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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-13
BROOKLYN.

The Eclectic Disp2nSaIy treated l0lj pat
ticntS last month
The Park Commissioner expended 1886 last
month.
The Directors and officers Of the South Side
Railroad were reelected yesterday at meet NJ Of tho
stockholders IN the Eastern District.
The new MOravian Church in Jav-st, near
Myrlc-avc.. will lie dedicated Sunday morninC the
Rev Drs. Cuvlcr, Eudmgon. Rcinkel, Schwcintz, and
officiating. Tho cdi1ce is OF Philadelphia brick,
and cost $4,000.
Tho 379ih anniversary of tho discovery of
America was COMMUNICATED yesterday, at Jones's
Wood, by the italian Rifle Association and the Colombo
Guard. Several speeches were made, and, notwith-
standing the Indictment weather the attendance was
large At Grammar school No. H. in West Seventeenth
st, addresses were delivered By MaiorGcn Webb, eA-
judge Van Worst and DR.. John Howe. The flag borne
by Columbus On landing at san salvador. and plaster
bust Ui the great navigator were exhibited.
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LONG ISLAND.


BRFSLAU.-About 20 of the 10 miles OF
streets laid out have been graded
H. NTISGTON-The body Of girl, age about 10, who
had been outraged aud afcrwaTd murdered, han been
found the umderhTusll Of grove near this village
VALLEY STREAM.-Iurglars recently broke open the
safe in the null Of Hewlett Baycs Coz the POstOlLcc
VIZ also robbed OF So Ihc entire loss is S4OO.
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The following additional subscriptions were
BpoorIYN REIIEf-S114,OOO RAISED.

The following telegram was received yes
tedy ~ Alderman Bcr2cD Pre- sdept of the Board OF
Aldermen:
CHICAGO, oct. IL, 1871.
To ne Hon. JACOB l. RLRGIN. P,eS,t tCt the Board Of
AtG( rHteH. BrOOktgt.
SIR: YOur gram ccivcd. We appreciate your cor
dusl and substantial sympathy. Our calamity cannot
well bc exaggerated to You.
ON immediate wants ot subsistence are supplied and
we will advise you as to Our further necessities.
K Il. MASON, Mayor OF Chicago.
III, s,ftn in Vuf IN "A G
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-13

TIT BEST PLACE in Nvw-YOrIi 10 buy ECLT-
,rCuFs FAshIoNAHIF JE"-IRr and
STLBLNs SILVER " FultolsL Damond' specially
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-13
NETWORK CITY.

corrcspondcnt states that repeated offers
Of 81; 600 rent for the Nathan residence in T"cntytd
st. have been refused
At the Tax Commissioners Office, yesterday,
500 7o3 Il was paid personal property making total
thus far OF $l443,7O6 70.
The Polytechnic Association was addressed
Mt Cooper Institute last evening" by Prof James "t
ney ON the Nevada Silver Mines.
A gentleman whose resemblance to Napoleon
I'll is so marked that he ia known by no other name,
dimes daily at MouQrun's, and Is observed by every
stranger.
Collector Murphy has received n dispatch
from Secretary Boutwell, directing him not to allow any
more goods to go forward in bond to Chicago until further
instructed.
Can't Samuels of the Drcadnaught chal-
lcngcs Commodore Ashtury Of tire Lvonia to sail for
cup from the point Of Sandy Hook around tho ghtshp
and back three times, next Thursday.
Mayor Hall sent word, yesterday morning
to his chief clerk would not DO at tho Mayors
office during the day. It is understood that he was en-
gagged in important business at his law ONCE
An economical carpenter INSTRUCTED Broad
way yesterday opposite the Olympic Theatcr, by get
tir down on all fOurs on the sidewalk and whclnG Ma
chisc the lagstOncs which he had previously On,o'
A trial of Babcock's frc-rXtinguiSiCr took
place. yesterday afternoon, at Bowling green building
70 feet SQUARE had been erected and pile OF tarbrrcs
placed inside The pile was fired ana whrn he uulld,
IN" well aha2c. the cNtincui~hcr was turned Oh, ana
the flames pnt out within ~ serends
4 number OF dealers i'll obscene pr'nts,
photographs and books have quarters in the ncighJr-
hood Of Ann and Nas.austs and make sales with inpu
nifty. Tic statesmen 10 be remarkably good Judges
Of character. and. Il the customer -o"E' t"oi' 4lo
ready to produce packages Of indecent cards.
A sensational report appeared in several
evening newspapers yesterday stating that two steam
boats lad been sunk III The Hudson River during 'he fog
OF THURSDAY ni. and that several lives had been lost
m only acrdcnt waS i :" ihr EyaoH s,rtT% i r. a.
Thor" wrrc Passengers board at TIC time, but no
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To Morurrs.-Tse EgpEFrAL GRANrM, the

