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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25

forget her wretchedness, and sleeping
dreamed Of green valleys and such beau
tifnl flowers that she cried out in tones
of joy and awoke Old Nan.
How dare yol," growled the hag;
and she beat the child again and again
for her dream.
The next night the South Wind whis-
pered at the window, and the child rose
up and asked: -... ..r i..
Did you find my motheI?" ...--r
"'Tis long way to Heaven y answer
ed the wind. "Have patience and sleep
again"
The child slept, and in her dreams
she sat beneath green trees and listened
to such sweet music that Old Nan Was
again awakened by her words.
"Wrelch migrate ~ cried the old hag
in her fury, and she beat the child as if
sue meant TO kill her.
On the third night the South Wind
was late in coming. The child was
alone in the gloomy room, and the fever
was on her until she tossed and moaned,
and fancied strange things.
1T won't come-it won't comeW she
kept calling; but by and by she heard
the rustic of the South Wind afar oil,
and she had her face to the window as
it came up.
"Did you find my mother?"
Aye anu she bids you come"
"Now?"
"Walt little while and sleep again"
And the child slept and dreamed of a
path winding through a dark valley.
She traversed it in fear and trembling,
and more than once she would have
faltered had not the South Wind whis-
peFed
BY and by the darkness was dispelled,
and at her feet she saw the waters of a
of great river On the other shore
were gates of pearl and gold, and as
they opened to the strains of sweetest
music an angel issued forth and cried
out to the covering child:
BE not afraid am Thy mother y
And as the South wind spread its
wings and bore the child across the sill
yer waters her joy was so intense that
she called out:
Death! Mother! Heavenp
Didn't tell YEP screamed the old
bag, who had just returned: and she
knelt beside the bed of rags to beat the
child. . .r...- .. ,..... .-.. l.s
TOO late p' said the South Wind, with
it's face at the window. .Hl .la....to
Ayel it was too late. Detroit Free
Press.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
n NATURAL INQUIRY.
A story which sunset Coz Tells on
HIMSELF.

story which sunset Coz Tells on
HIMSELF.
One day shortly after the election in
which he was defeated several years ago.
the genial statesman was seated in his
study hard at work when = Tough piece
of paste board was handed in, The
card did not betoken caller Of the Gull
tured class, bot he was admitted.
There appeared rough booking Gus
toner clad in the costume of a working
man, and without waiting for ceremony
he blurted out: .F. .F .s#.r
"Your name is Cox?" r ~'H... .-.
q have the honor" 20 t..r-.. .. -
as. 5. Cox?" ..,~- 5000. .
The same"
Sometimes called Sunset Cox?"
"That is a soubriquet by which am
known amOngmy more familiar riends."
You formerly resided in Columbus,
Ohio?'
THAT Happiness was once mine"
Represented that district in C H.
gress?"
81 enjoyed that distinguished honor,
and NAV add at a somewhat early age"
After while they gerrymandered
the district so as to make it rather warm
for an aspiring Democrat"
You have evidently read the history
of your country to good purpose, Pay
friend"
'Then you moved to New York, where
you stood a better shCw?'
"Well, my friend, your premise Is
correct; | did move TO New York But
your conclusion is hardly admissible in
the form of necessary sequence. Ny
reasons for moving to New York, were
not wholly political" '..I.
ave won't discuss that. After unsuc-
cessfully trying the State at large you
availed yourself of the opportunity
afforded by the death of the Hon. James
| Brooks to move into his district" o..
81 moved into the district formerly
represented by the honorable gentleman
your name, and again | must dissent
| from your conclusions" "rEg1W dl
"I.et that psss,F You were elected 10
| Congress from Mr.. Brooks former dis
trict.p'" -t i- '.i.51o! D5Ji1SiiHi
81 was. But let me remark, nv frisrid
that at this moment my time is very
much, occupied. Your resume offmy
biography, faulty as some OF your deduc
tions are, in point Of logic. Is SAeetdy
interesting TO me. and at al times OF
great freedom from pressing engage
ments | would be glad to csnSassl the
subject with ycu'rt length. But just
now being unusually busy. even. for Inc
! must request you to state the precise
object of your visit and let me add that1
shall be glad to serve you.njgoE bnR
81 have a favoryto ask. ! am an ad-
mirer of yours. l always vote forSotl
and always want todo so If can called
this morning merely 10 inquire if you
h&d selected your next district"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
VEGETABLE SALAD A,
rbe south wind.

