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, 1872-10-20

The first meet Of the Quebec Paper Hunt took
place. ct Point Levi Heights, yesterday morning.
His E1cellency, the Governor General, keen
sportsman. WAS on the grounds, attended BY
colonels Fletcher and Strange, R. A, and the
meet comprised about fifty Of the best names
and hardest riders of the city The country run
over was all that could be desired by fox hunter
Of hye-barredgate type, plenty Of fences, hedges,
gaps, and water. After 8 day Of unmitigated
pleasure, the party returned to town pretty well
fatigued.-Quebec Chronicle
1t is to French spo1tsmen that the credit il
due Of finding q harmless substitute for hane
and fox hunting. To see two acore Of gentle
men on strong horses pursuing poor ittle
painting creature for whole afternoon, ia some
thing so contemplate that it is wonder this
so-called sport has SO long survived the kindred
amusements of bear and bull-baiting. Tia
paper hunt above mentioned, which affords more
sport without any unmanly cruelty is carried On
as follows: =
A hrst-rate rider on fast and powerful horse
sets of with a bag Of paper cut as fine as theat-
rical snow, which falls little by little through
hole, along the course he takes and the object
Of the Chase is to follow and catch him. The
rail of paper serves instead Of scent, and the
huntsman's eyes instead Of dogs There is also
some kind OF trophy instead Of the .fox's brush
won and borne by the most successful hunts
man. The doublings, and wlndings, and rae
iugs, and chasings and hair breadth escapes, and
desperate leaps Of such 8 chase afford sport
enough, and many would think moro than
enough, without involving the torture Of
hunted animal.
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The palpable policy Of Prussia, zines Bis.
marck's s hes become the ruling mind, has BEEN
to absorb the smaller principa1ities of Germany
one by one in order to build up 3 mighty En-
pire under the scep1e Of 8 sovereign Of tho
House OF Brandenburg. Westphalia, the Ehine
provinces, Heese, Nassau, Hanover, Sch1eswig-
Holstein, Lauenburg, and Hohenzollern haTo
thus been annexed. and it is scarcely doubtful
that other States will be dealt with in the Same
manner. It is somewhat startling, then. the in
timaton conveyed through the Fr11.kfort Co.
zette that there ia intention, On the advice or
rather with the permission OF Bismarck, to an
mex the newly acquired provinces, Alsace aud
Lorraine, to the Grand Duchy Of Baden, which
would then be erected into Kingdom. 4 glance
at the map will show that the provinces in
question (area, s $50 square miles, and popula-
ton, l.5o7, ,219) are exactly opposite Baden, tho
Rhine forming the actual as we'll as the geo.
graphical line of separation At present Baden
has IN area Of 5,851 square miles and popu1a-
tion of 1,434, $40. With the new provinces the
area would be II 431 square miles, with az, ,l8D
population. This would make her the hirt.. in
stead Of the fifth power in Germany as regard4
extent prussia ard Bavaria being above, and
Wurtenberg and Saxony below her in that re-.
spect), and the fourth in population, Prussia,
The question, "Why should Baden be thus
extended and e1ated2" might be answered BY q
to the fact that Frederick l., reigninR
Grand Duke, is the husband OF the Princess
Louisa. only daughter Of William l., Emperor
OF Germany--a potentate who might wish to
placa royal diadem upon her head.
, 1872-10-20

''You need not tell me that" exclaimed Nanon-
! Grandet gaye his minister IAN almost paterna1
look. ':Mademoiselle," cried the cook, i've shau
have cake" Father Grandet returned with his
fruit, and set down first dishful On the kitchen
table. s'Just see," said Nanon to him, ''what
pretty boots your nephew has. What Ieathers
And how good it smells. What are they cleaned
with? Must put On some Of your egs-black-
'Nanon, believe eggs would spoil this
leather. Tell him that you do not know how to
polish morocco yes, this is morocco. He must
buy at Saumur, and give you something to
polish his boots. T havo heard it said that they
put sugar in their polish to make it bright"
- Is it good to eat ?" said the. servant, hold
ing the boots to her nose. swell, vel, they
smell like Madame's cologne water. Oh! that is
funny"
&: Funny!" said the master; 81 do you find it
funny to put more money on boots than he who
wears them is worth ?''
':Monsieur," said she, after the second trip Of
her master, vino had shut up the fruit-room,
twill not you have soup once or twice week On
account OF your"
:'Yes."
Must go to the butcher's?"
"Certainly not; you must make US sone
chicken soup. The farmers will not leave you
empty-handed. But will tell Cornoiner to kill
me some rocks. They make the best broth IN
the world"
lis it true, sir, that they eat dead peop1e?"
"Yon are foolish, Nanoni Like everything
else, they eat what they find. Do not We az
live on dead people What are inhe1atances ,"
FTU Be CONTINUED 7asEk SunlaY1
, 1872-10-20
THE LOVE-LETTER.

