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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-13
A GREAT OFFER !T e. az $ :;:''

upwards, no used y year. good us new
warranted. NEW PIANOS and DREAMS at
EXTHArHci 10y LOW prices for cash.
Cataloru M:ilch. HORACE WA rERS,
Art, 40 Elso lt.i, St. N. y, =. .. Box,
$3.50. Aw.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-13
r. H. CLAY.

Sign and Ornamental Painter,
Bayou ara La.
\ LII WORK done in the neatest and
IA most artistic style, on the shortest
notice and on the most reasonable terms.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-13
JOHN ROTH,
Fashionable Boot and Shoe Maker,
Bayou ara, Louisiana.

TN soliciting public patronage guarar
( tees satisfaction. Boots and shoes
of the very best quality made at New Or
leans prices. Febl.7y1y.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
"Gif Der Cheese Fair Chance. ,

The man staggered into tidy lunch
house over ihe Rhine, Topped into chair
slapped his ieet upon the table, showed
his hat on the back OF his head. and call
ed for beer, bread and Limburger. The
proprietor hustled around and filled the
order himself.
The man picked up bit of the cheese
on fork aud smeled of it derisively.
Take that away" be said, sand bring
me some decent cheese. It's Limburg er
| want-this is no good"
What's de matter nit dot cheese, my
friendP Vas'id doc strongP | haff zoom
dot vas vresher," said the german anx-
ious to please.
"S.rongl Nav! That's what want. .
This cheese is no count at all. want
something can smell clear across the
room. Trot it out. and be lively. This
don't smell bad bit-fetch in the rank
est you've got. Pve got Dutch stomach,
il | was born in America" And the man
smelled at the cheese again, and threw it
il down in disgust.
The proprietor bowed over the table.
and also shifted few times. He then
turned an injured look on the captious
customer. and persuasively said:
dot vas no. fair, mine frinde; dook
down dem foots off der dsble, and gil de
cheese q vair chance"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
NUMBER z.
mysteries of q Dead Letter office,


Mr.. Charles Hughes lectured in W sh.
ingtor recently on the Mysteries Of he
Desd Letter Office" Mr. Hughs was TOR
some i'me a clerk in the Dead Letter OF.
nee, aaf relates some interesting expert
ences connected with the delivery OF q ad
letters. About 10000 are opened daily,
and Ok money contained in these amounts
to about SSl 500 month. An interesting
case vas where a gentleman travelling
on business sent letter containing ST.
800 go his wife at home. By some u 40.
couni4b'e neglect he sealed the envelope
aud deposited il in the mail without any
address whatever. Alter the letter as
opened at the Dead Letter Office We
found hat be bad written but few lines,
announcing bis determination to go fur
ther south. not mentioning any probable
destlnnlioD, and signing the name
"Georse.' There was no clue to trace
the wife aod bat slight one to fiud The
writer. After long search" George"
discovered on hotel register, the only
person on, OF thIrty-two OF the same nama
who bad merely signed his name without
saying where he was from, or whittier
goi1s Another case somewhat similar,
was :ha following: A letter was written,
dated AsIor House. New York, signed
"Chauncey. Enclosing 81, 900 10 lady as
a remuneration for tho care with which
she hsd treated his parents. The letter
stated 90 mas going TO Europe. The let-
ter was misdirected. and was opened az
the D. Letter Office. Tho postmaster
OF Nv York was instructed to make in
quIies at the Astor House for Chauncey,
who, after some trouble, was found, and
the money returned TO him the very stter-
nocn te ioi. Tor Europe. The following
are some Of the superscrlptions on dead
leiiels: Please hand TO mother, aod
obligo Mary" "Ssl. if you want TO Rear
from your 10, you had better come md
get THIS letter." "In this letter there is
$50 Tor Bob, and | send it this way so that
the postmaster won't steal ii !" "postmas-
ter. ease deliver this to the young ady
Twins = the frs; house beyond the wal
let ial.ory, that wears black dress and
sack. white straw hat, and brown face
triLirgs; row don't make a mistske."
Severa letters are received addressed to
the eyI' orc, Santa Claus, and other ike
person yes. Often these letters. 18th
thor ioolish superscriptions. contain
money
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25

