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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-19

The late Earl of Cardigan's horse,
which he rode at the Balaklava charge,
is stuffed and forms feature in the hall
Of the family mansion.
The Crown Prince Of Germany is
MANNED in the left hand and holds a
gun with difficulty. He is good lin
gust, and particularly well versed in
English, which he speaks like native.
A memorial, 70 which nearly half a
million signatures Of members Of the
Church Of England were appended, has
been sent TO Queen Victoria, praying
her TO use all the influence at her com
mand ''to repress the practice of auricu-
lar confession, which is SO repugnant
to the conscience and feelings OF this
Protestant country
The Grand Duke Nicholas is tall,
strongly built, and soldierly in person,
but with no indication Of capacity, and
certainly none Of refinement, in his
countenance. His forehead is narrow,
his glance fierce but without penetra-
ton; his features are altogether rather
coarsely nodded. He is filed with
buster. His Highness is one Of the
best linguists in the Russian empire.
William Cacraft, the English vet
eran ex-executioner, is mild, inofien-
siye old man, fond Of flowers and
rearer Of rabbits. He has always evinc-
ed great repugnancc To hanging
man of intellect, and asserts that on
such occasions he would have failed in
the task had il not been for a powerful
dose o. alcohol Calcraft, venerable in
appearance, grows a handsome white
beard.
Sir Aubrey Paul, Baronet, is so
poor that he Is obliged TO make living
by photography. His father, Sir John
Dean Paul, was the notorious Strand
banker, whose frauds broke the bank,
and led to his Punishment TO colonial
penal settlement, where he remained
some II years till his death. He was
noted for his pious pretenses, and for
the length Of his white cravat, which
his neck several times.
The Prince Of Battenberg, who is
mentioned in the dispatches as the prob
able future ruler Of Bulgaria. Is Prince
Louis of Battonburg in Hesse- Darmstadt. \
Louis Is a son Of cadet Of the house Of /
Hesse- Darmstadt and Julie, Princess Of
Battenburg, and is "a years old. 1t will
be remembered that last year this young
gentleman was reported to be engaged I
10 Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora,
youngest daughter Of Queen Victoria,
but nothing developed from the report,
so il Is probable Prince Louis, who has
q very slender income, was not deemed
an eligible match.
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I<IsonaA 8a0
Victor Hugo is worth over 81 ,OO0,-
600.
Miss Braddon Is In her thirty second
novel and her forty-second year.
Franz Sigel has been lecturing i'm
New York on the German Revolution
Of lsiS.
-Bierstadt's " Yosemite Valley" has
been bought for s2,lO0 by James H..
Walker, Of Chicago.
Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker, Wash
ington lawyer, recently won the ac-
quittal Of a client charged with murder
General George A. Sheridan. of
Louisiana, has finished series of forty
lectures in Indiana for the benefit of the
Norton Monument fund The gross re-
ceipts amounted to $1,000.
There are now published in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland l,744 newspapers, England and
London claiming 1856. There are S39
magazines and reviews, Of which 264 are
Of q religious character.
Mrs. Julia Tevis, the well known
principal Of Science Hill Academy, in
SheIbyville, KY, has published an au-
photography. with the title OF .sSixty
Years in q School-room. More than
fifty of these years were spent in teach
ing.
Phoebe Couzins, St. Louis's woman
lawyer, is of medium height, and hand
some, with an oval countenance, aquiline
nose, broad forehead, piercing, brilliant
eyes, and an expressive mouth; also,
black, luxnriant hair, which falls in
waves over her shoulders.
The original women's club of New
York, Sorosis, still thriyes finely. II is
free from debt, and has $l,6l4 surplus
in is treasury. Besides It's executive
committee. il has standing committees
on education, philanthropy, science,
literature, journalism and business
women. Mrs. Jenny June Croly was
elected President at the last annual
business meeting.
Senator Lamar sentthis sentiment to
Augusta, Ga. 1.-THE typical Trishman:
his home-the world. His friends
all the peoples. His faith-his own.
No cline TO him so cold as will not pro-
duce a shamrock: no soil so barren as
will not grow shillalah. Foremost az
light, frolic, or funeral, his gener-
Gus nature finds "A blow for the bad, a
smile for the glad, and tear for the
sad
Sam Small-the "Old Si'' Of
the Atlanta Coslstitution--is Secre-
tary Of the American Commission
70 the Paris Exposition. The
Graphic says that he is one of the
most amiable Of gentlemen, thorough
French scholar, and thoroughly ac-
quainted with the service Of which he is
% important an auxiliary. His person
Al qualities make him a. popular as his
inimitablc humorous negro sketches 4
have made an obscure Southern sheet.
-Tennyson's most recent poem.
The Revenge, a Ballad Of the Fleet 4
i founded on an actual battle fought by
Pr Richard Grenville against the Span
ish Navy In 1890, and which many CO.
temporary writers forthwith celebrated
IN prose and verse. Gervase Mark ham
wrote very stupid poem about it. Sir
walter Eaeigh's account in prose is the
best. and Tennyson follows il very
closely IN bis story Of the fight. The
reader Of Victor Hugo's "Ninety
Three will not fail to see how nearly
the opening incident in that novel re-
sembles this striking ballad Of the
Fleet y
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Walter Schweikart, who lives on JEFF
erson Avenue, half a mile beyond the
Hamtramck toll-gate, relates that he
has noticed two robins of late at work
in his backyard trying to carry away
small toy basket which, considerably
worn and tattersd, had been cast aside.
Evidently thinking it would make pal
atial nest the birds had rolled it along
and carried it short distances, but were
enable to get hold Of it in such way as
to make long journey with il. Yes
terday morning Mr.. Schweikhart as
usual went out to look at the work in
which he was deeply interested and saw
his birds busy with q piece Of string
about eight feet long. Soon they had
pulled the string through the grass
woven basket, and chattering as II won
derfully pleased with their scheme, each
robin took an end Of the string in its
bill and flew away with the basket hang
ing on its swing - Detroit Free Press.
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being made for the general introduce
ton into the stations Of the new inven-
ton.
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Jerome Rowley and two other men
we're seriously injured by the explosion
Of new-fangled gas-machine, the other
day, which Rowley had bought and put
in operation in the cellar Of his hotel 1t
Mount Vernon, O.
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DR.. Foote's Health Morfhlv saw

