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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02
A CeremOniOus Nabob.

have told you, writes an English
traveller, very little about the nabob
(of the Carnatic), although no day
passes without mes sengers from him
in the morning to inquire how l slept,
and in the middle of the day to present
a gift OF fruit and flowers. He insists
on my seeing these messengers with
great silver sticks aud returning my
salaams by them, which is a great and
grievous bore twice day. After my
first visit he sent me dinner of at least
fifty dishes, each of which was brought
on the head Of a black damsel. This
feast was displayed on the floor of the
colonnade, and was brought forth to
see the embroidered covers taken off, and
to admire the cook-shop.
/ made my salaam, and the repast was
devoured by LordWilliam's body guard.
The present of dinner is an established
custom in the East. The nabob is
very fat, thick-bearded person, about
thirty. AT my first visit he received
me at the door Of my coach, having bar
gained that l should do the like when
he returned my visit. He embraced rue
as soon rs | was out of the coach with
most affectionate hugs, saying each
time: Chow dye do, governor
generalp" This thought a very suit
able salutation at our meeting, but it
seemed less neat and appropriate at my
departure, when, at the coach door, he
repeated the four embraces, with How
dye do, governor generalP" four times
again.
During the reception he sat on a sofa
in great hall, in which was also the
musnud or throne, on his right side,
Lord William on his left. Then our in
terpreter made us mutually happy by
assurances of each others perfect health,
and the nabob returned thanks to God
for the health of the king, the queen,
the Prince of Wales and the princes
and princessess, the court of directors,
the house of peers, and all the members
of the house of commons, every one
of whom l assured him had left in the
most blooming health.
We were then still more deeply
affected by our extreme attachment for
each other, and by the singular felicity
of beholding each others faces. Many
other similar affairs of state were trans
acted between us, and when tie pain
full moment for parting arrived his
highness dropped few drops of altar
of roses on my handkerchief, then
sprinkled me profusely all over my best
| Vienna embroidered coat with rose
water, saying affectionately that he
knew he was spelling my coat (but
what is a coat to the effusions of friend
! shipP). Then he put on my neck a gar
land of white flowers, gave me two
packets of betelnut and then two roses
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02

about the mother and daughters, Alex
thought; they were so cordial, so intel
ligent, so unaffectedly fond of enc an
other. Little by little he gathered the
facts Of their history, net from any for
NAL revelation. but by chance hints
and casual illusions. Mrs. Ashurst,
as he conjectured. had been left slen-
derly provided for on her husbands
death, and with far-sighted wisdom had
used her little capital in giving her girls
first rate education in Europe, with a
view to their becoming teachers. They
had but lately returned, and were not
yet thoroughly at home in their own
country; but already Miss Ashurst was
instructing large classes in French and
German, and Amy giving music lessons
to a number of pupils. Their evenings
they kept free for the enjoyment of each
other and of the little home which they
so valued; and entering into the spirit
of this life, so bravely busy, yet so tran
quilly content, Alex realized fer the first
time what the charm of home may be,
where each inmate has independent oc-
cupation, but where all interests are
shared and united as only they can be in
those homes where love is lord and
king.
He dined duly with "the other Ash
ursts," and duly paid his "digestion
VISIT" but there the acquaint ance
rested. The insipidity of mere fash
ionable intercourse struck him so
keenly, as contrasted with the domestic
life he had just learned to understand /;
the elaborate graces taught to worldly
schools seemed so poor and shallow
compared with "the mind, the music,
breathing in the face" of Amy, that it
struck him as sheer waste of time to
devote his hours to them.
"Who would care for doll, though its clothes
were of lace,
And its pettcoats trimmed in the fashionl"
he hummed to himself, as he walked
home after his second call at 1914; and
from thenceforwarJ he gave himself up
with heart and soul to the cultivation
of his "happy accident" Uncle Nat
favorite nephew, after a stay in Phila.
delphia so prolonged as to Justify his
most sanguine hopes, wrote to announce
his engagement to an entirely wrong
Miss Ashurst. " A girl without penny,
sir, l give you my word" and it was
long before the old gentleman could
forgive the outrage. He never did for
give it, in fact, till Mrs. Alexander
Ashe came to Boston in propria persona,
and then she made such a conquest OF
Uncle Nat as left him nothing to say in
his own justification or to the reproach
of his nephew. He lived to thank
heaven for his own bad hand writing.
For" as he would explain, 81 if the
tails of my SIS had been one whit less
indistinct than they are, you would
never have gone astray in Hemlock
street that night. my boy, and we should
never have had this little jewel of ours
for our own, and sad thing that would
have been tor us all-hey. now, wouldn't
it?"
To which Alex Ashe replied. with
emphasis: Ratherr r'-Ha7per'S BazGr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02
SE Strong Jamie."

