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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28


THE MOON INHABITED.
Towns. Villages and Cultivated Fields
Can Be seen-An Important
Discovery.
At the astronomical observatory
of Berlin, says translation from
Nya Pressen Holsingfor, a discov.
cry has lately been made which,
without doubt, will cause the great
est sensation, not only among the
adopts in science, but even among
the most learned. Prof. Blendmann,
in that city, has found, beyond a
doubt, that our old friend, the
moon, is not mere lantern which
furnishes light for the loving youth
and gas companies Of our planet,
but the abode Of living, intelligent
beings, for which he IL prepared to
furnish proofs most convincing.
This question has asitated hu.
manity from time immemorial, and
has been the object Of the greatest
interest. But tho opinions have
always differed very widely, and
no two minds held one and the
same. Already In ancient times
the belief prevailed, that the moon
was Inhabited with some higher
organized, intelligent beings, some
what resembling man, and in order
to communicate with them the
early enthusiasts planted rows Of
trees several miles in length so as
to form the figure of the Pythagor.
can theorem. The celebrated as.
tronomer Schroeder, in the beginning
Of the present century, fancied that
he could detect places on the sur.
face Of the moon which periodical.
ly grew
LIGHTER AND DARKER,
and from this fact he derived the
conclusion that the phenomenon
was q proof Of existing vegetation.
During the last few decades, how.
ever, the idea Of life on the moon
has been held up to ridicule, and
totally scorned by men of learning.
But, nevertheless, 1t has been
proved TO be correct.
By accident DR.. Blendmann
found that the observations of the
moon gave but very unsatisfactory
results, owing TO the intensity Of
the light power Of the moons at.
mosphere, which Is that strong that
it effects the correctness Of the OBJ.
servations in very high degree,
He then conceived the idea To
make the object glass of the refrac.
tor less sensitive to the rays Of
light, and for that purpose he dark.
ened it with the smoke of camphor
II took months of experimenting
before he succeeded in finding the
right degree Of obscurity of the
glass, and when finally found hi
then, with the refractor, took {
very accurate photo Of the moons
surface. This he placed in SUI
microscope, which gave the picture
a diameter Of ffty-fve and hal
feet.
The revelation was most start
ling. 1t perfectly overturned al
hitherto entertained ideas Of tn,
moons surface. Those level plain
which formerly were held to b
oceans Of water proved 70 be yer
dant fields, and what formerl,
we're considered mountains turne,
out a. deserts Of sands and ocean
Of waters. Towns and habitation
Of all kinds were plainly discern
ible, as we'll as signs of Industry
Study and observations of old Lun
will be repeated every full moor
when the sky is clear, and We ven
ture to predict that the time is no
, far off when we shall know NOR
about the man in the moon than q
being an agent in English politics
ll-yoe Mulhattan.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

Sixteen deaths from yellow fever
in Havana last week.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

The subscription price OF the
TINES 10 two dollars q year in i'd
vance.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

The Mobilc..company carried OH
the prize Mt Dubuque.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

You ought 70 be able to zee
Shreveport from the end Of the
last rail on the w., s. 4 P.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

The wharfboat ut Vicksburg will
soon be moved down TO Kleinston.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

The money troubles are looming
up again.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

by the board Of Stockholders, for that
purpose to be governed by such rules
and regulations Ms said Board OF
Stockholders -hall impose at the time
of their selection and appointment.
ARTICLE, Y.
Murray F. Smith; Geo. q. Wsddill,
J. ii. ID. Bowman, Albert T.: Gibson,
Geo. A. Waddin and ALI. 3. Pittman
have been selected and named rs the
first Board Of Directors Of said Com
pany and shall serve as such until the
fifteenth day fully a. d. 1884 or until
their successors shall have been elect
ed.
This done and passed at Tallulah,
in the Parish of Madison, State OF
Louisiana, in presence Of John Z. Ra-
gan and RObt L. Scott competent wit
nesses who sign with said parties
and mo said Notary on the day and
date first herein written after due
reading hereof.
MURRAY F. SMITH,
jill. ID. BOWMAN,
&c. CARROLL,
GEO. &. WADDILL,
EUG. MARTIN,
ALF. B. PIT'TMAN,
F.M. DAWSON.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Attest.
JIG. Raglan,
II. T. SCOTT,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28
State Of Z .0nlsiaA0 I
Parish Of MRdllDO0. I

/ have carefully examined the fore
going act of Incorporation and find
that the purposes and object of the
Corporation as expressed in said act
are legal and that none of the provis-
therein contained arc contrary to law.
JNO. B. STONE. Dist. ATTY. !
9TH DIST OF LOUISIANA,
Tallulah, La, October Slst 1883.
may 24-46 Ans.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

The money market is tightening.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28
Texas wants Tilden.

