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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1882-04-22
Letter from General King

we take tue llbeIly VI puoiiHh'uS
the following private letter from Hon
J. Floyd King. as it contains matter
Of interest to the public, and informa-
ton in which the people Of our par
ish are directly Interested.
House Of Representatives,
Washington, d. c., April 18th, 1892
Thos. j. Mangham, ESQ,
Rayville, La
My Dear Sir:
received your telegram with refer
ence to the seed, and took i. at once
TO the commissioner of agriculture,
with the request that your suggestion
be complied with to which he assented
lie is now purchasing seeds and in
the course Of the next ten days will
make q distribution. l am glad to
tell YOU that the House committee on
commerce has also adopted the recon
mendations of the Mississippi river
commission for the Improvement of
that stream the plans Of which en-
brace equally levees, deepening the
channel aDI preventing the banks from
caving. In their testimony before the
committees of the House and Senate,
having this matter under consdera-
ZION. the uembcrS Of the commission
have eacn stated distinctly and un-
equivocally TIA: levees ore prereq-
ulsi,e to the Improvement of the river,
as we'll as to the protection of the
banks from overflow.
The full amount asked by the Com
mission for their work to be done this
year in the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river from the head Of tie
Passes to Cairo-S4, l2O, ,0OO--has been
put into the river and Harbor bill,
and will doubtless pass into q law,
unless members in the House should
succeed in an endeavor to insert a
clause which would prevent levees
being built in which event, the Louis,
lana delegation will fight to have it
stricken out altogether, and will rely
upon an effort to pass the bill presented
by the Committee on Mississippi river
levees and Improvements. which has
, been reported to the House and il
now on the calendar waiting its turn
{ This bill appropriates the same
: amount asked for by the commission
, for this years work and has the unan
q imous endorsement of the committee
o which is composed of thirteen mem
{ bers BY one or the other Of thes
I measures, we expect to get what W
Y want.
Il General Humphreys, who made tn
survey for levees before the war, i
It his testimony. given the other da
If before the committee on commerce
if stated emphatically that levees wer
q essential to the Improvement of th
g navigation of the stream that the
q could be built strong enough to hol
e the water in the channel, and that ou
o lets would tend to destroy the mout
% of the river.
'e This is exactly the ground taken b
the Mississippi river commission, an
~ on which We are now working. Tt
union thus made between commert
d? and agriculture gives it the create
,e strenth. The bills above meGtione
10 will be discussed at an early day
III the House. l am convinced that /
" one or the other of them, unless som
it thing entirely unforeseen happens, "
at will have the levees IN process of CO
,h struction so soon as the money appr
s. pria,ed therein becomes available.
er Very truly yours,
or J. FLOYD KING.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1882-04-22
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T w. WILLIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Delhi, La,

Prac ices in the courts OF Franklin, Rchand,
N Madison and West Carroli Parishes, and IN
the Supreme Court at Monroe aud New Or
1iean., La.
-. Agency for the transaction of all business
connected with the purchase, sale and lease
of real estate respectfully solicited.
Lists and description Of property for sale
and parish and sec.ionai maps may be seen
1by calling at his Office. Comm unica'ions
b., promptly answered jan2S, lSS2-ly.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-02-23
REcoMMENDED TO MERCY.

az say. Paul, what do you thiakS
You know Deep Dell"
"Why. Charlie, Of course I do" ips
t.rrupted bright voice. IS the ian.
patient news carrier, In the form Of .
restless lad Of fourteen, clattered nois-
" into the quiet, sunny kitchen, and
checked the important work Of cake
baking with his abrupt inquiry.
"Well, you can't go there any more.
The owners o.me back, aud stuck up
bills on everything, that trespassing
won't be allowed. It's shame, I
think"
And Charlie sat astrids Of kisch.
en- chair and looked dolefully al his
sister, as she put down the cake pan
and regarded him in turn.
"Ths owner of deep dell has come
back, " she repeated musingly.
eyes, and locked up all the gates,
aud stuck up notices that he will pun
ish trespassing on the property. And,
Paul, the strawberries are just ripe"
added Charlie. snggestively looking
at the thoughtful face OF the girl, as
she considered the startling news of
the 'squire's return, after SO many
years Of absence
The word strawberries aroused her.
sits a shamel" she flashed out
then, stamping strongly-clad foot on
the brick hearth as she poked her
cake into the oven.
"And / shell not mind his notices.
Notices, indeedp she scoffed, with q
high head. "I've picked strawberries
from Deep Dell Farm ever since l
was little child; and I mean to pick
them again to-day"
"But he'll punish trespassers, .
urged Charlie, with scarlet delight,
thinking of the cake and strawberries
for supper.
Pauline furled her apron like a flag,
and nodded her head.
"Let himp'
what would you do wickedly
urged the spirit of mischief, rocking
his chair.
"Let himp laconicaliy retorted
Pauline, as she made things tidy
about the kitchen, and reached up fol-
basket beside the dresser.
"But, look here, Paul, you are ths
] hinissss's sister ysu know, and ssehl
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-02-23
ELEGANT TOILET PREPARATIONS

