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The Troubles of a somnambulist.

Mortimer j. LOOmis, says Max Ad-
eler, is now one of the most violent of
the denunciators of railroad monopo-
lies. Since his last visit to the cars he
hates railroad worse than an Arrapa-
hoe Indian hates a bald-headed Shaker.
LOomis has fits of sOmnambulism Oc-
casionally, and at such times he has an
uncomfortable tendency to wander into
dangerous places, More than once he
has been surprised, upon waking, to
find himself rOosting on the comb of
the roof, or hanging head foremost
down the well, with one leg around the
bucket-handle. He went out to Pitts
burg, few days ago, and when he en-
tered the sleeping car the thought
struck him that he might get to prowl-
ing about during the night while asleep,
and walk off the platform into the bet
ter world. So he went to the brake
man and gave him a dollar, with strict
instructions that if ne saw him walking
around that car in his sleep to seize him
and force him back at all hazards.
Then Loomis turned in. About 2
o'clock Loomis awoke, and as the air of
the car seemed sitting, he determined
to go out on the platform for a fresh
breath or two. Just as he got to the
door that vigilant brakeman saw him,
grabbed him, foorcd him and held him
down. When Loomis recovered his
breath he Indignantly exclaimed " You
Immortal ass What d'you mean !?
Lemme get up, tell you I'm as wide
awake as you are." But that myrmi-
don of a grasping corporation put an
other knee on Loomis' breast, and in
sisted that Loomis was asletp and then
he called another brakemi n, and after
terrific struggle, during which Loomis
received bumps and blows enough to
wake an Egyptian mummy that had
been dead for six thousand years, the
railroad man iammed him into his
berth, put a trunk and eight carpet
bags on him, and then sat on him to
hold him down till morning. The first
thing Mr.. Loomis asked for when he
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Moncure d. Conway writes from
London "I was somewhat astonished,
by the way, to find how large an amount
of feeling favorable to cremation pre-
vailed among the learned men of the re-
cent oriental congress. On a certain
morning DR.. Leitner was exhibiting to
the congress his magnificent Gr@co-
Buddhist collection in the Royal AL
bert hall, and among other things he
exhibited a small portrait amulet, made
of the ashes Of the dead, and worn
round the neck of Thibetans. When
these people have burned the body of a
deceased friend, instead of putting
the ashes into an urn, they cement it
into little oval forms, paint on each the
portrait of their friend, and some little
epitaph, along with sacred texts and
symbols. These little memorials are
then distributed among the family and
friends of the deceased, and worn as
lockets. The specimen shown us by
DIR. Leitner was decidedly pretty, and
the idea excited a good deal of admira-
tion among those present, many Observ-
ing that the wearing of brooches, ETC.,
containing the miniatures or hair of de-
ceased friends appeared to be a survival
in Europe and of this oriental custom.
But, as might be expected, some of the
Psychologists rather frowned on Gre
nation" 4"
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CADENABBIk.
Br h. W. LoxeFELLov

