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WIT AND WISDOM.

There is as much policy in polite
ness as there is in honesty.
TO live long, it is necessary to live
slowly. Cicero.
Another weather profit" said
Bliffers, as he pocketed five dollar bill
that he won on wager upon atmos-
pheric changes.
DON'T you think that Miss Brown
is a sweet girl?' asked Henry "Oh,
yes, very sweet" replied Jane; " that is
to say, she is well preserved"
All creeds and all guides for living
and doing can be safely boiled down to
this: Do your best. That covers the
whole ground. -
"A young lady admitted to her
mother that her beau had kissed her on
the cheek. "And what did you doP"
inquired the old lady, in a tone of in
dignation. 'Mother," replied the young
lady, 81 cannot tell lie; turned the
other cheek"
1t is getting to be esthetic for
ladies to thank gentlemen who arise
and offer them seat in street car.
We received one thank this morning,
being the first in five years. To be
sure, we haven't got up much. NJ Y.
Commercial advertiser.
1t is cold day now when an ex-
press train in some part of the Republic
doesn't run down hand-car and wear
out few telegraph repairers or section
men. The express trains must have de-
VelOped a little emotional insanity
Burlington Haa0keye. at .r
Little Edith was terribly sleepy the
other night She began her customary
prayer upon retiring, but when she got
rs far as "Our Father" her eyes closed
and her head tumbled onto the pillow.
A" 1 tan't tay it tonight" she said, I'm
200 Sleepy. He knows the vest of it."
In Munich tavern. Guest to pro-
prietor-''See here, mine host, what
found in this mug of beer--a piece of
paper and a brandy glass" Host
"Well, and supposin' you did. A man
was here the other day who found an APP
pie dumping in his beer and didn't say
a word. "-F2iege'ade Blatter.
We sometimes wish that nature had
designed us for hired girl, instead of
an editor, so that we could have been
Independent. In this country ''a hired
girl is only another name for affluence
and nobility. 1t is not an uncommon
occurrence for girl to come West,
work at regular wages two or three
years, and then, as an heiress, marry a
5loated capitalist and settle down. 1t
IS a horrible fact that, unless something
Is done to prevent the Capitalization of
capital among the servant girls of wy
0ming, a revolution cannot be avoided.
-LGranie Boomerang RI.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

