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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20
A Literary Curiosity.
8 s. CoX'S "sUNsET."

At the request of many readers,
we republish from the Ohio States
man, of May 10, 1853, the brilliant
piece of descriptive writing which
won for Mr. Cox the immortal name
of "Sunset:'
GREAT OLD SUNSET.
What stormful sunset was that
of last night! How glorious the
storm, ana how splendid the set
ting of the sun. We do not remem-
Der even to have seen the like on
our round globe. The scene open
ed in the west, with a whole hori-
zon full of a golden interpenatra-
ting lustre which colored the fol-
&c and frightened every object
into it's, own rich dyes. The colors
grew deeper and richer until the
golden lust1e was transfused in a
storm cloud, full of finest tighten
ing, which leaped in dazzling zig
gags all round and over the city.
The wind arose with fury, the
slender shrubs and giant trees
made obeisance to it's majesty.
Some even snapped before it's force.
The strawberry beds and grass
plots "turned up their whites" to
see Zephyrus march by. AS the
rain came, and the pools formed,
and the cutters hurried away,
thunder 1oared grandly, and the
fire bells caught the excitement and
rung with hearty chorus. I h e
South and East received the copi-
GUS showers, and the West all at
once frightened up in a long, pol
ished belt of azure, worth Of a Sic.
i.ian sky.
Presently cloud appeared in
the azure belt, in the form of a cas-
tellated city. 1t became more viv.
id, revealing strange forms of peer
less fanes and alabaSter temples
and glories rare and grand in this
mundane sphere. It reminds us O
! Wordsworth's splendid verse il
h;s Ivonrinn.
"The appearance instantaneously disclos
ed,
!. Was of mighty city, boldly say
A wilderness of buildings, sinking far
And self withdrawn into wondrou
depth
Far sinking into splendor without end
But the city vanished only tt
: give place to another isle, wher'
the most beautiful forms of foliag'
appeared, imaging a Paradise il
the distant and purified air.
, The sun, wearied with the ele
g mental commotion, sank behind tn
: green plains of the west. TIL
S l"great eye in Heaven" however
: went not down without a dark bro,
y hanging over its departing light
e The rich flush of the unearthly ligh
S had passed and the rain had ceased
), when til e solemn church bell
=. pealed, the laughter of children GU
and Joyous after the storm is hear
e with the carol of birds; while til
= forked and purple weapon of th
J. skies still darted illuminate
II around the Startling College, tr!
l. ing to rival it's angels and leap int
j. it's dark windows.
% Candles are lighted. The plan
T, strikes up. We feel il is good
- have home, good to be on til
- earth where such revelations (
e Beauty and Power may be mad
e. And as we can not refrain from r
: minding our readers of every thin
E. wonderful in our city, we have b
to gan and ended out feeble etchir
g of sunset which comes so rare
III that it's glory should be committt
W to immortal type Ohio Sta
" journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

g We owe thanks. for New Or
leans papers, to the La Belle, B. L.
Hodge No. 9. and Lotus No. 3.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

Ma eff the brain sows not corn it
plants thistles," and as q man sows
so shall he reap.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

II A coarse, i'll natured man died
one day, and his friends assembled at
the funeral, but no one had q good
word to say about the dec eased. At
length kind-hearted German, as he
turned to go home, said, "Vell, he vas
goot schmoker."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

na- If you would enjoy the fruit
pluck not the flower.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

EY Auctioneers are generally of
NOR bid disposition.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

l@ He that ticks honey from
thorny flowers pays too dearly for it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING,

A MASS MEETING OF THE DE-
mocracy of the Parish of Rapides will
be held at Alexandria, on
SATURDAY, the 9th day of APRIL,
1872,
for the purpose of appointing delegates
to the Democratic State Convention
which meets in New Orleans on the
18th of April. j. G. WHITE,
Chairman Democratic Central Com
mittee.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

sa- Though times are hard and
trade dull with us in Alexandria,
still it does not seem to be so in our
sister over the way, Pineville. Really
the merchants there will soon sur
pass ours in every particular. Well
we can't say we are Jealous of them
or their thriving. Enterprise, energy
and hard work should always be re.
warded.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

% Beauty is a blossom, yet tits
no Inheritance.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

