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Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

Senator Blaine comedies the elec,
tion of Plaisted, the Democratic can
didate for Congress in Maine, but
claims the election of a large majority
of Republicans in both houses of the
Legislature. The vote for Governor
is positive, but returns from the Leg
isiative ticket is only supposition.
Let US give Blaine the benefit of his
opinion and rejoice over the election
of the Democratic Governor.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

The editor Of the st. Tammany
Farmer pines fora holiday, and seems
determined to take it. He says: "If
the Farmer for next week should
como up missing, our friends can give
us m apology that VIC have gone to
Pearl river on Il bear hunt. Bears in
that locality arc SO abundant that
they are becoming dangerous to the
welfare of the commonwealth.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

The DOnaldsOnville Chief has enter
ell upon its tenth year. Though Re-
publican, and differing witlsus in pol
itics the Chief is an upright, digniticd
paper, and we wish it abundant sue
cess.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

The petty paragrapher of the New
York Tribune observes: "The first
Republican mistake in this campaign
is yet to be made" Why, bless your
wool gathering wits, there has been
one continuous mistake ever since
Garfield, sometimes De Golycr called,
was nominated.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

Mr.. Acklen claims that he is strOn-
scr with the Republicans now than he
was at the last election and the New
Orleans States says it is not at all as
tOnished.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

BOssier Banner: When our farmers
set about producing the bulk of tho
articles they consume and now pay
money for, the date of their prosperi-
ty and good times will commence, and
not before.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

Kansas keeps a lot of commission
ers in the East begging on behalf o.
it's starving people. Since the close
Of the census it has withdrawn it's in-
vitation to the colored paupers of the
South. The latch-string has been
hauled in, so to speak.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

The election in Maine is us far as
we can judge by the returns, encour-
aging to the Democrats. We hope
that tho latest reports of success is
true.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

The young woman who painted the
picture of a dog and tree SO life
like that it was impossible to distin
guislt between the bark of the dog
and that Of the tree, has gone up tho
golden ladder to paint the sky against
which the ladder leans.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

Rooms DEMOCRATIC. CONSERVATIVE PARISH }
Central Executive Committee.
Baton Rongc, Sept. . 1850.
The members Of the COMMITTEES are hereby
notified I" attend n meeting at their Rooms in
the city OF baton Rouge, on Saturday. tho 18th
day Of September, 1870.
A puuctual attendance IL requested.
by order Of NJ. CHAMBERS, President.
W. G. RANDOLPH, Secretary.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16

The Kansas Globe, published in
Topeka, says: "a number of colored
persons left Topeka the other day for
their homcsin Mississippi, their trans
portation having been paid by Il fund
raised for that purpose by the plan
ters OF the South"
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16
The Sabine Index didn't get his man
in at the NatchitOches convention, but
gives lpsty hurrah for Blanchard.

Dispatches from all sections of the
South state that the cotton worm is
stripping the cotton i'll the most
alarming manner.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

4 The denomination of the Hon
John S. Billiu, by the Democratic
Convention Of the Third Congression
III District, is a just and tncritcd tri
bune to his patriotism and devotion
to the harmony and success Of hi
party.
! Nominated once before with grea
unanimity by Convention deemed
regular and properly authorized Il
act, he promptly withdrew from tn,
canvass when it was suggested that
some doubts existed as to the regular
(ity Of his nomination, and that in
order to carry the District the most
perfect hormony should prevail in the
party.
His opponent, Mr.. Acklen, protest
ed against the action of tho District
Convention held in this city and
Threatened to bolt the nomination aud
run independently unless another
Convention should be held in which
he hoped to fare Il little better. To
heal I'll dissensions and remove all
semblance Of untairness, the Execu.
tive Committee ordered another Con-
vention which assembled ut Morgan
City on Saturday.
1t soon appeared that Mr. Billiu
was again tho choice Of the conven-
ton, and was nominated by an over
whclming majority. Again Mr.. Ack-
len manifested his disapprobation by
Withdrawing from the convention and
having himself nominated by u few
boiling delegates.
This action of Mr.. Acklen is simply
tn attempt to defeat the Democratic
party in that District. No one believes,
not even his most devoted and sub
servient adherents, that he stands the
remOtest chance OF election. He will
probably obtain just enough demo
cratic votes to encompass the defeat
of Mr.. Billiu, the regular Democratic
nominee, and that seems to be the
sole object Of Mr.. Acklen's candidacy.
So long as tho controversy between
Mr.. Billu and Mr.. Acklcn remained
undecided by aparty convention, and
recognizing the right ofcacht to secure
the nomination Of his party, we rclrai-
ned from cspousing the cause of either
Of the aspirants.
But tho contest has now been deci |
'led, in strict accordance with party |
usage, in favor Of Mr.. Billiu, and to |
him VIC give our entire and cordial
support, recognizing him as the only |
nominee oftlic party and alone cnti- |
tied to receive the votes of Democrats.
Mr.. Acklen in his present attitude |
is q bolter and a disorganizcr and !
should be condemcd and rcpudiated
Us such by every Democratic voter in
his district. His conduct shows that |
it was never his intention to abide by
the nomination of any convention
which did not accept him as its choice. !
In this he has forfeited the respect
md confidence of the party which has
,wice honorctl him with it's favor;
md if through his revolt IL Republi-
an Congressman DC elected Mr..
Acklen's political future will bc idcnti-
led with that parry for whose success
10 sacrificed his Democratic re- 1
,ord.-N. O. States.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-16
Gri.daeeklp Gapitolia'1
LEON JASTRENfSKI,
Editor and business Manager