Br n. ". LoNeFELLov.
No sound Of wheels or hoof-beat breaks
The silence Of the summer day,
as oy the loveliest Of all lakes
while the idle hours away
pace the leafy colonnade,
Where level branches OF the plane
Above we weave roof Of shade
1mpervious to the sun and rain.
AT zines 3 sudden rush of air
Fiutters the lazy leaves o'erhead.
And CLEANS OF sunshine toss and flare
Like torches down the path tread.
By SOmsriva's garden gate
l make the marble stairs my seat.
ana near the water, as wait
Lapping the steps beneath my feet.
The undulation sinks and swelIs,
Along the stony parapets,
And far away the floating bells
Ilnkle upon the fishers nets.
Silent and slow, by tower and town.
tne freighted barges come and 60,
1neir pendant shadows gliding down
by town and tower submerged below.
Tne hills sweep upward from the shore,
Wild villas scattered one by ole
upon their wooded spurs, and lower
Bellaggio blazing in the sun.
And dirnly seen, a tangled mass
OF walls and woods, Of light and shade,
stand beckOnfng up the Stelvi0 Pass
Narenna with its white cascade.
ask myself, Is this dream?
Viii it all vanish into air?
Is there land of such supreme
And perfect beauty anywhere?
Sweet visionl Do not fade away;
Linger until my heart shall take
Into itself the summer day,
And all the beauty of the lake.
Linger until upon my brain
Is stamped an image Of the scene;
Then fade into the air again
And be as If thou hadst not been.
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lease were drawn up, the details into
which they went, and the number of at
tending Witnesses, we're quite werthy of
modern lawyer. Money, too, was lent
at interest, usually at the rate of four
per cent, but sometimes, more espe-
cially when goods like iron were bor-
rowed, at three per cent. Security for
the loan was often taken in houses or
other property. The witnesses and
contracting parties generally affixed
their seals but where they were too
poor to possess any, hallmark was
considered sufficient. All this appreci
alton and interchanging of property led,
as we Nigh suppose, to testamentary
devolution, and no less a document than
the private will of Sennacherib is now
the British museum. -FTGser'S Nag.
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The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal writes: "One can
count on his ten fingers the heavy mer-
chants that have stood unmoved dur
ing 6 quarter of a century. The heav-
lest houses topple down and the richest
men pass out of sight. But there is a
class of men who maintain uninter-
rupted prosperity. These are men
who began small, had a specially, al
ways sold the exact article they pro-
fessed, kept grubbing on from year to
year, and waited for fortune till she
chose to appear. One of the heaviest
paper houses in New York WAS begun by
a man who was a rag-picker. He be-
gun in the smallest possible way.
When he had only small basketful he
assorted them fairly and honestly. He
soon got the confidence of the trade.
His rags were always the quality that
he represented and he walked over the
course, always making progress, always
making money. In his immense ware
house to-day buyers are sure to find
when they get home the exact article
that they purchased. Some years ago
man set up little cigar store. His
speciality was that he would not keep a
domestic cigar on his shelves. The ar
ticle that he sold was invariably good,
and he made fortune. There are half a
dozen old caterers in New York. They
are fifty and sixty years old. Two or
three of them are in cellars or in small
rooms. The floor is sanded the seats
are without backs the tables are with
out cloths the head of the house waits
on his customers; coat of, white apron
around his waist. the perspiration on
his forehead ; he broils and stews and
fries for his customers. Everything
about the room is just as it was thirty
years ago. In these little dens from
twelve to two one cannot sit or stand
for the crowd. The first merchants of
New York fill the place. Chops, beef
steaks, hams, English mutton, are spe-
cialties. The man who waits on these
clerks and merchants could buy a
house on Fifth avenue and live in it if
he wanted to-"
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arrived in Pittsburg was a respectable
hospital, where they cured the tempo.
rarily insane. He thinks his reason was
partially dethroned by his effort to
comprehend how that brakeman could
have the face to ask him FOR another
dollar because of the trouble IIoonnis
gave him during the night.
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"A perplexed schneider, who had
made a garment for a youth and found
himself unable to dispose of the sur
plus fullness which appeared when try
ing it on the young candidate, declared
vociferously ode coat is goot. Is
no fault of de coat, De poy is too
thin"
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ranged on brass triangle in the wiz
dow but the mist had coated the glass
with its moist breath, and he could only
distinguish a vague shadow. Then
taking bold resolution, he turned on
his heels, and walked deliberately
toward the 9a8thof of the Double
headed Eagle.
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ur.-THE karin THEATER

