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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
4 BALKY HORSE.

A Canada paper gives room to the fol-
lowing curious mode of dealing with a
balky horse 1 would prepare myself
with a good strap-I want no whip;
perhaps he has got good taste of that
already. and still he is master. Bstt
some day. when I was at peace with my
sslf and all around, 1 would hitch him
to the buggy, turning his head to the
village. He goes half the way very well
indeed; then he begins to think he has
gone far enough in that direction, and
stops. step down = he expects me to
use the whip; he is mistaken. As a
criminal, treat him on the silent sys-
tenn. Ipush him back little out Of
the way. show him the strap, putting
it up to his nose. 1 60 to the off side
and buckle it to his fore leg, close up to
his breast, throwing the other end over
his shoulder; then raise his near foot
and fix it with the hoof almost touching
the belly. This done, say, snow, old
chap, You just stand there" 1 don't
smoke, so I take paper from my
pocket, and finding a place where can
sit down, and he see me, / begin'to read.
This is something he did not bargain for,
and the novelty Of standing on*hree Leg
somewhat diverts his mind from The
cause that stopped him. I think that j. i
the chief point gained, and the mos'
humane. When the strap is. taken Of
show it to him. caress him a Little. anc
We move on without irritation. Iht
strap wiz now become part OF the har
ness for a month or two, till at last TN
sight of n will act Is talisnamG -.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05

"A swzA1Mo club is something new
nnder the sun. An English publican
applied to . Manchester magistrate for
an extension Of hours for . supper in
connection with . "Swearing Club. )"
The magistrate asked what that was.
The applicant explained that fines were
imposed for swearing on Sundays, and
ont Of these fiaes the supper was paid
Tor The magistrate expressed sur
r,;.a that the fines should be 30 large as
- he sufficient to defrsy the cost OF the
renast The applicant said there was
.omething short, and they made that mp.
The application was refused.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
sARBERs AMI shAvrNG.

The idea that shaving is duty is
older than the invention of steel or even
Of bronze razors. Nothing is more re-
markable in savage life than the resolu-
ton of the braves, who shave with a
shell or with a,breksn pieqsDf glass left
by mariners. A warrioy will tbroY him
self upon the ground, and, while one
friend holds his arms and prevents him
from struggling, another win scrape his
chin with the shell, or ~ith the Broken
hottie, till he risesblecdins but sx6Hlless.
Macanfey must have shaved slnheet as
bsily.with Ahe razorsof -napdarn ~, and
when lie vent t4a .barpexs and stcr an
easy shave, asked what he, owed the fol-
low, straig! Of charging toe, too, littss' ias r'-
Piled:
''.3Just What you generally give the
man That sliaves you, sir" ~
II generally give him two cuts on
~Ash cheek" saitl tie histosiad5
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
DINNERS AND PCNCTCALYTY.

