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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-10-05
OUR RIOT.
[COushatta Citizen.1

The majority of our readers are
familiar with the cause of the trou-
BILE, consequently We shall have bnt
little to say about it. Blunt and his
followers certainly knew and fully ap-
preciated the danger attendant upon
their action in calling a mass meet
ing upon the same day that a Demo-
cratic Convention was to be held.
They knew, or ought to have known,
that collision was not the least of
probabilities, if not an absolute Ger
tainty, if the least bragadocio or
bombast was practiced by armed men.
In the face of these dangers, Blunt
not only held his mass meeting, but
his speakers used incendiary language,
excited the whites to such degree
that, instead of transacting their legiS
innate business, they dispersed for
protection of life and property.
1t may appear, as the Shreveport
Times says, to those at a distance
from the scene of disturbance, and
who do not understand the characters
of these leaders, or the temper aud
animus of an excited negro popuIa-
ton that this was very high'handed
measure. Those who are familiar
! with such matters will commend the
good people of Natchitoches for their
forbearance in having permitted these
men to live in the parish for 80 long
a time.
The trouble is over with for the
present. and, we trust, for all time t"
come. But little blood has been shed,
40 far, and discretion and prudence
during this campaign. will do much
towards making Louisiana a pros
porous State.
[Sbine Southron.]
The heroic patience and f"rbear-
ance with which the people of Nat.
chitoches have borne the insults and
cruel outrages, from time to time, for
several years, of these stupid and
malignant disturhers If their peace
and safety, is calculated to euel vate
the eturdiest native virtue. Now
that their iniquity has eliminated in
an attempt to murder and despoil
them Of their property, they still ex
ercise moderation, and f,reg" their
determination. Will these people
never learn that their resistance to
law and order, through u spirit of
vindictiveness to tho white race, will
surely aud certainly result 10 their
final ruin if not total determination.
| Their leaders, white ~ we'll as
c"lo,ed, by fostering this spirit "t
drlnsion, that the white people Of
this country are their enemies, and
should be forced to surrender the gov.
eminent into the hands If their lead
era il the canse of all this trouble,
They incite these collisions between,
races and seek +" make political capital
by crying "bloody -shirt." etc, ayains,
the only true friends of the negr'
race aud of law and order. Und-,
these circumstances can the intplIi
gent and patri"tic men of this coun
try be a" Indifferent to the welfare I"
their country as t." Withhold their sup
port from the party that is now strug
Cling to save Us fi"m tho lawIessuess
and ruin Of this stupid and drlndeG
race, whose preiudices are iucited I,
madness against us by a remo,seless
set of demag"gnes and vampires.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-10-05

Independents.

Some dissatisfaction was manifested
at the action Of the parish convention
and the talk for few days afterwards
was of independent candidates. OF
course such policy would turn the
parish over to her worst enemies and
submit our property and rights to
those outrages which in the past ar
reused us to action. The indepen-
dent movement Of Democrats, we are
proud to note, bas entirely subsidized.
but it continued long enough t"
embolden tho enemy into talking Of
their Independent candidates, who.
strange to say, were the same indi-
viduals that were Republicans or
Radicals two years ago. They chang.
ed their political garb simply, and
now propose to run on the indepeu-
dent, high oockslorum ticket, rs il
Independents were ~ respectable
even as Radicals. Natchltoches
parish has suffered much from bad
local and State government, che don'l
intend to suffer any longer from eth
or. Her present condition, which il
so unmeasurably better than it VA,
two years ago and beyond comparison
with that of four years past. ia due Ia
the efforts Of 4 united, solid Demo
cratic party. and all good men Ger
tainly intend to maintain the integ
rity and discipline Of that party t.
which they owe 90 much.
The Independent dodge 10 too thir
to disguise radicalism with and 10 cor
tain to meet IS prompt 40 ef1cien
resistance from tho people % radi
calism has.
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Register at once!
The Democratic Platform.

