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St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10
The Manicure.

Our ladies, who are wont to extol the
superior advantages of European culture,
are just now congratulating tI't ln4~' yes
upon the advent here of the mistress OF
the peculiar devices of the toilet known
as the manicure's arr. To visit mani.
cure is, we are told, embraced in the
regular order of things, followed by the
ladie, of all the prominent foreign cities.
Consequently, it can scarcely be won-
,lered at that the followers of fashion
mere should have welcomed the missions
AIRY who comes to us, il for no other
reason than to place them on plane
with their New York sisters, wLo have
thus far claimed the only practitioner
this kind the country aftorde. A natur.
ally fine hand is made more beautiful by
care, and a hand not so greatl-5 favored
is much improved, without doubt, by
extra sttention A visit to The mani>
cure results in a treatment merely pre-.
parstory. The hands are placed Tor
about ten minutes in q lukewarm solu-
tion. The flesh about the nails is thus
sottened, and is then skilfully raised
from the nail and cut close with & pair
OF circular f II h>cutters. The nails are
then covered with a deep rose colored
psma 1e, which, though washed gently
of in minute or two, leaves its blush
behind. This is succeeded by g1ayish
powder, which, IN turn, is rubbed of
lightly and swiftly by buffer or wash
leather pad, giving fine polish to the
nail. Lastly, the nail tips are filed into
The pointed or round shay, according to
individual fancy. The principal errors
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10
The Denqo6fat.
LOVE AND TIME.

Long years ego, Old Time, tits said,
While plodding his weary way,
Chancs d on stream which swiftly Sped
And to cross it did vain essay.
"He p." cried he ' Consider my yesrs
Will none Of you aid me7 Alas,
GOOD frleud,, entreat you with tears,
Hither, and help OLD Iine to pass p
None needed his c-y, till waited where
some damstls In idleness We,
On further side To brig him there,
speed they skif propelled by Love.
Others, more staid were fain to check,
And warningly chanted this rhyme:
All many lite has made shipwreck
In seeking thus to pass Old Time"
Young lcve made hsily for the shore
Wbereon the old wand rer wept-
Proudly turned tJ te ~ him o'er,
Full strong though the dsrk current swept.
lly,ng his oars the radiant boy
Gaily sang and r. r.sang this rhyme:
"see, see, d. ar girls, benold with JOY.
How Young Love carries off Old Gime!'
Vain bosst Soon spent, down droops his head
(T*ss ever his way 1 am tcld};
Old Time takes up the oars iDsteai:
Tired 80 soon, yet erewuil 30 boli2
Poor child, how feetly formed thou art!
Rtst. then, now whist sing my rhyme
An old refrain froal broken heart
Love is carried away by Hme'"
silv'ry sound Of mirth above
kipples downward owe, the tide
On passing fair, in sylvan grove.
Dotn Old Time and Young Love deride.
" Hold - cried the sage, wi voice sevtre-
Who laughs thus at Love and my rhyme ?''
" irrer F iendsniE, rho Las nauyht to fear,
yield not 10 Love nor to Time''
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10
AneceiOte of AStOr.

In the ''Causefie of the Baston Tran,
script good Story is retold. One of hi>
Cat tains had sailed six voyages to China
without chronom- ter, depending on
dead reckoning' aud "]unars y just be
fore starting upon the seventh voyage
he suggested to Mr.. Astor that it would
be "a er to have chronometer. "Well
get one" said the merchant. The cap
tain did so and entered its cost in hit
account current. When Mr.. Astor's eys
ell upon the item he drew his penci
through it. The captain expostulated.
Tam it, man." said Astor, Il tolt you
to get one; | tidn't say I'd pay tor it.
The captain severed his connection with
Aslor then and there, went inlo Wall
street, engaged with other owners, and
before night was in command of as fine b
ship as ever f,ated in New York's beau,
titul bay. In three days he was ready
TOR sea and Set sail. At the same time
Astors ship, under the command OF 3
new captain, set sail also. They had q
race for Hong Kong, but the captain who
as he used to put it, had discharged John
Jacob A5tor, by keeping the man at tn,
braces, TOOK advantage of every puff OF
wind and won by three days. The ship
was loaded in the shortest time poss bic
and before Astor's vessel, which had ar.
rived meantime, WAS hal >loaded, our
captain weighed anchor, and with a full
cargo OF tea set sail Tor Sandy Hook, ar
rived in good time. got his ship alongside
the wharf and began hosting out his
cargo, which was solo by auction on the
spot. This glutted the market, for the
consumption was comparatively small H.
those days, and when Astor's ship came
in prices had fallen. Two days later, a.
the captain was sauntering down Broad
way, he met his former employer. ''How
much did dat chronometer cost you ?"
4sked the latter, "six hundred dollars"
'VeIl," said A ,tor, "dat vas sheap. II
cost me 6,000.' The merchant and the,
captain have long since paid the long
rt ckoning, but that chronometer is still
= good timekeeper and a treasured relic
81 well.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10
A Herd OF Bu ialoes EDgulfed.

