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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
An Old Veteran.

One of the oldest perhaps the oldsa
citizens of omr parish il Francis N. Gssef,
who visits Homer every three months 10
prepare the paper, necessary for receiving
the quarterly payment of bis pension In
the war Of i-i2. Mr.. Greer is "a year, Of
age, was born in Grecue county, STATE cf
Georgia, and during the war Of 1919 served
his time as a soldier nj Savannah, Georgia.
Mr.. Greer is a we'll preserved old gentle
man, only infirm because of fall from .
horse several months ago. He now re-
sides near Lisbon.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
The Schools.

We are told that both schools began On
the first Wednesday, with very hatterins
attendance Of pupils. 1t was thought
few weeks ago that both the male -
female college would be largely patronises'
The crops were so promising that many
parents had determined TO give their chill
dren opportunities so long denied then.
We hope that none have seen fit to change
their minds. Better by far economic n
other matters aud give the boys and GIN
opportunities for an education. il
false idea of thrift that would keep the
young of the land ignorant while making
accumulations for other purposes
Homer has two schools that make eXtn
Inducements to the people Advsntas"
are offered the people now that may neTd
present themselves again. Surely, tncs
who have the care of boys and girls VII
avail themselves of them.
The people Of Homer should discoursss
any divisions, in order to build up ther
home institutions.
There is time yet To send in the boys s"a
girls. There are boarding places for Nh
In after days present delays may be !"
GREETED.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
HOMER, La.
Wednesday, ---.---Sept. ID, 1880
NOT A DUN,

Bnt II simple request to those who owe
either for subscriptions or advertisements,
to pay up at once. Next week 10 Court
week Many of those wha,are indebted 10
II. will he in town. Call ut the office and
settle up, Those who have no business AZ
Court can send us the money by some Of
their nrighbors. Let us hear from you at
once. 1t has been suggested that IT would
he u good idea to publish the names OF
those who are indebted to It's, with the
amount they owe. That would be an ex-
trcme measure that we do not like to take,
unless forced to do So. We will exhaust
other means, and il they all fail, then We
will take such steps ~ will awaken sinners
To a sense of Their condition. Money we
want, and must have.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
Hon. N. c. Blanchard.

We are gratiird 10 hc able 10 announce
to our readers that Hon. y. {. Blanchard,
of Caddo has received the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the fourth
district. When the maine of this gentle
man was first mentioned i'll connection
with the congressional nomination we took
occasion to express our opinion a. to his
fitness for the place. We have not seen
any reason TO vary from our estimate of
his ability. Although Young in years and
very Young in appearance, Mr.. blanchard
has the will aud ability to do the work
that may fall to his lot His constituents,
we feel sure, will find that their repre-
sentative (for his election is certain) will
never fail them. As chairman Of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee Of Caddo
parish Mr. blanchard has contributed
largely to the redemption Of that parish
from the hands OF the Republicans. He
has been active, energetic, laborious and
bold in the discharge OF his duties. As a
member of the constitutional convention
his course was marked by the same at
tributes. We congratulate the Democracy
of our neighboriug district upon their
happy choice. Let them prove their salts
faction 10y a majority of unusual magni-
tudc.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

A wealthy old German Republican, who
lives in Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg,
was elected, through Jest, president Of a
Democratic meeting. He accepted the
position and said that his friends might
be surprised to hear of his presiding over
a Democratic meeting, but he believed in
Hancock and would vote for him. His
farm was over there near Gettysburg at
the time of the fight and WAS there still,
and Hancock, who WAS q true man then
is a true man now, had something to do
init dot business" He and his friends
wonld therefore vote for Hancock. This
illustrates, says the City Item, the posi-
ton of the independent voter.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
Good News for the Ladies'.

We call attention to the advertisement
of Mrs. Vaughn and Miss Mitchell. Thss
ladies are now prepared to supply the pub
lie with any article wanted in their line.
1t il proper, if We can Do pleased, to Mt
millinery work at home. These ladies arc
fully up with the fashions, being cootin.
ually in correspondence with Madame
Dcmorcst. By sending abroad ladies will
pay larger price and get no better wort
Patronage home industry.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
Vep Important.

