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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15

The number of old men who hs'e
gone crazy over marriages with young
ladies in England lately is exciting won u,
der and fun. The latest is a divine ~
so with grandchildren already marrle y.
He is rich in loaves and fishes, outs,uo
the spiritual vineyard, and is wns a. .
managing mother-in-law or business sa
minded damsel would consider a gov.
catch. The lady is only II, ana va -
baptized by her future spouse wnen ~
had quiverful Of grandchildren ''D
ming about.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15
Cosmopolitan San Francisco.

TAKE stroll by night through Du.
pont Street, for instance. 1t starts out
from Market Street as a broad business
avenues strictly American thorough
fare. This ends with q famous French
restaurant, the virtues of whose cuisine
may be vouched for more safely than
those of its patrons. In the next two
squares open, Haunting vice holds sway.
The ass-buttoned embodiment of the
law stands at the corner. but he arouses
no fear in the painted French Jezebels,
who lean from their little windows.
Crossing the Cable Road, which runs up
California Street, one plunges at step
into section of the Celestial Empire.
In the shadow of St. Mary's Cathedral,
which marks the southern limit of Chi
natown," arc underground cellars more
loathsome than any dens Of vice in New
York. Passing along the street one sees
Chinese stores on either side. hears the
cries Of Chinese street.venders, which
bear q strong resemblance to the wall.
ing notes of the whippoorwill, and
catches scraps of the magpie chatter Of
the jewellers who sit in the high balco.
MES of the restaurants. Stop moment
here at Washington Street. The bell of
the City Hall sounds for midnight. You
hear the expiring clash of cymbals and
soon after great roar like the noise of
dam breaking its bounds. In an in
slant, out of the wide.open doors of the
Chinese playhouse streams throng of
pig.tailed heather. They fill the side
walk and overflow into the street.
Watch their faces as they pass under
the light of the street lamp. Their
small black eyes are dancing with ex-
element, their fiat faces shine with per-
spiration; the sign.manual of opium is
branded on fully one.half the faces,
while a few look like animated mum.
mics with their parchment skin drawn
tight as a drum-head over the high
cheek-bones and falling in wrinkled
folds about their trembling lips. II
you have warm imagination the spec.
tacle Of these faces will tyrannhe over
your dreams as that terrible Malay
stalked through the opium visions of Do
Quincy.-Cor. New York 1fibMne.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15
CoQrting In Ye Olden Days.

y THIRTY years ago Michigan people
we're q fraakaudt rathfallet. Strangers
could come here and trade horses with
their eyes. aiint. and ,breack Of promise
cases were unknown. 1blks meant
what they said, and whsa thy gave
their word stuck to it. 'f i.
Exactly thirty years ago thb month q
widower from New York Stase appeared
in haeSng On business. That same
busine $50 (rrieA hin over to- De Witt,
eightm1by away. lNhile en- l0ute he
stopSed ~ ~ farm house I'd warm his
,colhfaeSA. EHe WAavarmlyWe lcomed
by the pioneer and his wiis, both Of
whom were well along in years, and
after some general talk. the woman
=: :A Am right in thinking you are .
wdowerp'' III III
"Yes. ~ -.'E'' '''' 3
"Did you come out here to find a
wife,"
"Ral !, anybody tell 9'u Of our Susie"
"Well, we've got As bouncing a girl
Of twenty-five as you ever set eyes on.
She's looking, healthy and good.
tempered, and l think she'll like your
looks"
"Where is she?'' -, .... s...
"Over in the woods, here, chopping
down coon-tree. Shall l blow the
horn for heri'' 'o. .s
mo. II you'll keep an eye on my
horse Ill find her.Y sS sks
sWelk, there's nothing stuck up or
affected about Susie. She II say yes or
no as soon as she looks you over. I
you want her, don't be- afraid to say so.'
Il The stranger heard tho sound Of her
AK and followed it. He found her Just
as the tree was ready to fall. She was
q stout, good looking girl, swinging an
ax like = man, and In two minutes he
had decided to say: -,
"Spsis, I'm a widower from New
YStk State; 1'm89 years did, have one
chiM, Qgn a. good farm, land want .
wife. Will you 60 back home with
me?" I
She leaned on the AK and looked at
him for half minute, and then replied:
Cant say for certain. Just wait till
I get these coohs off my mind"
She sent the tree crashing to earth,
and with. hisqheip killed five coons,
which were slowed away a = hollow.
"Well, what do you sayp" he asked,
a. the last coon stopped kicking.
elm yourn!" was the reply; "and
by the time you get back from De Witt
I'll have these pelts off and tackled up
and be,ready for the preacher!"
He returned to the house, told the old
folks that he should bring preacher
back with him, and at dusk that evening
the twain were married. Hardly az
hour had been wasted in counting, and
yet he took home one of the best girls in
the State of Michigan.-Detrott Free
Hrp4S ~ : ~ \ y y ! IN IS
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15

