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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-15
COME and SEE US!

The highest prices paid for Cotton, Hides
and Wool. Bring your Cotton and pro-
duce, and be convinced that we mean
J business.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-15
OFFICIAL
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL,
ALEXANDRIA, La, !
Dec. Z, 1856. I

The City Council met in regular
session this day at 4 o'clock p. M
Present:
Thos: Crawley, Mayor,
E. We'll.
j. +. Garner.
L. B. Baynard,
Dennis Kelly.
Jonas Rosenthal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-15

Go to RosenthaPs, he'll treat you
ilce. If You are not satisfactorily
foa canI be pleased in Town.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
A Painful Situation.

At the landing below Baton Rouge
about thirty colored people came aboard
the boat. Among them was lively
young woman with whom one of the
colored roustabouts at once fell in love.
We all noticed them making eyes at
each other during the afternoon, and
finally gentleman from Illinois said:
81 don't see any reason why they
shouldn't marry"
"But have we clergyman aboard"
queried another.
A third gentleman replied that we
had, and he went off and hunted up
man wearing spectacles and choker
and informed him that his services
would soon be required. The man from
Illinois went down to the colored wom-
an and asked if she thought the rous-
tabout would make good husband,
and she replied in the affirmative. He
went over to the man, and he owned up
that he was dead gone. The couple
were at once brought upstairs to the
cabin, and all the passengers collected.
We Clipped in a dollar apiece, the
clergyman gave his services gratis, and
the marriage ceremony went on in good
style. After everybody had got through
congratulating the happy couple some
one inquired of the groom what he was
going to do.
Oats what l doan' 'zactlY know, "
he replied as he stood with uncovered
head.
"You have money enough to go to
house keeping in New Orleans"
Yes, but de ole woman would hunt
me out down dar.n
cold woman2 Your mOther?"
''No, sab; my wife! Ize got wife
an fo' chilPen in Vicksburg"
At this the bride uttered yell, the
clergyman sank into the nearest chair,
and the silence became profound and
painful. We had gone and married a
married man to n young woman.
'Twan't my fault" F" said the groom,
as he jingled our collection in his
pocket.
81 didn't know muffin bout it."
added the bride as she walked out of
the cabin.
The preacher said nothing could be
done, but the captain took the groom
by the ear and remarked:
"John Henry, you can keep the mon
ey, but you let that woman alone. If
find you speaking to her I'll break your
back. Move along, now"
And that was a Mississippi Rive
marriage and divorce, 81, QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
COMPENSATION
BY CELIA THAXTER.

In that new world toward which our feet are
set
Shall we find aught to make our hearts for
get
Ealth's homely joys and her blight hours Of
bliss2
Has heaven a spell divine enough for this2
For who the pleasure of the spring shall tell
When on the leaf-ss stalk the brown buds
swell,
When the grass brightens and the days grow
long,
Oh, sweet the dropping eve, the blush of
morn,
The starlit sky, the rustling fields of corn,
Ths soft airs blowing from the freshening
seas,
The sun-fecked shadows OF the stately trees,
The mellow thunder and the lulling rain,
The warm, delicious, happy summer rain,
When the grass brightens, and the days grow
long,
And little birds break ont in ripping songl
Oh, beauty manifold, from morn till night,
Dawn's flush, moons blaze, and sunsets ten
der light
Oh, fair, familiar features, changes sweet
OF her revolving seasons, stor N, and slset,
And golden calm, as slow she wheels through
space
From snow to roses; and how dear her face,
When the grass brighteHs, when the days grow
long,
And little birds break out In ripping song
Oh, happy earth! Oh, home SO well beloved !!
What recompense have we, from thee re-
moved?
One hope we have that overtops the whole;
The hope Of finding every vanished soul
We love and long for daily, and for this
Gladly we turn from thee, and all thy bliss,
Even at thy loreliest, when the days are long,
And little birds break out in ripping song.
-Century.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
Oldest Trade in the World.