SNEAK THIEF JoURNALIsM.-Let us,
reduce to a few words the story of the
Enquirer's purchase of stolen proper
ty. A young man named Gordon
while employed on the Times, stole
the sheets containing list Of the
weekly subscribers. He attempted
to sell them to the publisher of the
New York Sun. Mr.. Gordon was
told that he was thief, and that he
was in the wrong shop to sell stolen
goods. He found a purchaser, how
ever, at the Enquirer Office. and en-
ployment as correspondent, spe-
cially commissioned to abuse people.
The Times list of subscribers the
publishers of the Enquirer have used
in furtherance of their lottery enter.
prise. If any body in the peniten
tiary has been guilty of meaner steal
ing orr meaner use of stolen goods
we would like the particulars of the
case, for it would rank high among
the curiosities of crime Cincinnati
Commercial.
We wish Gordon would come VI
this way, we can let him steal {
'swhole bundle" of subscribers, ant
if he can sell them, all right.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

THE BARRIERS PREFER DIR. TUTrI
HAIR DYE.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-20

SUBSTANCE OF justice; OF pfOCectlOn, anu
of fostering carefn
In other words, that we should con-
TESS ourselves vanquished before the
line of battle is formed, folding our
arms in mute despair till the ides Of
November; that then with downcast
eyes and minciog steps, like Ahab
when rebuked by the prophet for steal
ing .Naboth's vineyard, and clad in
sackcloth, we should Ego softly" to the
footstool of Grant, trailing behind US
our Confederate record of courage and
fortitude,. and there stretching our
mendicant hands to him, supplicate
such crumbs of relief as it may be per-
mitted to fall from the rich mans ia
ble. Is not this q faithful paraphase
of the policy recommended by the
once able, proud and independent Pic
ayune7 This is the entertainment te
| which the merchants and business mer
of New Orleans invite the people of the
South! This TIE programme recon-
mended to our acceptance by the Coun
Gil of Two Hundred and Fifty! O
shame, where is thy blush II Mobil,
{Ala.) Tribune.
American citizen., 1872-02-03

| DEEM it of the first moment to a true
plan of life to give to the true acquisition
of worldly gear its just position, as an
important incident, not the chief object,
OF a manly career. He who has reached
his thirtieth, fortieth, tiftieth year, yet is
still poor and needy, may possibly have
been kept poor by unusual burdens or
successive misfOrtunes but in the alb
sence of these the natural presumption is
strong that he has been idle, or luxurious,
or dissipated, and misused or neglected his
opportunities. He had no moral right to
become husband and father without
earnestly striving to make that reasonable
and just provision for the legitimate
wants of his household, in the absence of
WHICH the great Apostle would regard
him as " worse than an infdel."
A comfortable home that does not be-
long to any other husband, wife and
children oXcepteD; calling or pursuit
whereby livelihood may to moral GER
tainty be gained ; a vicinage which, how
ever rude and repulsive at first, shall at
length become agreeable and attractive
the appreciation of the good and the dis
like or dread of the irreCaimably profit
gate and depraved-so much, at least,
should be included in the Tlln of life of
every thoughtful youth. There be those
whose hatred honors its object there be
some whose defamation is praise. He
who aspires to please every one, will be
sure to deserve the hearty appreciation of
none. Let him rather resolve and strive
so to bear himself that his friends and his
enemies alike shall be such that, whoever
is acquainted with both, shall know that
his heart is pure and his life noble, and he
cannot fail to die conscious and thankful
that he has not lived wholly in vain-
Household NdQ1ziHe
American citizen., 1872-02-03
A Fancy Picture of Shaksp cares
Household.

