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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-10-06

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8stitIiAe MlaGt BEG papfes. Nts
man bort belGdftiet nan ilh i'm $50
ttcar etN8ebsn9 nit pieleal ileGeu uepsEs
Grttrs psr ital,eatinsn 8sgievung,
SUute ptste lsBters In Der lbot selons
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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-10-06
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Dirisr cite ceGtibe &ttuipru6 loute
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fdtteE uRO 6abriFeH onatbraGt uno
eopurd. Cen Nrbes!sr nit Dem Beainn
zines leesn Eaoerpsyt5 IN ~riunerung
oebraht Teycen. NeE lectal-psmrfta-
tilbe BIdtter obne RrttIf lief, EGnnte
auf rem 0eponfen F0mmsu, peB uur
unfrieoe Nobruna Rehe unQ pie iCctaIe
MObifabrs erbSbe. Sn Wabtbeit
erndbrt Ger loctale RyteB chez nur
ois FseiaIifIdsn Ggtotionsfofeu.
Iouienre ooa G6sem wnD gelein
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oon o8tlotolfGea Nepnern uuo
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psrnfe &rwegbs5nt!R fann ausratngs
nur bti Der y}oriaoner res i~ociaIeu uu-
frtsben6 seet'beE, Gbse oie Dlalien Gig
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cas- 0eiImtttsI einso iOcialsu Ryieaee
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8Olfsmunoe foriLeb!, aud In ben per.
asn pes Bottles wtepsr Dursel ta|5en.
Die Arbetterbsweeuns bat ispenfala
ras @ute, cae fte bic Gr6rterung alsl
auf pas WcbI Der ArbeiRr bsaIBIt@er
Grasen md6tig onregt unp Elm b~elIsree
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pom Arbetteebsrn unp arbsttnepmeru
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por benz ,,5rttbuE Sur 8abrpstt, Dol
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Iobet msrDen alegptu8s GbatlaGe
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8unte 9l1tter Dcn ben 9Gumen
8ollen btu auf rieineu gfab,
Dentli9 tann Id baraus IeIen.
DAP nun balb Der Mtnter aabt.
Mns bic COME nod 70 prG&tis
@6midsn Glur uub Berg unb WaIS,
pr i'd bod Elm bstmIt& Gliifern:
vMW nun tpmmt eer @inter balb
@Ge Sarben feb i'd l9tnmern
Sn benz bdumeret&eu GbaL
limb In fGDnem gurpur sIGnssa
&tnss bic lfolsen 9eree all.
llnb Der @Isti6er tS&fs Spissn
@Idussn nod I'M Stmmelsblau,
9ts aud bifle iiG ~eatfdrbrn
GcbesbIab une %altera9rau.
GelbR ben SimrneI iiberstebet
Mebmutbsua Elm @&letsr blot,
Sur pp erfi bic 9rnn' sefunten,
GIibt es feurig, frablt es It&t.
Menl&snbsrs il slei& benz 6tmmeI,
s>enn erbegt bonn 5cfnuuesfsrn,
Oefen 2iGt bic NaGt burGbruneen,
8reunblt& ptntt, wenn nod 70 fern.
limb tn ietnem tteflten @runte
Sast bss 5er3sns lester @GIas:
Dieter NaGt tes GrbenlebenS
8clet Der Nufsrfebunsstae.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-10-06

