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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25
She Cured Him.

At last she completely cured him.
For months she had patiently endured
the pangs 30 many thousands OF. wives
are compelled TO suffer. Almost every
morning at breakfast the heartless hus-
band expressed the hope that he might
live to see the day when he could get
such coffee AZ he used to get ct home !:
or such corn bread as his mother was
wont TO make and bake. At dinner the
meat was overbaked in the range. To
be sure his mother used to roast the
meat in an old.fashioned Dutch tin
even, and The piece was always done to
q turn-the last turn of toe revolving
spit. Those days were forever gone.
But he might and ought to get such q
green apple pie with new cheese rs his
mother used to give him. At length
the long suffering wife arose in her
wrath, upset the table, sending the
dishes and their contents clashing 20
hue carpet, strided over to her astonished
thsband, and gave him q box on the
ear which knocked him OF his chair. and
remarked There's o clip over the
head, such "a your mother used 10 give
you when you was boy" Thereafter
there was domestic peace and quiet in
that house, with never even an allusion
to the maternal cookery and comforts
of the bygone days.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

AMERICAN TEA.-Georgia is going to
try her hand once more at tea growing.
Those who have investigated the subject
assure as that the obstacle to the Gull
ture of tea successfully in the southern
states is the want of experience. but
chiefly of cheap labor. The tea tree of
China has been grown by several per-
sons in Georgia, from the Piedmont
region 10 the sea coast. This shrub is
q hardy and vigorous evergreen, and
thrives as veil with us as it does in
China and Japan. II grows fiom three
to five feet high, neat, compact, laurel
leaved shrub, with pretty white flowers
in Spring. and is quite ornamental. 1t
is perfectly hard and will stand any ex-
posure to the climate, and has been
tested in Athens and many other locali-
ties in Georgia. We are told it would
be an easy matter for any family that
has home and few feet of ground to
produce their own tea, and little to
sell. It's general introduction for home
use would most likely lead to its pro-
duction for the people to learn before
they are able to manufacture the article
as we got it from China but it is said
a very good tee, and free from adultera-
ton, can be made by simply picking
and drying the leaves in the same man.
ner that sage leaves are cured. -New
York Bulletin.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

AfFr all, such men are invaluable
Theyare worth an army of plodders.
Theywrest fortune from fate itself.
Tbroag d their indomitable energy and
wonderful brain power they build up
and ncite vast interests, which cause
desets to bloom and hamlets to spring
into lities. They make and unmake.
When they fall ruin and distress follow;
but, liter all, it is better to have ac-
compSsn.si much and then failed, than
to have done nothing for ones country
or. felbw-man. The blessings which
accompany the worker will outweigh
the curses which naturally follow
failure.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25
THE BORE.

Again he ar the creaking step.
He's rapping at the door,
Too well know the boding sound
That ushers In bore,
do not trem BILE when meet
The stouteet Of my foes
But heaven defend me from the friend
Who comes but never goes
He drops into my easy chair
And asks about the news.
He peeps into my manuscript.
AEld. givesfhis candid views;
He tells rue where he likes the line,
And where hes forced to grieve!
BE lakes the stranRest liberties
But never tak-s his leave.
BE reads my daily papers through
Before I've seen word,
he scans the lyric Chat wrote)--
And thinks it quite absurd.
He calmly smokes my last cigar,
And then he asks for more;
He opens everything he sees
Except The entry door.
He talks about his fragile health,
And tells me of his pains.
And OF a score or more of ills,
OF which he ne'er complains:
And new he struggled once with death
To keep the fisnd at bay:
On themes like those away he goes--
But never goes away.
He tells me Of the carping words
Some shallow critic wrote,
And every precious paragraph
hmilisrly can quote;
He Think the writer did me wrong,
He'd like to run him through!
He says thousand pleasant things
But never says " Adieu !"
! mean to take the knocker off;
Put GRAPE upon the door;
Or hint to John that am gone
To stay q month or more.
l do not trsmble when I meet
The stouiest of my foes,
But heaven defend me from friend
Who never. never goes.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

away. An effort has been made to get
space in the Boston custom-house, but
the laundering Mullett put the vault in
the second story without sufficient sup
ports, and only %, 600, 900 can be placed
there. Every money mill the govern
ment owns is rafting out silver by the
millions of dollars. and it looks ss il che
secretary OF the treasury contemplate.
the speedy suhstitution OF oliver coiiT
for Fractional rags. 81
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The newest rage at the summer re-
sorts is the Chinese sun-shade. It is a
very peculiar affair and somewhat
unique hence its popularity among
young women at the seaside who act
and call themselves fashionable. They
are cheap, and the fact is calculated TO
make them still more fashionable.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

