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gers, tonnage and cars loaded or empty, with
out delay or discrimination.

gers, tonnage and cars loaded or empty, with
out delay or discrimination.
Art. 240. Railways heretofore constructed,
or that may hereafter be constructed in this
State, are hereby declared public higew avs
and rairord companies common carriers.
Art 2ll. Every railroad or other corpora
ton, organized Or doing business in this State
under the laws or authority thereof shall have
and maintain a public Office place in this
State for the transaction OF its business, where
transfers of stock shall be made, ami where
shall he kept for public inspection books in
which shall be recorded the amount of capital
stock subscribed. the ni,tncs OF owners OF stock,
the amounts owned by them respectively, the
amount of stock paid, and by whom, the trans
fers OF said stock, with the date of transfer,
the amount of Its assets and liabilities. and the
names and places of residence of its officers
Art. 242. If any railroad company organ
lied under the laws of this State, shall cOnsOl-
idate by sale or otherwise, with any railroad
company organized under the laws of any
other State or the United States, the same
shall not thereby become a foreign corporation,
but the courts of this State shall not retain
jurisdiction in all matters which may arise, as
if said consolidation had not taken place. In
no case shall any consolidation take place ex-
cept on public notice Of at least sixty days to
ali stockholders, in such manner as may be
provided by law.
Art 243. General laws shall be enacted pro-
viding for the creation of private corporations,
and shall therein provide for the adequate
protection of the public and of the individual
stakeholder.
| Art. 244. The police inries of the several
| parishes and the constituted authorities of all
Incorporated municipalities of the State shall
alone have the power of regulating the slaught
ering of cattle and other live stock within
their respective limits; provided, no monopoly
or exclusive privilege shall exist in this State,
nor such business be restricted to the land or
houses Of amy individual or corporation; pro-
vided, the ordinances designating the places
for Strengthening shall obtain the concurrent
approval of the board of health OF other SAM
tary organizations,
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Minden Female College.
MlNDEN, IA.
The 25th Session will commence on
Wednesday, the 18th Sept, 1873.

SesSiOn-Divided into two terms of twenty
weeks each!
Course Of Study-Fu and complete!
Teachers-Engaged for every department!
ENTHUSIASTICALLY beautiful!
Buiidings-Large and commodious!
GrOunds-Ample, retired and pleasant!
erms-Extremely low, to suit the times!
For Catalogue and full particulars. address
THOS. 0. BENTON, President.
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Public Education.

ART. 22l. There shall be free public schools
established by the General Assembly through
out the State for the education of all the chill.
dren of the State between the ages of six and
eighteen years; and the General Assembly
shall provide for their establishment, main
tenance and support by taxation or otherwise.
And all the moneys so raised, except the poll
tax. shall be distributed to each parish in pro-
portion to the number of children between the
ages of six and eighteen years.
ART 222. There shall be elected by the quail
flied electors of the Stata, IA Superintendent OF
Public Education, who shall hold his office
for the term of four years, and until his sue
cessor is qualified. His duties shall be pre-
scribed by law, and he shall receive an annual
salary of two thousand dollars The aggregate
annual expenses of his Office including his sal
AIRY shall not exceed the sum of three thous-
and dollars The General Assembly shall pro
vide for the appointment of parish bonds of
public education for the different parishes.
The parish boards may appoint parish
superintendent of public schools in their re-
spectivc parishes, who shall be ex otficio secre
| tary of the parish board and whose salary for
his double functions shall not exceed two hun
dred dollars annually, except that in the par
ish of Orleans the salary of the parish sup rim
tendent shall be fixed by the General Assembly,
| to be paid ont of the public school fund accur-
| ing to each parish respectively.
ART 223. The general exercises in the pub
lie schools shall be conducted in the English
| language and the elementary branches taught
therein; provided, that these elementary
branches may be also taught in the French
language in those parishes in the State or To-
calities in said parishes where the French
language predominates, if no additional ex
pense is incurred thereby.
ART 224. The funds derived from the col
lection of the poll tax shall be applied exclu
sively to the maintenance of the public schools
as oaganzed under this constitution and shall
be applied exclusively to the support of the
shall be collected, and shall be accounted fol
and paid by the collecting officers directly to The
competent school authorities OF each parish
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% Call on Drs. Mobley & Neeson
to secure fresh and cheap seeds
They are purchasing all their seed
direct from fresh hands.
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j. M. LEWIS,
Brick MI as on.
Bellevue, Lly.,

