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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
THE FARM OFFICE.
Why Every Agriculturist Should Havc
Place for His Eooks and Papers.

Why Every Agriculturist Should Have q
Place for His Eoo<s and Papers.
You need some kind of an .soffice,
even if it only amounts to desk space in
one Of the family living rooms; in other
words, some quiet corner where you can
place roll-top desk or the old secre-
tary, and where you will always have
good ink, pens and paper, and other
conveniences for writing or figuring,
and be sure of finding account and
memorandum books, receipt files and
other papers. just as you leftthem. And
speaking of good ink, in how many
households can good black ink and de-
cent pen be foundp homeopathic ink,
as thin as some city milk, and a corrod-
ed, spatter-work pen are poor incentives
to keeping accounts, making memo
randa of observation and bits of ex-
perience, or writing business letters. If
there is room to spare in the house, and
you can have ''library," we Suggest
that you make that your office; table
will answer the purpose of a desk if it
has a drawer or two that can be locked,
though there is nothing quite SO con-
venient for a business man as few
spare pigeon holes" for letters, re-
ceipts, etc. Place your books upon con-
venient shelves pine shelves stained
with asphaltum and turpentine look
very well-and add to them as you have
means to spare; make a rack for your
agricultural periodicals, and see that
no number is missing, as, of course,
you file your papers for future refer
ence; hang few good pictures Of fine
stock on the walls and your .'office" is
complete. There will be no excuse then
for trying to carry all the farm ac-
counts and the details of your business
in your head. Our Country Home.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
PlTH AND POINT.

"A new book is entitled Hold Up
Your Heads, Girls We trust that
they won't as long as they wear the
present style of hat.--Boston Post.
Many man who thinks he is going
to set the world afre finds to his sorrow.
that somebody has turned the hose on
him. Neso Hurcs Mevs.
Patient: ..What do you think of a
warmer climate for me, doctorp" Doc
tor: ..Great Scott! man, ISM that Just
what | am trying to save you from?''
Mrs. Minks: II see the Empress of
Austria says she dearly loves Ameri-
cans. !" Mr.. Minks: .'Well! well! Is
she going to act or lecturer" Omaha
World.
s.Was she his wife?' asked a mar
ried woman of an acquaintance. .'Yes.
Why do you ask?' Because they were
SO Jolly together. You don't often see
married people jolly together in public,
you know. y" Harper's Weekly.
Women do not swear, but the pro-
fanest man in America would give five
dollars if he could initiate the express
sion of good woman when she hits
her thumb with the hammer and says:
''Mercy on mel urdette.
Teacher object of this lesson
is to inculcate obedience. Do you know
what to obey is? Apt Pupil-Yes,
marin; obey my pa. Eyes, that's
right Now tell me why you obey your
father?" Because he bigger'n me, y
N. r Telegram.
old lawyer Ito young partner)--
Did you draw up old Moneybag's
will? Young partner--Yes, sir; and so
tight that all the relations in the world
can not break it. Old lawyer with
some disgusD The next time there is a
will to be drawn up I'll do it myself. =
N. Y. iSu,,
Minister Gin grocery store)-I am
| pleased to see, Mr.. Sugarsand, that
motto on the wall, Honesty is the best
policy" It will pay you from bust
ness point of view, to say nothing of
any thing else. Mr.. Sugarsand (hope-
fullyl-I hope so, sir; but / haven't
tried itlong enough yet to make fair
test of it.-M Y. Sun.
Youth Gin the BARRIERS chair) Il
say, do you think I'll ever have a mus
tachep Barber (after thorough exam
ination) Well, l can't say as l do.
.Hem, that's vewy odd. Why, my
gov'ner has a tremendous mustache. :;
s.Ah! that may be-; but perhaps you
take after your maj Worcester Ga
zeAe.
mo, George, she said, Il can not
marry you. I shall always esteem you
as friend, but | can not be your wife. .
George hesitated. Clara sad he,
brokenly, Twill you grant me one favor
before 1 go away forever" Eyes,
George" she replied, kindly. "What
is it?" please put your refusal down
on paper. I'll feel safer. ''-Harper's
Bazaar.
The son of butcher had great diff
ficulty in fractions, although his teach
er did his very best. Nov. let us sup
pose, y said the teacher, "that a custom
er came to you father to buy five pounds
of meat, and you father had only four
to sell-what would he doP'' keep
his hand on the meat while he was
we;ghingit," was the candid answer. =.
Chicago standard.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
NEWSPAPER NOTES.