q
A prominent Anerican ptstesman.
says the London Globe. was said to take
pride III always knocking at any door
within which, he had an enOngement
precisely with the first stroke OF the
clock az with the Vcfv tick of his watch.
Perhaps If that wondrous wise states
man had taken the trouble to ".tot mp
all the. odds and ends of time he must
have wasted in securing that pettifog-
elng precision he would have found that.
Whatever he might have dome for other
peoples time, hehad really been as waste
iiil oi his own as the veriest sloven i'll
this way may bsssupposod to he on the
showing Of very exemplary people--as
wasteful, Or instances as Lord Palmers.
ton, who was known to dropfmt6a a pub
lie dinner four hours after the appointed
time.
When Bosville gave his fashionable
dinners in Welbeck street the guests
were always given to understand that
time must he observed to the minute,
and that il they were not there dinner
must proceed without them. It WAS not
often that folks came late, for most peo-
pie can be punctual when they know it
is expected N them. On one occasion,
however, it happened to be the sstrono-
mcr royal WHo' came in half minute or
50 behind the appointed dinner hour.
and found the guestsrcoping dFn the
staircase to the dining-room. I" trust.
Mr. Friend" said the host in greeting
him. "that in future you will bear in
mind we don't reckon time here by the
meridian Of Greenwich but by the me-
ri,iian of Welbcck street" That sort Of
thing may all be very wen when it is
clearly understood that, in auctioneers'
phraseology, it is to he dinner time,
prompt" but itis not svsry host who
can muster the hardihood for such rig
idity, even though their guests may not
be astronomers royal. Most people
would agree with Dr. johnson in his
well-known dictum on 10 point.
Ought Six people to be kept waiting
for one?' asked Boswell, who was him.
self Inclined to proceed without one lag
gard "Why, yes" said johnson, off
the one will suffer more by your sitting
down than the SD will by waiting!'
One csnnOt wonder if Russian mag
mates ere afflicted with dyaspi)e on the
brain, but it seems odd that the craze
should spread SO far as to infect quiet
English gentlemen who live at home in
ease. Yet one of the big-wigs of the
semi-sl,bmban town OF Croydon had
sharp attack of the malady, caused by
no less an occurrence than tlAs delivery
at his door of locked csslrbox. Neither
he nor any of his family had ordered
such an article. AMI 4e ct oncsruspect-
ed plot TO destroy not oply Aipsalf bnt
his belongings, so he conveyed ! he box
With finhcard-of precautions to the local
police station. ~The amsn ins'blhe Of
course concurrevl id his view, Ani with
equal care took it to q neiehhorine iron
monger, who strung it up ons scaffold
pole and opened it in some mysteriously-
delicate manner. The cash-box proved
to be quite snsty. aa4 faA W>ely been
left by the ubiquitous shepsboy at tho
wrong house
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
ARCTIC WINTERS.

In paper read before the National
Academy Of Sciences, Lieut.. Schwatka
treated of "the duration of the Arctic
winter" He said that at latitude SO deg. /.
20 min., 26 sec. (the highest point ever
reached by man, which was attained by
Commander Markham, of Capt. Mares
expedition), there are four hours and
forty.two minutes of twilight on Dec.
d. the ahortest day in the year in the
northern hemisphere. In latitude 81
dec. AZ min., the highest point where
white men have wintered (the crew Of
the Albert, of Capt. Mares expedition),
there are six hours and two minutes in
the shortest day. In latitude "a deg.
30 min. (seventy-two geographical miles
nearer the pole than MARKHAM reached,
and 32S miles from that point, the true
nlutonic zone can - entered ~ man.
The pole itself is oulF shrouded in per-
f.ct blackness from Nov. 13 till Jan. 27.
The pole has about 1888 days Of .cOntinu-
ous daylight, 400 Of varying twilight,
.nd seyenty.seven of utter darkness"
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05

OLIVE LOGAN has a friend who, lived
in Cuba, who used to observe some grand
ladies driving out every afternoon with
flowers in their hair, diamonds on their
necks, aud the volante full of the founces
of their profusely-trimmed silks. One
day the vehicle upset and spilled the
great ladies', when it was discovered tia,
they had on neither shoes nor stock
ings.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
"chALK -FOUR HAT."

