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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
Respectable Robberies.

While the hue and cry is raised
against the sneakthief who, under
the protection Of darkness, robs your
pockets OF small change-whiie the
country is under arms to arrest the
lawless characters, and mobs hang
persons for no other reason than
cattle stealing, what punishment
should be meeted out TO the sleek,
respectable forger, or defaulter in
savings bank or insurance com.
panyi The hard earnings of the
poor are remorselessly taken by
these cool, calm, genteel rogues. 1t
is "a severe commentary on religion
that a large number Of the most
noted REGULATORS On large scale
were consistent and prominent mem.
bers of some church. We will not
dwell upon that view Of the case,
but return to comparison of the
criminality of the outlaws and des.
peradoes with these wholesale, sys.
tematic, coldblOoded robbers OF
widows and orphans.
Can crime be made respectable J
Will the juries of the country be
restrained or overawed by the influ.
ence of friends and relatives and the
power of money, when called upon
to give O verdict Will the past
high character and reputation for
piety excuse these great criminals
against society," All these things
should aggravate, not extenuate,
their punishment.
In nine cases ont of ten the despe.
RADIO is led to shed blood through
the effects Of whisky. After killing
his man, he becomes an outcast and
a reckless character. Even then he
is in most cases the friend of the
orphan aud widow and the enemy of
the oppressor of the poor. AS bad
and as desperate as he is, there ia
always spark of true manhood in
him. So far as respects the profess
sional thief, he is poor, miserable,
insignificant specimen of humanity,
incapable of great crimes as we'll as
small virtues. AS an enemy to man.
kind he is not far removed from the
animals that depredate upon your
store-room or hen-coop.-Fort Worth
Standard.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
TINE REAPERS.

The reapers bend their lusty backs,
Their sounding sickfes sway;
At every stroke the golden sea
Recedes to give them way.
The heavy ears fall blowing down
And nestle at their feet;
Such will, such work as theirs, perforce,
Must win-must homage meet.
So careless Of fatigue they 60
So true, so steadily,
The admiring traveller on the road
Leans DER the gate to see;
With marvel of the soon fallen breadth,
The longing gossips tell;
But the reapers labor for us all;
lis need they should work well.
Ere the great sun that burns above
Shall crimson in the west,
And the children's poppy nosegays fade,
And they lie down to rest,
Each golden spear that upward points
Shall fall upon the field,
And the farmer drains a sparkling glass,
Rejoicing DER the yield.
Ply, bonny men, your sickles bright,
Aud give the people bread!
AT every conquering stride You take,
On want and woe you tread.
Drop, heavy earn, and give the strength
You gathered from this plain,
That man may rise refreshed and firm,
And do great things again.
God bless the hands, all hard and brown,
That guide the cleaving pillow,
That cast abroad the shining Seed,
And build the wealthy NOW;
They rear the bread our children eat;
lis by their toll we live;
Hnrrah! give them the loudcst cheer
That grateful hearts can give!
Chamber Journal.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
Something Wrong Yet.
moves Oh.

Within the last three months
brutal murders have been committed
in several parishes of the State, and
in no instance has the perpetrator
of the foul decd been brought to jus.
tice, although in each instance the
crime was committed openly and in
defiance of law.
Our State government is now in
the hands of her people; our chief
executive officer has done every
thing in his power to have the laws
rigidly enforced; but something is
wrong yet. What is iti 1t must
be that either the people or the
subordinate officers whose duty it is
to see the laws executed in the sever
al parishes of the State, have not
done their duty. Perhaps both
have failed to come up to the de-
mands which their country has made
upon them. One thing is certain,
aud that is that public sentiment
has not yet been properly educated,
or such fragrant violations of both
moral and civil law would not 20
unpublished. Whenever every man
learns, recognizes and acts upon the
principle that it is his duty to do
every thing in his power to bring to
justice any man, friend or foe, who
violates criminal statute Of his
country, then will such crimes cease
to be committed; and in proportion
as they act upon this principle will
crime diminish.
Another great detection in our 80
cial system is that with a certain
class of our population it is consid
cred no dishonOr to swear, play
cards, get drunk, fail to pay hones
debts, or violate almost any of the
moral code, but an eternal disgrac<
to receive the slightest insult with
out resisting it, and that too by tax
ing life Tit can not be safely don,
otherwise. This is q false idea o
honor, and has done q great deal Il
mislead the young people of GU
country. The rising generation
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
Sitting Bull.

