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The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-09
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct S.-totton firm, sales
$500; ordinay s 5-S, Good ordinary 5-S,
low midlng 10 is, mid 10 9-16 Good mid
10 3-4 mid fair IL, fair IL 1-2. Recpts,
net 1869. Gross 1o,357, no exports, Great
Britain 1888, coastwise 1899. Stock 10l ,169,
futures steady, sales $500 ., Oct 1o:5l-3,
Nov 4S.9 Dec 81. Jan 69-70, Feb SD, March
97-S, April 11-10o1I May 24-6, June 1873,
July 5I-3, Aug 602. Flour quiet firm,
family AZ, high grades 5-l5 20; corn higher,
scarce, mixed 62a3 white IS; oats scarce and
firm 80; Corn meal scarse and firm
2-35 to 45; hay quiet, weak prime l6(G
l6H, choice 17G11S. pork firm -; lard quiet,
steady, tierce S15, keg S7s, dry salt meat
steady, good demand, shoulders packed
81, long clear and clear rib 655; bacon
shoulders nominal 6, long clear and clear
rib firmer, fair demand 7H@725, short clear
seven half hams scarce and firm, choice
sugar cured canvassed 150l5E. Whisky
unchanged. Coffee steady, good demand,
common to prime SI4 1lM. Sugar good
demand, yellow clarified 81, off white
clarified S3z. Molasses good demand,
strictly prime 81. Rice quiet firm, ordina-
ry to prime 41G055s. Bran quiet steady
80. Cotton seed oil crude 1896, refined
40@41. Sight dollar thousand premium
Stirling Bank 4-S2% Consols 81 1-2-7s.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-09

There is no proof whatever, either
in fact or fair Inference, that the
article in the TELEGRAPHw was written
just simply to tell my readers that 1
would support McEncry, or that I, by
even remote innuendo, impeached the
incorruptibilty of Gov. Nichols. The
proof, if it exist, can be produced, and
let the Clarion produce it, or stand
convinced of a fagrant violation of all
laws of honest criticism.
The article in the TELEGRAPH had
an objective point, which was steadily
kept in view throughout over tree
columns. Prefaced with a history of
the formation of the Democratic party
in 1875, the objects in view were re.
hearsed at the time of the nomination
of Gov. Nichols, as also the facts as to
the enthusiasm which created his
nomination, which was increased
by his canvass, and which threw
the halo OF shimmery summers
golden, setting sun around his inau.
guration-phrophetically, setting
sun, since-as was roundly said in the
article in conclusion-Gov. Nichols
did not redeem the just expectations of
the friends who elected him nor of the
people, who were at length driven to
clamer in order to vitalize the legisa.
ture SO far as to pass a bill calling a
constitutional convention, and Gov.
Nichols to the point of giving the bill
his approval.
You are quite correct in saying Il
wish you had been equally just in all
else) that | am Il supporter of Cover.
nor McEnery; that he supported me
warmly for Congress in 1868, and in
1872, and that there is no one "prou-
der" of the Governor manly discharge
of duty than the present writer.
In a recent issue of the Clarion you
said that you were "not tied to Nc
Emery" In the sense employed by
Polonius | am, and with "hooks of
steel". But personal ties could not bind
me; it is the last item in the bill of
particulars and the only one at all con-
corning the public or my responsibility
to the public, manly, Gov. McEnery's
namely and fearless discharge of duty,
which, in the pending contest, both
claims and commands my support.
feel. sir, with the conviction of pre-
destination that my confidence will
not be betrayed, nor the wisdom of my
selection be questioned in the election
of Gov. McEnery. 1t has been but
seldom, in a journalistic experience
dating from 1857, that 1 have felt free,
though always exercising unlimited
political freedom, to announce pub.
licy a conviction and purpose, as to
candidates, with such sincere and
unreserved phraseology.
Yours Truely,
G. w. MCCRANIE.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-09
"'THE TELEGRAPH on NICHOLLS.'
SOUR LAKE, TEX, Oct. 5, 1888.


