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The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

Mrs. Elisabeth Miller. Of Now York,
'e1Aims $4,000 acres 0f land In Ken.
'tycky, Virginia, and Ohio, or its equiv.
claims In the hands OF . prosecutor,
cnd euits are 70 be instituted at once
ngeinst the Baltimore y Ohio railroad,
end other corporations and individuals.
M. Miller claims TO be the heir OF
John x0ung. acontractor who furnished
ne navy with bareback In 1912, and
WHO Invested his surplus funds In wild
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25
Railroad Expenses that Might be Cut
Down.

A brakeman talks good sense when
he says that railroad managers car cut
down some Of their expensive WAYS
with good benefit To their stockholders.
as well rs by cutting down the wages
OF the men. He instances n cxtrav-
gance-specisl trains and special ears
for themselves and families to ride in.
Wagner and Pullman cars are moi good
enough for some Of these magnates-
they must have their sumptuous and
luxurious palaces on wheels, and must
D u by special engines. and cveryl
thing and everybody must get out of the
way for them. He says:
Mr.-thinks no more Of ordering
locomotive 1901 hooked to car 2.OO3
than he does Of ordering his coachman
to harness his bay mare to his road
wagon for n drive. Last winter ne
used to roll from Philadelphia To New
York In this grand style to attend the
opera, whenever the performance prom
ised to be sufficiently attractive for his
elegant taste, and then he would steam
. after II was over. II cost about
>lSO 10 make the run. and five or six
specials = month knock the bottom On,
OF another 1900. Now ~, 600 a mont
Tor private cars and specials Is rather
Precipitous. 1t Is ten per cent. Of osO,.
w. or the pay Of four hundred men NJ
W: per month. And this amounts to
saying that the ten per cent. saved by
reducing the wages Of four hundred
men on this division, never gets SO far
~ q stockholders, but is charged nm
IN . couple OF items 10 the VANITY and
esse account" Troy Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

a Nebraska.
Gen. Geo. n. Roberts Ia on = lectur-
- scss through shs STATE.
Thsy caught = catfish on = trot lin
Nsessska Cry, which weighed iis pounds.
NJ contractors of Lincoln assert that
~ esssaGss viii he hull, In thss ctsy this see
~ IN rent.
n u reported that Columbus Ia I'm.
uoovtng fast, and that the tssde cf the mer'
((D1nas b good.
he B. 4 N. railroad company IRE
oDske 70 lssss cultivated lands for 10 and ~
9ons ~ scrc.
= company hiss bsen organized n
101 operate . narrow gauge railroad from
Dpnbus up the IIeup Valley,
there ara four female convicts In the
possska panissutisry. Two ere from Omaha,
- fFu0 Kssrssy, end one from Wayne ca.
Ths citisens Of Pawncc City have con.
gneeed largely for immigration purposes, be-
- Gving . bonus Of $3.50 fs . new steam
DUKppe MI.
~ cherry. apple. plum and peach
lomt n Holt county, are loaded with bloom
pFuspsct Tor fruit 10 generally good
sssshout The STATE.
The skeleton Of that mammoth ami
~ recently discovered . few miles wsst u
Usno station, On the Union PsciAo 10 beinG
~ up Cor shipment 10 Yale College, 81 whoss
uapeass Ne work h bcing done. Tho skeletos
tU Ssst ling. II 10 not = pctrfaction, hui
setsal bopes.
Hen. j. X. Webster, latc Attorney
osn4Sai hes besn suspsnded from practice ID
b&1tprcpc Court for contempt of court, q,
} ~ the use 81 language construed by the court
~ BE- contempt. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25
The Unfortunate Not the Nest Unhappy.

