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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20
A Good Dog Story.

Onr Dumb Animals tells rs good dog
story ~ Chelsee Inan, once upOn time,
before the running of horse cars, came to
Boston with his young wife, to attend the
opera. The lady was so fascinated that
she refused to leave until the final drop Of
the curtain. Then, to the CONSERVATION OF
both. it was fonnd to be so late as to raise
u serious doubt whether the IL O'clock
Chelsea ferry-boat could be reached; aud
that was the last trip for the night. New
ertheless, they hurried down Hanover
street, but only to fad, as they feared,
that the boat had gone. There was moth.
ing left for them but to foot it along Com.
mercial street to Charlestown bridge. and
through Charlestown, over Chelsea bridge,
a long. dreary walk, and one which ut
that time bad q bad reputation, by reason
of some recent assaults committed on be-
.ated pedestrians. The lady was greatly
alarmed and very unwillingly went for.
ward. But as they We're hurrying along
a strange, savage bufl dog accosted them,
much to the disgust and alarm of the lady
who bid him "be off." Of which, however
he took no notice, but after smelling
aronnd fi..aily made mp his mind that they
would answer his purpose and that he
would theirs, and SO deliberately trotted
along after them. Wien they reached the
long and .reary Chelsea bridge, nothing
induced the lady to venture forward b, I
the presence OF this strange dog. AS they
We're nearing the centre of the bridge, 9
slouchy man was d covered ahead lean
ing against the rail of the bridge, wlt
Immediately, on tiscovering the approach
ing party, began to move forward toward
them. to the special CONSERVATION of thu
trembling woman. The gentleman spok,
III an nndertsne to the dug, who seemed
to understood the position, and to be mas
ter Of it, to-, and left his place for TIN
front; and as they approached the suspic
ions man, greeted him with q savag,
growr and appeared ready for a spring.
The sight and sonnd Of the dog acted IA
charm on the man. and he slnDk ava,
from the path, and allowed the party to g
along unchalienged The trio reache,
home in safety; aud. it is hardly necessar,
TO say. the strange friendly dog was col
daily welcomed into the honse and fc,
and lodged prince of dogs as he ha,
shown himself to be The next morniu
| the dog took his departure, without leay
ing his name or residence, aud was neve
afterward seen ny the persons whom b
had so mysteriousiy and effectively bs
| friended.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

" A novel case was tried recently
in the court house ut Greenville, Ala.
The Montgomery Advertiser says
Judge NJ. C. Lane brought suit against
Miss Josephine Hutton for fee. The
lady appeared in court, pleaded her
own case, examined witnesses, and
made long speech to tire jury. Her
reason for appearing was that she did
not believe an honest lawyer was to
be found in the country. She said
among other things that if an earth
quake was to come, and the clouds
were to fall, she believed the first thing
thought ofby the lawyers would be
the collection Of their fe preparatory
to entering upon that long journey in
search of future home, deep down in
the dOminions of his satanic majesty,
whittier they were all slowly but sure
ly tending. s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

A REMARKABLE REPoRTER.-The n.
Y. World says this of George Wake
man, New York Journalist who died
few days ego: "He was sent by the
World in August. 1866. TO Philadel-
pliia to report the proceedings of the
famous johnson convention. In this
he w;ss assisted by Mr.. Joi,n c. Jacobs,
now member nf the Assembly, but
then an attache of the World staff.
The World report of the convention
was remarkable for its fulness and ac-
euracy, but the oceasianea tried Mr..
Wakeman's qualities of readiness and
presence of mind in curious manner.
On the night of the assembling of the
convention, John w. Forney mounted
rostrum in the street; and in wild
and bitter speech harangued the crowd
toiynch the Southern delegates. Mr..
Wakeman happened to be on the spot,
and occupied a position where he
could hear every word the deniagogue
uttered. but unfortunately he had lift
his notebook at his hotel. In the uu-
certain light of a Pickering lamp, and
.jostled by an excited crowd, me took
down every word of the crazy speech
upon his wristbands and shirt-collar
and two envelopes. The next morning
the speech appeared yeTbdtim in the
World, but it read very differently from
the calm and carefully revised report
in Mr.. Forney's own paper of the same
date.n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20
"pap Thomas"
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT OF THE
LATE WAR.

