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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
COUNTRY COUSINS.
ICONCLI SION. |

Ii was an exceedingly dolcful
epistle that Miss Edith Evcrleigh
sent home next day. "Do let me
come back. papa; really cannot
bear il. Anywhere but here | am
willing to co. it concluded.
"Ccrtainly, my ririid. come back
if you are not contrnted: ! thought
You would like 1t when once YOU
were there" Benjamin Everleigh
in due time replied, touched by the
pitiiul plant and wondering vague
ly into what kind of persons the
second generation OF Thorutons
must have deg-neratrd.
The days succeeding her arrival
developed no more agreeable state
of affairs al the farms The only
apartments of the large dwelling
into which Miss Edith saw were the
aiOrc mentioned kitchen, a room adj.
joining furnished with Il Tag carpet
and stiff wooden chairs and decor.
ated with numerous high colored
chrOmoS. an abOminatiun To her ar.
tlS,ic eye, and her own room cheer.
less and bare. So curious concern.
ing the unopened part of the man.
sion did she grow as to once or
twice stealthily, when unobserved.
endcavor to turn the door knobs
and get IA peep within. Under
lock, however, they yielded not to
her touch and she became no wiser
for her pains. \ long storm de
MED her, tor awhile. the relief of
nt-ofdoors. The few people who
came to the house she WAS never
asked to meet. She was disguised
and unhappy; but more, she was
mystified and suspicious. There
was ever and anon borne to her ear
the tantaizing sounds of mufied
conversation and suppressed laugh.
ter. There we're significant smiles
and mean glances frequently ex.
changed. The very air, in fact,
seemed extinct with an indefinable
something. Miss Edith Everleigh
was baff1edand she did not find the
situation u pleasant one. Accus.
toned TO being mistress Of the sit.
uation, the situation-tlistasteful
and paitry, too-appeared now to
be mistress of her. While she,
without mu,h effort at conceal.
ment, was tespising these igno.
ramnses, she believed they were
secretly making fun of her.
On receipt If her fathers letter
she declared her intention of i'm.
mediately returning home. To this
Hal protested loudly and June
raised timed opposition.
An invitatiOnto visit her school
fiiend, Clara Burton, who lived
only a few mile, distant, reaching
Miss Edith at his time, at length
decided her to ,rotract her stay
sufficiently for couple of days at
the BurtOn's.
"Wali, 60 ovr to Clarry's ter
morrer, then,' Ial said; "stay all |
night an bring Harry back with
ye the next afternoon, an in the |
eyenin' we'll have Kind of a break
down for ye, seeir' 3 bound ter put |
her right back ir the city. All
the boys . a dyinfer chance ter |
cut me o1t, but Ihaplate Pve got
the inside tfeet, Nth. HOwsom-
ever, II - ~ ohOuld hare 81
'ssssk e - ~ 49, fair = thsl
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
The 6uilHess Witness.

ado you know The prisoner wellfn
"Ncvcr knew him sick" replied
the witness.
"NO levity," said The lawyer.
"Now, sir, did lon ever sec the
prisoner ut the bai!"
"TOok many a drink with him at
tho barr
"Answcr my question sir" yelled
the lawyer. Elbow long haze you
known the prisoner
"From two feet up 10 five feet
ten inches"
"Will the cOnrt nuke the
1t hHvc, jedgr," said the witness,
anticipating the lawyer. II have
answered the question. I showed
the prisoner when he was a boy
two feet long, aud man FIVE feet
ten
"Your HOnor-"
otis fact, jedge; In, under my
oath" persisted the witness.
Tho lawyer arose, placed both
hands on the table in front Of him,
spread his legs apart, leaned bis
body over the table and said:
"Will you tell the court what you
know about this casei-
THAT amt his namc,' replied the
witness.
"What amt his name!-
Cease"
"Who said it wasf7
"You did. You wanted to know
what knew about this Case-his
names Smith"
"Your Honor howled the attor.
ney, plucking his beard out by the
roots, will you make this man an.
sweri'
"Witness," said the Judge, you
must answer the questions put to
YOU
"Land O. Goshen, jedge, hain't
bin DOM iti Let the blamed cuss
fire away. I'm ready"
"Then,7 said the lawyer, don't
beat about the bush any more.
You and this prisoner have been
friends"
Never promptly responded the
witness.
"What! Wasn't you summoned
here as friend:"
"No, sir. l was summoned here
rs Presbyterian. Nary one of rs
was ever friends-he's an Old line
Baptist, without a drop of Quaker
in him"
"Stand down. yelled the lawyer
10 disgust.
"IIeyF7
"Stand down.
"Can't do it. III sit down or stand
up"
"Sheriff remove that man from
the box" Well, if he amt tho
thickest headedest chap ever laid
eyes on.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
Terms Of Subsc ription:
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one square, Of one inch in space or less
dr-t insertion, 81 90; each additional inscr.
ZION 50 cents.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
b. R. COLEMAN,
PARISH SURVEYOR.

