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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06
A Girls Infatuati0n.
Leaving Good Home to CIeaye to a Variety
fakir.
Cincinnati Commercial.

Cincinnati Commercial.
Again has to I've chrOnlcled the
story Of a hayward girl and her nj.
lurement, from the paths Of recti.
tude to one of sin. Mr.. Robert
Hanks, of C0viHgton. is "a commiss
ION merchant in this city. at No. 90
VINE street. In his family of chill
dren is a beautiful young girl named
Ella, who had been accustomed
through life to have her every wish
sratliied. Naturally she became
seif.wiiled and spoiled. and it was
not matter of surprise when she
was expelled from a. young ladies
seminary at Lexington for her un.
concealed tiir,ations with "a youth of
the other srx. Three months ago
her IDEAS took new turn and she
became stage struck. Little atten.
ton was paid To this freak, as il was
deemed girls foolish notion. But
with her II was Il matter of serious.
ness, and without notifying any one
OF intention she left home and ioin.
ed snap dramatic company. and
went with 1t to Madison, Ind, where
she was caught and brought back.
Her behavior changed for the bet.
ter and continued good for the next
ensuing four weeks, when she disap.
pcared Il second time, joining Va.
rlety song and dance man uamed
Murphy, who had been playing at
the Vine Street Opera House. Once
more the officers overlook the erring
girl and brought her back To the
parental root. On Friday last the
family was again thrown into dis.
tress by her third disappearance.
The case was placed in the hands OF
Detectives Mead and Wappcnstcin,
who learned that the day before she
LEFT a strange woman had called up.
on her at home. From the descIip.
ton given of this woman To the de.
tcctives they identified her us one of
the sporting women Of Frank
WriGht's establishment. Visiting
the place they found the baggage
belonging 10 the missing girl, who
said she wonld send for il in the
course OF few days. The officers
next looked mp the whereabouts OF
tina variety man, and were
finally rewarded by ascertaining
that tie had gone to New York. but
alone. This latter fact, while it
shook, did not upset the detectives
theory, and they inquired diligent.
ly AT the different depots until they .
found conductor at the l., G. 4 l.. .
who said she had been passenger /
Dn his train To Indianapolis She |
had boarded the cars and said she /
had no money. Her watch was of. .
fercd as il substitute and accepted.
At Indianapolis, one of the clerks
At the Grand Hotel NJ that city met
her. and provided n way for her to
reach New York. Use of the tele.
graph wires brought the intelligence
that Murphy was under engagement
At the Globe Variety Theatre in
that city, and that the giIl WAS with
him. The broken hearted and for.
giving father has gone East, in an
To pursuade her into NJ.
turning home once more.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

A skeptical young collegian
confronted an old Quaker with the
statement that he did not believe
in the Bible. Said the Quaker.
"Does thee believe in Francei"
"Yes; for thought l have not seen
it, l have seen others that have.
Besides, there is plenty of corrobo-
rative proof that such a country
does exist Then thee will not
believe anything thee or others
have not scent" "No; to be suro I
WON'T "Did thee ever sec thine
own brains~ mo- Ever sec
anybody that didr "No.' "Does
thee believe thou hast anyP The
young man wss seized with sAt Of
silent thought.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06
A COUNCIL OF the ALPHABET.
ny PALMER cox.

One day. IN secret council met
The letters of the alphabet.
10 settle, with a free debate.
lhis matter of important weight:
Which members of the useful band
The highest houorS should command.
II was delicate affair,
For all the twculy-Six were Their.
And every one presumed that he
Was just rs worthy rs conld be-.
While Il, sort Of Gu-betwccn.
Was seated like judge serene.
lmpartialiy Ia hear the case.
And Keep good order ia the place.
SAID ;, arising from his seat.
And smiling III his own cuuccit:
Now, comrades, take glance AT me;
/ There's grace III every curve you see,
Ana beauty, which yOu'il never lind
In letters of the broken kind.
Now. thrrr j. |. straight up and down.
How incomplete i such a clown.
Without loot. without head
y graceful curve or proper spread
And j and X. aud / and l.,
= Who hook rs though OF Zee thew tell.
or l., our many auglrd friend.
Who forms. indeed, fitting end
Are hcIplng in>ults on the rest.
At this there was sudden spring
i" feet around the council lluE.
And every letter, down To 4.
SAID such aspcr>lons must not b..
No personalities. cried they.
"Should hc iuduigcd in here TODAY"
W hilr y, good order ~ Restore
Applied his truuchron to the floor.
SAID y, one moment will suffice
10 show Nuu all where honor lies;
suppose there was no head. like me,
!" had IA" way for brother Il,
WI hat would become OF ncIshbor c.
or who would ever think ct ~
| might 20 on unto the end
And SAY you All Oh M d"pc4d."
Then ., arising To- hIS feet.
SAID. 81. "i all. am most complete.
y" waste material is there.
INT just enough. and nuu- To- par:
y" horns allow. TO tail, below,
An "Ncu-hIiducyd. perfect -"
sad l.. II Lou-h a.. l.4l beauty hoTv-.
In service aPpcar tn, mo-;
Well nigh tu-EAllN vuId I'm ,ailrl.
And often more than ul.,, Installed.
". ':r- -"ru,. e." seldom ul, r,pulrl.
hey >Anuh4 from .,g6} Bee i,}.t,!.'
Then into ,n"dry groups ,hryN break
!" ii-u" points and d. ger ,hdh,.
On to-. ra,A "th,- Ia their i,,r
Thor p,s.u opinion 1T th" rl,r.
Nm'' y kept thun.iiuc til De- Wore
hole halt through H." ntkru floor
NJ last he cr.,d, Il plainly see
You'll never IN the world gr,r.
] } Il. Z
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic regulates tire
bowels.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

