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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
DEMOCRATIC DROPS.

Oregon seems to have opened
the political ball in fitting manner.
AS we have heretofore remarked, this
is a Democratic year.-Conc0rd People
and Patriot.
twill you please signal to me in
the gallery when Senator Blair begins
to speak?h asked constituent of sem
ator Hoar. "Certainly, sir, certainly"
replied the Senator. "Well, what will
the signal be?" he asked. "Tll leave"
answered the Senator. - Washington
Ratchet.
There is rumor in the unculti-
waited West to the effect that Whitelaw
Reid. of the Tribune, will be candi-
date for United States Senator for New
York in place of Warner Miller. If
any thing of that sort should happen
there would be more Republicans in
this State fishing on election day than
was ever before known in the history
of politics. Buffalo Times.
The animus of Ingalls, attack
on the Pension Commissioner was
plainly evident, even on the surface Of
bis remarks. Ingalls, himself reported
favorably on General Blacks applicar
ton for pension, but that was before
General Black took conspicuous part
in Illinois politics as a Democrat and
long before he showed the prostitution
of the Pension Office by the Republic
an boss, Dudley. -Louisville Courier
4JourNal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
WORTH KNOWING.

Interesting Information on Matters OF
Fashion In Dress and characterization.
Gem jewelry iswo more than ever.
Jersey waists continue to be import
ed in large numbers.
Watered-silk parasols, with white silk
Innings, are in favor.
Silver jewelry is as popular as ever
for street wear and for travelling,
The parasols with long silver handles
that simulate natural woods are fash
ionable.
Panels for small wood cabinets are
made by painting pink, red and yellow
roses on tea-chest mating.
Tailor-made dresses and coats for
street wear and travelling purposes are
in as great demand as ever.
New York ladies carry about with
them silver or gold bonbon boxes filled
with imported peppermint lozenges.
If you will walk with a dog, the ami
NAL must wear neck ribbon to CORE
spond in hue with the one on your sun
shade.
Very pretty match-holders can be
made Of Liebig jars, gilded and traced
with crackle lines over the gold in In
dian red.
Bamboo and wicker furniture, with
plush cushions and ribbons of bright
color for trimmings, are fashionable for
country houses.
The neat styles of dressing the hair
begin with French twist in the back
that starts at the nape of the neck and is
taken to the crown.
What is known in the shops as butch
ers' linen is desirable material for buf.
fet covers, toilet sets, splashers and
tea cloths. The best is the soft finish,
from sixteen to twenty-seven inches
wide, and costing from twenty to forty
cents per yard.
Pleasing ornaments may be made OF
plaster of Paris figures. Select small
statuette of merit and treat by rubbing
over with little linseed oil, which
softens the bold white and in time
makes it resemble old ivory; or give il
a thin coat of bronze, rubbing it to give
unevenness of tint.-M Y World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
HOW TO BOW TO A LADY.

. y,,p wish to make bow In the latest
And are walking,you must sharply quickly
while. If sitting, just as though in towering
from the chair or from the sofa you must
"pop."
Then you place your heels upon line to-
gether,
And you bring your toes together with
leaving space enough between them for
feather,
And assume the fierce expression of Turk.
gott, your hands upon the seams of trousers
pinning.
with very sudden movement forward
bend
Till YOU show to her your head where hair
Is timing,
Then you straighten and the lady is your
friend.
II by accident you should to her discover
ANY portion Of the grace you used to
show,
You cap never, never, never be her lover
She you'd spurn you with her dainty little
toe. Columbus Dispatch,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07

