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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
The Modern FIlrt.
(London Life.l

But while every fiirt, perhaps,
looks to marriage as her Ultimate
aim and object, there are many who
take a continued delight in the va.
ried excitements or the pursuit itself:
and preierring the light entanEle.
ment Of IL warm and tender inter
course to the binding letters of n
premature engagement, will try and
play with many proffered love, be.
fore they find that their own has gone
from them into the keeping OF some
stronger woOer who has conquered
at last. These, of course, are the
most dangerous flirts, who are point.
ed out as social offenders, because
they do not spare their powers Of
drawing men from allegiance 10 old,
and perhaps regretted, ties, and of
disconcerting premeditated family
arrangements; and no doubt they
must leave behind them some bro
Ken hopes and wounded hearts along
their paths of pleasure aud ways Of
pleasantnpSs.
But, after all, such rs these are
the perpetual penalties of the love
chase; and The men who may have
been even heartlcssly Tilted by a
tiirt do not usually undergo any
long protracted suffering, but are
easily consoled, like wounded heroes
10y the coincidence and sympathetic
affection Of some more tender heart
ed rival. But if the issue of her
game of courtship in which her
affections happen TO lie chiefly en-.
gagged, should go against the flirt,
she bears all the blame and meets
with little sympathy. The tongue
of scandal is unsparing in its moral
structures, and il she sinks beneath
the social storm. her rivals perhaps
rejoice over her discontinue; while
even her admirers, who used to fiat.
ter her, will Miss her bright pres.
ence for day or two, and then for.
get her in the ceaseless whirl of
society.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
EDITORS.

The man above all others in tile
world most entitled 20 conservation,
is an editor. No matter what he
publishes he is sure to make enemies,
and lose friends. Rejected contri.
butors dislike him, of course, and
the accepted contributor is often
just as unreasonable, for after the
long suffering publisher has accept
ed article after article, until the
public is grooming under the load of
undigested ideas, and the editor
kindly requests us discontinuance
in the future of the "fiow' of intel.
lcct"(D, he becomes offended, aud
thinks him devoid of all taste and
discrimination, and expresses him.
self accordingly. ...a'
An editor Is compelled to write
such articles as will please all class
es Of people. He cannot CRAFTY his
own taste, or that of q few. II he
could. his life would be compare.
lively M easy one. He has to
dabble in politics, in religion, In
science, and la art. and Of c0uroo,
he will necessarily make enemies,
and create an opposing element bit
that to he supposed before be hes
started on the a|ipRssys dsNeeeeos
what is expected 81, bin, aud lnlees
he is a cowsrlly roltrool, = 8 ~
fawner at tAx Net o. pq1e
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
GOOD NIGHT.

How lightly said, how careless spoken
W hen friends depart with joy unbroken,
Aud hand meets hand with this last token
Good night! good night!
How slowly said, with soft delaying,
when love for yet more love is PRAYING,
AUD heart meet heart, while lips are say
ing
Good night! good night!
But tenderly, with what new meaning.
From agony and anguish cleaning,
We whisper, DER a sick bed leaning
Good night! good night!
And TO the weary spirit winging,'
It's hight beyond all earthly clinging,
Is Death, perchance, an angel bringing,
Good night! good night,
food Words.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01

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or lr,s in length, 80 per annum; for
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mes. advertisement Of greater length
h. Inserted At above rates.
al Advertisements will be- charged at
Il rlrr>. where hXcl by law; otherwise
lnr al rates ~ published above.
= Special notices - cents per line.
|v.rtl notices of lees than ten lines.
plr.l." ,ad religious notIccsInserted
~.
,.work executed in III" ncatest style.
| a. reasonable prices.
lqrlst -. -.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01

themselves to be going through q
process Of cultivation. There is
comparatively small pleasure in
talking of books and subjects con
nected with literature with an I'M.
cultured person, however he may
be in tue habit of reading; while in
the presence Of cultivated men aud
women, almost the first word reveals
that the reading has been assimi
Lated and become part of their
mental substance, so TO speak, aud
there is felt at once a common
ground to move upon, and unspoken
understanding of each others point
OF view.-AtlaRtic Monthly.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
An Italian Count Living in Hut
San Antonio Express.