Iu.-THE karin THEATER,
Some days after this strange incident,
which Henri only remembered as the
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BEroRE AND Acknowledgements
afternoon a linen. suited individual
who came from some town in Gene.
see county, wa noticed wandering
around franklin street, having con.
siderable money and being, under the
influence Of liquor. A policeman
spoke to him anil warned him that
10 had better look out for himself,
when the young man replied: ''I,ook
ont for yourself! Yoa bet l will
Why mister, I'm chain lightning
rolled up In q hall and stuck full II
red hot bowie knives! I'm a .thun.
der-6olt from the north, l ana req.
ular 'ripsttp thunderbolt, and folks
want % let mo alone, they do /"
Yesterday tAe same policeman found
the same individual lying asleep back
of . ,coal.shed, His eyes we're bat,
tefsd, there vas . hole ID lis head
and his watch and money were Conc.
"Here, )" said tho sacet, ~ he tolssji
the man with bio clab, "say, aren't
you that thnnderbolt from the north
woodsm The man sat up,' looked
around 10 = logged way, and slowly
replied mo, / hain't sactly 4 thun.
derbolt, but I'm tho burned fool who
thought he wasp Detroit Free Press.
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II never get tired Of studying tho
London boy" writes the Danburv
News man. "Ho is always % the
street, and always in the way. /
never saw such d boy In any other
city. He is not qnarrelsoille, nor
saucy, not addicted to smoking, and
l never heard one Of them swear.
even under the most favorable cir.
cumst.nces; TO tell the truth, /
never heard them say much of any,
thing: He is helpless youth, adj.
dicted to store windows, rubbing
agaihstlbutldings, and toppling over
cbstructions. He las a dreadful ten.
dency to be always backing up against
something, and always missing It, to
the detriment' Of bis bones. Obly
they do not fall with sufficient force
to break a bone. ! have seen one Of
them slide front tho side of q lamp
post. turn a part summersaalt, recov-
er himself, hit up against tic post
again, slip off the curb, and gradu-
ally get down On bis back In the cut.
ter-taking in all some dozen seconds
to do it, while an American toy would
gU'down and stave i hole in the back
Of his bead, and make a doctors bill
OF el6 in less than Z second" taf.
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mani looked in. There was consile.
iable attention paid tn creature com.

man. looked in. There was c0nside.
rab'e attention paid to creature com.
forts. The beds were clean, chairs
neat, anu in fact everything VIVA in
Just the order one would cSpcct Ia
find in some rich seraglio. The w0.
man stated that q colored woman was
"gw!ne fur to start boarding-l,ouse
up stairs here next week. and seem.
GU inclined to be willing to take the
reporter cheap. A number Of other
'iasky danes longed about in careless
eoory grace, aud seemed to think the
visit an intrusion.
After the woman had exhausted her
opposition the reporter left and de.
sccnded. to, tue .,howling i,rssesea .ol
tue Convention. The contrast fow
marked: Above, all serenity and
peace below, pcndcmonium itself.
The rooms now occupied by these
women are on the third floor of the
Charities street side of the Hotel, and
the public cannot enter. How and
1y what authority part Of our State
House Is taken possession of and turn.
ell Into a clearinghouse We cannot
say. # kellogg, Packard or any,.
body thinks that our people are 70:
lngto stand such disregard Of every.
thing that is proper they are mista.
Ken. The whole affair compares very
fayora1ly with other Of Radical tricks.
ana. anu Will serve to unite the opposl:
:. For board orlodeins apply at the
st. Louis Hotel, up stairs" ~ .s1
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n. O. Bulletin, Plat.

s. 4 party .at down at the Widespread
supper table Of / Steamer, upon which
o1C IT. the dishes contained q trout
Of mederate size. 4 A. seriohs lookiue
individual drew this dish toward him,
saying apologeticslly, "'This is fast
dry with me-" His next neighbor, ri,
Irish gentleman, inserted hit fork
into the 6sh, and Transferred 1t 70 l,ia
own plate, Remaining: "Sir, d. you
suppose, that nobody has = sowl to
s&Se but yourself 7" ''''' 500
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SENATOR MORTON AND LOUISIANA
In an article criticizing the recent
speech Of Senator Morton at Tere
Haute, the st. Louis Republican he.
marks: go 80 - .'s Il
10 vain. does Senator Morton with
carefully judggled phrase invoke new
polite life for himself and new pros.
pect for his fortunes from the trans.
portation question. The memory Of
Louisiana whom lie struck down in
his pride and power, haunts him.
Even while he pirates Of the "wrong
of the farmer" the pitifnll face of the
stricken Commonwealth is upturned
to him in her agony, aud upon it is
written tue story Of wrongs Of the
farmer are almost trivial.
No man may escape a Nemesis, and
such is Louisiana to Morton. The
memory other woe is branded upon
the minds Of men as with a soaring.
iron, and with the smarting brand his
,1afhe in ineffaceably coupled. We
are not of'those who ceaselessly yearn
for revenge. There are men who
have einned in the way Of Expressing
: conquered people, who can be and
are freely forgiven for the sake of
their repentance, told in good works
even at tive eleventh hour. but Nor
ton Is not one Of those men. The
tide turned, the eleventh hour passed
aud still found the marks of his fin.
gers fresh upon the throat Of Louis.
lana, so that for him it is too late to
repent. Ira. .,r.,',
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la French count Wrote to his IA.
anced in New York, recently, =. fol.
lows: "Be not surprised / write %
perfectly we'll In English, but since i
am here speak, and hear speaking
~ tho day Esglish, and during the
nights, IS some rats Or mousss trouble
me, j tell them Colon, and they obey,
understanding perfectly my English.a
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. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


