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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-10-19

f5'Hf Tenth Volume Of WOODS HOUSEHOLD
/ NAG ZINE begins with auuary, ~ 1t is
tdited by Gait Iiamilto'l. s $. Wood and II. V.
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cher, DR. llio irtwis, i'r. w. W IlIli, James Par
ION, &C Harriet hcechor Stowe Brick Pomror,
John g. Sake, Maj Genl Fitzpatrick, Pcrol um "
Dollar year. In c,ubbng, three fr-t class pari.
odicals are . vcn for VI pIce Of one Of Them IRE
most liberal Premium st ever published. No ne
riodical Is moro ifqucn Y or !aV0la Ay mentioned
by the press. "H ood- Household Magazine is
one Of the monuments ofbu-i .ess enterprise which
mark the age e'-Methodist Home Journal, Phila.
delphia Pa ''lt has been improvi g ever since wo
knew it, good criterion for the future '--Couricr
New Mnrke, Canada ait il a naryI Of cheap
ness and first class quality combined. 'i--New Yorl;
Times. Specimen copy sent fro @ to any address
), s. WOOD CO., Nowburgh, N. Y
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06
Secretary.

~ A lawyer who insulted q wit
ness has been fined and rebuked by a
Philadelphia Judge. It is great
pity that the example can not be fol-
lowed in good many other courts.
There are lawyers, and the number
is not small, who fancy that they ex-
hibit most ability when they are most
insulting to respectable witnesses.
Any one familiar with the courts can
recall dozens who will answer this
brief description. And the truth is,
that gentleman is gentleman eve
ry where, whether he oficiates at a
stone-boat or within the bar. he
has respect for others feelings, and
he knows, if he is anything better
than pettifogger, that he can &C
complish more by acting the part Of
a gentleman than by taking that of a
bully. There are Witnesses, to be
sure, who need to be roughly han.
died; but the lawyer who can moi
"tell his man" who conceives that ali
witnesses must needs be inundated
is a miserable shyster, originally in.
tended for butcher and unworthy 8
single case.-[ Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

EDITING A NEwsPApER-We never
could see the virtue of the boast which
is SO often made by the papers and
magazines, that so large portion of
their pages is original. Such .origi.
nality is often maintained to the det-
riment of the paper. The best ex-
changes of our acquaintance are by
no means those which have the great
est amount Of original matter. There
is more of editorial tact and talent
required to make proper and practi-
cal selections, than is put in requisi
ton by the production of the vaunt.
ing original papers, who seem to
consider originality as the only re.
quisite for good periodical. A good
newspaper is always dependent upon
other resources than its own And
the boast Of a periodical that it il
entirely original, is too often like the
boast of a library if it should claim tx
have tho production of only one au.
thor Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

For THE TEETH.-At the Amerea
Dental Association some time ago0
Committee on Dentifrices and Waans
recommended the following recipe =
a tooth powder: Prepared Chak'
three pounds; pulverized PERM
bark, two pounds; Orris root, =
pound; white crushed sugar, one =
a half pounds; CASTLE soap, =
ounce carbonate of sodo, one ou1es;
oil of sassafras, eighty drops. y
make tooth paste add to the forese
three ounces of glycerine and ssa.
cient quantity of honey to make =
preparation of the proper consisssa
u One by one tho days glide sss
and the end of each finds Us le1's
homo. The cares of tue world ~
weigh heavily upon ne; we may 3"
disheartened by the darknsss afos.
us; but away beyond that darkness
we have faith, we will see a hen. =
hand out to guide our trembling
steps home. But little while ana :.
shall fall lame by the wayside, >
burden shall drop from our -
shoulders, SORROWS and trials shan 4.
us no more; for leaving beyind
fleeing pleasures of earth, We 49,
out, to the sound of music, TO s0s
and the rest of God.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06
THE lNcERE MANA SINGER

