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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-19

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~ The Comanche Indians after
numerous unsuccessful experiments,
have given up trying to scalp any of
the negro troops on the frontier. It's
impossible to get good hold.
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Too Much DoctOring.

Under this head the New York Com
mercial Advertiser makes the follow
ing remarks. We cannot understand
how Northern Radical head can hold
such sensible notions and not burst
wide open:
Now we have stories of outrage at
the South. They come opportunity,
just as one Congress adjourns and as
another halts upon the threshold,
doubtful whether to remain in session
or to go home. They tell of two kinds
of outlages-politica and nOn-politi-
cal. We have one from South Carolina
and one from Kentucky. In the for
mer State the Governor, who, few
weeks ago pronounced everything Or
DERBY, and who declared that'tbe civil
! authorities were competent to exercise
their functions, unaided by military
force, now solicits relief from the Pres
/ ident. He claims that men are MUIR
dered or expelled ON account of tleil
political opinions, and that the Ku-
kluX compose a formidable organiza-
ton made up of trained soldiers of the
! late war, who can be checked only by
garrisons in the disaffected districts.
Governor Scott makes this the basis
of a formal complaint and application,
and a committee is ON the way from
South Carolina to lay the matter be-
fore the Washington authorities. The
very possibility of the existence of such
state of affairs as is reported is a
scandal. 1t shows that the work of
reconstruction has been imperfectly
done, and it imposes a burden of res
possibility upon Congress which that
body cannot disown. For five years
it has tinkered at the reorganization of
the South, and it surely has had the
wit to see that many of the outrages
complained of are traceable to false
| system of management-tO the failure,
in fact, to trust the Southern people
with the control of their own affairs.
Had this been done sooner or more
generally, and had the vile ambition Of
earpet-baggers been frowned upon, a
different temper and disposition would
have been manifested at the South.
|
| REcoLLECTIoNs OF Don QuIxoTE.
Here are a few extracts from Don
Qnixote: "Keep your mouth shut and
your eyes open. Self-praised depri-
ciates. All women, let them be ever
so homely, are pleased to hear them
selves celebrated for beauty. Liberal.
ity may be carried too far in those who
have children to inherit from them
/ Virtue is always more prosecuted by
the wicked than beloved by the ri.hte.
ons. Honey is not for the mouth of ar
ass. No padlocks, bolts and bar, car
secure a maiden so we'll as her own re
serve. Wit and hnmor belong to ge
hious alone. We are all as God made
us. and oftcntimes great deal worse
ICovetousness burst the bag. 1t is easy
to undertake, but more difficult to FIN
ish thing. This term is equally ap
/ plicable to all ranks; whoever is ignor
ant is vulgar. BY the streets of by
and-by one arrives at the house o
Never. Between the yes and no Of
woman, l would not undertake t.
thrust the point of pin. Patience
and shuttle the cards: Other mem
} pains are easily borne. Pray devout
Fly aud hammer on stoutly. When
thing is once begun it is almost hal
finished. The jest that gives pain j
no jest"
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ORIGIN OF LIFE.

