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The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-06
Grammar in a Nutshell,

The annexed ef1usion does not
come under the head Of new inven.
tions and recent discoveries, in fact
we believe it, has been published
from time to time during the past
twenty years. But, as the Com
me'c'nl Adreatiser (where it appear.
ed last) says: "The name of tho
author should not have been allow.
ed to sink into oblivion. On tho
contrary, he deserves Immortality.
and the gratitude of generations
yet unborn, for we have never met
with SO complete Il grammar of tho
English language in SO small u
space. Old, as well as young,
should commit these lines to mem
ory, for by their aid it will be diff
cult, if not impossible for them to
fall into errors concerning parts Of
speech:
Three little words yon ofton see
Arc articles, u, an. und the,
II.
a nouns the name Of anythinr.
AS school or garden, hoop or swing.
III.
A1iectves show the kind of noun,
AS great, small pretty, white or brown.
".
Instead Of nouns the pronouns stand.
Her head, bis face, your arm, my hand.
v.
Verbs tell us something to be done.
10 read, count laugh, sing, JUMP or run
W.
How things are done. the adverbs toll.
AS slowly, quickly, ill., or we'll.
VII.
C"njunctions join the words torether. o
AS men and women, wind or weather.
VIII.
The proposition stands before
noun, US i'll, or through, the door.
TX.
The interjection shows surprise.
AS oh how pretty-ah how wise.
x
The whole are called parts of specch.
Which reading, writing speaking teach.
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GlES, from severity dollar no top
buggy to q Fifteen hundred dollar
Coach. Harness, Children's carriages
md Vcloclp'des Mt prices cheaper
than the cheapest, to suit the times
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- HAVE REMOVED MY STOCK OF
b, Carriages. Bug-ies, Jersey Wagons,
Harness Children's Carriages and Veloc-
pcdes, to No. lG7 Gravier Street, New Or
leans, opposite Cassidy s. Hotel, and have
rednced prices to suit the times and will
sell without reference tn cost Examine
my stock and prices before going else
where. d. NJ. UOLLJNGSWOnTU
Dec Is, Gnu.
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- The editor Of the Panama
Star apologises for the non-appear-
ance Of bis paper by saying thar'he
had to haul oil to dig buckshot out
Ct hts leg.
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THE EVENING POST

THE EVENING POST
Is an advocate of the substitution Of gen
eral laws for special Legislation. of the
freedom of trade, Of the restoration aud
maintainance of q specie currency, Of the
decentralization Of political power. Of i'm
partial taxati"n. of the restraint Of mon
opolies, and Of tho reform of the civil SER
vice of the government and it is an o,,-
ponent Of every form of dislovalty, wheti.
er mani'csting itself in rebellion and sed.
tion, in official oppression, extravagance
and pInnder. or in tho attempted reuudl:.-
ton of the public debt.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

your" asked the quick, eager tones of
Mr.. Plaine's incisive voice.
"Tom Wrghts, sir. My name is Bes-
sle."
"Ah! he's hurt, is hei Perhaps that's
a dodge-where do you liver Pll go and
see him. All my men have left me. When
did it happen, little girl"
"To-day. He fell from the staging"
"Ah, in the Grosvenor Square build
ingr'
"Yes, sir"
"Leps walk round that way"
Bessie took the contractors hand, and
they went together to the scene of the
accident.
ssome of their Internal rascality.
They ought to be made to suffer for it
and they shall. Not man Of them shall
ever work for me againp was Mr..
Planes ejaculation as he inspected the
cause of the fallen staging.
"See here, little girl, the Williams sawed
that post two-thirds Off and left it as they
did this one, SO that the least sway of
the staging under mans tread, would
throw it over from the wall, and let your
father down."
who do you suppose did it, sir~
"LOrd bless you, that's more than we
can find out. PHI Danish him, whoever it
was"
Thus talking they came to the house
where Bessie ,myed.
,, well, Tom, how are youW cried the
contractor, as he entered the neat room,
and saw his workman bolstered up on a
lounge. his wife holding his hand.
"Only broken arm and sprained
side, sir, with few Bruises" said Tom,
cheerfuly.
stake a chair, sir. You are very kind
to come and see my husband,Y said
Mary.
"fd be dog if didn't" growled the
contractor.
$50 that's all that ails you, is il? I
come for your wages last Saturday
nightw
"No, sir. The men were striking"
"I understand. Here they are. Now,
mean work, but keep on your feet?"
"By three days, L hope, though the
doctor said longer"
"Lie still till next Monday morning.
Then come to my office, Pve engaged a
tull gang Of fresh men in place OF those
miscreants that left me in the lurch, and
lhaye caused your accident, and Pm 60
ing to make you my foreman. You are
not to work, remember, only oversee the
jobs and hurry them along. Your salary
will be just double your present wages,
and will date from to-day. Not word
there-don't thank mel! pye found a
man can rely on, for business, and it's
a godsend for me. Get strong as soon as
possible. Goodnight"
Tom Wright owns handsome cottage
now. 1t is all paid for, and Tom has
stock in the bank besides. Mr.. Plaine
made him his partner next year, and
Tom has learned to realize the advant-
age of doing his DUTY to his employer and
himself.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09
n CHUSHING BLOW AIAED AT THE
MARRIAGE RELATIOR.

