The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-11-04
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against fall fashions, and then 60 and
order stylish suits Of their tailors.
1t is uncivil to say "You be
bowed" but when q man runs his
tongue on the windmill principle the
temptation is great.
Why is it that sailor will per-
sist in calling all that part of ship
below the rail the "hulp' of her, when
it isn't much more than half?
Mrs. Nye, of Iowa, can get sup
per split kindlings, wash the dishes,
milk the COWS, and f e ed the hogs
while her five boys and two girls are
playing a game of croquet.
-Bazaine will live in London, and
has taken the apartment, on King
street, St. Sames, that were once oc-
cupied by Napoleon III, in the days
when he was called Prince Louis.
The other day, when coroner's
jury in Topeka, Kansas, found dead
man in ditch they weren't three
minutes coming to the conclusion
that he had been frozen to death.
Mrs. Chase, of Ohio, was arrest
ed the first time she appeared with
her trousers on, and now she's going
to mortgage her farm and see wheth-
er this is free country or monar-
chy.
The Brooklyn almshouse re-
ceived thirty-three foundlings last
year, and only six are alive at pres
ent. This wholesale way of making
little angels of foundlings is to be in
yestigated. .,
Burglars intending to visit
Vicksburg are informed that one of
their brethren went through eleven
houses in that city the other night
and secured nothing but a charge of
buckshot. 4
Queen Victoria has determined
to pay the debts of the Prince, of
Wales. They amount to 100000,
or 100000. She is to pay them
in three installments Of f200,0OO
each. The first installment has al
ready been paid.
Said Detroit lady to a small
boy whom she found crying in the
street the other day: "Will you stop
crying if will give you penny?"-
NO." said he, "but if you'll make it
two cents I'll stop, if it kills me-"
There was something lovely
about them even in death. 1t was
on Kansas prairie, and they lay
side by side. Toms thumb in Jack S
left eye, and Jacks revolver pushed
into Toms right ear. They had fit
it out.
M. Hautmulle, of Paris, has ia
ken strychnine. The only thing odd
in it is that he bought this strych-
nine in the year 1870, intending to
poison the wine he left at his coun-
try house, in hopes the Prussians
would drink it.
Prof. Tyndall is very much dis
turbed by remark Of the Oshkosh
Evening Dumb Bell, to the effect
that the professor is an infdel of the
most dangerous type. He says he
had expected something better than
that from the loftier intellects of
America.
The white tull veil mania RACES
among the ladies at Long Branch,
particularly among those who ride up
and down in front of the hotels when
the evening trains arrive. White
tulle wells are the best things that
we know of to tone down powdered
and inartistically painted face.
The modest deporment of those
who are truly wise, when contrasted
with the amusing air of the young
and ignorant, may be compared to
the different appearances of wheat,
while its ear is empty, holds up its
head proudly, but as soon as it is fill
ed with grain, bends modestly down
and withdraws from observation.
Bismarck is said to be rolick-
ing, overbearing man. His wife, chill
dren, and friends stand in awe of him.
He eats old sausages and black bread
for breakfast, swallows an enormous
dinner, washed down with large COB
lets of Burgundy. He smokes, talks
and works perpetually. He is funny
when pleased, very formidable, very
rash, and very independent.
The Bethlehem Pa. Progress
says: "Mrs. Carol and Mrs. Ford. |
twin sisters, living in South Bethle-
hem, each gave birth to twins on
Saturday night. The attending ply
stefan says these cousins are almost