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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28

towns aud cities.
NUMBER TWENTY.
The Legislature is authorized to ex.
empt from State, municipal or parish,
taxation household goods, such az fur
niture, wearing apparel, tools of trade
or profession and family portraits, not
exceeding in aggregate value the sum
of five hundred dollars.
ACT NO. 10, EXTRA SESSION OF 1878.
NUMBER TwENTY-oNE.
Strike out the first part of article
l42 of the constitution Of 1868, which
reads: "a university shall be cstab.
lished and maintained in the city Of
New Orleans. 1t shall be composed Of
a law, medical and a collegiate de-
partment, each with appropriate facul-
ties. The General Assembly shall pro-
vide by law for its organization and
maintenance" and insert: 1.-THE uni
versity shall he maintained. 1t shall
he composed Of a law, a medical and an
academical department, and such other
departments as may be established by
law, each with appropriate faculties;
PROVIDED, that the law and medical
departments already organized shall
continue in the city Of New Orleans,
and the academical and other depart
ments may be located elsewhere in the
State,n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28

The DEATH of 4 GENERKfIoN.-A
writer in an English magazine stud
les from birth to death the march Of
an English generation through life,
basing his remarks on the annual
report Of tie registrar general. The
author singles out, in Imagination, i
generation of one million souls, aha
finds that Of these more than Che.
half die before they reach I've years
of age. During the next five years
the deaths number less than one
seventh Of those III tie first quinqu-
cunium. From 10 to Is, lie average
mortality is lower than at any other
period: From Is t, 70 the deaths
increase again, especially among
women. At this period the influence
of dangerous; occupations begins To-
be seen in the death rate. Fully
eight times as many men as wonsen
die violent deaths: The number Of
such deaths continue to rise from 20
to Is, and keeps high for at least
twenty years: Consumption is prev
alent and fatal from 20 to As, and is
responsible for nearly half the deaths.
From IS TO IS the effects of wear
and tear begin to appear, and many
persons succumb to diseases Of the
important internal organs. By s.
the imagined million has dwindlec
down to less than one-half, or ALL
IFS. At IS there remains 161, l24,
and at IS 1866. Only 2O2 reach
the age of 100. At So the number
of men and women surviving is
about equal, but FROM SIS onward
women exceed the -IPopular
Science Monthly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28
CALL FOR A PARISH CONVENTION.

Rooms DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE CoM.,)
..-- ALEXANDRIA, La,
August 18th, 1881
NNhe Democratic Conservative delegates
4 of the Parish of Rapides, to be cho-
sen on Saturday, the 3lst day Of August
1878, will assemble in the Town Hall In
Alexandria, at ii o'clock, A. NJ, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1878,
for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for the following offices: Repre-
sentatives in the Legislature, a Parish
Judge, Sheriff, Police Jurors, and
Ward Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables.
The Parish Convention shall consist
of sixty-five (65) members, taken from
the vote of Gov. Francis L. Nichols, at
the general election in November, 1876,
each Precinct as named below, being
entitled to one Delegate for every -
votes cast at that election. aud one for
every vote over the fraction of fifteen.
The following apportionment of the
Delegates for each Precinct, as cast in
1876, ts hereby published and will be
the official data aud guide of the Con-
O. vention,
a. VorEs. DEL
Pineville ............ las ........
New Precincts at Rigolette and AS:
Belps being established since the last
election, the voters thereof are repre-
sented I'm these l48 votes, and will as
semble at Pineville Precinct, and par
tjcipate in the selection or election o.
DelegStes.)
(This vote includes the voters of thu
Cherrywinchie Precinct of 1875, aud tn
same rule must apply as to Pineviiie.
Holioway's Prairie. 81 .......
(This must include the voters of tin
now new Precinct at Big Island.)
Calhoon's. ..........1 liz ........
(This must include the voters of tn
now new Precinct of Randolph's.)
C. C. Weems' Store. {. :. 104 ........
('Fhis vote Is the one cast in 1875 q
Oakland and Latannier, both of which
Precincts have been abolished, ant
Weems' Store and Kanomie Warehouse
established in their places; therefore
the voters of these two abolished Pre-
cincts, as we'll as the voters of kanomi
Precinct, will now assemble at Weems
Store, and act as in this call.)
Cotiie ................. 1876 ........
CThe voters of the new Precincts o
Horns and Deloache's Bluff are repre-
scented in this vote, and must partici
pate in the selection or election Of Dele
gates at this Precinct.)
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28

