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Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
A True Tonic.

When you don't feel we'll and
hardly know what ails you, give
B. B. B. botanic Blood Balm a
trial; it is a fine tonic.
Il. O. Callahan, Charlotte. n. e.,
writes: B. B. b. is a tine tonic, and
has done nae great good"
l.. w. Thompson, Damascus.
Ca, writes: II believe B. B. B. is
the best blood purifier made. 1t
has greatly improved my general
health"
An old gentlemen writes: "B. B.
B. gives me new life AID new
strength. If there is anything that
will make an old man young, it is
B. B. B."
P. A. Shepherd, Norfolk, Va,
August 10th, 1883, writes: Il de-
pend on B. B. B. for the preserra-
ton of my health. l have had it
in my family now nearly two years,
and in all that time have not had
to have a DOCTOR
Thos. Paulk, AIapaha, Ca,
writes: II suffered terribly from
dyspepsia. The use of B. B. B.
has made me feel like new man.
l would not take a thousand
dollars for the good it has done
me-"
W. NJ. Cheshire, Atlanta, Ca,
writes: Il had long spell of
typhoid fever, which at last seem.
ed to settle in my right leg, which
swelled up enormously. An ulcer
also appeared which discharged a
cup full Of matter day. l then
gave B. B. B. = trial and it cured
me-"
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
TAX SALE.
State Of Louisiana, VS.. Delinquent tax
payers-Claiberne parish-Dis-
trict numbers.

By virtne Of tho authority vested in
Me by tho constitution nd laws Of the
State of Louisiana, l will sell at the
principal front door of tina courthouse,
in which the civil District Court of
said parish is held, within tho legal
hours of judicial sales, beginning at II
o'clock, a. N. on
Saturday, Goth day Of March 1889.
and continuing on Monday and each
succeeding day until said sales are COM
pletsd, all immoyable property which
taxes arc now due the State of louisa
ma and parish of Claiborne, to enforce
collection Of taxes assessed in the year
1883, and interest thereon from Dec.
3lst, 1883, at the rate of one per cent.
per month until paid and sll costs. Tho
names of said delinquent tax payers,
the amount Of taxes due by each on
the sssesam ent Of said gear 1858, aud
tho immovable property asseassd to each
to be offered for sale as fellows, to-wit,
and described just as assessed:
WARD l.
Alison, Thomas, Csc or of ne
Or, ne or of sw or, and NV or of Sc
or, less 6 acres, sec 81, town %.
range 4, la acres, Tax SIS 70
WARD 2.
Bugg, Nathan-W hf and sw or
of ne or, NV Or Of Sc or, Z hfsw or
less 10 acres, sec 20. town p, range
6; W hf Of CIV Or sec 81, e hf of sc
or, sw or Of sc or sec 40, town %,
range 6, less Is acres, 435 acres,
Tax $40 II
! Owens, D. CIV hf of W hf sec
"a, II acres in the south part OF sw
Or Of sw or sec II, town 20, range
I. lot acres, Tax So "a
Russell, Nunley-E hf of ne or
and sw Or Of ne Or sec 10, sw or of
nv or sec II, town %, range 6, 100
acres, Tax Sc 81
Seals, Nelson-E.hf OF NV or sec
Is, town -, range 7, so acres,
Tax s. 81
| Adkins, q. FEE hf of NV ar,
NV or Of NV Or sec ~, ne or of ne
or sec 1s, town q, range 8, 100
acres, Tax $l2 rs
| Daniels, Weslsy--In sec 16 100
acres. and Q hf of ne or sec IT,
town %, range s, 100 acres,
| Tax Sc 81
Stevens, ]. BIS hf of 9 hf, NV
or of sw or, n hf of sw or sec 6, ne
ar OF NV ar, NV or Of ne Or sec 7,
town 70, range I, 254 acres.
Tax So OIL
Walker, A. J. Sc hf of sw ar
sec IS, hfofne or of ne or sec 35,
town ~, range s, 100 acres,
Tax 81 SO
WARD 4.
Cox, II. M.-Se or ofsw or and
sw Or ofse Or sec I, town 10. range
s, 80 acres, Tax 50 81
| Cox, ]. H.-W hf of nv or sec Z,
town 10, range 8, seqr ofse Or sec
-, town Is, range 8, sH or Of sw
qr and ne az Of nv Or sec II, town
4, rangs !, 700 acres, Tax 81 So
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE


lst, Uncle Toby. Dropped Aug. 10th,
1854, Grandson of Campbsll Browns
"Tormsnter," the finest living Jersey
Bull. Dam of uncle Toby made &c lbs
and Is OF butter in Z days. Kind and
docile; sold only to prevent too close in
and in breeding. Price, SIS 90.
2ud, Toby's Fauntleroy, dropped Oct.
Goth, 1888, finely formed youngster
and will mako fine bull. Registered.
Price $4,000. Both animals solid color
ed.
]. D. MCINTYRE,
Mindcn, La.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
FOR SALE.

A nico lot OF registered Duroc Jersey
Red Pigs, two months old. Those Pigs
are by tho celebrated DUKE OF CAD
DO, tho winner of first premium at
three successive Fairs. His get ont Of
same sows won all premiums at last
Shreveport Fair. Prce $1,000 each st
Express Office, Shreveport, La.
J. C. HAMILTON,
Shreveport, L..
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

Our manners show what We are,
and every action and movement
made in public is accepted as an
index OF our character. 1t there
fore behoores us to cultivate kind
and refined manners, and the ex-
preston of charitable and upright
emotions. The verv essence of
good manners 10 unselfishness.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29
Homer, La,
friday Mar. %, 1889
Wanted a Typewriter.

mo. | have not been sick;
have not been drinking, neithel
am l suffering the psngs Of re
MORSE"
What on earth makes you sc
lean and pale, then?'
The question was addressed te
q mechanical engineer who has
made one or two hits with his ~
ventions. and is in consequence
we'll endowed with worldly goods
1--WE been schemin9," was The
response; "schcming for the last
three years on one Of the greatest
needs Of the times"
whats thalY"
"a typewriter that shall be
cheap, rapid, compact, light and
noistl.ss. Why, sir, there's mil
lions in it, positively millions. II
l could devise such a machine I'd
set oil the backing wanted in
less than m hour. | know a con
Germ in Hartford that has expcnd.
ed $4,000 in experiments and
hasn't anything to show for it
yet.
"There are hundreds Of mon all
over the country at work on the
same problem. For some time
the patent Office at Washington
has received more applications
tor patents on typewrilers than
anything else. The man who
strikes 1t will clear q fortune.
"Thc machines already in the
market that satisfy the require
msnts as to speed cost too much
to make it possible for every man
who has much writing TO do to
get one. Then they are two heavy
and bulky to no carried around
easily, and the noise they make
renders them Objectionable in Of
fees where conversation has 10 be
carried on.
1.-THE right thing will DO struck
some time. 1t always is. Why,
the waste Of time in writing-the
mere mechanical labor of writing
is disgrace to civilization. The
average speed Of writing is from
fifteen to twenty words minute
not more. What an immense
gain it would be if that average
could be brought up TO forty or
fifty words q minute. And it will
DO done some day. The typewnt-
ers ofthe future-cheap, rapid, eff
cacious--will do it.
"You young men will, l expect,
live to see the day when nine
tenths Of all the writing done for
newspapers will be done on type.
writers. The reporter will consid-
CT the typewriter just as necessa
ry an instrument of his profession
Us is now the pen or pencil. Then
it will be common thing to rat
tie off a column in an hour. Then
you newspaper fellows will wonder
how on earth You ever managed to
get along without them"
"But you've money enough, why
need you worry yourself sick
scleming about it? Take it easy
and let some poor devil that need!
the money solye the problem"
Cant. You don't know wha
it IL to be cursed and blessed by ,
talent for invention. Do 20,
think it is the money that attracts
me? Not a bit. The problem hal
taken possession Of me and can
shake it off. 1t haunts me whe,
] SO to bed. 1t prevents me from
listening to the sermon at church
IN stick to you till you solve me,
is what it says"
Il should advise you to seek
doctor"
"Oh, hang the doctor! He'd tel
me to let it alone, and that's jus
what | can't do.'-Nep York Her
aid.
Our manners show what We are
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

Tommr-'Say, paw, Was there
= best man at your weddlngi" II
should remark. There she sits
now
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1889-03-29

The GUARDIAN for II OOa year
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
TOUGH, TOUGH.

