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The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13

Of Democracy has been reinforced by
their late brethren in arms, the Refor-
nlers, and that the union Of these for
ces, representing the wealth and them
telligence of the State, is complete and
perfect. The moral effect of this an
nouncement will be felt in every nook
and corner of Louisiana. Nothing now
remains for the good men Of the State
to do, but to make one sustained
mighty effort, resolving that VIC
tory shall be theirs in November. Let
the "oywo'd return, the disconsolate be
more faithful and the hopeful moro
courageous, aud all combine their cf-
forts to redeem the State from lnisrule.
The interests arc mighty, the occa-
sion opportune and the hearts of the
people waiting and longing to be led to
victory. Who will be q laggard in this
critical hour Of the country's need:
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13
Attempt to Murder an Editor.

RALEiun, n. c., July. G.-Thc Raj
ciGh News, of this morning, publishes
Il special dispatch from Tarboro n. c.,
July !, giving an account ofan attempt
to murder 4 Democratic editor, Capt.
Briggs, of the Tarhero Southcrner, by
Il moh of itatlilal negroes The dis
patch says: The ith ofJulN "as observed
her" to-day bya large crowd of negroes.
Capt. Briggs, of the SNutherner, was
present as u reporter. lie was aSSaifed
by large number OF negroes, andSarcd
his life with difficulty, after having cN-
hauStrd all his weapons. 1t is certain
the attack WAS planned beforehand.
Capt. Briggs escaped With 4 few slight
scratches. Tho authors OF the outrage
are known. The News arnorluCcS the
outrage ~ Il brutal and rowar,ilS at
tempt ON the part OF Radicals to murder
i Democratic citizen of the State on ac-
count of his political sentiments.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.

a The ballot for President in the Balti-
more ConSention stood thus :Greeley,
6s6 votes; ]. A. Bayard, Is; J.. S. Black,
q; Groesbeck, %. The vote for Vice
President stood-Gov. Brown, 7f3;
Stevenson, 8; blank, l3. Both nomin-
ations were made unanimous. The
Cincinnati platform WAS adopted with
out alteration. A National Executive
Committee was appointed, one mem
Der from each State, of which Angus
tus ScheA, of N. ", was chosen perma-
ncnt chairman. The Convention, hav-
ing concluded its labors, adjourned sine
die OIL the 10th.
Now that the supreme council OF the
Democracy, composed Of leading Dem
ocrats from every State in the Union,
has, with perfect unanimity, nomina-
ted Greeley and Brown, our duty to
the country and to our brethren, de-
mands an earnest support of the ticket
nominated. We cannot doubt but that
the Convention acted upon positive
guarantees i'll a matter of so grave inn
port; or that, if Mr.. Greeley shall be
! elected, he will respect the rights and
privileges Of those by whom his cleo
ton will be secured. Whatever may
be the result of the venture, no one shall
rival us in sincere efforts to carry it to
success. In doing this, we shall sacrifice
| an honest conviction of what is sound
policy, and some old attachments we
can give up only with regret. But
politics has it's crosses which must be
borne and trials to be endured, that the
great end of securing harmony may
be attained. We, therefore, bow in
submission to the action of the B:lIti-
more Convention, and wit4, the old
Democratic banner waving over us, in
vite the friends of Grant and Wilson
| to come on!
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS,

RALLY RALLH' RALLY:
l:AT,CLOSING OUT SALE
OF My ENTIRE STOCK OF MErcH ANrisE,
OF account Of change in business
CoSSIST1Su OF
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,, CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES HATS,
And NOTIONS of. all kinds too numerous
to mention, which will he sold in the next
7,incty duyS, at
STRICTLY COST.
The goods having been purchased when
cotton was on Il decline, are and viii be The
cheapest yet offered in Monroe.
Call and sec for yourself, nj the STORE of
II. GROSS, GRAND STREET..
where you will be astonished at the low
figures that are asked for goods.
am determined to close out IN NINETY
DAYS, and, therefore, will SELL At COST.
l cordially invite
Mcrchonts, Planters ana the pnblic ge1,erdHy
to the Clearing Out Sale.
COMEONE! COME Alb!
NO IIUMBUG,
but positively you can save fully
70 PER CEN T.
h." callin. Mt the store of
II. GROSS,
Grand Street, Monroe.
May Is, 1872. s5:tf
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UNITED STATE TICKET.

