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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-27
while fine cover was taxen off.

"A while the cover was taken OIL.
Ny poor mother screamed as thOugi,
her heart WAS broke. l conldn't stir,
and Yet could feel the warm drops
from her eyes upon my face.
would rather die thousands
times over than go though the hor-
ribie suffering OF that affair again.
There was, dead. and going to he
buried, and yet so near alive that |
knew what vas going on. Boys
you may talk, bnt there is no
body in this world that thinks as
much nj you az your mother. You
can imagine my feelings-nO, YOU
can't have the least notion of how !
felt when she was taking ON so Orpr
me.
After a while l could feel that my
mother had stopped crying. Then
thOnght she must have tainted.
never WAS much in the praying line,
hut ii ever any one male Il strong cry
to call on God tor assistance, 1 did
then. could feel my mothers SOL
hand on my head.
George" said she to my brother,
.. his forred don't feel very cold. How
strange il 50"
Then Georges hand was put on m,
fo, real, and could feel him place hi'
Iiind on my breast.
They seemed to think | might moi
be dead
Pretty soon "a neighlNr came in, ant
there was a good deal of talking thai
| c0,illn't understand. Then / Wa.
lifted out of the coffin AMI placed in /;
bed. Was rubbed all over with !;
coarse sOwel.
Still l couldn't stir or open m,
eyes.
They gave mp all hopes and let
me.
Then my mother came to give IN
one last look, ! could feel her n.a
me Just as she used to be when | VIA
81 boy, and her hand snnotIlt.d m.
hair in the Old way, hat seemed t.
take me back to the time When
wasn't no bad ~ am now.
tried with all the force could t.
speak. made one strong eifort I,
rOuse myself, and iinaliy broke tn
spell and looked up.
My mother faintrd, but hell, sml
came, after taking sO'nr nedicine an'
doctors staff. l was able to tiink free
iy and breathe again.
In a little while was well again
/ except an ng y scar on the bark q
my neck.
The doctors said had 70 narrow e.
cape. My spinal cori, they siid. ha'
been struck by "a branch of the tree
ami / WAS as good as dead. Ii WA
more than miracle that WAS eve
bpnght to. They had "a goo,l deal t
/ say about paralyzin2 my nervous sys
tenn, aud my circulation, aud all that
but.at amy rate got well.
didn't chop any more that win
4 ter.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-27
WhD Wanteth u Mule =?
Cheap for cash (!
Ii e.

Cheap for cash
Good for dyspepsia!
Ii any man wants a mule, we've got
one lad. A nice mule. That is, two
hair-co erred Hat stove pipes, with hair
on rndwise, and a lot skin, bones and
kicks as running gears. ~
When i'm California. a friend said
mule was good ior health. That if we
would ride mule two hours every
morning it would he good iOr the
health part of US. a friend never
would lie to a uan. OF course not.
Our mule came from Kentu.ky. He
is dun colore,l whelp, with tail big.
erst at the little end like lager-hier
nose. He has little feet. You'd think
more than five hundred OF 'em, when
they are up tor exercising his final
hinderniOst. His feet are no dead
hea,is!
He hath ears to hear. He il an earl
table r,lss. His head is like the nation
al debt, somewhat big, and the first
thing he cares for. One day We went
forth to amble. On top of that mule
we went out for exercise. Rode in a
saddle. The motion was regular if not
gentle. At Union square we wanted
to turn and ride down Fourteenth
| street, no our wife could see her nus
bands horsemansllip. Mule wanted to
go the other way.
Under the shadow of LincOln's mon
umrnt hr halted. Gently we urged
him. His tail flew mp. His ears
wrinked to each other. His hind ell'l
sort 0t tried to kiss the clouds, and We
slid down to rest. not in his chest, bul
against b = ears. Again he deceided
skyward, in part, and we got OF IN
front. Whoa, mule! Good ln,,.e.
| In haste got we ON again. With ear.
: waving like the flap Of wide-brin
palm-Ieaf hat, ne moved on. just then
several bad boys laughed q loud laugh
parity in unison, but more in derision
We touched bis tickle section with q
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"
TRACING A GENEALOGY.-It Is Of
the elder Dumas, whose death has just
occurred, that the following story ID
told. A stranger. having heard with
surprise that Dumas was = quadroon,
called upon him 10 verify the fact .
81 am teld,' began the visitor,
= that you are . qua,lsOos, Monsieur
Dumas r.
d. Ye.,1 answered Dumas.
