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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-31

that belong to the profession. If ar
independent student is but honest
with himself and with his neighbo,
for it is his neighbor with which he
will have to deal, he has such road
of eminence open to him if he pre-.
fers it. But, though u bad one, the
common beaten highway is by far
the best, and will certainly take one
from the beginning of the journey to
the most logical termination of the
same. No one can go further than
the limit of the road, and any we'll
travelled journey requires patient en-
durance. Under no circumstances
can toll be avoided in all honorable
progress. Supreme effort is as GER
tain to characterize one method as
another through which success is at
tanned. What have we to say of the
thousands who nominally enter the
profession and aspire to practice and
to be trusted and admired, but who
never take more than the fewest of
the lowest steps upon the ladder of
fame and fortune? We reply that
they correspond to a similar class
and larger number in any other walk
and occupation of life. Aspirants
can not be frustrated in their unwise
attempts to do that for which they
are not fitted. They, however, gain
no clentage; they rise to no exalted
positions; they early sink away and
are quite forgotten. Well, have they
not at least done great harm? None
to speak of, for their malpractice
was not prolonged nor very widely
extended, and their failures and
plumbers made safe and profitable
stepping stones for the benefit of the
rising and wellendowed practition-
ers. This class of professional weed
is subject 10 a constant elimination
from the bed Of good and worthy
doctors. The process is as search
ing and unerring as the power and
the laws of light. BY the same to-
ken no profession can be uncomfort-
ably crowded to its detriment, for
there is plenty of room up aloft, and
he who seeks the professional aid of
the lottiest is pretty sure to seek
that which is efficient, and which
will not be withheld from him. You
may safely let the climber aloue to
ind his own way aIoft, and you may
trust him when he gets there, for he
will never reach the high places un-
less he has planted his scaling ladder
upon sure foundations, and not upon
drifting sands. .a II
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Mn. Curtis, in Harpers Weekly,
does not give very rose-colored
view of the solidarity of the Repub-
lican party in New York. Speaking
of the appointment of the State Com
mittee by the Rochester Convention,
he says:
"The State Committee, which was
appointed in the usual manner. and
which, of course, represents the SEN
timents Of the large majority of the
Convention, was declared in perma-
nence' for two years, and authorized
at its discretion to discharge the du.
ties of a State Convention in 1878.
but in any case to remain in office
until new committee shall be cho.
sen at the State Convention in 1879,
The pretence for this action is that
there will be only a Judge of APP.
peals to elect next year, and that a
Convention is not worth while for
the nomination of a single candidate.
The real purpose of this singular
act, however, is plain. 1t is to stife
any authoritative declaration of the
party until after the next choice OF
United States Senator, and to allow
the extraordinary speeches of the
late Convention to stand until that
election as the last official manifesto
Of Republican New York"
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TOWN.
THE JURORS DRAWN TO SERVE
AT THE
N e KIT DE EMBER TERM
-OF-
THE DISTRICT COURT.

