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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
Making Her. .hings Last.

Good Cheer: Every housekeeper
knows now careful treatment keeps
tao!e Hheh and household furniture.
6'r!s 90 Eof always know or remember
that great care of their ownlittle pos-
sessions will often enable them to dress
nicely on very little money. a lady
sayss "When I was a girl there was
one of my young frieds who was DIS
t'nrsuished for 'making her things last
Der dress, hats, gloves and ribbons
were marvel of durability. 1 used to
wonder how she managed to make
I them last so without their looking
shabby, but L ceased to do SO after l
had visited her at her own home.
trhe reason why her clothes were so
/ long was that she took such good care
of them. Her dresses were brushed
and folded away carefully, and the
slig htest spot on them was removed
as soon as it was discovered Her hat
was wrapped in an old peck ct hand
kerchief, and put awaE in box as
soon as done with, shG strings and
laces being Strengthened and rolled out
most symmetrically each time. Hei
gloves were never folded together, but
| were pulled out straight and laid Hal
in ii box, ono upon the other, each
time they waTa used, the tiniest hole
| being mended almost before it haC
time to- show itself. But the thing
that Impressed me most was the care
shaa Bestowed ON her ribbons. Whel
Nmaking up bows she used to line th'
upper part Of ribbon with white paper
aud this not only prevented the rib
bon from becoming limp and creased
but kept it clean, so that when tn
bow MAS soiled on one side she coul'
tuEn the ribbon, and the part that hat
been covered came out looking new
land fresh. That girl married ant
brought up large family. Her hus
bard had to fight his way, and did
} bra vely, and was unusually successful
for ne became wealthy. But his pro:
perily was due quite rs much to 4,
, wife's care and economy in saviu
, money as it was to his in making it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
JOY.

Through shadowy sleep her eyes appear,
And Heaven seems half bespOken.
Her sweet lips. warm and fond, draw near
Touch-and the dream is broken!
Whenever Iseek dewy wood
In May. she fits hereunder,
A spellful doubt Of solitude.
A passion, and WONDER
Something escaped from happy dreams,
Still nearly overtaken.-
Now here her fairy covert seems;
I come, and 'tis forsaken!
Now there she waits with hand out
stretched,
A subtler beauty somewhat sketched
IL sunshine under new leaves.
But still the phantom will not brook
Pursuit. approach, or beckoning,-
Nor even tho shadow in my look
CT memory, doubt, OR reckoning.
When thought in brief exalted moods
Its mortal cumber loses,
She whispers, through my solitudes,
The spell of all the MUSES.;
But when I turn for nearer bliss,
TO lips as sweet as dreaming,
The mere conception of my kiss
Dispels the lovely seeming.
Anon 1 find her at my side,
Amid some gay thrOng's shifting,
And lite's last shadow seems to bide
Just her fair eyelitls lifting.
bend above their shy eclipse
or all my hopes and holes.
They rise, aud their apocalypse
Is greater than my soul is!
Surchar9ed with new delights, my heart,
Their elimination misses
Still vexed tor some divinest part
Not oompassed with it's blisses.
And, 10! my spirits rallying while
Has dimmed the empyreal presence.
The glowing of the seraph's smile
Exhales tho seraph's essence.
O Phantom, have 1 any good
or thee with all thy sweetness?
Still leadest thou, not understood,
Toward some divine completeness?
Am the stronger that pursuits
Makes life one upward hastening!
Is our desire, forever moot.
A true beAoof of Christening?
q Joy, Just once with 1ne-and youth
Transcend this vain suggestion!
Or is it that thine utmost truth
Is an eternal question?
Hart Vaasce.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
TO .AdUeTtise2'S.

The neu Enlargement OIL
THE 7,ELEGRAPH horc re-
diced Its subscription to the low
figure Of
One DOLLAR PER ANNUM
IN order to put the paper az the
reach Of all and to a1en up ats
subscription list to q Number De-
fitting q ne,cspaper Published IN
the Metropolis Of the Ouochito
Valley.
We qcould therefore suggest to
Adrertisers that they ariW .tnd
an erceIient mediatm W THE
TELEGRAPH to Te0ch the
people of this Mnd a1oin'ng
parishes.
We rW not put fancy prices
upon or space bit choaye only
Icing rates.
| Gjre THE TELEGRAPH
u share Of yom' patronage. You
,riW fnd it to yoW adrontdgc.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ThOS. .. Benton,
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
A MONROE. LA.

