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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-03
EXCELLENT INTEREST RULES.

For anling the interest on any principal for
any number Of the dAy. the answer in each case
being in ter cents. separate the two rgh; hand
6="rss ~ s.r,@ssi' - d@ii-.s sod ~.-.~.
F""r Is' c'Ht-Mui;iply the principal by the
humber oi days 70 run; separate the right-han
tsute from the product; and divide By ..
t.s Pr r.",-Muliiply by number of days
aad divide by -.
S.' P'r Ceni.-Multiply 5y number of days
separate fighi-hAni hgure and divide by 6.
E'yd' T. 6'n.-Mul,iply by number of lays
anI disile ~ ..
N'i. P.s i.ai.-Muiiip!y BY number of days:
separate right hand GEuFe and divide by I.
e., r. ',ai-Muluply by number Of days
.ai divide o. 80.
T-''r~ isr c,r'.-Muliiply by sumbsr Of dAys:
separate ri;h; hand figure sai divide by ..
F,if''a Isr Csni-Mal,ply by number Of days
AMI divide by %.
E'Yii,sH i'r C.a'.-Muliiply by number "f
day.: separate light hand agure asi divide BY .
I.' 2 Pr c'ni.-Mul,rly By nuu,ber oi iays
AMI divide by i.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-03

An'ty PArER.-.: printing paper continues to
advance. neSspapeT. wil! be forced {" use common
white satin With plain 81; border instead. They
uill very much dislike 20 resort 90 cheap sub
s;iiuic When rag PRINT pats On pair q telegraph
eiinbsTs aEd the paper men plunge their thumbs
into the armhoies II their vests and ask you what
you are going TO do about IL. soms;hing must be
done. aud IL Is to BE- hoped tha; the reading public
uill gracefully submit 10 having their newspapers
prniei o. inexpensive material until these blostsd
straw stack and rag bag holders can be driven %
the vail. and pabl.hers afford TO return To the
use Il paper. ws're in for breaking down the
giant monopoly. and 70 IL becomes necessary 20
print the paper on = bieachei rubber blanket and
have g around anl hold il up While people
read IL. ws shall not shrink from our duiy when
volunteers are called for. Lsdie. Who rely on
Newspapers for the raw material for bustles. snd
boys ~ho heli diplomas for superiority in the art
Of decorating the ceiling uiih sPit-bals while the
teacher i drawing the map of an algebra on the
black board. are invited to Join this boom.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-03

cs- The greatest discovery Of the age 10 that
Which is claimed BY Gea. u. KusIes. of Virginia.
vho has rcesHtly reserved letters patent for de-
vice 20 produce q eOPiOus fall Of rain At any de-
sired time. thereby covering all danger Of Priva-
tOn and loss from droaghi. or lack Of uaisr. The
Geusrai's method OF device is TO send Up TO the
eiead realm cartridges of dynamite or ether sx-
plssivs materials, in skeleton balloons. and 10
Plods then. either BY time fuses or BY magnetic
eIsetTieity. through light metal ~irss eosneeiing
the balloons uith the earth. The General claims
% the result of many years of study and in,ssti-
Cation q the subject that the diGused mists pass
ing over regi0ns localities suffering from usual
droaghi, may readily be esnsoiidatsi into rain
fails b. the eoneRssi0n snd vibrations thas Arti-
eially produced. lie has besn before the Senate
commiitss on Agriculture With bis scheme and
has ASKED that IN aPProPFiaiion bs made By Goa
g-sss Tor sIpsnditars. By the eommissiOnsr On
Agriculture 10 iss; the prseteatiliiy ofths device.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-03

PEEILors wIpow.-Aa aimirer of the beau
tifal. !. g. . gsntiesaan uh0 has read the Drauer
Tor twesiy year. aaa is s::H asisy. in verm0nt,
ssnds us this:
DemocfAis are the exception Instead of the rule
In Vermonf. and it Is unnsuAl 70 more than tuO
or three gaihsrsl together. windou- has
buried three husb.ads. ali pFoniasnt Democrats.
Az the fansrnl of the last; many Of the 'untsrria-
ed usfs in ATTENDANCE. Ana - they we're leaving
the house . gentiesaan remarked. in undeEtone.
This looks ike Denoeratie State Coaventioa." !"
The wiiow is soon 20 marry . fourth husband,
Who is also = noted Denoeras. and ~ the matter
uas being diseased rsssntly Jin--. uho is one
q the .trus hiuss said: Boys. this thing is get
ting ssEious: At this rate the uiieu uiii IN fsu
years r~is tas De-acrafis party ia Bufisr eousiy.
-Hsrps-'s Nssasiss.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
Tough HO0fs of Horses.

