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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-08-06
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-08-06

- Frank p. BLAZE i S recovering at
Clifton Springs.
, 1873-04-15
tho friendly IntilanB, but punfshed thoso who
Woro hostile: Con. Canby was In accord with
this policy.

Woro M hostio. Con. Canby was In accord with
Ten; Jefferson O. Davis now in indiana. l'as
boon directed to Immediately nasume tho CON-
mHnd mado .vaonnt by tho denth Of Gou. Cauby.
NO further particulars havo boon received up
to noon to*dny.
POWER OF THE PEACE coArM1sa1oH.
Tho following fs tho official statement Of tho
purpose md powers Of tho 1lodoo Peaco Com
msHion, boing tho lottor under and in accortl-
ance with which tho instructions Of tho Con'mis-
aionors Woro prepared BY tue Indian Dnroan:
70 the Aettna Go7nnfs.fonsr y !ntliaM 4 9airs:
mud s.l continue to oxia between tho troops Of tic
United s,ctcs md tho Nodoo Indians in Oregon,
Oom,niason 10 lis scone Of tho d}ouy Tor o r,,r-
ros,O r, Of oxamintng into tho same: Thla com.ssion
M ss s0i gSn vii s'G s ensa % e pro T.
eeed to tho Mooo country rapidly possblc aid
1 csess ss'ng @ on % G,r v' a ts IL s.s.
rnasion, Il Should confer freely With hst officer, and
s and sys VIZ Lis liz to
ho galncd BY thtn Commission aro these;
dil'cuttios hotween tho troops and Indiana:
oy1S os Scso ~ nna
s md 10: e n''' A's
i is The oinion Of tho Depaf,nent, from tho best
e ooo X IL fass I {ar + y e e
now reservaton and 1t ii bpioved that tho coast rcser-
vntion IN osego lying between Care Lookout On tlie
tho west by tho Pacific Ocean, will DO found to furnish
Tho Commission NJ viii tercforc, bo directed to mako
pss!ise tkis SFsyls Rsssi
i not Of tho opin after fully invessg.ng ths csse
that some other place ia boer atnptca to accomplish
ovona t,a oomisston w hsfore ay p' concludnE m
~ arrangement with the lntans ho'd communication
, 1873-04-15

Canal was wished away yesterday. and this will
causo an interruption for few days.
EAsr SAGINAW, Micl., April 1d.--Thoro IL tho
greatest frcahot and tho largest body Of water
known, and tho only way OF getting around Ia In
small hoats. All railroad Communication be-
twcon horo and Bay City las boon abandoned,
and travelling is performed ul.dor great difficulty
gonoraly.
RoonEsrEn, N. T., April 14.-Tho froshet H
nubslding rapidly, and all danger Is oyor. Grcas
damago has boon dono throughout tl'ia region,
and oast md south OF horo.
Spectai Dfspatch to 1hs Chieaoo Trtbnne.
Bpn1NoF,E1D, ILL.,, April 14.-Ono of tho lloayt-
est ruin falls that Inns visited thia part Of tho
Btato for two yoars foil to-day. The streams nro
aro fels Tint much dnmago will hi done. Already
tho farmers aro crying Hold, enough It 10 nov
too wet to pillow, they soy.
, 1873-04-15
FRANCE.

PARIS, April I'm. de Remusnl. candidate
for tho Assembly has issued MI address to tho
electors declaring that, at all timeB aud under all
but tho liberty founded on law. not perpetual
revolution. He promises to faithfully sustain
tho policy Of President Thiere, and Expresses m
earnest desire for tho consolidation Of tho Re-
public and tho maintenance Of universal suf-
frage.
Prince Napoleon has addressed 1ettor to his
constituents In Corsica protesting against bis
expulsion from Franco. Ho says: 7'The Ma
poloona have twice been tho 9ayiora Of Franco.
Tho namo cah nover be banished from the hearts
Of tho people. It is prescribed because 1t is
fearod,"
, 1873-04-15

Special Df8pafch to The Chicago Tribune.
New YonK, April 14.-special dispatches from
Key Wosr mention a rumor that O'Kelly, the
Herald correspondent to Cuba, has been re-
leased. Tho reasonable document found in his
possession iB said to have boen letter from
President OeBpedes to James Gordon Ben
nett, Jr.
NEW YonK, April t4.-The Herald Havana
correspondent says that 0'Ke1ly's cnse has boen
taken charge Of by British Consul Dunlap, and
there ID no immediate danger. Tho rumors Of
OKelly'a death are falae.
, 1873-04-15
SRAiNl.

