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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

BEEcHsR's BAIr.--Father Hyaeinthe has
bitten ut it, and of course has been hooked
and safely landed. Your Beecher dearly
loves sensation. The fermentation con-
stantly going on in . Beecher makes it an
absolute necessity. The opportunity to
make aspread'' in Plymouth church on
Hyacinthe was one not to be lost, so we
have these two worthless cheek by ,jowl.
Judge man by the company be keeps.
"birtls of q feather will flock together.''
Hence it has surprised no one that Hys-
cinthe should make for Beecher upon his
arriva: here as naturally as rat does 10
biz hole. The spectacle of the two saints
hob-nobbing together is suggestive OF
much thought: Beecher will play q star
engagement as "friend to Hyacinthe" until
the monk ceases to draw, when he will
take up with some one else. What little
Of sympathy there may have been felt for
this exprieet there is but little of it left.
His conduct since his advent among US
has not been marked with that modesty
and seclusion it ought to have been.
Bsecher is enough TO kill an acre of Hya-
cinthes.-lLouis Courier, :.
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Tall at LEVIN & FERG USONS'
" and examine their Holiday. Presents

TRUTH IN A NBT SHELL.-Here is an
appropos paragraph: iia
Some people-you know them-eye-
~ community has them-don't believe
in advertising, because, they say, "no-
body reads the papers, But let one
OF them accidentally get into a scrape,
and you will find him flying around to
the newspaper Office, earnestly and ell
oquently requesting the editor, "Please
don't mention that little affair of mine;
it's all a mistake; / didn't do it--never
thought of it; all who know me, will
tell you so but don't publish it, for it
would ruin nue. to have my name pubs
ished all over the country. e
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

TALKING AND DoING.--Our schools
go upon the Uocal hitherto; no clear aim
in them but to teach the young crea-
ture how he is to speak, to utter him
self by tongue and pen; which, suppos-
ing him, even to have something to
utter, as he so very rarely has, is by no
means the thing he specially wants in
these times. How is he to work-how
is he to behave and to dot That is
the Question for him, which he seeks
to answer if in schools Carlyle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

LIBERALITY.--The liberal man will
not give to improper persons, nor in
improper times, and so forth for if lie
did, he would cease to act with liber-
allty and if he were to spend money
upon these things, he wonld have none
to spend upon proper objects for the
man who spends according to his
means and upon proper objects, is lib
eral, but he who is in the excessis pro-
digal.-[ Aristotle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29
The Lazy Man.

The lazy man is always too good ma
tured. He never flies into passion.
He might crawl into one, if that were
possible, but the idea of his flying into
anything is preposterons.
Who ever heard of a lazy man break
ing into a bank, where "a crOWbar had
to be used, OF drilling into safe No
body. Not that he might not eOvet
neighbours goods therein contained,
INIT the horror of handling crQEbar
and drills would always deter him from
actually committing burglary. He nev-
or runs away with his neighbor's wife,
simply on account of the horror he has
of running. If he is ever known to
run, it is-run to seed. .
He rarely lies about his neighbors,
for it would be too much eXertion, but
he can lie at bar room all day.
He is of inestinlable service to a bill
lard saloon, keeping the chair warm
and watching the game, for few would
care to play where there are no spec
tators. The fact that he does this
without pay, day in and day out, shows
the usefulness of his nature. What an
Industrious man, who considers his
time worth something, would want pay
for, the lazy generally does for moth
ing, showing a free,iom from mercena-
ry motives that should go tar to his
credit.
The lazy man never gets up reyolu
tions, instructions, or other popular
cxcitemcnts, and don't make nuisance
of himself by tramping around the
country making incendiary speeches to
promote public discomfort.
In his own neighhorhood he is never
a busy body in other peoples affairs,
for the very idea of beng a busy body
at any thing would drive him out, for
he wouldn't have the energy to get out
OF his own accord.
No lazy man ever ran mad. If he
went crazy, it was because he couldn't
go anywhere else without walking.
Lazy men don't disturb the quiet of
peaceful neighborhoads by putting up
factories, furnaces, and such abonlina
tions.-[ Fat Contributor.
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Plantation For Rent,

