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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-05-31
Hills RICHARDSON. KOBT RICHARD
JAS. ID. M'ENEHY.
ssicsluraaSOnS e. N5cGfacry,

I"!ORNETS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
~ practice in all tho Parishes OF North
Louisiana, in the supreme Court ut Monroe,
ne Fchcrai Courts, and i'll the Land Office
i..pariucn OF the General Government.
juno -, lS12. l0-tf
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Hbr. NNlll. S,l.lSlel

s'i.N Dl:RS his services as Physician and
Surgeon, to tho public. He can be found
,.i",u his plantation, four miles below Mon
...,n March IL, 1873. .5-ly
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Prof. Wilcox has now entered upon tho
i;tbors of tho tonlf year OF his connect ion
as President, with tho Homer Masonic
Female College. During that time the
range OF studies has bccn extensive as
any institution OF tho kind, and tho mode
OF inst ruction has been o i'm part Il Thorough
knowfcdgc Of those studies. The discipline
IN il, tho College and Boarding Department. has
health OF the pupils has been invariably
good. In confirmation of tho above, rcfui-
enco is confidently made to tho pat rons OF
tho Institution and former pupils scattered
throughout North Louisiana.
Additions AFRO being made to the boarding Z
ti"'tse, so that largo number of pupils can
30 accommodated in tho family OF tho Pres
idcnt.
Wc, tho undersigned, having been :,c-
Iu:tlntcd with tho Workings of tho InStitu IL
ton during the time il has been nEt:cr tl,c
management Of Prof Wilcox, very cnr.lnl-
~ recommend it to our friends aS il suitable
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TISY RECEIVED

/
100 Barrels of CapC Lime:
30 Barrels of *. -. Meal;
5000 Pounds of Bacon;
En Barrels of Pork.
iS;tf J. q. 81 \ plRS.
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EDUCATIONAL,
HOMElt MASONIC
FEMALE COLLEGE,.

Tho exercises of this Institution began on,
the first Monday. .in.Septcmper last.
Tho scholastic year is divided into two
sessions of twenty weeks each--iirSt cnCiing
the last of january; tho second the last ct
juno.
FACULTY
L. F.WILCoN, President, and Prot. OF Latin,
Montal and Moral Scicncc.
Miss \. CALHOUN, Teacher i'll Mathematics.
Miss l.. TAGIARr, Assistant III Literary Dc
partmcnt.
\. y. BARRE, Prof. OF Music and French.
Miss NJ. NJ. WILCOX, Assistant in Music.
TERMS:
Pupils admitted ut any time and charged
until end OF session. No deduct ION in Iui-
ton except for protrat.tcd sick >ncsS.
Tuition, English.....S;, 81 and $500 per mo.
i II: llAll III IL L.
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=. RICHARDSON. +. w. MEAGHEI;.
lll.S. lsiclaraison n 1Ic:ssElcr,
J. LDEiswOOD. DIR. ViIOS. Y. ABLY.
kSrS. CalI<serwOO<l ~ Ably.
MONROE, LA,

; i|EiCi; in rear OF Bernhartlt's building,
SjSccond street, between DcSiaru and the
,i:,ilrouu. Jan 5, 1872 d,Nw
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MONROE SALOONS.

MONROE SALOONS.
NEW SALOON!
Fl n +. LIE tORS AND CIGAItS
ShcU oysters ",td Layer J;ccrl
Tho undersigned has opened 4 Saloon in
The liorttitardt Building, which he has sup
piled with now Bar fixtures, the choicest
brands of Liquors, and fine Cigars. IIc has
two billiard tables, and during the oyster
season can supply fresh oysters on tho
she'll. Lager Beer from tho best WcStc crn
brcwcricS kept ut this Saloon. Prompt at
tcnti"n and good order will DO observed.
TIICS. DUNN.
Monroe, November 80, 1S7-.-tf-fv
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
Remarkable Tenncity of Life.