The chaplain bad hard time OF i In
the army. The spiritual harvest was uot
large, I'd there WAS often good dea Of
difficult in ,be gathering. One Sunday
morning while the grand old Army OF he
Potomsc lsy In The svamps Of the Chick
ahomily the chaplain of u certain Massa-
chusetts regiment ,imidly scratched at
the dIp of the Colonefs tent. He as
invlt. 10 enter and be seated. What is
it, ch 4in P' said the Colonel, terrible
ieilo" 10 fight; "you seem 10 be 10 troub-
le." Well Colonel" answered me
good Il al. Pm almost discouraged about
our men, "Our menu CALCULATED The
Colon whats the matter with the
men ?" We'll. you see," continued tao
cbsp.aig. Who felt that he had got the
weds- iairly in and might as well drive
il home. tho tact is that our men DOM
msk1 5 much OF religion as | wish they
did think you and the other officers
might help me, but instead Of that you
set them very bad example by your
constant swearing. Now. there's the til
Maine, Just back of the hill yonder, The
Colone is God-fearing man, be does all
he can TO help his chaplain, and the result
is that only last Sunday they baptized
twelve men. while We haven't had single
conversion since we lett home" lis that
so ?" slM the Colonel, thoughifully; and
then .aising his voice, told the orderly 10
call the Adiutant. 'Adjutant." said ne,
when ;ae officer appeared. 1.-THE chaplain
says tlat they baptized twelve men in
that Maine regiment last Sunday. Detail
twenty men for immediate baptism. L
won't be outdone by any regiment in the
srmv.'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
Enrlu Forms of Metal Moneu.

The fgst forms which could be called
by the nsmc OF money, says the Popular
Science Monthly. were ingots in various
shapes. stamped or sealed with the seal
OF the ruler, as q certificate OF the quality
and light oil the piece, no attempt being
made go TO fashion the coin as 10 guard
again. alterations OF weight. Some OF
the eatly pieces were stamped on bu, enc
side, sld it was only by very gradual
steps bat the handsome circular pieces
which we know as coins were evolved
But these are still defined by Jevons as
are certified by the integrity of the de-
signs impressed upon the surface OF he
metal The stamping of the bits of metal
has always been assumed as preroga-
tive OF the ruler, and to supply the p-0-
pie with coin has come to be generAiiy
considered d junction OF the Goverumont.
II vii. 30 well 70 bear the above q, nj
ton OF coin in mind; for the fashion. g.
stamping and certiication have often
caused Z very important fact TO b .st
sight OF. which is. that throughout lh,se
changes the metals continue to be ccm.
modiies aud nothing more. Tie stamp
works 20 alteration in The metal, any
more than does the label on ii Dol. Of
muslin, showing The width and the num-
Der of yards, convert it into something
other han cotton cloth. The conversion
OF the unfashioned metal into coin IN TO
way affects the principle OF exchanges.
and its transfer is barter just as much as
it was in the beginning.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
Stlette0 Storp.
FARK GOLDNMITH'S LESSON

Marx Goldsmith was always called "an
ojs sor, Of 4 man by the people of our
village He lived in the old red house
Ina, stands a. ;he Four Corners, where
bill and branching elms overbsug the
root, and msse the wide open, green
yard in front @. IL shady sll the summer
louE. Travellers used to stop their tsed
horses al the "Old Red as it was then
tamuisr.y called, aud jus. let them res,
awhile, AID then drove through the
b orook. across he way. 10 drink of its
pure water. which with gentle urmur
rpp.ed down be green meadows belong
iLR M.-k. YET Uut teS ever came to
,atgy long At toe 'Od Red, - for though
Mars mad l,tGe farm aud spread q
good tse.e. we was 50 sariy msell. a0d
a,sbousekeeper wac So precise, that no one
,e.t -, ease. Some few of the old neigh
a5rs, Who remembered Mark in hi
Younger Gi}s Lad toe charity to say,
'Ae, the Old sqaire was quite another
a.au bei0,e tis vile died. Tha, broke
nIm down
Bul Al lhe lime Of which we write. the
....esa,d hcusekeeper had jusi found in
IacA Wsu-ce. tie butcher, "congenial
sgi,l. ." as she con6denliaiiy told the old
= .lire's maiden sister. How that could
be nobody quite understood, Tor two per.
sons more unlike we're no; 10 be found in
Jue Whole county OF Berkshire. Bu,
Nancy Tompkins was "weli-to-do." iu
ne world, while JACK Walace's affairs
stood at skies and sevens, 50 that nobody
dared 70 trust hin, and when he found
nat Nancy T T.mpkins would, why, be
thought they were congenisl spirits too,
and 50 they were married. But what be-
came Of Marx Goldsmith?
Il would be hard to tell. had it not been
inst u cheerful. hszel-eyed daughter was
a part OF Marks househo.J, all under
the training OF Nancy, grown up into one
OF the nea;es,, brightest little house
keepers ,ha, ever wss seen or a farm.
Now. Mark loved his daughter more
than words could tell, but he always act
ed IS II ne Was afraid sue would lind il
out. So when sbo came to him with any
7e~ plan, or 10 tell him of some ne y
.hiug that occurred. be would send her
sway With u ''pshaw,' and rough word
or Two besides. Yet, If be found she was
really grieved. be would set his wits 10
work to oontrive something that would
make her happy sgsin.
\ tine ride 10 the shire town on busi-
ress would be sure To come up the mex,
day. and, OF course, Mary must 60 to
ao,d the mare, when he 60; out to 20 in-
% he bau6 OF slore. Now, Mary liked
a ride Of this sind right wei, especially
- itususHy resulted 10 the present OF d
r-yr sSwr OF French caliker," as Mark
called 1t. OK what she liked still better, a
noes from Giles County Bookstore. Ii
Wss Sn extra Dfsrce on his part that 60;
,ia,y bis favor, for though Mark liked
tocss well enough, DO thought lit was
no use to lumber up the house with 'em.
lie "iooA" ;ht 'Culi,rat0r,' snd sister
sally dad toe Recorder and that was as
much read;n' IS ne could get through
vita. For his Part be ha0 no idea OF
weakening bis brains taskin' them so.
Mars mig ht if she would" and then
Marx would give grunts, and stop tslking g
-OOut il.
Bot these occasional flashes OF affection
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
We NeUer Drink.
UNpnIl.

