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Year: 1874

A NEwLY-ARRIvED pilgrim at Grass Val ley saw pan of quicksilver and remark melted lead" The Union says: 1.-The matter was explained to him, and he will go off some day and dig in place where no gold is expected to have an existence, and he will strike it rich. It takes pill grim to be lucky, except at three-card mOnteu
Year: 1874

The marriage of the Duke of Edin-
burgh to the daughter of the Gar Of
Russia, is the absorbing topic OF fash
ionable circles over the weter. Our
ultra fashionables seem to take tho
affair quite as matter of course.
We are accustomed to see Princes,
Grand Dukes, and even Monarchs
spliced. Its an old song with us here
The Gig leaves" of the ladies make a
little hutter on such occasions, but
that Is all.
Year: 1874

The position taken by Gen. Grant,
on the late decision affecting the le-
gality Of the recent election in this
State, has'flled the mind of the ultra
wing Of the Republican party with
intense disgust. 1t was plain and
easy sailing for them as long as their
advice was followed implicitly by
the party in whose hands the desti-
pies.of, not only our own State, but
the nations were placed and as soon
as just and .air councils were enter
tained listened to, and acted upon,
their difficulties commenced. The
late iniquitous decision, it seems, was
the feather wanting to break the
back of public patience, even the
stern soldier who has grimly watched
the downward course of the South
since reconstruction commenced, with
cut even sign Of pity, has had
enough, and calls out in tones not to
be mistaken by either friend or foe,
"hold." In Gods name have we not
had enough? They have gathered
the substance of the people. They
have lorded it over them in regal
style. They have converted many
sections OF the South into mere negro
provices, and have driven the richtiul
owners of the soil into an exile az
complete and perfect as though an
ocean rolled between them and the
loved homes OF their youth. The
feelings OF hate that ranked in
the breast of the soldier, it seems, has
at last given way, and softer and
more christian councils rule the hour,
not so however, with the vultures
and jackals who followed in the foot
steps Of war, to prey upon the car
casses of the slain.


Their thirst for gold and power is
as Keen and unsatiated to-day as it was
the hour the white flag of submission
was raised above the shattered and
decimated legions of the Confederacy.
The habits of oppression and robbery
have become chrome. The heroic
remedy applied by doctor" Grant
will Kill many, but will also cure
many. We are glad for his own
sake, and doubly SO for the sake of the
cause Of human right and liberty
that he has had the nerve to apply
the only remedy that could meet ra.
pine, robbery and tyranny, in the
Southern States, with any hope of a
successful issue.


Now, let it be the study of Texas
to show to General Grant, the Re-
publican party, and the world, that
the Democracy Of the State are eqsal
to the task Of working out splendid
destiny for our glorious young CONS
monwealth.
Year: 1874

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Peach rees.--1he peach tree claims


the attention of our horticultural dis


posed friends who would not only


raise large crop of fruit, but also fit


the tree for future bearing. Printing


should not be neglected hey ond the
first of February, and those not ac-


quainted with the art Of inIprimiag,


should advise with some one who 10 !;


as it is clearly apparent that to eur
climate such is the best. The bloom,
ing Of the tree can be retarded by un-


covering the earth from around


the trunk, leaving the roots nearly


bare. The object Is to keep the sur


face cool; therefore should the


weather turn off warm, they should be
mulched with straw and be kept
wet. The dirt should be replaced
when the first leave buds appear and
before doing which, If it is desired to
make the fruit more forid, use about
half quart OF anvil dust to each tree
before replacing the earth. While on
the subject will impart secret OF
success in planting fruit trees, espe-
cially the peach. | say secret from
the fact that have not seen any one
here observe it. Never buy tree of
vender il the tap root has been cut,
or is in any way deranged;never buy a
tree over two years old. Were gong
to plant an oichard-it matters not |
of what sorts of trees-I should pre-
fer to plant the seed precisely as / do
corn, e. when want it to'grow, bear
and do finely. When you destroy the
tap root of anything that grows with
one, you impair its value. Who has
ever seen tap root to a bunch of
smut in wheat field?


