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MAN iB representative Southern Democrat,
born and ronred upon tho sacred soil Of
South Carolina, entered tho Confederate
sorvico at tho sound Of tbs first hostile gun
on Fort Sumter, and fought 1t out on that
limo, like loyal disciple Of calhoun nB hu
Is, nntil tho causo of seoa7sion WINS anaiIy
to he lost ut Appomatsox. His
District comprises tho Counties Of Aiken,
Barnwell, Daaufort, Colloton, Hampton, md
Edgeho1d, which, before the War,-as their
names indicate, ,--wna the homo Of n clasa Of
slnvoholding aristoorats who wore tho most
insolont, solf-suf1ioient, overboaring, aud
proud-spiritod that could be found In all the
South. Tho plantations were immense In
area, upon which nulnberlosa stavcs swarmad
like flies in summer, and whero tho iudolopt
md tlomineering master lorded It over poor
white and criuging black alike. T111MAn is
the natural product Of thia old notification
soil aud tho Legitimate offspring Of this tradi.
tionnlly- -curaod socsnl system. Ha was beaten
in tho race for tho Forty Fifth Congress by
Ropznr r. sMA11s (colored); but by bet
ter system Of bulldozing, M appeal to the
tissno bnllot, md by tho hid OF Gov. HAMr.
ton'u Whitc-Lcagucrs and Ncd-Shirt Demo,
crats, Tl11MAn bent SMA11a by vote Of
2G, 400 10 10.CG4 for tho latter.
Wo nro Just littla particular about TILL
MANS pedigree, anteccdents, and social envi-
ronment, becausa f1lrthor on it will appear
that this scion Of m old arissocracy, nurtured
upon tho nccursod system of chattel slavery,
is n fit representative Of the Solid South, ind
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Clark street. opposite thu Court .l1ouss, Engage.
mcnt Ut Thprno Chratic' srsntom'tns TROUPE.
"Ilumpty. .uumpty."
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1IerNliey afuAIr-f1ntl.
MAhsoh street. between dearborn and State. Amy
Fay. Concert.
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I1nmt1n'A Theatre.

ffon1cy's Theatre.
randetrh rfrert between Clark and 3nsnllr. En
tAGemcnt Of Kate Claxton. "Tte Double Marriage.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
Rattlesnakes i'm a Ball.

Zebulon Martin and son, who live at
Henry's Bend, about Fix miles from Oil
City, Pa, while removing stones on
their farm, the other day, discovered q
ball as large as a bushel basket, which
appeared to be a coil of black rope
knotted and curiously interIaeed. The
warm sunshine foil upon the ball, which
soon seemed to move in its many coils,
and then the men saw that the ball was
q mass of snakes. The warmth revived
the dormant reptiles, and the surface of
the ball was soon covered with rattles,
which swayed to aud fro with sound
resembling the blowing of wind through
the dead leaves of tree. What seemed
at first a gerdian knot began to 4n'
ravel. The tails protruded more and
more, and as the snakes unlocked their
intricate coils they appeared to be pack
ed with their heads in the center of this
living ball. The snakes soon completely
uncoiled themselves and showed fight,
whereupon the men set to the work oi
slaughteriug the reptiles. Fifty-six
snakes were killed. Che largest reptile
possessed seventeen rattles.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
Tine Russian Nihilists.
Pail Mall Gazette.


The doctrines held by the Russian
Socialists Propaganda are enunciated
with frankness which leaves nothing
to desire, in some extracts published by
the Krymski Listok. The following
are passages from the Vpered Forward }:
Republican ideas are chimera. Gar
ibaldi and Felix Pyat are behind the
age" The burning of Paris by the
Commune in 1871 threw ray of light
on the future;'' but the Commune
"took no decisive step; it only imposed
a task on the social revolution which it
had not the courage to achieve ITSELF"
The new Socialist school will not re-
strict Itself to the half-measures Of the
Commune :" ait will not shrink from
any amount of severity and will wage
a merciIess war against society -" a
war of plunder, incsndiarism, and as.
sassination." The Nabat alarm Belly
breaches "the annihilation of middle
class society, and the burial of the old
world beneath it's ruins" "The insti-
tuition of the family is to be destroyed.
the tight OF property abolished, relig"
ion ignored, and even liberty disregard
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
Bonaparte's Birthplace.

