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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08

SILENT MEN.-Washington never
made speech. In the Zenith of his
fame he once attempted it, failed
and gave it up confused and abashed
In framing the Constitution of the
United States the labor was almost
wholly performed in Committee OF
The whole, Of which George Wash.
in9ton was chairman, and he made
but two speeches during the conven.
ton, Of a very few words each, some
thing like one of Grants speeches.
The convention, however, acknowl.
edged the master spirit, and histo.
lians affirm that had it not been for
his personal popularity and the thir.
ty words of his first speech, pro-
nounoing it the best that could be
united upon, the constitution would
have been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never made q
speech. He couldn't do it. Napo-
leon, whose executive ability is al
most without Il parallel, said that his
greatest difficulty was in finding men
Of deeds, rather than words. When
asked how he maintained his influ-
euce over his superiors in age and ex-
perience when commander-in in chief OF
an army in Italy, he said by reserve.
The greatness of man is not meas.
ured by the length and number ofhis
speeches. "
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
Fruit Culture.

1t is very strange that people will
continue to grow trees year after year
without any fruit, and yet praise their
system as the best possible one against
anything else that can be done. We
have contended tor years that fruit
culture will never be successful until
some very different system than that
usually practised shall be adopted.
The ground must be so dry to grow
good fruit that water will not lie TWEEN
ty four hours in summer lin winter it
is of no consequence without passing
away the fbrous roots must be kept
as near the surface as possible and
kept shaded from the intense heat of
summer. Then they must be kept
highly fed by occasional dressings of
surface manure. These are the plinci-
pies without which, depend on it,
American fruit culture will, with &C.
casioual exceptions, always be fail
ure.
If possible, choose a dry piece of
ground. If not naturally dry, it is best
TO throw the earth mp into banks or
ridges and plant on them. This is
cheaper and better than under-draiu-
ing. In planting, if the roots appear
deep, cut away some of the deeper ones
and shorten some of the tree at the
same time. This is particularly true
of dwarf pears, which are often grated
on rather long ounce stocks. Cut all
away of the ounce root but about six
inches, and if this should be found to
leave few roots, cut away the top COR
respondingly. Most of the failures
with dwarf-pears comes from bad
ounce roots. So deep in the ground,
the lower parts decay, and this decay
gradually communicates upward until
the whole system becomes diseased.
The moro tenacious the b-soil, the
more necessary is it to attend to this
matter. We spoke of pruning in pro-
portion to injury. It will be found
that all trees are little injured by re-
moval, therefore all trees should be a
little pruned at trans planting.
Trees that have long stems exposed
to hot suns, or drying wind, become
what gardeners call "hide bound"
That is, the old bark becomes indura-
ted-cannot expand, and the tree suf-
fers much in consequence. Such an
evil is usually indicated by grey
lichens which feed on the decayipg
bark. In these cases a washing of
week lye or of lime water is very USE
FIJI; indeed, where the bark is heal
thy, it is beneficial thus to wasl, the
trees, as many eggs of insects are
thereby destroyed.
Wbitewasb is frequently resorted to
Ivy farmers; but the great objection is
its unsightly appearance-the result is
otherwise good. The great opposition
TO washes formerly was; that the pores
of the bark were closed by tllem-this
WAS on the superstition that the bark
was alive, but the external bark of
most trees has been dead years before
the time of application; and "the
breathing" if so the operations of the
pores can be called, is through the
crevices formed in the old bark by the
expansion of the growing tree, by
which the living bark below has a
chance of contact with the air. No
matter what kind of coating is applied
to the bark of tree, 1t will soon crack
sufficiently, by the expansion of the
trunk, to permit all the " breathing "
Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
Great China and Japan
TEA DEPOT,
ITO Canal st.,
NEW ORLEANS