LILO cant phrase, "Chalk your hat,
which is stil current in many parts Of
the Union, IL said to have had it's origin
in literal illustration of the words.
admiral Reside was an owner of
varous stage coaches in the days before
railroads. He spent much of his time
in Washington, whers, indeed, he lived
for severalf years. At the annual ad-
lournment Of Congress he would pass
his friends of the House and Senate-he
was well acquainted with all the promi-
nent politicians of his era-over any
stage line he controlled. He would say
to an Ohioan or Kentuckian 81 sup
pose you're going back to Cincinnati or
Louisville, and I'll pass you through by
stage" When he was asked: "How?"
he would reply: "Give me your hat
He would take the hat, make a cabalis-
tic chalk mark on it impossible to coun-
terfeit, and return it with the remark,
THAT will serve your turn /; my agents
will recognize that anywhere, and won't
receive cent from the men whose hat
is so marked" Reside was right. All
his agents knew the sign at once. Tho
thing became SO common that some fol-
lows tried to initiate it, but they were
invariably detected and compelled to
leave the stage or pay their fare. In the
South and West "Chalk your hat" still
stands for what the East stylts dead
headins.TvNew York paper.
.t ANOrHER GOOD BOY.
A Detroit grocer was hungrily waiting
}, for his clerk to return from dinner and
) give him chance at his own MONDAY
meal, when a boy came into his store
with basket in his hand and said:
81 seed a boy grab up this ere basket
from the door and run, and 1 run after
him, and made him give it up."
"My lad. you are an honest boy"
Eyes, SIR"
"And you look like good boy,
"Yes. sir.- .t .
'tAnd good boys should always be en-
eosraged. In box in the back room
There are eight dozen eggs. You may
sAake them home to your mother, and
keep the basket"
The grocer had been saving those
eggs for days and weeks to reward some
one. In rewarding a good boy he also
got eight dozen bad eggs carried ont Of
/. thex neighborhoOd free of cost, and he
chuckled little chuck as he wslked
homewafd
The afternoon wsned, night came and
went, and once more the grocer went to
his dinner. When he returned he was
picking his teeth and wearing compla-
cent smile. His eye caught basket Of
eight dozen eggs as he entered the store,
and he queried
"Been buying some eggs"
"Yes; got hold of those from faru,-
er's boy, replied the clerk.
"a lame boy with blue cap on9"
eyes"
1.-TWO front teeth ont :"
eyes"
The grocer sat down and examined the
eggs. The shells had been washed clean,
but they we're the same eggs that good
boy had lugged homo the day before
Free Press.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05

- So. "A BRUTE
-sAn man who is the husssnd Of YER,
fashionable and telkative wifesw out
walking With his little girl, when he met
Niend whos sndmircd the child very
e,ucbv ~-~ - sSsss
."It is a gsaiiiifal child, Nd til.
friend. 'fand looks very much Ne it.
mother, particularly absy TIE 70 nth.
,"Nayhs sos,respondea the husband
father. bpt I hsve never seen its mouth
at rest loHg enough to tell what it looks
like"
l. it any wonder the District Court
docket is loaded down With divorce suits?
Grriteefois .N.uS.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-03-05
A VOCAL amateur inquiries if his voice
can be raised with tenor leven lessons.

Pres and elephants are the latest de
sjcrs IL mons scsri pins
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31
"WOODCHUCKS.. :.

Why are fowls the most profitable things a l farmer can raise Because for every grain | they give peck.
 To refuse to pay the landlords is the 1 densest form of Irish ignore rents. .-Pdila- l deLl7I,tG Bulletin.
 An exchange says: stAn umbrella that keeps Lent all the year round is altogether too religious for us."
 If a man gives up smoking, eating and drinking the gout will not trouble him long. -Nea0 Orleans Picayuree. Do I look anything like you, MT. Jones ?'' inquired Caulifower. "I hope not, |" was the reply. 'sDid man take you for me ?'' ''Yes" ''Where is he? I must lick him" ''Oh, he's dead. I shot him on the tu- Modern Argo.
 ''See there! !' exclaimed 8 returned Irish soldier to a. gaping crowd, as he exhibited with some pride his tali hat with bullet hole in it. Look at that hole, will you :? You see that if it had been a ]ow-crowned hat I should have been killed outright
 Nature" says an exchange intended that man should breathe through his nos trils" But when nature invented the New England cllmate she intended that man shouldn't have chance to breathe through them much more than half the time.-B0ston Transcript.
 Everything bears hard upon the poor. The rich man who puts nothing in the contribu- tion box Sunday morning is at once supposed to have left his pocketbook in his other trou- sers but the poor man who has but one suit of clothes can't get off so easily.-I'htt- adeLpltia EUeniaag Ne'cs.
 Conscientious guard-'Tm afraid, sir, the young lady can't be permitted to travel on a half ticket; she's much over 12 years of age!" Irate papa-'Do you mean to inform me, sir, that my daughter and are endeayor- ing to swindle the railway company? Let me tell you, sir, that we've never been so grossly insulted on this line before, although we've both travelled on it over fifteen years" -L01GI0n ,JlktEu
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

