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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05
OUR PAST AND PROSPECTIVE,

"The darkest hour is said to nre.
cede the dawn" That dawn of a
brighter day we hope and believe
is near at hand. Indeed, unless all
) the suspicious indications of the
present fail, we may consider the
gloomy night that has for so long
held us in its embrace, very near its
eliminating point that we are on
the eve of a prosperity so long
stranger to our section. While the
present commercial and financial
depression has been general both
III this and foreign countries, we of
the South have felt it more acutelv
from the fact that our interests or
pursuits have been less diversified.
Our section especially being devo-
ted almost exclusively to agrlcul-
ture, the only money crops being
confined to cotton and sugar, when
there is any material failure in
these or either of them, the entire
section feels the shock. The sad
experience of the past has failed to
correct the great evil, i. Q. that of
stalking all on the hazard of the die,
if the expression be admissible
We have been slow to realize the
fact that while the laborer is with
US and of us we cannot control the
labor. This may not be felt so
keenly by the rising generation,
but to those of the ancient regime
it is a sad reality. We have too
much land or too little available
labor. The inventive genius of
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05
Beset On All Sides

By malaria, how shall we escape
the dread infection ? is the question
which the denizens Of fever and
ague districts ask themselves. The
answer comes from former sufferers
who for years have escaped the Wis
itations of the periodic scourge,
through the protecting influence Of
Hostetter's Stomach. Bitters. When
the necessity for using preventive
measures arises, use this means of
prevention at once 1t regulates
the liver, facilitates digestion, and
liberates impurities from the sys
TEN, when such exist, by promoting
healthful action of the bowels and
kidneys. Act early. In all re-
gions WHARF mias'natic vapors breed
disease, it is absolutely necessary
to be provided with a safeguard,
and this is true, though a sojourn
in such localities is destined to be
brief. No one can afford to breathe
malaria for a short time. The Bit
tiers is a sovereign specific for rheu-
matism, debility, and nervousness.
Keep it on hand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05
r E A D
Ten Commandments
AS LAID DOWN BIT
rgglsles: ILEy!1,:[9h
CHEAP JOHN.

LIST. Thou shalt have no other
place to trade but at the old and
we'll known cheap cash store Of
JOSEPH LEVIN.
I'd. Thou shalt buy Of JOSEPH
LEVIN, as he sells cheaper than
any other house, and will give you
better bargains.
Sd. Thou shalt not seek in vain
for good and cheap goods Of the
best quality, for they can be found
with JOSEPH LEVIN.
4th. Thou shalt bear in mind that
upon six days of the week tbon
mayest make thy purchases Of JO-.
SEPH LEVIN, and on the seventh
day thou canst glorify over the
cheap goods thou hast bought, and.
rest from thy labor, to the envy Of
thy neighbors.
9Th. Thou shat honor thy father
and thy mother by buying thy clio
thing, boots, shoes and hats, and
furnishing goods of JOSEPH LE-
WIN, and thereby save money for
thyself and them, and live happy
in the land Of thy people.
9th. Thy shalt not commit the
crime Of purchasing thy handmade
New Orleans shoes at any other
place, but go straightway to JO-
SEPH LEVIN, the cheapest deal
er in the land.
7rh. Thou shalt not seek at any
other house for the cheapest and
best assortment of goodsi in his line,
for thou shalt seek in vain. 10
SEPH LEVIN is the only man
who can SUIT you.
stb. Thy shalt not steal Hats
and Caps, for the low prices at
which JOSEPH LEVIN sells all
these sort Of goods, makes it a sin
and renders it wholly unnecessary.
9th. Thou shalt not bear false
witness, but honestly acknowledge
that thou canst buy all articles usI'-
ally found in a first-class store
cheaper of JOSEPH LEVIN, and
get more and better goods for your
money than at any other place 10
the city.
10th. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbors clothes, nor the way they
fit him, but take counsel of the jud.
ges of those good things, and call
at once on JOSEPH LEVIN, on
Front Street, where all these goods
can be obtained and warranted very
much cheaper and better than else
where, and "don't you forget it 8
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

The democrats of Virginia, at
their recent State Convention nom
mated Gen. Fitzhugh Lee for Gov
ernor, and John E. Massey for
Lieutenant Governor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05
Henry L, Biossat, Business Manager

