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Year: 1872

OF the national Government under its adj
mihistration, constitutional liberty prevailed
throughout the country, Individual rights
were protected and prosperity characterized
all our material interest. To restore the
Government to its former condition under
Democratic rule and particularly to re-es-
tablish sound financial policy, of para
mount Importance, personal liberty and de-
centralization of power is the first duty of
every citizen; therefore,


Resolved, That the true interests of the
country require the establishment of the
principles, policy and administrave expert .
ence Of the Democratic party.


Resolved, That we cordially invite the
cooperation Of all our fellow-citizens who
are opposed to the pernicious principles and
conduct of affairs of the present admins
ration; who are in favor of the decentrali-
zation Of Government; the remission Of To-
cal self-gOVernment to the several States;
relief from existing taxation by restricting
the expenses of collection and the enOr-
nous expenses of the Government; the in
violability of personal freedom, and re-
turn those to principles of government which
distinguished the administrations of Jeffer-
son, Madison and Jackson.


Resolved, That local selfgoVernment is a
right inherent to the people and essential
to liberty, that in creating the central gov
ernment with grant of power for general
purposes the people did not surrender their
right, but reserved to themselves the con-
troll of their home affairs; that any attempt
on the part of Congress to interfere under
any preteXt with the full and free exercise
of this right is a uSurpation which the peo-
pie ought not to tolerate, because its tolera-
ton leads to the destruction of the personal
liberties and municipal privileges Of the cit
izen, and the abandonment of all that rem
ders free government valuable.


Resolved, That so far as the Cincinnati
platform agrees with the above principles
set forth, it meets our approval.


Resolved, That we do authorize and in
struCt our State Executive Committee to
unite and cooperate with any other COM
mittee or organization in this State opposed
to the present National Administration.


Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to
abide and support the nominees of the
Democratic National Convention.


The Convention adjourned.
Year: 1872

THE deep solicitude manifested by some
of the Radical journals in behalf Of the


Democratic party is extremely touching.
They tell their readers, with fearful visa
ges, that there is imminent danger of the
BALTIMORE CepvantiOR- doing something
that will destroy the good old party, which
they declared short time ago was not only
dead but buried. OF course their solici-
tude is purely disinterested, and they
would be utterly incOnsOlable if the De-
moerac5 should be defeated in November.
Year: 1872

an ingenious dentist of New York light
els his more arduOus tasks by making ar
tifcial flowers out Of human teeth stained
in various colors. 1t is pleasant to say Of
ones extracted mOlar that it "cometh up as
a foYer.N
Year: 1872

politicians who have seized the party ma
chinery to succeed in any thing but their
ayowed object to disband the party. As a
means of future usefulness the Dem
ocratic organization should be pre-
served, and as the Greeleyi es an
nounce their intentions to bolt
and support their candidates if they do not
secure their object; it is now the duty of
true Democrats to prepare for a severance
from such politicians and by thr owing off
the elements of discord to make the Organi-
Zation pureT, stronger and better in
the future. The honest men Of the c0un-
try will be attracted to that party which
plants itself upon principles. The Cincin-
natl Convention was self constituted body
Of leaders without followers. half of them
bOlted. 1t requires only one bold prompt
action to send dismay into the ranks of the
scheming politicians who seek plumber
aud Office, that is to prepare
now for a Democratic nomination at all
hazards. You are earnestly requested to
attend the Baltimore Convention and to Sc
cure the presence there of at least two
prominent and true Democrats from each
Congressional district Of our State. If the
Baltimore Convention is so lost to reason,
so utterly shameless in the total abandon
ment Of principles as to 60 outside of the
party to select lifelong opponents as their
nominees, such action is not binding, and
it remains for true Democrats
then and there to oI Iganize another conVen-
ton without delay and to nominate tried and
trustworthy standard bearers. As between
such men and two Radicals there cannot be
any doubt that the masses will rally in sup
port of the true Democrats, leaving the
politicians who have endeaVOred to disrupt
the party as solitary and stranded leaders
without follower. Immediate prepara-
ton for this action may bring the politicians
to their senses. Please report to me with
out delay the name and address of those
who will attend for the purpose indicated,
and also their address in Baltimore. Yours
truly.
Year: 1872

