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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
Good bye ConkIlas.

An exchange gets OF the follow.
ing good thing on Conkling and
Plat:
Goodbye, Mr.. Conkiing! Thou
hast been VAIN i'll thy strutting, in.
solent III thy staggering, wiley in
then wickedBess and hayward in
thy wantonDess; bot the world has
no, named thee tool or called thee
rogae. Thou hast lived, loved,
scared, and in thine ambition thou
hast clutched Tor the faribest star
within the range Of the souls loft
lest reach! Yet thoa hast fallen,
and like Lncifer, never to rise again.
Farewell, long farewell TO thee
and oil thy greatness, and may the
biographical historian remember
thee rs one whose raulting ambition
was his grievous fault, and who fell
a martyr for the good Of his coun.
try and the Democratic party. And
thou, thou little two.ply Platt, what
canst thou do TO he savedi Per.
haps thy master will 90 hang him.
self. Doesn't it occnr TO thee thou
shOaldst he his travelling eonpan
iOnf
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

As this is the season Of the year
when animals are looking their
worst, and in many cascs suffering
from vermin, please inform your
readers that no remedy for para.
sites of all sorts is eqnal TO perfect.
~ dry road dust or freshly burned
coal ashes. A quantity should al.
ways be kept on hand, which should
be literally sprinkled aud scattered
over and on all sorts of stock, from
horses to poultry, which last will
always help themselves, if given
the chance.
Nothing rs 80 refreshing TO an
animal IN a good dry dust bath. In
summer horses will roll aud wallow
IN 1t, in the middle Of dusty roads,
aud cattle will stand and throw il
all over their backs with their feet,
AMI feel 80 much the better, looking
sleek and shining when the dust is
shook out Of they hair. This can
only be partially initiated in winter
and spring, bat the little We can do
III this way for domestic animals
that have not had arress to the
earth tor many months, will do n
great deal towards promoting their
thrift aud good hraI;h.
"A peck Of dry ,lnst scattered over
dozen full grown animals is worth
all the coal OIL, m-renrial ointment
aud other similar nos,rums that
ever were bought. The only posi-
BILE objection to II il thu it is 60
cheap, simple an,l easil, obtained
and used. that we ram afford To-
despise il. Those who have lousy
calves or colts earn relieve then, in a
very few days without any cost nc
all, and with little troubie tina, is
scarcely worth consideration. Good
farmers never neghct to scatter
and shake plenty Of dust over their
live stock in winter aud spring. One
application is better than half n
dozen good feeds, aud the more fire.
qucntly you apply it the better
Cor. Prairie Farmer.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
the LAST RIDE.

Across the Champagne the shadows ha,
From Ostis they rode, tween the hedge,
He checked bis horse quickly: "stay, Ele-
Hor, stay.
What need of such hastef We must
part on the morn.'
We've had our romance; the illusion is
gone.
The lights we see yonder are ours; We
are home.
What use is IN Rrievingr And lightly she
I'VE mast do, sir, As Romans when we're
"And SO We must parti This bright day
is our lasti
We've had our romsncer We must here
make an end!
Like withered boquet; dress you have
woru;
One day I'm your lover-the hex, but
your 'friendr"
Your frieudf I'm your ioveri I've lived
ia yoHr smile.
You know not What love is. I've loved
You'll love
The flowers you have worn and have thrown
in the dust,
The lace at your throat; nay, your rib
bon, your glove"
Across the Champagne the shadows grew
dark
A mother-bird chirped in her flower cir
cied home.
And lite grew 80 worthless, 40 weary, so
long
The romance WAS over, their last day in
Rome.
40, Jack" while her horse stamped, impa-
iiept for home:
lyon re really unkind, bnt this can't be
the end,
You force me to say Itch, will you for
givet
And come, Jack, to-morrow-but not rs
fiiend-'
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
The Labor Of an Editor.

