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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
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"Now," says she "if two Of You gen
tlcmen will go into No. bedroom
and wait there Il few minutes, I'll find
u spare room for one of you a. soon as
I've shown the others to their rooms. -
Well, now, having bestowed two gen
tlcmen in No. |, she put the third in
No. ,, the fourth in No. 3, the fifth in
No. 1, the sixth in No. 3, the seventh
in No. 6, the eighth in No. 7, the
ninth i'll No. S, the tenth IN No. ., the
eleventh in No. 10. She then came
back to No. /, where you will rcmcrm-
bcr, she had left the twelfth gentleman
along with the first, and said: ssI've
now accommodated all the rest, and
still have u room to spare SO If one
OF you will please step into No. If you
will find il empty" Thus the twelfth
man got his bedroom. or course there
is hole in the saucepan somewhere ;
but VIC leave the reader to determine
exactly where tho E,llacy is, with just
Il warning to think twice before dccid-
ing as to which, il any, of the travc-
lcrs was the todd man out"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
100000 BUFFALO KILLED IA,
WINTER.
LAST |
tt'rom the Siox City Journal.1

/ - AASAA NiAS NiSN NttN Joucnoll
1t is estimated by competent author
tiles that 10o, 900 bnffalo hides will bs
shipped out of tho Yellowstone country
this season. Two firms alone are ncco.
tiati'g for tho transportation OF 81. .OOl
niues each. When to this is added the
immense amount of skins and furs at
other klnds-deer, elk, antelope, bear.
! beaver, Nc.-somc idea may be formed
OF the extent CT the Yellowstone p,.lt
and fur trade.
Most OF our citizens saw the big load
OF buffalo hides that the G. *. Peck
brought down last season, II load that
hld everything about the hurricane
deck roof. There were 10000 hides in
! that load, and they were all brought
out OF the Yellowstone on one trip, aud
transferred to the c. X. Peck. How
such load could have been piled on
the little Terry not even the men On
the boat appear to know. 1t hidcvery
part of the boat, barring only the pilot
house and the smokestacks. But such II
load willnot be attempted again. For
such boats as ply the Yellowstone there
are at least fifteen full loads of buffalo
hides and other tefts. Reckoning 900
hides to three Car loads, and adding
to this fifty cars for tho other pctts, it
Will take at least $50 box ears to carry
this stupcndous bulk of pcltry East to
market. These figures are not guesses,
but estimates made by men whose bus
iness it is to know about the amount Of
hides and fuss awaiting shipment,
Nothing like it has ever been known
in tho history of the fur trade. Last
season the output of buffalo hides was
above the average, and last year only
about 10000 hides came out of the Vel
lowstonc country, or loss than a third
of what is there now awaiting ship
ment.
Tho past severe winter caused tho
buffalo to bunch themselves in Il rcw
valleys where there waspasturagc, and
there the slaughter went on all winter,
There was no sport about il simply
down the famine tanned ami
mails as cattle might be shot down ina
barnyard.
To tho credit of the Indians it can be
said tina: they killed no more han thcy
could save themeat from. The greater
part ofthc slaughterwas done bywhitc
hunters, or butchers, rathers, who fol-
lowed tho business OF killing and skin
ming buffalo by the month, leaving the
carcasses to rot. When tho buffalo arc
all killed Off, rs they bid fair to be in a
very few years at this rate, then every
body will wonder that the Government
did not do something to preserve this,
tho nobtcst of animal game, or mt least
prevent the killing OF tho buffalo for
tho hides alone
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
A TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENT.

Tho possibilities OF tho telephone are
almost entirely unknown, and every
day wc discover something that Is
new, Mt least to US, connected with 1t,
MIR. Austen, manager OF tho Natchez
branch, tells us that at II late hour the
! other night he had Il "call" from the
station house, and was told that he
was to bo scrcnadcd, tho music consist
ing of two or three voices aud n guitar.
! The scrcnaders, while rendering the
| first piece, stood some four feet from
tho instrument, and the ncxL time
close TO tho opposite wall. In conclu.
sion, Mr.. Austen asked them TO sing
"Annic Laurie" ana he, at the Ex-
change, would accompany them, sing
ing bass. Tho elect was remark able,
Tho listener at the station house could
OF course hear the music being f,crfornt-
cd there, while over tho wire came the
bass !; Mr.. Austen, at tho Exchange,
was singing bass to an air that i,e
heard coming to him over tho wire,
While tho effect was striking, tho incl
dent ut the same time developed the
scientific fact that two currents OF etec-
tricity carrying tho sound OF tho
human voice, can meet ana pass each
other on tho same strand of wire, go
ing in opposite directions, without in
any way interfering with each other.
Thus 1t would seem reasonable to sup
pose that II two currents of electricity
will pass on single wire, going in OPP
positc directions, an indefinite number
would do likewise. 1t was considered
an achievement OF science when the
duplex system of tclcgraphy was dis
covered, why should not IL duplex sys-
tenn of telephones also be n triumph
and it's advantages put to n practical
utility.--Nntc/tcz DcnOc,ml
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
THE THOMAS SENTENCE.
IShreveport Standard.1