The fur trade is the oldest in tho
world, as least in point of mention, as it
is found in Job, the oldest of all books.
The beaver was in use in the fourth CEN
tury, being then called the Pontic dog.
It is said that the Russian conquest of
Siberia was prompted by the Importance
of this article, and the Siberian tribute
was paid in furs. In the twelfth century
the art of dyeing furs was invented, and
the secret has been kept with such sue
cess that the London dyers stand un-
rivaled. Furs were then limited to the
nobility as mark of rank, and no ono
was allowed their use who did not spend
100 pounds sterling a year, which was
then an immense sum. The profits or
the business have always been large, at
least among first hands.
The most valuable American fur is the
silver fox, which in some instances has
brought $50. They are sold in Europe,
and also in China, where they bring an
enormous price. The "Robe of State
belonging to the British throne, is lined
with sable which cost 1000 pounds
sterling. AS our mink is a species OF
sable it is often dressed so as to pass for
the genuine article. The largest fortune
ever made in the fur trade was Astors,
and it is probable that he cleared 81, OOO,-
000.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
Caring for the Eyes.

Keep shade on your lamp or gas
burner.
Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Never begin to read, write, or sew tol
several minutes after coming from dark
ness to a bright light.
Never read by twilight, or moonlight,
or on cloudy days.
Never read or sew directly in front of
the light, window, or door.
1t is best to let the light fall from
above, obliquely, over the left shoulder.
Never sleep so that, on hrst awaken
ing, the eyes shall open on the light of a
window.
Do not use the eyesight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to dis
criminate.
The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub your eyes, that moment
stop using them.
If the eyelids are glued together on
waking up, do not forcibiy open them,
but apply saliva with the fnger-it is
the speediest dilutant In the world
then wash your eyes and face in warm
| water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
At the Gettysburg Panorama.

Among the crowd present at the pan
oramic battle of Gettysburg the other
evening was boy about fifteen years of
age. He had been gazing around him
for about fifteen minutes when he began
to weep. The fact was noticed, and
directly gentleman said:
"Ah! poor lad! This painting re-
wives some episode of grief in his life.
My boy, why do you weep2"
"'Ca ca-cause, sirl" was the broken
reply as his tears fell faster.
''Does the sight of thin battle move
your"
''Y-yesw
'Did your father lay down his life Cd
this feld2"
"No."
close brother therei"
"No."
"But you lost a relation of some
sort2"
."No-not that I know Of"
"Then it must be these bloody scenes
which overcome you, pool, child"
s"N-no, sir. came in mere with the
money which dad gave me to buy mo-
lasses with, and it has Just struck me
that the whole Union Army can't stop
him from givin' me bimawful whalln'
when l git home. l reckon that teller
over there on stretcher Is me-after
dad g1ts through bringin' up his re-
serves r-DetrOn Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
A ZUNI MAIDEN.
Mrs. Stevenson's Interesting Protege and
Her Observations in Washington.

Wewha. the Zuni maiden ian Indian
priestess), now on a visit to Washington
receives visitors regularly on Fridays
with Mrs. Stevenson, whose guest she
is. She is twenty-five years old and
much larger in form than most OF the
women of her race. She is an indus
t-ious Young woman. who never wishes
to BE idle, and when thus receiving
busies herself in weaving with the crude
implements used by the women OF her
tribe broad belt as wide and as strong
as a saddle-girth of red and white wors-
ted. She makes it rapidly and evenly
and makes the pattern with perfect regu-
larity as she goes along, though she has
no model before her, and never makes
mistake in counting her threads, how
ever loud tho talking 49, sssr Sr-r>'r' on
may be around her. She understands
enough English to know what they are
saying. She has lately learned to knit,
but says she will not do that after she
goes home, as knit ting IS mans work in
Zuni and the women there never knit.
Wewha has made some sharp COM
ments in private to ler friend Mrs
Stevenson as to the amount of talking
the Washington women do and has said
1t seemed to her that they did nothing
but talk. But she has been much pleased
and amused by what she has seen when
at fashionable gatherings, has noticed
the ladies dresses and after once being
with Mrs. Stevenson when the latter
was receiving spoke of the difference
between her own dress and that of her
friend and wished to make herself look
finer for the next reception. She wanted
to buy enough red satin to make herself
a shirt to receive in, to replace that of
white cotton goods, which she wears
regularly, with a worsted waist
and short skirt, but on going to a
store to buy the satin came to the con-
clusion that it would require ''too much
money" her own words, to buy it, SO
refrained, though she lad slipped away
from Mrs. Stevenson and had gone shop
ping alone. One day, hearing a conver-
sation, which no one thought she under
stoo !, in English about parasols selling
very cheap then at certain store, she
quietly slipped away, vent alone to the
store, q distance of about mile from
where she 10 visiting and astonished
Mrs. Stevenson by returning an hour or
two later holding big red satin parasol
over her head. How she made the girls
at the store understand what she want
ed, and how they made her comprehend
what was to be paid for it is a mystery.
But she did pay for it. She was quite
shocked at meeting lady at dinner in
a low-neck dress, and afterwards said
that the Americans spoke of the Zuni
women wearing their dresses short and
showing their legs nearly to the knees
and having their arms bare, but she
thought that was better than showing so
much of the neck. She said she liked
to see a little of the front of the neck
near the throat, but not so much as the
lady she had met had exposed. She was
also shocked at seeing the short, thin
dresses of ballet dancers at the theatre.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
Expenses of Steam Yachts.
WHAT IT COSTS TO ENJOY THE LUXURY OF
TRAVELLING IN ONES OWN BOAT.

