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A Bad Fix.
Detroit Free Pres,

AT IN early hour yesterday morn.
ing . woman called at tho postoflice
and purchased a thtee>ceut stamp AMI
had it already clicked" to put on her
letter, when she discovered that she
had left the letter at homo. She Re,
ceived the heartfelt ayu,pathiss al
the stamp clerk, aud went homo fol
the letter. At II O'Clock, when the
stamp window WA besieged BY q
crowd, the woman returned, having
tho letter in Que hand and u minute
fragment Of = postage stamp IN the
other.
''Stand out Of the way for q 200,
distressed woman" she called out
AZ sLe made for tho window, and
those who didn't obey were poked
aside 10 . way to be remembered by
their ribs. The change which one
buyer was about 10 picket vac swep,
III tho board 90 tho Aoor By bsr arn,s,
and che held the fragment of seamp
aud exclaimed to the clerk: tse. ;,
"D"yOu dare deny, sir, that you
s"'d me . three cent stamp two hours
agOr ..-cy s.. ..1.I: : ..> =.
u think l sold you . sta,np,'tA b
replied. ~ ~
'.Aod / dids't have my letter here.
After Id eaten oil the paste olf the
stamp couldn't 1od my letter. You
ren,rlnbes !" - 10 :.
"Yss, l remember" s,l .eo /.
We'll, air, I carried that stamp sll
the way hone % tho tip Of my finger
and ! lsid it down on tho windy .S,il
till l could 6pd ny letter, aod'what
did my Clarspce do bot pick il %
and begin to chew away, and BY the
time l. could choke hin mouth open
nothing vac left bat this little bit. > if
"ADd yOa want another I" "af,
~ demand another, cir, 10 place Of
this ~ s ~ .,sss.ga - -,
II couldn't do that" ...,.,}
but you'll have to! This 10 the
stamp l 6ossht of yoa! Look for
yourself aud we. / make oath that |
never put it on letter. Am l to be
cheated out Of NY three ess,s 10 .
back handed way! 1"
The crowd began to call out and
jostle her, but BY vigorous use ef feet
and elbows che cleared the space
agaiD and said:
- ~ demand a new stamp ~ ss"
The clerk tried to explain how che
couldn't get one 10 exchange, but che
Have I got to murder my child
and get the rest Of tho stamp? New.
tr! III never leave THE windy til l
have 4 new stamp to put on nv let
ter to Thomas p 80 -.
The clerk tiled to explain asaiu.
but she brought tho letter down with
> thump aud said: '''f''i
! II leave this letter here. L u 10
MS Thomas ia Port Huron. If h~
1oeso't get 1t in three, days you'll
hear from me and ny four big Rirla
md three cons, and when or faulty
,ets started % . roW we never atom
|or the biggrst p''stomce u ,Au,erisa!n
q AT dark last night the clerk vas
undecided, He dqeS't like 10 b. blef.
ed Into going down for his email
lbsnge, bat 10 the dim foture IL seea
solsmu procssa,on, beaded ~ :
determined old iady, marching down
b, corridoI IL make . vacancy 10 tho
'saks :of g0kernneut. l@,
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He we.l4 Bra's.

A party Of young men we're trsv.
cling 10 Europe and among them q
citizen Of or great republic who va
90 patriotic that 10 could aee no q.
cellence 10 anything 10 the Old World
~ compared with our country. Noun.
tsi"s, waite, >fslls, churches, monu.
mentS scensry, and all other objects
of interest were inferior to what the
United States could show. His com
panions became somewhat tired Of
bic boastfolness, and determined Il.
take him dowo Z peg The party
spsnt Z winter 10 Rome and onr
evening. having al things prepared,
they induced their Yankee friend 4.
j"in q drinking bout, aud % managed
shat they kept sober, while hs Rot
glorionsly drunk. Thefsupoa. they
took him 70 the catacombs, lid. ,bim
carefully down.. with asaudlo Eithjp
reach, aud retired q short distance
out Of sight to wait for dsvelopmente.
j After q while their friend roused
up, having slept OF his rst drunken
stopor, aud, 10 q state Of some ~.
constituent, began endesvoriug to
locate himself, at. tho same time mot.
tering "Well - lie - this's little
strange. wonder-hic-where l an,
anyway" .r.Ita.. ..s',.'
He got ont his match, lighted hi.
candle, and began to study bis cor,
rosndi0g. On each eide were sbelves
piled with grinniug skulla and niehee
eiled with skeletons, while all 66out
~ere piled Leg. arms, ribs and vsr.
teee-s ghastly array, and altogeth-.
'sr new to hin. He aedded to tho
sknlls 90 Que aide with = draei,n
'':lIow De dorbic p ADD on ~ ,ptbsf1
With "How d'ys, fsel-hicwaplE95-lt1
t.'ok q look It his watch aNd, opse
moro it the surroundings, geAe Sn, ~
feet, took Of bic bat, ard hA6ipgji.
sbovs. HE head, REMARKED, 4 l1aA
'<oeog II tor hi. friend y 9aCas SIMjl
right; . all right. sAafeIa6 sa{dlis
resurrection, By iingcl- bEll mn.
~ ths grox.dT raj Gfo QesyyNii]
! aa.s:; A;sntv ,f'1o' 'Rsh slas ss|
SepecSaH Is.sas.a ysa yoi .peif,,ee
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-07-26

