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VOLUME XIII.' DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1883. NUMBER 11.

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Dr. P. J. Friedrichs,

WITH Da. W. S. CHANDLEB,1 4 ........ .... Carondelet street .............142

New Orleans.I &. W. M c. McOALLIAtD

OFFICE:(orner Houmas and Iberville streets,

Donaldson yulle, La.J D. HANSON, M. D.

OFFICE:

Corner Honumas and Iberville streets, near C.Kline's store,

Donaldsonville. ILa.JJ. LEC~~E,

DRUGGIST,Corner Chetimaches and Mississippi streets.

Donaldsonville, La.A complete stock of pure chemicals always on

hand. Prescriptions carefully compiled at allhours, day and night.

M. REED MILLS,

ATTOR.NZ AT LAW,No. 8 St. Charles Street.

New Orleans, La.Practices in all the Courts of Louisiana, State

and Federal.

LAW AND NOTARIAL OFFICE.

R. N. Misn,ATTORa$NT AT LAW,

Donaldsonville, La.Psectices in Ascension, Assumption and St.

James.1• . EIARHART,

ATTONJnT AT LAW,Office: Opposite the Court-House,

Donaldsonville, La.Practices in the Twenty-Second Judicial Dis-

trict (comprising St. James and Ascensionparishes). and in the Supreme and UnitedStates Court..Btates Courts.

B. N. Snrs. J. E. Pocua.

I 13MS & POCHE,

ATTORNETS AT LAW,St. James, La.

Office at F. P. Poch6's. Address: ConventP. O. Mr. Sims will be in St. James everyMonday.JOHN H. ILSLEY,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,Office: Lafourche street, near Bayou Ferry.

)oenald.onville, La.Practices in the Twenty-Second Judicial Dis-

atrict (comprising the parishes St. James andAscension). and in the Supreme and UnitedStates Courts.

HAS. A. IHAQUIE,

AWTTORNEY AWT LAW,Iaahnville, La.

Practices in the Twenty-Second and Twenty-$ixth Judicisl Districts comprising the parish-es of Jefferson, St. Char.es, St. John, St. Jamesand Ascension, and before the Federal andSupreme Court" in New Orleans,

Special attention paid to the collection ofcommercial claims.

Address: Hahnville P. O., St. Charles, La.iARRY PRUDHOMME,

Carpenter and Builder,Donaldsonville, La.

LOCATED for the present at the Peep-o'-DayJ Hotel on Mississippi street, where all orders

for work will be pro~nptly attended toJOHN P. FORCH.4

Cistern Maker,Railroad Avenue, opposite the Post-office,

Donaldsonville. La.All work guaranteed and satisfaction war-

DON ALDSONV LLEBUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DRY GOODS, lGROCERIES. Etc.

M ISBRAEL & CO.. dealers in Dry Goods,SCGlothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery, Bug-

gies; etc., corner Mississippi and Leesard streets.(1 KLINE, corner Crescent Pace and Hon-LJi mas street, dealer in Dry Goode. Notions,

Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Corn,Oats and Bran.

A D. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,. Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats,

Groceries. Liquors, Furniture. Hardware, To-bacuO, lJn'esOils, Glass, Lumber, Bricks, Cartsand Wagns; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenueand Mississippi street.

BERNARD LEMANN & BROTHER, dealersin Western Produce, fancy and staple .ro-

ceries, Liquors Hardware Iron, Paints. Oils,r Carts, Plows, hSddlery Stoves and Tinware,Furniture, Crockery. Wall Paper and House

SFurnishing Goode5 Mississippi street, cornerSCrescent Place.

SJOS. GONDRAN & SONS, dealers in DryGoods, Clothing, Notions Hats, Groceries,

Wine, Liquors. Boots, Shoes, hardware, Paints,

0 Oils. Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture and all0 kinds of House Furaishing Goods. Blue Store,0 Mississippi steeet.

) TOBIAS. dealer in Groceries, Dry Goods,J.t Clothing, Notions, Boots and hoes,Hats,Furniture, Hardware, (:rockery, Trunks, etc.,corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets andNo. 21 Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowestSfigures.

~r LANDMAN, dealer in Dry Goods, Groce-ries, Plantation Supplies, Wines, Liquors,

Cigars. Tobacco, and General Merchandise, cor-ner Railroad Avenue and Taylor streets, oneblock from Railroad Depot.

c NO. F. PARK, dealer in Staple and 'ancys Groceries.Provisions, Plantation and Steam-boat Supplies, Canned Goods. Wines, Liquors,Bottled Beer, Ale, etc., Dry Goods and Notions,corner of Misissiippi and Chetimaches streets,opposite River Ferry.

LEVY, dealer in Dry Goods, Clothing,SBoots. Shoes Hats. Groceries. Furniture,

Hordware and PlantationSupplies, at Lemnann'sold stand, Missiesilpi street. G. FEITEL,Agent.

INSURANCE AGENCIES.

V MAURIN, General Fire Insurance Agent,V Mississippi street, over Fernandez's bar-

ber shop. Represents first-class companies withover $50,00O000 of capital. Policies issued di-rectly from agency without delay.

HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES.

EEP.O'-DAY HOTEL AND BARROOM.iNssissippi street. First-rate accommo-

dation and reasonable prices. Western Uniontelegraph office in the hotel

R OBT. E. LEE HOTEI, Crescent Place, nearthe Market-House, Jos. Lafargue, propri-

etor. Bar and billiard room attached. First-class entertainment and accommodation.

CITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, Bail-road Avenue. corner Iberville street. Bar

supplied with beet Liquors.

LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

THE PLACE. Gus. Israel, manager. CornerLessard and Mississippi streets. Billiards,

Lager Beer, Best Wines and Liquors. FineCigars. etc.

TINSMITH.

LOUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippistreet, at Lemann's old stand. Orders at-

tended to with dispatch and satisfaction in-sured.

BARBER SHOP.

L. FERNANDE•, Barber Shop, MississippiL street, near corner Lessard. Shaving. hair-cutting, shampooing, etc., in most artistic style.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

FREDERBCK DUFFEL, Attorney at law andNotary Public, office on Chotimaches street

opposite the Court-House.

EIDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law, Atta-.ikapas street, opposite Louisiana Square.

Visits Napoleonville on Mondays.

PAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and NotaryPoblic, Donaldsonville. Office: on block

below the Court-House, on Attakapas street.

HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

G INGRY. THE PAINTER. shop at Cheap aTony's Store, corner Mississippi street and

Railroad Avenue. House, Sign and OrnamentalPainting in all their branches. Best work at flowest prices.

UNDERTAKER.

SCHONBERG'S Undertaker's Establishment,Railroad Avenue, between Iberville and At-

takapas streets. All kinds of burial cases. from cthe pine coffin to the metalic or rosewood cas-ket.

DRUGS AND MEDICINES. t

B RYBISKI, Apothecary and Druggist, Mis- E. sissippi street, between St. Patrick and St.

Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's store.

MILLINERY.

8RS. M. BLUM. Milliner. Mississippi street,between Lessard and St. Patrick. Latest

styles of Bonnets. Hate, French Flowers, etc.;also, all kinds of Ladies Underware.

SODA WATER MANUFACTORY.

SODA WATER MANUFACTORY, H. Hether,proprietor, No. 11 Mississippi street. Soda,

Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds of aerated watersmanufactured and sold at lowest prices.

BLACKSMITHS R WHEELWRIGHTS.

QCHULER & BRINKER, Blacksmiths andS Wheelwrights, Horse-Shoers, Wagon andCart makers and repairers, Railroad Avenue,between Mississippi and Iberville streets.

SH. DUNN,

Carpenter and Builder,Shop on Iberville street, near the corner of

Houmas,Donaldsonville, La.

Orders received through the Post-office willmeet with prompt attention.

MW. DAWTON,

Civil Engineer & Surveyor,(Parish Surveyor of Ascension.)

Will attend promptly to work in all branchesof his profession, such as surveying, mapping,leveling for canals, bridges, rice flumes, etc.,estimating cost and supervising cohstruction ofsame. Orders left at the CHIEF offce Will meetwith immediate attention.

MRSA I. PALMER,

DRESSMAKER,Railroad Avenue. near Claiborne street,

Donaldsonville.Plain and fancy sewing of all kinds done in

best style and on reasonable terms. A trialsolicited and satisfaction guaranteed.

Mrs. Palmer has engaged the services of theMissee Gillet, one ofiwhom will take charge ofthe cutting and fitting department, :acting asforewoman.

Piano Tuning & Repairing.A CARD.

THE undersigned takes pleasure in notifyingShis former customers and his friends in gen-

eral that he will resume his business as

Piano Repairer and Tuner,in which he bears the highest reputation athome and abroad as a thorough workman. Or-ders left at the Riverside Hotel or receivedthrough the post-office will be promptly respon-i ded to. Respectfully.

EMILE VOM HOFE.|liversidle Hotel. Donaldsonville. La.

MARC COOS_'"VANDYKE BROWN."BYE. J.

Gently, touch the harpstrings gently,Hushed be sounds of joy, of mirth;

Bow the meek head penitently!Sterling merit, manly worth

Hath from us this day been rivenIn the very Spring of youth-

Death's remorseless arrow's driven,As it cares for none, forsooth.

Scholar, Poet, Comrade, Friend,Gifted he beyond mere measure.

'Twas his love the pen to lendTo cheer, to comfort, to give pleasure.

Sickness dwarfed not his emotion;Full of humor, keen satire,

Wrote he with a calm devotion,Sang he to the tuneful lyre.

He in fancy oft depictedScenes around about him, near;

For he felt too sure convictedSoon to lose those loved so dear;

He must separate forever-Ah! such thoughts, how sad! how sad!

Earthly ties, so close to sever,Almost drives the stricken mad.

Oh! this great, unfathomed wonder!Could our reason grasp the theme;

All we think of, study, ponder,Seemeth but an empty dream.

Where, oh, where shall we rest findTo imagination's travel-

Where gainm quiet peace of mind?Who this question can unravel?

