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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

CAN A WOMAN KEEP A SEcarrf-
The Nineteenth Century, a neriodical
published in Charleston, thus treats
this mncb-mooted point: "Men az
women can't keep a secret. lis lust
the reverse-womcn can; men can't,
Women carry with them secrets that
would kill any man. Woman never
tells man always docs. Woman sui.
feis and dies; man blabs aud livea.
Man cannot keep a secret; woman can
not make it known. What is sport to
the man is death to the woman. Adj
am was sneak. Eve would have
kept the apple secret. Be ye faith
ful. Whoever heard a woman talk
about her lovers fascosi Everybody
has heard a man gossip. Man delights
in telling his illicit conquests; woman
would cut her tongue out FIRST. Men
are coarse in their club-roo talk;
women are refined in their parlor con-
versation. Whoever heard of wo-
man telling of her loverss Who has
not listened to the dissipation Of mem
Men boast; women don't. Women
never tell tales out of school; men are
always baDbIing.. So down with an
other old adage. Woman can keep /
secret, and her ability to do so is proved
by the conduct of ST. John tNew
Brunswick) girl, who did not tell her
lover she was worth 81 1000, 600 in her
own right until after marriages.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
The Democratic Address.

We published in our last weeks edi.
ton the address of the Democratic
members of Congress to the people OF
the United States. 1t was fitting that
our Democratic members, who have Sc
many means of becoming correctly in-
formed, should give the result of theil
observations to the rank and file of the
party, in order that the work of pre-
paration for a Democratic victory
next year should commence. This ad-
dress presents picture of the game
the Radical party is playing to keep it
self in power by the reelection OF
Grant, the perpetuation of the present
centralIing feature of his administers
ton, and the ultimate Inauguration OF
military disposition on the ruins OF
the Great Republic. Every effort is to
be made within the next year to keep
up the agitation at the South which
has been the Radical stock in trade
ever since the close OF the war. Con-
gressional committees are to be kent
busily at work and testimony is to be
manufactured to keep up the impress
sion that lawlessness prevails through
out all the Southern States. Once
elected Grant is to launch out in a still
holder manner in carrying out the dog
mas of the Radical party which are
justly regarded by all Conservative
citizens as tending to subvert constitu-
tional liberty in the American Union.
To meet these revolutionary acts
and intentions, the address exhorts all
Citizens to harmony,
energy and vigilance. They are earn
estly advised to lay aside all petty
contentious and disputes and to work
together tremendously for the good of
the whole country. The prospects of
the success of the Conservative ticket
IN 1872 We're never better. Nothing
out the most egregious laundering can
xrest victory from our grasp.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
Poisonous Medicines.

The theory that the virus of disease
can be safely counteracted by doses Of
poison, is false and dangerous. With.
in the last twenty five years, not less
than score of virulent poisons have
been added to the repository of the
medical profession. They are given
in small doses, otherwise they would
destroy life Immediately but even in
minute quantities, they produce, ulti-
mately, very disastrous effects. 1t is
nnwise and nDphilosophical to employ,
as remedies. powerful and insidious
drugs, which, in subjusatiug one dis
ease, SOW the seeds of another still
more anmanagable. None of these
terrible indictments operates with as
much directness aud certainty upon
the causes of disease as Hostettel's
Stomach Bitters, tonic and correc-
tive, cithout single deleterious ingredi-
ent IN its composition. Arsenic and
quinia are given for intermit.ents;
bromide of potassium for nervous dis
orders strychnine and prussic acid for
general debility; mercury, in various
forms, tor liver complaint; prepara-
tions of chloroform and opium for
sleeplessness; and yet these deadly
drugs do not compare, as specifics for
the diseases above enumerated, with
that wholesome vegetable invigorant
and Alternative, while they are all so
pernicious that it is astonishing any
physician should take the responsible
ity o. prescribing them. Let invalids,
for their own sakes, try the Bitters be-
fore they resort to the poisons. The
relief they will experience from a
course of the harmless specific, will
render recourse to the unsafe prepa-
rations referred to, quite unnecessary.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

