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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

The past week, in the weather
line, has been hot one, yet The
night; are still pleasant-June show
ers, always on hand at picnics and
fishfries, have been plentiful and are
inviting to catapillars-we have no
reliable information, as yet, that they
are here, and only make the compar
ison iucidently-the river is on a
swell, having risen Is inches in the
past week, and is still coming ur
slowly-the crops still lourishing
and in fine condition, with here and
there grass to keep the laborers
briskly busy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16
THE CHICAGO NOMINEES.

HE nOminatlOn VI James IA 0ai
field, of Ohio, and Chester A. Ar
thur, of New York, as the standard
bearers of the Republican party in
the approaching Presidential contest,
closed the six days melo- drama at
Chicago, and clinched the last nail
in poor Grants coffin. The nominee
for President is a thoroughly repre-
sentative Republican, embodying all
the hate, bitterness and yindictive-
ness of his party towards the South,
and he has always been entirely in
accord with the extreme views OF his
party. Though vulnerable in many
respects personally, it matters not
what these weak points are, the
Democracy have the Republican par.
ty to fight and beat, and not its
nominees.
The platform on which they have
placed their candidates and en- which
they 60 before the country, is weak
and pretentious one. Its preamble
is false almost throughout. 1t
claims the honor of having recon
structed the States formerly in rebel
lion, while it is matter of history
that life has only been made tolerable
there by wrenching the government
of these very States from the men
into whose hands the Republican Ad-
minissration put it, and by pruning
away the worst features of the recon,
struction measures, despite Republi'
can resistance. The claim that the
Republican party raised the paper
currency to par with gold aud re.
stored the credit of the Republic is
ridiculous, in the face of the fact
that it was Republican Congress
which brought to naught Secretary
McCullough's wise plans for retire
ment of the lawless greenback cur.
rency, and which passed the ruinous
Initiation bill, which the personal in.
Auence of few bankers induced
Grant to veto. The credit of the ma.
ton has been improved despite the
acts of mere partizans on either side
and largely through the prosperity
coming from natural causes, to which
causes we owe the increase 10 the
number of railroads, the improve
ment in our foreign trade, and the re-
vival of industry from the depression
largely caused by the financial iegis'
lation of this very party, which thu:
attempts to glorify itself because
bounteous Heaven has not permitted
its own mistakes to he fatal.
Take it all in all the platform is as
weak and insincerc q declaration Of
principles as was ever presented, au(
even the New York Times, stalwar
Republican though it is, cannot re
frain from the open expression of it:
contempt. If the Democrats cannot
at Cincinnati, make a clearer ant
more manly declaration they hat
better go into the campaign withou
a platform.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

The Plumed knight has been
beaten In his second heat for the
Presidency, and has to 60 to the sta,
BILE under the rules.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

The Natchitoches Register is the
name Of the new Democratic Journal
soon to be issued by j. E. Hewitt,
late of the DeSoto Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

-FERGUsoN / Schnack stop not at
trif1es and have not the words "hard
times" In their commercial vocabu-
larry. They pursue the even tenor of
their ways and, like Pifiet's, on Ca
nal Street, In New Orleans, you can
not fll your bill Of purchases until
you have paid a special visit to their
Emporium.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

CAPT. Jeffries left on the Jesse
X. Bell, en- route to Cincinnati, to at
tend the Democratic National Con
Yention.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

The New York Herald says 1t
does not know whether to congratu
late the Republican party or condole
with it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

do you desire bargains in either
the Dry Goods or Grocery linea--ii
so pay o visit to "Big Heyman's" es-
tablishment.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16


THE Jesse X. Bell, all reports to
the contrary, is still with US, and
regular and punctual as taxes used to
be paid before the late unpleasant
ness. On Monday she reached here
by 10 A. NJ, with a big freight trip.
having put out at the Avoyelles and
lower landings the largest freight of
the season. Captain Sinnott, every
trip of his peerless pet, is more and
more in love with her, and who has
a right to gainsay that he should not
be proud of such boat? Her obi
ging clerks had put up for this Office
the usual complement of New Or
leans papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

