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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
AGtTATEl EDUCATED
The Great Duty Before the Democratic
Party of the Country.

The Great Duty Before the Democratic
Party of the Country.
The political canvass of 1883 is end
ed with the election, and the canvass
of 1890 and of 1892 is begun and will
be prosecuted by the Democracy with
vigor from the past election until the
next in 1890, and the next thereafter
in 1892 It will be an educational can
vass. To educate the voters of the
country should be the mission of the
party unremittingly from this time for
ward. With no election pending, no
candidates in the field, party political
strife and asperities cooled off, voters
will dispassionately read and think.
They will be ready to hear reason and
facts, and give them fair consideration.
There is no high pressure, which, not
unlike coat of mail, shuts out DELHI
crate thought. Let the discussion Of
tariff reform, therefore, proceed, and
their reputable logic of facts and fig
ures be presented to the voters con-
tinually as they are developed in &C
tual transactions. 1t is not extrava-
giant to say that many thousands of
Observation-Disclosures scared into
voting the Republican ticket by the
cry that tariff reform, the Mills bill,
the Presidents message, meant abso-
lutely free trade, and the pauperiza-
ton Of American labor. They were
told, and made to believe that manu-
facturers could not pay operative Amer
lean wages, should the Democratic doc
trine of tariff reform be carried out And
all such like false claanors were sounded
in their ears, and thereby their votes
carried for the monopoly party. The
Democracy had not the time, nor was
the voter in any good mood to hear
true facts and arguments forwarded
against the questions involved. And
during the late canvass, it was upon
the Republican policy Of deception
and falsehcod toward the voters on
the tariff question that every propo-
sition looking to joint discussion was
summary refused Now that the
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
ACOUSTIC VASES.
How They Enabled Roman Actors to BE
Heard in Gigantic Theaters.

How They Enabled Roman Actors to BE
Heard in Gigantic Theaters.
The theaters of the ancient Romans
properties, due to the fact of their in
terror being constructed of wood, a
material which, by its own vibrations,
re-enforces sound. Those of the Greeks,
being built chiefly of stone and marble,
were wanting in this important re-
spect, to remedy which they were com
peeled TO call in the aid of resonance,
which they did by placing series of
hollow brazen or earthenware vessels
of neutrality-suspicious. sizes between
the rows of seats in the audi
torium. Vitruvius tells us that these
harmonic vases were placed in cells or
inches between the rows of seats Occu-
pied by the spectators, to which the
voice of the actor had free passage,
and that they enabled the actors to be
heard in all parts of the gigantic thea
ters, some four hundred feet in dame
ter; that they were made of brass or
earthenware, and proportional in
magnitude to the size of the building;
and that in the smaller theaters they
were tuned in harmonic proportions Of
fourths, fifths and eighths, with their
replicates; while in those of greater
magnitude there was vase to CORE
spond with every sound in the dis
diapason, or great musical system, in
all the genera. Unfortunately, he
does not give any descrip-
ton of their form which in
all probability resembled that of bells.
These vessels, termed echeia, were
found greatly to strengthen the speak
er's voice, especially when the dialogue
was intoned; and here we have prob
ably the philosophy of the origin and
practice of intoning our church serv-
ice. Each echeion selected a certain
note like the pipe of an organ, and vi
brating in unison with it, responded
and took up the sound by sympathetic
vibration, thereby increasing its in-
tensity. Any hollow air space will ac-
commodate itself more or less in the
same manner, fact that is now gen.
orally taken advantage of in our the
aters and public buildings, by leaving
open spaces beneath the seats and
soors hatween the walls and above
the ceiling.-Ckan6erS' Journal
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02

tHoSo clQS3 ttilo cEt4C CoulloCloIS 4l4C
own party who straddle the tariff
question, and who are "for protec-
ton +" in one spot and "for revenue in
another.
But President Cleveland has not
done any Of these things. He has
been true to his pledges. He has the
courage of his convictions. He gave
the country all The Civil-Service re-
form he could compass and all the
tariff reform within his power; and he
has paid the penalty. But his works
do follow him; and his party will
inevitably return to power, in vindi-
cation of the principles in defense of
which he has laid down his great
Office at the feet of the people who
gave it to him. -Butalo en- ~
Times
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
LESSON V,-''Is the man mad?'
UHo 10 -