THE Tom Neal plantation, on Red
Il river, 2 miles below Alexandria, will
be offered for rent, to the, highest bidder,
for the ensuing year, at the Court, House
door, in Alexandris, on "WEDNESDAY,
the I'D OF DECEMBER, 1869.
TERMs.-Rent payable November LIST,
1870. secured by oil the privileges permit.
ted by law. III. NEAL,
Dec. l5-2t. Executor.
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MARRIEp.-On the 22d, at Rosedale.
residence of the brides Father, by the
Rev. j. B. AveEard, F. A. LAYSSARD
to Miss ROSA VILLAIN. A- s-aie
We received an extra remembrance
from the happy couple, ana wish them
de tout occur health, happiness and SOL
id prosperity. -a 3ssff 9ss 80 ~.
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II One Of the best remedies for
stammering is the rapid PRONUNCIATION,
with proper emphasis, of the following
glbberish: Hobbs meets Snobbs and
NObbs; HOODS b0bs to Snobhs and
Nobbs; Sn0hbs mods to Hobbs and
robs Nobbs' foba. "That, (" Gays Hobbs,
sis the worst for Nohbs' fobs,n and
Snobhs sobs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

II A contemporary sees infinite
trouble in the future in settling Brig
ham Young's estate. The old fellow is
very rich, but then when he dies, each
of his twenty-five widows will expect
her third.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

All old men should use Dromgoole & Co.'S
Buchu. DromgoOle g. Co.'S Buchu is the
best and cheapest. For the kidneys and
bladder. Dromgoole e. Co. Buchu Effects
Of and scretion-Dromgoole & CO. 3 Buchu.
If yon cough. use Dromgoole & Co.'S Pee
toral. Dromgoole & Co.'S Pcctoral is tho
best. For winter colds-Dromgoole &
Co.'s Pectoral for the Lungs.
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ESTRAYS.

CTATE OF LOUIsIANA-PARIsH
- Of Rapides Taken up by s. A. Dow
ty, TWO HORSE MULES, one brown
and one sorrell, medium. size and young,
no brands perceptible. Appraised BY w.
q. Marlborough and DR.. John Taylor TO te
worth One Hundred Dollars each. The
owner Is hereby requested to come forward.
prove property. pay charges aud take them
away. or they win be sold 10 sixty days,
according to law. Given under my hand
this 22d day of December. 1869.
WIN. G. JAMES,
Dec 29.-60d. p l-1,e Up
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WOUNDED IN THE House, OF HIS
fRiESDs.-Senator Drake has fallen under
the dlspleasure of the Chicago Tribune
which thus expresses its disapproba,ion:
1t is reported that Senator Drake i
about to Introduce a bill in Compress
which ought to be entitled "a bin to
abolish the constitution" It proposes
that hereafter no United States court sball
have power to decide an act of CONGRESS
10 be unconstitutional. OF course if no
United States court can do so, any attempt
Oh State court to do so would be over.
ruieo ~ the superior power of the Nation.
aiIosefnment. The result would be that
no law OF Congress could be annul,ed for
uncoS.nstltutiouality, even though it might
soo,,sh the State governments, or provide
LOT the establishment OF q hereditary mon.
afchy. The constitution would no tonoer
form any check on Congress. We sbnold
nave no constitution of the United States States
anu each States Legislature might. bv :
similar act OF its own, abolish its eonsf;,n.
1oh. IL IS not too much to saw thai tho
member OF either Hoase who is intellectual.
y capaole ofintroducing. such q bill do.
serves expulsion on the ground of menta,
'meeclllty Heis non compos men, ia''A
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

EISHlNG TACKLE-Perch, Trout
\ and river hooks; superior lines OF
silk, grass, hemp aud cotton; trot or river
Ines; cork floats, bait boxes, Japan Fish
ing Poles, at III. ST. JOHNS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

King of Cbills il sure and certain. Dumb
Ague-use King of Chills. Children can
use King of Chills. King Of Cbills-the
peoples fayorite. At4st
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

asA a writer has said .liow beautiful
= tue |, an ieiion given by man to some moor
" oi'lte :. How gratefully that loYe is tiken
a''o now faithfully it is kept.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

NALL at LEVIN & FERGUsON,S and
~ examine their Holiday Presents
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

IT o l. I'D AY PRES EN- IT S
Al at EVIN & FERGUSON'S,
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GARDEN SEEDS.
LANDRETH'S NEW CROP,
FoR SALE HY ii. ST. JOHN
January 9Th 1860 3m.

