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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-19

throat began to feel sore, too, and he
came to the wise conclusion that he
had better 60 directly home to his
kind mother.
1t was a very tired, very cold and
very sick little boy that crept into Mrs.
Townsend's house that afternoon.
When he saw his mother he cried
out in a hoarse voice: 20 mamma! I
don't want boys to have their own way
any more"
you are sick, my son." was all she
replied.
And. taking him in her arms, she
laid him in his bed. Then the little
fellow had peculiar feeling all
through his body. and he believed he
was dying.
Mamma, he cried, in alarm, don't
let me die, and I'll always mind what
you sayr'
After that the feeling passed away.
and he saw that his mother was smil-
ing.
"Why, Ned, you must have been
dreaming" she said.
And Ned looked down on his night
clothes, and realized that all his trouble
had come to him in dream.
AT any rate" he said to himself,
with sigh Of relief, it ISN'T best for
children to have their own way, any
how. IS. Jennie Smith, in Christian
Inquirer.
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BLIND BUT HAPPY.
Touching Story of Man and Wife Who
Never Saw Each Other.

| Touching Story of a Man and Wife Who
i Never Saw Each Other.
Every pleasant evening, in that hour
just before twilight, which we all love
to idle away with inconsequential
thoughts and observations, there
passes my window a couple that great
ly interests me. The lady is but a
young girl, it seems, and she has such
pretty face, so white and peaceful,
with something of a sadness in it,
something of JOY.
She has great eyes that stare strange
ly at you, and, at the sound of her
companions voice. their lids are
dropped, and the long, graceful eye
lashes fall upon her cheeks. The man
reminds me of one of the old Saxons.
He is big and strong, and has the
curly golden hair and the big blonde
beard of that race of men. His COM
panion hangs on his arm, and yet he
seems to depend upon her as much
as she on him, for they cling very
SiooSiy AhN1OOu oOSCCuOl, WuliC llc CtF6.
fully picks their way out with light
cane.
Both are blind. l inquired about
them the other day. Neither ever saw
the light of day. Neither can ever
know how glorious the sunlight is, how
prettily blend the beautiful hues of the
flowers, how grand all nature looks.
Neither ever saw the other! and yet
they are bridal pair.
They only live in a world of dark
ness and in each other. They met long
ago, became devotedly attached to each
other and were married. And SO now
every evening when the weather is
fine, they go out for stroll, and as
they slowly, carefully walk past my
window | think-'it is a sad and vet
pretty sight--a blind bridal pair!"-
Toledo Blade.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-19
PLUCKY YOUNG WRAY.
His Gallant Fight with Indians Again
Overwhelming Odds.

His Gallant Fight with Indians Against
Overwhelming Odds.
Three days after the battle of White
River, in which the gallant Thorn
burgh lost his life, Freeman q. Wray,
an eighteen-year-old boy who was in
charge of cattle forty-fve miles north
of White River Agency. was attacked
by band of savages. He contrived to
get his rifle and to make so good de-
tense. that they betook themselves to a
ravine and besieged him at their leis-
ure. After awhile he got out of am
munition and was forced to climb into
n wagon to get new supply.
While he was executing this move
ment a bullet struck him in the calf of
the leg, passing directly through. In
an instant more another ball caught
him at the hip and knocked him down.
With whoop and a yell the savages
ran toward the spot, expecting to take
their plucky foe prisoner. But they
were again foiled, for Wray was only
down temporarily, and getting to his
feet again scrambled into the wagon
where lay his ammunition. He pulled
a sack of -four in front of him and
piled a bag Of beans on top of that and
took hold of such other articles within
reach as made for him barricade
against the promised shower of balls.
Rapidly cutting a hole in the canvas
wagon-cover, he saw the Indians ap-
preaching. Leveling his rife, he 6rcia.
at the foremost of his pursuers, the
ball taking effect. This threw the
Indians into confusion, and they re-
treated into the ravine. They threw q
hailstorm of bullets into the wagon.
and one of these caught young Wray
in the right eye, and lodged there.
The Indians finally retreated. After
protracted delay the boys wounds
were dressed and the balls extracted,
and after five months nursing he
seemed to be entirely well, although
he had lost the use of one eye. One
of his wounds broke out afresh
eighteen months after the fight, and
caused his death. Cor. Philadelphia
Fress.
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BUFFALO BILLS FATHER.
A Frontlersinan Whom the Indians Looked
On as All Evil SnlrIt

