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power, and yet intermingled all the while
with a sweet undersong OF the softest ca
dence. His forehead glowed like heated
furnace, his countenance was haggard,
like that of maniac, and ever and anon
he flung his long, bony arm on high as if
grasping after thunderbolts.
He drew a picture of murder in such
appalling colors, that, in comparison, hell
itself might seem beautiful; he painted
the slanderer so black that the sun seemed
dark at MONDAY, when shining on such a
monster. And then fixing both portal 6
on the shrinking Hopkins, fastened them
there forever. The agitation of the audi
ence amounted almost to madness.
All at once the speaker descended from
the perilous height His voice walled out
for the murdered dead and living-the
beautiful Mary, more beautiful every mo-
ment as her tears flowed faster and faster,
till men wept and sObbed like children.
He closed by strange exhortation to
the jury, and through them to the bystand-
ers; he advised the panel, after they should
bring in verdict for the plaintiff, not to
offer violence to the denfendant, however
richly he might deserve it in other words
mot to lynch the villain, but to leave bis
punishment with God" This was themost
artful trick of all, and the best calculated
to insure vengence.
The jury rendered a verdict Of fifty
thousand dollars; and the night afterward
Hopkins was taken out of his bed by
lynchers, and beaten almost to death. AS
the court adjourned, the stranger said:
John Taylor will preach here this
evening at early candle light"
He did preach, and the house was crowd
ed. have listened to Clay, Webster and
'CalhOun-to Dwight, Bascom and Beecher
but never heard anything in the form
of sublime words even approximating 10
the eloquence Of John Taylor-massive
as mountain, and wildly rushing as a
cataract of fire
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A MEMBER OF THE PRESS.
BY GEORGE j. MANSON.
From tie New York Citizen

From the New York Citizen
WHAT is a reporter?
l have heard, in my time, two defini-
tions of reporter, or, as he generally
calls himself, "a member of the press"
One was from gentleman who labOred
under the disadvantage according to Mr..
Saxe's idea) of being ga very funny man I"
His definition of reporter was this: "a
man with cast iron body and no soul"
The other definition / heard from a lady
who, though not Every funny" was ex-
ceedingly pleasant and agreeable, and was
often guilty of uttering very good things.
She called reporters, expressively and Ia
conically, ink wigglers." do not know
which of these definitions is best the
reader must choose for himself.
When we come to the qualifications of a
good newspaper reporter, we say that the
principal one must be that of impudence.
/ never knew a modest man to be a re.
porter, or, to speak more correctly, good
one. There are few modest men in the
profession, but they are soon lost sight OF
and forgotten. And this impudence on
the part of reporters is Of great benefit tc
the public, if they would think moment
on the subject. If it were not for thi!
same impudence the readers of newspa
pers would not be edited with half lh,
gossip that is afioat. 1t is through the i'm
pudence Of the reporters that you heal
little items of intelligence Of all sorts
about the Prince of Wales, the invento,
Of the Atlantic Telegraph, the Japanese
Mr.. Weston, the famous actors and act
resses, the President of the United States
Wendell Phillips, Anna Dickinson. TN,
Sorosis, and last. bit not least, the "Wick
eldest Man in NeI7 York" While otbeI
people are outside the show, and think
and wondef, and surmise as TO how thing
are. the sIterprisiDg reporter goes in. !.
tho crest pressnca lshpqeyer hel she, n I
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1)oetrp.
iSR1TTVG WITH 4 GIRL.

I'VE sounded each depth in the waters of pleas
ure.
And gone every round in their eddying whirl
And I'll tell Won the truth-theres nothing can
measure
The fan of a winters night skate with girl.
That isl rosy. laughing girl.
\ spunky. slucy. rOguish girl:
frank good -natured, Jolly. Joking,
Mischief-loving. poser DOking.
Teasing winning, careless, merry,
DOting, dashing sprghtly, cherry,
Lively, mirthsul. frisky. witty,
Tasty. trusting. pOuty, pretty;
Smiling, jaunty. spicy girl.
With sparkling eye and wavy curl
Ruby lns and teeth like pearl,
Who SAYS it's cOld-and she CAM skaie-and
hints At the necessity of your putting your arm
around her 20 keep her from falling.
Now onward We da h, DER the icy track flying,
And Danish forever our sorrow and pain
\ fall but no matter-there's nothing like try
ing:
So take her up gently and onward again.
And she laughs rs swift we glide,
While whisper al her side
You're the oayest, brightest neatest girl,
Yes the very dearest. sweetest girl,
Oh the truest. trimmest, prettiest.
Frankest. fairest proudest, wittiest,
The very best and rarest girl.
The finest girl that can see.
The girl of all the world for me ~
And she says Oh don't talk that way. but
stoop down and tighten nv skates. and-dOn't
let me fall again snd-well. Oh. my isn't it
fGn:'
Then give me the ice with jolly good skate,
With my own darling girl, and 1 II whistle at fate
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An Intelligent Witness.

