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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

A veteran Springfield pump repairer gives
the following receipt for thawing out a
pump: He says: IF pouring hot water
down the pump barrel fails to loosen the ice
get thin piece of gas pipe four or five feet
long, file little notch around it at the top,
and tie string around il in the notch.
Then rest the end of the gas pipe on the ice
in the barrel of tine pump and pour boiling
water into the top of the pipe. By this
process the gas pipe will begin to sink down
in the barrel, gradually melting its way un-
til it has thswed it way down to the second
joint of the pump stock. A aold is retained
on the string attached to the pipe, so that it
will not be lost. In this way the worst case
of frozen pump can be easily managed.
have seen pumps in eighty foot wells thawed
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

A young and very witty society girl in
Springfield was heard to give utterance to
the following highly original and pithy OBJ
servation concerning her own personal
charms. She said: Il may not be very
handsome, but I'm dog-gone stylish"-and
she is. too. The remark brought down the
house.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

Owing to the cold weather the regular
daily rooster fights were discontinued In
this city last week.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

SUNDAY MORNING. FessJsES !. 1885.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

Some very fine attractions remain for the
balance of the theatrical season in this city.
Efiie Ellsler will appear in Woman Against
theWor!d for three performance at the Grand
some time in February. At Blacks Zo-Zo,
the Magic Queen; Rose Coglan, the Wages
Of Sin and other standard attractions will
appear. Neither of the Springfield mana
gers have yet succeeded in catching the eye
of Mary Anderson's manager, and it is
hardly probable that the divine Mary will
appear in Springfield this season; indeed,
it is said that the great actress is not play
ing any one night stands this season.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

The opinion Of Mr. W. NJ. Murray, the
burglar who was recently captured and sent
to the penitentiary for stealing 81, 200 worth
of jewelry and other articles from Mrs.
Ross, of Troy, o., ought to be worth some
thing on the question as to what constitutes
good police force. Murray said to Chief
Walker a few days since: You have one
of the most efficient police forces here in
Springfield of any city in the state. Dur
ing my stay Of some months in Springfield
watched the operations Of the force very
narrowly, and was amazed at the lightning
work done. Some of the Springfield cops
are chain lightning, tell ye- The boys all
over the state are onto the Springfield po-
lice force, and you ken bet cher sweet life
they're going to give Springfield wide
berth hereafter and work some town where
the cops devote more time to sleeping and
recreation. You fellows are too fly for the
crscksmen over here"
Praise from burglar Murray is praise in
deed. The capture of Murray in Spring
field by John T. Norris and Charley Bass
is worth thousands of dollars and several
extra police to Springfield in the way of
protection. When a rat is caught
in a certain trap, if all the other
rats know which trap did the busi-
ness, they feel certain delicacy in
monkeying with that identical trap. They
therefore hunt for a trap with weaker
spring. Hereafter when metropolitan bur-
glars make big haul and want to go up
the country for a few weeks to rest, and at
the same time avoid Arrest; they will not
choose Springfield, o., and rush into the
distended jaws of John 7. Norris, and the
Springfield police: but will choose Dayton,
where the police sleep the sleep that knows
no waking; or Urbana which is too good to
need police; or Xenia, where the pOlicem en-
are dudes, and dance the german to the
strains of Scurry's orchestra. of Springfield.
at intervals of alarming frequency. Thus
Springfield will be kept free of these gem
tlemen with light fantastic fingers for some
time to come. Laying jests aside, the cap
ture of Murray and other important police
captures in the past few weeks will probs-
bly, account for the astonishing dullncss in
criminal business in this city lately
Times in Springfield are much better
this year than last" said a prominent
Sprngfelder yesterday. ''How do you
judge?" said l. WELL" said he, .'none of
the Springfield papers have published that
story this year about he man stealing bag
of -four from MARI It street grocery, the
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-07

II Lieutenant-Governor Kennedy keeps
on getting gavels he can soon open an Ohio
gavel bank.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
PITH AND POINT.