Trust we, hope we, in our blindness,That our next life may endure,

That all harshness, all unkindnessMay be banished, all be pure-

Then this lie is not a bubble,Coming, going, like the air;

Then from sickness, care and troubleWe shall join our loved ones there.

-- N. Y. Clipper.

OLD SHOES.How much a man is like old shoes!For instance: Both a soul may lose;Both have been tanned; both are made tightBy cobblers; both get left and right;Both need a mate to be complete,And both are made to go on feet.They both need heeling, oft are soled,And both in time turn all to mould.With shoes the last is first; with menThe first shall be the last; and whenThe shoes wear out they're mended new;When men wear out they're men-dead, too.They both are trod upon, and bothWill tread on others, nothing loath.Both have their ties and both inclineWhen polished in the world to shine;And both peg oat-and would you chooseTo be a man or be his shoes?

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OUR LETTER FROM BROADBRIM. a1

Another Week of Violence-" One or theFlnest"-The Election-Oliver Johnson e:Non Est-Discord Among the Musicians rt-Art Notes.

NEW YoRa, November 10 1SSS1. oEDITORro CIEF :01

The week has been exceptionably tur- a:

bulent and violent, for whatever of evil p

there is in men seems to come out about is

election time more than at any other sea- Y

son of the year. The week has been pro- iilific of murders, suicides, robberies, elope- atments and runaways, and the worst of it \was that there was little or no relief to the hf

general evil portents of the time. There is tlmuch bad whiskey in circulation at elec- iv

tion time, and I regret to add that notwith-

standing the well intentioned efforts of to

Brother Sawyer, Francis Murphy, and all to

the rest of the cold water evangelists, thatbad whiskey drinkers are as numeroas as di

"the sands on the seashore or the stars in

the milky way. "If you doubt it, all you have to do is to It

step into any bar-room, and if there is not biSaman in sight say, "Come, boys, take a

drink." Instantly, as though the air was g

filled with telephones, you will see them d:

rushing from every quarter. It's wonder- 0

ful, very wonderful-like Roderick Dhu's n

men, they seem to start from the ground. p

Now, whiskey at forty cents a gallon is not I'a first-class drink, and when an energetic p

New York local politician puts himself on tl

the outside of a quart of it, he generally a:wants to fight, and, to the credit of our city obe it recorded, he does not have to hunt a

very long before he is accommodated with Ciall he wants. This at least was the expe- d

rience of William Conroy-" one of the ce

finest "-whose beat was in the twenty-third hprecinct. If there is one rule more insisted tlon than another by the Police Commission- n

ers it is that a policeman shall not drink P

upon his beat. William Conroy had been ii1 disciplined for that very offerne only a few G

weeks before, and had been reprimanded a

and mulcted three day's pay: more than itthat, he had been arrested for robbery once, d

and once for murder, but, by hook or by ncrook-and I think it was by crook-he Cmanaged to slip through the clutches of It

the law. Of course this is exactly the prop-er kind of timber to make policemen of. gOne great advantage of selecting this ma- o

terial is, they know all the thieves, and thethieves know the police, so that no thief I

who has any regard for his professional r

standing will attempt to run off with a red-

hot stove while a policeman is around, if (he can find a roll of bank-notes or a lot of 3

silver spoons. Billy Conroy was a heelerfor Paddy Kinney, the Alderman of the neighteenth ward, and Paddy had him put 11

on the police two years ago. It is true theantecedents of Conroy were rather unsavo- ary, but he could serve his friend Paddy,

one of Tammany Hall's magnates, better aas a policeman than a common rough. It r

if is a most excellent custom, and one beyond c

all praise, for our Judges Aldermen, and

other public functionaries, about electionI times, to leave small sums around at the

different saloons for the boys to take adrink. This hospitable and excellent cus-

tom is firmly engrafted on our politicalsystem, and our admirable police are never

.neglected. They generally expect to gete their nip inside of the storm door, an in- 1

l genious addition to every first-class saloon,i and usually labeled "Family Entrance,"

t for the reason that women and children

canqthere be accommodated without incon-venience or danger. The storm door was I

Policeman Conroy's stronghold, but when Ithe bar-keeper said "Billy Murphy left a

drink for you, " he stationed two boys tolookout for the roundsman and stepped

%1 into the soloon. Then a dispute arose

e about a matter of thirty cents, and for thisf sum this model policeman killed a man,

m and that he did not kill a half dozen is nothis fault. He did what he could, and the

question that now exercises us is, will Mr.

William Conroy grace the gallows, or receive

the thanks of the Police Commissioners. Allig jesting aside, it is a terrible thing to reflect

-that our lives and all we have are at the

mercy of protectors like these, whose mugsare found in our rogues' galleries, and who,

at if they had their deserts, would be inside

r- the walls of our penitentiary or State pris-n- on. It is to be hoped that some effort will

be made to sever the connection of our po-lice with politics.

