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LONDON, Eng.

.-.. AoNboN} Get.,
&& October 10. {
= !, To-day was the third of the second
October meeting at Newmarket, one OF
the most important events being the
race for the second class Cambridge
shire stakes, q handicap for all ages,
which was wen by Mr.. Sanfcrd's Mate,
who beat the only other starter, Sir j.
d. Astley's Rascal.
There were sixteen subscribers, and
the value of the stake was about $500.
Mates numerous performances in this
country are so. we'll known that they
need no description in detail other
than to say that his performances as a
whole showed that he was a good
second-class horse. In England he
has not showed to be even that. Last
year, his first season in England, he
started six times, and his best perfor-
manees were running third for the Ep-
com cup, and second for the Brighton
stakes. This year he has run four
times prevlous to the above race with
QUO even getting place. a
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FEARFUL RlsK FOR GIRLs.-The pas
tor of a church in one of our large ci-
ties said to me, not long ago: ~ have
oficiated at forty weddings since
came here, and in every case, save one,
1 felt that the bride was running an
awful risk. Young men of bad habits
and fast tendencies never marry girls
of their own sort, but demand wife
above suspicion. So, pure, sweet wo-
men,, kept from the touch of evil
through the years of their girlhood,
give themselves, with all their costly
dover of womanhood, into the keeping
of men who, ir base associations, have
learned to under-value all that belongs
to them, and then find no repentance
10 the sad after years. There is but
one way out of this that can see, and
that is for you-the young women Of
the country-to require in associations
and marriage, purity for purity, sobri.
ETY., and honor for honor. There is no
reason why the young men of this
Christian land should not be just as
virtuous as its women, and if the loss
of society and love be the price they
are forced to pay for vice, they will
not pay it. / admit with sadness that
not all our young women are capable
of this high standard for themselves or
others, but believe there are enough
thoughtful girls in the society
of our country to work wonders if
faithfully aroused. Dear girls, will
you help US, in the name Of Christ I
Will you, first of all, be trae to your
selves and God; so pure in your inner
and outer life that you shall have a
right to ask that the young man with
whom you marry shall be the same I
The awful gulf Of dishonor is close
beside your feet, and in it, fathers,
lovers and sons are going
lowna Will you help us in our great
work a-[Exchange.
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Remarkable Story.

A young woman who was an inmate
of the poor asylum of Bloomington
County, Indiana, from small child up
to the time she was large enough to
work out, and who is now living with
one of our merchants as servant,
tells tale which sounds like the crea-
ton ola novelist's brain, and which,
if true, is seldom equaled for inhuman-
ity and wrong in this age of enlight.
eminent and law. Her story, in briet,
is that her mother died when she was
very small, and her father, who was a
farmer, living some ten or twelve
miles from here at that time, put her
with an aunt to raise and left the coun
try; that after her father left this aunt
took her to the poor asylum, telling
her and others that her father had loft
nothing for her support, and that she
was not able to provide for her; that
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there she passed the life of toll and
ignorance usually lived by friendless
orphans in poor house, until the au-
thorities thought her able 70 work out,
knowing nothing of her, father until
recently, when, by some means, she
heard that he was in Tennessee; that
she wrote to him and received a reply,
saying that he was as much surprised
to hear from her as he would have
been had he received letter from her
dead mother; also stating that when
he left be placed ample property in the
hands of the aunt for the support of
his daughter, and after his arrival in
Tennessee had written a letter of in
quiry back, to which he received an
answer from the aunt that his daughter
was dead and buried, and that he had
so believed until he received the let
ter; that he was REMARKED, but would
soon return to this place and inyesti-
gate the conduct of the aunt.
The girl has shown this letter to the
lady with whom she is living. She is
corroborated in her story in so far as
her history is known, and her whole
statement bears the impress of truth,
but names are withheld for the pres
ent, in order that her father, if he so
intends, may return and expose the in
fanny himself Special to the Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
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Estray.

TAKEN UP BY w. M. MACE AND
i estrayed before the undersigned
Justice of the Peace, on the 18th day
of October 1877, ONE DARK BROWN
PONY MARE, branded n. on the left
shoulder, with star in the face, IL
hands high and aboat 0vyears Old
Appraised by Stephen Yerreman and
Peter Gilmore to be worth Twenty
Dollars in Cash. The owner is here
by notified to come forward, prove
property, pay charges and take said
estray away, or the same will be sold
as the law directs.
c. MORGAN,
Printers Fees 90. J.P.
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Printers Fees 81. j. P.