DR.. Foote'S Health Monthly says
people get sick by eating TOO much and
too fast; swallowing imperfectly-masti
Gated food; by taking too much fluid
at meals; drinking poisonous whisky
and other intoxicating drinks, keeping
late hours at night and sleeping late in
the morning; wearing clothing too
tight, 50 as to retard the circulation;
wearing thin shoes; neglecting to take
sufficient exercise to keep the hands
and feet warm; ncglccting to wash the
body sufficiently to bcep the pores open;
exchanging the warm clothes worn in q
warm room. during the day, for cos
tunes and exposure incident to evening
parties; starving the stomach to crafty
a vain and foolish passion for dress;
keeping up constant excitement; fret
ting the mind with borrowed troubles;
swallowing quack nostrums for every
imaginary Ill; taking meals at irregu-
lar intervals.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-01-30

GENERAL LEES GRAvE.-A Lex.
ington, (Virginia) letter in the Rich.
mond Dispatch says: 81 Went. Of
course, to the tomb of Lee, and was
gratihed to find that fresh flowers
are still regularly brought to- adorn
the graves of the General, Mrs. Lee
and Agnes--that a students guard of
honor still keeps watch and ward at
the tomb-that General Lees Office
is still preserved just as he left it on
the day Of his fatal sickness, and
that mementos Of the great chieftain
are cherished with increasing affec-
ton as the years 60 on. The mau.
solemn which is to contain Valen.
tines beautiful recumbent figure ia
soon to be commenced, and will be-
pushed to an early completion. The
Jackson Memorial Association has
been making but little progress Of
late, but it is hoped that the day is
not Tar distant when suitable m IN.
nmens shall also mark tho grave &C
! .iarkSpA,. &
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Mastery Inactivity.