! shreveport Standard.l
Judge Taylor sentenced Capt. $. M.
THOMAS to a ttne of ono dollar and i'm.
Prisonment for one hour. This was as
near rs he could come to inflicting no
punishment MT all. His action was In
accordance with the recommendation
OF the jury who desired TO acauit the
defendant absolutely but conscientious
ly believed that they could not do so
under the law. 1t is in accordance
with tho prevailing-in fact the almost
naniMous-sentimcnt of the COM
munity.
We have already argued how an alb.
solate acquittal, i'll cases of this kind.
could be brought about by the jury
ITSELF But, even though this has not
been done i'll this case, the same infer
ences may bc drawn from tho manner
In which it has Terminated. Wo think
that one can learn from this case that.
in this community when homicide Ia
committed on II person guilty of an
illicit outrage on female relative.
neither the judge, the jury nor the peo-
pie will suffer the author of tho homi-
eide to be harmed If they can prevent
1t. On the other hand, with tho dispcs-
ition OF a judge to maintain the strict
letter Of the law, and of jurles to stand
upon technicaIities, 1t Is very evident
that lntroctorS OF the law will not be
permitted to shield real crime under
a sentiment so healthy as We believe
this to be. a clear case must always
be made out before II can be success
fully invoked.
We remember, when boy, a tlagrant
case of the seduction of the wifo of a
prominent member of tho Richmond
bar, tho immediate murder Of the a.l,al-
terror and tho triumphant acquittal Of
the injured husband. We have since
known eases IN which the authors OF
such homiciles wcrc discharged by the
justice and not Indicted by
tho grand jury. We should like for 1t
to be recognized as tho Common Law
of tho South that Il man who slays the
destroyer OF tho female virtue under
his protection, is guilty of no crime.
We have already shown that such
privilege will not bc abused.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
REPUBLICAN NSIIIP,
[From Mobile Rcgistcr.l

lfrom MoDllc kcSiStcr.l
If there is any largo amount Of states
manship in the ranks Of tho Rcpubli-
can party it has lately been hiding its
light under Il bushcl. After diligently
reading our Republican contcmpora-
ries, and struggling with tho accounts
given of the speeches of Republican
Senators, there seem to be but two
questions now engaging Republican
craftsmanship to any extent, the one
the carrying the State of Virginia for
Malone and his Readjustcrs, and thus
placing an entering wedge to split
the solid South, and the other the cons
troll of patronage.
The attempt to defeat the regular
Democracy of Virginia by a coalition
with rcpudiators will result disas-
trously. The debt-paying Republic
cans of Virginia will not agree to any
coalition with the Malone forces, es-
peciaiiy if they see some of them get
ting plums which they think should be
given to those who have borne the heat
and burden of tho day. In addition to
this fact, many of Mahone's supporters
have rcnounced his authority and left
the ranks of his followers since his
alliance with tho Republicans. Rcpub-
lican craftsmanship docs not seem in
this case then to have met with bril-
liant success, especially when VIC note
tho marks of disapprobation of the
Mahonc bargain among Republicans
all over tho country.
But it is upon the patronage question
that Republican Statcsmanship is now
preparing to bring all its powers to
bear. The Republican Senatorial eau
Gus has graciously taken into consitlcra-
ton tho subject Of having some cxccu-
tive sessions, and of acting on such
nominations As arc not contested, AS
we write the caucus is struggling with
the question of what shall be consid-
cred contested cases. This indicates
tho fact that the absorbing question
with Republican statesmen at this
moment is whether the President shall
get the better of Mr.. Conkiing, or Mr..
Conkling Of the President in the mat
ter OF tho nomination Of Mr.. Robertson
for Collector at Now York, and
whether Republican Senators are not
entitled TO act the part OF dictators in
their own baitiwicks as far as nominal
ton to Office is concerned. This is ccl.-
talnIy high grade of stutcsnanship.
This is looking after the Interests OF the
people with Il vengeance. Every Sena-
tor WHO holds the views of ConI1ling
feels, though he does not say it
"l'ct0t, c'cst mott" The New York
Herald, we note, docs not think that
Clay, Webster and Calhoun were such
remarkably great men after all, but
they were giants in intellect when COM
pared with the IIcrall's friend, Conk-
ling, long-haircd Logan and little
Eugene Hale.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
"ruE MAN WHO WENT WEST
\ Kacy Account of How HE Liked It.
IPcrI<'S Sun.1