The insurance cOmpaHics earnestly recon-
reu UyS~. $50 lr rrsr " To-
gI,ry. ~ change lamis All sEoces SCI once IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-13

TIE BIT IN THE MlRKET.--If You want m
ELEGANT htie direct 70 tie hanulcurcr,
ESpYNsCHEip. IIa S4,slu st. Purr ~.
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THE CHICAGO FIRE.
HOME CHARITY.

PAL. CONTRIBUTIONS IN ROUND NUMBERS.
r Of Cam papCr Dtdlt n and
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

Sickness MERCY. -Sickness takes
as aside, and sets us alone with God.
We are taken into his private cham
Der, and there he converses with us
face to face. The world is afar off,
our relish for it is gone, and we are
alone with God. Many are the
words Of grace and truth which he
then speaks to us. All our former
props are struck away, and now we
must learn of God alone. The
things of earth are felt to be vanity,
mans help useless. Mans sympa-
thy deserts us, we are cast wholly
upon God that we may learn that
this praise and his sympathy are
enough.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25


SALT-IFs EFFECT on THE Bloom
DR.. Stevens, French physician and
surgeon, saw a butcher killing a pie.
He observed that he stirred the blood
of the animal, and added handful cf
common salt to it while stirring, which
Immediately made it crimson, and on
stirring being discontinued, the blood
remained fluid. The change Of the
color of the blood awakened his curl
osity. The butcher could give no e1-
PLANTATION of the phenomenon except
that it kept it from jellying and spoil.
ing. DR.. Stevens seized vessel,
caught some blood, and made several
experiments, by putting salt in it, and
found that the blacklist blood was in
stantly changed 10 a bright ver,nilion.
to salt. "Oh," said he, ..here is fact
which may lead to a practical rule
He had observed in cases of yellow
fever in the army, that the blood drawn
was very black and fiuid, and on 3D.
ding salt it became vermilIion and re-
tanned its freshness; whereas putridity
OF the blood is one of the characters.
ties of the yellow fever. He tferefou
abandoned the usual mode of treating
it, and gave his patients mixture Of
variOus salts, and in a very short time
reduced the mortality Of fever in the
West Indies from one in five to one in
fifty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

~ A young gentleman of this civ
elegantly dressed, n few days ago soc2
the Nashville train to pay a visit "a
his relatives. some sixty miles dist.n,
1t was a beautiful moonlight nivhs
when he left the train to walk to Ii.
nncle's. A si!very sheen was sp,ead
over hill and tree, and the very mad
was gilded with tho mild rays Of n.
glorious moon, over whose face not 4
cloud passed. AS tho young man
neared the residence of his relatives h
discovered little animal frisk;p,
about and running across the road e
trout of him, which he took for net
cnon or possnm, and ran after itts
catch it. After some excrtion N.
lovely little creature, which had stop.
ped on the road, was approached ~
its pnrsuer, who when in the act of mt
ting his hand upon the supposed cnor
received a shock tilat-we.l. It wasnS
a coon. 1t was n much stronger apj
more Odorous animal. He went to IA
honse and called his uncle, who did
not need to be tod what was the mat.
ter. With his nose in one hand INA
uncle significantly pointed his guest to
the garden, where, all among the soses
in the romantic moonlight, Tue young
man Invested himself of every articls
OF clothing. and received fran his M.
Gle an entire change. The young mans
v::s;t was married, and, as he felt nor.
tilted, he very nntuiamiy buried hjs
clothes and their perfume in the earth
He has no taste for coon hunting, and
dcspises a 'pussum roast LoaisyilIs
Commercial.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