The London Times, speaking OF
the work of an editor, says it can
only be appreciated by those who
have had some experienced it. The
merest slip Of pen, an epithet too
much. a wrong date, q name mis-.
spelt, or with a wrong initial before
it, the misinterpretation of some pas.
sage, perhaps incapable OF interpre-
tation, the most trifiing offense to
tue personal or national susceptibiI.
ity OF those who do not even profess
to care for the feelings of others,
may prove not only disagreeable,
out even costly mistakes; to which
an editor is liable. The editor must
be on the spot till the paper is sent
to the press, and make decisions on
which not only the approval of the
public, but even great causes may
hang. He can not husband his
strength with comparative repose
in the solitude of study. or the
freshness Of green fields. He must
nee the world. converse with its
foremost or busiest actors, be open
to information, and guard against
error. All this should he borne in
the mind by those who complain that
journalism is not infallibly accurate,
Just and agreeable.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling public and regular board
l. ers will find this house az comfort able
and we'll supplied as the resources and con
dition of the country will permit. The
charges are very reasonable. The Stage
stand is kept ri this Hotel.
! have also attached TO my hotel a new
and commodious Stable. well supplied with
provender aud water. and good ostler al
WAYS Oh hand tn attend to stock.
The travelling public Will do we'll to give
me a call. A. J. REYNOLDS.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
Thumbs.

II anybody will look carefully a
the end Of his thumb, be will fine
that the surface is ridged with lit
tic threadiike ranges of hills, wound
round aud round in many spirals
II be will take q magnitying glass
and examine them closely, he will nd
that there lisa good deal Of individ
uality in the way which these art
arranged. No two thumbs in ali
the world are exactly alike. The
miniature mountain ranges are fix
ed and decided as the Alps or the
Sierras, The geography OF The thumb
as unmis;akable.
Now the Chinese have made use
OF this fact by establishing a rogue's
gallery. Whenever criminal is
examined by the law, an impression
is taken Of his thumb. Smeared
with a little lamp black, partially
wiped and then pressed down on a
piece OF white paper, an engraving
of the thumb is made, and kept in
the police records IL serves Just
the same purpose which il served
by orr pbotographing burglars aud
plckpockets. The accused can be
identified with great certainty.
Nothing short Of mutilating or
burning the thumb can obiiterate
it's features. Sometimes u CHASTITY
proof of guilt is furnished. a mur.
derer red.handed with his crime NAV
touch his fingers end upon a white
wall, and so leave in the color of his
guilt photograph OH the accusing
wall. His signature ia left Just an
Enthusiastically as if he had signed
the bond OF his iDiqniiy; ana thus
great crimes have been brought to
light. and deeds of blood made to
tell their own story.
But individuality in the skin in
the tip of the thumb strongly mark.
ed as it is, yet, admits of strong
family likeness. Brothers and sis
tiers who will take the impression Of
their thumbs, will find resemblances
among each other, that they will not
find when comparing them with the
thumbs of strangers. Even thus
infinitely does that strange thing,
family likeness, descend.
What wonder is it that faces look
alike, voices sound alike; how can
it seem strange that members of the
same family should have similarities
Of temper, of mental aptitudes and
hereditary diseases, when such mi
nor prcuiiarities as the texture ut
the end Of the thumb, and its rnng es
Of hills, should also have family re.
semblances in the midst of their in.
fuite diversities. THE hairs of our
heads are all numbered" and not
only 40, but each hair, if examined
with powerful microscope, shows
pecnliarities as strong as the trees
of forest.
No two are exactly alike. Every.
thing, from the smalles. to the
greatest, is impressed with Il speei.
fic characterand individuality. The
Creators invention is exhausttess,
and he no more repeats himself IN the
geography Of a thumb than in the
geography Of continent. Now it
anybody doubts this, let him take a !
little black, or aDsline color, and
try. He will acquire an acquaiD.
taDce with his thumb, and u respect
for it that will be quite interest.
ing.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
A Strange Story.

