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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
A SERMON FOR THE SISTERS.

| nrbb-r breaks a colt afore he's old enough
To trabble;
| ncbbrr digs my taters tell dcy plenty big
Ia gnihble;
An when you sees me risiu' up to struc'ifl
III mcetln',
Is lust clumb mp de knowledgc-trec and
done some apple eatin.
sees some sistuhs prrziut, mighty proud
of whut dry wrarin',
Its well you i,u't apples. nov, y"a better
b, drclaIin'
For when Nou hrcrd Nu' marku-prive, I Il
hunt w. little irrlin's:
You wouldn't fntch a dime a peck, for all
yo' fancy pcrllnH.
o sistahs-lretlc apples (for you're rally
mighty like emf
| luhs de or.timr ruS>ets, dough it's suldom
kin strike EN-;
An 50 hubs YOU, si,tahs, for - grace, an
not go gracrs-
don't krcr how my apple looks, but on'y
how il tas'es.
|, ,lry n Sabbaf-scholah hrah' Den let him
form his muddrr
How Jacob-in-,r Bibles boys played oil
upon dry brnddrr!
Dcy sol him Ia u tradcr-an' at las he
struck lie prison;
Dat coined oh J"sph'- struttin III DAT
strcakrd coat ob hsn.
Ny Christian frirn's, dis story proobrs dat
ebrn men IL human
He'd had dozrn fancy coats, ef he'd a
J-rn 'uuinan,
I DE cIIs-idn-ss ob shown off, he iuuh' out
all about il:
An yir he was Christian man, ~ good a.
ever shouted.
! II larned him, An bet you when he com,
to get his riches
| D-y didn't 20 inr stylish coats or Philadel
phy hrrrchrs;
He didn't vase his money when eNp"runc'
taught him better,
! But went aruun' a-lookln' like he's waitill
for letter!
Now, -i,ta!s won't you copy him' Say
won't ynu take II lesson,
An NM dis sullnm wahnin' bout de sin o'
fancy drrssini
How much yn' Sprn' upon yo'scf! wis'
yu' might remember
Yo' preacher amt been paid cent senc
sonicw har III November
better close. | sees some gals dis sal
mon, kinder httin'
A.whi,prrim'. an sturhin' all OATS nea
" har dry'> a->ittin';
To look NJ dem, an listen 1T dcy onrrspcc II
jabbrr,
turns de milk oh human kindness might
nigh to clahber,
A-A-A-mrn.
TIIwiu Russell. in Scrihnrr for April.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
Mr.. Moody On Memory.

In one of his last discourses in
Baltimore, where he met with great
success, Mr.. Moody claimed that
memory in one of the things we are
going to take away from this world
with us. Lord Bacon took the
ground that everything We have
ever said or done or rend or heard
will come back to US after death.
Memory, | take it, is the worm that
dirth not. Cyrus, the Persian
general, had snch an extraordinary
memory that he remembered the
name of every soldier in his army.
Many literary men have been able
to quote everything they have ever
written. Many of you mourn over
your short memories, but you will
find them long enough By and by.
! Memory il Gods officer, and all He
has to do il to touch its secret
spring to make us miserable. All
He has to do is to say, Son re-
member You, who are sitting the
counsel of friends, and going into
pleasure to escape from n quicken.
ed conscience, be assured that you
will hear from memory after
while. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the
memories of the past will come l
have been twice at the point OF
death, and like the twibkling OF an
eye ever, thing | had ever said or
done came up before me. You ask
me what il was, but ! cannot tell
. Won now. We talk about the re-.
corling angels, but God makes US
each our own recorders. We daily
write our own biographies. BY and
by il will all come back. You say
there il no hell. Beware how you
trihe with eternal things. Fool
with the forked lightning or with
the dread pes,ilence, but beware OF
triHing with the things that are be.
yond. One of the prisoners IN
o wonder penitentiary told me- that
!. life would be bearahle there were
:, il no, for the eternal thinking. II
: il not the iron bars; il is not the
coarse fare;. it is not the enforced
;, labor; no, il is the thinking OF wha
y they might have done that gall
n them. We pass One-third OF GU
Il time in sleep, and we get init
, amusement much of the remainder
=, and our memories nre not aroused
=, :. but it will be different by and by
a The thinking time is coming. ThS
', il what makes he'll so terrible; III
40 thoughts of the lost opportunities
= the misspent days. II is laugh
l., over and over again in the Wor
III of God that if we die in our sin
~ where God is we cannot coHe, an
=. yet we go heedlessly on.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02

