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Quite warm Of late.
Cotton picking brisk.

Quite warm Of late.
Cotton picking brisk.
Sweet potatoes GO cents per bushel.
Corn at so to GO cts. per bushel, moi
withstanding its reported scarcity.
Picnic at Camp salubrity last Thurs
day. Our local went
Showers again prevailing since las
Wednesday.
Our streets are dusty and rain is muc1
needed.
The WHITE sewing machine is tn
best.
Natchitoches continues unusuall,
healthy, all reports to the contrary not
outstanding.
Try q Wheeler Il Wilson sewing ma
chine at McCOOk & Bro.
Wshave had no New Orleans papers
since Sunday last. Letters have come
through, however. What's the matter
For MN and beast Normands Balm
has no superior. For sale at all the
stores. sept. 13.--4t.
Any communication for the Brass
Band should be addressed either to F.
Numa Tauzin, President, or w. II. Tun-
nard, Secretary.
From Dame Rumor's rsrnm reritas, this
Fall and coming Winter are likely to be
lively here among our pleasure loving
young people, outside Of the excitement
Of the political campaign now pending.
We return thanks to Hon. J. d. Wat
kins for copy Of bis speech delivered at
Mindsn, La. August 25th, upon his work
In the Convention.
Chow JACxsON's Best Sweet Navy
Tobacco. Nov. 3O-1y.
We still keep our stock Of Drugs com.
plste, ]. J. McCook 4 Bro.
Our Shreveport mail comes in like
charm. Caldwell IS trump, and u he'll
only sdvertise that carriage and wagon
factory he can do big business here.
The WHITE sewing machine has moar
capacity and power than any other fam
ily machine made. For sale by H. A.
waImsley.
Prizes in the In. Lottery drawing are
now anxioasly looked for In the draw
ing Sept. 9Th, 57,So3 drew sSo,c0O 81
sl3 drew ]1o, 900 and $3.50 drew 5000.
Alexandra has established quarantine
against woolens, bsgging and other ar
ticles capable Of transporting disease.
Otherwise the boats come on regularly.
Get tho WHITE sewing machine.
Oar old friend and everybodys friend
for that matter, g. b. Egglestou, Esq.,,
will open In this city, on Monday next, y
private school for boys. His we'll known
eauaeitv vill "a ara assnred ,.cnre HIM
slsrss attendance.
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10 "''' hummer OF the SABINE l"dss Is
'e''se a. bright, newsy and ably edit.
q paper. 1t 10 Democratic to the core,
asv'sss'ns measures not men and will
sAs 10 mark In tho ssbine parish and
W ''a's'
The im~seslats Hornsby, who has been
sewing out . sentence of the District
Court sincs last June, win turn his hack
q " parish cooler 10 morrow. He
's's' = full Of eu''sd"sss and crooked
aess Of yo's. Keep cool. old fsl.
wshave received from Hon. Chas. v.
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mtttent, Intermittent, Typhoid Fevors,
and Fever and Ague. Upon the healthy
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wholly, tho health Of the human raoe.
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We therefore oay @ The anaenaA
1sythts Remedy fairly, Il wilt no1
narm you, you have nothing 60
Iose, but will surely gain q VICE.
rouo Body, Pure 6jood, Strong
Novvo0 and q Cheerful Mind.
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Original poetrp.
A HYMN OF LABOR.


