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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27
Relics of the War.

At the battle of Cedar Run on the
10th of Oct. 1864, Mr.. A. Il. Rabb, OF
| Wilksinon county received a wound
Immediately under the right eye, which
destroyed the sight of that member
but did not otherwise seem to be any
injury. The ball was not extracted.
On Dec. 10th, 1882, Mr.. Rabb was
seized with coughing fit, when the
ball-a huge minie--battered some
what, and incased in decayed bone and
flesh, seemed by its great weight to
drop loose, and falling into his throat
was coughed up, having been imbedd-
ed in his head or neck for period OF
eighteen years and two months
NutcIe. Democrat.
There is gentleman living in this
parish-a member Of the Police Jury,
an active merchant planter, and and a
worthy citizen as welI-who was wound
ed almost precisely similar at Eicks.
burg. The ball entered at his right eye,
and is yet in his head, causing severe
pain at times, but not disabling the
gentleman from active duty, or effect
ing his mental susceptibility. Mr..
Aleck Myatt, the gentleman to whom
we refer, bids fair to outlive many old
urebels' who have not bullet either
in their heads: or their heels.
THE ORBIT OF TIE GREAT COMET OF
1882.
Professor Frisby, of the Naval OBJ
servatory, Washington, has completed
a calculation of the orbit of the great
comet of 1882 from observations made
on September IS, October s, and No.
vember "a, and finds the orbit to be
very lengthend ellipse having a period
of about 1893, and probably identical
with very large comet seen 81 b. c.,
and 1868 AID, just about the time of
the death of Constantine. Its perihelion
distance is only about 100000 from the
center Of the sun, and it extends out
ward at aphelion to about ninety times
the SUMS distance from the earth
Scientific american.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The ladies of st. Matthew's Church
will give supper at the Hall Of the
Young Catholic Friends Society Tues
day evening, tho 3oth instant. All
who may attend can feel assured in adj
vance of pleasant entertainment.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

Good ordinary cotton was quoted
Wednesday in New Orleans at SIC; low
middling q 81; good middling @ 10l.
Stock on hand, 322, 429 bales. Monroe
merchants are paying cash about one
cent less.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The next meeting of the Louisiana
Press Association will he held in New
Orleans on the 9Th proximo. Owing
to the financial distress prevailing
among the patrons of this old journal,
we are without even the hope Of at
tending.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27
Onafhita le9raph.
MONROE, LA, JANUARY q, 1855.

Rev. DR.. Shepperson, Of Union City,
Tenn, will preach at the Presbyterian
Church tomorrow Sunday at II
O'Clock, a. III. All are invited to at
tend.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The ordinary or civil term of the
District Court will begin Monday.
The docket is not very heavy, but is
daily growing. The jury term will be-
gin the last Monday in March. AS
stated last week, Court will be held in
Keller's Hall. The preparations are
excellent and complete.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The railroad advertises (by written
posters) excursion Mardi Gras tickets,
from the End to the 5th, for $l2 90,
good on return until the 10Th. Cheap
enough.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The weather took a sudden change
Saturday night, and next morning the
thermometer stood seventeen degrees
below the freezing point. It is pleas
ant to- day (Friday) without fire; the
blue birds are singing, and the plough
man near this Office is turning UP the
soil.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The Rev. John Phillson, who was
for some time rector of Grace church
in this city, has been called to the rec
torship of st. Georges Church, corner
of st. Charles and Cadiz streets, New
Orleans, and has assumed his duties.
He is a preacher of cloquence, fine
reader, and most estimable gentle
man.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

NoT'cE'
once of the Clerk of Fifth District Court,
Parish of Ouachita.
Monroe, Louisiana, January ii, 1883.
In the matter of Insolvency Of
w. N. BULLARD, No. 20G7.
To the Creditors OF said Insolvent.
Pursuant to an order from the Hon. 9Th
District, in and for tho Parish of Ouachita,
and State of Louisiana, dated January 9,
1883, you are hereby notified to attend a
meeting of the Creditors of said insolvent,
for the purposes named in tho petition OF
w. N. Billiard and the order OF Court, to
be held in my Office on the 9Th day of Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1888. I. GARRETT,
Deputy Clerk and Elk officio Recorder.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-01-27

The GEM has just boen opened. and ia
supplied with Imported and Domestic
Wines and Liquors, and Imported and Do
mestic Cigars, all new and fresh. Mixed
Drinks prepared with care. and polite Itteu-
ton will be received by all.
Monroe. February 5, 1882.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
A Battlefield Romance.

