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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
P,TH AND POINT.

DO not be discouraged because you
discover that you are not man Of
genius. An eminent scientist declares
that genius is aform ofepilepsy. - TEXAS
Siftings.
1T is only the abstract mother-in-
law who is ioked about. The concrete
| flesh-and- blood mother-in-law isn't
matter for jest:ng or any sort OF trlfilng
with. Boston Record.
.Only twenty?' Eyes, she ex-
planned. George made me promise
when we were married that / would
never change. / was twenty then, and !
mean to keep my promise. ~ 4
1e'egran.
III hate that man!' exclaimed Mrs.
Uppercea, cid like to make his life
miserable!'' .Tell you what said her
husband warmly, "I'lI send the villain
an invitation to your musicale. Wen
torture him" BUrdette.
An American millionaire, who was
looking at level tract of land which he
had Just bought at an extravagant price,
said to the agent who had sold it to him:
Il do admire a rich green flat. : $50
do /, y significantly replied the agent
NJ Y Post.
-Minks-Yes, I am feeling miser.
ably, and really can't afford to hire
doctor. Winks-Why don't you try
my plsnp It's founded on the direc-
tons always given by doctors. Minks-
Eli! What is thatp Winks-I do every
thing I don't want to. Omaha World.
She-James, do you know you put
three buttons on the plate in church to-
dayp He-Yes, knew what was
about. James, perhaps you don't
know that bought those buttons yes.
terday for my new dress and paid fifty
cents apiece for them. Wilmington
Star. s5s53
-..My DEAR said Concord lady to
her husband. ..if you do not make
haste we shall be late to the School Of
Philosophy. Aren't you nearly ready?
81 will be ready, = replied the husband.
who is not much Of . philosopher, ..iust
as soon as can find my chestnut bell. :
IN r Sun.
s.Why don't you bring your friend
arOuHu 10 tnc uOuSo, MI. EoaeHOi ~
inquired Bobby, as that young man
seated himself in the parlor. = have q
good many friends, Bobby. replied
Featherly, indulgently. (which friend
do you meanph s.John Barleycorn.
Pa says you are great friend of his. :
IN r SGn
/ Bagley Going fishing to-dayp De
Baggs- sir. Too much business to
attend to- Every well, I'll think Of
you when I'm sitting on the shady bank
hauling in the two-pound beauties. !"
That's right, do. And when you stop
at the market on the way home. just
buy me astring, too. That's q good
fellow. 49, Philadelphia Cdli.
Bobby was awake when his mother
came home from the party at midnight.
'.Did you say your prayers to nurse,
Bobby. she asked, "oefore you went
to bedp" .No, mamma, | forgot it !"
"Well, you had better come and say them
to me now.'' what said Bobby, in
drowsy astonishment, '.does God stay
up all nightp" Chicago Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
NEW GOLD FIELDS.
Difficulties Under Which the Metal Has to
Be Obtained in Australia.

Difficulties Under Which the Metal Has to
Be Obtained in Australia.
For some years the Government of
Western Australia has offered a reward
of 5000 for the discover of a payable
gold field within three hundred miles of
a declared port. From recent news
from Perth, itwould almost appear that
profitable gold field has at last been
discovered. We learn that Messrs.
Malet and M'Ewen, who were sent by
the Government to explore the Mmber-
ley district, in the extreme north of the
colony, have returned, after an expedi-
ton which nearly proved disastrous to
the explorers. They lost their horses;
and having consumed all their provi-
sions, only escaped starvation by coming
Unexpectedly to settlers hut, where
they obtained assistance The party
arrived barefooted, their boots having
fallen to pieces on the tramp of one
hundred miles. Mr.. M'Ewen nearly
succumbed to the hardships of the jour-
ney. A quantity of the new gold has
already found its way to England. Ac-
cording to advices from Derby, the port
of the country-named after the pres
ent Lord Derby, and situated at the head
of Kings sound-large numbers of
people, who were totally untitled for
the work, were starting for the Kim
berley gold fields. As the roads are
rough, and provisions scarce and dear,
with an absence of water, it goes with
out saying that no one need venture in
search of wealth without being supplied
with plenty of money and an ample
supply of provisions. The country is
described as closely resembling the
Peak Down district in Queens
land. The gold is much scat
tered, but the guides are numerous.
1t is expected that SO soon as the
alluvial gold is worked out, productive
reefs will be laid bare. The Kimberley
district, contrary to what many have
supposed, is a country about four and a
half times the size of Scotland, with
splendid rivers and with millions of
acres of pastoral and agricultural land.
The climate has been commended by
Captain Grey and other explorers as
one of the finest and health est in the
tropics. Last year the population num-
bered only about one hundred white
men; the blacks, who are notnumerous,
are tractable. Sheep, cattle and horses
thrive well, so that, whether or not the
gold fields fulfill the expectations of
those who seek Aeir fortunes at the gold
fields, there is fine country to de-
velope. Derby, the capital of this dis
trict, at the mouth of the Fitzroy river,
consisted lately of but a few huts and
tents, and is the station of Govern
ment resident. Should the rush to
the gold fields continue, doubtless all
this will soon be changed. - Chambers
journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27

