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TIE EMPLOYMENT OF Tnn.-T The
foundation of all economy is q wise dis
position of time. Let that be ac-
quired and true economy in every
thing else will infallibly and speedily
follow; and the most difficult step
toward acquiring it is real and wise
economy Of time. Economy has, in
fact, got q very bad character with the
great majority Of the people because it
Is confounded with stinginess; though
in fact they are 90 far from being con-
nected that stinginess Is q very deadly
enemy 10 real economy, while hberality
and generosity must be confined 70
word. and wishes where economy l. not
served.
sun some persons imagine that II
they play the niggard with every cent
and every article Of which they can
once obtain poasea.ion they are good
economists. "A more Wrelcked and con-
plala mil1ake cannot b made. Econo-
NY isthe right employment q money
and means. not he boarding OF bury
ING q tham- To aEe \ very landable
and ds1irahla, but Il 4 not swing 10 lay
up eertain pioees q coin uhils Ne
ahixar for he uant q fuel o. faint for
tha uani q tha fnoi which thosa pieccs
q con void purchaae; b DO 20 i %
ne i q he expencs % that health
and that duration q life which no
anount q monsy ean Parcha.e o. com
, 1877-01-19
Old Mr.. Parker's Shave.

Old Mr.. Parker's beard troubled him.
1t was a week old, and his chin looked
like a stubble-feld. He was walking
slowly along Cortlandt street, when his
ear caught the word "Next." 1t came
from basement, and smooth faced
but rather detected looking gentleman
stepped out upon the street. He was
evidently much fatigued and in a de-
pressed state of mind. His overcoat
pockets bulged, and the necks of tonic
bottles protruded, but he was shaved,
and fly would have slipped up on his
shining black hair. Mr.. Parker rubbed
his chin and meditated moment; then
he descended the basement steps.
'How do you do, General? Glad to
see you. Take this chair, if you please.
Shave? Yes, see, hair cut, shampoo,
bath afterward James, black the Gen
erals shoes" Thus said the bald
headed presiding genious to old Mr..
Parker.
"Let those shoes alone, James" said
Mr.. Parker, as he climbed into the
chair.
"Now, Colonel, said the bald barber,
with shade less effusion, how'll you
have it cut ?"
"Cut ?" said old Mr.. Parker, testify;
"I'll not have it cut at ALL"
"Well, Major" quoth the tonsorial
artist, somewhat distantly, you'll have
it shampooed, anyhow"
"And will not have it shampooed,
anyhow" snapped old Mr.. Parker.
He of the bald head and the razor
perceptibly cooled. Captain" said
he, shall james be arranging the
bath ?"
"BathP" shouted old Mr.. Parker,
"bathl Get out with your bath; I don't
want any bath"
Lieutenant, F." said the shaver, with
freezing politeness, do you prefer bay
rum?"
"Rum!.' yelled old Mr.. Parker, for
he was touched on a tender point,
"ruml Who hath wounds without
cause? Who hath redness of eyes ?
Who
He never finished the conundrum,
but left precipitately; and some people
who saw him standing at the corner Of
Church and Cortlandt streets, rubbing
stubby beard of weeks growth, won
dered what he meant, as he muttered,
" 1t was close shavel"-NelO York
World
, 1877-01-19
A Pest in Caloutta.