iSt. Nich0las for November has a story oi some length, "An d-Fashioned Thanksgiv. ing" by Louisa M. Alcott, which is well il lustrated. It has also the beginning of the very interesting series of papers entitled 'Recollections of Drummer Boy." by Harry M. Kiefer, with five Illustrations Noah Brooks contributes paper on President Gar. field, which is preceded by view of the Franeklyn cottage at Elberon. Among the other articles are the following: ''Spideree, '' with six illustrations; ''Murillo's Mulatto,' ? two illustrations; "The Knights of the Ex- tension Table," ten illustrations; ''All -hallow Eve Myths" one illustration ''The Peter kins Give a Fancy Ball." by Lucretia P Hale ;
 Some Balloon Experiences" five illustra- tions; Sir Joshua and Little Penelope, D with view of Sir Joshua's studio; ''The Verney Ancestor" with Illustrations 'sThe Fairy's Gift," finely engrossed and illustrated by Jessie McDermott; ''How Johnny's Birth- day was Kept-A Day on a Desert Island, ' five illustrations. The promise for the De- cember or Christmas number is that it will be the most beautiful number ever issued.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31

Denver, Colorado What Some People Think About It and What It Is-The Cost of Living There-The Chances for
 New Comers-The HcteIs, Union Depot, Etc
 DENVER, Col, Oct. 24. To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER: It is true, is it not, that we may read and hear about certain place all our lives, and vet when we visit and see what we thought we knew about, all the s'air castles we had builded" So carefully tumbled at our feet. I know it was so in my own case in regard to Colorado. I was most pleasantly surprised, and I'm sure it would be the same with many intelligent people now living in the East were they to take 8 trip in this direction
 Many think that this, the Centennial State, :" is scarcely inhabited, at all events that most of the residents are miners, whose sole ambition is to "strike 1t rich 7" AS for the country itself, the mountain seen cry Is grand of course, but then the Indians, wild animals, etc.-how terrible to be in fear for one's life all the time. Illustrating the knowledge some eastern people display con corning this part of the country-one of Denver's citizens was in New York city re- gently and in the course of conversation with business gentleman he was asked the popu- lation of this city. On being told about 50,- 900, this New York gentleman said, "But many of them are Indians, I suppose" An other, gentleman living here, received letter from his brother somewhere in New England, believe Among other news he told him of the attempted assassination of President Garfield, giving many particulars and promised that he would send him the papers from home, as he had probably heard nothing of this dreadful occurrence. Wasn't that odd? Why, the Colorado newspapers generally are far ahead both in size, accura- cy of detail and interest, of most newspapers published in Connecticut. (Now said most, not aH; so don't challenge me, any of you Connecticut editors, or sue me for ibel.)
 The fact is, this bright little city which has scarcely gained it's majority and num- bers about 50,ooO inhabitants Ca large mum Der have been added this past season too( has ali the advantages of school, church and society that cities much larger and older
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31
kets by United States enterprise and the new field opening up in India.


 A draft of proposed bankrupt law has been prepared by MT. c. c. Bonney, of Chi cago, which has the great merits of brevity, comprehensiveness and freedom from defini- tions and elaborate statements of principles which have been already made familiar to every lawyer in the decisions of the courts It contains only nine sections It gives to the District Court equity jurisdiction in cases of bankruptcy, provides for voluntary and involuntary proceedings, for the discharge of honest debtors, and for constant supervision of the proceedings by the circuit judge and the associate justice of the Supreme Court ss. signed to the circuit. It does not provide any new judicial procedure nor any new offic- CTS, but retains the familiar practice and the existing tribunals. The administrative work, which under the late bankrupt law was done by registers in bankruptcy, is by this bill as- signed to masters in chancery. It does little more in fact than to give to the District Court jurisdiction in bankruptcy.
 The "Old Man of the Mountain, y the great stone face jutting out from one of the nearly perpendicular walls of Franconia Notch, is apparently doomed to speedy de- struction. member of the Appalachian Club, who made visit to it last month, says the whole ledge is in crumbling condition. A large fragment of rock which forms the upper part of the forehead has become separated from the cliff, and is now poised on the outer edge of the mass of rock upon which the forehead rests. This gap has been slowly widening for years. Some fifteen or twenty feet back is a huge creVice. This is filled with loose gravel and water, and the action of the frost this coming winter, it is feared, will so jar the upper forehead fragment, fifteen feet long and four to five feet in width and depth ,that it will fall and injure if not destroy the features below To prevent this catastrophe means must be provided to carry of the water and gravel from the rear crevice, and it is thought that the small Assure may be prevented from widening by means of iron clamps The proprietors of the Profile House, who are naturally solicitous to save this attractive ad- vertisement of the Notch. guarantee that ev- erything which is feasible shall be done to save 1t before winter sets in. Cementing the rocks solidly together was first suggested, but when the difficult climb up the steep side was considered and the fact brought to mind that man could not carry more than pailful of cement to the cliffs at a time, the idea was abandoned at once. The scheme decided upon seems the only practi- cal one, and this will be but a temporary sal vation of the face, in the opinion of engineers who have examined into the condition of the rock
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31
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 The Doctor also gives valuable advice business matters, and all the affairs of life, both social and financial
 He will tell you if success or diversity awaits you also of journeys lawsuits gains losses absent friends and great success in selecting lucky numbers All should consult him. He is always reliable.
 Sittings forbusiness affairs examination of the sick, a- Communications by letter upon business or health must contain $2, age, sex, a lock ei hair and stamp Address Lock Box ,253. Norwich Ct For further particulars send stamp and get circu lar.
 TAKE NOTICE Doctor be consulted al the Byxbee House, Meriden Ct, four days, commen- cling Oct. 24th. Also he will be at Smiths Hotel Wa terbury, Ct, four days, commencing Oct 2sth.
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31
Phrenology at a Mormon Conference.

