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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
HE OBEYED ORDERS.
An Amusing Anecdote of the Late French
Admiral Jaurerufharry.

An Amusing Anecdote of the Late French
Admiral Jaureguiberry.
Vice-Admiral Jaureguiberry, who
died recently, was reputed to be the
most courteous naval officer in Euro
pean waters. While in command of
the Mediterranean squadron he be-
came famous for his courtly treatment
of women. Whenever his flagship, the
Richelieu, came to anchor off large
town on the southern French or east
Italian coast, half of the titled women
in the neighborhood usually went on
board to let the ViceAdmiral say nice
things to them and show them what a
flagship was like. Some time ago,
while the Richelieu was at anchor near
Nice, the Vice-Admiral's popularity
among Italian women reached it's eli
max. Almost daily two or three par
ties of social bellies visited the flag
ship. From three o'clock till six
every afternoon the Vice-Admiral was
busy serving coffee, kissing hands and
showing off his flagship to the four
hundred of Nice.
After this sort of thing had been in
progress several weeks. the Minister
of the Navy turned up in Nice for his
summer vacation. He disapproved of
the Vice-Admiral's almost exclusive
devotion to the pretty women of the
1 ,sf toll %h1 Il
several times in diplomatic language,
but the Vice-Admiral was too polite
to pass along to his fair admirers
the Minister'S hints that they
were playing ducks and brakes
with the discipline of the Mediter-
ranean squadron. The afternoon re-
captions on the Richelieu continued
with undated popularity. The Minis
ter of the Navy became very impatient.
Eventually he determined to cure the
women of their fondness for visiting the
Vice-Admiral, as he could not cure
him of his fondness for receiving them.
One afternoon while an Italian Count
ess and her two friends were drinking
coffee on the Richelieu the Vice-Ad-
miral was Unexpectedly ordered by
marine signals, made from the shore
at the Minister'S instance, to weig h
anchor at once and without any pre-
vious communication with the city to
proceed to Marseilles. The Countess
and her friends were in despair. They
begged to be sent ashore. With all
his gallantry, however, the Vice-Ad.
miral was thoroughbred sailor. He
did not dare disobey his explicit or.
ders. The Richelieu sailed almost i'm.
mediately for Marseilles with the coffee
party intact. Two days later the three
Italian women returned to Nice by raj
from the French seaport. Every one
was gossiping about their temporary
elopement with the Vice-Admiral The
notoriety of their adventure accom-
plished the Minister'S purpose. AL
though the Vice Admiral remained the
most courteous and courtly of nava
officers up to the day of his death
comparatively few women who hat
heard of the predicament of the Count
ess and her two friends dared to visi
his flagship to learn how nice he was
Cor. London Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

me back, an he SEE. seq he: "Meheta-
bel Virgins, don't We know that folks
hev to git them paste-board kyards to
pass 'em long 'cordin' to law? An the
trunk amt tagged, nuther."
Then he sed sumthin' that RACED my
dander. He sez sez he: "Wimmin
want made to tower alone" As. if I
hadn't lowered blamed sight more
afore | tied myself to him an the
Swamp Holler farm than afterwards;
an l lowered it alone, too. But He'll
kiar is Gurus.
wuz a leetle ASHAMED O. him,
though, when he tried to jew the teller
that sorts them 'travelin' kyards, down
on the price. But the Teller couldn't
fall copper, an that's once Hezikiar
didn't hev his own way.
While they wuz fussin / went round
to where they tag the trunks. An
there wuz a man there with lot O.
little brass contrapshuns strung onto
his arm by straps; an when Hezikiar
cum round an axed him to tag our
trunk, he tied one O. them conLrap-
shuns onto the trunk handle in a
hostler's knot, in jiffy.
Tn en- he give to Hezikiar another
one without a strap, an Hezikiar past
it to me. An SEE to 'em, sez 1: III
the strap he'd bin left onto it ] couldn't
O lost it nigh as quick"
An Hezikiar SEE "shet up" in a
chist-tone. meant only for my cars;
but every body LATED like fools.
'Twan't long then till the kyars cum
putin round with big injun ahead
of 'em.
We got a scrumptious seat halfway
down the kyar; but the pore old trunk
had to summerset it into department
behint us, an told Hezikiar right
away "rd bet we'd never see that ole
hairloom agin."
An Hezikiar looked as worked up al
pickles, an he seZ, seq he: "Bet III
| never take anuther woman a-tOwerln'!'
An bet he don't, nither.
But, by an by, we druv off like a Sc
O. meters, an l couldn't help thinkin
| it wuz one O the VISIONS O Providenc,
that kyars didn't SWEET.
jest shet my eyes an imagined
waz millioner ridin' roun' the worlt
for dissertation, until we pulled rein a
the grand center-sumthin'- forgo
what; then my pore old brains whirlet
to beggar description. as Hezikiar an
me reeled off onto a platform. All tn,
hubbub O. Swamp Holler in lection
time multiplied by itself want nothin
to the infusion of noise; jest huns
onto Hezikiar an sighed for the mil
lenium.
An Hezikiar run agin half dozel
fellers to wonct, and he jest bowed t.
the lot an axed 'em to parding us, a
we wuz leetle mixed up yet in gittin
our bearin's.
After that we looked round for +;
wheelbarrow or suthin- to wheel oul
| trunk down to Philanders on.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
ODD OCCURRENCES.