From Holmes Poet of the Breakfast Table" in
the Atlantic Monthly.
1wonder if anything like this ever hap,
pened. The author writing
I" TO be, or not to be' that is tile question :
Waiter It's n06l-"
William, shall we have pudding to-
day, or fapiacks?"
" FlaPiacks an it please thee, Anne, or
a pudding, for that matter or what wilt,
good woman, or thou come not betwiXt
me and my thought"
Exit Mistress Anne, with strongly ac-
cented closing of the door and murmurs
to the effect ; GAY, marry" It's well for
thee to talk as if thou hadst no stomach
to fill. We poor wives must swink for
our masters, while they sit in their arm
chairs growing as great in the girth
through laziness as that ill-mannered old
fat man William hath writ of in his books
of players stuff One had as well meddle
with a porkpen, which hath thorns all
over him, as try to deal with William
when his eyes be rolling in that mad
way"
William-writing once more-after an
exclamation in strong English of the old
er pattern
" Whether It's noblcr-no5ler-noJ1.r-To
do what? O these women these women!
to have puddings or fapjacks! Oh =
" Whether tis RObLr-iR the mind--t0
suffer
tile StinqS-and arr0US-Qf-
ooh oh these women | will cen
step over to the parsons and have cup
Of sack with his reveRnce, for methinks
Master Hamlet hath forgot that which
was just now on his lips to speak.
American citizen., 1872-02-03
How the Case Was Put.

ONE of the foremost lawyers in Canada
is the famous Queens Counsel O'Reilly,
of Kingston, who secured such a reputa.
ton by his successful and highly dramatic
management Of the prosecution Of Whelan
for the murder of the Hon. Thomas
Darcy McGce. Tall, handsome, forid,
portly jolly Of eye and mellow Of voice,
he recalls irresistibly the Irish counselor
of fifty years ago, alike prepared for the
bottle or the bar, ready with a joke, a
challenge, or Il demurrer. Well, Mr..
O'Reilly was once engaged for the plain
tiff in a suit where it was sought to re-
cover $4,000, alleged to be due by defend
ant, who denied the existence of any
liability whatever 1t was on a country
circuit. The jurors were of the agricul-
tural persuasion. For two mortal days
the counsel on both sides pelted them
with authorities, references, objections,
testimony in b-rebuttal-heaven and
the honest farmers were reduced to a
comatose condition. All this time O'Reilly
had stood alOOf, and when he rose, a
mournful sigh broke from the twelve
jurors, sure that he too, would bring
toNn uppu tHeil Il perfect dNuIdutllt VI
authorities. Judge of their surprise and
relief when the eminent counsel in his
blandest voice, commenced "Gentlemen,
| shall not seek willfully to confuse you
with false quotations, which cannot affect
the judgment of honest and sensible men.
The case is very plain one. My client
says the defendant owes him s., 600 the
defendant says he owes my client moth
ing. They have been talking the matter
over these two days, and come to no CON
clusion. ! ask you to look at this Ques-
ton from the standpoint of your own
plain, practical common sense. Suppose
that any one Of you were about to trade
horses (here the jurors pricked up their
ears)-to trade horses with mel repeat,
with me. You asked $100, l offered $50,
We couldn't come to terms. We natural
ly went to some honest and sensible
neighbor as it might be your worthy fore
man, and he decided that We should
split tie dit6Jence, as the fairthing between
man and man. That is all I ask you to
do-iust deal fairly between us, as you
would be dealt by. | leave my case in
your hands. In five minutes the jury re-
verdictfor the plaintitf'for 81 600
that being their way of splitting the diff
ference between 80 and $4,000, and the |
plaintiff has not ceased to regret to this |.
lay that he did not bring suit for $4,000. |
American citizen., 1872-02-03
What Does Johnny Read.

ooh, eeaY HiRq, " says his father, proud
". Johnny is a perfect boOk-worm, and
we just haveto drive him away from his
book
Sorry to hear it, Master Johnny; live
boy has no business to be a hook-worm.
1t is no more 4 sign of smart boy to be
a great reader than it is of strong man
to be great eater One may read too
much as well as eat too much, and the
brain as well as the stomach he
loaded with undi-cstCl food that is only
an injury to it. II is not what you eat,
but what YOU digest, that makes you
strong. II is not the food in your stom-
ach, but the food taken up by the won
derful machinery of your body and made
over into blood, and bone, and nerve, and
sinpw, that keeps up the daily growth of
your body and builds You up into a man.
And inst SO the food which YOU give your
mind must be taken mp and worked over,
and become part Of the mind itself, or it
is good for nothing. II it has no nutri-
tion in it. nothing to make new thoughts
and new ideas, if il cannot give some
thing 20 the mind or waken something in
it. then il is Chatf. rubbish, poison, any
thing but food. Half a dozen lines Of
the right sort, read in the right way, are
worth volumes Of trash, or even OF good
sense carelessly read and then forgotten.
Don't throw away your books, Johnny,
but learn TO 90 through them as the
miner goes through his painful Of sand
and quartz. watching for the gleam of
gold. and carefully picking out the pre-
Cious bits.
And we should like to say to Johnnys
father and mother. do not rest satisfied
while your bov reads everything" II is
a direful day foryon if YOU have neglected
to direct and cultivate his taste until he
has come 10 be a mere devourer a the
stories Of wild. improbable adventure and
exciting fiction. which is poured out like
flood for the destruction Of our boys; but
even vet you can do something to counter
ACT the evil If you are willing to work Tor
it-bv taking your child with You intothe
folds of art. II history, and Of science,
which mav be made IS charming 10 the
unfolding mind as tie regions Of romance.
- dfl C7r5.s-4L
American citizen., 1872-02-03
NO.. ).

