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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18

one or two others, tho young man
started for his home in Baltimore, and
thence to Washington to see the presi-
dent. Young, inexperienced and ignor-
ant of the ways of the world and OF
political life. he soon found his way to
the president, presented his letter and
made known his business.
The president received him kindly.
read the letter, said he would be pleased
to see the appointment made, but added
that it was a matter entirely out Of his
hands and rested with Mr.. Meredith,
secretary of the treasury. ''If you see
MIR. Meredith and tell him what have
said, have no doubt he would make the
appointment"
"Won't you, then, Mr.. President, give
me a note to the secretary, saying in it
just what you have said to me?" was
asked.
"Oh, no." replied the president, THAT
would be virtually requesting him to
make the appointment
"How will he know, then, that l have
seen you, or speak the truth?'
''rhat is So" replied the general, II
will indorse the letter, which you can
show him and state the facts. He will
then know that you have had favor
able interview with me, without hav-
ing violated my promise not to inter
fere with the appointment"
Starting for the office of the secretary
late in the day, it was found that he had
gone to dinner. Waiting a reasonable
time until the evening was somewhat
advanced, he was visited at his house, Il
card sent in, and the applicant ushered
into the library, where almost buried
in books, papers and other documents
sat the formidable figure of Mr.. Mere
dith. Without giving time for an ex-
pianation of the mission or presenta-
ton of the letters, he rolled up his big
eyes, larger then perhaps than usual,
and with another deliberate roll passed
huge quid Of tobacco from one cheek
to the other. as he exclaimed: young
man. my office and not my residence is
the proper place to see me on business
He felt, and by his manner conveyed
his feeling, that the visit was an in
trusion. Arising from the seat that
had been proffered, an ample apology
was offered, and movement made to
withdraw.
stop said he in tone of voice
quite in contrast with his first greeting,
! '.you have interrupted me in my work,
but state your case, and let me know
your wishes"
The result was that more than two
hours were spent with Mr.. Meredith,
the gentle and kindly side of his nature
was reached, and before a separation
took place a promise was given that
the appointment should be made.-l'os'
| ton Herald.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Miss Gray-'.There's one thing
that's particularly pleasant in grave
ward. You know just how old the peo-
pie are."-Ram's Horn.
DO you love me, darling?' ''Yes,
dearest ..How much do you love
meP" ..Whv-er-how much did you
say you were worth?"-Light.
-s'Where are you going. my pretty
maid?" TO salt the cattle, sir" she
said May go with You. my pretty
maid?'' You might absorb it, sir,
she said.-N. Y. Herald.
Mr.. Brezey-''Just on your account,
madam, I've been hiding my light un-
der bushe1 for years." Mrs Breezy
80. dear! Extravagant as ever! why
didn't you buy pint cup?''-N. Y. Her
aid.
What became Of that Samuels girl
that Potterby was flirting with last
summer?" You mean the girl that
Potterbv thought he was flirting with.
She married him."-IndianapolisJ Jour
| nal
Wife lat breakfast)-'.Myd dear, will
you have some more of the stewed pota-
toes? I cooked them myself" Hus-
band-"No; I've had enough" Wife
What is the best way to keep pota-
| toes, Iohn?" usband-Stew 'em. -
! n. Y. Ledger.
Before a girl becomes a wife she
cannot help planning sometimes how
She NAV spend her allowance from her
| husband to the best advantage; after
| ward she often spends a good deal of
| her time planning how she may get the
allowance.-Somervi Journal.
Old Customer-''I declare it is a
shame. I have been sitting here a full
] quarter of an hour and l can't get you
to bring me anything to eat" But,
| Mr.. Huber, an old customer ought to be
more considerate and understand that
1 have to serve the new people first.
-Fliegcnde Blatter:
Waiter docking in on a noisy card
party in hotel bed-room}-'I've been
sent to ask you TO make less noise, gem
tlemen. The gentleman in the next
room says he can't read" Host of the
Party-'Tell MIN he ought to be
ashamed of himself. Why, could read
when | was FIVE years old. Pick Me
Up.
The Object of His Search. ch.-Dejected
T,amp-ssYes'm. I've had sad history
I've travelled this country for years and
wears, homeless and hopeless, in search
of something I fear it would break my
heart to find Kind-hearted Lady
And what is that, my poor man?" De-
| iected Tramp-..Work, ma'am. Chi
cago Times
| The New Science.-Mrs. Sweetfy-
81 have been reading an article that
saws they can tell character by the
teeth" Mr.. Sweetly-"Ah, well, that
accounts for it." Mrs. Sweetly-"Ac-
counts for what?" Mr.. Swectly-''Why,
this morning a tramp came up to the
house. saw yours lying on the window
sill, and then turned and ran. boston
Courier.
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have left you everything had, though,

