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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

o NV iolk'l 'i't w l""i 'S''ou'' 10 Ahc
/ price OF liberty. lhusr VINO desire an
inauguration oil better times lack that
} aggressive spirit which insures success in
every undertaking. Passive patriotism Is
little If any better III an executive posi-
ton than s"rNlle submission OF total de-
: praNItN of principle. lhe people ah-
straci"dly considered ar" the executive
| power III r"pnhi!ean governments. lhcy,
/ 10y their sunrag"s, say VINO shill make ana
execute their laws, and III the main. the
primo piles ~ III" constituents i 'i'tiinit1i
upon TIA" "iiiciiL II :. general tone oi
publ" ~'ntlmr II l. moral anu hon ~ II
VIII / necessity create government OF
the tinr tone.
NV, I Cdhnot YET believe that the al.
mot universal rrrNalcnrc "t rdecalitN and
corruption IN al I'll" aIu'nlNtra'iN" tie
partn"uis 81 Our government l. owing To
complete humiliation "t the principles
which gave tins government IT. birth. and
Tor nearly thW'-HnaTi"f- 81 a century ear
Ii"d II "u ~ conr>" 81 uninterrupted
prosperity. Bnt do think IT II N great
iuca~ur" owing 1" ph>~iNlS'r ii do not
Know what else To call ~ ia" effects Of
which i quite ~ bad.
Tia" history "t Ia" French Revolution
gives Louis MI character noted for
d'-.ui"r'~'"' ir>>. patriotism AMI ali the
NlinrN y. On rnu0hlr the prEat" AMI
pubic r- n. ISN'T ~ one Thing he was
N"iuiIN ,ntIn2. hud That was resolution
lie 7, >l~i H. 4. "id all the hotter classes of
tue hih-""in nnt III an liT'>"Iut" way the
>rhyhr" "f th' anarchists. who gained
fresh '"nraG" ANA daily augmentation at
nuln"l> by every concession made them.
And what wa "a" result "i tins vaciila.
thI course, humanity stands appalled,
II ~. spec t'''' ih' f'inH ~ '"iffnl
~" hl"N'h ana ll"' IAN l"">r ana I'M
"l"I'H''N'tN N'>''@' 81 'Ni1 ana r'H@l"N'
RESTRAINT Wa >N'I'' away I" arouse Ni>
I" ,"'d' mn. u" ,',i"'n mn va I" execute,
ami human h'nh h"N'd M TORRENTS III III"
~'iri>" 81 lAI4>.Hnh nom ih+~ Nl'rh aF'>r
q ~Hn' """N' genius ANA amhiil"n h"nnd
h't only rance ahd h'r 'It'@'HN ~ tie.
P"tl' 'hAlh>' hNt "'>ti"Nrd Inc pra'r ana
endangered thr very existence al almost
every -"N' rninrnt ia Europe.
" = h,'"i'>> Tor III" 4" dwell ~ the
eau, "l IN rlSh "l terror III rance. f"i
WIN 'h'i every student 81 history i Ia
n'! ar Temp .iiH'ht "l lh' American !,
".'''I'hi nom ihi' 81 III" firnrhintn. aud
u = mon plnh'h'' tHa' thiN country can h''
pre- .W'1t'd mi" >urh "mrlp""l 81 tie
ha"'h'iN u" mat Ration Wa. liut what
We al" now every day witnessing. AMI
Nht We hAN" ~r"u and experienced dur
M IT." I'>t ten YEAR, h"ir~ striking rc.
>rmh'ancr IA part To- what preceded that
deeply 'ld li'd".iIh'N written 'p" h m thr
HISTORY - IN" ""rit-th' French R"F"iu-
tlih With H. th"t" j. safety only ~ c"l-
>"isii'-ui t"ui'd. our government
(Which now Scrnt~ to h. the p"lIcy' I" the
manipulation Of committees aud rr" long
"nr lives and property vii! be- Al III" nrr-
- 81 D." dominant party. w may have
4 Robbie. u.tIIH. siu1lJ. and a lltlftf.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

\ fine lot Of sound garden seed at Jon
SIELroN'-. Seeds are warranted and will
give satisfaction IN every instance.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