MADRID, April 14.-Tho ru,nor TINT u Carlist
force waH marching OH Barcelona cauaed great
excitement in that city yesterday. Volunteers
vero called to arms. but tho exctomont aub-
eidod when 1t was discovered thnt tile report was
untrue.
PAn1s, April 14.-A dispatch from Perpignaa
sayH the Carliat forco which attnckod Puigcerda
is In q critical position.
MADRID, April 14.-Tho Carlist cloftaiu sn-
balls has forbidden tho publication Of nowapa-
pora III the town Of Ripofl.
, 1873-04-15

NEW YonK, April 14.-rle Heralds special
from tho City Of Mo1ioo, 18th, via Mata1noras,
14th, says Oongress i1 in session. It
oponed on tho 9Th inst. The Presi-
dents nleHsago was satisfactory to
tho nation, The mixed commission and
troatios have not boon aotod upon ~ yet.
Tho Spanish Minister has left for Madrid.
Stops are being taken to renow tho relations ho-
tWoen Franco and Moxico.
Lazado's revolution was complete tlasco.
, 1873-04-15

KEY WEST, Fla, Aprd 1A.-Tho troops In
Porto Rico have 1evoltod In favor Of q Republic.
Much confusion has resulted. Tho crews OF two
American vesasls In Port Have discmbarked to
rostore order. Aid has been asked for from
Havana and two War-yeBsels arc about to loayo
that city.
, 1873-04-15

ST. Petersburg, April 14.-Le Jo,n7'as de 81
Petersburg saya that there Ia no truth IL the ra
s~ed S 1s to srnsn the eapao .gas
KhiyA.
, 1873-04-15

CoNRrANr1norLE,. April l4.-Tho Sultan l,as
sont twenty cases Of articles, selected fro,1 Lila
treasures, to the Ylonna Exposition.
, 1873-04-15

LONDON, April 14.-Alyicen ftom Adelaide eay ~
that the WHEAT crop Of South Australia !h aAta~
port,
, 1873-04-15

Regular communication ot National Lodge, No. t99.
r. i, ST.. this russayl ogoning Ap5ll 10, Al oclonk
oil to Id gruo fn!I a.tendanon is !lsalrod. Viltos
cordially inYltod. bs oslvr of ths v; r. ~, .
, 1873-04-15

,nssta. tGis lFuasiayj evening, their ali 1ia
sou!n Tcpte for buslnc4s aud work Ths ratgrny cor
diAy invited. u. II, CRANE, Sou.
, 1873-04-15

Attention, Sir knights.
ApoiIo Conlmandory, No. J, X: r.. Stated Conelss
al o'cjpck. Hasiness hlil work Il. O. Order. Vls
IT, RIB. ". lOCkE, Hoporlor.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
4 SAD. SAD sHan

Twenty-Five years ago, says letter
writer, a company of young people, farm
ers' sons and daughters, to the number
of thirty two, drove in the early morning
down to the ancient little city of Anboy,
N. J., to emlsark III i sidop for a sail
down the waters of - the pssStiest
bays that wash the Atlantic coast. Ar
rived at Sandy Hook, they feasted, fished
and frolicked and firted, too, 10 doubt,
for the wash't"b a,ia the dairy 6an never
deprive the daughters of Eve of their
prerogative. At the close of the after
noon they prepared for glorious bath
in the surf of Florida Grove, the young
men retiring rot,n.l the point. leaving
their fair friends in unembarrassed en-
joyment of the situation. Upon their
return the young farmers saw a sight
that might well strike terror to the stout
est heart. The cruel unlertnw lad
sucked the poor girls down to their
deaths, and the waves had cast their
bodies on to the sands from whence they
had dashed so merrily into the rolling
surf a short half hour before, and not
one of the whole party was left alive.
Sadly the young men bore the remains
Of sisters. friend and sweetheart back to
their homes, low made desolate indeed,
and widespread was the grief and
anguish in the hitherto happy township
of Piseataway, There was family not a
that did not mourn the loss of beloved
child and daughter; and such was the
shock produced by the terrible occur-
renee throughout the whole State of
New Jersey that the memory of it is pre-
served to this day, and tile story told by
those who listened to it first, perhaps,
from the lips of sorrowful eyewitness.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
y CUSTOMS IN GENE4.