CLERKS OFFICE, ALEXANDRIA. LA.)
October Is, A. D. 1877.
DE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS.
~ the 18th day of October, A. D.
1877, we, Charles C. Weems, John P.
Smelling, Joseph w. Moore and Benia-
min Turner, qualified electors and duly
appointed members of the Jury Com
mission for the Parish of Rapides, did
assemble in the office of James H. Rams
dell, Clerk of Court for said Parish. and
in company with said Clerk, did draw
from the General Venire Box prepared
for that purpose, the names of one hun
dred and ten qualified electors, who are
to serve as jurors at the next December
term of our District Court, as follows
to-Wit.-
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that the President had been inaugu
rated by fraud, and that Rutherford
B. Hayes had his Office by perjury
and bribery and forgery and corrup
ton. Applause. The, people o
Ohio declared in their election tha
in their judgment Mr.. Hayes is {
usurper, as much Of a usurper as
though at the head Of a legion oil
soldiers he had marched into the
District of Columbia and by violence
taken possession of the Presidentl a
chair-more truly usurper than in
that case, because if an army had
been formed before the people, ii
banners had been waving, the Amer.
lean people would have arisen in
their power and driven back the
legions and saved tn e Capitol.
Applause. But as it was, he OBJ
tanned the office by stealth. By
corruption and dishonor was this
man inaugurated, and his title has
been condemned by the people OF
Ohio and will be condemned all over
the land at every succeeding
election"
A CRIME THAT CANNOT BE CoNDoNED
OR FORGOTTEN.
Another Ohio Congressman, the
Honorable A. B. Rice, said that s:the
Democratic victory in Ohio put a
stamp upon one of the greatest
crimes, one of the greatest frauds,
that has ever been committed, which
was the Inauguration of a President
who was not elected by the people.
This is what the people of Ohio
condemned and that for which they
held the Republican party and its
chosen leaders responsible. 1t was a
crime that could not be condoned or
forgotten" Applause.
BURGLARIzING THE WHITE HOUSE.
General Banning said: Il have
left my voice in Ohio, where they
condemned on Tuesday last by
10000 majority the burglarizing of
the White House. [Applause.] I
have no voice to talk with, but my
heart is full. The State which a few
years ago gave more than 100000
majority for Republican Governor
has redeemed itself, and condemned
the actors of the Board of Eight
Applause. =.
A SECOND BELsHAzzAR.
The Honorable J. S. Blackburn, of
Kentucky, said: "The contest in
Ohio was not upon local issues.
Neither the school question nor the
Pope's toe has crept into the ques-
tion. While Ohio can furnish a
man to be chief executive; of this
country, the President cannot appeal
TO his own neighbors for an endorse
ment of his right to the office to
which be was not entitled. Belshaz-
Ear read his doom in handwriting
Of blazing letters upon the wall.
Is there a man here who does not
know that he who sits in yonder
mansion rests uneasy since the yer.
dict of the Ohio people and reads
his doom in that verdict Ap-
plause. Political jugglers, political
conspirators, and, In plain English,
political thieves may determine that
the fold Of the Democratic banner
shall not be unfurled from yonder
Capitol of the nation, but the Ohio
Democrats have determined that it
shall be unfurled from the Capitol at
Columbus" Applause.
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A GOOD SHOE MAKER at CHEAP
"A PRICES, and GOOD FILTER, is a
BLESSING TO ANY COMMUNITY
THAT BLESSING YOU CAN GET BY
ORDERING YOUR SHOES at HARDT-
NER'S.
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mo. II.

that organization, he Joined the Lib
ersl movement and went into the
Liberal Convention of 1872. FAIL
ling to attain his ends there, he de-
serted his new allies and became a
Grant Radical. He came to Louisi.
ana in Hayes interest and was a
party to the Returning Board fraud,
by which Packard was declared cleo
ted Governor. Finding it to his in
terest, he deserted and betrayed
Packard, and became party to the
Hayes scheme of recognizing the
Nichols Government, organizing and
recognizing Louisiana Legislature
on the basis Of the real election re-
turns. The Ohio Republicans hav-
ing repudiated Mr.. Hayes, Stanley
Matthews and all "tbe policies
Matthews, true to the record Of his
life, has now deserted the concilia-
tory movement and Joined the extrc-
NEST element of the Radical party.
Indeed this man seems never to
have had any honest convictions Of
his own. He has betrayed every
party and every cause with which he
has been united, and deserted every
principle in which he has ever con-
Cured.
"A great man." justly observes
Junius, Gin the success, and even in
the magnitude of his crimes finds
rescue from contempt" Under this
rule Mr.. Matthews cannot be classed
as a great man. He has displayed
all the qualities of an unprincipled
man and pot-house politician; he has
failed in all of his schemes,
and all the crimes he b 4
undertaken to perpetrate have been
+of the lowest and most debasing sort.
His election to the Senate has only
elevated him to make his failure
more conspicuous, for he was at the
first election after that accident re.
pudiated by the people; he sought
by the lowest jugglery; by the insti.
CATION of forgery and by specious
defenses of fraud, to prolong the ex-
istence of carpet-baggery in Louisi-
ana, and he ANONYMOUSLY failed; he
went before the people of Ohio to de-
fend and uphol4 the fraudulent in.
stallation of Hayes and the estab.
lishment of Legitimate. government
in Louisiana upon the same princi-
Piles, and the people of Ohio spewed
him out Of their mouths; he placed
himself on moral plane with Eliza
.
Pinkston in this State, and he is now
emulating the treachery Of the worst
leaders Of Grantism in the Senate.
When in his short sightedness and
want Of political tact he thinks he
can serve himself by doing SO he
will betray the President, and in the
future as in the past, any cause or
party which desires TO secure or re-
tain his support must appeal to for
ces in his nature other than those Of
principle, honor and integrity.-[N.
0. Democrat.
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NEW DOZEN OLD RYE SEVEN
a YEARS OLD. PRICE $l.5O PER
BOTTLE. FOR SALE BY
HENRY ST. JOHN
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-20

