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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-11-25
OUR INCREASING JURY Diff.
CULTIES.

'Huiuel case, now on trial at Bait
Rouge, affords another strong re
f son, in addition to hundreds Of or
ers of similar character, why the,
should be thorough change in o,
whole system Of jury Jaws. TIL
trials by juries which are obtaipe
In the manner now provided by IL,
codes OF all the States of the Unto,
are extremely uncertain in their is
sue' 1t is safe to say that in min,
cases out of ten the verdict is no
responsive to the testimony, eithe,
on account of corrupt practice.
which creep in everywhere, or a la
mentable and unnanly yielding to
a sympathy of feeling for the &C.
cused. The depraved part of the
population takes notice of this de-.
feet and grow bold from the impu.
nifty which they see given to crimi-
nals' 1t is so out of the general
order of practice to convict q mur.
oerer IN some places that it can on.
~ be accomplished even in the
p'a'nest and most fragrant cases BY
sort of popular npheaval that al
most amounts to a revolution
Some of those who pass for being
ne best sort of people, to all out
sara appearance honest, upright,
nous, are frequently unable to re-
train their morbid sensibilities
'han they hear that a poor wretch
as forfeited his life, and are led
ITO very strange and illogical prac.
ces to save his life at one stage or
mother on his way up to the gal
TVS. The most determined onset
, OF course, made on the juries,
Inch under our peculiar manner of {
lection are often wholly or in part )
ade up of men totally unqualified !
decide any important question y
herein their feelings or interests
n be enlisted. So long as jurors -
3 drawn Unfortunately from the .
ople, so long will the judicial
'g-net rake in men of unseasoned G
nds and highly susceptible j
arts, who are unable to summon
that stern fortitude which is re. ii,
RED to condemn an abject and, til
the time being, penitent-lookine OF
prlt. A little practice would in. Gil
Q them to their duty and enable pr
m to discharge it with the indif ne
nee which a veteran policeman rig
IS in escortiug an old offender dr'
the lookup. Hence, jurors an
ia be trained men, elected or hui
zen at first for their firmness, in. jud
senoe and love of justice, and opt
wards retained, and thus con. are
cd in these essential qualities Ike,
ICY show themselves worthy of bev
public confidence. As orr Grim the
laws are about to undergo re rem
n, this important matter should dru.
We that attention which its so a
ty demands. Unless some r
s are devised to make the ex.
IN OF our criminal laws more NJ,
~ 1t will not be long before ~, =. ;;
classes will demand, IT,
rested and inherent right, that No =,
shall be left free to murder, .nlt;
70 ~ ~: ''y specles simp
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-11-25


LIE editorial department Of
the Atlanta Journal, of the 18th
'nss'' consists of nine paragraphs,
SIX of which are devoted to tho
cause of prohibition, in favor of
which our contemporary is tho.
ronghly enlisted. Besides, it has a
column of interviews with real es-
tate brokers and agents who give
the depreciating effect upon real es.
tate caused by the proximity of sa.
looms. The Journal will run the
Pron'olt'on question in Atlanta for
all that it is work.-[New Orleans
States.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-11-25

| r.. So w tut
Grand jury of Morebouse Parish
Judge G. H. Ellis said:
druggists in filling the prescrip.
ions OF practicing physicians have
tue right to sell whiskey or auv
other alcoholic spirits, as a medi.
cine in any quantities it may be
prescribed - whether the patient
needs the medicine or whether the
right drug has been prescribed, the
druggist is not presumed to know
and IN ninety-nine cases ont Of an
hundred he is not competent to
Judge. In localities where loca,
option laws are in force, physicians
are IN the habit of prescribing whis-
Key for their friends to he used as ,
beverage instead of medicine and
tue law is thereby evaded, and the
remedy is not in furnishing the
but in amending the law
so as to punish the physician"
FLOWING BY DYNAM1rE-We
Know young amateur scientist in
New Orleans who so frequently ex.
'er'nIents with explosives that he
las conceived the idea of using dv.
'an'te to prepare the ground for
"'f'vat'on. He says he can. BY q
nipple device, drill the explosive
rows, then by igniting it, tear
'e SOIL into atoms, more thorough 4
: and cheaply palverizing it than
J" possibly be done by plows and
arrows. Who can say to the con- \ y
ary?-[ Sugar Bowl. ="
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-11-25