The following is from The Summary,
published at the Elmira. N. Y. .reformatory
and is decidedly tough on the Colonel:
LAST SUNDAYS FIAsCO.-'Tis well
through life to give to your fellOwman
credit for at least fair amount OF intelli-
gence no matter what his position in life
happens to be. Last Sunday afternoon a
gentleman named Col. K. F. Smiley. who
claimed Missouri as his home esSayed to
conduct the regular Sunday afternoon SER
vices in the Chapel. He of course, had
the usual audience of nearly a thousand
men. His harangue was dismal failure
1t fell fiat. And this is the first time in the
history of this institution that this could be
said. The history of his child life had no
bearing. His military record in the Con-
federate service and his love of the Stars
and Stripes at present were brought in
casually. His reference to the ignorance
OF the poor people of the south was well
known here. for very poor people are
usually ignorant and the ignorance of the
sOutherner is matter of statistical record.
His alleged Okes were all of the threadbare
kind. and his attempts at dialect recitation
were horrible"
We fear that if the Colonel sees the above
he will Smiley" no more.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
PRESS COMMENT.

THE PRISON MIRROR, published by the pris-
oners in the penitentiary at saltwater, is one of
the brightest and most interesting of the ex-
changes that come to this Office In the seclusion
of their cells, the thoughts of home, and school,
and early associations suggest to the prisoners
topics for interesting articles VIII ch, could they
be brought before the young, might stay many u
young fellow in his downward course. could they
be brought before the public generally, more
would be done to assist young men, away from
home. into more elevating surroundings.
Slayton Gazette.
If we have one exchange appreciate above
another it is THE PRISON MIRROR. the bright
little paper published by the inmates of the Min
Eesota prison. Weekly it contains some of the
richest gems. Its articles all Of an inspiring
and ennobling nature. rejecting the fact that
there is talent far more than ordinary within the
prison walls. 1t must be a tremendous moral
izer.-Lathrop Monitor.
THE PRISON MIRROR has been a regular
visitor at our table during vacation. 1t would be
better if men would spend more time in the estab-
lishment of other similar papers and less in the
discussion of convict labor. The thought it con-
tains is not confined merely to the bars but would
be attributable to the bar.-The Acamedian.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
GEORGE KENNAN,s WORK,

No man of the present day is doing SO
much for the cause of prison reform as
George KEENAN,. Through his series of arti-
cles on the Siberia Exile System, published
in the Century Magazine, the minds of the
better class of people have been awakened
to the atrocious practices that result from
the bad management of prisons. 1t is true
that he has only written of the prisons of
foreign country, but we have their counter
parts in our own land wherein prisoners
are treated with just as great barbarity.
To prove that as great evils exist in some
prisons of our country as in those of Russia,
we need but read a few extracts from
report made few years ago by warden
upon taking charge of the prisoners of one
of the southern states:
II found the convcts confined at fourteen diff
ferent prisons controlled by many persons or
companies, and situated at many different
places.-They 1.-THE prisons] were as filthy.
rule. as dirt could make them, and both prisons
and prisoners were infested with vermn.-Con-
victs were excessively and, in some instances
cruelty punished.-They were poorly clothed and
fed.-The sick were neglected. insomuch that no
hospital had been provided they being confined
in the cells with the well convicts.-The prisons
had no adeqate water supply. and verify believe
there were men in them who had not washed
their faces in twelve months.-I found the men
80 much intim dated that it was next to impos.
sible to get from them anything touching their
treatment.-Our system is q better training school
for criminals than of the dens of iniquity
exist in our large G ties.-To say that there are
any reformatory measures used at our prisons,
or that any regard is had to kindred subjects
is to state falsehood. The system is a disgrace
to the state reproach to the civilization and
Christian sentiment of the age. and ought to be
speedily abandoned"
Practically the same state of things exists
in many of the southern states to- day. Mr.
KEENAN, saw nothing worse in the prisons
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
TO THE PUBLIC.

lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published in its columns is contributed by the
inmates, except that properly credited. Its sup
port must come from the outside as every inmate
is given paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest of the prison library and after paying
for the printing outfit, contributed $3.50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects are to en-
courage individual intellectual effort, provide a
healthy journal for the inmates of this and other
prisons, and. above all. to acquaint the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
ABUSING PRIVILEGES.