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duces growth of beautiful young hal
soft, glossy, and luxuriant 1t certainlr
is the most clearly and effective hair re-
storer now before the American people.
A. A. Gibson, Barrytown, Duchess
county, n. Y, writes: DIR. Swayne & Som
Philadelphia; GENTs-I enclose post
Office order for eight dollars: please
send me one dozen bottles of the LION
don Hair Color Restorer." 1t has
stopped my hair from falling, and restored
it to its natural color. 1t has proven
satisfactory in every respect. The "Lon-
don Hair Color Restorer" can be obtain
at all the leading druggists at rs cents a
bottle.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-02-23
THz Erasr THING TO TEACH

The FIRST THING TO TEAcH.-
The first thing which should be
taught . child is obedience and after
that should come reverence. '.'2s
1t is i very hard to teach an
American child reverence. Ills. pa-
rents must be people Eofremarksble
force Of character if they succeed IL
doing 50, for the whole tendency Of
our free institutions is against him.
The Declaration Of Independence
arrays itself with its glitteriug gener-
alities against the first effort of homo
training. -aa5
The newly arrived foreigner 10 his
might, majestic through numbers
defeats the idea; for he soon learns.
% the beginning of bis political career.
that his vote is as good as his mas
ter's-perhaps better. Thus the good
old relation between master and SER
want, of respect on the one hand and
help on the other-the best relation
for the benefit of hsme-is uprooted
at once. aaa s4 ssss,..,s
Almost the FIRST impression on a
young child's mind is oflhe insoleDce
Of his nurse to his mother. He sees
that her orders are not obeyed. that
she is pOwerless to enforce them. He
hears the nurse speak to her in loud
arrogant, defiant tones. He often
sees his mother, before . powerful
and strong elderly nurse, paralyxed
with fear; fOr,R she deems that be-
chila's comfort snd welfare are atstaEaz
if she believes that the nurse know.
more than she does, she will apdurs
insolsnes TO herself and a sort os -.
sumption On the part Of ths ,rss-oe
IN suthoFit5 which should No.. !. \.
asIssassa. ''' "
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misunderstanding The bust
est day in the week and, on the whole
the pleasantest. Saturday, the house,
wife proceeds to the kitchen and i'm
mersss her arms to the elboRs in the.
-four barrel, bakss and brews and
stews and turns out the spongy white
bread, the crisp and ever palatable,
doughnus, the rich and thoroughly
indigestihle fruit cake, and q great
many other ediblas that serve to adore
the table and distress the digestion;
and having performed this hepdoma-
dal fest she sits in quiet snticipation
OF the Eestful Sabbath. On Saturday,
too, the bead cfthe house steals from
his place Of business an hour before
the usual time, and puruhasing . paper
bag fall oforangsss bananas and other
fruit hasiens home. to sit with her il
evening, munoh the goodies and anti.
cipats with her the restfulness of the
Sabbath. Here is where they. are
beth fooled. There is no lest on the
Sabbath day in this country. II is
one hurry burly of getting ready for
church and ready for the biggest din.
nsr Of the week, and before sundown
both man and wife aro disgusted with
the day. Thomas 8. WsaSer. ~
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Gar6eld's distaste for the position
Of an ex-President is shown in the
following With two or three friends
| accompanied him to Mr.. Ohitten-
denis reception, on the evening Of his
arrival. The conversation naturally
drifted to the personal relations of
General Garfield to the presidency;
its bearing upon his future, and the
bright promises for the public good
that would come from his administra-
ton. The glories of the present were
brilliant and attractive enough; but
to him the future brought SOLDERING,
saddening prospect. "Four years
hence" said he, II shall leave the
presidency, still q young man, with
no future prospect before; to. become
. political "reminiscences squeezed
lemon, to be thrown away" Col.
RocksveU.
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Her FIRST BABY-We do not
know how true this ia, but q neigh.
Dor vcuches for it, and It il a. good
O. any one Of the adventures Ia the
spoopendyke family. A young
mother who is rich in her hubby's
affections and pocket book is the
owner Of three months-old sunbeam.
The young mother, to have the Of.
spring receive proper nourishment,
resolved to take sole charge Of it. II
was her first child, and having been
reared in luxury, with plenty of SER
wants to wait on her. she did not han.
die the contract with as much suc-
cess as some other women. The
other day she undertook to give the
child bath in small foot tub. The
lady's mother who lives with her.
passing through the room, dipped her
finger in the water, and told her
daughter it was too cold for the little
one aud that she would have to warm
it. Instead of adding little warm
water, she placed the bath tub with
the baby in it on small gas stove
and waited for further developments.
The developments came as soon as the
bottom of the tub began to get extra
warm. The offspring gave one yell,
when the fond mother, grandmother
and the two servants rushed to the
rescue. The grandmother took the
blessed boy and placed a handful of
-four where it would do the most good
In the future, grandmother will look
after the child, while the mother
reads up on the cares of q mother and
how to bring up children.
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To MY MOTHER.