G. j. BOATNER. J. 5. boAiNHN'
q. j. Il j. 5. BOatner,
A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT
Il Law, Monroe, La, will practice In all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the Land Office Department
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner OF pubIc
SQUARE. July II, 1Ss6.-1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07

Ludelins a. Stillman.
A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT
II Law, office Monroe, La, practice in the
State and Federal Courts OF Louisiana.
January II, 1855.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
SLEEP.

Gently and softly the mother bent
over the baby in sleeps embrace,
Watching the rosy smiles indent
And dimple the little dreamer's face,
And the longed- for-kiss she would not take,
Lest peratlventure the child might wake,
Gently the mother watched and wept
Over the coffin wb ere lay her child
Only one thought in her bosom crept
As she bent to the lips in her anguish wild,
Again and agair. the lost kiss to take
Oh il her boy would only wake!
R. X. lfalakSttIiek.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
The Money the South Gets.
tAustin in Cincinnati Times.Star.l

tAustin in Cincinnati Times.Star.1
1t is favorite theory that the people
of the Southern States do not get muct,
money but when you look over the list
of expectations you find that cotton,
this staple product OF the South,
has brought more money into this
country from abroad than any other
one article or class OF articles export ed
yes. two or tree tunes as lnl1ch.
Wheat aud corn and hogs are supposed
to be the staple productions Of the
North, especially the staple for export
alton. The exports of pork products
during the year just eaded,. including
bacon, hams, lard aqd so on, are only
a little over $50,Q00,QO0. The exports
of wheat and wheat flour for the year
were abopt $4,000, 600, and of corn II
little oyer, $30,O0O,OOO The expectation
vf cotton for the year amounted to over
$500, 900, which money, OF course,
went, most Of 1t, into the Southern
States. When you take over $780,.
wv, 900 and scatter 1t through ten or
= dozen States, II must fall a good deal
more thickly than $15O,OOO,OOO uoes
when scattered over twenty ur thi[ly
States. or course the $2OO, OOO, coo and
over received tor cotton go "a a, much
less number of States aHa, a. u.uch
smaller territory than tAs $50, OOO, 900
received for pork anA wheat ana corn.
So, after all, 1t is just possible tina, The
idea that tie South does not get much
money may be "a. somewhat uverdone
one. Cotton, breadstutis, meats and
petroleum make up the bulk Of vur ex-
purtations. They bring into the ooun-
try three>fourths of the lUsal. money
coming from abroad TO- Nay for ouI
imporla,ions. Sugar ANA. coffee, silks
and manufactures Of ixaa and steel and
cotton goods are thu principal articles
for which we paid, the five hundred
and ninety miljuns sent abroad ias
year to pay tca imported articles. Fol
sugar alone wa paid $50, 100000. Eacf
one of the. population Of tins country
mas eatsa on an average one-lhird .
his Or her, weight in sugar during
the past year, Our coffee bill for ,h'
year mas been about $45, O0O, 900. though
as that is n slight falling OF rs cou'
pared with last year, the net result il
satisfactory. Especially is this tru
when 1t Is seen the amount imported
has been rather more, although tn
total of cost has been less. 1t seem
curious, since we have the great cotto
fields of the country and the hues
machinery In the world and moss In
geniOus mechanics, with plenty {
water and steam power, that we shoul
have imported over $25,00O,000 .
manufactured. cotton. Yet such As an
case. The cotton which we sent abrUa
and got over 100000, 900 ion al &.
natural state, has some Of II cs,n
back to US. and been paid. for wi,
the same money received fog the ra
article sent abroad. Nobody wi
deny that our iron and ste
manufacturing facilities are excelIeu
and that the material is here in unto
quantities, yet we imported during Il
year just ended ss5,OO0,00O worth
manufactures of iron aud steel, whi,
by the way, is 10 pei cent more tn,
the previous year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07

You can clean your room of mosqui
toes by taking piece of gum cam
phor about One,third the size of a hens
egg and evaporating it by placing it in
tin vessel holding it over u lamp o,
candle, taking care that it does not ig-
mite. The smoke will soon fill the
room and expel the Insects.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07

1t is estimated that the wine crop of
CALIFORNIA; wiU reach % ,00O, 900 gallons,
an increase OF 100000 over tine crop
\ of 1856.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07

Mason's Fruit Jars, all sizes,
and Jelly Glasses for sale at
TROUsDALE Bros.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
How Tommy Saved His Brother.