II vas long ago found out that thos q
people who. according 10 their own
stories are tho most unfortunate. are.
by no means, the most unhappy. All
u M know what II Is To enjoy the
luxury Of q grievance. but there are
some Of whom II IL justly said. that
they are unhappy unless they are mis-
cradle. have u friend who seems to
me n Of the most contcnted Of NOR
tails. He Is a painter by profession; no
does not paint well, but his pictures
find = ready market, and no IL pleased
with them himself. He likes his pic.
lures. but no likes better his misfor-
tunes. There Is nothing that delights
him 80 much rs ~ toll about some
calamity that has Just struck him.
Every time we meet he brings out n
precious morsel of this kind for nv
entertainment. He was Just finishing
his most profitable order when some
body knocked over tho easel and
pumped u holo through the Sleeping
Beauty's" left check; or. the savings
bank went up with all his earnings for
the past winter; or, n "hall thief"
walked OH with his new ulster; or, tho
Academy hung his best picture over
the south door In the corridor. When
first knew him, ! used to make light
of these unpleasant experiences; I tried
"a ''chlrk him up y bit," as they say In
New England. But I soon found that
comfort was not what no wanted.
know y III whose first play was
accidentally damned. II that play had
succeeded. no would have had q career!
Over how many lives has there been
thrown = pleasing melancholy, by the
inability to obtain q publisher. A
young friend Of mine Il trying to get u
volume Of Amiable amateur essays pub
tishedi am sure that II will BIO q sad
day for him II his desire Is grstiied.
Year. sgo. . young American musician
was struggling TO obtain . musical edu.
cation. HIS friends thought. and he
was sure, that Il he could only enjoy
tho advantages Of foreign study, he
would turn out = tremendous fellow.
Enough money was got together finally
70 enable him 10 obtain. the education
he needed. He came back from Ger
many, and begsn to play ut concerts,
and To publish ''pieces." Hut II proved
mat the musical personality which had,
At last, been given u means Of expires.
sion was not u beautiful one. There
was something hideous in thu mans
compositions, The ugliness that ex.
.sted IN his early attempts Mt expression
q been supposed to be- the result
merely Of his lack Of training. But II
was finally evident that this unpleas.
nntness was inherent. The better he
learned to express himself tho worse he
was on. His life, from being merely
pathetic, turned into something tragic.
."Ihe Old Cdbimet:" ScrI6mer for
March. "
The spring cattle drive in Texas will
lumber 223, 400.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

lora Ginger Snaps.-Put in a coffee
cup tablespoonsful boiling water; one
hsli teaspoonful OF soda. i teaspoonful
OF ginger, three tablespoosfuls a butter
or lard, and hll the cup with molasses:
mix up and roll out thin.
re Crnsf.-Onc cup lard, n sun
ou'ter' cup water, four cups four
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

Leroy Rathburn, aged ~, accidental
ly and fatally shot himself I'm Hancock county,
Iowa, March Slst,
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

The Khedive's sixth SON is IN Eng.
land. studying for admission to the
Wool witch Military Academy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

The spring cattle drive in Texas will
lumber 223, 400.
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WOULDN'T REClPROCATE.

The following, from the Fairfield
(Me.) Chronicle, is neatly done, and
! has wide application outside of Maine.
He was the manager of II church fair,
and one morning he walked into tho
newspaper office, and said:
"Want an item this morning? ?"
"Of course" replied the editor.
Whcrcupon tho visitor laid the fol-
lowing note upon the table:
The ladies Of - Street Church will
give II festival at their vcstry hall, next
Friday evening. Literary and musi-
cal entertainments will be provided,
and II supper will be served to all who
desire. The ladies in Charge OF tho
affair have much experience In such
matters, and arc sure to provide IL
good time. The admission will lie
only fifteen cents, and it is certain that
no one chn spend that amount to q
better advantage. BE sure and go,
and take your friends.
When the editor read it, he said:
go, sec; an advertisement"
"No; not ati advertisement. We
perfer to have it in the local column"
replied the manager.
And seeing that the editor looked
skeptical, he cOntinued:
ait will interest Il great fnauy of your
readers, ana nclp SOOu cause; besides,
we have spent so much money getting
up our entertainment, that we cannot
afford to advertise it without increas.
ing the tickets. In such matter as
this, we ought to be able to help caci,
other.''
"Weli," said the editor, ssif it goes
into the locals, suppose you would
reciprocate by reading II little notice in
your church, next Sunday ?'
The visiting brother asked what no.
tice, and the editor wrote and handed
him the following:
| "The Weekly Chronicle, fer the com
ing year, will be the best and cheapest
family paper in Maine. It's proprietor
has had much experience, and has all
the helps which large outlay Of money
can procure. His paper has larger
circulation than any other published In
the county, and is to be furnished at
only 81. II is certain that no one can
spend that amount to a better advan-
tage. BE sure to take the Chronicle
and subscribe for your friends"
The manager hemmed aud hesitated
and then said, solemniy, that he
"doubted whether 1t would be judlcious
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to read such u notices" suggested that,
II II was printed, copies of 1t might be
distributed at the door of the vestry ON
the evening of the entertainment.
EYES," said the editor, "but It would
attract more attention in the middle Of
\ sermon. 1t will interest large
number of your congregation and help
u good cause, aud besides, so much
money Is spent upon the Chronicle
that don't see how the owner can af-
ford to print handbtlls to advertise 1t
without increasing the subscription
price. In such u matter rs this we
ought to DO willing to help each other.''
Then tho manager saw the situation,
aud withdrew.
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saved the State some money, but
dared not sweep out Of existence an
instrument like this? cit Is not"
said great statesman, "a predtlcctiOn
for mean aud sortlid things that will
avert the consequences Of false estfma-
ton of our interests or prevent the
shameful dilapidation into which y
great empire must fall by mean re-
parations upon mighty ruins" utterly
incapable Of correcting the evils under
which the State is staggering? From
the marrowless bones of tho skeleton
enactments, If we may paraphase tho
language of the illustriOus man from
whom we have just quoted, by the
use of every sort of cutting and of every
sort of fretting tool, our reform Legisla-
ture flattercd itself that 1t could chip
and rasp an empirical aliinentary
powder, to diet into some silnilitutle
of health aud substance the languish-
ing chimeras of promised reformation.
How grave has been tho mistake is
manifest in the universal discomfort
which pervades the State and threatens
the unity of the Democratic party.
Only an aggressive platform aud cam
paign can restore order in our ranks
and Insure our success this fall. Fact
ions are arising in every quarter of
the State; the so-called independent
spirit is solder than ever before. The
Democratic party can be consolidated
upon two propositions only, and the
platform of the party should be restrict
ed to those twO-the establishment
through convention Of constftu-
tional government, and the extinction
OF all existing nOnopOlies.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
T OUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE,
BATON ROUGE, La,

