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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-15
UNDER THE LIGHTHoUS


ny CELIA rHAxrER
nhNhArD the tall, white lighthouse strnyed the
49,. In the May. morning sweet;
4AD"u' the step and 'cegh grey rocks they wan
Win hrsltating feet;
TOT scattered Tar aud wide the birds were lying,
, Quiet and cold, and dead, =
1"Ai "'e'' r0r,a while a,y they were swiftly wingins
The fierce light overhrad, f
hnp as me irnil moths IN the summer evenings
p,shod -, r,ly 10 lhe candle blaze,
nusheuW wildly Mt the splendJr, finding only
Death In those binding rays.
Ana here were bobolink and wren and sparroy.
very, and oriole,
anu purple Inch, and rosy grosbcas, swallows,
c., Ana klng-birds quaint and droll;
"iy so'd!er hlackbrds, wearing on their shou-
Red. gold-edged cpauiets,
anu many homely, brown, rtd-breasted robin,
, whose voice NJ child fOrgets.
Anu uyehoW-Dirds-wla shapes Of peri ct bean
And mingled with them, unfamiliar warblers
- 49, mar 10 Ear woods belong.
Clothing me grey rocks with mournful beauty
by scores the dead forms Law,
That, dashed agan.rst the tall-towerjs cruel win
dOws,
Dropped like the spent sea-spray.
no" many an old and sun-steeped barn, far in
land,
Should miss about IFS caves
lhe t~itter and the CLEAN of these swift swal-
lowsi
And swinging mid the leaves,
The ORIOLES nest, all empty in the elm-tree,
Would cold and silent be,
ana never more these, robins make the meadows
,, Ring with their ectasy.
"e"id not the gay swamp-border miss the black
birds
Whistling so loud and clear?
would not the bobolinks' delicious music
Lose something of its cheer?
Yet, - thought the wistful children, gazing
"The birds will not be missed;
Others will take their place in field aud forest,
Others will keep their tryst;
Ana we, we only, know how death has met them,
We wonder and we mourn
That from their innocent and bright existence
-, Thus roughly they are torn.''
ana so they laid the sweet, dead shapes together,
Smoothing each ruill-d wing,
PerpleXed and sorrowiul, and pondering deeply
The meaning of this thing.
fIoo hard TO iathom for the wisest nature
Crowned with the SHOWS of ageD
And all the beauty of the fair May morning
Seemed like n blogted page.
They bore them down from the rough cliffs OF
granite
To where the grass grew green,
And laid them meath the soft turf all together,
With many flower between;
And, looking up with wet eyes, saw how brightly
Upon the summer sea
Lay the clear sunlight, how white sails were
shining.
And small waves laughed in gee;
And somehow, comfort grew to check their
grieving,
a sense OF broOding care,
As if, in spite of death, a loving presence
Filled ali the vewless air.
% What should We fear?'' whispered the little
children,
a. There is no thing so small
But God will care for it in earth or heaven;
ST Nicholas.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-15
NUMBER 81.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS


