in lovely
woman, than that, amidst her amaz-
ing powers for good, she should
manifest a worldly spirit; that she
soil and spot her beautiful garment
with earthly concentrations, that
she should be Supremacy fond of
fashion, show, dress and parade, that
she should constantly court the adj
mirati0n OF dying worms ke herself,
and pine away in sorrow Because of
Il more successful rival for worldly
Attractions; that she should long only
to enjoy hcIseif, and li!iet he gay but
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