DIR. U. R. MINER, in the Pica-
yune, gives expression to a rapidly
growing sentiment on the subject of
quarantine. 1t will make itself heard
at the next session Of the Legisla.
ture. DR.. Miner is in accord with
many others of his profession when
he says:
We have two great evils TO contend
witll-one is natural and the other is
artificial; one is yellow fever and the
other is quarantine. Shall We keep
both? Has quarantine ever prevent
ed yellow fever? Tell me where and
when. Let the next Legislature
abolish the quarantine laws, and I
tell you, sir, we shall have less yell
low fever than we have ever had
Why? Because attention being thus
drawn from on the quarantine as a
prevention, the useless expenditures
Of time and money in that direction
will cease, and time and money will
utilized by concentration upon the
only means Of prevention, that OF
thourough drainage and cleanliness.
And the work commenced in such
such good earnest would pay SO well
that in a few years success would be
q demonstrated fact. The fires Of
enterprise would tura odt the poi.
sons of our swamps. A salubrious
atmosphere would bless che city and
State, invigorating and purifying the
body, mind and soul of the people
emigration would flow in; our lande
would be taken and cultivated by
Gods noblest yeomanry, and soor
Louisiana would become the exam
pie and The garden spot OF the world
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DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL or The PARISH.
+ T. r Nj s:

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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate
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SUBSEQUENT one. Eight lines OF less
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OBITUARY NOTICES, Marriages, Public
Meetings, Cards of Thanks, ETC., to be
paid as advertisements.
PERSONAL CARDS-when admissible
charged double the usual advertising
rates.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28
VERY GOOD TEMPERANCE TALE:

From Ohio comes a capital Ten
perance story:
Judge Quay, the temperance lee.
turer, in one Of his efforts there got
og the following:
"All those in youth acquire the
habit Of drinking whisky, at forty
years will be total abstainers. No
one can use whisky for years in mod
Grafton. If there is person in the
audience before me whose expert.
ence disputes this, let him make it
known. l will account for it, or ac-:
knowledge that I am mistaken"
"a tall, large man arose, and fold
ing his arms in dignifed manner
across his breat, said;
II offer myself as one whose own
experience contradicts your state
ment."
care you moderate drinker?'
asked the judge:
81 ann
allow long have you drank mode
rately2"
"Forty years"
"And you never were intoxicatcd?"
| "Never"
| "well," remarked the judge; scan
ming his subject close from head to
foot; "yours is singular case, yet
I think it is easily accounted for. +
am reminded by it of a little story:
A negro man with a loaf of bread
and flask Of whisky, sat down to
dine BY tie bank Of clear stream:
In breaking the bread some Of the
crumbs fell into the water These
were eagerly seized ana eaten by the
fish: This circumstance sugfested
to the darkey the idea of dipping the
bread into the whisky and feeding it
to them. He tried it; it worked
we'll: Some of the fish ate it, be-
came drunk and and lay helpless up
on the waite. By this stroke of STRAIT
egy he caught great number.
"But iii the Stream was a large
fish, very unlike the rest. He par
took freely of the bread and whisky,
but With no pgfceptib1e effects; he
was shy of every effort of the darkey
to take it. He resolved to have it at
all hazards; that he might learn the
name and nature. He procured d
net, and after much effort caught it;
carried it to negro neighbor, and
asked Ills opinion Of The matter;
The other surveyed the wonder for q
moment, and then said:
"Sambo, understand dis case:
Dat fish is mullet- head-it Lain't
got any brains"
@In other words" added the judge,
E"alcob01 affects only the brain; and;
of course, those having none may
drink without injury" .
The storm Of laughter that fol-
lowed drove the moderate drinker
suddenly from the house:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28

If YOU WANT 4 GOOD, DURABLE
L and EASY RUNNING. SEWING
MACHINE, BUY THE "WlLSON'
FROM MOORE BIOSSAT, THE ONLY
AUTHORIZED AGENT IN RAPIDES
PARISH, OFFICES. CORNER SEC
0ND and DESOr0 STREETS; Alex
NDRIA, LA.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28
L., TM,E7a
MONOPOLIES.


