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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-19
THE STATE ELECTIONS.

The full returns are in from the
three States wherein elections have
been held during the early part of
this month, and show plainly that
the Democrats have held their own
in Kentucky, where they hold every
thing, and that they have gained
largely and gained sweeping victo
ries in North Carolina and Tennes-
see, where the elections have been
more hotly contested and where the
full strength Of both parties has been
brought to bear on the result. In
Kentucky, the Democratic candidate
for the Clerkship of the Court of Ap-
peals, was elected by majority OF
fifty thousand votes, and the Demo
Gratis everywhere carried the
elections for county officers. There
was no Radical candidate in the field,
but Mr.. John B. Cochran, who ran
as an Independent candidate, received
the full support and vote of the Rad
icals. l
In North Carolina, the election was
far more important, more fiercely
contested, party lines more strictly
drawn, eight Representatives in Con-
gress, the Legislature, as we'll as sun
dry State and Judicial officers, were
to be chosen. The old North State
was the second State to elect men,
bers to the Forty fourth Congress,
and well and nobly has she, through
her Democracy, answered the new
roll call, now being marshalled to fill
the next Congress with clean and
pure Democratic majority. T h e
present delegation stands five Demo.
Gratis to three Radicals, and now we
have gained two of the Radical Dis
tricts, giving US seven Democrats and
one Radical. But our crushing VIC
tory is only half told, for we have
elected the Superintendent of Public
Instruction by clear majority of
10000 votes, a Legislature is elected
for two years which is overwhelming
ly Democratic, also six Circuit
Judges (being one half of the whole
number) and twelve Prosecuting At
torneys by Judicial Districts. In
Tennessee the election for Judges of
the various State Courts and Coun-
ty officers, which resulted crushingly
in favor of the Democratic party and
it's nominees.
Now, whilst recording these victo-
ries of the Democratic party, the on
ly existing National organization
which confronts and fights the Re-
publican party, and on every battle
field meets the issue and gives battle,
would it not be we'll for the people of
Louisiana, of Rapides, or at least a
great many of them, to ponder and
wisely reflect on the nature and bear
ing of these results, and ask them
selves if there be any reasons why
they should hesitate, to rally under
the banner of such a party, if it's
platform, its tenets and creed are not
everything which we want, we need
and can demand? We believe so, we
think so, and as an humble and faith
full adherent of that noble; grand and
pure party, whose ample folds shade
all the conservatism and patriotism
of the Caucasian race of the South,
We record these victories, symbolic
of better days, with a just pride and
with unfaltering faith in our future
deliverance, and deliverance in ear
nest, from the party chains which
now bind us! "a thousand greetings for
it's hallowed and time honOred tenets!
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-19
The Parish Convention.

The Parish Executive Committee,
for good and solvent reasons, have
made change in the days on which
the Ward meetings and the Parish
Convention are to be held. Last
week we published the time as fixed
by the Mass Meeting, we now correct
it and make public that the time
of holding the Ward elections for
Delegates to the Parish Convention
has been fixed for SATURDAY, the
Goth of AUGUST, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, and that the Parish Convention
will be held at the Town Hall, in the
Town of Alexandria, on SATUR-
DAY, the 9th of SEPTEMBER
The following are the Precincts to
elect Delegates and the number of
Delegates to which they are entitled ::
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-19

~ Our regular Packet Sabine,
owing to the extreme low water, is
for once out of time and must miss a
trip. Captain Sinnott will, however,
meet the emergency and be all right
by the next issueof the Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-19

"We have been we'll supplied,
the past week, with papers, by the
clerks of the Sabine. Bertha Bruner
|, and F!eta.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-19

60 A few lines being needed to
make up, we may as well state that
rain has fallen somewhere close by.
and this Tuesday morning the wealth
Ell is really pleasant.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-19

~ We learn that Levi Wells
has been appointed Clerk of our Dis
trict Court, in place of O. K. Haw-
ley, deceased.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-28

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s. WORMS, Worm Fever Worm Colic... %
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- DIARRHEA, Children or Adults. >. 70
5 DYsENTERY, Gripping, Bilious Collie. 25
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z - CoUGHs, Colds Bronchitis .......... 25
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81 ASTHMA, Oppressed Breathing 49,. so
% EAR DISCHARGES, Impaired Hearing. 90
23 SCRoFULA, ,EDlargedGlaIds,S ,Swellings 30
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35 CHRONIC CONCESSIONS and Eruptions SO
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-28
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Philadelphia, auihcr of several valuable worKs,csh
le consulted On all diseases of Sexual or tnnsry
Organs which he hs. made an especial study
either in male or female. 40 matter rom @ sno
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Address
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
Discovery Of 4 Race Of Pigmies.

