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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-01

Notice 40 Epcar CIairns.-In Pro-
bate Court Van Buren, county: Estate OF Or
rem Ross, deceased. Notice is hereby given
that said Probate Court will receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of creditors
against the Estate of said deceased, and Mon
day, the 10Th day of August, and Monday. the
9th day OF september, are hereby assigned for
hearing said claims, and six months from the
date hereof are allowed creditors in which TO
present their claims.
Dated Paw Paw, August End, 1875. 1063t6
GEO. w. LAwToN, Judge Of Probate.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
IRIS al rioht to t.lk ahont hr;n

IRIS all right to talk about bring
ing up a child in the way he should
go, but the other nay, when Third
street woman set out to do it, man
halted at the gate and shouted: "Go
in, mother; cripple the boy for life!"
And a woman leaned over the fence
and screamed: "Why don't you cut
his throat?'' And a boy climbed on
the alley fence, waved his hat and
cried out: "Why in blazes hain't the
reporters around here to get this
awful tragedy" Andthe moth
er had to stop pounding and get
into the house Detroit Free
Press. '
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

EcoNoMIcAL GRIEF. He felt of
some factory piled on the counter,
glanced up at the shawl swinging
from the top shelf, and when the
clerk got down to him he said he
wanted a weed for his hat.
"a weed? And so you have lost
a near re1ative?"
eyes, my wife,"
swell, that's sad," said the clerk
as he handed. down the box of Grape.
"Death has never entered my happy
household, and I trust that he never
will."'
"You don't know how it brushes a
man down." said the farmer, with
quivering chin. elbow much apiece
for these?'
"a dollar"
'What! dollar!'''
"Why, that's cheap, my dear sir"
'1'll give yon fifty cents, and not a
penny inore!" exclaimed the widow
er, losing the CULVER to his chin.
+ "Cou!dn't think Of it; they cost us
more than that
"Well, I loved my wife as well as
any man can love- continued the
widower, as he started for the door,
"but | won't invest in weed I'll
have lots of time after harvest, and
can sit in the house and cry all ]
want without costing a cent. DE
troit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
3, Cox.

Limb fatic men are most apt to
have the govt.
Flies cause one-fifth of all the
profanity in this world. This is the
opinion Of a bald headed man.
H The Scriptures tell us that we
always have the poor with us. The
rich 20 out of town in the summer.
The most absent minded person
in the world is an idiot. Even an
idiot could see that, if he had a
mind to.
The Chicago Time says "virtue
is money" Thus it has at last
solved the mystery of virtue being
her own reward.
-'No, ma'am," said a jewelcr to
a beautiful lady, II don't trust any
body these days. | would not even
trust my feelings"
A landlord, having let all his
houses hut one, was asked if that un-
let house was his last. "Ycs, last
but not least"
A Minnesota man who wanted
to see how bees worked in the hive
can manage to squeeze a number 12
hat on his head now.
Rhode Island has really found
some potato bugs within her borders
and wants half q barrel Of Paris
green with which to sprinkle the
State.
-"Mr. D., if you will get my coat
finished by Saturday, / will be for
ever indebted to YOU eff that is
your game, it won't be done," said
the tailor.
81 -Grasshoppers are selling in Min
nesota at one dollar per bushel. 1t
is certainly very high price, con-
silering the extraordinary abundance
of the crop.
-'Any. ting pite you dere?''' in
CURED one Dutchman OF another,
while engaged in angling. mo, not
ting at ALL" "Vell," returned the
other, noting pite me too"
"A person pretending to have
seen ghost, was asked what the
apparition said to him. Chow
should [ know?" he replied; 81 am
not skilled in the dead languages"
In Norway the longest day lasts
three months. The man who six
months ago promised to call in q day
or two and settle his little bill, must
have gone to Norway on a visit.
2 If the pilgrim fathers, the morn
ing they crawled up the bank, had
been compelled to eat breakfast at a
Melrose Hotel, Massachusetts might
to-day have been bowling wilder
ness.
"A loquacious blockhead, after
babbling sometime to Lord Erkshine,
observed he was afraid he was in
truding on his lordship's ear. ooh,
not at ALL" said Erkshine, 81 haven't
been listening"
-Four Petersburg policemen have
been discharged for leaving their
beats to find comfortable place to
sleep. The man who can't sleep
soundly on his beat has no business
on the police force.
The fiddler Of minstrel COM
pany, ran away the other day in debt
to the manager, at which the mana
ger declared that he had engaged the
fellow for a fiddler, but be had taken
the part of base violinist.
Judge Knapy, of New Jersey, in
q
a recent case of murder before him,
refused to debar the jurors from
reading the daily papers. He was,
very likely, altogether safe. The
average juryman has no other use
for a daily paper than wrapping it
around his lunch,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
Navy Department Extravaganza.
SQUANDERING THE PEOPLES MONEY
THE WAY VOTERS ARE Sc
CURED FOR THE l4
PARTY.

