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JURY QUESTION.
(Life.]

(Life.]
What is thisp
An Intelligent jury, darling.
But these men who look the igno
rant and vicious loafers?
They are jurors, dear.
And that wall.eyed chuckleb cad In
the middle?
Sh he is the foreman.
Why Is be made foreman?
Because be knows less than the
cthe,s.
My! but what is jury for?
A jury, my precious, is body Of
men, good and true, who decide
questions Of justice for the peopI"
How are the questions submitted;
Why, the lawyers talk and abuse
Witnesses, while the judge andjurors
take a nap, and then the judge il
walked up by the clerk, aud gives his
charge.
And what is that?
As intelligent sum mary of the
laws bearing on the question as he
F. an improvise.
Well, after the poor judge ha. de
livered bis charges
Why then the jurors wake up and
60 on to decide the case.
But they have heard nothing OF
the evidence2
No.
Nor of the law?
No.
But is not that awful?:s
No. it makes no difference.
Gracious! why?
because they could understand
neither if they did hear.
Bot you said this was the way the
jury did if no one had fixed" them?
Yes, sw:et.
How is a jury ''dxed7"
That is q secret.
Wei, when a jury is "fixed," how
is the verdict?
Immensely satisfactory.
AIways9
Always.
To whom?
To the side that did the fixing.
1t / want any further information
on this subject, to whom must ! go?
To Mr.. Ingersoll, dear.
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liz Ayers Ague Cure We have .
positive remedy for fever and agus
and all malarial disorders, and one
entirely free from quinine, arsenic,
or other injurious drugs. 6 1t is the
chemical aud medicinal triumph Of
the age.
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OFF In conformity Will Lne pTOVIS-
ions of Act No. 96 of 1882, you are
hereby officially notified that the State
taxes assessed to yon on immovable
property, which, on the property (the
description Of which fo|lows) amounts
to. ...... dollars, tbe assessed value
thereof being. .dollars), fell due
on............, the day the tax roll
was filed in tho mortgage office, and
shonli have been paid in full on or be.
fnre the first day Nf the montl, next
succeeding said filing; that you became
delinquent for said taxes on the 3Ist
day ii December. 1893 =; that the said
taxes will bear interest at the rate Of
! per cent month from the 3lst dag of
Demcember, 1873 until paid in full;
that after the expiration IF 20 days
from the date Of this notice, l will nd
vertise for sale each specific piece of
the immoveable property on which the
said taxes are due. in rle manner pro.
vided by law for judicial sales: that Of
the principal front door Of tho court
house here the Civil District Court
Of This Parish is held, will sell, with
in the legal hours fur Judicial sales,
for cash aud without appraisement.
such portion Of each specific piece of
the said property as you shall point
out; and in case you shall not point
out sufficient property, will at once
and without further delay sell for
cash, and without appiaisen,ent, the
least quantity of said sp-cific property
which any bidder will buy for the
amount OF the taxes, interest and c"sts.
Section ] If Act No. SO, Of 1882,
make it mandatory and impe, alive on
the tax collector in the city Of New
Orleans aud the sheriffs and ex-officio
tax collectors in tho Parishes to adver-
tise and cell the property Of delin.
qaents. =.
Section 2 prescrihes that all such
property 8" advertised shall he adver-
tised in the manner required for judi.
cial sales, which shall I've full and suffi-
cient notice to the delinquent.
SectiOn 6 If this act, contains a
clause which every taxpayer ought to
l,e cnnversant with, as it differs essen
TALLY from all our past statues on the
subject. The section reads, "ti,at
each tax collector aud ex.oflicio tax
COLLECTOR shall, as soon as SAID sales
are completed, make to eaci, purclIas
or deed in the name If the State of
Louisiana, which deed shall vest in the
purchaser an absolute title to the prop
erty described therein ,oithOMt redemp.
ton and upon presentation Of SAID
deed, duly recorded to any court hav
irg jurisdiction of the value Of the
of the property. it shall be the duty Of
property, it shall be the duty Of the
Judge to grant an order ot seizure aud
possession, as provided in the Code of
Practice"
An old property holder, in referring
to this section, stated to the reporter
that there would be fewer delinquent
taxpayers were the stringent ipjunc.
tons 90 the tax collectors to sell bet
ter known. "The property" said he,
"now goes absolutely 10 the purcha.-
or, and the taxpayer who has put "ff
the day of settlement, is entirely cut
of from the power Of redeeming bis
property. -fTimes. Democrat.
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.NIZZ/NER 7.
.MIScEZZaVEOUS.