My brethren said a western
minister, "the preaching of the COS.
pei TO some people is like pouring
water over a sponge-it soaks in
and stays. To others it is like the
wind blowing through a chicken.
coop. My experience of this con.
gregation is, that it contains more
chicken 'coops than spoDges.n-
Houndrille Presbyterian.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06
MINDEN HOTEL.

TllE travelling public and regular board
L rrs will tind TIN, huus, ~ comfortable
and well supplied as the rr.ourcr> and com
dItInn Of the country WI! p,rmit. The
chIr-r- are very reasonable. Tie Stage
stand Is kcp' At this Hotel.
hay" also attached 10 my hotel new
and cnmmodiou- Stable. VOL supplied with
proyrnd"r and water and good u>tlrr al
way, uu hand to- attend 20 s'u,h
The travelling public VIII Do well give
iuc cali t. J. EFiNDffS
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

The following is old, but it will
bear repetition: 81 want You to put
a new pair of heels to these boots,r
said DR.. 1pecac to the shoemaker.
why don't you do it yourself, doc
tori asked old Wsxends. IN" said
the doctor, in establishment. "Why,
yes. Does not the good book say.
physician. heal thyselfrr
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

Professional aud business cards. of ten
ilr4 or loss IN lrprth. 81 per aHnaH; for
Ny months. Ilu; for three months. 81
business advertisements of greater length
VIII be- inserted at above rates.
Legal advertisements viii be- charged at
'...ll rates. where fixed Ivy law: "tfrr,yisr
, SPECIAL rates a. published abov".
q -rr-.G notices ~ cents per ittc.
i'm.,ll notices of less than ten lines.
sul uIGul-.,..A ryliciou~ notices Inserted
..l.tI>.
.Io'I-7y7IA ,Nrtl',l ia the nr.,to>t style.
and II REASONABLE" prices.
August -. ~.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-18
THE BEST TOWN LOTS IN
JASPER
at Pirate Sale !!

The undersigned has snbdivided his
beautiful lots near the Union Flour Mills.
and now offers them at private sale.
There are eighteen beautiful building
lots. SO BY 1913 feet, fronting on Jackson
and Mill streets, with broad alley in
the rear Of each lot. This Il rare OPP
portuniiy to secure good building lots IN
. healthy part oftown.
TERMS Easy. 10 suit purchasers. as Il
Is more the object 70 improve that part
OF town. than to make money.
Aug. -. '79-tf JOSEPH EGG.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-18

