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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-04-01
DRUMMERS.'
claiborne (La.) Guardian.l

claiborne (La.) Gu0rdianl
This location is not peculiar to the
Uni States. In England and on
the European continent the drummer
is known as the commercial traveller
or bagman, so that this method of Sc
curing custom or trade is not Il yam
kec invention. Some here apply the
English appellation, but use and time
has fixed the other name, and this
numerous class of people will always
be drummers.
Within twenty-five years there has
been a wonderful change in the b1si-
ness methods of the drummer. In the
beginning it was the custom to send
out Representatives from mercantile
houses whose business was to form ac-
quaintances and arrange matters so
that the country merchant would re-
turn the call when making his annual
or seni~annual visit to the metropo-
lis. Some one adopted the English
plan of travelling with samples, 4 plan
which has now become universal. The
jeweler travels with trunk OF goods
taking orders, SO the clothing, hard
ware, boot, shoe and hat, dry goods,
and all other merchants, even the
dealer in collins, and burial Iarapher-
MALTA.
that no house dare attempt to do busi-
ness after the old conservative plan.
To succeed, the merchant must have
his corps of drummers who spread
his samples before the country dealer
in his own house, enabling him to pro-
cure a stock as we'll as if he were in
the wholesale house, with the addi-
tional advantage that he is not at the
expense Of a trip to New York, New
Orleans, st. Louis, or other large city.
But everybody understands the sys-
tenn of drumming. We started out to
say, that this class have grown so
numerous, that they are an army with
in themselves, and deserve like other
classes to be immortalized by some of
the great literary men of the day.
They have peculiarities, ways and
professional expressions that, if incor-
porated in a play, would make the
fortune of an actor who could mimic
these gentlemen to the life.
A play is now on the boards with
Jew drummer as the leading charac-
ter; but the defect of this play is, that
the peculiaritieS Of the Jew are given,
and not of the drummer.
The field is n fertile one. If we'll
worked it will yield an ample harvest
to the literary agriculturist. Cooper
immortalized our American Trapper
and the wild Indian; Harte pcrpetu-
ates in our literature the miner and
the western gambler; lIggleston has
painted to the life the hoosier school
master and the circuit rider-the
drummer yet remains. Who among
the literati of the nation will immor-
talizc the drummer
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GEN. LEES SWORD.

Ever since the fatal day ut Apo
mattoN there has been vast deal of
gusll poured out on Gen. Grant for his
magnanimity in returning to Gen Lee
his sword. The truth comes out at
last that Gen. Lee neither surrendered
his sword nor proposed to do so, and,
as consequence, Gen. Grant did not
return it to him. The Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quirer furnishes the following:
The question being Il mootcd one as
to whether or no Gen. Lee surrendered
his sword to Gen. Grant at Appo-
mattoN courthouse, the following cor
respondeuce very cilectually settles the
question:
BUFFALO LITIIIA SPRINGS, VA, |
March II, 1881. !
Gen. U. s. Grant, NcaO York:
Sir-In friendly discussion be-
tween several gentlemen of Northern
and Southern proclivities as to the
struth of history question arose as
to whether Gen. Lee at the surrender
actually rendered and you received his
sword. 1t was mutually agreed that
you should be written to for deci-
sion. There is no idle curiosity or de-
sire for notoriety in regard to this re-
quest, and reply from you would be
highly appreciated.
Very respectfully,
r. d. JEFFRE5s.
Gen. Grant replied as follows on the
bottom of the same sheet of paper:
Gen. Budeau'5 book, now in the
hands OF the printer, will give the ex-
act truth of the matter referred to in
this letter. There was no demand
made for Gen. Lees sword, ana no
tender Of it offered.
u. s. GRANT.
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THE sun DO MOVE.
[ From tho Norfolk Viruinian.