ceive such thought ? To accom-
plish this, law will be passed pen
sioning off the Chief Justice on full
salary during life. Not SO fast my
masters. The Chief Justice is on his
way here to resume his seat and will
show you that all men are not to be
bought, and that in applying your
Radical rule, that all men can be
bought, you have made slight mis-
take in his case. May Heaven pro-
tect Judge Chase, in his health and
strength, for it would be National
calamity if aught should happen, to
give the present tyrant at the White
House, the power to appoint Chief
Justice. What decision is to be
made or reversed, that the Presi-
dent wants Conkling to attend to :?
I scent from affair either cash or town
lots in this wish of the President; or
probably he only wants the Supren e
Court to give some decision, which
will affect his succeeding himself as
President. We shall see.
Washington, that is the Members
of Congress, and the politicians of
tie Conservative and Democratic
stripe, was all agog last week over
the withdrawal of the name of Gov
ernor, j. w. Hoffman, from the Pres
idential race, by the New York. World,
New York Telegram and other New
York papers, especially the organ of
Tammany, The Leader, who not
only withdrew his name, but ex-
pressed the warmest preference for
Ex-senator Hendricks of Indiana,
as the Democratic candidate fin 1872.
The feeling here was one of great
satisfaction that New York has con-
ceded the candidate to the great
West and none were better pleased
than the Members of Congress from
New York State. The great desire
is to give the West the candidate in
1872, and in return, give it to the
Empire State in the favor Of their
favorite son, Governor Hoffman, in
1876.
The Revenue Bureau presents a
a lively appearance just now. The
new commissioner, General Pleason-
ton, is completely run down by the
politicians, who desire to retain their
friends in Office, from the vice-Presi-
dent down to members of Congress,
and also our last new Minister to
England, Schenck, all are after the
man who has so much pap to lader
out loilty and Radicalism.
TREBLA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

WHY EAT so Much BUTTER THE
editor OF the Providence Journal says
some sensible things about butter. In
view of the fact that it is now at a very
high price, aud that this will soon b
higher, it is better, he thinks, that peo-
pie should stop eating it, if not alto.
gether, in reduced quantities. It is
well known to others besides the cdi-
tor aforesaid, that butter contains
nothing that is essential so the human
body--that it is not a necessity but =
luxury. Besides, it mars the COM
plexiOn, and is a great promoter Of
bilious affections. We have often
thought that the economy of the Ameri-
can household would be nationally inn
proved by more sparing use of this
article, which is one of the most costly
things we place upon our tables.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

WALKING The following infor-
nation is given regarding the art
OF walking -" In graceful human
step the heel is always raised be-
fore the foot is lifted from the
ground, as if the foot were % part
of wheel rolling forward and the
weight of tho body, supported by
the muscles of the legs, rests for
the time on the fore part OF the
foot and toes. There is then a
bending of the foot in a certain de-
gree" But when shoes are worn
that are stiff and unyielding, the
whole foot must be raised at once,
SO that the muscles of the calf OF
the leg are but little used, and as a
consequence are scarcely developed.
In Paris, where the sidewalks are
seldom paved, the ladies being
obliged to walk frequently on tip
toe, have ample opportunity to de-
yelop the muscles of the leg, thus
adding materially to its size and
beauty, as is we'll known.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

HARD-MIEINe Cows.-The c.n.s'
Farmer gives the following directios''
for the cure of a troublesome aas' s
IN some cows:-"Any one troph1s,
witha hard milking COW can ,ou
it BY going to the hen-coop, takinn
small feather, and just clipping -
the tip end;it will then be hands,, -
ly rounded; cut the feather end. :.
and you have n milking tube ~.
three of them. If you are ca,.s',
You can insert these and old D..
won't know'it! Milk the fourth ,..s
the rest will take caro- of tbemse,,ss'
If your COW does not mill
enough, get larger quilts. Anv .a:.
can be made to discharge her MI.
by continuing this practice, and y.
will never know how it was dones
That practice will never work y
cannot wheedle "Old Red" into snes
a nonsencical way of giving down ~
milk. Every person who has h.,
much experience in milking cor.
knows that if Il COW is ian hard MN.
er," she cannot be made to mill Co..
by tampering with her teats u.
cows udder Were all hollow l;La :.
India rubber sack, the milk m;oh,
flow out through mems ouills or ~
er tubes. But the truth is, the nd
der is much like sponge, so thu.
the milk must be forced out by com.
pressing the tubes. If the skin .,
the teats be thick and the interior i.
well filed with fiabby tissue, a COW
will milk hard in spite of all liz
mixer can do.-[Agricultural Editor
of the n. Y. Observer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25
The Siege Of Paris.