WILL attend promptly aud efficiently
w to al business in he line. Charges
moderate. Residence : niles southeast Of
Homer on Trenton road. Z. o., Homer.
Aug. -, le77. Icy
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20

Benjamin EveIleigh and John
Thornton very soon understood that
their wish, for as fast friendship
between their children AZ was onoo
between them, had been to the
uttermost fulfilled.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic prevents mala
ria.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
r. M. FREEMAN,

Southwest corner of Fubfc Squarc,)
HOMER, LA,
HEALER in Fancy and Famil: Groceries,
~ Tobacco, Cigars, Provisions, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Dry Goods Notions,
aud full supply of everything Kept in a
general store. The custom of the public is
respectfully solicited.
Terms and prices liberal.
April IL, l5S0. 35y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
III. ROGERS,
House, Sign, Carriage and
Buggy Painter,
Paper. Hanger and Glazier,
HOMER, LA.

I SOLICIT THE PATRONAGE OF the
l. people Of Homer and vicinity. For eTi-
,lences Of my proficiency, ! refer to the nu.
mcrous persons for whom l have worked
In Claiborne parish.
Terms reasonable, and work promptly
executed. c. II. ROGERS.
April 9, 1879. 3S:y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
A Good Point.
New Orleans Democrat. |

The Hon. Erastus Brooks, in q
speech delivered at Glen Cove, L. l.,
on September Is, made an excellent
point against Garfield, and one
which it would seem the Credit
Mobilier candidate will find it din.
cult to whistle down the wind, az
he has attempted to 90 80 many
others. Mr.. Brooks said the law
provides that any person who shall
take illegal compensation while act
ing as Senator or member Of Con-
gross shall be forever disqualified
to hold any other Office Of profit or
honor under the government Of the
United States, and he held that IL
that law were enforced against Gen.
Garfield the Republicans would
have to withdraw him at once from
the contest aud put up another
candidate.
The proofs of Gar6eld's accept.
ance of brides in both the Credit
Mobilier and De Golyer swindles
are of record; they are notorious,
and eau no moro be hidden or
ignored than can the sun in heaven.
Why then should not the law of tho
country he has disgraccd be en-.
forced against bimi Why should
be, more than another man, have
immunity for his gross and glaring
violation of the law Why sbould
he not, on the contrary, be hslsl
rigidly accountable for his acts aud
be debarrcd from ever again hold
ing any Office of profit Or honor.
much less the highest o0lce In the
gift of the people of the Republic
be has dish0nored
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
WIN. ENDE Rs,

DEALER IN

DEALER IN
4 Ii ciss~es and styles Of HOUSEHOLD
n FURNITURE, Window Shadcs. Wall
Paper, Looking Glasses and Plates, Feath-
ers, MATTRESSES, coruicA aud Picture Mould
isgs, and CAildreos Csrriaees.
Glassa essA, Dsess ssd Blinds, . sPe-
" AQse1s q DstIon Prsess. go.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
J. D. Hammonds, J. II. Gsddis, Pineinsy Smith.
HAMMONDS, GADDIs Il CO.,
Eafton Sactosa
AND
General Commission Merchants,

% and 81 Carondelet Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
y. B.-Will make liberal advances and
sell On consignment, Cotton. Sugar, Molas
SEES, Rice, Tobacco, Wool, Grain, Live Stock
and Country Produce of all kinds. Having
favorable connections here and ia the West
for the purchase of supplies, all orders will
receive strict attention, and the interest of
patrons will be closely guarded in Price
Packing and Freight Contract.
Sept. II, 1879 5:y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-20
louisa, a Equitable Life and Ac'
cident Insurance Company,
No. 80 Carondclet Street, New Orlea
+. b. BRIGGS, President,
JOHN HENDERSON, Vice-Prest,
AND. PATTON, Sec'y.