YOU WILL NOTONLY SAVE FROM
1 25c. to IS cents on every pound of
Tea you consume, but will get all inf
nitely better and more palatable article
into the bargain. The following is
price list of our leading varieties:-
Oolong black tea, @ 5Oc., G0c., 7Oc., soc
best 81 per pound.
Imperial green tea q &c., CO., &c.,
best $40 per pound. 30
Gunpowder green tea @ 500 and 81. 40
best $l.6O per pound.
Hyson green tea @ SOC. and 81 .OO-the
best LAO. 49,
English Breakfast BLACK Souchong)
@ Coo. and $l.-best $l.2O.
uneo!ore d Japan Natural Leat) q 81
Flowery Orange Pekoe @ $l.2O, $l.4o.
For BEST Black Tea we recommend
For BEST Mixed Il Green puuaa and Black,
Tea, our Mixed" at $l.2O is without
exception the best combination of fine
tea ever. offered in this market.
For GOOD STRONG, we'll favored
Tea, our Black or Mixed at 6Oc. per
pound will be found excellent, and is
especially suited to economists and
large consumers. hts" 20 h'7'
W Orders unaccompanied with the
money will be sent by Express or Boat,
amount of bill to be collected on delive-
ry. Goods paid for in advance can DO
shipped as freight or in any manner de-
sired by the purchaser, at their rick
Money, as a rule, comes safe when SIM
ply enclosed in letter, but to ensure
safety we advise our friends when max
ing remittances to send either by Post
Office Money Order, Registered Letter,
or Draft. All remittances should be
made payable to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08

RED HAIR.-The son Of an Emir
had red hair, Of which he was asham,
ed, and wished to dye it. But his
father said: "Nay, my son, rather
behave in such manner that all
fathers should wish their sons had
red hair"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08

THE AUDACITY OF PARIsIAN
THIEvEs.-Ayery audaciously-pll
theft came very near being successful
ly carried out at the Cha5elet Theater
the other day. The theater is at pres
ent uDOccupied, but The dramatic tronpc
OF the Porte St. Martin are to com nlence
a series of representations there in a
week or two, so prepa, ations are bein.
made for the speedy reopening of the
house. The director arrived there one
morning about half-past ten O'Clock.
when, happening to look up towards
the roof, he saw there party of work
men busily employ ed, a sight whereat
he was much astonished, as lie had not
heard ofany repairs being necessary 70
that part of the building. He went up
at once to see what they were about
but the moment he made his appear.
ance every one of the pretended work
men took to their heels and disappeared
by various openings into the interior Of
the building, from whence they readily
made their escape. Farther investiga.
ton showed a horse and wagon wait
ing in the street below, while in the
wagon had already been placed about
four hundred pounds of sheet lead,
which had been stripped from the roof
Had not the director happened to raise
his eyes as he approached The ilearer.
the thieves would soon have toru of
all the lead covering, and would have
escaped with their booty; for, as every
one in the neishborhood knew that lie
Chatalet was being put in order pre-.
papatory to its being occupied by the
troupe from the Porte ST. Martin, the
sight of a bevy of workmen on the roo
would have created no surprise. Blu,
only imagine the audaciry of the
scheme, which had to be carried out in
broad daylight, and in ono of the most
public places in Paris Paris Letter
to the Philadelphia Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
Black Bouquets.

