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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
THE SUMMER PEST.
How Good Housekeeper Can Easily Get
Rid of Files.

How a Good Housekeeper Can Easily Get
Rid of Files.
If for forty-eight hours you can keep
every drop of fluid from room the
flies in it will leave it. But the prohibi-
ton is absolute. A drop Of dew on s
rose leaf, still more the CONCEALED
breath on window-pane, gives quite as
much fluid as the thirsty little fly will
ask for. But a good housekeeper will
remember this rule so as never to leave
pitcher of water uncovered in a room
which she wishes to en- JOY nap in, OF
in which she means to place guest.
And she will carefully cover any Other
cup, mug, glass or other vessel which
contains liquids.
Observe, next, that the fly is trop
ical insect, dislikes cold and can not
bear it long. For the same reason,
probably, he is disconnected, even on
warm day, by a draught of air. DR..
Franklin, you will remember, proved
that man might be killed, as If frozen
to death, by a swift draught oil
air, even at the temperature OF
one hundred degrees Fahrenheit For
practical purposes the fly knows this as
we'll as DR.. Franklin did. So soon as
your patient leaves aroom, open the Win
dows enough to start all the draughts
possible. Have paper-weights in
abundance to keep books, handkerchiefs,
or all other movables in place, that nc
one may have an excuse for closing the
windows.
The old New England housekeeper
supposes that flies dislike darkness, and
the old treatment of summer rooms is
to keep them dark whenever they are
not occupied by men, women or chill
dren. But think this is an error. The
fly, in darkness, simply recedes into his
dens and caves and holes of the earth.
SO soon as the light comes he is out
again, seeking his prey. 1t may be OBJ
served, also, that the apparent reason
why he annoys your patient as he does
in the early morning when no one else
is awake or wants to be is simply
that he has been chilled at
night and now seeks the warmth of the
pillow or the cheek. He is not at that
moment seeking food. If you have
been careless enough to permit any flies
to sleep in the room with your patient,
you car draw them to another corner
by lighting one or two kerosene lamps,
with such an arrangement, for instance,
IL every oil stove gives.
gou should not have had any flies in
the bedroom. Nor would you if the
whole house had been kept in proper
condition. If the Establishments large
the superintendent, if intelligent, will
certainly detail competspt person
early in the spring to the special bust.
ness of keeping out the flies and seeing
that no more are Matched. III you are
in private house read this article to
your housekeeper, and concert with
her thorough measures, taking pains to
interest and instruct the servants
Leisure Hours
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The enormous indemnity France
paid Germany raised its debt to Sc, 000,-
100000.
Hereafter English soldiers will not
be allowed to smoke in the streets in the
daytime.
The Prince of Wales stables cost
him over eighty thousand dollars year.
The Princess loves dogs. She has over
eighty.
The four most important towns of
Australasia are now Melbourne, popu-
lation 2s2,947; Sydney, '224, I'll; AIDE
la;de, 1O3,S64, and Auckland, 10000.
The fall of meteor on ice was
lately witnessed on the coast of Norway,
a hole a foot and half in diameter be-
ing made through eight inches of ice.
"A Hebrew in Pereslavl died lately at
the given age of one hundred and seven
teen years. The Rrevlaaen reports that
he had been arranging to marry for the
ninth time shortly before his death.
A study of six hundred and fifty
Italian thunder storms has shown Signor
Ferria that every thunderstorm is be-
hind depression of barometer and
hygrometer, and before one of the ther-
mOmeter.
A pearl that is declared the largest
in Europe was sold in London lately for
three thousand one hundred and fifty
dollars. 1t was two inches long and
four inches in circumference, and
weighed three ounces.
Experiments in Austrian garrisons
prove that where the floors of barracks
are painted with tar the collection of
dust in cracks is prevented, and there
is consequent diminution in Initiative
diseases of the eye. There is also a
great diminut;on of parasites.
-Tarsus, in Asia Minor, is the termi-
nus of new railway crossing that
country. A section of the road has just
been officially inaugurated with jubi-
lee and Il free excursion to the notables.
The Arab dignitares, however, gener-
ally preferred to stick to their camels.
An experiment to test the speed of
the swallows flight has just been made
at Pavia. Two hen birds were taken
from their broods, carried to Milan, and
there released at a given hour. Both
made their way back to their nests in
thirteen minutes, which gave their rate
of speed at eighty-seven and half
miles an hour.
The London World says that on
PATHS return to London she found
awaiting on her table several pale blue
velvet boxes from Lady and MIR. Alfred
de Rothschild, the first one containing
brooch about four inches long, repre-
senting two large pansies in white bril-
Gants. with nine big blood-red rubies in
it; heart all diamonds, and a large ruby
in the middle, goes with the brooch; a
cigar-box of violet leather, with an
inchwide gold frame, and on one side
an. Ernest Nicolini;" on the other,
"From Mr.. Alfred de Rothschild," both
names all in diamonds and rub;es; and
sundry other trities i'll gold and silver.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
HOME AND FARM.

