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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-05-23
LINE p. o., La, January. s, 1885.


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herecy ceiS by Cs I,in.,tat;o,, at It's
ment u 1ne 10. MI. 1914 ,vi,. cf WAS
place uu ~. sn D.Sui; pro,,;f;c rsotto,,
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conIneucsu pi ~. 1nt, - tta a,, a y, o,,tT
ana HIlisneu o ~ lily , oi -, i, 81, the shave
Inc crop 4a.. so u sHas, III TIC uor;at;as of
sys w. ..,,,,,, IN tho co,,ntrv and consider
hot lirv weather than other cotton, does
not rust. The crop here had no ram AFTER
3D. OF July. Conllnueu 10 grow uuIns sne
long drouth, sre en-, . IN SIT ,.',
other crops OF INC country Weie Jun i UP
and matnrett nearly OF qute w .ne LtCp:
Pickers claim they can PICS one s.t4
more oil the reterA,h tha!l any o.n , uos.9 =,
grown. pellevs mere - nloae ,i'ol my III
1t than IN any otnor Gptlo.. s.omx w ,sa.
has only peen st'iali pol.lru i ~ H., .,ie -
ginned which mas pash Weagneu oy WI. "a, =.
l.. heneSan. VINO iau ShrSe ~ .he Sii.
same le , 81 ~ -. w 10 -, ~
hundred POUNDS SEED eoI.om; s,.x,yrp
Ut-S' W. pa (" ~.
BAsTRoP, La, January 26, 1855.
Goo 4 petarkin. ESQ:
Noo' - -. = 81. ,,,aas,,o =, ,as,ir,in,r r.,
Ocdf otf- ~ IAN. .aNe ,P,e': $3.50, SaaS
the val1e ol .Lo I... >.S Lot ,,;,rr ~
optalne3 enousn ~ ING $50 ,o,. .'s Sp,, aa
plant q Httie less snau !ia,t III '' mi, IF
The seed We're piahIeo aoo9' .Lo .oSt az Ua
May on Inc oayou; t te s,', fert iI;zes II
1su',t ~ III, ofter ahout the first of July
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Il }t,.,tt SHAY 6, s. /
4 Isl 30 sock Island sabnrs,zs|
a an frain :lls tosvn 10 The g spo'fI
Inc OH day just four l1lin,,ie before |
|. q Il nd ran into hat chop
across ti.a IS kept BY 1Airs: y bais
sl,erne 4, Il. ssnd said: sGImme q three
En- Ela,nute STAY "a II right I. said che;
SAT- down And I'll be darned Il she
die, ii, 90 over my face in good shape
lfn Just three minutes by the water, !
Land caught my train nicely KS t.;
This stirred mp The story teilers.s
lone man had been shaved IN two min
1 utes. another IN u nipnte and . half
4 and 80 on.
tsJust wait Till you hear me- s SAFE e
4 low proved, toughsloOking passenger
3 uFor seven years sha wed IN "a si'op
q where one barber run the IA zor \ owe
Fan average Of sixty miles AN hour.
WHAT do you thinkof that?"
/, ssImpossible,'' exclaimed several
Listeners in chorus.
!. ssNo, it isn't impossible,n continued
1.-THE iow-browed man. ssThis barber
s didn't do anything but use his razor
The men lathered their own race
while waiting their turn, and DO.
banded him freshly honed razors. Sev
y en- Or eight slashes was shave, am
d. the customers wiped their own lace
ID after leaving the chair
q. isHow much did the barber cnarg
Ia head.
Us ..Notbsng; aud he got no wage
he He was the barber in Jeitersonvii
c., Prison.
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The Times Democrat Almanac,
OR YEAR BOOK,

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descrvedly attained wide popularity. It Pre-.
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Information, local. sectional and general, when
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Mr. w. r. Tabor, Oakland Plantation