Point. His printing Office was at the
corner of Baltimore and Gay streets.
Fades was enthusiastic over the song,
and selling a copy fresh from the
press he fastened to the
famous tavern of Colonel McConkey,
next door to the Holiday Street Thea
ter, where actors and lookers-on were
in the habit of gathering to see the citi-
zen-defenders 60 through their daily
drill in Gay street. 1t was a quaint.
old, one-story frame house, formerly
kept by the Widow Berling. Major
Frailey and Captains Long and Warner,
of the Thirty-ninth Regiment, also ac-
companied Captain Fades to the hostelry
to hear Mr.. Keys poem read. 1t was
early in the morning of the 10Th of Sep
TENDER, 1914, the defenders had assem-
bled for drill, and Joy beamed in every
face over the victory. Mr.. Key had d.
rected Fades to print the words "Air-
Anacreon in Heaven at the top of the
poem. All gathered to listen as the
verses were read by the printer, and
that they struck the popular heart was
no longer question of doubt. But
who shall sing the song? ''Ferdinand
Durang," cried one; Ferdinand Du-
rang" exclaimed hundred voices.
Mr.. Durang was clever vocalist, and
beng thus appealed to he mounted an
old-fashioned rush-bottom chair and
sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for
the first time in the United States. All
present Joined in singing the grand
chorus. The effect was like a flash OF
electricity. Soon the whole town, the
whole State and the whole Union was
singing the song. There was a clever
actor then playing at the Holiday
Street Theater named Paddy Mcfarland.
The managers, Messrs. Warren 4
Wood, advertised that Paddy and the
whole company would sing "The Star.
Spangled Banner every night after the
play, and the theater was not large
enough to hold the crowds that came.
Mr.. Key, like Byron. woke next morn.
ing to find himself famous. Fatrtaa
Mclaughlin, in N. Y. World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
A wElGHTY QUESTION.
Some Pertinent Points About Summer and
Winter Feeding.

Some Pertinent Points About Summer and
Winter Feeding.
It is customary when cattle are turned
out to grass in the spring to let them
feed on this succulent food until nature
dries it up in the fall. 1t makes good,
succulent beef, but is it not too sue
culentp Does it afford as much nutri-
ton, pound for pound, as hay, grain
and root, or ensila ge-fed beefp We sus.
pect not. The bowels of the cattle are
always loose, showing that there is a
superabundance of water and imperfect
digestion. Is the animal quite healthy?
Now, in winter, we find that all dry
feed is not as good for cattle as that
which is relieved by one feeding a day
of some kind of succulent ration. The
bowels of the cattle get too costive. The
droppings are hard, showing lack of
water and feverish condition. The sue
culent food relieves this May it not
also be true that all succulent food in
summer is not so good as mix
ture with dry feed? Throw a lock
dry hay to your cattle in pasture and
see how they will rush for it, and how
greedily they will devour it. Does not
this indicate a need of dry feedp Would
it not regulate that extremely loose
condition Of the bowelsp And would it
not make the meat firmer and more
nutritious? In the light of reason, it
would seem So Is not the idea worth a
fair experiment.
Some may say that grass is the natural
food of cattle. So it is, in their natural
state; but where they can live without
the aid of man, the feed is not the same
aswith us. Our animals are in an artificial
condition. They live on comparatively
dry feed half of the year. Their sys-
TENS are not wholly adapted to all
green feed Besides, our grasses are
cultivated ones. We are long way
from wild nature in many things. This
should always be borne in mind. We
think the winter and summer feed
ought to more nearly agree, and not
be quite so succulent in summer, nor so
dry in winter.-Nationat Lice-Stock
Jourual.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
eoBB,Na UP sERENELY.

Tho One vessel, tue COrnef-SeOnO OF the 1
Republican Navy, Described ~ ems
rine Craxy-Quilt"
One would have thought that enough
had been said about John Roach's no.
torious contract vessel, the Dolphin.
But that risky craft turns up again as
lively and saucy as ever The SEN
ate, in a spare moment from it's pom
sion hobby, thought it would be agood
thing to waste more time over this
wearisome subject of the Dolphin.
Secretary Whitney, in compliance with
a Senate resolution, has laid before that
body mass of information concerning
the vessel, which the Republicans, last
fall, vainly endeavored to utilize for
political capital. The boasts of the
New York Tribune that the vessel sue
ceeded in weathering storm on her
last trial cruise are considerably quail
fed by the report of Captain Meade
on that trip, who designates her as .
marine crazy-quilt, the general plan of
the ship and machinery being unsatis-
factory and wholly unsuited to the
needs of navy. The report of the
civilian experts was still more damag-
ing, declaring that the Dolphin is not
fit to contend with bad weather such as
is usually encountered by our coasting
steamers. She was strained BY the seas
she encountered on her trip to Fortress
Monroe, and her crew were not in
clined to risk their lives on board of her
again.
1t will be seen, therefore, that the
Republican Senators have very poor
material for political capital in the
Dolphin. Their brethren in New
York made notable efforts, last fall, to
persuade the people that the only OBJ
lection to this notorious craft was on
the part Of the Secretary of the Navy,
who was resolved to sacrifice that lib
eral Republican contractor, and con-
tributor to campaign funds, John
Roach. But the contractor made .
very sorry martyr, and not even
| ghost of an issue could be made out OF
him or his marine crazy-quilt. The
wonderful change which has taken
place in year in the management OF
the Navy Department has removed
every trace OF Chamberlain and job
berry, and when Congress sees fit to
strengthen the hands of Secretary
Whitney by a thorough reorganization
of the system under which the depart
ment is conducted, there will be no
delay in carrying out, in the fullest
and most satisfactory manner, the
great work Of creating navy worthy
of the Nation. The era of knavery
and population in the department has
been succeeded by wise, business-like
management, and the taxpayers may
now expect proper return for theil
money, which was out of the question
when Robson, Roach and Chandler
lruled the department. Albsnv AT0ua
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
A Bad Rule For the 6ovines.

