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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
Deceived BY Appearance.

A Hartford ieweler, says the Cour-
ant of that city, recently directed
the attention Of . TREND 10 y rough
appearing old farmer saup>ering
down Main street, and remarked,
"tve been worse sold on that man
than on any other 10 my whole bus.
mess life.' The man, fully three
score years and ten, wore shabby
pantaloons, rough COW hide boots
Innocent of the slightese trace Of
bsactisg, . vest sOiseslis-fkVwsW1d
with tue back partly ~ tstters; was
in bis shirt sleeves, without c0l)as
aud his head covered by tile fash.
ionable many years ago. That was
about his STYLE" continued the mer-
chant, "when be dropped in Vi ny
store one day during the war, ami
said he wanted to bug . watch,
Judging from his appearance that
he meant sometiIne IN the future, af.
ter the scarecrow season was over
and he had drawn his money, I
didn't hustle around very lively to
make trade. thought ten dol
lar silver watch would about close
out bis pile and showed one across
the counter to him. He merely
glanced at it and quietly asked,
Don't you keep anything betterf"
This uettled me, aud for Q bluff /
hauled out an American watch, ono
Of the costliest We bad in the store,
worth $l,75 la gold, aud gold was
worth somewhere about 30O then.
He examined il carefully, asked its
price, and then to my amazemant
said. 'That1l do" He dived down
into his psfaloOns pocket and alter
6shipg out OF the way roll ofgssn-
backs as big ~ your bat be kuulesi
up purse of gold, counted oat tho
e1,75, showed the watch into his
vest pocket and walked out You
may imagine that this excited my
curiosity and after awhile 1 AsseF-
tanned who my strange costOuser
was. He lived q few miles down
the river and Was worth enough to
have bought out the whole establish.
ment. Since then ] haven't tried
any more bluffs on plainly. dressed
men. You can't always tell by
mans clothes what he's got down
in his pockets
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
MINDEN MALE ACADEMY

THIS Institution will open on September
i lst, 1850.
The session will consist Of two terms oil
twenty weeks each.
Papib received at any time and charged
to the close Of the term.
For further particulars apply to
GEO. o. THATCHER,
Jure %, 1880. Prin.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
A Judge Who Believes in Ghosts.

Tue Newburyport (Mass.) Herald
says: III the Police Court, Thurs
day morning, Isaac Hibbs, Of West
New bury was indicted for AIR az.
sault and discharged. The facts IN
the case appear TO be as follows:
On the morning Of the 5th q oOp,.
pany of young men thought it
would be a good joke to throw a
stone into the chamber window of
one of the citizens OF that town.
A member of the family, however,
overheard the young fellows plot
ting mischief, and hurryinR home,
informed the old gentleman Of the
plan aud he quickly donned p0r-
ton OF his under garments only,
Fastening to put himself in ambush.
When the young rioters came along
he spIang ont aud all ran but one,
who stood up and knocked the old
gentleman down couple of times.
Whereupon a warrant for assault
was issued, and, when brought into
Court, Hibbs pleaded that che
thought it was a ghost. and he
wasn't going to run from it, Ac.
cordingly His Honor ruled that if
the young man thought it was .
"ghost,' aud was struck with that
idea, he committed no assault, and,
consequently sh Ould be discharged.
Such Judge as that deserves a
much wider reputation than we are
able to give him. ...
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
An Unexpected Answer.

It needs tact and large knowi.
edge of boy-nature, if one il to
become a successful talker to Sun.
day schools. Many bright man
makes hugo blunders by venturing
to ask questions without seeing the
possibilities of unwelcone answers.
A confident taIker of this kind, an
eloquent; minister, wishing to illus.
trate the difference between fiction
and history, once came to sudden
grief. He told, in graphic style,
the story of Jack and the Bean.
stalk, to the great delight of his
youthful audience. 1t didn't troub.
le them AT nll that the story was
not true, and when he asked them:
"B0ys, do you believe the story"
they cried out, with one voice:
"No, sir; 10, sir"
Being pleased with his success,
he went OIL to tell the historical
story OF David killing the huge
Goliath with his sling.
The boys listened with equal de.
light-it Was mission schOOl-and
when he asked, confidently:
"Do you believe this story, boysf'
the answer came rs promptly as
before, mo, sir; no, sir.'
An explosion of laughter was in
eVtabte, even from grave Superin'
tendent and teachers, and the elo-
Quent speaker was at his Wits ends.
He will never again couple fiction
with history that is almost as re.
markable as some Of the tales OF
fiction to test the discrimination of
q mission school.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
GETTING At TINE POINT.

