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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
An Ingenious French Thief.

A gentleman dressed in a loose coat
entered a ladies' Quitting establish
ment in Paris, at a time when the pro-
prietor was alone in the shop. The
gentleman asked to be shown some
ready-made ladies' cloaks. as he
wished to give his wife little sur
prise. After a careful inspection he
fixed upon one, and asked the sales
man: Have you not a young lady at
hand to put on the cloak to see how it
looks?" The proprietor regretted that
none of the ladies of the establish
ment were in at that moment well,
perhaps you wouldn't object to putting
it on YOURSELF" The unsuspecting
shopkeeper slipped on the cloak, but
toned it, and turned round in all direc-
tions. "Magnifcentr' exclaimed the
purchaser with seeming ecstasy, but
at the same moment he made grab at
the till, which he thrust under his coat,
and bolted out of the shop. The hor.
rified proprietor rushed after him into
the street, where, however, he was
seized by the passers-by, who dragged
him back to the shop in the superstition
that the poor fellow had gone mad.
and before he could explain matters
T the rogue had disappeared IN. J.
Voice -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
INDIVIDUAL WORTH,
chow Soon We Are Forgotten When We
Arc Gone"

"How Soon We Are Forgotten When We
Arc Gone"
The multitude dies and few people
are missed much, though there are sor-
rows and regrets in family circles.
Acquaintance think kindly thought
or say friendly thing, and there is an
end to the defunct, so far as this world
is concerned. If man be useless, he
is well out of the way; if he has been
doing good work, nevertheless there
are a score OF jostling candidates eager
to slip into his place. and possibly COM
petent to fill it. The supply is every
where in excess of the demand; the
labor market is overcrowded in all its
departments; one individual is merely
as good as any other; and that is the
case even where it is a question OF
talents and brains. There will never
be lack of legal ability, and we sus-
pect that clientless solicitors and brief
less counsel willingly hazard the
chances of an epidemic if it beached
the barriers and made a clear
ance on the course. The practice of
medicine, with the system of running
after the physicians in vogue, seems SO
much matter of happy-go-lucky M
piricising that, if you lose the favorite
doctor who 'knows your constitution"
it is likely, to say the least of it, that
it may be blessing in disguise. The
perennial flow of pulpit oratory is
never sensibly damned back by single
decease. And, fortunately or unfort-
unately, it is scarcely once in couple
of generations that the demise of the
most distinguished statesman is Ma
tional calamity. It is not only the
eminent leader of the opposite party,
paying graceful tribute to departed
greatness, who thinks that the defunct
is we'll out of the way. Colleagues and
subordinates who have been overshad-
owed or thrust aside, in their hearts
are much of the same opinion, while
the Nation puts easy-going faith in the
Providence that from time immemorial
has been driving the machine.
don Saturday Review.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
Not Democratic Crime.

1t is singular fact that from the av-
erage Northern standpoint lawlessness
occurring in the West and Northwest
is never attributed to party spirit or
to party influence. Murders, lynch
ings, mob law, terrorism and every
conceivable form of outlawry in the
Western and Northwestern States and
Territories are complacently set down
as wild westernisms, the natural out
growth OF a new and semi barbarous
society, which excuses are always at
hand for such manifestations of disor-
der and crime. The country in which
they occur is nearly always spoken of
as new" and tough" Better things
are looked for by and by, when society
shall have been fully organized and
law shall have BEEN established in all
its strength. The region of Arkansas
in which Clayton was killed is, in the
same sense, new" and tough"
Some OF its people are not unlike the
Western desperate. The shotgun and
the revolver settle most of the dis
putes there, as they do in many Sec
lions of Dakota, Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado and Idaho. Crime in that
section OF Arkansas is no more Demo-
cratic than crime in some Of the
Northwestern Territories named is Re
publican. Efforts to prove to the
contrary will not be successful Chi.
eago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
Edgerton's Asinine Kick.