'2slmips.-Parties wishing to raise
their own seed should now select the
inest and largest ones left In the
patch and reset them, in row tour.
,een inches apart, taking care to press
he earth well around the top root.
The leaves should be all cut of, but
Year: 1874

the bud not interfered with. 1t will
be found that by planting the rows
North and South that the wind will
not have so sweeping an effect on
them; besides, the pollen will be the
better distributed.
Year: 1874

And great many Agents yet to hear from


No doubt is entertained of the sale of every
ticket before the drawing, but whether all are
sold or not the Concret will positively and
unequivocally take place on the day now
fixed, and If any remain unsold they will be
cancelled and tho prizes will be reduced in
proportion to the unsold tickets.


Only 60.OOO tickets have been sold.
Year: 1874

\ lot Of Mi>sis>ippians pounded and
shot cut one another up at DE kalh,
the other day, in il quarrel over the
possession of a gold button worth $50
Several were badly wounded, hut they
didn't mind it it WAS the principle Of
the thing that they were fighting about,
I not the button.
Year: 1874

PROBABILITIES. - The following
beats old probabilities out of sight


When you SEQ q man going home
ut two o'clock in in tho morning, and
know his wife is waiting for him it is
likely to be stormy.


When a man receives n bill for
goods his wife bought unknown to
him, look out for thunder and light
ming


When a man goes home and finds
no supper ready, the fire gone out,
and his wife crusading, it is likely to
be cloudy


When man promises to take his
wife to party and change his mind
after she is dressed, you may expect
shower


When a man saves his cigar money
to buy his wife a new bonnet and tic
children new shoes, it indicates q
spell Of sunshine. .


When o man dies and les.ves q nice
young widow with plenty of money,
and you sec her wa.king out with
one Of the executors on SUNDAY, q
change Is immj1ent.
Year: 1874

The river flowed with the light on its


breast,


And the waves went edding by,
And the round, red sun went down In


the West,


When my loves loving lips to my lips


were prest,


Under the evening sky
Now weeping alone by the riverI stray
For my love has left me this many day;
Left me to droop and die.
AS the river flowed then, the river flows


still,


In ripple and foam, and spray.
On by tie church, and round by the
And under the sluice by the old burnt
And ont by the fading day;
But I love it no more, for delight grows


cold
When the song is sung and the tale is


told, ...
And the heart is given away.
Oh river, run farl Oh river, run fast!
Oh, weeds, float out to the sea!
For the sun mas gone down on my beau


tiful past,
And the hopes that like bread on the


waters cast,


Have drifted away like theel
So the dream it is fled, and the day 1t is


done, ..-......
And my lips will murmur the name of
Who will never come back to me.
Year: 1874

EATEN BY AN ALLIGATOR. - A
Queensland paper gives the following
account: Early in April boy, aged
about fifteen years, the son Of Mr.


Porter, of Euri Greek, was dragged
by an alligator into a water-hole
close by. his fathers house. 1t ap.
pears that this boy and his elder
brother had been engaged in getting
pigs into o stye, and that the poor
lad who is gone went into the edge
of the water-hole to wash o green
hide rope which they had been using
with the pigs. While he was so en-.
gagged his little sister, who wes sitting
on the bank hard by, saw the alliga.
tor seize the boy by the leg and drag
him under the water. She gave the
alarm, but it was, of course, too late
the brute had dragged the boy down
to the bottom. and nothing more was
seen of him for several days, when o
leg and q portion Of his clothing
f1oated to the surface. A few days
later the same paper thus records the
destruction of the alligator. The
brute was over twelve feet long, and
of very great ago, probably over one
hundred years. This was indicated
by the condition of his monstrous
teeth, many of which were gono alto.
rether and the remainder yer much
worn. He also showed scars and
severe marks of former battles, hav.
ing lost considerable portion of ono
side Of his snout, probably bitten of
by some rival alligator. Inside the
stomach was found the skull and
some of tho bones of the boy. Among
the bones were fund some Of the
vertobre, already much worn by the
action of the stomach, and also soft
ened, probably by the gastric juice.
Year: 1874

