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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

LOUISIANA WH1Gs.-The Louisi-
ana Republicans are busy trying to
prove to the Wings in that State
| that the Republican Party Is sub
stantially the old Wing Party. The
Louisiana Wings reply with some
show of jiusslce that it may be the
same ship, but. she seems, down
there, to be in possession Of pirates.
IN. Y. Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13
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reputation, based on its intrinsic virtues,
and sustained by its remarkable cures.
SO mild as to be safe and beneficial to
children, and yet SO searching as to
etiectually purge cut the great ccrrup-
tons Of the blood, such as the scrof-
ulous and syphilitic contamination.
Impurities or diseases that have lurked
in the system for years soon yield to
this powerful antidote, and disappear.
Hence its wonderful cures, many of
which are publicly known, of Scrofula,
and all scrofulous diseases, Ulcers,
EruptiOns, and eruptive disorders of
the skin, Tuners, Blotches, BoiIs,
Pimples, Pustules, Sores, st.
Anthony's Fire, Rose or Fry
sipelas, letter, Salt Rheurn.
Scald Head, Ringworm, and in
ternal UlceratiOns of the Uterus,
Stomach, and Liver. 1t also cures
other complaints, to which it would not
seem especially adapted, such as Drop
sy, Dyspepsia, Fits Neuralgia,
Heart Disease, Female Weak
ness, Debility, and Leacorrhoea,
when they are manifestations of the
scrofi'lous poisons.
1t is an excellent restorer of health
and strength in the Spring. By renew
ing the appetite and vigor of the diges-
tive organs, it dissipates the depression
and listless languor of the season.
Even where no disorder appears, people
feel better, and live longer, for cleansing
the blood. The system moves on with
renewed yigor and new lease of life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

s-THE sword surrendered by Napo-
lean III to Emperor William at Sedan
was delivered, Strausburk paper
states, to Gen. Carthenau by Prince
Bismarck in 1871.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

The cost of running English
railways averages SO per cent. per
mile; the cost in the United States
is 65 per cent.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

Friendship is the shadow of the
evening, which strengthens with the
setting sun of life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

Momory's magic fingers
Will never fondly rest,
Amidst the trembling harpstrings
Within my lonely breast.
Oh. my own love and my true love,
And my loYe that loved me so,
Ills sad, yet sweet to listen
10 the strains of Long Ago!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13
MfsCEtLA AEQt


Police Jurors:
JAMES r. ANDREWS. -. President
j. A. WILLIAMS,
A. b. G.. DEAN,
B.F.LAMBRIGHT,
j. II. S0RRELL.
II. NJ. LABAT, .----- CLERK Police jury
IN. BARRETT, -. Parish Treasurer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

= MUSICAL piracy = stealing
march.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ayers
Sarsaparilla

Is widely known
as one of the most
efectual rene
dies ever discov-
cred for cleans
ing the system
and purifying the
blood. It has
stood the test of
years, with a con-
IXl
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dJoetical.
MEM0RY'S HARP.
BY KATHARINE GREENE.


Memory's fingers wander
o'er the frail strings of my heart
And they waken such sweet music
As to cause the tears to start.
The slow, sad tears bat slumber
Uns.ied within niire eyes;
For strive to crush and silence
Those ollen hrrinonies.
Menory's hand yet fingers
Among the hidden strings,
And rush of tender feeling
The dreamy music brings.
Those strange, warm, sweet emotions
try i'll vain to queil-
FOR memory's music fingers
Like tue nurinar in shell.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13

AUGUST 26, 1875.
Dearest George ! will write you q
few lines to let you know that you
are remembered by me, for when you
receive this I shall be in another.
world. Q, George, do this because
/ am tired Of life and I want to tell
you before ! die that ! have loved
you aud love you still, and when
am dead please remember me and
think Of me often @, George, love
you. Think of this when ! am gone
and in The other world. / will loos
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
From the Albany Evening journal.
THE CONTROL OF THE NEXT
HOUSE.

