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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

LADIES Underwear, all styles
aud prices, at Mrs. G. Geiger's,
next to Post Office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

-oUR young friend Chas. Walk
"as' mas again gone to San Anto-
u,o' Texas. He will shortly return
suen' so l5 rumored, he will start
suslness 9a $ own hook.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15

The Grand Jury found no
less than six different true bills
against j. V. Swami doctor, we
helieve who lately kept store at
Lecomte, and not being able to
give bond, was jailed on Saturday.
Ire platform recently erected
by Mr.. Levin at the end of the rail
road switch, in the upper part of
the Town, will prove to be of con-
venience, especially to wagoners,
who in future will find little or no
trouble in unloading.
The new addition to the show
window of Mrs. Smiths Millinery
establishment is somewhat attrac.
tive, and is a novel invention. 1t
consists of revolving machine on
which is placed hats and bonnets.
fancy goods, etc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-04-15
Town and Parish News.

Town and Parish News.
--THEpresent spell of unseason-
able is disagreeable.
Bon Ton Bustles, only Fifty
Cents, at Mrs. Geiger's.
QuEEY-What made Jack Hor-
ner leave Town so suddenly last
Heekf
-Four loaves of bread for five
cents at V. Girard's Bakery, Jack
sou street.
BARGAINS in Hardware and
Agricultural Implements at Miller,
Brady & Co.'S.
The whiskey men are groan-
ing heavily. Verify, the Grand
Jury surprised them.
LADIES Underwear, all styles
and prices, at Mrs. G. Geiger's,
next to Post Office.
3 -QUlTE number of AIexan-
driaus speak of taking in the Expo
s;lion on Louisiana day.
"A CHIMNEY on the property of
SnIvia Casson wos hlou.u dou, h.,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
MONKEYS Along a Railroad Line.

The following story was related to
correspondent Of the Madras { India)
Mail by one who travels by rail
almost every day: Between place
called Niddivunda and Hcrebully
there is large tope which is well
known to be infested with host of
monkeys. Having no other mode of
occupying their duh hours, they are
bent upon tryinr to destroy the Tun-
kur line. 1t would appear that these
animals. about fifty or sixty, form
themselves Systematically one-half on
one rail and the other half on the
other. They begin by first removing
the earth from the sides of the rails.
Then they arrive at the difficulty of
nuts and bolts, which, though they
examine them very minutely, they
cannot get over. On the approach of
the up or down train they wait till
the engine is within few yards, when.
with the utmost coolness, they simply
jump on one side till the train has
passed, and then resume their work.
A remarkable instance occurred on
one of these occasions. AS the engine
was approaching, the monkeys made
their usual iumDs. with the execution
of one, who persisted in remaining on
the line, the engine by this time being
very near Five or six monkeys, see
ing the danger one of their number
was in, made sudden rush, dragging
him off, some laying hold of him by
the tail, others by the legs; anyhow.
they saved him. They are now styled
the Niddivunda gangmen by the
guards and drivers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
Chinese Oath.

In a Mongol murder case in San Fran
cisco the following oath was admins
tered to each of the Chinese witnesses:
This is to inform the spirits of the
gods, also the evil spirits and the de-
mons, all to descend here to hear, over
see, and examine into the case Of
Wong All Foo, charged with numbering
Loi All Cow. If come here to swear
profanely and tell the untruth, or not
according to the facts of the case,
humbly beg the celestial and terres-
trial spirits to redress Loi All Cows
grievance and to punish the false wit
ness Immediately and to arrest his
soul. May he die under a sword,
or die on the half way of the sea, and
have no life to return to China. This
is the true end solemn declaration of
oath sworn by my own mouth and
signed by my name by my own hand.
Dated this day. second month, IN
the eleventh year of Quong Sol"
1t is believed that all who take this
oath will testify trrthfully. as the Ce-
lestials believe that if they should per-
jure themselves after passing through
the ceremony they will die an everlast-
ing death, and that the gates of the
Flowery kingdom will be closed upon
them
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
The Crow and the Hare,

