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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04

A ST, Louis Jenkins gocs into de-
tails over the toilets of a recent ball
with the following result: "\Iiss "A
Dressed in sow colorcd more antique
a Ia noult do Sole, with 4 putf M be-
hind' corucrwisc Miss E-b: Stuff
colorcd yosc orrarjums tul]c, with
cross eyed lacework in the back seam,
Joining in a tuck on the dcconctcc
waist = H. norn,iour Miss C-c
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04

The Texas papers are enthusiastic
over a large prospective emigration
from Kentucky and Virginia this
spring. 1t is said that some $4,000
acres oflanQ have been purchased by
a colony Of Kentuckians near Dallas.
who perhaps will experiment in the
hemp culture. The introduction of
this staple into Texas will form another
link in tho chain of prosperity she
is foregoing. Every possible industry
seems suited to the rich soil and &C..
NAL climate in our sister State.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04

KEEPING ORDER.-Somebody in a
Georgian court "applauded,' where.
upon the judge 1--WE quote from the
Griffin News) Indignantly remarked
"Now, dry that 'up Il will let you
know that this is no camp meeting
for cxuberatipg your enthusiasm.
this court shall be respected at the
18th commandment Of the Constitu-
ton and if you open your tlap-trap
or pat-a.pat with them number ID
brogans of yours again will send
you to Jail for thirty days, where you
will remain without the benefit of q
damnum obseque injurp."
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04

The great secret of success in farm
ing is to make upon the smallest pos
sible surface, the largest possible
crop.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04

Agirl not far from Holton, Kansas,
was at a dance last week, and when
asked to waltz with one Of our city
chaps, replied:
III can't dance those whirl-around
figures ; they always make me puke.'
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04
p0rt' & G0ynGr,
The Husbands Solll0Quy.

The Husbands SollloQuy.
Lovely woman, sweet and human!
How her witching ways disarM us!
Bright and witty-what pity
TAt her bills 'h0"'" so ''a'" u.s.
Charming creature! how each feature
Lights up with ccstatic pleasures:
(Harmless passion when Dame Fashion
Brings to view her latest treasures
Silk and laccs how her face is
Radiant az the Sunlight 'lawnlng;
Eyes are glapcing, chris are dancing,
And her brow is like the morning!
Daily shopping-money dropping
Fast from white and dainty fingers
Wants oxplicit-taste exquisite;
How the happy shopper fingers!
All! tits cruel when jewel
Might light up sweet home affection
Thus to sputrr, scold and tluttcr,
When wife hints in that direction!
Woman tender who can render
Too much joy to match her beauty
How can dresses and Caresses
Half repay her love and duty?
Then, Dame Fashion. put the lash on
Urge your steeds Of daring mettle;
Lovely woman, sweet and human,
Must hare dress, and We must settle!
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-04

