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Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

ADAMS MARR1AGE.-We like short
courtships, and in this Adam acted like
q sensible man-he fell asleep bachelor
ard awoke married man.
He appears to have popped the ques-
tion almos Immediately after meeting
Miss Eve, and she, without filtration or
sbvness gave him kiss and herself.
OF that first kiss in the world we have
our thorg ght, however, and sometimes in
a poetical mood wished we were the man
that did it.
But then it is done, the chance was
Adams and he improved it. We like the
notion of getting married in garden
Adams was private.
No envious ants and grumbling grand
mothers. The birds of the heavens wer'
the minstrels, and tho glad sky flung it,
light on the scene
Ono thing about the first wedding
gs queer thoughts to lis in spite o
it's scriptural truth.
dam and his wife were rather younl
to marry some two or three days old
according to the sagest elder, without OK
perience, without y house, pot or ke'
tie, nothing but love and Eden.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
THE soUTH's HOPEFUL FUTURE

A matter of great interest to New En-
gland, and vital Importance to tho SOUTH
is the rapid increase of cotton mills in the
States south of the Potomac. North CAT
rolina has fifty mills, and in all there are
reported one hundred aud eighty-three
erected since the war in the cotton grow
ing States. This is the only opportunity
of the South. Let principles of economy
bo observed in State and municipal gov.
ernment; let capitalists be assured that
they will not be burIened by enormous
taxes; let law and order prevail as in
New England, and there is no reason why
tho region where cotton grows at the fac
tory door, whore livers turn the mill
wheels, and the adjaeent fields furnish
the operatives with the staff of life, can
not compete successfully with the terrific
ry east of the Hudson, which brings its
cotton thousand miles for manufacture
buys its fuel five hundred miles away, ant
transports the food of it's laborers hal
way across the continent. The outlool
in the Southern States is hopeful, ant
they must have great future befor'
| them.-Boston Herald.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

4 WAY PAssENGER.-'He was a culled
tramp and app cached Captain Jase
pb;llips as the train hauled up at Pewee.
is you dc captiau ob de kears : Yes
replied Jase. Don't want fo' tor to hire
anv deck hands doz ye," No! I'm not
running a steamboat Zac'ly! Moue
ride straddle oh do cow-snatcher to de
nex, laudin'-I'se busted an long ways
from home = Get on. All aboard" and
the negro straddled the 'cow-snatcher''
Ed G,lgan pulled out the throttle "ioe
ooeu. and the train had not gone mere
than half a milo before the engine collid'
ad with a COW, throwing it over fence
into a. corn-feld, and the negro after the
COW, Next day coming down, the negro
limped up to Jase, at the same depot
and said: 'Bcss, I didn't ride 1nr WIG
vo,, ON dat cow-snatcher. Kase you see d'
COW wanted to ride dar, too, an dar warn
roou, fo, bofe of us SO we got off togedde
nm here in n c'on-6eld TO- to rest. ID
next time rides wild you I'll freeze TO q
tail-gats oh do Wagon hits safer.'
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

~Not long ago a man was run over
aud killed by tho cars at Queenstown, in
the neighborhood of Chicago. The body
was identified as that of Josiah Hill, a
resident of South Bend, Ind, who had
been at work on a farm at Winnetka,
five miles from Middletown. The widow
and daughter were inconsolable and quito
broken down after tho coroner's inquest
(which found that "Josiah Hill came ac-
cidently to his death,") and the burial IL
the grave yard at South Bend. Several
DAYS later Mrs Hill mustered up energy
enough to go for her late husbands ef-
focts. Lo and behold! when she ap-
preached the farmhouse there was her
husband quietly at work in the barnyard
She tainted several times and could with
difficulty he induced to believe that it was
only very strange case of mistaken iden
nifty. AS for Hill himself, it was the frs
he had heard his own death.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

