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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
Digestion and Legislation.

How much of the distracted state of re-
cent legislation has been produced by the
work of law-making being carried on
when the brains of the lawmakers are
ob:cured by fumes of dinner, and their
lungs disordered by an impure atmos-
phere? The evil is one which everybody
recognizes in general terms; but the re-
cognition is of that imperfect kind which
produces no corresponding fruit in action.
The most important part of all public
business is probably performed by men
whose state of health is below par, and at
hours of unusual fatigue and obfuscation.
Everybody who is accustomed to intel
lectual work knows the importance of
Selling the few hours during which his
faculties are perfectly fresh, and he is I'M
conscious Of the load of heavy matter
which he is compelled to drag about with
him. But in practice, leg islation of all
kinds frequently consists in first reducing
some hundreds of gentlemen to a condi-
ton in which their brains are working
with diminished energy, and then induc-
ing them to catch at the first compromise
which allows them to escape from di-
lemma which they are too dull to solve
logically. eff you want to hang him,
hang him ; and If you want to let him 60,
let him go; but, for Gods sake, let's get
out of thisi" were the emphatic last
words of the celebrated Cornish juryman;
and they pretty well represent the state
of mind in which decisions are taken by a
distracted meeting of any kind. Now a
genuine appreciation of the vast import
ance of thorough physical health would
lead to the conclusion that you should no
more set people to decide difficult points
of legislation when they are necessarily in
state of muddle, than you should set a
man to row a race just after heavy din
ner. The work which is done well is that
which is done with fresh brain and a
system not overloaded. Our present sys-
tenn seems to 60 on the hypothesis that
the digestion is far too contemplate a
thing to be taken into consideration at all
Perhaps the consequences are about what
we might expect from the premises with
which we Enthusiastically Rerie'o.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
Shooting Stars.

MOST people are like an egg. too phull
ov themselfs to hold emmy thing else.
A reputashun for honor once lost, IL
lost forever.
Men who kno the least, alwus argy the
most.
To be big man among big men, IL
what proves mans karakter-to be a
bull frog amung tadpoles, don't amount to
mulch. 4,
What blessed thing it liz that we kant
"see ourselfs az others see us"-the sight
would take all the starch out ov us.
I never question suckcess emmy more
than do the right ov bull dog to lie in
biz own gateway.
To wake up from sweet sleep liz to be
sExpectashun liz the child ov hope, and
like lis parent IL an arrogant brat.
Mi friend, yu may be more cunning than
most men, but yu amt more cunning than
all men.
Excentricitys are most alwus artyfishall,
and the best that kan be sed of them lz,
they are quite az often the result OF diff
dence az of vanity.
If / want tew git at the trew karakter
ov man, study hiz vices more than
do his virtews.
-.
il makes what virtew he haz got red hot.
Those who expekt tew keep themselfs
pure in this life, must keep their souls bile
ing all the time, like pot, and keep all
the time skimming the surface.
Thare liz nothing so delishus tew the
soul ov man az an ockashunal moment ov
sadness.
The man whose only plezzure in this
life IL making mummy, weighs less on the
moral skales than an angleworm.
, Manner IL Ear more attraktive than matter
monkeys are watched clusscr than eagles
are.
Jelus people alwus luv themselfs more
than they do thoze that they are jelous
ov.
The purest and best specimens of hui
man natur that the world haZ ever seen,
or ever win see, hay bin the virtewous
heather,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
GoprY'sLApY's BooK.-The embellish-

GoDEY's LADY's BOoK.-The embellish-
ments in the May NUMBER" The Two Moth
ers, - steel plate; " A Stiff Breeze" hand
some wood-cut; Colored Fashion-plate, and
one of the best Extension Fashion sheets
ever given in this magazine, with full depart
ment of Designs-make this the handsomest
number of the year. The literary contents are
also very attractive, and much useful informa-
ton is given in the different household depart
ments. The publisher of this unsurpassed lady's
magazine gives handsome chrome to each SUBJ
scriber for 1873, whether single subscriber for
50, or club of six for s14 Published by L. A.
Cooley, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

