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An Item Which Every Man Should
Read.

/ The following which We find in an
exchange, is worthy of conspicuous
place in every paper. We give it
such a place, that it may be brought
prominently before that class to be
found in every community who should
improve their tongues by reading it :
We have probably all of US met
with instances in which a word heed
lessly spoken against the reputation of
a female has been magnificent by ma
licious minds until the cloud has been
dark enough to overshadow her whole
existence. TO those who are accus-
toned, not necessarily from bad mo-
tives, but from thoughtlessness, to
speak lightly of ladies, we recommend
these "hints" as worthy of cousldera
ton:
Never use lady's name in improper
places at an improper time, or in mix
ed company. Never make assertions
about her that you think untrue, or al :,
lnsions that you think che herself
would blush to hear. When you meet
with men who do not scruple to make
use of a woman's name in IL reckless
and unprincipled manner, shun them,
they are the very worst members of
the community-mcn lost to every
sense of honor, every feeling ofhuman-
ity. Many a good and worthy woman's
character has been forever ruined and
her heart broken by lie manufac-
1nred by some william, and repeated
where it should not have been, and in
the presence of those whose little
judgment could not deter them lfrom
circulating the foul and Dragging re-
port. A SANDER is soon proporgated,
and the smallest thing derogatory to a
woman's character will fly on the
wings of the wind, and magnify as it
circulates, until its monstrous weight
brushes the poor unconscious victim.
Respect the name of woman; your
mother and sisters are women, and rs
you would have their fair name unfair
inshed, and their lives unembitte,e ed
by the slanderer's bitter tongue; heed
the i'll your own words may bring up
on the mother, the sister; or the wife
of some fellow creature.- Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-04-22

sY Pets should always be tolerated,
for they have their proper place in eve
~ household. If they furnish to the
young imaginary play-fellows, if they
help older people to forget the cares of
the present, and soften in them the
austerities of this hard worlds life-if,
above all, they can be made morally
significant, let us not condemn them as
unworthy of our regard. Frolicsome
kittens, sweet singing birds, brave old
doGs-and shall we not add merry
hearted children--have frightened and
gladdened and sweetened this world to
many.
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Murray on Speed in a Horse,

The Rev. ". Fl. Murray, in his book,
"The Perfect Horse" thus gives his
views on speed in horse:
A horse was made for speed as truly
as bird was made to fly; and flight
and speed become, therefore, standards
of appreciation and value. If man
objects to speed, then why drive a
horse at all Why not take donkey,
or COW, and have done with it7 If
piety is compatible only with slowness
of motion, then a horse is no animal
for Christian to own, any way; for
the nearer horse approaches, as 1
conceive, to the original type, and also
the divine intention as embodied in it,
the more speedy he becomes. Beauty
and speed are therefore, as conceive,
legitimate objects of desire and admi-
ration; and since the horse embodies
these two characteristics in a greater
degree than any other domestic ami
NAL, it is a proof that the man is of
sound Judgment, and lacketh not wis
dom, who desires to own beautiful
and fast horse. Indeed, man who
does not love and desire ruch a crea-
ture seems to me to be lacking in some
essential elements of human nature.
Something was omitted in his construc-
ton, which, being possessed, would
have made him larger and better. l
do not object, therefore, either to fast
horses, as the phrase is, or to driving
them fast within proper restrictions;
such as common sense and humane i'm
pulse will naturally suggest; nor do l
see any reason why gentlemen owners
aud breeders alike of fine horses should
not exhibit their PAGES and their rate
of speed at our annual fairs, when the
people come together to inspect and
compare, to buy and sell, the vegeta-
ble and animal products of the coun-
try. If it is right to offer and receive
prize for fairness OF swine and stout
ness of oxen, and fleece bearing capac-
ity of sheep. and even fancy kinds of
hens and pigeons, then | do not see
why prizes should not be offered and
contended for in respect to the COM
parative speed of rival horses. No
one has right to condemn an homo
rable rivalry among honorable men in
honorable things. ..
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Advertisement.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
April 20, 1878. !
EDITOR DEMOCRATS:


Mr.. Editor Permit me, to say
through your columns to my critical
Friend. whose communication relative
10 the letter against the Principal of
the Public School, appeared in the last
issue of the Rapides Gazette, that when
we find occasion to- express any of our
sentiments in any of the public Jour
nails we are prepared for criticism, and
shall never be displeascd at finding
teacher that can instruct Onr ignO-
rance and teach MS better than we know;
Int when a-would be makes himself
ridiculous by his own comments and
criticisms, and tries to render uhintel.
lightly and inexplicahle language
which is so plain that he that runs
may read, we must acknowledge tar
diness and reluctance in taking les
sons. and are curious enough to en-
Guire-"who is this that darkeneth
counsel by words without knowledge?'
If our critic had been pleased to affix
his signature to the communication,
we should, no doubt, have interviewed
him, and taught him how to "read and
understand" without either "guess-
ing or "divining," and do not hest
tate in saying that we see nothing
tangled up" ia that portion of our
letter which he has been pleased to
quote. nothing at all, except it be bis
muddled brain and disordered intel
lect; and if, like the silly fly, that by
venturing too near, is betrayed into
the meshes of the spider, he finds him
self $50 ineStricab!y mixed up" in the
affair alluded to in our letter, we will
offer him our sympathy, and if he will
be brave enough to come to the front
and show his colors, we may promise
to relieve him, if possible; otherwise
we shall consider him as either cow
ard, knave or fool.
A.greater and more mysterious spec
tacle remains to be unraveled; and
though now it may be slrouded in
mlsts and darkness-t though it he bu-
rlcd as deep as was the babylonish gar
ment and the wedge of gold, yet the
time is not distant when the light of
revelation shall dispel the clouds and
mlsts, and terrible exhumation of the
hidden treasure shall be made before
all Israel and in the sigit of the Sun.
When the showers of wrath shall des-
cend from an indignant community on
the head of trickery and fraud, then
Will Achan find to his horror that he is
worse than tangled or mixed up
More anon. Yours,
W. L. AMBLER.
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DR. JAMES PORTER, MAGNETIC

DR. JAMES PORTER, MAGNETIC
II and Medical Physician, will remain
in New Orleans, at No. 1877 St. Charles
street, until the coming June, and all
who are suffering from Chronic Rheu-
matism, or any Chronic complaint,
should Immediately place themselves
under his treatment, as, from my own
experience, he is sure to afford relief
if the disease is not too far advanced, a
permanent cure.
His charges are very moderate, and I
am glad to certify that, after nearly
eight years of constant suffering from
Chronic rheumatism, (the last three
years of which time the torture both
day and night has been excrutiating,l
and after being treated by many of our
most eminent and skillful Physicians.
placed myself under the treatment of
DR.. PORTER about the 1st of last Feb
ruary. and remained about five weeks,
during the whole Of which time con-
tinued to improve, and now have good
reason to believe he has effected a per-
manent cure. M. LEGRAS,
Tax Collector of the Parish of Rapides.
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Special Notice !!

T HAVE APPOINTED Col n. L
i McGinnis, my Agent to attend to
my business at this place, and between
here and Red River Landing. Capt.
A. NJ. Osgood continues my Agent
from Monette's Ferry to Shreveport.
La. B. H. PETERSON.
March 90, 1874.
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CARPET WAREHOUSE!
II CHARITIES ST,
NEW ORLEANS
A. BROySSEAU.

