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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-03


save only the apportionmept bill. This
is paying much too dear for the whistle.
and II the majority in the Senate have
absolutely resolved to treat all the
House bills with indifference, it would
be infinitely better and cheaper to adj.
journ and go home at once.
X would, OF course. be very impru-
dent step, TO say the least, to adjourn at
once, or to adjourn at all, leaving the
present Returning Board to supervise.
forge returns. estimate cleo
ton figures. or otherwise to cheat the
people out OF their election. and to do
this for the purpose of creating another
tyrant in order to continue
their robber domination in all OF its
atrocities. In the opinion OF
the most moderate and sensible persons
il will be difficult, II not impossible. to
escape bloodshed and its attendant hor-
rors II some proper election law is not
passed, and the Returning Board in
quity thus retired from the sight. and
rs far as 1t can be from the recollection
Of the voters Of the State. There can
be no sufferance or compromise on
that question. Make every provision
Of any law that may be passed
rs stringent and particular in securing
fair election as may be thought neces-
sary, let every citizen participate, with
out fear or favor, in the election, guard
the rights OF all with such guarantees
that they cannot be broken or violated
with impunity, but there cannot be an
,ther peaceful election in Louisiana
With any authority in the Executive or
u Returning Board to sweep away the
awful ballots Of the people into some |
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-03
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Estimates nude for Store Fronts, 0fnamthfa
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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-09-14


IRIS Too EXPENSIVE. -He was in
the morning of manhood, his eyes
clear and bright, his skin of u warm
ruddy glow, his step buoyant and
elastic, and his spirits bounding aud
healthful. Said friend to him
Come in, Harry, aud take daink.
No Tom it's too expensive.
can afford it..
oh, pshaw Come ard drink with
meat my expense.
No, Tom Il wouldn't drink nj
your expense i'll could but that
thing cannot bs done. He who
drinks must do 30 ut his own ex
pense.
Nonsense If invite you ia
drink, aud pay for it, what the ex
pense to you, Harry 2
"Ay Tom, dear boy, wasn't think
ing of the money part As for that,
| fancy l could afford the expense
better than you could No, no the
expense which cannot afford is of
another kind. The peace and hap,
piness of my mother cannot sacri.
flee my own health and strength,
aud mental and moral vigor, and my
self-respect, | cannot foolishly ex-
pend and cast away. And, dear
Tom there is another-God bless
her your sweet sister, Lille
have l right, since our betrothment,
to on,:anger the heart and tho life
l have pledged to her ?
A tear stole down Toms cheek
lle took Harry's arm, and walked
eway, from the gilded saloon, con-
scientiously redecting upon the better
way of life.
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What a Man Should Weigh.

An article in the Herald Of Health
says that one OF the earliest efforts
made to obtain anything like fixed
relation between hight aud weight,
was that of DIR Boyed, who weighed
q number of inmates Of the st
Marylbone Workhouse. England.
He took the height and weight of
one hundred and eight persons la
boring under consumption, aud
found that they averaged Eve feet
and seven inches in height and sixty
pounds in weight.
He then measured aud weighed
one hundred and forty one paupers
who were not consumptive, and
found that their average height was
five feet three inches, and that they
weighed one hundred and thirty four
pounds. This subject attracted tho
attention OF the late DIR. John
Hutchinson, and no determined to
take the height and weight Of all
classes OF. persons in this communi
ty.
In this way he collected the height
and weightspf uHward of five thou-
sand persons. The following table,
according to his calculation, shows
the relation which should exist be-
tween height and weight in heal
thy person, speaking generally, of
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Don't Be- Discouraged