Webster defines monopoly" "the
sole power or permission to deal; ex-
elusive command or possession, &C., !"
but of late years every species of bus.
mess where competition docs not ex-
list, is denounced as q monopoly
The New Orleans and Red River
Transportation Company comes in
for share of this TRADE, when the
fact is, that Company can no more be
classed as monopoly, per SC, and in
the sense indicated by those who so
vigorously assail it, than Bob Browns
0nl 3 cross roa'l store in q country
neighborhood can be denounced as
such.
If this Transportation Company
had monopoly Of Red River" then
no other boats than those of their line
would be permitted to come acithin its
acaters. Such, however, is not the
case, for the monopoly attained by
Capt. Aiken and his Company is one
Of which they should be proud. l,
has been gained by tie strictest at
tention TO the wants Of the people
whom it has supplied with boats at
regular times, while freight charges
in comparison with the old days o.
steamboat sloshing updoAd down the
river is much lower. The business
attention of this Company has at
tracted friends and warm supporters
to it's help and sustenance.; System
is the first requisite i'll business and
that is reduced to perfection by the
able President of this Company.
Now let US see what this Company
has done for Red River beyond The
mere transportation of freight. We
speak now from personal knowledge
Capt. Aiken has been the most per.
sistent friend our valley has ever had
in securing appropriations to i'm
prove the navigation of Red River.
He has made, last winter and spring,
moot less than two visits to Wash.
ington, where he remained and work
ed fol weeks at each time to secure
appropriations for the Mouth, the
Falls; for Tones Bayou, for the Raft,
and TO. remove snaggs and 'obstruc'
lions, and to jetty the bars in low
water, thereby insuring HIGH WATER
FREIGHT TARIFFS THE YEAR ROUND
Will those who iguorantly attack
the "Pool Line" be kind enough tt
name single "1ndependent" steam
boatman who was ever done any
thing for Red River, save to run .
steamboat for accommodation !!
and receive his pay for it2 Capt. Al
ken is not supposed to do all this TO
love to US, pure and simple; but, Ii
has business relations with US whicl
demand and receive all his though
and energies, and his doing it as
sists him while it greatly benefit
US. "Hhgh freights in low water i
the standing demand of all thes
croakers, who yell like blazes for a
"independent boat,' and still not
steamboatman, before Capt. Aiken
Company was organized, ever mad
J an effort to secure US the boon G
high water freight AT ALL SEASONS
AND CAPT. AIKEN HAS!
We max this defence in justice t
Capt. Aiken, and we are assured
meets the hearty approval of th
mass of our business men and shil
pers.-[ Natchitoches Vindicator.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,

the State, or any parish or municipal
authority,on any mechanical trade,
mandatory or factory, except such as
may require police regulations, in
towns aud cities.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-08-28
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
OFFICIAL.
To the Qualified Electors of the State of
Louisiana.

OFFICE of SECRETARY OF STATE,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
NEW ORLEANS,
Inlv IL 1879
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

For the purpose of encouraging the
industrial development of the empire,
the Turkish Ministers invite ioint-stock
companies to apply for authorizations to
construct railways, canals, and ports, and
to establish manufactures. The Russians
have battered some of the fatalism out
of the followers of the Prophet, and the
idea Of trusting wholly to Providence
for material prosperity is giving way to
a conviction that human effort can pro-
duce some good things. Unfortunately,
the guarantees of the Turkish Govern
ment do not command unbounded re-
spect, but if the country is taken pratt
cally under an English protectorate
capital may be found to give start to
the industrial enterprises now in favor
with the Porte, and to do something
toward the development of the country's
resources.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
A Trick of California Sharpers.

