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Trying to Nrcak UP tie Pcrnacsous
Practices Of Dishonest shippers.

Trying to 1rcak UP tie Pcrnacsous
Practices Of Dishonest shippers.
A meeting Of General Freight Agents Of
Western roads will be held In this city Saturday,
The object Of which IL to doylao measures for
preventing Misrepresentation IN regard to con-
aenss !n packages shipped over the various
roads. There arc many shippers who think 1t u
u smart trick 10 eyado the payment ut regular
rates. Mon who ara honoat And slaafe IN esery
other respect seem to tnipk they aso perfectly
Justified In swlndtlug railroad compantea "
marking aud billing packages containing high
csss articles a. low class freight orlastancc.
packages cuntalutux candy. on which the rate IL
10 cents per 100 pounds, are marked suEas. on
which the ratio u bpt g cents Rer !uo pounaaj
packuRes conGAnlp4 Ane out!eFy arc mafKeo
and billed a. hardwate, tbs rate oa tho lAeter u!
ticle beiuF Is cents lea than o. ths . former,
IL sha It'll sh'pnRsps Il sts5aa' whsS faqasa
, 1881-12-01
Dyspepsia.

you.
II you freeze ono hour, burn tho next ana
sweat anothcrt II you uFu suffering all the t2tt-
peA OF tho lnqu!sitt1n. one moment fea1lnK
ytlu viii die, and tho next nIoment fearing {ou
Mun'ti II you have blns na!la Had lips. yci!l.
eyos, Ind Rhott.ilka complexion, you nro eaI'
iaf[pR from that mia4tuntlo cnfSo.
BILIOtiH, MALAltIAL FEVER. Or Aqua
and HOP ulIrTEAS wilt speedily cure yoa
, 1881-12-01
HOP BTITERS,
Hop Bittcrs,
The PureSt and BesY

Medicine ovcr made.
THEY ARE COMPOUNDED FROM
Hops, Buehu, Mandrake, and Dandei;en.
"The t,tdnNt nest. most Renowned, and vi.
contain ntl tho bnet and mOst effective eHf.ti.ss
t'fonerte. 0f all nthor htt1Es betn1 tIle Rftst
NBt Liver Regulator. HlOub PURIFIER IND
lifo and huxlth rcatofng s2onL On Dafth," s
They Give New Life and vigor to the Ares
and Infirrn.
"To ClcsRymon. Lawyers. Literary Man.
mef'ts enuso Irregularities Of tho Btood, Siwun.
sppotiscr. Tonle. Ind Sili. Htlnusnss," th..s ~
Utters are Invaluable, benR highly cutaiSs
tonic, Rnd stimulating, without tato1leaftneH
"No matter What your fsel!nxs Or symptom,
NIttcrs. Don't walt until ynu arc elci hui X
yuu nnty foei bad or miserable, u.e the hitter
~ orc9. 1t Hiny hAvo your 3tfe. TIundfeda
hAve bscn saved By so doing At frlning cost"
Ask Your Druggist OF Physician,
"Do not snt5or yourself or lot your friend,
sMfIrf, but usg and urge them to uae HOP til.
Iera."
"I,emember, tinp DttterA Ia no vlle, dfuxrad
dTunken nustru1u, but the pute*s and heti
Medicine oy1r ntade, and no person OF family
should ba without It."
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20
Am Old W0man's Advice.

Aunt Rachel, writing the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, says when you feel
unwell and think sou must take medi.
cine, for goodness sake get the best.
Ifyou need q remedy that will make you
regular in your habits, give you q good
natural appetite, make your skin clear
and smooth, and remove all spots and
blemish that Indicate ill-health; if you
wish to be free from mental depression,
fretfulness, peevishness, wakefulness
and other disorders, use Browns Iron
Bitters.n
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20
TO LOUISE
---------
ANONYMOUS.

