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lS75-TRUE PROPHET.

In looking over an old file of th
St. Louis Republican extract til
following: from an able article writes
By " Z y! Dnneab, ofsthis city, pub
lished October A, 1876. Mr.. Dnncal
fully eqmprehensed the wants of til
west, as this article shows. s.Goot
Legislation is about to attain th,
Epoiut he loksd and hoped for. D;
J the article Is pertinent to the times
we quote it:
What is it then that produce ces the
difference in values between gold and
paper -There~arsgtwossthings~.th thai
might lend e this result, ,.anl but two.
D. IS S5s1t on the prft 81
congress, aud the ether IS gambling.
My opinion is that the gamblers have
been princess usenof mestyof the
troubles, and tlnss they have used our
/ REPRESENTATIVE 20 teS 1'Ots W itcOiHljIiSh
theirpurposes. II
That tn ere has been much bad leg
islation no intelligentDqn will deny.
First there was toemuch favoritcism
too much class legislation, in which
certain parties were exempt from the
burthens of taNation. Then there
was II discrifninaft on made infhe kind
Of money that would pay an ind via.
al debt, and that which would pay
dues TO the goVGnment. That is,
treasury notes were made legal ten
der to the people, but the govern
ment demanded for its dues gold
coin.
< Then the.tiye- twenty lpntis, Which
were not originally made payable in
coin, were by the act of congress in
1869, Sifder the pretext Of good faith,
converted into gold bonds.
If these were errors the only way
out of the trouble is to retrace our
steps and undo what we have done
amiss. When this is proposed a
howl goes up all along the line OF bad
faith. If it'was bad faith to5do these
things in the first place it certainly is
not so to undo them. F.
Admit that it is bad faith to the
bond-holders to do so, is it not worse
faith 10 those who are not bond held |
ers to do otherwise! The present
system of finance was the product Of
the war. At the very outset in issu-
ag treasury notes the government
was embarrassed by a want Of conf
lence in its stability. That of itself
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02

The following advertisement has
been discovered in an old Dublin
newspaper: "If Edward Headen,
house painter, who is in the habit of
travelling to all pats Of the country
in prosecution of his business, will
communicate with his brother it will
be to his advantage, as his wife is
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02
By APPEARANCES.

When Maine was district of Mas
sachusetts, Ezekiel Whitman was
chosen to represent the district in the
Massachusetts legislature. He was
! n, eceentric man, and one of the best
LAWYERS of his time. He owned a
farm. and did much work on lit; i:siiti i:siili
and when The time came for him to
set out for Boston his best suit of
clothes w:s a suit of homespun. His
wife objected to his going in that
garh, but he did not care.
II will get nice suit made As soon
rs reach Boston," he said.
Reaching his destination Whitman
found rest at Doolittlc City cavern.
Let it he understood that he was
graduate of Harvard, and at this
tavern he was ut home. AS he enter
ed the parlor of the house he found
several ladies and gentlemen assem-
blcd, and heard the following remark
from one of them;
"Ah. here comes a countryman of
the real homespun genius. Here's
fun
Whitman stared at the company
and then sat down.
'.Say, my friend, are you from the
country?" remarked one of the gen
tlemen.
"Ya-as," answered Ezekiel, with a
Iudicrous twist Of the face.
"And what do you think of our
city ?'' asked one of the ladies.
Its a pooty thickly settled place,
any how. It's got a sweepin' sight
of heases- in it,
"And good many people too?'
"Ya-as, I should guess So"
"Many people where you come
FROM!
"Wall, some"
! ''Plenty of ladies, | SUPPOSE
"Ya-as, fair sprinkGn'.
"And l don't doubt that you are
quite q beau among them!"
s.Ya-as, l beaus 'em home, tew
meetin' and singin'-skewl."
s:Perhaps the gentleman from the
country will take a glass of VIII" +"
"Thank'ee. Don't keer if / do. .
~ The wine was brought.
A sYou must drink toast"
i 30, cit eout! / eat toast; never
hoard of sich thing as drinkin' it
H3ut [ can give you sentiment.
~ The ladies' clapped their hands
hut what was their surprise when tn
stranger, rising, spoke calmly ant
! clearly as follows:
4 ssLadies and gentlemen; permit m
, to wish you health and happiness
i with every blessing earth can afford
: and may you grow better and wise
/ in advancing years, bearing ever
n mind that outward appearances al
O decsitful. You rnistoook me, froi
n INV dress, for q country b,oby Whll
ID from the same superficial cause
Thought you were ladies' and genti'
zen. The
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s -''Come DIVA with the dast. -
For the la Of hfn,he didn't know
what it meant. and teiegras,hed back

