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Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

The crop prospects in this parish are
still cheering. Unless the weather,
which has been unusually wet and
threatening for the past week, brings
about some unfortunate disaster, we can
safely COUNT on magnificent harvest
of cane and cotton-thc early corn hav-
ing already matured to tho entire salts
faction Of all.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

Conrad's Budweiser bottled beer is o
summer beverage.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

We wcrc happy to greet in our sanctum,
Tuesday, our ger'al young END, Mr..
Mark, of Plaqucmine. Ho was accom-
panied by Mr.. V. Avet, m active and
thorough going merchant of that place.
The homo of these two gentlemen is, in
our opinion, one of the most entcrprising
business points Of its population to be
found III the South, and promises ere
many years to become of considerable
mercantile Importance. They report
everything tlU,risl';ng in that section,
with nothing but cheerful faces to greet
aud welcome the wayfarer,
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

Nearly every other man yon meet III
Baton Rouge has u "bad cold" These
summer colds arc very disagreeable, to
say the least, but they hang on with
unusual tcnacity this season, making
the matter worse.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

Those of our newspaper friends who
favor press contention will please OK
press u preference as to time and place.
BY reference toour mast head it will be
seen that Baton Rouge is strongly favor
ed as the place and the first Monday in
October as the timo for meeting. Let
all who expect to attend express them
selves ut once.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

Architect Frefct ar...vcd in Baton
Rouge yesterday morning to take the in
'tlatory steps i'll the repairs on the State
House. Mcssrs, Burke and Brown, who
had gono to tho city day Or two pro-
vlous, came up on tho same boat with
him, the latter having signed and finally
sccrrcd the contract awarded to him
by the Commission. Work will now
doubtless be pushed toward with VIM
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

A lcvec contractor informed us We'd
nesday that hands were very scarce, and
that it was almost impossible to secure
tho necessary number to do the work.
We take this occasion to notify the In
boring class at large of this fact The
wages pad is thirty dollars per month
and board.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

A. CARROLL KLElNrETEE,
Secretary.
Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-29

Beware of imitation. Call only for
Conrad's Bndwciscr. If you find any
imitation, please report tho same imme-
diately to G. Conrad g. Co., st. Louis,
or to John Miller, the general agent,
No. 9 Jackson street, New Orleans.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
Words of Wisdom.

Prosperity is great teacher; adver- sity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind privation trains and strength ems it.
 Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents him from indulging to excess.
 It is -only in that freshness of our youth that the choice is possible which gives unity to life, and makes the mem- ory temple where all relics and all votiye offerings, worship and joy, are an unbroken history, sanctified by one religion.
 We all love pleasure and abhof sor- row. No one will choose cloudy sky and rough path; but these evils have their good parts, and those who really long for peace and happiness will try to find out and extract them. instead ot hurrying along resentfully or with forced gayety.
 Our habitual life is like wall hung with pictures, which has been shone on by the suns of many years; take one oi l the pictures away and 1t leaves definite blank space, to which our eyes can ] never turn without sensation of dis. comfort. Nay, the involuntary loss o1 any familiar object almost always brings
 chill as if from ar evil omen; it seems
 to be the first finger shadow of approach
 ing death.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
How the Government Pays Bills.

A great part of the work in the treas ury department is necessarily in the line of keeping accounts, and possesses little interest for people who are not excep- tionally fond of figuring. The general principle which governs the whole sys- tenn of auditing and settling accounts against the government is 10 provide every safeguard against fraud, and this is so successfully accomplished that q dollar could not be got out of the treas ury illegitimately without the collision of so many persons that it may be set down as practical impossibility. Sup pose a man has bill against the gov ernment The head of the department or bureau to which the matter properly belongs makes a acquisition for the amount upon the secretary of the treas ury, using prepared blank which asks him to cause warrant for the amount in question to be issued in favor ot the party, the same to be charged to the par ticular appropriation by Congress out of which the sum ought to come. But before this acquisition reaches the secre- tary it must pass under the eye of the proper auditor and comptroller and re- ceive their countersign, the auditor at the same time charging the amount to the account of the disbursing officer in whose favor it is issued. If all goes well so far, the secretary issues war rant to the treasurer, directing him to pay over the money, which he does by issuing a draft for the amount in favor of the governments creditor, but not until after the warrant has been coun- tersigned by the proper comptroller and registered by the register. Indeed, The 1 draft itself must go to the register fol comparison and registry before it is finally passed over. There seems to bs good deal of red tape in all this p;o' cess, but it is a sort of red tape that saves the country money in the long run -FoOd CO53tDtt,sy.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
Losing Their Feet.