The members Of the new executive COM
mittee are requested to meet in Homer at
the Courthouse OH Monday, the Goth, for
the purpose of organization and arranging
for the campaign. The following are thu
members of the committee: r. J. Hart, J..
+. Meadors, Thornton Bridgman, T. n.
Dolin, }. u. Curry, A. l.. Atkins, J. A.
Lesueur, f. II. McClendon, John Young A
We'll, ID. Pennington, d. A. Williams. 1t
10 highly important that this committee
shosld organize at once.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

The " Y. Tribune, ever foremost in Mt
lacking the Southern people, received a
letter few days ago which it refused to
publish. This letter WAS published in the
y. Y. Star, and among other sensible
things has this to say: IL know Mr.. Gar
field personally, but | know also that my
business suffers by the assaults or the
southern people They 90 to Baltimore,
To Louisville and st. Louis, and i'll 81 doing
find my business lesscned." We wonld
be pleased TO know that Southern merchants
were more generally pursuing this course.
Some may call their refusal to patrunize
the business men of the city Of New York
prescription for opinions sake, but it is
certainly natural, just and reasonable that
we, in this case, where there il DO call for
a meek turning Of the other check to be
smitten, shonld, as far as possible, patron
ize our own people. Were the policy gen.
orally pursued the bloody shirt would no
longer be- Haunted in onr faces.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

pers-and having lost several hundred
dollars in the beginning, consider that
he has paid for valuable knowledge
One thing that we have learned, and
that 10, as We said above, our space.
or rather the advertising space Of well
conducted country paper may always be
disposed Of at a reasonable price to the
party SEEKING such space. 1t 10 true that
we may not always get - much a we eau
do, but the point we would make IL
that whenever party desires TO advertise
with us, although he may endeavor to pro-
cure unreasonably low figures, he will, in
the end, come to reasonable terms. TRAY
cling agents have shown ms contracts with
papers very near MS ut price shame
fully low, and when We refused 70 be
guided by that as criterion and stood
ont for Just and reasonable terms we
have never failed to make contract,
and in several instances have been told
our policy WA the best An experienced
advertiser does not care to patronize the
cheap paper, and his reasons are good.
They say that such concerns have no
character, no respectable local standing,
else they would not bc driven' to such
shifts to procure business. These and
other good reasons are made apparent by
their low rates, or rather by the fact that
they have no rates at all.
The great trouble is that nine-tenths Of
the world look upon journalism rs O kind
Of inongrrl business. or rather, not ~ a
legitimate businesses, ~ calling that
can care for itself and may be successfully
pursue, by any one. The truth is directly
the reverse. II is legitimate calling
ns much 40 as that Of the merchant, the
banker, the lawyer or the doctor. II
should he conducted in q business like
systematic manner. Books should be kept
with expense account, profit and loss items
all regularly posted up. Regular rate'
should he closely adhered to, aud there
should I've comfy between journals that
would prevent anything so destructive a.
rafting.
The publisher should never take advant'
age Of his position, il he have advantage
such as having the only paper III u place
and become extortionate. Reductions ma,
he made where large and remuneratir,
contracts are offered. In short let the
| publisher conduct his business in an hon
est, liberal, systematic manner, feeling a
pride in it. and rating it equal with all
other callisgs, and he will find it more
ennobling, more remuneratiye than when
conducted in tho other and most common
manner.
| There are many things that no Press A.
sociation can control and prices are among
those things, yet al annual meeting will
nm exchange of views will do much towart
elrvating the profession.
These DISCONNECTED thoughts are throw
out for the consideration of our brethren
| May the coming reunion be- the beginning
Of the end nf the old style.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Chicago seems to have managed her -
pitalities to the Knights Templar osa.!'
Some of the Knights declare that w
chief end had in view by the Chiese
Knights was 10 make all the money Po
BILE ont Of the visitors. The cloyen %"
will stick out iu spite of all the Chieas~
ties can do. The nature of the beas' !"
not to be concealed. In New Oriess
when the Grand COMMANDERS met 'ss'
visiting Knights were not allowed 70 ~
for anything. They were treated a. gue
always should be, with most lavish hosP
tality. 1t sounds bad for Chicago hnis.s
that she should have speculated upon "
brethren they had doubtless sworn 70 wv
and cherish
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
4 liz Answered.