CEND Csc. to G.. P. ROWELL g. co.
- New York, for Pamphlet Of 100
pages, containing lisea Of 5000 newspa
pers, and estimates shaving cost of
advertising.
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TIE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WHAT THE COUNTRY HAS LOST BY
oVERFLoWs OF THE
RIVER.

a. The safe and unobstructed naviga-
ton of the Mississippi river and its
tributary streams throughout their
entire length, and the protection from
inundation of the opulent alluvial
delta through which they flow, are
matters of more public moment and
Importance than any others that are
likely to come before the National
!. Legislature in the next decade of
years. .
The region known as the "delta"
of the Mississippi, and which is SUBJ
lect to overflow, extends over about
eight and one half degrees of lati-
tude, is something over six hundred
. and fifty miles in length and about
sixty in average width, and embraces
within it's limits more than $4,000,
900 Of acres Of land, adapted In res
pect to climate and popularity Of
soil to the growth of cotton, sugar
and rice, far ahead of any other quar-
ter of the globe.
The lands which were in 1850
worth the large sum of more than
$3.50, 100000 have since that time de-
creased in value, until they are now
estimated to be worth only $780,
000, 900, thus showing an actual loss
ID the producing taxable wealth of
the country of something like $3.50,
Z 100000.
~ By calculations made from data
furnished by chambers of commerce,
boards of trade, and facts obtained
: from other reliable sources of infor
nation, it is estimated that the loss
$"es sustained in the overfowed coun-
try by the food Of 1874 was not less
than 100000, while the damage
done i'm the succeeding year, 1875,
reached $1o,0Oo,O0O. Thus in two
years the loss of agricultural pro-
ducts amounts to more than $780,
1000, 900. Since 1860 there have been
seven great overfows in the Missis-
slppi and in some of the streams
which are tributary to it, occurring
in the years 1862, 1865, 1868, 1871,
1874, 1875 and 1877. While the
losses inflicted by the foods of 1874
and 1875 may not be fair standard
.aby which to- estimate the losses of
the other years enumerated, yet it is
estimated in carefully prepared pa
per by prominent merchant 10 a
large commercial city, and which
now have before me, that the des-
.trnction of cotton, sugar, rice and
other Southern farm products, result
ing from.the different overtiows since
: 1860, would average in full val Ne for
..eaaaeb: one Of them the sum of $4,000,
200, amounting in the aggregate
Iaving out the present year-to $4s,.
f1t10 00G, T'jrio q .l3aa ~ H. t3so
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-"AvoID that tor which you blame
Others for doing" says one of our wise
men. Well, things have come to q
pretty pass if a man can't kiss his
own wife.
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The United States Senate In 1879.

The United State Senate will have
~ Republicans, SO Democrats and one
independent on its rolls when it meets
next Monday, of whom 6 Democrats
and IL Republicans go out of office on
the 4th of March, 1879, as follows:
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EtEW DOZEN OLD RYE SEVEN
a. YEARS OLD. PRICE $3.50 PER
BOTTLE. FOR SALE BY
HENRY ST. JOHN
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NEW THIS DAY.
TEMPERATURE
AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON sCHNACK
[OFFICIAL.]
PROCEEDINGS OF the TOWN COUNCIL

ALEXANDRIA, La,
Oct. l9, 1877. :
A special and called meeting of the
Board of Councilmen was held in the
Town Hall, on Thursday, October ls,
1877, at which were present Council
men-
Jos. Bouillotte,
E. r. Biossat,
Jonas Rosenthal,
w. W. Wilmington, Jr.
Absent-Jacob Irving.
On motion of Councilman Whiting
ton it was
ORDAINED, That the Mayor being
sick, Councilman Biossat be appointed
acting Mayor to preside over the meet
ing of the Board during the absence,
from sickness, of Mayor D. G. Paul.
Be 1T ORDAINED, That L. v. Marye,
Justice of the Peace of the Alexandria,
is empowered and authorized to act az
Mayor in the absence of Mayor Paul,
in accordance with Act al of the Leg
islature of 1868, granting the Town its
present Charter. p,-..-,-,~ -,..s-..-
And it was further Ordained, That
the Board of Councilmen concur in the
appointment of Samuel Fellows to act
and perform the duties of Constable,
during the temporary sickness Of the
Town Constable.
On motion the Board adjourned.
E. R. BIOSSAT,
A. HILroN, Acting Mayor.
Secretary.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFF's SALE.
W. Fl. LETcHFoRD & co.,
vs.. NO. 1872
M LEeRAs. e-,s
PARISH Court PARISH OF RAPrpEs.
RY VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY
- writ of Fieri Facias issued and to
me directed in the above entitled and
numbered suit, I have seized and will
offer for sale at Public Auction in front
of the Court House door, in the Town
OF Alexandria, La, between the hours
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY,, the Sd day of NOYEM-
Der, A. D. 1877,
the following described property to-
wits
Lot No. three (3) in square No. forty
nine (49, with all the buildings and
Improvements thereon, situated in the
Town Of Alexandria, Parish of Rap
ldes, as per plat OF said Town made by
II. w. Bringhurst, Parish Surveyor:
also, the undivided half Of lot No, two
~ Ill square No. forty (40), together
with the undivided half of all the bull
dings and improvements thereon. stu
ated in the Town of Alexandria, Parish
OF Rapides, as per plat of said Town
made by r. W. Bringhurst, Parish
Surveyor.
TERMS :-CASH, subject to appraise-
ment. H. M. ROBINS6N
Sept. 2G, 1877. Sheriff.
Printers Fees $1,000.
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HARDTNER STILL HOLDS OUT
Ii and MANUFACTURES TO ORDER
THE BEST BOOTS AND, SHOES IN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THE BEST OF
LEATHER, and COMPLETE AND
EASY FIT. 81 ~ q 49,
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subscriptions for the largest, cheapest and
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world. Any one can become successful
agent. The most elegant works Of art
given free to subscribers. The price ia 30
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Sept. 26, ls77-6u