The Picayauae calls Rev. T.
Dewitt T,.lmage the pulpit jump
ing jack of Brooklyn. The name
is appropriate.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05
AN UNKNOWN HERO.
BY VIM. GORDON M'cABE, MARY
LAND.

a soldier was found dead fifty yards
in advance of any officer or man
his musket firmly grasped in his
rigid fingers - his name unknown
- simply "2d La" on his cap.
Sweet Malvern Hill is wreathed in
flame,
From serried ranks the steel is
cleaning;
Our legions march to death and
fame,
Their battle flags right wildly
streaming.
Each hero bares his manly breast,
And gallant hearts are fercely
beating;
With steady step they line the crest,
Ger which an iron hail is sleet-
ing.
Up loom the bastions grim and
large,
Thro' battle smoke that's lower
ing near them;
The little drummers roll "the
charge"
And dying comrades raise to
cheer them.
Twice forty guns with deadly aim,
Strike down our lines in tones of
thunder;
Yet still they press with eyes
afame,
Till Valor's self looks on in
wonder.
r n II
But now the human tide rolls back,
A CHASTITY remnant grim and
CORY
And countless heroes mark the track
Which led them up to heights Of
Glory
But one still presses on amain,
Where double shotted guns are
frowning;
Above, amidst the iron rain,
T. He nobly wins hero's crown
ing.
Through all the battle-smoke he'd
seen
The sanity forms of angels
bearing
The laurels, crown, forever green,
TO wreathe the foreheads of the
daring.
And eager for his priceless crown
To bastions scarce a length be-
fore him,
The stalwart form ct length went
down,
With Death and Honor bending
DER him.
Brave soldier Of our Southern cline,
No stately song nor brilliant story
Shall hand thy name to future time
AS one who gained immortal
glory.
But freedom, with her mailed hand,
Has paused to brush a tear of
sorrow,
And placed thee with that chosen
band,
Who freely pour their life's blood
for her.
And Valor, with her royal brow,
And Honor, with her stately
bearing,
Have surely felt prouder glow,
When musing on thy peerless
daring.
0 gallant soldier all unknown,
Though noisy Fame, we know,
shall never
Proclaim thy deeds through every
zone,
A Hero's crown is thine forever.
Comp near Richmond, 1862.
The soldier referred to was nam
ed James G. Browning, a member
of the Moore Guards, Company B,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

In New Orleans the hoodlum
element is on the ascendancy. If
not stopped very soon, there's no
telling what will become of the
civilized portion of that community.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

but curtail those made for sale by
increasing those essential for home
comfort. This applies not only
to the provision crop but to every
other department of domestic econ
omy. Hogs, sheep, cattle and work
stock of every kind can be just as
we'll raised here as on the plains of
Kansas and Nebraska. If we will
thus supply our own domestic needs
the shortness or low price. of our
great staple would not be felt, at
least to the present extent. While
the farmer may be considered, of
all classes, the most independent if
his energies are judiciously direct
ed, experience has taught he is the
most dependent when he recklessly
pursues a course so foreign to his
own interest. That true interest
most certainly is to raise at home
all that is required to support the
home circle; by this means only
will he be able to apply the en-
HANGED proceeds of whatever his
paying crop may be in some other
economical channel, say to the es-
tablishing of manufactures in our
midst, and thus be able to manipu-
late the raw material, raised at his
own door, which now goes to enrich
the keen, shrewd Yankee. Only
the partial development of our hith-
erto hidden resources are wonderful
and startling and is destined in the
near future to place US high on the
way to Importance and wealth. Let
us push them to the utmost extent
and reap the rich reward they guar
antee. As our means increase so
will our prosperity, if they are pro-
perly and judiciously applied, the
wonderful results become more and
more apparent. These are but
hints, the routine, the practical ap-
plication we leave to others. The
greatest poet hath declared
"There is a tide in the affairs of men
If taken at the flood leads on to
fortune"
We believe that flood tide has COM
menced its roll in our section. Let
1t be encouraged till the much de-
sired contamination will have been
attained, Of which the most hopeful
signs exist. Thus will our present
waste places be built up; many a
once fertile field, now but an eye
sore, will be made to team with
abundance-our hearts gladdened
by the lively hum Of commerce, our
desolation turned to joy. Then will
our section, with its boundless ma
tive wealth, both of soil and eli
mate, be sought after, occupied and
built up by that capital and energy
which alone it lacks.
We think we see the beginning
of the end of hard times, of that
cherries season that hath held us |
so long in its fatal embrace. Kind
Providence seems at last to have
smiled, by vouchsafng us propi-
tious seasons to stimulate the grow
ing crops of all kinds. Since the
war the prospect has not been so
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