In the State of Ohio there are 10000
mechanics and skilled laborcr, ont of en-.
ploymcut,
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

On our first page viii br found an ar
ticie on Reputation, written 10y one of
our best citizens. He claims that 1t rep
rrNcnts the views of IA large and imiurn-
tIal el' mcnt in our parish. Let the people
begin to think of III. question. Our col.
nihn' ar" open for the Views of both sides
Let Us hear from the people, and especial
ly from candidate. for the convention.
upon population.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

A bill reducing the license of phy-iciane
to ten dollars passed the House.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

ten Ire, the son df ten. Roht T.. Lee.
has gained the Arlington case.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

The orange crop of Florida. for the COM
ing year, viii b" more valuable than the
cotton crop.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

Numerous GcnrgianS who heard glowing
reports Of Texas arc now marching back
To the Empire state OF the >unth thoiongh-
" di,gnstch.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05
Conference vs.. Homer College.

publi' he'd certain resolutions Of the Loui-
siana Annual Conference with reference to
Homer College. These resolutions have
been the subject of considerable comment.
and the discussions about them have lie
vrl"pcd III" fat that the Conference :
free from criticism. in its actions.
The large and respected minority who
voted at the time the resolutions wer'
passed held certain views with reference
to the questions involved, which we're NOT
given in III" report of Ia" proceedings Of
the conference in the daly papcra.
From legal standpoint those views
would take about this shape:
The Conference had the Board of Trus
tees incorporated, or more properly or
gauiIrd. under the existing charter. This
POSITION of Trust the Board accepted At
TEL this acceptance the Board and Confer
racr became III certain SENSE partners
for ih" ilmr stipulated, and II Is iHpo--i-
bile for the Couirrcuc" tu withdraw with
out the consent of the Board. II the
Legislature" wcrr to comply with the re-
quest of the Conference. the act. bcin.
unconstitutional, womb hc DECLARED null
and N"ld 10y ia" supreme Court.
With regard T." the {, solution of threat
and ccu.urr. adopted 10y majority Of
only two, 1t j. held hy many that the rr>u-
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

There are $1,000 post-ofliccs in the Uni.
ted States.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

Notwithstanding the mud ant water
W. H. ellington received n new aud
fresh lot Of good, ON sunday last. Piicr,
as usual cheap.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

Publisher and Proprietor.
pRAYTON u. HAYES,
Editor.
"Wednesday .Eeb : 1870
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The mint in New Orleans will soon he
Gen. Lee, the son af titf Rolt. T.. lee.
has gained the Arlington case.
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to ten dollars passed the House.
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\ fine lot of sound garden seed AT Jon
SurIroN'-. Seeds ara. warranted and viii
give satisfaction in every instance.
rrports of r.xu, arc NOW m,r,Lj,,, h,,L
to the Enpirr state of the Snn,h tbo,opcb.
Is d~guSt,t.
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05
DR.. SILAs TURNER,

HAVING permanently located in Homer =.
Ill tenders his professional services 70 ~ ~.
citizens and the surrounding country ~
may be found at his Office, next door We" :.
Of the Posf-ofiice, during the day, IN" ~
his residence at night.
January :, 1879 Hio
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

Farmers, bow long will tnH b" hHmhug,d
by Northern work. Go 10 W. W. puHNn<
and get Your plnw-. Nor will find him 81
south sSlr uf the square.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

Some "i our contemporaries claim that
no ratification of the Constitution by the
l"opl" IL necessary. II" Ouachita Trlc.
graph is willing Ia accept the Constitution
without ratification.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

DIR. :. !. WINE calls the attention Of
the public 10 llS lin" assortment of gruu-
inc prhhl" spectacle, at prices to suit the
times. lhcs" ~pcrtaclr- are warranted and
guaranteed to he just what they are rep
resented ur money returned
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

JeNErII SHELTON, the popular aud skill
fnl young druggist, has just received "a
large lot of fresh drugs, which viii he sold
at low prices. All prescriptions are com
pounded III the most careful and accurate
manner of pure drugs and Chemicals.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-05

4 reporter of the New York sun has IN
viewed the widow Of Daniel Webster.
She Is described To be- venerable lady of
Iu"ruly appearance and sryrnty',i.ht
years of agr. She live, with her brother
at New Rochelle, about twenty Mills from
New York city:
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
Ny Experience With Art1chuhes.