New York City has population o,
l,206, 299 human beings, of whom the
native born number 727, 62y and the for.
sign born AIS, $40.
The mining products of Nevada for
1881 were S9,505.g7l. against Sl3. 655,-
967 in 1880. The Yield for Colorado was
81, $50, 6S5, against S2l, S21, 500 fol-
1880.
During the past year 2,039 vessels
were wrecked and property estimated at
81, 400, 600, 900 destroyed. Add to this
the property lost in fires and see what
an appalling amount of capital is utterly
lost
Captain Eads estimates the cost of
the ship railway as follows: Improve
ment of the Coatzacoalcos. $4,000, 600:
improving the bayou, 100000 ship
railway, $50 900; terminal improve
ments, $4,000, 900; total, So, 900.
About 81, OOO. 900, OOOof our Nation
al debt has been paid since the war
ended. France and Great Britain have
more than double our debt, and Spain
has larger debt than that which re-
mains of ours.
From 5000 hypsometrical measure
ments, DIR. Chavanue has calculated the
average height of the entire continent
of Africa to be not less than 2. 100 feet.
This high figure is evidently due to the
great extent of the high plateaux in that
country, surprising even that of Asia.
The census shows that the State of
Connecticut has over 1000 more fe-
na1a :.
curious fact that in the smallest towns
in the State the rule generally is that
the men exceed the women in mum.
bers. The cities show the surplus OF
women.
The bullion output of Arizona, in
1881, as far as heard from, was 80. OS5,.
$40, including S5,149,129 from the
Tombstone district alone. The copper
output was S,09S, 495 pounds. The Tue.
son Star predicts that the silver and
gold bullion output for 1882 will reach
S25, 900, 900, and the copper output over
100000 pounds, as that industry is
yet in its infancy.
-Nye County, Nevada, is the largest
county in the United States, covering
$4,000 square miles. San Bernardino, Cal.
ifornia, with $4,000 square miles, is the
next largest. California has four other
counties. each of them as large as Mas
sachusetts, three that are each larger
than Connecticut, and fifteen others that
are each larger than Delaware. Sioux
County, Nebraska, contains 2l,070
square miles. Oregon also has several
large counties-Grant, Umatilla and
Lake containing respectively 1880,
14,260 and $4,000 square miles. Pre-
sidio, with 900 miles, is the largest
county in Texas. The smallest county
in the United States is New York, State
of New York, and it has the largest pop
ulation. The largest of the Territories
is Dakota, with TAT 600 square miles,
and the largest county in any of the
Territories is Custer County, Montana,
with $4,000 square miles.
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SEC 2. That whenever new State is adj
mitted to the Union the Representative or
Representatives assigned it shall be in addi-
ton to the number of 325.
SEC 3. That in each State entitled under
this apportionment the number of Represent
atives to which such State may be entitled in
the Forty-eighth and each subsequent Con-
gress shall be elected by districts composed of
contiguous territory, and containing as near
ly as practicable an equal number of inhab-
nants, and equal in number to the Represent
atives to which such State may be entitled in
Congress, no one district electing more than
one Representative. ProUided That, unless
the Legislature of such State shall otherwise
provide, before the election OF such Repre-
sentatives shall take place, as provided by law,
where no change shall be hereby made in the
representation of State, the Representa-
tives thereof to the Forty-eighth Con-
gress shall be elected therein as now
provided by law. If the number as
hereby provided for shall be larger than 1t was
before this change, then an additional Repre-
sentative or Representatives allowed to said
State under this apportionment may be elect
ed by the State at large, and the other Repre-
sentatiyes to which the State is entitled, by
districts, as now prescribed by law in such
State; and if the number hereby provided for
shall in any State be less than it was before
the change hereby made, then the whole num-
Der to such State hereby provided for shall be
elected at large, unless the Legislatures of
sad States have provided or shall otherwise
provide before the time fixed by law for the
next election Of Representatives therein. All
acts and parts Of acts inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.
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The Blind as Actors.

On recent occasion at the Institu.
ton for the Blind at South Boston they
performed play, on an actual stage,
with twenty characters clothed accord
ing to their several parts, making no
mistakes, and doing better with it, EN-
orally, as a whole, than their sharp
eyed confreres of the sock and buskin.
So perfectly were they drilled that in
their stage intercourse not a sign was
visible that they did not see each other,
and their conversation was as naturally
directed as though the person adj
dressed was palpable to the sight
1t was strange spectacle, but not a
melancholy one, for it showed that
the blind could see through organs
not of sight, and read Intellectual
results with keener zest than those
who attain them more easily or are in
different as to their requirement. The
Tapleys who might have room for jollity
on the old and hopeless condition of
blindness, nowadays, would be in de-
spair at the innovations of the melan-
choly custom, but though so grand a
progress has been made in amelioration
of the loss of sight, the privation is bad
enough, and few would exchange even
their bleared and rheumy optics for en-
tire darkness. The Institution for the
Blind is one of Boston's most priced es-
Establishments. boston Cor. Hartford
EUentn9 Post.
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THE MODERN BONNET


-Oris It hat2
Dome of st. Peter's tell me that
IL u broadly conceived, crown, brim and bow
IL Is grand with II grandeur grand, you know;
But somehow, ] hardly seem made on the
plan =
Ot the grandest kind of n grand young man;
Ana this, perhaps, Is why ut the play
MY thoughts from Hamlet or Lear will stray
And why to the bonnet in front turn
WIN thoughts that breathe and words that
Durn"
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she Apportlonment Bin as Passed By
the House.
WASHINGTON, February II.

