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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
A RECOLLECTION OF HOOD.
Madison (La.) Journal

Madison (La.) Journal
Much is being said of the late Gen.
J. b. Hood, and not a word undeserv-
ing. We, too, have a word to say
about the dead hero. After the battle
of Franklin, where he did all that man
could do for the Confederacy, and he
came to Meridian to gather the shat
tered Texans, he was not even treated
with common courtesy. He pitched a
tent of his own and, we think, soon
moved to a railroad car. We mentioned
to our neighbor Gen. Dick Taylor, that
Gen. j. B. Hood was in town, and his
purpose was to gather the remnants of
McNair's and another Texas brigade,
and go westward until the Rio Grande
was reached. Gen. Taylor said to the
writer, sstherc is no use in Gen. Hood
going down and trying to cross at Rod
ney. The surrender will come in a few
days, and will see him paroled;" and
If our recollection is not treacherous,
he was paroled by or under Gen. w. II.
Miles, now of Yazoo county, Miss.
He remained some days in his tent
without an army friend coming to see
him, not even Dick Taylor, then the
commander of that department..
May the recollection of Gen. j. b.
Hood never grow dim with the people
of the South, where he sacrificed so
much and in the flesh was so poorly
appreciated by people not at all con-
versant with war. Gen. Hood took ln
the forlorn h2pe yt hen deserted by Har-
.4ss' Stewart and the other wranglers in
Georgia, and performed his whole duty,
with a mere handful of men, we might
say, who came back from Franklin and
Columbia with the blood dripping from
their feet. Gen. Hood, like that other
great and unappreciated soldier, Albert
Sidney Johnston, will live in the ages
and the histories to come. "Success,'
said that hero who had served the
government for forty years, in his let
ter to jeff. Davis, from Decatur, Ala
bama, tsis the test Of merit. I can d.
no more" He had a country Withou
an army and was the graddest soldie
of the Confederate cause.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
= EDUCATIONAL.
r OUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND MECHANICAL
COLLEGE,,
BATON ROUGE, LA,

BATON ROUGE, La,
Is now in successful operation, with good
q October and
Tas;isss o,; d,s,se.en- good 1;ts an
creased; much philosophical and chemical
Il Ensineerlsg Large museums Of Natura!
History; a library Of fourteen thousand
and "a gSoa ar
Workshops and an Experimental Farm,
secured.
Course of Study embraces wide field Of
select the studies which they may wish
cises are ranked as studies, only obligatory
other students, who board in baton Rouge.
To become Ssstudent" or "cadet,' is option
al with the parent.
Adns'ssio,' granted to young men en- s and
youths not under fourteen zen Sy years OF age;
common English education. They can en-
ter at any time during the session. and be
dents may be residents Of other States.
NB-State Cor beneficiary cadets cannot
appropriation to pay their expenses:
Ezpe'.ses.--Tuition and the use Of library
and apparatus are absolutely free. Stu
Rouge for about $l5 month and those
who form ''messes'' can maintain them
| selves for Sc to SO month.
Expenses for a Military Cs1det.-Fixed OK
penses per month-Board. lodging and ser
S1S Snd maca
| attendance, 81; total, SIG; or for the session
of nine months $144; or at that rate for part
| of session. Payable monthly in advance.
| Contingent expenses per session-estima-
ted-uniform clothing, $47; text-books and
and contingencies, IS total, sic. Payable
$4s on entrance, balance 1924 January l. In
| case of withdrawal from the institution,
cadets will be charged only for the time OF
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
-. d. F.. BOYD, President.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
AND DON'T YOU FORGET 1T.

Prof. Tice says that we are to have,
on the night of November 18th, the
most brilliant meteoric display ever
seen since 1888, when, to all intents
and purposes, the sky literally rained
fire. The display for this year will not
commence until about O'Clock in the
morning, but the professor says that
the magnificence of the display will
more than compensate for the incon-
venience of the vigil.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17

The Board of Trade of Monroe is a
most successful organization, embracing
the most influential men and merchants
of that town. The total membership
now amounts to twenty-scven, and the
TELEGRAPH says that a meeting of the
Board will soon take place for the pur-
pose of taking measures for the con-
struction of IL narrow-guage railway
from Monroe to some point where con-
nection will be made with the Iron
Mountain road.
Bastrop is, and should be, as much
interested in the construction of such a
road as Monroe. If our business men
would move in concert with the mer
chants of Monroe in this matter, Bas-
trop would soon be enliveped with tho
shrill suueals of the iron horse prancing
through these forlorn looking streets.
Let's wake up and have railroad
from Monroe, via Bastrop, to the Iron
Mountain road.-lLo'eho,tse Clarion.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17

