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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25
The Sand and the Rocks.

A PARTY of boys were merrlly ~ pMy
on tho sea.shorc, from whose white
sands the tide had rcceded far enough
to give them ample and delightful plsy'
ground. Presently one of them began
to write his name upon the sand, ana
another and another did the same.
Then another who was more ambition!
than his comrades thought he would
mark out his name in very large letter.
and so he began in characters over s Mk
feet long, and spelled out-HAkM!
BROWNE. Just as he had finished the
last letter of his surname be w
startled to hear some one calling from
the cliff three hundred feet above bin:
GOOD morning, Mr.. Harry Browne.
At first he thought that friend mus
DO calling him, and he quickly looked g
up, but only to see strangers who knew
nothing of him, and would not AZ
known his name had they not READ ~
huge letters traced in the sand.
When the boys saw how easily haEHs
name was read, they all determined y
print their names in the same tasnNs.
and soon half.a-dozen names w sus
traced. I said all determined NV
should have said all but ooe.
for one quietly disappeared no@
the crowd. He had conceived . nosao !.
to put his name in a place where y: q. y
would be more likely to last than 10 - =
sand. So he found a prominent foc1 !,
in which busy hands had cut : g"
grotto, and, as many had done oesO..
him, he proceeded to chip out bis na ".
on the rock at the entrance o. ~
grotto. 1t was rather dull work !! ~ t ns. :.
for he had only q broken knlle y. III = =
chisel and . stone for . hammer; DIV I. q.
succeeded al last, and turned ilo a,.. \.
work with feelings Of boyish sa1l, ~.
ton. As he turned he saw tho 49, n.
boys still busily engaged upon ~,
sands. Not content with tracing ~
names, they had marked out v '. -.
of curious devices in imitation o' ! =,
mails and birds. But alas 1oF ~. 80
workmanship! They had ~ ~
their pains for nothing - "a
tide, which had turned from .T I.ss
flood some time before they reaCnets ..m
shore, was now not many yaros '.yi +
them. and they had neither nos' c ri
nor thought OF 1t. But on u csn. e. IA
thew fingered long enough TO ~ i. ~
last Of their names efaced. ana ~. tss1
regretfully away. Meanwhile " !. y ho ~,
clambered the rocks on thelI ! IT. 4
ward journey, they stopped aw .unr;,sd
the grotto, and not little SUI a ,,d
were they to read the name o. o. one ao. 8
their number so we'll cut 10 'nT INCH iyH
There it was high and dry- -aI,sS i.
THOMPSON. No tide cou ~ YOU" ~ The
It would last for years: Two ~ :, =.
party were brothers, and when u tns s;. N
lated the incident at home :. !n =. n,isht
their father said he thought tnsy m mre,o
learn a life lesson that WOMB ,o, ~. vho
yery valuable to them. lno ss. Tho
lived for self were like the %. oo'' .sud.
printed their names upon Tug '..h out
Time, like the sea, would soo t', M lied ios
ali trace Of them. Those VINO n'1 Teeds
Others, by their very words anu a,ss "' i'm.
of kindness engraved thelr y Low" nbssrvsf.
perishably on the rock. ~. -
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25

Tue following pen-portfait Of General
3iatone, Senasor-elecs from Eirginia,
appears IN = Washington paper:
General Mahone, Of Virginia, Of I" Ma
hone. Virginia." u no signs himself At
hotels. i : very sm~ll nsn. lie will
probably sink the beam at cay ninety
odd pounds and in height measures two
feet sis inches. The BIZ gess thing about
him IL his bat. II 10 . siouch snA voqn
in typices 6suthern style. liis hsir.
iron s.ay. i vora sssAe, long. but docs
cot hang gay down over the ueck. lie
has . beard and mustache. also iron
::r.v. Thee hissuss.. while ncs de:elv-
ing 10 be called &c Struggling" are Got
thick IN growth. Ills Eight hsl., j. con.
stsntly feeling around his beard when
he talks. He staAds straight and dresses
veil. lie vears black bsoSdclotk OF
olack Goa. and gray psnts. liis vest 10
unbuttoned oil the way down 20 the two
last holes. This shows . length Of per-
(ectly white linen. The collsr il equally
white, but not stiff, and il surrounded
by narrow black tie careleSsly knOtte0
in front. Around Ais neck Is hung .
l,ns gold chain which winds in ard out
che Autton-holes Of the vest and finally
disappears in the vatch-pocket. Then
there are his feet. They ore very small.
They are perhaps the smallest belonging
10 any man in this country. They would
drive Chicago girl mad with envy.
General Malone il evidently rather
proud OF his feet. They are encased in
small call-skin shoes, with low quarters.
He wears cardinal.red stockings, and
when he sits and talks with you one
foot goes to the other knee, and the leg
Of the pantaloons being drawn up by
this operation you get . good idea Of
that upon which he stands. He is q
ready tslker and has the Southern &C.
cent pretty strongly marked. His voice
is weak, that organ being comparatively
as small as his feet, but It is rather mu-
steal. It is evident that he is thinker
and is a pretty big man for such small
body. He will be the Alex. Stephens Of
the Senate.
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4 Newspaper Mans Hosts Of Friends.

