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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
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MILLIONS Renr Testimony 70 their
Wonderful Curative Effects. n
Vinegar Bitters nre not . vile Fancy,
Drink, Made Of Poor Knm, Whiskeys
Proof spirit. aud Refuse Liquors, doc.
tored spiced and Bwcetencd to please the taste,
shlIed "Tonics." Appe:izers.S 81 Restorers, de-,
that lead the tippler on ~ drunkenness and ruin.
buta true Medicine, made from the MAJ. -
Roots and Herbs Of California, free from all
Alcoholic Siipimtnmis. They are tbs
GREAT RLOOD PURIFIER and A
LIFE GIVING PRINCIPAL, a perfect
Renoyator and 1nvigorator Of tise System, carry
Ing Of all poisonous matter and restoring The blood
to healthy condition. No person en- take these
Bittsrs according IN directions nni remain louS
unwelI, provided their bones arc not destroyed
by mineral poison or other means, and the vital
organs wasted beyond the point Of repair. A''''
They arc a Gcntlc PnrantiSc NJ WOLF
Ms n Tonic. possessing, also. tic peculiar merit
OF acting as powerful a=entin relieving Conees.
ton or Inflammation Of he Liver, and Of all the
vscerhi Organs. s. a, as:. 80; s
FOlk FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether
In young or old married or single, ut the dawn OF
wo,nanhood at the turn Of life, these Tonic Dit
tiers hare no equal.
For Iniidn,,nnfory and Chronic ltheu.
mattsiM. and (:sas, ssy.pcpsin Or ln-s
digcstior, Bilious, Kc,niitcnt and
Intcrmittens Fcvess, Diseases OF the {
Blood, Liver. Kidneys and Bladder.
these Dtttcrs have been most successful. such
i3iscases are caused BY viiinied Blood.
which is generally produced BY deranxement q
the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION.
Houdaclie, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs. Tight
ness OF the Chest. Dizziness, Sour Eructations OF
the Stomach. bad Taste In the Mouth. Bilious
Attacks. paIpitaton ofthe Heart, Infammatioaof
the h,,ngs Pain in theregiors Of the Kidneys. ard
4 hundred other painful symptoms are the OF
springs Of Dyspepsia. 4 (
They invigorate the Stomach md stimulate the
torpid Liver aud Bowels. which render them Of
nneqused efficacy in cleansing the blood Of all i'm
purities, and ilnpartng new life and yigos to tbs
whole system. G
FOR SKIN. DISEASES, Eruptions. .e.ss1.
Salt kheum, Biotches, spots Pimpes Pustnlss.
Boils, Carbuncles, Ring Worms, seId Head, Sore
Eyed Erysipeax Itch. scurfs, Dissertations ofths
Skin. HGinors and Diseases OF the Skin, Of what.
ed out # a system II short time BY The S NE Of
these Bitters One bottle in snch caSes will con-,
vince the most incrednous OF their curative effect.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever you find it,
impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples.
Eruprions or Sores; cleanse it when you ind It
INSTRUCTED and slusgish IN the yeis,s: cleanse IL
when it is foul and your feelings will tell you
Keepthe blood pure. and the health Of Loo AZ ..am
will follow. Y - - - 50
PIN, TAPE, and c..ner WORMS, urtine
IN the system OF - many thousands, are efectusy
destroyed ans. removed. So,
soLn 81 ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
J. WALKER. Proprietor. r, H. sMCDONALDA
90. Dnggista end Gen. Agept& Sap Francisco,
Gal. and 8 and ~ Commerce 6zset New York
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
Bridge Notice,

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned Commissioners for re-
building the bridge over The Bayou Boeuf,
at Robinson's Store, for fifteen days from
the date hereof. Said bids must be ad-
dressed to either Of the undersigned. The
contractor to have the right to use any
and all the old timber Of the old bridge
Said bids must not exceed the amount of
the appropriation, and the contractor must
give bond and security for the perform
ance of the work.
The Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any and all bids. "a
The proposals to be opened at Robin
sons Store Oh the 9Th day Of November,
1872. ft C. l.. ROBINSON,
sa ID. II. CAMPBELL.
:a 10. ia GERVAIS BAILLIO, 81
October 90, l572-3t. Commissioners
F.. r. RarideS Gazette copy -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
& E. 49,

OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAlN.-
The N. Y. Journal Of Commerce
donbts the report that the Spanish
Government has resolved to sub
nit to the other European powers
the question of the Justice of it's
claims against the United States
Government for damages sustained
by tilibustering expeditions for
Cuba from American ports. The
editor reasons that - ~ i.
The Spanish Government can
use it's own pleasure in submitting.
that or any other question to any
European powers who are willing
to trouble themselves with it. But
our Government, We imagine, will
do nothing so foolish as TO sane.
ton such a reference. 1t takes two
to consent to arbitration as we'll as
two to quarrel. In point of fact,
Spain could not prove measurable
damages against us from filibaster-
ing expeditions. They have either
been captured before they started
out or have been, unable to effect
=
a landing, or, landing, have been
attacked and dispersed-most of
them by the Spaniards. For one
load of filibusters who have sailed
from American ports and landed in
Cuba. six or a dozen loads have
been stopped by the vigilance OF
this Government. To hear Of a
charge from Madrid that this Gov
eminent has been unobservant Of
its neutral obligations, and owes
money damages to Spain, is a nov.
city. =. - = IS
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
Sewing Machine Sales For 1871.
TINE MAGN1rnnE 10 WHO,

THE MAGNITUDE TO WHICH
the Sewing Machine business has
grown is only surpassed by the rivalry
ofthe variouscompetitors, few of whom
are unfamiliar with the vario,ls arti-
cles resorted to for tile COMMUNICATION
and sale of the particular machine
sought to be sold. ast At a3'!it cyl
If the number Of sales be any criti-
cism Of the merits IF the different ma
chimes. it cannot he. denied that the
Singer, owing to the popularity OF
what is known as our Ne,c, Family ma
cline far snrpasses all others, for we
sold in 1877 over ffty-tro thousand
more machines than any other compa-
ny, us shown by sworn returns ofthe
companies, which returns are made
under The licenses granted them by the
owners of the sewing machine patents
Annexed are the returns spoken of:-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

My life is like the shattered wreck
Cast by the waves upon the shore;
The broken mast, the refted deck,
Tell. of the shipwreck that is DER.
Yet from the relics of the storm
The mariner his raft will form,
Again to tempt the faithless sea-
But Hope rebuilds no barque for me.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

AGAIN IN THE FIELD. The old reli-
able house, established 1850. Old firm
new goods. A splendid assortment
of French Fancy Goods just received,
many Of them now introduced into this
country for the first time. Reader, en-
close me three cent stamp and l will
send you by return mail my circgla
containing most valuable information
for every man and woman in the coun-
try, and catalogue of Fancy Goods
which I sell at astonlshly low figures
Address, J. D. Mountfort, P. 0. Box
Ii6, Washington, D, G.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
life is like the hlighted oak

Ny life is like the blighted oak
That lifts its sere and withcred form,
Scath'd blythe lightning's sudden stroke,
Sternly to meet the coming storm.
Yet round that sapless trunk will Irvine
The curling tendrils. OF the vine, -.
And life and freshness thereEimpart-.I
Not to the passion blighted heart.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

My life is like the desert rock
In the mid ocean, lone and .drear, s
Worn by the wilk waves careless shock
That round its base their surges rear.
Yet the sea moss still.will cling;l & 4
Some flowers viii find a cliff to spring,
And breathe o'erthem sweet perfume
For our life's flowers no more will
bloom. Ett
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
The Memorable Fire of::Chicago