Will give prompt attention to Brick laying,
w such as building and repairing chin-
neys, stove fiues, fire places, &c. Also, digging
and curbing wells, and under pinning houses.
Anything in the line Of Brick work done in a
workmanlike manner, and at moderate rates,
for cash.
am now preparing to burn kiln Of about
5000 brick, which expect to have ready for
delivery about first of September.
will also burn q, 900 Brick for purpose Of
CURLING wells.
Satisfaction guaranteed, as to work and good
quality of brick. n3l
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Committee on arrangements
F. NJ. Hanks, r. i. Wyche.
Chairman. T. n. Braden.
P. G. Broom. T. j. Tidwell.
A. r. Thompson. w. r. Prather.
j. M. Arnold. Oh. Vaughn.
J. e. Adger, Sr. Peter Curry.
Thos. Lyles. w. A. Stroud.
W. G. Burt. w. b. Boggs.
B. r. Nash. j. j. MeareS.
j. N. Bryan. j. A. Heron.
[. Fl. Martin. J.J. Swindle.
s. II. Sibley. L. Il. Phillips.
W. j. Mobley. E. s. Dortch.
Fl. Barnacastle.
70 Just received, by Drs. Mobley
Il Neeson, a fine assortment of tur
nip seed.
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70 See announcements of candi-
dates in this issue! We have only
room enough to say that they are all
clever and trustworthy gentlemen,
fully competent to wortbily fill the
positions to which they aspire.
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ITO be Continued

10 The Democratic Senatorial
Executive committee of this District
will meet at Minden, on Monday,
August 25th.
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Announcements.
Election, Tuesday, December 2, 1879.

Election, Tuesday, December 2, 1879.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
j. A. w. LOWRY is a candidate for District
Attorney of the Second Judicial District, COM
posed of the parishes of Bossier, Bienville and
Webster subject to nomination of Democratic
party.
FOR CLERK DISTRICT COURT.
A. r. THOMPSON is candidate for Clerk
ofthe District Court of Bossier parish; subject
to nomination of Democratic party.
FOR SHERIFF.
Maj. R. f. WYCHE is a candidate for re
election for Sheriff of Bossier parish; subject
to nomination by Democratic party.
JOSEPH L. C. GRAHAM fs candidate for
Sheriff of Bossier parish, at next election
Democratic candidate not subject to nomina.
ton.
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&c AIT nj 70. No funds raised for the support
OF the public schools of the State. shall he
appropriated to or used for the support of any
sectarian schools.
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:, ,,operty used exclusively
y ~ - other school purposes,
30 anI estate of any