'the gentleman always shonc through
the cracks And we shall not say that
it does not matter what sort of a body
you havc-lOr VIC know that it d0es-but
we shall say that it does not much matter
what sort Of body you live in, If the
real gentleman shines through
Do not be frightened We shall not
give you catalogue of the familiar
graccs that make the ugly face seem
beautiful, But we think they might be
included in one. The most attractive
virtue of all is helpfulness. The hands
that minister are always beautiful. The
unselfsh, the self-sacrifcing, helpful soul
is never without love John Howard,
the great philanthropist, when but twenty
five years old,was cared for in sickness
almost mortal by women twice his age.
And her helpfulness so adorned her that
when Howar got up from bis illness he
forgot all the young and handsome
women that a man in his position might
have welded, and married the motherly
woman whose face was gloried by her
goodness And it was a similar gratitude
that led Charles James Fox to marry Mrs
Armistead, But not in matters of matr-
mony only, but in all daily life the love
licst people are the helpfueSt.
1t seems little ireyerent to conclude
an article which starts off with advertise
ments Of cosmetics-among the falsest
things in the world-with an allusion to
the truCst and most sacred subject in the
world ; but we can not refrain saying that
the Life which has moved and nodded
the world more than any other life the
world knows, was 4 life Of infinite help
fulness. From the wine Of Cana to the
with the thief of Calvary,
the story of the gospels is an epic of help,
HeaiH and Home
American citizen., 1872-02-03
The Wonderful Secret.

EVERY now and then we run across an
advertisement of some disnterested indi-
vidual who. for marveIously small COM
pensation, is ready to communicate the
priceless secret of how to make yourself
attractive In one case it is the secret of
beauty. Buy this recipe and your homell-
ness disappears as if by magic, your
squint is gone, your crooked nose is
straight, your high cheekbones are lower,
your freckles, moles, pimples, and bad
teeth vanish in a night Sometimes the
secret is oblgingly done up in a lotion or
a cosmetic, and sold "by all respectable
apothecaries. Apply it and your salbow,
bilious complexion is vanquished, your
skin is of an "aabaster"-always alabster
--whiteness. 1t forms an enamel proof
even against castile-soap. Or now it is
new hair-dye, which can he applied in
five minutes, and which cOlors the hair
magniticently, leaving it GLOSSY and
natural" As it is applied in five minutes,
and contains no deleterious ingredient
Except lead), why should there be any
more bald heads? Let us wipe out the
traces of age and be young again. The
fountain of youth is round the corner, on
the shelves of the druggist, just behind
the soda-fOuntain. There are tooth-pow-
ders, and remedies for badness, and
blooms of youth, and balms of ten thou
sand flowers What need of getting out of
repair? Here is the magic that shall
make us whole again.
And off what do these thOusaHd-fiower
people, and these alabasterenamel people,
and thes harmless shair-invigoratorpe
and these mole-and -freckle people who ad-
vertise so largely, live? Off the fools and
greenhorns, you may say, and with truth.
And vet We are all fools enOugh-we are
all wise enough, to wish to be attractive
to others. Some of us are too lazy 10
exert ourselves in that direction but all
of us have some desire to be attractive.
And it is this trait of human nature that
affords pasturage for the wonderful
secret advertisers.
But we can not do much for our com
plexion. five tamper with it, it grows
worse. Moles an freckles are only skin
deep, il is true but they will not leave
for anv cosmeHc not sufficiently strong to
take the skin also. Martha Jane can no
more use with safety depilatory powder
to remove the pale mustache from the
corners of her mouth, than William Henry
can use sn invigorating lotion to promote
the growth ofhisverv Vulnerable whiskers.
But we can render ourselves more attract
i've There are remedies for repulsive-
ness. Moles and freckles are small
matters The art of being attractive is
deeper than cosmetics 90. After cleanli-
ness and neainess have been attained, we
can do little more 10 mike the body at
tTaCtive. But trite as the truth Is, let Us
say r over ouoC more. There Is that in
inward temper can make the rudest eN-
terror pleasant and even beautiful We
once heard an eminent Senator remark Of
the homclicst Of cur historic public men,
that though his exterior was 81 rude,
American citizen., 1872-02-03

