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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-13
Curi0sitles Of the Census.

Our recently compiled census Ia.
6les present singlarly interesting
facts. The total area of the United
States is 3.025,6OO square miles,
and the population OF over Atty mil.
lions il divided thus The new
England coast district contains rs
per cent OF the total population; the
Middle Atlantic coast 1874 per cent;
the South Atlantic coast SO per
cent; the Great Lake 1l.3, and the
Gulf coast, stretching from Florida
to the Rio grande aud embracing
the entire Valley OF the Mississippi,
5l.7. These figures show that the
centre of population and productive
power in this country is already in
the Valley Of the Mississippi, and
the seaport of this great valley must
eventually take rank as the greatest
commercial city in the world.
There are three States which show
a greater colored than white popu.
lation, to wit: Louisiana, Mjssis.
sippi aud South Carilina. In the
fist of these the excess of colored
population is little over %, 900; in
the second, little over 5000, and
in the third, about 2l3,OOO. In
Missouri and West Virginia the
Of blacks to whites IL
smallest, as compared With any Of
the former slave States. The tables,
moreover, show that the colored PEG.
pie have increased far more rapidly
in the South than any other section
Of country; but in consequence of the
great number of white settlers in
Texas and Florida during the de.
cade, the relative proportion of the
white aud colored inhabitants has
changed in favor of the whites.
Notwithstanding all that was said
about 1t a year or two ago, the exc.
dus has had very little comparative
Effect on the Northern and Western
States. While Louisiana, Missis.
sippi and North Carolina, the great
centres of the movement, have all
gained heavily in their relative pro.
portion of blacks, Kansas-the land
Of promise to the exodustors--has
lost in proportion to its increase In
population.
1t is suggested BY the census gu.
thorities that the rate of increase in
the colored population, as a whole,
Is apparent, rather real; that, in
other, the apparent gain is due to a
considerable extent to the imperfec-
lions of the census of 1870, in which
a much larger proportion ofnegroes
than OF whites was omitted. This
Is more likely to be the case, as
wherever accurate vital statistics
have been kept, the death rate
among the negroes have been much !
higher than among the whites.
But after all allowances are made,
the census statistics show that the
colored people have increased rapid.
y in numbers, intelligence and pos.
sessions, since the dateof their eman.
cipatiOn; and this has been more
in the States where the
rnle of their old masters Was least
With the constant in.
crease of Caucasian influence, it IS
not likely that the negroes will ever
again assume 80 prominent a place
in the politics of the country as they |
did during the years of reconstruc-
lion.-City Item
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-13

Keep your stove coaled II you
would keep your house warmed.hn
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-13

Professional and business cards, of ten
lines or less in length, SIS per annum; for
six months, $40; for three months, 81
Business advertisements Of greater length
will be inserted at above rates.
Legal advertisements will be charged at
legal rates, where liked by law; other se
at special rates as published above.
~ Special notices 20 cents per line.
Funeral notices of less than ten lines,
and marriage and religious notices inserted
gratis.
Job-work executed in the neatest style.
aud at reasonable prices.
August %, 1877.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-13

"Good mornin' Mistus Snow, y said
a juvenile female Ethiopian, as she
popped her head into the domicile
of q motherly looking woman of her
own race and color.
"Mornin', honey" said the matron
with a pleasant smile. "You's a
lookin' bright and peert as a little
jaybird this mornin'. How's your
mamma dis morninr de good ole
soul.r
"Mamma's pooty well, all but de
rheumatis.'
"Pore soul; feared she never got
over that rheumatic o. hers. Get.
tim too ole now. How's you fad.
derf"
"Fadder's poorly WELL"
"Pore soul; lee glad to hear it.
An what has my little hummin'
bird got to say to Aunty Snow dis
mornin'f"
"Mamms sent me fur to ak yer
fur de loan of yer fmble.'
"De loan OF my fimblei Hear de
brat! Wbar's that ball O. beeswax
what / loan yer mama las weeki"
"Don't know"
81 dar say you don't know. Let
me look inter dat mouf o. yours.
You good fur.nufin little brat, dars
beeswsx stickin' in every toOf You
got in yer head! Now you wants
my fmble to swsller dat, l reckon.
Git home, you little polecst, an az
yer gruntin' ole mudder wedder she
s'pects I'se gwine for 70 'stribgte my
prop'ty over the country like dat"
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who Ne uas.

