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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23
FLIES IN WINTER.
A Minister Throws Some Light ON the
Habits of the Household Pest.

A Minister Throws Some Light ON the
Habits of the Household Pest.
Where do the flies go in winter timer
Is question often asked. said . min.
lister the other day. 81 have no doubt
many of them find out-of- the-way places
to Turk in till warm weather comes
again, and many of them are nearer us
all the time than we perhaps suppose.
remember once, when on visit in the
country, going to the house of a well-to-
do farmer, where was put to bed in the
spare ROOM as the guest chamber is
generally calleda room that in many
farn-houses is never used, opened or
aired moro than once in a twelvemonth;
it's bed-clothes in winter time are cold
and damp even as the grave; its whole
appearance is inexpressibly neat and
chilling, and the visiting preacher near
ly always catches a bad cold in it. L
learned from experience to go to bed in
these rooms with nearly all my clothes
on, and, after having parted with most
of the warmth of my body in partially
taking the chill of this particular bed,
l began to doze.
81 dreamed after awhile that heard
the kissing sound of a snake, which
seemed to come nearer and nearer till
felt sure it was in the bed with me.
awoke in cold perspiration, bnt still
the hissirg continued, and certainly
proceeded from the bed, though 1t now
seemed no; SO much like the noise made
by snake as that made by bumble-bees.
Rather alarmed now leaped from the
bed, lighted my lamp, and tore of the
quilts. Nothing out Of the way was Wis (
ible, and yst the buzzing continued.
pulled up the edge of the big feather
bed, which lay upon straw mattress,
and there, to my surprise, saw hum
dreds of sluggish flies, which had
crawled in there to hibernate when cold
weather came and had been thawed out
by the heat of my body and the extra
warmth that had crept into the room BY
the door being opened into the hallway
of the house. Not wishing to wake any
body pulled the feather bed out into
the hall and slept on it there for tho
rest of the night. opened the window
of the room and closed the door on my
strange bed.fellows and the frosty 1T
mosphere soon made short work Of
them. IN. Y. Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23
HENRY /. BlOSSAT, Business Mana.
THE WISHING BONE.

Che held one end OF the wishing bone
In her dainty finger tips;
nAs II believed in such silly charms"
she said, with hooking lips.
II snapped apart; 1t was l who won;
"pray, what is your wish?' said she;
But kept IA my heart the wish-to know
Wheth,.r she cared for Inc.
Iplased my trophy above the door,
rShle she laughed with grlish scorn;
ION the hands of the first who stands be
I meath
Will my marriage ring be worn.
We watched awhile, but no fair one came
The truth of the charm to prove;
And babe adeu with troubled heart
To my cold and careless love.
But turned again for missing glove
She was standing there alone,
With a rosy flush on her lovely face,
Under the wishing bone!
IS. A. Weiss, IN Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23

culties. The pension system nd the
tariff system are a sufficient load to
wreck any ship The thousa nds of
complaints against tho Mckinley bill
show what an artificial and unnatural
structure the high tariff is. It. is inn
possible to construct it 80 that i people
may be treated alike. 1t is che mosf
gigantic instrument of fraud and en-.
preston ever devised, anil the growing
intelligence of the human race revolts
at both it's theory and it's rraetio a.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23
DRIFT OF OPINION.

Tho tariff question has grown toe
broad to be straddled by small poll.
tician like McKinley.-St. Louis Re.
public.
Senator Blair is completely pros.
trated by the vote on his educational
bill. So is the bill.-Philadelphia
Press (Rep).
Congressman Mckinley should
whisper into his monograph: "Whom
the gods wish to destroy they first make
mad. Shoe and Leather Review.
-Websters unabridged dictionary
contains less than one-half the number
of words contained in Senator Blair's
speech on the education bill, but it has
the advantage of telling something new
all the way through. Utica Herald.
What the farmers of this country
are suffering most from is a system OF
taxation which compels them to sell
their products at the lowest prices and
buy their supplies at the highest, and
drains their resources to swell the pro-
fits of protected" capitalists. IN. Y.
Times.
The most singularly iGotic pen.
sion scheme that has yet been put forth
is that of Senator ingalls,, who wants
pensions granted to women VINO may
hereafter marry disabled veterans, witt
the additional advantage to the latter
of procuring divorce whenever deeme6
necessary at an expense OF S.. r.
long it is likely to be- 1
tinctton for a citizen to j.
from the Gagern9
ReqQrd.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23
Statistics Of Cremation.

At Working the number Of cremations
Ia steadily increasing. In three years
from 1884 to 1887 the annual average was
s. In 1883 there we're 26. In 1889 the
number increased to 46, the total num-
Der at the end of the year having been
exactly 100. This year there have been
several every week. In France, at the
new crematorium in Paris, there were
IS ordinary cremations in 1889, but tho
number of stillborn children and tho
bodies from the hospitals and anatomi.
cal schools IS . large that incineration
Is continualll ling on both night and
day. II, j nal d'Hygiene says that
the tctal nun 9er Was nearly 5000 in the
year. A Reno tho numbers were III
in 1855, Ia In 1857 and sos in 1885. Al
NJ Ian aHc Gshe Italian towns the mum
bs,- ara re- ptd' increasing. g they ars
10 le, aaay Az the United States -=Se
Eee aGaetka
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23

bacco? No, did acs,-tn fact, it tastes
better than it everdid.-James C. Plum
mer, in Pittsburgh Bulletin.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-23
WRITING IN TRAINS.
NV" N0.elist Ir0llope Wrote Some Of His
Best Productions.