editorial in the Clarion Of the
2lst ult., wherein you lay rather
violent hands on the TELEGRAPH for
alledged aspersions Of the integrity,
honesty and incapacity of Gov.
Nichols while Governor Of Louisiana.
am not annoyed by the force of the
Clarion's grip, nor by its very free
translation of my plain English into
the pure diction OF omance-being,
rather, an admirer Of the Clarion as a
literary standard, and was not inclin-
ed to persuade you even to turn the
TELEGRAPH loose, until this present
moment, when the thought suggested
itself that my silence might be con-
strued as an endorsement of the
unWarranted conclusions upon which
the Clarion based its criticism. This
criticism appears to have been the Off
spring of two causes. both equally
1audable, tO-wit, desire to run tilt
with the lin which
you could not possibly have added to
your laurels, though plucking the
poor faded wealth from my brow, and,
secondly, to exhibit your valor and
science in defending the Castle
Nichols, (which was wholly unne-
cessary, since you admit that l had
convicted Gov. Nichols of opposition
to Constitutional reform RI charged
indifference only which was, in the
writers, (my) opinion, an error of
judgment, or omission Of duty suffi-
GENTLY comprehensive to Uyer-shadow
all other evidences of incapacity in
Gov. Nichols and to render specifca-
tions Of any that might be urged
entirely superfuous. In this last con.
ceit, namely, the defense of Gov.
Nicholls honesty anu Integrity, |
might, think, while conceding your
superior literary abilities, fairly out
strip you, having known the Cover
nor many years longer, aud being still
in the possession of sufficient plain
English to describe "A spade, aud to
knock down and out all the men in
buckram who might attack the gal
liant old Governors honesty or integ.
rity.
The following language used in the
Clarion's article demands more serious
consideration
But in doing thi, we had not
dreamed that the TELEGRAPH would
undertake to drag down and be-smirch
other ambitious and good men. Its
charges against Nicholls--one of which
is that Nichols opposed from the
depths Of his soul every reform move.
ment-surprises those who know the
TELEGRAPH and strikes a sympathetic
nerve in those who have the very
broadest confidence in that mans in.
tegrity and political honor
In advance Of this you said had
used san enormous quantity of words
to tell his [my1 readers that his paper
would support McEnery for Governor
had employed 'an abundance of flat
assertions" ana finally, that, in your
opinion" the Telegraph should not
undertake TO argue that Governor
Nichols is, Or ever was an nnfaith.
ful, corrupt man."
You confess Judgment in your ans
wer, and then retire by distorting the
record. It i the editor of the Clarion
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-09
CORNER SALOON

II. /. DEDMAN, Proprietor.
The best quality of Wines, Liquors ana
Cigars kept at this Saloon, and also Laget
Beer i'll Kegs on Ice. Polite attention
guaranteed.
Monroe August l. 1883.
The Daily telegraph., 1883-10-09
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, Oct. S.-The Droyers' Journal
reports hogs received $4,000, shipments
1900. Market brisk, packing 4600490, pack
ing and shipping 495o530, light 490a535;
skips 3a4.25. Cattle receipts 1900, shipments
5400; market strong and active. Exports
medium 4o5.l5, range Texan 3.70o4.55, Wy
onling 5.25. Sheep, receipts 1000, shipments
1l00;' market slow, common grades dull,
inferior to fair 2.25a2.75, good $50, choice4
Texas 2.25o36. Journals Liverpool advices
denote that there is weaker feeling in live
stock market, best American = lower 1412,
dressed sheep lower, top grades II. Flour
unchanged. Wheat regular, active :and
weak, 9l5< Oct, corn active and lower 465fa
x, cash Z Oct; oats dull and easy 2675-7
cash and Oct. Pork. fair demand and
lower, 10.65n70 cash Oct. Lard, fair de-
mand and lower, 7.7715-S0 cash, 1919 Oct.
Bulk meats firmer shoulders >, short rib
I, short clear 6-65. Whiskey unchanged
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct, S.-Fl6ur slow aud weak
Wheat, fair demand and lower, No. . red
fail 80 cash and Oct., No ; ditto $780,.
Corn lower 442I cash and Oct. Oats irregu
lar and slow 261zo262s cash. Whiskey I'M
changed. Pork lower 11o5, bulk meat
weak and slow, short rib 6-76, short clear
:. Bacon lower, long clear go, short rib
80, short clear 7-35.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
4 Valuable Boot.