have left you every thing had, though,
my dears, that is but little. For years
1 have been an invalid. There are
some railroad shares which are worth
nothing now, but in time they may be.
The greatest treasure I leave you ie
my faithful Dolly. Be good to her and
take care of her as she has taken care
of me in my old age"
The next day Aunt Clara quietly
passed away. Molie and 1 had seen
her but two or three times. We grieved
over her death, but our grief was
nothing in comparison with the grief
of poor, heartbroken Aunt Dolly. !
shall never forget how poor Dolly sunk
on her knees at the bedside: ''Mars'
Jesus. is you got my missus? I know
you is, for dar ain no mo- like her.
Ism you gwine TAX black Dolly long,
| too? Won she need me ober dar?
Please, Jesus, take Dolly 'long?"
She was inconso1ab1e. The second
day after aunt's death we laid her at
rest in the cemetery at Nashville. Her
will, as she said, put MS in possession
of her all, which consisted of the furni-
ture in the cottage, the worthless rail-
road bonds, $134 in money and poor old
Aunt Dolly. Dolly didn't want to leave
Nashville, but we thought it best to
| take her away for time. So we per-
suaded her to pack what she would need
| in trunk of her old mistress, and told
her she could come back in the fall II
she wished. So we went back to our
home in Sheldon and left the cottasa
locked up. l resumed my school and
! Mollie her studies. I had taken most Of
the 1884 aunt left to pay the funeral ex-
penses and get us back to Sheldon.
Aunt Dolly assumed care of the house
and the first thing knew shs. was hob
bling down to the Sheldon depot two or
three times day with a huge baske:
of sandwiches, cake, pies and coffee.
She never asked me for any money, and
thought she must make enough to buy
the material, but when at the end of the
month I went to the grocer ard butcher
to pay our bill he said: You don't owe
anything. Aunt Dolly has paid it all
| / was surprised. for we had lived bet
ter than ever before. Dolly was a
splendid cook. She was always talk
| ing of old missis. I often saw her stop
| cooking, go to her trunk, take out q
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoHAL.'

A-aentist at Eaton, No. pulled .
tooth the other day for man Ninety
years old, who had never before had =
pair of forceps In his mouth.
The sultan is said to be studying
German with avidity-something new
for the Grand Turk. He says that when
Emperor wilhelm visits the Bosphorus
again he will be able to welcome him
in the German language.
The new archbishop of York 10 an
amateur photographer. The bishop OF
Ripon is devoted to football. Bishop
Eliicott is renowned for good skating.
The bishop Of Chester. as Is sveH
known, has expressed desire to keep
a public house. The old, statd notions
of ecclesiastical dignity nre evidently
decaying.-
Howell county, Mo-. had until few
days ago, when death took him. an
eccentric genius named Henry Crone.
He owned two fine farms, never di-
vulped his secrets to living soul,
allowed no one to make his clothes. do
his washing or make up his bed. If he
had any relatives he never. spoke OF
them.
Edmund Clarence Stedsnan makes
his summer home in a quaint stone
house on New Castle Island, in Plscar
taou Bay. From the windosws of this
island villa there is an unsurpassed
view of the ocean, and the irregular
walls of the structure ars1own
with Virginia crecpers and japanese
ivv. The house is furnished in the old
colonial style.
Mr.. Window. like Gen. Grant and
Secretary Manning. was great smoker
of cigars, and his excessive use OF to-
bacco is supposed to have aggravated
his heart trouble. He was disineiined
to take any physical exercise, and dis
liked walking. Even in going the short
distance from the treasury building 10
the white house he used to take car
riage.
Miss Laura Burns, Of Martinsville,
Ind, is probably the only woman IN the
United States whose natural hair has
attained a length of seven feet. 1t is
very heavy. and is of light brown
color. The lady is well known and the
truth of the statement is attested to by
many of her friends. Miss Burns is five
feet and three inches high, and when
standing erect her hair reaches to the
floor and forms trail almost two feet
in length.
The Prince of Montenegro is the
nearest thing in Europe to Fergus Mac
Ivor Nich Ian Voir. He is rather the
chief of n tribe of rude mountaineers,
each having strong sense of personal
Independence, than sovereign. His
income is small and his wants are few.
His palace rescmbled a barn when he
| was first called to the chleftalnshlp OF
| the Black Mountain, where he usually
dresses in the tribal kilt and other pict-
| uresque garments.
CHARLES Tebo, of Barre, VT, is
| cirhty-five years of age, and has twenty
nine children, all living. Twenty-seven
OF these are girls The youngest Is
three years old. Tebo has 800 living
! esccndants-children grandchildren
| and great-grandchildren. He worked
| employer pronounces him one of his
best men, and has engaged him for an
| other season.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18
UNDER PRESIDENT TAYLOR.
4 Rcminiscence Sf His Way of Treating
Applicants For Once.

