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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-04-28
A COMPLETE CHANGE.
Mercantile Hypocrisy Displayed on Sight
of Ready Money.

Mercantile Hypocrisy Displayed on Sight
of Ready Money.
In store. Merchant Ito clerk Did
you send Hammerton his bill again this
weekp
Clerk-Yes, sir.
Merchant-What did he say?
Clerk-Said he would be around and
pay it.
Merchant-That's what he has said
for the last six months. He's the big
gest liar in this town. He can never get
ten cents worth on credit here any
more. Ireckon We'll have to sue him
-sh-here he Genes now.
Merchant-Good morning, Mr.. Ham
merton, glad to see you, sir. Won't
you sit down?
Hammerton = No, thank you. l
called in to settle that bill.
Merchant-What bill-oh, yes. Why,
sir, hadn't thought of it. You see,
the collector has charge Of the bills and
l pay but little attention to them.
Thank you (receiving the money and
receipting the billy. Call again, MIR.
Hammerton.
Hammerton-l am little pushed
for money at present
Merchant-That makes no difference,
sir, none whatever. Whenever you
want any thing give us call. Good
neutrality-suspicious. Traveller.
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Ia,

learned in the convent, when she, H.
1775, as the wife of the barrster Rollain.
came to Eibenstock. But she will never
occupy such place as Barbara
Uttmann.
That energetic woman brought her
beneicent life in peace and honor to
close. On the brass tablet which at first
alone marked her grave, was Inscribed:
"On the 14th of January, 1875, is the
honored and virtuous widow OF
Christoph Uttmann fallen asleep,
blessed of God, on whose soul God
have mercy. Her age was sixty-one
years, and She had lived to see sixty-four
children and grandchildren. In the
eleventh chapter of St. John, Christ
says: | am the resurrection, and the
life; he that believeth in ME, though he
were dead, yet shall he live; and who
soever liveth, and believeth in me, shall
never die
The new monument was put up in
Annaberg on the 18th of October, 1884,
and was of marble and iron. 1t shows
a female figure sitting on beehive (the
symbol of industry making lace, whilst
an angel is in the act of browning her
with laurel. What was her crown for
this womanly service is not clearly
shown. Nevertheless the designer OF
the monument must have ascribed GER
tain value to this mark of triumph, since
on the opposite side of the base, in adj
dition to the emblems of the trade, an
anchor, the wand of Mercury and ball
goods, is this inscription:
"a worthy spirit, a cunning hand,
she drew down blessings on her father
| land"
The old brass-plate expressed it bet
ter. Appropriate to Barbara Uttmann
were the words which the ancients APP
piled in honor of woman:
| "Casta vixit,
| Lanam fecit,
Domum servavit"
She lived chaste, spun wool, and she
kept her house.-Leigh Hunt, from the
German, IN Denaorest's Magazine.
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A PRETTY STORY.
The Bell of Justice and the Queer PEI
titiOner for Aid.

The Bell of Justice and the Queer Pc.
titioner for Aid.
1t is a beautiful story that in one of
the cities of Italy the King caused bell
to be hung in a tower in one Of the
public squares, and called it the ''bell
of Justice" and commanded that any
one who had been wronged should go and
ring the bell, and SO call the magistrate
of the city, and ask and receive justice.
And, when, in the course of time, the
lower end of the bell-rope rotted away,
a wild vine was tied to it to lengthen it;
and one day an old and starving horse
that had been abandoned by its owner
and turned out to die, wandered into
the tower, and trying to eat the vine
rang the bell. And the magistrate Of
the city, coming to see who had rung
the bell, found this old and starving
horse; and he caused the owner Of
the horse, in whose service he had
toiled and been worn out, to be sum-
moned before him, and decreed that
as his poor horse had rung the bell Of
Justice, he should have justice, and that
during the remainder of the horses life
his owner should provide for him
proper food and drink and stable. -Ey.
Ghanae,
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Beans as Food.

The nutritive value of beans is very
great, greater than almost any other ar
ticle of food in common use. Consider
cheapest food we have, but somewhat
difficult of digestion, probably owing to
the fact that we rarely cook them
enough and masticate insuficiently. In
preparing beans for the table they
should be first well soaked in cold wa
ter, then thrown into boiling water and
cooked of medium constituency, be.
tween fluid and solid, neither toe
thick nor too thin. They require some
acid when eaten, and a sufficient amount
Of salt to render them palatable. They
may be eaten with potatoes or othc1
vegetables which contain more starch
and less albumen, rather than with tot
much bread or meat Cleveland Lsodet
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-04-28
BOOM-LAND.

