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OF
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The above Sewing Machine IL
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Sewing Machine Needles, Csc per dozen
at J. E. & T. }. Behen's, Monroe. nov2O-tf
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COURIER-JOURNAI.

usual prlce - DC, postage prepaid on boil,
papers tor one year, for 81 50
The Wcesiy Courier Journal is the or.o,
NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER
IL will, on December 3lsi 1873, ,.;,rr,bur,
imparIiaily $4,000 in valuable. rr,>cr,.
among lis sub>crliIer>, aud every substitution
sent ihr"'sh us vii! br yi'i:lcd to "A rccisrrrc.,
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Sr'ri ms : 80 and get beth pap..s
gSs3" We will also send ia connection ,yi.I,
the BEACON ami the Coaricy-.yorru0L rh,.
SOUTHERN ARGUS, published M Selma.
Ala, the great Grange Paper, all three for
- %. Three good papers with postage pre-.
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to our tt: subscribers who are so far in arrears
we make Tins proposition Come up aud
pay back sn's'r'rIon with one year in advance
and we will make liberal discount.
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beatty E!A 81

GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Combines every improvement known
Fay send stamp for circular. Address,
DANIEL f. BE4.ATTY, Washington Neu
Jersey.
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Moors Business University, Atlanta, Ga.
The only Actual Business School in the South.
Send for Catalogue ly.
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Lost, Strayed or Stolen,

EROM the undersigned, on or about the
IL time the water came up in A pri. 1915.
one sorrtl mare pony, with fax :. ane and
tail, with blaze in the face, about , or II
hand high-walks and trots-5 or 6 years old
reward of 5000 will be paid for her de-
livery to Wiley p. Mangham. a; Rayville, or
to the owner, south OF RayvilIe
Aug %, 1878 If GEO LYSLES.
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VALUABLE LOTS FOR SALE! I'm
Y proved and unimproved. by Wiley p
Mani ham, RayvilIe, Louisiana.
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Don't Forget your Paper.

Now that cotton is coming in we hope our
subscribers will not forget us entirely as many
have done IN the past. We need money to
defray the expenses of the Office, and it is
ours and we earnestly appeal to those who
are behind with their subscription TO come
forward and pay us little if they can't pay
all. We have made sacrihces to furnish you,
with a good paper. We want our own, need
it and if we are not paid, the accounts will
be placed in hands of Justice Peace, and
the paper discontinued as it is impossible to
furnish paper from year to year for moth.
ing. IT,
ORGAN FoR SALE-We offer for sale aNo IS
S275 Beatiy's Golden Tongue Parior Organ.
manufactured by Mr.. Daniel F. Beatty, of
Washington, N. j., who advertises in our
columns. The organs manugactured by this
house are noted for their beautiful finish, rich
deep tone, and great durability have only
TO be seen aud heard to he appreciated. Call
at this Office #
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TET your jnb printing done at the BEA
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Patrons Of Husbantlry.-R,

WILLIE GRANGE, No. 50, meets every second
and fourth Thursday in each month, a. II
o clock, A. NJ.
Maury Grange No. 40, meets on Saturday
before the let and Bird Sunday in each month
Mcdonald, Master; Geo. Francis, Secty
Regular meetings of RayvilIe Pomona
Grange No are the first Wednesdays in
January, April July and October, 1876.
Regular meetings Of Grard Grange No. so
are held on the End and ith Saturdays in
each month.
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BEATTY PIANO!

GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Ills splendid Piano Forte combines every
improvement IN tone with power aud great
durabliiy. and has received thu unuut.Itiei
embellishments OF the highest musical au,llnri.
ties tor lis narvelDnS, extraordinary richness
of tone, having NO SUPERIOR IN THE
WoRLD. Large size : Ociave>. Oversrrung
ha-S, Full Iron Franz, French Grand Action.
Fret Desk, Carved Pedal. Solid Rosewood
Nouldlng-, Ivory Key From, Capped Ham.
n'ers, Giraffe Treble, &c. Liberal discount
To the trade. Agents waurcd-maIe or ,.,u,lr
E-ay"S send stamp for circular. Address.
DANIEL T.. BEATTY. Wash-
ing:On, Now Jersey. Iy
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APtNNY SAVED ISAPENNY EARNED.
$4,000 GIVEN AWAY!

