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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD
i respectfully inform their friends
and the sugar planters generally of the
Parishes of Rapides and Avoyelles,
that they are now prepared to set or
repair kettles and boilers in the most
approved style and best wormanlike
manner. Having had q years expert.
ence in this line of business, they feel
satisfied that they will render satisfac-
ton, and will guarantee that their work
will he better, and by their style of
setting boilers, economize more fuel
than that of any other Mason in either
Parish. Best Of references given, if re-
quired. GILES SMITH & son,
March Is, ls7I-ly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15

. HANDSOME MEN.-An exchange says:
one of the greatest nuisances at Il hotel
is a handsome young man. He is an
intolerable bore to all the ladies of good
sense in the house. If | might be al
lowed suggestion, | wonld advise
every father who is threatened with a
handsome man in the family, just to
take clothes FOUNDER and batter his
nose to pumice. For some cause or
other, nine ont of ten of the handsome
men you meet are conceited jackdaws.
They cultivate their hair and complex
ION so much that they have no time to
think of their brains. By the time they
reach thirty, their heads aud hands are
equally soft. There are three or four
OF these specimens of humanity stop
ping at the West End. You are sure
To find them astride of tho pano-stool,
or boring some Young lady to sing an
ar from opera bnufIc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15

WHY Do You COUGH--when it is in
your power to relieve yonrselff A few
doses of DIR. TUFTS EXPECTO-
RANT will cure you and allay the APP
prehensions of your friends; more
over, it is pleasant to take, it produces
no nausea, and strengthens the Lungs
and throat to resist attacks in the flu
ture. Mothers need not dread the
Group when they have bottle Of this
valuable compound ON their Mantel-
pieces.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15
General Buckrer Gains His Suit.

The following j s the report of the
kingsbury estate suit, as found in the
Frankfort (ky.) Yeoman Of the 9TH
instant:
All his friends will rejoice to hear of
General S. b. Bnckner's good fortune
in gaining law suit, by which he
comes in possession of property in Chi
cage, valued at quite a million of dol
lars. This property belonged before
tie war to Mrs. Buckner, who, in order
to facilitate its management, as well as
to avoid danger of confiscation, con-
vcyed it to her brother, Colonel Kings
bury, an officer of the Federal army, at
that time being unmarried, it being
we'll understood that the conveyance
was in trust The war came OF, Colo
mel Kinssbury married, and was killed
at Antietam, leaving an heir. When
the war closed, and for several years
after, it was believed Colonel Kings
bury had died without will, and that,
therefore, all his property, including
that conveyed by Mrs. Buckuer, pass
ed by descent to his infant child, who
alone could make restitution upon ar
irving at majority, if disposed to do so
at all. Laterly, however, it was as
certained that Colonel Kingsbury had
left will, and fortunately the friends
of Mrs. Buckner were successful in Sc
curing possession Of the original. SHIT
was brought; the widow of Colonel
Kingsbury and her friends contested il
bitterly; but the final decision is ar.
rived at, justice has been done, and
Colonel Kingsbury's will is carried in
to effect by returning to Mrs. Buckne,
the property left her by her father
In addition to this the Court DEGREES
that $4,000 of rents and profits, which
have been held by the receiver, await.
ing the result of the suit, shall be turn.
ed over to General Buckncr. 1t is q
very interesting and romantic case"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15

DARTIES INTERESTED IN THE
l. Warehouse business will do we'll
to note the fact that they can have
their cotton and other freight Incurred
,cithont charge, aud stored at the LOW
EST RATES, at the New Brick Ware
house by HENRYA. BIOSSAT,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15
RAPIDES FEMALE SEMINARY,
ALEXANDRIA, LA.
Mrs. A. P. CLARKE, PR,ScIrA1.
Miss MATHILDE CLARKE, ASSISTANT

THIS SEMINARY WILL OPEN for
Il the reception ofBoARpING and DAY
Scholars on
Monday the 4th day of September,
and continue for a period of 40 weeks.
For the whole year, Boarding,
lights and fuel. S 2C0 co
Tuition in Academic department so co
I milton in Preparatory dept. 40 90
Tuition in Primary dept. .-. 80 90
Music-Piano or Guitar or Melo-
dian co co
Modern anguages-(each &c.,. 90 90
Embroidery, Painting-in Oil
and Drawing-(e ach) ...... 25 90
Having had long experience in teach
ing and being able to offer first class
facilities for the acqnirment ola sub-
stantial and polite education the Prin-
cipal hopes to receive an extensive
patronage from this community.
REFERENcEs-Rt. Rev. j. P. B. Will
mer. d. D., Bishop of La. Rev. Otis
Hackett, A. NJ, Cheneyville, Rev. s.
Burford. A. NJ, Patron and Visitor,
Alexandria, DR.. S. Slaughter and B.
Tanner, Cheney vile, Capt J. G. White
and Henry st. John, Alexandria.
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guson's, A. Heyman's, H. st. Johns
and Mrs. Sullivan's Millinery Store.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15