And the conscience stricken wife re.
piled: "The gods forbid that you
should do such thing, for even will you
not dye your own whiskers." And from
that time henceforward the wife of
Isomachus gave up the Balm OF Beauty,
pipe. clay, sulphuret Of anthony, oxide
Of bisnuth, and cuddle, and took to
slip.shod and limp list slippers.
Still, with all the peculiarities of those
early days, when men and women were
neither much worse nor better than they
are to-day, considerable attention seems
to have been paid to the sanitary condi-
ton OF the house. In such a warm eli
mate as the Romans and Greeks lived
in, great cleanliness must have been a
necessity. 1t has been repeated over
and over again that the exigencies of
civilization conceal, but do not cause the
disappearance of, what is most noxious
to the health of the inmates of the house.
We generally see notes of warning sent
forth about this time of year to house.
keepers, and they should be Needed.
The danger Of an unhealthy house in
summer is hardly secondary to that OF
an unpoliced cellar in winter. That
garbage and dirt which has remained
concealed in the lower portions Of the
house want to be removed at once.
Every drain-pipe should be scrutinized.
In summer, some kind of natural ven.
tilation takes place. The house is wide
open from cellar to garnet. In winter
aperttires are closed. II there bc i,npu-
rites below, the noxious gases arising
from them infiltrate throug III the house,
and remain not only as constantly dis.
turbing elements, but their pestiferous
characteristics are increased. A house
becomes then overcharged with poison.
Who is so ignorant as not To know that
many diseases SO fatal to children-ir
fact, all those fevers of which scarlet
fever is the type-are more prevalent in
winter than in summer? A husband, i!
he can, time allowing it, ought to look
after these things. but he generally is
not of the lsomachus type. 1t devolves,
then, on Isomachus's wife, not later than
to-day, to see personally to the condi.
ton of the cellars of the house before
that furnace is lit, which, it should be
remembered, in our climate is not to be
extinguished for tho next five months.
DR.. Richardson insists that on the wife
devolves the entire health of the house.
hold. He writes: "She should demand
to have marked for her On map or
plan the precise position OF every drain.
pipe in the establishment, and would in.
sist, with intelligent skill, in having
every drain kept IS systematically clean
as the china in the housemaid's cup.
board, or the metal covers that make so
many bright and effective objects over
the dresser of the well.arranged kitchen.
She would see that sunlight
found its way as freely as possible into
every apartment. She would see that
damp had no place in any apartment"
She would insist that where any living
thing that ought not to be present in =
house exists in it, that house is unclean,
and in some way uninhabitable for
health, since health will not abide with
anything which is uncleanly.-N. Y.
Times.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15
Fashion Notes,

FEATHER trimmings are again very
popular.
Some Of the New Jersey polonaises
are laced down the back.
The Quaker dress, fashioned in Amer.
lea. is now adopted in Paris.
Cloth Jackets matching the costume
or of cream-colored material, are verv
stylishly trimmed with plush, which is
used for the hood, collar, cuffs and
muff. -
Broad velvet sashes are worn. tied At
the left side in careless knot. Thew
are gayly lined, and finished on the
ends BY shirring and tassels; sometimes
one end is left plain.
Many ladies who objected to CAV red
or bright blue corsets few wears AGO
now wear them in preference to all
others. as they retain their fresh look a
long time, and do not soil easily.
The richest and most effective hoods
arc OF black velvet or silk, denscly COW
cred with sparkling jet ornaments and
appliques, and finished at the roint of
the hood in the back with handsome let
cords and pendants.
1t is stated that French silk has be.
come so inferior in quality and Ameri-
can silk so superior that many ladies in
Paris have already sent to America for
black silk. despairing of finding ever
again a really good and desirable silk in
the Partisan market.
Walking dresses of cloth are very
fashionable, and as the weather be-
comes colder they increase in popular
ity. Very stylish and elegantly lifting
polonaises are also made Of this mate
rial. and draped over underskirts Of
plush or velvet. Many Of the new over
tresses are untrimmed; some are
trimmed with extra wide bands Of fur
or plush. A few Of the earlier Imports
lions of costumes of cloth were heavily
trimmed, but there seems to be . re-
action setting in, and plain unadorned
slightly -loope& dresses are considered
the }. most distinguished looking. IN r
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15

