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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
Divorce and Morals.

But more than any alteration in the
statutes, more than the decisions of
courts and the essays of pubicists and
the arguments of reformers, there is
needed conscience in the contraction of
marriage and sense of duty, which stat
utes cannot make, III living within its
obligations. The foolish and the silly
will demand that, once married, man
and woman shall be better and more
nearly perfect than before wedlock.
These will assume that by the ceremony
of marriage miracle is performed, sud-
denly changing human nature into the
divine. Conscience and common sense
are better than statutes, better than es-
saws. No man and no woman should
marry until able, out of love, or lacking
love, out of sense Of duty, to so adapt
themselves to their new relation that
mutual sacrifice shall be its first and its
permanent consequence. For such as
these statutes of divorce will not be re-
quired.
1t goes without saying that all laws
| tendingto reduce drunkenness and licen.
tieusness are directly in the interest Of
moral marriage and pure and happy
domestic life. The man who finds the
bar-room, the gambling table and the
low resorts of a great city attractive II
not likely to make the most just, refined
and noble of husbands. Instead of Ell
larging the gates of conjugal separation
the hope of women lies in their maxim;
drinking and gambling and licentious
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
CURRYCOMBs FOR COACHMEN.

Mrs. Belva Lockwood uses tricycle.,
precaution which certainly will pre-
vent her from elnping with the coach
man. Yonkers Statesmen.
Amateur coachmen are not tolerated
in England, but a-mate-tD her coachmen
in this country are having clean run.
st. Paul Herald.
When a coachman bitches up with an
heiress he takes her for wheel or whoa,
but soer gets tired of her tongue and
wants to kick over the traces. Detroit
Times.
1t does seem strange that young
LADY should forego her chances of mar
rying a plumber just for the sake of the
romance of eloping with a coachman.
Lowell Citizen.
"Well." said r. S. .Stockracy to his wife
another summer is gone and Mabel is
still on our hands"
ayes" said his wife, "she does not
seem to be able to effect a marriage yet,
but have plan"
as that so. What is it?"
"We will coachman hire" Mara.
thon Independent.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
Didn't Like His Face.

Two young men in an art gallery.
They stop in front of a portrait, when,
one of them, noticing the picture says:
Here's George Lagsmore. Splendid
piece of work"
II don't admire it," replies the other
one, looking at the picture and exhibit
ing nervousness. "The features are
hard and immovable and the eyes are
cruel"
"You do Lagsmore an injustice" ex-
claims the first speaker. There never
was more benevolent man than he,
and YOU do him a great wrong when you
saw that his face is hard and his eyes
cruel"
"Of course ] may be wrong. 1t is,
perhaps, the dislike l have of seeing
his face"
"Why dislike? Has he ever injured
you?"
NO"
"You were not rivals, were your"
ooh, no."
"What then?"
swell, you see, / borrowed fifty dol
lars from him some time ago and haven
returned the amount. Come on, LETT
! not stand here. All, here is the pictur
| of wolf Let me gaze on it," Arkan
saw Traveller.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
Breach Of Promise suits.

