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Year: 1872

List to a tale worth the ear


OF all who wit and sense admire
Invented-it is very clear


Some ages prior to Matthew Prior.
Falsehood and Truth upon a time"


One day in June's delicious Gather,
cTwas distant age and clime,)


Like sisters, took walk together.
On, on their weary way they took,
Through fragrant wood and verdant meadow
To whore a beech beside brook


Invited rest beneath its shadow.
There sitting in the pleasant shade,


Upon the margins grassy mating
"a velvet cushion ready madc)


The young companions fell to chatting
Now, while in voluble discourse,


On this and that their tongues were running
As habit bids each speak-poriorcc,


The one is frank the other cunning.
FalSehood, at length, impatient grown


With scandals of her own creation,
said, Since we two are quite alone,


And nicely screened from observation,
Suppose in this delightful rill,


Whilo all around is so propitious,
We take bath ?"-Said Truth, 81 will
A bath, I'm sure, will be delicious {"
At this her robe she east aside,


And in the stream that ran before her
She plunged like Oceans happy bride
As naked as her mother bore her
Falsehood ut leisure now undressed


Put off the robes her limbs that hamper
And having donned Truths snowy vest,


Ran off as fast as she could scamper.
Since then the subtle maid, in sooth,


Expert in lies and shrowd evasions,
Has borne the honest name of Truth,


And wears her clothes on all occasions
While Truth, disdaining to appear


In Falschood's petticoat and bodice,
Still braves all eyes from year to year,


AS naked as n marble goddess!
Year: 1872

A TALE of incredible horror comes to
us from Illinois. 1t is well for the jour
nalistc mind that it is not often called
upon to describe an event of such inky
and unmitigated gloom, The time was
August, the skies were fair, when, seated
in a railway car, bright, blooming,
bashful and beautiful young bridal pair
went forth from Peoria on that journey
which ends, it may be, in the grave, or
haply in Chicago. The husband of an
hour was all pride and tenderness the
bride all bonnet and blushes. As the
slow train moved from the station, the
fair young being incautiously put her
head out Of the window, to scent the
morning breeze, like Hamlet's fathers
ghost, perchance to wave last farewell
to the weeping friends of her girlhood.
Too, too fatal moment A telegraph
pole did not decaptate her-no, ah no I!
There were joy compared to. Hastily
bringing her head within the car, she
buried an agonized face in her hands.
The terrified bridegroom is said 20 have
instantly expressed himself, with great
presence of mind, in this touching and
memorable language What was it?
What frightened it dear? Tell its own
hubby! What makes it cry?" What,
indeed, O, vicious Fate She had drop
ped lovely and expensive set of teeth
out of the window. She never smiled
again-until she had seen Il dentist.
Year: 1872

1t is most painful spectacle, says the
Dramatic Review. in families where the
mother, is the drudge, tosee daughters


elegantly dressed, with their drawing,
their music, their fancy works, and
never dreaming of their responsible
ties but as a necessary C -nsequence of
a neglect of duty, growing W cary of
their useless lives, lay hold of every
newly invented stimulant to rouse their
dropping energies, and blame their
fate, when they dare not blame their
God, for having placed them where
they are. These individuals often tell
you, with an air of affected compassion
(for who can believe it real y that poor
dear mamma is working herself to
death yet no sooner do you propose
that they should assist her, than they
declare she is quite in her element-in
short, that she never would be happy if
she only had half so much to do. =.
Year: 1872

for the physical man. he was q
walking encyclopedia, and had all his
life, against the remonstrance OF his
family and friends, spent his time too
constantly at his books. The damaging
effects of this unremitting application
first appeared last fall, when his mother
sent him to Mount Hope Retreat, near
Baltimore, where he 30 far recovered as
to render it advisable, in the opinion OF
his physician, that he should return
home, which he did about
month ago, apparently much i'm
proved. A few minutes before his
untimely death he left his mother,
sister aud Rev. Mr.. Woods OF the Epis.
copal Church, in the parlor, and imme-
diately went up stairs into one Of the
bed chambers, closed the door and fired
the fatal shot, and it is supposed that
in staggering from the effects Of the
wound. fred another which proved q
random shot, for the ball passed
through a pin cushion on the toilet
table and lodged against marble slab.
As soon as his sister heard the first
shot she ran hurriedly up stair, fol-
lowed by Mr.. Woods, but before any
assistance could be given death had
done, its work, and thus passed away
from earth a young man Of warm heart,
generous nature and noble impulses
cause, an overtaIed brain.