The following is the full text Of the Appor-
comment bill passed by the House to-day:
BE IL enacted, ,tc., That after the 3D. Of
Narch, 1888, the House OF Representatives
hall be composed of BPS members, to be APP
ortioned among the several States as fol-
OWs,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-02-25

joaquin Miller is devoting his atten-
ton to the prevention of forest fires. His
idea is to have The forests all burned over
every autumn before great mass of in
f1ammable stuff accumulates.
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ed by many Of the citizens who saw it.
Large crowds from the surrounding
country assembled to assure themselves
that their enemy was really dead, and
curious to see the individuals whose
daring proves had relieved the coun.
try of a scourge. Among the specta.
tors were the two young men, who un-
fortunately for the hero traitors, recog.
nize them as the robbers of their father
and themselves. The wretches were
seized, tried for their crime and hung.
And thus ended the last and most not
ed gang of robbers that infested the
"Natchez and Nashville trace"
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THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

Work Is about to begin again on the
priation recently made will, 1t Is OK.
pected, run 1t up 75 feet more, making
the height about $50 feet. sg3
Nearly hundred ssmemorlal stones"
are to be putin place In the monument,
and conspicuous among the stones that
will be put In the shaft this year is tho
one from the temple Of lEsculapius, on
the island of Paros; block from the
original chapel of William Tell, built
in 1883, on Lake Lucerne, where he
escaped from Gessler; and large
square of marble from the Greclan ar
chipelago, sent as tribute from the
islands Of Paros and Naxos. A finely
polished piece OF marble, which was
presented by J. A. Lehman, has also
been set aside. Imbedded In its face
Is a head which was carved two or
three thousand years ago by tho ancient
Egyptians for the temple erected in
honor Of Augustus, on the banks of
the Nile. -
The head Is Of a hard, dark brown
rock, OF granite grain, and from Its
irregular appearance was apparently
broken In its removal from Its original
resting place. The stones from tho
Swiss Confederation, Turkey and Chi
ma. will, 1t is said, take precedent of
the many fine pieces of carved work
that have been presented by the secret
societies and other organizations. The
latest block sent from the lapidarium
comes from Nevada, having been re-
ceived but n short time ago. 1t is 3x13
feet and Is cut from granite. Its face,
which Is polished, bears tho inscription:
"AIl for our country-1ss1," in gilt
letters. The line "Novada" extends
across the middle in plain six-inch let
ters of solid silver.
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HOW THE GOVERNMENT PAYS BILLS

A great part of the work in the dc.
partment is necessarily in the line OF
keeping accounts, and presents little
interest to people who arc not exccp-
tionally fond of figuring.
The general principle which governs
the whole system of auditing and set
Ting accounts against the Government
is to provide every safeguard against
fraud, and this Is 80 successfully accom-
plished that dollar could not be got
out of the treasury illegitimately with
out the collusion of SO many persons
that it may be set down as practical
impossibility.
Suppose man has a bill against tho
Government. The head Of the depart
ment or bureau TO which the matter
properly belongs makes a requisition
for the amount upon the Secretary of
the Treasury, using prepared blank
which asks him to cause a warrant for
the amount In question to be issued in
favor of the party, the same to be
charged to the particular appropriation
ny OOuk OuI Vi "hISA thC
ought to come.
But before this requisition reaches
tho Secretary 1t must pass under the
eye Of the proper Auditor and Comp.
troller and receive their countersign
the Auditor at the same time charging
the amount to the account Of the dis
bursting officer in whose favor it is is
sued. If all goes well SO far, the Secre.
tary issues a warrant to the Treasurer,
directing him to pay over the money,
which he docs by issuing draft TO
the amount in favor of the Govern
ment's creditor, but not until the war
rant has been countersigned by the
proper Comptroller and registered by
the Register. Indeed, the draft itself
must 20 to the Register for comparison
and registry before it is finally passed
over. There seems to be good deal
of red tape in all this process, but it is
q sort of red tape that saves the coun.
try money in the long run.
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Dentistry.

nR. s. L. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
~ offers his professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding cOun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident Of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
Office at residence on Jackson street, near
the Female Academy, Monroe. La.
v7-mar16:1Y
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John McEnery.

ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AGENT,
No, 6 Carondelet ST., New 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 unimproved
lands solicited.
ag-Major J. G. Richardson is associated
with Mr.. McEnery in the land business,
to which he will give his entire attention.
January 6, 1851.
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II. II. Russell.

ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
MONROE, LA.
DRACTICES REGULARLY in the Par
l. ishes of Ouachita, Richland, Lincoln
and Caldwell, and in the Supreme Court.
Collection of claims prosecuted with dill
syence and money promptly remitted. Man
agement, sale andlease of real estate under
taken, and satisfaction guaranteed. Fees
moderate. Office on Wood street, in
Stubb's building. Jan. +, 1SSA,
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JUDGE DAVIS CRASHING:

Cincinnati Commercial special: Prcsl-
dent pro TEN Davis, Of the Senate, had
yesterday afternoon his third break
down since no became n member of
that body. The trouble with the Illi-
nois senator Is that he forgets that an
ordinary chair can not maintain tho
400 pound mass of flesh which belongs
to him. He ought to follow the exam
pie OF the late Senator Dixon Lewis,
| and only use chairs especially construct
| ed to stand tho strain. Judge Davis,
who had put another senator in tho big,
stronglybroced chair which he occupi-
ed AS presiding officer of tho Senate,
had been strolling around tho chamber
to stretch his legs, and passing by u
chair which belongs to Senator Brown,
of Georgia, and is abundantly nblo to
hold his weight of 225 pounds, he took
n notion to rest himself. He sank into
the chair, and the chair sank to the floor
in broken pieces, which wcro strewn
all over the judge as he lay sprawling.
AS he scrambled TO his feet with a
sense of injured dignity fresh on him,
he saw that Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, who occupied the ncxt seat.
was smiling broadly, and his ear caught
the whisper of some ono Oh the other
side, styling him tho "Jumbo of tho
Senate" lie was so indignant that hc
stalled around tho Senate several times,
and then, becoming little more COM
posed, he selected another chair, aftern
critical examination, and deposited
himself in it. Senator Butler went
over to him for modifying purposes,
but the judge waved him Off and de-
clined to listen to him. On the last oc-
casion that he burst through chair
Mr.. Conkling, who was then in tho
Senate, chucklcd audibly, and he would
not take any notice Of him for a week
after.
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In the Guiteau case, the supreme
court of the district OF Columbia gives
Charles II. Reed two weeks to prepare
his argument in the bill of exceptions,
which will come up May sth. Only
that portion of Scoville's letter announc-
ing his withdrawal from the case was
read.
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men Of science, and 1t is impossible to
predict where the study that Is now
being concentrated upon this subject
will end. Science has to-day no more
splendid and promising field open to 1t.
IN. Y. Sun.
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A very rich man said: l worked
like a slave till was forty to make
my fortune, and I've been watching it
over since like detective for my lodg-
ing, food and clothes.
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Talbot Stillm1an, ,

II will practice in the Parishes OF
Owachitn. Morehouse, IeichIaast, and Frank
I'm, in the Supreme Court of the State,
and in the Federal Courts. Will take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
same in connection with attorneys residing
.hore. August 1S, 1881.
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C.. J. BOATNER.

J. BOATNER. NJ. J. IL DDF;LL.
BOatner Il Lililell,
A AI"rORNEYSlAND COUNSELORS AT
II Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
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 CAl.DERwOOD. THOs. Y. ADT.
DrS. CalderWOOl Il Ably,
Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery.
Office on Grand street, in rear of +. NJ.
McCormicks Drug Store, and opposite
ID. b. Gunby's store.
January %. 10. n2O:1Y
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Hundreds and thousands of old sol.
diers both Confederate and Federal, will
remember Missionary ridge, near Chat
tanooga. 1t is the site of one OF most
decisive battles of the war-rag-ged-
rocky, steep, poor In soil as any part OF
the table land, and was, until recently,
regarded as worthless. For what pur-
nose men held it was not known by
themselves, or anybody else. Three
or four years ago its lands woulds not
bring over 50 or 81 and acre Now tho
ridge is covered with orchards, and tho
profits are such that no land can be
bought for less thah $40 or $50 an acre.
1t is thus old ideas give way before new
conditions and new infusions of brains
and energy.
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DR.. :. e. Murphy,

nEsIARD ST.. MONROE, LA.-Having
- recently arranged his Office with special
reference to the treatment of chronic female
diseases, DIR. Murphy will give particular
sttention to that branch of his profession.
Ml-Reters to the M edical fraternity of Mon
roe and Trenton. June Is, lS11.-tf.
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John HI. DinkRrave.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
II 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 Office and Pension matters attended
to. March %, 1879.
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CHEAP JEWELRY.