One of the chief failings of human nat
ure is disposition to grasp after more
than a fair portion of what we consider
privileges. 1t is this disposition that ne
cessitates our laws. which are meant to
protect us in the exercise of our natural
rights and to prevent us from depriving
others, through selfshness. of their natural
rights. If all men were industrious and
unseltish, all would have enough and there
would be no need of laws. 1t is the abuse
of privileges that causes the innocent to
suffer for the guilty, and necessitates the
prohibition of things which would be
blessing if all men would exercise discre-
ton and moderation in their use; but
some will not. therefore, all are deprived
of privilege that the greedy may be re-
strained from doing harm by over-indul-
gence. If all men would be temperate in
the use of Intoxicating liquors, the saloon
to visit; but as it is. some men make dan
gerOus beasts of themselves by over indul-
gence. in consequence of which no self
respecting woman would dare enter a sa-
loon; and it is sought to close them up and
prohibit the drinking of liquor altogether.
Many OF the deprivations we suffer here IN
prison are caused by our own indiscreet
setiShnesS. When we have been allowed
certain privileges, some of us have abused
them by going to the extremes; then the
privilege is taken away from all-from
those who are discreet in its use as we'll as
from the indiscreet. This is supreme self
ishness. There is little doubt but that we
would be permitted to talk freely if it were
not that some of us abused the privilege in
the past by neglecting our duties to indulge
in idle gossip. We are not deprived of
the privilege of speech because it is wrong
but on account of the bad use some of us
make of it. 1t is i'm our power to better
our present condition ii we will but try.
Let every man keep a close watch upon
himself and guard every privilege with
jealous care. not only against his own self
ishnesS. but the sefishness of others. We
should, as matter of self protection, dis
countenance all those whose shortsghted
ness leads them into abusing our privileges
to crafty their personal desires.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
A Kind Word.

How it fingers in the heart, how it thrills
along the nerves. how it nestles in memory,
how it comes up again and again to remind
us Of him who uttered it; whose dear feat
ures float before us, whose gentle eye
beams on us. whose sweet voice fingers in
our ears. whose gentle tones. oh. how
vivid! comes back to us from the long gone
past. 1t costs but little to utter that kind
word, and yet it has gone on it's way Great
ing ripples of love which are moving on
ward and onward over; the ocean of eter-
nity.-T. M. Newson, in Midway News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

cept accordin~ to legal forms. They may
sometimes appear slow and inadequate. but
there is no other method in which inno-
cence is even measurably secure, or guilt
can be established with approximate GER
tainty. The victims of lynch law are prob
ably, in at least half the cases. innocent of
the crimes for which they are made to suf-
fer through lawlessness and violence. The
WinOna Republican.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

We believe that the grading system is
the only method of prison discipline bv
which every prisoner can be treated ac-
cOrdng to his deserts. 1t tends to promote
good conduct and arouse ambition in the
mind of the prisoner by setting something
before him worth striving to attain. All
the reformatories and several of the peni-
tentiarles have the system, and we have
yet to hear of an instance of it having been
abandoned after fair trial. 1t is recon-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

How are these sentences compared with
those usually imposed upon experienced
men who steal their thousands? Seven
boys ranging in age from IL to II years
were recently arrested at Macon. Mo-, and
plead guilty to number of small larcenies
and burglaries. The oldest boy was given
ten years on each of four indictments.
making altogether forty years. sentences;
one thirteen -year-Old received two years on
the same charges. and another was given
ten years on one charge. The other four
will be worked off this week.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
Brain Gymnastics.
Puck.