THE ONLY COMPANY doing business in
l Louisiana which DEPOSITS ITS RESERVE
with the State Treasurer.
The particular attention Of Insurers is
called to our Monthly Payment Plan, which
places adequate Life Insurance Within the
means of every one, costing but ~ % in
monthly payments, per 81 200 at the age OF
Thirty, and proportionately for other ages.
Our Accident Department issues insur-
ances against Death or Disability from Ac-
cidents Rates to secure 5000, per day,
% cents; per month, IS 90, in the event OF
death; or sl5 per week, indemnity for dis
abling injuries-per year, SIS 90.
tP- Live Agents wanted.
W, A. BoYLEsToN, Coushatta,
L. Z. TIsDALE, Rayvilic,
DR.. L. II. KEY, Trenton,
0arLron q eIx8ER, Monroe,
NATION b HAYES, " Hso9,
| 9, s !; go. 7. soes1a q; Z.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10
American Tobacco.

While / was at Ferrieres, in Italy, ]
heard comical story from the wife of an
American gentleman who resides in the
neighborhood. 1t seems tobacco is o
Government monopoly; the raising Of
more than dozen plants by any one
person is strictly prohibited. The gar
dener engaged by my friend had rather
q liking for the plant, and embellished
several Of his ornamental flower beds
with it. So one day the lady was waited
upon by the Commissaire, who informed
her that, as she had transgressed the
rules respecting the cultivation of to-
bacco by non-authorized individuals, she
would have to pay fine of some $50.
But, fortunately, the Republican Dep
uty from the district was ON terms Of
great intimacy with the family, and he
offered his services to get them out of the
serape. He went, therefore, to call on
the local Magistrate, and represented to
him that the offending plants were Of
American origin, and, consequently,
were Of kind that were totally valueless
for any other purpose than that of orna-
meentation. The dignitary professed him
self as being quite satisfied with the ex-
PLANTATION, and, in view of the non
existence in commerce Of any such an
article as American tobacco, my friend
Rot OH scot free.-Lucy Hooper.
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Powerful ocean Steamships.

Twenty years ago the largest steamers
known (in this, as in all such comparisons,
neglecting the Great Eastern, which was
a prodigy of engineering skill) did not
reach $50 feet in length, As feet in
breadth, $500 tons in tonnage, or 1000
horsepower indicated. We have before
ns at this moment list of so merchant
steamers sailing, in the year 1860, from
southampton and other southern ports,
which the largest vessels then frequented,
and the list includes but 10 ships of more
than 300 feet in length, none of which
reached the limits of size and power just
giyen. and the whole of which belonged
to two companies, viz, the Royal Mail
and the Peninsular and Oriental. At
the present moment we have afloat and
at work the White Star liners, some of
them Of 445 feet in length, 45 feet in
breadth, and nearly 5000 indicated
horsepower; the Inman liners, compris-
ing such ships as the City of Berlin, 4SS
feet by 441 feet broad, and of about the
same steam power; the Orient, of 445
feet by 46f feet, with engines developing
5000 horse e-power; the Arizona, of about
tile same size, with still greater steam
power and speed; and many other
splendid vessels but little inferior to any
Of the foregoing. And these grand
steamers many Of which reach the quays
Of New York with greater punctuality
than railway trains reach the London
suburbs from Victoria and Charing cross,
and would reach our quays with equal
punctuality if they could avoid the
abominable sands that bar the Mersey-
are the forerunners of still larger and
more powerful vessels now taking shape
upon the banks of she Clyde and else
where The Cunard steel ship, the
Seryia, now building by Messrs. Thomp-
son, Of Glasgow, is 500 feet by so feet,
with over 10000 indicated horsepower,
and will, therefore, doubtless possess a
speed considerably in advance of that Of
the very fastest ship at present afloat in
the mercantile marine. The Inman
steamship City Of Rome, building of iron
at Barrow, will be still larger, having a
length Of SAG feet, breadth of 50 feet, q
gross registered tonnage of 5000, and O
steam power nearly equal to that Of the
Seryia. The Guion line is to be increased
by ships Of almost equal size and power,
and the Allan line is building others
equal to the finest of the White Star
boats. Notwithstanding thenumber and
magnitude Of the passenger steamers
now running between America and this
country the traffic is SO great that it has
only been possible to secure accommoda-
ton by arranging passage many weeks,
and even months, in advance, while the
rapidly increasing population and wealth
Of the United States and of Canada make
it certain that the interchange Of agricul-
trual produces and manufactured goods
between them and ourselves will go on
increasing. London Times.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10