The military and diplomatic EN-.
bassy dispatched by the United
States Government into the North
west Territory to treat with that dis
tinguished potentate, Sitting Bull,
and to persuade him to enter into
amicable relations with this Re-
public, reached Fort Walsh, after a
long and painful journey, and found
the Sioux chieftain ready for them.
The details of this momentous inter
view will be valuable to some his
torian in the next century. Sitting
Bull awaited the embassy squat on
the dirty floor of a wigwam, wrapped
as to his neither person in blankets,
and decorated as to his head with q
red pocket handkerchief. In this
attitude, mute and meditative, he
sat all the night before the confer
ence, while a squaw amused him
with occasional bowls and groans.
He listened to the address Of Gen.
Terry "with quiet irOnical smile"
He smoked industriOusly during the
presentation of the case of the
United States, his attendant braves
meanwhile fondling their knives and
playing with their Winchester rifles.
And when the speech was finished,
he told the embassy-not in 30 many
words, but, we trust, with becoming
diplomatic circumlocution-to ego
to the devil" There is nothing fol-
Gen. Terry to do but to march home
again aud get ready for another
Indian war whenever it mag suit
the convenience of Sitting Bnll Il
recross the border. We have nc
doubt that the distinguished soldier
performed his task with all possible
tact and dignity; but it does seem al
if the United States Government
had been in q rather ridiculous
position. To treat q handful Of
wandering savages as an independ
ent nation, and send high officers o.
the army into the remote wilderness
to make treaties with them which
we know they will not keep, ant
they know We will not keep either
is an sbsurtlity which We ought Il
have outgrown before this time
The Interior Department might hav'
been better occupied In replacing 1t
burnt roof, instead of equipping thi
diplomatic commission to treat Of
British territory with Q runsws
outlaw.-N. 7. Tribune.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07

should be taught that there is no
code of morals better than that
contained in the Bible, and that no
man is excusable for taking human
life except his country, his family or
his own life. Our officers also should
he held to q strict accountability,
and whenever they fail to execute
the law promptly and faithfully
should be retired as soon as possible
to the shades Of private life.-Nank.
lin San.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07

tucy Wouiu duJOutu W ciuoy ~ duu
see Ten Brock run against Ochiltree
and Parole. But "there's many a
Slip even in English customs. The
race is of, and the passes given Con
gressmen are doomed to grace the
scrap basket.
Gen. w. T. Sherman is in town
again, and is receiving a great
amount of attention, as usual. Mrs.
Sherman is not with him. This
lady, one of the most popular in
Washington society, has made her.
self quite famous of late, owing to
her decided opposition to round
dances. She will not allow her
beautiful daughters to indulge in
them, and discourages the custom
wherever she can.
Senator Blaine is sick, so much 80
that he is unable to proceed to
Maine, where his daughter is lying
i'll under the effects of an accidental
discharge of a pistol. If Senator u.
goes he will "pair Off with Senator
Herman, so his vote will not be
missed.
There is new deficiency brought
TO light in the Post Office Depart.
ment. 1t amounts to 4284 ,2S3.36,
being overdue compensation to post.
masters. Congress will be asked to
make an appropriation to meet it,
as all salaries Of postmasters are
fixed by law. This deficit is not the
result of ENLIGHTENMENT or neglect of
duty.
"Oastle Stewart that elegant
mansion on Connecticut avenue,
which the wealthy Senator from
Nevada built when in the Senate,
has at last been rented. 1t brought
but $4,000 per year. Quite a reduc,
tion from the $4,000 per annum
that was originally asked. 1t has
been standing vacant for two years,
save now and then, when occupied
for few nights by the ex-senator,
ghostly monument Of the fallen
fortunes and hopes Of a man who for
awhile was accounted the possessor
of untold wealth. During its vacancy
the moths have held high carnival
in the tapestries aud furniture, all of
which were bought at the Paris
Exposition. Some of the finest
pieces of furniture are literally
SHREDDED aud unfit for any use what
ever. The old residence of Chief
Justice Chase, which so often has
resounded to the merry making of
fetes and entertainments of the most
regal style has been converted into
club house. Thus they go, as time
moves on. FAY.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
HOMER MASONIC FEMALE INSTITUTE.
Eighteenth Annual Session begins Sept. 9Th, 1877