It is stated that the Arabian horses,
SO largely used as cavalry in the British
army In India, possess such tough hoofs
that they rarely require shoeing. In q
full-grown horse the hoof becomes as
hard as flint, and he can make the most
severe marches without injury to his
feet.
In ancient times, historians infocm us,
all horses went unshod, and to be able
to do SO particular attention had to be
given to breed from none except those
having the toughest Of hoofs. Mr..
Story, the American sculptor at Rome,
in one Of his publications speaks Of the
Italian horses still retaining this extra
toughness Of hoof, derived, doubtless,
from the old Roman breed.
Brittle and tender feet in horses, it is
contended, come from the following
neglect in breeding: First, hereditary
predisposition second, imperfect nutri-
ton third, alterations of moisture and
dryness; fourth, disease Of the foot !;
fifth, faulty shoeing. Horse breeders
would do well to consider all these
points attentively, and beware not only
Of them but all Their defects Of body
and limb, external and internal. Rural
Ne,U Yorker.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
White Hairs.

'tNot like snow, nor Like anything
else in the world, writes the author Of
/" Romola )" SO she simply calls it ssthet
beautiful white hair Of age" and, in
disdaining all SMILES in connection with
such a subject, we recognize the deep
and true perception Of George Eliot.
Your hair has golden gloss, Jeanette,
lis silk of the finest doss, my pet.
lis beautiful twist falling down to your wrist
thing to be braided, jeweled, and kissed
TITS the ioyeliest hair in the world, my pet.
So sings Charles Halpine, and so in all
ages have poets sung Of hair that is au-
burn, raven brown, of s:those wonderful
waves of bronze and gold," Of all hair,
save the sad and simple hair of age.
All, yes men fall into raptures about
sunny ringlets or jet-black locks, and
their hearts get entangled in the silken
meshes but in the venerable presence
Of white hairs one is tempted to Lift his
hat. Some there are who, walking
along the pathway Of years, have
reached in time the threshold of eterni-
ty; and, as they recede further and
further from the darkness, perhaps it
it is simply the reflection Of heaven
which makes their hair seem white.
However that may be, let us learn to
love g the beautiful white hair Of age"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
An Unused Basin.

Here is a story they are telling just
now in London Of troop ship: In the
ladies' cabin were four wash basins, one
Of which was much larger than the
others. There were three. ladies in the
cabin whose husbands were about equal
in rank. The women always think they
nave a right to presume on the. rank Of
their husbands when taking aschoice Of
berths, etc, and there was a great dis
cussion as to who was entitled to use
the big basin It was referred to the
paynaster Of the ship, who could settle
nothing, and eventually to the Captain.
He gave q decision worthy of Solomon.
After first asking them if they would
abide by his verdict and not give any
more trouble in the matter, which they
readily agreed to do, he said he thought
it was only fair that the oldest lady
should have the biggest basin. That
basin was never used during the whole
voyage ont.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
Diamond Making.