A WITNESS in trial in Winchester,
England, before Mr. Baron Martin, per
sisted in telling what other people said,
and interlarded his testimony so often with
" said and " said he" that the counsel
was utterly bewildered The Court at
tempted to set the man right: My good
man, tell US exactly what happened"
"Yes, my lord, certainly. said should
not have the pig" We'll, what was his
answer" die said that he had been
keeping the pig for me, and that he.
mo, no. he did not say tkat-he could not
have said it; he spoke in the first person.
II was the first person that spoke, my
lord" al mean this-don't bring In the
third person-repeat his exact words"
There was no third person, my lord;
only him and me- "LoOk here, my good
fellow-he did not say lie had been keep
ing tie pig; he said = have been keeping
it. )" Il assure you, my lord, there was
no mention of your lordship at all We
are on two different stories, my lord.
There was no third person, my lord and
if anything had been said about your lord
ship, must have heard it"
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COMFY FOR FEBRuARY-The engrav-

Cooley FOR FEBRUARY.-The engrav-
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Hush, he Sleeps-a very pretty home scene
Colored fashion-pla;e, containing six figures.
Tinted picture OF The Schoolmaster's Valentine.
Frozen Up, an original design Dog, for Foot
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The work department contains variety OF useful
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OuR YOUNG FoLKs.-The February
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Dunnie and the Ice; Lost Willie-iull page illus
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THE ATLANTIC FOR FEBRUARY contains
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Crawshay was numismatologist,
Crawshay was a thief,
Crawshay had come TO his house,
And THE GALBA had come to grief;
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SHREVEPORT, La,
the Levee
THOs. W. SCOTT, Agent.
DR.. joe L. MOORE, Medical Examiner.
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PREsENTLY.-Never say you
will do presentlywhat your reason
or your conscience tellsyou should
be done now. No man ever shap-
ed his own destiny or the desti-
mics of Others wisely and well, who
dealt much in presentlies. Look
at nature. She never postpones.
When the time arrives for the
buds to open, they open-for the
leaves to fall, they fall. Look up
ward. The shining worlds never
put off Their risingS or settings
The comets even, cratic as they
are, keep their appointments; and
eclipSes are always punctual to
the minute. There are no delays
III any of the movements Of the
universe which have been prede-
termined by the absolute will of
the creatOr. PrOcrastination among
the stars might involve the de-
struction of innumerable systems;
procrastination in the operations
ofnature on this earth, might re-
suit in famine, pestilence and the
blOtting out of the humane race.
Man, however, being a free agent,
can postpone the performance of
his duty; and he does so too fire.
quently to his own destruction.
The drafts drawn by Incidence
upon the future are pretty sure to
be dishonOred. Make Noo your
banker. Do not say you will
economic presently, for presently
may be bankrupt; nor that you
will repent and make atonement
presently, for presently you may
be judged. Bear in mind the
important fact, taught alike by
the history of nations, rulers,
and private individuals, that in at
least three cases out Of five, pres
emily is too late. II
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sIET Us HAVE PEAcE.n-Now

'LET Us HAVE PEACE.n-Now
that Hiram S. Grant has been
chosen dictator of the dis-united
States, we presume thepeople will
have an opportunity of testing the
sincerity of him and his party
friends in their great campaign
cry of ''let us have peace" So far
as we are concerned, we never had
any faith in their pretended de-
sire for peace, nor have we any
yet; but should we be so fortu.
nate as to be agreeably surprised
in this respect, we shall certainly
be happy to acknowledge the fact.
That party is certainly in a posi-
ton now to have peace if they
really desire it, and it is only by
their future acts that we are to
judge whether their professions
were sincere or hypocritical. The
democratic party, we are certain,
would greatly prefer peace, pro.
vided they can have it upon any
thing like reasonable terms, but
the radicals must not expect that
they are willing to be made slaves
of in order to prevent another con-
fiict. If Grant and his friends
conduct the affairs of the govern
ment with a spirit of justice and
moderation, they can have peace.
On the other hand, they can prob
ably get up a "muss" whenever
they feel disposed. They have
the choice of peace or war set be-
fore them, and they are at perfect
liberty to take their choice. We
shall see which they choose. We
should prefer, however, that they
should conclude to "let us have
peace."-[ Exchange.
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THE SOUTHERN FARMER.

