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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-20
THE NATIONAL GAME.
What Shakespeare Says About It In His
Dramatical Works.

What Shakespeare Says About It In His
Dramatical Works.
The game of base ball is generally
supposed to be modern pastime, but
look through Shakespeare will con-
vince one that the game is OF remote
origin.
Your base fooD ball players
liking Lear"
Why these balls bound. Merry
Wives"
Now, let's have catch. Twelfth
Night"
l will run no base. Merry
Wives"
And so ! shall catch the ly.-"Henry
""
Let me be umpire in this. Henry
VI"
A hit, palpable hit" Hamlet"
Hector shall have a great catch. =
"Troilus and Cressida-
More like to run the county base
"Cymbeline"
Romeo and Juliet.
He'll leave striking In the held.-
Calls Well"
After the score. -"Othello."
Ajax goes up and down the field.-
''Troilus and Cressida."
Have you scored me?-"Winter's
Tale"
And the third nine. 'Coriolanns.
! He proves the best man in the field.
-"Henry w."
The word is pitch and pay.--'King
John"
However men do catch. Tempest. "
What foul play had we.-"Titus An
dronicus."
Unprovided OF a pair OF bases. ~
Henry w."
His COMPOUNDED base. Henry ""
No other book but the score. =
Henry w."
I will fear to catch. 'srimnn Of
Athens"
| Where 90 you with batsG-"Corio-
lanus."
Let us see you in the field. -'Troilus
and Cressida."
Thrice again to make up nine
macbeth.
Judgment. Hamlet.
N, Y. Graphic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-20
SENATORIAL RAPAClTY.
american Legislators as the Tools of Or
ganized Monopoly.


The history of human legislation
does not offer parallel to the hypoc-
risy and rapacity of the United States
Senate as revealed in the proceedings
of its night session on the 21st of Janu-
ary, 1889.
In committee of the whole these
shameless champions of the tariff COM
bines have for weeks debated House
bill 9,051, Ito reduce taxation and
simplify the laws in relation to the
collection of the revenue" What was
this "bill to reduce taxation" as
placed before the chamber by AL
lison, Morrill,, Sherman, Jones, of
Nevada, Aldf4ch and Hiscock, all Re-
publican hypocrites, aided by two or
three doughface Democrats? II
was a measure to increase the taxes
in all but four of the fourteen sched-
ules, and to grant a bounty-tax in
place of the double duty in one of the
remaining four schedules.
Advancing to their work, the Sem
ators deferred action on the wooden
schedule until the night before the
vote. The Presidential canvass gave
America a good idea of the wool rob-
berry. The recipients of the duty
quarreled among themselves, the mill
owners at last abandoning the flock
masters. In the circumstances, the
less debate on wool the better.
This great subject, then, comes up for
an evening session-the only one in
the whole moot. Mr. Vest offered the
amendment of the National Associa-
ton of Wool Manufacturers, asking a
reduction in the wool schedule of the
bill to 10 cents from II. 10 this Mr..
Allison retorted with suggestion
making the tax II rather than II
cents. The present infamous war
rate is 10 cents, being 43 per cent. of
value. It is needless to say Mr.. Al
lison's idea was seized with favor, and
the entire schedule was loaded with
taxes 20 per cent. higher than the
present rates.
Ready-made clothing was fixed at
the figure at 45 cents pound and 45
per cent. ad valorem, and all the other
wool robberies are to be in proportion.
The reader may wish comparison.
Let him understand, therefore, that
when Salmon Z. Chase and Lot Morrill,
in time of war surpassed, as they
feared, the bonds of a free peoples gen.
crosby, Chase and Morrill, made these
taxes on a dollars worth of goods 48
cents. After the war, when the god
of protection was further exalted
when the National debt was three
billions-the rate on the dollar was
made IS cents. Now, twenty -four
years after Lees surrender, the rate is
made 80 cents. In contrast with the
vicious tax of 1888, which is 81 per
cent, the new exaction is 80 per cent.
This bill ''to reduce taxation now
comes before Democratic House.
Whether Or not that House accept a
conference" the Herald cares little,
for it knows that if the President get
the form of this bill against the sky
he will unload his honest blunderbuss
in such way as to further carry on
the war of education which is to en-.
franchise the people. Chicago Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-20
Violating the PROPERTIES.