Our esteemed contemporary, the
OUAcHIrA TELEGRAPH, urges very
strongly the construction of railroad
from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Alexan-
dria, with which New Orleans will soon
have railroad connection. This would
open up to New Orleans n vast trade
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
rAmnUss HIGH SCHOOL,
HAMBURG, ASHLEY COUNTY, ARK.

This school. for boys and girls, will begin
it's third school year on
Monday, September Is, 1879,
and continue ten months, forty weeks: It
and remarkable for its thorough discipline
and the proficiency of its pupils. The
Principal has taught over 600 children:
Hamburg is village OF great healthfnl-
ness, and can be reached from this vicinity
by buggy in one days drive.
Both sexes can board with tho under
signed. About s21O will pay all scholastic
expenses for ono year.
He refers inquirers in Ouachta parish to
Capt. Nj. L. Dedman and Maj. l.. II. Cosper;
also to Rev. J. M. Brown, an old pupil of
his; and to Col. VIM. A. Allen, Trenton,
b. c. b. CONNERLY, Principal.
52-5 Hamburg, Ark.
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BEE CULTURE.


of the chief products OF the apiary.
The amount produced in the year 1910
was valued at $62s, 1903, which would
be about 100000 pounds. In 1850 it
had increased to IA, SG3, 100 pounds,
which was worth $2,736, 6O6. The
United States has gone far ahead of
every other country in bee CULTURE
although Germany has given US our
greatest aPiia.siiaas>. In 1861 the Of
New York alone exported 23s, 55s
pounds of wax, principally to England
aud France. In Greece and some parts
of Italy, bees are kept more for wax
than honey; the wax being consumed
in candles for the churches.
There are several kinds of vegetable
wakes, but none have the illuminating
power that beeswax has, though the
different kinds are used for candles in
the countries which produce them.
The amount OF honey consumed for
the secretion of wax is from thirteen to
twenty pounds to one Of wax. The
recent invention of comb foundation
has added vastly to this branch Of bee
culture, not only in saving the bees a
great amount of labor, buta greater
amount of honey.
Mr.. Langstroth, who wrote his prin-
cipal work on bees in 1875, says: elf
store combs could be made of gutta-
percha, they might be emptied and re-
turned to the hive" He little thought
that he would live to SEQ the improve
ments that have been made in this
short time; but he is still living, old
and infirm in body, but active in mind,
and although he has passed his ninetieth
year, we are now and then gladened
with something from his pen.
The comb foundation machines are
of two kinds; the one printing upon
two sides of sheet of wax, the base OF
the three four-sided figures of the differ
Ont sized cells OF such thickness that
when placed in Il hive of bees they
. thin the bottoms and draw out the
sides to the proper length. The Other
is a fiat bottomed, high walled cell o.
, very thin wax. The bees work in both
with equal readiness, but, think, fol
} strength, I prefer the irregular base.
So great control over bees has beer
l obtained by the present mode of hive
that Mr.. Quinby made eighteen artifi
2 cial swarms, in one year, from ont
hive. Natural or spring swarming car
! be entirely prevented, weak colonies
9 can be strengthened, and starving col
onies can be fed without its neighbo
getting half that is given.
' Mr.. a. +. Moon, of Georgia, has
G letter in the American Bee Journal o
this month, in which he says that hi
s'bccs have completed a piece of honey
a one cubic foot. This little casket will
y weigh over 100 pounds. We can caus
8 the bees to make it two feet on tn
y same plan. There are, no doubt, man!
G doubling Thomases, but it is nothing
@ strange when we understand how it
r done, and have disposition to do it.
l. The old and simple centrifugal fore
v has been applied for extracting hone
l. from the combs. The comb guides il
n our new hive makes a wonderfully
straight comb, and when capped wit
II Il bent, broad blade knife, tho honey
a thrown out with case. No comb, n
II bee-bread, no mashed bees is with it
r. spoil the taste or discolor it, nothin
s. but the liquid honey
Q "Likc falling stars, clear drops of necta
o flow !" AHMO.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
MADISON PARISH HEARD FROM.
TNcw Orleans City Item.l