whats the matter?" asked a passen-
ger on Dakota train as they began to
run considerably faster.
.'Why, you see, there's blamed COW
running ahead Of us on the track and
we're trying to catch her,
what do you want to catch the COW
for?''
why, great gosh! to kill her. OF
course! The rule allows us train men
the hide and tallow, and the meat goes
to the directors. You bet I'm going to
catch that COW unless she leaves the
track or run the wheels right of OF
these cars. told the fireman to break
up the trunks in the baggage car and
heaye them INTO the furnace to make .
hot fire. and / guess he's doing It. w.
EsteiHne ID. ~ Bel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
At cAMsRlDaE.

The Somewhat Peculiar But Patriotic
Army Led by Washington.
It was molly assembly, in all sorts
of uniforms and without any uniform
at all, with all sorts Of weapons and
with precious little powder. So little
was there, that Washington was very
anxious lest the British should find out
how little he had; and SO while he was
urging Congress to provide supplies, he
had barrels Of sand with powder cover
ing the top, placed in the magazine, so
that any spy hanging about might be
misled. Some Of the soldiers were in
tents, some were quartered in one or
two college buildings then standing, and
some butt huts for themselves. The
most orderly camp was that OF the
Rhode Island troops, under General
Nathaniel Greene.
The men were in companies of
various sizes, under CAPITA ms and other
officers who had very little authority
over the privates, for these usually
elected their own commanders. A visit
or to the camp relates Analogue which
he heard between a'captain and one of
the priyates under him.
"Bill,'' said the Captain, ego and
bring pail Of water for the men"
II shan't,'' said Bill. Its your
turn now, Captain; got it last time"
But the men, though under very little
discipline, were good stuff out of which
to make soldiers. Most of them were
dead earnest, and they brought, besides
courage, great skill in the use OF the
ordinary musket. A story is told of .
company Of riflemen raised in one OF
the frontier counties of Pennsylvania.
So many volunteers applied as to en-
barrass the leader who was enlistlng the
company, and he drew on board with
chalk the figure of nose OF the COM
mon size, placed the board at a distance
of a hundred and fifty yards, and then
declared he would take only those who
could hit the mark. Over sixty sue
ceeded. General Gage, take care o.
your nose" says the newspaper tina
tells the story. General Gage. as yor
! know, was the commander OF the British
forces in Boston. Horace Scudder, u
| 81. Nicholas,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
p,rH AND POINT.
1t makes envy sore to see intellect

