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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31
7 OUISIANA AS IT IS.

PSI Pages.
lis Iooog1xs2oAu <s,etz Valuable Resources.
BY DANIEL BENNETT.
Price so cents, postage IL cents-Libera
reduction to dea1ers-1O, 900 copies lust
published, 5000 copies sold.
The Editors of New Orleans have given this
book strong Endorsement.
OPINIONS OF NEW ORLEANS BOOKSELLERS.
1t is a book which has been long wanted
and often called for. am selling copies
daily that are mailed to all parts Of the
world.
GEORGE ELLIS,
Opposite the Post Office.
Mr.. Dennctt'S Louisiana As 1t Is is pre-
cisely tho book that has boon called for.
1t gives general satisfaction to nv patrons
i'll city and country.
c.. G.. HALEY,
10 Commercial Place.
The book just issued by Mr.. bennett,
Louisiana -iS II Is, supplies want long
felt by residents and strangers. TIL ede-
mand Tor tho book is active, and is steadily
Increasing.
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92 Camp and 1l9 Canal Street.
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NOTICE.,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICER
Nc1p Orleans, La.
Whereas, Tho United States Land Office
nj Monroe, Louisiana, has beon discontin-
ued, and the records and business thereof
transferred to the United States Land Office
ut New Orleans, La. This is, therefore, to
inform all persons having official business
within tho late land district of Monroe
that this olico will be in readiness to re-
ccive application for the entry of public
lands, under the laws of the United States
from and after the fifteenth of January
1879. VIM NJ. BURWELI,. Register.
IS:Ht GEO. BALDEY, Receiver.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31

The Chinese Minister at Washington
having been ssked by some one what
his countrymcn would do if banished
from the United States, is said to have
replied with felicitous satire: "They
will doubtless all so to Ireland, sir, for
that seems to DO the only country
which Irishmen do not rule.''
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31

Mrs. Mackay, Wife of the bonanza
king, he's a sapphire which was once
the property of a Russian prince, and
which cost her $3.50, 900. It is an inch
in diameter. Her pearl necklace cost
500, 600 and her coral set cost $4,000.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31

M RS. II. HOLLAND,
DEALER IN
FASHIONABLE MILLINERY.
Has just received stock of millinery goods,
consisting of Hats, Feathers, Velyets,
Ribbons and Fancy goods generally. Also,
FINE GOLD WATCHES,
JEW1SLRY, CLOCKS,
SILVERWARE,
AND GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
All OF which will be sold at
iSIONLSIIINlLY Low PRICES.
Call, before purchasing elsewhere, on
MRS. H. HOLLAND.
Grand street, Monroe, La.
November 81, 1878. If
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31

An engine has been built in Philadel-
phia for the A. 4. and s. +. Railroad.
that weighs $4,000 pounds-the heavi-
est locomotive ever constructed.
strangely enough, the whecls arc made
of paper, with steel ties.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31

HENRY KOCH. !, F, wETZEL..
U OCH 4 WETZEL,
30. Dealers in all kinds of
HOU S Il HOLD URE.
COFFINS, COFFIN TRIMMINGS. &c.
Furniture repaired, made to order, and
satisfaction Guaranteed. All orders for
Furniture promptly attended to. Collins
supplied ut short notice, with services Of
Undertaken, if desired. ~
Store and shop on Grand street, opposite
McEee's drug store. An inspection Of our
work and furniture is respectfully invited.
January !, 1879. ly
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The Boston Post says the latest
slang phrase is: s'Oh, you're too new
the dust sticks to you" '@
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-31
A WIFE WHO Is SELDOM At HONE