The very suggestive statement is
made that eighty-t3ue member OF
the aaeet. or E0rty-fourth, Congress
esther serVed Saa the rebel arnay o.?
held civi1 positions u,der the re6e2
Government. We suppose this
number embraces those in the Senate
as we'll as those in the House. And
yet there can only be very few in
the Senate. We do not know the
exact number, but an examination
OF the list shows that it probly does
not exceed five at the most. The
remainder are in the House.
What does this statement mean /?
1T means that the control of the meat
H0mse of Representatives. as IN tie
hands Of those soho qcere persona21q.
officially and octively engaged IN
carrying on the rebellion and seeh-
ing TO destroy the Government. It
meaus that the mastery oflegislation
and of the purse of the nation has
been acquired by those who were
lately seeking to break up the Union.
For consider the facts; The Demo-
Gratis have 1853 members of the next
House being q majority of go over
the Republicans. OF this whole
Democratic strength, 80 is a clear
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
Sherif's Sale 0
on Execution.
JAMES ". STERBINS )
Against
THOMAS D.PARSONS
and
CHARLES G BROWN,
KENosHA COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT,

By virtue of al Execution Issued in the above
entitled action in favor of the above named plain
tiff and against he above named defendants, to me
directed and delivered. have ievie0 upon all the
right, title and interest which the above nam d de-
iendan's, eithec Of them. had the 2ist day Of
April, A D. 1865, or that either If SAID defendants
have at any time since acquired In and TO the fol-
lowing described real estate situated in the
Fourth Ward Of the City of Kenosha, State of Wis
consin, to wit: Lot number Ten (1O) in Block
No. Ninety-two (92l in the South st quarter of
Section Thirty one 1917 Town No. Two ~ North of
Range No. 1wenty-three (p3) East Also Frrty
rods of OF the South end, measuring North and
South OF Block No. Six C6) of the University Ad-
dition to the City Of KenOsha: Also commencing
Twenty four rods North and Twenty rods West of
the South East Corner Of the North West quarter
OF said Section ThirIy-one (3D aforesaid; thence
North parallel with the east line of said quarter
section sixteen rods; thence west ten (10) rods
or to the east line of Maple Street; thence south
on the east line of Maple Street sixteen (16) rods
thence east about Ten (l0) rods to the place OF
beginning which real estate or much. thereof
a. may be necessary to satisfy raid execution and
the costs thereon, shall offer for sale and sell
at public auction to the highest bidder therefor
at The front door of The Courl Rouse In the City
OF Kerosha, on Friday the 10 day of February,
A. D. 1875, at one O'Clock in the af ernoon Of that
day. JOHN LUCAS,
Sheriff of KenOeha County
Da ed Sherif's Office. Wisconsin.
Kenosha, January 9th, 1875.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

III N. WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM.
United States Senator from come ct
lcut, of wdich State he was Governor
during the war, died at his home at
Norwich on the 4th inst. His term
as Senator would have expired on
the 4th of March next. Mr.. Eaton
having bean elec ed "a his successor.
Senator Buckingham was II years Of
age.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

TIE statement is made in the Iron
Age that a wedge or plate Of iron has
been found imbedded in the masonry
OF the great pyramid, the indications
being that it must have been in the age
of Cheops, placed there by some author
tiles as far back as 8, 400 years ago This
makes the use Of iron about $500 years
more ancient than it is supposed to DO,
and affords opportunity for explaining
The cutting Of the sharp and well defined
'hierogly phics on porphyry, granite and
other hard stones employed IN the con-
structlon OF Egyptian pyramids, temples
and tomhs. How these could have been
cut before the age of iron has been a
puzzling question to many, but further
investigation may show that iron was in
use at period far more remote than any
&c which 1t has get been assigned.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