1t is a matter of general congratu-
lation-inside the Legislature, and
within the party, that is to say
among the office holders-that this
session Of the General Assembly is
passing so quietly and pleasantly
away. The Legislature spends its
days as a tale that is told; quietly
and serenely as the innocent
and the infant sleep, it moves
on the even tenor of it's way
to the end Of its appointed time
No harm has been done; nobody's
feelings have been hurt; nobody's
salary has been curtailed. It is true
that propositions are pending to re
duce the per diem and to abolish the
mileage of members; bat these prop
ositions have either been waved
away with Podsnappian conclusive
ness, or viewed altogether in a Pick
wickian light. The Legislature feell
that above all things there is a ne
cessity for repose. We have had to,
much politics, too much excitement
we have maie and lis,ere,l 10 am
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-01-30

HAPPY Observation-Disclosures Nc.
Creary, in his message, says the f.
nancial condition of that common
wealth is gratifying. The funded
debt of the State has reached the
contemplate aggregate Of only $780,
1914. Of this amount, however, only
onetwentieth part is now due, and
has not been paid only because the
bonds due have not been presented
for payment. The rest are not pay
able till 1894-5-6. There is lust
about seven times the amount Of
this debt in the State treasury ap-
pllcable to it's payment. With
revenue tax of four mills the State
raised in 1877 something over two
millions, Of which it could spend
less than million and half, so
that its surplus for one year is one
fourth its total revenues and one
third its expenditures. 1t would be
interesting to know by what means
that State managed to avoid the
ruts run into by so many other
commonwealths of this Union. .
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SUCCESSOR SALE,

SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH CoNNAUGHToN n.
No. 29l = Probate Docket - Parish
Court, Parish of Rapides, Louisi-
ana.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
L Sale issued by the Honorable the
Parish Judge of Rapi1es Parish, State
of Louisiana, in the above entitled and
numbered Succession, commanding me
to sell for the payment of debts the
property OF the deceased, | shall offer
for sale at Public Auction, before the
Court House door, in the Town of
Alexandria, on
SATURDAY, the 10th day of FEBRU-
AIRY, A. D. 1878,
at IL o'clock NJ, the following prop
erty belonging to said decedent, viz
The undivided one half of certain
piece or parcel of ground. situated, ly-
ing and being in the Town of Alexan-
dria, Parish of Rapides, State of Lou
isiana, and designated on the plat of
said Town as Lot No. two (2} in
Square No. fourteen (l4), bounded in
front by second street, on upper side
by Beauregard street, on lower side
by Lot No. one 1) and in rear by Lot
No. four "a in same square, with all
the improvements thereon.
TERMS OF SALE :-CASH, subject to
appraisement.
H. NJ. ROBINSON,
Sheriff and ex-ofiicio Auctioneer.
Jan. l6. 1878.
Printers Fees 5000.
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Hon. Randolph Tucker on Whisky

