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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
A Monarch OF the Sen.

The City of Rome, the new steamer
of the lnman Line. now being built at
Barrow-in.Eurness, Lancashire, Eng
land, will be- a marvel of marine archi.
lecture. The New York Herald says
she will be the largest and finest mer.
chant vessel in the world. She will be
1000 tons larger than the Arizona or
the City of Berlin, her sister ship, and
800 tons larger than the new Cunarder,
Low being constructed on the CLYDE.
She is to cost over II 600 O0O, it is said,
and will be as near perfection in the
way of safety, speed, and comfort as it
is possible for steamer companies and
ship-huilders to attain. She will he
completed in the spring of 1881, and is
TO be placed on the regular line between
New York and Liverpool. The dlmen-
sions Of the City of Rome will be:
Length Of keel, SIG feet; length over
all, $50 feet; breadth of beam, 50 feet ::
depth of hold, 80 feet Q inches; depth
from top of deck houses to keel. SO feet.
Her measurement will be 300 tons.
The hull will be of the best iron, and
will be built in the lest manner, with
OiCNVh hOlILOutdl Dulhutdu6 anu lWO
longitudinal bulkheads through the en-
CINE and boiler rooms. The engines
will be of 1900 horse power, with six
cylinders, three Of which will be high
pressure and three low pressure. 1t is
promised that the vessel will attain the
great speed of eighte, and One-fOurth
knots an hour. The saloon and state
rooms will be placed amidships, and
will contain every facility for comfort
and luxury. All the latest improve
ments are to be added, and the
cabin will be splendidly furnished.
The Cunard Company have laid the
keel of monster steamer at an estab.
lishment on the Clyde. Although not
80 large a. the City Of Rome, she will
have engines of even greater power. and,
it is claimed, will be the fastest pas>en.
ger steamer in the world. The new
vessel will be of $500 tons burden and
10000 horse power, according to state
ment in the London Times, and will be
exceeded in size only by the City of
Rome and Great Eastern. She will
have an extra promenade deck, and wi |
practically be five decker, being fitted
for $50 first class and GOO Storage pas
seugers, with accom- mOdatiOns for crew
Of 200 officers and men. The hull will
be built With a double bottom, on what
is called the longitudinal and bracket
system, with watertight compartments
1t is said that in her construction steel
is to be employed instead of iron. The
new vessel is 10 be ready for the sea
next season, and before be ng placed on
the line will have the II ost Elaborate
fittings for the comfort and luxury of
the passengers. The name will probably
De the Servia.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
A Boy on q Farm.

Say what you will about the general
usefulnts. of bows, it is my impression
that farm without a boy would very
soon come to grief. What the boy does
is the life of the farm. He is the factO-
tum, always in demand, always ex-
pecled 70 do the thousand indispensable
things that n,bcdy else will do. Upon
him fall all the odds and ends, tine most
difficult things. After everybody else
is through he has to enish up. II S
work is like a wOman's-perpetually
waiting on others. Everybody knows
how much easier it is to eat a good din
ner than it is to wash the dishes after
wards Consider what a boy on farm
is required to do: things that must be
done, or life would actually stop. 1t is
understood, in the first place, that he is
to do all the errands, to 90 to the store,
to the post flee, and to carry all sorts of
messages. If he had as many legs an a
centipede, they would tire before night.
His two short limbs seem to him en-
tirely inadequate to the task. He would
like to have as many legs as wheel has
spokes, and rotate about in the same
way. This he tries to do; and the
people who have seen him turning
cart-wheels along the side of the road,
have supposed that he was amusing
himself ana idling his time; he was
only trying to invent new mode of To-
comotion, 70 that he could economic
his legs, and do his errands with
greater dispatch. He practices stand
ing on his head. in order to accustOm
himself to any position. Leap-frog is
one of his methods of getting over
ground quickly. He would willingly
90 an Grand any distance if he could
leap-frog with few other boys. He has
a natural genius for combining pleasure
with business. This is the reason why,
when he is sent to the spring for a
pitcher of water, be is absent SO long !;
for he stops to poke the frog that sits
on the stone, or, if there is pen stock,
to put his hand over the spout, and
quirt the water little while. He is the
one who spreads the grass when the men
have cut it; he mOws it away in the
barn; he rides the horse to cultivate
the corn, up and down the hot, weary
rows: he picks up the potatoes when
they are dug: he brings wood and water,
and splits Findling; he gsts up the
horse, and puts out the horse; whether
he is in the house or out of it, there is
always something for him TO do. Just
before the school in winter he sbovels
paths; in summer he tarns the grind
stone. He knows where there are lots
of wintergreens and sweet flags, but in
stead of going for them, ne is to stay in
doors and pare apples, and stnne raisins,
and pound something in a mortar.
And vet, with his mind full of schemes
of what he would like to do. and his
hands full o, occupations, he is an idle
boy, who has nothing to busy himself
with but school and chores! He would
gladly do all the work if somebody else
would do the chores, he thinks; and yet
l doubt if any boy ever amounted to
anything in the world, or was of much
use as a man. who did not enjoy the
advantages of liberal education in the
way of chores.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
Curing Fruit by Cold.
Mountain (Cai.) Messenger.l


