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Hnme experiments have becn mudo recently
In lndla for leaving " trcca down with plat
inntn wiro kept 10 w'to heat by an electrical
battery. The wire used wns too smnlt, the heat
and friction soon weat1ng It 70 pieces, But It
wns suiIictcntfy successful to make II probable
that a laraer tattcry md a largcr wIrc w0nlh
havo done tho business. It ID claimed that with
THIS instrument tree which cannot now l,e
Scllcl In 1csA than two hours may bc brought to
tho ground In fifteen minutes,
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MODERATE DRINKING.

Tho "Coloucl " was warming his coat-taiIs
by tbs 0ru In prominent Main street saloon.
Ills nusy bore cyideuce of successful culture,
and glowed with that rieh ruby hue which only
steady aud prolonged worship At tho shrine Ut
baexhus eau produra to perfection. Thrre was
"dry look about sLe cozucra Of hls mouth,
which was readily noticed by the sympathtzing
l,ar-fcercr, who good.naturcdly asked thu
Colonel II he wouli not like little stiu,ulalt.
Certainly, certainly. sir" replied the Colonel
promptly, Us ho br!skly stopped up to thu bas.
Pouring out I tunlbier level full OF the tu!d, DO
toased It OIL, and - soou u hu could Tcgsin Lis
breath 10 sssumcd'a uepseeatory tone aud thus
addressed tho baz-keepe1: "Thls, sL, il NY
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sixty-fourth drink to-day. I must put on tho
brakes. or tic frst thing know shall drgcn-
crntc into excess. Moderation, sir, moderation,
The grand secret Of health, has 'een the rule Of
moment Richard would bc himself aeain.n Tho
suhsc1rent remarks Of the bar-keercr lntlicated
that, for all lic earcd Richard might remain ihl
pcrsonat Ill the day OF Judgment.
, 1877-06-13
PAIflsIAN WIT.

:. 7fd1s'lffa ~ 1<W F09k World.
At the AssIzcs: Tho Court" Why did you
kltl Your wlfes" Prisoner" Because Life with
eer had become uuendurable.'' Tln Coust-
But you might have left her" PHsoner-"l
had vowed to ceayc to lrs 81 long as sic lived"
The other night, Shylock (ot the wcll-kuown
0sn ot shylock s. Co. ADVANCES a,adu on good
security awakened In brd With \ horrible ahriek
AID start. "WhAt is thu lnattcr1n asked his
tssHded vito. 10 h4ye had q dream, most
,lsntM dream. C&n you ilnsgius that fa1cel
, 1877-06-13
THE TWO DR0htlOs.

1U VIZ RsHU0F U ~ 1FIHQTf.
CHICAGO, juno 1a.-Su .aunY inquiries nte
ina!c of US In relation TO the affairs 0f the CHI.
cs,o Building Society tllat 1t llas become un an-
loyancs. Il nlay be proper for US, therefore, to
statr that Wil1iun, II. lccl!.a,l concerned In IT,
cent suits In relation 10 fucl affairs, IL not OF
our tlrnl, whose members arc OryIElc Pcckllulu
and Edward @. Brown, pECkMAst IL BnowS.
, 1877-06-13

Ser TnFk 1fMet.
Is Il not almost timo to rcbcl against the pro-
fcssors Of household artl They arc 30 numcr-
Gus, persistent, atd dogtnntc that thuy make
litc buFdcn. No man OF woman lares my
longer 10 DO comfortable In his or her own
house. We must bo artistic flrst and comfort
ab!o aftefwarl-if possible. According to this
brood Of writer's aud lecturers, who inicst every
branch Of literature, tho eud and MIN Of exist
cnce Is to bo artistic. People are not permitted
10 pursue tho evcn teuor Of their way through
life, buying, using. anu enjoying tho thlngs
which thoy chiefly like. II man accepts (as
he must or be doomed vulgar) tho can't of tho
household artists, he must lll his llousa with
an odd tumble Of the furniture Of tho
xucs, cat from h!gli.art plates set on spider
legged table, hang hlB lat on a Queen Ammo
hook, put llta cane In medieval raclt, poke lis
HlG with an EGYptsan oocllsk, die OH Louis
XIV. hcdstend, aud when he 10 CARRIED 10 bis
long homo tn modern t'caskct," glad to escape
the cssctIc trials Of ths mortal life, he Is pcit
cd into Ills grave With artistic floral designs by
tho Curt-loau.
