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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-08
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.

The Natchitoches Vindicator the
most extensive and enterprising couD-
j Try newspapers published in this
4 State, makes use of the following Ian
, suage, i'll its issue of Jan 18th. in clos.
ing an article mentioning a change in
the ownership and management of
the Baton Rouge Advocate, viz:
'Ihe new Advocate will devote f.
sell 10 business instead of politics. IS
down on Solid South, has forgotten
about the war, thinks there is a little
oralns LETT outside the confederate
Orlgaulers and is not in favor OF Save
~. The Advocate can count on ms y
Now as for US we have not forgot.
ten about the war and we are in
favor OF a Solid South. We remem.
per that much of the best blood of the
South was spilled during the war.
ana That many a southern mother or
WE Is now wearing mourning. not
only IN dress but in her heart as q
consequence of that war. We re-
member that the industries and riches
OF the South were destroyed by that
war. we remember too as a conse-
quence OF that war, that hordes Of
camp followers from the North set
lea upon the South and endeavored
10 degrade us by cleyating a seryile
race to rule over US, and by inaugura-
ing a reign of ignorance and vepali-
ty, and by crushing us with load of ,
public debt, State, parochial and
We are in favor of the G
South being solid to encourage i'm. l
migration, and to build up the apri- o
mechanical and manufactur- T.
!lng industries and resources of the n
south. We are in favor of her being
'olld and marching hand in hand in
ne advancement of the cause of edu- T
'ation and the amelioration of her o,
oclal condition. We are in favor Of A
Ter being solid in upholding and ex. a. a.
the God given superiority :" d.
I the Caucasian race, intelligence and ol
norallty, and last but not least wa by
re IN favor of the South remaining ju
olld In her devotion to home rule co
nd constitutional government and in .Jo
pposition to all monopolies. NJ
1t may be that we have mistaken - ~,
lean'ng conveyed in the paragraph III,
uoted above, and We, hope that we IL. ml
re mistaken, but if the Vindicator Th
I'd Advocate have forgotten the war ge1
we remember it, and If thew are ers
'wn on the Solid South which We the
vor; then we are not with them
olnte Coupee Banner. I
Friend Claiborne, just place the 81,
on your platform. We Dr.
low that slavery has been abolished "
d that the Southern cross has as lin
nded to heaven, but we see nothing All,
'loyal in upholding the constitution and
med by the founders of the Ameri. ing
Republic. We are for a govern of |
mt based on the consent of the gov T. I
'ea and opposed to the death. to " |
ideas of Capitalization in the y
IDS OF the Federal power. Fit is orat
ason to uphold the doctrines of lean
omas Jefferson, then we glory in non.
iao' 'lia1 We are that kind of man
tor. hi 9;
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-08
The Latest News.

- i.iiln llliety days lookup
for "big' water on the lowe
! Mississippi buy your broom
J and water buckets at Wit
tlngs. Ireland's reyolutiona
~ state promises to continue
indefinitely The cows Of New
York, Ohio and adjoinin,
States having failed to com,
to time, the milkmaids Of tina
section are ''bowed down witt
grief and at last accounts
were engaged in the healthfuj
occupation Of viewing the see.
ne merry from the fence tops
1Neverless, at Writings may
De found the choicest cream
cheese and finest Goshen but
Ter at lowest quotations The
whale catch this season hay-
ing proved Improbable, many
w v, are laying in a sup
ply ? OF Writings homeless cod
nsh-Last week the streets
OF New York were SO slushy
that many ladies were carried
o over them in good-looking po-
llcemen's arms-Ward off the
evil effects Of a damp atmos-
phere by partaking of Wit
tlng'Ss, finest imported wines
and liquors, prepared express
y tor family use - The
South America considerations
nave fortnightly meets" on
ne field Of battle Chill has
wallowed up Peru Buy the
most durable and reasonable
,utlery at Writings When
ne railroad to Clinton is an
ssared fact, will the COWS {
ontlnue to walk in at the
[ont door, mother Not i'll
gu buy condensed milk at /
' fittings child The up-river |
ackets are loaded down to
re guards,a fact which seems
1 herald a prosperous Spring.
Writings have sold three,
!, urths Of that tinware spoken
| last week. A score or two
good bargains still left
'ch member Of the New Or.
ans Mystic Crew will wear
badge with the words "Wit. A
lg's Wares" inscribed there
The new reduced-rate|
ny has no doubt fastened I
Q or three prospective mar :.
'ges-Cheap crockery ware
Writings Cotton is going1
in price. The rice crop J.
t year was a poor ones
unds Of the best fpss p duar.
at Wittines~ fne rocky
,untain ling camps are
|dap1 N snow Oatmeal is
BEST muscle builder, try s.
has been ascer. t
led through the late census
lrns that printers received
r. presents and still more =
SEES .,s. than any other class
lllllonalres. you wish
Increase your weight? p Con
llge in Writings Wares Bo,
goodly number of trav- stv !
8 dramatic companies sH,
come to grief during the 0'i
wlnter-Have you seen
"a! play Of "The ~
Five Cent segar" atl1Ss
II Played la1c to]
+ empty boyes -aThe =
KrodI ~ es,ss5egar". or the ~
ret 3Ss air pressed, one
am flEThe depressing in
ces Of a rainy day have
been averted through
lediulm Of Writings best
A cup Of good coffee ID
Ia h1,1r oithnn ~ W.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-08