THE NlNcERE MANA sincere
man, like a sincere work, bears the
stamp Of nobility upon his coun-
tenancA no matter how rugged and
uncouth the features may be. Sin
cerity Classics the whole soul, so
that the light of heaven can shine
plainly into it. It includes eaen-
estness, not so much because it is
a peculiar active virtue, as because
it enables us to see, and therefore
urges us to obey the human need
for activity. Of all things, sinceri-
ty is the most antagonistic to false
hood is the meanest and most igno-
BILE Of vices:-the vice indeed which
seems to envelope all other vices,
for even cowardice is but falsehood
to human instinct, and sin in all it's
guises but falsehood to nature and
cowardice in the face of moral aus
terity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06
Brandy as Medicine,

Brandy kills multitudes evo,.
year Who enjoyed perfect bealn
before they began to use it; tbensl
its seems fair to infer that it win
kill the sick moro speedily.
DR.. Lees said that he was ,ir;,.
near Bsckingham palace in Lon1os
where Prince Albert was taken n
His case was doing well for a g..
days, when they began to give h.,
brandy to strengthened him, to !,
ablo him to recover more rapial,.
Ithe moro hcwas stimulated ~,
worse he grew. until he died. IT,
true they believed it was the ,,...
thing for him, but their thipk;n.
so did not make it so.
Some } ears ago, when it was fl.
custom to attempt curing deIirlum
tremens by giving brandy, one on
of every four died at Edinbur,s
hospital. Since then, the proiess,r
of tho medical department h,,
treated 800 cases of dclerium IT,
mems without alcohol, without Ia
ing a single patient.
Professor Gardner, of the Ola.
Cow University, gave a hundred
men thirty ounces Of alcohol; sev.
enteen died out of the hundnps
Another hundred were allowed on.
lily three ounces, and eleven died
out of tho hundred. OF 200 case,
of young persons, who were not al
lowed either vino or whisky. mi
one died.
In a teetotal hospital at Ieeds
of 800 patients who took not +,
[ drop, all recovered. Let facts d.
: eide.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

R9@ Kind words are the bright
flowers of earth's existence; they
make a very paradise of the hum
blest home the world can show
Use them, and especially around
the fireside circle. They are jewels
beyond price, and more precious
to heal the wounded heart, and
make. the weighed-down spirits
glad, than all other blessings the
earth can give.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

~The chipping and singing Of the
cricket and grasshopper are fire.
quently spoken of; but they do not
sing-they fiddle. By rubbing wings
and legs together-such in manner
peculiar to the species-these insects
produce the sounds who b
c characterize them. Perhaps
our best insect instrumental performer
is the "katydid." Each wing con-
tains a little tamborine, and by the
opening and shutting of the wings
these are rubbing against each other,
and produce the sound of the "katy-
did-she did," which can be heard at
a long distance, and gives the insect
it's name. These sounds are supposed
to be useful in enabling insects to
find their mates; or they may indulge
in them for their own qualification
and to add to the general harmony
Of nature.-[ Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

UA widow advertised in IS
asking "every Christian in the ~
to send her ten cents, as the an.
would not Cypress them, and tne
lection would benefit her gresss.
For a wonder, the class cailee ~
did all contribute as requested s
widow realized twenty cents'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

1A Vermont woman, aged only
80, laughs the Indiana sisterhood
to scorn, having already accom-
plished her fourth husband and
fourteenth baby, with two marital
Generals and couple of divorces.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

II Judge Phineas T. Scruggs, of
Memphis, after a long career as law
yer and jurist, has gone back to his
original occupation-that of a Metho-
dist minister.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

II A young lady with very pretty
foot, but rather large ankle, went into
q San Francisco shoe store to be meas
ured. The admiring clerk, who is of
Gallo extraction, complimented her in
the following queer way: "Mad-am,
you one beautiful foot, but re legs COM
mence too Immediately"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

p A farm with shade and fruit trees
set around the house will sell for two
hundred to one thousand dollars more
if than there were none. -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

