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ED~TARLD A. BIOSSAT] 'IE WOPLD IS G-OVERN ED TOO MSTUCII IPTULISIE14 VOLUME 26.} ALEXANDRIA, LA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1871. iNUMBER 35. lIT DEMOCSRAT" is publiished Week ly. at FIVn D)oI.LAItS per annum, Tritri for sic kto:Ith+, p1yahle in advanco No Sbs.cription taken for a less period than Six 3Ionths. AD igirT 3fl1 3AtT3 inserted at the rate orfl1 5') pea squ.tARl for the first insrtio'n an'd 75 cev:rs for each subse qtlnt tone. Eight lines or less, consti tate a s'aro. The fodlowing are our rates to yearly Advertisers: One Colnmn...........-----------. $300 00 HTalf Colmnlll ................... 175 00 Third of (olltmn -...............-. :10o 0 Fourlth of Coltumn ............, 100 00 Cards, (occuipying space of eight lines, or lss, ) .................. 20 00(' Obitnry ' ,lices, M1arriages, lullic Meetings, Cards of Thanks, etc., to bh paid for as advertisements. r- 'p r emtl cards, wlh'n admissible ......... ril t,:, .1. Si-ml, lalrl :ulvert i s oetslg~ll f . NEW ORLEANS 0ID.l The Weed F. F. Sewing Machine. Lock Stitrh, Straight Xeedle-and sews alike on both sides. D OES gathering and sewing on at same Stime--h:as hemtoer 1(d f'.ll1er coo: bitted, plain foot and braider combined wiil do all kinds of famnily, plantation and maninaficttnuing sewing. Our No. 2 Ma chine is the best ever introduced for tail orting, a..d our manufacturing Maciue is the largest in the United States. Every Machine Warrant. d Three Years Call and see us before purchasing else. where. BRUNSON, TIFFANY & 00. Agents, No. 179 Canal Street, NEW ORLEANS E Agents and solicitors wantcd. Oct 5-6m uno W, H. ROGERS WITH R. SPROULE & MoCOWN, " DIALERS IN Fine Custom-Made Clothing -and GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, Nos. 40 and 42 St. Charles St., Opposite St. Charles Hotel, NEW ORLEANS WI E CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO the tact that we have no1w on hand the largest stock and greatest variety of a finue class of Gent's Custom-Made Clothing and Furnish ing Goods, ever brought to this market. 'We have a buyer in the New York market all the year round; our material is bought exclu sively for cash-cut and made at our own Intanufactory, and shipped to us weekly. We can safely say with such advan'tages tlhat we can keep constantly on hand a better assortment, later styles, and sell lower than other dealers in our line. We "keep a very large stock of the celebrated STAR SHIRTS, made expressly for our trade, and do reecinnmend them as the best made, best fitting and most economical shirt to be had. R. SPROULE & McCOWN, 40 and 42 St. Charles st., " New Orleans. p' SPROULE & McCOWN. Memphis, Tenn. SPROULE & MANDEVILLE, Louisville, Ky. SPROULE & HIIARRIS, St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 1, 1871-3m. ca GEO. SWARBRI:aK. J. D. KENTOS SWARIBRICK & CO., GROCERS S-and- No. 59 Camp Street, NEWI ORfEANS, LA July 3 '67-tf i Bloomington, Ill., Nursery. 600 ACRES-19rTm YEAR--IO GREEN HOUSES. RJIUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES L" Nuraery Stock, Root Grafts, Grapese. Evergreenus. Shrubs, Roses, Hedgte and lireenhhonse Plants. Flower Bulbs, for Fall. Talips, etc. Colored Fruit anrd Flow er Plates-all at wholesale nld retail. Saud 10 cents for catalogmes. F. K. PHROENIX, Bloomington,. Sept 7-im ech, lliuaois. S NEW !RLEANS CARDS. tUFFICIENT PROOF OF TIlE SIPERIORITT -IF BUCK'S BRILLIANT OVER ALL OTHER Cooltg ix~ tSovos -ARil' Tll': L'OLLOW\VING 'TI I IU P -IS. F MIST PREMIUM at the St. LouisFair, 18iti. First l'remimn ait thel, St. Louis 'air, I1=17. Gohl Medal at the Louisintan t ate Fa:ir. 1t6S. First I'reiumi o at the St. ounits Fair, 18ti8. First Premium at the lemphis Fair, 1,Si9. 'The,. greatest victory ach.eved by BUCK'S S;:ILLIAN'T was at the Liiisiana State air, '1870, where lthe JIUILLIANT was wa.dtled thi GOLD 1ME1).AL after actual rial in baking bread in competition with the Charter Oak and ten other leading ctoves. E$.I 3 .