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Richland beacon., 1889-11-30
CA'TAHOCLA.

III thlVbLA.
Trinity Herald: The steamer Prince
running in connection with the n. r.
r. & L. railroad in the Black river
trade, is doing good business for the
above road shipping the past week
some 600 bales Of cotton and 20OO
sacks Of seed.
r. f. II. Smith, of Natchez, will
locate in CataEoula, and engage in
mercantile pursuits.
CoNcoRDu.
The erection of the new Methodist
church at Vidaha is progressing, and
the structure promises to be quite at
tractive in appearance
The Concordia Sentinel states that
40 miles of the New Orleans, Natchez
and Fort Scott railroad have been
located, and the construction is being
rapidly pushad:. A number of cars,
etc, have been purchased, and will
arrive at an early date.
CLAIBORNE.
The Louisiana Journal states that
the Homer National Bank is a cer-
tainty; $4,000 has been subscribed
by home citizens, and the enterprise
deserves to prove a booming success
Prof. S. D. Spann has been engaged
as teacher at the Claiborne college
He is considered quite an scquisition
to the faculty.
CALCAsIEU.
The Lake Charles artesian well ha!
reached depth of 673 feet.
The First National Bank of Lake
Charles, commenced business las
Thursday,
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30
State GIeanirgS.
ACii "A.
Cui.ed from the Id. Review

ACADIA.
The Eeyne public school has sixty
pupils. Handsome new furniture has
recently been received. and the school
located in new quar-
ter-.
Tie SeutinI awards he blue rib
bon 70 Mr. Sam c>,emcnt FOR a yield
eff 2i7 gallons Of good sy-sR from one
third Of an acre Of sugar cane. ~
ACCESSION.
There are only six prisoners IN The
Donaldsonv:lle jail---iye colored and
one white
Judge St. N. Beirauit of New Or
leans, attended district court in
DonaldsonyiIle last week.
AvoYELIEs
c. G. .Wier has opened school in
Evergreen.
Miss Annie Kemper, handsom.
young lady Of Evergreen, was mar
ried TO Mr.. VIII Perkins. Of Texas,
on the 18th.
II. y. Tanner, Of the Runkio BLADE
has been elected q delegate to the
fH
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30

I,"'".r "at'nns mus reach tbs oflcs ~
Tore thursday mornings. Ifih"y arntsr
H'-' i'sne after ,liry are received. anI
'risTmen's mus, be handed in before
az neon.
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30

l"'s need not offer us anything less than
owe rates,
y must accompany every order ,n,e.s
'r','srr or agent IS known TO the rro-
: 'e responsible party.
- -.sds. SO 90 per a4num:
+ n,saS. 3 r>--yauce.
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30

CONTINUED on FOURTH PACE
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30

The line Of levee at Lake Propi-
dcnce IS to be raised four feet above
high water mark.
The present assessment Of East
Carroll shows an increase of $2l $50
over 1855.
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30

The Lincoln Parish Agricultural
Club met on November Cd. Judge
Z. NJ. Graham, s. j. Gullatt and N.
Grant, were appointed delegates to
the Agricultural convention that will
be held in Acadia in January.
Richland beacon., 1889-11-30
FRANKLIN.

p. c. Kenton's residence in ward
was destroyed by fire recently.
The races in Winnsboro attracted a
large attendance last Saturday. ".
L. Bobinson's White Stocking was
the winning horse.
Miss Lydia Ogden, one Of the belle:
of Franklin, was married to S. H
Bundick, Of Tensas, on November 10
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
nd. and ms they we've talking q fox jumped

road, and as they we've talking q fox jumped
out of tho hay at the rear end, landed in the
road, and trotted leisurely away to cover.
"Wcll, III be jiggered!" said the teamstcr,
and told his friend about the way the hunters
had lost the trail a milo back. They both
concluded that the only explanation of it was
that the fox had jumped into the road just
behind the load of hay as it was passing. and,
being n cunning old customer, had jumped on
the hay and burrowcd into it out of sight be-
forc the dogs came up in full cry He had
doubtless enjoyed tho discontinue of both
hounds and hunters. as it was revealed to him
by the short parley with the teamster, and
when the wagon stopped n milo away from
the last trail he had thought that u good OPP
%portunity to leave his hiding place and had
done so.
AT Fairvilloa party of hunters, with q large
pack of hounds, We're led a long and circuit
GUS chase by Il fox, aid at last tho trail took
them to Farmer Edward Haller's garden.
There the scent was lost and could not he re-
covered. The chase was abandoned. An
aour later Mr.. Halter was looking out of a
back window and was surprised to sGe the
fox jump out of u big Dutch oven in the gar
den. the door of which is four feet from the
| ground, and hurry away to his native hills.
During another chas. i'll Lands valley the
fox led tho hunters and dogs a long chase
over a hard country and then struck for tie
Lititz pike, above Netfsville. The trail fol.
lowed tho pike a long distance md then took
to the fields again. The chase lasted until
late in tho afternoon. when the fox threw the
nunters of the scent. Toward night tho foxis
hiding place was discovered by accident. 1t
nad entered Il farm yard near kisscl hill and
taken refuge in the kernel of ono of the very
hounds that were i'll the chase. Lancaster
I'aJ DiSpatch.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
pOCkctlcSs Woman.