such a dinner as you wish to give"
said the fashionable caterer, .'includ.
ing champagne, OF course, will cost 81
plate. 81
"But I don't care for champagne.
What will it cost with beer and lemon
AIDE instead OF champagne?"
Just the same" replied the digni-
fed caterer, stiffly. Il could not, with
propriety, ask any Of my young gem
tlemen to wait upon the table at such
dinner without giving them extra
compensation. Chicago Tribune
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-20

worst detection nothing reused soul
and body so quickly as to do-not to
say, but to do-something for another.
Here, then, is the secret; here is the
stone that can fill the
most unpromising path with gold. If
we try to satisfy ourselves, we shall
fail. If we seek our joy in others, we
shall infallibly succeed; continually we
can find something to do for their well
fare or comfort, or pleasure or success
not in great things, perhaps, but in
the details of every day.-Chambers'
journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-20
WHO BEARS THE LOAD2
The Lie Given to the Two Pet Assertions
of High-Tariff Shouters.

The Lie Given to the Two Pet Assertions
of High-Tariff Shouters.
During the last campaign, in imi-
tation of the statement in Mr. Harri-
sons letter of acceptance, it was urged
from every stump that the tariff was
not a tax, to be paid by the consumer,
but an impost, paid by the foreigner.
Mr. Harrison stated in his letter of
acceptance that those who argued that
the tariff was a tax were by that act
attacking the very principle of protec-
tion. 1t was further argued that the
effect of the tariff caused a reduction
in the price of all articles subject to
its provisions. In this connection the
following extract from the Senate SUBJ
stitute for the House Tariff bill will
be found suggestive:
"Sec. 2510 All lumber, timber, hemp, mani
la, wire rope, and iron and steel rods, bars,
spikes, nails, plates, angles, biers and bolts,
and copper and compOs ton metal which may
be necessary for the construction and equip
nent of vessels in the United States for for
eign account and ownership, or for the pur-
pose of being employed In the foreign trade,
including the trade between the Atlantic and
Pacific ports Of the United States, after the
passage Of this act, may be imported in bond,
under such regulations as the Secretary Of the
Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that
such materials have been used for such pur-
pose, no duties shall be paid thereon. But YES
sells receiving the benefit Of this section shall
not be allowed to engage in the coastwise
trade OF the United States more than two
months in any one year, except upon the pay
ment to the United States OF the duties on
which a rebate is herein allowed: Provided,
That vessels built in the United States for for
eign account and ownership shall not be al
low, d to engage in the coastw;se trade Of the
United States"
Now it may be fairly asked why, if
the tariff is not a tax to be paid by tn ,
importer, but by the foreigner, the
allowance of this rebate is of any ben
eft to the American ship-builder? Or,
if the effect of the tariff tax is to re-
duce the cost of every article en-
braced in its provisions, where is any
benefit to follow from the suspension
Of it's operationP If it is said that
these are only a few articles. and can
not be said to form a basis for an
argument against a tariff which en-
braces nearly four thousand others, it
must be remembered that on every
article manufactured from raw ma
terials imported from abroad, the law
allows an almost similar rebate-thus
giving the lie to both of the assertions
of the tariff takers to which reference
is made.
This is not an exceptional case.
Every argument of the high-taxers is
equally fallacious, when submitted to
the test of reason. Chicago Leader.
Wages in Pennsylvania are de-
| clininp So much for Harrisonian
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-02-20

Wages in Pennsylvania are de-
clining. So much for Harrisonian
high tariff prosperity. = Louisville
Courier journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
SNARESAND TRAPS.
VARIOUS DEVICES FOR CATCH
ING GAME ALIVE.
Bird Snares-The Set Lines-Box Trap
for Animals-Dead Falls
and Figure -Four Trap
Fish SnareS.

