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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
CHICKEN CHOLERA.
A Disease Usually Due to the Filthy Con
ljt;on of the Poultry Yard.

A Disease Usually Due to the Filthy Com
dition of the Poultry Yard.
Why does the cholera break out in
those yards where the birds seem appar-
emily well when the disease is least ex-
pected? The question may be answered
in one word-filth. Suppose a dairy.
man should keep his herd Of COWS in a
dirty stable, with foul odors ever pres
ent, damp floors and the manure re-
moved from the stalls only occasions
ally, with water to drink from mud
puddles, into which the soluble SUBJ
stances of the manure had been washed,
would such COWS exist long? We think
not. And we may also ask if it would
not be even worse for them should the
food Of the COWS be thrown on the drop
pings of the yard, to be mixed with the
filth and manure, if the consequences
would not be fatalp Yet such is the
way the hens are sometimes treated.
The droppings remain in the poultry
house for indefinite periods, they have
but little fresh water and often
none at all, and the yards in
which they run contain the ac-
cumulations of years. The cholera
can not be avoided under such condi-
tons. 1t attacks every bird in the flock,
and holds high carnival over the bodies
of Its victims. What is the remedy? Not
doctoring the birds, for that is useless
under the circumstances, but remove
the cause. Thoroughly clean out the
poultry house and disinfect the roosts,
nests and walls by the free use of car
bolic acid and whitewash, and spade up
the yards, then sprinkling them with
Douglas mixture, which is composed Of
pound of copperas, gill of sulphurio
acid and two gallons of water. If the
premises are kept clean there is but little
danger of cholera, but care must be
taken that no portion of the premises
be overlooked upon which any of the
germs may remain. The cholera may
be known by the sick birds being very
thirsty, and having an anxious, nervous
appearance, the droppings being green
and watery The remedy most available
is to give spoonful of a solution OF
boracic acid to each fowl.-.Farng, Field
and StGck2lQR.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
BIG AFRICAN BIRDS.
Arrival Of Lot of Ostriches ImportoS
For California Breeder


For California Breeder
Galveston {Tex.) speolal.i
A vessel arrived at this port recently
with lot of ostriches en- route from Africa
to California, where they are to be kept
for breeding purposes. During the unload.
Ing of the vessel large crowds gathered to
watch the awkward antics of the huge
birds as they were being moved from the
hold of the ship to Beach Park, where they
will be allowed to run at large for a week
before undertaking their journey to the
Pacific coast. A large open-top cage was
improvised, into which an ostrich
was driven and then hoisted with
horses. AS they reached the sum
light after sixty-fve days in the
dark hold they exhibited signs of
great delight. The ostriches are tame and
docile with their keepers, but familiarities
from outsiders are resented. Just after
one bird of magnificent proportions had
been hauled up, and before the surprise
over his suspension in mid had worn
off, two sailors opened one side OF the cage
before it had reached the large covered
wagon. With great rapidity the ostrich
raised one huge foot and kicked first one
and then the other sailor, sending them
flying against the bulwarks Of the vessel.
The native keeper said if the bird had had
more room the blows would have killed
both men. DR.. Sketchly is greatly pleased
with his cargo, notwithstanding he lost
twenty ostriches on the passage.
Each pair will breed from sixty to eighty
chicks per year. This is probably the lastlo-
Of ostriches that will ever leave Africa, at,
the export duty at nearly all the ostrich
points is five hundred dollars per bird. The
birds are under the immediate care of fiv,
Hindoos, natives Of Madras, but long resi-.
dents Of Africa, whom DR.. Sketchly has
permanently employed. Among the ma
tives Is one woman. She is very dark,
with evenly nodded features and wonder
full eyes, straight, black hair, long and
wavy. The right lobe Of her aquiline nose
is ornamented with small brass scarf.
pin with a red glass gem. This ornament
is deftly pinned through the lobe and
hooked below. She is the wife of the chief
native of the party and is about twenty
years old.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
TAKING OFF HIDES.
How to DO 1t Without InJuring the Value
of the Hide or Skin.

