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Richland beacon., 1873-11-15
w. y. PorTs, Secretary.

WALKER, TAYLOR & Co. Newspaper AL
ver,ising Agents, l3i w Baltimore street.
Baltimore, Nd. are our authorized agents 10
contract for advertising in the BEACON.
s. NJ PErTINGrLL Il Co. 81 Park Row.
corner Beekman street, New York, are our
authorzcn agents for n Y.
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

VIZ had the pleasure OF call from Rev.
Mr.. McASLEss, Missionary Baptist Minister,
who is now laboring with US for time.
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

PARrsR CONVENTION was held in Rayville
Monday for the purpose of sending dete-
b to the Convention at New OrIean. on
|24th. Circumstances beyond our control
kemted us from being present, and we are
bic 10 report the proceedings, though we
b that the convention proved a success.
rhat representatives will be sent to meet
b from other parishes in the Crescent City.
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15
Column for Land Sellers.

A PEuPuSIr!oS We propose to advertise
land ior sale. with rhi, understanding If the
land owrcr viii give price and terms, aud
ii no safe. no rharuc. and If Il sale he Will
,,Ay Us 10 pei cent of 'Acpurchasc rricr, cut
ni the cash payment.
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

Hnn ACRES wool band, ~ acics dog
-OD wool RI !gr. >uina sweet gun land.
wilI br spll ai > 81 per acre. On easy terms.
ten miles southeast 0i Rayvi.lc Far further
particulars apply "A, r''i> office Ono. 22d ~
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

The ability Of nearly every man to pay
his debts. depends upon his ability to collect
debts due him. The individuals ofsa COM
munity are linked together by chain AZ debts
and credit. and in time ofdepression the {. f sal
ofs person to discharge single Liability often
line Of a dozen debtors and
- hence The pOmps payment of
coQs: il ,ina Iise these pull
~ ,aos rs''1bb morning may
7opsr of>ssss.ure by
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

nNE Half intere-; in large body Of land.
J but will be- >plI in bots tn hit purchasers.
FOR particulars apply al this office. If.
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

Acres of land sold 10 suit purcha-
-OOO >rr>. All in the woods. For
particulars apply NJ rhis Office. II.
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

fal4th DISTRICT CouRr adjourned this
aessiou Of three weeks and
>se of any importance dis
verruled. ->oprt. we believe is
Richland beacon., 1873-11-15

Large 10, English Baregrs at &c yard
Black and white Linen Dress Lawn l5c;
C"i"red Dress Lawns. in all patterns, I5c
Sumner Cloths, in mg"onrtte coI"rs. 29c
India Linen Tu,>or aud Newport Surrings
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

their services should not be UNDER
estimated by the general public, which
can have but little knowledge Of the
vexations and difficulties that neces-
sarily confront them. l should have
been pleased to add other names to
the list, as Idoubt not there are others
equally meritorous, but an absence
Of information, either of an official or
general character, prevents it's extern
sion.
In conclusion, allow me to express
the hope that the State superintendent
will visit the parishes Of this division
and examine the general condition of
the schools. On every hand an ex-
preston Of disappointment is made
that his visits have not been oftener
and more extended in time and length.
Very respectfully,
EMERSON BENTLEY,
Division Superintendent Public Ed
ucation, Third Division of Louisiana.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

A few years since there resided in
one of the counties of South Carolina
two respectable citizens. They were
of the same surname; they also were
cousins. They were members of the
same religious denomination their
wives were sisters. They We're both
nullifiers when South Carolina took
the lead in this political adventure.
Each one was the father of thirteen
children; each Of these. men had three
sons and ten daughters. Where can
a parallel to this be founds
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

A scientific gentleman who gives
much of his time to the investigation
of the domestic habits of bugs and
butterflies, declares t ht he has dis
covered Il remarkable fact in connec-
ton with cells. A stream which flows
through his rancho in San Bernardo,
Cal, abonnds in cels, and he states
that every evening, about dusk, these
extraordinary fish leave the river to
Craze in the meadow. He says he
intended to call the attention of Pro-
fnssor Agassiz to the fact, but could
not leave the lower country until the
great naturalist had departed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