ArrOnLlers1nan WnOm the Indians Looked
On as an Evil Spirit.
An old-time resident of Denver, a
day or two since, related an incident
of the original Buffalo Bill" Cody,
father of the present famous Snowman,
which has never been in print. Old
man Cody was prominent figure on
/ the plains in an early day, being the
owner of an extensive trading post on
the Arkansas, in the vicinity of old
Fort Larned. Late in the sos he re-
ceived information that the Indians
proposed to clean out his ranch, which
was an extensive adobe building sur
rounded by u stockade He did not
pay much attention to it, but the same
news continued to reach him, and was
at last confirmed by the arrival of a
large band of Cheyenne and Arapahoes
and Kiowas, who camped on the OPP
posite side of a deep arroyo from the
trading post, across which the military
authorities had erected a bridge for
the passage OF supply trains.
The savages pretended to be very
friendly and wanted to trade, swapping
furs and skins for ammunition, but
their real object was to burn the post
and carry away Cody's scalp as a
trophy-a fact of which the old 'front.'
iersman was we'll informed through
the spies whom he had among them.
The place was we'll armed, but not suf-
ficiently manned to resist the attack of
so formidable band Of red skins, and
Old Bill cast about to see what he
could do to protect himself. In the
stock yard of the fort was an old how
itzer which had been abandoned by
some of the plains military expedi-
tions, and this he carried up to the top
of the post and placed it so that it
would sweep the bridge. He had
plenty Of powder, but no other ammu-
milton fit to load it with, and so he
charged the gun with old mule shoes,
nails. bits of iron and similar truck.
The cannon loaded, he awaited de-
velopments. Early one morning he
observed an unusual movement in the
camp of his pretended friends, and
soen, fully armed. with war-paint on,
the savages made dash toward the
fort Cody was at his howitzer, match
in hand. The painted devils crowded
the long but narrow bridge. and just
as the foremost reached the nearest
bank he discharged his gun at clear
range of the bridge. There was a
wild howl of disappointed rage, q
vision of dead Indians tumbling in the
arroyo, of legs, and arms, and heads
lying around loose without claimants,
and fleeing and frightened savages es-
Gaping from the fatal bridge. Cody's
single shot had saved his post, and he
was always thereafter left in peaceful
possession of his ranch. Just what
struck them on the bridge the Indians
never knew, and the survivors of the
fatal charge always entertained the
firm selief that Buffalo Bill' was In
league with the evil spirit, and, az
such, person to whom 1t was safe 70
giYea vide berth. Denver News
-. : = !. !.
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confused and helpless, were huddled
the frightened occupants of one
canoe, half-buried in the foam
of the waves, now dashed in
to resistless fury. Erect at
the wheel the tall form of Captain
Webster as he peered through the
drift, seemed like some avenging
Nemesis. A dreadful yell was heard
even above the tempest; terror-stricken
forms. unable to withstand the shock,
anticipated death by leaping into the
foaming water. The great bow rose
high in the air. There was loud
crash, horrible grating sensation
along the keel of the schooner, as,
bending gunwale under before the full
force of the squall, she swept triumph
antly forward, a solitary figure hang
ing from her martingale, only to drop
a moment later before the weapon of
the Californian, while in her wake q
few struggling forms alone denoted
the spot where the would-be capturers
of the Golden Gate had met their awful
death.
When the squall lifted a few min
utes later they were already far from
land.
The body of their dead comrade, ly-
ing at the foot of the main-mast, alone
remained a mute but awful witness to
the desperate character of the conflict
through which the crew of the Golden
Gate had so lately passed. For many
seasons Captain Webster piled between
the port of Victoria and San Francisco,
but never again was he disturbed by
the Apponees, amongst whom, to the
present day, he bears the name of the
"White Avenger. "-Austyn w. Gran
vile, in Chicago journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-19
P,TH AND POINT,