From the Charlton County (Ao.) Brunswicker.l
Bous are-but this Is too tendera subject
for us 10 touch.
TnE coming spring chicken has gone In
to winter quarters.
THE ground hog Is out. IL comes out
for breakfast in little balls.
"NEvER SAY DYE :" tell him these gold
en- tresses are natural, and all thine own.
A BLuE-BLooDED wood-chopper doesn't
get any more per cord than watery-velned
plebeian.
TmE whisky in this town Is as terrible as
Banquo's ghost, but the boys manage 10
getit down.
THREE thousand species of grass are
known 10 botanists, and yet the price oil
butter remains unabated.
The fair" season Is about over, and
now some of the thousand-piecedqu quiltsare
doing service as horse-bankets.
LINEN overcoats for winter wear should
be dyed dark, warm color, and lined with
popular metropolitan Journals.
PrTY the sorrows of a poor young man.
An old lady from the country brought Il
light-hearted, rosy-cheeked child into town
the other day and married him.
In Seribner's is "An Oldport Expert
ence." We have had some Old Port and
Old Rye experiences in our time that were
very peculiar. Oh, those weaving days
THE prevailing quality of whisky Is so
bad that, unless something is done to ar
rest its consumption, the coming genera
ton will leave no orphans TO inherit their
fathers vices. e
DAMNED be he who first cries hold
enough ~ shouted an enthusiastic crowdin
front of bar last night. Some OF those
fellows ought to be damned, for they hold
enough to run grist-rnill.
Ir is pleasant to sit by your own fire on
n wintry evening, and listen to the church
bells, and know that you are not expected
to sally forth in the biting air to prayer
meeting. Here is where the consolation
of irreligion comes in.
An attempt will be made to reorganize
the Good Templars's lodge at this place
Monday night. 1t appears to us that the
, present is an inauspicious time tor such a
movement-just az the boys are beginning
to take it warm, with sugar in it; but we
trust the laborers in this good cause may
succeed In getting together enough OF the
: not-wholly-lost to organize and main
tain good lodge.
A YOUNG married man tells us that the
first article of domestic use he had to buy
was quinine for his agiiated partner. She
nearly "shook" him before he got her,
and now, what with ague and being up OF
nights, he almost wishes he had never en-
barked on the tempestu0us sea of matri-
) mony. He says that those who contend
that marriage is /" no great shakes have
never encountered the drug bills that are
daily crowding the romance out Of his life.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-15
Culture Of Cranberries.

Where do all the cranberries come from,
is question often asked, and on investi-
cation We are fairly astonished TO witness
the rise and remarkable amount Of busi-
ness now transacted in this small fruit.
TO those having low lands, useless for any
other purpose, the cranberry once planted,
often yields the pOssessor a greater profit
than any similar area of other crops on the
same farm.
The consumption of this fruit is extend
ing rapidly into all parts of the world is
becoming more and more q household ne
cessity. No tea-table Is now considered
complete without il, and ON ship voyages
it is Of almost Indispensable utility. New
Jersey raises the largest bulk of cranber-
ries in this country, employing about six
thousand acres for the purpose, the value
of the crop raised on which, last wear, was
$500. .000 The whole cranberry crop of
the country Is estimated at about 81 ,5O0,-
900. Massachusetts raises not less than
ten thousand barrels q year. Within the
past five years Wisconsin has made rapid
progress in the culture of the cranberry,
and the crop in that State this season is es-
timated at $500, 900. The average price
per barrel of this fruit is $40, Cape Cod
cranberries commanding the highest price.
The fruit raised on the Cape is the best of
its kind in the world. Itis exported large
ly to England, and finds its way to the
Queens dinner-table.
Those who have spots usually regarded
as waste places on their farms, places too
wet to plow or to NOW, may, by proper
management, have their cranberry patch,
and grow for home consumption and for
market. Let such waste places be utilized
by growing cranberries.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-15

The popular fallacy that house-plants
poison the air Of IA room by the exhalation
of carbonic acid during the night, has been
demonstrated by recent experiments of
Prot. Kedzie of the Michigan Agricult,l-
raj College. To make as conclusive a
test as possible, instead of taking the air
from room containing few plants only.
the professor gathered 1t from the college
greenhouse, where more than 6,000plants
were growing. The room had been closed
for more than twelve hours and. if the
plants exhaled carbonic acid to an injuri-
Gus extent. the analysis Of air from such a
room would certainly disclose this fact.
Three specimens of this imprisoned air
were gathered shortly before sunrise, from
different parts of the room. the analysis OF
which gave Al, 400, 400 parts of carbonic
acid in 10000 of air, or an average Of 4.03
in 10000, while the outdoor air contained
4 parts in 10000, thus proving that the air
in the greenhouse was better than 'spurc
country air.'
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-15

A STRICT Scotch woman of Presbyterian
education was induced to attend services
one Sunday at Trinity, New York. this be-
ing her first appearance in an Episcopal
Church. After service was over. she was
asked how she liked il, and gave answer
that "It war vara fine; but it war awful
wark for the SABBATH dee"
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-15

THE little busy bee hath not dothed, and
honey is scarce.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30
Thr RrcIncn Ngr,ntnics.

