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Year: 1877

MISGUIDED CLEMENoY.-We are sorry
to see that President Hayes has thought
proper to pardon counterfeiter. Couu-
terfeiting is a crime of the most deliber-
ate character, indicating a settled de-
pravity of mind and disposition to cheat
every one. Moreover, those most likely
to suffer from it are the poor and ignor-
ant who handle but little money, and are
consequently unable to distinguish be-
tween the spurious and the genuine. 1t
is a crime secretly perpetrated, and Of
ten carried on successfully and without
detection by the same person for years.


When counterfeiter is convicted it is
better that he should be made to serve
out his full term.--N. Y. Ledger.
Year: 1877

The world is full of useless people
mere idlers, who are of no practical use in
the world. Eating and drinking and
sleeping constitute their chief employ
ment. With this provender made sure
they are quite satisfied. Habits of in
dustry they have not, and, moreover, it
is no part Of their plan to do anything
that is of practical value. They occa-
sionally make pretense of being busy
by devoting themselves to hunting, fish
ing or card-playing. This gives them
what they call good time. Animal
seltishness is the supreme law of their
whole being. Woman, in her way gen.
orally more delicate and less offensive, is
sometimes amenable to the same charge.
There are some good-for.nothing women
as well as men-too many of them for the
credit of the sex, with lives practically as
useless rs they are aimless. They can
manipulate the little punctilios of what
they regard as fashionable life. They
know how to spend money. No one can
beat them in using an opera-glass or in
laying plans for empty and proitless
amusement. In the matter of mere show
they are finished experts. And there
their usefulness-if usefulness it may be
called-ends. They are feminine idlers,
taxing the world for their subsistence,
but returning nothing to it. Estimate all
such persons, of both sexes, at their true
valuation, we do them no injustice in
saying that they are not really worth the
garment they wear or the bread it takes
to feed them. Existence thus conducted
is gross imposition upon humanity. By
the death of such people the world loses
nothing, since it has fewer paupers to sup
port
Year: 1877

OF twenty three young men who only
last month stepped across the threshold
of life from an Eastern college, and went
forth upon the trackless ocean Of life to
battle with relentless fate and win re-
nown or a glorious death in the arena,
eleven are clerking in auction stores at
fourteen dollars month, one is running
fish.boat, two are learning the house
painting trade, one starved to death be
fore he had been out Of college week,
one is driving team on street contract,
two are tramps, and the others are living
with their widowed mothers, who are
their only support. Fact is, brethren,
when old life grapples its hooks into a
mans collar, it shakes all the arena and
ocean and battle business out of him so
quick that in six weeks, if he is alive, he
knows more in minute about the price
of pork and flour than he can tell you
about a Greek root in six months.-Bur-
lingt0n HdHktgS.
Year: 1877

A QUEsmoN.-An advocate of the dig
nity of labor struck work, laid idle a
week, receiving no pay, run in debt for
his food at famine prices, and so soon as
he had dug bullet out Of his leg and
was able TO limp around, went back to
work and found that his place had been
given to another man. Wanted to know
Gchdt thdt man mddel
Year: 1877

Ir does look littl. odd that the
ladies' will put three or four extra yards
of calico in their dress skirts for the
sole purpose. so far as any one has yet
been able te ascertain. OF giving them
selves the trouble to hold that much out
Of the dust when they walk.
Year: 1877

Among the democratic sup porters of the electoral bill in the

 house of representatives, was

 Henry Watterson, of Kentucky. He now sees the fatal mistake, but takes it like man. There

 are" says he, two courses yet left open to the majority;" and his view of the matter is honora- ble, philosophical and patriotic. H gre is what he said the other day in a speech delivered in the the House:

 If the acceptance of the ineyita- ble with resignation and dignity be the highest, as it is the rarest, form of courage known among men, it is made by the parties in this present instance by a con scionsness of double dealing and foul play. Two courses are open to tine majority on this floor: On one hand, the passionate out cry, at once impotent and childish; on the other, without offering need less Instructions to the progress of events, an earnest, manly, but temperate, protest against what

 we beheve to be a great and griev-

 ous wrong. In my judgment the

 latter is our clear and boundcn

 duty. We owe it to the necessi-

 ties of the case; we owe it to our

 country; we owe it to ourselves.