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

NEW ORLEANS. Red River Landing
Chrneyville Guarantee, Alexandria,
Cotile and Cloutierville, Daily, at
! A. NJ.
SHREVEPORT, Keachie, Mansfield, Mar.
thaville, and Pleasant Hill-Daiiy at
10 A. NJ.
NACOGDOCHES, Me1rose, Chirino, San
Augustine, Milan, Pendleton, Sabine
town. Many and TT. Jesnp-on lucS-
day Thursday and Saturday, at
5P. N.
HOMER. Minden, Buckhorn, Ringgold,
Coushatta and Campte-On Tues
day and Friday, at S p. NJ.
WINFIELD, Atlanta, Sutton and st.
Maurice-on Tuesday and Friday,
at 0 A. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE
At 6 A. NJ. for New Orleans, Alexandria
and Clouterville.
At9A NJ. for Shreveport, Keachi, Mans
field and Pleasant Hill.
AtGP. NJ. for Nacogdoches, Texas, Mel
rose and San Augnstn.
ASP. NJ. for Homer, La., Bnckhorn,
Coushatta and Campte.
At 10 A. N. for Winfield, &c.
Office Hours-from lOA. NJ. to 2 p. NJ.
and from 3 JPN to JPN.
J.F.DEVARGAs, Post Master.
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The Danbury News man details the
incidents of his temporary sojourn on
the fourth day ont. An elderly gen
tleman with eye glasses had his star
board end to the intruder at the time,
busily engaged peering at the horizon
from beneath one of the lifeboatS. It
struck him on the beam, and filled
his coat tail pockets with salt water.
"Helen Blazes," said he, and STEPPED
down stairs to see her. The fearful
and continuous rolling of the vessel
was the cause painful and lulicrous
accident of course. The intellectual
man, with long brown overcoat that
touched his heels, and sharp, inquir-
ing eye, that seemed to reach into
everything, was knocked off his feet
by wave, and, besides being dren-
ched to the skin, was driven out Of
sight by a little boat. Bailey enjoy
ed that trip better than he did. One
of the stcwards-a bald headed gen
tleman-was "teetering" along the
deck with plate of highly seasoned
beef in one hand a cup of hot tea IN
the other, when a sudden lurch of the
vessel lifted him into the air, and
drove him with great violence against
the guards. The spiced beef aud a
fork were never heard of again, but
the ten he saved by catching it under
his collar. One lady was cut in the
head and one gentleman broke a num-
Der Of his legs, but was out again in
an hour eating a Welsh rabbit.
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Grace is a modest girl and refuses
to wear low dresses. Mamma" she
remarks to her maternal, THAT is
more than can bare"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-11

WILES OF DESIGNING w OMEN.-A
correspondent of the "Tribune," who says
he has been much interested and amused
OF late with the communications that have
appeared in regard to the danger arising
from too great intimacy with clergymen,
writes
AS I am clergyman, myself, perhaps
l may be permitted to speak with some au-
thorlty in the matter. 1t is not as gene
raj thing so much the women who are in
danger from the clergy as it is the clergy
who are in danger from the women. BY
this | mean that the women are most fire.
quently the tempterS. | have had some
experience in matters of this kind, and a
great deal Of talk with my clerical breth-
rem upon the subject, and could adduce
Instances where the most lnslduous plots
have been laid, and the boldest advances
made, even by respectable women, to in-
veigle ministers into sin. One OF these
instances was related to me by one of the
most eminent lights Of the Presbyterian
church in this city, and is simply shocking
| in it's details; another comes from cleri-
| cal brother in the central part of the State;
still another from another quarter STILL
| Perhaps ministers are expected to have
more grace than other men, but they are
human nevertheless, and it would require
very supernatural supply OF grace to re-
sist some temptations which have known
sprung upon clergymen."
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Next Monday President Grant gives the