The Cathedral erected in the twelfth
century is the only interesting church
of which Bremen can boast. II is
now Protestant church, and contains
the finest organ in Germany. Its
greatest attraction TO strangers is the
exhibition of several mummies, the
oldest having been four hundredyears,
and the most recent sixty years, in an
undecayed condition. The vault in
which they repose possesses the prop
ertv of preventing decomposition, in
proof of which poultry is often sus-
pended in it, n venerable turkey, one
hundred years old, being at the present
time suspended on the wall.
The corpSes bear no evidences OF de-
cav, as in the case of the Egyptian
mummy, but carry on their counte'
nances the appearance OF recent death,
except that the dust of ages has some
what colored them. There are about a
dozen bodies laid out in collins. The
flesh feels like parchment, and the
checks of an old countess, who has laid
here four hundred years, look quite
plump. One is the remains of an Eng
| fish officer, shot in duel ninety years
ago. with a bullet hole in his breast
and shattered soldier. a corpulent
old general is still corpulent and q
dozen chickens, hung up ninety years
ago, have their feathers all intact.
The vault i'm which they lie is about
thirty feet long and fifteen feet vide
and is above the ground, in one OF the
crypts of the church. There is moth
ing peculiar about it, and there seems
no reason why il should preserve bodies
from. decay more than any room I
Bremen. The exhibition of these cat
riesities gives an income to the church
OF about twenty dollars a day, and i
quite valuable source of revenue. Il
Is not everybody who can expect to b'
so remunerative after they have givel
up the ghost.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30
ATTORNEY GENERAL's OFFICE

His Excellency, e. J. Davis, Governor:
Sir-In compliance with your request,
| have examined section (3) three of
Chapter XIII of the general laws of
1873, p. 55, the present registration law.
1t seems that the second proviso to
that section requires "that the first
general registration under the proyi-
sions of this section, shall commence
not less than sixty nor more than
ninety days after the passage of this
act, to be conducted in all respects as
to notice, etc, according to the provis-
ions of this section.
This proviso was inserted in order
that special election, might, if necessa-
nv, be held. 1t does not supercede OF
do away with the requirements with
which the section sets out, that there
shall be at least forty days before each
general election notice given, etc:
1t appears that for this year there
must be notice given and attendance
i'm person or by deputy had at each
voting place at least forty days before
the December election, in addition tc
the notice and attendance required by
the second proviso of the act referred
to. Your obedient servant,
(Signed) VIM. ALEXANDER,
Attorney General.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

riot Gus re'gn of the cnlpcthoggers In
the Southern States, plunderlng, the
people on every side, and loading them
down with debt and taxation, Will ne
count for the general impoverishmehl,
even more than the sIothiulncss oi
the blacks. The time has now come
for the people of the North to remove
the cause which is still working the
same results.
"rhe Southern people are completely
cowed, and In many states will proba-
bly never make another effort without
aid to rescue themselves and their
property from the despotism that rules
to ruin. But the people of the North
cannot afford to have this process of
impoverishment continue. The differ
ence of $1,000, ,OO0,0 in property val
ues at the South, including the actual
depreciation and the stoppage OF nat
ural increase, means Withdrawal of
that amount of taXpaymg resources.
This withdrawal of taxes, which the
Southern States might pay under favor
able circumstances, throws that addi-
tional burden upon the taXpaying
property of the North. In this view Of
the case, the support Of the carpetbag
governments of the Southern States
fall proportionately upon every tax
payer in the Northern States"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

The skirt of ie mote, blue faye, the
most delicate tint that cau he imagined,
has long plain trained tunic of white
Indian cashmere, covered with
wreaths of flowers embroidered III
silk 'of the color approximate to each,
and which is terminated by white
lace and antique guipurc. Sleeves
puff1d rs far as the elbow, with awaist-
band of blue faye vailCd, with o
glipurc insertion, then fiouncc Of
cashmere and row OF lace. This
double trimming goes all round the
Usage, the middle of which, a. we'll
as the apron, is ornameEt,dWith bows
IF blue fastened by n pearl buckle.
Another, II little less Oriental. comes
from the same source: Costume OF
pink silk Of two tints; the front Of ,he
dress, of light silk, was puttcd length
wise, with rather wide pipings Of the
darker pink TO separate the pulls. The
rest of the dress formed a Louis Nv
tunic OF the darker pink, with tlounca
and plaitings Of the lighter. Cherusc
of the pale pink reached behind only;
wide medici ruches of blue, smooth
Grape for the collar and undcrsicevea.
1t is believed that two shades of u
color in dresses and trimmings will
continue to be employed through the
coming winter Favor is predicted for
black taillc dresses with peml-gTay
trimmings, vests and cuga, for the
forthcoming autumn season. Cash
mere wraps and breakfast tacr ei, WIN
he wrought with India cmhroideS.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30
Axem WAY 70 &c, Win.