explained, ''that one cannot get around
with you at all, but only that you are not
very graceful and sure-footed. There
are plenty Of men here who dance worse
MIR. Simpson, for instance.
II should hope So, said Dick, as
Simpson, little weak-eyed man, who
held his fair partner as if he feared she
was packed with dynamite and was in
danger every minute of exploding,
moved laboriously past the door "If
that is the best you can say for me, Miss
Florence, / shall never have the audacity
TO ask you to dance again. and with a
heavy heart he left the conservatory, now
fully satisfied he had had enough of Mrs.
Grey's ball.
/. He took a glass of champagne in the
supper-room, where its quality was being
freely discussed by the young men who
fingered there, and went back to pay his
parting respects to his hostess. There
were still plenty of people about, but
chill seemed to have fallen on them. the
dancers We're few, and everybody looked
bored or discontented. Mrs. Grey was
saying the last words to party Of guests
who were about taking their departure.
Such pity it should have been q
failure" he heard one of them whisper
in tone Of sympathy. "And after all
the expense you have gone TOP
II am sure, then, 1t must have been
the fault of my guests" returned Mrs.
Grey, for did my part as well as /
could. Why, Mr.. Turner, are you going
so soon? wonder if you, too, found
my party stupid one?"
She looked so harassed that Dick for
got the grudge he owed her, and would
gladly have declared her ball both bril-
liant and delightful, but the words he
wished to say stuck in his throat-he
absolutely could not give them utterance.
An awful impulse was upon him, and to
his owne secret horror and dismay he
heard himself assuring her the painful
truth that it was the most dismal affair
he had ever witnessed in his life. Then
overwhelmed with shame at his involun-
tary rudeness he turned away, and his
eyes fell Rpon che crimson roses rsIll
blooming freshly over the doorway.
What an idiot he must have beenl
There in plain English letters were the
three words, palace of Truth" As he
LOOKED and read, the magic flute pealed
forth so loudly and with SO shrill q
triumph in its tone that Dick fairly
jumped, and in the violence Of his start
kicked the sleeping Snip, who leaped
out Of his masters way and gazed at him
with reproachful, wonderful eyes.
ELEVEN o'clock, as / am living
man" said Dick, yawning. Three
hours asleep and no ball for me tonight
Snip, you little villain, why didn't you
awaken me?"
Snip was silent. He felt the arrant
injustice Of this remark, and bore it with
the equanimity Of stole.
'Well, said his master, slowly, as he
lit his candle, ''since you did not, and as
have had all the dissipation and all the
candor need for one night, think, lit
tie dog, that you and will go peaceably
and gratefully to bed"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10
Goats as Churners.

The most striking feature Of the dairy
ranch Of +. s. Clough, in San Mateo
canon, is the new dairy house which Mr..
Clough recently completed at cost OF
81, 500. 1t is 1896 in ground dimen-
sions, finished externally in rustic style,
and inside is as trim and cleanly as the
thrifty housewives "best room" The
butter-room, an apartment I0x15 feet in
dimensions, is ns inviting as a parlor.
The apparatus for handling the milk and
making the butter is complete in every
detail, and is designed throughout for
the saving Of labor. The churn holds
fifty-two gallons Of cream, and turns out
from 100 TO 100 pounds Of butter at each
churning. II is worked by goat power,
the appliances being treading-wheel
eighteen feet in diameter, which connects
with and operates shaft running into
the dairy house, and this in turn con-
netting with cog-wheels working the
dashers. Mr.. Clough says that the goats
in operating the wheel indulge their
natural propensities for climbing, and
they apply themselves to the work with
great gusto. The herd consists OF some
eight or ten animals, ranging from the
grandmother and old "Billy" with the
whiskers down to the youngling not
over foot high. When released from
their pens, they one and all, great and
small, run bleating for the wheel, and
the only trouble to contend with there
after is the excess Of power which they
are apt to give it in the course of their
frolicsome gambols. Los angeles (Cat.)
EzDYess,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10
The Quickest Trains IN the World.