Lieut.. Preiser, of the Australian
army, cut off his nose while eating pie
with a knife, but slapped it right on
again and it is nearly ready fol. use.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

A man who bought thousand Hav-
ana cigars recently, on being asked
what he was carrying, replied that
they were tickets to a course of lee
.nres to be given by his wife.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

Josh Billings says: l will state for
the information of those who haven't
had chance tew lay in insect wis
dunn as freeley as hay, that one sim
gle hornet, who feels well, will break
up > whole camp meeting.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

A Connecticut man is so bashfnl he
can not look ;sneedle in the eye, and
permits his letters to accumulate in
the post office, rather than ask the lady
clerks for them.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

THE TARANTULA.-This species of
spider is very abundant on the south
western frontier, where it is more
dreaded even than the American
rattlesnake, which also tlourishes
there ip great numbers. In this re-
gion the t;.rantula grows. to the size
Of half a large walnut, being thick
and rounded something like the half
shell. Provided with eight legs, and
covered with long hair, it is described
us ugly and disgusting in the last de-
gree. This is an enemy, against
whom none can gard, and for whose
bite no remedy has been discovered.
Such alarm do they inspire, that /
have known q large party of men
who had camped out all throug h a
snake country and through the midst
of hostile Indians, driven from Il de-
sirable position by discovering that
tarantulas infested the spot. The
poison proceeding from their bite acts
;.s quickly as that Of the rattlesnake,
and they are much more dangerous,
because, attracted by light, they
frequently make their way into tents
unobserved by the occupants. Their
bite sometimes causes death, and,
even if person survives after being
bitten, he never fully RECEIVERS, and is
likely to carry the scar for life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

Transient advertisements. 81 SO per square
first insertion; Is cents each subsequent
insertion.
All official advertisements 81 per square each
insertion. -
Communications may be addressed simply
"CHIEF, Donaldsonville I4a.," or to the ed
tor and proprietor personally.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

Our girls want more outdoor life,
and less reading EOvels and embroid-
erine in rooms darkened with green
blinds. If there is any thing more
beautiful than another in q garden OF
flowers, that thing is a beautiful girl,
with sun-bonnet on her head so wide
and capacious that you have to get
right square lefore her to see her glow
ing cheeks that are sure to be there
if she is accustomed at all to garden
walks and works. Physically there
can be nothing better for daughters,
and indeed, for many wives, than to
take sole charge of a small flower
garden. The benefits derived from
early rising, stirring the soil, shutting
the pure mountain air, are freshness
and glow of cheek, and brightness of
eye, cheeffnlness OF temper, yigor OF
mind and purity of heart. Conse-
auently she must be msre cheerful
and lovely as a daughter, more digni-
fed and womanly as q sister, and
more confding as wife. If you have
not the door yard ground, then get
a pot and plant the seeds to your
taste. The care and attetion required
to rear and train the growing plants,
occupies the mind to the exclusion
oftentimes of senseless waste OF time.
You listless, pale-taced, fragile thing
of Il girl, throw off your mock delca-
cy, put Oil gloves if you will, but
work in the flower garden until your
cheeks vie in color with the blush OF
the rose which you cultivate.-Ho'ne
Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-29

1lhly Dy tHelr respective ColAHuul-
SPECIAL MENTION.
I would not do justice to the school
work itself, or to my own sense OF its
propriety, if l did not call attention
to the laborers and the faithful dis
charge of duty on the part OF DR.. G..
w. Johnston, President OF the School
Board Of St. Martin parish; DR.. Geo.
J. Colgin, Secretary of the Iberia Par
ish and New Iberia Town Board l..
f. SALES, Secretary of Lafayette Par
ish Board; Hon. A. j. Sypher, Presi-
dent, j. G. Parkerson, Secretary of
St. Mary Parish Board; d. 4. ONiell
and W. Mckerall, Of Franklin Town
Board; Rodolphe Braud, of Ascension
Parish Board. These gentlemen ap-
pear to give general satisfaction to
teachers and the public in their re-
spective localities, and have always
been prompt in their cooperation
with the Division Superintendent.
Their reports indicate better than
words the value of their labor, and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-19

Madison avenue-A large number Of fine Houses for
SALE aud inside houses bona dc purchasers
secure great bargains
Madison ayenue-Eght Lots Ian entire 'front.' for sale;
price SlOJOJO ~ per cent can remain on mortgage.
Madison avenue-A large number OF lne houses for
SALE corners and inside houses bona 6de purchasers
can secure great bargains
Park ayenue-rhe cheapes. House in the city, promi
nent corner, for sale.
Several desirably furnished Houses To rent
NJ. A. j. LYNCH, 65 Cedar street
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
Testing q PlOwshare.

