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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18
a "REMINISCENCES.
AN Anecdote Which Throws Some Light
Upon Old-Fashioned Campaigns.

AN Anecdote Which Throws Some Light
Upon Old-Fashioned Campaigns.
When Brough and Vallandigham
were running for Governor of Ohio,
there was large meeting held at Ports
mouth, on the Ohio river, The best
talent of both parties was on hand and
some fine speeches were made. One OF
the leadng citizens of Portsmouth was a
banker named Smith, who took pro-
minent part in the proceedings Of the
meeting. He introduced the speakers.
Governor Tod, l think, being one OF
them. At any rate, after the speech
was finished the crowd began to cal!
"Smitl, Smith," until he was compelled
to show himself. Coming forward on
the platform, he said: 'Fellow-citlzens,
YOU all know me, every one OF you.
F.; was raised among you, and you
| know can't make u speech; but II
tell, YOU what | can do. | can whip
! any man of my age in Scioto County:
This, of course, was greeted with yel's
! of enthusiasm. The next morn
ING Smith, a man about fifty years Of
age, was sitting in his office, when in
walked tall, gray-bearded man, witt
an eye like an eagle and carriage tha
betokened fightin every move, and asked
if Mr.. Smith was in.
Eyes, sir, that's my name" answered
Mr.. Smith.
"IhearA you make speech last night
Mr.. Smith,
Eyes, sir"
,'.You said you could lick any man 0
your age in Scio!o County. MIR. Smith
| how old are you?"
TO which Mr.. Smith replied. sizin!
his man up: II am seventy-n'ne year!
and nine months old" "And," SAT-
Mr.. Smith afterward, Il was awful
afraid / had placed it too low
swell, Mr.. Smith, you are an Ode
man than am. Good day." sad he c
the gray beard. i.
Smith never attempted to speak
public again. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18

Petty thefts are the chief crimes. The
natives ore mixed race, and are not
imbued with that daring boidness
which cracks bank. They will steal
twenty-five cents, drink or little
thing. But you can easily trust them
with $4,000 or $4,000 as messengers.
When they work they 60 at
it in earnest, but they are not
fond of exertion. 1t is curious sight
to see them going about with loads;
They generally 60 in pairs, one behind
the other with a stretcher. L had TO
move and was surprised to see how
easily they carried my furniture. 1t cost
me no mere than it would here. The
natives of the lower class are fond OF
drinking and gambling, They have a
beverage challed chica, which has vile
smell. 1t makes an American sick to
smell this drink. 1t does not intoxicate
as quickly as whisky, but it stupefles.
The streets are drained by bitches rum
ming through the center.
"Society is very exclusive and
strangers call first. If the visit is re-
turned the doors of society are opened.
The predominatng language is Span
ish, but all the upper classes speak
French. They get every thing from
France, too, in the way OF dress ana
luxures. / don't know why it is they
do not care to speak English. 1t is ab.
solutely necessary to speak French to
get along. The city is a city CT para
doxes, of great wealth, of great poverty
and peculiar mixture OF customs thai
often puzzle the stranger. Flowers
bloom perennally. There is no season
of blight, of snow, no season OF heat
but ore equable temperature thai
nourishes and forever keeps plants
green. Everywhere the heliotrope
fuchsa, violet and rhododendron grow
in rich profusion. IN T. Mail an
Express.
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Marriage of German Officers,

The German ArmeG- Terordn,ugs.
Bat recently published q royal order
regulating the conditions under which
the lower officers Of the Pruss an army
are allowed to marry. Until now Il
Captain had to prove himself possessed
of a private income of 750 marks $50
before receiving permission to marry.
Henceforth the minimum income for
that purpose must be double that
amount. Similarly, Lieutenants mus
have from now on $500 instead of 1880
marks. The income is to consist in in
terest on securities approved OF by the
German Reichsbank, or in rent from,
property, which can only be mortgaged
up to certain amount. The officer
applying for permission to marry must
declare upon his honor that he has nc
private debts, and if the income con,
'sists of certain allowance to himself
or his bride, it must be stipulated be-
forehand that, in case of their death
the amount will revert to their future
children. There are many other minor
stipulations, showing that the German
army officers course of true love doc:
not run smoothT.-M. Y Post
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HOME AND FARM.