At last accounts the bombardment of
Paris was continued with fearful re-
suits. Many parts of the city have
been set on fire by the Prussian shells
and some of the finest buildings con-
siderably damaged. 1t is said that
women and little children have been
killed, against the alleged barbarism of
which the Parisians appeal to the sym
patlies of disinterested people.
We can see no way to put stop to
these horrors except in a surrender of
the city on the part of the French au
thorities. 1t may be a very barbarous
thing to murder women and children,
bat all other acts of war are also neces-
sarily barbarous. The French cannot
expect the Prussians, who beleaguer
their capital, to give up their advan-
tagcs and retire because some of their
shells happen to strike women and
children. OF even their own wounded,
whom the French, it is said, have
placed in the hospitals. If King Will
liam should grant the French the right
to remove the defenceless they would
doubtless reject his proposal, because
they have no place to take them to-
The French have their protection in
their own hands, and it lies, as must
be evident to all, only in abandoning
any further resistance which seems to
be hopeless. The recent defeat of the
army of the Loire is heavy blow to
France and one from which she cannot
recover. 1t is very sad thing that
such magnificent military power as
France should thus be humbled, but it
is one of the vicissitudes of fortune, to
which many a fine nation before has
had to submit. France is certainly
entitled to the sympathy of every gen.
erous people, but it is to her own inter-
est, and to the interest of other ma
tons, not to prolong this unequal con-
test any further.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

" The last of our sugar planters
have finished rolling. Truly have they
had hard season of it. The crop of
the Parish was fine one and prom
ised an immense yield, but bad labor,
and want of it, with the excessive and
continued cold weather has cut the
crop at least one-third short. And to
add to their misfortunes the greatest
fears are entertained, and very justly
too, that the stubble is badly hurt, if
not totally killed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

To SCEPTIcs.-The almost daily re-
ceipt of voluntary testimonials from
every part of the country, from Physi-
clans. Clergymen, old and young, male
and female, is sufficient to convince
the most sceptical that DIR. TUTT's Ex-
PECTORANT is the most valuable LUNG
BALsAM of the age; many wonderful
cures have been performed by it, rs
may be seen by hundreds of certifi-
Gates in the hands of the proprietor
Try it and you will doubt no longer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

B Business in Alexandria, for mid
winter is really slack and dull
Times are seriously hard and money
more than scarce. The plain fact is
there is none left with the producers !:
all taken up months in advance, and
now hard road is ahead to get any
kind of advances for another year,
Our planters, generally, find it hard to
profit by sad and dearly bought expe-
rience.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25
A Card.
TO TIE PUBLIC.


I would respectfully ask the public
and all those reading the Proceedings
of the Police Jury of the Parish OF Ra-
pides, La, January Session, 1871, to
defer rendering an opinion until both
sides have hearing, which will be
February next, after which | will pub
fish in the papers my full settlement,
and would furthermore assure the tax
payers of the Parish that instead OF be-
ing defaulter that the Parish shall
not lose single cent.
Respectfully,
Your obediept servant,
M. LEGRAS,
A ssessor and COllectOr
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

Bishop Mcfarland says that 80
years ago there were but three
Catholic families in Rhode Island
and Connecticut. Now there are
100 families and 100000 Catholics.
The Catholics of Rhode Island have
one one-third of the population
and last year halt of the children
born in the State.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25
SWEET POTATO VINES FOR HAY.