An armv officer who arrived in Chi
cago from the Yellowstone valley day
or two ago, told sto of what happened
to q herd of bufalnes that were migra,-'
ing southwark. The herd numbered
two thousand f We hundred head. They
had been driven out of the Mix river
cou atry by the Indian hunters belonging
to Sitting Bulls band. The herd struck
the river near Cow | land and ventur.d
upon the ice with th~i7 customary con
6dence. The animals came upon TIE
river with solid front, and h'gan the
crossing with closed ranks. The stream
at tho point OF crossing YVES very deep.
When the 'front.' file, which wa1 stretched
out quarter of mile in ltngth, al
nearly gained the opposite shore, the ice
suddenly gave way under them. Some
trappers who were eye witnesses OF the
scene said it seemed as if trench had
been opened in the ice the whole length
OF the column. S0ne four or five hun
dred animals tumbled into the opening
all in heap. Others fell in on top of
them and sunk out OF sight in r twink
ling. BY this time the rotten ice was
breaking off short under the still advanc-
ing herd. The trappers say that in less
than minute the whole body OF brffaloes
mad been pfeciE ita:ed into the river.
They were wedged in SO thickIy that
they could do nothing but struggle for
NJ cond and then disappear beneath the
ice ard the swift current. Not bsast
OF all that mighty herd turned tail and
tried to escape when the ice began break
ing up. In solid phalanx they marched
IN their fatal bath in the Big Muddy"
IN 8 minute from the time the fnt ice
bro,;e not a buffalo head CT tail was to be
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10

bo ough bou 8, and immediate ly on oul
arrival ! wa ushered into Mr.. Welles.
ter's private room. Our interview was
heightened one; we then descended tc
where the Inquest wss being held: The
best report OF the proceedings was given
in local paper publi<hed a day or t7c
afterwards, which, if remember rightly
ran thus: " As some farm laborers in
the employ OF Hon. Frederick Wellester
Of Msz borough. were proceeding tt
their work on Tuesday morning, they
discovered the dad body OF man on
the highway. The remains were at once
removed to one OF the farm buildings
where hey remained till Thursday lasl
when an inquesS was held upon them
No satisfactory evidence was produced
tending to throw any light upon the
affair, either as TO whom the unfortunate
persjn was, Or the means by which he
met his death, although it was coniect
tured owing to the fright I'll spectacle the
lace and head presented, that some pistol
or gun must have been discharged close
to him; but as to whether by himself or
by some one unknown, no clue could b.
obtained, a pistol ready loaded and
capped WAS found in one of the de-
cessed's pockets, but no papers or other
n, ans 0! ldent f alton. a strange tact
in connection with this case is the disap.
pea1ance on the same morning the body
was I0uDd Of one OF the domestlc5
named Stevens, formerly in the employ
OF Hon. E. nest WeIIester, half-brothel
10 the prophet + Of Maz4 borough house
Ct n.ltman who tor some years past has
resided On the continent, This occur
renee has ouly tended to throw greater
oUscurity upon this mysterious aff,ii
In const quence of the utter want al
evidence, the jury returned an open
verdict-- .ound dead"
"Sucn," continued GLADDEN., wa.
my uncles story You have followed
MIN to the grave and seen the prepara.
lions for 'szng to the ground MAJ, Dor
ough house the Caultdale title has betn
extinct; Hon. Frederick Wellester, wh,
,uccteded to it died tew months after.
wards without issue; and although dill.
lent search was made tor the next OF XIII
(his hal'-brother Ernst), no tidihgs
could possibly be obtalntd OF him."
But" said I, " surely your uncle-'
Lived at a time when wealth and
interest could influence everything sno
almost everybody"
~ see" / r lined :" it was what is
called hush up But suppose the bod y
that was found WAS that OF the hal .
br.iher ErnsI ?"
Precisely"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10
Let the Beds be 4 iPed.
seSu.

