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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-28

NOhcu iuto uCtlOu uCioiS t'S'i NoSS 40
beyond remedy.-[New Orleans Bee. =
.fI-y Did God make men to be happy
on earth /? The fact is that the over
whelming majority of pOpie are not
happy, except when they are stimula-
ted by pleasure, or i'll some other way
unless the strings are all in unnatu-
raj tension aud yet we believe that
man was originally constituted for hap
piness and that if lie would live right,
drawing breath would be source OF
pleasure. But men, as all confess,
don't live right. They are vcxed with
care, which spring, from ilinsions-they
are hurried by passions that offer no
solid realization-they cat too much
they worry too much-they want to be
rich too much. But all these evils
which spring so readily from the natn-
raj processes of life are not enough ;
they. must add unnatural vices which
promise temporary alterations, but
which, in the end, only intensity hui
man sufferings. We have no hesita-
ton in declaring that three-four;hs OF
the miseries of life result first Or last
from stimulants or narcotics. People
get their tissues inflamed with whisky
their stomachs deranged with tobac-
co and their nerves out of order witt
coffee. Life gets to looking black, and
if they tarn to the only avenue OF es'
cane, total abandonment of their per
nicious habits, the avenue of exit II
blacker yet. So the man surrender
himself to the hard philosophy that III
is the victim of dark fate which
placed him here for misery, and tina
he will endure it while he must ant
pallate it with fresh draughts OF pols
onous. stimulants when he can. 1t i
f not so. Our Father placed us here fol
, benevolent purposes, and if we vii
live right we will be happy in stayin'
, here. If you have thwarted those Pun!
} poses by giving up to habit which
, abnormal, you must suffer the penalt.
, by having the habit as cruel master
but the only road TO day!igh hit is b.
quitting, and if you quit, kind natur
, will help you ont and you may be hap
Ply yeti Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-28

fare IN our generation anu So"""S' W
the public execution of woman.--
Certainly if capital punishment is ever
UNSUITABLE, there are good reasons for
inflicting it in a case of which the
atrocity has overcome the sentimental
dissemination of American juries to
hang anybody, and the hyperchivairic
refusal of Americans to mete out TO
women even the measure OF justice
which it accords to men. 1t is Doubt
full if the mere murder which Mrs. Fair
committed would have brought her to
this pass if she had not assisted her
own prosecution by the Infamous I'M
pudence of her demeanor in court.
Her insult to witness whose only
fault was that she had been the lawful
| wife of man whom Mrs. Fair first
TEMPTED, then swindlcd, and then Kill
ed. was so felicitously atrocions thai
even the Juror began tobethink him
self whether some chivalry might moi
be prolitably bestowed upon an lnno'
cent woman as well as upon a snper
latively guilty one, and the result was
the verdict of guilty. AS psycho!ogii
cal study tho interest in Mrs. Far II
exhausted. and any other interest sh'
never possessed for people outside tn
range of her personal allurements. !,
is not to be expected that she VII
deport herself upon her entrance t.
eternity in any other than the style o
theatrical bravado which has markc'
her progress through time, or Will ceas
TO solicit the wondering admiration
the males of her species, even VINE
that admiration can no longer oe nao
fruitful of furniture and productive
stocks.
[Frcm the New York Tribune
Mrs. Laura d. Fair, the centr;
figure of tie latest cause ceiebFc
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
Table Etiquette.

The following rules for table eti-
quette will probably be observed as
closely as any that could be given:
I. Do not commence eating before
your host gets through with his
grace. l have known some men to
bite biscuit as large as a blacking
box into half moon, and to have to
hold it between their teeth, under a
suspension of the rules, during bless
ing. This is disgraceful.
2. Do not sup soup with a fork
Your soup will always have you at a
disadvantage with such odds. Be
sides, it is sOup-erfiuOus."
8. In passing your plate to be re-
helped retain your knife and fork in
you vest pocket.
4. When asked for a dish, do not
prOpel it across the surface Of the ta-
bic after the manner or game of
shOvel-bOard; always pitch it grace
fully, after the manner of qCOits. =
This will be "quoit" sufficient.
5. Never try to eat fish with salt
cellar.
6. While drinking be careful not to
empty hot coffee, or anything of that
sort, into your neighbOr's paper col
lar.
Z. Do not eat too fast. You will
not get left if you make up in heroic
doses for fast time.
8. Ifyou find anything suspicious in
your hash, don't eat any more hash ;
and if there is anything wrong with
your butter, propose a toast or tell an
anecdOte.
9. When you burn your mouth
with cold potato, don't whistle or
make faces at the company, but shed
tears in silence.
10. Never leave the table without
asking the lady of the house to be ex-
cused; but if you happen to be at a
barbecue or a free lunch, don't leave
as long as there is a crumb in sight.
If you will studiously observe these
little rules, and don't appropriate your
table napkin under the contemplate
pretence that you thought it was your
pocket handkerchief, you will succeed
admirably.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
Telling Stories