PARODY.
OF course II was q sin
For him to stick . piu
In the chair
Where his parents often sat,
But he didn't think Of that
Didn't care.
On the cushion soft and fat
Lay his fathers Sunday hat,
And he knew
That he'd never stop to look
For the tiny, pointed hook
Sticking through.
So behind the lounge he got,
For he Thought he'd rather not
Be around
When the parent raised the hat
Aud HPon the pin-point sat
Judgment sound.
Then he heard his fathers step,
Aud another, but he kept
Like n mouse.
The new parson. sure a. fate,
Moved into the place of late,
Souls to rouse.
Host from chair removed the hat,
Babe him seat bimslf in that,
And he did.
From inspired lips there fell
Earnest words aud curdlIng yell
All unbid.
Now that boy has lost his vim,
And a seat that just suits him
Must be soft.
And be wears weary frown,
But you'd note he don't sit down
Very oft.
IN. Y. Star
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

six feet from me, but beyond my
reach.
l puzzled my brain to devise
some means to get it within my
grasp, but all my Yankee ingenuity
could not surmount the difficulty.
There was no other way but to dig
myself out, and went at it with q
will.
| worked away until the flesh Of
my ingers' ends was nearly worn
ofi; vet il seemed that | was making
little progress.
And then my time was limited
TO a few hours. The storm had
ceased, and the sun which was
shining brightly, had since passed
the meridian. | fully knew my
peril if | should be forced to spend
the night in that helpless condition,
aud | resumed my digging. though
with but little hopes of being able
to free myself before the darkness
came Oh. Then was nearly ex.
hausted, and my hands was 80 sore
that | was obliged TO rest every
few moments.
During one of these intervals, !
heard a slight rustling among the
leaves, and looking up saw a most
welcome sight. 1t was the profes.
sor's faithful dog. Jack. He bound
ed towards me, licked my face and
hands. and jumped about me with
every demonstration of joy at find.
ing Inc.
had supposed, when l first saw
the dog, that some OF my compan-
ions were with him, but this proved
not to be the case. Then, OF what
use is he, only rs companion and
sentinel He could not release
me.
All! couldn't hei He could bring
me the knife. / had often seen
him. at his masters command, car.
~ different objects and lay them at
bis feet. Would he not do the
same for met 1t was worth a trial.
"Jack, go hiring itf" said /, pat,
ting him on the head, and pointing
to the knife.
Away he bounded and brought
u stick. Again aud again sent
him, but with the same results.
Once more l make the trial.
$50 get it Jack. Get the knife
Away he went again. Another
stick-no, it's the knife. All! he
drops il and again takes-the-
stick. no, thank God the knife is
firmly between dis teeth, aud BIC
laid it in my band.
If there was not some "tatt"
whiting within the next half hour,
and a fervent "Thank God,' rs the
little sapling parted, then my name
is not Max Munson.
Once more upon my feet, / found
that l had received more serious
injuries than had supposed, but l
managed to reach camp, which was
not more than a mile distant, just
as my companions came in from
their search tor me.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

Olive Logon, Ia sH8nsls lsaAeetto
tho Cincinnati Rsquiseoy 6lCo4tA4
French capital: at y ~ -
beautiful capital the haadaN( =
have ever reared. Itif tn u
jess city that exists - teet y
sasth- lis . losely p|Rae g ~,
either for . weak or e,tXalY !.
1t il The crueljei spc& - IA Tclld
to pass . kfstipe m. !, -,
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
Imprisoned in the Forest.

