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lettings From a Country School
House,
CENTRAL ACADEMY, Dec IS. 81

House.
CENTRAL ACADEMY, Dec IS. 81
Mr.. EDITORIALS | am only
known aud appreciated once a year,
perhaps your readers would like to
hear from me. | dwelt in shady
dell, an evergreen, shedding luster
aud verdancy to the dropping oak,
ash and tulip trees with their scar
leaf. l was contented and happy till
some rude boys came with an axe
and cut me down, put me ia a wagon
and hauled me here. They sawed
me off and then measured me and
sawed me off again; then they nailed
one end of me down to the floor, and
tied me to a ring in the ceiling by the
other end. Then they called me
christmas Tree" They loaded me
down with boxes packages, apples,
oranges, young chickens, chirping
dolls, candy dolls, candy chickens
and jugs. Then came shawls, nubias
cravats, handkerchiefs, walls and bot
ties filed with paregoric and "cina-
mon draps' q SUPPOSE, pipes and
tobacco. (please don't tell Uncle Billy
Moore this, as he is to lecture here on
tobacco next Sunday. Then came
turnips, potatoes, stale bread and beef,
and ribbons and rings and other nice
things, until | fairly groaned beneath
the weight of good things. Then they
melted little wax candles and stuck
all over my limbs and alighted them.
Then they ali, with one accord, pro.
nounced me perfectly beautiful, a
splendid success. Then they had
public speeches and singing, which
they called vocal music.
Somebody said something about a
star that appeared in the east nearly
1000 years ago, and that some good
men followed it till they found a babe
in manger wrapped in some sort of
clothes, and that they called him Je-
sus our Savior, and that he lived upon
the earth about thirty years, and his
life was one OF holiness and loneliness,
and that l was here to celebrate that
important event. He said folks should
be merry on Christmas, but there
was. something sublime and solemn
connected with this event. Some
body said something about whisky;
said it would make men commit MUIR
der and shed blood, and say "cuss
words" and take the lives of their
wives and children. Then there were
some private speeches made; for, if
you believe me, Mr. Editor, Cupid
was here with his little dart poking
about among the young folks in his
heart smashing business, and one
beautiful young lady got her heart
broke that is her candy heart-and
the way the boys devoured it was too
awful to tell.
Now I am deserted and alone, no
one to care for me, and / pray some
one to come and take me down-take
me down where the "woOdbine twin.
eth" HOLLY BUSH
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THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN.

AT no time in the South's history has we'll
informed new spaper, issued from command
ing point of observation for the collection and
distribution of early intelligence been more an
indispensibility to southern households than
now.
The efforts Of the Managers of the American
to maintain its standard as the best political,
commercial and family newspaper in the
southern states will in no particular be relax
editor the ensuing year, and many improve
ments are contemplated. For the past six
years its expenditures have not been less than
ono hundred thousand dollars annually, to
serve its patrons with the freshest news, and
its outlay for teegraphic news alone has not
been less than ten thousand dollars per an
mum. No other newspaper south of the Ohio
river has expended as much for telegraphie
services. 1t appears regular every day
throughout the year, including holidays. and
its Office is never closed. The Weekly Am ri
can, made up of the cream of the news of the
seven daily issues of the week, will contain the
full volume photographic dispatches and mar
ket quotations on the day of publication. 1t
will be sent postage paid to any address for
one dollar year, IS cents for months. Daily
yr. $1,000. Sundays omitted, l yr. $40 60.
Weekly yr. S1.0O Address
THE AMERICAN.
Nashville, Tenn.
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Go to your druggists and get a hot
tie of that splendid tonic for the hair
DR.. Greenhalge's SOC. Restorer
1t can't be beat.
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NICHOLSON HOUSE
HlSOICeUt Notice.

The insolvency of the estate of Dock Nesbitt,
decd, having been suggested to the County
Court Clerk of Gibson county, all persons hay
ing claims against csid estate are notified tn
file them with said clerk on or be ore the first
of May, 1882, or they will be barred.
Dec. 11-lm. X. d. LANSDEN, Admir-.
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KennOn & BurrOM

Keep constantly :on hand Turnips,
Cabbage, Pickles, barrel Mackarel,
Rice and everything in the eating line.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-07

Plaut q Frenz guarantee to sell
goods lower than they can be bought
elsewhere.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-10-28
Printing Office Secrets.
Exchange.