The following are the resolutions
adopted:


Whereas, during. the greater portion of
the time since tie organization Of the
States of the Union, the Democratic party
administered affairs and declared the policy
Year: 1872

First old French plan, followed in Paris
by men who make it special business.
They take deep tub with water on the
bottom and little elevation 10 the mid
die, like an island. on which is only place
for just one rat to sit. The top is cover
ed, and has large balance valve, open
ing downward. % the middle Of this
valve. piece of fried pork or cheese is
placed, aud when the rat walks on it to
get the cheese the valve goes down, drops
the rat into the water, and moves back
in position. A road is made from at rat
hole to the top of the tub by means of
pieces of board rubbed with cheese, SO as
to make the walk attractive for the rats.
In the course of a night some ten, TWEEN
ty or even more rats may go down, and if
the island was not there they would be
found most all alive in the morning quietly
swimming round, but the provision OF
the little island save the trouble of killing
them, because their egotis,ic instinct for
preservation causes them to fight for the ex.
elusive possession Of the island on which,
in the morning, the strongest rat is found
in solitary possession, all the others being
killed and drowned around him.


Second, plan invented by one of our
friends The floor near the rat hole is
covered with thin layer of moist caus.
tic potassa When the rats walk on this
it makes their feet, sore these they lick
with their tongues, which makes their
mouths sore and the result is that they
shun this locality, not alone, but appear
to tell all the rats in the neigbborhood
about it, and eventually the house is en-.
tireIy abandoned by them, notwithstand
ing the houses around may be full Of
rats.


Third, the Dutch method. This is
said to be used successfully 10 Holland.
A number of rats are left to themselves
in a very large trap or cage, with no food
whatever their craving hunger will cause
them to fight, and the weakest will be
eaten by the strongest. After short
time the fight is renewed, aud the next
weakest is the victim, and SO it goes till
one strong rat is left. When this has
eaten the last remains of any OF the others
it is let loose. The animal has now ac
quired such taste for rat flesh that he
is the terror of ratnom, going around
seeking what rat he may devour lD
an incredibly short time the premises are
abandoned by all other rats, which will
not come back before the cannlabal rat
has lett or died.
Year: 1872

A remarkable instance Of the sagacty
(is it not reason y of horse has come to
our notice Mr. Jon Fletcher, Nor
wegian, owns an unbroken cayuse mare
which runs in a pasture adjoing his house.
The mare, which is very wild, has a
young colt at her side. a few nights
since, after Mr.. Fletcher had retired, he
was aroused by the mare coming to the
window of his house, and by paving,
neighing and in every way possible try
ing to get his attention. This continu
ing for some time he got up and went out
and drove her away, and returned again
to bed but she Immediately returned,
and if possible increased her demonstra-
tions he again went out when the mare
came up to him and rubbed her nose
against him, though always before she
had been very shy of allowing any one to
come within reach of her, then ran on a
few yards before him continuing her
neighing then, as he did not follow her
she returned to him rubbing against him
in the most demonstrative manner. He
attempted to drive her off, struck her with
a stick, and followed her few yards to
frighten her away. As soon, however,
as he turned toward the house, she re-
turned and tried in every way to prevent
him from doing so. He then remarked
that her colt was not with her, fact he
had not noticed before, as it was quite
dark. 1t occurred to him then to follow
her, which he did So soon as she saw
he was doing so, she ran off before him,
stopping every few yards, turning round
to see that he was still following, then
again running on keeping up her call
ing, until she reached distant part of
the field, where she stopped at an old
prospect hole" On coming up with her
she again commenced rubbing against
him, and drew his attention to the hole,
where lie soon discovered the colt. 1t
appears it had slipped into it and was uu
able to get out, and the mare had taken
this method to Obtain assistance Being
unable get it out alone. Mr.. Fletcher
went for some of his ueighbors and with
them returned. While they were taking
the little fellow out, the mare manifested
the most intense delight, aud seemed al


most beside herself with joy ; and after
wards, when the men had got out of the
hole, she came up to Mr.. f., and placing
her nose on his shoulder, gave every sign
of gratitude that human mother nigh
under similar circumstances Who will


say that the horse does not reason p


Virginia city KontaRian.
Year: 1872

AS general rule it is most ecouomi
ca! to buy the best articles The price
is, Of course always little higher. but
good article always spends the best. 1t
is a sacrifice of money to buy poor -four,
meat, sugar, molasses, cheese, butter,
lard, etc, to say nothing of the injurious
effect on the health