William Meyer, the man who on the
Oath of June was cut through the body
with scythe by IN insane man near
Lancaster, Pa, is still alive, and the in
dications are that he willrecover, unless
inflammation sets in The Lnncaster
Eraminer thus describes his wounds
1.-The scythe entered the right side
about two inches above the hip, and ex-
tended transversely through the body
in an upward direction until the point
appeared in the left side below the arm
pit. The wound at the. entrance was
five and half inches in length, and at
the terminus one and half inches long.
Mover proceeded short distance with
the scythe extending through the body,
and then pulled St o,it, ,.reeking with
blood, unaided. The lobe of the right
lung was severed, and it was not expect
ed that he could live more than a few
hours. To the surprise of sll his condi-
ton is favorable to his recovery, and his
physician, DR.. A. S. Rauden-
bush, Of Adamstown, has expressed the
hope of being able to save his life.
Meyer has been conscious since the oe :
currence, speaks distinctly and eats and
sleeps without difficulty. He is small
man, about thirty-two years of age, and
is Of rather delicate appearance.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
Bad Air...A Caution,

There is reason to believe that not n
few of the apparently unaccountahle
cases of scroiula among children pro-
coed from the habit of sleeping with the
head under bedclothes, and so inhalng
air already breathed, which is further
contaminated by exhalations from the
skin. Patients are sometimes given to
a similar habit; and it often happens
that the bedclothes are so disposed that
the patient must necessarily breathe air
more or less contaminated by exhala-
,tions from the skin. A good nurse will
be careful to attend to this. 1t is an
important part, so to speak, of ventila-
tion. 1t may be worth while to remark
that when there is any danger Of bed
sores blanket should never be placed
under the patient. Itretains dampness
and acts like poultice. Never use any
thing but light blankets as bed-covering
for the sick. The heavy, impervious
cotton counterpane is bad, for the very
reason that itkeeps the emanations from
the sick person, while the blanket al
lows them to pass through. Weak. pa
tients are invariably distressed by a
a great weight of bed-clothes, which
often prevent their getting any sound
sleep whatever.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
Rules OF Common Law.

Most OF the ,mmon law rules Of evil
dence which still prevail in the crimi-
nal codes OF English-speaking commu.
mites originated at time when the
tendency Of the courts was towards ex-
cessivs severity to guilty men, and when
there were scores OF offences, ranging
from petit larceny to high treason,
which were punished with death. The
humane maxims-that "every one nc.
cused of crime is presumed 10 be inno-
cent until the contrary is proved that
"it is better that ninety and nine guilty
| rsons go acquit than that one limo.
cent person should suffer .unjustly;"
that emo man should be tried and con-
demned without an opportunity to con-
front the witnesses against Im face to
face that "if, after hearing all the
evidence, there is n reasonable doubt in
the minds of the jurors that the guilt of
the accused is made ont, they should
acquit, which are always repeated
and amplified by the defendants coun-
sci in their address to the jury, and
which were absolutely essential at one
stage of the laws history to mitigate its
unqvestionsble harshness have grown
into such prominence now that they are
made to overshadow. many features of
the law, the preservation Of which are
essential to good order, II not TO the ex-
istence of society itself So much So
lictude is manifested for the welfare
and safety of the accused that the rights
of society are often entirely ignored,
and when the humanities of the law are
perverted into tricks for the encourage
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
How They DO Things In Persia.