UssANaEBuRe Co., s. c., Nov. 81, 1884.
1t gives mo pleasure to testify to the UNI
equaled value OF the Peterkln sesu, o nudis
ed its true worth. have just gihneu ny
first bale from this seed having planaea'
ONLY two acres, and from l2l4 pounos se eon
cotton / have ginned n bale weighing o29
no,Inds. I can't say too much for IT, ana
intend another year planting my Whois
crop with IT,
ROY. Thomas B. Clarfson writes from
Eastoyer, s. c., November 20, lSs4;
Tho cotton seed you gave mo proved most
satisfaetory. The yield OF lint turned out
forty-one per cent, tested in the preserves %
Col Richard Singleton, at whose ginhous.e
IL was rinned. am so much pleased Win
n that 1 intend to plant no other seed; IL is
everything it claims to be; it is far superior
TO the Ozier, the Duncan or any seed nave
ever seen tried.
Mr.. John l.. Moorer, writes from Orange
burg County, November %, 1854;
have tried the PeterlSin Seed on small
governmental scale against i've cthef k'n,ts
the Thomas, the Ozier Silk. the duncan,
and my own, Mixed DIXON, ana an the %est
of the others. like it because 1T picks Wen
and holds it's own against all bad ana eA-
tresne seasons.
Il. ~. u
thews, s. c., December L, 1854:
| The Peterkin Seed far exceed my expec'
tations; has made mo more seeu GO, ..,a
| per acre than any planted, ana yleioea lils
| 10 lbs lint cotton to every 100 lbs seed cotton
Send me 90 bushels when yon ship =. D
Buyck's.
Mr.. II. L. Clark, Fort Motto, $. c., says
Having received so many letters of en-
quiry about Peterkin's Cotton SEED, sinc.
1 some correspondent of the News * Courie'
saw fit to mention my purchase OF Capt
Peterkin, 1 will take this method otailswer
ing them and say to altintorested in cottoi
planting, that will dispose of a part OF M,
i purchase at $3.50 per bushei sacked and de
i livered at Fort Motto. 5. G. L plantet
several acres the past season and was s.
thoroughly convinced of its great value ina I. :
shall plant largerly and entirely oil tfu
4 seed. 1t yilded me fifty-tive poudns seet
cotton mod per acre. and every hundre'
pounds seecotton has yielded ne tort.
pounds lint
Fort Motto, orangeburg Co., s. G.
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The FINES Democrat

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things. It ~ 4 ~,
Recommends itself to the Consid-
Grafton of the People.
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to twenty-fonr pages. se5 iasues In the year. -
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11
IRA NSPORTATION TOPICS.
Cotton Goods Classification.

NEW YORK, July 10.-Two years ago
the dry goo DIS merchants of this city pro-
tested against the railroad classification of
cotton goods. The protest was made to
the board of railroad commissioners, and
was unanimously sustained. The railroads,
however, took no action in the matter and
the merchants have since done nothing ex-
cept to complain at a course that makes it
almost impossible for them to compete
with Western 80, and Southern sellers.
The railroads operating west of Chi
cago : classify cotton piece goods,
such as calicos, cambrics, canton fan
nels, cottonades, cotton prints. denims,
jeans, sheatings. ETC., as fifth class freight.
Eastern railroads classify them as first
class, and it costs New York merchants as
much to ship a pound of cotton as silk
goods. They say that they must have re-
lief if they desire to retain their trade in
cotton goods. A call has been issued for a
meeting of the merchants club on Tuesday
for the purpose of appointing committee
to take necessary action in the matter The
call is signed by 81. B. Claffiin & Co.. Bliss,
Fabyn Il Co., left. Weller & Co., Sweet
ser, Pembroke 81 Co., Durham, Buckley &
Co., and number of other prominent
firms. The committee will wait upon Pool
Commissioner Fink and endeavor to make
him feel about the matter as merchants do.
III they ask, they claim, is simple justice
from the railroads.
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favor if they serve him promptly and are
polite and respectful. Colored walters
know their place and keep it, give them
selves no airs and take no liberties. They
are the quickest and most skillful, too,
Some of my walters can balance a tray
full of dishes in style that would not dis
grace Hindoo jugger; and the way they
scurry around with their trays insequipoise
would make a japanese acrobat vince with
envy.
Il often wonder that they don't break
more dishes than their salaries amount to,
but they seldom smash anything, and they
spill soup into laps OF unSuspecting guests
with less frequency than the uninitiated
might imagine" nc
The English walters salient characteristic
is either Servility or bruSQueness. A cock
ney is especially shrewd in anticipating and
assidiouS in working for tips" The En-
glishman makes good butler, as that posi-
ton gives him a certain amount of dignity,
but table service gals him, and he "'ates to
take horders from any blooming cove -
The Celtic waiter is also inclined to be
brusque, andshe often regards guests as his
natural enemies, tyrants against whom dy-
Mantle might be utilized with effects meet
and fitting.
The shrines dedicated to Ganbrinus in
variably employ walters of the Teutonic
persuasion, who are always of such rotund
contour and 1nddy complexion as to
suggest that they drink a little from each
glass as it is en- route, just to keep it from
spilling.
Then there are the walters in the French
restaurants, of which Chicago has one Oh
two. The hauteur of these gentry is some.
thing overwhelming. Each appears to
have been the marquis lie something-oi-
other, OF the baron de something else in his
| own country. and he seems to be perpetu
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11