-1ys are thinking seriously Of es-
tablishing poets corner. 1t will De
connected by trap-door with the base
ment.-Bnrlington Free Press.
-"Spirit," says Emerson, ''prima-
rily means wind" Now we understand
why windy harrangue is referred to
IS spirited address. BOSTON 2ran-
script. J,
"A man must look up and be hope
full, says an exchange. How can he,
with three plumbers working in the Gel
lar and his vile housecleaning.-Days
Outing.
Apoet has discovered that it is al
ways summer somewhere. Yes, and
there is always poet around to discov-
er something that everybody always
knew. Philadelphia cal.
-Book Agent-Councilman, don't
you want to buy an encyclopaedia to-
day? City Father What do I want
With such thingP I'd break my neck
the first time rode t. Chicago Ledger.
Isaac, irstructing his son: "Ven
you zell coat to man vot wants
coat, dots mold ng; but, ven you zell
coat to man vot don't want coat,
dots peeziness, my boy. N Y. Mail.
An editor with nine unmarried
daughters was recently made Justly in
dgnant by the misconstruction his
contemporaries put upon his able leader
on 1.-The Demand for More Men. =
Peck's Sun.
Young man, it is well enough to be
neat and tasteful in your dress, but it Is
better to be more concerned as to the
social set in which you move than about
the set of your coat or pantaloons.
Boston Transcript.
III hate that man!'' exclaimed Mrs,
Upperbea. I'D like to make his life
miserable" "Tell you what, " said her
husband warmly, s'1'll send the villain
an invitation to your musicale. Wen
torture him. -Burdette.
Some one is said to have invented
a substance that can be seen through
more clearly than glass. We don't
know what it can be unless it is a mans
excuse to his wife for not returning
home before a. m.-New Haven News.
"A downtown druggist has a par
rot which he has taught to say .What
pretty girl!'' whenever a woman,
young or old, enters his store, and they
do say that poor, weak man can hard
" get into the store to buy cigar on a
| fine afternoon. Philadelphia CAL.
-Farmer-Maria, there's a tramp
sleeping IN the wood-pile. Farmer S
| wife-Well, let him alone. He won't
disturb anything but he may have
nightmare and get up and split it all
up. couldn't stand the shock, Maria.
Guess I'd better wake him.-Tid- Bits.
-'Ann," said a landlady to her new
girl, ..when there's bad news, particu-
larly private affections, always let the
boarders know it before dinner. 1t
may seem strange to you, Ann, but
such things make , great difference in
the eating in the course OF year. ~.
Y. Telegram.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
Fattening Swine.

Some years ago it wss the custom
among farmers to keep their pigs over
winter and fatten them the next fall.
They would sell them during the win
ter, when they were from eighteen to
twenty months old, at which time they
were expected to weigh from $50 to 500
pounds. Now it ia found that good
spring pig can be made to weigh about
500 pounds the next winter, if we'll
cared for and properly fed, and where
this weight is reached it is plainly to be
seen which plan is the more profitable.
The younger the pig is. the less food it
takes to make pound of weight, and
the food that would be required for the
older hog the second year can much
more profitably be given to a younger
animal, as any farmer can find by try
ing the experiment. National Lice
Stock Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
RUBBER GOODS.