The laying of soft-shelled eggs
sometimes results from over-feedihg'
and sometimes lack or lime or shell ma
terial.
The Farm Journal says that the
animals must drink in hot weather and
must take what they can get. But they
hate nasty water as much as we do.
Lemon Cream: Peel three lemons
and squeeze out the juice into one quart
of milk. Add the peel, cut in pieces,
and cover the mixture for a few hours;
then and six eggs, well beaten. and one
pint of water, we'll sweetened. Strain
and simmer over a gentle fire till 1t
thickens. Serve very cold.-BoSton
Globe.
Coffee Cake: One cup Of brown
sugar, one cup of butter, one-Eaif cup
of molasses, one cup Of strong, cold COT
fee, one teaspoonful of soda. two tea,
spoonfu1s of cinnamon, one teaspoonful
OF cloves, one cup of rais!ns or currents
and five cups of sifted flour. Add the
fruit last, rubbed in little Of the flour.
Bake about one hour. Exchange.
"A Western farmer advises stringing
seed corn by tying the ears together
with hus IS in some place where the
grain can be saturated with coal smoke:
| The odor, he says, repels squirrels and
worms from eating the seed. The seed
comes up quicker, the plants grow more
vigorously and rlpen several days
earlier than from seed not SO treated
Troy Times.
Too many farmers neglect to bee
the horses. They are foolish. a bee
is needed, even in summer. Whea
straw is the best for the purpose. 1t Il
brittle, and the animal will not get nj
feet tangled up in it. Dat straw is to-
tough. Barley straw is too dusty. L
causes irritation of the skin: A few
straws will not do. Give good, sol
Western Rural.
A practice that has been tried will
GOOD success, says ColmGn's Rnraf, il
| to mix the green hay with some old ha.,
or straw, putting first layer OF TIT
straw, then one Of hay, then another o
straw, and so on till the NOW Is full OF
the stack complete The straw not only
absorbs the moisture from the hay, ant
thus aids in preserving it, but it is itsel
improved by this absorption OF the odor
of the fresh hay, so that stock will en-
the straw up clean, when before the!
would hardly touch it.
To crystalline fruit, pick out the fin
est of any kind of fruit, leave in til
stones; beat the whites of three egg t
stiff froth, lay the fruit in the beate
egg, with the stems upward; drain an
: beat the part that drips off again: selet
them out one by one, and dip them int
a cup of fnely-powdcred sugar. Cove
a pan with sheet of fine paper, Pho
the fruit on it and set it in cool oven
When the icing on the fruit become
} firm, pile them on a dish and set thcE
in cool place. Boston Budget.
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DISAPPOINTED VILLAGERS.
How They Were Victimized by Design
ing Pump-Maker.

How They Were victimized by a Design
ing Pump-Maker.
In CERTAIN portions of France the
peasants are very industrious, very
economical and very stupid. They let
the outside world wag as it may, taking
no interest in it, so long as their fields
and their vineyards return them aproft
on their outlay of labor. When bad
harvest or q bad vintage occurs, they
lay the blame upon the Government,
and elect next year representative to
the Assembly whose politics differ from
his predecessor
Les Martigues is noted among French
villages for its scanty supply of water
and for the stupidity of its inhabitants.
One of them, the richest man in the
village, while on visit to a neighbour
ing town, saw pump and the water
flowing freely from it.
The sight of an abundance of flowing
water so stirred the peasant that he de-
termined to make himself popular by
putting one of the wonderful pumps in
his own village Repairing to pump
factory, he contracted with the firm to
make u pump, transport it to Les Mar
tigues, and fix it in position for six hun
dred francs.
On the day of the pumps arrival, the
whole population of the village turned
out to escort it to the central open space
which had been selected rs the most
suitable spot for its location.
There is the place we have chosen.
said the generous purchaser.
Very good answered the foreman,
looking around, "but where is the
wcl?''
The welle If we had had well,
should not have bought the pump
What do You want well for?"
ITO supply water, of course
What to supply water?' cried th'
cxasperated peasant. II bought YOU
pump in order to have water, and d,
you tell me that | am to find water fo
it? 1t is an impos t on! | will brin!
an action against your firm for cheatin:
me-
Water is still scarce in Les Martigues
-Yoath's Companion.
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FREEZING IN SUMMER.