business, but had since settled down, to |
use the language OF friend, to legit-
innate occupation. He wanted to bring
. civil suit in Justices Court, but in
order to do 30, he was required TO give
. S25 bond for security Of costs. He
made several desperate attempts to in.
duce some of his supposed friends to 60
his security, but in vain. Finally, he
dropped into the office Of . prominent
merchant, on Galveston Avenue, and
nsntioned the object Of his visit. The
merchant did not positively refuse, but
i the same time he did not develop
much enthusiasm at the golden oppor.
tunity presented hil,, for he said:
=" You have got lots Of warm, inAuen.
tial personal friends in Galveston. You
mu4 have made hosts Of friends while
you were on the Weekly BaGls<st. There
Il Old Col. DsSmith, iofinstance. You
brought him out for the Legislature, and
lit wSs through your efforts that he WIS
elected. He owes you heavy debt Of
gratitude. l would 60 on your bond in
/ 1nbmenA bat / am airsid b might
thhk he was in.ulted Y you DID not al
low him that privilege ,,..s.
10 AZ 5. esv.psppsr ns - shook n, III lead
M what you cay about DeSmith - Oh
20. I wrote out and inserted Nose loud
appeals b bio favor, signed. Many vo-
tsts, myself, and ! COVERED up heaps d
bis tsscality. The Baslls-ar lost several
hundred cash Subscribers on bic &C.
COUNT"
2 "Why don't ycu try to let him 70 on
your bCndp II he knew about Il, he
would hunt you up and fight for the
privilege Of going on ill., said the mer.
s1haat. IN ''F.3 .'S ibf@
"That's all you know about h. He
lodged mo for two days until l cor.
Aered him, and then he said If did not
leave the Office he would eau for po-
liceman.s He reminded mo that I Had
gone back on the party. It seems b.
left an early cabbage At the Bat9e-ar
Office, and never got to see It. The
devil ct II I'll up. W could not give
him the column puff ~ the boss horti-
cultnrist Of Galveston Island, which he
MS suffering for. Why, that old
scoundrsl DeSmith owes me yet for ono
hundred extra copies Of the BotNS-az
he ordered A. campaign documents, %
II hs Is the only obstacle to your signing
that bond, just stick your fist down
there" ai ~.
The merchant hemmed and AaWed,
and said 10 was nevee more 6oled IN q
nan n his lie than he WAS In Do Smith.
Hp thought him above petty resent
meais. A man who would xct - d
Smith did ought to b run out q Gal
! weston. 1919 j
u.Why don't y ., 90 to Major ri..ls.
topi" sddsd tho mSgchant; :. you D.
Tended him when - was indicted 1os
matchmaking. Il iswasn't Fh.lstop'a
place to 10 On your bond, would goou
| ttin,a miau0o. lwouId n6s let any body
l dse 80 oah +" responded the merchant
Ia O1so unsge H. newspaper nan shpol
kslhsaa, - replied: -
alsAfs I1nsw tissletop used 10 sdy1 Iavel
Il hbIrspntatioa, but when thlk 4pkg1e
|, I'D, ire6kled .saced .dAughtsfr 81 Ai
lpped With ths clown q : ciGvus. y
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25

THr Pass of Thermopyle thai LaS cJSt
das and his fellows held va, IN con.
like all all other passes-i'sued ' 1p II .eet
dition that they assume all r'' and d prop
dent and damage to person
0rty. ...l
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25
4 Model Eleetleneerins Mn n lrs.
land Fiity.fsur IsAfs leA

