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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-01-23

appear IN tue WltneSS-OOX before this
Senate will lend an ear to his char
ges, and l apprchend, also, that our
Senators-I mean our Senator-for
we recognize but one as representing
the Stat, and our Repr sentatives in
Congress can amply discharge their
duties in the premises, without in
strdctions from US, especially upon
such authority as I have already
mentioned.
Sir, for myself, I do not hesitate to
say here and now that whatever diff.
terences existed before the time of
the Inauguration Of the President of
the United States, they were, fortu-
nately for the country, happily ad-
justed, and while 1 did not then, nor
do | now countenance the modes and
methods by which the end was
reached, believe great national
peril was avoided, and the result has
given to the country a ruler whose
wise and enlarged craftsmanship.
whose expansive soul and grand de-
termination of character bids fair to
return the land to the government of
the fathers and the prosperity of
yore, and I cannot refrain from ex
pressing the fervent wish that Lou.
islana, in common with her sister
States, may hold up his hands in
the good work! And with that end
in view offer, sir, the following as a
substitute, and on its adoption move
the previous question"
The substitute offered by Mr.. "a
Charlie was then read as follows:
"Whereas, certain evil disposed
persons, with the object of creating
turmoil, in order that they may pro-
fit thereby, are availing themselves
OF the differences existing stths time
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
A PernatnaI Carnival.

One of the greatest charms of Cairo,
Egypt, is it's street life, writes a cor
respondent. Tt is thoroughly Oriental
in character. 1t is a moving panorama
of all nationalities, creeds, languages
and costumes, with strong preponder-
ance of the Oriental and semi barbarous
element. 1t is a perpetual carnival,
which deiies description. The boule-
wards of Paris, Regent street, and New
York's Broadway cannot compare with
it. You may enjoy this spectacle quietly
sitting ON the veranda of Shepheard's
Hotel, but still better in the old town,
especially the Muskee. The streets are
alive with gaudily- dressed men and yelled
women, water women, peddlers of all
kinds of wares, braying donkeys, growl-
ing camels, barking dogs, horses and
carriages all jostling each other in end
less confusion. In Muskee the crowd is
50 dense that it seems impossible to get
through, and the noise so loud that you
can not hear your own voice. Every
carriage is preceded by one or more feet
runners, crying to clear the way. The
mosques are covered with carpets OF
rugs for kneeling and prostration, and a
pulpit or readlng-desk, but there are nc
seats. On entering mosque you may
wear your hat, but you must take of
your shoes or put on slippers Slippers
or sandals of straw are always provided
at the entrance OF the mosques, and
must be paid for. Women are seldom
seen in the mosques. The Koran does
not command them to pray, and some
Mohammedan philosophers doubt
whether women have souls. Yet they
are necessary for the sensual bliss Of
Paradise, where the humhlest believer
is allowed $4,000 slaves and seveuty-twt
wives, besides those he had in this life
if he chooses to keep them. The piouI
Mohammedan is very devout, and per
forms his devotion five times a day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
The Bell Family.

Members of this family are now found
and used in every civilized country; in
cities, towns, churches, palaces, prisons,
hotels, as well as on board every ship.
They vary in stature, bulk, and speech !;
there is the dwarf, with its little, tink-
ling voice, and the giant, with it's loud
tones, which would nearly stun you.
Their employments also are very varied
they call people to church, ring merri-
~ at marriages, at Christmas, and other
joyful times; sound mournfully at funer-
ais, summon people to railway trains,
announce the arrival of visitors, and are
often ruug impatiently by masters and
mistresses to call their servants.
Bells were first heard of in the
Book of Exodus; they were made of gold,
and were very small; they were fastened
to the blue vestment which the high
priest wore when attending to religious
duties. The Romans put bells on their
sheep and horses, which was first done
to brighten away Wild beasts and to en-
able the owners to find them more easily
when they wandered away. It was not
until this century that bell-hanging was
introduced into the rooms Of houses. It
is supposed that long before bells were
known in Europe they were used in
Hindoo temples for the purpose of
frightening away evil spirits. It is be-
heved that Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, in
Campania, first invented bells in the
year 400; they were first used in churches
A. ID. 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
a Cat ON the War-Path.