On Inc Stage were seven or eight SOL
diers OF tho Eighth Maine Regiment.
While at the stage house, in Lincoln,
there came into the Office poor blind
man, stone bipd. slowly feeling bis way
with bis cane. He approached the sol
diers and said, in the gentlest tone:
Boys, | near you belong to the EigbIh
Regiment. | have son in that regi-
ment."
What is his nsmeP"
John -"
"Oh. yes; we knew him well. He was
sergeant in our company. We slwsys
liked him."
Where is he nowP'
ale is a lieutenant in a colo.ed reg =
ment, and a prisoner at Charlestown."
For moment the old man venturec
not reply; but 1T last, sadly and sloslS ,
he said:
II feared as much. have not heard
of him for long time"
They did not wait for another word ;
out these soldiers took from their wallets
q sum OF money. nearly twenty dollars.
and offered 1t - the olo man, saying:
III our whole company were here we
could give you hundred dollars"
The old man replied:
"Boys, you must put 1t in my wallet,
for am blind"
But mark what followed. Another in
dividual in the room. who had looked or
this scene as had, with feelings OF pride
in our soldiers, Immediately advanced
and said:
"Boys, this is handsome thing, and
want you TO drink with me. stand trest
Tor the company"
/ waited with interest for the reply.
came.
"No, sir; we thank you kindly; we
appreciate your offer - but aOe neUer
drink"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25

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w.Sn f5or T Nees. We should be apprised ofit
Professional Cards, &c.
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Residence and ''' SITaEi aI Tai. ,a slII il5'', ME-.
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Can be found a. the "oXFoRD HOUSE"
XfEhtAS, ,.-.,..,
m0nih. An ucpera.l5s. performed N d ar, class
ru.r~rr. and at reasonable prices.
F-aS- srI -' S.,roa- 61Ttc Gas. administered
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PHYSICIAN Y Sur EON,
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$3.50 80. h. ,,,,-rs,. ..,,r.. I.,,.i,,s. or
claims .or collection 90 Boston 4aa vicinity
CunIrS nrarL
'A''o' '''y y OV4''S'''O' "'
PARIS NIL, NE.
sS-oace over Post Ohce.
T0<oCH POSTER. JK..
AlL"Hsy ana I '0'"S'',% n,,-,,,'. q, Lu"' ~
- R-HrTcHINS'
1',or9.y 5.,',. and Counsellor s'sa.1. a. hss' as'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
4 Rainy Day.
sYKA COPELAND.