An experiment was made at foundry
in PlacerviIle lately in fruit curing by
blasts of cOld.air. In this experiment
about a peck OF sliced apples were
placed in sieve, and subjected to a cold
air blast for three and half hours in
the cupOla furnace # the foundry, and
the fruit is reported to have been COM
pletely and beautifully cured BY the
treatment, remaining soft, aud without
The slightest discOlOration. We were
about to say dried, but cured is better
word, for there was none of that hard,
eff drvness about it which frtquen'ly
results by drying by sun heat or FIRE
heat. The experime Mt was most graft
flying success. and, in our judgment, il
iraught with results of great Importance
to growers ard manipulators of fruit.
The blast of cold air completely freeze
the fruit from its excess of moisture,
with no possibility of burning or shriv.
cling it. Compared with our sun.dry-
ing it effects great saving of expense,
attention and risk. Anybody who can
command or devise strong blast of cold
air can dry fruit in a superior-we might
say perftct-manner, without being de-
pendent on the weather and waiting on
the slow process, of sun-drying, and
without the most expensive resort to
fuel and the risk of overheating.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
FLOUR. GRAIN AND MEAL.

ATtANTA:-Flour-suTcIhne, s.; family, 81 20;
Extra family, 81 20; inncy,s7 80. wheai--thr fol-
,hoic white. 81 43si IS; Gicorria choice, 81 %
81 %. Crn-Choicc white, laSesc.; yellow, 65a
Sc. Ons-5sa' fr .ccd. Meal !, IN demand at
~. GiiiS-Sl %.
ST LOVIS-Flour--lower; choice. IS 20 fancv
so. wheat-iowei; No. rel. fall 81 i51a
C"rn higher. but slew at 3ti+15f+". Oats. 32c.
Lru Observation-Disclosures 81 IS; f.m'ly,
y '3G,6 90. whcat-E'd. amSr and whit, 81 "a
Is. t,"n--wh.tc, y, i3c Oais-whi,e, 3sta
i.c.; mixed, :2i.c.
CiNC!NNATI-Flour Family, SIS csm5 50: fam
y. s. s5aG. Wh"at--Nn. 2winfcI, 81 IG. Corn
t'c. oais-lull at 36m37c.
23n5 -; god to choice extra. s, soa7 %.
wheat unrr@,,i winter, r,i. 81 S3al 81. Corn
Cnsr.del, 5'a55e. ous-N". 3, ii.c.
CUrNrr1 r:;ODVCE.
ATLANTA.-Esys, iOdiIc. Batter choice Ten
ness c. 2jSst7c. Poultry Hens, 22l2a25c.: dressed
rh;rkens, l0ailc. Potatoes eci ru,a,.cs Q "a
81 o. per bssheI; Ir,sa potatoes. s. .JS2 ), per
barrel
LIVE STOCK.
ATLANTA.-ChciceT Tennessee cattle, &c. Com
won. a':@9aic.; Georgia rl;scd 2'z@5t4c. Sheep
Fer choice. 3',S,ir.
C.NClNNNTi. = IIo.s - Common. 81 son4 90;
packing. 81 2Jett co; butchers. 81 GOA G5.
PROvGSlO1S.
TLtNTA.-Buls mea:-tIcar rib sides, &c. !;
pork strips exc. Bacon Sugar-tured hams, / a.
liac; lies, %: shoulders. &C.. breakfast. $50
ST.
BALTIMORt.-Mcssro pork Sal .j@I22j Bulk meats.
Loos. shoulders, ~; CLEAR SIDES c,,c Boon :
Shoaidcrs. Sc; clcar rib sides. sI.c.; hams,
10,.Mii'sr. Iarl-Rctinel in tierccs. ~.
ClNIINNATI-Puk. 81 IS. Liri. &c. Bulk
meats Shoulders. &c; clear TBS. 6.3'c., short
clar, 6l4c. B,conSnolderf, sc; clear rit~, SIC
ba"s. go I0'.c. Lard Sc.
NEW YORK. Moss Pork, Ic.1S9i1 2oc. long
clear &C.; short, do. nc. Lard, 7s5c.
COTTON.
ATLANTA-(;ori niddIin-s re: middlings
nE@lll8c.; good culinary. lcaloAc.
NEW YORK Mhldlins upl,nds, II 3-l6c ; mid
ding orleans, IL 5-.6c
GALVESTON -Niddlings ie7sc.; low middlings.
1l5sc.; gcI ordinary, &C.
NORFOLK. Mitilngs, I2c.
BALTIMORE -Mddling>, nc; low middling,,
flstc god ordinary. Iissc
SAvANNAH-Miidllss PIC: low middlincs,
lls<c; c,..l ordinary. liI.c.
1l11c. good ordinary, liz
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
Why Burdctte Lectures.