BATON ROUGE, SEPT. 16, 1880.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
Something New.

The Rocky Mountain News thus tells of
pretty girls for sale at schurch fair, and how
a miserly beau lost a great beauty:
1t has grown into a fashionable custom of
late to nave a mock auction sale of the pref
tiest girls at church festivals. 1t tends to
increase the our of the church, and at
the same time very clearly demonstrates in
which way the affections Of youth are bent.
For it is reasonable TO suppose that no ambi-
tious young man will permit his sweetheart
to be knocked down to a rival until he has
expended his last cent in the effort to become
the fortunate purchaser.
Acting upon this idea a fashionable church
10 Denveris preparing for a festival, in which
the auction business is to form a prominent
feature. 1t has put the young ladies in quite
n 1utter of excitement, and unhsppily at
this early stage of novelty-for, however
common in the East, it is a novelty here
has come very near wrecking the future
happiness of two estimable young creatures.
The facts in the case are these:
A young gentleman who cOnfesses to an
amiable weakness for one of the young ladies
who is to be disposed of on the occasion re-
ferred to, called on his dulcinea a few eve
nings since, and very naturally the subject
of the festival came up.
"I'm to be sold, C~harley-did you know
it2" exclaimed the enchantress.
"Nol are you, though? L suppose L shall
have to buy you"
"Of course. But how much do you reckon
L will sell for?"
This was a naive inquiry, but it led to a
moment Of brief but sagacious speculation.
If he had any rival the girl was likely to go
high, if he didn't have any it would appear
.,-a-kfrw ~ ON nxnnnH1nnlx r
cheap article.
81 don't know" The words were long
drawn out, and his face was grave. 81 sup
pose a dollar or twol"
If he had reflected a moment longer he
never would have made this observation. 1t
was born. however, of a sense of economy,
and he had no idea of what it would lead to.
But as the words fell from his lips he looked
at his inamorata and caught the flash of in
dignant blue eyes, which made his heart
sink.
'One or two dollars, indeedl I'll sell for
so at the very lowest
81 cam buy you then"
''Sir." and the lady's face was rigid with
amazement.
Maria, 1 ant spare that much money" and
the poor fellow looked sppealingly at the
divinity which was about to shape the end of
his purse. But the disaster had come. The
young lady rose from her seat like a queen,
and with the cruel remark that a gentleman
who thought so much Of $50 was not a suita-
able person to encourage as a lover, sailed
majestically from the room.
And now that young man soul is con-
vulsed with anguish, and his remarks upon
church festivals are frightful to contemplate.
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ment of their difficulties, but this not meet
ing with their favor, the gamblers repealed
the charitable act. therefore, in solemn coun.
Gil enacted, and pieces of tin were nailed
over the holes. reverentially designated the
Lords Pot" And loi the clouds broke
away; the disputed theological point was set
tied amicably. and the laborers in the cause
were seen together on the street, hand in
hand. And the pieces of tin were cast
aside, and exceeding great peace and happi-
ness settled on the town, and the cause pros
pered and grew apace. And they who fur
nished the sinews, even the gamblers, winked
respectfully at the elergymen and at each
other, as they observed that "a minister NAV
go forth without purse and without scrip;
but he can not fight without funds" And it
is even so in Christian communities, a fat
which we will do well to ponder.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
A cannibal Witch in India.