In all cases Of excessive drinkingtthe fver
and kidneys win be found seriously affe Jed.
The stomach refuses to act, and cannot re-
tain the necessary food. The nerves arc UNI
strung, and the man feels truly vsretched.
or course, in such cases, the first thing is to
cease the use of alcoholic stimulants, then
restore the disorganized liver and kidneys
to their normal condition. No medicine
will so effectually do this as PARKER's Com
POUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU. If taken
according to directions, no doubts need be
entertained of obtaining prompt and effec-
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where
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

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appears. Its illustrations are so beautiful, and so
true to nature that they strike the simple and in
nocent minds Of children as something made for
them, and the interesting and instructive stories
which crowd its pages are always eagerly read !"
81 % year; five copies, SIS; ten, and one extra
sic; extra inducements to getters-up ln1ubs T.
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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
ARruuR's ILLUSTRATED HOME MAeA.

zINE.-Among the Interesting contents of the
May number are: Frontispiece--a Picture of the
Old Homestead; The Sleeping Babe-illustrated
The Straits Of Magellan-illustrated A Visit to
Friends Meeting; Iceland-illustrated; Cruel
Nursery Lessons; The Coming schoolmasteg; The
Observation-Disclosures; Going with the angels
illustrated; A Day Lost; The Wolf and the
Lamb-illustrated; The Deacon's Household
Alice and Phoebe Cary and their Friends;
Crooked Places; Hetty Henderson's Era; Neces-
sity of Sleep; Our Club; Observation-Disclosures
The Shoemaker's Daughter. The different House
hold departments are well filed with useful mat
ter. Terms 81. 50a year, or 81 80 for six months
with a reduction for clubs. beautiful steel en-
craving sent free to each subscriber whether sim
gle or in clubs. Address t. S. ARTHUR q Son,
PHILADELPHIA Pa
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

" Hal you will fight? A quarrelsome chap,
/ knew you werel You'll get rap!
I'll crack your skullp' A headlong jump;
Another and q louder bump!
gg,s swing, as If with kindling wrath
Came rushing back along the path.
The goat, astonished, shook his head,
Winked hard turned round, grew mad and said
"Villaini III teach you who ami''
(Or seemed to say "you rascal ram,
To pick fight with me, when /
SO quietly am passing byi
Your head or mine!" A laundering stroke
The cracking horns met crashing oak!
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
Prop the Failing.

Itisa great Blessing TO rave by nature streng
constitution, but not more than Of the In
habitants OF the civilized world thus provided.
MANY constitutions are feeble TO begin with, many
Others originally vigorous, are crippled Wy over
exertion, dissipation, unhealthy surroundings
grief. priyation, or soue other portentous cause,
before the prime of lie is attained. But is this an
evil without remedy or palliative? No! Con-
situations can be replaced. Hundreds OF thousands
of instances m ght be adduced in which constitu-
tional decay has been arrested by the continuous
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an invigo'
rant 1t is constitutional strength that enables one
man to recover from a disease which would be
mortal to another destitute of this element OF re-
sistance. Whenever a malady of any kind obtains
n foothold in any part of the human body, and be-
comes chronic fixture there, 1t Is proof positive
that the constitution has been mastered by the dis
ease and urgently requires help. In such cast
Hostetters Bitters should be taken at least three
times day. until the natural powers of the system
are recruited. Then the morbid principle which
generated and feeds The complaint will have t.
succumb to the influence of animal vigor, aided
by the toning, regulating, purifying operation o
the Bi.ters upon the organ or organs in which thu
ailment is located. There is nothing like thii
mighty tonic to ''prop the falling"
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

Men don't fail so often in this world from
awant ov right motives az they do for LACK
ov grip.
Thare IL only two men in this world
who never make emmy plumbers, and they
are yu and me, mi friend.
Every man seems tew have hlZ price,
except the newsmonger, they prefer to
work for nothing, and board themselfs.-
Josh Billings.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

ONE may live as conqueror, king, a
magistrate; but he must die as man.
The bed of death brings every human be
ing to his pure individuality, to the III
tense contemplation of that deepest and
most solemn of all relations between the
creature and his Creator.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

PAIN KILLER.-In another column will be
found the advertisement of Davis Pain Kill
Ter. There is probably no other preparation
manufactured that has become so much of a
household word as the Pain Killer. For
thirty years it has stood before the public,
and the innumerable testimonials that Nave
been called forth voluntarily, testify fully TO
its merits. When you need family n,'edi-
cine buy the Pain Killer.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