NELLY. P, Contractor, Builder ard
IN Undertaken, corner Lee and Fifth
streets. fine Hearse and full as
sortment of Metallic and Rosewood COT
Fms always on hand.
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mn fn0DS e. rs.

TTUSTMYRE. W, sign of tle "Big
u Red Plow." corner Of Second and
Jackson streets. dealer in Dry Goods,
Grnearies, Roots. Shoes. Hats. etc
Highest market price paid for cotton.
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WY C. McGTMSEY. ATTORNEY
w At Law and ,lnstire IF the
Pence. Alexandria Ward Will nrac-
tiee in tho Courts Of the 10Th Tndi"ial
nisirict and in the Snnramp Court If
the State. Office nm Murray street.
between Second and Third sts., Alex.
sndria, Ia.
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DLACKMAS. w. F.. Attorney and
- C"nnsellnr at LAW. Office on
Washington street. near Cont .honse,
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MATCHES. III WEZRT. E2C.

M TIHES. " II VELTT. ITO.
T1ERGTSON T. SCHNACK. prnrti-
f.. 4 cal Watrhmakprs and jewelers.
and dealers in Fine Watches. solid
Gold .Jnwelrv. SiTvnrware. Spec'nr'es
anil Fancy Goods. Notions, Guns, Pts.
tolls, etc. Front street.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Ar G.. MOSELEY, Attorney ut
wi Law. Alexandria, La. Office
in Conrt Hnnss.
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Insertion and FIFTY CENTS for each
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OBITUARY NOTICES. Marriages, Publ,
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BUSINESS DIRECTORT
PR0FEss/O.NaZ.
ar C. MOsELEY, Attorney ut
W. Law. Alexandria, La. Office
in Conrt Hnuse.
DLACKHAT. w. F.. Attorney and
- C"nnsellnr at Inv. Office on
Washington street. near Court .honse.
DHBr P. HUNTER. Attorney and
n Connsn'lor at Law. Office in the
Hynsnn hnilding. Front Street.
TOHN CASs0N. Physician and Sur
- geon. Office at residence, head of
BeaureQard street.
IN DU PRE-. Physician and SURGEON
~ Snecai attention given to disea.
aea Of Women AMI Children. Office at
residence Johnston street, between
Second and Third sts., Alexandria, la.
WY C. McGIMSEY. ATTORNEY
w At Law and Instire If the
Peace. Alexandria Ward Will nrac-
tiee in tho C"nrts Of the 10Th .Tndi"ial
nisirict and in the Snnremp Court If
the State. Office m Murray street.
between Secnnd and Third sts., Alex
sndria. La.
JAS. ANDREWS. T. n. FOSTER
Andrews & Foster.
ATTORN EY SAT w:
OFFICE:
Corner of Second and Washington SIS,
ALEXANDRIA. IA.
mn fnODc e. TROcER7E'.e.
TTUSTMYRE. W, sign of the "Bie
Red Plow." corner Of Second and
Jackson streets. dealer in Dry Goods,
Grneeries, Roots. Shoes. Hats. etc
Highest market price paid for cotton.
Nd7cHEe. III WE'ZR7. N2C.
T1ERGNSON 4 SCHNACK. prncti-
.-N cal Watrhmakers and jewelers.
and dealers in Fine Watches. solid
Gold .Jowelrv. SiTvnrwnre. Spectnr'es
anil Fancy Goods. Notions, Guns, Pts
tolls, etc. Front street.
IN n. BIOSSAT. Matchmaker and
,Teweler. and dealer in Watches.
Clocks. etc. Second Street, near the
= Post office.
DRUGS :dND .REDIcLFE.s.
{ Ct. JOHN, HENRY. Chymist and
y Druggist. All medicines gnaran-
teed fresh and pnre. Fancy and toilet
articles. Landreth's Garden seed kept
stock.
S201ES, 2Z.v1raRE, ere.
NFILLER. I. c., dealer in Cooking
wi and Heating stoves. House Fur
nishing Goods of every description on
hand. Tinware. wholesale and retail,
at city prices. Stoves from Sl4 TO S65.
-5 MILLINERY.
HEIGER. MRS. c.. Second Street
VI Milliner and Dreasmakcr: Bon
nets and Hats, n superb assortment.
Ribbons, laces, etc. Dress making a
I speciality.
.KIScELZ.d.NEOUS.
-~~~>~~o~-- -~~1-~~O~
CULLEN & ROGERS. Receiving.
" Forwarding and Commission Mer-
chants. Dealers in Coal, Lime, Ce.
ment. Hav. Oats and Bran. The hi, H.
est market price paid for cotton seed.
KELLY, p, Contractor, Builder ard
IN Undertaken, corner Lee and Fifth
streets. A fine Hearse and n full as
sortment of Metallic and Rosewood cot
hns always on hand.
KRAMER, john, Carpenter and I'm.
IN dertaksr, corner of Fourth and
Scott Streets. Keeps on hand Metal.
lie and Rosewood Burial Cases and
: Plain Cotfins, ais" Fine Hearse. Or
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all consistently, or In accordance with
the current hypothesis. Sometimes it
is very bright and apparent. At othar
times it is almost wanting. In short.
says DIR. Hastings, IF the line demon
strates tho existence of an atmosnbere
1t demonstrates also iuconceivab,e
changes IN 1T. The doctor concluded
his paper with an attempted explans-
tlon oil solar action based upon the diff
fusion OF light. Prof. Young spoke in
answer to him subsequently, and frank
ly said that ''he had always thought
that the accepted hypothesis was far
from perfect" He added, however;
that 1.-The atmosphere of the sun was
not an atmosphere in the same sense in
which one speaks of the earth's at
mosphere."
1hls IS rather painfully suggestive of
the shifts to which some theologians
have been driven in attempting to &C.
count Tor the problem of evil, and
which shifts Mill has so forcibly ex-
posed in his essays on religion. If the
SUNS atmosphere is not what we un-
derstand by our atmosphere; then The
sclentlilc use OF that term in explana-
ton OF solar phenomena is merely d
shift TO conceal scientific ignorance.
And, indeed, it is plain enough that
science has not yet discovered anything
definite about the sun, all theories to the
contrary Notwithstanding 1t is impos-
sible to demonstrat ethe iicandescence
OF the actual solar body or of its en-
velope or envelopes. 1t is impos-
sible to explain solar action in accord
ance with what is known of natural
law: The center of our system is to-
day as pfofouiid a mystery to us as il
was to the Chaldeans and Akkadiars;
and the .Asiatic hypothesis of a subtle
| cosmic force called Akasa, OF which the
sun is the storehouse and center, is moi
more undemonstrable than the hvpoth-
eses which our astronomers and physi-
cists amdse themselves and perpiex The
lay public by putting forward.-M Y
| Tribune.
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A Joke on a Joker.