BATON ROUGE, La,
prospect of large patronage.
Session begins, by law, October and
Faciiities for Int,uctiom-very good an
experienced Faculty, now Of tour Profess
sors-the number expect ed soon to be in.
! apparatus; good appliances for instruction
IN Engineering large museums of Natural
Volumes. Volumes and good equipment Of small
arms and artillery for military exercises.
Efforts are also making to get in readiness
for which ls6 acres of good land have been
secured.
literature and science; and parents will
select the studies which they may wish
their sons to pursue. The military exer-
on the cadets who are quartered in the
University building and optional with
other M students who board in Baton !, IN RSHge:
al with the parent.
admission granted to young men and
who are proficient i'll the branches CT a
common English education. ion They can % en- n
ter s at any time ned, during ring the session, and be
dents may be residents of other States.
@o-state (or beneticiary) cadets cannot
appropriation to pay their expenses.
psmsssTnition and the use ss Of library
Rouge for about SIS a month; and those
who form ''messes" can maintain them
selves for $6 to IS q month.
Expenses for a Military C1det.-Fixed ex-
penses per month-Board. lodging and SER
ing, % so; fuel and lights, SO cents; medical
attendance, 81; total, SIG; or for the session
of session. Payable monthly in advance.
Contingent expenses per session-estima-
ted-uniform clothing, $47; Textbooks and
stationery, SIS; medicines, s.; breakages
and contingencies, IS total, $72. Payable
S4s on entrance, balance $24 January l. In
case of withdrawal from the Institution,
attendance, except that there will be no re-
mission of fees for the last two months of
the session.
Location healthy, and desirable for deli
cate youths who may not be able to stand
a colder climate.
For further information, address
ID. +. BOYD, President.
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THE PHONOGRAPII.
Some Am using Experiments Illustra.
ting It's Powers to Speak.

LPhilalclphia Correspondence Now York
Graphic.
When Du Mourier, the clever En-
glish artist, drew his picture, showing
that in the future the notes OF operatic
singers would be bottled and stored
away in a bin to be drawn at leisure
he little thought how soon his sarcastic
hit would be realized by an ingenious
American mechanic. 1t can be done
at present in q much more simple
manner, and in place of glass bottles,
which are liable to break, the notes Of
Albani or Cary can be transferred to
thin sheets of tinfoil that can be carried
easily in ones vest pocket.
All this and much more can he per-
formed by the wonderful speaking
phonograph which was exhibited to Il
small party of invited guests in Phiia-
delphia on Saturday last by Mr.. Hen
ry Bently, president of the Local Tele-
graph Company. This little instru-
ment, which resembled an old fashion
ed coffee mill more than anything else,
was invented by r. A. Edison, OF New
Jersey, who is now engaged In con-
structing much larger one, which Is
to have Il capacity of $4,000 words
The one exhibited was capable OF re.
producing about $50 words in every
variety of accent and tone. A rubber
mouthpiece enclosed thin diaphragm
of ferrotype metal, which was easily
Jared by the voice, causing a steel
needle underneath to vibrate in unison
Around n grooved iron cylinder wa
] wrapped sheet of tinfoil, and the
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TIP TOP
THE CELEBRATED

