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Year: 1869




is an UNIV elcome visitor, but more
especially when he stalks among
scenes where only the sound Of
music and the laugh of pleasure
should be heard. A dance was in
progress last evening at IA Au.
gusta st., place where Teutons
most do congregate to enjoy the
pleasures which a combination of
lager and music will voughsafe.
A large party was present at an
early hour and at 8 o'clock the
band struck up a lively waltz
Away went the dancers, tripping
the light fantastic toe to inspiring
music, and no one dreamed of an
ill-wind, when suddenly a woman's
shrek rose high above the sound
of the carnival. Almost simulta-
neously the body Of a man fell
heavily on the floor, forming a
barrier to the dancers, several Of
whom fell headlong over::the pros
trate form. Many thought it
was only a slip, but when the man
continued to lie motionless the
crowd gathered about him, and
an investigation disclosed the
startling fact that the person was
dead. The deceased was a young
man about 25 years Of aye. named
Albert Graft. Among his friends
the impression had prevailed for
some time past that he was afaic-
ted with heart disease, and he had
been counselled not to enter into
festivities calculated to engender
excitement. But young blood is
needless. Being fond of dancing
be entered heartily into the festiv-
tiles of the occasion. About 8
o'clock he chose a partner for a
waltz, and it was the scream fore
ed from bis companion when she
discovered the face that looked
into hers suddenly grow rigid in
death. that first attracted the at
tention of the assembIage to the
sad occurrence. DR.. Freyer was
instantly called, and pronounced
life extinct. The cause Of death
he alleged to have been heart d.
sease. The parents of the deceased
reside at 1856 Cornell street, to
which place the body was subse-
quently removed. Coroner Clea-
yer has been notified and will
hold an inquest over the remains
this morning. 1t is perhaps need
less to say that after this occur
renee the music and dance lost
their sweet favor, and among the
ladies there ensued a panic that
nothing but absence from the
scene Of death could quiet
Trombone, fiddle and horn were
quietly packed in their boxes, and
shortly the hall was given over to
the gloom which death and dark
ness usually inspire.


[Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1869

A nice way of overcoming bash
full scruples has been found in
North Carolina. At a recent
wedding a guest proposed that
one man in the. company should
be selected as president; that this
president should be duly sworn
to keep entirely secret all the
communications that should be
forwarded to him in his official
department that night that each
unmarried gentleman and lady
should write his or her name on a
piece of paper, and under it place
the name of the person they
wished to marry, then hand it to
the president for inspection, and
If any lady and gentleman had
reciprocally chosen each other,
the president was to inform each
Of the result, and those who bad
not been reciprocal in their choice
were to be kept entirely secret
After the appointment of the pres
dent, communications were &C
cordingly handed up TO the chair,
and it was found that twelve
young ladies and. gentlemen had
reriprocalIy choices, and eleven of
the twelve matches were solem-
nized. 49,. ...:.. ......
Year: 1869

We CAN ALL BE LAwYERs.-Mr.
Justice, member Of the House OF
Representatives from Rutherford
County, has introduced bill in
the Legislature following all citi-
zens who can prove good moral
characters and pay the license tax,
to practice law" This bill has
passed its third reading in the
House, and we suppose, it will
pass the Senate.


We never studied much law but
have printed a large number of
law blanks, and if Mr.. Justices bill
becomes a law, we intend to hang
out our shingle and become a Pro-
fessional gentleman. AS to moral
character, we shall select our wit
nesses to prove that. We can
make up about six hundred cases
from our own subscription books,
to commence on. If our practice
does not prove profitable, it will
be extensive, for we shall have
cases IN every County in this Con-
gressional District, and we think
that is ertensiue enough to graft
fy the most ambitious lawyer.


