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Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

The shipments of dressed beef to Europe
have decreased of late, owing to the decline
in the English market, but all the refriger-
ator space in the steamships is now taken
by butter and cheese, the demand for dairy
products being excessive. Indeed it is
pretty sure that the aggregate value and
profit of the butter and cheese are greater
than those of the beef which they super.
sede,
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

There is no telling what church choirs
will do if left to their own way. The one
which does the singing in the Presbyterian
Church in Penn Yam, New York, clashes a
pair of oymbals as a part of its pOrorm-
once.-Er. Is it not proper to suit the
action to the word, and when a choir
strikes up that grand old anthem, "Strike
the Cymbals," isn't it right to strike them
if they are lying around handy2
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Miss Lizzie Chapman, the young Califor.
MIA lady who is about to be married to Mr..
Jesse R. Grant, is little person, with a
great deal of fair hair and soft brown eyes.
Her father is one of the wealthiest opera.
tors in real estate in San Francisco. Mr..
Grant is twenty-five years DID, and Is @
good looking young man. He is stock.
broker in New York,
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

1t is already evident that the apple crop
will be enormous. A Kingston, N. Y, cor
respondent estimates the total crop pro-
ducsd to be not much less, in round mum.
bers, that 200, 600, 900 0barrels. Thenumbers
which will reach the market will be much
smaller, of course. -
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15
Worship Of False Beauty.
HOW WOMEN IMNoLATE THEMSELVES ON THEIR
OWN HEARTHR.

Houses are known to me in which
laugh seems almost as misplaced as in
church, and is even subject to the same
unuttered rebuke. Houses there are now
by the hundred where the thickly shaded
light, as it breaks with difficulty through
the faded curtains, falls not alone upon
" fiatted," dusky paint, blue china and
black-and-gold wickerwork, but illumines
family the pale faces of weary women, self
Inundated upon the altar of their own
hearths. The worship of beauty, false
beauty as hold it to be) has its victims
now by the hundred, and much of the
efeteness of our artis'" and the hysteria of
our women, may be traced back till we find
its seemingly inocuous source in art furni.
ture and decorative hangings. The other
| night at an cat home," saw the last and
worst result of such teaching. My atten-
ton was drawn by friend to a young
woman in a dull, colorless dress, without
collar or other adornment, and with a thick
mass of hair rubbed confusedly down on
her forehead. She was sitting in q corner
by the doorway, with face expressive Of
such withered JOY as 1 have never before
seen affected. Her head lent back against
the doorpost, her eyes were halfclosed
more like piece of sea.weed left high
upon the beach in the glare of MONDAY
sun, than woman; there she sat- unlovely
unwomanly and unhealthy; but oh how
aesthetic. The current of people flowed
and eddied about her; talk, neither wis,
nor witty, perhaps, but at least human
rose and fell unheeded by her ear, whil
by her side stood barrister noted for hi
wit even more than for his learning, vainl
trying to win a smile from the poor, sa,
face. Is this what our wives and sister
are coming to, if they have any artist
capacities? Is this the desired result q
an increased devotion to art2 I fer on
refuse to believe it. 1t seems to me to b
only one of the many false fashions of tn
day, an outgrowth from the worst parts c
Swinburne's and Rosetti's poetry. Let nc
/. one of this school delude himself or herse
into the belief that their practices an
theories tend to help art. They ten
i rather to destroy it; and as surely as 20
: kill healthiness of feeling and strength
moral fibre in any society, so certainly yo
8 may be sure you kill also the root of q
fine art. For fine art is always health,
o always strong and never selCconscious.-
/. Harry Quilter IN the London Spectator.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

An Englishman who has spent the sum-
mer at fashionable American watering
places went to our Geological Garden the
other day, nnd the monkeys there mimick-
ed him so successfully that he innocently
inquired if they were not born in this
country.-Phild. Ecening Ne,os.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

1t is now reported that Princess Louise
is coming back to Canada in November.
She Ottawa herself when she returns and
see if English air is better than the Cana
dian,
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Three couples of Colorado young folks
got married the other evening just for a
joke, and the girls went into sky.blue coa-
vulsiSns when they found out that real
Justice had officisted. It was trick on
the part of the young men, and the girls
don't know yet what to do about it.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

1t appears that General Walker is at last
convinced of the fact that the Southern
census returns are largely fraudulent. He is
acting on that theory, and sitting the re-
ports with great care.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Princess Stephsnie's bridal veil is on
view in Brussels. 1t is valued at 5000,
and $50 work.women were employed three
months in its making. 1t is entirely in
point az aiguille, and the largest piece of
work of this kind that has yet been made.
1t is three yards and half long and three
wards wide.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