There are three ways of picking a
good share. First, by signt; second
by feel; and third, by sound. Have
you got good share now? If so
mark it; break it when You are done
with it, and note its color; or suspend
it and strike it with q hammer, not
ing its sound, and select the other
accordingly. In hard share the
iron is much whittier than a soft one.
This rule-the whittier the iron is
the harder the share, and uice rersa
Again, the ringing sound of shares
when suspended and struck, varies
over several full musical notes. So,
if you know anything of music, you
can select your share by your tuning
fork. This gives us another rule viz:
the sharper the ring the harder the
metal, and rice uersa. Another un.
failing method is by the feel-select
the thickest part of the share, and
run your finger over the surface OF
the implement at that place. If the
metal is hard you will perceive an
evident lack or hollow over the thick
part if not hard, this hollow will
not be observed. In selecting a
share by sound, the ring should cor.
respond with that of n steel saw blade.
Farmer,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19

An animal becoming choked with
any hard substance that cannot pass
the gullet, harsh measures should
never be used until all others have
failed.
The practice of placing 8 block
against one side Of the throat and en-
deavOring 20 break the structure
with mallet, as is sometimes prae-
ticed IS simply brutal. One Of the
simplest and, at the same time, most
eficacious remedies is to give half
pint Of lard oil or melted lard, BY
drawing out the animals tongue,
raising the head, and administering
from thick bottle. This lubricates
the gullet, sickens the stomach, relax
es the muscles of the throat. and in
coughing the lodged substance will
generally pass either up or down.
Ifthe chokeing has existed so long
that inflammation of the throat has
ended, resort must be had to the
probang, any flexible rod, either
whalebene, vulcanized rubber, etc,
with sponge or soft substance afix-
ed to the end Introduce the soft
end into the throat holding the ami
mails head up, and, the obstruction
being reached, press it down at any
risk for it is now case Of life or
death.
To relieve the inflammation, apply
slippery-elm poultice, keeping in
close contact with the throat by Sc
curing the folds in which it is placed
by means of cord to the horns; keep
the animal on light food, assisted
with linseed tea, until the inflammation
is subsidized.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
The Expression Of Dress.

Women are more like flowers than
we think. In their dress and adcrn.
ments they express their natures,
as the flowers do in their petals and
colors. Some women are like the
modest daisies and violets-they
never look and feel better than when
dressed in morning wrapper. 9th
ers are not themselves unless they
can flame out in gorgeous dyes, like
the tulip or the blush-rose. Who
has not seen women just like white
lilies? We know several double mar
igolds ard poppies There are wo-
men fit only for velvets. like the
dahilas; others are graceful and airy,
like azaloas. Now and then you
see holly-hocks and sunaowers.
When women are free to dress as
they like uncontrolled by others, and
not limited by their circumstances,
they do not fail to express their true
characters, and dress becomes form
Of expression very genuine and use
ful.-Meredih.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
Common Sense.