I A curious report comes from the
South. 1t is said that several enter.
prlsIng gentleman Of New England ex.
traction residing in Mobile have con
ceived scheme for making a prodig.
iOus fortune out of the Northern peo-
pie if the pending Civil Rights bill be.
comes law. They propose to 60 to
the neighboring plantations and hire
for the heated term this summer seve-
raj hundred of the blacklist, greasiest,
raggedest, dirtiest, most insolent, and
most odiferous field hands that can be
found, and take them just as they are,
barefooted and bareleaded, buck and
weuch alike, and ship them to the
North. One hundred, for instance, will
be precipitated upon Boston. The
best accommodation will be demand
ed at the St. James, Revere, fremont
and Parker houses, and the bucks will
take the range of the bars, smoking
rooms, bathrooms, barber shops, d.
ning-rooms, gentlemen's parlors, and
bridal chambers, and the wepcbes the
run of the halls, parlors, and ladies'
ordinaries. The theatres and church
es will be visited and the choicest
seats selected. On the palace steam
boats on the Sound the hridal-cham-
bers and supper-sa]oous will be occu-
pied. Large parties will he sent over
The railroads whenever it Can be as
certained Chat the sleeping cars are
but partially full, SO that the vacant
berths can be used by these ''howers
of the South =" The same course will
be taken in reference to the Pullman
palace cars by day. Long Branch is
to be infested by another delegation;
which will lounge about the hotel pi-
azzas and parlors, trip the light fan
tastic toe at the "grand hops" and
elbow the other guests at the Presi-
dents levees. In short, these dark
buedSbouquets of the sunny savannas
will attempt to go everywhere and do
everything that the most fashionable
of our Boston Beaus and bellies go aud
do. Aud it isjust here where the enor-
nous profits Of the enterprise are ex-
pected to come in. Many hotels, rail-
roads, steamboats,, theatres, liquor-sa-
looms, barber. shops, and restaurants,
will refuse to entertain the pets of the
nation, and then suits ut law will be
instituted against them and swinging
damages realized. Such eminent law
yers as General Woodford, of this
State; Judge Hoar, Mr.. Kelley, of
Pennsylvania; and the late Schuyler
Colfax will be retained. We CLEAN
these facts from the correspondence of
a Louisville paper. For fertility ofin-
ventiOn and shrewdness of execution,
these New England gentlemen squat
ting temporarily in the South are GER
tainly uuequalled.--[N. Y. World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08

GM The swallow-tail coat is in
danger. The Gar danced in a frock
coat while in England.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
NEATLY DONE
AT THIS OFFICE
CARPET WAREHOUSES;
II CHARITIES ST,
NEW'ORLEANs
A. BE0USSEAU.

A. BROUSSEAU.
IMPORTER AND DEALER, OFFERS
L at Wholesale and Retail, CARPET
lNGS, 1000 pieces English and American
OIL CLOTHS, Floor. Table and Enamel
MATING, 1000 rolls, White, Check ap(
Fancy. WINDOW SHADES, Cornjces
Table and Piano Covers. CURTAINS
Lace and Nottingham Lace. BROCA
UELLE, Coteliges, ferries, Reps. etc
HAIR CLOTH, Gimp, PLUSH, etc.
jan 7-6m. A. BROUSSEAN.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-08
TEMPERATURE
AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON scHNAcK
Special Notice to Planters

Special Notice to Planters s!
~ EAR tra 4.l
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS Sc
cured the agency for the sale Of the
celebrated
RuSt Proof Oats
and will be prepared to furnish themin
quantities to suit purchasers, on or
about the First of Augustnext. Parties
desiring some Of these celebrated OATS
had better make application at once
Price $1.25 per bushel.
80 H. A. BLOSSAT,
Cotile Landing,
Red River.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-02-06
New Scheme of Easy Payments
MASON { HAMLIN
CABINET @ ORGANS.

Tae MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN
COMPANY have arranged new system,
under which they now offer their we'll
known Organs
For Rent, with Privilege of Purchase,
at prices and on terms extraordinarily
favorable.
Payments may run through one to
four years.
All Rent which has been paid allowed
and deducted on Organs purchased and
paid for within one year.
An organ may be returned after six
months at cost of only reasonable rent,
if for any reason it is not wanted longer.
If an Organ be retained, and rent paid
four years, it becomes the property OF
the party hiring, without further pay
ment.
Organs will be rented on this plan to
any part Of the country accessible to our
warerooms or agencies. Only knowledge
of the unrivaled excellence of our organs,
and practical experience that they will be
found so attractive in use that scarcely
any of them will ever be returned, warrant
this offer to supply them on such terms.
sv-Terms of Renting, containing full particu-
lars with descriptions of Styles, Rents and
Prices; Also illustrated Catalogues and Testi-
monial Circulars, sent Free. Address
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN co.,
Boston, New YORK, OR CHICAGO.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-02-06
Scientific md Safe Treatment.