A properly conducted printing Office
is as much IL secret as a Masonic lodge.
The printers are not under oath or secrcsy
but always feel themselves as truly i'll
honor bound to keep Office secrets as
though triple oathed. Amy employee i'll
a printing Office who willingly disregar-
ded this rule in relation to printing
office secrets, would not only be scorned
by his brethren Of the craft, but would
lose his position at once. We make this
statement because it sometimes happens
that communication appears i'll a news
paper, nnder an assumed signature,
which excites comment, and various
parties try to find out who is the author.
Let all be saved the trouble Of question
ing the employees Of the printing Office.
They are know-nothings OH snch
points as these. On such matters they
have eyes and ears, but 10 mouth; and
if any fail to observe this rule they will
be put down IT'S dishonorable members ol
the craft and be Immediately discharged
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n UMBElt 8.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Domestic

President Arthur weighs $50 pounds.
Brownsville, Texas, has been declared
free Of fever.
Boys found entering SALOONS in Chicago
are to be fined 500.
The electric tower at He'll Gate, N. r.,
is to be $50 feet high.
Mariana, Ga, has not lost a white
resident by death for over twelve months.
The funeral service over the remains
of Miss Fanny Parnell took place at
Boston, October 10.
Seven students of Bowtloin College at
Portland, Me-, have been mulcted in
damages Of s27O0 for hazing freshmen.
The Chinese government has requested
permission for certain number Of
Chinese boys to enter the Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis.
A verdict of s12, 500 in favor Of plain
tiff has been rendered in the libel snit Of
the actress, Marie Prescott, against the
American News Company.
One Of the lady guests at recent
wedding reception in Newport, r. T., is
accused of stealing u costly camePs hair
shawl from among the presentsdisplayed.
A train with nearly two thousand sick
and disabled Chinese l.sborers working
OH the Southern Pacific railroad, was
stopped at San Francisco recently, and
the inyalils assaulted by hoodlums.
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Hon. d. f. Kenner.
Exchange

Those who have become somewhat ac-
ouaiuted with the Tariff Commission re-
gard Duncan F. kenner, the veteran
Louisianian, as Que Of the strongest men
of the Board. Kenner was at one time
Secretary of the Southern Confederacy,
and escaped to Europe to negotiate the
last foreign loan to that government.
He is President of the largest cotton seed
oil company i'll the South, his sugar mills
have cane crushing capacity of 200 tons
d day, and lie is a large rice planter, SO
that lie represents the three great South
ern interests of cotton, sugar and rice.
Although he shows the effect of palsy, he
is strong i'll mind and thoroughly posted
on the industrial relations with which
he is familiar.
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WOOa. 4G Is never COO iab6 10 IHehu, AHu
perhaps Judge Hilton may tnrn out a
frst-class philanthropist yet. There is a
big chance for him. Let rs hope lie will
not neglect the opportunity.
The shouts of the political heelers and
strikers have almost drowned the roar Of
battle in Wall street. Tie fact is, that
the promised boom in stocks has not
come, and once more the bears are ram
pant. Bull hides, which were at premi-
nm two weeks ago, may nov be had for
asking. A real healthy bovine would be
a fortune for Barnum, while bears of
every kind, from cinnamon to grizzly,
stalk the street with never q foe IN sight.
Many of the banks have stopped dis
counting on stocks, and small buyers on
small margins have gone to the wall by
hundreds. The aftermath may be more
promising than the origil,al spring crop,
but while the grass grows the horse may
starve.
1ulttCS dtC dOOuu 80 EnNNh iutASA ~
as stocks. Everybody is going to win,
and everybody is going to be elected-a
conclusion which must be equally satis-
factory to Democrats and Republicans.
Never before have the sionters had such
grand opportunity. TIE happy family
in New York is a sight worth seeing,
Jimmy O'Brien and Jol,ii Kelly sitting
side by side i'll harmony, john with a
tomahawk hid in his sleeve, and Jimmy
with blacktborn under his coat-taiI,
and both of them with green bands
around their hats with The luotto Erin
go bragh, Let us have peace" and ut
the other end Of the great suspension
bridge sits Tom Kinselhlantl Boss Nc
Laughlin, each carryinssa flag on which
is emblazoned the. sentiment, "By the
eternal, the Union must and shall be
preserved" Mike Nolton aud Hubert O.
Thompson locked arnlsin-arm illustrate
how sweet it is for brothers to dwell IN
harmony. Itreminds me very much OF
the wonderful cage which used to delight
me when was a boy, in which were
rat, q mouse and cat, /. canary and an
owl, a snake and rabbit, with many
other wonderful iucongruities. | heard
a tradition of this cage, but ] don't
know how true it is, that they finally
got into !. fight, and Nhen the keeper
got up in the morning he found that
they had eaten each other up and not q
yestige remained Of tile happy family.
The weather is cool: as November;
business wonderfully active; the city
full of visitors; theatres, churches and
hotels full; Brother Beecher back at
Plymouth, whereat there is much rejoic-
lug. His tlcalserlpo,,, last Sunday,
q / til tafR i.
Yours truly, BRoADBRIM.
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THE LITTLE BRIDGE..