SWEET POTATO VINES FOR HAY.
"A South Carolina farn er says:
I have long been in the habit of
going INTO my potatoes before frost
say about the 10th of October
pulling by hand the vines, and i'm
mediately putting them into COM
pact cocks about twice the size of
a flour barrel. They remain thus
four or five days, when the cocks
are thrown down for three or four
hours sun, and then hauled in and
housed. Itmakes an excellent hay.
Horses eat it with avidity. The
greater facility with which the po-
tatoes are dug, after the bed are
cleansed of the vines, repays the
expense of making the hay.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

The presence of Gods glory is in
heaven; the presence of his power
on earth; the presence of his jus
tice in hell, aud the presence of his
grace with the people. If he deny
us his powerful presence, we fall
into nothing, if he deny us his
gracious presence we fall into sin
fine deny us his merciful presence.
we fall into hell,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

II Another old citizen of Rapides
has settled his last account and gone to
his last rest. Jacob S. Severns, in the
Goth year of his age, died at his home,
in our Town, on the 18th inst He
was native of Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
wanna, and came to Rapides in 1897
He was an able, experienced and skill
full engineer and machinist, an upright
man and a good and useful citizen.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

HEART AND HEAD.-It were we'll
if those who always talk to the
heart recOllected that men have
heads as we'll. Now the Savior
was a preacher whose head was in
his heart, and whose heart was in
head. He never addressed the
emotions except by motives that
command themselves to the reason,
nor did he instruct the mind with.
out at the same time influencing the
heart and conscience.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

Now that the new year is getting
under good Roadway, small bills
should be promptly paid. The
men to whom they are due need the
money. The little bills are the
ones that generally make number
less gaps in the world of business.
How much comfort to families,
cheer to Responding business men,
a n d encouragement generally,
would be given by the immediate
discharge of all little and perhaps
half forgotten obligations. Pay
your small debts land among
others, do not forget those due to
the printer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

CoLoRs.-It is a great art to
know what colors go best together.
Green looks well with gold violet
or red pale blue with scarlet,
pink, with black and white, and
gray with scarlet or pink. A cold
color generally requires a warm
tint to give it life. White and
black are usually safe for any COM
plexion. Pink is becoming to some,
but not if there is much color in the
checks or lips. Maize or straw
color is particularly becoming to
people OF dark complexion, with
black hair and eyes. Above all,
whatever be the color of the dress
the ornaments and trimmings
throughout, should be correspon.
dent one with the other. If all
that finishes a dress harmOnizes
then the general effect cannot fail
of being good.
A room with pictures in it and q
room without pictures differs by
nearly as much as a room with
windows and a room without win
dows. Nothing, we think. is more
melancholy particularly to a person
who has to pass much time in his
room, than blank walls, for pic
lures are !oopholes Of escape to the
soul, leading it to other scenes and
other spheres.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

r HAVE JUST RECEIVED DIRECT
l. from. LANDRETH a GENERAL
ASSORTMENT OF GARDEN SEEDS,
which are warranted all fresh. no
those who have not planted Landretlls
Seeds, and have BEEN HUMBUGED
by other dealers and disappointed. l
would say PLANT LANDRETHSs
SEEDS. II. ST. JOHN.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

An Arkansas editor apologies
for the " thinness,' of a late issue,
by saying that all his time has been
occupied in answering challenges
and arranging for the duels and
funerals, number Of such matters
having accumulated on his hand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-25

"PosTAL CARD" JoKEs.-An
English paper tells the following
good story, apropos of the new pos
tai cards; The Germans have
their postal cards as we'll as we,
and abuse the new institution in
about the same manner. At Dres-
den, a gentleman received card
some weeks ago, conveying the fol-
lowing message: 81 lost my purse
yesterday at the Elbe baths, with
three napo'eons dropped it close
to the water mark, where 1t must
still lie. AS you are good diver,
pray so a bothing with me at g."
The gentleman kept the appoint
ment, and was surprised to see two
or three postmen go into the bath
just before him. Having undressed,
he went out to the platform, and
there his establishment increased,
for, in spite Of the unusual hour,
there were numbers of men there,
some OF whom it needed not the
sight of the postoffice uniforms in
the undressing rooms to proclaim
postoffice clerks, for they were well
known faces from the receiving
counters. They all kept near the
water mark, place generally very
little freqented, and took nncom-
mon long dives. The writer of the
card was sitting at distance evil
IDENTIFY enjoying the sight. AS the
disappointed clerks returned from
their aquatic search they found an
inscription in chalk on the door
"Strict secresy observed with re-
gard to all postal communications"
1t was only then thatthe perceived
that they had been made the but
of a joke.