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The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-12-05
ENlGMA-BY OUR LOCAL POET.
ANSWER SOLICITED.

AM COMPOSED OF TEN LETrERs
My first is in Night. but not in Day,
My second is in evening. bnt not in morn'g,
My third is in water, but not in beer,
My fourth il in orange, but not in apple,
My fifth is in red but not in blue,
My sixth is in light, but not in dark.
My seventh is in eat, but not in drink.
My eighth is in Aunt, but not in Uncle.
My ninth is in North. bnt not in South.
My tenth is in saw but not IN law.
My whole is a City Of tho United States.
X. Is.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-12-05

q See Capt. Graham's notice in
regard to the payment Of ferriage|
at the time of crossing.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-12-05
L A ND FOR SALE!

o00 ACRES OF ALLUVIAL
oA0 land, situated on the left de-
scending bank Of Bayou Boeuf, ten miles
from Alexandria, 100 acres cleared, well
ditched and under good fence One dou-
pie Cabin and ono single House, plenty Of
Cypress Timber-no foul grasses-good
water and in good order for cultivation.
Will be sold for SIX DOLLARS Cash
per acre. for the 322 acres or SEVEN
DOLLARS per acre, for the 322 acres, one
half Cash, and the other half payable in
and 2 years, possession given when sold'
r. w. BRINCHURST.
Alexandria La, Nov. 18th.
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The Drunkard's Will.

Know all men by these presents, that
I-of the county of Mecklenburg, and
State Of Virginia, being Of sound and
deposing memory in view OF the uncer-
ta;nty of life, and the certainty OF
death, do make this my last will and
testament, to-wit:
| die a wretched sinner; and | leave
to the world a worthless reputation.
a wicked example, and life that is fiji
to perish.
leave to my parents sorrow and
bitterness Of soul all the day Of their
lives.
leave to my brothers and sisters
shame and grief, and the repr zach of
their acquaintance.
| leave my widow and broken heart.
ed wife life of lonely struggle with
want and suffering.
| leave to my children tainted
name, a revied position, pitiful igno-
rance, and the Notifying recollection
Of father who, by his life, disgraced
humanity, and at his premature death
Joined the great company OF those who
are never to enter the kingdom OF God.
I pray God that those who are vet liv
ing may take warning and profit by the
above.
The above was handed us by one Of
mature years; we think our young men
should read carefully and profit there
bv.-Roanoke Valley.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-03-05
Meaner Than Stealing.

There are some things that are mca.
ner than stealing. ] call for the mega
tive. No response? Then we will
proceed 10 particulars. know 4 fel.
low out West here who drives good
team, eats roast turkey till his eyes
stand out with fatueSS, talks about in
tcrnai improvements, makes contrlbu'
tons to conspicuous benevclenccS, and
leaves his venerable mother, feeble
and half blind, to cat the bread OF cha.
rity or Starve outright! Comparative
" speaking, chicken-stealing, or The
fcloa;ous appropriation OF sheep, is 4
mild oiiense. Sneak thieves will con-
stitute brilliant ariStocracy in 4 hell
inhabited by such wretches.
There is another case. 1t is wo-
man whose picly is OF the SOFT that
sours on the stomach; who retails all
the scandal she hears, and draws on
imagination in scarce times; always
providing against contingencies by
the saving clause, that she docs not
believe tot course not; but
There is no measuring the sinister,
SulpEurouS, damaging meaning she
contriveS to throw into that blank al
ter the conjunction. The uninitiated
seem 10 see her holy resolution strug-
Cling against enforced conviction; her
unsinning charity bracing its spinal
column against overwhelming evil
dence; her reluctant eyes forced to see
what her pure heart desperately rctu-
ses to credit. The victim Of her put
rid ''charity" had better be iayed with
4 dull knife, shot with hundred poi
soned arrows, suilocated, braycd with
pcst!e, boiled in oil-any thing this
side OF SHINING or being sent to perdi-
ton, rather thar fall under the tender
mercy OF her ATTACHMENTS. l am in
doubt which is the meancr, the fellow
that starvcs his mother, or this crea
ture in crinolinc. Let us hope that
Satan has only "a few more OF the
same sort left" in either case. Arson
is sanity virtue besides these practices.
Ii such specimens arc going to heaven,
we may expect to sec house burners
and matricides between them and the
throne.
And this, as well as ever other
community, is cursed b. woman
who fills this bill.
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Parkers Landing Oil Market.