We will send The RTELAND Beacon. the
usual price of when Is 50 % aud the .ouis.
,-ilI.. Mill.
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MasOnfc....Regular communications of
X. +. Mcclure Lodge No. 209 the 2md Wed.
nesday in each month.
Ten,perance.-U.F.T., RlcHLAxD
COUNCIL No. ~, meets on the second and
fourth Tuesday nights OF each month.
Ii. ID. C.-RAYvlLLE CorycIL No. -.
holds It's regular meetings on the second
Wednesdays of each month
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Religious.

preach regularly. at Alto on the :, Sabbath
in each month a; Union Church on Ba.kin
Ridge, in franklin Pa. on the third Sab.
bath; at RayvlIIe on the fourth Sabbarh;-
Preaching in RayviIIe every Wednesday
night.
Regular appointment for preaching Of the
Baptist Church at RayviIle is the first sunday
IN ~ IA month and Saturday night before
Rev. l.. E. KeIIis Pastor.
The appointments Of the RavvilIe c rcu,
VI. r.. Church South are a. fellows Girard.
the frs, Sunday in earh month"; Rayville the
second, Alto the third, and Union the fourth.
Jas. l.. Wright, p c.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11
Ancient Bedsteais.

The first attempts at hedsteads made
by our Saxon ancestors were rough
benches of wood. upon which were laid
sacks filled with straw. I'm accom-
plished writer on domestic history. in
describing the mode of furnishing
houses in the middle ages. tells Us
there were tables of cypress, carved
cabinets, and, above all, the bed. the
most important piece of furniture in
the house" whoever shall bear my
surname and arm says great English
lord, "shall, according to my will. have
my great bed for life.
There was the standing he'd" and
the truckle-bed. On the former lay the
lord, and on the latter his attendant In
the DAYTIME the truckle-bed. on casters.
was rolled under the standing bed. The
posts. headboarl and canopics of bed
steads were sometimes carved or painted
in colors; but they are generally repre-
scented covered with rich hangings.
Few objects of antiquarian curiosity
have acquired more notoricty than Il
bedstead of unusually large dimensions
preserved ut Ware, twenty miles from
London, on the road to Cambridge.
Shakespeare employs il rs an object of
comparison in the play of the "Twclfth
Night" where Sir Toby Belch says:
"As many lies as will lie in thy sheet of
paper. although the sheet were big
enough for the bed of Ware. in Eng
land" This curious piece Of furniture
was twelve feet square, and large enough
to hold twenty or thirty persons.
Early in the fourteenth century, one
Thomas Blaket, or Blanket, introduced
the wooden fabric which still goes by
his name. The beds of the better classes
were sumptuous and comfortable; mat
tresses were used, but more frequently
the straw lay loosely upon the mating.
In the order for making the kings bed
occurs the following command: "A
yeoman with dagger is to searche the
strawe of the kynge's bedde. that there
he none untrenth therein-thc hcddc of
downc to be cast upon that In the
Tudor times warming-pans first came
into existence: they were deliberately
made. and engraved with armorial bear
ings. notices and inscriptions Many
of the lofty four-post bedsteads in
which our grandfathers delighted are
still in existence. They We're nuisanccs
which must have sorely tried the pa
fence of those that had to do with them
once taken apart it is almost impossible
to make the screws that hold them to-
gether fit into their places again, and
the sacking bottoms must have required
tightening up whenever they were
slept upon. The immense hight at
which they stood from the floor rem
dered small ladder necessary, and the
task of getting in and out must have
been attended with no small amount of
difficulty. il not danger.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11
How Seal-Skins are Procured.