Last spring l selected corner in each
of two fields where water was accessi7 Ia
and planted them in three kinds # arti.
chokes, to~wit: the red Br .z;lisn and
two white varieties, ne .ne to me I'M
known They were planted on ground
neai,y even III 'aaaE.y, the former .hav>
ing the so'' '4otsge, In Yield the foimer
'onaes . At third best tor me--one of the
W" ,.e varieties being much more prolific
and sweeter. Ny hogs are doing finely
on them, requiring but little other food
at this time oi the year. From my little
experience, I had as lief think of carry
ing cattle through the winter without
gram, as shoats or hogs through fall,
W'lter, Or spring without artichokes.
They should be planted in pieces having
one strong eye each, about twenty inches
apart, in rows about thirty inches apart,
and kept out of fence corners and awav
from the outside row around the field,
handy to water, it you have it. My
COWS follow my hogs, eating such arti>
chokes as are lett by them. / have now
over thousand bushels OF these roots at
q merely nominal cost, and have been
feeding them all winter. Iregsrd the
artlchokes as success Corr. Indiana
Farmer.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
A Good Lawn.
Scribner's Monthly.

No greater tallscy exists than the idea
that spsding is better than blowing of an
equal depth. No tilth can be better
than that given by the plow, followed
by frequent and continual applications
of the harrow. Leveling by the spade
can then be executed in the most perfect
manner, and the finishing touch can be
given by light cross>plowing and lar-
rowing. Seed should be always literally
applied and, instead of the various
lawn.grass mixtures, we believe in the
use Of simple red-top seed, together
with q very little white clover; and
when it is thus applied (during quiet
hours of the day, that it may fall even
ly), two or three years should suffice to
grow a thick, velvety turf. Weeds are
the great enemies of good turf, and every
lawn should be kept as free from these
pests as fower.garden. The employ
ment of good artificial fertilizers greatly
helps to secure permanent freedom from
weeds, since foul seeds cannot very well
Iurk in them,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26

The yolk of an egg binds the crust
much better than the white. Apply it
to the edges with brush.
Old potatoes may be treshened up by
plunging them into cold water before
cookinggthem.
Never put pudding that is to be
steamed in anything else than q dry
mold.
Never wash raisins that are to be used
in sweet dishes. 1t will make the pud.
ding heavy. To clean them, wipe them
in dry towel.
To brown sugar for sauces or for pud~
dings put the sugar in perfectly dry
saucepan. If the pan is the least bit
wet the sugar will burn and you will
spoil your saucepan.
The water used in mixing bread must
be tepid hot. If it is too hot, the loaf
will be full of great holes.
To boil potatoes successfully: When
the skin breaks, pour of the water, and
let them finish cooking in their own
steam.
In making a crust of any kind do not
melt the lard in the flour. Melting will
injure the crust.
In boiling dumplings Of any kind, put
them in the water one at time. Il
they are put in together they will mix
with each other.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
Ed. Stokes and Joaquin Miller.
San francisco Letter.

Among the notabilitiss recently at the
Palace hotel was joaquin Miller, the
poet of the Sierras. He seemed dis
tressed both in body and mind. In
crossing the plains he had frequent
attacks of bleeding of the lungs, while
his mental troubles arise from the attacks
of his ex-wite, Minnie Myrtle, through
the press. AS she is some one else's wi ife
now, he thinks she might let him alone
now, especially as, under the sorest pro-
vocation, he has never said one word in
reply. His daughter has got into some
trouble, and his ex.wife finds willing
press to aid her in her malicious attacks
on the now sic6 and suffering poet.
Among the other prominent persenages
to be seen around the bar room of the
Palace hotel is Ed. Stokes, the slayer of
Jim Fisk. Stokes is now quite gray,
but he has become stout, and looks as
though he enjoyed lite. I understand
that he is engaged in mining in the Tus
carora district, and also interested in 8
stone pavement which il to be used in
the fashionable part of San Francisco.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
PROVERBS IN COOKERY,