"A dried-apple pie is greatly improv-
I'd by adding q well-beaten egg.-Er.
change.
Regarding the dehorning of cattle.
a Western paper says that experience
teaches that the growth of the horn can
be stopped by applying redhot iron
to the horn germ in calves.
Roots of plants that 60 by choice
ten or twelve inches in the soil fail to
bring up full support when they are ro-
stricfed to four or five inches by reason
Of the impenetrable earth beneath
Troy Times.
1t is said that calves begin to form
cuds and ruminate as soon as they are
allowed on pasture, but three months
is enough to allow them to do so, or the
result will be scours.- Western Rural.
Maple Cream: One pound of maple
sugar to half a cup thick cream; boil
till sufficiently hard to make into cakes;
turn into small pans and cool. An ad.
dition of one cup nut meats makes an
excellent nut candy.-Philadelphia CAL.
Constitution should be the test
word in selecting fowls for breeding,
says Poultry Monitor. There is nothing
more vexatious to the breeder than to
see chickens drop away with no appa.
rent disease after all the trouble bestow.
cd on them
"A little cool-not iced-water given
to the baby now and then during the
sultry days of summer will often pre-
vent great deal of fretfulness on its
part. 1t is quite as often thirst as any
thing else that makes the little creatures
so uneasy in hot weather.-M Y Er
GYainer.
TO kill a skunk and make no un.
pleasant disturbance about it, partly
suck an egg and put in a small powder
of strychnine, paste bit of paper over
the hole and put it near the chicken
coop where he can get it easily, and
you will find him not many rods away,
stone dead, the next morning, and no
bad smell about him, either.
Herald.
"A small piece of rye sown late ad.
joining the hen-yard will be run over
during open weather in winter, and
will furnish some green food for fowls
at season when it is one of the things
needed for egg production. The rye
will not cost much, and will be worth
more than the expense for seed to
plough under as manure in spring.
-Prairie Farmer.
-Stawad Raisins. Take ono nound
of best raisins, pick them free from
stalks; cover in dish with cold water,
steep all night; put them in a stewpan
and bring the water to the boiling pc mt,
then simmer until the skins are quite
tender; turn into dish to cool, and
they are ready for use. This, with
bread, is an excellent dish for weak d.
gestion or for invalids. Ifhalf pound
of figs, each cut pto four parts, be
stewed with the raisins, the liquor will
be rich, sirupy and delicious.-The Ca.
terer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

when that same day the proof-reader
had corrected an historical blunder
which would have cost the author dearly
had it seen the light. He has seen an
author brag of his penmanship, and
when his manuscript has been sent to
him, because it was unreadable, he him.
self was scarcely able to decipher it.
Indeed it would not be surprising to
see proof-readers' union formed, the
members of which should take solemn
oath to ruin authors by letting the world
see their plumbers and inaccuracies. For
the wrongs of the long-suffering proof
reader are many, his grievances great
Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

Col. Conway, who has been for
twelve years in Arizona, Colorado,
Wyoming and New Mexico, says that
all the noted desperadoes that he saw
were blondes. He says: "Masterson.
the famous sheriff of Dodge, who had
killed twenty-seven men when he was
q years years old, has light hair and
blue eyes. So has Doc Halliday, exiled
from Arizona for trying to kill off all OF
Tombstone in one day. The Erp
brothers could join Lydia Tompson
troupe if yellow curls went for any.
thing Jake Short, notorious through.
out the entire West. is little fellow OF
a blonde cast, and that is the complex.
ion of Mark Duggan and Jim Kinney,
two very bad men of great renown If
Colorado. Y San.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