When people read of the plaques OF
flies, SAYS Calcutta paper, Of Egypt.
they are sometimes apt to wonder what
sort Of flies they were-whether they
were our common and sometimes very
tiresome visitor, the house fly, or
whether they were a species Of nous
quito, or what. They could not well
have been more tiresome than those lit
tie side-walking, biting, jumping green
flies that are said to usher in the cold
season in India. OF these Calcutta has
had yeritable plague recently.
II has been scarcely possible 10 sit at
q table where there was light. These
flies come to favor the soup, 10 improve
the tea, or TO ill up the inkstand. They
cover book II one attempts 10 read. or
they settle on peoples spectacles or
lump into their eyes. II people talk
they have 10 be carsful lest they draw
In more than The 1fedful breath. The
streets have scarcely been better than
the houses, and We have seen some pe0-
pie passing lamp-posts with handler
chiefs over their faces. and others Try
ing 20 protect themselves BY The vigor-
ona workings of q fan, against which
the insects rAttle like peas. To drive
in an open carriage vas hks meeting Z
hail storm; and in some places q busi-
neaa. where pleasure i buline.., haa
been hrOughf 10 . sand. fiies bum
their uings In the lamps q The billiari'
room and The dead hios ahunt halls that
are gunily rolling from delicaie carom.
OF tnrn then from the direct line b IL
PockeL
Rgen The skafing-Fink hai - h
elosed. A the Corinihlan the eniFnnce
hall was literally packed uiih them, N
ualls green With her nnmheta. and N
floor caFpetci With thulr bodies. A. IL
entrance % The hygsf they lay IN he.p1
% ths thickness of hearth-rug undeI
ths gas-lights. and In the housa itssli
they uere grnai nuiaanca.
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MAx Am WonkN.-Mun 4 De erua,
ture q intsrrat and amhiiion. Ms na-
tnrs Isis I'm fgrth inio ~ ElTuEEls
and huslla q tha uorlA. Love i 6ut
Tie emlslliahaaAt q M early lils, 81 :
sang pips h NJ lntsTsalI q his acts.
Bat uonans shdls lie i . hilioTy q
he a1sctiana- Iha kaaEt i har uoIli; /;
4 i thsrs kar amhitina siFitss Or en-
piEa; u 4 tkGra her aEarica arrka for
hilllan troasurea. SIS alnla luIih heI
sympafhiea % an a'lgeniuFs; ahs en-
h.rks ksF uhols uoul IN ~ trlns q Il.
icctian. ani 4 shipsrcckei. kar 60 /
h0Fslss., ioI 4 = : h.nkFupicy q ths
hs.Ft.-H Hasii-gaaa lrtisg.
, 1877-01-19

FUNERALS AS DISEASE BREEDERs.-
There is good reason to believe that
disease is occasionally disseminated
through the medium of funerals. We
have at least one fairly authenticated
instance in this country of diptheria
being diffused broadcast through the
crowding incidental, occasionally, to the
last ceremony. In America this ques-
ton is beginning to receive much atten-
ton, and several cases have been re-
ported of late where the transmission of
the disease from the corpse seemed
highly probable. The Suffolk District
Medical Society sent out 400 circulars
to medical practitioners with view to
ascertain the opinion of the profession
on the alleged danger ofpremitting pub
lie funerals of persons who had died
from diptheria. Two hundred and
thirty-nine answers were received; of
these 143 writer's express belief in the
possible danger of contagion at such
funerals, seventeen believe that there is
danger from funerals in the houses of
the dead, but none in churches, twenty
nine fancy that in the present state Of
knowledge there is no justification in
prohibiting public funerals, and eight
record circumstances which occurred in
their own experience confrmatory of
the proposition that danger may ensue,
but the testimony these latter advance
is not quite satisfactory. The society
after due consideration recommended
that the funerals at the houses of those
who have died of diptheria should be
.,.s~oka <,~r,x, a, a. ,,oaot1,la owx,oo,.,., e.,
the poison of the disease.-Ldacef
, 1877-01-19

BErrEn Il 4, toward TIE night eonAaci
of life, % consider uhat will - TIE eni
q . thing than uhat i he beginning q
it-for what promises fAir q nrst may
prove m, and What seems a hrsi . Dis
adlntAss nay prove advAni@gsous.-
Wells.
, 1877-01-19

CoxvEnzaFIoS near he marriage H.
e.n~s eisrk's ds.k. hstsoea . clergyman
Nh had come d make . marriage 70
tlTn ani = milile-aged nan waiting 10
- one q The eleFks. Clergyman;
'-0ood moIning. ny friend; vhere l.
III pr q eoots you promised % make
me ina1aad a the ios which you haA not
ne monsy b pay uhen l mlrriad your
"Oh, III make them he hrst chance ]
ST. bgl IN make tuO Paiu II yOu1l I'M
nary ne again-" =
, 1877-01-19

Tmbest temperance lecturer 4 q good
All mackeral. 1.-THE man that eats On
dcnt tale water, then he ia hopeleE
Nease.
, 1877-01-19

SPURoEox.-The following is an IL
lustrAtion Of Spurgeon, the noted Lon
don preacher: A raw countryman hav-
ing brought his gun 10 the gunsmith
for repairs, the latter, having examined
II, said; " Your gun Is in a very worn
ont, ruinous, good-for-nothing eondf
ton ; what sort Of repairing do you
want for itg" "Well,~ aid the man,
/" I don't Sc - I can do with anything
les than . new stock. lock and barrel:
that ought 10 st Il mp again." "Why,
aid The gunamiih, ',yol better have .
nav gan altogether "Ah,- vas ths
reply, I" Insver thonght a thai; and L
strikes ne that's Just uhat I 40 want
A neu stock. lock anA t4Frsl, uhy thaf's
shout equal - = nsu qua. and thaf's
about What I VII have Ju.t he aort
81 rerairlng . mana natnre roquirua.
The old nainTe caai a.iils q . complrts
vrsck and sod ior nothing. ana ~
one Impartial
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
Burning Strac IN tie Fields.

