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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-19
He Beats Grant.
CFrom the Brooklyn Eagle. ]

[From the Brooklyn Eaplel
A well-known merchant of New York
City is said to be the greatest smoker
in the United States. He is tall,
stout, good-looking man, weighing
about $50 pounds. According to his
own statement, he smokes dozen primo
cigars every morning before breakfast.
How many he demolishes during the
rest of the day is not recorded.
Last summer it was this gentleman's
J custom to go TO business every morning
from Queens County, travelling down
the East River on the James slip boat.
As soon as he got on board he placed a
square basket, which he invariably car
ried, on the floor Then he lifted the
lid and produced therefrom an immense
cigar case, a piece of wax candle and
box of matches. Having placed these
handy, he unfastened his cuffs, drew
them off and laid them in the basket.
Then he removed his necktie and collar
and deposited them by the side of his
cuffs. Then he unfastened his capacious
vest and allowed the breeze to fan his
prodigious chest.
He was now ready for business. He
lighted match and ignited a piece of
wax candle, which he laid in a secure
spot. Next he drew from his cigar case
three, four or five cigars, as the fancy
took him. Producing rubber band
from his vest pocket, he cunningly
twisted it around the cigars SO as to
unite them all abreast. Then he put
the small ends in his mouth and applied
the wax candle to the other end, passing
it slowly from one to the other of the
cigars until all were well lighted.
Leaning back he enjoyed life, sending
clouds OF smoke into the air.
He has made great variety of an
swers to persons who have questioned
him as to his passion for smoking. To
one he said, "My doctor tells me to
smoke" To another, 81 smoke because
like it." To another, 81 smoke be-
cause my wife says mustn't" To an
other, "It's none of your business"
with a word before Cuisines" which
the Eagle never tolerates in print.
Those who know him say he is very
Jolly man and skillful business man
ger. He is nearly 30 years of age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-19
A Remarkable Confession.

A Yarmouth, n. s., dispatch to the
New York Truth says: Several weeks
ago Absalom Hurlburt, while convers-
ing about an old grudge entertained
against Benjamin Trefy, exclaimed: st
will fix him or he will fix me-" Nothing
further was thought about it. Last
Saturday night Treffy lett his fathers
house to visit his betrothed, as was his
wont, taking a short cut through the
woods. Sunday and Monday passed,
and young Trefy did not turn up.
Tuesday the whole country was searched
in vain. Hurlburt's conversation was re-
called, and he was arrested.
"You can charge all you like, but you
can't prove anything" he said.
The justice discharged him, and he
went home AS evening approached
neighbors dropped in, and began to
talk of his acquittal. Hurlburt finally
bent his brow with passion, looked at
the men who had been talking and
said
"You are all fools, fools, all of you.
[ did kill him, and I hid him where no
one can find him. He is under the
water in Wilson's Lake. They can't try
man twice for the same thing, and
now that they've cleared me it doesn't
make any difference. Besides, I am not
the only one to blame"
To-day Hurlburt is again in custody,
and while the constables dragged Viii
sons Lake hundreds stood around the
the shores, waiting for the first glimpse
of the corpse of the murdered man. It
has not yet been found.
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Bowling.

Very much may be expressed by t he
act of bowling. The Mentor gives some
hints as to the proper mode of making
these street salutations;
In public the bow is the proper mode
of salutation, also under certain circum
stances in private; and, according to
circumstances, should be familiar cor
dial, respectful or formal. An inclina-
ton of the head or gesture of the hand
or cane sufices between men, except
when one would be specially deferential
to age or position; but in saluting a
lady the hat should be removed. A very
common mode of doing this in New
York at present, particularly the young
er men, is to jerk the hat off and sling it
on as hastily as possible. AS haste is
incompatible with grace, and, as there
is an old pantomimic law that "every
picture must be held" for longer or a
shorter time, the jerk and-sling manner
of removing the hat, in salutation, is not
to be commended. The empressement
a man puts into his salutatiOn is gradu-
ated by circumstances, the most defer
entail manner being to carry the hat
down the full length of the arm, keep
ing it there until the person saluted has
passed. If man stops to speak to a
lady in the street he should remain I'M
covered, unless the conversation should
be protracted, which it is sure not to be
if either of the parties knows and cares
to observe the proprieties. A well-bred-
man, meeting lady in public place,
though she is a near relative-wlfe,
mother or sister-and though he may
have parted from her but half an hour
before, will salute her as deferentially
as he would salute mere acquaintance.
The passers- by are ignorant of the re-
lationship, and to them his deferential
manner says: "She is lady"
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A Premium On Gold.

