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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-25
THOMAS OyERTON.
He Declines tho Nomination for Lieutenant
Governor on the Prohibition Ticket,
MARKsvtLhE, November 10. i

MARKsvtLbE November ~. 1879.
To The Editor Of tho Democrat:
Sir | observe In the published notice OF its
proceedings that the party known In this
State az the Alliance or Prohibition party has
done mo the honor to place my name on Its
ticket MS Its nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
| will not Disguise tho gratticatlon this nom
nation affords me, emanatlng from the re-
spectacle source 1t does, taken In connection
with the aims 1t proposes TO accomplish. |
value 1t, rs an expression of opinion, more
highly than a nomination coming from a DO
ltical body Without ever having sought to
bring myself prominently into notice rs All
advocate of temperance reforms, | have
always believed In their saving efficacy. The
Ideas which the new party for public favor
propounda, have taken deep root IN tho public
mind, until there is no portion Of the State In
which the organization has not its followers.
Indeed, the vital principles upon which the
Organization rests now finds practical express
sion In a number of our rural parishes, aud 1t
is perceptlbly growing and extending daily in
favor.
/ scarcely think, however, the time season
able TO INTRODUCES u new factor Into our poll
Ties. AS resnnetabla as 1t may be- certain as II
would be to foment divisions ut o very grave
and critical iunetnre In tho affairs q our
State. ] am persuaded, however,, That tho
time Is not far distant when the Democratic
reforms proposed by the new party, and that
a public sentiment In the State, vigorous
enough to be felt, will force 1t to take them
under It's protection But these reforms. to
find favor with tho party. will have to be
wrought Within tho pale Of tho regular or
gauization. not outside of it. And this |
deem entirely practicable, taking even the
last public expression Of Its possiblanoss, as
| barren OF results as that was. as given by the
| late constitutional convention.
! Although am not authorized to speak for
the distinguished gentleman whose name
heads our State ticket, think can safely
say that upon the vital principles OF reform
he will always be found on the side Of virtue
| In opposition 10 license | think | know
enough of tho better instincts OF the next
Governor of this State to say he will never
array himself in opposition 10 the large body
OF bis fellow ctIznns on question OF pubic
morality think can safely promises this
much for him. As u member OF the noml-
mating convention which nominated him.
1t will be my duty, rs 1t will certainly be my
| highest pleasure to aivAnce his election by
oil the means In my power. AS highly, there
| fore, as | esteem and respect The source
whence this nomination flows, | feel con-
strained to decline 1t, rs the time between
this and the election Is brief, ] write this In
anticipation of the usal official notification
| Yours, etc, THOMAS OyERToN.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-25
THE ARCADIA MEETING.
Short Speeches by !. Number of the Mem
bers Of Our Canvassing Party
Bienville Times.

