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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-11-23
Ysrsr Say full.

Keep pushing-'tis wiser
Than sitting aside,
And dreaming and signing
And waiting the tide.
In life's earnest battle
They only prevail
Who daily march onward
And never say fail.
With an eye ever open
A tongue that's not dumb,
And a heart that will never
10 sorrow succOmb-
You'll battle aud conquer
Tho thousands assaiI-
How strong and how mighty!
Who never say tail!
The spirit of angels
Is active | know,
AS higher and higher
In glory they 60;
Me,hinks on bright pinions
From Heaven they sail,
10 cheer and encourage
Who never say fail!
Ahead, then, keep pushing,
And elbow your way,
Unheeding the envious,
And asses that bray;
All obstacles vanish,
All enemies quail,
In the might OF tl,eir wisdom
Who never say fail!
In life's rosy morning
In manhood's firm pride,
Let this be the motto
Your footsteps to guide;
In storm aud in sunshine,
Whatever assail,
Well onward aad conquer,
And never say faif!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-11-23

WE have IT., elveu the cOmmu-
niratlon Of Traveller; without his
name being given us we cannot pub
fish the same.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-11-23

|ries cling around that modest
home, that is the shield from
|vexation and care. The cen
ter around which cluster all
|of ones hopes; the motive,
the handspring which gives
|impulse to all of ambition, to-
every aspiration of the fu-
|ture; and the generator of the
NERVE force that sustains high
|endeavor and breeds lofty de-
termination. What does he
whO has no home know of
life Z? What does one who
has no little ones to meet him
|at the door and climb upon
This knee by the fireside know
|of the duties of the present or
IhOpe of the future !? 1t is
true that the babies are not
always big enough to climb
on your knee, and then that
they have most provoking
way of crying at night just
when you are the sleepiest,
and that there is not much
: poetry in, getting up at one
O'Clock in the morning, when
it is freezing cold, to measure
: out a dose of hive syrup and
paregoric to stop the baby's
threatened attack of Group
but what of that , The baby
/. grows and your forget all
about the past discomforts in
1.-THE present joy of hearing his
innocent prattlc. And what
sof it if you have carried home
"a bundle OF papers or a new
magazine and the good wife
i has YOU a blazing fire in the
) CRATE, and your students lamp
burnt E SO inyitingly and
your gown and slippers-the
e one spread over the back and
{ the others so costly put at the
$ foot of your big rocker-and
l you arc ever SO anxious to
of the literary feast,
) and you must needs stop to
sing "Rock-a-bye Baby" to
) the two boys, orc on each
/ knee, or ''pat-acake, pata-a-
) cake, bakers man" with the
q little toddler on the right knee
) and that when you have
) them safely tucked away in
Ia their beds, you are under the
y painful necessity of laying
e your literature aside still Ion
q ger while you read to the two
g big-eyed, eager faced girls all
; about "Little Snow White
y or "Jorinde and Joringel,'
/ from Grimm's Fairy Tales
/ / say Whatsof it? The big
y eyes soon get sleepy and they
y go off to bed, too, and then
OH II 1,,-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-11-23