Science, it may be said, has shown
rs how to make a newspaper the
cheapest created article in the world
AS an example of workmanship, the
damp, fresh journal that lies on the
breakfast-table is the highest type Of
what capital, industry and skill can
produce in the way of cheapness.
The needle, the common pin, the steel
pen, in their way show o similar re-
suit. But it would be far easier for
the unskilled person to make o nee
die, pin or pon than to compose
a newspaper. In one we see what
the perfection of machinery will do
in the way of fneness and cheapness
of workmanship. But the newspa-
per, says an exchange, represents the
achievements of machinery and the
results of energy and patient thought
combined. For less than the cost Of
q cigar, loaf of bread, or q cup of
coffee, the journalist sells the com.
bined efforts Of hundreds Of men.
To enable him to make his newspa-
per, his ministers 60 to all quarters OF
the world. And so perfect has the
relation between the true journal and
the people become, that great news
paper is no more and no less than q
great commonwealth. 1t has the re-
sponsibility and many of the attri-
biutes of sovereignty. There is no
such power for good or evil as now
rests in the hands of the journalist.
Every day he scatters bis sheets
broadcast 10 the four winds, to fall
like seed upon barren and stony as
we'll as upon fertile ground, to bear
fruit which may be wheat and may
be tares. We do not say that in all
cases this labor is honestly, carefully
done. We are we'll aware that thou
sands Of tares are sown every day
ISLANDERS, falsehoods, disparagements,
reckless statements that bring forth
sorrow and heart-burning. But we
do feel that every year there is less
and less of this, that journalism is
becoming moro and more q profes'
sion, that the truo editor feels that he
is in some sense a judge, and that it
will be woo unto him if he deals un'
Justly. So that in a moral sense, as
a mighty influence acting directly
and incessantly upon public opinion
as we'll as in O social and busincss
sense, as tho instrument Of news and
business affairs, tho newspaper takes
every day higher and higher sta
ton.
Year: 1874

We remember the case of a friend
who dosed himself with Iaudanum
without knowing it, by eating too
freely Of a certain cough nostrum.
He was made to drink pure strong
coffee and kept walking seven hours
before he recovered. The laudanum
sleep is fatal when once fastened on
it's victim. The Baltimore Gazette
says:


On Sunday afternoon u young man
named George Falk, swallowed, as he
stated, three ounces of -laudanum and
FIVE grains of morphia, in order to
end his life. There was but ono way
of saving him, and chat was to keep
him inmotion. After relieving him
as far as possible, his physicians or.
der that he be walked until he was
out of danger.


At half past two o'clock, Sunday
morning, be was put upon his tramp
for life, and was to walk in the open
air as rapidly as ho could. His faith.
er kept for long time, and q friend
or o policeman assisted. After some
hours the father gave out, and finally
officers and friends grew tired. AT
last officers had to be taken from
their beats and made to do duty in
saving the life of the would-be sui
eide.


When the walk commenced it was
with great difficulty that he could be
kept going, and so great was his stu.
por that at times he would almost
fall like q stick. Frequently it was
necessary to catch him and move him
on. BE reeled OF times like drunk.
en- man, and then he would revive
considerably. The dreary. monoto.
nous walk was kept up without inter.
mission until halfpast six o'clock
next morning, when the physician
consented that he should be allowed
to take rest.


The life of the young man was
saved, but the struggle for freedom
from the effects Of the drugs was q
severe one. To have stopped three
minutes would have been fatal.
Year: 1874

List OF Delinquent Lands and Town Lots, situated In the
County OF La salle in the State Of Illinois, upon which


the Taxes remain due and unpaid the names OF the owners
so far as known the OF taxes interest and costs
dne thereon the years for which the same are due
Year: 1874




WHAr MIGHr BE DONE WITH THE Mon
II WASTED IN WAR.- Give me the NOM
ey that has been spent in war and l will
purchase every foot Of land upon the
globe; will cloths every man, woman
and child in an attire that kings might
be proud of; will build . school house
upon every hillside and in every valley
over the whole habitabis earth, and will
supply that school house with compe-
tent teacher; / will build an academy in
every town and endow it, . college In
every State and fill it with able profes-
sors; I will crown every hill with .
church consecrated to the PRONUNCIATION
Of the gospel Of peace; I will support
in its pulpit an able teacher of righte-
business. SO that on. avery Sabbath
morning the chime On one hill should
answer to the chime on another the
earth's broad circumference, and the
voice of prayer and the song of praise
should ascend like an universal holo-
eaust to heayen.--Dr. Steb6iAs.~ ~w


-. Z - ->--Ss.p--.- - ~


One OF the finest things Geo. D.
Prentice ever wrote is this inimitable
passage EdIL1 0iJI1


