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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22

Our Packet of the Bart. Able Line,
the G.. II. Durfee, had another fine trip
down; 357 bales of cotton, 52l sacks of
cotton seed, Q barrels of molasses and
l09 head of beeves. She reached here
Monday evening with good trip, her
clerks remembering the Democrat, and
to keep up her usual weekly time, goes
down tY-tlay al noon,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22
notice.!

NTEMBERs OF THE HEBREW BE-
IYl nevolent Congregation of Alexand-
ria and over the Parish of Rapides, will
have their business closed on Thursday,
September 3Otb, and Friday and Satur-
day, October LIST and I'd, also on Satur-
day, October 9th.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22
A Convention.

We perceive, and we must state
with regret, that some of our leading
and true Democrats are determined
to call and have State Convention
nolens r0lens, some time in Novem-
Der next, And we have been be-
sieged and begged to wheel into the
movement, and we most unhesita-
tingly refuse and will continue to re-
fuse our humble acquiescence in a
movement, which we consider must
harm, instead of benefit the Demo
cratic party of Louisiana. The
whole move is premature, unwise and
can but end in damaging our harmo-
ny, our unity, which just now are our
shield and messenger to future vic
tory.
Aside from all these valid. consid
erations, we have an acknowledged
State Central Committee, whose bus
mess and province are to attend to
our party affairs; this very move has
been before them and it has been
voted down, decided against, and
the Democrat acknowledging this au
thority and bowling to its authority,
cannot see the wisdom of kicking
against its we'll directed edicts.-
Harm, we repeat, insubordination
and chaos can only be the baneful
results of such a suicidal opposition,
and should be tempered down before
it SINNERS into worse shape. Again
the Legislature meets in January,
and we should be pleased to see the
members of our party, whom our
people have sent there, under pres
sure and trials never before afflicted
on people, come to the front, show
their hands and act the part which
they were sent there to PERFORM
They are the ones to pave the way,
draw the lines and move on the enc
my's works and stamp our State pol.
icy, and convince their constituents
that change of measures follows q
change of men. This we would like
to see, and second trial accorded
them to do these good deeds, with
which we are yet willing to accredit
them. We are free to acknowledge
that at the Extra Session they fiz.
zled and absolutely did nothing,
and did not even make the attempt.
We want them tried again, are will
ing to further trust them, and Their
results may help and guide in a Con-
vention call.
These are our humble views in this
Convention matter, and we seriously
trust that more wise councils will
prevail with the eager departure men
of the Democratic party, and that the
ruling of the Central Committee will
be binding with all true men of our
party. There can be no doubt now
of our final triumph, we hold the
winning cards, and why now go of
.half-cocked before the tap of the
drum, and make more confusion for
a party and a people, who are ce-
menting their every exertion for a
grand struggle under the broad folds
of the banner Of the National De
mocraey!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22

PARTICULAR notice is desired to the
advertisement of the Mayor of t G
Town.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22
Our Agents.
ALEXANDRIA, La.
TEMPERATURE

AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON & scHNAcF
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22

oFFICE-CORNER OF
SECOND & JACKSON SITS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-22

i :
contest; that in Louisiana, particu
larly, whose people have, for years,
been so pitilessly trodden upon and
degraded by the national government
the Democratic party has rallied its
strength and put on its war paint in
earnest. The people Of Louisiana
should be prepared by organization,
to show to this great law making
power of the government that, while
they have been patient under many
wrongs, they have not bartered away
their political birth right; that they
have not forgotten nor forgiven the
high handed CRIME of Gen. Grant in
driving out their legal legislature
and their legal State officers by the
bayonette. The present Legislature
of Louisiaaaalso meets early in Jan
uary, and the people should, in an
organized capacity, be prepared to
present to that body the grievances
inflicted upon them by the election
and registration laws, the printing
law, the public school law and other
partizan Legislative enactments and
| require that their representatives de-
mand the repeal or modification Of
those measures by the Senate, under
| penalty Of Withholding appropriations
of the peoples money for purposes
| Of sustaining and perpetuating gov
crnment machinery that Expresses
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
The Lost BalIOOniSts.