The Beecher trial has instigated a
movement in the New York Legislature
most perverse and aDominable. Two
bills have been introduced for the pur-
pose of changing the law in respect to
HE prohibition OF husband or wife being
. witness in cases in which either is a
party, whether of a civil or criminal
character. The object is to enable Mrs.
Gilton to be witness in the case now
pending in Brooklyn, and likely to
spend" for ten weeks more, II not all
summer.
At the first glance it looks as if Mrs.
TiIton ought to be witness. She is in
fact on trial as well as Mr.. Beecher; and
the first thought of every one is that she,
o. well as Mr.. Beecher, should have the
sieht to protect herself under oath.
But, however plausible appears this
superfcial view Of the case, the pro-
posed legislation is unwise and ex-
.sersble. 1t would be the final blow Of
Ttee Love to the marriage relation.
without MUTUAL confidence there can es
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

A genuine New Yorker will never Of
fer his seat in street car to. woman,
unless she Is old, sick, OF heavy laden.
They find it don't pay. The surest indi-
cation that a man is from the country is
to see him jump up to offer his seat to a
lady in New York street car.
Mr.. Conway tells of a London minister
who, taken ill of smallpox in his pulpit,
insisted on being carried to the hospital
in passing hearse, rather than in cab,
lestthereby the loathsome disease should
be communicated to others.
Mr.. Tllton shows indications Of lack
ing a housewife. His coat on Thursday
lacked two buttons of its original COM
plement, his trousers were frayed around
the bottom, and the handkerchief which
he spread across his knees had q hole in
it.
The man Fronth, who murdered rail-
way engineer on the Moraviap line, has
been executed at Olmusk. 1t was the
first execution In private which has oc-
Cured IN Austria.
The annual fair of the Des Moines
county, Iowa, Agricultural Society 10
announced for September q, %, % and
"a. The fastest horse will carry of a $2,-
500 purse. -.-..
The striking miners at Brazil have
burned out three coal shafts, at an ex-
pense Of $50, 900 to the owners.
London's new Opera-house on the
| Thames embankment will cover twenty.
five acres of ground.
The Bonapartists have but eighteen
votes in the Assembly, but they hold the
balance Of power.
A California millionaire has ordered a
parlor suite that is to cost S250,000 in
gold.
Railroad stocks are becoming unpopu-
lar with capitalists.
Alfred Tennysoa is considerable
land owner.
A genuine Sleepy Holler-haying the
nightmare.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09
Real Estnta Transfers.

Wm.' Carroll to Mary Stall, lot 30 by 100 feet,
on the northwest corner Of Vine and Locust
sureets, in Reading-$1,00U.
The German catholic Cemetery Society to
Anton Meidel, half Of Lot ST, in Block 49, on
the plat Of st. Johns Cemetery at st. Bernard
$37 30.
The Merchants and Mechanics Land and
Building Association to Mary Collins, Lots 81
and 81 in the Associations subdivision, in Sec
tion ?, Springfield township, each 81 by l4o feet
$1,000.
Josiah IIigdon to Peter schwan, lot "a by 9lo
feet, ,Dn the west side Of Hunt street, south OF
the Montgomery road-$4Oo.
L. G. Hopkins and wife to Anna 5. Wads-
WORTH, Lot o in the grantors third addition to
Norwood, 30 by 1873 feet-$G25
Daniel Beasley, per Master Commissioner, to
G. III. RombacK, lot IS by 191 9I-lOO feet. on the
south side of Moore street, $50 feet east of Bel
street, Walnut Hills. Also. leasehoid, 81 by
115 feet, on the south side of Chestnut street,
81 feet west Of Elm street, Second Ward--$l30
Q. II. Romback and wife to j. b. Reinhart
trustee, same property-s1 and other consider
ations,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

