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The FOrsGEen.

The following beautiful poem which
possesses such rigid simplicity and tear.
full pathOs was composed, by the author
ess when but fourteen years Of age, OF
hearing the physician tell her nurse one
evening, during illness, that she could
not live till morning. No one of real
feeling can peruse it without a strong in,
cIinatiOn to tears. Its irresistible charm
is its absolute truth the unaffected nat
uraIness Of its thought1
II hath been said-for all who die
There is a tear;
Some pining, bleeding heart to sigh
Ger every BIER
But i'm that hour OF pain and dread,
Who will draw near
Around my humble couch and shed
One farewell tear?
Who watch llfc's last departing ray
In deep despair,
And soothe my spirit ON its way
With holy prayer?
In weeds Of woe,
And follow me to my long home
Solemn and slow?
When lying on my clayey bed,
In icy sleep,
Who there Icy pure affection led
VIII come and weep;
By the pale moon implant the rose
Upon my breast,
And bid it cheer my dark repose,
My IOwly rest?
Could but know when am sleeping
Low in the ground,
One faithful heart would there be keeping
Watch all night round,
As if some gem lay shrined beneath
That sOd's cold gloom,
'Twould mitigate the pangs Of death,
And light the tomb.
Yesl in that hour if 1 could feel.
From halls Of glee
And Beauty's presence, one would steal
in secrecy,
And come and sit and weep by me
In nights deep moon
Oh! would ask of memory
NO other boon.
But an! lonlier fate is mine,
deeper woe;
From all 1 love in youths sweet time
soon must go;
Drawn round me my pale robes of white,
In dark spot
To sleep through deaths long dreamles.
night,
Lone and forgot
EsfeV,r g. Js,ris
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subject; and, second, because it creates a
misapprehensiOn as to the relative inter-
ests of capital and labor. He is rejOiced
at the new departure of the Democracy
because it recognises the equal rights
of all men, Of whatever color, or con-
ditiOn in life, and ne is glad to find the
great Democratic party prOnOuncing it.
self unequivOcally on suffrage and gen =
eral amnesty, and he says if he shall be
in Ohio when the fall election takes
place he will vote for Gen. McCOok.
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POetFY.
The TtCO Brides.

Esaw two maids at the kirk,
And both were fair and sweet,
One was in her bridal-rObe,
One in her winding sheet.
The chOristers sang the hymn,
The sacred rites were read
And one for life TO life,
And one TO Death was wed,
They went TO their bridal beds,
In IovIiness and bloom;
One in a merry castle,
One in a silent tomb.
One TO the world Of sleep,
Locked in the arms Of Love;
And one in the arms Of Death,
Passed to the heaven above.
one 10 the morrow woke,
In world Of sin and pain;
But the other was happier far,
And never woke again.
Ric6ard II. StodiarJ
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The number of bones broken i'm the
English lunatio asylums has given oeca-
sion for a curious scientific inquiry:
and it is now asserted that the ribs of the
crazy folks are more brittle than the ribs
Of the sane. DR.. HeardOn instituted an
examination of the bones of twenty pa
tients who died in the Carmathen
County Asylum. In nine of these
cases 1.-THE very framework of the
chest was found to be in an abnormal
and diseased state. In two instances
the breast-bOne broke in removing it,
and generally the bones were no strong
er than stout cardboard. In one case
the surface-bOne was SO spOngy and soft
that it was easily crumbled up between
the fingers. Some Of the ribs were
easily cut with a comm on knife, there
being through the action of the diseas-
ed brain wasting Of the phOsphates.
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Science.

Clouds have been encountered by bal
lOOnsatan altitude of 10000 feet, or near
ly four miles above the earth, and heavy
rain alta height almost as great. SOstates
Mr.. Glaisher, the eminent aeronaut. He
says that his observations show the the
Ory, that the temperature becomes one
degree colder for every 300 feet Ofincreas-
ed elevation, to be wholly incorrect. In
regard to the color of the sky, he says
that when viewed from above it presents
a deep blue color, increasing in intensity
with the increase OfelevatfOn above the
earth or clouds beneath.
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Politics.