We arrived In Arcadia Just In time to hear
the first speaker, Gov. Witt. He had been
quite uuweil for several days and was there
fore unable to make anything like n speech.
After speaking u few words IN favor of the
new constitution, hs expressed his hopes that
the audience would excuse him.
Judge j g. EgnIl, our nominee for Attorney
General. was next introduced. He reviewed
the two constitutions or this State that or
1868 and the one now offered for adoption or
rejection. He spoke of the numerous defects
and disadvantages OF tho former, and Of the
many advantages offered by the latt.r. and
closed after urging nil present to support the
new constitution, as 1t would be the means OF
bringing about much needed reforms Ia our
State
Hon. J, c. Moncure. of Caddo, followed
the disorder existing In the old Democratic
parish of Bienville. He thought tho Green
back party which had lately come into tho
parish, and that was bringing about this dis
cord, was nothing more nor less than the
Radical party In disguise, a dividing wedge
In the Democratic party, In order that the
very set of scoundrels that we had just sue
ceeded ~ Kidding ourselves Of, might ride
into power. He had been informed that the
Greenbackers had met In convention at Min
den recently and nominated Dick Turner of
Bossiet, for District Judge. Turner was q
nei9hbDr " hts, he said, and If he was not
Radical he did not know what Radicalism
meant. He hoped in conclusion that the
1t had always received In BIenvlle, and that
the party would not suffer this Radical trick
to lead them astray.
Ex-Governor John MeEnery was next
called upon. In his forcible, impressive and
Mt times amusing manner he held his hearers
spel-bouud for n few moments. He referred
to the much taked-of debt ordinance As being
entirely a separate matter from that Of the
constitution. Tha Constitutional Convention,
in Its wisdom, saw proper TO submit 1t to the
people as 40 instrument altogether separate.
He thought this very wise conclusion, as 1t
could be voted for or against as the people de-
sired. The Greenbaek party WAS new thing
to him ~ this State until Il few days back.
And last, but by no means least, was Gen.
r. l.. Gibson, Nj. G. from the First District
The General was not very lengthy but what
he said was to the point. He made an elo-
auent appeal to the Young men To come and
go with the party. II the old men were prone
to 20 sttti6f inv isotfo5-i5sttaa TIT
were detrimental to their interests-hs urged
and entreated the young man, the hope OF our
country, the young men who would soon have
to take the place OF older ones. to come and
vote the Democratic ticket this one more
time, He thought that, notwithstanding the
main stronghold of the Democratic party,
New York, had gone largely Republican. she
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-25
extended Cd return to the barbecue grounds
and nartaka Of the feast that had been pre-

GXLhItQe1 TO return 10 IHe bHlHtGut, EiouuAs
and partake OF the feast that had been pre-
pared for all. ,
This invitation was unanimously adopted
and acted upon inafantar There everything
a hungry man could wish was to he FOUND
prepared In the incest manner POSSIBLE
Every ono came away satisfied With hilhselI
and the balance Of mankind. ~
AT night the courthouse was again htied
to almost snt1ocation. and tho "old war
horse of the Democracy,
apy JOHN M'ENTBy,
addressed the crowd composed OF ladies and
gentlemen, IN u very interesting aud eloquent
epeach. Whom lie finished three ruuslng
cheers went up In deafening chorus 1or one
OF Louisana's noblest sons. Alter MN 1oi-
lowed our own distinguished fellaw-tow :,
tnnn, Gnl. wv II. Jack, In one Of his happest
efforts Gfeanhacking aud Radiepllsm sui
fered under the fro Of hfs bright and glowing
eornanee for he left thon not fnothnih 70
stand unon.
COL It, i. Hunter cnlne next, and with his
amusing anecdotes convulsed with laughter
the entire audience. w A. Strong closed,
and thus Terminated one af the happest
times Old Natchtoches has witnessed FOR
many IL day.
You can send greetlng to our sister par
Ishes and cay THAT we will record ON the sec
ord proSimo n solid vote for the Witg ticket,
and, with u few Greenbackers ''squelnhed,
solid vote for the entire ticket We had but
onn thing to regret. and that was the absanea
III H. A. Wilt May he soon recover and be
restored to that field his talents SO we'll hellt
him for Is the Wish IF his friends.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-25
MASS NJ LETTINGS
= OF THE =
DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE PARTY,
HooMs STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. !
Democratic Conservative fartY.
New Orleans, October IA, 1870.

HooMs STATE CEsrRAr COMMITTEE.
Democratic Conservative FartY.
New Orleans. October IA, 1870.
Mass meetings Of the Democratic Conserva-
tive party will bs addressed nv Gov. L. A. Wilt,
Hons. Samuel D. MeEnery J. g. Egan, Allen
Jumel, II. IT, Fay. W. A. Strong e. A. Burke. FL.
NJ Ogden IT, John Ellis, Albert VOORHEES,. j, b.
Eustis, B. T. Jonas II. N. Ogden. John Nc
Emery, Don Catfrey, Roht. Richardson. j. o.
Moncure, T. -. Lyons, Il. O. Wfnkllffe. A. y.
Heron A. Roman. r. 7. Poche. w. W. Farmer
Vim. nj. Levy. VIM. Fl. Jack. Gen. Randall Glib
son. Cen J. FLOYD King James LipgaD. ]. q,
Hawkes. T. II. Thaard Hon J. II, Aeklen. Hon,
E. W. Robertson. Hon. J. y, Elan.
Tho meetings will be hold as follows:
November 25, Tuesday Varm ltonvlle
November as. Tuegday-st. Martinsville.
November 26. Wednesday Iberia.
November ~. Thuisday-Abbevile
November a. Thursday Franklin.
November a. Friday Houma,
November ~, Observation-Disclosures
December 1. Monday Napoleonviie
December |, Monday Donaldsonville.
November as, Tuesday Greensburg.
November az, Thursday Fort Vincent.
ALBERT VOORHEES,
President State Central Committee Demoeratfc-
Conservative Party ri Louisiana
o. M. THNNIsoN ancrctary or1S
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would come np all right In the presidential
elention. with solid South, New York and
another one or two Of the largely Demo ,,.,
cratic States. our victory next year is certain.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16

