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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-24
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VERY CURIOUS CALCULATION,

There is something very wonder
full in figures; and numbers, when
calculated, startle us by their i'm
mensity. We talk of millions and
billions with little thought Of the
vastness of the sums we name. The
lips may utter the words glibly, but
their understanding fails to grasp
their real significance. Take our
own national debt as an illustration.
Everybody knows il is large, but few
have ever stopped to consider it's ap-
palling magnitude. A few calcula-
tons viii not, we trust, be uninter-
esting to our readers:
Let us suppose that the national
debt is, in round numbers, $780,
100000. If an experienced cashier
was to commence counting this, at
the rate Of three silver dollars per
second: and work diligently eight
hours per day, 300 days in the year,
it would take him about 100 years to
complete The count.
If the silver dollars were placed
side by side, touching each other,
they would reach nearly three times
the world; they would pave a high
way the width of Chicaso's streets
more than 200 miles in length. If
each silver piece be estimated at one
ounce in weight, and the money
loaded into carts containing one ton
each, and driven one before the 9th
er: each horse and cart occupying two
rods, the procession would extend
500 miles.
Or consider that only about 1000,
100000 minutes have elapsed since
the birth of Christ, and that if one
dollar had been put away each min
ute, day and night, since that event,
the accumulation would amount to
but little more than one-third of the
debt this nation now owes. If this
calculation was applied to England
or France, whose national debt is
nearly twice as large as ours, the re-
suit would be still more startling.
III Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-24

Daughter, dent let mother do it.
She has cared Gor You so long.
is it right the weak and feeble
Should be toiiiDg for the strong?
Naken from your listless lan~unr,
Seek her side 10 cheer and bless;
And yollr grief Will be less bitter
When the soGs above her press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-24

Daughter, don't let mother do it!
You will never, Dever know
What were home without a mother
Till that motheriieth low
Low beneath the budding daisies,
Free from earthly care or pain
10 the home so sad without her
Never to return again!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-24
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FRosrISG.-l teaspoonful of gela-
tine dissolved in ] ola cup ofboiIing
water and made stiff with pulverized
sugar; favor and spread on the cake
when the cake is cool. Requires but
vary littia baatiur
, 1874-02-01
8ECTARIAN COLLEGES.
In an editorial On the University Of Chicae

In an editorial On the University Of Chicago
in our last Sundays isBne VS. said:
That the Unive1sity is not financial success and.
~ consequence, not educational success is due to
radical defect which requires radical remedy It
il socartan institution This may be Denied but tho
TACT remains unchanged nud wherever It ia known at
ALL IT Is known - baptist uotveraity. The day Of
dsnoninatona1 schools and colleges has goue b.
They ara relic Of the past, a. is attestod by the
scored OF starving colleges Of that Kind acattered ali
ever the country.
During the week 10 have received and pub
ished two letsers in reply to this paragraph.
DR.. Burroughs ex-Preaident OF the Univessity,
essays to prove that thas institution is not g
secta1ian college, but that the day Of auch col
1eges has not gone BY" inasu1uch as Harvard,
Yale, Amherst, and Williams are tst1ictly Sec
tarian schools. several1y controlled and taught,
sl1nost or quite exclusively, by men connected
with one particular Church" Another CORE
spondent. who eigns himself "Cush," echoes
Dr.. BuEroughs' first statement, and then pleads
that college, to be successful, must be founded
by sect, End must not be secta1ian.
Il q sect chooses to endow school, md then
does not attempt 70 eoatzol it, tho money is ..
=
, 1874-02-01

execution OF even the most hardened felon.
Rafferty, has shown neither contrition for his
crime nor any special interest in his own fate
during the long period that he has been in con-
finement, on trial, OF under sentence. He has
received the several vardicts which have been
rendered against him without emotion. He has
either beloved, "a most OF his class do. that
Hanging is played out" or has been endowed
with the etoicism and Indifference Of an Indian.
Yet the view which We are compelled to take ct
his approaching end Ii very different from that
Of e1ultation. We look upon it "a the solemn
decision Of society, after long and careful de-
liberation, that when the community employs
men for the special duty Of enforcing the GRIM
inal law, aud thereby exposes them to peculiar
dangers and hardships, it is bound to accord
them ample protection in the discharge Of their
f3utieR
, 1874-02-01