| ~ "I1A Wkhu tuc uubA.
For the lik Of bfn nhe didn't know
what it meant. and telegrasshed hack
to New York asking for information.
He received the following inrorma-
tion;
| g'Your cable of tie--instant, to
Napoleon, Paris, Frahce. signed Gov
ernor Gilpin, or any other man,
l1amonnt due $l87.50." '~15
This was sumner and Bill scratch
ed his head again and again, trying
to, think what it all meant. He knew.
very well he lad never received any
such amount for the message, nor
was there any record of it having
been sent. He questioned the opera
tors about it when one of them re-
marked: III! wonder if it is that
fool thing l sent to Omaha" In
quiry developed the fact that that was
the identical hair-pin which had caus-
ed the row, and the young mans face
was study for an artist, when told
he would have to pay the modest lit
tie sum of sl87. 80 for the enjoyment
he derived from his practical joke.
No doubt he considered it extremely
practical. An attempt was made to
have the cable company remit the
amount, but did not succeed, and the
result was, the young operator had
to ''come down with the dust hinl-
self. He paid it, and ever afterward
when he seht a cablegram to Omaha
he wOnld always inform the receiving
operator that it was not joke.
The whole telegraph correspon-
dence, and that which passed through
the mails concerning the matter, was
framed, and can be seen at the Oma-
ha office at the present day. just
what remark the Emperor of France
made when he received the message
has not been recorded in history.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02
A GIRL IN MY BED.

Yarn after yarn had been spun,
and the hour of retiring had arrived
the host was doing behind the
counter-and the spirit of conversa-
ton was beginning to flag when the
doctor whispered to me that if |
would pay attention, he would top
Off with a genuine good one.
II believe, Captain" said the
Doctor, Il never told you my adj
venture with a young lady at my
boarding house, when | was attend
ing lectures. .-..
''No, lets have it, replied the in
dividual addressed. who was short,
flabby, fat man, highly nervous tenn
pc, ament, and very red face.
''At the time | attended the lee
lures, boacdcd at house where
there were no females but the land
lady and an old colored cook
Here the Doctor made a short
pause; and the Captain by way of
requesting him to go on, said:
"Wcll."
II often felt the want of female
society to soften the severe labor of
deep study and dispcl the ennui 10
which | WAS subjected"
"Wcll," said the Captain.
ssBut,as / feared forming acquain-
lance among the iadies might inter
fere with my studies. 1 avoided them
all.
"Wcll."
Zone evening, after listening to Il
long lecture on physical anatomy,
and 1issccting large negro, fatigued
in body and mind, l went early to my
lodgings
"Well. said the Captain.
II went into the hall, took large
lamp and went directly to my room,
it being then after one O'Clock.
WELL"
Il placed the light upon the table,
and commenced undressing. had
hardly got my coat off when my at
tention was attracted to a dress and
a quantity OF pettlroats lying on
chair near the bed
"Well," said the Captain, who
began to show signs that he was
deeply interested.
"A pair of dainty slippers and silk
stockings on the floor. OF course /
thought it strange, and was about to
retire, but then | thought that had
at least . RIGHT to know who was in
NV bed"
EXACTLY" nodded the excited
Captain. ...s....... ..
s.Well"
$50 took light, went softly to
nv he'd and with a trembling hand
drew aside the curtain. Heavens I!
what sight! A young girl, l would
say an angel of about eighteen, was
there asleep. *-e1 81.
,,,uou >, .,;l tho cs,to;n eivino
b;s chair . hitch.
aAsI gozeI rpon her, l thought
never Witnessed ANYTHING more beau.
ie'Ni -,
ti1ul. FROM '''i'e' " nv 80
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tNrsWELLp' said the Captain, hitch.
ling his chair right antlieft,and squirt.
ling his tobacco Juice against she!stovc
until it fairly fixed again. ~
81 thought l was taking 81 nean
advantage of her and l seized my
coat, hat and boots and went and
slept in another room" -sH -
'sIts lie :" shouted the excited
Captain, jumping up anil kicking
over his chaii-tttT'S A LIEF" r
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02