New YORK Letter IN fniil'aro!is 'ourna..I
Next day questioned Burdette about
occurring. do you generally go TO
hotels?'
Yes he sail, Gas general thirg
When started out Be cher said 10 me ::
There are two things yOu had better re-
member; first, good hotel is better
than any private house; second, as COM
pared with any private house, any hotel
is a good hotel But if | am urged to
accept private hospitality. l say Yes, on
condition that have good fire in MY
room, and get up at S o'clock This, |
insist on"
"How came you to lecture. anyhow ~
"My wife is responsible for it. She
kept poking me up, and finally she got
me at WORK. wrote my lecture and
read it over to her and her sister They
said it would take. read it over
a. ain and was so disguised that tore
it up snd burnt it. But in about a
month my wife quietly got me started
again, ami I rewIote it and delivered it
up in Davenport. | stood like a stump
before the audience, and never once
raised my eyes from the paper. The
audience bore it like martyrs, but i.
wasn't success. | committed it TO
memory, and started for Cout Gil Bluffs.
hadn't got ten miles from Town before,
to my di>may, found had forgotten
it. | would have given 500 il could
have crawled back to Burlington and
got the manuscript. stumbled along
through it that night, a,d ever since
that il has been easier
DO you ever fi;d a person who won't
augh.'
Yes, once in while. There was a
dreadfully vinegar-faced woman in the
audience at Eas!on the other evening
She lowered at me. | determined TO
conquer her. She wouldn't. Ilectured
right at her, smiled in her face, pelted
her with new jokes, fred stories at her
that weren't in the lecture at all, and
finally lef. the track altogether and de-
! voted myself exclusively to her. She
frowned at me awfully. made genial
faces at her, and told her amusing yarns
about all her ancestors aud all her
enemies, Tut she remained fierce and
savage to the last. Finally | gave it up
with gasp. and the audienc. reared,
and she looked IS it she would Ike to
jump right up on the platform and
scalp me. wanted to wink at her, but
| saw big man near the door. and de
sisted
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

A CHEYENNE man will bet On any.
thing. Two of 'em put up S. piece
on wag.r that one could hold wasu
in his hand longer than the other could,
and the fellow who rubbed chloroforal
on his hand expected to win, but the
other fellow happened to know that
male wasPs don't sting. and got one Ct
that sex, and they grAbh. d their wasps
and set and smiled at each other while
the crowd wondered, until the chloro-
form had evaporated, and then the fel,
low who useo it suddenly let go Of his
wasp, and let the audience into the
secret OF how to swear the shingles of
the roof.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