BY MISS DoDDs, OF PHILADELPHIA.
There is q greatness in onions and
potatoes that renders them hard to di.
gest. For health's sake, put them in
warm water for an hour before cooking.
The only kind OF a stove with which
you can preserve uniform heat is gas
stove with it you can simmer pot for
an hour or boil it at the same rate for
twenty minutes.
Good -four is not tested by its color.
White -four may not be the best. The
test of good -four is by the amount of
water it absorbs.
In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when
it is done put a skewer into the breast,
and If the breast is tender the fowl is
done.
Afew dried or preserved cherries, with
the stones out, are the very best things
possible to garnish sweet dishes.
Single cream is cream that has stood
on the milk twelve hours. 1t is best for
tea>and coffee. Double cream stands on
Its milk twenty.four hours, and cream
fer butter frequently stands for forty
eight hours. Cream that is to be whip-
ped should not be butter cream, lest in
whipping it change to- butter.
70 beat the whites of eggs quickly put
in pinch Of salt. The cooler the eggs
the quicker they will froth. Salt cools
and also freshens them.
In boiling eggs hard put them in boil
Ing water ten minutes and then put them
in cold water. 1t will prevent the yelks
from coloring black.
Outlets and steaks may be fried as
well as broiled, but they must be put
IN hot butter or lard. The grease is
hot enough when 1t throws of a blush
smoke.
fou must never attempt to boil the
dressing OF a clear soup in the stock, for
It will always discolor the soup.
In making any sauce put the butter
ana hour in together and your sauce will
never be lumpy.
whenever you see your sauce boil
from the sides Of the pan you may know
your -four or corn>starch il done.
Boiled fowl with sauce, over which
CRATE the yelks of eggs, is a magnificent
dish for luncheon.
Iepid water is produced by combin.
ing two-thirds cold and one.third boil.
ing.
10 make n,aecareni tender, put it ir
cold water and bring IT to boil. Itwil
.nen 90 much more tender than If pur
into bet water or steWed in milk.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
f. arm and )}}l"ntation.
Whifewasfa G0r Outside SVorb.

First-Wnitewash it is well known
sses to carbonate OF lime in few
DAYS by absorbing carbonic acid iror
the air, and being soluble to a ce, cain
extent in water, is soon washed r # when
exposed to the rains. To pr>,vent this q
wash prepared as follov,s lasts much
longer: To half bue' 'nel of good lime
add enough water 20 slake and be about
the conslstencc, of thick sirup, and
while hot s.1d half gallon OF linseed
oil ana F,.ir well. To this mixture add
half :. pound of common glue, dissolved
"A a gallon of boiling water. Alter let
ting it stand few hours, thin it with
water to the proper consistence for APP
plying, and it is ready for use. Some
parties recommend the addition of salt
and others sulphate Of zinc, but I can
: not SEQ any plausible theory to satisfy
me that there is any advantage, in their
use. With the linseed oil an ;nsolub|e
soap is formed (oleate o. lime), and the
glue forms an insoluh'le cement which
protects the lime rom the dissolying in.
duence of the " ater. It is inpossib,e
that taIlow viii answer the same DUR
pose, as the resulting compound would
oe the Sa' le-oleate of lime-the glycer-
me o. he fat being set free. Second
10 g cry four quarts of slsckened lime
"'' Jw one-half pint OF boiled glue, q lump
of alum about twice the size of hics orv
nut, and one teaspoonfui OF salt, with
just sufficient bluiDg to give q pure
white tint. Third Slack lime in the
usual way; mix handful of -four with
cold water, taking care not to have any
humps; then pour on boiling water until
it becomes like common starch pour it
while hot into the slaked lime; add one
pound of whiting and two ounces of
powdered borax; stir all well together
in bucket. Whitewash for
outside exposure is made by slaking ones
half bushel of lime in a barrel, adding
one pound of common salt, one-haif
pound of the sulphate of zinc and a GAL
Ion of sweet milk.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26
BAILEY SPRINGS.
A lsrfeE History of One of the MOat Fa
NOUS Springs i'm North Alabama.