EFFICIENT TEACHERS will fill every
r. Department. Especial attention given
10 MUSIC,
Board per- month Of four weeks, includ-
ing washing, lights, &c, sl5.
Tuition 81, 81 and s.. No eXtravaganccs
allowed.
The Institution is strictly non-scctarian.
Send for Catalogue.
+. :. SLIGH, Prcst.
Homer, Claiborne parish, La.
Aug. ~, III. LIS
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Especial Correspondence of the GUARDIAN
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 90, 1877.
The Capitol grounds are increasing
steadily in cultivation and beauty,
and though many Washingtonians
to whom the old trees beneath whose
shade our earlier legislators walked
and talked had become so familiar
from so long association, still mourn
their loss and refuse to be cOmfOrted
by the lawns and fountains, statues
and drives, graceful terraces and
imposing gateways which take their
place. However, no one can fail to
be pleased with the decorations that
are being added to the large and
ample grounds surrounding that
pride of Americans-the Capitol
building. On the west side an orna.
mental wall of buff Ohio sandstone,
granite gneiss will alternate, with
balustrades of the same material.
The water from a little spring on
the hill, from which statesmen have
drank for many years, is to be coaxed
from it's humble, unnoticed home to
bubble and sparkle and fall in a
diamond shower into beautiful
drinking fountain, to he located at
the foot of the hill, just opposite the
entrance to the botanical gardens.
The fountain will be II feet high, of
buff, green and red stone, carved in
appropriate designs. The gardens
are already graced with Barthold's
fountain from the Centennial Exhi-
bition. 1t is surrounded by basin
seventy feet in diameter. The whole
when finished will add a great at
traction to the, grounds, already
beautiful.
The powers that be, blessings
upon them have made a ruling
whereby the honest pencil drivers
are no longer to be cheated out of
their places in the reporters gallery
by the petty dabblers in correspond
ence, who strut here and there,
choosing the high places at all the
feasts, as though they were the en-.
lighteners of the nation. "No ad.
mittance7 hereafter to such in the
reporters gallery.
The hero of the House to-day is
Alex. II. Stephens, speaking from
the curiosity point Of view. More
opera glasses are leveled at this
statesman in one day than an average
Congressman can boast of during q
session. He is in health, and boasts
that he weighs 81 lbs, which is 81
lbs. ahead of his last winter weight
The most he ever weighed was 81
lbs. His servant "Aleck" is always
at his side, and the pages take grea
pleasure in waiting upon him. BEING
quite joker, he once said to bev!
of these boys, who had just handet
him a glass of water, 81 wonde
who'll bring me water when all yo'
boys are dead and gone"
The rage to be English in all out
doings, even to dress, has infeste'
, Congress They determined tina
to-day should be at Pimlico wha
the Derby is in England, and tina
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07

The tender memory he left behind
him in the army, and the stern duty
he bequeathed his soldiers, win be
told By this little incident. The
army Of Lee was on its march to
Gettysburg, and the commanding
General had given strict orders for
it's discipline In Pennsylvania. An
officer riding to camp from Cham.
bersburg, late at night, was halted
BY the outposts- Having neither
pass nor countersign, in his dilemma
he bethought him Of IN old paas In
his pocketbook, signed by &eoeeal
jackson, whose recent death hung
like . cloud over the army. He found
it, and handed IL with confidence to
the sentinel. The trusty fellow man
aged to read II by the lRhs a .
match, and ~ he did % he ssoOed
to linger and hesitate over ~ -.
nature. And then, a. tho light went
out, he handed 1t back, aed locking
up towards the Stars beyood, -
said, sadly and firmly, aCapfaia,
you can 60 to heaven On that Paper,
but yoa can't pass this pasks
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07