Has given sucl',an. opportunity of show
ing-as it is much TO be hoped may
never occur. agdn-how the citizens Of
that city at least regard the different
machines claiming public attention.
It is stated in the Report Of the SPE-
CIAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, as pub
lishpd in the Chicag" Tribune, March
9th, y that the whole number of Sewing
Machines for which orders have been
issued to the date of this report is 2944,
on which the Committee have paid the
sum Of S7l,430 80. The number sup
piled by each company is as follows
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23


How TO RAISE TURKEYs.-A far
mer's wife, who has bad years Of ex-
perience, gives the following as her
mode of raising turkeys: In the first
place select good kind. The autumn.
or early in winter is the most favora-
ble time for that, just before the birds
are> sent to market. Keep Them well
during the winter. In the spring Il
few days before they begin to laYspnt
them in an enclosure, where it isinost
desirable to have their nests, aud
where they cannot get ont. After tlie,r
have made their nests, they may be
set at liberty without any fear ofroam-
ing or straying. Next, take good care
of the eggs. They shonld be gathered
carefully every day, aud placed be.
tween layers of flannel or cotton, in a
! place of uniformly cool temperature,
and turned over every day. As soon
as the birds are Matched feed them
with warm bread and milk, well pep
pered, with boiled eggs added; or
thickened with cooked corn meal, OF
wheat middlings which is better. A
| little care in these matters will, repay
all efforts. Before l knew how to take
care of the eggs l set thirty eggs one
year, and but one of them Matched
The next year | set forty eggs, and
nearly all of them hatcled and the
birds lived. At present prices, raising
poultry is a much more pleasant and
easy occupation than the slavish druid
gerry of making butter and cheese
|-[American Rural Home. . pc
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
LINES

WRITTEN B LIEUTENANT ROBERT EMMETT
HooE, U. s.FNAvY, A FEW HoU b 8 BE-
FORE HIS DEATH ON BOARD THEu, 8.
STEAMSHIP SUPPLY" WHILE ENTERING
THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK, lS47.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

- One hundred and fifteen pounds
of butter in four weeks from three cows
is the latest Georgia tale.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
w.
" life is like the desert waste

Ny life is like the desert waste
BY human footsteps; seldom. pressed
The eye no freshness there can trace,
No vertlant spot on which to rest:
Yet cen among those sands so drear, =
The stock viii tend her young with care;
Fen there the..notes Of JOY impart-
But naught cangcheer my lonely heart.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

,eThe applicant in every case has des-
isnated the Kind Of machine desiredJ
The returns Of sales of the different
sewing machines, during the year 1871.
show the Singer machine to be by far
the most popular ofsall insthe nr,llet,
the number sold being 5i,260, ont ola
total OF 6i0.lY4 Of twenty-five different
patterns. 1t appears, too, that the
Chicago Relief Committee, (which mn
tlertook to furnish, sewing machines to
persons needing them, supplied a427
Singer machines against 5l7 of all 9TH
er kinds. This preference for the S'n-
ger machine is due to its intrinsic sn-
periority, and Seems likely TO be main-
tanned against all competition.-Ne New
| York Sun. = . & a&N0F
Which is the best machine, is point
on which different companies differ !;
each, of course, Thinks its own the best.
One may have advantages for one kind
| of.work, and another for another. But
if tile point were to be decided by pop
ulayity, the Singer machine would out
strip all others.-lN. Y. Evangelist.
| MA & 7yEtZ {ftl " Z
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

U We are also GENERAL AGENTS
for E. BUTTERICK g. CO.'S CELEBRA-
TED PAPER PATTERNS for every style
of Ladies and Childrens Garments. NO
FAMILY CAN AFFORD TO BE WITH.
OUT THEM. Catalogues containing full
description OF styles will be sent to any
address on receipt of postage stamp. La.
DIES TRY THEM. A PERFECT FIT
GUARANTEED, if instructions on the
labels accompanying each pattern are fol.
lowed WM Z. COOPER & co.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
NEW
al
Family Sewing Machine,

has a8iJti -.
sse @.{t - u eti~aalll
.Hst ~ .53 .1'E = 2.rtss:sai 4. I'd
'H" ~ $ 10 s,,gg .tagi
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
TnE SINGER