a New York paper says that trying to
make diamonds will be lat least until
they have been made an interesting
subject to the majority of men. The late
effort OF James Mactear, of Glasgow, to
produce diamonds artlficially is by no
means the first that has been made. The
earliest experiments of any importance
were recent, however ffty-two
years since. Latour and Gannall, the
French chemists, then presented pure
pieces OF crystalized carbon to the acad-
envy of sciences, and caused thereby great
excitement, supposing that the secret Of
making diamonds had been discovered.
The result proved that the small CRYSTALS,
although transparent, brilliant and hard.
er than quartz, would neither scintillate
nor refract rays of light sufficiently to
render them valuable. Notwithstanding
that they are composed Of the same ma
terial as diamonds, they had little beau
ty. They. were submitted to the heat
test, as Mactear's crystals were, but, like
his, they underwent no perceptible
change. Champigny, director of the eel
diamond firm in Paris.
pronounced them genuine; where
upon followed the great diamond
panic QSs8, which affected the whole
commercial world. A few years later,
the French savant, Despretz, again start
led the world by announcing that he had
produced artificial diamonds. HIS
method was to fix cylinder Of pure car
bon to- the positive pole Of a weak PAN
lell pie, and platinum wire to the neg
alive pole, and then to plunge both poles
into calculated. water. 8 In two months
the negative pole was covered with
black coating, which was sent to Gaudln
(Marc Antoine) to be tested on hard
stones. Mixed with little oil, the black
particles would polish rubies, and as the
diamond alone will do this, Gaudln did
not hesitate to declare the particles dia-
mend dust, a conclusion generally &C
cepted at the time by men of science.
The question, "Can diamonds be made
altiicially?o is still open, and many
chemists feel sure that ere long IT will
be answered in the affirmative BY exper-
iments absolutely successful. They have
already been produced in material,
though not in properties. It is thought
that these may be obtained by cutting
the crystals differently from what they
are now cut.
Such discovery would not be more
remarkable than the discovery made by
Enguiner Q456) in producing facets, and
perfected by Coster in making planes on
the Koh-l.noor. The effect OF such dis
covery may be conjectured by reference
to the diamond panic Of 1898. Itwould
revolutionize value, and create prodigi-
GUS connection IN both hemispheres; but
the commotlon would abate in due time,
and good would unquestionably result.
The value OF all diamonds in royal treas
uries, in mercantile, titled and private
hands, and elsewhere, is stupendous. It
has been estimated at five billions, or ac-
cording to the French Enumeration, S.
O0O,000,00O. To destroy capital to that
amount would upset for time the whole
worlds commerce, were the capital &C
tive. But the capital locked up in dia-
nonds is wholly dormant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
house. And they would moi. listen for a

house. And they would not listen for a
moment to any answer but Eyes,
Such a laughing time as they had COM
ing down to the sleds, and then such a
jolly ride as they had across the intervale
and up the long streets. And MANY were
the kisses old Hector got right on his
big, black nose, as he rushed into this
yard and that, barking for the people to
look out and see his dear young master
and mistress, who were coming down to
spend Thanksgiving with them.
And the dinner they had at Bessie's
home! Not in the dining-room, for, al
though the warm sunshine of the Indian
summer, which had been bundled In the
haystack to which they had wandered in
the binding storm, had kept the chill
dren safe, the doctor wouldn't let them
go down stairs even for Thanksgiving
dinner: and so there was a table upstairs.
where the children lay in their beds, lust
about big enough for mamma and papa
and Harry and his mother. But thew
were SO crowded that they had to put the
plum pudding on the bureau.
But, after all, Hector was the hero, and
he bore his honors modestly,as all heroes
should. He would sit at the foot of
Joe's bed and fold his paws and wait
patiently with delicious piece OF turkey
on his nose until Joe counted three; and
then he would go over to Bessie's bed,
and once saw her give him piece Of
white meat with cranberrie sauce all over
it..
Itcertainly was the thankfulest Thanks
giving you ever knew in all your life. It
was thankfulness that didn't end when
the turkey and pun pudding were eaten,
and when the sun went down that day,
for in the spring road was opened up
the mountain side, and the little house
on the hill was no longer lonely.
Hector is lying in his own familiar
corner, and Harry,with his arm upon his
mothers shoulder, is looking down into
the valley, which once had seemed SO far
away.
"Hector, old boy, wasn't that just a
glorious snow storm after all?,'
Hector sneezed.-N. =. 1nGepea dent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25

this way and that into every crevice and
corner it could and.
sWhy did I do it?' she repeated a
hundred times that morning, as the hours
went on and the storm went sweeping by.
At eleven o'clock she could stand it no
longer. Calling Jane, the maid, she told
her to go at once to the store and tell her
master to send for Bessie and Joe with
out delay.
IT took poor Jane five minutes just to
go from the side door to the gate, and
half an hour to reach the store. The
drifts across the road ran from fence to
fence, and even the teams were struggling
an inch at time.
s'say i will go at once,''' said papa.
a neighbor was passing in sleigh, and
they agreed to push on together.
How it did snow! As on the hills, so
in the valley. The roads were almost
impossible. The horse plunged and
reared as the huge snow drifts arose be-
fore him and the binding storm dashed
into his face.
'sThey couldn't have gone further than
the halfway house, - said the neighbor,
" AoOP papa courage up. Inc
halfway house was where the little old
woman lived all alone, and sold apples
and candy to the children as they passed
on their way to school.
The horse struggled on.
ssBless ye, sir, the children is gone back
two hours ago, each wild stick O. candy,
SO smilin' and happy, shure, they didn't
go on at all!' said the little old woman.
It was then past two o'clock, and two
hours more it took them to travel that
short distance back again. And when
they reached home the horse was perfect
~ helpless.
"Well. mamma cried papa, cheerful
", making believe he wasn't nearly wild
with anxiety. care the children up stairs
or playing in the barn?"
White and trembling, mamma answers
'sWhat! Haven't you brought them2''
and then mamma gives up, while Jane
and papa lift her upon the lounge, try
ing to bring back the light into her eyes
once more.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
THANKSGIVING.
BY B. F. TAYLOR.

