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Cures NeuraIuia.

MOORFs CREEK Jackson Co, KY March %. 1879
Dear Sir - This is To certify that your Indian
BLOOD syrup has cured my wife Of Neuralgia, after
all other remedies had failed Irecommend 4 70 all
H. Q. STASSBERRY-
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Remedy for Rheumatism.

DYERsBUka Dyer County. Tenn, May IL, 1879
Irqr SRI have been suffering several years WITH
Rheumatism and your Indian EioOd syrup "A
--' '1-' u. IL SMITH
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TESTIMONIALS OF CURES.
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could not get out Of bed without help. had taken
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and now feel like a peTSOn. NJ. SJMDER
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The following makes an excellent
and cheap liquid glue: Melt half pound
of the best Flanders glue in pint of
vinegar, and add four ounces of brandy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-02

Nice corn bread can be made after
the following receipt: Two and one
half cupfuls buttermilk, one cupful
cream, one large cupful sugar, one egg,
one teaspoonful saleratus, and the whole
stirred stiff with two-thirds fine corn
meal and one-third wheat flour. Turn
into buttered mold and steam three
hours.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-02

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
please say you saw the Advertisement In
this paper. Advertisers like to know
when and where their Advertisements
are paying best.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-02

What is called 4" Farmers rice' is
made as follows: Put about three pints
of milk on the stove in pan. While it
is coming to boil mix two eggs with
flour until it is dry enough to roll
through your fingers in grains. Then
stir it into the milk quickly, so as to
keep it cooking all the time. Five min
utes is long enough to finish it. Turn
into dish and eat while warm with
plenty of cream and sugar.
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Just ont The last number Of the MUSICAL REC
ORD Send cts. for one number 500 for the year.
"WOuldn't be without it for five times the price"
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-02

USE only C. GiIbert's Corn Starch.
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HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Table.

German puffs are made with one
quart milk, six eggs, sixteen tablespoon
fuls flour, and a little SALT bake in small
tins or cups.
A nice frosting for cake is made by
taking ten tablespoonful powdered sug-
ar to the white of one egg; beat five
minutes for each teaspoonful sugar.
For raisin cake, take one cup butter,
one cup sour milk, one cup molasSes,
two cups sugar, three eggs, six cups
flour, one teaspoonful soda, one cup
raisins; spice to taste.
For cold meat turnOvers, make the
dough as for soda biscuit, roll thin and
cut round as large as you like. In this
put any kind of cold fresh meat or game
chopped fine and well seasoned with
catsup and sweet herbs, moistened well
with melted butter and cream. Lay the
meat on one side, turn over the other
and pinch down the edges. They can be
baked in the oven or fried in hot lard
like doughnuts, and are very good hot
or cold. Salt and pepper to the taste.
These are very nice for picnics and
should be baked, rs they keep fresher
than those fried in lard.
Considerable information about po-
tatoes and the way to cook them is i'm
parted by lady as follows: | find it
economy of time to prepare over night
the potatoes needed for breakfast.
scrape the skin from the new potatoes
while partly immersed in a pan of clear
water; this so neutralizes the juice that
| am spared the embarrassment of
brown fingers-the usual consequence of
Scraping potatoes. A little later, when
ripe enough to make scraping impossi-
bic, simply wash them over night, cut
small slice from the stem end, cover
with clear water, and boil them in their
Jackets for breakfast. The Early Rose
and other very mealy varieties are es-
pecially good cooked in this way, as the
skin prevents their falling apart the mo-
ment cooked through, as they otherwise
would do. During the autumn | shall
continue to cook without pairing, think
ing the outer part gives an excellent
flavor to the whole; but as the potatoes
will then crack less easily, and the skin
be harder to remove, shall peel Il ring
lengthwise around each one before boil
ing. This causes the remaining edge to
curl slightly, and it is scarcely any trou-
BILE to remove it, each half coming off
entire. usually boil enough for break
fast or dinner to warm over for tea,
knowing that the men need Il substantial
relish for their evening meal, and always
desiring to prepare it as quickly and
with rs little trouble Us possible. | slice
the potatoes while doing the after-din-
ner work, and, when the fire is lighted
for tea, add cupful of rich, sweet
cream, with salt and pepper, and place
the spider containing them in the oven,
where they are heated thoroughly and
with no trouble, as chopping is not es-
sential. Prepared in this way, they are
preferred by many to those freshly
boiled.
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THE
THE
Singing Glass Season

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Book by Dr. W. q. PERKINS. As Choir Book equal TO
any OF the largest ones As a Singing School Book,
better than the cheaper and smaller ones since II has
much music; that is 1870 pages of new Songs and
Gees and $50 pages Of the best AetTiodl Tunes and
Anthss Specimen copies mailed. pOstfree for 81 90.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

