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Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-29
A Coiored Parson on "Hades.

Parson Sandy, colorcd gentle.
man of long standing, went into a
Little Rock book store yesterday
aud asked:
/ BOSS, is yer in possession ob de
revised statutes Oh de new Testa
ment!"
/ When answered ailirmaiively, he
continued: "An so yer is a heppin
TO stributc this diSception. Talk
/ to yer bout IIadcs. He'll is de word,
! What influence would my prcachiu'
! hab il ] was TO tell de congregation
dat he who don obey de functions
! is in danger ob fiadcs. Dat oie
{ book may be too slow fur dc white
folks, but 1t hits n Niger powerful
nIlrAl Da say dat de Lord is M
changable. II dat is de ease why
does da wanter change his word:
Why do da say dat tie inspired gram.
mar an rithmetic OF de 'pOstlcs wan.
ter BE- crpcktrd. ] suppose dat
) whar Peter saws IL GO a HShim" ae
latter day gnSprls upStartS wants
him ter say, de pronoun |, in dc
iust puSson, hah, aldcr mature lib
rrAri"h' e"hclhh,h t'T repair Ter nc
seasli0fp. Whar Il" aforesaid person
AT pronOun ob dc tuSt puSson, pre-.
poScS To Cr-agr III de plscatnrill
exercise. Dat alut de kind ub book
ter SAhr Il man. DAIS one faith. on"
Lord All one baptism, bat dc white
folks is irving ter make two faiths.
two Lords an "A multitude oh ban
tisms.'
"But. old man" said the book sci
lcf. .you are 1T liberty to u>c the
old edition."
"lIaint de Guhner dun declared
dat de- ole hook is rcnralcd AN dat
de new one is IN iorcc."
1t cfttfftiV not. The Governor
has no jurisdiction IA such mat.
t,rS."
AN da cant take dc ole bool;
away from me-"
aN,."
"ben i'Sc hcrlrd, ease Use cot
hell on my side: ami I'll tell yer.
when a nirrah ainl cot de fine IN
de. birthstone on his SIlt. he cant
collcck ten cents year from de
church,"
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Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-29
Genls. Il. ]. BEAIRHGARD,
and JIBAL A. EARLY.

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Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-29

tcca >iuuai!y. yes. very often, Il
Woman l. muIr than Il match tuI u
man. \ farmer living on the out.
>kufs oi New lla>rn Was in a hnr.
~ to get his farm work along, and
went ont into ilc field with his boys
ami hired man. entirely overlooking
the tact tina, the last stick oi wood
III The W"ndpilr bad been burned TO
get breakfast Raging hungry the
force came III 1T noon, TIE good
wife hau the table set with all the
taste of which she was mistress,
aud II really lnniiri inviting. bat
there Nd> II" tiniiet uPdH II. "~a
rIh, where's the dinner" Il don
know whether il is done or not.
There was no wood tur the fire. 50
! hing II in ;hr warm.>t plar" |
could iiHd: IS on the ladder 1T 'hc
south side of thr huu>c." the
Nhu'r force was detailed al chop.
ping wood that cvcnlrE.--Nclr he.
rcD H,gi>t,y.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-29
Agriculture in the Lime Kiln Club.

