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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
Proportion OF Cream.

Few persons are aware, probably. of the
extent to which the percentage of cream
is influenced by the conditions of the cow.
Ii is curious fact that any excitement to
which the animal is subjected causes 4
very large loss of cTeam OIL the milk. AT
the Barre meeting of the Mass. State
Board, DR.. Sturtevant of South Framing
ham, said ''Under the same feed, and un-
der the same circumstances, the same COW
gave. one day nine and half per cent. of
cream and another day eighteen per cent.
of cream" Thereupon, Mr.. Lewis, an old
experienced dairyman said IL can tell a
bigger story than that. | have taken a
good deal of pains to test the value of my
milk that have worked into cheese.
have graduated glasses for the purpose.
, and have fouAd Il cow whose uniform
percentage of cream was eighteen per
cent. reduced to six, in twelve hours
not from any change of food, but from a
little excitement. You gentlemen VIII
make butter, be careful to adopt my al.
vice and always treat your COW kindly anC
/ gently: never get her excited, because
every Ounce'Of excitement will take from
her milk one per cent. of cream. l have
known a cow abused by furious, bruta
mixer. and the percentage Of her cream
! WtHt uoWH Ollt-Idil IL Is
what an effect excitement has on the per
centage of cream in the milk that COW
produces. You will be astOnishcd if yOr
will Mike the test, and make it carefully
| have known a COW, excited from natura
causes, to drop her percentage OF cream il
her milk from fourteen to six per cent. IL
twelve hours. So would again repeat
whoever abuses his COW knocks out of hi:
milk Il large percentage OF the cream"
Ii will readily be seen how important
it is to keep the COW quiet and from fright
and all excitement. The worry by dogs.
the hurrying and halloing of boys, when
driving the cows home from pasture, the
kicking and pounding of an angry milker
or any similar cause of excitement will bt
sure to reduce the quality of the milk tC
the extent of several per cent. of cream
This fact is too well attested by many
careful and experienced dairymen to adj
nit Of doubt, and the first object of con
cern with the butter dairyman, especially
should be to see that his cows are treated
with the utmost gentleness all the time
The boys who drive the cows home will
make note of this, and when the spring
comes and cows 90 out, just mark what
we say.-Mdss Piouqhman.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
The "Three.BOttle" Times.

Is those davS Scotland would have
been rich field for Father Mathews la
bors. Habits OF drunkenness were com
mon alike 10 rich and poor. They were
associated with goodfellowship. aud were
tcnderly dealt with. even by the church.
The orgies of OSbaldStoEe Hall. Graphi-
cally described in Rob Roy, found their
counterpart in many Scottish manor.
The old bacchaIalian rhyme.
'IIe who goes To bed goes to bed sober,
Falls ~ the leaves do, and dies in octobcr;
But he that goes 10 bed, goes To bed mellow,
Lives n long, jolly life, and dies an honest tcl-
low, -
was quoted, half in earnest, as apology
for the eyccsScs which wealthy and re-
spectacle hosts, under the guiSe of hoSpi-
tslity. literally forced upon their guests.
VIII III the cloth was drawn and the ladies'
had abandoned the dinncr-tablc to their
riotouS lords and masters.
have heard my father, more than once.
relate what happened on such IN occasion.
when he was one Of the actors. He had
been dining. with party of eight or ten
gentlemen and a few ladies. AT the luXu-
riOIS cOuntry-seat of . friend who had
shown him much kindness. When the
ladies withdrew. the host. having caused
the butler To set out on the table two dOZ-
Oh bottles of port, sherry, and claret.
locked the door. put the key in his pocket,
and said to his guests, " Gentlemen. no
shirking tonight. Not "A man leaves this
room till these bottles are empticd.'
No remark was made in reply, and the
wine passed round. My father drank
three @lasSes-the utmost limit to which |
have ever known him to go, though he hab-
nually took a glass or two OF sherry after
dinner. At the fourth round he passed
the bottles without filling. His host re-
monStrated, at first in jest. then in half
angry tone. when the rccuSant persist4 d..
Thereupon my father, approaching Il
front window which opened on the lawn.
only few feet below il, threw up the
sash, and leaped out, followed by three or
four other guests.
This enraged their host. As the tugi-
Iives locked back. they saw him upset the
dinner table with violent kick. smashing
bottles and glasses, and declaring. with
an oath. that. if they didn't choose to
drink that wine. nobody else should.
The de>erters joined the ladies in the
drawing-roOm. but the host did not reap
pear and my father, as leading censpira-
tor, lost. and never regained, his friend
ship.-Robert Dale Ogea IN atlantic for
tfgrcL
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
Divorce Laws.