Strong, governor OF the state, enter
ed and inquired for Whitman.
"Ah, here l am, governor. Glad
to see you." az sgs4.s.. ......s.
Then turning to the dumbfounded
company, he said:
Il wish you very good evening""
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02

| Nothing more was heard from,
mssage until the end Of the smontli !,
thetinie for squaiing accounts, when
i'iilyWoodard, the manager of the
Denselpffice, II eceived the following
teiegratnfrom the Treasurer at New
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them. Contractteh should nave been
made, but it should have been very
GRADUAL, so as to enable all si'e had
any foresight to layc adapted them
selves to}circnmsApees.
In your issue d'the 22d inst. you
say that the. real state Indebtedness
lin the cities. OF New York and Brook
4ivtt three hundrd aud seventy mil
lions of dollars. Chicago must have
at least two hunled millions, and
would it not reqiire one hundred
millions to pay ofsbe deeds Of tsnst
| and mortgages on the city Of ST
Louis? If SO, thsl' here are four ci.
ties carrying rpitgage indebted
] ness of six hund NJ and seventy mil
d lions, only d saat fraction dndcr TIN
entire amount Of ssetpbacks and ne nfs
d tional currency Il eirculadons III
: your issue Of the 20 you say tha
s the Indebtedness u cities, towns
. feounties and sta',s in the Unite'
States is-sixtnen hgaFed aud elassa elasa
ptteen millions five efailred theaso ?
% dollars, and yet 7 bQly, have seve
a hundred millionsD hay with. Is
Taknot fact that tltnoney owing 0
q z the aee 3 of.trusknd mortgages !
81 the citiessto which -ou refer has to !
"a J raised exclasiyelySrom . sale OF u
81 - w7fmortgagedsaropeiF2 Ifso, hoy
contf faetiq, sp hcn6t tbs mortga'
&, 0as 4 Nd dibt tl property, to
:es large ext was hrchasfd when Z
nn lsu currency Wis at its g eSsr
f sion. IisrSssonriF &
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02

Fre. ,ght runs ac'h ~.
as sengers Without Tso',s'~-
sr ~ --.s....s-. a.-
THos McFIssoCK, Gen. Supt.
C.. K.beRD, Sen. PassengeI~Ag gent
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02

csc notes
spending
at one
nearly
49,. ms w. is
from which it began
slowly. Confidence
ored. The wal ccas-
ess of time the premi-
,cfned to eight per
'ose Of the war, or
r, 1868, the entire
circulating as mo-
vas about tweuty-one
.mlliohs. BY constant and
,ntrac6on this has been re-
i volume to about one-third
slourt, or in the ncighbor-
even hundred millions. The
o this contraction was the
1878, from which the coun-
My saved by the confidence
in the national b; nks to re-
keep good their circula-
d the government to maintain
of treasury notes. -,,..
lre it occurs to me that a
n of such magnitude as this
result in the want Of con-
Whether it was right Or
the government to have
ulation twenty-one hun
IS of paper money, and
induced speculation and
ublic and private ex-
TIA question. now to
t exists rs a fact,
ith things as we
we would have
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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-05-02

Patterson I
cigars, tobscs
. formed icsl pl
the city. :. -
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- :.
Doctor,
youth 70 Q 4
!.ynce said tn
for men to
10 perform. =.
to tone. me VI
whales, - was
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-05-11

The origin of "Mason and Dixon's
line" is this: Charles Mason and
jeremiah Dixon, mathematician and
surveyors, were employed by Penn
sylvania and Maryland to determine
the boundary line between the two
provinces. 1t is not generally
known that they set up at every
fifth mile a stone bearing the arms
of the Penn family on the northern
side, and those of Lord Baltimore on
the southern side. Whether the
stones are still in existence is mat
ter of doubt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-05-11