-THE Jesse X. Bell, on her last
down trip, made the run from Alex
andria to the Crescent City in TWEEN
ty-four hours, and attended to all
her usual business.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

-Fo1sY, Charlie Goldenberg's
right bower and affable clerk, waited
on us in style, one hot evening last
week, and surely his Ice Cream, a Ia
rose, soon cooled as of.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

Our friend, Judge w. A. Seay,
of Caddo, is one of the counsel for
the defendant in the Currie murder
case, now on trial in Marshall, Texas.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

-DR. Rushing, a practitioner Of
Medicine and Physician of high
reputation has moved to Alexandria,
opened an Office and will practice his
profession in the Parish and Town,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

Ar the old and fayorite Bakery
OF V. Girard, opposite the Excelsior
Stable, fresh bread can be had every
morning.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

SHOULD Grant now visit New
Orleans, would he meet with the
same reception that greeted him on
his recent visit?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

OK Saturday, the 10th Of July,
the Ferry now leased by Capt. Jim
Graham, is to be leased to the high
est bidder. See notice elsewhere.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

SO many of Lorillard's horses
have been scratched in England,
that it is natural to believe they've
been running for Office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

SWEET rolls at P. OShee's TO-
day and Saturdays.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

The death of Gerald Stith, a
printer, and foreman of the New Or
leans Picayune for more than 35
years, is announced in the Evening
Times of Saturday. He died at his
old home, 10 Fairfax County, Virgin
ia, on Friday, the 1lth inst. He was,
at various times, Recorder of the First
District, Alderman and Mayor of the
City. These he left at their expira-
ton with spotless name and clean
hands, returned to his foreman's
desk, and died in harness, leaving
behind him the record of patriotic
soldier, an upright citizen and an of.
fetal against whom the breath OF
scandal was never heard.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

JOHN BRoUGHAM, the veteran &C.
tor and play writer, died in New York
on the 7th Inst.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

AR last we are gratified to know
and to announce to the public, that
the purchase of the New Orleans Pa
ciflc Railway has been finally made;
and that at the meeting of the Board
of Directors, on the 9th, in New Or
leans, the transfer of the property
and franchises to Gould and Scott
was drawn to the satisfaction Of all
parties, and the question may now
be looked upon as settled.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

WILL q dark horse be hitched in
the underbrush at the Cincinnati
Convention2
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

--THERE's no place like BLooM's.
Buy one Of his nobby Hats.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

Now in the dull season and mid.
sumner, at the mammoth stores OF
"Big Heyman," as the trading world
of Rapides knows him, be is provi-
ded in every way; be has goods OF
Of all kinds, of every variety, to suit
all tastes and uses. His prices are,
as usual, at the very bottom, and
you have this advantage in buying
from him--you are welcome to bring
back anything that don't suit and
get youf money.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16
GRANT says it is all right.

--FaEsa butter, on Ice, every day
at Gus. Gehr's.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16
ON Monday, the 5th of july, a

Natchitoches, the Democratic Exec
utive Committee of this, the Fourth
Congressional District, assemblies for
the purpose of selecting the place and
time to hold the District Convention,
and fixing the basis Misrepresentation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

--BLooM's hats are worn BY every
body. They're the cheapest in the
long run, for they are everlasting.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

Buy your Boots, Shoes and Hats
from Hustmyre.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16

ONE of the special and regular
freaks of the mail matter due here,
from Shreveport tri-weekly, is the
curious fact that we receive the Sat-
urdsy's issue ofthe Times aud Stan.
dard regularly the following Thurs
day, and the issues of Friday and
Sunday of these same journals, we
receive regularly on Saturday and on
Monday. And another solid fact is
that the blame belongs somewhere
else than to the Stage Contractors.
They go and come as regular as
clock work and on close schedule
time, and are not to blame for all
this. Who is2
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE TOWN
ALEXANDRIA, La:

WEDNESDAY, 80. JUNE 16, 1880
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-16


member Of the Legislature, had the
presumption to so to New Orleans
and vote In direct opposition to the
counsels of the Hon. r. L. Luckett
and the Hon. j. C. Wise. Now, sir,
with due respect and high regard for
the names of these gentlemen, must
say to the world that j. F. Hatha-
way borrows no mans head for .
battering ram, and should his brains
be injured he will be the only suf.
ferer.
Now, sir, from your stand point, Il
is no. necessary. for the rosin heel
member to 60 back to New Orleans
at the next session of the Legisla-
ture, but simply let the Editor Of the
DEMOCRAT whittle out nice little
wooden man, place it in the coat
pocket Of Col. J. C. Wise, and when
the roll Of the House is called, let
the Col. pop Its little wooden head
out, and answer or not, as the Colo
mel may choose. It is obvious that
this plan will save to the State four
dollars per diem, and according to
your notion be grand improvement
in the situation.
Now, to my constituency. It Is
due to you, my friends, that / should
render an account of my stewardship
while serving as a member o. the
Legislature. Space will not permit
me to do so at this time, but when
the Fall campaign opens / will meet
you upon every hill and valley; I will
then say to yoa what it is impossi.
BILE for me to say to you through tue
present medium. / will then and
there compare records with the Edi'
tor Of the LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT, the
Hon. r. l.. Luckett, the Hon. J. G,
Wise, or any other gentleman tina,
may be disposed to meet me.
In conclusion, my friends, ! ash
you to suspend judgment until you
have heard from me more { ~.
have nothing to regret in my pourse
las a member of the Legislature.
i Yours with much respect, -
! J. F. HATHAwAx
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11
Household Perils.

Under this head the Boston Journal
Of Chemistry names several dangerous
substances which find their way into
households. There are two or three
volatile liquids used in families which
are particularly dangerous and must
be employed, if at all, with special
care. Benzine, ether and strong am
monia constitute this class of agents.
The two frst-named liquids are en-
ployed in cleansing gloves and other
wearing apparel, and in removing oil
stains from carpets, curtains, etc. The
liquids are highly volatile and flash into
vapor as soon as the cork of the vial
containing them is removed. Their va
porS are very combustible and will in
flame at long distances from ignited
candles or gas flames, and consequently
they should never be used in the even
ing when the house is lighted. Explo-
sions of very dangerous nature will
occur if the vapor of these liquids is
permitted to escape into the room in
considerable quantity. In view of the
great hazard of handling these liquids,
cautious housekeepers will not allow
them to be brought into their dwellings,
and this course is commendable. As
regards ammonia, or water of ammonia,
it is avery powerful agent, especially
the stronger kinds sold by druggists.
An accident in its use has recently
come under our notice, in which a yong
lady lost her life from taking a few
drops through mistake. Breathing The
gas under certain circumstances eau es
serious harm to the lungs and m M
branes of the mouth and nose. 1t is
an agent much used at the present me
for cleaning purposes, and it is uuob-
jectiOnable if proper care is used IN its
The walls holding it
should be kept apart from others con-
tanning medicines, ETC., and rub Der
shoppers to the walls should be used.
OXalic acid is considerably employed in
for cleaning brass and cop per
This substance is highly poi
sonous and must be kept and used with
great caution. In crystalline struct ire
it closely resembles sulphate of magle-
STA or EPSON salts, and, therefore, ire
quent mistakes are made and lives lost.
Every agent which goes into families
among inexperienced persons should be
kept in a safe place, labelled properly
and used with care.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11
Fertilization Of a Human Body.