Brother Blaine, it appears, wants
to flirt with John Sherman's friends.
atlanta Constitution.
Senator Logan made the state
ment that Blaine is running the poll.
tics Of the whole country. Blaine may
be running the politics, but the people
are running the country. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
THE solemn silence of the
Blaine organs over the rhetorical beau
ties Of Senator Edmunds' delayed let
ter gives us pain. They seem to be, as
it were, struck dumb with it. Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The report that President Cleve.
land walked arm-in-arm with Ruther-
ford B. Hayes at the funeral of ex-
President Arthur ismost explicitly de-
MED. He did nothing of the kind, and
the public will be glad to hear it. He
has too much self-respect to make an
open display of cordial feeling toward
receiver Of stolen goods. = Dubuque
Telegraph.
The intimation that Mr.. Blaine
is managing or can manage the POI
litical labor movement in this city, or
in Boston, is equally belittling and un-
just to the earnest and Independent
men who are its inspiration. The
George movement was thought out
and well under way before Mr.. Blaine
heard of it, and if similar projects
shall be organized in other cities it
will be done by and for the dissatisfied
workingmen, and not in the interest
of the Maine demagogue. No doubt
he sees in the movement a possible ad.
vantage to himself and his party, but
he can not influence it for atPurpose,
IA, !. World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
A Contemplate Old DuHer.

Two hard-looking fellows yesterday
accosted business man on Larned
street with request for aims. He put
his hand to his ear and quietly re-
piled:
you'll have to speak louder; as
am deaf
One of them yelled the request in his
ear. and he shook his head and said:
Perhaps you have an ear-trumpet
with you? | can't make out word
you say"
The one was about to try it over
again, but the other plucked his sleeve
and whispered:
Come away, Jack. I struck this
same old man last summer, and he gave
me nickel and made me sign receipt
for twenty-five cents. Let's do straight
business or none at all. !"
The pretended deaf man passed on,
but somehow it didn't seem to him as
# he he was very much ahead. Detroit
Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
Virtues Of Irish PopIin.


Many leading modistes are impress
ing upon their customers the virtues
possessed by Irish poplin. This fabric
never creases, does not wear shiny, and
is, SO to express it, everlasting wear. It
can now be purchased in charming
evening tints of peach, almond, Per-
sian lilac. tea rose, etc, SO that Irish
poplin can be very appropriately worn
for full evening costume or for bridal
gowns. more especially if trimmed with
its very proper accompaniment, the
best of real Irish point lace. In darker
shades poplin is not too dressy for tho
requirements OF street wear. being at
the same time as durable as any ma
terial now manufactured, not excepting
the simple. homely homespun goods
themselves, ~ q 4tmes,Usmoeras,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
MONKEY INTELLIGENCE.
A Claim That It Does Not Display ITSELF
In u renchant for Mimicry.

A Claim That It Does Not Display ITSELF
In u Tenchant for Mimicry.
The authority of Scripture q Kings,
x:xxii warrants the belief that monkeys
formed an article of commerce as much
as twenty-eight centuries ago, so that
no lack of time can have prevented us
from studying their habits; yet it would
hardly be an overestimate to say that
nine hundred and ninety mine of thou
sand men persist in the belief that mon
keys have passion for initiating the
actions of their two-handed kinsman;
that. for instance, an ape, seeing his
master shave himself, would take the
first opportunity to get hold of a razor
and scrape or cut his own throat. Now,
how could that idea ever survive this
age of geological gardens? Marcus
Aurelius heldIthat the sum of all ethics
was the rule to ''loye truth and justice,
and live without anger, in the midst of
lying and unjust men," Yet the occu-
patton Of monkey-trainer would put
that tolerance to severe test.
With an intelligence surprising
that of the most intelli-
gent dog, a monkey combines an ultra
mulish degree of obstinacy, and, rather
than initiate the demonstrative manipu-
lations of the kindest instructor, he will
sham fear, sham lameness, sham heart
disease, and generally wind up by fall
ing down in sham fit of epileptic con-
WILSON'S. / have owned monkeys of at
least twenty different species, and have
never been able to discover the slightest
trace Of that supposed pencha,a for
mimicry. A boy may take off his coat
and turn a thousand somersets, Jacko
will watch the phenomenon only with a
view to getting his fingers into the
pockets of the unguarded coat. Lift up
your hand hundred times, Jacko will
witness the proceeding with calm indif-
ference, unless more emphatic repeti-
ton of the mannuvre should make him
duck his head to dodge an anticipated
blow. He has no desire to follow any
human precedents whatever, and the
apparent exceptions from that rule are,
on his part, wholly unintentional
and merely natural result of ana. ON
ical analogies. An angry hamadryas
baboon, for instance. will strike the
ground with his fist, not because any
Christian visitors have ever set him
that bad example, but because his fore
fathers have thus for ages vented their
wrath on the rocks of the Nubian high.
lands. A capuchin monkey will pick
huckleberries with his fingers, not in
Difference to civilized customs, but be.
cause his fingers are deft and long, and
his jaws very short Nay, that same
capuchin monkey, admitted to seat a
the breakfast table OF a punctilious fam
lily, would be apt to show his contemp
of court by sticking his head in the pud
ding-dish. The compulsive methods o
professional trainers may modify tina
peryersity, but during recess the re
deemed four is sure to drop hi
mask, and, unlike a trained dog, vii
. never volunteer the performance Of
! popular trick.-Dr Feti1 l.. OSDa,d. i
Popular Science Month";.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
The Proper Thing.

