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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19
Open the Door.

The suggestion in our recent dis
patches furnishes the key apparently
to the Republican opposition in the
Senate to open sessions. As the rule
now stands they can have all the ad-
vantages Of the open and the secret
session combined. If there is any
thing in executive session which they
are really ashamed of, or which for any
other reason they wish to keep secret
they can do so. If they want any thing
made public they can so make it by
violating their oaths and leaking"
This is not a very high-minded view
of the matter, but it is logical and
plausible.
Paradoxical as it may seem the pres
ent method of conducting the ex-
ecutive session furnishes the strongest
argument for continuing it and at the
same time for abolishing it. Under it
the public gets sooner or later, and for
the most part with admirable prompt
tude, every thing of interest that trans
pires behind the closed doors. In point
of fact the things which Senators most
desire to keep secret and which it is
really best should be kept secret, if any
thing is so kept, are the first. to be
divulged. They are Of course the very
things in which curious public is
most deeply interested; and the demand
to be informed of them creates the sup
ply. Why, then, it may very plausibly
be argued, is there any need of change?
But, on the other hand, if the secret
session is a >delusion and a humbug
why should it be kept up? Why should
the solemn Senatorial body keep up
the ridiculous pretense of secret ses-
sion when they have not the. wisdom
or the dignity or prudence to keep
their secrets? 1t is not becoming in
the highest Legislative body in the land,
if not'in the world, to keep up such an
absurd farce. While, then, there may
be no need Of abolishing the secret ses.
sion for the enlightenment of the pub
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19
A NEW METAL.
The Discovery Of Germanium, a Substance
Found in Silver Ore. |

The Discovery of Germanium, Substance
Found in Silver Ore.
In the reports of the German Chem
ical Society there is an account of anew
metallic element discovered by Clemens
Winkler. It occurs in argyrodite, a
silver ore from the Himmelsfurst mine,
near Freyberg. Germanium, symbol
&c, has a great resemblance to anti
mony, though it is distinguished by GER
tain well-marked reactions. If the sui
phide is heated in the absence of air, e.
g., in a current of hydrogen, it forms a
blackish crystalline sublimate, which at
a higher temperature melts to brownish
red drops This sulphide dissolves in
ammonium hydrosulphide, and is re-
precipitated with white color by hy-
drochloric acid, and is again redissolved
by ammonia. If arsenic or anthony is
present, the color is yellow. If heated in
air, or treated with hot nitric acid, the
white germanium oxide is formed, which
is not volatile at a red heat. The oxide
dissolves in potassium hydroxide. II
this solution is slightly acidiiicd, it gives
a white precipitate on treatment with
hydrogen sulphide. The oxide is easily
reduced by hydrogen; the sulphide less
easily. The metal is gray, volatile at a
full red heat, though less readily than
anthony. The vapor deposits small
crystals like those of iodine, which do
not melt. In current of chlorine the
metal Yields white chloride, which is
more volatile than anthony chloride.
The acid solution gives white precipi-
tate with hydrogen sulphide. Herr
Winkler is determining its atomic
weight, with view to determine its
place in the periodic arrangement
Scientific american. xE - g9
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19
THE ASTONlSHMENT.

Why Desperate Slugger Felt Hard To-
-s=t ward Victorious Opponent.
A very large man, a desperate fellow
who had often boasted that he could not
be whipped, became involved in a quar-
rel with a small man. Well, after the
fight was over, a friend of the desperate
man said: i.a ..
"W'y, Abe, he tore you all to pieces. :"
"Yas."
chopped up the township with you. :"
''That's whit.
s'Bit off one of your ears"
'That's whut he done" @
"Ruined your clothes
"Yas."
pulled one of your eyes out. - ;gsq
"B'l'eve he did.
knocked out couple of teeth. D
"Reckon you're right. " S
"He don't weigh hundred pounds,
either. -
.Don't b'Ive he does.
II suppose you hate to be whipped. p"
"Oh, no, Billy, l don't mind bein'
whipped, ken stand to lose my years
an teeth, but thar's one thing about the
affair that makes me mad. I"
whats that, Abe?n
"W'y the surprise of the thing. |
reckon | hate stonishment wus than
any man in the world. W'y.'I thought
| could whale that Teller with one. hand,
but never was more astonished in my
life. wy, the way that fool fellow fit
shocked -'stonished me, tell you.
Oh, no, I don't mind the whuppin', but,
Billy, why didn't he do it gradually so |
wouldn't NV been so s'prised? l don't
like that fellow. ''-4rkansa0 Irdveter.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19
A Reliable Almanac.