| 1t is stated tina. tho centre of popu
Iation moves westward at the rate o
ninety feet Il day, and is slowly pass
ing across tho southern portion o
Ohio. 1t is evident, therefore, that
the gorgeous Gast,'' to which the
West has hitherto looked for its litcra
turc and lucrc, its manufactures and
arts, its pedaGosues and pills, its capt
t;ltand culture, is fast losing its grip,
and if it We're to be sunk out of cXis.
tence tomorrow, or raised out of its
own estimation, the west would pause
to say tra-la-lu, and keep right on with
its work. The loss of the thirteen
Congressman to the East and n gain OF
nineteen to the West, by tho recent
! census, shows where the crowd is rush
ing, and in ten years more the East
will be taken under the wing of the
West, and the West will see that no
harm comes to it. We feel sorry for
the East. 1t has always done rs well
rs it knew how, and there has never
been Il time when it would not sell us
dry goods and Yankee notions and
take it out in wheat, or loan money on
a farm ut ten per cent. II its people
generally cannot yet regard the West
as anything but Il howing wilderness
where the Indian and the wild bison
roam at will, instead OF a land possess
sing the rctincmcnts of enlightened
civilization, why then i! is their mis-
fortune and not their fault. No en-
nifty can over como between the two
sections, for very many OF the wealthy
farmers cf tho West, who own broad
and fertile acres, will never forget that
their carly manhood was passed amid
the steep and rocky hillsides of the
East vhOrn ,>ln -
mallct and cold chiscl, and after being
washed out by rains Il couple of times
grow and tlourisled to tho height Of
two and cvcn three feet, with an ear
on almost every stalk. No one who is
worthy the name of Il man ever forgcts
the scenes of his boyhood. But the
cotton factories OF the East are passing
to the South and Southwest, where
they will be nearer the source of the
raw material ; the publication of books.
which nobody ever supposed could be
done anywhere except in the East, has
suddenly begun in the West, and 81
000, 900 worth were executed with neat
ness and dispatch in one Western citv
alone in 1880; Eastern illustrated
papers, rejecting tho culture, humor
anu police doings OF the country, still
hold their own, but their time will
come Eastern pills, which have
drained SO much money from the
West and built so many places in the
East, yet have Il strong grip upon the
affections of our people, but their in
tlucncc is weakening, and pad factories
arc springing up and manhood is be-
ing restored right here in the West by
Western firms car factories are COM
ing nearer to Western iron and wood
every day our Touring mills, which
already make flour enough for paste,
arc increasing in number and capacity,
and the woods are full of snw-mills
VIC shall need Eastern oil and coal Il
little longer, until 4 way is found to
dccomposc wafer, ana then we shall
have no favors to ask, ana the East
must not recognize" Us when we meet
on the street.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

The Eureka Springs Democrat says:
Eureka Springs is enjoying Il boom
that might Wril excite the envy of all
rival towns in Arkansas The daily
arrivals arc increasing to such an cx-
tent that hotels and boarding houses
are compelled to increase their capaci-
ty. Every day brings the sick and
afflicted of every cline, suffering with
almost every aiimcnt under the sun
and each departing, stage carries away
bright ficcs and glad hearts, cured by
the ''wondcfui something' in thu
Eureka waters.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
From Now Orleans Titucs, 7th.1
GOULD'S SOUTH WESTERN RlFl.W AZ
SYSTEM.

