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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

The Democratic Executive
Committee have changed the place
of meeting for the grand ratifica-
ton meeting from the Town Hall
to the Court House, the latter place
being much more suited for the
occasion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

ALEXANDRIA will pay tribute
to the distinguished leaders of the
crusade against corruption on next
Thursday evening.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

Mr.. j. G. Goulaen has been
engaged to decorate the stand at
the Court House to be used on
Thursday night, also to paint up
the necessary transparenees and ar
range other decorations. Messrs.
Van Horn and Gueringer are to
have charge of the fire works.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11
Live Stock Association.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
Nov. s, 's4.

Nov. 3, 'S4.
AT a meeting of the citizens of
Rapides Parish, Louisiana, held
this day at the Court House in the
Town of Alexandra, for the pur-
pose Of organizing a olive Stock
Association"
On motion, Col. N. L. McGinnis
was unanimously elected President,
and Robt. P. Hunter, Secretary
On motion the name of "The Live
Stock Association of Rapides Par
ish, Louisiana was adopted.
The President was authorized to
appoint two delegates to represent
this Association at the meeting of
the Live Stock Men to be held in
the city of st. Louis commencing on
November 18th, 1884, and the Sec
rotary was instructed to furnish Gre
dentials to said two delegates and
to as many members as would at
tend said meeting.
The Daily Town 1ulE and Alex
andria DEMOCRAT were requested
to publish these proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned.
N. L. McGINNIs,
RoBT. P. HUNTER, President.
Secretary.
LADIES are specially invited
to be present at the grand demo-
cratic celebration on Thursday eve
ming next at 7 o'clock at the Court
House. They are promised an in
tellectnal treat, the like, of which
has never before been offered in
the Parish Of Rapides.
FIRR Works Fire Works 8
at the celebration on Thurday eye.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11
Town and Parish News.

FIRE Worksl Fire Works
at the celebration on Thursday
evening at 7 O'Clock.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

Mis-. NJ. L. Smith will remove
her Millinery establishment to the
Irving building on the corner of Cd
and Desoto streets, on the 18th of
December.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

THE Committee of Arrange
ments for Thursday nights festiv-
tiles are live men. They will see
that everything is in readiness, and
promise all who attend q warm re-
ception.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

-PlSrARp t. Corsey, colored,
charged with an attompt to stab
and xii, and murder one Charles
Evans, near Cotile, on November
9th, was jailed on Friday night.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-11

Tue big Democratic Jubilee
takes place on Thursday, Novem-
Der 18th, at the Court House, at 7
o'clock. Remember the Alexan-
dria brass band will be on hand.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
SquibS.

ais your friend, the doctor, Swe-
denborgian, Mrs. Fishwhacksr p 80 !
10, he's Norwegian"
"Can You tell me what time it is 7''
asked lady, while waiting in bank.
"No, no; am not the teller. Next
window, please"
Omaha people bristle mp when they
are spoken of as "Omahogs."
Scott says that "every man that
lives has his lights and shades" There
is no liver without lights, but we don't
express any opinion on the shade
question.-lLynn Item.
People talk about seeing the comet
with the naked eye, but it is doubtful
| if the comet has an eye, naked OF cloth
cd Boston Transcript.
I Congressman No, we never heard
of magneso- -calcite fire-proof soul
case. You've no use for one, though,
any more than a corporation has.
! Boston Post.
A Philadelphia hotel keeper seeks
to scare the rural visitor into turning
off the gas with the following notice :
"The relatives and friends of any guest
who blows out the gas will have to pay
for the amount of gas wasted before
the body will be delivered"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Died of the Ranking SYSTEM"
TIMELY WORDS OF wARNlNG.