One Of the bookkespess for a
Detroit lumber firm was recently
sent to the north woods to traaAact
some business for his empioyess.
He's man Of good mind and miahty
strong limb, aud has hung about
gymnasiums long enough to work
up his mnscle and understand bow
to strike from the shoulder. He reach.
Ell camp belonging to another Arm
just at noon one day, and oil bat ono
of the loggers gave him . hsarsy
welcome. This one seemed ct Of
sorts and bent on mischief. Alter
throwing ont repeated slurs and
insults he boldly said:
"Stranger, I've been aching for a
whole week past to put some one In
my vest pocket"
This Was turned OF in . pleasant
manner. but the logger persisted:
I've got q great hnnkerinR 10 play
pitch and toss with you, and II you
don't run before I nnixh my dinner
I'm going to heave yoo over Ne
snanty y few tines"
The Detroiter didn': run worth Q
cent. When he RAW that fuss vas
inevitable he removed his watch ADD
pin, and shed his overcoat and was
Ia 6rst rate trim when the logger
got ready to heave away. A. the
bully came forward he was neerly
knocked down. He got mp with .
grin and went down again. Tho
third time he got up be sat down on
a log to collect his ideas, aud when
they had returned to him carefully
approached the Detroiter aud said:
"Mebbe Jon arc a Presidin' Elderf"
"No."
"Regular preacheri7
"NO." Cd.
"Circut rideri"
"NO."
"TrAct distributor"
mo; am q bookkeeper in tho
employ Of Lath & Single of De-
troit."
"Put 1t thar said the man, 40 he
held ont his hand. I'm ell bluff aud
no fight, but l took You for some
sort Of preacher aud I thought I
might wallop you and stand solid
with the boys. Say will you do me
o favor!"
Yes"
"All right. I'm going to tell the
boys you are Tom Sayers, and doa't
you deny i'll Carrying two black
eyes around this camp for the next
fortnight will be grief enough for mo
to stagger under, let alone any ono
knowing that got EN- from . man
wearing billed shirt and . clean
collar.
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Terms Of Advertising:
,Oue square, of one inch in space or less
first insertion, 81 90; each additional user
ton, so cents.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-13

When fellow feels aggravated
at an article in paper, he should
approach the editors kindly and ask
them to correct il, and nine times
out of ten they will do what Is asked,
but when q chap comes around and
says do 30 and 90, he will got ever
lastingly left.
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The Great Rain.
FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Destruction of Beth Eden Raptf>s
church. horticultural Hail. ctr

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3l.-At 4:35 a m. fire
Droke out on the south side OF Beth Eden
Baptlst church, at the northwest corner OF
Broad and Spruce streets Three alarms OF fire
were sounded. but before the engines all arrived
lhe names communicated 10 the Horticultural
Hail, which is separated from the church by a
IL foot alley-Way. Both buildings were soon
completely wrapped in HameS, and a southprIy
WIND communicated the fire 10 the houses on
spruce street. The first OF these to take fir.
was that OF Edward Maule, 1909, ad Joining the
church. The back buildings were DESTROYED
and the front was deluged with water, causing
4 loss or $4,000 Number 14ll, occupied as a
boarding house by Miss Mary z. Simmons was
damaged badly by water. The interior OF 1902
owned and occupied by Thomas ). Fernon. was
ruined causing loss OF SIS, 900. Nos l404 aud
ana liU6, occupied respectively by Mrs Shaw
and Mrs. Gilmore. were badly damaged by
water. Before 6 O'Clock the interiors OF both
the horticultural Hall and the church were In
runs, and d portion or the walls OF the latter
had fallen.
S:45 A.. M-The fire at Broad and Spruce IS
Stlll burning. though under control or the fire
men.
The church cost $4,000, and the organ
$500. The furniture was insured tor
$4,000 In the LUZ bernan's Co., OF this clty
but Insurance on the remaining church prom
eriy was placed by members OF the congrega
uoD. HORTICULTURAL hall as sold al public sale
last summer for SI2, 800. Ii is insured for
$50 600 In the following companies: German OF
baltimore; BoWery, or New York; PEOPLES OF
Trenton; Western, OF Toronto, and another
company not known, s. 900 each: Pacftc or
New YORK and Melville, OF New jersey, g.. son
each.
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Public school Interests.