 Because we were dnped by false

 pretenses into snare furnishes

 no reason why we should forget

 the obligations that press upon

 honorable men. In the very act

 of passing the Electoral Commis

 sion billwe provided for the contin-

 gcncy that has come upon us.

 l voted for that measure in per feet good faith. The result is

 against me, and it was detesta

 ble, as l must think, means that

 brought it about. l accept il as

 tnality. l shall go to my peo-

 pie and hall tell them all, for as now advised they know only a part, and when they have taken

 time for reflection they will, 1 am

 very sure, illustrate the wisdom

 and grace of moderation, doing nothing that does not become a

 good citizens lite, and will still

 go forward in spite of all this.

 There are many things to live for yet in this rough world, and

 among the rest that day of reck

 oning, dies ire, dies fila, when

 the dark shall be made light and the wrong be made right.
Year: 1877

1t is easy to say Never give up the
ship 1t is easy to hold your head up
and step firmly, 10 laugh cheerily, and
have pleasant word for everybody,
when safely hedged in from sorrow
and poverty by the love of friends
aud bottomless purse. When sick
ness passes by to knock at some other
door, when home is the one sweet
safe corner in all the world. when
there are those who would suffer that
you might 60 free -ah then it is easy
to feel as If nothing could ever make
you quite discouraged. This is beau
tiful world and there are lots Of good
things in it. Yes, many son and
daughter, few wives and mothers.
and about the same proportion of hus-
bands and fathers, do live more in the
shine than in the shadow of life. But
there are so many, so many more, who
have to buckle On their armor and
spend their best hearts blood in the
daily life. Such bitter trials as men
and women do ;live through Who
can doubt that heaven sends them
their fortitude? 1t connot be of earth.
Such strains of heart and brain as
hearts and brains do bear up under !!
Is it any wonder that weary hands
sometimes fall despondingly and tired
heads bow discouraged? Oh! ye.
whose paths are in the pleasant places,
whose faith was never tried in heavens
seeming disregard for your prayers
and tears who never knew the lack
of tender home loSD and protection,
exult in your happiness and thank
Providence. But while you drink
from your cup Oflife such honey sweet
draughts, give thought now and then
to those whose daily portions SAVIOR
SO strongly of wormwood, and re-
member that kindly word and help,
ing hand, which costs SO little. may
make lighter the burdens of some one
now almost discouraged.
Year: 1877

"A man. says Rousseau, SIS only
what woman makes him. This re-
mark may be exaggerated, but that it
contains enough of truth to give it
vitality, is attested by the lives Of
great men. The wife of the late DIR.
auckland, the yeologist, used 10 write
from his dictation for hours at time.
She furnished many OF the drawings
with which his works are illustrated,
and skillfully and dexterously mended
many OF the FOSSILS. For forty years,
wrote Carlyle on the tombstone of his
wife, 'she was the true aud loving
helpmate of her husband aud by act
aud word unweariedly forwarded him
as none else could, in all things wor-
thy that he ever did or attempted
The author of the Song of the Shirt
Thomas Hood, thus wrote of his wife
L never was anything. dearest, till
knew you; and have been q better,
happier, and more prosperous man
ever since. Whatever may befall me,
the wife of my bosom will haye the
acknowledgment of her tenderness,
worth and excellence, from my pen.'
A writer in Cassell's Magazine thus
describes the aid given to her husband
by the wife of the great Scotch phi


losopher: 'The wife of Sir William
Humilton. Professor of Logic in the
University of Edinburgh, was true
helper to her husband indeed, it is
more than probable that without her
many of his best works would never
have been written. When he was
elected to the Professorship, some of
his opponents declared publicly that
he would never be able to fulfill the
duties of his position, as he was moth
ing but q dreamer. He and his wife
heard of this, aud they determined to
prove that it was not true. They
therefore arranged to work together.
Sir William wrote out roughly; each
day, the lecture that was to be given
the next morning. As he wrote, his
wife copied it out ;snd again and again
they sat up writing till far into the
night. When Sir William was struck
down with paralysis, the result of
overwork, Lady Hamilton devoted
herself entirely to him-wrote for him.
read for him, and served him in every
way
Year: 1877