49,
a. 80 y sc sTS -y.-sz ssse sg@,,ss
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

,"The applicant in every case has des-
isnated the Kind Of machine desiredJ
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23

gratis 1tseif upon lne mlnu. 1hese
people are not humbngs nor hypocrites.
They are religions zealots who believe
themselves to be the elect of "the last
last days." and who in their blind be
lief look forward to the time when
Gods visible presence will occupy for
ever the gtanite temple they are erect
ing for the Most High. We heard Or
son Pratt preach an eloquent sermon
of an hour or so. When one looked a,
his long and flowing white beard and
caught his glittering eye, as with i'm
FASHIONED power he proclaimed the
truth of the prophecies of Isaia, and
applied them to the case of his own
people, he was carried back to the
days when the prophets Of the Old Tes-
lament with glowing eloquenee de.
clared to the semi barbarous multi.
tudes the everything words of divine
inspiration. He is a very able man
and strongly suspect the bold Metho
dist preacher who essayed in the Tab.
ernacle to point out to the MormonS
the error of their way, found toeman
worthy of his rhetorical steel IN this
enthusiastic champion of the saints
and their creed. The preaching and
praying was very like that of other
Christian sects. / say Christian sects
for the Mormons profess to be Chris
tan, and pray as we do in the name OF
the Blessed Savior. They immerse
and have communion as other Chris
.isu denominations. Joseph Smith,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-10-23
Nv life is like the desert rock

al T IN. 4 vi.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-26

leadership OF Prussia in the affairs of the
German Confederation is essential to the
leadership of Germany in the affairs of Eu-
rope, and that Bismark's retirement was
likely to create an important crisis.
Information has been received in London
that the eighty persons who were believed to
have perished by the stranding of the emil
grant ship Franklin, from Hamburg for San
Francisco, of the coast of Iceland, had been
rescued.
viscountess Beaconsfield, wife Of Rt. Hon.
Benjamin Disraeli, died in London on the
18th.
At an open-air meeting at Stockton, En-,
gland, on the 18th, in favor OF Fenian am
nesty, the English and Welsh present charg-
ed on the platforms, and, capturing the Irish
flags, trampled them in the mud.
The Japanese Government employs in the
interior about 200 foreigners-Americans
Al; English, 100; French, 60.
Large quantities of snow and rain have
recently fallen in some parts of England.
Large tracts of land in Leicestershire were
inundated. In Derbyshire snow fell to the
depth of twelve inches. At Grimsby the gale
was a hurricane, and many casualties are re.
ported.
Fourteen ringleaders In the disorderly
demonstrations at the Fenian meeting at
Stockton, England, have been imprisoned
for various terms.
In the Lower House Of the Spanish Cortes,
on the 18th, President Gorilla declared it to
be the purpose of the Government to intro
duce law for the abolition of slavery in
Porto Rico. He also announced the sup
preston of the Carlist insurrection, and the
prevalence of order in the country. The
House, by vote of 1s2 to 6, approved these
declarations.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-26
AImOstSBurIed Alive.