RECIPE FOR CRACKERs.-Butter, one
cup; salt, one teaspoon; flour, two quarts.
Rub thoroughly together with the hand,
and wet up with cold water; beat well,
and beat in flour to make quite brittle and
hard; then pinch off pieces and roll out
each cracker by itself, if you wish them
to resemble bakers crackers,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
THE GOAT AND THE SWING.

ny ]. T. TROwBRIDGE.
A little story. with moral
For young folks who are prone to quarrel.
Ola folks are wise and do not need it,
OF counsel they therefore will not read 1t.
A vicious goat, one day, had found
His way into forbidden ground,
When, coming 20 the garden-swing,
He spied most prodigious thing
A ram, monster to his mind,
With head before and head behind!
Its shape was odd-no hoofs were seen,
But without legs it stood between
Two upright, lofty posts Of oak,
With forehead ready for a stroke.
Though but harmless ornament
Carved on the seat, 1t seemed intent
On barring the intruder's way;
While he, advancing, seemed to say:
Who is this surly fellow here?
Two heads, no tail-it's mighty queer!
A most insulting countenance!p
With stamp of foot and angry glance
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

VALUABLE AND RELIABLE" Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" are invaluable to
those exposed to sudden changes, affording
prompt relief in Coughs, Colds, etc.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

Best and Oldest Family Mediclne.-San-
fords Lirer Inrigoraor-a purely Vegetable Catartie
and Tonic-for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility,
Sick Headache. Bilious Attacks. and all derange-
ments of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask your
Druggist for Il. Beeare Of limitations.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

A CONNECTICUT doctor deludes people
to the belief that he has an immense
practice by practicing on cornet, the
sounds of which cause passers-by to think
they are the groans of victim under the
surgeons knife.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

SOONER OR LATER, a neglected Cold VIII de-
velop a constant Cough, Shortness of Breath,
Failing Strength, and Wasting of Flesh, all
symptomatic of some serious Lung Affection,
which may be avoided or palliated by using In
time DR.. Jayne's Expectorant.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

THE more inveterate and manageable case
of ACNE NAV prove under ordinary treatment,
the more striking is the immediate benefit oil
Shallenberger' Pills.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17
What the Doctor, Say.

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Amos woolly. NJ. D., OF Koscusco Co, Ind, says:
"For three years past have used Aliens Lung BAL;
thereis no better medicine for lung diseases in use.
Isaac A. Doran, NJ. D., of Logan Co., O., says:
"Aens Lung Balsam not only sells rapidly but gives
perfect satisfaction In every case within my knowl
edge. Having confidence in IT, and knowing that IL
possesses valuable mediSnal properties. freely
cess AS an 10 Is most certainly far ahead
OF any preparation have ever yet known
Nathaniel Harris, NJ. D., of Middlebury, VT. says
al have no doubtit will soon become classical rem
edia agent for the OF all diseases OF the Throat
Bronchial Tubes and Lungs"
DR., Lloyd, of Ohio surgeon in the army during the
SAYS {" have no hesitancy in saying that 1t was by
enjoying health"
Dr.. Fletcher. of Lexington, NO., says: " I recon-
mend your Balsam in preference TO any other medi'
cine for Coughs, and IL gave eatisfaction."
from Centreville, Tenn: "we purchased Aliens
Lung Balsa. and 1t sells rapidly. We are practising
physicians as well as druggists and take pleasure IN
recommend ng great remedy, such as we know this
rY- Physicians do not recommend a medicine
which has no merit. What they say about Aliens
Lung Balsam can be Caken as q fact. Let all AZ
ficted test It at once, and be convinced OF Its real
merits.
1t Is armless to the most delicate child.
II contains no Opium In any form.
Directions accompany each bottle.
Call for Aliens Lung Balsam.
J. N. HARRIS D. CO., Proprietors,
CINCINNATI. OHIO.
Il
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

WHEN writing to advertisers please mention ths
w name OF this paper
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W0RKINe I'll ASS MA. MALE or FEMAIE. %. ;
bic employment at home, day preventing
ed fun instructions and valuable package o. goods sent
free BY mail Address, with six cent return stamp,
N. YOUNG CO., Is Cortlaudtst., New York.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

az m &0n per dayl Agents wanted u All classes of
w ~ p1o workingpeopie, OF either sex young OF
moments all the time than at anything else. Partic
ulars free. Address c. Stinson Co.. Portland. Maine
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-17