Yesterday 4 Times reporter hearing
that jay Gould had Il new railroad
scheme on foot, called on Colonel
Whcclock. president of the New
Orleans Pacific. to learn if there was
any truth in the report.
'sColonci,' said the reporter, ait is;
understood that Mr. Gould intends to
builda new road through North Ln.fsi-
ana is this 4 fact?'
eyes, Sir.'
'What will be the route of the road:''
"Wcll, the road will be built from,
Alexandria to Monroe, Pine Bluff,
Huvatts Bluff and thence to Jackson
port aud Little Rock. By gIancinm NJ
an map you will see that this line
VIII drain the valleys of the ouachita
and White rivers"
"Whcn viii work bcgin:" cnuuirc,l
the reporter.
"Immedately," replied Col. Whec
lock. "The construction will com.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC AND
LITTLE ROCK RAILWAY:
Comments of the New Orleans Press.
lFrom New Orleans Picayuncl
AN ARKANSAS CENTRAL RAILROAD.

Until within n very recent period
ARKANSAS has been more deficient in
transportation facilities than any State
ofequai wealth and population in the
Union. The capricious rivers which
afforded an outlet for the bulk OF the
products Of tho State in antc-bellum
days, were finally supplemented by the
. Iron Mountain Railroad, travcrsing
the entire State diagonally This sim
gle line, with the Fort Smith feeder
and the tap road to Memphis, embraced
no rail facilities UP to the beginning
u, 1850, with some very short local lines
hauling to the Mississippi. But she is
now feeling the ssboon' in railway
building in the Southwest, and ere long
all her splendid domain will be brought
into communication with the outside
world. The completion of the Pine
Bluff Railroad has already given her
cross route to the cheap transport Il
ton system of the great river. Am
bitious Helena is pushing her local
roads out in different directions.
Now a longitudinal line down the
valley Of the Sabine through Monroe,
Louisiana, to Alexandria is assured. 1t
is formally announced that Mr.. Gould
has undertaken the completion of the
N. o. Pacific and Little Rock Rail-
ioi1'', EeccIliy oi5ti,lIett mere. Survey
ors will commence lOcatin. the line at
once, and the road be constructed with
i'll year. It has been determined TO
follow nearly an air line from Monroe
north to Pine HIufl, from thence pro-
ceciing to Dnvall'S Bluff, and follow
ing mp the White River strike the Iron
Mountain line at Jacispnvillo, forming
with that road and the New Orleans
Pacific a through trunk line between
New Orleans and st. Louis Mr..
Goull, it seems, has been only waiting
f''f the completion of his negotiations
for the consolidation of the Iron Noun
tain with the Texas Pacific, forming
part OF his grand Southwestern COM
hiuatioIl, which the telegraph informs
IT'S has been accompiish he'd, and will be.
formally finished on the 18th of May.
lie now announces his paternity OF
what was before to all appearances a
Now Orleans local enterprise.
1t is needless to add that the new
road will vastly benefit Our sister State,
and cement the trade relations which
have existed with New Orleans, be-
sides cnlarging the advantages of her
merchants. Local roads rs feeders TO
this central longitudinal system will
doubtless soon spring into life, and the
whole lower portion Of the State be
speedily supplied with adequate facili
ties for moving its crops 10 market
with speed and economy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

Leo \f1f. appears to be a decidedly
cnigmaticai parsonage, if we may trust
tho account given of him by the Roman
correspondent Of the Cologne Gazette.
The most striking fact about him so
far appears to be the Slight extent to
which his character is I1nown either
by the faithful at large or by the in
mates of tho Vatican. Every one
knew how Plus TX. lived his hours
were all allotted beforehand, and the
same duties always performed at the
same moment. There is Il total want
of this regularity in his successor. lie
keeps late hours, and has sometimes
been found by his servants at his desk
in the early morning, half dazcd after
writing through the night. lie has all
his meals served to him in the greatest
privacy, is much more sparing Of audi :
cnccs than was Plus, and even his
State Secretary ana the Cardinals can
only sec him nj irregular Intervals.
One thing is clear, that Leo Nil.
means TO be master in his own house :
but tho exact aim and tendency of his
policy arc by no means equally cvi-
dent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
SEE THE 'sCATGIi' IN THIS!