seribner's Monthly has contributor, one
Mr.. Henry King, who permitted himself TO
say in . late article in that periodical
"that it is claimed upon what seems to be
good authority that in the State Of Mis-
sissippi not single white man has been
convicted and punished for All of{ense
against a colored man, or made to pay q
debt 70 q colored man for the past FIVE
years"
Mr.. +. II. Bristow, Of Aberdeen, answers
this statement through Scribner for Sep
TENDER by saying that if Mr.. King OF his
good authority will pay for the transcripts
bind myself to furnish to Scribner's
Monthly for publication records of twenty
cases in which white men have been con-
v:cted and punished for offenses against
colored men, and IA many cases III which
white men have been made by legal pro-
ceedings to pay debts due colored meu,
and all this not in the whole State Of Mis-
sissippi, but in this (Monroe) county, ore
only of its seventy-fve counties, and
during the period from 1875, when Missis'
sippi eperged from the valley of the
shadow of death, down to the present
time"
Here il prompt denial Of Islander and
n denial with offered proof, proof which
should certainly have the effect to close
the mouth of Mr.. Kings good authority
aud to stop his slanderous pen. This il
about the history Of all the lying stories
told on the street or written by Journalistic
about the South. They are permitted to
20 unanswered until they have assumed
mammoth proportions and the original
| author is unknown,
Mr.. Bristow deserves the thanks OF tn,
peor'e Of the South for meeting so promptly
this lie and for offering to prove its falsity
Will Mr.. King, in the interest Of justice
and fairness, demand the transcripts ol
will he remain silenti The burden is now
with him. What will he do about it'
II all the lies came 80 directly from 81
responsible q quarter there would he 1T
difficulty about getting the truth before
the public. 1t is unfortunately too offer
| the case that tho vehicle that makes the
SANDER known to the people is never seer
by friend to our section. 1t is fortunate
indeed that this specimen falsehood wa
published to the world 30 as to meet with
swift rebuke
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Gov. Witt has returned home after an
absence of several mouths in search of
health. lie has not entirely recovered, but
thinks that he will soon. Immediately
after his arrival Lieutenant Governor Nc
Emery, who has been at the helm of State,
left for Tennessee to join his family, who
are spending the summer there. Shortly
after the return of Gov. Witt he was
pressed to call an extra session of the
Legislature. This he refused to do, al
though tho Democratic State Committee
and very many prominent citizens Of New
Orleans and the State at large were in
favor Of the call.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

If We are 70 judge by the artistic merit
and genuine humor of the carcaturcs and
by literary excellence, Puck, the New
York humorous paper, is adecided success.
The last few numbers have come down
very heavy on the Democracy, hut the
Republicans have been fcarfully cxcoriat-
ed 80 that mp to the date Of this writing
the honors are easy. As it is almost i'm
possible To describe the caricatures, those
of our readers who care for such things
should by an occasional copy il they
would enjoy good hearty laugh. Messs.
Garfield, Conkling, Butler, Barnum and
others are pictured in many ludicrops at
titudes. There is loud outlaw on every
page.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

The Claiborne GUARDIAN, a paper
stands in the front rank Of the counsss
press Of Louisiana, both with resPeo
editorial merit and typographical ePpi
ance, has just celebrated the third - -
verssry of its birth, and begins voiu
fonr under very encouraging susP'c~
DoEdl1sopriHe Chpt.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15
Shootiae Match.

