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Clouds.

One Of the saddest thoughts that
come to ns in life is the thought that in
this bright, beautiful, Joy giving world
of ours, there are SO many shadowed
lives. ,....... ... t. r...,
If suffering came only with crime,
even then we. night drop a tear over
him whose errors wrought their own
recompense. But it is not so, alas -
Then we should not have it tn record
that the noblest and most gifted are Of
ten among those who may connt their
fate among Swallowed lives. With one
it is the shadow of grave, long, deep,
and narrow, which fails over life,
shutting out the gladness of the sun.
shine, blighting the tender blossoms
of hope. m.s ~. 3. e... e.
With another it is the wreck of a
great ambition. He has builled his
ship, and launched it on the sea Of life.
fraightcd with the richest jewels of his
strength, his energies, his manhood
Behold, it comes back to him beaten,
battered, torn in some horrible tempest,
"the wreck Of first rate" ..... ~
With some others, disease throws it's
terrible shadows over the portals, and
shuts out tue brightness and joy of the
outside world from the sufferer within.
But this is the lightest shadow OF all !;
for it teaches the heart lessons of en-;
durance and faith, and through it's
darkness the sufferer sees ever the star.
of promise shining with rays that tell
OF tile glories beyond. Of ali shadow
ed lives, we find it in our hearts to feel
most for those which are darkened by
an unhappy marriage. In -
Unhappy marriages are the quintes-.
sence of human bondage. 1t wounds
daily our fondest and sweetest impul.:.
SEES, it trifles with and buries our holiest
and dearest affections, aud writes over
the tomb thereof: mo hope" 1t en-
bitters the victim with the thought
that lost forever to his or her life is d
glory of great love; closed forever to
him or her, the portals Of happy.
home that fonntpln OF freshness and
delight, at Which the soul must needs
drink to gather strength for the heat
and burden of the outside battle. = Ex-
change. i.@ H. b
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U The steamer Italy from Liver

u The steamer Italy from Liver
pool has arrived at New York, bring
ing 862 immigrant passengers, of which
nearly 500 were Italians in an extreme
state of destitution. The authorities. .
at Castle Gardens are in Qnandary as
to their disposition, and aver that they
are as a general thing unable to earu.,
anything after arriving, aud that at
present they are without means ct any
kind. Several Of the immigrants were
taken to Wards Island where they are j:
supported by the city. Other vessels,
are now on the way with large num-
bers of Italians. AS nearly as can be
ascertained they are lead to immigrate
to America by the promises of agents
of SO. called colonization society,"
The Italian government is also report-a
ed to be not unfavorable to general
exodus.
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u Itispow some twenty years since

u Itispow some twenty years since
the great suspension bridge was built.
over the Niagara river. The question i;
Of its safety has recently been agltated,
and critical investigation has accord
iDgly been made by the Chief Engineer
and directors of the Great Western
Railway. The caps on the towers COW
ering the cables were found to he as
perfect in all respects as they ever
were. But most important of all the
anchorage Of the cables was thorough,
~ inspected. The masonry over. one
of them was removed for about twelve
feet or below where the wires are at
Tackled to the anchor chains. A por-.
ton of the cable is embedded in water
lime cement. For twenty years this
has been there, yet, on removing it and
rubbing the paint off the wires, the lat:
ter were found as bright and perfect as,
when placed there, the cement having
preserved the wire and anchor chains
intact. fine examination was made ia
the presence Of competent engineers,
who have expressed themselves az
above to the Directors of the Bridge
Company.-[Lockport Journal. .a 81,
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pThe Alabama middle was settled
upon this basis: The Democratic men,
bers in districts contested by Radicals
are not to vote in the reorganization Of
the Legislature, but Radical members
from districts contested by Democrats
are to vote. In Louisiana it is this
way: The Radicals alone are the State,
and no seat is to be contested by a
Democrat, for the fact that he is a
Democrat disQuaiifies him. In the
one case the question is settled indi-
rectly, and in the other it is settled
directly. r Ii Q same conclusion is
reached both cases. Did Harry VIII,
ever decide points Of. dispute between
crown and people more arbitrarily OF
with less honor and justicee- Courier
Journal.
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The DEMOCRAT.
TERMS:

THE DEMOCRAT is published Week
IT, at Four DOLLARS per annum-
Two DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS for
siY months, PAYABLE IN AID.
VANCE,! No subscription taken
for a less period than six months.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate
of ONE DOLLAR per square for the
first Insertion and FIFTY CENTS for
each subsequent one.
EIGHT lines or less, (BREy1ER) consti-
tute o square. I'D
OBITUARY Notices, Marriages, Public
Meetings, Cards of Thanks, ETC., to
be paid for as advertisements.
w PERSONAL CARDS, when admis-
able, charged double the usual adyer-
Using rates.
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~ About year ago fellow in West
Virginia was arrested for horse stealing,
and after he was sent to Jail, his devoted
girl, Sarah, implored the jailer to let her
share his confinement; this being refused,
she determined to bewith him, and, crazed
with fear that he might be sent to the
penitentiary, she set fire to a school house.
For this she was sentenced for two years
Imprisonment and was happy, bnt just
here her lover was taken out for u new
trial and, not being reconvicted, was set
free Poor Sarah Her.devotiop had de-
feated its own end, but kind-heartetl
Governor took in the situation, and just
pardoned her ont.
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vA1rr or Wo,irN IN A CouMEI

VALUE OF WOMEN IN A CONNER
.C1AL POINT OF VIEw.-In looking
over the last report of. the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Company we find some interesting
facts in relation to the value Of our
women in a commercial point Of view
that explodes these obsolete ideas and
fully vindicates our noble East Ten
nessee mothers and daughters from the
charge that they are consumers OF
wealth and add nothing to the re-
sources OF the country. From this re-
port we learn that there were shipped
from the line of the road for the last
fiscal year: .Hr ...si.. b. ., s,:
32I ,366 pounds butter, at 20c...$ 64,273 90
1894 1856 pods dried fruit at Sc ll4,247 SO
|264,2 34 pods Of feathers, at &C., .l5s,540 4o
12U 900 doz. eggs at l5c.-...... $4,000 0C
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ar DR.. ]. BRADFIELD'S ~.
FEM REGULATOR

{" WO.1kdN'.s B.ES2'' ERIEND''
WILL BRING ON THE MENSES
w when they have not been establish
ed, also when they have been suppressed
from unnatural causes. VIII cure Rhen-
matism and Neuralgia of the back and
womb. win cure Painful Menstrnation.
and relieve the head. back and LOWS of
those distressing pains and aches. VIII
check menorrhagia or Excessive How
Will cure Whites and falling of the
womb, when it is the result of relaxation
or bad, Health. ...r.. ...,, ...
1t is as sure cure in al the above dis
eases as Quinine is in Chills and Fever.
Ladies' can cure themselves of all the
above diseases without revealing their
complaints to any person, which is Away
Notifying to their pride and modesty.
1t is recommended and used by the best
physicians in their private practice. 0,.
For history of the above diseases, Ger
tifcates of its wonderful cures aud direc-
lions, the reader is referred to the wrap
per around the bottle. Manufactured and
sold by H'H". BRADFIELD & CO.,
.rBl"s So - ~ " Atlanta, Ga.
" SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Price $I.50. a,al.. .Yae nsE..jt 4
April Sd, lS72-1y. o2ll.f 'ea s. T..
FOR SALE BY ,sall
He nrys t. Johnz
- ALEXANDRIA.
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Tax Sale.