10 the Editor of the Boston Globe -
| We are heartily glad to see that your
journal has the good sense and courage
to wage unrelenting war against the
competitive work being done in our
pubic schools. You are none too soon
IN the field. Grace WaltOn's untimely
death is not the first that has come
from our 'high-pressure SYSTEM of
instruction. During a recent visit to
Massachusetts we found, upon calling
on friend in Arlington, that her eldest
daughter had but just rec 0vered from
serl0uS illness of the brain. We learned
from the mother that her child, con-
stautiy anxious under the deadly
ranking SYSTEM" had lain whole
year very near to death. In another
village in close proximity to your city
friend who had buried her boy of II
years but IA few months previous told
us that his death was the direct result
of the schools. 1t is only few weeks
since that Il bright boy in New York.
the only child of his parents, died in Il
wild delirium of mathematical prob
lens that he vainly attempted to solve
upon the covering of his diving bed.
The physician in this instance gave it
as his opinion that death was the result
of overwo.k in the schools '.Died of
the ranking system" could be truth
Iully written on many tombstone.
why not use good common sense in
the instruction to be given the chill
dren There is just as much reason
why the clergyman should mark the
members of his church on scale of
ten for more or less excellence reached
in their Christian lives as for the
schools to attempt to measure with
fractional exactness mental proficiency
and excellence. We hope The Globe
Will not sheathe its sword until the
advantages of our public schools shall
be secured the children without risk to
their health or life Principal of a
Public school
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
VOLUME 47---NUMBER 2429.

to be reduced no more braking was
done than was absolutely necessary
and the brake was applied so gradually
that 1t was hard to distinguish that the
speed was not being reduced merely
through natural loss of momentum.
''The fastest running was done under
the favorable conditions of a straight,
level track, or descending grade. With
the big driving wheels of the locomo-
motive, aud at a speed of sixty miles
an hour, the wheels made 1854 revolu-
tiOns per minute.
''The tireman's part of the work OF
getting the train over the road was no
less skiltully done than that of the en-
gineer. During the first seven miles
of the trip he did nothing for the fire
other than crack up some coal Jumps.
All the coal burned was broken down
to pieces about the size of two bricks.
When he seemed to think the proper
time had come he glanced at the fire,
then threw IN one shovelful of coal.
TO pitch coal on to the right spot in a
tirebox ten feet long requires consid-
cradle skill when the engine is swing
ing at mile Il minute speed, bnt this
youth seemed equal to the task. He
/ did not pile in load of coal and then
climb up into the cab and wait for it to
| burn, as is the practice of poor fire.
man. After he began the fire he kept
at 1t. About every two minutes he
got IN shOvelful of coal. When the
engine was working hard getting into
speed he varied his intervals of firing !:
but he worked on a system. which
was to keep up the body of the fire and
maintain the temperature as nearly
even aS possible. He followed sCien-
tIfic methods, whether he understood
anything about science or not. He
| never hesitated about the spot where
the coal was going, but pitched it in
and closed the door quickly, waiting
till the turn of the next instalment
came around. BY this means the steam
never felt the chilling effect that re-
suits from heavy charge firing. About
eight miles from Philadelphia the fire
man stopped putting in coal, and in
the remainder of the run he several
times used the hoe to level the fire.
"When we stopped at the station
about four inches of glowing cinders
covered the CRATES. As the train came
rushing along electricity enabled the
train dispatcher in his Office at Jersey
City to follow its progress and remove
every obstacle that might cause delay.
"All known resources of mechanical
science have been ransacked to produce
appliances for reducing delays SO that
the highest possible percentage of the
time allowed for the journey may be
devoted to running, Water for steam
making is collected as the train runs
along, and stops are only made for the
purpose of changing locomotives at
the end of divisions. The lines over
which the train runs traverse a multi
tude of cities and towns, most of them
having the streets crossing the track
on the level, and "a great many other
railroad are crossed at grade. There
fore, although the actual stops between
Jersey City and Chicago are only
seven, a run exceeding ten miles with
out meeting with the necessity of
checking the speed is rare.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdVsHt-Paddock Village Sabbath Services AT
~ 80 a III, l;4J and $50 y. II. Sabbath School
- IN. PIayer Meetings AT 1880 p. III. Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
Bdptist-Railroad Street Corner Mape Rev
T. l. Sandford, Pastor. Preaching 1880 a ~ 5.
school - NJ Prayer meeting $50. PRAYER meet.
ihg Wednesday evening at 7;3O.
Free Bdptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
SahDath services, 1890 AN, aud 63O =. NJ sabbath
school at Il 81. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
lng at 80 Rev. ID. II. Adams pastor
Church of the Hessidh-t UniversalistJ Eastern
avenue corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
At Id, $50 r. N. Sabbath School at 1870 T. NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880. Rev q. W.
jenkins pastor.
Mehodist-Central street. Rev E W Culver.
Pastor Residence next to the Church. sab
bath services at lO:30 A NJ, and 6:3O p. NJ Sabbath
school at - Wednesday evening meeting at
North CongregationaI-Man street corner OF
Church. Rev. Henry W Jones Pastor. sabbath
services at 1890 A NJ, and $50 P Nj. sabbath
at 1870.
South Congregationat-Afain street Rev. Ed.
ward ward l. Fairbanks Pastor, sabbath services at
1880 A. NJ, and $50 p. NJ Sabbath School at L. NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:30.
Presbyterian Charch-E Eastern Avenue Rev. w
X Laird, pastor. sabbath services at 1880 a. m
and $50 =. III. Sabbath school at l2 IN. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 7:3O.
ST 4ndre1's-t Episcopal,j Main street, Rev
+. =. Fisher, Rector. Services sundays at
IU;3u a IN and p. Wednesdays at Z: 80 y. III
sunday School, at 10 IN.
Roman CdthoLic-Cherry Street. Rev j. A.
Boissonnaut Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m :;
Nespers and Denediction at p. III. On the
second sunday Of the month. service at $50 a. M
ami p. N. At LyndOuville same day at 1890 a. m
y. ": Q. 4.-Meetings at the hall of the Y. NJ. c.
4, Main street, Sunday mornings at $50. Satur
day evenings at 100 Young Mems meeting Sun
day at 80 p. N. Noon meeting every day at
rooms on Main street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14