A Crow and Hare met by chance
one day, and were so well Pleased
with each other that it was Agreed to
form Partnership.
"The first thing in order" remarked
the Crow, sis to select a Home, which
will, of course, belong to both of us.
Have you sot your eye Oh any rartic-
ular Tree?"
Tree ~ echoed the Hare, "why We
want Burrow, of course"
"Burrow But 1 can't live in a
Holer'
"And | can't Climb a Tree =
"If you didn't Intend to Consult my
Wishes why did you Propose this
Partnership
And it you weren't ready to give
way in these little Matters why Accent
my Proposals ~
They were Hotly Disputing and
Abusing each other when the Fox
came along. and being Appealed to
for his Opinion he said:
Moral:--"My Friends, while you
are both wrong, yoa have still exhibit
ell rare Judgment. The Human Fam
lily alone are Fools enough to Marry
first and Quarrel over their likes and
dislikes and Natures Incongruities
afterwards. Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23

with the drug until he has become "a
slave to the habit. We had IN in
stance here several years ago Of II
popular divine who catered to his APP
petite till one day he was discovered
in an anteroom of his church in II
state bordering on idiocy. lie accept
ed Call to adistant city. shortly after,
and the story of his misfortune never
came out. lie was an exceptionally
brilliant man, of strong and determin-
ed countenance, and the last man in
world one would judge could give
away to the cravings of his appetite.
There would have been several other
instances in addition to those above
recited, among them former resident
of the city who several years ago
migrated East, but died shortly
after reaching his new home His
death was undoubtedly caused or
hastened by the drug. Of which he had
been constant tippler year rrevi-
GUS to his departure. The drug in its
crude state is principally derived from
absinithum, plant indigenous to
Northern Africa, Asia and the greater
part of Europe. 1t has also been
transplanted to this country, where it
grows rapidly and where it has Leen
cultivated extensively for medicinal
purposes. Wheeling ( W. W Regis
ter
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
The Arc de TriOmpile.

The Arc de Triomphe in the Place
de lEtoile, Paris. under which the re-
mains of Victor Hugo lay in state,
owes its existence to Napoleon l., who
decreed its erection in 1906 to cele-
brate the victories of the French under
the republic and the empire. 1t is the
largest triumphal arch in Europe,
being 152 feet high, 1877 feet broad
and 6S feet deep. The height of the
principal arch is 80 feet. Its cost was
about S2,100,000, and it was thirty
years in completing, being finished in
1886. There are various groups of CO.
lossal statuary, and Fame surmounts
the whole, while History is occupied
in recording his deeds. The interior is
assembled by winding staircases, which
lead into several large halls. After
mounting 26l steps the top is reached
from which one Of the best views OF
Paris is gained.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
PRICE THREE CENTS

In regard to the increasing longev.
ity of the population of the civilized
world, the Baltimore Sun notes that
the progress of sanitary science and
the improvement in the moral tone of
almost all classes of the population
are gradually raising the average life
time in most civilized countries. In
spite of the common belief that our
fathers were heartier and healthier
than we are, there can be no question
that child born to-day has better
chance for long life than was ever
before the case within historic times
at least. How many years the ordi-
nary lifetime may and should COM
prise if men were protected from the
privations of the poor and temptations
of the well-to-do, and were fenced
about with all the guards that medi-
cal science can furnish, is strikingly
illustrated by the vital statistics of the
English Society of Friends, more COM
monty styled Quakers. At the pres
ent time the average life of one of this
sect is about SO years, or at least fifteen
years more than that of the population
as a whole. The industry for which
these people have long been noted
keeps almost all of them out of the
ranks of the very poor, while the sim
pie and moral lives presented by their
creed shield them from other dangers
scarcely less threatening to human
health and life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Every man considers his own lot In
life hardest.
Any truth, faithfully faced. is
strength in itself.
Our thoughts of today, are our ac-
tions of tomorrow.
Do the truth you know and you shall
learn the truth you need TO know.
There cannot be more worthy i'm
provement of friendship than in a fer
vent opposition to the sins of those we
profess to love.
Useful knowledge can have no ene-
mics except the ignorant; it cherishes
youth, delights the aged, is an orna
ment in prosperity, and yields comfort
in adversely.
1t is injurious to be in hurry, and
delay is often equally SO; he is wise
who does everything in proper time.
Hardness and precipitation are ex-
tremes equally to be avoided.
1t is not the situation which makes
the man, but the man who makes the
situation. The slave may be free.
man. The monarch may be slave.
Situations are noble or ignoble, as we
make them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
The Baseball Manufacture.