Don't be discouraged il, in the out
set Of life things do not seem to gc
on smoothly. IL seldom happens the
hopes we cherish Of the future are
realized. The path OF life in the pros
pect appears smooth and level
enough, but when we begin to
travel it wo find il all up hill and
generally rough enough. The jour-
ney is laborious one, and whether
poor or wealthy, high or low we
shall find IL so to our disappoint.
ment, il we have built on any other
calculation. To endure what is to
be endured with as much cheerful
ness as possible aud to elbow our
way as easily as we can through the
great crowd hoping for little yet
striving for much, is perhaps the
true plan.
Don't be discouraged il occasion.
nj you slip down by tho way and
your neighbor tread over you a lit.
tie; accidents happen, mis- 'alcula-
tions will sometimes be male, things
will turn out differently from our
expectations, and Se may be suffer.
ers. IL is worth while to remember
that prospects are like the skies in
April, sometimes clear aud favorable
rs it would DO folly to despair of a.
gain seeing the sun because to-day
is stormy, 80 it is unwise to sink in
to dependency when fortune frowns,
since, in tho common course Of
things she may be surely expected
to smile again.
Don't be discouraged under any
circumstances. Go steadily forward
Rather consult your own conscience
than than the opinion of men, thou
the last are not to be disregarded.
BE Industrious, be frugal bo honest |;
deal in perfect kindness with all who
come in your way, exercising a neigh
borly and obliging spirit in your in
tercourse.
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MRs COLLINS New BONNET. Col
Inns wiic brcame the happy possessor
Of a now hat yesterday. Il was one
Of the latest out !; Turing at either
side, made to sit perpcndicularly on
the bick of the head, and coming TO
u point about six inches above the
forehead. One OF the 'awiulIy ia. Ia
kind, which gives ~ general sunaow,
er appearance to the faco. II was so
perfectly ravishing that she conld not
resist the temptation to wear it homo
aud surprise Collins. Sho ran up
stairs into the bed room where he
was sitting, trying to keep COOL, and
throwing her head proudly back, in.
quired how he liked i'll
He stared at her q momont iu
.mazement, then bursting into II
laugh, rem ,rt O. that Il reminded him
of rustic ss"no he had once witness
ed,
oh. ls,' she exclaimed, what was
that 2
"A scared mule luokins out Of a corn
heli.'
Hs vent out on the BE- / she'd aud
cli,nbsd down ,hrou b tie grape ar
ber, and after she had thrown every
thins moveahle, she aid down on The
N 4 xnl onioA IA N. .kuasNk h, n ~. -.
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WHAT A WEAK WOMAN CAN d

WHAT A WEAK WOMAN CAN Do
She can sit at an open window Of a
railway carriage with a stiff north
east wind blowing in that chills
everybody in the vicinity to the
marrow, for two hours in thin mus
lin dress without Ainching.
She can dance or waltz down the
captain of a marching regiment, and
at the eleven o'clock supper pu,
away lobester salad, ice cream
champagne, cake and coffee, without
fiinching, sufficient for week I
nightmare to a strong man.
She can comb her hair all back SO
as to leave the roots OF it to the full
play Of December breeze, aud wear
a bonnet on top of chignon, leaving
ears and head exposed with impuni-
ty, with the thermometer ten de-
grees below zero.
She can pull over one thousand
dollars worth of dry goods for the
investment OF fifty cents.
She can studie music for ten years
sufficiently to enable her to perform
excellently, when not in the presence
Of those who desire to hear her.
She can balance herself on the ball
Of her great toe and shoe heel be
size Of dime all day in the public
street without falling.
She can occupy three seats in a
horse car and be utterly oblivious
that any Of her sex are standing mp
She shows unusual strength and
(1nuess in tho holding OF real estate
sre diamonds, and other valua.
property which her husband
placed in her hands previous to his
compromising with his creditors for
twenty cents on o dollar.
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Cure For Badness gentleman
who had last nearly all his hair aitcr
a very severe attack OF fever, consult
ed French physician Of great repu
ted success as hair restorer. The
prescription given him was u drachm
of homeopathic tincture of phospho-
rus to one ounce OF castor oil the
bare spots he rubbed two times week
ly, for half an hour each time, after
the skin of the head had been thor-
oughly cleansed with warm wate-
without soap. Tho treatment was
faithfully carried out about six
months. the hair soon began to grow,
AMI in year from the time Of follow
ing the doctors advice his head was
as thoroughly covered as ever, the
new hair being about two shades dar-
ker than tho old.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-09-14