1t is about an even thing between the
man and the banana skin; sometimes the
man throws the banana skin into the gut.
ter, but quite as often the banana skin lays
the man on the pavement.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

"Mr. Bergh has taken up the cudgels in
behalf of the canal boat mule" But the
mule is proverbially ungrateful, and Mr..
Bsrgh had better keep away from his business
end Just as hard.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

General Mcclellan. who was last week
elected President of the Underground Rail
road Company in New York, knows as
mucb about excavation as the next.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Albert Edward pronounces Miss Parsons,
an American lady in Londen, "the love-
liest woman of the day" He always did
have good taste.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15
Faminine Fancies.

hohuoh lady, who gave party, paid
Tor promised to pay) $1,000 for flowers.
The oldest woman in tho United States
is only thirty-nine. SO say the census,
takers.
The princess Of Wales has not in eight
years materially changed the style of wear,
ing her hair.
Chicago ladies remember the numbers of
cars whose conductors are rude to them
and never afterward ride in them.
The fewer feathers woman has in her
bonnet in this world, the more sho Will
have on her wings in the next.-Phtla{ek
phia Sunday Items.
BY nearly unanimous vote, the women
of this country have decided that the two
best bands are husband and band box.
-PhladeIphta Chronicle.
A writer in Temple Bar says that "the
most unobtrusively we'll behaved man TO-.
ward women is, paradox as some may think
it, really well-bred American"
The many friends of Mrs. Sartoris, daugh.
ter Of General Grant, will be glad to learn
OF her plan to visit this country in the fall
for the purpose of visiting her parents.
Women are bound to lie about their
ages. A Philadelphia dame who know.
she can't pass for less than sixty.fve zoe:
to the other extreme and claims to be one
hundred and nineteen.
Madame Blanc of Monaco, whose daush
ter recently married NJ. Roland Bonaparte
is about to buy the famous San Donate
palace for 100000. She bought heavily q
the San Donate art sale.
An enterprising woman in New Orlean
has experimental successfully in silk cuI
ture. She last year raised 1000 fine CO
coons, and will this year engage much NOR
extensively in the business.
The immense bouquets which fashiona
bic London ladies carry at entertainment
are 80 heavy that some of them are he'll
top downward and some are Rugged lik
babies or pugJ. The London World sut
gests that they be slung over the shoulde
like papoose.
Miss Gardiner, an Irish lady of mean
who has evioted some tenants for non.pa,
ment Of rent in the neighborhood of Be
lima, on the Green Isle, cannot appear i
public without being mobbed and hisse
and groaned at. But, says a local new
paper, "the people are afraid to approac
her, because she is known to carry two r
Volvers always about with her."
, Says writer in the PariSian: "I do n,
know which is the more exasperating, q
American woman fitting to and fro in
} rocking chair, or n German woman kni
ting, knitting, knitting, until the needl
seem so many restless, shining imps. !.
! fancy that it requires very high degrees
= -of-breeding to enable a woman to
S still, quite still, not to rock, or do fam
t work, or even sway fan to and fro"
Says the Boston Transcript: "We do n
know much, of course, those of US wi
q stay in the city all summer, but still it W
> not do for woman to come up from Ne
:. port for day or two and try to make
believe that it is fashionable to carry
: garnet sunshade with gown rufied wi
. magenta, nor can we be persuaded tn
|. scarlet hat, ribbons and crimson plaid sa
. and Pompeian red stockings when wo
. with cheese colored linen dress make
pretty costume for q small child"
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

"Septsmber weddings are by some re-
garded the luckiest." That all depends on
whom you marry. ..f s.re'.;....
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

The concert season will soon open and
the word technique is getting ready to amuse
the artistes and confuse the public.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

A correspondent ask: "Can woman
ride a bioyclsa" Yes, she can, but she
WON'T ls4H iaIw 10 ssp..Y 1g.4 sa!5-i,
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Grant is in decline declining offices in
mining companies.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Never firt with another girl while en-.
gagged to On heiress. Ulysses s! Grant, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

The season for shooting squarrels and
straw hats has arrived. iHH2i aa9i,
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15
WHOLE NO. 1915.
Current Opinion.
A good perfume levels all ranks.
PHILADELPHIA EVENING NEWS