Wtt apOfCltlGem Rrstmutb belt
Napf 9iterius, pr Softer GOutfouttuS
gsbro6t risism ietn Shwerss unrsnt
Dor uno erfldrtc iib terstt. lieber su
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meini6aft au treten. ..Weun ih aud
alein Eisbf," IproG er. 10 pira ras
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entfrdFtet; etna warsn IS oud' tiur
pref Junaltn9s. rf Ten @skc;e ete
S6nt9s Wabuhocrnrlcr) MlruRanp
IeIiteten." SsIbR in p8 Douptitaot
Ter tatbOliFhsa MsIt mar eth altants
lGsr Bti6Cf teitr) sinQelfBl pcreen.
Nttr Gas l5mI'1e Wolf hisit aanrbaEt
an fatbpliiGen Atanten fff. @ons
fanttus seftatttte eahsr. rae SlheriuS
Sur1dtetre, sr foue Aemsmlam INST
Geltr resiersn! Ia rtff cas- Volt ents
riflst aus "Giu @'Iaubs. Gin Gbtttus,
eth 8tIhcE," urn @onidniiuS gGsts
papf 9tberius suilfifbTen letl'n, wdbs
reno Der Arianer Teltr aus Nom pers
bannt mart. Mutblg bate au0 Ger
Dtocon oiIafius, ben 2tebsrius uebf
eem Wriefer GutropiGS On zen Sat(er
0sIsnpt bate, ete @>sibsiuns bsianrsn
uuD BEN Ra'fer suserufsn n@essibslt
III perpsn 1T SoGe Ger @briRen !; absr
pie @brtten 3u asisslu, 1T pss piiatue
unp 8atpbos 8erbtehsn."
(Shlu6 fClat.)
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-10-06
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gtief 0on Sobonn, an Gbsre1e oertdtet,
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III osrIahen unD SOsann In Ron aufs
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uno beratbeu, mas 3u tbun let. Ding
tbs euntIs8 0slbid etrpa NIT rem S5Qie
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fsEaoleIigsn GIemente, pslGe ben @es
ldwiRstn nadfeuten
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ftls cerIafsu bate, fOfott mad pclen
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ppbut bate, osvIteB nit Der 6erspBir
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september.
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uuo ft6 pieOetbolt, Idn8ere 3stt II
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. geuein uno es Dar ibu erpiinl6t ae
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ben. 8om auf5aIuaen.
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pem RtrGenRaat suriGserufsn, bal
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lOlsn 6eiaC, Uuste jseOn bic Septeu
! bsrcCnpsntiOn nldt eber III bre9sa, al
bis es aa6 6raufretGs 0ta@t 9sIdbu
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aierune fGrdtets, trobl absr oas tatb'
hloe, traus0pi@e SOlf.
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September aaIaaBtc, mar Die gan
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Dian etpatttts Itunp!t0 ete 9ta@tta
lie cop etc pismOntsisn cas- ,DH'ti@e y
bet dbsslDttttsn battsn.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

INSURANCE SToRY.-A good joke is
told about Dutchman who was solic-
tied to insure his wife's life, and his
reasons for refusing were as follows: =
Veil, Misder Agent, l doles you some.
drinks about dose onshnrance beesl,-
ness. Last winter gott my sshable
onshured vur nine hundred tollars und
booty gwhick he vos burnt up und /
goes off dot mans und say: Gift me
mine nine hundred tollers, my sthable
vos busnt up yet, und dot mans say -
':No, We Won't do dot, but We bits you
annnder sthable vot is bigger ind bes-
ser,os de Won yot gott before" "VeIl,"
| say NIT dos mans, 81 don't wont dot
sthable, vonts mine munnish." "Ve
CANT helInp dot, We bilts you de stha-
BILE ind dot vos de best dings we can
do So he don't Gift me dot gelt but
he yoost COON und bilts de stts BILE up.
Now off [ onsuae mine vrow und she
gets Diet, ven vonts mine munnish
you yoost say off me, "No, l CANT do
dot, but We geds you bigger nnd a
besser vrow." So you don't makes
sum voals off dis dutchman sum more
yet. Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

The MAN VINO SToPs HIS PApER.-
Philip Gilbert Hamilton, in his adj.
mirable papers on ''Intellectual life''
thus talks to the man who stopped
his paper: newspapers are to the
civilized world what the daily house
talk is to the members Of the family
they keep our daily interest in
each other, they save US from the
evils of isolation. To live as a mem
Der of the great white race that has
filed Europe and America and colo
nized or conquered whatever terrific.
ry it has been pleased to occupy, to
share from day to day it's thoughts.
its cares, its inspirations, it isneces-
sary that every man should read bis
paper. Why are the French peas
ants so bewildered and at sea? It is
because they never read a newspaper.
And why are the Inhabitants of the
United States, though scattered over
territory fourteen times the area Of
France, so much more capable Of
concerted action, SO much more alive
and modern. so much more ir,farpetefl
in new discoveries Of all kinds, and
capable of selecting and utilizing the
best of them? It is because the
newspapers penetrate everywhere,
and even the lonely dweller on the
prairie or in the forest is not intel
lectually isolated from the great cur.
rents Of public life which flow
through the telegraph and press"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

GOVERNOR WADE HAMPTo IN
makes jokes as we'll as the Presi
dent. At NASHVILLE, one day, Mr..
Hayes stood erect in the carriage,
bowling to the shouting tbrong,
and steadying himself by hand
placed on Hampton's shoulder. In
making gesture he removed his
hand, and, the horses starting at
the same moment, he was thrown
suddenly down in he carriage.
mir. President said Governor
Hampton, quietly, "If you want to
stand firm, you must lean on the
South" And the President laughed.
Il Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
THE WRONG MASK.
BIZ HANNAH BLoMGaEN.