A WIFE WHO Is SELDOM At HOME.
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= ,r.~ ! .,,.r, ,. .i.f ra
Wis.,, chs 'rersdieri ranp Mr.. Birds
.,r.s.t TT fha othar dav. M. Bird him.
~ ,nnessed az door.' Mr. Bird had
~ hihv unou his arm. and there were
Soasr ofIier children at his heels.
! ssIs ~ lady of the house in ?'' asked
tho re1gller. 4 .ss
NtSrfainlv abe isn't p, replied Mr..
Rird. ;ssshe ia ont. She ia nerenniallv
and efarnalIv outi,, - -
MWhere can Il see her p, '-s'A
lsWby. no down to the Woman
Suffrage Club rooms. and II she ia not
There. % to the sncietv for the Pre-.
xarftos, ~ r.r,,olt,, 81 xrt.,oa,s Owl -
ele kas Ian fharc' ,oisit fha mn al the
aSeoeiation for alievIatinr the miser4
iea o9 the aenara "a hians- and II sha has
f1nisherl mn fSere. looIr Tor her at tine
(Yhurch Ala snciatv ~ at ! fho Mint,
Weril SCUM HOUSES ~ at fhe honne ~
the one-Ieaped or The r 70 NOE Tor inf,rnn
dnos ~ ~ the hnanitaI 6nr the asfh-
msffc- or at the "a, PoIvcarn Ornhan
Asvlnrn- or at sor,e, ~ fhSss -nlacae-
r. yon o,et m her trn,, vos'ii sae more
nanners' Ana stronc-mintiel women.
end unaerclothine for the heathon
than Won ever saw In the whole course
Of your li6e.'' :, = o.. H. /
az wanteil to sell her a cold-handle
AaA irom insf onf M vo,, think she
nm mo one9,,
ssahe viii n vou can nrova that the
naked cannihsls In seneoamhio arc
vearnino for cold. hanlle fiat-irons
She wonld huv eliamon6 hreastnins
Tor thoae nipeers II they wanted them
I believe, -
MI intended also to offer har a no,x
kind of immovahle hair.n;n. which,
uAll rIuht Won inst % down To the
home sor tho on., laore-i on-I ,,o-.,,o.1<,
thoee crinnles to crv f2r immovohie
heir.nins and she,Ii cr,1ar ION, h., Inc
ton - >'' 49, :
esHas she any chi1t1rcnp,
uWall. Pm tho one that annoar 70 to
have ,em: lust now. anv how
sBecause have pum. ton for q, a feed
inp-botfle: this ia the nicest thing vo,,
ever saw.o
ssNow., said Mrs. Bird. s.I,u tell
you what YOU do. You get those
paupers to swear they can't eat the
soup they get at the soup.house with
bottle with q nozzle. and Mrs. Bird
will keen YOU so busy supplvinp the
demand that YOU won't have a chance
to sleep. You lust try it. Buy vow
paupers! Bribo 'em!n
uHow'u I know her if see her?,,
"Why, she is q large. woman with a
bent nose, and she talks all the time.
You'll hear her talking as soon az YOU
get within a mile of her. She'll ask
you to subscribe to the Senegambia
fund. and to the Asthmatic Asvlum
before you can get your breath. Pro-
ably she'll read four or five letters from
reform cannibals. But don't vol,
mind 'eln. Ny opinion is she wrote
'em herself" 49,.
ssShall I tell her you told me to call
upon her p,
you might mention that since she left
SS,S i as'S 1 .a., Ons =. TUG t.et.1 .,eo
LII, 49, a. ns sS ,s.u au o. l,
T nSs LAY 49, oG 1870 49,. IN Ioup, auu
1t...o.,S. . 1870 .a o' .s' W SG wy,
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03
The Scorpions Suicidal Impulse.