Among the gentlemen who frequent
Soper's are several who never miss an
opportunity for a practical joke. One
of the most felicitous of these went to
Chicago last Saturday night with the
intention of calling on his sweetheart on
Sunday, but changed his mind. When
at home for supper he packed his valise
and. for convenience sake, left it al
Soper's during the evening. This was
a golden opportunity for the rest of the
jokers, and they embraced it.
''lt was within ten minutes of train
time when went in and got my grip,
narrates he. "And such looking grip
you never saw in your life. Covered
all over with labels: 'Shun the bowl,
Chew Bootjack plug Take Smiths
pills. and all that nonsense, more I'd
vice than you could put into barn.
ut was pretty dark, and i got along
all right until 1 reached the depot.
Then 1 got the racket You ought to
have seen the people stare at that grip
sackl | gave the sleeping-car porter
half a dollar for soaking those labels off,
and thought was all right. But, bless
me- / didn't half know the boys.
81 went to the Sherman House, took
bath, and then opened my grip to
dress up: A nice looking fellow I'd
have been if I'd put on the clothes
hauled out had packed up brand
new suit, but 1 found an old pair Of
checkerboard pantaloons, brown linen
vest, and clawhammer coat with g
velvet collar six inches wide. The
bosom of my shirt had pen and ink
sketch representing deaths head and
cross-bones above the wood 'Boor and
on the corners of my collar were pipt
and bottle The trip cost me ovel
twenty dollars. and didn't see the girl
There'n be murder in Soper's one o.
these daysr'-Detroit Free Press
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Our Young Readers.
CAT,iSCRADLE.

