The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-12-02
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of q mans trOubles-but which end?
kissing Fairs are held in Iowa to
clear off church debts. It's ten cents
per kiss.
When female child is born in
Wisconsin the unhappy father begins
to save up money with which to buy
piano.
-Seventy-fve ladies of Rochester
are out in card denying that they
sleep in corsets in order to keep their
forms graceful.
California now holds the Yose-
mite Valley in trust for the nation,
and has paid $4,000 to settle the
presumption claims of the persons
who colonized there.
The Norweigians in this country
still insist that Left Erkson discov-
cred America before Columbus did.
William Tell has gone and now fare
we'll to Chris.
Speaking of the profits Of cattle
grazing, an Indiana Journal tells of a
man in Lafayette, in that State, who
has just sold, for $4,000, herd of
Texas cattle that he gave $4,000 for
last fall.
French ladies never fold their
summer dresses in packing. They
are rolled in wrapping paper, and
thus their fresh and stiff appearance
is always retained. There is no
reason why American ladies should
not take the hint and do likewise.
-Rothschild was bothered the
other day by fop, who asked him
if he did not admire set Of malac-
chite studs, Of which he was appa-
rently very vain. Every nice in
Decd" says Roteschild, Il have a
mantle piece like that at home!
The city of Rome is said to be
honey-combed with about 900 miles
of subterranean passage ways cut
through the solid rock, and that
these contain the bodies of from
100000 to 100000 of human be-
ings entombed there since the city
was built.
The emperial memorial Office in
Pekin has received the following
verbal decree from the emperor: '1n
honor of the birth day Of her males
ty, the empress, let dragon clothes
be worn for three days, beginning
from the 10Th inst. 14th August.
From the throne"
Poor young thing! She tainted
away at the wash-tub, and her pref
ty nose went kerslop into the soap
suds. Some said it was overwork
others, however, whispered that hen
beau had peeped over thr back fence
aud called out: "Hullo there, Bridget
is Miss Alice at home?"
-Adelina Patti is getting to have
reputation as spoiled child Of
song. At late reception, a Yankee,
whose parsimony held even sway
with enthusiasm, ventured to present
the bejeweled darling of the salon
with a fifty nosegay, and the
shock it caused her was so great
that she stood upon one leg for sew
eral seconds while ten or dozen gen
tlemen scrambled wildly around in
search of cushions for her to faint
away on.
They are utilizing straw in the
San Joaquin Valley, California, by
using it as fuel in some of the steam
-four mills. The proprietors esti
mate that they can save fifty pei
cent. in the cost of fuel by the burn
ing of wheat straw. The Paradise
-four mills, on the Toulume river, be-
ing situated virtualls in the center oil
100000 acre wheat field, it is found
both convenient and economical tc
burn straw instead of wood, and ac
cordingly no other. fuel is used.
And now the drawing Thanks
of the languid swells has crept into
the dry goods stores; so when lady
hands her currency to the brisk
counter-jumper, and he has yellec
''ca-a-sh!' in a rasping voice into
her very face half dozen times, ant
raped on the counter till her teetE
are on edge, he unsettles her diges
ton for the rest Of the day by hand
ing her the change and drawing
''Tha-a-nks'' in vapid, easy, famil
lar style, as if he had just finished {
waltz with her.
Bret Harte, in an essay on Con
fucius, gives the following as chi;
jokes" Zone day, being handed :