UNITED STATE TICKET.
The following ticket and platform of
principles have been adopted by the
central committees for the support of
the Democratic and Reform parties of
Louisiana: .... .... De-.
UNITED STATE TICKET.
JNO. MCENEEY, of Ouachita, for
Governor. .sn.. .......,9 .t.
b. f. JONAS, of Orleans, for I.ieuten-
ant Governor. .....s.. ....t
DANiEt. DEM Err, of St. Mary, for
Auditor. ...., r.5...
IL. n. OGDEN, of Orleans, for Attor-
ney General.
a. ID. LAFARGuE, of Avoyelies, for
Secretary of State. l.-. .,t
r.. M. LUsHER, of Orleans, for Super
iltendcnt of Public Education.
The Democratic and Reform parties
of the State of Louisiana announce to
the people of the State the following
platform principles: .-i..f .'...
I. Werecognize the right of, and will
use every endeavor to secure and MAIN
tain, every citizen of the State in the
enjoyment OF all his civil and political
privileges as laid down in the constitu-
ton Of the United States and of this
State, and the laws made in pursuance
thereof. '-.t.
and rigid examination into the origin
and character of the public debt, and
while we arc willing to pay the last
dollar of Indebtedness contracted for the
legitimate purposes of government,
within the scope Of rightful authority,
we will advocate the rejection Of all
that has been contracted fraudulentIy.
3. We will insist upon the abolition
of unnecessary offices, reduction OF
salaries and pcrquisites i'll all offices and
the Inauguration Of the most rigid
economy in all departments of govern
mclt. .. .E
i. We Will seek to restore the mum
icipal governments and the powers OF
police to the municipalities, cities and
parishes to which they of right belon e,
W tIlc UttcFNIOSl Vllc pTlll-
ciplcs of local sclf-govcrnment. .
). The abolition of the extraordinary
| powers now vested i'll the Executive
the repeal of all obnoxious acts, such as
the registration, the election, the print
ing, the ccnstabul;,ry, militia and met
ropolitan police laws, and the enact
mcnt of Wise, just and economical laws
in their stead.
6. With II view of guarding against
the corruptions and cnormitics in
the State and city governments during
the past four years, we will favor, and
urge the immediate passage of the most
stringent and severe penal laws against
tho offering or receiving q bribe on tho
part of legislators, OF amy other State
city or parochial official.
:. We will advocate an amendment
to the constitution which will exclude
from any judicial position men unlcarn
cd in the lazy.
S. We Will f,rcr the enactment of I;
special statute imposing the severest
penalties upon the speculation, directly
or Indirectly, in State. ci ty or parochia]
securities by amy executive, judicial o,
other officer of the State, city or parish
! during his form or office.
EMtt,E LASERE,
| Prcsid"nt Democratic State Central
! Committees.
W. NJ. EANDoIrU.
Chairman Reform state Central COM
inittcr.
! Attempt to Murder an Editor.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13
StLArf:S! States! STATES
pa ANGOIs PEN RIIHN SLATE OFFICE,
No. II CUnlAacrciuk Place, Ne1c O,Ic0,.s.
Si..A1t:S !!

Best Bangor Penrhyn, Port Dinorwic and
Port Madoc States for Rooting-by cargo
small lots, to suit purchasers. Slate Slab
Cisterns,, made any size to order.
Hearth Slabs, Urinals for Railway Bepots,
etc. English Ridge Tiles, Fire Bricks III
quantities to suit.
n. B.--Slating contracted for at home
abroad. Repairs to Slate Roofs will receive
prompt att tentiOn.
Wharf-Corner Philip, ,Tchoupitoulas and
Levce Streets. Il. %. Box 1863. Merchants
Exchange, 1853. w. T.. ELLIOTT, A'St,
:;J:.,tn Practical Slater and Slate Mason.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13
MONROE. HOUSE,

.J'cAson Street, Attaining 1htAo1ist ch",ch.
The undersigned has taken charge of this.
house, and intends making it 4 first class
boarding house, and is now prepared to
ccivc boarderS by the week or month as may
be desired. Rooms large, spacious and we'll
ventiiatcu, and suitable for families: No
make his guests comfortable. Charges to
suit the times JAS. a. LAWLER.
Marcel, %, 1S72.-2S:lv
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13
nGACEIiTA HOUSE..
" Cor. DcSiard and Third SITS.