We are glad to observe that the State of
Indiana shows signs of reform In regard
to her divorce laws. 1t has hitherto had
the unenviable reputation, and that, too,
not without reason, of running great
divorce mill, attractive to all customers
who want this sort Of grist ground at the
shortest notice. The Legislature has just
passed bill reducing the number of le-
gal causes for divorce, requiring that pc
TONERS shall have a continuous residence
in the State for at least two years before
they shall be entitled to commence pro-
ceedings i'm a divorce suit, and also pro-
wiling that where the petition has been
granted without adequate notice, the case
may be re-opened and the decree set
aside. The purpose of the bill Is to
make the law more stringent, and there
by lessen the facility with which divorces
can be procured. The direct effect will
be a decrease in the number of such suits,
and an increasing public sense of the sane
tity and perpetuity of the marriage cove
nant. Indiana will be less likely here
after to invite the temporary residence of
persons who want to find the shortest
way to break the legal bonds of unhap-
py marriages. If all the States would
adopt a uniform divorce code, and then
each State would recognize the validity
Of divorce decree in every other State,
our American Jurisprudence in respect to
this subject would be very materially inn
proved. There is no good reason why
such should not be the fact. Ii would
correct many of the evils which grow
out Of the present diversity of legal prac-
tice.-N. y. Independent.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
Romance of a Hair.

To hear French woman glOrify France
and vilify its enemies is to feel your own
blood tingle. heard, only the other day,
of an incident quite apropOs to this.
French lady, who married German bar
on some fifteen years ago, and who lives
at Berlin i'm style befitting her wealth
and rank, had at dinner not long ago some
fifteen or twenty Prussians sealcd around
her table. Notwithstanding her marriage
she bad remained French at heart. I'm the
course of conversation the PrusSians be-
gan to bewail Paris, poor Paris, which
was no longer Paris. and TO predict that
in ten years Berlin would be the capital of
the world. She listened angrily, until no
longer being able to withhold her indlg-
nation she freed her mind to the effect
that Paris was Paris yet, would always
be Paris. the most brilliant. most attract
i've. most civilized and artistic city in the
world. Moreover. she would lay wager
that her Prussian friends might select the
most ugly and the most insignificant thing
they might find and Paris would make of
it am object of beauty, such as Berlin
would not dare to attempt. The wager
was accepted. and the next day the lady
received small box, which upon Op tning
she found to contain single white hair.
What could be made of one white hair?
She did not know; but, cOncealing her
embarrassment, she sent the hair to Paris
accompanied by letter giving an account
of the wager, the circumstances, &c. In
due course of time she received the box
back from Paris. And what think you
Paris had made of the white hair? Ithad
been enclosed in an open trench of gold,
which crossed medallion surrounded
with brilliants. At the top Of the medal
lion the Prussian eagle i'm black enamel,
with wings extended. held the white hair
in its claws. Then suspended from the
hair was little escutcheOn in white en-
aElel bearing this inscription: Alsacc
and Lorraine. You hold them only by Il
hair" 1t is not very probable that the
Prussians were eager for another bet
Paris Cor. ~ Y. World.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
MADAME DUFOUR.