- 1 .A Ia I Es X , Sole Agent, .o. 49 CAMP STREET, NEW ORLEANS SOLE AGENT FO1R llE1 CELEIRAT'1ED RINUEN WASHER -ALSo ole Agent for the Celbrated EPICUREl I O1LEUR. Oct. 13, 1870-1y bd DR. JNO, G. ANGELL, BDeutal Surgeo3n, 2- J ..... 'LIA STIEEET......... 152 rear Camp, NEW ORLEANS INFORMS the Medical profission and others that he has constantly on hand for sale a comlllplete :ssortmllenlt of Ban ning's celebrated Trusses. Spinal Shoulder Ir:aces, Abdlulinal Supporters, &c., for the prevtlt iOilo, arrest an1d total ere oftIen of Rupture, Piles, Constipation ant Chron ic Diarrhea, Der;angeumlets and Ex.renle Disl.acemientn of the Wonmb, D'spepsia in11 Nervons Affections, Spinal Welakess anid Deicr.uity, Brll chitis and Weakness f the I uags, Prolapsue Ani and Weak less of the male arid female system. These valuable appliances are unequal ed for comfort and satisfaction to the pa tient, and are sanctioned by the Medical profession throughout the United States anrd Europe as the hIst adapted to fulfill the purpose for which they are intended; and the Trusses and Braces are adoifted by the U. S. -Government for the ule of the army andt navy. Terms Cash. Send our his pamphlet. It is better to call. Aug. 10, 1870-1y. H. PI BUCKLEY, 8 Camp St., New Orleans, WATCHMAKER, AoD -ALERt IN. Fine ~itches, eelry, Sil; e:ware & Spectacles. ALSO G-TTJNS AND PISTOLS. F'. A.... BONIT C -WITIHi TA.TE & CO.J WHlOLE ALE& GROCERS: --DEALERS IN 's- .'.'. Z? 0. ff l /CA', WINES, LIQUORS, TOB:(CC() & CIGARS. Corner COMMON, PETERS and FUL TON Streets, NEW ORLEANS LA Oct. 12, 1870-ly ud THE KEY TONE, A NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. B'EST NOWV MADE !--Received Highest J Prermiuu Louisiana State Fair, 1870! Makes Luck Stitch--ises straight tieedle 1and sews alike on both sides of the cluth. Address, W. H BAIKREMOIIE, General Agent, * 138 Canal st., New Orleans --Agents wanted in Lonisiana. wopt. 21-6m e FlIRST CLASS JOURNALS ONLY J. Curtis Waldo, ADVERTISING SOLICITOR, office with Babwoek Southern Fire Extinguisher Co.G, 28 Carondelet St, (up stairs,) New Orleanos REFERs ro--Messrs. Townsend & Ly man, Samrnl. Smith & Co., B3. T'. Walshe. CARPET WAREHOUSE, A. BROUSSEAU & CO., IMPORTERS 19 CHrATRZS ST., New Orleans,La. FFER for sale at low prices-Carpet Lu ing, Erglish and American, of all kinds. Floor Furniture and Enameled Oil Cloths. Matting,500 rolls Chi na, 100 piecel Cocoa Window.Shades, Table and Piant Covers. Crumb Cloths, Drugget Linen and Felt. Curtains, Lacc, Reps, Worsted Damask, etc. Furniture Covering, Liner and Cotton Stripes. Cornices,Bands,Pius etc. , mo6ly PRIVATE BOARDING. l-Phasdn• and well ventilated Rooms, with or without Board, on be had at No. 234 Canal Street, Corner of Franuklin, New Orleans, La. Best of reference. given. Termos Molderate. *MISOELLANEOU -. The Great Medical Discovery! Dr. WALEExR' OALIPORIA VINEGAR BITTERS, Hundreds of Thousands SBear testimony to their wonderfn * Curative Eirects, WHAT ARE THEY? ma tplro" todrunkennessand ,butareatrue Medicine, male 1font the Native Root ý and Stimulant.. . Tuoy a"o"idBATELOOD M t"A PURIt~ 'LE anTLIF .G IV INGP RN CItLE, a pBo'!et Liruorsr and or igurator ,t i .d e tw vte ma, e:u'rT ineoa a.pot s, nous matter, p rector-ng the b.ooi l to sarhe h condition. t. pperson cau take the.s a tnrs, utcor aing to "'.-:es or omher means, and tie votal organs h. "; a al ,.i.n the pfent of rmpn Ur. I}oLE a r. .e.La• toryi and iChrouro lher ex s iotsim, ra4 Goit. nD I eitan, o r Indr - . ti . Brlious, t emle b ent. and Inter: Mt l c.ltp tetrs, Dis ý ases o th5 Bloodsp ivets , iand ofue Liquors,n udor, h Bit tors ha', ben most eL"L,.::. Such dia odes v'i cal tgo ary Vitiated calood, which in Arrrtize ronuces. by der , thgemat yen of the ai or >ir teas: , t stomach, ann stimulate o the tor un' liver n a rbowels, which render true ,f . fl~ed i~ tary i d ,lea nin g the b.oolo t ie a i:: iet, nd ipartom tinw ife aoots and i Dysesita of orI frIndigestion, lleadohnelia in timulantou. r, oer h ant 'a'es of the PURt. Dizies, at LIF oml,ad Taste in Ieart, Copiou. 