A new dodge for beating the innocent
out of their coin has been resorted to
by sharpers in this city since the town
has peen made ";too hot % to hold the
bunko men and permit of them plying
their trade. A number have already
fallen victims, and the sharpers are be-
yond the reach of the law. Two of
them enter saloon, walk up to the bar
and converse as if they had just met.
One draws forth his handkerchief, mops
off his brow, and remarks: Gracious,
how I do transpire p Says the other:
"You mean perspire; there is no such
word used in that sense as transpire. ~
"There is, says No. 1, "and I'll bet
you on the point" An outsider is then
referred to by sharper No. 2, and as a
general thing sides with the latter in
saying there is no such word used in
that sense. eff you think So" No. i
says, ST will bet you that I am right. .
A bet is made, sharper No. 2 generally
taking part Of it with the stranger. A
dictionary is procured, the word is
found, and the stranger learns that
Webster's Unabridged says: "Transpire
to emit through the excreto1ies of the
skin" Of course he loses his money,
and soon afterward the sharpers repair
to convenient place, divide the spoils
and go in search OF another victim. -
Sacramento Bee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

THERE have been twenty-eight at
tempts on the lives of royal personages
and rulers during the last thirty years:
The Duke of Modena, attacked in 1848:
the Prince of Prussia (now the Emperor
William), at Minden, in June, 1848; the
late King of Prussia, in 1852; Queen
Victoria (by an ex-Lieutenant), in 1852;
an internal machine discovered at Mar
settles on Napoleon ILLS visit in 1852;
the Austrian Emperor slightly wounded
by the Hungarian, Libenyez, in 1853;
attack on King Victor Emmanuel in
1853; also on Napoleon III, opposite
the Opera Comique; the Duke of Parma
mortally stabbed in 1854; Napoleon Ill.
fired at by Pianori in the Champs Ely
sees in 1866; policeman seized Fuentes
when about to fire at Queen Isabella in
1856; Milano, soldier, stabbed King
Ferdinand, of Naples, in 1856; three
Italians from London convicted of con-
spiracy against Napoleon III. in 1857;
the Orsini plot against Napoleon III. in
1868; King of Prussia twice fired at, but
not hit, by the student Beker, at Baden,
in 1861; Queen of Greece shot at by the
student Brusios in 1862; three Italians
from London arrested for conspiring
against Napoleon III. in 1862; President
Lincoln assassinated in 1865; the Gar
attacked at st. Petersburg in 1866 and
at Paris in 1867; Prince Michael, OF
Servia, assassinated in 1868; King
Amadeus, of Spain, attacked in 1871;
President of Peru assassinated in 1872
President of Bolivia in 1878; President OF
Ecuador in 1875; President of Paraguay
in 1877; and two attempts on the life OF
the German Emperor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
The late Thomas Winans of Ba

The late Thomas Winans, of Balti-
more, once built in his grounds in that
city magnificent concert hall, and
filled the grounds with beautiful stat
uary imported from Italy at great ex-
pense. All these works of art, includ-
ing copies of the "Venus di Medici, y
Powers "Greek Slave" Canova's
"Three Graces," the "Apollo Belvi-
dere," ETC., were placed near the open
wire fence surrounding the grounds, in
order that the people of the city might
enjoy them with their owner. But the
City Council took exception to the dis
play of the statues on the ground of in
jury to public morals, and passed an
ordinance ordering their concealment OF
removal. Daylight the next morning
disclosed 800 laborers at work, and in a
short time lefty brick wall efectually
shut out the public from the most
charming park in Baltimore. The Coun-
Gil soon rescinded it's edict, but Mr..
Winans refused to remove the wall.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

THE increase in the agricultural in
'dustries of the United States since 1870
is astonishing, affording impressive tes-
timony to the growth of wealth in the
country. The value of the increase in
live stock since the last census, as esti-
mated by the Department of Agricult
ure, aggregates the enormous amount of
over $610,0O0,O0O, while the annual
product of grain, hay and tobacco has
increased in value over $500, O0O, 900.
The totel acreage under cultivation has
increased. since 1870, from 80, I'll, 698 to
121, 300, 900, which will be increased in
greater ratio this year owing to the vast
immigration into the trans Mississippi
States, estimated to be at least 500, 900
persons during the year, who will imme-
diately swell the volume OF our agri-
cultural products.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
Mr.. Bryant's Last Poem,