On the day previous to his dea tn he
procured a revolving pistol from
young man in town, which, as he said,
he would take on trial In the room
near him this pistol was found with
two barrels empty. A jury of inquest
rendered q verdict in accordance with
the facts.


His afflicted mother mourning
family and friends have the dee pest
sympathy of this entire community.
May he rest in peace.
Year: 1872

ALLCoCK's PoRoUs PLAsTERs-Internal Lesion
Cured.-Mr. Thomas, after a severe sickness, had
lesion of the liver. Every quick movement or sud
den jar gave him severe pain, often laying him up
for days In this condition he applied the part
affected an Alcock's Porous Plaster. At first 1t
seemed to irriiate, so It was taken of. But the
marked Improvement he experienced afterwards
gave him courage to try again, and he therefore ap
piled another plaster. In few days something gave
way-"slipped" There was some soreness for few
days after then his health was perfectly restored.
PAIN OF THE SIDE AND ENLARGED SPLEEN


CURED.


A gentleman had enlarged spleen; pain constantly
on the left side, low down. Applied Porous Plaster.
After few days the plaster fairly washed OF by
a sort ofweeping of the pores of the part. BE ap-
Piled towel, which soon became wet he had to
change it several times day. When this weeping
from the part stopped the pain returned, so that
another Porous Plaster was applied. This produced
the same effect as the former application. These ap-
plications OF Ancock's Porous Plaster, alternating
with the towel, continued for period OF sew
eral months, during which time the gentleman's
health was improving. At length he also felt some.
thing give way inside. No more trouble has been
well since.
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that Afor the
countless millions Who are on the road to
an untimsly grave With bilious complaints
there is bat one truly great and reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

More account is made of the spirit than the
understanding in Kansas, and young man
was recently fined twenty-five dollars for cry
ing "amen'' with flavor of levity at
prayer meeting.
Year: 1872

A friend of ours is getting model skating
suit made. The pantaloons are to be pro-
vided with springs, and upholstered. He
does not want to break the ice up and spoil
other peoples fun.
Year: 1872

Fathers who are trying to dissuade their
sons from entering the ministry, should take
warning from this terrible example, which
the Hartford Post brings to light. ''We know
man who wauted to be minister of the gos-
pei. His father swore immense oaths that if
the boy ever opened his head again on the
subject it should be instantly broken. So his
duty to this exemplary parent required him
to learn the trade of lawyer. The young
man became a fine orator, and went to Con-
gress, but there always remained in him an
element of grace that conficted with his legal
and political business, so that he did not
make much money at the law and could not
stay in Congress.
Year: 1872

A worthy farmer in Georgia, who was car
ried home on litter the other day, solemnly
asserts that nothing but twenty-ton anchor
can hold sorrel mule down to the earth
after she has stepped in yellow jackets
Year: 1872

A young lady writes to an exchange giving
receipt for having fun. She says, invite
half dozen boys and girls to your house
when your pa and ma are away; but halt
dollar silver piece in dish with molasses an
inch deep in it, and offer it to the boy who
gets it with his mouth The more the boys
who try to get it, the more fun there will be.
Year: 1872

They tell a good story of Colonial D Davidson,
Adiutant General of Tnxas He received a
bogus dispatch from Bell county, indicating
his election to the State Senate, whereupon
he promptly resigned his adjutants Office, and
his resignation was promptly accepted. If he
had to do it again he would probably wait
for official returns
Year: 1872

A Kenosha editor was sick unto death, and
several of his contemporaries took occasion
to free their mind concerning him. He got
well, and now ''they must meet him at the
muzzle of a revolver, or he will cram their
lying type down their false throats."
Year: 1872

"a Pocket Companion and Guide to Hap
piness" has been invented. 1t consists Of a
bottle made in the semblance of cigar.
When you are in the cars or even out walk
ing with the pride of your heart, you can put
the thing in your mouth and before you
have thought to ask if smoking is objectiona-
BILE you have bitten off the end and drink of
fine old rye has percolated down your osoph-
aguS
Year: 1872

