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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-09
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Cincho-Quinine cures chills and fever
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-09

On the 10th of September the gallant
little steamer Whisper carried to New
Orleans the largest cargo of rice ever
taken to that port-6627 sacks. Captain
J. A. Comstock is popular skipper and
his lightning "Sphake Aisy" is captur
ing all the honors Of the rice carrying
trade, having taken to the city the two
heaviest loads of rice ever landed there.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-09

The grinding season is at hand. The
sugar mills on the st. Emma and PeFta-
win plantations were put in operation
this week, and others will follow in
rapid succession. We sincerely trust our
planters will have favorable weather for
gathering their crop, and that heavy
yield and a good market will give them
all rousing boost along the road of
prosperity. "1m.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28
Get Ont Doors.

The close confinement of all fac
tory work, gives the operatives
pallid faces, poor appetite, languid,
miserable feeling, poor blood, In
active liver, kidneys and urinary
troubles. and all the physicians
and medicine In the world cannot
help them unless they get out
OF doors or use Hop Bitters, the
purest and best remedy, especially
for such cases, having abundance
of health, sunshine and rosy
cheeks in them. They cost but q
trifle. See another c0lumn.-- Chris
tidn Recorder. feb2l-2t.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28
IDr. Holmes.

/ never saw q garment too fine
for man or maid; there never was
chair too good for a cobbler or a
cooper, or king to sit 10; never
house too fine To shelter a head.
These elements about US. the glO-
rious sky, the imperial sun, are
not too good for the human race.
Elegance fits man But do we not
value these tools for housekeeping
d little more than they are worth,
aud sometimes mortgage a house
for the mahogany we bring into
IL? | had rather eat my dinner
of the head Of q barrel. or dress
alter John the Baptis, in tue Will
derness. or sit on block all my
life, thun.consume all myself be-
fore / got to q home, and take so
much pains with the outside that
the inside was as hollow as an
empty nut. Beauty Is a great
thing. but beauty OF garments,
house and furniture are tawdry
ornaments. compared with domes-
lie love. All the elegance in the
world will not make 4 home, and
| would give more for q spoonful
OF real, hearty love than for whole
ship-loads of furniture, and all the
gorgeousness, all the upholsterers
in the world can gather.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28
How 10 Venlilat0 Sleeping
Apartments.

Az soon as the occupants have
left the room, the bedclothes
shoald be entirely removed from
the bed, and hung upon a clothes
horse or the backs OF chairs, the
beds shaken up, and all curtains,
If used, drawn closely TO the bed
post. The windows should then
be opened, both at top and bottom.
They should remain open In sum-
mer, or very fine weather, until a
little before sunset; In veiy sultry
weather some outside air may be
admitted all night. In early spring,
windows should remain open un-
Ill a little after midday, when the
warmth OF the air Is greatest,
then closed. In this way the air
Of The best portion of the day Is
shut In and reversed for respira.
lion during the night, when the
external air is at the worst. A
fire should be lighted for a few
hours In the afternoon, in very
cold and damp weather, so as to
dry the air that Is shut in. This
Is the only way Ia which the ex-
halations from the bed-clothing
can be got rid of In such o state of
the atmosphere, and the sweet
ness and purity OF the clothing
and other materials, which are
kept In drawers and wardrobes,
secured - Home Comforts.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28
The First Baby IN CalifOr-
mim.

1t was on the Fourth of July,
and Downieville celebrated. The
stars and stripes fioated from
peeled and lofty pine, and the
chorus of the anvil had re-echoed
through the hills. The house was
crowded with the miners; poet.
reader and orator had performed
their parts, and the recently or
gained brass band was giving in
bOisterous resonance some nation
al anthem, when, suddenly, there
burst GU. the feeble wall of an in
FAINT; first low. then swelling out
In all the ditiant strength of his
baby lungs. The band put forth
its loudest strains; the baby In
cited 10 renewed exertion, re-
doubled its vigor.
1t was nip aud tuck between the
band and the baby. The young
mother did her best TO divert the
child and hush him, when from
the audience there up-rose a
brawny miner. and shaking his
fist at the musicians, he. cried:
Hush that blamed band and give
the baby chance ~ The band
stopped its playing, and never did
stalwart men listen 10 sweeter
music than those exiles from home
and women, as they drank In the
tones OF the wailing child. There
were tears In many an eye. The
child was hushed upon its moth
er's breast. and at the word, there
went up three rousing cheers for
the flrst baby Of tho Narthern
Sierras,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28