MEETING or THE SENATE DISTRICT OonMIrrKE-
fHk PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN THE SSw UoDk
The Senate District committee to-day heard
the school trustees on the subject OF the pro-
visions OF the new code relating 10 the publ
schools The superintendent. and Trustees
BrookS and Smith represented the coioref
sChoolS, ana MI Il. q. LoyeJoy represented the
Wnlte. the trustees recommended I'm the ftrsJ
place that tn e amendment OF the senate COM
mittee 10 strike ont the clause for compulsory
education oe receded from on the ground that
the law had been In existence since 1894 and
though never enforced II had exerted some
moral influence. The committee refused 10
recede and will insist upon repeating thai
law. The trustees next recommended that
a substitute creating a board or nine trustees
be fnst rted in place OF the committees amend
ment for board OF from four 10 nine Agreed
10 by the committee. The next resOmmenda-
ton was that the present division OF school dis
tricts seven be retained instead OF four. az
proposed. Agreed TO by the committee. The
committee also agreed TO provide that Sapertn
teBdeDtS shall be appointed by the Commis
sloners, upon their own responsibility instead
on upon the recommendation OF the board OF
trustees as was proposed. Also agreed 10 con-
unue the school age as AT present from 10
Il, instead OF making ii from 10. l., as was
proposed In one or the committees amend
ments. Also agreed that the trustees shall
recommend he erection as well as reoails or
school buildings 10 the commissioners The
trustees obtained all they asked except In re-
gard 10 the proposed repeal or the compulsory
education clause. The section to-day agreed
upon by the c0mmitte to bp suOSttluIed for th,,
one recommended In relation To the board of
trustees Is as follows: The bosrt OF trustees
OF public shoOlS OF the District or columbia
snail hereafter consist or nine memb rs. TO b,,
appointed as now provided by law. one from
each OF the five existing schohl divisions two
from the 9th and two from tue 1th existing
divisions. three OF whom shall serve for the
term OF one year. three for the term OF two
years. and three for the term OF three years
from the isl day OF July. lNSi; and thereafter
three shall be appointed annually during the
month or Juue 10 serve three years. The pro-
vision now ia the code TO make four scaool
DISTRICTS and which the committee to-day
agreed 10 strike out In favor OF the existing a.
visions. would divide the schools as follows
First dfStrict-21 white and 3 roiOred In tue
city, and white and colored In the county
making a total OF al.
second dstrict-15 white and 81 colored In
the city. and White and c0lOred IN the county;
total l39
Third dist r1ct-I53 white and - colored In
the city. and - white anu colore1 in the county;
total 225.
Fourth diStIict-I9 white and coIored IN
the county; none In the city.
subsequently H. was decided 10 add another
and nfJh district 10 Include all the cOiored
schools. but after hearing the trustees the COM
miuee concluded that me present division Is
the best
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THE FATE OF COL. POTTER.
Murdered bv NevicanS

ST. LOUIS Jan. 3l.-Advices from New Mexico
state that detectives have aScertatned that Col
Potter, OF the United States geological survey
who has been missing since october last, was
murdered and robbed by party OF three Mex
cans, While on duty In the field. One of the
murderers was banged few days ago for horse
stealing, ana another who is believed to have
to the murder, is now under arrest at Albu-
querque.
LEGAL DECISION AS TO OvERCROwDED STREET
CARS.-On october 3. 1876. Bernard Waiting
no had license to sell fruit at the CentenDf al
got on the front platform OF an overc O Wded
GirarO avenue car. and was obliged TO bold on
by The iron rail on the front and the frame OF
one OF the windOws At the point where the
car turned around G1rard College wall Walling
was thrown under the car and killed Suit
was brought by his widow aud children to
recover damages from the Germantown Pas
seDger Railway Company, and In the court
below verdict was recovered against the com
pany. writ OF error was taken to the su-
preme court upon the ground that Walling was
guilty OF contributory negligence In getting on
the front platform OF the car. The supreme
court, In an opinion by Justice Trunkey. how.
ever, affirmed the ruling of the court below.
sayh g: conductor, driver and passengers
acIeo as II there was room so long as a man
could find rest for his feet and place to hold
on with bis hands, nor was that action excep-
uchaL Notoriously 1t was very common In
aS16, and perhaps not infrequent at this day.
The companies do not consider such practice
dangerous, for they knowingly sufTer it and
are parties to it Their car stops for passer-
gers when none but experienced conductors
could see footing inside or oLt."-Phila. Press,
29th.
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TheophIIus HOung. Again.