One of the prominent treasury OIL
Gals tod me story about former Of
fetal cf that department, who had a
was in the habit of coming into his office
promptly ON time each morning, remov-
ing his boots and placing slippers on
his feet. Then he would settle down to
work Millions of dollars worth Of
bonds passed through his hands, and
his honesty was undoubted. Well, one
day bond of large denomination was
missing, and the entire division was
thrown into great excitement Desks
were ran sacked, floors were swept, and
every nook and corner in the division
peer-d INTO, but still the bond was
missing. AS the hour approached for
closing the department, the excitement
ran up to fever heat, and Anderson was
fully as agitated as any of the rest of his
associates After the vigorous search
had been pursued for long time, An
derson made up his mind that he would
go home; so he reached down for one
of his boots, and as lie drew it on he
felt someth ng crisp inside. Then the
whole matter of the disappearance of
the bond became as clear as daylight.
He had thrown the bond into the ample
recesses of his boot in fit of absent
mindedness, installing it, as he after
ward explained, for the basket ordi-
narily used for the reception of money.
1t was a good many days before Ander-
son heard the last Of the "bond story. "
-UdSh;7lOtOn Letter
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
The Training OF Gymnasts.

The trainer does not seek for special
points OF natural aptitude in making
his cho.ce of an embryo athlete. Any
youth OF appropriate age, provided he
be free from bodily ailment or deform-
ity, is regarded as capable of being de-
veloped into q Leotrad, Blondin or
Grimaldi. If two boys, equal in other
respects, were to present themselves IA
candidates, the smaller or better look
ing of the twain might receive prefer
ence; but no healthy boy is regarded as
absolutely unfit for the work
The first and chief aim of the trainer
is to work up the muscular strength of
his subject to as high a pitch as posi-
bic. He feeds the boy on abundant and
nourishing diet, and teaches him to be
temperate in all things. The boy is
made to take long walks, cold baths, to
use the dumb-bells and go through in
MIGRATING exercise in an ordinary gym
nasium of ladders, ropes and bars, such
as any school-b Y might enjoy himself
with. This treatment is pursued for
two or three months before difficult
feats are attempted, and the boy is
usually encouraged to undertake the
latter by judicious praise and promise
of rewards, and by the example of his
tutor. Several of the little fellows
usually train together, and are stimu-
lated also to attempt dangerous feats by
the spirit of rivalry that exists among
them. They measure their progress
inch by inch, day by day, and each is
eager to proclaim his record the best.
By the time the pupil reaches the age
of II or l3 years, and before the term
of his apprenticeship shall have ex-
pired, the trainer often finds it neces-
sary to pay him salary, otherwise he
may run away and join performing
troupe under an assumed name. When
the legal term of apprenticeship is up,
in case the boy be not united to. his
trainer by ties of blood, regular legal
engagement is usually entered into.
1t is usually copartnership agreement
or a contract for term of years, or the
fiedgling may start on his own account,
and Prof. So-and-so falls back upon his
reserve stock of "sons," who, to the
public, never grow any older. AL
though most likely accustomed to ex-
hibit in one line of performance only,
the boy will by this time have learned
many other feats for himself, through
being constantly brought into contact
with other specialists and having OPP
portunities of using their apparatus on
his travels in after life, therefore, he
may adopt an entirely different branch
from that in which he was educated,
according to the demands of the market.
Once thoroughly grounded in the alpha
bet of his business-the forward-long-
swings, Mountaineering and
houghs-off of the gymnast, and the
lions leap, fip-hap, spread-eagle,
somersaults, fore, back and hand springs
of the acroba4, he may take up any
thing with prospect of success.-Nelc
York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
How Wilkie Collins Works.

How do you work, Mr.. Collins, rap
idly?"
mo, not very Let me see. L write
about nine or ten pages IF book day
when | work regularly. 1t usually
takes me six months to turn out book
after l get fairly started upon it. L
work chiefly at night, and use very
large-sized sheets of paper, on which L
write very slowly, and cut great deal.
Here, now, is the manuscript of my last
story, The Black Robe You see it is
scratched aud worked over until it be-
comes scarcely decipherable. The
printer can read it, however, even if you
can't, at glance.
couldn't read it at glance, and l
am not sure that L could read it at all.
And yet / have read letters written by
John w. Forney, and made out what
Horace Greeley was trying TO write. 1t
was cut, interlined, the interlineations
interlined again, sentences written on
the side and hauled into place by line
around them, and erasures which looked
as though the writer, in trying to scratch
out something, tried also to push it out
through the paper on the other side.
There were blots everywhere.
1T is pretty good days work for
me to get through three OF these pages
in day."
Three of his pages would make about
l, 200 words; or, say, two-thirds of the
space of this column.
when i come to the last L get the
fever on, and / make the pages fly. Then
am in way, and / write and write till
nature either stops me or / finish.
When came near the end of Man and
Wife, wrote away for dear life some
twelve or fourteen hours, without fur
Their rest than the exercise took when
L got on the floor to act my situations
and represent my characters, and no
further refreshments than little dry
champagne and few frissoles."
do you always act your characters ?"
eyes, invariably. have to consider
what they would do, and how, before
try to tell for certainty how, under
given circumstances, they would be-
have. Finishing a book like that al
ways exhausts me very much. LON
dom correspondence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
The Baggage-Check Racket.