Miss FOrtescue, the allegci pretty ac-
tress, has given up the silly Lord Gar
moyle, returned TO him his silly letters
and foregOne her prospective claims to
the Cairns coronet, in consideration of
the payment to her of Sl25,OOO. Every
body ought to be satisfied with this ar
rangement including Lord Garmoyle,
but most of all the lcrr- suffering public
and if We mcntiOn the toplc yet once
more, it is solely with a view to making
it the text for brief deposition upon
the general subject of suits for breach of
promise.
We are heartily in accord with the
English Judge who, not long aGO, cx-
pressed a fervent wish that the action
for breach of promise might BE- abolish
ed at once and utterly. This for very
natural and, as We think, sound reasons.
There are two cases where the right to
sue should not be recognized. Where a
man has been scOundrel enough to be-
tray a loving and weak woman under
promise of marriage it is the criminal
law which should be invoked.
On the other hand, where the man is
of such poor stuff that he enters light
ly into a contract of the most sacred and
serious sort, and breaks it as lightly, We
do not think that the matter is of suffi-
cient importance to warrant the setting
in motion OF the whole machinery of the
Law. This for good reasons: The wo.
man has suffered no loss through her
failure to obtain such a husband; as it
is altogether probable that she is as iriv-
olous and faithless a. himself.
As to another category of cases, where
the man was worth having, and the wo-
man was sincerely in love with him, and
the match was broken off because he
realized fully the responsibilities of the
projected union, and had doubts wheth-
er it would prove happy one, there is
no need here OF the action for damages
The manly course is, while there is yet
time, to withdraw from an engagement
which means ultimate misery to two
lives and the womanly course is to per-
NIT such withdrawal. In point of fact
In the great majority OF Cases the lnstltu-
ton of suit for breach Of promise is
prima facie evidence that the plaintiff 5
affections are not of sort to suffer in
jury by the non fulfillment of a matri-
monial contract.
There remain the rare and exception
al cases where women of worth are con-
temptueusiy and heartlessly Tilted by
masculine fiirts, and here it seems to us
that the ends of justice would be met by
intrusting the sound horse whipping of
the offender to male relative or friend.
We admire faithful and long enduring
love and chivalrous devotion, and are
glad that Miss FOrtescue is to "crown
the flame" of the gentleman whom she
threw over when the coronet was dan
gled before her nose. But we should
not regard her previous faithlessness as
having been atOLed for and wiped cut
by ber acquaintance with soft headed
snob. her parade before the scandal
loving population cf tive hemispheres,
and her extensive transaction in docu-
men,ary evidence that must have been
of anything but an edifying character.
Philadelphia Record.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
The Leading Strings FalIacy.

From the moment child is born, he
streated on the principle that all his in
aincts are essentially wrong, that nature
must be thwarted and counteracted in
ever possible way. He is strapped up
il contrivance that he would be glad
to exchange for a straight-jacket, kept
for hours in a position that prevents him
from moving any limb of his body.
Ills first attempts at locomotion are
checked; he is put leading-strings, he is
crefaly guarded from the outdoor
world, from the air that would invigorate
bis lungs, from the sports that would de-
yelop his muscles. Hence, the peevish-
ness, awkwardness and sickness of our
young aristocrats. Poor people have nc
time to the initiate absurdities of their
wealthy neighbors, and their children
profit by what the model nurse would
undoubtedly call neglect.
indian babies are still better off
they are fed on buil-beef; and kicked
around like young dogs; but they are
notswaddled, they are not Graded, and
not dosed with paregoric; they crawl
around naked, and soon learn to keep
outof the way they are happy, they new
erGy.
five would treat our youngsters in
the same way, only substituting kisses
and Dread for kicks and beef, they would
afterward be hardier and stronger. Ev-
cry week the newspapers tell us abont
tumbling down stairs and breaking both
arms; boys falling from a fence and
fracturing their collar bones. From
what height would young Comanche
have TO fall TO break such bones-not to
mention South Sea island children and
young monkeys? The bones OF an in
FAINT are plastic; letting it tumble and
roll about would harden the bony tissue
guarding 1t like piece of brittle crock
cry makes its liLlbs as fragile as glass.
Popular Science Monthly.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
The science oil "E,unco.-

"Yon talk as if bunco were a science"
said reporter to Il "steerer" in the
course of an interview.
"Apd isn't it a science? It's more'n
theology and philosophy, and all the
ologies ana .osophles chucked together.
When fellows on my lay he's got to
know everything. Understand Every
thing. He has to know how to coax the
fresh uns and larry the fly fellows and
give all sorts O. taffy to the cranks. He's
got TO have ghost story that'll hold
when anyone bites, and he's got to know
Just how to play his man."
sand which is the easiest prey?"
"Well, it used to be the greenys, fresh
nom the country. l suppose you can
get 'em on string easy still. But the
big bugs are the best to bait trap for
and if you get 'em dead to rights they
pay big money. Best of all is, they're
the safest game. You see, they don't
care about squealing, cause they feel
mean bout being touched. So they just
slash their CAB and let the ducats go
But often some fresh duck that's been
touched for a small stake'll roar like a
bull. I've seen it all and know what
I'm talkin' about"
"But aren't you afraid of running foul
ofmen too clever for you among the bet
ter class of people?'
"Now when you begin to talk that way
you'd better ad ertise yourself for COW
pasture. You're not green enough to
mean it. Why, it's the most bangup
men with the snuggest headwork that's
pie for us. Just yank along your tall
thinkers and we'lltake the conceit out OF
them in short order. Oscar Wilde, fol
instance? Boshl That long haires
galoot wasn't patch on the men we've
uckled. And we done 'em, too, every
time. If | cared about mentionins
names, young fellow, / could give you &
lew items that would make some o. thu
sswellsstare trifle and start big hurral
IN the best society that would stun you.
New York Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
The Milliner Explained.