Ar Lower Stonden, Bedfordsn'le'
Eng. three little girls, aged respec' S;s.
ly nine. ten and twelve years, TWO s1
tcrs named Shaw, and q girl na'nea
Taylor, having passed successful 'G IL.
animation before the Government, -
spector, were dismissed from school w -
fore the other scholars and ran out ~ ~
play. Attracted, it is supposed py ' nS
ice on clay pit, they venttlrea on an. .hs
were drowned BY the breaking o. w.
ice.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15
4 1ute Man Speaks.

The East Portland (Oregon) 1ele.
gram gives the following account of the
manner in which one Of the mute in.
mates Of the Insane Asylum near that
city suddenly recovered his speech !:
For years Mr.. Anderson, a dumb in
mate Of the asylum, has plodded along
attending to his duties as a trusty, faith.
full being, unable to speak q word. He
was always in readiness to assist the
keepers in any way within his power, in
q cheerful and contented manner. All
efforts to bring back the use of his vocal
organs, which had been silent for many
years, were in vain, and he was told
that he could never again speak. On
Sunday last the inmates were given q
romp in the handsome grove, which is
surrounded by q high wall, in order to
sun themselves. One of the inmates, q
rather wild individual, imagined he was
asquirrel, and away he went scampering
up one of the tall fir trees to its topmost
branches, and would neither return to
solid ground for pleadings and threats.
As usual Anderson was near at hand,
and volunteered to 60 up and bring him
back. The poor unfortunates who were
in the yard at the time were greatly
pleased, and laughed and shouted Joy.
fully as Anderson climbed from branch
to branch toward the top. He had
climbed about thirty feet from the
ground when limb broke and down
came Anderson bouncing among the
branches. finally sitting down upon the
ground like the hammer of q pilc-driver.
The wardens expected to see him killed
or knocked senseless, but they were
doomed to establishment, as Anderson
sprang to his feet and burst out in q
volley of profanity that would have put
q trooper to blush. He kept up swear
ing without intermission for at least ten
minutes, while everybody was trans.
fixed with astonishment. He had re-.
covered his speech and to-day can talk
as well as any person, and to say that
he IS delighted in consequence of his
fall is drawing it mildly.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15

PETER HAzzARD's great Joy was his
violin. ! He had immense feet, hut he
could beat ali, far and near, at cutting
pigeon wings and the old-fashioned
stylss6 dessip8. Hedlied ucently at
Gscsco, Ma aged lM Ieats..
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15

An article going the rounds of the
press IS entitled, "Why is Life . Disap.
pointment?" We suspect it is because
ne other fellow got the most woes -
sNesTistOcn Heralas essas a az
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you can take home to think of y
the work was worth as much :. vneA
the money yougot for it: the o,S Ioua
you have had better time vonr' ust y
the practice you have had in th;ntiio s
and caring for Others" ~ Y 0Ssa aklaR
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15