The expense of running a steam
yacht depends on number of circum-
stances, says the Outing In the first
place, the cost varies with the size of the
vessel. A steam launch forty to fifty
feet long requires pilot, an engine er
and one deck hand. The wages of
these ought to be $50 a month for the
first two, and $50 for the last, making
$3.50 month.
As owners do not usually live on
board of such q craft, there would be
no expense for provisions, except for
the board of the men which might cost
S75. Then coal would not cost more
than $75. and repairs and sundries $50,
making an aggregate of $3.50 per
month, or 81, $50 for the season of five
months. To this must be added the an
nuai reit of clothing for the men,
amounting to say $3.50 more, making
a grand total of 50, 500.
For vessels of the second clats there
would be required, in addition to the
hands mentioned above, stoker at $40,
cook at $40 (or any higher rate, as the
proprietor might choose), steward at
$50, two additional deck hands at $50.
Then the pilot and engineer would
have to be of higher class, requiring
$50 each, and thus raising the monthly
wages to $3.50. The commissariat would
cost at least as much more, the coal
5000, and repairs and sundries, includ-
ing the mems uniforms, say $40, max
ing $1,000 month, Or, 81, 500 for the
| season.
To this must be added So, 500 for lay
ing up and putting in commission,
making grand total of $40, 900.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Exact measurements of the oscillations
of chimneys have been made. One near
Marseilles, France-1t5 feet high and
four feet in external diameter at the top
reached q maximum oscillation OF
twenty inches during high wind. !
1t is found that the fish traps of the
large salmon fisheries in the Columbia
river, Oregon, are injuring the channel OF
the river beyond any doubt. At Will
low Bar there has formed below the trap,
a new bar third of mile wide and
three miles long, which up to the present
deties removal.
The distance of Jupiter from the sun is
4S0, 900, 900 miles. 1t is next in bright
ness to Venus and may be seen in the day
time in clear weather from a mountain
top. 1t is about 300 times the weight OF
the earth, and has 1900 tines the bulk
of the earth. 1t reflects nearly one-haf
the light that falls upon it.
One of the blast furnaces of the Kemble
Iron & Coal company at Riddlesburg,
Penn, was banked up in November, 1884.
After being out of blast nearly sixteen
months, it was recently opened for the
first time, and the fire found still burn
ing. The coke glowed brightly, and on
admission of the blast soon became hot
enough to melt cinder. The furnace was
started with as little difficulty as II 1t
had only been standing week.
The English armor-clad ship Nile, OF
12, 900 tons, now in course of construc-
ton, is to have engines of II, 900 horse
power, and it is expected that with this
power a speed of sixteen knots will be
attained. This is by far the greatest
power yet possessed by any English ship
afOat The engines of the italian ar
mor-clad Re Umberto, however, have
the enormous collective power of 10, 800
horses, and are greatly in excess of any
thing attempted up to the present time.
Professor Winchel's comparative trials
of the GRANTEES of New England and
Minnesota have shown some surprising
differences in strength. Two inch un-
polished cubes were taken, and crushed
between wooden cushions, the average
strength of Minnesota granite was found
to be 81, 272 pounds, or 23,21S pounds
per square inch; crushed between steel
plates, the average strength was 10S, 500
pounds, or 2G, 200 pounds to the square
inch of surface A like number of speci-
mems of New England granite gave an
average strength of 50, 785 pounds, or
IA, 759 pounds to the square inch.
The interaction of mind and body, in
disease, is we'll set forth by DR.. Hacker,
of Leipsic, who states that tickling,
which he styles a variable, intermt ent
excitement of the nerves of the skin,
produces irritation of the sympathetic
nerves, with the result of an expansion
of the pupil and contraction of the
blood vessels, and that the consequent
diminution of pressure on the brain, per-
meated with blood vessels, is so consid-
cradle as not to be without danger; that
powerful expiration operates against such
q diminution of pressure, and therefore
laughter, which is simply intermittent
forced movements of expiration, is de-
cided remedy for the effects of tickling.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
Prices of Wild Animals.

