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The weekly Louisianian., 1872-05-11

PROSPECTUS
gpnisian''iian,.. ! !.
IN the endeavor to establish another
Republican journal in New Orleans,
he proprietors Of the Lou1s1AN1AN,
rpose to fill necessity which has
hlong, and sometimes painfully
s to exist. In the transition state
dm people, in their struggling efforts
b attain that position in the Body
AItic, which we conceive to be their
he, it is regarded that much infor-
uion, guidance, encouragement,
suusel and reproof have been lost, in
pnsequence of the lack Of = medium,
trough which Observation-Disclosures might
h supplied. We shall strive to make
he Lou1s1AN1AN a desidera.m in these
Npects.
POLICY.
As our motto indicates, the Lou1-
asuy shall be "Republicaa at all
ss md under all circumstances" We
ali advocate the security and enjoy
nent Of broad civil liberty, the abso-
lutte equality of all men before the law
and an impartial distribution Of hon.
or and patronage to. all who merit
them.
Desirous of allaying animoGies, OF
sbIterating the memory sf the bitter
ptof promoting harmony and union
rong all classes and between all in
nests, we shall advocate the removal
tdl political disabilities foster kind
xs and forbearance, where malignity
I'd resentment reigned, and seek for
amess and justice where wrong and
qp,ession prevailed. Thus united in
our aims and objects, we shall conserve
m best interests, elevate our noble
ate, to an enviable position among
ia sister States, by. the development
dher illimitab1e resources, and secure
sefuu benefits of the mighty changes
the history and condition of the
pple and the Country.
Believing that there can be no true
sty without the supremacy Of law,
hhall urge a strict aud undiscrimi-
Ing administration of Justice:
TAXATION.
We shall support the doctrine OF an
SUITABLE division of texation among
" Glasses, faithful collection Of the
s'enues, economy in the expendi'.
@es, conformably with the exigen-
a3 Of the State or Country aud the |
u'sharge Of every legitimate obliga-
ion,
EDUCATION. !
We shall sustain the carrying out Of
~pfoHsions of the act establishing
~'0mmon school system, and urge
*aparamount duty the education Of
W. youth, as vitality connected with
*f own enlightenment, and the secu
:: Sad stability of a Republican
s'emment,
FINAL. Il
wa generous, manly, independent,
S'Qdcious conduct, we shall strive
rescue our paper, from an ephem-
and temporary existence, and
:, '''psh it upon a basis, that if vel
u0F command" we ehall at all
~ess "de.erve" success.
ALBERT EYRICH.,
'okseller and Statiop,er i
IT, |
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TO Make Z Fashionable Womon.

clean, bore holes in the: ears and
cut off the small toes; bend the,
back TO conform to the Grecian.
bend, the Boston dip, the kangaroo
droop, the Saratoga slope,sor the
bulltog break, as the aste inclines;
then add three yards Of lines, one !:
hundred yards Of ruhles and sey-
eaty-ive yards Of edging, eighteen
yards of dimity, one, pair of silk or
cotton hose with patent hip attach
ments, one pair false calves, six
yards flannel, embroidered, one pair
balmoral boots with heels three
inches high, four pounds whalebone
in strips, seventeen hundred and
sixty yards of steel wire, three
quarters of mile of tape. ten
pounds of raw cotton or two wire
hemispheres, one wire basket to
hold a bushel four copies of the
New York Herald, triple abeet),
one hundred and fifty yards Of silk
or other dress goods, five hundred
yards of point lace, fourteen hun
dred yards fringe and other trim
mings, twelve gross of buttons, one
box pearl powder, one saucer car
mine and an old .hare's foot, one
bushel Of false hair frizzled and fret
ted q Ia maniaque, one bundle Ja-
panese switches, with rats; mice and
other varmints, one peck of hair
pins, one lace handkerchief, nine
inches square with patent holder.
Perfume with otto Of roses, or
sprinkle with nine drops of the.
Blessed Baby" or ':West End.''
Stuff the head with fashionable no.
vels ball tickets, play bills and we'd
ding cards, some scandal a great
deal Of lost time and 4 very little
sage; add half grain Of common
sense three scruples Of religion, and
a modicum Of modesty. Garniah
with earrings, finger-rings breast
pins, chains, bracelets, feathers and
flowers to suit the taste. Pearls and
Diamonds may be thrown in il you
have them; if not, past and pinch
beck from the dollar-store will do.
Whirl all around in fashionable
circle and stew by gaslight for six
hours. -
Great care should be taken that
the thing il not oyerdone.
Hit does not rise sufficiently add
more copies Of the New York Her.
aid. '>'-~.''
This dish is highly ornamental.
and will Do. TO- put at the head Of
your table on grand occasions, but
Is not suitable for everyday use at
home, being very expensive and in
digestible. Il sometimes gives men
the heartburn and causes them to
break, and is certain death to chill
dren. s+~~ :s>.-- y ,ss~.~:
IF you have not the ingredients at
hand, you can buy the article ready
made in any Of our large cites-i
you have money enough.
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FINAL.