hourished in Glasgow u club OF
young men, which, from the ex.
IRENE protigracy of it's men bers
I and the righteousness of their Or
gies, were commonly called the He'll
Club. Besides their nightly or
weekly meetings, they held one
grand annual saturnaiia in which
each tried 10 excel the other in
drunkenness aud btasptemy; and
on these occasions there was IL star
amongst them whose lurid light
was brighter than that OF Mr.. Ar.
chibald b., who endowed with bril-.
liant talents and a handsome per.
son, had held out great promise in
his boyhOod, and raised hopes
which bad been completely frus-
trated by his subsequent reckless
dissipation.
One morning after returning from
his usual festival, Mr.. Archibald g.,
having retired to bed, dreamed the
following dream:
He taucitd that he himself was
mounted on tavUrite black horse
that lie always rode, and that lie
WAS proceeding toward his own
hOuse-then "a country seat EN-.
powered by trees and situated npon
hill, now entirely built over, al Il
formerly part OF the city-wheh
Il stranger, whom the darkness OF
the night prevented his distinctly
discerning, suddenly seized bis
horses rein, saying: "Iou must 60
with met"
"And who are youi" exclaimed
the young man, with "a volley of
oaths, whilst he struggled to free
himself
THAT you will see by aud by
returned the other, in u tone that
excited understandable Terror in the
youth, who, plugging his spurs in
his horse, attempted to hy, bat in
vain. However fast the animal
flew the stranger was still beside
him, till at ieugth, in his desperate
attempt TO escape, the rider was
thrown; but instead of being dash
ed to the earth as he expected, he
found himself falliug-falling-fall.
ing still, as if sinking iuto the bow.
els of the earth.
AT length period being put to
this mysterious descent, he found
breath to inquire Of his companion,
who was still beside him, whittier
they were g0iug. "Where am |!
where are you taking me" he ex-
claimed.
"To hell" replied the stranger;
aud immediately interminable ech.
oes repeated the fearful sound. ITO
hell to hell to beli!"
At length II light appeared, which
soon increased TO u blaze; but in.
stead of the cries and grOans, aud
lamentiDgs, Is the terrified traveller
expected, nothing met his ear but
sounds OF nirth aud jollity; aud hs
found himself at the entrance OF
superb buildings, far exceeding any
he had seen constructed by human
hands. Within, too, what scene!
No amusement, employment, or pur.
suit of man OH earth, but was here
being carried on with vehemence
that excited his unutterable amaze
ment. There the painting steed
still bore his brutal rider through
the excitement of the goaded race.
There, over the midnight howl, the
Incorporate still drawled out the
,wantOn song OF maudlin blasphemy.
The gam bier carried OH his endless
game and the slaves Of Mammou
toiled through eternity their endless
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

Youth looks at the possible; age
ut the probable.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

earth paled before that which nov
met his view. He soon perceive,
that he was among old acQaiaRtaB
ces whom he knew TO he dead; ant
each, be observed, WAS pursuin,
the object, whatever it was, tia
had formerly engrossed him; when
finding himself relic, ed from the
preseuce OF his unweicome conduc
tor, he ventured 10 address his for.
mer friend, Miss D., whom he saw
sitting, as had been her wont on
earth; absorbed at lOO-Iequesting
her to rest from the game aud
dnce him to the pleasures of the
place, which appeared 10 him 10 be
very unlike what be had expected,
and indeed an extremely agreeable
place. But with cry of agony she
answered that there was no rest in
hell; that they must ever toll Oh al
those pleasures; and iuuumerabie
voices echoed through the Intern.
Unable vaults, "There is no rest iu
hell!' whilst throwing open their
vests, each disclosed in his bosom
an ever burning flame. These they
said were the pleasures of hell; the
choice OH earth was now their in.
evitable doom. In the midst of the
horror this scene inspired, his con.
ductor returned, and at his earnes,
entreaty, restored him again to
earth; but as be quilted him, be said,
"Renember. in year and a day
we meet again"
AT this crisis of bis dream, the
sleeper awOke, feverish and i'll; and
whether from the effect of his dream
or of his preceding orgies, be was
so unwell rs to be obliged to keep
his bed for several days, during
which period he had time for many
serious reflections, which terminal
ed in resolution to abandon the
club and his liceutious companions
altogether.
He was no sooner well, however,
than they fiocked around him. bent
on recovering so valuable n member
of their society; and having wrung
from him a confession of the cause
of his detection, which, an may be
supposed, appeared to them redicu.
Ions. they soon cOntrived to make
him ashamed of his good resolu.
tons. He joined them again, re.
snmed bis former course Of life, and
when the annual saturHalia came
roand, he found himself with a glass
in his baud at the table; when the
president, arising to make the &C.
customed speech, began with say.
ing, "Gentfemen, this being leap
year. it is u year and day since
our last anniversary" etc. The words
struck upon the young mans ears
like "A knell; but ashamed 10 expose
his weakness to the ieers of his
companions. he sat ont The feast,
plying himself even more literally
than usual, IN order TO drown his
thoughts, till, in the gloom
ct a winters morning, lie mounted
his horse to ride home. Some hours
the horse was found graz.
ing 10y the road side, about baif
way between the city and Mr.. BIS
house, whilst few yards of lay
the corpse of his master.
Now, as | have said in intrOduc.
ing this story, it is no fiction; the
circumstances happened as here re
lated. An account Of it was pnb-
lished at the time, but the copies
were bought up BY the family. Two
or three, however, were preserved,
and the narrative has been reprint.
al
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