Dogs are prOverbially the enemies of
cats, and the aggressors In the numer-
GUS contests between the two. But Oc-
casionally the tables are turned and a
few days ago, in Boston office. a cat
appeared as the ayenger of all the wongs
Of her race. A gentleman entered with
his pet dog, a courteous animal, brought
up in most friendly relations with the
house-cat. Seeing another cat, perhaps
a relative Of his friend, he approached
her with perfectly amicable Intentions,
but pussy, fred with all the wrongs of
her race, now saw her chance to avenge
them. 1t was no matter that this par
ticular individual was innocent, and even
friendly-he was adog- that was enough.
Scouts, Bashi-Bazouks, flying artillery
are nothing compared to the activity of
an avenging cat, She attacked her vic
tim in front, flank, and rear she grew
huge, she yelled, she spit, she lost not a
point, she made no blunder in tactics,
she gave no quarter, even when the enc
my-toO thoroughly conquered even to
bark, and far too frightened to bite
took refuge under the table. The attack
was SO unexpected that the spectators
were not quite ready for intervention,
the feminine portion being almost as
frightened as the dog was. The occu-
pants Of the neighboring Offices rushed
in to learn the cause of the tumult, and
at last the dog was rescued, and the tri-
umphant cat somewhat Gained. AS the
dog supped that night with the house. cal
an imaginative listener might have heard
him murnur, "Well, there are cats anG
CATS.
1t is unnecessary to add that the ag
gressive pussy is no connection of Miss
Katherine burlington, whose stately anG
significant name should give her a roya
place among her race.-Our Dumb an
mats.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

at that. Just then an old creole auntie
came lettering in, bowed with the
weight Of her nearly-rounded century.
Comment vous trouyez vous, ma chere
annie? Avez vous votre sante. ce
matin, said the bed-ridden eentena-
rian, to my great surprise. "Can you
speak French, Aunt Lettie9'' I asked.
"Oh yes, honey An Spanish, an
Swede as well. I picked it all no while
hbbing with the foreign Ministers, +"
Aunt Lettie hears as acutely as q Young
person. Her memory is still distinct,
and her mind vigorous, but her poor
ebony casket is nearly worn out. She
measured over six feet in her palnv
days, and, with her height and deeD
voice, must have been quite majestic
queen of the Kitchen WASHINGTON
lotion
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Natures Paddle-Boatg.

There is a kind of ielly-fsh which il
called Globe-Beroe, I think. and
which looks like tiny ball of the clear
est ice. All around It, much after the
fashion Of the lines of longitude on d
geographical globe, are eight bands. a
little less transparent than the rest Of
the body. On each of these are thirty
or forty small paddles, in shape like the
floats upon the paddle-wheels of a
steamboat; and it is by means of these
that the little creature pushes itself along
in the water. The paddles are alive
and move either swiftly or slowly, one at
q time or all together.
Not only can this natural paddle-boat
send itself along, but it can also cast
anchor. It puts forth very fine threads.
which gradually lengthen, unfold
ing from their sides transparent tendrils
like those Of q vine. These catch hold
OF and Irvine around some fixed thing.
and moor the craft; and when the Beroe
is about to be rowing again they I'M
wind themselves, and all slip quietly
back into the little ice-balI out of sight.
There are countless millions of Beroes
IN the Arctic regions, where the sea is in
some parts colored by them for miles
and miles. LIZ there were not such inn
mense fleets Of these tiny paddle. boats
there would be little chance for I'D III
wonder at them, because they choose
for their moorings just the places where
whales love best to feed and play their
rough games, and where, too, their own
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Fearful and Wonderful Thing.

The Democratic reformers in Ohio,
having recognized" the penitentiary
in that State, and made the officials
about as unanimously Democratic as the
inmates are, have now turned their al
1ention to the insane asylums. Trained
- vsicians and officials who have devoted
kns: lives to the care of the insane are
l lnsl emoved to make place for mex
,o<-;e,. % persons, whose only quallh-
go. +. N vt they are reliable Demo
oass. : narno cratic reform is a fearful
o o,,.7 zveo Ndegtu, thing. I1adiGp1apotas
.gfaayS@k9Z
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Pr0nf al AfEecti0n

They were disputing as to who had
the richest father, and the smaller one
finally few that track and cried out:
"Well, I've got the best big sister,
anyhow"
"Iguegs NOT, (" replied the other.
eyes, I have T.
II guess not; I've got the boss bio
sister in Detroit, Shell stay home snV
day to let me wear Der shoes to she
circus p
"My sister will do moren that r put
IN the little one. "She'll tale the string
ouS of her corset for me to spia nv to1 1
wieh, and, if I lose it, she'll stay home
from party and never give me q word
Of sass Is your sister any bosser than
that ?"
The big boy had to take a back seat. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Republican Prospects in the South.