81 WONDER who she is :" said Walter
Drummond, looking back as he left the
churchyard.
.'who! ~ asked Kate Hyslop with dis
"That lady in the blue and gold shawl,
who sat opposite to us in church," he an
swered.
"Oh. that red-hcaded woman?'' indif.
ferently. ''Why she was stranger, OF
course; what else should she be ?''
ssBut wonder who she is, and where
she comes FROM" repeated Walter with
insistence.
''Really, Walter, you are very odd
What concern can it be of yours, and why
should you wonder about her at all? re-
turned Kate with iciest manner; and her
betrothed, taking the hint, let the matter
drop.
Hinton, where they all lived, was just
q dull English village without history,
and Walters curiosity was only natural
under the circumstances.
Soon the whole place was astir with the
news that a Madame DufOur, the Pretty
woman who had sat on Sunday in
the chancel just opposite the vicarage
new, had taken Elm Cottage where old
Miss Donne had lived; and that she was
busy furnishing it in manner so costly
as to be next door to wicked.
The stranger came regular ly to church
which counted for something in her favor
and she was reported kind to the poor
and charitable beyond the common rur
of even generous folks. Not that Hin
ton quite endorsed this last trait. 1t hat
its own ideas about excesses Of any kind
and excess of virtue Jared no better q
its hands than II it had been vice. Lit
tie by little, however, her pleasant smile
and genial manner broke down some
the sitter predjudices which her stranger
hood and unlikeness to Hinton laws
life had created; and after suficien
time had elapsed to forbid the appearance
of iniudiciOus haste, the Vicar and nj
wife called on her-rather solemniy, !
must be confessed, but with good mean
ing at bottom.
The next step was TO ask her to tea
Kate Hyslop was by no means wei
pleased when she heard of this arrange
ment: and in general, Kate Hyslop'
wishes ruled the vicarage. But Mr.
Drummond had certain notions on priest
Iv dntics which nat even his heiress-war'
could touch and this was one Of them
So now Madame Dufour was marked wit
the right brand, and the whole parisl
gathered round her and bleated her
welcome to their pastures. From havin
been a kind of exile among them, she Ok
came the most popular plaything Of tn
day; Kate HysloP alone refusing 70 plea
with the rest, or to burn incense at ne
shrine.
From the first there was distinct ar
tagonism between these two women
and from the first Kate hated Madam
Dufour, and Madame Dufour feared kat'
s'She fatigues me with her viyacity
she sickens me with her theatrical sent
ment, and her affectation of grace Is to
transparent for anything but contempt,
Kate said scornfully, when asked If MAJ
ame Dufour was not charming.
While she on her side said, with pre-
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
Miscellaneous Selections.
JOHN REEDS THOUGHTS.

,,,
lhcre mist on the meadow below; the her
It's chill when the sun is down, and the sod is moi
yet dry;
Iuf world Is lonely place, IL seems, and don 7
know why.
see, as lean on the fence, how wearily trudgcs
With the feel of the Spring in his bones, like q
weak ana elderly man;
Pye had it many time but We must work when
But day alter day to toll, and ever from sun to
Though up to the seasons front and nothing BE-
Is ending at twelve like clock, and beginning
again at one.
The frogs make sorrowul noise. and yet it S
There's something comes with the Spring, a
There's something comes with the Spring. and it
seems to me it's fate.
It's the hankering after life that yCu never have
It's the diacontent with a life that is always thus
and so;
It's the wondering what we are, and where We
MY life Is lucky enough, | fancy, to most men :
For the more family grows, the oftener some
one dies,
And now II : run on so long, IL eOuldn I be other
wise.
claim and yield;
she rules IN the house at will, and in the barn
and field;
so, nIgn upon thirty years!-as If written and
signed and sealed
and the when;
One day my time will DE up, and Jane will be
the mistress then,
for single women are tough, and live down the
single men,
stronger hand,
And my lot showed well enough, when l looked
around in the land;
But I'm tired and sore ut heart, and don't quite
understand.
need,
Younger brsed3
Ii Edith fleasantOn now were near me rs Edith
place OF Dan,
Anu ieit my sell IN nun, Us WAS when my WORK
pegahT -
should feel no older, sure, anu certainly more
man!
We never can M oVerio the luck that can never be-
Anu Was eome naS to- me Goe 10 'e most might aSo nave
" '
Nv. ,bouoh, w,on , ns,oh,or,s w;f. Or bis child
r,., was s,ea carried 1osS away, v,i, ,ut
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15
A Newspaper Office on Exhibition.