As Reporter OF The Express
was riding through the brush back
OF San Pedro springs, yesterday
afternoon, he suddenly came upon
a small wigwam made OF bushes
aud twigs, with u fire burning to
one side, on which sat pot of cof
fee, the aroma of which was sweet.
~ fragrant. On the ground, smok.
ing cigarette, WAS stretched a
tawny.rolored Italian, with violin
by his side. On inquiry, he stated
that he was the Connt of Villa
Franco, exiled from his country for
his political opinions and had been
gaining livelihood tor the past
three months in San Antonio by
his musical talents. He and his
wife, a beautiful woman, hardly
more than u girl, had constructed
this little hut, where they lived in
perfect cOutentment. SO it seems
there are more counts in tho city
than most people were aware OF.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
SIMON Il kOHN,
F. M. FREE NJ AN,

(south- west corner of Public squarc')
HOMER, La,
DEALER In Fancy and Family Groceries
~ Tobacco, Cigars, Provisions, Boots
Shoes, Hats. Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions
and fnll supply Of everything KEPT in a
general store. The custom of the public Is
respectfully solicited.
Terms and prices liberal,
April IL. 1880, J5y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures chills and
fevers.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
A Snake Story.


To get a snake out of bottle is
a tedious job; in whatever position
it is turned, the head will I've direct.
~ upward, so that the only way TO
induce him TO come ont is to place
the bottle upright or nearly So;
even then the head is withdrawn on
the slightest alarm aud the position
is 10y no means favorable TO its
transference TO "a box. ii the door
or opening of the latter will admit
it, the best plan is TO put the bottle
uncorked into the box, and let the
the snake crawl ont at its leisure;
first "chocking of" the bottle with
wedge of paper or wood, lest il
should roll over on the reptile, aud
fastening "a string 10 it in order that
il may he removed without Difficult.
~ at the earliest possible opportuni.
~.
One of the most poisonous snakes
| ever possessed WAS brought 10 me
in n brandy bottle, and, after twist.
ing and shaking and tapping il for
an hour without avail, | grew i'm.
patient. The tail just then hap.
pcneh tn protrude about halt an
inch, so | seized it with my fingers,
and. rapidly drawing the bottle
Though the other hand, had the
reptile safely in my grip behind it's
dealt dealing jaws, now distendcd
with anger But the slide of my
snake box. WAS shut over and /
could not draw it back with one
hand; so ! was obliged to let him
slip back into the bottle again.
Having set the box in order for the
new corners reception, ] once more
essayed to lay hold of him by the
tail; but now, most provokingly, no
amount of maneuNerlng would bring
that useful member To The top. An
other half hours unsuccessful ang.
ling converted my impaticnce into
desperation. and ut length, when
saw the tail about two inches from
the mouth Of the bottle, | stuck my
finger IN rcckicssly to Try TO secure
1t.
This WAS hopeless, ~ | might
have expected; but il certainly did
cool my spine little when | dis
covered OH att, mpiing IN Withdraw
1t, chat my finger WAS damned!
pulled. wrrnchrd, and twisted ii
with all my might, for the brute
was raising It's head. and its flicker.
ing tongue WAS rapidly approaching
the unhappy digit that involunlari
~ cuikcd up It's prison. | gave
final tug, the violence Of which
nearly dislocated my phalangcs; bnt
it WAS no use, and with u yell
raised the bottle high in the air. in
tending to smash it on the end of
my bunk. distinctly felt the
snake, momentarily inverted. fall
on the end of my finger; but as
flung my hand up the bottle slipped
of, and fell on the deck behind me,
fortunately without breaking. BY
the time ! picked it up the snake
was half way out, kissing f,iriously
with rage and fright, and | had but
little time to thrust it into the box.
If | had not been Hurried, | should
probably have been able to extri-
cate my finger with very little diff.
Guilty. 1t is of the utmost import.
ance never to lose presence of mind
in dealing with these things.-Lon.
don Field.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01
For the GUARDIAN.
READING.
~ PATSY PLuMMHR.