the preacher laboring through two sermons on
Sunday becomes either talking machine, as
the Alliance calls him, Or it he labor conBcien-
tionsly aud Try to fulfill tha demands made
upon him, be Boon commences to wear out. and
fails both in body and mind. As substitute
for the evening sermon, the Alliance suggests
II Sunday evening eet apart to religious cali
Ing upon friends, TO religious visitation Of the
poor and The atck to hymns and songs from house
to house, to culhyating Christian friendship,
Christianity would 1t once have tiu1c to talk md
time to obey, tino for learning Christ and time
for acting Christ, whereas the world is constI-
tuted in its Christian department. Sunday il given up
to words and the week to business ind the deeds Of
religion have hour for their own. As result, we
have ministry over~worked Christianity talked to
death, and Christian LIE that has nc,er been tried
, 1874-02-01
THE STORY OF JEAN LUIE,

Among MI the strange developments Of the
Of Jean Luie, the witness for the Claimant,
whose testimony came near settling the suit in
favor OF Orion. The imposture Of the Claimant
himself, intricate and ingenious Aa it is, is not
more remarkable than that OF his convict-wit-
ness, Jean Luio. In September, 1852, Jean Luie
WAS arrested in Briatol for stealing bill Of e1-
change. and from that time up to March, 1873,
he WAS in prison, most Of the time for various
crimes, mostly in the nature Of ingenious
swindles. He was liberated during the lat
tor month on q ticket-of-leave, and went
to paddington, where he found soma Of
his old companions, borrowed some money and
clothing from them. and then disappeared. In
July, 1a73 he turned up in Brussels and makes
bis first appearance in connection with the Itch
borne case. Here he met Mr. Whal1ey men,-
her Of Parliament and ono Of the Claimants
friends, who first gare him the idea Of coming
forward as witness to prove that he assisted in
rescuing the Claimant and the other survivors
Of the Bella in the mid-Atlantic-which fact
formed an important Link in the testimony
which had been hitherto wanting. Luie con-
sented for price, and Whalley then pre-
pared his testimony, which Luie spent
three months in committing to memory.
Never was leseon learned better.
The coolness and composure manifested By the
Claimant we're outdone by his Hitneas. He
baff1ed the skill Of the astute lawyers for the
prosecution. With the most searching cross-
they vera unable to na&ks him
, 1874-02-01

suggests an important question, namely, =hy
the county itself has not hospital sufficient in
all respects to relieve the lesser institutions
from the burden placed upon them tits utterly
impossible that hospitals like the Homeopathic,
st. Luke'a, the Mercy, the Alexian Brothers, and
others, admirable Is they are, can meet the gen.
eral wanta OF the community, as nearly all OF
them depend, OF necessity, more or less, for
their support, upon charity. Their sphere is re-
stricted oven though admissions may be free, as
in the case OF the excellent institution in
charge Of the Alo1ian Brothers. The County
Hospital should FIJI this place, but it does not !;
on the other hand, falls far short Of it. It is
badly-buit structure, old and di1apilated, and
going to decay. It has none Of the modern con-
veniences, and is entirely unprovided for any ex-
traorlinary emergency, which is liable to happen
any day. It's resources are not even sufhcientto
give proper care to the minor casualties which
occur every day in this city. It has not even an
elevator for taking sick and injured people to
their apartments. In fact, it does not answer
the purposes for which it WAS built in any rc-
spect, and in it's present condition is diserace
to the city and county. When it waa built,
eighteen years ago, it answered the then existing
demand, but, meanwhile, the city has grown to
extraordinary dimensions, and tho Hospital has
remained stationary. The necessity for new hos
pital increases every day, and the first duty OF
every community is to provide for the wants Of
its unfortunate, there is no more important ques-
ton than this which can engage the attention Of
tho county authorities.
Pending such time as this county shall have d
hospital worthy Of it, it is Incumbent upon our
citizens to help sustain those institutions which
ire seeking to relieve the unfortunate in their |
respective spheres In this connection, we |
rust that tho entertainment which tho mau- |
sgers OF the Homeopathic Hospital have de- |
sised will result in donation which will enable I
hem to carry out their charitable work in the !
argest practical and comprehensive manner.
, 1874-02-01
OUR HOSPITAI.S