"What will be the prevailing style in
dresses?" asked a family man of fash
ionable milliner.
"WeL, dresses will be worn much
shorter this year."
81 am glad to hear it," said the man Of
family, breathing a sigh of relief 81
suppose they will be much cheaper"
hBy no means. They will cost more,
said the milliner
Il don't understand how that can be.
Shorter dresses take less goods and should
therefore cost less"
"No; you are wrong. Shorter dresses
cost more because they come higher"
But the obdnrate family man would
not be convinced.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
A HAUNTED EXPRESS CAR.
sights and Sounds that were Too Much for
n Messenger.

Aaron Ross, the express messenger on
the Central Pacific who recently made a
demand for a new car, averring that the
old one in which he had been on duty SC
long was haunted, sticks to it that he
was not mistaken as to what he saw and
heard in it. He is brave and intelli.
gent man, and the fullest credence is
given the stories he tells. On two OF
three occasions, when attacked by rob-
bers, he has shown such nerve that his
employers would give MIN a new car
every month rather than let him 60
There are some bullet holes in old No
5, and on the floor is a stain made by
the blood of a man who was murdered
in it one night several years ago. Con-
cealed behind pile of boxes at one end
Ross shot and killed train robber last
spring at Monticello, just as the bandit
was forcing the door.
In talking about the case today Boss
said: Il am usually alone in the, car
and make it rule to 60 to sleep about
10 o'clock. One night about a month
ago | was awakened at II by crashing
noise, as if box had fallen down and
been smashed to pieces. l got up and
looked around. The train was moving
along at the usual speed, and every.
thing seemed all right. My lights were
burning, and the safe was all right.
"The next time I went over that part
of the road the noise woke me uI
again. Once more | got up and
looked around, but could see nothing
When l lay down and closed my eyes
the crash came again and again. By
this time l was a good deal mystified
but concluded to pay no further atten.
ton to the noises, thinking that some time
the cause would be clear TO me. | heard
them after that right along, but never
even opened my eyes, until one night,
about fortnight ago, an unusually loud
crash caused me to sit up and lcok
around. At the other end of the car,
standing up at my desk, with pen in
hand, was the shadowy figure of man.
The train was in regular motion, and
the doors were all locked and barred on
the inside. was wondering how any
body could get in, and at the same time
reached for my rifle, which lay beside
the bed. Suddenly the figure disap-
peared. Hooked around, found nothing
gave the thing up as a mystery, and
kept it TO myself Two or three nights
after this saw the same thing half a
dozen times during the nigh. Every
time l opened my eyes there would be
the man always at my desk writing.
Well, [ was getting uneasy, nervous.
and fidgety, AMI made up my mind
that / wouldn't stand it any longer, so
| put in a requisition for a new car
] amt afraid Of any man that ever
walked. but l can't fight devils, and l
know old No. has a devil in her"
Salt Lake Special,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
o,,p MOST PRECIOUS THINGS.
,ns Chinese Consider Their Chief
Articles of Value.

-, the Chinese Consiuer iheir Shiei
Articles of Value.
:. China the "four most precious
.,;,ssp are the paper-plant, ink and its
.,ucer and the brush. s-ar---
Tho hornet, whose sharp sting is the
,.-ror Of children, is the recognized pio-
Dser Of paper-makers. Its cellular nest,
~ zoos and rocks, is built of material
~bich !, resembles the most delicate TISSUE
paper. oC,;.
:. setinp under the wasp's suggestion,
msse =, paper from fibroas matter reduced
- min Now, each province makes its
.un neculiar variety from the innermOst
~ Of different trees. The young bam-
p which grows six or eight inches in
~ S,ole night, is wbitcned, reduced to
srin in a mortar and sized with alum.
Erom this pulp sheets of paper are made
= mmld by hand. The celebrated
T;nese rice paper, that so resembles
.oolen and silk fabrics, and on which
~ nainted quaint birds and flowers, is
rsnufactured from compressed pith,
xbieh is first cut spirally, by keen knife
;nto thin slices, six inches wide and
twice as long.
Immense quantities of paper are used
bv the Chinese for great variety Of
parposes. Funeral papers, or paper
limitations of earthly things which they
desire to bestow on departed friends, are
hurled over their graves. They use pa
per window frames, paper sliding doors
and paper visiting cards yard long. 1t
IreiateS that when a distinguished re-
vresentative of the British government
once visited Pekin, several servants
brought him huge roll, which, when
spread out over the large floor, proved
10 be The visiting card of the Chinese
emperOr,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01