~Asd your fatherr - :
ssWas q mulatt0! the distinguished
Gen. Dumas. of the army Of Italy,
and mulatt0,' roared the anth0r in
tones that left no doubt of the quality
Of his luBgA ~ s. 8es &
.And his mother 7" continued the
intruder interrog,tiseiy. ls
"was = n~gre.1 shouted Dumas.
rising to his feet. ~
And who, mag ask, was her
mother r continued the euterprising
aud indefatigsble bore.
:. An ape, sir, an apep thundefed
the indignant author. " Ny family
l,egitB exactly where yours ends--
waiter, show that monkey the door, !,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-27

W0XAN's POwER.-Th0se disasters
which break down the spirit of man,
aud prostrste him in the dust, seem to
call forth all the energies of the softer
sex, and give such il,trepidity and elss.
vatiou to their character, that at times
it approaches to subiimity. Nothing
can be more touching than TO behold
a soft and tender female. who had been
all weakness and dependence, and alive
to every trivial roughness while tread.
ing the prosperous paths Of life. sud.
denly rising in mental force to be the
comforter aud supporter ot her hus
band under misfortune, aud abiding,
with nushrinking frmness, the bitter
est blasts OF adversely. As the vine
which has long twined its graceful
foliage about the OAK, and been lifted
by it in sunshine, will, when the hardy
plant 10 rifted by the thunderbolt,
cling round it with its csressing ten
drills, and bind mp It's hatterea boughs;
so is it beautifully ordered by Provi-
deuce that woman, who is the mere de-
pendent and ornament Of man IN his
happier hours, should lie his stay and
solace when smitten with sudden
calamity; !; winding herself into the
rugged lecesses OF his nature, tender
ly .upporting his dropping head, and
binding up the broken heart.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-27

+. CouRrsHIP IN CHURCH.-A young
gentleman happening to sit at church
in a pew adjoining one in which sat .
young lady for whom he conceived .
sudden and violent passion, was de-
sirous of entering into a courtship on
the spot; bat the place not suiting q
formal declaration, the exigency Of
the case suggested the following plan.
He politely handed his fair neighbor
Bible open, with pin ,stuck, in the
following text-Second Epistle Of
John, verse 9Th /. {. And now q besesk
thee, lady, not as though I wrote .
new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning,
that we love one another.r She ~
turned it, pointing to the. second chap.
ter Of Ruth, verse tenth; "Then she
fell on her FACE, and bowed herself 10
the ground, and sAid unto him, Why
have I found grace in thine eyes, that
tliou sllouldrst take knowledge Of me,
seeing that am u strangerr He
returned the book, pointing to the
twelfth verse Of the Third Espistle of
John: Having many things to write
unto you, would not write with paper
and ink, but ! trust to come onto you,
aud speak face to face, that our Joy
may be fnli.v From the the above in.
terview y marriage took place the
ensuing week.
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a young lady at Coancil Bluffs BE-
ing informed by 'her = teller that he
hltensled to cesse bis attentions, cow
hided him round the room, and ~ he
sprang through the 0psu window,
t0Id him, with . parting lick, that thet
would teach him TO be more csfeltal
for the future MOTTO tribe With . eesss
tie and leying heart'
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Life's Brightest Hour

Not long ago ! meta gentleman who
was asspssed for more than million
Silver was in his hair, care beneath
his brow, and he stopped beneath his
burden OF wealth. We were speaking
of that ,eriod Of life when he had re-
allied the most perfect enjoyment, OF,
rather, when we had. found the happl-
ness nearest to be unalloyed. +" III tell
you,n said the millionaire, & when was
the bappiest hour of my life. At the
age vi one e-and-twenty l had saved mp
$500. was earning $500 year. and
my father did not take it from me, on {
~ requiring that l should pay tor my
board. At the age Of twenty-five l
had secured pretty cottage, just out
side of. the city. 1 was able to pay
two thirds of the money down and fur.
nish it respectfully. | was married Oh
Sunday Ia Sunday in June-at my IA
tl.er's house. Ny wife had come to me
lDOr IN l,urs. but rich in the wealth vi
her wOmanhood. The Sabbath and
the Sabbath night We passed beneath
my fathers ROOT, and on Monday morn
ing went to my WORK, leaving my
mother and sister to help in preparing
my home. On Monday evening when
the labors Of the day were done, l
went not to the .paterlal shelter, rs in
the past, but to my own llonse-my
own home. The holy atmosphere Ot
that hour seems to surround me even
now in the memory. / opened the
door of my cottage and entered.