Across the farthest verge Of rosy morn,
warning cry ossnusiering winds is borne
10 lavish Autumn pours his brimming horn
Gathering the vino and conl
Work while above the woodlands swart aud sere
Yet CLEANS the waning crescent ofthe year,
For 10 the empty night Is almost here
The Winter draweth near
Work while the fields yet glow with golden spoil
Heap high the blushing largess Of the solll
Slow cometh the night, wherein no man may toll
Garner the wine and oil
Work. mixing labor with thanksgiving song
The zest Of toll shall make the spirit strong
To quell the wasteful hordes Of sloth and wrong
The sleep Of death is longi
IIark natures myriad warning voices call
And cry Arise ere yet the darkness fall
That blots the golden legend from the wall:
Work wins reward forallw
striye-iho thy labor bears but meagre fruit.
And drouth and eanker gnaw the tender shoot,
No III can tread forever under foot
Gods purpose at the root
Some latent germ Of Ills eternal good
Yet leayens the evil Of our bliterest blood,
And waits the dawn ofa diyiner mood
To put forth leaf and bud
Work, tho thy sheayes be scant Of golden grain;
The Master will not count thy labor vain;
No project noby lost, Is wholly slain,
But springs and lives agalni
SLOW dips the tagging day in westward flight.
And far above the sunset, hight on hight
God paints the Apotheosis OF night
In lines Of starry light!
siriyel when the weary race Of years is run,
And yon fair planes Of endless rest are won,
All Heaven shall ring, from farthest sun to sun,
Uttering the glad well doner'
For lie who knoweth all our bitter stress:
Whose mercy counts unnumbered systems less
Than our sln.burdcncd, human littleness,
Our thwarled aims shall bless;
sown deep In tcars, beneath ungenial skies,
Yet shall the harvest Of our toll arise
To clothe and gladden., for our longing eyes
The hills ofparadlsel
"The Orchard" Ohio Seut 60 1872
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Tho Mystery Of The Lakss.


There Is a mystery about the American
lakes. Lake Erie 10 only go to 10 feet
deep, but Lake Ontario is 592 feet deep.
230 feet below the tide,lerel Of the ocean /.
or as low as most parts Of the Gulf of 81.
Lawrence, and the bottoms of Lakes Hu-
ron, Michigan and Superior, although the
surface Is much higher, are al from their
vast depths on level with the bottom az
Ontario Now, as the discharge through
the river Detroit, after allowing for he
probable portion carried Of By evapora-
tion, does not appear by any means equal
to sbe quantity Of water which the ihree
upper lakes receive, Il has been conjeelnr.
ed that subterranean river may run from.
Lake Superior By The Huron to lake or
tario, This conjecture Is not impossible
and accounts for the singular iact sist
Salmon and herring are caught "a an The
lakes communicating with the ST. Law
renee, bat no Others Al the Falls of
Niagara must have always existed, il
would puzzle the naturalist 10 say how
these fish got into she upper Ihkes rithous
sosne subterTanean river; moreover. any
periodical obstruction Of the river 1oula
furnish not improbable HoIution Of lho
myaterions nnx aud feilux cf .he Iakts.-
Ns.s Kosk Ltsh'ng Raii.
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What is in the Bedroom ?

II two persons ars to occupy bedroom
during a night, let them step upon weigh
ing scales as they retire and then again ia
the morning, aud they win find their &c.
tual weight is at least pound less in the
morning. Frequently there will be loss
Of two or more pounds, and the average
loss throughout the year win be more than
one pound-that is, during the night there
is loss Of pound Of matter which has
gone of from their bodies, partly from the
lungs aud partly through the pores Of the
skin, The escaped material is carbonic
acid and decayed animal matter Of poison
Gus oxhalations. This is diffused through
the air in part, and in part absorbed by the
bed clothes lf a single ounce Of wool or
cotton be burned in a room, il will SO com.
pletely saturate the air with smoke that
one can hardly breathe, though there can
only DO an ounce Of foreign matter 10 the
air. Il an ounce Of cotton be burned
every halfhour during the night, the air
viii be kept continually saturated with the
smoke unless there be an open door or
window for il to escape. Now the sixteen
ounces OF smoke thus formed is far less
poisonous than the sixteen ounces Of ex-
halation from the lungs aud bodies Of the
twe persons who have lost pound ia
weight during the eight hours Of sleeping,
ioF while the dry smoke is mainly taken
INTO the lungs, the damp odors from the
body are absorbed into the lungs and into
the pores Of the whole body. Need more
DO said to show the importance Of having
bedrooms well ventilated, and thoroughly
airing the sheets, coyeFlels and mrttresaes
y she morning, before packing them up
IN the fdrm Of a neatly made bed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-10-11
The Art Of Bouquet Making.