AS tho third Monday in October
draws near, the delegates to the Re-
publican nominating convention, which
is to meet at Turner Hall on that day,
are beginning to arrive. A reporter
happening to meet one of these dele
gates, VIM. Murrell of Madison, in the
Customhouse this morning, interrogat-
ed him as to the situation. Murrell
was not at all reticent, and willingly
gave all the information he possessed.
In regard to the feeling of tho people
in his parish, he said that they were
confident that, with a "square deal"
at the polls, the Republican ticket
could be elected. They do not antici-
pate this, however, and arc therefore
opposed to the nomination of Repub-
lican State ticket.
In case there is any bulldozing''
attempted by the Democratic party
| during the coming election, Murrell is
of the opinion that Madison parish, at
least, will be depopulated of its colored
residents, who prefer Kansas, with all
its ice and snow, to Louisiana in the
hands OF bulldozers.
The colorcd people throughout North
Louisiana are violently opposed to the
adoption of the new constitution, and
will, to a man, vote against it.
"Myself and Governor Hawkins, my
colleague" said Murrell, "are of course
nominated to the Legislature"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS

r. w. McFEE's DRUG; STORE,
JAS. A. BIGTIIUNE, Agent
Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Pcrfumcry, stationery,
School Books, Lamps.
Huist's Garden Seeds,
Cigars and Tobacco.
WINES AND LIQUORS for medicinal pnr-
poses. Physicians prescriptions carefully
prepared.
The Drug business at tho old stand Of
G. w. McFee will bc continued through
Jas. A. Bethune. formerly associated with
Mr.. MGEee, as agent. III, the h repn aiMta q
and the same class of reliable drugs. medi7.
| cines, etc., which made this establishment
noted, will be kept on hand.
Mrs. p. G. Mel EE.
Monroe, La, April 25, 1870.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17

The wesson MISSY factory gives
employment to 400 persons, most of
them widows and orphans. About
$1,000 In cash Is paid out every month.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
HENRY KOCH. J. +. wETZEL.
TOCII u WETZEL,
Dealers in all kinds of
HOUS EHOLD FURN TU II f,

COFTINS, COFFIN TRIMMINGS, &c.
Furniture repaired, or made to order, and
satisfaction guaranteed. All orders for
Furniture promptly attended TO. Co1nns
Undertaken, if desired.
We have also on hand a full stock of
Store and shop on Grand street, opposite
McFec's drug store. An inspection OF our
work and furniture is respectfully invited.
January l, 1879. ~
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17

Hold on to the truth, for II Will servo
we'll and do you good throughout eternity.
Hold on to virtue; it Is above all price to
you in I'LL times and all places. Hold on
to your good character, for it is and always
will be Your best wealth.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
nUAClI1rA FEMALE ACADEMY,
MONROE, LA.

MONROE, LA.
Tho exercises of this Institution will be
resumed Monday, 18th instant. Terms:
g 90 and ~ 90. Prompt payment will be
required OF patrons.
Miss L. S. BORDEN.
September IL, 1870.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17

1t is beauty's privilege to kill time, and
times privilege to kill beauty.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17

ocrats is expected to go far toward
rolling up a large majority for athe
ticket in December
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
NEW MARK1.T HOUSE.

The undersigned has opened has oponed
this now market house, and will be pleased
to supply the best of meats at all hours of
the day. His old patrons arc respectfully
invited to come and see him.
ESr Whole hogs, neatly bntchered, sold
at Sc per pound. j. l.. NELSON.
Dec. 10 lS13.-li:tf.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-17
SAFE AND LOCK CO.,
CANTON, OHIO.
N. Il, LION. AGENT,

MONROE, LA.
Safes sold for less money than by any
one travelling. on time, or for Il heavy dis
count for cash.
Guns, Pistols, Clocks and Sewing Ma
chimes repaired on short notice by
n. b. MILTON.
q Kills. News Depot.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
TROTTERs AT A DISCOUNT.
WeII-bred Horses Sold at Prices That
do not Nearly Pay for Their
Breeding.