Butter that is made in September is
best for winter use


Lard should be hard and white and
that which is taken from hog over
year old is the best


Rich cheese feels soft under the pres
sure of the finger. That which is very
strong is neither good nor healthy. To
keep one that is cut, tie it up in bag
that will not admit flies, and hang it in
cool dry place. If mould appears on it
wipe it off with dry cloth.


The best rice is large and has a clear
fresh look. Old rice has sometimes lit
tie black insects inside the kernel. The
small white saSo called pearl sago, is the
best. The large brown kind has an ear
thy taste. These articles and ground rice,
tapioca, etc, should be kept covered.


The select nutmages, prick them with
pin. If they are good and fresh the oil
will instantly spread around the pune
ture.


Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects
other articles.


Keep your tea iu a close can or cannis-
ter.


Oranges and lemons keep best wrap
ped close in soil paper and laid in a
drawer.


When cask of molasses, is bought,
draw off a few quarts, else the fermeuta-
ton produced by moving it will burst the
cask.


Bread and cake should be kept in tin
box or stone jar


Soft soap should be kept in dry place
in cellar, aud should not be used till
three months old.


Bar soap should be cut into pieces of
convenient size, and left where it will
become dry. 1t is as we'll 10 keep it for
several weeks before using, it goes fast
when new.


Cranberries will keep all winter in a
frkin of water in cellar.


Salt Goldfish should be kept in dry
place the where oder of it will not affect
the air of the house. Fish skin, for clean
ing coffee, should be washed, dried and
put in paper bag.
Year: 1872

Charles D. Warner, in one of his
pleasant essays, speaking of beans and
their moral and aesthetic influence on
humanity, says Mot to have baked
beans on Sunday is still, in some parts of
New England, a fracture of the twelfth
commandment The bean figures largely
in the economy of the old Bay State 1t
has its moral as well as its official uses 1t
is given to the inmates of the State prison
at Charlestown, and is made moral test
of character In the kitchen | have seen
rows of convicts seated at the long tabe,
sorting over the beans for next days
dinner-throwing away the black and
imperfect ones This is the first step
toward awakening in these degraded be
ings the distinction between good and bad
When they have learned to sort out the
bad beans, they have taken one step in
the formation of moral character s.
solicitous is this State of the morals Of
all her children"
Year: 1872

The three requisites for babies are plen-
ty of sleep, plenty of food, plenty of flan-
mel. The saying that man is bundle of
habits is as true Of babies as it is of grown
children. IF an infant is accustomed
from its birth to sleep from six o'clock at
night until daylight, the habit of early
sleep will be formed and the mother will
have all her evenings to herself


If the baby sleeps all night, long
morning nap will naturally come about
dinner time, after which the child, ex-
cept when very young, should be kept
awawke until six o'clock. Perseverance
in this rountine will soon result in secur-
ing quiet evenings for both the child and
its parent.


Some mothers have long season every
morning and every night in getting the
baby asleep They rock them and sing
to them till Morpheus enfolds them
most children this is entirely unneces-
sary. An infant can be accustomed, by
few days training, to 60 to sleep itself
for morning nap as well as for longer
rest at night.


A mother has duties to herself as well
as to her offspring. While she should
exercise a constant care in securing, it's
utmost physical comfort, she should Sc
cure rest and recreation for herself In
no other way can she keep fresh in feeh
ing and buoyant in spirits. Nothing can
be so wearing as the unceasing fencing Of
fretful baby.


