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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07

FLOUR Plants Extra, O'Fallon. r e +
| Strike, Davis & Emmons Best. Lone
Star, Fleur de Cap, Cape City and othc,
brands of the choicest Family Flour IL
ceived IN this m;srket; also Supe,Iiuc
Double Extra aud Treble Extra, suited
to plantation use.
PEARL HOMINY and GRITS-Crackel
Wheat, Smiths Crushed White Wheat
Corn Meal, Genuine Scotch Dat Meal
MESS and RUAP PORK-Bacon, Clear
Sides and Shoulders, Dry Sailed Sides
and Shoulders.
CHOICE SUGAR.CURED HAMS AND
Breakfast Bacon.
FULTON MARKET FAMILY BEEF and
Pig Pork in half and quarter barrels.
DRIED BEEF- Smoked Beet Tongues.
Spiced Beef
PURE LEAF LARD-In tierccs, kegs and
buckets.
GOSHEN BU1TER-From the best dali
ries, in tirkins, tubs aud CANS OF five and
ten pounds each.
WESTERN BUTTERFLY frkins and tubs
CHEESE - English Dairy, New York
Cream, Western Factory, Pine Apple,
Holland, Sip Sage and Grnyere, etc.
SUGARS Crushed, Cut Loaf, Grannla-
ted. Powdered, White and Yellow Clal-
lied and Louisiana Brown of all CRATES.
MOLASSES and SYRUPS In barrels.
half barrels aud kegs of ten gallons eacr
fair, prime and choice.
FISH - Mackerel, Salmon, White Fish,
Goldfish, Tongues and Sounds, Dutch
Herrings.
CANDLES-Star, Sperm and Parafinc.
YEAST POWDERS, ETC. - Sole Agent
for J. Monroe Taylor's Cream Yeast
Baking Powder, "The Best" Preston &
Merrill's, Dunham's, Horstords Bread
Preparation, Cream Tartar, Bi-Carb
Soda.
SALT-Ccarse and fire, n sacks aud
pockets.
SOAP-Procter 81 CANDLES Olive, Lautz
Brothers, Acme and Defensive; also u
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07

large assortment of Toilet Soaps.
VlNEGAR-Pure Cider and French Wine
SIAktI- Western. Duryea's Satin Clos.
and Blneing.
! CRACkERS-Large assortment o f Eng
llsh and American
PICKLES, PRESERVES and JELLIES--
Imported add Domestic, ill great Nari
FLAVORING EXTRACTs-Lcmon. Va
mia, Pineapple, Orange, Almond, Nee.
taIlne, Rose, Peach and Ginger
SlHUpS-Lemon, Pineapple, Raspberry
vanilla, Strawberry, SarsapariIia and
Ginger.
DRIED FRUITS-Prunes, Peaches, All,
pies. Figs, Raisins, Clron, Cnrrauls,
and Cherries
NUTS Almonds, Pecans, Fiiherts, Eng
Ish Walmuts
CANTON PRESERVED GINGER and
CHOW-CHOW.
CANNED GO0DS-A large assortment,
comprising every variety OF Fruit, Veg
ctahles, Meats. Fish, Soups and ponltry,
DELlCAClEs- Bologna Sausage, French
Patiies, Mushrooms, Devilet, Ham and
Tongue, Shrimp and AHcbovy ptsto
MACE ARONI AND YERMICELLl-Iial
ian aud American.
SALAD OlLS-1he finest imported
CONDENSED MlLk-BoIdc.l's Eagle
and Swiss.
SAuCES-Lea and Worcestershire. Fork
shire Relish, Crnsse IL Black ellis Wal
nut and Mushroom Catsup, Mclilleniy's
Tobasco Pepper.
CHOCOLATE-nakers' Plain, Single and
Donhlc Vanilla, Paris Exposition.
SPlCES-NInstard, Pepper, Alspice, Gin
ger, Gloves, Cinnamon, Mace, Nutmegs,
Currie Powder.
COEFEE-Rio, Java, Mocha, Lamnayra,
Manila. Havana. C0rdova, Our collecs
are selected with great care, and pur-
chasers can always rely on getting the
best in market
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07
5 NO. a..
ScGd for Mother!