The platform on the vital, all i'm.
portant and absorbing question of
State letrenchment and reform is pro
nounced in the general pledge of re.
form, abolition Of useless officers and
reduction of salaries. There are mat
ters within our own control III which
we have no consultation with the
general government From 1845 to
1861 tho State taxation for ali pur-
poses, save school tax, was from l21
to 6 two-thirds cents on the hundred
dollars valuation. 1t is now nearly
20 times that on an individual valu-
alton of property much greater than
then. Here is room fer vigorous, un.
ceasing and determined reform. Lop
of useless Offices, cut down the SAL
aries of all. The frugality and sim.
plicity of life of the days of Jackson
and Jefferson are demanded by the
times. They are practiced of neces
sity by all who do not live either
through the labor Of others, or on in
berited wealth or tho accumulation of
past industry. Among the cases Of
reform needed, only tho Governors
patronage and power are specialized.
There is another Office quite as much
needed-thst of the Auditor. HIS
presence at the Con vention may o.
plain the silence which ia consnicu .
Gus, taking into view the resolution
passed by some Of the Parish
Conventions. His is an office, the
next most important in the State,
that needs deep and incisive surgery.
In 1914 S, Mr.. Michel Mason, then
az now an honored citizen of New
Orleans, under the unpIetending title
If Chief Clerk in the Treasuter's of
ice, performed the duties now at.
tached to both Treasurer and Auditor
% q salary Of $1,000 and two aseis.
tants. In addition t" the Ordinary
duties Of the p"sition he planned and
effected q liquidation Of the State
debt accumulated during the Ansh
times Of 1887 -43. which raised the
credit Of the State to the highest
point and left it almost without pnhlic
debt. This ia 10 most striking con-
trast to the the small work and big
pay now attached t" the persoouel of
the State gosernmeat. But the whole
J official ediacs 10 crsmmed With use.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-10-05
From Above.
NEGROES STILL WARLIKE.

Startling intelligence brought
here on Thursday morning By dis
patch from Campte to the effect
that the negroes were organized to
burn and slay on that night every
white man aroused us all to action.
A strong party was sent up on horse
back from this point.
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Were There.

We have the names of a few white
men who were on the eve Of turning
traitors to their race and going over
to Blunt and who signed his roll on
2lst just before the negro mob fired
on our town. Do the people want
those names, or ia it best t" let them
hide themselves in shame and dis
grace forever
Let them begone with their grum
bliDgs and their endorsement at the
last hour of Radicalism in NatchitO'
ches parish.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ELECTION NOTICE.

BY virtue Of the provisions of Section 4,
Act No. SO, of the Extra Session of the
Legislature Of the State of Louisiana,
approved April lIth, 1877. Notice is
hereby given to all duly qualified cleo
tors of the Parish of Nate itoches State
OF Louisiana, that an election will he
held for all officers, Congressional, State
and Parochial, in conformity with the
laws of the United States, ami the pro-
visions of said Act under the Proclama.
ton of the Governor Of the State, on
Tuesday, the 9Th day of November,
A. d. 1873,
at such polling places as may he herein
after determined, and announced as re-
qulred by the provisions Of said Act.
u. II. BOl'LLT,
Sheriff, Parish OF Natchitoches.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-10-05

We appeal to every white man In
this parish to REGISTER, and that at
once. If they do 90 and 90 forward
and vote, We assure them that the
victorious banner of Democracy will
wave over our parish one month
from to-day. Let no NAN hold back
let the best citizens Of every neighbor.
hood compel the lazy, the Indifferent
and the sulky to register. Their
property, their rights are at stake and
no man has the right to jeopardize
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Mrs. Phinipiine Kahn

Will continue the bnsiness Of tho late
Abraham Kahn and has removed her
stock to the store room under tue Mason
ic Lodge on Second street.
A full line of staple, fancy and family
groceries constantly On hand and at res
sonable prices.
Sent. 7-6m.
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Vote Like Democrats.

Natchitoches parish arose like one
man two weeks ago and struck down
the enemy, we did our work that day
like Democrats, let it never be said of
us that we couldn't vote like those
grand old patriots. Would it not be a
shame to say that We could fight the
enemy like a Roman phalanx but we
ouarreled like children over an office
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-10-05
Ear Diseases,

DR.. c. E. Shoemaker's Book on Deaf:
ness and Diseases of the Ear and thei'
proper treatn,ent-especially Running
Ear, How to get immediate relief from
all the unpleasantness of this disease, and
4 perfectly harmless and permanent cure
A book every family should have. Sent
free. Address DR.. c. E. Shoemaker, Anra'
Surgeon, Reading, Pa. Sept 2'-4~
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REGISTRATION.