Old sdaguerreotypes mourned
over as faded can be restored In
nine cases out or ten by Lhot0~
grapher who knows his business.
What IL called fading Is often
caused by q film of oxide, which
can easily he removed.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28

How Is the baby? Is the ques-
ton often put to q mother, and
many an answer comes, "thanks
to DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup, much
better 10 day."
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-28
coLoRED PRINTING.
g. Call at the Independent
STEAM JOB ROOMS

and get prices for any kind Of Plain and
Fancy Printing Our superior facilities
enable us to give you better work at lower
figures than you can get the same work
done elsewhere.
jams. WISNER Il LOGAN.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
Life In Ancient Rome.

The Romans were keen, bus,ness-
like men, who never pretended to
be above trade, even though they
were of superior rank or wealth.
1t did not cost mach to keep a man
in the early centuries, tho yearly
allowance for a e!xre being thirty
seven dollars and a half, while .
free laborer lived fof forty>four
dollar, year. Corn was the main
stay. fifteen million bnehels being
consumed annually, and oil and
honey were used in large quanti-
ties, Among the rich, epicares
were moro common and more OK.
travagant than in the modern
world. Fortunes were srent on
single banqucts. Mon were absurd-
Iy lavish. And yet everything
was very cheap even in this extrav-
agant city. The market reports
show that lamb and sheep wers
only six cents per pound, beef four
cents, fish two cents,a pair Of quail
thirty cents, eggs six cents per
dozen, wht tat sixteen cents per
peck, found pounds Of large grapes
two cents; chickens, per pair.
thirty cents five to ten heads Of
lettuce two cents. Tho Romans
were not very fond OF any meat
save pork, and this tllsy consumed
eparirgly. Beef WAS not popular
being used mostly for sacrifices.
Game and fish were tavorito artic-
les, ard many choice imported fi.h
brought large prices. The common
people could not atf,r,! many luxu-
rics, rs wages wero low. The
yearly pay ofa journey man mechan.
ic waa from ninety-ti five dollars t"
one hundred and twenty five dol
lars and board. Food cost forty
dollars and clothing fifteen dollars
per year. From tho account Of
Forbiger it seems that goods were
very low. A pair Of shoes cost
thirty cents one felt hat, one dol
lar; one tunic, sixteen dollars to
thirt. six dollars one toga. twenty
dollars to twentv-eight dollars. A
man could get shave for two
cents. The Romans spent large
amounts OH other luxuries bcsid-.
those of the table. The imports
of flowers. perfumes, ointnents and
dresses from India in one year
amounted to two millions two
hundred thousand dollars. In
furniture they had their decora-
tive art crazes, the citrus wood
tables being favorit articles for
>qnandering money upon. In
Cicero's time it was not unusual to
spend fifty thousand dollars for one
of these tables, and Seneca, the
stole, who prated of the virtues Of
abstinence and the vice of luxury,
owned five hundred of them.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
Jupitor's Power.

It is difficult to realize the enor-
mons power Of the bright speck,
Jupiter, shining so quietly in the
ky. n recent writer has shown
that the power which the sun has
TO put forth t" hold Jupiter in his
orbit is equal to the combined
strength of 10000, 900 bars of SOL
id steel. each one mile in diameter.
Jupiter's pull upon the earth. ac
cording to the same authority, is
equal to the strength of 23,OOO,-
000,00 bars Of steel, each of them
one foot in diameter. So, if the
mere power of gravity were all
that was required to make Jupiter's
approach dangerous to the earth
evidently he is not lacking IN that
power.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
A Matrimonial Fair.

