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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
He Might Have Been.

1t was my fortune, or misfortune, TO be
called TO the office of Chief Executive with
out any pre- e'ious political training.-Grdats s
Message
There is whisper ringing clear
In this poor sleepIess listeners ear
n whisper Of bu, scanry cheer,
And heard more clearly year 10y year:
lyon might have been-you might have
BEEN
Breathing throughout the hush of night
1t shuns companionship and light;
A knell, blessing, and a blight,
What profit had he heard Alright:
"You might have been--you might have
been;
As memory bids the past arise,
The soaring hopes that swept the skies
Each in its narrow grave now lies
He hears, and not with fearless eyes
You might have been-you might have
been.''
He might have played a noble gaFne,
Essayed and reached woryhier aim,
Had less of grief and more of fame,
Nor heard, as from a tongue of flame:
"Eou might have been-you might have
BEEN -Nor lOrk San.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
Watch the Children's Feet.

The following advice from the New
Gork. evening Post is very important.
Let every mother remember it Life
long discomfort and sudden death
often come to children through. the
inattention or carelessness of the par
ents. A child should never be allow
ed to go TO bed with cold feet the last
thing to be attended 10 is to see that
the feet are dry and warm. Neglect
Of this has often led.to q dangerous
attack of Group. diptheria or a fatal
sore throat. Always on coming from
school, on entering the house from a
visit or errand in rainy, muddy or
thawy weather, the child should re.
move its shoes, and the mother should
herself ascertain whether the stock
ings are the leas, damp. If they are
they should be taken off. the feet he'd
before the fire aud rubbed with the
hands until perfectly dry, and anoth
er pair of stockings, and another pair
of shoes put on. The reserve shoes
and stockings should be kept good and
dry, So as to be ready for use on q
minutes notice"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
StOne BallaSts for the Jetties.

New Orleans Tunes, 4th : The
secretary OF the Treasury has for
warded instructions to the Collector
Of the Port Of New Orleans to permit
the unloading of ballast from foreign
ships at Port Eads. This will greatly
facilitate the consolidation of the let
ties by stone and benefit both the jetty
contractors and the ship owners, a.
well as the tow boats. AS the ships
will be enabled to discharge their bal
last without cost or loss OF time while
awaiting' orders. and they will conse-
qnently be more easily toweG W
stream when thus lightened.
Col Andrews will immediately place
an engine in position to remove the
ballast by steam power, and will Oe
prepared to discharge rapidly al ships
desiring TO get rid of their ballast be-
fore coming up the river. Special
permits from the Cuaton-house will
be required for each ship aud the un--
loading will he under the supervision
of j. III. StockIey, United States In
specior of Customs who is stationed
at Port Eads.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
The Horrors OF the Metropolis.

A terrible revelation was made by the
police Friday, says the New York Express,
| who reported the discovery of a mother and
/ Child dead and their bodies in such a fearfully
/ emaciated condition as 10 leave no room for
doubt that they died of starvation. The
womans name was Celia Cox and she had
| lived in little rear room on the fourth hoor
of the big tenement house, No. lO2 Washing
ton street. Stretched out upon a miserable
apology for bed, upon the floor, the officer
found the bodies OF the woman and infant
child. They had been dead about three
lays.
The dead womans face looked more like
that Of skeleton than that of person who
had but recently died. Her thin cheeks were
sunk so that they almost met, cIeally showing
every bone abou, the mouth and forehead
The eyes We're sunken nearly out of sight
and the thin hands lyisg on her breast were
transparent. A large brown Bibie was
placed under her chin to prevent her jaw
from falling. Her teeth could be plainly
counted through her thin lips, and the bones
about her shoulders seemed ready to cut
through the skin. Beside her, with its tiny
head resting peacefully, lay the dead child.
Ii was the merest phantom of human being
hand was laid Lovingly on its mothers breast
while It's feet reached scarceIy TO the mothers
elbow.
1t weighed a.out two pounds, and doctor
who subsequently saw it stated that he had
never seen anything human 50 wasted The
husband Of the dead woman is sailor on
line Of boats running from this port to Rich
mond, Virginia. The neighbors thought the
name &C. the vessel was "Tigris," "Tedus' or
"Tidus.n He earned but little money, and
was from home so long al time that what
little money was ,eft lasted but half through
his absence. and his 'wifa. TO supply herself
with the necessaries Of In, had Pawned
every available article in her Possession until
she had nothing left. She was toe i'll to
work, and for the last two weeks was con-
fined TO her miserable bed.
The neighbors all speak Of Cox as having
been ian extra fine man, and very kind to his
sickly wife," Mrs. Cox was but twenty
seven years old, but as she lay in her coffin ii
seemed almost impossible to think her under
forty-five or fifty.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
THE OLD FARMHOUSE.