Nearly every newspaper, book, aud magazine
IN the land Is laden with lectures on tic art OF
household aes decoration Even Tho hap1css elai-
Ind cssaJs on this wcll-worn subject, and l!ttle
girls arc rtlticssly torn from their rag. babies
and taught to make denominations with rcd f1an-
ncl, flour barrels, and gum ahclae. A religious
newspaper, giving way to MI uEliolY Impulse,
iorsakcs tho Shorter tatechsm Of lllc fathers,
and shows Its readers hack-achtng bookcase,
bay;r!ndow allied With gneracks, and de-
sSas Eee Yopna Mmeg to make
oycf ello vaia attempt to DO economical and
wretchcd by tho discovery that thcIr lives have
It, nee, ,ssapen', and dTarfcd BY being spent u
Tho slIopkcopoEs Rabl,to lcarncdly Ut Eastlake,
tho lte'lnissatict, and Queen Anne, and ovGn tho
tablc-gtrls sigh for angelBpoons, and tho
l! estl!!i9n break. common frouch CHM with su-
The curlo1s aud worrying featnro Of this pop
uar crhzo ts TINT It l,as set us oaek several cen
turics; Notwithstanding all that has boon
fno brn ~ot IN art We arc
recent design. Our g1andlathcrc, it appears,
wcru the Ilaphacls and 'lltians OF cablnct.Inak.
inU, t!sc real old masters OF tho furnlturc-sllop
t!deboar;! with sixteen tiln legs, for ycafa
forth md cxtollcd ~ q treasure. A chest Of
drawers which weighs a ton, md must hu hu!st-
cd tG BY hoic in thu vail, is rap
s1s Il asnssH Il t. Se liz nsEr1ss sf T.
must discard carpets, tear out the gas-plpcs and
watcr.works. and generally return to me-
dI1yal simplicity. Candles whcI. drip. waxcd
iloots which make one sl.lysF and which trip up
10 not wurm, niust take the place OF modern
but inartsstlc comforts. No more watcr-pipes
n THO house for tile disciple Of high art IN
household decoration: The clcanly bqthing-tub
terror Of awkward children mud servants, must
take its place. Thon, when tho deYotee Of art
in the household has stripped hls housc Of all
the s eoaycnicnces which M he weakly deemed wcre
down among the Iscotnlorts Of his lcud-anu.
himself. -
h011Hn31n16 m kN I'm nrY,,rsa lint hu* >-tt1
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1ouCMEsTEK MACHINERY MANUFAETVNlSU
~ GvmpanY y and " south canais thiua1o. bare
Loera n4illt. aud rou ard Iron Working k,lcaa.
~ kept u ihe MsA. Iea1 tVr pEtGe&.
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methods, we have thought proper to
invite attention to this subject, and
earnestly to call upon those Of our
planters, who have had experience in
these matters, whether unfavorabie
or not, to make use Of our columns,
by giving Us fully and explicitly the
results of their experiments. IF a
remedy. exists, is certainly impor-
tant that it should be known to !.
If anyone, therefore, By actual fair
ami full trial. has established the eff,
ficacy Of any particular method, we
conjure him not to hide his light I'M
der a husilei, but to come forward,
and give through these columns the
benefit of his experience.
1t has been we'll said that he was
the true philosopher, who could
make two blades of grass grow where
one grew before. We would amend
this by saying that he is the true
beuefactor, who will tell us GLOW to
be saved from the caterpillar
"Who, then, will save US from the
body Of this curse?'