One OF the most commendable movements
! which has been inaugurated this SEASON ia the
| Charity Ball which is to be given next ThurB-
! the Chicago Homeopathic Hospital The ex-
cel1ence Of this charity, and the important place
which it holds in the estimation Of all classes
Of cur citizens, is shown by the fact that
the ladies' and gentlemen OF the Committee Of
Arrangements, and the floor managers.
headed by Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan and mem
bcrs Of his stat, comprise the very
elite Of the city, who have consented to use their
influence and contribute their active labor for
the benefit of the Hospital It is also notable
feature Of the undertaking that those who hare
been appealed to for assistance have manifested
none Of the narrow projudices which sometimes
grow out Of the conflicts between schools of
medicine, but have cheerful1y rendered their
aid, without reference to the question Of la1ge
pills Or little pills, OF tie correctness OF Hahne-
MAINS formula. They have conceded the
work done at this Hospital to be work
Of general good and indiscriminate relief. This
on: funds, it is not only impossible to place the
Hospital upon q substantial basis, and scatter
its benefits as widely as possible, but it is also
impossible to meet the dsi1y demands which such
an institution ought to be able to satisfy, within
ito present limits. The result is that many
cases must be turned away, not for lack OF
room, but for lack Of money with which to procure
appliances and skilled attendance. Tho Hospital
therefore are cramped in their designs,
however large their good will and ability may be. |
20 meet this emergency this bali hss been de-
'ised, and it is fair to presume that the hall will
70 crowded with those who arc eager to dance !
heir dollars into the treasury OF the Hospita,
nd through the medium Of their own recreation |
ring recuperation 10 the unfortunate.
The appeal Of the managers of this and other
ospitals, who are struggling to preserve the eff
laacy Of theaz institutions t1qm being impaired,
, 1874-02-01

The current issue OF the A1idnce has very
sensible editorial article upon "Too Much
Preaching" which. however, will undoubtedly
present fresh source OF grievance to tho other
religious weellies. The Alliance Assumes that
the existence OF u custom does not imply the
wisdom Of d custom, aud TINT among the GUS
toms which belong to the history OF folly is the
enormous amount Of preaching done BIZ the
ministers Of the Gospel. In the course Of its
presentation Of this fact, it throws out the i'm
portant suggestion that the vast bulk of the
present pulpit talk must have originated in the
days when there wore no books, newspapers. or
public education, and the ministers we're there
fore obliged to mako up the total deficiency On
this point. Tho Alliance says:
Thousands Of books. daily and weekly newspapers,
public education, the 8uuday-echool, the Wednesday
evening meeting have combined to reduce the quau-
tity Of pulpit work and greatly to change its quality
The themes which remain for the pulpit are fewer In
number and more fundamental and d{gnided. The
clergyman who should attempt now to how many
sermons he could preach the text about Peters
r1fes mother" would aoon reach the consent Of his
people that the pastoral relation should be dissolved
but this kind Of preaching common when the
Church set out upon thiz great taiking career.
Thore is great deal Of truth and good sense
in this suggestion, and it is one which should
receive attention from the clergy with the Wow
Of ascertaining whether they themselves would
not be hesher and healthier and their religious
teachinga would not be more valuable aud prao-
tical, with one sermon q day instead of two.
The rapid progress OF knowledge in all
ita departments has made II imperative for
prescher who would keep pace with his
congregation to expend much study and thought
upon hia discouzses. Uodar sueh circumstances,
, 1874-02-01

English scandal about Royalty Seems to gros
moro venomous every year. just before Christ
mas, 1873, the Prince Of Wales was foolish
enough to buy up at great coat the whole edition
of a bitter, anonym ous pamphlet, entitled 'sTha
Coming K" He 7eaped the reward Of biz
folly last Christmas when the same publishing
house issued savage satire On Prince Albert,
Queen Victoria, the Prince, and others Of tha
Royal family. The new brochure is called +'Tha
6illlad." It's every sentence stings, stupid .s
the whole thing is. And now hard-heaaea
Scotch Laird has written 3 vind1ctiye pamphlet
ainaed At the Queen. It seems that the Duke Of
Athole is strongly suspected Of embezzlng soms
$4,000 but the Government has, on va1iou.
pretexts, STAYED off the trial. The pamphlet NJ
iegea That this effort to save The Duke from in-
Testigation ia due to a secret about tho Queen
which the Athole family know. It says:
It Is well understood that 1t threat their pArS
to use their charm which operated On Mr. Glad
stone that he opposed the motion mada by VI. Parker
II r for Perthsh1re, in tbs House Of Commons for
investigation OF the p0ka's conduct after tho Hous
Office had given its consent thereto. 1udesd, ths
Dovager Duchess Of Athols has been often heard to
Say, Il they dare medde with about these horr1
accounts, .e1u let The cat out Of Tie bag."
It then goes on to give the pretended sec1ot
which is Of the most scanda1ous nature. It ia
evident that the divinity that once hedeed
King is fast disappearing when auch circumstan-
tial and particular charges can be put forth over
mans own signature and can find such ready
ssle. As soon as the stack appeared, Radical
Association, called "The Patriotic Society,""
bought number Of copies and began 70 circulats
them This has been stopped, but the pamphIos
is already in eyerybody's hands.
, 1874-02-01