Bayard Taylor, in letter from
Egypt, gives an account Of the recent
discovery Of 4 race Of piymies in Cen
tral Africa Speaking Of two who are
in the care Of the Khed;ve, he says
'' The little fellows looked at me with
bright, questioning, steady eyes, while
I examined and measured them Tub
bic was forty-six inches in height, his
legs being twenty-five inches, and his
body, with the head, twenty-four,
which is somewhat better proportioned
than is usual in the savage tribes. His
head and arms were quite symmetrical,
but the spine curved in remarkably
from the shoulders to the hip joint.
throwing out the abdomen, which al
ready much distended-probably from
their diet Of beans. The head was
erect, the shoulders on the line of
gravity: and there was no stoop in the
posture Of the body, as in South Africa.
Tubble measured 26 inches around the
breast and 29 around the abdomen.
His hands and feet were coarseiy formed,
but not large; only the knee joints be.
ing disproportionately thick and clumsy.
Th': facial angle was fully up to the
average. There was a good develop
ment of the brain, fine, intelligent eyes,
and nose 50 Aattened that in looking
down the forehead from above. one saw
only the lips projecting beyond it. The
nostrils were astonishingIy wide and
square. The complexion was that of a
dark mulatto.'
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
Queer Arithmetic.

The Winona Herald has the follow
ing striking paragraph:
The grand water routes from the Mis-
sissippi to the sea board, as proposed by
Senator Window, chairman Of the trans
portation committee, will cost one
hundred and fifty-ive million dollars.
Ii such contract was made, it would
cost five times that amount. The SEN
ator has not included the stealings and
jobbery that would ensue in such Il
prodigious enterprise. The wheat OF
Minnesota could not be raised IN forty
gears to pay the first mstallneent Of in-
terest on, the bonds.
The peculiar reasoning by which the
Herald gets at its results obfusticates
us entirely. We have merely to suy-
gest that the whole cost of the work
proposed by the Transportation Com.
mit'ee is $l55, 100000. On this, the
first instaliment Of interest would
amount to s9,O00,000 The wheat
raised in Minnesota in 40 years, guaged
by the production Of 1878, would
amount to 81, l,120,0O0,000. The differ
ence between the Herald's statement
and the actual fact, therefore, is the
mere unimportant margin between So,
000, 900 and $1,120, 100000 u pon
that margin the editor Of the Herald
might set up Daily Ebenezer in Wi.
mona, and not care cent whether it
sunk a dozen million or so a year OF
not.-Ptoueer.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
Potato Bugs.

On the 10Th of July last, Mr.. Mich
ael Collins, while engaged in digging po-
tatoes on the farm Of T. TAFT. Esq,
captured number Of potato-bugs and
put them in an empty bottle, closing
the mouth to prevent their escape.
He placed the bottle by a'post on the
ground. making the remark that he
would ascertain =. how long the c: it,
ters would live. anyh"w.' The sun!-
;,rr passed away and the winter follow
ed. bringing 20 thought II the lncar-
ccratcd bugs Last week. in passing,
,ir. Collins observed the bottle and
picked it up. 1t contained the intact
though motlosl.ss forms Of the potato
top destroyers. IN the caprice Of the
moment he took the bottle to the house
and held it over the fire Immense
was his establishment on perceiving the
bugs take to themselves legs and walk.
In few iEoulcpts the interior ot' the
bottle was Il writhing mass Of Color>s.
dos. Fight months without food, c1-
posed to the extremes Of summer and
winter and still livin" This statement
is fully vouched for and shows what Il
foe farmers and potatoes have to con
teud against -.jo<iet (W Signal.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
Total new crop..........993, ,000.0