THE SOUTHERN FARMER.
A magnificent Agricultural Journal, edit.
IN ed by NJ. w. PHILIPS, Memphis.
Tenn assisted by an able corps of our best
Southern Agricultural and Horticultural
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Memphis, Tenn
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~ We implore all sections to
strike hands and join in an effort
to advance the interests of the
entire country. Do this, and our
fertile valleys shall blossom; our
streams blend their music with
the hum of machinery; our lakes,
rivers and railroads be laden with
commerce, and present business
stagnation give place to universal
and healthy activity Scientific
american.
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~ Wordsworth thought other
people could imitate-in fact.
that he himself could write liz,
Shakespeare, if he had a mind to #
80 you see," Lamb says, Che
wants nothing but the mind'n
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q The Jews have a proverb
that ne who brings not his son up
to some employment makes him a
thief. The Turks say, Gan idle
man is the Devils playfellow.n
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q "Though it may not be in
your power" said Marcus Azure
nus, ito be a naturalist, a poet,
an orator, or a mathematician, it
IS In your power to be a virtuons
man, which is the best of ALP
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Mans Slavery to the Stomach.

greater DenefdctOr to mankind IN
general than he who discovers
new planet in the solar system"
We can all say amen to that
Speak disrespectfully of the stom-
ach if you will, consider it a vul-
gar word not to be mentioned in
polite society if you please, yet
you can not deny that it is your
master. 1t orders, and you must
obey; if indisposed, you can not
resist its action, or body and mind
languish. Words can not describe
the important part it plays in eur
organization. He who despises it
soon learns what he must suffer.
No Imprisonment, no punishment,
can equal the tortures it will in
fiict upan you, if you have disre-
garded its warnings-have said,
II am not your slave" 1t is not
the business of life to eat; and yet
without eating there would be lit
tie business transacted, that we
must all allow; and it is not be-
meath the notice Of any of us to
attend carefully to that business,
and to see that we have not only
the needful food, but the proper
food. And yet each person must
be his own judge in that matter.
Brute instinct often exceeds hui
man reason, for it teaches the ami
mai what he may OF may not eat
and drink with IMMUNITY. Give a
dog ardent spirits and he will new
er forget it. If given him in a
glass, he will growl at you, if you
even show him one. Not so with
man, though daily experience
shows him how pernicious is the
use of strong drink ; yet daily he
will taste little, until his stom-
ach cries out against the practice,
and impaired digestion and dis
ordered liver teach him the errors
of his ways. Better for him the
brute's instinct!
DR.. Buchan tells us ''there is no
doubt but the whole constitution
Of the body may be changed by
diet" We all know that the best
physicians we can employ are
Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and
Doctor Merryman. They ask no
fee, are ever ready to attend us,
and their prescriptions are always
advantageous to body and SOUL
But alas how few of US are ready
to listen to their advice! When
in health we neglect our master.
the stomach's warnings and repri!
mands; and when we suffer for
that neglect, refuse to attend to
the prescriptions of the physicians
who can best aid us. The stom-
ach will rule, and we must bow
down before it, and inquire its
will. 1t is said that Napoleon
. lost the battle of Mazda from q fit
OF indigestion; proving that the
greatest warrior known since the
days of Rome and Greece, was a
slave to the stomach There is a
German proverb that tells us
1.-THE stomach has no ears" Daily
we prove it's truth. Had it ears.
and could give us timely warning
OF what is for our good to eat or
to drink, how much suffering we
might be spared! We must eat ::
oh, if we could only know what is
best for us to eat!
The greater part of the lives of
many individuals is passed in
preparing food for our master. the
stomach. How much time. suf.
tering, and money might be saved.
II, like the inhabitants of the
moon, we fed only once a month /
Baron Muunhouooy. so- ftrpt
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THE subscriber having A 49,
Il leased the commodious zsHS
building known as the Com ~ 49,
mercial HOTEL" has had it 7=::saasIsse:l
thoroughly renovated and opened it as a
first class hotel, under the above title, and
sollcits the patronage of his friends and the
public, pledgfng himself that nothing shall
be wanting on his part that can tend to the
best cooks have been secured, and the table
viii at all times be served with every delica.
cey OF the season-unsurpassed, if equaled
by any other house in the Red River country
The rooms are large and airy, and the furni.
ture and bedding new. Being located IN t n
centre of business, Immediately between
the steamboat landing and the Southern
Pacific railroad depot, it affords unusual in.
dueements to boarders, who will at all times
ind 1t comfortable home Families and
single gentlemen can obtain pleasant rooms
and day boarders win be accommodated.
ma w. T. BROOKS.
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A Hard-Shell Sermon.

