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Year: 1876

There is such thing as y sick soul
and 1t can only be cured by the actual
application of love. If the sick one
can get at Gods love, which is always
ready, the cure will be speedily et-
fected but generally a medium is re-
quired-the medium Of genuine hui
man sympathy.


| have in my mind a case which il
illustrates what | have said. A lady of
great refinement and spirituality has
just lost dearly beloved husband.
She accepts with admirable sweetness
the new condition changed, so
solitary &! But submit as she may, she
cannot hinder the sickness Il know no
better name for it) that results newt
ably from the tearing asuuder of long
continued ties. A few days ago, a
friend-a young man, with his wife
and baby in his full, happy arms, said
to her :


"There is work waiting for you. |
will do all in my power to help you on
with it. Work is the only cure for
sorrow The man was right in the
main, but he entirely overlooked the
fact of her bruised, sensitive, torn con-
dition.


81 want to work, says the lady to
me 81 am full Of the desire to help; l
am willing to live without him if | can
better serve the Master 50 ; but first
| must be taken care of little" o
the pathos OF that yearning for a little
care, Il little tenderness. There Is no
need that souls should so suffer for it.
Thera is tenderness enough, sunshine
enough, if it could only be found and
applied.


What the sorrowful widow wanted
of the friend who offered to set her to
work-and, by the way, he was neal
relative-was actual sympathy, apres-
sure of the hand, look from loving
ewes, a careful tenderness and adapt.
iveness, whose language is interpreted
by the grateful heart to mean some
ching like this


81 know how you tecI [ am so
sorry for you lam at your service fol
anything you need put your head on
my shoulder and cry, if it would dc
you good. You will soon recover,
in the meantime command my sympa'
thies, my time, my patience, myself to
the utmost, You are like poor,
wounded soldier, left behind, while
the army PUSHES on; but | will stay
with you, and bring you water, and
help heal your wounds, till you are
strong enough to take up your arms,
and renew the fight" All, what 4
power there is in such sympathy !!
How it soothes and strengthens and
harmonizes the soul whose cords are
all relaxed from the terrible tension it
has undergone.


BE good to those who are sorrowlul
simply and truly good If they ask
you for your society, do not plead
business or engagements; remember
that denial to them brings back all
their desperate longing for one whose
love could deny them nothing. Watch
narrowly, look carefully, when friend,
in your house, at your 6reside, is
dropping, Is silent, perhaps irritable
The very sight of your joy may be
like poison to that longing, suffering
soul. Ifit is a widowed SISTER, take
her close into your arms, sometimes
along with your wife if it is griev.
ing mother, do no haunt your happi-
ness in her face, but devote yourself to
her, so that she may not miss so ter
ribly the daily presence that was her
atmosphere and sunshine. Careless
ness, more than hearllessness, is the
cause of our neglect Of the sick souls
among us.
Year: 1876




It was believed that the controversy
about the Presidency OF the Board Of
Health was at an end. since 1t had been
agreed by the contestants that they
would abide by the decision Of Judge
Lynch, and would not appeal therefrom.
But COL Field, in his capacity OF Attor-
ney General, yesterday moved an appeal
to the Supreme Court, returnable at
Opelousas on the 10th OF June inst.


The ground on which the motion Is
based Ii, that the State Is aggrieved by
the judgment, and the argument will
be that the contestants had no right to
agree not to appeal to the exclusion OF
the State. 8#E
The motion was presented by his as
sistant, Dibble, Col. Field being Ill.
Year: 1876

ue ePrOmuignteu Until tire lst Of July.


Although IL Is beyond question now
that Kellogg has signed the bin abolish
ing the Superior District Court, which
was passed at the last session Of the
Legislature, It is generally understood
thht the bill will not be promulgated
until the LIST OF July next. This respite
is, In all probability, granted In order to
avoid the confusion which might result
from an abrupt closing Of the court,
which has q great deal OF unfinished
business before it.


Later information obtained from
Judge Cotton Is to the effect that Kel-
logg did show him q bill purporting to
be the bill abolishing this Court, with
his signature attached to It, but not
dated. The supposition that Kellogg
will await bis convenience to afIix the
date ID probably correct.
Year: 1876