s.,...., .'3at;,i.-- - rHss'
NEW. ORLEANS, Red River Landing
Cheneyyille Quarantico, Alexandra
Cotile aud Clontierville, Daily, 1,
s7.1A..M.:a - 81 SRI yed ,ani.
SHREVEPORT, Keao}is, Mansfield, Aar
thavif!s, and Pleasant pill J.: Daily At
NACOGDOEAES. Mclrose, Chirino, San
Augustine, Milan, Pendlctun, Sabine
town, Many and Fl. Jesup-on Tues
day Thursday and Saturday, at
HOMER ai y" sfinaeen,s. 'b uek la.a Rtngeold,
Coushatta and CsmpteI Tues
day and Friday, at S PyM.,f 1a.a
WINFIELD, Atlanta, Sutton and St.
Maurice-on Tuesday and Friday,
at . A. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE
At 6 4. NJ. for New Orleans, Alexandria
and Cloutiervills.
At "a. NJ. for Shreveport, Keachi. Mans.
field and Pleasant Hill.
At 6 p. N. for Nacogdoches, Texas, Mel
rose and San Aug,lstin.
At 5 p. N. for Homer, La, Buckhorn,
Coushattd and Campte.
At 10 A. NJ. for Winfield, &c.
Office Honrs-from 10 A. NJ. to 9 P. NJ.
and from 3rM to7PM.
J.F. DEVARGAs, Post Mastes
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From the Yazoo City Democrat.
The Color Line.

We see that many Of our cotempo
raries are beginning to advocate
wn'te mans party, q party based OF
color, which shall include all tn,
whites 6t the State regardless of oil,
party ties, name or utilization. Thi
is an issue that the conservative. O.
Democratic press and people hav,
tried earnestly to atave oil, and hav,
used every means consistent with hon.
or to avoid, and have approache,
even to the verge At timidity in tllei
desire to prevent party lines from be.
ing based upon raca This line wae
early established by tho Radical ant
they have been as sedulous in keep
ing up and STRENGTHENING this it rs w
have been in trying to break it down
in our sincere belief that it coull
only be productive of mischief, and
probably in the end beget an amino.
sity that would prove destructive al
tue best Interests of our country
But tho issue is upon US and we can.
not longer avoid it if We would. W.
have tried Cancellation, We have uset
reason, argument, persuasion, all in
vain. Cancellation and con,promis,
has met with coldness and distrust,
reason and argument with sneers.
The negro is thoroughly inoculated
with the idea that tile White Mans
interest is necessarily antagonistic ia
his own, and has been firmly imprcss.
cd BY his scalawag aud carpet. bag
leaders and instructors, thu: what.
ever IL to the white mans interest, ia
beyond all question to his disadvan.
tage. They have been taught to re.
gard with suspicion any and every.
thing that came from tho white man.
and we'll have they learned tile lesson.
He will believe readily, whatever any
struggling adventnrer, claiming to he.
long to the loyal league, may choose
to tellohim, if it lie but something
against or detrimental to the interest
or honor of the Southern white nan.
TO convince the colored man that
We were not opposed to Northern man
and a Radical, for the Gubern atorial
Chair, believing him a good man, who
would do justice to both sides, and
again, giving away to his prejudice,
because, he was q brotler.iu.law of
that Malon,et Of this worship, Gen.
Grant. What was the result Of this
concession! The negro voted dead
against him, because, the white msl,
him. .,..t =,
How much longer must it take the
white people to understand that The
Color Line is already established, and
drawn in the deepest ana darkest hues,
We may shut our eyes, aud attempt
to ignore it, but it will not alter tile
fact that it is 80. The Radicals have
drawn the line aud arrayetl the ne.
groes in solid ranks, with a strict CEN
sorsl.ip to prevent their straying.
Their Leagues IRE strictly organized,
and bind them by tile strongest oatha
that they know how to administer.
Every negro IL sWorN against the
white man. There is, only one thing
left for us, and that il, to meet the IT,
sue nanfully. There is no lodging
it. let us have orr white leagues
aad oppose our oodntry's enemies and
nlunderers with q spirit stronger and
more determined than that by which
We are ODDOSod.
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A child when once started IN the
course Of evil conduct IL like Loco
motive % the wrong track, takes
the switch u see il oA,
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New Department Of State.