NoT1cE.-The Assessment Rolls
of the Town of Alexandria, La.,
Tor the year 1885, are now open at
my office for inspection and correc-
ton. Parties desiring to make any
change in their assessment are no.
titled to come forward at once.
A. B. RACIAL,
July IS, 1885. Assessor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

MILLER, Brady 4 Go. have
the largest and most complete as
sortment of hardware; cutlery and
agricultural implements ever offer
ed for sale in Rapides Parish, and
are selling these goods cheaper than
ever before known. Don't send
your orders abroad, but make your
purchases at home.
NoT1CE.-The members of the
Rapides Educational Association,
and the public who are interested
in the promotion of the objects for
which said Association was organ
lied, are earnestly requested to
meet at the Court House, Satur-
day, August sth, 1885, to consider
matters which vitality concern them.
RoBT. P. HUNTER.
]. r. WATERS, President.
Secretary.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

"A CHINESE laundry in New
York City has been closed by the
sheriff for debt. This is the first
instance of the kind ever heard Of
in that city. The Chinese are rap
idly becoming Americanized.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.

STRAYeD OR SToLeN.-From the
undersigned, on or about the l,s of
july, One Sorrel Horse, branded
A. G. on hip; four white feet, with
a white spot in forehead light
name and tail, IA or Is hands high.
A liberal reward will he paid for
his return to JOHN FoUsAN.
NoT1cE.-The Directors of the
Rapides Parish School Board, are
requested to attend a meeting of
the Board, to be held in Alexand-
ria on the second Saturday in Au-
gust. Business of Importance to
be transacted.
JONAS RosENTHAL,
President.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

-CHAs. Davis, George Wilson
and Mathilde Jones, all colored,
were hung in Plaquemine on Fri
day last for the murder of Mrs.
Cole. The deed committed by
these three beings, if we may term
them such, was a most fiendish one,
their victim at the time being no
less than seventy-two years of age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

The whole number of post
masters to be appointed by Post
master General Villas is 81, 900. To
date he has appointed $500, at
which rate he will complete his
task Of putting Democrats into Of
flee in 1891, or say, three years af-
ter the next presidential election.
Il Shreveport Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

GEN. Mcclellan it is under
stood, aspires to the United States
senatorship from New Jersey,
should the Democrats secure the
next Legislature, and he has tho
support Of many of the most expe-
rienced party workers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

jon Printing neatly executed
at this Office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-08-05

EMPTY hives in which swarms
are to be put should be kept in the
shade that they may be cool and
inviting to the new swarm. New
ly-hived swarms are better if pro-
tected from the sun for the first
several days after being hived.
Fl Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18

Benevolence is allied to few less vices
selfishness to fewer virtues.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
A Physicians Secret.

A pathetic story is told by the English
medical journals. DR.. Warburg COM
pounded for many years valuable rem
edy for malarious diseases, which was
especially useful in tropical climates.
General Gordon, when he was governor
general of the Soudan, declared that he
owed his life to it, and the English med
ical profession came to regard it as one
of the most powerful febriluges Pro-
fessor W. G. Maclean appealed to DIR.
Warburg to reveal the secret of its COM
position for the benefit of medical sci
ence. The request was needed and the
formula, which had previously been a
well-guarded secret, was published in the
London Lancet. The consequences were
disastrous to the inventors fortunes.
Druggists in England and India prepared
the remedy themselves and sold it for
their own benefit. The inventors income
was taken away as soon as he parted with
his secret, and his profits went to the
wholesale and retail drug trade. The
government of India made grant of
81, 900 to him in token of its appreciation
of the value of the remedy. Otherwise
the world was indifferent to his fate. He
is now in destitute circumstances at the
age of eighty-one, and the English med
ical journals are making appeals to the
profession to relieve his poverty.
The Medical Record, in which we find
the details of this interesting case, read
lily comedies the hardship and personal
sacrifice of the man, who gave to 'trop-
ical medicine powerful weapon to con-
tend with q disease that kills twice as
many victims as cholera and smallpox
put together" 1t returns, however, an
emphatic negative to the question:
"Shall Il physician keep secret his for
mulG?" 1t maintains that whatever in
justice may fall upon the individual, it
would be demoralizing to the profession
and injurious to the public if physicians
attempted tomake secrets of their favor
ite and most helpful remedies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
Look at the Bright Side.

