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. A motion for tile establishment Of reciprocal
trade With the Sandwich Islands has been made
in the Canadian Parliament, in the hope that by
somo such legislation the growing commerce Of
the United States in that quarter may be sub
vnrte3
, 1873-05-09

MYERS opERA-H0UsE-M Monroe street. between
STATS and Dearborn. The Kitty Blanchard Burlesque
Combination s'Bad Dickey-"
, 1873-05-09
TQ-DAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

Mov1CKERs TnEATRE-Madtson stEeet,, between
DoArborn md Stato. LuccA -heLo9R IaAan opeA0
Tfoupe. "Dou Giovanni" -
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AIKEN's TsEATRE-Wabs., 1ysanc % eo1ner 9na. q Con
rees street. hrs James A. Oates Comic Opesa Coupa'
n. =" Daughter Of the Regiment"
, 1873-05-09

HooLEY1s THEATRE-Randolphs street, between
Clark and LaSaIle. "Risks."
, 1873-05-09

journal that Secretary Richardson has an idea OF
his own about reforming the Civil Service It ia
inferred that Secretary Richardson has con-
cluded that the resignation Of the original Civil
Service Commissioners means an abandonment
Of the principles which these gentlemen advo-
Gated, and the zulcs which they prescribed. As
Mr. Richartson's plan is stated, however, we
should say that it -. meant simply .
resumption Of e the old. gy8tem, il
that can be resumed which has never
been abandoned. Mr. Richardson proposes
that competitive examinations shall be- discon-
tinued, that the Government clerkships shall be
equally distributed among the several States,
that the Senators and Representatives shall hare
their quota Of appointments, and that these
gentlemen shall be hold "strictly responsible !"
for the character, capability, and conduct Of the
clerks whom they appoint. This is precisely
/ the old system Of appointments, with the infu-
sion Of the idea which proposes to hold Senators
and Representatives responsible for their can
didatos. This feature is noyol and peculiar. In
the first place. It involves the idea that the Presi
dent shall appoint whomsoeyer Congressman
shall nominate, which virtually places the ap-
pointing and. confirming power in the eame
body, and depriyes the President OF his pres-
ent constitutional authority to appoint. This
much, however, has been tho practice hereto
fore, but Secretary Richardson should explain
how the Congressman ere to be held "strictly
Responsible" for their candidates. RESPONSE
bllity includes the notion OF some puniahment
for failure in duty. How are tho Congresamen
to bo punished for the failure OF their nomi-
noes? What dire 1etribution- "a to overtake
tho Senator from Nebraska or the Represents
tive from Oregon ii one OF the clerks OF
his appointment in the Treasury Department
turns out to bo IN ignoramus, q drunkard, OF an
incompetent Of any description
OF course, Secretary Richardson ID opposed to
the Civil-service Rules. Mr. Curtis has stated
that the Administration generally has no SYM
pathy with them. Mr. Richardson'e objections
to competitive examination are: That they do
not test tho character Of applicants; that the
cramrning process frequently defeats genuine
scnola1sInp auu 4u@111cat1ous; auu tuas " gives
tho great bulk OF Government c1erkships to
those who reside at or near Washington, as those
living at distance cannot afford to bear the
expenses Of a trip to Washington at the
risk OF not passing the examination. Theee OBJ
jections arc not new and it is needless to discuss
them .se5ia.ina under the present Administra-
ton. There is one general answar to all OF
them: Tho Ciyit-service Rules hare never been
fairly tried in any particular, and they cannot,
therefore, be justly or reasonably condemned.
In the meantime, 1t is likely that Secretary Rich
a1dson's "p1an" will bo strictly followed, 1eav:
ing out his notion Of responsibility"
, 1873-05-09

AuADKMT OF MUSIC - Haleted street, between
MaS,snn and Monroe. IAN Odd Trick"
, 1873-05-09

GOVERNMENT ARTIFICIAL LIMB MANuFAC-
toTJ DIR. j. E. GARDNER, corner Sl1teea.hst..
and Wabash is the only one 10 Chicago
apparatus.
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ANPHITHEATRE- Clinton street, between Randolph
and WashinEloI. Vanck, the Presttdtgttateur.
, 1873-05-09
OBJ Gbi1fayn 01iibuae.
Friday Morning, May 8, 1873.