Representative Jorgensen, of Virginia,
has prepared list of the Congressional
districts in the South in which the Re
publican majorities for members of the
Forty-third Congress were more than
1900, and has suggested to some of his
colleagues on the Congressional Execu-
tive Committee the possibility of carry
ing those districts for the Republicans
at the next Congressional election. It
has been proposed that two or three
Republicans of high standing in the
country be sent into each of these dis
tricts few weeks before the election to
observe the movements of both parties,
and to exercise a wholesome influence
on the people. It is thought that these
districts are legitinately Republican,
and ought to be recovered, and that
well-direoted work will bring them
back. Following is is the list referred
to, with the Republican majorities given
for members Of the Forty-third Con
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
80 = Fl0rida ExplOsiOn.

plsa ,ss,,.A. cf the Florida explosion
will d,sa5fnn disappoint Mr.. Mont
$3.50, Dr.. II is likely that Mr..
SamuellJ Tildea Is not quls9 s4v19 fe1,r
with then! Fog at leass. sms ooaofnsed
l.aaais otie 80 was naa and a sulphurous
LaSs1g = - go zones clears the air, ano
slllsli. = pier VIVA q shadowy figure
of a secret agent sneaRdA Nv - Get at ant B
brush, as if in a, harry .n - o scheme
sight. twas well-pIsn -
NesO York Isases.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
A Cat Story.

A gentleman in Paris had a fine cat
which, when it got old, fell 4 MARTYR to
rheumatism, and moved It's limbs SO
painfully and slowly that it could no
longer catch mouse. What did this
intelligent pussy do? Simply this J:
Finding his old game played out. he cot
anice piece of tallow candle and crouc6ed
down with it N his mouth near mouse
hole. So far, so good, and this was in
telligent enough. But he beat his own
best on record. As the mice. attracted
by the smell, came out, he didn't drop
the candle to grab them, and so. per
haps, brighten them away. Not he. He
just let them nibble away till their heads
got right ia his mouth, and then he
snapped and settled then. Boston
Courier.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Ia Ten &c Hour OF Day or Night.

10 Tell the Hour of Day or Night
Sling a shilling or sixpence at the end
OF piece of thread by means of a loop;
then, resting your elbow upon table,
hold the other end of the tire ad betWixt
your forefnger and thumb, observing
to let it pass aeross the ball of the
thumb, and thus suspend the shilling in
an empty goblet. Observe, your hand
must be perfectly steady, and If you find
it difficult to keep it in an immoyable
posture, it lis useless to attempt the ex-
pertinent. Premisin that the shilling
is properly suspended, you viii find
that when it has recovered its equilib-
rum it will for a moment be |. sta
tionarY; it will then of its
own accord, and without the
least agency from the person holding it,
assume the action of pendulum, vibrat-
ing from side to side Of the glass, and
after few seconds will strike the hour
nearest the time of day; for instance, il
the time be twenty-five minutes past 6,
it will strike T, and SO on of any other
hour. 1t is necessary to observe that
the thread should lie over the pulse Of
the thumb, and this may in some meas
ure account for the vibration of the shil-
ling, but to what cause its striking the
precise hour is to be traced remains I'M
explained; for it is no less astonishing
than true that when it has struck the
proper number its vibration ceases, it ac-
quires a kind of rotary motion, and at
last becomes stationary as before -
Anaeric0aa Young Folks.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

In the :" Home for Aged Colored Peo-
ple'' lives a colored woman, Aunt Lettie
Thompson, 10 years old by the record.
Her husband, long since Dead, was in
the 1872 war. So Aunt Lettie, bed
ridden and attenuated to a skeleton,
draws q pension of So month. She
was the famous cook Of she early days
81 the capital, and lived with Pageot,
the French Minister, for years, although
n Dolly" Madison would have given her
head to have secured her for her own
cuisine. "But you see, honey, Mons.
Pageot was berry kin to me, an I just
couldn't Leah him as long as he stayed
yer. Mrs. Gen. Eaton wanted me, too.
Myl wasn't she. a beautiful woman !?
Pageot was crazy after her, but when
he foun' he couldn't hab her, heWent of
and married Miss Lewis, of Alabama, ]
believe, just as pretty Q piece of flesh as
ebber these old eyes ebber seJ on. She
had little pink foot no bigger nor q
baby's, and was a tall, graceful woman
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

IN breadth. He has winning way to
make people despise him, and the more
they see Of him the more they don't
admire him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

presence ia the sea makes it into kind
of soup Of which whales are very fond. =
9J0ck-taa-the-PulEit IN st. Nicholas.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1878-05-11
Ansldnoi(1e l1a6ridten.
Stalten.