Sanders Ii q great wiakeT. He
can't talk to yOu two minutes without
enforcing his point with q drop Of
one of his upper eyelids; he never
takes letter out OF his Office without
winking at ono of the clerks he
winks when he duns you, and gives
you a sly one when he pays . bill.
When he meets and greets you on
the street 1t is always with Q sigpif.
cant closing of the left eye, and When
he has a stunning piece Of news TO.
tell you HE wink IL one Of the great.
est import. The world moved along
smoothly enough With Sanders until
last Friday. Up to that time he
had gone wiuking aud blinking
along peacefully enough, snd no
clouds had obscured his happiness;
but pail is hanging over Sanders
now, and life has no charms for him.
Its all bis wife's fault, he says She
had no business sending him TO q
millinery store, She wanted Q bow
to match one on her hat, and she
started Sanders of to procure It.
He entered the store whistliDg, and
when one of the shop girls up.
preached and said "Good morning."
he wiHked and replied "Good morn.
ing"
The girl blushed and looked nerv.
GUS. Sanders displayed the bow
and said:
SCOT anything to match that Z"
and winked again. The girl van.
ished to the back room with flaming
cheeks, leaving Sanders to stare
after her in .mouthed wonder.
In q minute or two the boss milliner,
who had been informed Of HE actions,
appeared. She was highly indig.
nant, and as she slammed the door
behind she said:
| "Sir@o
"Good morning madame" said
Sanders. "Fine day, amt II uow,"
and q wink was unconsciOusly siung
at the lady. She bridled up in
stantly.
"Sir, the conduct
"Of that girl r interrupted San.
ders. "Oh, that's all right; never
mind her-little bashful, oh r
Another tremendous wink.
81 can not permit such conduct,
sir. 1t is shameful and insulting"
"Not at all, not at ALL" says San.
ders, still OF the track.
"DOn't say another word, We un-
derstand each other"
Another portentous wink.
The milliner vanishes, slamming
the back door behind her, and San.
ders sinks into seat, calculating:
"Well, I'll be doggonedT
But he bounced up quick when .
gentleman entered, and, calling him
ian old hippopotamus," proceeded
to divest himself of his coat, and
squaring of at Sanders, cried out
"Now, then, como onr
"Why, why, bless me, what does
this mean Z" said Sanders,
ooh, yes, you're a nice one, you
are. What kind OF . place do yoa
take this for, coming around and in.
sulting women and girls with your
winks. Come onw and he danced
around Sanders. He got one 10 on
Sanders over the eye; his left duke
felt of Sanders ribs, while his right
ratified around all over Sandors'
mug, and when heSot through with
Sanders that individual was % badly
demoralized a. pig In whirlwind,
aud he never found ont what 1t was
all about until the milliners hus-
band, who had ascertained his habit,
called on Sunday and apologized.
Sanders shook hands, and it was al
right, and was just about to wink
again, when he checked himself and
said:
"Blame It, III swear of from that
habitr and then he turned and
winked ct the wall to enforce his
oath.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07
BEEF! BEEF!! BEEF!!!
IN Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

IN Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
" urday mornings of each week, l will
furnish the people of Homer and surround
ing country with FINE FAT BEEF, nicely
slaughtered. Prices range from to cents
per pound. Persons living in the country
who wish to buy beef, and those buying
only once week, would do better to buy
on Saturday, a. on that day usually kill
two beeves. Parties wishing TO sell Beeves
on foot will do well to give me a call.
pay from 3 TO cents in cash for good
Beeves. For endorsement l refer to my
present customers.
THOMAS ID. KINDER.
Aug. -, 1877. lem
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07

The Austin Statesman puts the
present cotton crop Of Texas ct $780,.
900 bales, against zoo, 900 last year.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-07