The Chairman of the Committee
on Agriculture announced his readi-
ness 10 first of his monthly report
and leave being given he GRATED rs
follows:
"i)is committee has bin waitin'
an hangin on fur de las two months
III order 10 lin ont jIst when las
winter was gwiHe to eand an mex
winter begin. 1t has bin hard
struggle to draw de line, but we
take solid pleasure in bcin' able to
dcnounce our belief dat de- winter
Sezon shows sign of gettim' weak in
dc knees. While We do not advise
de public TO pack away arctic obcr.
shoes or look wild contempt ON ear.
minis, We kin still see signs inr hope.
De snow dltts begin to look pale
an tired: dc frost is ic~in' its grip on
cOucr lots; steamboats, am palntiu'
up, an de sound of de plumber am
no longer heard in de land. Sich
of rs as am alive an kickiH siX
weeks from now viii be able 10 tcaIe
of three ply understands and dis.
pcuSc wild iuot warmers Let Us bc
patient an exhibit proper spirit OF
reSigHa~hHH and iorlNiutle. Dis
committee hnsu't amy rctticnler r..
marks Ia make on agrlcnlchlr liSt
now, hut III on: ncN report We hope
10 br able 10 drnOnnrc dat onions
have sProuted, sHnflowtrs taken
heart, an dat artichnkrS an horse.
raddlSh nave finally got de uIge on
de mciucst run q weather any ma.
tion rhrr bad 10 pat mp wll. The
report WAS accepted and iiled.-Be.
truIt Free Press.
Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-29
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Claiborne guardian., 1881-06-29

Grease and Stain Remover At shelt9n's
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
A Thousand Dollars n Minute.

Mr.. Eddy, the veteran patent solicitor
of Boston, is a regular encyclopedia of
incidents referring to inventors. He
tells of man named Hurd, who be-
longad in Stoneham, who realized $780,
900 and gave to. the world one of the
most valuable inventions ever produced
all the result of only about half an
hour thought His invention was the
machine now everywhere used for ex
tracing molasses from sugar. When
the idea occurred to him he sketched
down and gave it to Mr.. Eddy and au-
thorized him to take out a patent. Re-
turning home he. forgot all about the
matter and applied himself to other af-
fairs Subsequently a gentleman en-
gagged in the sugar business saw the in
vention in Mr.. Eddy's office and atonce
appreciated its value. The solicitor
was instructed to purchase the patent,
which he supposed he could do for a
moderate sum. The first offer of $1,000
was refused, and not until the figure of
$50, 900 was reached did Mr.. Hurd slIr
render The machine is used in all the
sugar countries of the world. Mr. Rob
ertson, who was the American Consul
at the Hague, and the Aspinwalls of
New York, made millions out of the in
vention. - Boston Hernld.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

- ! =
CHARLES BRADLAUGH, armed with a
stout oak stick, attempted to farce an en-
trance into the British House Of Commons
on the Sd. He was arrested blythe police
and ushers after hot struggle. Gle says he
will make the attempt with force enough to
gain an entrance.
The continued war of the teunk lines
on passenger rates West has finally resulted
in reduction Of fares to the East. All the
| lines have been selling tickets from Boston
and New York to Chicago at net price OF
81. On the ID the Grand Trunk Chicago
office placed Boston tickets on sale at So, and
| it was expected other routes would at once
meet the reduction. The St. Louis roads
are not directly involved in this fight, but
! have made slight reductions in fares to all
points North and East. #sas
MCGRATH and McKavitt,, who at
tempted to blow up the Liverpool Town
Hall, have been found saailty. "a Grath n
was sentenced to penal servitudesf lie and
McKavitt for fifteenyears. sS@a4 #S@* -
The Land League will hold p National
Convention in Dublin on the 15thof Septem-
Der, "to considefsthe best means IT obtaining
Irish land for Irishmen - 80 f
The Mississippi Democrats met in
convention at Jackson on the 3d.
AMBROSE LAMPRAx, of Nabhitoches,
La, was with the party OF surveyors mas
sacred by the Apaches south Of Ell Paso,
in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. LAM
prax says he was half a mile beflnd the par.
ty when the fighting began and so escaped
the general massacre, but was taken pris-
oner and held for several DAYS, when he
made his escape, finally reaching Guaymas
and going thence to San FraE.cisco. The
surveying party numbered thirteen. They
fought desperately against the l,ldians, who
outnumbered them more than three 10 one.
All Of the whites were killed, Blk OF them
being dispatched while lying son the field
wounded.
AT Marion, Ark, A. Kiag, ex-Mar-
shal, entering his gate, had six shots fired at
him. The body was riddled with bullets,
and death was instantaneous. sSix negroes
have been arrested.
TRuckEE, CAL, has hadIa ss5o,ooo
fire.. 1t originated in dance ouse. 81.
McKEEsPoRr, Pa, and surrounding
country is intensely excited oveF the murder
of George Mcclure and the serious wound-
| ing of Constable Fleming by a gang Of
thieves. Large forces Of armed men are in
search of the murderers. Six usen supposed
to belong to the gang have been} arrested at
| West Newton.
The cornerstone of the monument to
| Casewell, North :Carolina's Revolutionary
| War Governor, was laid at Raleigh on the
Sd. Senator Vance and Gov. Jarvis made
! addresses.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
The Russian Anti-JeWish Crusade.