FuTlneT inquiry enclIeO the lnIOrma.
ton that these Asiatio impostors whose
sh6ihHda have been described do most
profitable business with white patients
tf6D{ swot@ y sufmisai," said q
~ ,Akt4Tn 4pefcan physical, "were
To tell you the names of the people
Who patronize these Chinese, 9uacks. 1t
s no uncommon thing to see handsome
m9flh otAsl doom, saad /
~ lo{&l1fp1a4io8 on Mob am ID
more profitable than in Tar Fiat, though
you would think tina. ignorance would
b. the characteristic Of their Victims"
-qash rha4'hysic: IN exhibited Z quantity of
Chinese medicine, which had been sent
70 some practitioner in San Francisco
,.x-an4 Iat unclaimed, in the Custom.
~ hohA6 . The collection comprised roots,
bark, dried lizard, and toads, snake
,sSkiAs, nnc'assiRable herbs and a lot of
nils IS large ~ baseballs. The pills,
kjAV*tabeaqDM remarkable thing
.A~de AeS4o&, wore, literally speak.
ing. giI,7sdge and commonplace, The
first, .thiek. were @dektly intended for
the aristpcracy of Jackson Street, were
sAx0eaAv' NM In ~sx, snd srtistically
s .s " Z a. ssssi s sss sa sss;
.veted palate,, Of the !canaille of Cum
'<OoK Alley, were innocent of ornamen-
-- tation, and looked as tough as Market
St1pet snbble sssne. They were perksd
in ehdind bntoxNWhictt a{coa1panl Il the
Pe0ihGeS cheskls ':koAd 6r. general
debiti.y," and probably were. On their
general appearance they could be rec.
MN OlShhdetas good for promoting any.
thing from dyspepsia to apoplexy.
Amongthe neilieiussAishly recommend.
ed was "a 0asps nest for pain id the
back" . prescription which can not bu,
s ss ~ st sSiis'
OH of the nest. A wasp's nest properly
applied to any part II the body would
produce as much, pain a. the mos,
Pachydermatou, Individual would want.
For vertigo, the Celestial authority rec
yS1e0m~ndeds tcfapings Of deers' horns
Tor rtiVmHtisp,,. "a quart of boiled water,
ansd@ pdlatable BY q toad's skin and the
teeth Of n snake; for every other kind oi
disease, medicine, equally ridiculou,
and significant 81 p hope'ess, condition
ignorance. THIS condition il OF ne.
>At 9ssNYA thai ore in which the "Chioa
a Ae,6i hast be found, fot OF surgery
he knows nothing, and his pharmacopeia
would disgrace Piute ''med;cinc man. ,
Asrs iAin,this. city only one Chinsmer
'~bests. my accurate knowledge Of ,,1r!
\ gety ard the European ni.shodse Of med
7 tisioner wa, eadsdsedj {ts l,slcE colc Nv
,x1 md is capable Of writing pyescriptio,
IA a3n.s He, is much sought after b,
.l a county men, who give : wide berti
Sfhe Chinese auacks 50 literally pa
sreaizei bNwhile people. These quacks
have not even the doubtful merit Of hay.
inH learned their craft in China, but are
,shasaa 'aaventurers, who see in the
creiiul'y Of Our afflicted people the op.
Portnni.yfo row itch. One Of thamep,
ma lo iesef sss .s,Yal "a
set up in bnsine and tv,nd to be a most
profitable investment. -Sam francisco
.8U06tun ulaa q
FOut Air.
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AAANSS NV ava Wv" P0AoOA0A AVVCuIAOu W
the food as it comes into the house. II
lsomachus's wife had q pass-book with
the butcher, and had ordered - pounds
of ribs, when it came home it would
have been her duty to examine it. Ifit
was under weight, she would have dis
covered it. II it were badly cut, or was
poor beef, or not exactly an
equivalent for the twenty cents
pound charged for it, she would have
returned it, or would have "wanted to
know the reason why" For when
lsomachus came home from the Agora
with q friend, if the meal had been i'm
properly dressed, or the prime material
poor, he would not have held the
Beotian purveyor at fault, but would
have rated his wife roundly for her short
comings. 1t is true, Greek wives did
not ordinarily grace their lords tables,
but still we may be quite certain that
husbands scolded their helpmates at
Athens just as they do in New York.
In the original text it reads: "The
corn that is brought in she must care
fully examine, so that none which is
musty and dirty be eaten for food"
Very wise and full of minute details are
the other accounts of the wife of
1somachus. He himself tells of an ad-
venture OF his on vessel sailing under
fhenecian colors. A storm arose, and
there would have been confusion, but
on the craft such was the perfection Of
order that everything was in its proper
place for immediate service, from an
anchor to basin for sick passenger.
Then lsomachus descants on the neces-
slty OF neatness in the house. IA
house, he says, "has an ordination.
1t is not ordained to be gorgeously paint
cd with divers fair pictures, though these
may be excellent, but it is built for this
purpose and consideration, that it should
De profitable and adaptable for things
mat are in it, so that, as it were, it bids
Inc owners to lay up everything that is
IN 1t in such place as is most meet for
tne thing to be put" This sentence,
with its fine classic flavor, means simply,