"a LITTLE MORE AND IT'S OUT"
grant hands have been found amazingly
successful. An enterprising dentist at the
Bowery and Grand street read how the
pretty daughter of a German bar Der brought
overwhelming custom to her fathers shop
and he caught the idea.
A young man with subdned demeanor
and swollen face wandered into the dem
lists parlors and waited until the office
boy called out ''Nextw Breathing hard
he placed his cervical vertbre in the
cushioned wise and waited the torture with
closed eyes.
do you smoker" suddenly asked soft
musical voice at his right ear. He looked
up with establishment to see pretty face
bending over him sutfused with sympathy
and bushes.
II didn't come here to smokew he
growled. 81 want that tooth pulled!
Where is the professor?"
''He is very busy Just now; please let
me look at the tooth, replied the young
woman, gently opening his mouth and ca
ressing the aching face.
IF you smoke" she added with little
smile, ''you wont object inhaling little
laughing-gas; it is only So, and you will
feel no pain"
What could the young man do? What
would any susceptible and suffering young
man do under the circumstances? He in
hailed whole atmospheres of gas. and while
he dreamed OF singing sirens and lucky lot
terry tickets that tooth disappeared.
Here are three teeth that ought to be
filed" timidly suggested the young
woman, after the blissful operation had
been performed. If the professor had
made this discovery the young man would
have sternly declared those teeth his
own property and refused to allow either
excavation or filling in. AS it was he said
humbly:
please fill them now"
You will use gold. of course" further
suggested the fair artist; lit is only So SO a
filling, but it will make. you handsomer
than ever and will last forever"
The poor patient vowed he never used
anything but gold, and never left the chair
until his mouth looked like an Aladdin's
cave in miniature, and every device known
to the profession had been practiced upon
his upper and neither jaws,
Twenty dollars. please" murmured the
lovely girl, and she looked as though she
was dying to kiss the renovated and gilt
edged mouth of her patient. The young
man, who had come in with the expectation
of spending 80 cents to lose one tuoth, gave
her all the money he had and left his watch
as security for the balance.
The news soon spread and all the fash
ionable young men on the Bowery began to
feel pangs that only feminine touch could
charm away. Business has increased so
rapidly in the professors office that Terms
Cash in Advance is the sign that now de-
tiers the idly inquisitive from Illustrating on
the edge of the dental buzz-saw.
Il have assistants, you know" she said
with charming foreign accent and pretty
gestures. ''They are men, you know; one
lady is sufficient attraction. have more
than / can do. They perform the heavy
work Ijustft sets of artificial teeth All
my patients are nice people. New York
Journal.
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She wouldn,t be Squeezed.

Speclal TO the GIODe.
New YORK, July 10.-A case of over
whelming but unreauited love is that of
William Strong. William is not youth
full lover, full of love as full of play. There
is not much ''fulP' about him except his age,
which is perhaps 35. But he loved Lizzie
Wood. He wooed Wood and Wood would
not become Strong. Strong was Williams
persuasion and persistence, but still Lizzie
preferred Wood to Strong. Last week
Lizzie and friend were promenading on
/ Flatbush avenue, near Prospect park,
when William appeared. He looked
at Lizzie tenderly and beseechingly,
but she prattled ON to her companion.
William then came nearer and took her
arm and squeezed it. Then Lizzie screamed,
and William was sent to the cooler. Lizzie
told her story to a justice in a pretty way.
She had been annoyed in similar ways for a
year, and she would not stand it longer.
On promise of good behavior on his part,
he was suffered to go. His counsel said il
was a case of overwhelming love On one
side and an icy Indifference on the other.
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THE NARRATORS.