But man takes life for many other
purposes than for mere food: he desires
hides. horns. furs, feathers. ivory, ami
nal fats and oils. and considers himself
fully justified in satisfying these desires.
however extreme or whimsical. by the
destruction OF life. The savage. in need
Of clothing. and unable to manufac-
turc WOODEN garments. may indeed
plead the necessity of wrapping himself
in furs; hut can civilized man, who is
we'll acquainted with the art of produc-
ing artificial covering equal il not supc-
riOr to furs. advance the same plea? All
that he can say in justification of his
practice of killing and torturing, in or
der to obtain furs and feathers. is TO
proclaim that not his necessities.
not his convenience or wcll-being.
but his Injuries. whims and ca
prices are Il fall warrant. 1t may be
here useful to glance ut the scal-skin
trade rs an instance III point Till 4
comparatively recent period, seals were
hunted merely for their flesh and blub
Der, by Greenlanders. Esquimauv, and
occasionally 10y whale FISHERS from civil
lied nations their skins were in little
demand. and unattractivc i'll color. Tn
fortunately for the seal-and. it may be
added, unfortunately for the honor of
humanity-a method was discovered of
converting the grayish hue of its fur
into a rich. lustrous brown. Forthwith.
scal-skins became the rage, not for caps
or waistcoats of sailors and fishermen.
or the garments of Skrwlings. but for
the jackets of fashionable ladies'. and
found ready sale at high prices. To
obtain them, extensive hunting cxpedi-
tons were sent out, and conducted with
an amount of cruelty which is perhaps
without parallel in all the dealings of
man toward the lower animals. Seals
are most readily captured at the time
when they have young cubs not yet
capable Of following their mothers
through the water. At this time they
may he found upon the shores of Ger
tain Arctic regions in great numbers,
and here accordingly they are attacked.
The mother seals are stunned with blows
from clubs, and then hayed, often be
fore quite dead. it being considered that
the fur is thus obtained in more lus-
trous condition. As for the Young ones.
they are left to perish Of cold and hun
ger The frightful atrocity of this syS-
TEN will be more fully understood if we
remember that the seal stands high in
the scale of animal life. and possesses
large. well-developcd brain, and il deli
cate nervous system All this cruelty
is therefore done for the sake Of fash
ion,' and to it all wearers of seal-skin
jackets make themselves accessories. 1t
is true that some voices, in England and
elsewhere. have been raised against this
system. and that some attempts have
been made to mitigate its horrors 10y
Legislative cnactments. But policemen,
officers of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, and magis-
trates. cannot follow every scal-hunting
expedition to the Northern seas; and
there is every reason to fear that, as
long as the demand for seal-skin jackets
continues. the supply will he obtained
substantially in the manner we have
sketched
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11
HE Has an AK to Grind"

Franklin says: When I was little
boy, | remember, one cold Winters
morning, | was accosted by smiling
man, with an AK ON his shoulder.
"My pretty boy said he, has your
father u grindstone?'
eyes, sir said T.
"You are fine little fellow said he
Twill you let me grind my AK on it?'
Pleased with the compliment of "a
fine little fellow "Oh, yes, sir" an
swered; lit is down in the shop
"And will you, my man" said he,
patting me on my head, get me Il little
hot water?"
How could / refuse? | ran and soon
brought kettle full.
''How old are you, and what's yoni
name?' continued he, without waiting
for reply. "Im sure you're one OF
the finest lads that ever have seen.
Will you just turn few minutes for
me ?'
Tickled with the fiattcry, like fool |
went to work, and bitterly did | ruc tn.
day. 1t was a new TX. and [ tolcd and
tugged till was almost tired to death
The school-bell rang, and could not
get away. Ny hands were blstercd
and it was not half ground. At length
however, the AK was sharpencd, and the
man turned to me with:
Now, vou little rascal, You We played
the truant; scud to school, or you'll
get it
Alas, thought /. it was hard enough
to turn grindstone this cold day. but
now to bc called little rascal, was too
much. 1t sunk deep in my mind, and
often have | thought of it since. When
| see merchant over polite to his Gus
toners, begging them to take little
brandy, and throwing his goods on the
counter, thinks /, that man las an AK to
grind. When see man ilattcring the
people, making great professions of at
tachmcnt to liberty, who is in private
life tyrint, methnks, look out, good
people, that fellow would set you turn
ing grlndstones.
When | see man hOisted into Office
by party spirit, without Il single qualifi-
cation to render him either respectable
or useful, alas, methinks, deluded peo-
pie, you are doomed for Il season to turn
the grindstone for a BOBBY.
Mrs. CARR, of Quebec hanged her
self with her false hair last week. The
coroner's verdict was that the Carr was
demolished by misplaced Switch"
A rEETorALEE's arguments are pretty
sure to be sound, for he is certain to
make use OF nothing which will not
| hold water
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11
Choate's MagniloIucnce.