Gpiit IL. Npril. Der 9aplt emp
Rn9 am IA. +. ben Nfrifa>&eiienoen
@raf Sebaitian Martini pel6er tbn,
Sdreiben res .S5nt9s oer S9pa unb
| ces appfclilden gicars MI9r. Mafz
| lata iiberbradte. Seq XIII. unter>
belt ii6 nit bem fiibnen &cilenoen
lansere Belt iiber bic Tortl6ritte ret
fatboliiden Miniun I'M dquatorfalen
9lfrtfa.
@lei63eitis miro semeloet: Son
beute ab erIdetnt in Tlorens Gin neues
~Gplfsblatt~ urter bem Sitel Satan.
Sp renisfens perfinret ein ppn
Blaspbemten itrpBenbes Circular. Gin
lauberes 3ei6en Der 3eit!
Der ). @ater Ytus TX. bate tpeniae
Sage Dor 1etnem &bi6eioen mod fir
rter orme &trden in 1eutl6lano betz
ltse @erdtbe gum 0ef9enfe befimmt.
Dur6 ietnen Sob tpurce bic @usbdn<
otsun9 rerielben SersBsert; jebt iino
fle an t6re aorei7e absefenbet mprben.
Die SeAliidten fnp bic Yfarreien Smz
mefeppel unO &eHent9 in Der grsoiDz
sele &Tln 6lpnbetm in rer pfals une
SORT in SdleIen.
Gpr iieben Sabren bat ii6 NiuS TX.
fir bic oeutl9en Yil9er pbptp9rapbtren
lahen incem er 9cnebmtste, bae Der
Netnertra9 sur GrlnbunN zines beutS
| iaen Sranfenhoulea in &pm perwenoet
wercen ipue. Sene Photographic mar
cine Der beiten unb porsIeli6fen.
gtunmebr bat papit SEQ XIII. bas
GIei6e beptlIt9t.
Der ). 9ater Bat Dem Gartinal
2ebp6pwsfi bic Summe ypn 100000
6rancs iiber9eben la1ell I'M fGlbe an
biilfsbebirfti9e prteiter Der GrsoitseIe
@relen : pOien su pertbeilen.- Der
General ser Ssluiteh p. 8edr, III
nt6t 9eitprben, 1pnoern nah iiberfanz
pener 8ronfbeit ypufpmmen beroez
telt ppn Stom ,pisrer na6 6ielole
ilber9eliecelt.
Srafiiien.
&io be Saneirp, IL. glprtl. Seit
Der Rtdfebr res &ailers pecro Don
letner 9feile um Die Belt finp bic Gaz
cifalen trteber am Guber. Der &otz
icr bat bic &ammer tpeeen bes @iperz
ftances tbrer cpnIerSattYen Mebrbeit
9e9en pas liberale Miniferium pom
3. Sanuar aufgelIst unp Neuwablen
gum Is. Deg. onberaumt. Die 8raltz
ltancr t6nnen fi6 bcfentli6 nit ben
Batern trDlten.
GnelanS.
Spnbpn, 18. Mpril. Das Gretdntf
oes 9uses biIcet bic 8eprberuna tt,btS
FIBER Sruppen (sipef &eeimeuter Ga
calerte feds &estmenter Snfanterie,
3ipei Satterieen nnb spet ptonterz
Gpmpa9nieen) na6 Malta. Nait ter
gerbHentltduns bteier MaBreeel bat
Soro SeaccnsFelo serabe 70 Ianee ae>
ipartet bis cas YarIament ibm ntdt
mebr NIT unbequemen Oebatten iiber
ben 5als fOmmen fpnnte. @ielerIeits
9ibt fi6 bte anfidt funb, bas btes biz
gntl6lieBuns fei, auf wel6e 9ort
Derby anlptelte ais ct feline 9lmtsnte>
rerle9uns be9riinbete. Die pre6e
fpri6t fi6 billi9enb aus. Mornino
pOf fast Gublanb fbnne iebenfaua
nt@t empfnblf6 iiber bielen G6ritt
Der SeIbitpertbefbisuns fi@ setsen
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1878-05-11

Se1eien.