''Dear me Tt wasn't enough for me
to raise a family of my own. but now,
when I'm old and expect to have a lit
tie comfort here, it is all the time Send
for mother!'" And the dear old soul
grows and grumb|es, hut theses her
self as fast as she can, notwithstaud-
ing. After you lave trotted her off
and got her safely in Your home, and
she flies. around, administering rene
dies and lebnkes by tuIns, you feel ca
sier. "It's AL right mower soon will
he--mother's comet
In sickness, no matter who is there
or how many doctors qnarrelovcr your
case, everything goes wrong somehow,
till you send for mother. In trouble.
the first thing you think of is to send
for mother.
But this has IFS ludicrous as well as
1T S touching aspects. NE verIant
young coople-to whom baby's extra
ordinary grimades and alarming va wis,
which threaten the dis|ocatioa of its
chin; lis wonderful sleep, Which it ac-
composites With its eyes I.alf open and
no perceptib!e 1iatter Of its breath. and
which causes Tie young mother to i'm
agine it is dead this tune, and to
shrek ont 'Srnl for mother.' in tones
of anguish this young compile, III the
light ct the experience which three or
four battles bring, find that they have
been ridiculous, and that tilev have
given mother Il good many ''trotsr for
nothing.
Did anybody ever send for mother,
and she fail to come, unl,ss sickness
or the nirmities OF age prevented her9
AS when, in your childhood, those will
lug feet responded to yunr call. so they
Still! DO us l""g as ti,ey are able. And
when the summons coates which none
yet disFe.arde,l, thoug!. it win be "a
very dark and sad one for yon, then
God, too, will S nd for mother
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TIE FINEST zE.d.S L.lLPOR 2ED:.

tie Holland Gin, two bottles Pc Wine,
two bottles Sherry Wine, one bottle Ja-
maica Rum. Price SIG per case for first
quality, aud sig per case for second
quality.
MANUFACTURED TOBACCO, from forty
five cents to 81 per pound,
MI Goods Warranted as Repre-
seated
Otherwise to be returned at our expense.
Mistakes will sometimes occur and when
we are i'll error please report, and they
will be corrected instantly.
Do not expect the best quality Of goods
at the lowest price. = ~ ~ Et
Send us a list of the goods wanted, and
we win give prices, which will convince
you that the cost your supplies can be
greatly reduced. l ..
Orders from parties not well known to
us must he accompanied by satisfactory
city references or draft to cover amount
of bill. Il
Letters Of inquiry promptly answered
All purchases delivered Tree Of charge
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07

NEVER TOO OLDTo LEARN -Socra-
ties, at an extreme age, learned to play
on musical Instruments. for the par
pose OF resisting the tear and wear of
old age.
Cato, at eighty years of age, thought
proper to learn the Greek language.
Piatalch, when between seventy and
eighty, commenced the study. OF Latin.
|, Boccacio was thirty years f age
when he commenced his studies in po-
lite literature, vet he became one of
tue three masters of the Tuscan dia-.
leet, Dante and Petarcll being the 9TH
CT two. -
Sill. Heu. Spe|man neglected the sci
ences in his youth, but commenced the
study of them when he was between
fifty and sixty years of age. After
that time he became most learned
antiqnary and lawyer. Tl.
Colbert, the famous French minister,
at sixty years OF age returned to his
Latin and law studies. ~
Ludovico, at the great age of one
hundred ant tiIteen, wrote the. mem
OTIS OF his Own times a singular eX-
crtlon. uoticnd 10y Voltnjre, who was
himself one Of the most remarkable in
stances of the progress Of age in new
studies.
Osi|hy, the translator Of Howard
and Virgil, was unacqnainted with
Latin and Greek till he was past fifty.
Franklin did not CONNIE ace his phi
losnphical pursuits till lie had reached
his tiftieth year.
Accorso, Il great lawyer, being asked
why he began the study of law, so late,
ANSWERED THAT indeed he beg it late,
hnt he should therefore master it the
sooner. 10 js5.4ga
Dryden, j II his ssixty-eishth year,
commenced the translation OF the lila
and h 5 most pleasing productions
were written in his old age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07
J. w. PLATT,
w holeSale ana Retail Dealer
.'i ~ j.
u IL q OLE r. H p and TECA q.
.@,--. Plantation Supplies, =.
Wines, Liauo.s ana Cord1a1@
Family Groceries,
roe ca'fP 81, c02VEH or p02DRas
NEW ORLEANS

AS CONSTANTLY ON HAND COMPLETE STOCK OF GOODS IN HIS LINE
20 which he respectfully Of
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TEAS

Received directly from the importers and sold in desired Quantity with
fit only
than the usual charge for simlar goods Iousekep who
wish o ecosto their household
will please notice the following
list which includes
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07

