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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23
Tha Way Of West Fsliciana
Fehcisns Ledger, ID.

Az we e" tn press we are reliably
info. med that The stores Of Il. &. L"-
peg, Brick Church, and j. B. Glasper,
Star Hill, were destroyed by Gre last
night.
The former, belonging to white
man and Il Democrat, was burned ut.
ia near rs We are informed. al,"nt 12
U'cl,ck; the latter, belonging to u
coloretl man, at abont 4 O'clock A. NJ.
These are two more Of the country
stores which purchased seed c"tton.
We are told that the men engaged in
this business ale dressed in white,
very much resembling ghosts. They
had given notice to both Messrs. Lo-
pez and Glasper to move their goods.
that the stores would be burned, and
tho failure t." do 8" entails upon them
the loss of their goods.
We omitted to mention in our last
issue the burning If Mr.. c. NJ. Bar.
rows store, seven miles from town.
by y number Of white and c"'ored
masked men. Jack Davis had jus,
opened the store and had done con.
| siderable business in the way Of buy
ing seed cotton. He was told to re-
move the contents If the store, and
he was helped m do 50, that they had
come to burn the store. This is tin
| ,.lx IS =, ..,.,,l,;no t;.>,, f.,cm, .I hv RI,
merchants iu town and planters il
the country both to prevent c"tto'
stealing. one to get the rents Of tl''
land and the other pay for the sup
plies they furnish. 1t is alleged t|'es'
little etores in the country encourage
the stealing Of cation, and purc''as
that whici, the merchants in tow
furnish supplies t" make.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

President Grants visit to his Mis-
souri, farm appears to have been un.
satisfactory. Addressing the farm
hands in his usual strain Of 1irrry
el"quence, he gave them to under
stand that he was "tl'nnderins'y dis.
appointed in the looks Of things"
We have not received the full text
Of his speech, but the peror"ti"n
reeds "A fnilows: II appear among
you rs the representative If agricnl'
tural reform, and when order
patch Of ground t" he planted in rye,
/ don't want any backjaw in favor al
winter cabbagts."-[ l'u"klyD Argus
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

Nix. DAVIS AT HOME AGAIN-Hon.
Jefferson Davis aud party, consisting
Of jeff. Davis, Jr., and Mr.. j. NJ.
Heating, Of the appeal, returned to
the city yesterday evening: Mr..
Davis, We are glad to say, is in ex.
ccllent health. His visit to the North
west, the important features Of which
have already been chrOnicIed in the
Appeal, was one continued ovation
ot tla,ernal greeting, which we feel
assured will unite the two sections as
one in this grand efforts to open up
the great valley aud il ho..n'lless
resources tO the markets If the world.
From the reports II his travels We are
assured that the expression Of friend
ship toward the Southern people
through Mr. Davis was 10 milk-and-
water demonstration, but a spouta.
ne"us expression from, all without re-
gard to party or creed, and t. which
we know the Southern people respond
with the heartiness characteristic Of
their nature.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23
Whv Men Blackan 7 hems olves

In one of a dozen instances in which
white men and negroes have been
killel in collision between the races
in Mississippi. the whites have i'm
properly attended negro meetings,
and supposed white men have par:
ticipatrtl in negro debates conducted
before urgr" assemblies. The whites
who have done this deserve t" l~
knocked on the head. aud Samlm
is right. Whenever he finds an al
legged white man drifting ab"nt in
negr" churches or III urgr" political
assemblies, the negro shon!d know
that suci, a white man, whatever his
position or abilities. is worse than a
thief. He assumes to be IA ncgr" with
Il white skin aud is only 4 wolf il"
sleeps Clothing. Hc absolutely hates
himself for what he does, and, when
he comes out, privately confess hi
contamination and boasts among dir.
! ty office seekers like himself vt the
successful fraud he has practiced up"'
the innocent blacks. Nesr.ps in Mis-
sissippi are tired Of these sl.au's, and
when Il white rogue comes into one
Of their assemblies lis life is hardI,
worth the having. 1t is proper
enough, aud We don't see why tlIt
New York World condemns Gov
| Ames. who refused to intervene il
Vickshnrg when the races were abou
to collide in that city. Amps is u yer
table negro. When canvassing TIN
State against Alcorn he ate and slep
with negroes. His wife abhors hi
practices, as she must If they occupy
after one IF his jaunts Into the co,.'''
try, tile same apartments. Anes la
seen even how he is suspected BY TIL
blacks of insincerity, and knows vel
enough that the co-existcnce Of til
races, as laws are now operative. o.
terms If c4ualit, is simply impossible
He was not, as the New York Wort
snpposes, simply Indifferent when j
knew many negroes would be slanglI
tered, aud he was not simply desi'
GUS Of adding gl'astly stains to tn
reekiug, bloody shirt constituting hi
party banner in the North, but Anne
was conscious that forty dead me,
more or less, in such a system vt ~
ciety and government, signify moth
+ hing. 1t is only a question Of TIM
The races must ~ separated, or Oh
he subo,dinated to the either, or on
or the other slowly hut surely exte
minated Austin Statesman. .s
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