The American Medical Association, meeting at
st. Louis, ask the General Government to estab-
1sh Medical Sanitary Bureau.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Did You Ever?

Mentioning a particular rodent, the
veracious Grass Valley (Cal.) Union says
The rat of which we speak has his enjoy
ment in the North Star Mine. The other
day miner down in one of the levels Lii
a short clay pipe in order to take Whit
or two of smoke. He gave couple OF
puffs and put the pipe down on piece of
rock TO attend to his work. He in few
moments looked for his pipe for the pur-
pose of taking another Whit. The pipe
was gone. He looked little further and
beheld rat, who was gray with age and
wisdom, sitting up on his launches with
the pipe held in his mouth. The miner
went to get his pipe, but the rat retreated
few steps, and again sat up and began to
smoke. The miner was surprised as well
as delighted, and merely remarked, go
ahead old fellow, and have your smoke
out" The rat did have his smoke out,
and then, putting the pipe down, gave a
little squeak of evident satisfaction and
betook himself in dignified way to the
darker recesses of the mine.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
THE GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL.

65 feet; the Ladies' Ordinary 20 by 30 ieet;
the Grand Parlor 100 by % feet; the noble
promenade with its Corinthian COlonnateb
lao by 30 feet. The kitchen, fitted up WITH
the most approved appliances of the cuisine,
;s 1iO Inv 60 feet The system of protection
AGAINST fire is perfect. The floors are filled
in with cement. and the floor beams bricked
in between partitions. The house has its
regular disciplined fire brigade OF fifty trusty
EMPLOYEES. Standing iron columns from the
street. vast tanks in the roof, the most pow
erfi,l steam pump In the city, with 5000 feet
of hose always kept attached IN various
parts of the house, Telegraph nre alarm
In every room, and the new ana perfect
electric clock system OF Proi. Hampiet are
among the appliances and saieguarus againN
confagration. From three nyuIan.s On tne
roof the hotel force can pro!ect thsir own
structure and help the safety ol auJolnlne
bindings. 1t would be difficult TO suggest
feature in a great hotel which the Grand Pa
cifjc has not. The entire work OF carrying
the structure to completion has bcen Tor
MANY months In charge of the lessees, whose
renIitations and fortunes were made In Inc
Sherman House destroyed in the great me.
Few strangers will visit Chicago WITHOUT
making the Grand Pacific one Of the prlncl-
nal lions of their visit. Twenty montns
have given Chicago a marvellous beauty IN
her new structures, which in extent more
than restore her former business capacity.
Her streets are now lined with tail docks
that are unsurpassed in variety and richness
in anv CITY in the world. Our readers VIII
thank us for the presentment OF the largest
and most striking structure OF all, the Grand
Pacific, which on the first day OF June, 1919,
opened its doors to guests.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

One of the most marked institutions of the
Outgrowth of life in our larger centers OF
population is the great hotel, and no feature
Is more notable and remarkable in New Chi
cago than the vast caravanseries that are to
make her the hotel city of the continent.
The largest of these, and the largest hotel
structure in the world, is the Grand Pacific,
q cut of which we give in this issue, at once
the pride and the marvel of the Garden City.
Its immense size and elegance are well indi-
Gated in the engraving, and very reliable IN
suggestiveness as to the appointments and
adornments of the interior. The Grand Pa
cific covers an area of GA 900 square feet, an
entire block, bounded by Clark, Jackson,
LaSalle and Quincy streets. Opposite, on
Clark street, is rapidly rising the vast gov
eminent building, also occupying an entire
square. The material of the fronts OF the
great hotel is the beautiful oliye-tinted Ohio
sandstone. The structure cost over one
million dollars, and its furnishing by the les
sees, Messrs. George w. Gage, David A.
Gage, and John A. Rice, nearly four hum
bred thousand dollars, an expenditure war
ranted by their twenty years lease, and Sc
curing throughout a richness, elegance, and
solidity that will give enduring attractive
ness to the hotel, and carry its fame among
travellers all over the globe. The carpets OF
the house, Administer, Aubisson, Wilton and
English Brussels, are all in new styles, and
largely in special designs, and aggregate
over sac acres. The beautiful carpets of the
corridors, eleven feet wide, amount to oDer a
mile in length. The features of the hotel
that most strike the visitor and guest are the
two immense interior courts, used respect
lively for the grand Office and the Office ar
cade. The principal Dining Hall is 135 by
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Cool Water for the Harvest.

