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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-17

In view Of the existing condition 81
affairs, Mayor Shakespeare called on
the Governor for assistance. Who,
with characteristic decision Of char
ac.er promptly issued an order to.
Major General Behan to furnish from
the militia under his command, the
requisite force to assist the Mayor and
police in preserving the good order
ofthe city.
On Sunday the burial Of Hawkins
was seized upon by the strikers a. Q
good opportunity for making 3 de-
monstration. Fully fifteen hundred
Of them marched in procession to the
cemetery. They were, however, or
derly in their behavior.
The effect Of the strike has been
to impede greatly the progress Of
business. Cotton is now lying at ev-
cry landing in this and adjacent
States awaiting it's termination.
While no one sympathizes more
than we with the laboring classes, we
cannot side with them when they 20
SO far in attempting to secure higher
wages as to assault those willing to
work at living rates, and array them
selves against the authorities whose
duty it is to maintain tho public
peace.
The fact is that the cotton produc-
ers cannot stand at the present prices
Of the staple, to ray the high charges
imposed upon it i'll it's manipulation.
Labor must follow the law of sup
ply and demand. When one species
OF labor oeaess to be remunerstivt
the laborer must seek other employ
ment; a relief which our great coun-
try readily affords. To impose heavy
charges for handling the cotton is to
take from the one who raises it more
than he can pay. High charges fol
handling mean lower wages for the
field hand.
Hence, combinations which adopt
the methods exhibited by the one In
New Orleans cannot hope to receive
the sanction of the good citizens o
the State, who will set their faces
steruly against disorders which mus
result 10 bringing disaster to planting
as well as business interests.
We recognize the right that every
man has to quit work Whenever b,
thinks that he is not sufficiently paid
but we won't sustain him when b,
tries to prevent others from workin,
for the wages he rejects.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-17
THE LABOR STRIKES.

The situation in New Orleans, in
consequence of the strike of the cot
con weighers and handlers, has be-
come very threatening. On last Fri
day several collisions took place be-
tween She police aud disorderly per-
sons, resulting in the killing of Haw-
lSins, II colered laboring man. the
wouuding of another, and the merci-
less besting of a policeman.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-17
SHERIFF'S SALE.

GTATE OF LOUISIANA, LATE FIFTH,
- now Seventeenth Jadicial District Court,
p2rish Of East Baton Rouge. Henry Jones VIZ.
a. L. D. Conrad i Co.
BY virtue Of an Alias writ OF Eeri Facias, is-
sued in the above entitled and numbered suit,
and to me directed from the Honorable Court
aforesaid, holden in and for the said parish and
State, have seized and will expose to public
sale Ia front Of the Courthouse door Of said
parish, on
Saturday. tho 18th Day Of October
next A. D. 1851, between the hours Of eleven
o'clock A. n. and four o'clock r. M, of said
day, all the right, title, interest and claim of the
Defendants A. L. .. Conrad, G.. N. Conrad, W.
p. Conrad, Hannah Conrad and Marshall Pope,
tutor to the minor heirs of his deceased wife
Sidney A, Conrad, tawit-
Five hundred and eighty .four (584) arpents
OF land, with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, commonly called the Cottage planta-
ton. The said plantation consists Of two certain
tracts OF land tgwit
One and the larger OF the two, called the
Moore tract Or Moore's Point containing
three hundred and ninety arpents; twenty ar
pents front on the Mississippi River and side
limo running go as to give said .ractof three
hrndred and ninety arpenta, bounded above by
. tract of one hundred and aixty-feur scses of
Conrad's below By the other tract yhst campris-
es the Cottage plantation The other tract
called Larch tract containing one hundred and
ninety four arpents, bounded On the upper aide
by the i.sore tract, below BY iands formerly
Frart's i.ivasand fronting on the Mississippi
,lgai--tlie two tracts including the na..rre be-
tween the leYee and the river.
Seized to pay and satisfy the araognt of judg
nent, interest and costa claimed ia the shove
entitled and numbered cause.
Terms OF fale--Cash witt the benefit Of ap-
praisement. j. W. BATES, Sheriff.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-17

