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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
Believed in Fortifying.

A tramp entereda Washington saloon
the other day and blandly asked the bar
tender:
"Can you tell me, sir, if Congress has
passed the Fertilization billp''
"Well, 'sposen it has or hasn' whats
that got to do with your
''Oh, nothing much, only I feel a good
deal run down and would like to fortify
little. thought mebbe, in case Con-
g;ess had made an appropriation, you
might fortify me about ten cents worth
and charge it to the Government.
Your forty-rod will fortify as well as
any thing else, SO don't hand out the
best bottle"
The bartender was about to hand out
his best bung-starter when the tramp
made a hurried exit. Washington
Critic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
PITH AND POINT.

| Sometimes we vote man . snob
simply because we suspect that he is a
smarter man than we are. Detroit Free
Press.
Reformation makes such slow prog
ress because each man tries to reform
his neighbor instead of himself.
First Senator-Come, now, you
haven't opened your mouth. Second
STANDARDIZATION me; I have CAPPED all
through your speech. Burlington Free
Press.
Almost any body can take a com.
pliment when it is thrown at him, but
not every body knows how to wear it
after he gets it.-St. Albans (N.) Mes
Senger.
AT this season of the year man who
can't carry hoe handle q hundred
yards can lug a fishing rod twenty miles,
The rod is SO much lighter, you know.
.-Merchant Traveller.
-"Doctor," said he, as he entered the
Office, II don't know what the trouble
is, but can't sleep at night "What
is your business, my friend?" s'I'm a
plumber, SIR" young man. you need
clergyman. can't undertake to cue
your conscience. Chicago Tribune.
Fair Traveller -"What does this
mean? The expressman says he can't
find my trunk. Here is the check for
it. Baggageman-"The trouble is,
ma'ana, that you changed cars too often.
The check and part of the handle has
arrived, but the other pieces haven't got
along yet. "-Omaha World.
-'.Rev. Mr.. Unity was quite liberal,
but SO absent-minded. They were maxi
ing up whist party, when Miss Mabel
said to him: ''Mr. Unity, won't you
join us? Mr.. De- Beans is going to take
hand and be my partner MIR. Unity
wakes up with start, and breaks
everybody up by remarking: '.Isn't
this rather sudden? Have you got
license?"
Fashionable Lady-Don 'tyou think.
doctor, that my husband ought to send
me to some fashionable watering place
for my health? Doctor-Why. madam.
you have phenomenally robust ply.
sique. Fashionable LADY, knew there
was something the matter with me.
Where have l to 60 to get rid of it
Long Branch or SaratogaP- Chicago
Tribune.
An exchange says it is just as i'm
portant for girl to make good bread as
to paint a picture. 1t may be; but
girl can't throw "soul," tone. tech
nique, feeling, chiaro oscuro, and such
things into loaf of bread. The latter.
however, put in a frame and hung
against the parlor wall, would no
doubt look quite as attractive and
artistic as the picture painted by the
girl.-Norristoscn Herald.
-'What college do you intend sending
your son TOP asked an Allegheny gen
tleman of another this morning. 81
thought of sending him to Harvard,
but now I'm thinking more favorably
of Columbia" Indeed; why have you
changed your opinion?" "Well, Column
bia outrowed Harvard at the recent
trial. You see, want my son to have
the best education the country affords"
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"A late Judge, whose personal ap-
pearance was as unprepossessing as his
legal knowledge was profound and his
intellect keen, interrupted a female wit
mess: "Humbugged you, my good won.
an. What do you mean by that3' y
,''Well, my lord" replied the woman,
II don't know how to express it, but il
a girl called your lordship q handsome
man she would be humbugging you. -
N. Y Telegram.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
THE SENOUSSITES.
A Mohammedan Sect with. an Uncompro
missing Hatred of Christianity.