lawn in Surrey garden. The Prince and
Princess of Wales lately called and paid
their respects to him.
John L. Gavin, a Noble county, Ind,
farmer, threshed 400 bushels of wheat
from eleven acres of ground-forty-fou
bushels and thirty-two pounds per acre,
machine measure, and by weight forty
nine bushels per acre.
New Hampshire is rejoicing in the
largest potato crop ever raised in the
state, and this, Notwithstanding the
beetle, which, cotemporary says, does
not grow to near the size out west.ss
MoLAssEs COOKIES. -One cupfuI but
ter, two cupfuls molasses, one teaspoon
full cloves, one tablespoonful ginger, SUI
ficient -four to make a stiff batter, not
dough; mold with the hands into small
cakes, and bake in steady rather than
hot oven, as they are apt to burn.
The experiment in importing the
migratory quail into Vermont is reported
to be proving a success. The Mirror and
Farmer says: "Ihey are often seen and
heard in the woods where they have been
placed, and are now raising large num-
Der Of young birds, some of the nest
! having twelve and fourteen egss.
JELLY CAKEs.-Procure at the baker
the crisp, light cookies known as 'sugar
cakes '-select those of a brown bake
! spread the under sides very lightly with
current jelly and stick together; pile
/ handsomely in a dish. These are very
quickly prepared. Do not spread them
until just before serving, lest they be-
| come heavy.
! ICED TEA.-This is a favorite drink at
the south. Make some very strong tea,
half fill glass with small Jumps of ice
and pour over them the tea. Sweeten
with loaf sugar and add couple OF
! slices of lemon. Coffee is very nice iced
in the same manner, leaving out the
lemon and substituting few tablespoon.
fuls of whipped cream.
Financially, the farmer is the safest
man ia the country. Of eleven hundred
and twelve bankrupts in Massachusetts,,
only fourteen were farmers, and yet the
! farming community numbers fully hall
! the population. The people must live
| and while the use of luxuries may be
| diminished by hard times, there will be q
call for the produce Of the farm. Farm
/ ing has, ofcourse, felt the general depres
sion in business.
/ To plant and harvest crops is attended
with much care and expense; and most
farmers exhibit commendable industryjuF
to this point, but when these crops are
to be fed out, many of them do it with
the greatest recklessness. Corn is To, owl
to the hogs in muddy, slushy al hay
is scattered upon the g.cun be
trampled in the manure by tie Gait
and the clearly sheep receive tneu hay
and grain in the same name,
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Eggs.