[Ashui1e Farmer.
Year: 1869

The DYING MEYER WEEP.-It is a
striking fact that the dying never weep
The circle of sobbing, agonizing hearts
around produces not tear. Is it that he
is insensible and stiff already in the pangs
of dissolution ? That cannot be; for he
asks for his fathers hand, as if for strength
in the mental struggle, and leans on the
breast of a mother, brother or..sister, with
still conscious affections and just before
expiring; at eve, after long days con-
verse with the angel of Summer, he says to
his Oldest brother-the last audible " good
night" of fearth-" Kiss me, kiss" lit mus.
be because the dying have reached a point
too deep for our earthly ..crying and weep
ing. They are face to face with high and
holier things-with the Father in Heaven
and the angel throng, led on by the Son
himself and what are tears of mourning
tears of dying farwell, be it that they are
shed by the dearest on earth, in that vision
bright OF immortal life and everlasting re-
union
Year: 1869

DIsGRACEFCL SCENE.-On the l0m inst


the Senate and House of Representatives as


sembled in Joint Convention to witness the
counting and announcement Of the Electoral
vote by the President of the Senate The
vote stood Oh for Grant and Cofax and so
for Seymour and Blair, including the vote of
Georgia When it came to counting the vote
ot Georgia, Butler objected but the vote was
counted in spite Of his objection, whereup n
BENJAMIN became exceedingly wrathy, and
pitched into friend and foe indiscriminatelv,
and hurled invcctives right and left. Others
replied to Butler in terms the reverse of COM
plimentary, and for awhile disorder and con-
fusion rcigned as in the days when the
chivalry welded the cane and brandished
the bowie knife and pistol in the halls of
Congress. Every Republican in the land
will unhesitatingIy condemn such disgrace
ful proceedings in Congress, and Butler Van
Horn and others will probably learn useful
lesson from the result Of their hot headed
indlscretion.
Year: 1869

BURGLARTEs ON CArIToL HILL-Nithfp The
past " eek that class who prowl shout az night
taking advantage of The neglect OF residents 10
properly secure their premises, have been At
Work on Capitol Hill, and il would be well
for people In that section TO take the hint Ca
Tuesday night three different ouses on Fourth
street east, between North Carolina avenue
and ID street south, Were entered, and a num-
ber of articles OF clothing carried of from each
The cocks shrill clarion was also among the
missing next morning.
Year: 1869

The London Daily News says: II any of
Us look forward to being eaten BY cannibals,
be may wish to be informed how be 10 likely
to be cooked. IL is a comfort 10 know Tf1aT
the savages who may devour him are by no
means devoid of refinement in their culinary
disposition. Some French soldiers were
lately taken prisoners by the Kansks, and
one Of them was killed and eaten. His COM
rades described the process. The Kansks
first decapitate their victim, matter of no
small difficulty, considering the bluntness of
their hatchets: Ten to fifteen blows are me-
cessary. The body is then hung up to tree
by the feet, and the blood allowed to run
out for an hour. Meanwhile hole a yard
and half deep, and a yard wide is dug in
the ground. The whole is lined with stones,
and then in the midst Of them q great FIRE is
lit. When the wood is burned down q little
and gl0ws with heat, it 10 covered over with
more stones. The man is then cleaned out
and divided into pieces about foot long,
the hands and feet being thrown away as
worthless. The pieces Of the man are placed
on the leaves Of large rose tree peculiar
to the tropics. meat is surrounded
with cocoa nuts, banana, and some other
plants noted for their delicate favor. The
whole is then tied together firmly; the fire
is removed from the pit the meat is placed
in among the hot stones, and thus, carefully
covered, is left to cook for an hour. Wo-
men DO not partake Of this warriors feast.
Men alone are permitted to enjoy so great
an honor and 80 rare a delicacy."
Year: 1869

God bless the farm-the dear old farmi


God bless IL every rood
Where willing heart and steady arm


Can earn an honest livelihood
Can from the coarse and fertile soil


Win back recompense for toll.
God bless each meadow field and nook,
Begemmed with fairest flowers!
And every Leaf that's gently shook


By evening breeze or morning showers,
God bless them all each leafs a gem


In natures gorgeous diadem.
The orchards that in early spring


Blush rich with fragrant flowers,
And with each autumn surely bring


Their wealth of fruits in golden showers,
Like pomegranites on Aaron's rod,


A miracle from Natures God.
And may He bless the farmers home,


Where peace and plenty reigni
No happier spot meath Heavens high dome
Doth this broad, beauteous earth contain,
Than where, secure from care and strife,
The farmer leads his peaceful life.
Unvexed by toll and tricks for gain,