eff the barn an house had both burned
down, an left her without a roof ovel
her head, she'd a seemed any different
l KIN see her now, Jest as she looked
settin' thar tellin' me the story thai
would hev frustrated any other woman
most to death. But her voice was Jest
as low an even, an never shook. Her
hair was gray, but it was kinder
crinkly, an her forehead was as white
and smooth IA a young girls.
"Aunt Rebecca's troubles always staid
IN her heart, | s'pose, an never pricked
through. Except for her gray hair,
she never looked as eff she'd had one.
! "She never took on any more when
she went to the funeral, for they
buried him at last, poor man. He bad
most as hard IA time gittin' buried Us
he did gittin' married. l couldn't help
| peekin' round to see eff Abncr Lyons
was thar, an he was, on the other side
of the aisle from me. An he was
lookin' straight at Uncle Enos' coffin,
that stood up in front under the pulpit,
with the curiousest expression ever
did see.
''He didn't look glad reely. could
MT say he did, but all | could think OF
was man who'd been runnin' an
runnln to git to Il place, an at length
had got in sight of it.
Maybe twas dreadful for him to 90
to mans funeral and look that wav,
but natur' is natur', an always felt
somehow that eff Uncle EnOs chose to
do as he did 'twan't anythin' more than
he ought to hev expected when he was
dead.
But | did feel awful ashamed and
wicked thinkin' of such things, with
the poor man layin' dead before me.
An when | went up to look at him
layin' thar so helpless | cried like Il
baby. Poor Uncle EnOs it amt for
us to be down on folks after every
things all over.
'Well, Aunt Rebecca married Abner
Lyons bout two years after Uncle
Enos died, an they lived together just
five years an seven months: then she
was took sudden with cholera morbus
from eatin' currants an died. He
lived year an Il half or so longer, an
then he died in Il kind of consumption.
"Twa'n't long they had to be happy
together, an sometimes | used to think
they Want so happy after all for
thar's no mistake about it, Abner
Lyons was awful fussy. | s'pose his
livin' alone so long made him so: but
| don't believe Aunt Rebecca ever
made loaf of bread after she was mar
ried, without his havin' somethin' to
say about it, an eff thar's anything
that's aggervatin' to woman, it's
havin' man fussin' around in her
kitchen.
"But eff Aunt Rebecca didn't find
anything jest as she thought it was
goin' to be, she never let on she was
disappointed.
81 declare, Almiry, thar's the house
in sight, an the shower has gone round
to the northeast, an we amt had a
speck of rain to lay the dust.
"Well, my story's gone round to the
northeast too. Amt you tired ont
hearin' me talk, Almiry 2"
"No indeed, Mis- Green" replied
Almira, slapping the reins; 81 liked to
hear you, only it's kind of come to me,
as Pve been listening, that had heard
it before. The last time | took you to
WalDole. ! guess. YOU told it"
der ef did
Then the horse turned cautiously
around the corner. and stopped will
lingly before the house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
The Chicago Limited Express.