EXTRAORDINARY REPoKT FROM Tex
AS Under aate of the 22l, the. Wash
,ington correspondent of the Lr'ilsviI1c
'Coarjer-JonHal telegrap!ls. as follows:
Ap extraordinary report has reached
here from TeXas 70 heeifect that Cow.
Davis, WHO was beaten by aboutIorty
ihonsnna majority in the last election
held under law approved hY himself,
llas' nov discovered that this INV was
invalid, aad proposes to tieat the cleo
ton as, if it had not occurred. Some
think that he is prompted to- this
course by the President, who is en-
Iconraged thereto by the acquicsence Of
the public in his Louisiana policy,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07

. Among til e shows recently ex-
Libited at Berlin the so-callr,l Russian
"Men of the Woods are, perhaps. ,hs,
greatest attraction, Adrian Festi-
Jew, the father Of the family, is man
of medium STATURE whose face aud
head are ,t!tieky covered witt, black
hair; even his ears aud eyes arg Sc. bu,
.ried III hairs that Ire las to phSli t1ienI
aside If he wantsto see and hear dis
'tinctly.3 His tMee-yea, old son is quite
as sreat,a curiosity, He is a bidnaa,
but us liirsute Is his father. An,f iGy,
lis SIS years Of age, q native of Russia
tile child of Caucasian parents And
therefore rather a, lnsus uatnaseG ts,al
the representative. of distinct human
'spe les. He was atwood eaM'rer,
when speculative cnnntrymaH discov-
cred HIN and took him Tor exhibition
TO St. Petersburg, where the Empeio,
showed much interest in the case.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07
Manual Of Health.

An edition Of between nine and ten
millions Of copies Of Il very useful wor,;
Is now ready for gl;a;uiors ,!istfihu-
ton, and can be had for the asking at
any drug store in the United States.
the British Colonies, Spanish America
or Brazil. The work referred to il
IoS:c5icr's A!::.;;nac for 1874. The
mc'lica! portion of it treats of the va
rions ailments to which the human
system is subject, and sets forth the
peculiar properties of Hostetter's Sio-
mach BitleFs-the purest and bes t
itoi'ic at present EnoWn-as a prcserv-
alive OF health and strength, and as a
remedy for debility and disease. The
Almanac is printed in all the principal
languages of the civilized world, aud
reaches a larger number of Families
and individuals than any other me,li-
cal treatise 'hat ever issued from the
press. No man or'wonan who has a
due regard for that choicest of heav-
ems blessings, bodily visor, should fail
TO read the plain: simple aud con.inc-
ling articles Which this truly practical
publication contains. The niscelEane-
Gus matter is varied, instructive and
jamusihg, and the calendar department
copious and comprehensive. lfostet-
ter's A!manuc is, IN short, household
convenience, adapted TO the use of all
classes and calliuss. The farmer, the
planter, the miner, The merchant, the
mechanic, the Iahorer, the professional
man, all need it and to invaIils OF
both sexes it is literally an article of
prime necessity. The medical techni-
calitics Which render so maiy medical
|treatises intended for popular use un-
Iintelligible to the general reader, have
been carefully avoided in this pam
iphlet. All is clear. explicit, .ihrcible,
and reconciiiahle with reason and COM
mon sense. ..,...E .ag
The PROJECTORS, 1Iessrs. Hostetter.
AID Smith, Pittshnrs.' Pa, on receipt
Iof two cent stamp. will forward a
copy by mail to any person wiz" can
not procure one in his neighhorhood.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-01-07

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in Cuba.
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
A Remarkable Parallel.

A remarkable parallelism has been
shown to exist between Melbourne,
Australia, and San Francisco, California.
They are nearly in corresponding lati-
tudes, San Francisco being in thirty
seven degrees and forty-eight minutes
north, while Melbourne is in thirty
seven degrees and forty-seven minutes
south, thus making one only one mile
nearer the equator than the other.
Both had their beginnings as towns in
1885 both remained insignificant places
until the discovery of gold in the coun-
tries surrounding them both suddenly
arose to great wealth both suffered
from decline of the gold yield, five
years after mining began and both have
risen to new and abiding prosperity, as
the agricultural resources of the tribu-
tary country were developed. Here this
remarkable parallelis1n ceases. The
British colonies in Australia, of which
Melbourne is the metropolis, contain q
population nearly three times as great
as the Pacific slope, but Melbourne it
self does not greatly exceed San Fran
cisco in size. A California paper con-
trasts the two cities, claims greater
natural advantages, such as climate,
geographical position, etc., for San
Francisco, but reluctantly admits that
in public buildings, parks, etc., Mel
bourne is to be envied, even by the most
loyal Californians
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
European Nayies.