tFThe recent troubles in Africa" said
a New York dealer in wild animals to a
Sun reporter, ''have made all African
animals expensive but so many Indian
animals have been shipped to all parts of
the world that they can be bought very
cheap. You can now get a fine Bengel
tiger, that would have cost you from 81
600 to So, 900 not long ago, for 81, 600 OF
81, 8OO."
''What sort of animals command the
highest prices" questioned the reporter
T.Well, you know that there is great
deal of fraud in the show business as well
as in other professions and other lines of
trade. On general principles Snowman
will pay the highest rates for any ami
NAL he can advertise for any especial
popularity OF quality. The most glaring
instance can remember is the price paid
for Jumbo. We had here a couple OF
Malay elephants that came from a noun
famous country, and which by provis-
ion of nature We're covered with hair
four or five inches long to keep out the
cold. There was nothing very extraor-
nary about that, perhaps; but those ami
mails were widely advertised as 'woolly,
and we had no difficulty in dispo sing OF
them for $40, 900 elch, though they were
as poor, small specimens as | ever saw.
One was only thirty-t two inches high"
(which animals sell the best5"
'The most expensive probably are the
hippopotami. There are none to be had
in the market at the present time. II we
had one we could readily get 1000 to
S.. 900 for it. A rkinoceros will com
mand from 81, 900 to 5000. and is hard
to get. Elephants are now glut on the
market, and are consequently selling
cheap. Those we used to get $4,000
for we now sell for 50, 600.
GLOW do the felines SELF"
'sWell, here's a l;on, in good condition,
we have marked at 81, 900. Lions are
caught when about five or six months OLD
by our agents in Africa, and kept Tor
about year when they are fully grown.
1t is almost impossible to catch them
when they are old. Tigers bring the
same prices, first-cass one running up
nearly to $4,000. l have magnificent
pair of black leopards over there, point
ing to a cage in which two huge creatures
we're growing. ''They are the crossest
brutes I've ever seen, though we've had
them some time. They're worth 5000
each Here's nice little pair of spotted
Ieopards," putting his hand through ana
caressing one of them, THAT are worth
$500 for the two, because they are par
ticularly good for circus, being quite
tame and consequently available for ex-
hibition by beast tanner or for a parade;
''Do any other animals bring good
prices2" ooo
ooh, yes. A chimpanzee brings $500.
If we had a dozen giraffes to day VIC
could sell them for $4,000 apiece. A
GOOD baboon is worth $3.50. Little
monkeys sell from S15 upward. There
are few African antelopes now in the
market, but they always bring good
/
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
Northern Boundary of United States.

There is little danger that any one
wishing to settle in far Northern Dakota
will bv mistake find himself in the Do
minion. The boundary is marked plainly
and continuously by stone cairns seven
and one-half by eight feet; mounds,
seven by fourteen feet; iron pillars, seven
feet high, eight inches square at the bot
tom and four at the top, and timber posts
five feet high and eight inches square.
There are 3S5 of these m1rks between
the Lake of the Woods and the base o,
the Rocky mountains. East and west OF
the Red river. the boundary is marked
by cast-iron pillar, at mile intervals.
"Amcrican" and British pillars alter
n4tc. On one s:da of each post is Con
vrntion of London; on th' other "oc-
tnbcr 20, 1878 Where lakes are crossed,
stone heap, have been built projecting
several feet above water. In forests the
line was first marked by telling the tim
b,ra roI wide aud clearing away the TN
derbruSh; where this limo has since been
obliterated, posts have taken its place d.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13