How life originated on the earth
Sir William Thompson attempts to
answer by suggesting that it was
introduced by germs enclosed in
meteoric stones. He says: 1.-The
hypothesis that life originated On
this earth through moss-grown frag-
ments FROM the ruins of another
world may seem wild and visionary.
Ali maintain is that it is not un-
scientific" Such hypothesis may
be as capable of proof as Darwin s
theory OF pangencsis, or the theory
of the plurality of inhabited worlds.
He says:
when volcanic island springs up
from the sea, and after few Years is
found clothed with vegetation, We do
not hesitate to assume that seed has
boon waited to it through the air or
fioated to it ON RATS. Is it not possi-
bic, and, if possible, is it not probable,
that the beginning of vegetable life on
the earth liz to be similarly explained?
Every year thousands, probably mil
lions, Of fragments of solid matter fall
upon the earth. Whence came these
fragments? What is the previous his
tory of any of them? Was it created
III the beginning of time an amorphous
mass? This idea is so unacceptable
that, tacitly or explicitly, all men dis
card it. 1t is often assumed that all,
and it is certain that some meteoric
stones are fragments which had been
broken off from greater masses and
launched free into space. Hence and
because we all confidently believe that
there are at present and have been
from time immemorial many worlds of
life besides our own We must regard it
as probable in the highest degree that
there are countless seed-bearing mete-
oric stones moving about through
space. If at the present instant no
life existed upon this earth, one such
stone falling upon it might, by what
We blindly call natural causes, lead to
Its becoming covered with vegetation.
From the earth.stocked with such veg
citation rs it could receive meteorically
to the earth teeining with all the end
less variety of plants and animals
which now inhabit it the step is pro-
digious; yet, according to the doctrine
of continuity, most ably laid before
the Association by a predecessor in
this chair Mr.. Grove), all creatures
now living Oh earth have proceeded by
orderly evolution from some such
origin"
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G o NJ Nj f RCIA L.

SATURDAY, Oct. 2l--11 80 A. n.
CoTToN-Co ntinued unfavoruble
Liverpool and New York advices
(the latter market having been af-
fected by the large receipts at the
ports) have caused q feeling of
greater depression here, and some
authorities quote prices down Ia
3-l6. About 500 bales have sold
thus far. Low Middling, benders,
sold at 49,, and We hear of sale Of
Middling at 1Sic.
Yesterdays sales embraced 1900
bales, and the market closed as
follows:
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-22
MERCHANTS SOUTHERN PACKET

MERCHANTS SOUTHERN PACKET
COMPANY.
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=. MEMPHIS and the Bends
TM steamers of this line will leave as
follows. at 5 p, NJ.
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the Illinois Central Railroad to al
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erland rivers. Through bills of lading
and passenger tickets issued to all
points on the Upper Mississippi. as
high as st. Paul.
Plans of cabin may be see and state
rooms secured on application to
STEVENSON & VERLANDER.
Agents,
135 Gravier street.
JOHN F. BAKER, President.
Bills of lading over the Illinois Cent
raj Railroad signed only at the Office OF
JAS. It. TUCKER.
26 Carondelet street.
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STEzMBOATS.
CAIRO.

CAIRO.
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CoXPANx.
FOR CAIRO AND ST. LOUIS.
Illinois Central Railroad Packets.
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FrOPo0a10s

OyYTCE COMMISSIONERS NEW ORLEANS PARK
No, IL Carondelet Street.
New Orleans, September "a, 1871.
Y called proposals addressed to ''The Pres
~ ident of the Board Of Commissioners
Of the New Orleans Park, will he received
at this Office daily Sundays excepted) from
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for the furnishing of al materials and the
construction of wire milling around the
City Park grounds, in the Sixth District OF
the city of New Orleans, according to the
plans and specifications to be seen at this
Office, at the times designated.
WILLIAM g. BROWN,
octI1m Assistant Secretayy.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-22

"a Complete Pictorial History of the Times"
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UNION
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MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
he PEOPLES COMMERCIAL
COLLEGE!
Department OF
Straight University.
Located over the Freedmens Savings
Bannk,
ia CarOndelet st.

Bannk,
ia Carondelet st.
OPEN DAY AND EVENING, NO VACATION.
The old and young can enter at this
Institution any day, no distinction
made in regard to race or color. The
design of the Institution, is to furnish
opportunities to those wishing rapid,
thorough and practical business edu-
cation, fifty to one hundred per cent.
saved by students, by taking the rapid
commercial course. Parties having or
binary ability, who have entirely ne
elected their education now have the
opportunity to qualify themselves for
almost any position in the State, in
an incredible short time.
From two to three months is all
that requires to complete the CONNER
al course. Terms duced TO suit the
times.
For further information call at the
College, or address
Prof. A. T. 6elever,
Principal.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-04