J. L. 11nnsicker, PROPRIETOR.
The above named Hotel, so long and tii-
Yorably known throughout the country has
been rehtted and newly furnished, and is
now complete in every department.. The
Proprietor pledges himself TO spare ef-
fort to make all comfortable who may favor
him with their patronage. April 2l, 80. lE
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-07-13

JULES ROSE. T..
TIEES ROSE \ co.,
G. l; y l.. II \ J.. G ROC GERS,
And Dealers i'll Liquors, Wines, Ch:,1nra;ne,
Cigars, Swiss and IimDHrg Cheese
Dutch Hcrrin@S, and German
Dried Fruits and Seeds.
No. 60 Magazine street, NcW Oifcnu$, Lt,.
December 9, 1871. i2:lN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
HibernatiOn.

Several families of animals in northern
ATTITUDES pass the entire winter in caves
and obscure retreats beyond the reach
of their enemies, in a lethargic con.
dition bordering on profund sleep, for
months in succession, without receiving
a mouthful of food. But all that period
they are actually kept alive by an ab.
sorption of the fat stored up under the
skin and intcrstices OF their bssie.,
while in that comatose condition.
Hibern alton is not suspended ANNA
ton. 1t simply means reduction OF
vital force. All the functions Of life
are carried on so slowly that were
digestion, respiration, and arterial cir
culation reduced very little further,
death would Immediately follow.
While thus dosing unconscionsly dur.
ing severity of winter, there is a gradual
diminution of size and weight. When
the vernal season approaches and such
food as nature provides for them Is to
be found in their ioraging rounds, the
sleepers awake, lean and feeble, to re.
cruit their wasted forms.
A vulgar notion prevails among hun
ters that bears suck their paws through
the winter and thus sustain life. Physi-
illogical laws, however, explain the fact
that the stored up fat is the magazine
rom whence their support is derived.
Serpents in dens, allgstors imbedded
in moist clay during excessive periods
OF tropical heat frogs in tenacious mud
at the bottom of pools, and toads in their
hiding places beyond the reach OF frost,
subsist, under such circumstances, on
elements packed away in curious cells
to meet the emergency of Information.
On this wonderful provision depends
the perpetuity Of many races of animals
and reptiles which otherwise would
have been extinct long ago.
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How to Construct a Fashionable Lady.

The Richmond Enquirer publishes the
following recipe to make a woman If
the period;
Take ninety pounds Of flesh and bones,
but CHIEFLY bones, wash clean, bore holes
in the ears and cut off the small toes
bend the back TO conform 20 the Grecian
bend, the Boston dip, the kangaroo
droop, the Saratoga slope, or the bullfrog
break, as the taste inclines then add
three yards of ruiiles, and seventy-fve
yards of edging, eighteen yards of dimi
ty, one pair silk cotton hose with patent
hip attachments, one pair of false calves,
six yards flannel embroidered, one pair
balmor boots with heels three inches
high, four pounds whalebono in strips,
seventeen hundred and sixty yards of
steel wire, three-quarters of a mile of
tape, ten pounds of raw cotton or two
wire hemispheres, one wire basket TO
hold bushsl, four copies of n New York
paper triple sheets, one hundred and
fifty yards of silk or other dress goods, five
hundred yards of point lace, fourteen
hundred yards OF fringe and other trim
mings, twelve gross of buttons, one box
pearl powder, one saucer of carmine
false hair frizzled ana iretted a la ma
niaque, one bundle of japanese switches,
with rats, mice, snd other varmints
one peck of hairpins, one lace handller-
chief, nine inches square, with patent
holder. Perfume with altar OF roses, or
sprinkle with nine drops of the Bles
sed Baby" or " West End Stuff the
head with fashionable novels, ball tick
cts. play bills. and wedding cards, some
scandal, great deal of lost time and
very little sage; and half grain OF com
mon sense, three scruples of religion,
and a moiicum Of modesty. Season
with vanity and atfectation and folly.
Garnish with earrings, tinger-rings,
breast-pins, chains, bracelets, feathers,
and flowers, TO suit the taste. Pearls
and diamonds may be thrown in if you
have them; if not, paste and pinchbeck
from the dollar store will do.
Whirl all around in a fashionable cir
Gle, and stew by gasight for six hours.
Great care should be taken that the
thing is not overdone.
If it does not rise sufficiently, add
more copies of a New York paper.
This dish is highly ornamental, and
will do to put at the head of your table
on grand occasions, but it is not suitable
for every day use at home, being very
expensive and indigestible. 1t some
times gives men the heartburn, and
causes them to break, and is certain
death to children.
If you have not the ingredients at
hand, you can buy the article re.dy
made in any Of our large cities-I you
have money enough.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
Walking.