Tommy was very fond of his little
brother Harry, and was very careful
that no harm came to him. Although
Tommy was little boy himself, and
only four years old, he felt that he was
a great big boy when he looked at lit
tie Harry, who was hardly more than a
baby. One day Tommy and Harry
were playing in the garden, while their
papa and mamma sat on the porch.
Harry would run behind currant
bush, and Tommy would run after him
and say: "Peek-a-boon' They thought
this fine fun. But all at once Harry
started to toddle down the garden
walk, and Tommy didn't find him be-
hind the currant bush when he went
around to say: "Peek-a-boo!" Where
was he? Tommy ran after him, and
found him-looking at what do you
think? A strange creature that sat
very still, right in the path. 1t was a
dumpy little thing, with a rough,
brown skin, and twimkling eyes that
seemed to say: I'm not so wicked as
l look" But Tommy thought it must
be some dreadful creature, and was
afraid it was going to devour his poor
little brother SO when he saw Harry
moving still nearer she little animal,
he called out: Don't, Hahwy, don't!"
and then caught Harry up in his arms,
and carried him away from the creature.
that might hurt him, to their papa and
mamma on the porch. And then
mamma, who had seen Tommy's care
fulness of his baby brother, told them
that the awful monster that they had
seen was only poor little toad that
would not harm them for the worldl
But Tommy always felt glad that he
had tried to save Harry from what he
thought might do him characterization
Union.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29

excused some time before his father
and mother were through with their
supper, banged the door slightly as he
left the room.
However, the next morning the hens
received attention at the proper time.
And so far as that one duty was con-
cerned he did not need another lesson,
but he was not yet made over into the
prompt boy which his father desired
him to be. That wood-box o, boys!
Do you shrug your shoulders and say:
II don't blame him?" The wood-ooN
is a dread to boys, well know. How
ard did not particularly dislike the
work of filling the box, but he was
never quite ready to do it. He was al
ways putting it off until he had fin
ished reading the morning paper, or
been the rounds of the garden and
meadows to see if there were any new
flowers ont or any new birds nests,
and at length the school bell would
ring and he would 90 off to school hay
ing forgotten that there was such q
thing in the wide world as wood-box-
One morning Mrs. Grnnell said.
Howard, Bridget will need box full
of wood to-day; she has a large IRON
ing"
'Yes, ma'am," said Howard, dream
lily, from the depths of an armchair
where he had established himself with
a new orchid and botany. Mrs. Grin
nell was busy, and gave the matter no
farther attention until two hours later
Bridget announced that the wood was
out.
Dear mer' said Mrs. Grinnell, chat
boy went off without filling the box,
after allr' After a moments thought
she said "Well, Bridget Howard can
not expect his clothes to be ironed with
cold irons. You may hang all his
things upon the bars without ironing,
and he will have to wear them so. Per-
haps you and can get wood enough
for the rest"
Bridget thought it good joke to
play upon Master Howard, and her
good nature returned in view of the
sport she would have at the boys ex-
pense.
You may imagine that Howard did
not enjoy wearing his rough-dried gar
ments, but he was forced to dose. And
as he was a somewhat fastidious boy, it
was quite trial to 60 to school in that
plight.
1t was by such lessons as this that
Mr.. and Mrs. Grmnell sought to cure
Howard of his fault; and one daywhen
Mrs. Grinnell was looking over some
notices, she discovered one handsome
ly illuminated which struck her as be-
ing just the one for her son'sroom. 1t
was this:
"Diligent in business, serving the
Lord"-Faye Huntington, IN PdnSy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
THE BIRD THAT SINGS.