The worst feature Of Trades Unions has been
their persistency in demanding equal wages fo1
all their members, whether they were good, bad'
or indifferent worlmen. Most Of the English
Unions, and ne presume most Of their Amet'-
can imitators, have rules against what is called
" chasing" that is, against man's doing Wofx
more quickly and thoroughly than tho avezssd
of his fellows can do it. more complete o.
stac1o to irst-ca8s work and to the advancement
Of frst-class workmen could not be devised s'
is strange that good men hare submitted for 80
long to be 30 heavily handicapped in the rses
with their interiors. Employers will be glad 70
hear that recent strike in London was quelsd
by m offer on tho part Of the masters to p,r
higher wages to any men who would sho" tnss1@
selyas individually deserving ofit.
, 1874-02-01
LIABILITY ON OFFICIAL, Rnuno

case has been just decided BY the snnro,n.
Court OF Michigan upon the question ~ ~, y.
putty Of the ssners Of an official bond in c.sa.
where the defalcation Of the officer e4,a,a.,
Over more than one term. Edward s. Leadha., s..
was elected Treasurer Of the City Of Datro;,
three times, and died during tho third term r..
three bonds were signod by different individn,ra !.
tnat Is, While some Names we're on two or tbro.
bonds, other namea Tere on only ona bond r.
was found that he Was defaulter ut ths time ,t
bis death in the sum OF 1923, For tb;a arn.
the city brought suit on the third bond. I'M,
the trial it WAS proven that at thu .1oe,
Of his second term he was defau,te- ), a.
amount OF 323, 12i, which sum be had baloncod
On his books by false entries Of payments. n
also appeared that during his third term hin a.
1aleas1on Ind been increased 1894, for which
sum only the jury gare a verdict. The snn-e,o.
Court upon appeal sustained the verdict III,
Court held that each term Was distinct fro,n -:
others, as much 80 as il 9 different iniiv;a,,,
hao oeen elected each time. ALI that the bonds
men undertook to do was to be responsible IN,
all the public money that came into his hsnas
during that term It was true TINT in bis th;rz
term he actually paid, from the money IN hi.
hands, the sums he had falsely credited himself
as having paid during his previous term, bnt Tho
Court held, as far as the sureties on tbe t1;,1
bond were concerned, that his actual payments
, 1874-02-01

congreas is going to build memorial ha1,a T.
are other places which take precedence n, ptn.
oelph1a, rs nc havo already indicated H..
ever else it may do, it has more impor+,n. .
TO do than making itself the town-crisr for ~.
Centennial Exposition.
, 1874-02-01

Ceramic art seems to be the fashion nowadays.
It has come into fashion as quickly ~ other
fashions do. Only few months ago Mr, ]. q.
Tteadwe11 published m essaykin On it in Scrib-
ner, and followed this up with book. This
vas substantially the first introduction to tue
American public Of pottery As fms art. Since
then there has been successful exhibition Of
ceramic ware in New Fork, and two or three
translations Of French works On the subjeet
hnve been put upon the market. Il the result
Of the newborn interest should be to persuads
people that teapot may be q joy forever, not
only for its capacity as 4 receptacle for tsa-
leaves aud hot wa:er, but for its beauty, it
would be most gratifying. Hitherto we have
been, as ! nation, the victims Of crockeEy, tho
bare sight Of which would have mads Borna1d
PalissY commit suicide.
, 1874-02-01

Gray fur is fashionable. Gray rats SWARM u
every Chicago street. Some fur1ier ought 10 ge'
few thousand rat~Bkins, clean thern' naAs
them up into sets, and offer them Tor sale. a
sign Of --latest from Paris," few sdTe1tse
ments OF tho "now, expensive, and very atsllsa
selingo skins," aud learned disquisldon On toa
beauty and softness Of The fur Of tho na"n
discovered Selingo, illustrated, perhaps, "a'n
sketch of the mythical animal sporting sooa'
the North Pole,--these would insure 1e.n'
sale. Chicago streets would be thFoneeo w..
ladies' wearing the skins that, with rats lnz1ae "
them, had scamrered over the Same tideWalks.
few DAYS before. Thus we would eneoofsS*
homo industry aDd discourage home rats.
, 1874-02-01

