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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05
III did not come here. gentlemen

~ did not come here, gentlemen,
with the intention ofmaking a speech,
and am consequently wholly UMPIRE.
pared to do honor to the occasion.
You must, therefore, excuse me if l
contine myself to q few brief obser-
yatiOns." Such were lis remarks as
they hoisted him upon table at q re-
cent political meeting, and after he
had talked for an hour and three
quarters, it took three of his most
able bodied constituents thirteen min.
utes' had work, with dray pins, TO
convince him he had said enough.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

A traveller in Vermont, stopping at
a hotel recently, ordered supper. The
meal was a very inferior one, and at
its conclusion, which was soon reach
ed, he stepped up to settle for it.
"Well," said Boniface, with alacrity,
~ hope you had a good supper"
EYES," replied he, musingly, "the
supper averaged first rate; the but
ter was strong and the tea was weak u
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

We are annoyed with persons re-
porting to this office, that wood and
chickens are nightly disappearing
from their premises. This morning
Jones living on 18th street informs us
that 10 awoke early and found his
hen coop as empty as the head Of the
Editor Of the Natchitocles Republican.
How is that for q 'clean out"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

The girls Of Vassar College play
foot ball-and many a young man
thereabouts wishes he were q foot.
ball, especially as the girls sometimes
miss the ball and land on their heads
in the grass. It must be an inspiring
eight, too, to see the girls engaged In
this important study; and if they
were to charge fifty cents admission,
the gate money would bo more than
enough to pay for their education
NorristoWn Herald. =.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

A Detroit young woman tried to
be aristocratic and did not look at
the money that she gave the horse
car conductor, but be meek|y gave
her back the lozenger on which was
written, "l'll never cease to love
thee" and said that he vas an or
phan with FIVE little brothers to sup
port, and must he excused.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

If called upon squareIy to point out
the newspaper habitually stealing
more paragraphs than any other pub
LEGATION in the country, what can a
fellow do, when looking at the fist
column on its editorial page, bnt lay
bis hand on his breast and exclainl
sadly: "The New Orleans Republican.
-[St. Louis Journal.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

We don't want to kick up a rumpus
and be tho means of bringing about
a dozen libel suits, but right here and
right now it nay he we'll enough to
remark that tobacco is not injurious
to the human system. Now, then,
come on,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

I "Will you take a kiss I" asked "a
young beau of his sweetheart az he
passed the plate Of confectionery at
4 table. "Why Augustus !" exclaim-
cd the blushing fair one, mot before
all these people.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

+ 30 kittens in our hours of ease,
uncertain toys and full of tleas
when pain or anguish hang DER men,
We turn you into sausage then.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

Miss Kellogg is afraid TO- engage her
self in New Orleans to sing, for fear
they'll take her for the ''other fellow"
Philadelphia Herald.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

The man who has not anything to
boast Of but his illustrions ancestors
is Ikea potato plant--the only good
belonging to him is under the ground.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

When We see young man that
spends all he earns, We are Inclined to
suspect that he docs not always earn
all he spends.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

Weight others as You would he
weighed yourselves, and the scales
would have q sinecure.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

Mr.. Pleasant Yell is a candidate for
the Legislature in Texas. Howl he
suit 1-B0ston Post.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

p Water red,leus the rose, wbilky tho
nose, and tight boots the toes.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-05

Never iron lace window. curtains,
and be careful not to make them blue
with indigo. Stretch, them upon q
mattrass 70 dry, pinning down care.
fully the extreme edge Of every point
of scollop. =
Gooseberries and raspberrios in
conjunction make an estihable jam.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-12-02

Vice President Wilson attended one
Of the "Kattle King" seances in Phila-
delphia, and some Of the papers have
been calling him q believer in Spiritual
ism. OF the Philadelphia seance he
says; Nothing extraordinary occurred,
except an amusing episode. An intend
ed spirit was shown to rise out Of a
box, when Jumped forward and caught
the hand Of the spirit, and, to my sur
prise, the hand felt just like any other
hand. know it was not a spirit, for it
gave two such flesh and blood struggles,
(rather strong tugs, to- to disengagc
itself from my grasp. i am satisfied It
was not spirit, and so were Chiids and
Drexel. who saw the sudden jerks the
spirit gave, and We had quite good
laugh over it whom we came ont. / sup.
pose the:rsport Of my belief will be as
true g tho spirit hand that tried to
escape from my grasp"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-12-02