POISONOUS CHEESE.-It is we'll
known fact, not unfrequently brought
TO public notice in the newspapers, that
occasionally cheese is found which
possesses poisonous properties. Record
. is made Of very severe and occasionally
fatal cases, where the symptoms could
be attributed to no other cause than
the eating of cheese-where, indeed,
every individual partaking thereof was
more or less affected. Some time ago
almost the entire Legislature of the
State of Vermont, on the occasion of an
entertainments offered TO its members at
adjournment, were thus made sick and,
albeit some sport was made of it at the
time, it was by no means a laughing
matter, though all who were affected
by the poisonous cheese recovered. The
symptoms of this cheese-pOisoning are !:
nausea, followed by violent and pro-
tracted vomiting; pain in the bowels,
strong purgative action, and great pros
tratiOn, with fever. When the patient
RECEIVERS there remains for some time a
soreness and tenderness of the bowels,
indicating continued Inflammation. The
attack, to the inexperienced eye, very
closely resembles one of cholera NOR
bus; while to the physician it bears
some of the marks of arsenical poison
ing. These facts have very much mis-
led the public, so that in one case the
idea has prevailed that no real poison
ing occurred, but that the symptoms
simply indicated the over-eating of in
digestible food, or the indulgence In
unaccustomed beverages; while, on the
other, the attending physician has
been led TO suspect carelessness in the
use of Paris-green, or in the applica-
ton of arsenical fly-poison to the out
side of the cheese.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16
Lake LobHor.

An officer of the Russian service, Colonel
Prjwalky, has published an account of an
expedition made in 1877 to this almost un-
known lake of Central Asia, and although
Baron Richthofen, one of the highest geo.
graphical authorities in the world, denies
that he reached the true Lobnor, the
Colonel's story is sufficiently interesting
and important to secure attention. Russian
and Chinese troops are, as our readers are
aware. face to face with one another in
Central Asia in the province of Kuldja,
lately in rebellion against the Chinese but
now reduced to submission. With the
prospects of peace and war in that quarter
we have not hing at present to do. In 1871
Colonel Priwalky left kuldja and travelled
southeast and he struck a great river, the
Tarim. which drains wide tract of country
to the north of Cobb district, and finally
flows southwark, losing itself in the sands
of the desert, or at last collecting such
waters as it has left in a shallow lake on
the goth degree of west longitude and the
10th parallel The lake lies in a southwest
and northeast direction, about sixty miles
long and fifteen wide Ii is nearly covered
with reeds, and appears to be subject to
periodical changes of level. Its waters are
clear and sweet excepting near the shore,
and il is alive with fish and wild fowl.
Its inhabitants are its most strange charact-
eristics. They seem to approach the an
cient lake-dwellers in their habits, for they
live on the lake itself in dwellings con-
structed of reeds. The whole region is un-
known to modern explorers, and Colonel
Prjwalsky has brought to light many facts
wholly new TO modern geographers. After
reading an account of the Colonel's adven-
tures one is inclined to lose patience with
a stay-at-hOme geOgrapher, however emf
nent, who questions the accuracy of his
conclusions. Colonel Prjwalky has left st.
Petersburg to make another trip in Central
Asia He will proceed by Orenburg, Omsk
and Semipalatinsk to the Chinese frontier,
thence to Hami. Hansu and Lassa. From
Lassa he intends to reach the Himalaya by
the BrahmapoOtra. Returning thence to
Lassa, he will visit Khotan, Kashgar, and
cross the intervening plateaux to Russian
Khokand The journey IS TO occupy two
wears While reviewing the subject of
Russian exploration in Central Asia We
NAV mention also accounts of two ancient
cities. historian and Meshed, probably re-
lies of Khowrasmian times. The former of
those cities must have been one of the most
important in Central Asia. Its aqueducts
cover a great tract of country, and one of
them was traced some forty miles (sixty-
five yerts) to its sourse. The building ma
terial appears to have been for the most part
brick. which are still in perfect form and
1niniured by the passage of untold centu-
-ies bearing carved work and inscriptions
and sometimes colored decorations and ara
,esaues executed with considerable skill
md taste.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16
What More Terrible.