Below will be found the quotations
OF oil ut Parker'S Landing, Pa, for
the week ending March 9TH, as re.
ceivcd by special dispatches daily:
Feb. %, IS74-Markct Quiet.
Union Pipe Line, $3.50 per BARREL
United Pipe Line, SITS per barrel.
Feb. y, rS74-Markct Quiet
Union Pipe Line, $I.75 per barrel:
United Pipe Line. $40 per barrel
Feb. IS, 1S74.-Markct Quiet.
Union Pipe Line, $I.S5 per barrel
United Pipe Line, SIS: per barrel
March :, IS74.-Qniet.
Union Pipe Line, $3.50 per barrel
United Pipe Line, $3.50 per barrel
March 3, lS74.--Market Quiet.
Union Pipe Line, $3.50 per barrel
United Pipe Line, SITS per barrel
March {, lS74-Markct qniet.
Union Pipe Line, $I.75 Did, no sales:
United Pipe Line, SI.75 bid; no sales
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Temperance.

The following, taken from the Gal
axy oil March, - SO cminently good
and Just, as regards temperance, that
VIC give it place, and hope that our
temperance friends. instead of seeking
i,upos>;biDitics, in tha entire prohibi-
bition o.! ardent. viii ;urn their at.
,eation toward giving Inc public 4
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A Foreman in Trouble.
\ WIFE \ PARAMOIR, AND 4 LITTLE
MILINER-LONE IN y TUB WlElI THE
BOTTOM FALLING OUT.

The well known foreman Ola promi
ucnt West Side manufacturing eSta-
blishmcrt is in trouble. He is 4 very
peculiar fellow in his ideas, this fore
man, and his pcculiarticS will vet end
IN grave complications if not more
carefully guarded over in the future
than in the past. His original home is
TituSvillc Pa, where he married 4
respectable woman, and after living
with her short time, lit out. and hied
his WAY TO Toledo.
NJ Toledo, lie fell in with a little
miIiner doing hourishins business
and placing out Of the question his old
TitusvilIc connections, married the
charmcr. But they didn't Give hap
PLY ever after" as the fairy tales have
it. She supported him, and Scvcra!
times set him up in business, and he
rcciprocatcd by supporting another
woman, Hattie, the wife of gun
smith in the neighborhood.
Finally, things grew sort Of 50 SO,
and our friend concluded to try Michi-
gan scenery for while, and came 10
Grand Rapids, promising the little mil
| liner 10 send for her before the maple
trees put forth their buddies, and little
robin red breast sang sweet songs Of
love in the valley. Arriving here he
obtained the position Of foreman, as
aforesaid, and sent for-not the little
milliner, but the gunsmith's false and
fair one who responded nobly ard
came on instantaneously. They have
since resided on Summit street, and
lived entirely happy, if not strictly
virtuous lives.
But true love never did, YOU know.
The little millincr got wind of the true
state OF affairs. She donncd her Dol
" Vardon, purchased ticket for the
Valley City took a berth IN 4 sleeping
car, and arrived here few days since
all ready for business. She put up at
Sweets Hotel, and early in the morn
ing triaPcd her dainty way across pearl
street bridge, wandered down the river
side, reached the factory. entered
strobe up to the side OF her recreant
lord and master, and slightly startled
that ailable gentleman and his fellow
workmen by throwing her arms around
his neck, and giving him Il hug and
smack which resounded through the
establishment.
There WAS recognition, there was
! confusion, and there were mutual sex.
plantations" 1t ended BY the hus-
bands promising to meet his own
darling BY moon light last evening at
the Hotel Henry. They met and it Is
understood that an understanding
was effected, and that the little milliner
is to return to Toledo for the present
For the present, therefore we shall
have nothing further to say on the sub
iect, but shall recline on our oars until
new developments come to notice.
Daily Times. Grand Rapids, Mich.
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TIE PARENTAL DUTY.-Parton
saws. THE best man is he who can
rear the best child: and the best wo-
man is she who can rear the best child.
The whole virtue Of the racc-physi-
cal, moral. cntal-comcS into play
in the most sweet most arduouS, most
pleasing most difficult OF all the WORK
done BY mortals in this world"
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The charge Of a Kansas jndge, in a
breach OF promise case, was exceeding
" lucid and comprehensive: THE
evidence shows that he sot up with her
night after night, and they squoze
hands and talked soft, and l think she
ought to have about $a3 damages"
But the jury, in consideration of the
low price Of corn, reduced it to Sis,
and in Kansas that passes for justice.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-03-05

Alta New Haven church, an intoXi-
Gated man in the gallery listened i'll
tcntly while the soparno sang L solo,
and after she had finished stood upon
the scat, waved his hat, and shouted,
''Bully for you" to the CONSERVATION
of the audience.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-03-05

\ young lady went to Pittsburgh
the other day to have her picture ta-
ken. When the artist showed her the
proof" and asked her how she liked
il, she placidly remarked that he put
too darncd much mouth Oh it 10 suit
hrr -
The New York herald., 1874-12-13
Doctors ON Dtphtheris.