1t is estimated that 100000 base
balls are made and sold in this country
every year. First there is little
hard rubber ball, and around that the
wrapper winds strong, blue coarse
yarn. This is firmly wrapped with
white Venetian yarn. The balls are
then placed in ovens until all the moist
ure is taken out. After this they are
coated with cement. Then comes fine
blue yarn, and around the whole is
placed fine white gilling twine. Each
must be of certain weight. The cov-
ers are made of the best quality OF
horse hide of two pieces. each cut in
The shape of the figure 49,"
For years balls were covered with
four pieces of leather, and at one time
two covers were placed upon ball.
Hard knocks cannot disturb the hall
as now made, because the cement
holds it.
A little machine wraps q ounces OF
the American association balls in q
minute, anG the rest is finished by
hand.-Scientifc american.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
Travelling in 100.

From paper on Social Life in the
Colonies" by Edward Eggleston. in
the Century, we quote the following
"The Virginia planter of the richer
sort, who was said to live with more
show and luxury than a country gen.
tleman in England on an estate of
three or four thousand pounds year,
showed strong liking for the stately
siX-horse coach, with positions but
it was not until 1920 that wheeled car
riages were recognized in the legal
price.list of the Virginia ferries. In
the other colonies, also, the coach was
valued rs sign of official or family
dignity, and some of the richer Caro-.
linans carried their luxury so far as
to have carriages, horses, coachmen
and all, imported from England; but
in Carolina, and everywhere north of
Virginia, the light open chair or the
covered chaise was generally pre-
ferred. These were better suited to
the roughness and sinuosity of the
roads than the coach. The chaise was
kind of two-wheeled gig, having a
top, and drawn sometimes 10y one, and
sometimes by two horses the chair
had two wheels but no top, the sulky,
which was much used, differed from
the chair chiefly in having room for
but one person. All these seem to have
been hung on straps, or thorough.
braces, instead of springs. Boston
ladies in the middle Of the eighteenth
century took the air in chalses or
chairs, with negro drivers. Boston
gentlemen also affected negro attend.
ants when they drove their chairs or
rode on saddle horses. But in rural
regions, from Pennsylvania north.
ward, ladies took delight in driving
about alone in open chairs, to the
amazemeut of European travellers,
who deemed that "A paradise in which
women could travel without protec-
tion. Philadelphians were fond of a
long. light, covered wagon, with
benches, which would carry dozen
persons in an excursion to the coun.
try. Sedan chairs were occasionally
used in the cities. The Dutch intro
duced sleighs into New York at very
early date but sleighs for pleasure
though known in Boston about 100
only came into general use in the
northern provinces at a somewhat Ia
ter period. The first stage wagon in
the colonies was run from Trenton tc
New brunswick, twice week, during
the summer of 1888. 1t was link in
the tedious land and water journey
from Philadelphia to New York, and
travellers were promised that it would
be fitted up with benches, and covered
over. so that passengers may sit easy
and dry"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
Sayings of Rev. Sam Jones.

The following are some OF the
latest proverbs Of the Rev. Sam Jones,
whose reputation as a revivalist has
rapidly spread over continent:
would not let my cook 60 to a
german. Dancing is nothing but hug
ging set to music.
81 have doubts" says one. Well,
you just quit your meanness and you
will quit your doubling.
If u man hasn't enough religion to
pray in his family he hasn't enough to
save his soul with.
It's not so much when and where a
man joins the church. It's all right,
just so he sticks up to it.
Be honest and pay your debts.
There are too many men in the church
boarding with their wives.
Get in the right attitude and faith
will come. Bread is the gift of God,
at the end of a plough handle
Have religion at home, train your
children right, and no revival will be
needed. Religion is catching.
There is not man in Chattanooga
who doesn't have family prayers that
has got as much religion as IA goat.
Twelve years ago L consecrated my
self to God, and since that time have
never had an invitation to ball.
A mans hates and his likes determ-
inc character; mans allinities de-
termine what he is and who he is.
There was never a sinner in this
town, however hoary headed, who
would want the churches done away
with.
Do you think pale, weak looking
fellow like me could preach four
times a day the year round if | wasn't
uplifted by the grace of God.
In certain places they tell you If you
want to get into society you must join
our church. If you want to 60 to he'll
join that church. That is the plain
English of it.
If l could have my choice getting
into heaven between church, Sunday
school. prayer meetings and a good
mother. l would take the latter and
be sure of the better home above
God won't keep young lady pious
who has her waist encircled seven
times week by spider-legged dude.
Sow billiards, reap fools. Sow cards
reap gamblers. Sow whiskey. REAP
drunkards. Sow germans, reap spider
legs.
The dude looks as if he was meltet
and poured into his pants.
There's many fellow with a White
wash brush trying to clean up a little
before he goes to God.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
College Expenses.

