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BOY,S REMONSTRANCE.
BY @. PERRY.

] am feeling very badly; everything LIS going TO
An the things I have believed in are going with
The folks are growing learned, and all their
rsed to shake fellows faith in his best-beioved
The fairies have been scattered and the genii they
There are no enchanted castles they have van
Aladdin never lived, and the dear scheherazade.
Though very entertaining, was a much mistaken
OF course see through Santa Claus, had to. long
And Christmas viii be going, the next thing that
For heard, wasn't listening-I heard the parson
He had really-yes had really-grave doubts about
And as for Master Washington. they say the goose
should catch it,,
They've given rap at Crusoe, and dear old Friday.
Wen ali believe in Friday, we boys will till we die!
They may say it's not authentic" and such like
When they strike blow at Friday they hit us
And I've been reading in book, writ by some col
That there never was genuine a real live William
That he was lust myth, or what we boys would
That he didn't shoot the apple, nor Gesler, not a
That ali the other nations have a Iegead just like
1 think it's little business for college man to
Against these dear old stories and send them out of
sight.
And all the boys are just as mad, and so the girls
are, too;
And 50 We called meeting to decide what we should
And we passed resolutions because that is the
And only way for meetings, when it's all that can be
done.
send you here list
Resolved, that there was q William Tell;
That by his bow and arrow the tyrant Geser fell.
Resolved, that he was not myth, whatever that
may be
But that he shot the apple and Switzerland was
free.
Resolved, that Crusoe lived, and Friday, and the
goat.
Resolved that little Georsy his fathers fruit-tree
smote,
And owned up like hero. Resolved that all the
science
OF all the learned professors shall not shake firm
reliance
In the parties we have mentioned; and we do here
by make known
The fact that boys feel that we have some rights
Of our OWL
And request that in the future these rights be let
alone.
st. Nicholas for November.
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PINT Me Down for a. Room.

He had on his head an old Greeley hat, which
looked as II it had been run through two or
three rafies and put up for target at a coun-
fringe against his shins and his shirt collar was
cut low In the neck. He aimed at the porcelain
cuspadOre with a mouthful, but it missed the
floor. His tongue was rolled around and then
he broke loose.
'sWhar's the TELEGRAPH officer"
He was directed to that institution on the cor
ner Of Sd and Olive streets.
II mean" he said ''the newspaper Office whar
the TELEGRAPH comes In"
"You mean the telegraph EDITOR"
Eyes; the feller that gets the lecshun by tele-
He was referred to the desk OF that function
airy, and went to him.
''Be you the telegraph" he asked.
He was answered as becomes Christian
Ibid you hear anything from 'Hio by the tel
egraft about the leckShun down thar"
He was told that Ohio had gone republican.
Eyes"
Fosters got in?"
''FOsters IN"
Tins Tlds+ out; got left'"
gwen, I'm burned. Shake. You know 1 u.s.
TO live in 'Hio, and it got too curSid loyal fir m
thar, and 1 kim over to Missoury. Yin was
holdn' the banner here then, and was one OF tn !
men he sent out of the country. 70 know what
| mean. He tuck all the cattle and had to
walk out and the walkin' was mighty tough
pullin'. tell you, I've come in here from the
Mary de Zeen to hear how Yin made 1t as a
Dimycrat. II he's goner, as you say, Mister.
and l am willln' to blieve you, put me down for
boom. l don't know what a boom is but I'm
willin' to take one on this. You kin put
it thar, pard and bet your eyerlaStin' Dots that
Pm for Grant as agin emmy Demy-crasy thatll
hitch onto SIGH as Tin. Show me the way out
and I'll break somethin' up before daybreak, by
the eternal
He went out with whoop and yell.-[S.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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A Disobliging Letter Carrier.

One of the letter carriers who has district in
the northern part of the city, was yesterday
bustlirg along Woodward avenue at his best
gait, when he met portly, motherly woman,
who halted him and asked:
Be you acquainted all around town."
''Yes'm," was his hurried reply.
"You know where the City Hall Market is,
them"
''Yes'm."
swell, I'm in peck Of trouble. This morning
l sent down by my old man, after tomatoes,
onions, red pepper and caultiiower, to make
chow-chow. He sent up everything but the
onions, and l can't go ahead until get ZEN.
Now, you look sort o. honest, apaif you would
only take fifteen cents and run down for the
onions I'd take it as a great favor indeed.n
"Why, maam, l couldn't think of i'll" he re-
piled.
couldn't do just that much to oblige a woman
who has always been kind to boyS?"
Pm letter carrier, you see, and"
"Tll hold the sack while you are gone. Come.
now, that's good boy. Remember to get the
small white onions, and if there's any change
left over you can keep it."
He tried to convince her how utterly imDoS-
sble it was, but as he hurried on she called after
him:
Il never saw such a disobliging young man!
don't believe you'd even bring in my ice If l
should promise you fried cake!"-[DetJ'oH Free
Press,
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The End Of the World.