THE CELEBRATED
HARNESS AND SADDLE STALLION,
Will make the present season at my
stable on the Mcclure place. three miles
north east OF Monroe, La. His services are
offered at $40 a single leap; $50 the season
or $25 to insure a mare in foal. Money due
when the fact is ascertained or mare parted
with. The colt, in all cases, standing good
for the money.
DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE:
TIP Tor is beautiful bay, full l6 hands
high, strong and muscular, possessing fine
style and action. Was sired by tho world
Alexander of Kentucky dam by Excelsior
Morgan grand dam by old Gray Eagle.
PERFORMANCES:
He has taken several premiums at vari-
Gus fairs in Kentucky. Also, in st. Louis,
Mo-, and a number Of premiums at Colum-
bia, Fulton and Jefferson City fairs, COM
peting with some of the best trOtters in the
West. He has trotted a mile in 2:4O.
March %, 1873. II. w. MCLEOD.
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THE BURTON HOE.

Having, purchased the right to sell the
above hoe in II parishes of North I.ouisi-
ana, offer for sale the right to sell the
same in the parishes of Lincoln, Morehouse
and Richland. Persons desiring to nego-
ut Farmerville, or confer with my general
agent, Mr.. Herln an Meyer, at Monroe.
Planters in Ouachita will be supplied
with the Burton hoe by calling upon Mr..
Meyer who has the hoe on exhibition and
for sale at the store of S. Meyer.
J. II. SHULTZ,
Feb. 2S, 1878. Farmerville, La.
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point rested lightly upon the foil.
The operator talks into the mouth
piece and turns the cylinder at the
same time, and the needle travels ia
the grooves around tho tinfoil, making
indentations In the surface ut every
vibration caused by the voice. When
the entire surface has been travcrscd
the mouthpicce is rcadjusted 10 the
starting point, aud As the crank Is
hole In the tinfoil, causing the dia-
phragm to vibrate as it did when orig
inally Jared by the voice. AS this
causes the opening and shutting Of tho
valves Of tho diaphragm, everything
that has bccn said In tho mOuthpfece
Is reproduced with startling accuracy.
The OK plnnntiOn having bccn cOnclud-
c<l, the operator said slowly and dis.
tinctly In the mouthpiccc
Now Is tho winter of our discomfort
Made glorious summer by this SON of
And all tho clouds that lowered upon our
house,
r. the deep bosom Of the ocoa" buried,
Con. Grant! lioup la! VA hoo!
The cylinder was then reset, aud the
machine repeated tho words in precise
~ the sanlc tone, causing shouts of
laughter from the espectators. Another
trial was then made, the operator say
Ing in the Mouthpicce: n"t
Once In Persia lived King, .s.
Who upon his signet ring a.
Graved n maxim wise aud truc,
Which he over kept iu view, ."
And repeated day by day, '.
"Evcn this shall pass away" ttt
My little instrument, If had you at
have astonished the Foreigners? 1
rather think so. Wouldn't the Chinese
have opened their almond eyes when
they heard you talking to them la
broken China? Heigho! Ah, ha-a. a.
a-a!
The effects of this speech, when re.
produced by the machine, was ludi.
crous in the extreme, and for several
minutes nothing could be heard but
the rOars OF laughter of all present, in
which the operator joined heartily. a
number of other speeches were ther,
given In the inouthpiece, including the
lines poor Ned Adams used to deliver
80 patlletically In "The Dead Hesrr' :
"Ninetcen years in the Bastile,
scratched my name upon the wall and
that name was Robert Landry"
This was repeated by the phono-
"brought down the house" upon any
occasion. After several other expert
'nents the party separated, having di-
vided tho sheets OF the foil that were
used to preserve as souvenirs of tho oc-
casiOn. The most wonderful thing
about the phonograph Is Its simplicity
No electricity, magnets or other agents
are employed in working 1t, as 1t Is
purely mechanical contrivunce. The
parts are all made of ordinary cast iron,
with the exception of the diaphragm,
AS before stated, and the machine It
self could be made by any mechanic
and operated by Il child. Its capacity
for dfffusing amusement and instruc
classed as one of the wonders Of tn.
age.
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SPECIAL TAXES,
Under the REVISED Statutes of the United
States, Sections 1882, 3237, 323S and 3239.
every person engaged in any business, avo-
cation, or employment which renders him
liable to special tax, is required to procure
and place and keep conspicuously in his
establishment or place Of business a STAMP
denoting the payment of said special tax
for the special-tax year beginning May l,
1873. Section :s244, Revised Stat utes, desig
mates who are liable to special tax. A re-
turn. prescribed on Form IL, is also
required by law of every person liable to
prescribed for non-compl: ance with the
foregoing requirements, or for continuing
in business after April 80, 1873, without
payment of tax.
Application should be made to JULIUS
ENNEMosER, Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue at Monroe.
GREEN B. RAUM,
At Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
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REDUCED REPRESENTATION.
IBossier Banner.1