my brother bounded across the raft.
drawing me with him, and with des-
perate leap, only to be ventured in peril
such as ours, sprang over the fa,hom-
broad space of rushing water, on to the
rock beyond. Another moment and l
too had leaped it; and standing in COM
parative safety on that small but inn
movable refuge, we watched the raft,
whose fate we had so nearly shared,
plunge over the foaming cataract, to DO
dashed into the deep chasm below.
Still we we're GRIT round by many
dangers. A single slip might derach us
from the rock, a single wave still sweep
us over the falls; while looking land
ward, nothing was visible save a few
dark, jutting rocks, around which the
river foamed. Their wet, slippery
points afforded little hope of escape, yet
it was our only one, and therefore must
be tried; and with rigidly braced nerves
and concentrated energies, we COM
menced our hazardous task of leaping
from rock to rock, closing our ears to
the deafening roar, and our eyes to the
hurrying current over which we passed,
as we pursued our perilous way, until,
by the mercy of Providence, the fourth
rock brought us to the shallower water,
through which we waded to land.
The now rugged bank gave easy &C.
cess to the land above; and few hours
travel southwark brought us to Lake
Weno, where, to our surprise, we found
our companion-rafts in safety, and
learned that we had passed, without OBJ
serving, the narrower but safe outlet to
the river furnished by the Weno creek,
and thus not only missed jerome and
the lumberers sent back to aid us, but
encountered that most fearful incident
of our lives, our escape from the Weno
Falls. -Ballou's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
A MAN I LIKE.

EIfke man who all mean things despises,
A man who has purpose firm and true;
Who faces every doubt as it rises,
And mur1nurs not at what he finds to do
I like man who shows the noble spirit
Displayed by knights OF Arthurs table
round;
Who, face to face with life, proves his rea
merit,
Who has soul that dwells above the
ground,
And yet, one who can understand the worrv
OF some chance brother fallen In the road.
And speak to him a kind word mid the
hurry,
Or lay an easing hand upon his load.
Large hearted. brave -souled men to. day are
needed,
Men ready when OCCASIONS doors swing
wide;
Grand men to speak the counsel that is
needed,
And men in whom nation may confide.
The world Is wide, and broad its starry
arches,
But tagging malcontents it can not hold;
The way OF life to him who upright marches
Has ending in far off street Of gold.
Meredith Nicholson. in Indianapois Journal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
DRIFT OF THE PRESS.

In Congress and the Legislature
the most stubborn battles have been
fought by the Democrats in behalf of
the rights OF labor and the curtailment
of the power and insolence of monopo-
lies. The neglect and Indifference of
the Republican Senate during the past
session of Congress formed striking
contrast to the zeal Of the Democratic
House on labor questions. The most
valuable work in the same cause dur
ing the session of the Legislature was
done by Democrats albany Argus.
There must be scarcity of or
binary timber when the Republicans of
Cincinnati are compelled to renomi-
nate vulgar and indecent Ben Butter
worth for Congress. 1t is not long ago
that this low-down politician delivered
such disgraceful speech in the Hous e
of Representatives that the women in
the gallery left it hurriedly to escape
his vile words. The decent people of
Cincinnati ought to combine against
Buttcrworth and bury him under such
an adverse vote that he would never be
heard again. Buffalo Times.
There is no greater danger to
the republic than that which turks in
the purpose of the few to rule the
many. The plutocracy which led to
the fall of Rome differed from ours
chiefly in the fact that it gathered its
wealth from the spoils OF war. No
government is strengthened by such a
radical departure from its basal prin-
cipal, as is involved in substituting a
moneyed oligarchy for manhood
democracy. It is the duty of the peo-
pie to resist now, and with determine
ton, the insidious efforts of Repub-
lcan plutocrats. IN 7. World
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
Senator Logan accuses the Dem