Camille Flammari0n, the French scientist,
thus expresses himself In r. Correspondence
!ScientirQ1ie, regarding the ultimate fate OF our
globe: The earth was born; she WIN die She
will die either Of old age, when her vital ele-
ments shall have been used up, or through the
extinction of the sun, to whose rays her life is
suspended. She might also die by accident,
through collision with some celestial body meet
ing her on her route; but this end of the world
is the most improbable Of all.
she may, we repeat, die natural death
through the slow absorption of her vital ele-
ments. In fact It is probable that the air and
water are diminishing. The ocean, like the at
more considerable than it Is in our day. The
terrestrial crust is penetrated by waters which
combine chemically with the rocks 1t is almost
certain that the temperature of the interior of
the globe reaches that OF boiling water at
depth of about six miles, and prevents the
water from descending any lower; but the
carbonic acid which compose our atmos-
phere also appear to undergo absorption;
through the mist of ages to come, the epoch, yet
afar off, in which the earth, deprived OF the at
mosphertc aqueous vapor which protects her
solar rays around her, viii become chilled in the
sleep OF death. AS Henri V1varez says: From the
summit OF the mountain winding sheet of snow
will descend upon the high plateaus and the
valleys, driving before it life and civilization,
and masking forever the cities and nations that
it meets on its passage, Life and human ac-
llVlty Will press lnSenSlDiy toward the inter-
tropical zone. ST. Petersburg, Berlin, Lon
don, Paris, Vienna, Constantinople and
Rome, will fall asleep in succession under
their eternal shroud. During very many ages
equatorial humanity will undertake Arctic ey-
petitions to find again under the ice the place OF
Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux and MarSeilleS. The sea
coasts will have changed and the geographical
map of the earth will have been transformed.
No one will live and breathe any more except in
the equatorial zone up to the day when the last
family, nearly dead with cold and hunger will
sit the shore of the last sea in the rays OF the
sun which will thereafter shine here below on
an ambulent tomb revolving aimleSSly around
useless light and barren heat"
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Position i'm SIeen.

A writer to the Christian at Work insists that
position In sleep is of great Importance He
says:
1.-THE food passes from the stomach at the
right side, hence its passage is facilitated by
going to sleep on the right side. Water and
other fluids flow equally on level, and it re-
quires less power to propel them on level than
upward.
"The heart propels the blood to every part of
the body at each successive beat, and it Is easy
to see that If the body is placed in horizontal
position the blood will be sent to the various
parts Of the system with greater ease, with less
expenditure of power, and more perfectly than
If one portion Of the body were elevated above
horizontal line.
"If one portion of the body is too low the
blood does not return as readily as it is carried
thither; hence, there Is an accumulation and
diStentioD, and pain follows.
"If person goes to sleep with the head but
little lower than the body, he will either soon
wake up, or will die with apoplexy before morn
ing because the blood could not get back from
the brain as fast as it was carried to it."
1.-The savage uses log OF wood or bunch Of
leaves, civilized man pillow. and ii this pillow
is too thick, raising the head too high, there Is
not blood enough carried to the brain; and as
the brain is nOuriShed and tnvigOrated by the
nutIiment it receives from the blood during
Sleep it is not fed sufficiently and the result IS
unquiet sleep during the night, a waking up in
WEAKNESS, without refreshment, to be followed
by day of drowSinesS and discomfort, and gen
eral inactivity OF both mind and body"
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Selling their Baby.
Want to sell a baby?'