The steamer rounded TO the shore
And friends were waving greetings kind;
A hooded sylph came tripping DER
The grass.grown back with puzzled mind.
They beckoned her TO- join them there
She, eager, was provoked TO know
The wanton wind, her ripping hair,
In dalliance sweet, had rumpled so.
In mimic wrath she fain did start
Caught from her head the snow white hood
Her hairs soft nieshes caught nay heart,
And love enslaTed me where stood.
The subtle softness OF the light
That comes at nidnights witching hoar
Mingled with musics mystic might,
Had brought Inc to my loves sweet bower
Her friends were greeted with the grace
Her every movement Symptoms,
As ii her glorious form and face,
Were tuned to music in the skies
We met. Her hands soft touch did thrill
Each throbbing pulse with wild delight
Her eyes dark splendor quick did fill
My soul with all their wopdrous light.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20
the City a1ac1 Parish irr
Va RoUGE

along the entry, Islightly opened Miss
Northups door. No object was visible
save the bed within, upon whose snow
white sheets lay the victim Of the in
tended assassin. Iopened the door still
Wider, and saw Hannah, the maid, In :
sound sleep on the floor, while in tho fur
Their corner Of the room, stood q tall man
armed with knife. He saw me, and
was evidently in the act Of making q
spring upon me. Ny heart swelled into
my throat almost to suffocation, and I
made bound into the room, and Miss
Northup started mp with a scream; the
villain made sdring for me and l fred,
taking deliberate aim. The blood spout
ed from the mouth, and Jake fell his full
length upon the floor, shot through the
brain.
For an instant Miss Northup did not
comprehend the situation, and implored
me not to murder her. But the noise Of
the pistol aroused all the household and
theJtruth was soon understood.
Lawyer Northup and myself agreed
very we'll indeed, and the reader need
not be surprised to learn that ultimate
~ married his niece, whose life | Ger.
tainly saved. ! have now lived many
years in Kentucky, but ] keep up the old
Northern custom of locking up my house
when 60 to bed.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20

Mrs, Lucy E. Mccormick, Covington,
KY, writes: My constitution was COM
pletely shattered by rheumatism. isut-
fered intensely stimulants only gave me
temporary relief tried Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t has cured ME completely,
and | believe permanently. After using
two bottles | felt better and stronger
than ever | did in all my life before
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20
A Grab Game.
Lake Charles Echo.

Some six months ago young man,
calling himself Roland Melville, claim
ing to be a New Yorker and q piano tuner
agent for Grnnewald, Of New Orleans,
landed at Lake Charles Claiming to be
short Of funds, his wants were supplied
by Robert King and Johannes Hendrick-
son, of our town, until he got employ
ment at Norris mills. Last Tuesday
week, while in town, eplayfully snatch
ed twenty-five dollars from the hands Of
Mr.. Hendrickson, and made off with the
wealth. Mr.. Hendrickson thinks he car
ried the joke too far, as nothing has been
seen of him since. Just before grabbing
the money he tried to induce Mr.. Hen
erickson to allow him to take across the
lake a gold watch which was up for q
rattle, saying he could get several chances
on it there. Mr.. Hendrickson held on to
the watch, Or Melville would probably
have taken all the chances on it.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20
JOHN CONROY'S Luck

y
had been admitted to the bar IN the
State of Massachusetts,, finding that his
native town was well stocked with law
yers, made up his mind that he would
leave his home and seek his fortune in
the South. He was q young man OF
good talents and great industry, but
being poor, he could not acquire the
means to sustain himself till he could
acquire reputation in the profession
that would yield him requisite in
come. He therefore, gathered his little
store of money, and set out one cold
Winter day to seek some place to locate
on the Mississippi river. At least such
was his intention. The most tritfing
circumstance, he remarked, often turn
ed ones destiny for good or evil.
had spent some little time in most
of the towns along the Mississippi, and
! finding nothing that seemed to Justify a
young lawyer of Northern birth in liv-
ing there, finally arrived at Column
bus, Tennessee, just eight months after
left my home. 1t was here ] met a
gentleman who gave Inc, a letter of in
PRODUCTION to lawyer residing in Hick
man, Kentucky, who he thought, could
assist me III my efforts to become estab
lished.
1t was a bright morning that mount
ed my horse, and with my letter safely
slowed away in my little sad1le-bags
set ont on my journey. / had ridder
until late in the afternoon and wa
somewhat weary, when the roofs OF {
small village, situated about mile il
advance of me, came invitingly before
my vision. My tired horse must have
discovered them about the same mo
ment as his master, for he pricked uE
his ears, and commenced TO accelerate
his pace. Turning from the highwa,
and following d lane bordered will
green sward, made short cut to tn,
village street. But just before | reach
ed the houses | met a short, puffy per
son on horseback, who was comm.
down the road.
Good day, sir" he said, refining W
his steed, which, at a glance, | say
was thoroughbred. Good day, sir
Are you going to halt here or do yo'
go anywhere in the neighborhood o
the Kentucky State line ~
Not being acquainted with the to
Biography of the country, could no
answer his question directly, but toll
him | was going to Hickman.
"Ah," he said, "that's all right. You'll
have to pass my place, and perhaps pu
up there for the night. Now, sir,
would be obliged to you if you woul
do me q small favor. My name is Nol
thup--Ellison Northup--and 1 liv
only some fifteen miles from Hickman
~ shall be happy to oblige you, if il
my power" "but permit me to ask 20
if you are in any way related to Law
yer Northup Of Hickman ~
eyes, sir" he replied, she is N
brother"
II am very happy to meet you, sir,
continued, "for | bear letter OF il
PRODUCTION from Major Saunders, of ca
lumbus, to your brother" And in
mediately opened my saddle-bags an
got out my letter, which handed to m
new acquaintance to read.
, cold Saunders" he said, with smil
as he finished reading it, and handed
{ back to me. SHE is good fellow.
his nose as red as ever ri haven't see
9 HIM for couple of years"
II must confess" ] replied with
laugh, "that the majors nose is prett
$ fiery"
itUe 10 an awfol dr; ntspD said NJ
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20