Mr.. STURGEON has been staying in
Rome, and, on a recent Sunday, preached
in the Presbyterian Church, outside the
Porta de Popolo, the regular minister of
which is DIR. Lewis. A correspondent of
the London Telegraph, describing the SER
vice. writes " Perhaps the boldest thing
Mr. Spurgeon ever said in his life was
said in his running comments before the
sermon while reading chapter Of Scrip
ture. Somehow or other he introduced
Rome and Roman affairs into his dis
course, and raising his hands and eyes at
the same time-tbe hands clasped, the
eyes turned up to the ceiling-he broke
out, with out warning or preparation of
any kind in the following terms /: o
Victor Emmanuel ! O Emmanuel of
Heaven, thou true Nictorl help the Italians,
bless and sanctify their cause, and make
them prosperous / do not think the cry
of Fire. or Stop thiefr uttered in the
middle of the sermon would have caused
much more sensation than his PRAYER did.
Some ofthe congregation looked frighten-
ed, some indignant. some painfully anus
ed. A few old ladies seemed as if they
would rush out of the church, but, being
too far from the door, kept their seats.
Others appeared bewildered, hardly know
ing whether to laugh or TO cry, and quite
beside themselves Others, again-and
they formed the greater portion Of the
congregation, both as regards men and
women-sat, as it were, spell-bound, and
devout looking, wondering what would
come next
American citizen., 1872-02-03

December at Cairo, Egypt, between
Artlm Bcy, equerry to the Viceroy and
one Of the weathiest men in the country,
and an Italian named GUbetti Gobeti's
| brother had been dismissed from the ser
vice of the Prince for improper conduct
and alterward admitted to the service Of
/ the Niceroy. Artim Bcy took occasion
! to display contempt for Gohetti, the
/ equemy which was resented by his
Brother, the advocate. Notes were eX-
changed, and meeting agreed upon.
| The weapons were fols without button,
and the duel was fought in fencing hall.
A doctor belonging to the Pennsular and
Oriental line of steamers was present.
Gobetti was pierced through the heart,
and Artim Bey seriously wounded. Swag-
gering and bravadO are common in Egypt,
and it is expected that the fatal tcrmina-
tion of this duel will influence the young
men of Cairo to be more polite in their
expressions toward each other and less
hasty in uttering threats which they may
be called upon to fulfil.
No more amusing anecdotc is told of
Artemus Ward than the following One
day while travelling in the cars, and feel
ing miserably, and dreadlng to be bored
~ oudhSblh, Il man Ipbh otut bNoi'tt
him and presently said, did you hear
the last thing on Horace Greeley -
d" Greeley? Greeley" said Artemus
" Horace Greeley Who is he ?" The
man was quiet about five minutes Pret-
ty soon he said "George Francis Train
is kicking up good deal of a row over
in England. Do you think they will put
him in a BastiIe r' "Train Train George |
Francis Train ?" said Artemus, solcmnly. |
g never heard of him. This ignorance
kept the man quiet for fifteen minutes
then he said, "What do you think about |
General Grants chances for the Presiden-
cy? Do you think they will run him."
" Grant? Grant Hang it, man, said
Artemus, "you appear to know more
strangers than any man ever saw" The
man was furious he walked up the car,
but at last came back and said, You
conf0unded ignoramus, did you ever hear
of Adam ~ Artemus looked up and said,
' What was his other name >"