Jai ou les 7no,urs de mon temps etai public eett.
istt5e."-La Noupe'ls Uflofse.
II this should fail, why then scarcely know
What should succeed Here's brilliancy land ban.
Byron All ad iib., a chapter of Rousseau;-
4 this should fail, then tempora mntantur;
Acquires no aid from beauty Of expression
"The men who think as I, I think, are few"
{Cyncs would say 'twere well if they were ferrerl;
"t1 am not what m,'"-Qndeed, Ills true;
Though, as q sentiment, it might be newer);
g Mine is soul whose deeper feelings lie
More deep than words, s,"-{as these e1emplify).
~ will not say when first your beauty's sun
Illumed my Lift" ,"-{it needs imagination);
ssFor me to see you and to love we're onc,"-
{This will account for some precipitaton);
:" Lst il suffice that worship more devoted
heer throbbed, " ct ceteTI. IAe rest is quoted.
"n love can look with eyea prophetical, -,
tAl, il he could how many would be single!"
'tIf truly spirit unto spirit call, r.
tThe ears Of some most terribly must tngleD
"Tlen have dreamed you Will not turn your face.
This next, think, is more than commonplace.
"Why should we speak. II love, interpreting,
Forestau the speech with favor found before2
Why should we plead Pit were an Idle thing,
II Love himself be Loves ambassador! !"
Blot, as live. Shall we erase it7 Mo- -
1t shows we write cur1ente calamo.
ITO you my fate my fortune, commit, "
F." without you am poor Indeed, {omit,
'Tis true but crude twould mike her apprehen-
sive);
!" My life is Yonrs-I lay 1t at your feet,''-
{Ifaving no choice but Hymen or the Fleeti.
"Give me the right to stand within the shrine,
Where never yet my faltering feet intruded
Give me the right to call you wholly mine" -
I'D est, conRo1s and three -per-cents 1nciuded>,
" 10 guard your rest from every care that c4nkers,
To keep your fe,n(and balance at your bapker's).
sCompel me not to long for your reply;
Suspense makes havoc with the mind" (and mus
cles);
'Hinged hope takes hight,"-ttha means that must
hy,
Default Of funds to Paris or to Brusse1s);
81 cannot wait! My own, my ancen-Prscilla!
Write by return" and now for Manila.
"A1iss Blank" at .sBlank," Jemima, let it co.
And I, meanwhile, will idle with " Sir Walter )"
Stay, let me keep the first rough COPY, though
Twill serve again. There's but the name to alter,
And love- that needs, must knock at every portal,
III for1na paupeEis. We are but mortal!
Austin Dobso7 IN st. PustI's.
, 1872-10-20