RECENT earthquakes at Susanville, CAL,
turned the water of many springs, and also
Of Eagle lake, to milky white.
&. A CHARLESTON druggist advertised that
the milk of cocoanut would remove
freckles, and 1000 Of the nuts were sold at
retail in two days to woman folks. He got
commission of all sales.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

mortgages, an make a decent Twin;
an one day his Christian patience give
clar out, an he seq, seq he: "1f can't
hev q vexation once in awhile like
other folks, why, I'll quit"
AN seq, seq |: Lets 60 to the city
an see Jemimar." An Hezekiar af-
firmed right away that he would.
You see, Jemimar's our only child
Hezikiar's an mine-an' is marrit an
lives in the metropolis O. New York,
an | knowed the old man wuz banker
in to see Jemimar.
Now. our darter is scrumptious
lady, an hez sech fine airs that
| am fairly dazed with her
nolige; but she never bewilders
Hezikiar, for he alters expected, she'd
be more than common flesh an Mood.
An Hezikiar seq, too, that the reason
Jemimar is such lady is that her star.
what she wuz born under, proclaimed
her a lady from the fust.
An starology don't lie; Hezikiar SCI
so. an he knows.
Once when we wuz discussin' the
matter O stars / axed Hezikiar "cud
he tell what pertilller twinkler wuz
born underp"-Hezikiar understands
all them things; he's larned, Hezikiar is
an he started out to wunce a reck'
non up my usher into airthly scenes.
noticed him a-waverin' as If he'd
got a stumper-I never saw Hezikiar
cum so nigh kowin' nuthln' in my born
daze afore-but finally he got the dates
fixed, an lookin' me straight in the
optics, he SEE, seq he: Your guidin'
planetary must ha' sot afore you riz. :"
An told him 81 didn't keer, for
I'd be nobuddy but old Hezikiar Wig
gins wife, anyway"
1t may be though that my rulin' or
bit is jest leetle hazy by this time,
for it did puzzle Hezikiar, an that's a
good deal.
But while I'm speakin' of Jemimar
I'll jest mention her man. He's sum,
Philander is. When he got acquaint-
ed with her he wuz out to the kentry
rusterkatin', an the fust time he cum
to see Jemimar, l tell you, he sot me
a-thinkin'
He sed he wuz "a disciple o. Black
stone" Whatever that is dunno. He
might ha' meant sum secret 'ciety, but
I'd blessed big notion to AK him
which ohe o the old profits he wuz
follerin.' ] hated to reveal my Curl
osity though. so I jest pretended to
know all about that Blackstone Teller
didn't come right down to per-
tiklers for fear Philander'd ak me
did the pious old hero live afore or
arter the food, or whether he rained
sum laterp" He might ha' axed me,
We see, an I'd felt mighty sneakin',
not bein' able to answer; an Jemi-
mars own mother, ye know.
But l started out to say that He'll
kiar an me wuz goin' to the city for a
vexation with Philander's folks.
Well, we had to hand them Alder
neys over to Zeke to keer for while we
travelled, an it wuz kinder hard to
part with 'em-but you never hear'n
tell O. Zske, did We?
Well! he's my ded sisters child,
CONSEQUENTLY he's my nephew, an an
orphant besides, for his father died
sum years afore Melinda did. But he
don't mind being an orphant-Zeke
don't-for he goes on bein's hifalutin
as ever.
Yet, arter all, he's not so alfred
bad-zeke aip't-for he wuz willin' to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
CHAPTER II.
IN THE CITY.