Garth"
"Wen, where is your baby?"
In ee cart; want butchels Of fanny. You
said so to-marZow AFTERNOON"
"Ya, va, ya-a-a-a-a!" The cradle has stopped
rocking and the baby is awake.
':Grac1OuS mel" cries the Storeman raising
the blanket and seeing two bright eyes wide
open; 1T these boys haven't got live baby
"Ya, va, ya-a-a-a-a!" There is a crowd in
the store now, and every one is talking, and no
one knows who the boys are and whose the
baby is.
"Name, Bobby and Tommy" says Tommy
"w1ve In house at home. PapaS name Chorge''
DIR. l., whose Office is across the street, Sees
the crowd and crosses over.
whats the trouble?"
"Why, here's lost baby, and nobody knows
whose; perhaps he belongs to one of your pa
tientS?"
DR.. L fixes his spectacles, takes the baby
and looks very wise, but does not know whose it
is until he hears
"Papa, paI a - and two little boys catch the
doctors coat tails.
"Why, bless me, how did you get down here,
boys?"
Folks are laughing now, and say: "Didn't
know his own baby! Good joke on the DOCTOR"
Bumpety, bumpety, bump!
Mamma looks out of the window and wonders
at the crowd coming up the street. A veXed-
looking man draYing cart two little boys and
baby crying, aid flock OF boys following and
shouting in the rear.-lM1rY HIi!leS in Youths
Com DuniO5
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How He Was Cured Of Swearing.

OOuH CtilllC Ill duu luquHCu WuCOllC1 uililSi
was ready, and was told it was not.
''Well, why in the devil isn't it?" said he.
because" she coolly replied, the wood was
so - wet that the fire would not burn"
"Why, Mary, what is the matter with you?
Are you crazy. or have you bean drinking?"
Neither she said, and quietly proceeded to
put on the dinner.
The beef didn't melt like butter between the
tecth-it rather resisted all attempts at mlsti-
cation, like so much India rubber; and John
finally bluried out:
What makes this - beef so Internal
tough?"
Mary looked up archly, and replied:
swell, John, suppose you Went down to the
butchers, and without knowing the difference.
picked out a piece OF some - old stag that
hadn't been fed for MONTH"
John jumped up, looked at his wife in dismay.
and wanted to know what such language from
her lips meant.
''It means this, John; you are the head of the
family, and just as long as you think it manly TO
swear in my presence intend to do the same.
If you don't like to hear it you know how to
prevent it,"
The cure was radical, and to this day Mary has
dose of Dr.. Ms prescription.
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''WOvEN AIR."-The Decca muslins of Iadia
are among the most wonderful evidences OF the
hand-Skil of the strange people of the myster
tOuS east. These fabrics, which are spun and
woven entirely by hand, and are the product OF
obscure and curious processes, unknown and
fabrication OF Damascus steel and the making
OF camels hair shawls, are marvels of ingenuity
and skill, and they illustrate the poetry of cot
ton; the most delicate of the fabrics Is known BIZ
the name OF woven air." 1t can only be made
In the early morning and in the evenings, when
the air is full OF moisture and the dew Is on the
Kept secret, and the people who do the work
are compelled first to pass through q long course
OF training and initiation. Their delicate wares
are OF such ethereal texture as to be almost In
visible, and yet are so enduring that they VIII
bear washing and wear in wonderful manner.
This precious stun is mnnOpOlized for the use OF
the ladies Of the Oriental harems, and Is said to
be worth hundreds Of dollars per yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-01

s. P. @. R.-One night, while Roman piece
was being performed, there was a discussion
among the supers as to the meaning of the In
itials s. P. Q, R. Inscribed upon the banners.
quietly suggested that 1t meant salaries paid
at queer rate" The joke was reported to the
manager, who summoned Dan to his presence,
and severely reprimanded him for the remark
.tsSufe, Sir, u answered Dan, with sly twtnkletn
his eye, "youve been nlisinformed. / told 'em
tmeant salaries paid quite reg lar!"-Belafavia.
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VICTOR EMMANUEL REQUESTED TO KEEP STILL.
The peasant population did little less than adore
the King, whom they looked upon In sort of
man who in ordinary times by any means liked
people taking liberties with him, as persons
around his court were occasionally reminded to
their cost, but the peculiar conditions of moun-
tain life and thealmost passionate loyalty OF his
Alpine subjects placed his relations with them
on a footing of familiarity which would have
been impossible under other. circumstances.
The peaSant-folk were often known to tutOy2r
their King when they got excited; indeed, one
day guide who thought that he was endanger
ing his life by careleSSneSS In an awkward spot
on the edge OF a precipice, went very near to
swearing at him. Another time man who was
carrying him on his back across a swollen tor
rent and was irritated by his making some
slight movement, said in an audible whisper
''1pntesu, 0osrichi" (''Keep still, you donkeyI1
To which Victor Emanuel reJoined. ma Sdlo
men Chiel che U asO al 'e c0l ca pOrtd9n ("BHt
don't you know that the donkey Is the one that
carries7"-EzenlpR Bar,
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EALL GOODS For Dress and Street Suits. being
respectfully invite the attention Of my patrons and
thepubhc generally. =. j. HEfBERGERs
Citizen, Army and Navy Tailor,
eepz No. 636 18th st. NV, City.
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The New Tenor.