PHILADELPHIA this year heads the list
of United States ports in the molasses
trade. The bulk of the impoftations
for the year are usually made in the first
half wear.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

"CAME to his death by ACCIDENTAL
drowning" lis the verdlct billie san
Francisco jury in the case of Ralston.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

RECENT reports say that the colony of
Liberia is prospecting. New plantations
are developing, commodious dwellings
are going up, and the schools and
churches are we'll attended,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The eminent composer, Gounod, has
declined the directorshop of the pro-
posed American College of Music,
gently limiting at the same time that
an American institute of the kind
should have an American director.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The public debt statement for August
shows reduction OF about o million
and half during the past month.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

VALMAsEDA has called on the loyal
merchants and planters Of Cuba for
$500, 600 in gold to pay for the trans
rortation of the fresh troops from Spain.
He gives each person twenty-four hours
to respond favorably. If they do not
notice his circular they are declared
rebels. Valmaseda will squeeze the
gold ont of these unfortunates.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

NEXT Tuesday will be black letter
day in the annals of Arkansas. No less
than six murderers are then to be exc
Gated at Fort Smith. Arkansas can
claim pre-eminence in one respect at
least.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The Freedmen's bank commissioners
think that dividend car be declared
for the unfortunate depositors by Christ
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The Atlantic Mills, at Lawrence,
Mass, started on Monday, after being
idle seven weeks. The stock on hand
has been sold to good advantage. There
is prospect now for steady employ
ment for one thousand hands.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

TIE great suspension bridge between
New York and Brooklyn is assuming
shape. The towers on both sides will
be completed next spring, and the Roe
rbiings, who constructed the snspe1sion
bridge across the Ohio at Cincinnati,
will perform the feat Of spanning the
sixteen hundred feet chasm with wire.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

, In an agricultural convention at
Dalton, Ga. few days ago, gentle
man called on all present who owned
sheep and no dogs to rise, and thirteen
rose. He then called upon all who
owned dogs and no sheep to rise, and
sixty or seventy responded.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

JEFFERSON DAVIS, has started from
Memphis, on his lecturing tour in the
west.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

THERE ID evidence thai the French
government will put :, stop to the Ger
man Catholic pilgrimage to the shrine
of Our Lady of Lourdes in the south
of France, IL il can do so. The pope
has given his blessing TO the movement,
however, and he will hardly interdict it
now. The French fear complications
with Germany.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The government ia reported to have
more silver on hands than it can stow
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

THE much-mooted consolid alton of
the Western Union and Atlantic & Pa
cifc telegraph lines has at last come to
pass, and the telegraph system almost
of the entire continent of North America
lis now gathered into the control of a
vast monopoly. The Western Union
absorbs the rival corporation. the terms
OF the transfer being guarantee of an
annual dividend of 7 per cent. upon a
Is per cent. valuation of the stock of the
Atlantic & Pacific, or 81, OOO, 900.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

THERE is a good deal of interest ct
the east relative to the location of the
nsw mint at the west. New York wants
a coming Office in connection with the
assay Office there, and will combine With
Chicago il Chicago will support her
claim. Philadelphia will fight New
York's enterprise. for if carried it would
make the Quaker city a secondary place
in the matter of coinage. Philadelphia
will also form a combination with some
western city to defeat New York. II
New York and Chicago unite, Philadel-
phia and st. Louis will form combine
ton. The question, at any rate, viii
create good deal Of trouble in the
next congress. -
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