TNothi ing is more inter esting than to
see an army of ants engaged in divestin9g
q tree of it's foliage, In doing so, they
manifest an intuitive system and order
which is truly surprising. A regular file
is continually ascending on one side OF
the trunk, while another is descending
upon the opposite side, each one of the
ants bearing a piece of leaf of the size OF
a sixpence in his mouth. A large mum
Der appear to be stationed amoung the
upper branches for the sole purpose OF bit
| ing off the stems of the leaves, and thus
causing them to fall to tho ground. a
the foot of the tree is another department
whose business is evidently that of cut
ting the fallen leaves into small pieces TO
transportation. A long procession
kept constantly marching laden with tn
| leaves.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

~No less than twenty seven children
have been poisoned at Newark, N. j., by
drinking water out OF a brook near the
school-house in which dead horse and
several dead sheep had been dro " nod
Ten children are already dead, and it is
feared that the other seventeen will moi
recover. 1t is reported that the farmer
who lives near by and who allowed thu
carcasses to be thrown into the brook i:
| to be arrested. Great excitement prevails
The bodies of the dead children sool
became decomposed and had to be bur
| led forthwith.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
BOYS WANTED.

There are always boys enough in the
market, but some of them are OF little
use. The kind that are always wanted
are: 1. Honest; 2. Pure; 3. Intelligent;
a. Active; S. Industrious; 6. Obedience;
Z. Steady; 8. Obl,ging; 9. Polite; H.
Neat.
Ono thousand frst-rate places are open
for thousand boys who come UP to this
standard.
Many Of these places of trade and art
arc aheady lilo by boys WHO lack some
OF the most important points, but they
will soon be vacant. One has an once
where the lad who has the situation IS
losing his first point. He likes to attend
the drinking saloon and the theatre TINS
costs more money than he can afford, but
somehow he manages to be there ire
ouently. His employers are quietly
watching, to learn how he gets so much
spending-money; they will soon discover
leak in the money.drawer, detect the
dishonest boy, and his place will be ready
for some one who is now getting ready
for it by observing point No. 1. and being
truthful in all lis ways.
Some situations will soon be vacant be-
cause the boys have been poisoned ny
reading bad books, such as they would
not dare to show their fathers and woulo
| be ashamed to have their mothers sec
The impure thoughts suggested by these
books will lead to vicious acts; the boys
will be ruined, and their places must Of
filled. Who will be ready for one ol
these vacanciesf
Distinguished lawyers. useful ministers
skillful physicians, successful merchant
must all soon leave their places for some
body else to fill; one by one they arc re
moved by death.
Mind your ten points, boys; they vii
prepare you to step into vacancies IN IN
front ranlz.--N. Y. Paper.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
NEW PIANO FOR $l25'.

Each. and all styles, including GRAND,
SOU4RE AND UPRIGHT, all strictly
FfRSE Glass, sold at the lowest NE1
CJSH WHOLESALE FACTORY priceet
direct to t. Q PURCHASER. These fi-
amos made one Of tho f1nest displays Al
oni an;mously Recommended for tho Highest
Honors-ovet $4,000 in use. Regularly
Incorporated Manufacturing Co-Fsotory
established over 36 years. The Square
Grauds contain Mathushek's new patent
Duplex Overstrung Scale, the greatest
improvemcnt in tho history OF r1an9 no
making. The Uprigh;s are the flHEo3 1:s3
Don't fail to write for Illustrated and
| Descriptive Catalogue of 4S pa ges-ma'i-
ed free. MENDELSSOHN PIANO CO.,
a-f;m. 21 East 18th Street, N.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
A SERMON FOR THE SISTERS.
BY IRWIN RUSSELL.