The easy chair, all patched with care,
Is PLACED by the cold hearth,tone
v rh witchlnI grace, in the oII fire place,
The evergreens are sirewn,
Aud pictures hang on the whitened wall.
And the old clock ticks in the cottage hall.
More lovely still, on the window sill,
The dew-eyed flowers rest.
While midst the leaves on the moss grown
caves,
The martin builds her nest,
And all day long the su inner breeze
Is whispering love to the bended trees.
Over the door, all covered DER
With a sack of dark green baizc,
Lays a musRet old, whose worth is told
In the events OF other days;
And the powder flask and the hunters horn
Have hung beside ii for many a morn.
For years have fled with noisC less tread,
Like fairy dreams away,
Aud in their flight all shorn Of its might,
A father-oli and gray;
And the soft winds play w,rh the snow-w Lite
hair,
And the Old man sleeps in his easy chair.
Inside the door, on the sanded Aoor,
Light airy footsteps glide,
And maiden fair, with h,Xen hair,
kneels by the old mans side.
An oil oak wrecked by the angry storm,
While the ivy clings to lis trembling f1rn.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

anv other land on tie face 0fthe earth.
|; occuis To every mind that this IL
;hc home Of The chief products which
civilization demands. Cotton, sugar
anG tobacco are products of such i'm
nensity MS to dwarf those which 9th
cr lands bring forth, and yet these are
not all Vas, quantities of wheat aud
rice are exported. ami iuNuriant but
nncuiivaicd vegc;atlOn besides, ,esti-
lies TO the immense resources which
are forthcoming. Those Southern
States comprehend an area Of territory
tqualing that Of Great Brilian, Frame
and Germany. Wa,errd by tle
grandc-' rivers, and rich in every va
rirty Of soil, with the millions Of
swamp land yet unrcciainrt, ,.rrr is
Il future for this district which viii
make 1t a territory To which all
the world will turn for its vegetable
supplies"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
a Terrible Vengeance.

Detroit Free Press: An eight year
old boy was trotting on Woodward
avenue yesterday. when a snow ball
struck him on the ear and laid him
out. He uttered a few dismal howls
and started on, gentleman halted
aud asked:
"Why don't You go over and, lick
that boy ?'
81 bain't big ernuf," was the reply.
But won't yon do anything at all?"
Not now. | know who he is. and
III fix the hull family. His father is
going to run for Congress some time,
andlmy father will get on the returning
hoard and count bin into tie middle
Of next week"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
Coal for Swine.

Jud-c Cation Of Illinois. a noted
h"g-raiScr, says, in the Prairie Farm.
Ell: Il have FIR many wears been in
the habit Of feeding my nogs with an
abundance Of our common bilun.in-
Gus coal, prcfcrring the poorest cr
that which contains large amount of
sulphur and iron, and | think. will,
ih" happiest results Let a farmer
who has never tried it. throw in Is
lump Of coal the size OF his fist, and
he Aiil be surprised to see the hog
leave the corn and crunch the coal, a.
if it were the most lucious morsel.
Sulphur has long been known as a
valuable remedial agent for hogs, and
iron is 9 well known tonic, acting spc-
officially upon the blood, thickeuins
and strengthening it. Here, then, the
hog, by eating the coal. gets other
important elements beside the carbon.
have never know bog well supplied
with this coal to bc sick or off his
feed for single day, and although [
cannot give figures showing actual
result of careful experiments TO prove
it, | believe hogs thus supplied will
eat more and assimilate their food be-.
ter, will make appreciably more pork,
with given amount of corn, than
those which are without it,.
AT least, | am we'll satisfied with
the way in which my hogs thrive
grow and fatten-under this treat
ment. Coal is cheap. and may be
Tied at little. expense" Charcoal is
nearly, if not quite as good as coal
for hogs.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
Bird Of March. 1896: or, What
You Will.