A Mohammedan Sect with. an Uncompro-
missing Hatred of Christianity.
The Senoussite sect, founded in North
Africa about the middle of the present
century by an Arab of the Benz Senous
tribe, from neighborhood of Tlemsen, in
Algeria, is organized on the system OF
secret societies of Europe. with uncom.
promising hostility to Christian civillza-
ton as its handspring of action. From
its cradle in the Tripolitan Sahara it has
extended its ramifications through all
North Africa, from the Somali coast to
the mouth of the Senegal. M. Henri
Duyeyrier, the eminent explorer of the
Sahara, estimates the number of the
khouan, or brothers, at not less than a
million ard half, while that figure
may probably be doubled. Each Of
these adopts" he says, "is not only ipso
facto missionary, but is ready at the
signal of his superior to transform HIM
self iuto propaganda agent, a soldier,
bravo or even cowardly prisoner. {"
To the agency of the sect he
ascribes many recent risings in Algeria,
and numerous massacres of European
travellers, such as that of Mile. Times
party in the Soudan in 1869
and af the Flatters Mission in the AL
gerian Sahara in 1881. The Sultans of
Morocco and Wadai are believed to be
more or less subservient to its DEGREES,
while Its influence is felt as disturbing
element in many cities of Egypt,
notably in Tantah and throughout the
land of Yemen on the further shore of
the Red Sea. Musselmans, tainted with
Western ideas, are held by it in like
abhorrence with the odious Nazarene,
and its watchword is that Turks and
Christians, being on level, must be
annihilated by the same blow. The
founder of the society, dying in 1859,
transmitted his authority to his son.
Sid Observation-Disclosures. the
present Sheik, regarded throughout
North Africa with a reverence almost
eclipsing that felt for Mohammed him.
self. Like his Soudanese rival, he claims
the title of Mahdi; hence coalition of
the two, despite the identity of their
aims, was always, on personal grounds,
improbable. There was, indeed, GER
tain effervescence of enthusiasm for Mo.
manned Ahmed among Senoussi's fol.
lowers Immediately ON the fall of Khar-
toum, but it rapidly subsidized with the
subsequent wane in the fortunes of the
Warrior Prophet of the Soudan. = Gen.
Nenaan's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
Don't Spread Too Much.

Young fancier, don't imagine tina,
you are destined to sit upon the highest
pinnacle of poultry fame the first year
of your experience, nor even the second;
don't for one moment think you will
spring into such prominence as that en-.
joyed by Spaulding, Felch, Williams
and others, by few short years OF
breeding and caring for poultry. Don't,
please don't try to commence with a
dozen different breeds at once, but
choose a variety that suits your taste,
and devote your attention to that un.
til you thoroughly understand the art
of breeding it up to the desired stand
ard. After awhile you might add an
other good breed, but don't be in q
hurry about it. = Western Plosonaan.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08

That Body Hes Nothing Go Say AbSut q
Note Of Explanation Sent by Attorney
General Garland to tho Senate Regard
ing tho Hill Suspsnsisn Case.
The person who unearthed the lette,
Attorney General Garland sent to the
President of the Senate, in reply to a
resolution of the high legislative body
asking for official papers and CORE
spondence concerning the administra-
ton and conduct of the Office of Marshal
for the Eastern district of North Caro-
lima from the first of January to July 26,
1886, is deserving of thanks for exposing
to the public the hypocrisy of the SEN
ate. 1t appears from the letter Mr..
Garland semitic President-pro-tem. Sher.
man that j. i. Hill, a Republican, who
held the Office of Marshal, left his home
in Raleigh in 1884 while he was Mar.
shall, and went to the Republican con.
venrion of the First Congressional dis
trict in which he did not live and BY
an active canvass succeeded in being
elected a delegate to the convention at
Chicago which nominated Blaine, and
that he attended such convention and
participated in its proceedings. Soon
after President Cleveland entered upon
the discharge of his duties, the people
OF the Eastern district of North Caro-.
lima asked for change in the Office
and gave him facts relating to Hills
craftsmanship 1t is not necessary
to say that Hills official head rolled
in the saw dust, or that Demo
crat was appointed in his place. The
Senate did not want Hill ousted for he
was too handy in carving caucuses
and conventions in that State, and so
the committee having The appointment
OF his successor under advisement ap-
piled to AttorneY-Gene Garland for
letters and papers on file in his Office,
thinking it could make case against
the Administration. The note the At
torney-General sent the committee
must have disturbed the Republican
members. for they said never word,
although they had been fishing for
suspension over which to raise howl.
But the case of Hill would not do BY any
means. 1t was too clear, and the Pres
ident expressly stated that the suspen-
sion was made for the sole reason that
Hill left his home and went to another
district where he manipulated Repub-
lican convention so skillfully that he
was sent to the Chicago National
convention. 1t is clear that if Hill had
remained in Office much longer he
would have had the Republican party
of North Carolina in his vest pocket to
dispose of as he pleased. But is it not
surprising that the Senate did not
make public the information it re-
ceived in regard Is Mr.. Hill and his
conduct as an official? The Repub-
lican party had Hills everywhere, men
without the slightest regard for the
wishes or preferences of the party,
fellows who throttled free speech and
filled ballot boxes at caucuses, elected
such delegates as they pleased, and
nominated anybody they fixed upon for
The Offices to be filled. They were here
in Buffalo and are here now. Do the
honest voters think that it was not
high time for change? - Buffalo
Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
ANDRIA LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY,, s