Carpets are made to cover the
floors and rugs to cover the flaws.
Tho greatest loss of time that !
know Of is to count the hours. -Rabo-
lais.
Men say of women what they
please; women do with men what
pleases them.
We grow wise as we grow older,
but it is by forgetting what we thought
we knew.-Life.
AS oysters are swallowed when
they are opened. so is the frank man
taken in when he tells his plans to
rogues.
Nothing is earned without labor.
Hence, if any one obtains any thing
without labor, he is defrauding some
one else.
We can not be reminded too often
of the fact that brevity is the soul of
wit, and tediousness the limbs and out
ward fourishes.
Solomon was esteemed wise man
in his day, but then in Solomon's day
no one had ever seen a Harvard Sopho-
understandable Journal.
If you have any faith, give me, for
Heavens sake, share OF it! Your
doubts you may keep to yourself. for
have a plenty of my own.-Goethe.
1t takes something else besides
'cuteness to make folks see what'll be
their interest in the long run. 1t
takes some conscience and belief in
right and wrong.-Eliot.
The good, old gentleman who is
fifteen or twenty years behind times
usually has son who is rapid enough
to make the average about right
Merchant Traveller.
1t contributes greatly towards a
mans moral and intellectual health to
be brought into habits of companion
ship with individuals unlike himself,
who care little for his pursuits. and
whose sphere and abilities he must go
out OF himself to appreciate. -Haw-
thorne.
There is an "aristocracy" of in
tellect as we'll as of birth, or of money,
and highly-cultivated people are apt to
be as disdainful of everyday thinkers
as rich people are of the poor. Yet
lives are made noble, and the world is
made happier, very often, by simple
thinkers, to whom the refinements of
philosophy are unknown quantities. =
Texas Siftings.
Happiness depends not on what
one has, but on what one is. He who
is of a cheerful spirit will be cheerful
in all his privations. He who is of
complaining spirit will never lack oc-
casions of complaining. It is not ones
possessions or ones surroundings, but
ones way of looking at his possessions
and surroundings, that settles the
question of ones cheerfulness, wherev,
or he is, or whatever he has.
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KIND WORDS.

O, keep not back kind words, pray,
From those who journey day by day
With US along LIES rugged way.
They come with help in time of need,
And every one becomes a seed
That grows into helpful deed.
You may not see. may not know
The deeds 10 which our kind words grow;
But they are never lost, know.
Sometime and somewhere we shall find
Ill kind words gathered, as men bind
The wheat, and leave no sheaf behind.
And from that storehouse OF good deeds
Grown from all kind words scattered seeds
We each shall draw to suit our needs.
They cost us little; grudge them not,
But scatter them in every spot,
And brighten with them many a lot.
-Eben e. Rexford, in N. Y. Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-19
A Smart Milkman.

''The milk that l got of you this
morning soured."
"You didn't get it of me, ma'am."
We'll, Bridget did. It's all the
same"
mo. it isn't ma'am. She's so ugly
that she'd make any milk sour. Now,
as you are very handsome. why, when
you get the milk, madam"
Il didn't think of that. TIL get the
milk myself after this. Epoch.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-19
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS,
YOUNG DlDDENTHyhk.