that goes far towards reclaim
ing one to existence in this
vale of tears. IF you have
you know all about it, if you
have not let me try to ex-
plain what is a snooze scien-
.tifically considered from an
aesthetic stand point. The
time, place and circumstance
you already have described.
The partner of your joys has
gone into the bed room to
rock the baby back to sleep
again, and lulled by the mu-
sic of her voice as she sings
some such refrain as "Mary
of Argyle" you draw another
chair for your feet and
'straightway proceed to stretch
them out-turn your rocker
ia little SO that the light will
mot shine in your eyes-draw
the folds of your wrapper over
your breast-lay your head
softly, gently against the back
IIof your chair which you have
been careful to select for it's
!.adaptability to that position
your eyes and before
the first verse Of "Mary of
Argyle" is finished, and long
before the baby has any idea
Iof going b:,cK to the Gland
Iof Nod" you are enjoying your
:snooze.
| Hey? A-a-a h! Oh, yes,
bed time! Well, | declare,
$50 it is!
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s p! q
DRIA, LA, OVEMBER
and that one, or mayhap two
hours, of comfort at home, of
unalloyed peace and happi-
ness is all the more enjoyed
because of the delay-is all
the more precious because of
the surroundings. All, but
there goes the nine o'clock
bell! It is time to lay away
the books and the sewing, and
the two chairs are drawn clo-
ser to the fire for a quiet chat.
If by some unusual stroke of
good fortune you have hap
pened to hear during the day
some item of social gossip,
somebody's wedding announ-
ced, somebody moved to or
away from town, somebody
sick, somebody Commissioning,
somebody gone to the city
with his wife, or something Of
the sort, you embellish the
little that you have had time
to hear according to your
fancy for your better half, and
she has some tale to tell you
of how Tommy has learned
to ''pat-a-cake" by himself, or
how Emily is doing finely at
school, or perchance Of some
poor woman who has been
there during the day for help;
OF it may be a less homely,
but more important recital of
how somebody left the gate
open and the calf ate up the
roscbush she had been so ten
derby nursing into vigor and
life, and you swear by all the
heather gods that you'll right
away tomorrow morning
have those frames made that
you. have been promising to
have made for the last six
,ln0nths-and- and-sO on
and so forth, until you think
that an apple or some pecan
candy or popcorn with the
sugar heavily encrusted all
around it would be very nice
before going to bed, and she
lust then remembers that Just
what you want or some salts
factory substitute is hid away
in some nook or corner, and
she brings it out.
By the time you two have
satisfactorily discussed what
ever may have been the post
prandial feast it sometimes
happens that Tommy has got
tired Of sleeping by himself
land he makes that fact known
, 1881-05-15
THF SAFF-R|0WFRS.

Once during the past week attention was
called to the fact that a gang Of safe-blowers
who have been working the city, and par
ticnlarly in the West Division, all winter,
still kept up their operations and seemed to
defy the police. # the latter exhibited tile
same ingenuity III suppressing crime that
they do in suppresSing news Ut a criminal
nature, this gang, as we'll as several others,
would long since have been either brought
to justice or driven out of town. The safe
blowers have been unusually industrious
recently, and taken some good tricks. Not
long ago Il small fire-pronf afe in the Office Of
j. Drucker Il Co., NJ. 20l North Despllines
street, was blown open and robbed of
insurance policies, deeds, notes, checks, or
derS. etc, the loss Of which was great i'll
convenience 10 the firm. The papers were
OF no value to the thieves, and they probably
would nut have disturbed them had it not
been for the fact that in several OF the en-
velopes they found snail sums of money,
and jumped at the conclusion that all the
envelopes were similarly stocked Mr.
Druccker IS quite certain that the burglars
were two young men. one s"edv and tramp
lsll-lookiIg. and the other gond-Iooking and
and well-,1ressed, who were hanging about
in the vicinity all the day previous to the
burglary, and acting III Il very suspicious
manner. Twice since the burglary Mr..
DruecEer has called at Central Station for
the purpose of identifying suspected persons
nnder arrest, but the poiice have not yet
shown him the right men.
, 1881-05-15