p...,r and that of any other
,..ociation used by or con-
= .ach library, all books,
Ideal apparatus and all
and statuary of any COM
T. association kept in a pub
H. orovided, the proper
'a,sd be not used or
n,,rOoses of private or cor
Aft or income. There shall
Iaenpt from taxation mouse use
aerty to the value OF five
,,ll,rs. There shall also
1spt from taSa''o' '','' '''Nn''
lad of ten years from the
Il, If this constitution, ma
1.,,a other property employed
..aiaeture of textile fabrics,
,hoes, hats, flour, harness,
! machinery, agricultural
,tpts, furniture and other
.d wood, marble or stone,
.eiouery, lux and paper, boat
and chocolate, provided
Il,Sthau five hands are en-
isoue factory.
LII, The General Assembly
H. an annual poll tax, for
atainance of public schools,
drpg male inhabitant in the
H. the age of twenty one
5tleb shall never be less than
!. m. nor exceed one dollar
. afper capita, and the Gen
ynbly shall pass laws to ell
ynent of said tax.
! Us, The State tax on prop
sdlpurpoSes whatever, in
| expenses of government,
!. gees and interest shall not
!. nauy one year six mills on
Il sOf its assessed valuation,
!, FINANCE regarding the bon
!; Edthe fate is adopted and
I kthe people; and if said
; b is not adopted and rati-
9 people, the State tax for
] ees aforesaid shall not ex-
J. any one year five mills on
s HOf the assessed valuation
IS neerty; and no parish or
7, Hltaz for all purposes what
.. ball exceed ten mills Oh the
I / valuation; aud provided
Y The purpose of erecting
Is tructing public buildings,
y ad works of public improv-
d parishes and municipalities
~ kof taxation herein limited
70 Increased when the rate of
q uease and the purpose for
q slntended shall have been
~ aloa vote of the property
. ofsuch parish Or munich
" alltled to vote under the
% AFs ofthe State, and a ma
W ame voting at such cleo.
's nave voted therefor.
+" w. There tilall be no for
" aproperty for the non pay.
= ares, State, levee, district.
or municipal, but at the
" Haef the year in which they
y collector shall. without
" Platter giving notice to thu
ID. = u the manner to he pro
as (which shall not be by
h except in case of I'm
'saerl advertise for sale the
o. Pan which the tares are du,
1T aaaer provided for judicia
% the day of sale he shall
pctien of the property a
:, " shall point out, and il
~ 81 debtor shall not poiat GU
Property, the collecto
0ce and without furtbe
9 'le least quantity of prop
10 any bidder will buy fo
: u the tares, interest an
~ as sale shall be witbou
:, 'eat and the property sol
er <, eassnaOle at any time fo
w. i vi 0AA
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- There will be Barbecue and
Grand Mass Meeting of the Democ-
racy of Bossier parish, at Hanks
Mill, five miles south of Rocky
Mount, On Thursday, August 2Sth.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-14

For all Disorders Of the
Stomach. Damiana Bitters
N. Levy, Agent, Winnie.
! mucca.l
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-14
LOOK HERE!

Having received large lot of Moulding from
Chicago, am now prepared to make all kinds
of
PICTURE FIR A M ES.
Repairing Furniture and Sewing Machines a
speciality.
Lounges and Mattresses of every description
made to order.
Perforated Chair Bottoms constantly on
haad.
Saws filed by machinery at MY SHOP, on
Bridge Street above Levys Store.
GEO L. WALKER.
winnomucca, Jaly Is 1877 \
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
BROOD MARES FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale ON easy terms
Fifty American Brood Mares. They will be
sold cheap for cash orapproved security.
Apply 70 ALEX. WISE,
Winnsnlueca, July rs, 1879.
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Planets in October.

