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TIE Washington Pn.,. nuke. y

The Washington Past poke i
tie fuu at Postmaster GsoeraI Ores
ham thus wise:
The lam ,ralities Of lotteries is Il
uues,ion We 10 not need 10 argue, ss
It has nothing to 10 wish the matsts
a, issue. Postmaster General Ores
ham plas= poker occasionally, an.
puts the money which he " rs al tue
gambling table 10 his pocket, hi,
that ought not to deprive him Of the
right to receive a'regis'ered letter or
to have cash for money order. :.
Mr.. Gresham always drinks wbiskg,
and there are those who believe both
poker PLAYING and whisky drinking
to be "vicions and immoral but II
he were loaded down nightly with
poker games, or became an inebriae,
from his excesses in drinking. the
United States cannot legally refuse
to deliver him registered letter OF
pay him the face value Of a money
iorder.
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Scarlet Fever
Cured.

Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tenn.
testify to the most excellent qualities Of Prof.
Darbys Prophyactic Fluid AS disintectant and
detergent it is both theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which am &C.
qdainsed.-N. T. LUTON, Prof Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid 10 Recommended by
Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, of Georgia:
Rev. CHAs: +. DEEMS, ID, Church Of the
Strangers, N. Y:
Jos. LkCoHTR, Columbia. Prof, University sc.
Rev. A. j. BATTLE, Prof, Mercer University;
Rev. GEO. T. PIERCE, Bishop NJ. E. Church.
lNrIsPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast.
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed For fuller information get Of your
Druggist pamphlet or send to the proprictors,
j. II. ZEILIN & CO.,
Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA.
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"A WESTERN man has project for
providing this city with a highly desir-
able summer resort. Aware that the
nearest mountains is too far away to be
reached by daily trips, and that thou
sands of business men can not be alb
sent at night, he proposes to build an
artificial eminence. On a site yet to-
be chosen, but probably on the seashore
Of Long Island, he will build a noun
tain 700 feet in height, with an elevator
running up to a big hotel. All that he
lacks is money, of which he guesses
that he will require s5,ooo,ooo. N
Y. Sun.
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ALEXANDRIA, La, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 1883

four times, of that marvellous me,
chanism that au AlI-wise Creator has
arranged more perfect than the most
finished work OF man, of their qoeer
manner of breathing that causes
them to tumble, of the glorious res
direction when the transparent COW
ering of the pupA breaks and the per
feet mosquito with wings and legs
and all its wonderful anatomy steps
forth to conquer and to die."-[lin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-10-10

Bricks impregnated at high
temperature with asphalt are being
successfully used in Berlin for street
pavement. By driving out the air
and water with heat, bricks viii take
up from fifteen to twenty per cent. Of
qitumen, and the porous, brittle mate
rial becomes durable and elastic under
pressure. The bricks are then put
endways on a beton bed and set with
hot tar. It is said that the rough
usage which the pavement made Of
these bricks will stand is astonishing.
81
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HABITS OF THE MOSQUITO.
TALK WITH A MAN VINO HAS SPENT
TWENTY YEARS WITH THIN.