noon. What did You tell me her
name was, Sarahf'
"Well, ma'am," said Sarah,
"that's the queerrst of all. Its
the same name as yours WAS, ma'ain.
Mrs. Srssiuns.'
Dccima it was-poor, faded,
sharp featured little Drcima, dress.
ed in dyed mprino, with the stain
of tears upon her cheeks, rs she
sat in the slipping rooted attic he.
side the bed OF her sick child.
with two or three othOr little ones
crouching over a picture.book by
the window.
She looked MP with a cry of as
constituent MS Edith entered.
Edith" she cried. scarcely able
to believe her own eyes.
"Drar Decima," sohbed her sis
inlaw, clasping her in her arms
"why did YOU not send for me be
fnrri Yon must not stay mp IL
this sufiWaling place. lon must
come up to our cottage. Mr.. ENcL
indnlgrs me in every thing. lol
must have advice for the chil'lrti
aud comforts for Yourself. On
Drcima, To think tha, Hngh's wifi
aud children should he in such DIES
ti,u,ion while am rich.'
And loving, impnlsive htt'
Edith burst into tears OF minglie'
grief aud happiness
Edith" said the feeble, din
eyed little woman. ~ don't deserr
this ~ Nonr hands,
"Dear Decima," whispered IN
girl, care Nou not Hngh's wife
Hugh, who WAS So Kind To mei'
For Edith Sessions believed l
poor relations, though Decima la
altogether repudiated them, one
on a time.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
Good for Evil.

81 don't believe IN poor relations
said Mrs. Sessions, "and never
did" 80
"Bnt she is my own sister" said
Hugh Sessions.
"Iuur own sister. rh!" said Mrs.
Sessions, with a contempt nous toss
of the head. "Aud is that any
reason she should sit up IN the par
Tor like IL fine lady, reading poetry
and doing wors,rd work, while I'm
down in the Kitchen ironing her
rufflrs and tiavoring Italian creams
Ton her 10 ratr.
Mr.. Sessions looked panied. 81
am sure Edith would he glad 10
help YOU about the housework,
said he, "it you would allow her
| To do SO.
"And let the roast fowls dry mp
TO- ciu,lrr. ~ she did last Thurs
day week, when | lett the dinner
in her charge" observed Airs. S-s
siuns. soully. "Thank YOU, Hugh
-one experiment N the ki'u Is
quite enough tor me-
She WAS knitting away opposite
the fire. a little, sharp faced woinah
with yellow crinprd hair, shr'I
voice, aud very light blue eyes
like II ,lull's-a woman whose hoih
crs were all in perfect order, ant
whose lace frills never ny al,
possibility became crnniPled I"
soilrd.
Mr.. Sessions. II great. loose joint
ed. kind hearted fellow. sal siafii'I
into the fire with panied ana P"2
zlrd expression of conntrna'r,
y His won,aukind somehow didh
seem to agree. Plan and nanenNr
as he would. there was l~rl"'nf
discorl in the camp. ana homes
Hugh Sessions couldn't undtrs'ah
il ut all. -,
s .Bnt she's a very amiahle girl
said he.
"Pshaw!~ said Mrs. Sessioh
T. ubn hi, off the ends of her words
"And very willing-nay. eve
auxions-to make herself general
useful
~ am not 40 sure OF that, 81
Mrs. Sessions.
ID "She il my only sister "a
Hugh, piteouslN, land II cam, u
\. offer her u home she is hoinrltss,
That's all nonsense. saih NJ
a Sessions. "Whai do other plr's
in that are left without means 81 'h'
owni Why, teach, OF c"''rsr-'a
in dress. making-go ont I" "r>
- get situations! There are a th"'
and WAYS of providing tor Oh
self Msidrs becoming Il burden
LIe ones relations
ON. And Mrs. Sessions got mp
The wbiskpd out into the Kitchen I"
age if Bridget WAS getting citr"ns
,.w raisins enough into the mii're'm M
nth AS Hugh sat. still looking
al plpxelly into the red COATS ~ u
expected to ace some sort o' ~
give ration start out Of the glo"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
Advice to a Young Man.