A good perfume levels all ranks.
Campaign poets are born no, f,,-for
much.
Camphorated ovorcoats will SOON be in
order.
The season for spelling books and pres.
sing autumn leaves has arrived
Indian bellies mover paint. 1t seems i'm.
possible Tor them to become civilized.
ihe onion was invented by spinster
goooeSs who had spite against Cupid.
1t is thought that there will be tiad.ou
wave IN the sea Of matrimony this fall
A man who has tumbled into a we'll
knows something about the dangers Of tbo
deep.
The season for going hunting for camo
and shooting yourself or some one else has
arrived.
Physicians are returning from the s0o.
shore and it is now no longer necessary 10
keep well.
The sun is the oldest settler in the West
-Er. The white of egg is the oldest set.
tier in the East.
Mrs. Langtry thinks she has been on
Tree exhibition long enough and wants 70
go on the stage.
a peach grower has been ruined by AN
ignorant farm hand who put the layer Of
olg peaches at the bottom of the basket
An ensraver in noted jewelry establish.
ment recently designed a monogram which
could be read. He was, of course. dis.
charged.
If reed birds knew what's what, thew
would soon leave for parts unknown, but
like great many people, they do not read
the papers.
The young men who suck ivory headed
canes in public are merely advertising the
fact that it is only few years since they
were weaned.
NO man con be convinced that he is not
as smart as his fellows, but many men are
willing to admit that they have missed
their calling.
A Philadelphia man struck fat thing
the other day. He went to Governor Is.
land and familiarly slapped General Han,
cock on the back.
: "Ike Marvel" donald G. Mitcheln would
be quite wealthy were it not for the fact
that he has to support model farm near
New Haven, Connecticut.
a Mrs. Eaglin of Carroll county, KY, it 9S
years old and has been going to circuses all
s her life. She says the clowns jokes al
ways bring her youth lack to her.
A New York lady who persisted in in
:, | viting her country cousins to visit her dur
ing the winter and share her box at the
opera, has been sent to an insane asylum.
Money at Newport has more and more
\ influence, whereas in old time it used to be
pedigree. Few people with any pedigree
to speak of can now afford to 60 to New.
port.
h A Philadelphia youth says he knows his
It girl is an angel because her wings have
h already begun to sprout, from which we
n infer that the fair ones shoulder blades are
a unusually prominent.
Ladies are SO slow in getting on a street
F car that the conductor, to make up for
n lost time, has to start up the moment they
l. step on the platform, and then, to his sur
e prise, the fair travellers are thrown right
# into his arms.
An Indiana man, the father of twenty
> six children has married his fourth wife
We fear that twenty.six children will be
more than match for stepmother; bu
= there is no telling until the experiment il
= tried.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

The ice men are giving good weight now
to make up for the little mistakes of last
summer. "iA
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

An Indiana man, the father of twenty.
six children has married his fourth wife.
We fear that twenty.six children will be
more than match for a stepmother; but
there is no telling until the experiment is
tried.
Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

Ladies are SO slow in getting on a street.
car that the conductor, to make up for
lost time, has to start up the moment they
step on the platform, and then, to his sur
prise, the fair travellers are thrown right
into his arms.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-31

theories" and the ssintelligent rule of
the masses" 1t sounds little strange
to hear a Pennsylvania Senator de-
manding a revision of the tariff for the
benefit of the public !; and yet that is
precisely what Mr.. Wallace means,
when he declares for ga thorough In
quiry into taxation for revenue and its
readjustment upon basis just to every
interest and to all the people.
Senator Wallace does not believe the
Democratic party can die while is
stands for the rights of the people, at
1t is bound to do by the very law of Its
existence. ssrhe hour for its triumph"
he concludes, sswill have come, when
1t boldly asserts its true theories and
ignores the establishments of money,
monopoly, and corrupt power. He
whose interests, Judgment, or teachings
are adverse to the rule of the masses,
will join its enemies but in his room
1t will recruit scores Of those In whose
interest it strikes, or who respect its at
titude and detest strong government.
The future of the Democratic arty Is
the future of the republic."
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NO cArrAlN-GENEnAL FOR HIM.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 10, 1880.
Jpilliam Scott, Esq, 1Ne,o York City.
Dear Scott Lest you and my per-
sonal friends may be disturbed by the
stories again put in circulation In con-
sequence of the recommendation In the
Presidents message to make Gen. u.
s. Grant CaptaIn-General, I will ex-
plain my case to you.
When Gen. Grant was nominated
for President in the first instance, In
1868, he volunteered to me the.oQlrff6n
that when his term was--eszt he would
not desire to regaiH command of the
army, es it would be unjust to me.
have never heard him since say q
word to indicate change in that opin-
ion, and / do not believe he or his
friends suggested to the President the
idea of the Captain Generally, or, OF
regaining a place on the army retired
list. There Is no reason why Presi-
dents may not be retired the same as
the members of the Supreme Court.
Gen. Hancock, when candidate for
President, In june last, used this lam
guage In private letter to me. "To
surrender the position Of senior Major
General is not light thing to do. i
could not even retire In such contin-
gency with the benefits ordinarily at
tached to such action, for tho Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Army and
Navy could not be on the retired list
of any service"
AS to- my retiring, you know that ]
will not be 81 years old till 1882, and
the rumor of my intending voluntarily
to retire grew out of an expressed de-
sire to manage so rs TO bring Lieut..
Gen, Sheridan to Washington, and
thus to leave the three military divis-
ions for the three Major-Generals now
on the army register. But as the
President has just indicated new
fourth division for Major-Gen. Scho-
field, that pressure has passed, and
am in no measure committed as to my
| future action. The service is embar-
raised already with too much rank for
our small army, and don't know
what Captain-General will find to
do, There never was such an officer
in the United States, and ii will need
legislation to create and define such an
office. will take my own time and
| coursc Of action when The emergency
/ comes. As always, your friend,
i w. II. SHERMAN.
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WEAVER AND SPARKS.