Young men, do you realize the fear
ful responsibility that rests upon you,
a. you fool away the precious hours OF
your youth? A few years hence, and
the men who are of your age to-day
will rule the land. You will be one
of them. What position will you
take2 You have the mind and the
ability to be a leader; to be one of
those who, by pluck aud culture, sllatf
be lifted above the mediocre herd, and
placed with the solid upright states
men of your land. But the course
you are pursuing to-day, is not calcu-
lated to bring about such an end. The
hours spent in idleness and lOating
would go far toward fitting your mind
for a sphere of usefulness. If you are
not educated, you could educate your
self in the time you fool away. Ifyou
have fair education, you could be
Furnishing up the rough diamonds in
your mind by careful study and by
reading useful books. Do not hang
around the street corners or loaf
around some store. If you have moth
ing to do borrow some good book,
useful and instructive, and spend your
evenings at home. If q business man
wants q clerk, he will not go to the
crowd of loafers on the street corners,
and select one as he would man to
dig post holes but he will take one
whose character will bear scrutiny.
and whose associates are not those of
the street. The man who wishes to
employ a young man to fill any posi-
ton of trust or confidence, never goes
to corners TO find one, and very few
men who drink themselves will en-
ploy a clerk who does. The eyes of
the community are upon you, though
you know it not, and your daily con-
duct is scrutinized and commented
upon. by men that you do not suppose
even know you by sight. Ifyou wish
to succeed and rise in the world, you
must cut loose from low and vicious
associates, and 20 only with persons
that you will Introduce to your mother
and sister, and not be ashamed to see
them associate with. Be saving, and
do not spend your money fOo!ishly.-
Instead of spree, or splunge OF
some kind that caunot benefit the
mind, save your money and buy some
good and useful book, that will add to
your mental store. In short, be tenn
perate; be industrious; be studious !;
be frugal be careful in selecting your
associates, aud you will have the con-
fidence and esteem OF all good men,
aud lay foundation for u lite Of hap
piness and usefulness.
Year: 1877

moments OF silence on their part
The mutterings Of the thunder were
nearer and deeper. The tempest wat
fast coming. Suddenly there came SC
fearful blow upon the door that il
made the entire cabin tremble. while
Ruth gave utterance to shrill cry oi
alarm.


Courage said her husband 'they
are trying to batter the door down,
but l hardly think they can do it.
They cannot so long as the prop holds
as we'll rs it does now


1T is not for myself fear, she said.
1t is for our child, Reuben


we will do our best to save him,
and our own lives he answered.
Even though the door give way, with
my rifle l can do much to save u.s.
Once more terrible blow was dealt
upon the door, and at the same mo-
ment vivid flash of lightning, fol-
lowed by peal of thunder that seem
ed to shake the solid earth. So tire.
,mendous was the blow the savsges
dealt that the prop against the door
gave way, and fell from its place, and
the door itself trembled as though it
was coming down. The heart of Reu.
ben sank within his breast. Another
such blow must place them at the
mercy of the sayages. Only his rife
would stand between them and death.
But at this moment Providence inter
posed its hand. AS though the peal
of thunder had been a signal for the
tempest to commence, the rain came
down in torrents. Not knowing the
execution their last blow had done,
the savages hesitated as the storm
broke upon them.


A little way from the cabin stood q
large oak that the settlers had spared
for its beauty and grateful shade. To
the shelter of this the savages fed, to
wait until the tempest was over. Thus
our friends had a respite for time
Hastily Reuben replaced the prop. and
did his best to make his door secure
again.


Ten minutes passed, and the rain
came down as though there was o sec.
ond deluge upon the earth. He heard
nothing of the sayages, but he thought
he knew where they were, and that
the attack would be renewed as soon
as the rain had cleared.


Suddenly there came a vivid flash OF
lightning, followed by report that
seemed to shake the earth as though il
was leaf suspended in mid-air. For
long time they stood half dazed and
stunned by the report, and when at
last they were themselves again the
rain had ceased. A bright light shone
without, and Reuben once more gazed
through the crevice to see what it
meant.