Incorporation is sadly needed.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

THE TURN OF THE TUNE

Which, together with the original story
Of the "Arkansaw Traveller" az told by
Colonel SANDY" Faulkner. will b
mailed to any address On receipt Of 4Oc.
postage stamps taken. These pictures
are NOT given as premiums, but are
mailed, post paid, only on receipt OF
price. Address
READ & BENHAM, Publishers,
April II. Little Rock. Ark.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28
AHICLE, TX.

Whenever this Company shall be
dissolved either by Limitation or from
any other cause, its affairs shall be
liquidated under the superintendence
oftwo Stockholders, to he appointed
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ARTICLE, VIII.

Books ofsubscription shall be Open
ed by some one Of the said IncOrpO-
rstOrs, within ninety days from the
date hereof. ct the dOmicile Of the
company, and said Corporation shall
be authorized to commence bust
ness when SO much rs Fifty Thousand
Dollars shall have been subscribed.
and ten per centum thereof paid in.
and said Corporation shall have the
right 10 receive in payment for such
subscription 10 its Capital Stock. Rea,
or Personal property, or Work done.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28
PRESfISs LEWIS,

with large and well selected stock Of Mems, Boys, 10
and Chdrens shoes The stock bought for cash Ut
and LEWIS BROS propose to give their customers II
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-28

This act Of incorporation may be
changed, modified, or altered. or said
company may be dissolved with the
assent OF two-thirds, in amount, of the
capital stock thereof, at any general
meeting convened for such purpose,
after three months notice given in the
principal or official newspaper pub.
lished in the parish Of Madison, Lou
isiana.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
A Tax Payer.

"Please, sir" said man at the station
who said he was farmer, but who look
ed more like tramp; please, mister
won't you lend me dime? l live ont
in the country apiece, and will give it to
you when ] come in again. Ye see, i
hev come to town to pay my taxes, and
L find myself just ten cents short. My
brother owns farm just at the edge OF
town, but hain't got time to run over
there fore my train goes. Give me a
dime and III bring you in the bigges:
watermelon grown on my farm when
they get ripe"
The station agent listened to the old
chaps request, and finally passed over
the dime. But he didn't seem satisfied.
He kept watch of the farmer, who had
started off briskly toward the Court
House. The station agent watched him.
He slipped into a saloon. The agent
quickly followed. The farmer was just
wiping his mouth.
"Here, you," cried the indignant agent
81 thought you wanted that dime to pay
your taxes" That's what l did," re,
piled the tramp; 'just paid the last i'm
stallmeDt. BIN payin' all my taxes thas
way for a many good ) ears, | wonder what
the country is comm to-it keeps me
poor to pay my taxes. Will you"
But the station agent had gone.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
WOmen's Feet.