10 The United States consume more
than Eve times as much coffee pc,
capita as Great Britain, and twice as
much as France. Holland, Norway,
and Belgium arc the only countries
which consume greater amount
per capita. The consumption Of coffee
has doubled in most countries during
the last twenty years. The greater
portion of so-called s.Old Government,
Java sold iu this country is a humbng.
u Beet-root brandy is an English
tippie. said to beat root beer,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15

rOAL OIL aud PUROLINE OIL
~ For sale by H. A. BiOSSAT.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15
RccrDtiOn C0mmitfpe.

/. L. SAcKAIAN, Chairman.
II. L. Monheim, II. Bath.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-15
Floor MANAGERS:

JOHN NJ. BARRETT, Chairman.
B. II. DeSola, I. H. Sackman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13
The Nebula Discovered by the Her.
SchplS

In ancient times, astronomers had
noticed five spots on the heavens where
a cloudy sort of light could be recog-
nized. These spots they had called
" cloudy stars" But not very long az
ter the invention of the telescope, seve-
raj more Of these SHAREHOLDERS began to
be recognized. Lacaille discov cred for
ty.five in the southern heavens, and
Messier, the cOmet-seeker, made a list
Of no less than hundred and three.
The SHAREHOLDERS or pebule, known
when Sir w. IIerschel began his re-
searches, amounted to no less than a
hundred and fifty. In the year 1856
that astronomer began his contributions
to the list OF known nebule by sending
a catalogue of no less than one thousand
of these objects to the Royal Society.
Three years later he sent in a list OF yet
another thousand nebule and in 1902
when he was sixty four years old an
other list containing five hundred Of
these objects. In other words, during
sixteen years, this indefatigable obser-
yer noted the places of more than six
teen times as many OF these celestial
cloudlets as all preceding observers had
been able to record. Sir John Herschel,
having proposed to himself the task of
completing at southern station the
survey of the heavens which his father
had commenced, thought it necessary
to prepare himself for the work by re-
surveying the northern heavens. While
thus engaged, he discovered five hun
dred nebul@ which had escaped his IA
theirs notice. Then proceeding to the
Cape OF Good Hope, he examined those
parts of the heavens which had been
invisible from his fathers northerly ob.
servatory, and in lS47 communicated a
list OF l7OS star-clouds discovered dur
ing the progress o. this survey. In all,
Sir John Herschel discovered no less
than 220S nebul@, his father having dis
covered $500 As the whole number of
known nebule in our day amounts to
but five thousand two hundred, it will
be seen that more than nine out of every
ten known nebul@ were discovered by
the Herschels. Tile C6ynhW Maga-ine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13

need it be feared that the rule of good
living, once fou..d and laid down prop
erly, will be impossible to pursue. The
capacity of human nature to aceommo.
date itself to untoward circumstances
and to resist unfavorable influences, to
lay down old habits and to le up new
ones, is very remarkable Surely that
same fexibility of function which ena-
BILE the sedentary sewing-women to
violate every law of health and yet
live; which saves the sedentary smoke
dried German student from premature
paralysis, and enables the London fash
ionable to preserve bloom and vigor
while turning night into day and day
into night which sustains Livingstone
in the sweltering jungles of Africa, and
made existence possible to Kane and
his companions frozen fast to glaciers of
Overwhelmingly an adaptability so
great will put it in mans power TO
change his mode of life from disorderly
one against nature to an orderly one in
accordance with nature, and will make
it quite tolerable for him to put his
belly-gods preemptorily away, quench
his unruly appetitcs, and master the
whole secret of blooming and unfet-
tered old age.
Nor are the means for procuring
health far to seek nor difficult to attain.
We must go back to nature-not indeed
IN Rousseau's sense or returning to
savagery and unkempt nakedness, but,
by using art, to discover the curative
processes our instincts naturally pur-
sue, and the philosophy of the regimen
they require us to adopt. This, in effect,
is to enforce upon our lives, our habits,
our very thoughts, the scrupulous,
sedulous, daily constant exercise of
right reason. He who corrects and
controls his appetites, says the old Latin
moralist, gets something of the divine
nature thereby,-becomes "oS oculoSgue
JoVi pr" A poper regimen, proper
mode OF notion and of rest, proper
sobriety Of appetite and sweet CONT
hence OF temper, and the whole tale of
illimitable physical and moral regenera-
ton is told at once. Surely there is no
difficulty here. Surely the simplest man
among US, or the most obdurate
in passion and unreason can, if he try,
pursue
The rule of not too much by temperance
In what thou eatst and drink'st seeking from
thence.
Due nourishment. not gluttonous delight"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13
Troublesome NeighbOrs. /,