more painful, more exasperating. discouraging
and persistent than Piles, especially to afflicted
mortals who have tried lotions, ointments,
pills, electuaries and all manner of nostrums
and doctors stuff. internally and externally
without relief. What wonder is it that half .
million redeemed sufferers should shout ho-
sannas over the discovery OF AndkeSis, an in
JdHible cure for Piles, This medical miracle,
SO simple as to excite wonder that wise doctors
have not thought Of it before, so prompt and
certain in its action a. to secure for itself the
title Of infdHibLe, so scientific and rational in
its combination of pOUltice. instrument and
medicine, as to render the ultimate cure of 80
per cent. Of average cases of piles sure. is not
an accidental discovery, but the solution Of
problem by the study and experience of DR..
Silsbee. an accomplished and distinguished
physician Of 40 years standing. 1t has stood
the test OF 20 years experience; over half .
million Of sufferers have used it with success,
and doctors of all schools now prescribe it in
Their prcctice, and it is pronounced to be the
nearest to an infallible cure for piles vet dis
covered. Andkesis, DIR. S. Silsbee's External
Pile Remedy, is sold by druggists everywhere.
Price 81 90 per box. Samples mailed free to
all sufferers on application to p. NeUstaedter
4 Co, Box 1916, New York.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16
His Sad Mission

Mrs. Nichols is a wealthy lady. She
day she was summoned to the parlor to
see a visitor.
"Good morning, sirr' she said. as
she swept into the room.
'Good morning." he replied, very
politely. 81 understand you have an
invalid husband?'
Il have"
"What seems to be the matter with
him." inquired the caller, with pro-
fessional gravity
Consumption"
"Been troubled long, ne went on,
as he drew his handkerchief across his
face a couple of times, cor is thasty? p
She told him in very dignified man.
ner that her husband had been 4 suf-
ferer for five years.
''Five years-five years." he MUIR
INJURED meditatively, as he drew out a
memorandum book and began to figure.
.'Well. guess another year will settle
him. | suppose you've had him in
Florida, but that amounts to nothing.
Consumption is awful uncertain; you
can't tell when it is going to yank
you"
The lady made no reply, but tears
trickled down her cheeks, which caused
her caller to remark:
Eyes, L know it is sad; but then
there's no use of taking on. Death is
inevitable and can't be escaped. Now,
then, say we'll give him till next May" ."
The lady sobbed audibly,
Eyes, | suppose he was kind ,.indul-
gent husband, and it will be hard for
you to part with him; but you must
brace up and face the shock with he
roic fortitude."
Still no reply from the lady, whose
face was now buried in her handker-
chief.
81 didn't come here this morning to
stir up your feelings and make you feel
sad. Death is awful solemn, but busi-
ness is business.
He then paused and drew a card
from his pocket, and presenting it said {:
perhaps, after you are a widow you
will have no use Tor your husbands
garments; if not, should be pleased
to make bid on them. | keep 4 sec
Ond-hand clothing store, and i just
thought I'd step around early, and get
the refusal. If you'll just let me take
a look at some of his things, can give
you a decent idea of what they'll
fetch"
Then she summoned the coachman
but he didn't arrive in time to get kick
at the clothier
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16
Diamond Cut Diamond.