In another column we give some communi-
cations from physicians and others on the
subject of diphtheria, and a few days since
we printed q report of the deliberations on
the same subject Of doctors; and, coming
from q perusal of the proceedings Of
two learned bodies gathered especially
to discuss the prevalent malady of diph-
iberia, one could only turn with dis
couraged impression of how little oil that
amounted to. First they gave the usual
reference to Bretonneau. Trousseau named
Bretonneau in every second sentence when he
talked about diphtheria, and probably no
gathering of doctors assembled to discuss the
subject would ever feel easy until the i'm
portant duty Of following that example had
been discharged by some one OF the number.
Then there are the bacteria. II would in
these days be as impossible to get on in any
medical discussion without bacteria as it
would be to have Dutch fair without
salt fish It shows that if you don't
know much about disease you have at least
read the Germans. Then there is the theory
that it is due to foul air, and the other that
the theory that it is due to want and misery,
and the counter theory that those who are
blessed with plenty have it worst; the theory
that it is local. and the theory that it has. n 0
relation whatever to either time or place; and
finally an ingenious notion that it is perhaps
due remotely to the panic, the depression
Of the times" knowledge naturally tends
to make men cautious in utterance;
and experience Of the consequences of
laundering badly will always make any
thoughtful physician hold his peace with the
tenacity of q ruminant in deep consideration
of the sweetest possible cud, as to any disease
whose nature is only partly known. On this
theory we can readily account for the little the
doctors venture; but if they have nothing to
say why do they meet? If they have not a
litde knowledge to add to the subject why
in the world pretend to discuss it? How is an
afflicted public any the better for two or three
formidable sessions of medical guessing
classes? Sessions such as those we have re-
corded give ample justification to the
inactivity of the Board of Health, since they
action can be defined which may not be ut
terly erroneous; and, indeed, give the support
Of learned bodies to the fancy that the best
we can do is to apply the s'expectant" method
to sanitary science and wait patiently till the
problem solves itself and the disease disap-
pears Is that ell that the Board Of Health
and the professors have to proposes
The New York herald., 1874-12-13
The Danger In New Orleans.

The troubles in Louisiana cannot be
smoothed over Their causes are deeply
rooted, and the principal cause seems to be
that the right of selfgovernment is denied to
the people. When the Kellogg government
was deposed few months ago and Lieuten-
ant Governor Penn established in Office, it
only needed proclamation from the Presi-
dent to suppress the revolution The troops
sent to New Orleans were useless to enforce
an order which was at once obeyed.
The people then trusted to the ap-
preaching election to redeem them from
injustice and misrule and they were not
wrong, for Louisiana was carried by the con-
servatives. But now it is believed that the
election is to be practically set aside by a
mere vote Of the Returning Board and the
lower branch Of the Legislature declared re-
publican in defiance of the vote. The White
Leaguers apparently find no hope either in
law or in the ballot, and by our dispatches
from New Orleans it will be seen that another
armed revolution is to be feared. The excite
irrepressible.
The Returning Board assembled yesterday,
but alarmed by the menaces of its opponents,
adjourned until Monday-a fact which seems
to have increased the suspicious and anger
Of the citizens. We are told that an outbreak
may be expected at any moment. If the
Board declares the republican State Treas
urer elected and creates q republican ma
jority in the House it will be difficult to pre-
vent it What the President will do in such
a case we know from his Message. He will
support Kellogg, and, if necessary, do it
with all the military force at his command. It
is the opinion Of Mr.. Kellogg that opposition
to him is treason to the United States, and he
is no doubt emboldened in his attitude by the
knowledge that whatever the Returning Board
may do, he will be sustained by Grant Out
Of this terrible situation it is hard to see how
the citizens of Louisiana can escape. Vio-
lence will not help them. but on the contrary,
must add immeasurably to their troubles. Their
only hope is in the interference OF Congress,
and that they should invoke If the Return
ing Board should perpetrate SO great an out
rage as is apprehended its work could not
long endure before the indignation OF the
North, and the Louisianians will be impru-
dent if they precipitate an armed conflict,
which is precisely the blunder their OPP
pressors would provoke.
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

TEE Utica Observer suggests painful re-
fections in its observations upon the execu-
ton Of Smith, who was hanged at Watertown
on Friday for the murder OF Charles Wenham.
According to the Observer Smith was innocent
OF the crime for which he died. There are
certainly many circumstances in the story Of
this crime to throw doubt upon the guilt Of
Smith. If there is any virtue at all in the ter
rible law which forfeits murderer's life we
cannot be too careful in our manner of ad-
ministering il. We admit that capital punish
ment is necessary for the protection Of society,
and we think that our Governors have been
disposed to consider carefully every sentence
brought before them. At the same time,
when q man is executed for murder under cir
cumstances that leave doubt on the minds OF
reasonable. intelligent people as TO his guilt,
the effect is to destroy whatever influence the
punishment would have upon the community,
for we can think of nothing more terrible than
TO send On innocent man to an ignominious
death
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