The young ladies of Buffalo invite young
gentlemen callers to leave their autographs
and the date of their visit in small book
Kept for the purpose This book is posted
once month and any young man who has
failed to record his name in that time is
dropped from the lady's acquaintance.
Year: 1872

\ MINISTER not thousand miles from
st. Louis was recently making his way
quietly from the pulpit to the door, when
one Of bis lock rudely stopped him, aud
thanking him for his excellent sermon,
handed him what he said it WIS worth-a
one hun ired dollar greenback.
Year: 1872

DEAR SIR: In your letter of acceptance,
you promise thorough reform Of the civil
service in general terms. The question of
how the problem of civil service reform
prc.cnts itself to your mind is one of grsat
interest, and would suggest, if it be CON
sistcnt with yonr ideas of propricty, that
YOU give me such explanations rs will put
your intention in this respect in a clear
light. Yours &C.,
Year: 1872

You hold my heart in your slender hands,


In your cold, your cruel, careless hands,


In your beautiful hands, famed by q breath
Like the breath OF the rose, II IL dying its death.
In your beautiful hands with their glitter Of


rings,


Each ring trophy that scornfully sings
or other hearts that have lain like mine
On your cruelty beautiful pitess shrine.
OF other hearts that have gone to their death,
Swooned to sleep by that sweet, sweet breath,
Thai breath OF the rose that comes and goes
As the smiling, beautiful lips unclose.
When night after night down dizzying dances
They follow and follow your dazzling glsnces,
While round and round by the music whirled.
As I'd follow and follow you over the world
Then hold me fast In your slender hands,
In your cruelty beautiful, Iitiloss hands,
Let mo forever lie dying my death,
Soothod to sleep by that sweet, sweet breath.
Let me forever be whirling there,
Lost in trance divinely fir,
Let me forever be stricken and slain,
And dying with this delicious pain.
Year: 1872

To THE GRAvt--What mighty pro-
cession is marching toward the grave
during each ear At the usual estimate


during a year, more than SO, 900, 600 ~
the worlds population 60 down to the
earth again. Place them in long array,
and they will give a moving column Of
more than thirteen hundred to every mile
of the globes circumference Only think
of it ponder and look upon these as.
founding computations What a spec
tacle, as they move on-tramp, tramo.
tramp. forward upon this stupendous
oead march
Year: 1872

HE AssAssINATIoN.-As told in the


British House of Commons by Mr.. Glad
stone and Colonel Sykes, the story of
Lord Mayo's assassination is substantial
ly the same as was told in the cable dis
patches. The assassin was q convict
named Shier Ali. under sentence of i'm
prisonment for life for murder, and had
been cut off from communication with
his Mohammedan brethren in India for a
time. Lord Mayo had in
spected the convict settlement at Fort
Blair, and was On his way to the pier at
which he had landed when the assassin
broke through the guards surrounding
he viceroy and stabbed him twice in the
Dack.
Year: 1872

If chronic Indigestion affected the stomach only. it
might be more easily borne but it gives rise inevita
bly, to many other diseases affecting the liver, the
nerves. the bowels and the brain. Biliousness, nerg
tremors constipation headache and terrible men-
tai disturbances are among its usual Accomplishments
In fact every organ every fibre of the frame sympa-
thizes with the debilitated and diseased stomach.
What is needed in such case? Clearly an Alternative
and invigorant; and among medicines of that class
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is beyond all comparison
or estimate the best. Mere purgatives only deprive
the system of the little strength that disease has left


it, Salivants have the same effect. The whole inter-
nal organism has gone wrong, and can only be put
right and kept right by medicine in which the tonic
and stimulating elements predominate, but are quail
fed and modified by antibilous aperients and blood
purifying components. Now, the truth is (and the
medical faculty well the public know the fact
that Hostetters Bitters contain ingredient
qusite for the of dyspepsia and all the ailments
of body and mind which it involves. This has been
proved in SO many thousands ofnstances that seems
almost idle to repeat the statement.