The DArbonne club were the vietors at
the match, on last Friday, at the Fair
Grounds. We have not been furnished
with the score, but understand that the
contest was q close one.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

That popular gentleman, joe J. Holmes,
Of Shreveport, made flying visit to our
town last week.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

We arc pleased To learn TINT MI j. L.
Loyc has returned home after pleasant
visit to the scenes of his carly life in merry
England.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Boots, shoes, hats. &c, NJ Boston prices,
hy Mulhaupt y Stone, Shreveport, La.
This firm offer the best Inducements to
Wholesale aud other purchasers.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

4 fire of great magnitude occurred in
New York ou the 9Th inst, at midnight.
The loss of Manhattan market is over one
million dollars.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Miss Sarah r.. Brown, Of Douglas county,
Kansas, has been nominated by the DE
inocracy for state superintendent Of Edu-
cation. OF course the gallantry of the Re
PHblicaHs will force them 20 scratch and
substitute Miss Brown for their nominee
of course. Maybe So.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Summer disappeared last week without
waiting 10 make farewell bow. Nights
and mornings have been. cool enough to
Justify an extra blanket aud n cheerful
blaze in the fireplace or stove.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

The Onachita Telegraph has entered
upon its sixteenth year with we hope the
most encouraging prospects for the future.
No Journal in the State deserves 90 we'll of
the Democracy rs the Telegraph No in
dividual has been more devoted, more true
and sacrificing than Il. W. McCranie. MAY
the Telegraph be blessed in the sixteenth
year with many columns Of paying ad-
vertiseinents, with something more than
one thousand cash paying subscribers aud
dead loads of jobs. 80 mote il Ice.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

The citizens of Shreveport gave a rous
ing reception 10 Mr.. blanchard and the
delegates from Natchitochcs, Cannon were
fired, bontircs illuminated the streets and
levce. A meeting was held IN Tally's opera
house, presided over by don. John C..
Vance, of BuSsiCr.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Our young friend, Mr.. Odom, now in bust
ness with Mr. J. X. Willct, had the misfor-
tune to shoot himself in the hand OH last
Monday morning. The wound is n slight
one. The pistol, of course, was not loaded.
The unloadcd weapons are by odds the
most dangerous.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

At last work has begun on the Washing
ton Monument, which for many years has
been the most unsightly object in the
national capital The entire force engaged
Oh the monument amounts 10 loo men.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

The editor returns grateful acknowledge
mcnts to W. {. lladcn, Esq, represent
ing the popular house or tirecg y Ford for
i box OF very fine cigars sent over on the
stage from Shreveport last week Remem.
brances like this one are highly appre-
ciat"d. In return we will do our level best
for friend ffadcn when he visits our town
again.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

Our Texarkana exchanges have great
double column ads Of the colossal aggrega-
cations of the earth. Five mammoth
ci>cus' are to exhibit at that point in the
month Of September. Barnuin's on the
both. So much for living OH railroad.
We poor backwoods people will have to 20
without Sightseeing. The miserable cou-
ISOLATION, that We save our dimes is poor
compensation.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-15

New Orleans is having an epidemic Of
strikes. The cotton press hands, the dray-
men and grain shovclrrs have all struck
for higher wages. Some of these strikes
have been arranged, the bosses yielding to
the demands of their employees.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-26

Swift Runner, an Indian murderer, was
hanged at Fort Saskatchewan, Canada, when
the temperature was forty degrees below zero.
Before he arrived at the galows, the Indians,
for whose benefit the public spectacle had been
arranged, had used half the scafold for hrs
wood to keep themselves from freezing. Swift
Runner complaoantly warmed himself at the
fire while the scafod was being repaired. The
nervous hangman then found that he had for
gotten strap to fasten the prisoners legs and
arms. Swift Runner then generously offered
to kill himself with tomahawk, but this
could not be allowed. While messenger was
sent for the strap, he ate hearty meal of penn
miean, with the moose around his neck. A
priest attempted to give him spiritual conso-
lation, but he said that the white mans whls
XIV had ruined him, and he could not believe
in the white mans God. He preferred to
have death dance by his own people, and
while they were performing it he was led to
the gallows and hanged.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-26

A CURIOUS instance of railroad dserimina-
ton in freights is mentioned by the Anahelm
Gazette, published in the center Of wine pro-
dacing region, the vineyardists of which are
compelled to pay 81 60 per hundred pounds
on new empty barrels, while bat 81 80 Is
charged If the barrels happen to be old. Why
the age of an article of freight should operate
to reduce the tariff one half is one of the in
scrutable mysteries of railway management
which "no fellow can fad out,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-26
THE WORD WILHELM.
CARSON, Feb. 25th, 1880.