road cars. It is light and Waterproof,
and can be washed and cleansed as
readily as wood or marble. The wood
pulp is applied while in Il plastic state,
and the design which is to be stamped
on the paper is engraved on die, which,
is pressed down upon the bed of pulp as
it is spread upon the linen covering.
The nodded material hardens quickly,
but does not become brittle; in fact, ii
is SO pliable that this new wall-coverine
is rolled up the same as wallpaper,
though, OF course, not so compactlW
For the interior decoration of houses,
especially halls, drawing-rooms and
dining-rooms, this new material is gain
ing in popularity very rapidly. 1t is a
poor conductor of heat, and thus the
moisture in the room does not gather
upon it. 1t has smoother, warmer
look than wood or marble carving, and
has no glare to break up and reflect the
light like thing, nor does it become
warped by heat The fact that this ma
terial is made in continuous rolls rem
ders it especially adaptable for dado
work or friezes. A. dado formed of
this material can be carried all around
a room, into any angie, corner or bay
window, without break. 1t harmon
ICES with wallpaper nuuch better than
carved wood or stone, and does not
chip or break when struck by any piece
of furniture.
The variety of designs in which the
new wall covering is made is as great
almost as with ordinary wallpaper, but
the colorings used are by no means as
varied. After it has been hung upon
the walls, however, it can be painted or
gilded so as to resemble FURNISHED
metal, or can be colored and grained to
initiate any kind OF wood, leather,
bronze, tapestry, ceramic or other style
of decoration. Among the many styles
in which this material is produced, the
one which is the most popular at this
time is the japanese, but Egyptian,
Greek, Byzantine, Moresque, Medieval,
Renaissance and many other patterns
are produced. y Post
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
NOT A SPOKESMAN.

The appointment of Daniel AIagone ~
Collector of Customs for tho Port Of
New York.
President Cleveland has appointed
Daniel Magone, of Ogdensburgh, N.
T., to be Collector of Customs for the
port of New York, in place of Mr..
Hedden, whose resignation had been
received by the President. The APP
pointment is one that in the highest
degree reflects credit upon the
Presidents motives and earnest
ness in carrying out the policy
which he so distinctly and un-
equivocably announced as one of the
guiding principles of his Administra-
ton when he entered upon it. The
President has not been wholly satisfied
with the conduct of the Office under
Mr.. Hedden. The most successful Col
lectors have been lawyers of ability
and experience. Many of the ques-
lions coming before the Collector for
decision are purely legal, and the
judicial experience, as the Springfield
Republican points out, is especially
valuable because it accustoms a man
to sift evidence, discern truth and act
with promptitude, we'll defined and in
telligent purpose, and the courage of
his reasons. Such a man is the new
appointee, Daniel Magone He is 4
lawyer of marked and admirable legal
attainments, scholar of deep research,
man of great force of character and
resoluteness, and a firm believer in the
reform policy of President Cleveland.
he is known to be the personal choice
OF the President, and no one who
knows the qualities of the man will
doubt for moment that he will sue
cessfully conduct the great administra-
tive Office, to take charge of which he
gives up large and lucrative practice
in St Lawrence County. Mr.. Magone
was for many years the trusted friend
of and co-worker with Samuel j. Til
den. When Governor Tilden deter
mined to prosecute the canal ring, in
1875, he appointed Mr.. Magone one of
the commissioners, the other members
being John Bigelow, of Orange; Alex
ander Z. Orr, of BROOKLYN, and
John D. Van Buren,, Jr., Of
New York. Mr.. Magone was the only
lawyer on the commission, and
the successful termination. of
its difficult work was largely due to the
legal acumen, tenacity Of purpose and
keen instinct shown by him. While
always an earnest and consistent Demo-
crat, and for the past fifteen wears
prominent in the councils of the party,
he has never held any other Office than
that mentioned. He was member Of
the Democratic State Committee for a
number of years, and was it's chairman
during the memorable Tilden and
Hendricks campaign of 1876.
The appointment of Mr.. Magone is
further proof Of the President sinceri.
ty Of purpose in carrying out the re-
form policy to which his Administra.
ton stands pledged. It is proof, also,
that the President is determined that
the great Office of Collector of the Port
shall be administered on purely bust
ness principles and in accordance with
the existing laws Albany argus.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
THE JlNGO CHlEFTAlN
Why He Called Attention to tho I" NIisdl-
rocted Energy" OF the Department of