In the southern part of Ireland a
cnri"us custom prevails which is
called .'shraf ing" A regular mat
rirnonlal ''Tattersall' lie held where
all the ''.ikely boys and girls in
the parish are on view, and all the
''matches" in the year arc made.
For DAYS before there is quite stir
in the neighborhood, and twitter
runs through the entire population.
There is a universal stitching and
buying of "frbhons. Every girl Won
meet on the road holds out her
hand for sixpence, and you can't
speak to a domestic servant without
her hanging out signals of distress.
On the day of the "shrafting" the
girls stand in a row ON the village
green. There is every expression
on their faces-cnriosity, timidlty,
dull stupidity. sharp shrewdness to
their interests; and here and there
you come on such pretty country
beauty with that Indiscribab!e half
arc,ed half-sly look in the eyes,
which Macl,se has caught in per-
lection. At a little distance arc
clustered together lot of shame
faced looking men-''the boys" "a
they are called-aI in their Sunday
snits, and evidently ill at ease. eve
ing with dstrust the superior at
fractions of the coats, favorites
among the ladies. But that in real
ity matters little. as the real con.
duct of the affair s in the hands OF
''the powers that be'-the fathers
and mothers-who haggle aud
quarrel over the ir repect We chill
'iren, often breaking up the nego-
tiations abruptly, and carrying off
son or daughter. as the case may
be, as they would an unsaleable
beast from the fair. Of course lit
tie bits OF romance crop up here and
elsewhere-cascs of money Uersus
love, and young hearts are sold to
the highest bidder. just as they
arc i'll Il fashionable drawing room.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02

Tho B,rnwel; IS. c. Sentinel
says "that on Friday last Sheriff
Lancaster proceeded to arrest \
United States marshal on a warrant
sworn ont by gentleman from the
lower portion of our county, who
had been arrested day or SO be
fore without warrant or authority
and forced to travel at least seven
teen miles before he was relased.
As the sheriff made his purpose
known TO the marshal on the street,
he asked to see. the warrant, which
was handed to him; he coolly
placed it in his pocket, and without
any warrant for the sheriff ordered
l,is assistant to take him in charge.
This was done by thrns,ing a load
ed revolver in sheriff Lancaster's
face. At this jnnc'nre several gen
tlemcn who were standing on the
street gathered around. nnd one or
more of them were arrested III n
similar manner. These hired piinps
insisted on taking the parties to
Jail whether or not, and defiantly
refused TO allow them a chance to
give bail This bright idea waa,
however, knocked lnstreless by the
appearance of several of our ablest
LAWYERS, who lost no time in ac-
Inairting the chaps with the law
governing snch arrests. After ap-
pearing before United States Com
missioner general in connmand)
Mixson, and being di-poseesscd OF
his warrant; the sheriff, by the ad-
vice of attorney, signed the bond
necessary, under protest, along with
the other gentlemen, and walked
away" 1t is claimed by onr
friends at the North that tEero is
no real nor valid cxcnse for the
solid South. 1t is just snch lnso-
lent arrogance and TYRANNY on the
part OF federal officials, as is related
above, that aids to cement together
u people who have ALWAYS held
sacred those guarantees of the con-
stitntiOn for tho freedom of the
citizen. For breach of the peace,
or for violation of law, the highest
official in the countrv should be
h.ld to "a strict an account as the
humblest private citizen.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
The Foolish Women.

The frcquentcr Of Hyde Park
during the season in the early hour
when walkers nust do congregate
Remarks that wuihen, by means ot
rertaln machinery concealed sub
yObd, have their garments SO drawn
behind them that the shape of the
limbs is apparent, and the nngainlv,
because restricted. stretch If the
knee in walking belrays itself at
every step. He observes, also, that
the face of the ladies who wear
short Black close wells are of faint
purplish hue, which either cx-
perE.nre, OF some feminine frienu,
irstructs him is the result OF moist
pniny the skin with some sticky
substance, and then sprinkling il,
with pearl powder. He sees that
the movement of tie limbs is him
dercd BIZ u long and narrow spike
plated under the tni.ldl.. of The. sole.
"f the foot. fitting tie whole body
forward, an.i producing an alternate
.hunltcred mode of advance which
causes the drapery behind TO wub-
Bile from side to side in manner
I TO excite his sympathy in his own
free trouscred cpndi,i"n. The fact
also that dires,t the wearers of
these spikes sit own they seek 10
relieve their compressed toes by
resting their feet on the edge OF the
heel, further testifiss to the suffer-
ings which the frcquerter of the
park depl"res. If he turns his at
tentinn later in the course of the
fashionable day from this type OF
wo,uanhood which is fonEd chi. fv.
though not universally, among the
Younger ranks, the sisters and the
cousins, and diverts it % the elder
ones, the mothers and the aunts. h,
is not mnch more highly edited
He contemplates very large ladies
sitting ronderously in handsome
carriages. He watches the dul
faces succeed each other in tho
nnnotonons round Of the prescrihes
drive. He catches the fnrtive bark-
ward glance of the "beanty" eve
on the watch to see who is watch
!. ing her. He pitics the embittcret
downward curves round the moutl
} of the splns'er placed nowhere il
; the matrimonial race, or the wifi
! who has drawn the wrong nnmbe
| in the sweepstakes. He trownlrgl
t marks the coarse lines with whic
< indulgence is marking faces one
a bright and pretty, and the bol
looks ot those who ba- throw
away the scabbard and will snatr
at excitement at society's swor
point.-London Neacy.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
New York and London.