An Invention Which Promises to Work
Complete Social Revolution.
"a have just completed an invention
that will work a revolution in human
comfort and household affairs" said
Mr.. George 7. Buckle, young me-
chanic.
, "What is it?''was asked.
ga patent refrigerator, said the
Young man, "that can be carried about
as easily as dinner bucket. 1t is
destined to be classed alongside with
the telegraph, the steam engine and the
telephone. If can only get moneyed
man to back my enterprise we shall
both become worth millions in less than
year, and have the thanks OF the hu-
man race beside"
.You see,'' he continued, ''the heat
of summer time entails untold SUI.
ferings and inconvenience upon all
people, and the man who can so modify
nature as to blend the comforts OF win
ter and summer in one, and at the same
time exclude the bad features OF both,
is not only a benefactor, but also a posi-
tive necessity to the world at large.
1.-The refrigerator which L have Just
completed is Il small metal apparatus
about the size of q wooden bucket. BY
the use of chemicals, the admlxture OF
which is my secret, | can reduce the
temperature within the refrigerator to a
point more than one thousand degrees
Fahrenheit below zero. Now, sup
pose you know by the study OF natural
philosophy that frozen mercury is so
cold that it will burn and inflict the
same kind of wound as u red-hot
poker. This fact will help you to UNI
tlerstand that under my manipulation
the refrigerator becomes so intensely
low in temperature that it gives ont
rays of cold, just as oppositcly as a
stove radiates heat.
The beauty of the whole thing Srill be u;
seen in the manner in which 1t WORKS,
pursued Mr.. Buckle, cosnestly. AL
YOU have to do is to mix The chemicals
and put them within the refrigerator,
and the apparatus becomes so cold that
it may be used in summer just as CRATE
fire in winter"
"What will be the outcome of it, Ell
Why, simply this: Workmen on hot
summer day will carry the refrigerato
about with them as means OF comfort
and cool themselves by it, just in tn
same manner that you warm yourself
before fire in winter. Every hous'
VIII have its refrigerator. 1t will freez
any liquid that is placed within yar'
distant. The patent will kill the le
trade. 1t will make summer the pleas
ATTEST part of the year. Of hot. sui
try July day you will see men gathe
around the instrument engaged in jovia
conversation, all cooling themselves
The refrigerator will accomplish much il
Africa; in brief, it will be the most stu
pendous revelation to the modern worl
of invention"
Mr.. Buckle is on the hunt for 4 car
italist and says that he will at once
further South if he does not meet wit
the proper encouragement here. Il
has also patent chemical aoparatu
which creates such an intensely brigi
light that if held before the nude form I'll
internal organs of the human body ma
be seen by the naked eye. This inver
ton. he says, is of incalculable valu
to the medical profession.-LoutsvtI
(0urier-J0uT7anL.
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AGES OF ANIMALS.
An Interesting Table, Compiled From
Reliable Sources.

An Interesting Table, Compiled From
Reliable Sources.
The duration of life of various anil
mails, birds, fish, etc., is thus stated:
Elephant, 100 years and upward;
rhinoceros. 90; camel, 100; lion, 20 to
70; tigers, leopards, iaguars and hyenas
Gin coniinement), about %; beaver, 30;
deer, 20; wolf, 90; fox, IA to l6; llamas,
Is: chamois, 25; monkeys and balloons,
16 to IS; hare, s; squirrel, Z: rabbit, Z;
swine, %; stag, under so; horse, 30;
ass 80; sheep, under 10; COW, 20. OK, 80;
swans, parrots and ravens, 200; eagle,
| 100; geese, 80; hens and pigeons, ~ to
| 16; hawks, 80 to 40; crane, "a; black
bird. 10 to -; peacock, 20; pelican, 4.
to 80; thrush, 8 to 10: wren. 2 TO )
nightingale, 10; blackeap, ID; linnet, u
to %; goldhnch, 20 to "a; redbreast, II
to u; sl,ylark, 10 to 80; titlark, . to 8
chatlinch, 20 to "a; startling, 10 to II
carp, 20 to $50; pike. 30 to 40; salmon
16; Goldfish, II to II; eel, 16; crocodile
100; tortoise, 100 to zoo; whale, est
mated, 1000; queen bees live lOo t
| 200; drones, months; worker bees,
months. Nature.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP

There are 1870 women employed
in the English Civil Service.
A Russian convict is said to have
survived a punishment of two thousand
lashes.
The King OF Siam has had his new
ly-born son baptized by the name OF
George Washington.
The young Princesses OF wales are
expert trIcycle-riders, doing sometimes
forty or fifty miles a day.
One hundred natives and ten En-
glish persons lost their lives through
the eruption of the volcano of Tara
vera, New Zealand.
The inhabitants of New Britain. an
island in the South Pacific Ocean, lock
their girls up in cages in infancy and
keep them there until they are to be
married.
The FIRST city in Europe where
electricity has been entirely substituted
for Gus for street lighting is the town OF
Hernosand, in Sweden. The motive
power is water, VIII ell is very plentiful
there, rendering the light cheaper than
gas.
Bee culture is an important indus
try in France. The Minister of Agri-
culture reports that there are now
1871 $50 hives in operation, which last
year pro iuced honey worth IA, y43' sS9
francs and wax valued at 500, 29C
francs.
In one Of the most frequentcd thor
ouobfares of VIENNA, the Maria Hlltel
Strassc, a Young tailor, went to physl'
! clan for consuttat on. On being tol'
that he was incurable he fired two shots
at the medical man, one striking the
ear and the other the arm. The tailor
then killed himsclf, firing seven shots
from a small revolver. The wounds o
| the physician do not appear to be dan
gerous.
The German newspapers STATE
that startling experiments have beef
made at Berlin with Il rev descrtp
ton OF shell, charged with rolls OF gun
cotton, which produces extraordinar,
re ulis. No kind of defensive works
no matter how solid, it is stated. AZ
capable of resisting so destructive apro
jcc!ie. The German government
completely satisfied with the results on
tained at the trials, has ordered Is, 00
of these shells.
A modern Rip Van Wrinkle his ap
peared in the Isle of Wight Fort
wears ago ayo native of the little vi!
! lace of st. Helen's went away. leavin
a wife and family, who from that tim
heard nothing more Of the wanderel
The wife and two of the children dice
others of the family left the place. an
when the old man returned recently b
found scarcely one person OF his az
quaintance left, while his own daughte
did not know him, having been bat
in arms when he went away.
Mime. de Valsayre, OF Paris, h;
founded "Woman's League" who
object is the arming and drilling of a
French women. The League hol'
regular meetings, and has adopted
resolution that 'son the day wht
women will know how to fence, huma
itv will be saved Revolvers, riff
and swords are to be henceforth Il pa
OF lady's toilet, for only through t
, arming of French women the days
, "glory and vengeance will come. Ho'
/ ever, the league proposes also to ste
, the increasing depopufation OF Fran
by decorating every mother who n
f nursed six children
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land
by the thousands after having been emp
tied 10y by suffering humanity. What mass
Of siciening, disgusting medicine the poor
stomach has to Contend with. Too much
strong medicine. Prickly Ash, Bitters !,
rapidly and surely taking the place OF al! an
this class of drugs, and is curing all the III
arising from disordered condition OF ths
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels.
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Rice Pudding: One-half cupful rice

Rice Pudding: One-half cqpful rice,
one and one-half plnts milk, one-haf
cupful sugar, large pinch of salt, one
tablespoonful lemon rind chopped fine.
Put rice, washed and picked, sugar, salt
and milk in quart pudding dish. Bake
in moderate oven two hours, stirring
frequently first one and quarter hours,
then permit it to finish cooking. with
light-colored crust, disturbing it no
more. Eat cold with cream.
| chQnQe,
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James, take these two cakes

-1eft, OdtHts, ttthC eitoES Wv" c.i'>
and give the smaller one to your little
brother" James examined the cakes
carefully, appeared undecided. and
finally took a heroic bite out OF one OF
them, which he passed over to his
brother with the remark: ''There,
Tommy, I've made you a smaller one
they were both the same size. "--PAslG'
delplaia Cali,
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For tho Ladies'.

For the Ladies'.
Iaughteris tho poor mans plaster,
Making every burden light;
Turning sadness into Rladncss,
Darkest hour to May dawn bright.
IT'S the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for ills of this description.
But for those that womans heir to. =.
Use Dr. ierce's "Favorite Prescription
cures all weaknesses and Irregularities,
abearing down" sensations, internal
fever,n Floating, displacements, infamma-
ton, morning sickness and tendency to
eancerous disease. Price reduced to one
dollar. By druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18

and raised considerable amount OF blood
and matter; besides, was very thin, ana
60 weak 1 could scarcely go about the
house. This was the case of man WIN
consumption arising from liver complaint:
He recovered his health completely by me
use of DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Us
covery.n Thousands of others bear similar
testimony.
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-. Delicate Diseases, affecting male
yr female, however induced speedily, and
permanently cured illustrated book for
10 cents in stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, G53 Main Street.
Buffalo, n. 7.
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AT the Japanese village: Visitor-sIs
land dear in Japana' japanese" No,
but the ground rents are awful" Visitor
-"What's the cause Of that?" Japanese
-" Earthquakes. "-TezGs SJtia9s.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18