When danger lured he was always there;
His prowess and zeal were unrestricted;
Yet he still escaped, by the breadth of hair,
The violent death so oft predicted.
His heart was kind; he could ne'er refuse
To promise anew on every morning;
And Il didn't think" was his one excuse
In the face OF every dreadful warning.
But once when his mothers nerves he'd tried
BY strange and perilous situations
And leased his sister until she cried,
He was sent to bed on prisoners rations.
He had bread to eat and water to drink,
But he turned away for he couldn't bear 'em;
And he dreamed that his name was Didden.
thynk,
And he'd come to the Castle Of Harum
Scarum.
Topsy Turvy stood at the gate,
Amadcap maiden who called him cousin;
She showed him the castle. weird and great,
And wonderful things by the dozen, Dozen
There were creaking floors and crazy stairs,
And balconies high and unprotected,
Murky mazes and secret snares,
Covered with dust and long neglected.
But In the chamber that pleased him best,
Pistols and bombs were the chief attraction;
And rusty rifle stood with the rest
Ominous, grim and ready for action.
%, give 1t to me" cried Diddenthynk:
IT'S the jolliest thing to raise q racket;
I'll pull the trigger quick as q winkv'
But Topsy Turvy had clutched his Jacket.
Let it alone, say" she cried,
While her breath came quick, and her heart
beat double:
There are plenty Of guns and things beside,
But that one is sure to make US trouble
These loaded pistols are only fun:
Wen play with them II you like; we'll share
'em;
But that Is the terrible Empty Gun
The deadliest weapon in Harum Scarum"
Then Dddenthynk cried out in huff,
why, what's the harm II it isn't loadedr'
And he grasped the gun when, sure enough,
At the merest touch the thing exploded!
He fell to the floor with fearful cry;
The air was filled with the smell Of powder;
The neighbors fastened to see him die,
But he onl yelled and screamed the louder
Baffled and dumb stood every one:
They raised their hands and their eyes grow
bigger;
Never before had the Empty Gun
Failed to finish the fool ut the trigger.
There was just one thing they could do, to be
sure,
In this very embarrassing situation;
So the popular Doctor Killorkure
Was summoned to make an examination.
The Doctor came, and solemnly said:
1.-THE danger can not be overstated;
You see, the troubles all in his head,
And fear it will have to be amputated.
But then, as he doesn't think. perhaps
He will hardly miss what he seldom uses,
And twill save the bill for hats and caps,
And an endless number Of bumps and
bruises"
Then up rose each particular hair
To convince the boy that he couldn't spare
'em,
And he leaped with gasp from the surgeons
chair,
And out Of the Castle of Harum Scarum
He landed Of course, in his own small bed,
Weak and breathless and almost blinded;
And since tn at day l have heard it said,
He Is quite discreet and serious minded
-EudOra s. Bumstead. in Youth's Comnanion
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According to the Investigations Of
two authorities in the agricultural de-
partment and the health officer for
CLIQUE estershire, England, the notion
that skim milk is apoor sort Of food =
great mistake. For children whole
milk is better, but for adult poor peo-
pie it is preferable to buy skim milk
and devote the difference between its
price and that Of whole milk to other
foods, either in the form Of cream or
butter. The actual nutritive value Of
skim milk differs worry little from that
Of whole milk, and It sells Tor belt ths
price =.
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A DAY OF LIBERTY.

4
Children to Have Their Own Way.
Ned Townsend was little boy who
was particularly fond of having his
own way. His mothers commands he
always received with such sullen
look that he made her feel very sad.
One morning he had been left to but
ton his shoes, and he was pouting over
them as usual when Mrs. Townsend
returned to dress him for school.
Taking the button-hook from his hand,
she said, pleasantly: There has been
a new law passed, my boy. Children
are to have their own way for whole
day; no one is to interfere with them.
and when the time is up they will know
whether it is better to do as their
parents say, or 60 according to their
own wishes"
"Hurrah!" cried Ned; "won't have
good time! Shall I go to school to-
dayP Yes; I'll lose all the fun with the
boys if I don't Besides, won't have
to mind the teacher when l get there.
How fine!"
So, without another thought for his
unbuttoned shoes, he threw on his hat
and Overcoat and started. The boys
were having rare fun when he reached
the playground, and he joined them
heartily. Soon the bell rang for them
to go into school, but they went on
playing just the same. They all un-
derstood that they were having their
own way now, and they meant to play
as long as they wished. However,
they at last grew tired of this sport,
and concluded to 60 inside and search
for different fun. The teacher invited
them to take seats, but they scorned
the invitation. They laughed, and
played and talked, and ran around just
as If they were outside.
How grand it is not to have to
mindH thought Ned. But at that
moment a rough little boy ran past
Ned's desk, and knocked over the
basket containing his lunch. OF course
it fell on the dirty floor, and was
spoiled Il wish he had been made to
mind" said Ned to himself. But he
tried to look happy, and to join in the
general fun.
Somehow, toward noon the privilege
grew less and less satisfactory to the
scholars, and without any apparent
reason they began to feel cross After
that they took to quarreling. and actu-
ally ended in fighting. The poor
teacher looked very sorrowful, but she
had no power to stop them that day.
Lunch settled them for awhile, but
when they had taken their last bite
they became more boisterous than be-
fore.
In the meantime Ned had grown
very hungry. and his feet were wet
and cold His head was aching, and
the noise OF the other children made
it worse. He sat Gown and wished
the teacher could get them quiet; but
instead. the usually pleasant room was
beginning to somewhat resemble a
miniature battlefield. Ned longed te
get out into the still air. But wha
hinders me?" he suddenly thought
And, leaving his seat, he hurried ou
Of the noisy room. Then his fee
rrsw colder and watter than ever; hi
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"A good average is poor attain.
ment. He who is not above the av,sr-
age is below his own fair level; for the
average in this worlds measurements
is BY no means a prsiseworthy line,-
5, S, Tines,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-06-19