4 Rcminiscence of His Way of Treating
Applicants For Once.
There is in the possession of a well
known clergyman of the Protestant
Episcopal church of New York an auto
graph letter of the elder James Gordon
Bennett, founder and editor of the New
York Herald bearing the Endorsement
of Con. Zachary Taylor, when president
of the United States. Neither the let
ter nor its history, which is somewhat
interesting, has ever been made public.
When Gen. Taylor was president this
clergyman, then young artist and as
sociate of the National Academy of
Design in New York, resided in Balti-
more. He had written several articles
sent anonymously to, and published in,
the Herald, which drew from Mr.. Ben
nett an invitation to visit him The re-
suit of this visit was an offer to become
identified with the paper in an honor
able and lucrative position. Having
already applied to Bishop Whittingham
to be received as candidate for orders.
and arranged to remove to the College
of st. James and prosecute his studies
under DIR. Kerfoot. president of that in
stitution, this kind offer was necessarily
declined with many thanks. Mr.. Ben
nett said: 81 would not attempt to di-
vert you from your commendabie OBJ
iect. The columns of my paper, how
ever, will be open to you for the publi-
cation of anything you may write, l re-
serving to myself the privilege of modi-
flying or rejecting what l do not ap-
prove. Anything ! can do to further
your interests will be done with pleas
ure.'
Taking advantage of this offer, the
fact was referred to that the Herald had
been mainly instrumental, as was well
known, in securing the nomination and
election of Gen. Taylor to the presi-
dency. and that a letter of introduction,
as strong as he could consistently make
it, would be a great favor, as he was
anxious to secure for his father, who
had been unfortunate in business. a
small appointment under the govern
ment.
Mr. Bennett complied with the re-
quest in the most friendly and cordial
manner. saying he would do it without
| hesitation. though he had never before
| asked favor of or written to any presi
| dent.
in the possession OF this letter, ant
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18
THE BOY WAS INNOCENT.

Hut the Milkmnn Whose Horse Went
Astray Would Like to Get Hold of Him.
There is mitl1man on the north side
who is looking for a boy with a lantern.
When he finds the right boy and the
right lantern he is going to thrash the
one and smash the other.
This milkman has trained horse.
He makes his rounds about a. m. and,
as it is dark then, he carries lantern.
When he strikes 4 block in which he
has Il number of customers he takes a
can of milk in one hand and lantern
in the other and goes from house to
house. The horse follows the lantern
as long as it is sight. The moment it
disappears in doorway or behind a
house the horse stops and waits for its
reappearance.
Very convenient and nice it is for the
mill1man, but the other morning when
he was saying pretty things to some
servaut-girl a boy emerged from an
alley near where he had disappeared.
And the boy carried 4 lantern.
AS he moved off down the street the
horse followed him. The boy noticed
it and stopped. The horse stopped
also. The boy looked at the horse
curiousiy for moment and then
started Oh nc uoTSe tlSo Sttt tS'a. L iit
boy stopped again, and this time he
seemed to catch on" SO to speak. He
put the lantern down and went on by
himself The horse didn't move. That
settled the boy. He went back, picked
up the lantern. aud went whistlina
down the street.
After the milkman had run three
blocks to ovcrtake his horse and Wagon
he came upon boy with lantern-ar
innocent boy: a boy who never though
about horse following him: boy wht
was surprised to think that horse
would be such blamed fool as to dc
such thing. The boy said SO himself
And when the mill>man had beer
| bluffed off the boy chucl<led to himsel
and allowed that he had not had st
much fun since the day he painted th'
cat blue.
The milkmau-well, the mill<man i:
apparently sorry that he didn't thrasl
the boy on general principles, because
the next morning the horse went off an'
left him again, and when he overtool
him lie saw lantern disappearing dowi
an allcy.-Chicago Tribune.
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AUNT DOLLY NET US AT THE DOOR.
pether rs mistress and slave. But very
little Dolly knew about slavery. l
guess it would have been hard to have
told which was mistress in the cottage.
Aunt taught in the public schools fol
number of years, and Dolly cooked,
took care of the cottage and sold hot
coffee, sandwiches, pies, cakes and ap-
pies at the depot. Her round. black
face had been n familiar sight there for
many years. My aunts health had been
su ch that she had ceased teaching fully
ten We ars before and Dolly had proved
the prop of her declining years. Aunt
Dolly met us at the door.
..Bress your souls. honeys! Is you de
nieces oh my ole n,issus? You ain
come none too soon. She NOSE gone
to dc Hebbenly slio'." Tears were roll
ing down Aunt Dolly's checks. She took
us directly to Aunt Clara's bedside
"Anice-Mollie," said my aunt. who
lay propped up in bed, II thank the
Lord that He has permitted me to live
to see you once more. though but TO
sas farewell. Dolly has any VIII ]
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WOFUl WAISTS.
A Violent Protest Against the Earbarous
Custom of Tight-Lacing.