The LETT over stock is estimated at
800, ,00O,0 feet. making a total for
the year Of LOO 600 900 feet, or
300, 100000 short "t last years crop
alone. OF th: ncw crop. less than the
usua; percentage. is expected to oe float
ed down by trt*'letS, and the aggregate
available stock this season will probably
not exceed 1000, 900: 600 feet. the bal
ancc being LETT i'll the woods.
In Siiune>pt;, on the Upper Nissis-
sippi the ncw cut does not exceed l50,-
0OO. .OuU feet, which added to the old
stock left over 100000 feet at
most }: makes 4 total, at the most liberal
estimate, Of IL 100000 feet from all
possible sources, against 200, 600, 900 feet
manufactured last year.
The market may be considered safe,
therefore, from over stocking.-Jac1'son
Republic.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
The Father Of Forty.One Children.

john Hepner, Of Heading, Penn,
claims to be the father OF ior:y-one
children by three wives. The Eagle
says: - He was born in 1918: and
twenty-five years aitcrwards-lS40-
he married his first wife in Germany.
They lived happily together for eight
years, when she died Daring that
time they were blessed with seventeen
well-formed children; hence at the age
Of 80 Mr. Hepner found himself the
father of quite an extensive family.
The little ones came on earth as follows :
Two pairs Of twins, four sets of trip!ets,
and one at single birth, seventeen in all.
The children Of this marriage are now
all dead Mr. Hepner remained wild
over but 4 short time. for in less than a
year afterward he married another fair
daughter OF Germany. He Was made
the happy father of another child in
the month Of February 1910. On
Christmas following, in the same year,
another was born unto him. Then thsy
were blessed with twins fvc times in
succession, and subsequently three
more children at single birth were born
unto them, making fifteen in all. His
second wife and himself lived together
nine years and then she died BY the
two marriages Mr.. Hepner at the age
Of AZ, had become the father of thirty
two children. of whom only two are
now living. Twenty years ago MIR.
Hepner and his second wife came to
this country. He was then 80 years of
age. Three years afterwards his wife
died. Mr.. Hepner, not desiring to live
in strange land entirely alone, select
ed third wife in 1858. They are
still living happily together, and during
the sixteen years of their married life
nine children have been born unto them,
each by single birth, making forty-one
in all His third wife was a widow
with one child when they married
Hence forty-two children have called
him father OF the third set OF
of children only three are living, making
five living in all, together with the ex-
ira one belonging to his third wife,
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
Why all Nevada Rivers Run Into the
Ground.

The Virginia City New Enterprise
says: i" It is well-known peculiarity of
our Washoe rivers that they all sink
into the earth. Each river empties in
to what is called its sink, or lake.
None of them get out of the state or
empty into the sea. This Gu
rious fact was once curious
ly accounted for by queer old fellow
who made his home in the shadow Of
Mount Davidson Said he: The way
it came about was in this wise !: The
Almighty, at the time He was creatin'
aud fashion this ERE yearth, got along
to this section late on Saturday evenin'
He had got through with all the great
lakes, like Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie and them; had made the Ohio,
Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers, and,
as a windup, concluded to make river
that would beat anything he had done
in that line. He started an traced out
Humbolt River an Reese Rivers, an'
all the other rivers, an He was leadin
Of 'em along, calkelatin' to bring 'em
altogether into one big boss river, an
then lead that off an let it empty into
the Gulf Of Mexico or the Gull Of CAL
ifornia, as might be convenient; but as
He was bringin' down and leaden'
along His branches-Truckee, Hum.
boldt, Carson, Walker, an them-all
at once it came on dark, an not bein'
able to carry out His plan, He just
tucked the lower ends Of the several
streams inter the ground whar they
was, an they've stayed thar ever
siuce.'" t4s-.4
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27

DIR. Carpenter says: "There are
many persons in whom emotional states
are induced by meteorological condi.
tions: the one by dry, clear, bright
atmosphere, the other by that close
damp, z muggy' state Of the air which
seems to lay ! wet blanket upon all
their enjoyment, both bodily and mental;
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27