The ravages Of the small .pox
seem TO be unusually extensive and
violent this year. At London, New
York, Havana and Honolulu, it has
ragged for some time, and with con.
siderable fatality. In London there
are now 1900 patients under treat.
inent, one hundred Of these cases
having been admitted into the
hospital in one day. In Honolulu,
up to the middle of May there had
been 865 cases, of which PSI, or
about 50 per cent. had resulted
fatally. Here in New Orleans We
have heard Of but one death from
smallpox within the past two years.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
IN American Sunday.
Boston Advertiser. J


1t is useless to try and maintain
a Puritan Sunday on the statute
books, beeanse the State House 10
no longer the servitor Of the church
member, bat of the vote. Sunday
must stand or fab upon it's own
merits. 1t will die out from our
civilization exactly in proportion a.
Christianity does; and this nation
wOuld never consent to Keep II as y
monument of the dead. We shall
probably have in the near future
neither a Puritan nor Continental
Sunday, but an American one. The
American one will undoubtedly fol
low the old maxim that "tbe Sab.
bath was made for man and not
man for the Sabbath"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15
j. G. BAKER,
WITH
f. & b. JACOBS,
Cotton Factors,

AND Importers and wholesale dealers in
"A DRY GOODS, Notions, Groceries,
Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, iquors, Tobacco and segars, Texas
street, Shreveport, La.
Prompt attention given to all business
entrusted to Ms, and liberal advances made
on consiyn ments Of Cotton. 52:lv
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

1t Was stated recently ut the Post
Office Department at Warrington.
that, By actual computation, seven
hundred dollars per letter 10 what
Unole Sans mail costs on ono of
the star routes in New Mexico.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

Some fellow who desires to break
down the newspaper bnsiness, has
introduced q ridiculous bill in the
Michigan Legislature imposing a
fine OF 81, 600, and imprisonment for
a year, for any person publishing an
sccount of murder or banging.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-15

Last week, while children were
playing under small tree at Wi.
mona, Miss, lightning struck the
tree, killing three little children.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-09

The Am bk Harvest Home IL at p. NJ SIS dock dis
charging a cargo of coal.
The Bolivian bk Don Nicolas arrived Of the port last
Co but she draw ng too much a. fcet to
enter the harbor -ht had anchor outside and Tighten
portion of It, She comes into port this morning.
After discharging she IL to be hove down for repairs,
painting, &c.
The + IS S Zealanda will be due from the Colonies
on Monday next eh route for San Francisco
The x S Pensacola has snilcd from Panama for
Honolulu, at which port she j. now duc.-Aa.
From a private letter from Honckong under date Of
Feb 2th, clip the foowiug the lio chung j. be
ing overhnuled, aud will sail for HUuoluu via
Canton Mr. Ward of San Fmuci-co H. here engaging
StD to 800 Chinese for the Il r. Of which Mills
Esq, Il the contractor at sO0UVu. ships are very
scarce and chatters hign'
The Am tern Compecr which sailed Tor San Frnncisco
last saturday, loaded in remarkably quick time. She
commenced ioadfng Thrfdny afternoon at o'clock and
was fan Friday night, ready for sea.
The Am bgtne Hazard arrived from KShului on Mon.
day morning loaded with full cargo and sailed Thurs
day for San Francisco.
The next mail from san Francisco may be looked fol
by the Am bgtne Consuelo supposed to be from 10 to ~
days out to-day.
Sail Ho ship ahoy u II You want pilot set youl
Jack AZ the fore and they will ind you. but 1t II pretty
hard tell where to ind thsia just now the old
Pilots Office Is undergoing repairs, &c. Let 20 yon
| anchor
Tho Am sch Rosario, Swift arrived at IIilo, Hawaii
March alst, ~ days from san Frnncisco. After dis
charging she will proceed to kahulu to load for sar
| ErauCtrCo direct
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-09
IMPORTS.