Do animals ever commit suicide? A
dog is said to have done so by drowning,
perhaps on no stronger evidence than
that which authenticated Capt. Marryat's
anecdotes. Doubts have been thrown on
the sanity of the cat which hanged her.
self in the fork between two branches.
The suicidal character Of the scorpion,
however, is reasSertcd by Il correspon-
dent of Nature. We have al heard how
the scorpion, if surrounded bya circle of
fire, runs its sting into its own head. and
so expires. Probably most Of US have
classed this scorpion with Benvenuto
Cellini's celebrated salamander, or with
the barnacles who give birth to wild
geese. Mr.. Allen Thompson, however.
has u friend who has often seen scor-
pions sting themselves to death at Lucca.
When the insect is caught, he is Pat in q
glass tumbler till dark. A light IS then
exhibited. whereon the scorpiol first
loses his head with excitement. and then
"brincs his recurved sting dc wn upon
it. and pierces it forcibly." In a moment
his sorrows are over and his excite
ment amounting to despair" ceases to
yex him. 1t is odd that this suicidal
mania should be hereditary in scorpions,
because, of course. the dead ones cannot
have reported to the survivors that the
experiment is 3 :. 'essful, while suicides
farfrom:comr.snls With Darwinian con,
ditions, and favoring the persistence OF
the species.
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A Wire's Horrible Crime.

Near Buffalo city, Ark, S. D. Phil
lips was brutally murdered by his wife
Sarah, according to her own confession.
The weapon used was an axe. She
claimed to have been badly treated for
two years by him and long .harbored
the purpose to be revenged. On the
night of the murder she waited until the
old man was asleep, and then with re-;
peated blows with an axe mutllated
and mangled the head and body in the
most horrible manner. Four or five
blows the width and depth of the axe
were found in the head, and the breast
was chopped and hacked by repeated
strokes, some Of them reaching the
heart. Part of the right hand was cut
off, and another wound in the abdomen
was so great that a portion of the bowels
%protruded. After the murder she
dragged the body into the front yard,
and then, after trying to wash u some
of the bloody evidence. went to be
same bed where her husband was killed
and went to sleep. There she was whe1
arrested. Pieces of the skull were fount
on the bed, and some bloody clothing
under the slips and sheets which sh'
had put on it.
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Treating a Bad Cold.

A bad cold, like measles or mumps.
or other similar ailments, will run Its
course of about ten days in spite OF
what may be done for it. unless remedial
means are employed within forty-eight
hours after it's inception. Many a use
ful life will be spared to be increasingly
useful by cutting q cold short off in the
following safe and simple manner: On
the first day of taking a cold there IS y
very unpleasant sensation of chilliness.
The moment you observe this, go to
YOUR room and stay there; keep, 1t at
such a temperature as will entirely pre-
vent this chilly feeling, ever II it re-
ouires a hundred degrees of Fahrenheit.
In addition, put your feet in not water,
h~alf-leg deep, as hot as you can pear IT.
adding hot water from time to time ior
n ouarter Of an hour, 10 that the water
will be hotter when you take your feet
out than when you put them in it; then
dry them thoroughly, and then put on
warm, thick wooden stockings, even II
it be summer, for summer colds are the
most dangerous; and for t%wenty-four
hours eat not an atom of food, but drink
as largely as you desire of any, kind OF
warm teas, and at the end OF that time,
if not sooner, the cold will be efectually
broken, without any medicine whatever
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03
"N0t AS [ WILL"

Bhndtolded and alone l stand,
With unknown thresholds on each hand,
The darkness deepens as I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hope,
Yet this one thing I lealn to know
Each day more surely as l 90,
That doors are opened, ways are made,
burdens are lifted" or are laid
BY some great law unseen and still
U%ntathomed purpose to fulfill,
"Not as l will"
Blindioldea and alone l wait;
Loss seems too bitter, gain too late;
Too heavy burdens in the load,
And too fow helpers on the road;
And Joy is weak, and grief is strong,
And years and days so long, so long;
Yet this n thing l learn to know
Each day more surely as l go,
That ! am glad the good and i'll
By changeless laws are ordered still,
"Not as l will"
"Not as l will" the sound grows swee
Each time my lips the words repeat.
Not Us | will" the darkness feels
More safe than light when this though
steals
Like whispered voice to calm and bless
AL unrest " and all loneliness"
Not as l will" because the one
Who loved us first and best and has gon,
Before us on the road and still
For us must all His love fulfill
"Not rs we will"
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He Took o Ride.
"Got something real frisky," lie asked