The Philadelphia Record has the
following account, by Mr.. AHgus Sin
clair, of the American Machinist, of a
trip from Jersey City to Chicago via
Philadelphia on what is called the
limited express. The distance is 9l2
miles, and the time consumed in max
ing the run twenty-five hours and a
half. Some of the distance is run at
the rate of over sixty miles an hour,
and the average time is 1929 miles an
hour.
''The engineer and fireman reached
the round-house about half an hour
before it was time for the train to start,
and each proceeded to do his own line
of work in preparing the engine for the
run. The engineer proceeded to oil
his charge, an important matter where
ninety miles have to be traversed with
out stopping. AS he moved round the
engine his trained eye detected the
smallest defect, and he examined
every cup and reservoir At the same
time the machinery got final inspec
ton, and the air pump was started
going. Meanwhile the fireman was at
tending to his duties-giving the fire
its finishing touches, filling oil cans
and brushing the dust off the cab
| fittings.
"Then the engine backed up to the
train. The air hose was coupled, two
minutes fast pumping of the air pump
! charged the car reservoirs with their
full pressure of air, and all was ready
for the start. While waiting for the
| signal peep into the fire. box dis
closed furnace ten feet long by forty
two inches wide filed up with coal to
depth of ten inches. 1t took about Il
ton and half of coal to make this fire
ready for the road.
| "The train consisted of five Pullman
sleeping cars and one dining car, the
six weihging 300 tons. The engine and
tender, in working order, weighed "a
tons, which gave a total weight of pa
tons to be moved by the force exerted
by the pistOns.
"As the signal was given to start, a
sprinkling of sand was dropped upon
the rails, the throttle valve was opened
little wider, and with resOunding ex-
hausts the engine worked into speed.
From the start the necessity of pushing
forward and utilizing every second OF
time was recognized. The tain had
/
when speed of ten miles an hour was
reached. 1t covered the first two
miles, with heavy up grade, in fouI
minutes. Then a speed of forty seven
miles an hour was attained, but it was
soon checked because a bridge was t.
be passed over. Several miles wert
covered in fifty seven seconds each
then the impetus was reduced.
. "Thus it was throughout the whole
trip-a struggle to get up speed fol
lowed by an effort to- dissipate part o.
the power gained. The engine main
tanned speed of sixty miles an hOul
easily enough, but it was a laborioui
proceeding increasing the speed in 8
couple of miles from a mile in TIVE
minutes to a mile in one minute
. Several heavy grades were ascended
: one of them three miles long, whicl
| reduced the speed in the second tw'
3. miles to thirty miles an hour.
] ''The engineer exhibited remarkable
I skill and intelligence in handling tn
a engine. The water was carried steady
r without any tiuctuation, which enabled
e the fireman to maintain the steam a
c leven pressure. Where the speed ha
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
Bright People In an Autograph
Album.