Speaking of a person hesitating to com
nit small offense when contemplating
great crime, Rufus Choate said: is
a person is going to plunge into cata-
ract below the precipice he would he
over careful not to molsten his feet with
dew" OF an improbable narration he
said: "The story is as unlike the truth
as a pebble is unlike star-a witch $
broomstick unlike banner-statf,." OF
cunning witness: Gle is quick, keen,
knows when to hold his tongue with the
bushy tailed fox-all's right" OF a
lonely place: cit was as lonely as the
desert behind Algiers." OF captain
deceived in his reckoning; II suppose
if the philanthropy of two hemispheres
shall find only the grave of which Sir
John Franklin's body has warmed a
place, every coxcomb clerk will pass an
opinion; Judging by after facts, and say
precisely where the error in Judgment
was Ofan unseaworthy vessel: The
vessel after leaving Boston harbor en-
countered the eternal motion of the
ocean which has been there from crea
ton, and will be there till land and sea
shall be no more. She went down the
harbor painted and perfidious thing,
soul-freighted, buta coffin for the living,
coffin for the dead OF q captain
sailing past St. Helena: "Such were his
meditations as the invisible currents of
the ocean bore him by the grave of
Napoleon" OF a dry goods merchants
bankruptcy he said: $50 have heard
that the vast possessions Of Alexander
the Conquerer crumbled away in dying
dynasties, in the unequal hands of his
weak heirs" In regard to the people
of Danvers, several miles from a rail
road, he said: Her people are just near
enoug to hear the whistle of the loco
motive and gaze at the sparks of that
flying giant; yet for all practicable pur-
poses they might as well stand under
the sky at midnight. gazing at II firma-
ment of falling meteors.' When Choate
essayed the pathetic he was always sim
pie. There is no more beautiful IN
stance of this than his remarks on Web
ster's love of New England HE loved
New Hampshire old granite
crystal hills, gray and cloud-topped;
the river, whose murmur lnlled his
cradle; the old hcarthstone the grave
of father and mother. He loved Mas
sachussetts, which adopted and honored
him-that sounding scashorc. that
charmed elmtrec seat, that reclaimed
farm, that choice herd, the smell OF
earth, that dear library, those dearer
friends; but the sphere Of his duties
was his true country
BIRTHDAY TREEs.-They have pleas
ant practice of planting birthday trees
in England. There are now on the
grounds of Osborne House, on the Isle
of Wight, Picea pinsapo spruce, thir-
ty-tive feet high, that was planted by
Queen Victoria on May n, 1S49 when
she was thirty years old. The practice
should obtain in this country.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11