T ncbber breaks colt afore he's old
enough to trabel;
nebber digs my taters toll deg plenty
big to grabbel;
An when you see me risin up to struct-
ify in meetin',
rs fust clumb up de knowledgs-tree and
done some apple-eatia',
I sees some sistahs prezent, mighty proud
o'what dey warm,
It's we'll you isn't apples, now, you bet
ter be declarin'!
For when you heerd yo' markit-price, I'D
hurt yo' little feelings;
You wouldn't fotch dime peck, for all
yo' fancy peelins.
o sistahs-leetle apples (for you're rally
mighty like 'emj-
lubs ole.t time russets, dough it's suldom
I kin strike 'em;
AM so 1 lubs you, sistahs, 20 grace an
not yo' graces-
don't keer how my apple looks, but on y
how it tastes.
Is dar a Sabbaf-scholar heah Den let
'cm form his muddcr
How Jacob-in de Bibles boys played oil
upon dey brudder;
Dew sole him to q trader-an' at las he
struck de prison
Dat coined oh Joseph's struttin' IN dat
streaked coat of his'n
Nv Christian fren's, dis story probes dat
chen men is human
: He'd had dozen fancy coats, eft he'd
bin 'ooman!
De cussedncss Oh shown off, he foun' ou1
l all ab out it;
3 An yet he waz a Christian man, as goot
as eber shouted.
}, Itlearned bin! Ar I bet you when III
4 como to get his riches
:. Dew didu't go Tor stylish coats or Phlla
o delphy breechcs;
It He didn't waste his money whom cxpe
runce taught him better,
l. Rut went arour' lookin' like he's wall
II in for a letter!
a Now. sistahs, won't you copy him7 sa:
won't you take a lesson,
An, min dis sollum wahnin' bout do 81
oh fancy dressin'7
How much you spend upon yo'self' I wis
= you might remember
- Yo' preacher amt bin paid a cent CEN
somewhar in November.
T better close. I sees some gals dis sa
mons kinder hlttin'
T. A-whisperin' an sturbin' all dat's no
whar dey's sittin';
To look 1T dom an listen at dey onrespe
;, full jabber, 49,,
r. turns dc milk OBJ human kindnf
,s mighty nigh to clabber. y,
no. A-A-A-MEN !-Scribner's Month
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
AN AUCTION OF WOMEN.

The Venetians have had practical
and strictly business-like way OF arrang-
ing marriages from tho earliest tlmes'-
The shrewdest provision has always been
made for the good of tho State; private
and public interest being consulted, the |
small matter of the affections have been
left to the chances of associati on, and 1t
does not seem that Venetian society
has ever dealt severely with husbands or
wives whom incompatibiliSies forced to
seek consolation outside of matrimony.
Herodotus relates that the 1llyrian Ven-
eti sold their daughters at auction to the
highest bidder; and the fair being thus
comfortably placed in life, the hard-fav-
ored were piyen to whomsoever would
take them, with such dover as might be
considered reasonable compensation.
The auction was discontinued in Chris
tian times but marriage contracts still
partoolz of the form of a public and half
mercantile transaction.
At a comparatively late period Vene-
tiau fathers went with their daughters
to a great annual matrimonial tar at
San Pictro di CASTILLO Olivolo, and the
vouth of tho lagoons repaired thither to
choose wives from the number OF the
maidens. These were all dressed i'll white
with hair loose about tho neck, and each
bore her dover in q little box, sluug over
her shoulder by a ribbon. It is supposed
that there was commonly previous un-
derstanding between each damsel ana
some youth in the crowd; as soon as all
had paired off, the bishop gave them
sermon and 4 benediction, and the young
men gathered up their brides and boxes
and went away welded.
This going to San Pietro's, selecting
wife, and marrying her OH the spot on
,, of hand, could only have been the con
triyance Of n straightforward practlca
n race. Among the common people DC
trothals were managed with even great
b er ease aud dispatch, till very lato "a
in history, and in the record of n certai
q trial which took place in 1443 there IS a
account of one of these brief and uncerf
/ mouious courtships. Donna Cataruss
who gives evidence, and whom L take
have been q worthless, idle, gossip, ";
" one day sitting at her door, when Plet'
di Trento passed, selling brooms, an
said to her:
80 "Madonna, find me some nice girl to
my wife,"
y, AS Donna Catarussa thought at ONT
of = suitable match, she said {:
,d .In faith of God, know of one for 20
SO Come again Tomorrow
&C. So they both met next day, and t
81 woman chosen by Donna Catarnssa "
re asked
ot .sWouldst thou like to have Pietro I
; 1 thy husband, as God commands anu I
de holy church ?"
Us eyes," she answered.
nd And Pietro being asked the like que
sr' ton, answered.
ide "Why, yes, certainly"
ere And they went off and had the we
i'd ding feast.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