A few years ago a society was form
ed in New York for the suppression Of
stOry-tellers. Artemus Ward, Dan
Bryant, Billy Florence, and men oi
that like constituted the active mem
bers. Their plan was, when a man
commenced a story, to get up and
saunter away, one at q time, leaving
the unhappy man to complete his
narration to the chairs and other
furniture.
One day Dan Bryan so far forgot
himself as to begin. a story, forcibly
brought to his remembrance by some
incident of the occasion. Ward got
up and sauntered out, whistling a
melancholy tune.
One by one the remainder followed
suit, with troubled looks and a sad
shake of the head, sometimes sighing
deeply. By the time Dan had reach
ed the middle of his story he was
alone. As the last man had passed
out, Dan, turning to a picture oi
George Washington hanging on the
wall, and remarking:
"Here, old fellow, you've got to hear
the rest of this story; I'd like to see
you get down and walk OFF on your
ear" completed his narrative, the
Father o his Country and Governor
POsy, OF Indiana, listened to him with
that calm benignity so characteristic
of him. 1t needless to say, the story
extiHguishers who were listening out
side, enjoyed this part of the yarn, al
least.
Speaking Of Washington, he
couldn't tell a story, and readily
acknowledged it. He told his father
he couldn't when a little boy although
as things have looked a story would
not let him out. 1t is pity there are
not more people to say with Washing,
ton, 81 cannot tell story, and never
fry IL -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
A Novel Garden.

The young King of Bavaria has an
immense garden on the roof of his
palace at Munich which is said to ri
val the celebrated hanging gardens of
Semiramis. In the center of it there
is lake with fishes and swans SWIM
ming in it, and this is surrounded by
woods in which there are various ami
mails and birds, and also rOck-work
and grottOes. The rocks had to be
followed out before transporting them
to the roof, the better to enable the
building to bear their weight. There
is in the center of the garden a sort of
tent or pavilion of great magnificence,
which no one but the King ever en-
ters. The apartments under the pal
ace roof were formerly occupied by the
ladies of honor, but they have been
converted into stables, because too
much time was required TO hoist
horses to the roof whenever the King
wished 10 ride or drive through this
fairy-like resort.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
1 Gigantic Dwarf.

A simple-minded young Frenchman
on coming to Paris was anxious to see
the famous General Tom Thumb, then
in France, and asked a town friend
where he might find him. The mis-
chievOus wag gave him the address of
Lablache, the pOnderOus and spheric-
al basso Of the opera. Hither the rus
tic hied. He rang, and the door by a
chance trick of fortune was opened
by the obese artist in person. The
alarmed visitor drew back in confu-
sion. "a thousand pardons, Monsieur,
there must be a mistake. I hope to
see Tom Thumb" lablachs, taking
the situation at glance, and enjoy
ing joke, gravely replied, "Sir, there
is no error; I am Tom Thumb !'-
"WhyAno-hOw- why, ]
thought Tom Thumb was very smallp'
gasps the astonished visitor. "Oh
that's no matter, replied the basso
graciously; "befOre the public, you
see, I am small-very small indeed"
-suiting the action to the word and
holding his hand about two feet above
fioor-"but here at home"-rising to
his full height, putting his thumbs in
the armhOles of his waistcOat and
swelling out that resonant rotundity
which was wont to shake the foyer
with its thunders-"here at home,
! take mn ease ~
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
The Girls that are Growing Old.