On the North London railway, q
short time since, passenger re-
marked in the hearing of one of the
company's servants, how easy it was
to edo" the company, and said that
he often travelled without a ticket
any one could do it. and that he had
done it the day before. When he
alighted he was followed by the Off
cial, who asked him how he did it.
For a consideration he agreed to
tell. This being given, the official
asked, elbow do you manage to
travel without a ticket ?" well"
was the reply, II walk"
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What We Want.
Minden Dcmocrat.l

The question of constitutional
source of dissension in the Demo
cratic ranks at the next election, as
it is very evident that the anti-con
ventiOn men are determined to take
issue with the people on this subject.
These men are not strong enough to
create il division, even if such is
their desire, but they can be of no
little annoyance by agitating their
views. The people are not in sym
pathy with them, and well they
know it, and every move of theirs
will be received with doubt and nm
certainty. There is no disposition
on the part of the advocates of
a convention to make the question
an issue in the coming campaign I:
they regard a convention as an alb
solute necessity for more reasons
than one. 1t IS necessary in order
that we may redeem the pledges the
Democratic party has made to the
people III every campaign since 1868.
pledges that have been ignored and
the State left but little removed
from Radicalisms. just let us emu
merate few of the relics of Radi-
calism that still exist, that should
have been among the things that
We're, and not left as burdens upon
the shoulders of the taxpayers:
l. Multiplicity of Offices.
=. High salaries to officers
3. Costly and expensive legisla-
ton.
4. Paying tax collectors 10 per cent
for collecting faxes. when it could
he done 10y the sheriff for , per cent.
>. Paying district judges $1,000
IL year, whose services would be dear
at - 800, and so ON and so on, to
the end of the chapter.
If the Democratic party permits
fonr years TO escape without accom-
plishing the ref,rm necessary to full
ly redeem Louisiana. then il will
deserve to lose the confidence of the
people and be condemned in unmeas-
ured terms. But this must not be.
Those who should have done much,
have done little or nothing. and they
have left no alternative but that of
calling "a constitutional convention,
aud it does not become them to be
throwing obstacles in the way. The
question, '-Shall we have Il consti-
tutional convention ?" is answered
in the affirmative by at least four
lifths of the Democratic votes of the
State, and those who oppose con
venti0n cannot be considered in any
othef light than as agitators and dis
organizers. If they choose to make
an Issue on this subject and further
ALLEVIATE the people from them, all
we can say is, we are sorrg. and
they had better weigh well the con
sequences of their acts. They can
sooner stay the storm by motion
of their hands, than check the tide
of public opinion that demands the
measures of reform and relief that
have been refused or withheld by
the servants of the people.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE GOVERNMENT.

STATE GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNOR T Nichols.
Lieut.. Governor-L A Wilt.
Secretary of State-W A Strong.
Auditor of Public Accounts-Al-
len Jumel.
Superintendent Of Public Educa-
tion-R VI LuSher.
Adiutant General-D B Penn.
JUDICIARY.
Supreme Court-Chief Justice, r
C Manning; Associate Justices, r
FL Mari, Alcibiade DeBlanc, w b
Spencer Clerk. Alfred Roman.
DISTRICT.
Judge District Court-W L Black
man.
District Attorney-E G Hunter.
District Court - Second Monday
in January and First Monday in
July.
PARISH OFFICERS.
Clerk of Court Henry G Walker.
Recorder-W III Hodnett.
Parish Judge--A V Ragah.
Sheriff-Chas K Nugent.
Coroner-Dr T. Goode.
Representative-Col + q Randolph.
Parish Attorney-A. Cazabat.
Parish Treasurer l. Grow.
Tax Collector-C G Nash.
Police Jurors-Jas A Daniels
Pesident; VIM Tison, Randolph,
Reeves, c w Fitz, IL n Swoiford.
Clerk Police jury II 5 Cameron.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Ward !. Lorenzo Smith.
=. john p Hodnet.
3. Thomas Allison.
L" 4. John c Linscum.
.. John w Saunders.
- Is. John Chelette.
Z. David Hardy and J VI
Fletcher.
Parish Court-Regular or General
Terms First Mondays in February,
April, June, August, October and
December.
Probate Terms First Mondays in
January, March, Nay; July, Septem-
Der and November.
LODGES.
Cloutiersille Lodge No. l03-Reg-
ular communications first aud third
II each month. Officers
A l. Grow, w u; A Powell, ) W;
w 5 Calhoun; J W; ) Kraft, Secre-
tary.
Montgomery Lodge No. l65-Reg-
uIar communications first Saturdays
Ola OF before the full moon of each
Officers - IL Van Mccain,
w II; Z " Tilton, 5 W; Thos I
w; ID IL Shumate, I;
David Hardy, Secretary b X Scott,
G ID; j Mccain, j d; W q Harri-
sou and ) A Dean, Stewards; John
H Hardy, Marshall; David NJ Smith,
Tyler j ) Payne; Chaplain.
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A Technical Joker.