The "kick'' of ex-Commissioner
Edgerton is precisely what was to
have been expected. During his Gu
tire occupancy of place on the Civil
Service Commission he was the round
man in a square hole. He never had
any real sympathy with the reform it
was his official duty to promote. and
the most earnest speeches he ever
made concerning it were in ridlcule of
it. Measuring it by his own narrow
estimate hs believed the whole system
to be a farce, and it is doubtful If he
ever gave President Cleveland credit
for any real faith in the plan or any
honesty Of intention in carrying it out
Naturally. therefore, he is bitter
over the discovery that the President
vas iu earnest Detroit Free Press,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
DY A REPUBLICAN,.

DY REPUBLICAN,.
During those dark and gloomy days my thought
Often was with him. While the air
Itself seemed heavy charged, as if it caught
Infection by suspense, my chiefest care
Was not for him to whom my vote was cast
But for the fearless man of right
Sitting. perhaps, alone with all his past
Spread out before that searching con-
science-light
Whence nothing can escape his penetrat.
ing sight.
Oh! unto me this thing they call defeat
is rather victory-added proof
That never duty's call he failed to meet;
And il some thousands so-called friends
aloof
Stood on the fateful day, the shame
Wentwith them. Reckon not as lost
An office that corruption's name
Alone could hold for him, at such o cost
Fame's threshold had been better never
crossed.
Insult and flattery have alike In vain
Lsveled their poisoned shafts against his
breast;
In vain self-interest knocked there, and the
gain
Has been his country's: we have taken his
best.
In common fairness let it now be said
That faithfully his duty has been done;
Brave, honest upright; heart and head
Well-balanced; just to all and one;
His course with highest honor has been
run.
An adversary's praise is no unmeaning thing.
And truth has always its peculiar ring;
Whate'er the sound OF this poor song may be,
Convinced am l. from party-feeling free,
Only OF his successor would ask
b. thou as trus as Clsu tlnd to Lhy task,'
Chicago America.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
CareIessness Of Druggists.

Gone reason why many medical men
who would willingly discontinue the
practice of dispensing their own medi-
cine continue to do so," says the Lon
don Hospital Gazette, lis because they
can not be absolutely certain of having
their prescriptions accurately made
up. Some time since prescription,
containing a given quantity of sub
stance easily measured by analysis,
was sent round to large number OF
chemists all over London. The result
was that only in a very small proper
ton did examination show the right
quantity to have been dispensed, the
variation being from twenty per cent
above to fifty per cent. below"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
PITH AND POINT.

"A hand-to-hand affair - counting
in the dark.-Boston Globe.
Never kick man when he is
down. He may get up again.
Life is not so short but that there
is always time for courtesy.
Truth can be outraged by silence
quite as cruelty as by speech.
Who bangles after the great, is the
last at table and the first to be cuffed.
1T is bad for beat where vice is
tolerated for revenue only..-N. 9.
Picayune.
Sometimes it is the man who car.
ries the lantern for others that falls
into the ditch.
AS we multiply experiences, many
apparent contradictions become recon-
ciled.
Almost" is the difference be-
tween the conscientious man and the
liar.-Puck.
The greates! events of an age are
its best thoughts. Thought finds its
way into action.
The ambitious, the covetous, the
superficial and the ill-designing are
apt to be bold and forward. Swift.
The greatest event in hens life
is made up of an egg and cackle.
But eagles never cackle.
Every man takes care that his
neighbor shall not cheat him, but he
should also take care that he do not
cheat his neighbor.
Open your mouth and purse eau.
tiously; and your stock of wealth anil
reputation shall, at least in repute, be
great. Zimmerman.
Don't despise man because he is
poor You can hire him good deal
cheaper than you could if he were we'll
TODD.
That is the happiest conversation
where there is no competition, no van
ity. but only calm, quiet interchange
of sentiment. S. johnson.
Man, says Adam Smith. lis an
animal that makes bargains. No other
animal does this-no dog exchanges
bones with another"
Riches, rightly used, breed de-
-ght, pleasure, profit and praise; but
to him that abuseth them they procure
envy. hatred, dishonor and contempt
-Plautus.
When a doctor prescribes wine to
a patient who rather likes wine, but
who doesn't approve of it, the patient
goes by apothecary measure and doesn't
let his scruples interfere with his
drains. -Somerville journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
CURRENT COMMENTS.