"Thcre ia a skeleton On e,Iy track y
says the Rochester Democrat. Yes
and when the psragapher Of thu
Democrat goes out driving this j.
more wildly apparent, rs he has II
throw \ blanket over his .h"rse!.t,
keep the hay from blowing out be-
tween its ribs Capital.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

There is the guile Of the serpent
and the sweetness If the dove in
these kind words to youth, from tl"
Cincinnati Times: 1--WE desire ia
mention to noisy little boys that,
right in the centre Of the hind h""t'
ri every live mule, there is a little
lump If gold which can tn very easily
dug out with a knife"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

Mira. Case, If Shoals, Indiana, dn.
ring the course Of single week
knocked one tramp down. btnks u rii,
f"r another, shot at IL third, and kick.
ed y fonrtIt' 40 vigorously that he had
to &" I" the hospital. This is the live.
iiest Case on recortl.--Detroit Free
Prese.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

The old ladies' If Massachusetts are
Forthcoming Gov. CASTOR, Of Massa-
e!'usetts. not t" hang Jesse Ponarr"y
for the reason that IN the present deli
cate state of his health it would l..
impossible for him tn sAvvive the
observation-disclosures News.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23

An old sailor passing through q
grave. yard saw on one Of the tomb
stones, II still live it was too
n,ucl, for Jack, and shifting his qni'l,
he calculated, "Wcll, I've heard say
that there are cases in winch . mar
nay liz but if | was dead III own it.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23
NAILS.
lRRlvALs AND DEPARTURES.

ORLEANs, Red River Landing,
mnsport, Moreanvil'e, Cotton
pint, Evergreen, Cheneyville Kamo-
70, Wellswood, Alexandria, Cotile
Id Cloutierville. Arrive and de.
art Monday, Wednesday and Fr'tlay,
8A. ~. d. a# ,as
IvEPORT, Spring Ridge, Keachie,
ansfield, Suuny-South, Pleasant
ill aid Marthaville. Arrive Tues.
", Thurday and Saturday. Depart
9nlay, Wednesday aud Friday, 1t
A. n.
AUGUSTINE, Milan, Sabinetown
ehlleton, Many, and Fort Jesenp
Srrive Tuesday and Saturday. De-
art Monday aud Thursday. at 7 A.
gDEN. Buckhorn, Ringgold, liver
- Coushatta and Csmpte. Arrive
(uesdsy and Friday. Depart Wed
lsy Ana Saturday 1t 8. A. n.
NfIELD, Atlanta, Montgomery, ant!
= Maurice Arrive Wednesday and
aturtlay. Depart Monday and Thurs
81 At 8 A. N.
|9ine t.' - 1911 # #
ALL MAILS CLOSE AT 6 A. NJ.
|iIce Hmrs-from 8 "A. M. to 3 p. NJ
from Bpm tO7PM.
y. F. DEvAfeAs. Post Master.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-29
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