A painter once store did keep,
And ne was quite a j0i,er;
For when he found his girl asleep,
He with yellow ,ochre.
When he with yell awOke that girl,
The painter thought he had her;
Bur she, tho mad wien she hay down,
Undoubtedly rose madden.
His girl woke up brimful Of mirth.
And joined him in cOtilion;
He Rugged her close, for she was worth
At least a quart of vermiilion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-05-11

A young man with a speculative
optic called at an insurance Office in
indianapolis, the other day, and
asked what a policy on his mothers
life for $1,000 would cost. He ex
planned that he had bought some
real estate, and that, as future pay
ments would crowd him some, he
thought to realize enough on the
old lady's death, as she could not
live long, to help him out. The in
surance man advised him not to stop
at any halt measure, but secure the
old lady's skeleton as well aud dis
pose of it to one of the medical col
leges.
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A Cincinnati Sensation.

The Cincinnati Enquirer of May
lst publishes the details of the
movements and plans of IN armed
force of Communists:
Cincinnati has of late been the
headquarters of the so-called labor
party. Reporters have been quietly
at work for some time fereting out
the intentionSand secret movements
of this party. They find the party
has 5000 enrolled men here, and
large numbers of them are already
organized into military companies,
which meet secretly and drill, and
are as rapidly rs possible being pro-
vided arms. One company, which
has the same name as that adopted
by the Chicago companies, has
breech- leaders and uniforms. An
other compdny is drilling in hall,
where 300 Epfiield rifles are stored,
and, it is supposed, use them. An
other company drills in another hall,
and is said to be closely connected
with the Chicago organization.
There are several thousands of arms
in the city, which. it is supposed,
are to be remodeled and made
breech- leaders. They made several
Intellectual attempts to get possess
sion of the Calling gun which was
furnished for the police last sum-
mer.
The police are stirring themselves
in the mAtter, and are drilling with
the Gatling gun. The military are
fully cognizaDt of the state of affairs,
and state that they are prepared for
an outbreak, which they fully ex-
pect will come. Nothing is known
as to the time of the outbreak, or
whether the said time is yet fixed.
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Crebillion the younger once said
that a really fine woman never
reached her full ioveliness until she
was at least 30. There is encour-
agement for women to tell the truth
about their age.
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We should never go in the way of
temptation for the purpose of trying
the strength Of our virtues. If
Aehan handles the golden wedge,
his next work viii be TO steal it.
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~ Transient advertisements paya-
| . dvance quarterly ads. monthly
Lance; yearly ads. quarterly III adj
+ except by special contract.
h ,ayertisements are not paid for
/, tbe time expires for which they
4 hen ordered to he published, they
! eontiuued, and payment eXacted
n, fnIl time they appeared IN the
b.
h All advertisements sent TO THIS
4, when not otherwise specified, VIII
psrte,l till forbid, and charged ac-
FdAgly.
h Obituary and Marriage notices Of
sse square in length charged as
talsmentS
|NB WORK must be paid for on de
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In leaning money To II farmer, if
you wish the interest and principal
paid when due. see the borrowers
house and barn in good repair.
fences well kept up fence corners
clear of bushes. wet lands thoroughly
ditched, corn free from weeds, and
wheat FROM cookie. SuGh farmer,
Il he has q neat aud tidy wife, is
snre 70 prosper Ono who usglects
all these never can.