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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13


-THoUGH the Organ is out in a
half sheet and the young man was
absent, still he left leader behind
him. or some one wrote it in his alb
sence, .thas does not exactly "tote
fair" and is {. gentle wave of that
shir3, already clothed and torn to
shreds. T he whole article is by
CONTRACT ana is characteristic of the
party now championed by the young
man, and we are surprised he should
at this tate day in Rapides rehash
such nonsense, the whole of which he
surely knows is palpably untrue, and
is now thrice told SANDER. We are
charitably inclined to pass it over
this time, and are willing to attribute
it to the aver Jealous indiscretion of
youthful ardor in dying cause, and
trust we shall have no more of it. 1t
cans pass here, and the young man
may as we'll know it now as later
Be careful in the record young man,
and above all things be sure to s'tote
fair"
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C0ilMUN{CATEHs
ED1Tog LA. DEmoCRAr---

EDITog LA. DEMoCRAr---
Dear Slr-I noticed With regret
your article last week about the
id old democrats and can not let
the occasion pass without saying that
/ do not believe that there exists any
such feeling to any extent among the
young voters of Rapides. I can not,
of course, answer for what may be
the individual feeling Of any one, but
what I wish to assure, and through
you, all the old democrats, that there
is no general feeling Of the kind, nor
WAS there any organized effort to de-
feat the old Democrats. 1t seems TO
me that a combination of the wisdom
and experience Of the old with the ar
dor and enthusiasm of the young
democrats, is necessary for our sue
cess, and is much to be desired in
every way, and I for one, will have no
part or parcel in getting up any such
contest in our own ranks as that in
dicted in your article. We need the
best services of every one, young or
old, to beat the Radicals and it i'm
perils our success to have any such
feeling. Let US have q harmonious
working union of the two and no
more Of either young or old says.
A YOuNG ONE.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

The c. H. Durfee, il place of the
Bart. Able, George G, Hamilton in
command aud those same efficient and
accomplished clerks of the Packet,
reached home on Monday evening.
She had a full load, mostly for our
Town merchants, aud actually was
detained here over twelve hours dis
charging. She leaves here downward
bomb as s tbis evening.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

The avengers of poor Custer
and his noble band, at last accounts
were in hot pursuit Of Sitting Bull
They were ten days behind and sloy.
ly dropping astern.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13
N NOTICE..

Y ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS AN IN
L DEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR
CLERK OF The DISTRICT COURT,
AT THE ENSUING ELECTION TO
BE HELD THE COMING NOVEM-
Der. J. II. RANSDELL.
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NEWSPAPERS AT THE CENTEN.
NAL,

The Special Correspondence the
London Times says it would be diff.
fcult to find an apter illustration Of
the big way in which the Americana
do things than that furnished by the !
Centennial Newspaper Building il
the Exhibition grounds. Here you
may see any one, or, if you like, all
of the s,129 newspapers published
regularly in the United States, and
see them, one and all, for nothing!
You are not only permitted as favor
to See them, but invited, nay, pressed
to confer the favor of entering the
building and calling for what paper
you like. Ii is about as cool place
quite apart from its literary at.
fractions as visitor to the Exhi-
bition could wish to be offered chair
in. He may at first wonder how,
among 5000 papers, among them
such mighty sheets as the New York
Herald, he is to get at the small,
loved print of his home, thousands
of miles away, it may be, over the
Rocky Mountains. But the manage
ment is so simple that, by consulting
the catalogue, or even without the
aid of the catalogue, any one can at
once find whatever paper he wants.
They are pigeon-holed on shelves in
the alphabetical order of their States
or Territories and their towns, the
names of which are clearly labelled
on the shelves. The proprietors of
the Centennial Newspaper Building
are advertising agents, the largest in
ali America-Messrs. G.. P. Rowell
s Co., of New York. Their enter
prise will cost altogether about $780,
900 or $4,000 including the building
and the expenses of running" it for
six months. The 5000 and odd
American newspapers are declared,
by the same authority, to exceed
"the combined issues of all the other
notiopo If tba 90 ril, -
INTERMITTENT FEVER is so COM
mon in the country as scarcely to
need comment. The causes which
produce it are such as cold, irregular
living, over exertion, low spirits,
night air, exposure to miasmatic ex-
halations, etc. In large cities where
edge tools and agricultural imple-
ments are manufactured, the grinder
protects his lungs from the injurious
effect of the dust flying off the grind
stone by wearing respirator. The
coal miner ere he descehds the shaft
provides himself with safety lamp
to guard against fire damp. Now it
is equally necessary for those who
are brought in contact with any of
the causes leading to intermittent
fever, to provide themselves with
that we'll known and highly esteemed
remedy against it, the HOME S1om.
AcH B1TTERs.
The fine, large and new public
school house, built with the money
of the white taxpayers, and thus far
devoted solely to the children of the
colored non taxpayers, has of late
been devoted to and turned into q
negro Radical Club room, and all
their meetings are held therein. We
only mention this to show our people
that the model School Board are de.
termined to run'the machine, exclu-
sively in their own political interests.
The Court House and the Town Hall
are at their disposal for their public
meetings, but they will not use them
but on the contrary take possession Of
the public school house.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