According to the Democrat, St. Louis na7 ~;
600 children, of whom *, 900 never 50 to 'ea,
People to whom the non-interferenco tne0t3 :ts+,.
been fetish, and compulsory educauoa, ~ ' ~
fore, : terror, can find in this fact soon ~, ~ ~
stantia1 rsasous for oleaving to taass ''<4
longar.
, 1874-02-01

Tho proposed Army bill .ppropriates s
coo for "Rupples" for the Quazterno-s1efs w
partmeat and s5.3o0o0o for incidental :.
penses Of the same. So the Departmen1 -, -
be paid e1.18 for its trouble IN spending ~ =.
Such An agency would be thought 61tr.'Ag.aa.
costly il it acted for anything except the A1'''
nv Department Of the Government
, 1874-02-01

! cross his tracks or to find = Weak spot in biz
evidence. Instead Of impugning his testimony,
his cross-e1amination strengthened it, and, al
though his story had not word Of truth in it
from the first to the las, the statement that he
had done business on Seventh street, Chicago.
boiog as near the truth as anything else he
sa1d,-he made complete revolution in the
case, dumbfouuded the lawyers, and turned the
tide Of popular opinion in sympathy with the
Claimant. The discovery OF his perjury vas
naainly accidental The officers Of the Crown
we're cautious enough to retain him in
England until they could send to New
| York to ascertain tho truth of some
statements he had made. Meanwhile, Jean
Luio had become the lion Of the hour. he Vas
greater hero than even the Claimant himself,
and crowds pursued him to get glimpse Of the
witness who had appeared 50 mysteriously upon
the scene and established the right OF the Claim
ant to his property. While he could day after
day Withstand the searching examination Of the
best lawyers in England, and successfully hide
his imposture, he could not Withstand his sud-
den popularity. It turned his heed, and his yan-
ity led hun to have his photograph taken. It
was soon in all the shop-windows.of London,
and it Was not long before the prison au-
thorities recognized him as the notorious SWIM
dler who WAS in Bristol Prison at the yerr
time be ewore he vas saving the Claimant
On tue Atlantic. This Was discovery against
which he had made no precautions, and, with all
his cunning and coolnesa, he could not
stand up against it. It Was the one weak spot
in his elaborate aud ingenious fabric Of testi-
mony which tumbled it down in utter ruin, and
exposed him as al impostor and per1urer,-a
fact which he had grace enough left to confess,
thus shivering the hopes Of the Claimant, and ]
consigning himself to the possibility Of con-
rict's cell once more.
The case with which Jean Luie maintained ]
his imposture, and the success with which he |
defed the rigid cross-e1amination OF one of the !
best lawyers in England, is not very consoling
fact to htigants, especially where large amount
Of property is at stake. II he could sust,in
himself so successfully in a case as intricate
and involved rs the Tichbo1ne suit, what amount
of deception is impossible in simpler cases,
where interruptions counsel can be found to
prepare evidence for swindlers who make l7-
ng BY p1eying upon the community What
'recaution sill be sufficient to guard against it.?
, 1874-02-01

ApELPHI THEATRE-Cornrr of WAbash A7euue Ind
CooRzoss street. Variety performances.
, 1874-02-01

GLOBE neutrality-suspicious. street, between Mad.
2son aud Washington EuGaEcmen: OF ShArpey. Sheridan
L Mncka Minsssptk,
, 1874-02-01

EXPOSITION BUnDING-Lsks 6ho7p, foot Of
adams atreet. Dubufes Painting Of tho "Ptodlgl
E,p
, 1874-02-01

MYERS OPERA-HOuSE. Monroe strict, between
AlnetseL. "a slippery Day" MinstsclU aad conf
ca1itie4.
, 1874-02-01
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.


H00LEY'S THEATRE-Nandolph street. between
C3rk and lASa1le. Engagement of Tomnnasso Sal'tni
, 1874-02-01

ACADEMY OF MuSlC-Halsted street, between Mad
leon and Monroe, Engagcmeut Of Hakas and tAE1on-
, 1874-02-01

1TvlCEER'S THEATRE-Madisou street, bptween
Dearborn and SA:e- Engagement Of Clars Morris.