Frank and Charles Tyner, two young miners of Georgetown, Colorado, set out for the Middle Park recently to hunt in the mountains for elk. They en- camped near the mouth of the Blue river and played for several days with large herd in the vicinity. By skillful ma neuvers they at Inst caught the herd foul, and killed three of the largest elks that could be singled out. But in prac- ticing their strategy the brothers had been led long way from camp, and darkness soon caught them In a few hours Frank gave out, and throwing away the guns, Charles took his brother on his back. The weather was intensely cold and the snow was deep. Charles, finding that Franks extremities had be- gun to freeze, and knowing that it would be utterly impossible to carry him to camp, dug hole in the snow and COW cred him up, leaving only an aperture for him to breathe through. This was tho wisest thing he could have done, for had he not buried him in the snow Frank would have frozen to death before relief came. Charles hurried on, pro- cured help and horse, and at two o'clock on the next morning took Frank into camp. In his eagerness to save hi brother Charles did not Dotice that hi own feet were frozen. Since then al
 four of the brothers feet have beei amputated.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

Elko. Nevada, produces tive tons of mineral soap day.
 There are 97,OOo miles of submarine cable now in working order. Never sell on a low market; never sell out when you feel MGreeor Netos.
 The cost of the Grand Central depot and its adjacent grounds in New York city was S6,4l9, HIS. Tennyson spends hours on a single line. And so, by the way, does the washerwoman.-NorriStoyn Herald.
 John R. Chapman. of Oneida Lake, N Y-, is the father oi nine sons, whose average weight is l93 pounds and aver age height five feet eleven inches
 About 800 postal cards per day were sent from this country to Europe last year indications of the amount of direct trade that is carried on in a small way.
 We will pay large price for sight at the person who ever heard a sailor make use of the story book expression, Shiver lay timbeTs." - Rocklazid Courier.
 More than l, l,O00 years ago the mortsr used in the construction of the mosque of St. Sophia, in Constantinople, was charged with musk, the perfume of which permeates the building to this day.
 There is probably nothing in this tran sitory world that yields larger and quicker returns on the amount invested than poking wasp with your finger to see if he feels well.
 4 boy who won't take as big bite ss narrowly watched. lest he make a snd- den grab and run of with the whole.- Detrod Free Press.
 "Cassimere," said young Chainstitch. Doubblesole says you are liar." "Doubblesole says so?" replied Cassi- mere, and then he added. defiantly, lean ing his chin on his yard wand, I'd like to know how he found that out--RaCS- eye.
 Lieutenant II. l.. Smith, of Boston, is a fortunate man, and as brave as fortu- nate. In 1876 he saved from death by drowning two children of a Maryland gci.;leInan, and the grateful father, who lately died, bequeathed S27,ooo to the young man.
 Marriages in China between persons of the same surname are not only null and void, but render the contracting parties, as well as the go-between who arranged the match, liable to a punish nent of sixty blows. The marriage presents are, moreover, forfeited to the state.
 Terrible distress and mortality pre- vail at Adrianople, especially among the refugees. Eileen of these were found dead of hunger in one day. In the mouths of the corpses were pieces of wood, with which the unfortunate persons had endeavored to satisfy their hmm
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
'SagacitY of Trout.

