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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30
VOL. II NO. To-
. MARVELLOUS 'L"'h'
v,,ld spank the Baby, Catch Rats
and do other Things.


4sOsakin' of the time OF day. remark
,c,ordfatner Lickshingle, when the
s;,sd - Girl asked what she should get for
49, "reminds me Of clock | had
Ia,Iwant to housckccpin'. ! made
,his s clock ou,en the machinery of some
discarded G rogwhe,ls that | KEN across
y the scrap pile back of the brass
Sundry, and worked on it seventeen
years" ,,,,. ,.o,r
aWhat was there peculiar about your
clock, grandfather"
"Tbe most peculiar thing about 1t was
;,s sipgularity. In the first place that
clock 'ud set on the nlantel and rock the
cradle till you would weep for JOY. Had
r;res radiatin' out from the fiy-wneei;
,hsse were attached to the cradle, and
the thing was done"
aBut at that time you had no occasion
nr a clock that would rock cradle
That is to say"
aNobody said | did. did they? But
rbile was about it thought | might
.s well fix il that way. The neiShhors
u.ed 10 bring in their kids an have 'em
,ocked inst to see how it worked, they
said II would rock as many cra"lcS a.
,bsre was wires attached, and sometimes
ue had as many rs a dozen babies in
our house at one time. For young
married couple this wasn't bad. 1t was
a curious SD, .tlcle to see dozen cradles
each one containin' baby, an some OF
,em twins. all goin' at the same time.
One day a stranger KEN in our house to
sell us some lightnIn' rods. That day
there was dozen an half cradles
ooin'. The man was astOnishe'. lie
looked at the slecpin' infants, than al
nv wife, thel at your grandfather, an
said: NY Christian irlen', | am Of the
opinion that the best thing that KIN
happen to you is a seven pronged streah
dlightnin, and ! will retire withou
showin' my goods And I'm dog bit i
be didn't. ~,
"There was another thing about that
clok. You could set il 80 it 'ud Findl'
fire at any hour in the mornin': 1t u,
put on the tea kettle, pull the hired cir
out of bed, spank the baby, if you ha'
one to spank, an as long as we kept tina
time piece we never had less than
couple of dozen"
"Quite wonderful, indeed" !"
"That wasn't all i, 'ud do, by a lon
shot. II I'D catch more rats than
Scotch terrier"
"Catcn rats?'
Catch 'em quiCker'n you can think
Didn't run after 'em like fool dog 6
cat. Wind up what we called the 'ra
snatcher,' an it nd emit peculiar SCUM
ike the weepin' of young rat. In
old 'uns 'ud come to the rescue, an
nd be the most sOrrOwiul rescue .yo
ever read about. A couple of steel CLAW
nd steal out OF the recesSes of that tim
piece, an Iats an mice 'ud fall in cou
mon grave, an hcaped an pent, as tn
poet says, in one red burial blent."
"A marvellous clock y
"More'n that. This clock 'ud pick U
chips, blow the dinner horn, call Il
dog register the rise an fall of the tide
give quotations from the Stock h
change"
"You don't mean"
"Help man on with his OyercoatS
"What?"
"Reach out its hands an give man
lift jes' as natural rs life"
"Was it a good Iimekeeper?'
"Keep time ike any singin' mastt
Don't make clocks like that nowada!
Your grandIather'S clock
BIT grandfather had fallen asleep
perhaps before halfwas told. Cincinna
Enquirer.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30
FORGOT ABOUT HER FAMILY
A Happy Home Destroyed by Freak
of Memory.
A Romantic Remedy For Novel Disease
a Husband Who was Compelled TO Court
His Wife Over Again.