1t makes envy sore to see intellect
SOAR. 7. Tribune.
Il think q man should hav . leetle
vinegar in his composition-just enuh
to keep the flies off.-Josh Billings.
II you are iackass it is your busl-
ness to bray louder and kick harder
than any other jackass. Life.
The fondness of deaf men for
promenading on railway tracks has never
received scientific explanation. Pitts
burgh Chronicle.
-Georgie-''Do you know, Ethel,
old Stokes had perplexity fit the other
dayp" Ethel-"A perplexity FTP You
mean q parallel stroke. Chicago
Ledger.
We've lust counted up that wehave
saved several hundred dollars by smok-
ing a pipe instead of cigars, but where
is itp-Newport (Ky.) State Journal. 6
Said very old man: "Some folks
are always complaining about the
weather, but am thankful when l wake
up in the morning and find any weather
at all. IN Y. Ledger.
"A swell young clergyman, who is
well-informed in the social vernacuiar,
made an awful mistake last week; he
christened a boy ..Ah There" when the
family intended it should be Arthur
Prairie Farmer.
The Willy Maiden
No lover at all had the maiden gay,
She wore no engagement ring.
But she bought q fiddle and learned TO play
And thus had q bow on the string.
Another Of Raphael's pictures has
been found in a Western town. Tbs
frequency of occurrences Of this sort
gives rise to the belief that Raphael was
not painter, but the proprietor OF
chrome foundry. II Philadelphia Press.
He continually played on the cornet,
.'Sweet Spirit. Hear My Prayer. !" The
maiden lady next door sent word. with
| compliments, that she heard his prayer,
and would pay months lodging for
| him IN advance if he'd move to another
part of the TOWN.. Y. Mail.
-'What 8 that bicycle man doing.
father? See! he has jumped forward
from his wheel and is putting his face to
the earth. Is he k ssing itp" "No, my
! son; the man mas MS Gar W tAo ooh VI.
He is listening. He thought he heard
something drop.''-Bnrtissqton Free
Press.
A contributor to the Prairie Farm
er facetiously attributes the recent
| storms and cyclones to the prevailing
STYLE of ladies' hats worn this spring.
They reach SO far into the upper air that
they disturb the equilibrium of things
up there; hence the meteorological COM
motion.
-.'ls the earth round or flatp" asked
member If school committee OF q
candidate for a position as teacher.
"Well," answered the candidate, I'm
/ not particular about that. Some likes
it round, and somes likes it fiat, and
some likes it square. Iteach itany way
that suits. ''-Boston Bulletin.
| "A good Rochester IN. ~ pastor, .
widower, proposed to Young lady, .
short time since, but was rejected. His
feelings had the second severe test
when widow neighbor sent him the
following text to preach from: ''You
ask and receive not, because you ask Q
miss. n--ROchester EIpTess.
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"A large gray eagle was shot recent
" BY farmer named Irby, about three
miles west OF Blackstone. Va. he had
seen it once or twice before in the im-
mediate vicinity of the house Being q
good shot, the gentleman crippled the
king of birds with rifle charge. II
was a beautiful specimen OF its KIND.
Its wings when spread measured s!x
feet four and one-half inches from UP
to tip, and its talons measured nearly
six inches in width.
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Yearning For 'ntermission.

"You are not very fond Of young
gentlemen, I believe" observed Mrs.
Skimmerhorn to her niece, an heiress.
mo. to be candid. don't admire the
yapid society masculine.
..But remember. Pope says: The
proper study Of mankindis man:
..Does heS'' ng-'We,l, III DO
glad then when school is out. '--6ier'
chant Iraveler.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-20
POST OFFICE.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY,
An UNPRECEDENTED OFFER

An UNPRECEDENTEDO OFFER.
There are few households in
Brule county into which the GRAPHIC
Is not a regular visitor. In order to
introduce it, and obtain for it fair
trial as compared with any weekly
paper of its class published, we will
furnish it from now until Jan. ], 1887
for the extraordinary low price of
FIFTY CENTS-cash in advance
of course. This ls a reduction of
nearly 100 per cent from regular
rates, and an extremely liberal offer,
which we hope will be readily ap-
preciated, by the addition of many
new subscribers. If you are now a
subscriber order an extra copy sent
East, post paid.
The GRAPHIC furnishes nearly as
much reading matter as any two
papers In Brule county combined; is
non-partisan in politics, and has a
worldwide reputation as being the
only strictly moral paper in Dakota.
Try it until Jan. and thereby obtain
more and better reading for half
dollar then you ever had before in
YOUR life,
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Artesinn wells.