First student-What date is to-day?
Second student Cooks into his purse)
About the Goth. @ a ~
First student-And do you find the
date in your purse? 81.
Second student-Yes, that is my al.
manac. My purse, you know, has two
divisions. From the LIST to the 10th the
gold is on the right and silver on the
left side; from the 10th to the Goth sill
yer is on the right, and Oh the left there
is nothing; and from the goth to the
nothing on the right, ditto on the
left -RehoboN. Sunday Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19

Three hundred thousand persons
are engaged in Bookkeeping in this coun-
try, and the total product of honey is
sis, 900, 900, or an average of fifty dol
lars to each bee-keeper. This is not d
large return, but counting in the honey
consumed at home, the industry affords
quite nice little addition to the family
income. -.Prairie Farmer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19
WHICH SUFFERED MOST7
She sat beside her cabin door,

She sat beside her cabin door,
And sang a sweet, pathetic song,
And watched the soldiers pass along
Down to their boats, near by the shore.
But when her lover passed she sighed,
And from her lips she threw kiss,
Which his swift chances did not miss,
For Helen was hisfondest pride.
He went to fight, she fingered there
Within the sad and lonesome dell
Which suffered most? We can not tell
Which heart endured the most despair
He bravely fought and bravely fell:
She thought of him each night and day,
And then her spirit passed away.
Which suffered most? We can not tell.
Which suffered most, the warrior brave
Who fought for freedoms CORY goal,
Or she who mourned until her soul
found rest and peace within the grave?
-Howard c. Trip, in Western Rural
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-05-19

lie and its protection from ''star cham,
ber' tyranny, there is abundant need
for abolishing it in the fact that it is an
ignoble farce.-Detrot Free Press.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03
Atlanta's Jug Express. "

New YORK, Nov. 29.-Ex-Gov Bull
lock, of Atlanta, Ga, speaking of pro-
hibition in hisnativc city to-day, said :
"The city does big jug business
now. There are several counties ad-
jacent that have no local-option laws
in force, and they furnish jugs to the
thirsty citizens of Atlanta. An ex-
press train comes in every afternoon,
called the jug express" with some
hundred or so jugs filled with good
whisky consigned to citizens. AS
much interest IS taken in the arrival
of this train as Of one bringing cir.
Gus. There is no law TO prohibit wills.
ky being conveyed to private resi-
dence in jug,
81 think pretty nearly as mucl
is drunk as before, only it is not don't
openly. Native wine is not prohibited
and a great deal of it is consumed
Atlanta is naturally wet city, bu
the county is dry, and the dry vote
of the county with those of the city
defeated the vets. Atlanta has no
suffered from depression in business
as some alIege, because of prohibition
At the end of two years the term ex
pires, and l think we will adopt
high license system"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

Out of 1854 postmasters in the
country 3O,3SO changes have been
made during the year-and-a-half of
President Cleveland's administra.
ton. And yet the charge is made
that the Administration is too slow
in Stunning the rascals out r-Dan-
vile Advocate.
And justly too, for when you con-
slider that 1884 Republican postmas-
tiers are still in office, although Presi.
dent Cleveland's term is nearly hall
gone it is a plain proposition that lie
is too slow about. turning the rascals
out" Besides, it is fact that most
of those put in Office were not ap.
pointed by the President, but by AS.
sistant Postmaster General Stevenson
who controls appointments to fourth.
class postoffices.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

Hon. Green Smith, President pro
tenn of the Indiana Senate, has filed a
petition for an injunction restraining
the Secretary of State from transmit
ting to the speaker of the House of
Representatives the result of the vote
cast for Lieutenant Governor. All
this means that he is going to contest
the right of Robertson, the Republi.
can Lieutenant Governor elect, to
take the seat which he claims is right.
fully his until the end of Gov. Gray.
term in 1888. The decision of the Su.
prcme Court will be awaited with
much interest, as the parties are boil
striving in every way to get contro
of The Legislature, which will choose
U. S. Senator.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

In speaking of the Auditors race
the Louisville Commercial says: 0
""Bob" Burnett, a pal of Barry
South's, and a ten-cent lawyer from
somewhere in "the Purchase" has
been pulled by his local papers foi
the position, but as no notice has been
taken of the matter by anyone outside
OF his immediate family, 1t is proba-
BILE that he will not be candidate for
Auditor. He is utterly unfit for the
position, which requires a man of
brains and education"
This vicious attack upon Senator
Burnett is not only uncalled for, but
Is not borne out by facts. lie has
been suggested as a candidate for
Treasurer, but we have never heard
him spoken of for Auditor. lie is a
lawyer of long and successful expe.
rience, citizen of the highest re.
spectability and an honest, christian
gentleman. The SOUTH KENTUcK1AN
is for Hewitt for Auditor, but doe,
not believe in denouncing and revil
ing other gentlemen who may aspire
TO that or any other Office. We d.
not approve of Col. Bumett's cours,
in the South matter, but his recort
in the Legislature, however open t
criticism it may have been, does no
Justify the assassination of his charac
ter by the press of the state. TIL,
statement that Col. Burnett is with
out brains or education is evidentl
the result of private malice, and no
made with any claim to truth.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03
Mortality Of Presidents.

