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Ben RuTLER's VIEws.-The Wash.

BEN RuTLER's VIEws.-The Wash
ingtnn correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune says:
General Bntlcr authorizes tile nub-
lication Of an interview with him here.
He claims that the passa ge Of the force,
bill was triumph, Of his own against
the old recognized leaders of the par
ty. He thinks that the effects of the
force bill will he good in the coming
elections in New Hampshire aud Com
necticut, but doubts it's passage by
the Senate. He admits what every
one has believed, that he is in favor
Of an extra session. He expresses 4
fear that the country may drift into
another war, which, without the pas
sage Of the force bill in the Senate,
he says seems not only possible hut
imminent lie says that he is sad for
tho future. and that there has been
no darker day since 1850 tI,an the
present. Hu sees the danger in the
temper Of Southern men, not Of South
ern .tatesmen. He anticipates trouble
in the next Presidential election IN
the event that the votes Of the South
ern States are controlled by ku-klux
and White 1,eagucrs, He ssys that
in such event the Northern States
would not sul,'uit tn tho results of ts,e
E.eetorai Coilegs.
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We copy the following items from
the Natchitocl,es Republican of the
9th ultimo:
A most di;lbolical crime was perpe-
trated last Saturday, on tho planta-
tion Of Jos. Jones, just below Mr..
Oscar Chaler's, on Cane river. Will
liam Henry, \ colored man, became
involved in some difficulty, and ex-
pended his savage wrath upon his
owr family by shooting his son, a boy
about five years old. and killing him
almost instantly. He then shot his
wife in the abdomen, infiicting dam
gelous if nod mortal wound. There
was considerable excitement Mca-
stoned by this fearful crime, and
threats were made to lynch Henry.
He said if they would let him kill his
wife and child, he would die willingly.
He is now lodged in Jail in this place
and upon being questioned us to his
motive for perpetrating this terrible
crime. assigned no reason for it save
that 4" he was mad"
Two white nLen were detected last
week, near Many, stealing horses.
They we're hung without Judge or ju-
ry. as a warning to all such rogues.
There has long existed regular band
of these maranders whose operations
have extended from Eastern Texas.
through Mansfield, Many, Fort Jessup
and this city, and whose business has
been to steal mules and horses from
these various points and sell them at
either end of their line of deprcda-
tions. In the absence Of Judges and
courts the people have no other re-
course than to protect themselves by
an appeal to ".Judge Lynch, however
blameabls such q procedure may he.
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~ \ new daily newspaper, Dem
.ncrxtic in i,slitics, has made its ap-
.I.srancc in .Iicksburg. Il is called
the NornixS Clarion.
~ The whale tril,e Of Chayenncs
about 1000. haaxe surrendered t" Gen.
Veil. They as,.re given up two Ger
anan white tit1s in their possession.
lT 1t asiaa cast the New York Cen
rral Road n~ahy s.a6O,ON to pay for
the forty car-loxls IF cattle which,
Sw.,v frozen aaaA injpred by cold Il few
s,'ights since between Rochester aud
Syrscuae.
~ Men wln hare lived on the
'bnmks ut the MissassiEli for life time
tell III there is no scaae,n tO fear an
overflow Of the almyial lands this
year. Two successive overflOws have
not yet been heard f.--Xadisou Jour
nal.
Military interference isprov-
ing beneficial tn NserAifoches, La.
The Republicax 1t that town says !:
The aOltlicrs 0f the 5rN u. s. Inf,ntry
have been draining aud filing up the
lake aud mud hole at the keasl Ot JEFF
.fe,r"m street, and making 4 crossing
ON Touline street, much ilaproving
these localities"
IF 1t was just twenty xears on
saturday before last since Vice t',csi-
dent Henry Wilson entered the Uaited
States Senate as Senator from Mxssa-
chusftts. OF the sixty-"ne Senators
who occupied seats in the Senate VIXEN
Mr.. Wilsa" entered tlirty-se are
dead, and the only surviving ono is
til" Hon. Hannibal Hamlin.
IF Nothing produces such aaixed
feelings in a person as to read uu the
f1y-lr,,f Of book which he has lust
taken from Il Sunday schM.l library
apass,ge like the following "A sweet,
celestial looking girl. whose face is
radiant with reflected light from the
h-ttcr land, always cnts Po"r figure
chewing peanuts. 1t Il Friday evening
prayer meeting.