LOST Or STOLEN.
4 GOLD HUNTING CASED ENGLTsH
n Watch. Maker. John Gordon, Lon
don. No. 1874. A liberal reward, and no
questions asked. win be given for its dc,
livery at thls Office.
Dec. J-tf.
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ROMANCE OF a DIyORCE.-Says the
Rochester Chronicle:
A poor little woman in Floyd coun-
ty, Ind, lost her husband short time
ago, and nearly went distracted about
it. 1t happened, however, that fine
1y upholstered young man came along
her way, and she married him just in
time to save herself from extreme mel
auclioly and an untimely grave. This
was we'll; but the poor little widow
had forgotten a clause i'll her first hus-
bands will, which prevented her dis
posing of some property left her, in
case of her rensarriage. Of course, I'M
der such circumstances she wanted to
dispose OF the property, and of course
it was difficult to do SO. But what lit
tie woman who has been a widow is
not equal to all emergencies An
swers to the question may be sent in
the usual way. This one remembered
that she lived in Indiana, and at once
set to work to get divorce She
abused her husband, and he abused
lier. The two quarreled like cats and
dogs, to use an original expression,
and though they kissed each other be-
hind every convenient stove-pipe and
whispered that it was just Il joke, you
know-fearing that one or the other
might be in earnest, after all--the fact
didn't interfere with the evidence
which they desired to manufacture
Suit was brought by the husband for
divorce, on the ground of incompati-
bility. The effort was successful: the
divorce was obtained; the property
was sold the very next day the par
ties were remarked, and now they are
living together very happily, all traces
OF incompatibility having disappeared.
TWAS very good in the Indiana Court
to get the poor little woman out of her
difficulty; bnt at the same time we
would advise husbands who wish to
die and leave their widows hampered
with property which is not to be sold
or used IN case of remarriage, to steer
clear of that State. 1t is very pleasant
for. the little widows and their new
husbands, bnt it is rather rough on the
dear ones who have adjourned sine die.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-12-29

Six and worsted dress goods, Opera fan.
mel, mourning goods, white and brown cot
tons, hosiery and gloves, laces and en-
broideries, blankets, 6annels asd cssi-
meres, the whole making o full assortment of
Plantation and Family Dry Goods.
all bought for cash, at remarkably low
prices aud to be sold at very small profit.
Visitors to our city will do we'll 10 call
and examine our goods and prices before
purchasing elsewhere, as we have . foil
force of gentlsmanly clerks and consider
it no trouble to show goods. ss tssa
dec 29-3m ccM
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NOTICE.

JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE
at Biossat's Warehouse-CHOICE
WHITE CORN. .5a :5sTa.
GTRAWBERRY PLANTS-FOR
Ogsale by sft III ST. JOHN.
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BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS.
jos. H. WILSON. lias-i b,
1871. - -. Canal Street ~. .l67
49al5oTq New Orleans, La, 10 aif
T0FFERS for sale . complete stock Of
~ Foreign and Domestic
l DRY GOODS. ss,salt5
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14

The question of the existence OF an open
polar sea in the ice bound north has many
disputanis, pro and contra. j. The views
held by many writer's are for the most
pert speculative; yet, if the declarations
OF those Arctic explorers who penetrated
farthest to the north and brought back
some definite information relative TO the
scenes with which their perilous researches
brough. them in contact, are to be receired
as worthy of our confidence, some credit
must be given to the opinion that an open
polar sea does exist. Capt. Parry, as early
as 1920, penetrated to nearly $50 north
latitude, and found, not an unbroken field
of ice as would be at so high a latitude,
but seperate foes, with more or less open
water between them. The damage sus-
tanned by his vessels amid this floating
ice induced his return. Parry found the
temperature along the western shore OF
Spitzbergen unexpectedly mild, even rain
falling nos and then. DR., kaEe, in 1885,
penetrated little beyond SIS, and found
evidences sufficient to warrant him, in his
report of bis expedition to the Navy De-
partment of the United States. to state
that he had discovered a large channel to
the northwest, free from ice, and leading
into an open and expanding area equally
free from ice. This open sea he states he
beheld from promontory $40 feet high,
and to use his own words, "a gale FROM
the northeast of fifty four hours duration.
brought heavy swell from that quarter
without disclosing any drift or other ice
The statements of Parry and Kane are the
most definite of Artic explorers on tho
subject of an open polar sea. But even
were its existence fact, the impossible
ity of its use for naval purposes is appa'
rent on account of the dangers surround
ing its approaches.-Fron "Auswers to
Correspondence" in Phreno1og'cot Joarts-
al for April. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HAND-sHAK
ING.