FIGHTINd with RIFLES. most
desperate duel took place in Crook
City, in the Black Hills, July Goth,
between james Shannon anI Thorn
as Moore, both from the Missouri
river. Moore owed Shannon $50,
which the latter was endeavoring to
obtain from him. Moore either was
unable to or would not pay the
money, when Shannon struck him
with his fists Moore said he didn I
fight in that way, and Shannon ask
cd him if he was armed Moore re-
piled that he was not, and Shannon
told him to go aud fix himself
Moor retired to his camp and in
short time came back with n rife,
Shannon awaiting him on the field
with a revolver. Moor then asked
Shannon ii he was ready, aud the
latter replied that he was not. but
would be in few minutes. Within
II few minutes Shannon asked Moor
if he was ready. Moor made no re-.
ply, aud shannon asked him again if
he was ready aud again there was
no reply. Shannon then raised his
rifle aud took aim. as also did Moore
and both discharged their weapons
simultaneously. Shannon fell dead,
shot through the heart, aud Moore
had narrow escape, Shannons bull
let grazing the top of his head. The
jury returned u verdict of justifable
homicide
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Az INCIDENT WORTH RELATE

An INCIDENT WORTH RELATING. -
Taylor Township furnishes us with
an item that will be read with inter.
est-Recently pheasant's nest was
found near Angus sawmill, in that
district, and it was noticed that
there were several eggs belonging
to the domestic fowl known us the
hen, in addition to q number that
had been laid by the pheasant. The
eggs were left undisturbed, and fl.
nally there was fight between the
two birds most interested, as to
which was entitled to priority in the
matter Of batching out the fruit.
The wild one succeeded in driving
off the tame one, and three week
subsequent several little chicks of
the domestic specie stepped out
from the shells. 1t is known to
many of our readers that one weeks
longer is required to hatch pheasant
eggs than is necessary for hen eggs,
and in this instance the pheasant left
the nest as soon as the little chick
ems made their appearance. They
were almost as wild as if they had
been the simon-pure little pheasants
and since they were hatched out the
old one and her brood have frequent.
ly been seen. but their capture can.
not be accomplished. This opens in
a new light the argument for which
country debating schools are famous;
namely, (which is the mother of the
chickens-the hen that lays the egg,
or the one that matches it out" A
pheasant hatching hen eggs, and the
brood showing all the instincts OF
wild fowl would 60 far toward show.
ing that she is really the mother of
the little ones.-JohnstoWn Irib-
lt2le,
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nea.At Paoli, Chester county, Rob