The oak was riven into q thousand
fragments, and its trunk was on fire.
Scattered among the debris lay the
mangled forms of the savages. The
same blow that had blasted the oak
had deprived them all of life.


In after days Reuben and Ruth told
their grand children how it was that
they were saved by lightning.
Year: 1877

ROBINSON went up to his room the
other afternoon, and noticed there was
only one match remaining in the box.
sNow, if that shouldn't burn tonight
when come in,' soliloquized he, twhat
q fix l should be in So he tried it to
see If it was good one. It was.
Year: 1877

Let each of our readers buy at any
drug store one ounce of camphOrated
oil. and five cents worth of chlorate OF
potash. Whenever any soreness ap.
pears in the throat, put tho potash in
a half tumbler of water, and with it
gargle the throat thoroughly with Il Q
camphorated oil at night be fore going
to bed, and also pin round the throat
strip of WOODEN flannel. This is
simple, cheap and a sure remedy.
Year: 1877

When twilight soft from earth has faded,
And round me darkness thickly falls,
spirit from some mystic region
My soul away most sweetly calls;
Away from toll, from pain and sorrow,
Away where all distractions cease,
To scenes of bliss, of hope and pleasure,


Where all is peace.
Unconscious of the ills that gather
When fall the cheerless shades of night,
drop into realm of glory
O'er flowing with a sea of light
matchless sea of Joy and beauty,
Whose radiant waves with light increase,
While DER me stands an angel watcher,


My guard of peace.
So let we sleep while thus around me
Remains my unseen guard so true;
Life's varying scenes may fly or linger,
Approaching ills becloud my view,
But when this sleep of life shall vanish,
And death my weary soul release,
o, let some other spirit watt me


Where all is peace
Year: 1877

ln referring yesterday TO the bill BE-
fore the Legislature 70 abolish the Board
Of Revision We inadvertently expressed
al opinion that the sssesSors should be
elected in their districts. This is pro
Vidsd for in the bill. We knew It when
we wrote the article, and just how We
came 70 fall into the error we can hardly
say. A good many persons dissent from
the clause providing for Two payment
during the year instead Of one.
Year: 1877

Should Vice President Wheeler and
his mixed commission OF Republicans
and Democrats, who our Washington
correspondent informs us propcae to
visit the South with view OF ascer-
tanning the real state OF the country and
reporting it to the President, come to
Louisiana. they willlbe treated by the
public with that consideration to which
their distinguished positions entitle
them. But we trust that no recognition
OF the propriety Of their mission will be
given by our representatives. We have
had enough of this business. If the
President cannot inform himself as to
the real condition Of things here and
the state OF public sentiment with the
reports Of the multitude Of committees
which have vexed US before him, this new
one can give him no additional light.
Indeed the only thing now left for the
Administration to do is to recognize
packard and plunge this State headlong
into anarchy and bloodshed, Or with
draw all Federal interference In Louis
iana affairs and let Coy. Nichols take
! fnll control Of the government, enforce
ths laws and establish peace and con-
ndsncA
Year: 1877

Fulton Un0eFStAn0S At One way ana


RlasIni Another.


The most serious of human affairs
have their ludicrous points, and the
tax collectorship is no exception to the
general rule.


For some time past the Office OF Pack
ards tax collector, Fulton, on Gravier
street, has been necessarily watched.