The EFFEMINATE MAN.-The cfiem-
mate man is weak poultice. He is q
cross between table beer and ginger
pop, with the cork left out. A fresh
water mermaid found in COW pas.
ture, with her hands filed with dande-
lions. He is tea-cup full of sylla-
bub p; kitten in trousers; a sick mon
key with a blonde moustache. He il
a vine without any tendriis; paper
kite in a dead calm; fly drowned in
oil. He lives like a butter-fy-no-
body can tell why. He is as harmless
as a pennyworth of sugar candy, and
as useless as rt-button without .
hole. He is as lazy as slug, aud Las
no more hope than last years sum
mer fly. He goes through life on tip
toe, and dies like cologne water split
over the grOund.-f Figaro.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
gA writer in the sc;s,,,;so A.,

fyA writer in the Scientific Ameri-
can says that during an experience OF
five years in the sale of lamp burners,
etc., he has fonnd that where burners
have been thrown aside as worthless.
on account of the difficulty of raising
and lowering the wick, the fault has
been almost Invariably with the wick
itself. After remaining in the oil for
some time the wick becomes hard, and
tiiickens to such an. extent that it will
not pass up the tube, while new wick
will work perfectly well in the old
burner. Unless wick can be made
which will not be affected by oil in
this respect, no longer wicks than
those now in use are needed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
Preparation is Eloquence.

In one of the debates in Congress
which suddenly called Daniel Web
ster to his feet, he made brief, but
quite eloquent without any opportu
nifty for previous preparation. In
the-course of his remarks he threw
out the following sentence, which
has ever since been admired as one
of the most harmonious and express
sive in the English language. He was
speaking of our military conflict with
Great Britain: "Our fathers raised
their flag against power to which,
for purposes of foreign conquest and
subjugation, Rome, in the height of
her glory, is not to be compared; a
power which has dotted over the
service of the whole globe with her
possessions and military posts; whose
morning drumbeat, following the sun
in its course and keeping pace with
the hours, circles the earth with one
continuous and unbroken strain of
martial airs of England" AS he sat
down one of the Senators congratu.
lated him upon his speech, and, al
iuding to the above passage, said to
him it was inconceivable how he, Mr..
Webster, in speech SO manifestly
unprecedented, could have formed
so beautiful sentence, which, with
hours of study, hecould not improve.
Mr.. Webster replied that the passage
was not extemporaneous; that in his
Summer vacation he had visited Que
bee. and while standing upon the
massive and almost impregnable cit
adel there, looking out upon the won
drous scene of national grandeur and
OF natures lovliness spread before
him, the idea occurred to his mind.
He Immediately took his seat upon a
gun and with pencil and paper he
sketched'the thought in the most APP
pirate language he could at the mo-
ment command. Upon arriving at
his hotel he sat down at his leisure,
and wrote it and re-wrote it, with
many interlineations and erasures,
until he had modelled it into the form
of words which satisfied him. He
then laid it aside in his retentive
memory, to be used when the occa-
sion should offer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
smothered to Death.

