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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-01
Paying the Penalty.
BY Mrs. Meta Victoria victor.
CHAPTER /.

CHAPTER /.
The scene opens in the Morgue, New York,
when the body of handsome young man
has Just been brought in, and where it lies
under the dripping of the iced water, which
falls upon it to arrest the progress of decom-
position. The man who attends to guard
the dead did not observe a slim female fig
ure, which seemed to arise out OF the earth,
so silently and suddenly did II stand there.
She was bending over one of the five mar
BILE slabs on which lay the dead body of
splendid young mamie could not have
been more than twenty-three.
who are yogl,' said the attendant suddenly be-
coming aware Of the girls presence.
81 am Liz; /" she said, ''and that is my husband
DO you wish him sent home ?" said the man
"IIeayens-what useg 1 have not cent to bury
him. !.dom. ,o,v ron nd h.,t.r hama ~. ao,t,.
She glued her forehead to the glass again. standing
there motiopess, until the officer not urgently, put
his hand on her arm and drew her away.
- can not even get at him to kiss him good-by,"
:" wouldn't want to If L was you, my poor gil.
Cong Gom9i home Is 5a ne DIST place ior you
streets shall always live on the streets George
eaFe S"s n e. 'Of my
Two minutes later, one Of the hospital surgeons
lightly down the. steps of the morgue and stood
th.o9qghlfqlly looking through the glass curtain
not be better suited The merest chance, tool
Then turning to the attendant II stand in need
subject tomorrow, and this ono is exactly what
want, Has any one claimed itY'
The chaps wife was here-said she too poor
to bury it-dont think 1t will be claimed. DOCTOR
Can have it to Dght?"
~ should say so -
Good Casey / know / trust to your dis
erection. This body is not to go into the college II
is for private of my own and it is to be sent tC
my house. You will be off duty here at midnight.
want then to get an ambulance and bring this tG
me at my home Twill be there to receive il, aud
will contrive have the police that beat out
OF the way at that hour. fon and can bring 1t in
Here is fifty dollars for your trouble and-you arc
| TO make no remarks" -.
"AlI right, doctorl I'll DO there to the minute
strand many thanks. My wife viii make good ust
of this money"
The great surgeon left the morgue; his carriage
waited for him outside the hospital gate, and wa,
driven rapidly toward home
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-01

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-01
CHAPTER II.

On the previous day DR.. Fordyce had been sum
moned to the house of his next door neighbor, Mrs
Remington. On his arrival there he found Mrs
Remington and her daughter Flora in the agones of
grief On bed stretched the UNCONSCIOUS form
of Clymer, the of Mrs Remington, desperately
wounded by pistol ball in the right side
. How did it occur?"
moan from the mother was her only response
Oh, doctor is he dead?'' whispered Flora
M OF quite, my DEAR not quite. His heart beats
/ think" '
The surgeon turned down the sheet to examine tb,
wound, which he found of the most critical char
acter; and as he stopped ever the patient heard a
violent ringing of the bell and knocking on thu,
street door He observed the two ladies SILVER as il
tap at the chamber door soon followed Doctor
Fordyce himself responded to it, stepping into
corridor to hear what the servant had TO say
" The officers are here with TO arrest our
young master, sir. What shall do? i told 'em h.
wasn't fit to be laid hands on " -
ASK them to step UP stairs with as little noise nj
possible. will speak to them
Presently two wde-a awake officials came nm will,
an expression on their faces which said as plainly as
words: " No tricks now We can't be humbugeeJ
rich people here
What do you want my men %
" We are here to arrest Clymer Remington" an
swered one OF the two, reading from paper, ." for
is young De Vivo dead?" asked the surgeon
much shocked.
As a door nail" 81.
" Well, the man you after is not much better
of. In all human probability he will not 1.-Two
the night out. He is shot in the right lung, 1t is
impossi Bile for you to move him. Step 10 and take a
look at him you will Bee for yourselves the condition
the boy is in.
The officers came in on til toes and saw at glance
that a Few minutes would close his mortal career.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-01