(Bossier Bnnner.l
The recent session of the Legislature
reduced the number of representatives
in tho House from one hundred and
twenty to ninety-twO. Senatorial re-
presentatives remain, us now, at :36.
Following are the changes:
First ward, parish of Orleans, Is re-
tluced from two Representatives to one.
Third ward, from 3 to2.
Sixth ward, from tol.
Seventh ward, from 3 to2.
Tenth ward, from 3 to 2.
Ascension is reduced from two Re-
prcsentatives to one.
Assumption, from 2 tOl.
East Baton Rouge, from 3 to2.
Bossier, from 2 tol.
Caddo, from 3 to 2.
Claiborne, from to l.
Concordia, from 2 tol.
DeSoto, from 9 tol l..
West Feliciana, from 2 tOl.
Iberia, from tol.
Iberville, from 2 tol.
Jefferson, from to1.
Madison, from to 1.
MOrehouse, from 2 to l.
Natchitoches, from 3 to ..
Ouachita, from 9 tol.
Plaquemines, from 2 to l..
Pointe Coupee, from 2 tol.
Rapides, from 3 to 2.
st. James, from 3 to /.
st. Landry, from 5 to4.
Union, from to l.
This makes a reduction of % Repre-
sentatives.
The Governor is authorized to cause
a census to be taken in the 1st, 81 and
10th wards Of Orleans, and parishes of
Claiborne, DeSoto, Assumption, Madi-
son, st. James and 1berville, to ascer-
tian whether those districts are entit-
led to an additional Representative, on
the basis of ten thousand population.
If entitled to such, the additional Re-
presentatives are to he elected in No
vember, also. But as no appropriation
is authorized for taking the census in
those districts, we do not see how it is
going to be done, unless some patriot
does it gratis.
Eighteen Senators are to bc elected
next November, in addition to the
above ninety-two Representatives.
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Tho English crown diamonds have
arrived ut the Paris Exposition, and
are valued mt IS 500, 600. They are In
IL thick iron chest, and are guarded by
sentinels day and night. There IL
dialem OF eighty-six diamonds OF vafi-
Gus sizes, In the middle OF which IL
the celebrated KOh-i-NOOr, alone val
ued at $3.O,OOO; also Il collar of lOs
diamonds, in the centre Of which is an
emerald, said to be the purest and
most beautiful extent. A second dia
dem Is a blending Of diamonds aud
emeralGls. In the centre is the large
Kandavassy diamond, valued at $780,
600. 1t would he rated at II higher
sum were it not for slight defect.
These, and many other valuables OF
the kind, belong to the English crown.
n portion are used by the Princess Of
Wales on special occasions; the Others
are reserved for the Queen. The Kan
davassy was formerly the eye OF one
eyed Hindoo deity, and has been but
lately added to the collection.
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rAHIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar and fifty cents per square Gone inch
of space OR less) for the first, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion, for
any time under one month. For longer
periods as follows:
NUMnEi< so'REs. l III. 2 III. IN. Is III. l2m.
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Cards OF personal Characterization ad-
mssible-will be charged double our regu-
lar advertising rates.
Obituary and Marriage notices will bo
charge led as advertisements.
Any person sending us five new cash sub
scribers, at the same post-of1ice, will be on
titled to copy of THE TELEG RApn gratis
for ono year.
ADVERTISING REGULATIONS.
Transient advertisements must be paid
for i'll udV0nce.
All advertisements sent to this Office
when not otherwise ordered, will be in
serted "till forbid'' and charged accordi'gty.
Editorial business notices will be made,
free of charge, OF all advertisements ordered
in the paper; for other editorial notices a
charge Of 25 cents per line will be made.
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Il. W. RICIIARDSON. C.J. BoATNEN
Richardson Il EsOAtncr,

1 TrORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
II Law, Monroe, La, will practice i'll all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and i'll the Land Office Department
OF the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. january 3, 1878.