There is chilly, disagreeabIe srti.
Gle, called common sense, which is,
of all things most repulsive and an
tipathetical to all petted creatures
whose life has consisted in fattery.
1t is the kind of talk which sisters
are very apt to hear from brothers,
and daughters from fathers and moth
ers, when fathers and mothers do
their duty by them which sets the
word before them as it is, and not as
it is painted by flatterers. Those wo-
men who prefer the society of gen.
tlemen. and who have the faculty OF
bewitching their senses, never are in
the way of hearing from this cold
matter-of-fact religion; for them il
really does not exist. Every phrase
that meets their ear is polished and
softened, guarded and delicately
turned, till there is not particle of
homely truth left in it. They pass
their time IN a world of illusions
they demand these illusions of all
who approach them, as the condition
of peace and favor. All persons, as u
sort of instinct, recognize the woman
who lives by ilattery, and give her
the portion of meat to which she is
entitled in due season ; and thus some
poor women are hopelessly buried,
as suicides used to be Scotland, I'M
der a mountain OF rubbish, to which
each passer adds ose stone. 1t is
only some extraordinary power of
circumstances that a man can be
found to invade the sovereignty Of a
pretty woman with any disagreeable
tidings, or as Junius says, ito in
struct the throne in the language Of
truth. AIRS. H. B. Store.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
To Have Apples Every Year.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune tells three ways of having
apples every year We give them
for what they are worth, although
we do not consider them infallible.
No. is certainly not to be depended
upon, and No. is to be demonstra-
ted before we believe:
Take scions from q tree in 1878
and put them into good thrifty tree,
and do the same in 1874, and You
will get fruit in alternate years.
2. lfyOu cut off of the thrifty trees
the growth of 1873 in the. last ofJune
leaving three or four buds that would
come out in 1874, you would force
out the next years's buds and gain
one year.
8. If you remove al! the blossoms
on one half of your trees in the bear
ing year you will have fruit on that
half Of the odd years. These things
l have done successfully. / have
now in bearing the Victory apple of
be odd year, produced in this way.
Next year the scions Of the last year
viii bear in the regular order
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
Respectable Gambling.

The position OF the buyer and sell
Ter Of imagined shares Of stocks which
he 9. ser saw. and Of whose existence
he ily knows by parity Of reason
in. has no similarity with that ~
thu" dealers He destroys true
vai.e-, by Introducing elements -.
ial-'. a. himself into al calculation.
Now. lies always fail
In natural vengeance against such
people, there has been general cry
that we need legislation against
''time bargains in stock. This cry.
alas only shows peoples ignorance
OF what they talk about At the
present moment the statute Of Mas
sachusetts regarding such bargains
is in these words -
Every contract, written or oral,
for the sale Of certificate or other
evidence Of debt due from the Unit
ed States, or a separate State, or Of
snv stocks, or any share or interest
in the stock Of bank, company,
city. or village, incorporated under a
law If the United States, shall be
void unless the party contracting to
sell or transfer the same is, at the
time Of making the contract, the
owner or assignee thereof, or author
lied by the owner or assignee or his
agent. to sell or transfer the certiii
cate or other evidence of debt, share,
or interest so contracted for"
The statute of New York was
identical with this, excepting in verb
al expression, until 1858. In that
wear this statute was repealed, and
another substituted confirming the
validity Of time contracts. Our read
ers know very well that in neither
State has the prohibition by laws or
its permission had any appreciable
effect in modifying the practice.
Such statutes are, and always will
be, worthless in effect. No such
statute will succeed until based on n
primer pie Of morals. The communi-
" cannot separate dealings in stocks
from dealings in cotton, corn, or in
magazines, and try the stock vendor
by one law and the cotton vendor by
another.
No. Let the community take the
tone which some communities have
been enough, honorable enough, and
enough to take Let it
show, and in a thousand ways it can
show, that he who produces, or in
indirect ways aids the producer, Is
the man Of honor; that he who gamb-
les. or grows rich as a parasite with
out producing, is a man disgraced:
let the public show this at Newport
and Saratoga; on the exchange and
in church let mothers show it as
they regulate the society of their
children let bankers show it as they
select their customers let girls show
it when they choose their partners,
and manufacturing companies when
they choose their directors: and
then, and not till then, will it be
time to talk loudly about the statutes
which shall govern gambling =
when we can make the same stat
ute govern the stock market. the faro
table, the beef market, the corn
market, the leather market, the
market Of exchange, and the ladies'
fair-Rer. E. Z. Hale, IN OLD AND
New for NOrember.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
A Chinese Burial.