custom OF btRht-LaCluS.
English and American physicians
years ago made tight Iacing unfashion-
able But the mania Tor small waists is
now so violent as to provoke the London
Times to protest against the barbarous
fashion:
"Ah. you go in for waists, l for fig
ures," said a lady of truly artistic taste
to friend who tight-laced. When will
the ladies learn that small waists have
in them no beauty! The number of de-
formed-1ooking girls and women is q
sorrowful sight for the artist or the
doctor.
The odious custom appears to be more
prevalent than ever: and what is gained
for cruel torture and the loss of health?
Certainly not beauty. Some of these
silly barbarians are young enough to be
under the authority of parents.
Surely parents who care for their
childrens lives should peremptorily for
bid tight lacing. The corset is in itself
perfectly needless article of apparel
for straight and strong girls. You
might as well brace young poplar in
q coat of mail.-N. Y. Journal.
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| it as though Aunt Clara was there in
person.
Time wore on till the 1st of October
arrived. The mortgage was forecloscd,
and the next day our home was to be
sold at auction. That night after sup
per Mollic and ! We're sitting in the
! front parlor crying when Aunt Dolly
| came in.
/ "Dar now, you chillcn, knowed suth.
| in was de matter. What is it, honeys?
Tell ole Dolly"
SO told her all about it.
-Four hundred and twenty dollars!
| OATS heap, amt 1t. honey
YES, Aunt Dolly, it's a great deal
| when we need it and have nothing"
..Hole on n minute, honey and she
| went hobbling out. Pretty soon she
| came back carrying a bundle in her
| arms. She kneeled down on the car
| pet and unro1Ied it till she came to two
of her old missis' stockings, filed with
| something and tied at the top She
! united them and emptied on the floor to
our astonished gaze Il shining heap OF
gold and silver coin,
''Twas all saved from sellin' dem
| sandwiches an cakes, an pies. an cof-
| fec, an apples fer dc pas twenty-five
! years. 'Twus all fer ole nissis when
| ebcr she need it, But she ncbcr need it
| now," and the tears started from dear
old Dolly's eyes. Now, honey, its
| yours. Is dar enough
"Oh. Dolly" we both exclaimed, Two
| can't take your money.
Hush, chillen, hush. Ism l belong
to you?"
NO, no, Aunt Dolly" and we We're
! both crying harder than before, I'VE
| belong to YOU" And somehow we got
mixed up and our arms We're around
| Aunt Dolly's neck.
! "Wcll. count dem, honey, count dem. "
| And we counted out Sl,2SO. Theirs
were coins there that had not seen the
light of day for twenty-five years. The
| next day we paid off the mortgage.
Shortly after Dolly wished to go back
and visit the cottage, and we locked
! our house and returned to Nashville.
The Sunday after we arrived there we
| three visited the cemetery. Aunt Dolly
sunk on her knees by the side of her
old missis' grave and bowed her head
on the green sod that covered it.
| "Here's Dolly. ole missis; here's Dolly
Mars Jesus, won't you take me long,
| We heard a few sobs. but did not dis
| turb her till we thought it was time to
go. put my hand on her shoulder
Aunt Dolly, dear Aunt Dolly She
! did not hear me. Jesus had taken her
along. too. We laid her at rest beside
| her mistress. At her head is marble
| slab on which is inscribed:
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18
AUNT CLARA'S DOLLY.
She Left Her as a Legacy to Her
Two Orphaned Nieces.