&sUVNy Wss0 eVs"usss8 " WV ~sssss'
Although His Persian Majesty seems
30 pleasant ana 40 pleased Just now
that European papers abound with an
ecdotes Of his suavity and condescen-
sion, he has done some awful things in
his own country. Among them stands
foremost the treacherous murder Of his
brother in law, Meerza Tagui Khan, his
first Primo Minister Meerza Tagui
Khan was the friend of Nnssr-ed- Din
when his prospects Of ascending the
Persian throne were very doubtful, and
he held only the insecure and slippery
post OF Governor OF Aderbijan. his
own abilities would never hhve made a
king of him btit on the death Of Mo-
hammed Shah the Russian Minister
took him mp, and M.ssrs. Ralli & Co.,
the rich Greek merchants Of Tabreez,
found him money, md then the genius
and valol of Meerza Tagui Khan did
the rest. So the Shah named him Prime
Minister, and could hardly have made
n better choice. The first thing he did
was to organize post Office-an insti-
tuition previously unknown in Persia.
The next thing he did was to create n
police. Having done these two good
services, he tried to establish order in
collecting the taxes, which had been
grossly mismanaged, and then he made
himself enemies, rs every one will who
ventures to attack public abuses where
money is concerned. The tax-gatherers
and their creatures now began to intrigue
against him, and Prince Dolgourouki,
the Russian Envoy, vas ruined in trying
to protect him. -.,,o
He was therefore driven into exile
and compelled hide himself at Cas-
han. Now h had married the Shah's
sister when h stood high in favor, and
though she did not and could not love
him, because he was long past the age
of love, she behaved with exemplary
fidelity and devotion in his misfortunes.
She would not lepve him for an instant,
and she prepared all his food with her
own hands and tasted it herself. SO the
Shah, being unwilling to commit vio-
lent murder in his sisters presence, de-
termined to catch his old friend by stra-
tngem. With this purpose His Persian
Majesty sent messenger OF high rank
to the fallen minister, assuring Meerzn
Tagui Khan of full pardon and imme-
dnte restoration to all his honors. The
Meerza at once fell into the trap, and
his wife, who could not believe that her
brother could be so base and cruel as to
decei ye her. at last let her husband out
of her sight in order that he might take
n bath and pat on the robe of honor
which had been sent him by the king,
as the customary sign of royal favor.
He had no sooner entered the bath,
however, than the chief executioner en-
tered there also, exhibiting the Shah's
warrant for his immediate execution,
and merely leaving him choice Of the
manner in which he preferred to die.
The Meerza stretched ont his arms re-
and said, "OEen my veins"
The executioneer then bled him to death
as the Shah had commanded.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
What TO DO in an Emergency.

It is good thing to know what to
do when a man faints away and falls
down on the street. pedestrian fell
down on Monroe avenue, Detroit, SO a
local paper says, being just off sick
bed, and it was wonderful how many
men in the crowd knew exactly what
was the best thing to DO. One called
for brandy, another waved the crowd
back, another shouted "police" and
coroner" fourth brought bucket
OF water from saloon, and all the
others crowded in as closely as possible
and began wond dering if the man had
his life insured. Some wanted to throw
water on The victim, and others thought
that his boots ought to be removed, and
the man with the slop-pail fell down in
it and jumped up and kicked at lame
boy. Two boys were sent for doctor,
but didn't go, and n market woman
crowded in and told them to raise the
mans head. Some one put brick
under his neck, and another general call
was made for whiskey, csmpbOr, gin,
soda, pop, root beer, ginger ale, vine-
gar, water, and lager. Nothing was
brought, and after few minutes the
man opened his eyes, gave his name,
and asked to be taken home. After he
had departed, a doctor arrived, a cor
oner came putting along, and the crowd
came near having fight as to who was
entitled to the honor of saving the mans
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
" Don't Stay Long,"
do thv sweet steps delay

0. why do thy sweet steps delay, eNe
Since bird and song and bre re arc gomez
Sighted for hope Of thee, the day.
Without thee night puts sackcloth on
We're away thou shouldst not chide
One needless moment of delay;
seek my sunshine at thy side
Thy voice my song, thy smile my day.
"Don't stay long, husband" said a
young wife tenderly in my presence, one
evening, as her husband was. preparing
to go out. The words themselves were
insignificant, but the look Of melting
,fondness with which they were accom-
panied spoke volumes. It told all the
whole vast depths of woman's love-
of her grief when the light of his
smile, the source Of all her Joy, beamed
not brightly upon her.
"Don't stay long, husband" and l
fancied l saw the loving, gentle wife sit
ting alone nnxiously counting the mo-
ments of her husbands absence, and
every few moments running to the door
to see if he was in sight, and finding
that he was not, thought l could hear
her exclaiming in disappointed tones,
" Not yet" ..t......
"Don't stay long. husband" and I
again thought 1 could see the young
wife, rocking nervously in the great
arm chair, and weeping rs though her
heart would break, as her thoughtless
"lord and master" prolonged his stay to
wearisome length of time.
"Don't stay long, usband," and the
young wife's look seemed to say-for
here in your own sweet home is loving
heart, whose music is hushed when you
are absent here is q soft breast to lay
Your head upon, and here are pure lips,
unsoiled by sin, that will pay you with
kisses for coming back soon.
d 0, you that have wives to say Don't
stay long," when you go forth,
think of them kindly when you arc
in the busy hive of life, and
try, Just little, to make their homes
and hearts happy, for they are gems too
seldom replaced. You cannot find amid
the pleasures OF the world the qniet
Joy that home blessed with such a.
presence will afford.
Husbands, would you bring sunshine
and JOY into your homes? Then spend
your leisure hours with your families,
and employ the time in pleasant words
and kind actions, and you will realize
in all its richness what is SO beautifully
described by the poet:
Domestic happiness, thou only bliss
OF Paradise that has survived the fall.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
"I've Got Orders Not to Co.,