ASkSO~N - AGlAHMSAl.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
City Of Baton Rouge.
BE TT KNOWN, That on the tenth day Of
September, eighteen hundred and eighty one, be.
fore me, the undersigned Attorney, came and ap-
peared Douglas c. Montsn, Thompson j. Bird
Andrew g. Heron, Charles Wick, John w.
Bates and Leon Jastremski al Of this city, to
me personally known, who thereupon acknOwl
edged unto me that they have signed, sealed and
delivered the foregoing document dated the
tenth day Of September, 1881, as their free and
voluntary act and deed for the uses and purp0-
ses therein mentioned, On the day OF the date
thereof and in the presence Of the thereto sub
scribed witneesee.
Infaith thereof have hereunto set my hand at
the city of Baton Ronge, State Of Louisiana, On
the date first above written.
(SignedI BE-. BRYAN.
Clerk aud Recorder.
The within Charter having been presented to
me for Record BY % G. Montan, one Of the sub
scribers thereto, hereby certify that the same
was Only Recorded in Book No. 8, folio l67. No
tarial Acts Of this Office, Baton Rouge, Septem-
Der 10th. 1881.
[Siguedl JOHN sJASTREMSKI,
Deputy Clerk and Recorder
STATE OF LOUISIANA, I Clerk and
Parish of East Baton Rouge. Recorders Office.
hereby certify the above and foregoing to be
true and correct copy Of the original on file and
Of record in my Office,
Given under my hand and seal Of Office at Ba-
ton Rouge, this. 18th day Of September, A. d.,
1881. JOHN JASTREMSKI,
Deputy Clerk and Recorder.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Cutting inkstands out Of coal Is a ne,


Cutting inkstands out of coal Ia n new
industry.
Oil OF turpentiDe Is recommended TO
keep harness free from mold.
NJ. Gaatier states that the tannin Of
Chinese gals is chemically distinct
from that found in Aleppo gals.
Autobiography is the name DIR. Comte,
French army surgeon, has given the
process OF tattooing to save life.
Two ice machinesin France are opera
ted with sulphurous acid, one of them
producing 2.i25 pounds of ice an hour.
There are in Russia phosphate depos-
it's Of sufficient magnitude TO supply
the wants Of Europe for an indefinite
period.
We eat much more albuminoid food
than we require, partly because it pro-
duces an agreeable physical and mental
condition.
In any steam engine the heat which
leaves the cylinder is cooler than that
which enters, by exactly the amount Of
work done. a..
Snails and chamelons have been
known to exist years on air. Mr.. Bates
kept beetle shut up for three years
without food.
Granite begins to yield at q tempera-
ture between 700 and 500, sandstones
show greater power of endurance, mas
sive limestones still greater and marble
the greatest. Conglomerates are among
the weakest stones.
Edison has among his exhibits at the
electric show at Paris q one-horse power
engine operating nine improved lamps,
each of which is 10 burn nine months
Edison also proposes to show his auto
graphic system of telegraphy, by which
he produces by telegraph fac SMILES Of
handwriting.
The suggestion of DIR. Eby that
comets are lenses, and that the tails are
merely the effects of the suns rays
shining through them, has been met be-
fore. The contention is upset by the
fact that with some comets the tails are
turned toward tho sun. and with Others
are set on at every conceivable angle
with our central luminary.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

II bitten by mad dog the wound
should be cat out as soon as possible,
thoroughly washed with aqua-ammonia,
or for want OF that In a solution of pot
ash or common salt. The bite Of a
rattlesnake and most common bites and
stings may be cured in this way.
The following is French remedy for
neuralgia and rheumatism Take ten
grains of salicylic acid three times day
for three days, and If very severe take
the same amount four or five times 3
day take in a little cold water. / do
hope all who are afflicted with neuralgia
and rheumatism will give this recipe 4
trial. know it will help you. The
salicylic acid can be obtained at any
drug store. ETHEL MAY.
II any person IL threatened or taken
with lockiaw from injuries OF the arm,
hands, legs or feet, DO not wait for a
doctor, but put the part injured in the
following preparation : Put hot wood
ashes into water as warm as can be
borne If the injured part cannot be put
into water, then wet thick folded cloths
in the water and apply them to the part
as soon as possible, and at the same
time battle the backbone from the neck
down with some laxative stimulant-
say cayenne pepper and water, or mus
tard and water (good vinegar is better
than water); 1t should be as hot as the
patient can bear it. Don't hesitate go
at work and do it, and don't stop until
the jaws viii come open. No person
need die Of lockiaw il these directions
are followed.
SLEEPLEssxEss.- The Medical Press
and CtrcHLoT contains some good sug-
gestions about the hygienic treatment
of sleeplessness, which are summarized
as follows: Wet half towel, apply il
to the back OF the neck, pressing il up
ward toward the base of the brain, and
fasten the dry half of the towel over 80
as TO prevent the too rapid e1halation.
The effect is prompt and charming,
cooling the brain and inducing calmer,
sweeter sleep than any narcotic. Warm
water may be used, though most per-
sons prefer cold. To those who suffer
from over-eIcitement of the brain,
whether the result of brain work or
pressing anxiety, this simple remedy has
proved an especial boon.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20