The great tonic rallies exhausted natRre from what
ever cause enfeebed, and permanently recruits the
vigor of the nerves. the muscles and the brain Its
effect upon the brain is TO give strength to the will and
precision the judgment, and to Danish despondency
and that inirmty of purpose which generally accom-
panies bodily weakness.
Year: 1872

They are not allies and companions,
like dogs. They make no attempt TO
take O part in human affairs, as dogs do.
They undertake no responsibilities OF
guarding the houses, or protecting the
persons, or joining in the sports OF man.
They will not disturb themselves IT
burglars break into the dwelling. or If
violence assaults their protectors. They
are not conservatives, like dogs, curious
of suspicious characters, furious against
unlimited strangers. Nor are they
liberals, like dogs, in the welcome they
give to change, and the JOY with which
they transfer themselves to fresh fields
and pastures new. Like Gallo, they
care for none of these things. They
probably have no idea that they are
valued for their propensity to -slay and
scatter mice, and imagine that they are
only superfuously indulging the bent OF
native genius for " natural selection,
when they are really performing the
one function for which they are treasured
by thrifty housekeepers, and for which
they receive the "grantin-aid" OF a
milky payment by results" They are
as unconscious as Mr.. Carlyle could wish
men to be of their one genius and merit
as attendants on our domestic civil
zation. You will see dogs full of pride
at the accomplishment of their little
tasks, and looking up to men for recog
milton. But there is nothing OF this
about the cat.
Year: 1872

PARAsoLs this year are trimmed with
lace to match the color of the material
of which it is made.


THE large number of young ladies suf
fering from dreadful bunions has sent
French heels out of fashion.


A NEW kind of fringe is made of small
feathers, and is very beautiful on thin
transparent ball dress. 4se


BoNNETs are very high this season, and
the trimming is all placed on the top /;
they are made to fit close to the head,
and have ribbon strings fastened with a
small bow under the chin.


POINTED and scolloped founces are the
latest style Of trimming dresses, and
make the ladies look like small peram-
bulating awnings.


"A NEW style of ornament for the hair
is SIN Ill humming bird with diamond
eyes and jeweled arrow through its
breast.


THE old.fashioned style of necklaces
worn by our graDdmothers, OF several
rows of small gold beads, are all the
rage at present. :


The spring style for the Sandwich
Islanders is red string above the LEFT
knee. The present fashion is a red
string below the knee.


IT is said that the style of the Spanist
ladies' dress has not materially changed
for 200 years.


YOU'VE ladies have got into the fash
ion of not signing their notes to gentle
men, which is very modest fashion
and not at all confusing for the re
cipient.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Williams, of Indiana, Chairman
of the Committee on Expenditures in
the War Department, has made re-
port, with the testimony taken, on the
investigation into the sale of arms and
ordnance stores during the Franco
Prussian war. The committee reports
the following conclusions


l. That the act of Congress of July
%, 1867, authorizing the sale of insult
able arms, gave, by fair Interpretation
of its letter and spirit, full authority to
the Secretary of War to sell and dispose
of the arms and ordnance stores in ques-
ton, and that in doing SO he violated
neither the letter nor the spirit of the
law


2. That the proceeds of the sales were
promptly paid into the treasury.


8. That no sales were made to any
known agent of either of the belligerent
governments, and that no act was done
by the Secretary of War or any of his
subordinates, that was calculated to i'm
pair or violate any international obliga
ton.


4. That no official of the United
States Government was pecuniarily ben
Gifted in connection with the sales.


5 That the only party benefited was
the government of the United States
in having disposed of unsuitable arm
at the highest market price to th'
amount of nearly Sl0,000,000.
Year: 1872

A YOUNG woman in a Lynn, Mass,
shoe manufactory, whose duty it is to
fasten the taps and soles of ladies' boots
together preparatory to lasting, recently
prepared twenty cases of boots in ten
minutes less than ten hours. The
achievement was the result of a bet of
$1,000 to $500 that she could not per
form such task, which she undertook
with the promise that she should have
one-half the forfeit if successful. She
thus earned $500 in one DAY.
Year: 1872

THE CHOICEST article in use in families
is the famous Halfora Leicestershire Table
Sauce. Do not purchase anything of the
sauce kind but that, if you wish your meats
who has it is its reference. For sale by al
good grocers.-TCom.
Year: 1872

HAVE YOU COLDe


HAVE YOU COUGH?