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The Packet Texas Tin place of
the Bart. Able, has had a hard road
to travel on her last trip, but made it
and passed down on Monday. She
had an immense freight, and though
the river is dead low, she succeeded
in delivering every pound of her
freight safely. She will hardly ven
ture back at this stage of the water,
but the public may be assured that
Captain Sinnott will keep some boat
in this trade, and, despite all draw
backs, keep up his weekly trips.
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FENHE "KNOX" IMPROVED FLuTlNG
4 MACHINES, at
FERGUSON & sCHNACK
A Question Of Responsibility.

n
The Louisiana 'muddle of old vet
disturbs the Radicals, and is opening
a wide breach among the friends and
supporters of Grant aud those of Mr..
Hayes. A Washington special to
the Cincinnati Enquirer has this to
say about it:
Friends of Ex-President Grant are
quite indignant over that portion Of
Sherman's speech which ascribes to
him the primary responsibility for the
recognition of the Nichols Govern
mrnt in Louisiana. They say that if
it was proper thing for Hayes to do,
there is no reason for explanation aud
apology now that it ia done, and that
il any credit is to be given any one for
it,, in view of these explanations and
apologies, that credit should be given
to Grant. They deny. however, that
Grant intended to desert Packard, and
claim to be able to prove that Grants
orders to preserve the statu quo-that
is, simply to keep the peace-were is
sued at the direct request of some of
President Hayes most intimate friends,
who represented to Grant that Hayes
desired to enter the Office nnembarassed
by the necessity of following any de-
cision bis predecessor might make re-
gardirg contesting governmental
They claim, in ether words, that
Hayes, az represented to Grant, ap-
peared to desire to take charge of tho
solution Of the Louisiana question
himself, and that Grants course was
directed in compliance with this desire.
They deny in the most positive terms
that Grant ever seriously entertained
an idea Of recognizing Nichols. They
admit, however, that in discussing the
question of the intimation or desire
expressed By Republicans of Hayes,
Grant may have used remark to the
effect that he might as well recognize
Nichols and be done with it. They,
therefore, claim that the entire respon-
sibility for the present situation in
Louisiana rests solely with Hayes, and
denonnce secretary's Sherman's effort
to divide it with Grant as an attempt
to impose on the public. In proof of
this claim, they reiterate again the oft.
repeated and oft exploded charge that
Hayes Louisiana Commission sent
down to New Orleans to compromise
things was packed in Nichols interest
In OTHER words, they persist that Grant
is entitled to whatever credit may at.
tach to design to maintain carpet bag
rule in Louisiana, and glory in the
allegation that mp to the last momen,
of bis official career he. was resli,
Opposed 10 hDne tis= fer the sont:.
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ID USSIAN GUT VIOLIN STRINGS
ES BEST IN THE WORLD. CLEAR
and HANDSOME. at
FERGUSON & SCHNACK
THE COTTON CROP.

We think it is now time to venti-
late the delusion so fondly believed,
that the cotton crop Of our Parish
was a good one, a bi, one, and the
yield would equal that of the best
days of planting in Rapides. Since
our last we have seen and cenversed
with some Of the best and most ex
perienced planters of the Parish, and
many Of the colored laborers also,
and we find on sitting these talks,
and making due allowance therefor,
that the situation stands thus. that
up to the 10th of August the cotton
crop over the whole Parish, with
here and there single exception,
never was better, never in finer or
more healthier state, and that then it
promised vigorously to be full crop,
a big crop. But since that day, the
tiattering situation which we have
depicted has changed, changed grad
ually and perceptibly for the worst,
and we believe we are right in tell
ing it out in plain and in truthful
words.