In round numbers the population Of
IpaGon, the greatest city of the world,
is three times of New York. 1t is the
seat of the court and Parliament Of u
mighty empire. and its public works
are constructed on magnificent scale.
Yet the total costs of the municipal
government are less than those of New
York. The net annual expenses OF
New York, which need to DO provided
for through taxation, finctuate between
$50, 900, 900 and $50, 100000, the an
nnal balance sheet covering over ESQ.,
OO0,O for receipts and about the snme
for expenditures. The debt OF the
city, according to the comptroller's last
statement, was t137, 43l,4l9; sink
ing fund s34, ,9O6,467 Dcducting
sinking fund and adding up outstard-
ing revenue bonds, which are Temporal
~ loans made IN anticipation Of taxes.
and the net debt will be $l22,145,l27
'rhis involves an annual interchange of
not less than $1O.0OO,0OO. The pub
lIc works expenditures are about ST.
100000 year, and the miscellaneou.
list for general purposes" averages
about $29, 100000. In Mr. Goschen's
report ON local taxation in 1869 the e1-
penses of London. less repayment for
debt and bookkeeping entries, aggre-
gated $35, Sol $40, but this included
s13,l59,O05 for public weeks. Last
year the total expenditures of London.
/ .ciudsng the charges of the city prop
er, of the me 'ropo ition board 0: " ,rkt,
the school boards and the police board,
were $3l 100000. five add to thi,
100000, fer London,s share in the
courts. we get total expenditure of
about see. 100000 Of ~hic only about
SIs, 100000 comes from direct toxation.
the remainder being proceeds OF lie
censes, markets and the various pro-
ductiue proprleties owned by the NUM-
cipality. These figures do not need TO
be compared together to prove hove
much more costly the ineffl, lent rnuni~
c'psl machine Of Ne York is than that
og Loudon, in spite of the diffe once in
population. No better proof Of the
J need of municipal reform in New York
could be adduced.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
N C, ,THURsDA

bent knees, up the brick walk to
the doctors office. Three hours
later this man, } s. Otts who had
been in torture for 16 months, had
been treated and Was free of pain
and moving one leg easily with the
other, great = benefited and in fine
spirits.
Another man hobbled in with \
stick, had a quiet ten minntes with
the healer, came out laughing and
/ walked off forgetting his wife who
picked up his stick and followed
after.
Mr.. F. w. Hager, who has been
painfully afflicted with rheumatism
at times for years, feeling an attack
coming on and suffering so mnch
that he could not set his foot
squar"ly down, was treated. After
TIE first manipulation he said he
felt no relief. The second cured
him of all pain and Ills limbs were
as SIMPLE as ever.
LII DtPNu, CoiOICCt udTUcT,
has hobi,led about the streets If
Stauntun for months, one leg drawn
mp with rheumatism and one hand
and arm drawn and distorted so as
to be of little use to him. One
visitto Miller was enough. Browns
crntchrs stand in the corner of the
doctors office AS a trophy while
Brown walks the streets a happy
man.
DR.. Miller said yesterday that
three deaf children had been
brought to him from the Institution
and when they went away they
could hear his watch tick. Our
reporter did not see these children,
but heard of many other remark
able cases which were almost past
belief.
There is no doubt that the man
has some wonderful bower which
seems to those unwilling to con
cede the miraculous, to be magnet
ism. He calls it faith in every
and says that he
will give n lecture in Staunton it'll
tho people wish to hear him
Stanton Tindicator.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02