The following lines written by con
vict in the Ohio Penitentiary are touch
ingly beautiful. We have seen nothin
of late that has so moved our sympathy
The man who can write such poetry, VIII
has such thoughts cannot be utterly de
PRAYED. The curse of intemperance, will
its attending downward influence, ha
here done its work, and spirit noble an,
generous, that might and should be tn
pride and ornament of the social circle,
now the degraded convict in the walls Q
a Penitentiary. How will that fon,
mothers heart bleed if she shall hear Q
her darling boy, the inmate of Prison
in foreign land.
I've wandered from thee, mother,
Far from my happy home;
Eve left the land that gave me birth,
In other climes TO roam -;
And time since then, has roll'd its years,
And marked them on my brow;
Yet, l have often thought of thee
I'm thinking of thee now.
Pm thinking of the day, mother,
When at my tender side,
You watched the dawning of my youth,
And kissed me in your pride;
Then brightly was my heart lit up
With hopes of future joy,
While your bright fancy honors wove,
To deck your darling boy.
Pm thinking Of the day, mother,
When with anxious care,
You lifted up your heart to Heaven
Your hope, your trust was there;
Fond memory brings your parting words
While tears roll'd down your cheek;
Thy long, last loving look told more
Than ever words could speak.
I'm far away from thee, mother,
No friend is near me now;
To soothe with parting word,
Or cool my burning brow;
The dearest ties affection wove,
Are all now torn from me;
They left when the trouble came;
They did not love like thee.
Pm lonely and forsaken now,
Unpitied and unblest
Yet still would not have thee know
How sorely Pm distressed.
/ know you would not chide, mother,
You would not give me blame;
But soothe me with your tender words,
And bid me hope again.
I would not have thee know, mother,
How brightest hopes decay;
The tempter with his baleful cup
Has dashed them all away
And shame has left its venom sting.
To rack with anguish wild
Yet still would not have thee know
The sorrows Of thy child.
Oh, I have wandered far, mother,
Since ! deserted thee,
And left thy trusting heart to break,
Beyond the deep blue sea,
Oh mother, still I love the well,
And long to hear thee speak,
And feel again thy balmy breath
Upon my csre-worn cheek.
But, ali there Is thought mother,
Peryadea my beating breast,
That thy freed spirit may have flown
To its eternal rest,
And while wipe the tear away,
There whispers in my ear
A voice that speaks Of Heaven and thee,
And bids me seek thee there.
Ohio Stale Journal.
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CcHuYLER's EXPRESS,