The following extract is from an ad
dress made at the University of Paris b,
Nj. Rene Goblet: Life, after all, is goo(
and made to be enjoyed in all its agree
ableness and beauty. You are young
cultivate with care three qualities, wit
givacity, good humor. But do not TAXI
for q model those who see only the gay
side of things and laugh at everything
Isn't one worthy of our race unless he
turns everything into mockeryG Believe
me, it is a meager use of wit to know
only how to belittle. Perpetual irony is
often mark of impotence. Listen still
less to those who see only the sombel
side of life; the sad, the discouraged, tc
use term of the day, the pessimistic
1t is said that at the present moment u
new school is forming among our youth,
and that, refashioning formulas that
have already passed away, or inspired by
a more or less sincere philosophy, Dor.
rowed from other nations which have
nothing in common with our own, they
seek to lead the world towards melan.
choly and despair. All, my friends,
Shun especially these unhappy tenden-
cies and these pernicious teachings
Sadness may perhaps inspire in sol
tary genius immortal accents. 1t is not
doctrine to guide nation. Truly, the
coming time is not made for sterile dis.
couragemcnt nor for philosophic OF
poetic WEAKNESS. OF this you should be
fully convinced.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
The Useful Thorn Plant.

The espinosilla, or thorn plant, say,
Marcial OropeZa, II well known Mexican
naturalist, is q native of Mexico, and
abounds in various parts of the repub-
Tics, principally near this capital, at Sar
Angel, Texcoco, Santa Fe, etc. 1t i.
one of those beautiful wild plants which
adorns the plains of Mexico and is found
particularly in cold, dry spots. II
mas been thus christened because on
touching it a sensation is felt similar to
that which plant covered with thorns
would produce.
The Aztecs, lacking soap, so necessary
20 their health and their happiness, found
its substitute in the espinosilla. They
agitated bough in the water and it pro
1ueed a lather with which they washed,
using the plant as a scrub bush. Even
to. day it is used by women as a hair
preservative, having extraordinary pow,
ers in that direction. But its most use
full application is medicinal to fight
fevers, as it is an excellent diaphoretic.
Its ancient name is beautiful. Hoitzit-
Eilxochoti, compound word. hoitzitzil
humming bird, and xochoti, flower;
thus translated, meaning "hower of the
humming bird"
The Spaniards called it hutch chile,
signifying sparrow, name given it on
account of the resemblance between the
color of the flower and that of spar
rows head plumes. .-1tOO Republics,
HeEicO.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
The Ennfen'S Dead

The Fantee of Africa is religious if any.
Thing. lie lives in daily, hourly inter-
course with departed friends, talks with
hem, sings to them, and feels that they
are near him. We never meet an athe-
ist in Guinea. He may revie his idol
images when they do not please him, but
ne never disbelieves the everything prin-
,iple of Good as well as the twin spirits
OF Evil. The Fantee is bound but by
one tie-that of family. To its members
ne is ever kind and generous. His dead
ne buries under or near his house. that
they may be near him. This custom no
doubt, is relic of probably the first re-
ligion-the worship of the dead. Boston
Bulletin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
Kill POND VERMONT SEPTEMBER Is.