At this tryin' moment Philander him
self cum onto the changeful scene.
jest step into my kerridge," SEE he,
with flourish born O. the city,
reckon, as / never see any thing like
it in the kentry.
"But the trunk" sez Hezikirr an
me, both to wonct.
"rll see to your baggage" SEE Phi
lander, with another wave of his hand;
an so we jest climbed into the stun
ninest concern | ever see. 1t had a
nickel-plated roof, an gold stars paint
ed onto the ceilin'.
Lord" seq l to Hezikiar, as sunk
down in the red-velvet cushings, this
is leetle higher Heaven than / ex-
pected to lind in the wicked metrop-
oils"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
The TROY Chief tells the story

The Troy Chief tells the story OF
an irreyerent joke recently played on
the venerable William Xavier Ninde,
Methodist Bishop. At hotel, the
other day, he registered as plain ''W.
x. Ninde.' Then the joker strolled
up, as soon as the Bishops back was
turned. and wrote This" over the
Ky in the signature, and a MARI"
under it,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
Use Gentleness.

Be gentle in stimulating the kidneys, 9th
erwise YOU will excite and weaken them
The happiest results follow the use OF Hos
letters Stomach Bitters to overcome rena
inactivity. Avoid the unmedicated, fer,
stlmulants of commerce. The kidneys have
a delicate membrane easily irritated, ant
upon this the action of such excitants is per
nicious. Malarial complaints, indigestion
rheumatism, neuralgia and biliousness sue
cumb to the corrective influence of the Bit
ters.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

"A Cincinnati saloon-keeper the
other day paid dollar for a sealed
envelope containing directions that
would enable him to sell more beer.
When he opened it he found on small
card the words: Don't sell SO much
froth."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
Save That Sweet Girl,

Don't let that beautiful girl fade and
droop into invalidism or sink into an early
grave for want of timely care at the most
critical stage of her life. DR.. Pierce's Ia
vorite Prescription will aid in regulating her
health and establishing it on firm basis
and may save her years of chronic suffer
ing and consequent unhappiness.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
Heirs Wanted.

Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Johanna Wilson. daughter Of Mark
Sweeney, wife of Thomas Wilson, born in
Limerick Co., Ireland She is, if living,
heir to an estate. II dead, her children or
next of kin are wanted. Address, W. j.
CovIL, Webster City, Iowa.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

In cases where Quinine utterly fails to
have any effect, and where the patient can
not take it by reason of its unpleasant in
fluence, a cureis promptly obtained by Shall
lenberger's Antidote. 1t cures Immediately.
In no care will there be more than one chill
after the first dose, and in the majority Of
cases not even that. Sold by Druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

1t takes four years for college
to turn out good student. But it
frequently turns out a bad student in
less than three months Burlington
Free Press,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

MRS FREDERICK STEVENS that was, now
the Duchesse de Dino is a New Yorker still
to the tune of ten real golden millions Of her
own, and now, one may say, the Dukes, too.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

You hardly realize that it is medicine,
when taking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they
are very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

"PENNY wise and pound foolish" are
those who think 1t economy to use cheap soda
and rosin soaps, instead OF the good ga Dob
bins Electric Soap; for sale since 1854. Try
it once. Be sure. Buy genuine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

THE Russian Government proposes to
take steps for rendering the rivers of
Siberia navigable and connecting them by
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

THE two elderly Misses Rhinelander have
s., 900 between them, and bid fair to leave
it to collateral heirs with wonderfully fat
accumulations.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