The robber Nugent, now in Trenton pris-

on for one of the most desperate robberies

ever attempted in the United States,-is a

fair sample of this kind of officer. Con-

nected with a band of robbers which it

would be difficult to match in the world;

twice taken up for complicity with bur-

glars on his beat; then, while in prison for

the robbing of the bank on the corner of

Bleeker and Broadway, though it was as

certain as day that he received the swag,

he turned around and sued the city for his

pay as a policeman, and received nearly athousand dollars. But there are other thingsto think about besides murderous police-men.

The election was a most absorbing topic.

but we are all glad that it is over. There

was a terribly bitter feeling in all the wards

-three or four Democratic factions in each.

County tickets and State tickets were cut

and slashed into mincemeat. Some ran

in between the drops who never expected to

see daylight, and prime favorites went to

the wall buried under an avalanche of votes,which made them think the day of judg-ment was not far off.

Brooklyn, with a clean Democratic ma-jority of 25,000, placed a life long Republi-can in supreme control of her municipalaffairs, and elected the " pride of the Dem-ocracy" to stay at home for the next twoyears. In a triangular fight, owing to thedissensions of the Democrats, the Republi-cans captured the Senate and Assembly bya neck, and there they will hold the fortagainst the model Governor for the re-mainder of his excellency's term. It hasbeen a week of surprises, many of them notof the most pleasant character, and there islittle doubt but many of the self-sacrificingpatriots who have been putting up thewhiskey Ifor the boyssfor the past two orthree weeks are now repeating those beau-tiful lines of Whittier's:11IIU1 i1i3s I 01 ILLtiv 5;

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, CThe saddest are these: It might have been. f,Oliver Johnson, the temperance evange-

list, who wanted $200,000 for a damagedwife, has wandered away from these parts, 6Sand the places that knew him once will wknow him no more, perchance forever. 1'Sundry creditors mourn his absence with ciexceeding grief, and pray that Oliver may tlexperience a change of heart, to which I tlreverently say amen.

Music is supposed to be largely made up tiof harmony, but there is little harmony in tour musical relations at the present time, Sand the difference between the rival im- rpressarios is about as broad and as wicked tlas that between Alexander and the Nihil- nists. Notwithstanding that we have in NewYork some of the finest singers in the bworld, all is discord and confusion. Sweet Plittle Patti dropped in on us on Tuesday, c'and caught the gallant Colonel of Her aMajesty's Opera napping. He never knew athat the diva had arrived till she was safe in sher hotel with the faithful Nicolini. When dthe Colonel heard the news he kicked the P

waiter who brought it down stairs, he Itjammed his bootjack through a valuable blooking-glass, and swore by note in seven- itteen different languages. It is also repor- vted that Madame Patti was not at all select fiin her words, and a waiter who was listen- king at the keyhole, but was unable to un-derstand Italian, ,heard somethinglike Y"Damme, ramme, jamme, cussee, dam ufoolee, lunkheadee," etc. Of course those athings have to be taken with a grain of Ial-lowance, as servants are not always relia- ible. The .lady may only have been ordering w

her breakfast in Italian, but as a faithful ocorrespondent I considered it my duty togive you the facts. It is reported that the adiva refused to receive the gallant Colonel oof Her Msjesty's Opera unless he went ndown on his kness and asked her pardon, 0never considering the impossibility of com- e

plying with such an absurd request in the

present style of pantaloons. The Colonel bsent a gentle remonstrance, but the im- bperious lady was obdurate. Then, on the ythreat of her immediate return to Wales,and the prospective ruin of his season, he Pwas at last compelled to comply. He waited lon her on Wednesday afternoon, and onattempting to comply with the humiliating Iconditions, ruined a new pair of pants, forwhich he had just paid Brooks twenty-two Cdollars, and he had to be carried to hiscarriage by two colored waiters, the lower bpart of his person wrapped up in a camel's tihair shawl, which he hastily caught fromthe back of a chair. But everything is lovely

now, and we all await in awe her first ap- 0pearance, which occurs in a few days.

Art circles are still torn in pieces by the Iilibel suit that I spoke of last week betweenGeneral Cesnola and Mr. Feuardent. We bare all anxious to know whether the Ve-nuses and Psyches and Junos and Dianas ain which we have taken so much pride and R

delight, and for which we have paid somuch money, were chiseled in Athens or aCyprus 3000 years ago or manufactured inGeneral Cesnola's back parlor within the ef last decade. If we can make first-class lJupiters, Neptunes, and Minervas for sevendollars and a half a piece what need of dig-ging and delving amid the ruins of Athens por Troy while plaster is cheap and brokencobble-stones can be had for nothing. IfE Venus had no nose when she arrived here, yf I think it was an act of humanity to fur-.1 nish her one. How would any Venus lookwithout a nose? Who ever heard of a one-legged Venus? The pin which General de cf Cesnola furnished the goddess of love is c

f just as good as that turned out by Phidias.They are as alike as two peas. You can'tperceive any difference in them. So if Ve-nns has a first-class understanding I shouldt like to know what all the war is about. The

leg's a good one, much above the averageof the modern leg, and the nose-well, I ama judge of noses, and I never saw a pret- 1tier. I will keep you advised of the result.For the next few weeks I shall be around

among the artists, which will be moret pleasant than coroners' inquestsand police

d courts to

Yours truly, BROADBRIM.