laid my hat upon the little stand in
the hall and passed ON to the kitchen
-our kitchen and dining room we're
one then. 1 pushed open the kitchen
door aud was-in heaven. The table
was set against the wall-the evening
meal was ready-prepared by the
hands of her who had come to be my
helpu,eet. iu deed IA well as in name
--and hy the table, with a throb5ing,
expcctanf hook uppi her face, stood
my wife, l tried TO speak, but could
not. conld only clasp the waiting
angel to my bosom, thus showing tt
her the ecstatic burden OF my heart
The years have passed-.ong, Ions
years MI worldly wealtl, has flowed
in upon me, and | am honored and el,
viesl--but, as true as heaven, | wouls
give all, every dollar, for the joy of tn,
hour Oh that June evening in the long
long ago. 10
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The
SOEVEE AONSE

se@ssi'sf -C:G~- -
T7HE SUBSCRIBER has again
taken charge Of the long estab-
JEWEL COFFEE HOUSE
21xILIARD 9ALOON,
ssA win endeavor to keep it mp to its
isrmer reputation under his manage
9snt. He has laid I'M
yulI. SUPPLY or TIE BEST LIQUORS.
An attentive and competent Bar
Keeper will always he on hand, to at
tend to the wants Of his customers.
LuNCM EVERY DAY AT ~ M.
JOHN BOGAN.
Jsuuary II 1872.
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pressed fl Administration quarters chat Che
Washington treaty will not faiI.z Probably
one of the reasons Is that Great Britain, with
out waiting for. a decision on the indirect
claims issue, has agreed TO filc its replication
to the American case tomorrow before the
Geneva board.
The Democrats and the Cincinnats
Convention.
The Democratic members of Congress are
consulting among themselves regarding their
political course In view of the Cincinnati
convention. Some Of them freely express
their Willingness. to vote for the nominee of
that Convention, provided the demonstration
there shall give promise of success, and the
platform be Of such character that they can
endorse it. They say they want only the
enunciation of few general principles:
Some of the anti-Administration Republicans
have been privately exchanging views with
them in order to arrange basis of coalition.
1t is generally agreed, however, by the Demo-
Gratis that their course will be governed BY
the National Democratic Convention,
whether it shall agree to support the Cincin-
natl nominee or make II nomination Of its
own.- Washington telegram.
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ALL FAST STEAMERS BOUND FOR HUNTING
ToS.-In the river news of Il late Enquirer
we find the following:
Captain George Knight says he heard
Captain u. y. Scott assert that he intended
building steamboat that could leave here at
) O'Clock in the evening and arrive at Hunt
ington at daylight next morning, in order to
connect with the morning train on the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railroad. She will make
tri-weckly trips."-Ashldnd Journal.
This is Just as it should and always WILDE
The largest and fastest steamers on the Ohio.
whose owners of course understand their
interest most thoroughly, all aim for the trade
of Huntington! They find thcir.boats load
ed down to the guards with freight, and their
cabins crowded with passengers for this city.
Huntington is now the attractive point for
steamboat men.-Huntingto independent.
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The Great Meeting.

The Cooper Institute meeting was ut
thing--fitly done. The bold reliance on
popular support in which it was conceived
was justified by the thronging, earnest multi
tudes of whom only small part were able to
gain admittancc into the largest public hall
in the city. The meeting was appointed at s
O'Clock, but soon after the hall was packed
and crammed, and at hal:-past there was
retreating stream Of people who had yain!y
tried to wedge themselves into the eXpectant
assembly, and had failed. A black mass of
bees clustering upon a swarming hive is but
faint image of the outside crowds, who.
though coming early, came too late for en-
trance. If the meeting had heen hsld In the
open air, the people attending it would have
been measured by acres. The great feature
of the meeting was that the PEOPLE 1cere
there. 1t Is demonstrated that the strong,
courageous, patriotic popular heart is in,this
movement, and that il is therefore likely to
succeed.