The narrators are quite different order
of creature. They tell short stories-gen-
orally Mark Twain's. though they usually
have one or two they have written them
selves. These stories are fashioned to eX-
hibit some peculiar trick OF gift of the
young lady. Thus for example. the gifted
Miss Ophelia Lambsphat of Lambsphat-on-
the-Greve, always narrates story with the
line in it of :
Charge, Stanley, charged
because her father is wealthy plumber,
and she has inherited the gift of throwing a
depth and power Of sincerity into the words
that are marvellous. 1t was always said of
the beautiful Miss Sidoni Sacks, before she
died of the measles, that she could sing the
line that referred to the unnecessary weep
ing of body that met another body COM
ing through the rye with pathos that car
ried her listeners, as with angels wings, to
fhe fact that her father was distiller
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11

The reciter is usually robust girl, who
thinks she is emotional and mimetic and
humorous. One uses her eyes, the other
her hands. The reader has glances, the
reciter gesticuiations. Robust girls, as a
rule. are not emotional until after they are
married The pensive reader is usually
emotional before. AS a rule, husbands
will put up with moderate reciters. but
they will not tolerate readers. There is
probably suggestion OF the lecturer III
them. Besides, the reader always has you
at a disadvantage so long as she has the
book in her hand. She can read the whole
of Manfred" or "Coriolanus" and not
break down. But the reciter, thank
Heaven. can't. There is a wise provision
of nature which ordainS that memory shall
be equal to misery.
Young ladies who give readings of
''Faust' and ''Childe Harold' are ignorant
of the caprces of the opposite sex. After
the first hour the male brute begins to
groan. The second hour makes him hate
his species. Some of the best families on
Lexington avenue have almost been de-
uuded of young men by the length of the
readings, and there has sprung up among
the elderly men who 90 to the parties al
arbitrary distinction with reference tC
readers which is not recognized by elocu-
tionists. They are divided into longs
and shorts" But these old men are
probably Wall street fellows. Miss Abiog
.enesis Kunckleton of Savory park is one Of
the longest readers now before the public
She recently read down 200 pages anC
100 people at Chickering hall at the same
time. The morning Twinller sagaciously
remarked of her that she was better &C.
auainted with her author than her victims,
and the Daily Smokestack, which is one OF
the fairest of journals, kindly said that hel
knowledge of the human heart was shown
by fer skill early in the evening, but hel
Knowledge of the human constitution had
not appeared at II o'clock, when our critic
left.
These readers have to undergo the most
severe training in athletics. They practice
with the Indian clubs two hours in the
morning, walk five miles before breakfast,
nut on the gloves for half an hour with
their trainer, eat a raw egg, are sponged off
with whisky and then kept on the parallel
bars till dinner time. They thus acquire
staVing power.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11

care you picking up many quarters now
adays?" was asked a sable henchman in g
Dearborn street restaurant. ''Wall, no,
boss, KANT say as it runs to quahtahs
much desc days; mostly to dimes an
Tnickels, sab. 'Cason'ly we strikes a.
quahtah from a real gentleman. (Ah,
thank We. sab; much 'blged.) 1 tell We we
|; kin tell gentleman. We gets to know 'em
like book Some fellahs come in hyer
var in an var out fo' six or eight weeks,
an nevah remember de waiter fo' as much
as red cent. We git even wild dem fo'
DER stinghess, [ bet ye. Dey gets de
porest cut O. beef. and sometimes when dey
come in i'll hurry dey can wait fo' DER
victllals till DER appetites has done gone.
OATS de way to sarve sich miserable trash.
Den we gifts to know de folks who is
lib'ral We kin tell 'em when we see 'em
comm, and we allus rush to wait on a
gentleman dat appreciates good saryice.
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At Brighton Beach.

BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y, July 10.-Firsr
race, three-quarter mile, Voucher won by q
length; Quincy second. Bill Brier third; time,
1:lS15.
Second race, one mile Barnum won by
ten lengths; Strathspeg second, Vaulter
third time, :46. r.
Third race, three-quarter mile, Hickory
Jim won by two lengths; Garfield second,
Stanford Keller third; time, 1:2115.
Fourth race, three-quarters of a nlile-Bes-
sic won by half length, Manitoba second,
Montmore third: time, 1;1S1a.
Fifth race, seven furlongs-Miller won by
three lengths, Olivette second, Montauk third;
time, 1:131a.
Sixth race, seven furlongs-won by Blue
Day by twelve lengths, Harry Mann second,
Soprano third: time. ~
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once to the Boulevard DIES Italiens and
transform your mediocre claret to luscious
Burgundy. Try it; it is really good meas
IRE for the money invested
AMERICANS THE WORST WALTERS.