Another thing, sOu, yOu want 10
remember that wearing 70 inches
of coat propped out across 10
inches of shoulders doesn't make a
r,mnast of you by any means, any
more than a straight back, II meas
urrd step, and Burnside hat with
cord and acorn give You % war
record. There have been yonng
men, ave, and old men too, before
your time, who owed the tailor for
their chest and shoulders, and
owed for them n precious long time,
too. There have been Young men
who could waltz for an hour ana
sixty eight minutes without once
sitting down to rest, who couldn't
Jaw enough wood TO warm nan.
mel cake, not if starvation stared
them in the face and tried to drive
them to it. Don't worry about
your shape, son. Men will admire
your crooked legs il your trousers
are pmid for, aud if your back ia 30
lopsided that you have to keep
YOUR helm hard a-pOrt all the time
10 keep from walking around the
block to starboard when you want
TO 60 straight ahead, you1l never
think of il if you don't owe for the
coat that lies in such unRainly,
honest wrinkles across II. The
man who doesn't owe dollar is q
rich man, even If he hasn't crust
10 eat in the house. And don't
borrow. If you can't get along
without having more than you've
f got, don't borrow; steal. You'll fee
, better about it, and rs genera
, thing, YOU will be more respected
and less Observation-Disclosures
= Hdekeye.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
What II Means.

We are told that the recommit'
mrnt of the opI'osing reports Oh the
public debt means compromise. /
Some SAY that the principal VIII he
left untouched but that the icprrsrn.
tatives of the bondholders are VIII
ing 10 agree Ia II material reduction
in the matter ut interest III order 10
uuiri the clamOr of the country for
relief. Others declare that both
principal aud interest viii be red,ic'
ed. Those who favor the minority
report insist however that the re-
commitment is equivalent to the de
feat of the uaj"rt, report, ana mat
il is altogether in favor of the cause
cbampionpd by Mrssrs. Semmes,
Catirry and others. This we should
be sorry TO see proved. Ii would
inplv criminal disregard 10y many
delegates of the wishes and ins'ruc'
tions of their constituents and
determination to saddle upon the
,axpa\rrs of the State what on a
thousand mrasions they have pub
licl, denounced as u tIaud.
To thus provide for continuation
of the same old chronic ailineiit
wonld be AN Infamous breach ct
trnst. Ii would not only furnish
the testimony of Louisialla witnesses
against the truth of our repeated
: stories of complaint for 10, these
: many years, hut would bind me
burden still closer and more helm
r ously 10 the shoulders Of our people
! Under the rule of Radicalism, ont
. rage and robbery were not nnrxlect
ed: but those who have it IN ihei
T. mower to be free, and instead q
). achieving that result, ri>et NOR
y closrk the letters of fraud ana nm
T. snrpation, are, to SAY the least OF II
}, rrcrrant to their duty 10 themselve
and to posterily. Ii will not do sin
Il uly 10 reduce the interest; some con
r crssion must be made IA To the pri'
d cipal rs we'll; tor, however tuleraI
public opinion may be M 10 iolifc'
h mistakes, it will scarcely give NJ
'e prevail to the I,erpetuatlon OF al Of
prpssivp fraud.
# A heavy public debt, even whe
IN honestly incurred, ia n public cnrs'
M and with the various classrs OF Pu'
:, lie debts which our people have
10 contend against, there il but MT
40 chance 10 meet the demands priNa'
~ creditors. Hence private credit AL
in trrs and our Industries become II
" haired. Get the curse of bonds OF
!. of the way. and capital, instead
", being invested in interest henrl'
rs smculations, wonld br devoted
y" to such legitimate uses M the wa
!" iz.tion of our Industries aud Il
w. building mp of real values.
~, Our delegates must NOT 60 no,
WI and say that they could not fnr',i
the relief expected Of them; IN
mr. they placed themselves under ho,'
age Ia the tnndholdrrs and fonn"
om easier to betray their consiitnei
ed than 70 refuse to do the bidding
wv, their new taskmasters!
l. Out upon the virtue which pt
ing i,s hands to the pillow and the, i"
pn. ing hack. effects compromise VI
,p's fraud!-City Item.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02

Professional aud business cards, OF ten
lines or less in length, 80 per annum; for
ak months, $40; for three months, 81
r,n,iness advertisements of greater length
will b. inserted at above rates.
Legal advertisements will be charged at
lrrl rates, where fixed by law; otherwise
At special rates as published above.
~ Special notices 20 cents per line.
Funeral notices Of less than ten lines,
and marriage and religious notices inserted
gratis.
I,h.work executed in the ncatest style,
aud at reasonable prices.
August -, 1877.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling pnblic and regular n1a iTe
III, 6nd this house as eonif"ttaole
and ' Te M supplied as the resource. con- TS
a a;.;o me 81 IKE country will permit ne
d t Oh or ."V very reasonable. The Stage
Stand is tept at this Hotel ,o,., new
and commod,ous stable. we'll supplied VIII, ~
n arovsnder and water and n good ostlrr ~
wavs ON hand 70 attend to STOCK
The travelling public Will 10 w wSn ~ ne s'
me- n call n. - M
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
Raplaud Sale and Feed Stable
BOARDING House and Feed Stable