--Arnica Liniment.---Add to one pint %
sweet oil two tablespoonfuls of tincture Of
arnica; good for wounds, stiff joints,
rheumatism and all injuries.
We do rot esteem suet puddings -
wholesome, and i rarely make them.
When do, this is my way: Flour, three
heaping tablespconfhls; two eggs, quarter
Of pound of sues, little ginger, . cupful
of raisins, half cupfhl Of sugar, half a
pint Of sweet milk and half dozen crack.
ers rolled fine. Mince the suet as ane a.
possible and roll it with the rolling pin 50
~ to'mix 1t well with the -four; let the
beaten eggs be well Stirred into the milk.
NIX all together, wet the cloth in boiling
wafer. -four it, tie ii loose, drop into boil
ing water and boil one'hour without stop
ping. Eat with cream and sSgar.--Cor.
Oato Farmer
--Ile. unrestrained sppetite Of swine
will often lead them 10 consume things
that are highly injurious 70 them. Cases
or poisoning by partaking Of excessive
quantities Of salt often occur among hogD
when beef and pork barrels are emptied
of the old brine and refuse salt. A case
in which several hogs wers lost In En-
gland was recently noted. Hogs require
certain amount Of salt, as do other ami
mails, but II should be given 10 them with
caution, and either evenly MIXED or scat
tered very thinly about their sroughs, 90
that one more greedy than another cannot
take more than, its proper share. Ia
change.
This approvedirecipe for making cur
~ is given by the Heusekoeper; A good
plateful of onions arc well Drowned in
stew pan with good lump of buaer; two
teaspoonfuis of Madras curry powder arc
stirred in; the meat is then added, cut
into small pieces; it' must be raw and
should be the best quality of beef or NUT
ton, and all Is again stirred up; two cloves
OF garlic chopped small are added; salt
according to taste, with about half q cof-
fee cup of cold water, and the whole is al
loved to boil up. After shis let the curry
simmer, adding cold, fresh milk when
ever it becomes too dry, and just before
serving good squeeze of lemon. Tho
curry should be commenced three hours
before dinner. Particular attention should
be given that the rice be well boiled.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-29
The Death-Rate.

From facts collected by medical men OF
all parts of the world II appears that sud.
den aud heavy increase Of the dea.h.rate
among adults marked the winter Of 1915.
In the Southern States Of this Union and
In Northern Europe the same disclosures
are made by the records Of vital statistics.
They all agree in the main parts OF their
reports, and declare that unprecedented
changes from the normal state OF the
weather occurred during the past cold
months. The weather was cold and moist.
That combination produced pulmonary
disease and pneumonia. A. the same
time II made this class Of ailments ex-
uemely difficult TO cure. Dipbtheria was
also prevalent in an unusual degree. In
some sections It amounted TO an epidemic,
and scores Of people were carried of by II
In a short time. Dr. Harris, Registrar
of Vital Statistics In New York, reports
that In that city the total percentage OF
deaths will be from IL 10 10 per cent. adj
ditional, and In special classes of diseases
most fatal the ratio has been doubled. In
reference to diphtheria the reports from
Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Liverpool,
Dublin, Vienna and Hamburg show that
the rayages have been widespread and
fatal. Paris has lower per cent. OF
deaths from this malady. This Is ac-
counted for by the excellent sanitary reg
ulations In force In the French capital, and
the rigid manner In which they are car
ried out by especial officers appointed Tor
that purpose. The physicians say that
persons in the constant hsbit OF taking
strong liquors are in great danger from
diphtherias In these persons the mucous
membrane OF the throat ID weakened TO
q fatal extent, and, a. q matter OF
course. cannot resist the double, as
sault Of cold atmosphere and that
heavily laden with moisture. In this sec
ton the weather was unusually trying upon
people. from the LIST Of January To the Isl
of April. One storm followed another in
rapid succession, and In most places the
transition was 30 sudden az W produce
CONSEQUENCES Of very unpleasant u mol
fa,alschaYacter. No attention 70 clothing
could prevent the action OF the damp.
rasping air upon the throat and lungs, and
hence The increase In this family OF com
plants. Among those who were com.
DC Aed 10 live In damp houses and go han
clad tho ratio Of mortality was OF necessity
greater. The winter OF 1896 vas
marked with heavy mortality rates, but
not 30 heavy as those Of 1s74-7A which
are now being presented 10 the world in
the snaps Of regularly collected vital
statistics PinslurAA CoDMesetaI
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-29
WHAT'S A BONANZA
n GAIL Banr.

~ CARL BlMT.
You wander through the mountains Of Ne
Yorlorn. Alone, and think how very sad =
Lie lot !. i + years; than strike Deep fstlns
When suddenly. . II your heart t ia
That's bonsa.a Psn' s-
You purchase, maybe, & N .nnt, ,oe....
With fear and trembling, worthless shares Of
stock; It
eoss straight ahead like honest Davy Crock.
And sosn gets higher than hr.td.ss
Then men bow down and can you great
That's bonanza.
You mediate, perhaps, shrewd invention.
And give it all your labor and attention,
With pain and toll you wouldn't want to
At last thought slips in without intention.
And makes perfection Of your little plan,
That's . bonanza.
You go into the market matrimonial;
Your paths are peace; your paths are bright
Hou meet with beauty, sweetness, love and
moneN all
The kindly fairies stand ready to pony all
Their good gifts up and place them in your
hand, sir
That's Q bonanza.
A lawyer, maybe, in your Office sitting,
With dreams Of debts and duns before you
fitting,
You fear good luck will meier begin its hit
ting;
In steps a stranger who, in terms most fit
ting,
Gives you fine, fat chancery plea TO an
That's bonanza.
That luc.I's fortune always has been told
Whate'cr we do the fates still make and
mold US;
II luck in its embrace at last enfold us,
Filling US fall of glory or of gold dust,
SO that the worlds respect we can command,
Sir
That's bonanza.
st. Louis Globe.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-29