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Year: 1876

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Year: 1876

A genuine sensation, says Washing
ton correspondent. has been made by
the speech OF Senator Gordon on the
subject Of revenue reform. That the
country is likely to be thoroughly
stirred by the matter is evidenced by
the deluge Of letters which has already
poured in upon Senator Gordon, com
mending what he has proposed. The
Senator claims to have shown from the
records of the Treasury Department the
startling fact that the Government has
been robbed OF not less than 81 200, 900,
600 in the past thirteen years, no matter
what has been the political stripe of the
several administrations in power during
that time. In this connection the cal
culation is made that, had the money
thus misappropriated been put where
1t belonged, the questions Of the
currency and Of the national debt
would not now distract the country.
Had the thousand millions stolen by
these officials and the hordes OF place
men under them been honestly handled,
the national debt would be less than
half its present size and the finances Of
the country would be on specie pay
ment basis. Even now the sources Of
revenue are SO broad and yielding that
an honest collection of the revenue,
such as Mr.. Bristow's efforts would
bring about, is only necessary to insure
the easy payment of the national debt,
the reduction Of the taxes and the re-
storation OF the currency to specie
standard.


The movement initiated by Senator
Gordon promises to become a revolution
which will sweep out political lives in
the next Presidential elecsion.
Year: 1876




Speaking OF the last session Of the
Legislature, the Union Record says:


The people of Louisiana have been
anxiously watching the movements of
the General Assembly, and how weary
and sad must their hearts be. now that
the Legislature has adjourned. and
nothing accomplished. 1t appears that
the people of Louisiana come nearer
being misrepresented than represented
i'm the General Assembly. Republicans
lcgislate solely for the benefit Of party


The Record, after rendering justice to
the efforts of our Conservative members,
rendered unavailing by the action, or
rather non-action, of the Senate, con-
tinues as follows:


The question naturally arises, what is
to be done? How long are we to sub
NIT to the present condition or affairs
1t is evident now that no State legisla-
ton, under the present administration
of State laws, can give relief, and Fed
eral Intervention is beyond the pale OF
hope, unless honesty and constitutional
law could once again WELD the sceptre
of power.


In conclusion, tho Record states the
only means of salvation to be in stead
fast and energetic action under the
Democratic banner.


The Bossier Banner says:


The people of Louisiana have at last
the satisfaction to know that the Leg
isIature of the State has adjourned. 1t
might have done more damage than it
has done, 1t is gratifying to know that
its power for evil is ended.


It then sums up the work OF the ses
sion. and finds that it amounts to moth
ing, as every reform bill passed by
House representing, rs none before
since reconstruction, the property and
intelligence of the State, was defeated
by the Senate. It finds that at 'the
root of all the evils under which the
State now groans lies the infamous cleo
tion bill, by which a corrupt board of
Radical returning officers can nullify
the will Of the people. To pass every
other needed bill and to neglect to re-
peal this law, is simply to do a vain
thing, since another set Of Radicals,
elected by Matt Wells and Tom Ander
son could, in one hour, undo the work
of o session. This law the Radicals
nave perSlStently refused 10 repeal, and
do not hesitate to avow their object to
be to prevent the election Of 4 Demo-
cratic government next fall.


THE action Of the Radical Senate
throws the responsibility of failure upon
that body, and being obliged to go
into another campaign with a Return
ing Board, we must go into 1t with the
determination of winning. Let the
Radicals denounce the Red river
plan,' OF any other "plan," they must
understand that we are not to submit to
Radical domination any longer. With
the memory of 1874 before us, let our
organization be completed at once. We
have severe contest ahead of us, but
there is every indication that we shall
win both State and National victory
Year: 1876

One of the Philadelphia papers has
been pleased to publish my letter to
Hon. b. H. Hill, of Georgia, prefacing
it thus: "There is a woman living in
Philadelphia who sympathizes with
Hill. of Georgia, in his TRADE against
the North for cruelty to Confederate
prisoners. My motive was certainly
misunderstood. My husband and bro
ther served the country in her hour of
need, and / rendered all the service in
my power by attention to the sick and
wounded. Since the war it has been
my fortune to pass much time in the
South, and / feel sure, could the people
Of the North know the Southern people
better, the prejudice kept alive by am
bilious politicians would be powerlesS
longer to distract our country. No
brave man follows his opponent after he
has laid down his arms and acknOwl-
edges himself powerless, more particu-
larly after he has fought manfully. When
the skillful surgeon has cut away a dis
affected part, he uses all his power to
heal that wound for the preservation Of
the body So should it be in this our
Centennial year. Every good American
should use all means in his or her
power to heal all wounds, thereby Civ
ing health and strength to our body
polite / did give the flag back to
Georgia. There was no other place for
it, and would be very glad to see all
our Southern prodigals back and feast
ed in our Fathers House."


Mrs. FL. s. KIMBALL
Year: 1876

of Brownsville the
DETECTION is so great that a large
tract of land formerly on the United
States side of the river is now on
the Mexican side. A few miles
northwest a change has occurred
from the shifting Of the bed of the
river, by which four Mexican ran
chercs have been. inyoluntarlly
made citizens of the United States.