Pay " what you owe Is.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-18

How 90 Cultivate and Cure White
Burnley Tobacco.
ir.r.,sk<t a. ii. ue-srn ich.rcc journal ~ ~. D. u
hokFe<<. - fti|Sr>. uAie
PLANT nEp<.
~ he successful IA raising crop ~
sc'meco depends entirely upon the first
sien taken in that direction Secure
plrnty of plants ani have them early.
select far plans beds a Hue soil (sonih on
snuth-esstl. and ground holding sufficient
moisture al moi 10 dry out during the
day: bntu your beds sufficient 10 ki.l all
kr,l III grass or weeds. then Won are
ready to dig Up your bed. Dig IN the
nshes well, then rake and pulvefize every
clod. aud whatever other obstruction
may H. found in The bed. sow your
sred any time from the first Of February
until the last Of March. sow a bed for
every acre YOU intend planting il good
rnIe 10 20 BY. Sow about two large
sabIcspoontuls TO the hundred square
feet. Then one o. the most important
parts \ securing the plants and do not
inil 10 dois By brushing Your beds heavily
with brush. The seed should be mixed
with ashes or corn meal before sowing.
50 - 10 prevent getting them too thick.
SOIL, ETC.
The soil best adapted 10 White Burlcy
tobacco Is generally given up 10 he Of q
limestone nature. The best and finest
tobacco that comes from the cutting dis
tric,s j. grown on new land. first and
second crops. and III some cases . good
crop l. raised the third year. but that is
running the ground too hard. All our
faucy cutting tobacco Il raised on such
lsnd. aud as general thing il Is UNDER
laid with limestone, although we raise a
really nice article on old land. ltshould
be the aim 81 every tobacco grower "a 90
for quality and not for quantity. Ifthey
were all 70 adopt that plan for few
years. we would soon get our market rid
ofa great burden. Cultivate less ground
and make fancy article.
rforcHfNc AND cULTrvArrxG.
Land intended for tobacco should be
plowed in the winter. IL possible and
ploughci deep. IL you expect crop. In
The spring the ground should be turned
with doubIe-shovcl plough and har.
towed. through and cloddy The more
you cultivate your land before yon get
your crop out. the less work il will take
70 lend II after il i set. After you
have planted, keep the plough and hoe
going constantly. and plough just as deep
ss possible. The best plough for that pur-
pose u double shovel plough, shovels
not wider than three iuches ana full rel
inches long. The more work you give
,"nr tobacco the better body il will
have. Tobacco should be set both ways,
on bottom or level land three By twenty
inches. On hill land il will have to be-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-18

A young lady went into drug stor'
located not one hundred miles from th,
post-oiIlce, and had prescription put I'D
How muchS" inquired the lady.
Fifty CENTS" said the clerk.
But have only forty-fivc cents will
me can't You let me have IL for that -
No, ma'am, but you can pay me thl
dvc cents when You come il again said
che clerk.
: But suppose were to die,7 said Ii,
lady. jocularly.
well: It wouldn't Be- . very great loss
anyhow
And Immediately the smiling clerk
gathered from the indignant flush on INK
lady's face that he had been misunder.
stood, and before he could assure lei
that II was the littlc balance and not she
that would be no great loss, she had
bounced ont at . go-as-you-plcase gait
and was beyond the sound Of his voice
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-18

Other boot makers. after seeing nv
work, being afraid 10 compete. Work
lof NJ kinds done promptly. and All The
work going out Of my shop guaranteed
Give me a call. w. NAY.
Oct. STAT, 1s73--1y.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
How Little Princesses Dress.

london Letter to Philadelphia Times.
I have seen the three little daughters of the
Prince and Princess of Wales at the opera,
with their parents, when, on one OCCASION
the little one getting sleepy her mother took
her up on her lap and let her sleep there on
her knees all the evening; have seen them
at charitable ceremonies which were attended
by much pomp and circumstance; l have seen
them riding, driving, walking. boating and on
none of these occasions, venture to say, did
the wearing apparel of each one of the little
girls exceed in cost a ten dollar bill. A simple
white muslin frock, undecorated by any lace,
unrelieved by any silk slip OR expensive sash,
formed the opera costume the winter and
boating dresses are of serge, the summer dresses
Of washing print. And all are made in the
simplest style-no gofferings, chickering's,
fiouncings; no bias bands, no knife pleatings.
No feathers in the hats; no furbelows any
where. Would that the "Mrs Lofties'' of
America, those vulgar and tasteless creatures
who at the present time at the watering places
all over the country are making the bodies of
their children mere means of paIading their
power to spend money, and who are running
the moral health OF their offspring by inculcat-
ing in these impressionable young breasts a
mad passion for personal adornment-would
that these silly and reprehensble mothers,
say, could be here to see the pattern set in this
matter by the Princess of Wales. The exam
pie is followed, as all examples are when COM
ing from the fountain head of social eminence,
and the result is seen in the admirable dress
ing of young English people, universally ex-
tolled in every community OF taste.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
Sojourner Truths Age.