a French Imperialist paper makes
the statement that the French govern
ment has conceived the idea of ceiling
Corsica to Italy for consideration.
The great. object of getting rid of the
island would be to cut the ground un-
der the feet of any Bonapartist pretend-
er. It may be remembered that the
question has often been debated as to
whether Napoleon I. was Corsican or
a Ffenchman, and it has generally been
suspected that the registration of his
birth was falsifed in order to make out
that he was borr afters Corsica had be-
come French. 1t would certainly be
relief to France if it could get rid of
one class of pretenders, but it is doubt.
full whether the Bonapartes would 20
back to their isle and not claim to be
naturalized. 1t is curious what number
Of naturalized Italians, in addition to the
Bonapartes, have played a prominent
part in French history. One might
mention, for example, the Medicip, Jus
Illus Mazarin, Concini, the De Froglies, or
De Broglioa; the Mirabeaus, Massena,
the spoiled child Of victory Prince of
Essling, Duke OF Rivoli, and at present,
N. Gambetta, whose grandfather lived
at Genoa.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
Very Pathetic.
pets

One loves to linger, says Bierce, in
the San Francisco Argonaut, ON every
detail Of death like that, and it is with
satisfaction as deep ana serene as the
reflection OF the dome of Virginia City
restaurant in plate of soup-a salts
faction SO perfect as to resemble sim
full pleasure that I record the fact
in Mr.. Davis last moments he had q
chance at the consultations of religion.
His father, Carson clergyman, was
with him on the Ccafold:
Samuel" said the good man, chok-
ing with emotion, "would to God I
could die for theea"e
The erring son WAS deeply touched.
"Would to God you could = he muir
INJURED.
But, no." continued the pious faith
er, pointing upward, "it cannot be-;
your only hope lies there"
Sam cast his considering orbs aloft,
then shook his head despondently, remark
ing:
"That kind of a knot doesn't give !"
presently adding, from force of habit
"a damn"
Betcher life p assented the sheriff.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
The Value of Education.

Jake was heard calling across the
fence to his neighbor's son, a colored
youth, who goes to school at the Ats
lanta Colored University:
"Look hysr, boy, you goes ter school,
don't yer7''
"Yes, sir"
"I.arnin' 'rithmeti iek and hggerin' on
q slate, eh p
"Yes, sir"
"Well, it don't take two whole days to
make an hour, do it ?'
why, nor exclaimed the boy.
"You was gwine ter bring dat hatchet
back in an hour, wasn't yer2"
"Yes, sir"
AN it's bin two whole days since
YOU borrowed it. Now, what goods ed
dykashun gwine ter d. you Thick
skulled niggers, when you 60 TO school
a who @ year an den cant tell how long
II takes tn iotch back hatchet?
The hny got mad and slung the
hatchet over the teDcs and half wa
through a., ash barrel.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
Dean SVifC's Russ.


One of the cleverest hoaxes ever per-
petrated, was one inverted by Swift, and
intended tor the public good. He caused
to be printed and circulated some last
Words OF a street robber named Eliston,
purporting to have been written shortly
before his execution, in which the con-
demned thief was made to >ay: " Now,
as I am q dying man, have done some
thing which may be of good use t. the
public. | have left with an honest man
the only honest man [ ever was ac~
uuainted w;th-the names OF all my
wicked brethren, the places of their abode,
with a short accout OF the chief crimes
they have committed in many OF which
| have ben their accomplice, and heard
the rest from their own mouths. l have
likewise set down the names of those we
call cur settlers, OF the wicked houses
we frequent, aud all of those who re-
ceive ami buy our stolen goods. | have
solemnly charged this honest man, and
have received his promise upon oath
that whenever he hears OF any rogue to
be tried for robbery or house breaking
he will look into his list, and il he finds
the name there of the thief concerned,
to send the whole paper to the govern
ment. Of this I here give my co mpan
ions fair and public warning, and hope
they will take it" We aie told the
deans ruse succeeded SO well that street
robberies were for many years after few
and tar batWeen.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
The Dem(o6fat.
OPELOUSAS, LA.
THE BEST WAY.

A1nE nESA WAL
1 walked with the beautiful Marcelline
At eve In the scented clover;
The nightingale sang to the rose and moon
One sweet song over and over.
The nightingale sang, and he sang know
Tell herl Tell her you love hel ! I'd tell her g
"Tefl her you love her; it's easy to say
Just here in the scented clover''
10 told her the sweetest story there
I told it over and over;
But at moonlight, music and VIII [ said,
My bea utiful MAJ celline shook her head.
Next day walked with the exquisite girl
In the streets Of the crowded city;
She was dai ltily clad in silk and lace,
she was gracious, wise and witty;
1spoke of Jewels of houses and gold,
Of lands to be bought, and bonds o be Sold
showed her my bank. book there and then;
And she whispered, " Really, Harryp'
and Marcelline darling, all shall be yours
Whenever you choose to marry;
So on, and accordingly things were said,
And the beautiful Marcelline bowed her head.
Moonlight ard music and that sort of thing
Are rated as foolish or funny;
Ii you're In earnest your wooing to speed,
Talk TO girl of your money.
Tell her, " Pm worth go and so )" then kiss
Bet you the wedding ring she'll say "Yes."
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
A Loyal Missourian.
Newton (Ks.) Bee.

