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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09

A DAILY RArloN.-Thc daily ration for
an adult is said, by DR.. See, Of the
Medical School in Paris, to he 100 grms.
of meat, ~ grms. Of salt fish, 7j0 grms.
Of bread, 90 grns, Of lard, and 80 grms.
Of dried and compressed vegetables a
total Of 100 grammcs Of solid food.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09

Thur, o kEo,-A paper says, Gone
OF the prettiest sights the human cyo
ever rested upon Is gold in its liquid
state" The human eye in this vicinity
would be satisfied II 1t could SEQ any Of
the metal in solid ttGte.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09

Fool AND HIS MONEY A Paris paper
says that rich American has offered to
rebuild the Tuilerics solely Mt his own
expense, on condition that one of tho
wings of the new building shall receive
his name, and that us long us he lives lie
shall he allowed an apartment in it look
lug ont on the gardens, and IN invitation
to MI the ceremonies which shall ever he
given in the palace by any government
which may be in pOwcr there.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09

An ANECDOrE OF MRs. SGDDoNs.-A
correspondent of She London Times
says: Mrs. Sildons was lady's maid, |
believe, to the Duchess of Ancastcr, n
relation of the Grcatheads. She was Mt
Guy's Cliff when young Greatlicad
broke his leg. He was remarkably
clever boy, and the Duchess's maid,
for hls amusement during the tedious
hours OF his recovery, used to read
Shakespeare to him. The hoy was de-
lighted, and insisted upon Sidlons 60
ing down TO the drawing-room to read
before The Duchess and the party stay
ing at the house. Her Grace rCmun.
stmted She had no idea of her maid
being brought so prominently for
ward but the boy would not be refused.
He was furious at the denial, and, with
more zeal, perhaps, thm discretion, he
rctorted upon his noble relative in these
words: MY hdy Duchess, Siddons is
one of God Almighty's mobiles, and that
ismorc than your Grace can say for your
SELF"
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The PAY OF rs.-Col. Kuox, in n
letter to n Boston paper, says: "You re-
member The Diamond WeddiEg,' by
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-07

we set out Tor the fair, and arrived in
due time without further accident.
We had not alighted from the car
rage when Freddy shouted, "Look
cousin Carrie, here comes your father"
Col. Jones came prancing up, on his
magnificent dapple gray:
"Well, Carrie, now for your butter;
where's your butter 7"
"Oh, that went down to New Orleans
by way of Whites Bayou"
The Colonel looked completely mys-
tilted, and volunteered my services
to clear up tho case, giving him a his
tory of our travels from Rose Lawn to
Low-wood Park; unfolding gradually
the tragic details, and endeavoring to
let the final catastrophe fall upon his
sensitive feelings as softly and gently
as dew upon the heart of a rose. And
as pictured the becoming bayou, the
terrific descent. the crash OF the gorge
Gus jar, the forcible seizure Of the lit
tie golden rolls, and Carries perplexed
search for her butter, merry twinkle
danced in the Colonei's bright, blue eye
u smile fitted over his handsome fea-
lures, and then came SO hearty, so
whole souled, so irresistibly contagi-
GUS, that we were all compelled to
join it.
"Well, Carrie DEAR" said he, "don''
be discouraged, the path to glory il
never strewn with flowers."-[N "
Orleans Times.
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Our poet's Gpgneg Seleetel
EVENING.
BY II.

Clouds far up in the twilight.
Hinged with fiery gold,
Over the Evenings skylight
Swing i'll their aZnre void
Is it the stars that shining
Drop their rejoicing fires, Il
Or the Day-king declining.
Building his funeral pyres?
O, noi stars have no lot in
The dead Day briefly gone,
For in garish day, forgotten,
They are ever blazing on;
But the universe, ont-voicing,
Mortality's funeral lay,
Builds its sublime rejoicing
III shr0uds Of the persisted day.
Immortal light and glory
Were cloud in ages old,
Through Evenings of earth's story
Their splendors have nnrolled;
Clouds which ere Thebes sat al gent,
Hung goldened overhead,
Refined, light heavens margent,
As Love the glorious dead.
For progress sweepsthe skylights
Swiftly as harvest moons,
And dusk which made the twilights
Are light which makes the moons
By progress, never ending,
In spiral lines of march,
Nature is thus ascending,
From centre up to arch.
New Orleans Times
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-07