ISTER MO L.
LIE and I were
orp h a Is. We
lived in tn e
town of Shell
don, in middle
r en- n e S S e e.
Father died in
the spring of
1856; m 9th e r
followed him a
m o n tn later,
and then Mol :
lie and 1 were
alone in TIL e
world. Father
had been a min
ister an d Of
course di e d
poor. All of our
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18

Waiter Ito Blossom, who has just
wiped his knife and fork on naplIin)
You appear to be very particular,
sir" Blossom-"A person has to be
particular in a restaurant" Water
What shall bring you, sir?" Bloc
soIa--"A plate oi hash."-Epoch.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18

Too Enthusiastic. c.-Tom-"How do
you like my wife, Jack?" Jacll--"I
more than like her" Tom-"Whatl y
Yankee Blade,
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-04-18
Aunt bOllN.
Faithful and True.

The next year our railroad shares
brought us S6. 900. We often visit the
grave of Aunt Clara ana dear old Dolly,
and it's hard to tell o>.- which grave
the tears flow most freely.-H. E. Scott,
in Chicago News.
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lapse, the future of all industrial
classes in the United States is
gloomy indeed. Ours is a revolution
the like of which the world has never
seen; at least there is nothing
like it either in Ancient or Modern
history that | have ever seen. The
world moves; there is improvement
and progress in every line of human
thought and action, and if we, rep
resenting all the industrial classes
lag behind in the march of progress,
we are recreant to the weighty du-
ties deyolving upon us with refer
ence to future generations, as well
as to our own immediate interests.
Now, brethren, 1 am getting too
lengthy and must close. Perhaps
it would have been as we'll if l had
stopped at half the length of this
letter, but you know it is always
said that person who has not much
to tell uses a great many words to
tell it, and if what is here said should
cause a single careless brother to
take deeper interest in the adj
vancement of the cause and to work
more zealously for it, then I feel
that I have accomplished enough to
Justify the writing, that is, if the
printer can stand it. Now let me
assure you all that l will not be
coaked nor persuaded to write again
soon, but hope to meet large and
enthusiastic catering at Plain Deal
ing on End Wednesday in January.
w. X. BATEN,
President Parish Union.
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Sher6G's SAFE.

J. H. Nattin) In Justice Court, Ward 3,
VS.. BOssier Parish, La.
Dick Oneal.
DIV virtue of writ Of feri facias directed
D to me in the above named suit, have
seized and will offer for sale at public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, at the Court
House, in the town of Benton, BOssier Par
ish. La, within the legal hours of sale, on
Saturday, January 10th, 1891, the following
described property, tO-wit
All that part of the southeast quarter OF
northwest quarter of section II. township 20
North, range IL West. less 10 acres, lying east
of the ST. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad.
Also, 500 pounds seed cotton. more or less.
appraisement. -
Benton, La, January 2, 1890.
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CoTToN.-The Shreveport Times
of December 81 gives the following
cotton quotations: Ordinary and
good ordinary, nominal; low mid
ding 74c; middling, s 5-16c; good
middling, 9 7-16c. The Cotton Ex-
change quotes the market steady
Total receipts since Sept. l, 1926
bales. Total receipts same time last
year, 62, 459 bales. Total receipts
at all United ports, 4,325, 900 bales.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS PAID.-John n.
gicks. for 1891, 50; Jack Powell, to
Nor. %, 1890, 81; VIM. 7 NIB, rlake,
. MAY 4, 1889; IS; r. N. Cunyus,
u November Z, 1890, SO so; N. r.
ueDade, to January 10 1891, 80;
GA.F. Poole, TO Oct. %, 1892, 80;
Wm. Smith, (per Frank Smith, 81;
Richmond q. Smith. (per j. 81. Ca
besul TO May 26, 1891, 50; John NJ.
Brummetr, to Nov. 18th, 1891, 80;
W.K. Baten, to Jan. 81, 1891, 81;
G. B. Terry, to April IL, 1889, 50;
CT. Gordon, to Oct. 20, 1890, 81;
Wm. Rhodes, (per G. w. Edwards)
70 January %, 1890, 80; Sam Ben
nnln, to March %, 1890, 80; VIM.
Rhodes; to January %, 1889, So,
re. Stinson, to May "a, 1890, Soc;
J.C. Mendeuhall & Co, October IL,
1890, 5Oc.; John Harris, for 1890, 30;
Perry Garrison, to March II, 1891,
g. Hon. ]. G. Vance, to July 10
1890, s5 50; G. w. sentell & Co.
10 Sept, Il, 1890, 81; Kenuis Jones
to Sept. 26, 1890, 80.