Late Washington dispatches are I'm
famed with the SanGuinary hues OF
war. First there was slight set.to
between Wood OF New York and Mills
of Texas. That tapered or smoothly
and harmlessly. But, shortly there
after, q second engagement occurred
between Weaver OF Iowa (you all do
know him) and Sparks OF Illinois
"Mr. Weaver made q humorous
party for inconsistency on financial
questions, and the discussion soon
Hdrifted into q noisy and Irregular dis
pute as to which party was responsible
for the characterization of silver, and i
which party should have credit for Its
reconciliation.
ga personal CONTROVERSY soon sprang
up between Messrs. Sparks and Weaver
as to the latter's varacity.
tsMr., Weaver declared no one could
insult him Intentionally by ascribing
falsehood to him without feeling the
force for his {Weaver's) right arm.
daughter and uproar.)
ssMr. Sparks replied: What j said
was that you were stating what was
not true and that you were wanting Ia
the qualities of q gentleman.
tsMr. Weavef--(Now thoroughly
~~--9.S -s--~~ N-~NeSSSsJ = oC1ONkiSO NtA<J
gentleman personally as liar on the
floor of this house.
"Mr. Sparks equally exclted.)
You are scoundrel and villain.
'tMr. Weaver thereupon tamid gfeaS
uproar) left the place where he was
standinge9nd advanced menacingly to-
wards Mr.. Sparks, who, In his turn
moved towards Mr.. Weaver, but both
were immediately surrounded by
members, who prevented them getting
to close quarters and made them put
on their coats, which each was I'm the
act of taking of as he advanced into
the arena.
"Of course the greatest confusion and
disorder prevailed on the floor and In
the galleries, but In the midst OF 1t tho
speaker took the chair and called upon
the sergeant-at-arms to do his duty.
Just then, however, there was nothing
particular to be done by that official, MS
the combatants had been removed by
their respective friends, and there was
no danger OF their assaultirg each
other. After the disorder had SUBJ
sided, Mr.. Covert resumed the chair.
The committee rose and tho house
adjourned"
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SENATOR WALLACE ON THE DEMO.
CRATIC PARTY.

Mr.. Wallace's paper in the North
American Review, entitled "The
Mission of the Democratic Party" Is
brief but every sentence contains an
important lesson. His description of
the growth and power of Federal
patronage, in connection with "cofpor-
ations, monopotists, and wealthy
men, is worthy of Franklin himself,
and is especially startling as the obser-
walton of one of the most sagacious and
most conservative of Democratic poll
ticians. Mr.. Wallace depicts the tre-
mendous progress of Capitalization,
aided by patronage and money, in the
hands of officehoIders, and protected
| business interests. constituting Q
favored class aAPo insists upon an
Immediate ret2 70 the "ancienl
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-31
AN EXTRA SESSION.

We think, as nearly every other cdi-
tor in the State does, that an extra
session of the Legislature is impera-
lively demanded. Something is nee
essary to bA done in order to put that
conglomerated patchwork of absurd
ties, known as the constitution, into
some kind of working order. And
about the first thing to be done Is to
call convention to form new consti-
tuition and tolallow the people to vote
for or again4t it in a common sense
manner, without having to vote for
officers undet it at the same time. An
extra scssioE and new constitution,
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Senator Blaine has prepared a bill to
reduce letter postage from three to two
cents per halfounce. He will intro
duce it in the Senate in day or two.
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lrrom tho N. Q. slatcs, 24th.]

a. $. Aclxerman, Attorney General
of tho United States during Grants
first term, died in Cartersyille, Va,
Tuesday night.
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Dentistry.