We were laying off some miles away
before Madras, on the steamship Su.
matra, which had broken her shaft just
as We lett Madras for Ceylon, when q
boat put off from the shore with party
of natives to sell us fruits, and among
them was one of their most famous
men of mystery. He came on board,
and it was suggested that he should
perform there.
spreading some sand on the deck,
he planted it in mango-seed from
which he raised mango tree some
eighteen inches high.
'Then he did some surprising things
with veEemous cobra, which he car
ried rolled in the cloth about his loins,
concluding with very clever trick, in
which two pigeons, one black and one
white, which were made to vanish at
will, to change from one basket to an
other. The Captain urged Robert Hell
Ter who was on board to do something
to bother the man, who was very con-
conceitcd about himself.
$50 Robert suddenly asked to look at
one OF the pigeons. He took the white
one. With a movement like lightning
he pulled the head off the bird. He
held the head in one hand, the quiver-
ing, struggling, dying bird in the other,
and then threw them overheard.
f'The commotion was frightful. The
poor native shrieked and cursed, and
gave vent to his rage in the choicest
Bengalese.
"The mighty white magician looked
with merry eyes at the juggler's dis
tress. Then when the row was at its
height and L began to feel uneasy at the
prank, Robert suddenly raised his
those beautiful, white, Won
hands. He mysteriously
as if summoning the dove
from Its watery grave, and pointed up
ward. There was the white dove cir
cling round in the air; in one moment
it alighted on the piece of carpet before
its despondent owner, unframed.
Curses gave way to profound salaams
and prayers that the great white magi-
clan might never die.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16
How to Smoke a Pipe.

To those who are attached to the pipe
il may be matter of interest to know
how their last puff or draught of smoke
may be as fresh as the first. 1t is well
known, that smoking in the usual man.
ner, the last portion of the tobacco be-
comes damp from the presence of oil or
nicotine drawn from the heated tobacco
above which causes sickeuing and
nauseating effect bitter to the taste, and
unpleasant and unhealthy as compared
with the first half of well filled pipe.
A contemporary has found the follow
ing to be etfectual in giving good,
fresh smoke from first to last. Place
a small quantity of tobacco in the bot
tom of the bowl, light it, aid when
well afire, fill the pipe, and before each
draught, give light pull outward
through the stem, which causes the to-
bacco TO burn upward, all below being
consumed. This is a sensible way of
smoking the time honored pipe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16

The RIGHT WAY TO BRUSH VELVET.
The art of removing lint, dust and
light matters adhering to velvet, con-
sists in the proper mode of managing
the brush. Take hat brush mot too
soft, but having the bristles elastic, and
returning at once to their original state
when pushed aside), hold it firmly un-
der the palm of the hand, in the direc-
of the arm, and with the bristles
downward, and pressing them first
gently into the substance of the velvet,
then twist around the arm, hand and
brush all together, as on an axis. with
out moving them forward or backward.
The foreign matters will thus be drawn
up and flirted out of the flock without
injury to the substance of the velvet,
and the brush must be lifted up and
placed in a similar manner over every
part required to be brushed. By this
means velvet will be improved instead
of deteriorated, and will last for years
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-16

Theological students reason that If
there be counterfeit money, there must
be genuine; so, il there be infidels,
there must also be Christians. II this
be true of money and religion, will not
the same rule apply to "put-up" medi-
cinesf Do not the cheap and worthless
nestrums prove that there are genuine
and meritorious "put-up" medicines (?
The great popularity of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has resulted
in the manufacture of many shoddy al
terative and tonic remedies, but one
after another these have disappeared,
the proprietors having found that, no
matter how loud they advertise, success
depends upon merit. In South America,
as well as in this country, the Discovery
is the standard remedy for all scrofulOus
and eruptive diseases. 1t acts promptly
on the stomach, liver and blood, toning
up, regulating and purifying the sys-
TEN. 1t speedily allays all bronchial
irritation and cures the most stubborn
cough or cold in half the time required
by any other remedy.