o' p''iiN tSI'Cltu dS ltdulIlH. We
thirds OF our children cannot read
well enough to get the idea convey
ed, and without this, leading Is al
most jargon. Young ladies plod to
and from school putting beneath the
load of Histories, Gcometries, Geol
ogics, Chemistrics, who positively
can't pronounce half the words.
much less tell the meaning.
Nh wonder. our mails cro,, upd.r
Tho l,,d of ,b.o, trash. -, uordor
they snepd so many us.f,I hours !,
naval ro,J;,c. M vo,d.r. 90 fan.
cortinu. IN studv ,fter erhool d,,s
mass
/ This will ho rho casa pp,I fla.
teacher has the moral courage to
tell the pupil who are too large to
read, that they must POSTPONE the
study Of the sciences until they
learn punctuation, acfuation and
emphasis. | saw n practical Illus
tra,ion of the difference in readers
q few dl,snro. \ paprr WAS LAYING
ON my table. and WAS rickpd M. and
a niece. read i'm a blundrriur. hpSiru
ting manner. after which the reader.
in coufu>iou. tossed il dawn saw inc.
.Th,t wostIr poorcst unucr prin,.
ed" Ano,l,cr picl;rd lii M. and rral
the comic ui,crs. and the house WAS
flied with ul,c. then an of,,ctiur
niece WAS read. and eyes were filed
with fears. and hearts thrnbhiur
with sy,nu,rlly. simuly bec,nsr they
were read. not only with the Inns.
bnt with the soul. All can acquire
a proficiency in art; but in music
and mathematics only those who
have time. time and calculation
LARGELY da,.l,ucd. can ever hone 10
Inc more than mere mediocres.
Years of prac,ice will give good
mechanical executions: bnt il is i'm.
possihlc for them TO feel the inspira.
zion of the trnc musician: therefore
tbeir mnsir falls dead and fiat npon
ia. e,r This is rare talent. so
rare thar we can't find our native
teacher but have TO catch the
drunken. foreign scum that floats
from Paris New York to Homer.
nifty ,.,,;idro, find them irving
70 copu;, Rule ofTbrec. bcfor, they
can tell the meaning of the words:
howilJered over martial nayment.
whom they have TO turn to the
MULTIPLICATION table. True exam.
r,l.s of those "vho see through the
c,ass dorkly.~ don't blame them
/ tbev turu IN the dime novel for n
raw Of light. MANY a wrecked life
may h, traced 10 thc neglect of read
inc in our schools. The old piano
;s coperotiv thrown aside for the
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-03-01

That reading does not necessarily
make a cultivated person Isl trn,h
not generallp apparent, even to con.
scientivus readers who suppose
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04

be wrong, of course. But we are most
home," he said, and began to PICK up
my packages and his own. -, ~,
II suppose you 60 to MaysVllle'
said .--.a
mo, madam, I stop at M.
Do you suppose am going to leave you
in your ignorance and inexperlence' 10
fall prey to any other Louis 9. Hamll,
tono A woman who don't know a 5
from an wants looking after. | want
to convince you that I am |. Don't al
feet to misunderstood me, Margaret,
dear. Your face has haunted me night
and day for six months. l sought you
apain because I could not bear to give
YOU up. Now, that this stupid blunder
is explained, will not give you up IN
less you bid me do so. Shall | get on
here or shall 1 go to Maysville? [ wait
your orders"
"Mr. Hamilton. if you could just let
90 my hand minute I'd try and put
on my hat, and you go to Maysville at
your peril,
He, you know who he is. looks over
my shoulder and says:
"Be sure you add, little wife, that
this is true story. "-CarIottG Ferry
in 81. Louis Magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04
4 "LONDON LYRIC"
AN IMITATION.

AN IMITATION.
1t you were eighteen. were twenty;
If roses bloomed and it were spring;
Ii gold were scarce and hopes were plenty,
And life before stood welcoming;
If you, cheerful young beginner,
With one wee maid at household care,
Should help to cook the first small dinner
Which Ned-poor Ned !-dropp I'd in to share;
If he should toast us, waxing jolly,
Wish me an aldermanic gown,
And turn to you, my blushing Molly,
And laughing call you Lady Brown
think for this we'd shut the stable,
Drop butler, footmen, grooms and all,
And sit about that little table,
And never call the maid too small
Some forty years and more how willing
Wed let run back, my Lady Brown!
How gladly give their every shilling
If we might lay their burdens down;
If we might have the sunlight shining
Through cotton shades, as it shone then,
And, tired at night, sit down for dining
AS simple and as glad as when
You were but eighteen, I was twenty,
And roses doomed, for it was spring
When gold was scarce, but hopes were plenty
And life before stood welcoming!
Charles Noble Gregory, in Chicago If1ouns.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04
Points About a Horse.