There is philosophy in hand-5hak-
ing. It is an indication of character: Il
gives expression to the degree in which
you are appreciated or esteemed. There
is variety CT methods of shaking hands
according to the temperament, disposi-
ton, or occasion. Some seize your hand
with an earnest grasp,-one foot extend :
ed:-and holding your eye with their
own. Such is the salutation Of the jolly
tar, ready to share "the last shot in the
locker" with the stranger of the hour.
Others, again, seize your hand with as
much freLzy, and may mean as vel to-
ward you ; but they do not look directly
at you, but past your cheeks, with eyes
steadily set, as if looking for some unde-
fined ghost;lines beyond, and seeming to
converse with the same. Others give too
great show of feryency to the saluta-
tion, causing your fingers to tingle with
pain; you involuntarily glance at your in
jured hand, expecting it to be compress
ed into one horrid, bruised, extended in-
dex finger. Others add to this exhibi-
ton of muscular power by swinging YOUR
hand up and down--a sort of lntilnatiori
that they are about to pump" you. 4
few come so close to you that you eau
feel their breath upon your face; others
seem to be exper imenting on the greatest
distance at which the salutation can be
exchanged. Some daintily offer you the
tips of their fingers; it means either that
they consider themselves your superior,
or that they are not disposed to be espec-
tally generous. Others, again, take your
whole hand, even cndangering the immac-
ulate whiteness Of your wristbands.
The most agreeable shake of the hand
that meaning, welcome grasp, warm, but
not painful in pressure, which stands
guarantee to the sympathetic look and
kindly-spoken word. The most abomin-
able hand shaking is lazy, listless Offering
giving no pressure, and averse to receiv-
ing any. We have shaken hands with
such persons, and the memory of it has
annoyed us for an hour. afterward. It
was like touching wet dlshcloth, or
cold, quivering frog. An embarrassing
shake of the Eand is, when the patty.
greets you hesitatingly, yet slightly, as if
he felt guilty of boldness. or was not
quite sure that he had not been mislod
by resemblance. 1t is awkward as
pause III conversation. Perhaps, to
young lovers, the quiet, half unintontion-
al contact of hands is most pleasant that
soft, lingering restlessness-that delic-
ious remaining at loves dictation-that
faint attempt at withdrawal at proprietys
suggesti n-that electrical thrill of con-
tact which fires the veins. modulates the
voice, colors the cheeks, adds brightness
to the eye, and tremulousness to tie
lips. How many men, profound in phil
osophy, brilliant in scholarship, high
in social position, have sat for hours in
the still moonlight, holding in their
hand the soft hand of woman, their
thoughts idly borne off BY fitting leaf,
or trill of bobolnk Who can say
that they were not all the better for it?
Cannot the lion be in love?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14

A WRITER in the St. Louis Republican
has introduced the following style of biog-
raphy: 'Robert Dexter-King Of the
New York Ledger and editor of the Turf.
He has circulation of 2:15, and can trot
his mile inside of half million of SUBJ
scribers, on ten cylinder track. All the
distinguished writer's in the country trot
for his paper. He learned the at of
printing when he was colt, and by dint of
perseverance. linked with native busi-
ness tact, and athorough knowledge of the
value of advertising, under the saddle and
to harness, he has in his maturity become
millionaire. He is perfect gentleman,
seventeen and one half hand high, of a
rich, glossy color and faultless symmetry
He may be seen almost any day when the
weather is fine, trotting around the Ledger
Office, or writing editorials in the Central
PARK"
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UNDER THE FLAIL.

