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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02
ORIGIN OF OPIUM.
a Lovely Girl, a King and Il Sage Have
Parts in the Story.

According to the Bengali legend
there once lived on tho banks of In
molly river Congo, n Rishi, or sage. Il
whose hut, made of palm leaves, ther
was mouse which became favorit
with the seer, and was endowed b,
him with the gift OF speech. After
while the mouse, having been frighteu
ed by cat, at its earnest solicitations
was changed by Rishi into a cat /; then
alarmed by dogs, into dog then int,
an ape; then inty bear; then into ar
elephant, and finally, being still dis,
contented with its lot, into a beautiful
maiden, to whom the sage gave the
name Of sspostomani," or the "poppy.
seed-lady."
One day while tending her plants
the King approached the Rishi's cot
tage and was invited to rest and re-
fresh himself by Postomani, who
offered him some delicious fruit. The
Atng, however, struck by the girls
beauty, refused to eat until she had
told him her parentage. Postomani,
to deceive the King, told him she was
a Princess whom the Rishi had found
IN the woods and had brought up.
The upshot was that the King made
love to the girl and they We're married
by the holy sage. She was treated as
the Mvorite Queen, and was very
happy; but one day while standing by
well she turned giddy, fell into the
water and died.
The Risbi then appeard before the
King and begged him not to give way to
consuming grief, assuring that the late
Queen was not of royal blood. Said
he. "She was n mouse !; and, according
TO her own wish, l changed her success.
lively into cat, n dog, an ape, bear,
m elephant, and lovely girl. Let her
body remain in the well fill up the we'll
with earth. Out Of her flesh and bones
will grow a tree, which shall be called
after her, EPosto ; that is, tho poppy
free.' From this tree will be obtained
a drug called sopium,' which will he
either swallowed or smoked until the
end OF time. The opium swallower or
smoker will have one quality Of each of
he animals to which PostOmani was
He will be mischievous
ike a mouse, fond OF milk like cat
luarrelsome like Il dog filthy like nm
'pe {; savage like a bear and high tenn
'ered like a queen" Iiedical Recorder
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02
DIRECTIONS FOR PUTTING UP A
BARBED WIRE FENCE.