-IHE Chicago Inter Ocean says:
The sooner Mrs. Minnie Walkup
gives up the idea of going upon the
stage the happier she will be. Peo-
pie may not believe that she was
guilty of the crime charged, but a
life of such publicity will cause her
to be constantly reminded of the
past tragedy"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1885-11-25

OHIO has a law which gives
The Directors of the Penitensiary
power to release a prisoner, of good
record, On parole. He is required
to report his whereabouts and occu-
potion at stated intervals. One of
the conditions of the parole is that
he must, through a friend on the
secure employment prior to
his release. The Supreme Court
ot the State has just passed upon
his law and pronounced it constitu
'onal.- : Exchange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
To Mothers and Daughters.

There is lack of industrial train
ing among girls, seen quite as often in
families OF moderate means as among
the wealthy. 1t is great mistake
that so many girls are taught nothing
about the practical duties and serious
cares of life. "All women" says one,
should have practical knowledge OF
manual labor. 10 know how to cook,
sew, care tor the sick, ETC., should form
part of every thorough education.
To attain a symmetrically developed
womanhood, there must be industry,
thoroughness in study and work. and
self-reliance in thought and act. :"
Mothers, take little time from the
work and worry. or the fashionable
idleness of your daily life, and examine
thetraining your daughters are receiv-
ing at your hands. Remember you are
stamping upon their white souls i'm
pressions which will but increase their
beauty, or leave stain which neither
time nor eternity can efface. Girls, if
the experience of early womanhood
has shown you grave defects in your
ehildhood's training, earnest, persis-
tent efforts will do much to remedy
the evil. Be strong in thought and
deed; dare to follow right and your own
good sense, whether fashion thus de.
crees or not.-Philadelphia Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
rns nfo., rr.o,eu. orr anna.

Health Is undeniobly more precious gin
than riches, honor OF power. Who would ex'
change II for these, the chief objects OF human
ambitionf 1t is obviously The part Of wisdom
to employ means for the preservation OF health
and the prolonsalion Of life which time ana
experience have proved to be reliable. Many
OF the dangers by which health ia threatened
may be nullihed by the use Of that most ire
sistible of coroctives and tonios, Hosetter's
Stomach Bitters, which, by increasing vital
power and rendering the physical functions reg,
ular and pctive, keeps the system in good
working order and protects it against disease.
For constipation, dyspepsia, liver complaint.
nervousness, kidney and rheumatic ailments
and neumlria, it is Invaluable, and it affords n
sure defence against malarial fevers, besides
removing every trace Of such disease from tho
System. Halt wine-glassfal taken before
meals improves the appetite, and insuros oom'
plete digestion and assimilation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
Amsterdam.

Now we have entered Amsterdam,
to which we have looked forward as
the climax of our tour, having read Of
it and pondered it as "the Venice Of
the North" but our expectations were
raised much too high. Anything more
unlike Venice it would be difficult to
imagine; and there is terrible want
of variety and color; many of the small
er towns of Holland are far more in
teresting and infinitely more pictur-
esque. A castle was built at Amsterdam
in 1904, but the town only becameimpor-
tant in the sixteenth century. tits stu
ated upon the influx of the Amstel to the
Y, as the arm of the Zuyder Zee which
forms the harbor is called, and it oc-
cupies huge semi circle, its walls be-
ing inclosed by the broad moat, six and
a half miles long, which is known as
Buitensingel. The greater part of the
houses are built on piles, causing Eras-
mus to say that the inhabitants lived
on trees like roots. In the center of the
town is the great square called Dam
one side of which is occupied by the
handsome Royal Palace -Het Palais-
built by J. Van KampeD in 1913 The
Nieuwe Kerk l409-l470) contains a
number of monuments to admirals, in
Guiding those of Van Entertainments
tremor ocean," who commanded at
the battle of Solbay and Van Speyk,
who blew himself up with his ship
rather than yield to the Belgians. In
the Dude Kerke of 1900 there are more
tombs of admirals. Hard by, in the
Nieuwe Markt, is the picturesque clus.
ter Of fifteenth century towers called
st. Anthonienswaag, once city gate
and now weighing house. But the
great attraction of Amsterdam is the
picture gallery Of the Trippenhuis
called the Rijks Museum, and it de.
serves many visits. Good Words.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
wonan's Advancement.