Every means should be employed to
aid the child in taking care of itself and
giving as little trouble as possible 1t
may learn in babyhood to amuse itself
with toys or by watching movements 60
ing on around IS.


Fashion as we'll as good sense requires,
| infants dresses to be made with long
sleeves and high in the neck. Fashion
requires children of all ages to be warm
| ly dressed. Flannel should eucase the
whole body, with the exception of its,
head and hands The fruitful cause of
colic in infant is the nkedness of their
neck and arms.


Regularity in feeding is as important
as either of the other requirements. Ba-
bies cry as often from everfed too fre-
queutly as from hunger. Let the mother
obey the dictates Of common sense in this
manner aud not force food into a baby's
stomach for every little complaint it
makes.


Children Of three or four years old
need much more sleep than they usually
have. For irritable and nervous child :
rem sleep is a specific, and it can be-
secured to them only by the force of
habits. Many light forms of disease may
be cured by keeping child in UNIFORM
temperature and in quiet.-Jouraat Of
Chemistry.
Year: 1872

One OF the fashionable churches in
New York has adopted an expedieut for
attracting the curious of its congregation
to church which, costing nothing, might
perhaps be adopted with profit elsewher
At the rear of the church is kept hang
ing slate bearing upon it list of we'd
dings to be celebrated, which, it is found,
proves efFectual in increasing in attend
anee of young ladies in divine service.
Year: 1872

For the first time in the court annals of
Maryland, man has sued woman for
refusing to marry him. He lays his dam
age at $4,000, and the woman now should
keep her pramise just to punish such a
fool.
Year: 1872

the class by these means the necessity of
observation followed up" In the course
of his remarks he spoke Of an incident in
his own fife, when. overlooking a surgical
operation on a child's throat ne witnessed
the grain of corn it had swallowed taken
from it. and immediate relief was the
consequence. This was among the causes
that led him to adopt the profession of
surgery In his allusion to consumption and
diphtheria he spoke of the fact that the ply
sican is not called IN, as general thing,
until it is too late, and when all he could do
was to give burial certificate-both dis
eases could be cured by applied science.
He was not a believer in "a code of ethics"
nor in reading chapter of such stuff every
morning: he who would do so intends to
cheat his neighbor' for every one knows
what is right and can follow it without any
ethics to guide his steps.


One of the cases be alluded 10 was where
lady had called upon him as family
physician. He, accepted the trust, pro-
vided the lady would stop practicing her
self. He spoke OF how frequently the habit
was followed of practicing simultaneously
with the physician. The lady had a book
of domestic medicine in the house which
was the matter with the children, and
then, said he, "they were sure to be
dOsed." He advised her to put away that
book-pot to iooh into it-or at least to put
il. away with the Bible on top of it, and he
was sure she would not look into it.


These practical remarks being finished.
the professor addressed himself more par
tieuarly TO the students. and then bowed
them formal farewell


DR.. Lafayette G.. Durr, under the name
throng rhapsody upon what might be
called the universally Of system order and
beauty in the works Of action which, as ~
work of composition. was highly tinctured
with the rose color and as an effort OF el0cu-
ton, did not succeed SO well. probably on
account of the emotions Of the speaker.
The customary farewell 10 the professors
was couched, in the same eloquent language
that marked the tirsv portion of the address.
and was delivered with great feeling. The
elegant appearance of the young gentleman.
his tall and graceful form added not little
to the impressiveness of the scene. and
showed him a fitting representative OF
his class, whose n6uthpiece he was. The
grim old professors sat upon the platform.
and saw in the fresh faces Of the long list
o. 1bn
occupied front seats, a rejection OF their
own youthful ambition, which the world
had undoubtedly given. some very hard
knocks, and in the large tirong triumph
for their arduOus scholastic labors. whose
achievement was present before them.
Year: 1872

The first presentation OF DOnnlZettI 5
sparkling opera of Don Pasquale" was
civen last night before a moderately full
house and with great success. The music
of this opera is of that light and brilliant
character that charms the ear and leaves
delightful impression upon the heart, while
it is not so long as to weary the listener.
closing, at it does, before ten o'clock.