One night, after she had crept to her
bed Of rags, bruised and sore from Old
Mans daily beating, she heard the South
Wind softly blowing past uher window,
and she whispered:Esi 70 ~ " "A 80. s'L5Pe
! i5.Htdb , South Wind, have PITY on me!
i ans beaten and worked and starved
Be Kind to:a poor orphan girl ~ = -
But / 4, can not soften Old Mans
theart,p answered the, breezeIHnor can l
bring you food" , -. ,,g .Ia2s - n'i@
p .You can take message for me-"
"1o whom?' .--.sii-.,0 If.v
NV mother in heayen."s iS@EH
S"what is the messagee"a : ,.,'.... .;'f...ir.
"1ell her, that my days are full o
misery and my nights are long with sor
row. want to be with her. r'5H in Heav'
en- oS .tc-si asLEl ;El4sl z -1EufH
"Sleep, child, and l will bear you
fmessasew whispered the wind; and sh'
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
THE HUMORTsTs.

Hotel Waiier-.sHere's your beefsteak
with egg, sir% Taveler.SI see the egg,
bat where's the 'steak?" -Waiter-"It's
under the egg, sirl" Madrid Comico.
Miss Cleveland. sister of the President,
speaks four languages fuently, but con-
fines herself TO English except when she
sits down suddenly in skating-riDk.
Detroit Post. b. oiA
can .oil-well in Pennsylvania shoots
up eight thousand barrels OF Ola day
Wife-"How do they save it all?" EOh
this cold wheather it freezes as 1T shoots
up, and they cnt it off in lengths and
cord it up" The Judge. e.. -
Mrs, Slapper, of Sumter, Ga, has the
white slippers she wore when married
seventy years ago. The fact that she
has preserved them all these years Is
proof that she never used them to
Sapper children. Norristown Herald
The Keynote says that at tho prospect
Of DR.. Buloy''s visit to London was re,
~ Man wants but little Herr Bulow,
q. Nor wants that little long,"
The ruling passion after death: Now
them" said one spirit to another at the
seance, "what are You pushing and
crowdine so for?" The fact is" was
| tie reply, "I'm an old politician, and
want TO get a place in the cabinet" Bos'
ton Courier. go - -. ..
n A Pennsylvania murderer who va:
recently hanged twas 50 light in weigh
that it was feared his fall Would no
\ prove fatal. He was accordingly, fed {
piece of: brides-cake inst before he as
ccsn6ed the galioSs.D His neck was in
stantly broken. Puck. -4,org .eg.,t
! The United Sates navy has been or
dered to Central American waters Per
Fhspbs 1T is the design of Secretar.
Whitney to end Barrios and his feyelu
ttfoh by eiitieihg him on board the nav.
and then turning the steam on. louis
Iville Courier Journal. ~ 20.
1t is now said Joseph Cohen, tn
troHer skater, died of a broken heart an
!, not OF over-exertion, as at first reportee
Hearts are sometimes broken in roller
4 skating rihks,; but, as rule the NOR
! exposed portions Of the body suffer mos
Chicago Mail. 80
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
MATER DOLOROsA.
@. G. HAHH.

, s~,. 80. &C HAHS.rJza! ,5-..s
Because Of ons dear infant head s-,sr
with golden hair.
To me all little heads ... .".' 5
A halo wear;
And for one sanity face 1 knew 4
All babes are fair.
Because Of two wide, earnest eyes
.- or heavenly blue, ..t ..s. rt.
which looked with yearning case
zflz Ny cad althrouRb, ~ !,ll tsa-la .
All eyes now hll mine own with tears
1T 4whate' 'ersho1r hueo issJ - Tuf
\ fBscssse of little dsash1mafked lips. ;g6
Which once did cali
Il ,Nybams in piaiatiVe tonesGo 800
Upon my ears in vain appeal -Oi bs7Is
From children small. y,ag ? q
Two little hands held in. my own -.
II o. Icuv. lODu ago. 10 ,1siGE III 70
Now cause me as wander through
This world of woe. p - -
To clasp each baby hand STRETCHED out
sfg Vy3 fe ar Of foe. TCNsDB =
The lowest cannot plead in vain, -
~ = loved him so.i ,A-'' .- =. ~. =.
The Curren
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
A Rainbow In n window Pane.