The prevailing custom in California OF
burning straw in the field, after the
grain has been threshed out, is one that
it was.eful, th.iftless and even criminal.
In times like the present, when feed bids
fair TO be scarce and dear, how many
would be glad if they had taken the
trouble to stack their straw last fall.
What numbers Of cattle might have been
saved from starvation if the straw had
been harvested. 1t may not be the
most pourshing food for cattle, but on
the principle that half loaf is better
than none, a straw stack for cattle to
feed from at times like the present would
be better than nothing at all. The hay
it-elfis not much better than straw, as it
is only tie same grain in less matured
state. In one case it is cut while the
grain is half ripe, in the other while it is
quite ripe. In an eastern farmyard the
farmer has his stacks of hay and straw
equally preserved against the weather,
and would as soon think of burning one
As the other. There straw is a market
able produce Why should it not be so
in California? 1t could at least be used
for littering down the horses in their
stables instead of using hay for that pur-
pose, and thus the farmer could make a
considerable saving in that one partic.
uiar direction. Blu. there are many
uses 70 which straw might be applied il
i, were Only ob:ainsbie.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
The GERMAN LOSS.

The official statistics as TO the number
of killed and wounded in the German
army during the war with France have
just been published at Berlin. The num-
Der OF officers killed and wounded was
1919, and Of soldiers. COSTS. The num-
Der or officers and soldiers who were
either killed or died of their wounds was
1874 and 1857 respectively. The pro.
portion of the killed to the wounded was
one in 3.44 for the officers. and one in
FIVE for the men. As matter of course,
the great majority Of the killed and
wounded belonged 10 the infantry which
lost 81 ,943, as compared to 1886 in the
calvary and 1866 in the artillery. Only
5OS4 were killed or wounded by artillery
fire, as against So, 762 by musketry fire !;
and, though artillery had never been so
much employed as in the Franco-Ger-
man war, twenty-one losses out of every
tw nty-three on the German side were
due to the infantry hre. these ngures
are interesting, for they seem to confirm
the theory that the effect of artillery fire
upon the battlefield is moral rather than
material-that it frighters more soldiers
than it kills. Some instructive statistics
are also given as to the seat of the wounds
indicted. Thus, it appears that, out OF
64,897 men of ali ranks killed or wound
ed, 12,7l7 were. hit either upon the head
or the neck, and this shows that tie
French troops must have fred very high
In the Crimean war, upon the contrary,
the highest percentage of wounds were
in the lower part of the body-a fact
which is all the more remarkable as q
large number of the men killed or
wounded were serving in the trenches.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN PERSIA.

4 London paper says: some little
time ago, one of the shahs pish khed-
ments personal attendan:s), riding in
the neighborhood of Zenjan, about
one hundred and eighty miles from Te
heran, on the Tabriz road, found piece
OF gold ore. On inquiries ne heard that
one OF the inhabitants Of the village
close BY had occasionally been seen re-
turning from the mountains in a mystic
rious manner. The villager was found
and his house searched, and the pish
khedment discovered a small crucible, a
forge and appliances for smelling and
nearly esq worth OF pure gold. The
man, nearly seventy years OF age, said
that he had found this gold al different
times. and by stealth during the last
seven years, but he affirmed that there
existed very rich mine Of gold whence
be had obtained it. As the mountains
were covered with snow, no further in
NestlgaIIOu COuiu Uc ulauc ~ luc lluc
The man was taken te Teheran and has
been Intercepted by the shah himself
He, of course, is perfectly willing to show
the spo: where he found the gold, the
more 80 as the shah has given him the
village in which he lived, close to the
mine, as free gilt. The pish khedmet,
who was the cause Of discovering the
mine, VIII receive the ong-promised
5000 tomaas (fl, 200, for the first per-
son who discovered gold mine. After
few days, high functionary, the amin
i sultan. accompanied by the old villa
ger, is going to Zenjan, with some assist
ants who know a little of mining, and
work is TO be commenced at once. The
shah has already made promise to the
effect tina. he will present his people with
one years revenue, a sum 4,000, 900 to-
mans (sl, 600, 00O). His majesty will
probably himself go to the mine in the
spring to see the treasure. Nobody here
has the least doubt of this rich gold
mine, which is to regenerate Persia with
its millions and millions; it is, however,
not at all certain whether a rich mine
or even a poor one exists.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
A RUSSIAN CROWD.