majority. Of this SO the actual
fighters or officers under the rebel
flag have at least 80, possibly tie
full S2--certainly enough, with the
help OF one or two Northern dough
faces where score could easily be
had to give than an unquestloned
majority on the Democratic side.
Now what follows? The House
of Representatives, with It's power
over legislation and all the appro-
priations, is under the control Of the
Democratic members; the Democrat
lc members sre under the control Of
the caucus, which determines the
policy of the party the caucus Is
under the control Of the majority of
its members and that majority, as
we have seen, is made up of those
who served in the rebel army or
under the rebel Government. Thus
it comes topass that those who were
only the other day fighting to destroy
the Government have new, through
the Democratic party, secured pos
session Of the popular branch of
Congress, and have the power to say
what it shall and what it shall rot
do.
This is certainly significant and
startling result. 1t shows first of ali
that the Government whose legisla-
ton permits such possibility has
been anything but Oppressive" and
"tyrannical" in it's treatment Of the
defeated rebel foe. 1t shows in the
mere practicability of such result
a magnanimity unparalleled in the
history of the world. But 1t also
raises other questions Of the most
suggestive character. Whether the
appropriations tor carrying on the
Government shall be made will de-
pend upon those who are just fresh
from the attempt to overthrow the
Government. Whether the princi-
pal and interest Of the debt incurred
in saving the Union shall De paid
will depend upon those who fought
to break up the Union. Whether
the pensions of the manned and
crippled Union soldiers shall be con-
tInued will depend upon those who
struck the wicked blow. Whether
the true and loyal men Of the South
shall have any protection will depend
upon their bitter toes. already the
threat has been made that the ap.
preparations for the army and fol
other vital national purposes shall be
cut off. And whether they shall or
not, is for those who fought under
the rebel flag to say.
Isn't this most extraordinary
state o. things? Isn't it an aston
ishing result? It seems but the
other day that after four years of
bloody war, costing a million lives
and billions Of treasure, the rebellion
wac finally subdued. Had any one,
on that great day of Appomattox
Court House, predicted that in less
than ten years the american people
would put the control of the House
of Representatives in the hands OF
re els there defeated, would he not
have been pronounced 81 mailman
An | yet that is precisely the result
we now see, as the fruit of the Demo
cratic suocceas. Many who shared
in bringing it about doubtless had
no thought of such conclusion. And
| z ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

Discomfort. - Competence is a
financial horizon. which recedes as
we advance. This word is by no
means Of Indefinite meaning. 1t al
ways signifies little more than We
possess. We are none Of us wealthy
enough in our opinion, although we
may be too much Sc in the judgment
of others. Content is the best opu.
lence, because it is the pleasantest
and the suresf. The richest man is
he vino does not want that which is
denied TO him; the poorest is the
mlser who wants that which he has
not.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19
The italian Beggar.

The italian, when he takes TO beggary,
says city paper, is very much Of an
adept. There Is about his stimulation o
picturesQueness and dramatic power
which ismost fascinating. he speaks Of
his sunny Italy with a fine poetic feeling
sharply in contrast with the shoulder
struggling condescension and diiIidont
depreciation with which he alludes to
our own poor inhospitablc country.
"Ahl bella ma" said one of these ro-
mantle yagabonds 10 q lady in whose
kitchen ho was solacing himself, "my
beautiful Italia is one day 1. June. 1t
has no snow in the street and no
hungaree in 20 belly The lady natur
ally inquired why ho did not stay in
beautiful Italy. "AhM he said, with
shrug of the velveteen shoulders, "it
was Veslyius that drive me to zis forlorn
country" Vesuvius drove into lawyers
office on Broadway one fine day, q
brazen scamp, who exhibited printed
certificate from an American consul in
Italy to the effect. that tho bearer had
been blown up by the volcano, his
family torn from him, and his vineyards
made dcsolate. Would the liberal citizen.
OF n great republic have pity upon the
wretched stranger. The lawyer, who
lad moro leisure than briefs, cross-ex.
amined tho volcano. smitten Italinn.
Did he like travelling by yolcanol Did
it hurt him most when he wont up or
when he came downi AT what rate Of
speed did he travel when he was blown
into the air, and did the smell Of gin
certify to his sufferings, or was 1t only
an accident Of temporary emergency
Tho suffering foreigner only shrugged
his shoulders and said: EMO no speakee
1nglesia,'" Finally, losing temper under
the continuous fire Of cross.questions,
tile yolcano-ruined stranger measured
the distance between the stairs and the
place where he stood, and said; ooh,
you be dashed" and down he went be-
fore the astonished lawyer could put out
his hand to stay lin.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19
Justices, Justice in England.