1t seems an easy thing to make a bou-
quet as one looks over the garden and sees
the beautiful flowers. But, after all, it is
difficult matter, and one sometimes for
gets that flowers have their af6nities and
preferences, as well as the human race.
Above all, give them room and not crowd
them. When flowers are massed heavily
together all lose their beauty. saw an
arrangement Of flowers yesterday where
two lovely day lilies that would have been
beautiful If grouped alone in slender
vase with a few ferns or green spires, be-.
ing put in the centre Of mass Of lark
spurs and common garden flowers. The
common flowers only looked the more com
mon in contrast with the lilies, and the
lilies looked as though caught in very
coarse company.
For vases and bouquets Of any sort there
should be plenty Of white for the founda-
ton. When stemless flowers are used,
like tuberose or single geranium, stems
can be made by putting the ends inside Of
straws and then wiring it in; when ar
ranged in the bouquet the straw cannot be
seen, but the flowers can be kept fresh by
absorbing the water. A pretty arrange
ment is to take spike Of scarlet gladiolus,
with its brilliant coloring, arrange it with
feathery grasses and CLEANS Of white fever
few here aud there, and you will have a
lovely spot of coloring for some dark cor
ner, Again, petunias and morning glories
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Though the tropical scrubs Of Queens
land, Australia, are very luxuriant and
beautiful, they are not without their dan
gerous drawbacks, for there is one plant
growing in them that Is really deadly in
its etfects-that is to say, deadly in the
same way that one would apply the term
TO fire. as, if a certain proportion Of ones
body Is burnt by the stingiDg tree, death
will be the result 1t would be as safe to
pass through fires as to fall into one Of
these trees. They are found growing from
two to three inches high to ten and iifteen
feet; in the old one the stem is whitish.
and red berries usually grow on the TOP.
II emits peculiar disagreeable smell, but
it is best known by It's leaf, which is nearly
round, having point on the top, and Is
jagged all around the edge, like tho nettle.
All the leaves are large--s6me larger than
saucer.
Sometimes" says traveller, while
shooting turkeys in the scrubs have en-
tirely forgotten the stinging tree till warn
ed Of its close proximity by its smell, and
| have then found myself ia little forest
Of them. ! was only once stung, and that
was very lightly. It's effects are curious.
Il leaves no mark, but the pain is MAIDEN
ing, aud for months afterward the part
when touched, is tender in raiuy weather,
or when its gets wet 10 washing, etc. |
have seen man who treats ordinary pain
lightly, roll on the ground in agony after
being stung; and | have known a horse SO
completely mad, after getting into grove
OF trees, that he rushed open-mouthed at
every one who approached him, and had
TO be shot 10 the scrub. Dogs, when
stung, viii rush about, whining piteously,
biting pieces from the affected partS
The small singing trees, a few inches high.
are as dangerous as any, being 80 hard TO
see, and seriously iinperiling ones ankles.
The scrub Is usually found growing among
palm trees.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-10-11
Locks Of Hair from the Heads Of the
Presidents.