The Democratic papers, especially Of
New YOrk-papers fitfully indulging in
hilarious antics of Democracy at one
time and instantly shuffiing into the
traces Of Republicanism-atta Mr..
Davis because he will not proclaim him
self what a Federal Court failed to des-
ignate him, traitor, and because he has
with wonderful wisdom and character
istic courage, informed the Southern
people that nothing of political right was
settled by those bloody mOuthed pieces
Of force, the cannon of Northern armies.
I-POmGrOy'S Democrat.
AT the Ohio Democratic State Con-
ventiOn last week, when asked bv a
sturdy farmer from the rural districts
what this talk of new policy on the
part of the Democracy meant, Arm
strong said: I'VE propose to take the rot
ten eggs from under the old Democratic
hen, upon which she has been setting
for the last six years without Matching
any thing and give her lot of fresh |
eggs out of which to hatch rousing |
victory The Democrat who considers |
the constitutional principles which the
Democratic party have so steadfastly
maintained since the days Of Thomas
Jefferson, "rOtten eggs" is simply on
the wrong nest. He should incubate
with the Radicals. When his new "pOl-
icy" ideas pip, he will find that they be-
long to the Radical brood.-Augltsta
(4G.) Republican.
From the East and the West, the
North and the South, we hear com
plants of new and unknown bugs, bee
ties, worms and insects-in numbers
more than equaling the seed of Abra-
ham-whO attack and devOur potatoes,
corn, cucumber vines, fruit trees, and
every green and growing herb.-&ate
[
Cyclones are sweeping over the land, |
leaving ruin i'll their wake; the waters {
Of the rivers and lakes are swelling,
bursting their barriers and overlooking G
fields and cities; storms of hail and rain
are doing work of destruction; earth
luakes are muttering their fearful warn
ngs; the bad passions of men are arous-
ed to bloody and deadly strife; crime
and corruption are rampant; religion is
'coffed at; the people are slipping away
rom the churches; nc,U departures in r
politics, religion and morals are the or
Ter Of the day; and negroes, just releas-
ID from slavery, are made the rulers and
governors Of white people. It does look
Is if the world were turned upside s.
lOwn, and the devil permitted to enjoy
season Of sport among the children of
nen.-Cin. Enquirer.
Washington, D. G. June 5, 1S7l.-Chief Il
Justice Chase will leave here tomorrow
vening. He is not determined where he a
pill go, whether to Rhode Island, to his
aughter's residence, to Saratoga, or to ii
ONE other ofthe interior places of sum- ;,
ler retreat. His health is not much
by his sojOurn in Washington
nd he hopes to obtain recuperation by =
is summer trip,
He approves the platform recently
lOpted by the conventions in South us
arOlina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, ex- Ia
spt the financial feature of the Ohio
Iatfornl, which, he thinks, might have m
cen omitted, first, because it was un- DIR
to provoke discussion on that lot
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Flashes Of Fun.

An Elmira farmer wrote to Horace
Greeley for advice as to the best kind OF
bees to keep, and received an answer to
the effect that 'husking bees were the
best, but in order to make them lay
prOfitably ne must use a clean china
nest egg, and blanket his bees when they
are not on the nest-and feed them bran
and middIings.
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Fashion.

Straw and the old-fashioned Panama
hats will be worn as the season advan-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

cratic success for the honor of nomi-
mating it's candidate" This is the
general estimate of Tammany shrewd
ness and ability, which is acknowl-
edged by the Radicals, and yet for a
purpose, they insult their intelligence
by such IN absurd charge as above
mentioned. "The wish is father to
the thought" but Tammany don't see
it as our Radicals friends desire.
TREBLA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

Radicals would do we'll to know in
advance that he will receive the
whole strength of the Democratic
vote, North and South. 1t is use
less for the Radicals to concern
wi h the probable
course of the Southern Democracy
in the next campaign. The South
neither presents a candidate, nor
aspires to rule the party or the
country. kOn the contrary, the
Southern Democracy would b e
perfectly willing to carry out sug-
gestion we have seen made in a
respectable quarter to refrain from
sending any delegates at all to the
next National Convention. The
Southern Democracy is perfectly
willing to trust the candidate and
the platform to the wisdom and
Justice of their Northern brethren.
A candidate from the North OIL a
platform made by Northern Demo
Gratis alone, would receive the vote
of every Southern State, with one
or two unimportant exceptions.
The South is more interested in the
defeat of the present administra-
ton under which she has been
plundered Of her substance, than
in the success of any particular in
dividual, platform or political par
ty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24
Men Who Win Women.