This thing was not done IN q corner"
Here in this focus Of intelligence, the, me-
uopolis of continent, where an active press
reports every great demonstration and watts
1t, as if on the wings of the four winds, to
every hill and valley, every town and ham,
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its teachers, I have no doubt the rest Of the
country viii be able to meet the demand. ,
Whatever the other results Of the changes
which have come over Richmond, the black
man and his wife aud children are the g,lif,.
ers, and they know they are. The evident
prosperity Of their churches, the thrift aud
comfort of their homes, and the cheerful nc
counts they give of their own condition, are
enough to show that they at least look back
with no regrets, and that they look forward
cheerfully. L saw q young woman Of the
blackest type who was to haye the normal
school next week to take school ON the Rap
pahannock. Her wages will be S24 month. !.
from which she will pay 90 for her board.
Both figures show the comfort Of the race.
Wages are good and /" Giving" Is very cheap.
The groans on the condition Of Virginin do
not come from its laboring men.--H., an Bos-
tom Adrer!iser. "a
1.-THE school-houses in this city were built
by our own authorities after military gov
had come to IN end in Virginia.
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The metropolitan paper collar factory in
Ncw York was burned Saturday night loss
on stock 100000, machinery $1,000; in
sured.. Five hundred girls were thrown out
of employment.
The wife of Peter Heiss, Pttsburg cat.
tie broker, was found dying, with her throat
cut from ear to ear, on saturday. She lndl.
Gated by signs that he committed the deed;
but he asserted that she committed suicide.
Hon. David A. Welles, ex-special Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, and Horace
Greeley have buried the hntchct on tariff
matters, and now go arm.in-arm In oppos::
ton to Grants administration.
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TIE OLDEST MAsoS.-This gentleman eX-
lists in the greatest abundance. KS last ap-
pearance is in Orangeburg, as will b" seen by
The following paragraph from the Orange
burg g. c. Times I'VE are advised That
Mr.. Peter Rowe, who lives within five rifles
of our village, was made Mason i'll lS09,
and has consequently been Mason forsiXty-
two to siXty-three years. Further. If he SUR.
yiye Till June next he will have completed
one hundred and one years of age. He is,
we believe, still active and hale. Can any
where beat this:"
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LIMITING FUNERAL ExrENsEs.-At the Ro-
man Catholic cathedral, in Rochester, \. u.
on Sunday, It'll instant, Bishop Mcttnaid in
formed his people that hereafter no more
than twelve hacks would be allowed in \
funeral procession. Those who.clme with Il
greater equipage would find the cemetery
gates locked. Nor would funerals be al
lowed on Sunday if they could be conve-
niently arranged for another day. Priests
will not be permitted i'll funeral discourscs to
indulge in any eulogy of the deceased. Those
who did not like these regulations, the Bishop
said might have their funerals outside the
walls Of the church.
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Dir. William Cullen Bryant, returning from
iaunt in the tropics, reached the Gait House
yesterday, and will remain day or two in
the city. He is accompanied by Mr.. John
r. Thompson and quite party Of ladies and
gentlemen. The old poet. journalist, scholar,
and statesman, venerable in the purity of his
life and the great age of serenty-eight years,
is marvel of muscular and intellectual vi
charlottesville Courier.
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ICHMOND AND YORK RIVER
IL RAILR o ~ D..
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS AND THE TRAVEL
r#a LING PUBLIC.
TRl-WFEKLY LINE
BETWEEN RICHMOND. BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK,
AND BOSTON. AND TO ALL
POINTS NORTH AND $3.50
EAST. WEST AND
NORTHWEST.

Passenger train leaves Richmond on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, At 7. A., connecting
with the plsndd steamer sI fa mo of hSdKGNS
points touching ut the river landings. and arriving
In Baltlore on the following morning In Tune 10
THROUGH TICKETS and BAGGAGE checked
to al points.
Fa,snEsr train leaves daily except Sunday for
steamer leaves Baltimore pier No. ., No. 80 Light
street, on Mondays: Wednesdays, ana fridays, "
r. NJ, arriving In Richmond at IL O'Clock the fol-
lowing morning, giving passengers three hours 3td
thirty minutes to ir;,s;ci business ana dinc before
Freight train, with passenger car attached leaves
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays, at o'clock A.
Vest IT, and on Mondays Wednesdays, and Fridays.
for local freight between Richmond and est p0h':
STAGES carrying iee United IN Esi states ar np, 1 a.
hammock and all intermediate points. -
Passengers by this route leave Richmond on Tuss-
Fare Fare from from k kshmond TO
Eas from R Rshmondd to to
Fare from Richmond to Ming "ihl'tn cour' m
rr ngfe received daily carefully bundled, and
promptly forwarded. Through bills OF iadins gwen
10 all points.