A correspondent writes to the Phila-
delphia Press: Yesterday I had oc-
casion to purchase gold dollar, went to
the mint and to receive one [ had to pay
$1.25 for it. Is this right? Does tn {
extra quarter go into the pocket of the
employe, or does the government re-
ceive it," One of the officers of the
mint who was asked about the matter
said that they had no gold dollars on
hand for general circulation, and on &C
count of the heavy pressure upon the
mint for other coinage on government
or private account, Superintendent
Snowden could not undertake the man
ufacture of any at present. What are
called "proof" coins, he added, were
struck every year from polished dies
on hand-press for cabinets and coin
collectors. The extra Is cents was
charged to cover the expense of manu-
facture. This also yields profit, which
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obviously impossible to discover whether
or not he was rabid at the time he made
use of his teeth. Let him live, by all
means; 1t will be satisfaction to know
that he is running about in the best of
health. l cannot help saying, that in
n1nety-nlne cases out of hundred, when
a dog bites any one, the party bitten has
been to blame, and not the dog. It is
not only unjust, therefore, to punish
him, but positively mean and cruel.
Cats bites are usually more dangerous
than dcgs'; that is, they are more apt to
tester, and take longer to heal, the rea-
son being simply this-a cats tooth
makes punctured wound, dogs a
more open one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-19
Romance of an Ear of Corn.
[From the Peoria. Journal.]


It has always been thought that ears
Of corn have an even number of rows,
and that one with an odd number of
rows would be an impossibility. In
slavery times this question was dis
cussed, and a negro in Kentucky
claimed that he had seen ears of that
kind. His master told him he would
give him his-the negroes freedom for
an ear with an odd number of rows.
This was in the early spring, but in the
fall. during corn gathering time, the
negro came with sound ear of corn
with thirteen rows. He got his free
papers. A long time afterward the old
negro said that in roasting ear time he
took sharp knife, cut out the one row
of grains, bound the ear together, and
knew just where to find it when gather
ing time came.
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is not large, the work being done as a
public accommodation. The receipts are
paid into the United States. treasury
every quarter, accompanied by de-
tailed account of all the prof coins sold.
Proof silver and minor coins are only
sold in sets, but gold coins can be
bought singly at an advance of % cents
each above their nominal value. The
only gold dollars that can be bought at
the mint are the proofs, which are ST., %
each and cannot be sold for less.
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LEGEND OF PLATE.
BY EDMUND HUBBARD POST

BY EDMUND HUBBARD POST.
on lofty Mt. Pilatus
q'he storm clouds gather fast;
And fiercely down its rugged sides
Shall sweep the tempest blast,
AS from the stormy waters,
Ofthe lonely summit lake,
A shadowy mist was seen to rise
And human form 10 take.
The boldest channels hunter
Will now shrink back abashed;
He saw the figure acting
AS if his hands he washed.
For PLATE could not rest
With Christ's blood. on his hands;
Seeking to cleanse it out,
He roamed thro' many lands.
He washed in yellow Tiber
And on the banks of Rhone,
Yet still the fatal blood-spot
In lurid crimson shone.
In vain he did the evil
And sought its guilt to stay;
Resting on him, twill still be seen
In the great Judgment day.
A storm was in his heart,
And a storm came on the wave;
He threw himself in the mountain tarn
But found no quiet grave
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Official.
From Police jury Proceedings
BELLEVUE, La. DEC. i, 1884.

