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HOw ANACONDAS 4RE CAPTURED.

The anaconda in the Geological gar
dens, London, which has been considered
quite respectable snake, turns out 10
be a comparatively small creature OF its
kind Henry J. Cook, of Caracas, Ven
ezuela, in letter to Frank Buckland'
states that in the small rivers which flow
into the Orinoco there are large numbers
of anacondas much larger than the one
the society has, and that in a large
pond near a friends house in Maturin
lives in shy retirement one that IS thirty
six feet long and yard in diameter.
The managers of the gardens have offered
s., 800 focl the capture and delivery n
England of this serpent. 1t requires an
expert fisherman to catch these creatures
alive. In Africa live dog is used az
bait, and after the dog has been bolted,
the boa coils up and takes nap, ana
then the fisherman stuGs him into bag.
A big pocket will be required for the
gentleman in the Maturn pond.
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What may be Good Speculation.

\ California millionaire, whose daugh-
ter will shortly marry a French count,
is to pay the groom 1000, 600 cash down,
before the ceremonies take place, that
being the price demanded by the con-
descending foreigner for consenting to
share his title Nth an American born
young woman. The figure seems high,
but the investment may not prove to be
-such bad speculation after all \ good
ljauy of these European counts turn out
to be very clever cooks or stylish hair.
dres0ers, and should the ambitious papa's
mine Immediately peter out, or he get
| swamped at the stock board, first-class
foreign artist in victuals or hair will be
found to be mighty-handy to have about
the. house Such fellows command
} fabulous salaries in San Francisco when
times are flush, and they are always able
to make a pretty good Lying when they
are willing to SIT aboutNt. They are
little too much given to sbeating their
wives, however, when the day of ad-
versity comes, to make desirable sons-in-
law as a general rule.
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BEYOND.
ny c. cARBTER.

HenceteTth my path slopes down ~arfNo the grave
The wine of life is out, the cup tufned- lowni
Lies ventures all a weary burden pro- -
My love Low turns to thee-to thee alone
Earth's highest goal Is overm ttchet By cost
But Love. heaven-born, still plumes her goloeh
wing
Toward blest Paradise where treasures lost
Are found immortal, past all whitening
There thou and l. o loved and trusting heart,
Will d well apart from all the world beside,
Loving each other, never more TO part
Immortal both. thou fairer than bride
In some pure Ellen of Immanuel's Lsnd,
A fairer Paradise shall flower again:
There Love and Innocence again walk hand IN manu.
And there my Eve the tempter Lure In vain.
JUNE. 1877.
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DON'T TALK TOO MUCH.

Few people have reason to regr,t that
they have talked too little Forbear to
sport an opinion on subject of which
you are ignorant, especially in the pres
ence of those to whom it is familiar. If
it be not always in your power to speak
to the purpose, it certainly is to be 81
lent; and, though thousands have re-
membered with pain their gsrruity, few
have reason to repent their silence,
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The stomach obstinately rebels against all
efforts 10 make it digest superintendent orin-
direstibIe food. When a tit Of dyspepsia has
been brought on by over Indulgence in the
pleasures Of the table, or any other cause, the
Invalid can obtain from Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters prompter and more complete relief
than from any other source. This admirable
specific not only readers digestion active, but
rrofIIatcs the secretion and distribution Of the
bile. re-esiablishes a regular habit of bod,
when costiveuess exists, restores the appetite
soothes and invigorates the nerves, and, ]
taken before retiring, facilitates sleep. III
der these happy conditions, the dyspeptic O
bilious subject regains lost flesh, his spirit
recover their elasticity, and all the varIou
and harassing bodily and mental symptom
Of chronic iudiges,ious disappear.
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las, we have no towel. Months
ago our devil drove a spike in each end
of the last one, adjusted a stock, and it is
doing serNce as a roller-core; they wipe
on the pIlce where it used to hang
R0Vq Herald We used to have a good
towel in the Hawkeye Office, but the boys
got hard up one day and broke it up in
sections and sold the pieces for horse
rasps rhe boys wash just as often as
ever, but they dry their faces on pieces
OF sand paper, which is nearly as soft as
the old towel.~=Hglckeye.
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ALTERATION AND REMISSION OI
mENTIL ICTITITT.