LESSON Wis the man mad?"
HE is"
''Why is he mad?"
Because he says he whistled for the
car last evening and it didn't stop"
Didn't the driver hear him.
That's question. The man says
he couldn't have been over half mile
away, and the night was very still, and
he wants it understood that if it hap
pens again he will 60 to headquarters
with his complaint.
''But he got the next carp"
mo. he didn't, and that's what hurts
him. He was standing on the curb
stone, kicking the needless driver of
the other car in imagination, and was
so deeply interested that he let two
cars and a good-looking seamstress
pass him without seeing them. DE.
.roI Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
THE MAGNETIC POLE.

How It Shifts It's Position from East to
West and from West to East.
When the magnetic needle is brought
within the influence of an electric cur
rent, it always shows tendency to
put itself exactly at right angles to
that current. Reasoning from this
phenomenon we infer that what causes
the needle to point always northward
when it is not disturbed by local cur
rent, is the circumstance that currents
of electricity are ali the time flowing
about the earth from east to west.
The magnetic pole stands related to
these currents as the geographical pole
does to the parallels of latitude.
But the magnetic north, or pole,
does not correspond with that OF the
earth. It is, therefore, probable that
the lines of direction OF earth electric
currents are not parallel with the
equator, as are the parallels Of lati-
tude. This pole was found by Ross,
in 1880, to be in lat. 70 deg. 5 min. II
sec. N, and long. 96 deg. As min. As
sec. w.
The magnetic pole is constantly
shifting its position from east to west
and from west to east again, within
certain limits, probably on or near the
81 me parallel OF latitude, though it is
not fully known tils.t The pole does not
have north and south as well O., an
east and west motion.
- in 1868 it was directly north Of Paris.
1t then moved westwarIaily till about
1919, when it turned back toward tie
east In tn, direction It is still NOV
ing. It is calculated that the eastern
| limit will be reached about A. u. 2l4G.
There are so many points of agree
ment between the distribution of ter
restrial magnetism and heat that many
persons think the two may be connect
ed, the one as cause, the other as ef-
feet. The magnetic pole has been in
the region Of greatest mean cold ever
since any thing has been known OF
electricity, and the temperature of
high latitudes. It remains to be seen
whether or not the place of EXTREMIST
cold is moving eastward with the
magnetic pole.
1t is reasonable inference from
what is known, that no auroras are
produced in ATTITUDES much higher than
the magnetic pole. If such is the case,
the spectator between north latitude
80 deg. and the pole would see these
displays to the south ol hlm..~Y i'f'
Companion,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
PiTh AND POINT.

Short accounts make long friends.
Use not credit too frequently without
oiling with currency.
If you have emmy doubt about the
propriety ov thing, you may be pretty
certain that the doubt is right. Josh
Billings.
What we call curiosity and in
quisitiveness in other people seems in
ourselves only a laudable thirst for
useful information. -Somervi2le Jour.
nal.
1t is an oft-quoted saying of DR..
johnson that "a man is better pleased
when he has a good dinner on the table
than when his wife talks Creek"
-Positiveness is a most absurd
foible; if You are in the right it lessons
your triumph; if in the wrong it adds
shame to your defeat. -Sterne.
HE who, meeting pleasant
temptation, stops to shake hands with
1t, will generally end by going with it
wherever it chooses to lead him.
He who respects his work so high
~ and does it SO reverently that he
cares little what the world thinks of
1t, Is the man about whom the world
comes at last to think a great deal.
We ought not to Judge people by
their beliefs, because we do not know
how they have been brought about;
but we may justly apply the crucial
test to our own views, and honor or
dishonor them accordingly.
You can not trust a man perma-
nently to do any thing that he does not
like to do. Virtue is never safe until
it gets beyond the point of taking care
OF itself. We are not safe until 1t is
safe for us to do exactly as we want to.
DR.. c. H. Parkhurst.
In these days half our diseases
come from the neglect of the body in
the cverwork of the brain. In this
railway age the wear and tear of labor
and intellect go on without PAUSE or
seH-pfty. We live longer than our
torefathers; but we suffer more from p
Thousand anxietree and cares. Ihey
only the muscles; we exhaust
the finer strength OF the nerves. LORD
Lgtton.
Is only the small man who feels
big. i is only the men OF small brain
lnG the men OF small heart who lift
md faunt themselves in brainless os-
entation. The men and the women of
he large heart and of tho large brain
10 not measure themselves by common
tandards of the pulpit or of the plat
orm or any standard that men set up.
And when men thus stand by the side
If these great pillars planted on the
,arth and lost in the sky, they are, and
eel themselves to be, exceedingly hum
'le.-Chicago Aduance.
--lmpetuous Fashionable (meeting
I'D friend in the street-"Oh, Count
,ss, how do you dop I'm glad you're
pack. l haven't seen you since your
brilliant wedding. OF course the
Count is with you" Countess-'No;
left him in Italy" Friend-'I hope
,ou had a good time there. His grand
I'D CASTLE" Countess-"Well, you
lee, it took all my money to pay his
lebts on it, but friend lent the money
o come back with. BY the way, you
AN do me great service" Friend
,,weakly)-"Certainly! What is it?"
me some sewing to
lot Cartoon,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02