The height of an ordinary fence is
say four feet. First fasten with staple.
the wire to the starting or end post
which should always be of good size
say 6xs or sx1O, and firmly imbedded
IN the ground below frost, and vel
braced. Then two men carrying the
spool of wire between them, unwindinp
as they go, to the next straining post
which may be set 800 TO 400 feet from
the other-applying the stretcher to
the wire and strain it up rs tight as
possible; after fastening securely, 10
back and staple to the intermediate
posts, which may be set from one to
two rods apart 20 feet will be found
to be Il good distance.
Before stapling the wire to the corner
post, leave enough hanging ut the end
to insert into the ground as a conductor
of electricity. Many miles of wire
renee are ruined by the great volume of
electricity passing over them during
storms.
II there is long distance of fence to
be built, the spool of wire can be at
tached to the end of a wagon box the
the rod which passes through the spool
resting on the edge Of the wagon box.
thus allowing the wire to unroll freely.
In putting up tho wire il will be
found the best way to put up the top
line first. In regard to the number of
lines OF wire to be used for n fence, il
varies according to circumstances For
cattle, two lines arc thought by some
large stock-raisers to be suilfcient. nut
ting the lower wire % inches and the
upper Al inches from the ground; but
three wires arc generally used, aud
make good substantial fence, the
lower wire IL inches, the middle 2G
inches from the ground. For perfect
fence and one that will keep out dogs,
pigs, poultry, etc, use four lines Of
wire. Put lower wire four inches, next
II, next 81, and top line is inches from
tho ground.
a high barbed wire fcncc composed
of many strands, say to 10, is highly
ornamental for gardens, parks, orchards,
graperlcs, lowcr-bcds, private grounds
or lawns, and impossible by man or
beast; and is the only fence or barrier
that obliges every man or animal to
enter the premises through the gate.
Vines cling naturally to such fence,
and present Il beautiful living edge.
In regard to the distance apart that
posts should be set: Most farmers
having been accustomed to putting up
a board fence, with post 6 to IL feet
apart, find it hard to adopt the way Of
putting them from l6 to 80 feet from
each other for barbed wire; but it
should be remembered that there is no
strain against a barb fence, il affords
no resistance to wind or snow, and
cattle cannot get against it to push ii
lown.
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everything low, base, and impure
whether he wishes to choose a wife on
a language. From beginning to end
OF the "Grandissnes" the creoies are
represented as the basest population on
earth.
''The partnership between the two
Honore Grandissimes was impossible,
ana the words of the white brother
that Honore f. IN. c. "was the lawful
son by the laws of God,' meant that
the black mistress of a white man, by
Gods justice, was lawful wife and
her child legitimate, while the white
woman to whom he was legally mar
ried was only a paramount"
me speaker concluded by thanking
Nlr. Cable for the few compliments he
had unconsciously paid the crcoles, and
took leave of him finally, preferring
that he be left to the Judgment of the
"Americans" of Louisiana.
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"A little Washington newshoy cap
turcd the President the other day. He
lives In the suburbs of the capital. and
has been selling papers for number Of
years coming into the city at early
morn, aud returning late at night. He
was In part tho support of widowed
mother ami Ave chIldred. After re-
pcatcd efforts he succeed In obtaining
an audience with the president, anti
these fcts were brought out. He man.
ifcsted Willingness to work, and told
the president he was capable of doing
as good service as any colored messcn-
ger In the Treasury Department. All
he wanted was chance, and would
the President help him? This kind of
talk pleased tho president, aud he did
not hesitnten moment Ia giving him Il
note to Secretary Manning, requesting
an appointment for Master IIec, the
little fellows name.
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"A bell boy with nearly "A dollar In
him is being mined by physicians In
iortlhnd, Me-, where he was employed
IN hotel. llo was running upstairs
with seventy eight cents in his mouth,
when, suddenly stopping for something,
ne guIped the entire nmount-two
twenty-five cent pieces, two dimes and
the rest in pennies. Strange to say,
there has been no change in his inter
nal arrangements since.--Er.
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PoMPE,l IN DANGER.

2 The announcement by telegraph ths,
Nesuvius Is now vomiting stream m ol
iava in the direction of Pompeii must
nave d!sagreeable interest for arch.
biologists. Pompeii has hitherto been
protected largely by changes In the
shape of the volcanoes crater. which
caused the lava TO follow other courses
Inc result may or may not prove dis
astrous; but 1t Is we'll to rememher
that the labors Of excavation which
nave been slowly progressing for aimost
lSo years might be rendered void n
any time by the freaks of Vesuyi.s.
i'empeft lies at the very foot of the
mountain.
| The excavations began In 1865: but
the whole Of the old city has not vet
been disinterred by any means. Il ia
slow work to resurect wealthy place
which once contained at least 10000
inhabitants, from such deep tomb of
ashes and scoriW; and .furthermore
the work had to be prosecuted with
extreme caution. Reckless haste might
result tn the destruction of priceless
works OF art "a too sudden exposure
10 light and air might cause master,
pieces OF fragile material to crumble
INTO DUST. 1t has been hoped that fur
ther researches would be rewarded bv
me dlscoVery OF precious manuscripts.
works OF unknown authors, or com.
plete copies of works, whereof the
greater part has been lost, aud of
which we possess only Fragments of
exquisite beauty. Already many man.
usctipts have been found; but these
We're not Of the character hoped for. A
detuee OF lava would end all research
OF this kind, and deprive tho world of
ono OF Its most delightfully."- interes,hnr-
places of pilgrimage.
what hes already been discovered
would not indeed be lost to human
knowledge; for whole libraries of OK.
fausttve works have been produced
upon Pompeii the silent streets have
been photographed, the interiors have
been drawn, the frescoes have been
copied, the most precious objects have
been transported to tho Neapolitau
Museum. What would DO lost totally
would be the actual vision Of the city
itself, and the hopes of future discoy-
cry.
AS consolation we may reflect that
ne city was entombed by great many
successive eruplions; and that shortly
after the first or second, tho ruins were
pretty thoroughly searched by the an
riehts; 8" that u II not altogether prob.
able any further discoveries Of extraor.
ilnary Importance could Sbe nude.
There havo been very few bodies found
IN the ruins, although we know that
great numbers of the citizens perished:
and very few gold or silver objects have
been found, although Pompeii must
have been rich In them. This would
Indicate TINT the ruins had been well
searched eighteen centuries ago, when
Tho nsh-dnPos:t was shailower than tt
IS now. s.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02