led me long chase, and when |
started out for the camp I was not
certain of the direction. For the
first few miles my mind was occu-
pied more with thoughts of my re
cent narrow escape than with the
way that | was taking; but, as the
night grew darker, and became
fatigued, ! began to think of my
whereabouts.
had no difficulty in keeping up
a brisk pace, tor on those almost
boundless plains, with no vegeta.
ton but the short buffalo grass, it
is almost as easy travelling by night
as by day.
| continued my way until ]
thought it must be near morning,
bat no signs of camp yet. was
weary aud footsore, hungry. and so
thirsty.
just as the thirst became almost
intolerablr espied the dim outlines
of a tree but a short distance ahead.
How my dropping spirits revived,
for in that region tree is almost Il
sure Indication OF a watercoursc.
Forgetting my fatigue, | quick
pped my steps, and WAS soon drink
ing my fill from the little creek.
Feeling much refreshed, sat
down for moment to compare
notes., had travelled far enough,
[ was sure, to have reached camp.
II such was the case, | was certain.
~ ont of the way, and perhaps GO
ing further and further all the time.
1t could not be long till morning,
and feeling sure that | was ''off the
track thought it best to remain
where | was until daylight. Seat.
ing myself by an old sycamore, l
leaned back against its smooth
body. | did not intend TO sleep,
but my eyes closed in spite of me,
and when | awoke the night had
passed.
The gentle breeze that was blow.
ing when | fell asleep had Increased
TO a gale, heavy black clouds were
rolling up from the South, and big
drups of rain were already falling.
| cast my eve about tor shelter, but
saw nothing that offered greater
inducements than the old tree by
which / had been sitting. Hug.
ging close to its trunk, | awaited
the coming tempest.
The wind rose higher and higher.
The great white limbs of the syca.
mores which lined the banks Of the
creek on either side we're twisted tn
and fro, aud now and then a crash
told plainly that some Que of them
had yielded to the fury of the
storm.
Suddenly the tree against which
/ was leaning trembled and crack
led, and the ground began TO heave
under my feet. jumped for my
life and escaped that peril, but an
other awaited me. The huge tree
in it's descent struck little sapling
that stood near, partially uprooting
II, ana bending IL 10 tue eaTtn.
Before | was aware I was caught,
thrown to the ground, and pinioned
there as in a vice.
The pressure did not seem heavy,
at least, not painfully 80; but it was
sufficient to hold me firmly down
upon my back.
The tree seemed hardly larger
than my wrist, and ] thought OF
my knife to cut 1t. IL was III the
sheath at the back Of my belt, and
consequently under me. J reaehet!
first one side, then the other; but
was held reoiclese to the ground to
get IL without digging away the
soil. ! can meneed with my banda
and alter an hours work got my
hand upon the sheath. 1t was emp
ty. In my fall the knife had been
4 n
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

"WilIiam, do you know why You
are like q donkeyf7 "Like a don.
keyr echoed William, opening his
eyes wide; "no, l don't" 'Do you
give it upr 81 a. "Because
Your better half is stubbornness IL.
self" "That's not bad. Hs! ha!
III give that to my wife when l get
home.' "MYEiear,' be asked as he
sat down to supper, lido you know
Why l am like q donkeyT He wait.
"a 3 moment, expecting his wife TO
give it up. But she diiUt. She
looked &C him somewAss eommjse-
ratingly ~ she answered, al sup.
pose because you were born So"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic cures disPspsis.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

1t is said that not less than
1000 ministers, representing the va
rious religious denominations Of the
country, have temporarily aban'
doned their charges and gone 10
Europe tor recreation and pleasure.
Preachers, as a rule, work hard, but
it is not those who work hardest
who enjoy these annual summer
trips abroad. 1t is the minister who
furnishes spiritual comfort to . rich
congregation in q magnificent and
costly structure who generally gets
across the Atlantic. he has one or
more assistants to perform his To-
bors for him and guard bic deck
against the assaults of the evil ono
during the absence OF the pastor.
The number of American preachers
who R0tkrsAd for pleasure increases
each yer, perhaps sfter awhile n
summer tour to Europe win 6S'in-
Guided 40 part Of the DiuiseegAs reg
ular pay ffoas bis congregation
ST. LoSis Gls6ss DeMosraAssS pa l- .
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18
Terms Of Subsori ption:
Terms OF Advertising:

One square, Of one inch in space OF less,
first Insertion, 81 90; each additional iuser.
ton, so cents.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic restores the APP
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-08-18

Texas has . population Of 1,76e,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23

- The new tobacco crop will be the
smallest for many years in Virginia.
Worms and heavy rains at critical time
are among the causes.
- Senator Bayard has responded to an
invitation of the Wilmington, N. g.,
Democrats, with promise to speak
there during October.
About Warshaw, N. c., they have
ceased to hope for more than two.thirds
of a cotton crop. Corn and rice also suf-
fer greatly from drought.
- An Indiana Judge has granted an
Injunction commanding newspaper not
to 20 into debt until further order. A
similar injunction against its subscribers
would be more effect.
- Nobody can be found to fill the Of
flee of coroner in Pickens County, 5. q.
We knew the law against carrying con-
cealed weapons would have its bad as its
good effects.-Boston Post.
Speaking of the "solid South" the
New York Herald, pleased at its solidity,
and congratulating the New York mer.
chants on the fact, says: 1t would not
be extravagant to say that their people
are on the whole more prosperous than
those in most parts of the North. Un'
doubtedly the conditions of living are
easier in the South than in the North.
But the change for the better in the last
four years is very remarkable. Every
where we read of new industries starting
intolife manufactures ofvarious kinds are
rapidly increasing and give employment
to increasing numbers Of the poor whites,
to whom factory life is distinct advance
in the seal Of prosperity. The business
of market gardening for Northern con.
sumption has been found so profit lie
that vegetable and small fruit ems
and orchards are found in all the States
from Virginia to Louisiana. 1t is absurd
to charge that region thus healthfully
prosperous is lawless or idle. The
South produced last year the largest COZ
ton crop in its history, and this years
crop will be even greater. But, over and
above the cotton, it is producing multi
tude of other things which were totally
unknown in the South before the war;"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23

ANovEL FIGHT BETWEEN Two CHt-
CAGo WoRKMEN AND ITS HORRIBLE RE-
SUITS Chicago, September 12.-One ofthe
most novel fights, with most horrible re-
suits, that has ever been brought to the
notice of the police, occurred here at ~
o'clock this morning at the Union Iron
and Steel Foundry dock near the corner
of Thirty second street and Ashland av.
enue. A gang of workmen where EN-.
gagged in unloading iron ore when two cf
them, William Doyle and Timothy Con.
neil, engaged in a quarrel. After talking
loudly for moment or two they clinched
and fought for the mastery, which neither
of them could gain. Finally, apparently
with mutual understanding, they It,
20, separated and began to look about for
weapons. Suddenly each seized kero'
sene bracket-lamp and with crush
hurled it at the other. Each lamp struck
its mark and the dull thud was followed by
two bright explosions and the Mortified
workmen behcld their comrades wrapped
in flames. 1t was some moments before
they were able to put out the fire, and
when they had extinguished them it was
only to find the men unconscious ard
most horribly roasted. Each was con-
veyed to his house. The physicians who
are attending them say that Doyle will
in all probability die aud that Connell,
although very badly injured. may recoV'
er. The chances are against the recovery
of both, however, and should both die it
will create no surprise. Both men aio
past middle life and are married, with
families.-Special dispatch to the Ne%
York World.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23

FAILURE NOT A FAILURE.-The Sc
cret of happiness is to make the best of
everything. No matter what happens
TO annoy, let it all glide along as easily
and with as few words of complaint and
fauit-fnding as possible. Little incon.
yeniences will intrude upon the most for.
tunate people, so the only way to be
master of every situation is to make up
your mind not to notice small annoy
ances. People may keep themselves in a
constant broil over what amounts to
nothing, and which, without accomplish
ing the least good, may ruin the peace
and quiet of u household. We cannot
have everything just as we want it in this
world, and the sooner person under
stands that fact, the sooner he may have
a true basis for happiness.
1t is the greatest folly to set the heart
upon uncertainties, and then, if disap-
noipted, refuse to be comforted or recon-
cilcd. Do the very best you can, and
then take things rs they come. If a
man strives with his best knowledge,
energy and untiring labor to accomplish
u certain object, working with skill and
patience, he is success, whether the
Scheme fails or succeeds, and he ought to
reconcile himself to failure if it was in
eyitable. If his labors have been of brain
and hand, he is better fitted to succeed
( In other undertakings. And the ques-
t;on of success or failure is not settled
t;ll this life ends-no, not till the lie to
come shall reveal its grand results
Christian Treasury.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23