Forty years ago a woman could
support herself in only few ways.
such as teaching or shopkeeping. un-
less she chose to engage herself as a
servant or mill operative; now every
profession is open to women, who are
supporting themselves in almost as
many ways as men. They outnumber
men in the larger cities, because they
are better paid in the cities than in the
country.
Out of 100000 women registered
in the census of 1880, 2,647,000 were
working for wages. OF this number
$4,000 were in domestic service, 632.
900 in manufactures, and $4,000 in
agriculture-the last being chiefly en-
ployed in the Southern States, in cot
ton, rice and sugar-producing districts,
There were 2,433 female doctors-a
gain of 1901 in ten years, and the
women pIacticing law numbered
seventy-live, against FIVE in 1870. In
1880 there were $4,000 teachers,
against $1,000 in 1670-exclusive OF
music teachers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
Was Not Interested.

He rang the doorbell of house on
Cass avenue, and when the owner him.
self opened the door, hallded him a
sealed envelope.
"Recipe for the cholera he said. in
brisk, jerky voice, "only twenty-five
cents"
but my dear sir, don't want it,
said the citizen, drawing back. al
haven't any use for it. Cholera is
something we never indulge in"
"Take it, and I'll throw in the cele.
brated treatise by the great DR.. o..
How the Cholera Travels in book
FORM"
my friend" said the Cass avenue
man, gently but firmly, 81 don't care
a continental hoto the cholera travels
whether it is in book form, on steam
yacht or in palace car. What l par
ticularly desire just now is to see you
travel; fatal"
The agent took the hint and his de-
parture at the same moment.-Fres
Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
The HaDDy SamOanS,

"The system" writes Mr.. Turner,
"of common interest in each Others
property is still chung to by the Sa-
means with great tenacity. They con-
slider themselves at liberty to 60 and
take up their abode anywhere among
their friends, and remain without
charge as long as they please. And
the same custom entities them to beg
and borrow from each other to any ex-
tent. Boats tools, garments, money,
&C., are all freely loaned to each other,
if connected with the same tribe or
clan. A man cannot bear to be called
stingy or disobliging. If he has what
Is asked, he will either give it or adopt
the worst course of telling lie about
it by saying that he has it not, or that
it is promised to some one else. This
communistic system is sad hindrance
to the Industrious, and eats like cank-
er worm at the roots of individual
or national progress. No matter how
hard young man may be disposed to
work. he cannot keep his earnings; al
soon passes out of his hands into the
common circulating currency Of the
clan to which all have a latent right.
The only thing which reconciles one to
bear with it untilit gives place to the
individual independence of more adj
vanced civilization is the fact that
with such state of things no poor
laws are needed. The sick, the aged,
the blind, the lame, and even the vag-
rant, has always house and home
and food and raiment, as far as he
considers he needs it. A stranger
may at first sight think Samoan one
of the poorest of the poor, and yet he
may live 10 years with that Samoan
and not be able to make him under
stand what poverty really is in the
European sense of the word. How
is it?' he will always say; no food
Has he no friends? No house to live
in! Where did he grow? Are there
no houses belonging to his friends
Have the people there no love fol
each other 2
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