The Pal Mall Gazette says: With
coals at their present price poor people
who live near n forest are exposed to o
great temptation. They must, however,
keep their hands from "picking and
stealing" or rather from sticking and
stealing, for justice in this countryis ad-
ministered very indifferently, and It's
mill wheels occasionally "grind exceed
ingly small" A case heard few days
agoat tho ST. Martins, Stamford, petty
sessions ought to be warning to
'sstickers." -Four women weresummoned
for sticking in Cliffe forest on tho 10th
Of February, and doing damage'to the
underwood to tho extent OF sixponce.
II appears that the forest is the property
Of Lord Exeter, aud n heavy penalty was
pressed for, as considerable damage, II
was stated, had been done to the under
wood by stickers. The magistrates
thereupon fined oil the defendants 81
9ss Cd, including damages and costs, or
months hard labor. This Judgment,
according to the report in the Stamford
Mercury, appeared to stagger the poor
WOnent Wno plchucu piteutbly ioI
mitigation Of the sentence, declaring
that they had been compelled to go out
sticking to get firing, rs they were uh-
able to buy coal ut Is. Cd. hundred
weight. After awhile the magistrates
rolented SO for as to allow fortnight
for payment. This act Of mercy did not,
however, satisfy the offenders, who
urged that they should fever be able to
pay the sum demanded, and would have
to go to prison, and two Of the deiend-
ants, an old woman and Young girl,
actually surrendered themselves in Gus
tody on this absurd plea. Another old
woman, who said she had only los. in
the world, that her husband was Ill in
bed, and Ind been so for three months,
aud that she only went to set o few
sticks to make fire to warm him, got
her penalty at last reduced to 81, but
her money was exhausted. So evenly
arc the scales Of justice balanced in this
country that an old woman who picks
up atick and o rriffian who knocks an
old woman down with bludgeon are
mulcted In about the same penalty.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19
A Cardlnnl,s Stnle conch.

It is an old Roman custom that car
dinal should not appear in. the streets on
foot, 10 it is necessary that Cardinal
McCloskey should havo his state car.
fiage. The New York Herald gives us
q description Of it: Neither in color nor
ornament is it prepared to attract notice
in the street, still 1t is an extremely
luxurious vehicle. Hung upon whit
are termed suspension springs, tho body
Of tho coach sways with cradle.like
motion at the slightest impulse. The
coach cost $1,000. 1t is an almost mas
siye. round.bodied tswn coach. Within
it is lined with dirk green satin md
fitted with every appliance neodful to
people who. can ride in their coaches.
The body is painted lustrotlsly black,
and its running gear is Of dark green,
like tho upper side OF m oak leaf. These
colors arc relieved by the pallor Of the
silver mountings Of the carriage. The
only exact mark by which people will
learn TO pick out Cardinal McCloskey's
coach from host Of fine vehicles drawn
by proud horses is the coat Of arms on
It's doors. This isa combination, it is
said, Of the armorial insignia Of the
cardinals q family and some Of the en-
blems Of his priestly Office. The field
Of tho escutclieon is -greon.. A crimson
clleuon running from side to side Of
tho shiold up toward It's center makes n
lo5enre nj its base, in which there is .
golden lily flower. On tho field Of the
cheyron are three silver Maltese crosses.
AT each upper extremity Of the shield is
q golden star. surmounting tie es-
cutcheon is q double crosslet, rs IT is
called-that is, cross having one large
and ono small transverse, tho lAtter being
above tho former. The escutcheon is
thus described in heraldic terms |:
Field vert, chevron gnlcs, with three
Maltese crosses, argent; two ctottcs or
in Chief, and q Rcursdc.Lys or. Crest, o
double crosslet. Tho horses arc said to
be the finest Of any team to be found.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19