First, Mrs McGinty came over TO know
If r. pailful of coal she could borrow,
Her husband had ordered ton from the gard,
Shed return IL by tomorrow
Then came Mrs Martin from over the way.
Who said she stepped over to see
With only drawing Of tea.
Next came Mrs. johnson. who liked very much
I'd lend her. tor an hour or two. tI
A couple of irons, as she had on hand
Some work so hurried to do.
Then came Mrs. Thomas. neighbor next door
A troublesome. cranky old dame.
Who wanted TO borrow for that afternoon
The loan Of my large quilting frame
Scarce had she gone when old widow Jones.
Who said she was going TO scrub.
Came into the room and wanted TO know
If I'd lend her the use of my tub.
Then Mrs. Wilson came over in haste,
In her hand pitcher she bore;
Her mOlasses fell short, she hadn't enough,
And would like to borrow some more.
Next came Mrs. Herando who wanted TO know
If the late paper had read through
And would feel much obliged TO me II i would
But loan il an hour or two.
And even at night when going 10 bed.
There came TO my door Mrs. Doyle,
Who had 10 sit up-her daughter was SICK
And wanted some kerosene oil.
With patience exhausted I'm forced TO declare
That in future I'll lessen my labors,
BY refusing to lend everything possess
To mprovident troublesome neighbors,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13
The Volcano in the Pacific.

Hawaii, as our readers are aware, is
the largest and best known of the Sand.
wich Islands, containing four thousand
square miles. Its most prominent phys
ical features are the mountain peaks of
Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, each of
which is 1900 feet above the level of
the sea-or within l,S00 feet of the
loftiest altitude of the A ps. They stand
apart from each other, and the former
is covered with snow, while the latter is
known as the largest volcano in the
world. and is now in violent eruption (;
its fiames-according TO our dispatches
being visible many miles out on the
Pacific. The crater of Mauna Loa is
nine miles IN circumference, and stands
5000 feet above the ocean. The prop
er name Of the volcanic portion of the
mountain Is Kilauea, and from it at all
times proceeds a stream of red-hot lava,
but occasionally as in the present in.
stance, this lava is projected an inn
mense distance in the air, and pours in
rivers of liquid fire down into the val.
legs beneath. From 1856 to 1859, the
volcano was in a constant state of erup-
ton, the blaze illuminating both sea
ana lana, ana presenting spectacle ut
once terrible and magnificent The
burning lava at that time DESTROYED a
fishing village near the base of the
mountain, filled up bay on the ada
cent shore, and left a promontory in its
place.
There is little doubt that all the Sand
witch Islands are the result of volcanic
action, and besides Mauna Loa there
are many others of these tremendous
furnaces whose fuel has long since beed
exhausted. Mauna Heleakala, or
Blouse of the Sum-" shows crater
nearly thirty miles in circumference,
and between two and three thousand
feet deep. Within this mighty pit there
may be counted not less than sixteen
basins of extinct volcanoes-all ofwhich
were once in active operation.
A WESTERN editor reports money
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13
Vanity.

The sun comes up, and the sun goes down.
And the day and night are the same az one;
The year grows green, and the year grows brown
And what is il all when all is done?
Grains of sombre and shining sand,
Sliding into and out of the hand.
And men go down in ships to the seas.
And hundred ships are the same as one.
And backward and forward blows the breeze,
And what is il all when all is done
A tide with never shore in sight.
Setting steadily on to the night.
The fisherman droppeth his net in the stream.
And hundred streams are the same as one;
And a maiden dreameth her love-lit dream,
And what is il all when all is done?
The net of the fishers the burden breaks,
And after dreaming, the dreamer wakes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13
Wit ana Wisdom.