It's criss-cross high, and It's criss-cross fat;
Then four straight lines for the pussy cat;
Then criss-cross under; ah, now there'll be
nice deep CRADLE dear Grandpa! Seel
- Now change again, and it's fat once more
A latticc-window! But where the doorl
Why, change once more, and, holding 1t 50,
We can have a very good door, you know.
(" Now over now under, now pull it tight;
See-saw, Grandpa!-exactly right!
So prattled the little one, Grandfathers pet
As deity she wrought. " See, now it's a
neti
. But where. did you learn cafs-cradle so
weilY'
She suddenly asked; and he could not tell.
He could not tell, for his heart was sore,
As he gravely said: !" have played 1t be-
fore"
What could the sweet little maiden know
OF beautiful summers long agog
OF the merry sports, and the games ne
played
When Mamma" herself was n little maid'
What could she know of the thoughts that
ran
Through the weary brain of the world-worn
Hanl
But she knew, when she kissed him, dear
Grandpa smiled,
And that was enough for the happy child.
III. NJ. d.. in st. Nicholas.
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A Senile Wake at Los Angeles.

In 1888 there was n memorable
funeral of woman over a hundre6
wears old. Fourteen old wome
watched with her body, which lay
stretched on the floor, in the ancient
fashion, with only stone beneath the
head. The youngest of these watchers
was eighty-fve. One of them, Tomasa
Camera by name. was herself over a
hundred years old. Tomasa was infirm
of foot, so they propped her with
pillows in a little cart, and drew
her to the house that she might
not miss of the occasion. All
night long the fourteen squatted or sal
on rawhides spread on the floor
and sang. and prayed, and smoked: a.
fine a wake as was ever seen. They
smoked cigarettes, which they rolled or
the spot, out of corn-husks slit fine fol
the purpose, there being at that day il
Los Angeles no paper fit for cigarettes
Outside this body-guard of aged WON.
en- knelt circle of friends and relatives
also chanting, praying and smoking
In this outer circle any one might come
and go at pleasure; but into the inneI
ring of the watching none must come
and none must go out Of it till the nigh
was spent.-Century.
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m mon cared loss Tor wealth and fame,
aud less Toe battlefield aud Eloryi
m writ in human hearts. name
seemed better than u song and story
If men. instead uf nursing Pride.
Would lrHrn fu halo and % nhhOr 10.
If moro rvIirl un love 90 guide,
Tho world would De- the better for H.
m mon dealt trss IN stocks and lands
Aud moro Boo bonds and drCis fraternal;
az IoVc's work had moro willing hands
To link the world TO the supcrnal;
Ifwru saved no Loves oil and wine.
And uu bruised human souls would pour n.
tf yours" and "ruinu" would once COmhinl
The world would be- tho better for II.
If more would act tho play of Life,
And fewer spoil 10 tn rehearsal;
m lurotry would shcathc ~ knife
Tlll good became more universal;
tf Custom. Eruv with ages grown,
Had fewer blind mon to adore u;
m Talent sfOuC tor Truth alone.
The world would 10 tho bottor for r.
m men wcrr wIsc In littlo things.
Affecting les in all their dcalingsi
m hearts had fewer rustrd strings
. To isolate thrir kindly feelings:
ff mon. when Wrong heats down the Right
Would STRIKE togrtnCr and restore it;
N Niuht nude Might IN every nRht.
Tho world would be tho better for n.
-iinsf0u TTdHscrip,.
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Burns' Blue.EYed LaSSie.