What n.oie ecstatic stats u Atateo h, .
joymeot can b tmsgiasd thee sloa sl3j
swing !" the hammock % tho sV6l'sh .
verands, and gasiog throsga the pte.s ,.se5
famed smoke II yoar ei1Arvtes, jels6fs &
drink fo, "a. It were, tbs .ikrxe1(biep'sgas
evolutions OF your s.inalaw lksuS s.
ehe pushes and drags tho ilaWn nISVa p.i, 81
er over tho grosad 10 b spitsN6l ulve .rsi!' u,
nsr to shame tho head Of thS, fssNlev ssas
l into trimming up tAiss> luabd Jhsioi.slv
homes, !so's {" looE ltks loiks. 81 % s'oiii,.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-07-26
Miscellaneous.
THE GENUINE
DIR. e. MoLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
VERM I
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and lead.
| en.colorcd. with occasional flushcs,
or circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the
pupils dilate; an azure semicircle
runs along the lower cye-lid; the
nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes
bieeds; a swelling of the upper lip;
occasional headache, with humming
or throbbing of the ears an unusual
secretion of saliva Shiny or curred
tongue breath very foul. particularly
in the morning; appetite variable.
sometimes voracious, with gnawins
sensation Of the stomach, at others,
entirely gone; f'eeting pains in the
stomach; occasional nausea and vom-
tim; violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costlve; stools Shiny, not unfrequent-
" tingcd with blood; belly swollen
and hard; urine etlrbid :: respiration
Occasionally difficult, and accompa.
MED BY hccoush cough sometimes
dry and convulsive; uneasy and dis
tulbed sleep, with grinding Of the
teeth: temper variable. but generally
irritable. &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
ale found to exist,
DIR. {. MCLANE'S VERMlFUGE
viii certainly effect a cure.
TT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form: II is an innocent prepa-
ration. not clp.sbteJ 6oiNg MesHg6kst
WyMr ta n, GioSt ff"dty infant.
The genuine DIR. MCLANE'S YER.
MIFuGG bears tn signatures Of c.
MCLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
Wrapper. .-:O.-
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Smith, Who bss always been . "tsueh
sssF just died. The ply sioisn IL met
coming from tho house b. Brown. WHO
asls: +Dsctav; how 10 Smith II Ia
ont Of danger =" Phyician -a6o |: h. il
dsad, poor tallov bpt b y In from b..
,ing oqt ofdangsr, ! 5Sat..
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y Elder sister to katss~as, whoaapeesrs
T. take great intsrs.t iu NJ. skitl6e.n,,,.;,
.:ss :ba s'i il p:s t ,%s sy.
eyss opsusd whom you apd Nr. eiiis, IA "a
~sFe together," he, -. -, -.
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..t' W. ,r'ff....
He Got 4 Chock.