One of the great discomforts of the har-
vest field, where ice is not used, is the
mawkish warmth which the drinking
water acquires. after being carried out to
the field. This may be easily obviated
however and a cool draught always be
had. When the water is carried in large
jugs, all that is necessary is to envelop
them in several folds of coarse cotton or
linen cloths, kept constantly wet. The
evaporation of the moisture In the cloths,
keeps the vessel perfectly cool, and just
in proportion as the evaporation be fast
or slow. Thus the evaporation of ether
or other exceedingly volatile substance in
a draught is sometimes employed as an
experiment to freeze substances in the
hottest weather. And the experiment
may be made, in a degree, by successive
ly wetting the finger and holding it up in
the breeze.
If the harvest force be large and a bar
rel be used, it should be more thickly en-
veloped with cloths, and whatever vessel
be used it shonld be carefully shaded, but
is better If exposed to the air. Whenever
water is taken for drinking, enough
should be poured on the cloths to keep
the evaporation perfect.-Er.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Tender Pairs OutdOne.

A gentle youth and fair maiden of Tex
as have outdone all other tender pairs in
their manner of getting married. They
eloped together from school, and duly
armed with license, rushed post-haste to
a minister on Red River, and desired him
to perform the fateful ceremony. This
the heartless man refused to do, his rea-
son being that neither the lady nor gen.
tleman was yet of age, and the law
mightn't like it. Despair was about to
overwhelm the couple, when they were
struck by an idea. There were no boats
to be had, but cottonwood logs were
abundant. They bestowed themselves
carefully on one of these, previously
mooring it to the bank with long rope.
and then they having drifted far enough
into the stream to be considered out of
Texas, the minister gracefully climbed a
stump at the waters edge and pronounced
the solemn sentences Of the CEREMONY
Erchange,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

CALIFORNIA; BIGGEST NUGGET.-How
much we owe to California! Her precious
metals have enriched thousands of our fel.
low citizens, and have proved the main
stay of America in times of national
pecuniary embarrassment. Her mining
Industries have given employment to
myriads of mechanics and laborers. She
is the land of promise to the fortune
seeker. But the Golden State has lately
sent us a new treasure. Her last nugget
is DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BITTERs. The health-giving principles
contained in this curative are more pre-
cious boon than gold. In all affections
of the liver and stomach, remittent and
intermittent fevers, rheumatism, and pull
mOnary diseases, it may be relied upon.
AS blood depurent and invigorant it is
unequaled, purifying the circulation and
infusing new vigOr into the debilitated
frame. 1t conquers that most unyielding
of all complaints--dyspepsia, and we
know of no other remedy that can &C
complish this. Its entire freedom from
alcoholic spirit, which retards and neu-
tralizes the effect of any medicine, and
which forms the basis of many of the
pseudo bitters and tonics, doubly enhances
its value to the sick. The papers of the
United States vie with one another in do
ing honor to DR.. Walker. We, too, add
our voice, and say all honor to the man
whose science and skill have enabled him
to draw from the vegetable kingdom such
a balsam for human suffering.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

changed. They must raise roots as well
as corn. The corn stubble should be pre-
pared for root crop by fall blowing,
or at least double blowing early in
spring, an abundant manuring, and the
crop when sown must be well cultivated.
Directly and indirectly it leads to profit ;
and with roots to feed with, and the blood
OF the heavier sheep mingled with our
native flocks, in short time we could
produce equally good mutton with our
neighbors across the lakes. Then the
sheep intended for market should be kept
in flock by themselves and not be per-
mitted access to the rams.-Erehanoe.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Mutton Sheep.