have brought everything I require. Allow me
to wish you and my young cousin good night"
Charles took from Nanon's hands lighted
wax-candlo,--an Anjou wax-light, very yellow
that Monsieur Granlet, incapable Of suspecting
it's existence in the house, did not notice this
magnificence.
II will show you the way" asid he.
Instead of going out of that sitting-room door
which opened into the main corridor, Graudet
passage which separated the sitting-room from
tho kitchen. A swing door. with
great oval pane Of glass, closed this pas
sage on the side Of the stairway,
IN order to moderate the cold which poured in
there. But, nevertheless, in winter the wind
blew very sharply through there, and, in spite
OF the listing around the sitting-roo1n doors, it
was hard to keep q comfortable degree Of heat
there. Nanon went to bolt the front door, shut
up the sitting:-room, and let loose in the stable
oii-dog, whose voice was Us cracked as it it
1ad laryngltis. This animal. of exceptional
ferocity, knew only Nanon. These two creatures
OF the fields understood one another. When
Charles saw the yellowsh and smoky walls OF
eaten baIustera, shook under the heavy step OF
ms uncle, his stupcfactiou went 3i'Jo,'zando.
He believed himself in 8 chicken-roost. His
aunt and his cousin, toward whom he turned to
question their faces, were 80 well accustomed to
sS IT bs bBfa" ssoan 5hi mot sqsssns s9 oe oo ''uis
for. D friendly look, and replied with
pleasant smile, which drove him to distraction.
What the devil is my father sending me here
for?" said he to himself. On reaching the first
!:nding-place, he eaw three doors painted in
Etruscan red, and without jambH,-doors sunk
in the dusty walls. and bound with bolted strips
of iron, with famboyant ends. like the long ea~
cutcheon Of the lock. The door at the head Of
the stairs, which led into the room over the
kitchen, was evidently walled up. This room
could be entered only through Grandet'e cham
ber, to which it served as a cabinet. The coli
tary window which Lit it, and which looked out
F.
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ciated here with hotels. a large portion OF the
pnblic houses are little more than boarding and
lodging places, devoid Of the comforts and luxu-
ries Of tirst,clsss establlshments Fifty or sixty
would include those generally and widely
known, and most Of these have national repu-
tation. Every two or three months, some new
and elegant hotel, which has been. quietly
built, is opened, and begins eg ut
public houses there are in the city, the more de-
mand there seems to be for them. presume,
apart from the misunderstanding stream Of
strangers pouring into town, tllat our citizens,
owing to high rents, the trouble Of getting good
servants, and suudry other causes, are abandon
tleries.
This necessitates an enlargement of the sup
play, and we now have q number OF what are
strictly
FAMILY HOTELS,
some Of them constructed on new and improved
principles, and containing many Of the features
Of private residences. The Haight House,
at the southeast corner Of Fifth ave-
nue and Fifteenth street, is OF this
hina, and 7t tbose who he ~ tI dWe4 @ n IN
model, different suites Of apartments being oc-
cupied by different families, who are as much
separated as if they lived blocks apart. Each
suite has its own kitchen, and there is, beside,
general kitchen, il which meals may be cooked
as well as ordered, though they must be served
in the family dining-roou1. There is general
entrance; also an office, answering to concier~
gcrie; an elevator; and separate door and en-
trance-hall to each suite Of apartments. The
rent of these is altogether too high for persons
of moderate means. ranging from 81, 500 to
s., 900 per nnnum j; &c that they cannot be call
ed, in any sense, an economy.
I1ere are other family hotels, newly put up
in which the rooms are arranged as IN the
Haight House; but the resident families eau
take their meals in the restaurant. if they like,
or can have them served in their private dining
rooms at stipulated price. This mode Of liv-
ing is expensive, too; aud, indeed. il there be
any mode III which comfort is consulted that ia
not expensive. it is dead secret to every New
Yorker.
APARTMENT HOUSES.
as they are styled, have been built in the city
within few years. as compromise between
hotels aud separate dwellings,. They
appear to answer the purpose,
though they cost . great DEAL
from $500 to 81, 900 year for eRch family.--and
are, therefore within the means Of but compara-
lively few.
LEADING CARAyANsERAS.
Among the bcst-kuown American hotels are
the ST. Nicholas, metropolitan, Grand Central,
and Fifth Avenue; nearly all the other prorni-
ncnt houtes.-liko the Astor, New York. Bro
Wort, Clarendon: Everett, Hoffman. Westmins-
tcs, Alben1arlc. St. James, Glsey, and St. Cloud
being on the European.
..-. THE ST NICHOLAS
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Public Administrators.

The following is copied from
the Alexandria Democrat:
We understand that the Su-
preme Court has rendered a
decision to the effect that no
Office as public administrator
exists under the law. -
Not long since, in the case
Of the Winn succession before
Judge Daigre, Judge Ryan
sprung the question that the
law creating the Office had
been repealed by the Revised
Statutes, and his opinion was
sustained by the court. The
decision created no little ex-
element; was concurred in
by many learned jurists, but
poohpoohed in other quarters.
The question was brought be
fore Judge Osborn, of the dis
trict court, under the intrusion
act, a decision readily obtained
in favor of the public admins
traitor, and an appeal taken to
the Supreme Court at Opelou-
sas. The court has reversed
the decision of the district
court, thus sustaining the orr
ginal decision of the parish
court. As the case is an
exceedingly important one,
we hope to be able soon to lay
the opinion of the Supreme
Court in full before our read,
ers.
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Speaking of the navigation