In Pendleton county. Kentucky. about
halfway between Domossylle and Knox
vile, lives very worthy old gentleman
by the name Of Stith. On the three
lowest panes of glass in the window next
20 the ground is pictured a piece of rain
bow, which lam told has been written
about several times, though have never
heard any attempt at-an explanation
This case of picture taking is extremely
rare--it never has occurred before, so
Ear as We know, and probably never will
again; and the true secret we may never
know, The greatest difficulty is to as
certain how those panes, of glass we're
made sensitive or susceptible to the i'm
preston. Well, nature fails to furnish
ways and means when undertaking a
piece of work. This house stands nearly
north and south, and this window on
the east side. o, the house, near the
south chimney, and no light admitted
from the west side of that room, and no
obstruction on the east side at that time.
Then the bow was on the east side, OF
course. Mr.. Stith says it wasa very
damp time, and the probability, accord
ing to my Judgment, is that it was very
Lwsrsrn, .sfid a good fire burning at the
tiHe. Now, it may be that at the proper
time a heavy charge of electricity came
30 near that Il caught the place thus pre-
pared for it. The old genlleuan closed
the window blinds. and the picture was
taken which am told was a dim amber
color at first, bat soon assumed all the
brilliancy of a beautiful rainbow. Gin
cinnati ENQUIRER. ''-''A
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
HAVE YOU A MATCH
A Young Mans Wrestle with a Socia-
bic Trayeier.

] o.
A young man with an unsocial ex-
preston Of countenance entered the
smoking car ola Boston and Providence
train, dropped into the ftont seat AMI
gLzed sourly out of the forward window.
About one minut.tster middle aged
man OF Irish extraction, Whose sAat,ral
sociability was considerabiyy ipcIeased
by Aslcohohe stimulants . came ir, rrnd
seating LimselG beside the young, mao,
regarded him with beamipg. smile.
smile. Finally he. said do you Belong
in tty4e park" :?",fa,G ,s,osO. I'M
yi@W$it R5SburrErY.. - Al ..bN %
.aNopriyI sisJdruGb sih 1O OSs
,I"The iastiplaccI was in yeil'ad to get
light by striking it ort OF d 1rtnko They
didn't have any matches there"
They haven Z G,t any here, apiatent-
iy" y i-~4rIuFcs 10 yiiiiIIsnoIrsa
That was in Australia was there
with my mother. Were you ever in
81 'No.iqaI - i.pi iifa sis isdI
1T is great country, great country.
Nv brother owns lots of mines there;
everybody knows him there. He's i'm
Iaensely rich. Did yen sec him when
you were over there?' G.
"No."
slave YOU got a match about your
clothes" ..
"No."
"Do YOU belong to any of the Irish
societies in Hyde Park?' 5-..-..
"No."
"West Roxbury7'
"Nop 3d.
Have you got match" ,.,. g..
"No!m
you're an educated uian, j can see it
| bv the looks of you, but / don't think
you're right in what you've been saying.
The world amt so bad az you think At
is" -..-rr.. ... ...ft.ug.n.F h.fudrsg
Thunder and Mars! I haven't said
anything"
There is good deal Of Christian
charity left in this world, in spite of your
ideas about it. Have you got match?'
No" ...... fi-a,.
'"Youn. man, I've seen more of.the
world than you have. It all comes of
your thinking too much of richfs. Ny
brother lives ia Australia. He's i'm
mensey rich, and it'd BEEN anta hih
I'd have had as mach ss,be,se got. But
| don't think too much, of riches, DO you
get out here?I Hold on a ininnte."LAsHi
swell, what is it?" .x1--.nDI
"Have you cot tnatch21-
NO TrEHst9nt. t9rnt.P2essig1IEL tPessig1IEL
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
THE OLD SONG.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
,fs .fhe minstrel of the classic lay iEL.

. The uninstne of the classic lay lEL , IL
OF love and wine who sings.
still found the fingers run astray -
That touched the rebel strings. ~ A-tA
Of Cadmus he would fain have sung,
of Atreus and his line;
= nut all the jocund echoes rung
With songs of love and wine.
ID An. brothers, would fsin have caught
some fresher fancy's CLEAN;
NV truant accents find, unsought,
The old familiar theme.
Love. Love! but not the sportive child
With shaft and twangtng bow. {. +
Whoss random arrows drove US Wild :, I
Some threescore years ago;
Not Eros, with his joyous laugh,
The urchin blind and bare,
But Love, with spectacles and stan,
And scanty, siivered hair.
Our heads with frosted looks are white, =
Our roofs are tn ltChed with snow,
But red in chilling winters spite,
our hearts and hearthstones glow. s---
Our old acquaintance, Time. drops in,
And whiLs the running sands ....
Their golden thread unheeded spin, pc.
He warns his frozen hands. tI
STAY, winged hours, too swift, too sweet,
And watt this message DER
To ali we Mss, from all we meet ---vr 2
On life's fast-crumbling shore:
Saw that to cid affection true
We hug the narrowing chain
That binds our hearts-alas, how lew
The links that yet remain!
The fatal touch awaits them all
a.. -g.alrE ffNd dNNCN
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25

There" exclaimed Blobson, pointing
to tramp who was attempting TO leave
the premises With a large dog att1ched
70 his trousers, there 10 what 4 call a
good example of a, contested seat"
Burlington free Press. '''t7F'' ''N'-7
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
EGGS SPANISH FASHION.