The "wheat belt" is charging it's
area. Arkansas, for instance, will ex-
port small grains this year for the first
time in its history. The same general
tendency to raise more and buy less is
observable throughout the south.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

THE imprisonment of Cortina, the
border bandit, in The City of Mexico,
has not had the effect of restoring peace
along the Rio Grande. The brigand's
former companions are continuing the
cattle raids, in the conduct of which he
so we'll instructed them. Our govern
ment is now tittirg ont additional light
draught gunboats for immediate service
on the river, but it is problematical
whether this will have the desired effect,
as long as the Mexican government is
not strong enough to curb it's own law
less population on the "free zone"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

Ar last it looks as if the Carlist cause
Was about to be abandoned. The sur
render of SEQ de Urgel was sad blow
to Don Carlos, who is represented as
being greatly dispirited. IL has beea
followed by disastrous routs of smaller
bodies of Carlists, who, besides being
greatly outnumbered by the government
troops, have but little hope for the
future, and fight only because their sit
uation is desperate, and compels it.
Their future affords scarcely . hope,
and we may look, therefore, for An
early disbandcning of the army and the
fight of its leaders into France.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

THE recent pleasant weather in Great
Britain and on the continent has en-
abled the farmers there to gather their
crops with but little injury. The yield,
however, is deficient, both in quantity
and quality, especially in Great Britain
and France. In other parts of Europe
there will be but little deficiency over
last year. The entire surplus of the
United States will, however, be con-
sumed by Europe, and good prices will
therefore be realized until the next har-
vest. That which makes the farmer in
Europe groan, makes the American
granger smile like basket of chips.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25

THE liabilities of the late bank of Gal.
ifornia are estimated ct Ga, O00, 600, and
assets at $1,000. 900. The stock
holders will lose not only their invest
ment in stock, but will be heavily as
sessed to pay the claims of depositors,
the entire assets OF the bank only foot
ing up about eighty per cent. OF such
claims. So
THE superintendent of the direct
United States cable says messages are
passing over the cable at high rate of
speed. Although the Faradsy arrived
at the location Of the fault on the 22d
of August, ten days after sailing from
London. she had only three days of
moderate weather, during which she
picked mp the cable in 1850 fathoms,
cut out the fault, and made final splicee.
DESPITE the laws governing the i'm
portation Of cattle In England, which
are 90 strict that il only one animal is
found diseased the whole cargo is
slaughtered. the distempsr has broken
out in Dorsetshire, and is rapidly
spreading. Happily, few cattle are
brought 10 the United States from
Europe, but the present circumstances
warrant every precsution being en-
ployed at American ports TO guard our
herds from this fearful plague.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1875-09-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, has started ffon
Memphis, on his lecturing tour in tn
west.
THE public debt statement for Angus
shows reduction OF about o million
and half during the past month.
"CAMR TO his death by accidental
drowning" lis the verdict bfssiA par
Francisco jury in the case of Ralston.
The Freedmen's bank commissioner
think that dividend car be declared
for the unfortunate depositors by Christ.
mas.
PHILADELPHIA this year heads the LIST
OF United States ports in the molasses
trade. The bulk of the impoftations
for the year are usually made in the first
half year.
RECENT reports say that the colony OF
Liberia is prospecting. New plantations
are developing, commodious dwellings
are going up, and the schools and
churches are we'll attended.
NEXT Tuesday will be black letter
day in the annals of Arkansas. No less
than six murderers are then to be exc
Gated at Fort Smith. Arkansas can
claim pre-eminence in one respect at
least.
The Atlantic Mills, at Lawrence,
Mass, started on Monday, after being
idle seven weeks. The stock on hand
has been sold to good advantage. There
is prospect now for steady employ.
ment for one Thousand hands.
The eminent composer, Gounod, has
declined the directorshop of the pro-
posed American College of Music,
gently limiting at the same time that
an American institute of the kind
should have an American director.
TIE great suspension bridge between
New York and Brooklyn lie assuming
shape. The towers on both sides will
be completed next spring, and the Roe
-biings, who constructed the snspession
bridge across the Ohio at Cincinnati,
will perform the feat of spanning the
sixteen hundred feet chasm with wire,
THE "wheat belt" is charging it's
area. Arkansas, for instance, will ex-
port small grains this year for the first
time in its history. The same general
tendency to raise more and buy less is
observable throughout the south.
In an agricultural convention at
Dalton, Ga, few days ago, gentle
man called on all present who owned |
sheep and no dogs to rise, and thirteen
rose. He then called upon all who
owned dogs and no sheep to rise, and
sixty or seventy responded.
VALMAsEDA has called on the loyal
merchants and planters Of Cuba for
$500, 600 in gold to pay for the trans
rortation of the fresh troops fromSpain.
He gives each person twenty four hours
to respond favorably. If they do not
notice his circular they are declared
rebels. Valmaseda will squeeze the
gold ont OF these unfortunates.
THERE ID evidence thai the French
government will put : stop to the Ger
man Catholic pilgrimage TO the shrine
Of Our Lady of Lourdes in the south
Of France, IL il car do so. The pope
has given his blessing to the movement.
and he will hardly interdict it
now. The French fear complications
With Germany.
THE liabilities of the late bank of CAL
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24
= When a Cass avenue husband went