Seven wears ago. writes Philadelphia
correspondent, Miss Ida L. Germaine,
then living with her parents on South
Eighth street. this city, WAS gwen an
eighteenth birthday party by her par
ents. She on that happy and ausplclous
occasion me NJ. Paucl Tuers. aud after
an acouaintarcc and cOurt-hip of two
years. she happily married him. THIS
Young lady Lad always from her early
childhood enjoyed very good health. As
her mother remarked: Excepting the
diseases incidental to children. Ida was
never sick a day in her life, and she was
often compIimented on her blooming
and healthy looks. Thrse years after
Mrs. Tuers had become the mother oi
two little girls. On the evening OF sep
ltember u. 1888. this lady went to bed In
her accustomed state of robust health.
when she awoke in the morning, her
memory for five years had been
COMPLETELY BLOTTED oCT,
and mentally she stood precisely In the
same position which she did on the day
immediately following the evening o
her eighteenth bir' hday five years before
y Her husband was temporarily absent an
u sen. the night this strange and uDac
countable change took place, and he
two little daughters were asleep In bee
with her when she awOke. She though
il was the morning after her eighteenth
G birthday and at once alarmed the ser
wants Of the household by her cries
They had sense enough, TO send for he
i mother-who then still lived in tn
same house where her daugrter ha
9 been wooca and married-and also thel
!, family physician, from whom the iac'
4 vcrn nb,alncd. He at once, after care
} fu examination. discoTcrcd the natur
er IF this awful calamity, and as there wa
|. no discernible cause OF the trouble to b
- removed. he could do but little or notl
re ing. Her husband was summoned b
ol telegraph and hastily came.
Is sHR DID NOT KNOW HER OWN HUSBAND
10 and persisted in regarding him as an u
le ter stranger. She would not even he'
re the cries and pleadings Of her little CHI
Id dren. That marvellous and poweri
trait of woman, the maternal feeling al
instinct, had disappeared with memo
and she did not know her own babe
.Mother." she exclaimed, you mu
he have suddenly gone crazy, to say III
this strange man has been my hus5aI
ed for the past three years AID that the
4 two children are mine. Why" and 81
w blushed with true maldenly m~1eS
in and reserve. "what possesses you to S
such strange and false things, mother
At last by the al ice of the ply
:. soothe her and to control her neryoH'n'
- and alarm. which was rapidly in"reaslI
she was taken from her husband a
children to her old home and placed
=: the room she occupied prior 70 maria
or again
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30
what a Woman Says a Nan can't DO

"But can't cook in that wav, Henry
don't know how .,,
Then why don't you keep trying TIL
you learn how" .,,
ooh, | can't; l always spoil IT."
"Plapue take woman, ANYHOW. she
can't ever DO anything body wants
done. A man can DO anything"
.No, he can't I'll tell you what
man can't do"
What's that?" ,a,
ale can't mind his own business.
Chicago Ledger.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30

GOOD Young man were being discussed at
: religious tea party, when the 3.:gnifed
bishop. who was present astonished all
by saving he was dissipated. "Dlsslpat
edw chorused the tea party. Yes"
said the divine, sternly, "he goes to too
many funerals" San Francisco Ex-
aminer.::
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30
80 PLACE LIKE HOME.
KRYs.

Unhappy he whose house is sti
In an unsettled state;
For, let him wander where he
Discomfort is his fate.
The rooms are cold, the floors are bare,
There's dust on every thing,
Confusion now Is everywhere
And chaos still is king.
4 vain attempt to read he makes,
But soon is put TO rout;
In desperation then he takes
His nat and saunters out.
His wife e1clsims, in tones OF woe,
why do you always rosm m
Abroad at night, when well you know
That there's no place Ike homef
He answers sadly. with sigh,
"A'as! know vOu'r re rlgbt
And that II just the reason why
skip out everg night
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30
or PORLORN HOPE,

what the old professor told him 10 90
4 month ago, all of the ladies and gen.
tIamen who were at the eighteenth
birthday party of Mrs. Tuers, when she
,,os Miss Ida L. -Germaine, hVe years
oGo who could now be found, were told
OF the plan. and one evening assembled
m Mrs. Germaine's parlor the same as
thev originally did years ago. MISS
Ida's birthdav party was then repro
JIcod as near as possible like the orlgl-
nal occasion. Mrs. Tuers, who since her
aflicti m had been living with her
r1rther. was of course present as MISS
Id Germaine, sincerely feeling and
tb;nkinp that sne WIS what she actually
wss on her eighteenth birthday.
.p u1-sBANp WAS INTRODUCED TO HER
bv tho same gentleman. precisely as ne
first met her five years before. Hhe Scteo
exactly as she did Oh mat occasion
The mock or duplicate party terminate
as nearly like the original as possiple
and then after the lapse oi lew Gay
her husband wrote her JGst as ne di'
once before, when their relations "ei
nuite different, asking PERMISSION 10 ca
upon her. In response he received a Il Il
: NV from her which was almost Ia
= 5;nite ofvhat she had sent him year
II ono He called and visited her for
month. then proposed and was acrepte
~ over araiu Tor second time. lnall OF h
~ actions be behaved as near as possible
- he had previously done, with the not
able exception, however, Of doing IN oi
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30

Account 1t a great ylrtuc 70 ne @).e 10
govern the tongue. He possr as gcd-
ike quality who can be s,.e"t, although
he is in the right.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30
LITTLE RED RIDIN' HOOD

an the great fig, big wolf" Mrs. Tuers
glanced for a second curiouslv at the
prattlmg little speaker then her eyes
filled and sparkled with the light of
memory and maternal love. and, eagerly
seizing the child, almost smothering it
with Kisses and embraces, she cried:
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-30

at may not be put in Just my words
but that is the meaning of it. You are
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
RARE AND CURIOUS PENNiES.
Collections OF Secimens of the Cents
Coined in the Unitel ) tates.