II a chicken bone be left in dilute
muriatic acid several days. 1t may be
tied into aknot. since the acid has dis
solved the lime. leaving nothing but car
:llage and connecting tissue.
An interesting exhibition Of whale
skeletons and products has been held
in Hamburg. The most imposing ex-
hibit was the skeleton of the blue
whale. the greatest animal on earth.
1t measured rs feet in length. and was
mounted in its natural position.
The parasitic character Of diphtheria
has been established by two investi.
gators-Klebs and Lofller--who have
Independently found organisms which
have been proven by experiments on
guinea-pigs and birds to be the
specific germs Of the disease
M. Dubois, of Paris, finds that
chloroform acts with extraordinary
rapidity on criminals after the intro
duction Of alcohol into the system, and
terminates in death with startling
abruptness. This discovery may form
a clew to the fatality of chloroform
in some cases.
From observed facts writer con-
cludes that in Indiana turtles always
hibernate, the soft-shelled species bur
rowing deepest. Frogs and toads
usually hibernate, but nevis do not,
and the more hardy fish retire to the
deeper parts of the water, while more
delicate species hibernate.
A crocus of remarkable rapidity
of growth has been described to the
botanists of the Royal horticultural
Society of London. When carefully
watched, it's flower stalks can almost
be seen to grow, as they have been
known to increase in length from four
to six inches in single night.
All ruminant hoofed beasts have
horns and cloven feet. If the hoofs
are even the horns are even; if odd, as
in the rhinocerous' the horns are odd,
that is, single or two placed one behind
the other. Recent creatures with
feathers always have beaks Pigeons
with short beaks have small feet, and
those with long beaks have large feet
the long limbs of the hound are as
ISOLATED with long head.
Anew" method of dressing wounds
by which their healing is said to be
fastened and the pain made to dis
appear at once has been brought into
public notice by a French surgeon,
though it has for ages been practiced
by skilful old women, who used to
dampen the soft linen cloths for cover
ing the dressings of superficial wounds
with a weak infusion Of valerian root.
The French surgeon applies the COM
presses wet with a decoction of 80
parts Of the same root in 1000 parts of
water. He states expressly that this
treatment is of no avail in the case of
deep wounds.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
THE WEEK
In the United States and tho
Old World.
BIG FIRE At BUFFALO.


Music Hall and st. Louis Catholic
Church Burned.
As an attache of Music Hall, Buffalo, N, T.,
was lighting the Gas jos, just above the stage, q
drop fly took fre from u defective burner, In
aninstant tho whole stage was In flames, and
m six minutes tho entne building was burning.
An hour later the st. Louis Roman Catholic
Church at the rear Of Music Hall took fire, and
it was soon evident the magnificent editice
was doomed Two citizens, George Smith and
Joseph Green, assembled ladders in front Of the
church tor the purpose Of assisting the fiiemcn
in directing the work. The building burned
rapidly, and the fromcn and Smith hastily
lett the roof, which they had reached, but for
some unaocountablo reason Greene renamed
behind and flantically rushed to the cnpola
climbing it in full view of tho thousands oil spec.
tators. He olambered to the Lightning rod,
but returned and rushed to the body OF the root,
which was now burning fiercely. He
rushed to tho corner of tho building, and
needless of the cries OF the firemen, who had
tarpaulin stretched for him to jump into,
made for the tower, and from it hung by his
hands fully 10 minutes. An attempt was mado
to reach him with n ladder, but was unsuccess.
full, owing to the network Of telegraph wires
surrounding the building. At this time the
enliro front of the church was enveloped in
flames, and for q time dense smoke hid the
imperilled man from view. When tho smoke
cleared away he was seen to be still clnging
10 the edge of the roof Then he lunged for
ward let 90 his hold on the roof and iell. His
ieet struck the lower roof as he fell, and, turn.
ing over, he struck on his head and was
Instantly killed.
The cost of Music Hall building Is roughly
estimated at $4,000. There was an iiisur'
ance of $50, The cost of st. Louis church
was about $40 900, and the building was in
sured for $25,0OO About $4,000 has beer
expended for extra decorations, etc., during
the mast wear,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
Porcelain Manufacture.

For the last half century-indeod,
from an earlier period-the French
factory at Sevres has been losing
ground in public estimation. A period
of great political changes is not pros
porous to such institutions. Latterly
it has done but little more than repro
duce its old models. 1t is said that it
is likely now to push forward in the
direction both of novelty and of excel
lence. 1t was happy chance to
which it owed its original fame and
prosperity. What is called soft por-
celain" had been produced at Vincen-
mes about 1740, and fifteen years later
the factory was removed to Sevres un-
der the patronage of Nine. de Pompa-
dour. 1t was here that in 1898, quite
accidentally, the superintendent of the
works, Maguer, discovered what is now
known as kaolin and pibtunse, and
these discoveries led to the production
of that "hard porcelain" which is ono
variety Of the china of commerce. 1t
is announced that quite recently the
present superintendent. NJ. Lauth, has
come upon a new proclaim very supe-
rior to the old Sevres. Unlike Ma
guer's discovery, this is not the result
of happy chance. For ten years M.
Lauth has been testing. investigating
and combining, and he claims for his
new produce all the qualities of sur
face and capacities of taking glaze and
color enjoyed by the clay to which tho
Chinese have given their name.-Paz
Nall Gazette
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09

Geo. W. Green, Campti, La.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.
Report That President Barrlos has Been
Killed.