Why don't women havc pockets? They
carry their purses III their hands and their
handacrchicfs ill their bodiccs, and they carry
II little bag about as big as Il pint cup on
their arms, the exact use of which has never
been defined. There is u liberal wholesale.
ness about the way Il man provides in tho
construction of his drcS. for his OWL wants
that is actually refreshing in comparison
with tho way women Inconvenience them
selves. a man has plenty Of pockets. He
can carry keys. y woman is always wonder
ins where she left or hid hers. When the cxi-
Scncics of the weather cause him to nave re-
course to his wipe" he puts his hand into
his breast pocket md lauls out u liberal
square of cambria. a woman under like cir
cumstanccs just shifts and continues TO sniir.
When Il man sits down i'll n street car he
waits till the gcnieof tho bell punch und regis
ster stand in front of him, then he puts his
thum and forclinger in u tiny pocket i'll his
ovcrcoat and hauls out his ticket. The wo-
man begins TO get her change ready when the
conductor is at tho other end of the car. She
pulls her bag off her arm, draws it open,
takes out her purse, pulls off her silk mittcn,
opens her purse, unclasps an inner compart-
mcnt, takes n out nickel, puts it between her
observation-disclosures the compartment, shuts
the purse, opens her bag, and puts away tho
purse, and pulls on tho mittcn again. And
this is n fair sample of tho way women ham
per themselves i'll all the little thinss-and life
- mado up of them-and then complain of
tho disadvantages of sex. There is nothing
on earth to prevent any individual woman
from enjoying imumerable pockets, loose
sleeves, bifurcated undcrskirts, short hair,
etc., IL all tho other modern feminine i'm
otc., and all tho other feminine Improvements
Chicago Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
oIury, Queen Of Scots.

That Mary Wore false hair, and Of many
different %colors, there is every reason to be-
lievc. Elizabeth is known to have had Il col
lection of eighty wigs, and her dear cousin,
with tho unusual advantages of SO many
seasons i'll Paris, is not likely to havo been far
behind her. Among tho statements of tho
accounts of her personal expenditure arc
numerous items of perruques dc chcvcux, and
Sir Francis knollis, writing to Brrieiyh OF
the ever faithful "MiStivss Mary Seton, tho
finest hl,sArl, that is to say tho finest dresser
Vt u woman's head of hair that is to be seen
i'll any country" says: And among tho
pretty devices she did set such u curlcd hair
upon the queen, that was said to be pcrcwykc
that showed very delicately. And every
other day she hath n now device of hair
dressing, without any cost, and yet setting
forth IL woman gayle we'll" This variety
and eccentricity of couture naturally adds
to the confusion, and makes greater the diff
Guilty in identifying positively any of tho por-
traits or descriptions of her. Historians say
that her mother was tall and beautiful, that
her father was dignitied, having u fair COM
plcxion and light hair; and other and con-
temporancous historians say that she i'll
lcritcd most OF tho characteristics of her
parents, being about the ordinary size, with
fair complexion aud Grecian features, and IL
nose somewhat longer than q painter would
caro- to perpetuatc: = " d her faco was
oval, her forehead high and fme."-Laurence
Hutton i'll Century.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Dried Fruits.