generous, manly, independent,
~"d'cious conduct, we shall strive
s'coe our paper, from an ephem-
and temporary existence, and
usn 1t upon a basis, that if we
WY command" we ehall at all
~ess "de.erve" success.
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EDITORIAL ITEMS.

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EDUCATION.

We shall sustain the carrying out Of
~pfonsions of the act establishing
common school system, and urge
sparamount duty the education Of
youth, as vitality connected with
%Ff own enlightenment, and the secu
@d stability of a Republican
'a'enment. y
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r,.,,a or SUBSCRIPTION: ~~

~ Circulars, Programmes, Genera
s.;ness Cards, Posters, etc., etc., guar
wv. s,.,d to give general satisfaction to all
=. nav wish to secure our services.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-28

THE FISHERMAN AND TIE SEA SwAL-
tow.-An interesting association exists
between the sea swallows and the fisher
men Of Lake PalAgeriin LaplAnd. In tue
centre of this lake Is an island on which
tue fishermen build their huts In summer.
AT early dawn the sea swallows gather
round these huts, and their cries admon-
ish the occupants that 1t is time to begin
the days work. The boats are hardly
lOosened from their mOorings when the
birds start out to find spot where the
9sh are abundant. The boatmen are gov
erned entirely by the movements Of the
swallows. When the birds stop and re.
double their cries, the fishermen know
they have found spot where they will
be repaid for their labor. They hasten
forward, cast their nets. and soon have
the satisfaction Of finding them well filled.
In accordance with the old maxim that
the labOrer Is worthy Of his hire, the
swallows receive their share Of the booty.
Every fish that the fishermen throw up In
the air Is gracefully caught by the birds;
and, indeed, they are so tame that they
sometimes come into the boats and help
themselves out of the nets. II ona spot
becomes nnn.prOductive, the birds lead
the way to another. Toward evening
men and birds return to the island, and
the birds hasten to clear the boats Of tile
share left behind for them by the fisher.
men.
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BoRS DRuSK.-Among the names
registered nt the Tombs the other night
was TINT Of q youth about Is years OF
age, WHO had been arrested for drunk.
enness. But lle wus not drunk, nor had
he been drinking. He was, moreover,
in good, sound health, but gave all the
external indications Of b ing intoxicated
when arrested by police officer. Upon
protesting to the keeper OF tho Tombs
that lie was not intoxicated, II was re.
vealed that tile unfortunate youth had
been born II natural 1lunkard or rather
that he Ind always acted like such
thing. lI0 said that although in good
health, lie had never been able to walk
without staggering. His speech was not
unlike that Of persons in decided state
OF int0xicatiOn and when excited he
would mutter and reel. The unfortunate
youth was detained until the next day,
and was not Fent TO the courts to be
gazed at through judicial spectaclcs. A
subsequent investigation Of the case
proved that tue lad had been telling the
truth about himself, but his condition
revealed demonstration OF the natural
law that the child is fair copy OF his
parents. It appears that prior to mar.
riage the father had been secret but
confirmed inebriate, and when the facts
became known to the woman thus sud-
denly and unexpectedly, she wept in the
most terrible manner. Almost broken
hearted, she contemplated the future
misery in store for her. Months passed
away, when It was discovered tllat the
child, at thre9 years OF age, acted
strangely /; and at the end Of six months
the unhappy woman realized MI her
fnrebodings, The effect produced upon
the mother was not without its influence
upon tile father, however. Realizing,
in the midst Of tears Of bitter anguish.
the sin that lad been visited upon the
child, the man reformed. He has now
several bright children, and most ex.
emplAry ones, too, they are. But the
hoy that was brought into the Tombs
was not drunk, but lad had entliled
upon him q life o. misory.-M Y. Paper.
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KNOCKED AMOUR IN THE Wonlp.-It
Is good thing for young man to be
"knockel about in the world" though
his soit'hearted parents may not think
10. All youths, or il not ali, nineteen.
twentieths of the sum total, enter life
with n surplus OF sell.conceit. II, in
measuring themselves with wiser and
older men than they are, they discover
that it is sunwarrnnted, and get nd OF it
gracefully, Of their own accord, well and
good ifnot, II is desirable, for their own
Sakes, that it be knocked out OF them.
A boy who Is sent to large school soon
finds his level. His will mHy have been
paramount at home, but school boys are
democratic in their ideas, aud, II arrogant
are sure TO be tlirashed into recogni-
ton oftlle golden rule. The world Ia o
great public school, and 1t soon teaches
a new pupil his proper place. II he has
the attributes that belong to leader he
will be enstalled in the position Of q
leader II not, Whatever his own opinion
Of his abilities may be, lie will be COM
PEELED to fall in with the rank aud tile.
II not destined to greatness, tue next
best thing to which lie can aspire is re-
spectability but no man can be truly
great or respectable who Is vain, POM
pous and overbearing.
By tile time the novice has found his
Legitimate social position, be the same
high or low, the probability Is that the
disagreeable traits Of his character will
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A Nation Of PlgmIes.