OLD brother Taft, the new At
torney- General, has issued his circu-
lar of instructions to U. S. Marshals;
they are clothed with unlimited pow
er to call every body to their service,
and the whole machinery of the ad.
ministration is to be turned loose to
carry the Fall elections in the South.
Well, we have been there before, and
can stand it and don't mean to be in
Inundated thereat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

Our success means peace, plenty
and prosperity. Our defeat means
taxes persecution and negro supre
macy!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

-EcoNoMg ought TO be practiced
III ali expenditures, and retrenchmens
should be sigorously enforced in cur
Fen5 expenses. Nc new Investments
fos improvements ought 20 be made
at Che expense Of Che Taxpayers of
che State, without a bettes assurance
Of Che future.-tGoy. Tildep's Veto
Message, 1875.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

The young man of the Organ
went to New Orleans on the Bart.
Able-that. with scarcity of iu!,
brought his paper down IN = half
sheet.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

'"THEM TAXES. We are once
more fully authorized to jog the too
treacherous memories Of our tax
payers, and beg TO remind them that
the last days of the present quarter
are fast passing by, and SO are most
of them passing by the Tax Collec-
tors office without calling and MAX
ing a settlement. There IS such a
thing as riding a good horse to death,
and somebody begins to believe that
the Tax Collector is that horse in a
fgurative sense, and in an earnest
sense, that horse must be expected
to kick. For this issue we shall say
no more, and hope we will not be
compelled to listen to the cry of dis
tress when that kick is forced from
the already too lenient Tax Collector,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

The Vermont election, as was
to be expected, has gone for the Re-
publicans. But the Democracy Of
Arkansas ''saw that" aud went 3d.
900 votes better as majority.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

- ETERNAL vigilance is the price
Of liberty"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13
fYrxr s,n cow por;.+u..;on

--tiUNE up your Registration pa.
pers of 1874 signed by Z. j. Barrett
If you have them yet, you are all
right and can vote on them.~aif lost
or mislaids you must apply for new
ones TO che present Registrar, now
on duty in the Parish. This must
not be neglected. 70, without one of
Ihese papers you cannot vote.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

ALL who have become of age
since 1874, all who were not regis
tered then, and all new corners enti-
tied to vote in November must reg
lister now. This is imperative, else
they cannot vote.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13


We wish that the parents Of the
white children, who send them to the
Public School, now under charge of
Mr.. Calvit, could see the shanty that
she School Board has provided for
shem, and then G lance at the one
nsed for the colored children. The
parents of these white children pay
ninety nine dollars out Of every hun
bred as q tax for the public school,
and yet, though they have at last a
talented and competent gentleman
assigned them as teacher, he and
their children are crammed into a
miserable shanty unfit for comfort
able dog house. But the colored
ones are in a palatial mansion, and
that is now dedicated to political
gatherings by men who are again
plotting to roo these very white par
ents and their children of their justly
due minority rights and forever en-.
slave them to the yoke Of the domi
nant faction. How long, white men,
and you few decent colored ones who
side with them, are going to permit
these things to last and go on unre
buked2 Cannot the School Board be
forced to act IN the premises and
change this order of things? We
have harped on this in months pass
ed by, and once more come back to
that reluctant duty. Let US have
some instant action in the matter.
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OUR HOME TICKET.

For DISTRICT JUDGE,
W. F. BLACRMA AN.
For DIST. ATTORNEY,
EDWIN G. HUNTER.
For SENATOR,
LEWIS TFXADA.
For REPRESENTATIVES,
JAMES JEFFRIES,
K. NJ. CLARK,
GEO. W. STAFFORD.
For PARISH JUDGE,
". ". WITHIN GTOE, JR
For SHERIFF,
D. C. PAUL.
For CLERK,
j. G. P. HOOE.
For RECORDER,
MIRES ROSENTHAL.
For CORONER,
ISAAC ROBERTS.
FOR POLICE JURORS,
3. G. DUKE,
G. W. BOLTON,
J. A. CALHOUN,
G. i. ROBINSON,
S. A. DOWTY.
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--k2psDEs is sure sos out whole
sieket by zoo gsajos;sy, srcops OF 20
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13

---WHo holds all the snuff ia che
worlds no one nose.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-13
Why Does the President EIec!iSnGer
for Hayes