Walking briskly, with an exciting
Object or pleasurable interest ahead, il
the most healthiul of all forms of eXer-
else except that of encouragingly re-
munerative, steady labor in the open
air; and yet multitudes in the city,
whose health urgently requires eXer-
else, seldom walk when they can ride,
If the distance is a mile or more. 1t is
worse in the country, especially with
the well-to.do; a horse or carriage must
be brought 10 the door even if less dis
tances have TO be passed. Under the
conditions first named walking is a
bliss it gives animation TO the mind,
it WHITES the circulation, it paints the
cheek and sparkles the eye, and wakes
up the whole being, physical. mental,
and moral. We know family of chill
dren in this city who, from the age Of
seven, had TO walk nearly two miles to
school, winter and summer; whether
sleet, or storm, or rain, or burning sun,
they made it an ambition never to stay
away from school on account of the
weather, and never to be "late;" and
one of them was heard TO boast that in
seven years it had never been neces-
sary to give an "excuse " for being one
minute behind time, even although in
winter it was necessary to dress by gas
light. They did not average two days
sickness in year, and later they
thought nothing of walking twelve
miles at a time in the Swiss noun.
tains. Sometimes they would be caught
in drenching rains, and wet TO the
skin; on such occasions they made it
point to do one thing, let it rain, and
trudged on more vigorously until every
thread was dry before they reached
hOme.-HalfS Journal Of Health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
A FrancO.Prussian Romance.

The course of true love in Pontarlier,
France, is like it. course everywhere
else. While tie Germans held the
town, Prussian corporal was billeted
in the house of young widow. 1t was
a case OF love at first sight. They were
speedily but secretly engaged. A few
days since the banns were published in
the Church OF Pontarlier. The congre.
CATION scattered as if bomb had ex.
ploded, and when the widow, who was
sitting near the altar, reached her home,
she was just in time to zee all her ftlrni-
ture flying from the windows. Only the
arrival of the police saved the house and
It's owner from threatened destruction.
About thirty persons were arrested,
tried, and sentenced to imprisonment.
After swearing that number OF her
whilom friends and present foes into
Jail, the widow sold what was left of her
possessions, and has gone to Germany to
meet her corporal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
Hints for the Housewife.

Rice Puddng.-Take one teacup full
of soft, boiled rice, one tablespoonful
of butter, mixed in the rice while hot (;
add one quart OF sweet milk, one tea
cup of sugar, the yolks of five eggs,
season with lemon; bake until done.
Beat the whites of the five eggs 10 a
stiff froth, and stir in it five heaping
tablespoorfuls of powdered sugar ;
spread over the custard; return to the
oven, and bake a delicate brown.
Soup Recipe.-Put four pounds of
fresh beef in six quarts Of cold water !;
let it boil slowly for five or six hours !;
I usually boil my meat the preceding
day, then take it from the pot and par
italy skim off the tops CRATE, or finely
slice, one large or two small carrots;
slice two or three onions, one turnip
and two potatoes salt and black pep
per 10 taste; add one-quarter of red
pepper, one tablespoon of summer
savory; let these ingredients boil
slowly together for nearly two hours.
Just before taking up for the table mix
a tablespoon of flour in little cold
water stir into the soup, letting it boil
up twice, and your soup is done.-NEL-
LIE A. K, New London, Conn.
Cum Bread Take four cups sour
milk, one of these partly filled with
cream one egg, little salt, two even
teaspoonfuls pulverized Soda mix the
soda with very little corn meal, and
stir altogether, till it foams; then add
corn meal till thin batter is obtained,
and pour into hot tins, oiled, an inch
deep, and bake in quick oven.
Feather Cake.-Simple and Good =
One cup white sugar, one spoonful but
ter. one egg, two even cups sifted flour,
two-thirds cup sour milk or cream, half
teaspoon soda. One teaspoon cream
tartar may be used instead OF sour milk.
Flavor TO taste.
Ginger CookieS.-Take three cups of
molasses, one cup sugar, one cup hot
water, one cup butter, one tablespoon
full ginger, two teaspoonfuls saleratus
add flour enough, and knead them SO
that they will roll well, and they will
be found good.
VermiceH Soup.-Make soup of veal,
mutton or fowls; add quarter Of a
pound of vermlcelli; boil it fifteen
minutes add little mace, cup of
cream just before taking it up, and a
small piece of butter; salt and pepper
TO the taste,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
The Vanity of ShOddy.