He drew in his breath with . gasping sob
With a quavering voice he sang;
But his voice leaked out aud could not drown
The accom- snist's clamorcus bang;
He lost his pitch on the middleA
He faitered on lower d;
And foundered, at length. like o battered wreck
Adrift on the wild, high c.
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CONNECTICUT FARMERS BARGAINS IN WIVES.
A farmer who lives near Hartford, Conn.,. boasts
that he has had three good wives. His neighbors
tell story of his penuriousness concerning each
OF them. 1t is averred that he ordered of of
many eggs. No. had been his servant girl and
refused to work longer at low wages On the
way to the depot he said "Win you stay If l
is said to have chuckled over his cheap bargain,
as she was hard worker. No. was a widow
and dreSSmaker who owed considerable money.
BY the state law husband is responsible for his
wife's debts contracted before marriage 50 to
avoid paying these the widower as soon as h
was engaged, kept the news quiet till he had
bought up all the claims against his intended at
twenty cents on dollar.
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FAMILY SUPPLIES.
~ d. O'HARE 4 SON,
1918 sh st. n.sr. assd Cor. II aud 4th n.sc.

Low PRICES FOR EVERYTHING. oct2s
ERESH GOODS.
Il MY OWN IMPORTATION.
OLIVE OIL. in bottles. my label. There Ia no
SUPERIOR quality in the world.
SARDINES-with and without Tomatoes.
CHAMPION MONS.
PETlTS POIS-ENtra fine.
ITALIAN MUSHROOMS By the pounp.
M1CO PICK1ES-An exquisite condimeut
N. w. BURCIfELL,
oct30-3t 1882 f street.
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TABLE LUXURIES.
just received from New York lnr-a assortment
of CANNED GOODS of the finest brands. connris-
ing PEACHES, PEARS. APRlCDrS. PLUMBS,
CHERRIES, &c. &c. Also. ROASTED MEATS in
sInali cans for family use. together With canned
MACkEliEL and SALMON and q lost uf other good
things. Do not forget that We warrant
PATAPSCO BAKING POWDER.
All other Fine Groceries at
BURCHARO'S,
oct2I Pa. are. and FOHr-dad-d-half st.
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who subsequently reported that the Govar.
nor would shortly communicate with tha
House by message.
ELECTION OF ENROLLING CLERK.
Mr.. Bower nominated for Chief Enrollino
Clerk John T. Pecot. of Orleans.
On the motion OF Mr.. Brown. OF Jefrarson
seconded by Mr. Demas, Mr.. Pecot was do,
ciared unanimously elected by acclamatian
ELECTION OF DooRKEEpER.
Mr.. Bower nominated Mr.. @. w. Hodoo :.
Union; and on the motion Of Mr.. Bartbe,n :.
seconded by Mr.. Hawkins, Mr.. Hodga ~.
declared unanimously elected by acclamation
Inc Speaker announced that be had an
pointed the Hon. E. E. Kidd, Of jackson as
his private secretary.
On the motion of Mr.. Bridger the rulea :,
the last House were adopted as governing ~
House temporarily. ''1S
The following communications were "a
ceived from the Secretary OF State:
Petition and dispositions In the case ~ . u
X. Dugas, contesting the election of Mosss
X. Hite, OF the parish OF Assumption
Petition and dispositions In the case Of Vim
H. Morgan, contesting the seat of RIcbard
Weightman, OF the fourth ward Of the CITY -
New Orleans. =
The petition and dispositions In the case -
Joseph 81. Spearing, contesting the seat e
Marshall 81. Redon, Of the Tenth Represents
tive District OF the parish of Orleans.
The petition and dispositions In the case -
Prosper T. Albert, contesting the seat a..
Frank Marquee, OF the Seventh Representa-.
tive District of the parish OF Orleans.
The papers In these cases were. ON motion.
OF Mr.. Murrell, referred to the Committee i,
Elections and Qualifications, when appolntad.
On the motion OF Mr.. Jeffries, the House
proceeded to draw for seats by parishes
members present being permitted to select
seats for absent members.
By unanimous consent. Mr.. Cousin. Of 81
Tammany, was allowed to select his seat be-
fore the drawing.
The members then drew for seats,
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received frnnn
the Senate:
SENATE CHAxBn.
New Orleans. January 6. 1919 h
To me HONORABLE Speaker and Members Of ~
House OF Representatives:
am directed to inform your bonornhis
body that the Senate has passed and reoueSiS
your concurrence In the accompanying O..
current Resolution, entitled Concurrent Pro
luton to create joint committee to examfnn
the books and accounts Of the State Audlfof
and Treasurer" etc. Respectfully,
JOHN CLEGG.
Secretary Of the Senate.
On motion Of Mr.. Jeffries the HOUSE a
journed until tomorrow at II o'clock.
IN. PEGUES, Chief Clerk. 81
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CANCELLATION OF BOND.