p 10 want nan WHO could 10 elalsel
With tranps, Int yet b. was Ohabby,
untidy and dead bDkA You ~. ~
dear man, 10 exclaimed 70 . 0riswold
street lawyer, Il como Of au excellent
family, have worn diamonds and broad
cloth, and am IN my present fx AMPLY
bsesus0 my tather w0uldn't LIT ne vxelk
Tho GIL I loved and I raa away. I have
ooacludsd TO return 70 him aud AK bic
forgiveness aud marry tho heirsss y
boa picked out for me. I used only i've
dollars. Az soon % I return to Troy I
will forward you . cluster diamond pin
y present. That's the style Of :
clothes pin am.' -" 81 D. - '.'''' :
The lawyer ct right down and wtote
him check for I've dollars, and 10
wouldn't Svso 1t the sUptutent lyoane
sasn Setulo thanks foe ie No. lf be
could 10 O. follow.man q geoa turn he
80 only top glad 70 do % What was
lite worth living fox tnt for IT. chauess
to make others hsppye ., ~, ~ =,
Just s0-Heavsn bless you-look out
fox the diamond pin,, said tho young
man ~ b let tho o@es for tho bank. :
One minute before he presented tts
check b wee oil smilsA Ono minute
sftsr ths eashiss hAd ths paper q voise
Wa hssrd ssying: 5.a ar-aiaa aa
Tom Collins! Who In hlazss u Ten
Collipsf He bee no money here! You'd
better jump out . this or III have you
in the cooler II shout tbruo minutee!
Tho young man jumped. IL hs wont
ont 10 osw tho lawyer across The otEest,
but hs never smiled. He placed tho
check % the walk, sPit o. It and d..
ssuded into . barber chop snd asked it1
they knew Of any citizen who wautsd .
competent man 70 take care Of . dog
and DO tho marketing for tho kitchen.
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The Hal,!n,l.i,s,s,,lI'

Oae q TO- nqst ssaarla,ls faste ~ @$ i;
- 1he *. y G s,s q pallags y
~ ~ s.oy !acy tnr o. hummleg. ~.
,ss. Nc.tn a amen Inls oeeatsel !tttIe
s We.ssn u'us Wy auuany NON
i, ,eaSS' e enu eveH s2aH gA4eAaeee
Lana ;'. .. css' U J. ~. sa9 Newtousa:
. ."t.,s., .'s = Th;1 g " wlnsef e rMgtga
sas !. i aa. 'onk youtoey 70 Do
tSo, t tt 3 10e. 1.. nes s'sfa3, Sv9 eoIeN
;.sssi .Hs9ty aAe.eea, etu sfetf1. - oas
10 I %oon aSss SSS 5ei S:s 'e3 9 ~. s..n
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Dis1 IN aslaS Saa1s 1ss,.
u WilnaiAkto6 (l(,C.) eone.v u B.

TO e !, 4 !, e|hl.!dl's r Z RIeksoad
eoosty d y! fSS ?,tSg: insks sgg,
cooke: They t|hspasltt they were
~ ''.o6e olktYi ;ail bus .l.mn.n. b 4
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lyon want . logging that's whu.t y, !, ! .s
want" satd psfshv.tT6H VSISiv son
=! koow 4, I'D. bat I'll w anAx.t .,
s'onk v'thsstit' said tho isdsPso1sst.
n0RoeNk -. As1 & ~ h..-N L. waI
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DE-. G. McLANE'S
PILLS

are not recommended as remedy '.fcs /,
all the ills that flesh is heir TO-" bu, fns
affections Of the liver, and in all Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia aud Sick Head.
ache. or diseases Of that character, they
stand without a rival.
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/. MAsn, az .sqesatrisa l. pitchaa isser.a !. !
1ae ased se by hone u isspt4o soalisi b..
"the ppwer behind tho t1po1n!s - - .d,a,
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AGUE AND FEVER.

Nobetter cathartic can be used prepar.
atory to, or after taking Quinine.
As simple purgative they are un.
equaled.
BEWARE or IMITATION.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DIR. McLANz's
LIVER Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures Of
c. McLANE and FLEMING BROS.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr..
{. McLASE's LIVER Pills, prepared bv
Fleming Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the
market being full Of limitations Of the
name NcLaNe, spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
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I u. b. TUCKER.

i L. b. TUCKER,
attorney AMI Co.asellor at Lar,
OFFICE
!. Omis SUvvst, Na.chitockes, La.
WILL prEeice in the District and Par
w ish Courts Of Natchitoches, Sabine
DsSOtO aud Red River, and tho Supreme
Court Of the State.
All business entrusted to his care will
receive prompt attention. Apr l3-ly
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= II has been DISCOVERIES tat The .l,s,e
nsa ~ more l,a.hfal iu. 4aprsr.tkss Is
: ~ ~ q =: |;' 4: "; !:
Aroan aInnon.h,, ut':' s.''e ~ '"ssF'ti'Yy
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Query: Why will people auaer With
indigestion when BLACK OeAueli1''
will cure them?
For sale BY J. J. McCOOK 4 BRO.
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PUR ATlv,E} PILLS