To the south OF KaGIa and Susn, there
Is very sultry and humid country,
with many bamboo woods, inhabited by
tue race called DOkOs, who are no bigger
than boys ten years old, that is, only
four feet high. They have dark, olive
colored complexion, and live in . COM
pletely savage ttute, like the beasts,
having neither houses. temples, nor
holy trees, like the Gallas, yet posses
sing something of an idea Of u higher
being called Yer. to whom, in moments
OF wretchedne's aud anxiety, they pray
mot In an erect position, but reversed,
with the heal on tile ground, and the
feet supported upright against d tree
or u stone. In prayer, they say:
oyer, If thou really dOst exist, why
dost thou allow us to be slain? We do
not ask thee for food and clothing, for
We live on serpents, ants aud mice.
Thou has made us. Why dost thou
permit us to be trolden under fOOt2"
The Dakos have no chief. no laws, no
weapons; they do not hunt, nor till the
ground, but live solely on fruits, roots,
mice, serpents, ants, honey, and the
like, climbing the trees md gathering
the fruit like monkeys; and both sexes
go completely naked. They do not
many, but live indlscriminative lives Of
animals, multiplying very rapidly, and
with very little parental instinct; the
mother nurses her child for short time
only, acctistomIng it to eat ants and set.
pents rs soon as possible; and when it
eau help itself, IL wanlers away where
it will, and the mother thinks no more
about 1t. They have thick, protruling
lips, flat noses, md small eyes; the hair
is not woolly, md isworn by the women
over the shoulders. The nails on tho
hands and feet are allowed to grow long,
like the talons Of vultures, and arc used
in digging for ants and in tearing to
pieces the serpents, which they devour
raw, for tlleyare unacquainted with fire.
The spine Of the snake is the only orna.
ment worn around the neck, nut they
pierce the ears with n sharp.pointed
piece Of wood.
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FORWARD.
ADDREss OF THE NATIONAL DExoonAr1o
COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE or TIE UNITED