1sarge. of aTrind Pain iato the re:.ons of the Klnes, to a hu:ndred other. i : impurltlo bur ating through the skin i Pi tm ple, Eruption, or ores; cleanse i when i is i'a *' iti given for an ilo le l ble m r e, t roa tont, and your feelins will tell you whenor. Keep ti. blood I tre iand thahath of the sytem Ic, TiAPEt, tan other WORMS, luraing inr , he asystem o. so many thousand., are effectally arnlmd each a r otle, p rinted in four len i li. lihouserman, Frlenlch, ant. ansh.nte r. W ACKEpo, 3] & 3i Commeree Street, N. In Pit3prt itr. or Dli. McDONALD th CO., od, iver, idDre. ristrd anB ddo eneral Ae.it es Franes o, Calift1iie and anBlood, omie its mrit..lr oiy preslnce bb durstin ment of the pDi e tr tn, o. ar. Ocult. and5th, 1 t:reitomach, l0. stimuoate Sto. 5 Schroeder an St., Baltimore, Md. Manufacturers of PORf TAPBLE AND STATIONARY u of Steam Engines a nd B oilers, RIST MILLS or, TIMBER WHEELS, r' ' Shin.8. gle Machnhes. & h. Dealers ot Circut . r SawsDiin, rBelting flioad Mill gpins eneraoull, i.ita nnthcks, etrer agent f the Leffls Copious elebrated Trb Watr WheelPain in hand every desc riptio, nd ao Wohundred Workin Meahimery. GRIChULTURALe opring E o Cn thd for Descripti vel:l Cer yatalogues afind its imP rituring triceh the skin in Pi foiod, and your feelings wil tell you when. eoen Du 2, 1870-nd other . lur GRAGED ECORE WEEKLY PACKET. thLeaves New Orleans every arTuesday at 5 P. MAlexandria every Sat-nd removed. For fur day at 1 the M. - irclar THE NEW AND FAST RUNNINA nlSteam BerangiFrench, and Boanish. Proprietor. II.................. AMaste CO., AS been placed penermanl Aently i. tnie trade, as above, and will leave in:.gLB;i3 s pu all as advertised. fac For frers eiht PORTABLE AND STATIOSSATRY Steam Engines and Boily entir stok in thers, ang, MulaGrcery Storeand ash Coffee Millse to Maci ieylo MaGChlT, &c. Dealers in LeopCirlar Wes. Returning d ill tsu for the liberal, ant nnag .bestowed o. me, f Level's Celwbrlted T erbery WTer Wdyeel would respectfully solicit a continuance o i at . MARKS, B Kr AYo S. Schwerin. ied are hereby . ot.led to come for ward and forsettle by thive 15thlogues andrh. After that datic I shall pLilacstsall naid claims iNew tOrlhe hans ofve ryan Atorney M. MARKS, S8-2. -Aleper po S. every Sat-hwerin. S poial Notice I - LL persoWs. indebted to us for th year 187be wille please come fdrwari nd settle theirc accoluts by the nath o March, or we shall be compelled to pine the same in the hands foau Attorney f.. March 8, 1871-St. Wall Paper andBordering ARlE SCREnmS I AND"d ToESTRe nRiPA lpers-e large.e assortmento new i patie terns, just received apl for sale. unTace Nails of the proper i for 'canvassing. a was kept in stock by SH. ST. JOHriN. PERIODICALS. TIlE GREAT IGLISI & SEITCI IJliTRiUIS -and BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. REPRINTED IN.NEW YORK BY The Leonard Scot. Publishing Co. QUAnTllTELY. 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No shingle name can obtain thelike ness under $2 50. We open the year with a new aid bril liant story, by Mary J. Taylor scenes laib in the Soutlb, ibefore.the war, and.timefirs presentatio* of a true picture of 8Southen life Order specimen copies. )lake ui your clubs, and send at once Addres: DAY.BOOK. 1682 Nassau street New Yorl Ci.y,. " .. " MISCELLANEOUS. SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MED)ALS AWARlDED THE GREAT Southern Piano Manufactory F WM. KNABE & CO., MAxUFACTruPER o0 Grand, Square and Upright - PIANO FORTES 1 f.4Z2 2 1JA'B, AtD. F A TIHESE INS RU in ents have been before the pub. lie for ncoafly thirty F years, and upon their " O excellence alone at- ' tained