Senator Logan accuses the Dem.
ocratic party in power of extravaganza.
In one respect, we admit, it has been
a little extravagant-or rather more
liberal in expenditure than its Repub-
lican predecessors. During the fiscal
year ended June 30-thc first year Of
Democratic Administration-it paid
out in one single class Of expenditures
$1,000, 900 more than was paid out the
previous year. It was for pensions to
disabled soldiers and the widows and
orphans of deceased soldiers. But il
Logan thinks tina: expense unjustif-
able he ought to take into account that
the Administration saved more than
enough in other items to make it up.
The net saving, in fact, after paying
the increase Of pensions. vas nearly
$lS, 900, 600. Detroit Fres Press !
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
HOW 1T is WORKED.
The Big Diamonds Which Blaze ON Hotel
Clerks' Shirt Fronts.

Clerks Shirt Fronts.
"Peop1e get off a great many very
ancient jokes about the big diamonds
worn by hotel clerks remarked q
salesman at the Hotel Anderson, last
night, land as result most persons
have gotten the idea into their heads
that those same diamonds are nothing
but chunks Of paste.
do you wish the great reading pub
lie to infer that they are anything else?n
II do just that. Most of the diamonds
worn by hotel clerks are genuine. Only
last week, while was at Atlantic City,
saw hotel clerk from whose breast
one of the largest and purest diamonds
ever saw glittered. But, of course. he
didn't pay for it. and to tell the truth it
didn't belong to him.
1T didn't belong to hime''
mo, my dear boy, it didn't. He was
wearing it for an advertisement A
great many jewelry firms advertise their
goods in just that way. Almost any
watering place you may 90 to you will
see the hotel clerks blazing with dia-
monds that will make yonr eyes bulge
out It's good dodge for the jeweler,
and it pleases the clerk. y
..But how is the jeweler benefited"
"Well, it doesn' t cost any thing to let
clerk wear a diamond a few months,
and during that time rich visitors are
sure to inquire about the stone, ask
where it was purchased, and so on. The
clerk, of course, tells what house it caI1e
from, recommends the visitor to 20
there, and often gives him card Of in
PRODUCTION to the proprietor. SeePn-
PITTSBURGH Dispatch
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
SPECIALIZED EFFORT.
The Jack-of- One-Tool, the Man Who Ac-
complishes Great Things.

= . J. y -
The Jack-of- One-Tool, the Man Who Ac-
cOmplishes Great Things.
The world has arrived at that stage OF
development where concentrated effort
alone can produce any notable achieve
ment. Jacks-of-all-trades have lost
their employment. It is the Jack-of-
one-trade, and still more the Jack-of-
one-tool, who accomplishes that which
the world values and demands to-day.
This advancement of the specialists, ex-
tends to all occupations, trades, sciences,
arts. 1t does not except any man be-
cause he is an idealist or genius. 1t
applies just as much to the man who
paints on canvas as to the man who
paints on iron or wood.
Such being the case ought not word
of advice to be given to those who con-
template making penmanship their pro-
fession? Do not attempt to do too
much--that is. do not make the sphere
of your endeavor too inclusive. The
man who sets out with the intention of
covering the whole ground, and at
tanning an equal excellence in every de-
partment of fine writing, while he may
gain degree of skill that would make
him famous in the days of the begin
nings, will in future be sadly eclipsed.
wherever he may exercise his talent, by
those who have devoted themselves to
that department of the art alone. 1t is
always wise to work in harmony with
| general principles and prevalent prin-
ciples in this world; and the prevalent
principle to-day is that of specialized
effort in every form of human achieve
ment. Paul Past'sor, IN Psnnap' sJour-
mai,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
THE RETURNING BALL.
A Peddler who Invented Toy Which
Melted Him . Small Fortune.