Professional and business cards, of ten
line. or less in length, Els per annnm; for
six months. $40; for three months, 81
Bu.incSs advertisements Of greater length
will be inserted AT above rates.
Legal advertisements will he charged at
LEGAL rates, where fixed by law; otherwise
at special rates a. published above.
P, Special notices 20 cents. per line.
Funeral notices of less than ten lines,
md marriage and religious notices inserted
gratis.
.Inb-work executed in the ncatest style,
and at reasonable prices.
August -, ls77.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-02-17
Democratic Hopes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Dem
ocrats have rec vered in q great
measure from their panic concern
ing the probable future action of
the Electoral Commission, and
many OF them to-day express great
confidence that Louisiana can be
decided in favor of Tilden and Hen
bricks These expectations, how.
ever, seem to be based almost
wholly upon the conceded ability of
Trumbulfs argument in con nection
with the fact that the Commission
has granted so much time for dis
cussion of the admissability OF evil
dence, and as the Commission not
only heard able Democratic argu.
ments, but actually received evil
dence in the Florida case, which il
subsequently, decided was Of no
legal weight whatever. the proba-
bilities still strongly indicate a
strict adherence to the principles
then laid down and decision Of the
pending question in favor of the
Republicans.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-02-17
A DOMESTIC EPIsODE-A

A DOMESTIC EPIsoDE.--A gentle
man of color, whose domestic life has
not glided along as smoothly as the
first flash Of loves young dream prom
Used, and in whose breast the green
eyed monster had been often reused
by the too frequent intrusion Of sa-
BILE friend into the sanctities of his
domestic circle, dropped into bis
domicile quite unexpectedly the other
evening, says The Eureka Sentinel,
and was rewarded by hearing the
sudden exit of some person out of
the back door. A pair of pants that
had been left behind ON the floor
claimed the injured husbands atten-
ton, and Selling them he waved them
before his spouse's eyes, at the same
time demanding an explanation.
With ready wit she replied: "Why,
honey, denis pair of breehces dat
l was done gone and mended for
neighbor Johnsing; you know l does
little sewing when l gifts chance"
"That's all right, Susy; but" pounc-
ing upon a pair of number eleven
brogans that had been left to keep
the unmentionables company, "look
a-here, has you gone into de shoe
maxim business tool" The reply was
lost, but we inter from what the
neighbOrs say that there was another
case of bull-dosing which calls for
investigation.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-02-17
The Automatic Saver.

Many productive mines are even
now unable to be worked at profit
and many others are losing much OF
their earnings by the wastage that is
inseparable from the present mode OF
reduction. In the large amount of
tailings passing through the works
much silver and gold must necessar-
lily be carried away. This loss is in
evitable, and the only thing to be
done IS to consider how to reduce it
to minimum. We believe Mr.. A.
l. Fnck, practical miner Of long
experience, and a gentleman who has
evinced on this and other occasions
scientific and inventive turn of
mind, has come as near to solving
the problem as anyone who has ever
attempted it. His invention like
most valuable ones, is extremely SIM
Pile, consisting. in point of fact,
merely of a continuance to prevent
the oxidization of the copper plates
of the amalgamator which inevitably
occurs by the elemental action on
these plates. Mr.. Tricks machine,
which he calls "the automatic gold
and silver saving apparatus" de-
serves its name, inasmuch as 1t re.
quires no external force for its ope-
ration, being worked solely by the
waste flow from the batteries OF
separators, thereby utilizing an other
wise inapplicable force. The object
of the machine is to keep a constant
supply of quicksilver on the plates
thereby preserving the necessary
magnetism and keeping them in a
condition to hold the gold and silver
which passes over them. The saver
is merely a box some five feet long,
twenty inches wide and two
feet deep. The bottom is copper
lined, is semi-circular, and IS the re-
ceptacle for the quicksilver. An
overshot wheel revolves in this, lift.
ing up certain quantity of quick.
silver at each revolution and spread
ing 1t constantly over the plates by a
slowly revolving roller. A small rake
operating similarly at the other end
keeps the quicksilver in motion and
! prevents its coaguiatlon. Any minel
will see at a glance the advantages OF
such an invention. Simple, and
therefore not liable to 60 out of order
and not subject to breakdowns
labor-savlng, because automatic, OF
rather worked by an otherwise wasted
power; effective, MS all will under
stand when they reflect that it pre-.
serves the magnetism Of the plates
by constant supply of quicksilver
this machine bids fair to come int
general use and to add large sums
annually to the production OF oul
mines.-fStock Report.