In place of expanding large sums of
money foI Everlasting layers, Il e London
Agricultural Gazette recommends keep
ing no hens after the first year, or, at
most, the second of their existence. The
supply of egg-eerms is limited in every
female; and it is in early life that this
supply is most reliable. Hen pullets
we'll kept yield the most eggs. The
Gazette says:
In some parts Of Europe it is the in
variable rule to keep the pullets only
one year. Feeding will do a good deal
"a surprising work indeed---in the pro-
duction of eggs, but not when old hens
are concerned, they may put on fat, but
they can not put down eggs. Their tale
is told, their work is done, nothing re-
mains to be done with them but to give
them a smell of the kitchen fire, and the
sooner they get that the better. OF
course there are some old varieties whose
lives ought to be spared as long as they
can send forth their representatives..
Judicious mating--by which we mean
the advantage of a comparatively youth,
full cockerel---may be the means of even
exhibition poultry making their ap-
pearance from the eggs OF the good old
hen, and here we have the exception to
the rule upon which we insist.
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In the estimation of some fancy breed
ers, which is not proper standard, a
good layer is said to produce 200 eggs a
year. Some, and in rare instances, may
produce that amount; others, and large
number of others, too will not. AS a
general thing, we are fast becoming too
exactiug of our hens. It is a good COW
that will pay for herself in a year, but
then we should consider the price paid
for her in the first place, also the price of
the commodity she produces. Eggs and
butter, as a general thing are linked to-
gether; so closely are they analogous or
allied that when one is mentioned the
thought naturally reverts to the other
Some hens form and deposit more eggs
than others; some require a longer and
some a shorter period to do it in. The
correct way to estimate a flock of hens is
not by single bird put on trial, when
one particular breed is required. There
is a difference in birds of the same breed
difference in constitution and strength.
A strong, slowly maturing bird will not
commence laying at so early an age as
one of slender, delicate organization. As
the production OF eggs is a great drain
upon the system, the later in life a pullet
commences to lay the longer she will
ity of her eggs, and the more regular will
she be in depositing them. A good hen
on good feed will produce on an average
from 100 to $50 eggs a year. This, per
haps, some might term a slow average :;
but to do even that, the fowls require
close attention and good feed.
Corn is not the best feed for egg pro-
duction. Buckwheat or even wheat in
termixed with oats is much better; still
some corn must be allowed. Animal
food is actually necessary. and egg bust
ness thrives well when jointly associated
with the dairy. Sour milk is one of the
very best articles of diet through the
heated season. Not more than twenty
FIVE hens should be kept in one place to
do well. Convenient places for them to
deposit their eggs should be supplied.
otherwise many are destroyed by many
cengregating in one nest. When broken
the fowls soon consume them, and are ant
to the business when once they learn #.
With 800 Houdans, allowing 100 eggs to
a hen, we have the handsome sum of
$4,000 eggs, or 4 65 dozen; at 20 cents
per dozen we have the amount of 1888
This is the gross. Out of this must come
The time, attention and feed, expense of
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-20

After a certain period, about mid-sum-
mer, it is often the case that the garden
is allowed to go. Weeds grow up pro-
miscuousIy, and the rubbish accumuIates
in quantity. For instance, the radishes
that were left after the first crop go to
seed; the old stumps of early cabbages
remain in remembrance of what had
been; the pea-vines and beet-vines lay
struggling over the ground; the squashes
grow rampant over the currant bushes,
and the fences-in truth, everything
exhibits The fact of inattention. All
this rubbish, if taken care of, makes a
good manure for the succeeding year, and
every man who has garden should have
some place where it can be put to rot
and form a compost heap, for the next
season. OF course it would be nice to
mix with it muck and barn-yard ma
nure, but even earth is better than
nothing. At any rate, keep the garden
clean, and make the most of the rubbish
taken of.
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Are Our Farms Too Large.