Now that the breech loading shot gun
and rifle are in such general use the old
fashioned methods of snaring and tap
ping game are seldom practiced. Still
the demands of the bird fanciers and
others for live specimens of rare birds
and of the fur market for uninjured furs
keeps alive the art of properly construct
ing snares, traps and dead falls.
First and foremost among the simplest
snares made is what is known as "set
lines" To begin with it is essential to
find spot most frequented by the birds
you wish to snare. The spot selected
should be for a limited space at least
fairly smooth. Provide yourself with a
jacknife, some strong cord, quantity of
horse hair, and two bits of hard wood.
Make the two small stakes about six
inches long and drive them down into the
ground at distance of fifteen feet apart.
Run strong cord taut and fat on the
ground from one stake to- the other,
taking care to securely attach it at either
end. At intervals of foot or more bind
securely to the main cord little branching
slip nooses of horshair. These nooses
when spread out should be about six
inches in diameter. In the loops sprinkle
some grain seeds. The snare is now set,
but if you wish to take the birds alive
the set lines should be carefully watched
lest the shared birds in their exertions to
get away should beat themselves to death
against the ground.
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Mending Extraordinary.

In these days stockings cost so little,
and time has become so valuable that 1t
paws better to replace the old with new IS
soon as the former begins to show signs
of weSr; and so, stocking mending has
nearly gone out of fashion. But there
are still situations where it may be nee
essary. Listen to the ingenious way in
which a South American traveller con-
trived to mend his hose without taking
stitch. In the Brazilian woods are onan-
titles of a tree called the Mangaba, the
milk or sap of which has many OF the
properties of that of the true India rub
Der tree, and may some day be used in
its place. By spreading some of this
thick milk on piece of cloth slightly
larger than the area of the hole to be re-
paired, filling the stocking with sand OF
sticking the prepared cloth over the hole,
and then coagulating the milk by the ad-
dition of a little acid, the rent place has
been rendered stronger than any other
part of the stocking, for it will never
come off. Clothes of all kinds, includ-
ing boots and rubber cloaks, are patched
in the same ready and serviceable way
american Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
Value Of q Life.

Before our Civil War the money value
placed upon the working force in slave,
a young negro field hand, was $1,000 and
upward, and upon a skilled mechanic over
$4,000. DR.. Farr and Edwin Chadwick,
both eminent sanitarians, practically con-
firm these estimates. Dr.. Farr says that
in England an agricultural laborer, at the
age Of twenty-five years, is worth, over
and above what it costs to maintain him,
$1191, and that the average value OF
every man, woman and child is $771.
Edwin Chadwick says that each individ-
ual of the English working classes (mere
children work there, we must remember)
'inxoSth $500, and at forty years of age
$17S0. osrGalues in this country are
much greater. Tsho the probabilities OF
our length of life from ;i.s Insurance
tables, and put our labor on the r.s;ses NJ ), t
for that term of years, and you will nnd
What ve are worth to the community
MedSael classics.
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ing the peg and the top of the bent sap
ling attach light strong string. Thi
runs out as far as the bend in the switch,
where it forms slip moose. The sil
moose is spread over the curved end Of
the switch; grain is strewn about and al
is ready for the birds.
A very simple snare is made by weav'
ing q net of silk or horse hair in running
nooses. Spread it on ground frequented
by birds and fasten it down with pegs.
Throw some grain about and youl
snare is complete. Rabbits may also bt
caught in this same snare.
Dead falls are effective if properly con.
structed' in killing anything from o beal
to a ground squirrel, and, as the name
suggests, carries with it instant death.
The simplest dead fall is made with
. fiat rock and four hardwood sticks.
The weight of the rock depends on what
game it is expected to kill. The sticks
are put together in the form of figure
four and support the rock. Whittle out
four sticks of oak or ash. Thetfrst is the
trigger stick, and if intended for mink
fall should be twelve inches long, grad
ually tapering off to point at one end.
It should be at Its thickest part one inch
through. In the very middle a six.
teenth of an inch notch should be cut
and at the thick end on the same side
two notches close together. The second
stick is the ground support. That
should be six inches high and an inch
through. One end of it should be small
and come to half-inch top. The third
stick is the perpendicular post and should
be three inches high, one inch thick and
come to a half-inch bottom at the small
end. The fourth stick is the oblique
prop and should be eight inches. long,
planed off at either end to angles for
supporting the rock and fitting into the
notch. The fiat stone should be as
heavy as the figure four will support. To
set the trap the following directions
should be observed: Place the ground
support in an upright position; on top of
it at right angles place the trigger stick
so CnaC pne parC luSC DelOW Gue mluOle
notch shall rest on the ground support;
fit the oblique prop into either of the end
notches; in the middle notch of the trig-
ger stick place the small end of the per-
pend1cular post, the oblique prop resting
on the other end of the perpendicular
post. Your trap will now resemble the
figure four, and you will find that the
free end of your oblique prop will easily
support the heavy stone. Bait the trig-
ger stick with odorous bait, and all is in
readiness. The animal seizes the bait,
loosens the prop, and the rock falls on
him.
Another dead fall is made by drawing
two parallel lines of stakes on either side
of heavy log so as to completely fence
in an inclosure save at the ground end Of
the log, where a little opening is left for
an entrance. At one end the log
should be elevated and supported by q
figure four trap. Put strong bait on the
trigger and await results.
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gills give quick jerk, and nine times
- e l. 4,I