How to DO 1t Without Injuring the Value
of the Hide or Skin.
In taking off a hide or calf-skin,
never cut the throat crosswise in the
least. Slit the skin from the brisket to
the tail, and from the brisket to the jaw;
then cut around each leg to the hoof.
Slit the hind leg from the hoof up d.
rectly over the gambrel, and the for
ward legs in the front, directly over the
knee, to the top of the brisket bone.
This leaves the hide or skin then in the
proper shape for finishing.
Skin the head and legs carefully to
avoid cutting them; then, commencing
at the head, draw or fist off the skin
without any further use of the knife,
thereby AVOIDING the holes and cuts that
almost spoil so many calf-skins. Some
farmers use windlass to draw off the
dairy skins, and others use horse; but
one or two men can do it a great deal
more quickly and easily.
When taken off, lay the hide or skin
fiat on the floor in a cool place, where
the sun can not shine upon it, and cover
it with salt-rather fine salt being better
than too coarse salt Do not roll it up,
but let it remain in the salt until you
take off another; then place that one
upon the other, sailing freely as before,
and so on until you get enough to make
quite pile; then commence another
pile in the same manner. Do not be
afraid to use salt freely; what the skins
do not require will shake off, and can be
used again.
If you prefer to dry out your skins
before selling them, be sure that they
are thoroughly cured with salt before
drying them. and then that they are
thoroughly dried before being baled up
for shipment.
Never dry out skin without having
it sailed as described to preserve it from
moths and other injuries on the hair
side. which are liable to occur if the
skins are not properly sailed before be-
ing dried out.
If your skins remain on hand very
long after being dried out before de-
livery to the tanner, even if sailed,
watch them carefully to detect any in
dications of moths or worms on the
hair side, and if any are discovered,
have the skins vigorously whipped with
stick SO often that they shall be wholly
eradicated from the entire lot of skins.
as they often work serious injury in a
very short Chicago Shoe and
Leather RcUieoE.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
Too Funny For Any Use.

Two dudes meeting at a picnic.
First Dude-Aw, Authaw. isn't this
jaully?
Second Dude-Awfully jaully, Chau,
lie.
First Dude-Did you wide aw walk
oyah, Authaw'
Second Dude-I wode Chaulie, but
one OF US walked, dawn't you know.
First Dud-Naw, Authaw?
Second Dude-Ya-a-s, Chaulie.
First Dude-Which one, Authaw?
Second Dude-The hawse, of cawre.
Chaulie.
Roth-Ha! Hal! Hall Wd Bits
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
NATIVITY OF PLANTS.
Where Some of Our Vegetables, Frui
and Roots Come From.


Where Some Of Our Vegetables, Fruits
and Roots Come From.
Spinach is Persian plant.
Horse-radish is native of England
Melons were found originally in Asia.
Filberts came from Greece.
Ounces came from Corinth
The turnip came from Rome.
The peach came from Persia.
Sage is native of the South of Er-
rope.
Sweet majoram is native of Portu.
gal.
The bean is said to be a native of
Egypt.
Damsons came from Damascus.
The nasturtium came from Peru.
The pea is native of the south O.,
Europe.
Ginger is native of the East and
West Indies.
Coriander seed came originally from
the East.
The cucumber was originally tropic.
al vegetable.
The gooseberry is indigenous to Great
Britain.
Apricots are indigenous to the plains
of Armenia.
Pears Were brought from the East by
the Romans.
The walnut is native of Persia, the
Caucasus and China.
The Glove is q native of the Malacca
islands, as is also the nutmeg.
Cherries were known in Asia as far
back rs the seventeenth century.
Garlic came from Sicily and the
shores of the Mediterranean.
Asparagus was a wild sea coast plant,
and is native of Great Britain.
The tomato is native of South
America.
Parsley is said to have come from
Egypt.
Apples were brought from the East by
the Romans. The crab apple is indic-
enous to Great Britain.
The onion was almost an object of
worship with Egyptians two thousand
years before the Christian era. 1t first
came from India.
The cantaloupe is native of Ameri-
ca, and so called from the name of
place near Rome, where it was first cul.
tivated in Europe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
Blinded BY Tobacco.
London Lancet.]

