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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
FLOWERS AT NIGHT.
The Nature of the Nocturnal Movements
and Attitudes of Plants.


and Attitudes of Plants.
The clovers are indeed a drowsy
family; they keep regular hours and
make a thorough business of their
slumbers-red clover with their heads
tucked under their wings. as it were,
the young blossom clusters completely
hooded beneath the overlapping upper
pair of leaves. and every individual
leaf below bowed with folded palms.
The white clovers were similarly well
brought up, and continued their YES
pers through the livelong night, their
little praying bands to be seen every
where along the path. The yellow
hop-clover played all sorts of antics
! with its leaves without seeming rhyme
or reason. The tall bush clover, rising
here and their among the slumberOus
beds, presented complete surprise,
being entirely changed from its diurnal
aspect, the ordinary generous leafy
spread OF foliage now assuming the
shape of an upright wand, each three
foliate leaf being raised upon its stem,
with the leaflets folded inward, clasp
| ing the maternal stalk. It had its
arms full indeed, and seemed conscious
of its heavy responsibility. The
trailing ground-nut vine and the deli
cate wild bean were hardly recogniza-
BILE in their odd night-dress; and the
desmodiums at the border of the
woods presented singular contrast
of dropping listlessness, with each
leahet hanging as vertically as a plum
met. sought the familiar plumy beds
of the little partridge-pea, wondering
what sort of a reception l would meet
from that quarter, but found these
plants even more fast asleep and trans
formed than their drowsy neighbors,
and had trodden on a number of the
plants ere discerned them, for, like
the sensitive mimosa, which they so
much resemble, and which
Opened its fan-lke leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses Of night"
these tiny leaflets were now folded in
long fat ribbon for each leaf, pre-
senting thin edges to the sky. hardly
distinguishable from the thin seed
pods among them.
The nature of the nocturnal move
ments and attitudes of plants, both in
leaves and flowers, has long been a
theme of speculation among botanists.
In the case of many flowers the night
attitudes have been conclusively
shown to have relation solely to their
fertilization by insects.
The dropping attitude of leaves at
night was commonly supposed to indi.
cate an aversion to moisture, many
plants assuming the same position
during rain as in the dew, thus seem
ing to verify the conjecture; but when
the same pranks were played in q
cloudy day or dewless night, the ex.
PLANTATION had to be abandoned. In the
clover tribe the nocturnal positions al
ready described seem to be assumed
only in the darkness, and this invar
iably, dew or no dew, while the leaves
seem to revel in the rain, remaining
/ freely open.-W. Hamilton Gibson, II
Harper's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
THE TWO BROTHERS.
(Fr0,p the Idlmud.)

from the 1dlmud.)
Tn Palestine long years ago
So runs the legend old
Where Kedron's sparkling waters flow
Across their sands Of gold,
And Mount Moriah lifts his head
Above the sunny plain,
Two brothers owned-as one-'tis said
A field of golden grain.
And when the autumn days had come
And all the shocks and sheaves
Stood waiting for the harvest home,"
Among the whitening leaves.
The elder brother sat one night,
I'm stronger far than Saul
My younger brother, tits but right
That | should give him all
These sheayes that grow upon the plain
We own together, SO
I'll put with his my stacks OF grain,
And he will meyer known
Scarce had he left the sheaves of wheat
When quietly there came
Across the fields with stealthy feet,
And errand Just the same
The younger lad who said: II see
My brother Simon's need
Is greater far than mine, for he
Hath wife and child TO feed;
And so TO him I'll give my sheaves,
1t is but right know
And he will never think who leaves
These wheat stacks on his row.
Next morning when the brothers twain
Began to count their store,
Behold each found his stacks of grain
To number as beforei
"Why how is this?' in great surprise
Each to himself then said
TN watch tonight and see who tries
These tricks when I'm abed"'
And so, half way across the plain
They met-each one bent DER
With shocks and sheaves of golden grain
To swell his brothers store
Good Saul and Simon! Would to-day
More brothers could be found
Who seek each others good Away,
And III kind deeds abound.
YOUTHS C0mpani,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
FRAGMENTS FROM AFFAIR.

AT Hong Kong thieves steal tie telephone
wires. sa.s
THE London Telegraph got 1900 letters on
SIS Marriage SUGGEST"
The population Of Germany, according to
the last census; is 4G;S55.704
SILVER is being found in great quantities
In the Madras Presidency, India.
PERU has ratified the treaty Of commerce
and navigation with the United States.
WOMEN do the work Of ushering people to
their places in most of the theaters in Paris
The monster Hilton cannon recently
manufactured in Germany carries twenty
miles.
THE late Emperor William is credited
with having saved Sl2, 000 out of his pub
lie allowance.
A WRITER in the Paris Figaro says that
General Harrison is not an adept in ''that
American custom, the shake hand"
IT is said that the Government of Austria
liza has appropriated 81, 100000 to encourage
the development Of the dairy in that coun'
| try.
UP to recent date the expenses in build
ing the Eiffel tower in Paris had been NOO,'
600, and more than II 100000 pounds OF iron
had been used.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND students engaged in
the late annual competitive examinations in
| China. The excitement was SO great that
number of contestants went crazy.
LAST August there were killed in New
South Wales the following "noXious" ami
mails: 59,566 kangaroos, 5s,346 wallabies,
| LOLA hawks, 81 emus and 1888 native dogs.
PARIS is getting tired of the ballet. In
1884 the Opera gave 80 ballet nights; in 1885
%; in 1885, %, and in 1887, 10. Thus far II
ballet performances only have been given in
1888.
The shopping party is the latest amuse
ment in Paris. Under the guidance Of 8
fashionable conductors parties Of ladies
meet and go hunting for bargains through
out-of-the-way bric-a-b-ac shops.
IT is proposed to levy capitatlon and in
come tax on all Chinese and Coreans il
Russian territory, and to admit Asiatics tt
the privilege Of the Russian subjects only il
they become naturalized Russians.
AT Bendigo, in the colony of Victoria
gold is now being procured at depth Of
2,40O feet from the surface. This Is the
greatest depth to which tho gold seekers Of
the anupodes have 50 far penetrated
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

he had ever heard.
She was not aware of his presence
until almost at his side.
Pardon me, miss! | see | have
alarmed you'll" he said, rising book in
hand as she began to retreat.
IL didn't know any one was
herer' she faltered, evidently startled
by so unexpected an encounter with
stranger.
AT this juncture there was a shower
OF blossoms at her feet from her
flower-laden apron, which, in her con-
fusion she had forgotten to retain
hold Of
81 am sorry I interrupted your
song" said Arthur, as he assisted her
to recover her treasures. at was very
sweet and quite appropriate, too.
Here we have the maiden and the wild
flowers"
Yes" she replied, archly. "But
the maiden in the song was thinking
of her lover away at sea!'
"And you" he rejoined with a
roguish laugh-"was thinking of q
lover over yonder in town, perhaps"
There was scornful toss of the
queenly little head, and an unnatural,
vindictive ring in the clear, young
voice as she retorted:
Il have more interesting things to
think about than lOyerSm
What can be more interesting to a
young girl like you than love, with all
it promises for the future?" and her
questioner looked the surprise that he
felt.
1.-The love you speak of promises me
nothing but blasted hopes, if | were
ever foolish enough to be beguiled by
it, | cherish love, but it is q love that
never changes, the love of my dear
father, and of dear Aunt Prue, who
has been mother, sister, every thing in
fact, from my earliest recoliections. "
Ora Dalton said all this with great
earnestness, which seemed to increase
as she proceeded, while her speaking
eyes grew inexpressibly soft and ten
der.
AS Arthur Warren looked and list
ened entmnced, he felt that the peer
less girl before him, whose very name
he had yet to learn, held the happiness
of his life in her hands. Would she
make or mar it?n he tremblingly asked
himself.
The subject thus opened led to 4 long
and animated discussion in which Ar
thur was forced to see that his heart S
idol, Notwithstanding her youth and
beauty, was confirmed cynic on the
subject of love. 1t was soon apparent
to him that she reflected the embittered
thoughts and feelings of the aunt of
whom she had spoken so affectionately.
This aunt was an elderly spinster
''whose iove-blighted life had always
been as an open book of experience to
her." as she expressed it.
So deeply engaged were the young
people that they took no note of any
thing until they were at last recalled
to their surroundings by a loud peal
of thunder. Looking up they saw the
sky black with ominous clouds and q
little later drenching rain was pour
ing down upon them.
Arthur, because of his delicate
health. had taken the precaution to
provide himself with an umbrella, and
under its friendly shelter they hast
ened to the Dalton farm house.
II am afraid Auntie will be worried
about me-" said Ora, anxiously. Then
Frightening. she added, with child
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

eff you will guarantee that thai
is real. genuine solitaire ring, Mr..
Pennywait, said Mrs. New Vorich the
other day, "Tll take it. But | don't want
to get home and find that / have been
deceived. "--JeWeier' WeekEu.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
Smiling Gardens of Plenty

Where nature beams her brightest-in the
extreme south, on our sister continent ana
in the tropics of the Caribbean Sea--are too
often the home of malaria, the vertical sun,
copious decaying vegetation and bad water,
also cooperating to breed virulent disor-
ders of the stomach, liver and bowels. II
is in such regions that Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters gets In some of its most bcneticent
work
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

sMY friends laughed at the idea Of a $500
bone mill, but since got one of Wilson's,
advertised in this paper, the laugh is all on
my side Every one that sees it has to &C
knowledge it is q perfect success. =, l can
crack enough shells for $50 fowls inlS min
lltes: and the same amount will 20 five
times farther than if cracked with q ham
mer. There is no waste, and child can
crack them. !, Bones take a little more
strength. It also cracks corn easily and
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

CONFINEMENT may be better than riches,
but most people would say off hand that
they would prefer to have riches because
riches bring so much contentment.-Jo,H
nal of Education.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
In some parts of Africa

in some parts OF Africa a mans
wealth is judged by the number of his
wives A man with sixty wives is
looked upon as sort of bonanza king.
His wives probably go out washing at
fifty cents day, or make shirts at
forty cents a dozen. In this country a
mans wealth is judged by the number
of dogs he owns. The possessor Of
eight dogs is generally too poor to
pay school tax, and his wife takes in
washing.-Drake's Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

SOME one asks why watch always runs
faster in the theater than in church. 1t
doesu't-that is one reason.-Jepelers'
Wee!tlu
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

For Throat Diseases and Coughs use
BnowS's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs Like all
real good things, they are initiated. Inc
neniliue are sold Otllu in bOrGS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

y
Ora Dalton, one
b ri G h t su m m G +
morning, as she
IN errily tripped
through her fathers
meadow, culling ma
lures sweets and
drinking in natures
joy.
Arthur Warren,
reposing at full
length on the grass
near by, thought
her the loveliest
creature he had
ever seen, and her
voice the sweetest
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

A NEEDY TnAMP-walking homo for lack
of car-fare. Life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
yay to the gentle action and mild effects OF
Carter's Little Liver Pills. If you try them,
thew will certainly please you.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

ALTHOUGH skilled worlm ,nship may be
required in the manufacture of the higher
grades of cigars, almost any cabbage head
can make an ordinary cigar
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

FIRST impressions are every thing, par
ticularly when one is collecting engrav
ings.-Hdrger's Baznr.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

A GIRL always wants fellow to tie q
true-lover's knot when she gets MN Oh
the string. Boston Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

DIAMOND dust-money paid for soil
taire
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get vial at
once. You can't take them without benefit.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

If man is in love with woman, let
him take her to see Romeo and Juliet"
and if she laughs at the balcony scene he
will abandon her straightway if he has
any sense.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

'WET wether as the sheep said wher
it fell into the creek.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
Get Only the Best.

Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver on is
physicians. Juo. G. Baker & Co., Philadelphia
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

ALI ships have yaris, though none OF
them ever have a garden.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

APRoMpr Way of Easing Asthma. Use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and lar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure Ill one minute.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

EVERY clou may have silver lining.
but it never shines with the lustroas eful
gence of an old diagonal c'at.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

did more toward giving women their
writes than all the women suffrage asso-
Citations in the country
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

LOVE in cottage is not nearly so s'tit
as love in fat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

rLY-rAPER-a Waite Cap warning :
;cave. - inc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

The Chinese does not take his queue
from nature. Two thirds of it is third
class silk-Sdn Frdncisco Alto.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

WHY should cobbisr5 be 81 gible for med
ical diplomas? Because they are skilled
in the art Of heeling.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

IF colors could talk many q woman woul
be a walking Bedlam -H0cl Null
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

WHEN the last one of quartet Of good
fellows determines to die, the thing is
four gone conclusion.-N. 0. Ptcdyunc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS AND FEEDERS
Read ad. of G. C. Daily d Co. other column.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

A PROMINENT band-the engagement
ring.-DetrOH Free Press
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

MEN can talk horse without having Q
bad cold.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

"a REGULAR high fyer"-our American
eagle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

A HAPPY mediua-a pleasant spiritual
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09
WON BY STRATEGY.
A True Story of How Love AS
serted Itself.
Written for This Paper.1
''Roaming through the green fields,
Gathering wild flowers;
Gaily sings maiden,
Az nnicklu flu the hnIlrc y

AS quickly fly the hours"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-01-09

>Ax-7- HUS caroled happy
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-05-02
CROP REPORT.
Kansas Leads m the Average OF wheat
with Missouri Next.

Kansas Leads m the Average OF wheat
Nith Missouri Next.
CHICAGO, April 30 The following an.
pears in the Farmers' Review. The pros
poets for the winter wheat crop still con-
tinue favorable as a rule. Correspondents
In Ohio. Illinois, Kansas. Missouri, Miehi-
gan and Wisconsin report condition i'm
proved since our last report In Indiana
the average condition remains about the
same; Kentucky reports are not quite as
favorable. Relative 10 grains sown this
spring, reports indicate an Increase over
the average usually sown to spring wheat
IN Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota,
but loss than the average in Iowa, Wis.
consin and Minnesota. In regard 10 the
rainfall more than half our reports from
Illinois, Ohio Indiana, Kentucky Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and Dakota made mention Of
The need Of rain. Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska have been abundantly supplied
In this respect and many counties In Iowa
and Michigan report heavy showers.
We summarize the report as follows;
Condition Of winter wheat Illinois, 100 per
cent? Ohio 90; Indiana, 9sH; Kentucky,
VI; Missouri, lOl; Kansas ll6; Michigan,
%; Wisconsin, 02.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-05-02

The word 'attainder" Is from the
French word teindre, meaning 20 stain.
According to tie old English law, when a
person was condemned to death Tor treason
or felony, or had been outlawed for any
crims, he was deprived Of all his civil
rights, and his estates were forfeited 70
the Government This was called at
talnder, and the person thus punished
was said 10 be 'attainted." Parliament
might also thus deprive an offender OF
rights, and tho act was called bill OF sat
talnder." Not only did those convicted OF
high treason forfeit all their possessions,
real and personal. and all their individual
rights as citizens, but the odense also
worked corruption OF blood,0 that
is' the descendants Of the offender
could not inherit any OF his prop.
erly or any civil rights that
had been his. The disabilities created by
the corruption Of blood could only be re-
moved by act Of Parliament The bill OF
atiainder, as passed by the English Par
Lament was a legislative conviction with
Judgment Of death. Sometimes evidence
was heard on ths case, but not often, for
the Object Of the act was 10 secure convic-
ton without waiting for legal proof OF
gult The first recorded use Of the bin
OF attainder by Parliament was In 1871
Us last use was Ia 1897, when Sir John
tenwick was attainted and executed
Tor participation ia the assassination
PioL In tho $40 years intervening the
pan had been used very often 70 dispose
OF persons obnoxious TO Parliament
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-05-02
WHAT is GOING ON.

STILL another use has been discovered for
the hustle. Marie Casteron was arrested
on the steamer North Pacific at Port Town
sena' W. T., Tor smuggling opium, fourteen
pounds OF the drug being found on her per-
son. She had sort Of harness riRged up.
and the receptacle Of the opium did sery.
ice as a bustle
NEARLY every west-bound train On the
Ohicago, Milwaukee, & st. Paul railroad
carries from hye 70 dozen emigrant cars
nlled with emigrants for Dakota, q majority
OF whom are Germans. The Dakota towns
are rapidly filling up with strangers, and
the ilyeliest kind Of boom Is looked for dur.
ing the coming summer.
THr electrical apparatus by which doomed
criminals viii be put 70 death Ia New York
consists OF chair, probably OF IRON. The
current viii be sent from arm 20 arm OF the
subject, or from the head 10 the spine The
exact location OF the poles will, no doubt.
vary with the subject and the op Ion Of
physicians.
IHE people Of .Vaca Valley, California,
nave found that peach pits make good fuel,
ihat tponnd for pound they will burn as long
as coal and give more heat, and they are
now saving them ALL They sell at six dol
lars per ton, and ind an active market
Apricot pits also serve for fuel, though thew
do not burn 50 readily.
ONE Of the sleeping car companies pro-
poses 70 build and run second-cIass sleep
ers, plainly furnished, but provided with
good beds and good service. They win be
run IN addition 70 the nrst-class sleepers,
Dul with decided difference In fare. First
class fare from Chicago 10 San Francisco Is
$780, second-class fare win be a.
The pnonograph Is serving a number Of
uses. One Instrument concealed under the
coat was discovered 70 bo employed sur
reputiousiy Ia stealing tho score OF a
new opera; II was elected. Many phono-
grnphs' Il y said, are being employed BY
number Of actors aud ncrcsses AZ auto
mallc teachers OF elocutiop. Through the
instrument they obtain an exact idea Of
y W.. vocal etpresslop, and learn BY means
y mimiefy The precise Qualities q their
lQuts.