~ between Mount Holly and PHILADELPHIA.
Philadel phia once No. 10 Market street.
AL ordersleft OF his residence, No. So Button
woed street, Doonins's bakery, Rhees's and tx
peecon's will be properly and promptly atteu.
dedto. An experience ofover % years e 4 sur.
ncientNuatentee Of his ability and trustworthi-
parts OF the town and city.
Amy Ph1adelRhia once, alllarge packages
lnust Be left At 1910 o'clock 4. ~. ana smsii
~; ~ NJ; g''i Nh siF. 1. soruyn.s.
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The following story is told Of how
Thad. Stevens became teetotalar !:
While he was in Gettysburg he WEB
a member of select circle who were
accustomed to meet around at each
others houses and spend the evening
in playing whist and drinking wine
and choice liquors One evening one
of the party, great favorite, who was
cashier of the bank in. Gettysburg,
becoming little inebriatsd, was es-
corted home by two of. his. friends
who finding his latchkey, let him in,
and left him in the entry, 1uppposing
that he could find his way upstairs.
In the morning when his wife came
down stairs she found him lying on
the entry floor, dead. he had an
attack of apolexy during the night.
When Mr.. Stevens heard of 1t he
went into his cellar with . Ratchet,
broke open the heads of his wine and
whisky barrel, and would never taste
anything Of the sort afterWard.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-02-23

The value of good name is best
shown when note is presented to
the bank for discount.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-02-23

He who knows not when to be
silent knows not when to speak.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-02-23