Nature has so made the sexes that
women, like children, cling to men;
lean upon them as though they were
superior in mind and body. They
make them the suns of systems, and
their children revolve around them.
Men are gods if they but knew it,
and women are burning incense at
their serines. Women, therefore,
who have good minds and Pr e
hearts, want men to lean upon.
Think of their reverencing a drunk
ard, liar, fool or ibertine! Ii a
man would have woman to do him
homage, he must be manly in every
sense; true gentleman, not after the
Chesterfield school, but polite, be-
cause his heart is full of kindness to
all; one who treats her with respect,
even Difference, because she is wo-
man: who never condescends to say
silly things to her; who brings her up
to his level, if his mind is above hers;
who is ever over-anxious to do right;
who has no time to be frivulous with
her. Always dignifed in speech and
act; who never spends too much up
on her, never yields to temptation,
even if she puts it in his way; am
bilious to rake his mark in the
world, whether she encourages him
or not, who is never familiar with
her to the extent of being an adopt
ed brother or cousin, who is not
over-careful about dress, always
pleasant and considerate, but always
keeping his place Of the man, the
head, and never losing it. Such de-
pertinent, with noble principles, good
mind, energy and industry, will wiz
any woman in the world who is
worth MISUNDERSTANDING
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

The DYING NEVER WEEp.-It is a
striking fact, says an Exchange, that
the dying never weep. The sobbing,
the heart breaking agony of the cir
Gle of friends around the death-bed,
call forth no responsive tears from
the dying. Is it because he is insen-
BILE, and stiff in the chill of dissolu-
ton? That cannot be, for he asks
for his fathers hand, as if to gain
strength in the mortal struggle, and
leans on the breast of his mother,
sister or brother, in still conscious af-
lection. just before expiring, he
calls the loved ones, and with quiv-
ering lips, says "Kiss mel" showing
that the love which he has ever borne
in his heart is still fresh and warm.
1t must be because the dying have
reached point too deep for earthly
sorrows, too transcendant for weep
ing. They are face to face with high
er and holier things, with the Fa-
ther in Heaven and his angels.
There is no weeping in that blessed
abode to which he is Fastening.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24
Packet Departures.

The B. L. Hodge No. 2, John Helm,
Master, leaves for New Orleans this
day at 10 A. NJ.
The Iron Steamer John Il. Moore,
Captain w. It. Boardman, leaves for
New Orleans tomorrow at 10 A. Nj.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

na- The Adjourned meeting OF the
Tax-Paycls of Rapides will come off
on Saturday. The place, the Court
House the hour IL NJ.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

~ The District Court is still in
session, driving brisk business.
Criminal docket over with and only
two convictions. Will adjourn on
Saturday.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

~ We are obliged to the clerks of
the Lady Lee, for a late St. Louis
Times.
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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 a 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
unwise and unphilosoplical to employ,
as remedies. powerful and insidious
drugs, which, in subjugating one dis
ease, sow the seeds of another still
more unmauagable. None of these
terrible indictments operates with as
much directness and certainty upon
the causes of disease as HOstettel's
Stomach Bitters, tonic and correc-
tive, scithout a single deleterious ingredi-
ent IN its composition. Arsenic and
quinia are given for intermittents;
bromide of potassium for nervous dis
orders; strychnine and prussic acid for
general debility; mercury, in various
forms, for liver complaint; prepare
tons 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.
| >~~-~~~~-~O~--O--~~~~-
i Nil DEsPERADUM, HoPE.-Hundreds
of cases of Scrofnla, in its worst stages,
old cases of Syphilis that have defied
the skill of eminent Physicians, Rbeu-
mates who have been sufferers for
years, and the victims of the iDjudi-
cious use of Mercury, have been radi-
cally cured by DIR. TUFTS SARSA-
PARILLA AND QUEENS DELIGHT.
1t is the most powerful Alternative and
blood purifier known. 1t is prescribed
bv very many MUSICIANS,
lY.FrOm and after our next issue we
will have weather report, furnished us
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