Special Dtspatch to The Chic4l1o Tribune.
HAMILTON, Ont, 14.-Early this morning
the round-llouse Of the Hamilton 6s North
western Railway, in which aru kept the
engines Ut the company, was totally de-
stroyed BY fire. Shortly before 3 O'Clock this
morning. one Of the men who was working
III another part of the building heard crack
ling noise near the water-tank. Turning
round ho saw that the place was on fire.
Hose was quickly laid and several streams
turned OIL, but the pressure Of the water was
very light, and stream could not be
thrown many feet. The immense surface
of the roof, which was covered with pitch,
had been very much heated BY tho warm
sun Of the past few days, and the melting
pitch ran down III streams from the roof.
Last night one of the night men had his
hands and head severely burned from this
cause, the boiling. pitch raising blisters
wherever 1t fourhed the flesh. LII the round
house were eight locomotive engilles, three
cars 1.-TWO OF them flats and a mail and bag
gage carl, besides car jacks and other prop
erty. The heat OF the fire was SO great that it
melted the brass bells Oh five of the engines
The slnokestacks are shriveled and twisted
in every fantastic shape. The fire causes a
serious loss to the Company. The round
house and fittings cost over S10,000 and with
the engines and cars in the place the destruc-
tlon to PROPERTY amounts to about S15,0 600,
which is partially covered by insurance
HAMILTON, Ont. May 1.-THE freight
, 1881-05-15

appears, however, that the amount was actu-
aily only So00o0, and that of that 81 600 Was
and eaeD another al 9th; si,oo wento Il. Y, Bemis,
leaving Lawrence e Martin only $4,000.
But If they did not actually lose in the con
Germ the amount of money which they say
with with their business BY taking them away
from their legitimate trade, and causing them
to waste their time in something which they
were unacquainted with. and which formed
no part of the affairs of the whisky house.
They also lost much money in their attempt
to make Il splurEe in New York. It is an
absurdity generally for 4 Western house,
especially in their business. to start branch
there. They carried quite large and eN-
duce du "roin, 2,H Rock, I and Kye" found EXCEED
tngly uphill work. Their advertising, which
was done for them by Cook, who is believed
to have had an interest in the beverage,
was very ,large-.some of it injudlcious.
their money had they been able to hold on
longer. Considerable money was spent, too,
BY Lawrence IN various trips around the
country to Virginia, New Orleans, and other
ing purposes. yieldedl. no adequate, return.
It appears, too, that after they got 4 little be-
hind hand they tried to extricatc themselves
from their difficulties by shinninG This
1!le they did d;,,l IN two WAYS: BY issaing tIa;s
ing wlliskies OIL credit which they iu-
ncdiatcly hypothccated, thus obtaining
more money with which to pay off tho debts
which were pressing them the most, and wltl,
which to buy on credit still more whisky,
which was in turn hypothecated, the bubble
being continually expanded until at last it
grew too thin to stand tha pressure OF the
atmosphere. They had to pay high rate of
times per cent a nonth; they had to pay i'll
surance OIL tile gootls wllici, they had pnr-
chased and hypothccated, and, being unable
to get from their business returns sufficiently
large to pay for these extra expenses, they
ard Rye'' had begun making the immense
returns which they expected Of It, they
would have been able to pull themselves out
of the hole. but, failing in that, the bubble
did not expect the end, it is probably an ex-
agserati0n. They are too shreW1 men not
to have seen the end coming.
, 1881-05-15
THE DOILE1,-1IA Frs

The Boiler-makcrs' and HELPERS Benevolent
Association met last night in their hall, 81
West Lake street. The evening was mostly
spent III the transaction OF routine business,
the most notable exception being a resolution
OF sympathy with the switchmen and of a
Willingness tn aid them aC any time should
they heed the same. Though their treasury
was necessarily somewhat depleted BY their
late strike Of six weeks duration, they ex-
pressed themselves as willing to 10 ali they
could to aid their felow-workmen, sumo Of
the members Offering to head the subscrip-
ton with S.. The President of the Associaa-
tion, Mr. Thomas T. Dwycr, will leave town
Monday for Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, and
Er1e for the purpose Of organizing Nation
NJ Union, he having been Invited to do so by
the Unions Of the several cities named.
, 1881-05-15