I'm 1860 the ladies of the country
wore s2.464, coo worth Of wire in their
hoop-sklrts,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-16
a1eCormack and Chureh.

r-Etl
Sioux Fslls Press. II would be diff.
cult to find any two officials OF .hs same
party in any part OF the country, who
Slll go cut Of Office leaving records so
opposite ss will Secretary Mccormick
and Governor Church. The former in
stepping down and cat carries with him
the confidence AMI highest esteem OF
every citizen Who has had opportunity
to knnv MIN and tho administration OF
his efice. while the latter has left bitter.
mesa and dissention everywhere. Tue
p jpulsrity OF Secretary Mccormack has
o been secured by trucking nor By
sny laxness or ~iayoritism in his official
posltion-no Office in the territory has
been administered more sigidly IN &C.
cordance With the requirements OF the
position. Governor Ohurch's unpopu-
lsrity hes nos BEEN the result OF any
especial determination to admin
lister the law particularly 10 the interests
OF the public-he hes made enemies by
attempting 20 use his position for other
purposes than the general welfare-to
boild mp Q personal following. The dit
ference in the careers Of the two men in
this territory ID q standing commentary
upon the fact that che people OF Dakota
will not tolerate the use OF public place
for private a0grsndizement. Secretary
Mccormack bae been oonteat TO let his
record bring him strength
and esteem-Governor Church
has attempted To ooerce men into sup
porting bin. One goes ont amid ex-
spressions Of the heartiest goodwill on
all sides. The other has nobody but his
special assistants to do him houor-and
come of these are mob particularly en-
phatic in their expressions Of regret.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-16
A GIANT COMBINATION.
The Three Great Steel Companies Of
Chicago Unite.
STOCK $40, 900, 900.
Ono of the Greatest Metal Combinations OF
ths Day-Pennsyiyania and Ohio Min-
ers and Operators Fail TO Agree
a Very Gloomy Outlook.

CHICAGO, March l5.-The Herald says
that if negotiations now pending do not
fail the three great steel companies of
Chicago-the North Chicago, the Union
and the Joliet-will be merged into a
single corporation, which will have a
working capital of at least $50, 600, 600.
The boards of directors Of the three
companies have held frequent meeting 8
during the past month to discuss M at
tiers connected with the dea |, and their
discussions have been of such a charac-
ter that it only remains for the stock
holders to put the seal of their appro val
on them to effect one of the gre Attest
metal combinations in the cou ntry and
the greatest in the west.
President Potter of the North Chicago
rolling mills, was asked about the COM
bination. 81 can say nothing to the
public on the subject at this time" said
Mr.. Potter; sit would be unwise for me
to do sc, sbecause there is a possibility of
all our plans being defeated. In that
case it would be q calamity to have dis
cussed them"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-16
MElLETrs AND RICHARDSON.

En-Raute so Dakota-Territersal Judges
20 be Bounced.
Washington, March 14-Gov. Nellette
and Secretary Richardson left for hon Q
tonight, carrying their commissions
with them. Gov. Nellstte Will leave ct
nee for Waterfowl, DAk.,s when he will
proceed TO Bismarck and relieve Gov.
Church OF the duties which seem TO set
SO heavily upoa him at present. Ssore-
tary Richardson will accompany Gov.
Mellette . portion Of the way and will
then proceed directly to Bismarck,
where he will relieve Mccormack Of she
functions of secsesary.
1t IL fully expected that the resigns
tions Of several members OF cha terri.
tosial bench will be demanded within o
fsw days, and that their successors will
go before the senate without delay. The
purpose 10 10 SECURE Q republican bench
in caBs il be found necessary TO question
the removal OF any Of the recent appoin-
tees Of Gov. Church.