7 WILL open my office for the purpose
l of registering voters for tho election
in November, in Nxtchitoches, on Mon
LAY, Sept, Sd, at the Court House for
one week. After that time as follows:
Ward 81 K Killingworth, Tuesday,
Sept. 10th.
Ward III II Hathorn's Wednesday,
Sept It'll.
Ward 3-Grappe's Bluff, Monday, Sept.
10th.
Ward 81 p Brosdwell's Tuesday,
Sept. 18th.
Ward 4-Campte, Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. 18th T. 18Th.
Ward 4 Buffers Store, Friday, Sept.
10Th.
Ward 5-Allenville, Monday, Sept. 23d.
Ward 5-Beulsh Church, Tuesday,
Sept. cath.
Ward 5-Rains' store, Wednesday,
Sept. 18th.
Ward GA v Carriers, Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 9th Il 28th.
Ward 7-Smith's Mill, Tuesday, Oct.
LIST.
Ward 7-B B Boswells Wednesday,
Oct 2nd.
Ward 6-Jas Boasley's, Thursday, Oct.
3rd,
Ward 81 Alphonse Prudhomme's
Monday, Oct. 7th.
Ward l0-E Rost's Tuesday, Oct 9Th.
Ward lo--Cloutierville, Wednesday
and Thursday, Oct. 9Th, e. 10th.
After the above, in Natchitoches, at
tho Court House, until Friday, Oct. 25th,
when the registration closes.
Under the last election laws it is i'm
psrstive that all should register as no
previous registration is valid
J. P. JOHNSON,
Assessor and Registrar of Voters Parish
of NatchitOches.
Natchitochpa AuU ~ 1874 -tO05
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

State Of Lou isians vs.. Alex.
ct. als.
District Court, Parish Of Natohite
No. 1869.
DY virtue of y writ of Fl. FL. issued
ID in tho above entitled aud numbered
suit and to me directed, have seized
aud will offer for sale to tho last and
highest bidder at tho door of tho Court
House in tho city and parish of Nstchi-
tochos, on
Saturday, the 18Th Of October, 1879,
the following described property, to-wit:
A certain House and Lot situated on
Third Street, in the City Of Natohitoches,
bounded on the north by property Of
John r. Williams, south by property Of
Mrs. Eloise Armand, east by Third Street,
aud west BY property of H. V. Tester
and Sam Black. Being property Of Ars.
Mary N. Politician. =,
Terms Of Sale:
Cash-with the benefit of appraisement.
D. j. BOULLT, JR., 4,s4 %.
Sept. -. ids. Sheriff.
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NOTICE..

FUBIIC SPEAKING.
BOILING WILLIAMS, nominee of the
Democratic Party for State Senator, with
J. B. ELAN, will address the citizens of
the Parish of Red River and Natchito-
ches at the following places:
Boon's Grange. Saturday, Oct. l2, 1878
Liberty Church, Monday, Oct. 14th.
Conshatta, Tuesday, Oct. 18th.
Campte, Wednesday, Oct. 10th.
Natcbitoches, Thursday, Oct 18th.
Ralnes' Store, Saturday, Oct. 10th.
Parish Candidates invited to Join.
Oct 5, 1914.
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SPECIAL OFFERS FOR
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

We publish q book eff lI2 Pages Svo
(no advertising) giving special offers fo'
advertising all oyer the country Price,
lower than ever offered before. The last
edition sent postpaid on receipt Of Csc
bv DAI1CHY r. CO., Printers Warehous'
and Advertisement Agency, 1871 Fnlto'
Street New York Sept. 2l-4v
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TAXES,

Our citizen taxpayers should not a.
low the political excitement now pre-.
vsiling to cause them to forget tho fact
that their taxes are now due and paya-
bic on Let November next. Our tax COL
lector publishes . call 10 this weeks
issue which We hope WI be respond
ed to right royalty BY oil. 10 order
to hsve "a efficient government taxes
4ust be paid to sustain il, and - they
have been considerably reduced BY
10Th parish and state authorities. VI
1t our taxpaysra will come
I'D settle without further
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WOOD