Warren Gee, Of Spring Lake,
Mich, is the possessor of one of the
most complete and finest collections
of money in the country. The col
lection of cents embraces speoi-
mems of every coinage from the
first to the last, all in fine CON
dition. The first United States ooin
bears the date of 1893, and cents
have been coined every year since
that, with the sole exception of
the year 1915. The first cent had
on the diverse a female head loose
flowing hair. The head faced the
right, and not the left, az do the
heads on cents of the present day. In
1896 what is called "the fillet head"
was adopted, the hair being loose
lv tied. The "fillet head" appear
ed upon all the cents until 1908,
when a head known to the collec-
tors as 'the turban head appeared.
The 'turban head faces the left
She word "liberty" appears upon
the cent of this class, but what is
distinctly termed "the liberty head,
with the hair bound with a band
bearing the word liberty" is first
seen upon the cent of 1916, running
through all the rest of tine series OF
copper cents, the last of which was
issued in 1857. In 1856 the coin
age of what is known as "the eagle
cent commenced. This is small
nickle cent, bearing upon the OBJ
verse the figure of a flying eagle.
Eagle cents were in 1856, 1857 and
1888. The eagle in 1859 gave place
to female head, wearing an Idian
head dress of feathers.
In 1864 the material of the cent |
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
SOLDIERS GALLANTRr.
The Tribute Paid TO 6 Fair Lady by
Bronzed and Bearded Yeterns.

."I've hear,. great si.,n''ou'
miners gathering round stage coach
to see woman get of, remarked
aud old soldier, "but | saw little
scene Of that kind once during the
war that beat EN- all. 1t was Mt
Ship Island, near New Orleans
Gen. Butler you know, was in COM
mand. 7 here were 5000 or 10, eco
men camped there. The soldiers
tents were on both sides of plank
walk laid down in the sand. That
walk was fully q mile and half
long. Well. sir, there wasn't wo-
man on the Island, not even a color
ed woman. Most Of US hadn't seen
a woman for three months.
"One day it was rumored Gen
eral Butler's niece, Blanche -
Blanche w hatshername?--any-
how she married the governor Of
Mississippi-was coming to visit at
the Island. You never saw such ex-
citement among lot of men. 1T
we'd been told confederate cruiser
was going to sweep the place with
shells before daylight it wouldn't
have caused SO mach commotipn.
Sure enough, next afternoon she
landed. Escorted by some oil GERS
she started mp that plank walk.
The news of her coming travelled
faster than she did, though, being
passed from mouth to mouth along
the tents.
"Well, il there wasn't gettin' up
and dustin in that camp. Every
man Of us able to move started for
the plank walk. The lame walk
ed up, some crawled on the sand,
and the sick begged to be carried.
The young lady and she was as
pretty MS a picture walked that
mile and half between two rows
Of gaping adtniring men, each row
twenty men deep. The men We're
well behaved, Kept still, and mcst
of them doiTed their hats. But, d.
you know, I've always thought We
enjoyed it better than she did" -
Chicago Herald.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18

Giadston on G1raon.