Improper medicines only aggravate
human diseases. Don'texperiment with
your health. Ii you don't know just
what ails you, use Browns Iron Bitters.
1t win strengthen you and assist nature
in removing every symptom of distress.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20

The following lines were picked mp on
one of the thoroughfares Of New 0rleans
by o friend, who gave them to us for pub
LEGATION. In these aesthetic times many
readers "who have been there" will say
AMEN:
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20

Raplph, who was just seven, ran to
his mother exclaiming, Mamma, Eva
Mccall says I are instead Of Z is She
doesn't know much about 'ritmetic, does
she
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-20

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures Chills
and Fever.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02

nest hope that the real criminal might be detected. He fell back on his stool with look of injured innocence spread ing over his face, and Brother Gardner arose and replied:
 eff de guilt wretch am in de hall tonight, an feel almos sartin dat he am, I have plan to betray him. l will pass de hat myself, an hereby 'spect dat de chap we am arter will be de only pusson who draps nickel inter de receptakle."
 The hat was slowly passed around, the Glee Club meanwhile filling the hall with sweet strains of the sad "By and Bly," and no man could say what the others contributed. When the count was made not nickel was discovered. There was no piece smaller than dime. The result was clean cash and lots of it. There being no further business before the meeting, the Committee on Agriculture were instructed to investi- gate and report on the quantity of beans annually roasted with coffee in this city, and the lamps were turned out on an- other week.-Detr0t Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
A Singular Petition.

A curious petition was that addressed in 1783 to the Governor of South Caro- lima by sixteen maidens of Charleston. It ran thus "The humble petition of all the maids whose names are under written. Whereas we, the humble peti
 toners, are at present ill a very melan- choly disposition of mind, considering how all the bachelors are blindly capti- vated by widows, and we are thereby neglected in consequence of this, our request is that your Excellency will for the future order that no widow presume to marry any young man till the maids are provided for or else to pay each of them fine for satisfaction for invading our liberties and likewise fine to be levied on all such bachelors as shall be married to widows. The great disad- vantage it is to us maids is that the widows, by their forward carriage, do snap up the young men, and have the vanity to think their merit beyond ours, which is great imposition on us, who ought to have the preference. This is humbly recommended to your Excel lency's consideration, and hope you will permit no further insults. And we poor maids, in duty bound, will ever pray.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
About the Safe Agents.

The safe agents have been thick in in Lockport lately. Here is story or two about them:
 Safe agent No. had just taken his leave. Hehad told most wonderful cir cumstance about the kind of safe he was agent for, which was as follows, ana re- lated to safe agent No. 2 "Sir," says the poor fellow who lost his safe in the talking safe to me. I am convinced that the man who has just left here is the man to buy of. Why, he sold a safe ill New York city to q large produce merchant who had as pet a little ban tam rooster, and this little rooster got into that safe and the safe was locked up. That night the building burned, and it was terrible hot fife. In few days, when they were able to get at the safe and open it, what do you think ?'
 "Well, I suppose" said the safe agent, "that the little rooster was cooked"
 "No, sir; that little rooster came out and crowed."
 "Well, now;' says safe agent No. ?, "thatputs me in mind of safe sold to man in Philadelphia. He had little dog, and the dog got locked up in the safe, and the building took fire. The outside of the safe was red hot, but they went to work and opened that safe the combination worked to charm, and what do you think ?"
 "Well, suppose that little dog came out and barked."
 "Barked? No, sir; not a bark That dog was frozen stiff! p -
 These safe agents are queer fellows, to say the least.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
Suggestions Concerning Long Life.