u.s.. Internal Revenue United States
Va. Estate of Mrs {. Dark. .,..
DYYIRTUE Of the authority vested
ID in me by section %, Act of Con-
gess, dated July 18th, 1866, 1 have
sized aud will sell in front Of my Of
fseja the Town of Alexandria on
THURSDAY, 18th of FEBRUARY, 1873.
at II o'clock M--the following des-
tvibed property, to-wit:
3MuIes, ,gof B.. E.E
2hOrses, .4 s..g.f.. .a.g .a.5 IN
Slows and Calves, 4 r.s..I.n,
Wagon,
Buggy, ~t' (''.' .t.r' '
6Bales Cotton, more or less,
lV08 Bushels Corn, more or less,
One tract of land containing 800
acres, more or less, bounded as follows:
IN the North by lands of Henderson
Etsate, on the East by lands of Joseph
a5ay, 90 the South by Bayou Jean dc
Jean and on the West by lands of E /.
'aqd Rosana Henderson. in .
Seized and sold for the Succession
Tax OF the Estate of Mrs. G.. Dark. ST..
IERMs-CASH in U s. Treasury
Notes. A. J. WHITTIER
yaa2, st Deputy Collector.
PrlDter,s Fee $40, -'.... F..
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B} ALEXANDRIA, LA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1873. {N0 *
A Negro Wedding.


The bride and groom, answering to
the names of Andrew and Susy, were
field hands of unmistably pure Guinea
blood, and both of them had passed
the first half-century of life. Their
dress, however, showed that they had
not yet entirely eschewed the follies of
their youth. for though rude and cheap,
as became their condition, it was new
erltheless not unembellislled with those
bits of gewgaw and glazing finery of
bright-colored ribbon and tie in which
the negro delights.
| With the most decorus gravity the
preacher began: fois t' t@.t
"Andrew, duz you Tub dis yere wo-
man9" as e 81.
81 duz SOL" was the emphatic reply.
"W,ll you promise to stick close to
her froo time an 'tarnity, renouncin'
all odders an cleabin' on'y to her for
cher and cher an amen9" ~. ...a.
II will DAFT" ar
"Will You lub, honor and hey
"Ho1d on dar, Ole ack!"-interrupt-
ed tue groom, with no little show of
Indignation no use talkin' to
dis Niger bout 'beyin' de wimmen.
Capt promise to hey no wimmen folks
eel t ole Misses!"
''Silence dar! you ovdumptious mig
ger," roared the wrathfui preacher;
':what fur you go fur spile de cemmo-
N.Y. Yon done split all de grabbity oh
de 'casion! Dis yere's on'y matter oh
form an Indispensable to de 'casion.
Now, don't you go fur to open your
black mouf till de time fur you to
speak !"
"Will you promise to Tub, honor, an
I'bey"-(Audrew still shaking his head
omniously at the obnoxious word)-
"lis we're niger Snsy, turnishin' hel
wild all de tings needful fur her COM
fort an happiness; lcherisl'in' and pnr-
tectin' her from all snfierin' an sorrel
an maxim smoove de path oh all hel
precedin' days to Gomez s
81 spose l mnst say yes to dat" said
Andrew. meekiy. tr,a ..t- q.
| ':Den l pronounce desc yere two
couples to be man an wife! an whom
de Lord hab joined togedder let nc
man go for to put dem asunder"
Here an uproar arose among the
blacks, betokenuing dilemma entire
Ily unforeseen by Old Jack. For mas.
much as he hal forgotten to require
the usual VOWS of Susy, they insisted
that however firmly Andrew might be
bound by the bonds of matrimony,
Susy was still single, and the pail
were but half married. The matter
was at last adjusted by the preacher
commencing the ceremony de inopous
by which means the couple We're f.
nally united to the satisfaction of all
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~ This happened in Boston auc-' =
ton room, where q mammoth picture !
is on exhibition of Adam and Eve and
Cain and Abel. An Irishmap asked q
y-stanler-".Who is it there r. ''Adg
am and Eve and their Children" was
the reply. A lady standing BY said,
sotto voce, to her companion. ''Why, !
didn't know they had any children" '0'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-02-05