Every year as election day APP
proaches the little gang of politicians
who manipulate the Brooklyn navy
yard as q political machine begin the
manufacture of Republican votes by
the employment of an additional
force of workmen. OF course the
burdens of groaning taxpayers are
not taken into consideration, the OBJ
jectiye point being to "help the par
ty." All through the summer the
yard has worn an aspect consistent
with "the piping times of peace -
For six months past the average
number of men employed was about
eleven hundred. Next week the par
ty wire-pullers will add a large force
to this number. An official, who is
well posted upon navy yard affairs,
has stated that next Monday will see
six hundred additional men set to
work in the Departments of Con
struction and Yards and Docks,
where six hundred and ninety-fye
mechanics are now at work. The Of
fetal referred to above, who occupies
a prominent naval position, was quite
indignant at the misuse of Uncle
Sans property, by the politicians
Said he to the writer: "The only de-
partnents in the yard used for polit-
ical purposes are the construction
yards and docks. All the others are
left to the exercise of their iegiti-
mate functions. Those I mentioned
are a great political power, and every
autumn repeats the same shameful
practices in them. A body Of work
men are influenced by this gang Of
politicians to go to work with the ex-
pectation Of permanent situations,
and as soon as they get their votes
they gradually reduce the force and
send the poor men away. There are
q lot of political beats coming in
here by scores and demanding the
appointment Of laborers. The con
tractors have to keep in league with
them or their removal is certain. A
number Of rotten llulks arc to be
utilized as an excuse for the employ
mcnt of deluded mechanics this sea-
son. These hulks, which were par
TALLY built during the rebellion, have
been an eyesore in the yard for seve-
raj years. They are housed up aud
stand along the Cob dock, presenting
the appearance of overgrown shan
ties.-[N n. Y. Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
Theo,Denocrat.
TERMS:

..
ME DEMOCRAT is published Week
IL, at Four DoLLARs per annnm--
Two DoLLARs AND FIFTY CENTS for
a, mpnths, PAY ABLE IN AID
VANCE! No subscription taken
far a less period than six months.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate
# ONE Dollar per square for the
frat Insertion and FIFTY CENTS for
each subsequent one.
EIGHT lines or less, (BREvlER) consti-
tnts a square.
oaruARY Notices. Marriages, Public
Meetings, Cards Of Thanks, ETC., to
he maid for, "a advertisements.
~ Personal CARDs, wien admis-
,ible Changed double the usual adver-
Using rates, r.. gas d.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
JENNIE C, CHAPLIN. who is no

-TENN1E c. CHAPLIN, who is now
in Chicago, confirms the report that
she is studying for the stage. She
intendssto make her debut in Chica-
go-say at the Academy of Music,
with such a company as can be gath
cred for the occasion. She will try
'Lady Macbeth for a beginning,
and if this easy part fits her we'll she
may devote herself to something
which will make larger drafts upon
her ability.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