sDid you hear that Isaacs. the pawn
broker, had recently been presented
with triplets?" said Sam Sample.
'sNo," replied Peabody Jamison.
"But it is quite the proper thing
"Why was it?"
Three bawls, you know. "--Mer-
chant lraye,er.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22

Some one says that a man who has
been struck by lightning can not swim.
He doesn't want to swim. What he
needs in nine cases out of ten, after be-
ing struck by lightning, is cheap and
unostentatious funeral. = No,Yistoa0a
Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-22
MAD MONARCHS.
The Prevalence Of Lunacy Among
Royal Families.

Ludwig-Ivan, the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Observation-Disclosures ezzar-Tibe
DOmitian-Theodoric- Three
Charles-Frederiek William.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23

That we have introduced q
new feature in our business.
which will be of unusual adj
vantage 10 our customers. We
have placed in the back part of
our store an immense counter.
which we will devote 10 special
bargains picked up from time
TO time by our buyer. who is al
ways in the market at all times
Will offer LIST qualities only: no
seconds: no old goods; no
shoddy. Genuine bargains on
this counter. Call and see for
yourself We wish to say also
that in our dress goods depart
ment We are now prepared to
exhibit the most elaborate dis
play of dress goods, silk, Mi
kado satins, satteens, rhadames,
tricatines, surahs, and novel
ties of the very latest importa-
ton. These goods are not found
elsewhere. In our wool assert
ment we have everything that
is required for elegant taste and
light pockets-a combination
found only at the White House.
Our dress making department
is now manufacturing all the
most stylish costumes for re
ception and calling, worn by
all the ladies who desire style.
elegance and a nice fit Every
one admits that the costumes
produced at this department
are the most modern and styl-
ish ever seen in this part of the
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23
no zTIcULTURAL MEETING.

To the iitor Of the Eagle;
All persons interested in horticulture are
invited to be present at the meeting on Sat
urday ST . p. m. at the Office of the secretary
ID. A. Mitchell. This is a department of in
dus,ry that has not kept pace with the great
boom in other departments in Sedgwick
county. We have the orchards and other
small fruits in abundance; but our showing
in the state horticultural reports do not do
us justice. and only for the simple reason
that We have no. had Il proper organization
to manage the affairs in systematic manner
We now have a county horticultural soeie-
ty with full compliment of officers to carry
forward the necessary work in bringing our
county to its proper place in the sisterhood
of counties in Kansas. We can stand at
the head of the list if We but make the effoI;
the cost is triling. when compared with the
good results TO be obtained.
The semi-annual meeting of the state So
ciety will NEE. in Wichits IN June, 8. which
will be presented the views and experience
of those engaged in this department in 9th er
counties. The meeting will be q matter Of
general interest 10 everyone; bu: more es-
pecislly to those engaged in raising fruits OF
any and all classes. ID. A. "
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23
CITY Library.

