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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

In my mems wear department
you will find a full line of Cloth
ing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Fur
nishing Goods, Gloves, Mittens,
etc. All are marked at the lowest
figures. The fact is, this season
my stock Of Clothing and Gents
Furnishing Goods is Splendid
Those who are debating about a
change, Of raiment for. the colder
days Of Fall and Winter, will ar
rive at a, conclusion mighty quick
after calling on me and getting a
glimpse of the handsome fabrics l
have just unpacked from their Ca
ses. I am letting them 60 for a
mere song-but for. goodness sake
don't sing "Only q Pansy Bios.
SON." "Big Heyman," under the
Exchange Hotel, on Front street.
ON Saturday night. at the
City Hail.. the recently elected Off
GERS of Silver Trowel Lodge were
duly installed. John G.. Lewis, De-
putty Grand Master, officiating and
delivering an able address on "The
Age and Progress of Masonry
Among the Colored People in the
United States. and Dominion of
Canada A good crowd of color
ed people were present, and the
magnificent supper spread was par
taken of and enjoyed hugely.
MILLER, Brady & Co., carry
an immense stock of we'll! selected
hardware, and sell at the lowest
cash prices. Since the partnership
was formed. less than one year ago,
they have been making giant
strides towards improvement, and
are, constantly. increasing both
their stock; and territory. They
have unlimited credit and are look
ed upon, in business circles as one
of the. staunchest concerns in. CEN
trail louisiana.
60 to. "Big" Heyman's store,
on Front street., if you. want. first.
class bargains.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

w, +. VANDERBILT has just
secured a Judgment against Gen.
Grans for sl55,ooo, money that
Vanderbilt ]paned Grant to. keep
up the Marine Bank of New York,
and which was lost in the wreck of
that institution. q
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

The requests to Roman Cath
Ole churches and societies by the
late R. R. Springer, of Cincinnati,
aggregated $4,000, ..,.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

-THE widow Of the late Judge
Jere Black, Of Pennsylvania, has
mover been in the White House
since the Buchanan administration.
She proposes, however. to call on
President Cleveland, when that
gentleman takes possession.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

He THANKS HIS PAPER.-l[r.
Editor: l was. induced by reading
your good paper to. try b. Harter's
Iron Tonic for debility, liver disor-
der and scroiuia, and three bottles
have cured me. Accept my thanks.
Jos. G. Boggs.-IEx..
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

-CLoTHING, fine cashmere suits
from Sc to $3.50 at Big Heyman's.
These prices are low down.. and all
should take advantage Of the
chance now offered.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

-LoNsDALE bleached "a Do
nestle at 9 cents; Dress Goods in
plaids and stripes reduced from 80
to l5icents per yard, at Big Hey
mans. Don't forget. Aef a0'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

A SPECIAL from Sulphur
Springs. Texas, says that, "unless
railroads make larger reduction in
rates, the attendance on the Worlds
Exposition from that part of the
State will be small. Many who
had intended going have given it
up after learning the rate"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

-------- - -
Official journal of the City OF
Alexandria.
- - -
Henry L. Biossat, Business Manager
New York's city government
during the past twelve years has
cost over 1856, 100000.
WITHIN two or three weeks
some of the peach trees at West
Duxbury, Mass, have been in full
bloom. 80 Il. - 80.
THE requests to Roman Gath
Ole churches and societies by the
late R. R. Springer, of Cincinnati,
aggregated s17o, 900, ,
CLOTHING, fine cashmere suits
from Sc to $3.50 at Big Heyman's.
These prices are low down.. and all
should take advantage. Of the
chance now offered,
-LoNsDALE bleached "a Do
nestle at 8 cents; Dress Goods in
plaids and stripes reduced from 80
to l5icents per yard, at Big Hey
mans. Don't forget. h'1@"1
-QU1N1SE pills 4 gr. each)j to.
the number Of nearly 500 cam. it is
stated, be made out of an ounce of
that drug which has been. selling
at IS cents per ounce. %
As raindrop. foretelf a storm,
SO does a pimple upon the human
body indicate misunderstanding VII
rus in the blood, which can be neu-
tralized and expelled only BY Dr..
Harters Iron Tonic.
,-ELEcTRIG clocks, were started
last week in New Orleans for the
first time, it is said. They have
met with public favor, and are be-
ing introduced into number of
public buildings and private resi-
aeuces,. -.
w, II. VANDERBILT has iust
secured a Judgment against Gen..
Gsana for s155,ooo, money that
Vanderbilt lpaned Grant to. keep
up the Marine Bank of New York,
and which was lost in the wreck of
that institution.
He THANKS HIS PAPER.-M,,
Editor: 1 was. induced by reading
your good paper toytry b. Harter's
Iron Tonic for debility, liver disor-
der and scroiuia, and three bottles
have cured me. Accept my, thanks. |
Jos. G. Boggs.-[Ex..
--THE widow Of the, late Judge |
Jere Black, Of Pennsylvania, has
never been in the. White House
since the Buchanan administration. |
She proposes, however. to call on
President Cleveland, when that
gentleman takes possession.
III is said Senator Sherman
will advocate recoining the STAN
dard dollars on hand into, 470 grain
dollars, and make this the weight
of all our future dollars. They
would then, he thinks, rule the
world and cause business to, boom.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-12-30