The New York Herald has been studying
the cosmopolitanism Of Manhattan; In other
words, how the various races and peoples OF
that city are marrying, and OF what mixture
the future population of New York will con-
sist. These statistics show that great change
Is going on In New York. That city was once
styled more Irish than Dublin. This may
have been so at one time, but will not be SO
much longer. Although the Irish are In q
majority over all other races, they marry far
less than either the Germans or Americans.
OF the marriages celebrated each year 81 per
cent are OF Americans. 80 per cent of Germans,
and only II per cent Of Irish. American-born
women show more disposition to marry than
native-born men. So do.the Irish women. 1t
is different with the Germans. Although the
average number OF American women married
each year Is 1904, and Of German women only
2e7O, the latter are more productive In the way
Of families, the children of German mothers
in 1878 being 34,642, of American mothers
only 3O,912, and OF Irish mothers only 2O,637.
The showing is even better as to German
fathers. There are 165.021 Germans In New
York, about half Of whom are men. To these
there are yearly born 39,52s children, while
the 1919. 684 natives Of Ireland living on Man
haitian island can boast of only 20,269 chill
dren each year. II this keeps on 1t will not be
long before New York ceases to be an Irish
and becomes Tentonic city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

The death of Mr.. John f. Seymour, who
was found dead In his yard with pistol ball
through him, Is yet another puzzle for the
New York police. With the same character
istic promptness, however, which led to the
inside" theory in the Hull case, they have
pronounced it case Of suicide, although Mr.
Seymour's clothing was not burned-in-
dicating that the pistol was not held very
close-and he was known to be of most
cheerful disposition and not possessed of an
earthly reason for suicide. In addition, the
venerable Bishop Seymour, his brother, and
his wife, were carried by them to jail, and
there subjected to the utmost indignity upon
theory perfectly shameful. Is 1t not time
that New York was waking up to the fact
that imbeciles and brutes are not the best
material wherewith to construct the ssfnest
police In the world2"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

man that any effort to enforce by legislation
q Puritanfcal observance Of the Sabbath IN
such community as this, and among such
people as ours, must prove 8 lamentable
failure. The result Fof such an attempt
would simply be to deprive the
masses Of the people. the poor people
particularly, who have no other day Tor
recreation, of all opportunities Of innocent
enjoyment and sadly needed relaxation from
the toll aud monotonyof their work-day lives.
This is not right; it Il not just or kind. Such
a proscriptiye law wonld do no good; on the
contrary. the experiences OF other States
prove that 1t is calculated to do great deal
OF harm. Legislation cannot make people do
what public opinion does not acqufesce In and
support Not particle less whisky and beer
will be consumed beeause of this Sunday law,
but it will be drank secretly, surreptitiously'
In noisome dens and amid uninviting and de-
basing surroundings. The article will be
meaner and the consequences more unhappy
and more dangerous. Such a law will but
add furtive hypocrisy to excess, while it
will serve to deprive the temperate and virtu-
GUS OF their accustomed relaxation and inno-
cent pleasure.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT WEDNESDAY,. JULY ., 1871

whether she lives or not. Give her the State
Capitol, the Penitentiary, the Insane, and
Blind and Deaf and Dumb asylums. the Me-
chaniealand Agricultural College, the Military
Institute, the Law, Medical, and Acadenical
departments of the State University, and she
asks no more. She promises, then, not to cry
for the moon. She says to New Orleans
Keep your crescent Go your way In peace; ;
keep your wealth. your natural advantages,
your central position your commerce, your
trade; remain the commercial capital OF the
State, the metropolis Of the Southwest, the
place where men gather at all seasons from
all sections OF the State, bringing with them
the sentiments and opinions which maintain
IN their respective communities. Baton Rouge
cares for none Of these things; she only asks
"let Baton Rouge liver Her demands are so
few and so modestly urged that the Conven-
ton can but accede to them all.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

The Constitutional Convention yesterday
debated an ordinance providing for the free
school fund, the Seminary fund and the fund
for the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
After much discussion the entire subject was
referred to special committee of five for in
vestigation, with instructions to report as
early as practicable. The Bill Of Rights was
then passed through It's second reading, and
the report Of the Committee on General Pro
visions was takenfup on its final passage
The section prohibiting the sale of liquor on
Sunday was being discussed when the Con-
vention adjourned.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09
II THE SUNDAY LAW.