Harper's Bazaar has a word of COM
| fort for the girls who are beginning to
Ego off" as our English cousins have
| it:
We say that our friend is passee. Is
she past her intelligence, her good ma
| ture, her power of entertainment, her
wit, her usefulness generally? On
! the contrary, she has usually but just
attained the greater part of them.
She has just attained experience
enough to enable her to comprehend
and join in conversation above the
mediOcrity of gossip and litter and
compliment; her gayety is not mere
giggling, but there is in it something
of the fash of encountering intellects;
she has discretion enough to keep si-
lent, and knowledge enough to speak
on occasion; no longer raw, or shy, or
painfully self-cOnsciOus, her manners
have a charm of ease that gives ease
to all around her; ifshe has accom-
plishments, they are practiced and
mature, and you are spared, for in
stance, the familiar horror of a school
girls music; if sine has not the rosy
loveliness of her youth, she has a
knowledge of the arts of the toilet
that makes her dress perfect and her
self an attractive object; in fact, she
has only become capable of enjoyment
and of giving enjoyment in society;
and so far from the young idiots, who
call her passe, having any right to cast
slurs in her regard, it is she who
should be herself an arbiter of society,
and have authority 20 pronounce
whether or not they are in any sense
| fit to enter the charmed circles. In
deed, it may well excite all the Won
der that it does among the Europeans,
that the young here are allowed to ab-
sOrb all the enjOyments of our social
/ life-the young, who have nothing
/ but their youth or their beauty to
give, whose minds and manners are
almost totally unframed and INSULT
cient; who are, indeed, objects of
pleasure to the eye, and wherein they
yield other pleasure or profit, do so
rather in a subsidiary way than in the
main. We do not wish TO undervalue
| the element of innocence and fresh
ness which the young bring or are
supposed to bring with them; but we
maintain that the virtue of years, with
| a knowledge of the world we live in,
and their preparation for the world we
hope to live in-their wisdom, their
grace and their charity-are of at least
equal value, and deserve equal recog-
milton in the places where men and
women meet together; and we pro-
test against the curling of the "cOntu-
melous lip," over the claims to cOur-
tesy and to consideration of the wO-
man beyond her girlhOOd.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23

John Wesley says: ~ dare no more
fret than to curse and swear"
Consider yourself the guardian OF
the character of those who may be
absent, as you would wish others tC
guard your character in your absence
Many say, first reason, emotion last
But in the hymn the same truth may
touch all hearts-as well Lord Bacon
as the poor slave on the plantation.
Let it be deeply craven on oul
minds, that Gods dealings with US,
from regeneration onward, through
all eternity, is discipline, a mould
ing, training, an education.
think, with a shudder, sometimes
of what life would be without Sunday
if day after day the great wheel Oi
the world went around with its cease
less clatter, never a rest in motion
never a pause in sound.
There is a Railroad up Mount Wash
ingtOn. A man who sings through
life is like the man who ascends the
mountain in the car; the man who
does not sing is like the traveller who
pants on foot up the steep ascent.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
How 70 be SaEed.

Some years ago q lady was travel
/ ing with her husband to Kansas. As
she was crossing Illinois, she saw in
/ the saloon Of the car 4 beautiful young
1 lady reclining on the sofa, and asked
her, "why don't you come out and en-
I joy the scenery"
The conversation that followed re-
| yealed the fact that the young lady's
/ father was the agent Of the Railroad,
and that she was i'll and in despOnd-
/ ing state of mind. The lady endeav-
Ored to direct her attention to Christ
and the great salvation.
81 am very Ignorant" she replied;
~ never thought much on the subject
or had any friend to help me-"
The tears began TO flow. The lady
| closed the door OF the saloon and sat
down beside her, and, like Philip.
preached Jesus to her. Then she
open her heart freely: 81 have been
a gay and fashionable girl" she said,
''fOnd of the ball room and other gid
! dy pleasures. A few months ago I at
tended hall with an intimate friend,
and walking home, with our thin
shoes, in the rain, we both took cold.
That friend is in the grave, and /
know that am not prepared to die.
L have had no meeting to 90 to; no
christian friend to consult. I have
read in the Bible that I must be con-
verted; but could not tell what it
was to be converted; and am still in
darkness; can you tell me2n
''It is to come right to Jesus with
an humble, cOntrite, heart, and cast
yourself on him. He invites you, and
is willing and waiting to receive you.
Are you willing to give yourself up to
him, and be his foTever?n
"Oh yes, willing and anxious. The
world has nothing to satisfy my i'm
mortal spirit. All my desire is to
have Christ for my Savior"
"Are you willing to commit your
self to him without reserve, and when
you go home tell your parents and
friends that you have given yourself
to him ?!'
Still weeping, "Yes I will. Blessed
Jesus, take me as / am"
As she said this, her face beamed
with joy. She stretched forth her
arms and clasped her unknown friend
in one long, fervent embrace: ooh,
how grateful 1 am for your kind
words. God has sent you to me. No
person ever said a word to me on the
subject of religion before in my life.
I can, / do trust in Jesus as my Sa-
vior. How can I ever thank you
enough? The darkness is dispelled. I
am happy now."
As we were nearing the station
where her father would meet her, she
handed her card and said, ave may
never meet again in this world, but
we shall meet again. God bless you"
That card and name are sacredl y
treasured yet, and that conversation
remembered, as among the most pre-
cious of lifetime. How many such
golden opportunities are lost Oh, let
us be faithful.-AmcricdH Messenger.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
Hens I'm Place or DOGS.