Inc Morning STAR the dashing pro-
peller that never fails to make time, was
however, held back by the storms of
saturday and Sunday last, during
which the river look ed like an anorv
sea- 1t would have been impossible for
the Morning Star or any other craft to
make time. Her clever commander Is
therefore fully excused by the public.
we are informed that the papers have
gone on to Washington, requesting the
to make Tuesday the law
over day OF the mail boat. which ar
will give the long-desired
mail on Mondays.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-08

DR. EDWARD W1TT1SG, JR., wAOr.
greet to state, left our city for New
leahs' on yesterday, per Steamer Can.
non. Mr.. Whiting is 3 young gentle.
man OF great promised. He is an active
business man and finished writer as .
numorlst' He has certainly gathered
all the information which the printing
once, which has been his alma mater
can give to the brightmind of the Young
American. He comes with him the hest
wishes of the CAP1roL1AS, for unbound.
ed success in all his undertakings
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-02-08

IHE RAILROAD is. MARCHING ON
The City Council, on yesterday, appolnt-
Ell Nessrs. John D. Fisher, John Gass,
Andrew jackson, N. Wax, A. Rosentield
and ). Z. Blouin, as the committee of
citizens, recommended to he designated
by the railroad meeting, to act in con-
junction with the one of the Council
composed of Messs. Week. Burke
John Wax, DR.. F. NJ. Brooks and the
Mayor. The Council further recon-
mended that meeting of the joint CON-
mlttee be held at the Mayors Office on
Thursday evening, at I o'clock. The
gentlemen selected, are all hard work
ers and our citizens can expect to see
the bail roll on at all hazards.
The following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing term of Highland
City Encampment, No. 8, X. Of T:
Philip Burg, VIC. K; Robert Aricer,
W. Y. c.; Charlie, Y !fabtree, W. Chap
lin William Geses W. R.; David
Ahern, W. t.; William Curren, ". NJ,
md were duly instalhd>Ry the follow
ng officers of the Grand ! Encampmep1 +
II L. F.: John R. Todd, On W. c. r. !
T. Pap G. Chaplin; F. Higs gins !
i. 5. N. Eaton. G, Treasurer :
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

But the service came to its close at
iast. The benediction was pronounced.
AGAIN the organ sent forth its most Joy
Gus notes. Miss Pickett, no longer now
Miss Pickett, went down the aisle, lean
ing on her stalwart husband. Yes, she
went down to live on his farm, and to
md how much a woman can enioy her.
self looking after the chickens and the
cream and the eggs. She went down to
pleasant home, and to loval if not a
brilliant husband. AS, week after week,
the vegetable wagon went it's rounds,
Miss Pickett that was rode beside her
husband: Often she stopped at the rec
tory to leave present for the pastor
whose, gracious permission had secured
her all this happiness. Yes, Mr.. Jones
Das right. The country air improved
her health, and improved her looks also.
Each week she looked roster and
plumper. In word, Miss Pickett wa.
happy, and at length my cares and anxi-
cites for her were forever at an end, and
my dreams were untroubled. -Harper' s
Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
MeteOrs and Comets.