~ In these days If deauuciation
OF Gen. Sheridan, comes cs,rrespoud-
ent of the Chicago Tmcs aud discovers
TINT the famous poem Of 20 Sheridan's
fi'lc" ia dclusion and aaare. That
Winchester. WIS 0nly lo miles from
the battl- xrnund, that they havn't a
'.good brsad highway leading down"
that Sheridan didn't get ''d"wu" in
fact until four hours after the fight
WAS over; that Sheridan wasn't in
command Mt the time Of the fight, and
lastly that srn't any such q man as
Sheridan.-Topeka Blade.
n Public securities have been
much improved by the prospect Of an
adjustment Of our political com plic,.-
ions. The New Orleans Times of
Sunday last says: " Eight days ago
q broker entering the office Of we'll
known capitalist, made some inquiry
concerning u lot Of bank stock, but
upon xscertertaining the price de-
man,led, shrugged his shoulders and
with look of affected horror, tlisap-
peared. Yesterday he again called
and gladly paid the price originally
demanded, which one week ago was
four per cent above the then market
price. The proprietor was one of the
Iitterest opponents Of adjustment,
but his views upon the subject have
changed materially" IT. s"-
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Transient advertisements 81 90 per square
tirst insertion: cacA snsn*.qAseaAt isssettios,
f5 centa.
A4s tac4sl notices ~ 40 per square each
Tublication.
Editorial notices-in local columns, 20
e~nt~ per line.
Brief communications upon subjects Of
rnblic interrst solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not Responsible for tho views
af correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, DOnaldsOnville, la.
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AsCKSsION PARISH.
Win. G. Wilkinson. Douallsonyillc, La.
6srvSis Gnuthrcxux, -
3 ~onArd Duffel. 50
j. G. W. Richardson. Dominiqae's Landing
.Ausnstua knight. Linwood plantxti0n.
x,r. A. Is. Rolsertsnn, Dntcll Stores.
~g"lsa Dixon. New River.
n. u. Hel,ert. -
Alex. Meyers. Aanchac and Port Vincent.
EL&EwHERE.
"rhes. Mcintyre. New Orleans. La.
II 'hAa. q. Doi,i,a,ld. -
.t:~o. r. Roweli T. Co.. New York.
r. II. Walkar Il Co.. Raltinlore. Maryland.
Kowrll & chexlnan, 1t. Louis. Missouri.
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Every man should subscribe for the
local paper. Take the CHIIf.
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The number of journals, daily, week
ly, etc, published in Paris amounts
fo 754. OF these, SO refer to the
"l"gy 63 t" jurisprudence; 10 to
geography aud history; Sc t" light
reading; 25 t" public instruction and
education; 50 to literature, philosophy.
ethnogfaphy and photography; IL to
painting; , to photography; to
architecture 5 to archalogy; IL to
music; 3 to the theatre; 81 to fash.
ions; 4 to hair dressing; 75 to diff
erent trades, etc. 60 to medicine and
pharmacy; ~ to science; % to mil
itary and naval affairs; l5 t" agri-
culture; IL to the horse; l9 are nm
classed. There are q political jour
nails and IL political reviews.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
A Comfortable Shoe.

A Swiss philosopher has taken up o
subject that concerns very closely the
comfort of the human race, and espe-
cially the civilized portion of it. They,
ind eed, suffer the most from i'll fitting
shoes. The Indian is not troubled by
his moccasins, nor the Oriental by his
sandal it is the tight fitting shoe of the
European and American that claims a
place among The instruments Of torture.
Some advance has been made in the art
of shoemsking, and prominent among
the improvements is one known in this
city as the "box-toed" shoe, which re-
ieves the toe from the pressure of new
Swiss philosopher, DIR. Hermann Meper,
of Zurich, suggest some very valuable
considerations, well worthy the stten-
make boots and shoes. He asserts that
a shoemaker should aim not only to
produce shoe that does not pinch, but
a shoe SO constructed that it will give
to foot distorted by the pinobing it
has borne already, a fair chance of re-
turn to its right shape and full posses
sion of its power as a means of carrying
the body onward. He say that in meas.
uring foot for shoe or boot, the first
thing to be considered is the place of
the great toe. Upon this toe, in walk
ing, the weight of the whole body turns
at every step in natural foot; there
fore, it is i'll a straight Inc with the
heel. A central straight line drawn
from the point of the great toe to the
middle of its root. if continued, would
pass very exactly TO the middle of the
heel. But, by the misftting boot usu-
ally worn, the point of the toe is pressed
inward, the root outward. No last or
model OF foot already injured by
wearing i'll fitting boots or shoes, should
ever be made to the exact size of such @
foot.