Prof. Colbert, writing of Donaldson and his death while on 8 balloon voy- voyagers. The most probable end of the aeronauts would be-, however, this: The car dragging in the water would be fill ed; and the least expert of the voyagers swept out first. Released from his weight, the balloon would shoot up into the air again and hover over the water till it encountered the storm. Continu- ing to lose it's buoyant power, it was it met the blast. High up it might have ridden over the storm in safety, but near the water it was continually beaten down by the blast, as the friction of the water caused the wind which struck the base of the balloon to travel less rapidly than the wind which struck it at the top. The consequence of this would be @ continu- ous rolling over of the balloon flom the top downward, twisting upward of the car, rapid contraction and dilation of the sides of the balloon in different di- rections, causing a strain which it could not long resist; aud even if the frail structure were superior to this, it must ultimately meet the water, when the lowest side, stirling the comparatively hard liquid, would burst open with Q huge rent, and leave the unwieldy mon ster collapsed mass of rubbish on the surface. * It's position near Crosse Point, the place where the ballon is re- ported to have been seen by the two off, cers of the Little Guide, might indicate that the balloon could scarcely have passed the center of the lake before be- ing struck by the storm.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
5. d The Mountain Meadow Massacre.

The trial of Lee, for participation in the Mountain Meadow massacre, bids fair to become parody on justice. 5qo By the telegraph we learn that a jury has been, chosen to try the accused, and that aaeight of the men wAo are to be asked to
 convict him are drawn from 8 class of the community not likely to be over zealous in seeking the ends of justice.
 This by itself would be sufficient to cre-
 ate 8 want of confidence in the jury
 which is to try Lee; but when we learn that near relatives of prominent actors in the massacre have also found place on the jury the pretended trial assumes the character of farce. The eight Mor- mons, inchuding the relatives of some of the men who assassinated the immi- grants, swore that they had never heard U the massacre talked about and had no @ opinion respecting it. What the value of this testimony is remains to be seen ; but the sight of near relatives of the men who participated in the massacre of the immigrants sitting in judgment on one of the suspected assassins is not likely to create much confidence in the $ just administration of the law. It is in cidents of this kind that cause men to inquire whether trial by jury be not t,after dl1, d Ulob1hCs LII uAO H4C6CAU CeloO WC think thatif jury capable of command ing the confidence of the public of the United States could not have been found it would have been better not to a have moved in the matter at all. Should the accused man succeed in getting ac- quilted by partisan jury he will be se- cure from any further pursuit of the law. Very little doubt exists as to Lees guilt,
 but it remains to be seen whether his comrades relatives will be willing to pronounce him guilty on the evidence.
 The precedent established by their pres ence on the jury is not pleasant to con. template, for if every murderer is to be E. tried by the friends of his 'spals '' society will soon be obliged to abandon all reliance on law procedure and return
 to the ruder but more effective modes of administering justice.-NeD York Ee1OId
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
A Singular Will Case.