"A Saratoga preacher delivered such
powerful svnpn On clinrity thsf the con-
g-egation went heme ana hunsed up iorty-
I've old coats and three stxpladdcrs Tor
the grasshappeg sufferers
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-29

Though am always In haste, ] an
never In hurry john Westey.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31
FOSSIL. REM ANS.

One morning Mr.. NJ. B. Stone, while
diggin. sand i'll tic pit south of the town
branch, on Lamar street, struck with n
picl, what he suppose to be Il stone, but
on prying it out found it to be q portion
Of some mammoth lie collected the
pieces, and brought u part of the jaw to
our Office Evidently it is the relic Of the
mcgalosarrus. From the specimen here,
the Jaw must have lcrn four feet long.
There are five teeth attached to tAc ri 'cc,
ca, II tooth ueig ;Lg from one and Il half
TO two rounds. 1t WIS found SIX feet be-
low tn" surface, and is i'll good stltc of
preservation, the teeth esp c,ally, at the
iuHc' :on between the hard tooth and the
soft part of the jaw is we'll defined. OAc
of the teeth measures six inches in length
and three and Il half in with. We quote
from the New American Cyclopcdin :-"The
me ,alosaurus must have been thirty or
forty feet lons. 1t MAS terrestrial, and
probably preyed upon the smaller reptiles
and the young of the larger The relies
are interesting, and the balance will be
collected and ctn be seen by calling at the
"Commerciul' Office.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31
HAIR WHITENED A NIGHT.

Father Lcckncr visited Ike Hooper, the
condemned murderer. early yesterday
morning and informed him of the refusal
of Governor Smith to grant executive Glenn
cy. Hooper was at first much agitatcd,
and trembled like u leaf shaken by the
wind, but soon became more composed, and
during the day seemed to have become
more reconcilel to his fate. A remarkable
fact in connection with this case is an ex-
emplifcation of the Oft told story that
mems hair sometimes turn gray in Il sim
gle night. When Hooper was sentenced
by Judge Pottle last month his hair was
perfectly black. The morning after the
sentence was imposed Mr.. Bridges, keeper
of the Jail, noticed on entering the con-
demned mans cell that portion of his
head was perfectly white. He Immediate
ly asked him where he had obtained flour
to put on his head. Hooper was surprised
and said he knew nothing about it. Mr.
Bridges then went UP TO him and dis.
covered that a large part of his hair. inn
mcdiately on the crown of his head actu-
aly changed from IL deep black to a snowy
white during the night. The agony of a
few hours had done what years generally
mplish.-1nynstu (Ga.) Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31
THE VICTORY PRINTING MACHINE.

The Liverpool Victory" Printing Ma
chine Company has achieved most signal
triumph in engineering skill. 1t has in
vented machine which can turn out of
hand, ready for the readers use. no fewer
than six thousand copies per hour of a
work containing in all twenty-four pages
of printed matter pasted and bound to-
gether, without the aid of the manipula-
tive art of folding, stitching and binding.
The machine in question has been made to
the order of an American firm, and measures
but twenty seven feet in length. The op-
Grafton of feeding" is entirely dispensed
with; the MACHINE regulates its own sup
ply, and in very little more than a second
a sheet Of clean paper passes in at one
end, and comes out az the other in the
form Of a we'll cut and solidly bound book.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31
COFFEE.

Java coffee has a large, full, yellow ber-
ry. That of the Rio is smaller and of
grcenish tinse. The difference is essen
tial properties is derived from the differ
ence in climate, that of Java retaining the
bean to ripen more perfectly than it is left
to do in Brazil, where it is raised chiefly
by unskillcd slave labor. The best coffee
for family use is made by mixing the two
Java affords the most fragrance, and Rio
the most stimulation against chillness and
damp. Very much depends upon the
parching Of coffee. This should be done
slowly at first to expel all the moisture,
and rapidly at last. stirring it constantly,
so that it will be Drowned. and not burned
in the least. When it has an oily appear
ancc, and is of light brown color, it
should be removed at once from the fire
and put in q c,ose vessel. There are
great many coffee pots; but for family use
we have never found anything better than
a good block-tin pot, and the white Of an
egg to cleanse the beverage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31
JOHN HIGGINS OF SUCKER FLAT.