In the Patent Office at Washington
there are many objects Of interest connec.
ted with the Government and those who
administered its affairs in times gone by.
While examining some Of those objects Of
curiosity nothing struck us so forcibly as
the samples of small locks Of hair, taken
from the heads Of different Chief Magis-
trates, from Washington down TO Presi.
dent Pierce, secured in frame covered
with glass. Here is, 10 fact, a part and
parcel of what constituted the living bodies
of those ilustrious individuals whose names
are as familiar as household words, but
who now live only in history and the re-
membranoe of the past.
The hair Of Washington Is nearly pure
white, fne and smooth in its appearance.
That Of John Adams is nearly the same
in color, though perhaps little coarser
The hair of Jefferson is of different
character, being a mixture Of white and
auburn, or sandy brown, and rather
coarse. In his youth Mr. jefferson 5 hair
was remarkable for its bright color.
The hair Of Madison is coarse and Of a
mixed white and dark.
The hair of Monroe is of handsome
dark auburn, smooth and free from any
mixture. He is the only Ex- President,
excepting Pierce, whose hair has under
gone no change in color.
The hair of John Quincy Adams is
somewhat peculiar, being coarse aud of a
yellowish gray in color,
The hair Of General jackson is almost
perfect white, but coarse in its character,
as might be supposed by those who have
examined the portraits Of the old hero.
The hair of Van Buren is white aud
smooth in appearance.
The hair of General Harrison is a fine
white with slight mixture Of black.
The hair of John Tyler is a mixture Of
white and brown.
The hair of james X. Polk is almost a
pure white.
The hair Of General Taylor is white,
with a slight mixture Of brown.
The hair of Millard Fillmore Is, on the
other hand, brown with slight mixture
Of white.
The hair Of Franklin Pierce is dark
brown, Of which he had a plentiful crop
1t is somewhat remarkable, however,
that since Pierce's time no one has thought
Of preserving the hair Of his successors.
There are vacancies in the case; but there
is no hair either Of Buchanan, Lincoln,
johnson or Grant, for the inspection Of
futurity.--Nesc York Telegram.
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back and falling, as the sound seemed to
indicate, in coil upon the floor. "What's
that = exclaimed my friend, who awoke
at the same instant, and | made no reply,
Tor had the strongest possible dislike to
say what | believed IL to be. "What's
that Z he asked again; and then answer
ed, 81 think it's snake, and he has bitten
me- will you get up and go for a light2"
Tom Norris lay still for while. Then
he said :-"Now look here, old fellow, ifa
cobra has bitten you he won't do you the
least additional harm If he bites you again,
but what is the use Of me being bitten
tooY Hadn't you better get up and 60
for the light yourself?" Could any logic
have been more reasonable2 | at once
got up, and after some trouble procured
a light, and we began our search for the
snake. But first Tom Norris examined
the place whore | had been bitten, and
his face grew very grave, for there were
the two punctures, and it seemed clear
that a snake had injured me. We hunted
about the house for ten minutes, and al
though | felt myself growing drowsy l
began to hope that it was not cobra, but
some less venomous reptile that had bitten
me. At last the mystery was solved. As
We entered the bath room a wild cat,
that for some incompreheusible reason
had taken refuge in the bungalow, went
flying, half mad with fright, out Of the
window, carrying half dozen panes Of
glass with her in her exit. In her confu-
sion she had evidently jumped upon the
bed, and her claws had penetrated my
back, making two little holes precisely like
the bite Of a cobra. To say that / was
relieved would give you very poor idea
of my sentiments as the cat spranp
through the window. All my drowsiness
vanished, and | slept no more that night
"The chief food of the cobra is the frog
After the rainy season these creatures iii
the air with loud, steady croaking al
night Occasionally, however, a shril
shrek is heard above the ordinary noise
and the praetised ear discerns the cry ol
the unfortunate frog when snake hal
seized it. Early one morning, by thu
roadside, l found a cobra in the act Of
making his meal. He was slowly suckin,
the frog down his throat, tail first. / xii
ed the snake and released the frog, bu
for long time the latter lay unable t,
move. Its eyes were bright, aud its head
was lively enough, but the rear part o
its body seemed to be paralyzed; the hinC
legs, which had been down the snake
throat, were helpless. Finally it contriye,
to drag itself away into the long grass.
Formerly the Government gave a ru
pee for every dead cobra delivered to it
agents, but | think this custom has bee
abandoned, for it was discovered tina
breeding yards had been established i
various parts Of the country, and numel
Gus natives were making comfortabl
living by rearing young snakes"
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NOTICE.