Hon. Randolph Tucker, member of
Congress from Virginia, and also Il
member of the Ways and Means
Committee Of the United States
House Of Representatives, believes
that whisky frauds on the revenue
can he overcome by reducing tile
tax. In an interview the other day
he said: ,@
From 1865 to 1863 the tax was
$3.50 and 50 per gallon. The books
show during that period an average
of 100000 gallons, yielding an an
nual revenue of $26,000,00O. From
1868 to 1872, tax so cents, annual
average sale 9S,000,0OO gallons, reve-
nue. $40, 100000. From 1878 to 1876
tax 70 cents, average sale 100000
gallons, revenue $51, 100000. For
the two years 1875 and 1877, tax 80
cents, sale 62,500,O00 gallons annu
ally, revenue $56,0Os,OOO. Commits
sioner Raum, in his last report, says
that there are 5000 illicit distilleries,
with capacity ranging from 10 to 80
gallons per diem. I doubt not there
are many more, but take those fig
ures and place the average capacity
at twenty gallons per day, this gives
$4,000 gallons daily - 100000
year; with tax Of ninety cents
this will yield an annual fraud on the
revenue of $l6,2OO,OOO from this
source alone, and this doesn't begin
to cover the cheating. When the tax
was at fifty cents, say ten years ago,
sS,oO0,000 gallons were retained for
taxation. To day, with the increase
in production and consumption grow
ing out of increased population, only
$4,000, 900 gallons are returned. -
With such an exorbitant tax men
will cheat. | am convinced that it
would be much wiser to lower the
tax, so as to take the producers out
of the reach of temptation. / have
no doubt that the revenue from this
article alone would be increased
Add the 100000 gallons not re-
turned to the $500, 900 returned for
taxation, and with the rate reduced
one third, we come within $S,000,OOO
Of the present revenue from that
source
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GUBSCRIBE FOR
~ THE DEMOCRAT


GENERALsHIP IN THE KITCHEN.
Says Alexander Hyde, in the New
York Times: We see so many farm
ers working hard from the beginning
Of the year to its end, and that year
after until life ends, and with such
small results, that we do not wish to
impress upon the community the.
true principle Of economy. A farm
er's wife once expressed it to us in
one word-calculation. We found
her slender looking woman, sur
rounded by flock of children, and
having the care of dairy of dozen
COWS, with no Bridget to assist her,
and still everything moved on like
clock work. The children were tidy,
the house neat, the cooking nice, and
butter of gilt-edged quality. We
watched her to study the secret of
her economical management. She
never seemed to be in a hurry, GER
tainl y never in fret, but went from
one thing to another just as calmly
and pleasantly as the butterfly goes
| from one flower to another. We no.
.ticed that she had every convenience
for work. Water flowed constantly
in her kitchen and dairy room, and
her churning was done by dog pow
err. We were satisfied, however, that
the secret of her efficiency was not in
churns, dogs, water, nor any other of
her conveniences for labor, and we
finally asked, Chow do you accom-
plsh all your work with such appar-
ent easew With toss of her head
and a pleasant smile, she replied,
"By calculation. Before l go TO bed
I set my table and make all my ar
rangements for breakfast. Before /
get up in the morning / think over
the labors of the day, and plan eve
rything out, assigning each duty its
time, and when the time comes / at
tend to the duty-and now the time
has come for me to skim my milk, 50
please excuse me-" Upon this she
bowed herself out with the grace oil
a queen. We could not help think.
ing-happy the farmer who has such
q help meet.
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Onr 9oet's Gorner tSelertea
IT NEVER PAYS.

meyer pays to fret and growl
when fortune seems oHr foe:
The better bred will look ahead
And strike the better blow.
For luck is work.
Aud those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play,
And clear the way,
That better men have room.
never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
md he is sold who thinks that gol(
Is cheapest bought with pain.
An humble lot,
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,
For stations high,
That wealth will buy,
Not Oft contentment brings.
It never pays! A blunt refrain
Well worthy of song,
'or age and youth must learn tn truth
That nothing pays that's wrong.
The good and pure
Alone are sure
10 bring prolonged success,
While that is right
In Heavens sight
Is always sure to bless.
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) NO. "a.