CARSON, Feb. 25th, 1880.
EDITOR APPEAL: In an article in the T'r6-
une headed q" Wilhelm," appears the follow
ing sentence: If any readers, through lack
of early training in the first principles of phil
lology, cannot properly sound the name, such
uneducated persons are hereby eheerfally In
formed that it should be pronounced as II
spelled Wilhelmy." Now, let me inform you
that the editor is wrong himself; somebody
has switched him off on a pathological SIDE
track, and there he is. The and ] are two
different letters in the German and have two
different sounds. The has the sound OF our
long and the has a sound peculiar to the
German language; it has the same sound that
has in prefxes and afixes: and the Oh has
at the end of words. About $50 years ago
thew used these two letters Unfortunately,
| but the Germans have advanced In language
as we'll as in everything else, as the last 10
wears have plainly demonstrated. ANY COM
mon German can and will pronounce 1t cor
reetly for you, but you would not be able t"
reproduce the sound in English letters. The
nearest letter to our German j is the sound OF
our as a consonant in the words yake, yea,
a, 8, f, but is a good deal stronger and more
fsrcible. Now, in your word Wilhelmy, 1t is
a vowel, and has therefore, the sound that
would have in the same place. Wilhelm, with
cut the j, is our name for William, and the
seems to be superhuous and denotes that 1t
originally was either Norwegian, Russian or
Polish in which languages they seem to take
delight to pile consonants up mountain high.
At any rate, proper names are so mixed up IN
the world that We must accept them as they
are. and make the best of them; nay own is a
horrible example. Respectfully,
JOHN BIERSCHBACH.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-26
COAST NEWS.

Strawberries are ST. per pound in San Fran
cisco.
Denver has 81 labor organizations, that con-
troll 1 900 votes
The Elko Post denies the report that Ruby
lake is drying up.
Large numbers of cattle are dying on the
ranges in Nevada and Utah.
1t is rumored that no more dividends will be
disbursed until May next by the Eureka Con.
Henry Ketten, the pianist, has broken his
nose. This is rough on a man as pretty as
Ketten.
The citizens of Eureka County, have for
wardsd 81, $50 to the Herald Relief Fund, for
the sufferers in Ireland.
Dr. Platt, San Francisco divine, is abus-
ing Tom PAYNE, enc of the authors of the De-
claration of Independence.
The Leadville fever has taken slight hold
in Eureka, and several of the Base Rangers
are preparing to depart to Colorado early IN
the Spring.
The editor of the Ben4onion, says he has
lived on turnip day for six months, and is
still holding his grip. He'd rather be right
than President.
Since the hi.hwaymen in Bodie have taken
to walking into restaurants, and appropriating
the false teeth of leading citizens, the Stan
dard protests against the lawless method OF
procedure.
Southern California has been visited by I
very heavy rain storm. At Santa Barbara
ten inches of rain fell in two days. In Ba
ksrsfield, the streets were white with snow or
Saturday. The unusual rainfall makes the
farming prospects very bright in Southern Cal
| Hernia.
Says the Nevada City Transcript: The snow
at various places in this county must be aboa
as fellows Meadow Lake, 80 feet; Eureka, II
feet; Noores Flat, feet; Derbec shaft,
feet; North Bloongeld, feet; San Juan, 2,
feet; Washington, 3 feet; Omega, leet; Cen
trail House, feet; Truckee 8, and Quake
Hill feet.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-26

TIE NEVADA MONTHLY. - The Nevada
Monthly, a book of mining and statistical ref
srence, published at Virginia City and dis
trbuted free, has reached us. 1t is a neatly
printed magazine of sixty-five pages, and full
of all sorts of valuable information in com
pact form Among its leading articles are, a
sketch of the Carson Valley, with list and
description of its principle ranches, /" Mechan-
ical Tendency" by Boynton Carlisle of the
Enterprise and " A Dantzigers Revenge" by
d. De Quill in his best vein. The magazine
is credit to the State and deserves to be lib
orally supported. There are2 900 in each edi-
ton; its advertising columns have a healthy
look