An Adulterant Which Will Reduce Their
Weight Fifty Per Cent.
The search for adulterants among
rubber manufacturers keep a great
many chemists busy. There are now
many adulterants, some of which hard
en- the rubber, others increase spread
ing capacity, but until recently there
has never been one discovered which,
while permitting the rubber to retain
all its elasticity and durability, will rem
der the rubber compound fifty per
cent. lighter than the original rubber.
The solid rubber goods, while an
swering the purpose for which they are
intended, are otter very heavy-too
heavy for comfort in many cases. Con-
sequently the attention of manufacture
ers has been turned to finding an adul-
terant, which has resulted in the origin
alton of the idea of mixing ground cork
and the rubber. By this method, 1t is
claimed, that a compound which can
be made light or heavy, as desired. and
one that is at least fifty per cent. cheap
er, while just as durable, is turned out.
Cork of any condition and size can be
used in this method, and it is then
ground by running it between two roll
ers, one of which moves fast, than
does the other. After the cork is ground
it is mixed with solution of rubber,
there being just enough rubber - hold
the particles of cork together. The
compound is now in pliahle condi-
ton, so that 1t can be easily nodded.
1t is then run into dryer. and heated
till it is perfectly dry. 1t is then taken
out of the heater and thin strips of rub
Der are wound around it. The article
then has an irregular SUFFICE, as the
folds overlap each other. To give it
smooth surface it is pat in an iron
mold trife larger than the article,
which is heated in Il ''vulcanizer'' or
press heated by steam constantly pass
ing through it. Under this heating
the rubber coating melts, and the
walls of the mold being smooth the
surface of the article is also smooth.
By this method all kinds of articles,
from stopper to life-preserver, can
be cheaply and well made. Cork will
last forever if moisture can be kept
from it, and this process, it is said,
completely secures this point, as the
rubber keeps the moisture from the
cork. so that the point of durability is
at least obtained.
In corrugated ware also this inven-
ton is successfully being applied. A
great deal of friction is obtained with
but little wear of the article. The
manufacturers of the article are conf
dent that their invention will revolu-
tionize the solid rubber goods manu-
cture.-Chicago Shoe and Leather
Revtew.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
A FIRM TEACHER.

How an Arkansaw School Marin Main
tains Discipline Among Her Pupils.
Firm Schoolmarm-You children
must behave yourselves. I'll 60 wild if
you don't. Jimmie Smith, stop cutting
that desk. (Jimmie does not stop.)
I'll put your knife in the stove if you
don't. Never mind, I'm going to write
a note to your father.
Jimmie Don't care if you do.
Schoolmarm-Don't you talk to me
that way. Put up that knife this very
instant or I'll box your ears. {Starts
toward him. Never mind, sir (taking
her seat, I'm going to tell your
mother.
Jimmie Don't care if you do.
Schoolmarm-Don't you talk to me
that way. Never mind, sir, I'm going
to keep you in after school Willie
Brown, you must not eat in school.
Willie! Willie Brown! Never mind,
cir. I'm going to tell your father.
Willie-Ain't got no father.
Schoolmarm We'll, I tell your
mother.
Willie-Ho. she won't do nothin' but
scold me.
Then I'll whip you my
sell. Robbie Guns, go out and get me a
switch.
Bob-Bill might hit me after school.
Schoolmarm-I never saw the like
in nv, life. If you all don't stop making
such a noise my head will split open.
All Of you except Jimmie Smith may go
now. Jimmie. don't you 60 out Of this
| house. Jimmie, jimmie! Well, then,
90 on, you good for nothing thing.
No, won't kiss you. Go on away,
won't. Well, then, kissing him) I'll
kiss you this once. Don't put your
dirty little arms around my neck. Oh,
look how you have mussed my hair.
You little rascal (hugging him). can't
help loving you.-Artansaw Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10