He turns the fertile mold,
Then scatters ON the golden grain,


And reaps reward hundred fold.
He dwells where grace and beauty charm,
For God hath blest his home and farm.
Year: 1869

will tell you secret worth Fnow-
ing. A thousand things not worth
half as much have been patente d and
elevated into business. 1t is this; If
you cut off the back legs of your chair
SO that the back part of the seat shall
be two inches lower than the front part
it will greatly relieve the fatigue OF it
ting, and keep your spine in much
hpttpr shane.
Year: 1869

For the benefit OF our lady readers
we clip the following receipt from the
Hearth and Home. We give first tabu-
lar statement of the time for boiling
fruits, with the quantity of sugar re-
quired to the quart:


Time of boiling. Quantity of
Year: 1869

CHANGE iN NIAGARA FAus-A correspond
ent Of the New York Ersniag Post writes from
Niagara Falls


The theory that has for some time been dis
cussed with regard to the clging in or wearing
away Of Niagara has this season found new fuel
to add 10 the argument in its favor Consider
able comment has BEEN going the rounds Of the
leading papers for few weeks with relation TO
the changed appearance Of the Falls from that
Of last year. The horse shoe has evidently given
way some thirty feet in that part Of the cone
where the green water, is seen. SO that the
horse shoe Appearance is metlmorphosei 10 that
Of a triangula- shape 1t is thought that about
one hundred and fifty tons Of rock must have
fallen IN on the Horse Shoe alone, and old habit
u6s here are taking landmarks, to notice the re-
ces,ion that may take place before another year.


The American Fall has evidently given way
nj points 70 a considerable extent. There is no
doubt but that Niagara is crurnbhng away and
falling back, but the present recession is proha-
bly, the greatest ever witnessed by any one gen
Grafton The heavy ice fields which pass over in
the spring, the strong currents and eeaseless
wear and tear Of time and the mighty thunder
ing cataract, must inevitably tell heavily upon
the rocky crest of the grand old shrine; but Of
Year: 1869

To carry into effect Article One Hundred and


Twenty-three of the Constitution. and


to provide for Recording all Mortgages


and Privileges.


Section l., Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That,
in order to preserve the mortgages
or privileges accorded by law in
favor of married women for the
preservation of their dotal, para
phernal or other rights against
their husbands, it shall be the
duty of every married woman, or
any person for her, to cause to be
recorded in the mortgage book in
the parish or parishes in which
their husbands may own mortga-
geable property, the evidence of
their mortgage or privilege. If it
be in the shape of a public act, or
act under private signature, act
of partition, judgement or other
written act, the same must be re-
corded in the form now required
in recording such acts, and if it be
not in the shape of a written act,
as above indicated, then a written
statement made by the wife or the
husband, or any other person hav-
ing knowledge of the fact of the
amount due to the wife for which
she may be entitled to a mortgage
or privilege against her husband
by existing or any subsequent law,
detailing accurately the facts and
circumstances on which such claim
may be based, which written state
ment shall be sworn to by the per-
son making it, and duly recorded
as above directed. The wife is
hereby specially authorized to per-
form the above acts independent
of her husband, and mortgages or
privileges so recorded shall only
have effect against third persons
from the date of their being re-
corded in the several parishes in
which they may be recorded.


Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That before any appointment
of tutor shall be made, the bond
required by law to be given by
such tutor shall be recorded in the
mortgage book of the parish in
which the tutor resides, and a
certificate to that effect shall be
presented to the Judge authorized
to make the appointment, before
he makes the order disappointment
of tutor, and any order appointing
a tutor, until this formality is com
piled with, shall be considered
null and void; and it shall be the
duty of every Judge who appoints
and confirms natural or legal tn
tor, or any tutor not required by
law, to give bond before he shall
grant an order appointing or con
firming such tutor, to cause a Ger
tificate from the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of the amount of tn
minors property, according to th'
inventory on file in this Office, tt
be recorded in the mortgage booI
of the parish in which the tuto


resides, or has domicil; any ap
pointment or confirmation of sucl


tutor before such recording shal
|, have been done shall be null ant


void, and it shall be the duty o
the tutor and under tutor of an
D minor to cause the tutors bont