EXPORTER AND DEALER. OFFERS
L at Wholesale and Retail, CARPET
INGS, 1000 pieces English and American.
OIL CLOTHS, Floor. Table and Enamel.
MATTlNG, 1000 rolls, White, Check and
Fancy. WINDOW SHADES. Cornices,
Table and Piano Covers. CURTAINS,
Lace aud Nottingham Lace. BROCA-
UELLE, Coteliges, ferries, Reps, etc.
HAIR CLOTH, Gimp. Plush, etc.
Jan 7-6m. A. BROUSSEAU.
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~ The Missouri State Grange has
a membership of over 100000. Kan
sas reports 1000 Oranges, and North
Carolina 265, with 1000 MEMBERS
There is great enthusiasm in the order
at present.
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~ Alexander Dumas speaks Of a
dead actress as that pretty little Paris
ian soul, born in peal of laughter,
evapuratcd in 4 tear.
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E5s" The gates of the Race Track
will be opened at 10 o'clock NJ, and
the races will come of at 2 o'clock p.
NJ, positively.
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". F. BLACKMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSElLOHAI Law
ALEXANDRA

ALEXANDRIA,
A7ILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS
w of the Parishes Of Rapides, Natchi.
toches, Vim, Sabine and Grant; and in
the Supreme Court ut New Orleans, La
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
SOCIETY CHARACTERS.

He was young, he was fair, and he
parted his hair, like the average beau,
in the middle; he was proud, he was
bold, but the truth must be told, he
played like fend on the fiddle. But
aside from this vice he was everything
nice, and ais heart was so loving and
tender, that he always turned pale
when he trod on the tan of the cat
lying down by the fender. He clerked
in the store, and the way that he tore
off calico, jeans and brown sheeting,
would have tickled calf and made the
brute laugh in the face of quarterly
meeting. He cut quite dash with a
darling mustache, which he learned to
adore and to cherish; for one girl had
said, while she dropped her proud head,
that 'twould kill her to see the thing
perish. On Sunday he'd search the
straight road to church, unheeding the
voice of the scorner; and demurely he
sat, like young tabby cat, with the
saints in the far amen-corner. He
sang ike bird, and his sweet voice
was heard fairly Juggling away at long
metre; and we speak but the truth
when we say that this youth could out
sing hungry musquiter.
She was young, she was fair, and she
scrambled her hair like the average
belle of the city; she was proud, but
not bold, yet the truth must be told
that the way she chewed wax was a
pity. But aside from this vice she was
everything nice, and the world much
applauded her hustle; and the Fayette-
vile boys. being charmed by the noise.
walked miles just to hear the thing
rustic. She cut quite a swell, did this
wax chewing belle, and the men hocked
in armies to meet her; but she gave
them the shirk, fer she loved the young
clerk, who sang like hungry musqul-
ter. She hemmed and she hawed, and
she sighed and she chawed, until her
heart and jaws were both broken; then
she walked by his store, while he stood
at the door awaiting some amative
token. She raised up her eyes with a
pretty surprise, and tried to enact the
proud scorner; but to tell the plain
truth she just grinned at the youth
who loved the devout amen-corner.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
TENNESSEE CROP NOTES.

o. r. Beene, of Marion county, says his
wheat will yield from thirty to forty bush
els TO the acre.
Our State exchanges bring us reports of
fine rains in nearly all portions of the State
during the week.
The wheat prospect is good in Meigs
county. Oats almost total failure, and
only about the usual breadth of corn has
been planted.
The CIercIdnd BdIlner.Esays: ''Thirty
and forty bushels of wheat to the acre is
what some Of our Bradley county farmers
are talking about raising upon their best
lands"
The Mm.freeSJoro Ne,rS says: The
drought has cut short the Irish pOtatOe crop,
and so far but few sweet potatoes have been
set out, and the season has advanced too
far % make an average crop now. a gen
tleman from Chattanooga, on Wednesday,
informed us that all along the road from
Chattanooga to WaTtrace good rains bad
fallen, and the cry Of drought was hushed
up"
The hnOIUiVe Press and Herald of the
4th inst. says: .'The gentle and continued
rain Of the past two DAYS was most OppOr-
tune for the corn crop. The amount OF
rain has not been large, but it fell so slowly
that the most of it went into the ground.
The wheat crop is now out of all danger,
and harvesting will begin this week. The
hay harvest has been unusually good, on
account of the wet April and the splendid
hay-making weather of the past two weeks.
The fruit is generally excellent. Oats and
rye are looking well. All East Tennessee
crops promise to be above the aver ,ge. We
are just now enjoying what the farmers cal
growing weather. warm and wet"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
TIE COTTON KINGS.
Meeting of the Convention of Cotton
Exchanges at Angusta-What They
Propose to Accom- pIish-HaIf Fare
for Delegates and Visitors.