Saturn is evening star during the month.
He is at his nearest point of approach, and
takes on his Brightest hue and largest dmen-
sion. Even now, hc is more than eight
hundred million miles away, and, AT such an
immense distance, the difference between his
greatest and least brilliancv is not LARGE in
amount tnougn piainiy perceptlble. Saturn
rises now at sunset, and on the 3lst, about
four O'Clock lie should be looked for al
present in the east, an hour or two after
sunset, when sufficiently high above the
horizon TO be easily detected, and will be
found considerably farther north than
Jupiter and about two hours behind him.
His peculiar color Of u dull yellow, steady
light, and the absence of large stars in the
ncighborhood, will secure his recognition ms
soon as the full moon is out of the way.
Jupiter is evening star and so superb AN
object in the evening sky that there is no
need to sound his praises or call attention to
the grand display he makes each night as
leader and king of the starry host. But he
is moving away from our vicinity before
the month has passed his brightness will SEN
sibly diminish, and at the end of the month
he will sink below the horizon about one
o'clock, leaving the field for lesser lights to
take their turn for being in the ascendant.
He rises now at half past four; at the end
of the month at half-p two.
Mercury is evening star after the fifth,
when he comes into superior conjunction
with the sun and sets at the same time. He
is invisible throughout the month, and, safe
" hidden i'll the suns rays, tracks his rapid
course, secure from terrestrial vision.
Venus is the morning star. She now rises
at n quarter after five, about thrce-quarters
of an hour before the sun, but in the latter
part of the month she will rise not long after
three, more than three hours before the sun.
On the }0th she reaches that period of her
greatest brilliancy, occurring thirty-six
DAYS after her inferior onjunction.
There is no better method of becoming
familiar with this planet than TO follow her
phases from her present position just coming
into view after her inferior conjunction, m-
til she comes round to the same point again.
This period is called her synodic revolution,
and is accomplished in five hundred and
eighty four days, or about twenty of our
months, during which time she is alternately
morning and evening star. Those who fol
low her course in this way will fine the study
one oi exceeding interest, and the crisp
October mornings II delightful season for
making the effort
Mars is morning star lie rises now about
IN the evening on the ;}ls, at half past B..
lie is in the constellation Taurus, and his
movements may bc watched hy comparison
with the Pleiadcs.
Uranus is morning star, rising now at half
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Letter from Washington.
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SERVICE, ETC.

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NOTES AND NOTES.

Shakespeare's expression, ''The sere, the
yellow leaf, is frequently misquoted
Rowell earned s21s an hour while on the
track.
Mince pie for 1880 will be composed of the
usual fourteen semi mi-poisonous ingredients.
The Jacksonville (Fla) San wants some
medical man to explain why or how it is that
the negro is never known to sneeze.
The query: What did the donkey do to de-
velop the doctrine of evolution? is answered
by the remark that he brayed till he became
n little hoarsc.
In a recent speech in Ohio Mr.. Blaine told
of Southern Democrat who visited the
House gallery, and, putting on his glasses,
looked down and exclaimed: My God!
this is our old Confederate army in citizens
clothing"
The caoutchouc pronounced cookbook
trees of Brazil are dying owing to frequent
tapping, and crude rubber has risen so per
cent in price since last spring, owing to the
light supply.
The English walkists are astonished at the
craze over the walking matches in this coun-
try. They say that in England, none of the
newspapers took much notice of them, and
all the attention they received came from the
sporting papers
The editor of the Washington Republic
promises to adorn an issue of his journal
with pictures of .'the five handsomest ladies
in Washington" lie does not state whether
or not he has engaged passage for Europe
but he probably has.
A visitor at West Point noticed number
of cannons the muzzle ends of which were
embedded in the earth. What are these
guns placed in this position for" inquiredhe
of cadet In case of war with China,
was the young soldiers prompt reply.
Ole Bull, the fiddler, has just discovered
that on the occasion of his eleventh and last
farewell tour in this country he missed
several persons, and now he has sailed from
England for America TO bid them goodbye.
-NOr7ist0lrn Herald
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much more generally played, they had equal
" unvarying success.
1t is probable that the daily running races
and steeple chases on the Brighton race track
at Coney Island will shortly be brought to Il
close. A number Of valuable horses have
been DESTROYED in these constantly recurring
contests and even the jockeys have not cs-
capped unscathed. But the sport is popular,
and the public must be pleased.
Talmage the great is coming back, and the
mouths Of the faithful are yawnIng agape in
emulation of his own. He is, it is under
stood, laden with shekels spoiled from the
Britishers, who listened to his talk and wit
messed the gyrations of his wondrous cx-
tremities But the Tabernacle is, alas not
that peaceful homethe good man might wish
to return to. There are dissensions therein,
and no less than four prominent officials
have manifested symptoms of serious dissat-
isfaction with the way things are and have
been carried on. And then there is the more
than probability of another trial by the as
sembled Presbytery on appeal from the de-
cision of the former council. And then the
newspapers, illustrated and otherwise, will
not let the man alone Poor Talmage,
Talking of Talmage makes one think of
Mr. Beecher The Plymouth pastor has
Just lost one of his stlunchest friends-old
Freeland, the Brooklyn Internal Revenue
Collector. Repeated attempts have been
made to get this firm. ntN to say obstinate
patriarch out of his office but he always de-
clined TO go. There hSs been an uproar for
day or two, and then Beecher would 90
down to Washington, see the President for
the time being, and after good laugh come
back victorious. The Geacon used to take
the matter very philosoohcaly. quite as
thing of course
The only American nobeman, George the
Count Joannes. as he calls himself, has been
celebrating the centennial of the victory
gained by his alleged relative. Commodore
Paul Jones, over the English line-of-battlc
ship Scraps. The queer old gentleman was
good-naturediy allowed by tho Mayor and
Aldermen to hoist a flag painted by himself
and stated to be fac-simile of the one used
on the American ship during the action.
from the roof of the City Hall, and has been
boiling over for days with ioy and patriotism.
His contributions to the press have been
voluminous, and interesting as well as
comical
A very tall story is told by the venerable
father of General Daniel f Sickles, of much
matrimonial and army fame The old gen
tlenan is very fond of music. and he asserts
that on several occasions Of late, ghostly
orchestra of surprising merit, led by most
polite and accomplished disembodied spirit,
have visited him in broad daylight and play
ed enchanting airs, 10 his great delight.
Mr.. Bergh, of the Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty TO Animals, is in the throes
of a conflict with the doctors Vivisecton
is the trouble this time The doctors claim
that cutting up dogs alive is very necessary
H.
issue thereon. The fight is exciting.
Yours n
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A TANGLED SKEIN.