In the accustomed routine of Cduca-
ton, number of separate studies and
requirements are prosecuted together so
that, for each day, pupil may have to
engage in as many as three, four or more
different kinds oflessons.
The principles that guide the alterna
ton and remission Of our modes of eXer-
else and application are apparently these:
Sleep is the only entire and absolute
cessation of the mental and bodily ex-
penditure and perfect or dreamless sleep
is the greatest cessation of all What
ever shortens the due allowance OF sleep.
renders it ftful and dis .urbed, Ct pro
notes dreaming, Is so much force wasted.
In waking hours there may be ces-
sation from q given exercise, with more
or less ofinaction over the whole system.
The greatest diversion of the working
forces is made by our meals; during these
the trains of thought are changed, while
/ the body is rested.
Bodily or muscular exercise, when al
ternatt l with sedentary mental LABOR. l.
really mode of remission accompanied
with an expenditure requisite to redress
tie balance of the physical functions
The blood has unduly flowed to the
brain muscular exercise draws it off
/ The oxidation of the tissues have been re
tarded muscular exercise Is the most di
rect mode of increasing it. But definite
observations teach us that these TIVE
beneficial effects are arrested at the IA
tigue-point 50 that the exercise at las
contributes rot to the refreshment, bu
to the exhaustion of the system
The real point before Us Is What d
we gain by dropping one form ofac'iyit,
and taking up another? This involves
variety of considerations.-PRoF. BAN
Popular Science Monthly.
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A lady friend of ours says that the
beautiful vistas of her soul-life become
blurred when she sends her husband to
the corner grocery with four-bits for a
loaf of bread, and he comes back chewing
cloves and tells how he generously gave
away the change to a blind man with
only one hind leg.-Saa Francisco hdd.
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rrcn.,Ie .n tI.e EaosssehoId.

We would advise every one interested not
TO buv Yeast or Baking Powders, loose or in
bulk. They are usually made by unskilltul
persons, and have frequently proven totally
unfit for use. There is no guarantee or re-
sDonsipiIitv attached to loose powder
BoOLEY's YEAST POWDER is always put up
i'm cans. warranted full weight, and abso-
lntaIN nnre.
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FIVE years, many leading physicians aeknow-
edge that the GrasfeHberg HGrsbdHs Uterine
C0th0}ic5n is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
Gr0Gcn5cg Vegetable PWs, the most popular
remedy OF the day for billiousness, headache,
liver complaint and DISEASES of digestion.
Sold 6y ali druggists. Send for almanacs.
Graefeuherc Co. New York.
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4 FEW YEARS AGO no one would nave
thoucbt that more than a hundred hours in
struction in music could have been afforded
for SIS; vet this is just whatmOre than 5000
pupils have secured at the New England Con
serratorv Of Music, with its 70 eminent Profess
sors. Full Information may be secured 10y
-an-aa.:nn DE- T. TorELEE. Boston.
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A Plymouth man recently received
q letter commencing asfollows: Dear sir,
it is with the greatest pleasure that | take
ny pen in hand to let you know that
can't pay you that money now"
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THERE are many roads running from
and leading 10 a metropolis, If you wish to
arrive at and keep on the healthy road con
templatiug "A long life, judiciously use that
valuable elixir HOME STOMACH 3ITTERs
Prepared by the Home Bitters Co., ST. Louis
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RHEUA1ATIsM QUICKLY CURED.-Du.
rang's Rheumatic Remedy, the great Internal
Medicine, will positively cure any case Of
rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
s. a bottle six bottles, 50; SOLD by an Drug
eists. Send for circulars to ,Helphenstine
& Bentley, Druggists, Washington, d. c.
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PoND's EXTRACT, the marvellous veg
etable Pain Destroyer, has a career of thirty
wears as standard mediun. 1t has made a
great reputation. Try it!
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vEGETINE
Prepared bg
II. II. STEVENS, Boston, Mass
Vegotiue is Sold by all Druggists
PURELY VEGETABLE