In his speech Of censure, Mr..
Gladstone said "rhe right hon
orablo gentleman has dealt with the
utmost feeling on the loss which
the country has sustained IN the
death Of General Gordon. He
stated that General Gordan had de-
voted his life and all that IN sIles
life valuable to his sovering and to
his country. Sir, he might even
have enlarged that euloginm, for
the purpose OF General Gordon WAS
not limite even to those great and
noble objects. His lifs was devo-
ted TO lis sovereign, to his country,
aud to the world. Gen. Gordpn's
syDltheties were not limited by
race, Or color. on religion, and in
point OF fact ne seems to have deem
ed it his special honor to devote
his energies and to risk his exist
ence on behalf of those with whom
he had no other tie team than that
Of human sympathy. General Cor
don was hero, and, permit ne to
say a little more. lie was a heIo
among heroes. For there have
heen men who have attained and
who have deserved the praise Of
heroism, whose heroism notwith-
standing was manifested chiefly on
tho field OF battle or of other con-
tests and whp wen examined in
the tenor Of their personal life were
not in all respC - heroic. But ii
yuo take the case of this man, per-
sue him into privacy, investigate
bis heart and his mind, you will
find that he has not proposed to
hlmself In his whole life, and that
for that object it is his one desire
to spend and be speut. Such is
the man we have lost The loss
is great indeed ; but he is not all
lost; for such examples are fruit
full IN the future, and | trust there
will grow from the contemplation
of lis chf racter and deeds other
men who in future times may emu
late his noble and most Christian
example. "
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18

WAS changed from nickle to copper.
This was the last alteration. i be
r1rest OF the cents are those Of
1899 and 1904. The former is val
ued at S. to s25 according to con-
ditlon, aud the latter at s. to SIS.
Mr.. Gee remarked; Il snw an US.
ually fine 1904 cent sold in New
York, month ago, for $500. 1t
was an unclrculated cent, which
had been kept in "a box of cotton,
and was perfectly bright. There
was competition at the sale. The
cent of 1909 is another rare cent,
ordinarily well preserved 81 ecimens
Of which are worth Sl,5Uto -. An
uucirculated specimen would bring
SO to Sl5 Any Of the ceuts prior
to 1900 is worth, IN good condition,
from $3.50 to So. The large cop
pers Of dates from l716 to 1856
range in value from 10 to 81 apiece.
The eagle cents Of 1857 and 1853
are common, and csmmnnd 10 pre-
MUM, but that of 1856 is rare. In
lncirculated or proof con,lition 1t is
worth from So to So. = Brooklya
Union.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
How the Porter Returnd the Joke.

1t happened ina sleeping chr, but
when OF where doth not, for OBJ
vious reasons, transpire here. A
lady who was travelling with her
little daughter had occasion to call
the porter for some needed service
10y means Of the electric bell, with
which convenice the car was fur
nished. The child saw how it was
done and presently she siyly press
Ell the button, causing the porter
to appear with respectful query as
to what was wanted.
81 didn't ring said the woman,
'it was my little Lizzie"
The porter with drew, but il was
not long before he was again sum.
moned and again received the ex-
plation that "Llttle Lizzie had
rung the bell. This was repeated n
number Of times, and the woman
thought 1t was fine joke, but the
porter began to look tired. AT last
the mother wished something and
pressed tho-button. No porter
came. Again, and with more force.
she plessed the knob, but there was
no response, and she was finally
obliged to 90 III search OF the mau
and give her orders her self. Bv
the time the porter had brought tho
needed article she had grown very
indignant and proceeded TO re-
prove him with severely.
"Why did you not come when l
rang the tell ? she demanded.
"Did you ring the bell, ma am ?"
"Of course | did, over and over
again."
"Well, you see, ma'am, /" said The
darkey, ducking his head, while
grin spread slowly over his shiny
face, your little Lizzie done broke
dat bell"
A roar of laughter from neigh
boring passengers let into the wo-
mans mind Q flood of light on the
situation ovedidently for she sub
sided at once, while the men in the
car, delighted with the dalkey's wit
IN muitilng the bell by detaching
the wire so as to break the circuit,
gave HIM a quarter a piece all
around. Exchange.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
NO. l..
Feeding Grain 10 Horses.


| The capacity of the horse's sl.
acl is about sixteen quarts. Tt
fact should be- borne in mind /
those who have charge Of horses
In feedlng gram to horses it is iin.
portant that 1t may remain in the
stomach as long as need be to &c.
cure lis complete digestion. The
nitrogenous elements, in which
grain is richer than other foods, are
better digcsted in the stomach ihan
IN the intestines. The grain sLoul4
be fed after The hay hns been eaten.
and no other food or drink should
he given for some time after, SO
that the grain may remain in the
stomach until it is fully digested.
LII the grain is fed first, and then
ration, for instance, of seven pounds
of hay, the grain will speedily be
forced from the stomach by tie
hay
la eating The hay, it will be mix
ed with four times its weight Of
saliva, and an hour and half will
be required for masticating it. In
order TO have the stomach digest
well, it should not contain more
than ten quarts at time, aud in
eating ten pounds of hny the ami
NAL swallows at least two stomach
fuls of hay and saliva, one OF those
having passed on into the intes-
tines.
IL the grain had been fed first,
before the hay, the grain would
have speedily passed out of the
stomach into the testines, where it
will digest the heterogeneous parts OF
the food, and as the oats or corn
contain four or five times MS much
of these as the same amount of hay,
it is obviously more important to
have the grain subjected to the full
action of the ghastric juices than
to have the hay retained there.
Hence, in feeding grain it should
be fed after the hay ration hus
been eaten. This is matter well
worth remembering in feeding
horses.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
How to Manage Han by Taet AMI
Good Goo ierf.