IL have devoted twenty years to a
study of the habits Of mosq uitoes,
and a curious lot of creatures they
are.' He was withered up, yellow.
faced, parchment-sk skinned little man,
with bright little eyes peering out OF
big ugly glasses that had been worn
so long as to make deep fnrrows in
his nose. Bot bright, cbirupy lit
tie fellow, wi,hal. He bad on mus
ty black suit aud big collar. H.
was in the rear room of the second
floor of ll9 East Market street. A
strange little den of Il room it was.
The walls were hung with all kinds
OF insects; the tables and chairs and
bureau were all covered wi IN them.
GIass.eyed beetles glared from be-
tween golden winged butterflies and
odd looking little round hugs were
wedged into all sorts Of ou,-of the.
way places.
II am writing book on mosqui
Toes" continued h., after the excite
ment had died out of bis face. IL
am going to call it Twenty Years
Among Mosquitoes" by William P.
DrieHcld, and / viii! tell these scien
,ific fellows thing or two. have
what l call hatchery over there in
the corner, aud make all sorts of
experiments with them. You see it
looks like tube aud has little wa.
ter in The bottom. Now if you look
closely You will see that large mos
quito IN the corner there, separated
little form that covey of sabethes
there; no, not that one with the red
belt, the one next to him That is
a female, aud fiuer s:.ecimen never
lived. She is three years old, and
at the least calculation has had TO-
900 children.
Il never let the air of this room
fall below 70 degrees Farenheit, aud
l find that with this temperature the
average life of healthy mosqnito i.
five years, nine months and Is days.
| have one old male who is 10 wears
old. His prohoscis is use ess--para,
Iyzed, ] think, and his eyes have
long since become useless to him.
His atennae have dropped of, and of
The six sharp bristles within his
sucking proboscis, which he han
when l caught him, not one remains.
He c,nttn't even Bite a child" con-
uouea he OH; ais,i. mournfu|ly look
my aver toward u here the gray vete,
ran sal 80 he s,i ~ OF tns cub.
"Bu. ! vas go.ug ~ sal gouf NJ
iention 10 Aspasis Yopr eYes afe
young a0d probably ys'u csa ses iio~
her legs Aes crosses IN the form of
an X. You ',n htte-s see s"me ,iUs
objects attached 10 this cross an'
we'ged 'oge.her, almost completely
covering Vie in.erspace between he'
,pg.. II you hal microscope these
u. ,jec,S would appear as little jugs
with han,es. They are eggs. When
Aspasia has laid $50 of them her Irss
will uncross and the eggs will float
away like raft. These eggs pro,
lure those wigglers you see over in
that corner and they in urn change
30 the tumblers you fad below your
hand there. l have little glass strips
Az YOU see, to divide them. could
Tell you much Of the transformations
from one stage Of being to- another
more beautiful and str nge under the
microscope than all the pageanty OF
a tournament during the Crusades.
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Feyeredand SickP Per-
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat i, is a
sure cure.
CUntagion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, Pile $,
Chafings, etc.
rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
it can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
extraordinarily.
Scars prevented.
Dysentery cuied.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisous,
Stings, etc.
l used the Fluid during
our present affection with
Scarlet Fever with de.
cided advantage. 1t is
indispensable to the sick.
room. VIM. F. SAND
FORD, Eyre, Ala.
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| Diphtheyia
l Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in, the treat
ment Of Diphtheria.
A. SToLLkNwERCK,
Greensboro. Ala.
letter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases of Death il
should be used about
the corpse it will
| prevent any unpleas.
ant smell.
The eminent Ply.
sician, j. MARION
SIMS, NJ. D., New
York, says: ~ am
convinced Prof. Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid is a
| valuable disinfectant,"
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NEW TO-DAY.
JURY LIST.
STATE OF LoUIsIANA,l
PARISH OF RAPIDEs. {

STATE OF LOUISIANA
| PARISH OF RAPIDEs}
DE 1T KNOWN AND REMEMBER
I'D ed that on this the 9th day Of
July, A. D. 1883, that we, the under
signed Jury Commissioners in and fol
the Parish Of Rapides and State of
Louisiana, duly qualified and appoint
ed according to law, together with
Geo. o. Watts, Clerk of the 10Th Judi
cial District Court in and for the said
Parish and State, and ex- officio mem
Der of said Jury Commissioners, who
also qualified as the law directs, did
meet in the Clerks office 10 the Town
of Alexandria, and did then and there
proceed to draw from the general We
uire box the names Of one hundred
and ten qualified electors who are to
serve as Jurors during the ensuing DC
tober Jury Term of the District Court,
beginning on the Sd Monday and 1911,
day of October, A. D 1883, in aud for
the said Parish and State, said Jury
Commissioners acting nnder the pro-
visions of Legislative Act No. "a, ap.
proved March 8, lo77.
Jurors for the first ,veek of the October
Term District Court, beginning Octo-
Der Is, 1893.
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DEMOCRA
TERMS:

THE DEMOCRAT is published Weekly
a. Tn o DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS per
annual ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS
for six months - PAYABLE IN AD-
VANCE.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate
of ONE DOLLAR per square for the first
Insertion and FIFTY CENTS for each
subsequent one. Ten lines or less
fbrevier type constitute n square.
OBITUARY NOTICES, Marriages, Public
Meetings. Cards of Thanks, etc., to be
paid "a advertisements
PERSONAL CARDS-when admissible
charged double the usual advertising
ratna
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LADIES should know that Ayers
Hair vigor is superior and economi-
cal dressing. It has become an indis-
pensable article for the toilet.
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SMALLPOX
and
FITTING of Small
POx PREVENTED

A member of my FAM
lily was taken with
Smallpox. l used the
Fluid: the patient was
not delirious, was not
pisted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks, and no others
had it. }. w. PARK.
INscN, Philadelphia.
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zs T. ID EsE q r. B

AND
@ O A 8 T L I N f !
MG INCORPORATED July 3ls:, 1882
NJ. N. Wood Superintendent
Composed OF the following frst-class
steamers:
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Tom OCHILTREE's CREDENTIALa
"A Washington special to the Couri-
er-Journal says: "Tom Ochiltree went
abroad with the best creditialsever, car
ried by any person from. the country"
said prominent ex-Confederate Gen
eral. "He claimed to have an auto
graph letter from President Arthur adj
dressed to the United States Ministers
and Consuls, asking their best Offices
for Tom, and telling them that any at.
tention bestowed upon the red-headed
ranger of the praries Though the Presi-
dent called him the Honorable, etc.,f
would be regarded in the light of
special favor to him (the President
'The letter was written by the President
himself, every word of it. Tom
wouldn't put up with any document
written by a Secretary. Then he had
a similar letter from Gen. Grant, a let.
ter commencing the Hon. Thomas P.
Ochiltree as a special friend and favor.
ito Of. the ex-President. Oh! Tom
was well provided, | can assure you
During his absence Col. Ochiltree has
sent to friends on this side copies Of
foreign papers containing illusions to
him as the distinguished American Wis
itor." In these journals he was usually
described as, Hon. Thomas P. Ochil-
tree, the member of the United States
House Of Representatives from Texas"
as if there was no other member from
that State.
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.MILLINER1
.J[IScELL.4NEOUS.

KELLY, P, Contractor, Builder and
IN Undertaken, corner Lee and Fifth
streets. A fine Hearse and full as
sortment of Metallic and Rosewood cot
Ems always on hand.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
DARBYS
PR0PHYLACTIC
FLUID.
FLUID.
For Scarlet and
Typhoid eve RS,
Diphtherin, Sail
walton, liberated
Sore Throat, Small
Eradicates
MALARIA,
POX, Measles, and
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting ON
never been known to spread where the Fluid was
tsed Yellow Fever has been cured with it after
black yomit had taken place. The worst
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JOAN A. WILLIAMS,
G.. W. BoLToN,
= l. C. MILLER,
j. b. ASHLEY,
Jury Commissioners.
GEO o. WARTS,
Clerk and rx-officio Member OF Jury
Commission.
a true copy:
GEORGE O. VARS,
Clerk.
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S2OrES, 7ZJFWdRE, Ere.


NKILLER. I. c., dealer in Cooking
WI and Heating stoves. Honsc Fur
niabing Goods Of every description on
hand. Tinware, wholesale and rrtail,
at city prices. Stoves from Sl4 to SOS.
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THE "PACIFIC" HAS JUST BEEN
L re-opened, and is supplied with
the finest Wines and Liquors, and I'M
ported and Domestic Cigars, all new
and fresh. Mixed Drinks prepared
with care. and polite attention will be
received by all. SOL. HESS,
Jan. "a. Prop'r.
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SWEET HOME.