The conversation Of President
Grant with Herald reporter at Long
Branch on September LIST, discloses
state Of facts worthy of the most dis
passionate consideration of all voters
General Grant definitely declares
himself President Of TIE United
States, but Of the Republican party,
and particularly of his own branch OF
that party, as exempllied in his own
set, OF which Robson and Babcock
are the examples. The Sioux War
he treats as of little moment as COM
pared with che Indiana election. It
seems to us thav President Grants
oath Of office does concern the Indian
War, and has very little to do with
the election in either Indiana, West
Virginia, or the Carolinas, until some
case is presented to him by the prop
er authorities requiring his definite
official action, under the constitution
and laws. If General Grant prefers
to be president of party, or Of a
faction of a party, from now to March
4th, 1876, rather than Chief Execu-
tive of all the United States, he must
not be surprised if his acts are criti-
cized and his motives investigated.
In this view, why should President
Grant be so anxious for the election
of his successor, chosen by the con-
vention of his party, not only as
against a Democrat, but as against
any Republican like Blaine, or Bris.
tow, not of his own particular stripe
and not Of the particular set who
either shared the intimacy of the
White House or were to be depended
on for absolute adherence to the
views prevailing there? Is there any
thing to be covered up which it is
not merely unsafe to trust to Tilden,
but even to Blaine or Bristow? If
SO, who has deceived the President
so greatly as 20 lead him to put him
self forward at once as the denouncer
of the Cattells and the defender of
Robson. who fostered the Cattells,
made for them their opportunities of
plumber, and profited by their swim
dies 10 the extent of owing to them
his residence, built by them, and
still unpaid for by him, which stands
within &wo miles of the Presidential
cottage where che interview occurred
Genera Grants language as to Bris-
tow and Wilson is particularly no.
ticeable. He accuses the late Secre-
cary OF Che Treasury of direct false
hood, and nothing could be more
pointed chan his sheer at Solicitor
Wilson. Into che merits of Repub-
lean family quarrels, it is not our
business 70 enter; but it is proper to
notice that whatever the deserts of
Brietow and. Wilson, whom Grant de-
nounces, t;hese two men were the only
ones 9nder his last administration,
who succeeded in exposing fraud and
sending defsauders to Jail.
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Our agents.

Thomas McTntyre,-.---..New Orleans
J. Curtis Waldo, .---.-.
s. N. Pettengill g. Co.,...Now York
Geo. P. RoweIl & Co.,.....
Rowell g. Chesman, st. Louis, Mo
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Parish Executive Committee
Jao. 4. WILLIAMS, JOHN T.. WALKER,
e. e. B1ossAT, j. G. WISE.
julius LEVIN,
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There was present the young man

There was present the young man
Bradford, referred toin the beginning
He had not spoken during this copverc
sation, Of all who had nj>yed Medal
rvs supper on the night before, he had
INDUCED in the hrg st excess, and did
not really know when or how he reached
hisroam atthe hotel. 1t was not the
first time that, wine had been his mock
er; nor the first time mornings shame
and repentance had followed nights
debauch. A%9'it Efi. 2-t H,hsa e
telegraph he calculated, as Hen
derson ceased speaking, and with an en-
phasis that drew all eyes upon him.
There was no installing the signs in his
face, He had been in the grip of the
'undertow.as surely as his friend who lay
weak and exhausted upon the bed. and
was in almost as mucu uangers OF drin
ing out to sea and drowning as this
friend had been a few hours before. His
sense OF peril was so.great tina. be felt 3
shiver run along his nerves. sqssa "
e"Then we're all agreed" said Hender
son, rising. 4sIll go OF once and tele-
graph Steele not to send the champagne
In the meantime you can study up the
undertow question, and let me know the
result when / come back."a75 Sc thods
What the conclusion was we are, not
informed; but it. will do the reader no
harm to study the question for himself; /;
and sc. In closing we submit it for his
careful consideration -only remarking
that the undertow OF an indulged appe-
tite sets harder against q man than any
thing else, and comes, sooner or later, to
act with an almost resistless force.
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Lost Things.

There are great many things lost
that are found again, and great many
others that are lost and never found -
There are repu:ations lost which cannot
be regained there are hopes lost which
come not back again; there are joys and
friendships lost; there are thoughts and
talents lost which are never found. Ev-
cry man has at some time lost some
thing, which he would give the world il
it were his to recover. 1t may have
been but q singlespearl from the thread
Of friendship, or = mere hope of his
soul, but il it was previously dear to
him, and life is sad and dark without it.
The smallest things are oftentimes the
dearest to the heart Of man, as for in
stance, q little wife, little heir, a little
fortune, a little home. What wonder
then, when they are lost, he would not
give everything he had for their recov-
cry.
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what a stimulant Did. Did