Tobacco blindness is becoming a com.
mon afilictlon. At present there are sew.
eral persons under treatment for it at one
hondon hospital. 1t first takes the form
of color blindness, the sufferers who have
smoked themselves into this condition be.
ing quite unable to distinguish the color OF
piece of red cloth held up before them.
Sometimes the victim losses his eye-sight
altogether. Although smoking is to a
large extent the cause of this malady, and
so gives it its name. heavy drinking is also
partly responsible.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
Knew Him Entirely Too wen.

A man who is attempting to start re.
tail lumber yard down In a small town in
Ohio gave jobber the name of his former
employer for reference and left his order
The report received by the jobber, al.
though slightly ambiguous, was not of a
nature to induce him to hustle very much
in the execution Of the shipment. 1t is so
subtle, and withal SO honest, that am
tempted to subjoin it: "Mr. has
worked for me for twelve or thirteen years,
and has always been faithful man, and
respect him as true friend; but if was
a stranger to him and knew his failings ]
would not want to trust him."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
An Ancient Landmark.

About five miles south of here, in Kos.
siusko County, lives man by the name Of
Jeffries. In 1856 he cut his initials on
what i, known as dry-land turtle-"W.
j., in 1856" One day recently he found
the same turtle short distance from the
place where the markings were made
thirty years ago. The markings were
still plain.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
woman's Face.

ssWhat furniture can give such finish to
a room, as a tender woman's face" asks
an e9qgs provded the e pe arc Of na ResS
tempers the tender expression. The pale
anxious, bloodless face of the consumptive,
or the evident sufferings of the dyspeptic,
induce feelings of sorrow and grief on our
part and compel US to tell them of DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery the
sovereign remedy for consumption and
other diseases Of the respiratory system as
we'll as dyspepsia and other digestive
troubles. Sold everywhere
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

A BACHELOR editor, who had pretty un-
married sister, lately wrote to one similar.
y circumstanced; please exchanged
y. 7. telegram.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

MAN proposes; woman discloses, and then
the whole world says II told you so."-Bur-
ingto. Free Press
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

A MAN should be allowed to laugh at his
own jokes. Others may not see where the
laugh comes in.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
ELY's
CREAM BALM

I haze used t,co
bottles Of Ey's
Cream Balm Gnd
consider myself car
ed. 7 suffered 20
gears from catarrh
and catarrhal head
ache and this is the
first remedy that at-
torded lasting reHet.
ID. T. Hagi,ason,
f4 Lake Street, CHI
cago, Ill.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

A LAWYER is not cat; but he can be
placed IN the fee-line category.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

A WRITER says: "Whata quaint head was
Carlyle's." Were you quaint head with
him9-7eras Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

P1so's Remedy for Catarrh Is agreeable
to use. 1t is not liquid or snuff. SOC. )
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

WHEEL never tire of entertaining the cy.
elists Let them axle they want a1d they
shall have it.-Boston Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

Gas bills should be carefully filed; not
necessarily for preservation, but in order
to reduce their ize-yudge.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

IT is not patriotism which leads doctors
to go to war. It's pillage. Pittsburgh
Chronicle
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

DELICATE diseases of either sex, however
induced, radically cn1 ed; Address, with 10
cents in stamps for BOOK, Worlds Dispen.
sary Medical Association, buffalo, N. Y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

You've man, never say to your sire.
"You might go, father, and fare worse"--
Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

MEN who think they mold public
opinion say to the world: "Please ask us
when you wish to think."-N. o. Picayune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

THE best thing yet discovered for sea-
sickness is port.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

Fog restoring faded and gray hair to it,
original color, use Halls Hair Remover.
Sufferers from malarial disorders will find
specific in Ayers Ag1e Cure. Try it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggistssellit.2 Csc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

A HoMELY woman has some advantage
over beautiful one. 1t is possible for
other women to love her.-Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
MUST your kitchen fire be Of dissipated
disposition because it goes out every night

Best Goods arc Put In Smallest Parcels.
The old proverb is certainly true in the
case Of DR.. Pierce's PLEASANT Purgative
Pellets" which are little, sugar-wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathartic power as is
done up in the biggest, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
they are mild and pleasant in their opera
tion-do not produce gripping pains, nor
render the bowels costive after using.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
Urs1Dr down-A feather bed.-Ltts

A NEW York paper says the milk sold i
that city is . white lie"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

"sT1cK to it," as the fy-paper observed
to the fly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

TALK is cheap-except through the tels~
phone.-Ncw BrunsNtck Fredonia.a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

The small boy now dreams of ''marbl
hauls. "-Boston Commercial.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

SOLD again-Second-hand articles.-Bu,
Rngton Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

"WAs the drum beaten because it called
the harp lyre?"-Iezas Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14
PLEASE remember that GLENN's SuLnrr
SOAR presents all the advantages Of Sui.
phur Baths at cheap rate. Hills HAn
>ND WHIsKER DYE, Black or Brown, Soc.