If any one could furnish the world with Q medicine which would insure a long life, there is no end to the demand he would have for his drug. The Her. aid of Health thinks he would need m many factories to make it, and many banks to hold the money he would re- ceive. Fortunately there is no such med icine, and so the world will have to get along in some other way.
 Some time ago the French Govern ment sent a circular letter to all the dis tricts of that country to collect informa- tion as to those conditions of lite which seemed to favor longevity. The replies were very interesting, but on the whole rather monotonous and the general result was that longevity is promoted by great sobriety, regular labor, espe- cially in the open air, short of excess sive fatigue, easy hours, a well-off con dition, philosophical mind in meeting troubles, not too much intellect, and Q domestic life. The value of marriage was universally admitted, and long lived parents were also found an impor- tant factor. Ahealthy climate and good water were mentioned. All this agrees with common sense, unless the idea that the intellect is hindrance to longev- ity be considered unreasonable, and we know that some of tho most intellectual mon have lived to great ages.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
The Hero and his Dog.

A dozen men were watering their throats in Detroit. saloon, says the Free Press, when two strangers enter ed, and one of them raised his voice and called out: :
 Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Capt. Green, of Chicago, the hero who was locked up in room with dog for two long hours, armed only with piece of lath."
 Several pers ons at once stepped for ward and shook hands, and invited Capt. Green to drink. He had imbibed three glasses of beer and got two cigars in his pocket, when one of the men queried:
 "You must have felt purity skeary ?" "Yes."
 "Was the dog mad? p
 l don't think he was."
 "And you kept him off with the lath?'
 "Yes."
 "Weil, I don't want any of that. Locked in were you?'
 Yes"
 "Couldn't you have got out if the dog had been too much for you ?"
 "No."
 "Well, you was a hero, and that's a fact. What breed of dog was it ?"
 1T think they call it a poodle !'' quietly replied the hero, as he slid for the door.
 The crowd slid after him, but the first man out doors has always the best show to use his legs.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
Black Sheep of Australia.

MT. Charles Darwin communicates to Nature the following extract of letter from Q Mir. Snnderson, of Chilhurst, which seems to explain the reason for raising and scattering black sheep among flocks of white ones on ranches i'll Australia. MT. Senderson writes {: "In the early days, before fences were erected, and when shepherds had charge of very large tiocks Occasionally 1, ,000 or 5,O00, 1t was important to have few sheep easily noticed among the rest :; and hence the value of certain number of black, or partly black sheep, so that colored lambs were then carefully pre- served. It was easy to count ten or dozen such sheep in a flock, and when one was missing, it was pretty safe. to conclude that a great many had strayed with it, so that the shepherd really kept count of his flock by counting his speckled sheep. As fences were erected the focks were made smaller, and the necessity for having these spotted sheep passed away. Their wool also being of small value, the practice soon grew of killing them off as lambs, or so young that they had small chance of breeding, and it surprised me how, at the end of my sheep farming experience of about eight years, the percentage of colored lambs produced was so much smaller than at the beginning. As the quantity of colored wool from Australia seems to have much diminished, the above expe. rience would appear to be general"
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
Awake for Six Months.
THE REMARKABLE STORY TOLD ABOUT
 HAKTz, THE NOTED CoNJURER.