In the year 1866 there occurred, on
November 18th, very remarkable show
er of meteors or shooting stars. and
these exceptional displays were found to
have required at intervals of 80 IA
years. 1t was shown by somewhat alb.
struse calculations, into which we can
not here enter. that if la,ataor a.vsAr...
revolved round the sun in an oval path
in exactly 80 IA years, the disturbing
effect of the planet would be exactly
such as had been observed. Hence, it
appeared that these meteors must per-
form their revolutions in 80 IA years,
and it was then inferred that they must
be moving in the same path as a comet
observed in the year 1866, a few months
before the display of shooting stars.
Further evidence was supplied by the
discovery that the path of the well-known
August meteors was the same as that Of
the great comet of 1862, and that
shower of meteors annually observed in
April followed the track of the great
comet of 1861, through the tail of which
the earth is believed to have passed. But
it was in 1872 that the most interesting
facts in connection with the relation be.
tween comets and meteors were brought
to light. Toward the end of 1872 as.
tronomers were eagerly expecting Biela's
periodical comet, which had excited
their attention in 1916 by its splitting up
into two distinct bodies; but it was
sought in vain. In its place, however,
appeared, at the end of November,
striking display of meteors, and subse-
quently, on the I'd and Sd of December,
a comet was observed in the track
which the meteor stream might
be supposed to have taken. 1t has
been inferred, with some show of
reason, that the earth actually passed
through one of the heads of Biela's
comet on November 81, 1872, and that
the only effect was shower of shooting
stars. At little distance the meteor
swarm would seem to have presented
the ordinary appearance of comet.
| The chain of circumstantial evidence
which connects comets and meteors is
still further strengthened by the exam
nation of their spectra. BY the help of
the spectroscope it is found that the light
of comets is derived to a great extent
from glowing vapor of carbon in
some form or other, and it has also been
shown that meteoric stones which have
fallen on the earth give off, when heat
ed in vacuum, vapors producing tho
same spectra as those observed in COM
! cts. .II
1t would seem probable that the nu-
cleus of a comet is neither a solid nor
gaseous body, but mere cluster of dis
crete meteoric particles through which
the earth might pass without experience.
ing any effect beyond that of startling
shower of shooting stars, and that the
head is composed of gases evolved from
these meteors under the combined ac-
ton of the SUMS heat and the rarefac-
ton of space. With regard to the form
alton of tails the most plausible theory
appears to be that they are due to re.
pulsive force emauating from the sun
POSSIBLY electrically which acts on the
gases evolved from the nucleus, and
generates tails in different directions.ac-
oording to the molecular constitution OF
the gases.-L0ndon SATURDAY ReUieW.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
A locomotives Race. with Reptile.

As the Shenandoah Valley fast express
entered the mile cut Immediately north
of our town on Tuesday last the engineer
was horror stricken to see what he sup
posed to be the end of the rail Just ahead
Of his rushing locomotive sliding rapidly
away from him. His first thought was
a broken rail caught by the pilot, and he
expected an instantaneous shock. Won
derment usurped the place of fear when
a second glance revealed a ive-foot
blacksnake of the species known rs
runner" gliding rapidly away from
him on top of the rail. "a In the excite
ment of the moment his hand sought the
throttle, he threw it wide open and the
train bounded forward under the i'm
pulse, but the snake maintained its lead
although the train was running at fully
fifty miles per hour, and when the end
of the cut was reached, and opportunity
was afforded to escape, it left i've rail-,
ran out into an open space, coiled itself
up, threw its head into an attitude of
defiance and died right there. An ex-
animation proved that the intense heat
of the rail had bncned it to DEATH,
MectaeicStoUn (Md.) Clarion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
PITH AND POINT.