n An unfortunate gentleman in
England, against whom it was proved
that he had married three wives-tak
ing to himself a second and third
while his first was still living-plead-
ed, in mitigation of punishment, late
", that he had married neither of them
for money, and that he had, up to the
moment of being arrested, "been at the
expense of maintaining them" Apart
from legal considerations, it might no
doubt be argued, with some show of
fairness, that it is nobler to support
three wives in comfort than to ADAM
don one in indulgence. But these are
the principles Of Mormonism, and have
not yet been generally adopted in Eng
land. The view held by the accused
was that, far from having failed in his
duty as husband, he had, in fact,
performed it three times over; and If
the Judge had been in a position to de-
eide the matter in the same spirit,
without reference to the mere law on
the subject, he might appropriately
have sentenced the man with the three
wives to dwell with them altogether
4 There is Russian fable Oh this sub
ject, in which the very punishment we
have indicated is prescribed. "Tha'
was no punishment at ALL" says some
thoughtless person to whom the stor,
is supposed to be told. "Was it not T
: replies the narrator. sin ten days th'
man hung himself" a
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- In India, when man wants a
divorce, he sends his wife into the
Jungle for firewood. The same result
is accomplished in Indiana by buying
a half gallon of non-explosive oil.
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NUMBER Al.

that no notice be taken of the names Of
those whose taxes do not amount in
full to ten dollars for any one of the
years named.
And further, That the Committee
shall hold these lists as means Of pro-
viding funds in a manner and for
purpose hereinafter named.
And be it further Resolved, That
this Committee be instructed to re-
quest one of the members of the bar to
become the Attorney of the tax payers
Of this Parish, who shall at once pro-
coed to contest the legality of all taxes,
State OF Parish, claimed to be duo
by us.
Further Resolved, That the before
named Committee shall arrange with
the Attorney SO appointed for the fees
charged by him for his services, as we'll
as for all expenses attening the matter
involved.
And further, That by the LIST of jan
uary, 1872, or as soon thereafter as pos
sible, but not sooner than the LIST day
of November, 1871, the Committee
shall appoint Collector, who shall at
once proceed to collect from every tax
payer pro rata upon the amount OF
tax assessed upon him, said pro rata to
be sufficient to defray all the expenses
incurred in the matter of this resolu-
ton, including fair compensation to
the Collector appointed by them. 1t
being fully understood that whilst the
Committee shall use all diligence in
their efforts to collect sufficient fund,
neither they, as body, nor individu-
ally, shall in any wise be responsible
for the payment of the expenses in
Cured, their services being entirely
gratuitous.
And further, That in case the unan-
unity and good sense Of the tax payers
shall have placed at the disposal of the
Committee an amount exceeding what
is required for our object, the surplus
shall be used for any purpose to be
suggested by this meeting.
1t was further moved and resolved
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: and when selected, to publish the list
! in the Louisiana Democrat.
] On motion of Mr.. Joseph Texada,
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J Secretary to communicate to the seve-
raj Parishes of the State the object of
. this meeting.
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l such Secretary, and instructed him to
5 carry ont the object specified in this
last resolution.
J The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed Delegates to the State Con-
/ vention' to be held the second Satur-
day in July:
Judge I. C. Manning, Hon. NJ. Ryan,
) VIM. A. Seay, Robert j. Bowman, r.
A. Hunter, Governor 7. o. Moore, E.
Archinard, S. X. johnson, j. w. Tex
ada, DR.. P. Clarke, Henry Boyce, Jr.,
James r. Andrews, DR.. r. Luckett, j.
f Innis, w. w. Wilmington, James JEFF
: fries, T. B. Helm, j. G.. P. Hooe, Fred.
: Seip, D. A. Smith, George Stafford, b.
: Cooper, General NJ. Wells, DR.. T. w.
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g A. G. Compton, George B. Marshall
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The Lodge.