Executive Department
Whereas. CHARLES DEBLANC has applies
to me for the cancellation OF bond drawn aaN
signed BY DR.. Ernest DeBlanc. late coroner a.
that part Of the parish OF Orleans below -
middle OF Canal street. as principal. In the Sun
Of twenty-five thousand dollars. with sai4
Charles DeBlanc. in the sum Of fifteen thousand
dollars, and Adrien Cassard and George Il.
Braughn. each for the sum OF Eve Thousand.
d1llars. as sureties. dated the twenty NTH d.
Of November. 1874. and conditioned for ~
faithful performance Of the duties OF said Dr.
Ernest DeBlanc as coroner for the parish e.
Orleans below the middle Of Canal street.
Now. therefore. l. FRANCIS T. NICHOLL&S
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana. nayG1
thought proper to issue this my proclamattor
with the view OF giving public notice to all pec
sons therein interested TO show cause q
writing. at the Office OF the Secretary ofDt61&
in the city OF New Orleans. within ninety d.
after the last publication hereof. why said bon1
and the mortgage resulting therefrom, shot,
not be cancelled aud annulled. and the sureli
above named discharged from any further T. Z
bilitles in the premises.
Witness my signature and the seal d u
State OF Louisiana. at the city Of New 0rIooG
this thirtieth day of December. In the yeot
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ~
enty- eight, and the one hundred and third ~
Of the Independence OF the United State
America. "a
By the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO.
Assistant Secretary Of State ial r.
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Lula against the State Of Louisiana for
seven hundred dollars, alleged to be due him
for rent Of certain Offices. etc. Referred to
the Committee on Claims, to be appointed.
At 2:10 o'clock p. m, on motion OF Mr.. Ste
ven, the Senate took recess OF fifteen min
utes.
The Senate was called to order at 2:25
o'clock D. m, and the following Senators an
swered to their names:
Messrs. Breaux, Benners, Bowden, Bryant,
DeBouchel.- Delahoussaye, Ducros, Ellis,
Fontenot, Garland, ella, Harding, Heron,
Kelly, Kenner, Merkel, Mitchell, Sandiford,
Scanland, Steven, Stubbs, Sutton, Texada.
Williams, Wales, Wells, Wheeler and Zacha-
rie-28.
Absent essrs. Cage, Cahen, Harper, Lam
dry, Norwood, Perkins, Richardson and
Stamps-8.
On motion Of Mr.. Texada the Senate adj
journed until Tuesday, January 7, 1879, at 10
o'clock m. JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
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CANCELLATION OF BONDS.

STATE OF LoUIsrxn&
Executive Department 3
Whereas. application has been made to mol
the cancellation OF the official bond of THOU
Il. HANDY. late Civil Sheriff for the Pari6x
Orleans. drawn and subscribed by him On
fifth day Of December. 1876. for the sum q
thousand dollars. with the following n6z
securities and In the sums hereinafter
pressed. to wit: Charles Prayer. In the Su1
twenty thousand dollars: e. w. Hunttngto4
the sum of ten thousand dollars; and Che
Ballejo. Henry r. Schilling. J. G. Donovan
William Henry. In the sum OF five th0ue9
dollars each. conditioned for the faithful
Torrance Of the duties Of said Thorn
Handy as Civil Sheriff of the Parish Of o.
Now. therefore. I. FRANCIS T. NICHQ
Governor Of the State OF Louisiana. do h.
issue this. my proclamation. calling uDca
persons therein interested and concerned
show cause, In writing. at the office OF tho ee0
tary Of State within ninety days after the r.
publication hereof why said bond and the ~
gage resulting therefrom should not be
celled. erased and annulled.
Given under my SIGNATURE and the sea- OF L.
State OF Louisiana, at the city OF new OIIoa
this thirteenth day Of December. 1873.
By the Governor:
WILL. A. STRONG.
de14 sod Secretary Of State.