After Major Burke's application to
Mr.. Fulton for the surrender of his
office, on Saturday, which was declined,
a guard was placed at the door and has
been kept there ever since. Yesterday
Patrolman John Blasini had charge Of
the door, when Fulton came to the
Office and asked for permission to lock
in. After little demurring on the part
of Officer Blasinf, he informed Fulton
that he could " look in" If he would
duced the key, with which the door was
opened and was allowed to "look in,"
nothing more, although his ambition
had not been entirely gratifed. Fulton
now asked for the return Of his key !;
Blasini, however, blandly informed him
that he would give it back to him IL he
would only walk with him to police
headquarters and satisfy the superin-
tendent of his right to the possession Of
the key to the door or the State tax
collectors office of the first district.
After clearing his throat, Fulton asked
whether Blasini thought that that
was gentlemanly way Of acting. Bla-
sini, as blandly as before, replied that
he did not know exactly, but he believed
that it was quite as gentlemanly as
Fulton's action the night before, when
he endeavored to gain admittance up
stairs by concealing his identity and
representing himself as cotton broker
whose Office was in one Of the upper
stories OF the building-and Fulton
went away without his key, leaving the
Office in full possession Of Major Burke.
Fulton, it seems, not satisfied with
his first escapade, applied for and OBJ
tanned yesterday an Injunction restrain
ing Auditor Jumel and Secretary OF
State Strong from interfering with him
IN the discharge OF his official duties as
tax-colleotor. OF course, this order will
bs entirely disregardeds The situation
Year: 1877

The Picayune mentions q rumor TO
the effect that one Valentine Emory, Of
West Feliciana, o negro. who is said to
have been witness before the Return
ing Board, had been murdered In that
parish. From prominent citizen Of
West Feliciana. who has just arrived In
the city, we are informed that there 10
not the slightest foundation for the
rumor. Valentine Emory Is one OF the
worst and most violent negroes In that
parish, but he has not been interfered
with and will not be unless he shall by
lawless behavior provoke trouble.
Year: 1877

Governors and refuse to recognize each


others


The confusion, instead OF growing


less, Ia growing greater every day, and


must be ended either legally and
oonstitutionally, and that soon, or
IL must inevitably end In con-
flict. It is impossible for half o
dozen officials In the same parish to
recognize different governors: 1t Ia inn
possible for two men to collect taxes'in
the same parish for different govern
ments without conflict; and 1t is equally
impossible to go on, as we have been
going on for four months, without
any show OF law. It is to the
credit Of the people OF Louisiana that
these terrible four months have been
marked by less crime than usual, for 1t
has been we'll known everywhere that
under the status quo, and the confusion
existing under Ii. any and all crimes
would 20 unpunished. We have been
without law for almost half O year;
those who keep us without 1t longer
must bear the responsibility for the
crimes this lawless condition will
bring II 1t Is continued but a few weeks
longer.
Year: 1877

Referring to the departure OF Phila
Mike Sheridan for the Indian country
the Courier Journal intimates that there
ID d chance now that some young man
who is not afraid OF his horses may
possibly avenge the blasted reputation
M Madison Wells.
Year: 1877

Mechanical ingenuity eliminated In
the invention Of the Sewing Machine
and millions 0f toiling women were Ell


evated from drudgery and poverty to
intelligence, industry aud competence.
If this be true in the abstract as regards
the average sewing machine, with what
force must it apply to that marvellous
embodiment of all that Is useful and
beautiful in sewing machine mechan-
ism, tho Victor Sewing Machine, which
has fairly ecliPsed all others, not only in
its adaptability to do all kinds of work
but In the ease with which it Is done.
1t may be said to have carried Its ad-
mirers by storm as soon AS its capability
for work became known. The aim Of
its inventor has been to discard every
useless complication peculiar to ordina-
ry machines, and only familiarity with
the machine will enable our readers to
fully appreciate how far ho has succeed
ed. 1t Is not too much to say the ma
chine will last a lifetime. SalesrOom 81
East 10th Street, New York City, and in
oil the largo cities of the country. 5-l3
Year: 1877

And for the benefit of their many
customers and the public general
~ in this vicinity, will here state
that they have the best selection
of goods, and the lowest prices
ever offered in this market. They
wish it distinctly understood that
they will not be undersOld either
by home or foreign competition.


A cordial invitation is extended to
all, to call and examine goods and
prices.
Year: 1877

When woman gets so mean that
she weighs the ten-pound piece of
corned beef she has sent her husband
out for and IL turns the scales at eight
pounds, and then wants to know what
he means by spending those other twen-
ty cents and trying to impose ON her,
and vows that she can smell his breath,
you can bet all the money your wife
allows you out Of your own earnings
that there isn't any Light-Runnine
'Donacstic'' Sewing Machine In that
house, ifthey do have "God bless our
Home stuck up over the mantel-piece.