The death Of Cen. Geo: H. Thomas,
briefly announced yesterday was a
shock to the people of Louisville mi
versally, whether they liked the man
or sympathized with his war career or
not He left us so little while ago.
full of manly and qniet vignr--a man
who looked the impersnnatiUn, Of a
City years longer lease of life.
To the readers abroad it MAY he
necessary to say that Col. Watkins
married the daughter of Gen. Rousseau
about the close of the war-died in
New Orleans. and his body was brought
with that Of his distinguished father
m-law, a few mouths ago, for inter,
ment In our beautiful cemetery at
Cave Hill. :
JUST after the battle of Nashville.
Col Watkins, on Cen. Tbomhs, staff.
approached the General with free
and cordial manner, as ifstlie request
he was about to make conld not be
denied: ''General, you know have a
sweetheart, Miss--Ronsseau whom
l have not seen for months. A leave
of absence, if you please, for weeks. y
To the dismay OF poor Watkins, Thomas
shrugged his shoulders. Watkins.
seeing that some intercession was
necessary, reminded the General Of
his youth, the artlor of snch years and
such attachments, and referred to
some probable history of the General
in such matters. Gen. Thomas qniet-
ly and soldierly replied: watkins,
lvr been there and the truth is that
| too have a sweetheart; and / have
not seen her for more months than
yon have yours for 40 many weeks.
And, what is more, have been mar
lied t" my sweetheart, and want to see
her as much as you do yours, and it is
likely more. Bnt WON'T let her come
to camp. A camp is no place for Il
wife. She is out of her element, and
it softens man. And won't go to see
my wife till my duty is ended and the
war over. What will not do myself
l will not allow you to do. Besides, l
have ~ raid to make in Mississippi!
aud Alahsma, and I decided this
morning that you were the men to lead
it. You will please report for duty
at 6 a. NJ" s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

PuT UNDER BoNps Nor TO KILL
HrMssLF-A dispatch from Worcester,
Massachusetts, says; "a few days ago
one John c. Dennis attempted to COM
nit suicide by shooting himself. He
failed in his design, however, being
only slightly Injured, and an attempt
was made to hush up the affair. But
the wonld- be- suicide has won noto-
riety which he evidently little nntici
pated. It is known that in England it
is an offense ut common law for per-
son TO attempt suieide, and instances
have occurred, where the parties have
been held for snch nifense. In the
early colonial times the common law of
England was adapted TO Massaclln-
sstts, baf it is stated there never has
been an instance in this State where il
has been applied in cases ofattempted
snicide. This afternoon, however,
Dennis was arraigned before Justice
Williams ON the charge of attempting
to commit suicide. The defendant
pleaded "giiilty," but the Municipal
Court having no Jurisdiction Of the
off'ense, he was ordered to give recog-
nizance with securities in $500 for hi.
appearance at the May term Of the
Superior Court.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20
D,s.GnEEAnrE ISc,prsr.-,ri

A DIsAGREEABLE INCIpENT.-'Tis
said man may be very clever fell
low both in the English and American
sense, and yet cannot keep a hotel.
We have reason to believe Judge r. C.
Downes and his estimable wife very
clever and know that they have an al
most Worldwide reputation for hospl-
tally; and good cheer. But yesterday
when it became necessary to make
some changes in the stewards depart
ment and in the kitchen If the Prentiss
House, a very disasreeahle and unex-
prcted consequence resulted. Many
Of the guests of the house, and Judge
Downes himself and some members Oi
his family were severely though fortu-
nately not mortally affected by eating
sonp which had been drugged OF pois-
oned. Several of our physicians were
promptly called and did all in their
power to ALLEVIATE the suffering OF
those who had partaken If the soup.
OF course warrants have been
issued for the arrest of the malefactors
and it to be hoped that judicial in
quiry will result in preventing any re-
petition of such MISUNDERSTANDING
Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