l The observant student of phrenology has a
 fine field for his study at the conference.
 There are three distinct types of faces, denot- | ing stubbornness, ignorance and superstition | The stubborn face first strikes the observer.
 A forehead like the end of a Albert, crooked
 nose and protruding under lip. Such faces | belong to men who will take the minority | side of any question and stick to it clean to l the grave. Every town has some odd, cranky character who is willing to bet two dollars and a-haIf that the world is flat who denies that water will seek it's level, and if on jury always stands out against the other eleven. If he ever has to leave his native town, he will fetch up in Salt Lake in the Mormon church to a dead certainty. He embraces the faith, content to know that
 9,999 out of 10000 look upon it as the grand
 sham of the century. The superstitious class have faces of another type entirely. There is strength in the stubborn face, but none in the superstitious. Their under lips retreat their chins are hardly discernible and, sit ting with dilated eyes and open mouths, they
 drink in the food of bosh and drivel from the
 preachers, absolutely believing that the
 meaningless swash of language is the divine inspiration of God. Then comes the vast array of ignorant faces-whole rows of men
 who look like chimpanzees from the junglss of Central Africa men with little diminutive
 noses, big mouths, cunning. twlnkllng eyes and protruding teeth. The fringe of neck
 whiskers about the lower part of the face
 completes the general resemblance to the
 baboon, which is never lost when viewed
 from any direction, front, side or oblique.
 Throughout the entire audience is noticed
 the low frontal development characteristic of
 the lower order of animals; thick, sensual
 necks, sleepy, 1echerous eyes and the mouths
 of carniVorous beasts. The women are
 equally interesting studies. Some of the old hags brought to the territory in the earlier days to work and grub for the apostles look to be nearly 200 years old, crooked, stoop- shouldered, lame and twisted, with warts and sores all over their discolored faces. They would, if placed along with the witch of Endor make the scripture bag look like a rosy dimpled babe
 These faces only belong to the congrega- tion, the tithe-payers. The tithe- eaters, who sit up and do the talking, are of different order. Their faces are stamped with a sleek, plausible cunning, and they maintain their naturalness as they face the poor devils whom they have robbed and duped for half centu- ry. George o. Cannon is a fine type of the sleek faced apostle of fraud and robbery. To the congregation below he seems the perfect impersonation of piety and purity. The cut of his jib the perfect brush of his hair and the mild and gentle look of his eye all indi- cate the man whose sleek exterior is but mask to cover his real characteristics. The wretches to whom bis hypocritical sermons are directed drink in his platitudes like water.
 The man who itched for office was elected by scratching. ECeRtng Post,
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31

A good many funny reports concerning railroads are flying about nowadays, but we have seen nothing funnier than the report that the New York and New England direct ors had voted to lease the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad