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Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-05-30

the feathers If which pointed down
ward. Her neal WAS covered with 4
thitE lnrt If N,lipWioh brown hu.r and
Ter shoulders were bare. She WAS
occupied i'll stripping llubbor from Il
piece Of sealskin which she he'll
across her knee, and rsing for thar
purpose akn.icnitIc Of an IRON honp.
In her hut was "a ire. beside VIII, "a
she sat talking L. herself, and ocra-
Sionally shading her eyes with her
hand, looked 1T the lucu that were in
search OF h,r.
She received them with much
courtesy, hoSi@ and smiling and
showing that this lost cAiii of nature
had much cities rI.tcu,~, If u tru.
woman. She tool. some roots in the
bag, roasted them in the lire and
gave them 10 the men t. ct. She
gathered up i'll her food, which was
her chief concclr. owing totho fun
Ines she had experienced, washed
herself at the spring and fpliowcdthe'
men cEeerfully to the boat On be
ing taken to s;tnta Barbara size mani
tested great delight on seeing the
Sights of civilization. She became Il
universal fryura;e and Was presented
with many gifts. Passengers on the
Panama steamer that landed all
wanted to see the lost woman Of san
Nicolas
She related iy signs her experience
on the island, Us she spoke Il lan-
guage that none of the Indians
knew and none Of the Spanish faith
ars, ycrscl in Indian dialects COAL
understand. Civilization, which lro-
longs the life If 5olae shortened that
Of the woman Of San Nicolas. An
excessive love of fruit lei to her
death in Slnto Barbara II the aro Of
fifty. Size was buried with the hon
ors Of the Catholic Church by the
Franciscan Fathers, and her lros,
and tricllets Were sent to Rome and
placed i'll that receptacle of the
worlds curiositics.
The story of the lost woman Of San
Nicolas will always remain Il won-
derMclt. Her ingenuity is seen in
the paiis size made of grass made g.
hold water by smea'ing them vithe
melted aephaltum. and in her bird
skin dresses, her bone needles, her
knife of iron hoop. and IN the IAN
guaGe she invented AMI spoke 1t is
ineXplicable to ali who have learned
her story now Il woman could live
eighteen years ~; an island arcun Il
WEIGH the waves were beating Il re-
quinn to hope, getting her food and
cooking 1T without even those ficili-
ties which are common to the say
age, aud making her dresses neatly
without the aId of needles except what
she carved out of bone. She laid
aside one dress for eighteen wears.
to be worn when the white men
should come, of which she had a pre-
sentiment. She built her own house
protected herself from the cold. gain
ed supreme control over the will
beasts about her, and preserved her
love for men and women for well
nigh two decades of human life alone
in the wild With no previous
knowledge of civilization, solitude
appeared to have educated her for it.
An ordinary woman would have per-
ished with dependency in such
desolate, hungry: naked and shelter
less outIook.-Santraacisco Cores
p0ndencc
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Prickly Ash Bitters is not rcsusi-
tating beverage, but "A pleasant, IniId
laxative and efficient Tonic. acting
directly on tho Liver, Kidney. Siom-
achc and Bowels.
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The South with its peculiar prod
ucts, is essential to the North, and
likewise the North is essential to the
South. And the only way to fill up
the chasm occasioned by that war is
to forget it, and ovsrwhelm the disa-
greable memories by our acts of
Observation-Disclosures Times DEM
0crM.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-05-30

James ID. Houston writes of date
OF May 18th from New Orleans, y
very personal aud abusiye letter for
tie Washington critic, in which letter
lie takes occasion to use slang and
very bad language concerning Hon.
Il. l.. Gibson and Hon J. Floyd King.
We are informed that his Impress
ions arc at fault us neither Gibson
nor King had anything to do with
the article published in the N1'topcl
Repub,ic,,n at which ho took 50 much
offense.
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Mr.. Todd who was employed by
the defense in the Ford trial in New
Orleans says that Pat Ford really
was the only party criminal in the
Murphy homicide. He saws Judge
Ford, knowing that his brother,
Pat Ford had gone down to whip
Murphy, sent those other men down
there to get him away and just as
they arrived the shooting commenced
between Pat Ford Il Murphy. That
lhey drew pistols but did not fire Il
shot.
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TIE ELECTION or LOG.iN


tractcd struggle in the Legislature Of
that State merely gives the Republic
cans another Senator. Even if the
Democrats had succeed III getting in
their man the republicans would nave
hal Il maiorinv Of six in the Seratc,
whereas now it will be eight, the
largest that party have held for wears,
and not gratifying n MI, when We re-
member that il short time ago the De
mocrats controlled the Senate. The
election of Logan renders it imposSi-
bic for the Democrats to secure that
control AGAIN before 1850, ami even
then it will require Il very hard tusSlo
to accomplish it.
The struggle in Illinois for the SEN
atorsAip has been prolonged, vigorous
and exciting, and it must he admitted
the Democrats were completely out
generated hv their Republican OPP
ponents. The election Of n ReIuhli-
can Representative in Democratic
district WAS the heigh OF political
clcverness, aud tho Democrats in the
country could not but feel arGlieved
at their bretheren of Illinois who were
50 engaged over the United States Sc
natorship that they allowed tbs Repub
leans tostep III aud get the extra
member they needed.
Every since the election of Wagner
it has beeu evident that Logan would
he the next United State Senator from
Illinois. The Democratic members
of the Legislature kept up the fight
but it was too late, and Logan was
chosen by the unanimous Republican
vote one of the members, Sitting,
still protesting against him. From
Logan's speech. there IS reason to be-
Heve that the lessons ofthe last presi-
dental campaign and his own mar
row escape from defeat have not
been lost on him, and that he has
learned that denuncation Of the South
and the Southern people are 40 lon
ger winning political aids
The above is taken from the Times
Democrat ot 2Ctl' The election of
Logan indicates that the administra-
ton must adopt some definite plan.
The tar,iiness of the President III re-
moving the Republican incumbents
and replacing them by Democrats
has used Il lethar5y on the part of
the Democrats and in all probability
caused Us to lose the Democratic
District in Illinois, resulting i'll the
election of Logan to the Cunlted
States Senate. Tho election of n
Republican to the House gave the
Republicans majority on joint bal
lot and therby enabled them to elect
Logan to the United Safes Senate,
this too in the face of one Ro,,H5li-
can who refused to support Logan.
1t is time the administration was
coming out squarely on the Demo-
cratic platform. The following is
taken from special to the Times
Democrat. of 20 inst:
How the Republican Statesmen
Provided for their Families.
SFJzING THE SCCASION OF TIE REFLECTION
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SWEET POTATOES.

- w Il IL " 1 n IOE'O.
NN,if uhder> .ned has for sale seven,y-fvo
bushels Of eating potatoes and thirty
bushels Of seed potatoes, at 81 % per
b ush"h
They are he yam, and very fine potatoes.
THOMAS JONES.
Feb l2ih, 1885
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-05-30
How the Republican Statesmen
Provided for their Families.

'OElLlNG ItiE NCCASlDN of HE hk-ELiCIION
OF SENATOR LOGAN To INSULT PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND-WHY MINISTER PHELPS At
TENDED THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Trial.
Washington, May 2O.-The jollifica-
ton held i'll most of the departments
yesterday over the election of Gen. Lo-
gan to tue Senate was nearly AMI APP
propriately rounded off last night by
IA party of jubilant youths who hauled
a cannon into the White House lot
Immediately south and within Il few
hundred feet of the Presidents house
and proceeded to awake the slumber-
ing city by salute OF twcl:a or fifteen
guns. This was shortly after mid
night, and vas The effect of arousing
aln.0a! ever body within Il mile, the
President, of course, included
Doubtless the object was to put an
affront upon Mr. Cleveland, and
proceeded from spirit similar to
that which prompted the telegram
by Iowa Republicans to the President
as fellows:
"To 5. Grover Cleveland:
"The Republicans of Iowa send
compliments to your E<cellcncv, and
congratulate you on the bcne:iccnt
result .of your dispatch t. Illinois,
Send any one but Logan! Thank
God the Republicans of orr sister
State delight to honor the man who
will beat YOU in 1855.
Public sentiment generally. without
reference to party allilation, is that
of Indignation. The affair was n
coarse and gratuitious insult, inflicted
with declaration. The firing party
were commanded by a local artillery
captain, and were made up of vol
unteers at least one of them being a
Treasure clerk.
Mr.. Cleveland has given no sign of
having noticed the matter, though he
must hive been aware of it and rec
ognise its purport. The general ver-
dict is that it was thoroughly rowdy
Performance, and that the actors in
in it should have spent the night in
the watchhouse on u charge of distub-
ing the peace.
It must be admitted, however, that
such demonstration are likely to
occur at any moment, so long rs nine
or ten holding place and drawing
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A WORTH DINNER.
An Account of 1t by New York Dress
makers Appreciative Husband.