~ Forty thousand tons of lead are
imported into the United States every
year.
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sg-A Singular law suit, says the
Louisville Ledger, is about to be
brought in Washington City. A man
named SHREDDER, whose life was heav-
lily insured in New York company,
was recently killed by Mr.. Henry
Ward, o gentleman of almost fabu-
lous wealth. Mr.. Shroder's widow
has drawn the insurance money, and
the company proposes to sue Mr..
Ward for damages done by him to
its property, viz: Mr.. Shroder's life.
It is said no similar case occurred in
American jurisprudence, and the tri-
al will be looked to with peculiar in
terest by the legal profession. Now,
whether, Mr.. SHREDDER was really the
property of the company in which he
had insured, is the question.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24


BRITISH QUARTERLY Our thanks
are due the Leonard Scott Publishing
Company, New York, for the April
number of the British Quarterly Re-
view. 1t has able articles on the fol-
lowing subjects: l. Burton's History of
Scotland; 2. Early English Texts; 3.
Parties in the Episcopal Church; 4. In
goldsby; 5. The Downfall of Bonapart-
ism 6. Religious Tests and National
Universities; 7. The War of 1901 !;
s. Bishop Berkeley; 9. The Future of
Europe; 10. Contemporary Literature.
Price of one Review per annum, 81 90.
Of all four and Blackwood, SIS 90.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

tFFrom and after our next issue we
will have weather report, furnished us
BY Mcssrs Levin s. Ferguson.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

nea- The highest point ever attained
by any balloon traveller, namely seven
miles, was reached by Mr.. James
Glaisher, the English aeronaut, in an
ascent made from Wolverhampton, on
the ID of September, 1862. At this
height Mr.. Glaisher became insensible
and Mr.. Coxwell, his companion, very
nearly so.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

W From and after this date and
trip, our weekly packet, B. L. Hodge
No. 2, will change her hour of depart.
ure for New Orleans. Her time for
leaving will be at 10 o., lock.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

u The combination have sickened
making false tits at the Iron Steamer,
John Il. Moore. After this she will be
cleft alone in her gloryn and we'll earn
ed speed, and every other attribute
combined to make mp perfect steam
err. She reached here before 6 A. M.
Monday, with a good freight and full
ofpeople. She goes down tomorrow
at 10 A. NJ. Thanks to her officers for
late papers.
Rag Thanks to the officers of the tt
dial Wave, Lotus No. 3, B. l.. Hodge
No. 2, and Texas for New Orleans pa
pers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

q May, proverbially the prettiest
and fairest month of the year with us,
has proved, this year, an awful excep-
ton. We are in the bounds of truth
in asserting that, so far, not one single
day has passed to tie May to its time
honored beauties. Meaner or more un-
seasOnablc weather cannot be con-
ceiyed. The whole face Of the earth
is deluged, the roads impossible and
the crops seriously set back and dam
aged. The river, in consequence OF all
this, is again rising.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-05-24