no marriage. Without sacred secrets that
neither party shall divulge under any
circumstances, there can be no family
institution. With marital condolences
destroyed, there would remain nothing
of ''holy wedlock" except cold indiffer-
ence and unsanctitied sensuality. In re-
spect to all the condolences that render
the union of husband and wife infinitely
more sacred than any other relation of
mankind, there should be no inquisition
by any tribunal on earth.
1t is only in cases of gross and intoler-
able abuse of one party by the other that
either should be allowed to appear in
Court against the other; and in such
case nothing should be divulged except
the facts on which the specific charge is
based. Even were the parties divorced,
neither should be allowed to take the
witness stand in any case, whether civil
or criminal, to which the other is party.
The parties may have lived twenty years
in the mutual confidence of wedlock pre-
vious to their divorce; and those conf
dences should continue to be as rigidly
guarded by the law as If the union still
supsisted between them,
The marriage relation is so high above
earth, whether civil or ecclesiastical,
should be suffered to invade it. The
family was the first organized form of
society, and should be held superior to
either Church or State. 1t was prior to
both in origin, was the parent Of both,
and neither could long subsist without
pre- eserving the integrity of the family.
What is there in either Beecher or Til
ton above all other men who have stood
in need of wife's testimony, that should
authorize the Legislature of great State
to strike down the whole social fabric
for their sakep What is there in Mrs.
Tilton above and beyond ten thousand
other women who have been equally un-
fortunate, that should give to Mrs. Wood
hull the glory of Free Love triumph!
Lawyers are not allowed to betray the
CohHuchCS VI tuolA ploicooloihl AOAdOioho
under any circumstances; and often
when dispute occurs as to what facts
these relations cover lawyer goes to
prison rather than yield to the judgment
of the court. So also Of physicians. So
likewise of ecclesiastics. What are the
condolences of all these professions in
comparison with those of the marriage
relation9 And yet it is now gravely pro-
posed to strike down the family instiSu-
tion whose sanctities are of greater mo-
ment to all human interests than the
three professions and all civil institu-
tions and litigations, together with all
individual fortunes and regulations COM
bined!
For the sake-for that is all it would
amount to-for sake of deepening the
filthy mire of that great cesspool of scan
dal, shall such legislation disgrace the
statute books of New York?
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09
Court CAlIin1S.

In the case OF Ezra G. Bonham against
the Whitewater Valley r. X. Company, a
suit TO recover 81 900 damages for killing
a horse through, as alleged, negligence,
the jury returned verdict of 5000 for the
plaintiff.
The jury in the case OF Byrne against
Hits, mentioned some time ago, returned
verdict for Byrne in the sum Of 5000.
j. Nj. q. Gibson made an assignment
yesterday TO A. Mcneil; bond of as
signee, $4,000.
Fred. Smelling, some time aso, brought
a suit against Theodore M. johnson to
recover on an account, and the jury yes
terday returned verdict for the defend
ant.
In the case OF Rhodes Smith against
the Andes Insurance Company verdict
Of 1888 was rendered the plaintiff upon
policy OF insurance on stock Of goods
in Gessie, Indiana.
The jury set aside the will In the case
of Havens j. Hammel against 3. Ham,
mel and others. The plaintiff sought to
set aside the will of the late Alex. Ham.
mel, Of Sycamore township. -.
The case of II. @. Bates against A. H.
Smith and others came up on motion
to strike out from the plaintiffs replies
certain alleged irrelevant matter which
was claimed to be an estoppel to those
parties seeking to set aside the will.
The Court held that the matter could be
pleaded. 1t was then claimed that the
Judgment constituting the will estopped
the defendants. This matter the Court
took under further consideration.
THE EGNER TRIAL-NIGHT SESSION.
Isadore Freiberg and George Western
brook were examined in the Egner trial
at the night session, but nothing new
was developed. Benz. Frank, one of
Freiberg's employees, who witnessed
Schilling's assault last August 9th, was
then examined. He was not called in
the Rufer case. He testified that Egner's
son, the night of August 9th, came to
the shop window and said, "Where Is
| that low Dutch cockeyed -, my sister
died to-day and he has to die too" A
little after the two Egners came into the
! yard with barrel stave in each hand,
| ana they tried to kill Schilling; Schilling,
however, defended himself with basket
and ran into the beam house; here they
were separated, when 'old Egner said,
"Pll catch yeu yet" They knocked
Schilling down in the beam house; his
face was swollen and bleeding. After
the cross-examination the fact thet Schil-
| ling had told the witness that he boarded
| with Egner was brought. out in the redi-
rect examination. Adjourned. -.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