New York World, March 26.l
The American Institute building, at
Sixty-third street and Third avenue,
was an attractive point yesterday for
the admirers of trOtting horses. The
occasion was the beginning of the Sec
ond annual sale of thoroughbred and
trotting stock under the management
of the rel l-known Peter c. Kellogg.
The attendance included nearly all the
prominent breeders and owners in this
section of the country, supplemented
with the usual large crowd of lockers
on, who were highly entertained by
some of the exhibitions of speed
over the eighth of a mile track which
had been laid down. The catalogues
show 145 lots, of which 40 found pur-
chasers at prices averaging so low that
many wondered why the owners part
cd with their property, but as all the
stock was pledged to absolute sale
none of the lots could with honor be
withdrawn. In consequence AZ lots of
trotting stock were sold at an average
Of $l82.95 each, the lowest probably
at which such Acknowledged ami
mails ever sold. That the bottom has
clearly fallen out of the tr%otting-
horse market tile following shows :
Of the ~ lots disposed of, eight, the
get of Messenger Duroc, the property
Of Mr.. Charles Bcckman, of Orange
county, in this State, sold for 81 175,
or an average of SIG 50 each. Yet
Mr.. Beckman has received $3.50, and
is this year charging $500 for the SER
vices of Messenger Duroc. The
eight sold consisted of three
wo-ycar-olds, three ec-yoar-o lds
and two 6ve-ycar-olds, all fair
looking stock considering that
they have run out nearly all winter
and we're a little rough Of coat. Nor
did any Of the other offerings, with the
exception of a few thoroughbred
mares, bring better prices. The
thoroughbreds, the property of Mr..
Erastus Corning, of Albany, were
seven in number, of which a majority
arein foal to the trotting stalliou Henry
Clay (whose sale at $1,000, the highest
price of the day, helped to swell the
average Of the trotting stock.
There was q sharper competition
over the thoroughbred mares, which
increased their average to over $267.S
zach
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
Deeds Registered.

This forenoon the following papers
were registered by county officer
Hunt Mortgages by L. NJ. Pool and
w. H. Riddle to Arbuckle & Tucker f;
L. +. & L. R. Irby to G. Mcqueen ;
Isaac Jamison to w. P. Hill, trustee ;
Patrick Griffen to John 0verton A.
K. Cameron to B. L. Smith, trustee ;
John B. Shore to Stewart & Wylie ;
warranty deed from John 0vertOn to
P. Griffin. Yesterday a decree was
recorded from the United States
Court to W. L. Radford trust deed
from j. q. Meacham to Day & Proud
fit; and quit claim from Mrs. Howell
to w T. Taylor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

The Hon. J. Harvey Mathes arrived
home from Nashville to-day.
Captain R. N. Hood, president of
the Knoxville and Maryville railroad,
is in the city, on his way home from a
bridal tour to New Orleans and other
points.
Visitors at the cotton exchange this
forenoon were NJ. Cohu and S. Moses,
Of Mississippi Robert Wise aud D.
L. Bourland, Of Cincinnati, and John
G%uerrant, Of Arkansas,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
THEFT AND FORGERY.
How Three We're Made 10 Suffer and
Two We're Taken In and
Done For.

Caleb Caters entered the domicil Of
Ellen Holmes about the 4th of last
November and stole Marcus Taylor's
bank book, then forged a check for
forty dollars on the State National
Bank and then presented the same for
payment, which was declined unless
Caleb could identify himself. Chas.
Kney happened to pass at the moment,
and CATERS called and said: Mr..
Kney, you are the very man l wish to
see." well, what do you want ?"
said Kney. Il have a check on the
bank here and wish to draw the
money, said the dusky Caleb. We'll,
I'd do it said Kney but for my
life / can't call your name My
name is Taylor" THAT is all right,
Mr.. Bank Teller, this is Mr.. Taylor"
said Kney as he carelessly threw his
right hand over his shoulder and
passed on. That remark cost Mr..
Kney precisely forty dollars, for
next day the bank officers called
on HIM to make that amount
good, the genuine Marcus Taylor hay
ing turned up. Caters emigrated to
Yicksburg without delay, but the be-
witching wiles of Ellen Holmes drew
him back to former haunts and led to
his arrest. An innate affection for
some beguiling Desdcmona never
fails to lead to a darky's capture if he
has perpctrated a misdecd, and now
Caters roost is in the lookup, where
he awaits an inquiry before Esquire
Quigley, with good prospects of doing
the State some service, after the
"Othello method, though in a less
honorable way. There is an obvious
moral about this adventure which the
most obtuse may understand.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
B. LOVGlStGil ( Bros.
He borrowed a Native.
Cor. Turf, Field and Farm.l