ROMANCE IN A REsTAURANT.-In
the year 1913 there died in the City
I of Copenhagen an eccentric merchant
who had once been wealthy, but
whose fortune had by unsuccessful
speculation been reduced to 5000
rix dollars. Two-t thirds of this large
amount he invested s'for the benefit
of his descendants" and provided by
a will that neither principal nor in
te-st should be drawn for one hun
dred years. Long before the expira-
ton Of that time the singular pro-
vision was forgotten, and his. descen7
dants, even if they knew his name,
thought no more of him than Of any
other re,aote progenitor. About two
yeayag the will was discovered by
a lawyer who had occasion to exam.
anime certain old documents on file
in the Registrars Office in Copenha-
gen. The lawyer took the matter in
hand and diligent inquiry found the
heirs scattered through all countries
of Western Europe, and that one had
found her way to America. The lat
| ter ives a Mrs. julius .Knochendup-
pull, a native Of Hamburg, who came
to New York about twelve years ago,
where she was married in 1865.
Knochenduppul is waiter employed
in Monquin's restaurant on Fulton
street, or rather he was employed
there until few days ago, when an
official note from the Registered
in Copenhagen informed his wife
that she was heir to $4,000, and di-
recting her to present her claim in
person as soon as possible. Knoch
enduppnl lived in INDECENT circum-
stances in Hoboken, with, his. wife,
two children, and his wife's mother.
He was in arrears for rent: and had
been threatened with ejeetment from
the house he occupied hut on the
strength Of his letter from Denmark
he was able to borrow enough money
to transport himself and family t
Copenhagen and maintain them ther,
until The inheritance can becollected
IN. Y. Herald. !, s q, y s.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
{lO..13.
. centennial Relic. ].
RARE AND CURIOUS BOOK IN ST.
.s1 JOSEPH. s35t.ls :.

we have been shown a most utter.
|esting file Of original newspapers,
fbound, ina good state Of preselva-
ton. they consist of the flrst year
Of the first official paper Of tile
United States, published at the then
village Of New York, when Congress
assembled there April 5, 1889, called
THE Gazette of the United States,
and contains the proceedings OF the
final Congress; the reception of Gen.
Washington when, in his language,
She was waited across the bay from
New Jersey in a llat barge by thir.
teen, pilots dressed iii white uni
forms Z the ballot of the Electoral
College, in which, a fact not known
toius before, itiappears that Wash.
|ington only received 50 Of the 1913
votes cast, and the stranger fact
that these proceedings, including
the Inauguration, did not take place
on the day appointed BY Law for their
obseiwance-the excuse given being
thatf.'it was an unfavorable season
oflthe year for onrneying.n III the
entire four hundred aud four pages
not zhalfia dozen advertisements Ap-
pear. A lotteryiis advertised t. aid
in repairing the city hall for the use
of Congress. The prospectus Of this
pioneer n American journalism
states that s'by arrangement made in
the stages subscribers at d distance
will be furnished with'th Gazette
The paper Il somewhat discolored
by time and the typeare Of the Old
style, with the long ''s,'' looking
much like our italic '' +. The book
is, beyond all doubt, genuine, and as
the owner is willing to part with it,
we suggest that it be purchased and
put up at auction or rattle FOR the.
benefit Of our Centennial fund. But
one other complete fiIe is known to
exist, and that is the property Of the
New York Historical society at Alba-
|ny.[st,, Joe Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

"A TAUNTON woman has stopped
praying for her husband, because"
she says, q have prayed for that
man SO long without effect that I
think that the Lord must have just
as poor an opinion Of that man as I
hare:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

COOPERATIVE FAcroRY.-Spring-
field, Vermont, lays claims to the
possession Of d successful co-opera-
tive factory. It is owned by the
persons who work in it. Men arc
required to save one-fourth Of their
wages and women one-sixth. These
savings are invested in capital stock.
A Board Of Directors fixes the wages
Of each member. Any. one can with
draw at any time. and can sell his
stock at par to the society BY giving
six months notice. The experiment
is only q year old, but it has thus
far been very successful. The com.
pany began work with. Eve members,
it has now forty-fiye. It's sales, of
| toys and house furnishing goods,
amount to $3,oOoa month, and its
capital is increasing Il the rate Of
81, 600 q year.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
An Egyptian Princess Buried.
THE MAGNIFICENT FUNERAL OF THE
FAvoRITE, DAUGHTER OF, $3.50 B
THE KHEDIyE, .,at,, asa :,