WE HOPE HE Is ANswEREp.-The
Magnolia Flower is not, as its name
would imply, sweetysccnted blossom
peculiar to our Southern cline. tits,
on the contrary, quite the reverse, be-
ing scalawag sheet which is run by a
lineal descendant of w. Jasper Black
burn, somewhat known to fame. Its
local habitntion is the otherwise res
pectable little village of Magnolia, Ark.
The editor thereof seems to have
waxed wrath at the appointment of a
Democrat to the Office Of Assessor for
the county of Hampstead, aud sternly
demands an explanation of the Wash
ington Post, paper of the same stripe,
"Isit SO? And by and through whose
Influence was it done 2" asks the irate
Blackburn, fills. The guilty party APP
pealed to thus responds:
s.The Post will enlighten you with
the information that the influence of
its editor was exerted in behalf of the
man who received the appointment,
but whether our influence secured it
we can't say. Were we Democrat,
we would further state as reason for
our action, that an honest Republican
could not be found in the county, but
that deiunct political organization, we
will tell the truth, which is, that we
knew of no competent Republican who
could keep away from rum key long
enough to collect the taxes, who could
fill the bond in time, hence our ac-
ton. ~ South Western.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20
The Montponsier Duel.
PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES or PRINCE
HENRY OF BOURBON.

Prince Henry of Bourbon ia thus de-
scribed in the Paris correspondence of
the London Daily News: "Havins
been personally acquainted with thu
deceased Prince, do not write about
him ON mere liearsay. / never met =
man who stngaled so hard against The
vices OF hereditary organization. His
Intellect seconded his aspirations very
impertectly. Though far from stupid.
he used to say, with some truth. of his
brain. that it vas like wet timber
which none of lis sacred FIRE could
light up into a>blaze, or even into a
dull, constant fire. He frequently be-
trayed a painful consciousness of those
mental inipeifec.ions. which. he said.
was the penalty royal families nav fs
nature for emancipating them from the
ordinary conditionsuthumanity. When
he found. himself in tie. company of in
telieetnal men, he hardly opened his ;
lips TO speak. | pursuance of,is Re-
publican ideas, he was very desirons
shortly before he last left Paris Of find
ing an American wife. His friends
We're negotiating marriage between
him and great Western heiress when
he was suddenly called to Madrid last
summer. Before leaving Paris the
Prince called upon a Boston lady who
had promised to make the match, and
said, putting his finger on his forehead:
Miss must not refuse any other Of
ter for me, for l hare presentment
that before very long bullet will cnre
the fevers of this poor, ardent brain.
! am SO convinced that violent death
stares me 10 the face, as to beg you
will transfer your , friendship to- my
poor little girl, whom / have been
obliged to leave in q convent in the
Fanbonrg St. GermaiD. Prince Henry
of Bourbon was in his, f0rty-fonrth
year. He was widower and leaves
four children. His eldest sen is lieu
tenant in the Spanish army, and is now
with his regiment in the Philippine
islands,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

A SHOCKING CASE OF HYDRoPHo-
BIA.-On Wednesday of last week. a
a citizen of Queens, Long Island, nam
ed Henry Klean,was attacked by a
ferocious dog and badly bitten. The
attack of the brute was observed by
Messrs. Rowland and Gillen, who
drove the dog away, and carried Klean
to the post-otiice, where his wounds
we're dr&ssed. He was afterwards re-
moved to his home, where he finally
recovered so ms to he able to resume
his everyday duties. On Thursday
last his conduct excited suspicion; he
complained of feeling dizzy Which was
attended by nausea and vomiting He
entered the lager beer saloon Of Mr..
Schmidt and asked for glass of lager,
which when offered he refused to ac-
cept and lefs the house. Under the
horse shed he observed pail of water
which lie franticaily seized and dashed
TO the groun,l. He then started on a
run for his residence. He dashed open
the door in paroxysm Of terror, yell
ling with delirinm and pain, frothing
from the mouth, and bleeding from the
nose Discontinued unrelieved in his
s,rffc,ings for abont an honr, and he
seemed to grow worse. it was found
necessary 10 cause his death by
smothering him between feather beds
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

DETERMINED SUICIDE Result Of not
Allo,ciag a Girl to Marry the Nan ofher
Choiee.--We copy as follows from the
Peoria Transcripts"
We have the following particulars of
a horrible suicide, which was commit
ted few miles sonth of Pontiac, on the
Chicago and Alton Railroad on Satur
day afternoon last: A girl by the name
of Lucinda North, aged about sixteen
years, living near that place, has been
for some time keeping company with a
man whom her father opposed. On
Friday they had a quarrel over the
matter, in which her father whipped
her and firally turned her out OF the
hnnse, and told her if she married tbs,
man in question he wonld kill her and
her husband. On Saturday afternoon
the engineer Of the train going north
discovered her, a short distance ahead
of the train, in the act of throwings her
bonnet, shawl and muff into the ditch.
She then deliberately lay down inside
the rails, with her head on one of them,
and brckoned the engineer to come on.
He was unable to stop the engine, and
the train passed over her, literally
grinding her to pieces. The only way
by which she was identified was by her
hat and shawl.
Our correspondent adds that she was
a nice little girl, who had worked in his
family, and left some two months ago
with ;he intention of being married in
Janua,y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