Your correspondent learning that
there was an item of general interest at
Quincy, took the train for that place to-
day to investigate. Quincy is little
village on the line of Logan and Shelby
Counties. Seeking out DR.. w. V.
Spence and William Kellison, 10 whom
my informant had directed me, |
learned that the reports were true, and
that there was a curiosity right
there, at least for this part of the
world. Mr.. Kellison's mother visited
him several years ago, coming from
Illinois. Her son, as in duty bound,
gave bountiful dinner in honor of the
event. He says that his mother ate
very heartily, SO much in fact that the
next day she was taken suddenly i'll,
and after few hours illness died. Mr.
Kellison, who is an intelligent farmer,
had his mother buried in /" limestone
gravelly'' knoll on the farm. Five years
afterward, on selling the farm, he was
compelled to remove her remains, when
it was discovered that the body had
turned to a solid stone and it took
dozen men with ropes and pulleys to
drag the remains from the grave. The
old lady was seventy years of age, IN
good flesh and weighed about $50
pounds when she died. When exhumed
the petrification was perfect, and the
only part of the body lacking is small
portion of the left ala of the nose.
Some idea of her weight may be con-
ceived when it is stated, and is fact,
that it took two horses and a wagon to
remove her. The weight of the body is
now estimated by good judges to be at
least 1000 pounds. The remains have
been laid away in Prospect Graveyard,
Quincy. Ohio, where they now are, but
Mr.. Kellison yesterday promised them
to your correspondent and a scientific
gentleman present, who intend to pre-
sent them to one of the Medical Mu-
seums of the State.-jSid,aey TO- Cor.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11
Household Bookkeeping.

We agree with the An1ertcan Aqrt-
cult5triSt that every housekeeper should
keep an account book. Very few
families have exact knowledge of
the cost of living in any particular style.
They cannot compare the expense of
one years food, for instance with that
of another, nor see where retrench-
ment might be made when, be-
cause of lessening income or for
any special reason, retrenchment
becomes desirable. They do not
know how much it costs to feed and
clOthe and educate a child. We have
known workingmen who, when business
was good, earned thirty dollars week
and had no children, yet spent all they
earned so rapidly and needlessly that
when the inevitable dull time folio we'd
the brisk one, they were actually with
out resources. A habit of recording
the expenditure of every cent would
tend to check foolish extravaganza.
Comparatively few farmers know Just
how much butter they make yearly,
how many eggs they sell, or what is the
money value of any crop which is con-
sumed in their own families.
In our own State the census-takers in
the country often received replies
which might mean either ignorance of
the farm products, or resentment of
what they supposed to be impertinent
curiosity as the manner of response
might indicate. In any case complete
ignorance of the Importance of such
statistics was shown. In reply, for in
stance, to questions as to the amount of
butter made, or eggs produced, the CEN
sus takers were sometimes told: "There
are the COWS; judge for YOURSELF" or
" You can see the hens Very few
housekeepers know how many extra
meals they furnish in a year, but it is a
matter of interest and importance.
English women keep household ac-
counts as matter of course much more
generally than our bookkeepers do.
The household books of kings and
and mobiles in earlier centuries have
proved treasures of information to his
torians. From them knowledge of
and social conditions where
there were no newspapers to chronicle
has been gained. -PrOUide,ac Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11
Strange Freaks Of Crazy Woman.

Friday afternoon Mrs. Sarah Demar-
| est, the wife of well-to-do farmer,
about three miles from Ellenville, while
laboring under a fit of insanity, set fire
to her husbands house and barns, and
then, in an effort to escape restraint,
shot herself in the head. Mrs. Demar-
est had been troubled in her mind for
some time, but before Friday her all
ment had not assumed a dangerous
turn and it was not considered neces-
sary to place her under restraint. While
the members of the family were away
Mrs. Demarest procured two or three
feather beds, piled them under the
piano in the parlor and then saturated
them with kerosene oil. Before setting
fire to the pile she went to the barns, q
short distance from the house and
poured a quantity of kel osene on the
hay. She then ignited both the barns
and the house and was dancing around
the burning buildings when her husband
arrived. He succeeded in extinguish-
inc the fire in the house after the furni-
ture in the parlor was almost destroyed.
The barns, which were large and filled
with the crops of this season, together
with large number of agricultural i'm
plements, were burned to the ground,
causing loss to Mr. Demarest of near
~ $4,000. After starting the fires Mrs.
Demarest armed herself with loaded
revolver, and going out into an open
field, threatened to shoot any person
who came near or attempted to inter
fere with her. Her husband and the
neighbors made several attempts to APP
proach her, but she kept them off by
pointing the cooked revolver. Finally
one of them succeeded after a long par
ley in getting within reach of her, when
he made sudden spring to obtain pos
session of the revolver. He was not
quick enough, for the woman raised
the weapon to her head and pulled the
trigger, the ball striking her in the fore
head and passing upward plowed
through the skin and passed out at the
top of her head. The wound was a
flesh one and is not dangerous. Mrs.
Demarest was then sent to the asylum
at Observation-Disclosures IN. ~
Eagle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11