One of the queerest of Genevese GUS
toms is their manner of conducting
their auctions. When a man bids, a
wax taper is lit, and his bid holds good
as long rs the taper lasts. A taper is lit
for every bidder. OF course the last
and highest bidder has the best chance.
Alongside of the auction should be
placed the other queer custom the Cen
evese have, of making the world, as far
as in them lies, to stand still for cou-
pie of hours in the middle of the day.
Nothing can keep your ordinary citizen
of Geneva from throwing everything
aside at noon and going to dinner. The
banker locks up between twelve and two
going on with business in the afternoon.
Even the coachman, that you have taken
by the hour, will want to leave you be-
tween II and o'clock. The fact is,
there has been nothing on the Genevese
stomach but bread and coffee since the
night before. 1t is unquestionably the
meagerness of their breakfasts which
makes them so prompt to disappear be
tween II and 2.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
4 HOESE OF Evil OMEN.

BY one of those strange popular be-
liefs which are occasionally engendered,
no one knows how, a conviction prevails
in Washington, it is said, that the house
fronting on Lafayette Square in that
city, famous in other days as a club
house and afterwards as one of the CEN
trail points in the tragedy of the murder
of Philip Barton Key, is place of evil
omen, and that it is destined some day
to tumble into ruins as suddenly and
completely as did the old house in Dick
ems novel of Little Dorrit, which fell
and crushed NJ. Blandois, the foreigner.
The late Secretary Seward occupied it as
a residence, and it was there that Payne
made the attack on his life. Within the
four years past Mr.. Belknap, Secretary
of War, lived in it, and during that time
his wife died, and his eldest son is ut
tackled with lung disease which endan.
gers his existence. is it possible thai
sometimes the popular conviction at
taches to itself the solemnity of proph
ecy?
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
CURRENT ITEMS.

KANSAS Penitentiary board is III cents
day. Go West.
PITTSBURGH steel has been made to
stand test of 100000 pounds to the
square inch.
4 PUMPKIN PIE ten feet in diameter
and four feet deep was the chief feature
of California dinner recently. H..
In Brooklyn, N. Y, the police rely
upon the press to give them the earliest
information of dog fights and gambling
resorts.
SOME time ago it was proposed in
Glasgow to raise fund by means of
shilling subscriptions for the erection of
monument in memory of Robert Burns.
The amount now received in shillings
is S5,113.
THE President calls the course hitherto
pursued toward the Mormons ''a shilly-
shally policy" and he declares that if
necessary he will place Phil Sheridan at
Salt Lake with 10000 troops, and will
enforce the laws without war.
DIR. TALMAGE's Tabernacle, recently
destroyed by fire i'll Brooklyn, was the
largest and, excepting Plymouth Church,
probably the most widely known house
of worship in the country. Its nominal
seating capacity was about 1000, but il
would hold, without crowding, nearly
5000 persons.
THF following Texas towns are now
the terminus each of a railroad: Austin
Waco, Cuero, Longview,. Troupe, Nc
Kinney, Denison and Huntsville; ant
railroad work is progressing more rapid
ly than was ever known in the history o
Texas. Railroads have more than dou
bled in length in the State within tn
past year.
A WAC inspecting farmers last in
stallment of pork at the Detroit market
recently, picked up ten-pound ston
and deposited it in one of the porkers
and then loudly berated the farmer fo
trying to cheat in weight. The farme
looked at the stone, at the crowd, fel
the thrust, and growled to himself
..Hang me, but I thought l put it il
! the small hog!"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
THERE never was a census of Irelant
till this century.