When two young people love each
other and marry, they restore the pic
ture of the apostolic church. They are
of one heart and of soul. Neither do
they say that anything they possess is
their own, but they have all things in
common. Their mutual trust in each
other, their entire confidence in each
other, draws out all that is best in both.
Love is the angel who rolls away the
stone from the grave in which we bury
our better nature, and it comes forth.
Love makes all thing new; makes
new heaven and a new earth; makes
all cares light, all pain easy. 1t is the
one enchantment of human life which
realizes Fortunio's purse and Aladdin's
palace, and turns the "Arabian Nights"
into mere prose by comparison. Be-
fore real society can come, true homes
must como. AS in sheltered nook
in the midst Of the great sea of ice
which rolls down from the summit of
Of Mont Blanc is found little green
spot full Of tender flowers, SO in the
shelter of home, in the warm atmos-
phere of household love, spring up the
pure affections of parent and child;
father, mother, son, daughter; Of bro
theirs and sisters. Whatever makes
this insecure, and divorce frequent,
makes of marriage not union for life
but an experiment which may be tried
as often as we choose, and abandoned
when we like. And this cuts up by
the roots all the dear affections of
home; leaves children orphaned, de-
stroyed fatherly and motherly love,
and is a virtual dissolution of society.
l know the great difficulties Of this
question, and how much wisdom is re-
quired to solve them. But whatever
weakens the performance Of marriage
tends to dissolve society; for perma-
nent homes are to the social state What
the little cells are to the body. They
are the commencement Of organic life,
the centres from which all organiza-
ton proceeds.-[Jas. Freeman Clark.
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TOWN ELECTIONS.

WELLS Moderator, l. A Stevens; Clerk s II
Locke; Selectmen, Edwin Clark Lewis West; Dan
lei w. Perkins; Treasurer, Oscar w CLARK; School
Committee, A q Midram; fgent, o M Davis; Au-
dtor, 1hOs A Chick.
Clerk, George # Chapman; Selectmen, Luther
Neal, W Davis, T Perry; Treasurer and Col
lector A Mute; School Committee, y Wad-
leigh; Agent Eben Foss. Auditor, Chas Boothby.
aouTH CHINA--Moderator, Woodman;
Clerk, @ B Stuart; Selectmen, Chas Dutton, ! r
Doe, Henry Reed; Supervisor OF Schools, A
Ridley; Treasurer, Il ID Woodman.
Observation-Disclosures, II KackerliB; Clerk, j II
Steward; Selectmen, j Burrill, IL Packard, II
O Worthen; Treasurer and Collector, 8 Oopp; 5 s
Committee, j Pease, j II Shepherd, j Nelson.'
All Straight Republicans.
WINN-Moderator j E Estes; Clerk, w II Love
Joy; Seectmen, Frank Gilman, Hall, Charles
j. Stevens; Treasurer and Collector, w II Lovejoy;
Supervisor, J ii Veaze.
Observation-Disclosures A w Wetherbee Select
men M Il Pinkham, A Brown, O Coffin; Clerk,
Bennett: Supervisor Of Schools, s w Bragg.
GREENE Moderator Albion Pierce; Clerk, II II
Burbank selectmen, q NJ Washburn, # N Mower,
A Harris; Treasurer, Pierce Committee, q
Harris.
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Personal.