CEASONED OAK and ASH wood, any
~ length aud size
Orders left at Mrs. Burke's or with
Henry will receive prompt attention.
Oct. 5-3m. J. p. JOHNSON.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18

INSURANCE.
North Carolina State Life
INSURANCE co NJ A !.

r. II. CAMERON, President.
W. f.. ANDERSON. Vice President.
W. II. HICKS. Secretary and Treas T.
Dr.. F.BURKE HAYWOOD, Med.DIrect r
Prof. +. i. SMITH. Advisory Actuary
o. III Perry. Supervising Agent.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
". h. Anderson, Vice President,)
President Citizens National Bank.
John O.. Williams. Director Presl-
dent State National Bank.
John c. Blake, Director Cashier
Raleigh National Bank.
The only Home Life Insurance Com
panv in North Carolina.
No longer an experiment, but a
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Has never made a pledge or promise
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Every dollar Of its funds invested at
home among u OWN people.
Is one of the most successful COM
panies of its age in the United States.
All losses promptly paid. ana IN cash.
Has nearly three dollars of Assets for
every dollar of Liabilities.
North Carolinians, stand by and sup
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For Agencies and Insurance, apply
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No Skilled Labor required because OF its
simplicity OF construction and strength OF
material.
Absolutely safe as regards fire. Cheap, to
suit the times. Price of Lighthouse Power
only S475.
Large Screw, with back and forward gear,
to be driven by one belt, for packing Cotton,
800.
Mr.. J. d. Wells. of Toisnot. n. c., says:
THE engine | bought of you l use with ordt-
nary farm tdbor.''
w. NJ. Benton, Boykins. says: 81 easily
ginned TO 8 bales a day. \ colored man
with no previous experience operates it. l
feel safe rs regards sparks"
We could multiply testimony if necessary.
Send for Circular as re ards Engines and
ur celebrated Cotton Presses for Hand or
Ow er. TAPPEY & STEEL.
m ay 9-6ml Petersburg, Va.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-18
NEW aDyERTIstMENTs.

Some of my friends (over the iefD have
circulated the report that | had quit the
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Commercial.
New York Markets.

NEW YORK, july IL. 1873.
Gold Il: Exchange 4. =: Money. Il 1;Cot
ton sic adv: upIands, II 116; Orleans, ii 40
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ADAMS & BINGHAM,
G. Il O c f. X
AND
Commission Merchants,

Dealers in all kinds of country pro-
duce. Prompt attention given to con-
signments Of Cotton, Corn, Peas,
Flour. Dry Hides, \. {. Meat, Chick
ems, Eggs, and everything grown on a
Farm, Will get the best OF prices and
make prompt returns. Shippers Will
find it to their interest to give us a
trial. We have at all times a large
stock of Groceries, such as Bulk
Meats, Cotton Yarn, Sugar, Coffee,
Meal, Nails, Molasses, Soda, Fish,
Leather, and Dry Goods, &C., which
will be sold as low as the lowest.
Give us a call and be convinced.
ADAMS x BINGHAM,
may 9-4m Raleigh, n. 4.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-24
California Plants and Trees.


California has no magnolia or tulip
trees, nor star-anise tree; no so-called
papaw, no barberry of the common,
single-leaved sort, no white water-lily,
no pr~ickly-ash, no sumach, no loblolly
bay nor stuartia, no Eastwood nor
linden trees; neither locust honey-locu t
coffee trees, nor yellow-wood. Nothing
answering TO ~hydrangea, or witch
hazel, to gum trees, viburnam or der
villa. 1t has few asters and golden
rods; no lobelias, no iIuckleberries, and
hardly any blueberries; no epig@a,
charm of our earliest eastern spring,
tempering an icy wind with a delicious
wild fragrance; no kalmia nor clethra,
nor holly, nor persimmon; no Catalpa
tree, mol trumpet-creeper; nothing
answering TO sassafras, nor to benzoin
tree, nor to hickory; neither mulberry
nor elm; no beech, true chestnut, horn.
beam, nor iron wood, nor a proper
birch tree; but In their place California
is filled with plants of other types,
trees, shrubs and herbs.
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SCIENTIFIC.