Due east of the sun and due west of the moon,
in q region of lights and glooms,
In place full of sound and of silence lies the
faint far Land of Booms,
Where is stalled the great stud OF dark horses
which Ambition heedfully grooms.
There talk.geysers spout on forever, and the
word-pump never tires;
There himself in the glass OF the future the
While Mount Evarts threatens the plains OF
speech with sluggish volcanic fires.
All day and all night are heard there the max
ing and breaking of states,
And the buzZing of bees in the bonnets OF
professional candidates,
And the neigh of dark horses waiting in the
stalls of the mighty Fates.
There wise men feed on the husks of hope
and drink OF the juice of corn,
And are luled with lies that reach their souls
through the cheating gate of horn,
Till they feel that the nominations theirs as
sure as they are born.
Like the lightnings of midnight the eyes there
of Black Jack titfully CLEAN;
There, awful and white and majestic, by the
The top Of Edmunds hill shines out like {
snOw-peak seen in dream.
There Allison, Sherman and Frisbie Hoar piI
their ears to the cold, cold ground,
Aud wait for the sound Of the people calling
but no man hears that sound,
For in wild reverberance "Hooray fol
Blaine!" rings ever fercely around.
Oh, pity, pity for them who wait for a vision
that never looms;
Oh, pity. pity for them who dwell In the faint
far Land of Blooms,
For the great Salt river skirts 1t, and 1T
marge is white with tombsl
N. Y. Sun.
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ORIGIN OF ENGRAVING.

How One of the Most Precious Arts
known to Men Originated.
There are few chapters in the history
of art of greater interest than those
which unfold to us the discovery of for.
gotten treasures, and reveal the exis.
tence of works which had long ago
passed out of remembrance. The in.
innate connection between the inven.
ton of engraving and the art of the
silversmith, or rather that branch of the
silversmith's work which consists OF
the chasing of an outline into a plate OF
precious metal to be subsequently filled
up with dark-colored enamel. the so
called Niello work, was never appre-
ciated until, at the close of the last cen.
fury, abb Zani found among some
old Italian engravings, in the National
Library at Paris, print which he rec.
ognized as similar in subject to the
famous Pax, decorated with Niello
work, made by Maso Finiguerra for
the baptistery of St. John, and paid
for, as is proved by the records, in
1852. This Pax or Assumption was
subsequently transferred to the cabinet
of bronzes in the gallery of Flor.
ence, where it is now pro-
served, and it was proved, on
comparing with it the engraving, that
the latter had actually been printed
from the silver plate, before the enamel
was fused into the outline, prior, there
fore, to 1862. On the strength of this
discovery, Finiguerra has, ever since
the year 1896, been credited with the
invention of producing engravings on
paper from metal plates. There seems
little reason to doubt, as has been often
pointed out, that many silyersmiths Of
the fifteenth century may have been in
the habit of obtaining trials OF theil
work in progress, as did Finiguerra,
perchance, when he produced his his
torical print, representing Christ crown
ing the Virgin, from his work on the
Florentine Pax. It may indeed have
been, together with the well-known
sulphur casts, a recognized method Of
obtaining record of the Niello work
which had been practiced for many
years previous to the time in question
| though no such paper impressions O
an earlier date than this have beer
handed down to us. It was a common
practice to take proofs of the work by
means of sulphur casts long previous Il
1852, AS numerous specimens of sncf
casts have been preserved to us, but i
is difficult to say who was the first bolt
innovator to substitute piece of papel
for the sulphur, and thus originate tn
precious art Of engraving. The stor.
of the wet linen, which accidental!
gave the idea to Finiguerra, is general.
treated as fiction by those who hav
studied the subject. -Art Journal.
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A RARE FRUIT.
Tho Marvellous Product of . Strange In
dian Ocean Tree.

