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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
IT WAS 10 Be.
MAX o'RILEY.

He was lean, and lank, and fifty:
She was fat aud twenty-thrre;
He had lands and lots of money,
Nary dollar she.
He was dainty and dyspeptic.
She was all that health could be,
He enjoyed the highest diet,
Stronger rictHRls she.
He was single, loyeless, lonely,
She WAS fair aud fancy free,
He was looking for darling,
Minis OF money she.
He proposed aud she accepted,
WISE ones said twas 81 10 be,
They were married. We're they happy'
Much said she.
First a difference rose nj table.
lie had ordered toast aud tea.
Crackers light and graham Cruel;
Mutton chops" said she.
Bills for dress, and bills for bonnets,
Bills viii ruin me, said he.
Can't afford 10 pay them longer
such il lite, said she.
With other men she talked and fingered.
Laughed and joked ia pleasantly;
lie grew angry-eyo'd and jealous,
Only friends said she.
She grew fast, and he grew furious:
A suit in court, aud they were free,
And the knowing looked aud whispered
1T was - To be-"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
The Cotton Prospect.

In their circular of January 2,
Messrs. w. c. Watts & Co., OF
Liverpool, present a very elaborate
review of the cotton market, cover.
ing its past and prospective features
Among the many important and
interesting features brought out,
based Oh data set forth in the circu.
lar, they reach the conclusion that
the total supply for all Europe tor
the first nine months of 1873 y i'll be
some 3J0.0W to 100000 bales less
than during the corresponding nine
months of 1877. Too much inpor
fancc, however, they say, should
not oe attached to rfiese estimates,
tor even assuming their approx,
mate accuracy, it should k borne
in mind there can be- no actual
scarcity ct cotton in Liverpool be.
fore August or September next,
when the course of prices will
largely depend on the extent and
prospect of the crop To be- planted in
America next spring and the distri.
button oi supplies th,s year.
In their final estimate uf the pros
mri before ~ in regard 10 cotton,
they express the belief that the
present YEAR will scarcely witness
such depression IA there was last
year unless the war clond now
hanging over Europe shoaM extend
and become darker and more omin
Gus than it has yet done. In the
meantime. the Lverlwol market is
likely to be- mainly Influenced by the
course ofrecripts ut American ports,
those for the present month living
estimated l25,WW to l75,OOO bales
larger tmn in January last year,
with the average of they estimates
already discounted. But--say the
Messrs. Whatsoever ii present
crop estimates should be somewhat
increased the strong statistical
position will undoubtedly continue
To be closely watched, aud any we'll
grounded indications Of a revival in
tnhle would perhaps Head to n consi'i-
ertble speculative demand, and TO
some Improvement in prices
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
CARRIAGE AND BUGGY PAINTING

AN now prepared to re-paint and var
l nish Carriages, Buggies and Wagons at
short notice. Satisfaction warranted. sam
pies Of my work can he seen in Homer. /
viii also varnish OLD FURNITURE and
REPAfR CANE SEATED CHAIRS. Ny
terms are reasonable to suit the times.
Call and see me at the old stand If High
tower & Rutfner. s. E. cor. public square.
". G. LILIES.
Aug. 90, 1877. i:y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
The Cure for Gossip.

What is the cure for gossipf Sim.
ply culture. There Ia n gre at deal
OF gossip that has no mnligniiy in il.
Good people talk about their neigh.
bors because they have nothing else
10 talk ahont. There comes TO W.
the picture Of family of Young
ladies' We have seen them al home,
we have met them ut the galleries
OF art, we have canght gtimJses Of
them going from a bookstore or a
library with fresh volume IN their
hands. When We meet them they
are full of what they have seen aud
read. They are Drumming with
questions. One topic of converse.
ton is dropped only to give place TO
Uiother, III which they are inter.
ested. We have left them, after q
delightful hour, stimulated. refresh.
ell; aud during The whole hour not
n neighbours garment wHs s0iled By
50 much as q touch. They had some.
thing 10 talk about. They knew
something and wanted to know
more. They could listen as well AZ
they could talk. To speak freely of
n neighbor's doings aud belongings
would have seemed an impertinence
to them. and, Of course, an impro.
Priety. They had no temptation to
gossip, because the doings OF their
neighbors formed a subject much
less interesting than those which
grew out Of their knowledge aud
their culture.
Aud this tells tue whole story.
The confirmed gossip is either ma.
liciOus Or ignorant. The one variety
needs a change Of heart and the
other II change Of pasture. Gossip
is always personal profession,
either Of malice or imbecilty, and
the yonng should not only shun IL,
but by the most thorough culture
relieve themselves from ell temp.
tatiOn to indulge in ii. 1t is q low,
frivolous and 100 often q dirty pas.
line. There are country neighbor.
hoods where 1t RIGGS like Q pest.
Churches are split in pieces by It.
BY II neighbors are made enemies
for life. IN many persons It degene.
rates into chronic disease which 10
practically iucurable. Let the
young cure II while they may.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
Haynesville, La.