Why He Called Attention to the " Nfisdl-
rected Energy" OF tho Department of
State.
Brother Blaine is experiencing the
difficulty of directing his boom from a
point outside of politics. He can not
always get his orders around in time.
If there is any one thing in which the
organs were justified in supposing that
Brother Blaine's position was fixed it
was in the matter of hostility to all for
eign Powers whatsoever. He had him
self given the keynote in fierce speech
on the fishery dispute, which relates to
very obscure points in international
law, and they supposed that they were
quite safe in abusing the Administra-
ton for its caution in getting up a
fight with Mexico.
But Brother Blaine, from his point
of observation at Bar Harbor, quickly
perceived the danger of this position.
If Cleveland and Bayard were encour-
aged or allowed to go to war, what
would become of Blaine's own lingo
policy and the one only lingo party of
which he is the chief This thing must
be stopped, and accordingly, there was
sudden change of front. Mr.. Hit, a
Blaine man from Illinois, who had
voted for the resolutions of instruc-
ton in the Foreign Committee, OBJ
jected to their consideration in the
House. declaring that Mexico was being
unreasonably pushed, and the princi-
pal Blaine organ, the New York
Tribune, opened an attack on the 'smis-
directed energy" of the Department of
State, whose position in the Cutting
case is said to be all wrong.
1t is true that small politicians and
party organs are accustomed to sudden
changes When the State Department
appeared slow, it was the organs duty
to abuse it; when it showed itself
active, it was equally to be abused.
But in the suddenness of the change re-
garding the Mexican affair it is impos-
sible to doubt the guiding hand of the
celebrated lingo chieftain. Among all
his experimental issues he has always
chung to the American Eagle, and that
anybody else should assume the cham
pionship of that proud bird he regards
az an infringement on his copyright.
The minor Blaine organs have been a
little slow in taking the cue, but we
may expect them to tumble into line
very soon. A disturbance with Mexico
in advance of 1883 would leave Brother
Blaine and his lingo party to hopeless
desuetude. II PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08

Congressman John D. Long
says either Blaine or Sherman can
sweep the country in 1888, The coun-
try doesn't need to be swept, now that
the Democratic party is in power. 1t
is clean enough. -LoyeN (Mass.) Mail.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08

1t was not until about 1850 that the
word donkey found its way into the
dictionaries. It is a nickname for the
ass and nothing more.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
UNDER HER PARASOL
DALLADE,


The white sands glimmered In the sun.
And little laughing waves in glee
Brought tiny tufts of seaweed won
From cool. dark caverns far at sea.
But faircr far than these to me
A well loved figure. trim and small,
With blue eyes bending modestfY
Beneath her scarlet parasoi.
know not how my words begun
That they were idle We'll agree.
Imay have talked about the sun,
Or murmured mildly of the sea;
But she was very dear to me.
1t can not matter after all
What formal words prefaced my plea
Beneath her scarlet parasol.
She looked as grave as any nun,
And yet knew held the key
To both our hearts, for had won
Tie fairest on this earth to me-
She was no more O maiden free,
And was servant at her call;
My heart was holding jubilee
Beneath her scarlet parasol
ENVOY.
Next season by that summer sea
We two were lnarried-that Is all,
Nor was 1t strange the knot should be
Tied meath her scarlet parasol.
-George Day, in Judge.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-09-08
A SILENT SENATE.