SWEET OH FOR PoIsoNs.--A farmer
says: cit is now over twenty years
since learned that sweet oil would
cure the bite of a rattlesnake, net
knowing it would cure any other kind
of poison, both on man or beast.
think no farmer should be without n
bottle of it in the house. The patient
must takesa spoonful Of it internally,
and battle the wound for a cure. To
cure horse, it requires eight times as
much as it does for Il mar. Here let
me say of one nf the most extreme
cases of snake bite in the neighbor-
hood, where the case had been thirty
days standing, and the patient was
given up by his physicians. I heard
of it, and Carried the oil, and gave one
sponhtnl, which eifecteda cure. 1t is
an antiaote for arsenic and strychnine.
1t Will cEre bloat in cattle by eating
too freely of fresh clover; it will cure
bites of bees, spiders. ar other insects,
and will cure persons who have been
poisoned by a low running vine in the
meadows, called ivy"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

A DOG SACRIFICES HIS LIFE For A
DRUNKEN MAsTER.-The Milwaukee
Wisconsin says: A gentleman living
at Wauwatoso relates to us to-day the
following incident, for the truth of
which he vonches. One day last week
man went to saloon, as was his DAT
~ custom, to drink, and meeting boon
companions, remained with them nutil
late at night, when lie started to go
home. Overcome by the liquor he
drank, the man laid down on the rail
road track and went to sleep. A faith
full dog, who had followed the man,
stood and watched him, until the wlsis-
tie of the locomotive in the distance
showed that a freight train was APP
preaching. The dog, fully aware of
the danger imminent to his master,
tried to arouse the drunken man, and
fore his clothes badly in the attempt
Unable to awake the sleeper, the dog
took the man by the shoulder and fair
~ dragged. him from the track just as
the train came on. The man was saw
ed, but the poor dog who had So faith
fully protected the master lie loved was
struck by the COW catcher and smashed
to pieces. When the man recovered
his senses, ii was found that his flesh
was bitten in several places by tie dog
in the strong efforts made b, the ami
NAL to save his life The man tile next
day gathered up the pieces of the faith
inl animal and buried them. He was
fully impressed by the remarkably mar
row escape from death. that he has re-
solved not to get drunk again.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

A VETERAN.--We had the pleasure
of meeting yesterday Mr.. John Bishop.
an old veteran Of the war OF 1872
wlro stated as follows: That he was 81
years Of age, and was now living with
his fourth wife. That he had raised 81
children out of27. That he had Is
boys, SIX of whom fought in the Fede-
raj army. and nine in the Confederate
army. He also said that he had never
taken drop Of medicine in his life.
and consequently felt in perfect health,
and able to cut and split 100 rails any
day. He said his grandmother lived
to the extraordinary age of lH wears
and his father lived to be ] Is years old.
This extraordinary man was one Of
General Jackson's best bowers, and
was in the battles of Horse Shoe and
New Orleans under old Hickory. Gen.
jackson aSaited him to scale the walls
of Pensacola, and he was the second
man over the fort.--( Chattanooga Times
Of the Odd. -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

~
SPfcY.-There was a knot of ses cap
tains in store in Honolulu, the keeper of
which had just bought . barrel of black
pepper. Old Captain -. of Salem, came
in; and sesing the pepper took up hand.
full of it
What do you buy snch stuff as that
for 2" said he to the storekeeper, "it,s half
peas"
"Peas!" replied the storekeeper. atherc
isn't a pea in it."
Taxing up a handful as he spoke he ap-
pealed to the company. They all looke1l
at it, and plunged their hands into the !,
barrel, and bit a kernel or SO, and then
gave it as their universal opinion that
there wasn't a pea in it.
= tell ye there is, said the old captain.
agar, scoping mp handful, land iii bes
u dollar on it,"
The old Boston argument all over the
world they took him mp.
We'll" said he, spell that pointing
to the word "P-e-p-p-e-r." painted on the
side OF the barrel-"If il isn't half p's then
I'm no judge, that's ALL"
The bet was paid.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