The Rev. DR.. Thomas, of Dayton,
Ohio, must rejoice in that little boy OF
his who had been visiting at the house
OF female relation, where he took
some lessons in the history of the
American Revolution, and how the
Americans whipped the Britishers. TIL
lad returned home full of his new sub:
iect, and at the tta-table said to his
father, "Pa, be you a British p " Yes,
my SON; ] was born in England.
"Well, we whipped you J. retorted the
youhgster.
A CERTAIN beadle had fancied the
manse housemaid; but, at loss for an
opportunity to declare himself, one day
"a Sunday-when his duties were end
ed, he looked sheepish, and said
MARY, wad we tax turn, Mary % He
led her to the churchyard, and, point
ing with his finger, got out my fowll
lie there, Mary; wad we like to lie
there?' The grave hint was taken and
she became his wife, but does not lie
there yet.
A LITTLE four-year-old, living just out
of New York, was saying the Lords
prayer at his mothers knee. After he
had finished, she said to him; " Now,
Sandy, ask God to make you good
boy." The boy hesitated, grew thought
full, and, after few minutes, looked up
and whispered, 90 It's no use, mamma
He won't do it, | tell you I've asked
Him ever so many times.
The comment of colored preacher
on the text, 1t is more blessed to give
than to receive is inimitable for its
point as we'll as eloquence "Ive
known many church to die cause IL
didn't give enough, but | never have
known q church to die cause it gave
too much. Dey don't die dat way.
Bredren, has any of you knowed a
church to die cause it gave too much?
If you do, just let me know, and III
make pilgrimage to that church. and
III climb by de soft light of de moon
up the moss covered roof; and III
stand dar, and lift up my hands to
heaven and say, Blessed are de dead
dat die in de Lord >
BENNINGTON man celebrated the
Fourth rather too freely, but managed
TO get home and attend to his chores
after fashion. While he kept his per.
penulcuiaf ne cOuiu carry MS lotu as
soon as he lay down it wouldn't stay.
To his wife's questions as to what allied
him, he replied: Milk, wife, milk
that's what's the matter; drinl<ed too
much warm, and it's soured on me-
sob yes" said the lady, that story is
all right, but that smell is rum"
"Then the cussed old cows prob'ly
been cel'brat'n In'pen'ence day said
the inebriate, as he turned his face
again toward the basin.
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A WESTERN editor reports money
"close, but not close enough to be
reached"
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Annexation Of Mexico to the United
States.

Reliable information it is said has
been received at New York that there
exists a widespread organization Of eX-
confederate officers, soldiers and politi-
clans, including also many persons who
served in the federal army, whose pur.
pose is to bring about the annexation
of MeXico; peaceably if they can forci-
bly, if they must. This organization
expects to secure the. ..annexation Of
Mexico within five years. Joseph g.
johnson, the famous confederate Gen
eral, is chief of the organization.
Rosecrans is in sympathy with the
movement. John A. Logan is also
named. 1t is believed that Juarez him
self is not unfriendly to the object sought.
The demand for annexation is to begin
in Mexico. Newspapers advocating the
cause will soon be started there, and
the coming winter will see the first
fruits of a movement long contem-A
plated, but only now about to be sprung
upon the two Republics.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13

AMERICAN bellies now promenade in
company with a maid, like the French.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13

A MAN was brought before an Illinois
magistrate and fined $3.50 for getting
drunk. He smiled blandly, and, draw
ing out a dollar bill, said, "All right,
Mister Magistrate. suppose you re-
member when | sold out my saloon in
Pekin had $3.50 on the slate against
you. With this dollar that will exactly
pay my fine. You must excuse me,
Squire, for this little spree mine; but
| didn't see any other way of collecting
my bill against you than this
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13

On THE eastern slope of Clark noun
tain, Nevada, near its summit, there is
a perpendicular cliff two hundred and
fifty feet high. At about one hundred
feet from the base of the cliff on its
front are engraven the characters + ! L
ID. The cross and letters are of inn
mense size, being fully six feet in height,
and cut into the cliff two and half
feet deep-so that they can be plainly
seen at a distance of five miles. BY
whom this strange workmanship was
done is unknown. The fact, however.
that the letters are the Roman charac.
ter, and are preceded 10y the figure of a
cross, would make it appear that it was
done by the Jesuit missionaries, who
were known to have benin that region
many years ago. The Indians know
nothing of its authors, nor have they
any traditions concerning its origin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13

rHE false hair mania has invaded
fashionable nurseries at the East, and
ten year-old bellies are to be seen with
long braids hitched on to their natural
capillary covering.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-10-13

A SUPERNATURAL WARMING New
York paper says Mr.. Beattie, now
an engineer on the Montgomery Branch
Railroad says that he was once driving
an engine on the Cincinnati Express
train No. up the mountain, it seemed
to him as he rounded the rock just be-
fore entering the great cut at Otisyille,
that some one said to him as plain as
words could speak it, Shut OFF, He
looked around to see if his fireman had
spoken to him, but as that individual
was leaning with his head out of the
cab. it was evident he had not. Mr..
Beattie prepared to dismiss it, when a
second time, as plainly and distinctly as
before. he heard the warning voice,
shut Off Without further delay he
at once rushed the throttle valve close
in. and shut the throttle valve close in,
and shut the steam entirely off OF
course, as the train was going up ris-
ing ground, it at once slackened its
speed, not moment too soon, for
around the rocks was the rear end of
freight train slowly toiling up the grade.
As il was, the two trains struck each
other, but so slightly as to cause no
damage and but little delay.