suowing poem was written in 177i' just
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--bso IN the Lodge We go, that happy place.
rbere f1ithfuE CrieHdshiP smiles in every iace
what though our joys are hid from puohc V'e"'
they on reflection please, and must DC 'iue-
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sere vvdsdom's rule we trace, and SO improves
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While sceptered Reason. from her steady throne
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-05-13
English SparrOws.
From the n. V World

Evil reports of what our sparrows
are doing in the rural districts come to
US. 1t IS a fact to lament, vet never
theless 1t Is fact that these little Eng
llsh birds are very good citizens, but
behave very badly as soon as they take
it into their heads to go into the coun-
try. 1t will soon be seen that it was an
lll-advlsed measure to bring them here
at all, for although they destroy the
Larvae of insects and keep caterpillars
from covering us III the summer, yet
when they get out into the fields they
descend upon the wheat and the young
rye as dissipated youth fall upon the old
rye, but with more disastrous effects
upon the original owners thereof. In
some countries reward is paid for the
dead body of a sparrow, and for all
sparrow eggs that may be found and
destroyed, so that they fairly come
under the head of vermin. But the
damage done is not alone to the
grain; there is hardly more quarrel
some and tyranical bird than this
He fights with the robin and
oyercomes him by numbers; he harries
and drives away the beautiful Balti-
more oriole, the most welcome and
lovely of our summer visitors, whose
orange and yermilion hues on back
ground of black, and whose plaintive,
mellow notes are the delight of the
world; who comes all the way from
Mexico to us, only to find little gray
in possession of his old haunts,
determined not to share with him, but,
on the contrary. bent on his destruc-
A 80 G., 90 III
row cares very little for larvae and very
much for grain; gives the former to his
young while he himself lives as much
as possible on the latter. SO it is easy
to see how dangerous denizen of the
country he is. As for beauty, except
that which comes from quick motion,
he has none of 1t, although he is pic
turesque and piquant. The writer
of this paragraph happened
to be in the country a
few days ago and saw handsome
cockrobbiE standing on the ground
surrounded by sparrows, who watched
every movem ent he made, and every
once in a while would dart at him as a
boy throws his peg-top, stab him with
their beaks, fly after him when he flew,
Fostering and making life burden to
him. When the orioles came last sum-
mer looking for the hous es-for some
had learned to occupy housses-theyh had
to perch on trees and look longingly at
their homes, on the top of each of
which stood a big sparrow on guard,
as pert and ready to fight as gamin.
The farmers are complaining already,
and think it would be well to import
few lively sparrow-hawks. to decimate
the little gray thieves and murderers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-05-13
Early Planting.

A correspondent of the Prairie Far
mer, promising his article by saving
that there IS a prospect of very early
spring this year, 1t being nearly three
weeks earlier than last year, saws:
Wheat and oats should be sown as
early as possible.
Thousands of farmers failed last year
IN raising a good corn crop by planting
too late. The ground was so dry during
May that the seed could not terminate
Those who planted early raised bounti-
full crops. [ planted, on Rock River
April 10th, 1869, ten acres in corn; ten
acres In the same field | planted the
10th of May. That planted in April
came up well, and was ripe the first of
September; that planted in Nav came
up badly, was late, and an early frost
nearly ruined it.
Many farmers planted seed last spring.
from Kansas and Middle and Southern
Illinois. 1t was very late; but owing
to the unusually warm fall, and the alb
sence of frosts until late in October, it
and was a splendid crop. 1t
VIII not be safe to plant it this spring
unless it is got in early.
Corn should never be planted when
the ground is cold. When the Their
has ranged from seventy to
eighty degrees for two days in success
sion, and the ground is dry, it is safe to
plant even if it is the middle of April.
But when the thermometer is below
sixty degrees, and man is obliged to
wear mittens, the corn is better off in
the granary than in the ground.
Potatoes should be planted very early.
The early varieties, such as the Early
Rose, Early York, Early Goodrich, es-
capped the bugs last year much better
than the Peach Blow and other late po-
latoes. Ii the soil is very dry when
planted, strike the hoe down into the
moist earth, drop the seed into it, and
press the ground hard with the feet.
If that course had been pursued by
AL the corn raisers in this county, last
year, the corn crop would have been
doubled