The following is from the New York
Mail and Eppress:
The annual expense of a course of
study at old Bowdoin is from $500 to
$500. 1t is not fashionable there tc
DO extravagant.
An Amherst college student can
finish the course at cost of $3.50 3
year, and at the outside it need not
cost him over $1,000.
The expenses at Vassar college run
from $500 to $1,000 a year. The girls
have no football teams or rowing clubs
to support.
Brown University is rather expen-
sive. a scholar can spend $1,000 if he
wants to, but the actual expense need
not exceed $3.50.
A student at Yale college can pay all
his real expenses with s400 year, ,and
yet $4,000 can be expended in so-calleJ
legitimate expenses.
One of the cheapest colleges to at
tend in this country is at Beloit, Wis
Board is Sl.50 week, and it is almost
impossible for a student to spend more
than $500 year.
Yale, Harvard and Columbia col
leges are the most expensive institu-
tions in this country. The minimum
expenses are from s400 to 5000, while
the maximum are put at $4,000.
The expense of an education at Cor
nell is not large in comparison with
other institutions of learning. A
mate expenses, but $500 will cover
! them, provided he is economical.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
IIigh.TOned.

"IIow do you like your sons wife,
Mrs. Higley?"
well, she pears to be reether a
peart sort of a body. but I'm afraid
she's too high-toned to get along
smooth with our family"
"High-tonedl Why, gracious alive
l wouldn't have thought it. She's not
very stylish about her dress, and don't
seem to be at all affected in her ways,
so far as | can see. What makes you
think she's high-tonedp'
"Well, l reckon it's her talk. You
see, she calls tea-cup a vessel, and il
that amt putin on airs, l tell you it
comes mons'us near it, and l don't be-
lieve in no such way O. doin'. A tea
cups tea-cup. and all the eddycation
in our family couldn't never make
nothin' else out of it." "-Chicago Ledg-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23

There seems to be wide difference
of opinion concerning the cost of the
steamship Great Eastern, and her size
as compared to Noah's Ark. The cost
of building and launching the Great
Eastern was S3,650,000, and this broke
the original company. a new COM
pany was formed which spent $780,
600 in fitting and furnishing her.
Then this company failed and a new
company was organized with capital
of 100000. At the close of 1880 this
company sunk eS6,7l5 upon the ves-
sci, thus making her total cost 81, 703,-
SIS. Nothing over built can stand
comparison with the Great Eastern
excepting Noah's Ark, and even this
vessel could not match her. The
length of the Ark was 800 cubits, her
breadth so cubits, and her height 80
cubits. The cubit of the Scriptures,
according to Bishop Wilkins. was u
65-l00 inches, aud computed into Eng
lish measurement the Ark was 54I
feet long. 81 feet beam, "a 7-l0 feet
depth, and 2l,762 tons. The Great
Eastern is $50 feet long, So feet beam.
Sc feet depth, and 2S.093 tons measure
meat. So Noah's Ark is quite over
shadowed by the Great Eastern.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
Common Things.

Oh, how narrow Is our vision
That We see not more Elysian
In the commonest ofthings;
Why, a lumber wagons rattle
Is ns grand as any battle,
II our ears had only wings.
IT'S o necessary fraction
Of tho worlds unfolding action.
Detail of the life of man,
Dlscord when we hear 1t single,
Music when we make it minglo
In the complicated plan.
In the simplest shines the story
OF the universa's glory,
And the lofty and the wise
See that all things are relations.
Follow the concentrations
Till above the stars they riso.
Even anguish, even error,
Taints them with no tracc Of terror,
For the All is in their eyes;
Knowing nothing isolated,
From the loved and from the hated,
Up to God they generalize.
-Frankiin E. Duston in The Current.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
A Fathers Mistake.