Ol3n ocean Tree
Frederick Stearns has on exhibition
at his Office two specimens of the coco
de-mer, or double cocoanut, remark
able fruit of one of the largest and most
wonderful of palm trees. They were
sent him by the Hon. E. V. Mussey,
United States Consul at the Seychelles,
a group of islands in the Indian ocean,
North of Madagascar.
This palm tree, it is stated, attains q
height of one hundred feet, its stem
being nearly two feet in diameter, bear.
ing at the summit a crown of fan-shaped
leaves. 1t is remarkable for growing
in socket of hard, woody texture,
perforated with holes made by the roots.
This curious appendage derives its
origin from the cotyledon, which in this
palm attains the extraordinary length
of two feet, growing downward, like a
root, having the stem seated in its
thickened end. When perfect the thick
end opens on one side, like a sheath,
out of which rises the first succeeding
leaves of the plant, roots also being pro-
duced, which make their exit by pierre
ing the end of the sheath. In time the
nutriment of the nut becomes exhaust
ed, and the part of the cotyledon be.
tween it and the young plant withers.
The latter, however, retains its
placental vital connection with the
sheath end of the cotyledon. which is
henceforth nourished by the plant and
increases in size with it's growth, which
thus continues seated in the cradle of its
birth through life. This formation
appears, however, to be common to the
palms, but very much more largely de-
veloped in this variety. The fruit is a
large oblong nut, covered with Il thin
rind. After the removal of the outer
rind it has the appearance oftwo oblong
nuts firmly united together, often
weighing thirty to forty pounds. They
are borne in punches, each consisting
of nine or ten nuts, SO that a whole
bunch will often weigh four hundred
pounds. 1t takes ten years to ripen its
fruit, the albumen of which is similar to
that of the common cocoanut, but it il
too hard and horny to serve as food
] The shell is converted into many useful
articles by the natives. The leaves are
made into hats, baskets and the like.
The demand has of late years become SC
| great that in order to obtain the leaves
the trees are cut down, and as no care
is taken to form new plantations it was
ut one time feared this palm wouG
eventually become extinct. In 1864 thu
leading botanists in England petitionet
the Government for its protection. By
more recent information, however, i
appears that in one island alone there
are many thousands of these palm trees
Detroit Free Press.
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A Cry to Congress.

The Legislature of Connecticut has
followed that of Maryland in praying
Congress to provide an adequate sys-
tenn of coast defenses. Directly or in.
directly, it is of vital interest to every
State that the blackboard and seaboard
shall be put in state of strong defense.
To some of the States this question il
one of self-presevation.
This great State of New York gives
of all the States the most hostages to
the fortune of war. A hot-headed Sec
rotary of State or q wrong-headed for.
eign diplomatist might bring ruin to
the property of more than two millions
of the inhabitants of New York. A few
hours might work damage that gen.
Grafton could hardly retrieve. The
payment of IAN enormous indemnity
would be the only safeguards against
absolute ruin, and that indemnity would
be tax long and deeply felt in all
branches of industry and business.
The Legislature of New York and
the business men Of New York City
and the tributary adjoining cities
ought, with the strongest insistence
and by every means, to force upon
Congress, the immediate consideration
of coast defense. BY memorials, by
delegations, by personal solicitations,
this instant duty should be pressed up
on Congress. 1t is not safe to dilly-
daily. It is disgraceful that this great
and splendid city, the real capital Of
the United States, should lie helpless
to the world. 1t will take time to fin.
ish the proposed works, but no mort
time shou)l be lost before beginning
them.-N Y. Sun.
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PlTH AND POINT.