Mr.. Bryant's literary life extended
over a period of seventy-four years
In 1904, at the age of 10, he printed
his first poem in Massachusetts coun
try paper; and ON Feb. % of the pres
ent year he wrote his last poem as {
contribution to the Washington s birth
day number of the Sunday-S choo
Times: OF Philadelphia. The memory
of Washington has never received SC
worthy tribute, from an American poet
as the six noble stanzas given below:
THE TwENTY-sECoND OF FEBRUARY
Pale is the February sky,
And brief the midday's sunny hours
The wlnd-swept forest seems to sigh
For the sweet time OF leaves and flowers.
Yet has no month prouder day.
Not even wnen the summer broods
Ger meadows in their fresh array
Or autumn tints the glowing woods.
For this chill season now again
Brings, in its annual round the morn
When, greatest of the sons of men,
Our glorious Washington was born.
Lo, where, beneath an icy shield
Calmly the mighty Hudson flows!
By snow-clad fell and frozen field
Broadening the lordly river goes.
The widest storm that sweeps through space
And rends the oak with sudden force,
Can raise no ripple on his face,
Or slacken his majestic course,
Thus, mid the wreck of thrones, shall live
Unmarried, undimmed, our heros fame
And years succeeding years shall give
Increase of honors to his name.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

THE Scotch courts have been enrich
ing the annals of judicature with some
interesting decisions. They have re-
jected as bad in law the plea of man
assessed for dog-tax that, dog being a
quadruped, his three-legged dog was
exempt, or, at least, only liable to as
sessment for Is per cent. of the tax, and
now comes the decision that man is
more nearly related to his sister than he
is to his father.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
THOMAS O'Too1E, 60 years of age,

THOMAS O'ToonE, SO years of age, a
miner working in the Savage mine, at
Virginia, New, offers to bet 81, 900, gold
coin, that he can beat O'Leary, or any
other pedestrian in the world, from the
head of the Savage incline and back.
There is good track all the way, COM
posed of wooden steps, all in fine order.
The distance down and back is 1,456
feet, and the inclination of the track
384 degrees; average temperature, 1123
degrees Fahrenheit. Man and money
ready at Savage Office. The Savage
miners, with Superintendent Gillette al
their head, will back Mr.. O'Toole to the
extent of $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

A LONG box was shipped on the
Truckee railroad in Nevada, and at the
Virginia City station it was rudely
thrown about while change of cars
was made. A moan inside the box led
the baggage men to open it. They
found a young Chinese woman, insensi-
BILE through standing on her head. She
had been brought to the United States
by one of the Chinese companies, whose
price for her was $500. All Kim and
she fell in love, and, as he could not buy
her, he boxed her in order to get hel
away from her captors.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for a national fremen's tournament, to
be held in Chicago in September, that
promises to make the display on that &C.
casion the finest of the kind ever seen in
this country. One hundred and fifty
organizations from different parts Of this
country and Canada have signifed their
intention to take part in the tournament.
The programme, extending over four
days, will include tests and trials in
which hose companies, hook-and-ladder
companies and steam engines will par
ticipate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
Recognizing the Confederacy..

An old soldier at Omaha prints this
recollection Of Col. Bob Ingersoll in
action: "Col. Ingersoll fought man.
fully until overpowered and compelled
to surrender, but not until one of For
rests men had him covered with a gun
and had drawn bead on him. Ingersoll
sang out: Hold on there What do
you want to shoot me for? I have been
recognizing your old Confederacy for
the last two minutes 7 When Ingersoll
was exchanged his horse was returned
to him by the rebel General, with the
remark that he was the man that saved
his life with Joke.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

"A CURIOUS question Of law it to be
tried in New York. An old Irish woman.
a member of ST. Peters Catholic church,
slipped on the ice carelessly left on the
steps Of the edifce, broke her hip, and,
in consequence, was compelled to pass a
long period in a hospital whence she
emerged famed for life. She now sues
the church for 100000 damages, alleg-
ing that she was compelled, as mem
Ter OF the church, under pain of mortal
SIN, to assist at mass every Sunday; that
atallure to do SO without just cause would
have exposed her to communication
here and possible damnation hereafter,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
Belligerent Swallows.

A most singular affair recently hap
pened near Lynchburg, Va. While Col.
A. 81. Fulkerson was riding over his
farm he was attacked by about 100 swal-
lows, who assailed him with great chat
tering and pecked away Justify at his
face and clothing. He was at first
amused at the puny assaults, but the
wounds which they soon inflicted upon
his face and neck convinced him that he
had nothing to laugh at, and he barely
escaped with his life. It is feared that
he will lose the sight of both eyes.