The other day there was picked up
out Of the Seine young woman Of such
surprising beauty that crowds Aocked to
see her body at the Morgue, and photo
graphs of her we're scattered broadcast
over Paris. The lovely unknown proves
to. have been an Italian, by name Lucre-
tia Balbi, who earned her Lying as a
model. Among the painters for whom
she sat was Henry Regnault, and for
him the poor girl conceived most
ardent passion. She never told her love,
and he never suspected it; but from the
day Of his death, two years ago, she be-
gan to pine away in the deepest melan.
choly. Her character was stainless, and
her deep sense Of religion caused her
to long hesitate at suicide; but at length
her reason seems to have given way.
She left letter addressed to her broth
er, who is also model. 1t is very sad
story, but there are no dark features il
the case. What wonderful thing love
is, even in these plosaic days!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-12-02

The Atheneuns, noticing book on
birds, says: s'Birds have q great fear Of
death. a hen canary belonging to the
author died while nesting and was
buried. The surviving mate was re-
moved to another cage; the breeding
cage itself was thoroughly purified,
cleansed, and put aside till the follow
Jug spring. Never afterwards, however,
could any bird endure to be in that
cage. he little creatures fought and
struggled to get out, and i obliged to
remain, they huddled close together and
moped and were thoroughly unhappy,
refusing to be comforted BY any amount
of sunshine or dainty food. The ex-
periment was tried Of introducing for
eign birds, Who were not even in the
house when the canary died, nor could,
BY any possibility, have heard Of her
through other canaries. The result was
the same: no bird would live in that
cage. Tie cage ssos Aa1nted, and the
aathor was obliged to desist from all
further attempts to coax q force bird
70 stay IN il =.
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Aneodote ofI.ablacho.

Aneodote ofLablaoho.
Lablache's debut was marked By an
adventure which might have ended
fatally, and indeed his salvation so i'm
pressed the greatest of basso singers as
being absolute supernatural and mi
raculous, that he made public offerings
to shrine Of . popular Madona, which
are still shown in Naples. His first
appearance on any stage occurred Just
after the congress of Deybach, and the
King Of Naples had but them returned
to his dominions after an absence Of
some years.
Magnificent fetes were. organized in
his honor, and among others . pagant
was arranged at the st. Carlo Theatre,
in which young Lablache was to appear
as Jupiter, part for which he was well
fitted, both on account of his fine pres
ence and rich and powerful basso voice.
He was to descend from Olympus on
bank of clouds supporting the throne
on which he was seated holding an ivory
scepter in his hand and wearing gold
en- diadem in his splendid and flowing
hair. Thunder announced his coming,
and flashes of lightning proceeded him.
But suddenly frightful screaming
was heard, the King rose in horror, the
queen tainted, ladies c,ied out in horror
and men rushed to the stage to avert, if
possible. the appalling accident which
menaced the new singer. The clouds
had not descended ten feet when the
machinery gave way and Jupiter fell
through. Fortunately, however, a
strong iron wire or rope caught his
CLOAK and his weight made it uncoil, so
that it let him down by degrees unin-
jured to the ground. But the most
awful spectacle greeted him all the
while he was descending. One of the
workmen had also fallen through when
the accident took place, and he fell
upon strong iron spike which suppor-
ed the scenery and which pierced him
straight through the body.
Now it so happened that the wire
which saved Lablache in some way or
other got entangled in the feet Of this
poor wretch, SO that every movement
made by Lablache told upon the unhap-
py creature on the spike, and he was
driven down right under him, howllng
and screaming in the most appalling
manner, while his blood spurted all
over the great basso. When the two
did reach land, Lablache's hair Ga factJ
was perfectly white, and the workman
dead. They had taken between ten and
fifteen minutes to get down; the audi
ence, meanwhile, looked on in a state Of
terror easier imagined than described,
The king Of Naples, initiating Sixtus
Y on similar occasion, had the cour-
age at very early period Of the adven-
ture to cry out: "If / hear any one
scream or shout again I'll mark that
person and have them shot" This
order silenced the people, and of course
prevented the singer from losing his
presence of mind. Once safe Lablache
knelt down and prayed, an act greatly
admired by the audience which hastily
rose and left the theatre. Lablache's
hair remained white, and the contrast
between his youthful face and venerable
looking hair was as charming as It was
strange. s
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The other day their was a suit IN
court at Blnghampton, N. Y, involving
lawyers fees, A lawyer sued woman
for 5000 fees for professional services in
several suits for slander, assault and
battery, etc. The lawyer must have
been unpopular among the members of
the profession, several of whom were
called upon the stand to testify as to
fees. They al thought that lawyers
charges were exorbitant and ought to be
regulated by Law. One or two of them
testified that's lawyer often charged $16
for filling out blank which only takes
. few minutes, while mechanic receives
only about fifteen cents for his work for
the same time. The jury were mostly
mechanics and the matter was brought
home to them. They computed the time
the lawyer had spent in the cases, and
graduated the pay according to mechan-
ics' wages. They gave him verdict Of
s. instead of 5000, upon this principles
which was hardly fair treatment for the
lawyer. But he conducted his own case,
and is to that extent responsible for the
verdict. Gs
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7| -. ~. BISMARCK, DIT, WEDNESDAY. DECEMB