ONE of the most remarkable episodes
that has ever occurred in the life of
Frank Muhlbesch happened on yester-
day.
A few days ago Mr.. Muhlbesch was
taken suddenly i'll at his residence. His
disease was of very acute nature, and in
spite of all the efforts of his physicians,
he died after brief illness, and his sor-
rowing friends made ready for the funer-
al. An undertaken was summoned and
the body properly laid out, and on yester-
day the funeral services took place from
his late residence. After the customary
services had been performed and the sor-
rowing relatives had taken their last look
of the deceased, the coffin-lid was screwed
down, and the funeral cortege moved
slowly toward the quiet confines of Grace
land cemetery, where the body was finally
lowered sadly into the grave which had
been prepared for it. The last prayer
had been offered and the last solemn SER
vice repeated, when just as the sexton
seized his spade and was about to drop
the first shovelful of earth upon the
coffin, a sound, something like stifled
groan, followed by scratching noise, as
if the dead man was trying to release
himself from the confines of his narrow
house, was heard proceeding from the
still open grave. For an instant every
heart stood still, and the blood of every
listener seemed to curdle in his veins.
The women screamed and hastened to-
ward the carriage, while the men were
not slow in following them. In an in
slant the sexton was the only man
left at the grave, and he too trembled at
hearing what he had never heard
before. Finally he recovered
presence of mind enough to descend into
the grave and break open the rough box
which the coffin was encased. Then the
noise was repeated, and he knew that the
occupant of that grave, who in few mo-
ments more would have been consigned
to horrible death, and whom his friends
had already mourned as dead, was still
alive and anxious to be set tfree. A screw
driver was soon procured from the un-
dertaker present, and the coffin lid re-
moved, when its occupant, instead of be-
ing cold and dead, as he had appeared
when last seen, was found to be once
more alive. His friends, who had by this
time recovered courage enough to return
to the grave, were of course almost over
joyed at this sudden and unexpected turn
of affairs, and fastened to rescue the late
deceased from his unpleasant quarters and
remove him to one of the carriages in
waiting, where he was rolled up in a
plentiful supply of blankets and lap.
robes, and the friends who had lately fol.
lowed him sorrowingly to the grave, now
fastened joyfully toward their homes.
The rescued man was SC overcome, on
being rescued from his perilous position,
that he was for long time nnahlo to
speak, and what his feelings were while
undergoing burial, or whether he was
conscious at all or not until the last mo
ment, when he managed to signify that
he was still alive, is not known.-Chicagc
! Times.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-26

ly the number of members each party
was entitled to in proportion to its
strength at the polls, in this county.
For the first time for many years will
the Democrats of this city be represented
in the General Assembly by men of their
choice and sentiments; and for the first
time since the Republican party was or
ganized in Illinois lin 1854 G,have the Demo
Gratis secured representatfon on from North
ern or the Republicans fro m Southern Illi-
nois, with rare exceptions. The strong
est and bitterest Democratic Districts
down in Egypt" have now, for the
first time in the history of existing
parties, elected Republicans to the Gen
eral Assembly.
1 send you list of all the members
elect from all the Notwithstanding
with Chicago and ending with Cairo
Mark the number of Republicans who
have been chosen to the House from the
Thirty-third to the Fifty first District in
elusive. These, with two or three excep-
tions, have heretofore constituted the
Democrat strongholds of our State.
Also note the number of Democrats who
have been returned in the districts from
the First to the Twenty-third. This ter
ritory is called Canaan" in contradis-
tinction to EGYPT" at the opposite end
VI Tie pGdlc.J ETOul lulS SduddH ldlT
and happy land, Democratic members
have therefore been as scarce as white
black birds.
Some of the politicians, before the elec-
tion, predicted that cumulative voting
would cause so much confusion and mis-
chief that it would have to be abolished
right away. The people, they said, would
never comprehend it, or know how to
vote by that method; and the judges of
the election, they predicted, would be un-
able to count up the votes and make cor
rect returns. But none of their evil prog
nostications came to pass. The people
seemed to understand their new power of
cumulative voting, and exercised it freely.
In quite number of instances they elect
ed two Republicans in Democratic dis
trict or two Democrats in Republican
district. This was done by s'plumping"
for favorite candidates, or transferring
part of vote to political opponent on
account of his personal merits or popu-
larity. But the general result did not
change the proportional representation
of parties. Since the election l see no
assaults on the new system in the Illinois
papers, and my opinion is that the press
and people are well pleased with the ope-
ration of the experiment of cumulative
voting and proportional representation;
and unless it develops some hidden
weakness or evil, in the future, it will be
permanently retained in our Constitution,
and extended to other branches and de-
partments of our State Government. Re-
spectfully yours, JOSEPH MEDILL.