chEibn pOi,tNII.
THERE never was a census of Ireland
till this century.
BJoRNsoN, the celebrated Norwegian
novelist, has embraced Methodisin.
THE Emperor of Austria has mania
for collecting tho skulls of celebrated
criminals.
Count Won BEUsT has gone into bank
ruptcy, on account of unfortunate stock
speculations.
| THERE are in the German lunatiG
asylums Al persons who believe they are
Emperor William. -a--4s
A RELIC hunter from Maine was caught
plucking the tail of one of Queen Vic
toria's stable dogs,
In England there are 1000, 900 draft
and pleasure horses, besides 100000
agricultural horses.
The richest university in the world is
that of Leyden, in Holland. Its real
estate is worth over s4,OOO.OOO.
RocHEFoRT has become so emaciated
by his Imprisonment that his most init
mate friends are hardly able to recognize
him.
IT is estimated that three thousand
infants in England are annually smoth-
cred by their mothers laying on them in
bed.
A PARTY of Frenchmen, for a frolic,
cut off another's moustache, for which
they had the pleasure of paying him
$1,000.
The horse on which Cardigan rode,
when he led the famous charge of the
Light Brigade, has just died, aged 80.
He survived his gallant master four
years.
BRAssEY, the great English railway
contractor, built, during his life, 6,7SC
miles of railway, in England, Ireland
and Scotland, Capada, India and the
Argentine Republic.
The heaviest brain on record was re-
Gently found in the skull Of q London
bricklayer who could neither read mol
write. It's weight was sixty-seven ounces.
This will be gall and bitterness to the
phrenologists.
THE English republicans have achieved
flag for their future commonwealth.
1t resembles the French tri-color, and is
combination of green, white and blue,
tha i5na heinp that the green viii repre-
sent fertility, the white is to stand fol
purity, and the blue for the sky undel
which all men are equal.
A RUMoR comes across the sea that
Louis Napoleon, the ex-Empress
Eugenie, and the former Prince I'M
perial of France intend coming to ON
hospitable shores early next spring, and
travelling through the length ant
breadth of the continent during the
entire summer.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
4 RIG THING on ICE.

Billy Kelly, compositor, who recent
ly left Omaha for Sioux City, returned
yesterday, in company with John Henry.
another compositor, the two boys having
skated most Of the distance from Sioux
City down the Missouri river. They
left that place Sunday morning at half
past o'clock, and skntod all day, laying
up over night at a section house OF the
Sioux City and Pacific railroad. Next
morning they resumed their trip at day
light, arriving at Missouri Valley juno
ton about o'clock Monday afternoon,
distance, by the river, of about 200
miles from the starting point. During
their travels Kelly froze both ears, his
cheek,-of which he has enty,-and
one heel; while Henry escaped with two
frozen ears. This is probably one OF
the most remarkable and perilous skat-
ing feats ever undertaken in this country.
The boys are to-day sticking type in the
Bee Office, and it will probably be some
time before they undertake another
similar spin on the ice.-Omaha Bee,
Dee. "a
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
VIRTVOUS BOSTON.

The leading gambling houses OF Bos-
ton were pulled on Christmas night, and
the proprietors, together with about lOO
of their Puritan patrons, successfully
raked in. Among the parties arrested
were number of prominent citizens,
including besides merchants, manufac-
turers, one prominent bank president of
Boston and clergyman of neighbor-
ing city. They were all taken to the
headquarters of the State police and ad-
mitted to bail for their appearance in
court, and were subsequently fined an
average of about $50. The city, of
course, is awfully shocked.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
CURIOUS FACTS. ABOUT NEWSPA
PERS.

Mr. ID. w. Wilder, in the leading ar
ticle in the Kansas Magazine, has some
facts to tell, old and new, concerning
Newspapers. He has been at the
trouble of measuring quadruple sheet
of the New York Herald, and states,
among other things of which few news
poper readers are aware, that the num-
ber he has measured contains 96O, 900
ems" while Mark Twain's new book,
an octave of 591 pages, contains only
S36, ,000 ems, and that this one copy of
the He5'aid would make TN octave con-
tanning 80 more pages than Twain
book. Mr.. Wilder adds that ''the price
of the book is $3.50, of the paper four
cents;" and for the further enlighten-
ment of people who do not appreciate
big newspapers and who may not be fa.
miliar with Twain's books, says, "thret
copies of this quadruple sheet daily
Hcrald would contain a fourth more
matter than the common English Bible
Apocrypha included.
An advertisement in New York papel
| for three black tom-cats brought the nm
lucky advertiser $50 cats of all sizes
colors and varieties. One dealer said h,
had tortoise cats valued at 800 apiece.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
RANSFUSION OF BLOOD.

The Styiss Times states that lady
upon whom Prof. Albini, of the Uni
versity of Naples, has twice performed
the operation of transfusing blood di-
rectly from the artery of lamb, is ex-
periencing astonishing benefits from it.
The Professor has been requested tosend
an account of this important operation
to the Medical Science Academy at Paris,
and also to that of st. Petersburg.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
TEST oFTALEST.