In his valedictory, Virginia editor
reioioes that he has never been horse
whipped, revolvered, knitted, kicked,
licked, bricked, pummeled, or cursed for
ANYTHING I have said, written, DONE. OF
left undone Is an editor. " b..
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27

Andrew johnson has gone into pol
itics again. He is candidate for the
United States Senate, and has put upon
his flag the notices, redemption Of par
per money, and retrenchment in taxi
ton. x.
The Grange advance., 1874-05-27
Michigan, Wisconsin And Minnesota
Lumber.

From figures just completed, it is
com puted that the Michigan lumber
yield for last winter will amount to
1900, 100000 feet, as compared with
$500 ,000,0 900 feet in 1928. Of the
old stock. LETT over from 1923: it is
computed that the mills have on hand
950,00O 600 feet; consequently both
the old stock and new cut, together:
will not produce within 100, 100000
feet Of the crop alone Of 1878.
Cl ,se estimates of the Wisconsin
Weld Tor last winter arc as follows:
, 1874-11-07
A Natural ArtesiitM We'll i'll an Vuon
tsruYriG.

From Mr IIN&dt!d tIl.> OH f9aH
Tilrce miles southwest OF New Canton, In this
county, eau 10 soon ono of tho most wonderful
Blghts avor witnessed. On tho land of Shaw &
tunert. known aa tho northwest quarter OF Sec.
~. OF Township E south, q west, Is found what
staa boon known for years ns the salt npring.
lls H1'!InG rises out Of n level prairio aad Tow
wociis Hinco tho locality gavo no indications that
you wore approaching ono Of tho greatest won.
Eers OF this country. Tho spot l,as long been
tho resort Of wild game aud domestic animalg.
who came to drink ltH saline waters, which never
go dry or iroezc. winter or summer. A few
WeeEs ugo the proprotors, WHO had long conceiy..
ell Tint tloro was aomo ..undeyelopcd secret con
nectcd with tho spring, sunk an iron ppo some
20 feet down tho mouth of 1t, and ilneliutolv It
began to throw out from tho upper odgo Of tLo
PHO water to tho height Of 23 iect. It has ro-
manned for fcw days, attracting lnrgo number,
OF visitors, Who casno to aoo and wonder, Homo
days after nix moro pipes. OF the diameter Of Tx
tnchos waro driven into the Npring-tho longest
pipo about Is fcot-and nucl cascatlo Of water
wNa lever aeen lofolo on u lovp1 prario. Some
or tic plpcs have covers perforated with Bmall
!ioles, una tho 1ots OF water thrown from theae
form, In the sunshine, beautiful L1anbows For
~ toos Or marc ~ every direction, and Is to 20
leot high, tho Wllito spray risca, gttors, and
blowera around, forming pool 80 foot II, d.
ia1'hotci, clcnr, limpld, and conl. III clear day
Tho connn Of watar can 10 socll for mos, and
on q cloudy, dsizzling day oyor = ,niloH.
, 1874-11-07

Moltho, llnH recons1y ad1rosae1 t,o fo,,,n,nr
iettor to Dr. Brann, tho trapelntor of t;a,n;i9aa
M ho,Issotn ssa9 Tol!-known work, "Los Yolontnirea
20 179l !" ~ thank yom for scntiino mr. w.,"r
vooaspes e v n1S5si ys oT
Commune appended 10 It; tho trausintinn ,vl iii
10 m,,el good. i il sad enough whcn nrm!os Me
Rfo compelled to lnaerate eacl, othor hit Il ia
aoHolnto return TO Darbnrism when wholo m t,one
'IIG 'ot loose. Warfare by regular ares ts like
lat with fearrul effect bit struggle jiko anal
uao ,,a now going on In Spain may bo apsjy com.
roa. atea 70 fetsd atmosphere destroying lilo hnr-
iii rdn1 ., whole Kingdom. Impoverished armies
Yours trt1iv, S"'A' Va ""A psnoIwiSe'
Sept. ~, 1874. Ao+1Kf.