An Account of 1t by New York Dress
makers Appreciative Husband.
Philadelphia Press.
Daniel r. Lyddey the New York lawyer whose
wife is Nine. Connolly. the fashionable modste,
was in town recently, and told an intesting story
Of visit by himself and Mrs. Lyddey to the
home of WORTH the man milliner ''Mr. Worth's
house is a few miles from Paris" said Mr.. Lyd
dey, land is of the most magnificent in all
France. battalion of men are engaged in
keeping the broad grounds in order, and an army
of servants is employed indoors Worth him
self is an Englisnman with decided British
accent, but his mother believe was a French
woman ana from her he must have inherited
his exquisite taste. Nothing can surpass the
beauty of the appointments OF his house. No
two rooms are alike, and the furnishing has a
richness and beauty of design that really shows
the mind of consummate artist Worth him
self designed it all He is very busy man.
mutually, during the working days, for he over
sees his entire establishment; but he will do moth
ing at night, and ne makes of Sunday an entire
holiday. say entire holiday though it is on that
day that he makes an inspection of his home,
taking note Of what new appointment may be
needed, or what would add still more to the
beauty OF the whole 1t seems to come so natural
and easy to him that it is positive pleasure, and
contains no suggestion of labor. He lives in
great magnifcence, and at an expense of at least
500 900 year. A. large company is always
being entertained at his house. There were
twenty-five at dinner when We were there And
the dinner! 1t was dream Not the viands
alone do 1 consider. They were excellent, of
course. but then welcooked and wel-served
dinner is always to be had in France This din
ner was unlike any other that l have ever
attended in its perfection of detail and the SPLEEN
dor of its surroundings The service was worth
probably $40, 900, and every guest was provided
with well trained servant. After the SOUP had
been placed on the table curtain was drawn
aside, showing an alcove that contained an aviary
full of singing birds, and in the foreground
water splashed down over rocks Many people
of distinction are glad to partake of NJ. Worth's
hospitality, and among the company at table
were several members of the continental nobil-
ity. After dinner there was music in NJ Worth's
superb drawing rooms and walks and drives
about his grounds"
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A BLACK JONAH.
A Little Negro Boy in Alabama Is Swallowed
by Catfish.

A Little Negro Boy I'm Alabama Is Swallowed
by Catfish.
Buston (Ala.) Special.
About ten days ago a small negro boy, whose
mother lives on the Alabama river, about two
miles from this place, was missing The child
was in the habit of playing near the river bank
and it is supposed fell into the river and was
drowned and as the mother seemed Indifferent
about its loss very little search was made for the
body. This morning at an early hour some ne
groes discovered very large catfish playing in
the river near the landing at this place. and
securing some small boats and sein, the
monster FISH was landed on the bank
where it was quickly surrounded by group
of astonished spectators. The fish was
carried to the depot and weighed, tipping the
beam at 1877 pounds. One of our butchers pur-
chased it from the captors, intending to ship it to
Montgomery or Selma for sale On opening the
fish the butcher Mortified to find pair of
small shoes. hat. and what appeared to have
been pair of pants and shirt While an excited
group of citizens were discussing the remarkable
find, some suggested that perhaps the fish
had swallowed the missing negro boy. The
mother was sent for and at once identified the
shoes and hat as belonging to her boy that was
supposed to have been drowned, and there is no
doubt but the fish had swallowed the body and
failed to digest the clothing The missing boy
was about five years old, but of very small
stature FOR that age, and no one who has seen it
doubts the fshs ability to swallow body of
that size,
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Dave Field.