The Berwickshire journals in 1874,
gave much information concerning this
man. Though short OF
stature, he possessed prodigious strength,
which earned Tor him the familiar cog
nomen OF Jamie Strang," or " Strong
jamie" A writer in the Berwick I'D
veTtiser said: 1--WE have heard him
state that the greatest weight lie ever
lifted from the ground was los stone,and
that he had lifted eli ghty-five stone with
one hand. When the Forfarshire mill
tia were encamped at Eyemouth, he
went to see an acquaintance among
them. While there, dancing-master
was boasting much of his strength,
whereupon one of the soldiers, knowing
Stuart, engaged to provide drummer
who would lift more than the boaster
could. Stuart, dressed as a drummer,
was brought in. A piece of ordnance
WIS lying before them which the dane
ing-master raised to the perpendicular
and then allowed to fall. He asked the
drummer whether he could do that.
Stuart pretended that he was not very
sure that he could but placing his arms
round the cannon, he raised it entirely
from the ground, and carried it to some
distance. AT another time, when at
Velvet Hall, near Berwick, some
countrymen were laboring TO get cart
laden with hay out of miry hole into
which by some accident it had stuck
fast. Stuart was appealed to for assist
ance. He desired them all to stand
aside, and, going underneath the cart,
removed it with its load to the opposite
side of the road" This extraordinary
man Git is averred in many quartsrs)
actually went fiddling about the country
till nearly ia years old. A small sum
was then collected for him, toward
which the queen and the late Sir Robert
Peel contributed. Stuart declared that
he "hadna been sac weel off this hunder
year" At length his career closed. lie
died ut Tweedmouth on the eleventh OF
April, 1914, and was buried on the four
teenth in the presence of a vast con-
course of spectators. The Berwick Ad-
vertiser, few days afterward, contained
an advertisement relating TO statuettes
ofthe veteran. ~ Chambers Journal,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02
Sometime.

Sometimel Sometime! Luring cry!
Ginning, rhynling, over and over,
Out from the heart-tree branches high,
Where birds OF promise fiutter and fly,
Now nesting low in the honeyed clover,
Now soaring up to the voicetul sky;
Sweetest prophecies softly singing,
Softly sweet, like the voice OF a lover;
rhythmic measures roundly ringing
ing-singing-over and over.
Tenderly, gladly, floats the cry
Sometime, dear !-by-and-bye!
Sometime! Sometime! Birds in my breast,
Chanting lays OF glad to-marrow,
Out from broken, desolate nest,
Bravely rearing each golden crest,
Flaunting your wings in the face of sorrow,
Singing the while of coming rest,
Forther than mine your gaze is reaching!
Let me your president cunning borrow!
Answer make to my sad besesching;
Comes there indeed glad tomorrow
Is it for me ye softly cry
Sometime dear rheart!-by-and-byeR
Lucy Marian BIiaa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02
TTEMs OF INTEREST.
Two persons die every second.

Two persons die every second.
Slow rivers flow four miles per hour.
The average human life is thirty-on
years.
During the past thirty years $500
600 people have emigrated from Ger
many.
The young man of the period wears
dueer-looking high hat, but then, you
know, that's his tile.-NeoO York Mail.
Boston has seven colored lawyers,
six of whom are in active practice, one
OF them being graduate of The Harvard
law school.
The lower jawbone of a mastodon has
been found in q sand bar in the Loup
river, about twenty-five miles from
Kearney, Neb.
When a deep sleep falls on man h
does not mind it so much as when a
few square yards of plastering come
down or a chimney tumbles over on
him. Re0katk Gate City.
When YOU see a man take off his hat
to you it is sign that he respects you.
But when he is seen divesting himself
of his coat you can make up your mind
that he intends you shall respect him.
-Ot6LCOHttkNs
A mining company at st. Clair, ILL.,,
dis oensed with the services of a hun
dred men at 81 day by the use of
labor-saving machinery; but they en-
ployed fifty men at So day to guard
the apparatus.
Remains of lake dwellings have been
discovered in a peat bog near Milan,
and in a street in Milan excavations for
house have brought to light what
are believed to be vestiges of the old
Roman theater.
This years Russian famine, says a
Berlin dispatch to the London Standard,
mainly affects the Caucasus. In hum
dreds of Armenian and Mohammedan
villages the whole of the inhabitants
are dead. The Russian press dare not
allude to the sub ject.
A drdnkard fed into the woods near
Nashville, Tenn, while wild with de-
lirium tremens, dug grave and was
found lying in it dead. His Wife was
made frantic by the sight and she loudly
called upon heaven to let her die. too.
1t happened that on her way home
lightning struck and killed her.
ONLY woman's hair,
Binding the now to the past,
Only a single thread
Too frail to last.
Only a woman's hair
Threading a tear and sigh,
Only woman's hair
Found to-day in the pie.
-SteubeaUiLle Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02
TERMS, el.B AYEAR.
Husband Mine, That Is to Be.