CoAMrrEEro THE PEorLE or THE UNITED
STATES.
The following address to the people Of
the United States has been issued by the
National Democratic Committee:
The October elections are over. ThGE
enable us to form a tolerably accurate
idea Of the true political situation Of tue
country.
In Georgia we have to recount victory
for the Liberal ticket so unexampled as
to take her out of the list Of doubtful
States, and practically to pronounce In
advance the decision OF at least 1875 votes
in the Electoral College. To this number
1t Is only necessary to add Sirty rotts to
elect Greeley and Brown.
In Pennsylvania the Distinguished
Chairman Of the Liberal Committee has
eloQuently characterized the methods by
which the result of the election there was
accomplished. We Commend his state
ment to the thoughtful attention Of the
couatry.
In Ohio, despite most unprecedented
gains for the Liberal. Democratic ticket
the Grant managers have carried the cleo
ton by q reduced majority, having brought
TO the polls their entire reserve vote. Had
our Democratic friends In certain local..
Ties Of that great commonwealth shown
tile same earnestness and activity, and
enabled us like our enemies to record our
entire strength, they would now be exult-
ing over brilliant victory. In Indiana
the Democratic and Liberal forces have
achieved a most important success over
Pennsylvania tactics most unscrupulously
employed by the Administration and It's
allies, showing thus that free people
when aroused know their rights and dare
maintain them. Indiana has fairly de.
monstrated that she can neither be
"bOnght nor bullied.n The moral Of
these results Is that victory Is still In plain
view Of our national ticket, and that en-
ergy and courage will assure H.
The event In Pennsylvania when con.
sidered in Its causes, Il the most appalling
political catastrophe that has ever taken
place In this country. Should the system
through which this catastrophe wqs
brt ught about be condOned by the peo.
pie and fUlsted on the other States 1t seals
the doom Of freedom II America. A sad
contrast 1t Is surely that The city In which
our republic was born amid tile anthems
Of free people should now be the first to
toll thv knell oft liberties. II ia for the
free, unbought people Of all tie States to
calmly review The fearful crime against
suffrage In Pennsylvania, and to decide
whether It shall he repeated within their
own borders
government and the sauctity Of the ballot
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Indiana and Victory.