Young Mr.. Featherly, guest, de-
clined cake. and Bobby's eyes grew
big with astonishment.
Don't you want any cake?" he
asked.
NO, Bobby" replied Featherly. 81
seldom eat it."
"How's that pap inquired Bobby,
turning to the old gentleman; "you
said that at the dinner table Mr..
Featherly always takes the cake,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23
LONDONDERRY THURSDAY.

"rhe Chinese believe that 1t gives
fresh life to mind and body; cures all
kinds of disease They mix it with
dried caterpillars to give to the insane
people, and with powdered tigers
skulls for the cure of grief"
Polly laughed. "And what is in
that smaller sackp" she asked.
THAT is another root that goes with
the ginseng to China. 1t has pleas
ant smell, but l don'tknow the name"
"They burn it before their josses, to
ensure themselves long life"
"There is queer gummy stuff in a
bottle yonder. Does it go to Chinas"
asked Polly.
mo; that's balsam. It's the gum of
these trees outside, with the black
trunks. You're nigh five thousand
feet above the sea. They won't grow
no lower. They're a mighty proud
tree; and the chestnuts and oaks and
sech like can't grow so high, so you'll
notice on most of these mountings a
barren strip between them whar thar's
nothing green"
"But the bottle of gum? Is it used
for mucilage?' asked David.
mo, no." cried Polly, who had put
the bottle to her nose. II have SMELL
ed this often in cough-medicines and
plasters and cures for burns
"What keen little eyes and nose you
have, Polly" said her brother, "for ev-
erything but books. Is she right
uncle?"
Yes. Although the balsam common
ly used in medicine comes from Rus.
sia. The supply from these mountains
is very small. 1t sells high?" turning
to the woman.
Ten dollars quart here, and more
eff you kerry 1t to town. Oh, thar's a
fortune in balsam Bear-skins is worth
a powerful sight of money, wolf-skins
not quite so much. My baby I call
him my baby, though he is twenty-one,
bein' the youngest), he took down
some peltry yesterday. Bar, wolf,
deer, coon and boomer. They do tell
me ladies up North have them bigger
skins to cover their coachmen's feet;
but don't believe it. They've surely
got wit to know what fine bed-spreads
they make"
The children by this time had fin
ished their dinner. "Ilere are some
strengthening yellow stones," said
Polly, with an inquiring glance.
"Oh, them rocks? You see II man
was around hyar prospectin' for mines
and he left word with my boy to look
out for sech rocks as that, and mark
the place. Expect to find gold,
reckon?"
Something more valuable than
gold. This is yellow corundum."
"What is it used for?"
This corse kind is ground to make
emery, which Polly sharpens her need
les with. The finer corundums are the
sappire and oriental ruby"
"Oh!" cried Polly breathlessly. "Do
you mean that rubies are to be found
here-here?"
"One was found in the next county
worth six thousand dollars" said the
mountaineer. 81 suppose the folks
that live in towns couldn't get along
very well without lis North Carlin-
yans," smiling. 1--WE send 'em lumber
and iron and gold and medicine, and
even rings for their fingers"
The rain had ceased, and they bade
her cordial good-by, and rode away
"Instead of being in solitude, she
is quite in the centre of things" said
David laughing.
81 told you that we were all tied to-
getller by fine cords" said his Uncle
"you are just beginning to find out
how many of them there are.''-
Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-07-23

The Yaquis hold their title from
the king of Spain and do not recog-
nize the republic of Mexico. No
taxes or imports are levied on them,
or if levied they have not been col
lected. They are hardy, agricultural
race, living on small patches of fertile
soil on the Yaqui river. They steal
stock when opportunity otfe"s, but
have rarely IN the last few years COM
mitted any murders. Cajemo. their
chief is of fair education for Mexico,
and is stern ruler. He has absolute
control over them. The nations COM
bined number over fifteen thousand
of which at least five thousand are
adult males. Their principal arms are
bows, arrows, spears, and three
cornered bludgeon made of ironwood
Some of the arrows are poisonous.
They also carry powdered stone in
small sacks. used by them to throw in
the eyes of theil a lyersaries.