New York Commercial Advertiser:
1t is interesting TO record, in connec-
ton with the funeral of ex-President
Arthur, that no fewer than ten men
who have been either President or
Vice President of the United States,
or who have been candidates for the
honors of either office, have died
within the last sixteen months. Their
names are as follows:
General Ulysses S. Grant, twice
President of the United States, from
1869 to 1877, died at Mount McGre-
gor, near Saratoga, New York, of
cancer, on July %, 1885.
General George B. Mcclellan, NOM
mated for President by the Demo-
cratic party in 1864, and afterward
Governor of New Jersey from 1878
to 1881, died suddenly at his home in
Orange, New Jersey, early on the
morning of October 90, 1885.
Thomas A. Hendricks, candidate
for Vice. President in 1876, and elect
ed to that office in 1884, died at In
dianapolis, Ind, on November 26,
1885.
b. Gratz Brown, candidate for
Vice-president in 1872 on the ticket
with Horace Greeley, died in St.
Louis, Mo-, on December, 13, 1885.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, Dem
ocratic candidate for President in
1880, died at Governors Island, in
New York harbor, OH February 8,
1856.
Horatio Seymour, Ex-Governor Of
New York, Democratic candidate for
President in 1868, died at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Roscoe Conkling.
in Utica, N. Y, OH February IL, 1885.
David Davis, elected President of
the U. s. Senate on October IL, 1881,
to succeed Vice-president, Arthur, at
Bloomington, ILL.,, on June 26, 1886.
Samuel j. Tilden, nominated for
President of the United States in 1876
died at his residence, "Greystone, near
Yonkers, New York, on Aug. 4, 1856.
Chester A. Arthur, President ofthe
United States from September %,
1881, to March A, 1885, died at his
home, No. 1913 Lexington Avenue,
New York City, of cerebral apoplexy,
on November Is, 1886.
Charles Francis Adams, grandson
of the second President of the United
States, and son of the sixth President
and candidate for Vice-president on
the ticket with Martin Van Buren,,
in 1913, died at his home on Mount
Vernon Street, Boston, on Novem-
Der 81, 1886.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03
A Dream Realized.



A son of Mrs. Cornelius, who re-
sides near Green Ridge Church, Todd
county, on arising from bed Satur-
day morning, November 9th, mar
rated to his mother and brother a
dream which he had during the
night.
He said that in his dream lie was
out hunting, got lost, and after some
time spent in wandering about, he
was seriously hurt, and in order to
determine his whereabouts, struck a
match, which Immediately was ex-
tinguished lie tried a second with
like result; the third match retained
fire, with which he ignited the leaves
near him. Here he remained for
some hours and died.
The family made light of the
dream, and the cares and hustle OF
the day made the young man himself
forget all about it.
After supper on the same day, the
brothers started out on a hunt, Meth,
er giving thought to the morning
dream. The hunt continued foI
hours. The boys at length believing
it time TO return, directed theil
course homeward, when to their sur.
prise, they discovered that they were
lost, and wandered about aimlessly
for hours. Unconsciously they APP
preached a cliff, and without thu
least warning the dreamer fell q
feet TO the rocky bottom below
While falling, he warned his brother
who clasped tree, and began t
shout for help. He remained in thi
position, and shouted until help ar
rived. The injured brother, at til,
foot of the cliff, made two attempt
! to light match The third trial wa
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03
Consumption Cured.

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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

A recount of the votes in the Terre
Haute district of Indiana gives Beas-
ley, Democrat, 30 majority over Dow
ming, Republican, for Representative,
Beasley, on the face of the original
returns was elected by 81 votes. This
leaves the Democrats with two major
ity on joint ballot in the Legislature,
with half dozen contests on each
eide
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

The Courier-Journa's report of the
Converse trial in Wednesdays paper
contained over "a columns o. solid
matter. The Messrs. Converse were
tried by the Louisville Presbytery fol-
violating the ninth commandment
under Is specifications. The trial at.
tracted general interest in church cir.
Giles and has been going on fol
months. There were 80 ministers ant
Z elders in the Presbytcry and thu
accused parties were exonerated BY
vote of 10 to IL.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

The Apache Indians have been dy-
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

successful, he set fire to the dry
leaves near him, by the light of
which the rescuers discovered his po-
sition. Realizing his condition, and
the dream of the morning recurring
to him with all its intensity, he for
babe being removed. After three
hours of terrible suffering, his dream,
in all particulars, was realized; he
lay before his brother and friends
corpse.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

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George Hazlitt and his sister-in-
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

Geo. II. Thobe served notice of con-
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

A young man named Bryant I'M
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Lookout mountain by placing the
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

The Union Local, which was one of
Mr.. Laffoon's supporters in the last
campaign, announces that it will OPP
pose him for third term in Con-
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03

Thobe, who is contesting Speaker
Carlisle's seat in Congress, docs not
believe he was elected. lie is simply
after little notoriety.