RUNNING SPEED On Foor.-Our
English ancestors had a hard time in
travelling, compared with the railroad
facilities of the present day. To near
the close Of the seventeenth century,
gentlemen of distinction went along
journeying on foot. Those of tn e
highest social position and wealth rode
on horseback, accompanied by running
footmen, who kept mp their master,
however fast they passed over th e
ground. BY training, those runners
acquired incredible speed, almost
equaling the horse. XII. ..
On laying the tahle-cloth in the
Duke Of Undertakes house for din
ner party, it was discovered that there
were not spoons enough. A runner
was sent off seventeen miles to, my
lords other residence, for a supply.
and he returned with them before tho
guests took their seats. ,...-.l......
The Earl of Home one night sent his
runner 10 Edinburgh, thirty five miles
from Home Castle, Berwickshire, to
deliver a political message. Early
next morning the Earl noticed the
man asleep on a bench in the hall. He
came very near committing violence
on the poor fellow, whom he imagined
had not started. He had jnst returned,
aud from WEAKNESS fell into doze.
On learning the fact that the commits
sion had been executed, going and
coming thirty-tive miles on foot in an
incredibly short time, his lordsbipre-
warded the fleet runner with present
of a piece of land, which, to this Gay
is called POstria. ''
The Earl of March, who resided at
Nei.lpath Castle, near PEBBLES, had a
runner-John Mann-who invariably
ran in front of his masters carriage,
after one came into MS, carrying long
staff, in the top of which was cavity
for hard boiled eggg-his only food on
a travelling jaunt.
In the Orient, particularly in Syria
and in Egypt, donkey drivers always
accompany the animals they hire ont
running by their side days in sue
cession without apparent fatigue,
Mules can be educated as well as the
intellect. .-., .. .....
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ever brought to this market We have a
buyer in the New York Market all the
year round our material is bought exclu-
sively for cash-cut and made at our own
mauufactory, and shipped to rs weekly
We can safely say with such advantages
that we can keep constantly on hand a
better assortment, later styles. and sell
lower than other dealers III our line. We
keep very large stock of the celebrated
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vJacob Abbott's rules for the gov

Jacob Abbott's rules for the gov
eminent Of children will apply to
teachers as we'll as PARENTS
When consent, consent cordially. q
When you refuse, refuse finally. ..
When you punish, punish good-na-
turedly. .....-. 20. ..e
Commend often; never scold.
Print the above in letters of gold,
and hang up in sight.
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S355,O61 40

IT = y TT " I|-|I-- S30o,U 4U
Whitesburg, one of the smallest viii
lagos on the line of road, SO small that
Tor long time the company refused
them a depot, shipped 81 ,266 pounds Of
butter, at 20c-S5,453 20.--[Knoxville
Herald and Press. ''
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guetru.
" -
W II 7?
BY ANNA BoyNTON AvERILL.

Earth, thou art perfect and fair;
Life, thou art perfect and sweet; 4"
Soul, thou art rightfully heir; -
Is not thy rapture complete?
Why, from the manifold joys
That HE to the morning Of day,
From sorrows that strengthen and save,
Turn'st thou, expectant away?
I stand in the fresh morning lands; r
Dew-stars in the grass at my feet;
Buds and white bloom in my hands;
Above me sweet s0ng-pulses Leat.
From the far depths of the sky .a
y glory is rising for me, ..........
A royal and roseate dawn
Timing the hills and the sea.
Youth with its gladness is here, ...
Time with its treasures untold,
Toll with it's promise and cheer.
Love that will never grow cold;
Yet out of this sweetness and warmth,
l fade, and follow atar
A voice that is vague as dream,
A light that is faint as star.
Mystery waveth her wand
Over the knowledge l crave, ..a-
And the shadow that stayeth her hand
H0yerth over a grave. ..... .... o..
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STAR SHIRTS,

made expressly for orr trade. and do re-
commend them as the BEST MADE, BEST
FITTING, and MOST ECONOMICAL
SHIRT to be had.
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V7E CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
w the fact that we have now on hand
the largest stock and greatest variety of
fine Class of
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Gents Custom-Made Clothing and Furnish
ing Goods
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r. SPROULE g. MCCOWN
40 and AZ St Charles St.,

NEW ORLEANS
Sproule & McCown, Memphis, Tenn
Sames Sprouie g. Co., Louisville, Kentnc-
ky. -Sproule & Harris, st. Lonis, Mo.
Jan. 15-6m.
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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-22