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overpowered by excitement, fell faint
ing to the floor.
When Consciousness returned, /
iound myself in the house of neigh
Dor, with the children all about me,
pretty well frightened, Of course, but
entirely uuhurt.
How the fire originated was a mys-
terry which we could never u2ravel.
Grace sitting with her back to the stove,
and with her attention entirely alb
sorbed by the pictures in the family
Bible, did not see it until Rover, the
Newfoundland dog, who had been
quietly doing by her side, attracted
her not.ce by h S evident uneasiness;
after which he spr4ng through the
window, fortunately taking the whole
sash bodily with him, and running at
full speed TO the nearest house, soon
returned with some of its inmates.
Grace, in the meant me, bravelV let
ting down the two elder children
through the window, which was only
about four feet from the ground, took
the baby from the cradle and was about
to follow, when the neighbor arrived.
The houss icing old, and built as such
houses usual are, of the most COM
bustible materials, notwithstanding all
efforts, soon b cane a blackened,,
smoking ruin.
Rover aud old Whitley lived to q good
old age, and were ever afterward held
in atfecti0nate remembrance for their
services on that occasion.
One evening about year afterward,
SIS we sat in our new house buil5 On the
site Of the old one, but more commO-
dious and comfortable in every respect,
remarked, "that the fire had bene-
fitted us in at least one way, for unless
the old house had been actually con
sumed. We should never have had the
new one"
"I have felt the benefit of it in ar
other way" said my husband, gravely:
sit has taught me never to put off do
ing anything which should be done at
once until a more convenient season.
II the harness had given away on that
day, where [ mended it SO slightly be-
fore We STATED, although it would not
have interfered with the safety of the
children, it would have added tenfold
to our anxiety, because it would have
delayed our reaching them. made a
vow then that if We were permitted to
reach home without accident, [ would
use my utmost endeayoTs TO overcome
the habit of procTastinatiOn and l
think you will allow that l have been
pretty successful, so that, in more than
one respect, we have reason to regard
that memorable tide.
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A Lock of Hair.

Almost every one has at least one
lock of hair cut from the head OF one
now dwelling in that silent land whence
come no messages, no letters, no tokens
of any kind to tell Of love or of remem-
brance. Every one knows that strange
emotion, half Joy, half woe, with which
the tiny rehe of SO much that was once
dear can thrill the soul. Only now and
then do we dare to take it from its hid
ing place, hold it in the palm, press it
to the cheek, and use il as talisman TO
recall all that we must perforce forget
in the work a-day world for the sake of
strength to DO its battle.
We do not know whose hair that
which Won treasure may be; whether
the fiossv curl from a baby's head, the
dark lcck from The brow that once
made your breast its pillow. q parents
gray tress, or a young lovers sunny
curl. Nor does it matter, for all love
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SleeplessnesS.

To take hearty meal Just before re-
firing is, of course, injurious, because
it is very likely to disturb ones rest,
and produce nightmare. However, a
little food at this time, if one is hungry,
is decidedly beneficial; it prevents the
9nawing of an empty stomach, with its
attendant restlessness and unpleasant
dreams, to say nothing of the probable
headache, or of nervous and other de-
engagements, the next morning. One
should no more lie down at night hungry
than he should lie down after very
full dinner; the consequence of either
being disturbing and harmful. A
cracker or two, q bit of bread and but
ter, or cake, a little fruit-something
to relieve the sense of vacuity, and so
restore the tone of the SYSTEMS all
that is necessary.
We have known persons, habitual
sufferers from restlessness at night, to
experience material benefit, even though
they were not hungry, by q very light
luncheon before bedtime. In place of
tossing about for two or three hours as
formerly, they would soon grow drow y,
fall asleep, and not awake more than
once or twice until sunrise. This mode
of treating insomnia has recently beer
recommended by several distinguished
physicians, and the prescription has
generally been attended with happy re-
sults.-IScTi6ner.
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Sir John Franklin.

Nearly thirty years ago an English
expedition sailed far into the arctic seas.