When applied with DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douche
and accompanied with DR.. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery az constitutional treatment,
DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy produces perfect
cures OF the worst cases OF Catarrh and Ozena
of many years standing. This thorough
course OF medication constitutes the only
scientific, rational, safe and successful manner
of treating this odious disease that has ever
been offered to the afflicted. So successful
has it proven that the proprietor has long
offered stands g reward of $500 for a case OF
Catarrh which he cannot cure.
INDIsPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
THos. J. BISHOP, of South Brooklyn. n. Y,
writes that his wife had suffered since a child
with Catarrh until it had resulted in what
eminent physicians pronounced Consumption;
that she has used DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
with DIR. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery,
and they have worked wonders with her case.
STEALING OUR THUNDER.
People should beware of those impostors
who not only try to initiate DR.. Pierce's Family
Medicines, but also copy his original style OF
advertising by offering various sized rewards
for cases of Catarrh and other diseases which
they cannot cure. Those who do not possess
sufficient intelligence to enable them to write
original advertisements of their own, but have
to steal those of Others are not likely TO have
made great and valuable discoveries in Medi-
cine. Look out for them.-lCom.
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Nm. DrsprRANpuM.-A real healthv

MI DEsPERANDUM.-A real healthy
man or woman is rarity and what
wonder? when We realize that it is the
custom to overload the stomach, and
then produce chronic disease by the
use of spirituous liquors, "Tonics, 7"
Appetizers," Restoratives, etc.
Having first produced disease by in
discretion, the victim wonders why
nothing does him good" Just so /;
and the reason rs that they all, or nearly
all, find basis in alcohol-or POISON.
To all thus discouraged, we can con-
scientiously say, "make one more
trial" Discard spirituous medicines,
and give NATURE chance, aiding her
in the struggle by using one of her own
pure and unadulterated herb remedies,
in the shape of VINEGAR BrrTERs. The
discoverer, DIR. j. WALKER, of Cali
fornia, is no pretender, but an honora-
BILE practicing physician, and his dis
covery is the result of years of labor
and study. The wonderful cures eff
fected by them of Dyspepsia, Fevers,
Rheumatism, and many other terrible
diseases, are almost incredible. 20
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The Markets.

Go TO RIVERSIDE Water Cure, Hamilton, ILL.,
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Browns Bronchial Troches for Coughs
and Colds.
A COUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT

a NUUuH, NVLD On oUI0E IifVAI
Requires immediate attention, and should bC
Checked. II allowed TO continue, IRRITATION OF
THE LUNGS, A PERMANENT THROAT AFFECTION, Oh
AN INcURABLE LUNG DISEASE is often the result.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES,
Having a direct influence on the parts give imme
date relief. For BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH
CoYsumPTIvE AND THROAT DISEASES, TRocHEs arr
used toith dltedss good success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
Will find TRooHEs useful in clearing the voice wher
taken before Singing Speaking, and relieving the
throat after OF the vocal gans
Obtain only "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs,'
and do not take any Of the worthless limitations
that may be offered. Sold euerg,phere.
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THERE is something extremely sad

THERE is something extremely sad
dening in the sudden extinction of a
cherished illusion. A certain Professor
in Vermont, who always maintained that
the magnetism of the human eye would
subdue the most ferocious of wild
beasts, lately took a company of unbe-
levers out into a pasture to show them
how he could subdue savage bull. He
fixed his awful eye upon Mr.. Bovine for
an instant, but the next his friends saw
the owner of that eye about twenty feet
in the air, where his arms, legs, head,
and coat tails pointed in all directions.
But he landed on the safe side of the
fence, and when picked up he con-
cluded that his eye wasn't working well
that day.
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AYERS AMERICAN ALTMAN

rived, and is now ready for delivery, gratis, by
our druggists, to all who call for it. Our
readers may be surprised to know that this
little pamphlet, which has become so much q
favorite in our section, has quite the largest
circulation of any one book in the world, ex-
cept the Bible. 1t is printed in many Ian
guages and scattered through many nations,
az well az supplied to almost the entire popu-
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n n m TT N WHOLESALE WARE
UR i EsS%s s; Ss $s % %;,A-
TENNESSEE FARM FOR SALE.