NJ. Linden, of Brussel has hteY
imported a large stock of Young plaits
of the celebrated Cow Ircr Of South
Ameriea-the RdiO dc tocd Of The
Spanish, and the Sandi OF The Indians.
This extraordinary tree, The botanical
name of which, is BrosimOm Galacto-
dendron, yields milk of a. good quail
ity as that of the COW. II flows ireely
from incisions made in ieo trunk, and
is commonly used Us an article Of food
by the inhabitants of districts where
the tree is abundant. TIE tree grows
upwards of one hndrrd feet high,
with a smooth trunk Sly to eight feet
in diameter, and without branches for
the first sixty or seventy ieet of lts
height. 1t forms large forests on the
mountains and along tbs sca coast Of
Venezuela. Humboldt and his con-
panions frequently suhsi ted upon the
milk when lost amid the vast solitudes
of the dense forests of the valley Of the
Amazon.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

AN account of a terrible duel is going
the rounds of the press far ana near,
and even some of our Texas neighbors
have "bit at it" and have given the
awful tragedy to their readers. The
story is pure fabrication, gotten up by
a sensation writer of the New York
World. The duel is claimed to have
Just occurred at Medicine Lodge, KS,
the parties being Hugh Anderson OF
Texas, and Arthur McClusky, of Kan
sas, who shot each other to pieces with
sixshooters and then crawled upon one
another with bowie knives. The facts
of the case are that McClusky was kill
ed in q row more than a year ago, and
ia a very different manner from that
stated by the papeTs.-lB Bonham Enter
prise.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30
Charles Morgan and the Texas Road.

From the New Orleans JIerald.l
Mr.. Charles Morgan mas proposed in
New York to resume his engagement
to extend his road from Brashear to
Houston on the conditions originally
proposed by him, TO wit: That he will
make the roadhcd, crib work, and as
sign all his rights and privileges in the
| extension Of the OpclousaS Road 10
Houston, provided The Ngv Orleans
and Texas Company VIII supply thc
iron, the two parties to have each half
Of the road. Mr.. Morgan Is willing to
enter into an arrangemcU, Of this sort
with Governor Sprague as President
of the road. 1t is II very important ar
rangcment both for Mr. Morgan aud
the New Orleans and Texas RailrCad.
Recent experience has demonstrated
that the Opelousas Road terminating
at Brashear, will not be % very profit
able and productive properly on tAch
vestment made therein b. Mr. Morgan
The Missouri and the other more
northern roads from TCNus viii be
pretty certain to draw of the trade and
travel from this new Southern route.
Should the Louisiana Central be COM
p!eted to Shreveport, so sto connect
with the several lines Which from that
point are to pierce the State Of Texas,
Mr.. Morgan's business would be- largely
affected. Many of hi boats are
already laid up, and the revenue nom
his line enormously reduced since the
opening of the road from ST. Louis to
Galveston. ltbecomes,t therefore, nmat-
ter of great need and urgency 10 Mr..
Morgan to extend his Opelousas road
to Texas. 1t is equally important 10
our city, and we ferventiy hope that
the arrangement indicated or some
other, will be made, so a. to cnableoUr
people to realize the incalculablc hcng-
fits soIong deferred of such conucc-
ton.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30
RcsistratiOn-Imp Notice.