Captain Gregory's labors will be
confined to ascertaining how many
and great these changes IRE. 1t is
supposed by officers Of the engineer
department that they are considera-
ble enough to warrant our govern
ment calling for an international
commission to determine on a fixed
boundary between Mexico and
Texas. In all probability the Uni
ted States will insist upon the ole
channel of the river as the prope


dividing line, as Mexico seems t
have been the greatest gamer b,
the vacillating course Of the stream
Year: 1876

left in JohnsOn's charge by the pro-


prietor Of one of the side shows
that was with Howe's circus on its
late visit TO this place. The snake had
been sick, and fearing that it would
die if carted about from place to


place, its owner made arrangements


with johnson to take care Of it


until such time as it should be sent


for, to again appear in the exhibition.


Sam has paid all needed attention


to his snakeship, and the huge


boa" has quite recovered from his
illness under his consitlerate and


careful attention. johnson had


tried to establish friendly relations


with the snake, and flattered HIM


self that he had succeeded very


well. Two or three nights ago,


when the weather turned so sudden
ly and severely cold, johnson found


that the boa was benumbed with


cold and apparently half dead.


With a strange disregard of conse-
i quences he took the half frozen


snake from its box and placed it in


his own warm bed from which he


had risen. He then returned to
bed, intending, when the snake


should revive from its chilled and
benumbed condition, to replace ii
in the box. Unfortunately John
son fell into a dose, and then into
: a deep sleep. From his sound


slumber he was awakened by q
] horrible sense of suffocation about
: his chest. He awoke to find him.
self in the terrible coils of the boa.
l constructor, which had been warmed


to life and fury in Johnson's bed
4 The unfortunate man compre
! hended in an instant his fearful
D danger. Great drops of swea
. started to his brow as in an agon,
o Of horror he realized the natur
!, Of his peril. With the energy o
9 despair he grasped the snake witt
n n both hands, and with almost super
! human strength and in manne
9 he can scarcely recall, succeeded a
, last in uncoiling its hateful fold
Is from his body, dragged the strug
i Cling boa to its box and safel
; secured it in its old quarters.
.e severe nervous attack succeeded tn
Is fright and horror the strange CON
D. bat had occasioned, and not anothC
= wink did johnson sleep that nigh
Is lie congratulated himself that /
y escaped SO easily, and that senseleI
u temerity did not receive the fat;
e punishment it invited.
Year: 1876

The ocean telegraph operator |
taps the key as in a land telegraph,
only it is a double key. 1t has two
levers and knobs instead of one.
The alphabet used is substantially
the same as the Morse alphabet
that is, the different letters are
represented by a combination Of
dashes aud dots. For instance, you
want to write the word "boy." 1T
would read like this "-----
------". B is one
dash, and three dots; 0, three
dashes; and Y, one dash, one dot,
and three dashes. Now, in the land
telegraph, the dashes and the dots
would appear on the strip of paper
at the other end Of the line, which
is unwound from a cylinder, and
perforated by a pin at the end of a
bar or armature. If the operator
could read by sound we would dis
pense with the strip of paper and
read the message by the click of the
armature as it is pulled down and
let 90 by the electric magnet The
cable operator, however, has none
Of these advantages. There is no
paper to perforate, no click Of the
| armature, and no armature to click.
The message is read by means of a
moving flash of light upon a pol
ished scale produced by the detlec-
ton of a very small mirror, which
is placed within a mirror galyanom-
eter, which is a small brass cylinder
two or three inches in diameter,
shaped like a spool or bobbin, com.
posed of several hundred turns Of
small wire, wound with silk to keep
the metal from coming into con.
tact. 1t is wound or coiled exactly
like a bundle of new rope, a small
hole being left in the middle about
the size Of a common wooden pen
ell. In the center of this is sus.
pended in a very thin, delicate mir
rog about as large as a kernel o
corn, with a eprrespondingly small


magnet rigidly attached to the
hack of it. The whole WeiQhs but
little more than Q grain, ana ii
suspended BY 0 single fiber Of silk


much smaller than y human hair
and almost invisible. 4 narrow
horizontal scale is placed within
darkened box two or three feet il
front of the mirror, narrow sli
being cut in the center Of the scale
to allow a ray cf light to shine


upon the mirror from q laml


placed behind the said scale, tht
little mirror in tuIp rejecting thC
light back upon the scale. Thi'


spot Of light upon the scale is th'


index by which all messages ar(


read. The angle through which


the ray moves is double that tray


ersed by the mirror itself and it is


therefore, really equivalent to IN in


dex four or six feet in length, with


out weight. TO the casual obsery


er there is nothing but thin IA!