One of the most interesting passages in Mr..
Bells "Jungle Life in India is that which
treats of certain witches, or enchanters. The
English h0vo passed a low fvI bidding the
killing of persons of this profession, on pain
OF death to the executioner. Nevertheless, q
number of cattle having disappeared in a
certain village, it was opined that they had
been destroyed by the black art, and incan-
tations were resorted to for the discovery of
the offender. The lot fell upon an elderly
female, who, on being charged with the
crime, calmly and unhesitatingly confessed
that she had devoured the animals in question.
The owner of the latter, however, generously
consented to forgive her; here the matter
should have ended. But shortly afterw&rd
the son of this same merciful parsonage died,
and the witch proved to have had stomach
for him likewise, though she was conscien-
tiOus enough to add that she had been assisted
at the feast by two other ladies, whose names
she mentioned. The latter made no bones
about admitting their completely, and the in
jured father and cattle-owner then informed
them he should really be compelled to cut of
their heads-an action which he accordingly
performed, the ladies offering no expostuls-
ton or resistance whatever. This phase OF
the episode having been thus finished, to the
apparent satisfaction of all concerned, the
avenger placed himself in the hands Of the
English authorities, who, as in duty bound,
relieved him of his existence.
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much alloy there may be in the feeling which
alone deserves the lame Of love, its express
sion grows more beautiful and more sugges-
tive as the individuals under Its influence
grow older.
The sorrow il brings are more sacred and
more venerable when they assail persons in
advanced life. The intensity Of silent, dig
nifed, unselash grief which a husband of so
feels at the loss Of his life companion has
tenfold the strength ofthe passionate sorrow
of a young bride groom bereaved of his bride.
The feelings of a father losing his grown son
are tenderer and deeper than the agony of a
young mother losing her frstborn in its in.
fancy. Time itselfis an element of grandeur
when connected with grief or love-the net
work of pathetic thoughts and associations
which it weaves around the heart is ennobl-
ing and sanctifying.
Of all things that are beautiful in senti-
ment, full of tender suggestiveness, and alive
with real poetry, none can compare with
common things. The rOse-wreaths on q cof-
fin are prosaic compared with the forgotten
thimble and needle left in the sewing on the
little stand in the accustomed corner. The
living will not weep when they hear the
service read over their dead, but the sight of
the last shoes the dead had worn, the mark
left in the book last read together, the rattle
the child used, the broom the wife handled
anything, mean, tswdry, soiled it may be-
that has a familiar association-will break
the heart of the one left behind If he chance
TO let his glance fall upon it.
The samy magic that lends poetry to such
things dignifes and illumines other details
Of LONELINESS, old age, awkward manners,
rooted customs and formalities, and such
barriers TO what is popularity known as ro-
nance. 1 know nothing more charming
than real love in middle age, with its timidi-
ties and delicacies blooming like spring
flowers on the face of a rock.
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ONLY AN ERRAND BOY.


Only an errspd boy, doing his duty
Ntmb- e of foot and OF rtsolute VIII;
What Will become IL hlmf
What is tn sum OF himG
Where is the niche he's appointed 70 II
Only an errand boy; out In all weathers;
Heavily laden, and hungry and sad
This way and Tother way,
Driven about al day,
No one considers the poor little lad.
Only an errand boy; yet there's q future
Lying before him, for which he must plan;
Small Is the
Now for the diligence
With which he waits on the prosperous man
Yet before many years he will have risen
Up TO a height be Is fitted to I'LL;
Giving his orders out,
Sending as aids about,
Men whom he served with obedtent will
Only an errand boy, through the crowd push
ing,
Eager the goal and his wages to gain:
Watch him, and you will see
What Is his destiny;
What the reward he is sure to obtain.
Only an errapd boy, cheerful and willing;
Born amid poverty; held under ban;
Let your beneicence
ado to his recompense;
Greet hin as kindly as ever you can.
New York Ledger.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28