BY JosEPHISE POLLARD.
Life is but a tangled skein,
Full of trouble, toll, and travail.
Knots that puzzle heart and brain,
We must study to unravel;
Slowly, slowly,
Bending lowly
Ger our task, and trusting wholly
Unto Hin, whose loving hand
Helps us smooth each twisted strand.
In our hands al early morn,
And At night when darkness fingers,
Still the distatf must be borne,
While the thread slips through our fingers,
Lightly, lightly,
Twisting lightly
COlors that shall CLEAN out brightly
When the fabric feels the strain
OF misfortune, grief and pain.
He who lack of skill or thought
Is in awkwardness betraying,
VIII the lines Of grace dlstort,
By the friction surely fraytng
Thread so tender,
Fine and slender,
Stands accused as an offender,
And himself alone must blame
For the knots that cause him shame.
Some may wind a silken thread,
Soft and smooth and beautiful
Others fiax may hold instead,
or the coarse aud shaggy wool;
But if ever
our endeayOr
From the stains OF sin TO sever,
We NAV weave them bright and fair
In the robes that angels wear.
LIES a complex skein indeed.
Full of trouble, toll and travail.
More than human help we need
AL lis maZes 10 uuravel
Slowly, slowly,
Bending lowly
Ger our task, and trusting wholly
In Gods love, We patience gain
As we wind the tangled skein.
-Ca1grsr4ffo.fa1iS,
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past 3; at the close of the month at halt
past l. He is still too far away to be visible
to the naked eye, and of little account to Or
dinary observers.
The October moon fulls on the Goth. The
old moon was in conjunction with Mars the
4th, and the waning crescent and Venus will
form brilliant picture on the morning sky
of the 18th. The new moon of the 18th will
be in conjunction with Jupiter on the 24th,
with Saturn on the 2Sth, and with Mars on
the 3lst, two days after the full
The planetary interest for the month
centres again around the movements of the
shining trio, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. On
the moonless evenings during the middle of
the month, they will he beautiful to behold,
marking out with golden points the position
of the ecliptic and girdling the heavens.
Jupiter will then be sinking to the west with
diminishing lustre, Saturn moving overhead
in his brightest phase, and Mars rising in the
east with an increasing glow of ruddy light.
Taura1T