BELLEVUE, La, Dec. ], 1884.
yEyhereas. a large number of the legal voters
w of Ward Five have signed a petition
to the Police Jury of the Parish of Bossier
and State of Louisiana, praying that an cleo
ton be ordered for the purpose of giving the
legal voters of said ward an opportunity to
vote for or against the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors within the limits of said ward, the
following commissioners and clerk are hereby
appointed to hold said election, to wit: W.
A. Stroud, j. McC. Hughes and T. p. Larkin
as commissioners and b. r. Nash as clerk
Section |. Be it enacted by the Police Jury,
in and tor the Parish of Bossier and State of
louisiana That in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 277S Of the Revised Statutes
of 1870, of the State of louisiana an election
will be held on Saturday, January 10, 1885, at
Rocky Mount, i'll said ward, i'll accordance
with the general election laws Of the State of
Louisiana. the ballots to be deposited i'll s. box
to be furnished by the Sheriff of BOssier Par
ish for the purpose of giving the legal voters
of said ward of said parish an opportunity to
vote for or against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors III said ward; and those voters for the
sale of Intoxicating liquors shall have written
or printed on their ballots, "FOr the Sale of
Liquors" and voters voting against the sale
of liquors, i'll said ward, shall have written or
printed en- their ballots, Against the Sale of
Liquors"
Section 2 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
bHo COMMISSIONERS VINO nave D66u appointed
to hold the said election, after being duly
sworn, shall hold the election according to
law, and after the polls of said election are
closed, proceed to count the ballots as cast,
make, sign and seal the tally Sheets and return
them together with the box containing the
ballots to the President of the Police Jury, at
the Court house in Bellevue, Louisiana, on
Monday, the 18th day of January, 1885.
Section B. Be it further enacted, ect, That
the President of the Police Jury shall open the
returns of said election in the presence of the
body, in session, and promulgate the result.
If a majority of the votes cast in said election
be against the sale of liquors in said ward,
the Sheriff and ex-officio Tax Collector of Bos-
sier Parish shall be forbidden to grant any
license from and after the day of said election,
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors in said
ward; and any person selling liquors without
a license for the same, shall be liable to the
penalty of the law Adopted
E. S. D0RTCH,
President of Police Jury.
j.. H. KEYsER, Clerk of Police Jury.
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BELLEVUE. La,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER ia, 1884
NY Guest.

There Is a guest that detest, forever at my
side,
Who ciings to me as fondly as a bridegroom to
his bride.
Who leers at me, and jeers at me, and when
cross his Will,
Who only smiles sardonically, and hugs me
closer still:
/ hate him, and berate him, yet he trudges at
my heels,
And reaches in my pockets, and revels at my
meals;
j defy him, and would fly him, but he only
presses closer,
And whispers to each wish of mine an ever
lasting mo, sir
I've chided, and derided, till I'm almost out of
heart,
I've abused him, and misused him, but he
never will depart;
If smite him, seek to spite him, why, he SIM
ply turns. and plants
The symbols of his tyranny upon my coat and
pants;
drives me mad;
He fortunes and he leases me, and growls
when am glad.
He glafes at me, and stares at me, as any ghoul
might do;
He has shattered every promise that my soul
was anchored to;
He has wrecked me and bedecked me with the
tattered garbs of woe;
He has crossed my happy threshold and has
laid my loved ones low!
He's as wary as a beagle, and he grins in such
That the cunning of a serpent is apparent in
his smile;
He is lank he is lean, and his fingers are un-
clean;
He is ragged. he is haggard, he is spiteful and
he's mean;
Than Adam he is older. than Satan he is bolder;
He's as ghastly as skeleton, and uglier and
colder;
When the winter winds are dire he sits crouch
ing at my fire,
And glowing at my beggary with eyes that
never tire;
He's the parent of all crime, in each country
and each cline,
And has trampled the wild world over, hand
in hand with Father Time,
His record all may read in the hearts that
break and bleed,
On the lips of little children that forever piae
and plead;
And his deeds are further written, over Sleep
less eyes red bitten,
Over cold and empty cradles, over roofs by
sorrow smitten;
Over scattered hopes once cherished, over
pleasures that have persisted,
Over broken dreams of glory, that better
manhood nourished;
In the byways, and the highways, he goes on
ward unmolested,
And makes the world to labor ere its weary
hands are rested;
He's beggar and a ranger, and was present,
not q stranger,
At the birth of the Messiah, in the cold Judean
Manager;
He has trailed along the path of the tempest
in its wrath
And has gloated DER the ruins of the nodded
aftermath;
He's the Prince of Empty Pockets, out al
elbow and at knee,
He's knight without nickel whom we nick
name-PovERTY.
G ~ Matthews,
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). ]. sWINDLE, Admr.
Sheraf,s safe.