Writing before the October elections
we said: "If our friends carry either
oDe Of the three States we shall have
the better chance Of success in Novem.
Der. The other side must carry all
three to give Mem the better prospect"
We haua carried one Of them, and the
one most desperately contested. We
have Oyerthrown the ablest Of the cabal
that led the President to his fuin-we
slloulIl say also the most unscrupulOus,
II, in this hour of Pennsylyania's shame,
we shouM forget Simon Gamer IN.
Thomas A. Hendricks Is elected Gov.
ernorO Of Indiana.
We have no desire to underrate the
gnvity Of the situation. We have been
counted out Of Pennsylvania, which we
should have carried. We could easily
have dispensed with its votes in the
Electoral College but the moral effect
Of the loss is depressing, to a greater
extent than the number OF electoral
votes would indicate. Tho work Is made
harder for MS in New York, harder for
our brethren in all the States we mean
to carry, by the triumph OF Cameron's
money, in the success Of the Penitenti.
ary candidate. From this day till the
frat Tuesday in November, We shall
have upon us'a steady, continued strain.
But wGshIll win Our Liberal Repnb.
licans did well in Pennsylvania. In
parts Of Ohio they won signal victories,
while tue Grant minority in tie State is
handsomely reduced. In Indiana the
Liberal and Democratic victory has been
won in the face Of such lavish efforts 10
kill the free suffragcs of State OF i'm.
portation and by midnight ciplering as
even Morton never before attempted,
and neither he nor anybody can again
achieve.
And now We are in the open fieldl It
is no longer possible to concentrate a
Cabinet, q Treasury, all the patronage
and all the money Of the National Ad.
on two or three States.
States cannot be gagged In
II night, like North Carolina and Penn.
sylyania, or overpowered by sheer weight
like Maine. On the broader field the
contest assumes n iairer aspect; and
Indiana gives us the omen Of victory.
Under her inspiration the splendid Lib.
eral Republican and Democratic organi-
cations In Illinois declare they can win (;
and, knowing their work and their power,
we believe them. Consider once more
tic list OF States as II may fairly be
placed to-day, in the light Of the cleo
tions within a week in Georgia, Con.
neclicut, and Indiana:
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THE HoStE.-Whether 1t is n duty more
definitely belonging to the "sphere" Of
woman than Of man to beautify the home
we will not pretend to decide, since, in
these days, the "sphere OF woman" Ii
n topic of so much discussion aud dis
agreement. But we confidently believe
that the majority Of our lady readers
have such love for the beautiful In ma.
ture and in art, and such reliance upon
the influence OF refined taste in the fam
ily, that they take genuine pleasure
In those nHueless little adofnments
which make the home cheerful, bright,
beautiful. Just now we are not thinking
OF costly paintings and engravings, or
rare and curious ornaments, though all
these, tasteiully arranged, arc most
pleasing additions to the rooms in which
we live; but these October days remind
us OF n simple method whereby the fam.
lily rooms may be frightened up for the
prospective winter. Some OF our read.
ers have no need OF any suggestion from
MS for weeks they have been watching
the forest leaves changing to red and
golden hues (; they have gathered tue
choicest, and carefully pressed them.
Ferns and grasses have been plneked,
and the collection IS varied and beauti.
full, yet they will not regard It complete
until the melancholy days" have come
October days are certainly not much /;
then they will till their vases with sand,
aud arrange the bright-hued leaves in
tasteful bouquets All winter long they
will give cherry look to the parlor, the
dining.room, tho library. Moses and
ferns have also been taken from their
native soil and transferred to the simple
ferncry, which, in some snug corner, will
preservoits luxuriance through wintry
months. A fernery is scarcely any
trouble to its owner. II may be as sim
pie rs one pleases. A box with glass
sides aud cover is all TINT is necessary,
and then, when stocked with plants, II
will take care OF itself II II Is watered
once. in week or two. City residents
luck the opportunities OF those living in
the country for preparing winter bou.
quets but October will doubtless see
many interested gatherers Of the brilliant
autumn leaves.
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Co1oRAro.-In Colorado poets seem
to be natural outcropping Of tho soil,
though at present the growth seems i'm
perfect. Imagination Is largely devel!
oped, though with som deficiency in the
sphere Of accuracy, or perhapswe should
say sobriety Of statement. We take the
following from o local paper. Perhaps
II is slightly liigh.ialutin' rs 10 the fer
tility Of Ae soil, but that will be par
doned:
.Is II vhotc the cAbbages grow 90 fast ~
That they burst with a tiohc like tho thunder's
blGAti oG - .sI.t
IL II where through tho rich deep INFLOW sod
The beela grow down aSii boring ioroilf o i
IL u Wher6 tho turnlps arc hard TO beat,
And the cattle grow iat on nothing 10 eat
IL II where each irrigating slnieo if"h
IL fed by water melon juicef ..il
10 II whcrO every thing growA to such mon-
strous Aiz0
That the biggest storiea appear like lleSi
Tell mo, In short--l would like 10 know
IL this wondfgua land called Colorado7
You're light old boy, itisi
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Murt1ATNo PrcrUnEs.-sociely has
not yet quite reached tile point Of agree
ing with counsel for the defence that the
perpetration OF any criminal action
whatsoever Is irrefragible proof of in.
sanity: but surely no one except lunntic
could be guilty Of the barbarity recently
committed in the famous picture gallery
Of Berlin-tlie mutilation Of five master
pieces by artists Of old renown. The
proyerbial cunning Of a lunahc was
manifested In tue marring Of fresh
picture on each successive day without
detection, despite tile vigilance of nun.
erous guards, and even now no clue has
been found TO the author Of tho mis-.
Chief .r
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are really on trial ia the United States
From this hour forward the preservation
of the franchise in its integrity dwurfs all
other issues.
Let our friends In each of the States
catch inspiration from the heroic conduct
Of our fello w.citizens in Georpia and in
Indiana; and from now ill November
let their struggle be manful and unceas.
ing for liberty and m untAinted bAllot.bOx,
for reform and an honest administration
of the Government.
AUGUSTUS SoHELL.
Chairman National Democratic Com
mitIee.