From the 10th Of August to the
present writing the cotton has had to
contend with serious drawbacks of a
serious drought, then too much rain,
then the boil worm in many places,
though unmatched, has done i'm.
mense damage to the crop, and to
finish the sad tale truthfuliy and
dolefully the caterpillars are now
making devastating finish Of it,
and though somewhat late in some
places, and on very few slightly
checked by the solutions of Paris
Green, Arsenic and other poisons,
administered to their devouring ap-
petites, the caterpillars by the end OF
the week will be complete and con-
Iuering devourers and masters Of the
eafless situation. We know these
tidings must cast damper to many
an expectant of that big crop, but as
we have remarked, we see no further
cautious use in withholding the
facts, though cast in sadness and
partial ruin, from the public.
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pUSSIAN GUT. VIOLIN STRINGS
Ia BEST IN THE WORLD. CLEAR
and HANDSOME, at .rs.'f '-@y.E
... ..... FEkRGUSUN & SCHNACK

VIZ were mistaken in our last
week issue in making compliment
airy remarks about our Mayor, D. c..
Paul, in regard to an arrest by the
Sheriff, and as it has been made to
reflect on the man ,gement Of that
office by Mr., H. NJ. Robinson, the
Sheriff of the Parish, We take this
occasion to state, and state frankly,
that it was not written with any
such motive, and, therefore, trust
that the Sheriff will consider this a
sufficient explanation of the uninten-
tional reflection cast on the manage
ment of his office. We are always
willing to acknowledge such errors
of the kind, and are always glad to
correct them in the columns Of this
paper. ,'o'.'@- p
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FOR THE DOCTORS.

DR.. Lovelace about whose theory
as to the cause Of the heat in the
center Of the earth | wrote you in one
Of my former letters, has told me of
a certain and sure way to tell wheth-
er patient has had the yellow fever
and as it is the yellow fever season,
l give it for verification should we
have any. 1t was noticed by Linn in
his practice years ago, and reported
by him to the Medical Society in
New Orleans before the war, where
it was Immediately tested and his
observations verified.
The Doctor says that when any
one has had the yellow fever and is
conyalescent that there inyariabl,
appears ridges on the nails of the
thumbs and great toes, which soor
grow off and do not follow any fever
but yellow fever. He says that it i:
sometimes very important to know
particularly in the beginning Of {
yellow fever epidemic, whether th'
cases are or are not genuine yellow
fever, and that every convalesceD
yellow fever patient will have thes,
ridges on the thumbs and great to-
nails. l don't know anything abou
ut, but Ihayt great confidence in d.
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drew for my expenses on the boat to
Alexandria which was paid. After
remaining few days at my home,
resting from my harrassing and IA
tiguing trip, / returned to New Or
leans, and there drew for other sums
which were paid. The House was
then in good commercial standing
and credit but since suspended. No
notice of protest of the two drafts
negotiated in Marshall ever reached
me, and the first intimation received
bv me of that fact was about four
years afterwards. In June last
through letter from a Mr.. Aubray,
AN Attorney in Marshall, in whose
hands these drafts had been placed
for collection to prominent lawyer
of Alexandria, enquiring OF him the
chances of collecting these two notes
and if he would undertake their col
lection, authorizing him to meke use
of the fact that there was then pend
| ing in the Courts an indictment
against me for obtaining money un-
der false pretenses. This letter was
shown me, and I replied to it stating
facts etc, which seems not to have
been satisfactory to the holders OF
the notes. Subsequently / received
visit from Mr.. Van Name, an
agent who said he had come to &C.