The general complaint about the
self-satisticd bachelor is, that he is too
much ga man after his own heart. " ln-
stead of some woman $. Life.
"A proverb has it that interest blinds
some people. 1t never blinds the man
who holds the note upon which the in
terest runs, we believe.-N Y. Graphic. 3
-Algernon: Your poem The rain
fell down in torrents" is declined. One
about the rain "falling upward would
at least have something novel in it,
Philadelphia Call.
"A writer describes a beauty as hav-
ing "an exquisitely nodded face, OF
which two dark hazel eyes are the CEN
trail feature" Where is the nose sltu2t-
ed?-Baylington Free Press.
1T is said that girl who can shed
three or four tears at a critical mo-
ment, and follow them up with a culver
ing sigh, can marry all around good
looking blonde who does nothing but
try to blush.-N y Ledger.
Sam, you are not honest Why
did you put all the good peaches on the
top of the measure, and the little ones
belowp" .'Same reason, sab, dat makes
de front of your house marble, and the
back gate chiefly slop bari, sab. ~.
Y. Times.
Employment Agent-Want girl
who can cook? Distressed Man-Guess
we'll try one who can't cook. All wev
had lately were experienced in the bust
ness. don't believe it's safe for a MIN
to be starved longer than three weeks
at stretch. -7Id-Bits.
Strict Secrecy Dentist: ooh,
madame may be perfectly easy in her
mind. We dental surgeons always make
a point of observing the strictest conf
dence. Only last week, for instance,
supplied Countess Pampmann and Bar
oness Borgheim with a complete set
each, and not soul living knows
word about it. - Montreal Witness. !.
-.What kept you SO late last night.
Archibaldp' demanded Mrs. Spotcash.
.Takin' inventory" replied Spotcash.
II knowed it," she replied; "smelled it
on your breath the minute you came in.
You'll keep on takin' it till you get
in the lookup and disgrace your family,
and then / hope you'll be satisfied. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
Miss Clara-O, Ethel, I expect to
have the loveliest spring hat, and all 1t
will cost will be the price l shall have to
pay for the ribbon. shall trim it my
sell. Miss Ethel-Haye you the frame?
Miss Gil ra-O, yes. l was rummaging
in the store.room this morning, and
what do you think I found? Miss Ethel
II have no idea. Miss Clara One OF
last years peach baskets. Chicago
Tribune.
BE observing:
If you your lips
Would keep from slips
Five things observe with care
! Ut whom you speak,
] To whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
]. you your ears
Would save from jeers,
These things keep meekly hid
"Nfyself' and "l,'
And "mine" and "my,"
| And how 81" do or did.
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MY HERO.
,n;fies the outward showo

What signifies the outward show?
What signifies his wealth or place?
When we the heart have learned to know
What do we care for form or face?
And what care we for name or creed
That buried ages may unroll,
II under all we clearly read
The record OF u dauntless soull
II loyal to his sense Of right,
If prompt and sure at Duty's call,
He walks, as walking in Gods sight,
His aim the manifest man of all;
If helpful as the sun bright day,
If pitiful of others woes,
He follows in the Masters way
And bears q blessing where he goes.
If, gaining much, he loses ALL
While summer friends go coldly by,
He proves his courage by his fall,
Resolved to win the day or die;
With hope alive, in God his trust,
He keeps spirit kind and true,
And rises bravely from the dust
To fight his weary battle through.
II, working on through pain and loss,
His earnest soul be not cast down;
He beareth patiently his cross,
While winning steadily his crown;
The mans hero and we give
The need OF love, which is his due,
No idle praise! but while we live,
The wreath of bay! the knot of blue!
Helen Keith, in N. Y. Mail and Express.
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THE safety If the Rennbl;can y

The safety of the Republican par.
ty lies in open sessions. It can do moth
ing to regain public confidence unless
it resorts to them. Had the leaders, so
far as it has any, Of the party in the
Senate taken moderate course toward
the new Administration the secrecy Of
the Senate might have been maintained
for a long time without any special
consequences. Sensible men who had
reflected on the subject would have
seen that it was an anomaly, an abuse,
and, in some regards, a nuisance. Blu.
public sentiment would not have been
aroused. IN 7. Nmsa
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Breckenridge against his will, against
his convictions, and he went South.
He was a failure there, because his
heart was not in it. But I have always
thought that act of his had great deal
to do with deciding the crowd Logan
was with. IN. Y. Star.
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BE observing:
A VALUABLE DOG.
He Enables His Master to Spend His Days
in Bltssful !dleness.