DURING the time 1 contested cleo.
ton in Meath, over fifty years ago, Sir
Mark Somerville sent orders to the pro-
prietor of the hotel in Trim TO board
and lodge all that should vote for him,
for which he received the following
bill, which he got framed, and it still
hangs in the Somerville House, in the
County of Meath. The copy from
which this was taken was found among
the papers of the Very Rev. Archdea-
con O'Connel, Vicar General Of the Dio.
cese of Meath:
April 16, ls:6.-My bill: SD.
To tenting Is free holders above
stairs for Sir Mark. ut b I'd head.
TO eating is more bei6w stairs. and
two priests after supper. Is to me-. us 3
TO Is horses and 5 mules about my
yard all night, nj l:s every "n" of
them, anu tor man which was
lost ON the Of watching them all
night, Is to me-. .................... %
To six beds In one room and four In
another, ut 2 gNineas every bed,
and not more than four in bed ut
any time, cheap enough. God
knows, Is to me. .................... p ID Q
For breakfast on tray In the morning
for every On0Of them, and ~ many
more ~ they brought IN. rs near
10 can guess, Is to me. ............. $50
TO raw whisky and punch. without
talking Of pipes and tobacco, ~
we'll ~ for breaking pot up.
stairs. and other glasses and DELPHI
for the first day and night, am
not very sure. but for the three
days and half Of the election, "a
title a. can call It. and be very
exact, It IL in all or thelrabOuts. rs
near ~ can guess, and not TO bU
| too particular, Is to me 1t least.... % Is
For shaving and cropping OF The
heads of forty nine free holders
for Sr. Mark, at l3d for every one Of
them, by my brother, who has =
| vote, is to me. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL
| For woman and nurse fOrp poor Tom
KeOnan, in the midst of the night,
when he wac not expected. is to me
ten hogs. don't talk Of the piper
for keeping him sober q he was
sober, Is to me-. .............".."... ."...
!
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25
Single OF Dopblo school Sessions.


in regard to one al The public schools 81
Boston, between single sessio" Of five
hours, from 3 70 : o'eleek in the
broken BY Two secesses tone
of ten minutes At hall.pass 10. and .
second Of twenty minutes q ten nlin-
utes past W. ana double ssssion
of three Aours. holu = % u Z NJ.
brokeA BY one recess Of Zen minutes
With . second session. from ! to !
O'Clock, four sfterRoons in. the wcek.
The latter division N ho4rs - the one
which obtains in most u The public
schools; the iaNer AwiioR il tho one
which exists nav, and always has exist
"a in the school above mentioned.
The matter has excited considerable
interest Smons those personally later.
ested in his particular school. The
discussion Aas been carried iaee the
daily papers. enlsrgiDg il scope in the
meantime 90 as to cover some important
points as to the amount Of strain -
which growing children may properly
be subjected, and the claim which it Is
judicious to make upon .theif eonsecu.
tive attention. On Oh the points in
volved "Medicus' and .'MaserfAmilias'
have had an opportunity to express
opinions. On the one side, parents,
teac hers and scholars seem to be almost
''solid" for the single session. and ON
the other some one else seems 70 be
quite 'ssolid" against it.
II the subject involved no more eeri.
Gus question than the dinner hour of the
parents it would perhaps not be suitable
for our consideration, but as the hygien'
io aspect OF the matter has excited some
attention, We may permit ourselves q
few words in regard to this. Chad
wick, the best authority as yet on this
topic: concludes that . child from the
age of five to seven can attend to one
subject for fifteen minutes; from seven
to ten years Of age, about twenty min
utes; from ten to twelve, about twenty.
five minutes; from twelve to sixteen or
eighteen, about thirty minutes. The
total daily mental work suitable for q
young person from twelve to sixteen
years of age, taking Chadwick's esti
mates as basis, and making allowance
for the rapid development At this
period, Is placed At from five to six
hours.
Where children are not over-stimu.
lated to study out Of school hours, these
conditions, We believe, are fairly well
met in our public schools by change Of
subject and short and repeated recess,
whether the session be q single or q
double one. But the question Of the
child's capacity for play and for contin'
uous play il quite - important - BIZ
capacity for study, and the risks Incl
dent to repeated journeys to and from
school in tho very exposed part OF the
city where this particular school Il sit
uated arc not imaginary, and these twt
points seem to have been instinctively
seized by children and parents in desir
ing single session. In this case W
think practical experience has the ad
vantage over abstract reasoning.-Med
ical aa,d Sssyioal Journal. '., ~
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25