One Of the papers Of San Francis
60 corrects false notions that prevail
in the East regarding California
matters, and Informs the benighted
people. OF that section that the
smallest coin in circulation IN many
,,ortious OF the state is a trade dollar,
which is only used to pay boot blw.k.
ers and buy single copies OF newspa-
Isrs with; that laborinR men only
get twelve dollars a day for ordinary
work, aud are obliged to sabsist on
quarts, truhies, HOLSTERS and common
spring lamb; that ariines are ~.
en,y feet long, and apples and pears
- plentiful that they split aud dry
them for kindline wood, and that
pamgkias gpov large epongh tor
thrs1 families to kvs IN. tAst vii
do.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
SPEAK SOFTLY.

Speak suftiy, gently ever.
Their IL no wiser part;
For harsh words pierce like steel
The yearniug, loving heart.
A. gems reflect IN brightness
Every fitting beam.
Let words reflect III kindness
Loves sunny, fove-ilt staam.
Sprsk softly, gently ever;
There isnu better plan
For angry word, can never
Eject what kind words can.
For oh! soft wor,l spoa-n
May move the stubborn soul,
That still would prove defiant
Should words in thunder roll.
Speak softly, gently ever.
Words breathing naught save love.
Aud soon our blight-d Eden
Will bloom a. rralms above,
For faith aud fond affection
In true lovc-knnt rntwin,d,
With tirmer cords than tempered steel
Each happy heart can bind.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
Washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Feb. g. ISIS.
The current Of Congressional af.
fairs was slightly disturbed by the
little disagreement between Sena.
tors Blaine amt Hoar. The dispute
was osiensibly over The parts played
respectively by Maine and Massa.
cbnsetts in the war of 1872, but the
real "casus bclii- WAS the vote of
the Massachusetts delegation ia the
Cincinnati Convention.
1t is conceded that the Bland Sill.
yer bill will pass the Senate by IA
/ two thirds vote. That the Presi.
dent will veto the bill is feared 10y
its friends but many say he will
sign it with the understanding that
the Government shall continue TO
pay the interest on the public debt
in gold.
The female sufiragists are still be.
sciging Congress. AS the women
OF Massachusetts alone pay taxes
on sl3l ,WW,OOO of property, who
can say with justice that they
should not bave u voice in lpgisla.
tom
Among the contributors to ari in
the Capital, Mrs. Fassett stands in
the front rank. She is an American
lady who has struggled in the
thorny and uncertain paths of art,
until she has touched the topmost
round in the golden ladder of fame.
Before the fire this lady and her
husband possessed one of the most
extensive art studios Oh the cont.
nent, in the great and then wealthy
city of Chicago.
Now that the trees are stripped
ct leaves tie new State Department
building is beginning TO show some.
thing of its vast extent and beauty.
The work on the bniliing il not
progressing in the raitroad style Of
Mnllet, but as fast ia is consistent
with discretion aud the amount Of
the appropriation available for the
purpose. The south front is entirely
complete, and is imposing in its
vast proportions and commanding
elevation. When complete this
building will throw the Treasury
building near il, entirely in the
shade, not by reason OF it's greater
beauty, but from the fact that n
portion of the latter Is sunk some
feet below the grade Of the stree,
and in order to enter the really
beautiful northern front yon are
OBLIGED first tn descend An ARIA. A.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
The Fair Grounds to Lease