THE LARGEST CIyY.-It is common
~ believed that London is the largest
city in the world, but the belief is err
roneous. Jeddo, the capital If japan,
is without exception tile largest and
most populous city in the world. 1t
contains the vast number Of ,OO0, 600
dwellings and 5000, 900 haman souls.
Manv of the streets are nineteen Ja-
panescries in length-twenty- two Eng
lish miles. The commerce of Jeddo
far exceeds that of any other city in
the world, and the sea along the coast
is constantly White with sails from, the
Southern portion of the empire, where
they are laden with rice, tea, sea coal,
tobacco. silk, cotton and tropical fruits,
all OF which can find ready market in
the North. and then return freighted
with corn, salt, isinglass and variou.
other productions which have marke,
in the South.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20


CosT OF Lo Docs the
young man who persists in being a
loafer ever reflect how much less it
would cost to be decent, respectable
MANI Does he imagine that loaierism
is more economical than gentiiity p
Any body can be a gentleman, if he
chooses to be, without much cost, but
it is mighty expensive being l0afer.
1t costs time in the first place-days,
weeks, months, of tin fact about all
the time he has, for no man can be a
first class loafer without devoting his
entire time to it. The occupation,
we'll followed, hardly affords time for
eating, sleeping, drive had almost
said drinking, bat on reflection, we
will except that. The loafer finds time
to drink whenever invited.
It costs friends. Once fully embark
ed on the sea of loaferlsm, and you bid
farewell to every friendly sail that
floats under an honest and legitimate
flag. Your consents will be tile hucca-
neers of society. 1t costs money; fol
though the loafer may not earn Il cent,
or have one for months, the time lost
might have produced him much money
if devoted TO industry instead OF sinth
1t costs health, vigor, comfort all the
true pleasure of living, and finally, al
regret or consideration when dead.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

HAVING OSE's OwN WAr.-It is among
the commoncst Of human experiences that
"our own way" which. with more or Less
energy, we all desire, proves, when gained.
to be but a painful, thOrny way-a way
Pientlfnily strewn with sharp stones, and
leading to quite other issues than snch az
we anticipated when, in spite of dumb op-
position from facts, we entered so eagerly
upon it, mainly because it was "onr own
way" In truth, we see clearly the begin
ming Of the pathway but the end whittier
it conducts us is hidden. There comes a
turn in the road, and, behold! we are no
longer in ''our own way, hut in some far
different way; which pathlest We mnst fol-
low to the end. The proyefb asserts that
we are never too old to learn. But alas
if we are too old to profit by the learning7
That is bitter.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20

Nor THE WIRES FAULr.-An Irish
man who had just landed went to see
his sirter who was married to a Yam
kee. Tim couple lived very happily
together, and when Pat came, the. gen
tlen,an took him over his place to
show it to him. Pat, at the evidence
of prosperity, said to his blother-in-
law.
'sBegora, you are very happy here
with this tine properly to live on, me
sister had good luck entirely, so she
had, in getting You for a husband.
sdAh, yes, responded the married
man, .swould be very happy but for
one thing.1'
.sAnd what is tlat?" asked Pat.
ss.AIl, Pat" returned tire gentleman
al am sorry to say that we have no
children"
.sNo children ~ exclaimed Pat; then
abegora. it's not me sisters fault, for
she had two before she left Ireland,
and that's the rayson me father sent
her to Amepky."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20
MA There 10 : man Iiy;n, - !,

rfA- There is man living in the
mountains of North Carolina, not
more than forty miles from Greenville
s. G., who has reached the extraorii-
nary age of l43 years. At the time
of Braddock's defeat he was twenty
wears old, and had wife and three
children. A gentleman at Greenyille
says that this man who has come down
to MS from a former generation, has
always been in moderate circumstances
and has lived upon a plain, coarse
vegetable diet; that he has meyer
drunk any liquid but pure spring water
and bids fair to live many years longer.
he enjoys perfect liealtls, possesses ali
of rnanh0od's attributes, and wants to
mdrry. He .has survived seven wives.
and, havif & lost the last one about
sixty years ago. he now naturally be.
gins to feel qaiteiouely. 20