Il He was executed in public, and died
I 'ursing the whole English race. How
lido You suppose the reward was divid-
ed? If any body furnished the clew l
did, but the money was divided be-
tween the chief of police, who caused
the arrest, and the officer who told me
about the ear-pulling! They were big
hearted enough to offer me twenty-five
pounds each, but | respectfully dc.
clined the charity-M Y. San.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02

the assassln's fourth victim. He was
living in heap in front of a bench in a
public park, and it was easy enough
for me to realize how it had come
about. The native who took my hand
had taken his. The knife had gone to
the mans heart. and the right ear was
A notice official came to see
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
ION GREAT WATERS"

ihe Ship has crossed the harbor bar.
AND, leaving home and friends afar
oalls forth beneath the evening star
WIN prayer of watchers left behind
Z. salls before the springing wind:
otrong Is the bark, and God is kind.
u paby-souls, sent forth from Heaven,
10 you the sea is also given
A weary struggle to be striven!
Ye' too, have left the light OF home
for warning winds and waves-to roam
across dreary waste of foam;
ana what shall be the end for yep
Dark shlp@recl1 in the nidmost seat
Or triumph to eternity,
rear not; for II ye brave the blast
with Gods own colors at the mast.
The haven will be sure at last,
ARTHUR l.. SItmon, in Good Words
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
A PATRIOTIC RECORD

Why the President Is Entitled r. a.,
Admiration of Every Citizen. w
The Democrats are. now smor.;.
under defeat they little expected and
many OF them are looking through
olue spectacles. but this is only a
transltory condition that will CO..
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-02
NEW FIRST READER.
human nature as Displayed on Stree
Cars and Street Corners.