Stand unequaled before the world TO-DAY.
BY varying the dose according to Jirsc.
tions, Parsons Purgative Pills effectually
Purify the Blood and greatly alleviate,
if not Entirely tdre Dyspepsia, Ser0fula
Or Kings Evil Rose, Erysipelas or St.
Anthony's Fire, Ernptions, and Eruptive
Diseases Of tho Skin, Salt Rheum. Tet.
ter, Ringwora. Sores, Boils, Tumors,
Morbid ewsllings, Ulcsfations, Pimples
aud Blotches. .' ~ .
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Cholera and Yellow Fever are pre.
vented By using "llAcN. NAAuellI"
For sals-b j.. J. NcCOOK 4 BRO.
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EVERY BOX WARRANTED,
Most Conplete Satisfaction Guaranteed

Most Conplete Satisfaction Guaranteed
Jt or No Ply. ~, q. sei4a 5o
Full lisoetieos around each box.
& p = .S :..R.is4 B. ~ !. s Re.l.il.
advance. We viii Isa1a 0oos Pima 70
my ls6d6ls As1egisede 0eaohsot % eeIl
o. esneisi'o. Agent. wanted every
"10'o sa s-g sstiga gfss FtTaV If
!, 20 Q. JOHNSON q co..
.''T +. llAlol ulul( ll,p,istsn.
'Jaae0.iy' .'9a"so 80 retl e..
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Magistrate.

J'Hs 4. TUCKER
MAGISTRATE Ward l. Is
st. Denis street, Natchitoches, La.
DROMPr attention given to NIL business
/ entrusted to his care.
~ Claims collected at small cost.
Refers to the Bar Generally.
Jan 5'7o-ly
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9lg. l..sl l. ~ biz 4,
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The Greatest Medical 1r;smpA OF
Modern. 1imes-! The lysssrios.
Channel Of Disease Discovered,
and a Certain Cure Provi- .
II ded. The Stomach,
Lirer. and Borels '''' %
' the Centre Of }t9adaB 9
D'sea'e. T1s4le
2 PARSONS PURCA1lVE PILLS
The Great Anti. Billions Remedy and
Niasnatic DISCOVER. -
a7s.s PARSONS a
PURGAT1VEPlLLS

Are the result Of long.continred Scien-
titic investigation, and are Warranted to
cure al diseases originating in the
Stomach, Livef, and Bowels No grip
ing pains follow the uss Of these Pills,
unless the Bowels are inAamed; but Re-
lief, Immediate, Relief, may he relied
upon. Az . Common Family Physio
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-23

From the larger crater rays spread out,
as though the volcanic force cracked
the firm crust in its upheaval, injecting
through the broken surface ridges Of
dazzling white lava, that spread out
like the arms of cutie fish, covering
vast surface.
1.-The grandest phenomena are to be
observed by following the sun on the
moon. The advancing dawn forms a
ragged crescent line upon the surface
still in darkness. The SUMS rays pass
over dark chasms and low fields, light
ing up ragged mountain tops far in ad-
vance. They appear like little islands
of light lying off the coast of an illumi-
mated sea. High mountains and crater
walls near the shore of light cast deep
shadows. The circular rims of crater
are Illuminated, and shine like rings of
silver, glittering.. upon cushion of
darkness. The advancing dawn now
lights up the bases of the outlying
mountains that but q moment ago
showed but speck of light, and still
new mountain tops are tipped with
silver far in advance.
1.-THE sunlight strikes upon the side
of circular wall of crater, and there
is q silver crescent, with black space
between it and the sea of light. Slow
ly the summit of other portions of the
circular wall are lighted up, and then
the sunlight invades the depth of the
crater, while the shadow of the wall
nearest the sun stretches half across the
floor of the chasm. Frequently great
gaps are broken in the crater walls and
streaks of light stream across the floor.
The jagged rocks, in calm, cold beauty,
shine and glitter in the fierce white
light. The mountains are mountains
of desolation, and the valleys are val
leys of silence and death. They are
wrinkled with the flow of lava and torn
with upheavals. The moon is dead.
No air, no sea, no forest shade, or liv-
ing thing. The moon is never-failing
source of delight. 1t is also awful in
its suggestions of power and in its
loneliness of utter desolation."
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THE TELLER INVESTIGATION.
The United States Senate Teller