Ey@I'ts funny, but soft-palmed wo
man can pass a hot pie plate to her neigh
Dor at the table, with smile as sweet as
distilled horey, while man, with hano
as horney as a crocodile's dack, will dror
it on the floor and howl around ike
Sioux Indian at scalp dance.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
sDRo mETY9aT Us
COMPOUND
MAY APPLE PILLS.:
The Great .4nti- Bilious Remedy.
Price Der box. Twenty five Cts

Price Per box twenty-five Cts
Apple Pills. These pills are COM
pounded of Vegetable Calomel, ana are
particularly designed to act with gentle
ness and with thoroughness upon the
Bowels, Liver, Stomach and General Cir
culation. l do not offer them as "Cure
All" for every disease to which flesh is
heir, but for the numerous SYMPTOMS arls-
ing from diseases of Digestion, they are
most sovereign. By restoring the Diges-
tive Organs to healthful action they i'm
part elasticity to the body. cheerfulness
to the mind and clearness to the intellect
nal faculties. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST
FOR THEM AND. TAKE NO OTHER.
They are most sovereign in Dyspepsia.
non-assi,nilation Of food, irregularity OF
the bowels, torpidity of tho liver, bad
| taste in the mouth, spots before the eyes,
sour stomach, heartburn, flashes OF heart
and sick stomach, nausea, loss OF appe-
rite. yellowish cast of the skin. rush Of
blood to the head, cold extremities, ring
;nr in the ears, pain in the back, side,
and shoulders, high colored urine, verti-
| 60 and bilousness.
Prepared only by DR.. r. B. Hewitt.
Proprietor Of the Popular Southern Rem
edies, Washington, La.
For sale by all Druggists aud Medicine
poalers in the United States and Canada.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

syA rich New Yorker is so fearful that
his daughter may marry coachman
that he has taken her and started for
China. But he must remember there is a
Coch in China, too.--Ex.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

rvEve was the first aud we reckon the
only woman, who did not gather up her
dress in both hands and yell at the sight
of q snake.-Ottawa (Kan.) Republican,.
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

EYn"Oh the tickle, springtime weather,
When man is puzzled whether
By the feeling of it's pulse, te:
Wear his duster or his ulster.
If he goes without umbrella
IT. is sure to wet q feller;
IF he thinks he'll have to use it.
He will set it down and lose it,"
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14

sR>When you offer tramp bread, ana
be makes a rye face, you can conclude
he prefers whiskey,
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
GLIUS FREYHAN g. CO.,
ks Of the Road, st. Francisville' ha'
Soprietors steam Cotton GIH

Hholesale aud Retail Dealers I"
adies dress goods, general dry e. ds'
lts' furnishing goods, clothing, pqo's'
Yes, hats, groceries, provisions, nay
n, oats, agricultural Implements, oag.
Dc and ties, and q general assortp' 'nt
Hardware, china and glass ware.
F. Highest market price paid Tor co1'
9n, wool and hides
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
A. F. BUDDEN,
HOUSE CARPENTER AND JOINER,
St. Francisvillo, La.

ORDERS FOR work will receive I'M
~ mediate attention: Terms hoseaIi
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
FOR SALE.