Whed Liz found that her lovers body had disap-
peared and heard of the duel she had an instructive
idea OF what Dr. Fordyees object had been in buying
her husbands body. Gambler and rogue as he had
been. she loved him. and with brains sharpened with
restitution, she resolved to make her market out of
the secret.
" will make these proud creatures in silks know
that am a match for themln
She smiled haggardly to herself to think that
George would be spared the horrors of Potter s
Field-that he would be dressed broadclotb and
smothered under tuberoses aud cape jasmnes in III
fine rosewood coffin with the solid silver handles
1t almost deadeNed the dull pain at her heart a little
while to think of the splendid funeral her George
would have, Jolted along i'll sumptuous hearse for
miles and miles, followed by half the proud ladies
and gentlemen of Fifth avenue their glittering
carriages driven by fellows in capes and buttons in
Vulnerable.
- AS for herself, she would take cheap ride to
Greenwood by cars, find out the family plot of the
Remngtons and be ha nd to see her lover mt in
the ground with the Bishop himself to read the
prayers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-01

A UNIVERSAL REMEDY. =" Browns
BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" for Coughs, Colds
and Bronchial Affections, stand first in
public favor and confidence; this result has
been acquired by a test Of many years. %
cents box, f
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
The Home Paper The Best.

An axchange combats with CON
siderable vigor the argument that
city wecklies are cheaper aud better,
than the country papers, because
they give more columns of reading
matter for the money. Do the city
papers, it asks, ever give You any
home news! Nothing. Do they
contain notices of our schools,
churches, meetings, improvements,
and hundreds of other local matters
of interest which our papers publish
without pay' Not an item. DO
they ever say word calculated to
draw attention to your parish, and
it's numerous thriving towns and aid
in their progress and enterprisef
Not a word. And yet there are
men who take such contracted views
of the matter that unless they are
getting as many square inches Of
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
Rules For Parents.

/. First give yourself, then your
child. Is God. is bnt giving him
his own. Not to do it is robblng
God.
=. Always prefer virtue to wealth
the honor that comes from God to
the honor that comes from men,.
DO this for yourself. DO it for your
child.
3. Let your whole course be to
raise your child to high standard.
DO not sink into childishness your
self.
1. Give no needless commands,
but when You command, require
prompt obedience.
.. Never indulge child in cruel
Is, even to an insect.
g. Cultivate sympathy with your
child in all lawful joys and sor'
rows.
7. BE sure that YOU never correct
child until YOU know that he de
serves correction. Hear its story
first and fully.
! 8. Never allow your child to whine
and fret, nor to bear grudges.
o. Early inculcate trankncss, can
dor, generosity, magnanimity, pa
| triotism. and self denial.
10. The knowledge and fear of tn
Lord are the beginning of wisdom.
IL. Never mortify the feelings o
your child by upbraiding it will
dullncss, neither inspire it with sell
cOuceit.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
what Beautys Lines In Her Destroys

What il il makes q lady's head
Feel heavy rs q lump Of leadf
What makes her noses tip so rrdi-
Tight-laciug!
What makes her cheeks bnrn like coal,
Her feet ~ cold rs arctic pole'
What cramps her body and hor sonli-
Tight-lacing
What makes her temper short and sharpf
What causes her TO fret and carp,
And Oh the smallest ills to harpi-
Tight-laciug'
What checks her proper circulation.
And dulis her ordinate scnsatiunf
What blighted babes breed for the nntlohI-
Tightlucing!
What makes her waist n wasp.like thing
And uivc- her tongre waspi-h stlng'
What bslks her hen hi Oh notes she d Hingi
Iight-lacing!
What i. il. with its yisr-like squeeze,
Destroys it, fatsd victims ease -.
Md brings her doctor countless fresf-
Tisht-lacing'
What IL II makes her gasp for breath,
Aud--o stern modern science saith
blooms her too nit to ,arly-destht-
Tfght-lacing!
What brings a corn upon her heart"
And makes spoiled 10y cruel art
TAT: t, play the mothers part.
VIVA, tortures her into q shape
Which "ruts her liver" past escape,
Aul which at most makes gsmmedu gnpe'
Tght-lacing!
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Startling Statistics.
TSt. Louis Republican,