The following beautiful lines are from the
pen OF the accomplished editor of that old
and orthodox Democratic paper, the Chester
county Republican and Democrat George
w Pierce, ESQ.
They have the ring not only of the poet
but of the patriot, and will be read with
pleasure wherever the manly virtues of the
lamented Broderick are cherished-Phils-
delphia Press, October 29, 1859.
The bloodhOunds are stated. the jsckaIs have fed,
ana the Hon is sleeping The sleep Of the dead;
His blood Is still fresh on the sward where thew trod.
And inoenselike, rises, appealing to God,
The dews Of the morn viii not wash It away,
Twill redden aud glow in the noontide Of day
And 10 the deep gloom of the storm-mantIed nisht
Ii "iiirise like 3 pillar of fire on the sight.
10. brothers. who stand by his patriot grave.
Ana pour out yonr griefs for the valiant and brave,
Let Dis death De the watchword to startle with fear
Ihetyrsnts who sti1ened his limbs on the bier.
Arouse from yonr lethargy, children of toll,
lie sons Of the anvil, the loom, and the soil:
Come forth as the winds in their struggling MIGHT
And wrestle to death with the foeman Of riehtI
Thus was with your leader. the gifted and true.
his life was a sacrifice given to you;
Every pulse Of his heart, every nerve Of his frame
was to dignity labor an give il to fame.
He was peer to the proudest who govern the land,
But be stood by his class as hero will stand;
And when the hot taunt, like an arrow Of FIRE,
Was hurled at the artisan craft of his sire,
How he sprang to the breach with haIberd and CLAW.
Dehsnily meeting the lord Of the slave.
He spoke for the workshop, the sweat on the brow
vi the freeman whose crest Is the sword and the
plough.
There's are fountains Of feeling we may not control,
They spring from the innermost d-pths of the soul,
And flow like a river escaped from its bed
To freshen the fame of the glorious dead.
And thus as we stand on the ramparts OF time,
BY the post where a sentinel fell IN hi- prime,
We open the caskets Our bosoms unfold,
And pour out a treasure more precious than gold
OBJ men who look out from the far Golden Gate,
Where the holocaust smokes in the embers of hate,
Have you drank OF the hsgons that nerved him to
stand
For tru,h as a rock on your ocean-beat strandi
Then rear to the martyr a shaft that shall rise
AS q beacon Of freedom far up T. the skies,
And write on the granite, in letters Of fame,
immortal immortal the patriots name.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
"The Lords Pot
brooklyn Eagle


A few years g a poor but God-fearing
clergyman went to the town of Bismarck, a
frontier village in the wilds of Dakota, and
announced his intention of establishing a
branch Vineyard. There were no Christians
there, and for a time he did well. His meet
ings were held in a faro bank, and the sub
scriptions were paid in faro chrcks, which
he "cashed in" solemnly, and employed the
proceeds toward the establishment ola church
in a log sbanty. Another minister, equally
poor, but also God-fearing, went out there,
and the rugged frontiersmen, approaching
the business value Of competition, started
him in good shape, and he too was soon
Aourishing. A rule was established at the
various gambling saloons that any man win
ming 800 should give one TO the Cause, and
he dropped a red check into a hole in the
table called, reverentially, the Lords Pot"
spot being the vernacular for "pile." But
it came to pass that these c~lergymen dis
agreed on some theological point, and did
revile each other, not only in the pulpit, but
on the highways and in the waste places,
wherest the gamblers marveled and grew
wroth. 1t was finally proposed that the
ministers play a game of seven-up, in settle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28