What il the differeHce-aiI RIGHT
you can leave the room IL you do not
want to hear it--what il the difference
bctwcon Il pickpockct who steals Il
watch and a girl who elopes with an
lrishman He makes off with tick
and she takes Off with mick.-Ihe
j{Uicltef.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02

The coinage of Silver and Gold In the
United States for the year 1884, was
Seventy Eight Million Dollars. All
bullion used was from the United
States with the exception OF one hun
dred aud fifteen thousand dollars.
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CENTRAL
MALE INSTITUTE.
Clinton, Ilinds County, Miss.

REV. WALTER HILLM.AN, LII. D., Pst.s.,
Who will send catalogue, or give other in
formation respecting the institution, on
application.
successful career; courses of study. extern
sivea and thOrough; unsurpassed educational
facilities In cabinets. libraries and apparatus;
location healthy, pleasant and accessible !;
expenses moderate; Accommodations for
boarders now being increased and improy-
ed. most excellent.
The Thirty-Second Collegiate year begins
September 23d, 1884.
ROBERT KELLIS,
President Board Trustees
GEO. WHIrEIELD, Secretary. Aug16
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02

Congress has passed resolutions of
thanks to but thirty-four persons since
the beginning Of the government.
They should have made the number
thirty-five by voting thanks to Rev.
Burchard for his timely speech that
gained the Democrats the Presidency.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02

j. Armory Knox, of Texas Sitting,
wihAhortly deliver lecture Tn New
York, to aid in raising fund for the
erection OF pedestal for Bartholdi
Statue, Of "Iiberty Enlightning the
world" One ticket 10 the lecture was
sold to Frank SiddalI, of Philadelphia,
for One Thousand Dollars cash.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02
John NIcEnery.

ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AGENT
NO. Il Carondelet St., New Orleans.
I AND BUSINE ESS at the Land Offices in
IL New Orleans and Washington City at
tended to. Agency for sale and purchase
of Plantations, Farms and unimprovcd
lands solicited.
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u. lSicllarslSOD.

4 TITO KNEY AT LAW,
MONROE, La,
WIN practice in all the parishes OF North
w Louisiana, ths.Supreme Court of the
state, the Federal Courts, and in ,the Land
oiice Department OF the Generak' 'tlovarn-
tnent. Feb. l, 1884.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02

Dr. John lalslerWO0d,
DRACTITIONER IN MEDICINE AND
L Surgery. Office and residence corner
of Jefferson and Second streets, where he
may be found at all hours when not profess
sionnally engaged elsewhere.
November % 1884. If
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-05-02
y hM. l. Kiel<lell,
A RI 5RNEY AT LAW.

. MONROE, La,
WIN practice in all the parishes of North
w Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the
State. the Federal Courts, and in the Land
Office department OF the General Govern
ment. Feb. l, 1884.
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FEMALE INSTITUTE.
sTAUNToN, VIRGINIA.

Opens September 22d. 1884. One OF the
First.Class Schools for Young Ladies
In the United States. Surroundings beauti-
tiful: Climate unsurpassed. One hundred
and forty-three pupils from eighteen States.
TRIMS AMONG THE BEST IN THE UNION.
Board. Washing, English Course, Latin,
French, German, instrumental Music, &C.,
tor scholastic year. from September to June
$9SS. For catalogues, write to
REV. VIM. A. HARRIS, D. D., Pres.
Staunt on, Virginia
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Dr. =. e.. Murphy,

nESIARD ST., MONROE, LA.--Having
- recently arranged his office with special
reference to the treatment of chronic female
diseases, DR.. Murphy win give particular
l2.s- Refers to the medical fraternity of Mon
roe and Trenton. June Is. lSll.-tf.
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Dentistry.

n r. $. l.. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
~ offers his professional services to the
citizens of1MonrOe and surrounding coun-
try. Hav1tg an experience of fourteen
wears in the practice, he feels confident of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
3gsssi0hf Is willing TO warrant all work.
EFc at rfsidepce. on jackson street. near
i1 Fep1qe HYPadeiny, Monroe, La.
TE| II II v7-marl6:ly
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TUDsON INSTITUTE,
Marion, Ala.