Husband Mine, That Is 10 Be.
Though / would not make it public
For pocketlul Of gold,
Yet I'd like to know a secret
That has nevor yet been told;
In your ear now let me whisper
Lest my blushos you might see
This II am to have husband,
Pray, who is the man for MOI
Is be pale OF il hs rudy
Is he weak or is he strongl
Ishe fille with prou anbitioll
Or Orcontent to plod along?
VIII he make mo very happy
'ris lottery, you'll agree,
All about this strange onignt-
Husband, mine, that is to bal
Is he sad or is he nerryy
Is he short, or Is hstall
Eyes OF gray or black or NJ iro--
Which will hold my heart in thralli
Will he love meas no others
And shall as constant be,
Rendering homage TO the helpmate
Sent by heaven to comfort me ?
Pray don't think me bold or forward,
For no maiden in the land
But would like to take a sly peep
(Jast for fun--you understand?)
AT the " object" of the luture--
That delightful mystery,
That so makes ones poor heart flu tier
Husband mine, that is to be!
N. a. Rfiier, in Bdldwias Mint hty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02

Doctor Lauder Lindsay in his new
book, Mind in the Lower Animals in
Health and Disease" observes that
Z" even as regards man himself it must
be borne in mind that there are count
less thousands-many whole races
that are intellectually and morally the
interiors of many well-trained NAM
mails, such as the chimpanzee, orang,
dog, elephant or horse; or birds, such
as the parrot, startling. magpie, jack
daw and various crows"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02

The first thing a man does when he
gets miffed at his local paper, because
it failed to notice in plea type that he
had whitewashed his hen-house, is to
come in and order it stopped, just as
though the whole concern would stop
because one paper had been discon-
tinued. - Waterloo Observer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02

Mamma seeks to console her crying
child. "Why do you cry, JohnP What
has hurt youP" Mamma (and he
bawls more Justify than ever), yester-
day l fell down and hurt myself" 4"
" Yesterday! Then why do you cry to-
dayP" "Oh, because you were not at
home yesterday
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02
Rates of Advertising.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements COLI
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
JOB work, Cash on Delivery.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
FOR S.aLE.

My en- tire plantation, on Bayou Bar
tholomew, consisting of 1876 acres, 400
acres in cultivation and 600 under fence,
some Of which yielded this year Il bales
cotton per acre. All in coed repair. Fine
dwelling and PLENTY of weather-board-
ed cabins Also small vineyard of Sc
lect grapes, and very choice orchard.
Also one is horsepower engine, cost
$500, all my corn, fodder and farming
utensils, good moving machine and rake
and 2 good copper evaporators. Terms,
$40, 900, $4,000 cash, balance on credit
of years, with 8 per cent. interest from
date of sale. If the interest is paid
promptly, the purchaser will be allowed
the use Of the principal Of his notes.
r. II. WARD.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
A CARD.

It has been reported that mum.
Der of persons have been in the
habit of leaving here and visiting
Monroe to buy their cash goods
thinking that they could get better
prices for cotton and buy goods
cheaper. To all such would say
that if they will bring me their cot
ton I will pay Monroe prices in
cash for same and will duplicate
Monroe bills in anything they need.
I will do much better in some lines.
Try it. J. s. HANDY.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

EDITOR CLARION most heartily
approve of the efforts you are max
ing to build up the interests of our
town. More especially do | COM
mend your article which strikes a
back-handed blow at our Town
Council because Of the condition of
our sidewalks. Now to make your
labor less, and mine more brief,
suppose we ask, without further
ado, those members who are not
willing to repair the sidewalks, to
resign and we will then elect in
their stead others with larger views.
A TAx-PAYER AND MERCHANT.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
Auction Sale.