THE FAIR GROUNDS belonging TO the
L AGRICULTURAL aud MECHANICAL
FAIR ASSOCIATION will be LEASED for
the term Of Five Years, nnd sealed
bids will he received for the lease of said
grounds until the FIRST DAY of FEBRC-
AIRY, 1878. Specifications can be seen by
calling at the Post-ofHce in Humer, by those
Wishing TO make bids.
Done By order Of the Board Of Managers
VI said Association.
R.P. WEBB, Prcst.,
J. W. SHERARD,
P. A. HILLEY,
J. FERGUSON,
d. ". HARRIS, Secy.
Dec. 10. 1877. ls:ft
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
Webster and the Quaker.

l was once in company with Mr..
Webster. Nantucket. WAS SPOKEN
of. | said to Mr.. Webster -
us IL true. the Friends of Nan.
tucket farned you out as q lsv.
yer~
We'll" said Daniel, laughing,
"ttey arr sharp people at Nantuck.
ct; and will tell you how IL hap
~ned. The courts held their terms
on the island periodically. There
WAS not much litigation, bat She
suits were heavy, relating to ships,
whale fishing and oil. The Judges
md lawyers usually went over from
the continent, and spent a week or
ten days, aud finished the business
of the term.
"One day one Of the Frieuds Of
the island called at my Office and
said: Friend Daniel, what will thee
ask to come to Nantucket next week
and plead cause for me before the
jndgesr i will 60 for a. thousand
dollars That IL too much, Friend
Daniel But / will have to 90
down Saturday, and perhaps remain
the whole week following. would
as soon argue the whole docket
well, Friend Daniel, il thee will
argue such cases as will present
to thee before my case IL called, I
will give thee a thousand dollars
and so the bargain wus struck.
"My client went to Nantucket
and found bis cnnse at the foot OF
The docket. He went from man 10
man. store to store, who had any
cause on the docket, and said:--
What will thee give me, if III get
the great Daniel Webster to plead
thy eaHsef He took retaiuers from
dozen men. Some gave him o
hundred dollars, and some Ave hun.
drcd dollars. He had grace enough
TO give the thousand dollars as
agreed, and paid my expenses In
the bargain. l argued the docket
right through, for plaintifi OF de-
PENDANT, till | reached my clients
ease. He struck the balance, and
admitted, an the steamer lett the
wharf, that he rot his own case ar
gned, and pocketed fifteen hundred
dollars besides"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13

Why is n spendthrrft's pune like
q thunder oloudi-Bscssse IL u con.
tinually tightening.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13

ter passing through which, noun,
another flight Of steps before reach
ing the entrance.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines visited
the General Land Office to consult
with Commissioner Williamson in
relation to q claim which she pre-.
sents for. upwards of 10000 arpents
of land granted and confirmed TO
her father, Daniel Clark, in 1901
aud 1904 by the Board Of Land
Commissioners The grants are in
Missouri, within @venty.thrrc miles
OF ST. Louis. The tracts aggre gate
about 1000 acres. Mrs. Gaines
wishes To ascertain to whom patents
for these lands have been issued.
Francis Murphy, the great TEN.
perance Rrformrr, opened The cam
paisn at Lincoln Hall on the Sab.
bath and three thousand persons
filed the street who could not gain
admittancp. The creates, enthusi
assn prevailed. Hon. X. A. Hatcher.
NJ. E. OF Missouri, presided. A
choir of one hundred and fifty sin
gers madc the great Hail ring with
Gospel Temperance songs. a grear
work in the interest Of Temperance
is now sweeping over this city.
Howard University under its new
President. w. w. Patton, l.. L. d.,
founder of the Chicago Advance
has hopeful future. Since the
panic in 1873 the Trustees have paid
off s96, ZOO of indebtedness and are
now arranging for the payment of
the last dollar of obligations rest
ing upon the Institution. Its build.
ings, campus and ontside improved
property and vacant lands will,
with the revival of business, become
immensely valuable, 1t has large
class in both the Theological and
Medical Departments. This ia one
of the few institutions whose doors
are open alike to male aud female,
white and c0l0red.
A new printing process is the
latest invention, by which the
reportercan take notes in full copy
in the type, at the rate Of two hun.
dred words minute. A person can
learn the process in one week 81 as
To transcribe with accuracy and
despatch. A witness can be fur.
nished in ten minutes after leaving
the stand with perfect printed
copy of his testimony, a feature I
readily appreciated by judge, coun
sci, and client. FAX.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13

w whe Z. y !. 81 81 Pis tse A'sv'aIs'
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13