If Won r. Idull drowsy, debilitated have trcqLenI
a.i4-hc mouth tastes badly. poor appetite anu
torlrne ctatrd you suffering from torpid HNet
ar biIi1uSue--.' - and nothing VIII cure you 20
peaIiy and permanently as 10 take 7i2i'ioNH ~ ~
X .aUuAr0R or MEmCIEE.
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REV ORLEANS.
GF. LOUIS

ar ERR7 MAae by Agents IN Jan. y win
- - e s. q my - new articles. Samples freet
- WY Address G. ". LisgHssen, CAIeaeo'
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motion. and, rising from the ground en-
mosse, they would dash iato the faces of
horses aud riders, completely binding
them tor the time being. These sudden
uprisings frightened the animals, and
frequently set them dashing and cavort-
ing about in the widest manner
Strange to say, these grasshoppers had
not devoured everything in the shape Of
veget ton, but had spared much of the
crass and foliage. They seemed to be
fastiqg. or waiting for the crops to ma
ture i'm the. states east ..of the Missouri.
They were heading for the Missouri river,
though their progress was slow, and they
seemed rather to bemaintaining master
" inactivity, moving only when obliged
TO. II is the opinion of the officers in
command of the detachment that, later
in the season, this throng Of insects viii
take to wing and deya,tate the maturing
crops in the northwestern states. They
must have something TO subsist en-, anC
there is not enough vegetation in The
| Yellowstone region TO afford them one
good meal, if they should all get hungr!
at once.
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FOR MAN AND BEAST.
KasI:FIKyz3 MSS

This prevalent affection Is generally ioosses
rs a trivial matter. nc docs Great ".e,iroes
Excretion Is checked while aDsofp1iob, cesorbed
All impurities are left in the bowels 20 " des
in the blood and poison the system pIo. ~ me
persia. headnri piles, dsordered ncuoi,, n ~
heart liver and kidneys, Doils, fever
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EIE47ITEEylIlE1

crre chronic constipation s ..eo II
r , Z, rn Iut from want Of groPfr nroper
Thew possess tonic Alternative ana en al other
ties and win regulate the 9fe1 and cause The bocy
~ M, r. solid flesh. Sold even "'''
70 saip1.. se ~ 81 Murray St, New 1oIA.
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GRASSROPPERS.
"''''o''s Of Them In the Yellowstone Co'''-
t''y--A1, Ola Pet,s story of Hhdt
TTa


Arthur Templetou an emaciated, de
oiiltated, WORKOUT old soldier, who has
been tramping around after Indians TOR
several years past, arrived IN Chlcago
Saturday evening from Tongue river,
with his discharge papers in his pocket
Mr.. Templeton tells a grasshoPper
story which smacks, at first blush, OF the
incredible, but which must nevertheless
be true, since a man who had served his
county well, and been honorabkS dis
charged, could hardly have acquired the
habit of lying so soon after quitting the
army According to his account, the
country south of the Yellowstone river
IS literally black with young 'hoppers
on on the eastern slope of the Big Horn
mountains is where they swarm the
thickest. A detachment Of cavalry be-
longing to Gen. Miles command recently
travelled for three days through the ser
ried ranks of the infesting army of in
sects. The whole surface of the country
looked like one huge erasshopper, so in
Vulnerable were tie ., sts. They covered
all the rocks; every tree, from the roots
to the topmost branches, was black with
them; clinging and hanging together in
solid masses; rivule.s we're choked and
damned by the writing, struggling
halfdrowned millions. while the air a'
| J
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ana Resi- Family DIS LITE

for an diseases Of tbs
Liver. Stomach d SpleeI
Regulate the Liver
and prevent
CHILLS AND FEVER
NALAR Gus FEW FE!
BOWEL COMPLAINT.
X + : r l. r : : y J. = :
ia 4 y ID ICE, A ,
NAUSEA.
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SHERIFFS SALE.

Zack White VS.. Robt. W,lk;ns-No. lib.
by V; tue of a writ of Fl. ia, issued ort
ID Of ths F ST jus. Sc Govt OF the per-
ish of Gieet. in the above emitted and
numbered ~ /, aud me Directed. heve
seized ard WI ofsrfor s''e, to the list
aud highest bid lar, in see usual horr. Of
sale, a, be cou,t nOu % door, in The own
of Co'fax, mai sh of G. ant. on
Saturday, the 18th day of Novem-
! Der, 1877,
the follow ing described ~ ,oer Y. Seized
as the p ope ~ cf z ck VIII e, the
pla n, f, 10 W.:
One two no q VIZ ION.
Terms OF sale -Cs n with the benefit
of appa Sc nen.
L p. BRIDG Frs,
Deouiy She If. par sh o. Grant,
Novembe. 5. 1877.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Ninth Judicial District Court,
Parish of Granite
Bush and Levert VS.. Thorn Bush. -
No. l54.