"Got something real frisky," he asked,
as he walked into a livery stable and
called for 4 saddle horse; "something
that will prance about lively and wake a
fellow out of his lethargyP I used ia
ride the trick mule in a circus, IAN
reckon I can back anything that wears
hair" .
They brought him out a calico solored
beast with a vicious eye. and lie mounted
it and dashed off. Before he had gone
two blocks the animal bucked. crashed
through q high board fence and plunged
into a cellar, tossing his rider over the
top Of an adjacent woodshed and land
ing him on the ragged edge of a lawu
mower.
They bore him home, stl aightened
him out and three surgeons came in and
reduced his dislocations and plastereo
him up with raw beef.
A few weeks later he called at the
stable and said if they had a gentle saw
horse with an affectionate disposition,
a bride with a curb bit and martingales,
and a saddle with two horns and a crup'
per to it, he believed he would 60 up ir
the hay NOW and gallop around q little
where it was soft and wouldn't hurt him
if he went to sleep and fell off as he die
the other day.-Keokuk Gate CITY.
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How to Attract Business.

Tho most judicious investment Of
money for . business man is to tell
people through the medium of stand
ard paper that heis ready to do business.
In dull times an advertisement is q re-
minder to the buyer of wants which he
will supply as early as he can; it serves
to attract trade, which Is always float
ing around, even in the hardest Of times,
and gives the advertiser q chance to bid
as low as any one else. In flush times,
when business is active, advertising
makes goods 60 off, and the purchaser is
not at a loss to know where to pick up
his supplies. In short, advertising at all
times is putting money where it will do
the most good. Disbelievers in this
theory will have faith in its practice
after one experience-providing they ad-
vertise judiciously.-Amer5can Journa.
of Indnstru.
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Kellogg and Spofford to a seat in the Senate
from Louisiana met in Now Orleans o few
days ago and began the examination OF wit
neGSeS.
Ex-Governor Henry 2. Baldwin, Of Michi-
gan, has been appointed to Ill the une1pired
term Of the late zachariah Gambler ~ United
States Senator, Mr.. Beaman, who first re-
ceived tho appointment, having declined on
account of il-health. Mr.. Baldwin is q native
of Rhode Island, and was twice elected gov
ernor oil Michigan-in 1858 and 1870.
Colonel Won Werder, who was with the first
Napoleon in his memorable retreat from
Moscow, died at Baltimore q few days ago, in
his one hundredth year.
Eliza Pinkston, of the Louisiana Returning
Board notoriety, has been arrested at Canton,
Miss, charged with numbering her husband.
Three men were instantly killed by the *
plosion of an engine boiler near Columbus,
sc.
The former Confederate cruiser Shenandoah
has sunk OF the island OF Socotra, in the In
dian ocean. Most of the crew were drowned.
The Shenandoah belonged to the Sultan of
Zanzibar.
On the arrival at Lima, Peru, OF the news
of the capture of the Peruvian ram Huascar
by the Chiians, a rio.ous popular and military
demonstration was made against thepresident
and government. The Peruvian cabinet re-
signed the next day.
The first annual session OF the American
Public Health Association was opened a few
days ago in Nashville, Tenn, over 200 men,
bers, representing all parts OF the country,
being in attendance. The association was
welcomed by Governor Marks, and various
questions in regard to the public health were
discussed.
Walker Brothers & Co., wholesale dry goods
merchants Of Memphis, have tailed, owing
about S200, QUO. The principal creditors are
New York and Philadelphia merchants.
While a number of Cinnamon were at work
blasting in q tunnel on the narrow-guage rail-
road from San Jose to Santa Cruz, Cal, three
terrific explosions took place. The mountain
through which the tunnel passes was shaken
to its center, the engines and other apparatus
were totally wrecked, and the workmen were
hurled in every direction. About thirty
Cinnamon were killed and twelve more Sc
verely injured.
Rev. DR.. Ethan Allan, one of the Oldest
Episcopal ministers in the United States, died
Mt Newport, KY, a few days ago, in his
eighty-ffth year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03