Almost every family and in
dividual here has some bit Of
romance in connection with the
late war. To-day at q musicale,
to which I was kindly invited,
I met . lady whose talents as a
musician and whose remarkable
beauty had attracted my atten.
ton. She possessed that rare
type Of prettiness that is wholly
Southern. Great deep blue
eyes, the face perfect in every
feature, hair rich in its abund-
ance aud wonderful in its tint.
This is the story: Twenty years
ago, when the tide of battle in
long bloody waves swept over
the terrible field Of Manassas, a
baby girl was left an orphan on
the battle ground. During the
changes of the fateful day the
home of the blue eyed girl was
at one time directly between
fire of both armies. As the first
shots whistled above the house
the parent started to fee for a
place of refuge. A dozen yards
from the door both were shot
down, and the baby an orphan,
without sister or brother, was
alone in the world. The day
wore away, and just as the. suns
last rays, half hidden in the
curling smoke, sadly kissed the
earth good night, General Ju-
bal Early, riding by, heard the
baby's cries. He dismounted,
and taking the little waif up,
cared for it until he could place
it under the care of his sisters.
They watched IL through its In,
years, giving it an edu-
cation and a world Of love, and
now that baby, grown to womans|
hood, lovely and accomplished,
the pet of q circle Of friends,
who call her "Waif,v is the sole
support of those two women,
noble and true. She talked to
me modestly, yet gracefully of
her early years, and her beauti-
ful eyes filed with tears al she
spoke Of her two old friends. If
/ should write her name it
would not be a strange one
here, for all the city knows Miss
Ida MISUNDERSTANDING Cor
respondence Wheeling Intelli-
sencer,
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Remedy for Cholera.
The New York Sun will lon

Aho NoW AOlh gun WILL IOn&
be remembered throughout
New York and the New Eng
land States in connection with
what many consider to be the
best cholera medicine ever pre-
scribed. For more thon forty
years what is known as "the
Sun cholera medicine" has
stood the test of experience as
the best remedy for looseness
OF the bowels ever yet devised.
As was once vonched for by the
New York journal of Commerce
mo one who has this by him
and takes it in time, will never
excellent thing for the oruiii"iy
summer complaints, collie diar-
rhes, dysentery, etc., and we
have no hesitation to commend
it. Here it is: Take equal
parts of tincture Of cayenne tic
ture of opium, tincture OF rhu7
bard, essence Of pepperment
and spirits Of. camphor. Mix
well. Dose, 15 to 80 drops in a
wineglass of water, according to
age and violence of attack.
Repeat every 15 or 20 minutes
until relief is obtained.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Kerosene as an Insecticide.

Reports made by @. V. Riley
entomologist of the Department
of Agriculture, it appears that
kerosene oil is a caluable agent
for the destruction of insects
inimical to corn, maize. and or,
anges, and by implicatic II should
equally affect other forms OF IN
sect life destructive to vegeta'
ton. -,
Emulsions made with milk do
not appear to be necessary,
Judging from the results OF
these experiments. For chinch
bugs a mixture of one pound OF
coarse resin soap dissolved IN
ten gallons of water, to which
is added about a pint of kero
sene, was effectual applied IN
the form of spray from a pump
or by means of a watering cal
with rose nozzle. For rust mite
and for the scale insect on or
ange trees, and for the cottol
worm, a mixture of five pound
of common yellow soap, dis
solved in one gallon of water
and one gallon of kerosene sin
, iiarly applied, cleansed tn
plants and prevented furtht
|, depredations for a considerao
long time.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE IN
NOCENTS.
ITimes-D -Democrat.I

The mortuary reports OF New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and
nearly all the Northern ana
Western cities, show really
awful slaughter of the innocents
going on there. Although the
weather has not been excep-
tionally hot, all manner OF sum
mer infantile diseases are pre-
vailing with unwonted vigor and
malignity, and cholera infantum
is carrying off it's hundreds OF
victims daily. This disease has
never been az bad as it is at
present. Of the 563 deaths in
Philadelphia last week, 342 or
more than three-fifths Of these
were children, and of these 142
were from cholera infantum, a
death rate Of over 20 a day,
which, if it were from Asiatic
cholera, yellow fever, or any
similar disease, would arouse
the dee pest anxiety. During
the same week the deaths from
sun.stroke numbered %.
The Philadelphia and New
:. York papers have lately publish
f ed long articles showing wha
b to do in the event of sunstrokes
I they now find it necessary T.
/, publish similar articles, showing
J. .sHow to Save the Children"
q This disease, cholera infal
P tum, is attributed to hot weatl
. q er. but the crowded condition
:. the cities mus. be really IL
N principal cause. We have ha
Is hot enough weather down her
3 and vet during the past thr'
~ weeks there have been on
ne eight deaths here from cholel
er infantum, an average OF le
no han three a week.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