As usual, there were a large
number Of Democrats Who did
not vote. THEY mere 600 Jasy
II mW% to 90 70 the e1echoMr'
This IS their annual excuse.
We have counted 1872 of
these stay-at-homc voters in
the severaltownships, but there
is no doubt that the number
could be increased to $50. Had
our full vote been polled, our
candidates for Representative
and Prosecuting Attorney
would have been elected by
handsome maiorities. 1t is moi
the Republicans that out-vote
rs in this county, but the fail
ure Of the Democrats to vote
which defeats thu Democratic
party. ?
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-22
The Election in Vinton County.

The election in the several
townships Of this county, on
Tuesday Of last week, was the
most quiet known for years,
although considerable interest
was manifested at the polls and
elsewhere, throughout the day,
Some of the townships done
splendidly, among which we
think it necessary to mention
Jackson.
In another part of this paper
will be found the official alb,
stract of the county by town
ships, together with the total
vote and majority for each can.
didato. On the State ticket il
will be seen that WILLIAM AL
LEN f)r Governor, received the
highest majority, 245; on the
District ticket, PORTER DUHAD.
WAY, for Common Pleas Judge
received STA majority and or
the county ticket, W. W. Bel.
FORD F%scejyed 2SS majority. Il
will be seen that the Frohibi
ton party, and 3Oth Of July
party, polled a few votes in five
of the townships. PORTER Du.
HADwAv gpceiyea the greatest
number of votes, and THOMAS
CHERINoToN the smallest mum.
Der. PHILIP KICK received the
smallest number Of votes on the
county ticket last fall Gen
WnEY's majority for Secretary
Of State in the county, was
'2le,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-22
Allensville, Oct. 20, 1879

CONGRESSMAN A., M, WADDELL, Of
North Carolina, makes the start
ling announcement that he will
soon be prepared to prove from the
most authentic sources that a civil
lied colony of Caucassians existed
in North Carolina 1000 years be-
fore Columbus was born,-PittS-
bwgh Post
We should think that Con-
gresham WADDELL could easier
"prove from the most authentic
sources" that a more corrupt
body Of men never assembled
in any "civilized country" since
the days in which Adam lived.
than the body now known as
the Congress of the United
States:
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-22

j. r. BooTH,-We congratulate
our.friend j. r. BoorH upon his
election as Auditor of jackson
county by thirty-three majority,
Notwithstanding the most deter
mined efforts made by the Republi-
cans to defeat him. He was the
candidate for the same office two
years ago, and was elected by a
small majority. When it is remem
bered that jackson county is Repub-
lican by about 400 majority, it will
be better understood what a mag
nifcent triumph he has noW91lt is
but just to say the credit is mainly
due to respectable Republicans who
honored themselves by supporting
a noble Democrat and an honest
man.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-10-22

COMMON PLEAS JuDGE.-It pleases
us to state that PORTER DUHADwAY
of jackson, is elected Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas for five
years for the Second Subdivision
of the Seventh Judicial District,
which is composed of the counties
of Vinton, jackson, Pike, Scioto
and Lawrence. We have not seen
the official vote of the counties, but
his majority is about $50. Vintoh
gave him 574, and Pike about 1900;
CHERINGToN, his opponent, carried
jackson by 100, and Scioto by 1872,
and Lawrence by about 700. We
cannot account for the large major
ity Mr.. DUHADwAY received in
Pike, unless it is because Bro. WET
MORE of the Republican did mot
learn how to spell the name of Mr.
DUHADwAY's opponent, as he
declared upon all that was "high
and low" before the election, that
he didn't know whether the name
was spelled with one r Or with two.
Those Republicans Of Scioto and
Lawrence who defeated the wishes
Of the interior counties IN the
Republican Convention az Ports
mouth, in August /. last, have
now been taught that theipeople of
these northern counties have rights
and they propose to maintains hogsSe
rights. They will observe that the
PEOPLE OF Vinton have given pa
majority for Mr.. DuHADwAEo opa
.sATar 9ndrC