1l0O acres 400 acres under pillow, balance limb r,
weh f.. proved; price Sl5 per acre. Would ex-
change for productive property. For particulars
address PosrMAsTER, Clearmont, Warren Co, Tenn.
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CAPT. CHARLES SAGER, who keeps a
superb stock of livery horses in Portland. Me-,
informed us recently that he uses Sheriddn'S
CduGlry Condition PotcderS regularly in his
stables, and that the expense is more than
offset by the diminished amount of grain
necessary to keep his horses always in good
order.-TCom.
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THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCES OF
AN OLD MURINE.

MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP Is THE
PRESCRIPTIONS Of one of the best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never falling
safety and success by millions Of mothers and
children, from the feeble infant Of week old TO
the adult. 1t corrects acidity Of the stomach re-
heves wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort 20 mother and child. We
believe il to be the Best and surest Remedy in
the World in all cases Of DYsENTERY, and DIAR-
RHEA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genu-
Inc unless the fac smile of CURTIS PERKINS lie
On the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
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KaSaSLand '5$;.i $$'

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Cox PER DAY Commission or $50 week
O-C Salary, and expenses. We offer it and wi II
pay it. Apply now. 1--WE bber ~ Co.. Marion. O
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Poultry, Seeds, &C., Dietz's Journal chambersbg,P
PENSIONERS with increased disability get
more pension Write Army Record, Aurora, III.
Co. DEACH WEEK. Agents wanted, psrticu-
ID 1 - lars free. j. Worth Co., St. Louis, Mo.
A GENTS WANTED.-something entirely
"A new. Address PHILA. NOVELTY MAN'F'G
CO., COZ Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa.
rlN pEcR nav - a IN ,root.
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MANY people, particularly children,
suffer with the earache; and for the benefit
of such we give sure but simple remedy.
Put in two or three drops of Johnson's Ano-
dy7le Lininaent, stop the ear with undressed
WOOL battle the feet in warm water before
going to bed, and keep the head warm at
night.-lCom.
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COLONIZATION IN COLORADO.

Extraordinary inducements i'm the climate,
health, mines, stock-growing, farming, rapid de-
velopment, and none y-making. Information free.
Address A. H. PATTERSON, Secretary, Fort Col
Inns, Colorado.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-29

81 z hid, Coo q box to steamboats,, and Csc.
PEcANs-Texas are scarce, and sell az loc
z ID.
SA1r-Small stock and fair demand. We
quote dealers rates: coarse 81 25(a1l "
sack fine 81 5O(01 60. Turks Island goo 95c
q bag of 2 bushels. When taken at ware
house reduction is made for drayage. Table
Salt in pockets sells at 2!@63c each as IN size;
NAVAL SroREs-Good supply and limited
demand. Pitch is quoted at S3(93 70 Z Dbl:
Spirits turpentine SIC z gallon Rosln NO:
So 1562 25, No. 81 4O02 50 q Dbl Tar
50 1904 p Dbl.
SIC q gallon is asked for all the stock that
will he made for the next months, which Is
contracted for.
TAIIow-Choice selling at sl@s2c q ID.
LOUISIANA ORANGEs-Are selling at SEQ
BAee1se Good supply and moderate de-
mand Domestic jute is quoted in round lots
at 12(1123c p yard. Domestic jute is re,
falling at 13c: hemp 13c; India in bales and
rolls l2c q yard.
Moss-Small stock and good demand
Black is selling at SC, mixed 4c. gray &c, city
picked 7011c q ID.
STAR CANDLES Light supply and fair de-
mand. Quoted at Tic q 10, less u cent
cash.
H1pEs-Good demand for green sailed. Dry
sailed are quoted at 134 14c, dry flint !6@ nc,
country green 91@1Oc q ID. In city slaughter
- 10. 1Oc q ID; steer hides, 20 to 81 10, 9Ic;
steer hides, under 20 10, SIC; COW hides, as
they run, &c; kips 20 to "a ID, 12c:
kips 25 to 80 ID, 1Oc; calf skins, each 75c.
Beeswax, prime yellow, Csc q ID. OK horns,
each &c