To-day the Sunday law ordinance comes up
in the Convention on its third and last read
ing. We have already declared ourselves
opposed to the adoption Of any such provision
in the constitution, and we avail ourselves OF
this last opportunity to protest against its
passage, and to urge some OF our reasons for
SO doing.
Louisiana is the only State Ia the Union
that has never had q Sunday law. In the past
she has very wisely chosen to regard this asa
matter not properly belonging to the province
of legislation, but one which should be deter
mined by popular sentiment, directed by the
religious convictions and social habits OF the
people. It was but in the natural
order Of things that she should have
treated the subject in this way. The old
colonial population had brought with them,
and perpetuated the habits and customs OF
their continental Catholic ancestry. to whom
such thing as a Sunday law was utterly I'm
known. They had their own convictions in
regard to the religious observance of the day,
and these convictions had created among
them certain social customs which were ira
ditional, and which, it Is but simple truth to
say, served to make their Sabbath bright
and gladstone day, strikingly opposed to the
sombre and uninviting Sabbath Of the Puri-
tans.
This applies particularly to the Latin ele-
ment of our people, Yet it is scarcely less
true Of the German They all alike regard
the day as one admitting Of more or less
social pleasure and relaxation. In fact, a
careful investigation viii disclose the fact
that in com parativeIy modern DAYS no other
view has been entertained except by the
Protestants OF England and Scotland, by
whom it has been transplanted to America
OF course, we have our Individual convic-
| tons upon this subject, but what they may
be Is a matter which concerns us alone We
claim the right to entertain them and to obey
them as our rule Of action. The least that
we can do that any liheral-minded man can
do, is to eoncede to others the same right we
claim for ourselves. This is the view which
the Convention ought to take Of this matter.
It must be apparent to every reasonable
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09
j. a BURKE, Managing Editor.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1876 AND
1879.

IRat The Democratic Conservative party OF
the Statc of Louisiana IN Contention assem-
bled, do hereby reiterate all the pledges con-
tanned " The party platform adopted u, July.
1876, and particularly The follo,riag, to ,cit;
8 We hereby pledge our party 70 Tie satisfac-
ton of all The legal obligations issued By the
State of Louisiana; 10 the most strenuous Ct
forts III the difectioai Of reform and an eco
Y,onsical administration Of the government, es-
pecially to tie abolition Of al unnecessary pub
nc o1ces; to the reduction of the fees and said
,Ies Of Office to the standard OF a far fe'nst-
nesation; The consequent reduction Of location
to The loasest possible laait commensurate scith
The necessary eapcsses Of the government and
Tie preservation of the public faitA and tie
curtailaaent Of The dangerously large patronage
of tile Chef Erecsttiee Of The State"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09
" MODEST VERY!

There Is something quite touching in the
lowly temper and dif1idence Baton Rouge has
been manifesting Of late in the Convention.
We can recall no instance in real life. nor any
well authenticated one in history, which pre-
sents parallel for the shrinking modesty
of our neighboring city.
1t is only in fiction and in the character Of
the retiring and unpretentious Harold Slsim-
pole that we find anything that even APP
proaches an example of 1t. 1lr. tSkimpole
was, Of course, Pigment, carricature, but
we only propose to use him as metaphor.
And we only do this because the morbid, the
phenomenal modesty of Baton Rouge can be
justly treated Of In no other way.
Whoever has read Bleak House must re-
member Mr. Skimpole, and in remembering
him they cannot fail to recall the child-like
sensibility with which he shrank from the
world-pa particularly from the unpaid land
lords and deluded tradesmen who had found
him out in his retiracy. ..-
All that Mr.. tSkimpole asked of society was
to let him i've That wasn't much, in his
very humble opinion. His wants were few
Give him the papers, conversation, music,
mutton, coffee, landscape, fruit in the season,
an occasional brace of game, his claret and
sherry and brandy and real Havana, and
he asked nc more He was mere child In a
world of designing creatures, but he didn't
cry for the moon. He was accustomed, with
these modest requirements fulfilled without
any income whatever, to say to the giddy
and selfish world go your several ways In
peace! Wear red coats. blue coats, lawn.
sleeves, put pens behind your ears, wear
aprons; go after glory, holiness, commerce
trade. any object you prefer; only-let Harold
Skimpole live"
So it is with Baton Rouge. She approaches
the Convention with the same modest appeal
that .Sknepole made to society. All she asks
OF the Convention Is to let her live, and this
isn't much. In fact, it is matter of suct
slight consideration that it can be of no i'm
portanee whatever to the worldly minded
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09
CROPS IN THE RED RIVER PARISHES.