an unpurchased pre-eminence, which prouonunces thenm unequaled. Their TONE comltines great power, sweetness and fine iF singing quality, as well as great purity of Intonation, and sweetness throughout the F entire scale. Their • TOUCII A is pliant and elastic, and entirely free from the stiffness fimnd in so many Pianos. IN WORKMANSIIIP they are unequaled. using none but the very best seasoned maaterial the large capi tal employed in onr businTs enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of Inmbet, &c,, on hand. EpI All our SQUARE PIAXOS have 6 our New Jnproved Ove strnug Scale and G the AGRAFFE TREBLE. L We would call special attention to our late improvenments in GRAND PIA. NOS and SQUARE GR.ANDS, Patented a August 14th, 1866, which bring the Piano nearer perfection than has yet been at tained. s Every Piano fully Warranted for 5 Tears. r We have made arrangemaents for the t Sole if7oleeale Agency for the most Cele- t hinted PAIRLOR ORGANS and MELO DEONS, %hich we offer Wholesale and u Retail, at Lowest Factory. Prices. 11 WM. KNAfIE & CO r Dec. 21, 1870-6m. Baltimore, Md. HEARTH AND. 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Orders for large or small auantities promptly executed. Nurserymen and Dealers supplied o-the most liberad terms. Packing lone in the most perfect man ner. ( Catalogues, descriptive and wholesale, seut tree to all applicants. Address, C. C. LANGDON & CO., Mobile, Ala. J, COMPTON FRENCH. of Alexandria, is our duly authorized and sole ageut for Rapides and adjoining Parishesn in Louisi ana. C. C. LAINGODON & CO. Oct. 26-3m. NOTICE TS hereby given to the people of Rapides .. Parish that thb Annual Assessment on Income and special tax on Liquor' deqlern .will be made at Alexandria from March 4th, 1871, to March 21st, 1871. Of flee hoursi from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. Assees m ent on Income front December 31st, 1889, ,to December 31st, 1870. Special tax on SLiquor dealers from May, 1871, to May, -IaR,. Persons who are subject tp the Sabovq assesement and who do not report within the peaseibed time will be deal with according to law. JOHN DEEGAN; Aest. Assesor 4th 1Br, 2 Dist. Las. March 1; 18l-tf. " i - RAPIDES HfOUR ITT MRS. L. REAGAN, PROPRIETRESS. D ing furnished at the lowest market.ates. ,The. I .House is situated on tte: $A IYOU ROBERT ROAD, In the rear a Sthe Baptist Church. Feb. 83d. " . 1LEW AND ERESH BRAN-JUST RE E LV.celved, at Biousat's Warehouse, 2o0 S $CKgS BRAN. FOREVERL Forever and ever tle reddening leaves de Float to the sodden grasses; ec Forever and ever the shivering trees at Cower and shrink to the chilling breeze thait sweeps from the far-off sullen seas, . To wither them as it passes. t Forever an4ever the low gray sky .toops over the sorrowful earthl a; Forever and ever the steady rain Falls on bare bleak hill and barren plalp, n And flashes on roof add windo\v-pane, And hisses upon the earth. as co Forever and ever the weary thongbfs Are tracing the self saute track; Forever and ever, to and fro. he On the old unchaiaging road they go, Thto' dreanuing and waking, thro' joy and goe, m Calling the dead bouts back. by Forever and ever the tired heart no Polders o'et evil done; th Forever and ever thro' clond and gleam, i, Tracing the course of the strong life stream. And drearyand dull as the broken dream, gr Forever the rain rains on. of cearsey's Got It I 'The editor of the Bulletin iuforms the public that he.discovered, a few evenlpgs since, on the steps of the an Gazette offioe, a mysterous package h which instantly sent a thrill of horror through all his aensitiye brganization, f and inspired the far that it was a in nest of snakr. IBHaveigypoked it with a stick, to assurehimselfthat it woullnt protrude forked and v enom o o as tongues, he heroically captured Te he thin,,, and bore it off in ecstatic tri- T nmph to his sanctumn, where it now hangs on the