Forty-sventh session begins October lst,
1854. Faculty of fifteen. Collegiate course
for Young Ladies. Kindergarten and Pre-
Drawing and Painting, and Telegraphy.
For catalogues send to
st ROBERT FRAZER, President.
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THE COURSE OF SCOrLANp.u
lChicago NewsS

j
A popular theory is THAT the nine OF
diamonds is called "the curse of Scot
iand' because thu duke of Cumberland
wrote an order on i, before Culloden.
This is disprovcd by the fact that the
| card was known by that name some time
Beforehand, on passant, il may be
remarked that exactly the same story IL
told of the duke OF Monmouth before
the battle Of Boutwell, Brig.
Other explanations arc First, the
arms Of the detcsted earl Of Stair, who
the promoted tho union, remotely rescm-
be nine ofdiamonis second, "curse" is
a corruption of"cross, "and the nine pips
on cards were in the form of Il st. An
drew's cross third, every ninth king
of Scotland has been ga tyrant and a
curse to that country" fourth, n thief
in Queen Mary's reign attempted to
steal the crown jewels -he got away
! with the nine diamonds, and all Scot
land was taxed for the theft; fifth,
King James w., before Flodden, spent
time searching for u missing card the
nine of Which time would
have been better spent in preparing for
the fight on the morrow sixth, Mary
of Lorraine (oihers say James duke of
Iork) introduced the game of 'comette'
into Scotland, the nine Of damoods is
the winning card, and many of the
Scottish nobility lost sums they could
Ill afford at the game; seventh, the
Scots held in utmost dete5tation the
pope. AT the game of Pope Joan, the
nine of diamonds is pope; therefore the
nine OF diamonds Is the course of Scot
land With all these theories, one
will do well not to believe too obstin-
atcly in the story Of the "butchcr's dis. |
patch," rs CumberIand's message |
"Spare nome" alleged TO have been
written on the nine of diamonds, is |
termed.
GLOW did you get your hand scratch
ed that way 2"
81 scratched ii on this confuundcd |
suspender," and the offending pin was
displayed.
"Thats all right" was the jok ing |
reply, but you WON'T bc able 10 make
your vile believe it,"
"Oh, Pm all right on That. | amt |
:"
"Ain't marricd""
"NOh
"And have your ausprnders piuued |
together ?'
HFact."
"And two buttons OF yomr coat -
'Right you are"
"And two more off your vest -
"Cprrcct again."
"And your hat looks AS If i, h,d'nt
been brushed in q month 80
nNoi for two months"
"And your shoes are getting red for
want Of backing p"
"You'vc hit il ;"
"And not married ."
"NOt once"
"Wcli, I'll - - If tins isu't
the strangest case 1 ever got hold off,
En-
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EDUCATIONAL.
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-29
THE E0RCE or IT.

Dynamite and nitro glyceIine have a
powerful effect. Nothing equals these
agents Of destruction. They terrorIze an
enemy, can demolish the strongest YES
sells Of war and annIhilate the greatest
strongholds OF defense and attack. But
these methods of warfare sometimes act
like two-edged sword aud cut the
sharpest at the last thrust. They will
surely "bOist the engineer with his
own petard," when used as they were
On Saturday last in London. 1t the ex-
plosives placed In Westminster hall and
the tower OF London were put there by
would-be friends of ireland the cause
could not be in worse hands. The per-
petrators of the diabolical deeds
are simply demons. 1t is hor-
rible 10 think that there are such
villains enjoying the breath of life,
who Will calmly and deliberately
place explosives under buildings throng-
ed with visitors; who will seek to wreck
the lives and limbs OF innocent women
and children enjoying a holiday tour
through public edifices. No punish
meut can be too severe for such wretches
and England will have the sympathy of
America in using every means to dis
cover the perpetrators. and melting out
justice to the flends incarnate.
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; SCENES OF THE EXPLOSION