ENliE National Greys' Band respectfully
a offer their services to the public for Pic
MICS and Social Entertainments, at terms to
terms apply to ]. Y, MfTTEN,
Band Agent.
Prof I. D. ELLIS, Teacher. july 2o.tf
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Il you are rich and anxious 70 know
how much your relatives care fof you, eel
sick and they win at once manifest thei,
affection, and the aicker you get The moro
they'll seem 10 like you.
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AND

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combining all the stimulating qualities of
Peruvian Guano, and the ever'durabe icrti.
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prepared expressly for drilling in with Grain
and il is the the universal opinion Of the
farmers Of Maryland and Virginia, after over
twenty years experience in the use Of the
Excelsior manufactured by me, that an appli.
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200 pounds Of any other Fertilizer or Guano,
therefore fully 90 per cent cheaper
With my present advantages and superior
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ron SALE ny
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Dlesenes being asked nhs, beast usfe
apf q bite worst, hs naeWeloa st1f Ill
wild ksasia'sIha slandefcf and III ali ta!,Ie
beasts sl' aaIssfsi
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-10-11

A Scotch school boys definition to res.
eFosity wsa. to give ihe others what ven
donf want yourself
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A REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA. The
Paris correspondent of Boston Courier,
referring to his recovery from dangerous
illness, says 81 mention this illness that
| may tell you how easily was cured. l
was bent double. | could not breathe,
My physician ordered me to take fat,
iron and heat il as hot as l could bear.
put double fold Of flannel on the painful
part, aud move the iron to and fro on The
flannel. was cured as if by enchant-
ment. My doctor told me that some time
sinee professor in one Of our colleges,
after suffering some time with neuralgia
Ia the head, which he himself had tried to
cure, sent for the former, who prescribed
a hot Aat-iron. The next time ihe doctor
saw the professor the latter exclaimed: ~
had no sooner applied the heated iron 10
my head than instantly al pain had raps
ished
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1879 Wheat Seeding 1879
ATTENTION FARMERS.

HNHE undersigned, PIONEER in the man.
Il uiacture of FERTILIZERS in this city.
and engaged, since 1868, first as a member Of
the firm OF j. j. i. Turner, by whom the
formulas and processes Of manufacture of
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The Physique Of Americans.

1t used to be a common remark tha
Americans were lacking in physique, and
as nation they were called lank, lean and
Of too nervous temperament. But time,
with increased comfort, prosperity, better
food and clothing, and other concomitants
Of civilization, has worked wonders for
our people. Dickens, who was an unsual.
ly keen observer, remarked q vast i'm
provement on his second visit to this coun-
try in the looks Of the people, especially
the women. Other evidence might be cited
to the same effect. But let each Judge
for himself Walk along Broadway or any
other thoroughfare when the crowd is
densest; stand on a packed ferryboat, OF
in front of our large churches or theatres
when the audience Is leaving. Are not
the mass Of people who pass robust, we'll
fed and substantial looking? Do you see
many cadayerous, slab.sided persons Do
not they look, on the average, as well as
well as people Of any other racer The
fact is, and the statistics of the examining
surgeons Of our enormous army during the
war prove il, that the American is taller
and larger round the chest than his Saxon,
Celtic or Teutonic cousin. Dwellers in
cities are usually puny. The Londoner,
the Partisan and the New Yorker are ali
small mem but the Maine lumber-men, the
farmers from tho far West, and the men
from the border States are huge, power
fully-built fellows Take the United States
Senate or the House of Representatives,
and how many fine physiques win be found
among their members In the last three
Cabinets there was an unusual proportion
Of large, vigorous men. Chase, Seward,
Stanton and Blair were not pigmies, nor
are Hayes supporters lacking 10 bone and
muscle, excepting Evarts and Schurz.
Thus il may be accepted that Americans
have size and strength sufficient for their
needs, and il is mistake to suppose other
wise.-,Saaitary Engineer and Plumber.
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MAGISTRATES BLANKS for sale a,
-kN1 this Office.