The sen depends on the disintegIation
Of roclson land for salt. II tdoess't orig
mate in oceans and seas. Rains wash II
and hold 1t o solution as particles are
liberated by violence, decomposition,
and gradual action Of many natural
forces. Ali stfeamlets and rivers, there
fore, are constantly transporting salt to
the sea. II there is more than can be
held in solution, thenit accumtlates In
masses OF very deep points. Thus tho
salt mines OF Portland and the yast hori.
zontal beds OF pure salt in Texas, rs we'll
as that mountain Of rock salt in ST. Do.
taingo, were collected at the bottom Of
ancient seas, which are now dry land, re-
mote from water. There are places In
Africa where the process Of diaintegra'
tion Of salt from rock Is regularly going
on, but there is not water-power enough
to force Il onward TO the sea. Hencethe
particles are spread abroad and mixed
with the soil. The negroes Of Northern
Africa having discovered its distribution
where there Is no water TO dissolve In
the ground, leach 1t. III that way they
separate the salt. Salt peryades tho
earth. 1t exists in the grasses and most
vegetable products on which animals
feed. In .that way they derive enough
II, most countries to meet the demands
Of their natures. They require rs much
as civilized humanity. With them salt
Ia necessary, rs with ourselves, for keep
ing the organs OF vision in good condi-
tim. Stop tho supply, and blindness
would ensue.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19
The Florlda Orange Groves.

A Florida correspondent, describing
both the attractions and drawbacks Of
the peninsular State, goes into ecstasies
over the orange groves which abound
there. The most celebrated OF these is
the property Of Colonel Hart, his being
the largest grove Of bearing trees in the
country. It has $50 trees, varying from
four to eight inches in diameter, all
set at equal distances from each other,
in straight rows each way, and SO dick
together that among tho largest trees
the ground is completely shaded. Tho
old crop Of oranges has been nearly all
picked, and the trees are budding very
thickly aud beginning to blossom. The
trees now blossoming will lave fruit in
the middle OF September next, from
which time they will be picking all the
fall and winter until all aro harvested.
Heretofore they have allowed them to
hing on the trees until the first Of May;
but II has been found better for the trees
and they get o larger crop by not letting
the fruit hang on so long. The oranges
keep perfectly sound as long rs they
hang on the trees, and one frequently
lsees single tree on which are buds and
blossoms, green, half.grown oranges aud
ripe oranges. The fact that Florida
oranges are far superior to any others,
and that both climate md soil are
specially favorable for the cultivation Of
this fruit, makes It certain that their
culture is destined TO become ono OF the
most important, IL not the chief Of pro-
ductiye interests in the State. Florila's
chief element Of attraction is unques-
tionably her climate, which, when COM
pared with tho climate Of Northern
States at this season, is, indeed, agree
bic; but at present it is almost the only
source OF enjoyment to be found there.
To make il really desiable country for
o winter residence II requires o very
large influx Of Northern enterprise and
capital.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-19

One great cause Of the poverty Of the
present day, wisely says IN exchange, is
failure OF our common people to ap-
prccinte small things. They do. not re-
alize how daily addition, DO 1t ever so
small, will soon make q large pile. Il
the young men and women Of to-day will
only begin, and begin now, to save .
little from their earnings and plant 1t in
tho soil Of some good savings bank, and
weekly or monthly add their mite, they
will wear n happy smile Of competence
when they reach middle life. Not only
the desire but the ability to increa3e II
will also grow. Let clerkand tadesman,
laborer and artisan, make, now and ut
once, beginning. Store up some Of
your youthful force for future contin-
gency. Let parents teach their children
to begin early TO save. Begin at tho
fountain head to control the stream Of
extravngance-to choose between poverty
and riches. Let our youth 60 on in the
habits Of extravagance for fifty years to
come rs they have for fifty years past,
and we shall have o nation Of beggars,
with moneyed aristocracy. Let gen.
eration Of such as save in small sums be
reared, and we shall be free from want.
Do not be ambitious for extrayagant
fortunes, but seek that which 1t is the
duty Of every one to obtain-indepen.
dence and o comfortable home. Wealth.
aud enough OF it, is within the reach Of
oil. II Is obtained by one process, and
one onlY-saYing.