Legislature UNANIMOUSLY a0Optcu icSO
lutiOns condemning the treaty, where
Canadian interests were affected.
A dispatch from the Pennsylvania
coal mines announces that the WORK
men, by a large majority, voted TO ~
sumo work on the companies terms
The Senate confirmed Warner y
Governor of Mexico, and Putnan
postmaster at Mobile.
LONDON, May 2O.-A special dis
patch to the Daily News says that the
report that the Prussians would at
tack Paris was unfounded.
A special to the Telegraph says that
Favre and Simon leave the French
Ministry.
Private letters implicate Gambetta
in the conspiracy against the Nef-
sailles Government.
A flag of truce from Paris has ar
rived at Versailles.
Rochefort's arrest at Meux is re-
ported.
The occupants of corner houses IN
Paris have been ordered to vacate
them; the corner building will %
lOOp-hOled for musketry.
The Central Committee has assumed
war powers, and the Communists
have determined to take the offensive
against the Versaillists.
Another dispatch says the Commu.
nists are preparing to explode the
ramparts. J,
Paris, May 90, via London, mid
night 1t is said that the Germans
demand that an armistice he arranged
around Paris, making plebiscitun'
throughout France decide the future
form of government, and bring the
present civil struggle to a close.
Officers of the Commune have seizeG
valuable sacred articles in the ChnrcR
or Trinity. All the churches IN ei'y
will be similarly dealt with and fheh
closed.
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can, or a convert from Republican
ism, then the South is to be taunt-
ed with the idea that such tri-
umph would be no Democratic vic
tory at all, and that it would be as
well for them to vote for Grant as
for any one else. And thus the
Radicals are prepared for either
emergency, and are ready to resort
to such tactics as will meet the
Democratic situation, no matter
what that situation may be.
But though the Democracy may
be perfectly quiet, it does not
follow that keen eye is not kept
on the movements of our astute en-
envy. We do not need the sugges-
tons of the Radical politicians Ell
Their as to our candidate, or the
platform on which he is to be plac-
ed. We feel abundantly able to
manage our own affairs, and the
Radicals might as well make up
their minds at once that we shall
manage them in such prudent
manner as to secure splendid vic
tory. Whether the candidate shall
he a straight Democrat, or con-
sentative Republican, time will de-
eide; but whoever he may be, the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-07

Dead Letter Office. During the month of
July, 331 ,42l letters were received at that
office, 20092 of which were held for post
age. Notwithstanding this negligence on
the part Of the writers. the number OF i'm
portant letters with inclOsurts was greater
than those without. Nearly 1000 Il $40 Of
these letters had Enclosures of money, All
were freighted with checks or drafts and
/ ,931 with other papers of value. II is very
easy to direct letter and put on post
age stamp, but these figures show what
multitude of letter-writers are Negligent of
these simple matters. If q letter is sent to
a person whose address is doubted, re-
quest for its return, if not called for in ten
days, written or printed across one end OF
the envelope, is always needed by the
Post Office Department.
A PROFITABLE FARM-Mr. Mechi, of
Tiptree Hall farm, England, states, as an
example of what land can be made TO &C
conplsh by draining, deep and clean Cui
tiva;iOn, and plenty OF manure, that he paid
in 1871, % pounds sterling, or 115 dollars,
per acre, for his farm (Which is a very low
price and significant Of its poor Guality)
The land has been heavily cropped since
it came into his possession, and in 1867
yielded heavy crop OF clover; in 1868,
forty bushels per acre of white wheat,
which sold for rs dollars per acre with
out the straw; in 1869, 81 bushels wheat ;
in 1870, 80 tons mangels, or 975 bushels
per acre, and the band now bears very
promising crop of red wheat. Mr.. Mechi
is an advocate of high farming; his rota
ton is a nine year one, and consists of
clover, wheat, mangels, wheat, beans,
wheat, winter tares, and Kohl-rabi, or cab
bage two crops that Year., finishing with
oats seeded to clover All the straw and
the green crops are of cOursa fed on the
farm as well as the oats and beans. In
sucn practice SIS this the land is yielding
crops continually.
CULTIVATED PATCHES ALONG RAIL
WAYS 1t is now no unusual thing to see
potatoes and other crops planted on the
strips of land by the side of railroads.
When we reflect how much land could be
added to the acres already under cultlva-
ton by utilizing these strips between the
road bed and the fences, the plan seems
both economical and desirable. Through
out England, we learn from pond
ent of one of the daily papers, gardens
along the sides of railways are the rule in.
stead of the exception The space bet Reen
the track and the fence on both sides IS
either seeded down to grass or laid out as
a vegetable garien, unless too steep to hold
soil Often the name of the station is
marked out on the bank in colored stones
or in Towering plants; or the letters are
cut out of the sod and the borders so made
are gay with flowers or green with vegeta-
bes. If this plan were more generally
followed in this country it would not only
inure to the benefit of railroad employees,
but would give pleasing variety to belts
of land which now are generally given
over to weeds or any wild plant which will
grow on them -Hetrh aid Home.