you will find in II. Kings, iv. chap
ter, verse-"And he passed on to
Shun'em."
Take to heart the lesson your
text teaches, and when tempta-
tons try you and evils be in wait
to ensnare you, "pass on to Shun'.
en-"
When you see men of wrath
fighting and breaking heads and
sticks, and hear them cursing and
swearing-mind the words of the
text and ''pass on to Shun'em.n
And oh! my hearers-if you
should come into our little town
and behold a row of nice little of
fees with tin signs on the doors
of each, and hear men talking of
attachments without affection,
and representations without quiet
ah-and seize-yours and never
theirs-ah, it will be to your profit
to mind the words of the prophet,
and "pass on to Shun'em."
And if you go round where the
merchants are-ah-and they rush
out to shake hands with you, and
are especially anxious to learn the
condition of your wife's health
and the children's and the worms
and the crops, and offer to sell
you a little bill of goods. a good
deal lower than their cost, on ac-
count of their love for you and
for each-ah-"pass on to Shu.n'-
en-"
And if you should happen to go
.
around the corner and see men
drinking beer, that will bring
them to a bier, and gin-sling down
the strongest, and smashers that
will smash a mans fortune faster
than commission merchants who
advance supplies on the last crop
-ah-oh, ''pass on to Shun'em.'
But oh my hearers! ifyou should
go down to New York-tlrat mod
ern Sodom and Gomorrah-ah-
and when the gaslights are flash
ne and glimering, and the cabs
are dashing along the street-and
obliging driver are offering to car
ry you where only steamboat cap
talns and the first gentlemen go
ah-and Broadway is Oh a rip
and a roar-ah-and the brass
bands are crashing music from
the balconies-and men in little
holes are ready to sell you tickets
to go IN and see the Black Crook
dance with nothing to wear-and
make spectacles of themselves
ah-oh, my friends, "pass on to
Shnn'em.n
And oh ! if later in the evening,
with very particular friend, you
go up stairs into most splendidly
furnished rooms-ah-and see
the supper table spread with deli
cacies from every country and tea,
ducks and snipe, and yalIer-legged
pheasants, and all that fish, flesh
and fowls can afford-and cham
payne and brandy and burgundy
and Chateau Lafitte, older than
Waterloo-and nothing to pay
and all free-and nice gentleman
with rings on his fingers, and a
diamond breast-pin playing with
little spotted pasteboards and an
other turning machine and drop
ping in a little ball that rolls
round and round and stops some.
times On the eagle bird and often.
er DON'T and where the player
generally put down more than
they take up-and men sometimes
WIN, but mostly don't-ah-oh.
"pass on to Shun'em.n
And in conclusion, NV friends.
when the world, the flesh, and
the devil-ah-lia in uoit Co. -
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This Company issues policies on lives on
all the different plans and at as favorable
rates as any other, while it has no restric-
tons IN regard to either travel or residence,
and all its profits are divided annually
among policy holders. Its policies are all
issued on the non-forfeiting plan.
1t is prompt in the payment of losses
This Company renewed, and continues in
force, Life Insurance policies held by the
Southern survivors of the late war-forming
an exception, in this respect, from the ma
jority, if not all the Eastern companies.
which, while the war was going on, refused
to receive premiums, and thus preserve in
surance on Southern lives, but are now SO
Letting Southern support. The ST. LOUIS
MUTUAL never, duTSng the whole progress
of the late civil war, refused to receive the
premiums on policies from its Souther policy
holders.
References Col b. NJ johnson, Presi
ident of Home Insurance Co, Messrs. Walsh
Boisseau, DR.. G. G. Catlett, l.. E. Carter,
j. c. Elstner, Dew. L. Tally, James W. How
ard, Drury Lacy, and Dr.. Joseph Wilder,
Rev. r. S. Trippett, d. d., Capt f. P. Leav.
enworte, DR.. ID. M. Anderson, Col w. r.
ShiSers, Shreveport, La.
NEW ORLEANS REFERENCES:
r. K. Walker & Co.
g. williamson,
q. Macdonald. firm of Brooks & Macdonald
ID. L. Logan. firm of Fellowes & CO.
Julius Vairan, firm of S. H. Kennedy s. co.
Jennings, Weeks & co.
o. H. Harris, firm of Jas H. Connely ~ CO.
Messrs w r. Green & co.
II. Won Phul, .ir & co.
Geo. G. Garner g. co
JnO. II. Phelps & co.
ChenOworth, Casey g. co.
Henderson, Peale & CO.
B. w. Huntington,
Messrs. s. B. Newman & co
Woods, Mathews & co.
Warren, Crawford g. co.
Ethel & Thomas,
g Barnett & Shepard,
Geo, w. Bancker g. CO.
Gen. S. b. Buckner,
D. II. Maury,
Messrs. Lamb, Quinlan s. CO.
VIM. Ball,
II. H. Bryan, firm of Given, Watts & y
MANSFIELD REFERENCES:
Rev. Charles b. Stuart; Jno. w. Stuart.
Esq; DR.. r. 7. Gibbs; Dr. w g. Thomas,
Dr. n. p. Reeves, Rev. John Pipes, Rev. II.
Q. Thweatt, ID. D., Messrs. Dubois g. Doug