They parted on the Little Bridge
Which spans the running water, Sss
The bright-eyed youth with fluent tongue, I.
And she-the yeoman's daughter.
A few fond wortls-a stolen Mss. S 60
Twas all-but this Is a change
She did not dare
He journeyed to bright southern lands
Where tropic skies bent Ger him, u
And wooed blind Fortune till she cast
A shower Of gold before him.
Then Fame took mp her trumpet, tuned
70 sound his praise in story,
For much that to his life belonged
Was what the world calls glory.
A ribbon marked his high degree,
His name had added letters,
And not ON him was any sign
Of ife's more CALLING letters.
The maiden's path lay toward the north;
She toiled for daily guerdon, -
And meekly bore her low estate,
Nor felt her task a burden.
Till '.hope deferred her spirit broke,
And thorns seemed springing round her,
And thoughts that were once purest JOY
Had only power to wound her.
Apoor old maid with fading cheek
Tolls on from early morning,
With scanty thanks. and little praise,
And ofttimes heartless scornlng.
And yet sometimes she sees the Bridge,
And hears the river flowing.
When memory lifts the shroud OF years,
The dead past calmly showing.
And sometimes he, in idle mood,
Mid silence all unbr0ken,
e just wonders if the Bridge still stands
Where their last words were spoken.
The Little Bridge still lightly spans
The rippling. running water;
But no bridge spans the gulf 'twixt him
And her--the yeoman's daughter!
Chambers Journal.
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Yours truly, BRoADBRIM.
Protection of Leyees.

+ The Louisiana Board of State Engi-
neers has addressed the following sugges-
tious to the Police Jnries of parishes
having lcvccs to maintain:
The Board Of State Engineers respect
fully asks the early attention OF your
honorable body to the important duty Of
providing suitable ways and means for
the ssrepair, preservation and protection >
of tue public Ievees of your parish.
We are aware that in many parishes
(perhaps most of thenl) the ordinary
revenues are so limited as to afford no
sufficient surplus for this purpc1e. We
can not presume to judge whether or not
such is the case in your parish; but, If
so, would beg to suggest that Act No. Al,
session of 1882, provides method for
raising such funds, OF which many par
ishes may find it necessary to avail
| themselves. ~~
The necessity for timely preparation
for this work is evident; and its execu-
ton before the season of high water: is
not only demanded by considerations OF
economy, but is frequently an essential
to doing it at all. 1t is needless to cite
the numerous Instances where repairs
| that might have been made for Il trifting
| sum during low water, have been de-
ferred till the food-seaso,, resulting i'll
enormous outlay to prevent creyasses, or
in irreparable disaster"
| The extent and nature of the repairs
required in your parish ca1ii"t be intel
ligeutly prescribed by this Board, but
must largely depend upon the means
available therefor. We would, however
respectfully suggest the propriety ol
cutting out and ret.lling all unlicensed
! or defective rice-fluumes, and holes OIL
leaks caused by crawtisEl or other bur
rowing animals, the filing in OF road
vays and other cuts i'll the leyees, tlis
openins of bitches for draining watel
AWAY from both sides of leyees, the re
storing and securing of broken ant
tlecayed revetnents and fascining'
/ and the raising and strengthening of los
and weak places.
We would also suggest that it i
|tlesirable for the Police Jnries to es
tabIish and declare the local "tlange
line,' as provided i'll Section 8 of Act Ne
lo4, Session Of 1882, instead Of waitin
. for this Board to do SO; the differen
local circumstances of the various pal
lshes rendering it improbable that an
F single standard Of danger should properl
apply to all.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-10-28