w. A. Martin } No 1885,
VS.. In District Court of Bos
Leroy Carter. } sier, La.
py virtue of writ of tieri facias issued in
lD the above named suit, and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell at pub
lie auction, to the last and highest bidder, at
the Court house, in the town Of Bellevue, La,
within the legal hours Of sale, on the third
Saturday, the goth day Of December, 1884, the
following described property, to-wit:
The north half Of southeast quarter of
section 81, and the northwest quarter Of the
southwest quarter of section %, township 81 !,
range ID vest 100 acres, more or less.
Also, $500 pounds of seed cotton in pen, more
or less; 200 pounds seed cotton in field, more
or less Is bushels of corn, more or less, 200
pounds fodder, l two-horse wagon, old OK
wagon, onequarter acre of sugar cane-2O0O
st llks
Seized as the property of the defendant,
Leroy Carter, and will be sold to pay and
satisfy said writ.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with the benefit of
appraisement.
RE WYCHE. Sheriff
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The Language of the Ewes.

There are not many of our bellies who
need to be told how to use their eyes,
when to look up coquettishly into the
eyes of their attendant cavalier, or when
to droop the lids effectively. They
know it all only too well for the peace of
mind of their admirers. They viii at
times lookup into mans eyes with an
expression almost MANTLE in its inno-
cence. This is generally at a time when
the fair charmer is particularly aggra-
waiting, perhaps when he has been try
ing to make her understand how de-
votedly he loves her. Then her eyes
viii, it may be, fill with glistening tears,
and he feels that he has been a perfect
brute to annoy her by speaking of love,
and perhaps half an hour later she will
be laughing heartily with her coniden-
tial friend over the whole affair.
But with all these bewildering ex-
pressions, they may not have any def
mite signs, such as the French have
established. Among the more important
are these: To close the eyes signifies II
think of you;n to close the right eve
means ''be Discreet while shutting the
eye urges him to be patient. To open
SAlO Eyes fC1y W1Qe uedLS Il AM ledi-
GUS. /" Raising the eyes to the ceiling
signifies Il am waiting .sTake care
is conveyed by winking the right, while
a wink of the left eye means Ego to the
appointed rendezvous. y II love YOU so
well that / would die for you, is told
by covering the ewes with the hand. To
point to the right eye means ..you will
receive letter. and to the left eve sig-
mites ''there is nothing to be done Just
now.n
The chaperons of pretty but ffirtatious
girls will doubtless be glad to learn this,
and will be very watchf1l when their love-
ly charge winks the left eye at an eligible
party, while there are doubtless some of
our fair young readers who win make
nse OF it. Certainly the French are an
ingenious people.-St. Louis Moraiasg
CdlL
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NherfR,s Sue.

w. j. Hickman No. 3O46.
VS.. Bossier District Cont
John d. Mitchell. } La.
Py virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued in
11 the above named suit, and to me directed
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at the
Court house, in the town of Bellevue, Bossier
Parish, La, on the third Saturday, the Doth
day of December, 1884, within the legal hours
of sale, the following described land, to-wit:
The undivided onethird of the north half
OF section "a, and the north half of southeast
quarter of section 81, township Is, range IL;
one third interest being 1884 acres. Said land
within one-half mile of Haughton, on the
v, S. and p Railroad
Seized as the property of the defendant,
John d. Mitchell, and viii be sold to pay and
satisfy said writ.
Terms of Sale-Cash With the benefit of
appraisement.
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Succession Sale.