GREATEST CURIOSITY a an dsGiS9sla g;ss
selling weekly. Price 50 cents No hunbng. Address
GEORGE A. HEARD Il CO.. Boston, Mass.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21
Population OF Iowa,

The population Of Iowa by couu-
ties, as returned by the census board
and published in the Dcs Moincs Re-
publican, will be found below. The
returns from Emmett and O'Brien,
both new counties, had not been re-
ctlved at the time the figures were
given. The census OF 1870 is also
given, ana, as will be seen, the in.
crease in three years foots up in
round numbers, 10000, which is .
remarkably rapid increase in popula.
ton. The almost ceaseless tide of
immigration from tho older States
during the last decade. has secured
the settlement OF millions of &C, es
of "wlld land" while the various
railroads have enhanced the value of
Ian. many fold. The census is as
follows
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21
Polygamy to be Ended.

Brigham Young's recent speech to
the many wlYes of the Latter day
Saints, in Utah Territory, indicates
that the "new revelation" which he
has been advised to procure on that
subject may be soon proclaimed. He
Is reported to have SAID, II am go.
ing to give you from this time until
the 9th OF October next for reflection,
that you may determine whether
you wish to stay with your husbands
or not, and then l am going to set
every woman at liberty, and say to
siicin, Nov So ye"r woy" Aud
my wives have got to do one of two
things, either round up their shoul-
ders to endure the Affections of this
world, and live their religion, that Is
polygamy, or they must leave; for |
will not have them about me. l will
go into heaven alone rather that to
have scratching and fighting about
me. ! will act all at liberty. What,
first wife, too! Yes, liberate all. I
want to 60 somewhere or do some.
thing to get rid OF the winners. Let
very man thus treat his wives keep
ing ralment enough to cover his
body, and say to your wives stake
all that have aud be set at liberty !;
but if you stay with me you shall
comply with tho laws of God in
every respect, aud that, too, without
any murmuring or whining".
That there is "murmuring and
whining" and scratching and fight.
lng' among the wives of the saints
is hero publicly confessed, and a
remedy suggested which carries with
it tho idea OF justice. Tho dis
contentci wives may 50 after the
9th Of October, if they SO elect, and
are not TO go empty handed. Bul
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21

AT Cedar Rapids last Sunday, two
young men, Charles Thrasher and
Dan. Allen bantered each other to
walk the rails across the high rail.
road bridge spanning tho creek.
When about half way across, Thrash
cr's head began to swim, and he
attempted to step on tie on the in.
side of the track; but he missed the
tie, and in saving himself, struck
against Allen, who was knocked
from his narrow footing and tell to
the rocks below-a distance of forty.
six tcct. His face, head and limbs were
fearfully jammcd up, but it is thought
he will live, though cripple for
lite.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21

estant, In England the Roman
Church has increased chiefly from
Irish immigration. The most deg
raded and uncultiyated portion of the
Irish population seem to migrate to
England. They fill Liverpool with
crime, Mr.. Kay relates, and burden
the police courts of London. Yet
they arc usually good Catholics.
And it is from this class that Arch
bishop Manning is diligently forming
a political faction. Among the
members OF the ruling caste in Eng.
land and from dreaming Oxford
scholars the papacy makes converts.
It wins now and then Butte or a
Newman. II sometimes gains large
InHRe of money by death.hed STRAIT.
:! 4; " 6Utasneds sb6es1tlx moro than
O,''0 wv ~ .-."net from Z MY
Weld, while it mercilcssly lett ner
mother, aged eighty, IN condition
of destitution. 1t has won the sym.
pathy or the secret adherence Of per.
haps one.tenth OF the clergy Of the
Established Church. Yet the whole
number OF Roman Catholics in Eng.
land is not more than 100000, and
it is probable that the Nonconformist
denominations are advancing far
moro rapidly than the prelatical.
They claim already, estimated by the
number Of their church sittings, a
majority OF the whole population.
But it is not the spiritual but the
political power OF Rome that is now
disturbing the tranquility of Eu.
rope and of American. OF the two
factionsint which the Papal Church
has been divided since tho Council of
Trent, the more liberal has been ap.
psrcntly wholly suppressed. The
Jesuits, who drove their plowshares
over Port Royal and crushed the in
telIigence OF Naples aud Florence,
rule over the Romish Church. Shorn
and manned, it is still endowed with
a terrible energy. 1t is united,
pitilcss, and desperate. by a sud.
den stratagcm it has sized upon the
government OF France, and laughs az
the rage Of the people. It's priests
have filled Spain, just rising
to better life, with bloolshed
anl civil disorders. 1t threatens re.
belion and rum to Germany. Il
plots the desolatlon Of Italy. In Ire
land it has become the centre OF
political stiie and feeble as are it's
resources, its unity and Its
vigor, its merciless and destructive
policy, give to the politicians Of the
Vatican All extraordinary influence
N the affairs OF both hemlspheres.
\ ct the press and the public school
ire its cnlmies. The press detects
Is strategy, the public school lays
he foundations OF purcr morals and
. purer faith. The one firmly re-
Iuires the exclusion of religion from
politics. the other makes good cit
zens even of the least cultivated
,lass of Romanlsts. To silence or to
oribe the press, to close the public
is the aim OF Romanism in
europe and America. [-Maypey's
TPnoEI,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21
Davenport has had a TRACED,