SCENE IVA Room ia the White House.
Grant pacing up and 'own outside smok-
ing pipe, his body bent, lis step weak.
Enter Stranger and Columbia.
STRANGER (poiniing toward GianD-And
whats his history
CoLUNEA-A blank, kind sir; he never
told his plans.
But let concealment, like bus on withei ed crop,
Feed on his hairy cheek he pined in thoughr
And, with green and yellow melancholy,
He sat- like Beecher, on the ragged edge,
CuTsin1 at luck
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
A Terrible Fall. and Remark.
able Escape.

Owing TO an alleged necessity Of pushing
The work as fast as possible on the new point
bridge. Piusburg, says the Allegheny Nail,
The contractor, had the i"eu who are employed
IN J)ning the three cables engaged all day
yesterday. They are compelled to work in /,
basket" or platform, winch is suspended
above the riyer al aloat the night II ninety
feet from the wafer. Sunday aitefnnon A
workman by sowe accident fell off the plat.
form. Hanging from the platform was :,
rop" that reached nearly TO the wa,e- In
lls ir'3htiul descent the man attempted 10
grasp the rope, but as he kept turning s5mer-
saults IN the air he was unable TO reach il
until within about twenty feet Of the river.
when he succeeded in grasping the rope with
both hands. He was al first unable TO stop
his descent, and slid down the rope for abou:
hiteen feet, until his feet nearly touched the
water. Then, TO the asionishmeni of the
people on the banks who had seen will.
horror his terrible fall, he CONNIE nceed climb
ing back upon the rope hand over hand
Then the crowd cheered him lustily->>r'ch.
companions on the plaIfor@-
were bii3s
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
HOUSEHOLD and Kitchen
Furniture for Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale lot Of
Household and Kitchen FurnitUre, consist,
ing Of beds,ead, mattresses, chairs, tables,
cook aud fixu,c, able ware. eic, etc
and parties H. need such things would 10
well to call aad exa ,ihe be fore purchasing
elsewhere, as they can be bought Gerry cheap
THOS. J. MNGHM.
Rayville, La June 10th, 1876.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16
w. R. PHIPPS,
Land S eyor,

DELHI. La.
CHARGES FOR WORK, $40 per day and
" board. Parties in Richland and adjoin-
ing parishes will receive prompt attention by
addressing him through Editor of BEACON.
References: II. W. Drake. Waterproof, and
Rev. B. F. Alexander, Delhi, La.
RayvilIe, La, April 10, lS76.-3m.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

When a woman can feel mouse crawling
along her spinal column, and yet stop to think
whether she has on striped stockings, before
keeling over in fit. she is at least qualified
20 enjoy the elective lrpehise.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

The Free Press says the average Michigan.
der has laid aside his straw hat and nankeens.
We should presume he had they don't keep
a fellow comfortable in this latitude.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

A London journal in commenting
upon the resources of the South" ("
makes the following truthful remark !:
"If the Southern States ere not the
garden Of the world, it is rather the
fault Of those who are responsible for
.-Ftion and development
- >aur.I ,nfari,r;ty f-o-.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

Ir has been demonstrated in Troy that Gu
cumbers are good for consumption. n.--Defroit
Free Press. That means that they are good
for pigs to consume, perhaps.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

Grant says he means to have peace if he
has TO fight for it. That is about the sort OF
peace he has been crying "let us have" all
,he time.-Tioksburg Herald.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-12-16

4 President Cannot be Chosen
by IL Combination Of swim.
siierS-lhe Louisiana Fraud
the Spawn Il Criminal Con.
spiracy-Abide by the COnsti-
tuition.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14
TIE pERILS OF JILTING.
Two Lovers Attempt to Kill the Young
Lady They Both Love.