f1lO IL !
Signed In the place Of Jenny Cars wife:
Ills mark \.
Bryan and Geraghty's mark X.
fcu MAY say Sill, 80 your honor Sir Mark
send me this eleven hundred by Bryan him.
self. Trim. So no more It present.
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liked very much to read over and over
again because the words were all short
and the letters were very large and
plain, and then the stories were so
nice. that every time he read one over,
it seem just as good as at the first.
While he was reading, his two sisters
left the room, and as they did so they
each stopped and kissed him goodnight.
How queer it seemed to him to be
sitting there reading. like . big man,
after both his sisters had gone to bed.
He treasured himself by a glance at his
brothers, who were also reading. In.
deed, he Strengthened himself consid-
erably in his chair. as he turned to his
book, for wasn't he doing just what
Charles and James did in the evening?
And it was nice to read late at night;
yes. he was pretty certain that he liked
sitting up.
But somehow the story made his eyes
ache after . while. and then, too, he
kept gaping. though he tried hard MOTTO:
He began to feel strangely. This would
never do. He would get his kitten and
have some fun with her. He always
loved his kitten. He went out into the
kitchen and was astonished to find the
girl was not there and the kitchen was
dark. "Where could she be?" 1t
flashed across his mind that she had
gone to bed.
II don't see what in the world she
wants to 60 to bed SO early for" grum-
bled Clarence; but calling his Kitten,
she quickly sprangout of the dark. and
he caught her up In his arms quite COM
forted.
When he returned to the sitting-room
his brothers had both gone to bed. And
they hadn't said GOOD night" 10 him.
Why did he feel so badly about itl His
little lip quivered. How strangely he
felt about everything. The clock
struck eleven. Just a. he had counted
the last stroke. his mother pushed her
rocking.chair back from the table and
his papa folded up the newspaper and
with long yawn as If he were very
tired. he rose, saying pleasantly,
GOOD night, Claric," went out Of the
room. ...
Mamma took the lamp from the table
and set it up on the high mantel.shelf
and turned the blaze down.. Just Is she
always did when she went to bed. She
walked to where Clarence sat with his
kitten in his arms. and STOPPING down,
kissed the little boy, and, saying
GOOD night" left him alone.
Clarence did not return his mamma 8
kiss-he wanted to. but something was
in his throst, and if he had tried to. he
was sure he could not keep from cry
When bis mother had gone, he tried
to think of ill the nice things that he
used to imagine he would 10 ii he could
only sit up long enough. Somehow
not one Of them seemed pleasant now
He thought he would white, and hi
took his knife and q little stick out o.
his pocket. But what if he should cut
himself As he sometimes had done, ant
nobody there to do up his finger: Per
haps he would bleed to death: He hat
heard Of peoples bleeding to death
Pshaw! What queer things he though
Of! He had just learned how to whistle
and to-day in school-was it to-day
why it seemed q long. long while ago
Jimmy Bristol, who was year older
told him he could whistle now as vel
as he could himself. He tried to begil
but 1t made such q noise he had II
stop. How dreadfully still everythin,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25

NATURE should mend her ss,y,st',,mpsl
plish tourists think America"
tints entirely too LOUD
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11naW vssy yell wss intended 1of my
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~ = IA lrplsaa,, lAet I
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lyyer Nlsw e1e1siAl.Ao
! replied thai I had
- ',....I 4 - ~ third, paytsig
~ 4stsmcnt, asked
NSst I 1al venask for
.e11I..sss;3 ~ 4 l had
oesi~s.s "a esealAly would
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sITYlNG Up.