Let me write you ru9Aof rhyme Dave Field
For the sake of the past we knew,
When we were Migrants along the road.
Yet glad as the skies were blue;
When we struck hands as in alien lands
Old friend to old friend is revealed
And each hears tongue that he understands
And laugh that he loves Dave Field.
Ho! Let me chant you stave, Dave Field,
OF those i=dolent days of ours,
With our chairs atilt at the wayside inn,
On our backs in the woodland flowers;
With your pipe alit and the breath of it
Like nmbus about your head
While sipped like monk, of your whey wit,
With my mathis all unsaid
Let drone you dream of the world, Dave Field,
And the glory it held for
You with your pencil and canvas dreams.
And with my pencil thus;
Yet with never thought of the prize we sought
Being at best but pain
As we looked from the heights and our blurred eyes
caught
The scenes of our youth again.
o. let me sing you song Dave Field,
Jolly and hale but yet
With quaver of pathos along the lines
And the throb of vain regret;-
A sigh for the dawn long dead and gone,
But laugh for the dawn concealed
AS bravely awhile still toll on
Toward the topmost height Dave Field.
James Whtcomb Riley.
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Bob IngersolI's Boy Chum.


Mr.. Ingersoll at his summer resort, had made
friends with manly little boy just entering his
teens, and the two had become summer COM
panions. The boy was quite ignorant of Mr..
Ingersolps religious. or irreligious, views and
when some one told him that the friend he so
greatly admired did not believe in the Bible nor
the accusation with indignation, and then, when
it was confirmed, had good cry over it, This
summer coming to its end. Mr.. Ingersoll was
asked to write something in his young friends
album, and what he wrote read something like
this: cit has been said that the best man is he
who has the most boy in him. think the bess
boy is he who has the most man in him. Judged
by this standard, think my friend, -, Is the
best boy ever knew"
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her father9 Was ne her guardian7 Was he q
kinsmanl Was he her ogrel What revolution
in his life in single day-work-wealth,l love!
Had the wizard visitor given him potionf Had
he put some blissfui spell upon himl He had
money now! He could set forth regal feast at
Schoffs, and / regret to say that he did-sueh a
feast as the goddess nomads of that classic haunt
had never known since In the pages OF their ro-
mances, where, as there was no danger Of pay
day, they made their personages fare sumptu-
ously, and | fear that for many day, while
waiting their pay, they had to sit down at these
BarmecIde feasts as substitute for the bread
and butter that less gifted mortal threw in.
Asiric reached home in the vague time of day
variously described late and early. It was
late for bed bat early for his coffee. of which he
did not partake, that remaining to the boundless
surprise of his fellow tenants. In the afternoon,
as he resumed work at his easel his patron came
in, serene and critical. He approved the work,
remarked the young mans jaded look, and eau
toned him again about the need of keeping his
soul IN healthy body. When, four weeks later,
the picture was finished, he sent negro mute
TO receive it. paid the balance due, and came in
the afternoon to give the painter the subject of
the next portaiture of murder 1t was the
death of the Duke of Guise at Blois, Henry III
watching the assassns as they drove
the blades into the Dukes's neck. Then
followed the historical assassinations in
order: Ravaillac stabbing Henry w. the friar
poniarding William the Silent, the mobiles scar
ing Richard III with red-hot irons, the massacre
OF the princes Nero Witnessing the death of the
messengers by slow poison Lucretia Borgia
counting the pulse of Gennaro under the effects
of poisoned wine, Brnvilliers behind the arras
counting the strokes her victim endured before
death came, Louis XI watching the contortions
of the maniacs in iron cages, the prisoners in the
flexible cells as the iron walls began to crush
their bones together, the inside of the iron Vir-
gin In Nuremberg as the spikes entered the flesh
of the victim when the steel cutice enveloped
them; then the ferocious fecundity Of Alva in
the Observation-Disclosures hand had become SO
skilful that he could turn these horrors out in
ten days.
But the remarkable and sinister incident in
all the pictures was the resemblance of the MUIR
dered person. Damort Munde had himself fur
nished the sketch for the face, and whether the
victim were king commouer, Caesar or st.
Thomas Beckett the murdered man was the
same in them all.
TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT SUNDAY.
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The Lay of Death.