A horror of the most anp,,,;. :.
was brought tn light in Tie t.ms Mind
ana basement brick house No. 2G po ay
set street, this afternoon. Ias ~ n pas.
ming Mr.. John Donovan, his wifi. I'VE y
ry' aud their two children. aceS naa-
pectively ii and 3 years. rstir.s res
rest at the usual hour, tired ana 10
come with fatigue, having moyaa "; ;
tue premises but Yesterday ar ~. ITO
before. Before retiring the Ens J uay
built a coal Ere in a CONNIE, asyan1
stove erected in the kitchen liking ''ng
purpose OF connteracting the effee,. .'s V
dampness, the house being a new q
and lately finished. The fa,hss Que
mother made up their bed on n. q a1d
alonss lde the stove, and law do,r.or,
their Child, while the little oi,l WIN WIN
pied Il bedroom off the kitcbsa o %
afternoon woman who lives s, ms
adjOining-the yard of wh;ci, :" 4"' u
nicates with that Of No. on to'omn-
ing into the yard, noticed a Ia, nappen-
burning IN the room, and thint;ua n
singular that she had seen non. 1t
family around during the dav "e o. The
diately suspected sometH;3n. ."iue-
wrong. She hurried out Of thss was
and meeting 4 man named Tls a1u,
Lynch, communicated hef snsn :oulas
to him. He immediately ran y
rear window and peerips in ~ Tue
limbs OF Mrs. Donovan proiroa ;uu
from behind the stove, while = s
smell of coal gas issued from tho .a'ns
ices around the sash. He instsness, -
broke in pane of glass, and nnfs..y
ing the sash raised it and iumn.d ' Yen
the room, and beheld there H. .uto
tionless corpses of the father. m..n ao-
and child. lying as calmly and nss
fully as though they were but sIeer;s
The woman who had followed hin
ran into the bedroom and behelS !. y
little girl, in the last stages of ers. sae
ton. breathing but family. She ~s-
quickly carried TO the Omen a;r 80
thence into neighbor's house ans s
carefully attended to. DR.. X S
OLeary was summoned, but tGss :.
manning members of the family vs,.
beyond the reach of medical aid
Remedies We're administered n -.
little girl, and it is thought she =. .;7S
recover: Coroner Mulligan was mott;
fed and took charge of the rems;ns .
and will hold an inquest npon H.
b"dies tomorrow Sunday affe,,cos
at 3 o'clock. There was nothing nbon.
the appearance of the bodies TO inS;
cate they had suffered any. pain. ana
there was no discoloration of the sk;s
The names Of those dead We're. -.
John Donovan, blacksritb
ty trade, Mary, his wife, and John
their infant son. We were nnalIe -
ascertain the name Of the girl vhoss
life was saved. The discovery capseS
the most intense excitement aud bor.
ror in the vicinity, aud viii doubtless
warn others Of the danger of sleeping
In the room where FIRE is kept Ia :
coal stove.-[ Albany Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

IL We are again in the midst Of
another steamboat excitement. The
Association line of Packets seem to
bear grndge against The Iron Steamer,
John I. Moore. who is on her own hook
against all combinations Thus far they
have started the C. H. Durfee and
Red Cloud at her, but only to be clean
ed out. For the past two trips the fps
steamer South Western has been chosen
by the combination to pay her respects
to the Iron Horse. Thus far both have
proved false ones one trip the South
Western meeting with detention from
an accident, and this last trip, both
boats we're crippled, resulting in no de-
cision. As both parties are in earnest,
we trust the next trip will decide who
shall wear the horns.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

A CoLoRED MANS Op1S1oN.-At a
political meeting in Cincinnati, Peter
II. Clark, one of the leading colored
Republicans of that city is thus re-
ported by correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune:
He confined his remarks entirely
to general amnesty,s which he advo-
Gated for the sake of the black men
of the South. He said the class who
had always led and controlled the
affairs of the South, and the only
class now able to bring about order
and such state of things as would
lnure to the safety of the black men
of the South, We're under the ban.
He wanted their disabilities removed
and the opportunity offered them to
control the lawless ruffians and muir
derers Who were now ranging the
country. Mr.. Clark was iattentively
listened to, and heartily applauded
at the close of his address.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

Nil DEsPERADUM, HoPE.-Hundreds
Of cases of Scrofula, in its worst stages,
old cases of Syphilis that have defied
the skill of eminent Physicians, Rheu-
mates who have been sufferers for
years, and the victims of the ipjudi-
cious use of Mercury, have been ndi-
caIIy cured by DIR. TUFTS SARSA-
PARILLA AND QUEENS DELIGHT.
1t is the most powerful Alternative and
blood purifier known. 1t is prescribed
by very many physicians.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

~ Captain James Graham has
safely launched the two hu.ls of
his new Ferry Boat. He intends
his new boat to be a perfect one in
all respects. She is to be called
the "Ariail," in honor of the Ia
mented Judge Ariail, who was the
pioneer Of all enterprises in Ra-
pides.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

S Last week we failed to call
the attention of our readers, the Ia
dies particularly, to the advertise
ment of the "Wilson, Under Feed
Shuttle Sewing Machine" But as
1t is 'never too late to do good"
we direct their special attention to
it See the advertisement on first
page.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
State University Reports-Resour-
ces Of Louisiana.