About five O'Clock in the afternoon
the body, enclosed in 4 fine coffin,
was placed on the sidewalk in front
of her late residence, and by its side
was ranged tables loaded with roast
chickens, roast pigs, boiled rice, can
dy, nuts, brandy whiskey, &c, suf-
fcient in quantity to keep the spirit
ofthe deceased from getting hungry
for month. These articles and the
coffin remained on the sidewalk until
late the next afternoon, surrounded
by paid mourners, who seemed to be
carrying on lively competition in
the matter of giving full value for the
money received. At the cemetery,
after the coffin had been lowered,
hired mourners and two children OF
the deceased walked around the
grave once, while the husband stood
silently by. The vessels containing
the food were put in the grave at the
head and foot of the coffin, followed
by a small quantity of earth. The
grave having been filled up, brandy
and whiskey were sprinkled upon ii
in a liberal manner, while a pigs
lead, roast chicken. boiled rice, orang.
es, apples, candy, &c, were laid upon
the mound. The ceremony being
concluded, the Chinese returned
home in their carriages, while some
Christian boys, who had been closely
watching the proceedings gathered
up the fruit candy &c, and likewise
left for home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
4 MINSTREL riding a pumpk

\ MINSTREL, riding a pumpkin
colored sorrel, perpetrated a hevy
perpetrated heavy sell on a toll
keeper one day. He rode up unob-
served, and turned his horses head
about, directly opposite to the direc-
tion he wanted to go, called to the
toll keeper, who by this time had
come out, "What is toll?"
Twenty cents" answered the toll
keeper.
Too high" replied the solitary
horseman, cant pay it. Guess I'll
go back"
He turned his horse about and pro-
ceeded in precisely the direction he
wanted to go. the toll-keeper never
dreaming of sell.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
Workers Wanted /!

For Woods Household Maxasinc,
which, with Its Premiums, is one Of the most At
tractivs In the country. Price Of Magazine One
Dollar year. Commissions liberal, offering q lu-
crative and agreeable bssincse TO those willing to
give II proper attention.
Vol. XIII begins with July, 1873. ESamsne our
Clubbing and Prepium Lists Two frat class pc
riodicals for the price of one. For specimen mag
azlne and further Information address Woods
Household Magazine, Newburg, N. Y.
aag2;eom .. L. SHUTES, Publisher.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
Romance of Arithmetic.

The most romantic Of all numbers is
The figure nine, because it can't be mu-
tiplied away or got rid of anyhow
Whatever you do it is sure to turn up
again as was the body of Eugene
Aram's victim. One remarkable pro-
perty of this figure (ssid to have been
first discovered by Mr.. Green who
died in l794), is that all through the
multiplication the product of nine
comes to nine. Multiply by what you
like. and it gives the same result.
Begin with twice nine, Is; add the
digets together, and / and s makes
nine Three times nine are 81 and
3 and ! are 3. so it goes on, up to
eleven times nine, which gives SO ;
add the digits 8 AMI 9 are Is, and l
and are 9. Going on to any extent,
it is impossible TO get rid Of the fg-
ure nine. Take couple of instances
at random. Three hundred and thir-
ty-nine times 8 are 3,059; add up the
figures and they are g. Five thousand
and seventy-one times nine are AS
$50; the sum of these digits is 81 !;
and : and Z are g.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19

IT is a singular but not less true
remark in late work, that Jefferson
was born just eight years after his
predecessor Adams; Madison eight
years after jefferson Monroe eight
years after Madison and John Quin-
cy Adams eight years after Monroe.
Another curious fact to be observed
is, that Adams was just sixty-six
years old when he retired Jefferson
was sixty-six; Madison was sixty
six; Monroe was sixty-six; John
Quincy Adams, had be been elected
to second term, would have been
sixty.six. Adams, Jefferson and
Monroe all died on the 4th Of July.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
$72 90 Each Week.

gents wanted everywhere. Business strictly le-
gitimate. Particulars free. Address ]. WORTH
K CO, St Louis Mo. mayi4
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19
The Ruling Passion Strsng fn Death

This incident occurred in little
African kingdom adjoining Ashantee !:
"a woman slave, who was condemned
to die, was stripped according to
custom and knocked on the head.
Being only stunned by the blow, she
recovered her senses, and saw her.
self surrounded by dead bodies. She
ran into the town, found the mobiles
sitting in council, told them she had
been to the land of the dead. and
that she had been sent back because
she had no clothes They must
dress her finely and kill her over
again, which accordingly was done"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-11-19

This space is reserved for J.
F. Blymyer, who has removed
his stock into the most magni-
fcent hardware room in this
place. He can be found in
Room No. 3, Baer's Block.