The industry of drying and "cvaporating"
fruit in these days is of infinitely greater
magnitude than it was in tho days when gu.
mothers used to pare, quarter and core ana
string up apples by passing q cotton co.e
through the pieces with u darning needle and
hang tho festoons about the kitchen or around
tho stove pipe in all upper room. o, when in
summer raspbcrrics and currants were ev
posed to tho sun in plates and the drying pro.
cess finished on papers or clean boards. On.
of the greatest centcrs Of tho dried fruit l..
dustry today is Rochester, N. Y. Within a
radius of forty miles from tho city arc over
l,50O evaporators in operation with capa.
cities varying from twenty-five bushels It"
1000 bushels per day. During the fall ami
carly winter about 30, 900 people arc cmploycd
in these establishments, earning from S. to
$l2 q week. The product during 1887 was
about so, 000, 900 pounds of dried apples alone,
requiring 100000 bushels Of apples, and the
drying process took 5000 tons of coal. Each
100 pounds Of apples yields about twelve
pounds Of dried fruit. Tho parings and cores
are used as the basis of apple j%ellies. so that
no fruit is wasted. Great quantities of dried
apples are shipped to Europe every year
Good Housekeeping.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
And They All Laughed.

a very ludicrous incident occurred on an
Olive street car the other day a few ladies'
and gentlemen were sitting in the coach. and
among tho latter was one of very handsome
appearance, but of nearly 800 pounds avoir-
dupois Lilo was chewing tobacco, but was
too much of n gentleman to show it by
squirting tho juice oil over the loor of the
car. 1t soon! became evident. however, that
no must expectorate. The longer he put it off
tho greater the supply he accumulated. AT
last, turning round, lie saw the window open;
that is, he thought so. He let fly Imagine
his surprise when he heard Il swish and saw
about one foot square on the window GOV
cred with a mahogany mixture of saliva and
tobacco juice. He had been deceived. The
window was not open. The other passengers
soon took in tho situation and all laughed
heartily. tho victim himself joining
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Waxed Papcr Bags.

A new article called "the Sparks waxcd
paper bag" is now being extensively intro
duced, and is noticeable for its novel quail
ties. The exterior is like any. paper bag, but
the interior surface is lined with thin film
Of fine paraiiinc wax, which renders the bag
substantially air tight and water proof. The
cost is but n trifie more than the common
paper bag.
Tobacco, snuff, cigars, etc., put up in these
bags are preserved in perfect condition, dry.
ing and loss of aroma being prevented. In
like manner confectionery, fruit and other
catables are kept intact, wholesome and
fresh. AS these bags may be made trans.
lucent they render the package attractive,
and this adds n desirable selling quality, in.
dependent of other merits. Druggists usv
them for cnveloping all kinds of prepare
lions. grocers find them very desirable in
preserving in fresh condition coffee, tea, dried
beef, hams, cheese, sugar and other foods.
The difference between two packages of
coffee, one put up in the ordinary paper bag
md tho other i'll Il Sparks waxcd paper bag.
is very striking. a pound of coffee in ordi-
nary paper, when brought into q room or
cur, is scented by everybody at once; but if
he waxed paper bag is used the contents can.
..ot be detected. there is no escape of aroma,
The preservation is complete. These waxcd
paper bags are also found to be ii superior
value for wheat, nCui, nuckwllcut. oatmeal.
Indian meal, etc. The contents arc kept
fresh, and access of moisture or other con.
talni:ution is prevented. For packing &c,
ment, fertilizers, ETC.. the bags are also
useful.
Furs stored i'll these bags with the smallest
quantity of camphor or other insccticidc are
rendered moth proof. Valuable clothing
may, in like manner, be conveniently pre-
served. Scientific American.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
How to Preserve carnets.

y carpet that has been cared for properly,
although only of an ordinary kind, will out
last ono of u superior grade that has been
neglected. Therefore it is very important
that the carpet be carefully treated. The
sweeping OF u carpet requires, to DO sure,
some strength, but generally housewives give
too much strength to this work, more thar Is
ever needed. 1t is very foolish to dig with
tho broom SO hard Lat it seems as though
you were trying to get at the floor beneath,
yet that is the way many women sweep, some
oI them even working the carpet from tho
sides of the room in spots. As the dust on u
carpet is always on the surface, n light, swift
stroke Of tho broom is all that is needed to
dislodgo it, for whatever dust has worked
through tho carpetno broom can remove, but
it must await tho taking up Of the carpet.
Before beginning to sweep, with q small corn
broom brush out thoroughly the sides and
corners OF tho room, and if there is u stove i'll
tho room, brush under the oilcloth OF zinc.
Dampened corn meal is excellent for bright
ening tho colors and laying the dust, taking
care that tho coarsest meal is used for this
purpose, and not the %granulated, us tho latter
ought never to be used. When spreading tho
meal do not allow any to fall at tho sides Of
carpet near tho wall or in tho corners, for it
is :ilncst impossible to removeit wholly from
these places, and moths revel in it. Some
women Use lampened tea caves with good
results when sweeping, but we never had
much success with them, and prefer tho corn
meal. Salt Is a wonderful Lrightencr of
c%olors, but is not u success in keeping down
the dust. Snow is one Of the best things wo
know for laying the dust, but it is not adj
visablo to use it i'll u very warm room, for if
it is allowed to melt ere sweeping off it is opt
to leave a tiny poe! OF water, which, doing
no harm Of itself, might, when mixed with
tho Hust, leave u muddy spot on tho carpet
with would be difficult to remove.-Boston
RuLpnt.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