Lansing (M1cn.) hepuDllcan
Much has been written and said relative to
the reputed age of the ancient colored sibyl of
Battle Creek. and it has been denied that she
is as old as claimed. Some of the disputation
comes from the fact that her hair, which for
several years was very white, is resuming the
dark hue of youth, and her eyesight has also
very much improved. A similar dispute
arose in 1879, and Mrs. Francis W. Titus OF
Battle Creek, interested herself largely to as
certain the facts. Her efforts ELECTED letter
from Waring Latting of New York City, who
communicated the following facts under date
of Feb. 10, 1879, which were published: 'fAs a
slave, Sojourner was held for many years by
John L, Dumont, an uncle of Mr.. Latting,
who resided on the west bank of the Hudson,
directly opposite Hyde Park. In 1919 she was
still held in slavery. and from her appearance
IS he saw her in that year, Mr.. Latting was
quitesnre she could not have been less than
a or IS years of age This seems to have been
generally accepted in her masters family and
is the best testimony that could be procured.
Accepting it as basis, Sojourner would now
be between LOG and 107 years old. aud this
is probably about correct. While in this city
last winter she told the editor of the Republi-
can that she had been grown-up woman for
several years when the first steamboat ran on
the Hudson river, and ''seed it wild her own
eyes" This was in 1907, IA years ago. AT
the time of emancipation in New York in 1917
abe Claims to have been over 40 years old.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
Portland and Worcester Line.
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER Il. II.

SUMMER &EsRANesENTE
-------- On and after Monday, June %
sssssssess Ssh, Passenger Trains will leave
EMg@sHE.zPertiand at 30 "a. ma, and
-----a-a.25 p. ns,, arriving at Worcester
Of 2.16 p. M. and 7.30 p. m. Returning leave
Union Depot, Worcester, at 7.3O a. m. and Ills a.
~, arriving at Portland at LILO p. m. and $40 p.
N.
Fer Clinton, Aver Juno. Fischhurs,
Nashua, Jewell, windhara, and Egg
ping at $50 a. m. and .3S p. M.
Eor Manchester, Concord aud points North, &c
las p. aas.
Eer Rochester, &prfagvais, Alfred, Wat
crSoro and aace sRiver.3.:S0 a. ma, LES
p. m., and (mixed) at $50 p. IN. Returning
leave Rochester at (rnixed) 6.45 a. NJ, 1l.O6
a.m., and 4.O5 p m; arriving at Portland
For German, Srccarappa, Cumberland
Mills, Wessbreok and WOo3ford's.
st5SO a, B.., fi.25, $40 and (mixed)
$3.50 p. III.
The les p. NJ. t, ain from Portland connects at
Aver Juno with Aossnc Tunnel Eseute for
the West, and at Union Depot, Worcester, for
New crk via Norwich Line, and all rail,
e. c'Steamer Maryland Route'1 for PhfladeI-
phia, Baltimore, Washington, and the
seuth and with Rosfoa a Albany u. H. for
the West.
Close connections made at vvessbrooh juno
tion with through trains of Me. Central r. R. and
at G-andTrunk Transfer Portland, with through
trains of Grand Trunk Il. r.
Through tickets to ali points South and West, at
Depot offices and at Rollins & Adams, No. 70 Ex-
change Street.
With Parlor Car attached.
*Does not stop at Woodford's.
J. W. PETERS, Gen. Ticket Agent.
GEO. p. WESti,i L. Supt ja24dtf
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
The Width Of the Door.
burlington HaWkeye.1

II want piece ov board sawed off, planed
on the outside" said Mr.. Donlevy; wed a
few friends in the house last night at chris
tenin', and the lower panel ov the dure got
kicked out in the merriment." "How wide do
you want the piece cut?" asked the carpenter.
"The width ov the dure, ov course" replied
M. Donlevy. "And how wide is tho door,"
"Well, it's as wide as a chair is long, jist. Ye
can iist lay chair across it, to kape the chill
der in an the pigs out, an it fits as though it
wurs matched fur it." "But all chairs are not
the same size," said the carpenter. Jaw,
tbuDdher an turf! yer thicker headed nor a
railroad spike; the chair comes up iist even
wild the edge ov tho windo sill.'' "But how
high is the window sill?" asked Mr.. Chips.
Bother the badgerin' tongue o. ye,' growled
Mr.. Dunlevy, Its only the witness ov me
hand barrin' the thumb higher than the rain
weather that sthands outside, av ye can't make
it from that ye lave the job, an I'll take it to
some carpinther that understands his BUSH
ness and knows the measure av q dure in his
head widout maxim chatychism av himself.
Say, can ye cut me the pace aft the size av that
ye leather-headed wood butcher, We, or will I
70 find man av yer craft that has half tho
sinse he wur born wid?" And he had to 60
find one.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
BICYCLES,
[Pittsburg Commercial