=
The New York Hpf'dld OF yesterday says
Theophilus YouDgs. that mysterious individual
whose powers OF disappearing and coming TO life
again have astonished his heirs presumpUive
was produced again In the surrogates court
yesterday morning by Henry lOungs, his
brother, who petltioned the court 10 revoke the
letters OF administration granted 10 Mary G.
loungs. the alleged widow. TIE purpose OF Mr..
1ouDgs' appearance Was 10 prove 10 Referee
Edward A. Underhill the fact that he is not
dead. although his Wife Insists that her husband
died years ago The witness related as far as
he could from memory the history OF his
younger days as folIoss:-''bly naIne Is The
ophilus loungs and my fathers name was
Hiram boungs;l was born In New York: the per-
son styled Mary c. loungs is nv wife. An en-
larged. photograph or the original Theophius
lUuDgs was shown 10 witness, who Identified Il
as picture OF himself. which was taken Ia
Washil gion, ID. C., in lsIl. Two letters pro-
duced by the other side as the handwriting OF
the man they claim 10 be In his grave We're rec
ogpind by loUngs as bis own writing.
He continue q: Il VIII be thirty seven years of
age on 1be 10Th or July and never spe led my
name other than / 90 now; was born In "A
house at No. 80 Carmine street; my earliest rec
objection is when my family moved from there
TO house in 26th street, between sth aad sth
avenues: my father ded In the house IN Car
mine street, for don't think h- was living with
the rest OF the family at the time: went 10 the
school OF DIR. Wellington. AT jamestown, y.
y, after living ten years ia 26uh street: sa ayed
at school two J ears and then went 10 Works
burg. where j learned the sash and blind max
ing business; from thence Travelled 10 Tidioute
Pa, and securing promise OF place IN the
'4th y. Y, Sckles' brigade I came TO this city
and eDllsted for l9 months | remained In the bril-
gace and was finally discharged; having imoioed
love for military adventure | then joined the
18th New York cavalry as a private. aud during
my service In this capacity participated ia the
siege OF Yorktown, battle or Williamsburg and
battle OF Malvern Hill; | left the army when !
reached the age or 20 years, being mustered
out OF the service at Washington: nave since
lost my discharge papers, the next thing did
was 10 obtain employ ymeat In the sash and
blind factory OF Daniel Smith at Washington,
ID. C., and served as Jig sawyer until left,
and entered similar establishment kept by
Draper Davis, at the corner OF 13th and &
streets, Washington; l remained four or fiye
months in that place, but do not remember the
names OF my fellow workmen; was appointed
as a clerk In the quartermasters department
through the influence OF hranSton LOury his
father In law. where / STAYED for four years"
At this point the alleged widows counsel OBJ
1ected TO further tXdminatlun OF the alleged
husband because she Was not present in court
For this reason the hearing was adlourne1
until February ,. at half-paSt two O'Clock pm.
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RaiSiny the WIddxipytou

HALIFAX, Jan, 5l.-The effOTtS 10 raise the
steamer NiddriDgton promise TO be entirely
successful. Last night, for the first time since
the steamer sunk, one was able to walk Gle ar
AIT Ory shod and the steamer was Slowly but
steadlly rising. 1t is thought the patches on
her hull are quite water tight. and that there is
now lite or no leakage. This morning, as
soon as the water is sufficiently lowered, steam
will be got up and the steamers own pumps
gol to work. II is expected that she viii be
gotten up along Side RocheS wharf by this
afternoon. Her decks are started fore aud art,
and the cargo Will have TO be taken out and the
vessel thoroughly overhauled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

FENCE
THIS afternoon. at LOGO New York avenue.
corner OF 18TH street, Lucy ThOmas a colored
Woman, employed In the house. was Standing In
me Gay window cleaning tie glass JasE below
Was an area some ten feet deep. The woms
lost her balance. To keep from falling In the
dIta sue jumped forward. she cleared the
space, but her momentum was surh
tnat she staggered forward after striking
the ground, upon her feet She fell upon ths,
IRON pallng that surrounds the yard Her nee
Struck upon one or the sharp iron points that
alternate with the curves IN the conStrucrton
of the fence. The point forced itself several
inches Into the neck. she oled profusely put
severed no vital vein or artery. She was taken
into the house and physicians summoned. She
WAS unconscious from loss or nl0od. Her
wound was attended 10 by the doctors who
were summoned. The cut though dangerous,
is not necessarily fatal Lucy Thomas is about
2C years OF age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31
4 Large Fortune Distributed.
SOME COMES TO WASHINGTON.