Every crowd has physiognomy and a
character of its own, and after experience
of an English or irish crowd, one is
rather pleased with a Russian one. Not
that it Is particularly clean or savory,
bu, it is 50 extremely good-natured and
well-behaved. There is very little push
ing or Glowing. Every one is courteous
to his neighbors, and you are sure lot to
see any acts of brutality or to incur any
danger in mixing in il. Smiling, good
natured faces are everywhere, no matter
what thc rank or position. for good hui
NOR is indeed the chief Russian virtue.
And then such a curious mixture of
people in such a crowd merchants
with long dark-blue caftans, reaching to
their heels, and their cravats tied tight
around their Threats, not showing shirt
collar if they indeed have one; stout old
women with silk 'kerchiefs wound about
their heads so Is to conceal their hair
shcemakers' boys and apprentices in what
seems dirty muslin dressing-gown
artisans in their blue working blouses
the ordinary town 'peaeant in his red
shir, and high boots, and the muzhik
fresh from the country with coat of IN
dyed homespun, cloths wound round his
legs in lieu Of stockings, and sandals made
of plaitted linden bark; here and there
student with dirty shirt and long hair
and most foul Gnger nails, evidently of
the idea that neatness is incompatible
with learning: there will probably be
priest or two, and a few soldiers
.ScriLneT.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
Magnolia .fc.aindto .

In .eply TO several inquiries about
tais ;eau,iful shade and ornamental
tree, We would say that We have found
il hardy in this latitude. With Judi
cious care in transplan,ing, when once
established. i. is one of the most desirable
tree. fer the lawn. lis superior state
LINES Of form, the size and richness of its
foliage, and lavish yield Of fragrant dow-
.ers. e2:itle it to q place in every lawn
and n large farm yards; planted in
group, they are grand, and their effect
in early spring IS charming beyond de-
.cription. illuminating the whole land
scape and loading the atmosphere with
their rich perfume. They succeed best
in warm, ricn, dry soil.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14

w. ]. Morton, in lecture On South
African diamond fields, tells this story
A traveller named O'Reilly stopped at a
Doors house. He found the children
playing with pebble that locked like a
diamond. He bought it for a trife, the
Boor saying that it was diamond, they
could get plenty more, and took it away.
He sold it at the Cape for $1,000. He
bought another from a negro which he
sold for $50, 200, and then the natives be-
gan to search for these stones where they
had previously seen them, the white men
heard of their success, and then tie rush
began. One mine after another, all in
the same neighborhood, was found, and
round each mine a city sprang up.
The last, and that which is the center OF
the diamond trade, is Kimberly. This
city has 10, 900 population. five churches,
two theaters, banks, hotels and other
buildings.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
4 REAlRk1BLE INTENTION.

A remarkable clock, or time globe has
been invented, which, according to the
description given in the jeweler, exhibits
the time, longitude, and latitude of any
place in the world, as we'll as the differ
ence Of the same between two or more
places. The device consists of globe
on which is a complete map Of the world.
A large dial encircles the globe at its
equator, at which the time of the vari-
GUS meridians Is indicated. At the
north pole is a smaller dial which shows
the mean time at the place where the
globe is located. The remarkable feature
of this device, however, is the fact that,
by the mechanism inside of it, this min
iature globe actually revolves, as does
the earth, once in every twenty-four
hours. The actual time at any par: Of
the world can be easily and quickly as
certainod by reference to the large dial
encircling the globe at the equator. i.
has sliding vernier, divided into three
hundred and sixty degrees, by means OF
which the latitude of Localities can be as
certained, or the proper degrees Of incl.
nation of our own or any other heavenly
body illustrated. BY setting the globes
at the proper angle Of inclination, giving
the poles the proper direction north and
south, and letting light, properly APP
piled, tall upon. it, it will give rot only
the amount of light and Garkne-s such
country has, but the very time at
which it has it. The time, longitude
and latitude of any place in the world,
as also the difference OF the same be-
tween two or more places, are thus
given.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14

In poultry keeping, as in the rearing
OF shy kind Of live or pet stock, what
ever you undertake to do should be per-
formed thoroughly. 1t is not worth
ones while TO attempt to raise good fowls
unless one attends 70 the business well
and has love of the vocation.
Men possessing this determination and
this sentiment always breed fowls more
or less to profit, whether they devote
themselves to the "fancy," or simply to
raising stock for eggs and marketing.
five essay to raise sheep, cattle, horses,
hogs, swine, pigeons, rabbits or what not,
we want to turn out the best of their
kind and with poultry we can only &C.
complish this laudable aim, and have
good ones, through proper care attention
and labor proportiOuate to the valuab
interests involved.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

