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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-01-14


BONE DusT.-Bone dust, like barn
yard manure, does not Immediately
yield up it's nitrogen and phosphate
acid to plants. The bone phosphate
of lime is insolIble in water con
tanning carbolic acid. The gelatine
Of the bones would soon decompose
in a moist, porus, warm soil, provi-
ded it was not protected by the oil
and the hard matter of the bones
Steaming removes the oil, and redu.
cling the bones to as fine condition
as possible is another means of in-
creasing their availability. Another
good method Is to mix the bone dust
with barn.yard manure, and let both
ferment together, and l am inclined
to think this is the simplest and
most economical method of render
ing bones available. The bone-dust
causes the heap of manure to fer
ment more rapidly, aud the fermen
tation of the manure softens the
bones. Both the manure and the
bnnes are improved aud rendered
richer aud more available by the
process. Ono ton of good bone dust
contains about as much nitrogen as
81 tons Of fresh stable manure. But
one ton of manure contains more
potash than i've tons Of bone dust.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-01-14

-HoYvILLE Landing, a desirable
business locality, is offered for rent.
See notice.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-01-14

TIE GrLBERTs. THE theatrical
troupe, composed Of most excellent,
talented and genteel lady and gentle
man performers, visited our Town Ne
per previous announcement and gave
us five nights Of their choicest and
we'll rendered performances. The
pieces selected and played, among
them "Pinafore" and the "Mosqui-
toes,'' were mostly new ones to our
community and took we'll. The
company, in mort Of respects, are BY
far the hest, genteelest aud decentest
which have visited this Town since
the surrender, and are well worthy of
the pretty liberal patronage they re-
ceived here. They departed, by the
Yazoo Valley, on Monday, for Don
aldsonville. and we take pleasure in
giving them a good name and 70.
commend them specially to the lov-
ers Of the drama in that City. We
specially introduce them TO the good
favor aud kind attention Of Bentley,
Of the Chief Of DoDaldsonville, aud
trust he will receive and treat them
as all gentlemen Of the Fourth Es-
tate know how to record true merit.
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TIE Mosquitoes" have flown
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LOOK before you leap, ladies'
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TO the Clerks ofthe Danube and
Charmer, we are indebted for paper
favors.
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE TOWN
ALEXANDRIA, La:

WEDNEsDAY,.....JAN. IA, 1880
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GARDrxs.--Gar should now b
cleared up and put in order 10 re-
ceive reeds - tho season advances.
Garden peas may now be planted
Some prefer 70 plant Irish potatoes
before January. In warm soils, and
with favorable winter, they do we'll,
but later planting usually does bet
ter. Roquette, radish, carrot, let
tuce and cabbage seeds may be plan
ted late in December or early In JAN
nary. Beds should be spaded, or
deeply plowed and narrowed, and the
soil we'll mixed and pulverized, aud
fertilizers well mixed with the soil.
Few gardeners properly appreciate
the importance Of the complste mig
ing OF the soil. It il impossible to
overdo this work. The bitches oil
should be opened early and the gar
den we'll drained. No water should
be permitted to stand in any garden
after the severest rains.
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Our Agents.

Thomas Mcrutyre,.--....New Orleans
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sWolNo WOutuS. ..............s 35O
Labor of eight hands for 800 days, at
5O cents per day. 1900
Contingent expenses per day, 50 cents $50
A total expense per annum $ls75
The price of labor and contingent
expenses is a little in excess of those
incurred by Mr.. StriblinR.
Now the gross profit Of tie mill is
the difference between the amount
paid for the raw and that received for
the manufactured material. Mr.. Strib-
ling informed me that he paid at the
rate of ten cents per pound for lint
cotton, and sold yarns at seventeen
cents per pound, thus increasing the
value of tho cotton seven cents per
pound by the process of manufactur-
ing. Well, $1,000 pounds Of lint cot
ton, at seven cents per pound, amounts
to $500. From this deduct the
amount Of expenses as above given
and We have a net profit Of Sl,625.
1t will be seen that ten cents per
pound for cotton is the basis of nv
calculation, but the same proportion
should follow the changes which have
occurred in the prices Of the raw ma
terial. II am correct in these esti-
mates, it seems to me the profits
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of subscription remain unchanged,
and for terms we refer our readers to
the table contained in another COL
umn.
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will also constitute a special feature
in the DEMOCRAT, after this issue,
and, in addition to the usual edito-
rial matter, We shall furnish our rea-
ders with the scream" of the press,
selected from our numerous ex-
changes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
THE LAST OF THE VEsHUCCI.