III is said Senator Sherman
will advocate recoining the stan
dard dollars on hand into. 47O grain
dollars, and make this the weight
of all our future dollars. They
would then, he thinks, rule the
world and cause business to, boom.
The Pail Mall Gazette pub
fishes q rumor to the effect that
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is to
succeed James Russell Lowell as
Minister to the Court of St. James.
The Gazette says this information
came from well-informed Ameri-
can correspondent.
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go off your feet because you meet a gal
who a sing like a robin, smile like a
rose, an jump off q street kyar without
boderin' de driver to stop. A wife will
have much to do besides singin' an cul.
twain dimples. II you am gwine to
marry, ak yourselves how fur $40 per
week will go when divided up fur
clothes an p%ervishions an house rent an
fewel an ~incidentials. Befo' you fall in
love wild gal who looks too sweet illr
anythin' in a red plush sacque, kinder
figger on how much SIGH duds you in
come would afford her. Befo' you am
all broke up ODER a gal who plays de
pianner, talks French, paints land
scapes, an reads poetry, jist sit down
an figger who am to cook yer meat and
taters, help ye make 12 buy SIS wortl,
of things. Befo' ye let a pair o'Aashin'
eyes an a cunnin' dimple captiyate We
look around a little an see if de owner
has got a temper like o wildcat. Mar
rage am a lottery simply bekase people.
take each odder insight an unseen. Let
us now prognosticate to bizness.
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Values in the Time of Henry VIII.

In the part of the sixteenth century,
Just before the Reformation, the ounce
OF silver was was worth IS. 4d., or, in
other words, the shilling of Henry VIII
was in intrinsic value 1.55 the modern
coin. The wages Of an ordinary labor.
er were gid per day. The rents of
cottages varied from 2s. Sd. to As. per
annum. Six or eight days labor was,
therefore, sufficient to pay the years
rent. At the present day, taking an
agricultural laborer's wages at l5s, y
Week, and cottage rent Of 2s. a week,
20 year. it requires 40
days labor to pay the yearly rent.
No doubt the cottages at that time
were mere novels; but l fear q large
number at the present day are little
better. About the same period wheat
was 6s. Sd. per quarter, the price of a
pig 3s. Cd, and of a COW los. Alabor.'
er earning GID. n day, or 3s. 3D., Der
week, could purchase a quarter of wheat
with n ~fortnight's labor, which would !
now require three weeks, or a pig with
one weeks work, which would certainly
now require the labor of three. Leay-
ing out of view the cost of clothing and
OF the higher Agreements which mod
ern habits require, there can be no doubt
that the common people before the
Reformation enjoyed an amount Of rude,
plenty which has never since been
equaled--Notes and Queries. a'
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Scientific Notes.