/ "a il y =
The Princess Hanom Zeinub--on-
" fifteen years Of age-a fayorite
daughter of the Kbedive of Egypt
aud wife of Iorshim Pasha, died re-
Gently in Alexandria of typhns fever
following shortly after her confne-
ment, The Khediye and his family
as we'll as his guest, the Sultan Of
Zanzibar, and the whole city Of Alex.
andria were much disturbed by the.
sad event, and the theater was closed
! for three days. The body was taken
to Cairo, the, same day and placedin
the Kasr-el- Nil Palace. Animmense
concourse followed the body tot,the
depot in Alexandria, and hundreds
Of thousands of lire were distributed
among tue poor people. The inter-,
ment took place in the Rilal Mosque
on the following morning. Twenty
four bullocks, thirty camels and,twen-
ty wagons were in the funeral pro-
cession. These animals were laden;
with bread, dates, cooked meats and
vegetables; the wagons carried casks
Of water and Of .sirpp,a and, all along
the route distribution of the proyiss
ions was made to the poor. sEun-
uchs, meantime, threw $50, 900 pieces
Of silver coin to the people who were
thronging around in the street,
Three thousand priests, some. clad
in rich yestments of gold and silk,
others half naked, followed the wag-
ons, repeating prayers as they march
ed, and clapping their hands. After
them came the family ofthe poor
young Princess and the high officials
of state, and then, the coffin, borne
by officers of rank. 4 Behind this
walked three eunuchs, bearing on
golden shovels copies of the Koran,
to be buried with the deceased. The
coffin was Of simple, rough thewn
wood, and the corpse was. sewn up in
a linen cloth. Upon the coffin was
placed the jewels of the Princess,
worth million and a half dollars.
After the burial the priests slaught..
cred the twenty-four bullocks before
the mosque, roasted them, and ate
them up. The priests remained for
seven days in the neighborhood of
the grave to pray for the soul Of the
departed. The Khedive was so over
come with grief that he could not re-
ceiye any visits of condolence.-[Co
logne Gazette. 81
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
% ,
1Doetictal.
OFT IN THE CHILLY NIGHT.

Oft in the chilly night,
When bed clothes seem too scanty--
Fond memory brings the light
OF days when had plenty;
/. Each linen sheet,
SO white and neat,
The quilts that | paradel;
The blankets white,
Now thin and slight,
!, The comforts old and faded;
Thus in the chilly night,
When bed clothes seem too scantv-
Fond memory brings the light
OF days when had plenty.
When remember all
The bed clothes bro't from Mothers
I've seen around me fall,
And couldn't purchase others;
/ feel like one
Who had been "done,"
By wedding in hurry,
Whose youth has flown,
Whose beaux are gone.
And She was left to worry.
Thas in the chilly night,
When bed clothes seem too scanty,
Fond memory brings the light
OF days when had plenty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

-BR1GHAM YOU'VE has been dub
bed Brigadier-G General from having
been called 1.Briggy, DEAR" SO often
by his numerous wires.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

The Smith family have only ten
Representatives in the next Congress
and they intend bringing in bill to
secure the majority representation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

ARSENIC ON PLASTs.Pfofesso
William McMurtrie, Chemist Of the
Agricultural Bureau, has been for
some time experimenting to ascer-
tain whether or not the amount OF.
arsenic in the shape Of Paris green,
usually applied to potatoes as a pro-
lection against the Colorado beetle,
and cabbages, caulifower and other
vegetables, to destroy worms, could
be absorbed and assimilated by tile
plants upon which it is used. After
careful analysis of potatoes and 9th
.er plants he failed to detect any a.
senic in the structure Of the plants
mot even the slightest trace. But
his experiments, published in the
June report Of the Agricultural Bu-
reau for 1876, show very clearly that
Paris green, arsenics and arseniate
of potasia will injure the Vegetables
in their growth, and perhaps injuri-.
ously affect the soil for sometime if
used in large quantities.
/ Arsenious acid and soluble arseriis
ates will arrest and even destroy
germinationswhen even the minntest
quantity is present. This poison, in
the shape Of Paris green, has been a
great favorite with many for, the de-
strdction and prevention Of plant
yernlin. Much caution should DO
observed, therefore, in its use, par.
ticularly in gardens, for as 1t is not
absorbed BY the plants, nor evapora-
ted il can only be removed By wash
ing out, and seeds may fail tp germi-
nate in soils mixed with arsenic.
IN. Q. Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

i --FREDEElck HuDsos, managing
editor Of the New. York Herald, is
dead. .,.ss gd
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

sa'WaERE's the molasses, Bili?''
said q woman sharply to her son,
who had returned With an empty jug.
'Nonc in the city, mother. Every
grocery has d big blackboard viii,
The letter, Il. q. Molasscs. =
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
Parish.