JOHNNY CAxE.-Three cups sour
milk. three cups Indian meal, three
tabiespoonfuls molasses, one egg, with q
little -four, salt and salaratus.
To CLEAN SIvER.-Whiting applied
with soft flannel and polished of with a
channels skin, is the simplest and best
possible manner for keeping silver bright
and clean.
SOFT GISGERBHEAD.-One pint mo.
lasses, one cup of butter, halt cup of
milk, two eggs, enc teaspoonful cream
tartar, two teaspoonfuls soda, one table
spoonful ginger, four cups -four.
USEFUL L1SIMExr.-Oneo of the best
liniments for lameness, rheumatism,
sprains. ETC.. is made of three ounces of
sulphuric ether, one ounce alcoholic, half
ounce oil lavender, two drachms laud-
anum.
REGULAaITY.--It is not only necessary
that our diet should be wholesome, but
also that it should be taken at regular
periods. Some persons imagine that
long fasting will atone for excess, but it
is not 90; it generally makes matters
worse.
PAIST.-For durable and cheap paint
fer house floors, dissolve one ounce OF
glue in quart Of warm water, thicken
it with paint. Alter being put on, 60
over with a coat Of boiled linseed oil.
1t will dry in ready for use in two honrs
A NUTRITIOUS Commemorative
equal quantities of sage and cocoa. mix
them, put tablespoonful in a pint Of
milk, add half a pint of boiling water
and boil the whole together for few
minutes, with constant stirring. Add
sugar according TO taste.
SALARATUs.-There can be no doub,
but that tie free use of salaratus, &
much consumed in bread, is excessively
injurious to the human system. II il
particularly liable TO induce muscular
prostration or paralysis, and is sure t.
injure the digestive organs. OF course
it is most fatal 20 children, whose deli
cate organization Is more sensitive thar
| that of grown persons.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
Pear Cuif0rP.

Throughout. most of the western coun-
Try pear growing for profit is failure.
Their are. however, a few favored local
tiles where pears grow and bear we'll,
and a.e of course profitable, but the in
evi;able blight is a great drawback to
successful pear culture, but that should
not prevent every farmer from planting
pears enough for the family use. The
pear is one of sur choices. fruits, most
delicious and pa.atable, and if We can
40, raise them proitabiy for market, let
us not give them up, but keep planting,
and with little care always grow enough
for home u.e. Plant the trees in poor
sol! - keep tie strong growth in check.
do no. cultivate, but SOW to grass and
get heavy sod around the trees. Judi
cious pruning Is beneficial to fruiting.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
THE WOMAN WHO BEAT 4 JOCKEY

There is a tradition in Yorkshire Of a
clever jockey who was girl, but so far
as we can learn it is only tradition.
We may, however, record that a lady
twice rode in matches on a public race
course. This was Mrs. Col. Thornton,
and the races were run at Doncaster.
The lady won one of the races, although
she had for her opponent the best profess
sional horseman of his day-Frances
Buckle. The lsdy's horse was called
Louisa" the horse ridden by the jockey
was named Allegro" About half-past
three o'clock on the 23d Of September,
1906, the match came Of, Mira. Thornton
appearing in a purple jacket and cap,
nankeen riding-skirts and embroidered
stockings, with purple satin shoes. At
starting, Louisa took the lead and
made the running fot considerable way,
when Allegro" went up and headed
her for a few lengths; the lady then
challenged Buckle, and after pretty
contest won her race in good style. Her
bold and excellent riding elected the
admiration of the assembled thousands.
The race was for a cup of the value of
seven hundred pounds. Buckle, who
opposed the lady, was successful and
Woodworking jockey; from the year 1873
to 1881 be was indeed the horseman OF
the day.-Templ Bar.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-14
Keeping Perm AceoWnts.

The real practical value there is in
keeping accounts with the farm consists
in this: When farmer keeps such an
account in his operations be is able by
annually casting up his balances to see
Just what crop and what line of his farm
operations have paid him best. If any
line of cropping in a series of years is
thus shown not to be 50 pro6tsble as
some other crop, these definite data
enable him to correct his mistakes and
determine on some new line of proce-
dure. The most Of the business men who
fail find on q revision of their transac-
tions, 100 losely kept, that in reality
thev had failed months, and sometimes
wears before the TACT was revealed to
them. If they had kept correct accounts
and frequently reviewed the situation OF
heir business. they would have dis
covered their sinking fortunes, and per
haps been able 70 recover from the
causes.