Lay out the earth in sheet of snow,
There is nothing at all to harm bellows
Where men dream out the world together
And pansies sleep till pleasant weather.
The safest place in all the land
Is the narrow realm OF the folded hand!
"Twas made to time Thanksgiving by:
Breathe as it falls-prophetic thing
"ThereTl be an April in the Spring"
Then Thanks to God for sister there
To stand on Glory's diamond stair,
And Thanks again, though go late,
A mother gone, shall smiling wait,
Shall breathe three names with reyerent tone,
The Child's the Virgins and her own,
And lift the latch of Mercy's gate.
Rouse up the fire to costly glow,
IT'LL the maple parts and the rubies show
Swing back the curtains now If ever,
Aud rich and warm, the slender river
Shall cleave Thanksgiving night in twain
As the mantle parted the old Red MANI
All never fear-shine as it will
Enough is left to cheer us still.
Perhaps some wanderer in going past
Who tried all SORROWS but the last,
And wonders why he dares to live,
And thinks he has not thanks to give
May see that gimmer on the ground,-a
It looks SO like the road of gold
He trod himself, in times Of old
LOOK up and see thanks giving found!
Bring out Il chairs from the empty wall,
Where fitlui shadows used to fall,
The shapes Of father, sister, mother,
OF slender sweetheart, friend and brother.
No painted window half so fair
AS the old home-room with its shadows there.
No pictured hall, at Kings desire,
Could match that group before the fire,
Who never cast a shade beside,
But on that wall, and when they died!
And some went UP at break of day,
Some waited longer by the way
Let them who will thank God for light,
Such shadows never made it night.
Come one, come all, there yet is room;
Thanks be to God, from heaven to home
Is nothing but flash of light.
Wheel forth the table, a leaden palm,
Wen give thanks and We'll sing psalm
Some song, old-fashioned, of Forever,
That floated safely across the river,
. No note lost out, no cadence gone
They warbled, died, and sang right on.
The girls shall come in their white and blue
AS they broke Gods azure through.
Played truant to the realms OF light
To be with us Thanksgiving night
The boys are thronging through the hall
They've not grown old these years at all!
Some march away to mufTied drum
But fling no shadows as they come
Without a sorrow Or o sin
Fen Death himself would let them in
Oh sweethearts! Comrades! Welcome home
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25
The Sin of the Pharisees.

A school Of poor children, having read
in the Bible the denunciations against
hypocrites who 6 strain at gnat and
swallow came, were. afterward ex-4
amined by a benevolent patroness as to
their recollections Of the chapter.
/" What, in particular, was the sin Of the
Pharisees. children ?'' 'Aiting camels,
my lady, was the prompt reply.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25

The devastation caused by rabbits
amounts in Australia to serious calam-
ity. One large estate, which formerly
supported &c, 900 sheep, has been aban-
doned on account OF these pests.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-11-25

But they kept Thanksgiving the next
day at Upper Highlands! What9 Some
one il the narrow circle Of, the little
township actually venting food9
So they questioned, AND this is the
way they answered. At early daybreak
en- that Thanksgiving morning the sleds
and oxen were out again. OFF toward
the hills they swing along, up, up as far
as the oxen could go, then on foot as
best they could, up to the old Barnes
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
DTTV YOUR BOOTS, SHOES
BU I and HATS from WIN.
-'--> HUSTMYRE.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

No. 1929 District,Cou,t, Parish OF
Rapides, La.
Jos. Hoy g. Co. for use of j. w. Hen
shaw, owner,
IS.
John S. Compton.
10y VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY
ID a writ of fieri facias issued and to
me directed in the above entitled and
numbered suit, have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction in front
of the Court House door in the Town
of Alexandria, La, between the hours
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day Of MAY ,
A. D. 1880,
All the right, title and interest of the
defendant in ana. to the hereinafter
described property, said defendants
interest being the undivided one-fiftil
interest 10 and to certain tract OF
land known as the "Compton" tract,
situated on the left descending bank
of Bayou Rapides, bounded above by
lands formerly of Flint, in the rear by
Red River, below by the lands now
belonging to Mrs. Sanford, in front by
Bayou Rapides, containing three hun
dred and fifty FIVE 1851 acres, more OF
less, with all the buildings and I'M
provements thereon.
TERMs-CASH, subject to appraise'
ment. d. C. PAUL,
April l4tds. SherlH.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
These children whom you see