There is hardly family that does
not throw away enough table scraps
to keep at least a dozen hens; and
many that keep a nuisance in the
shape of dog, that does no good, but
costs more than a dozen good hens.
One dog in a neighbOOrhOOd is gener-
ally a greater trouble to the neighbors
than a flock of hens would be; for, if
hens are we'll fed at home, they will
rarely go away. But who ever saw a
dog that was not pest, running
across the newly made garden, and
sticking his nose into everything.
Kill of ours and give the food to the
hens, and you will find pleasure as
well as profit in so doing. We wish
there was tax Of 500 on every dog
kept in the country. Those that are
of value as watch dogs, could be re-
/ tanned, while the host of snarling,
dirty ours would give place to some
more useful and less troublesome pet.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
4 Dose Of Bloodhound.

Many members of the old Army of
the Cumberland will remember a GER
tain officer with a DEVILS face and
! brick-cOlOred hair, that seemed always
to say, 81 run this machine, General
and all" The General to whose staff
he belonged never was harsh, except
through this fiend-like officer, who
used sword and boots freely if he
caught any one fOraging without
proper officers. He had q custom of
taking beef, mutton and pork away
from the boys and, making them car
ry rail two hours, let them go. The
boys got a notion that this meat was
not thrown out to spoil, but it was eaten
at headquarters of the division in
fact, they had been seen to use it,
while hummer was carrying his rail.
While at Galesville, Alabama, after
the Atlanta campaign, one of my men
came up to me laughing ready to
split, and told me to see q soldier
equipped talking to about twenty
boys. The story, as he told it, said
hummer had been out and gotta sheep,
and Brick Hair took it away from
him and ate it for dinner, so he con-
cluded: to have a grand revenge
Next day he took his gun and started
out and killed a fine bloodhound,
dressed the hindquarters nicely, and
instead of avoiding headquarters, he
strung the bloOdhOund's hams on his
bayonet and marched for camp by
headquarters. He was promptly ar
rested and duly sentenced to carry the
rail two hours, while the dogs hams
went into the coOk-hOuse. He could
see it cut up and cooked, and in about
an hour he had the satisfaction of see
ing the General and staff stuff them
selves with bloodhound meat. Many
a time have seen that brick headed
officer whip up and get out of the
hearing OF the bOw.wOw the boys
would make. He never heard an end
to the bloodhound while the war last
ed, though the General issued orders
that the boys should treat the officers
of his staff with respect, but that
would not stop the bOw-wOw of the
bloodhound of Galesville, Alabama.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23

It seems, curiOusly enough, to be
taken for granted that neither Ameri-
can painters nor sculptOrs can do their
work well at home, or, at least, so
well as they can do it abroad. Thus
we are told that Miss Stebbins, pre-
ferring to like in the United, States,
will abandon sculpture, 'as she can
get no inspiration in America" We
wish that she would try. The human
form, to the delineatiOn Of which her
art is mainly devoted, is TO be found
here as well as in, Rome or Florence.
We are somewhat conventional, IL is
true; but has nature altogether left
US? When are we 20 have Art Of our
own, if we content ourselves with Art
! at second hand from abroad? We can
understand that the sculptor's hand
and eve work with a more agreeable
facility in Italy; but though for a lit
tie while the labor may be greater and
I less satisfactory, there is no obstacle
which may not be removed by a
cheerful hope, an earnest will, and an
unfiagging purpose. Ancient Rome,
I 10 is true, went to Greece for estheti-
cal inspiration; but, admitting the
Roman lack of originality and the
Roman cOarseness, we may vet ask 10
what foreign sources Greece herself
was indebted for what IS called sin
spiration :"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23