We learn from gentlemen who have recent
~ visited the Red river parishes that the
crops In that section OF the State have suf-
fered lately considerably from the drouth.
though some localities have been blessed by
an abundance Of rain, which fell recently.
The early planting Of corn has been so in
jured by the prptracted dry weather that 1t
does not promise more than half q YIELD Corn
planted late is doing better, and with a fair
amount Of rain will make good
crop. Even cotton has suffered some
what from the drouth, which must
have been severe to have effected
any injury upon this plant. which stands dry
weather better than almost any crop culti-
waited In the South. The cotton in the section
designated Is reported as somewhat backward
In size, though large enough to give a good
yield with favorable season from now to the
time of picking. The presence Of the cotton
worm Is reported from various localities In
several parishes. Their arrival Is early, and
We suppose precautionary measures will be
taken to destroy them In the first stages
OF their existence "a desirable object
which has often been accomplished by
| a itldicious use OF Paris green.
The Kansas exodus question is being
quietly discussed along Red river. There
has been no emigration worth speaking Of
among the negroes of that section. Our in
| formants state, however, that contrary to
the general rule the negroes are rlgidly saw
| ing all OF their earnings; fact from which
the Inference drawn by some few planters
and merchants Is that they are accommodating
| their wages and getting all the profits they
can out of their crops to provide themselves
with the means to emigrate next winter and
spring. We hope that there is no foundation
| for this theory, and we feel sure that good
cotton crop raised on Red river, sold for good
prices, as the indications now promise, will
not only keep the present labor supply at
home, but will attract immigrants who will
provide a full quota Of labor to a region that
Is one OF the most productive, fertile and
salubrious parts of Louisiana
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

The Republicans Of Ohio have grown des-
perate. They have arranged for grand mass
meeting of all the surviving prisoners Of An
dersonvllle and Libby prisons, at Toledo,
Just before the election. They hope that this
will whoop the boys up to the proper war
spirit and carry Foster through. This game
is stale and Improbable, and IS only resorted
toby the Republicans when they see no other
course left to them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09
Commenting on signal service reports
from the United States the London Sports.


Meteorologiss on the other side of the Allan
tie are doing roaring trade in bad weather
Every morning we seem to receive adyiees of a
electrical bill II Iading and directions as to the
best meth d Of clearing the import. So clever
are our cousins across the big water In predict
ing the different degrees of wet which now
make up the climate of these islands that the
weatherHise at home are, otherwise abroad
Whan dsalhg Ml,n ehT seees from az m
corns panied Tim in the morning he took his
umbrella sadly from the stand and prepared
for the worst. But now that We import our
weather frem abroad the old signs Of wet. from
birds firing lsW. ancient wounds asserting
themselves, and cornS shooting. have gone quite
out Of fss hion, and according TO the Darwinisn
theory should gradually disappear with the ad-
vent of their uselessness.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

We would suggest to our friends OF the
MarksyiiIe Bulletin that an election this fall
could not possibly result 10 relieving the peo-
pie Of the taxation imposed for 1879, large
BART of which has been collected. and all APP
propriated BY law. An election this fall at
which the constitution would be submitted
would only admit Of the reductions being car
ried into effect for the year 1880, as many Of
the provisions have to be carried into elect
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

The Zulu war has thus far cost England
$T5, 900 900, $500 men, and an incalculable loss
OF prestige. The army reorganization scheme
has collapsed because Of it. and will have to
be replaced by new plan. zululand can
yield nothing like an indemnity for the inn
mense loss. and the weight will fall on the
already heavily oppressed British taxpayers,
who are certainly in no humor to look upon
Ii as glorious affair.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

i The Philadelphia Times and q score OF other
influential papers are demanding the enforce
ment Of the absentee law against members OF
Congress away from Washington during the
session. This law, which is still In force, pro
vides that all members who absent them
selves, without permission, shall have their
salaries cut down for the number OF days
they are absent.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

Y On August / the people of Tennessee will
vote On the proposition, submitted to them
by the Legislature, whether they will accept
the compromise OF the State debt offered BY
the bondholders, to wit: A reduction OF the
principal Of the debt SO per cent and OF the In
terest from to \ per cent. What the result
Of this election will be is yet very doubtful.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

Three deaths and nine severe woundings
made the Fourth of July record lively 10
New York. Besides this, there were steam
boat and railroad accidents, murders, suicides
and assorted crimes OF intricate nature, in
sufficient quantity to make the day quite 9
notable one.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

BY the Legislature The debt ordinance pro-
vides that one-half the interest 81 1879 shall
be transferred TO the general fund, amounting
to over four hundred thousand dollars when
collected. II the election were held in septem-
Der. and session Of the Legislature con
vened Immediately thereafter. It would
scarcely be practicable TO put the provisions
Of the new constitution In force this year.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

Uhastine Cox's food doesn't agree with him;
Chastine Cox wants money to buy crackers
with; Chastine Cox Is going to plead insanity
Ghnstine Cox is good looking and cheerful as
ever. These are about the latest items about
the muiatto who has turned New York's head,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-09

Barnum says that elephants are hard to
Accustom to the American climate. Our capt.
talists should paste this In their hats. and
avoid Improbable investments.