BY the death at Albany, on the 23d inst, OF Miss
Catharine Quackenbush, at the age Of SIS years,
fortune OF half a million will be Distributed
among her distant relatives. Capt. S. p. Quack-
enbush, Z s. NJ, inherits about $4,000; his
nephew, John n. Quackenbush, OF the Navy.
one third Of that amount; the wife OF Lieut..
Davis. L. S. N. a son OF the late Admiral Davis
$4,000; Miss Quackenbush, of this city, about
S25, 600, &c. The deceased lived In a style OF
economy seldom practtced in our day. Her
heirs are all "faraWay cousins"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

HARRISBURG PA, Jan. 3l.-The thirteenth
ballot for L. 5. Senator was taken to-day but
there was not majority or all the member
pre- sent. The following is the vote Oliver, ~;
Wallace, 81; Grow, 81; MacVeagh, 2: Phillips
2; Baird, /; hewitt. l. Adjourned until TO
morrow
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The GreCian ARMIES.

LONDON, Jan. 3l.-A dispatch from Athens to
Reuters Telegram company says: decree
has been published fixing ChalcfS a. the head
quarters OF The army or Eastern Greece and
MauTa OF Western Greece
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kilograms to The Star.
NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC SIDE.
Eight Cinnamon Buried by n Land

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. SG.-A dispatch from
santa Cruz says: Eight Chinamen who were
employed In cutting timber for mill company
on the line OF the South Pacific Coast Railroad
near Doughertys mill, fourteen miles from
Santa Cruz, were buried alive yesterday b,
nall mile OF mountain sliding down OF the
eighteen employed but ten escaped.
The Great Rain.
olspatch from Santa Cruz says: Camp Cap
Hoia, on Saquel Creek, four miles from Santa
Cruz, was washed out TO sea by the rain storm
only Tour houses or the town being left No
nVeS were lost BY the rain storm on SATURDAY.
one @ fdilloao was submerged for long distance.
The damage cannot be ascertained uptti the
water goes down. At Windsor Sonoma county
thtrteen inches or rain fell In seventy hours
Mucn damage was sustained by the people in
that Vicinity. In Placerville. E!dorado county
10 the twenty four hours UP 10 noon yesterday
100 inches OF rain fell. From other places In
the northern part OF the state come almost In
credible accounts OF the amount or rain fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

THE FOLLOWING internal revenue appoint,
ments have been made: g. A. Fox storekeeppr
and gauger, I'd district of Georgia; " L. La
than. storekeeper and gauger, 5th district OF
Kentucky, and Milton 1nrallklI, storekeeper,
lSt district OF Indiana.
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BOOKS, &c.
NEW BOOKS.

NEW BOOKS.
Da Costa's Medical Diagnosis, 5th edition, Sc
Malaces Island Lite, "a Jennings Anecdc tai His
tory % the British Parliament, vol J. 81 so; Hol-
den's Life of HeTschel, 81 81; Macdonald's Mary
harston, 81 so; Balls Elements of Astronomy,
81 Z5 POors SsDscrit and Its Kindred IiterstH res
90; hurtz's Atomic Theory. so. Thirty Years
~ author of John Halifax, 81 so; Under Sieve
Ban Leisure Hour 81
Papeteries, Correspondence Cards all styles.
Pocket and Counting House Diaries.
JAS. j. CHAPMAN
Metropolitan Book Store,
3anZl Oh Penna. Avenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

The CHINESE TREATY YPUBLICATIoN.-The Sen
ate elections committee to- day had up as wit
nesses the foreman Of the government printing
Office and the man who has charge OF printing
confidential documents, but neither OF them
could throw any light on the publication or thp
Chinese treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31
Turkish TrOopS Moving

(CNSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 81. - Greece having
sent troops TO the frontier, Turkish transports
are conveying - 600 Iucn from Smyrna TO the
Gulf or Nolo as precautfon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

Maggie Cunningham. aged 9, while alone at
her home Ia Jersey City, N. j., Saturday,
dropped lighted match on her dress and was
burned to death.
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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAf.-Internal
revenue, ss19, ,6i24S; customs, $i3O, ,299.3s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

How IT Is ACCOUNTED FORA few days ago
The STAR published the purport OF letter
written by business man OF Indianapolis,
TO Treasurer Gllflilan. stating that there was a
glut OF 81 and S2 notes In that vicinity MI
Gilfllan has received a letter from another
CITIZEN OF Indianapolis. which says: The gluf
OF small notes here can be easily accounted for
IL IS well known fact that the democratic.
leaders circulated thousands of them last Octo
Der and NoVember-of course not with view
OF purchasing votes, but with charitable inteD
tionS merely"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-31

TBE IMPRESSION now seems TO be that there
can be no further effort made In the House to
pass the electoral resolutions. How the vote
or Georgia Is to be disposed OF no one seems to
know.