The sheen of silks, the flashing Of
jewels, silYery laughter, and strains
OF sweet music, all serve to produce
that intoxication Of excitempn,
which takes possession of one in {
brilliantly-lighted, wel-flled ball
room; and no one felt more the influ
ence of such scene than did charm
ing little Mollie Remsen, on the
night of the French ball, ir
1877.
Dressed as q flower girl, in a
dainty costume that served to make
her look more piquant than usual
il such thing were possible, she
threaded her way in and out among
the crowd, with grace that was be,
witching, and vivacity that rose as
much from the great love
t. hat had just b loss o m e d
in her heart as from her
surroundings.
But one week previous to this
ball, Charlie Richmond had whis-
pered the old, old story to her,
and she felt herself blessed among
women.
She had come to the ball in his
company, but enveloped as she was
IN long, dark cloak, it was impossi-
Die for him to discover what her
costume was; and although he had
pleaded very earnestly, she had pos
itlveiy refused to enlighten him on
the subject.
She knew of his disguise, because
she had helped him to select the
eostume-a court dress of the time
Oh Louis XIV--s o she promised
herself much amusement, and felt
tnat she could extract much
sweetness from that evenings
pleasure.
Several times did Mollie pass
ner lover, who, all ignorant of her
proximity, was searching for her
everywhere.
Then she lost sight of the court
oress--it seemed to disappear
among the dancers at the farther
eno of the hall. She turned
ABOUT, and was considerably star
lied to find herself face to face
with it.
SLOW did he come here 50
quickly" she thought to herself
81 wonder if he has recognized
mer'
her question was Immediately
answered as he approached her,
"0A her hand and placed it on his
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

COUNTRY CHILDREN.
BY NJ. II. N.

Little fresh violets,
Born in the wild wood,
Sweetly illustrating
Innocent childhood!
Shy as the antelope
Brown as berry
Free as the mountain air
Romping and merry!
Blue eyes and hazel eyes
Peep from the hedges,
Shaded by sun-bonnets
Prayed at the edges!
Up In the apple trees,
Needless of danger,
Manhood in embryo
Stares at the stranger!
Out in the billy patch,
Seeking for berries
Under the orchard tree,
Feasting on cherries
Tramping the clover blooms
Down 'mong the grasses,
No voice to binder them
Dear lads and lasses.
No grim propriety-
No Introduction;
Free as the birdlings
From city restriction!
Coming the purest blood
Strengthening each muscle
Downing health armor
'Gainst life's coming hustle!
Dear little innocents,
Born in the wildwood;
Oh, that all little on,s
Had such Il chil.ihooi,
Gods blue spread over them,
Gods green beneath them:
No sweeter heritage
Could we bequpth them!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

TURKISH women do all their shop
ping at the doors of the stores in Pera,
and the merchant -generally a Greek
or an Armenian who speaks Turkish
must go to the carriage window with
the things they wish to purchase. An
ordinance of the Minister of Police
prohibits Turkish woman from en-
tering ary store in the Frank quarter.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
! NO. 8.
Editorial Trials.

We have alluded to the editors
trials--tbe strain upon his syinpa.
thles. Suppose VIC present few Of
them. A yonng man with little ex-
perience of life, but with high ambi-
tions, great expectations, thorough
Industry, sends a manuscript and ac-
companies it with aletter, in which
he says that all the hopes of his life
are hanging upon the fate Of his pa
per-that the writer is waiting to
hear his fate, etc. A woman writes
that the living of herself and her
children, who have been left without
a protector and provider, depends
upon the editors decision, and that
liz her manuscript is not accepted,
she and her little ones must become
beggars. A young girl, just from
school, wishes to earn her own liv-
ing, and relieve a father who has fail.
ed in business. Another girl desires
bravely to educate her brothers and
sisters, who have been left without
the requisite means. A woman is
possessed by an overmastering desire
to do good with pen. Hundreds
write that they are poor, and that
they have no recourse but their pow
er to write.
To man who carries heart, such
appeals are painful beyond expires.
sion. He has no right to yield the
slightest consideration to them, and
he must not do it. They have no
right to distress him in this way,
but they do not know that. The re
sort is SO desperate that they are
really untitled by it for doing their
best work. The presumption always
is that the literary part of the case
is consciously weak one. The urg-
iLg of an Legitimate consideration
would hardly be INDUCED in by one
who felt strong in his literary claim.
When a man is large enough to see
that an illegitimate claim to atten-
ton degrades him, indeed he is
large enough not to think Of MAX
ing it.
After all, the mistake Of novice
begins in his incompetent. idea Of
literature. No man thinks of put
ting his first picture in the exhibit
ton; but the moment man begins
to write, he wants to print, forget
ting that there is no art tia. de.
mands more study and practice than
the literary, and that he has no spe-
cial training for it. Without expe-
rience in life, without training in art,
and with only natural facility for
expression, he has fancy that he
could only get publisher be would
succeed at once. Our painters, our
sculptors, our singers, our architects,
are obliged TO go through long cour-
ses of instruction and practice; but
our essayists, our poets, our novel
lists, seem to think that they must
fly when they tumble from their
nests, or, it is all up or down with
them Printers Circular.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17
TIE ARMY OF NORTHERN v1RarSr1

The ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
General Harry Heth pays the fol-
lowing tribute to the army Of North
ern Virginia in the Philadelphia
Weekly Times: Consider what the
army of Northern Virginia had in
one year accomplished. In 1862,
$4,000 strong it attacked the Fede-
raj army, 100000 strong, and after
seven days fighting drove that army
to shelter under its gun-boats. Fol
lowing up this success, after series
of engagements, Pope was driven
across the Potomac. Then followed
the battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam J
when possibly the fighting capacity
of the army of Northern Virginia
never shone brighter. It's numbers
reduced by fighting, fatigue and hard
marching to less than 10000 strong.
it gained a drawn battle against its
= -
adversary, who numbered about 100,-
600 man. Then came Fredericks-
burg, where, with its ranks recupera-
ted to $4,000, it hurled across the
Rappahannock river an adversary
who had crossed 10000. Then fol-
lows that most daring and wonder
full battle, Charlottesville, where it
again triumphe 10000 strong,
against its adversary, numbering
$4,000, compelling him again to
seek shelter behind the Rappaban-
mock. After such series of sue
cesses, with such disparity of num-
bers, is it wonderful that the army
of Northern Virginia and its great
leader should have believed It capa-
BILE of accomplishing anything IN the
power of an army to accomplish.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

domestic temples. In each the
prestess grows weary of her vestal
service, and adhering to it from a
sense of duty, looks upon her life
with the sadness of those who know
not love, but, as the poet sings,
Far from passions. tears aud smiles,
Drift down a moonless sea aud pass
The silver coasts of fairy Isles"
II New York World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-10-17

strength of will, ere she said that to
him she had determined upon
words that would separate them for
ever.
She went to the cloak room, and
there resolved upon what she would
DO, and that it must be done at once,
She hurried back to the ball room.
She saw her faithless lover standing
near the door, and going up to him,
she said in a low voice: Come out
into the lobby. I must speak with
you at once"
The gentleman seemed a little un.
willing to accompany her, but after a
moments hesitation he offered her
his arm, and the two walked along the
almost deserted lobby.
They reached a spot where they
were alone, and Mollie, withdrawing
her hand from his arm, as though
the contact was degrading, faced him
resolutely and said, in an angry tone,
from which all love and sweetness
had departed:
"Now, Mr.. Richmond, YOU may
know that you were talking to me,
not to JESSIE" and lifting her mask,
she disclosed her pretty face, now
much flushed and darkened with
anger.
"Why, Mollie," cried Charlie, 81
have been looking for. you all the
evening. Where have you been?-
And what becoming costume you
have"
"All this is useless" said Mollie,
scornfuliy. 'You know very well
that you have been talking to me,
calling me Jessie, and telling me
about your distasteful engagement"
Talking to you. Je sic? Why,
what do you mean, MoIliey'
"You know what | mean, Mr..
Richmond; you see that you have
made a mistake. We will be strang-
ers, henceforth,'' and she passed to
him the ring be had placed on her
forefinger only the week before.
But, NIollie-"
She turned abruptly away and has
Tened down the lobby, her heart
lhrobbing with pain, aud an uncon
Portable lump arising in her throat.
He mast not lnow she was suffer
ing; above all he must not see her
cry; she had discarded him with the
scorn he deserved, and he must new
er know what pain it had cost her;
so she hurried on 10 the cloak room.
hoping to reach its friendly shelter
ere the threatened food Of tears
came.
She was startled by hearing a
voice say
NV here are you going, Jessie?-
You said you would be back in half
an hour, and now | find You rushing
along as if you were mad. What is
the meaning of this?'
MolIie looked up and saw a court
costume before her, exactly like the
one worn by Charlie.
Instead of replying she turned
quickly, FASTENED back to the lobby,
where Charlie was still standing,
looking downcast and sad; she half
ran to him, and throwing herself in
his arms, burst into tears, not of sor-
row, but of JOY.
Before she had time to say word,
the gentleman who had taken her for
Jessie, came up to them: but when
he got one glimpse of the tear-stain
ed face, from which Charlie had ia
ken the mask, he quickly retraced
his way, with words not exactly com
plimentary to himself on his lips.
Mollie explained, and Charlie I'm
derstood, and all was well again.
They are now man and wife; bnt
never since that night. in the winter
of 1877, have either of them been
heard to express a desire to attend a
masked ball.