Mr.. James Torrance, OF Troy, N. Y,
proposes the following method of abol.
ishing the danger attending the present
style of railway crossing: He would
use for such crossings a rail of special
form, rolled in one piece of the usual
length, with groove wide enough for
the ASnge of the car wheel TO run in /;
the grove to be wedgs-.haptd and widest
at the top, with plain sides, 80 as not 10
catch the feet of men and animals. In
this way he would get rid of the usual
trap between the planking and the
rails. Such grooved rail could easily
be kept clear Of snow and ice; and the
extra cost of rolling would be nothing,
he thinks, compared with its advantage
IN doing away with the risk 10 life and
limb attending the present style Of cross
i1gs.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
Cure for Stammerinc.

Dr.. w. B. Hammond, in the British
Medical Jvurn'l, gives some useful hints
of considerable value to those who STAN.
msr. He found that people could pro-
nouuce with ease when alone, words
most difficult with others. With STAN.
merers the great trouble is with the ex.
plosive con>onants-b, p, t. These re.
ouire the sudden opening of the mouth.
DR.. Hammond states that if some slight
mechanical movement be made with
each difficult word it can be pronounced
without difficulty. A motion with the
hand or foot, or tapping the side of the
body with the hand will answer, and
diverts the m nd from the difficulty.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

THE late NJ. Cremieux never lost an
opportunity Of telling his young friends
how happy life can be made through the
choice of & sympathetic wife, who stands
on an intellectual level with her husband.
He declared short time before his
death that the affection which he bore
to his bride in her young days bad made
his married life, even amid many trying
sorrows, cloudless day Of domestic
bliss,
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
a H0msa hnlSn NNASl-

A book on the Liver. its diseases and their
treatment sent free. Including treati.es upon
Liver Complaints. Torpid Liver, Jnundice,
Biiousness, Headache, constipation, Dyspep.
STA Malaria, etc. Address DR.. Sanford, 1862
Broadway, New York CITY. NY.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

Tom. Dick and Harry are now appearing with
their Grandfathcr's recipes for Coughs, etc. ano
seeking fortune through advertising, but tn,
people know the value Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syruy
and will take no other. Price, rs cents q bottle
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

ANY woman in Oregon who is over
twenty one years of sge, and has prop
erty in the district upon which she pays
tax, may vote st the school meeting in
such district, provided she he a citizen
of the State and has sided in the dis
trict thirty days.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

VrGErINE by IFS use you will proven,
''""y I the dis nscs prevailing in the Spring
nj summer >. asOn.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

ANNA DICKINSON says she will never
marry until sne can bake a loaf OF
bread, end that she will never bake
bread while she has her senses.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

Catholic Americans and Others Send six
cents for specimen Of the Illustrated Cathoii.
American, IL Barclay ST., New York. Brigh,
pictures, stories, poems, and sketches.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

A YANKEE in Boston has invented a
machine which will make 1000 paper
boxes day.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

The Violate Bslt Co., MarahaIl, Mlch.,
Will send their Electro Voltaic Belts to the
afflicted upon 30 days trial. See their advcr.
tisement in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
Trial -
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

ONO is not only first in war, first in
peace, and first in the offices of her
country, but she has the largest luna tic
ayslum in the world
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

To correspondents who ask "wbere can get
the Rheumatic Sa'k," would say of c.
Horeltine 4 Co., invei tors, Derby, VT. For soc
hey send, post paid, sample to cure one person
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
Lyons Heel Stiffener is the only invention
that will m Ike old boots straight as new.
Groccrs keep C. Gilbert's pure starches.
Daughter. wive. aud Mosher

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TREATMENT cures and Certificates from physicians ans
Bold By all Druggists 20 per bottle
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

WIEN exhausted by mental labor take
Kidney-wort to maintain healthy action
of all organs.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

CARD.-To all rho are suffering nom the error,
and nd-crstions Of vouh aTly dccav
les OF m.nhcod, etc, will send Recipe that cui
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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

FISH and guests smell at three days
old.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
How 10 Get Sick.