Nothing of earth fetches a man
like u good dinner and a we'll dress
ed wife presiding, writes shrevd
and experienced lady. The hus-
band who can look fnr ward to sach
state of things every day
OF his lie wilt wic studies his con-
fort with have little difficulty in
managing him according to her will.
Men are gregnrious aninais and
will wander in spite of all allure
ments, bat they are selfish enough
To remain where they are best treat
ed, aud by taking little trouble for
year or two of married life the
years that follow will, as a rule,
find the husband always glad to get
back to the pretty home where
sm lies await him and the dinner |
spoke of. There are SO many wo-
men who objects to being 'bossed,
as they call it. My dear ladies,
you can always be boss If you take
the trouble. BY giving in you get
your own way as you never would
by fighting for it. Aud after all,
it is better to feel that you respect
your husband SO much that to give
in to him is not a difficulty.
Nine men out OF ten are manage
able If you 60 the right way about
it, and one great point is to act af-
ter marriage just as you did before.
Argument and contradiction are
vital enemies to married peace.
Should you wish for onything par
ticularly, don't insist upon it after
refusal. Some women are persis-
tent and ask "Nhy may | not ?"
and irretate be man. Rather bide !
Your time and make an extra good
dinner Of his favolite dishes, put
bow on Of tho color he likes, make |
home and ysurself sweeter than
ever You'll ges it sure, even If
you have to wait. Also, when you
want him to DO any particular thing
which you know will be for his
good. for heavens sake do not say, |
do it. Rather drop hint that
YOU think so and SO would be a
good thing to do. Get him inter
c.tcd, and then drop the subject.
l venture to say that IN short time
that man will never permit you to
think that he has traded the least
on your common sense. New Sun
day Sun.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
Tecumsch and. the Apache.

At Fort Bayard for lorg time
there lay an old spiked cannon,
which had been r. ndele seless ior
some reason or another. He used
to come every day and beg the
commdant to give it to him. At
length Gen. Sherman was announ-
ced as coming, and the officer told
the Apache that he must ask him
for it. He did. Tho General look
ed at 1t, saw 1t was of no use, and
presented it to him.
Il am afraid" said the general,
with mild jocesity, "you want the
cannon so that you can turn it on
my soldiers and XIII them"
"UnIph no. Cannon kill cowboys.
Kill soldiers club.
The General was sorry he spoke.
San Francisco Chronicle
London, April, l3-Admiral Sir
Geo. Satorious is dead.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1885-04-18
WOWAy'S "W0NT."
The style OF Conrtship Observed in
Greenland.

When the Danish missionaries
had secured the confidence Of the
Greenlanders, marriage was made
religious ceremony. Formerly
the man mrrried the woman by
force. One of the missionaries,
writing In his journal, describes
the presnt styla of courtship as fol
lows. The suilor, coming to the
missionary, says:
Il should like TO h, We wife"
Whom ?" ask the missionary,
The man names the woman. Hast
thou ssoken to her ?"
Sometimes the man will answer /:
"Yes, she is not unwilling but
thou knowest womankind p
More frequently the answer is,
"No."
"Why not ?"
ut is difficult. Girls are prudish.
Thou must speak to her." The
missionary summons the girl, and
aftera little conversation says:
81 think it is time to have thee
married"
81 won't marry"
"What a pity! have suitor
for thee"
Whom p The missionary names
. the man who has sought his aid.
.'He is a good for nothing ! /
won't have him p
But" replies the missionary,
-"hs is good provider. He throws
his illrp5on with skill, and he loves
the e.
Though listening to his praise
wish evident pleasure, she answers:
81 wont have him"
"Well, | won't force thee. |
shall soon find wife for such a
clever fellow"
The missionary remains silent,
as though he understood her "No"
to have ended the matter At last,
with sigh, she whispers
Just as thou wilt have it."
"No," replies the clergyman, "as