DY Inat IeurIul (llSeaSc. DelOIo Jne enQ
came there were one or more cases in
nearly every house. The means taken
to prevent the spread of the disease had
proved Intellectual. At last the town
was quarautined.
When DIR. Graves was sent for q sec.
ond time it was discovered that he had
suddenly been called away son bust.
ness" He stayed away all winter.
DIR. George went back to his empty of.
flee after seeing Tommy second time.
He unpacked his trunk, lighted can.
die. and began to read certain medical
work. He read until midnight, until l.,
2, 3 o'clock, until the dawn Of day, that
found him on his bended knees, prayer
full, and even fearful He felt that there
had been given him work to do-that o
change was comingin his life.
He became tower of strength to those
stricken people. He was doctor, nurse,
consoler-more than he thought he ever
should be to suffering creatures.
His success with Tommy was assured
within few days, and others came
eagerly after him. His skill in battling
the disease was wonderful Had he not
the heavenly help9 There were few
deaths, and many people came forth,
their fair and blooming cheeks unmarked
by the dread disease.
Mrs. Colonel Giddings' beautiful
daughter was stricken down while
making preparations to fly from the
town.
Mrs. Giddings' own carriage came fo
'old Joe Hixson's son.n His contami-
mated presence was in her splendid par
lors and in her daughters dainty room.
His skill and careful watching brought
her beautiful daughter forth with all of
her girlish loveliness unharmed.
He had hardly time to eat or sleep for
many days. His very presence gave
hope and courage to the suffering. He
escaped the contagion, but when his last
case was dismissed he was utterly ex-
hausted, and quietly left the village for
a week or two of rest. When he returned
his heart sank within him. In the win
dow of one of the handsomest Office
rooms in the town he saw the word
physician" in great letters of gold.
Handsome curtains were before the win
dows. Everything indicated that the
newcomer had been successful man.
He hardly dared to read the name on the
door. When he did he read:
'Dr. George Ii. Hixson."
eco long in an see how you like it,
said old Enoch Lampson, who stood
grinning on the pavement.
The amazed young doctor opened the
door and went into beautiful office. A
handsome carpet and rugs covered the
floor, walnut and mahogany chairs with
velvet and plush cushions were in cor
ners, mahogany table and secretary
stood in the room, pictures and orna-
ments were on the wall, books filed
walnut bookcase with silken curtain.
Back of this pretty room was one for
private office, fitted up in the handsom.
est style.
'I-I-don't understand it." said Doc
tor George.
"Don't, heyY" queried old Enoch.
"Wall, hits little s'prise fixed up fer
you by Mrs. Colonel Giddings am the
rest of us. Bout the hull town he'd a
finger in it. Hits all yer own, an all
paid for. | reckon you hain't lost moth
in by trustin' in the Lord. He gin'rally
bring His promise to pass, you know
BOstO1 ErdLniUer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
EgYntiNn Houses.

The towns on the Egyptian shores Of
the Red sea stand along the borders Of
the khors which come from the noun.
tains back of them, which find their way
through many shallow channels to the
sea. These channels, which are dry
threefourths of the year, are passage
ways, or streets, of the villages. The
houses stand on the slightly higher
ground between the channels. They are
scattered about in a very irregular man
ner. The better class of houses are thus
constructed: First, framework is made
of boughs and branches of the acacio
tree; then a waiting of straw is woven
closely among the boughs of roof and
sides, so as to make waterproof cover
ing for the interior. Around the houses
of the chief men Enclosures of similar
construction are made TO keep prying
eyes from peering into the sacred pre-
cincts of the harem within. The huts Of
the poorer people are mere tent shaped
structures, lightly covered with skins Of
animals or with coarse mating.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-18
CHESTNUTS.


The chestnuts brown are falling down
Where long, rich grass is deeply green;
The light is clear, the sky seems near
Where far-off purple hills are seen;
Wild hedge flowers make shady bowers,
Shading the warm suns amber light;
A fieecy veil, transparent pale,
Melts away in the blue so bright
The ivy's shade is softly laid
On the cd wall where licheus grow,
Where soaring swallows nests are male
In chestnut branches bending low.
Dreaming lie beneath the sky
Listening to the linnet'S tune,
While soft, white clouds above me fly,
And bees on thistles softly croon
Like Robin Hood, in leafy wood,
am sole monarch here to-day,
For Natures subjects, kind and good,
No harsh, rebellious sounds display.
My monarch's crown the chestnuts brown
That lightly fall upon my head,
The dewdrops here, on roses near,
Are all the tears my subjects shed.
Mrs Henry o. Rogers, in the Current