That Body HISS Nothing 60 Say Absut .
Note Of Explanation Sent by Attorney
General Garland to tho Senate Regard
ing the Hill Suspension Case.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-02-26

NAIrAHAl-o, February .t OYN
live Thousand people assembled h-i
night 10 welcome the HrrIya. ol
President santa MarHirom santiago
~ruor pueima read ma Hd.lrr,-. 100 ,hr
name Of the people, to which lhr
president responded. thanking thp
people tor their cordial welcome.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-02-26

'"'o'0'"' sG'""''"''f
JACk-oN, ienno February 20 The
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-06
A SEASIDE FILTRATION.

Again they have met for the season.
Brave Harold and fair Leonore.
Impelled by the old cogent reason,
They stroll by the sea as of yore.
They wonder so quickly time passes
And days into fortnights expand
Forgotten are all the old lasses-
He presses her hand.
" trust" he speaks low, "you remember
That day by the shimmering sea
The words that | spoke last September,
The last that you whispered to me-"
1.-THE time l recall" and she bushes
you spoke in a low undertone.
We stood, believe, by the rushes,
But-the words, dear, have flown"
mo wonder"-a storm now is brewing
"My words you now fail TO recall
A fool interrupted my wooing-
Remember? That fellow named Hall2'
She answers in voice soft and mellow;
"And that Mr.. Brown, is not all
The man you call fool and a fellow
| married last fall "
Robert Ansley in Chicago Rambler.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-06

Just outside of London they are at
work on the biggest book in the world,
said New York publisher the other day,
who has recently returned from trip to
England. 1T will be more than four
times as large as Webster's dictionary,
ane will contain something like 5000
pages. 1t is to be the ideal dictionary of
the English language, and will supersede
all preexisting authorities. 1t has long
been realized by scholars that the English
language is deficient in this respect. The
French have two dictionaries, that of NJ.
Litre and of the academy, that are far
superior to our own. The WorterbuCh
of the German brothers Grimms is still
more exhaustive and authoritative. Even
the Portuguese dictionary, by Vieira, de-
cidedly surpasses anything in English.
But the British Pathological society pro-
poses to fill this yawning gap in our
reference books. They hold that a
dictionary should be an inventory of the
language and that its doors should be
opened to all words-good, bad, and in
different. This new work will not be
confined to definitions and cross refer
ences. The lite history of each word
will be fully given, with quotation
from some standard writer. showing its
shade of meaning and the variations in
its usage from one generation to an
other New York World
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-06

In attacking a foreign ship a favorite
weapon of the pirates is the stink pot
more elegantly known as the "asphy xia-
ting vase" 1t is an earthen pot or vase
filled with a most villainous and evil
smelling compound; the vase breaks
when it is thrown on the deck of a ship,
and the stuff scatters about and puts in
its fine work Immediately. The Euro
pean nose cannot endure it. but the Chi
nese nose is not specially disturbed. The
Europeans are driven from the neigh
borhood of this odor-laden shell, and
thus the pirates obtain their opportunity
of mounting to the deck.
Two or three years ago an English
steamer, lying peacefully at anchor in a
bay in the Lin-Cho peninsula, was cap
tured in this way. The pirates came
alongside unsupported; a few of them
mounted to the deck and threw stink
pot where it would do the most good,
and then the rest followed. and the
steamer was captured without the she'd
ding of single drop of blood The fact
was that the steamer was on a smuggling
expedition and in place where she had
no legitimate business. As the
crew had made no resistance the
pirate captain was kindly disposed
and permitted them to retain their
heads. He gave them a small junk il
exchange for the steamer and started
them on their way to Hong Kong. The
steamer was plundered but not burned
Notice was sent to the Chinese author.
tiles at Canton and gunboat went down
and took final possession. There was nc
attempt to pursue the pirates, as theil
offense was greatly mitigated by the
illegal business of the steamer.-Thos.
w. Knox in Cleveland Leader
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-06
shipping Strawberries from Florida.

Strawberries from Florida me coin ice
boxes with a capacity of twenty eight
quarts. The ice chamber is in the cen
ter of the top, and the cold air from il
passes down through a slit, then through
small apertures into the front chamber,
one on each side. Through these the
cold air runs up among the Strawberries,
carrying with it whatever impurities
may be in them up to the ice, which
absorbs more or less, keeping the atmos.
phere purer. These ce-boxes are in
freight cars, and icing is done every
twelve hours. 1t costs about IL cents q
quart to transport them thus.-Chieagc
Times.