According to the last official reports
given in the Borsenzeitun9, of Berlin,
the total number of iron-clads owned by
the naval powers of Europe is 244. The
total number of screw-ships, exclusive
of coast-steamers and gunboats, is 431.
Belgium, Switzerland and Servia have
no navy and Roumania has only n few
gunboats on the Danube. Holland,
Sweden, Norway and Portugal have no
iron-clads. Greece has 2; Germany, 3 !;
Denmark, 3; Spain, Z; Austria, IL !;
Russia, IS; Turkey, Is; France, % );
and England, %. Austria, Italy, Greece
and Portugal havesno iron-clads for
coast service. Holland, which has no
cIads for coast-service England has %,
and France 80. Germany has 2 turret-
ships Spain, Norway and Denmark,
each 3 !; Turkey, 5 Sweden, 8; and Rus
sia, 13. OF screw-ships, England has
1872 France, So Russia, 48; Turkey,
A Spain, 81; Holland, % ). Italy, "a j;
Germany and Denmark, each Is Aus
tria, IA; Portugal 8; Sweden and Nor
way, each and Greece, 2. In 1875,
Germany will have six new iron-clads
for war-service, which will rank among
the most powerful ships on the seas,
and, in points of thickness of their ar
NOR, strength of their engines, and
number and quality of their guns, will
far surpass those of Austria. Italy and
France. The number of sailors, engin-
eers, stokers, etc., employed in the
English navy. is 68, 264 ; in the Russian,
&c, 900; the French, $3.50 the Turk.
ish, 81, 600; Spanish, Il, 1000 German,
u, $50; Austrian, II, $50 italian, IL,
200; Dutch, 6,206 Danish, 4,800; Nor
wegian, 8, 500; Portuguese, $500.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Western Union Telegraph.

The New York Bureau Of Core
spondence makes the following notice
of the new office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and OF the inn
mense business of this mammoth cor
poration
One of the finest buildings to be
found in New York is that in process of
erection by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, on the corner of Dey
street and Broadway. This immense
structure will be completed at a cost of
81, 700, 900, and will beread for occupancy
about the first of January. The
building is nine stories high, and will
be entirely occupied by the company,
with the exception of two stories, which
will be rented. The battery room alone
will occupy nearly one story ; then the
Presidents room and the rooms of the
other officers will fill up the rest of the
building. Few persons have any idea
of the immensity of this corporation.
It owns 173, SIT miles of iron wire, 5,955
offices, and has 9, 100 employees. Last
year it transmitted IA, 456, S32 messages.
at an average of ffty-four cents mes
sage. The company has been putting
up new wire at the rate of 10000 miles
year for the past three years.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Mysteries of Vegetation.

The Opelousas Ga.) Journal gives
al account of white-oak tree, in the
parish of Calcasieu, which has, in the
course of its growth, accomplished a
curious feat. The trunk of the tree is
q feet in diameter, and rises to the
height of about % or 80 feet without
throwing out single branch. About
II or 16 feet above the base of the oak.
the limb or stem of pine tree, 6 or 8
inches in diameter and II to 16 feet
long, passes directly through the center
of it's shaft, projecting several feet be-
yond each side. The oak incloses the
pine tightly, and is as perfectly solid at
this point as at every other. The ques-
ton is, How did the pine and the oak
get into SO strange q position toward
each other? The pine is dead, but the
trlrpentine in its cells preserves it from
decay, and conjecture helplessly won
ders how it ever got through the oak,
or the oak ever got around it.
In Mallet woods there is another
white-oak that presents curious fea-
ture. The trunk is of considerable size,
and divides into two prongs about l ]
feet above the ground, which run up
separately perhaps Is feet, and then
unite again into single, solid stem.
The two prongs are each, say, II feet
in diameter but, when they become
one again, the single stem is smaller in
circumference than the two stems meas
ure taken separately.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
An Industrious People.

Every Swiss city and large town has
its special industry. Some excel in one
branch of manufactures and some in
another but, taken in their entirety,
they aggregate a very respectable pro-
duction for SO small a nation. While,
the Swiss raise more than enough meat,
butter and cheese for their own con-
sumption, they are obliged to import
about /, 500, 600 barrels of -four per an
mum from France and Germany. Nor
do they grow nearly enough wool to.
clothe themselves but, from the pro-
ceeds of their sales of silk and cotton,
fabrics, of embroidery, watches, jewel
ry, chemicals and wood carvings, they
are abundantly enabled to supply all
their wants in the shape of imported
goods and food. The Swiss are certain
ly the most industrious people in the
world, as well as the most frugal. Ev--
erybody works-men, women and chill.
dren. There is no leisure, idle, or
loafer class, and few drones, in this
busy hive.-Jose1oh MedilPs Letter to-
Ctic0Qo Tribune
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
A Queer Hen Story.