Police Jurors:i,3
JAMES R. ANDREWS. 80. President
:. J.. A. WILLIAMS,
A. B. C. DEAN,
BIZ. LAMBRIGHT,
j.. H. .SORRELL.
nm. LABAT, CLERK Police jury
]. II. BARRETT, Parish Treasurer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

A BAD point for tie sons Of Ham
Friar's Point
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03

A DvERTIsINe; Cheap: Good sYs
ola.. ikA1Tlc,-All persons who contem-
far , H. making contracts with newspapers
send su os Insertion of advertisements. should
Part % cents to Geo. P. Rowell 81 Co. Al
pHfH rs E9 y, New York, for their PAM.
coa,a;ni. buok (ninety seventh edition. }
and dd' aa.. lists of over 1000 newspapers
tis s messlmates, showing the cost. Adver-
States :. taken for leading papers in many
ubl;sh. . tremendous reduction from
..'uers rates. GET THE BOOK.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

II { r Fl OF O r Y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-13
A Wrong Custom Corrected.

1t is quite generally the custom to take
strong liver stimulents for the cure of liver
complaint, and both the mineral and vegetable
kingdoms have been diligently searched to
procure the most drastic and poisonous pur-
Ratives, in order to produce powerful effect
upon tue liver, and arouse the tagging and en-
ieebled organ. This system Of treatment is on
the same principle as that of giving. weak
and debilitated man large portions Of brandy
to enable him to do a certain amount of work.
When the stimulent is withheld, the organ,
like the system, gradually relapses into more
torpid or sluggish and weakened cond!tlon
than efore. What then is wanted Medi
cines, which, while they cause the bile to flow
II eely from the liver, as that organ is toned
into action, will not overwork aud thus debili-
tate it, but will, when their use is discontinue
ed, leave the liver strengthened and healthy.
Such remedies are found in DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets.
CURE OF LIVER DISEASE.
RUsK, Texas, May 10th, 1873.
Dr.. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. r.:
Dear Sir-My wife last year at this tine was
confined 70 her bed with Chronic Liver Dis
ease: had one Of the best doctors to see her.
and he gave her up to die, when l came upon
some Of your medicine I bought one bottle
md commenced giving it. She then weighed;
" ponds; now she weighs l4O pounds. and
y heAfty. She ilas taken eight bottles In Ill,
10 you ~ an I'd sdvooate lbr your medicines'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-13
A CHEAP WEATHER-GLASS,

Take glass jar, such as is used to can
fruits, and fill it with water within two or
three inches Of the brim. Then take a
pint olive-oil flask or bottle, with a long
neck, and, after cleaning it thoroughly
with sa'eratus and water. turn it upside
down into the jar. Should the weather
be fair, the water in the neck Of the flask
will remain about half an inch above the
level; but if it inclines to rain the water
will rise in the neck, and as the atmos.
phere grows heavy it will continue to rise
as much as two or three inches in a few
hours. This is desirable invention for
the farmer, because its cost is trife, it
gives no trouble, the water does not re-.
quirc changing, and outdoors or indoors,
heat or cold are alike immaterial. In
frosty weather, however. it should not be
exposed to too great a degree of cold, for
if the water should freeze it would break
the jar. OF course, this simple little ap.
paratus will not show with scientific pre-
cision the amount Of moisture in the
atmosphere, as a barometer does vet
the warning of an approaching storm will
be given by the rise Of the water in the
neck Of the flask, and domestic arrange
ments and farm work may be directed by
its aid, to the Benefit of both the house
wife and farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-13
ANTIDOTE TO STRYCHNIA.

The Journal of Applied Chemistry
says it is asserted that salad oil, prompt.
~ applied. is an santidote to strychnia.
The remedy has not been tried on men,
but on dogs half pint of oil is said to be
sufficient to prevent fatal results. The
late James F. Reed, Esq, of San Jose,
California, some years ago assured us
that he relied upon lard as an antidote,
and had, by its administration, saved the
lives Of dogs and other animals on more
than one occasion. The people Of Cal.
ifornia employ strychnia to kill the
gophers, and thus the dogs and other an.
imals are liable to be poisoned.-Er.
change.