placid as sunshine, "give me that ring
at once, as you value my life."
"Great heavensw murmured Tom;
"it is at the goldsmith's."
The CONSERVATION and pleading in
her eyes would have ruined her had not
her husband trodden on Miss 0rmonds
train in the general seating, and been
moment preoccupied. In that mo-
ment Tom, nodding excuse TO his neigh
Dor and to Mr.. Maynard, slipped into
the hall, and was back again before the
rustic had quite subsided. It seemed
TO Lucia as if every oyster were turtle;
slipping her soup was like the effort of
the old woman to sweep the sea from
her door. Through roast, entree, course
by course, what interminable torture
was this she endured She would have
declared they had been at the table
half tho night. All the time she felt
her husbands glance pursuing her,
while she manipulated her hand to
evade 1t; and all the time she had 10
talk with Mr.. Maynard, and give her
repartees on this side and the other, as
if the gayest of the gay, with no more
idea of what she was saying than II in
a trance. What an eternity it was be-
comingl what reckoning was TO follow
She was receiving the punishment of
her deceit thousand times. Dazed and
dizzy, q scarlet spot on either check,
she felt hardly able to keep her chair.
She wanted TO scream out TO her hus-
band the whole story; she was afraid
she should.
The prairio-chicken was being served,
when she saw, as If in a dream,
waiter, who had just como in, stoop-
ing 10 pick up Toms napkin, and a side
long glance showed her Tom fumbling
with tiny parcel. In another breath
IL was all right. The color left her
cheek /; she understood what was said
around her; the prairie-chicken had
some flavor. She stretched her hand
for bit OF bread. ~ beg your par
don," said Tom, "this is your roll, 1
think" And she crumbled the roll be-
tween them, and the ring touched the
tip OF her finger. and with the help Of
the crust and the table-cloth she wor-
ried it into its usual place while answer
ing Mr.. Maynard's question as to her
preferences regarding game. And as
she raised her hand to brush back
love-lock falling too low over her beau
tiful eyes, Mr.. Donald Mcdonald saw
the blood.red flash OF the ruby gemmel.
ring.
But 1t was not till year and n day
that he heard the story from his wife's
lips. and forgiving her for her part,
promised better fashions for his own
Hdrpz's Barn.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
A Malir IN ms Head.

Strauss and his wife were enjoying a
quie. walk in the park At Schonau the
other day, when suddenly the composer
exclaimed. "My dearl have waltz
in my head quick. give me the inside
of letter or an envelope to write IL
down before I forget It." Alas after
much rummaging OF pockets il was dis
covered that neither Of them had : letter
about them-not even tradesman's nc
count. johann Strauss music Is con-
sidered light but II weighs heavy as
lead on his brain till he can transfer II
to paper. His despair was heartrending.
At last. happy thought struck Fran
Strauss. She held out snowy linen
cuff and Johann smiled. In two min.
utes 1t vas MS. Then it mate shared
The same fate. then Frau Strauss' collar,
then not another scrap Of starched linen
on which 10 coneludo the composition,
His old linen vas limp-colored calico
no hope there. Jonann became frantic.
He vas much the worse for having been
allowed 10 write three-quarters Of ths
waltz. He was Just on the point ol
dashing OF home like mao man, when
another happy thought struck Frau
Strauss. She plunged her hand into q
Capacious pocket. flshed out purse
opened i. and displayed 10 his de-
lighted gaze brAnd-new hundred
gulden note. Hnnahl The entIrs
finale uHs written on tha bank nols. and
then Johann Strauss relzpsad into Ii
usual nlacidily. Lsmdoa Cosug csrcalai
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
Enrnnean Rarhers.