A decided sensation was created at Wash.
ington, during the Van Buren, Administra-
ton, by the appearance there of a handsome
and well-educated Italian lady, who called
herself America Vespucci, and claimed de
scent from the navigator who gave his name
to this continent Ex-President Adams and
Daniel Webster became her especial friends,
and she was soon welcome guest in the
best society. In few weeks after her ar
rival she presented petition 70 Congress
asking, first, to be admitted to the rights of
citizenship, and, secondly, to be given ga
corner of land out of the public domain of
the country which bore the name of her an
cestor. An adverse report, which was soon
made is one of the curiosities of Congress
sional literature. 1t eulogized the petitioner
as ga young, dignifed and graceful lady,
with mind of the highest intellectual cul-
ture, and a heart beating with all our own
enthusiasm in the cause of America and hu-
man liberty" The reasons why the prayer
of the petitioner could not be granted were
given, but she was commended to the gen.
erosity of the American people. 1.-The
name of America-our country's name
should be honored, respected and cherished
in the person of the interesting exile from
whose ancestor we derive the great and glo-
rious title" A subscription was immedi-
ately opened by Mr.. Haight, the Sergeant
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
THE sENNRRTNN.

The Bavarian is playful in his ponderous
way. A popular figure in the village dance
says much for the sturdy physique of the
people; in this strange performance the
male dancer finishes with bound in the air,
and resting head and hands ON the shoul-
ders of his fair partner, beats tattoo on
the ceiling with his bOot-soles in quick time
to the music. And the training of the girls
is calculated to make them robust and self
reliant as we'll 1t is difficult to conceive
more unnatural life for young woman than
that led by the Sennerinn, or herd girl, for at
least three months in every summer. Each
peasant proprietor has his stretch of pas
ture on the mountains, as well as his plot in
the valley; and to the former the cattle are
driven each year when the mountain grass
becomes luxuriant. The solitary girl is sent
in charge, and there she remains under tho
same roof with the cows, who are her sole
company for six days out of seven The
cheese-making pretty amply occupies her
in the day time, and we doubt not that she
less does she look forward to the seventh
day, when she invariably may count upon
visit. For it is de rigaseur that each Sem
nerinn should have young man." and the
long Irritation with the young lady in the
mountains is the duty and pleasure of each
summer Sunday. When she leads down her
flock decked with flowers at the end of the
season, and the village society turns out to
welcome her, the lover gives visible SYM
boil of his allegiance by presenting her in
public with a bouquet of wild flowers. But
sentiment stops short with these tender pre-
Eminaries, which, by the way, are hardly
conducive to rigid morality. The subse-
quent marriage is as much matter of bar
gain and barter as any arranged among the
of Belgravia- Stock is previously
taken of the goods on either side; and the
bride drives herself to the dwelling of the
bridegroom seated on a pile of "plenish-
ing, " which forms part of her dowry, and
cradle among the other articles
Tile Saturday Rerieso. #
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
JOSH BILLINGS ON MARRIAGE.