"Tve got orders, positive orders, not
to go there--orders 1 dare not disobey,
said youth who was being tempted to
smoking and gambling saloon.
Come, don't be so womanish-come
along like a man," shouted the youths
"No, 1 cant break ORDERS" said
John.
"What special orders hayes you got
Come. show them to us, if you can.
Show US your ORDERS"
John tool, a neat wallet from his
pocket, and phlled out ne atty folded
paper ste here" he said, unfolding
the paper, ID showing it to she boys.
They looked and read alond - =
!" Enter not into the path of the wicked
man. Avoid it; pass not by. it; turn
from it. and pass away" - \ = -
Nov" said John, "you see my
orders forbid me going with you. They
are Gods orders, and by His help, /
don't mean TO break them"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
United States Senator's.

The terms of the following United
States Senators expire on the 4th OF
March, 1875 !; Eugene Casserly, demo-
crat, California William A. Bucking-
ham, republican, Connecticut; Thomas
F. Bayard, democrat, Delaware /; Abb
jah Gilbert, republican, Florida Dan
iel d. Pratt, republican, Indiana Han
nibal Hamlin, republican, Maine; Chas.
Samuels, republican, Massa' lusetts
William T. Hamilton, democrat, Mary
land; Zachariah Chandler, republican,
Michigan; Alexander Ramsey, repub-
lican, Minnesota; Adelbert Ames, re,
publican, Mississippi Carl Schurz. re-
publican, Missouri Thomas w. Tip
ton, republican, Nebraska; William
NJ. Stuart, republican, Nevada; John
P. Stockton, democrat, New Jersey !;
Reuben E. Fenton, republican, New
York; Allen G. : Thurman, democrat,
Ohio John Scott, republican, Penn
svlvania; William Spraguc, republican,
Rhode Island William G. Brownlow,
republican, Tennessee; Joseph W..
Flanagan, republican, Texas; George
F. Edmunds, republican, Vermont Ar
thur l. Boreman, republican, West Vir-
ginia; Matthew II. Carpenter, republi-
dan, Wisconsin.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
A NEBRASKA CnrRcrxAx's Tnr.n..-

A private letter recently received in
Boston from n minister " settled in
Nebraska, contains the following: "Last
Sabboth l preached in the morning and
othelated of Sna.s ~ the t.Srdls table Sshs pair
tirely gone; but We had a rich and bles-
sed time. I did not think of my boots,
but my wife did. We economized and
scrimped and pinched TO get along dur
ing the past year without going into
debt, and have nearly kept clear, but it
has been by living in a sod-house and
denying ourselves many of the very
necessaries of life.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29

Salt is simple remedy for many
things. 1t will cure sick headache,
make cream freeze, make butter come,
take ink stains out of cloth of any kind,
kill wens, kill worms make the ground
cool, so that it is more congenial to cell
cry, cabbage, &C.: ease the itching pain
cansed by irritable skin diseases, like
the hives, itch, &C.; produce vomiting
or stop it, as you like; and many other
things too numerous to mention.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
RATES or orApvnnTIsINo.
10 Not Sing That Song Again.