"You dear little birdie, who taught you to
sing
Among the green branches and blossoms OF
spring.
wish you would tell me; for then. don't
you see,
I'd ask the same person to try and teach
me.
'Iwonder, whenever hear you II you
Have to sit in tree for an hour or two
And practice your dear little twtter and
triN,
When it is so dreadfully hard to keep still.
when you want to play in the sunshine all
day,
Does somebody hold up finger and say,
AS solemnly; Now, little blue-bird, stay so,
And carefully practice your "do, re, mi,
doP''
"Do you have to learn about octaves and
thirds,
And chords and arpogglos and other hard
words2
And those terrible scalesl Why, of all that
lido,
think them the hardest to practice. Do
you?
swell, however you do, am sire of one
thing,
That have to practice before can sing.
And with all may learn, and the best can
do,
Inever shall sing, little birdie, like you"
Sydney Ddyre, in ". Y. independents
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
History in Our Schools.

A man may not know himself who is
ignorant of his fellow-man, and he
may not know his fellow-man without
some judgment born of an analytic
study of the rise or fall of mankind
from state to state. It's faalt of our
school system that so little time, and
that imperfectly applied, is devoted to
the study of history. In some institu-
tons, indeed, it is entirely neglected,
though it were intellectually better to
err upon the other side and make
history part of the whole prepsra-
tory and collegiate course. Properly
presented, history might be made a de-
lightful pursuit rather than an oneTous
study. That it should be so addressed
to the mind of the student will appear
when public instructors come TO APP
preeiate the fact that history, in tie
broad aspects, is the foundation of all
education. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
THE KITCHEN.
Precautions which Should BE Taken by
Every Careful Housekeeper.

Precautions which Should BE Taken by
Every Careful Housekeeper.
Much of the family depends upon the
care of the kitchen and working depart
ment of the house. If your sink-pipes
run into closed unventilated drains or
oesspools, you are sure to get the pois-
Onous air back again into the house,
unless your pipes are well trapped.
Usually in the cities, where the water
all runs off into the street sewers and is
CARED of to some distant point, this
trapping of refuse pipes is part of the
plumbing arrangement, but 1t should be
occasionally examined to see that 1t is
all right, and that the kitchen snk-pipe
is not a source of malarial disease. In
the country there is usually greater
mcgee because people have grown so
into the habit of believing that the
country must of necessity be healthy,
that people are likely to grow careless,
or rather they are little likely to give
special heed to sanitary matters, think
inc that it is only in the city where these
need attention. But carelessness grown
of such assurance usually meets its re-
ward. 1t is better to have the kitchen
pipe run into the drain, from which the
water can be dipped or pumped daily,
or else, if there is natural drainage,
have it run so as to water the surface
of the land about the outlet, not stand
ing, but arranged so as to run off.
Washing water should not be turned
down the sink, but should be saved to
be put on the garden or lawn, as it acts
well as a fertilizer, and is productive o.
good, whereas if it is added to the &C
emulation of water in a drain, it may
be equally productive of evil. At leas
once a week a solution of copperas il
hot water should be poured through The
pipes to cleanse and purify them, and i
is well also to occasionally put chloride
of lime through in the interval, espe
cially in hot weather; both the cepperal
and lime will dissolve the lining o
grease which every pipe will get through
which the dish-water is poured.-MII
LUaukee Sentinel
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
New Breed of Sheep.

According to recent papers from Vic
tcria, a new breed of sheep has been
established by Mr.. Dennis, of Tarwan-
court, near Birregurra. Although this
gentleman had a strong natural predi-
lection for pure Merino sheep to the
highest type, he found that the soil was
too rich and the climate too moist to
permit pure Merino sheep to be kept in
health. He was, therefore, compelled
to turn his attention to long woods or to
sheep possessing considerable proper
ton of long-wOoled blood. After re-
peated crossing and re-crossing, he
arrived, about four years ago at what
was generally considered to be a per-
feet type of wool. This was the result
of cross between a pure Merino ram
and selected fve-eighths Lincoln and
three-eighths Merino ewes Western
Rural.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
VERY PRACTICAL.
An Irate Female Witness Who Would b
Happy to Illustrate an Assault.