nea-At Paoli, Chester county, Rob-
ert Reilly and Torrance McGannan,
employed by contractor Lennon in
strengthening the Pennsylvania rail-
at that point, quarreled and fought
ut midnight. In their struggles
they got on the railroad track, and
not noticing in their blind fury, that
a coal train was coming, they fought
on and were struck and both instant
ly killed by the engine as it sudden :
ly swept around q curve. They
were carried about q hudred yards
on the cowcatcher, aud their bodies
when picked up, were fearfully man
gled. An inquest was held and the
train employees were cxonorated
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RELATIONS BY MARRIAGE w,
PEAR of q gentleman who is some
that puzzled by the connections
Prmed by the nuptual tie. He thus
hdeavors to explain them.
married O widow who had {
rown up daughter.
My father visited our home very
ten and fell in love with my step
hughter, and married her. So my
(ther became my son-in-lsw, and
, step-daughter my mother, be-
nse she was my fathers wife
pmetime afterward my wife had a
n--he was my fathers brother. in.
y and my uncle, for he was the bro
sr Of my step. daughter.
Ny fathers wife, i. 0. my step.
(ughter, aud also q son he was of
urse, my brother and in the mean
pe, my grand child, for he was the
OF my daughter.
nv wife was my grandmother be-
pee she was my mothers mother.
was my wife's husband and
md child ct the Same time. Ar
the husband ofa persons grand
Pther is his grandfather, was my
. grandfather.
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s0 Freckles, says the Herald o.
Health, are not easily washed out OF
those who have florid complexion
aud are much in tho sun, but the
following washes are not only harm.
less, but much tho best OF any We
know: Crate horse,radish very tine
let it stand a few hours in butter>
milk, then strain and use the wash
or squeese the juice OF u lemon into
half u. goblet OF water aud uso the
same way. Most OF the remedies
for freckles are poisonous and can-
not be used with entire safety,
Freckles indicate a defect in digest.
ion, and consists Ia deposits Of some
carbonaceous or fatty matter beneath
the skin. Tho dict should bs attend
cd TO, aud should bs Of a nature
that the bowels aud kidnoys will do
their duty. Daily bathing with much
friction. should not be neglected
and . Turkish bath taken occasion
ally, II convenient
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Johnson at the Sewing Society.

There was score or moro women
gathered together at Mr.. Johnson q
house. Mr.. johnson is a good hoart
cd man and a good citizen, though
he is rather sceptical about some
things. The women had just organ.
lied The Foreign Benevolent Soci-
ETY. when MIR. Johnson entered the
room. He was appealed to donate
q few dollars as q foundation to
work on, and Mrs. Graham added:
1t would be 80 pleasant in after
years for you to remember that you
gave this society its first dollar and
its first kind word.
He slowly opened his wallet, drew
out ten.dollar bill, and as the Ia
dies smacked their lips and clapped
their hands he asked
is this society organized to aid
the poor of foreign countries 2
'Yes-Yes--Yes ! they chorused
And it wants money Z
'Yes-Yes y
well, now, said Johnson, as he
folded the bill in tempting shape
there are twenty married women
here. II there are fifteen of you
that can make oath that you have
combed the chillren's hair this NOR
ming, washed the dishes, blackened
the cookstove aud made the beds
I'll donate this So
Il have, answered two of the crowd
and the rest said
why, now, Mr.. Johnson !
If fifteen of you can make oath
that your husbands are not wearing
socks with holes in the heels, this
money is yours, continued the
wretch.
Just hear him / they exclaimed,
each one lookingat the other
If ten of You have boys without
holes in the knees Of their pants,
this X goes to the society ! said
J Johuson.
Such II man = they whispered.
If there are five pair of stockings
in this room that don't need darniug
Ill hand over tho money, he went
on.
Mr.. Johnson, said Mrs. Graham
with great dignity, the rules of this
society declare that no money shall
be contributed except by members,
aud as you are not u member beg
that you will Withdraw and lot us
proceed with the routine business
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M, 4 SC, q 1 1 IL N q q u -
Outrageous and Inhuman Torture.

The following are the heart-ren.
ding particulars of the treatment
received by two helpless children
at the hands OF a woman in whose
care they had been placed and
presented by the Lancaster "Tntel'
ligencer, which gives the name oI
the accused: "rhe children were
confined for more than year, fol
the most part in tho cellar, where
hogs were kept, and employed there
in doing the work for their master
their only food was a piece Of bread
daily, without even water to drink,
they supplying that want from the
hogs trough. They had not lain in
bod during the whole time. Their
mistress, practiced nursing, used
frequently, without any cause, to tic
them up by the hands, stretched out
to staple in the ceiling, after strip
ping them stark naked aud whip
them till her streSgth was exhaust
cd, and they were covered with
wounds after which she fastened
their clothes upon them which, clea-
wing to their bodies till the human
tigress renewed her cruelties which
we may naturally suppose were
every time more intolerable than the
preceding. The eldest who is II
years of age, scourged not less than
six times the Friday before the dis-
covery, whereby, and her former
usage, she was one continued sore,
covered with gashes from head to
feet her flesh seemed purified and
she appeared rather as if cut with
knives than. whips; her head was
swelled to an enormous size, her
eyes imperceptible aud her speech
gone. An iron collar that was about
her neck, had torn that and her
shoulders in terrible manner.
The youngest, who is thirteen
years old is likewise a miserable
spectacle She declared to an ac-
quaintance of the writer Of this that
sometimes after they had been whip
ped, tho blood which streamed from
their wounds formed puddles under
meath them where they sat in the
cellar. The man is said not to have
whipped them, but was only access
bory as knowing and permitting it.
When the mistress went away she
caused them to be chained up in
(hst filthy place till her return,
which they dreaded more than death
Rhich wonid have ended their suf.
ering. The eldest son is said to
pave insisted the mother in whips
Ping and insulting them.
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: : ?" ;
Nome Teachings.