From tho Norfolk Virginan.j
The Rev. John Jasper, Richmond's
well-known colOred preacher, repeated
his celebrated lecture in Richmond
Sunday evening before n large audi
ence.
The renowned "sun'' orator preached
from tho book of Exodus: "The Lord
is Man of War; the Lord is His
Nalne." In a very graphic manner the
preacher carried his large and very
attentive audience over the times when
Israel was in Egypt, and across the
Red Sea, the Wilderness, the Jordan,
passed Jericho, and down to the wars
of Joshua, and at this point proved to
tho satisfaction of large class of his
hearers that Joshua did command
the "sun to stand still" The preacher
referred TO many passages alluding to
the rising and going down of the sun.
His logic about the distance of tho sun
from the earth was very fine, when,
with contempt, he said some wise men,
so called, stated the distance to be forty
millions, others fifty millions, and one
as much as one hundred and four mil
lions of miles.
"Whar could you get tape line long
enough to measure such a distance? :?
And how could man get up close
enough to the sun to hitch it on SO as
to measure? The railroad can't get
thar. The balloons come nearer than
anything else; but who can go up?
Now, in August it is SO hot here that
folks want an umbrella, fan, and
plenty of ice water; and yet these wise
men say we arc 10t,0oO,0 900 of miles
from the sun. 1t is too foolish to be-
lieve such stuff And, turning around,
he looked into the faces of one of the
most accomplished divine5 in Virginia
and one of the best civil engineers in
this country. Mr.. Jasper treated all
such figures as the work Of q wicked,
foolish mind, who was not satisfied
with the plain Word of God, but must
go outside to teach such things that no
man can learn.
To his mind the idea Of the earth be-
ing round is so foolish that he would
not insult his hearers with any argu-
ment on this subject. The Scriptures
say the earth has four corners-and
that was proof to him that it is not
round. "uow could men be under
their feet? How would they stick to
the earth? Dcy must be like flies, that
can walk on the walls. L don't believe
any such stuff.'
Mr.. Jasper is most earnest man.
He fully believes all he says, and
wields powerful sway over his people,
who regard him as the most powerful
preacher Of their color.
I
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NEWSPAPER WRITING.

Thc majority OF people Imagine that
it is the sinp!est thing in the world to
edit a newspaper. a man may have
grave doubts about his talents for pub
lie speaking may freely admit that
he cannot turn q tune or recognize one
when turned by anybody else +; may
confess that he is no poet, not much of
a scholar, and nothing of an artist !;
but there is no creature so poor-spir-
tied rs to ayow his incapacity TO edit
newspaper. On the contrary, this is
work 10 which every man has a mani
fest call. No matter IT,t his actual
business may be--preaShcr, lawyer,
physician, butcher, baker or candle
stick maker-hc has a secret fancy that
if he only had chance he could make
Il newspaper little bit spicier and
livclicr than anything in the shape Of
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AN IMPORTANT CASE.

Judge Billings yesterday delivered
an important decision in the case of
the State ex rel Jos. e. Elliot VS. Allen
Jumel, State Auditor.
The object of the suit was to force
the State officials to levy q tax Of 81
mills to meet the seven per cent inter
est on State bonds, according to the
funding act of 1874.
Judge Billings, in refusing the man
damus asked for by Elliot, takes the
ground that the defendants are con-
stitutional officers and are not clothed
with the power to collect the tax asked
for, and, in fact, are expressly prohibit
ed from SO doing. The State is the
party which, by its action in its origin
al capacity, has rendered the execution
of the contract with rclator impossible
through the instrumentality of its Off
GERS and functionarics. The court con-
cluded by saying:
"The question here presented is poll
teal rather than judicial, and could
not be adjudicatcd without calling
State to the bar of the court and sub
verting its entire financial basis, no
matter how unjustly adopted and
ordained.
"That the prayer of the rclator should
be rejected and the writ of mandamuS
refused.
"Let there be judgment in favor of
espondcnts. ~. q. states.
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EDlSON'S ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Broadway, between Fourteenth aud
Thirty-fourth strects-a mile In distance
has twenty.three electric lights,
placed at n considerable height, which
make the night ns light as day. Mr..
Edison has taken nm Office In New
York, and his company nro preparing
to manufacture his electric lamps aud
supply light to private houses. The
popularity OF the Edison lights that
its volume is reduced to about the same
as the best gas-burner in domestic use.
He claims that it has been perfected.
The electricity Is to be generated at Il
central station and distributed by
means of wires. No machinery is to
be located in the houses supplied;
wires are to be run into different rooms
as gas-pipes now arc, and tho light
supplied is to be measured by metre.
Mr.. Edison is starting out with the
declared intention of relying upon tho
superior quality of light he proposes to
furnish as means of securing a wide
substitution of electricity for gas. He
proposes to furnish light that shall be
a little more brilliant, equally simple
and convenient, and devoid of smoke,
smell and heat, at the same price at
which gas is now applied.
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SUDDEN REVERSE OF FORTUNE
From Narrnw Means to Wealth.