A Fodder who Invented Toy Which
Melted Him, Small Fortune.
For good many years. summer and
winter, rain or shine, John Burke, a
stalwart Irishman. peddled goods
through the city Of Brooklyn, from Red
Hook to Greenpoint and from Fulton
Ferry to East New York. He was
known by all the children in the dis
tricts which he visited. He liked to see
good-looking girl. and he married
three times.
Catherine Burke was his third wife,
and he married her because she had
been in his employ during the lifetime
Of wife Mop. Catharine was ambitious,
and she induced John to make an effort
to rise in the world. He engaged in
the business OF q fakir and went about
with little platform, from which he
harangued his audiepces, under his arm,
and with little coal-oil lamp stuck on
long pole, which served to illuminate
the surroundings.
John tramped through the States OF
New York, New jersey Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Massachusetts and
made money. When he stood on his
stand near the village tavern a crowd
soon gathered about him, his oil lamp
and his little rostrum. His talk to the
rural public was full of the native wit
of an 1rishman. and he always got his
hearers into good humor with hissallies
and small talk before exposing his
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
Brief Condensation Of the Theory Usual,
Accented by G0OloeiAta.

Brief Condensation Of the Theory Usually
Accepted by Geologists.
Major Powell, Director Of the United
States Geological Survey, says the ex-
PLANTATION of earthquakes, usually &C.
cepted by geologists is something like
this:
The earth's surface is believed to be
formed Of solid crust Of rock of varia-
bic thicknesscs in different regions. This
crusts rests upoL material in q more
or less fluid condition, SO that it readily
yields to agencies Of reformation like
water or molten iron. The reasons for
believing that the interior is in a some
what fluid condition are various. The
most important are:
l. From very many observations
made in mines, artesian wells, ETC., it is
discovered that there is an increase OF
temperature from the surface downward,
and that this increase is SO great th:t q
degree Of heat sufficient to melt all
known rocks reached.
2. By certain geologic genesis certain
rocks from below are brought to the
surface in mountain building, and ttese
rocks show evidence OF having been
greatly heated, and even OF having been
melted.
.. Molten matter IN very large guam
titles comes up from the interior of the
earth through creylces and volcanic
vents BESIDES these lines OF evidence
there are many accessory facts which
tell the same story. The interior OF
the earth is constantly DOSING heat IN q
variety, OF ways. a small amount Is
probably conducted 70 the surface ana
Tadiated into space. a large amount o.
neat IS conveyed from the interior
through the agency OF not springs.
Such springs are found III many Por-
tons OF the known earth, and in a few
districts are very abundant Through
them much heat is conveyed from the
interior to the surface, which IS there
radiated into space. The lavas that are e
brought up yield vast stores OF neat, al
OF which is lost to the earth through
radiation. The secular cooling which
results from the above causes must
necessarily diminish the magnitude Of
the earth, s'nd as It shrlnks the SOLID ex !,
terror crust must IN some manner yield
50 as to conform to the lesser magnitude
thus produced.
Inc stress produced upon the crust OF
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-10-27

There il living at AndalusiA Ala.
child whose body is covered with hais
from one to four inches long.
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Couldn't Stand the Test.

Who is that young fellow who has been
sparkling you for the last six months?" sud
denly inquired the old man Foraker the other
evening as he looked up at his daughter.
willie Blank" she demurely answered.
Worth anything?"
"Not much, but he has prospects,
"Humph! don't like his looks He has
a bad TENDER"
"Why, papa, he's an angel. Nothing on
earth can make him angry"
"Does he wear plug hat?"
sob, yes. He's just bought new one
a regular daisy"
81 never saw it in the hall"
but he takes it in the parlor With him."
Il see, you NAV run along now"
That evening, after Mary and her beau had
got comfortably seated, the old man went
coughing and stamping into the parlor. The
lovers plug hat sat on a chair. Foraker
walked over to that chair and sat down with
all his might, smashing the hat fat as a ten.
cent piece, and observed:
"Fine evening, sir. What do the papers
tonight have to say about the Servian- Bull
garian troubles?"
The young man grew red and then white
He attempted to speak, but the words would
not come. He finally got up, cast one ami
hilatng look on the old man. ignored the
girl entirely, and walked straight out of the
room and the house. As he descended the
steps, the girl ran to the door and called:
"Willsh, Willah. Won't you speak tC
me?"
The old man followed her and called:
"Boy. you'll catch cold in your head with
out hat"
But the young man never halted MOI
turned his head. and when his hoof-beat.
could no longer be heard on the walks, the
father turned to the girl and said.
Il was right, Mary, in regard to his tenn
per. young man who won't let his intend
ed father-in-law smash his plug hat is no char
for you to marry, Beware of him as you
would the deadly boa constructor - Detroi
Free Press
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An Ex-Danseuse Starving.
THE PITIABLE CONDITION OF THE FORMER
STAR OF THE BLACK CROOK"