SALE.
STATE OF LOUIsIANA-PARrsH OF RApIDEs
RY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
- issued to me by the Honorable the
Parish Judge in and for the Parish Of Ra.
pides, State of Louisiana, /, Thomas j.
Severns, Tutor to the minors Joseph lee
and Fannie Leona Seyerns, will sell at the
Court House door, on
SATURDAY, the Sd day Of NOVEMBER,
-. ~ 1@ 1877,
the real estate Of the above named mi.
nors, consisting of Lot No. 3, in Square
No. 63, in the Town Of Alexandra, La.
z TERMs-CASH on the spot.
T.J. SEVERNS,
Oc5 s, 1877. Tutor.
Printers Fees $500. 5.
GUBSCRIBE FOR
y THE DEMOCRAT
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The Turf.

SANFORD SCORES VICTORY WITH
asdrsi .. .ss-,. MATE.
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EVs wv OuOCcsbTUH VI Miss Ma "
Wells. 81
WHEREAS MRS. JEANETTE D,
w Wells has made application to
this Court to be appointed Admins
tratrix of the Succession of Mrs, Mar
tina L. Wells, deceased: Notice is here
by given to all whom it doth or may
concern, to show cause within ten uO)
days from the date hereof, why the
same should not be granted.
By order of the Court.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, La, this
22d day of October, 1877.
j. H. RANSDELL,
Clerk.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-15

companies or non-r'sldchts. lhosc o'lohg-
ing to savings banks ana NE insurance
companies are exempted from taxation ny u
special ACT OF the Legislature ana tho-e oil
hon-r'-iIoii5 cannot nc reached ny any pro-
Goes hnoWn to the Law be7ld's, lha7much
as the real estate ~ which those mortgages
represent portion OF the value, IS itself
taxed, the city loses nothing That 1t has a
right to collect Wy not taxing them
MrCbriMhE"--ci t-,agan'that our whole
sale merchants avoid cessation by diacrcdil-
able lh'ciiuscs. lie Is plainly not aware
that the Con-ti'utionand laws OF the emitted
S'at"s forbid the taxation Ivy local auihori-
Ties OF imported good s, SO long as They re-
n1in In Their original packages ana Of all
gools sont I.'N'r NOM othor StA''S to 'e
Sold ~ cuunii sion. ~ tlcsc prohibitions
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l., 1877.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-19
1 WARM REGION.

We find in an exchange an interest
ing account of visit to the depts of
of a Nevada silver mine. We quote
some extracts:
When alighting from the cage in
the Grown Point silver mine in
Nevada. ct elevenhundred feet below
the surface. the foreman took us
through the circuitous streets.
measuring some miles in length, and,
after showing us the rich silver ore
Which the miners were picking and
removing. we were lswered to the
fourteen hundred foot sevel Tor three
hundred feet iower.) From the
ground surface are also sunk two
shafts instead of one: for in every
extensive and good mine there Is
always two shafts to create Il current
through the mine-go0d cool aif
defending in one, and the bad warm
air rising or ascending in the other.
Hence In the main streets of the mine
where the current passes it is com
paratively cool. but at the sides. out
of the draft. it is terrible-so hot is it
that one is reminded of the internal
regions; for as l stood in these
chambers and by-ways. / seemed to
burn. and the pefsplration would run
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-19