Sixty persons were killed in Tuscan
bia BY the recent tornado, and over hall
. million Of property destroyed. Tht
details Of the fearful disaster are ex
tremely heartrending.
Fifteen inches of snow fell in Illinois
Kansas and Missouri, last Friday. This
is the heaviest amount of snow that has
fallen in those States for years. The
trains generally are delayed.
Dispatches from Pittsburgh say there
was riot among the miners at Sharon
Monday. Four Italians were killed, when
their comrades hoisted the white flag
and promised to leave that locality.
A circular letter from Archbishop
Manning, of London, read in all the
churches last Sunday, declares that all
persons who refuse to accept Papal in
fallibility shall cease to be Catholics.
Eighty thousand men are out of
employment in New York-twenty
thousand of them for striking. An
immense number Of operatives through
out the New England States are unem-
ployed.
Gen. Sherman, at St. Louis,i recently
endorsed an application for clerkship
as follows: II have neither favor or in
fuencc at Washington; am refused the
privilege Of employing clerk having
to detail officers or soldiers for that
service--and therefore decline to forward
your application"
At Cloverdale, Ind, Monday, Thomas
Martin was offended by some remarks
made by his wife, and gave her three
minutes to retract, and then shot her
with her baby in her arms. and also
shot Mr.. Stanton, who interfered. The
wife died instantly. Martin is threat
ened with lynching. ii
The reported defalcation Of Stowell,
the N. P. agent at Moorhead, is proba-
bly, canard. The agent is suspended,
however, until the accounts can be ex-
amined. Stowell is visiting with friends,
ready to return at any time. He is
confident that he can explain the ap
parent deficiency of about one thousand
dollars.
Gen. Miles reports extreme suffering
on the frontier. Two little girls were
recaptured from the Cheyennes in a
recent fight. Two older sisters remain
captives. One has since died. Their
parents were murdered in their pres
ence. He recommends that provisions
for the sufferers be taken from the
Cheyenne annuities.
Sheridan, last week, in conversation
with the editor Of the Minneapolis
Tribune, who has denounced the report
ed Black Hills discoveries as lie and
cheat,sa; there could be no doubt as to
gold in the Black Hills. He had seen
two hundred specimens of gold from
the Black Hills region, averaging as
large as hickory nuts-nuggets Of pure
gold. These specimens were from the
north part of the Hills, whilo Custer's
discovery was in the southern part.
The other day their was suit in
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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11
Truly,
[Signed.
L. S. GRANT
ATToRNE11 GENERAL WILLIAMS IN
STRUCTlDN TO T.. S. MARSHALS.
D&PARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

81 ~ VI SLCA
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 3, 1874. (
SIR-Outlytges of various descriptions,
and in sOnHe cases atrOciOus murders,
have been cpmmitted in your district by
bodies of ARMED men, sometimes in dis
guise, and With the view, it is believed,
Of overawir& and intimidation of peace
able and la,E-abiding citizens, and de-
priving the9l of the rights guaranteed
to them by THE Constitution and laws
of the Unitdd States. Your attention is
directed to an act of Congress passed
April 8, 1866, entitled an act to protect
all persons Fn the United States in their
civil rightsland to furnish means for
their VindiEatiOn to another passed
April 20, 1870, entitled an act to enforce
the provisions of the fourteenth amend
ment to thesC Constitution of the United
States, and for other purposes; also, to
one passed AIay 30, 1870, entitled an act
to enforce tie right OF citizens of the
United Stktes to vote in the several
STATES of thSs Union, and for other pur-
poses, Which, with their amendments,
make thesesdeeds of violence and blood
offences within the jurisdiction of the
General Government. ut
consideA it my duty, in view of these
circumstances, to instruct you to pro-
coed with aal possible energy and dis
patch, to detect, expose, arrest and pun
islI the perpetrators of these crimes, and
to that endSyOu are to spare no effort or
necessaryeSpense. Troops of the United
States will be stationed at different and
conyenienttp0ints in yonr district for
the purpose of giving all needful aid in
the discharSe Of your official duties.
You understand, of course, that nOin-
t~erfeTence whatever is hereby intended
with any Political or party action, not in
action OflaF, but protection to all classes
of citizens, white and colored, in the free
exercise, of Slle elective franchise, and
the epjoymbnt of the. other rights and
privileges tD which they are entitled I'M.
der the CONSTITUTION and laws as citizens
of the United States.
These Instructions are issued by the
authority Of the President, and with the
concurrence of the Secretary of War.
Very respectfully,
GEO, II. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11