SCENES OF THE EXPLOSIONS
The London explosions, of which ouE
Associated Press dispatches gave . full
account Saturday, were three in mum.
Der. The first one occurred in the crypt
or subterranean chapel of Westminster
hall, and close 10 the partition wall OF
the house Of lords. This hail is Q wing
of the Westminster palace and adjoins
the house OF commons and house oI
lords, and Is the place in which Ghe gov.
ernmeut officials are located and the
highest courts held. The hail and the
houses Of commons and OF lords form
the largest Gothic structure in the
world, covering eight acres OF ground.
The second explosion resulted from
the package picked up by policeman
and carried under the stTaugers' gallery
OF the house of commons.
The third explosion occurred at q
point about three miles from the othel
two, that is IN the famous old Tower ol
London. The particular portion of the
tower 10 which the explosion took place
is known as the white Tower, an aged
edI6ce of great historic interest. The
White Tower was built as long ago al
the year 1918, by William. the Con.
queror, and within Its walls is the
armory where q multitude Of firearms
were stored. 10 the immediate vicinity
are kept the crown jewels and near BY
Is the famous bloody tower where the
two beautiful Processes of Edward "
were imprisoned and murdered, and not
far away Is the dungeon in which the
brutal Henry VIII incarcerated his dis
carded wives just before he Cut off theiI
heads.
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THE ROGHERS

Capt. Couch of the Oklahoma colony
Is evidently very modest man with very
little of the mental attribute tersely
known as gall" He says In his reply
to General Hatch. published to-day
"You need have no fear" Poor Hatch
with the United States authorities he
hind him, We suppose he has been nearly
scared out Of his boots How consider.
ate of Capt. Couch to cheer and brace
him up. Couch also says: 1--WE are
here as law abiding citizens" In the
face of which remark comes dispatch
sent from Fort Smith, Arkansas, saying
Judgment was rendered in the Unit.
ed States conrL TO-DAY against sixteen OF
the Oklahoma boomers, for 81 900 each
for trespassIng and settling on Indian
lands"
We like the idea of General Hatch
wherein he proposes to starve Heirloom.
ers" out. If he can obey his orders to
clear the territory on the starvation plan
and thus compel the ''boomers" to capt..
ulate through the cravings OF hunger and
without any blOodshed On either side. il
will be a consummstion devoutlY desired
by all.
We Gao not but class the boomers
as hotheaded invaders at present until
congress takes the neces say action fol
removing the impediments 10 legal set
ment of the Indisn territory. Whether
or not the title of the Oklahoma country
vests clear in the United States, it is
still true that 1: can not be reached
without crossing and trespassing upoI
lands in which the Indians hold undis-
puted rights. Captain, you had better
come back where you can get good
square meals and wait in patience fol
the legal opening Of the land of promise
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Edmunds' Bill.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Jan. 24.-Ed-
munds introduced bill that il any per-
son shall, within the United States. OF
within any district, stsie or territory
thereof, make, buy. sell, manufacture or
compound any nitro or chlorate explo-
sive compound, with intent that any such
compound shall be used al any place in
the UHIted States or in any foreign
country without the Jurisdiction
of the United States, i0r the In
jury or destruction of public or
private property, or for the injury
OF auy person or persons either In
the United States or in any such foreign
country, for the purpose of assassination
or murder, destruction of human lite
either In the United States or any such
country, or knowing that such nitro or
chl0rate compound Is intended To be
used by any other person or persons for
any purpose bereInbefOre named in this
section, shall be deemed guilty of felony,
and upon conviction in the circuit or
district court of the Unites States
shall be punished by imprisoD-
ment in the penitentiaay or By fine
OF both at The discretion of the court,
and all persons aiding, abetting or In
anYwise assisting in the manufacturing,
compromising buying or selling of any OF
nitro or chioTate compounds, knowing
that any such nitro or chlorate explosive
compounds are intended TO be used by
the principal or any other person or per-
sons for any of the purposes mentioned,
shall be deemed principals, and may be
tried, convicted and punished in the
same manner a-d to the same extent as
the principal Referred TO judiciary
committee