The San Francisco CaW says The application of Mrs. Anna King for distri- button under her fathers will, of his es- tate, was argued and submitted in the probate court. It appears that some three or four years ago, William Scott, who was Mrs. Kings father, and a wealthy merchant of Honolulu, had 8 personal difficulty with his son-in-law, James 0. King. King shot his father in-law, inficting severe wound in the breast, from the result of whi h he died in about two years. Some time prior to his death, Scott made will, by which he bequeathed to his daughter Anna (King's wife) $500 only, while she re- mained the wife of her husband, but provided that as soon as she became 8 widow she should have the whole of his estate. If, however, she should die be- fore her husband, then the whole estate was to go to the testator's brothers and sisters. King and his wife came to San Francisco, and resided here for some years, King being engaged in business as 8 warehouseman. He soon got into business difficulties, and failing to extri- cate himself, departed for New York, somewhat under cloud. A year or two ago domestic infelicities made their ap- pearance in the King family, and Mrs. King instituted proceedings for 9 di- vorce. The suit was defended and one day, after some testimony had been taken before referee, and while Mrs. King, attended by a friend named O'Neill, of whom King was insanely jealous, were descending the stairway from the referees office, King drew his pistol and deliberately shot O'Neill in the back, killing him almost instantly. For this King was tried, and, having been found guilty of murder in the sec ond degree, was sentenced to Sing Sing for his natural life. According to the law of New York, person upon whom a sentence of this character is passed is civilly dead. His wife may marry again, and his property descends to his heiAs as if he were dead in fact. Acting upon this theory, Mrs. King now claims that under the provisions of the will she is entitled to receive the estate of her father, and petitions the probate court here to give it to her. This being op- posed by the executors, the matter was argued at length before Judge Myrick by Messrs. Phelan and Le Bretton for petitioner, and MT. Merrill for the exec utors. The estate is estimated to amount to over $1O,O00.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
Public HOilse Brandy.

Mir. Griffin, of Canada, states that he found in sample which he analysed quantity of tannin so large as to become almost like ink when mixed with salt of iron. It was evidently not distilled spirit and he says he was puzzled by it till he read the following instructions for manufacturing cognac Acetic ether, twelve ounces; spirit of nitric ether, four ounces i; French wine, eight quarts ]; oak bark, half pint purified spirit so much as to bring the whole to one hun dred and fifty quarts. This mixture, after long cellaring, is very similar to real cognac in taste and odor. Here we have tincture of oak bark mixed with 8 couple of ethers, commonly used as physic, passed off as cognac. MT. Grif- fin states that he analysed bottle of brandy from large grocer and wine merchant. It contained common spirit (which tasted very powerfully of fusil- oiD, quantity of this oak bark liquor and an abundance of sugar. What 8 nice cholera mixture! All this, it must be understood, was ID Canada, where they are supposed to have pure brandy. Were an analysis of United States brandy made what mixture would be Efle result.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE,
Curious French Habits.

Travellers in France are often puzzled by the curious habits of the country. The people are very social and kind hearted, and polite in many ways. but they seldom invite foreign visitors to meal. That is not their way of showing friendship. $<Es
 When they show special attentions, and invite to dinner, visitors are per plexed by the curious order and kind of dishes. Meat comes on the table with out potatoes, and after the meat is re- moved, green peas and salad are served as separate course. Knives and forks are not changed until the dessert ap- pears, an are sometimes kept through the entire meal. The strong black coffee at the close, without either sugar or cream, is rarely platable to ladies. To complete the bewilderment of guests, the lady of the house will often excuse herself after dinner, and go out for promenade. Chambers Journal gives an amusing account of some Scotch ladies visiting Paris prim and precise, who, after passing through an expert ence of this kind, concluded the French had no taste in table arrangements, and no good manners towards guests. They forgot to make allowances for diff ferences in national customs.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
Why Potatoes Run Out.

J. W. Prentiss, of Steuben county, New York, writes as follows to the Country Gentlemen All vegetables can be improved by careful selection of seed beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, peas and beans particularly so. Pota- toes are equally susceptible to this sort of improvement yet while more or less attention IS paid to selecting seeds, the potato is neglected. For planting, if selected at all, those which are good for little else are chosen-not good enough to sell or eat, but they will do to plant. This is the rule rather than the excep- tion. The potato certainly is very ac- commodating in it's willingness to grow, however mutilated. What other vege table would bear being divided into de tached parts, and regardless of circum- stances, be expected to yield hundred fold7
 It is supposed (f there is any sup position about it) that each eye or germ is seed. But the potato is. really 8 compound of at least two qualities there are what may be called the stem and seed ends, and when separated the seed end will produce numbers, the other size. It is true that each germ or eye will produce a potato, but it IS imper- feet seed, and will "run out" If we take a germ or eye from the seed end of the potato and plant, and follow next year the same treatment, it reverts to the wild potato. The habit of promis. cuous cutting and planting saves it from entire reversion, but it's vitality is weakened, and it degenerates. If care is taken in selecting the best specimens of medium size, and they are planted whole, or if cut, cut lengthwise, to se- cure all the properties of perfect seed, they will not run out, but show as much capacity for improvement as any vege- table grown.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
STRUCK DEAD IN A TWINKLING.
DepIorable Effects of a Flash oG Lightning
 from n Clear Sky.