He Enables His Master to Spend His Days
in Blissful !dleness.
A Detroiter who was skirmishing
along the river Rouge the other day
with gun, met a farmer and dog on
the road near the Woodmere cemetery,
and as the two men stopped to speak
the dog ran down the highway about
twenty rods, satup on end and began to
bark.
..What's the matter with your dogP'
asked the sportsman.
..oh, nothing. He is simply getting
ready. !"
.'What for?''
.For you to shoot Whenever any
Of you folks come cunning around here
set him up at twenty rods for quar-
ter a shot
.You do, ehp Well, you can say
goodbye to him at once, for I'll kill him
at the first shot. Here's your quarter"
'sOf-hand shot, you know"
..Of course y
The sportsman got ready, and the
farmer chewed away at a .twig and
gently whistled. "Mollie Darling" The
rifle cracked, the smoke flew away, and
the dog frisked around in high glee.
'.Better try another" suggested the
farmer.
.I'll do it! I'll try hundred! Here's
| dollar, and that dog has seen his last
spring break-up!'
1t was repeating rifle the man had,
and he blazed away again and again un-
til he had fired the four shots. The
dog chased his tail around circle, and
the farmer said:
.'Mebbe it isn't your day for shooting,
you know?''
..Mebbe it isn't, but here's another
dollar!''
| He cracked away another four times,
and as the last shot rang out the dog
came toward him on trot, ears
cooked up and eyes looking around
for rabbit tracks
| "Well, l guess must be joggin'
along" said the farmer. I'm very
much obleeged for
mot by durn sight!' shouted the
hunter. 1--WE got five dollars left, and
I'll blow every cent of it in on that pup!
Send him back!''
stranger, the limit on this game is
two and a quarter. You've struck hard
PAN"
.Ill give you fifty cents shot,
"Not to-day. In fact, John Henry
won't stand over nine shots without
bolting.''
Say dollar a shot" shouted the
hunter.
Cant do it. I'm making eighteen
= shillings day off that dog, and | don't
want to play dirt on him. II you are
: down this way tomorrow whistle for
me and mebbe + II raise yer bluff. Come,
!, John Henry"
Give dollars for a shot!' desperately
: shouted the hunter.
"Not at present. Come out to-mor
row. Come heeled to shoot all day
= = Goodbye, stranger!"- Detroit Ere
= Press.
y "A horse thief was hanged the othe
= day by lynchers in Arizona, and tn
b local editor, in describing the event. re
% marked: Jim departed this lite wit
|. bis accustomed lively snap
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"A horse-thief was hanged the other
day by lynchers in Arizona, and the
local editor, in describing the event. re-
marked: ..Jim departed this lite with
his accustomed lively snap
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She lived chaste, spun wool, and she
kept her house.-Leigh Hunt, from the
German, in Densorest's Magazine.
Savannah morning news., 1886-02-18
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

LONDON. Feb. II, noon.-cOnsOls loi l-io.


LONDON, Feb. II, noon. .--Consols 10i l-l6.
Ap m.-COnsOls l0l 5-l6.
NEW YORK. Fob. IL, nOon.-Stocks quiet and
heavy. Money easy az 15(g2 per cent. EK-
shange-lOng, 81 50, short. "a ss4. sta.e
bonds neglected. Governments bonds duh bIt
5:oop. m.-Exchange, g. s7l. Money closed
a 1902 Der cent. Treasury balance
Gold. Sl59. 49,. 10 o: currency, 81 Loco. Gov
ernment bonds dull: four per cents l2S5s;
three per cents. 1907 BID. state bonds strong
Trading on the stock Exchange, AZ meas
ured by the number OF transactions, conthles
comoaratively dull. but not without feature
There was a steady opening this morning ana
ia the early dealings moderate ADVANCE bul
from that lime until O'Clock the movement
was alternately up and down. Although quite
irregular the market closed near the Lowest
figures OF the day ior many Oi the usually
active stocks. The special feature OF tne Dusi-
ness 10 day was a wide distribution OF urders
for -mal amounts, while nOne Ot the etpokT
were cOnspieuouslv active. Tho street Wa
mo. g trOlihc OF bear points than u mas betn
for sOme time past, AMI ~ was aiege0 VI
leading bull mauipu puIatuis were NOT Only WI
tng but anxious for "a moderate decline. ore Z
IVA mess was 4 .veluprd in Reading and New
Jer.ey Central ate IN tne day, the iprmer ne
cltnilr ia me last hour from anout - to ~.
and New Jersey central from 9ts 70
LarkaWannn also be- ded from la8is to ~.
AMI DrIaWars aud iiudsIu from lUitA To lOD.
A partial reclv rs took place. however, lh w
un,u trans tctious in ihe STOCKS mentl"heh.
No wttnstandinF the continued fum0rs ana
nd ere reports u circulation rckardln-
Wettern Union the stock remained oompar+
tivcl stem lv until late 10 M uty' When
nl., 40 a on over = per cent. Tho general ll7t.
while heavy. suffered only small lraciions 90
fbe afternoon break. The result Of me uay
uprrauons is loss, a. compatvu WIN ~
rvsntuu of q. 90 u Der cent, Win an cNcep
tional decline Of 3 per cent. ~ New 'ef'nt
rentrsi and Manitoba. aud ~ IN Paci DC Mn
-lIr. $4,000 afnroa. The market closed gen
.stiIv frr. nIt11ngn somewhat irregular, a'
tno fli..HIus quotations.