ness more difficult, more expensive and
mole dIsgraceful. They have now moral
power enough without tn ballot to insist
upon the SAM standard of morality for
men and women. AS society shuts them
GU: if guilty of the offense against the
chief moral law, why do they not assert
the dignity and power of their sex and
insist on shutting cut the man guilty of
it? If it were half as infamous for a man
to be licentiOus as for woman the di-
vorce courts would have small dockets.
CHICAGO Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
A Painful Reminiscencc.

They were talking here in New York
of the wedding Of Tive DIS daughter sew
eral years ago. 1t is recalled because of
the present run Of singular weddings.
Nobody remembers the name of the
gentleman Miss Tweed married, but we
cannot forget the wonderful wedding.
Tweed was in the very glory of his reign
and his only daughter was the pride efhis
heart; so, when she married, the pres
ents were equal to those a princess re-
ceives. Her shoes were buckled with
great solitaire diamonds. Her necklace
was composed of priceless stones. Her
hair was radiant in precious gems. Her
waist and fingers were covered with
diamonds Of great value. Even her
dress shone in glittering splendor. 1t was
said at the time that her marriage gifts
amounted to over 100000. To-day she
shuns society; she makes no friends
she avoids the eye of curiosity. She
seems to feel the degradation other father
thovgh, poor woman, she had no more
to do with it than you or L, dear reader
She gives nobody chance 10 avoid hel
for she avoids everybody. 1t is mex
to impossible to make her acquaintance
She dresses luxuriantly; ner husband i:
rich, and does a prosperous and lucra
tive business in New Orleans. She
wears diamonds, too, but 1 doubt thai
she wears those given her by the great
contractors of New York at the time O.
her marriage. She is an invalid and
suffers much. Her husband devote'
his whole time to her and is still hel
lover. Albsny Express.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01

Abraham Lincoln was a quiet d
er. lie arose with quiet gIeam ofV-
NOR on his face, and said: "MayN
please yeur Honor, as the friend of the
Court, allow me to suggest that the Con
stitution does not permit cruel and un-
usual punishment. Your honor has sent
this man to the Legislature when he
ought to 90 to the penitentiary."
"The difference is SO slight that the
Court ha no hesitation in adopting the
suggestion of its learned and experienced
advisor" the Judge responded. There
upon ne imposed the full sentence Of the
law, and everybody laughed except the
defendant and his counsel. Ben perley
POOrc in Boston Budget.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
Behold the Age of Vanity.

The girl with soft gray eyes and rip
pling brown hair, WHO walked all over
your poor fiuttering heart at the charity
ball, has just finished crazy quilt, con-
tanning 1,O64 pieces of bat Innings, put
together with 2l 800 stitches. And her
poor old father fastens on his sCspenders
with long nail, a piece of twine, a
sharp stick and one regularly ordained
button. This also is vanity. Burlington
Hawkeye.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
Remarkable Money.

An unusual deposit was made at the
Merchants bank a short time ago, con-
sisting of small scrip TO the amount of
500. The denominations were 3, 5, 10,
-, % and 80 cents. Almost all the is
sues in these denominations were repre-
sented. In addition to the scrip were
notes issued by banks long ago deiuuct.
Almost all the scrip was bought up by
numismatists. A large part of the mon
ey had been hoar led by an old lady re-
sid: lg in the cor,.try. and it only recent
ly came into the possession of her neph-
ew, who resides in this city. Rochester
! Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
An Answer Admitting No Doubt.

"Do trains for Boston leave this depot?"
inquired traveller of a man whom he
found lounging on the platform at
country station.
well" responded the rustic, II have
lived hereabouts nigh onto twenty years
and hain't seen none of them take it
with them" Boston Post.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
The Raising of Farm Notes.