human Nature as Displayed on Street
Cars and Street Corners.
LESSON I.-"ShalI we make a trim on
the street car and study human nat
| ure?"
Yes, let us go. They run so swiftly
that 1t is like flying through the air.
How exhilarating! What moving pam
Drama of human life is here represent
ed! All! but why do we stop?"
FOR that woman block and a half
away who is waving both arms at the
driver. Now that she has stopped the
car she isn't in SO much of a hurry.
She feels for her purse, rearranges her
cloak, draws on one of her gloves, and
detains twenty passengers for two min
utes.n
'she must have very important bus
iness?"
"she has. Her neighbor got a cloak
which she says cost $36, but this wom-
an thinks she saw one like it for $40.
She is on her way down town to make
sure There-she is on-and we will
now fly again"
LESSON "Street-car conductors
are great students of human nature,
are they not?"
'They are. They can pick out a
man who will take a three-cent piece
Tor ten almost at a glance"
"Are they often annoyod?"
Every often, but the company pays
'em for it. It is very annoying when
a conductor helps woman and seven
children on and off to find that she is
only wash-woman and can never
leave him a legacy"
els conductor expected to be gen.
tleman?"
Certainly. He is supposed to lift
MS hat to every lady, wish every pas
sehsei' good-day, and to indulge in tall
llnsn collars. kid gloves and swallow
tailed coats"
why b. does does he have to ring up fare
for eacl, passenger"
To prevent his changing places
with the owners of the line. But for |
this wise provision of nature he would
soon be seated. at the cashiers desk, |
and the cashier would be IN the rear
platform of car"
LESSON 1I.-"Why does tho pas.
5enger put his hands in his pockets
and stretch his legs across the carp"
because he passes for genius"
''But it looks loaferish."
'.It might, in case of poor man,
but this ono is worth $4,000 and any
hing he does is credited to eccentrici.
lies of genius"
ale seems half-drunk."
$50 he does. In the case of man
earning two dollars a day he would
seem all drunk, and the conductor
would give him the collar, but money
ind genius are big excuses, my boy"
Lesson 1V.-"Why did the lady give
such a sudden start?"
because she realized the fact that
The conductor had been holding out his
hand for two long minutes for her
are"
'But didn't she notice him collect
ng?''
''Oh. no. It wouldn't be fashiona-
Die to notice any such thing. Her
mind has been far, far away, and now
hat it has returned she feels in differ
snt places for her purse-rises up, sits
DOWN three times, shakes out her
,kirts and unbuttons her cloak, and
finally produces a car ticket from her
glover"
Didn't she know it was there all
the time?'
"She did, but if she hadn't gone
through her performance the rest OF
is might not have noticed her new hat
md sealskin."
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
Odd Devices for Photographs.

There are various ways for providing
surprising results in photography, things
that in one age would have been called
magic, but in ours recognized as scien-
tific tricks. The ghost picture, for in
stance, in which shadowy ghost
through which material objects are visi-
ble-is seen between natural attitudes
and occupations. This is produced by an
almost instantaneous exposure Of the
figure that is to do duty as the ghost,
followed by full exposure Of the figures
and properties that are to appear nat
ural. Another novel trick was shown
recently in q photograph reproduced by
a prominent trade journal, which pre-
sented the photographer, seated at
table, playing chess with himself sitting
on the opposite side of the table, while
he himself stood up in the background
looking at his two selves playing.
The figures were all on the negative,
which was produced by three successive
exposures of the plate. parts thereof
being masked each time by black vel
vet shutter. Still another trick is that
bv which a person who likes that sort of
thing may appear to be photographed
riding upon flying goose, or a fish, or
any other desired style of ridiculous 10
comotion. This is done by the subject
holding upon his lap huge piece of
| white or sky tinted card with the fanci-
full figure drawn upon it. His face APP
pears above the upper edge Of the card
and seems, in the picture, joined to the
| funny little body mounted on the goose
or fish. The statue picture is made by
about the same deviee.-Photographic
Review,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
Big Money Made by Tugs.

"What is the most money ever made
by tug In one trip" was asked Of an
old tug man in South street.
"The very largest money ever obtained
was when two tugs picked up derelict
off Sandy Hook. She was in good Econ
dition, but had been abandoned by hel
crew, who were panic stricken. She
was drifting ashore, and the courts al
lowed salvage of $4,000 for the two
or $4,000 for days work each. But
that wasn't towing job. The biggest
price ever paid by ship for towing at
this port, SO far as know, was when a
ship captain had beat his way up to the
ightship after a long winter voyage
from Manila. Reaching this point, with
the harbor before him, the northwest
wind became gale he could not face,
and he saw the shores Of Staten Island
fade, and began to think he had Ber-
muda hard aboard. He couldn't stand
that prospect, and was compelled to pay
81 500 by q heartless tug captain of
about my size and disposition. That is a
sober fact. You will hear tug men tell
stories of larger sums, but then those
men were intended by nature for fisher
men. New York Sun.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
Ortonyille ia most awful happy; to,