On SATURDAY, January, 81, 1880,
will offer for sale, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, at my residence ]
mile west of Bastrop, one piano. sewing
machine, buggy and harness, wagon and
harness, cooking stove and utensils, two
mules, all kind household and kitchen
furniture, large wash pot, grind stone,
etc, ETC.. ! will also rent my place for
one OF a term of years. Private sales will
be contracted. Mrs. G.. A.sTEMPLE.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

The steamer Willie and her crew
are lying on their oars-or on the
sandal the Point, waiting for
rain. Be quiet, boys; We think it
will rain some time in the course of
human events. Wen ask Profess
sor Tice about it and let you know.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

A shotgun controversy arose be-
tween Mr.. Roberts and a Mr..
Mcdowell, of the 10th Ward, last
Monday, and the argument used on
both sides was Of the ''knock-down"
kind. It is thought Mcdowell will
die. Roberts is said to have acted
OH the defensive.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
At the Methodist Church.

The Rev. J. NJ. Mckee preach
ed his first sermon in Bastrop at
the Methodist Church Last Sun
day at II o'clock. He had =
large and attentive audience,
whom he entertained and In
structed with marked ability for
one hour. Mr.. Mckee is a dnent
talker. a close reasouer, a search
ing preacher. In the pulpit he
is easy, graceful, and dignihed.
His gesticuIations end lntona-
tons are free from that frantic,
hand-spike slasbipg of the fists
and that boistelous, deafening
'ogomachy Of the voice ''hlch
usually make such q prominent
feautur. of Methodist pulpit or
atory.
His subject Was this pointed
and personal interrogatory from
the prophecy of Jeremiah:
what have / done p Consider
ing the fact that We have just
shaken the hand of the old year,
and entered upon the duties OF
a new, the text was very happily
appropriate: 1t is now that peo-
pie who reflect retrospect the
past. They review neglected
opportunities. Those who do so
form resolutions to reform-to
be better, men. The preacher
knew this, and availed himself
of the propitious occasion to
point out the duties of men and
women, and especially the duties
of those!who havessespoused the
cause of christianity.
Said he: "The man who lives
drone in the great hive of the
christian church, who drags his
life away in slothful idleness
neglecting..to donthe work given
him by the Master, who simply
commits no fragrant sin, but
carelessly omits his duty, is a
condemned sinner in the eyes of
Jehovah. To be religious re-
quires work-work, work. Re-
ligiol means work. The attain
ment Of salvation is worth a
thousand years of work. Hence
the Importance of the terse ques-
ton. What have I done ?'' |
The whole sermon was one OF
deep thought - impressive, in
structise and entertaining. We
predict for Mr.. Mckee sue
cessful years labor in the cause
which he seems to have so much
ut heart. There is much room
for moral improvement among
the people of Bastrop. and what
they need is a man who will
boldly and fearlsssly tell them
OF their evil deeds. We shall
look forward with interest for
the pulpit efforts of the Rev. J.
M. Mckee.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
ESTABLISHED 1871.
w. EzNNBIsIN%
Bread and Cake Bakery.
RASTROP. la.

W. Embling's bread wagon delivers
fresh bread in town, Prairie Mer Ronge,
Bayou Bartholomew, Lind Grove, and
Gum Swamp when regular orders are re-
ceived. Special attention paid to the
supplying of fish frys, barbecues, public
dinners. etc. Wedding cakes made on
the shortest notice. june25-y
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
FOR SALE.

Cheap for cash, very desirable resi-
dence, two blocks from the public square,
twenty acres OF land, good garden, Or
chard, etc. Apply to undersigned.
ian16-1m ii. G.. WRIGHT.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
FOR SALE.