J.. is had plan TO make up the
beds Immediately after breakla>t The
,see oiug apartments in the house should
be aired every day. Beds should be
oneued every morning to the sun and to
the atmosphere. ID not be in too,auch
haste to yet the chambers in order. Let
the sbesta and bjauket. b5 spread over
separate chairs, the mattresses lifted apatt
and the pare morning air be allowed to
get into every n"ok and Granny of the
-,c,n hafore the b> us ara m. de- Better
endure a little delay iuyeltiDg the house
!, n rder ihsn i}~s or heath.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10
WAyES AND NHE.. s,
IN EAk,'.Y SPRING.

IN EAk.Y SPRING.
III" tinT s0owdrifts lSeltin9 ia7t-
he breath of south-wiuu coating past
II ne crimson in ths maple snt >e1s~7
The golden crocus at the roofs
The yellow on the willow wands--
ne green OF grass aong TIE rond'-
me 7"elI'n, hld'; the hiu4Sird's note
ihe dando ion tbs lnoat~-
HE earthly c0or Of t1e stream
lhe warmer fueh Of sunri goau
ihe danpness of the upland mould
ihe ne" }ife in the open -old-
ina song Of bird the hum ct bee
lEe dawn ot WOO Is: 10 melody
Ice brighter glitter Oh tne his--
lha rapid Tl1sh OF little rlls-
Inc ming hO " fr0st on ths hedge
The noonfay drop' upon the ss'Eo-
lhe changing colof in the y;u=--
The lceshar hua Of mountain nine
Are Things that tell 70 ey- ald ear
That summer days are Il awing near
"A horse -race-COlts.
Striking objects Clocks.
Over production-Twing.
-" Branch houses ''--The noristy.
The sign Of the cross-A fr2go.
"A nice lam is preferable to an ic
jam.
Look n3t upon the swine when Il is
bled.
Suitable dover ior a widow-A wd
O yer.
People of settled corviction--pris-
oners.
A bill-hesd The bust o Shsks-
p-nrn,
An uncomfortable s7it--H .spjta1
reports.
The first duty on T D,n't forget
- cross it.
he article chief sold at mo.t aOcv
fairs.-The visitor.
Men whose business drives them TO
the wal--Bill posters.
Bring in your spring poems before
the fires are dispensed with.
"A paper that is always full OF good
points--A paper Of needles.
More men tail to get rich than ts!!
ter they have become rich.
The Hind0o widow is the only oue
that cremates-the other remates.
when ought mariners to have fruit
at sea? When they stem the currents.
Never step on dogs tail unless
the other end of the dog is a mile away
from the tail.
If you want to find out about the
peculiarities of geese, consult the best
natural hiss stories
Over 36 600 600 pairs Of striped
stockings were made, sold and worn in this
United States last year.
"A rice plantation near Charleston,
S c., which was once valued at $l75,~
600. was sold ateacution the other day
for 525 900.
"A South American has discovered
plant which gives milk, but we don't see
where the fun is to come in, as it can't
turn around and Kick the pail over.
..Sprightly young lady" am afI aid
I have very large foot" Polite shop
man." Large, miss! Oh dear no, mis-!
We have lots OF gents--that is, customers
with much larger, miss"
"A b y, at a recent examination in
an English school, was asked who dis
covered America. wish | may die
says British editor, "if he didn't an
swer-Yankee Doodle"
Old Sam was bitterly prejudiced
against the bonny Scots. Bowel, his
biographer and worshiper, observing
that there was no instance of b. gear
dying of want in the streets Of Scotland,
"I believe, sir, you are very right
replied Jonson, "but this does not rise
from want of beggars, but from the i'm
possibility Of starving Sc'tchman."
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10