gills give quick jerk, and nine times
out of ten you will land your fish.
The handiest kind of an eel pot, and
one which can be easily constructed, is
made of barrel hoops and strips of wood.
Get the ordinary barrel hoops, place them
at distance of one foot apart and nail
over them strips of wood. The strips of
wood should be an inch wide and half an
inch in thickness. Nail these strips on
longitudinally half an inch apart. The
object of this is to have these apertures
of sufficient width to permit the water to
freely pass through, but yet not wide
enough to allow the eel to escape. At
the ends inyert your strips to an imagln-
ary point twelve inches within the mid
die of the pot. When the sticks come
to almost point leave an opening just
large enough for the eel to squeeze
through. The trap is now complete.
Bait it with small fish and anchor it. At
tach float to line which connects the
trap to float on the surface of the water.
This marks where your eel pot is Set
Clarence Hvde, in Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
Snakes on the Egg Shells.

A wonderful freak of nature, resulting
from the charming of hen by q huge
rattlesnake, is reported by Major Scheller
de Buol, who resides just south of this
city, on the line of the Burlington road.
The Major states that he had occasion to
search for favorite hen belonging to his
coop of rare fowls, and he found her
near pile of brush, trembling like e
leaf, and gazing with strained eyes and
neck transfxed at huge rattlesnake,
which lay coiled not four feet away, with
head and tail up, ready for his fatal
spring. Major de Buol had hoe in his
hand at the time, and lost no time in de-
spatching his snakeship. BE then at
tempted to ssshew" the hen to the barn,
but she could not be made to stir, and he
accordingly picked her up and carried
her in bis arms to the coop. The strang-
est thing about the incident above mar
rated is that for three successive days
thereafter the hen laid an egg, on the
large end of which was an exact repre-
sentation in miniature of the rattlesnake,
the fat head, short, thick body and but
ton tail of this species of reptile being
strikingly apparent. Otherwise the eggs
were perfectly formed and Of ordinary
size. The coils or representations OF the
snake are raised quarter Of an inch from
the shell, and are singulgrly formed on
the inside, showing conclusiyely that it
was the work of nature. The eggs were
brought to this city and presented to DR..
E. R. Kittoe by Major de Buol, and are
now on exhibition at Singers drug store,
where they have been seen and examined
by hundreds of people.-Ohieago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-02
A Mammoth Bone.

Frank Elverson, who lives on Point
Lobos avenue, between First and Second,
was somewhat startled two days ago when
burly looking excavator stopped q
wagon opposite his place and lugged out
a huge mass carefully wrapped up in
cloth.
The object was carried to the doorway
of Elverson's house and proved big
load for the bearer, weighing over eighty
pounds. Havingremoved the wrapping,
Mr.. Elverson saw what he admitted
without hesitation to be the biggest bone
he had ever seen in his life. The excava
tor, who had been doing grading work
in the sand dunes farther down the avenue,
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against the ground.
THE PARTRIDGE SNARE.