The fashionable foot of woman has
undergone sudden and radical change
Only few months ago it was wholly
artificial in shape and as unnatural in
size as squeezing could makeit. The
toes were brought to sharp point and
the apparent heel was directly under
the instep, while the real one projected
behind the high support. You are ia
miliar enough with that kind of pedal
distortion, because it was for several
years in fashion and majority of finely
dressed women submitted to its tortures.
1t did not permit of natural walking, but
gave rise ofnecessity, TO that mincing
gait which we have almost come to re-
gard as Characteristic of femininity.
But at the point where further remodel
ing Of the foot would have nearly ap
preached the Chinese kind ofdisfgura-
ton there came reaction, and the foot
of the New York belle to-day is set fatty
and squarely on the ground.
The reformation has been produced
by the vogue into which athletic sports
have come with the ordinarily all-too-
gentle sex. Pedestrianism has struck
popularity with our city young women,
and lazy ease is for the time in disfavor.
Exercise afoot was found to be hardly a
diversion in high-heeled and narrow.
toed shoe, and, therefore a change was
wrought in few weeks which physicians
and dress reformers could not have e.
feeted In aieentufyi of argument. The
shoe ofl8S4s summer has heel of less
than an-ineh inheight, and placed where
it belongs. The toe is round and wide.
The entire outline is not quite that Of a
natural human foot, but as nearly so1 as
previous condition of compression per
mits. The material is not the ineiastic
glazed stuff long in use, but soft-calfskin
of the same kind used in mems shoes.
The make is masculine, even in such
details as beveled soles dyellowstitch-
ing, and especially in the fact that the
surface is not to be daubed with a black
shiny varnish, but blackened with pig
ment and brush, in the way heretofore
listinctively and exclusively male.
The exception in this latter respect is
the shoe mace OF real or imitation Croco-
die skin, reddish yellow in color, and
making the wearer look as though she
was on her way to a base ball match. An
artist friend, rapturous on the subject,
declared that an era of naturalness had
at least begun, and that -uncontacted
waists would be the next happy attain
ment on the part of our fashionable
girls.
"See that foot?" he exclaimed, referring
to one that was protruding from under
the hem ofa skirt across the car in which
we were riding. ut isn't expressionless
like bunch of bones, sinews and skin,
with every bit of fat long ago pressed
out; it isn't the foot of a Chinese lady,
nor ola mummy dried thousand years;
it is mobile, instinct with life, shapely,
free-in short, Just the foot that ought to
be on pretty and Lively girl"
Madison times., 1884-07-12
Guessed he Kenw his Own Bed.

r.f ID Boston Journal. az az. -
Dizzibody came home to his boarding
house the other night, in an unusually
tangled condition even for him. He
managed to let himself into the house,
and got to the top of the second fiji aht
of stairs when, whether from seeing the
flights double as well as other things, or
not thought he had reached his own
landing. He therefore opened the first
door he came tot happened to be that
of the Hath-roOm-and taking off his
coat, lay down in the tub in almost full
panoply. His repose was restless, how
ever, and his boots, rattling against the
mental lining of the tub, soon awoke
every body in the house. Among those
who came to see what was the matter,
was the landlady, who gazed at the re-
cumbent Dizzibody with great disgust.
''Get up" said this worthy lady, "and
go to your room, you drunken brute!"
"Thish my room, said Dizzibody, with
a placid smile.
'Tisn't, either" retorted the landlady.
Tell you tits" insisted the culprit, as
he ratified his boot-heels on the zinc bot.
tom.
"Guesh / know m own bed! I'd be
funny, wouldn't l, # | didn't know m
own nattressh," and he shook his head
wisely.
And 90 they were constrained to leave
him there; but in the morning, as above
recited, he was sent about his business.
The landlady might have forgiven his
intoxication, but the slur on her mat
tresses drove the iron toe deeply into
her soul for the salve of pardon to heal
the smart.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
Turned the Tables,
Bloomington Through Mail.

There is man in Bloomington, who
has an apologetic little laugh, which he
works off on various occasions, when
something else would be more appropri-
ate. There is also very smart youth,
who parts his hair in the middle, looks
hollow eyed and pimply, has a girIish
voice and tends soda fountain. The
man is very tender on the subject of
laughing, and the smart youth is as inl-
pudent as they are generally made.
The other day, the gentleman stepped
to the wind dispensary, and called for a
glass of go-up-the-nose,. accompanying
his request with that tame and, bsshful
laugh, which iohhs j. the ban bPane Of di his bH exis7
Tscan beat rhakt laugh" said the
smart Alexander. .Jl} Il;
"Eh?r inquired the customeru adT
ri can beat that laugh
'o@Can 'eh?" 5soIInV JiiT1SGs oni -oi
Yes, sir 4 can laugh louder, and
stronger than that" The man drank
his soda, and paid his 'bia tleokine hard
at the boy all the while. When he had
pocketed his change, he turned to 90.
stopped ut the door, and then came back
and looked the boy over again. ogJ o,
"Don't you think l could beat that
laugh?' asked the smart Alec. ...> ilh
I "Well, guess you can, young man.
Most jackasses can bray louder than
common people," and then he cruelty
went away and left the. boy to think it
over.
Madison times., 1884-07-12
SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
How q Passenger Conductor Made Him
o. .t.ntS.. Pay for 1t. ...