Woman's primitive beauty and yigor, which
have been lost, can be restored and retained by
the action of certain constitutional agents.
These agents necessarily regulate, build up.
fortify and antayonize all existing female ir-
regularities and excesses. or distractions which
produce the i'll health. The remedy must un-
load the locked up secretions, add iron to the
blood, strength to the system and vitality to the
nerves. Such q remedy is found in the use of
English Female Bitters great triumph in the
cure Of s;ekly females.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-10-28

the November number Of this well known ias-
o-ise of the ladies' lnoatLles. and find it full Of
useful and interesting matter. A beautiful
sseel-engraysng. eolored pattern for sieleboard
cloth, numerous illustrations OF fashions, en-
broislezy patterns, etc. and stories that are
! unusually good. Undoubtedly, Peterson is
not only tts best but the cheapest magazine OF
its kind, being bat two dollars year to single
subscribers. To clubs. ii is cheaper still. with
great Inducements to these getting up clubs.
! Every lsdy sl.ousd take tnis magazine. Now is
/ the time TO subscribe. Adarsss ti,arles ]. Pc
tersogs. sei ehestsut street. Pi:sixlelpi ia. Pa.
Specimens are sas.s. eEs.is. TO s,e MP rias. wtss.
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& A KISS BIZ MoosL1GHT.-Ihe Spanish student
victorian became desperately enamored with
4he personal beauty and charms of Prosperino.
daughter to the King of Naples. He frequently
scaled the wall at night in order to steal kiss
BIZ moonlight while the pale moonbeams were
playing upon her chiseled features. and at ore
time in rapturous ecstasy he asked, = What hast
made thee SO beautiful = Was such question
| propounded to our prettiest women these mod.
| !, ern times the reply would Ee, slrnpiy uss
! Enelish Female Bitters, which cures all aches
/ ard PANS 1t is the OILY known female bcai.
tlfser am! fo.;c for Eaarrisd ard single.
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ARABI.

You fought daring fight
As we know;
But the Britons in their might
Laid you low.
You are hardly. at your best,
1t must really be confessed,
That q ''Araby the blest,"
Poets know.
Shall you pose before our gaze
For awhile?
Or will Egypt end your days,
Eastern style!
The insiCious attack,
For which they've such a knack.
The bowstring and the sack,
And the Nile!
Perhaps another war
You've in view,
Or perchance, @ great Pasha,
You are through;
And for England you'll embark,
There to mix with men OF mark,
While you dazzle Regents Park.
And the Zoo!
If the Government should e'er
Let you go,
There is money for you here,
You must know. M
Let them send you DER the sea.
10 our nation of the free,
And you'll earn q salary
With show! N. Y. SUI
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Foreign.

s = SA SA6AAe
Italy. has only six provinces exempt
from malaria.
Insurgent Arabs have attacked the
French outpost.
Recruiting for the new Egyptian army
has commenced.
Lord Dufcrin is to be made Marquis
for his diplomatic services.
A revolution headed By Eloy Alfaro is
again i'll progress ut Ecuador.
Coolies will be sent to Egypt to re-
place natives as army servants.
Shocks of earthquake were felt in
Nicaragua and Pau, October FL.
Peacu negotiations between Chilli and
Peru are still i'll progress in Chill.
Adolphe Charles Bonnegrace, the dis
tinguished Russian painter, is dead.
Barry Sullivan, the actor, is to enter
Parliament for an Irish constituency.
Victor Hngo has published All appeal
deprecating. the execution of Arab Pasha.
Prof. Tyndall's new house at Hind
Head, England, is built completely Of
iron.
The French are attempting to redeem
tie desert ii Sahara by means Of aftesian
wells.
The Austrian army is to have a brigade
familiar. with putting up and destroying
railroads.
Nine villages OH the Naparalnli islands
have beeu swept away by All immense
tidal wave.
The Egyptian Ministry have intimated
their intention to permit English counsel
to defend .irabi Pasha.
Since the 1st of May more than 1900
cases ofcholera have occurred i'll China,
and q, GOO ended fatally.
EnyIand's reply to the Porte's note i'll
regard to the evacuation of Egypt by
British troops caused great exasperatioi.
at the palace.
The imperial family of Russia has
decided to recognize the Princess Dol
gourouki, and invited her to return to
st. Petersburg.
The fanatical party has accused Said
Pasl,a, Turkish Prime Minister, of having
caused tue loss of Egypt to Turkey, and
demanded his exile.
Sheikh Obcdullah, WHO is at Sekiari
| with u force of II ,00u men, has issued II
| manifesto to the knrds, urging them to-
shake off the Tyranny of Persia.
Several OF the most eminent scientists
have expressed the conviction that tho
present comet will return in 1893, fall
| into the sun aud destroy the world.
Arabi P,,sh;s AYERS that he acted under
orders from the Kbediye aud says he
continued the war after the bom6ard-
| ment BY order Of the National Council at
! Cairo.
| A few days ago Victor Hugo presided
at IA banquet given at yeules, France, at
his expense, to eighty poor children
/ The dinner was followed by u lottery a,
which all prizes were in money, with no
| blanks.
Ninet, Arab Pasl,;l's European adviser
declares that the esaet1atiori Of Alexan
,lria and defense of the country wert
ordered by the ministry aud sanetione.
by the khetlive.
t In repairing the wires for The eleetri.
light ut the Trieste exposition the eii
giueer came III contact with an n,iiis
sulated part, and was killed instaia;,
neously by the current.
/ A train Will, Chiii,n soldiers fro,i
Piseo to Joa was partially blown from
, the track hy torpedoes laid by Monte
neros, and the Italian consul captured
100000 is demanded for his release.
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MILLINERY.