Bush and Levert vs.. Thorn Bush. -
No. l54.
BY virtue of writ of fl. fa., issued
and directed to me in the above entitled
suit, have seized and will offer for
sale. on
SATURDAY, the 18th day of November.
A. d. 1877,
in front of the Court House, in the
town of Colfax, between the hours of
IL o'clock NJ. and o'clock p. M, all of
the right, title and interest of Thorn
Bush, said interest being one-seventh
in the following described property,
viz "a travt- offend fronting ON Red
River, at the junction of the Darro,
bounded above by Bayou Darro, in the
rear by lands of Joshua Hnei's success
sion, aud below by Bsllvue plantation,
containing about thirteen hundred
acres also, tract of land fronting on
Red River, bounded above by tract last
described, below by the Mead planta-
ton, and in the rear by the Darro tract.
containing about six hundred and forty
acres also with all the improvements
on both tracts Of land; also, tract Of
woodland lying OH Bayou Darro, bound
ed by the Darro on the north and on
the other side by lands of Joshua
Huei's succession, containing three
hundred and twenty acres; another
tract Of woodland, bounded below by
lands of NJ. Calhoun and l.. BOnligny's
estate, and in the rear by lands Of
Strother, containing five hundred acres
more or less.
Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit Of
appraisement.
CHAS. X. NUGENT,
Sheriff Parish of Grant.
Enlfax. La, Oct. 6. II. p. {. Is.
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SHERlFF'S SALE.

Parish Court, Parish of Grant, La.
Ben Kraft VS.. Buck C. Mckinney ct ais.
No. %67.
DY virtue of writ of Fl. ia. , issued and
ID to me directed, in the above entitled
suit, l have seized and will offer for
sale, at the court house door, III the
town of COlfax, on
Saturday, the 18th day of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1877,
between the hour of IL o'clock NJ. and
4 o'clock P. NJ. of said day, the follow
ing described property, seized as the
property of Emanuel White, one of the
defendants in solido in the above emit
tied suit, viz:
One sorrel horse mule, one sorrel
mare mule, and one half bale Of cotton
in the seed.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with the benefit
Of apprsisement.
CHARLES r. NUGENT,
Sheriff.
Sbsri6s Office, Colfax, La. Nov. ., 1877.
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Ghe Gnlfax GbrOmifle.
Raglan & NASH, PRoPRIEroRs.
Fl. @. GOODWX N,
Publisher.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish Court,
Parish of Grant.
Renshaw Cammack & Co.

Renshaw Cammack & Co.
VS.. mo. ADJ.
Phillip Ussnry and Hiram Williamson.
DY virtue of a writ of Fl. fa issued in
ID the above numbered and entitled
snit, and to me directed, l have seized
and will offer for sale, to the last and
highest bidder, at the Courthouse door,
at COlfax, parish of Grant, between the
hours prescribed by law, on
Saturday. November 10, 1877,
the following described property, seized
rs the property of defendant, Hiram
Williamson, tO-wit:
Twenty coy bushels of corn,
One black horse.
Terms uf Sale-Cash, with benefit of
appraisement.
CHARLES r. NUGENT,
Sheriff.
Colfax, October %, 1877.
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forty acres, with all the improvements
upon both tracts ef land.
Also, a tract of woodland lying on
Bayou Darro; bounded by the Darro on
the north, and on the other side by
lands of Josiah Huie's succession, con-
tanning three hundred and twenty
acres.
Another tract of woodland bounded
below by land of N. Calhoun and L.
Bouligny's estate, and in the rear by
lands of Strother. containing five hum
dred acres, more or less.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit of
appraisement
CHAS. r. NUGENT,
Sheriff Parish of Grant.
Colfax, Oct. q, list. p. t. Is
HERTEF'S SALE
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
A. L. Grow vs.. j. T. Lewis ct al.
No. $50.
Ninth Judicial District Court Par
ish of Grant.