Two Lovers Attempt to Kill the Young
Lady They Both Love.
In Fridays Daily Banner. appeared a
short account of q tragical affair some
twenty miles east of this city, which re-
suited in the suicide of 3 young man and
the dangerous wounding of "a young lady.
The full particulars we learn from the
Pierce City Record. The occurrence
took place at Round Grove, in Lawrence
county, and, for popularity of arrange
ment, has no parallel in all the murders
and suicides committed. Two young
men, residents of Round Grove, both
loved the same lady, Miss Henderson.
For reasons best known to herself she
had encouraged neither of them, and her
friends say that on all occasions she
avoided their society as much as posi-
BILE. Yet it seems both young men were
infatuated with her-earnestly in love-
but, for wonder, were not in the
slightest degree jealous of each other.
A short time ago both young men pro-
posed to Miss Henderson, and were re-
iected. Then the blind passions OF
their love were stirred up, and they de-
termined to commit a crime. We are
informed that the young men made their
arrangements and carried them out to
the letter, according to the following
particulars
On Wednesday morning, armed and
prepared, they went to Mr.. Henderson's
house. Mr.. Poland went into the house,
and told Mr.. Henderson that Mr.. Morris
wanted to see him at the gate. AS Hen
derson reached the gate, he heard PTS
toll fred in the house and scream. He
rushed back and as he neared the door
he heard another shot, and when he en-
tered the house he beheld his daughter
on the floor, near the middle door, una
BILE to rise, while Poland lay in the mid
die of the room dead. The lady says
that when her father went out, she arose
to leave the room, as she feared Poland
had knife and would hurt her, as he
kept his hand in his breast all the time.
When she got to the door, Poland drew
his pistol and fired, the ball entering the
back on the right side, below the shout
der blade, and, passing through the
body, came out on the LETT side just be-
meath the ribs. The lady is in very
dangerous condition, but at last accounts
still alive. When the girl fell, Poland
placed the pistol to his breast and fred,
the ball entering near the center, in line
with the nipples. He fell, and imme-
diately expired. Morris filed his part
of the arrangement by engaging Mr..
Henderson outside while Poland COM
mitted the murder. We think this is
certainly the first case that ever occurred
where two young men agree to murder
the girl they both loved. The thing to
be regretted most is that the other luna
tic, Morris, did not get a chance TO shoot
himself.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14
Circassian Cut-ThrOatS.
m'Ystery

On the reduction of Circassia by, the
Russians in 1859, many of the inhablt-
ants, as is we'll known, rather than sub
nit to the restraints of civilization, left
their country and settled in Turkey,
where they have already caused some
embarrassment to the authorities. 1t
was tc body of these fugitives, num-
bering some thousands of families, that
the invitation or command of the porte
was addressed. The Circassians, famed
for their personal beauty, seem to pos
sess not one other estimable quality.
unless it be an animal and feroclous
courage. Their history is a tradition
Of crime, their only commerce the sale
of their offspring; renegades III religion
and now expatriated, they live by fraud
and plumber for the qualification Of the
West passions. It was by setting upon
the Greeks such criminals as these that
the Turkish Government intended, and
it is feared still intends, to smother
Hellenism in the empire; for no other
reason can be advanced for bringing
from the furthest corner of the don1n-
ions a tribe of men dissimilar IN all
their customs to those among whom
they were to live, while spots, ma
terially and morally more advantageous,
offered themselves close at hand. LII
does not appear wise for Turkey. when
all her strength is required to suppress
open rebellion, thus to goad the most
peaceful of the races she governs. Ii
looks, indeed, as though she now saw
nothing better than to die in arms. But,
possibly, those who took the hostile step
thought THAI the motives which have
hitherto influenced the Greeks for peace
would be sufficient to sustain them under
even this wrong. IF so, they were mis-
taken. Had not diplomacy removed for
the present the cause for offense, RS
ing would inevitably have ensued. The
aversion shown by the people of Mace
donia. Tlessaly and Epirus to the
colonizing Of their country with Clrcas-
sian immigrants is no mere matter OF
prejudice and political theory, but is the
result of sad experience; for, in spite
of the frequent protests OF the Greeks,
and the consequent promises made by
the Turks, both to them and the great
powers, about 1900 of these invaders
have been gradually introduced. Wher-
ever they settle desert spreads around
them. AS soon as the husbandnen OF
the neighboring villages have gone to
their work in the morning, the C1rcas-
slams come down upon their cottages,
insult their wives and daughters, and
drive off their cattle. The husbandmen
abandon their homes, and cultivation
ceases. Athens Cor. London Tt91ats.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14
How the Sioux Fight.