Davenport has had a tragedy.
A dispatch from that place, dated
18th inst says. A tragedy occurred
here at half past nine tonight. A
negro named James Messenger shot
and instantly killed colored man
named Joseph Wilson, ON i oufth
street, Tie former was talking at
the door OF the boarding house OF
the latter, who was trying to sleep.
Wilson told him to leave, Messenger
said be would not. Wilson started
after Messenger and pursued him to
the sidewalk, when Messenger shot
him through the heart.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21

I
The male saints are taught that they
shall make generous distribution Of
their property among those who
decide to leave their iisconsolate
| husbands.
This is evidently the dawning of a
new era at Salt Lake City. Hereto
fore the wives have not been per
mitied to leave their husbands.
Those who attempted to do 50 were
hunted Ike iugitives from justice or
abscondlng slaves, and generally cap
tured and returned to their lonely
husbands, who inflicted such punish
ment as the infidelity seemed to
merit. Their condition. has been that
Of slaves. They are taken by their
husbands as the latter increases in
this worlds goods to fulfill the du-
'sissst. aesas1fle : AEst wifo main.
talnlns a SUI u Ff,9sr.tv of right to
rule in the domestic establishments
the new comers being assigned to
their specific duties in the household,
as occasion requires, one becoming a
seamstress, another a cook, cham.
bermald, laun9ress, dairy woman,
a woman of all work, or a teacher in
the nursery. None of them hsye
any legal right to property. In the
case of the death of the husband the
wives inherit nothing. All the
property is divided among the chill.
dren. The widowed wives have no
other recourse but to marry again
and become the domcstics of other
households.
Their isolation and ignorance,
heretofore has enabled the elders to
keep them in intolerable subjectlon
but the completion of the Union Pac.
lfic railroad, the constant lngress and
egress OF Gentle population, the
opening of mines, and the rapid
growth of mining population, have
made these women better acquainted
with their humilating condition, and
made their escape practicable. And
as result Brigham has found it
necessary to relax the rigidity of the
bondage of these wife-slaves. Hence
it need not be doubted that their
voluntary emancipation will ere long
be proclaimed by the Church itself.
Whether this will be announced as
a now revelation or as a measure OF
discipline is not yet clear. The
latter mode would be more in har-
mony with the egotism OF ,he Nor.
mon rulers. The same result could
be effected IN this mode without
seeming to admit the justice of the
laws OF the United States prohibiting
polygamy. An edict divorcing
every wife who quarrels with her
o-wiic in the same household, or
who demands the exclusive atten-
tion Of her husband and whined on
account Of his divided love and mar
ital duties, would doubtless bring
polygamy to speedy end. The
saints themselves seem to be i'm.
pressed with the conviction that it
cannot last much longer. E. Flushing
ton Chronicle.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-08-21

The Pella Blade says some young
scamp, minus tho tear Of the law, and
possessed with more than ordinary
share OF meanness, stepped in about
hundred and fifty fresh moulded
brick, on the brick yard grounds for
the new Baptist church in that place,
last "Wednesday night running them,
Of course.