The weak points of horse can be
better discovered while standing than
while moving. If he is sound he will
stand firmly and squarely on his limbs
without moving any of them, the feet
planted fatty upon the ground, with
legs plumb and naturally poised. Il
one foot is thrown forward with the toe
pointing to the ground and the heel
raised, or if the footis lifted from the
ground and the weight taken from it,
disease may be suspected, or at least
tenderness, which is precursor OF dis
ease. If the horse stands with his feet
spread apart, or straddles with the hind
legs, there is weakness in the loins and
the kidneys are, apt to be disordered.
Heavy pulling bends the knees. Blush
or milky cast eyes in horses Indicate
moon blindness, or something else. A
bad tempered horse keeps his ears
| thrown back. Akicking horse is apt to
have SCARED legs. A stumbling horse
has blemished knees. When the skin is
rough and harsh, and does not move
easily and smoothly to the touch, the
horse is a heavy eater and his digestion
is bad. Never buy horse whose res
piratory organs are at all impalired.
Place your ear at the side of the heart,
and if a wheeling sound is heard it is
an indication of trouble-let him CO.
N. Y. Graphic.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04
Cattle Points.

Mr.. Brown, Professor of Agriculture
at the Guelph model farm, Province OF
Ontario. Canada, has been making
variety of experiments, the results Oh
which are summarized as follows IN his
annual report, and which may prove
suggestive to American readers, even II
they are not prepared to accept all the
points suggested as conclusive:
/. A steady, frosty winter is better
than an open one for feeding cattle.
2. An average two or three-year-old
steer will eat his own weight OF different
materials in two weeks. ~
3. Two or three-year-old cattle will
add one-third of pound more per head
per day to their weight upon the same
materials unprepared. 7''@ 2a1"
4. 1t is thirty per cent more proht-
able to premature and dispose OF fatten-
ing cattle at two years old than to keep
them up to three years. -. -. A.s....,
s. There is no loss in feeding cattle
| beast well upon variety Of materials for
the sake Of the manure alone.
g. Farm yard manure from Well-fed
cattle, three years old, is worth an aver
age of 3d. per ton,
7. A three-yea old cattle beast, well
fed, will give at least ton OF manure
every month of winter.
8. No cattle beast whatever will pay
for the direct increase to its weight from
the consumption Of any kind or quantity
of food. !, .Js.t -..-,...s ,-.-.......
g. On an average it costs twelve cents
for every additional pound OF flesh
added to the weight OF two or three
year-old fattening steer.
10. In this country the market value
of store cattle can be increased thirty
six per cent. during six months of tin
ishing by good feeding.
II. In order to secure a sale profit,
no cattle beast we'll done can be sold at
less than four and one-half cents per
pound Give weight.
II. In the fattening of wethers, to
finish as shearlings, the Cotswold and
Leicester grades can be made up to 10y
4 pounds, and the Southdown grades 16O
pounds each Give weight).
13. Counting wool and flesh value,
the Southdown grades give the highest
returns-as much as double that of the
Cotswold grade and thirty-fve per cent.
over that of the Leicester grade, as also
SLIGHTLY in advance of the OXforddown
grade. ~
,, IA. Fattening cattle on oats will eat
one-sixth less hay than when receiving
, corn or peas; those on pea meal viii
,, drink one third more water than those
3 on corn or oats. Clover lessons the
! consumption of roots. .
Is. Apparently about one-fifth O
ground corn passes through the cattle
beast undigested.
16. Pea meal roughly ground give'
! twenty-one per cent. greater returns II
: fattening cattle than either corn o.
9 oats. tss,. aEe# .eem
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04

Youth is like those verdant forests
tormented by winds; it agitates on
every side the abundant gifts of Nature,
and some profound murmur always
reigns in its foliage.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04