There vera two vessels, the Erebus and
the Terror, commanded by Sir John
Franklin and Captain Crosier. The
mysterious fate of these ships and their
crews has never been known in detail,
but it has passed into history that all
persisted. The vessels reached the east
ern part Of Davis strait in safety, and
were last seen moored to mass of float
ing ice in about rs degs. north latitude.
No special fears for the safety of the
party we're felt until 1913 after ward
successive expeditions went out in
search of them. At that time began the
efforts which Lady Franklin has never
ceased to make in hope of obtaining
some news of her husband. And re-
Gently she has renewed the offer of re-
ward of SIC, 600, and such other induce
ments as are within her power to make,
for the recovery of the records of the
expedition. Long ago she was convinced
of her husbands death. In 1860 tin
case was found beneath heap of stones
on a desolate island, and it contained
document stating that Sir John Frank
| had died in June, 1S47, that the
ships had been deserted, and that 1O5 of
tue survivors had started to reach the
Fish river. And hers dark curtain has
fallen, hiding their fate from view. Lady
Franklin believes that the records of the
expedition were buried not far from the
spot where the ships were abandoned,
aGdmsyyet be found, and a so hat some
documents may be in the possession of
the Esquimaux. The chance OF success
seems sma to the public mind, but,
with devotion and faithfulness most
rare, this patient woman clinRs to the
hope of hearing some hing about the
journey of her husband. Lady Frank
lin is in feeble health, but at her desire
niece of hers has lately renewed the
offer of reward, and brought to public
notice the grounds on which she bases
the probabilities OF success.
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Snail Culture in France.

Frogs, horses, and snails-the first
are an odd but toothsome dainty, which
epicures, in this country as we'll as else
where, dearly prize; but horses, and
especially snails-these are articles of
diet which the enlightened American re-
public has yet to be educated to relish.
Hippophagy, we have repeatedly ex-
planned. is as common in Paris, or
nearly so, as the eating of beef F.; and
the worn-out steed finds his way to the
abattoir as readily as the milkless COW
or Stalled OK. Hence, as a mere
bonnie 6Oucbe he has palled on the
Gallo taste, educated by swollen geese
ivers or decayed salmon roes a new
dainty has been sought for, found, and
the basis of the industry which the
production has developed is snails.
There is nothing peculiar about the
mollousc. It Is the everyday Shiny
little object of which one finds thou
sands in gardens, vineyards, and the
woods. Switzerland and the provinces
of Burgundy and Provence are the
places of its cultivation. Throngs of
women and children scour the country,
collecting the snails in immense num-
beers, and depositing them in little
tracts of land, inclosed with simply
trail of sawdust. This last the snail
despises !; he cannot cross it, and avoids
its vicinity as matter of preference.
Therefore, for his confinement it is as
good as a stone wall. After incarcera-
ton for two or three days, he is per-
mitted to starve, and then the plot is
laid out in patches of turf intersected
by paths of sand. Above boards are
hung to serve as shelter for the snails,
which instinctively gather in large
groups. The food provided consists in
aromatic plants, such as mint, or let
tuce and fragments of vegetables.
This is fed to them three times a day
in enormous quantities. At the end of
eight days. the snails become quite
obese, and besides have attained very
succulent flavor. Then comes another
period of starvation for several days.
after which transmission to market fol-
lows
Commands, it is said, prefer the
snail when taken wild, so long as the
capture is made at particular period.
After the eggs are laid in May, the
molluscs conceal themselves under
stones to avoid the autumn frosts.
There they become perfectly free from
excretions, and, drawing themselves
into their shells, close up for the win
ter. 1t is when they are collected in
this state that their flavor is said to be
hacf
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Garrick's Dehnt.