The following dispatches to the As
sociated-Prs1s speak for themselves:
Washington, Sept. 3.-Thc following
letter was received here to-day:
Long BraIscll, Sept. 2, 1874.-Gen. W.
II. Belknap,$ Secretary of War: The
recent atrocities in the South, particu-
larly in Louisiana. Alabama and South
Carolina, show Il disregard for the law,
civil rights ;Snd personal protection that
ought not toy he tolerated in any civiliz-
ed government.
1t looks aSif unless speedily checked
matters mus become worse, until life
and prOpcrtS there will receive no pro-
lection from. the local authorities.
Under SUCH circumstances it is the
duty of the government to give all the
aid for the protection of life and civil
rights. LEGALLY authorized to this end
| wish you would consult with the At
tOrney Genesal, who is fully informed
as to the Ouaragcs already committed,
and the lOcasiOn where the greatest dan
ger lies, andt so order troops as to be
available in gases of necessity.
All proceedings for the protection of
the South Wsll he under the Law Depart
nlcnt of the Government, and be direct
ed Ivy the Attorney General in accord
nee with tile provisions of the enforce
ment acts.
No instruction need therefore be given
the troops ordered into the Southern
States, except as they may be transmit
ted from tinse to time, on advice from
the AttOrneS General, OF as circumstan-
ces may determine hereafter. Yours
truly,
[Signed] T.. S. GRANT
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11

ment, and that he might deliver IL lecture on
church government i'll the first Baptist church
ut OpelOusas, but in no other Baptist church i'll
orr parish. Not abiding by the decision of the
mcmbers of the executive board, he went to
several Baptist churches of the Home Mission
Baptist Association, and in them delivered lee
lures. Among the churches were the church i'll
Grand Prairie and the church at Flat Town,
many persons who attended his lectures at these
churches, not understanding good English, said
that he was preaching against the Catholic
creed, and that he was organizing clubs in the
churches. Thus Rev. v. Ridcau had t." leave his
homo and family until an cXplanatiOn was given,
ana Key; Richard James, pastor of the church
at Flat Town, was to have been severely whip
ped. All of this was OccaSiOncd by \. L. Owens
lectures. He says. III his circular letter, that
the church III Grand Prairie has been disturbed
before he delivered islecturcS therein. In that
the "prOpagatOr of truth" told an cgrCgiOus
falSchood, and We can prove it by the minister
and members of the church above referred to.
that that church never was disturbed before 4.
+. Owens delivered his lectures therein. This
. propagation of the truth did not mention III
his circular that he said that if all the ministers
i'll 1t. Landry were put in Il pot together and
stewcd up. one good minister of them could not
be made. he did not except any. white nor col
Orcd. These words he spoke to Rev. V. Rldcau.
Seeing tLr disastrous effect of his lectures, we
Immediately took steps to rCtard his destructive
progress. Upon Investigation we found that he
was Il member of the Frccdmcn'S Association of
New Orleans, La, and that he was working for
the benefit of that association. and his name is
not on my church book. of which church he
claims to have been Il member "" therefore
nulliticd the privileges that he had assumed i'll
orr churches. We can prove all that We have
charged him with, AMI it We were wrong in
"muzZlinS" him, as he terms it, we leave the
public to decide. \. F. Owens has i'll his circu-
lar letter several falSChOOds. and we can prove
them to be false at any time. am certain that
\. F. Owens has done more harm than good in
our parish, he went back to Grand Prairie once
since his lectuuing there, aud made double quick
time in getting away from there.
All that have said of Owens are facts. and
can he proven. NJ MCNEII.
OpclOlsaS, La, Sept. 18th, 1874.