-" that your little boyp'' stNo. not
exactly; when he was week old he was
left on my doorstep. l am, you may
say, his step-father."
St. Landry democrat., 1882-02-04

| yOu .WClO JSu, %AAO ~ ANS ~
the contract till that other man grew
! llisgusted, evidently. for he dropped the
/ correspondence. Who is he, l wonder,
and what possessed him to appropriate
another man letter?' .s e4tit,
! '.They probably came to his box.
His name on the outside, and not being
troubled with any foolish notions OF
honor, he saw no improperly in taking
what was apparently his property. 1t
was probably fun to him. IN look
him up when ! go back and thrash ash
him. -
you'll do no such thing"
"But YOU knew the Hollis family
, YOU could have found out something
4 about me if you had tried. Found ou
if was gay deceiver, and all that
, "You assume that Icould, and owl
that I did care; but if your neares
, friend had been my next-door neighbor
and could have found out all abou
you, your antecedents, your presen
and your future, I'd have asked NJ
} questions. I did not want my faith IL
, you bolstered up by the Hollis family
[ I trust my friends wholly, or not at all
: For, rather, have no friends whom
, cannot trust"
r "You are right. I begin to thin
you are always right; suppose becaus
e we agree. If we Differed you woul
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-04
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Town or GoLD Bill. 4
County Of Storey. state Of Nsvsda,S
February 70, lSS2.

To FELIP RANmrz and oEonsl MARTIN, A.
sociAts owners In the Margsretta Gold and
Silver Mining Claim, Gold Hill Mining
District. storey county. State OF Nevada:
Notice IL hereby given 70 the following per-
sons. locstors and purchasers Of the MAR9AR.
ETA GOLD AND SILVER MINING CLAIM,
situated and being In Storey county, Nevada,
and In God Hill Mining District: PRLIP
RAMIREZ. JOSEPH EARRRTTS, ~iocstors
OF said claim. and GEORGE MARTIN, pur.
chaser OF said claim, that JOSEPH FAR
RkTTS. ~ one Of the locators Of said claim,
TO protect his interest in said claim, caused
work to be done on said claim TO the amount OF
Two Hundred Dollarg. and paid for the came.
The pro rata amount assessed TO each Of the
above msntioned parties. TO Wit: Joseph Far.
retts. $50 for two years. Felip Ramirez, SIS 10
for two ytarp; George Marin. SIG 90 for two
years. This 10 . notice for said felip Ramirez
and George Martin TO pay Joseph farretts the
amout expended by him on ssld claim. % set
forth in said notice, on or before tho 2sth day
OF MAY. A. D. 1889. The failure to paw said
amount will cause the interest Of said parties
TO revert to said Joseph f~arrst,s, ct the eIpirs.
ton OF ninety days, a. provided By an Act Of
Congress. approved May 10th. A. d. 1879.
(Signed); JOSEPH FARRErT5.
p. o. address. Gold Hill, Nevada.
February Gath. A. d 1881. rs
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-04
PATENTS.

We continue to oct % soiieitop for Patents.
Caveats. Trade Marks, Copyrights. ETC., for the
United States, Canada. Cubs, England, Fnncc.
Germany. etc. We have had thiFty.avc
years experiences.
Patents obtained through % are noticed IN
the scIrx1iylo AnEniclx. This large and
shows the Progress Of Science, ID ysry int:rest'
ing, end has an enormous circulation. AddrV0
MUM 3 co.. Patent eolicitors, Puhnsh1s Of
eouxyr1o kns15oAx, u PtRk Row, New Yok,
Hand beck aboot fatsnta eat M,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-04
-o~.oLIDArED IMPERIAL MIN.

ING COMPANY .-Locstion Of principal
Nae OF business. san Francisco. California.
Location of works. Gold Hill. storey county,
N~otice.-There are delinquent upon the fol.
lowing described stock. on account Of assess-
ment mo. ~ levied on the fourth ttthI day
OF January, 1852, the several amounts Get
opposite the names Of the respective share.
holdeh. a. follows:
Names. No. Certtf. shs. Am u
Atiin.on T T 4 Co. Trus.
.t3S5y. 40 ...S =.
Atkinson T T 4 Co, Trus-