It awakens very lively interest in
the Typographical features of the coun-
try, when you know that any hill Or
ravine may conceal a party of the en-
envy. There is little rear or front In
the usual Indian fight. In fact it is all
front, for they circulate on all sides,
aud shoot from every point which Of
fers place of concealme Mt. When the
S, oux attacked Gen. Crook in the valley
of the Rosebud, just before the Custer
disaster, the fire opened in the rear,
front and TANKS, within five minutes Of
the time the inst shots were heard.
There are no non comb atants in such an
affair." One place is as safe or unsafe
as another, and every man who has a gun
goes in to use it if he wishes to save his
scalp. It is entirely mistake, however,
that only the cavalry are of use In In
dian fighting. The infantry carrying
rifles which shoot closer and further
than the cavalry carbine, have driven
the Indians from positions which cav
airy were unable to carry. These
savages understand the difference be-
tween the infantry and cavalry gun as
we'll as the men who carry them; but
they will make bold stand against
both. Artillery, however, is the thing
that demoralizes them. Let shell ex-
plode among lot of rocks in which
they have been making a stand against
the musketry, and there will not an In
dian remain a moment longer than is
sufficient for him to jump and run.
Brave as the Sioux are, and they are the
bravest of their race, they will never
stand against field guns but, with small
arms alone, it is the opinion of officers
here who have fought them, that it re-
quires man to man to thoroughly thrash
them. This may seem strange talk to
people who have been accustomed to be-
heve that one white man was equal to
any three Indians, but | give the opin-
ion of gentlemen of unquestioned cour-
age who are thoroughly acquainted with
the Sioux. - Cor. NeaO York Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14
South African Railways.

A line of railway, 100 miles in length,
was recently opened between Cape Town
and Worcester, South Africa. The road
is an extension of the Cape Town and
Wellington railway, purchased by the
Government some. years ago, and is part
broad and part narrow gauge. 1t is in
tended eventually Ito make the whole
line of the latter description. Railway
work in other parts of the colony is be
ing vigorously prosecuted; sixty five
miles Of road are nearly complete on the
eastern line from Port Elizabeth; sixty
miles OH the border line, from East
London. will be ready by the end of the
year, and similar distance on the Mid
land line will shortly be finished. The
estimated cost of the new works was
about $4,000 per mile, but this has
been exceeded by as much as So, 300 pei
mile in some cases, the increase being
accounted for chiefly by the deficient
supply of labor, enhan ced rate of wages,
and high cost of provisions.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14
A Veteran Editor.

The venerable Scion Robinson, now
70 years old, the old associate of Horace
Greeley on the Tribune, the famous
"Squatter King" of Lake: county, In
diana, and the author of eliot Corn, :"
is now visiting Cincinnati, and in con-
versation with Commercial reporter,
related this anecdote of old times: g Lit
erary labor is very exhausting, and in
cessant journalistic labor generally wears
one out rather eally. 1t finally wore
me out after twenty-five years of it.
There was time, however, when Hor-
ace Greeley and myself used to be con-
sidered the only men that were always
to be relied on at the proper time. I
remember one night that the foreman of
the newsroom, during my somewhat
protracted absence, went into Horace
room and said: Mr.. Greeley, [ guess
we'd better close mp that page, the cat
tie report hasn't come in yet. Then
Horace turned about sharply ard said
See here, sir, did you ever know old
Scion to fail yet?, sNo well, then,
just, go back to your business. That
report will De here soon. And sure
enough it came in few minutes later. =
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-14
A New Use for Iron.

One of the most incomprehensible
discoveries it be true, which is
questionable-that we have ever en-
countered, is announced in a recent
French journal by NJ. Massie. He
says that the mere introduction of an
iron bar, in the box in which barley,
rice, bran, biscuit, and like farinaceous
materials are stored, is sufficient to pre-
vent either the ravages Of decay or the
attacks of insects. Full details of the
experimental Investigation are given.
An iron bar three pounds in weight is
reputed to have protected forty gallons
of grain and certain biscuits were
preserved for seven months in excellent
condition, while others, under like cir
cumstances, but without the iron, were
totally destroyed by weevls.