A new trick of thieves to get posses
sion of travellers baggage is to borrow
a baggage check of man in a passen-
ger car for the purpose of opening the
catch of seat so that the seat can be
turned over. The unsuspecting travel
er lends the check, and the borrower
fools around the seat with it, and hands
back another one in its place, and the
owner of the check never knows that he
has cen fooled until he gets to his des-
tination and goes after his trunk, when
he finds the other man has got it. Then
he gocs out on the platform to get o
breath % fresh air aud swear half q
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
The Terrible Small Boy.

In Western village, certain good
woman bought a calls head and put it
on to boil, leaving her little boy to
mind it while she went to the church
close by.
"The minister had reached his filthy,
my brethren" when a small boy stuck
his head in the door and whispered:
Mammal"
The good woman recognized her son
instantly and began to make signs for
him to leave the door.
Mammal" again came the Whisper
this time little louder than before.
The mother shook her finger at the
boy warningly, and INDUCED in other
familiar pantomine with which she was
accustomed to awe her son. But it
didn't work worth cent. The boy
was excited and in dead earnest, as the
denouement will show. Raising his
voice he shouted:
Mamma, you needn't wink and blink
at me, but had better come home right
away, for the calls head l. buttin' all
the dumplins out of the pot"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
Judge Story's Clock.

Everything ABOUT the Supreme
Court at Washington is old. The
Clerks room and the consultation
rooms have old furniture, and the cases
are made for books with green cloth
inside of the glass, after the days of
the Revolution. In the Clerks rooms a
great round clock like q Brobdingna-
gian watch hangs giinst the wall, and
the legend is that Judge Story, becom-
ing Disguised with the difference Of
time displayed by the watches of his
associate Judges, said: II will fix O
tlmepiece that all shall go by" and he
straightway ordered this from Boston.
1t was made well, and it goes to this
day as truly as it did when Aaron Burr,
Daniel Webster and Salmon p. Chase
set their watches by it, -CleUeland
Leader.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25

gone I looked around for Susan, and
she had taken the arm Of another min
lister, and gone to the refreshment room,
and before 1 could see her again she
had gone home, and 1 never saw her
after. But for several nights my dreams
were filed with visions of hand-painted
articles, barns, indignant mothers with
brooms, benzine and sweet oil, and a
pair of the loveliest eyes that ever were
seen. But here is my wife with her
things on. What, time to go home?
Well. good night, but for goodness
sake, gentlemen, don't say that / told
Won about that paint business. "-Pecks
Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
The Value OF Farm Life.

Stick to the farm, boys, if you want
to make money, live happy and die at
respectable old age. But if you care
not for happiness, and are willing to
struggle through a short and unsatis-
factory life, go to the towns and live
from hand to mouth, never accumulat-
ing and never enjoying a moment free
from care and vexation. The desire TO
shirk the labors of the farm is the bane
of American life, and has filled all
other Ira lches of industry full to over
flowing. Clay County (Ind.) Enter
prise.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25
LADIES' NAMES.

There A. strange q formity
Combined with countless graccs,
AZ often In the aides names
AZ In the lad es' faces.
Some names are ut for every age.
Some only MT for youth;
Some Iassing sweet and musical,
Some horribly uncouth;
Some Mt for DANES OF Hottest grades,
Some only hit Tor scullery- maids.
Ann Is too plain and common,
And Nancy sounds but Ill;
Yet Anna is ,ndurable,
And Annie better still.
There is grace in Charlotte,
In Eleanor state,
An elegance in Isabella,
haughtiness in Kate;
Aud Sarah is sedate and neat.
And Ellen innocent and sweet.
Matilda has sickly sound.
Fit for a nurses trade;
Sophia IL eiieminate,
And Esth sage and staid;
ElizaL eth 4 matchless name,
lit Tor queen 70 wear
In castle, cottage, hut or hall,
A name beyond compare;
And Bess and Bessie follow well,
But Betsy is detes,able.
Maria is too forward,
And Gertrude is too gruff,
Yet, coupled with pr tty face
IL pretty name enough.
And Adelaide IL fancitul,
And Laura il too tine,
BuJ Emily IL beautiful,
And Mary is divine.
Maud only suits a high-born dame,
And Fanny Is baby name.
Eliza is not very choice,
Jane is too blunt and bold:
Ana Martha somewhat sorrOwful.
And Lucy proud and cold.
Amelia is too light and gay,
Fit only for ttirt,
And Caroline is vain and shy,
And Flora smart anu pert;
Louisa Is too soft and meek,
But Alice, gentle, chaste and meek.
And HlrrieS is contiding,
Ana Clara, grave and mild,
And Emma Is atfectiOnate,
And Janet arCn and wild,
And Patience is expressive,
And Grace is old and rare,
And Hannah warm and dutiful,
And Margaret frank and talr;
And Faith, and Hope, and Charity
Are heavenly names Tor sisters three.
Rebecca for Jewess,
Rose Tor country belle,
Ana Agnes for a blushing bride
VIII suit exceeding well.
And Phi rbe FOR a midwife,
Joanna Tor a prude,
And Rachel Tor Gypsy wench
Are all extremely good;
Il IN fnr a : al nhI1rl
And SuSa for sailors girl.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25