The skeleton man travels on his shspe--
Lgdianapolis Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

He covered the whole point-The man
who sat down on carpet tack.-Ltfe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-14

BACK PAY-Kicking book agent Out 1t
your of1ce.-Merchant Traveller.
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25
CITY NEWS PARAGR lPHS.

"A large party OF eXcursionists from
Virginia are visiting the city to-day.
"A rcquisition for w. II. swallow, alias
Law, alias Gordon, is daily eSpected from
Virginia.
Arrangements are being made to hold a
reception Of the Infantry on Monday even
ing at their armory.
Successors to School Trustees Clark,
Curtis and Purvis will he appointed on the
return Of Commissioner Webb from Sara
toga.
WIN. Riddle was arrested at the Sixth
Street Railway Station last evening on a
charge of robbing l.. l.. Marshall of Lynch
burg OF $40 and a silver watch.
Yesterday afternoon horse attached
to a buggy and driven by Abraham SalZer
became frightened at fallen tree on Penn
sylyania avenue and made a break. He
upset aud wrecked the buggy. The driver
received slight injuries In the arm
About s O'Clock yesterday morning
Officer Redgfover found young man, j.
q. Beckers, in an unconscious condition In
a her1ic on G street, between Twenty-iirst
and Twenty second streets northwest. He
was taken to his home, 2O2G ii street north
west.
AT meeting Of the District Veterans,
Eighth Battalion, lat night, to arrange for
particiT alton in the Volunteers picnic
next month. Mr. David Skutsch was pre-
sented with gold watch in recognition OF
his services during the celebration of the
twenty-llith anniversary of the Volunteers
muster in.
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Bowling, Mr..
Monday aud Miss Alstead are visiting Mr..
Thomas bowling, at Washington Grove.
Mrs. Ellen House of 202S NJ street,
who was severely cut on the forehead, and
Mr.. Alfred Ray, who had his hip seriously
bruised in the railroad accident last Sat.
urday, have both recovered from the
effects of their injuries.
Mr.. and Mrs. lIartwell Cragin OF O
street have returned from Virginia Beach.
There was an insane man taken to the
station this morning, who had walked here
from Council Bluffs Iowa, to get an Office,
but had been disappointed. lie styled him
self as General, ADMIRAL Colonel Com
modore and other titles aud said that the
next time he came in 1883, he was coming
to elect General Grant and Gladstone" as
President and Nice-Prcsident.
Temperature and condition of water at
: a. M: Great Falls, temperature, II; con
dition, 36; receiving reservoir, tempera-
ture, II; condition at north connection, u;
condition at south connection, 80; dlstribu-
ting reservoir, temperature, II; condition at
inlluent gatehouse, SO; condition at etlluent
uatChOUse, 36,
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25

controversy, and to regard with very
little favor either an opponents opin-
ions or character. Dr. BrecNnridge
was an uncompromising Union man
aud fierce condemner of everything
connected with secession and the
South. Once during the war he was
indulging before an auditory of mixed
politics in q bitter diatribe against
Morgan's command. A lady hearer Of
fervent Southern sympathies, having
listened for some time in silence, but
with much impatience, at length eX-
claimed: 81 am astonished to hear you
speak in that way, DR.. Breckenridge,
of Morgan's command, when you have
two sons who are officers in il. "Well,
really madam, said the doctor, ,blandly,
II hadn't forgotten that fact. But !
cant say that / have heard that they
bring up the average of that crowd to
any considerable extent" "Then
what have you to say about Tom
BullittY" queried his fair enemy,
triumphantly. "You have always de-
clared him to be the very best young
man you knew. lie has been your
favorite and model, yet he has been
with Morgan all the time That, "
said the doctor, after n moment of
apparently profound reflection, twas
long a matter of sore distress to me, as
well as of great wonder and perpleXity
| could not understand how the Lord
could permit it. But finally the
thought came to me ike revelation,
that If Tom Bullitt hadn't run Off and
joined Morgan, his mother would have
made him study theology with Stuart
Robinson, and humbly recognized
that the ways Of Providence are best.
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL


The New York stock market opened weak
this morning on selling Of some Of the Van
derbilts, Grangers and Erie. The prices de-
clined / to per cent. during the first half
hour for all except the Omahas, which were
strong, and advanced per cent. The gen
eral market continued weak throughout the
morning, and further declined on th1 pros
poets OF a stringent money market. The
Omahas lost nearly all their early advance,
and at the time Of writing prices are at the
lowest point, The decline ranges from
to i per cent. Money loaned from to 10
per cent. Exchange closed steady at $500
ds5. Governments frmer. Currency Is, 126
bid; 4s, coupon, 1861 bid; As, do,
1l02 bid.
Petroleum.
b. X. Plain & Co., st. Cloud Building,
furnish the following OIL quotations:
Closed yesterday, 81; opened to-day, COZ;
highest, ola; lowest, cog e:l5 p. m, COZ.
New York stock Market.
The following have been furnished by j..
Varce Lewis, broker, southwest corner
Eighth and + streets:
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25

Tho immoral Of Mrs. Ann Skinner, who
died last Monday, took place this afternoon
at the residence of her son, Mr.. +. NJ. Skin
rer, geo G street southwest. She was the
widow Of Captain William Skinner of Vrr-
einia, and was an old resident Of South
Washington.
Yesterday morning, about 10 O'clock n
horse attached to cart owned by Charles
NJ. Smithson and driven by Frank Wash
the alley on ii street, between FOur-and-a-
half and Sixth streets southwest, and re-
ceyed injuries from which he died.
A leading doctor in this section of the
city says that in South Washington, espe-
cially near the river, the prevailing malddy
is inilammatory rheumatism, and that nearly
80 per cent. of his cases are for that trouble.
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25
EIB.

LINTON.-m Baltimore, August %, Matte
w. Linton, aged Is, daughter OF Joseph and
Annie X. Linton.
FLYNN-On Tuesday, August 2l, 1855, at
ll:l5 a. m, Ellen Flynn, native of County
kerry, Ireland, aged js years
May her soul rest in peace,
Funeral will take place ON Friday morning
nj $50 II, m from her late residence, No. lOl
Eleventh street southeast, thence to proceed
To 81 Peters Church, where requiem mass
will be said for the rcposo of hey soul. Rrla'
tlvcs and friends ot the family are respect
fully invited To attend
JORDAN.-Alicc Emery, wife of Harry d
Jordan, and daughteroi Robert Wand caro-
line T., Brown, died 515 n, m, August -, lsSj.
OF typhoid fever, In her 25th year.
We will meet again 10 part no more.
Funeral from her late residence, ~ DcirccS
street northwest, ThWsduy afternoon 40 3
o'clock. Friends respectfully invited TO at
tend.
McKIE.-On Monday, Augu,t2l 1896, Susan
A, McKic, mother Ot Andrew O., Johnson.
Funeral from her late residence, no Twelfth
street northwest, Thursday August -, at ,
p. IN.
The Washington critic., 1886-08-25
AIECORATIyE MAIDEN.

sch, where are you going, my dear little
maid ~
ITO the school o. fine arts, II you please"
she said,
sTo learn how to paint on china and glass,
On velvet and satin, silk, linen and brass;
On wood, tin and canvas, on mating and
zinc,
Slate, marble and tiles, and leather, think.
! have already painted a screen and three
plaques,
A whole set Of dishes, and two little racks,
A stand for umbrellas
A lovely one, too,
With ground Of sienna
And bands Of light blue,
And cat tails dozen, so straight and erect,
Growing up all around with artistic effect.
There are other things, too, which l can't
stop to tell,
But think for six lessons I've done very
well.n
--[E. l.. Sylvester, in st. Nicholas for Sep
tImpgr.