The irresistible tide OF enlight.
ened public opinion sets more and more
strongly against the spoils system.--
N. Y. Evening Post.
john Chinaman has no reason
to complain of the inequalities Of the
tariff. Joss sticks are on the free list;
Bibles pay duty Of twenty-five per
cent. Chicago Leader
If Elijah Halford, the Winsome
Whistler of the Wabash, makes as
good a private secretary as Daniel S.
Lamont, he will be second best private
secretary on record. Utica Observer.
"A Mr.. St John is now booked
as the next British Minister to this
country. This will be rather unpleas-
ant for Secretary Blaine. who will have
to receive him. The name has dis.
agreeable associations for the Maine
man, dating back to 1884 Boston
Globe.
History will count the Cleve-
land Administration as honest, patri-
otto and remarkably Industrious. The
country is the better for it, and the
country will more and more clearly
recognize the fact as the years 20 on.
IN. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Men engaged in the business Of
canning vegetables. meats, ETC., are at
last awakening to the fact that the
Senate bill by more than doubling the
tax upon the tin plates they use will
greatly injure their business. A Pc
tition is being circulated through the
country protesting against this in
creased and unnecessary tax. Albany
IN. W Argus.
The number of worklng-men
who believe that a high tariff is detri-
mental to their interest has been
swelled considerably since the eta OF
November last The promise made
previous TO that time that the defeat
OF President Cleveland would increase
the compensation of the working-men
and infuse new life into industrial es-
Establishments seems to have been an
empty one. The reductions of wages
and the idle workshops have put the
stamp of fasehood on it-Harrisbur
Pa.) Patriot.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
EARLY CHURCH SPIRES.
When steep1es First PI"yed Part Il
Church Architecture.

When Steap1es First PI-yed q Part in
Church Architecture.
AS the very earliest churches had no
bells, and therefore no be]fries, there
were no spires. When bells were first
used to summon worshipers they were
small and were suspended in small bell
turrets or bell cots. After large bells
were made high and rich and imposing
steeples were erected for their recep-
ton. Communities Wed with each
other to make them as magnificent as
possible and in the number of bells
they placed in them. They seem in
early instances to have been placed at
the west end of churches, probably in
continuation of the custom in vogue
before they were required of placing
strong towers there for the purpose Of
defense. Eventually, central towers
were adopted, in cruciform buildings
especially. These combined the pur-
pose of a belfry, with the addition of
vast open space in the interior, which
gave light and grandeur to it. Small
editices may have been content with
low conical spires or spirelets in these
remote times; but, as years passed,
succeeding builders made them more
and more pointed or needle-like, and
generally of the same height as the
towers on which they were placed.
Every church-tower was either finished
with spire or intended to be so fin
ished at a future time. London when
seen from distance is said to have
presented the aspect of forest of
spires. There were particular laws of
construction always carried out, which
need not be described except to men
ton that much of the sober, soaring,
light and picturesque effect of their
outlines is the result of the clever
treatment of the transition from the
square of the tower to the form of the
pyramidal octagon. Recorded particu-
lars concerning their erection are ex-
tremely rare; but more frequently in
old church wardens' accounts there are
entries in which mention is made of
them. For instance, the church-ward-
dens OF Ludlow recorded in 1915: "In
prints payd for key to the dore that
goethe up into the stiple lid" And
again, in 1850: ITO Thomas Season
for gowinge up into the stiple il. wyndy
nyghtes to save the glase ther in the
WINDOWS, xd." The materials used
differed according to the locality of their
erection. Besides stone and timber,
covered with lead, we have examples
covered with states. and others with
oaken shingles. This last covering is
seen only on the spires of village
churches in our southernmost coun-
journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
INCREASING TAXES,
The Republican Scheme of Decreasing the
Revenue by Raising the Tariff:

Aho NepuDllcAn Scneme OF Decreasing the
Revenue by Raising the Tariff.
The official analysis Of the Senate
substitute for the Mills bill shows how
the Republicans have aimed to decrease
the revenue by raising the taxes. In
the sugar schedule where 50 of every
$40 paid in taxes are for revenue, the
ad valorem tax has been reduced from
1881 to 1887, and in chemical prod
ucts, wood and earthen-ware there
has been reduction not averaging
over 2 per cent il the ad valorem
rates. >sssu
In all other schedules the ad valorem
rates have been increased by making
the tax specific. The following table
from the report of the Treasury experts
shows the proposed increase in the
average ad valorem rates of tariff tax
alton:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
The Invention Of Screws.