wooded bluttS that rose In the elbow OF
the stream that turned away to the
west. Had Joel some Interior and UNI
fair object in thus always letting him
believe himself penniless? He certain
ly had taken advantage Of him by this
secrecy.
These thoughts burned about in his
mind as he walked along under the
oaks that crowned the bluffs, with now
and then an acorn dropping from
among the boughs and bounding on
the sward. Presently he stopped
under an oak and, taking his hat of,
stroked his forehead and hair back as if
to throw off the dark humor he was in.
His hat slid down on the grass, and he
leaned against the tree with slow
wind falling against his forehead as he
looked out over the prairie that dipped
and folded away to the south under a
blue film of autumnal smoke. He was
not pretty fellow, but many people
doubtless would have thought him fine.
He had no color-this perhaps from
excessive mental Work-and his brow,
like his mothers, was square and high.
His nose seemed rather large, but was
strongly chiseled, with nostril sensitive
to every emotion. He was not twenty
years of age, yet he had a touch
of his fathers square-shouldered stur-
diness, though of shapelier sort. His
mouth and eyes. however, best voiced
the inclinations of his spirit. The last
being bold and clear, with an eloquent,
eager look, and the first being cut so
delicately one might conceive that he
would never tire of looking at any
thing that was beautiful. This, indeed,
was one of his browning tendencies,
and brought him, from one direction
in life at least, unmeasured anguish.
He might have been poet or an art
lst; nay, perhaps was both of these at
heart, like many another in whom the
sound of music, the sight Of lovely
flesh, the glory of the heavens and the
beauty of the earth, awaken answer
ing voices, that out of a kind Of mental
chastity forever refuse to mate with or
expose themselves in ink and Oil. Be-
sides, he was of too practical father
for many visions, and the conditions of
his life had tended little to rapture. But
often he would pluck flower, for in
stance, and look long and absorbingly
into it, studying its minute and mar
velous beauty, and thinking through 1t
at the infinitely delicate and powerful.
something whose thought it seemed
sent through the ground to meet his
own.
He took out the check and looked at
it; not valuing it much yet for what it
might bring him, but rather wondering
at it as representing in some sense the
mystery and tragedy that surrounded
his beginning. Then his mind followed
along the simple track of his life until
of a sudden it came upon that evening
at Judge Bowers, and the voice Of
little Celeste rang in the cha mber OF
his memory like sound struck from
some exquisite fairy instrument of sill.
yer. He closed his eyes and produce
it again and yet again by the help Of
fancy, and fell to thinking of he1
beauty. with something of the purity
with which one might approach an
angel, for to John Earling whatever
was beautiful was to be touched by
thought or hand IN chastity and rever'
ence.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
HENRY i. BlOSSAT, Business Manage
AN OPEN SECRET.

An, dost thou love and dare not tell it?
And canst thou hide il in thine eyes?
And canst thou from thy Love conceal IL?
And dost thou laugh to drown thy signs?
Alas! 7 love and must not sayft;
Nv secret sweet must not show
4 close mine eyes lest they betray me;
/, close my lips that none may know
Yet can hope to keep my secret
when all earth creatures tell 1t SOP
They sing it, sigh it, and repeat 1t,
Till all the world must know my wool
The uodding grasses tell my story,
The flowers lisp it to the sun:
And all the birds, the chirping tattIers.
They seem TO know it-every one
Loud they sing 1t at my window,
And I'm happy while alone;
Rut tremble lest they sing it
TO some tbosghtless, careless one.
Then the winds, how they repeat II
Till the crimson dyes my cheek
For very fear lest all may hear it;
Sol pray them not to speak.
And the brook, while babbing onward,
Bears my story to the sea;
Then I'm sure the clover knows it.
Some one told it to the bee.
gwould gladly share my secret
With the flowers, birds and sea;
But how wrong of them to ellit-
Why are they so false to me?
Lena Reed, in Current
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
PRESS PARAGRAPHS.

The man who puts his finger on
james G. Blaine and finds him there
during the next TIVE years is going to
be very smart person. Blaine is
smart man himself. - Chicago Herald.
Mr.. Blaine declines to take the.
stump in Ohio, because, al he says, the
Republicans of that State have 4 sure
thing of it without him. If they really
have sure thing of it, they had better
retain it by keeping him out. - Chicago
Times.
The rumor that Malone willretire
from politics with the expiration of his
term in the United States Senate is
doubtless unfounded. Though shorn
of political power, the renegade will,
in all probability, remain in the arena
until after the November election Of
1887, when a new Legislature is to be
chosen. He will make a desperate eff
fort to carry the Legislature and have
himself elected to the Senate to succeed
Riddleberger. After his defeat then
Malone will bid farewell to all his am
bilious schemes. Richmond State.
1t was the distinguished unfit
ness of the nominee of the Republican
party for the Presidency in 1884 that
detracted from his standard thousands
of conservative Republicans, and it was
the peculiar fitness of the Democratic
nominee that brought the honorable
dissidents straight into his camp. That
the same two men are to head the
National armies in 1883 is conclusion
already reached, and with this view
the lines are already drawn in Massa
chusetts, and the Democrats have pu
at their head one of the young men o
1884 who bolted from Blaine and sup
ported Cleveland on the express grount
ef personal fitness to establish pur
Administration. IN O. Picayxne.
4
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
The T,.;b,,,,e ,nbI;ch., I. .....

