The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-06-07
! NO. 40.
MISCELLANEOUS.

w The newspaper list of wedding
ut presents to the Duke Of Albany aaG
* his bride is two yards long.
SARAH Berdhardt's husband pro
at at poses to personally punish every one
'g who says uncompiimentary things
ut about his wife.
-THE French are fond of TALKING
y about Shakespeare, but are not to any
10 great extent fond of reading or wit
Messing his plays.
e LONDON World calls attention
d to the fact that rumor Invariably ex-
a aggerates TIVE winnings Of owners
q and others after big race.
y The Colorado potato beetle has
n put in an early appearance in Indi-
D ana, and commenced work in gardens
e where early varieties were planted.
II Ar Nice an ostrich feather which
!, began at the front of las'y's hat
) tell down her hack and at her waist
was. fastened with diamond brooch.
--REcENT marine observations bv
French photographers show that the
waters OF the Mediterranean Sea are
denser and salter than those--of the
Atlantic.
DURING a recent convention it
was the man who stood on the out
eide Of tile crowd and could not hear
word the speaker said, wlIo hur-
rahed the most.
--TnERE are 10000 pounds of pep
permint produced annually in the
United States. and of this amount
two thirds is produced in WAYNE
Bounty, New York.
"A GENTLEMAN is cultiyating a
five acre field Of tube roses in FIori.
da. He sends the blossoms to New
York and other northern cities
packed in cotton batting.
III is stated that 100000 sacks
Of potatoes have been imported from
Great Britain, Germany, Nova SEQ
tia and other counties during the
past season.
Gas is extensively employed in
Prussia for the illumination of rail-
way carriages. The cost is said not
to exceed that of oil, while the light
is twice as powerful.
LIE German telephone compa-
MES, which were recently disposed
to use phospLor bronze wire for
their air lines have now come to thu
conclusion that it is not the best ma.
terial for the purpose.
IA MAN who eloped with a Wis.
consin wife left note for the hns
band:' have looked your woman:
butyou are welcum to my last weeks
wages, which ! didn't draw; and I
''oap that squares things.
III is now announced that coffee
are great fertilizer. bnt
hotel keepers are Informed in the
same breath that they must not be
stepped over more than three times
before being used on the land.
"A YOUNG ho'ning pigeon owned
n New York, and loosed May s, at
Easton, Pa, was brought back home
Nay II, having al.ghted on the
Morgan City in a gale.
III Cape Henry, on the 9th. It had
Town 270 miles.
IAN enterprising farmer propo-
es to establish a goose farm in
Texas. He will raise geese for their
eatures alone and will keep them
N grass and alfalfa. He thinks thev
Vi!l yield three crops Of feathers a
ear and will pay dollar each.
"A gentleman who has spent some
'eeks in Southern Dakota states
hat not one place in fifty that were
AIKEN up under the homestead act
occupied. Persons who have oh.
aimed title to the land are holding
for rise or selling it to specta.
ors.
--lF you see a man going about
'lthout any clew, arrest him at once.
1e is the party who sent an Internal
aachine to Vanderbilt. A newspa-
'er says there is no clew to the SEN
er. Whenever you find a sender
rho has no clew TO him, telephone
or the police.
JONES, who possesses no must
al, are was hugely enraptured at
he vocal fireworks Of a poor singer
t a recent concert. .Don't vou
hink she is splendidr' he INQUIRED
+ a musician near by. Il think she
8 a glorious screecher,' was the
ruth response; and Jones was sat-
SIZED.
--MRs. Ewing, Chicago lecturer
u cookery, says that chicken re-
Iuires one hour Of stewing for every
ear Of its life. At last the secret
las been discovered Why boarding
rouse chicken which is to he served