has liked potatoes and gravy ever since she
was six months old: is so fond of cake and
preserves, and of nearly every sort Of vegc-
table. did protest when her father began
feeding her pickles and cucumbcrs and cab
bage with vinegar on them, but she seemed
to like them and l can't see that it does her
n bit of harm. Don't you think it "a good
plan to accustom babies to eat everything?
Then their digcstions will get used to all
sorts of food"
The baby was oven then of n pasty COM
plcxion, but had plenty of flesh, though it
WAS ilabby II lacked the firmncss the flesh
of Il healthy child should have. by the time
this little one WAS sixteen she was n COLI
tirmcd dyspeptic, with Il skin the color of
dirty dough, dccayed teeth and intolcrable
breath, and the parents, who lanlcntcd their
daughters i'll health, utterly failed to con-
meet cause and effect, saying: She used to
be such n healthy baby; she could eat any
thing"
.Arcgular, simple diet is of paramount i'm
portancc i'll keeping II child we'll. Next after
that comes regular outdoor exercise and
early hours. No wonder babies arc cross
and frctful when they are kept up nights till
10 or II o'clock, and abnormally excited by
lights and unusual surroundings. Let them
have their frolics in the daytime, but put
them to bed in the twilight hour.
No pains should be spared to detcct the first
appearance of indisposition; tho work of
checking IN incipient disease is simpler than
that of arrcsting it after it is under way.
Often everything depends on controlling a
disease i'll its earliest stages. The baby has
little reserve power, and, though the rccu-
pcrativo ability of children has become a
byword, it is unsafe to tax it too severely.
Thcseare very sensible ideas, and mothers
and babies will DO tho better for putting
them into practice. Michigan Farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13

The fourth annual report Of tho Mission Of
Our Lady of the Rosary for the Protection
of Immigrants, with which the third is com.
bincd, has been Issued. 1t shows that from
juno l, lss5, to Dec. ii, 1851, 9,01s girls re
ccivcd hospitality ut the home. Besides pro.
viding for them the mission paid SSS4.42 for
board and lodging. The total expenditures
from Oct. !. lssi, to Jan. l., lSSS, were 49,.
91l.05. being S::s1G.225 less than the total re-
ccipts for the same same period. During the
last year i,499 immigrants were registered Mt
the home. For that year the receipts were
Sl5,GS1.li. There is Il net balance on hand
Of $l,9&3.l0. Contained i'll the report are
tributes to the memory of the late Father
Riordal, the founder of tho mission, and an
appeal by tho Right Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly to
the women of America to aid the mission.-
Nu... Nuri: TiraaS
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
= That Are Surc.

II see your fanily's home again. said one
ncishbor To another, It's the two met ycster.
day morning. The family had rcturncd; but
how did ho know it! lie had not seen them.
True, but he had seen the unmistakablc signs,
The curtains nj tho front windows, which, had
been drawn closely for weeks, were up. In
the frost uponthc pane was IL figure that only
tiny baby fingers could draw. Beneath the
fringe of frost r%cclinsl 4 touzle headed doll.
and a picture booi; rested against the sash.
In the larlor below VAST vase of fresh flowers,
aud tho curtains alrcascd to hang more
gracefully. The front steps were secured and
the sidewalk was clean. Yes. the family was
home again, and no one was more happy
over it than the man whohad for weeks gone
around with safety pins whore buttons ought
to BE-. unblacked shoes, and the generally
dilapidatcd appearance of an unhappy
bachelor. Chicago Herald,
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Even with tho Duchess.

An old duchess on one occasion requested
DR.. Abernethy to paya professional visit ut
her house. The doctor went as requested,
and was introduced into tho drawing room,
where tho duchess, with tears in her eyes,
showed him an ugly little monkey, apparently
in great agony, lying on elegant cushions and
almost buried in lovely laccs. Tho doctor
felt thoroughly disguised at being called
upon TO act as n monkeys doctor. He felt
tho monkeys pulse in silence, examined it
with attention, and soon recognized tho ma
ture of its illness: then, perceiving tho lady's
grandson in the corner Of the drawing room,
rolling about on tho carpet, he advanced to.
ward tho child, examined him also, felt his
pulse, and returning to the Ouch 5, said to
her in q grave amer: Madam, your two
sons are suffering from indigestion. By
drinking tea and living on plain diet they
will son recover" And, bowling profoundly
tot tho duchess, the doctor retired. avenged
Chicago Journal
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13