The best English bicycle costs $40 to $50,
while American makes, equally as good, will
not cost more than $40 or $115. The cheap
est bicycles for boys costs. S12 to SIS. There
are three hundred and thirty-one different
styles of bicycles, SO experts say, now actively
in use. The bicycle of 1881 is the combined
product of the ideas of four great nations. OF
the six ideas which are illustrated in the vari-
Gus component parts, France has contributed
two, England two, Germany one, and Amer
lea one. The American contribution or sug-
gestion that of the rubber tire-is generally
regarded as practically the most valuable of
all. This rubber tire enables the bicyclist to
accomplish the otherwise impossible feat of
running up hill. The rubber tire has also been
applied with success to the wheels of dog-carts
and other vehicles.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
, THE PRESS.
She Took Him at His Word.

n. o. Time5.l
Wriggles had some teeth pulled lately, aud
took cold in his jaw which swelled until it
looked like prize watermelon. He poulticed
it and bandaged it, all to no purpose, and
walked the floor several nights with it, quoting
choice extracts from Bob Ingersoll's lectures,
but all to no purpose; it kept on swelling. The
other morning he remarked to his wife that
he'd give $50 to any one that would hit him a
tremendous thump on it suddenly without his
expecting it, to see if it wouldn't burst the
swelling. The dear woman, smiling to herself,
went and gathered bootiack, and stepping up
quietly behind the old man as he was trying to
strain some coffee through his teeth, lovingly
inquired: Where does it pain you most,
Wrig?" ooh, Lord! right here, right here,
replied he, as he turned his jaw up and pointed
to the apex of the protuberance. Iaklng a
step hack the dear woman raised the bootJack
and hit him regular bunstarter right IN the
centre of the calamity, aud smilingy stepped
back to await results. The old mans knees
few to his chin as he shut up like patent
rat-trap and with hollow groan he rolled off
moment, and as he danced the can-can with
original variations, his wife smilingly asked:
"Did it relieve you, dear?" And as he tried
to howl out an answer, old Mrs. Pry, who had
jlst dropped in, beat hasty retreat. And
now the whole neighborhood has it that Wrig.
giles has got 'em again. And as Mrs. Pry re-
marked, THAT ERE comit will be the death O
some O. these old baldheads yet, settin' up to
wafeh il ~
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-08
RAILROADS..
BOSTON g. MAINE EAEs4R0AU.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT

ssa Rnf after Monday, JHue
ssssssssssssssss 81, assl, TasseaseE rrn,..
sASoa sosT6N at ae e.is, So ana
LILO and eoo p ni, arriving ri at Boston at 1o.45
arriving at Portland at 10 25. $780, 500 and cd
p. m Portland for Scarborough Beach
and Pine Point, at 6.15. 8.45, 1925. a. M.
orchard Reach, snco, and Hiideford, at
615 S.45, 1925 m. IL. so, 10. s. 20 and OOp
m. EOrKennebnnk, North Berwick, Sal
Haverhill, Lawrence and Lowell, at SIS,
S.45 M, 1. 10 and 90 p. IN. Fer Wells and
New New Msarkei, at 6.I5, $40 a. M, and 90 p m;
"a aer f. sS S and ed na aG
and Concord, N. H., via Lawrence,) at S.45
a. H.; (va New Market junction. at 6. ID a. M. and
Ito p. m. Morning Train leaves Kennebunk
Parlor Cars on trains leaving Portland at 40 a.
m, 10 and 600 p. m. Returning trains leav-
ing Boston at $50 a. M, 1890 and 100 p. m.
Parlcr Gar seats secured advance mt
Dep0t Ticket Office.
@R-The Ito p. IA. train from Portland eonneets
and all rail lines for the West The 500 D. m.
train connects with Rail Line. for New
York and the South and West.
NOTE.-The LILO p. M train from Portland will
not stop at Scarborough Beach or Pine Point. The
$50 a. m. train from Boston will stop at these sta
lions only to leave passengers taken west of Bidde
ford.
SUNDAY TRAINS, Commencing July
10, lSS1-Leave Portland for ssoston and Way
Stations at LOO and $50 p. m. boston for Port
land at 600 p. M Portland for Scarborough
Beach, Pine Point, Old Orchard Beach,
sacO and BiddefOrd, at 10. 90 a. M, 90, g. 80
and 600 p. m Returning leave Old Orchard Beach
at Lao, 7.12 and 9.42 p. m.
Trains on Boston & Maine read connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockland, Mt. Desert Machias, Eastport Calais st.
John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand Trunk
trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine Central
and Portland & ogdensburg trains at Transfer Sta-
tisn.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
Transfer Station, Exeter Lawrence and Boston.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points West aud
South may be had of w. H.. Williams, Ticket
Agent, Boston y Maine Depot, and ut Union
Ticket Offsce, 10 Exchange st.
JAS. 7. FURBEK Gen. Scyz.
.. q. sTEvENs. asn. Agent, Portland.
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