In one of the public schools recently,
Johnny and Jimmie got into quarrel
and were called up for it. ale stole Or
anges," said Johnny "and l kin prove
it.S II say 1 didn't" was the prompt
response; "but he stole apples and
wouldn't give me the first bite" "My
dear children" said the teacher kindly,
s'say no more. / am fully convinced
that you will be a board Of education
some daysS
The detectives searching for Charlie
Ross have already expended more than
$40, 600; 100000 circulars have been is
sued: printing and photographing have
cost $4,000; corps OF clerks have been
employed in the correspondence; 200
bands of gypsies have been searched /;
| 500 Charlie Rosses have been reported,
and fully 50O,000 persons have been en-
gagged in the search.
| All the Judges of the Courts of Quenn's
Bench, Common Pleas aud Exclfequer
have been invited by the British Home
Department to give their opinion as to
| the efficacy OF fiogging as a punishment,
and the advisability of extending its ap-
| plication. All but one nave replied, the
majority being in favor OF fogglng, while
only TWO are decidedly against it.
You can save one-tenth of your gas bill
by going.each night and morning, when
you need no more light, and turn 1t off at
the meter; and the greater the length OF
the pipe.in your house the larger in pro-
portion will be your saving; for no matter
how perfect your fittings there is always
leakage.
The cable man gives us but the tail
end of the name Of China's dead Em.
peror. In full it is "Toai-Shun Ai-Sin
Kioh-So Tung- Chi" Is it any wonder he
died youngq
| A boy, on being asked the other day
who was the Prime Minister of England,
answered, without hesitation, "Nr. Spur
geonA
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

THE prospect of converting our postal
currency into silver coin is not very fiat
tering. The last financial splurge of
Congress contemplated the restoration
of that almost forgotten music which is
best appreciated and most enjoyed Of all
the harmonies--thec clink of silver in every
pocket. But alas, the golden god rose
Indignant, and has continued to elevate
the emphasis of his protests to such a
pitch of wrath that the silver goddess
will not dare to show her face.
In sober truth, gold is five per cent.
TOO high to permit the circulation OF sill
yer. In the worlds precious market
silver is worth three per cent. less than
eold. In addition, we are debasing our
silver coin 6.66 per cent. in order to in
sure its circulation-gold having stood
for long time ct 10, and sometimes
weak at that. When gold is at 9.66 there
is an equilibrium between the two coins.
At 10 for gold, silver could scarcely he
kept in circulation, because it would
have speculative value sufficient to
tempt its collection for sale. Even the
necessity of having silver change would
not keep out supply if it could be sold
at a per cent. premium. A premium of
1r16 in France draws silver from Ger
many. 1t is supposed that even at 1-S
premium the brokers would CLEAN up all
he silver change that could be reached
by them.
What have we now? Instead Of the
equilibrium between gold at 966 and
silver at par, we have gold at about Is
aGording premium of about five and
ene-third on silver! Hard money for
change beyond copper and nickel is,
therefore, out of the question for an
indefinite period to come. So much for
the success OF the latest financial tink-
aring in the direction of silver coin. II
the working Of the balance OF the act
shall be equally brilliant, it will illus
trate the wisdom Of the Forty third Con.
gress.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09
TWAS FALSE.

Had Envy, with sarcastic tongue,
Or, Hatred, broached this thing to ms
Not all the bards who've ever sung
Since first Apollo's harp was strung,
Had made me deem such thing could be.
But ah! what snares our pathway pave
Affections lips pronounced it true.
(What idle tolls our hearts enslayeD
l heard. and ready credence gave
The whispered tale she never knew.
But watchful fate unmasked it all;
For wheeling from the joyous waltz
To greet some spritc with merry call,
Amid the throng she let it fail.
In blank despair
Irealzed it all was false,
1t was her hair.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

PREPARATIONS for the May Musical
Festival 60 on in most satisfactory
manner. The rehearsals are well at
tended, and SO much interest is every
where manifested that it is already con-
1idently prophesied that the approach
Ing festival will be even the greatest tri-
.umph yet achieved for the musical tai
ent OF this city.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

FRANKLIN, N. H., has had case paral-
1el with our Perkins horror. On Friday
last Mrs. Clark, wife of J. G. Clark, a
prominent machinist of that place, in a
1T Of insanity, cut her little daughters
throat and then her own. The mother is
;stil living, but the hopes of her recovery
are very slight.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-09

IT already transpires that the new Sem
ate Committee on Railroads will have a
majority in favor of the Texas Pacific
scheme.