An Irate Female Witness Who Would Be
Happy to Illustrate an Assault.
There are comparatively few surly
or obstinate people whose dispositions,
tact, kindness and courtesy will not at
least modify, And there are few per-
sons so amiable that they can not be
badgered into show of temper. The
practice of brow-beating witnesses by
lawyers will drive the most amiable
person to retaliation, and is both sense
less and cruel. A woman who was
giving her testimony in case of as
sault who was ''nagged att persist
emily by the attorney for the defendant,
who inquired:
"How did he strike him, my good
woman?"
"Why, you see, sir, he stood'--
"But how did he hit him. want to
know just howP"
I'm a-tryin' to tell yer! Ye see, Ike
was a-standin' -
II can't stop to hear all that! l
want to Just know how he hit him.
You can tell straight story, can't
your"
The woman hesitated, whereupOn,
the counsel beloved forth; eff you
have come here to testify, will you have
the goodness to tell me how the blow
was struck"
The woman's eyes blazed, but she
answered quietly: Eff ye'll fetch me q
broom-stick and stand nigh enough, I'll
be most happy to illustrate the per-
formance!"- Youths Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
Danger From a Cats Breath.

wish for the benefit of those who al.
low cat to lie in the cradle with a
child you would give this note space.
I have lately read two articles on the
subject, and l am surprised that none
seem to realize the harm the cat does.
The cat will not suck the child's breath,
but the child will inhale the breath of
the cat, which is very poisonous. l re-
member not many years agOseeing a cat
loving child made very sick with terrible
fits or spasms, She could always be
found with the cat in her arms. Finally
she took the cat breath by kissing it
in the mouth, and Immediately fell into
fits. | have never allowed cat around
my house since l saw that, | suppose if
a cat could thus kill child it would
then gorge itself off the child's flesh, as
it is known that a cat will try to get
where there is dead body if it can. l
know of no being cats will seek to sleep
with but human being, and think
they have the power to kill person in
the way mentioned above were they left
undisturbed l would advise that all
cats be kept from the cradle, and also
that children be not allowed to carry
about cat in arms. Washington Star.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29

The organ-blower in the London
church recently fell asleep during the
service, of which fact the audience soon
became conscious by his vigorous blow
ing of his own organ. Rev. Arthur
Hall, the preacher, after bearing it for
while, stopped and remarked: Il do
not object to a quiet nap on a hot day,
and am flattered at being able to con-
tribute to anybody's repose. But, while
proud at being able to give the beloved
sleep, l wish it to be distinctly under
stood that l draw the line at snOres.
There is man snoring in the cOngre-
CATION, and shall be obliged if some'
body will awaken him." The offender
was quickly reused
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29

Trout have been successfully plant
ed in streams Of Central Russia. Ik
was supposed until recently that they
would not live In these waters, because
there are no rapid currents, aha the
streams become very warm in summer.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-05-06
MISCELLANEOUS
after DINNER.

Persons who suffer from Indigesfloe
san arrest the progress of that palnl1
malady by the use of an after-d1nnoF
pill, SO composed that it will give tone
the liver to healthful action, invigora!o
the kidneys, and thus, through the activity
of these organs, promote the natuI0
movement of the stomach and bowels.
AYERS PILLS are so compounded that
their action, though mild, effectually pre-
duces the above results. They also, u
curing Constipation, remove the cause OF
Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Kidney Dis
ease, Rheumatism, and many other serious
ailments
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-05-06

n~An Assay ONCE Is connected with
the Bank under the su ervisiOn OF MI.
Charles A. Hofer, late Assistant Assaysr
of the United State Mint. Prompt and
reliable Bullion and Ooro Assays Of
Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, Iron, Nickel,
Manganese, Cinnabar, &C., A<.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-05-06
AYERS PILLS

contain no mineral nor poisonous sub
stance, and do not grippe unless the
bowels are irritated, and even then their
influence is healing. To continue their
need only be taken in diminishing instead
of increasing doses. For seamen, and in
habitants or travellers in sparsely settled
countries where physicians are not at
hand. they are of inestimable value.
There is hardly sickness they will not
alleviate, and in most cases cure, if taken
promptly. To young girls just entering
upon wOmanhood, and to women Whose
period of maternity is drawing to close,
Ayers Pills, in moderate doses, merely
sufficient to ensure regular action of the
bowels will he fOund of
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-05-06

At prices never before offered in
this city. For years past the
high prices of pianOs nave been
due to the enormous commits
sions of the local agents, in some
instances being as high as 6Oper
cent of the cost Of the instru-
ment. We are now in a posi-
ton to furnish the instruments
at figures which will have the
effect Of placing tirst-class in
strumentS within the reach OF
people Of small uean-