A whisky de'il-the imp of the bottle.
Govt is the great promoter of foot bawl.
A miser is known by the money he keeps.
The prison garb is designed to put a
check on a criminal.
The toper's motto is Live for to-day"
but he employs two DIS.
A bird couldn't serve on the Cronin jury
because it has 'piniOns.
The last sad right was administered to
the man killed in prize fight.
Il need thee every hour. "'is what the
clock said to it's striking apparatus.
A man discovers that gas isn't equal to
coal when he tries it on coal dealer to
secure credit.
Edwin Arnold is unpopular with the
Chinese of New York. because he made
Light of Asia.
An Indiana man read newspaper head
line, THE Situation at Washington" and
he telegraphed to Harrison for it at once.
Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

The Minneapolis Tines is the latest
addition to our long list of exchanges. 1t
is bright morning-glory and all it need do
to continue peer of the older dailies is to
keep up with itself. The copy of the
Times received here will probably have
more appreciative readers than any other
copy sent out
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

There is but one female in the Oregon
state prison and size is a poor half-witted
girl of seventeen and nearly blind. Her
crime is larceny and her pal. says the Ore
gOn Statesman. ''who is dirty, thieving
pup, is the man to whom the frail thing
owes her consignment to felon's cell.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

The happiness of old age is the harvest
of well spent life How the old mans
heart must jump with gladness whenever
he looks back over the ups and downs of a
long lifetime and sees that he has been just
and mercful with his fellow travellers on
the journey of life.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

1t has been our observation that those
persons possessing the fewest virtues of
their own are. as rule. the lOudest in con-
demning those whose sins have found them
ont
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

The first offender sentenced to the new
state reformatory. made his escape from
Jail and eloped with the deputy sheriff's
wife. gun and money. The wife has been
recovered
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

OF Siberia. In all that Mr.. KEENAN, has
written of his Investigations of the Siberian
prisons there is strong plea against the
inhuman treatment OF prisoners regardless
of country or previous condition.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

mended by many of the chief promoters of
prison reform. and it will not be many
years before it will be the system of disci-
pline in every well conducted prison in the
country.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

All persons, male or female, over 10
years of age, who favor the adjustment of
the death penalty. and the adoption of more
humane and rational methods of treatment
of all classes of animals. will please send
their full names and addresses to the under
signed Immediately. and also request others
to do likewise.
THOMAS w. ORGAN,
247 West 125th Street,
New York City.
Secretary of The Humane Association of
America.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10
THE LATEST.

The health resort is now no good
Your system to repair,
Unless the region overflows
With "antiseptic air."
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-10-10

A man without fixed purpose. in life
becomes an easy prey to the temptations
that lead to crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-04

wore dress of white faille and long tulle
veil. and carried a bouquet OF Puritan roses.
After their Wedding journey Mr.. and Mrs.
Winchen will spend the winter In this city.
Miss Condit Smith gave luncheon of four.
teen covers yesterday.
Mrs. Senator Stanford, with Bishop and Mrs.
John P. Newman, who are her guests, held a
reception yesterday, to which all the congre-
Cation of the bishops late church we're invited.
Mrs. Stanford will entertain party at dinner
this evening. Mrs. Stanford will not hold
Thursday receptions this month, but will give
series Of dinner parties.
Mr.. Senator Sherman's sister from Lancas-
ter, Ohio, assisted her and Miss Mary Sherman
in their reception yesterday.
Mrs. Jules Guthridge will be at home to call
ers on Fridays in January after to-day.
Miss Louise Kaufman gave german last
evening in honor of her guest, Miss Louise
Gray, of Columbus.
Miss Sallie Skinner is the guest Of Miss
McCauley, 220 street, Capitol Hill.
Mrs. G. ii. Arkeny. of Lafayette, Ind, is
visiting the wife of Third Auditor Williams, at
No. Is Lafayette square.
Mrs. Edward Graves, of E street. gave an en-
joyable ehildren's party New Year eve, in
honor of the little cousins of Master Warlton
and Huntley Graves. the Misses Maud and
Avis Sheppard, of Baltimore.
The Monday german club will be entertained
at the residence of Miss Cracraft, zoos street,
on the 14th inst The german will be led by
MIR. Harry Wyeth and Miss Cracraft.
Mr.. B. H. Warner contemplates giving at his
handsome residence on Massachusetts, avenue
at an early day an entertainment to the leading
business men Of Washington and the members
of the District committees. This will be fol-
lowed by an entertainment of the younger
business men of the city.
The K. NJ. d. club gave an enjoyable socia-
BILE last evening at the residence of Mr. James
Small, Gil / street.