Eight years ago the pretty Mile. Erminia
Venturali was petted footlight favorite. To.
day she is starving in howell.
| When the "Black Crook" was in it.
height, Is years ago, she and her mother came
to this country, and as the premiere danseu.e
| in that spectacle her name was familiar to
every theatre-goer IN New York For six
months at Niblo's Garden, for over twice as
long at the Union Square Theatre and in
other houses about the city, she tripped
lightly about the stage night after night the
| admired of thousands. She was deluged with
| flowers, with invitations to supper, and all
| the attentions that lavish expenditure could
bestow. This lasted for about seven years.
Then, without the least warning, came a
stroke of paralysis, and her occupation was
gone. When her usefulness on the stage
ceased, of course her salary ceased, too.
| She had saved but little. and for some
years she struggled along OIL the assistance
her friends gave her. and what her brother
could earn. Then he was taken sick and
sent to the hospital where he still lies. The
| feeble old mother did what she could to sup
port her daughter, but it was a mere nothing
and hardly kept body and soul together. Old
friends forgot the pretty dancer in her trouble
and she was left to her fate
| Yesterday Herald reporter called on her
Passing down narrow and dirty alley at No.
2ll Greene street, he came to a row OF
tumbled down tenements in the rear of a
stable. Heaps of refuse were stacked around
The air was so foul from the filth that it was
sickening. Two or three slatternly women
were lounging about with bundles Of chips in
| their arms. One of them directed the re.
porter to little room on the first floor, where
Mile. Venturali lived. The room was squald
and bare. Mother and daughter were both
| in rags. The ex-danseuse cannot walk at
all and can speak but little. Her face would
still be young and fresh-looking were it not
pinched by hunger and made old by care
With stiffened fingers she was trying to earn
few cents by knitting dish rags The only
food they possessed was some broken cracker:
and the remains of few boiled potatoes
The wind whistled through the broken
panes and brought chill into the damp
room. The invalid pulled the tattered shaw
about her shoulders and smiled brightly as
she spoke of future, when she would be well
again and could make them all comfortable
by her dancing.-N. Y. Herald.
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John X. Alley, one of the aforesaid partners ha;
been the sole operative brewer at the above men
toned brewery since it built in 1869, and will
continue the business in his brewery at No. 12
Heath St. (near the old brewery, and make and sci
the same superior quality OF goods has been here
tofore manufactured by him. JOHN Il. ALLEY.
Boston, Feb. /, 1886. feblldeod3w
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Raleshoney the great Cough cure ,2sc. SOC. q
eienn's SULPHUR Soap heals beauties, sc.
Observation-Disclosures kills corns Bunions
fsllIs Hair and whisksr Dye-Black and Brown, SOC.
Elkes TOothache Drops cure In Minute, &c
Deans rheumatic Pills are sure cure. soc.
Jan27teod&wly
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Dissolution of Copartnership.

The firm of Rueter Alley is this day dissolved
by mutual agreement. The affairs of the late firm
will be adjusted by H. II. Rueter. at their late place
of business, the Highland Spring Brewery, No. -
Heath ST. HENRY II. RUETER,
Boston, Feb. /, 1886. JOHN R. ALLEY.
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Notice.

CITY OF AUGusIs'l
CITY MARsHAL's OFFi:''i
AUGUSTA, JAN H.
Fast Driving.
Chap. XII, Sec 1, OF the city ordinances, Loose Of
attached to carriage Of any description: or ' IN,
them to be driven through any part OF ~. sr upus
within one mile Of the Kennebee bridge, aasnslty
ual, immoderate and dangerous rate. on
not less than two nor more than ten dollars # late
By reason of frequent complaints made VI
this ordinance will be strictly enforced. ,r.,.hs
janl 81. T. MORSE, City haf'
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If you are afflicted with rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, govt or other bodily pain, or if you
have a sprained wrist or ankle you ought at
once to procure bottle of Salvation Oil. the
greatest cure on earth for pain. 1t only costs
% cents bottle.
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so! the poor lndian!" dying with cold
Won't some good Samaritan" send him !
bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.