a Eminent St. Louis PhysIcians say-:

e " Colden's Liebig's Liquid Extract of 1Heef and Tonic Invigorator is a very agree-able article of diet, and particularly usefulwhen tonics are required, being tolerated whenother forms of animal food are rejected. 1Diphtheria, Ague, Malaria, Typhoid Fevers,r and every depressing disease. its use will beattended with great advantage. We have pre-i scribed it with excellent success." J. H. Les-lie, M. D.; G. P. Copp, M. D.; S. 3B. Parsons. M.D.; R. A. Vaughan, M. D.; Drs. S. L. and J. C.' Niedelet: Wm. Porter, M. D., and many others.(Remember the name, COLDEN's-take noother.)n - --

The Webster Tribune signalizes the com-l mencement of its sixth volume by doffing

I its patent outside. The Tribune is an ex-

a cellent paper and seems to be enjoying

o well deserved prosperity.

No Grease for Him.e " When Greece l:er knees-Greece her knees-s Greece her knees," stammered an embarrasedschool-boy, forgetting the next line of his reci-tation. " There is no occasion to grease any-t body's knees." shouted his teacher. "Go andL study your piece:'. Neither is there occasionto grease your hair. Parker's Hair Balsam isr. all the dressing you want. Restores the origi-nal gloss and color to gray or faded hair. Doese not soil the linen;not a dye; good for tihe scalp;.I prevents falling oat.

C. C. Nash, Eal., of Grant parish is ane aspirant for the Democjatic nomination to

Sthe office of Stats Auditor.

Liseases of an exhaustive nature that have ae tendency to create an unnatural feeling sucht as

s fatigue, lassitudeand great weakness through-I out the system owe their origin toa lack of ironSin the blood. Brown's Iron Bitters will restoreSthe blood to its natural healthful condition.I (et the blood prre by using thiu retedly andS i~s-aea will be l iic-kl' ba:iheds,

OUR GOOSEQUILL LETTERS.

The Cresanthemum Show-Domestic SilkCulture-Increase of Business in theDivorce Courts-An Affecting Farewell-Bishop Young, Formerly of Louisiana-Rev. Phillips Brooks-A Romantic Mar-riage, Etc.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5. 1883.EDITOR CHIEF:

This has been one of those glorious days

when the crisp air and brilliant sunshine

filled one with the energy needful for greatundertakings. Nothing very Herculean of-fered itself to me, however, and I contentedmyself with a ride out Chestnut street, over

the Schuylkill bridge, through West Phila-

delphia to the Park. There, I visited thegreat cresanthemum show that is attract-

ing and delighting all Philadelphia, andsurely it is a feast for the vision. I neversaw anything to equal the size, beauty andvariety of the flowers. They are as largearound, some of them, as coffee cup sau-

cers; fully six and eight inches in diameter.

The rich lemon color and the pure, pearl

white are the most beautiful. The finestvarieties come from China and Japan. Thecresanthemum is of easy culture-can be

grown from seed or cuttings-but great

skill is required to reach such perfection as

the Park florists are exhibiting. Cresan-

themums are the rage now-every lady offashion wears them as a corsage bouquet.

The Park is much changed of late. Nature

has in many places donned her sombre,autumnal dress and the brilliant foliage of

the colored leaf variety of decorative plants

is all burned black by the frosts. It is still

one of the loveliest spots in the world, how-

ever.I visited the rooms of the " Woman's Silk "

Culture Association" a few day ago and- iefelt my interest in the project renewed as I a

watched the process of silk reeling, saw the o

specimens of silk which were spun and di woven in this country and heard the oblig- k

ing lady manager tell the story of its suc- B1 cess. I also took fresh hold of the old sathought, which I long ago entertained, that a:the industry is particularly well adapted to nthe South. The North with her usual eye wto progress has taken hold of it, but owing 1to climate, can not do with it what the ,South can do. Three crops a year might be firaised in the South. The mulberry grows tthere easily: in fact, is already growing in nmany places-never having died out sincethe old Colonial days when it was plantedby order of the English Crown for the pur-pose of introducing silk culture in thiscountry. In 1646 Virginia endeavored by c,an act of the General Assembly to encour-age silk culture, and it seems strange thatso many years have passed and yet the in-dustry is in its infancy. No one need ex-pect to get rich in silk raising. As the nlabor and expense are trifling, and it canbe carried on by the poorest and humblest, slit is worthy of attention. It would come in Cvery nicely as one of several irons in the afire. Ladies in conjunction with house-keeping or school teaching could have their cisilk rooms, just as they have their poultry cyards or bee hives. Sugar planters could a;utilize the labor of women and old men, nand the pooret classes could employ theirchildren in that way. The white mulberryis considered the best food for the - silkworm and grows easily from cuttings. The iiosage orange is also excellent food. Rais- ning silk worm eggs is more profitable than ,;cocoons. There are 40,000 eggs to the

1 ounce and it requires about one hundred

moths to lay an ounce of eggs. One poundof fresh cocoons will bring fifty cents, whileeggs that are free from disease command bas much as eight dollars an ounce. In SFrance the silk worm eggs have alwaysbeen raised by the peasants, but of lateyears they have been so generally diseased, Powing, it is supposed, to the bad air of the npeasants' huts that France has imported clargely from Japan. If this country wouldestablish a reputation for good eggs shemight monopolize the trade with France.In 1877 France paid 1,691,400 francs for eggsimported from the United States, and theChief of the French Commission to the fiCentennial admitted that France made no pbetter silk than some that was on exhibi-tion then and raised in North Carolina.Everything goes to prove that the Southought to accept silk culture among her dother industries.