How TO SuccEED.-President Por-
ter, of Yale College, recently gave.
his students a compendium of advice
which has rarely been surpassed for
comprehensive brevity. He says:
Young men you are the architects
of your own fortunes. Rely upon
your own strength of body and soul.
Take for your star self-reliance, faith
honesty and industry. Inscribe on
your banner: "Luck is fool, Pluck
is hero" Don't take too much adj
vice; keep at your helm and steer
your own ship, and remember that
the great art of commanding is to
take a fair share OF the work. Don't
practice too much humanity. Think
we'll Of yourself. Strike out. AS
sumo your own position. Put pota-
toes in your cart over a rough road,
and small ones go to the bottom.
Rise above the envious and jealous.
Fire above the mark you intend to
hit. Energy, invincible determine
ton, with right motive, are the b-
vers that move the world. Don't
chew. Don't smoke. Don't swear.
Don't deceive. Don't get married un-
til you can support a wife. Be in
earnest. Be generous. Be civil
Read the papers. Advertise you,
business. Make. money and do gooc
with it. Love your God and fellow
man. Love truth and virtue. Low
your country and obey its laws.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

THE ART OF LIVING ToGETH1I
If people are to live togeth0,
they must not fancy, because thg
are thrown together now. that u
their lives have been exactly sinh
lar up to the present time. that thH
started exactly alike, and that thg
are to be for the future exactly 4
same mind.
Avoid having stock subjects u
disputation.
Do not hold too much logic, and
suppose that everything is to. b
settled by sufficient reason.
If you would be loved as con-
panion, avoid unnecessary criticisn
upon those with whom you live
Let not familiarity swallow p
all courtesy.
We must not expect more i'm
the sosiety of our friends and co...
panions than it can give; and =
pecially must not expect conzq
things.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06
The Moss Rose.

Krummacher gives US the orlSp
Of this beautiful rose, and illus.
trates the charm of simplicity, .N
the following pretty fable:
The angel who takes care oftb,
flowers and sprinkles upon then ,
dew in tho still night, slumberd
on a spring day in the shade d,
rosebush. When he awokc he
said:
~"Most beautiful ofmy children,l
thank thee for thy refreshing ode
and cooling shade. Could you al
any favor. how willing would |
grant it,"
"Adorn me- then with. q me-
charm" said the spirit of a ron
bush, in a beseeching tone.
So the angel adorned the Lowell
est of flowers with simple moA
Sweetly it stood there in its mod.
est attire, the moss-rose, the mok
beautiful of its kind.
So the cOstliest ornaments Il,
often the simplest. There is \
gold, nor jewel, nor sparkling psi
equal to the ornaments of a Md
and qniet spirit, which is in til
sight of God, Of great price"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

rA-T The river is on the rise again;
it has gone up over two feet since
our last.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

70 We owe thanks for late New
Orleans papers to the clerks of the
Lotus No. 3, w. S. Pike, Selma, B.
L. Hodge No. 2 and Gladiola.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

B@. We have to record another
homicide in Rapides. Two negroes,
on last Friday, on Bayou Boeuf, had
a difficulty, when one of them drew
@ revolver and shot the other through
the head causing instant death.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

Eg John Hienn's favorite, 3. l.,
Hodge Nc. 2, goes down to-day at y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

II The title of "dOctOr" was inven'
ted in the twelfth century.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

ENJoYMENT.-Those who arc not
easy at home will not find enjoyment
anywhere else. The man who yawns
ct his own freside will only lacerate
his jugular if he goes to a crowded
city. Happiness is an internal ar
rangement and if it don't bloom at
homo, it won't flower anywhere.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06
W0man's Faith.

Woman's faith under adverse Cir
cumstances is apt to be very stead
fast it is pleasant to reflect that 1t
is occasionally rewarded. There is,
for instance, no woman who would
give up an old debt as uncollecta-
bic until a hundred years or SO at
ter the death of the debtor, anu
quite often this belief in the virtue
of bad paper brings money.
"Some months ago." an exchange
tells us, "the extraordinary career
of Henry Meigs, the absconded dc
faulting banker of San Francisco,
was pretty fully described by the
press of the country generally. A
copy Of one Of tho journals Which
contained the story fell into the
hands of a Mrs. JOslyn, hard work
ing washerwoman in San Francis
CO. While Henry Meigs flourished
| in San Francisco, Mrs Joslyn de
posted with him $1,000, and when
Meigs and her money vanished the
time in which woman, could lay
up SO much money from the profits
of her business had vanished also
But Mrs. Joslyn washed on and
kept her head above water. Sht
learned from the newspapers how
much. money her old banker ha(
made in South America in building
railroads, and with a woman's no
BILE faith in human nature she EN-
barked in the Ranama steamer ant
sought the millionaire in his Soutl
American palace. She presented
her bank book and told her tale
Meigs listened, and when she hal
finished her recital he handed he
a check for the amount of the de
post, with interest from its date t
to the time of payment. She the
started on her return to California
arriving in San Francisco last wee
- and has probably by this tim
subscribed for the paper in whic
she read the news which led to he
good fortune.''
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