string at himself. When q man wants
to borrow a baggage check IN a car give
him soft answer. Tell him to go to
Cheycnne.-Peck's Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-25

The Indian Spectator says that nu-
merous tribe in ORR 81 worships Queen
Victoria as a goddess
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-06-21
Reunion Memorial.

We acknowledge the receipt, from ).
Lee Knight, of the Reunion Memorial,
which we subscribed for when at To-
peka. last fall. We also find enclosed
the following note which explains itself.
This book should be in the hands of ev-
cry. ex-soldier in Kansas.
Comrade The issue of this book
has been delayed by circumstances be-
yond my control. It is now sent to all
who have paid their subscriptions. If
any have been missed, I will correct the
error on receipt OF notice.
Several hundred who subscribe have
not paid according to agreement. AS
a result, I have several hundred books
on my hands, which have cost me more
than l can afford to loose. 1 will send
these, prepaid, to any address, at 50
cents zach, on all orders received prior
to July 1st. After that date the price
will be 80 cents each.
Will you aid ME in disposing of them,
and greatly oblige,
Yours in F. c. & l.,
j. LEE KNIGHT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-06-21
81 have brought in a little

ST have brought in a little poem,"
remarked a long-haired individual,
''that would like to have published.
The sentiment is very fine. but, tell
you the truth, I'm not certain about the
rhythm. There may be foot wanting
here and there's sob, that's moth
ing" replied the poetry editor, raising
his number eleven by way of punctua-
ton; twill you have it supplied nowP"
The long=haired man probably had an
appointment that could not be delayed !;
at all events he didn't wait for the ap-
plication.- Telephone.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-06-21

The Kansan: The Grand Army of
the Republic is becoming one of the
most powerful organizations ever estab-
iShed in the country. Within the last
year it has been growing at most won
derful rate. The work of organizing
has been carried on most vigorously in
every state in the union, and perhaps in
another year posts will be established
in every county in the northern states.
The growth of this order in Kansas has
kept pace with the rest of the country.
On the first of June there were 221
Grand Army Posts in this state, %
posts having been organized in the
month of May. 1t is band of heroic
brothers mustered together for a high
and noble purpose, and the Kansan re-
joices' in its rapid growth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-06-21

One of the sRddest cases that ever
came before court was that of Gather
inc Burneson, philadelphia woman,
who killed a little girl. She plead gull
ty and evidence was presented to show
extenuating circumstances. The wo-
man was seriously Ill, and the school
children gathered under her window,
shouting for her to come out, and call
ing her filthy names. For the purpose
of frightening them away she arose
from her bed and opening window,
pointed pistol at them. Her nervous
ness and excitement were so great that
the weapon struck the window sill and
was discharged, killing one of the chill
dren in the crowd outside. The court
sentenced her to eighteen months i'm
prisonment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-06-21

How 1t pays to improve common
sheep of the Southwest is shown by the
Texas Wool-Grower, in this clipping
from it: s'The difference between the
Mexican wool and about the second
cross By the MerinO in the value Of the
staple by the pound, is ten cents per
pound and Upward. The difference in
the weight of feecss double and some-
times treble the quantity. If you have
Mexican sheep, or low grade light
shearers of any mongrel breed, you
must improve, and if you are not imam
cially prepared TO do so, go to wool
merchant and talk to him while, ask
ing if the above are nearly right, then go
home, sell sufficient of your flock to buy
good rams and place yourself in a po-
sitiOn to GO into the bushes ris hts