When Cass avenue husband went
home the other night and handed his wife
a gold locket, she reached her arms
around him and exclaimed: "Oh YOU
dear old pippin there was never another
man like you." Next day he went home
and found her getting ready to go on an
excursion, aud he put his foot down and
told her to remain at home. She threw
her bonnet on the floor, kicked over a
chair, and remarked Z" Mother always
said I'd marry the meancst man in Mchi-
gan 4"
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24
A Massachusetts, Tramp.

He was travel stained and weary and
his eyes had far. off wistiul look, as
though he kfs-s that rest was not for him
- ,,v,vr, ietn. $ssslSG heart erave it never
so much. And as he humbly asked the
lady OF the house for n morsel of food,
his venerable appearance and evident
want aroused all her womanly generosi
ty, and she presently set the poor tramp
down to the remains of the family din
her.
Poor old man, she murmured sym
pathetically, as she saw him lean back in
his chair, leaving his food untouched on
his plate, he is too weary to eat" and
she asked him if he felt i'll.
= Not exactly, mum, was the answer
in an humble voice, but mos people
cooks their roast beef till it's overlone,
and oyerdonc beef don't gen'ally agree
with me, +"
"Y'haven't got any Wooster sauce,
have YEP continued the mendieant; 81
mos gen'ally use it when beef amt
cooked to suit me
Unfortunately, the house Of Mccormick
was out Of" Wooster sauce, but Mrs
Mccormick brought the mustard and
plate Of nice pickles, observing with the
faintest trace of sarcasm in her tones that
il she'd known that he was coming she'd
have looked out for something better.
"Oh, amt very pertick'ler, mum, !"
said the old man, as he helped himself to
another spoonful of gravy and a cucum
ber pickle, ony jes' happ'n'd to men
tlon it, cos where there ain 1t no pie nor
nothin sweet fer desserts, overdone roast
beefs more like to disagree with me
And the meekness in the vagrant's
wrinkled face was touching in the ex-
treme, as he looked humbly around the
table, as though his former glance might
have overlooked the luxurics of which he
spoke
But Mrs. McC, was rather too far gone
with spcechess indignation to frame
suitable answer, and so the weary old
man, with mournful sigh. went on eat
ing, and developed most singular and
wonderful appetite, which was gradually
appcased as the four pound piece of beef
was reduced to a mere shapeless frag-
ment, and the last boiled potato had van
ishcd from the dish.
Il hope you've made dinner" cjacu.
lated Mrs. Mccormick, in a fine irony.
Wall, yes'm; I've eat wuss wittals.
said the old mendicant, with deep humli-
ty, as he pushed his chair back from the
table and appeared to seek something on
the floor.
What is it you're looking for?
demanded Mrs. Mccormick, with snap
IN her voice that reminded one Of the
slamming down Of the lid of chest.
Nothin' mum-that is, nothing par
tiekler; didn't see no napkin an
thought l might dropped it"
But he never finished his speech, and
five seconds later his white locks van.
ished through the doorway with amazing
celebrity, and an incuriated female with a
mop followed SO closely behind that he
got fully half mile from the house be.
fore pursuit ceased and he was able to
light his cigar - Boston Bunetin.
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