III NtkA COPELAND.
Across the plain ani o'er The hill,
Tht Wiutry winds are whistl.ng chill,
And nuld- Of rain are driven fast
Like mist before the sweeping blast
The lowering -Sv is downward bent
In heaEE masses. torn snd rent,
Aud sSliCL ,u-ts of wind sweep by,
With moaning sound and wailing cry,
The low. duh -obbing of The rain
sounds ike human soul m pain;
The pouring oui o. bitter tears
O'cr buried hope snd wasted years.
The niA no draws ON. AMI darker gloom,
Like gather inE shadows Of she tomb,
Steal u'er The earth aud hide the sky,
While vet the tempest RACES high.
Nv hear; grows sad, my ewes will dll
With biI.cr tears against mY will,
] murmgr az the storms oi life,
Is days Ol tempest. years of strife,
F1rgetlul of the former days,
when I wa- lci iu pleasant wav~,
BY sparkling waters. cool aui sweet,
Ia paJhE maize smooth for stumbling feet.
shall not drink one bitter drsusht,
since thou a uCallieT potion gua1cd;
shall I ce free from pain Ar loss,
when thou hast borne a heavier cross
Lori. hclp NE come into the light
And walk by faith, nor Ssk for sight
To trust lu thee. iu thCc shiie,
while storm and tempest rave outside.
Mass
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
4ottrp.
The Pine-Tree.
BY II. P. sPoFFoRD.

hl II. 4. >tOfFOkn.
Before your atoms came together
Was f0i' grown, q tower OF strength
seen by the sailors out 81 sea,
W IN great storms measuring al my length,
Making nv mighty mins,relsy,
COMPANION ot the ancient weather.
Yours just ~ much the stars that shiver
When the ircst sparkies overhead
Call yours a. soon those viewiess airs
That sing in tho clear vault and tread
the clouds Less yours than theirs
- 7e hsh-haWks swooping round the river
IN ihc primevd depths, empowering
Ny broad b0uEhs with my branching peers,
NJ gums / spilled Ia precious drops
Az, even N thOss elder years
The eAgle building IN my tops,
Along my boughs the panther covering.
Beneath my shade the red man slipping,
himself a shadow, stole away:
a. p-ler shadow follows nim
Races MAY 20, or races stay,
4he cones upon my loiliest limb
The winds Will many year be stripping;
AMI there the hidden day be throwing
Hs fres, though dars the dead prime be,
Before the bard shake on the dew.
ih what SONGS have been sung 10 me-
w bat songs Hil yet Dc sung, when yOu
Are dust upOu tht four winds blowing
-Hdrper'S
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-25
TAXIDERMY.

Ian prepared 70 set ~ all kinds Of Birds and
An mails IN the most artistic manner. Game
blr a specially. Birds taken in payroent oi
wO k-,Or example out oi every siN Blue yey 5
sel me will return one handsomely sIune,.
ar mounted on stand % tre sender. Cash
pa1 from. - O. ; 90 each Tor sopd specimens
OF Hawks ard Owls.
Prompt attention pad o. an orders by mali OF
express. P-icc Lists urul-hed ON apple cltion.
r. =. PEART, FryebUrg, Ne
mar 2-3n
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-19
Fifteen Hundred Tons of Silver.

WASHINGTON. September l3.-Tbcre
is now in tn u. States Treasury vaults
the cnormo US amount $45,9I5,lsS in
standard silver dollar. and silver frac-
tional currency, little over two,thirds
being standard silver dollars. The mass
OF silver weighs nearly three million
pounds, or about 500 tons. Treasur,
er Giltillan thinks the country will even
tuallv absorb the stock on hand. but a.
coinage OF standard dollars keeps up AT
the rate Of two millions monthly. The
question OF what TO do with it is becom-
ing difficult o! solution. In no month
has the current demand for silver dollars
oqualed the coinage, AMI h, &c, the stock
has constantly increased. Owing to the
Ire asprcr's policy OF paying ten per
cent on checks and salaries, however.
the out put this month will equal If not
exceed the coinsge. SO far during
September the average daily pay ments
OF standard dollars amount to ga 600.
At the end Of the month about $l0J, 900
additional will be paid cut.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-19

Al Memphis, on the 18th met, there
were fifteen new cases OF yellow fever,
and one death; on the l2th. twenty one
cases, and eleven deaths; on the 18th,
twenty-three cases, and four deaths,
making l32 new eases and IS deaths
for the week ending on Saturday last /;
on the l4.h, one new case, aud five
deaths; on the 18th. nineteen cases aud
ten deaths; on the 10th. twenty.threc
cases. and seven deaths. The fever i.
gradually spreading In the country a.
round Memphis. Thermometer so to 70.
Donations to the Memphis Towards on
Tuesday last aggregated S2.250.
Quarantine against New Orleans has
been raised at all points except at Vicks-
burg.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-19
Letter from Washington.
wAsnrsoros. Sept Is. 1879.