" Self-made men are very r
worship their maker.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

u The roads are worse than aw.
full.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

p@.The first of March came on us
in terrible mood. Rain, sleet and
heavy snow announced his advent.
Even ice was seen on the morning
of the second. Such weather is any
thing but acceptable to our planters.
The ground is yet very wet and in no
condition for blowing or planting.
Nearly the whole of last week was
lost to them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-06

negatives. If to-day the, people have
not a controlling voice in legislation !;
if their burthens have not been light
|ened if their political rights have not
been restored, and they have the pros
pect of a turbulent election in Novem-
Der, the responsibility rests upon those
who have put their trust in Governor
Warmoth, who has had the time, the
opportunity and the power, but not the
intention, to accede to the demands of
the people. We record the sad fact
that the proximate cause Of our failure
to attain those great benefcent results
was the detection Of those Senators
and Representatives who, representing
Democratic constituencies, allied them
selves to the political fortunes of the
enemy of their people.
This call for q Convention ia made in
no strict party spirit, nor to maintain
or advocate the ascendency of political
partisanship. At time when the ma
terial interests of the State have beer
made the object of Legislative and Elk
ecutive robbery, when every household
in the State is afflicted by the ruin
which has resulted from the desolatine
Legislation of the past few years, wher
the poor man and the rich man arr
alike made the victims of Legislative
and Executive spoliation, when til.
absorbing question is that of taxation
land the universal cry of the people il
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-25
FOREIGN.
The Bourbon Conclave at Antwerp.
Another German Invasion Of France,
FRANCE.
The bourbon Crisis.


New YORK, Feb. PA London specia
says the Germans are arriving Fat Yer
| saillesl and two corps are ordered to be il
readiness. The cause for these prepara-
tions is the great activity of political parties
at Versailles and the possibility of change
OF government in France. Germany re-
serves the right to decide as to any new
government there. Should she deem such
government unlikely either by inclination
or incapacity to execute the treaty OF
peace there win be another invasion.
ANTWERP, Feb. 24.-There is no dimin-
ution in the number of persons who have
gathered here. The streets are filed this
morning. Great excitement prevails. Or
Gers have been issued forbidding persons
grouping at any point in the city. Disturb
anceS are imminent.
ANTWERP, Feb. D, P.M.-The Mayor ofthe
city issued proclamation to-day, calling on
the citizens to have some respect for the
Count de Chambord, and announcing that
ample measures had been taken to suppress
any disorder which may occur. The stran-
gers in the city and the populace continue
hostile demonstrations towards each other
tonight, but there has been no outbreak.
heavy rain finally dispersed the crouds.
BepressIng Public Opinion.
PARIS, Feb. 24.-In the National As
sembly to-day committee was elected to
examine the bill increasing the powers of
the government over the press. The bill
which has been made cabinet question is
opposed by about 308 members of the AS
sembly and favored by 2S5. 1t has been
the subject of passionate debate in the
different bureaux of the government to-day.
Gambetta has defended the bill. Jules
Simon favors the measure and has an
nounced his intention of resigning if the
bill is rejected. NJ. De Sarcy, Minister of
Public Works, opposes the projected law
and will vote against the government.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-25