We are glad to observe from
gIVwu ia i.'.rso's~1fr- -----'
than for many years past, and
more perhaps than ever was
grown in any previous year.
In many counties there will not
only be enough corn grown TO
supply the home demand, but
there will he sufficient for large
expectations. From many To-
caiities the gratifying informa'
ton also comes that the farmers
are devoting more attention
than formerly to the raising an
curing of their own meats
Both these moves are in the
right dire ction, and if they are
persioted in for a few years our
people will find themselves more
prosperous and happy than
ever before. With our smoke
houses and granaries IN the
South, instead of the West, the
vast amounts of money that are
annually sent away for breat
and meat can be kept at home
and cotton growing even at tht
present low prices can be mad'
, much more profitable Tht
, Southern States possess all IN
: attributes of soil, climate, &C
: to make them independent o
any other section of the coun
try, and we believe that ou
l. people generally are ,now o.
n ginning to realize this fac
I With an abundance of corn WI
a naturally come plenty OF pori
and with these two prime a
u ticles of necessity raised pien!!
Q fully in our own midst, we WI
@ soon be as rich and as lndepen
Il ent as our moro progressi
neighbors of the West.-Natc
ez Democrat.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

The Missouri editors went to
Mexico for their annual excur-
sion, and, one of them writing
to the st. Joseph Gazette, says;
Few people understand the bit
ter hatred the average Mexican
has for the American. No mat
ter what Porfirio Diax says. NO
matter the continued ovation he
received from st. Louis to New
York, and from New YORK TO o
New Orleans, the masses OF the
Mexicans hate the people OF this
country with a hatred that cal
only come from the commlng.
ling of the Spanish blood VIII
the Indian.n
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Thinking AIoen In Church.

One Of cur churches has q
somewhat eccentric parishion
er, who often affords the con
gregation much amusem ent.
He has q habit Of expressing his
thoughts aloud when very much
in earnest, never mind where he
may be. Last Sunday, a late
conner at church, young lady
with voluninous skirt-sought
to pass him to get = seat. As
she did so, she carried the gen.
tleman's hat, which was on the
floor, some distance. II hap.
pened during . pause In the scr.
vice when there came, slowly
and distinctly, and with an
carnestness worthy of the
preacher, that unconscious
"Now-where-in
Of the-Lord-
is-that-girl- -taking--my--
hat i"-From a Newport Letter.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

many of the memories of the
eventfnl past, and her sweet
face, lady.likc grace, calm and
gentle voice, as she expressed
her great joy at meeting them,
stirred their hearts and secured
for her all tho love and venera-
tion they once had for her faith
or. After applying . glowing
tribute to General Morgan, Or.
ator Black, turned to Miss Nor,
gan who rose gracefully at his
greeting. He told that his com.
rades, who had loved her Illus
trious father while living and
'revered him while dead, had
accorded him the pleasing task
Of conveying to her from them
. gentle token of the faithful al.
legiance which her father enjoy
ed and the warm admiration
they felt for her. He became
eloquent as he proceeded with
them, and closed by saying that
"never since the days Of ancient
chivalry did gallant knight
crown q fairer queen," and han.
ded her a velvet case contain
ing q handsome gold watch and
chain.
She stood up bravely under
the trying odeal, during which
old soldiers' eyes were blinded
by unrestrained tears, and turn.
ing to the sea of faces she said:
''Dear friends, / cau't begin to
tell yon how happy you have
made me, and how grateful +
feel to you for it. assure you
that love You rs dearly as my
father id, and l sincerely hope
that you may always be as hap.
py as you have made me to-day"
AS she bowed her acknowledg,
ments the giant oaks trembaed
under the deafening shouts that
went mp from a thousand throats
and the boom of the artillery.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Wounds Of the Heart.