The partridge snare is more scientific
in construction, but not at all intricate.
The snare proper is simply slip moose
made of strings, but when properly con-
structed it is very effective. Familiarize
Yourself with the haunts and habits of the
partridge. Bear in mind that partridges
and other game birds rarely fly over an
obstruction if it is possible to find an
opening through which to pass. In con-
structing the partridge snare begin by
erecting wall of sticks, stones and mud
about two feet high and six inches thick.
It should be as long as is necessary to in
close a given place, relying on the un-
dulations of the ground or some other
natural cause to complete the rest of the
inclosure about the partridges' haunt.
Build few arches in the apertures in
the wall. The arch should be bent
riece of wood like croquet wicket in
shape. 1t should extend to the top of
the wall and should be about seven inches
wide. Make slip moose of strong
piece of cord just big enough to hang in.
the arch. Make the free end fast to the
top of the arch, spread the loops apart
and keep them in this position by catch
ing the strings lightly in either side of
Inc arch. The moose should be one inch
from the ground and three inches from
the top. The partidges in seeking their
usual feeding place will naturally walk
into the semicircle and in endeavoring to
get out will poke about until they come to
one of the archways. In going through
they will be caught in one of the nooses:
Another method of catching small
birds is in vogue among the Indians to
this day. Get reed, or better still, a
bamboo pole about twelve feet long.
Plant one end in the. ground no that
the pole will lean sideways. Cut a
birch twig about two feet long with
plenty of leaves on it and place it cross
wise on the top of the pole, at the same
time binding it on securely. Place a
horse-hair moose lightly over the leaves.
Pass the end of the horse hair down
through the pole and out through kole
bored foot from the bottom. Tie this
end of the horse hair to strong cord.
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THE FIGURE FOUR TRAP.

which in turn is fastened to rock. The
trap is now set and when the bird alights
on the top of your pole his feet will in
variabIy draw the moose tight around
them and he is caught in very short
order.
The spring snare is very simple con-
trivance, but an excellent method of
catching birds. Cut switch about five
:ect long and of good thickness. Send
it in the form of a lawn tennis racket
that is, two feet of the small end of the
switch should be curved around and
fastened to the body. Place this flat on
the ground, make low arch, somewhat
smaller than the partridge arch, and
drive into the ground over the handle OF
the switch at point one foot from the
base. The arch should be driven down
to within three inches of the switch.
Two inches from the arch and toward the
bend Of the switch make notch and
drive little peg lightly into it:
To a small sapling, which should
spring from the ground few inches inn
mediatcly back of the big end of the
switch, attach strong cord. Bend the
sapling and attach the free end of the
cord to the peg of the handle on the
switch, the cord first passing under
the arch. The tension should be strong
enough so that the least twitch from
the bent sspEng would free the peg.
Now, about midway on the cord connect
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was not anxious to haul the bone to town,
so bargain was struck whereby Mr..
Elverson handed over six bits and a
drink in fee simple for the prize.
A Chronicle reporter was invited to
view the specimen, its nature not having
yet been determined. It was manifestly
the head of the femar or thigh bone Of
a prehistoric elephant-the mammoth
(elephas prini-genus). The sand drift in
which the bone was discovered belongs
to precisely the sociological epoch which
is usually associated with the remains OF
fossil elephants.
A tape measure passed around the
''knob" at the broadest portion showed
that it was forty three inches in circum-
ference. Transversely the measurement
was thirty-nine inches. The shaft of the
bone at its narrowest portion was twenty
seven inches in circumference, or larger
than the thigh of stout man. The
length of the fragment was nearly three
feet. Assuming, on the principles of COM
parative anatomy framed by Cuvier, that
the proportions of the original animal
were on the elephantine order, the owner
of this thigh bone must have been from
fifteen to eighteen feet high at the time
it walked on the earth.
The cancellated structure of the bone
is well shown in portions where fragments
have been Clipped off. The head of the
bone is tolerably we'll protected by de-
post of siliceous matter, but the proba-
bility is that unless carefully and quickly
preserved by sealing up the pores from
contact with air this interesting relic of a
prehistoric age will speedily crumble to
pieces. Syn Francisco Chronicle.