A San Francisco paper relates the follow
ing incident: A few evenings ago. an
odd-looking character entered one of the
leading hotels of this city, and after
scrawling his name - "John Higgins,
Sucker Flat" - upon the register. cast
down o twenty dollar piece upon the
counter, ard asked for q good room"
The obliging clerk docketed him No. 49S,
somewhere in the attic, and John Higgins,
OF Sucker Flat was shown into the eleva-
tor. For some reason or other the boy
was not at his post, and Higgins, suppos-
ing it was the room in which he was to
spend the night, Immediately began to I'M
dress. In few moments the elevator
boy returned. and found Higgins minus
everything but his undershirt and drawers.
The gentleman from Sucker Flat was con-
siderably surprised at what he considered
the unceremonous intrusion of the boy,
and demanded why he dared to come into
a gentleman room without knocking.
The boy took in the situation at a glance,
and seeing 4 party of ladies coming up,
with the apparent purpose of ascending
in the elevator, concluded that Higgins
must be got out Of the way as soon as
possible, and giving the rope q tug, sent
the apparatus skyward. The moment the
thing began to ascend, Higgins began to
bound about the confined apartment like
Gagged lunatic, and for while it was hard
to tell which of the two was the most
frightened, Higgings or the boy. At last
they reached the top floor and came to
open the door and rushed out of the cleva-
tor, airily clad ina simple costume ofred un-
der shrtand white drawers. He was closely
followed by the boy. who was evidently
anxious to get the guest into room No. 499
as soon as circumstances would permit.
AS luck would have it, however. 4 number
of chamhermaiis were Just passing the
spot, and as Higgins broke loose in their
midst they filled the upper corridors with
unearthly shrleks, and fed in different
directions. At last, by the assistance of
several walters, Higgins WAS caught and
taken to his room. where his wearing ap-
parcl was afterward brought to him. HiS-
gins now uses the Stairs wLen he wan is to
so up or down.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31

Strange are the uses of false hair. It is
known that its collection is an important
branch of trade, as its wearing is Of fash
ion, that it leads to grave robberies, that
the article often causes and spreads dis
ease, that it is employed to hide badness
which children used to be warned to re-
spect, and that it is also Il means of super.
huous decoration to those not suffering
from want. But lately it has been brought
into notoriety in other ways. In a recent
English assault and battery trial the crush
ing testimony against the defendant was
production i'll court of masses of hair torn
ing summoned. sworc to the Satisfaction
of the judge that the samples were trade
hair" and never were Il part of the plain.
tff's. The case was dismissed, but the
singular use of the hair has gone into the
court report histories of false appearances !;
and now in Albany the other day woman
committed suicide by hanging herself with
chair switch that she removed from her
head for the purpose" These are sugges-
tive illustrations of capillary attraction.
Since one suicide has been SO performed,
it is inevitable that others like it should
follow, and, perhaps, at last the false hair
delusion is going to work its own cure in this
radical fashion. 1t would be as fit solu-
ton, as some of those chemistry COM
pounded
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-07-31
THE TRANSIENT GLORY OF BLACK
WALNUT.

The best black walnut in the United
States is found in Indiana. Forty years
ago could be found in that State crop of
black walnut unequalled in quantity and
quality, but to-day it is not to be found in
such immense trees, neither is the num-
Der of trees by any means SO numerous.
The largest and best trees were used years
ago for fence rails and such common pur-
poses; then it had no particular common
value. Before walnut came into general use
the most of domestic furniture was made Of
cherry; walnut has now entirely superseded
this and all other wood. Thousands offence
rails can be found to-day through Indiana
that were split more than a half century
ago, and they are as sound now rs then,
save the wear and tear. OF all hard woods
the walnut is the most durable save red
cedar. and possibly in the ground black
locust would equal it. Indiana walnut is
comparatively gone. In isolated parts of
the country where this timber grows there
is yet some of inferior quality, but to a
limited extent. But the general black
walnut growing in the deep forest, in the
rich low lands, in its primitive nature, is
thing of the past. The general supply
must now be gathered from the four quar-
ters of the earth to supply demand that
required u century for its elimination,
and its elimination witnesses the astound-
ing spectacle of the almost entire exiting
ton of the valuable material.