From Departure Bay, per Harvest Home, April III
Heckfcld & Co. go tons coal velocipedc, cs mdse
From Boston, per Edward May, April &C West, IL
material; E. o. Hall Son, cs books, is stoves and
81 kss nails, Il if sss nails, bellows, cs barrows,
bdls hds 10 bdls trays IL bds wheels 5 bds iron and
steel. II cs matches, IL bis waste II bales cotton
20 pkgs woodenwarc, 81 pkgs hdwaro; Capt Sears.
Geo BcCkwth, ~ pkgs wagon matcral Hyman Bros,
IL cs goods 100 C. matches 50 bbs beer; Goodale,
bbs vinegar; castle Cooke. II pkCs wagon material
c. pianos: Grimba & Co, 100 cs matches. 10 bbls
beer, grayestones Whitney Robertson, cs books,
bdls ink, 2 cs and bN muciiagc; Morning Star
boosc, boilers, Plate, bx fttngs Dillingham; Il
nails, 40 doors - bds windows and blinds Allen &
Robinson, b46 doors RI bGs window and blinds; lIo-
cshacgcr Co 100 reels wire kgs staples bdl mdse;
Brewer Il Co cs oil 30 pkg wagons 50 bdls shakes
50 kg nails a bdis SOL bar iron 80 bbl- cement 10
riages pkgs rubber goods lal bis bags 100 coal
2J petroleum. 300 shocks ~, bdI- heads IT5 oars
90 bbls rosin. 10 bbs tar 30 bbs pch. i5 bb!s beef 80
bbs plaster and clay, Ii6 pkCs carts, boilers Cog kgs
nails 3B groceries, M bbs pork, 10 bbis salt %
lard 100 hf bbs sugar - bdls boat boards rs scales
iron safes II yellow metal ~ pkgs cordage rs pcs
chairs IL pKgs hdware, 1O2 pkgs groceries; Water
house, go cs oil, 1JO matches, pianos, 81 pkgs
cart material.
From San Francisco, per Ella, April 6-M Davis . cs
cigars, hats cs boots Interior Depart - glass
Order ~ bis hay, IS skis oats 10 barley; Phillips
Co. cs cigars II kgs tobacco, cs mdse l. q Sreso-
vch Co. 10 pkgs groceries 80 SKIS bran, 20 SKIS grain
barley g7g SKIS BRAN II Burns, pcs marble; Allen II
Robinson, cs mouidings, cs paper; May Il Co. 81 c.
groceries; Levers S Cooke cs paper hgs; Wilder &
pHs- r"bbpT rPys Goods Massre eI Co. a cs wR.
ey; w II Monsarratt, pkg; A Noonan. 1 valicc; A
Barnes cs saddles, pkgs papers: Brewer Co, 200
beef, tank gasoline, cs stoves hdware, ~ SKIS
bran ~ SKIS oats, b3 pkg stores.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-09
COM RcIAL.

HONOEULU. 1PRIL Q. ISL
Our busincss community seem TO be In the enjoyment
this wck of reaction from the Inactivity of the past
month two. aud trust with the renewing Of inter
island traffic and pushing the grinding at the various
plantations business houses will partake Of the
spirit Of activity and pass II along others Judging
from onr Export Tables for the hrst quarter com.
pared with the same period Of last year 1t would seem
II recent period Of business sagnaton had only
been experienced by the retail trade bat this we know
has not been the case; IT has pcryaded all classes of
business We therefore led to to fact that " with
ntorislsnd coasting traffic hampered 1t has
been and our community distracted by the peryad.
ing epidemic, what would have been business pos.
fibllitics without this check
The table shows healthy state Of trade, not only
continually Increasing In the value Of principal
staples but also IN variety of produce, for particulars
of which beg to refer readers thereto. We are
pleased that the blot cf Rv,n has ceased in our
Exports, and trust II may forever remain so.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-09

WE have looked over the specifications
drawn up for the guidance Of contractors who
may desire to tender for the construction of
the proposed marine railway, and note the fol-
lowing particulars: The main track will be
ZOO feet in length, the centre rails four feet
apart, and the side rails 20 feet outside tc out
side The cradle will lie lsj feet long and
blocks Is feet between platforms. There will
be IL feet or more wafer on the forward blocks
tone and half feet high) and 20 feet or more
on the after blocks the whole to be capable
of hauling up a ship of 1900 tons in light bal
last trim. The cradle is to be operated by two
engines working together, with piston-speed
of l2 to 1900 feet per minute; one Cornish
tubular boiler feet diameter and q feet long
The foundations for engines and machinery
will bc solid timber, one foot thick, laid on
the levelled coral, and then cast iron beds up
to the hight Of machinery aud engines all
wood work from high water mark out to be
covered with marine foting, and over that
threc-quarter inch wood shcathing saturated
with creosote; engine house, boiler house,
shed, sorcroom, and office TO bc rooted with
corrugated iron. The inclosure, containing
engine and boiler houses, office, storehouses,
etc, will be situated 3i5 feet from the south
west corner Of the quarantine yard and in line
with first anchor or nooring west of the light
house From high water line 20 engine house, is
$50 feet. Minute details will be furnished tc
any person on application to II. j. Crandull
submarine engineer.