Next Monday President Grant gives the
annual dinner of the ''Aztecs,'' club of
army officers formed at the close of the
Mexican war, OF which he is member
1t takes place at the White House.
Jed. Hotchkiss was present in Belfast,
Ireland, at the meeting of the British AS
ISOLATION before which Professor Tyndall,
president, delivered his now world-famous
address.
The remains of the late Samuel Miller,
the Lynchburg millionaire, were removed
Monday from the Quaker Church yard,
there preparatory to being finally deposit
ed at the Miller Orphan Asylum.
The Winchester News says MIR.
George Hillard has purchased of II. T..
Fauntleroy, Jr., % acres of land lying on
the Valley turnpike, for $1,000, one hun
dred dollars per acre"
There was a scare at Howardsville,
Albemarle county, Wednesday night, in
Temperance hall, by the bursting of ker-
esene lamp during charade exhibition.
There was a grand Masonic reunion at
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, on the
26tll ult., with Hon. Charles J. Faulkner,
as the orator.
A squad of about sixty persons from
Rockbridge county have been seeking
health in an encampment ON James River
| near Locust Bottom.
The homestead of the late Walter Pres
| ton, near Abingdon, Va, was sold last
week to E. L. Barstow, Of Massachusetts
for e5, 1000 cash.
Rev. DR.. Pratt, of Lexington, Va, left
for Kentucky Monday The parting ser
vices in the lecture room We're very affect
ing.
Thirteen horses and colts were killed b,
one stroke Of ligh thing "Wednesday ON tlis
farm OF Il. b. Boiling, in Fauquier coun
ty, Va.
The next meeting OF the National Cotton
Exchange will be held at Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July, 20
1878.
PA-add, of Bedford county, Va, has {
| hog Weighing 500 pounds, 6. feet from til
to tip, and still growing.
The corn crop in Botetourt county, Va.
this year will be all excellent one, even the
poorest land producing well.
J. W. Parrott, of Albemarle county
Va, has been elected Principal of tn,
Lewisburg, w. Va, Academy.
John A. Calhoun, a nephew Of, and the
image of John G. Calhoun, died in South
Carolina last week, aged IS years.
Saturday, one hundred years ago, the
first Continental Congress assembled il
Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia.
MI. Thomas Montague, of Gloucester
Court House, was killed ON Saturday by
being thrown from his buggy.
Winnie Smithe, colored, aged one hun
bred and eight years, died near Suffolk
| Va, last week.
Hon. A. H. Stephens has been re-nom
mated for Congress from his district il
Georgia.
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Staunton is the awfulest place for rail

Staunton is the awfulest place for rail
road whistles and locomotive chu-ehu-
hangs we ever did hear. We tried to sleep
through the eeaseless din of one night,
but long before the day dawned prayed for
the peaceful shades of Richmond, where,
''far from the madding crowd" the
sounds Of progressive civilization seldom
break the solemn stiffness of the night
Richmond Enquirer Brevity.
An International Pigeon Shooting
Match" in Albemarle county, last week,
supervised by Mr.. w. A. Toxic, formerly
OF Augusta, and participated in chiefly by
English settlers, was won by Mr.. Hans
brough, of Culpeper: he winning several
silver pitchers and goblets.
A. T. Stewart has consented to loan
$4,000 worth Of the choice oil paintings
in his private gallery to the committee
having charge of the art department Of
Chicago's forthcoming Interstate EXPOSE
ton.
'sOld John Harper" the owner of Long
fellow, who died few weeks ago, was a
native of Harper's Ferry, w. Va, He
had become rich raising blooded horses.
Rev. Stuart Robinson, of Louisville, KY,
preached at Lewisburg, W. Va, Sunday
night.
A proposal was recently made in Edin-
burgh, Scotland, to license drinkers as well
as saloon keepers.
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YirRinia VS.. Mob-LaW.