1t is generally supposed that
wounds of the heart kill imme-
diately and a correspondent has
ventricle torn completely
through by a bullet, so three fin
gers can be readily passed
through the wound into the
cavity. Notwithstanding the
extent of the injury, the stag
ran about sixty yards, the first
ten yards up hill. The fact is
that wounds osthe heart are but
seldom Immediately fatal if ever
so. We knew of no case OF 40
solu.ely instantaneous death
from a wound of the heart, IN
any part or however extensive
The experience in the battle.
field corresponds with that OF
the sportsman, who never saw
deer shot through the heart
that did not run some distance.
Wounds of the apex kill com
paratively slowly, in from one
hour upward, and in one case
mentioned by John Bull, IN
which the apex was completely
from the rest of the organ by q
sword cut, the man lived twelve
hours. Indeed, out of twenty
nine collected cases of injury tt
the heart, only two were fata
within forty eight hours, and II
the others, death resulted in pc
riods varying from four to TWEEN
, ty.eight days. Recovery ma,
r take place even when the woun'
3 is extensive, for bullet ma
, been found imbedded in the sui
a stance of the heart after a laps
;, of six years from the date OF tn
c injury, the patient having die
V from a disease of an organ in L
Q way connected with the leslo
o Some little time elapses befol
n the blood wholly escapes frol
or fails to enter the cavltle
W and the walls continue to CO
b. trrct ank propel some OF 1T In
1t the vessels for a much long
s; period than is usually thoug
TO to be the case.-Eancet.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
The Mysteries of Metals.

Notwithstanding the wonder !.
full progress that has been made I,
during the last half century In,
regard to the constitution and
working Of the useful metals,
s6MS s6HSSs isrgatSl,syast. deal to be
that at least some Of them are
compounds, Even the great
Faraday gave utterance to the
thoueht that the dream OF the
alchemists might vet be realized
that gold and other metals
might be found to be com
po1nds. and that means might
he devised whereby these com.
pounds might be separated, ana
Afterwards SO differently re-
nnited that the baser metals
might be converted into pre-
ciOus.
The changes which are
wrought in iron and steel by
converting, annealing and hard
enine processes are far from
heing understood by the most
advanced metallurgists OF the
nresent day. The mysteries OF
hydrogen gas and its intimate,
relations with iron are as much
a puzzle as they were fifty years
ago. and the theory advanced
hy Graham that hydrogen itself
il a metal is still maintained by
many chemists.
1t is only a few yeais since
absolutely pure iron became
known to scientists, and is now
: shown to be a metal almost as
, aunstable as water" and still
I found in the labortory as great
curiosity. What had previous
" been known as pure iron was
= shown by jacob to be a com
: mound of iron and hydrogen
Y He first separated the two SO
4 called elements. During th'
process the iron increased II
. Volume, changing from dark tt
J. a silver white substance, yer.
70 ductile, and so soft as to D,
,e nearly as readily cut as lead
NJ The experiment proved that ny
y drogen played an inportan
10 part in hardening and temper
II. ing steel-as much so as carDol
re but how or why none kno'
n, to this day.
,s Much more difficulty is foun
20 in rolling and otherwise manli
N ulating gold in a factory wher
to much electricity is generate
er by the action of the machinel
ht than in any place where no IN
chinery is in operation, al
where, consequently, friction
electricity is absent. The tro
BILE is manifested in a dispo
ihe ton of the plates of thin bars
he. crack.
:; Many other pecularities,
~ ready known, might be mi
Ire toned, and there is no do'
the that closer observation will s
aed largely increase the number
,fn, curious and yet inexpllca
;ma phenomena connected with
' working and general charac
n 10 istics of the metals, both
e to full and preclous.-Mlning
hem Scientife : Press.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16


An advertiser in the Vicks.
burg Evening Post who wants q
servant girl, says: "Those who
carry home baskets need not
apply" This condition required
by the Vicksburg e-keeper
will commend itself to the
same class ofpeople here, where
the habit of packing home a
basket by the cook is very prev
alent. Few of the housekeepers
who are blessed with this class
of servants, are not pretty we'll
aw ire that the contents fthese
baskets are fllched from daily
supply of the family put into the
hands of the cook, but most
ladies upon whom the details of
tho household are thrown by
their lazy lords, would sooner
put up with this petty pilfering
than create an unpleasant scene
by the detection Of the culprlt.
We have been told of an in
stance in which q cook actually
sent out meals from the table of
her employer to furnish board.
We are not at all surprised to
find this condition attached to
the employment Of q servant by
the vicksburg advertiser, and
think the hint could profitably
be acted upon by the house
keepers Of other cities. Match
ez Democrat.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Miss Johnnie Morgan.