everything in its place and place for
everything" But Isomachus's spouse
qua some very strange things, which are
10 pe forgiven her. for they were only in
fashion in those very early days. We
nave we very much improved in the last
2'2W years, and, of course, what
isomachus child bis wife for then would
hardly expose New York lady Of to-
DAY to marital censure. Mrs. Isomachus
painted her face so that it should be red
ger than it was, and blackened her eye.
orows and used high heels, so that She
should appear to be taller than she
really IVES. Then spoke to her her con-
siderate lord and master, and argued
with her as follows: "Do I give You
coun!srf eit notes for greenbacks, or
sportUfmolu chains for IL carats, paste
brilliants for solitaires, or give you bad.
Imprinted calicoes for fast colorsP''
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In the consultation. room half doz.
,s~AnenianA.Whi6ePatienes were awaiting
. opportunity 70 consult the -" Doctor"
and the reporter was Obliged to wait
about an hour before his turn came. To
---aias over the wait be cOnversed with the
psi;ene. I apd Was nuch surprised. at
iheir credulity. One man was unmis.
v0pRiy, in.an sdvancsd stage of con-
Aaion, but be had tho utmost conf.
hcAA il the ability Of the Quack to re.
{ sore him 81 health. He was waiting to
know whether the end of another week
would see him perfectly cured, or whsth.
o. he should pa,isaly wait two weeks
longer for renewed lease Of life. An.
other poor fellow was victim OF cancer,
bot his faith in the virtue OF Chinese
nos,1ums was unbOunded. After the
incurables had received the mental
the reporter was admitted 10 the "Doc.
tors" prssReA Nnd found anagedand
very i'll W4d ftinAnsn. Much prot.
liable intercourse with credulous and
ignorant white people had hiled him
With an increased contempt for our
-, ,4e0ple. which, he took little trouble to
- tOhteaL He felt the reporters wrists
.1s8H*e Ply diag"osi' at once. You
takee me tea-aCses same we'll soon
ten dollar week"
"But," said the reporter, cit isn't
my liver that Vai4s mo:\ W. my ear. I"
This remarkw3s avoid bloOded attempt
70 die INIT thA Doctor" hut it. tailed
hmeutably. He merely cast look Of
pity on the rcpOrte', aud explained in
villSinous English that impaired action
vffk$tvlrSAss al Eg va denoted BY :
.1A3kd bold Do panifested than a
S~bAiif III IN ear, 70: it was an Indication
that the disease hsd, as it were, extend
I'd its rsmi,ications through the entire
avs;em '.Bym-by," said the Celestial
healer, "you livee di up ALE same
pOwdA."
= IiN npp1ter earnestly inquired the
n<kfse ~ Ms alleged misfortune and was
much edited BY the assurance that he
-fssGM I Inc Victim Of the reprehensible habit
Gi aSe .stsspipg on his back. He tried to
combat The charge by affirming that he
had slept in 4 straightforward chair for
sixteen years, but the Doctor " would
al SEQ |~ie Dr. Sh1 AeciiohH he had
~ On hl toh = mis- he'd for sixty
~ hoe&a made ~ his mind thai
lie reporter blood had stagnated round
he .xeps torpid iveS Outing the
unconscious hours Of Indulgence in the
I'D hsbitot snoring on his back. Equally
L0exible was the medical man with re.
3,d to his fee" 80 week, pay me,
RA0 yRn,1 Khieh vas an Asia,ic elab;;
Ell Isl; &c.: :s,s; { /. tS. 4 !;
Eurther innnirv allotted tho infnrma
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rOr Lou birthday, with brother
Charley's love-"
What could she do, in her complete
surprise. but rush down to the dining
room, all excitement, and laughing and
crying at once? Meeting Charley, she
threw her arms around his neck and
gave him a hearty kiss, exclaimine:
"Oh, you daring! how did YOU know
just what wanted, and how did you
manage it?''
.'D'oye cows.' said Charley, feeling
quite as happy as his sister. y
About a year later. Charley was
again leaning over Mr.. BARRIERS gar
den fence.
"Well, Charley" said Mr.. b., show
DID that Investment pay we were talk
ing of year ago."
illustrate" said Charley; lit was
pretty hard word to stick ri ght to it
sometimes, but when saw how pleased
Lou was | tell you was glad l did not
back out"
through the cold weather?'
Yes; she has often said they did her
lots of good"
land when you had once made an
effort to please her, it was easier after
wards to plan your plays. so she could
share in your good times?''
"Shouldn't WONDER
Certainly, it is so: just as after you
have once gone to the barn and back
through the drifted snow, you can 90
easier the next time in the same track.
And having denied yourself sometimes
when the boys were going off on some
sports, you can do it easier now when
your mother needs YOU"
II believe it's all So" said Charley.
"Well. I want to tell you two things
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mad benz Sufen. gs parsn Die YdNa.
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oas @srl9t bate iih perbrsitst, OaB Die
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