Of light, dartlng to the right ant


left with irregular rapidity; but tt
the trained eye Of the operator
every fash is replete gith intelli
! gence. Thus the word boy, alreqd
alluded to, would be read in thl
+, way: one flash to the right anO


three to the left is B. Three t.
the right is 0, One to the right
one to the left, and two more to th
: right is Y, and SO on. Long an,
: constant practice makes the opera
q tors wonderfully expert in thei
d profession, and enables them t


read from the mirror as readily an
5 as accurately as from a newspaper


-------.sga.-1--p------
Year: 1876

Naasas City NALL


Sam johnson, of this city, form
erly Deputy Constable, came very
near losing his life lately, and If he
had there would have been a gene
raj expression of opinion that he
tempted his fate by an exhibition
of singular iool.hardiness snd 2
strange contempt of the most ordl-
nary prudence. For some time
johnson has had the care of an
immense snake of the boa constric-
tor species, This sweet boon was
Year: 1876

No TINE FOR ANYTHING.-The great
difficulty in this country is that we have
no time for anything. The very walk of
an American shows that he is in hurry.
An Englishman buttons bis coat and
gloves, and goes to business as deliberately
as be goes to church. An American bus
mess man flies after the car, struggling
with his coat sleeves, as he runs, punges
in head foremost, and plunges out at the
end without regard to his neck. Chief
among our accidents stand those which
occur because people will jump upon fly
ing trains, or after departing boats. To
wait ten minutes is something not to be
thought of. Dinner is not eaten, it is
swallowed whole and when one comes
to the dessert he finds that the fruit was
picked before it was ripe.


Everything is hurried through, from
the building of Il house to the curing Of
hams. The women who work on sewing
machines stop before they come to the
end of the seam. The dress maker sends
home your dress with basting threads in
it, and no loops to hang it up by.


There is more Of the slow, sure com
pleteness ofthe old world about anything,
and even fortunes are made in hurry.
and lost in the same way. Ifany man
we know is getting rich by the slow and
patient process of saving, be sure that he
was not born upon this continent.


Yet people live AS long here as they do
anywhere else, and the days are the same
length. "Why is it we have no time for
anything ?"
Year: 1876

A GEORGIA man, was under examina-
ton recently to demonstrate his fitness
for serving upon jury in a murder case,
was told by the judge to look upon the
prisoner. He did so, and said, Yes,
judge, think he's guilty" lie was ex-
cused from serving.
Year: 1876

WHEN yon reflect that at picnics a
hundred years ago it was the custom for
the girls to stand in row and let the
men kiss them all goodbye, all this en-
thusiasm about national progress seems
to be grave mistake.
Year: 1876

The season Of fevers has set in all over
the country yellow fever in the South,
typhoid in one direction, malarial of different
types in others. A few nights of sharp frost
would doubtless clear and clean the air of
them, but in the mean time it behOOves every
man to look to his own health and that of his
family. Physicians, as q rule, concern them
selves but little with preventive measures, and
in fact neither do the average Americans who
are their patients. In theory we all are con-
vinced that each disease has rational ac-
count to give of its origin, but we act as if
we held the old doctrine that they came by
the visitation of God and not from defective
drain-pipe or rotting garbage in the cellar


There is but little danger of yellow fever in
the Northern cities. The season is far adj
vanced, the quarantine is strictly enforced, and,
the surest safeguard Of all, the popular dread of
the disease is so great that wherever it appears
each man becomes health officer. There are
commoner forms of fever from which we have
reason to apprehend much more danger. The
intense heat of June and July has told upon
every man and woman who remained in the
cities during those months 1t has lessened
their stock Of vitality to an exceptional degree,
Year: 1876

were at end and the scroll, II H were not bronze
would roll or the base and drop upon the ground Ons
but feel that Bir Rogers has here yielded 70
yentonasm what hts artistic would have forbid
den. These blemishcs need 70 be noticed all the noe
because they do not directly spring from the require
ments OF the srhject.


The pedestal is necessarily much more massive than
that OF BaTtholdrs statue Of Lafayette. yet il is not
wholly satisfactory Perhaps the fault s tae unusual
projection of the thin upper moding, which gives TO the
entire base character something lka that of tho pic
tures Of the Ark Of tho Covenant in old Bibles II IL had
been lighter, simpler and more sym1etrcal, the un-
doubted yigor and individuality Of the sitting figure
IL uphoids would have had more atting relief But
take the monument all In all IL one with which. IN the
present state Of monumental art may be well salts
ded