NJ. r. Wolf, of Zurich, records thai
the maximum number of sun spots (424,.
observed in recent times was during the
first six months of 1882.
Although corrosive sublimate is gain.
ing in favor among surgeons as an an
tiseptic, it is safe only in skillful hands
It is placed beyond a doubt in the
course of the investigation regarding
cholera in the east that DR., Koch of the
German Cholera Commission, has dis.
covered the bacilli of the disease.
Thus far soapstone is proving itself
an excellent substitute for fire-bricks
It stands very high temperatures and ii
does not glaze, and it has several othe,
desirable properties which render il
very useful in the house and foundry
In the Hotel Dieu, the largest hospital
IN Paris, is tobe introduced experiment,
tally in the halls occupied by patients
the Edison system of incandescent
lights. The institution is already pro.
yided with Gramme electrical gener.
ators and a steam engine.
As to overwork in schools it has vel
been remarked by a recent wrightel
that the difficulty we have to face is
the inevitable result of attempting tt
educate u multitude of children by one
process aud up to Il standard.
In 1893, or little more then half
century ago, John Walker, of Stock
ton-on-tees, made the first lucifer
match in England. There was a mattel
factory established in Vienna in tn,
same year. For IA years the persons
engaged in making the old l~ucifers sui
fered from phosphorus necrosis
A%morphous phosphorus was substitut
ed for the common kind, aud q terribl,
disease banished from what was 500
found to be a useful and ultimately al
Indispensable industry.
A wash Of one part nitric acid in tel
parts of water will impart a stain res
embling mahogany to pine wood tina
does not contain much resin. Whel
the wood is thoroughly dry shellac var
nish will impart a fine polishto the sur
face. A glaze Of carmine or lake vii
produce a rosewood finish. A turpen
tine extract of alkanet root produces
beautiful stain which admits Of Frencl
polishing. Asphaltum thinned with tur
pentine makes an excellent mahogan,
collar wood.
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Texas has a cattle queen Is we'll

Texas has cattle queen Is we'll as
cattle kings. A man named rabbi, liy-
ing near Corpus Christi, who by good
management had accumulated a herd oil
10000 cattle, died and left all to his
better half, who had been his helpmeet
in every sense of the word, and thor.
oughly understood the business, Wild.
ow Rabb, says a correspondent, was
not only thrifty, but was pious, and be-
longed to the Methodist persuasion. A
young preacher by the.hame of Rogers
came along, under whose ministrations
she grew in grace, and the result was a
matrimonial one, although the odds in
age were in favor Of the parson by some
thing like twenty-three years. She had
no children and he had seven, but she
took the motherless BARNS under her
wings, and the alliance has turned out
In every way successfully. Rogers had
not long been married to the widow and
cattle when he acquired a bad case Of
bronchitis and was compelled to give up
preaching. Such cases are fragment.
But the widow gave him notice that she
was competant to run the ranch, and
has kept the cattle in her own name.
Rogers knowing no more about them
than any of the neighbors.
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There are some indispensable re-
q11isites, as n dry, clean house, freedom
from vermin and damp, a clean yard
when tits necessary for them to be shut
up, moderately good feeding; a quart of
grain is enough for 10 fowls every day:
plenty of clean water, a sufficient run
Mt liberty, common sense and tact on
thepart of the keeper. kindness and
gentleness to make tame fowls CT can
take any of mine up like n little kitten
and feed them from my hand). so that
there is no worry with the sitting hens,
and the right breed of fowls. It's seen
that all the profit comes from the
chickens sold, and if there had been 80
per cent. more eggs and no chichens,
the profit would have been small. /
would say I believe the Plymouth Rocks
are the next best to the l.. Brahmas.
but they will not make such heavy
cockerels for sale Mt holidays. Some
Of the earliest of nine weighed IL
pounds, which is equal, to nearly So
each ut IL cents o pound, and sell for as
much as a turkey and are just as good.
LASTLY, one must have a meat'market.
A summer resort, or a hotel or country
boarding bousesare nextto a large city;
but this last is the best, and if one can
have a good number to ship about the
holidays he can get a good price. The
poultry business, can be carried on ex-
tremely we'll with fruit growing. as with
pears. or apples, or plums, or grapes,
and with the two in connection the
whole ground can be occupied with re-
markable profit, if the man or woman
is the right one If not it must fail,
for it is an unusually particular and Pc
culiar business Henry Stewart.
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Personal Paragraphs.

