The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-01-09

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CONCEALED WEAPONS.
The many murders and shooting af-
trays committed in all parts of, the
United States on Christmas day ought
to admonish ali law-abid;ng people to
insist upon the adoption Of some kind
OF legislation which will efectually
suppress tho dangerous and cowardly
practice o. carrying concealed weap-
ons. As long as this pernicious habit
IS no more Of an offence than simple
misdeineanor, punishable with only a
trivial fine or imprisonment in the Pa
risk Jail, it will no. deter eyil-disposed
persons from the practice Of carrying
deadly weapons. If practicable it were
we'll if some law could be enacted and
stringently enforced making it a crime
punishable by a heavy fine and i'm
prisorn1ent in the penitentiary at hard
labor Cor term to manufacture or Of
fer for sale weapons designed for the
taking OF human life. Or if the foun-
tain head could not be reached, then
the law against carrying concealed
weapons should be much more severe
than it now is, and less latitude given
to the Court in administering it. I'm
der existing laws no man is for mo-
ment deferred from the damnable prac
tice through fear Of the penalties pre-
scribed. Thus the law remains, to all
intents, a dead letter on the statute
books. And while the simple act Of
carrying concealed weapons should be
more severely punished than now,
there should be yet severer penalty
for the drawing of the same except in
cases of actual self-defence. So, the
penalty would apply in either event
whether the weapon was drawn Or not.
1t is to be hoped that the next Leg
islature will take this matter in hand
and frame some law that will lessen,
if it does not entirely crush out the
vice. Certainly the lawmakers could
not devote themselves to a more i'm
portant subject than the saving of hu-
man life shreveport Times.
Nav York City and the surround
ing country was vouchsafed the spec
tacle Of a gorgeous sunset on Friday
evening, the goth ult. 1t was descsib-
ed by the Sam as follows: CATER the
sun disappeared at 4:3o o'clock, the
southwestern sky became suddenly lu-
minous with mingled hues of vivid
green and pink. The colors swept
from the horizon nearly to the zenith,
and shlone with brilliancy that diff
fused radiant haze through the at
mosphere. The bright green gradu
ally melted into golden yellow, and a
purple border tinged the upper edge of
the wave of pink. After time the
yellow, pink and purple all blended
into light crimson, which fingered
long into the west and southwest.
Stars came out one by one in the rich
hued sky, producing spectacle of such
unusual beauty that people stood still
in the streets and gazed at it. The
stars glowed like electric sparks
against the crimson background. It
was $50 o'clock before the gorgeous
colors entirely disappeared" A spe-
cial the same day from Poughkeepsie,
New York, says: "The display of
crimson in the sky this evening was
the grandest yet noticed. The atmos-
phere was clear and crisp, and not a
cloud was to be seen. Just after sun
set the bright crimson illumination ex-
tended from the horizon a quarter of
the way up to the zenith, and south
along the crestr Of the mountains to
the Highlands. The upper margin
was light pink, edged with light green,
and blending further upward with the
deep blue Of the sky. The different
colors were reflected against the north
ern and eastern horizon. At twilight
the pink and greon faded from view,
and at dark there was deep crimson
glare, with hues of fire low down in
the western sky"
-Ex-Gov. Hendricks, before his de-
parture from home, talked with re-
porter about his visit to Mr.. Tilden
last August. He said: eyes, I went
to see him at Greystone last August.
He ordeted out his carriage and drove
all over the grounds, and talked about
everything but politics. Nothing was
] said ahont tho o1d tickat aifhor h,, Mr.