Two teaspoonfuls of powdered
charcoal, we'll stirred In half a
glass of water and drank at orcc.
Ia valasale remedy in sick headache
IRON sour stomach, fls:uIence, etc.
Ilncfnre ot mnx votnic is rec
commended by Ringer as possessed
of real curative powers when given
IN drop doses. repeated every five
or ten minutes tor eight or ten
doses, and then continued at longer
Intervals. for sick headache, ac-
companicd with acute gastric cat
arrh, whether due to error in diet.
constipation or no apparent cause.
-Boston journal Of CAemissra.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
A KISS DEFINED.

A pou' and parti & of lips they toach-
That's kiss in the abstract. IT no see q mu"h
But where is the fangu age rightly express 1t
What letters sound it to help you TO guess it ?
What smile suggest. what fancy reveal
The mysterious bliss it cause you to feel
Here aturA 1ssuredly won diploma
For fragrance of .vor aud perfect aroma.
4 kis- is Q ectrical comes with a start
That tipges de icate shoe k to the heart.
And sets the Eyes tw1nkling with rapturon delight,
Like Stars in he sky of clear frosty n'ght-
When tis the ecstacy cings to YOU yet
'ris Ioy 70 remember anil forget.
All pleasure condensed in an instant OF bliss
Can but partly describe whats contained in kiss.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02

There are about thirty species of inx
seats which supsist ON our garden veg,
etab;es. The grapevine has about fifty
insect enemies the apple tree sevsnty
five +; the different shade trees over
one hundred wheat barley and oats,
fifty,
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02

celia, is your father at homer
said ba>htul lover to his sweet
heart; II want TO propose some
thing very important to him" "N.',
Clarence. papa is not at home, but
1 am. Couldn't you propo-e to me
Just as wells" Aud he did with
psrfcct success.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02

A Boston girl is SAID 10 have become
insane because she could not afford to
wear real lace on her underclothlDg.
Few people IN this world know the
genuine sorrow some women have to
bear.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02

What is the difference between a
watch and bankrupt? One YOU
wind up to make go, ana the other
to make stop.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
Miller and his Miracles.
CrUUi1s came to Consult him the
Lame Leaue tier Crutches and
60 home Rejoicing.

| y
Last week we announced that
DIR. John Miller ould be in Stahn-
ton on the 18th inst. Promptly
on time he was at Kalorama had
his office open, and not less prompt
~ his patients began to flock in.
The doctor, whose history has been
from time TO time referred to in
this paper, was less than two years
ago operating mill in S.:ott conn.
~ in this State, where he was suc-
ccssful III the cure of Il great many
unfortunatcs, afflicted with divers
complaints by merely LAYING on
kis hands. His patients increased
SO rapidly that last winter he went
to the Red Sulnhur Springs IN
Roanoke comfy, where the halt
and blind f1ockcd to him from
everywhere, and giving himself mp
to their demands, in the course of
seven months he treated over four
Thousand patients, the majority of
whom, his agent says, were re-
lieved of their maladies. Since
then he has been travelling in this
direction, coming from Lexington
to this place.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-12-02
IN HIS OFFICE.

He found in a small dark room
with the shutters closed and its
onl V furniture two chairs, this re-
markable man. He Is rather stout,
of middle age and stature, dressed
very plainly with long red hair
and heard, AMI a rather pleasant
expression of cOuntcnanta, a mild
persuasive voice and bright eye
that has something of fascination
in ils gaze. He asks his patient
what is his complaint. has some
rcassnring words tor him referring
to similar cases that has relieved
and cites him scriptural passages to
strengthen his faith. Then he
commences his msnipnlations, pass
ing his hand over the patient s
head and face and limbs, humping
his chest, rubbing the spine urder
his coat and rapidly going pretty
we'll over the body. About 1(
minutes is spent in the Treatment
aid the patient expresses himself
,nuch relieved and greaif'uIly offers
compensation which the doctor
says can bo arranged in the hext
room with the agent and we pass
ont as others push in. 1t seems
that no charge is made.