Shriner's Indian Vermifuge is perfect
ly safe and easily administered. 1t is
cheap and will give satisfaction. Try it.
The work that is to tell in heaven
must be that which is done on purpose
for heaven. The work that is done for
earth goes down with us to the grave.
A little daughter of Mrs. E. G. Vim
cent, two and half years old, fell from
her mothers arms in Union County on
the 18th inst, and striking her head
against sewing machine, was almost
instantly killed.
When the Spanish proverb says,
"Thcre is no such thing as trifle III the
world" it speaks most profound truth.
Nothing can be little, whose conse,,
quences are great; and the lightest word
or deed records itself in life and char
acter.
- A meeting of whites and Indians
was held by missionary on Puget
Sound. The Indian women who came,
bringing their babies, as usual, were
amazed to see the white men carrying
their babies. At the next meeting the
Indian men carried theirs. Good cx-
ample tells.
= A student of Augustana College
has Just made missionary tour among
the Swedes in the neighborhood of Lead
Vile, Col. He travelled over one hun
dred and fifty miles over the mountains
on foot, and held in Kokomo, twelve
thousand feet above of the sea, "the first
Swedish service ever held in so high q
citv.' He had about one hundred Scan
dinavian hearers. The first man he
called on at Leadville told him that he
was not wanted there; but he said he
had been sent, and would stay and
preach, and he took up his abode in that
mans house.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23
Remarkable Discovery Of Murder.

The following account of murder,
which was committed in Bermuda in the
antumnof 1878, is taken from a letter
written.to Gen. Sir J. LEROY, late Gov.
ernor Of these islands. In the autumn of
1878 a man committed terrible crime
in Somerset, which was for some time
involved in deep mystery. His wife, q
handsome mulatto woman, disappeared
suddenly, after going home from church
on Sunday, October Goth. Suspicion
Immediately fell upon the husband, a
clever young fellow of about 80, but no
trace of the missing woman was LETT be-
hind, and there seemed strong proba-
bility that the crime would remain un-
detected. On Sunday, however, October
9th, a week after the woman had disap-
peared, some Somerville boatmen, look
ing out toward the seq, as is their custom,
we're struck by observing in the Long
Bay channel, the surface of which was
rufHed by slight breeze, q long streak OF
calm, such as, to use their own lllustra.-
ton, cask of oil usually diffuses around
it when in the water.
The feyerish anxiety about the missing
woman suggested some strange connec-
ton between this singular calm and the
mode of her disappearance. Two or
three days after (why not sooner / can
not tell you) her brother and three other
men went out to the spot where it was
observed, and from which it had not dis
appeared since Sunday, and with Sc
ries of fsh-hooks ranged along a long
line dragged the bottom of the channel, ,
but at first without success. Shifting the
position Of the boat, they dragged lit
tie further to windward and presently
the line was caught. With water.glasses
the men discovered that it had caught in
skeleton, which was held down by some
heavy weight. They pulled on the line;
something suddenly gave way, and up
came the skeleton of the trunk, pelvis
and legs of human body, from which
almost every vestige of flesh had disap-
peared.
The husband was q fisherman, and
Long Bay channel was n fayorite fishing
ground, and he calculated truly enough
that the fish would very soon destroy the
means of Identification, but it never en-
tered into his head that as they did so
their rayages, combined with the process
of decomposition, would set free the
traces of his crime on the surface of the
water. The case seems an exceedingly
interesting one. The calm is not
mentioned in any book on medical
Jurisprudence that have, and the doc
tors seem not to have had experience oi
such al occurrence. A diver found a
stone with q rope attached, by which
the body had been held down, and also
portions of the scalp and Of the skin ol
the sole of the foot, and of the clothing,
by means of which the body was identi.
fed. The husband was found guilty and
executed.