We are indebted to our friend
Colonel D. T. Boyd, President @
the Louisiana State University, 70
copy of the Report of the Boar
of Supervisors for the year ending
December 81, 1870. Bound up il
the same volume are the Report 0
the Superintendent, Prof Lockett'
Report of tho Typographical Sur
vey of the State, Prof. Hopkins
Report on it's Geology, and Prot
Featherman's Report of his Botan
ical journey. The whole is exceed
ingly interesting and should b.
widely circulated, as calculated tt
give just such information on the
resources Of the State as is needed
by immigrants in search of perma
nent names.
The University during the past
year, in spite of the difficulties un.
der which it labored for want of a
permanent location, numbered on
its roll two hundred and seventeen
matriculates, of whom eightet n,
constituting fine class, will grad.
uate at the end of the present ses.
sion. The want of room, which
had caused the loss Of many stu
dents, induced the Legislature, at
its last session, to give up for the
use Of the University the whole of
the magnificent building at Baton
Rouge, hitherto occupied by the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, other quar-
tiers having been secured for the
unfortunate inmates. A bill was
introduced near the close of the
session to make an appropriation
for the erection of a college editice
at the old sight near Alexandria,
but failed for want of time. AS
the authorities of the University,
a majority of the Legislature, and
lit friends generally, are all in fa-
vor of the old location, its restora-
ton is only question of time.
With the whole of the Asylum
building the quarters will be quite
sufficient, and h 6 Institution
should continue to prosper in it's
temporary location.
The idea of a Typographical, &C.
illogical and Botanical Survey of
the State, SO happily conceived,
has been faithfully carried out, the
results OF which may be seen in
the reports of the officers who have
the matter in charge. By means
Of personal inspection the resources
Of the State are determined, and an
account of them given to the world
m an attractive form, unincumber-
ed with a superfuity of technical
terms, which might render the des-
cription unintelllgible to the ordi-
nary reader. 1t is impossible to
rise FROM a perusal of these short
reports without being convinced
hat Louisiana, in the saIubrity of
is climate, the fertility of it's soil,
he eligibility of its location, and
he beauty of its scenery: is unsur-
passed by any other agricultural
ountry on the globe. These gen.
lemen deserve the thanks of every
Iouisianian for their efforts in max
ng known the resources of our
,reat State, and if their reports
we're industriously circulated they
ould not fail to attract the tide OF
immigration to our shores. 4
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
Packet Departures.

The B. L. Hodge No. 9, John Heinz,
Master, leaves for New Orleans this
day at IL NJ.
The Iron Steamer John T. Moore,
Captain w. T. Boardman, leaves for
New Orleans tomorrow at 10 A. NJ.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
KU-KLux.-The bowie-knife, sax

y KU-KLux.-The bowie-knife, SAYS
an exchange, got it's name from two
or more brothers, desperadoes, by
the name Of Bowie. They figured in
Texas during the days of Davy
Crockett, and Sam Houston. On
the borders of Texas, near the Rio
Grande, there lived man by the
name of Nal K. Xulkuk, pronounced
in the gutteral Mexican, Zulzus. He
too, like the Bowies, was despera-
do, but, unlike them, he fought
against and deprecated upon the
American settlers. He is still remem-
bered in Texas by many who have
seen and heard of him, as well as
dreaded him. His motto was to seek
increasingly to avenge real or fam
cied wrong to himself, his followers
or his country. His name spelled
backwards gives us Ku Klux Klan.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

| ~ The river has, once more,
commenced to recede. and it is to
be hoped in dead earnest. The
news from above is favorable to a
fast decline.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

s@- The steamer Enterprise of
Pineville, Captain John Smith, not
the Smith from Arkansas. on deck.
left for the Ouachita on Saturday.
She had in tow the famous slug"
boat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

1A mass meeting of the people
OF Kapides. groaning under heavy
and unjust taxation, is called for
next Saturday. We hope to see a
full attendance.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