By awl means, Joe, get married, if you
hav fair show. Don't stand shivering on
the bank, but pitch rite in and stick your
head under and shiver it out. Thar amt
any more trick in getting married than thar
is in eating peanuts. Many man has stood
shivering on the shore until the river run
out. Don't expect to marry an angel-they
have been all picked up long ago. Remem-
ber, Joe, you hain't saint yourself. Do
not marry for beauty exclusively; beauty is
like ice, awfully slippery and thaws dread
fully easy. Don't marry for luv, neither !;
luv is like cooking stove, good for nothing
when the fuel gives out. But let the mix
trre be some beauty, becomingly dressed,
with about two hundred and fifty dollars in
her pocket, gud speller, handy and neat in
her house, plenty of good sense, tuff consti-
tuition and bylaws, small feet, light step :.
add to this sound teeth and warm heart.
The mixture will keep in any climate and
will not evaporate. Don't marry for pedi-
gree, unless it's backed by banknotes. A
family with nothing but pedigree generally
lacks sense.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
LORD KILMORY,S COFFIN.

That eccentric old peer, the Earl of Kill
mory, who died in his 93d year, caused q
coffin to be prepared for himself some years
ago, and this he placed in mausoleum
which he had erected in his grounds The
inscription on the plate was complete all
but blank for the date of his death and
in the coffin he kept the body of deceased
friend, which was, of course, to be removed
when he himself should be ready to become
the occupant. This reminds us of old Ned
Dawson, a Nottingham character, whose cof-
fin served him as cupboard for twenty
years before his death, and who, to display
the tenacity of his Toryism, had it painted
" true blue" On his birthday, Ned always
attired himself in his best suit, and extended
himself in the coffin to see if it still fitted.
Evacuating his quarters, the coffin, filled
with substantial viands, was then carried in
state on the shoulders Of his boon compan-
ions, Ned following as chief mourner, with
an enormous pitcher of ale in his hand. A
local poet wrote an elegy on Ned, which
contained this couplet:
In which the living Dawson kept his bread.
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he lost an oar early in his Involuntary
cruise, and sustained severe hurts upon his
head, right foot chest and both hands. To
ward sunset of the second day, when he
had given up all hope of human aid, he es-
pied afar off the smoke arising from a
steamers funnel By almost superhuman
effort he succeeded in approaching the
the steamer within hailing distance, and
piteously implored the captain to take him
on board The latter, addressing him il,
French, asked him how much he would
give to be saved, to which barbarous ques-
ton Montinari replied, "A thousand
francs" ''That is too little" rejoined
his inhuman interlocutor, and the steamer
proceeded Oh her way. Eleven hours later
he was rescued by the Jenny, however,
almost exhausted by fatigue, hunger and
loss of blood, and was subsequently put
ashore at Ivica, where he communicated
the details of his dreadful adventures to
the local authorities and obtained their as
sistance to effect his return to his duties at
Otranto. Hfi as5trf.1 ae5f..i;t. s..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
A LEARNED LADY OF THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY,.

At the Court of Ferrara Olympia Morata
began her higher studies by attending the
classes of the Professors at the university,
her own father, Cello Calcagnini, and espe-
cially two Germans, Chilianus and John
Sinapius, who were doctors of medicine,
but taught literature. To Chilianus Sina-
Plus Olympia felt that she owed much, and,
like all who are really in earnest with knowl-
edge, she expressed to him her deep sense
OF gratitude. "To my father" she said,
" owe the beginning of life to you, my
teacher, the beginning Of living well. From
you 1 learned to count as nothing the things
which are commonly reckoned good, but
looking up to virtue to reckon it as the one
peculiar good of the soul which can never
be lost" Under the teaching of Chilianus,
Olympia rapidly advanced in her knowledge
of Greek, and devoted herself to the study
OF Cicero. At the age of IA she wrote Latin
letters, translated several of Boccaccio's
stories into Latin, wrote observations on
Homer and several rhetorical COMPOSITIONS
IN praise Of celebrated men of old times.
She then turned her attention to the higher
branches of learning, philosophy and theo-
logy. and wrote dialogues in Greek and
Latin in the style of Plato and Cicero, deal
ing with philosophical and theological sub
jects. She was scarcely 10 years old when
she was requested to give lectures in the
University of Ferrara, in which she COM
mented on the Paradoxes of Cicero, and
discussed the philosophical problems which
that book contains. There was nothing ex-
traordinary in a lady lecturing in Italy at
that day. There was no notion of rivalry
between the sexes, any more than between
classes, in the State All were at liberty
to do their best, and they had an au-
dience sufficiently critical to take whatever
was said at its real worth. Olympia's real
knowledge and graeefulness in speaking won
for her lectures both respect and attention.
She might long have taught at Ferrara if
religious difficulties had not again ARISEN
Macmillan's Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
A FRONTIER WEDDING.