The following acc 1unt of Garrick's
debut is given ia Percy Fitzgerald's
4" Romance of the English Stage"
Carr. ok may be said to stand alone as
Offering the single instance of immedi-
ate success. He had indeed made an
experiment at Ipswich, but had ap-
peared only few times. It was at
sort of unlicensed theatre, whose rank
was little above that of a music hall
of our day, that young man, of short
stature, whose name was suppressed,
was announced as about to make his
night was that of the 10Th OF October,
1741. The audience was gathered from
the purlieus of the East Eod, with
sprinkling of private friends The
play was Richard the Third On that
Mondsy night the performance began
at six o'clock, with a few pieces of
music. Then the curtain rose on The
Life and Death of King Richard the
Third, and after the first scene, at that
nervous moment, the new actor came
from the wing. Macklin always talked
fondly of this glorious night-wonder
at the daring novelty of the whole, and
yet, at the same time, the universal
conviction of the audience that it was
right. It Was recollected, however,
that WHEN the new player came uron
the scene and saw the crowded house
he was disconnected, and remained
few seconds without being able to go
on. Bat he recovered himself. No
wonder it surprised that auiieace-it
was so new, and was all new. The sur
prising novelty vas remarked that he
seemed to identify himself with the
part They we're amazed at his wonder
full pow er of feature. The stupendous
passions of Richard were seen in his
face before he spoke, and out-stripped
his words. There was a perpetual
change and vivacity. One effect at last
overbcre all hesitation, and the de
lighted audience found relief for the ir
emotions in Tapturous shouts of ap
plause. 1t was when he flung away the
prayer book, after Diminishing the depu-
iation-a simple and most natural &C.
ton. vet marked with originalhy-and
then the audience that was before them.
When he came to the later defiant and
martial phase of the character he took
the audience with him in tempest Of
enthusiasm. what do they in the
North 2 w6s given with such electric
and savageness as to cause
a thrill to futter around the hearers !;
and when he came to the effective clap.
trap. of with his head = his visible
ENJOYMENT of the incident was so mark
ed that the audience burst into lOud
shouts OF delight and appreciation.
What night of delight to look back
to On the following morning he
awoke, and found himself famous. His
said the newspapers, was
one of the most extraordinary and great
that ever was seen on such an occa-
sion"
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THE WANDERING JEW.

The Wandering Jew once said to ne
passed through the city in the cool Of tie
year: - ~
A man in the garden plucked fruit from tree.
lSSAeo, " How long has the city been here p
qua ne answered ne, aud he plucked avay
" IL has alVays stood where I stands tC-Sav
And here it will stand for ever and ave.
rive hundred years rolled by ard then
travelled the self-same road again
No trace OF cltv there FouDd
shepherd sat blowing his pine aIone
hls hook we're quiet y nibblinr around
Stedr - How long has this city been gone21
N1 - TI. ahsN cred me, ard be piped away,
-, Inc new ones bloom snd the old dscsy
AHis - my pastul e-2rOurd for sye."
I've hundred y ars rolled by, and then
Travelled the self-same read again.
And came to sea, and the waves did roar,
ana n herman thew his net ont clear,
And' " hen heavy laden, he dragged IL ashore
asked, How long has tn sea been hsre?n
and he Ia ighed and he said, and he laughed away:
" as long as yon pillows have tossed their SPRAY
AAes We hsh'd am they've fshed in this self-same
Five hundred Yeas rolled by. and then
Travelled the sef-same road again.
And came 10 a forest vast and free.
And wnCdmau stood in the thicket near.
His AZ he Laid at the foot Of a tree
asked, I" How long have the woods been here -
And he answered, These woods a covert for
My ancestors dwe1t here Away,
And the trees have been since creations day."
Five hundred years rolled by snd then
Travelled the self-same road again.
And found there city. and far and near
ResoInded the hum Of toll and glee.
And asked 81 How isng has the city been here
And where is the pipe, and the wood, ard the
And they answered me- as they made their way,
" Things alwav- have stood a. they stand today
And 20 they will stand for ever ami aye"
III wait five hundred years and then
III travel the self-same road again.
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AMERICAN WOMEN. is a melancholy
fact, that American women have degen-
Grated in point of health and physique,
until they have become literally race
Of invallds. How sad il is to looB
around us and compare the fral and
effeminate looking lady of today with
the hale, hearty al d buxom lsdies of days
gone by. To all such the late discovery
of DR.. Walker, of California, which is
known as Vinegar Bitters, is a priceless
boon indeed. For this class of diseases
it is certain and safe, and any lady, old
or young, can take it with entire cOnfi-
dence in the result, and thus avoid
what to thousands is a Stumbling block
never overc )me, VIA consultation
with a family physician. TITS true
there may be cases of years standing,
that will necessitate more pow erful
treatment, but in nine cases out Of ten
this remedy will reach the disease aud
after little time effect a care. The
number of ladies cured by it are num-
bered by thousands, and are scattered
through every state in the union.