Newton (hS.) Bee.
A man with one eyed horse, rigged
in straw collar snd dilapidated, old.
fashioned trace chains, rope lines, and
wagon to match, was seen in camp on
the banks of Sand Creek last week.
He wore a coon, skin cap, breeches of
many colors, the groundwork of which
was yellow butternut. He sported a
long, old-style rife, and a "yaller" dog
guarded the property. The family was
all in character, but beyond our knowl-
edge of millinery to describe. When
asked if he was on his way to Leadville,
he said he had never "hearn of the
place." and when asked where he was
bound for, he said Back home to old
Missouri. / left there just after the
war, when the rebs had everything their
way, and went to Texas. But t'other
day hearn teller read in 3 paper
that the thing WIS all right again, and
that the old bounty on wolf skelps had
been put back again to IS, and I thoug ht
I was sure of living anyhow" Who
s.ys there ia no immigration to Missouri
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14

ed as an empty question:" According
to the Narodnaya Raspravr (National
Execution) the Socialists will 'come
forward with arms in their hands to ex-
ecute all hangmen, traders and landed
proprietors ;" will "spread terror among
all of different opinions from them
Selves" and will destroy everything
perSons, things or circumstances-that
disturb the work." "Those who are
not with U.s." concludes this paper, care
against US, and must fall under the bul>
let's of our revolyers.'
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
Spanish AnchOvy Fishers.
ALI The Year Bound.

Men and women were hard at work
packing the sardines in baskets shaped
something like a nautilus shell, and
holding each FIVE thousand. The fish
were placed in layers, separated by
leaves and salt, and in this state were to
be dispatched on mule-back over the
mountains to supply the interior Of
Navarro and Alava, and even through
the government lines into CASTLE. Ask,
ing what they would.be likely to realize
in the inland towns, was told 10d. pei
100, at the very least. Thus the buyer
who had his outlet was purchasing at
23d., and even adding an additional 23d.
for packing expenses and transport, the
profit would be I'D. on the 100, or As. I'd.
on the 1000; so that if, as | was in.
formed, 100000 would be sent off by
this one dealer, he stood to clear EGO,
even allowing something for losses. Well,
this gave me tolerable notion of what
the buyers were making in fair season,
but felt more interested as to the gains
of the men who risked their lives, and
this is the information the comnandant
gave me. He said that if the patron
made for himself, boat and net, e2 the
round trip, the return would be considr
cred good, and the crew would be well
satisfied with 12s. each. Thus, suppos'
ing four voyages week to be made
during a good season, giving two days
off for repairs of gear, and no serious
accident met with, the patron might
pocket something like ESQ in three
months-it being impossible to count on
longer period, owing to weather and
various obstacles-and the men possibly
e28. Of course, there are the funny,
anchovy, mackerel and other seasons
but it is to be doubted, even with the
best of luck, such as being able to put
to sea nine months in the year, whether
the patron ever gets beyond e250, out
of which he has to keep his boats, spars,
sails, ropes, and, above all, his nets, in
serviceable condition. Probably the men
may realize in q good year ESQ. But
these calculations were made under the
most favorable circumstances and it
was more than likely that, one year
with another, neither patron nor crew
ever reached these respective amounts.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
The Koala of Australia.
Cha mbers' Journal.