1t is worthy of note that while in some
of the Southern States mob-laW relgns sll-
preme, and atrocities, outrages, and muir
ders have so increased within the past few
months that the President has felt it his
duty to send troops to the South to protect
the lives and property of the colored people,
in Virginia there has been nothing OF the
sort. While the ku kluX and white lea
guers have run riot in many of the States
lately in rebellion the Old Dominion has
maintained a dignity of action and self
respect worthy of the mother OF States and
statesmen. That her people sympathlzed
with their southern brothers in the rebel
lion there is no denial on their part; that
many of her citizens fought for the cause
Of secession they admit but it is due them
in justice to say that while there are lsola-
ted cases of OSJracisin on account OF birth,
&C., the generality of the people have
shown by their actions that they accept
the past as past, and are ready and willing
to aid in building up good government.
They have their prejudices = local. social,
and political. They believe that the best
people are born in Virginia. They are not
| always generous to newcomers, but IN no
| case is it even limited that man has been
| ostracised or frowned dowA when he emil
grated to the State for the purpose of build
| ing up his fortune by legitimate and hon
est means, and thought more OF working
out wealth from the soil than by filching
| from the public crib. In all her poverty
Virginia is proud, and her people are prob
ably more interested in fox-hounds and
! politics than in the material development
Of the State. Yet they are glad to well
come those men who go there for the pur-
pose of developing the resources OF the
| State, which are unbOunded.
| Virginia stands ahead OF all the Southern
| States in material resources, and she would
cheerfully welcome to her midst men, no
matter where they were born, who will aid
in their development. There are many
men in the North, East, and West looking
to the South as place of profitable invest
ment, but the vandal acts of the moi
against the peace and quiet in many sec.
tions are such as to make a Northern man
fear for his life; and though they longing
ly look to the South as AN Eldorado, yet
they are unwilling to cast their lot among
men at once unfriendly, and whose muir
derous schemes are so publicly paraded tt
the horror of the civilized world. Ir
Virginia, we are happy to state, this con
dition of things does not exist and has
never existed, and the actions OF the
Southern people are as much deprecated
and deplored by Virginiaps as by any PEG
pie in the country. We make this state
ment with full knowledge of the facts, IL
simple justice both to the northern MAJ
seeking a southern home and to the people
of the Old Dominion, who, though one
rebellious, are now adapting themselves t.
the new order of things i'll a manly, honest
and patriotic manner Washington Chron
icIe
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DEATH ON TIE CARs.-Mr. Henry M.
-Woodhouse, of Norfolk, Va, a nephew of
eet hsd been 0 soa n ls wtg his wfe
and Children dlt for some time past in the
mountains. with the vain hope of mend
ing his health, already irreparahly shat
tered by consumption. A few day since
his decline became so rapid that it was
evident We could live hut week DR. two
at farthest. Wishing to breathe his last
in his own home, he took passage by way
Of Richmond Wednesday night, aooompa-
MED by his family. 1t was too late; he
was dying even when they entered the
cars, and before the train reached Coving-
ton he calmly expired in the arms of his
wife. He was about SO years Of age, and
was Commemorative Attorney of Prin-
cess Ann county at the time of his death.
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WHOLESALE REMovAL.-There is a
rumor afloat that the Governor has deci-
ded to make clean sweep of the Board of
Directors of the Western Lunttic Asylum
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum and Vir-
ginia Military Institute, and quite COM
motion has been thereby caused.-Lynch-
burg Neaos.
I'VE are inclined to believe that there is
an error in the above article now going the
rounds of the press. Governor Kemper,
during the Spring, appointed a new Board
for the Deaf, Dumb & Blind Institution,
who hold for one year, while the Board
of the Western Lunatic Asylum are ap.
pointed for three years, and the present
Board have served about half that time
ED. VINDICAToR.1
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}Mhe Mtnhitatnr<
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. II, 1874
Local..
THE VALLEY RAILROAD CONVEN
TION,

The Convention called by the members
OF the Legislature from the Valley, to take
some action in the interest of securing the
extension Of the Valley Railroad to the
Tennessee line, assembled at the Town
Hall on Wednesday at noon. The mum
Der of persons in attendance at the open.
ing was not large, though at the subse-
quent sessions there was quite crowd in
attendance. Judge J. J. Allen. of Bote-
tourt, the chairman of the meeting of leg
islators at which the Convention was de-
termined on, was elected President, and
the following gentlemen vice-Presidents
W.. s. Clarke, Frederick; J. b. Stager,
Shenandoah NJ. G. Hartman, Staunton
J. Wayt Bell, Augusta Jno. w. Barclay.
Rockbridge; Maj. A. Mccartney, Craig
John Kelley, Allegheny; J. L. Eubank,
Bath; S. H. Newberry, Bland, and J. F.
McIlhenny of Russell. Messrs. J. NJ.
Morrison, OF Rockbridge, and H. H. Rid
dlebarger, of Shenandoah, were chosen
secretaries.
Judge Allen. in taking the chair, said
that the delegates were assembled here
FROM the lower Valley and from the South
west to consider matter affecting their
greatest interest, and not with a view of
combining against the interests of any
other portion of the State. The object
was simply to counsel together for the adj
vancement of an Improvement to build up
their own section. This Valley of Vir-
ginia, extending from the Potomac to the
Tennessee line, was rich heritage, Of
which any people might well be proud, as
rich as any other section in this Union.
and in this effort to develope it's wealth, a
development which would make the moth
Ell State rich, he hoped the delegates would
be harmonious, seeing that their interests
were all identical. A few days since the
speaker had travelled down the Valley on
that portion of the Valley road completed
from Staunton to Harrisonburg and found
1t to be splendid road, worthy to be
part of the great continental route, the
great highway from the N orth to the South
which it would surely be. Unity, in purpose
and action here would hasten the fulfill
ment of this destiny. All the great inter-
ests of the Valley would be deyeloped.-
The Southwest, that wilderness of which
no one now now is the beneficiary, would
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-11