There are some things too sacred for
public display. and among them may be
classed the art and mystery of "getting
up" newspaper. 1t is announced, how
ever, i'm letter from Vienna, that at the
International Exhibition now being Or
ganiZed in that city one of the great
sights is to be the interior of newspaper
Office, with editor. writers, reporters,
printers and publishers at work, just as
in ordinary life. The INDUSTRIOUS journal
lists are to be shown in huge glass build
ing, like bees in transparent hive. The
editor will be seen giving out subjects,
revising articles, and exemplifying, with
waste-paper basket at hand the we'll
known rule in respect to rejected cOmmu-
nicatiens. Writers will be on view at
work of the most varied kind-sOme at
leaders, others at reviews and few even
(if the character of Austrian journalism Is
to be vigorously maintained) at the incu-
batien of canards. 10 complete the pic
ture, certain number OF important visit.
ors, anxious to obtain Favorable notices.
or to reply to Just but unpalatable criti-
cisms, should be allowed to appear. 1t is
to be hoped that the literary performers
will he well up in their parts, that the edi
tors will wear becomingly grave aspect
and that the writers will not be seen paus
ing for lack of inspiration or refreshing
their memories too frequently by turning
to books Of reference. Cobbett once ex
pressed desire to bring all the journal
lists of London together on Remington
Common, that newspaper readers NIGH
see by what sort Of men they allowed
themselves to be influenced. The writers
of the Neue Freie Presse had probably
never heard of Corbett's amusing but no
very intelligent sneer. They, at all
events, are the heroic gentlemen who
with love of publicity which proves tina
their hearts are in their profession, pro
pose during the forthcoming Vienna Elk.
hibition to do their literary and journals
tic work in presence of as many thOus
aRds of sight-seers as can be got tOgethe
from all parts of the worldly. y. hade
pendent.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15

THERE is no outward sign of politeness
which has not deep moral reason. True
education teaches both the sign and the
reason. Behavior is mirror in which
every one shows his own image. There
is politeness OF the heart akin to love.
from which springs the easiest politeness
of outward behavior.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-03-15

We may as well throw our money into
the gutter, or go fighting wind-mills, as
to try to make our fellow-creatures better
while we neglect their physical condi.
tions.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-30
A Wonderful Snake.

Several weeks ago while Sylvester Bow
man, of Claiborne county, was cutting the
sprouts off his oats, he saw what he took
to be large black snake, and struck at it
with his scythe, when, to his establishment,
the snake struck at him with its tail, lift
ing its tail several feet from the earth.
Bowman, whereupon, again struck at the
snake, but the vicious reptile, not at all in
undated, returned the blow and pressed
Bowman so closely that it was with diff
Guilty he got away. Returning to the at
tack, Bowman,.by means of large rocks, at
last succeeded in Gripping the snake and
fastening it to the earth. With the assist
ance of Jordan f. Longmire, it was now
examined, and 20 their establishment was
found to be over six feet long and to have
a horn at the end of its tail little over an
inch and a quarter long, shaped like a
ROSTERS spur. But what was still more
astonishing, it had two eyes it its tail,
which, excepting the horn, was shaped eX-
actly like the head but was not so
large. Indeed, to see the tail, one
would have thought that it was the
head, and that the horn was its tongue.
The horn was very sharp. The snake
seemed very fierce at its tail-end, and en-
deavored to strike everything that came
near its tail. Various experiments were
made to ascertain whether it could see
with the eyes in its tail, and it was demon
strated beyond doubt that it could see with
its tail eyes. These eyes had lids, which
opened and shut and cleaned with anger.
Indeed, the tail-head seemed far more
fierce than the other head. Although the
snake tapered somewhat from its main
head, still the tail-head was as thick as
large thumb and just as blunt.
Mr. Bowman carried the snake home
while disabled, but it continued to strike
at every intruder with its horn, and, the
family becoming alarmed, Mr.. Bowman
shot it dead.
Messrs. Bowman and Longtime vouch
for the truthfulness of these statements,
and so will many other citizens of the
neighborhood. The writer of this knows
Mr.. Longtime to be a truthful man, man
of wealth and intelligence and an old
member of the Methodist Church.
Jacksboro', Tenn, July 81, 1872.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-30
A Conductor TO be Trusted.