po not sing that song again,
For II flls the heart with pain;
am bending to the blast,
Apdt, tolls me Of the past, afd .' .I..
or the long, long ago.
When my days were young and fair,
And my hoart ss ligi. sssir-
When one feeling Allied tho breast,
And one image gave Il rest, .....
In the long, iong ago.
10 mo-. sing that song again
have lived my years In vain,
And my hair is thin and gray,
Ard I'm passing fast away,
On tho swccphs downward streams.
Tmawreck Of idle dreams
And ID puts ND on tho rack, = "ne
Al the weary looking back,
At tho cbl and at, the flow, '..
In the long, long ago. a' .s
Do not sing that song again;
There's a tear in ito refraiu; I..
It brings sadly back the time
When my manhood felt its prime;
When the comrades, dear and true,
warmer, closer, fonder gew
In the hour Of frisndship's proof,
When the false ones stood aloof,
And their friendship was but show.
In the long, long ago,
Do not sing that song again,
II dirtracts my weary brain.
"a. ton we'll. alas know
I is time for me to so,
And to leave to younger eyes
The mild mystsry Of tho skies,
And tho mighty world We tread,
Aud the grander age ahead.
There's a mist upon the river,
And thcre' b.sakhess onthe shore;
And in dreams | pass forever,
While sainuic watts me Ger
McDermOr.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29

A pair of horses id Oxford, Mass. are
said 20 be so intelligent as to work a
moving machine without the aid of
driver, taking straight track and turn
ing at the proper corners as we'll as If
directed by human agency.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29

A FISH STORY. are tame por-
poises in Moreton Bay, England. They
bask on the surface of the water not
far from shore, and are occasionally fed
by the natives, and never disturbed by
them. When shoa.l of fish enters the
BAY, and comes between the ''sea hogs"
and the land, the people go ont to sea-
waId of them, and rouse them from
their siesta by striking the surface Of
the water with spears and paddles. The
porpoises then chaAp the fish, catch and
eat some, and drive the rest in shore
and as soon as they come within the
proper distance a net is shot around
them, and spendid haul is often made.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29

She was very pale next morning, and
her eyes looked like mine do sometimes
when 1 ain,t, got enough water to wash
with comfortable, and leaves the color
round under EN-; but it wasn't from
that, l knowed, because Rose was a very
tidy girl. 1 never says nothing. but /
goes on a-eating and not pretending to
notice anything different; and by and
by we goes to the theatre. I was very
curious to see what Charley would do;
but he only just takes off his hat-Char-
lev always was n gentleman--and turns
away again. This here made me feel
very queerish, and 1 didn't know what
to make on it.
Things went on in this here unfortu-
nate style for week. Rose was too
proud to explain, although wanted her
to; but no, not her and there we was.
One morning she didn't come down to
breakfast as usual, SO / goes up to her
bedroom and says
"What's the matter, my beauty ?"
"Oh, father!" says she, II don't feel
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-29
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

THE PARposED REpEArgR.--The cit.
iEens of Philadelphia, after tho clcc.
tion last fall, arrested n number Of the
repcaters and ballot.box stuffors, and
having selected specimen "brick"
named Brown, thoy tried, convicted
and sentenced him to tho Peniten.
tiary. In three days thereafter Gen,
Grant pardoned tho scoundrcl, and he
is now ready 10 repeat again, more
ssucy than ever. The Now York
Tribune, referring to this case, says
One of the mysteries Of the interior
working of tho Government is the
pardon Of Brown, the Philadelphia re.
peater. He wns regularly and fairly
tried and convicted but why he was
pardoncd out Of hand, as 1t were, nc
man can find out. The Attorney
General declines TO say who recon
mended this extraordinary net of elem
oncy, except that they were reputct
citizens Of Pennsylvania. Even Son
ators Cameron and Scott deny any
responsibility In tho matter. Whor
tho defaulting paymaster Hodge wa,
pardoned out Of the Penitentiary, /,
was soothingly said that ho was to b,
used as witness against tho brokers
who holpcd got rid Of tho public funds
OF course that was only sham Dis
trict Attorney Bliss was ordered tC
pigeon hole tho case. Is Brown to b,
u witness against anybodyg