wall a "curiosity and a mystery." The gentlemen of the South-Western office were summoned,, examined, and pronounced it achignon, n whereupon the Bulletin wants to know. if it is. a chignon, "how the d- came it on the steps of the Gazette of- . flee," and asks if the junior editor of h this paper has lost auything out of his cabinet of curiosities.. Responding categorically, we ans- a wer that we have not lost anything 9 ainsewering' the graphic' description , given.: We areglad, however, that the Bulletin'editor has-found ! He has had r "chignoas, high-heeled boot, &c., on the brain quite a #ufflpient time for something to occur to give.ibm.;f, lie IHe hasait, anu claims to, kglrve foto it on the steps of the Gasette, ofme,- e Well perts so, but the lost article being in his possession might tead peo pie to believe that he felhbeirbSo it in a more natural way. '.ommei the , Bulletin editor; "ts ·a a sly one,ut ' the wildest fox sometimes loses a tail. In this instance, ir o.w v ev r, . strange to relate, the lyold fox carried , offmore hair than be sotar"with! Keep your trophy neighbor-we want it not-and it will, doualtle e prove a k soureoof inspirnion and pleasure in jj your lonely hours. P.' 8.-In olden times' the brave and M chivalrous -knights , were content to v wear "a braid of their fair lady's'bair," a but the editor of the Balletih tMkeeiuilI of the hair off ofthe bl;t ofJi l. y' ' lhead!.--[Shreveport Gr ast.atandlag. DEGRADATION OF SWEARING.--It is fi no mark of a gentleion to. swear- e The most .worthless a vit!, hte re- it fause of mankin, 'the d8unkard and the t prostitute, swear as well as the best a dressed nd eacated gentleman. No l particular endowimente are reqldsibt to 1 give a Onisihto thel~aketca sing. The I' basest and meanestaof imankind swear I wilh as muachtaet andd illas the most a refined; and be.tl~t wishes.tolegrsde I r hbiimseffta the b~yg o.yest level of pol- I latiomn sad h , should learn to be a common swearer. Any .man has tal e eats enlghtolearg, curse Godt and imprecate pehltion on thbmnselves qnd their felliw-inen. Pro~ , ksinarlng Snever qid any mantb ?gd. NOman is the richer, or wiser or happier for I . it. It helps. no one'se utation or iman I.ncrse. It commends noone to any so Sciety. ~:'It is disgausting o the relned, abominable to the goodf inosultag to those with whom we assoiate; 4ep' ding~to the mind; anroftllable, need Sleau.and injurious to sciety, and wan Stoaly to.profane Hispame, to call His a vengeance dawn, to eurse Him, and to f- invoke ii. rep geace, is perhapsof all offenesl'thb mostawfal in the sight of ' God.-[Louth. S: eorr Reed, on' of th; eagi ueeat of the lltkted steambobt, W. B. Arthat,. wrote a. letter tt; his Wife in this plarC requestag lbet tineet, he Ioet at Cairo on its .dowdn rd trip, statinj that be tiestry) herw t bring his three 'ittle ekitdren *nd accompany him on the rtp ito' New Orleans and return. The letter, on some accounot, k was delayed,' and did' not reaeh Mrs Retee fntil it was toilatse to resdh'~Cai ra in tiithe to meet the boat, othbwise Bshe would have gone.--Carlyte ( i.) of Icstltnttou. . SW A country bog who had read of sailors heaving up ancbors, wanted to 4know i it was.sea siekaess that made th do, it. io8!hern StatesatSalp. A bright, trenchant writer, says tIIe .'ew Orleans amercial Bulletin, who loes the editing for a Baltimore Epta nopal sheet, talks with hishead level about the impoliey and detrimnsitof -zclnding Southern statesmanship from he national couneils. His photograpl. )fSoutlerni mongrel relnmsentatihm is apt, vivid and truthful. Read him: '"If the world, as whave said, does not exhibit as rapid a rise n progress as America presented under Southern ronnela, neither can it surprems the audden and profound descent: which has been made since Southern ;'men were driven off by the aggressive nease ofRAliealismw, and kept oat y 'its' continued riunmlh. 