A gentleman from Swampville was
telling how many different occupations
he had attempted. Among others, he
tried school-teaching.
"I1ow did you teach?" asked a by
stander.
"waal. / didn't teach long that is, I
only went to teach.
s.Did you hire out?"
"wa'al, I didn't hire out; ] only went
to hire ont. "
"why did you give upa'
.Wa'al, gave il mp for some reason
or ntither. You SEQ, n IssssSslsd into .
deestrict and inquired for the trustees.
Somebody said Mr.. Snickles was the man
wanted to see. So I found Mr..
Sliekles, named my obiic, introducing
myself, and asked what he thought about
lettin' me try my luck with the big boys
and unruly gals in the deestrict. He
wanted to know if I raally considered
myself capable; and I told him I wouldn't
mind lis asking me few easy questions
in 'rithmetie and jogrnphy or showing
my handwriting. He said no, mover
mind, he could tell good teacher by his
gait. Let me see you walk off a little
ways, says he, and I can tell jis's well;
heard You examined, says he. He sot
in the door as he spoke, and l thought
he looked a little skittish. But I was
considerable frustrated, and didn't mind
much; so 1 turned about and walked on
as smart as knowed I how. He said he'd
tell me when to stop; so 1 kepl on till l
thought 1 had gone far enough. Then I
s'pected suthin was to pay, and looked
round. Wa'al, the door was shet and
Snickles was gone!'
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17

THE RICHEST NAN IN THE WORLD.
This enviable person is probably the
Khedive of Egypt. His yearly income
is $50, 900, 900, and he has twenty-five
richly furnished palaces within the walls
of Cairo. He is vastly more progressive
than the Sultan, his Turkish master; is
rapidly extending his dominions, build
ing railroads, and making commercial i'm
provements, and will ultimately become
Independent of Turkish dominion. He
is at present making arrangements for
the connection of railroad up the Nile
to Dongola, and thence across the desert
to London, which country he will make
one of his own provinces. 1t has been
remarked of him that ''the Viceroy,
upon any throne in Europe, would be
the greatest monarch of the age" He is
not only prince but a merchant, cap
italist, statesman and cultivator. HI
sleeps only four hours out of twenty
four, and at his desk center his railroads
steamship lines, telegraphs, postal ser
vice, private estates, sugar mills, cottoI
culture, army, naval and civil service.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
"ILOTE TO STEAL"

Awell-known Connecticut clergyman
had deacon who insisted upon leading
the siging at the prayer-meetings. He
was great blunderer, and he sang all
the sad and melancholy tunes he could
think of. The hymn was given out:
at love to steal awhile away"
The deacon began: 81 love to steal
to Near, where he broke down. He
started with DUNDEE love to steal. y
The third time he commenced and broke
down, when the pastor arose and gravely
said: "I am sorry for our brothers pro-
pensity-will some brother pray?"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17

The Savage Club of London, the same
that entertained Artemus Ward and
Mark Twain, has applied the last feather
necessary to dislocate its spinal verte-
bra, by entertaining the perambulating
lunatic Bates.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-17
HOW HAPPY TIL BE.

A little one played among the flowers,
In the blush and bloom Of summer hours;
She t~ined the buds in garland fair,
and bound them up in her shining hair
s.Ah me-! said she, show happy III be,
wnen ten years more hsve gone over me,
And am maiden, with youths bright glow
Flushing my cheek and lighting my brow.n
A maiden mused in pleasant room,
Where the air was filed with soft perfume:
Vases were near of antique mold,
Beautiful pictures, rare and old,
And she, of all the loveliness there,
Was hs far the loveiiest and most fair.
q All me ~ sighed she, show happy III be
When my hearts true love comes home to me;
light Of my life, my spirits pride,
L coup. the days Ill thou reach my side"
mother bent over a cradle nest,
Where she soothed her babe to his smiling rest,
asleep well" she murInured, soft and low,
And she pressed her kisses on his brow;
20 child, sweet child how happy III be,
If the good God let these stay with me,
Till later on, in hfe's evening hour,
Thy strength shall be my strength and tower,-
An aged one sat by the glowing hearth,
Almost ready to leave the earth;
Feeble and frail, the race she had run
Had borne her along to the setting sun,
"Ah me r. she sighed in an undertone,
"How happy I'll be when life is dsne,
When the world fades out with its weary strife
And soar away to better life!''
lis thus We journey, from youth to age,
Longing to turn another page,
Striving to hasten the years away,
Lighting our hearts with the futures ray:
Hoping on earth till its visions fade.
Wishing and waiting through sun and shade;
Turning when earth's last tie is riven,
To the beautiful rest that remains in heaven.
Lutheran