From West Chester there comes to us
the following sad story of a well-mean-
ing hen: A man by the name of Lot
Fithian, of that place, had been the
owner of a hen that, TO all appearance,
was just like others of her tribe, except
that she had ceased to perform the
functions of q well-behaved maiden
chicken-she didn't lay any eggs. This
was all the more singular when it was
observed that she did not show q dis
position to ''chuck." The lien seemed
to thrive and ate well, but it was evil
dent she had something on her mind.
She seemed weighed down with grief of
some undischarged duty. A few days
ago Mr.. Fithian killed the chicken, and
on dissecting her discovered twenty
eight full-sized, well-shaped eggs, the
only difference between them and mar
ketable eggs being that they were minus
the hard sh II. The cause of the poor
hens dependency was now explained.
She had done her duty, had prepared
her eggs for delivery, but owing to
some obstruction nature refused to per-
form her share of the work. What
would have been the ultimate conse-
quences of this had the hen been al
lowed to live on we are not prepared to
say but it certainly is a strange freak
of nature, the similitude of which we
. have never before heard of.-Doyles.
aOaO7a (Pa.) Democrat.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
Two Rich Men.

A New York correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes 'sThe chief
holder of personal estate in this city
is Commodore Vanderbilt, who is esti-
mated at $4,000 900, the largest part
of which is in railway property. He
owns enough in the Connecticut river
and New Haven roads to be a director
in each, and he also owns the control
ling interest in the Central, Hudson and
Lake Shore, besides his stock in Ohio
and Mississippi and other important
roads. It was said of George Peabody
that he made almost the entire bulk of
his enormous wealth after his fiftieth
year. I think a stronger statement
can be made of the Commodore, for he
has made the largest part of his money
since he was sixty-that is, within the
last score of years. I suppose that
when the war broke out he was not
worth five millions. The incessant and
enormous increase of railroad values,
and the colossal extent of his opera
! tions, have brought an increase SO stu
pendous as to remind us of the old sto-
rIes of Oriental magic. The only in
stance in which real and personal estate
Is combined almost equally in the vast
possessions of one individual is found
In A. L. Stewart. He owns enough in
| each OF these shapes of wealth to make
a dozen men rich. In point of real
estate he has two great dry goods estab-
ishments on Broadway, also the Net
ropolitan Hotel, and the former Uni
tartan Church. Add TO these the Bap-
tist Church in Amity street, now used
as the stables of his business teams,
the Depeau row, in Bleecker street, and
above all his Fifth avenue palace, which
cost 81 ,O0O,O0 In personal estate is
his stock in trade, capital and bills re-
ceivable, which must be $4,000, 900,
and large quantity of bank stock. In
this manner Stewart wields both classes
of property. He has differed entirely
from Vanderbilt in this point The
latter has invested almost solely in rail-
way stocks, while the former has es-
chewed this form of property in g very
peculiar manner. He has q strong
affinity for those things which pertain
to trade and to this alone. It is said
that his estates cannot be less than $780,
| 600. OOO''
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06
John Smith in Luck.

A long article of great social interest
might be written upon wholesale addi-
tions to the family but we promise to
be short. First-it was at Terre Haute.
The father, John Smith. Number of
little Smiths, all in one day, born to
John, four. Never was'a family less
needing increase than the Smith family,
but this is the way that the odd old
dame, Nature, freaks it. All boys, and
each weighed y pounds. Thirty
pounds of little strangers The cir
cumstance was beautifully noticed the
next morning in the Terre Haute Ga
zette under the sensational heading of
"Four Bouncing Baby Boys p :" Here
after,'' says the Gazette, ''let us cease
to curl the contemptuous lip when the
name of John Smith falls upun the ear.
For one, we promise. Not a curl r
Then at Bethlehem, Pa, we observe
additional phenomena. Mrs. Carol and
Mrs. Ford are twin sisters. They were
married on the same day. Their first
children were born in the same month
their second in the same week; their
third at the same hour-or rather, we
should say their third and fourth each,
for on this interesting occasion there
were twin Carols and twin Fords. AL
these darlings are alive and well. We
have spent more than an hour in rub
bing our head, and in thus trying tc
dsduce some heretofore undiscovered
law of nature from these facts. 1t has
been failure. Meier a law i-Neat
York Tribune.