: Gabriel Eas bad leg.
Capt. William Connor will not end Gil
della to Baltimore to fill her spring engage
ments at that place.
The earnings of the get of-War Dance. who
died recently, were S101,5 ,593 in the years
from 1875 to 1850, Inclusive.
Foxlall, the American colt that ran second
for the Two Thousand Gnineas, is named for
a son Of his owner, Mr.. j. r. keene.
Sannie e., record 2:31, and Fleming Girl,
record ? IS, have been sold By W. Il. Wilson,
Cynthiana, ky., to Commodore Kitrson, of
Minnesota.
Joseph Cairn Simpson, formerly of this
city, is writing a series OF articles on toe
weights for the New York Sportsman. The
, 1881-05-15

The Mac]linists' and Blacksmiths' Union
held its regular meeting last night at 81
West Lake street, and initiated the men who
gave in their names at the lnass-meeting last
Sunday: There will be no strike in this
the Initiative and advanced the wages in
most OF the shops without solicitation. and
It Is expected their example will be followed
by the others,
, 1881-05-15

AT P<Akk CITY, UTAH.
SALT LAKE ClTY, Utah, May 1.-THE En-
pire Hoisting Works at Park City burned
to-day with the smith shop, assay Office, and
tramway. The loss is hard to estimate at
present The cost of the buildings and ma-
chinery was about S45,000; insured for S29,
600; S.. 600 in the lEtna, ST. 900 in the Fire
mans Fund Of San Francisco, 500 in the
California: $1,000 In the British s. Mercan-
tile Of London. $500 in the Imperial of LON
don. Northern of London, and Queen Of Liy-
erpool, in equal portions.
, 1881-05-15

Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tttbuns.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May 1.-THE Niagara
House, situated on Water street, West Eau
Claire, was wholly destroyed by fire. this
forenoon. The hotel was owned by Thomas
J. Peerless, Of Milwaukee, and was occupied
by Mr. Brittig. Loss, $500, covered by
S2.400 insurance, divided between the Newark
and the Alliance Furniture total loss.
, 1881-05-15

Durable
Pii iiaTlOs!

Durability has been one Of the greatest
tests or art in all ages, and this test tha
STEINWAY has Witllstood in a manner
unequaled by any other piano that the
worll has thus far produced. This iude.
ment las been rendered BY not onif thu
unanimous testimony Of all the great art,
lists and connoisseurs who hare used and
tested them for upwards Of quarter Of =
century. but by the more conservative yer.
dict Of the Trade, it being a well-kuoun
fact that the highest ambition Of all great
piano houses is to secure the Steinuav
Agency. This is proved By the fact that
the leading music houses in all great cities
OF the world represent the Stcinway in.
struments to-day. 1t is also admitted hv
all disinterested dealers that Steinwav
Piano which has been in use for years will
sell for more and last longer than nem
instrument Of other makers. It with.
stands the seyereSt climatic changes, and
can be found retaining its origina! quail.
ties alike in the most rigorous Northern
latitudes, tine damp and humid atmosphere
Of the tropics, the dry air Of the mount.
aims, and the moist and clangeable at
mosphere Of tho lake regions and the j..
seacOaSt.
LYON s 2zEALY,
STATE AND iIONROE-STS,
- :
, 1881-05-15
AT AIJNSEApDLIS. MINI.


ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 14.-At 10 o'clock
Tonight fire broke out III the chair factory
of Gilman IL Mccullough, in Minneapolis,
which was totally destroyed a few hours
later, Loss estimated at $4,000 to $40, ,000.
with an Insurance nf Si5, ,010 to SlS000. Sey-
, 1881-05-15
AT LA CROSSE, WIS.