The taste for mutton is growing among
American consumers of meat. Farmers,
too, are learning that fat sheep is very
convenient source of meat during the
summer season instead of the hitherto
inevitable salt pork or bacon. Besides,
spring lamb with the early green peas
and asparagus makes dish fer farmers
table equal In delicacy to the roast pig of
Charles Lambs Chinaman. But yet with
all this our fat sheep and spring lambs
are not successes. Occasionally we raise
a few that are passable; but the market
reports show that the Canadians beat us
in the quality of the sheep they send to
market. The best mutton and the heaviest
lambs come to us thence. Why this is
thus is worth investigation by those who
make business of keeping f1Ocks. On
the face of it there are two good reasons
for this state Of things. First, the Cana
dams raise wholly mutton sheep, grade
Lincolns, Leicesters, and Cotswolds.
These are their speciality. Second, they
raise roots: This is the key to their posi-
ton. without roots thew could not raise
that class of sheep. Every Canadian
farm has its field of roots as we have ours
of corn. We keep a class of sheep pro-
ductive wholly of wool. Wholly Is used
advisedly, because the flesh of the merino
and grade merinos are not worth calling
mutton. From them we raise small but
very fat lambs which are marketable
early but their earliness and fairness are
their only conspicuous qualities. We
feed these sheep on hay and corn; sort
of food which fattens them, but causes
disordered condition of body which shows
itself very often by cutaneOus affections
and premature shedding of the wool.
so bad begins, but worse remains be.
hind" for the proverbial carelessness and
poor business tact of farmers leads them
to permit their ewes intended for market
to run with the rest of the flock and be-
come with lamb. This is an unpardona-
BILE error and tends to disgust mutton
eater with the name of "native sheep"
If our farmers would raise mutton that
deserves the name all this should be
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Cholera and Pain-KiIIer.

PERRY DAVIS PAIN-KILLER.-Thisu I'M
paralleled preparation is receiving more tes-
timonials Of its wonderful efficacy in remov-
ing pains, than any other medicine ever Of
fered to the public. And these testimonials
come from persons of every degree of INTEL
ligence, and every rank of life. Physicians
Of the first responsibility, and perfectly con-
versant with the nature of diseases and rem
edies, recommend this as one of the most
efectual in the line of preparations for the
cure of Cholera, Cholera Morbus and kim
bred bowel troubles now so common among
tho De0nle
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Suggestions for summer.

II is of great importance that the system should
be in a vigorous condition when the hot weather
commences. The effects of a high temperature
upon an enfeebled frame are always more or less
disastrous. The loss of substance and the declen-
sion of nervous power, occasioned by exc essive
heat, can only be compensated by the active,
healthful, and regular exercise Of all the bodily
functions by which the waste of nature is replen-
ished and the vital energies renewed. The great
utility of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a means
of toning, invigoratlng and regulating the organs
OF the body, is universally acknowledged. As a
tonic 1t stimulates the Tagging appetite and accel-
crates digestion; as q corrective II neutralizes
acidity of the stomach and relieves iatulency; as
Alternative and mild aperient It regulates the liv-
er and the bowels; as an anodyne itpromotes tram
quill sleep; as a wholesome stimulant 1t imparts
frmness and elasticity to the relaxed and trem-
bling nerves, and as a hood depurent II purifes
the vital stream. The value of such specific to
the weak and debilitated is beyond all estimate.
To invalids wilted down by the sutry heat of mid
summer, 1t is as refreshing and vitalizlng as the
cool night dew to the sun-scorched flowers. Com
posed of vegetable elements only, with a basis of
pure diusve stimulant, 1t is safe and palatable
well medicinal. In fever and ague districts, and
wherever the natural elements are conducive to
epidemic disease, II is considered the best safe
guard against malarious infection, and the speedi
est remedy for intermittent and remittent fevers.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

THE LITTLE CORPoRAL.-"Lif on an
Island" new story by Helen c. Weeks, is be-
gun in the July number, and those who read the
opening chapter will DE sure to want the remain
der of the serial. ''Hidden Treasure, % by Mary
A. Denison, is continued in this number. and
there are also several short interesting original
stories, poems, etc. The terms Of the Little Cor
porGl are $40 year, and in addition to the
handsome magazine you will get two beautiful
chromos. Extra inducements are offered fol
clubs. Sixty cents will secure a canvassine
outfit, including both chromos. Address JOIN
E. MILLER, Publisher, 1874 Randolph street, Chi
cago.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

alt strikes us that the Milwaukee
Monthly for July looks little proud of its elegant
new dress and many improvements, but then 1t
has rightto Its reading matter is original and
fully up to the standard of that published in East
ern magazines of three or four times Its price.
An educational department added this month
will hereafter be feature of the book. Its stories
are charming and its shorter articles pointed and
seasonable. Only 81 year and specimen copies
sent free on RECEIPT of stamp. Splendid premi-
ums or a cash commission paid to all who get up
clubs. Address T. j. Gilmore, Milwaukee,
Wis
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Farmers' Fourth Of July,