On the 10th of June there will be
held in this city a convention of lead
ing business men, from all portions of
the United States, whose object in
coming here is to enact certain meas
ures which Will, In their results, di-
recJly affect the pocket, the corn-crib
and the smoke-house of every owner of
such property In the land. We allude,
of course, to the great Convention of
Cotton Exchanges. The cotton kings
of the country, from Boston to
New Orleans, are to meet here
on that day for the purpose Of
considering measures for a more
efficient regulation of trade in our
great staple. The convention will
embrace In its consideration and dis
cussions everything connected with and
bearing upon the cotton trade, and will
seek to devise some system by which
the most correct and reliable statistical
information can be obtained-that in
formation to be collected by the var,
ious Exchanges. One OF the most i'm
portant subjects to be considered is
that of a uniform classification. All
cotton men appreciate the very great
benefit to be derived from any rule by
| which the classification of cotton shall
be made generally uniform. Time and
space will not permit us to mention in
detail all the important measures to be
considered and discussed by this ag-
gregation of the business intellect of
the land. We repeat that such con-
vention as the one now approaching is
one whose action will affect the inter-
ests Of us all, and cannot fail to COM
mand universal attention and respect.
Through the courtesy of Boswell
King, Esq, the Secretary of the Au-
gusta Exchange, we are informed that
the following roads Will pass delegates
and visitors to the Convention to and
from Augusta for one fare: The Geor.
gia, the Macon and Augusta, the Cen.
trail, and the Augusta and Savannah.
The Port Royal and South Carolina
roads viii transport delegates free and
visitors at half price. Nothing definite
has been heard from the Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta, and the Will
mington, Columbia and Augusta road:
further than that the local agent here
has received intimation that delegates
from points north of this will be pass
ed to and from the Convention free
1t is believed, though, that visitors
from points north will be passed ovel
those roads for one fare
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
THE MEN WHO HATE NEWS

a
New England Correspondence Of the Toledo Blade
/ supposed every one in these parts
liked the Springfield Republican, but
found one man who didn't. He got on
at Thompsonville, and / offered Re
publicdn 1 had finished reading, but he
handed it back when he read the name,
Il don't want any news from that
paper :.
Il supposed that everybody read it
in these parts, answered. HAS 1t
been pitching into you?
Pitching into me? Great Jasari |
should say It had. If it hadonlypitched
into, me wouldn't care. But just let
me meet Bowles."
lyon never make anything by
striking an editor" said; "better
grin and bear it,
':Yes; that's all right for you to say;
but Just let me meet Bowlesl I'll show
him how to run paper"
What did he do?"
do? He did a good deal. Here's
how it is: | often went up to Spring
field on the last train at night, did my
business in the evening and came home
on the first morning train. Well, one
night l met an old crvny and we went
to Music Hall to the theatre. When
we came out we met two girls that Jim
said were his cousins, but they weren' t;
it was all fraud. | didn't know 1t,
and when Jim offered his arm to one
lid fn
other. They took us to their rooms,
and l saw how it was. OF
course l couldn't get right out, so l
treated; then Jim treated; then the
girls treated; in fact. we were having a
pretty good time, when some fellows
came in and began to raise row. In
less than no time the police were inand
had us. The next morning l WAS
hauled before the court and fined $40.
l didn't care much, because | gave a
false name, and l knew my wife
couldn't find it out, but the next MORN
ing, I'll be eternally funked if the Re-
publican didn't have it all In, and my
own name too"
did your wife see it,"
81 should say she did"
"Did she make fuss?"
"Fuss, Godfrey Elisha! Are You
married."
Yes"
"Then you know how it is. have
to go to Springfield in the day time
now. Just let me see Bowlesl'
But" said l, feeling l ought to
take newspaper'spart, you can hard
ly blame him, you know. 1t was only
the proper enterprise"
Enterprise enterprise be id
There's such a thing as having too
much enterprise"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
Food and Digestion.