These children whom you see
Are all that can call my own.
The Pirate King gives the order
for the loosening of tue piratical en-
braces, which the Misses Stanley
seemed not to object to, in these
words:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
gnetyn,
V q
RONEYSUCKLES.

The News is permitted to republish
the following exquisite little gem, writ
ten by the late VIM. B. Vickers, Esq,
for his paper in Indianapolis, in May,
1868. The poem is considered one of
the best that emanated from the pen of
the late lamented journalist, and will
be read with pleasure by his numerous
friends:-
Stretched idly, in recumbent ease,
Upon the green and velvet grass,
Through leaves of over-arching trees,
watch the 1eecy cloudlets pass.
There, to the right, the roses blush;-
And on the left are rich perfumes;
But sweetest incense seems to gush
From where the honeysuckle blooms.
And from its honey-laden breath
Food for the fairy hnmming bird
Remembrance springs, as lite from
death,
And thoughts Of other days are stir'd.
Back to my youth my fancies flee;
1 seem 10 near glau voices swell,
And through half closed eyes to see
The honeysuckle by the we'll.
The farm horse porch, the open door,
The garden walks, the orchard bars,
The welcome heard on eartl, no more,
But whispered't to me from the stars
All these, and more. I see and hear.
And pleasant dreams my sense en-
thralls,
While over and beyond me there
The honeysuckle's fragrance falls.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
ALL the most terrible AMI dead

ALL the most terrible and dead
iy weapons of war have been thT wn
completely in the shade by the new
GatIing gun which was exhibited on
the 9th Of March, at the offices Of
Sir w. Armstrong, the manufacturer,
in ST. Georges, Westminster, before
a number Of experts. The fearful
weapon is capable Of firing a thou.
sand shots per minute and killing
man on horse at mile range. 1t
has compact appearance, can be Ia.
ken to pieces and easily carried
about, can be applied to military and
naval use, and the mechanism of it
is simplicity itself; the revolving
band has two compartments, into
which, as they whirl round, metal
cartridges drop from tall, oblong
case fixed over the centre Of the bar
4 & H.
rel. At each turn of the handle ten
shots are fred, and their dispersion
is accomplished by sliding appara-
tns. The size of shot in different
calbre guns Of this class ranges
from musket balls to half Founders.
: BY the use Of this implement three
men can do the work of three hun
dred single men. A quarter Of a
million Of dollars is said to have
been spent on experiments necessary
TO perfect the gun, which is now de-
I clared by every military expert t.
: be complete succesa.-[ Exchange
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
1gsE 7als 70 YOUR GROCER.
Virk'S
illustrated Floral Guide,

A beautiful work of 100 pages, one
colured flower plate, aud 500 illnstra-
ions, with descriptions of the best
lowers end vegetables, with price OF
eels. and how to grow them. All for
five cent stamp. In English or
'crman.
Vick's seeds are the best i'll the
Sorld. Five cents for postage will
my the Floral Guide, telling how to
1T them.
The flower and vegetable garden,
5 pages, six colored plates, and
any hundred engravings: For 81
ants in paper covers; Si.G0 in ele
mt cloth. In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine.
81 pages, a Colored Plate in every
mber and many fine Engravings.
ice Sl25 year; five copies for
90. Specimen numbers sent for 10
ats; 3 trial copies for % cents.
Address,
JAMES WICK,
Rochester, New York.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-05
Now Eo15o

Of entertainment so we'll known as the
EXCHANGE HOTEL, or Ice HOUSE,
an,, that he is prepared I" accomno.
date B.,.r.lers and Lotlgers, by the
Dav, Week 6" Month, ut moderate
rates. His accommodations are now
complete, comfortable, and the entire
Hotel has been retittel and refurnisl,ed
whilst lie will still give extr. atten-
ton to his cuisine, which shall always
be furnished with the best the New
Orleans and Alexandria markets af-
ford. He will still run his Restaurant
and serve all calsrs with meals at any
hour of the day or night.
SAM. FELLOWS.