Ono Hundred Cords Of splendid ash
,yood. Delivered if desired. Terms OK
ceediugly low for Cash. Apply to
c. B0CKEL,
Mar.l5.'19.tf. Bayou Sara
Feliciana sentinel., 1879-06-14
JOHN ROTH,

JOHN ROTH,
Fashionable Boot and Shoe MakerJ
Bayou Sara, Louisiana.
TN soliciting public patronage guaran-
tees satisfaction. Boots and shoes
of the very best quality made at New Or.
leans prices. Feb1.'7y1y'
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-01

DE-. J. Nat. Lyle, of the Dandrijge
Waterman, was in the city yesterday
and made Us a pleasant call.
Mr.. Jas. P. Reeder left yesterday,
returning to school to Athens, after
spueding holidays at home.
Mr.. d. NJ. Lyon. after remaining up
during holiday week, returned 10
Sweetwater yesterday.
Lieut.. Henry II. Ludlow. Of the Z.
s. A, arrived home Monday night,
and will spend q day or two with the
family OF his father, DR.. ]. r. Ludlow.
He has been occupied during the
summer and fall making certain sur.
veys in Southern California, and was
given a permit To return Uia Knox.
Vile. lie is en- route to Washington
under orders to make report of hi
survey.
Prof. r. DIS. Robertson, Superin-
tendent OF our city Public Schools, re-
turned Monday night from Nashville,
where he has Leen spending the holi-
days, and has resumed his Iabors.
Mr. Will. Il. Betterton, OF the firm
of Betterton Bros. & Co., at Austin
Texas, is Ia the city circulating among
his many friends.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-01
Open HOUSES TO-DAY.
List eT Persons who VIII Receive,
aud the Hours.

List uT Persons Who VIII Receive,
aud the Hours.
Fer the benefit Of those persons
who will celebrate This New Year 8
day 10 HE usual custom OF calling on
their friends, we give the following
list OF open houses, and the hours at
which they will receive. There will,
we presume, be many other houses
open not mentioned here, but these
are ali that have been sent to us:
Mrs. G. W. DePue, assisted by Miss
Annie Brownlow, Will receive from )
=. NJ. 10 II.
At DR.. Jas. Parks, the Misses
Park will receive, assisted by Miss
Hattie Bowen a0d Mi-ets Lucy and
Mary Crozirr, from 2 to - p. IN.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. =. Mead will
receive al tbeif residence after !.
O'CLOCK noon.
Prof. and Mrs. w. G McAdoo will
receive their friends at Their 'esidence
from 4 to 10 III
At Mr.. Z. &. L1cke's residence
Miss Ella Locke, assisted by MS:
Mamie Barnes, Miss Mary WeIckeI
and Misses Lizzie and MolIie Nelson
hours from p. IN. to II,
Mrs. II. II. IDgersoll. corner of Wal
nut and Reservoir streets, will receive
her friends from 3 to 10 p. m.
Misses Margie and Lawson McGhee
assisted by Misses Ella Wicks. Carrie
Andrews, Margie Mcmillan, Mamie
Buck well, Ora Miller and Jennie
Fouche will receive their friends from
6 p. u. to IL.
Mrs. Judge Temple and Miss Mary
Temple, assisted by Miss Mary Whip
pie, of Montgomery, Alabama, and
Miss Belle JOynes, will receive from
) =. N. till II O'Clock.
Misses Cinnie and Bella Boyd, as
sisted by Misses Rosa LeftWich and
Matte Rogan, will receive at Mr.. S. b
Boyd's residence, from ). p. m, till Il
O'Clock.
Miss Lizzie Armstrong, assisted by
Miss Lille SawyeIs, will receive al
Bleak House" from }, p. IN TO L
O'Clock.
The Misses Langley will receive
calls from 10, 3. ~, To 6. p. M, al
River View
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-01
Change In Rnsintss.