How a Passenger Conductor Made Him
o. ...nf, Pay for 1t. ~ III.
."You know that Sheridan and Lin.
coin passed through the city short time
ago, going west ON "a fishing excursion,
don't you? Well" said the Pittsburp
Dispatch's informant, "when Phil and
Bob struck Pittsburg they boarded the
limited on the Fort Wayne, bound for
the West. Nothing happened until the
conductor came around. Shortly after
entering, the ticket-puncher reached the
quarter of the two travellers and polite
ly accosted them with: Tickets, please.
The little bullet-headed, red-faced gen.
tleman, who seemed to be master Of GER
emonies, produced his wallet, and hand
ed the conductor an envelope. The con-
ductor glanced at the paper he found in
side, and quietly remarked:
"'No lasses are taken on this train
"'The passes are regular. They are
signed by the president replied the lit
tie fellow, growing redder in the face.
az have my orders, and lam compell-
ed to obey them,' calmly replied the
conductor.
perhaps you don't know who / am.
Pm Gen. Sheridan
"'Well, Gen. Sheridan, l must obey
orders. You and your friend must pay
your fare before We reach Rochester, or
will be compelled TO stop the train and
put you off there
"By this time the passengers within
earshot of the trio had become interest
ed, and the word passed until all knew
that the bearers OF the pass were none
other than Ger. Sheridan and Secretary
of War Lincoln. The conductor passed
on through the car and the distinguish
ed dead-heads probably thought every
thing was settled But for once in his
life Little Phil met a man as stubborn as
he is. In a short time the train slacken-
ed, and before it came to dead stop the
conductor re-entered the car, walked up
to Gen. Sheridan, gently tapped him on
the shoulder, and said:
"'Well, general, we are at Rochester p
sheridan was taken back, and Lin
coin looked annoyed. The general tried
to argue the case with the conductor,
but that official cut him short with the
curt statement:
"'We have no time for argument, gen.
eral this train is compelled to be on
time. Please pay your fare or leave the
car
"By this time Sheridan's face was
crimsoned. He muttered something,
but finally produced his wallet and paid
the fare. After settling he asked the
conductor for his name. The ticket
puncher complied with the request, and
watched the angered warrior make the
memorandum.
"Ill report the matter to the presi-
dent, SIR
"'Very well, general, replied the train
pilot, as he gave the signal to go ahead
and resumed the duties of his Office"
did Sheridan report the AFFAIR."" ask
ed the companion of the narrator of the
above incident.
"Yes, indeed. A few days ago he re-
ceived letter from President Roberts,
who returned the money and probably
apologized for the conductors rudeness.'
"And what became of the conductor"
"Oh, he's all right. He'll probably be
promoted"
Madison times., 1884-07-12
A San Francisco Scene.
ArgOnaut.

80. HrH ~hisOhou"
A group of Raymond Excursionists
were sitting in the Ieception-room of
the Palace Hotel last Sunday. The 'ex-
cursionist is not at any time q cheerful
looking bird. 1t takes it's llfesufe sad
ly; and is chiefly occupied iGmaking it's
coupons tally. But on Sunday. the Ray
mond excursionist is as about as jolly as
moldy tombstone in dismantled Gem
etery. 1t exudes the dismal from every
pore, and calls on heaven to approve its
gloom. -,.tlI .v.s.... ..........
A young lady who was not tourist,
but who was waiting for some one, sought
to shake off the spell, and approached
the piano. A grenadier of a woman,
vast in circumference and portentous of
aspect, sat near the piano and essayed
to warn off the musical intruder. But
what can wald off young lady who
plays without being asked? The young
girl smiled and touched the keys with
a chord or two. The old woman shifted
and consulted small dark object at her
side. 1t looked like a valise, but it
turned out to be bent, henpecked lit
tie old man. He was her husband, and
had evidently filled that office for some
time. Poor old fellow! He showed every
year of his slavery, and she every year
of her bossing.
The little old man timidly ventered
a suggestion which met with the favor
of the grenadier. They consulted their
little book, found 10 coupon to tear off
for the musical treat, and proceeded tn
beam ecstatically. 1t was to be a free
treat-perhaps little bout at congrega-
ton al singing. The old lady got her
vocal chords in order, and assumed an
attitude of expectancy. The little old
man got behind her sleeve and made
himself also ready. With this, the young
lady dashed off the prelude to a popular
song, but she never reached the end.
The grenadier rose ..warthfully, and a
Greek fire burned behind her spectacles.
She withered the girl with a glance, grab
bed her lord as if he were a grip-sack,
and rushed to the door. There she
paused and said, loudly and explicitly,
to him:
Ezra, this is the holy SABBATH Day.
We had ought to be readin' our Bibles,
and | felt it in my bones that that gal
was going to play tunes. l can't stand
none O that, even in Californy."
Madison times., 1884-07-12
STORIES OF FISH AND FISHING.