Speaking of the navigation
of Mack's Bayou, it may not
be out Of place to state that ii
was nayigated many years ago.
We learn from Capt. Jim Crooks
that his uncle Capt. B. Crooks,
in 1884, had a contract to carry
government stores from New
Orleans to Fort Towson. He
loaded the steamer Rover and
started up in the spring of that
year. Owing to the raft in the
river between this point and
Grand Bayou, he left the river
and went up Coushatta chute,
across Loggy bayou then filled
with patches of raft, to Lake
Bisteneau, thence up Red
Chute to Sniders' Bluffs on
Lake Bodceau, where a canal
connects with Mack's bayou,
thence to Red river to Twelve
Mile bayou, through Soda,
Shift Tail and Clear lakes to
Black bayou and Red bayou
into the upper river. Before
the raft formed above. Willow
chute, the boats used to go up
Lake Bodceau to where VIII
low chute puts into the lake.
and passed into Red river thai
way. 1t will be seen that the
early navigators of Red river
had as good, if not a better
knowledge of this country than
we have at the present time
A thorough account of the
trials and hardships of the
early attempts to navigate Red
river would be very interesting
at this time. Who is equal tC
the occasions
Shreveport Times.
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Remember that the call for
Mass Meeting of opponents of
Grant at Bellevue is for Mon
day 22nd instant, and not Sat
urday Goth, as was first pro-
posed. The 22nd was pitched
on in order to give a more ex,
tended notice, and to give time
for the Bar of our District to
return from Supreme Court al
Monroe.
The call published was only
circulated beyond Bodcau and
at Bellevue. A copy was sent
below, but has not yet come tc
hand, and indeed we can't say
that it was circulated at all.
tits earnestly desired thai
every portion of the parish
should be fully represented al
the meeting. --- ..
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DELICATE OPERATIoN.-A
child of the editor of this pa
per, a few days since, thought
lessiy put a grain of coffee in its
ear. Of course it excited much
apprehension and alarm. But
Dr.. Swami was called in, who,
by o hice, scientific operation,
extracted the grain of coffee,
and relieved the little sufferer.
She now takes coffee in the
good old style.
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Eastern farmers little ap
preciate the attractions of cul-
tivating the soil in the West.
In Iowa, for instance, the sons
of toll are fighting the potato
bug, chinch bug, cut worm.
wire worm, grub worm, army
worm, gopher, ground squir,
rel, mice, rats, meadow mole
caperpillar, curculio, black.
bird, mischievous neighbors
and rambling stock.
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At last we are to have tn

At last we are to have the
one cent postal cards which
have been found so convenient
in Europe. The thousand and
one little Indifferent messages
which are daily sent can be
jotted down on these cards and
dropped in the boxes at the
minimum of trouble and eX-
pense. This is one of those
improvements which it would
seem needed only to be men
toned to be adopted.
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A Quaker who had been
troubled with rats informs a
friend that he creased a thirty
foot board, filled it full of fish
hooks, set it up at an angle of
forty-tive degrees, and put an
old cheese at the top. The
rats went up, slid back, and
he caught thirty of 'em the first
night.
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Parish Court Reports.

ORDINARY TERM-JULY.-
Aleck Boarman VS.. T..F. Ivy.
Dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
Robt. T. Carr VS.. Parish of
Bossier. Dismissed at plain
tiff's cost. ....
ID. J. Elder VS.. W. J. Bush.
Default.
r. B. Taylor VS.. J. A. Ed
wards. Judgment for amount
claimed. .... ... ...' ..-
Goodwill & Webb VS.. j. f.
Afford. Judgment for amount
claimed. a...H."".-t.. "...
E. f. Conneli & Co. VS.. r.
Jackson. Default.
G. E. r. King VS.. g. NJ. Cal
houn-H. w. Ogden, Gar
nishee. Judgment against de-
fendant for amount claimed
with attaching creditors priv.
lege, and judgment agains,
garnishee.
G. E. r. King VS.. g. r. Nc.
Gala. Default.
Stacy & Poland vs.. Isaac
Hughes. Default.
W. Prather vs.. B. F. Onea
Sheriff, ct al. Default.
A. Goodwill VS.. Calvin w
Mckinney. Judgment by con
fession for amount claimed.
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shreveport Times.