As will lie seen by the proper publ
cation elsewhere, the well-known
wholesale grocery firm of Carpenter,
Ross & Co., is this day mutually dis
solved. Msj. d. A. Carpenter, who
occupies an envisble position in bust
ness circles in East Tennessee, retires
from the firm. He is President Of the
Knoxville Fire Insurance Company,
and il is understood that he will de-
vote his attention exclusively To the
duties of that office.
The new firm, under the style OF
NJ. L. Ross & Co., is composed of solid,
enterprising and obliging business
men, who enjoy the highest confidence
of ali with whom they have had deal
ings. They will make it a study to
meet the demands Of the Wholesale
grocery trade in this city with COM
pIete satisfaction, and they merit lib
eral share of the trade.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-01
Adsh Richmond English Opera.

The great musical event Of the
season in Knoxville will be the first
appearance next Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights OF the world
renowned Adah Richmond English
Opera Troupe, after one of the most
eminentIy successful tours throughout
the United States and British Amer
lea Miss Richmond, in The line
of Opera BOuffs talent, has 3
reputation which is National in its
character, and for excellence possesses
few supeTiOTs. In fact she is p star of
the fret magnitude.
She has collected with her troupe
OF rare celebrity and merit, composed
of former principal artists of many of
the celebrated Opera Troupes of the
world.
Tne repertoire comprises some uD-
usually attractive operas, Girofie-
GirCfia' being The bill for the first
night. Wherever they have been the
press has been profuse in its lauda-
tioDs. aud our citizens will be permit
ted 10 eIjUy an entertainment rarely
put before Knoxville audience. The
sale of reserved seats has commenced
ri the East Tennessee Book House.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-01
a siabbiDg AItereatIOu.

White the trial of the Hommel boys
for the shooting OF Van Johnson was
progressing at Justice Allison's office
Monday evening, Don Lusby, a
white man, and John Hutson, color
ed bar-keeper, became engaged in a
dispute something about the impeach-
ment OF colored witness in the case,
and after few sharp words had passed
Lusby drew his knife and stab
bed Hutson twice in the head.
He cut cash in the top OF the head
about three inches long and another in
the side of the head back of the ear.
No resistance was made and a further
progress of the difficulty was prevent
ed by bystandeTs. Hutson bled pro-
fusely, but the wounds though painful
were not Of dangerous character, and
were dressed and sewed up. Lusby
was not arrested, hut afterwards sur
rendered himself to the city authors
ties and will have a hearing Thursday
morning.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-01
HE Hsm Cont ROOM

The repairs to the old court house,
which have been in progress for some
months, under the supervision ofChair-
man #. W. Kearns, are almost com
plete, and the court rooms look like
another place altogether. The Crimi~
nal Court room is thoroughly over
hauled, a plank ceiling put in the
place Of the old plsstering, the whole
dressed Of with neat coat of paiat-
ing the IIsstered walls cslcimined;
tho banisters aud other trimmings
vanished up; new doors and
windows put iu, and the old carpet
turned, making j; as nice as new, and,
ali taken together, giving it new
and entirely changed appearance, and
the Criminal Court will hardly know
itself when il meets there next Mon
day.
The Circuit Court room above has
undergone similar treatment, aud
needs but few finishing touches from
the paint brush Of Mr. John Neatly,
who has the job, 10 put it in good shape.
/ Many other Improvements have been
made about the building. New win
dows have been put in front aud
other places, and ali will be really 10
turn over and report by the meeting Of
the County Court next Monday. The
entire cash outlay for these improve
ments, IS We are informed will hardly
| exceed $500, ard che would not Imagine
that such a change could have heen
made In the appearance. For TINS
the people are Indebted To the good
/ management OF Chairman Kearnsi
who superintended the Improvements
and guarded with careful eye all the
expenditures TO prevent any extra
costs to the county. He also received
valuable assistance in the way o.
plans, etc, from County Court CleTk
Judge Lewis.
The fact Of the business IL, We havG
now two court Iooms, which, "a to ap
pearance or convenience, are, We ven
ture to say, scarcely TO be surpassed il
the State, aud with little furthel
brushing and touching up, outside ant
in, and improvement of the surround
ings, we will have a court house which
will answer every purp ose for years t.
come.