and girls, too, for that matter. How
MANY tragedies would hc avoided if
youth would but acquire the simple art
of learning how To swim 1t has been
we'll said. man is the only animal that
loses himself in the water We append
directions for acquiring the art of swim
ming. as furnished 10y a correspondent
OF the lu,ricGn iUIcUH"rjY: When |
was boy learned to swim by means
of a swimming board. This is the safest
method possible. If corks are used they
may slip from around the breast down
beneath the body. throwing the head
below the surface. and putting the
wearcr IN danger of being drowned.
some country boys get two bladders
and then tie them together with Il short
cord, and use them rs supports. They
are the most dangerous things possible
for Il boy To- have The board is per
fcctly safe. and one may learn to swim
in Il very short time 10y using one. II
should he over four feet long. over
foot wide, and two inches thick. made
of soft white pine or cedar
To use it. hoy wadcs into the water
up to his shoulders. then taking hold of
the end OF the board. he pushes ii be-
fore him toward the bank. and not
into deem wafer -snrinrs forward with
his feet and throws himself n,t mon
the wafer. This movement carrie. him
olnnr n fcw feet Un thnn draws m,
both his legs at the same time, keeping
the knees As far apart aS possible. and
then strikes ont with both feet. not
STRAIGHT Loclw,rJ lint siJny,vs inst 49,
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strnkn has, boom lnnrnol ono b,ml =
t,l,om From, ,l,n Ln,rJ AMI u,, str,,l,.,
ina,.nol 49, ,hn,l,;n n,n,. hn r.,.,,l ,,l,;l,
tbn strnln il t,lnn Will hn,L hnnIs
MI, !. ,,,.,. mnnI ,,l,, ~. - ,,,,nols
,hn sn.;,o,,n. - Lnd,, h;, haul. m,.la,.
,,.,to,. with In .In,,II ,l,,,,', l., ~.
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TRAVELLING rs EXPRESS TRAINS. The
speed at which EXPRESS Trains are driven
and fine rcrsistcncv Of th, nuhli,. in
travelling as fast As thcy can. asks.
" What is the need of ,hisy What is
the GOOD of if? WHY shoulJ q man
peril his life for the sake of one half
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11
Size Of Americans.

STATISTICS OF THE RELATIVE SIZES OF
AMERICANS, GERMANS, ENGLISH AND
IRISH
Statistics have been recently fur
nished, saws the Cincinnati Times, in
regard to the size and development of
Americans, which are of interest. They
serve to dsssipate good many I'M
founded notions that have crept into the
general mind, and have obtained wide
credence. These statistics were com
piled from those taken in examining
men fer the army. Towards the close
of the war, when the average age of
soldiers was the highest, there were ex-
amined 10, 1852 men, of whom $3.50 were
native born, $50 Canadians, 554 Eng
lishmen, All 1rishmen. and ,343 Ger
mans. The mean heigth of the Ameri-
cans was the greatest, feet 7 30 inches
of the Canadians, 5 feet rs inches OF
the Englishmen, 5 feet G3 inches; of the
Irishmen, 5 feet 10 inches; of the Ger
mans, 5 feet 80 inches. The difference
between the Germans, who were the
shortest, and the Americans, who were
the tallest, was almost two inches.
The mean girth of the chest was as fol-
lows: Americans, 30. 49l incbes of the
Canadians, 30 .666 inches: of the Eng
lishmen,. 80, $40 inches: of the Irish
men, BIB. us inches: and of the Germans,
33.O47 inches. The Germans, who were
the shortest, measured about half-an-
inch more around the chest than the
Americans. The Irishmen, who were
rather more than an inch taller than the
- 4 AL A.
the chest. In the mean expansion of
the chest the Americans were only sur
passed by the Canadians, and by them
only three-hundredths of an inch. The
average expansion of the Americans was
3.242; of the Canadians. 1922: of the
English, 3.1S7: of the Irish, 3.2OS, and
of the Germans. 1921.
To some extent these figures bear ont
the idea of the Americans that has long
prevailed. They are taller and more
slender than the foreigners. But the
difference is not very great, not so large
as might have been supposed from the
caricaturcs of Brother Jonathan that we
see in the illustrated papers.
We have figures of weight from other
sources which are we'll calculated to be
approved by our sense of patriotic
pride. OF ,537 recruits, examined for
the army of the Potomac, the mean age
was 24.0l years: the mean height 5 feet
7.3 inches. and the mean weight 14S. 90
pounds. The mean age of lot of Brit
ish soldiers was "a years and the weight
14S.41 pounds-less than one-eighth of
pound more than the Americans. The
average weight of 1882 Scotchmen,
whose ages ranged from % to 45, was
1850 pounds. These are two of the
heaviest races. and yet their weight ex-
ceeds that of Americans by only frac-
ton of Il pound. The Germans and
Frenchmen are lighter as we'll as
shorter.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-11-11

WHAT kind of a carpet shall we get
cor the parsons study - asked church
Committeeman of his colleague, Ak
minister, was the comprehensive re-
ply.
A LAWYER may be said to work like
horse when he draws conveyance.