The following is y baref,ccd story of
how Il Dublin chambcrmaid got twelve
commercial travellers into eleven bed
rOOlnS
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

Mother 'hipton has strapped on her
liver pad, bought Il set OF so teeth, a
row of bangs and a bottle ofbtoom of
youth, and has concluded to live down
her prophecies.--Ne,c Uttre,a Reqister.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

'lIct go home and nnarthc bless
ed lidingS TO my unbclicving wife, -
said a man wearing u many rocIS ctcd!
ulster, who had just profesSed religion
ata New jersey revival meeting. tI.ct
me out! let me out! Pvc got salvation -
But 4 suspicious detective un!oadcd
him of three watches and five pocket
books that he had taken from rnuurners
around the anxious seat.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

Cards OF II personal tcha,ttcic,.-whcn ad-
n'ssiblo-will be charged double onr regn-
lar advertising rates.
Obituary and Marriage notices will be
charged as advert tisements.
Anyrcrson sending us five now cash sub
'cribers, at the Same post-ollicc, will be on
titled to copy Of TIE TELEGRAPH gratis
for one year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

a fashion writer says: "For dancing
the short dress is almost universally
adopted This may do for tho ballet !;
but in ball room alady goes for moth
ing If she has no train to step on.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

The following order declaring postal
cards unmailabic with anything but
the directions on the address side, was
issued nt the Postotlicc Department on
the 22d Inst : s'On and after June !,
1881, no printing or writing will be
permitted on the address side of postal
cards except that printed there at the
man ufuctory, andsuch as may he ncccs-
sary for thepropcr direction of,hesHfic.
All postal cards bearing any other writ
ing or printing upon the address side
arc declared unmnilablc, and must tie
returned to the sender by tho postmas-
ter, at the Office where thcy may tie
mailed. Such cards may bc treated MS
| sspoiicd,' and redeemed by any post
master upon application Of the holder,
as prescribed in section III, postal laws
and regulation 1879. Futuresuppiies of
postal cards will bc printed on the nd-
dress side with tho words snOthing but
the address can be placed on this side"
into the town of Tuscumbia, Ala, car
rying Il child in her arms, followed by
n boy about fourteen years old, who
was driving cow, on whose back was
strapped ALI the worldly possessions of
n family, save u ycarIing calf, which
was ridden by o soIcIcss urchin of five
or six summers. They We're from
Hardin countyt Tenn, and bound for
Marion county, Ala.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13
TIE NEW CZAR'S LIFE.

a letter from st. Petersburg gives =
gloomy account of tho new Cars Iift
at the Castle of Gatschina, thirty miles
from the capital. Before the court re.
moved thithcr, several hundred nrti
sans, of the Prccobrajinsky regiment,
were sent to make the necessary a ltcra
tions ut night. They were assembled
in Il church and were sworn to silence.
death or Siberia being the penalty OF
tho infraction Of tho oath. TcnroubIcs
were the price OF each mans silence,
were completed in forty
eight hours. Nodki soon Iooscncd the
tongues of the WorSmnn, and the fol-
lowing is description ofthc precautions
against assassination made in The palace
of the Car. a subtcrrancan passage
leads from the Cars room to the stables
where Il number Of horses are kept sad.
died and bridlcd day and night. sen.
tinels arc posted at intervals Of twenty
yards all around the building. The i'm.
pcrial bedroom has two windows, pro.
tcctcd ut night by massive iron shutters,
which can only be reached from the
outside by passing through thrccs spaci-
Gus ante-chambcrs, in which arc posted
eighty CoSsacks armed TO the teeth.
They arc allowed 10 speak and move
about in two outer rooms, but in the
hall adjoining the Czar's bed room per
feet silence is maintained all night
The general on duty for the day sitsin
an easy chair, his Cossacks sitting on
divan which runs around the whole
room. At the generals right hand j.
a knob Of an electric apparatus which
ringsa bcllin every guard-h house within
the palace grounds. When the En
pcror is about to retire, before shutting
tho door he removes the outer handle
so no entrance can DC effected until he
himself personally opens the door fron
inside. Unlike his father, he canno
endure an armed soldier in his bed
chamber.
Several mines have been discovered a
st. Petersburg. a quantity ofdynamit,
was seized just after it had been intro
duced into the courtyard OF tho palace
ofGatschina, concealed in Il load OF hay
Tho Czarina is seriously III, being sub
jcct TO severe nervous attacks and
strange Authorizations.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

Recently Il gang Of lahorcr5 were
clearing up ono of the rcccsScS in the
Treasury Department at Washington,
when they came across dust-cncruatcd
jug bearing acard with the Inscription:
--sT'hc Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary
of the Treasury, with the compliments
OF Louis Wigfatf." a few drops of
cold Hcrmitagc"f'ourbon told the rest
of the story, and il is not difficult fora
lively imagination 10 coniurc up the
gay scenes nj the. Capital in the good
old days when Mr.. Cobb received
remembrance from his friend.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-05-13

TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
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