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertiscd; and
then you will want to know
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08
How TO Get Well,

Which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters. See other column
Express.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-05-08

GAIL HAMILTON can. at reception,
chat with dozen people at once.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

An Active. Intelligent Gentleman
 MOT afraid to work, can have position travel
 " ing salesman fos W. O. Roberts Go of Geneva, N. T.. Applications to be made to O, G. WATKINS, 5l4 State Street, in person by letter. ja29 l2t
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

fed that he took notes in the City Court dur ing the first hearing in the present case. He continued: went over the ground where the murder was committed. Witness pointed out on the map the location of the stairs go- ing up to the house, the platform to the stairs where the evidence of the conflict between the two men was most apparent. Saw blood on the side of the house going up the steps, ap- parently spurt of blood. On the adjacent house, about four feet from the platform, there from a spurt; saw marks of blood inside the house on the wall. The flooring of the plat form had evidently been washed since the af- fray. Saw no blood in the kitchen or marks of blood. Think there was blood about the knob of the door, having the appearance of being made by the hand. I followed the track of blood through the yard in the rear. There were blood spots on the leaves in the yard. We could see where some one had rested at the fence and got over. After get ting over the fence the blood spots disap- peared. Witness recognized two pieces of wood that were found near the house and are supposed to be part of the rail to the stairs
 On the cross-examination by MT. Doolittle, witness stated that he had seen him (Doolittle) in regard to this case would not say that he had not represented himself as counsel for the accused; had ceased to be counsel for the ac cused within two weeks. I mean to say that saw marks of blood in the back yard, and followed them should think there vera also marks made by shoes; cannot say what the blood came from, whether from man or ami nal The examination was made the day af- ter the murder. Dr. Lindsley was there, and also the coroner's jury. There were two 1m- pressions of bloody hand, or what appeared like hand, on the door. On the casing were other blood marks, but cannot say whether they were imprints of hand.
 When MT. Daley was dismissed, MT. Bly, denburgh said to tho court that the defense had not supposed that the State would close so soon, and therefore had not notified their wit nesses to be present. They asked an adjourn ment until this morning. The court granted the request, and at 4:45 an adjournment was had until this morning at 10 o'clock
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
TELEGRAPHIO .JOTTINGs.

A negro girl living near Albany. Georgia, who had her limbs crushed in 8 railroad ac- cident, has recovered $25, 900 damages against the Georgia Central railroad.
 The trial trip, which was to have taken place yesterday over the railway on the ice of the St. Lawrence river, was postponed owing to the mildness of the weather.
 The boy who was believed to have been murdered by his father, Elder Buck, the Iowa Adventist, is alive in an adjoining county, whither he fled after the beating his father gave him. y
 T. Ohaffee, trustee of the A. < W. Sprague Manufacturing Company, of Providence, R. l., last night presented his report for the year ending December 31, 1879, showing gain of $328, ,O71.17 in the year.
 John Haggerty, 30 years old, of Millvine, Mass, was run oyer and killed on the Prov idence and Worcester railroad at Blackstone early yesterday morning. He was on drunk. and disrobing went to sleep on the track. His brother Thomas was killed on the same road under similar circumstances year ago.
 General Garibaldi in recent communica- ton thanked King Humbert that the laws of Italy have enable him to obtain a divorce from his wife, with whom he had never lived, and to marry a woman with whom he had been living in concubinage, who is the mother of his children. The King is said to have acknowl- edged Garibaldrs letter and made a cordial re- ply.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
CONTINENTS OF STEAMERS

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Salled, the Gallia for Liverpool the Greece for London. Arrived, the Parthia from Liverpool, the Ethiopia from Glasgow.
 Boston-Sailed, the Brazilian for Liverpool.
 Philadelphia-Sailed, the Iceland for Ant werp, the British Grown for Liverpool
 Glasgow-Arrived, the Austrian and Corir- thian from Boston.
 Liverpool-Sailed, the Massachusetts for Boston, the Spain for New York. Arrived, the Erin from New York, the Istrian from Boston.
 London-Arrived, the France from New York. Sailed, the City of London for New York.
 Hamburg-Arrived, the Gellert from New York.
 Queenstown-Sailed, the City of Chester for New York