CHEss-so named from it's principal piece
(king)-was one OF the earliest inventions
Of the Aindoos. being devised by Brahmin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
HEZIKIAR AN ME.
Their Tour to the City-Adventures
OF the Trip.
CHAPTER l.
IN THE KENTRY.

f wuz kentry folks
-Hezikiar an me
and for once in our
Swamp Heller life
we concluded to
take a tower an
visit the city.
This is the way 1t
cum about. He'll
kiar wuz jest gittin'
h u m p = shoulder'd
tryin' to dodge the
pore craps an fat
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

THE codling moth does not lay its eggs
till the blossoms fall, and the spraying
should not be done till tho fruit is the size
of small peas.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

WE only know ourselves and what we
really are when the force Of circumstances
brings us out
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

IT is positively hurtful to use ointment fol
skin diseases. Use Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whsker Dye, SO cents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
A more pleasant physic
You never will find
Than Pierce's small "Pellets,"
The Purgative kind.

MRS. MARSHALL o. ROBERTS, who is often
pointed out as the most desirable part
among fashionable widows, has life in
terest in 81, 100000.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14

PAIN in the Sidenearly always comes from
adisordered liver and is promptly relieved by
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
Do You

Have that extreme tired feeling, languor, withont
appetite or strength, impaired digestion and gem
eral feeling of misery 1t Is impossible to describe,
Hoods Sarsaparilla is wonderful medicine ia,
creating an appetite. promoting Digestion and ton,
ing up the whoe system sv d strength ana actvl.
get Hoods.
II take Hoods sarsaparilla every year as tonic.
with most satisfactory results l recommend
Hoods sarsaparllla to all who have that miserable
Brooklyn, NY.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for ~ Prepared only
by c. 1. HOOD CO., Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-31
The Worth of silence.

Men great in deeds are often taciturn.
Does their taciturnity arise from the diff
idence which fears lest words should ex-
coed deeds, or from a conviction that
safety is promoted by silence? Wash
ington's reserve made him stiff, formal
and i'll at ease in company, but it also
prevented his plans from being betrayed
10 an enemy and the country from being
deceived by his promises. William the
Silent was frugal of words, because a re-
serve that concealed his designs, even
from those acting with him, was neces-
sary 70 the independence Of the Neither
lands. \ writer in Leisure Hours says
that the most dramatic of silent men was
Wallenstein, the antagonist of Gustavus
A~dolphus, and the commander of the
emperor's armies in the thirty years
war. He insisted that the deepest silence
should reign around him. His officers
took care that no loud conversation
should disturb their general. They knew
that a chamberlain had been hanged for
waking him without orders. and that an
saicer who would wear olanking spurs
in the commanders presence had been
secretly put to death. In the room Of
his palace the rvant glided as if phan-
toms. and a dozen sentinels moved
around his tent charged to secure the
silence the general demanded. Chains
were stretched across the streets in order
10 guard him against the disturbance of
sounds. Wallenstein's taciturnity, which
made him ehun speecL, and his love Of
silence, that caused him to be irritated
at the slightest noise, were due TO his
constitutional temperament. He never
smiled. he never asked advice from any
one, and he could not endure to b. gazed
at, even when giving an order. The SOL
diers, when he crossed the camp, pre-
tended not to see him, knowing that a
curious look would bring them punish
mpnt-BOston Budget.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-31
Time 70 Reform the Calendar.

An ingenious Yankee, with an eye to
adjusting himself to his environment,
has moved a reorganization of the cal
endar. Winter, he contends, should be-
gin on Jan. 1 and include March; spring
should with April and in
clude June; July, August and Septem-
Der should constitute summer, and the
fall, beginning with October, should not
end till after Christmas. His new cal
endar would play the mischief with ira
ditions, but it would come nearer to ac-
tual experience than does the present
Anticipated European article. The pro-
cession of the equinoxes is o slow alto
gether for the American climate. Facts
are on the side of reform, and if the
weather does not speedily repent and
bring forth fruits more meet for repent
ance than rank grass and dropsical pota-
toes, the newly established department
Of agriculture will be called on to revise
the calendar.-Brooklyn Citizen.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-31
Good To Travel On.