our annual taxation is increasing at start
ling rate. Two millions more in the esti-
mates and a tax Of three per cent is the pros
pect before us for next year. The Board
of Apportionment has failed in its duty
in not reducing this shameful estimate at
least four million dollars from its present
amount; but it is not too late to make atone
ment A general reduction should be made
on the revision of the estimate as preliminary
step to the financial reform which, it is to be
hoped will be initial d by the new city gov
ernment
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

| an insolent letter forgiving him because
he had taken sides with his Queen
It is painful to know that Canning accepted
the insult and crawled into power Not one
of the reform measures of the time were con.
ceded by the King until concession was the
only means of preventing revolution. It is
sad to see that even in our own time ladies oi
noble lineage did not think it beneath them
to become the lemans of king. and to seek
honors and wealth and power for their fami-
lies by their own dishonor. During the time
that George Nv. ruled England he himself
was ruled by physician of whom he was
afraid and middle-aged woman who en-
riched her family and her friends. William
~. was better character than his brother in
King was to initiate Charles Stuart by making
his natural children peers and peeresses. He
was bitter partisan. When Ministers did
not suit him he insulted them. He was al
ways "dying for war" wanted to fight France
and Russia aud China, and was anxious to
have slavery restored. Whenever these kings
appear in this history they are either infamous
or absurd. The ruling mind was Wellington,
who had at times power over them both.
Wellington managed to guide affairs by allow
ing one Of the kings to steal the crown
jewels and by allowing the other to quarter his
natural children upon the treasury. But on
national questions Wellington always showed
the courage of soldier and carried his point
by resolution. This, however, was only on
national questions. On matters of money and
Office the royal will was always supreme.
But is this not new chapter in an old
story2 Constitutional kings are on'y as
other kings. Take the line of English rulers
from Elizabeth to Victoria and what do we
see? The only real King was William I'LL /,
who was Dutchman and usurper. Next to
William the most respectable character was
Charles L, and he was SO arbitrary that he
lost his head As for the remainder, there is
not one whose character is not, in nearly all
the essential attributes of q prince and q
gentlemen, beneath contempt The royal
system is blunder, q mockery, .
false pretence We blush for our race
to see England governed by the men
whose characters are now written by de-
scendant Of the Warwicks. At the same
time it is to the great honor and glory of Eng
land that, Notwithstanding the folly, the
crimes and the imbeclllty Of her rulers, she
has advanced SO steadily in her splendid and
prosperous career. It shows that the people
are greater than the Grown, and in showing
this it teaches the world the elementary prin-
ciple of democracy. To that extent Mr..
Grevilles book is the most important contri-
button to republicanism that has appeared
this century.
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

TIE VIcKspuRo TRouBLE.-The statement
we print to-day, from number of prominent
citizens Of vicksburg explaining the recent
troubles. shows sad state of affairs. A
county government almost entirely composed
of negroes, heavy taxes demanded by ire
sponsible officers, the destruction Of public
records and general defiance of the laws, cul-
ditional evidence that the citizens Of vicks-
burg acted in self-defence and with modera-
ton.
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

WALL STREET YEsTERpAY.-Gold 111s. The
market was without features. The transac-
tons we're small, and prices steady. Money
stiffened to five per cent on call loans
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

THE ARRIVAL Of King Kalakaua at Wash
ington and his reception by Secretary Fish
were attended by little formality. His
Majesty was unfortunately exhausted by his
long journey and other ceremonies were post
ronel until Monday
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

The VoS ARNM TRnL-The examination
of Count Won Arnim was continued yesterday,
but little of Importance was elected. 1t
seems to be the aim of the Crown prosecution
to establish its charges by the testimony Of the
prisoner-an effort which he is not disposed to
assist The trial, it is thought, will be con-
cluded by Wednesday next.
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE of Hit, the alleged
bond forger, his sickness and what the New
York police think of it, form the plot of an
in feresfino stoyv in onr Columns TODAY
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

THE SUNDAY QUESTION. decision of
Chief Justice DAILY upon the Sunday amuse-
ment question was rendered yesterday, and,
as will be seen, declares the law constitutional
under which the Police Commissioners have
proceeded, and denies the application for an
injunction. His argument concerning the
theatres is worthy of careful study.
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

The STORY Of terrible voyage of an Eng
lish ship from Calcutta to this port is else
where reported. The Asiatic cholera broke
out among the coolie passengers to the West
Indies, and ffty-two of them died within three
ueeks
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

TIE ARGUMENTS in the Croker case were
finished yesterday, and the jury we're locked up
last night to deliberate upon their verdict
The New York herald., 1874-12-13

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS On and
after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly
editions of the New York HERALD will be
sent free of postage.