BY virtue of writ Of Fl. ia, issued
and to me directed in the above enti-
tied suit, l have seized and will offer
for sale, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day ofNovember,
A. p 1877,
in front of the Court House, in the
town of COlfax, between the hours of
II o'clock M. and 4 o'clock p. NJ. the
following described property, viz: The
improvements known as the John NJ.
Lewis old place, or entry, now in pos
session of the defendant, j. T. Lewis,
and on which he now resides-seized as
the property of the defendant.
Terms of sale-Cash, with benefit of
appraisement.
C. X. NUGENT,
Sheriff Parish of Grant.
COlfax, Oct. s, III. p. T.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Statevof Louisiana, Parish Court,
Parish of Grant.

L. Bloom and j. /. Adams & Co.
VS.. No. AGO.
Benjamin Brim.
DY virtue of writ of fl. fa., issued in
ID the above numbered and entitled
suit, and to me directed, have seized
and will offer for sale, to the last and
highest bidder, at the Courthouse door,
at Colfax, parish of Grant, between the
hours prescribed by law, on
Saturday, November 10, 1877,
the following described property
One gray mare,
Six bales of cotton,
One hundred 900 bushels of corn,
A lot of cotton in patch tabout 6
baies.)
Terms Of Sale Cash, with the benefit
of appraisement
C. r. NUGENT,
Sheriff.
COlfax, October Is, 1877.
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SHERfFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana, Parish Court,
Parish of Grant.
L. Bloom and Jno. l. Adams & Co.

Vs.
Abram aud Sarah Singleton.
DY virtue of a writ of Fl. fa., issued in
ID the above numbered and styled snit,
from the Parish Court i'll and for the
parish of Grant, and to me directed, l
have seized and will offer for sale, at
public auction, at the Courthouse door
of Grant parish, at Colfax, during the
hours prescribed by law, on
Saturday, the / 9th November, 1877,
the following described property, seized
as the property of the defendant, to-
wit:
One sorrel horse.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, with the benefit
of appraisement.
G. X. NUGENT,
Sheriff.
Oct. 30, 1877.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Ninth District Court-Parish OF
Grant.
Britton & Moore vs. William
Bush ct al.-No. 33.

By virtue Of writ of ii. IA, issued
and directed to me in the above enti-
tied suit, / have seized and will offer
for sale, on
Saturday, the 18th day OF De-
cember, A. d. 1877,
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in front of the Court House door, in
the town of Colfax, between the hours
of IL O'Clock NJ. aad o'clock P. NJ, all
the right, title and interest Of Virginia
Bush, said interest being One-sixth and
one-sixth of one-seventh in the follow
ing described property, viz:
A tract of land fronting on Red River,
at the junction of the Darro, bounded
above by Bayou Darro, in the rear by
lands of Josiah Huie's succession, and
below by the Bellvue plantation, con-
tanning about thirteen hundred acres.
Also, Q tract of land fronting on Red
River. bounded above by the tract last
described, below by the Mead planta-
ton, and in the rear by the Darro
tract, containing bout six b ,ndred and
Arizona citizen., 1877-04-14
An Important Law.

The Desert land law, published or our first page today, is one of the most important lately passed by Congress in he interest of settlers west of the Rocky mnuntalns. In some instances, il may enable parties to possess them selves of more land than they should have for the public good, but the best of laws can be misapplied if perjury directly or indirectly be resorled to. Fairly applied, one person can get but $40 acres under the law, and that IS none too much for man who will take water upon and cultivate the land which cannot be cultivated without irrigation; and to somewhat proven, land grabbers from getting possession of very large tracts, when the deciara- ton is filed, 2J ccn,s per acre must be pail to the government Some peO- pie a.e under the belief that land al ready provided with irrigation ditches but hot entered, can be possessed un .!er the desert land law, but in this view tn ' are quite likely mistaken.
 The great value of the law Is lis in ducements to people to carry wa'er upon and cultivate the present dry laud. There is general disposition 10 take up land under it. Residence "n tue land is not .equired, and hence m rchanis. mechanics and professional men can le-i.imarely acquire original title to GAO acres of public land. Dur- ing this week, there has been great acttvit, in Tucson in learlng the re- quirrmeuts of the the law and General Land Office, win a view to locating claims Three years is given to claim ants in which tO put water upon the ianl for cultivation, and we believe thc law i'll do very much to hasten the settlement of the Territory, and make available all surface water and perhaps inaugurate the sinking of ar tcsian wells.