Saith the wise man, " Go to the af t,
tnou sluggsrd." Solomon couldn't have
meant the true ant, for the truant. .is gen
orally a sluggard himself.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-10

suffice it to say he denied all knowledge
whatever OF my adventure and s,outiy
fl fmed he had not LETT the house since
the previous day. What annoyed me
still more was the conduct OF the steward
who appeared to regard my statement
as proceeding either from a weak intel
lect or too free use of the means sup>
piled for my recovery.
There was nothing to be cleaned from
Stevens, so of course he went his way
and | remained with the steward. SOD
after daybreak, Dr.. Seyton rjoined u,
the Invalid was sleeping, and all imme>
diate danger was over, 80 orders were
gwen for our horses to be put to. Ia
few seconds news was brought in of some
OF the farm laborers having discovered
the lifeless body of a man lying in the
road the remains had been removed to
one OF tie outhouses, whittier we pro-
eeeded. 1t was dreadful spectacle the
features were quite undistinguishab e,
and presented the appe aranee of ravins
had some frearm discharged close to
them. The steward and DR.. Seyton
mlnutely whispered conversation to,
gether, the doctor drew me on one side
and advised me not to mention anv If
the circumstances connected with NV
late adventure, but to wait unsi. the
inquest; then, as medical aid was per-
fectiy useless, We took our departure and
drove home.
Two days afterwards a letter was re-.
eeived, desiring our presence at Maze-
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something for the New Year.

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w. ID. w NIPPLE,
Assistant Acknowledgement

@ Northern States are ex-
periencing the coolest weather
and the hardest snow storms
known in thirteen years. On
Thursday last the snow in North
crn Ohio and New York was
five feet deep on a level, and
drifts formed twelve to ffteer
feet deep. Railroad trains were
showed under, engines and cars
being completely covered. Trade
and travel were stopped, roads
being blockaded and abandoned.
There was much suffering among
the poor, Of course.
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War History.

A friend has handed lis the
following interesting scrap Of
history, clipped from the Mem-
phis ARpeal of February n,
1864, then published at Atlanta,
Ga. Some of our readers had
an unpleasant knowledge of the
"order," AMI could now, If they
chose, resurrect from their old
papers a receipt signed -. II.
Kctchnm, Colonel" &c, for the
tax that they were compelled TO
pay, at Mulberry, although they
were as innocent Of the killing
as Col. Ketchum or any other
'loyal" person. Thirty thou
sand dollars was the assessed
sum, bnt it was generally beliey-
led, upon what was considered at
least plausible evidence, that
ninety thousand dollirs were
collected, two-thirds Of which
found lis way to the pockets of
officials. The minutes of our
County Court in 1866 have fire.
quent reference to the "ordcr,"
which we append:
Letter from Chattanooga
gent Order against Guerrillas.
Correspondence Of tn. Cincinnati Gazette.
CHATTANOOGA, January s.
The following important order
has just been issued. The cir
cum-tances which called it forth
are known to the public; and it
will be gratifying to every loyal
man, n orih and South, to learn
that it is the strict purpose of
the Government, while Offering
mercy and pardon to the deluded
and penitent rebel soldier, to Wis
it the outlaw and murderer with
such vengeance as shall be a
warning TO all future genera :
tions. The seal Of Cain is set
upon their forchcads,a land whoev-
err may find shall (kilD "exccute
them" Woe be to the guerrilla
that hereafter falls into the
hands of the boys in the army
of the Cumberland.
d. SURFACE.
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Murders by Guerrilias in Lincoln
COuntY-PenaltYT Therefor.