"A statistical expert calculates that
if 100000 babies started together in
the race of life 10000 would drop in
the first year, 5000 in the second and
$4,000 in the third year. AT the end of
forty-fve years about half of them
would be still in the race. Sixty years
would see $4,000 gray heads still at it.
AT the end of eighty years there would
be $4,000 remaining on the track; tif-
teen years later the number would be
reduced to 22S, and the winner would
quit the track forever at the age of one
hundred and eight. Chicago Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
N. Cat ana n. c.tb,rA
Upland and Meadow.l

Anearly life-size chrome Of cat was
placed where the birds could see it and
created great excitement. A catbird,
however, coming up from behind alighted
on the top Of the picture In spite Of the
warnings from the other birds. CHANGING
to look down It saw the cat, and with q
scream gave . double backward somer.
sault and left.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
.'rhe dread of night air is an e1

-'srhe dread of night air is an ex-
traordinary fallacy. What air can we
breathe at night but a night ARP Our
only choice lies between pure night air
from without or foul air from within. Il
is unaccountable that most people pre-.
fer the latter. What would they say If
it is proved to be true that one-half Of
the disease that we suffer from is occa-
stoned by people sleeping with their
windows shut?"-Altoona (P0.) Iysb-
Ine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
How Pale Yon Ara,

is frequently the exclamation Of one lady
to another. The fact is not pleasant one
to have mentioned, but still the act may be
q kindly one, for it sets the one addressedto
thinking, apprises her Of the fact that she
is not in good health, and leads her to seek
q reason therefor. Pallor is almost always
attendant upon the first stages Of consump-
blood is impoverished. DR.. Pierce's 'tGold-
en- Medical Discovery" will act as tonic
upon the system, will enrich the impover-
ished blood, and restore roses to the cheek.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

-Ten-year-old George Hayes, OF
Schley, Ga. being sent by his step
mother to his father with the request
that he be whipped for not having his
spelling lesson, walked mile to
pond with the intention of drowning
himself. He was found hiding in
cotton-gin house next morning. He
said that when he went into the pond
the water got into his nose and mouth
and hurt him so that he had to come
out. He tried it several times, but had
70 give it up.-AttG'stG Constitution
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
"1 love Her netter than Lilo.

Well, then, why don't you do something
to bring back the roses to her cheeks and
the light to her eyess Don't you see she is
suffering from nervous debility, the result
of female weakness9 A bottle Of DR..
Pierce's 'Favorite Prescription" will
brighten those pale cheeks and send new
life through that wasting form. If you
love her, take heed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

BY the thousands after having been emp.
tied by suffering humanity. What mass
Of sickening, disgusting medicine the poof
stomach has to contend with. Too much
strong medicine. Prickly Ash Bitters il
rapidly and surely taking the place of all
this class of drugs, and is curing all the ills
arising from disordered condition Of the
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04
A Very Lame Excuse.

Colonel Witherspoon is we'll known
in Austin for the meanness of the dim
ners to which he invites his friends.
One day he said to Gilhooly:
81 wish you would come and dine
with me-"
"Whene"
swell, say two weeks from to-day"
Sim sorry can't come on that day,
for I've got an engagement to attend the
funeral Of dear friend. - 1eras Sit-
'ags.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

Two Brooklyn women had hus-
bands who regularly beat them, and the
other night at about the same hour they
turned upon the rascals and beat them
80 seriously that they had to be taken
to the hospital. One used stone and
the other a pitcher.-B7ooklyn U,s;oA
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

THERE Is A MEANS Of Graduating local
disease of the skin that can be relied on,
viz: GLENN's SULPHUR Soar. HILL's HAIR
AND WHIsKER DYE, Black or Brown, Soc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

BETTER results are derived from Halls
Hair Remover than from any similar prep
aration.
If you suffer with chills and fever. take
Ayers Ague Cure. 1t will cure you.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

THERE is an increased movement in boots
and Shoes tho trade says. Evidently every
body il going in for outdoor exercise.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

A COLLEGE year is like one Of those
'hoop'' snakes-it has its commencement
SO near the end.-Lo,ceN Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

WHEN it is time to 60 at butter-makins
the dairy-maid moves to a-churn.-Loaoeli
Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

sDoN'T put in no muskeeter-nettin' for
me-" said Aunt Hannah. 81 don't want to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

HE-"They have dropped their anchor"
She ION her first trip)-''Serves them right
It has been hanging over the side all day
long. n-Chicago Tribune
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

The reason the woodman didn't sspare
the tree'' was because he wasn't that kind
of feller.-Philadelphia Call
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