HAVE YOU BRONCHITIS?


HAVE YOU THE ASTHMA?
HAVE YOU ANY LUNG DIFFICULTY OR
WEAKNESS IN YOUR THROAT?
Read the following and learn the value of
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
Year: 1872




In order to put our friends on their guard
against certain rumors circulated to the pre-
judice of the candidates on the Fusion ticket
aud these chosen by the Democratic and Re
form Parish Convention of our Parish, we
should reiterate that all those candidates are
before the people subject to the decision of
their votes; not one has withdrawn or intends
to withdraw from the list. They are all well
known. as we'll by their antecedents. as their
present. positions, and what might be trumpted
up against them at this late hour, could only
be an invention of their political enemies for
the purpose of injuring their election. And
iuorder to Illustrate these malicious designs it
Is to be. hoped that our ticket will be, voted
without scratching. There are at least a dozen
different tickets out, some issued by indepen-
dent Candidates, others by certain eliques pro-
Tossing to be opposed to CONVENTIONS; but the
voter will laye no difficulty in finding the reg
uar ticket by comparing it with the one to
be found at the head of our columns We
therefore repeat that all voters should be on
their guard against false reports that may be
circulated to iajure our candidates, and not
allow themselves to be duped into voting the
wrong ticket.a Boon the look out for counter
felt tickets.
Year: 1872

The National Democratic Committee have
issued the following address:


10 the People of the United States


The October elections are over. They ena.
BILE us to form a tolerable accurate idea of the
true political situation of the country. In
Georgia we have to record victory for the
Liberal ticket SO unexampled as to take her out
of the list of doubtful States and practically
to pronounce in advance the decision of at
least one hundred and twenty-five votes In the
necessary to add sixty votes to elect Greeley
and Brown. In Pennsylvania the distinguish
ed chairman of the LiberaI committee has ele-
quentiy characterized the method by which
the result OF the election there was accomplish
ed. We commend his statement to the
thouhtful attention of the country. In Ohio
despite most unprecedented gains for the Lib
eral Democratic ticket, the Grant managers
have carried the election by redueted major
ity, having brought to the polls their entire
reserve vote. Had our Democratic friends in
certain localities of that great Commonwealth
shown the same earnestness and activity. and
enabled us, like our enemies, to record our ell
tire strength, they would now be exulting over
brilliant victory. In Indiana, the Democrat
ic and Liberal forces have achieved a most
important success on the Pennsylvania tactics,
most unscupulously employed by the Admin
istration and its allies, showing that free
people, when aroused, know their rights and
dare maintain them Indiana has fully de-
lnOnsCraJeU tHat Sne neither can be bought
nor bullied. The moral of these results is,
that victory is still in plain view for our ma
tional ticket, and that energy and courage
will assure it. That victory must be won. If
we mean to preserve free institutions on this
continent, we must assure it. The event in
Pennsylvania on Tuesday last, when consid-
cred in its causes, is the most appalling politi-
cal catastrophe that has ever taken place in
this country. Should the system through
which this catastrophe was brought about be
condoned by the people and foisted on the
other States. it seals the doom of freedom in
America A sad contrast it is, surely, that
the city in which our Republic was born. and
amid the anthems of a free people. should now
be the first to toll the knell of its liberties.
1t is for the free unbought people of all the
States to calmly review the fearful crime
against suffrage in Pennsylvania, and to de-
eide whether it shall be repeated within their
own borders. For the first time the system
of free government and the sanctity Of the
ballot are really on trial in the United States.
From this hour forward the preservation of the
franchise in its integrity dwarfs all other is
sues. Let our friends in each Of the States
catch inspiration from the heroic conduct of
our fellow-citiZens in Georgia and in Indiana,
and from now till November let their struggle
be manful and unceasing for liberty and an
untainted ballot-box, for reform and an honest
administration of the Government.


AUGUSTUS SCHELL Chairman


National Democratic Committee.
Year: 1872

am a candidate for the office of Sheriff of
the Parish of St Landry at the election to
be holden in November next. For what the
people of St. Landry may expect of me in
that official capacity in the future, | refer to
my past survices as the executive Deputy of
the present Sheriff. G.. G.. DUSON.