The mastery address of S. NJ. Smith. Sec
rotary of the Illinois State Farmers Associ-
alton, delivered at Pontiac. Illinois, on the
4th of July, has been published as an SPACE
document by J. W. Dean, room 6, Tribune
building, Chicago. Price, single copy, .
cents; 10 copies, Is cents; 100 copies, rs
cents; 1000 copies, $500.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
WHAT NExr?LThe July number

WHAT NExT?-The July number is
out, and furnishes most excellent array of con-
tents. Its merits well entitle it to the extraordi-
nary success which it has attained "a circula-
ton, the publisher announces, of 50, 900 copies,
though only seventeen months old. Terms, &C
cents a year with very beautiful Chrome,
"Wealth of the Woods to each subscriber.
Cash pay to those who raise clubs. Specimen,
three cents. JOHN B. ALDEN, Publisher, Chi
capo
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

A FACT worth remembering-Five cents
worth of SheridGn's CaDalry Condition Poao-
ders, given to horse twice a week, viii save
double that amount in grain, and the horse
will be fatter, sleeker, and every way worth
more money than though he did not have
them.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

The cathartics used and approved by the
physicians comprising the various medical
associations of this State are now compound
ed and sold under the name of Parsons Pur-
1dtiUe Pills.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

CHILLs AND FEVER can only be cured by re-
moval Of the cause. Shallenberger's Pills do
this instantly, and vigorous health is sure to
follow.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

To DRIVE Impurities from the Blood use DR..
Jayne's Alternative, q remedy that stimulates the
absorbents, and imparts yigor to the whole sys-
tenn.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

AIARSH,S Specially for Opium Eating
M CURES the disease. Manufactured and for saI e
by DIR. r. L. MARSH, Penins ular Dispensary.
Quincy, Mich. State your case,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09

WHEN writing to advertisers please mention the
wv name of this paper
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-09
Fever and AEne
Waters Concerto ParIor ORGAN.

tbLETU 5
cBFor sale by all Medicine Dealers.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-05
the LATEST 1ELEGRAMS
From the East.

New YORK, Feb. 4.-District Attorney
Phelps says he has affnlavits alleging
that five Jurors in the Tweed case allowed
themselves to be approached by the
friends and agents of Tweed during the
trial.
A we'll informed gentleman says that
Greeley's estate is less in amount than
any estimate heretofore made.
1t is said that President Grant yester-
day assured delegation Of Georgians
that before the close Of the session he
should, in company with the members
of his cabinet, make an extended south
ern tour, visiting New Orleans, Rich
mond, Raleigh, Columbia, Charleston.
Mobile and other places. From New
Orleans he would 60 to Memphis, but
was undecided whether to return via
Knoxville or Nashville and Louisville.
He declined to state anything positive
concerning the appointment OF South
erner to his Cabinet.
CHICAGO, Feb. "A Washington spec
ial says ingalls,, the new Kansas Senator.
is alleged to be as corrupt as any OF the
Kansas politicians, as it appears from
the testimony before the House Judiciary
Committee in the case Of Judge Delahay
Of Kansas, that ingalls, bribed or at
tempted to bride Delahay.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The proprietors OF
several colleries in the South of Wales
who announced their intentiont to import
Chinese from California to take the
place of strikers, have received an an
onymcus letter, threatening assasslna-
lion.
The weather. for the past three days
has been intensely cold. One hundred
persons have been frozen to death III
England during that time.
A true bill has been found against
Robert Bowles for misdemeanor, i'll con-
uection with certain securities deposited
at Bowles' Brothers, Paris House. The
trial will soon occur.