Every day people are besought by some
auctioneer or street vender to buy q
valuable stem.wiuding gold watche
for - 40, or diamond pin from South
America for q dime, three for q quarter.
How it is possible that such valuable
jewels could be sold so cheap has doubt
less been occasion of wonder to many,
but 1t is explainable. .Es
Tons of this cheap jewelry are said
to be sold every year. There are whole
sale hoses that do business Of halfa mill
lion dollars annually. Nearly all the
jewelry they sell Is worth little more
than the metal at so much o pound.
The valuable gold watches offered so
cheap at auction probably cost $50 a
dozen, while the diamond pins cost
possibly 20 cents hundred. a,
The larger part of this chess = jewelry
is made at Providence, r. l., and At
tleboro, Mass, and the surrounding
towns. So numerous are the factories,
and SO great are their facilities for
manufacture than tons of these little
trinkets are turned out daily and yet
the demand exceeds the supply.
The metals used are mainly brass
and copper, sometimes stngly and some
times combined. Some of these goods
are plated with gold, and the value
of the jewel depends upon the thick
ness of the plating and qualities of the
gold used. -. .rF ..se . y
This cheap jewelry is of two grades:
that Intended 70 wear, and that intend-
ed only to get the money of vain fools.
In the former real cameo and other
stones are sometimes used, but In the
other stained glass limitations constitute
the settings. The rare diamonds are
always glass, cut in imitation of genu-
inc stones. The cheapest jewelry is
used mainly in prize packages, and
those people who pay 25 cents for s
cents worth of poor candy pay only 20
cents for their experience.
A large quantity Of the better grade
of this cheap jewelry is worn by people
of wealth whose vanity Is satisfied with
the appearance Of wearing .finejewels,
by others 1t is worn because, II stolen,
the loss will not he great and unless
they make noise about 1t no one will
ever know but that 1t was genuine.
Some OF the rare jewels worn by actres.
ses are for this reason said to be paste
limitations of real gems in their possess
ion, but which are never shown In
public.
The worthless but flashy kind Is worn
largely by class who like to appear
to possess immense wealth when they
do not. Sailing under full sail OF
such stuff Is sure sign of poverty OF
intellect, at least.
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James r. Strother.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Monroe La.
II Will practice law in North Louisiana,
before the Supreme Court ut Monroe, Fed
eral Courts of Louisiana, Court of Claims,
and Supreme Court of the United States at
Washington City.
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h. Richardson.

A TroRNEY AT Law, MONROE, La,
II will practice in all the parishes of
North Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the
State, tho Federal Courts, and in the Land
Office Department of the General Govern
ment. August 1871 L.
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ThOs. q. Benton,
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
MONROE, LA.
Office with s. D. NlcEnery.
Dr. T.P. Richardson

Dr. II. H. Richardson
HAS resumed the practice of Medicine.
LII He may be found, when not profess
sionally engaged, at Moore's drug store
during the day, and at his residence at all
other hours. Monroe, Feb. 6, 1879.
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'. l.. MILLSAPS. c. H. TROUSDALE.
Nillsaps ~ TrOustlale.

Mil1sRpS ~ TrOusdRle.
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW
MONROE, LOUISIANA,
WIill practice in the courts of the Fifth
w District, Supreme Court, and Federal
Courts. Will take claims for collection in
all the parishes of North Louisiana, with
privilege of managing same in connection
with resident attorneys.
Ohce in STUBB'S BUILDING, Wood
street. August Is, 1881.