1t is not known when screws were
first made and brought into use. The
first instance known of machinery
being applied to the making of screws
was in France in 1869, by man named
Besson, who contrived a screw-cutting
gage to be used in lathe. The early
method had been to make tae heads
by pressing the blanks while red-hot
between dies, and then to form the
threads by the process of filing. In
174l Besson's device was i'm
proved by Hindley, a matchmaker
of York; and for a long time the
watchmakers of England employed the
latter's method in making the email
screws used in their work. The first
English patent appears to have been
issued to Job and William Wyatt, in
1850, for three machines, one for max
ing blanks, another for nicking the
heads and third for cutting the
threads. Between that date and 1910
about ten patents were issued, only one
OF which is worthy of notice, namely,
that of Miles Berry, dated January %,
1887, which was for gimlet-pointed
erew,-Irol.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
MY MOTHERS VOICE.

by mothers voice have not heard
For many long and weary years;
Deaths winter came, aud like bird
She sought Il cline unstained with tears,
TITS said we never can forget
The things on earth we hear and see;
Though dead they seem to lnger yet
Within the booI of memory.
And when the curtain rolls away,
The curtain OF this earthly night,
Like hill-tops at the dawn of day
The hidden past will come to sight.
May it not be ere behold
The city where the saints rejoice,
That | shall hear through mists of gold
The echoes OF my mothers voice?
Will not know il as I did
When but a babe it hushed my sigh!
When IN that gentle bosom hid
slept to It's sweet lullaby?
II IS hope cherish fond.
A hope that makes me here rejoice,
That in that blest life beyond
Again I'll hear my mothers voice.
g. W. Crofts in Inter Ocean.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20

nS urlUo 10 Ln6 iron ana steel
syndicates and trusts, the rate Of tax!
alton on metals and articles of metal,
though it is already excessive. is to be
increased Is per cent On some
articles in the schedule, as on cotton
ties, the proposed increase is from 100
to 800 per cent. over present rates OF
tariff taxation.
No more audacious demand on the
patience of people was ever made
than is made in this Republican
measure, drawn and offered for
adoption by the Republicans of the
Senate in disregard OF che constitution
and in usurpation of the powers re-
served by the constitution to the
House. Some such measure will pass
the next Congress and then the issue
will be ready for settlement. It is be.
tween plutocratic government for
plutocrats and free government for
free men. The Communism OF
Wealth" forces the issue, and it will
be forced to abide the result.
Louis Republic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20
COUNTERfEiT BILLS.
A st. Louis Sub-Trcasury Official Tells
How to Detect Them.

A st. Louis Sub-Trcasury Official Tells
How to Detect Them.
A man only becomes an expert at
detecting counterfeit money by long
experience. Like the grain handler
in sorting wheat, he can not explain
how he detects the different qualities,
but is satisfied that he is right. How
ever. there are numerous ways in
which a man accustomed to handling
large amounts of money can detect
the counterfeit bill. The quality of the
paper and the engravings are the prin-
cipal marks that attract the attention.
The long experience in handling the
money accustoms the handler to the
sense OF feeling and to the appearance
of the bill, and he will guard against
accepting counterfeits. There are also
numerous private marks put upon bills
by the Government which are sell
dom copied by counterfeiters.
For instance, take a $50 legal-ten.
der note, which has the picture of
George Washington on its face and the
name Washington printed alongside.
Over this name there is what would
seem to be blur, caused by some one
dipping ones finger into ink and draw
ing it across the name, and the counter
feiter rarely divines the reason for
this. On the $40 National note, with
the picture of Franklin flying his kite,
there is a picture of house supported
by long post, and in this post there
is depicted a small nick, as if some one
had struck the post with an AK. This
is a Government mark that l have
never seen On any counterfeit. In
other. bills the color and quality, and
the peculiar ink used by the Govern
ment, serve as safeguards against
counterfeits. On almost every bill
there is red seal, with peculiar ink,
printed, which penetrates the paper.
Although many counterfeiters have at
tempted to initiate this seal, yet it has
never been accomplished.-St. Louis
obe-Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20