The Factory and Farm makes the fol-
lowing statements:
There is a point beyond which, in
farming as we'll as in business, results are
obtained only by more than proper
tionate expense. A merchant may sell
100000 worth of goods at fair profit,
but the expanse and extra cost to in
crease the sales to $50, 900 not untre-
quently occasions actual loss A farmer
may till farm of $50 acres, and have a
fair balance left each year, but when he
adds the next 160 acres he has put about
his neck an anchor that may drag him
under.
Again, we say the farms are too large
On an average. More farmers are what
we need, not larger farms; do the work
that is undertaken; employ means that
will take out the soil the most from the
tewest acres; use every foot of ground
you own, and be content to put your
profits out at savings and not into more
land that will burden you with debt and
put an end to gain.
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Hogs on the Farm.

Every year the Importance of raising
our own pork becomes more apparent on
this coast. Our farmers find there is
policy as well as profit in raising pork
upon the farm. Alfalfa fields make the
best of hog pastures at any season of the
year. Grain fields are easily harvested
by hogs, and the stubble fields are CLEAN
ed by them. On many farms, particu-
larly where dairying and grain growing
are carried on together, the cost of raising
a few hogs each year is nothing, as they
get their living on what would otherwise
go to waste; but it pays to feed hogs
well to keep them in good growing
order from their birth till they are ready
for the butcher. The hog should be
locked upon as a necessary part of every
good farmers stock. And while he saves
what would otherwise go to waste, he
should also be provided for the times
when there is no waste feed. A few sec
tions of movable fence will allow any
grain grower to pasture hogs upon the
growing crop, in sections, as convenience
may suggest. In this way the expense
of keeping, where often pasturage
is not obtainable, will be greatly Iessened.
No good farmer can afford to neglect the
matter of providing pasturage in this,
or in some other economical manner.
While swine, in the great pork producing
states, are dying off with the hog cholera,
the herds here are remarkably free from
all disease. We can produce healthier
and better pork on this coast than in any
other section of the United States Farm
ers who feel the effect of hard times
should think upon this subject, and, by
taking advantage of every sure means of
profit, turn their attention to all branches
of farming that will pay, and not neglect
so profitable a resource as the growing
and fattening of swine to supply our home
demand. Rural Press,
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The Rights of Witnesses.

Both before and since the days of Ser
geant Buzfuz, lawyers in court have, at
least occasionally, asked witnesses imper-
tinent and not pertinent questions and
especially when cross-examined, have
these indispensable allies to the admins.
tratiOn of justice seemed sometimes to
possess no privileges which legal scumen
and brow beating considered worth re-
speeding. The rights of witnesses at the
present time are by no means either de-
fined or secured; and many persons who
suffer wrong in quiet rather than suffer
long in the witness box, or who know by
smarting experience the misery of both
conditions, will he pleased-perhaps even
elated-tO learn that a Mr.. Billion,
London lawyer, has been publicly re-
buked for endeav. ring to cast a stigma
upon the reputation of a witness by
asking him an lmpudent question
" Have you ever been convicted of per
jury ?" inquired the lawyer. " Never"
warmly responded the witness. If
there is not sufficient ground for it" in
lerposed the Judge, "the question is
most improper one to put. Have you
Cunning to the witness) ever been
charged with perury?" Z" Never" was
the quick reply. IL think" resumed
the Judge, with the faintest tinge of
sarcasm in his tone, I think that an
advocate should make some inquiry and
have some proof before him before he
puts such questions to a witness" We
think so, Uoo.-M y EUeaing Post.
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The misdirection of the biIe,a consequence
which ensues when the liver is inactive and
the bowels torpid, produces number of bod
iIy evils The blood becomes contaminated
with the bilious fluid, causing the skin and
the whites of the eyes to assume yellOwish
tinge; dyspepsia and nausea supervene, the
tongue becomes furred, the breath fBtid,
there are pains in the side and between the
shoulder blades, the urine is high cOlored and
scalding, and in aggravated cases, 1aundice
and inflammation of the liver ensue. All these
consequences may be prevented or Obviated
by using HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, a yege
table alternative tonic which stimulates the
inactive liver to exert itself in secreting and
directing the bile, acts naturally upon the
bowels and restores every trace OF indiges