Fish Commissioner Blackford saws
that of the !, 100000 mackerel brought to
market this season two-thirds were only
few months old.
A party of men digging in the bed of
a dry pond near Americus, Ga, found a
live alligator at the depth of seven feet.
1t was eight feet long and was in a tor
pid condition.
After heavy rain storm recently the
people of Pawtu:ket were puzzled at
finding in street puddle more than 100
little eels. all alive, and from one to
three inches in length.
The nearest salt water to Floresville,
Texas, is 100 miles away, yet Robert
Lackey says that after the hail storm of
last Monday he picked up genuine red
fish, yet alive, which weighed ten
pounds.
Sprats are so numerous in Scottish
waters this season that millions of them
have been sold for manure. Sixty tons
of sprats were recently caught in the
River Tay. They averaged $4,000 fish
to the ton.
Twenty-eight years ago Henry Clark
of Hankinsville, Ga, put catfish in his
well, and it has grown from two inches
in length to sixteen. Every year when
the well is cleaned the fish is carefully
caught, and replaced after the cleaning.
The largest bass ever caught in the
Hudson between New York and Albany
was taken by Richard Warl of New
Hamburg on Thursday. 1t weighed
eighty-four pounds. Between Milton
and Low Point many fine bass have
been taken this season, weighing from
twenty to twenty-six pounds.
While fly fishing for salmon in small
river in Devonshire an English angler
play ed a fish down the river, which is
very narrow. On bringing the hook
within reach of the gaff pike and sal
mon were found side by side. The
pike weighed six pounds and the salmon
twenty-one. In rushing down the river
the line had passed under the gills of
the pike and made him an unwilling
follower of the more active salmon.
Madison times., 1884-07-12

civilized life. Indeed, it is the rarest
thing in the world 10 hear of conjugal in
fidelity. The women mature at eleven
and twelve, and are old at thirty-five.
When young they are very beautiful.
They have soft, dark skin, black, flow
ing hair, and soft, languishing eyes.
They are passionate in their loves, but
after marriage all their affection is CEN
tered in their husband. fla woman is
found to be untrue to her husband, she
is instantly killed, together with her
lover. But this seldom happens. Sew
eral Europeans with the expedition of
which was membergot into trouble
ON account of native girls, and had to be
sent back home to save them from the
fury of outraged husbands. They are
not given to jealousy, and though one
man may be the husband of half a doz-
en- wives, they seem to live together in
perfect unity. ~ -r..
Madison times., 1884-07-12
An old Dominion Belle.

A susceptible reporter thus describes
the belle ola ball he recently attended
in Virginia, Complexion. neither blonde
nor brunette, lowering between the
dawn and sunrise ofa summers morning;
eyes, beside whose arrows Cupid's keen
est darts are only fit for killing frogs or
clams-eyes that drive the very stars of
heaven distracted with envy. Lashes
more gloriously silken than ever fringec
the lids of Oriental hour. Hair in
which 10000 sun5eams nestled, darkly
bright, fine as gossamer threads, but
forming network which scores of mas
culine strugglers have found powerful as
the green withes that bound Deliah's
Sampson. Matchless in grace. Marvel,