The pace Of the quickest trains in En-
gland, says an English paper, is greater
by ten miles an hour than that of the
quickest trains Of any other country. In
Great Britain the average velocity of the
express is fifty miles an hour. In Bel
gum it never exceeds forty-one miles an
niour; between Paris and Bordeaux it is
thlrty-nine and half miles an hour. In
Russia and IN some parts of Switzerland
the rate is twenty-seven miles an hour.
per contra, in England railway travel-
ing Is attended with more risk than IN
any other country in the world. Yet
even thus the perils of the steam loco
motive are much exaggerated, for a
French statistician, after very labori-
Gus examination of the deaths occurring
Ion railway accidents over the surface
q the whole earth, states the result Of
nus examination thus: :" II person were
@ i've continually in a railway carriage,
and spend all his time in railway travel
ing, the chances in favor of his dying
lIom railroad accident would not occm
until he was 960 years old"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10
Who was BInehenrd9

A gentleman who saw the gray, forbid
ding castle Of Bluebeard rising above the
station Of Champtoce, France, tells who
the frightful hero Of the nursery was:
Some reader may ask, "Who was this
real, historical Bluebeard?"
I answer that in Brittany he was the
Sieur GILES de Retz, great feudal lord,
who possessed vast estates and great
power iii this neighborhood in the latter
part of the fourteenth and beginning of
the fifteenth centuries, and was, besides,
marshal OF France.
This castle was his stronghold, and he
ruled it and the Loire country around
with hand of iron and a sword Of fire.
Gifted in youth with physical strength
and beauty, and an enormous fortune,
he impaired both by all sorts Of in
dulgences.
When too late, with defiled and
bloated body, he found himself lashed
by the scorpion whip that is always sure
to follow sin.
Instead Of growing penitent, he only
became more bloody and relentless.
Seduced by a wicked and cunning
alchemist to believe that by bathing in
human blood he could claim back his
vanished health, beauty, and spirits, he
entrapped children and young persons Of
both sexes, murdered them in the dun
geons of the castle with his own hand,
and bathed in their warm blood.
1t was believed that more than hun
| dred were thus murdered
After years Of impunity the matter be-
came so notorious and spread so much
fear through the country that the people
rose in o mass against him, made him a
prisoner, and carried him to Nantes.
There he was tried by his suzerain
lord, the Duke of Brittany, and con-
demned to be burnt alive at the stake, a
! Judgment carried into execution in 1440
on what is now the Chaussee de la Made
| leine, on the Gloriette Island, in front OF
| where the great hospital now stands.
Changes in English Fiction.
Marvellous changes both in the quality
| of English novels and in the personal oi
their writers have been witnessed since
Dickens and Thaekeray passed away
! Shirley Brooks, George Lawrence and
| White Melville are no more. Anthony
Trollope ambles along at the we'll known
pece on the same old nag. Charlie.
Reade has laid aside the pen. Wilkis
Collins grows increasing more spectra
and shuddery, and less like his ole
master. George Eliot keeps for th'
most part silence, or, when she breaks il
does so only to bore public which
would fain admire. Miss Brandon
Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. 0liphant ar,
still weaving the familiar plots out of th,
accustomed material. Miss Broughtor
has almost exhausted the resources o
her prurient imagination. Ouida alon'
possesses that in full yigor.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10
J. D. BURKE, Editor.
M LADY LINDSAY.

sris but line, hurried scrawl,
And little seem the Words TO say,
4et hold mo In reproaehful thIall
You quarreled with me yesterday,
To-morrew youil be sad.n
Aye, "you'll be sad" the words are few,
And yet they pierce my soul with pain;
Aye, g you'll be sad" the words are true;
They haunt mo with prophetic strain:
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Wequarreled, and for what word,
A foolish speech that Jared the ear,
And thus In wrath our pulses stirrd;
Then came her letter Dear my dear,
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Few words! half mirth, and half regret,
The last her hand should ever write
Sad words ! learned long ago, and yet
FRESH with new pain to ear and sight:
Tomorrow you'll be sad =,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10

A VOLUME containing descriptions of
all the presents ever given TO Queen is
certainly an oddity, but it is said that
Queen Victoria proposes TO issue such a
book. 1t is to be illustrated by photo
graphs, and to include not merely costly
gifts but simple tokens Of affection which
have been given by her poor subjects at
Balmoral. wzw=y
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-12-10

!; N Paris, children's parties are preten-
@ uous affairs. The decorations and toilets
a1e ~ made as prominent features and as
1Iiaoorate y as among older society followers.
az ~ one OF the children's balls was child
VI eleven deeked in thousands of dollars
% WORTH Of diamonds, and toilet of lace
r,o mol1a n SIX hundred dollars, with q gossa-
W1 T1ss ian mounted in turquoise and pearls.
= mnere &, all should be Joy, life and light
=. tnls youthful crowd, there are the
same; sslne rlyalries, heart-burnings and en-
Nus rioas feelings that embitter and spoil the
pleasure Of older hearts.