The anti-Jewish riots in Southern
Russia resulted in the destruction OF
property valued at 81, 600, 900, smaller
amount than the first accounts reported.
ALI the leading rioters have now been
tried at Kief by court-martial, and sew.
eraI were condemned to loss of civil
rights and terms of imprisonment vary
ing from few months to three and
half years. One individual, at least,
was condemned to twenty years exile
in Siberia. At Odessa, where the
prompt action OF the authorities pre-
vented much damage being done, the
rioFers were tried by a magistrate, and
q few of the principals were sentenced
to undergo short terms of imprlson-
ment varying from one week to three
moaths. 1t is now considered pretty
certain that these riots may be ascrlbed
to The Impoverished condition OF the
country through the failure OF last
yees,s harvest; to the ignorance OF the
peasants; their hatred of the Jew as
money lender; their jealousy OF MS
wealth; their desire to revenge them
selves upon those whom they CONSIDER
to have impoverished them, and the
hope in some of plumber.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
Polar Bear Traps.

/ do so pity those men on the Rod
gers remarked Mrs. Max, passing the
Major the honey, which he ALWAYS in
sisted upon having with his rice cakes
- Yes, indeed replied the Major,
who was a tri!le cynical that morning,
having burned his mouth with coffee
/" Yes, indeed, my dear. the life OF an
Arctic explorer must be hard. They
are So isolated from the world. Just
imagine, if YOU can, the horror Of living
for three years out OF the dust and wind
and fog and rain Oh our glorious climatic
of not meeting all that time the man at
your club who thinks the oitener story
is told the better it is; Of being without
the consolation afforded You by the
busted stock operator who knows YOU
are glad OF an opportunity to lend him
atwenty; OF being where millinery and
Japanese decoration stores d. not daily
entrap one 5 wife; of being -''
Why, Major how You do talk. |
was only thinking OF the horrid things
the Rodgers crew will have to do to
get their bear ste;tks.n
:. How's that asked the Major. in
stantIv interested on the subject of
steaks, which he holds OF much greater
Importance than the Irish land troubles.
= What | know about it resumed
Mrs. Max. . read in fashion paper,
and it ourhtto be true
1t certainly ought to be, Mrs Max,
if only on account of its old age
Well, the article said continued
Mrs. Max, pretending to ignore the
Major slur on her favorite reading.
" that Arctic explorers. when they want
to kill polar bear, plant big knife in
the ice, with the blade sticking up.
They rub the blade with blood, and the
bear comes along and lcks it, ana cuts
his tongue. 1t is SO cold that he don't
feel the cut, but, tasting his own blood
continues to lick the knife until his
tongue is all fraEed, and he beeds to
death. .s... :. II dreadful9'
"Quiet Your fears, my dear" said
the Major. when his wife had finished.
. That is the way they killed the bear
when that story was first published, but
in the last twenty years an Improvement
has been made which | will tell you
about if you will Kindly give me Just a
drop more OF coffee, with cold milk, this
t1lllt. 1HC way IllC llllHS - uOue uO"
is as follows: When Captain Berry, of
the Rodgers wants Il polar bear for din
ner, he gives a midshlpman a copper
bed spring and a chunk of salt pork.
The mldshipman congresses the spring
perfectly flat, wraps the pork around it
tight and holds it so until it freezes
solid. Then tn, frozen pork, stuffed
with the bed-spring, is thrown out to
the nearesticeberg, where it is promptly
swallowed by polar bear. When the
heat:of the BEARS stomach thaws out
tn pork it releases the spring, which
flies out, and the bear soon dies from
painsin his side" - - -
g g Major said Mrs. Max, with much
warmth, u don't believe that story is
trues''
:. No, my dear, and you won't, until
in few years, you see it in fashion
paper, and then you will swear by it,"
-.sd11 Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13