We clip the following from the Stale
Gazette:
The following correspondence be-
tween Governor Davis and the Attor-
ney General explains itself. We di-
rect the attention of voters to it:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, STATE OF TEXAS,
Austin, August 10, 1873.
SIR-There seems to be an impress
sion abroad that the registration of
voters now going Oh is the only one to
be held previous to the general election
on the "a of December next.
Please examine the law and give me
your opinion as to whether it is not re-
uuired that another general registra-
ton should take place forty days before
the said election.
Very respectfully,
EDaUNp J. DAVIS, Governor.
Hon. William Alexander, Attorney
General, Austin, Texas.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

SfNauLAR to relate, tHt fact never
theless, there is not now living single
descendant in the male linc oi Nhsu-
Ger. Shakespeare, SpCnser Milton,
Cowley, Butler, Dryden, Pope. towpef
Colasmith, Sc, It Byron, Moore Philip
Sidney, or Sir Walter lsa'c'Eh not one
of Drake, Cromwell, Hampden, Monk,
Marlborough, Pcterborol.-h. cF Nelson,
NOT one.of Stanford, OTmond, or Ciar-
cndon: not one OF ADDISON, swift, or
johnson: not oneof Walr,le golins-
broke, Chatham, Pitt, FOX, lnrkG
Gsattau, orCanning; NO ciie q Bacon,
Locke, NeWton, ct Day not one OF
. Hume. Gibb0n, or Maeaulgy; not cney
Of David Garricl<, John kenble oYl
Edmnnd keen, FIsA
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30
Horrible Confession b. n Murderer.

llUrrlsDulG, IA, J'Itu'l.
OnThurs,lay afternoon Nelson Wade,
who murdered Mr.. MCBRIDE, in lNo-
ming county, madea con te-@ion, which
he prefaccd With the remark that he
"didnt care Il damn what was done
with itn He admitted that he CONS
mittcl the murder but denied that ne
shot Mr. NIB idc, as the cor0ners
jury decided. The fatal Injuries Wero
inflicted with Il club. Nhiicat farm
house near by he learned where q
trunk containing thous lnds of dollars
was located, and about how much toe
couple were worth. On reaching she
house on Tuesday evening, ne asked
for milk, and was directed to the vito,
who was about the cellar. She told
him that he would have 20 pay if he
wanted it.
'EThe murderer continued: | return-
ed to the house and found the door
boltcd Tho old man finally opeutls
it, and / put my foot 7 the mside.'
He struck mt me, and | knocked hini
down with my fist, rs w2ll a5 silepced
the dog, who made an attack on me.
/ then struck Mcbride three times
with the club, and he err ing murder, U
hit him again. ] then Killed Mrs. Mc-
Bride with the stick, and coming back
to the house found the old man up and
the dog licking his sores. gave him
another beating, and broke open the
| trunk | was after. | has 10 make two
trips to carry away the money in t.
got between $4,000 and $4,000. ]
will not tell where it is. When | die
/ will reveal ii to poor man, hui No
rich one shall have it.
Two bags Of the money are buried
in Williamsport, two abDrc and two
below the city. / have killed several
women before, and am willing to hang
| tomorrow.
The prisoner laughs and discusses
politics with relish.
Mrs, Mcbride was buried ou Thurs
day, and her remains Were followed tn
the grave by large concourse oi peo-
| pie.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

GENERAL ID. III. BRIsTow, of Ken
lucky, has resigned the Presidency of
the California and Texas Railway Con-
strurtion Company, which is now
building the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way, and is succeeded in that position
by Mr.. John McManus, of Readinr,
Penn. General BristOw was, untii
within a year, Solicitor General Of the
United States, and 1t Is believed that,
In case of the promotion of either OF
the present Justices, hewould be invit-
Cd n the vacancy on the bench of the
.-.'.--- !. ft,,,.t.. - rf.al1ras4o, NoWo
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

SENATOR MATT. II. CARPENTER still
rests under the charge, we believe, that
he recently appeared in public in New
York city and at Long Branch with a
woman notoriously inclined
Togive her liege more heirs atlnve than law.
If the woman's characte; is half as
bad as his own, he ought to be
ashamed to be caught IN such COM
pany.-[C CouFier-JouTnal.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30


We learn from Captain elena, inc
state geologist, that the discovery has
been reported to his Office of cave
near the first station from DEVILS
River, the interior of which contains
very remarkable painting and sculp-
ture, apparently of Aztec origin. An
exploration viii be made whenever an
opportunity can be found.