A singular story Is told about MT. Hartz. the conjurer. which is nearly as strange as some of the tricks he per forms. According to the story, he was obliged to give up business in May, 1877, having lost all power of action. His flesh became soft and flaky, and the least touch gave him exquisite pain. His sense of hearing became wonder fully acute, and in the room he occu- pied, which was on the third floor rear of house in Brooklyn, he could dis tinctly hear what was being said in the front basement. He could bear no light, but his memory became so retentivc that he could repeat all the conversa- tions he had heard in three years. A footstep seemed as loud as the detona. ton of a cannon, and he waited with dread for hours beforehand for the re- port of the sunset and sunrise guns on Governors Island He was not able to swallow always, and he says he ire quently expected to die from that cause. Sometimes as many as sixteen days passed without his drinking. He also ate very little, fasting on an average ten days at time. His sense of taste was entirely gone, and he is only beginning to recover it. After he had remained awake six months, it occurred to him that 1t was strange he should live with out sleep, and he wrote with n pencil an order to his attenda directing the lat ter to wake him whenever he appeared to sleep. This occurred only few times. His beard grew to n length of eighteen inches, and his hair reached to his shoulders. His recovery was more sudden than the attack. One morning recently strength came to him to get up, and an hour later he was able to do feats of strength that his attend ant, a six-footer, was unable to per form. His skin is still tender, and his flesh resembles putty or bursted rub Der ball, in that it retains for some time depression after it has been pressed. The d'sease is supposed to have been c disarrangement of the nervous system,
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
A Mothers Influence,

Mir. Wendell Phillips related the fol- lowing in an address in Boston: "In Q railway car, once, a man, about sixty years old, came to sit beside me. He had heard mo lecture the evening before on temperance. I am master of 8 ship, said he, ssaiing out of New York, and have just returned from my fftieth voyage across the Atlantic. About thirty years ago was sot :; shipped while dead drunk, as one of Q crew, and was carried on board like a log. When came to, the captain sent for me. He asked me Do you re- member your mother? I told him she died before I could remember any thing. 'Well,' said he, I am a Vermont man. When I was young I was crazy to go to sea. At last my mother consented I should seek my fortune in New York He told how she stood on one side the garden gate and he on the other, when, with his bundle on his arm, he was ready to walk to the next town. She said to him, My boy, don't know anything about towns, and never saw the sea, but they tell me those great towns are sinks of wickedness, and make thousands of drunkards. Now, promise me you'll never drink drop of liquor He said
 I laid my land in hers and promised, as looked into her eyes for the last time. She died soon after. I've been on every sea, seen the worst kinds of life and men-they laughed at mo as a milksop, md wanted to know if I was a coward. But when they offered me liquor saw my mother across the gate, and never drank drop. It has been my sheet-anchor I owe all to that. Would you like to take that pledge said he. My companion took it, and ho added, It has saved me, have Q fine ship, wife, and children at home, and I have helped others. How far that little candle threw its beams That earnest mother saved two men to virtue and usefulness-how many more He who sees all can alone tell"
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
She tore it open and looked upon the lines within. This was what she read, dated six months after her marriage:

She tore it open and looked upon the lines within. This was what she read, dated six months after her marriage:
 O1u1A-MY FRIEND: I told you I would never write again to you, and I wrote like a fool told you that l married woman did not love and l should love you forever. Being so true a friend as I believe you are to me, you will rejoice to know that I was quite mistaken. have forgotten the unhappy passion of my youth, as you so often bade me, and man never loved wife so fondly as love my darling Helen. She is the life of my life, the soul of my soul, and cannot leave you under the false impression I have given you Love came after marriage, it is true, to You will be glad to know of this, and ness. GEORGE CHESTERFIELD.
 She read it through-she read it twice, this poor wife, to whom balm had come after so many years-and sank down upon her knees, forgetful of all else, and thanked God for it. When she turned once more towards the bed she saw that in that moment the death angel had come and that the unhappy Olivia had passed into eternity.
 When George Chesterfield met his wife that night he hardly knew her. Her girlhood seemed to have returned :; her smile charmed him as of yore her eyes were bright ; her lips red again.
 {" How happy you look!" he said. And she answered, II am happy" Nothing more then, but one day she told him all.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02
The HindOO Thief.

The Hindoo thief's manner of scal- ing walls is very ingenious. It is by means of a huge lizard which he car- ries with him in his nocturnal ramblos. The process is as follows: The lizard, which is perhaps yard in length, with great claws and fattened feet and suc- tion powers like those of a fly, is made fast to the docoit by tough cord tied to its tail.' When the dacoit is pur- sued, and comes in his nasty flight to g wall, he quickly throws his lizard over it, holding fast to the other end of the cord. By means of it's suction powers the lizard fastens itself to the wall on the opposite side, and the thief drags himself to the top and jumps lightly down. By choking the lizard it is made to release its hold.