NOUS Springs i'm North Alabama.
Everybody knows what and where art
the Bailey Springs, of North Alabama
but there are some items in the history
of that celebrated watering place thai
are not generally known. The medicinal
character of the water was discovered in
1843 by Mr.. Jonathan Bailey, who was
very sick with dyspepsia. His phyai,
clans desired him to visit the Virginia
Springs, but he was unable to be carried
to them even in a carriage. There was
an insignificant little spring in a ravine
on his farm which was always covered
with q rsinbow-hued scum, aud the
! neighboriDg country people had for sew
eral years been in the habit of using
this scum as a salve for sore eyes. He
concluded to drink the water, aud to his
astonishment his cure was soon effected.
The news soon spread abroad, and suffer
ers with other diseases were brought in.
1t was found that scrofula was inyaria-
| bly, cured by the water, thst dropsy vEs
always relieved when reliet was possible;
that diseases of the skin and of the kid
neys were speedily affected by it; and
finally that many OF the diseases OF
women were permanently eradicsted by
it's use. In 1853 Mr.. A. G.. Ellis, OF
Pamela county, Miss, visited Bailey
Springs for the relief of gravel snd
strapeury. He had been treated by the
leading physicians of the south with
unsatisfactory results, but in two weeks
| from commencing the use of the waser,
he was a we'll man. He was so de-
lighted with this unexpected result that
he Immediately took steps to purchase
the property, and since that purchase it
has remained in the possession of his
descendants until the present day. A
most remarkable instance of the potency
of the water was its prophylactic effect
during the awful epidemic of last year.
People from Memphis, Chattanooga,
Florence. and other infected points,
focked to Bailey for refuge because there
they could find comfortable aceommo.
dations, pleasant society, sbundant
smusements, aud no quarantine regu]a-
tions in the way. Some of them came
fresh from the bedside of friends, some
from the side OF the grave; but, although
some who had been exposed exhibited
premonitory symptoms, as soon as the
water established its powerful drain
upon the skin and kidneys, they at once
recovered, and not one case of Yellow
Fever was developed at Bailey. After
ward, when the wonderful virtue Of the
water, as a preventive, began to be un<
derstood, it was semitic nurses and ply
siciaus and others exposed, and not one
person using the wate~ took the disease
Another curious circumstance first no.
ticed in tie laundry of the establishment
was that the undergarments of people
who had been much exposed, were actu
ally dyed of saffron yellow by tEs
profuse perspiration induced by tht
water, until the system had become
thoroughly cleansed. Such are some o
the curious facts in the history of Bailey
Springs.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-26

"But," said I, "Monsieur Paul. what
guarantee can you give us that, if we
take so important a step, the emperor
will acknowledge us?'
He replied: "Mr. Lyons, nobody csn
guarantee the emperor, but you may be
sure that the emperor will do what tell
you he will do," which l considered sc
but another mode of saying that he had
been authorized to do what he had done.
1t is due to Mr.. Davis to say that I
saw him next morning, at his own house,
before congress met, as soon IS [ went
into town, and told him what had passed
between the French cons ul and myself.
| His answer was: should concur with
you in accepting these terms but Tor the
constitutional difficulty. You know
that congress has no jurisdiction over the
subject OF slavery" "True," said I,
"but that difficulty may be gotten over,
in my opinion, without any violation of
the constitution. let the bill for the
gradual abolition of slavery also provide
that it shall not take effect until the
states have, by sets OF their respective
legislatures, duly passed, approved and
ratified it, which you know will bs just
as good SIS if passed beforehand, author
izing congress to do the thing. I will not
be guilty of the presumption of offering
such a bill upon my simple responsi~
bility, but if may say that you concur
with me will Introduce the bill to NOR.
row." He then asked me why the French
government could not deal with the states
in the matter, so SIS to avoid all conati"
tutional questions. I told him I had
put that very question to the French
consul, and his answer was: " France
does not know the states, but she knows
the confederate government and Presi'
dent Davis"
Mr. Davis then said: Well, must
consult the cabinet, and if they agree
with you I will send for you" And
there the matter ended.