aforesaid, or certificate of tn


amount of the minors property


as the case may be, to be,recorde
y in any and every parish in thi


State, where the tutor owns NOR


gageable property; the fees fc
), which recording shall be advance


by the tutor. The recording of tn
tutors bond and the recording {
Year: 1869

CONDENSED CoFFEE.-This article, manufae-
tured by Lewis & Brothers, Boston, is really a
very convenient thing taken in the house. The
essence of coffee is mixed with cream or con-
densed milk, which is all the same, and with
sugar, and sealed up in cans. All one has to
do to have an excellent cup of coffee is to take
teaspoonful from the can, put it into a cup of
hot water, stir it, and it is all ready for use
The coffee is always clear, requires no "set-
tling," and is of an excellent favor. Their
condensed milk, too, is fayorite article with
those who have once tasted the luxury of it in
cup of coffee. We are inclined to the belief
that it is cheaper than much of the milk that
Is sold in our market, and for the very good
reason that to raise cream upon this milk re-
CURES more chemical knowledge than most
people possess.
Year: 1869

ZIoN's HERALD adds itself to the list Of
gullible paper which swallowed Argus clean
hoax about the meeting of prisoners in Thom-
aston Prison to protest against capital punish
ment. The Herald presumes the decision OF
the meeting will shave great weight with some
of our paper-headed humanitarians" The
conclusion is worthy of the intelligent Journal
which could be taken in by such story.
Year: 1869

Elk PRESIDENT JOHNSON was entirely right
in refusing to take part in the ceremonies at
tending the Inauguration of Grant, but it was
an unhandsome thing for him to kill the bill
for-strengthening the public credit by putting
it, to use Washington metaphor, in his pock-
ct This is one of the most wicked acts in
Johnson's official career. He also omitted to
sign the act reorganizing the judicial system;
the act for reducing the navy and marine
corps; the act for the further security of equal
rights in the District of Columbia; the bill
ior the distribution of $2O,OOO,OOO of currency
over the South and West.
Year: 1869

-fAS- @oA 0uAu0ys


The ladies of Congress Street Methodist
Episcopal Church intend giving an entertain
ment next week at their vestry in aid of the
Society. There will be useful and fancy arti-
cles and refreshments for sale, besides which
an entirely novel feature will be introduced.
Due notice of the entertainment will be given.


Mrs. MANCHEsTER.-This renowned pbvsi-
clan, whose enlightened treatment of many of
the most formidable diseases with which the
human family.is afflicted is as remarkable as
it is gratifying, is constantly thronged with
those seeking for health and its concomitant
blessings. She possesses powerful and mas
terly mind, and her success is the most crafty
ing. Go and consult her, ye are sick, and be
restored to health.


How often do you hear the complaint from
mother and father that their son or daughter
is not well; that they have no appetite; that
they feel languid that their head aches; that
they are growing thin and feeble, and that they
have no life or energy left. That they are low
spirited, and perfectly incapacitated to partic.
ipate in any pleasures, or perform any mental
or physical duty. And the question is often
asked, what shall do for them? or, what shall
1 give them? Our answer is, let them try
PLANTATION BrrTERs moderately three times
a day, and our word for it they will recover.


MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at hall
the price. mar7eod1w&w
GEN. GRANT AND FAMLY.-Now that the
great soldier has been inducted into the White
House picture of himself and family will be
very pretty ornament for any houshold.-
Walters fine steel engraving of the President
and his family is a work most admirably fin
ished, the persons are beautifully grouped and
every thing about it shows it to be a work ol
art. The Presidents family consists of three
boys and one girl, and their mother. All the
likenesses are correct. This engraving is sold
at a low price, SO that the people may have a
picture of their friend and the friend of oul
country in every house. The price is only
$1.5O per copy. 1t may be found at John
Hankerson's, 2 Elm street, who is the genera
agent for the State. We should think thous
ands of copies will soon be sold, and this pie


ture adorn the walls of many rooms, both il


the city and country.
Year: 1869

A PARTY OF GENTLEMEN who started to
come East on the Union Pacific Railroad. got
blockaded at a way station for ten davs and.
as they represent, were most barbarouslv
treated. When they did start they were COM
PEELED to shovel snow at different points and
were very badly fed. At one point thew SHOW
eled through snow drift one thousand feet
long, and when they had the track clear the
engineer had only steam enough to carry them
into the middle of the drift In consequence
OF too much whiskey drank by the officers of
the trains, they were stuck again. After re-
naming two days in this condition about fifty
persons started on foot for Laramie. ninety
miles distant, reaching there in four days after
much suffering. From Laramie they came
through to Omaha without detention. Thew
complain bitterly of the treatment they re-
ceived at the hands of the railway officials
whom they charged with repeatedly making
misstatements to them and who would enter
tain no proposition to refund the extra expense
incurred by tho passengers. They also say
'nat exorbitant prices were charged them for
PROVISIONS: pr Over two hundred persons were
Va 'hs raln when it was left in the snow.
Year: 1869