A New Fairfield man who
failed to get a thirty cent pine
apple for a quarter of a dollar
wanted to know whether we
are breathing the pure air OF
freedom or being strangled
with the fetid breath of a hell
ish despotism?" The store
keeper said those were the
only pine apples he had.
[Danbury News.
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The beautiful poem entitled
the blue aud the Gray" was
written by VIM. Ward, the edi-
tor of the Macon (Miss.) Bea-
con. Ward was inspired with
the charming conception when
at Columbus some years ago,
be saw the girls and matrons
of the place strewing flowers
over the graves alike of Confed.
crate and Federal soldiers.
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1t is said that during the
month of My upward of 25,-
600 buffaloes were killed on
the Western plains, south OF
the Kansas Pacific Railroad,
for the sake of their hides
alone, which are worth but g
each.
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The ridiculous Pickwickian
quarrels to which our people
are addicted are burlesques on
human nature. We "play such
fantastic tricks" under the thin
deceit of what is called honor,
that we should think the angels
would often laugh instead of
weep. A morbid thirst for no
toriety seems to be the actual
ing principle of all these dis
plays of thin-skinned bravery
and courage, hence we see
about two-thirds Of these ebu-
litions are ''amicably adjust
ed" If men really wish to
quarrel, what is the use OF
Haunting it in the face of the
public2 Let them 60 about
the business quietly, and xii
each other without putting ur
hand-bills and issuing circu
lars to inform us when the
show is coming off. A Spanish
bull-fight is a more reasonable
amusement. Let it be under
stood, these remarks are to be
taken in a "Pickwickia1
sense" u
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"Take your departure to the
abode of the reverberating
echoes of Heavens artillery l''
angrily exclaimed a Western
congressman to an opponent;
cor" he mildly added, Gin
plain English, go to thunder!'
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Forney writes from Louis

lana: ..
What impresses me, among
other things in this novel re-
gion, are the kindly relations
between whites and blacks.
have not heard a syllable Of
secessionism. All the people
are glad to see Northern men;
all are anxious for immigra-
ton and capital, and really
they present tempting induce
ments.
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A California paper tells of a
matrimonial curiosity in Inyo
county. A man of fifty has
married a girl of twelve. No
wonder earth quakes occur,
where such things are done.
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If six men eat ten apples,
how many pumpkins can four
cows eats Multiply the ten
apples by the four cows, and
divide the result between the
six men and the pumpkins.
The true answer will be the
amount.
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A man In Aurora, ILL.,, has
lately lost nineEy-tive swarms
Of bees, the result of some feud
among the insects. They fought
each other with the greatest
ferocity and determination uu-
til all were killed or disabled.
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A man has no more right to
say an uncivil thing than to
act one; no more right to say
a rude thing to another than
to knock him down.
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Fully resolved to have a
cold-water Governor, the pro-
hibitionists of Michigan have
nominated Henry Fish for that
Office. The campaign is said
to be going on swimmingly.
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An Illinois village thought
it had a sulphur spring, but
found twas only a place where
the " devil" of the village pa
per was wont to wash his feet.
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An irate Western editor re-
Gently wrote to a contributor :
IF You don't stop sending me
such abominable poetry, I'll
print a piece Of it some day,
with your name appended in
full, and send a copy to your
girl" ..
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A correspondent of a Maine
paper wants to know some
remedy for striped bugs. We
should suppose that the RENE
dy depended very much on
what ails the bugs.
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Judge Baker has our thanks
for q copy of the Congressional
Globe for 1871. ..
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Ex-Gov. II. A. Wise, of Vir-
ginia, declines to support Gree
ley, even if nominated at Bal
timore, and will take the stump
in favor of Grant and Wilson.
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Under the new revenue law
all dealers in tobacco are re-
quired to pay a special tax Of
five dollars, whether their
sales exceed one hundred dol.
lars or not; but the tax on
sales has been repealed. a
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Our friend Blackburn, of the
Homer niad, has our thanks
forthe complimentary manner
in which he speaks of the Bos-
sier Banner and Coushatta
Citizen.
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We are pleased to see that
that Brick Pomroy is opposed
to Greedy. Chambers S25, 900
is doing good service for Hon
est Horace.
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The Southern Cultivator for
July il excellent. Subscribe
for it. Address w. & w. L.
Jones, Athens, Ga. Terms, 50
per year. .- .an.a
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Particular attention is di-
rected to the professional card
of DR.. w. j. Baird, of Rocky
Mount.