IF Won want good and cheap accomm m1Mc
,; SU. GO 10 BOAZMANs. BOARDING
HOUSE and FEED STABLES, corner OF
''''"s WIN. BOAZMAN, Proprietor.
Dec. 3S. 1s7e
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
m. .. r. RICHARDSON,
h. H. COLEMAN,
PARISH SURVEYOR,

TWILL attend promptly aud etheientiy
" to all bnsiness III his line Chatses
moderate Residence miles sontheaS. VI
Homer. on Trenton road. l.. u, Homer.
Aug. y, 1877. l.!
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02

A temple at Shin CHA Yang
in China has been formally handed
over 10 the Christian missionaries
10 be used a. church and school,
the idols having previously been ig-
uo,ninously flung into a neiRhbor1ng
ditch. The principle Manager OF the
temple, known as "tbe master OF
virtue, concurred In the fss"slss,
and in an address be made On the
naasion stated that siuce no sso
s4en the famine relief fund be eed
been convinced that the Jesna Dec
triues were true" In demolishing
the idols a significant dsseevefy
VIVA made, the hrart Of the Pssnca'
nile image was not found night ~
'be late wershippers. II vas 9sde q
pewtpr which Was . trauds tQr tee
mons proprietors Of the rod -
Maid the maker an extra 40 te
have it Of silver-N o. Tssss.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02

II ia one Of the physiological mys'
,erirs why boys hands will b''ster
Az much snnpr on q hoe handie
than they will on base ball bat.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-02

A happy definition to the word
piano: IAN instrument which TOR
turrs a great number Of persons TOT
the satisfaction of QUE"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-14

The New York Nation is Repub.
lican journal that does not take kind.
" to the Grant movement. 1t thus
discourses in regard to the candidacy
ofGeneral Grant for a third term:
lfGrant is nominated the Demo.
Gratis will only have to make extracts
from the files of the Republican pa
pers between 1870 and 1876 in order
tocompound most damaging and
damnable campaign document. The
Grant movement is, in fact, a propos-
al to confess that the party has Meth
er policy, nor ideas, nor statesmen.
1t is saying substantially, eve have
no plans, no policy, and no ideas to
speak Of; but we have a first rate
man. He has no plans, no policy. or
ideas either; but he is tough, decided
and combative, and will make the
Democrats skip" Ifthis is not I'm,
peralist talk, what is it? We may
add that the acceptance Of the third
term idea would be, as every one saw
plainly, three years ago, virtually
the adoption of the life tenure for the
Presidency and the abandonment of
popular government,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-14
Organs.

The great popularity Of the Cabi.
net or Parlor Organ has led to severe
competition among manufacturers to
supply them. AS one travels over
the country he is now about as like
ly to meet an organ peddler as a sew
ing-machine agent or Lightning rod
man. The New York Phila-monic
Journal says there is nothing in
which there is more deception than
in this matter of organs. The coun.
try is flooded with very cheaply
made instruments in fashy cases,
which are not good to begin with,
and will almost certainly soon get so
much out of order as to be useless
1t is folly to buy one of these. A
much better way is to get only the
best, by makers of greatest reputa-
ton, which costs a little more to be-
gin with, but viii updoubtedly prove
cheapest in the end. Any one who
buys an organ made by the Mason &
Hamlin Company, may depend upon
having the best that can be made
1t is conceded by those who know
more about such matters, that their
organs are unequaled.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-14
WESTON, WA, April 18th, 1873

WESTON, WA, April 18th, 1879.
GEALED proposals will be received at the
u office OF the Secretary ofthe Board Of
Directors OF the Hospital for the Insane, at
Weston, w. Va, up to MAY 2lst, 1879,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at which time the Board
will proceed to open publicly said bids.
Proposals will be received ior the STONE,
the BRICK, the CARPENTER, the PLAST.
ERING, the ROOFING, and the PAINT
ING and GLAZING work necessary for
the construction Of the third and last Sec
ton North Of the Centre Building OF the
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane
The building is about 222 by 30 feet, with
three retreating wings about l2l by rs feet
each, all two stories high, 10 and u feet
stories, also feet basement. ALI OF the
walls are composed OF Brick and Stone
Separate Bids will be received for the diff.
ferent branches OF work complete. Aggre.
gate bids will also be received for the en-.
tire work, the contractor in each case fur.
nishing everything. necessary to complete
his contract. A bond with good and sui.
ticient security will be required to accom-.
pany each Proposal, the penalty OF which
shall be for at least one half OF the aggre.
gate amount OF the contract bid for, also q
reservation OF l5 per cent. on each estimate
until the contracts completed. The Board!
OF Directors reserves the the right toreject
any and all bids.
Plans and specifications can be seen at
the Hospital on and after the first day Of
Nav, 1879. =.
Blank formsior bidders can be had on
application.
WE. LIVELY,
Err RALsT0N, y
April 23-4W. Executive Committee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-14
The NToderation Increment.