-Beecher says Hades is state rath-
er than Il place. Jersey, We'll bet
Turner'S Falls Reporter. Fl .E n5t
--Birdlings are very selfish creatures.
They take the food right out of their
mothers moqths.-Boston Transcript.
We Judge from accounts in almost
all of our exchanges that almost every
body has, at one time or another, been
shot through the liver.--EImira Free
Press. .Uss it.B .ai .H i",Hf. H"'
"A Michigan editor received 5000, 002
from the administrator of the estate of a
deceased subscriber, and to celebrate
the event caused his Office towel to be
washed. How often affluence leads to
eXtravagance.-DetroH Free Press. w
Now the chowder's in the pot, and
the days are getting hot, and we all be-
gin to swelter with a SWEET, SWEET, SWEET.
While the crimson lemonade through a
straw enchants the maid, who displays
bunch of flowers at her belt, belt, belt.
-PucE. -'
The editor sat in his easy chair.
His shirt collar was unbuttoned, he was
wiping the perspiration off his brow,
and thinking of a future state (unre-
vised), when the man who borrows ex-'
changes and gives him suggestions as to
how to run his paper came in and said
=" Is this hot eno--.'' Z. The man said
no more until he opened his.e in the
drug store, when he remarked, 81 reck-u
on it was. ''-Zeras Sitlings. Oh qa 1sl
The first brink makes man feel
anxious for the second; the second
brings smile to his face; the third has
voluble effect; the fourth, he is still
more sociable; the fifth produces digni-
ty; the sixth a stern expression of coun- ..
tenance that means beware; the seventh,
he becomes pugilistic; the eighth. he
fights and gets thrashed, and all subse-
quent drinks have no effect but to delay
the hour of sobriety.-Nev Havcn Reg
iSter
=" What kind of a house do you
want?" asked the architect. ss Oh,"t
replied the citizen, YEARLY, 81 don't
want a house at all. | just want you
to build me three tiers of closets, like
jail cells; one hundred and thirty closets
in a tier, and put a roof over the top
tier. l want to put up house that will
contain enough closets to satisfy my
wife," But the architect, who was q.
man of broad experience, told him he
would have to put a thousand closets in
q tier and make the edifice six stories
high, and then his wife would say when
that there wasn't closet in
the house big enough for cat to turn
round .-Bur1sngt0n Ha,cteye. "'' '''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


"A South Carolina inventor will ex-
hibit a contemplating machine at the
Atlanta Exposition. atr
The recent discovery that cotton
seed oil is a perfect and satisfactory sub
stltute for lard bids fair to create quite
revolution in Southern household
economy.
Eastern tanners sometimes use the
1rult OF the cypress tree in their tanning
operations, and it is maintained that the
fruit and even the wood of this tree
makes very good tanning material.
Paper betting is used with success
IN the machinery hall of an exhibition
now held in Japan. 1t is stated that the
betting made of paper has been tested
ana found to be much stronger than that
made OF ordinary leather. a 40 I'm.
The canal across the Isthmus OF
Corlnth, begun by the Romans under
the Emperor Nero, but never finished,
Is likely to be cut by the French, Gen.
Iurr having lately received concession
from the Greek Government to carry
out the project.
An inventor in Hartford, Conn.
has patented belt which is made of
IRON wire, the selvages being brass and
copper. The weff is of cotton, several
threads being woven in without being
twisted together. A double fabric is
made, between which, or inside Of
which nrannho,. Of s;-e,l~> .L.->--s -.-;--~-
are inclosed to take the tensile strain of
the belt. XIX. ..,.;.,,..
"A new celluloid is said to be obtain,
ed from well-peeled potatoes, which are
treated for thirty-six hours with solu-
ton of eight parts of sulphuric acid in
100 parts of water. The mass is dried
between blotting-paper, and then press
ed. 1t is further stated that in France
smoking-pipes are manufactured out of
this new material which are quite equal
in appearance to the meerschaum. By
heavy pressure the material acquires.
such hardness that billiard-ballS can
be manufactured from it.
Investigations into the cause of dis.
ease in plants have been made on pear
and apple trees by Prof. L. j.. Burrill
His paper in the July American Notu-,
rottsI opens up prospect that blight in
fruit trees can be combated successfully
by careful tests of the diseased parts and
the use of knife. He found the starchy'
particles in the bark of diseased pear
trees full of bacteria, and succeeded in
inoculating healthy from diseased trees.
While cutting away infected parts the
greatest care has to be taken lest healthy
tissue become inoculated by the knife.
The yellows of the peach tree are of the,
same nature, and the Lombardy poplar
and aspen suffer from a similar disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
TOO OLD 4 LOVE.

What Wilt thou have the work worn hand
so late, to lie in thine?
What! CLOVIS the sun so bright to-day
Thou'rt blinded by its shine?
Or, rather, hast thou gone in thought
Back to that Long Ago,
When tins poor hand was soft as silk
And nigh as fair as snow!
All then twas meet to prop the brow
Where shadows never stayed;
Twas meet to lift and bind away
The brown hair of maid;
Twas meet to shade the eyes that looked
Straight out and toward the sun;
But that slim girl of Long Ago
And 1--we are not onel
But 1, though am sad and worn
And faded from Youths best,
VIII not pretend my day is high
When it is in the west.
Thou soonest to hold light, old coin
At its first worth to buy
The fair new trappings of to day.
Thourt just-and so am IL
Thou sayest that, if my looks are old,
Why then so is thy love;
But then twas locked within the drawer
With this old fashioned glovel
Not either of the ancient twain
Is fit to see the light;
No more is this, my shrinking face,
And so, Sweetheart, Goodnight
No! mol am too proud to let
Thy kisses light thereon;
let thee love me for the sake
OF what i5 past and gone.
We are not what we were the night
We quar1eled. This is why
TITS best to turn the key again
Upon the sweet Gone by!
-HoUGrd GlyndOn, in N. y. Independent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
A Timely Caution.