One Of the Cornell university professors is
assisted in his scientific Investigations by his
wife, who is Skilled i'll entomology. They
work in IL small annex called tho bug house.
The special objects of their study are the in
@cts and other pests that intcst garden vcgc-
tables. Their object is to discover some
means uf their determination. Another
graduate Of the college, Mrs. Gage, writes
for the Iicroscopical society and does all the
microscope" work in the anatomical depart
mcnt. This j., IL substantial aid to her hus
band, VITO is the professor of that branch.
Stlll another woman las made all tho draw.
inGs and TRANSACTIONS for her husband, who is
preparing Il dictionary of technical medical
terms, with Il short treatise on each term,
aboundins in Illustrations. Boston Tran
script.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
4 Matter of business.

never believed that story nbout the little
boy who asked his mother to give him n dose
of castoroil when he did not need it merely be
cause she was i'll the habit of giving him five
cents every time lie took a dose. and he
wanted five centsto buy gum. But yesterday
a little boy who usually gets Il nickel when
ever he has to undergo the painful operation
of having n splinter extracted. camc running
to his sister with several slivcrs. After she
had pulled them out and administered a few
kisses to assuase the pain, the little fellow
spoke up and asked: Were these five ccntersl"
"No," said tho sister, ''they were only two
for five cents" well, il they amt worth
more'n that | shan't get any more in" was
tho philosophical reply.-San Francisco Re.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Changes in Stoves.

An Improbable condition of the stove man
ufacturing business is induced by the prac-
ticc Of adding to tho size or capacity of a
stove, to its beauties, its embellishments, or
to its convcnienccs, without also making a
corresponding increase in the prices. One
firm will try to make its standard goods
more desirable by charging the oven an inch,
another will add u foot rail, another an extra
nickel plate attraction or more costly urn.
another shelves or kettle racks. u nickel
poker or litter, and so Oh. Each, of course,
odds something to the cost. This has become
SO prevalent that in the past few years
stoves, instead of being articles of mere use
and convenience, plsinly and chcaply made,
have become objects If art, extensively pro-
duced, while the prices, relative to tho former
cost of materials, labor and contingent ex-
pepses, have practically remained without
my adequate increase. Interview in St
louis Globe-Denocrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
CUNNING REWARD.
Here Arc Three Queer Stories from the
Hills of Lancaster County.

Here Arc Three Queer Stories from the
Hills of Lancaster County.
Three funny fox chascs are reported from
different localities in this county. At Lands
valley q fox had been started and t~hirty-fve
hounds and q half dozen cross county riders
were in lively pursuit. The trail led among
the fields and over the hills for several miles,
and then took the hounds to the turnpike.
There, in the middle of tho pike, the scent
was lost. The dogs Unanswered and heat
about here, there II everywhere. but the
trail c,uld not be found. \. teamster on his
way to town with q load of hay had passed
tho spot where the trail was lost in the pike
only a minute before tho hounds burst on the
road in full cry. The teamster stopped on
seeing the pack and the riders following
them, to watch the result of the vancouver
ing.
(Which way did he goT' shouted ono Of
the hunters.
"Dunno!" tho teamster shouted back.
Didn't SEQ him"
After watching thedos and the hunters for
a few minutes the teamster went on. The
hunters unanimously declared that there had
never before been such an inexplicable loss Of
a fox's trail, and had to give up the chase
After going a mile or so. as he tells the story.
the teamster with the hay stopped his horses
to talk with an acquaintance no met on the
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
Something To Say.

Only children feel privileged to indulge i'll
absolute frankness of act and speech. Cant
YOU speak to Mr.. WEitet" asked a mother. of
her little girl, who had stcadfastly refused to
mako the acquaintance of a disagrccable Wis.
itor. The child shook her head.
oh, do come and tell me what you had
for Christmas" said Mr.. White, persuasiyely;
but little Mary made no reply.
~ nave a little girl at homc," went OH the
visitor. ''1f you will tell me something about
your dollics, l can tell her when l go home.
and she will be so plcased!''
Mary remained mute. and after a few more
vain attempts tho visitor turned his atten-
ton to other members of the family. Pres.
emily he rose, saying. We'll, think it is
time for mo to say good night"
Good night" came from Mary's corner,
whcro she had been sitting in digniiied silence.
Good night good night"
Tho absolute relief i'll her explosive tones
was only too evident to all.-Youth's Com
panion.