The old barn stands 'mong. the strutting s'aekS
As full as the harvest could make per
And laughs through hundred strainahg CRACKS
At the wealth of many an acre.
The reaper's song with its tuneful rhyme
No longer keeps time with the SICKLE,
But now she laughs in q merrer chime-
The fails are beginning toticSie
The seasons wax and the seasons wane,
And the haryest-time never shall Iasi,
But the golden good of the ripeneo gfaln
Is gathered from under the Hail.
Ny full-grown he art with lts wealth OF song
Once stood 'mongits gathering pleasures,
Like n miser, selfshly all day long
Recounting the worth of it's treasures
Till one WAS struck with q deadly ohghs
That come from the never-sees sea;
The treasure WAS lost--but high in tne night
A new star WAS lighted for mel
Let fall the fail on the ripened sheaf
Till lit yield its golden recompepse;
Beneath the heaviest strokes of grief
Are the brightest grains OF Progi denee.
Home Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14

4 NOVEL Motive Power "A few days
ago, as feet of fishing vessels were lying
on one # the banks with which our coasts
abounds, their boats wandering from place
to place in search of good fishing ground,
they encountered large shoal OF sword
fish. The men on board of one of the
boats struck" one of them, and as they
were hauling him in, he came, in his gy-
rations, full at the stern of the boat, run
ming his sword, several feet long through
the skull ll-hole. at the same time disengag.
ing the iron from his body. Quick as
thought one of the stalwart mariners seized
the sword, and getting astride OF it, held
it firmly. Meantime the fish, by the
action of his tail used as propeller, urged
the boat forward at good rate of speed
until she reached the vessel to which she
belonged, her head fortunately being in
that direction when he made the attack.
The novel scene was witnessed by all the
members of the fleet, who greeted the
strange performance with cheers and
shouts of laughter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14

A GENTS WANTED-A responsible party
N or firm that can furnish a No. refer
ences, to act as local agent for company just
Organized. Address with references.
SAMUEL ROGERS i Co.
Room 7, Speeds Block 10. I25 Dearborn St,
Chicago.
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HANDS.

Hands that are brown, and hands that ar
white
Clasped each other in love to night;
And the brown are going to Go and dare,
And toll for the hands that are small and fair
The brown will grow browner day by day
Toiling beneath the suns fierce ray,
And holding the plow from morn till night
To save the hands so soft and white.
Rye, oats and wheat the brown will throw,
And many an acre with corn will SOW
That the owner of hands so fine and fair
May never know a want or care. ~ d.
Out of the pathway OF life will be torn
The thistle, the briar, and the thorn,
By great brown hands so loving and kind
That the white may only roses find.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14
A DUroHMAN OPPOSED TO INSURANCE

A DUTCHMAN OPPOSED TO INSURANCE:
A certain Dutchman, owner of n
small house. had effected an insurance on
it of eight hundred dollars. although it had
been built for much less The house
burnt down, and the Dutchman then
claimed the fill amount for Which it had
been insured (; but the officers Of the colr
pany refused to pay more than its actual
value. aoout six hundred dollars He
expressed his dissatisfaction in powerful
broken English, interlarding his remarks
with some choice Teutonic oaths.
"If you wish it, said the cashier of the
insurance com pany, I'VE will build YOU a
house much larger and better than the
one burned down, IS we are positive it can
be done for even less than six hundreef
dollars"
To this proposition the Dutchm@n oh.
jected, and at last YVES compelled to take
the six hundred dollars. Some weeks
after he had received the money, he was
called upon by the same agent, who want
cd him to take cut policy of life insur-
anee on himself Or on his wife
Ii you insure yOnT Wlte S lie Tor 81, =
O00," the agent said, 'and she should die,
you would have the sum to solace your
heart"
'Dat be tam - exclaimed the Dutch.
man. "You 'surance fellows ish all tiefs
IF insure my wife, and my wife dies, aud
if goes to de Office to get my two thou
sand dollars, do l gets all the money ?
No, not quite. You will say to me, She
wasn't vorte two thousand dollars sho
vas wort about six hundred. If you don't
like de SIX hundred we will give . bigger
sal better ~i:ss." %
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JAMES HANRAHAN,

Manufacturer OF
LunsJer. Fagons, Open and Covered
Bsggies, Sleighs and Cutters.
Custom work promptly attended to, and exc
sRted in workmanlke manner.
shop on Third Street. one block south OF
Main Watertoyn Wis 44yl
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STRAv & MURPHY

Formerly Straw s. Gooirow,)
Painters and dealers ia w all Taper,
Window Shades, Paints, Oil, Varnish, Glass,
Putty, Brushes, &C.
One door west Of Wisconsin National Bank,
yyatertOYu o
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WATERFOWL MARBLE WORKS
:. 6. GREEN,

Manufacturer of and Dealer in all kinds of
Marble Monuments, HeadStones. Mantel ieces
&c. also Cut Stone for Building Purposes.
Shop on First ST., one block south OF Robinson
House. Watertown, Wisconsin.