My arrest is foul outrage, and l shall
make the authorities suffer for it?''
What in heavens name were you do
:ng?"
Absolutely nothing. l was engaged
in work on my farm when the officers
swooped down AMI captured me-"
"H'm. yes. What do you raise on youl
farm?"
'NOtcs"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01
In q Coral City.

"One of the most remarkable sights
that | Observed remarked the diver,
were the coral beds. From boat they
present nothing unusual-a brown mass
ofpointed stems or branches; but one
day | had the boat placed on the edge OF
a achannel, and gradually walked down
into it until attained the bottom, and i
tell you the scene was impressive.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01

Handsome is that handsome does, will
fit the coachmen, for they are all hanson
men. Waterloo Observer.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-01

A daughter ir the hand is worth two
in the coachman's carriage. Williams
port Breakfast Table.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04

Artenara, Aguimes, Arucas, Arico, Alds1e,
Arrecife, Coria, Granadilla, Gfimar, Guia, In
genio, Icod, Las Palmas, Laguda, /. l.antigglta,
Llanos, Mazo, Moya, Mogsn, 0Iivar. uf,tava,
Pazo, Puerto de Cabraa. Ple le lie Ia Cruz,
Realejos, Saural, Sauces, saa lorenzo, Santa
Brigida. Santa Lucia San Bartolome, San Ma.
teo' santa Ursula, Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
San Crist6bal de Laguna, Santa Cruz de PAX
ma. ma Tszacorte, Teide, Teroi, Tequeste, Tegus
. TeneQue, YlH0ria Yaiss, Yedsl
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04
RETORNO. R

NoTAs:-En su viaje de ida recibira el vapor
en- Puerto Rico los dias 13 de cada mes la carga
pasajeros que para los puertos del Mar Caribe,
arriba expresados, y Paci6co, conduzca el correo
que sale de Barcelona el rs y de Cadiz ell 80.
En- su viaje de regreso, entregarS al correo
que sale de Puerto Rico Ell dia 10, la carga y
pssajcros que conduzca procedentes de los puer
tos del Mar Ceribe y ell Pacifco, para Cadiz y
Barcelona.
En- la epoca de cuarentenas. sea desde 10
de Mayo al 80 de Setiembre, Sc admite carga
para Gadiz, Barcelona Santander, pero pasa-
jeros, solo para Ell dltimo puerto.
Para mas informes sus agentes.
Sobrinos de Ezqu,Gg0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04
LA PEQUENA ANTILLA.
24.-TETUAN.-24.

Rivera y Ramon, encargados de
cho estableciento, ponen en- conociy,
to del pdblico en- general y de sus '
recedores en- particular los adels f.,
mejoras que han introducido Sfones f. -,
bricaci6n de aqua .carb6nica 1aa cir
y lilnonada gaseosa en- en- b ' an esta "r
viendo diariamente a domjs nnohIos
Capital y con prontitud q - one So Ie
lie la Isla, todos los Pal eastabIeci-
hagan de los productoEo algnno. 4 fin
miento, y no omiten q todas ans me-
de que queden satif T @nsto % del consn-
cesldades Gel deiie 1876
midor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04
ALOS HACENDADOS.

Sc vende muy barata una maquina
vertical de 25 caballos de fuerza, cons
truci6n inglesa, doble engranaje con
sus tres mazas y bronces en- buen esta-
do, todo de POGO uso.-:En esta impren-
ia informaran. l35
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04
SEVERE BAST. se
As. - SAN FRAN0oo' - = 10 9
SAN JUAN
ASTURIAS.

Avil6s, Cangas de Onis, Cangas de Tineo
Castropol, Colunga, Cudillero, Figueras, Gij6n,
Grade, Lastres, Luarca, Luanco, Lanes, Me
res, Nayia, Oviedo, Pola de Laviana, Pola de-
Lena, Pola de Siero, Pravia, Rivadesella, Salas,
Sama de Langreo, Tapia, Tineo, Villaviciosa :
Infesto
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04
rsLAs BALEAREs.
IsLAs CANARfAS.

Gudadela de Menorca, y Palma de Ma
Iorca.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-01-04

M. L. villaverde, cap. Jaureguizar.
PuertO-RicO, captain Benitez

Deseosa la Compania de dar mas amplitud d
esta Inca abriendo comunicaciones entire ell
mayor ndmero possible de puertos, ha tornado
el siguiente itinerario que sera servido por los
vapores arriba expresados.
Wales DE LA HABANA A COLON.