Cha mbers Journal.
One of the most interesting OF the
purely nocturnal marsupials is the col
onists' "native BEAR" the koala. 1t is
arboreal in habit, and its chief food is
the leaf of a powerfully astringent euca'
lyptus, with a slight favor of pepper
mint. Full grown individuals weigh
about twenty pounds; they are destitute
of tails, and covered with gray or rufeus
woody hair Of beautiful texture, and all
their limbs formed for climbing. DUR
ing the day they sit in the fork of tree
in the densest scrubs, with the head
buried in the breast, presenting the
appearance Of ball Of gray tur. The
writer has kept many of these as pets,
but failed to rear the first he took in
hand in consequence Of feeding it on
cows milk alone. Assuming that the
natural milk would be astringent, the
experiment of macerating leaves of the
peppermint gum tree in cows milk was
tried, and resulted in bringing up the
second on this infusion until it was able
to subsist entirely on leaves. 1t lived
in the house, and passed the night in its
masters bed room, and gave audible
evidence of its presence as it climbed
about guns, rods and book-shelves for
hours together. When tired of this it
would creep into bed and nestle up
under one of its masters arms. During
the day it would hang upon the skirts Of
one of the servants, apparently fast
asleep, with its muscles in state of
tension as she went about her household
duties; or sit upon the back of its mass
ter's neck firmly grasping his hair, and
Indifferent to any movement he mi ght
make.
The tastes of this and two other koalas
were peculiar, and their fondness for to>
bacco in any form most remarkable.
They would lick all over with avidity,
and even chew the foulest pipe saturated
with oil and it was difficult matter to
prevent them when sitting on the sheul-
der from taking the pipe out of ones
mouth. Neither did the black colonial
tobacco cGme amiss hem; and they
seemed to suffer no effects from these
indulgences. One vf them even went
further than this, and one evening at.
tackled q glass Of whisky and water
standing on the table; and ever after
the iingling of glasses was the signal for
his descent from the rafters of the roof
to take bis modest share of the customary
"night~cap' with as much gusto as if he
had been born no: tn of the Tweed. The
tenacity of grasp in the koalos is due to
their having both the great toe and the
thumb opposable to the other diglts, 30
that practically they possess four hands ;
but they have no weapons of offense or
defense, and never bite. In intelligence
they are superior to any of the other
marsupials, and their quaint habits in
confinement render them interesting
pets.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14

because I love you," he said
Woman, if I had not fallen in love
with you that night, would have
killed you. 1t was risking my life te
spare you, with your screams calling
men to hunt me down."
"Oh, if you had but killed me then p
she moaned.
"Well, I am at your mercy now,''
he said.
She answered "You can kill. Iwish
you would. I pray you do it. You
killed my husband. The murderer Of
my husband must be brought to justice
and yesterday, nay, an hour ago.
loved you! o God, pity me! l have
loved this man, this thief, who came in
the night to rob my husband, and who
murdered him"
She remembered saying this. After
ward strange drowsiness overcame her.
She seemed to let 60 her hold upon the
world. She family recognized the fact
that Colonel Humphries knelt at her
feet and kissed her hands. Then there
were blank hours, and strange, wild
dreams, and she awakened in the twi-
light and found herself bound fast to q
great arm chair, long cords about her
arms tying her hands and confning her
feet.
So her servants found her; but she
was the only living being in the great
mouse. Colonel Humphsies aud his two
black servants had vanished, no one
knew whittier.
The empty bottle of chloroform on
the foor-the fact that he had left little
behind him, and that he had always
kept his money in form that left him
free to leave the country at any time,
all proved that detection had been pre-
pared for. And he was never traced-or
had the means to bribe those who were
set upon his track.
Ida Halifont lived through it all. She
lives tosday in the quiet house beside
the river, but no one has ever seen her
smile since that hour. No one will ever
see her smile sgain; and from her
deepest slumbers she often starts in
terror, fancying that the sees uplifted
menacingly Above, ths: cruel, terrible
arm marked with the bloodsred stain.
There is no hope of happiness for her,
for she never can forget that this arm
has also embraced her.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
. To find out whether q garden

To find out whether q garden has
been planted or not, paper gives the
following rule: EFF one torgets wheth>
er beds are planted or not, coed way
to tell is to turn stray cat into the gar
den. If the beds are planted the cat will
proceed to race round and dig into them,
and act as if it had relations in China it
was anxious to get at; while, If they
are not, it will sit down calmly in the
path, and seem to be meditating on the
progress of missionary work In Africa.
A cats instinct seldom deceives In this
matter"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14
WAITS AND sTHIMS.
APRIL VESPER5.