Cor Iurt, field and FARM
SPRING HILL, March l0.-Eavino
been an interested reader of the tour9
nament of words between Guido -
the Ivanhoe OF the nativcs-and the
many tough spears Of the " Blues Il
especially that of the professional
dOggist Of Canada, and BELIEVING
that both sides would appreciate :
good Joke, | send the following: Mr..
Joseph Dew, of Columbia, a Blue of
the hrst water, and who felt called
upon during the tournament to shiyer
his lance and then gracefully retire.
recently sold to a Mr.. B., of Cincin-
natl, two dogs, the choice Of his long
list of thoroughbreds (?), prominently
among them the following "purps y
Pearl, Lutte, Lance, Floy, Fleet, Fan
ME hean, etc, etc.
After making the sale, Mr.. Dew in
vlted the purchaser, Mr.. B., to come
to Tennessee and see his favorites work
on their native heath. Mr.. B. ac-
cepted the invitation, and in due time
arrived, and Mr.. Dew sends a messen-
ser post-haste to Mr.. NJ. C. Campbell
of this place, asking the loan of Buck
ira pure native-''to find him some
birds"
How is that for a Blue died in the
wool? The sports in the neighborbood
have been indulging in some broad
smiles at MIR. Dow's expense, especi-
ally since they have learned that
~Jodle' expects to take a trim M
Europe with his friend Mr.. b. to bnv
$4,000 worth of blue bloods, VII
Joseph, bring them along, and we
guarantee that when your friends from
a distance come to see you-6biect
to find some birds"-that MACK viii
not only lend you Buck, but Joe. ir'
also, Now, Mr., Editor, we simple
amateurs have come to the conclusion
that when men wish to sell dogs
then they are the Blues died in t6e,
wool, but, when they want TO finS
some birds" they fall back on the
always-reliable natives.
Ia ia, "Jodie," we wish Won a nloas.
ant voyage, a good speculation and .
ready sale of your entire purchase
put don't forget to send for Buck and
Joe When you mean business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
KirkIand's Everlasting Shirt
I5t
Police Notes.

Only a single fine, and that a s. one
for fighting, was taken in by Recorder
Porter this forenoon. This came out
of the pocket of pugilistic Monehan.
The bill collectors are after the
police sharp with small accounts, and
it is Notifying to them to think that
they have not received a cent of sala-
ry for ever so long. 1t is hard.
Seventeen cases were heard by Re-
cOrder Porter this forenoon, of which
eight were discharged, seven contin-
ued and one fined. OF these seven
were arrested for doing business with
out license.
A country darky named Caesar
Frank was taken to the lookup this
forenoon for being drunk. A white
co%untryman from Mississippi in the
same fix rested in the lookup last
night, and begged that no publicity
be given to his spree. His request is
respected.
A white nan of not over twenty
three years was run into the calaboose
this morning. The way that he begged
through a slight crack in the wall fol
the sta%tion-house keeper to let him
have just one more drink was ex-
tremely touching. The police officers
by their long abstinence and impecu.
mostly, have become hardened il
heart and we're incorrigable to the
thirsty mans appeal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

woes aud raptures of love we're never
more stagnant than Just now. Perhaps
it is only the calm that precedes the
storm, which will burst forth after the
Easter bells begin to ring, and mar
riage bells may be destined to keep up
a naturalization that will be merry
music to young lovers, but will sound
harsh and unpleasant to those unro-
mantle folks who have experienced
the poetry or sweetness Of welded
life.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
Ladies shoes cheap, at Miller's.
lee cream and Soda water
At StOtE's, No. 22l Main Street,
Ogt

MERCHANTS travellers, visitors to Now
York, don't fail to remember that in order
to accommodate and ave your money, to
make wal on prices, and TO oil the largest
hotel in New York, the mammoth Grand
on Broadway, will hereafter be
kept on both the American and European
plans. The American plan, including
meals and lodging, $3.50 or 50, and the
European plan 81 and upward, per day.
An elegant restaurant, at moderate prices
is conducted by the hotel,