In dyspepsia thesgastric juice, which should
dissolve the food is only formed in small guam
titles, and whatever may be the feeling of empd
ness or weakness in such cases, the dyspeptic
should eat very sparingly. To remedy the evil,
the mucous membrane of the stomach, which
secretes and emits the gastric fluid, should be
stimulated and toned, and the best, in fact the
only sure preparation for this purpose Is Hostel
tel stomach Bitters. Not Only does TINS ad1
mirable stomachic promote a sufficient and
steady supply OF the solvent which converts the
food TO the purposes of life, but il also regulates
the flow OF bile, controls the bowels, and has a
most invigorating effect upon the nerves The
glow which the very first dose diffuses through
the system is an earnest of the more permanent
yitalizing effects which are produced by its per
spirits, and renders the body hardy and strong.
je2 deodIw&wlt
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Produce is in steady demand. The re-
cent advance in ginseng is attracting that
article to the market in large quantities,
but there is complaint that il is not well
dried. Wool readily commands the prices
quoted. Butter and chickens advanced
Chickens are slow in reaching the market
and the supply is limited. The following
are our quotations revised:
PEANUTs-From wagon, S1.47a per
bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples and quarter
peaches, sadSsc; half peaches, 1O3611c.
EGGs-From wagon, IL &c per dozen; in
store, 123d13c.
PoTAToEs-Peaehblows, $500 per bush
ell and S4.25 per Dbl, from store.
FEATHERS choice, SOC.
BEEswAx-Choice, 29c.
RAGs-Well assorted, &c.
GINsENG-Old crop, S1.15.
WooL-Unwashed, 25d33e; washed 37l
A45e. BURY 5610c less.
BROOM CORN-Prime to choice, Safe
BUTTER-Country, from wagon, 15d
1Sc; from store, 20d22c.
CHICKENs-Selling at 15625c for young.
TALLow-Choiee, &c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-06
DOWN SOUTH.
ia has had its Scheutzenfest

Selma has had its Scheutzenfest.
Montgomery is to have a system Of water
works completed by the 18th inst.
Augusta is in a futter concerning the
coming Convention of Cotton Exchanges.
The New Orleans city government is
bestirring itself to pay the judgment for
S1z5,0OO obtained against the corporation
by Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines.
The planters of st. Mary's parish, in Lsu-
isiana, have held a convention looking TO
the calling of a State convention for the
improvement of the levee system.
a young man named Lanier was struck
by lightning in Early county, Ga, the
other day. He was unconscious for sew
eral hours, but finally recovered.
The Georgia press is suggeStively reti-
cent on the merits of the controversy be-
tween Stephens and Hill, and occasionally
expostulate with them to "be quiet"
The Ocala, Fla, people are waging an
internecine war. Several alterations have
already taken place, in which pistols and
double-barrel shot-guns have been INDUCED
in.
The residence of Manuel Valdes Alive
raz, Key West, was burglariously entered q
short time ago, and robbed Of $1,000 in
CURRENCY, together with a gold watch anC
several pieces of jewelTy.
The CdrterSUiile Standard and Express
has this item: Mr.. Hiram Williams, for
merlv of this county, but recently from
Greenville, has bought the Funk Furnac'
property. and will Immediately erect there
on grist mill, to be followed by furnace
soon thereafter"