The LAST OF THE OUTLAW DR.. Hill, of Platn,
publishes card in the St. Louis Republican.
which states that on the Goth ult be was called
in professional capacity to attend man said
to be at the point of death, and was sworn to
secrecy. He found the patient suffering from
wound in the thigh, with gangrene and slough
ing of the wound around the femoral artery.
The man died in short time, and he under
stood that he was the notorious Hildebrand If
this proves to be true, it will be hailed with de-


light by the citizens of St. Francois and Wash
ngton counties, who have been kept in awe bv the
desperate for number of years. It is said thai
Hildebrand had murdered at least eighty per-
sons in those counties and Arkansas The
wound which caused his death is supposed to
have been received in the recent ATTEMPT to can.
ture him, made BY the Sheriff of Washine,on
county and posse of fifteen men, which onlv
resulted in the wounding of the Sheriff, the kill
ing OF one of the men, and the escape of the out
law: since that time renewed efforts had been
made to capture him, and reward of $40, 900
had been offered for bis arrest and conviction.
Year: 1869

MARRIED En- CHrMlsE.-Ia England, from early
times until the present, q notion has prevailed
that if man married in her shift only,
he was not liable to any debts which she might
have contracted. This was vulgar error,
founded probably on the legal maxim that a hus-
haud is liable to his wife debts, because he, up-
on marriage, acquired an absolute interest in her
personal estate-the unlearned deduction being
that If the wife had estate the husband wound
not incur any liability. The register books of q
village in Wits under date of 49, contains an
entry of q marriage Of woman :! in her smock,
withou. any clothes or head gear on At u
comb, in Kent, in 1925, woman was married
in her At Whitehayen, in l 7G6, woman
stripped herself to her shift in church, and in that
condition stood st the aItar aud was married.
In .colashire, between 1888 and 1914,
woman was married enveloped only in sheet
And not many years back similar marriage
took place. The clergyman finding nothing in
the rubric about the woman's dress, thought he
could not refuse to marry her in her chemise
only. AT tKirton-in-Lindsey there was a popular
belief that the woman must be actually nude
when she left her residence for that of her in
tended husband, in order to relieve him from her
debts; and case of this kind occurred. A
woman left her house from her bedroom window
in a state Of nudity, and put on her clothes
she stood upon the top of the ladder by which
she accomplished her descent. The notion Of u
marriage in a chemise was prevalent at Gotten
ham, in Cambridgeshire, recently.
Year: 1869

A young man lay upon sofa in a wax
ing dream. His thoughts were in the
future. and fancy dwelt with brilliant i'm
ages. On the morrow he was to depart
for distant city, and there enter law
Office to study the profession be had chosen.
He had talents and was ambitious. Up
to this period of his life he had dwelt
chiefly in the country, receiving bis edu-
cation at college in the neighborhood
He was pure minded and free from the
vices that sensualise so many of our young
men. @y.


So lost was he in his waking dream
that present things faded out Of his mind.
Year: 1869

PRESIDENT GRANT ON POLITICAL DIFFRR-
ENCEs.-At the dinner of the New England So
ciety, in New York, on Wednesday night, Attor-
ney General Hoar, in the course Of his address,
said that few days ago President Grant ex-
pressed himself about as follows at the close of
conversation, touching the present and future
dondition Of the country:


al hope to see the time when every man in
this country may have the power to express his
own opinion, TO follow whom he pleases, to vote
as he likes and to have his vote counted without
molestation, or hinderance, or insult five can
only unite IN maintaining public faith and credit,
our political differences will not be of much ac-
cOunt.;'
Year: 1869

In conformity with proper and well-established
usage, and in order to give all persons connected
with the publication of The STAR an opportu-
nifty to engage in the festivities of the season,
paper viii be issued from this Office tomorrow,
unless unusually important and interesting news
should transpire, in which event an extra will
be published