MFRS. NJ. BLUM. Millincr, Mississippi
lXl- street, hetwecn Lcssard and st. Pat
rick Latest styles of Bonncts. Hats. French
Flowers. etc; also, all kinds Of Ladies' I'm
derwear.
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.rrnns,ent advertisements 81 per square
arst insertion; each subsequent insertion,
a;ciai advertisements 81 per squaretirst
/, sertion: each subsequent pu blication 5o
cents per square. ooo....
E,Iitorial no otices, first insertion, ~ cents
per line; subsequently, 10 cents s;nae per nne nj;
rectory, five dollars per amman.
Brief eftcommnntcatiens upon subjects OF
public interest so,icited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editoris notresponsi"le forthe views
of correspondents.
Address: Cn.EF. Donaldsonville. La.
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NJ LEVY, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
W. ing, boots, Shoes. Hats, aroccr,es'
Furniture. Hardware and Plantation cup;
plies. at Lemann's old stand M1ss'ss'PF'
street. g. FEITEL, Agent.
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TNo. sOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries,
ID Wines aud Liquors, Crockery, Tinware'
Notions, etc No. 81 Railroad Avenue, oe-
tween Conway and st. Michael sireets'
Doualdsonville.
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ATrORNEYS AT LAW

DAUL LFCHE., Attorney at Law and No
il tary Public. Donaldsonyile. Office
One block below the Court House, OH At
takapas street. ]e'o
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INSURANCE AGENCIES.

" MXURIN, General Fire Insurance
v Agent, Mississippi street. oyer Fer
nan.lcz's barber shop. Represents first-class
con,,anics with over $4,000, 900 Of capital.
Policies issued directly from agency with
out delay.
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~ KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
W. Honmas street, dealer in Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro-
visions, Corn, Oats and Bran.
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NJ ISRAEL g. CO, dealers in Dry Goods.
M> Clothing, Boots, Shoes, SaddIery,
B,,ggies. ETC., corner Mississippi street ana
Railroad Avenue.
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BARBER SHOP.

II l.. FERNANDEZ. Barber Shop, Mis-
LIE sissippi Street, near corner Lcssa,l
Shaving. hpir-cutting, slappooing, etc. i
most artistic style
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rlTY HOTEL, 2. Lcfevrc. Proprietor,
~ Railroad Avenue, cor. 1bcrville street.
Bar supplied with best Liquors.
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HOTELS AND 1soARDING-HOUsEs.

nORT. r. LEE HOTEL, ut Marx Israel's
IL old stapd, corner Mississippi and Les
sar.l streets. Jos. Lafargne. proprietor. Bar
and billiard room attached. First-class en-
tertninmcnt autl accommodations.
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UNDERTAKEN.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

ID RYBISKI. Apothecary and Druggist,
d. Mississippistleet, between st. Patrick
and st. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran'e q
store.
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SODA WATER MANUFACroRY.
MATTRESS MAKER

DETER WAGNER, Spring and Moss
Il Mattress ManufactoIy, Mississippi St.
Repairing and cleaning furniture a special
| ty. All orders promptly attended to.
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TINsMITII.

n outs j. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi
i 1 street, at Lclliann's old stand. Orders
attended to with dispatch and Satisfaction
insured.