SUITS AGAINST QUEEN.-A family
scandal OF mild type is agitating the house
hold of ex-Queen Isabella of Spain. This
candlestick maker for the amount of GER
tain little bills contracted during her ad-
ministration of the affairs of the royal
palace at Madrid. The queens defense is
that she is not legally liable, having con-
tracted with her chief cook, who is there
fore the responsible party. The chief cook,
however, is hopelessly insolvent, and the
plaintiffs rest their chances for success on
the verbal promise of the queen to become
his surety. The lady IS to be put upon hel
oath to affirm or deny the truth of this al
legged promise, and thus prove her own liza
bility or freedom.
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RARNJTM'S ELEPHANTS ON THE ,OOS

BARNUM's ELEPHANTS ON THE LOOSE.
After the performance at Barnum's hip
podrome, in Philadelphia, on Tuesday
night, the elephants for some cause be-
came enraged, and breaking loose from
their fastenings commenced general de-
struction of the chariots and thermateri-
al connected with the establishment. A
young lady named Annie Yates, who, with
her companions. was in the dressing room
near the enraged animals was caught up
tanning material injury. The keeper and
other attaches of the hippodrome, who
were temporarily absent, hearing of the
disturbance, hurried to the place, and the
monsters were soon secured and order re.
stored.
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WILL NOT BE ADOPTED.-Chester
writes as follows from Richmond to the

WILL Nor BE ADOPTED.-Chester
writes as follows from Richmond to the
Pet ersburg s'News:"
1.-THE amendments proposed by the sub
committee of the joint Committee on Con,
stitutio"al Amendments will not be adopt
ed by the Legislature. Resolutions of ex-
pediency inquiring into the very. same
things have been offered repeatedly and
always voted down. These propositions in
a new form will meet with no better sue
cess. The idea of reducing the number OF
members OF the House of Delegates will
not be favored by those best acquainted
with recent legislation, nor will the House
consent to it, while the number OF the
Senators is to he but very slightly decreas-
ed. So with biennial sessions, it will not
meet with favor In fact the committee
on Constitutional Amendments from last
years. experience must know that they are
not i'll sympathy with the. great majority
of members Of the General Assembly, and
| will guarantee that. not single amend
ment they suggest will be adopted, in the
course of the next two years.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-11

THE FALL ELECTIoNs.-On next MOI
day. Maine chooses Governor. On Octo-
her 18th, elections are held in Ohio, Ind.
ana. Iowa and Nebraska, the latter State
electing II Governor. This is the day on
which the Pennsylvania election would
have been held had not the new Constitu-
tion postponed it until November. Geor-
gia votes October 14th, for a Legislature
south Carolina the Dist, and West Viz
sinia the 22d. Louisiana holds her cleo
ton November I'd. On November 3.
which is the TUESDAY after the first Mon
day in November - the series closes, but
on that day the bulk of the autumn cleo
tions are held, the commonwealth that
vote being Alabama. Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia flor Congressman liz
nois Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nilsson
ii. Nevada, New Jersey, New York. Penn
sylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin,
and the Territories, Arizona, Dakota, Ida
no and Washington. In twelve OF the
above States Governors are to be chosen