Says the Sioux (Dakota) Pant,yrapA {:
try SO much gloriication over a wedding as
that which made Nils Peterson and Mali ].
Aansen man and wife, The ceremony was
performed recently at st. Olaf church, north
of Sioux Falls, by the Rev. o. Sando. The
couple were accompanied to the church by
twenty-five wagon loads of friends, and
from there they went to the home of the
groom near Republican Post Office, nine
miles from here, where the glorifcation was
held Feasting and dancing were COM
menced right away, and were kept up for
the following three days. Part of the time
there were as many as two hundred guests
present, and during the whole four days
there was steady stream going and COM
ing. There is no way of knowing how
many were there together, but the prepara-
tions made for their entertainment indicate
something of the crowd. For meat two
large oxen were roasted whole, all of which
was devoured; 100 pounds of white fish
were also served, together with liberal sup
plies of cavaire bread and pastry enough
for regiment; and cheese, such as is made
in the old country, was spread prodigally
during the whole time. The supply of
was almost young deluge, and
cigars were punished by the box. Six bar
rels of beer had been home-brewed from
fourteen sacks of barley; whole barrel of
alcohol was taken out from town, the sur
plus to be returned, and ten gallons of wine
provided for the ladies' The alcohol was
diluted somewhat for use, and the whole
supply of liquor was continually on tap for
anybody who could hold any more. While,
of course, most of those present felt the in
duence of their beveraging, there was no
beastly intoxication, and everything was car
ried on without any breach of good nature.
All the time dancing went on, except during
such intervals as the participants were COM
PEELED to rest 1t was altogether the most
extended jubilee that the Northwest has
known, and will be long remembered by
hose who took part.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.

About two years ago the Paris Police Tri-
bunal passed sentence of two years i'm
prisonment for swindling, on an individual
of Russian nationality named Count de
Tschernadief The man had, however, es-
capped from Paris, and SO far the sentence
has never been executed. short time
back traveller of rather distinguished ap-
pearance alighted at the Grand Hotel and
took up his residence under the name of
Count de Tschernadief. He obtained access
to certain clubs, where he related that he
had just inherited fortune of 10000, 600
francs Gel, 600, OOO), and was about to give
a grand tete to NJ. Gambetta, of whom he
was himself q fervent admirer. The rumor
of the event soon spread in Partisan circles,
and the reporter of journal called at the
hotel to interview the stranger, who ap-
peared pleased with the attention, and
scribed at length his estate at Glarus in
Switzerland, where the .tete was to be given.
1t contained, he said, an avenue three miles
long, which was to be Illuminated through
out, after banquet of i've hundred covers
and five thousand invitations were to be is
sued for the evening. For several days the
same journal continued to laud the wealth
and hospitality of Count de Tschernadief,
and the news at last attracted the attention
of NJ. Mace, head of the detective force,
who had not forgotten the adventurer of
two years before, and still held a warrant
for his arrest. He waited on the count at
his hotel and after short conversation ac-
4uired the conviction that the two noble
foreigners were one and the same, and had
him at once arrested. An investigation has
been opened to discover the identity of this
person, as it is presumed that the title under
which he passed was an assumed name.
The most mysterious feature of the affair is
hat he really rents fine estate at Glarus,
or which he pays twenty-five thousand
rancs Gel 1,0OO) year, that he has car
iages, hunters, &C., and is living at the
ate of two hundred thousand francs (fS,-
'OO) year, while two years ago, when con-
lemned, he was in complete penury. The
police will, of course, endeavor to discover
he source of his rapidly y-acquired fortune
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
THE RAZOR CLAM.