Professional aud business cards, of ten
line VI lrss in length, sf5 per aunum; for
six months, 80: for three months, 81
Rn.iness advertisements of greater length
viii be inserted AT above rates.
Legal advertisements will 10 charged AT
l.,,l rates. where fixed by law; otherwise
Al special rates IA published above.
q Special notices 20 cents per line.
Funeral notices of less than ten lines,
and marriage aud religious notices inserted
gratis.
Job.wotk executed in the ncatcst style,
and at reasonable prices.
August -, l-17.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13

One Of our exchanges gives the
following rales to be strictly observ.
ed by persons having occasion to
visit a printing omca
Enter softly.
Subscribe for the paper.
Pay for II in advance.
Keep six f~s from the tleva
Hands on tho manupcript.
Don't talk TO the e0mpesttoea
Don't carry OF the exchange&
Never beg . paper.
Gentlemen obsseviHG then yulsa
when entering y printing o0es viii
greatly obaiss the editor, aud AsvA
no tswr Of the devil. .ar. asses
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
Terms Of AdvertisiMe:

One SQUARE, of one inch in space OF less
60, Insertion, 81 %; each additional inser,
ton, 50 ceuts.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-13
For The Guardian.
Croakers versvs Contentment.

How prone the world to croak
As great blessing IA contentment
il, and az attainable By all who as.
siduously seek it by grace aud phi.
losophy-the first a gift in answer
to prayer, the latter its usual con
comitant-yct to croak il a weakness
to which the world with its few OK.
ceptions, which are always allowed
in general rules, succumbs, no mat
ter what the circumstances or sur.
ronndings.
The boy says "When I am man
and am freed from the ,hrallom OF
all restraints, I'll he happy"
The man atys: "When Eve at,
tanned 80 much property 10 operate
upon, III k contented."
The middle aged thinks: "When
Eve accumulated 80 much sfor a
rainy day when compelled to res,
upon my lees. I'll be happy
Even the Wall street brokers of
the Stock Exchange, who count
their dollars by the millions, will
vociferate frantically at the least
menace OF the fall in value of their
investments, and have in conse.
quence been dubbed with the titles
"Tanrns and Ursns." Bnt after all
is rpa'ized even beyond their most
sangnine expectations, that little
will o'the.wisp: contentment, is still
Just beyond. They have pursued il
"a zealously as did Raselas, yet like
the mirage with it's inviting but de.
ceitfnl swards and refreshing waters,
ever elutie the longing and wearied
pnrsuer az unrelentingly IA it did
Tantalus in the hand of Tartarus.
There is another class of croakers
who are gifted with vivid imagina.
ton in making "mountains out of
mole hills Where it touches the
least bit their interest they are ex.
qnisitely sensitive. A thing tritling
enough within itself is sufficient to
dethrone their whole equilibrium,
and they allow shadows to haunt
them until the "b0na fide" substance
of good sized mountain makes its
which it does to all
sooner or later in some form or
other, just as it overshadows and
wipes ont the minor and insignia.
cant, the imagination takes another
gigantic fight, causing the present
trouble to assume the altitude and
of Mt. Blanc.
Another producing cause OF croak.
ing is natural, though unconscious,
seltsbness. Given TO seeing things
in an interested light; cant "see
as others see us;" must
have a pro or con to all questions,
zach biased in favor Of self-hence
and croaking.
Content,nent, or happiness, is not
found III either circumstances or
certain places, but springs from
within. The heart being the foun.
min head, NIL things seem beautiful
md all dispensations right. Out.
side Of that, the search for it will
Ne as frnitless IA for the phiioso.
,ber's stone, or the failed Eldorado,
he disappointment rs complete M
hat OF the "S0uth Sea Bubble"
which has become 40 proverbial.
They will in the conrse of time
Become h biiual croakers, tied with
, gordon knot of discontentment's
.hain, rs adaihaniiHe re- that which
sound Proteus. ever difiusing gloom,
melancholy and evil foreboding, as
he dismal croaking of Poe's Raven.
LEONORA &. l.. n.
Haynesville, La
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-07-25