many violent speeches. Why not
remand care to the dogs and make
ourselves comfortable, as it were?
The Democracy is in power, is it
not? What more do you ask? Be-
sides it is altogether beneath the dig
nifty of a statesman to be local and
provincial; he must take broad views
he must not he hemmed in By State
lines; the world is his parish and tho
universe his range. What is the use
Of discussing special evils here in
Louisiana, when the origin Of evil
as whole is still mooted question?
What is the use of talking about con-
strnctive mileage when perpetual
NJ otion, to which cons' &c i've mile
age is only an approximation. re.
mains an open problem in dynamies:
What is tue use Of trying to save the
State thousand dollars here and
ten thousand collars there, when
Congress is about to abolish all sor-
did necessities by coming all the sill
yer ore in the land and making every
man his own banker? Debt? 1t is an
anachronsm. just expand your cir.
culation, and pay those little bills!
To be sure, the people at large,
many-headed monster, with no brains
to speak OF, cannot be expected TO
understand this short and easy meth
cd. They cling to the old fashioned
idea of living within your income,
and paying a days wages for days
work. They are rude enough to
suggest vulgar details-the fees OF
clerks, the perquisites of sherifs, and
the percentage of tax assessors. But
the Legislature must rot permit its
philosophic calm to be disturbed bv
popular clamor. Mr.. Hayes propo-
ses a pacific policy, we are all smok-
ing the pipe of peace, and everybody
knows tibet tobacco is narcotic
Would it not be inconsideratn in this
dawning era of Cancellation to revive
old issues, and to rake up old scoresf
1t is true that we have said great
deal about Radical abuses of public
trust when the Radicals were in pow
er; is true that those abuses still
exist. But how can We discuss these
matters with any sort of delicate con-
sideration for the sensitiveness Of
gentlemen of the other party? Plain
", our policy is to let the past bury
its own dead and pay its own debts,
while we accept the situation as W.
find it. After all, life is short, and
worry kills more men than fever.
Then let "dolce far niente" be
written over the portals of the State
House; let the members Of the Gen.
eral Assembly be fed on lotus leaves,
and all things remain as they were
when the fathers fell asleep Plea
yune.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish COurt-PariSh Of RapideS

No. ;3UI.
WHEREAS FRANCIS A. BLAN-
w chard has made application to
this Court to be appointed Admins
traitor of the Succession of John N.
Taylor, deceased: Notice is hereby
given to all whom it doth or may con
Germ, to show cause within ten U0)
days from the date hereof, why the
same should not be granted.
By order of the Court.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, La, this
Goth day OF January. 1878.
JAMES H. RANSDELL,
Clerk.
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ALEXANDRIA, La. WEDNESDAY, JANJTA Try 3O 1878


py de theater.
Vot's de consequences? Along
comes dot Centennial panic. Dot
knocks Brown higher as two kites,
by chimminy! NY income vas
shtill more as my outcome. But
Brown, he goes 'roumd dot shtreets
nit his hands ont of his booklets.
und he don't got cent to his pack.
II Aurora News.
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TYLER'S

Diamond Goods, Gold and
Silver Watches, Fine Jew
elry. Sterling Silver and
Plated Ware. Diamonds re-
set in the latest style, and
Jewelry made to order by
experienced workmen.---
Watches and JeWelry re-
paired.
11S Canal Street.
New Orleans.
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ALL THE South AsKs.-The Ra-
leigh North Carolina) Observer
thus closes an article in it's issue of
the fifth inst:
There is no danger then, if the
South shall get control of the Fede-
raj government that it will ever use
its power to destroy that govern
ment. Nor is there any danger that
we will abuse that power in any way.
All that we ask is that the benign
influence Of the Federal government
may extend equally to all peoples
and all States that exist under the
protecting folds of it's flag. We ask
only that the Federal government
shall do for the South what tie Fed,
eral government has done for the
North. Before that can be done,
however, the present generation will
have passed away. We beg to as.
sure all our Northern friends who
may be disposed to listen to Mr..
Blaine, therefore, that nothing is SC
far from the purpose of the people
of the South as to use any political
power they may acquire for the de
struction of the Federal government
We have found the goose that lays
golden eggs, and We propose to make
her attend strictly to business, ani
the man that lays his hands on her
save in the way of affection, We pro
pose TO shoot OF. the spot
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