WANTED TO TRADE.-Once upon
time, many, many, years ago, there were
two little boy who lived away up
among the Berkshire Hills. One morn
inc one of these little boys came to the
house of the other with a fine gamecock
under his arm, and he said: "Bill, L
want to swap this rooster for yours. "
Bill asked: SIS he good rooster.
Cyrusq' Aud Cyrus replied that he was
the best fighting cock in the country.
Then Pill asked: "If he is the best
rooster in the country why do you want
to swap linn for mine?" And Cyrus
made answer: 'Oh, this rooster is
fathers, AMI 1 want to swap him so
that | can have one of my own. Dos
ton Advertiser,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13

My Calf Skin Business is absorbing my capital time and
attention. and having decided to close out all OF my other
branches of business well my miscellaneous personal
property and real estate offer for sale all the land own
except that occupied in my business and my DWELLING and will
dispose of same at very figures and easy terms Of
payment
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
The Following is Partial List OF my
OFFERINGS OF REAL ESTATE

One e5oAcre dwelling barn. etc., suitably
wood timber place and orchar running
mh soil and productive and would
sded So selling viii sell
One buildings good water good price
down, balance so per year.
One 5Acre Hyde village a bong
and raise his vegetables s5oO15o
balance per year.
One Dwelling House Hyde village good buildings new
and good sze price 10000 down, per year.
Sixteen Acres just village desirable
meadow what by
Will sell part or all
Several Good Building village To enteing and
young 200 dollars put into land and labor
will furnish the timber lumber SASH shing
respectable houses and allow payment therefor to
be payments parcels of two and three
those who want land with near by
o s75 500, s125 and $50 each
One Store Hyde village the "oOrner store or Pags
at two hundred dollars per year. but ar
rangements probably tho vacated desired Price,
s2,OOO-s5OO down, balance 500
Sixty Acres Timber lease land and not SUBJ
ject taxation subject rental of s2 Will sell equity
for s125 within two miles of
sawm represented be cheap
sor any desiring logging wns and s25 in
years. per M. reserved until am paid
of banks the
mill mill In Hyde Park Price $500
800 per year. reserved till lot is
Building Mass within few rods Of both the Vt and
Fichburg Way Price s4Oo1O0 down. balance 80
per year.
property believe that
would it, but determined c
the
Parties desiring investments will find this property well worth
their examination To either
bed
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
THE SMALLEST PUP.

When Chicago woman wants to get
seat in a street car she wraps up her
poodle dog and carries it in her arms
as though it was baby. But the trick
is now becoming known and doesn't al
ways work. The other day lady got
into full car with what looked like
an infant in her arms. A very rapid
looking young man inspected her for a
moment, and then said:
''Madam, if that is a kid you can
have my seat, but if it is pup you
can't"
"Well, it's pup" snapped the lady,
"but not as big a one as you are"
The rapid-looking young man at once
got off and went to the wheat pit.-St.
Louis Whip.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
PERSUADED.

Irecen ly heard conversation which
actually took place in our store and
which, l think, will interest your read
ers in these days when we are hearing so
much about bribery. A gentleman who
was known to be engaged in lobbying
bill, in which he was personally inter-
ested, through the Board of Aldermen,
was asked: ''Well, did you persuade
them to pass your bill ~ "Yes," said
he, pulling out his pocketbook. II
nursp-swayed them -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
CARROLL S. PAGE

HYDE Park. Vt, Feb 2, 1885,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
AN UNsATIsFIED LONGING.

How impossible it is to please some
people. That is, some other people.
hallway train in Pennsylvania spinning
along about thirty-fv miles an hour.
Landslide lets rock as big as house
fail across the track. Engineer reverses,
puts on the air, stops the train with q
Jerk that sprains mans back, and
stopped twenty feet on the safe side OF
the rock and eternity. Now the man
with the sprained back sues the com
pany for damages. Because the engi-
neer didn't go on and break his neck in
stead of spraining his back 2 Suppose
.-Br00kLyR Eagle.