Charles W. waldron, of the Lewiston Ga
zstte, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
Gen. kenny X. Oliver, who Is approaching
his eighty-third birthday, is at present with
his youngest daughter, Mrs. Cheever, at
North Andover, Mass. Although confined to
the house this winter on account Of his feeble
health he is in excellent spirits, receiving Wis
its from his friends and spending his leisure
hours in writing "reminiscences OF bis early
days in Boston, his experience as school
teacher in Salem, and many interesting stories
of his checkered and eventful life gene rally.
He has lately been visited by his second
Hall. Dakota. who has been a belle in WASH
ington society for several seasons
Mrs. Alvah Conant died in this city yester-
day noon. She was a member of State Street
Church, one OF tho founders OF the Young
woman's Christian Home on Spring street,
and noted for her interest in benevolent insti-
tutions
Hon. f. A. Pike has returned to Baltimore
from Florida. and is expected to arrive at his
Calais home next month.
Mr.. a. E. Pennell of this city has accepted
tue p1~lhloh Oh teuoE III INC hmk 0uApCi
choir OF Boston.
Lewis A. Barker, Esq, OF Bangor, Is now
on a fortnight's trip through South Carolina
where be is looking after important land in
vestments in which be Is interested.
Mr.. George Norton, an old resident of New
ton, Mass, died in that city yesterday morn
ing, aged ~ years He was a native OF South
Berwick, Maine and went TO Boston about
fifty years ago. A cabinet maker BY trade, be
became interested in piano making, and CIV
ing his whole attention to that business de-
yised a number of improvements which were
adopted by well-known manufacturers. Dur
ing his residence in Boston be was member
Of The school committee several years. He re-
moved TO Newton twenty-five years ago. Mr..
Norton was an old member OF the independent
Order OF Odd Fellows He leaves a son and
three daughters
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No more graceful or accomplished lady
skater than Miss Edith Pierce has ever visited
Portland was the unanimous verdict OF
the great crowd that witnessed her exhibition
of fancy skating last evening. The high ex-
pectations regarding her were more than real
ized and the management are to be congratu
listed upon having made SO happy hit in their
efforts to please their patrons.
Another great attraction in the immediate
future is the exhibition of trick and fancy
skating by Prof William j. Merrill, next Tues
day evening, March q. The Professor is one
of the finest roller skaters in the country,
Waiting on his heels being great feature Of
his exhibitions and most remarkable accom-
plishment.
All should bear in mind that the grand
masque costume carnival which occurs Tues
day evening, April Sd, with extra music and
other fine features, will be most enjoyable
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Eastman Brothers 8 Bancroft.

Owing 10 the long continued illness OF Mr..
w. P. Bancroft, his withdrawal from the firm
of Eastman Brothers s. Bancroft has been
deemed advisable, the largely increased bust
ness of the firm requiring more than one active
partner. During the two and half years
since moving into their new store, this firm
have the satisfaction Of demonstrating that
first class dry and fancy goods store, conducted
on an honorable basis and the one price sys-
tenn, is appreciated and literally sustained by
the citizens of Portland and vicinity.
The members OF the new firm as now com
posed are Mr.. B. NJ. Eastman, senior partner
of the old firm. and Mr.. E. ID. Eastman, re-
Gently Of the firm Of A. Little & Co. of this
city. These enterprisiDg gentlemen, after an
experience of several years in large dry goods
house in Boston, and five years OF successful
business for themselves in a country town,
came to this city in November 1866. and open
ed dry goods store in Mussey Block on Mid
die street, under the firm name of Eastman
Brothers. In the great fire OF July 4th follow
ing, they were burned out, their store, in COM
mon with all others in that locality, being en-
tirely consumed, but by timely exertions they
saved and removed to place of safety pcr-
ton of their stock, and before midnight had
secured small store near Blake's bakery, No.
332 Congress street. The following morning,
July 9Th, they removed this part of their stock
to the above store and opened for business,
theirs being the first sign erected amid the
general ruin of Middle street.
They continued in business together until
1869, when Mr.. z. D. Eastman withdrew from
the firm and entered the employ OF Lane &
Little, iobbers in dry goods in Portland, and
afterwards became member OF the firm OF A.
Little & Co., successors 10 Lane & Little, from
which house, after connection of fourteen
years, he has retired TO assume the interest OF
Mr.. Bancroft in the firm of Eastman Bros. e.
Bancroft.
The business Of Eastman Brothers was con-
tinued by B. NJ Eastman at the old store, No
1872 Congress street until April, 1880. when Mr..
w. P. Bancroft was admitted and the firm Of
Eastman Bros. & Bancroft was established
In September following they moved to their
present new and commodious place OF business
Nos. 492 and 494 Congress street. The envia-
BILE reputation of this firm for honorable and
| upright dealing will no doubt be fully sus
| tanned under the new administration, and we
| bespeak for them liberal share Of the public
| natronaQe.