APRIL VESPERS.
Inc turtles drum in the puseess bay,
ih' crlckets creak in the p. ickIul hedge,
Inc builfrogs boom in the pudding sedge
| AND the whoopoe whoops ,ss Yesper lay
Away
| In the twilight sott and eray,
iWo.ioVers stroll il tbs sliatilg 3goam-
his hand In her'n ami bor'n n in his
she bluahas deep-he.is talking biz
| ihey nag and pop ths y lstless roarn-
They roam
| IT'S late when they get h2ck home
Down by the ntla wic1e It gate,
Down where tbs cret pful ivy grows
io"n Wkefe the sweet lastu7tun blows,
boz-tped parent lies IL wait
In wait
! For the maiden and her mate
Le' cricketa creak and bljlrogs boom,
The whoopoe walls in the dismal dell
Ah.N tuneiui throbs will neel dispel
| The planted pain and rooted g.oom-
The gloom
| OF the lovers diInal .'oYni
..Unal!oyed satisfactions are too heav~
emily to tall to many mems share On earth.
God pardons like q mother, who
kisses the offence into everlasting for
giveness.
.Matrimony hath something in it OF
nature, something Of civility, something
of divinity.
AS love without esteem is volatile
and capricious, esteem without love is
languid and cold
"A weak mind is like a microscope
which magnifes ,triaing things, but can
not receive great ones.
An exchange says that Napoleon
~. is always: poring over books. He
never reigns, but he pores.
.." Bedad, "::said a patriotic Irisbman
" but it's ripe watermelon that should
be the emblem of Ireland 1t always
has the green above the red"
-" We are going out with the tied,'
said a young man to friend, as he filed
down the church aisle after wedding.
I" In that case" said alady in front, "you
can afford to get off my train,'' and he
did.
Julia A. Moore, the sweet singer Of
Michigan, was nearly para.yzed with as~
tonishment when recently informed that
"eclat' didn't rhyme with he cat"
She has not suffi iciently recovered to finish
her halt-competed poem Son the birth
Of new spring"
Among the names of the many base
ballists who have secured fame and
money by their achievements within the
diamond arena, we have never yet seen
the name of the prodigal son, yet the
fact stares posterity in the face that he
was the first man to make home run.
"A family is Ike unto an equipage.
First, the father, the draught horse;
next, the boys, the wheels, tor they are
always running around then the girls,
they are surrounded by fellows. The
baby occupies the lapboard and the
mother-wel, what's wagon without
tongue, anyhow:
"A gentleman presents himself at the
police heaoq uartefs to leave descrip'
tion of his daughter, who had been miss
! ino for two or three dsys and WAS
thought to have got her hence with all
advised celebrity and the coschman.
"Descrbe her minu tely, it you please"
saws the clerk. ''Well,' says the par
ent, "she's pretty tall and light-com'
plected, and is about three or four years
Younger than you'd take he. to be-"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14

az never waste any time listening to
the meaningless song OF the blue birds
when the dinner gong ia winding Its
mellew hum"
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14

ne turtles drum in the puseless bay,
1h9 cricketa creak In the p. ickEul hedge,
lhe bullfrogs boom in the pudding sedge
And the whoopoe W hoops its vesper lay
St. Landry democrat., 1879-06-14

she could have reached out her hand
and touched him.
Why did she not speak, and call him
by name? Why did she sink down
uEon her hands and tremble like an aspen
Leaf? Alas ! the awful reason was this:
Upon that arm which she was about to
give the right to clasp her in tenderest
embrace she saw a terrible mark-a
mark she had seen once before, She
knew its shape and size and color. Her
eyes had been rivited upon it as the
81 aewy hand, Dc the wrist of which it
ended, grasped her dying husbands
throat. She had learned it off by heart
she could not be deceived. Though
years had rolled away, that horribly
marked arm was not to be forgotten OF
mistaken by any other.
Suddenly Colonel Humphries felt
himself grasped by hand that, small as
it was, had the fierce touch of q tigers
claws. The fingers closed over that red
mark--a white face came close to his.
!" You are my husbands murderer .
hissed voice in his ear.
Then the two stood staring at each
other. He made no denial; he only
looked down at the red mark upon his
arm and cursed it aloud.
How dare you to make love to me 7''
she gasped. "You--''
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-10-16
Yazooing.

We have advised and still ad wise Green.
hackers to be prepared 10 defend. themselves
against any attempt at yazooing our men
off the track.
We advise the colosed voter to keep cool
and abstain from every act that might pro-
woke the bulldo1ers.
Beat no drums,
Have no processions.
Carry no guns.
Have no colored meetings, but attend
public discussions with white men.
Have no gatherings BY night.
Greenback men will protect them In vot-
ing just as they please-even in voting
the Democratic ticket.
We are American citizens, and deprecate
all race iesues.
We are for . free discussion.
We are for a fair election.
We are for an honest count.
We are opposed to mobocraoy.
"Hear me for my cause" is the appea
we make.
We are against the Mississippi plan, and
especially oppose the Yazoo plan.
Rodenfels & Ashbrook are paying the
highest cash rrice for wheat. Call and see
them before selling.