/ loved him in my dawning years
For years, divinely dim;
My blithesI smiles, my saddest tears
We're evermore for him.
Ny dreaming when the day began;
The latest thought l had,
Was still some little loving plan
To make my darling glad.
They deemed he lacked the conquering wiles
That other children wear;
To me bis face, In frowns or smiles,
Was never aught but iair.
They said that self was all his goal,
BE knew no thought beyondi
To me, | know, nc living soul
Wa half so true and fond.
All, many a love was mine ere now,
In life's eapricious May,
And many a lightly whispered vow
The breezes bore away.
Yet, looking back on friends betrased,
And sweethearts left to rue,
My soul can say; SIN shine or shade.
At least he found me true"
In loves eclipse, in friendships dearth
In grief, and feud and bale,
My heart mas learnt the sacred worth
OF one that cannot fail;
And cOme what must, and come what may,
MOI power, nor praise. nor pelf.
Shall lure my faith from thee to stray,
My sweet, my own-My-elh
Frederick ~LaDgbridge.
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There is something very tender and touch
ing in the sorrow ofa true mother, whatever
the language in which it expresses itself. A
good old 'aunty." who had lost her young
est child, pours out her soul in a lament to
which many q white mothers heart will res
pond in sympathy. She says:
You see heis 50 little, sor, he'll miss his nanny So
An Hebben's such q great big place, be won't know
whar 10 20.
L thought if 1 could die to-day it wouldn't be too
late.
To obertske his little soul, aud tote It to the gate
An oh, it breaks my heart to think dat maybe be
will cry,
An hang about outside de gate, vidout . 5isc =
sup, -ti
A waitin' and a longin' for his nanny to le.sL ny.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28

An unmarried and emotional reporter Of
the Kansas City NO. Times refers in these
words to the stage kiss of Miss Emma Abbott
in the opera of paul and Virginia:
"Aha. that kiss-that long, low, anguish.
ing, limpid, liquid, lingering kissi 1t was the
calm, holy, ~ecststic outbreaking of two fond
and trusting hearts, an intermingling Of two
gentle souls sanctifed by love, a communion
of the intangible by tangible means, a blend
ing of earth with Heaven, in which the latter
had a decided preponderance. Twas such q
kiss as Troilus, stealing by night into the
Trojan camp, might fain have breathed on
Cressids's maiden lips, TO the melody of the
joyful nightingale that sang of love and in
the sheen of the round, red moon and the
stars that see, but never tell"
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The Women to Blame.
Troy Times.l

Woman, woman, what crimes are commit
ted because of thy fascinationsl Here are
three of the latest: Bogert, the New York
Produce Exchange defaulter, took his life in
a house of doubtful character, the proprietor
of which claimed to be an old friend of his.
j. Lloyd Haigh, the great fcrger, whose
transactions were exposed last week, had
wasted a fortune on a belle of the variety
stage, Miss JENNIE Hughes; and now Lissau,
the ascending secretary OF the German In
surance company of Philadelphia, it is dis
covered, ran away not so much because Of
his populations as because of a woman.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
The Place Beyond.
New York POST

Her idea of Heaven is expressed by a
Mobile lady as follows: 81 can not think of
Heaven, the Eden above, as a place Of con-
slant repoee. My childish idea of Heaven
as a place where happy spirits were ever
singing, or reclining on the banks of golden
streams, was never pleasing to me. When
/ became older and learned by experience
how necessary it was to be employed, l
never for one moment doubted that these in
tellects OF ours were intended to work on
forever in the glorious beyond"
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Tired Ont.

He does well who does his best
il he weary let him rest,
Brothersi l have done my best,
/ am ~eary-let ant rest.
After toiling of in vain,
Bafied, vet TO struggle fam;
After telling long, TO gain
Little good with mickle pain,
Let me rest. But lay me low,
Where the h~edgeside roses blow;
Where the little daisies grow,
Where the winds Annoying go;
Where the footpath rustics plod,
Where the breeEe-bOwed pOplars nod;
Where the old woods worship God,
Where Ills pencil paints the sod;
Where the welded throstle sings.
Where the young bird tries his wings;
Where the wailing ployer swings,
Near the runlst's rushing springsi
Where, at times, the tempost's roar.
Shaking distant sea and shore,-
Still will rave old Barnesdale DER,
To be heard by me no morei
There, beneath the breezy west,
Tired and thankful, let me rest,
Like q child that sleepeth best
On It's mothers gentle breast.
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Lime-Knn Clubs Agricultural Repor.

IDetr0It Free Press.J
The committee on agriculture, which had
been requested TO investigate the cause of
the scarcity ofapples the past season, report
ed as follows: "Dis committee was in CORES
pondence wild several pussons who know all
about de fruit bizness, an de gineral impress
sion seems TO be dat de scarcity was due 10
de fack dat de trees didn't bar many apples.
Why dey didn't bar was OWN to de scarcity,
an dat's all we could find out, 'cept dat it am
much cheaper TO eat popcorn at 5 cents a
quart dan apples at 40 cents a peck. You
doan' hev to frow away any cores when you
eat popcorn, an your committee will cher
pray"