Judge Allison of the Desertion Courtholds high levee every few days and yester-e day was unusually exercised over the num-ber of cases presented to him. He setabout trying to adjust matters by giving c1 good, fatherly advice, but in every case the C

men said they had too much mother-in-lawat home, and the women said they hadtrusted and made up and been fooled oftena enough and nothing would suit but separa-Stion. The old Judge held out in one case, fhowever; refused to grant the order and in- tsisted that the couple must try living to-gether a month longer. He said somethingmust be done to stay the desertions thatare increasing all the time. During tenyears the number of these cases has in-creased four fold. As it is, the law en- tk courages the practice by permitting a wom-an to leave her husband for the slightestcause, rush into court and get an ordercompelling him to support herself andchildren. Turning from this court to thatof Common Pleas, we find that during Oc-tober seventeen divorces were granted.What hope is there for the human family!

The farewell service of Rev. Matthewa Newkirk, in the Bethlehem PresbyterianChurch, of which he has been pastor for along while, was real sad. Even those who thad been most busy in propagating the t

slanderous stories about him must havea been touched by pity at sight of the broken-

e hearted man. He announced his resigna-tion to the congregation and said as hishealth required a change of occupation andscene he would go to Europe for a few Iyears. He is a man of fine family andconsiderable wealth. The story that has so>r blurred his life's page is this: About a year

-ago a very nice widow lady, Mrs. Dalton, Ibecame the soprano of his choir. He wasseen frequently in her company and the

, world gazed and talked, as the world will.5e That perhaps would have subsided had ite- not been that the two went to Bedford

Springs together last summer and stopped* at the same hotel, where he instead of reg-.istering her as Mrs. Dalton, registered heras Mrs. Newark, New Jersey. They re-

mained at the Springs a weok, then re-turned together to Philadelphia. No onedetected anything wrong in their conduct

g otherwise, and the Board of Trustees, aftera careful investigation, rendered a verdictx- of simple imprudence. Society, however,

ig could not be appeased and set the ball of

scandal rolling, which never stopped untilit drove the poor man from his work andhis home.

I met Bishop Young of Florida lately and- had a talk with him. In giving an account

ed of his work in the South, he reverted to his

x- rectorship of Christ Church, Napoleonville,7- Assumption, and seemed disposed to rollan back the car of time, that he mightbe oncemore the county parson, jogging along onhis

i- old yellow horse from one comfortable, hos-

s pitable old plantation house to another onp; parochial duties. He was wont to say that

those were among his happiest days. Andhe told with a gusto that when he left thatan parish one of his vestrymen said, " Well

to Mr. Young, I suppose we will hear of youas Bishop some day," and how he viewedit as one of the impossibilities. At that

a day it certainly was hardly possible, butas money commands almost every thing andh- in his case earned him a Bishopric. Heo married a New York heiress, a devoted

re church woman, who. was quite willing to Iti spend her money freely for the church. i

Florlidd -eized the opportunity to elect ;

man for her Bishop who would not be de-pendent on his salary. His wife died sev-eral years ago leaving him all her wealth.He is gray haired now, has his second wife,.a young, handsome woman, and the manwho seemed, before he met her, to be madeof a bit of the North Pole and as impen-etrable as iron, is all aglow now with awarmth of love and is as tender as any lovesick swain.

I have read the books of the Rev. PhillipsBrooks, D. D., of Boston with the greatestpleasure and for years have been watchingmy opportunity to hear him preach. Hewas rector in the Church of the Holy Trin-ity for many years and is still as much be-loved in this city as in Boston. He preachedthree times on Sunday; twice in Holy Trin-ity and once in The Holy Apostles. Eachtime there was such a throng of eager list-eners that the chancel steps were used forseats and every inch of standing room wasoccupied. I heard him twice. Well, I wasdisappointed and I was pleased with theman who has been admired of all admirersin Philadelphia, New York, Boston andLondon. Disappointed because of his poorvoice and unpardonably rapid delivery.Apart from that he is charming. His sub-ject matter, his beautiful rhetoric, rivet theattention and withal, there is such a won-derful magnetism about the man, his man-ner, his tone, his earnestness, that you aresorry when be ceases to utter his heavenborn thoughts and you are ready to cry outfor more. Dr. Brooks is beloved by allwho know him forhiis large heart and great,broad principles.