19ThankS TO the st Ionis Pack
ct II. NJ. Shreve, for late papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
NO. We omitted to mention, las

HsA we UMItCeu 70 MeHtl0n, last
week, change in the advertise
ment and location of n. L. McGin-
mis-. We now call special attention
to both, and trust this reliable
merchant may meet with increased
patronage.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

n Thanks to the B. L. Hodge No.
2, and John 4. Moore for New Orleans
papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

" A steamboat man on the Ohio has
drank no water in nineteen years.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

e6 Good oxen are wanted-see
card of James T. Flint.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

IL The G. III. Durfee and Carrie
Converse have supplied us with an
immense number of papers from
everywhere. Thanks!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
On the Brink Of Ruin.

The following article is an extract
from letter of South Carolina lady.
Read it and see what taxation is doing
over there; and will do the same here
ifitis not stopped in some way:
cannot forbear abiding to the evils
which the present tax system Of onr
State entails upon landholders. Thou
sands are either on the brink OF ruin or
are barely able to provide their fami-
Ties with the necessities of life. My
sons place of $4,000 acres, most Of
which is a swamp utterly incapable of
cultivation, is now assessed at s. per
acre, and the tax this year amouted to
S2S7. In old times it was only SO.
Ny, which brings Mr.. B. in $28 so
per annum, is taxed nearly $500. An
other plantation, formerly taxed SO 50,
has now to pay 800, and another pays
over $500, in lieu of l6 50. We would
gladly sell these lands to the State at
the valuation put upon them, but are
coolly told that the State will not give
over fifty cents an acre for them, as
that is all they arc worth" From the
small sum remaining from the sale IF
our house in -, about 81 200, have
been obliged to draw $500 to pay tax
es. My husband has been trying had
to collect small sums owing him, to
lessen, if possible, the burden of taxa
ton, but with small success. All our
neighbOrs and friends appear to be in
the same predicament. All are leav-
ing their other debts unpaid to pay the
outrageous taxes imposed upon them
by the State.
South Carolina is in deplorable
condition. Plantations unoccupietl by
their owners are taken possession of
by negroes and the houses occupied BY
them. The latter pay no rent, and will
not leave when they are hidden, and,
as they have no money, it is useless to
attempt legal proceedings against them
Furthermore they will not work if they
can help it. Hundreds of planters say
they will not again pay the unjust tax
es that are now extortcd from them.
They,even threatened armed resistance
unless some change tor the better
takes place. The negroes wouid have
given us no trouble if. they had not
been subjected to the evil influence OF
the incendiary carpet baggers, who are
fattening at the peoples expense.
This is no overdrawn picture of our
condition, and think the people of the
North ought to know how we suffer.
1t costs more than the net proceeds of
a crop at the present prices to run
plantation, and land has constantly to
be sold at sacrifice to meet the taxes.
When the land is all gone we shall be
cast penniless upon the world.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17
MASS MEETINGII

4 MASS MEETING OF THE CIT
n liens of the Parish will be held on
SATURDAY, the Goth of MAY, 1871
without respect to race, color or party
proclivities, to take into consideration
the impending ruin about to result
from unconstitutional and enormous
taxation. The meeting will be ad-
dressed by eloquent orators.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

u No mortal living in Rapides
ever saw such weather, as we have
had inflicted on us. Rain and un-
seasonably cold still hang to us
The crops in consequence are in an
awful fix and very backward.
Meaner cotton was never seen
plant cane good-corn only so So
as for the stnbble cane, the leas.
said about it, the better. A worse
possible stand could not be had.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

r@. The District Court is still in
session, and will probably run an
other week. A great deal of bust.
ness has been transacted, during
its present sitting. The cr;m;na
docket is on hand, at the present
writing. Berry Jackson, colored,
was on Saturday found guilty OF
man slaughter, for the killing OF
Martin Van Buren,, colored. No
sentence passed up to the present
writing.
And Miles Perry, colored, was,
on Monday, found guilty of MUIR
der, without capital punishment.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-17

sa We publish, elsewhere, the
new Police Jury law.