vcstgatins Committee met, in New Orleans, on
the 9TH, all the members being present. j. Ernest
Ercda, of Natchitochcs, was sworn, and testified
that he served during the war in the Second Louis
lana Regiment; had been a Republican since
1871 had been stump speaker, but did not take
away from home on the 22d of September. Aftcr
the adjournment of Republican meeting held on
the september, witness and his brother started
home on horseback; had gone about 100 wards,
when mt the corner Of n street a body of armed
cayarymcn opposed their passage; pistols were
drawn, and strong language uscd witness and his
brother took to the woods, and remained there I'M
til the next day, when he was informed by his
uncle. former Mayor that his (witncss) house
was to be attacked, and his uncle wished him to
surrender; this witness refused to do and he was
told that If he and his brother would leave the
place within two hours the house and property
would be respected they left, and remained in
hioodhoands they left for Shreveport on
the the 3lst of October Witness stated that
negroes they hardly dared strike back, but were
murdered like sheep: they were ground down. and
could not even sell their crops under their own
1000 colored voters in the parish, and there are
more white men who vote the Republican ticket
than blacks who vote the Democratic ticket the
given in the official Journal, was $500. No prose-
cntions against fraudulent voters were being car
ried on in the State Courts :
DIR. Brcda was sworn, and corrobOrated the tcsti.
mOny OF the previous witness.
". A. Barron testified that he was Sheriff of
Natchitoches up to 1876: he gave an account Of
fled as to the proceedings Of the bas1 of armed
men who Obstructed the streets. Witness left
town and took to the woods; was subsequently
told to leave the place; the reason given him was
that the Democrats wished all the Republican
leaders to get out Of the way; he was told he could
return after the election.
j. &. Lewis (coloredD, Of NatchitOches testified:
After the adjournment of the meeting of Sept. II,
his house was broken into by party Of men armed
weeds in the back yard; the party threatened to
kill him If they could find him.
Raford BQunt (colored), of Natchitoches, stated
that he was q man Of property in the parish, and
was driven away on account Of his influence with.
the col0red race, an influence he had Slways cx-
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

SAN FRANCISCO recently shipped her
first cargo of furs to Europe. The
goods came from Alaska, and are worth
over half million.
ANEW bell has been blessed at Mos
COW in memory of the emancipation of
the Bulgarians, which, though smaller
than Ivan the Great, still is larger, the
London Times says, than any other in
the world. 1t weighs 1896 pounds,
though the contractor asseverated that
it weighed 49, SS. '' . ''e '-~'~'--., ''~'
THE public schools of the United
States require $2.02 from each inhabit-
ant for their support, and military
purposes $1.39. In other countries
these two items of expenditure arc as
follows: Prussia, 81 cents and 1920;
Austria, 81 cents and $1.39; France, 70
cents and $3.50; Italy, Is cents and
S1.57; England and Wales, &c cents and
$3.50; Switzerland, 80 cents and 81.
CERTAIN statistics concerning the
railroad freight traffic on Boston lines
are good evidence of better times for
the industries of New England. The
figures represent the total tonnage of
the railroads named, that is, the num-
Der of tons of freight moved one mile:
FitohSu %ao zasI 1 sssss%S
New wS York and New England s ss l lsGes
The last census of New York State
puts the number of families now living
in log cabins at 1860, which shows
that primitive ideas still prevail, TO u
considerable extent, in the Empire
State. Of other dwellings, 598,O31 are
built of wood, 90, 29O of brick, and 49,
718 of stone. More than half of these
cost less than $1,000 apiece, more than
one-third less than $1,000, and 7,16l
less tn an $50 each. The New Workers
put more down their throats and ON
their backs than into their houses.
IHE RepMOttQue rraHcusoe summer
rizes as follows the military establish
ment of France, as fixed by the budget
of war: The total credits amount to
about 552,93O,OO0 francs. They pro-
vide for the maintenance of an effective
force of 1876, 442 men and Ia, 279 horses.
But, from those figures must be deduct
ed 1882 of the former and 1880 of
the latter, belonging to the ge'utarme-
RTE, SO that the remainder will only be
469,3 men and 40, 799 horses for the
troops properly so-called. Of those
last numbers, 416,886 and 81, O4S are in
France, and 81, 424 and 1876 in Al
geria.
THE Prussian income tax returns of
the present year indicate that the coun-
try does not possess a very large num-
Der of wealthy people. According to
the official record, there are only 179
persons in the Kingnom who have an
income of more than $4,000 per an
mum, and this number includes two
members of the Rothschild family and
Herr Krupp, of Essen, the famous can
non manufacturer. As regards in
come, these three stand in the order in
which they are given, though, as the
names are not madepublic-the income
and the district to which it is credited
are alone given-it is impossible to say
which of the two Rothschild brothers
; is the weather.. On descending
scale, it is found that only 1920 indi-
} yidua]s report annual receipts Of over
$4,000.