The Connecticut Herald, of tho 10th
inst, alludes to the death OF I4emuel
| III. Bronson, familiarity known as
| "Pap" Bronson, q pioneer among the
oyster planters Of Harlem river, who
for thirty years, has passed his life In q
canal boat, positively refusing to live
in a house. ar1T1
Mr.. Bronson died possessing con.
siderable estate, which will be divided
between his two daughters, one the
wife of an immensely wealthy banker,
a resident of San Francisco, and the
other the first wife of the late A. NJ.
Holbrook, editor and proprietor of the
Picayune, who, pending somewhat
protracted litigation, was known in the
legal records under her maiden name,
Jenny Bronson. @ r
The sudden elevation to a position of
nffluence and comparative indepen-
dence of one who has experienced many
of life's most diversified vicissitudes,
is but another evidence that truth is
stranger than fiction, and that actual
occurrences repeatedly eclipse imagin-
ings of romance. rsHt 81
Three years ago when epidemic un-
precedented in virulenee, converted
Grenada, Mississippi, into charnel
house, and filled every habitation with
dead and dying, that extrac rdinary
woman passed her days and nights at
the bedside of the silk, bathing brows,
that were parched with fever, closing
the eyes of the dying, and catering
with tireless energy to the nourishment
of the cOnvalescent.
When the fever from utter lack of
material, had spent its force in Grenada,
this sick nurse went to Mempis, where
her efforts were continued in behalf of
the sufferers until the close of that
dismal year.
Wholly uniformed concerning her
history, and only recognizing In the
plainly attired middle.aged nurse
woman who had been sent from New
Orleans first to Grenada and then to
Memphis with the strongest recon-
mendations as to capacity and fidelity
by the Howard Association, the grate-
full people OF Memphis would gladly
have welcomed this friend in need to
the most exclusive circles, but the op-
portunity was not afforded them, aud
her work over, the Howard nurse re-
mained in retirement.
When ipformation of Mr.. Bronson's
death reached the city inquiries concern
ing her whereabouts were made and it
was ascertained that nearly Il year ago
she left the city and is ut present In the
West. .4..
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When they tell story in Vermont
they never leave anything to be added.
The London Union is responsible for
the following:
A man has for several years
been in the pursuit of cunning old
fox, but every attempt to catch him
has been defeated. a few weeks ago
he put beef's head on the hill and
set II trap in convenient place for the
fox to fall into it. The next time he
went to it he found fresh fox tracks,
and put his hound to work. The chase
was lively, but the fox was too much
for the dog, and on two or three diff
ferent hills he actually sat down face
toward the dog and waited for him.
In this way he coaxed the dog over a
good deal Of territory, coming to the
hill where the trap was set, the fox
made a straight slide for the trap,
jumped over 1t, and the old dog
pursuciug the same line,put his foot in
the trap and stopped right there, leav.
ing the fox to pursue the rest OF the
journey alone.
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y happy period in politics has at last
been reached 80 thinks Senator Brown,
of Georgia. To use his languages:
"Thc recent action Of the Republican
party toward Senator Malone has
shown that the period has been reached
when no more would be said about
Confederate brigadiers. That period
has been reached that was spoken of
by very old book when il said: sThe
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
aud the leopard shall lie down with
the kid, and the calf and the young
lion and the failing together, and q
little child shall lead Them
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! ing and universal weaknesses o.
modern times. The number of people
who are infected by it are known only
to publishers, just as the extent tc
which opium eating is practiced is
known only to druggists and physf:
clans. The drawers aud waste baskets
of every leading newspaper Office In
the country overflow with evidences
of the ambition and harmless vanity
OF the vast public who scribble by
stealth, ana patiently toll over reams
of composition which nobody can be
induced to print.
1t must be admitted that there Is
something enticing aud enviable in
editorial life as it appears to the out.
side world. The delight of getting in
to print for the first time Is one of the
kneenest enjoyments. What, there.
fore, both men and women reason to
themselves, must be the pleasures of
public with his wisdom, aud whose
smallest scribbling finds its way into
type without criticism or delay? But
this reasoning is altogether unsound.
The editor does not look at things ex-
actly in the same roseate light. The
bright colors seen by other eyes have
become to his little clouded. The
freshness, the exquisite charm of see-
ing his reflections in print has long
since vanished. He writes sometimes
painfully and under pressure, often
harassed by Il thousand petty vexa-
tions, and not >unfrequently with ach-
ing head and weary hand. His work
is, of all work, the most wearyiug, the
most exhausting both to body and
mind. The call of copy is inexorable
=
write he must also endure the most
contemplate and continued criticisms,
but bear patiently "to be esteemed dull
when he cannot be witty, and to be ap-
plauded for wit when he knows he has
been dull" Every blockh head who
buys his paper feels that he has pur-
chased a right to dictate the manner in
which it shall be conducted, to criti-
else sharply everything that appears in
it, and to stelevate its tone'' with his
own carping lucubrations, fairly writ.
ten out and enclosed in a note for Inn
mediate publication, signed -ssA Sub
scriber," ssAn Old Patron" or "An
Earnest Well Wisher." If you were
to ask this modest friend to cut you a
coat, or measure you for a pair of boots,
he would Indignantly reply that was
not his trade that he knew nothing
about it and would not attempt it.
Bnt the diffidence which shrinks from
tho shears and coyly draws back ffom
the awl and the lapstone, boldly grasps
the pen and undertakes to so illuni-
nate and instruct the world. Breeches
and shoes require art, experience, re.
Election, in their making political es-
says flow spontaneous from the most
added pate, or can be pumped out OF
it by sheer hand labor, without the
vulgar appliances of study, thought
and knowledge. Such is life -EaUi-
more Gazette.
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G.. ]. BOATNER. NJ. J.
BO0tner 4 LlGl<lell,

