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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03

fast; then an unused brick store from
which tenant had recently been ejected)
became the receptacle of many fireworks,
some of which were distinguishable to the
native eye, while others were strange and
fearful combinations Of framework and
fuse. But strangest and most exciting of
all was tie information, which had its
source in the humble home of little Dennis,
that Swingleton had paid the boy quarter
to write out for him in full copy of the
song which the boy had lEbored SO hard to
memorize, and that he had learned, evil
IDENTITY by listening to his office boy, to
whistle and hum the music
He don't catch on to it quite right YETI
Dennis explained to his parent, ''but reck-
on it's cause his pipes is rusty; amt never
heerd him whistle and sing before in all the
time Eve been with him.
The Nations birthday anniversary
dawned at asst Thanks to free fire-crack-
ers distributed the day before among the
small boys, every denizen OF the village
was awake in time to be present at the
patriotic ceremonies. There q new sur
prise awaited them, for in front of the little
platform near the flagstaff was grouped a
brass band, VIII CHI Swingleton had i'll some
way got out from the CITY, After the pro-
cession of school children arrived the flag
was hoisted in military fashion by sedate
villager who had been q soldier AS it
reached the top and was "broke free,
from the halyards the band played the
Star Spangled Banner followed by all
the other National airs John SwingIeton
suddenly rubbed the lower part of his fore
head as if he had forgotten some thing: he
did it for two or three minutes, the greater
part OF his hand covering his eyes. Then
came PRAYER, followed by the Declaration
OF independence, read by the village school
master Swingleton locked, while he
listened. as il he feared a word might get
lost somehow, but the instant the last
word of the grand finale dropped from the
readers lips Swingleton added to the pro-
gramme by shouting:
"Three cheers for the Deelaration:n
The audience, although surprised, re-
sponded handsomely. Then all the chorus
of children stood up on the platform from
which the Declaration had been read; little
Dennis, in his Sunday clothes, edged his
way to the rail and looked anxiously about
as If he were responsible for more than his
own share of the coming performance. He
finally beckoned to his employer and when
swingleton approached the platform the
little fellow leaned forward and whispered
loudly enough for every one to hear:
''Kape close to me, Mr. Swtngleton, an
I'll help you along wild the music"
Every body laughed-no one could help
1t, and for the first time in their lives they
saw the founder OF the village Disconnected;
nevertheless little Dennis Injunction was
oheyed, and the great man faced all his
tenants and debtors and joined the chill
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made up their minds they wouldn't
AaacSle under to the Britishers any longer,
y they said it in writin' an put their
Dimes to it.r
Is that so?'' asked Swingleton, still
sasatatning a questioning countenance.
.ies, sir" said the boy, with so much
saasis that the nearer smiled in spite of
sst You needn't b'lieve me If you
~ ssWant to IN run home an fetch you
s SIsscaool history an you can read for YOUR
taks said the head of the company, "ru
your word for it, But what good did
uo0 nlremember rightly, that Declare
vas s @sae great deal of trouble, There
satiesa nelng for five or six years, and the
E .esnha finances were disarranged; the
sorsa 'acks OF the day became worse and
slssr a una you could buy hatful for a
sna Una | don't suppose in all that
sopgst aaa could get clear title II he
pisns Of real estsse,p
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personal interests to obtrude upon the at
tention of John Swingleton was unusual,
and very annoying beside The great man
finally exclaimed
Dennis, II you must talk TO yourself. ]
wish you would do it in whispers can't
have my mind distracted by such con-
founded racket"
I beg your pardon, sir" the small boy
replied u didn't mean to disturb YOU,
butfve got to get that whole song by heart
before the Fourth, cause I'm to be one of
the crowd of singers"
'slngers-Fourth? What singers-what
fourth?' asked Swingleton, dropping a
pencil with which he had been figuring,
and bringing large sized frown to bear at
snort range upon the boy. The little fell
low met his employers gaze with look of
astonshment and answered.
Why, the Fourth of July, of course
mere amt any other fourth that | ever
asard OF, Dir. Swingleton An the singers
Is iot OF boys an gals that's goin' to sing
sae songs on the village green when the
nag gifts h'isted ut sunrise"
The Cliff Edge Company's head had no
ame TO spare, for he had intended that
very day to enlarge the company's bounds
" grasplng the estate of an impecunious
. =, and also by foreclosing mortgage
u an early and too self-confident pur-
caascf OF villa site; nevertheless, he
aS after being startled, somewhat
said. no
Fourth Of July? Umph! 1t seems to
ue u once heard of such day, but it's
escaped my mind What is it, anyhow, and
|any should it bring lot of young ones to
ssleep?"
Ice boy looked In amazement Mt his en-
pioyer, but Swingleton's face had not been
II running for thirty years for nothing,
Eaa as not line of it changed, the little
Fellow said.
Why it's the day of the Declaration:
more n hundred years ago lot of fellers
Eos together down to Philadelphia an
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03
CONCERNING eo,ls
Some of the Causes and the Rational
Treatment of Jobs Comforters.


Treatment of Jobs Comforters.
A boil may be defined as limited
area of Inflammation situated in the
loose tissue which binds the skin to
the deeper structures. Generally it
starts in or around sweat gland, and
approaches the surface as it grows.
Many theories have been advanced to
account for the origin of boils, but it
has now come to be pretty we'll es-
tablished that they are caused by the
growth in the tissues of certain minute
organisms. These are found in every
such abscess; they can be cultivated,
their life history can be studied, and
when they are placed in the tissues
again, under favorable circumstances,
another boil, precisely like the first, is
produced.
How these bodies find their way into
the system it is sometimes not easy to
say. but probably it is through some
slight break in the skin which has es-
capped notice. Some persons seem to
present d more suitable soil for the
cultivation of the germs than others,
and certain conditions of the system
are very favorable to their develop
ment.
A lowered vitality, sea bathing,
changes of diet, especially during
athletic training, and convalescence
from certain fevers are not uncom-
monty followed by boils. Children
with scrofula and ricketts, are apt to
suffer. Excessive sweating, lack of
cleanliness, the long use of poultices,
the application of irritants to the skin,
and especially the chatting of clothing,
seem to favor their formation.
Any part of the body may be affected,
but they are most frequently seen on
the back of the neck, in the arm-pit
and on the lower part of the trunk.
Where the skin is firmly tied down, as
in the passage of the ear, the pain and
tenderness become intense; in the
looser structures it may be but mod
crate.
If left to itself, boil will break
in four or five days, and discharge pus
and, generally. some dead tissue known
as the 'core.h 1t is usual to apply
poultices till the abscess nears the
surface, and then. make an opening;
but often, if a free incision is made at
the beginning, the process will be ar
rested. Poultices are of benefit only
to relieve pain; they should not be con-
tinued after the incision is made, since
they serve but to prolong the dis
charge.
More than that, DR.. Pye Smith, Of
London, in the course of a recent dis
cussion, declared his belief that the
crops OF boils which sometimes are seen
in the case of school-children are due
to the transfer of germs, by means of
poultices, from an open sore to the
glands of the healthy skin.
The rational treatment, then, is an
early opening and washing out OF the
boil, using fluids that are destructive
OF the germs. At the same time the
general health must be seen to, in Or
der that it may offer sufficient bar
rier to further inroads.- Youths Com,
paniOn.
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he Obeyed tho Iuiunctiop.

Willie had just come in with one eve in
mourning, a swelled lip, and other traces of
an animated personal encounter with some
other boy, but his face wore an unmistaka,
Bile look of triumph.
.I've been fighting again, mamma" he
said, in anticipation Of rebuke, land with
Bob Stapleford, too. But he hit me first.
He got in singer on my cheek-bone.''
''You should have turned the other cheek
to him, Willie"
Il did, mamma" replied Willie, looking
critically at a confusion on his diminutiye
fist. 81 turned the other cheek toward him,
but you can just bet your little pile l Gidn't
give him time TO bit it,"-Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03
FULL OF FUN.

The hot water cure is highly
spoken of. A young man was COM
/ pletely cured of an attachment for
young lady by one kettleful, which the
old man let him have.
Nov, children, said the teacher,
'what do you call the meal that you
eat in the morning?" "Oat meal!'
promptly replied a member of the
class.
Little Boy-"Mamma, are you
really going to marry an Italian
COUNT" Pretty Widow-"Yes, my
pet" Little Boy (delightedly)-"O,
then I can have the monkey to play
with, can't I?"-Burlington Free Press.
IL say, Jenkins, can you tell a
young chicken from an old one?"
''Of course l can" ''Well, howp"
"By the teeth" "Chickens don't
have teeth" mo, but l have. -
London Pick Me Up.
First Bachelor-"Where shall we
! go this afternoon-to the matinee, the
circus. or whatp" Second Bachelor
What sort OF hats are the ladies
wearing now?" First Bachelor-"Tall-
er than ever" Second Bachelor
"Well, let's go to balloon ascen-
sion."
You appear to be in good health"
said prison visitor to q convict ut
is only in appearance. sill" replied the
convict, 'for the fact is am confined
to my room more than half the time"
Texas Siftings.
Young Wife-"Am I your treas
IRE, darlingp" Young Husband-"You
are, indeed. don't see how l had the
good luck to get YOU" Young Wife
20, well, you know, mamma attended
to that. 1t wasn't luck. Chicago
Journal.
| Old Gentleman Quitting few
questions)-"Now boys ah-can you
ten me what commandment Adam
broke when he took the forbidden
fruit?" Small Scholar Qike shot)-
please, sir, tn warn't no command
ments then, sir!" Boston Beacon.
Aunt Mindy-"B Dress yo' deah ole
brack heart, Deacon Gillis, how's
eb'ryt'ing down t. d. church," Dea-
con Gillis-"Befo' yo' go emmy furder,
Miss Wonkley, I wanter s'gest dat my
shadin' DON go quite ser fer in ez yo'
remahk wud seem fer t himply!"-
Time.
Mrs. Mushroom have not quite
decided about this room. Thomas.
Now what do you think of having a
frieze there" Mr.. Mushroom-"I
don't believe it will be necessary, my
love. The weather prophets say We
need not expect to have a hot sum-
mer. "-America.
| Are those our menp" asked Major
Pitcairn, as squad of soldiers APP
preached along the road near Concord.
mo. SIR" replied Colonel Smith, '.they
are minute men," General Washington
believed that it was to this that the
British defeat may be attributed.
Harper's Bazaar.
well, sir" said an old gentleman
Indignantly, what are you doing
around here again. l thought the
delicate hint gave you just as you
left the front door last night would
give you to understand that I don't
like you very WE'LL" And the speaker
looked at his boot In reminiscent
way. ut did" said the young man,
as look of mingled pain and admira-
ton came over his face. "But I
thought would come and ask you -"
"Ask me whatp" If you wouldn't
like to join our football association.
Merchant Traveller.
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Probably Caused by sroomstick.

Lecturer on Phrenology Cautiously
to man selected by audience for free
examination) Married, presume?
Man-Yes.
Lecturer with confdence)-Man
OF the protuberances. ladies and gen
tlemen, which we find upon the heads
of persons in various walks Of life
may be passed by as having no phre.
biological significance, as in the case Of
the gentleman whom ! am now, etc.~
Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03

HESE lines, repeat,
ed over and Ovel
again one morn
ing in low but
earnest tones by o
small, thin faced,
rather ragged boy
in the Office of the
Cliff Edge I'm
prov ement Com
pany, finally forced
t h e IN selves upon
the attention of
John Swingleton,
who was president,
managing director
and almost every
thing else in the
company. For any
tbiDr hut bie o,,,,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY POETRY

A Record Of the Day.
was wide awake little boy
i Who rose OF the break Of day;
s. were the minutes he took to dress,
q Then he was of and away.
= were his leaps when he cleared the stairs,
y Although they were steep and high:
4 was the number which caused his haste
4 Because it was Fourth OF July.
r were his pennies which went to buy
y A package of crackers red;
e were the matches which touched them off
" And then-he was back in bed.
Y big plasters he had to wear
! To cure his fractures sore;
= were the visits the doctor made
- Before he was whole once more.
u were the dolofous days he spent
u In sorrow and pain: but then,
n are the seconds he'll stop 70 think
" Before he does it again.
Lillian Dynevor Rice, In St Nicholas.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03
SWINGLETON'S FOURTH.
His Change Of Heart, and How It
Came About.

Hurrahl for the mornln' OF mornn's is come
Unfurl ey'rY banner and beat eY'ry drum
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03

Its blue and stars and crimson bars
Reflected on the sky.
Then while bells clang and auvils bang
And cannon thunders roar,
Wen give cheer that slaves may hear
Upon the old worlds shore.
Wen yell and screech and make speech
About our glorious Nation.
And brag that we on land or sea
Can wallop all creation.
With sogers gay well march all day
And stick to them like candy,
And, gu te sublime, keep step in time
To Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Tho maidens fair will bang their hair
And dress red, white and blue,
For each will be Of Liberty
pretty goddess true.
Wen crackers pop and gaily drop
Torpedoes on bald heads,
And burn, no doubt, some patriots out
OF houses, barns and sheds.
And when it's night the sky we'll light
With Freedoms living fire.
And then each one, with duty done,
May to his couch retire.
H G. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-03

The Boys Resolve.
Breathes there boy with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said
Away along in May:
"Tll save my cash that may buy
Some crackers loud and rockets nigh,
To wake the echoes in the sky
On independence Dayr'
-Sunsitne
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-12
he PLANTED a TREE.

The President >tSneIx~s uL. Walt to
Postmaster General wsnamaksr by
Planting Tree an the Promise. Of thu
Latter. and starts a Good. Healthy P.rs-
pirsIioa Ia the Operation.
PHILADELPHIA. sept. .6.-President Har-
rtson, accompanied by P0stmastcr-Gen-
eral Wanamaker, left for Washington
over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at
li;@I this morning. Ths closing Or the
Presidents visit To the POstmaster-G Cen
erals CheltOn Hills residence was this
morning marked by the planting OF a
tree. The family and guests arose abou :
seven O'clock. aud after breakfast the
party sat on the front porch for half
hour and the President announced that hs
was ready 10 do the planting. A spade
was procured, aud armed with 1t, and
accompanied by the Postmaster -General,
ColoRel Elliott F. shepard, OF the New
York Mail and Express. and Rodman
Wanamaker. who carried the small tree,
the place OF planting was visited. IL Is
about a square east Of the residence and
near the spot where Governor Beaver
planted a tree yesterday afternoon.
With his tall SILK hat on tie back %
his head anl bis coat sleeves
pushed up nearly u his elbows.
President Harrison commenced his
work The soil was little hard.
the morning sun wa- very hot, ami the
presidential Precipitation stresinei down
the distinguished disger's fac-. but he
stuck 70 1t untli the tree Was properly
placed
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-12
The WORLDS FAIR.

The People of the ''Fatu-. t.r-st' D--
t~-ninesi Ia Have thu World. Fair in
isss. and Are Meeting the Financial
Problem la a ChtractertstleaIIy Liberal
Spirit.
ST LoCIs, Sept 6.-Cinvernor Francis
presided ut a meeting of the = executiv~ and
huance committee ~ the World. Fair
Committee of Two Hundred last night A
gratifying enihus iasm prevailed among
the gentlemen u the committee over the
financial outlook. The liberalisy OF the bus
mess men who have beeu approached ON
the subject of subscriptions has exceeded
all expectation. aud oae ~ the questions
which presses the committee ON finance
deals not with ths best means to be-
employed in raising the required
fund. but the method to bs adopted
to So equalixe and average the to-
tai subscription amDns all branches
of business as u give all interests a pro-
portionaie share in the amount 10 be coll
iected- Several instances were cited in
the meeting ot single individuals sub
scribius the entire amount assessed
against a number % firms Ia the same
line OF trade. As showing the spirit In
which the movement l. eutsre into. IL IL
stated that the ticket brokers subscribed
the sii.001 assessed against them before
the collectors had au opportunity to ap-
ply To them. There j. uo qassfiou but
the guarantee fund viii bs raised, aud
doubled II necessary. Tae citizens " ~.
Louis are in earnest. and they are daily
receiving assurances % hearty co-
operation from all points In the West aud
Southwest
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-12
LATE NEWS iTEMs

GEO. SroSE (coloredl who murdered
Taornton Burton mar Fayetteville. Tenn,
has been placed in Jail at Nashville u pre-
vent his being lynehed by Indignant
citizens.
THE race on the Thames for fI.009 and
tie CHAMP i0nship OF the world. over a
course four miles and three furlones. be-
tween VIM. UConn0r, champion orsman
OF the United States and Canada, and
Henry z. Searle. the Australian, was rowed
on the 9th and was won BY Searle.
GsS. GEORGE NANCY left Nashville,
Tenn, on the 10Th for Montevideo, the
capital OF Uruguay, to which country be
has teen appointed Minister by President
Harrison.
T. l. VALLEY, a well known merchant
Of Sewelis P0int. Va, was murdered on the
9th in bis store. The motive for the mur-
der was robbery. and six negroes, VIM.
Henry Curtis, Henry Williams, HamIin.
Cornelius White, Geo. Pitcher and AL
Curtis are now in jail for the crime.
FoUR country boys broke into John A.
Kinkle & Co.'s store at BatesviIIe, Ark,
on the night OF the sth and stole 800 pounds
Of meat and large lot Of other merchan-
disc.
Ir Is claimed that there will be consider
able falling of in the percentage Of deaf
people in the census Of Isgo, owing To the
extended use Of the sound disc invented by
a citizen Of Bridgeport, Conn, named II.
A. Wales.
Tnr six dAys' celebration OF the ami
versary Of the defense Of Baltimore in our
second war with reat Britain commenced
at Baltimore on the 9th.
THE descendants Of Benjamin Talbot
(eoloredl lay claim to about $40 acres COW
ering the central portion OF the city Of
Log2nsport, Ind.
THE Hon. w. &. whitthOrne, member Of
Congress from Tennessee. who has been
lingering between Life and death for sew
eraI months, has recovered sufficiently to
appear upon the streets and every indica-
tiou points to his complete restoration to
health.
FlsExwAx BRos. & Co., wholesale feed
dealers OF Louisville, Ky, made an assign
ment on the 9Th Their liabilities are esti-
mated by the arm at $4,000. and their
assets are sufficient, probably, 10 pay dol
lar for dollar.
A SYNDICATE COMPOSED Of some Of the
weaithiest and most influential citizens Of
Chicago has been organized and proposes
20 pus UP not less than 81, o00. 900, and even
more If necessary to secure the Worlds
Fair for that city,
A CHATTANOOGA man stole a steamboat
and took an excursion down the river. Not
being an expert navigator he ran into
suas. sank the craft and narrowly escaped
drow aing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-12

\ complete rrvisw ~ the trade anI
cvmmercs %; SaTaunnA. Ga.. sar tho last
twelve months has bera Published Tlr
total business % the year sa.iss up "a Z. o.
0sa.U00. about =. 5A0 COZ increase over t---.
The naval stores trade vas sS9pl. 81. "a
Increase of I 8e0 etl ever last year. The
grocery traGs Nas 80 ss39Q. aHd the
liquor and tobacco ard pFov.sisus ira.i~
-. - 01. ] he dry-splls trade Nas 81
50a,e0A A ulIli.ua and haif dollars IA
baildils Improvements are 10 progress
The splendid condition % erpas IN that
section % Georgia warrants 4 prosperous
year for farmer savannah las never
h1I a better oa;lonk tnan nos. Every
ttint points u the coming year as Tie
nspst prosperous ever kaoSa u that part
% lie south.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-12
NO. A..
PIuh AND POINT.

1t Is generally the man who can't
waltz who declares that dancing i sin-
fun. Y. Journal.
Some persons of weak understand.
ing arr 80 sensible OF that weakness
as % be able 20 make \ good ns's of H.
II there has been no temptation.
there can be no merit; il there has
been no struggle. there can b. no vic
tory.
There il no fit search after truth
which does not. first OF all. begin to
live the truth which ii knows. II.
Bushnell
The man who never takes exercise
i often called upon to mourn an ath-
letic friend who took too much. -
jamestown Journal.
DO not deceive yourself In trying
to deceive others. Every man and wom
an Of sense knows what muddy eyes
and tallow face means.
II you would b. n clear speaker.
aim at clearncss OF thinking. II you
would b. n clear thinker. aim at clear
ness of speaking.
The most unfair thing that hap
pens to women i that engagements are
50 short and marriages so long. Bins-
hamion Republican.
Some men are called sagacious.
merely on account of their avaricc;
whereas. child can clcnch its fist tho
moment IL l. born Sheustonc.
1t isn't always the man who
really catches the most fish who is tho
hero Ia the eyes Of his friends -Mcr-
chat I raveler.
Whenever accident or ability
sends man to the front il is popular
to say he has the big-hcad that is.
you had better say it IL you ars fool
aud have the small one.
The time to push at the cart l.
when it Is going up tho hill When
the top has been passed and the de-
scent gained there is little use 0r Wis
dom in still furiously pushing away at
the same end Advance.
The covctous man heaps up
riches. not to enjoy them. but to have
them; and starves himself in the midst
of plenty; and most uunaiurally cheats
and robs himself Of that which Is his
own; and makes hard shift IN bo a.
poor and miserable with great estate
a any man can be without it.-Tillot-
son.
Don't suppose that people are hos
tile to YOU in the world. You will
rarely find any body designedly doing
you i'll. You may feel often as II the
world is obstructing you. more or less;
but you will find that To be because
the world is travelling in different
way from you, aud rushing on in t.
own path.
"A good name i n valuable posses
sion; but. like al valuable possessions.
good name Is not so easy 70 get a. il
Is To lose. II costs something 10 AZ
qure good name; and unless IA good
name is guarded iealously. it will be
lost to him who acquired il. He who
wants to keep his good name must be-
faithful in guarding it.-Sunday-S School
Times