What European BARRIERS, arc ". A..
Croffut describes in letter from Naples:
1 have now been shaved in seven
kingdoms and in six languages. They
all perform the ceremony differently.
But they all, from Scotland to Naples,
insist on sitting you in a plain, straight
chair, and bending your head over back
until your spine howls in agony. And
they oil agree in another custom-they
never wash of the soap they have put
on. But they bring you q bowl Of
water, hold it under your chin as you
are leaning back and insist on you
washing your own face then and there
II you object to the attitude, they
shrug all the upper part Of themselves
aud sling n disdainful smile a. you; If
yon comply, little rivulets run pleasantly
down inside your shirt, and some Of the
soap they have generously swoggled into
your ears gets into your stockings. 1
have seen no barber wash his victims
face since landed in Glasgow. Prices
vary. In London they charge a shilling
twenty-five centsl for q shave; in
Naples, they will, for fifty centimes (ten
cents) shave you, cut your hair, wash
your face and hands, curl your eye
brows and wax you mustache till you
look like Victor Emanuel aud can pass
for a prince on any of the side streets.
Yesterday was shaved for ten centimes
about two American cents-but took
the balance out in garlic, of which I had
q generous bath in the form of respira
tion. In Verona, the city of the loved
and loving Juliet, the barber asked me
II I would have my feet washed aud my
toe-nails cut That, certainly, is going
to extremes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
SOME VERY OLD PEOPLE.

John J. Wilder, Of Mansfield, Ohio,
was l0i years of age.
Mrs. SasAnBah Schafer. of Cartha.
gena, Ohio, is I02 years old.
When John Hubbard died in Worth
ington, Ohio, recently he was rounding
the century.
Betty Miller, colored, is a resident OF
the county Of Pittsylvania, near Chalk
Level. She is 1l3 years old.
Polly Black, once the slave OF Gen
eral CIeaver, died recently in Frank
ford, Pike county. no, aged 1o2 years.
Hannah Faust, Of Columbia, S. c.,
vas said TO be Ill years Of age when she
died. and left surviving her daughter
aged nireiy years.
Frank II. Hinnell, of Niles, Michigan,
was ninety-six years old when he died,
and Mrs. Englehart Wagner, of Stark
vile, n. Y, was 100 years old.
John Hon ton, the brother OF General
Sam Houston. living in Chicago, is fast
verging on his Tooth year. His limbs
are palsied, and he is probably on his
death.bed.
A man turned up in Troy who claims to
be the father of forty-four children, and
TO have had eight wives. His name is
John Pasco, and he AYERS that he is
nineiy-nine years Of age.
Mrs. Cox, of Holdcrness, n. r., was
said TO be los years OF age when she
died recently. On ths centennial anni-
versary Of her birth she sat for her pho.
tograph. aud was in possession OF all
her faculties.
II is said to be fact that Nero Girls
void, of McMinnville, Tenn, beat the
drum for WAshington's army during the
Revolution, and knew Washington well.
He is the Oldest man in Tennessee, and
Is said to be 100 years OF age.
Many of York's PA best citizens and
several hundred people followed the
remains OF Charles Granger lcolored) to
the grave, although be had been an in
mate Of the county house many years.
He was formerly slave. and vas los
years Of age.
Mrs. MAxcy, Of Pace Bend, Texas, Is
Ill years Of age. has been married four
times. had fourteen children. and sur
vived al Of them bat two. She can see
better than she eould twenty years ago.
She waits upon herself. and Is still ia
health.
Oliver Bragdon. OF Franklin. Ne,
Who Is bove ninety years Of age was
taken prisoner during the war Of 1919
and carried to Halifax. where he was
kept till the close Of the war. He Is
still IN excellent health. retains IL his
faculties. and i able 70 perform daily
labor.
Elected to Congress IN 1919. argueda
case before the Alabama supreme court
N 1879, when Be was p years Of age,
and soldier IN the war of 1919 sash
i sAss record Of John 4. Cushburk Of
Mobile. Ala. Who claims 70 be "a old
- ez.0ongreszman - she eldesf
! Dracti1Ina 1awvfz u thn noungMe
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
An Auturnn Song.
sTwas in the spring We met, my dear,
One ahnMory April day;