| am further instructed to give notice
hat the Association will be required 10
raise the amount of $500, to defray the
current expenses Of the year; and to ask
each trustee, member and friend Of the
Association to devote necessary time to
its interest to secure at least one new
member for the current year or for life,
and as an inducement to prompt action
we propose to give the first 200 new
members copies of last years "Transac-
tions" as well as this. Either is believed
by competent judges to be worth more to
the progressive Farmer and Dairyman
than the cost of both under this arrange
ment. The forthcoming number is much
more valuable than the last, and will COM
pare favorably with any heretofore pub
lishhd by any similar association in the
United States.
1t is earnestly hoped that the citizens
of Vermont will take sufficient interest
and pride in this matter to raise the me-
cessary funds. If each and every MEN,
Der will do what he is now asked to DOVE
shall be spared the disagreeable a%lterna-
tive of assessing our members to cover the
expenses of publication. We have no
other way by which to obtain the needful
funds. The work, if left to two or three,
would be more than they could afford to
do, but every member can easily enough
get another or more among his %acquaint.
ances. You will please make returns as
possible, and the names Of all members
received within three weeks will be print.
ed in the roll.
BY order of the Executive Committee
o. S. BLISS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-04
The Swivel PlOW.

As the season for beginning Spring
work approaches the farmer should over
haul his farming tools, (f he has not al
ready improved the leisure hours which
Winter affords, to do SOL and attend i'm
mediately to the repair Of such implements
as may require it, and order from the
factory, or agents, the new machines and
tools which may become necessary for the
preparation and cultivation of the soil the
sewing of seeds and gathering of crops.
A few days delay, while waiting for the
repair or arrival of articles that should
have been attended to in season, often
involves serious loss. There is no time
for waiting on the farm. The prudent
farmer is sure to have everything ready
before it Is wanted. 1t is also of the very
highest Importance that all implements
and machines should be good of their
kind, and adapted to the performance of
their several offices in the most effective
manner, by the most improved method,
and with the least expenditure of power.
The cost Of farm labor is too high to admit
of the use Of poor tools and machines.
One of the first implements used in the
Spring is the pillow. BY the pillow the soil
is inverted, lifted and crumbled and par
TALLY preparep for the reception of seed.
Without it the labors Of the farmer in
s~ultivating the cereals, corn and root
crops would be in vain. The improved
pillow of the present day bears very little
resemblance to that used by our fathers
thirty years ago. There is probably nc
other farm implement which has received
more radical improvements. We regart
the perfection of the swivel pillow for us,
both on side hill and level land, as one o
the most important achievements of sci
ence for the benefit Of farmers. In GU
own boyhood's days the swivel pillow woul,
not turn a furrow on level land, and no
effectively on side hill o~fmoderate inclin
alton. The genius of Holbrook has s.
perfected the Swivel pillow that it turns
furrow anywhere as well as any pillow. |
leaves the furrow in better condition thal
any other pillow that we have ever seen il
operation. With the extra moldboard 70
stubble, the farmer has a complete ploy
for all kinds of work except for subsoil
ing. We have a No. 4 Swivel Plow wit
extra m~oldboard, and it is the only ploy
used on the farm, doing all work in
satisfactory manner Since it was pro
cured all dead burrows and ridges hav
disappeared, and the head lands beinI
plowed last, every furrow in the field j
left light and porous and in much bette
condition THAI ever before by the RICH
hand plows. We advise every farmer, wh
would have a good pillow, to procure tn
Holbrook Swivel Plow.
Our recommendation of this pillow, an
other improved implements and fertilizer
is not based upon or influenced by a pei
sonal interest. We have no interest i
the sale of any such articles. The effort
in the way Of "~agcncies" that we hay
sometimes made for the introduction {
articles that we regarded as worthy ofth
patronage of farmers, have invariabl
been attended with loss to our own pool
ets.-Record and Farmer.