appearance. III Is description III IL
wonderful collection of autographs in
the possession of Mr.. Book of New
York, who during three years has
gathered together a very remarkable
list of letters. The labor and persist
ence required in procuring so large
and distinguished collection can only
he appreciated by those who have
gone a-begging for even few such
favors. Mr.. Book is said to stand at
the head of autograph collectors in
this country and it is exceedingly
doubtful whether so unique Il treasury
is to he found in the hands of any one
individual in Europe. The following
extracts will give foretaste of Il pam
phlet which cannot fail to prove of
much interest:
End is there none to the universe of
God and 10 also there in no begin
ming.
RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
WASHINGTON, Nov. /, 1881.
Dear Sir How much time annually
do you waste in seeking autographs
which are of no more value than
mine
Your friend,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
What the lightning is to the oak,
that would be wOman's vote to the
whisky ring.
JOSEPH Cook.
"Speak only good of the dead" is a
sentimental way of advising the living
to lie-at least as regards the usual run
of dead people.
SAMUEL l.. CLEMENS,
Mark Twain.)
For there's on earth yet an auguster thing,
Yelled tho it be, than Parliament OF king
JOHN BRIGHT.
| ROCHDALE, Jan. 30, 1888.
Reputation is for time character Is
| for eternity.
JOHN b. GOUGH.
Wherever there be one high or low
| that gives me place on the roll OF
| kindly remembered names, to him GO
the thanks and the kind greetings and
wishes of
| Roscoe CONKLING.
1t is far better to love your wife
than to love God. You cannot hell
| Him, but you can help her. You eau
fill her life with the perfume of per
petual joy. 1t is better to love youl
children than to love Jesus Christ. II
! He is God you cannot assist Him, but
you can plant flower in every foot
/ step of a babe. The most sacred tenn
pie is a home the holiest altar is The
tireside.
ROBERT g. INGERsOLL.
Advice to the young; knowledge
economy and labor are the most shin
ing virtues of civilized man. They
form the most enduring basis of so
ciety and the surest source of nationt
and individual welfare.
PETER COOPER.
Flowers are the grandest things tina
God ever made without putting an i'm
mortal soul into them.
I HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Music and poetry must blend to b
perfect
MISNIE HAUK.
never received your letter. Moth
ing is certain in this world. Even th
Pope sometimes fails, and the post II
; less. ..
iOHN STUART BLACKIE.
BRIDGEPORT, CoSN.
"Time is money" -
2. r. BARNUM.
GLEN HOUSE, WHITE MOUSTAISs.
The chastity NV women is the saliva
{ shun ov the world.
| JOSH BILLINGS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14

What a divine calling is music.
Though everything else may appear
shallow and repulsive, even the small
est task in music is so absorbing and
carries us SO far away from town,
country, earth aud all worldly things
that 1t is truly II blessed gift from God.
ADELINA PATTI.
Learning has fulfilled but half its
task, If it has taught the mind and not
the heart.
,IEFFERSON DAVIS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14

CongrsgGtiondL-Rev. j. 7. Closson Pastor. Sun
day services at II a. NJ and 500 P. NJ. Sabbath
school at le NJ. Wednesday evening meeting al
7.3OPM NJ
Msthodist-Rev. W. A Evans Pastor SUNDAY
Services at IL a. N. and T. N. Sunday School at
IL NJ Thursday evening meeting at 80.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-02-14
St. Johnsbury Post Office.

Commencing Oct. :. the mails will close at the
Post Office as follows:
PassumpsiC K. X. Way Mail, South. % a. III.
No. Danville, 900 a. III.
ST j. y l.. c. r K. Way Mail, East 23O p m.
st. j. a L. C.. X. X. Way Mail, West, 23O p. NJ.
Passumpsic X. X. Way Mail North, 40 p M.
West Concord and St j JOhnsbury East. 900 a. m.
Waterford. W. Wat'f'd and l.. Wat'fd, 41U p. III
Boston, New York Conn. X. Val Mail. 500 p.
Northern and Montreal mail 500 2. IN.
Mail will be collected from the boxes at Paddock
village and Railroad street at 100 a. and 3.l5
D. IN. Box at Railroad street will be visited at u
p. usual
CHAS. 7. CARPENTER, z NJ.