We have some pleasant recollection OF
Madame Durand's impersonatlon OF the
role Of Louise several years ago, upon the
occasion of her debut in New Orleans as an
opera singer with the Brignoli troupe. Since
then she has, by careful study. greatly i'm
proved, both as an actress and singer, and
last night she distinguished herself by the
charming manner in which she rendered
the character of the dashing Lonise.


Her acting deserves especial mention,
being perfectly natural and unconstralned'
and we can not refrain from compliment
ing her on the richness and elegance OF her
costumes. She was frequently and warmly
appIauded for her artistic singing, and
shared in several recalls during the evening.


Mr.. Elum's Ocfare was all that could be
desired. He certainly has very much in
nroved of late. and uses his uncommonly
fine voice with much more telling effect
than in the first of the season. lie was
rapturously applauded for the splendid man
ner in W hich he san. the famous serenade,
and was called out to receive the we'll de-
served complme nts OF i,s - audience san me
serious Perie act and sing the comic role OF
Don Pasouole so we'll. and we think his yer
satillitv something remarkable.


Mr.. Solve as the Doctor made all that
can be made from the character, W hlch is
only minor one at best.
Year: 1872

Between ten and eleven o'clock last night
rain began to fall, and it was still wet at
the time of going to press. The weather
probabilities indicate rain to-day, which
will seriously interfere with the procession
in the celebration of st. Patrick's Day. We
unite with the public generally in the hope
that the probabilities may not become
reality.
Year: 1872

The commencement exercises of the medl-
cal department., University of Louisiana,
took place yesterday in the Odd Fellows
Hall, and were of most pleasing character
throughout.


The hall began to fill at an early hour
with those who were interested in the cere'
monies about to take place, and as the time
for the beginning arrived the hall was filled.


The school has deserted the temple, and
come out into the view OF the people. Its
amphitheatre is empty. Shadows only fit
in its dissecting room; and although the
body of medicine is subject to yearly fune-
raj, and now lies entombed in the m edical
department the spirit is here, and exhibits
itself. , Unlike the other learned profess
sions the curriculum Of the college requires
daily practice of what the professors
preach, and the daily visits to the bedside
of poor suffering humanity unite the clinic
with theory. Long before the matriculant
is entitled to a diploma he is familiar with
the great struggle of life with death-a bat
tie that is eternal, and whose ebb and flow
are everlasting. The graduating class have
been schOoled in the maxim that their real
work las just begun-that the comforting of
the degree is but commencement of
their labOrs-that they are now upon the
threshold of their career. They have been
educated to minister to the mind diseased,
for the body never is IN infliction that the
mind is not to be physicked, and its broken
hopes and shattered tancies healed first OF
all.


The alumni, or, in popular phrase, the
men who have "been there BEFORE" gather
about the hall in various groups and hob
not with the graduates. Acquaintaces ar
rive, ladies sweeping up the stairway with
great aiacrity, mothers as we'll as sisters,
elder brothers and fathers. Am ong the
audience faces of those who ornament both
the bench and bar are recognized, and the
whole audience was one of the most intelli-
gent gath rings ever seen in the city.


The young gentlemen who act as ushers,
and whose accommodations are eagerly
sought have handed the last visitor into
seat. and the crush has simmered down into
stiffness not even broken by the soft rustic
Of silks and satins. when the ball begins to
roll and the dull grind of the mill where
physicians are made is heard.


DR.. L. G. Richardson. the dean. after the
corps of professors and State di9nitaries
have taken their seats in solemn composure.
announces the beginning of the ceremonies
in calling the list of graduates, who, as their
names are called. rise in their seats until
the entire line in front is taken up with the
graduating clasS.


Hon. Randell Hunt. president of the Uni
versity, then rose and in an impressive
manner conferred the degree of Doctor III
Medicine upon the following gentlemen.
who sat down doctors where they rose
~, medical students.
Year: 1872

A young woman in Pennsylvania Is re-
ported to have been quite cured OF con-
sumption by the internal use of kerosene
during many months. If any young man
should make a mach with her thus hiled,
would she be more apt than the ordinary
run of wives to blow him up!