cure the payment, Of these notes,
and that.he had requisition from
the Governor Of Texas on the Cover
nor of Louisiana for me. Seeing the
feeble condition of my health it
would not be executed. / told him I
recognized the justice Of the claim
and ywnuld cheerfully pay it when
ever in my power to do so. That in
my present pecuniary embarrassment
| would not ask friend to go on my
bond, and had no security to offer
with this he left saying, "rest salts
fed you will not be troubled" This
Mr.. Van Name went back to Texas,
and again returned to Alexandria aud
on Monday last sent out two Deputy
Sheriffs, armed with the order of
Gov. Nichols in response to the re-
QUESTION of the Governor of Texas
for my arrest. / was saken to Alex
andria where I employed counsel to
Sue. oat writ of habeas corpus, but
befoge going to trial compromised
the matter with this agent, Ivan
Name by renewing the notes at four
months, with principal and interest,
amounting to about $500, with secu-
rity which was satisfactory to him,
and paving him in cash the personal
expenses of his two trips amounting
to $72, and | was released and re-
turned to my home feeling very much
Outraged With these facts before
them appeal to my friends and the
public 10 say if | have acted in bad
faith, Or in anywise deserving saaeAsss
treatment. This outrage upon the
rights aud liberty of a private citi.
zen, came upon ME in my old age,
for my sands Of life are nearly run,
with such crushing weight that
vas willing to make any sacrifice TO
relieve the anxiety of my distressed
family. | viii here remark that Mr..
Nelson, as we'll as myself, expected
to realize from our Government at
once, or within few days after the
papers were presented, the fill,
amount Of my just claim, but as yet
not one dime has heen paid. This,
however. does not justify his with
holding from me the fact of the non.
payment Of these two drafts. Nor
can hold him blameless. Let the
blame rest WI ere it belongs.
Very respectfully,
II r YSND
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ID USSIAN GUT VIOLIN STRINGS
IN BEST IN THE WORLD CLEAR
and HANDSOME, at ,-
FERGJTS0N q, SCpNACK
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THE weather the past week,
though clear in the day time and
cool at nights, and TO all appearan
ces what may be termed fine weather,
is anything but propitious and &C
ceptable on healthy basis. Hence
we hear Of scattering cases Of fever
in many localities, and few in town.
Our people can't be too particular
for the next thirty days of their san
itary condition, and specially they
should, as far as possible, keep ont
Of the sun.
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Iovelace. and ! am sure the matter
is worthy of attention by our physi-
clans unless they Lave already some
more certain test.
JAMBALAYA.
Just as ! am writing this last SEN
tepce one. of Col. McGinnis' hacks
drove up with Mrs. Helherwich, Mr..
Murray Hetherwi,k and Miss Heth-
erwick who propose to spend few
days with our neighbor, Mrs. Ring
gold.
have eat so many fish that dress
ing and undressing is getting to he a
very IahoFious operation owing to
the fish bones sticking out all
around. Some inrreduluus people
NAV not believe this and if they
doubt ny simple assertion there Is
no use tor me to try to make them
believe it hy swearing to it,,
We had fried trout. broiled trout
and fried perch for dinner yesterday,
how would you have liked to take
your Friday with Us?
We are having plenty of musca-
dimes out here. Plenty Of room now
at the Hotel, and the fish bite better
in September than any other month.
Bring your trolls along in September.
Mrs. Flower and party will return at
the same time we do. Louisiana
Democrat" is the answer to your
enigma.
GOOD BYE.
| have tried to amuse and enter
tain your readers during the hot days
of August, and if I have sometimes
drawn rather heavily on my imagi-
nation for facts, / beg them to re-
member that | WAS in the p,newoods,
where items are scarce and that a
fish diet is said to effect the brain.
Howeverit was all meant in a Pick
wichian sense. And now good bye
is he last word of
TOBIAS.
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-SEcT1oN 104 of Act So, approved
April Goth, 1877, provides: ....
"That it shall be the duty of the
Presidents of all Police Juries,
throughout the State, annually in the
month Of September, to transmit to
the Auditor of Public Accounts a
detailed report of the condition of
the parochial affairs, giving state
ment of the rate of. taxation, the
amount of disbursements, and the
outstanding debt if any,"
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We are over our troubles with
our Monday mail; the great Natchez
has resumed her trips, and we are
all right again, and will now cease
blessing that stern wheeler substi.
tute. We received our full mail, be-
sides package from j. F. Muse, head
clerk of the Natchez.