From Richmond to Baltimore. 90
From Richmond to philadelphia. J %
From Richmond TO New York. ..:.'.........l I'D %
From Richmond to I;ostom all AL ,5a IS
| WILLIAM y. BRAGG superintendent
REUBEN FOSTER, General Agent, NO. w Aisn'
street, Baltimore. ,r,,,x.....
Richmond. - h,
NHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
" ROAD-On and aftrr September LIST PhssEN-
GER TRAINS viii leaye Richmond tsepdsss eA'
s:so A. M.MMXIL TRAIN for the White Sulphur
Springs, connecting ut Gordonsyie with the OiangeI
Alexandria and MANASSAS train for washington anu
North, and Lyucbburg and South. ,>r..c..
335 p. M.-ACCOaIAtODATIOS TRAIN ier GOT
louisville, except on Saturday, OH which day ~ ieass
at5P.M. THIS train connects at GordonsYlile VIII W,
the night trains on the Orange, ALEXANDRA anu pm
nassas railroad for LYGCHRURG aud WAshiAh'
TON. +.
Through tickets, at low rates, sold to all point:
Northwest and Southwest s& ~
Storage tickets from Liverpool, Qaeerstown
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Harre, Rottefdanl
Bergen. Copenhagen, and Gothenburg. TO al polnE
OH this road, can be bought OF the General ileHe
Agent at Richmond or can be ordered through any
station agent on the road.
Further information may be obtained at tie Com
pauy's Offices 49, a.-s 4ss..gsss. ss4sss,..y
No passenger trains are run on Sundays.
/ A. II. PERRY, General Superintendent.
JAMES 4. SErHERLAND, General Ticket Ageilf-
Oc IL 49, s.psf ..a.ss.E sssn&s
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go - 4 q - {
let, OF this vast country, SO successful public
meeting Is of immense significance: The
throbs Of this mighty heart win send the
pulsing currents through every artery OF the
republic. What Bunker Hill was to the
Revolution, what Anderson's brave resist
| ance ut Sumter was to the war for the Union,
such win this New York meeting I've to the
presidential campaign OF which the opening
guns have now been fired, and whose report
will rererberate from end to end of the conn
try. From Passamaquoddy bay to the Golden
Gate, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mex
leo the influence Of this great meeting will be
felt. 1t was the one thing just now requisite
to :" fire the popular heart" 1t will send an
electric thrill to the remofest eXtremities of
the republic. We knew before that some OF
the Republican leaders opposed the reelection
Of Grant; but we had no certain means OF
Judging whether they did not resemble Off
GERS without rank-and-fle sufficient to con.
stitute an army. 1t is now apparent that the
people are with them; that the people are
ready to follow wherever they can find states
men courageous enough to lead; and that
this movement is in no danger of fliling for
want Of earnest popular support.
The speeches last evening were equal to
the occasion, and fully met the expectations
of the applauding audience. The conjunc-
ture required, above all things, boldness;
and they were sufficiently bold. Neither
Mr.. Trumbul nor Mr.. Schurz showed any
inclination to mince matters, or to handle
the Administration with mittens. The
truth was spoken without fear the breach
between the Liberal Republicans and the
Administration is made irreconcilable
hereafter it is a war in which no quarter can
be either asked or given. There is now strong
reason to believe that the Cincinnati Conven-
ton will he success, and that it will hold
in its hands the destiny Of the Republic for
the ensuing four years. 1t will not be a
mere advisory body intended to act upon
and influence the Grant Convention at Phila-
delphia, but thoroughly hostile body, meet
ing to organize canvass which will sweep
away the prevailing nepotism and corrup-
ton, reestablish kindly relations between all
the States, reform the civil service, check
Capitalization, and restore the right Of local
self-goyernment. 1t is now certain that the
Cincinnati Convention will nominate ticket,
and unless some great blundcr is perpctrated
in the selection of candidates, that ticket
will unite in close, compact phalanN all the
clements of opposition. World.
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The Lexington and Big Sandy line is an
link in the great system of rail
ways whose centre and diverginS points will
be ut the city of Huntington. On New
Years day, 1874, if not earlier, which is
much more probable, we shall witness Il
through train running from Huntington to
Louisville by way of Lexington, rs well as by
way of CINCINNATI Huntington independent.