Succession of o. NJ. Davis, deceased.
Qy virtue of a writ of sale issued from the
D Honorable End judicial District Court
and for Bossier parish, La, and to me directed
l will proceed to sell, or offer for sale, at the
late residence Of o. M. Davis deceased, in the
Parish of Bossiar, La, on Wednesday, the 3lst
day of December, 1884, the following describ
ed property belonging to said succession, to-
wit:
Real Estate-South half of northeast quar-
ter of section "a, township %, range 1870
acres.
Personal Properg-O One Bay Mare, young
Mule, | Mule colt, 3 head Cattle, Z Hogs,
wagon and harness, ! buggy and harness,
shot gun, boxes tools, plows and farming
implements, &c.
Terms of Sale-C Cash, provided the appraised
value or two.thirds thereof be bid, otherwise
the personal property will be Immediately re-
offered for what it will bring on II months
credit, and real estate re advertised according
to law. Credit purchasers required to execute
IL months bond with approved personal secur-
ity and bearing 8 per centrum interest from day
Of sale.
r. j. SWINDLE Admir-
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SIsefif's Safe,

B. F. oneal No. 66s.
VS.. In BosSieP Parish Court
Cornelius Lewis. La.
by virtue of a writ of fieri faeias issued in
- the above named suit and to me directed,
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder, at the
Court house, in the town of Bellevue La,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Saturday, the 3rd day of January, 1885, the
following described land, t0-wit
The undivided one-half interest in the east
half of southwest quarter, and southeast
quarter of northeast quarter, and northwest
quarter of southeast quarter of section IL,
township 20, range 12-half interest being so
acres
Seized as the property of the defendant,
Cornelius Lewis, and viii be sold to pay and
satisfy said writ.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with the benefit of
appraisement
RE. WYCHE. Sheriff.
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y. KHeaerY Nhenher1l

A ttorney at Law, Shreveport, La. wm
n practice in the Courts of Caddo ana y. r.
joining parishes also in the Supreme and NY ~,
GRAZ OVor1 Vi the ntaIe' y20nsi
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". M. Keyser.

A ttorney at Law, Notary Public ana -.
~ missioner Of Deeds for Alabama ne Oaa
gia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tam osog.
and Texas. Office at Bellevue, La. '''esass
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ne. III. IRetsaeEoEnh.

A ttorney at Law, Shreveport, La. om..
IA opposite Bank of E. 81 b. Jacobs 9 W:,s
practice in Courts of Bossier and Caddo, M
IN Supreme Court of State. y90ni cSa
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JoANNEs s,rr.....
J w.LowRr
wM.w.rAnnr
-LOaCs.y a. Vs0mce.

A ttorneys at Law, Bellevue La. win ~.
and Websterparishes v ISaSsas1lie
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We. h. BOggs,

Notary Public, B0ssier Parish Ion;s;.
N Businesspromptly attsndedto. l 0fssaa
Red Land, La. s Sallc e q
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do you ever purchase articlesp''
ne asked timidly, as he entered the edi-
borial room. Occasionally" said the
editor kindly, "when they suit our col
nmns. What have you got, a poem?"
'sNo, sir, parlor matches, cent box,
er six boxes for q niekle. IN ], SWp,
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FOa. Sale or Reget.

Our Plantation on Red Chute, known as the
" STIDHAM PLACE, containing about
600 acres, part bottom and part hill lands,
with good houses. gin houses, press and other
improvements Possession given at once.
Apply to FLORSHEIM BROS,
~, loo4. Shreveport, La.
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Election 6se Ward Flee.
For or Against the Sale Of Intoxicating
Liquors.

449 UUIS,
Py virtue of an act of the Police Jury, an
~ election will be held on Saturday, the
10th day of January, 1885, at Rocky Mount in
Ward Five, for the purpose Of ascertaining
whether it is the will Of the people Of Ward
., that intoxicating liquors shall be sold In said
ward; that voters favoring the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors shall have written or printed
on their ballots, "For the sale of Liquors" and
those opposed, shall have written or printed
on their ballots, against the sale Of LIQUOR"
r. Il. WYCHE, Sheriff,
Bossier Parish La
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-04-12

On April the 70 inst, the State
and Parochial elections will b.
held in this State. These elections
are always important, aud should
not he neglected by the voters, es
pecialIy those who are taxpayers.
Upon the proper selection of Off
GERS, who are to handle the taxes of
the people, depend the good ad
mioistration of public affairs and
the financial prosperity of the State
and parishes. The question is sim
ply this, whether the voters wish
to retain the same prosperous man
agement that has brought the State
aud parishes out of bankruptcy,
which the Democratic party effect
ed. OF to return to the shameful era
of Kellogg and Warmoth.