EDUMCISNTJe
y DR. S. L. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
y offershis professional services to the
S<<szf ~s.Eens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
SE Having an experience of fourteen
wears in the practice, he feels confident OF
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing TO warrant all work.
Office at residence on Jackson street, near
the Female Academy, Monroe. La.
v7-mar16:1Y
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The man who is never on time usu
ally carries large watch.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-31

Job work executed with neatness
and dispatch at shis office.
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'NnOE, LOO lOlh<h Il IN
OF THE ANNUAL
CONFERENCE M. E. CHURCH.
The State annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
recently held at Shreveport, made the
following assignment of ministers for
the ensuing year.
NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT.
Joseph b. Misunderstanding Elder.
Carondelet street-Felix r. Hill.
Felicity street-Charles w. Carter.
st. Charles avenue-John Mathews.
Moreau street-James NJ. Beard.
Louisiana avenue--Christian Keener.
Algiers-Lewis A. Reed.
Lafayette Mission-Thomas III.
Jones.
Baton Rouge-Joel T. Dawes.
A. G. Miller, Supernumerary.
Plaquemines and Gross Tete-Frank
E. Butler.
Editor New Orleans Christian Adj
vocate Linus Parker.
South Western Bible Socicty-James
A. Ivy, Agent.
DELHI DISTRICT.
B. F. Alexander-Presidin Elder.
Trenton and Monroe-Benj. f.
White.
Delhi and Madison-John w. Har-
mon.
Colly and Forks Chapel-C. w.
Hodge.
Bastrop-James M. Mckee.
Oak Ridge. w. Medlock.
Rayville-N. S. Cornell.
Winnsboro-A. @. Couey.
Waterproof, Vidalia and st. Joseph
r. s. Trippett.
TensaS Circuit. Landrum.
Tensas Chapel-A. M. Wales.
Lake Providence and Pecan Grove
H. o. White.
Eloyd-R. 8. Isbell.
Lind Grove-A. A. Cornett.
HOMER DISTRICT.
James A. Parker-Presiding Elder.
Homer-Joseph III. Stone.
Tulip-T. J. Upton.
Haynesville-Jas. E. Bradley.
Minden-John A Miller.
Spartan. s. Collier.
Arcadia-Robert Parvin.
Vernon-Thomas S. Randle.
Indian Village-R. T. Parish.
Rochester and Saline Mission-R.
NJ. Crowson.
Downsville-J. M. Brown.
Farmerville-J. Patterson.
Webster-Chas. Il. Munholland.
SHREVEPORT DISTRICT.
7. IT. McClendon-Presid Elder.
Shreveport-Jno. II. Sawyer.
neutrality-suspicious. B. Foust.
Caddo-Geo. M. Liverman.
Logansport Mission-John Pipes.
Mansfield. J. Billingsly.
Pleasant Hill-William Hart.
Natchitoches-Robt. RandIe.
Natchitoches Circuit-R. M. Blocker
and one to be supplied.
Anacoco-To be supplied.
Springville-John NJ. Hearn.
Coushatta-Jno. B. Classify.
South Bossier-Wn1. d. Stayton.
North Bcssier-Robt. A. Davis.
Many Circuit-To be supplied by
Henry Bowles.
President of Mansfield Female Col
lege-J. Lane Borden.
ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT.
f. G. Misunderstanding Elder.
Alexandria and Pineville-J. d.
Harper.
Rapides Circuits. U. Whately.
Winnfield--A. II. Galloway.
Harrisburg and Trinity-Patrick
Calvin.
Sicily Island and OakIey-W. r.
Whately.
Jena Circuit-To be supplied by Ed.
B. Galloway.
Columbia-James l.. Wright.
Castor-C. r. Benson.
Bayou B9uff and Evergreen. l..
p. Sheppard.
Fred White, Supernumerary.
Spring Creek--To be supplied.
SiInsport-C. r. Godfrey.
Little River-C. f. Stivers.
| Avoyelles, French Mission-To be
supplied.
Cotile-To be supplied by George F.
Holzach.
oPELOUsAs DISTRICT.
J. NJ. misunderstanding Elder.
Opelousas-Thos. J. Hough.
Westinghouse. G. Manly.
l<N,-r