The treachery of memory was most
strangely vet painfully illustrated in our
CITY a few DAYS ago. While metaphysicians
have told us the mind never forgets what
once it has heard, we certainly think IN this
instance there was at least partial derange-
ment of the mnemonical faculties 50 far as
that of reproduction is concerned. A negro
preacher employed with number Of other
colored men in the Dixie Oil WOlks, had
committed the crime of larceny by stealing
chickens. His guilt being established too
clearly to be denied, he consented to trial
then and there by negro judge and jury
selected and empannelled from his fellow
workmen. The court was accordingly Or
ganized, counsel for the pros
ecution and defence appointed and
a colored sheriff, with a deputy and
constable selected. After hearing the
evidence for the prosecution, the case was
fearfully argued both pro and con. The
Jury was charged by the Judge, and after
retiring few minutes brought in verdict
of 'guilty," leaving the punishment with
the court, who prescribed twenty-five lasnes,
and at once proceeded to carry the sentence
into execution. Not feeling in the best hu-
NOR, because the Judge had assumed the
executive function Of whipping dat nigger,
the sheriff interrupted him when he had
given about twenty lashes, by asking If he
chad not given the prisoner the required
number" and to "hold on, it was about
time to stop" The udgepaused, and after
a few minutes said, Go away sheriff, don't
bedder me, dis niger done forgot how
many he is,giye him; he's got to commence
over again. This he accordingly did, much
to the discontinue of the darkey.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-25
ANDREW JOHNSON.

From the Memphis Appeal.
It is not Southern States and communi-
ties alone that derive historical and practi-
cal advantages from feuds within the body
of the Radical party; even individual fame
Is the beneficiary of its internal strifes.
Not only is this true of the South, and
the citizens of the South, but a citizen of
the whole country will find the story of his
life, at least while President, made spotless
by the very dissensions which his conduct
begat. Recent revelations made by eX-
Senator Ross, of Kansas, have shown, as
they have never doubted who knew well the
character and worth of Andrhw johnson,
that the effort to impeach him had origin
in a fouler plot, among villains more
reckless, debased and corrupt than the con
federates of Guy Fawkes. II is proven
clearly and cOnclusively that PomerOy was
at least one of American Senators who sold
his vote in this trial for $4,000. Photo
grsphed copies of the receipt he executed
for the money are on exhibition in the
Northern museums, and as POmerOy and
his vile coadjutors 60 down to infamy, the
lustre Of Johnson's fame grows brighter;
and with the lapse ofyears, unless the Fed
eral system should be wholly wrecked, the
ex-President, as a statesman, will be more
and more esteemed, and the time will
come, if pristine honesty and patriotism
ever be reproduced in the conduct of Amer
lean Government, when Andrew JohnsOn's
State papers will become the textbook of
American statesmen.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-25
Theodore Thomas, Concert.

As may be seen from advertisement in
another column we are about to have
great musical treat-When The. Thomas
and his world renowned orchestra visit Our
city for the first time. This organization Is
pronounced by the entire press the largest
and most perfect troupe which has ever un-
dertaken- a concert tour either in this coun-
try or in Europe. The following is list OF
the Instruments:
Twenty violins, led by Mr.. B. Listemann;
five violas, four violoncellos, four double
basse ), one harp, one piccolO, two flutes,
two oboes, one corno Anglais, two clario-
nettes, two bassOons, four French horns,
two t1rumpets, three trombones, one tuba,
kettl drums, side drum, bass drums, etc.
The merits of this orchestra have been
acknowledged not only by the American
public, which is always ready to recognize
the services of those who strive for the ad-
vancement of art, but also in Europe, and
the foreign press often holds it up as an ex-
ample worthy of imitation for the variety
and progressiveness of the programmes.
Mr.. Thomas does not adhere to one style
of music; his aim is to pay tribute to all
which is good, whether of the old or new
schools, and thus he has gained the high
and unique position OF Delng Lne creator
and conductor of the best and most versatile
orchestra in the world.
In addition TO the great orchestra, we are
to hear Mrs. Krebs, who ranks among the
great pianists of the world. Her repertoire
is very large, and her power Of memory
ranks with that Of Bulou and Tausig. She
plays all the well known concertos by the
great masters, '.he fugues by Bach and 9TH
ers, the brayu IA pieces by List, Raft, Rub
instein, etc, The poetic efusion by Chopin
and Schumflnn, from memory. Both her
technical power and her musical under
standing having have been the theme OF the
most appreciative comments of the great
critics of the capitals of Europe.
There will be two evening Concerts and
one Matinee-Friday and Saturday next,
March and 2. The sale Of seais will
commence on Tuesday morning next, Feb.
q, at McClurt's music store.