The International Conference OF
Young Mems Christian Associations met in
Exeter Hall, London, on the 18th sllt. Abolt
800 delegates were In attendance, some sixty
being from he United States and Che Domin-
ion of Canada, and the remainder from Great
Britain, France, Switzerland, Germany and
other countries. I
WILLIAM A. STEWART, County Clerk
OF San Francisco, Cal, has skipped out leav-
ing shortage in his accounts of $50, 900.
Stock speculations and fast horses did it.
HE steamers Idlewild and Osceola
Belle burned at the Memphis wharf on the
night of the 3lSt. The fire originated in the
lamp locker of the Idlewiid, ands spread so
rapidly that the entire boat was sDon envel-
oped in flames. The Osceola Belle lay just
above the Idlewild, andsbefore a: tug could
be got to her assistance she took fire and
tloated down the river a burning snass. The
james Lee, lying just below the Idl:.wild. ran a
very narrow escape from destruction, but was
hauled out with her stages on Gre and the
flames eXtingushed. The IdlPwid had
just been thoroughly repaired unfl was load
ing for her first trip between Memphis and
Arkansas City. She was owned by Capt.
John D. Adams, of Little Rock: and Capt.
James II. Reese, of Pittsburgh, aud valued
at about }25. 900: insurance $4,000. The
Osceola Belle ran between Memphis and
Osceola. She belonged to the Lse Line, was
valued at 1000, with no INSURANCE. A
small quantity of freight was destroyed.
JOHN MURRAYs and his aged mother,
who resided near Havana, H., We're driving
home from town i'll 4 wagon containing a
quantity of straw, when it is supposed that
the old lady dropped some fire from her pipe,
which set the straw abiaze. She was burned
to death, and the son so badly harmed that
his life is despaired of.
FIVE incendiary fires at Iosa, Mich,
within few weeks have Destroyed much
valuable property and greatly Gxasperated
the citizens. On the 3Oth, the sincendiary
got in his work again by firing the Congre-
gational Church. which was totally de-
stroyed.
AFFAIRS in Perry County, ark, have
reached point where the State authorities
are compelled to interfere. Investigation
revealed the fact that the civil authorities
were powerless to arrest the i.3sassins OF
Editor Mathews, or enforce the law. 1t is
also said that the people are divided as to
the means which should be adopted in adj
ministering justice. Governors Churchill
has issued an order directing Major-Gen.
Newton to proceed thither with troops.
THE entire business portion; OF White
Hall, Muskegon County, Michs, was de-
stroyed by fire fire on the night of ting 18th Loss
SITTING-BuLL and party have gone
to Standing Rock Agency.
/ IT is rumored the British officials OBJ
tanned their information regarding the con-
templated shipment of infernas machines
from America from memorial dum book
found in possession of McGrath, ;one OF the
men indicted for the attempt to Blow up the
Town II III at Liverpool.
The Vicksburg quarantine station has
been re-estabished.
The Yorktown Centennial celebration
will begin on Oct. IS.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE persons who stole 100000 from
the Matanzas (Cuba) Bank have been cap
tured at Havana, and some of the booty has
been recovered. Two accomplices are still
at large in Mexico, but their arrest is prob
able. -
Iris reported that another plot against
the life of the Car has been discovered in
St. Petersburg, and several arrests made of
conspirators. An ex-Nihilist who had be-
trayed his companions has been assassinated
in the outskirts of the capital.
WILLIAM, r. DICKINSON and Joel
vanarsdalen, two Philadelphia lawyers,
have been convicted of forging the will Of
Robert Whitaker, that $500, 900 worth of an
estate might fall into their own hands,
THOMAS HIBBs' saloon, at Cambridge
City, Va, was partly demolished by dyna-
mite torpedo that was exploded in the eel
lar by unknown parties, supposed to be tenn
perance enthusiasts.
The business portion of Lebanon,
Tenn. has been destroyed by fire, and the
village of Cattaraugus, N. Y. has suffered a
similar calamity.
A STEAMER from Havana, with one
case OF yellow fever on board, is quaratined
at New York.
SECRETARY WINDOW has instructed
the Collector OF Customs at Boston to use
every endeavor to ascertain the parties who
shipped the Internal machines from that
city that were recently received by steamer
in England. 49,
The army Of the Ameer of Afghanis-
tan has been completely defeated by forces
under Ayoob Khan. One of the Ameer's
regiments deserted in body during the fight
and went over to the enemy.
The Chagres fever is decimating the
! laborers on DeLesseps' Panama Canal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
THE laborers' strike in Ce1kis spread.