The only way to shine, even in
this false world, is to be modest and
unassuming. Falsehood may be thick
crust; but, in the course Of time, truth
will find a place to break through.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-03-20

and one who saw him informed inc
that there was no hope of sweetening
his temper Or subduing his ferocity.-
n, Y Sun.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-02
CURRENT EVENTS

Harvard College has sold It's holdings
Ia Atchison bonds amounting " 500
GOO
James c. Syly2s, well-known labor
advocate. died Thursday AZ Bloomsburg.
Pa aged ST.
The storms which have devastated
the central portions ot Japan have re-
tlced the h4ryests one-half
The Eau Claire wis city Railway
Company commenced the operation Of
It's line BY electric power Thursday.
Mayor Latrobe, Of Baltimore. has
come out in favor Of Chicago for the
Worlds Fais II Washington is not
chosen.
Michael Owsns. an old Wisconsin pio-
neer who settled AZ Watertown IN ls45,
died At Eau Claire suddenly Thursday,
aged II years
Miss Emma Spiegenhalter, a popular
and well-knoWn society lady Of Jeffer-
sonulle, Ind, dropped dead az the
breakfast table Thursday.
The collections OF internal revenue Tor
the Peoria QlLl district Thursday
amounted 20 S93,676. -. Total collec-
tiOns OF the month, s2,24s, 927.05.
A 6-year-old daughter OF Mrs. Sulli-
van, al Cincinnati, swallowed toy bal
loon Thursday, and before surgical aid
could DC obtained choked 70 death.
Mayor Grant, Of New York. signed
the ordinance Thursday prohibiting the
playing OF street bands, organs or other
musical instruments in the streets.
At Table Mountain. near Dubuque,
Ia, Wednesday night George T. WaiteS
was fatally injured by the bursting of a
gun fired by one of a charivari party.
The 4-year-old child Of Joseph Barr,
at Plymouth, Ind. set her clothes on
fire at the stove Thursday, and was so
badly burned that she died in few
hours.
There is some doubt about the canvass
OF the vote for Congressman in the Second
district of Nebraska, and special ses-
sion of the Legislature may be called TO
canvass il.
/ A further advance OF S per cent. In
! window-glass was made Thursday by
Chambers, Mckee & Co., of Jeannette,
Il q AAAo hAahNo % IL fTA NIhs. dh ' amt
since the 10th Of October.
Negotiations have reached practical
elimination whereby the Labelle wagon
works Of Fond du Lac and Fish Bros.
Company of Racine Will remove to West
Superior in the near future.
At Las Truches, y. NJ, a few days ago
a very old Mexican woman was eaten By
a bear. At Abequin, thirty miles west,
12-year-old boy has disappeared, and i,
I IS feared that he has been eaton By
bears. which are very plentiful.
! A project is on foot at Omaha, Neb, to
build a doubletrack steel railroad
, bridge across the Missouri river there
under the charter of the Nebraska
Central Railroad Company. The bridge
is to cost 81, 600, 900.
The Government Directors of the
/ Union Pacific have reported that, in
their judgment, the interests of the
United States demand early action tC
secure payment by the company of it.
indebtedness TO the Government
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-02

Psssss3s.,rsa-tss tss8sFkl b uaa-aefF kiKrs
ThsA8 fsE tie oossfh ftieht-
WAsHss.4ros NOV. -fuslulasler
General Wanasaaksr t0aay made pae-
le al order nNng tbe rates tor te-e-
aragh.e service tor ghe Government flT
tas present year Fer day uessag E
lot exceed ~ ID body words - be
cent a dista 20 ngt exceeding 100 miles.
ths rates sBsl ns I8 cents, atd eeu-
extra for each sord ia excess ot ~.
Fora 4. stance over so0 aod less than
I0a0 miles. tle rate saail be - cents for
tae first D. soEds au1 f! cents Tor each
word n excess after.
For 1 stance over ioe0 miles I cent
r.. vo-d shall be atded % tle loou
u.e rate
For b ght message, not exceeding %
words. tle rate shall ce l3 cents Tor al
d stances and cent extra tOr zach
word u excess 0f -.