Take couple of ripe tomatoes, stew
them until the water they contain has
evaporated; add a teaspoonful of chopped
onion, with plenty of salt and a little
pepper; when the onions become tender
take it from the fire and make it in
something the shape Of an. onelette;
place on it two or three poached eggs
and serve. ...
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25

( Asouthern woman boasts that she
has stiIl in use a. rolling pin brought
when she was married, isixty.one years
1tso.. - Now you can calculate how often
her husband 8Ss had 70 dodge. Boston
Post. voc .sIE3Dy
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
How TO Dine.
POACHED EGGS.

Have the water boiling, add tea
spoonful of salt and one ofvinegar, with
enough water to cover the eggs well;
break them ana dpopgently in the water;
when done remove with strainer
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
.sIi'f,A american Fables. 'L'I


= AFrog who he'd long Dwelt in Pond
near a Peasants Cabin was one evening
Highly Delighted to bear the Peasant re-
mark to his wife:
,gHave you eyer Noticed how Beauti-
fully that Frog Sings ?" ...
The Speech tiekled the Frog y7Amaz-
ingy;J sra rlN At sncs s,eshrbis Time
and Kept it up allShight long. At day
light the Peasant cane down with a
Club and called out:
at You don't. leave. here Forthwith
I'ii be'tie Death Of youp' 'bi31B)
"What have l done?" asked the Aston
ished Frog.
80 NSea!% :, Awake all speirRet' win your
But it was only Last Evening that
you -complimepled me ON my Song" ,
& sThat is True. but Lhhd Heard only
brief Songs and at long intervals"
DQTTlDVhpRAEGTQU
It,is aDanyetd.is thine to compliment
the man who makes the Opening Speech
at a ward caucus. Nine times out of ten
he'll want to ge toithe Legislature.
THE BEETLE AND THE GRAssHoPPER.
& The Beeae and the Grasshopper met
1'by Accident One day on the bank Of a
Pond, and at once Assumed Important
Airs. =
Il am Jumper from Jumperville y
called the Grasshopper.
.'But l have twice your Strength y
gpwled The Beetle. ! Il a II p
IL have received Column after Column
Of Press noticesw YSI-y emit
-sAnd Scientific men have Declared
4 that ought to have rbeeR3 ,HQmning
ThsSy c6@nhhued 70 chatter ana ana Bba,si
until they got mad, grappled with each
other, and RolleS iptpthe Pona, ito be
stappsd upbi agASli IkdJnI 4
MORAL: l.
ssrtR Rsziiyy ssisbthe Eisi aaslhe Gtewet
away at the Bones, there is very litlt
Difference between Dead Folks ~ , Free
l. AASS-. n F-r a. -. -. e. -....s =.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
y Dldn,i like Hir Voice. ar

, Little Polly hasnsigbbI who hasa
litfIs d9nkey team pmp in n gPi9A sts, .ssttss ssttssn
has nice ride:s One day, as she was
sitting With near Il Z 2hatitrid, mn .h9 d61Ety
was heard to bray, .iadPoliy,O loai!ihg
Up, said Nanny, rp 4 il,ks the ydI9.Rtksy,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
AN ONELET.