The title TO tract of about six hun
dred acres of land lying at the head of
Cayuga Lake between the shore and the
village of Ithaca is in law in that vii.
lage. The heirships are exceedingly
complicated, the original titles rum
ming back into the last century. The
lineal contestants are two families
named Renwick and Moody, the former
being in possession. The Renwick Eeirs
now living consist of children and grand
children Of Major Robert Renwick. de-
ceased, who was the last surviving SON
of William and Jane Renwick, his wife
But the last named was. before her mar
riage with William Renwick, Miss Jane
Jeffrey, of Lochmaben in Dumfreishire,
Scotland, and was THE Blue-eyed
Lassie" of Robert Burns song.
Writing in 1888 to a sister-in-law in
Canandaigua, n. Y, Mrs. RenwicE,
who retained till she died at the age of
seventy-seven, remarkable cheerfulness
of countenance and brightness of Neen
sac blue" recalls lovingly her recollec-
tons of the poet. Poor, poor Burns"
she writes to Mrs. Jeffrey, chow often
have i seen him in cold winters night
when he had been riding for hours over
the moors and MOSES alter smugglers,
(what task for such spiriS) open our
little parlor door and stalk in with his
great lion-skin coat and fur cap covered
with snow, and his fine Newfoundl land
dog, Thurlow, at his side. looking
glum and sour as if at war with fhe
world. With kindness he was wei
coined by our parents while my sister and
self seated him i'm mothers easy chair,
brought warm slippers and prepared
for him warm, comfortable cup of tea.
Then seating ourselves on cur low
creepies at his feet we would watch his
couutenance brighten up into almost
| more than mortal beauty and intelli-
gence, and listen to his inspired words,
every one of which was absolute po-
etry." Mrs. Renwick had in her pos
session a volume, on a fly leaf Of which
Burns himself wrote a song celebrating
| in words and lines Jeanne Jeffrey'a
charms, the chorus of which is:
She's aye sac blithe and gay,
She's aye sac blifhe and checry,
She's aye sac bonnie, blithe and gay,
U gin were her deary."
But Burns was not Jeanie's deary
She married, as before stated, William
Renwick, and the last of their seven
children, Major Robert Rehwick. was
some years ago well-known figure on
the streets of Ithaca. He lived Sc
cluded life near the lake, and his sole
occupation for years was daily to driv
steady-going roam horse before rick
ETY. but safe old wagon up to the village
and back. He liked his glass, and was
when in town regular customer of q
particular saloon. Often he would
stay so late at night and meet
SO many friends at the saloon, his
patient old horse meantime with
mead down dreaming at the hitching
post. that 1t would be necessary for
some one to accompany him back TO
ms nome, although the horse would
60 true II let alone by the street boys
" y. Post.
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FTo BE Continued


-''Catch-a tree hundred-a sparta
day. We fix-a feed for sparta a week-a
before we catch um. Sparta laza.
Lik-a get food banda. He soon-a
know-a place. Then we catch-a sparta
Sell-a him to restaurant. Get thirt-a-
cent-a dozen, plucked. Restaurants
man sell him for a reed-a bird. Paws
us beta dan black-a boots. Seef"
The speaker opened his coat. Inside
was false pocket with perhaps fifty
dead sParrows inside Of it.-M Z StaG
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The NeD England Homestead has
known cows to milk themselves to
death. Great mixers, he says. require
not only plenty of food and good care
but they must have a rest from milk
production occasionally if they are to
preserve their vitality. When such
cows get run down, they should be
dried off and treated with stimulating
tonics. In the case of valuable thor
oughbreds, it may even be profitable &c
have the assistance OF a veterinary.
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CHAPTER XT.
nRIfTTNg


Biacktord Grange was . quiet house
enough, rs far as company went; but,
as Margaret soon found, the visitors, II
few in number. were constant in their
attachment, and they consisted chiefly
OF Louis Baldwin and John Mallabarr.
'3oth these young men were bound 10
vhe lady of tho house by no ordinary
bonds of gratitude and kindness. Both
rsVered In her that motherhood which
tor them had been so early lost. But
though they came often TO the house
they were seldom there together, though
they did occasionally meet, and when
that happened, Margaret noticed that
neither of them was SO perfectly free
and unconstrained as when they were
thsre alone. Owing to their respective
horrs of duty and recreation, and to the
distance Of their respective homes from
the Grange. il generally happened that
John AAllabarr's visits were paid in the
daytime and those of Louis Baldwin in
the evening. Mallabarr never failed.
while he was in the county, TO present
himself three or four times week at
the Grange, while IL was rare thing
Tor Louis TO pass n day without calling.
IL was not unnatural-indeed il was
the reverse which would have been un-
natural-that Margaret Darlington
should have taken considerable interest
IN these two, almost the only visitors
who ever broke the monotony of the
life there. The interest was strong. and
she almost insensibly fell into habit of
watching them and comparing their
characters.
Given the common attributes, love
OF all that was upright and honorable;
truthfulness in theory aud practice; a
high-minded love of all that was pure
and of good report in the eyes of men,
and an equally high-minced contempt
for all that was base and low-which at
tributes characterized both Mallabarr
and Baldwin-there could scassely have
existed two natures which were other
wise more antipathetic. the one to the
other. Baldwin was . student. was es-
sentially retiring. and intensely reserved.
hishumoF was Of the perverse and Gym
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"A little three-year-oId boy at Pitts
burgh. Pa, fell a distance Of one hum
dred feet recently and was not injured.
- Pittsburgh Post.
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Kirkpatrick Rockbud Is the gentle
name of the champion long distance
runner of Colorado