Deplorable Effects of Flash oe Lightning
 from n Clear Sky.
 While thunderstorm was raging at Q distance of apparently couple of miles from Sioux City, Iowa, singular freak of nature took place in the striking by lightning of the depot, and the striking and killing subsequently of J. H. Boyer. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, at which time not cloud obscured the sky overhead or stood between the sun and the town, a terrible flash of lightning, followed by deafening peal of thunder, struck the wires of the telegraph office, and set it on fire. The damage done to the telegraphic apparatus was most com plete, the wires being torn to pieces and the different instruments being almost without exception distorted and broken and completely wrecked. Immediately after the stroke John H. Boyer, who was in his shop at the time, ran out in the street toward the depot, where some boys had been playing. He approached them rapidly and said: "Why, boys, l thought some of you had been struck. I was frightened on account of you. !" He evidently had it in his mind that the terrible shock might have frightened his family, as he started toward his home immediately. When within about fifty yards of the house, from the front win dow of which his wife was anxiously watching his approach, another vivid flash of lightning dazzled the eyes of all, and ere the thunder had ceased rolling the naked body of the unfortunate man was seen to be lying prone upon the ground. A number of people, among them his wife, rushed to the spot, and so horrible was the situation that it was not until he had been carried to the house that full appreciation was had of the terrible death which nature had in- ficted upon him. An examination of the body, from which every vestige of clothing, not excluding even pair of cowhide boots, had been instantly torn, showed that the subtle and terribly fatal fluid had first struck him on the top of his head, whence, though the skull was left apparently intact, the hair had been burned off for the space of the size of a silver dollar. Thence the fluid had run down the side of the face, as was shown by clearly cut track, to the shoulder, and thence to the heart, where it had ap- parently spread all over the body.
 The terrible power of the fluid was shown by the presence in the ground, on the spot where the unfortunate mans body had been picked mp, of @ hole eight feet deep by actual measurement. The clothing of the deceased was found to have been shredded and when first discovered was on fire, while the silver watch he carried had been driven into the ground, and when lifted up, it was found that the works had been fused into lump of shapeless metal.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
Detroit Free Press Currency.

New Jersey makes vagabonds earn their lodgings by saving wood and pounding stone. M A !+s Al Eil. |.
 A blind man in southern Illinois can play checkers, but he can't find the wood pile if his wife wants an armful of wood.
 Keely, the motor man, is doing some big talking. If his new power contains half of his wind it must be a great suc- cess.
 A Savannah paper says that the South has too many railroads. No one road has chance to mash up passengers in tirst-class style. s $ f
 It is said that fully two-thirds of the letters which reach the dead letter office get there because women have an insane desire to write beautiful fine hand.
 A Chicago man excuses himself fer not going to some watering place by saying that he fell into the river last May and got enough to last him for whole year. @ s ..--. -.
 A fur firm in Buffalo keeps right on advertising mufs and collars and gloves, and they can't understand why women don't rush into their store instead of go- ing into ice cream parlors.
 An Illinois paper says of thunder bolt It first struck the lightning rod, slid down to the roof, ran up to the eel lar, tore shingles off the weather board ing, and went away without hurting anything. -. -..s-.. .......5
 "I thought editors were intellectual beings" remarked 8 Missouri hotel keeper, but-but "- and he stood back and surveyed the pile of bones which one of the late excursion party had left behind him.
 When six hundred people will pack themselves into freight cars and ride twenty miles for the sake of eating a cold lunch in some old pasture, it is not for any journalist to fling insults at the game of base ball. t''-t
 The young man who offers to stop drinking, and chewing if his girl will marry him, will in less than year after marriage tell her that he sold himself for fifty cents on the dollar, and she will reply that she paid twenty five per cent. too much for him. Z.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
Washing Musl n, Cambric, Etc.