Mr.. HARPER: -Thcreiwas a bad and
threatening bolt from the New York
State Convention last week, made up OF
certain leaders and followers OF the Tam
many Hall section OF the Democracy of
New York city. But il was then ev-
ident, and is now certain. that outside
OF the city the bolt had few sympathi-
zers and less, supporters, and it i. now
equally certain that only small portion
OF the city Democracy will follow John
Kelley and his companions into Tn.
camp of the enemy. Mr.. Kelley an
noupced. when he received the boilers,
nomination for Governor, that his pur-
pose was 10 ruin the party il be could
not rule il. That is not the talk that
rulers make. or that good Democrats
approve. Mr.. Kelley and those OF the
Tammany organization who follow him
will find. long before election day, that
though the party may be necessary TO
them, they are not necessary 10 the par.
ty. Victory can be achieved without
them, and will be.
The National Board Of Health traces
very favorable distinction between the
Yellow Fever Of 1878 and that of the
present year. Another advantage We
now. have is in the much more prompt
efforts TO check the disease. The How
ards anticipate an increase in the num-
Der of new cases at Memphis, but, with
the financial and other aid offered. thew
confidently expect 10 prevent any such
general spread Of the disease as in 1878.
There will he agrand reception for
Gen. Grant when he reaches San Fran.
cisco, which will be, probably, during
this week. 1t will be all the heartier
because it will have no parLizan COM
plexion whatever. The absurd scheme OF
turning the radical party OF the whole
country INFO reception committee to
meet tue General at San Francisco has
been abandoned. If words ..ean any
thing Gen. Gran, is out Of the Presiden,
tial race by his own declarations.
MIR. Hayes seems to perceive o double
duty in relation 20 the political speech
he proposed TO make while on his ives
tern tour. He wishes to deliver it, bu,
his order No l. which prohibits cfioial,
from m eddling in politics stands in the
way. Bus everybody now understands
that the order was that OF Schnrz and
that the Secretary bulldozed Hayes into
signing it. Mr.. Hayes can safely dis
regard an order OF bis Secretary, GER
tainly, and he will crafty wide pub
lie curiosity by making the speech
Besides. lie will be asserting his indie
pendence Of ScAurz, and that will be
good thing. MEMO.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-19

The Cattle BelL' Of the Uuited States
begins TO attract attention from its en-
ormous extent and the rapidly increas-
ing value Of its products. The cattle
yield OF Colorado is said TO exceed its
bullion products in value. a banker in
Denver, it is reported, says that he
would rather have one hundred stock
dealers accounts than three hundred
mining accounts from depositors. The
cattle belt referred 10 begins at the
Rio Grande. near Corpus Christi, and
extends northwest through the interior
10 the frontiers Of Manitoba. In its ex.
IRENE southern and northern portions il
is neither highly elevated nor particu
larry Try, bat for tbs greater part OF tho
immense area included un der this dis =
tinctivc denomination and it ia said 10
be an area OF $50 miles in width by 1000
miles in lCngth-it lies along the surface
OF high table lands, OF which Northern
Texas and Colorado arc fair types. Cat
tie OH these plains need TO be berded
and watched, in order that they may re-
ceve water al proper intervals, but il is
claimed that the cost of raising four.
years-old steer. selling at the depots at
an average of $50. docs not exceed from
81 30 to SO SO. The average natural
increase of the herds is about so per
cent The business is one which re
quires large capital at the outset, regu.
lar wages and strict attention &c the
best markets, and the in'ereacc is chat
it will speedily fall into the hands OF
few large drovers and butchers The
enormous droves on the plains, said to
number at the present time nearly 49,
100000, are thought TO be in some dan
ger from the approaches of pleuro-pneu-
monia, but the rapid conversion OF
grazing lands into farming lands is pro
baby the chief danger to The proGts Of
the system which is now imminent. -
Baltimore Sun.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-19
Jay Gould Again Heard From
More Help for Mempbis.

MEMPHIS. September 12.-The follow.
ing kilograms we're received today:
'Ner York, Sept. l2.-To w. J..
Smith, Acting President Howard asso.
cia,ion, Memphis: send you by tele-
graph an additional s., 200 to day.
JAY GOULD
'PiHsbnryh. Pa, Sept. 12.-To w. j.
Smith, acting President Howard Assoc
citation. Memphis; Draw at si2ht for
81, 900 for the benefit OF the Howard
A Association. JOHN II. Mcclure.
Ircasurer Pittsburgh Relic Committee. :
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-19
4 CARD.

To all who arc suffering from the or.
rors and iudiscrotions Of youth, ner.
vous weakness, early decay. loss Of
manhood. &c, / will send n recipe that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE
This great remedy vas discovered bv a
missionary IN South America. Send q
seii-addressed envelope to the REv. Jo-
sErH I. lNMAN. Station u. New York
Wy April IL, 1879.