'WHAT bell are you ringing9" he asked
of the colored sexton. ''Dis de secon' ring
of de fus' bell - was the reply.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

The first violin is still in existence. What
puzzles us is how SO many men can all bl
playing it at once.--Loacdl Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

A STATEN ISLAND school-teacher has just
launched yacht which he has christened
"Rattan." It is sort Of birchbark.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

The ancients could beat us to death
painting pictures; but look at our framesl
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

AN itching for notoriety is not enough
to secure niche in the temple of fame
It'd Bits
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

She was plump and beautiful and he waa
wildly fond Of her; she hated him, but
woman-like she strove to catch him. He
was fly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

JOHN MAcKAY says money is an acci-
dent" The most Of us seem to meet with
precious few accidents
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

WHY is a good base-burner lamp like q
good husbanda Because it never goes out
at night,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

''IF can not have the fat of the land,
can take little lean," said the tramp, as
he rested his shoulder against lamp post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

So CLOSE is the sympathy between night
and day that after the one falls the other
breaks.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

AN ode to goat may be called nanny
versary poem.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

PARLoR MA1D-Give me pound Of tea.
6hopman-Black or greeeni Maid-Doesn't
matter which, misses is bindl-N Y. Tele-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

AN attached couple that are always sepa-
ratiug-a pair of shears
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

RELIEF is immediate, and cure sure.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 80 cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

If you have catarrh, use the surest RENE
dy-Dr. Sage's.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

FRAZER AXLE GREASE will last two weeks,
all others two to three days. Try it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

YOUNG HousEKEEpER Ito butcher)--"Ars
they succulent chopss' Butcher-"No,
mum; they're mutton chops"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

A BARBER in Auburn has opened law
yer's office in his shop. Different way ci
shaving customer-that's alL-St. Aib0aa
Nessen0e-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

The New Jersey mosquito is larges
and thirstier than ever this year.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-08-04

the election of steam and ashes common
to the phenomenon which causes the
thunder-storms attending it to assume
an exceedingly violent character. That
the pyramid of Cheops is rendered cleo
trical by the whirling dust of the desert
may here also be mentioned. 1t is moth
ing but the friction of the grains of sand
on the surface of the pyramid that causes
electricity to originate.
The author of this essay claims that
the rapid, enormous and lasting devel-
opment of electricity during thunder.
storms can not be otherwise explained
than by purely mechanical cause anal
agous to the mechanical force of the hy-
dro-electrical machine. Now, as our at
mosphere contains so much more dust
than in former years, the fact must be
OF great influence regarding the inten-
sity of electrical phenomena during
thunder-storms; from the same reason
ing are explained volcanic eruptions.
That this increased force of thunder
storms must manifest itself in the great
er violence and more dangerous charac-
ter of lightning strokes will be evident
to the reader. But there is another
cause to be mentioned. 1t is an estab-
lished fact that air containing solid par
ticles has conducting power in regard
to electric currents tar superior to that
of pure air. In our day, therefore,
where these molecules of dust and solid
particles fill the atmosphere to a greater
extent, the latter has become better
conductor, and favors direction of the
lightn ing strokes toward the more i'm
pure layers in the vicinity of the earth,
and therefore the earth ITSELF Chicago
Times.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-02

from the Bell Telephone Company.
A bitter fight arose between the two
corporations when the latter was in
its infancy, and there grew out of it
a long and bitterly contested litiga-
ton. The matter was finally set
tied in favor of the Bell Company,
so far as right of patent was con-
cerned, but the Western Union did
not let loose till it had got an agree
ment by which it was to receive GER
tain royalties or percentages on the
business done. For 1884 the amount
so paid reached the sum of $685.
600 and for 1885 it yas over $780,
600. This is by far the heaviest ex-
pense borne by the Bell Company.
Il S. f. Alta.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-02
Notice of Letters Patent.

A LII persons are hereby notified that
N Letters Patent were issued by the
Hawaiian Government to JAMES
KINNEY of Honolulu on the 10th day
of December, AID. 1885, for an improve
ment in brake, gig ard chase springs,
and that said Letters Patent were as.
signed by the said James Kenney TO the
Hawaiian Carriage Manufacturing Com
pany on the 22nd day of December, AID.
1885, wherefore the said Hawaiian Car.
rage Manufacturing Company hereby
warns all persons against infringing on
the said Letters Patent.
HAW'N CARRIAGE MANF'G Co.
Honolulu, Dec. %. 1SS5. 208 ~