A little girl braids the hair of one
who sat in front of her instead of study.
ing, when the teacher remaaks: Home
is the place for arranging the hair, not
here. What would you think to see me
braiding my hair in school" ?" Presently
Susan's hand is raised, and the teacher.
supposing she wishes to ask some ques-
ton about the lesson. mods, when she
hears the following; Mary says your
hair is false, and you wouldn't dare to do
it here p
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

A boy saved himself trouble. but
lost marks, in his definition exercise the
other day. He got bravely through
presbyter, which he found, by look
ing it out, to be one who had had the
laying on Of hands by the presbytery
The next word was IS dissenter, and in
an evil moment, without turning a leaf in
his dictionary, he wrote, one who has
had the dyscntery. "
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LITTLE ROCK
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
The Most Complete, Thorough and
Practical Institution in the
Country.
Located in Martins Block, Corner
OfThird and Main Sts., Little
Rock, Arkansas.

| TNllS Institution offers superior facilities
| l. for preparing young and middle aged
men and women for the counting room, and
for the management Of business and financial
affairs.
The full Commercial course rs presented in
the Preparatory, Theory. Actual. Business
and Banking Departments OF the College, en-
braces critical instruction to those WHO may
require It, in Reading. Spelling aud Arithme-
tie. Book keeping. by Single and Double En-
tr, as applied to business pursuits of every
description. Business Premiership, CONNER
cial Calculations, Mercantile CorreSpondenees,
Detection of Counterfeit Money. Lectures on
the Science of Accounts. business Activities,
Organizations, Economics, Business Forms
Business Cnstoms and Etiquettes. Commercial
Law, Finance and the General Laws of Trade.
TERMS:
(Pdgabte IN adcance)
Life Scholarship, full Commercial
Course. $50 90
Fun Course in Telegraphng, by
sound and paper, 40 90
Special Discounts ,cW be made 10 Clubs
and Deserving Parties
Usual time required to complete the Full
Commercial Course-from 10 to II weeks.
Students can enter the College at any time
as there are no vacations.
Be sure to visit or address this College be-
fore going elsewhere
AARON BALES, Principal.
yInJ 2S-ly.
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

- Misunderstanding are fruitful
source of unkindly feelings Better pass
dozen intended insults without notice
than to take offence at one unintentional
neglect.
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

a little girl who gave utterance to
the following idea was puzzlng her mind
with a problem that has bothered the
world for ages. She was reproved for
some childish act and seating herself on
the f!oer at her mothers feet reflected
for long time and then looking up said
I" Ma why is it that naughty things are
so nice ~
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

CouLpX'r TELL LIE.-As one OF the
dozen old women who drive milk carts
around Detroit was rattlng across the
Campus Martius yesterday, a chap wear
ing lavender pants and bright blue neck
tie motioned for her to stop, and then
approached and inquired:
Do you put water in your milk p
Yes, sir. was her prompt reply
All, ha! So you own right up, 10
you:"
:. Yes, sir. F"
Her prompt replies rather staggered
him, but after some hesitation he asked
And what makes you do it?''
Because it's much healthier for calves
when mixed half and half!" she retorted
She waited for him to ask another
question, bus. hs couldn't think of any.
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

Jones' horse is troubled with the
heaves He heaves every one tha. at
tempts 20 ride him.
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24
Crawford County Officers.

u. II. CREEKMoRE. County Judge.
ED. A. ScorT. County Clerk.
W. J. ALEXANDER. Assistant County Cierk k
!. +. WISFREY. sheriff
r. w. DAVIS. Deputy Sheriff.
CHARLES RIBLING and w. l.. TAYLOR, Notary
Publics
JOHN j. RuRRow and NJ osEs LEMLEY, Justices
of Van Burea Township.
J.C.GRApY, Van Buren Township Constable
The Van Buren press., 1875-08-24

--Egyptis a land Of donkeys but they
hvve morasses in Ireland.