To,any producing any Medicine able to show
half as many living, permanent cures as DR..
kttier's Vegetable Rheumatic; and further
reward Of 500 for any case Of Neuralgia or
Rheumatism 10 will not cure. This Rheu-
matte Syrup Is used fnWardly only, pleas
ant 20 the taste, and guaranteed free nom
Injurious Drugs. It IS not a Quack Medi-
cine, but the scientific prescription OF Jos. P.
Filter, N. D., Professor Of TOXicoIOgy and
Chemistry, graduate Of the celebrated uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, A. D., 1888. whose
entire professional life has been devoted
specially 70 this disease, and his practice
confined strictly thereto. This preparation
is believed, cOnscientiOusly, under solemn
oath, 10 be the only positive, reliable, inftl-
lble specific ever discovered. As an evil
dence Of confidence in its wonderful merit,
a legal-signed contract viii be forwarded,
without charge, 70 any sufferer sending BY
letter a description OF afiictiOn; the con-
tract setting forth the number Of bottles
warranted TO cure, and In case Of failure,
amount paid for Medicine cheerfuliy y refund
ed. This fair and generous offer securely
protects sufferers from quack tmpOslttOns
and useless eXpensiit Of money. Medi-
cal advice, with certificates from prominent
Ply icians, Clergymen, etc, who have been
cured after all other treatments failed, sent
by letter, gratis. Af1isted cordially invited
% write 0or advice % the prieipal ofice, %
South St., Philadelphia, Pa
n2l-ly. J. F. MARQUARDT, Agent
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
A AFIRST-eLASS MItLNER,

Particular attention paid to children's
clothing. We will be ready 70 wait upon all
our friends and customers at our new place
Of business. Bleaching done % order.
SUE CARLISLE & CO.,
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-11-23
Is It Her Own?

a special policeman, at the recent
exhibition Of the New York artists fol
/ the benefit of their fellows in Chicago,
tells the following story:
I When Miss Ream began to model
the bust of Mr.. Cooper, there was such
& rush of people to see her work that
We found it necessary to obtain the
constant attendance Of q policeman,
who was instructed to see that the
crowd kept moving, so that every
body could get sight OF her. OF
course, you know all about her good
looks, bewitehing curls, &C., so that
the attraction was twO-fOld-tO see the
lady and to see the sculptress. Well,
anxious to know how this moving on
plan worked whether it was COM
Portable to be in the tide or not-and
perhaps a little bit curious to hear the
criticisms of the crowd, I pOcketed
my badge of Office the other day and
Joined it. I found myself Immediate
ly behind two ladies, who, as we ap-
preached more nearly opposite Miss
Ream at her work, launched imme-
dietely into criticism. Nor did they
appear to care who overheard them,
so I couldn't help but hear, even if
didn't want to. But / have told you
already that I did.
sit isn't hers" said the taller of the
two.
"Oh, I think it is" said the other.
mot an inch of it." returned the
first, with emphasis.
Thunder" said I to myself, "can't
people believe their own eyes? Here
is Winnie modelling right before them
and they won't believe in it. Miser-
able prejudice. So much for news
paper talk. It's a shame, so it is"
"The more / look at it the more Pm
satisfied that it isn't hers" repeated
again.
Now, L couldn't stand any more, so
l said to the lady, somewhat hotly:
al beg your pardon, madame, but it
is hers"
'Tndeed, sir"
"Yes, madam, have watched her
put it up myself"
"Oh, you have seen her put it up?"
"Yes, ma'aLn, from the very stick.
From the first hour in which Mr..
Cooper sat for her, 1 have watched her
build it up piece by piece, until it is as
you see it nOw-her own work, all her
own"
"Oh, sir" said the lady, smiling,
nay, positively grinning in my face,
"yOu must have misunderstood me.
1 never thought of doubling that the
model was her own, certainly not.
Anybody can see that that is hers.
We were not talking OF her bust at
ALL"
"Of what, then, madam, may 1
ask ?''
"Of her back hair, sir"