Its gratifying TO know that our cry library
is growing in popularity every day. Many
suppose that in the rush and butte Of our
live and commercial city our people would
care little about what authors in science,
history, poetry and fiction, 10 matter how
eminent they are or may have been. cay in
their various writings To dispel this false
supposition one need but ~ inquire how
many are subscribers to the library and visit
the reading room. When the present libra-
rian assumed control only forty subscribers
could be found on the list. Up TO this time
that small number has been augmented 10
near seven hundred, and the number is daily
increasing, An EAGLE reporter had the
pleasure of looking through the city library
Yesterday. While there he was shown an
article in one of eastern papers that gave the
names of the authors that were the favorites
among the Philadelphia and Bos-
ton readers and consequently were mos,
largely represented in the magnificent libra
ries of those two cities. It was observed
that our own library is composed mainly OF
the writings of the authors who are the fav.
orites in the east. BY way of parenthe-
sis, it might be well to say that the honor
of this good beginning in the way of g
library is due to the energy and sound
judgment of some Of our LADIES.
In talking with one Of the erudite Of the
city yesterday, be expressed it as his opin.
ion that there was no doubt but an appro-
priaiion would be made for the library next
year. He said our people were aware Of al
the advantages derived from good public
library, and there ~as a growing sentiment
favoring its enlargement. The present
librarian has procured $50 volumes of cur.
rent literature since he accepted the position
soma months 400
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23

Everything is now ready for building the
uptown street car barns. -Four barns will
be built. two on Wichita street. corner of
Tenth, and two on Oak street. Smyth &
Hahn have the contract, and will push the
work right along. The lumber is being
laid on the ground, snd work will begin at
once. The two on Wichita street viii be
finished next week. The money for the
buildings and ground is ali in the bank, and
everything is sound. The service on the
north line will now be one car every twenty
minutes. which will be q great sccommcda-
ton to the people of that rapidly growing
section of the city.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23

PERSONAL.

George A. Temple, of Kingman, is At
The Manhattan.
MIR. Tandle, Of Anthony, is autographed
at the Manhattan.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Van Osdell, of Nevada,
No., are at the Occidental.
&C. A. Leland, ElDorado, is in the city
and quartered at the Manhattan.
Henry Atp Esq, of Winfield, was in
the city yesterday and last night
IS. j. Simple, of Little Rock, proprietor
of the Deming house, is at the Occidental.
e. Il. Middlekoff, prominent merchant
at Conway Springs, is stopping at the Occi-
dental.
w. A. Eaten ESQ.,. editor of the King
man Democrat, made pleasant call last
evening.
Gus Dustelhorst, who is well know to
many of our people, is registered at the Oc-
cidental.
Mr.. 7. l. Van Swearinger, the hardware
merchant at Valley Center, made the EAGLE
pleasant call yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrr. W. F. Thelkeld. of
Harrodsburg, Ky, the parents of Mrs. w.
T. Figg are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Figg in
this city.
e. B. Thsyer, Meriden, Conn.,; ]. A. Tai
msdge. Westfeld, Mass; and VIM. B. Todd,
Washington, d. c.; are guests at the Man.
haitian.
Mr.. II. K. fuller will leave tomorrow
for Columbus, Ohio. He will make quite q
visit in the east and in returning will be &C.
companied by his family.
Mr.. j. A. Wallace left the city Wednes-
day evening for Kingman. He will visit
Saratoga to attend to some business matters
before he returns, next Saturday evening.
| Prof. and Mrs II. Winslow Albeit will
leave for an extended visit for the east next
Tuesday. They will visit Mr.. Abbett's
parents in Carlton, KY, and his brother at
Covington, and will take in the May Musical
Festival at Cincinnati.
w. Ii. McGinnis, of Covington, KY. is
at the fremont. He arrived in the city las,
Saturday night and at the time was very IN
well and has been getting worse ever since
He is in the care of DIR. Mccullough, who
proncunces him in very critical condition
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23
THERE Amt NO SUCH TOWN.