BrdReL IS. april. Die lance
Sdla6t iber bte germebrune ter
SenatcrenS unb DeputirtensStse 1T
su Gnbe 9esanaen. Das Nmenbement
Sacobs> wOna6 bte @ertbeiluno Der
Stbe sunddf auf @runc Der Iesten
Bolfs3dblun9 Spm'3f. December 1876
erfclaer, cemaemdB Me6elt unb gllolt
je cret Deputtrten, 2Bpen nur ,pef
Senatcren erkaltet efne neue 8olfs<
sdblun9 unb gertbeilun9 am 81. De-
cember 1880 ftattfnben fpu, ent,oo Der
Spppiitipn ber 2iberalen ben goben.
GS fam nod au btsisen @prtoefed<
ten, aber bic Sade tpar ent16ieben.
Wan f6reibt ferner aus 8rdIet
10. B.: Sin unbefannter @pbltbdter
bat nte Summe ron 100000 Trancs
sur gerfisnns 9efelIt beren Grtraa
fir bic Grstebuns binterblietener Sim
oer int Dienite nerunsladter GiIene
babnbeamten Serpenbet werben 1oa.
IS miro beabfdtt9t bic 3tn1en in brr
Nrt Su Serrenben, baB ben betreffene
ben Mdr6en rie unent9eltltde @uf<
nabme in bic 8ilbun9sanltaIt ,t
Weiiines eeftattet iperpe um fe bort
su Sebrertnnen aussubilten, ,tpdbrenb
Die &naben pem Militairz Sntitut su
Nloit iiberrtefen iperben fpuen.
NuelanS.
ct. petersburg. &aum 1T tfe cine
brr rufff6en 5auptitdtte In benStru5
rel ceS Yrccei1eS Sai1ulitfd5 oeratben.
70 tlef1en aud idOn aus beioen an
bern rulfiden 5auptltdcten Wfpsfou
unb Stetp Na6rt9ten iber ausoebrpe
@ene unruben elm. 0esen einen 1ro>
curator 0ebdlfen( StaatSanwult)Sot@
laretpsfi mar In &iep Elm WoreYere
iu6 9ema6t wprren. get einem StuS
centen fano bic pOltsei einen RevolS
Ser, idloB taraus, bae Der ResoIper
nit 8otlarepsft su1ammen6dnae unb
cerbaftete ben Stubenten. Scine &a<
merapen fannten ibn pie es beist, oIS
rubt9en fetbiaen Men16en oer unf
i6nIciS Serbaftet fet. uno Yer1udter
tbn our6 cine petttton su be5reien.
Daftr tpuroe cine 9r5bere an,obl, es
betbt 14O, rele9irt unb, tpie es I6eint,
iosar 9efan9en na6 Npsfau oebra6t.
aus MOsfan einSetrOfene priuat<
na6ri@ten meloen: 'get Dem am IS.
Npril Don 5000 Stutenten unb arz
teitsrn sena6ten geriu6e, Die aus
&ierp etnsetroffenen 9efan9enen Stu<
ce1tett 5u befreten wuroen IL Stus
nenten 9et6btet Is Serwunret unb iiber
100 Serbaftet.
Die &unft peIswerf su fdlIden, Bat
Se9enlpdrtis f6Or einen 70 6oben0rob
errei9t tab man fpaar bic UariIer
8eltz @uSitelIuns NIT elmer Collection
9efdli6ten DelSwerf6 su beI6iden oee
renft. SO er3dblt efn gertdterRatter
beg ,@uSfi Mir, oab ibm oiefer Sooe
bet einem YeterSbur9er pe:,bdnbler
cine fir bic pari1er @eltzMuSfeuund
beitimnte Collection folder Goliiicate
su 0eit9t sefcmmen bic ielblt ben
Senner in 70 iiberraf f9enber BeiIe
tdui6t haB man biefer Smitations<
tunit feline gewunoeruns ni&t Yer1a<
gen fSnne.
Glfaes eDtbrinsen.
Stra6burs. Dem &ei6staa Iieat
Elm 0elebentpurf ftir ben Nusbau oes
GtlenbabnneBes 0Otbrin9en's Dor.
Nud bierbet bunteIt eS fI6 tpe1entIi6
un mtlttdrif9e 3pede ndmli6 bauptS
ld6lt9 barum. ben fiipweitli9en 1beil
SotbrtnSen's In ndbere @erbinound
nit Web su brinsen. ST btefes UroS
JET 'erit aus8efiibrt. bann 1T es m5a%
lid, bet brobenbem &rieee binnen
wenis Sasen 70 1iel Gruppen mad, Der
elfae<IOtbrtnsiiden @rense su tperfen,
als CUR @srtbeirtsuna bes eanOes
nOtbpsnbfs finb /; 70 fperulirt 8fs<
mart.