There are three trades or ~avocations
that afford those engaged in them oppor-
tunity to travel and see the world, and
these the printers, the coopers and the
BARRIERS. In either case a man, master
thereof, can visit any portion Of this
country and always be certain of work.
The typo can walk into any English
printing office in the country, or the
world, for that matter, and earn his sup
per. He can shift from Maine to Cali
fornia, from Manitoba to Florida, and,
wherever he goes, find work. He needs
no letters of credit, none Of recommsn-
dalton, for he has the available knowl-
edge. The same is true of the cooper.
Where barrels are to be put together
there he can find employment. And
what with beer barrels, -four barrels,
whisky barrels and sugar barrels, there
are always barrels to make. Likewise
the barber. Let him walk into a shop
in Portland, Ore, or Portland, Me-; into
one at New Orleans or Duluth, it mat
tiers not, a good barber a as easily
shave the attenuated cheek Of the YAM
kee as the dark visage Of the Creole, and
need never want employment
The clerk. the cashier, the salesman,
the bookkeepe-. the writer, all must have
longer time to manifest their capabili-
ties, must have a measure of acquaint-
ance, must have that which we know as
confidence; but these three. the printer,
the barber and the cooper, need no char
acter from their last employer. Toledo
Journal.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-31
PATHS Generosity To Kellogg.


An incident in the life of the gifted,
PATTI is well worth reporting, although
to n few persons it may prove a twice
told tale. When Miss Kellogg's musical
ability was to be tested many years ago
in New York a large number of cards
were issued to the musical critics, anna
tours and professionals, to the literary
and theatrical world, and to many high
in the social scale. making a formidable
audience for the introduction of the
charming young girl. The tenor with
whom the debutante was introduced was
ungenerous on the occasion, for, instead
of singing his part. he merely hummed
so much Of the air as was necessary to
serve rs a cue to the orchestral accom-
paniment. Weak and faint were the
first notes of the young novice; weaker
and more trembling they seemed TO grow,
as if a genuine stage fright had taken
possession of her. Her voice fiuttered
for a moment, as if about to desert her,
when, distinct and clear as q bell, from
the center of the house, the air was taken
up and carried along until the debutante
gathered the courage and heart to show
the high quality she possessed, when
gradually the beautiful voice in the audi
ence fell away and the difficult aria was
finished in triumph amid t%hunderous ap-
plause. The fate Of the future American
prima donna was that morning decided
through the ready tact and unselfishness
Of the little woman in the audience, who
proved to be none other than Carlotta
Patti! "And a charming picture she
made" says N who saw her, marking
the time with her tiny hand, in her anx-
iety TO help a woman and a stranger,
placing the very crown of success on the
otherwise defeated aspirations, by the
encouragement of her own exquisite
voice: and never" he adds, until l hear
the wondrous voice of the angels will |
hear anything so sweet as her lovely
voice at that morning rehearsal so many
years go."-Boston Transcript.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-31
KISS HER AND TELL HER so.

You've q neat little wife at homo, John,
AS sweet as you wish TO see;
Ar faithful and gentle hearted,
As fond as wife can be;
A genuine, home loving woman,
Not caring for fuss and show;
She's dearer to you than life. John;
Then kiss her and tell her 20.
Your dinners are promptly served, John.
As, likewise, your breakfast and tea;
Your wardrobe Is always In order,
With buttons where buttons should be.
Her house Is a cory home nest, John,
A heaven Of rest below;
You think she's a rare little treasure;
Then kiss her and tell her SO,
She's a good wife and true to you, John.
Let fortune be foul or fair;
OF whatever comes to you, John,
She cheerfully hears her share;
You feel she's q brave, true helper,
knd perhaps far moro than you know
Twill tighten her end OF the load. John.
Just TO kiss her and tell her 90.
There's q crossroad somewhere In life. John.
Where q hand on q guiding stone
WI signal one lover the river"
And the other must go on alone.
Should she reach the Last milestone frst John
Twill be comfort amid your Voc
To know that while loving her here. John,
You kissed her and told her 80.
-Woman's Magazine.