q At the memorable trial of Qieen Car
oline before the House OF Lords, one. of
her counsel was the great advocate, Lord
Erskine, On the day that the veteran
orator was to speak in her. defense, in.
tense interest was excited, as a brilliant
display Of eloquence was anticipated -
Lord Erskine arose, uttered q few sem
tences, broke down, and fell into the
arms Of Lord Stanhope, who sat next TO
him The house waited in breathless
state Of suspense for him to resume his
speech, thinking he dropped down from
emotion. But he had taken an overdose
OF opium, to the use OF which he had
become d victim He broke down no,
from emotion, though he had prepared
himself for great speech, but from be-
ing overdosed.a aht h-S sdis4si ste &
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= 8 f@-sa 4. ~ ~
The world is made up Of trifes. The
grand movements Of great events and
the changes Of Empires are founded in
causes, very generally, which would be
pronounced triAes by the world. Yes,
"trides light as air" have led to some of
the most important discoveries we have
The fall of an apple gave Newton the
clue TO grayitation; and the rising of
the lid of tea-kettle gave US onr rail-
roads, steamboats,, ocean steamers, and
a thousand other things. mot to speak of
the press-that. combined, put the world
centuries ahead in the mysteries Of the
universe and the purposes of God. To
the observation OF a flower dimly pic
tured on 9, stone, we owe the phiIosoph-
ical researches in chemistry and light
which ultimately gave US the daguerreo-
type tasBaa SRse5attaE aaiS53eils.s1 All
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Scandal !

% Thel story lis told gofaa woman who
freely usedpher tongue tothe scandal Of
others, and made confession to the priest
Of what she had done.s He gave her y
ripe thistle-top and told herto go out in
various directions and drscatter the seed
one by one Wondering at the penance,
she obeyed, and then returned and told
her confessor. To her tamazement he
bsde her go back and gather the scatter
ed seeds land when she objected that it
would be impossible, he replied that it
would be still more difficult 10 gather up
and destroy all evil reports which she
had circulated about others. Any
thoughtless,, careless child can scatter a
handful Of thistle seeds before the wind
lin q moment, but the strongest and wi
sest man cannot gather them again.
Z 9
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County Correspondence.
fReported for The Spirit Of Democracy
From ohio TOWNSHIPS.
HANNIBAL O. May L

eQlHAsslBAL AL, O., May Ii, 1876.
Ed SpIsIr: We ace none Of that s;l
YER Where ia it2 n nwiIit.ke mncb ~
|, to supply the demand for fractional
currency. as every old farmer has lono
stocking leo to fiil before he can let anv y
Of 1t pass bis erasn, y 'aag7 - RS a.
Dr, Wells, of Martins Ferry, Belmont
County. Ohio. has removed Ms offIee 70
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Good Walks.

- When q walk is made it should be
we'll done, as it Is for a lifetime. In the
first place procure all the cobble-stones
that will be needed to gil in eight or ten
inches deep, and place them where they
can be easily reached with wheel bar
row. Then .excavate the walk foot
deep, sand remove the earth to some
other placer then Gill in with stones, top
ping of with small ones, leaving the top
about an inch below the surface of the
ground. Then procure enough coarse
gravel to make the walk in the center
about six inches higher than the level Of
the adjoining ground; and as you apply
this gravel take off the coarser parts as
you proceed, go that the finer portions
shall lie on the surface If short walk
| wet it with water. pot as soon as fin.
Iished, and roll it with hand roller as
soon as the ground is sufficiently dry
and for extensive walks, the rolling may
be done soon after rain. Such wall
will endure for ages, and always be dry
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7 SOFT SOAP sIpl 6 ga 4 wsspoii::1s

The most memorable cleaning that
ever was done Will SOFT soap was when
it cleaned out 8 6and of savxges Soft
soap was FIRST most sefectaGIly pplied
Ia this country blythe Swadshi women
who defended the old llos) vSxedes'
church below Philadelphis before the
city was laid out. a friendly sqdaw
gave notice iof al ihfended yals66k by
the Indians The Scandinavian ladies
were boiling soapa and they, at opesI con-
cluded, to- convert the coHtents1 OF the
kettle into amraunitiop Of defense. They
lifted it into the church with fregSood
to keep it hot, Z, AS thes Enrfiors ohAgan
to undermine the foundation. thsy re-
ceived on their bare backs ispirited fre
of the terrible material, which in due
| time sent them howling into the wilder
ness. The Incident Was related BY .
participant, who died in Lsndoh'oak an
Fadvanced age.ia She was a grand,daugh.
ter Of. the Swedish bqrshsr, Suen
Schulz.
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The Enolish Ne = Testament Revisio

The English New Testament Revision
Committee have struck out as spurious
the last seven yerses, Of the last chapter
of St. Mark. They have also struck out,
as being fair Interpolation, q verse in
one of the Epistles which is frequently
quoted ass proof Of the doctrine OF the
Trinity, e