CJfV5%E7 " II.
Special Dispatch to The Chtcaoo Tribune
. LA CROSSE, Wis, May IA fire broke out
this evening ut Q O'Clock III the engine room
of 4. Uirslllleimer IL Co.'s pf0W works. The
fire department were promptly on hand and
soon had the flames under control The loss
will be about 5000, principally confined to
machinery, which is badly damaged; fully
iNSnrp6
, 1881-05-15
a VESSEL ON FIRE


CHARLESTON, S. c., May 1.-THE British
bark Isabel Cragg, containing 1.SI7 bales of
cotton for Havre, caught fire this morning.
cotton is ulore or less Injured by ire aud va
ter
, 1881-05-15

1Stncta.ter.s farpophosp'ltn~ =
will cure consumption. coughs, weak lungs,
bronchitis. and general debility. Established
tWc11ty-t>lle yeurs.
, 1881-05-15

AT CHARLTON, IA.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
CHARLTON, Ia, May ia fire occurred
here last night, which destroyed saloon
building. Loss not heavy.
, 1881-05-15
SuiCIQE,

DEs MONIES, a., May 14.-Tnomas Smith,
50 years of age, a gtlnsnith. committed sui
eide this morning by cutting his throat.
, 1881-05-15

Mr.. II. z. Eenis, Of this city, recently pur-
! chased for his own driving on the road one
OF the finest matched pairs Of stations ever
got together. They are six and seven yea Is
old, dark chestnut in color, with heavy
names and tails and were sired by Afambrino
Gift, the first stallion to trotin 2:30 and one
of the fastest trotters of his day. The team
stands fifteen hands three inches high, each
horse weighing about LOO pounds and are
well broken and perfectly gentle. They have
been named by AR. Demis AEalnbrlno
Sottlam and Mamhrin9 stnrEes IN honor IT
ciy e 0S anu ftSs ers, II f. 81 sid4xs H. sot9 c fa S s
phia, the oldest member Of the Board Of Re
view Of the National Trotting Association.
They. were purchased through Alr. William
Hamilton, ct Flint Mich. and trotred a ilalf-
htclled together. lIan,brino Sotham has
trotied Il mile in harness in 2;333, and his mate
j. quite as speedy. THEIR pedigrces are as
follows:
den>, chestnut morse, By Manorino Gift. SON Of
Mnnhrlnu Pitnt, dam by Young Black Hawk,
81, of bav:d Hilrs 0id Black liawk; second dam
porie'l Messenger Foaei Oct i, is74: -
Manhrino sturvns torncrly Mambrino
Frank), chestnut tlorsc, by Ma.nbrino Gift. son
lor, SON Of David Hills Old l,ack Hawk, sccond
dun HnzeIion, by George N. Patchen. Foalcd
sept II, 1910.
SPRING MEETING AT OAKLAND.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE spring
meeting Of the Pacific Blood Horse Associa-
tion opened at Oak land Park to-day. There
was a large attendance Weather and track
good. Tile first event was ha1f-nile dash,
and was won by Anita. Time, 5l1{. The
second event was three-quareer mile heats,
and WAS won by Winfrcd in 1:lS and 70.
The third even. was a selling race, mile
dash. aud WIS won by Rontlo. Time, 1:+5
The fourth event Was Il one-alld d-one-uuarter
mile dash. which was won by Connor in
2:l2A. The fifth aud last race was a one
alld-0ne-half mile dash, and was won by
Duke of Norfolk. Time, 2:3S%.
, 1881-05-15