Don make 10 d. Oh yourself or OF
those who are to eat it by beating your
eggs to ffoth, by aGding -four or cream,
or doing any other. of the stupid things
sometimes done by those who aspirelto
make an omelet. Use an omelet-pan-
that is, one having slopiIg sides, from
which the omelet can be easily dis
lodged; beat up three eggs, yolk and
white together; dozen beats with fork
is enough; put a pieeesof butter the size
of an egg in the panson the fire.; when
the butter bubbles throw in yonr beaten
eggs; keep the pan moving with your
left hand, and the omelet from sticking
to the edge with fork in your right,
stirring the center two or three times to
cook il through; in about two minutes,
with hot fire. it will be done; fold one
half over the other, and slide it on totbe
dish. Tomatoes, oysters grated ham, or
chicken liver5 may be placed on the
omelet before folding, if desired. " ..
'-.r r'-r7 SALADS. ....... .....
There are many kinds of salads, and
instructions for making them are as
numerous as offers of advice. Tastes
vary as to the condiments to be used;
but there isiene cardinal rule, which if
carefully observed, will ,insure success.
Do not L. the favor of any one of the
condiments predoniinate over another
A salad in which oil, vinegar, pepper
and salt re used without i quarrel can
! not ail to be. palatable and good.
r hgE = TOMATO SALAD. .' O.
Select ripe tomatoes, plunge them in
boiling water for a moment to- loosen
the skin, peel them and put them on the
ice. Chop small onion very fine, aud
when YOU are ready to make the dress.
| ing slice the tomatoes, add the chopped
| onion, and dress with teaspoonful OF
salt a saltspooful of pepper, two table
spoonful of oil, and teaspoon of vine
car. This is the most correct OF making
a tomato salad. u ~,
| MAYoNNAfSE. t '
Mash the yolk Of hard-boile1 egg on
a piece, of boiled potato of the same
size until it is smooth, add the yolk
of raw egg and a teaspoon of dry mus
tard. Mix well, and then slowly add
the oil. stirring one way with fork:
When enough is made this dressing will
be of the consistence of yeast, and to
this add vinegar to your taste, with red
and white pepper. 1t IS well to have
the oil and dish quite cold. This salad
lis good for chickens and Holsters.
De- .s,r VEGETABLE SALAD. Q e. .a. .h
Slice two or three cold boiled potatoes
and double the quantity of cold boiled
beets, add few green peas and string
ibeans, and chopped onion; crate somt
ham or tongue and chopped hard boiled
eggs. -Dredge over this q teaspoonful o
/ drv mustard. a saltspoon of salt, and the
same of white pepper; add two table
SPOONS of oil and one d, vinegar. New
Work Citizen. -. - gT-i-..f ar- 5000
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
THE LOUIS dor.

When Llcien de Hem saw his last
hank note of hundred francs raked in
by the croupier, and when he rose from
the roulette table where he had just lost
the remains of his small fortune which
he lad reserved for his supreme and
final contest, he was almost overcome by
vertigo, and thought for moment that
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CONDOLENCES.
the iurirs.sui rredirtmrnt OF q Lady
WI" Talked Too Much In Public.

the inrirs.,.t Predirt ment OF r. Lady
WI" Talked Too Much In Public.
There |. something very strange and
inrNplicahlc about condolences II,
for instance. In a large city, there
should be- two persons who hate the
sight If each other. 10y the irony of
chance they will meet each other con-
iinunlly ON the ears. or in the thea.cr.
81 on the street
An illustration Of this occurred in
New York not long since. a middle
aged lady was seated in ear on the
Central Railroad. Opposite To her was
gentleman. who had somewha t
literary appearance. who was reading
paper. lie seemed Ia be little en-
hnrras-cd. The face Of the lady wore
a very cynical expression.
AZ ono ~ the stations two ladies rot
Into the ear and took the two vacant
seats. onc II the ladies was very talk
soon engaged In discussing the merits
III theatrical performance. in which a
celebrated actress. whom we shall call
pamochcck, played an important part.
II think" said the lady. warmly;
''it u "a ,amc 10 put that old creature
ON the stage. She was played out long
ago Twenty years ago she may have
been suitable for that role. but for her
To attempt 10 play II now is simply
ridiculous. DO you not agree with
me-" continued the critic, turning TO
the gentleman who was reading the
newspaper. who replied with cynical
smile:
Perhaps You had better tell that to
Madame Damocheck herself She is
sitting opposite to you"
There was n most painful pause. The
lady who had criticised Madame Damo-
check 40 harshly was very much con.
fused. and began TO make excuses.
II beg your pardon" she said 81
was not we'll when ! saw you on the
stage. In fact, onl, saw you in the
ac, Besides. l had conceived prcju-
dice against you from reading an UNI
favorable criticism Of your acting in the
morning - 49,. (naming certain pa
perl. The theatrical critic does no,
understand his business. lie is an ig.
noramuS, n silly scribblcr and an impu-
dent puppy"
Madame. had you not better tell the
gentleman himself all that. lie is sit
ting by your side" said Madame Dam.
ocheck. smiling. The man reading the
paper was none other than the theatri-
cal reporter Ia whom the lady alluded.
When the next station was reached,
Madame Damochcck had the seat all 70
herself. her companions having scat
tered Themselves all over the train
Terds Siff,HGs.