A real romantic wedding took place hereWednesday evening.Cl The lady is MissMary Harris and the gentleman Mr. JosephH. Bradley. She is forty-five, he eighty-two. You doubtless remember the greatHarris murder trial which took place inWashington city in 1865, which attractedso much attention and was so ably defend-ed by Daniel W. Voorhies and Joseph H.Bradley. This is the very lady who stoodthat trial. She went to Washington fromthe West in the spring of 1865 in search ofher lover, A. J. Burroughs, found him inthe Treasury Department, shot and killedhim because he refused to keep a marriageengagement with her. She escaped pun-ishment of the law on the plea of insanityand for some years was confined in an in-sane asylum. It is said that she was soovercome with joy at the hearing the ver-dict in her favor that she jumped up andkissed Mr. Bradley in open court. Mr.Bradley was a faithful counsel and tooksuch a deep interest in the lady that he has

always been a devoted friend. Lately hemade up his mind that he could not livewithout her, and proposed to marry her.His children and friends protested-said he

was too old-but he could not be divertedfrom his purpose, and is back in Washing-ton with hisabride as happy a child with anew toy.

FRAGMENTS. 1

Angora cats are fashionable pets nows. r

The theatres are jubilant over their suc- iicess up to date.

The Haskell-multicharge cannon, thathas been attracting so much attention, hasstood the test at Sandy Hook, and is a pro-nounced success. t

August Fersietto has become quite rich tshining boots in Philadelphia. During theCentennial year he made $1900 and boughta home for his parents in Italy.

Of the $5,000,000 paid out annually by this n

city to its 9000 employees, fully two per icent. goes to money lenders. Shaving sal-

ary warrants has become a profitable busi-ness here. GOOSEQUILL.

District Attorney $. G. Hunter of Rap-

ides declines to be a candidafe for Attor-

ney General, and it is supposed he willenter the race for the District Judgeshipinstead.

The Louisiana Sugar-Bowl, one of the a

best and most flourishing'papers:;in the

State, has just entered itesfourteenth year. i

May the energy and indefatigable enter-prise of Bro. Gilmore continue to reapmerited reward in the renewed and in-creased prosperity of his admirable journal.

If people troubled with colds, would takeAyer's Cherry Pectoral before going to churchor places of entertainment. they would avoidcoughing, greatly to the comfort of both speak-ers and hearers. Public speakers and singersfind that the Pectoral wonuerfully increases thepower and flexibility of the voice.

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Rev. H. R. Traver, the estimable Presi-

dent of the Faculty of Leland University,

New Orleans, has suffered a great bereave-

ment in the death of his mother and sister,

who were suffocated by escaping gas in theirbedroom at Saratoga Springs, New Yirk.Dr. Traver will have the heartfelt sympathyof the large circle of friends to whom he hasendeared himself during his brief residencein Louisiana.

Gray hair may be made to take on its youth-ful color;and beauty by the use of Hall's Vege-table Sicilian Hair Bonewer, the best prepara-tion for the hair kndwn to the science of medi-cine and chemistry.

The Lee Association of Mobile has in-

augurated a movement looking to the erec-

tion in that city of a monument to the late

Admiral Raphael Semmes of the Confed-

erate Navy. Contributions are invited from

all who sympathize with the project, and

may be sent to Mr. Price Williams, Jr.,president of the Lee Association, or anymember of the monumental committee.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla worksdirectly and prompt-I, to purify and enrich the blood, improve theappetite, strengthen the nerves, and brace upthe system. It is in the truest sense an al.era-tive medicine. Every invalid should give it atrial.

MYSTERIOUS REFERENOEs.-The St. Ber-

nard Eagle, which is giving an earnest sup-

port to Hon. H. P. Kernochan of Plaque-

mines parish for Governor, has a leading

editorial in its latest issue under the cap-

tion of "The Campaign of Slander, " where-

in refutation is made of the foul calumny

that Mr. Kernochan begins his name with

Ch instead of K. The authorship of thiswicked libel upon a high-toned gentleman

is attributed to two individuals who seek to

r conceal their identity under the pseudo-

nyms of " Me" and " O, " and whom the

e Eagle threatens to unmask if they persistt in their efforts todamage the character of

an honorable aspirant for the gubernato-

rial chair. In addition to this leader, our

I St. Bernard cotemporary publishes the

i following paragraphs, suggesting compar-

isons that are unfathomable mysteries to1 the unsophisticated CHIEF, but the appli-cation of which may be divined by some of

, our more astute readers:1 As a matter of public information we hastena to assure "A Subscriber" that Hon. H. P. Ker-is nochan can spell through a newspaper, readwriting, and even sign his own name. He maynot be able to drink as much liquor as some ofhis competitors. but we have never yet seen himmake such a disgraceful exhibition of himself

d in public; indeed, we believe that he is not init the habit of being sent home by parcel express.

1 Mr. Kernochan was a Confederate soldier. al-a though he is not a militia general; he is a good

d business man, although he has not gone throughit the bankrupt court to acquire experience to

t manage public affairs; and he is a sound Dem-d orat. although he never had occasion to sub-stantiate! hisiprinciples by wantonly slaughter-ing Negroes.

to Dr. John B. Sawyers, Inka. Miss., says:h. i "Brown's Tron Biltters give general satisfac-

a tioiu."

OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

DOMaSTIC.The Earl of Cork is visiting Denver.Tom Thumb's little widow is in Cincin-

nati.

A baby at Columbia, Fla., was devourelby ants.

The Duke of Mecklenberg-Schwerin is inSan Francisco.

Jumbo's keeper has had the care of himfor nineteen years.

Atlanta is to have a musical festival witha chorus of 300 voices.

Philadelphia has a Society for the Sup-pression of Mendicancy.

Salt IAke City has a paid Fire Depart-ment of four men at $50 a month.

The establishment of a national collegefor female deaf-mutes is advocated.

The testimony of agnostics is not accep-ted in courts of law at Kingston, Ont.

Prospecting parties are searching thedeserts of Nevada for mineral deposits.

Mrs. O'Donnell, the wife of the slayer ofCarey, is now a resident of Philadelphia.

The Catholic Archbishop at Chicago hasbeen presented with $8000 by his congre-gation.

David Moses, the husband of the Bgweryfat bride, has sold her body to a Baltimorephysician.

The New England midget at a New Yorkmuseum is shortly to be married to theGerman princess.

Threejsisters were simultaneously mar-ried at Chattanooga, Tenn., recently, butone ceremony being pronounced.

O'Donovan Rossa states that the explosion in the underground railway, London,was the work of the Fenian Brotherhood.

Dubuque` has a boys' fraternity withpledges against tobacco, profanity andevery thing in the shape of vice or crime.

The last month's sales of postage stampsin Philadelphia are thellargest which haveever taken place since the office was estab-lished.

An aristocratic looking couple left "onthe M. and O. railway train at MeridianMiss., a basket containing a well dressedbaby and a quantity of exquisite clothing.

The horse which drew the first and lastloads of rails for the Northern Pacifclrailroad, has been stabled comfortablyin New York for the remainder of his day .

The late Isaac M. Singer, the famoussewing machine manufacturer, had thirteen.wives and fifty-seven children. One ofthem, heir to $1,000,000, has just commit-ted suicide in New York. 0

The smoke of the great fire in Dallas,Texas, was seen in Fort Worth, thirty-twomiles distant. A flat car was procured andin forty-five minutes the Fort Worthengines were playing on the fire in Dallas.

FOREIGN.Cremation is now compulsory in Portn-

The crown Prince of Russia is visitingAlfonso.

Afghanistan is in a complete state ofanarchy.

Moody is holding political meetings inEngland.

Tennyson and Gladstone are visitingCopenhagen.

The Earl of Mayo has been out West ona hunting jaunt.

The Duke of Castle Monte has been cap-tured by brigands.

Count Von Redern, Grand Chamberlainto the Emperor, is dead.

A directory of "American heiresses" hasbeen published in London.

The cradle of the little Infants of Spainis a satin lined conch shell.

Ismail Pasha intends purchasing QueenIsabella's mansion at Paris.

In Westphalia, Germany, liquor is notallowed to be sold to drunkards.

England has a law excluding any but En-glish barristers from the courts.

A temporary statue of John Brown hasbeen placed in the grounds at Balmoral.

There are two cats at the Crystal PalaceExhibit of London priced at $50,000 each.

A Jewish youth at St. Petersburg haspatented a watch which runs by electricity.

Cetewayo has no army left and onlyabout sixty women and old men as follow-ers.

Minister Lowell's name is proposed forRector of St. Andrew's University, En-gland.

The children at the English Zoo havetransferred their affections to Jingo, Jum-bo's successor.

Over 200,000 repeating rifles of the latestAmerican pattern have been ordered forthe Russian army.

The American legation was not invitedto participate in the recent Lord Mayor'sprocession at London.

Princess Alie, the eldest daughter ofCompte de Paris, is shortly to be marriedto Grand Duke Alexis of Russia.

Just compensation has been granted topersons whose property was made bonfiresof upon the news of the killing of Carey by

O'Donnell.The damage done in the Islef Ischia is

estimated at $1,500,000. Paris subscribed$',0,000 and Berlin X130,000 for the relief ofthe sufferers.

t The Anarchists rploded an infernal

machine in front , the mansion of aLyons merchant, d. ig immense damager to the building. 4

An ecumenical col soil is to be held atRome, at which the habits, style of dress

and general deportment of the priesthood

will be discussed.f Owing to the immense opium trade be-tween India and China, a war betweenFrance and the latter place would com-pletaly paralyze all Indian traffic.

d A plot to tar and feather the Lord Mayor

f while attending the meetitg of the Univer-sity Philosophical Society at Trinity Col-

n lege, has been discovered by the Dublit' police.

d A female thief at Nottingham, England.h stole a trunk from the railway station, buto when she found it to be tilled with the

" body of a child in spirits, and other por-tions of human anatomy, she surrenderedherself to the police.

5: Dr. J. B. P'end.rgras.s, Jefferson. ,.. (..sB- rown's Iron BIt:trs give, sa•ti•action. 'Ituse of thern :iisciae as, no o:. kn.v,:. o ln.