AMERICANS THE WORST WALTERS.
The tree-born American citizen is the
worst of walters. as mental service is re-
voting to his independent soul. Still, in
many eating houses the native waiter exists,
and is equally willing to disburse hash and
pork and beans or to watt recaici ant
guest unceremoniously through the door.
The tough" waiter speaks dialect of his
own; calls hash mystery" eggs chickens
on the half-shell," and pancakes "a stack
of white chips" His dialect jargon is as
incompfehensble as that of the rail-
road brakeman, and some of
his combinations of syllables are
ingenious and difficult of solution
For instance. no uninitiated person would
ever suppose that "Cofwau'' bawled into
the restaurant Kitchen signiiied "a cup OF
coffee" and yet the writer's experience has
proved that such is the case ''Baweega-
kesinurray' signifies one plate OF buck
wheat cakes as eXpeditiously as possible
Nobody would ever suspect it, but it can be
proved. ''DoZrah' means "a dozen raw
OYSTERS" ''Hatlobs' means half lobster, )"
ETC., etc.
Last and lovliest come the trim and at
tractive frauleins of the German cafes,
whose careful minstrati0ns to those guests
who please their fancies are very pleasant
but the plain. bashfuI and unsocable men
are dreadfully neglected by the fair wait
resseS and women say that they much pre-
fer men to serve them.-Chicago Tribune.
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three times day, at least those whom
stern necessity compelS to live at res
taurantS.
In a city so full of driving, rushing ac-
tiyity as Chicago, the restaurants play an
important part in what may be termed the
city's domestic economy. There are res
taurants and refectories of ali sorts,
from the handsome Mauresque build
ing occupied by the Western
Delmonico to the ten by twelve foot apart
ment where, according to the bill OF fare
presented to the passer's view, meat, po-
tatoes, bread. butter, pie and coffee and
tea can be obtained for the reasonable sum
OF Is cents. And the walters differ as
widely as the establishments in Which they
serve. They have their castles and social
gralations just as their patrons have, and
the sleek, serupulously attired. alert and
weil-trained servator of the aristocratic ca
,terer diSdains utilization with the humber
members of the fraternity. There is, how
ever, one bond of sympathy that unites all
branches of the craft. The lofty and the
0wly, the patrician and the plebian, the
naughty be-whiskered Englishman and the
humble and Servle Senegambian are all
equally on the q0i vive for such small gratu-
tiles as may come their way. and the
oeaginous Frenchman Of polished manners
) will pocket dollar without observing like
Pooh-Bah: Another insult, and think a
light one,," and with the same gratitude that
a relic of days ''befo' de walr' will accept
an unpretentiOuS nickel.
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DENTISTRY'S DARLINGS.
Loses Its Terrors in
Ladies' Hands.
Wonderful Success of the German
Queen of the Profession.

Nine. PHILIPPINE Dieffenbach Truchess is
the queen of toothdom. She is not the only
lady practitioner of the agonizing art of
dentistry in this city, but she is the genius.
Other artists can accomplish wonders with
the voice, the palette and brush, or with
some musical instrument. but this lady can
bewitch a man with pretty ways and ex-
Quisite anecdotes while she pulls long nerves
out of his jaw.
Slowly, very slowly in fact, with imper-
ceptible graduations, the dental profession
in this city is giving encouragement to lady
aspirants. In Philadelphia the pecuniary
results of tooth-extracting by fair and fra
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11
AN AWFUL FATE.

Why stands he motionless and lone,
. Like pale statue carved in stone,
With neither word of mirth nor. moan?
Why looks he into distant space
With that wild terror on his face,
And neither speaks nor moves pace?
What thoughts too deep for human speech
What fancies wierd beyond the reach
Of human utterance to teach
Why stands he wrapt and lone and still?
Broods he on some t1nuutered i'll,
Some old despair time cannot kill2
All, no! harsher, heavier stroke
Has crushed his dauntless heart of oak
His last suspender buttons brokels
Td.Bits.
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Burned in the Mountains.

WINNIPEG, Man., July 1O.-A portion
of the through express from British Column
umbia was burned in the Rocky mountains
near Donald station night before last. The
timber near the track was burning and the
the ties under the track catching fire,
caused four of the cars to leave the track.
They instantly caught fire. The baggage
and express matter was consumed. The
passengers escaped with difficulty. Fires
are raging in the mountains.