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

sand are now living in that State.
Bur one Cinnamon now fingers with
in the borders of Guerneville, Cal, and
he has changed his name to Mahoney and
cut off his queue.
"A POET sings: 81 see the flush upon
thy cheek" If this is the case that poet
would do well to lay down his hand I'M
less he can beat it.
DUDE and boycott will be defined, it
is said, in the edition of Webster's die
tionary now being revised under the su-
peryision of President Noah Porter, of
Yale college.
This is the way the Doxology reads
in Chinese
Chun may chun sun nun took jee gun,
Day saOng do COY chun may tab yum
Ling seOn tien tzui chun may tab ming,
Chun may ten foo sing tju sing ling.
UNDER Mr.. Gladstone's land purchase
bill there are three Irish landlords who
would receive each about 81, $50 900, four
teen So, $50, 900 each, and ninety about
81, GOO, 900 each. Most of these have never
set foot in Ireland.
ALL the New Orleans papers favor
N. D. Wallace's election to Congress from
the Second District, vice DR.. Beard, who
declined. The gentleman is at present
president of the Produce Exchange, hav-
ing been recently elected o. second time.
Gov. McEnery has signed the death
warrant of Dennis Boyd, colored, who
murdered David Hass, at his store near
Benton, in Bossier Parish, on the Oath of
December, 1884. The day for the exeeu-
ton has been fixed to take place on Fri
day, the 18th of June next.
We congratulate brother McCranie,
of the Ouachita (Monroe) Telegraph, on
his being made the official journal Of the
above named city. The price paid, 1915,
is large enough, being more twice as much
rs the DEMOCRAT receives for the Corpo-
ration printing of Alexandria.
You can't work to much purpose I'M
less you are well, but you can build up
your health and strength with Parker's
Tonic, and work will then become easy.
1t sets the lungs, liver and kidneys in
working order. Coughs and colds van
ish before it. Take it in time.
Az agent from New Zealand, sent by
the Government, has arrived in San Fran.
cisco, whittier he will set out to visit the
agricultural colleges throughout the Uni
ted States to inquire into their workings
and the result thus far accomplished to-
wards the development of the natural re-
sources of the various belts of the country
A MATCH between Charles Mitchell
and Jack Dempsey, the pugilists, ha:
been made. The stipulations already
agreed upon are skin gloves, prize ring
iuioo, anu FoVOo ~ oiuo, oPoh w %io,ooo
Dempsey wants to fight within ten days
or two weeks, but is willing to make il
three weeks. Mitchell would prefer three
months time, but will make it two.
THE following are the presiding off
GERS of District Grand Lodge Not, I. o
.. F., in annual session in New Orleans
Joseph Hirsch, Vicksburg, Miss, presi
dent; G. d. Levy, Victoria, Texas, frs
vice president; NJ. J. Meyer, Selma, Ala.
second vice president; Gabe Kahn, New
Orleans, treasurer A. S. Meyers, Mem
phis, Tenn, secretary; Simon Jacobs
Natchez, Miss, sergeant at arms.
THE Shreveport Times has the right
sort of an editor. If few more of the
country papers were run by such men
journalism would be advanced. He does
the thinking for his paper. poor though
the quality of that thinking be. 'This
editor is to-day and always has been alb.
solutely untrammeled by clique, faction
or individual. So he proposes to remain
as long as he directs the policy of a paper
THE New Orleans States seems anx
ious to rid that city of either the dogs O
policemen there, and says - ''There is n,
doubt about the fact that the city is over
run with thousands of worthless dogs
and it is high time for the city authori
ties to take steps to get rid of them, b
equipping the phlegmatic policeman wit
poisoned sausage. If some of our police
men administer the sausage to themselve
instead of the dogs the public will sti
be the gamer.
On the Governors message, the Cap
toliaH-Adroeate expresses our sentiment
exactly, when it says
"The Governors message is concede
TO be one of the ablest, most comprehel
sive and forcible papers ever submitted
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