Ortonville Is most awful happy; too
happy to be comfortable, as will be
seen by the following from the
Herald-Star of the 18th inst: "rhs
unexpected but devoutly prayer for,
has happened, and Ortonville will
furnish the granite for the magnifl-
cent new court house in Minneapolis.
The contract was let last Monday, to
Haglin & Morse, Of Minneapolis, for
$251 1877 80, the largest contract ever
let in the west. The above firm has
a contract with James Baxter & Son.
proprietors of the Ortonville quarries,
to furnish the granite. This contract
calls for 1880 carloads Of stone, to be
delivered In little less than year
The magnitude of this contract will
be better understood when 1t is con-
sidered that one thousand and thirty
carloads means one hundred trains Of
thirteen cars each, to be shipped II
800 working days, o. one train o.
thirteen cars every third day for on'
year, or four and one-third cars PEI
day for the same period. This vii
require about 200 men and the ex
penditure of nearly 100000 In Orion
vile. The freight will be In TIT
neighborhood of $1,000 additional
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas, default has been made In the
payment Of Two Thousand, One Hundred
and Three Dollars (S2l03.OO), which ID due at
executed and delivered by Phillip Frisby and
Mary G. Frisby, his wife, to Henry V. Part
ridge, bearing date the tenth day Of May, A.
D. 1885, and duly recorded in the office Of the
Register of Deeds in and for Stevens County,
Minnesota, on the eleventh day Of May, A. d.
1886, at eleven o'clock, A. NJ, in Book M OF
was on May 25th, a. d. 1889, by instrument In
writing, duly assigned by the said Henry V.
Partridge to Darlington Phelps, said assign
july july A. ae D. 1885, at Twelve O'Clock noon, in
the said office Of the said Register of Deeds.
And whereas; the said mortgagors, in and
pay all taxes on the property thereby mort
gagged, when the same became due, and
further agreed as aforesaid, to Keep the
buildings on said mortgaged property in
sured, and that II the said mortgagors failed
to pay said taxes and keep said buildings
insured, then and in that event, the said
mortgage and his assigns were authorized
to pay said taxes and insure said buildings
and to tack and impress all moneys SO paid
as an additional lien on said mortgaged
premises to remain secured by said mortgage
as part of the mortgage debt.
And whereas, the said mortgagors having
failed to pay the taxes on said premises, and
having failed to keep the buildings thereon
situate insured, the said assignee, under and
pursuant to the terms of said mortgage, did
on May 31st, A. D. 1889, pay the sum OF $34.l6
taxes on said premises, and the sum of $500
to effect insurance on said buildings, he now
here includes the sums so paid in this fore
| closure and claims the same, and interest
se on bS spd morssgs
wise, having been Instituted to recover the
debt secured by SAID aord mortgage; OF ~
hereby given, that by virtue of a power OF
sale contained in said mortgage and recorded
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17

The politicians are all looking
Alaskaward this summer. Messrs.
Alger and Plat are moving in that
direction. Senator Hoar's committee
to look after our relations with
Canada thought of taking observations
among the seals. Senator Dawes
Indian commission will cruise in a
government vessel about the Alaskan
waters, looking for the untutored.
Some hundreds of others long to be
official up there. The New York Sun
notes that since it was reported that
Senator Jones had regalned his lost
fortune by investment in an Alaska
gold mine the thirst for information
about Alaska has been unquenchable.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
How He Became Famous

The Walker, Iowa, News, says:
"Our old friend, Robert Baird, OF
Muscatine, Iowa, has been secretary
of the state senate, and all active
politician for years, but was never
generally known until he had the
collie, and used Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, and
got into one of their advertisements.
"Now he is famous" Here Is what
Mr.. Baird said: "While in Des
Moines, I was taken with a severe
attack of bowel complaint. For two
days I suffered intensely, trying sew
eral drug stores and paying them for
relief, but in vain. I finally bought
q small bottle of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, and
two doses of that brought me out all
right. It costs less than the drug
store preparations and have the
balance for future use. I consider it a
grand remedy" Is and so cent
bottles for sale by Fritz Buckentine.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
The influence On Matches.

Often you hear street car conductors or
drivers talking Of the almost impo disability
of keeping their watches on good TIME
for any reasonable time. At the same
time another individual can carry the
abused time piece and have the most per.
fecttime. Ihave tried the idea and found
ii worked admirably. I have theory
to advance as a cause. ] believe that
magnetism has much to do with it. For
instance, an individual with strong
flow Of magnetism win carry watch
that viii gain fraction, Another per-
son with O less flow will carry the same
watch and it win drop off In time.-con'
ductor I'm Globe Democrat.