IHE laDOrerS' Strlke In C0lK spread
ing.
The public debt statement for August
1shows reduction in the debt for July OF
S1O,O7s,O23; outstanding bonds, $l,62l, ILL.,
coo; legal tenders, 9,a59, OILS; debt, less cash
in Treasury. 81, 1886, 52O,7sS
THE New York Herald publishes sta
tistics showing that there has been sub
scribed in New York and in Europe for in
vestment in the South during the last eight
cen months, $100,000,0o0. Most of this mon
ey has been put into the States east OF the
Mississippi and in the country south of
Richmond. 1t has gone mainly, of course,
into railroads. But $1,000, 900 has lately
been invested in cotton factories in Augusta
alone; and considerable sums have been lent
to planters and to mercantile or industrial
enterprises.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13
COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY,

The Postal Telegraph Company has
been-organized at New York, with capital
OF $21 100000. James R. Keene is President
The company propose to enter the field as
competitors of the Western Union, and say
they will stretch their wires to every locality
where the latter company has an office
The Treasury Department ordered
the discontinuance OF the manufacture and
sale of gold tokens stamped "quarter dol
lar'' and sehalf dollar" Persons manufac-
turing or selling such tokens are rendering
themselves liable to penalties of both fine
and imprisonment
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13

She led her cheek on the easy chair
back against her husbands head and
murmured, How | do love to rest thus
against ynur dear head, Augustusr
DO you'll said he; is it because YOU
love me, uar]ing?' No, because it is
SO nice ana soft
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13

What is the difference between sea-
sickness and putting bankruPt's prop
erty under the hammer? When you
put bankiupt's property under the
hammer, it is sale of effects; but sea-
sickness is the effects of sail.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13

w. While all the world nowadays
knows of the torpedo, invented and
named by Fulton, as a machine to blow
up ships, comparatively few know that
it takes its name from fish. of marvel
Gus electrical properties, which was
anatomical by the famous surgeon John
Hunter. The torpedo is found in the
Mediterras bean, the Bay of Biscay, and
the southe I'm English and Irish waters.
The anciehts employed it as a thera-
peutic agent. 1t is believed to use its
extraordinary powers to benumb a big
enemy or 20 capture a smaller fish. 1t
loves to lie in sand, in which it will
bury itself by tapping its extremities,
throwing The sand over it's back. Tread
on it then and you will Ire prone in a
moment. It is sometimes sold for food
in French markets.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01
WEST BROAD STREET SCHOOL.
Interesting Exercises-A CredItabIe
Exhibition.