One day, before Cornelius Vanderbilt obtain
ed possession of the Hudson River Railway, he
was travelling, it is said, from here to Albany /;
and, considering himself "a privileged character
went iuto the baggage car to smoke. He had
been enjoying his cigar but two or three min
utes when the conductor came along, and in
formed him politely that he must not smoke
there. Vanderbilt said it wouldn't make any
ditference-that il was all right, ETC.. ; but the
conductor was of a different opinion-declarng
that it was contrary to the rules of the road
You don't know me-" said the smoker
my name is Vanderbilt; l am sometimes
called Commodore. l generally do about as l
please"
II don't know, nor do care who you are Mrf
Vanderbilt | intend to obey the rules l.
you were ten times q Commodore, could not
permit you to smoke here; and you must 60
elsewhere to finish your cigar
The loyalty to duty Displayed by the cunduc-
tor pleased the ancient Cornelius, and he went
out, though not before he had said to the con-
ductor: "You are the right kind of a man for
your place. You don't respect persons.
think of buying this road, and if do, you can
stay on it as long as you like"
Vanderbilt did buy the road, aud retained the
conductor. He frequently remarked that that
man could be trusted that he was never mis-
taken in judging of character; and that he
knew, from the first that the conductor was
sound.
The conductor staid on the road for five years
and in that time, as the story goes, stole hum
self into pecuniary independence
SO much for Vanderbilt knowledge of char
acter. Evidently the conductor knew Wander
bilt better than Vanderbilt knew the conductor
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-30
SPANISH Insurrections.

BAYoNNE, July 22.-The news was re-
ceived here to-day through the Carlists,
concerning the Instruction at Carthagena,
which throws additional light on the de-
fiction of the Spanish squadron in that
port, which was made the subject of a gov
eminent decree and vote in the Cortes yes
terday.
The Insurgents after gaining control of
the city, seized the CASTILLO de las Galeras,
strong fort ON the west side of the har-
Dor, less than thousand yards from the
entrance which it commands completely.
This gave them control of the two lower
batteries on the shore at the mouth of the
harbor. They hoisted the red flag of the
commune over these Notifications, and
summoned the squadron lying in the har
Dor to surrender. The crews were in sight
of the city with the Insurgents and the
vessels fell into their hands without oppo-
sition. The chief command of the squad
ron is now entrusted to Pasas, who led
the instruction in the Naval Arsenal of
Ferrol in the Province of Corunna some
months ago. The vessels thus taken by
the insurgents are the Victoria, iron clad,
of "a guns, Numancia, iron clad, of % guns,
Peteuan, iron Gland, of 40 guns, Almansea
screw frigate of As guns, and the steamers
Fernando ell Catalicc, Ferralaua and Blasco
Garay, not classified. The four vessels
first named are among the finest in the
Spanish Navy.
MADRID, July Oft is reported that
the Iberian regiment, which the govern
ment dispatched to Carthagena to aid in
quelling the outbreak there has mutinied
and joined the insurgents in body. At
Vittoria there are seven thousand Repub-
lican troops in q state of Generalization
and disorganization, and several of the
municipal officers have been murdered by
the soldiers. The Republican troops at
Cerangui have surrendered to the Carlists
on the condition that their lives should be
spared in spite of the terms of the surren-
der. The Carlists shot number of them
after they had delivered up their arms.
Don Alphonso has sent to the Spanish
Government a formal proposition for the
of a cartel for an exchange of
prisoners