This is the season when great num-
bers of people indulge in the pleasures
of rambles in the woods, rock giens, and
other adjuncts of rural life; but aside
from sentiment it is a time to beware of
poisonous plants and shrubs. We may
''serve purpose" just now, in mention
ing few of the most common that should
not be touched: The two varieties of
poison-ivy, sometimes called poison-vine
and poison-oak, one of which grows
erect as shrub from two to five feet
high, and the other as vine from eight
to thirty feet high. Poison sumac, also
known as poison-elder and swamp-dog.
wood, growing as shrub or small tree
from ten to eighteen feet high, generally.
in moist places; the foliage is light
green. OF those which should not even
be placed in the mouth are the wild car
rot, wild parsley, cowbane, hemlock-
parsley, water-hemlock (the roots OF
which are deadly poison), and poison
hemlock (also virulent poison; the
root, leaves and berries of pokeweed,
scake and Target are poisonous. Chill
dren sometimes eat the berries of the
buck-thorn, which is violent and dan
gerous purgative, frequently producing
dangerous symptoms. 81
The only safe way to avoid the I'M
pleasant or dangerous effects is to scru-
pulously refrain from handling or chew
ing any plant, or any part of it, unless
the plant is well known to you, and
known to be innoxious.
As ivy is one of the most common pois-
ons, the following preventive may be
found ellicacious Ifyou have been in con-
tact with it, as soon as possible thereaf-
ter sponge yourself thoroughly all over
with strong vinegar or alcohol, with
salt sufficient in it to make it briny then
wash off with strong soap-suds. Cure
for the a6ecton--when it breaks out,
scratch it till the surface is highly irri-
tated; then apply strong solution Of
oxalic acid. This is very severe, but
single application will be sufficient.
-Satarday Night. ,.....I... ...,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20

AT q recent social entertainment the
Princess of Wales was presented with q
magnificent bouquet, in the centre OF
which, half hidden with the flowers,
was a mechanical bird which warbled
several charming notes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-08-11

CASriNE. Quite 4 number of miners have taken
up their abode in town during the past week, sew
eral bringing their families This denotes an in
crease in the mining business hereabouts. The
little son of Rev l.. j. Thomas, fell from top to bot
tom of flight of stairs the other day, and narrow
~ escaped serious injury Rev. Mr.. BaretoW, of
Burlington, W.T. preached in the Orthodox church
last sabbath .Messrs. A. f. Ives Jr., and Ii. e.
Williams, of Brooklyn, L. l., chartered the steamer
Everett last week. and with few friends made Il
fishing trip to Isle au liaut The Normal Encamp-
ment at Camden, reports lair attendance and a
good time. The rooms oyer Mrs. Parker's store,
in course of preparation for the new lodge of odd
Fellows, are nearly completed. The chief amusc-
ment for the boys at present is catching thinkers
from the steamboat wharf. =. Lawrence's Cornet
Band has disbanded.. .Schrs. Isola and Henry
Whitney sailed Monday morning, outward bound,
with lumber from Bangor.
SEARsPORT The alarm Of fire "Wednesday eve
was from the burning of Mr.. f. ;. Cyphers house
The fire department was promptly on hand and
succeeded in saving the l. and most Of the furni
ture, &c, &c. and the lower part of the main house
in a badly damaged condition The fire was caused
by the explosion of q kerosene lamp. Mr.. NJ. ;.
Staples, who has part of the insurance the house.
was near the scene when the alarm given, and
speaks very highly of the promptness of the ''hovs"
in responding, and their effective work. :. Capt.
James Hartman and Dan. Goodell, .Ir, with a
party of lady friends from Winterport and Bangor,
have been making tour of the bay They visited
Castine, Islesboro, Turtle Head, Rockport, North
port Camden Fort Point, and 50 ON up river, and
pronounce it of the finest excursions of their
lives. They We're particularly pleased with Turtle
Head and their treatment ut the hands of Dr. Davis,
having visited him on his birthday Several YES
sells, fog bound in the bay, went out sunday morn
ing.