WOMEN CHARTERED IN THE ST. LOUIS no-
TEL-THE MONEY OF THE WHITE TAX.
PAYER GOES TO PAY REST FOR THE COL.
tOKED DlNAR-ClvlI. RIGHTS BOARDING
HOUSE.
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g. 81" 't' '' y" .--.., MS 3-i.h9.f '.'i
We give the following news from
the New Orleans Bulletin as rather q
startling way Of disposing fund,
wrung from our impoverished people
1t seems these he'll hounds canuot roll
Us sufficiently in . Legislative way
and have made the tax payer q party
to a "hash house," "wAar bodin will
he cheap" Pile it On, you only
strengthen the white men in their de.
terminatlonto rid themselves Of yeul
foul ruler H., III ~ ,ri@, $40 s'
1--WE had been labo,ing for months
past under the benign spell of q Rim
Van Wrinkle sleep until aroused yes.
terday. We had taken. considerable
pains to unravel oil the facts Connect
cd with the State House job, and give
to the world the information a6ou,
the big lease Of the st. Louis Hotel
for State purpose, ouly to oi,eu our
eyes yesterday to the knowledxe that
notwithstanding Ill that has been ssad
it 10 still q hotel, .s,o;loItaa q; dr.
There is q convention sitting in the
building, It IA said, and tlieres com.
motion Ii it's halls and oratoty in II,
chambers but shove al this, far aloft
and beyond the faintest echo Of the
"gemman from the parish Oft
snugly esctonced ID tie comfoot+ ttabie
chambers, whero once j the proud
gnests of the st. Louis were wont Il
lest. = Bulletin reporter found . aum.
Der Of negro danes. - It Is true, the
reporter was startled At ! placard il
tho hallway on ne third h0or, read.
ING mo admittanoe-thsse appsrt
msnts are private r. bat bis natural
inquisitive turn Of mind prompted
him TO Smove on.S ~
He Was confronted BY d sable dame,
who demanded his business in ''dese
here private 'pasts,snts and what be
came up there for" The doors Of sev.
eral rooms were open, and the report.
or (still IN conversation with The NO.
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1Asin9sa obegins in cobwebs' md
endsjn irol chains. .aaass7yqts !.
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victotiss boy Leopold isto have ..
salary OF $4,000 a year for doing
nothing. Who wouldn't I've a prince !
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Paychoen1tIy.

In communication 30 the Louisville
Courier Journal. Mr.. j. r. Buchanan
olaims that he discovered and brought
to tie publieviow. 10 1912, peculiar
power. to express ~hioh he was CON-
PEELED TO coin. new term, psychoemtry
or soul.measuring. Ho regards tho
experiments lutely exhibited by Mr..
Brown before the professors of Yale
College, rs familiar form Of this
power. Il is based. he says, on delicate
sensibility. but mainly composed of in
tuition. by which persons we'll endowed
with it are enabled to feel the influence
OF anything With which they come in
contact, aud determine lis influence on
the human constitution. When it TX
lists in high degree, they not only
feel medicinal influences, but they can
feel the action OF the faculties in the
human brain. and recognize the cha
racter or modes of thought Of the per
son touched. What is moro remarka-
BILE, they can discover the mental i'm
preston impaired to pa: or in writing,
and from any piece Of manuscript,
without even looking ut it, divine the
character and emotion Of the writer.
This faculty, he asserts, ia often tue
accompaniment of genins, and large
element in it's success. The charming
German writer, Zchokke. was psyche
emeter OF extraordinary power, aud
sometimes read mems thoughts in O
way that overwhelmed them. The
writer claims to have obtained glimpses
of this faculty in Bishop Polk, Bishop
Otey, Chancellor Scott, Judge Thacher,
Governor Quitman, and other eminent
citizens of the South. This is pre-
tentious claim, which it is dif1icult to
think can ever be established. But
Quien SdJe:" There are more thugs in
heaven and earth than are dreamt Of
In our philosophy, as the divine Will
liam says.