COunty-Penalty Therefor.
HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Chatrano 'ga, Tenn, Jan. 8, 1861
General Order No. 6.
1t having been reported to
hese headquarters that between
seven and eight o'clock on the
night of he 23rd ult., within one
and one half miles Of the village
Of Mulberry, Lincoln county,
Tennessee, a wagon which had
bt come detached from a foraging
train belonging to the United
States, Was attacked by guerril-
las, and the officer in command
Of the foraging party, 1st Lieut..
Porter, company A, 9th Indi-
ana volunteers, the teamster,
wagon master and two other SOL
diers who had been sent to load
the train (the latter four unarm-
ed) captured. They were i'm
I.mcdiatcly mounted and hurried
off, the guerrillas avoiding The
roads until their party was halt
ed about one o clock in the morn
ing OH The bank Of Elk river,
where the rebels stated they
were going into camp for the
night. The hands of the prison
ers were then tied behind them,
and they were robbed of every
thing Of value about their per-
sons. They were next drawn
up in line, about five PAGES in
front of their captors, and one
of the latter, who acted as lead
er, commanded "ready," and the
whole party Immediately fired
upon them. One Of the team
sters was shot in the head and
instantly killed, and three were
wounded. Lieut.. Porter was not
hit. lie Immediately ran, was
followed and fired upon three
times by one of the party, and,
finding that he was about TO be
oyertaken, threw himself over
a precipice into the river, and
succeeding in getting his hands
loose, swan to the opposite side,
and, although pursued to that
side and several times fired up
on, he, after twenty-four hours
of extraordinary exertions and
great exposure, reached house,
whence he was taken to Tulla-
homa, where he now lies in a
critical situation. The others,
after being sho:, were immedi-
ately thrown into the river.
thus the murder of three men,
Newell E. circuit, 9th indepen-
dent battery, Ohio volunteer ar
tillery; John w. Drought, COM
pany Ell, 22d Wisconsin volun-
teers, and George w. Jacobs,
company d, 22d Wisconsin vol
unteers, was accomplished by
shooting and drowning. The
fourth, James w. Foley, 9th in
dependent Ohio volunteer artil-
lery, is now lying in hospital
having escaped by getting his
hands free while in the water.
For these atrocious and cold
blooded murders, equaling in
savage ferocity any ever COM
mitted by the most barbarous
tribe on the continent, commit
ted by rebel citizens Of Tcmes-
see, 1t is ordered that all other
rebel citizens living within a cir
cult of ten miles of the place |
where these men were captured,
be assessed, each in his due pro-
portion, according 10 his wealth,
to make up the sum of thirty
thousand dollars, to be divided
among the families who were de-
pendent upon the murdered men
for support, as follows:
Ten thousand dollars to be
paid to the widow of John w.
0rou<,bt of No,ft, Topo Pc
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M Penn Yam Mystery,
the new illustrated weekly news
paper of Leon and Harriet Lew
is, is very superior periodical.
Its contents are travels, tales,
poetry, history, science, and e.
vents of the day. The paper
has talent, energy and capital,
and of course viii be a success.
Published at Penn Van, N. Y.
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port Of herself and two children.
Ten thousand dollars TO be
paid TO the widow of George
w. Jacobs, of Delyap, WAL
worth county, Wis, forfthc sup
port of herself and one child.
Ten thousand dollars to be di-
videl between the aged mother
and sister Of Newell f. Orcutt,
Of Burton, Geauga county, Ohio.
Shoilld the persons assessed
fail within one week after the
Inoticc shall have been served
Iipon them to pay in The amount
of their tax in money, sufficient
of their personal property shall
be seized and sold at public
auction TO make up the amount.
Major General II. W. Slocum,
United States volunteers, COM
handing the 18th army corps, is
charged with the execution of
this order.
The men who committed these
murders, if caught, will be sum-
marlly executed, and any per-
son executing them will be held
gul,tless and will receive the
protection of this army, and all
persons who are suspected OF
having aided, allotted or harbor-
cd these guerrillas will be inn
mediately arrested and tried by
military commission.
BY command of Major-Gene-
raj Thomas.
w. d. WnIPpLE,
4 ...,g.,,,1 l.,... n
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~ Bayard Taylor, United
States Minister to Berlin, who
died December 10Th, was born in
kennctt Square, Chester county,
Penn, January 18th, 1926. At
the age of seventeen he was ap-
.prenticed to a printer, and two
years later he published little
book, the proceeds of which en-
abled him to make his first trip
abroad. On his return in 1916.
he published a volume, entitled
"Views Afoot, or Europe Seen
with Knapsack and Staff" 1t
was a great success, and as it
made its young author famous,
he was encouraged to prosecute
his travels, extending them to all
parts of the world, descriptions
of which he gave to the public
in rapidly appearing volumes.
In his later days he turned his
attention to other branches of
literature, but his name as an
author is inseparably united in
the minds of the people with his
fame as a traveller. He was a
genial man and popular lectu-
rer. He was twice married, the
last time to the daughter of a
distinguished gentleman at SAKE
Coburg. His aged parents, who
lave been married over sixty
years, both survive him.
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~ A young man has re-
Gently been taken to the Insane
Asylum at Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, with what is termed a clear
ly defined case of delirIum tre-
mems, resulting from the excess
i've nse of tobacco. He was q
cigarmalSer by trade, and was IN
the habit of smoking twenty or
thirty green cigars, made from
the strongest tobacco, every day.
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