AT 4 VERY Low FIGURE FOE
CASH desirable residence in Bastrnfs
with half square of ground Also IS
acres land in the limits of the corpora
ton. Apply to
NEWTON Il HALL, Atty's.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23
From S45 to $3.50.

| have reduced sewing machines
with two drawers and drop leaf to
the very low price of $3.50.
Cheaper styles for $25. 1t is better
than you can do in Monroe, and in
many other places besides.
J. S. HANDY.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

1t is dangerous thing to neglect
a cough OF cold or any difficulty of
the throat or lungs. Lose not a
moment in getting bottle of John
sons Anodyne Liniment. You can
rely upon it to cure you. 1t is also
sure preventative of dipththeria.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

Why is it that they all 60 to Pc
terkin, the great cheap cash man !?
From the fact that he means to sell
cheaper than the cheapest.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

Sight or time drafts on New Or
leans or elsewhere cashed by j. S.
Handy at small discount.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

A man, who had his eyes blown
out in rock quarry in Texas not
long ago, was on the streets last
Wednesday, appealing to the cold,
cold charity Of the world for means
to carry him home. He lives in
Arkansas.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

You can buy pants at Peterkin's
for 81 per pair.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

opretty well, I thank ye.'
Fresh stock groceries just arrived
at Leopold's.
Go to Heller & Turner for good
wagon, from So to $780,
: s~New Orleans handmade shoes
for gentlemen at Peterkin's.
Tuesday was warm. So was
Wednesday.
Will somebody please tell us the
whereabouts of the Bayou
Collector Washburn returned
from the city last Saturday.
thunder shower Wednesday
njght. followed by a chilly morning
Thursday.
ID baSIfop HIS pooii 'i
mers, show folks and things this
week.
Two-horse wagons at Handy's OF
hest make and seasoned timber,
$50 to $50.
For SALE-A splendid carriage
GOOD as new-cheap for cash.
Apply to +. STARsNEY.
You will always find the ladies
buving at Peterkins. Why ? Be-
cause the ladies keep posted in
styles and prices.
The Sponge is dead. The editor
got sick. The devil ran away. The
subscribers wouldn't pay. Good
bye, SPENCE.
Mr.. Tom Dalton bought the resi-
dence of b. Silbernagel, Jr., for
$500. Another good citizen for
Bastrop.
DR.. j. B. Andrews who. blythe
bye. is liberal fellow, paid US
sstwo subscriptions to the CLARroS"
last Monday. Come again. Doctor.
Mr.. Milestone, Of Oak Ridge,
bought the splendid bar and bill
lard table belonging to Mat Levy.
Now for some fun at the Ridge.
If you want to eat, buy stove
Of Handy for $3.50. If you want
n 70 ride $3.50 will buy buggy at
the same place.
Whose busted again !? Why,
Peterkin, the great cheap cash man
has busted the extortionate prices
in Bastrop,
Or. Massengill has made his re-
turn from Mississippi. He says he
had gala time and is now ready
to repair your ''breadtrap.''
Mr.. H. D. Vaughan, one of the
most wide-awake men in this town.
has been improving the sidewalk in
front of his brick buildings. Mr..
Vaughan reads the CLARION.
1t is hoped that those parties who
subscribed for the CLARION at CASH
prices will not forget that their bills
are now due. Give us the s'scrip, y
gentlemen, and we ii 'thinkee muchee
heap o you.
Strange how easily the visibility
OF some people is excited when
they are in a public place. They
never know when to laugh. We
saw a good many of that sort Of
people at the coust house this week.
extend bushel Of thanks to
ool. r. B. Todd for compliments
snch we tucked away in the back
eGner of our knowledge box"
imr encouragement stimulates us
Ronderfully, Colonel.
iae communication, published in
aays paper from ssTax-payer
merchant, = strikes the nail
squalely on the head. 1t is only
!, eSsary for the Town Council to
az acelon in the premises in order
~. nave the sidewalks and crossings
0astrop repaired. We hope the
] i. authorities twill haste not to
y IN this all-important matter.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

Heller & Turner sells heavy
himble-skein wagons for sos.
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- Il. "WM. FAGAN."

built expressly for the trade.l
GUS HODGE, Master.
L. P. DELAHOUSSAYE, Clerk,
The Steamer "Wm. Pagan" will enter
the bayou on the first rise and will con-
tinue her trips, throughout the season.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex-
tended to the old boat, the "Bastrop,"
the owners Of the Steamer "Wm. Pagan"
would respectfully solicit for the new
boat continuance of the same.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-01-23

We advise every farmer Or stock
raiser to invest in Sheridan's Cav
airy Condition Powders and feed
them out to their herds this winter.
Depend upon it it will pay big in
terest. Don't buy the large packs
as some of them are worthless.