I breathe in the face of maiden,
kiss the soft mouth of roses
Yet not that hate them, but love them,
My black wings are spread forth above them,
And around them my pinions inclose.
love them so well that they die;
Yet my heart with their sorrow is laden,
And sad with their cry.
Yes, cruel my fate is. and bitter,
That all things that love should decay;
Though my fingers fall soft as the blossom
Ipluck, and would place in my bosom,
The petals drop sadly away
Even gold in my hand becomes rust,
And no gems on my forehead will glitter,
But change into dust
Yet, 0 Lovei thou art strong am stronger;
Though thou shouldest strive, prevail;
Thy footstep is feet; mine is heeter.
Thy kiss it is sweet mine is sweeter.
whisper the tenderer tale.
o Love, my dart perces thy wing;
Though thy reign may be long, mine is longer.
Lo! l am thy king
From the 1.-TWO Ysondes.
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Weaknesses of Great Men:

Alexander was too fond of strong drink
julius Caesar was ordinately vain and fond Of
dress.
Demosthenes was always on the platform when
every thing was serene, and under it when there
was danger.
Peter the Great was glutton and drunkard.
Napoleon was addicted to lying, so much so
that the habit became notorious.
The Earl of Chatham always dressed and posed
for effect
Sheridan never able to give up the bottle
and the gaming table.
General Santa Anna had a weakness for cock
fighting
Disraeli started out a dandy and remained one
to the last
Alexandra Dumas earned millions with his
pen, but could not keep out of debt
Chinese Gordon had plenty Of common sense
about fighting. but was an unmitigated crank in
every day matters.
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Her Story.

Only little thread of gold,
Running her whole life through
So plainly she could see it here,
Then lost awhile, could trace it there
AS it came again in view.
Only little rill of love
That watered her dusty way:
But the meagre draught, though sweet to sip,
And quaffed with an eager, thirsting lip.
Could not that thirst allay.
Only bright and buoyant hope
That could not be repressed;
But it lifted at once her weight of care.
1t made her desert gay parterre,
And her secret was ungueSsed.
And none could know that hidden fount
That welled within her heart;
There are flowers too frail for blossoming.
The are dreams to which we fondly cling,
Of our very lives part.
Her busy days at last were done,
And the weary feet had rest
The thread of gold had all been spun,
The little rill had ceased to run.
And the hope died unconfessed.
e. f. L., in Every Other Saturday.
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An Innocent Girl.
IN IHUOC6Ht C1rI.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
She felt giddy and light pirited. She wanted
to firt and there were plenty of good looking
men around. But he had her. He was a superb
eeoist and she was nothing but girl. He S&as
talking about the greatness of some great men.
himself included. She was bearing it like
heroine. He did not dream he could be boring
her.
''As I was saying, Thomas jefferson was per-
haps-"
''Tell me-" she said with bland and innocent
expression-as if she said I'm only girl, you
dude'-"tell me, did you know jefferson per-
sonalyl"
Thank you, no; I am not quite SO old as
that"
He sailed off, and she, who was only an inno-
cent, ignorant girl, who did not know anything,
murmured to herself
81 thought he couldn't stand that
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Warning the Professor.

SI1tIGPB.
Old Professor Gasaway one night last week
Hastily enveloping his figure in a dressing gown
he threw open window, and sticking out his
head, asked what was the cause of the disturb
ance.
1.-The burglars are bad, and we only wanted to
tell you that one of your windows is open"
(which one2' he asked anxiousy
'The one you have got your head stuck out of,
Professor replied the students in chorus.
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Money Well Invested.

New York Times.
Tramp-Will you give me ten cents to buy
drink of whisky witnl l want to drown sorrow
Gentleman-One drink of whisky won't help
you any.
Tramp-Yes. it will. You see, my system is
so saturated with liquor that single drink will
stir me up TO forgetfulness of the dreary present
and to jesful anticipation Of the future. It has
cost me good deal of money to reach this phys
ical condition. mister, but think the result JUS
titles the outlay.