Brookings has been for some time
agitating the question of sinking an
artesian well. Recently committee
from that town visited other places
having artesian wells, on tour of in.
specton. The Daily Press publishes
detailed report of the committees in
vestigations, and, as some of the in
formation cleaned is Of local inter.
est-as kimbali has an arteslan we'll
we quote from the Press as follows.
There are two wells at Aberdeen. ono owned
by the Milwaukee railroad was closed up some
time since and whom it WAS again opened it was
found to be clogged up with mud to such an ex-
tent rs to render it worthless until it is ceaned
out. Both of the Aberdeen wells will pour out
clear water for perhaps month when they begin
throwing up mud and sand, by opening the wells
and letting them flow they will cast out all the
sand in few days and the water will again be-
come clear and remain some weeks when the
mud throwing operation again commences. The
well at Columbia had pressure at first of 200
pounds. but tho authorities committed the same
error as the men in charge of the railroad well at
aberdeen md closed it up for a couple of weeks
when again opened it WIS found to be cloGsod
up, but it gradually threw out the mud in the
Pipe and is nov flow ing but with scarcely any
pressure. The railroad we'll at Aberdeen and the
well at Columbia have demonstrated the fact
that artesian wells must be allowed to flow con-
tnually for if they are closed up and allowed to
remain so for any length of time the pipe will
become filled with mud which the force of the
water drives in until it becomes almost as sclid
ss rock
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Hrule County Democratic Central
Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the call of j. L. Hoover, chairman,
the above committee met at the Opera House in
kimball, on Saturday last.
Dan. f. Burkholder, of Chamberlain, was
elected secretary. The chair appointed l.. W!
Lewis, Louis Richards and John Mckee com
mittee on credentials
After hearing and adopting the report of the
committee credentials the secretary called
the roll of the members Of the central committee
and found all townships represented either by
member or proxy except Highland. Pukwana
and Wilbur.
1t was moved, seconded and carried that the
basis of apportlonment of delegates to the
county convention be one delegate for every .25
votes and fraction thereof cast for John Il. VIII
son, and one delegate at large for each township.
motion to amend the same by making the
apportionment for every Is votes WAS lost.
motion to place in the power of the chair to
name the time and place for holding the count,
convention was lost.
| Moved, seconded and carried that the count,
convention be held in Kimball on September IL
1885, at II o'clock a. NJ. motion to amend tn,
same by having the convention ut Pukwana wa,
| lost. Moved and carried that the county chair
man instruct the chairman in each township t.
| hold u caucus on the Saturday evening preyiou
| to the convention.
| Moved and carried that the township of DR.
Island be represented at the next convention b
| one delegate and one delegate at large. Amo
| Fry WINS elected chairman of the township
Adjourned.
| J. NJ. Crowley. who resided six miles south
east of Chamberlain, was fatally sun-stiuc
| Monday.
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Resolutions Adopted by School
Officers

The following resolutions were adopted at a
meeting of the school officers of Brule Co. al
Pukwana, Sept II, 1885. and concurred by all the
othcers throughout the county to whom it has
been presented.
RESOLVED: That VIC are heartily in sympathy
with the spirit OF education and believe it to be
our duty as school officers and citizens of Brule
county to give earnest cooperation in ad-
vancing the schools of our vicinity.
RESOLVED: That we are firmly impressed with
tho responsibility resting upon us as school
officers and that we will use our best endeavors
to promote the interest Of the schools of our
county.
RESOLVED: That, in our opinion, teachers
should be progressive, that they shoul avail
themselves of every opportunity for improve
ment, that we deem the County Normal Institute
one OF our most valuable educational helps and
believe it to be the duty of each and every teach
or to secure its benefits by faithful attendance
and that as school officers we should give the
preference in wages to those who do attend, ex-
cepting cases wherein good REASONS can be gwen
for absence.
RESOLVED: That we urge upon the school
officers and patrons of our schools the impor-
tnnce of more frequently visiting our schools
and becoming better acquainted with our teach.
ers and their plans of work.
We, the undersigned school officers of Brule
Co. have read the foregoing resolutions and
heartily endorse the same, and shall faithfully
encourage the employment Of such teachers Us
attend the Go. Normal Institute and avail them
selves of every opportunity of impro wing them.
selves teachers.
Signed by long list Of echool officers.
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A Mild Rehukc.

The Mouse River advocate thus
mildly rebukes the editor of its cotem-
porary, the Willard Leader:
"The editor Of the Leader, who is a
convicted champion Of SANDER, lies in
his teeth, in his throat, and lies in
the rotten depths Of his putrid heart,
when he says the Atluocate has sus-
pended"
After stating that the Leader man
sis not worth noticing" the -4elvocate
man continues:
ave wish to say to the cadaverous
monstrosity, the skulkipg vandal
and venal crank, the lying cowardly
scoundrcl that manages the Leader
and who is looked down upon with
contempt bv all respectable people
that the -Advocate has not suspended
publication.