One of the causes of Mr.. Sargent's
unpopularity Mt Berlin is said to have
been his difficulty in addressing state
officials by their full titles, as etiquette
sternly requires. When he received q
call one day from the accountant of the
bureau where the state nebts are paid,
and read upon his card the title of u
the poor man lost his equanimity al
together.
When Charles Dickens was in Ameri
ca for the first time he dined ut til
house Of one of the Harper brothers,
the w%ell-known publishers. A little
Harper came to the table. Dickens
placed him on his knee, and said: "You
are a very fine boy; you are a very fine
boy, indeed; you are the Sol of the
greatest pirate on earth"
Rev. Phillips Brooks, while making a
call upon one of the ladies of his church
the other day, was made the recipient
Of a doubtful compliment. The lady's
little son stood by her side for some
time, very attentive and very quiet. At
last he broke ont mn. Brooks, Ishould
think Mr.. Barnum would want you!"
Really" laughed MI. Brooks, 'and
why?" Because I think you'd make
such a lovely giant!"
Those who have ever had the good
fortune to hear Mr.. ALT ". Burnett, the
elocuticnist, recite the poem Bring
den on the Rhine" will never forget
either hun oil the poem. He often
brought tears to "eyes unused to
weep" And now the sad news comes
from Cincinnati that Mr.. Burr.att died
suddenly at Cincinnati of APP
opleNy, at GO years of age. He was q
great-hearted gentleman, a fine scholar,
and full of genuine wit and humor, ~
On a recent occasion when King Os-
car, while in the Norwegian capital, de-
sired to meet his Swedish Minister'S in
cabinet council, he took a train from
Christiania, and when just across. the
boundary met his ministers, took them
into his private carriage, and with the
train speeding over Swedish groundheld
n council then and there. 1t is, say the
Swedish papers. probably theionly in
stance on record of a kings having pre-
sided over q council of his ministers on
a railroad train.
Matthew Arnold's lecture on Ralph
Waldo Emerson, which disturbed the
people of Boston, has been delivered at
the Royal Institution of London since
his return, and has provoked hostile
criticism there. The London Vanity
Fair says: "Thc lecture was reeled off
in q yawning, lazy, indolent fashions, 1t
was only interesting because from som
kind of critical impudence Mr.. Arnold
had had the bad taste to deliver it at
Boston to those who reverencethe mem
DRY of the gentle New England philo-
sopher-poet. The lecture brought the
sage of Oxford into anything but good.
repute. Where, not dullthe% lecture was
a tissue Of captious contempt rather
than analytic criticism"
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woman's Tenacity Of Life.

1t appears from the gathered statis-
tics of the world that women have .
greater tenacity of life than men. Ma.
ture worships the female in all its va
%rieties. Among insects the male per.
ishes at a relatively early period. In
plants the seminate blossoms die ear
lest, and are produced in the weaker
limbs. Female quadropeds have more
endurance than males. In the human
race, despite the intellectual and physi-
cal strength of the man, the woman en-
dures longest. and will bear pain to
which the strong man succumbs. Zy-
motto diseases are more fatal to males,
and more male children die than females,
Deverga asserts that the proportion
dying suddenly is about 100 women to
$50 men; 1850 men In the United
States, in 1870, committed suicide to
2S5 women. Intemperance apoplexy,
govt, hy~drocephalus, affections Of
the heart or liver, scrofula, paralysis,
IRE far more fatalto males than females.
Pulmonary consumption, on the other
hand, is more deadly to the latter. Fe-
males i'll the cities are more prone to
consumption than in the country. All
old countries not disturbed by emigra-
ton have a majority of females in the
population. In royal families the sta
tistics show more daughters than sons.
The Hebrew woman is exceptionally
long-lived. The married state is favor
able to prolongation to life among wo-
men. Dr.. Hough remarks that there are
from two to six per cent. more males
born than females, yet there is more
than six per cent. excess of females in
the living population. From which sta
tistics we conclude that Ill women who
a possibly obtain one of these rapidly
departing men oughtto marry, andthat,
as men are likely to become SO very
scarce, they cannot be sufficiently priced
by the other se1.--Modern Age.
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Best Soil for Fowls.