Children have more need of models
than OF critics.
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A cOuplst Of verse, . period Of
prose, may cling 10 the rock Of ages
u . skslI thst survives i dsIuks,
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Carter Braxton, Va, Oct. 10, 1897
Oliver Wolcot, Con-, December /
1871.
Lewis Morris, N. Y, Jan. 1898.
james Wilson, Pa, August %,
1898
George Read, Del. 1898.
VIM. Pace, Nd, 1899.
Edward Rutledge, s. c., Jan. %,
1900.
Matt Thornton, N. g., June "a,
1903.
Samuel Adams, Mass, Oct 2, 1903.
Francis Lewis, N. Y, Dec. 80.
1903.
George Walton, Ca, Feb. 2, SO4
Robert Morris, Pa, May 8, 1906.
George Wythe, Va, june 6, 1906.
james Smith, Pa, 1906.
Thomas Hayward, s. c., March,
1909.
Samuel Chase, Md, June 10,
1911.
William Williams, Con-, August
2, 1911.
George Clymer, Pa, Jan. 20, 1913.
Benjamin Rush, Pa, April 10,
1913.
Robert T. Paine, Mass, May IL,
1914.
Elbridge Gerry, Mass, Nov. %,
1914.
Thomas M'Keon, Del, June "a,
1917.
William Ellery, R. l., Feb. Is,
1920.
William Floyd, N. Y, August A,
1921.
John Adams, Mass, July 4, 1926,
Thomas Jefferson, Va, July 4,
1926.
Charles Carroll, Nd, Nov. 4, 1888.
Mr.. Lynch and his lady embarked
shortly after the Declaration, on board
. vessel bound to st. Eustasia, and
nothing more is known Of their fate.
If is supposed that the vessel was
lost, and that all on board persisted.
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"The fact is" said old Mrs. Phipps
who was down to Frisco on visit,
"The fact is, my dear Mrs. Skidmore,
| had the narrowest escape from be.
ing ruined the other day you ever
heard Of"
ooh, how nice, " said Mrs. g., pour
ing out another cup. How was it,
do tell?"
"Why, you know / sold our house
and lot last month, and had the money
sll ready to deposit 10 the savings
bank the next morning, which was
the very day Of it's failure"
"Good gracious ?"
~ slept with the money under my
pillow and the next morning when I
got ready to start for the bank the
money was gone. Some BURGERS had
taken 1t during the night. An hour
afterward the bank burst. Did you
ever hear Of such > pisCe Of good
luck ?"
"Luck ? Why, you lost your coin
oil the same"
Eyes, but dop't yss see they
caught the burglars and, on condition
Of my not presenting them, they re.
turned me afty cents on q dollar.
Now the bank Planned out only TWEEN.
ty-two. There's no use talking, Han
nah, between savings banks and rob-
bers, I'll take my chances with the
BURGERS ever time.
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The PERIODS WHEN THE EIGN-
ERs OF THE DECLARATION OF INDIE
fENDREcE DIED.-The following is
q list Of the Signers, with the dates
annexed when they respectively died
Thomas Lynch, Jr., Of South Car.
elina. y
Button Gwinnst, Ca, May 9th
TIT.
John Morton, Pa, July, I777
Philip Livingston, N. Y, June IL,
1878
George Ross, Pa., December, 1879.
John Hart, New Jersey, 1880.
Richard Stockton, N. J., Feb. %,
1881.
George Taylor, Pa, Feb. 2s, 1881.
Cesar Rodney, Delaware, 1888.
Stephen Hopkins, R. l., July 10,
1885.
William Whipple. N. H., Nov. g.,
1885.
Arthur Middleton, s. c., Jan. /,
1887.
Thomas Stone, Nd, Oct. S, 1857.
John Penn, N. G., Sep. 1888.
Thomas Nelson, Jr., Va, Jea. 4,
1889.
Benjamin FARMLAND, Pa, April
II, 1890.
William Hooper, N. c., Oct. 1870.
Benjamin Harrison, Va, April
1871.
Francis Hopkins, N. J., May s,
1871.
Lyman Hall, Ca, 1871.
Roger Sherman, Con-, July %,
1898.
John Hancock, Mass, October 8,
1893.
Richard Henry Lee, Va, June 10,
1894
John WithsrspoOn, N. J., Nov.
1894. 81 .rs
Abraham Clark, N. J., 1894
Josiah Bartlett, N. H., May 10,
1895.
Samuel Huntington, Con-, Jan. 6
| t7ss.
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"Oh, Charliew she cried. He wa
the-tramp!"
"The gentlemanly tramp and tn,
boy sat down beside her, aghast.
"What shall dol"
She was SO wretched and pale tha
Charlie rose to the situation at once.
81 would't mind, Paulie! he sale
consolingly.
ooh, but I must mind! He is going
to raise David's salary, which means
SO much for you, Charlie, and to re-
pair the church. And after ell, be
is right. I didn't see it until heard
him tell David his plans and-and
what does he think of me?"
Here miserable little sob choked
the pretty voice, and Charlie grew
desperate.
"Just come in and have it out with
hin" he urged. "Make clear breast
of it, and he'll have to be polite then.
But Paul lacked courage to confess
her fault, and when the Squire was .
frequent guest at the cottage and q
kind friend to the whole village, could
she gain strength to speak, and ask
for some little Of the kindness he gave
Others and denied her.
The strawberries were ripe again al
Deep Dell, and Paul was walking
sadly down the lane past the corner
fence she used to climb SO deity,
thinking not of the berries, not Of
Charlie away at College, nor of the
new cottages down in the village, but
of her own unpardoned fault, which
lay like a heavy cloud upon her, when
q shadow fell upon her path, and
looking up she saw the Squire quietly
regarding her. She paused humbly.
"Have you nothing to say to me
Paul." he asked in a strange voice,
CATER one long year, have you no
word for me7"
With break in her voice that
seemed part Of the tears that would
come, Paul forget her defiance, and
thought only of the heavy heart she
had carried SO long, and made her
confession then and there.
"Ths accused pleads guilty, and is
recommended to mercy" said the
Squire, with . bright laugh; "but
Paul l did not mean that" She
looked 50 eagerly as he took both
hands. "And if I give you free
pardon for trespassing on my property,
and stealing my fruit, what shall 1
ask in return for the peace of mind
you have robbed me Of in this last
year," ~
Paul thought Of Charlie's advice,
ITO have il out with him." and 50 said
softly, but earnestly;
"The heartaOhe you have given me
BY your ooldnsss."
"She looked at the fearlessly now
smiling Aushing, and he crushed her
haud.
"Will you bsar your ssntsnsss" he
cried.
"Yes," she softly laughed.
"Then you are henosfor.h and for.
ever 70 be mistress not only Of Deep
Dell, but owner and manager OF The
heart aud devotion Of"
''Ths gentlemanly scamp r said
Paul, ssuey with happiness.
>->se-