There is Il dreadful ambition to be
gentsel." We keep up appearances
too often at the expense of honesty !;
and though we are not rich, we must
seem TO be so. We must be respect
able" though only in the meanest sense
in mere vulgar outward show. We
have not the courage 10 90 patiently
onward in the condition of life which it
has pleased God TO call us, but must
needs live in some fashionable state to
which we ridiculou.ly please to call our
selves, and TO crafty the vanity Of that
unsubstantial, genteel world Of which
We form a part. There is a constant
struggle and pressure for front seats in
the social amphitheatre in the midst Of
which all noble, selt-denying resolve is
trodden down, and many fine natures
are inevitably crushed TO death. What
waste, what misery, what bankruptcy,
come from all this ambition TO dazzle
othersvi the glare OF apparent worldly
success we need not describe. The mis-
chievous results show themselves in a
thousand ways-in the rank frauds COM
mitted by men who dare TO be dishonest,
but do not dare to seem poor ana in
the desperate dashes at fortune, In which
the pity is not so much for those who
fail as for the hundreds of innocent fam
lilies who are so involved in their ruin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
Marriage Under Difficulties.

A San Francisco pair recently con-
cluded to elope, and chartered a tug
boat and a clergyman, intending to be
made one on the bosom Of the Pacific.
Unfortunately, that body of water be
lied its name, and when the would-be-
groom was asked whether his intentions
were honorable concerning the loving
and cherishing OF his female companion,
his answer, for sundry reasons, was de-
livered over the ships side. The about
to.be-bride, meantime, had tainted, and
the clergyman felt constrained to fol.
low the example of the groom. The
ceremony was finally concluded; but
all parties from very weakness were
forced to 90 through the service on their
knees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
Ante. Norton Generosity.

One of the richest of the rich men OF
New York in distributing his fortune
among the people to whom he had in
tended TO will it, reserving only suf-
ficient to insure himself comfortable
income. A very sensible plan this i..
1t avoids all danger of family dis.en-
sion arising from contesting will, puts
an end to merely mercenary affections,
insure gratitude, and largely increases
the happiness of several people some
years earlier than gifts by bequest
would have done. This antc-mortem gen
crosby is almost peculiar to Amer c,.
The system OF entail would practically
prevent it in England, if it were de
sired. In France, the Revue de, Deur
MondeS notices the custom as q phenom-
enon of American character. Nearly
all our endowed schools and colleges
owe much of their possessions to living
benefactors. London's greatest chart
ties are the result Of the gifts, during
hi. lifetime, of Peabody. The Work.
ingwoman's Hotel of A. T. Stewart, and
his $4,000 gift TO the poor women OF
Chicago, are instance. of this tendency.
William B. Astor has Just donated
100000 to the Aston Library " for
present necessities" These are ell
gratifying proofs of the true generosity
which gives without waiting for the
time when what it gives will be worth
lees to itself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
Chicago Real Estate.

Among the surprising results of the
Chicago fire, none is more surprising
than the unprecedented impulse which
has been given TO real estate transac.
tons. While other branches of bust
ness have rallied, and fully reached
their ante-fre level, real estate business
has surpassed its old level. Imme-
diately after the fire, and during Il
period Of three or four weeks, il stood
still then commenced to rally, and
ha. grown steadily and rapidly ever
since, and now it is larger, healthier,
and more active than at any time in the
history of the city. The largest az
gregate of transfers for any one week
in this city, previous to the fire, was
about year ago, when the volume OF
sales reached 81 100000, while, during
the last week, the aggregate reached
81 6l9,207, the largest ever made in
this city. OF this amount, there were
225 transfers, amounting to 81 ,4s7,032
within the city limits, the remainder
representing $l32,l75, being of subur.
ban property, showing that the grest
bulk Of these transfers were made fol
permanent mprovement.-Ch Chicago Fri
bune. ADrtL y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-04-19
An " UngOvernable Impulse"

LOUISVILLE, KY, April Last Tues
day James Temple, farmer in Nc
Cracken county, formerly Rector of the
Episcopal Church, shot negro named
John Smith, aged 20, putting thirteen
buckshot in his back The negro ran
about hundred yards and fell, when
Temple went up to him, put the muzzle
OF the gun at his head, and discharging
the other barrel, blew his brains out.
Temple was arrested and tried at
Paducah on Friday and Saturday. The
evidence showed that Smith had been
employed in Temples house in kindling
fires in his daughters room. He took
occasion TO use insulting language to
them, and afterward boosted around Of
having had criminal connection with
them. This was told Temple, who was
nearly deaf, of very nervous and ex-
citable temperament, long almost a
recluse, and coming suddenly upon
Smith, he shot him in an ungovernable
impulse. He was held in S., 900 bail to
answer at the Circuit Court.