The poorest and lightest sandy soil is
better for fowls than any other, The
rains carry downward all the impurities
and such soil is always hard and fres
from mud, becoming dry in q short time.
Diseases are not SO frequent on light
soils, especially ronp, and gepsi in young
chicks seldom occur. This enables
those possessing poor, sandy soils te
utilize those for poultry raising, and il
a short time the land may be fitted for
growing crops. Trees are benefited by
poultry. not only by the droppings left
on the ground, but also through thede-
%struction of insects. Poultry and fruit
should be the object, and there are
many locations that could be made SER
yiceable in that respect.
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not mince pie or plum pudding. The
head should be kept cool, but the feet
warm. Toasting the feet before the fire
was not approved; a foot bath is prefer
able. Slumber may often be caused by
gentle friction of the limbs. The
BARRIERS operations are usually most
soothing. There is an unaccountable
prejudice against night air.
The bedroom should be kept cool and
the air fresh, but the open window
should not permit the wind to blow
upon the sleeper. Too much clothing
will prevent sleep. A bed should be
carefully arranged; it should be even,
without ridges. We are half an inch
shorter at night than we are in the
morning, caused by an extension of the
spine and muscles. Tea and coffee
should be avoided by light sleepors.
The speaker suggested that q person
might also coax the soporifc god by
thinking of the names of islands or riv-
ers, each beginning with q different let
ter Of the alphabet.
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TWO OF A KIND.
The Horr Twins Give the Doorkeeper Of
the House Considerable Un%easiness.
From the Washington Republican.

The Horr Twins Give the Doorkeeper of
the House Considerable Uneasiness.
From the Washington Republican.
There are two members of the house
who have twin brothers who greatly re-
semble them. The legislators who re-
joice in duplicates are Phil. Thompson
Of Kentucky and Representative Horr
OF Michigan. Tits not an unusual thing
for Mr.. Thompson's brotherto find him
self gathered by the arm by one of the
Hon. Pills Democratic colleagues and
dragged in on the floor of the house and
the injunction Numbered in his ear:
"Why the devil don't you get in your
seat and vote? Our bill is upon its
passage"
The other day MI. Horr's brother APP
proached the main door of the house
and the polite Democrat in charge
promptly snatched open the green baize
door and bowed him in on the house
floor. The Michigan twin strolled over
to his brothers seat, sat down andtook
part in all the opening ceremonies Of
the Legislative day except that he failed
to answer the roll call. Representative
Reed of Maine, who has some peculiar
way of identifying the Horr brothers,
concluded he would have a little fun,
and slipped over and posted the door
keeper. The functionary stalked over
to the desk of the Michigan statesman
and informed the intruder that he must
come out. "But, said the occupant Of
the chair, "my name is Horr; I'm from
Michigan" The democratic door-slam-
mer looked hard at the intruder, and
would have weakened had not Mr.. Reed
made signs for him to go ahead, that it
was all right. "But you are not Rep
resentatiye Horr," said the guardian Of
the house, "and you must come out
side" just then the real representa-
tive of the eight Michigan district came
in, and the doorkeeper glared at
the two in evident dismay.
"All right" said Represent alive.
Horr to his brother; "you go outside,
and I'll come out and talk to YOU" AS.
the twin passed outti,e doorkeepertook
a sort Of mental photograph Of him
with his eyes, and said to his chum:
9TH be bowed if he comes that game
Oh AAC uSbAtl. III u Iiu1lGub VI wv V4T.
Horr left the floor and joined his broth
er in the corridor. After they had fin
ished their chat the representative said
to his brother: you go in now and
take my seat again. As he passed the
portal the doorkeeper smiled confidently
and said: "All right, sir, I know which
is which now" When citizen Horr was
again in his brothers seat, Mr.. Reed
again beckoned to the doorkeeper and
said: "Great heavens! you've let tho
wrong man in again." and then pointed
to Representative Horr, who was COM
ing in from another door. The bewild-
cred doorkeeper looked at the two Horrs
and then, as the cold sweat gathered on
his brow, he stammered out: "For
Gods sake, mark 'em SOM way, or Tn
likely to turn the other fellow in a eau
Gus any night"