When the tide is out, one may find the
razor-fsh, SO called because the shell re-
sembles the handle of a razor. If laid hold
of suddenly, the chances are that before he
can be drawn out he will slip out of his
shell, leaving that empty in the hand, while
the 90 soul and essence" of him has gone
down half fathom into the sand. Yet he
is not more slippery than many an individ-
ual, who, when pressed to do some mag
unanimous deed in behalf of the community,
slips out of his shell, and, losing the grip,
you can no more find the soul and essence
of him than you can find the soul of this
razor-fish, which has gone deep into the
muck and sand. In either instance, the
empty shell is only the sign of the thing
wanted. The Californian.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
KEEP YOUNG.

Don't grow old and rusty and cross,
afraid of nonsense and fun. Tolerate the
follies and crudities of youth. Gray hairs
and wrinkles you cannot escape, but you
need not grow old in feeling unless you
choose. And SO long as your age is only on
the outside you will win confidence from the
young, and find your life all the brighter
for contact with theirs. But you have too
many grave thoughts, too many weighty
anxieties and duties, too much to do to
make this trifing possible, you say. The
very reason, my friend, why you should cul-
tivate fun, nonsense, ightness of heart
because you need them SO much, because
You are weary with thinking" Then do try
to be young, even if you have to be foolish
in SO doing. One cannot be wise all the
time. a. ffa.i s.s l.l
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alarms of the Senate, and Judges, Con-
gressmen and citizens We'd with one another
in their contributions. just then it was
whispered that Nine. Vespucci had borne
an unenviable reputation at Florence and at
Paris, and had been induced by pecuniary
consideration to break off an intimacy with
the Duke of Orleans, Louis PhiIlippe's old
est son, and come to Washington. Soon
afterward the Dukes younger brother, the
Prince de Joinville, came to this country,
and refused to recognize her, which virtual
ly excluded her from reputable society.
For some years subsequently she resided in
luxurious seclusion with wealthy citizen of
New York, in the interior of that State, and
after his death she returned to Paris. at
laaatic Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-08-12
THE BUILDING-sroNE OF ENGLaNp

As early as the age when Stonehenge was
piled up, building stone. was selected for
special purposes, since the outer circle Of
that prehistoric monument consists of tho
the Saracen boulders of the neighboring
plain; but the inner pillars are of diabese,
and have been brought from some unknown
distance. During the middle ages, Caen
stone was frequently imported for building
churches or other important architictual
works. Before the Norman Conquest, how
ever, most English buildings were of wood,
SO that to timber a Minister" not to build
a church, is the good early English express
sion of the chronicle. In chalk districts, at
later date, broken fints were often en-
ployed, and they give mean appearance to
the abbey ruins and churches at Reading,
as well as to most of the older edifices at
Brighton. Oxford, however, on the Oolite,
IS, happily, of good native or imported
stone. In modern times London, standing
in the midst of the brick earth, has fallen a
Queen Anne revivalists have endeavored to
restore an honest red brick; whereas Edin-
burgh, surrounded by excellent building
stone, has been able to do justice to its mag
nifcent natural situation, and Aberdeen has
clad itself in the stern but not unattractive
gray and blue of its own solld granite. To
the Caen stone, the Bath stone, and the
Portland stone we owe half our cathedrals
and abbeys, whose delicate tracery could
never have been wrought in Rowley rag or
Whin Sill basalt. The architecture of gran
ite or hard limestone regions is, often mas
sive and imposing, but it always lacks the
beauty of detailed sculpture or intricate
handicraft. The marble lattice-work of the
Tai or the ''prentice's pillar" of Roslyn
Chapel are only possible in soft and plia-
BILE material. l.-Fraser's Magazine.