The Tribune publishes ''seath-
ing review" of General Black, the
Commissioner of Pensions, by Colonel
Dudley, his predecessor. Colonel Dud-
ley complains that the Office as now
conducted is Every little else than
political machine. Colonel Dudley,
it will be remembered, is the man who
forced President Garfield to discharge
a most efficient Commissioner in order
to give him the place, because he had
carried Indiana for the Republicans in
1880, and who distinguished himself in
the compaign Of 1884 by abandoning
his official duties to rum the Repub-
iean canvass in Ohio.-M. Y. Posi-.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10

-"Do you see that man? That is
Pharaoh Banks, the successful gam
BIER "Indeed, is that he? They
say his skill with the cards absolutely
beggars description. 81 shouldn't
wonder if it did. 1t beggars every one
he plays with. Chicago Rambler.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
Preparing for Contingencies.

Mrs. Bagley-Aurelia, what is that
book you are SO intently studying?
Aurelia- It's geography, ma.
'.You are looking for Boston, no
ioubt' ;.
mo, / am looking for the map OF
Canada. Since ] am to marry George
Hopskip, the banker, must make my.
self acquainted with our future home.
-Philade!phio C0n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10

Under the clause of the United
States constitution giving power to
Congress to regulate Interstate
commerce Mr.. Reagan, of Texas,
has been trying to get a law
passed to regulate tie cost Of
transporting passengers and freight
from one State to another. A Demo-
cratic House passed the bill, but it was
defeated in Republican Senate.
When the Democratic party makes it
its special mission to break up pools,
combinations, monopolies and syndi-
Gates, it will command the sympathy
and support of suffering people.
These great monopolies have furnished
the Republican party with Doodle to
corrupt the ballot, run their political
campaigns and pauperize the masses
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10

There is fortune in store for tho
man who will invent an umbrella with
. burglar alarm. New Haven Nsws.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
CHAPTER XIV.

When John Earring walked away
from Joels office that autumn after
noon, he put the check for two thou
sand dollars in his pocket and went
absent-mindedly along the street that
led down to the river. He did not no.
tice much that was about him, for his
mind was working in that sad sort of
anger of his over Joel's treatment of
him. He did not at first feel the weight
of this acquisition of dollars or think
how it might freshen and change his
life He had liked to a certain limit
this big energetic man from the first,
though as his own soul opened from
the bud of childhood into blossom,
Joers indicate wit came to be dis
tasteful to him, and his business meth
DDS something to be despised. But his
heart was hurt, and an angry kind of
loneliness was on him as he walked
across the bridge and up and along the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-07-16
Notice to Contractors.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF BUILDING CoMHI1-
sIoNERs, HOSPITAL FOR INSANE, Fo1z
STEILAcooM, w. r.. June 10, 1885.
OEALED proposals will be received q
y this Office until August 8, 1855, g :
O'Clock A. NJ, for team-heating and light
Steilacoo,n, w. T., including radiators.
steam distribution. etc.; and lighting ~
Eds ON Incandescent Electric Light, In
Guiding dynainos, wiring, fixtures, en-
gines, boilers. ETC., all complete. Ridders
will submit their own plans and specan.
cations. A bond in the full amount q
tho proposal will DO required of the sues
cessful bidder, and each bid must be aC-j
cOmI@nied by u guarantee that cOntracs
will be entered into with sufficient secur.
ity. The Beard reserves the right to ro-
ject any or all bids. For further infor-
nation relative to the plans or require
lnentS, address this Office. Bids to be sent
to w. IL. Humphrey. Secretary Building
Commission, Fort SteilacOOm, W. T., and
marked: Proposals tor heating and
lighting"
Sealed proposals will b, received at the
same time and place, aud under the same
conditions, for furnishing all materials
and labor required for the plumbing Of
the Hospital tor the Insane, in accordance
with the specifics atoms now ON file in this
office. Bids to be marked: "a Sealed pro.
pUsals for plumbing"
A. F. TULLIS,
w. Fl. PUN pHREY,
GEO. D. SHANNON,
Building Commissioners.