'Phese is not a material or political interest of his.coantry which has not detoriated in Radical hands. "The change in our condition is as ,reat as from the genial' tempertan e f Sumner to the freezing atmoasphero of mid winter. ,n nothing bave we progressed under Radical rule save in the whlolesale increase of debt, nation ii and State, and in taxation unequal ed in any part of the jprld, and in an amount of official corruption which has never been surpasas from the carl iet hist hitory of mankind. Yet i the face of these facts Radiealism persists in ostracising and excluding from tihe national conncils the statses of that section which has heretoforefurnished - as our wisest and srafest guides snd leaders in prosperity and adversity. The race which claims` tonsanguini'ty with Washinton, Jefferson, Madisoin, Calhounn, Clay and other f hl t -ahd numberless stars in our polirical arma ment, are consigned to oniward dark ness, whilst the farthing tallow Sips of carpet-Baggers are put in their place. "The very sight is protenteas of woe -those lean and il formed kine, who harwesten up the fat fleshed and well favosaed, those empt,asd blasted ears of corn which devour ,: tfnUll- sa'd and good ears. And- in ,asste once Roman in its integrity and power, and on the veryspot, where tiae ouatlhpara giant once stood, t~l now sae, As rep resentatives qfo the. South, jiarrow browed, stuned, evil-eyeid adleeatmres and "calawage, who lock like the Im peitent Thief. And this at sajunctae when the county needs, more than ever, epecially in the state of our for eigm relation, its best statesmamssip. The South does not ask to. coptiol this country; but as its future fate la boaed up with the rest, to have seome voice 'ino control and in the general guid ante. Is not ats areasonable requestt 'Do not the laterests of the- country de mand that it abhouidbe grasted." SOJaBLE GaCarar Dru.-"Aewdye, known as seoluble garnet, is.omiag largely into favor in Europe, on -so count of the brilliancy af its colors, which are similar t, loop -o btaine4 w~i orchil, and much o b bre stable. en exposal to Ibgtt ai a % It is iib amaoia l of salt of i-0opuatpwio ,0d, ,d Ah i tfibed b' ites t to at a metallik cyomide upon plcrie ati' It is capable of furnisthing all shades, from garnet to chesnat browai amid, combining readily with otherpigmests, it can be thus made to give an addi tionial varietyof tints. In dying wood and. silk, an organic acid, suchb' acet ic or tartaric, i to be adde, to the bath, mnleral acids being unsnaible.-. The dye bath satppld be tepida o- d in the beginninsag. Different shades of red asd brown are thus obtainejie pending upon the concentrtiona ptpe bstho e natore of the.m.ad . and the time of tbq operation. Ca .o L aa Cas;xl.-Take one quart of milk or -cream, three squares of chocolata, one ounce of gelatin sad half a cp of sugasr. Scrape the chaoeo late fine; stir it into theamilkg dia solve tha gelatine in a, cap of amilk. Beat up sx eggs; mix all together; put it into a msecepan. Let it very laot, bt nt .-boil -Lr itrhile heating. Strain .* into a meadd; st it to cool fie lF ir homn. Wiea cold, turn it into a diah. lpup half a pint of rearm; ad ay It frYid the dish."' I W It will begtLfyug t. the mem bers of the Caitholle Church'to leurn that the Cham.ber of the Itihian ,v Sernment bas assigned regal honors and a body-~na to the Pope. Sing a stripped of temporal power ly the abso.rption o the Statp of the Church intdllhe Kingdom of Italy., thisoon s cession may have the t.endao .,to Sreeoncile the differences wh.lhave I arrisen between Abe Pope amn ing SVictor EmanueL--[8.hreveye Getteo and Flag. . .. . - e W Pray beatew yore char t y, young gptlonseu , on a pobr blind man," sidP a bggar to a persons saag by. f'If you are blid, my good f fellow, how did you know rthat I was o yoangt" "Oh! -i, Imadea mitake," ogd thebegga, "pray giv a ate to * a lpoet dumib insa,"