vi pow WanS toy dOn'V want 70
% 60 bed, saiA lissle Clarence, ana he
burst into IA outright tis % ceyinR ~
soon 40 his mother hat said. Come, my
little son, it is quite bedtime, goo mast
not sit ny any longer"
Il vish there was no such thing -
bed" sobbsd Clarence. IL always hate
to 90 70 bed. wish l we're man and
wouldn't ever g to bed ii I diln's
like; ! would sis up ell the time
"Why, you foolish little boy. ! guess
you would soon be sorry enough it you
really couldn { 60 to bed
..No mamma" Urged the child, pas
sionateiv. 81 wouldn't be sorry bit,
I know I wouldn't; I know it would be
just me oicest thing in the world"
Mamma paused = few minutes with
the lamp in her hand. which she had
taseo to light him to bis pleasant lit
tie roon that opened cut Of her own.
and where Clarence slept. because he
was much younger than either ol biz
brothcra Or sisters, and % be was the
%, and darling @! them ali
Slsmmo pause1-vhst could she be
thinking Of? She never used % ssop "a
think ri things. sfscs she started IL put
him 70 bed. Clarence locked up in hes
lsce. Ills surpsise Vas greatsr stiI
vhcu be saw her slowly set Che lamp
down again upon che table. Hef tocu
vas verv calm, but . little grave.
"Ksll. Clarence" ale said, 4 nm &c
tired Of having yen make this same
trouble 20 often, when you arc told to
70 to bed, that l have decided you shall
DO ~ you wish tonight. 70" need moi
20 20 bed"
"Whx.. not at sll" exclaimed
Clxence. in tone Of delight. ''reall,,
true. mamma, do YOU mean may sci
up all night, this once"
"Yes, my son." said his mother. and
che looked Just as il she meant il
"you may sit up all night, since it i
such . dreadful thing to 60 to bed. y
"Oh, is mt it Jolly! Thank you. thank
you, mamma. And now, let me see
what shall l do first? Only to think
what grand old time I have to dc
everything in!'
So the little boy got out bis box o.
water colors and occupied himself
long time in coloring some engravings
which his mother had given for tina,
purpose. When he grew tired Of hi
pictures he took up storybook that hi
liked very much to read over and ove'
again because the words were all shor
and the letters were very large ant
plain, and then the stories were 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-09-30
Primaries and Conventions Con-
traSted.

Primaries mean pure Democracy ;
conventions mean neither Democracy
nor Republicanism.
Primaries mean the rights Of the
many; conventions mean the rights
of a few.
Primaries mean a fair race; con-
ventions mean political iockeying.
Primaries mean the voice Of the
people conventions mean the voice
of the politician.
Primaries mean political liberty
conventions mean political serfdom.
Primaries mean honesty and JUS
tice; conventions mean duplicity
and treachery.
Primaries mean the poor ma 81
victory; conventions mem the TN
nmph Of rings and cliques.
Primaries mean respect for the
Liberties of q people conventions
mean g. nsnrpation Of those liberties
by professional politicians.
Primaries mean the advocacy Of
no particular candidate; conventions
mean the advocacy Of the wire-pnll-
er and the log roller.
Primaries mean the success of the
most popular candidates; conven-
tions mean The SUCCESS Of the most
adroit politicians.
Primaries mean the direct rriyi-
lege Of American citizens to say who
shall govern them; conventions
mean the remuneration of this privi-
lege by tile citizen himself and The
translerence of il to the hands of a
"select few "
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Our Next Governor.

Gen. Johnson Hsgood, The Demo
cratic nominee Tor Governor, chosen
by The State Democratic Convention
which met in June last, was born in
Barnwell county, Sonth CaroliqA on
the 2lst OF February, 1929. His an
cestors came from England, and set
tied first in Virginia. whence they
removed and settled in CHAT was
then know. as the Distlct Of Ninety
Six, Scath Carolina, before the Revo-
LUTON. His father was long prom
inent physician residing in Barnwell
county, who devoted much Of his
time also, to planting.
At twelve years OF age Johnson
Hagood entere'i school IN augusta,
Georgia, ana continued his studies
there until he was sixteen. He then
entered the Military Academy OF
Charleston, and graduated with the
highest hon"rs OF that institution, in
1917, at the age Of nineteen. He
then studied law under the Hon. Ed
mund Bellinger, Of Barnwell, and
was admitted to practice at the age
Of twenty one but he never entered
actively into the profession for which
he Vas so well qualified. He seemed
to take more interest in the subject
of Agriculture, ard has ever been a
successful planter. In 1851 he was
appointed, by Gov. John II. Means,
Military Inspector, and during the
same year, 1851. he was elected by
the Legislature Commissioner in
Equity Of Barnwell county, which of
flee he filled until the breaking out
of The late war-He was. early in
the war, elected Colonel of the First
Regiment OF South Carolina Volun.
teers and was promoted to. the rank
of Brigaller G neral before the war
closed. He was brave and prudent
commander. snrrendering with Gen.
Joseph T. Johnson.
In 1851 he married the only child
of ex-United States Sen ttor, A. ?.
Rutl4r. In 1862 he was elected
President Of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Society Of South Carroll
ma, and reelected to the same office
in 1870. He contributed greatly in
reviving an interest among farmers
in the higher life and greater enc
cess of the society OF which he was
president.
In 1876 he Was nominated aud
elected Comptroller-General on the
Hampton ticket. and reelected to
the same Office in 1878.
He has filled that Office with great
satisfaction for fonr yeals. No one
doubts his honesty or his ability. and
be will make a Chief Executive Of
who.4 all the people will be rrona