The Northern Light.-The Finland
observations of northern lights In the
years lSi6-lS55, numbering LOO. have
recently been compared by M. Fritz, In
the WochenSehrW fur AstronOmte, with
auroral phenomena of the same period
In all other regions. This comparison
leads TO results which are interesting
as bearing on the theory of the pheno-
menon. The table shows that of l,O35
days of the months August to April, on
which northern lights were seen, 2,lO7
days were days of northern lights for
Finland. On 794 days northern lights
were visible simultaneously in America
and mostly also in Europe; on lOl days
only in Europe, and on 2l2 days only
In FINLAND. They were on 95S days
visible in Europe and America, and not
visible In Finland. The conclusion Is
thus reached that a large portion Of the
polar lights have no very great extern
sion, or that the causes producing them
must often be OF a very local nature,
while in another portion of the pheno-
mena the regions of simultaneous APP
pearance are very considerable. The
number of those phenomena which are
limited to Finland is very small. With
the increase of frequency of the pheno-
mena, at the time of maximum, their
number observed in Finland and
America on the same day increases;
while those observed in Finland and
only in Europe or those in Finland
only, decrease. These relations CORES
pond to the known law, that with the
frequency the intensity and extent of
the polar lights also increase.
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Poker Joe's Ten Commandments.

A correspondent writing from Cen
trail City, near Deadwood, gives the
following version of the Ten Command
ments, which have become the common
law of the land;
We had to hang a man here the other
day. We'd been putting it off on
account of lack of time and a bit of SEN
timent, till the morals of our town had
at last become as bad as those of Chicago.
In all camps and towns In the Hills
there are certain understood things.
They form a sort of second Ten Com
mandments, and read as follows:
l. Thieves and robbers will be driven
out of camp for the first offense-hung
for the second.
2. The man who picks a quarrel had
better pick up his traps.
3. Men convicted OF murder shall be
hung ON the same day.
4, Passing bogus money will entitle
a chap to pass out of town, every body
taking a kick at him as he goes,
8. Don't covet your neighbours wife.
9. Lying should be discouraged.
7. Whack up even on all finds"
8. No Sinking in an Indian fight.
8. All notes of hand must be paid
when due, or down goes the maker.
10. Rebellion against the legal author
ity of the town shoves the rebel out and
c%onflscates his claim.
Most any man can live up to these
laws and not shed a hair, and the man
who doesn't NEAR to, will, sooner or
later, be choked to death.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-24

Comparative Strength Of Wood and Cast
Iron.-Herr Him has been conducting
a series of experiments In Germany, on
the comparative strength of wood and
cast iron in their different applications,
and finds that in a great number of
cases the former has the advantage.
Professor Him finds the strength of
wood to be in direct ratio to its density,
and the strength is increased by i'm
mersing the pieces of wood in linsecd
oil, heated from 1876 deg. to 2l2 deg.
Fab, and letting the wood, thus i'm
mersed, remain for two or three days,
or until partially saturated.-Th En-
1tneer.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-24

Boring Po,oer Of Mdailus.-We have
received from Mr. Charles worth a pre-
liminary note giving briefly a result of
his study of the genus magilus the re-
markable testaceous gasteropod that Is
found immersed In the large hemis-
pherical corals of the genius meandrina.
The current belief, as set forth by
Sowerby, Owen, Woodward, and other
authorities in molluscan biology who
have treated of this coral.inhabiting
mollusc, is that magilus In Its young
state effects a Judgment In a creyice of
a meandrina, and that as the coral en-
larges the magilus extends the margins
of the mouth of its shell in the form of
a cylindrical corrugated tube, the
growth of this tube and Of the coral
proceeding together pdrri DdSSu, and
consequently that there is no penetra-
ton of the coral by the magilus at all.
Mr.. Charlesworth, however, finds that
the magilus not only drives through solid
masses Of coral in any direction with
apparently the same facility that the
bivalve teredo tunnels masses of wood,
but he finds that 1t even surpasses teredo
in its power of suddenly rejecting its
shell and returning to the point from
which it commenced It's advance; and
this bending back of the she'll upon it.
self is not accomplished in such natural
cavities as frequently prevail in large
corals, but in the solid coral.-Ndtare.