The government is debtor, and stands
towards its creditors like all other debtors
Chicago Tribune.
Not Il bit Of it. The government
mas the power to create money and
declare it legal-tender. and make
every citizen and corporation in the
broadllard accept it in payment of
debts. Other debtors caNaot do that.
And whatever ahe government says
is money rs moHey,--Whether it be
made OF gold, silver. nickel, copper,
bronze, lead. irsn, paper or birch
bari 1t is the iegal-tendea quality
that constitutes money. not the ma
terlal it is composed of.
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in streams from me the instant l step
ped into them, and the water IN the
mine at this level was so hot could
scarcely bear my hand in it; and yet
miners are obliged to work III these
places; but their only garment is
pair of overhauls, and they are wet
with perspiration all the time; and
the foreman informed me that they
preferred to work in this hot place to
anywhere else; but / learned the
principal reason was that they could
not work but eight or ten minutes at
time ere they rested and cooled OF
a little in the main streets; and then
they worked less hours than miners
working in cool places, for they could
not stand it to work in such place
long; hence, although they were con-
stantly in hot bath, they had to
work but little.
We had not yet decended to the
lowest depths of the mine; we were
fourteen hundred feet down, but were
vet one hundred feet from the lowest
level; and, after informing the fore
man of my wants. he ordered us to
be lowered down the shaft a hundred
feet further. Out of the currents of
air in this level it was still hotter
than the fourteen hundred feet level;
it shortened my breath; and yet men
worked at this depth every day. In
one chamber, away from the draft Of
air land enclosed). it was SO hot an
egg would boil in the water lying
about in fifteen minutes. There was
plenty of ore in this level, and the
hard quartz rock easily crumbled.
The water flowing and accommodating
in the mine was constantly forced up
to the surface by a powerful force.
pump, a Cornish pump, aided by a
large engine stationed below in the
mine. The air at the lowest depths
was very humid and assisted, probably
in making the heat more intensely
felt, and also in crumbling the ore
gearing rock. The great heat al
these depths proves the hypothesi:
that the deeper we decend into the
interior of the earth the warmer i
becomes, the ratio being for ever.
sixty feet descent an increase OF tenn
perature of one degree Fab.
II was after coming out of one Q
these mines the other day tina
our unbelieving friend Bob Ingersol
wiped his forehead and remarked
elf thought there was any plac
hotter than that / would join SOM
church at once
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GENERAL NEUS.

About two million bushels of wheat
were sold last week in New York on Eng
lish and Continental orders.
Henry C. Hall, Consul General at Ha-
wanna, in reporting to the Secretary of
State at New Orleans, says there is no yell
low fever this summer at HAVANA.
The new four per cent. government
loan goes off lively At the commence
ment of business hours yesterday over
S25 900 900 were known to be taken.
There has been startling increase of
the death rate in New York for the past
week, being l5S over the week previous,
noticeably among children from the usual
summer complaints.
1t has been definitely ascertained
through the Pioneer Press that the Grand
Marshal of the Grand Lodge of Good Tenn
plars of Minnesota is negro. So the q.
It's take theirs little colored, after all.
Kyle, the bogus drowned man, did not
leave any clue to the opening of the safe
of the county of which he was treasurer,
and the commissioners have to get the
manufacturers to open it up for them.
After the announcement of the suspen-
sion of the Butcheas and Drovers bank in
St. Louis, on Saturday, run was made on
several of the other banks in that city, by
small depositors, but all demands were
promptly met
On Thursday at San Juan, Justin Arajo
shot and MORALLY wounded Manuel Bu-
iron, an inoffensive citizen. The same
night body of men overpowered the
guard at the lookup and took the pris-
oner to the outskirts of the town and hung
him to tree.
AT St. Louis, on the 18th, Major Fred
Doering alderman of the city, was found
hanging in his grocery store, corner 14th
street and Cass avenue, dead
as door nail Charles Irun, a German
Butcher doing business corner 14th street
and Franklin avenue, shot himself through
the head and died soon after.
A new move is now being made in civil
service reform. 1t is proposed to publish
a list of applications for Office, with their
alleged residence; also the names of the
people endorsing them. 1t is expected
that such arrangements will prevent peo-
pie from giving false locations, and will
make men more careful in their endorse
mentS.
/ The body of an unknown man with
bullet through his head was found in the
river at La Crosse yesterday morning. He
was young man about 25 years of age
and had ON his person West Salem rail
road ticket to La Crosse, dated July H.
coroner's inquest was held, but no evi
dence was adduced as to his identity, o.
whether he was murdered OF committed
suicide.
4 revolution has broken out at Peurtt
Plata. Santa Domingo, and the town is de-
clared in state of siege. The cry is ii
favor of ex-President Consoles Thu
gathering of the excellent tobacco crop il
interrupted. Hayti acknowledges tn.
French loan of 81 600 600 francs. payable
in ve@ris Ias,ailments, with inter st at
pc ,eat. per annum. Hayti never saw
one penny of this loan. The ministry i
unpopular, and outbreaks are feared
Twenty persons have been imprisoned OF
suspicion of conspiracy.