The articles, after having been well soaked in soft water, are rubbed in the direction of the threads (without dis placing then) with cakes or balls form 9 1re;, ed from Q mass obtained by boiling and skimming one pound of tgoap, half an ounce of alum, and one ounce of car bonate of potash. After this they are squeezed out, and the operation is re- peated several times. They are next rinsed repeatedly in cold water (sipce adhering particles of soap will render them yellow, and are finally rinsed in pure water to which few drop of tinc- lure of indigo have been added, when they are again squeezed out, elapped, md dried in the shade.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06

beled for &145,e00 salvage. .....A disastrous drought prevails in Portugal; the crops are destroyed, cattle are dying of hunger, famine is threatened and riots are imminent. The bishop and priests connected with tho San Miguel (Salvador) riots have been sent out of the country by the authorities. It has been discovered that similar outbreaks were ar ranged for different parts of the country, to take place in the name of religion.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
The Rosebud.

There is romance on the Erie road. Between Port Jervis and Buffalo there is a conductor known as the Rosebud Conductor" Many years ago he was engaged to beautiful girl, and their wedding day was fixed. She was taken ill and died few days before she was to become bride. On her deathbed she said to her lover If you will always carry rosebud in your buttonhole no accident will ever befall you." He has carried rosebud ever since, and no ill has befal1en him. He is still single man,
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
Asthma and Catarrh.-See D. Langell's adv't.
A MAN OF A THOUSAND.

A CONSULTATIVE CURED. = When death was hourly expected from Consumption, all remedieS having failed accident led to discovery whereby Dr. H. JAMES cured his only child with preparation of Caamab dica. He gives recipe free receipt of two stamps to pay expenses. There is not single symptom of Consumption that it does not dissipate- Night sweats Irritation of the Nerves, Difficult Expec- Stomach Inaction of the Bowels, and Wasting of the Address CRADDOOK O., 1O32 Race Street. Philadelphia, Pa, giving of this paper
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06

SENSIBLE. young lady in Washing ton county, N. Y., beautiful and well educated, and the owner of an $8,O00 farm in her own right, says that when she is married the entire wedding expen- ses, including her dresses, shall not cost over sixty eight dollars, and that she will make her husband happier than any city belle can who takes off four chairs full of padding at night, and cannot go to 8 party wearing dress that cost under one hundred and forty dollars.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06

sAs to being conficted with the gout, " said Mrs. Burlington, "high living don't bring it on. It is ipcoherent in some families, and is handed down from faith CT to son. MT. Hammer, poor soul, who has been so long i'll with it, disinherits it from his wife's grandmother.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06

We have often wondered whether there is person in the country who does not know and appreciate the value of Johnson's Anodyne Linlnae1at as family medicine? It is adapted to most all purposes, and is the lest pain destroyer that can be used.-Cona.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06

SHE KNEw.-A citizen of Detroit fell down on Gratiot avenue, overcome by the heat, and some men carried him sholae on a door. His wife received them coldly at first, but after while be- gan to take on. The doctor expressed surprise at her sudden outburst of grief, when she wailed: T was waiting to see whether it was Q case of drunk or sunstroke, and I know it's sunstroke 1! If he was drunk he'd be trying to smash the furniture by this tinel"
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06

:" Healing on the wings," say all who have made use of Dr. Wistdr's Bdlsdn of Wald Cherry, and by such use been cured of coughs, colds, bronchitis, sore throat, influenza or consumption. The prudent will always keep this standard remedy by them. Fifty cents and one dollar bottle, large bottles much the chaaner=C Com.