Miss Miller, of Ferris. Texas. chloro-
formed her fathers dogs and e!oped
with the young man whom her father
had forbidden the premises. The prob
abilities are that about a year hence she
will conclude that her life would have
been less miserable if she had chloro-
formed the young man and eloped with
her fathers dogs.-NorristoUn Herald.
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An old physician, retired from practice; having had
formula Of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis,
also q positive and radical cure fol. Nervous Debility
anu all Nervous Complaints: after having tested it'
wonderful curative powers In thousands o. cases, mas
Actuated by this motive and q desire to relieve hum, u
suffering, l will send free Of charge TO all who desire II
thisgecipe, In German, French, or English, with full
directions for preparing and using. Sent BY mall BY
addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W
SitrpI an. l4g Powers Block, Rochester, n. Y.
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Natures Sluice.Way.

If the Kidneys (nature's sluice-way)
do not work properly the trouble is felt
everywhere. Then be wise and as soon
rs you see signs of disorder take Kidney
Wort faithfully. 1t will clean the sluice-
way of sand, gravel or slime and purify
the whole system.
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Truth and Honor.
NEW YORK.

Query:-What is the bestfamily medi-
cine in the world to regulate the bowels,
purify the blood, remove costiveness and
biliousness, aid digestion and tone up
the whole system? Truth and honor
compels US to answer, Hop Bitters, being
pure, perfect and harmless. Ed.-hnde-
neD1ent-
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"Well,m my son." said a good-natured
father to an eightyear-old son, the other
night, what have you done to: day that
may be set down as a good decdP" "Gave
a poor boy five cents" replied the hope.
full. "Ah, ali! that was a charity, and
charity is always right. He was an
orphan boy, was hep" II didn't stop
to ask" replied the boy. II gave him
the money for licking a boy who upset
my dinner basket.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03

"THe p~leasantest way of being hung"
says a contemporary, "is in a ham
mock. The whole body is then hung at
once" The assertion is rs positive rs
though the writer had tried both ways.
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For one cent purchase a postal card ane
send your address to DR.. Sanford, l62 Broad
way, New York, and receive pamphlets by
return mail, from which you can learn whether
your liver is out OF order, and il out OF order.
or in any way diseased, what is the best thing
in the world to take for it.
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Carefully avoid the use Of rasping catht

Carefully avoid the use of rasping cathar'
tics. They weaken the bowels and leave
them worse off than before. Use instead
that statutory, non.irritating aperient and anti
bilious medicine, DR.. Motifs Vegetable Liver
Pills, which will not only achieve the desired
object, relaxation OF the bowels, without caus'
ing pain or weakening them, but promote
digestion and assimilation and depurate the
blood. The pills are sold by all druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03

BY sending thirty-tive cents, with age, height,
color OF eyes and hair, you will receive by re-
turn mail a correct photograph of your future
husband or vito, with name and date of mar
riage. Address W. Fox, P O. Drawer 81,
F%ultonyille, N. Y.
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Leadville. Col, already has three
daily newspapers, four churches and a
public school system. but there are, also,
1903 gambling houses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-12-03
Browns Bronchial Troches, for pulmo,

1 Browns BronchlaI Croches, lot pulmonary
and asthmatic disorders, have proved their
efficacy by a test Of many years, and have re-
ceived testimonials from eminent men who
have useh them,
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Wanted

Sherman & Co., Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in this county at once, at q salary oil
SlOO per month and expenses paid. For full
particulars address as above.
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Tickling induces laughter, except tickling in
the throat, which Causes coughing - at once
removed by DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. Is cents
u bottle.
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Certainly one il NOT wise if he purchases
any organ before obtaining the latest cata.
logue and circulars of the Mason & Hamlin
Organ Co. See advertisement, and send
postal card asking Tor them and they will
| come free.
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SI.425.5 80 Profits I'm 80 DE-

SIN in legitimate Stock SpeculatloAs IN Wal
ST.. pays immense profits. Pamphlets explain
ing everything sent free. lleath & Co.,
Brokers, 1927 Broadway, New York.