sTwas In the spring We met. my dear,
One showory April day;
The grass was full Of yiolets
And pretty buds of hay.
Ilooked at you, you looked at me,
The birds began to sing.
And on each bush rain-jewels hung
When we met In the spring.
Twas in the fragrant summer, dear;
The roses everywhere
Were blushing with proud delight
To find themselves 80 fair,
When your sweet red lips, my dear,
No longer could resist
And you confessed you loved me, dear,
In summer when we kissed.
Twas in the lovely autumn, dear;
The fields were rich in grain,
Bright berries cleaned on wayside vines,
And glowed along the lane,
And all tho trees were gayly dressed
In russet, gold and red
In autumn, when the grapes were ripe,
And we, my dear, were we'd.
Then blessed be spring, for It first
Your sunny face to me;
And blessed be summer, for II heard
You vow my love TO be;
And doubly blessed be autumn for
The crowning of my life;
II saw that happy day, my dear,
When you became my wife.
.-Margdret Eyiinge, in HaTPer's Weekly
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
HITTER Test.

This test of butter will be read with
surprise by some. Il Is from the Paris
Journal ds Pharmdcie: Rub some Of the
suspected butter on piece Of broad
cloth. II the butter disappears without
leaving stain IL was pure, however
poor. Butif il leaves "grease spot, /"
II had been more or les mixed with
fats. Perhaps readers viii nov recall
70 mind how singularly free from spots
OF any kind The clothing Of dealers in
butter usually i, although these men
N sampling their goods not unfrsquent-
~ FIND that some butter bed been
dropped on their dreas. Tho faes : that
butter instead . soiliHg bsoAdeIoth !
useful aor cleansing It.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
"SIi Down, Robert"

Elder Traverse, who lately died in
Buffalo, old and bent and full of years,
was once the most noted man in East.
ern New York as a camp-meeting leader.
He had powerful voice and was fluent
speaker. and in the prime of life could
get away with any man who ever sought
to get away with his meeting.
The elder was once holding a cam p
meeting at Yonkers, and word reached
him that notorious rough, known as
"Chicago Bob" intended 10 be on hand
Sunday for a row. He made no reply
and took no precautions, but when Bob
appeared on the grounds with cigar
in his mouth and . slung-shot in his
sleeve, the elder didn't grow pale worth
q cent. Bob had come out there to
run things, and he took forward seat
When the crowd began TO sing he began
Growing. and thus created confusion.
Robert, You had better sit down"
observed the elder. as he came forward.
Chicago Bob sits down for ro man."
was the reply.
"Sit down. Robert" continued the
elder, as he put his hand on the loafer's
arm.
"Here goes TO clean out the crowd !"
crowed Bob, as he pulled Off his coat.
Next instant the elder hit him under
the ear, and as he fell over bench he
was followed up and hit again and again,
and while in semi-unconscious state
he was carried off by bis friends.
Next day he was first 10 come for
ward for prayers. The elder put his
hand on his head and said:
"Robert, are ron in earnestg'
al am"
"Are you really seeking for faith p
"You bet am ! II faith helps man
TO get In his work as quick as you did
yesterday, am bound to have IL, II I
have to sell my hati"
He didn't get il very strong, but he
did no more growing while the meeting
lasted.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-16

gard to this. as most other matters,
has been inconsistent. and it may be
doubted whether he has not harmed
the cause of temperance more than he
has helped it. People can under
stand and respect man who declines
to drink wine himself and refuses to
set it before his guests. But nobody
can have much respect for a man who
fails to provide wine for his guests
especially when as at State dinner
they are not so much his guests as
those of the country whose hospitality
be dispenses--aud yet goes to other
peoples tables and drinks their wine.
1t gives color for the story that. the
real reason why DO wine is furnished
at the White House is not because
Mr.. Hayes has any moral prejudice
against it, but because be wanted to
save the expense. 1t certainly is a
fact DO occupant of the White House
ever descended to such petty aud
even discreditable shifts to save money
as Mr.. Hayes. Gen, Garfield is not
a hypocrite, and the general expecta-
tion is that he will provide wine-cer.
tainly at state dinners. lie is fond Of
good living himself and he is not the
sort of i msn 10 drink wine at other
peoples tables and then refuse to set
it before them at his OVID table.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-16

withstanding it is the most eSpen-
sive and useless luxury he is bound
to have it as long as he can man
age to pay for it, even if he has to
stint himself in the necessaries OF
life.
Another drawback is that so
many women and children do no
thing. It is often the case that in
family Of five or six persons the
head OF the family is the only one
that works; sometimes the wife
and children make something in
hoeing and picking cotton, but for
the rest of the year they are abso'
lutely idle.
Yet, with all his faults, the negro
is good lahorer-in the absence
OF a better.