Miss Johnnie Morgan, the
generals daughter, was the he
roine at the Morgan reunion in
Lexington. 1t did not require
a practiced eye to detect the
warm admiration entertained
for her by her fathers faithful
followers, andconsiderable time
was spent in presenting them t'
her. Her close resemblance t.
her father awakened in then
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

The first bale of hops this sea-
son arrived at New York on the
Sd, being four days earlier than
the first bale last year. II was
grown in Oneida County, N. Y.
and sold for fifty cents per
pound.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

The Milwaukee Sentinel is
authority for the statement that
leprosy has gained foothold
among the Norwegian inhabl-
tapts of Northwestern Wiscon.
sin, that it is spreading surely
if not rapidly, and that it ha'
already reached a stage which
will require radical and persis
tent efforts Of its eradication
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Neither Lake nor River.

A Kentucky man was asked
by a Northern friend what kind
Of q home he had.
"Ob," he replied, I'VE have q
very pleasant place, indeed"
"Do you 1.-Two on a lake or riv-
or ~
mo, We live on bread and
moat and potatics and whiskey."
Me reliant Traveller.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

If corn is fed to animals it
should at least be soaked in wa
ter twenty-four hours. This
will improve its digestibility and
when the farmer is distant from
a mill 10 an economical substi-
tute for grinding,
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
"Where should / wear an en-

"Where should wear an en-
gagement ringW Wear it on
the second finger of the right
hand If everybody is open and
above board, but if you no not
want any ono to know OF the
engagement, we would advise
YOU to wear it in the right hand
corner of an old striped stock
ing in the bottom or the bureau
drawer-Chicago Herald,
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

A bad case Of pension fraud
was nipped in the bud at Phila-
delphia, Pa, the other day.
Two men aud a woman secured
s1,7s5, but quarreled about the
divide and were all locked up.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

In cultivating orchards the
trees are more important than
any crop that can e grown un-
der them II they are not, cut
them down. The mills Of pota.
toes, or beans close to the trees
never amount to much, and IL
10 not worth while trying to save
them at a risk of iniuring the
fraaa
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

Peppermint was formerly
grown by some western New
York farmers. 1t is still pro-
duced to some extent, but not
80 proftably as formerly. A
Kansas farmer has taken to
growing it and reports that he
makes $50 to $40 per acres.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

The Brookhavsn Leader says
A difficulty occurred between
ed. Banks and some other ne.
groes at Q festival given ct the
colored Methodist church on
last Saturday night, during
which Banks was shot in the
mouth, causing o dangerous
wound. So far 1t has not been
discovered who did the shoot.
ing.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

The Sioux Indians held their
annual sun dance at Rosebud
Agency the other afternoon,
ten thousand being present
from all parts of the reserva-
ton. The Government had
given orders to suppress the
barbarous practice, but the
agents were powerless.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

At this season of the year
stock suffer greatly where there
is no shade. II there are no
trees in the pasture, shelters
made Of q few poles with brush
thrown over them are better
than nothing.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

Tho breach Of promise case
of Mary Alice Livington against
Henry Fleming, a New York
millionaire, in which the lady
got q judgment for $4,000, has
been compromised by the pay.
ment Of $4,000.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

Mr.. Corcoran has provided
an asylum for INDECENT ladies at
Washington. 1t is known as
the Louise Home, and is one of
the handromest places in the
city.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16
Harness should never be kept

inf he stable where manure is
constantly generating large
Quantities of ammonia. This
ammonia is rapidly absorbed by
the leather, and the effect upon
the leather is about the same as
would result from saturating 1t
with strong lye. In a word the
ammonia rots the leather, and
hence keeping harness in the
stable is sure to result in Its
damage more OF less.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

NJ. A. Dauphin, of the Louisi-
ana Lottery Company, has
brought suit at Washington
against Walter @. Gresam, Post
master General, for 100000
damages sustained by his recent
order forbiding the use of the
mails by that company.
Oxford eagle., 1883-08-16

When you come to Oxford al
ways enquire for the City Hotel
Large rooms, clean beds, good fare,
polite and attentive servants, ana
the best Sample Rooms in North
Mis- .issippi-