Seth Green, the well-known piscicul- turist, believes that "trOut hold com munication just as regularly as we do." In supporting his theory that trout are unusually intelligent he said to a re- porter:
 Talk about natural sagacity; why, l can point you to as striking instances of it. in primitive form, among fishes as you ever heard of among men. In the winter of 1s40 I hunted deer and fished for salmon trout in and around Bona parte lakes, just north of Herkimer county in the Adirondacks. I fished, putting down hundred hooks through holes in the ice about eight rods apart. These hooks were baited with good sized minnows, as full of life as though at liberty After the lines had been down the first night l took from them in the morning twenty-eight good big trout. Each successive morning l got less and less, until on the eighth day the number of trout taken had diminished to seven or eight. But every bait was gone from every hook as on the first morning when I made the big haul. 1 knew the trout hadn't all been taken from those waters, but it was also apparent that 1 couldn't catch any more without removing my tackle. So | cut new holes in the ice and moved down about quar- ter of a mile. There my results were in exactly the same ratio as the first, and 1 had to move again in seven or eight days. One day I ran :s line of hooks in such a direction that one of them came right overs rocky bar, where there was open water. de cided to try all experiment with this | hook. I fastened the upper end Of the l line to an overhanging piece of brush, so that nothing could interfere with the bait below without making the brush wriggle. Then I lay down to watch Very soon the brush began to wriggle in lively fashion. Looking down into the water I saw u magnificent trout experimenting with the minnow at. tached to the hook. Keeping as close to the minnow as possible he repeatedly snapped at it very cautiously, reopening his mouth before he had fairly closed it. so as to prevent
 swallowing anything he did not want
 When the minnow in its flight had gon,
 so far as the line would permit, MT
 Trout made more forcible snap at it
 so as to cut it almost entirely from tn
 hook Down to the bottom sank tn
 minnow, and down after it darted MT
 Trout, gobbling it down at a mouthful
 knowing that it was now safe to do SO We'll, that was pretty sharp trick o his, and it was just that gamy way o
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
George ID. Prentice.

When George D. Prentice arrived in Louisville, it was not as a brilliant young journalist. looking for position in which to shine, but as a drunkard, utterly uncertain about place in which to sleep. In this condition he met and made friends with fellow who was as neg; a. tranan~ AS any that existed in that ing tinker" or travelling mender of tin pots. They made day of it, to the ex- tent of the funds they both had, and such credit as they could get, at the risk of boots applied to their coat-tails. Night came on, and George D. Prentice bewailed his lavish and open drinking which left him without the means to get a bed. The tinker said, with lordly hospitality of very tipsy man: "You shall go home with me-"
 George assented to his " somerlonger- me-" and arm in arm they started for their "home." The man seemed to know where he was going. and soon reached an obscure street, not far from the Ohio river. He paused at 8 shed, let down bar, and again mumbled out his word, which could be divided in "come-' erlong-er-me." Then he at once rolled over the bar, and fell in some straw, and Prentice following. There was some small squeals and some loud and angry grunts, as of disturbed swine.
 Prentice shook his friend. who was already asleep, and said: See. here, is this your hsmep"
 "Yes, sir-ee," said the sleepy tinker. l 'sIt sounds and smells like a hog-pen,' ' said the half-sobered Prentice.
 What-er that-they'll have to stand it," said the fellow, who then went to sleep.
 Prentice was still too drunk to know how to get out again, but he lay and | thought. His thoughts were: ' Here am I, man of good education and oi good parents, and well brought up. have been enjoying myself and living high, and having good time. Let's see how high have got. am out o1 clothes, out of money, out of character that's three outs-and have arisen tc be the compaaion of a travelling tinker That's my outing and elevation. Now what have I got into? Let me see Oh, see, or rather smell-into a hog pen! If I ever get out I'll quit, ane serve God for better wages" He die j. quit, and became the first journalist ant wit of the southwest.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
An Odd Theory.

One of Dr. W. B. Fletchers fre gs es- eaped from the frogarium some time ago. and was found the other day be- hind a register at his office starved to death and shrunk to half its former di- mensiens. The doctor dissected the dessicated batrachian. and, coming to its lungs, found these organs ciogged with thousands of black crystals which looked like coarse gunpowder. Under the microscope these crystals presented regular facets with smooth surfaces, presenting the same angle of crystaiiza- tions as the diamond. On burning they gave of carbonic acid gas. and they are pure crystals of carbon, as the diamond is. The doctor theorizes that in the ages gone by the huge reptiles of the antediluvian period, dying under cir cumstances similar to those under which the Ifrog died. may have formsd large crystals of carbon in their lungs which were after ward transformed into the hard and lustrous diamond.-Ia''- a,,dpolis Herayd.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
A SwindIer's Dodge.

This is the way a restaurant keeper in Layfayette, Ind, was taken in and done for few days ago: A stranger came in and ordered q cup oi eonee' rendering a two-dollar note Tn payment He was handed a one-dollar bill and ninety cents silver in change The dollar bill he put in his pocket, and placing ten cents with the ninety cents said: 'tI do 1t like to carry loose silver just give dollar for that" The clerk took a dollar out of the drawer ana showed it toward the man, who, quick placing the loose silver coins which he still held in his hand with it, said, care Iessly: Better give me two-doilar note:for that" By this time the clerk was somewhat mixed, ard the other play ing the game boldly he very naturally handed out two dollars without thInk- ing, and drew back the dollar in change and dollar note, the swindler pocketiDg the two-dollar bill and walking on- When the clerk came to think the mat ter over he found he was out just ninety cents on the transaction
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25

or to see her faint. But my news did not seem to produce as great an effect as i 1 expected. I looked up again. All i eyes were fixed upon me.
 Ahp" said the old man.
 We'll" said the old lady. Go on, Tom," said Dolly.
 :" His wife is a cousin of the lady my uncle married" said I. eff you don't believe me, I can offer proof of the fact. He is married"
 Of course; l knew that" said Dolly. His wife is quite celebrated con- 1 tralto.''
 1. Knew that he was a married manp' said l. "I don't understand you. What can this meanp'' And it's 8 great deal nicer for Dol ly."said Mrs. Brusle. Mrs. Holly and she will travel together" stared from one to the other.
 Mrs. Brusle, "said I, "what did you tell me when you came to Londonp I understood you that Dolly was engaged to MT. Holly, and that you were buying the wedding dresses" Gracious mel" cried the old lady. Nothing of the sort" ! Did you think that, Tom!' cried Dolly.
 asked her to explain.
 Why, Tom, I have engaged to travel with him as one of a quartette company that he has just formed. A foreign gen. tleman and our tenor at church, MT. Motley, and Mrs. Holly and I; and I shall make a great deal of money, and oh. Tom, that's why you sent back my letters"
 l Iopened my arms and Dolly ran into them, without thinking of the old folks.
 What miserable wretch I have been for the last five weeks" said I.
 And Dolly began to cry upon my shoulder.
 'f You see how it is, sir" I said, to Mr. Brusle. I'n not rich, but love Dolly dearly, and if she'll take me as I am. l shall be the happiest fellow under the sun. And for Heavens sake, Jolly, don't mind breaking your engagement. Stay at home, and sing to us. I don't want you running about the country, no matter how much money you make by it."
 So the engagement was broken; and though nay uncle said it was imprudent, Dolly and l were married that winter.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25

The silver dollar of the United States made in the ratio of sixteen of silver to one of gold, while tie ratio of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and
 Germany is fifteen and one-half of sil-
 yer to one of gold, and the ratio of Hol-
 land, Great Britain. Ireland, and Portu- gal is Is 6-lO of silver to one of gold,
 and of Austria Is 9-20 of silver to one of gold and of Russia l5 3-l0 of silver to
 one of gold--is silver coin which con
 tains a higher proportion of silver than the coin of any other country in the world, and has been the standard of 1 value from 1792 until this time, except ] for the short period it was demonetized.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25

doing things under the surface that had
 compelled me to move so frequently.
 How came that tront, and every other
 one in the same waters, to adopt this
 identical mode of reasoning. conclusions
 and tactics. except by means of Ian
 guage which informed him exactly
 what had been tue disastrous con-
 sequences with trout which had,
 on the other hand, taken the
 bait without precaulon and strat-
 egyp Of course all the fish, even in
 the same locality, were not privileged
 to see the struggles and capture of the
 unfortunate ones. But there were few
 of them that didn't know of it, all the
 same. However. I measured powers of
 strategy with these same smart finnies. and beat them on their own grounds.
 l managed it so tlfat when l found q
 line wriggling could drop it suddenly to the bottom, in which case the trout invariably darted down and swallowed the minnow, hook and all. The trout might have beaten me on this point also, if 1 had given them time to get their heads together and gossip over the matter till they could agree upon some new tactics. But I didn't"
 From your experience with these salmon trout, then, you argue that they live in families, have family secrets, and do not bother themselves about commu- nication with any others than the mem- bers of the family and their nearest neighbors?"
 That's it exactly; fishes are just as domestic and local in their habits as human beings-more so, for those of the same tribe do not encroach upon the territory occupied by their neighbors. To illustrate: In 1887 a company of us began fishing for salmon trout off Port Hope. Ont. The first year it wasn't an uncommon thing for us to catch I50 trout of ten pounds each on 300 hooks. The next year the number caught at the same place dwindled down to about loo, the next to fifty. aud in less than six years it was impossible to catch more than dozen or fifteen on 300 hooEs in the same place. Moreover, the few we did catch weighed three or four pounds apiece only. We had caught that family all out. You couldn't catch any more there for years. I had precisely the same experience afterward. of Cobourg, Grafton and Colbourn I knew one old trout up there at Gale donia that lived under the same old log for four years. I might do my best, but 1 couldn't catch him with my tackle. He always managed to get away with it without injury to himself and to the demolition of the bait, when there was any. One day a boy came along with string and hook and a worm. and he threw that old trout right out the very hrst cast. 1 gave him five dollars for | the fish, and was glad to get him any, my peculiar ways and means of fishing till he knew them and how to manage them just as well as I did myself"
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
Pins.

Tine aggregate capacity ofthe pin man. ufacturing establishments of this country, running ten hours per day. is 5.5S0, ,000 packs. or 2,540, GOO papers of pins a year; oI Is, ,740. .60o.0 900 pins, which would give every man, woman and child in the United States 46S pins each per year. As showing the grest improvement that has been made in this industry, it may be stated that less than fifty years ago the whole number of pins t!:at could be made per man, was fourteen per minute; now it has become more than l, 400 per man. In sticking on pagers the average for one girl was about Io,Oo0 pins per day then; now it has reached 500, GOO to 1000, ,000 per day. Pins were worth, previous to the inven- tion of machinery by American skill and ingenuity, 100 per pack; now they are sold of the same weight and better quality, for fifteen to twenty cents per pack, less than the cost of the wire the pins were made of.-NeU York Mercdn- tile Jossr7, I.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
Her King.

She has not found her king as yet; The golden days glide by; They bring no sorrows 10 forget, Nor any cause to sigh. No heait for her devotion made, The passionate summers bring; Unharmed she walks, and unafirayed She has no, found her king. Men bring their titles and their gold; She turns in scorn away. The man must be of differen; mold She swears she will obey. Though poor in honors and in lands, Rich in a rarer thing Titled by God alone, he stands, Whom she will own her king. But when he comes, as come he will, Strong 10 support, and grand. With supplication that shall i'll Her soul like command, She'll place her hand in his and take Whate'er this world may bring, Proud and contented for his sake. Whom she hath crowned her king.
 -HaTpers Bd-0r.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-25
Five Lessons from Old SchoOlmaster
 Nature.

Five Lessons from Old Schoolmaster
 Nature. Ten years to build house? The mushroom 8 In one night arises,
 And surprises The shepherd lout ere crushed beneath his hoof. Years to work one room full of tapestry? '. The rose's shoot
 Has grown a loot Since last nights rain. Oh, natures majesty. Three years to fix on canvas dead saint?
 Careless to day
 Through earth made way The lily; dullard, learn from it to subtly paint Poor prodigal! you toss your gold in showers away7
 The autumn tree
 AS recklessly Filings all it's leaves; but they return in May. Kind nature keep for all of us a gentle school. Even the wise
 Through it may rise Still wiser. Sorrow and death alone can teach the fool
 -Wnlter Ihorn6Hry