4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLOFtS AT
n Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the Land Office Department
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square,. January 3, 1879.
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John III. DinkgraVe,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
IL Office opposite Court House. Practices
in all the Courts of North Louisiana; also
in the Supreme Court of the State and the
Federal Courts. All claims, including cot
ton claims, will receive prompt attention.
Land Otlice and Pension matters attended
to. March %, 1879.
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w. f. NEillSApS,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
II will practice in the courts OF tho Fifth
Judicial District, and in the Supreme Court
at Monroe. Will take claims for collection
in all the3oarishes of North Louisiana, with
privilege of managing same through resi-
dent attorneys.
November 4, 1850.
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) TREATISE ON NAVAL DIsClPLlNE.

louisville Courier-Jo6rnal.l' .l's
1t APPEARS that Judge Hunt, although
lawyer OF many years. standlng, hAa|
for some Aime made a study Of naval
matters, and he Is said t. be the posses-|
sor OF the requisite geuesAl and fochnl-
cal knowledge necesaty to porformf fthe|
duties OF the secretary az the navy.I
A Buffalo paper prints the 1lnllovine
extracts from q manuacsirks 1ttAtiso o01
naval disciplines prepered by the)
judge: sr
sThe custom Of sailing before lheI
wind should be avoidedj whenever lt is|
possible, as experiences has demou.|
strated that 1t Is much better to watt
for the breeze aud carry IL along, II not|
too heavy.
commanders of sailing shIpe of.war'
L have observed, are addicted to the
practice of staggering under all they
can carry This matter will receive
early attention, as the necessity for re-
form In this direction would seem Inn.
perative.
"when dirty weather Is threatened,
or when there is reason to suspect
breakers ahead, the captain should
have two,or three, but never more than
four.
"In taking on board ammunition,
and powder, and shot, and shells, and
caps, etc. the fore, main and mixzen
trucks should be utilized, In connec-
tion with the animals belonging to the
horse marines.
"It Is deemed best to abolish dog
watches. This practice Is believed to
idlenesss among the sailors,
and necessitates the keeping on board
sence must be anything but desirable.
: ssWhile beating to windward, caro-
should be taken to have sufilclent
quantity Of starboard taclks on board,
in case of running into the winds eye,
which cannot Mt all times be avoided.
"Tn the interests Of economy the
allowance for captains gigs should be
1t is plain that they are
of no real utility on shIpboard, and
that they arc at all times In the way.
When on shore tho captains can avail
themselves of the street railway or of
tho facilities afforded by the livery
stables. s
"Au anchors should be accurately
weighed before being taken ON board,
and the weight plainly marked on
each, thereby saving time and avoid
ing trouble when u ship Is about to
take her departure. .....,."..1.. =
"All splicing should be done by tho
chaplain, as he is the person upon whom
the performance OF that ceremony most
properly devolves.
"When sailing In tropical seas the
breeches of the guns should be remov-
cd and carefully slowed away, to be
replaced when again entering colder
latitudes and longitudes.
ssShould seaman inadvertently
leave his watch below and fail to find
1t on his return, the captain will pro-
vide him with another from one of tho
ships stores.
"The practice of carrying logs,
merely for the purpose OF 'heaving'
them, is of questionable propricty, and
will form u subject for future inquiry"
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John NIclLllery,
ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AG EN'T,

ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AGENT,
No. 6 Carondelet St., Now Orleans.
T AND BUSINESS at the Land Offices in
IL New Orleans and Washington City at
tended to. Agency for sale and purchase
of Plantations, Farms and unimprovcd
lands solicited.
laS- Major J. G.. Richardson is associated
with Mr.. McEnery in the land business
to which no will give his entire attention.
January 6, 1881.
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RICHARDSON. SD. M'ENERY
Richardson I'll NHcEnery.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
n will practice in all the parishes of
North Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the
State, the Federal Courts, and in the Land
Office Department of the General Govern
ment. January ii, 1879.
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F. L. STUBBs. TALBOT STILLMAN.
StubbS 81 Stillman,

A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Monroe, La,
n will practice in the Parishes OF
Otttchitn, NIorchouse, RichLaa,d and Franklin
and in tho Federal Courts. Will take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
1mc in connection with attorneys residing
uherc. March z, 1879. 1y
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The little boy, when told that he
was made of dust, asked his mother
why he didn't get m uddy inside when
ever he took Il drink.
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Gcn. Grant has resigned the Prcsi-
dency oft6c Worlds Fair Commission
The Hon. Hugh j. Jewctt has been
selected og u is successor.
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VIII 5. Hays is held responsible for
the composition of nearly $50 songs.
Some of them will live while memory
lasts, they are so bad.
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JOHN CALDERwOOD.
THOS. y. ABLY.
Drs. CalderwOOd & Ably,

Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery.
Office on Grand street, in rear of Il. w.
NtcFee's Drug Store, and opposite J. w.
Smiths carriage shop.
January %, 1880. n2O:1y
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THoS. a. GARRETT. II. II. RUSSELL
Garrett ~ Russell,
RNEYS s COUNSELLORS ATLAW
MONROE, La.

ATTORNEYS & sCOUNSELLORS AT LAW
MONROE, La.
DRACTICE REGULARLY in the Par
l. ishes of Ouachita. Rchland, Lincoln
and Caldwell. and in the supreme Court.
Collection of claims prosecuted with dill
gencc and money promptly renitted. Man.
agement, sale and lease of real estate under
taken, and satisfaction guaranteed. Fees
moderate. Office on Wood street, opposite
Recorders Office. Jan'y 6, 1881.
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Dentistry.

DAINLESS extraction of teeth by the aid
L of nitrous oxide gas, administered by DR..
d. Beatty tE Son, dentists. Can refer to
work of 20 years standing i'll Monroe.
Office over the Bank.
Monroe, La, December II, 1850
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DIR. Il. r. Richardson

DIR. Il. II. Richardson
"AS resumed the practice of Medicine.
H He may be found, when not profess
sionally engaged, at Moore's drug store
during tho day, and at his residence at all
other hours. Monroe, Feb. 6, 1879.
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Cards Of personal Characterization ad-
missible-will be charged double our regu-
lar advertising rates.
Obituary and Marriage notices will be
charged as advertisements.
.tnyperson sending us five new cash sub
scribers, at tho same post-office, will be en-
titled to copy of THE TELEGRAPH gratis
for one year.
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John II. LullelinS,

John II. LultelinS,
A TIORNEY AT LAW, Monroe, La, will
II practice i'll the State and Federal Courts
in Louisiana, and in the Supreme Court at
Washington City. IL