According to n forthcoming artl-
Gle 10 the IIinrtOn Review, the in
crease of municipal debts i'll the
United States from 1866 to 1915
was 200 per cent; of taxation, IS
per cent; Of valuation, 10 pen cent,
and of population, only SO per cent;
The total local debt, exclusive OF
State debts, at the close of 1878 was
sl.O5l ,lO6,llA These are, indeed,
startling figures; aud, assuming
| their correctuess-of which there
seems to II hTaQsbt-they are ter;
ribly suggestive. Adding to the
local debt the State asd 1NatioDA1
debt, and we have "A sum totNw
shows that we are carrying abe9rief
financial load than any otherptople
in the world. But the Reviews sta
;istics are sufficiently fOg4idsbit
without this summing up, 1pf thai
prove that the local debt is ihcreop
ing far more rapidly than the mean
of payment. Though in the tel
wears mentioned taxation has %
vauced So per cent, valuation a
per cent. and population 80 pc
cent, the debt has grown two hun
dred per cent! The merchant who's
books furnished such an exhibl
would consider himself bankrupt be
yond all redemption. If, as politl
cal economists claim, the same f
nancial laws govern nations and Ii
dividuals, our outlook is certainl
dismal enough to dismay the stou
est heart. Evidently the time ha
; come when national, state and loo;
; politics should he mainly, if not c'
clusively, devoted to the ,reconstru'
tor of the public pocket.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
TO LOUISIANIANS.

The publishers of the NEW ORLEANS
TIMES wish especially nj this time that
every citizen OF this state should Ice
subscriber or reader of the TINES. Ques-
tiouS OF the greatest Importance to Loul-
siana are pending waiting solution.
convention of her delegates are now III
session drafting an ogauic law for Adoption
to replace the present constitution, aud
which il is hoped will radically reform
those fearful abuses. wastcful extravagan-
cies and gros, iujusticcs which have been
nurturcd by it and have grown up under
| it, The subject of restrictive quarantine
a. to its efficacy in preventing the intro
! duction of the scOurge of yellow fever and
! its acknowledged blightng effects upon
! the business and prosperity of the city
of New Orleans and the State. is now EN-
crossing To- a large extent public attention
/ Other vital questions, such as labor I'M
migration, railroad communication with
our neighborng state of Texas, removal
OF the State capital, etc, demand constant
consideration and discussion.
The publishers Of tue TIMFs refer with
pride TO the position taken by the TINS
on all Of these questions. Their inspiring
motive has been the good of the State and
= her people. for upon her prosperity. dcVcl-
oprurnt and growth depend their compcn-
-aiIun and reward. From no other source
can they expect to suhserve these ends.
The thorough independence of the
TINES, its strength, courage and consl>-
trncy in the discussion Of all questions,
its indcfatigallr aud persistent lahorS Ia
restore III" wontrd prosperity of the
, South have made ii recognized Throughout
the country "a, the leading Southern jour
! nal and made il quoted everywhere as the
representative of the hest Southern
tl,rlrht and opinion.
Tie publishers wish that n copy may ht
placed in the hand. of every citizen OF
= this STATE, that h. may judge 10y pcrusa
Of its merits, Of lis consistency, Of its mo
tive.
As n newspaper giving AL the MEMS u
the day; ~ commrrclA paper, showing
all the movements Of business aud com
5 mcrcc; as an organ of the people, repre-
| -entiug and conserving their hest anG
=, highest interests. they claim the TINES {,
br without rival in the South.
u To meet the general -hrinkage in values
the subscription price IF the TIMfS Ia
been materially reduced. The TINY
q daily. seven papers a week. will he sen
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# Copies of the TINES. either Daily u
|, Weekly. gladly sent free as specimens {
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! same.
t We ask every reader to give the TINES
r trial. We are making il paper worth
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
The COIonel's Father.

Just before the Missouri editors
left the Exchange tor the depot. n
wiry, four sided chap about as tall
as bean. pole and as dry as ham,
slid up to one of the local journal.
lists down there to see the crowd OF,
and whispered:
ANY tree drinks hercT
Haven't seen any" was the re-
ply.
IL thought these southern fellows
were great Oh the drink, continued
the stranger. "Don't they always
ask II man to take something when
they get an introduction"
YES, | believe So
"Wcll, my name is Sparks. Please
introduce me to one OF the crowd"
He was presented to Col. ChldS
ut once. the Colonel being one OF
the jolliest of the lot. AS they shook
hands the stranger observed:
"Coloncl. I'm glad indeed TO meet
you. think used to know youI
father. think we had many a
drink together
"Ah. but You are dreadfully mis-
taken" replied the Colonel. "My
+ father was n man who drank often
but he always drank alone, and was
never known TO pay for another,
| drink
Mr.. Sparks fell back at once, and
after n mouInful glance at the Wa
ter cooler, he slid out doors.-De
trOit Free Press.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
A Postal Card.

louisville CONFECTIONERY
There were mad men in certain
Kentucky post office few days ago.
\ postal card was dropped into the
letter box, addressed To the "Rev.
John PenobScot, -, -" IL was
an ordinary card, and the poStmas.
ter was an ordinary postmaster. lie
took it up, glanced at the address,
termed it lcisurely over and read:
"--. May ., iS7o.-You to
whom this card is not addressed,
and who, nevertheless, have the
check To read it, are a contemplate,
unprincipled sneak, and prying,
pusillanimous coward.
GEORGE +. DCGAN."
The postmaster laid the card gent,
~ down and lounged to the other
end of the house, softly whistling
Nancy Lee In due time the clerk
came upon the card, peruscd it, and
made the neighborhood bideous
with the bowls of his pet dog, which
he kicked in the ribs. How the card
Jared with the various ronte agents
through whom it passed it is impos
sible to say, nor do We know wheth
er it was read by the woman who is
postmistress of the Office where the
Rev. Jno. Penobscot is supposed IL
get his mail; but the report is, that
on the day it reached there she
smashed a bottle of ink on her hus
bands head, spanked the children
all round and chewed up seventy
five cents worth Of wax. We can
not be too careful never to writo on
postal cards anything in the least
calculated to wound the sensitive
delicacy of the post.oflice peoples
feelings.
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THE GUARDIAN.
BE CAREFUL Now YOU SPEAK.
en-. o. pSilv City ftcnI

w. " rfTTj ( '
In speaking of o PERSONS faults
Pray don't forget your own; -... b
Remember those with homes Of GlAss
Should never throw stone.
If we have nothing elsa 70 Do
But talk VI those hat sin. } ~
It's better we commence at home
And st that pant be gir. = : = . "a ..
We have no right to judge man
Until he's fairly tried;
should We not like his company
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults-and who has mott
The old rs we'll as yonng;
Perhaps we may, for all We know,
Have fifty to their one.
III tell YOU of better plan,
And find il works full well,
To try your own defects to onre
Before OF others tell
And though sometimes hope to DO
No worse than some know,
Nv own shortcomings bid me let
Tho faults Of othSrs go.
Then let us all. when we commence
To Islander friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
To those we little know.
Remember, curses sometimes do
Like chickens, "RoOst at home
Don't speak Of others faults until
You have none of your own. W T.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09

BY MISS KATE. +. VAN NORMAN
(HELENE.)

"Just like woman" has become
anonymous for almost everything
under the sun.
"Just like u woman some OF
them at least, 10 bear and fOrhcar
under the brutal treatment until
the last spark of humanity is crush
ed ont, and then. like an avenging
Nemesis hunt the brutal oppreSsor
to his death.
"Just like y woman" to pretend
to love and worship you, to be will,
ing to die tor You, when she would
not give two strawS TO save you; to
swear eternal fidelity, and marry
another in "a week; to say she will
break her heart il you cease to love
her, then finds out you are not the
one after all, takes another fellow
and lives to be eighty or n hundred
years old for aught you know, for
you lose sight of her and die or get
married yourself.
"Just like woman when she
finds her love betrayed, to put-as
the old saying is-"a spider iu your
dumpling,r i. e., a dagger through
your heart, an ounce of lead through
your brain, df you have any or
poison in your wine; 10 say she does
not care for you, when, in reality
she would sacrifice her very soul II
she even thought it would meet
your approval.
"Just like a woman," TO say 81
won't" when she will, and IL will
when she will not; to I've sweet, ten
der, loving, kind, honest, true; to be
unforgivmg, deceitful, willful, quar-
relsome, stubborn and mean; to he
patient, generous and forgiving; to
be an angel OF a fiend, to undergo
torture rather than to reveal Sc.
cret, or betrny confidence; to tell
everything they know and all they
think or imagine; to quiet all tur-
moil and make ensmies friends, or
pour the oil of sympathy into
wounded hearts and comforting
words into An aching brain; to make
dear friends bitter foes, TO fill Low
ing hearts with deadly hatred, "tt
set neighborhoods by the ears and
keep them in shot water
Oh, yes! / am a woman, and, Of
course, I.know it is all true; but oh
ye gods! what of the men' Does
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09
Missionary Baptist.

REV. J. W. MELTON breaches a, .oa,
Springs, I'd Sabbath in each montn ~.
Saturday bcforr-At Sharon, near Lsoun,
4th Sabbath of each month and saturu''
before.
REV. - MCGEE, breaches at home,;
on the 81 Sabbath and Saturday beioie "
each month.
REV. A. HARRIS breaches at An., .S.y
lst sabbath of each month ana cs,ol
bcfore-At Colquitt al Sabbath-A' and
Spring, 81 Sabbath of each noun an
Saturday before-At New frienusn'P'
Subbath and Saturday before
RYv. II. 2. ARDS breaches AZ Al urdsy
LIST Sabbath in. each month and oa'1''
before.
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Devoted TO the Interests-of LOUISIANA
and the South.

The Latest News, the most thoroughly
Drmocrntic Editorials the fullest ana
best Commercial Reports, ana Tue
most agreeable variety OF Lit
erary Selections of any
PAPER published in the state, outsIue Oh
New Orleans.
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not the above apply to some of them
ouite al ,,nnoh as,it does to woman,
and III SO, why Iot say, "Jnst ike
q mani"
: %, "JUST LIKE ! NAN.
y UJust like 4 man. tthe men all
know the picturel, to shoot down
rhrir feilowcreatufts in cold blood,
with only a slight, or without the
slightest prOvocation. /
"Just like u man. to curse that
little Nuisance Of baby, who cried
all night, and yet stand conscience
stricken and sorrowful, though tear.
less, over the wee form in Its small
coffin, q few days later; to snarl aud
snap like a wild hyena, needless OF
the pale, worn wife's pitifully,
wearied looks, because, forsooth,
the coffee is not clear as crystal, or
the biscuit light as a pnff; to 20 out
OF the room without Il farewell KISS
(you brute. with brow like a
thunder cloutl, and slam the door
40 haNl it can be heart two squares
off, when you know your wife has
the headache and spent a slccplcss
night. ooh, wouldn't l like to
shake you'll -.
"Just like man. to keep his
wife cowed down, and on tender
hooks, for fear Of his striking her;
to give blows and curses; TO jaw for
hours, when anything gnes wrong
and blame the meek little wretch ut
his sitp-whom he has sworn be.
fore God and man TO love honor and
protect-when his potent and
mighty lordship does inst as he
plcases, and the slave OF his caprice,
would not dare have toast for tea
without his consent. or 90 10 tn,
dressmakers, without his permls
sion.
"Just like a man. to be hard, re
lentless and cruel; brave, fearless
and good; to be stern and untor
giving as fate; to be bitter and
steadfast as death; lbut how kind
noble, tender and chivalrous, some
A, of them are; what good friends, il
time of NEEDY.
"Just like 4 man." to be british
wicked, unfeeling, drunken demons
and devils. to snecr at woInan's vlr
tue and compass her ruin, to speal
lightly of the best and purcst OF
the street corners, till their name il
by.wOrd.
"Just like man. to die i'll va
mans defense; TO protect and watcl
over her with idolatrous devotion
, to be ready and willing to sacriiic
life for kind word, a loving glance
or smile; to be patient. just ant
=, charitable; generous to both fricn'
! and foe; TO fulfill every wish, an,
grant their wife's desire, giving hi
old clothes to the rag man, and hi
ing boot black, rather than hav
! her soil her hands backing hi
boots. or prick her dainty iinger'
patching his old clothes: to put II
, with a cold dinner, or few slmpl
dishes, rather than have his vii
toll for hours, in the close kitchen
over the hot stove in mldsumme
!. till her face ia a. scarlet asa bollc
lobster, and her poor hands,
once thought too fair for aueht sax
lovers klsseS-are Scared vii
= cuts, or Iaw'trom blsters; TO tiy
n rago over u missing shirt butto
or work till his fingers drip Wit
blood and his forehead with persr
ration 10 do it himself
"Just like q man. to be just
w uninst; a christian or reprobat
God like or tiendlike.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09

readihglmstter ii their hPme paper
as they do in a city paper, they
think they are not getting the worth
of their money. 1t reminds us OF
the person ,&lp took ,tht largest OF
boots because they cost the same
"a a pair much smaller that fitted
him.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-09

The Siamese ape is statedFto be
in great request among native mer'
chants as cashier in their counting
houses. Vast quantities of base
coin obtain circulation in Siam, and
the faculty of discriminating be
-tassen good money and bad appears
,fo5 X possessed by these gifted mon
.ka1s in such an extraordinary lie
'kfSe of development that no human
being. however carefully trained,
can compete with them. The cash.
'ier spe pats into his mouth each
coiu presented to him in business
payments, and tests il With grave
tleliberation. If It be genuine he
hands It to his master if counter
| felt, Id sets IL de~n 6ef6re him with
a solemn grimace o. displeasure.
His method of testing is regarded
| in commercial circles as infallible.