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we receive our New York ex

WE receive our New York ex-
changes regularly inside of five days,
and our Cincinnati ones inside of
four days, and yet our Shreveport
Daily Times never can get here in
side of six days. In other words the
1000 and 1900 miles off papers reach
us quicker than the $50 miles ones.
Who can unriddle this mail freak for
US?
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T1HE "KNOYo IMPROVED FLUTING
l. MACHINES, at
FERGUSON & SCHNACK
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The Pool Liner, Bonnie Lee,
with W. FL. McChesney in the office,
reached here Saturday morning, with
n big freight, inside of "a hours,
which is really good time this low
water. She had big pile of goods
for our merchants here, also a com
plete package Of all the New Orleans
papers, and an extra package of
Northern and Western papers, for the
office of the Democrat. Our new
beaver was gracefully tipped for this
intellectual treat.
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TOBIAS.
u USSIAN GUT VIOLIN STRINGS
la BEST IN The WORLD. CLEAR
and HANDSOME, at
FERGUSON & SCHNACk
A CARD.
- 100 N--
A CARD.
RIcHLAND PLANTATION, RAPIDEs)
PARISH, LOUISIANA, 7
Aug. Is, 1879


IMY. Editor:- E
In your courteous notice Of my ar
rest, in the Democrat" of the 22d
inst, you asked in my behalf for a
suspension of public opinion until an
opportunity is offered for an expla
nation. This opportunity ! now seek
through the columns of your valua-
'1e paper.
Sometime in the fall of 1873 when
in New Orleans, was introduced to
a Mr.. r. G. Curtis, an ex- Treasur,
agent, by General Barhridge, of the
United States army, telling me that
he knew the man and he would no
doubt be glad 70 be employed to go
to Shreveport and Texas to take de-
positions in my cotton case pending
before the Treasury Department un
der ali Act Of Congress authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
for All property or effects seized after
June 1860, at which time peace be-
tween the North and South took
place, proposed to Mr.. Curtis and
he told me he would 60, but could
not undertake the trip without sut-
ticient sum to pay his expenses. ]
handed him $500, and gave him
letter Of credit to draw upon me at
thirty or sixty days for $500 more if
necessary, payable at the office of
Messrs. Nelson, Lampling Co, New
Orleans, member Of which firm I
had previously given an interest in
my claim, be to furnish me with the
necessary funds to meet the expense
of hunting up the evidence to be re-
inbursea from the gross amount re-
ceived. After waiting for some time
and receiving no satisfactory infor-
nation from Mr.. Curtis, Mr.. Nelson
suggested it would be best for us
both that / should go to Shreveport
and Texas and attend to the bust
ness myself. l at once went, to
Shreveport, and on my arrival there
learned that Curtis was at Marshall.
Texas. / took several dispositions
in Shreveport and II en- went to Mar
shall where put up at the Marshall
House, j. W. Ross, proprietor, whose
father and family | once knew in
Virginia very favorably. Mr.. Ross
informed me that Mr.. Curtis family
were then at his house, but that he
Curtis, had been very dssi
pated and behaving badly, and he
had forbid him to the Hotel, and that
he was indebted to him several hun.
dred dollars for board. When [ saw
Curtis his promises of reform and to
assist me in the object of my visit,
induced me to settle his bill, amoun-
ting TO about 1886 for which I gave
Mr.. Ross a ninety day draft on
Messrs. Nelson, Lampling Co, New
Orleans. Before leaving Marshall l
drew another draft in favor of Mr..
Ross at shorter time for about
$l25 for the payment of my board
bill. The difference between this
bill and that amount he handed me
in money. These two bills were ne
gotiated at some bank, and went to
New Orleans for acceptance and pay
ment. 1t seems they were not accep-
ted or paid at Shreveport; on my re-
turn I again drew aten day draft on
Messrs. Nelson, Lampling 8 Co, New
Orleans, through the Banking House
of Pike, Lapeyre Co. / held nc
/ letter OF credit In aithag case. / also