Teach them that true lady may
be found in calico, quite as frequent
ly as in velvet.
Teach them that a common school
education, with common sense. is
better than college education with
out IL.
Teach them that one good honest
trade, well mastered, is worth q
dozen beggarly professions"
Teach them that honesty is the
best policy'-that 'tis better to be
poor than to be rich on the profits OF
crooked whiskey,' etc, and point
your preccpt by examples of tor
ments of the doomed
Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves Teach them that.
as they expect to be men some day,
they cannot too soon learn to protect
the weak aud helpless.
Theach them that tow ear patched
clothes is no disgrace. but wear a
black eye is.
Teach them that God is no respec
ter Of sex, and that when he gave the
seventh commandment he meant it
Tor them as well as for their sisters.
Teach them. that by indulging
their deprived appotites in the worst
forms of dissipation they are not
fitting themselves to become the
husbands Of pure girls.
Teach them that tbs better to be
an honest man seven days in the
week, than to be u Christian () one
day and villain six days
Teach them that God helps those
who helps themselves.
Do all this aud you will have
brought them up "in the way they
should CO.
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Two-HEApEp CnrLp.-A col

A Two-HEApED CnILp.-A corres-
pondent Of the Petaluma (Cal.) Ar
gus says that in the Red Woods. a.
bout twenty miles from petaluma.
there lives a family who have a fe-
male child, about eight years old,
which has two well-developed and
perfec ly formed heads aud nscks.
According 10 this correspondent,
from tho neck downward to all ap.
pearanco II is tho body Of but QUE
child. The two heads are called
Dollis and Ollie. Dollis has ricl,
brown hair, dark hazel ayes, aud 10 a
brunette. Ollio has q fair akin au.
burn hair. aud blns eyes, They eau
each converse with different persons
on different snhiscts at the same
siMA and ara we'll Informed aud 10
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\ DAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE -
Mrs. Flora White, wellskoown in th,
fashionable world forty years ago
was one Of the most beautiful, accom-
plishcd, elegant and attractive wom-
en- oi her day. She was tho daush-
ter of General Adiir of Kentucky
aud her first husband was Joseph
Nj. White, the second delegate sent to
Congress lrom the Territory Of FIori.
da
Highly educated, full Of genius, and
with the manners of a queen, her so
cicty was couricd by the most clevat-
ed circles in Washington. New Or
leans, New York aud Boston. She
was brilliant convcrsatlonalist, rea-
dy and effective ut repartec, and II
sincere, warm-hearted gentlc-woman
and OF tho most gracious and gener-
ous impulses On oLe of her visits to
II me she was presented to tho Pope
'KnceI' my laughter said he, rs
she stood cree, in her imperial grace
before him All kneel to me except
the daughters of sovereigns.
Il am princess in my own right,
your holiness she replied.
tHow can that be when you are an
Amer icln!'
In my couotry the people are sov.
ereigns and am daughter Of the
people.
Tho Pope smiled gracious assent
rcjoining
'Theu ceive an old mans bless
ins.'