| Sept so, 1850, for s. 600, and secured By fifty
barrels of whisky; the other dated Nov. 4,
1sso. for S!,aoo, secured By thlrty-s'sht e. oaF-
| Adsit's bank, giving the proceeds to Law.
renee d Martin. These notes Mr.. Trude paid
| himself.
| Mr Trude also said that in view Of the fact
| that lie had made no preparation to answer
| the question, the reporter had put to hlln his
| Investigation of his checks, etc. had to be a
| hurried one. He handed the reporter the
| checks and clleck-books, which were III cor
rect shape and explained that the balance of
! the amount due him was currency which lie
| had let the firm have from time to time.
in making this statement he added, Il
| take into consideration the fact that Law
renee l. Martin haye paid me few hundred
that the amount due me by that tirl-princi~
pal, interest and attorneys fees-is S., o.
The reason why hypotnecated the whisky
in the bank was because necessity to use
had caused HE to oyerdraW my bank ac-
count"
HARRY LAWRENCE.
"What does this mean ?" said reporter
to Harry Lawrence, whom he found ut the
store last evening, somewhat depressed i'll
spirits.
:" really don't know much," said be-, "be-
cause have been travelling for the last SIX
teen months. Ireturned home only: a week
ago, and was very much surprised when the
bGput5 CtE4lu IAI1C III t41A3 NAtCA !AONA h4k4A
sone executions and closed lis up.'.''
"tro whom do you owe money -"
1--WE owe some to Trude aud some to
Charley Bush. of New Orleans"
Who is Bnsi, ?"
a sporting MANA horsen1an."
IS How did you come TO be Indebted to
him 90
We have been borrowing from him for
long time"
.tIlow much do you owe him. 2"
- think it is III the neiglbOrlood of $780,
600. lie loaned us $4,000 i'll chunk and
several thousands from time to time.'
"Wilo eise?'
"Nlikc blessing, Of Memphis"
'Wllo is hc?''
-''lie's Il sporting man, too
''llow much is due hm?"
''Ahout s., 530."
'*What is tile amount OF Mr.. Trude's
claim?" ..
*sBetween $4,000 and S3s,00o.''
Ibid you borrow from hlm?''
Yes He has loaned us money off and on
ever since we started the race track"
did these three have any security?"
No; simply Judgment notes."
''How long have you been borrowing from
them?:'
"At different times within the last six
months But don't know much about it,
Us Martin has been running the business"
''Do YoU OWE ANYBODY BESIDES THE PAR
vA3fEDcs1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-19
The Fire Record.

St. Paul, 1.-THE Hastings fire caused
only small damage.
Providence, r. L, 17.-Kirnbali's, in
Pascoag, burned with some adjoining
buildings. Loss about $3.50, 900; insur-
ance, 10000.
Hopkinton, Mass, 17-Thare is big
fire in centre of town. Many of the prin-
cipal buildings are threatened.
Halifax, IA fire at Preton, this
morning, destroyed the st. Lawrence
Hotel, Masonic Hall, and smaller build
ings. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $751;
600.
EnniskelleD, Ont, 17-Silvester's sgri-
culture works burned. Loss, heavy,
partially insured.
Hopkinton, Mass, 1S-The fire last
night which threatened to be serious. was
checked before heavy property damage
ensued, but twenty-five iremen were
injured and burned, some badly.
Columb bus, Ohio, 1S-A fire broke out
this morning in the Imbecile Asylum,
situated three miles west of the city, and
entirely destroyed the main building,
and part of one oormitory. The loss 10
the state will be $4,000. No lives were
lost although the institution contained
GA pupils and nearly $50 employees. All
effects Of the officers, teachers and other
employees were consumed. A fireman of
the city department fell through the foor
and bruised his limbs. The London,
Chic, fire department was telegraphed
for. and arrived at II 80, but the fire
was under control. DR.. Dorep, saperin-
tendent, says he can take care of the pu-
pills for short time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-19
The POstOmce Robbery.

Chicago, 18.-A special has the follow
ing particulars about the London rob-
berry: A most dar ing burglary and rob-
berry has just been committed at Hstton
Garden branch postofice, and property
valued at $50, 900 carried of. The bril-
liant execution of the robbery shows that
it must have been planned by men Of
great skill and audacity. Hatton Garden
is in the very heart of the northeast Of
the city and the centre of the Wholesale
diamond market of London. Shortly
after O'Clock, afternoon, when the post
offce clerks had just finished sealing the
bags of registered letters that were to go
out by to-night's mail from the general
postofice, some thieves entered the Office,
suddenly blew out the gas, seized the
registered letter bags, and escaped. The
bags contained property worth about
100000. No clue to the thieves is yet