We have heretofore noticedstbe or
ganization. Of a society in New York
which is a branch of the temperance
movement, designated to prevent
excess in the use of spirituous liq-
uors. We believe it goes by the
name of the moderation Society" p
IL already numbers among its mem
bers many Of the prominent citizens
and business men of New York, and
promises to do good work.
There is a place in the order of af-
fairs just now for a new deal in the
work Of temperance reform. Not
that the ordinary temperance organ
ization is wrong, or is not altogether
right in its position, but that tits al
most always fanatical and dogmatic.
1t does not possess the true qualities
Of reformatory organization. Fa-
naticism has got the better of COM
mon sense and upset the REFORM
Men have contended for crotchets un.
til they have mistaken them for con.
victions, and the advocates of moral
suasion have operated on so narrow
a platform that they. have let the
drunkard slide.
The New York Express says Of this
new movement:
1t is one of the marked signs Of
the times. For several venrs nhvsi.
ologists have discussed the question
whether alcohol can be taken into
the system with impunity. While
they differ on this point, there is a
general agreement that the use Of al
cohol is always more or less danger.
ous;thatan excessive use of it is
positively injurious to the system,
and that only very small quantities
can under any circumstances be TAX
en- with impunity. Though they do
not agree in insisting upon total alb.
stinence, they agree in definition
of temperance which is but one re.
move from it. But if pure wines
can be used with IMMUNITY, and
even with benefit, the dragged com
pounds sold under various names are
always deleterious aDd often deadly.
The moderation movement starts
from these conclusions. 1t takes
things as they are, and aims to i'm
prove them. 1t has a definite, prac-
teal purpose. Its leaders see that
the plan to getrid of intemperance
by prohibiting the sale of alcoholic
drinks has not succeeded; that there
is no likelihoodof getting large mum.
bers Of men to agree to total absti-
nence from alcoholic drinks. But is
it not possible to persuade those who
use much to use little, and those who
use little to use less, thus efecting a
practical reform? The use of ALEC.
holic drinks is very largely a fashion.
Is it not entirely practicable to change
the drinking fashions Of our people
in important respects?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-14
Gregg's Case.

The Preston county Journal reports
Judge Brannon, who presides in that
circuit, as saying that IL is not neces-
sary to re.sentence the prisoner now
in the Ohio county Jail, convicted of
burning the Kingwood court house.
If Gregg is again brought into court,
the only question he will be called TO
answer is, why the judgment and
sentence heretofore pronounced upon
him should not be executed, and the
only answer Gregg can make is that
he is not the person so sentenced
If Gregg chooses to make that plea, a
Jury will be called to pass on the sim
pie question of his identity. Judge
Brannon is Of the opinion, and has
sosuggested to Gov. Mathews, thatthe
people of Preston desire that Gregg's
sentence should be committed, and
that it would be but reasonable ex-
ercise of the Governors discretion to
keep Gregg in the Ohio county Jail
until steps are taken to commute the
sentence, which would follow upon
his admission Of a previous sentence
to death and thus do away with the
necessity Of further proceeding in
court. 1t will be remembered that
Gregg, upon thetrial refused to choose
between being tried under the old
and new statute, and thus left no al
Tentative against the death sentence.
Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-14
who are ihe Reyolutionists?

Wei have a President who never
was elected.
We have Supreme Court, three
members ofwhich violated law, oath,
and justice to count in the unlecied
President
We have a Congress, representing
the majority of the people, but mol
permitted to act by fraudulent Elk.
ecutiye and a fanatical minority.
WeEaye the monstroIs theory that
the Legislative is to obey the wishes
Of the Executive TO execute the Laws
OF the Legislative.
We have the assumption that there
is but one man to save the coun-
try" and he Grant: but one party to
rule-that is the Republican party;
but one great duty Of the day, that "a
defy the will Of a clear majority Of
the people.
Is this a real republic7 Is this
popular self:goyernment2 Is it not,
on the contrary, breaking up the
character Of the Government very
fast?
Which is worse dividing or de,
stroying a repubfic2 Which ismore
terrible breaking up the form or the
character of government?
Had the rebels of 1861 succeeded,
they would have only divided the re-
public. But ifthe stalwart crew Of
the Indefinite Term and Robson or
der succeed they will destroy it.-S.
LOUIS Dispatch.