AN exchange says that "a RAGS OF hair
less Americans is probable Please give
place and date; also excursion rates.
burlington Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18

HA1l's Hair Remover always gives salts
faction, and is Endorsed by our best pny'
sicians. !
,owels' the safest remedy is Ayers Pills
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-18

WARS THE BEST DIsrNrECTANT and rene-
Nv for skin irritations and defectsa GLESN's
Sulphur Soar. HrLL's HAIR AND WHlskEH
DYE, Black or Brown, Soc
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PAr-"Be jabers, what harrud tonnes
If | had me loife insured I'd take it,
CHICAGO Journal.
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IF q brooklet is little brook, what is a
soblet.-SprinAfeid Union.
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Had n Dreadful Cough

TOBACCO leaves-The cigar stumps that
are thrown away.-Bostom Post.
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AFTER nil this world is a dangerous
placs-yery few get out Of it alive.
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FRAZER AXLE GREASE lasts three times ~
long as others and saves horses and wagons
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THE moth exhibits much taste in dress
Boston Transcript
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OVENS & Co. run bakery in Buffalo,
Buffalo Express.
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BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Pis,'s
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. Soc
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An Invention Which Promises to WORK
Complete Social Revolution.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1886-11-20
ureh Notices.

Meeting for men only this evening at 80
O'Clock, in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms.
Gospel and Song service Sunday afternoon
IN the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms. All are welcome
Methodist church Rev. Mr.. Skeele will
preach next Sabbath morning ;the other meet
ings will be as usual.
Winthrop street, Universalist Church
preaching service at 10 80 A. M; Sunday
School, IL VI. ATT P NJ, lecture to the
young people will be given; subject, paths
of Peril"
At the Congregational Church, service at
10 80 A. NJ. with preaching BY Rev. Mr..
Palmer Of the NJ. E. church in exchange with
the pastor. Usual services at 6 and 7 p M.
All are welcome.
St. Marks church, Sunday next before
Advent. Morning prayer and holy com.
munion with sermon at 10 80; Sunday school
at 80 P. NJ. first even song at 3 p. NJ
evening prayer and sermon at P NJ
First Christian church, on Northern avenue
Gospel meeting at 10 80 A. NJ; Sunday
School at IL NJ. in the evening at O'Clock
services conducted by A. L. Hines, General
Secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association. All are invited
First Baptist church: Preaching at 1876
A. NJ. by Rev. J. B. Jordan in exchange with
the pastor. Sunday School at IL NJ.
young peoples meeting at 6 P. M; general
prayer and praise service at 7 P. VI. All are
cordially invited to these services.
Rev. Fl. J White will preach at the Free
Baptist church at the usual hour, in exchange
with the pastor. Sunday school as usual. In
the evening, at o'clock, the third illustrated
lecture will be given; subject "Warning,
Service and Reward" A cordial invitation
is extended to all. Union services will be
held at this church on Thanksgiving Day, at
ii o'clock, A. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1886-11-20
Good Templars Dedicate a New Hall.

The Riverside Good Templars dedicated
their new hal on Thursday evening in q
most successful manner 1t is pronounced
one of the fnest and best arranged halls be.
longing to a lodge of the order in the State
and the interior is very attractive. The stage
is unusually spacious being fourteen feet in
depth. 1t is owned by the Riverside lodge,
Following was the programme of Thursday
evenings exercises:
Organ Voluntary.
Prayer, Rev d. f. French Vaasaihorc
Reading, Miss Hodgdon wst.,xiIlo
Solo, Miss Mamie f. Forrest Rivsrs;d.
Essay (orfginaD Mrs. c. C. Hunt, Augusta
music, nt, Care Of 5. W. Mitchell. Riverside
N. n. Fossett. W. C. T. Riversi lie Lodge
Duet. Mamie and Gertie Forrest, Riverside
De9icatory Prayer, Rev. j. 4. Mills, Riverside
Dedicatory Address,
A s. Bangs. District Templar, Augusta
Music, Care of MISS Carrie V Merrill, Riverside
Remarks by Citizens.
Benedction, Rev ID. f. French Vassalhoro
The evening was one of great pleasure to
all present. The Riverside orchestra furs
nished music, and an old-fashioned baked
bean supper was served. Several attended
from this city. The lodge now numbers 100
members, among whom are many of the
prominent citizens of the village.