The closing exercises of West Broad Street
School, colored, under the principalship of
J. H. C. Butler, were rendered more than
usually interesting yesterday by well ar
ranged programme, which was excellently
carried out. The school is In a fourishing
condition and is one of the best conducted
colored schools in the State. The attend
ance of visitors was large and the exer-
cises were listened to with great inter-
est. The declarations and recitatiOns
were good and the singing was excel
lent. Addresses were made by several
colored citizens present, and the children re-
ceived many words of announcement to
continue in their labors to improve and
elevate themselves. We present herewith
sketch of the programme, which was very
faithfully and pleasantly carried out in all
sts details:
Recitation, Gentle Words, Sarah A. But
ler; Woman's Cause, Rosa A. Bowens;
Maiden's Psalm OF Life, Eva Mccall; The
Water Mil, Sarah 4 Theus; A Thanksgiv-
ing Sermon, BENZ. K. Brown; Lady Clare,
Phoebe A. Hines; True Love, Florence Z.
Tyson; My Big Brother, Lorenzo D. Thomp-
son; The Curfew Bell, Maria f. Castor;
Something Undone, Marie B. Allen; Shadow
on the Blinds, Lakeland NJ. Pollard; Wo-
mans Curiosity, Rachel A. Parker; Resig-
nation, Sarah 4. Cashion; Fuss at Fires,
Jas. B. Lewis; "I'll Call My Mother" Flor
enee A. Lewis; McClain's Vengeance, Re
becca A. Burke; Babies, John P. Taylor;
The Betrothal, Linda Adams; Midnight Mu
sings, Ellen Taylor.
Graduating certificates were given to
Phoebe A. Hines, Sarah A. Butler Rosa A.
Bowens, Rebecca A. Burke, Maria E. CASTOR,
Marie 3. Allen, Ellen Taylor and Sarah E.
Theus.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-01
An Interesting Habeas Corpus Case.

Quite novel case came up for caring
before Hon. John D. Ferrill, Ordinary of
this county, on yesterday. The facts, as
we learn them, are as follows: Mr.. Robert
Williams, doing business at Hazlehurst, on
the Macon and Brunswick r ,ilrosd, was
indicted by the grand jury OF Appling
county for selling liquor without license.
At the March term, 1880, of Appling su-
perior Court, he was tried and a verdi !!
found against him. The Judge sentenced
him either to pay a fine of $500 or be i'm
prisoned in jail for six months. Thereupon
defendant took an appeal to the Supreme
Court. giving bond meanwhile. At the last
term of the Supreme Court the case was
dismissed, owing to some technical defect
IN the papers. Hence, by operation of law.
the decision of the court below was affirmed.
A remitter to that effect having been
received, the Sheriff of Appling county
arrested the prisoner, and on the morning
of the 10Th ultimo lodged him in Chatham
county jail.
On the same day prisoners counsel, G.
J. Holton, Esq, Of Bailey, and Messrs.
Garrard s. Meldrim, applied TO the Ordinary
of this county for a writ of habeas corpus.
This was granted, and, as stated, came up
for a hearing yesterday.
The point raised by counsel for the prison
er was that their client being out under a
good and sufficient bond, and the remitter
being received III vacation, be could only
be arrested under an order of the Judge OF
the Superior Court passed In term time, at
which time the remitter is to be made the
judgment of the lower court,
After able argument on that point, So
llcitor General Mabry, Of the Brunswick
Circuit, representing the State, the court
considered the point raised by the prisoners
counsel well taken, and passed his order
discharging Mr.. Williams from custody.
The ruling of the Ordinary was that by
the Code of Georgia, under section 1885,
only the Superior Court in term time can
take steps to carry into effect a remitter
from the Supreme Court, and that the only
exception to this is IN regard to executions
upon money judgments (42S7), when remit
ter was fled in vacation, as this was; that
there is a mode pointed out by law to for
felt recognizance, and that the prisoner
was under recognizance, and that only at the
next or succeeding term of the Superior
Court OF Appling could an order be passed
to carry into effect the remitter, and that
therefore the imprisonment was unlawful
and the defendant entitled to be discharged.