Mr.. F. NJ. Strong, son of W. b. Strong,
President of the Santa Fe system and Mr..
Howard Ross. of Chicago, called yesterday
in company with Charles Smyth. These
gentlemen said they wers in quest Of a Kan
sas town what could make some show Of
rivaling Wichita but that SO far the hunt had
been barren of results. We will not confne
them to Kansas. They can't find town in
the United States of America Of the same
age, that can equal Wichita in population,
in wealth, in amount OF business. in pros
poets, or anything else that we can think of.
And when it comes t. intelligence, push and
enterprise, We don't believe such people as
we have can be Duplicated on the globe.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23

country, and our prices the low
est. Ladies will do well TO
book their orders in time TO
prevent delay.
Our wash goods department
contains the most enchanting
attraction ever brought 10 this
market. Crazy cloth IN
white, cream and all the fash.
ionahle tints. We also carry n
full line of the Japanese de-
signs SO popular now in the
east, This department is re
plete with exquisite designs in
foulards. cambrics, mulls aud
all the very latest in summer
fabrics. We put forth every
effort 20 make the finest display
of general dry goods seen west
of Sni Hill.
There is no question but
we have the finest stock Of
carpets, mats. oil cloths and
rugs in the city. Our styles
are all new; our competitors
may swear black is white, but
they can't make old styles new.
Our store has everything de
sired by the economical pur-
chaser. Ii is not long story
10 tell what brings SO many
people to the White House.
Giving 100 cents value for every
dollar and often more, making
every effort TO please customers
always having in stock every
thing obtainable in the eastern
markets, except goose yokes.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23
WHERE WICHITA WAITS.
The Words Of q Far Seeing Railroad
RuildAr.

Col. Thomas J. Peter, who was general
manager of the Santa Fe road from the time
before the first rail was laid until the road
reached the Colombo line, and who built
himself the road from Newton to Wichita
in 1872, the man, in fact, whoee faith and
unswervable logic induced the Nickersons
and others originally to furnish the money
to push the Santa Fe out into the silent and
uninhabited waste which has since become q
garden of bloom and fruitage, was in the
city yesterday. After sending commisson
down here to investigate, in 1870, and whose
report might be conprehended in the exc
preston ''pretty country, but no good" he
won his case by the clinching argument that
q country which supported such vast and
innumerable herds of buffalo must be good
for cattle and q railroad wanted nothing bet
ter than cattle-shipping. Col. Peter was the
author of the formerly much worn COM
pound word, as applied to this country:
"sub-irrigation." Yesterday was his first
visit in ten years, and no man could be more
capable Of marking the changes and esti-
mating the growth Of the town and the de-
velopment of the country than he. The
statement that the city was reached now by
seven lines of railway from as many differ
ent directions seemed to strike him as O lit
tie bit Of EAGLE remancing; but the loco
motives come and go over seven, neverthe-
less, solid, rumbling, laundering verities,
with their trains of commercial burthens,
and their hosts of restless but happy people;
and, not only these, but three more are ask
ing the chance to come in and go out. Long
before the Santa Fe got out of the Neosho
valley Col, Peter pictured to US his dreams
of an empire down here with q city at che
junction of the Great and Little Arkansa.
rivers as its metropolis. From the time
the road reached Wichita till rs or &c he
often, in good humored way, chaffed III
for claiming more for the valley than he had
ever claimed, even when urging US to hurry
up and get the press and material for the
first EAGLE shipped down. And now, aftel
a full decade of years, and which, after all
seems but limited space of sunshine and
cloud, or drsmatical representation OF one
of lifes brief hours, We welcome him bach
to very living synthesis of solid and mag
nifcent achievements. But to what We
started out to say: After spending the day
in taking in the city, after lapse now o.
ten wears, we asked for his verdict. He an.
swered: "There is but one word which viii
express any opinion, and that word is MAR
vELoUs'-the EAGLE its greatest factor, ant
1 am ready to believe that Wichita will be
come, instead of Kansas City, the supply
point for the country which is usually de
nominated tho great southwest"
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23

The Ministries for the Knights Of P;thial
band gave another rehearsal in the uppe,
ball q, the opera house LAST night Ths
boys are working hard. endeavoriag to give
the people Of Wichita = frst-class entertain.
ment, and will, no doubt have . large pat.
ronage, and elesr enough 20 uniform tho
band handsomely, IS ]: merits
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23

The friends Of Carther Hutchinson have
received the first number OF the weekly
paper, "The Tribune" which he is publish
ing at the town of Tribune. Greeley county.
|, is newsy paper, and well gotten up. he
fails not 20 impress j: upon the minds of his
readers TIA. the small but growing town
contains five girls, possessed of sll the usual
accomplishments. No doubt Carter has
found out by this time ihst there are girls
in the settlements.