The MISSOURI MOUND BUILDERs.-The
members of the Kansas City Academy of
Science recently made an exploration of the
ancient mounds in Clay county, Missouri.
Three mounds were selected and opened.
Two of them contained vaults seven to eight
feet square with stone walls three feet and
a half high. In one instance only was an
entire skeleton found regularly lying on the
back at the bottom of the vault. Most of
the bodies had occupied sitting postures.
One skeleton measured five feet eight inches
and the bones of anoter indicated height
of six feet two inches. Eleven skulls were
found which indicated a type of men much
superior intellectually to the present race of
Indians. No pottery was found, and the
only weapon discovered was flint spear
head six inches long. Professor Nudge, of
Topeka, who accompanied the exploring
party, is of the opinion that the mound build
ers belonged to very numerous race of
people which once occupied the country be-
tween the Allegheny Mountains and the
Missouri river, and the Lakes and Northern
Georgia and Alabama He thinks that the
Toltec race, which was afterwards discov-
cred with the Aztecs in Old Mexico, once
occupied the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri
Valleys, and that they reached an advanced
state of civilization before they migrated to
Mexico. He has found the pottery made
by this extinct race of people npon the Kan
sas prairies, at least two hundred miles west
of the Missouri river, but he has never dis
covered mounds or remains of mounds west
of that point.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-07-25

VALUE OF SINGLE LETTER.-In an in
teresting book eff travels Count Won Thele-
mann, who pass through the Caucasus
about two years ago, states that he was in
formed by more than one Russian official
that it was only through a mere slip of the
pen that the harbor of Batoum remained in
the possession of the Turks on the conclu-
sion of peace after the campaigns of 1928
and 1899. According to the story which
was repeated to him, it was laid down in
the original draft of the treaty of Adriano-
pie that stream named the Tschoroch,
which flows into the Black Sea to the south
OF Batoum, should form the new boundary
line between Turkey and Russia. In MAX
ing the fair copy of the deed, however, the
scribe employed mistook the ''r'' for 81, :"
and so wrote Tscholoch, word which
chanced to be the name at that time of a
stream some twelve miles to the north of
Batoum-a clerical error which consequent
ly allowed the Turks to retain possession of
the only good harbor at the east end of the
Black Sea-
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-07-25

How TO MAKE TREES FRUIT EARLY
The Vineyard Gazette reports cases where
the removal of earth over the roots of trees
fastened the period of ripening of the fruit
several weeks. In one instance earth was
removed from an early pear tree eight weeks
defore the normal period of ripening, for
the space of thirteen to fifteen feet in diam
eter, and to such an extent as to leave
depth of earth over the roots of only about
two or four inches, so they could be thor
oughly warmed by the sun. The expert
menter was surprised not only by the ripen-
ing of the fruit in the middle of July, but
also by its superior juiciness and favor
In another experiment, the removal of the
earth from the north side of tree alone
caused the fruit on that side to ripen sever
al days earlier than ON the south side.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-07-25

A REMEDY FOR WEAK EYEs.-A simple
remedy for weak or sore eyes is RECON-
mended, as follows: Get five cent cake
OF elder flowers at the druggist and steep
in one gill of soft water-It must be stepped
in bright tin or earthenware; strain nicely,
and then add three drops laudanum; bottle
it tight, and keep in a cool place; then use
it as wash, letting some of it get in the
eyes. Follow this and relief is certain. If
the eyes are painful or more sore, make
small soft congresses, wet in the mixture
and bind over the eyes at night. can war;
rant the above as harmless ard sure, having
tried it in a number of cases where other
skill and remedies have utterly failed. If
the eyes are badly infamed, use il very
freely; and tea made of elder flowers, and
drunk, will help cleanse the blood. Pure
rock salt and water will strengthen your
weak eyes if you battle them daily in it.
wonld earnestly advise you to avoid mix
lures or washes containing mineral or other
poisons Doctor.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-07-25
A SUMNER DAY.

Deep-down upon the tangled sedge
The meadow-lark sings all the day,
And bursts at times from out the hedge
The mimic chatter of the jay;
And here and there Il wandering note.
cricket'S chirp comes sweet and clear
Where dreamy mists of summer float
At noon upon the grassy mere.
Afar away below the hill
see the noisy mill-wheel 90,
The smooth broad lake above the mill,
The flash of foam that roars below;
And on the even slopes that rise
So gently toward the mountains brow.
The cattle watch with sleepy eyes
The lazy ploughboy at the plough.
My soul is sleeping, and it dreams
All! sad and sweet that dreaming thrills
For there are other valeS and streams,
And other fiocks on other hills
The hills whereOn l climbed to pull
The golden-rodS and weeds of May,
When all the world was beautiful,
And all my life summer day