'.It cannot be that ekrth is mans
only abiding Aace. i cannot be that
or lifesis bubble cast:by the ocean Of
aternity Is ao& ibr mpment uponsits
waves and sink again into ncthingness.
Else why is it that the light and glorious
aspirations which leap like angels from
the temple Of our hearts are forever un-
satisfied, Why is, it that the rainbow
and cloud come withSa ibeantE that is
not of earth, and then pass off to leave
us to muse on their loveliness? Why
is il that the stars which hold festivals
around their midnight throne, are set
above our limited faculties, forever
mocking with their anapproaohable
glory? And finally why is it that the
bright forms Of beauty are presented to
our view and taken from US, leaving
the thousand streams of affection to
flow back in an Alpine torrent upon
our hearts? We are born fof higher
destiny than. of earth. There is q
realm where the stars will be spread
out before us like islands that slumber
in the ocean, and where beautiful being
pass before us like shadows will stay
forever in our presence"
Year: 1874

AN APPEAL FOR AID FOR TUsoUNBIA.-The
Mayor of fuscumbia, Ala, in telegram to the
President announcing the loss Of life, suffering
and Gestitution in that city, occasioned by the
tornado there on Sunday, appeals for aid In the
lief Is actually necessary. President Grant was
Obliged TO direct the Secretary OF War TO reply
that the appTo atiOns for the subsistence or
the army were barely sun eient to purchase the
necessary supplies FOR the soldiers. Nothing
eau be done without the sanction of Con Eress
Year: 1874

In this mornings REPUBLICAN will be
found the proclamation Of Governor Kel-
logg, Offering $1,000 reward for the appre-
hension Of the persons who, in 'he most
cowsrdly and fendish manner, recently
murdered Manuel Nunez in the presence Of
his wife, and robbed her of $3.50 and gun.
This murder in cold blood and robbery was
committed near Shreveport, by body of
men designated by the Shreveport Times
as members of the White League organiza-
tion of Caddo parish. They visited the
residence Of the murdered man, and with
out authority Of law claimed the right to
search his house, accusing him at the same
time of being engaged in furnishing arms
to the negroes. This he denied, and made
no resistance to their search. But finding
no arms, save the gun they carried away
with them, the assassins drew their re-
volvers and deliberately killed Nunez, and
then robbed the heart broken widow and
her fatherless children. It is to be hoped
the good citizens Of Caddo parish
will make an effort to have the perpetrators
of this horrid crime arrested and made to
answer for this diabolical deed. The Gov
ernor has done his duty, and if they do
theirs it is possible that the rufians en-.
gagged in the murder of Nunez may be
brought to speedy justice. In that event
there would be some hope that reaction
might take place in and around Shreveport,
that would afford better guarantee for the
safety Of life and property there than has
been experienced for many years past. But,
unless the law can be made effective for the
arrest and punishment Of men who make
political discomfort a reason for committing
the most hejnous otfenses. it will become
necessary to send the State militia there TO
suppress crime; and, perhaps, the sooner
this is done the better for all concerned.
Year: 1874

On the first Of August next
On the fret Of August next
The Louisiana State Lottery
The Louisiana State Lottery


VIII be drawn.
There are three capital prizes
There are three capital prizes
Of ten thousand dollars each
Of ten thousand dollars each


Get your tickets.
Year: 1874

VERMlLIoN BAYOU, La, August Is, 1874.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:


Thinking you world like to hear from
this part of the county, l take the liberty
to write you.


The whole country looks ike there had
been a great fire, leaving the prairies for
miles and miles around parched and brown
as nut.


The cotton worms have made their ap-
pearance in good earnest, and are only
waiting for wet spell to finish the cotton.


Unless we have rain shortly there will be
no rice made. and if we do the cotton is
ruined; so We are between a cross fire, both
equally bad. The corn crop is very good


Yesterday Colonel De Blanc, of ST. Mar
tinsville, made a speech at Abbey ille. but
as N was in French am unable to give you
any particulars. OF course, it was the same
old cry: Those who ere not with u.s." etc,
which is my awful fx


Yours, truly, LIGHTNING.
Year: 1874

NIGHT IN A JAPANESE HoTEL.-As I was
about to pass my first night in Japanese house,
watched anxious y the preparation for Sleep
ing. These we're simple enough; mattress in
the form of very thick quilt, about seven feet
long by four wide, was spread on the floor; aud
over it was laid an ample robe, very long and
heavily padded, and provided with large sleeves.
Having put on this night-d-oss, the sleeper
covers himself with another quilt, and sleeps,
j. O., il he has had some years practice in tho
use of this bed