A despatch from La Lbertad says; Accord
ing to the latest Intelligence received here,
President Barrlos Of Guatemala is dead. No
particulars have boon rece,ved,
Hostilities between Guatemala and the
allied republics have boon suspended, and an
armstce OF one months duration is an
nounced. Tho legislative assembly of Guate.
mala has annulled the decree promulgated by
President Darrios Of February 49, in which a
union OF tho Central American republics was
proclaimed and Barrios was announced as dicta.
tor and supreme military chieitain at all Gen.
trail America. The gold hilted sword OF Presi-
dent Barrios was found on the battlefield oil
Chalchuapa, broken.
A statement has been issued by T. B. Blunt.
Ing, late general of division and chief OF
artillery, Guatemala, who is now in New
York city, In which he says; ~ wish to enter
my protest against the acceptance as fact
Of the report Of the death Of Gen. Barrios. I
was killed precisely in the same manner in
Salvador during the war in 1851. g., on pa.
per. Be sure that when the sword Of Gem
Barrios 10 found on the field Of battle his right
hand will be found firmly grasping it. As Dr.
zaldivar is not Al present practising medicine,
his certificate as to tho death OF Gen. Barrios
Is not evidence Of the tact. In the Salvado,
campaign Of 1876 Salvador gained many vic
tories over Guatemala, but they were all or
paper, and we knew nothing OF them until we
read of them. The same will be found to b,
the case now"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
ODDS AGAINST CANADA.
The Forces of Riel Armed with Supe-
rior Rifles.

A Montreal special to the New York
Euening Post says: "People here
are waiting anxiously for news Of the
first encounter between an inefficient, youthful
militia and the fearless treeboers of Louis Riel.
1t is useless denying the fact, the odds are all
against the Canadian volunteers. Their arms
are old Snider rifles, only sighted up to 900
yards, while the rebels are armed with Rem
ington and other repeating rifles, good up to
1900. In addition 10 this, our officers are to-
tally inexperienced, and, outside of Gen. Mid
dleton, Col Straulenger and few imperial
officers, those now commanding the troops in
the North west were never under fire."
Maj. Walsh, the late commander of the
Northwest mounted police, is confident the
steps So far taken will be found inadequate,
and that n corps of sharpshooters, composed of
cowboys and other jewellers in tho Northwest,
must be speedily formed, armed with the most
modern OF repeating rifles. The rebellion will
probably have the effect of driving Sir John
Macdonald from power, and the formation of a
ministry favorable to the immediate construc-
,ion OF the Manitoba g. Northwestern railway.
This road has long been projected, and would
open up tho portion of the country now in re-
bellion
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
FIRST UNLAWFUL ACTS.
How Ricl Incited His Followers to
Rebellion.

William HOWE of High Bluffs, Man, who
renrned to that place yesterday from the
vicinity of the rebels, says: 1.-TWO weeks ago
Riel, with gang of about 400, declared war
and started on a marauding expedition. The
day before Rel started, he addressed large
meeting of half-breeds in a Catholic church,
near Battoche Crossing. He advised all 10
arm themselves and prepare for fight, as it
was evident that Justice could be secured by no
better method. The first unlawful acts COM
mitted were the breaking into settlement
store, and the sacking Of a store kept
by Waters % Baker on the opposite
side of the river In all cases the
rebels took what goods they found and
then made prisoners OF the storekeepers.
The object OF The rebels seemed to be to strike
ut the Dominion government, as they i'm
rrlsoned all government officials and clerks
they could lay hands on. Riel sent couriers
up to Chief White Cap to have his band join
them, and said he was going to clean out the
whole settlement at Prince Alber'.' They had
80 prisoners, all whites, locked up in the
Catholic Church Mt Batouche'S crossing.
"Riel's half.breed followers have $50 repeat
ing rifles, while the Indians are armed with
shotguns. The English half-brceds did not
join Rel as he expected, but instead went to
Prince Albert and allied themselves with the
whites and police, who are all in the fort
there"
message from Fort Mcleod gives the as
surance that the Blood Indians are all quiet,
and there seems to be nothing to fear from
them or from the Blackleet.