they have credit accordingly AS men
who put themselves foremost in their
intercourse with others never do have.
There is no having even show of pO-
likeness without show of unseltish re-
gard for others
But the only way of being truly cour-
teous is by being truly unselfish. How
can you be sure of having good breed
ing, fine manners and politeness of word
and conduct? Paul, the pattern Chris
tan gentleman, gives answer: "Let
nothing be done through strife or vain
glory; but in lowliness of mind let each
esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things,
but every man also N the things of
others. Let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ jesus If you fol-
low this rule, you VIII not only seem
courteous, but you will be sos. s.
Times
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-11-11
A New York Hotel for Tramps.

A few days ago reporter for the
Graphic, having been made acquainted
with the location of a genuine, Simon
pure tramp boarding and lodging house,
visited the place. The proprietor, who,
by the way, is an eX-tramp, displayed
considerable forethought in the selec-
ton of his caravansary, which is in the
heart of the business portion of the city,
and but stones throw from the City
Hall. Just before dusk the reporter
reached the place indicated, and with
some difficulty CROPPED his way down
two flights of stairs to a long, narrow
sub-cellar of an immense building. the
upper portion of which is used for vari-
Gus mechanical purposes. The sight
presented near the door led the reporter
to think that " fall cleaning was in
progress, whitewash buckets and I'M
planned boards almost impeding his en-
trance.
d" Undergoing internal improve
ments?" he queried of a seedy, lank
object with unkempt hair, shaggy beard
and close-ftting buster, that lay out
stretched upon the dining table, half
asleep.
"Kinder, iist whitewashin' a bit,
drawled out the fellow, without making
the least effort to move. Not wishing
to disturb him, the reporter glanced at
the interior, or rather so much of it as
was discernible, it being totally dark at
the farther end of the ''hotel" On the
right was what might be accepted as an
apology for kitchen. Two iron frames,
in which smouldered few embers of
wood, composed the cooking apparatus.
Near by on the floor were four empty
tomato cans, one spider" broken
kettle and a stewing pot In butter
tub, half filed with dirty water, were
piled lot of crockery, while on the
counter, which was made of two boards
held up on either end by two props,
was pan of what appeared in the dark
ness to be beans. A questionable ham,
bearing the marks of several fingers, re-
posed innocently on a saucer alongside
of four loaves of bread near the other
end of the counter. There was no
elevator in the rear" or if there were
it was obstructed from view by stack
OF mysterious looking bags and sugar
mattings.
"What do you intend doing with all
those bags?" asked the reporter.
The tramp shook himself and sat
upright or as near to it as he could.
. Them's the BEDS" he answered; "we
fixes them in the night"
You don't charge anything to sleep
on them, do you?"
ssVoc rro docs IVa ohororo ar e.
pence to sleep here"
A sound resembling a buzz-saw
wrestling with a Egnum-vite knot
emanated from a dark corner thus far
unnoticed. 1t proved to be the snoring
of wearied traveller at rest, who pre-
sented the appearance of a bag of rags
in coal bin. This corner undoubtedly
was the receptacle of the combined
pickings, stealings. fndables, presenta-
bles and changeables of the entire pro-
fession. 1t was here in this corner that
the reise'ade pooled their tissues. Were