But tho most remarkable feature about o
Japanese bed is tho pillow. This is wooden
box four inches high, eight inches long aud
two inches wide at the top. 1t has cushion
of folded papers on the upper side to rest tho
neck on, for the elaborate manner of dressing
the hair does not permit the Japanese, espcc-
ally the woman, to press the head on pillow.
Every morning the uppermost paper is taken
off from the cushion, thus exposing clean
surface without the expense of washing pill
low case.


passed the greater part of the night in
learning how to poise my head iu this novel
manner; and when finally closed my eyes, it
was to dream that was being slowly behead-
ed, and to awake at the crisis to fnd the pillow
bottom side up, and my neck resting on tho
sharp lower edge of the box. During my stay
in the country learned many of its customs,
mastering the use Of chop-stickS and accustom-
ing my palate to raw, fresh fish, but the attempt
to balance my head on a two-inch pillow gave
up 10 despair, after trying 10 vain to secure the
box by tying it to my neck and head.
Year: 1874

OUR AIM is TO SUPPLY GOODS adapt
" cd to the wants Of the poor as well as to the
rich, and we keep ONLY THE BESTan most
SERVICEABLE grade of every class OF gooa1s, "a
With fixed price and not misTepl esenting u Inc
quality Of any article, the public may supply
HAMILTON EASTER s SONS.


aa-Samples supplied by mail on application.
Year: 1874

YOUNG WALwoRTH. BUFFALO,
N. Y. August 1.-The Auburn Daily
Advertiser says Frank H. Walworth,
confined in the Auburn State Prison
for killing his father in New York
city hotel, has been taken to Insane
Asylum for criminals in that city. The
transfer was made in accordance with
the recommendation Of the State Com
missioner in Lunacy, after critical ex-
amin alton Of Walworth, on Monday
last. The doctor decides that the
prisoners is case of chronic epilepsy,
and that he is developing SYMPTOMS of
melancholy which require such treat
ment as will be given him in the asy-
lum. Walworth has been wasting in
strength and flesh for some months
past, and was fast becoming an amaze
mic. His physical condition is so fee
Bile that the walk from the prison to
the asylum, although not more than
eighty rods, exhausted him to a great
extent.
Year: 1874

The Green Bay Gazette is emphatic
ally in favor of the denomination Of
Hon. Philetus Sawyer for Congress in
the Sixth District, Notwithstanding
his declnation to be considered can-
didate. 1t thinks him the best man
in the district for the place, and that
the district cannot afford to dispense
with his services 1t thinks further
that if Sawyer is considered out of the
field a score of aspirants for the nomi-
nation will come to the front, and their
jealousies will destroy the harmony Of
the party and endanger its success.
Year: 1874

We much regret that the following
was accidentally omitted from our very
lengthy report Of the schools yesterday,
a report, by the way, that we are graft
fed to know met the anticipations oi
the scholars and teachers alike:
Year: 1874

If further evidence were needed to
prove the outrages that have been
heaped upon the people of Louisiana
and the villainous character of KEEL
LoGa and the duplicity and venality
Of the men who for years have acted
as the leaders of Congress, it will be
found in the telegraphic news we pub
lish this morning. The rascally
usurper has been held in power by
these leaders-these red-handed viii
lains-of Congress. We say red-hand-
ed because these men are directly re-
sponsi BILE for the blood shed in Louisi-
ana since the usurper started on his
career of lawless tyranny. CHANDLER
receives $4,000 for his services; CALEB
CUSHING is paid $4,000 $4,000 for
himself and $1,000 for CHANDLER.
BEN BUTLER, honest BEN BUTLER
who has the reputation of being thief
and seems determined that he shall
not be belied nor falsely accused
thinks his services in Congress as the
champion of KELLOGG ought to be
worth $4,000, and he modestly requests
the remittance of that amount. These
figures enable us to estimate the cost
of Congressional leaders, services in
a dirty job and villainous outrage on
the people, but we do not know the
fee of a President in such case. We
hope GRANTS share in this detestable
affair will also come to the light.
Those transactions could hardly have
transpired without his knowledge. If
prominent Congressman accepted fees
as pettifoggers for an outlaw and their
action received the sanction of the
President, it is right and proper that
the people should be apprised of the
fact. The BEEcHER-TILToN scream
ing farce has ended, and we ring up
the curtain on a peoples shame and a
nations disgrace.