James Hogg. the Ettrick Shepherd,
stripped hims of his coat and vest
when he began 10 open song, yet his
wrist took cramp, so that he could rare
ly make above four or six lines at sit
ting. Writer'S cramp! Where is there
popular author who has not suffered
at one time or another from this dis
tressing malady? Happily for them
selves, they now call in the services of
the stenographer, or use that useful
modern invention, the typewriter.
Without the aid of the shorthand
writer. many famous book-makers would
certainly have to limit the num-
Der OF their productions. Their
hand is seen in every magazine;
ana in almost every newspaper, some
OF them running three or four novels
at the same time. One writer, who re-
Gently broke down, is said to have kept
two stenographers constantly at work,
so:.great was the demand made upon him
for contributions. Some authors are
unable to dictate their thoughts to
others. The hand in their case must
touch the paper in order Go set the brain
at work. Trollope is an instance in
point. This fertile novelist wrote the
greater part of ''Dr. Thorne" during a
rough passage in steamboat between
Marseilles and Alexandria; ''Barchester
Towers and many other novels from
his facile pen were written in railway
trains. 'My time" he says, in his
autobiography, ''was greatly occupied
In travelling, and the nature of my
travelling was now changed. 1 could
not any longer do it by horseback.
Railroads afforded me my means of
conveyance, and / found that I passed
In railway carriage very many hours of
my existence. If intended to make a
profitable business of writing, and, at
the same time, to do my best for the
post-otfice, must turn these hours to
more account than I could do evon by
reading: made for myself, therefore,
q little tablet, and found after few
days exercise that l could write as
quickly in railway carriage as could
at my desk. worked with pencil,
and what l wrote my wife copied after
wards. The only objection to the prac-
tice came from the appearance of liter
airy ostentation, to which / felt myself
to be subject when going to work before
four or five fellow-passengers. But
got used to it. christian at Work.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10
HEB HEELS HER RANSOM.


How Carmencita Danced Herself Out OF the
Brigand.' tIntch-
My first dancing for money was before
band Of brigands. and l had no idea
what my salary was to be, either, writes
Carmencita to Kate Fields Washing
ton. When l was fifteen / was living
with my aunt and uncle, who had q
produce farm not very far from Madrid,
and equally near to the palace of the
Escurial-
The stretch of country between the
capital and the wonderful palace of
Philip III. was at that time infested with
bandittt l was in the habit of loading
a donkey with fresh eggs and vegeta-
bles for the priests. On one particular
morning not only had heavy load of
provisions for the fathers, but nearly
2, 900 reals beside hidden in my bosom,
which were to pay for masses for rela-
tive of mine.
was proceeding slowly with my dom
key when | was suddenly surrounded by
fierce-looking men, and in few m nutes
was hurr ed down a rocky path into
some dark woods
Well, sat down and watched the rob-
bers making omelets of my fresh eggs
and crunching my crisp onions. and how
wished every mouthful would choke
themi After awhile the chief glanced
toward where / was crouching in cor
ner, and calling me to him made me
drink large cup of wine.
Then somebody began playing a man
dolin. For a few minutes every body
listened. and whether it was the wine /
had drunk or something else, began
tapping the ground with my feet and
nodding in time with the aria.
'Ah. you dancer cried the chief
Now, come, little one-see if you can
not earn back your mass money"
Silently | followed the band to a
smooth piece of grassy ground just be-
yond the cavern. Round this the rob-
bers squatted, tailor-fashion, excepting
two of them, who stood on one side,
stunning their instruments. / danced
as never had before, and L continued
for nearly an hour, until | had to stop
from exhaustion.
But when l had finished, the robber
chief lifted me in his arms and kissed
me, while he handed me back the purse
containing the mass money. Then he
told one of his men to bring out my
donkey, and next he took off his hat
and went around among his band say
ing; Now, let US pay Carmencita for
the good breakfast she brought us"
heard the clink of money falling in
his hat, and in few minutes he came
to me and poured into my hands a sum
far larger than 1 should have received
from the priests for my farm produce.
He then escorted me to the gates of the
Escurial, and before he left he gave mo
q small, curiously-bent piece Of iron.
This" said he, will save you from
all molestation in this part of Spain if
you ever have the fortune to meet any
more gentlemen OF my profession.
told my story to the fathers at the
palace and troop of dragons were
sent in pursuit of my friend, whose
name proved to be Antazio. am glad
to say they did not catch d m. l always
wear the piece of iron he gave me. 1t
has r,rcvad a mascot
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10
1t All Came Back.

"Some clothes to-dayF he asked, as a
young man halted before his place on Jetfer-
son avenue and began stroking the right
hand leg of pair of pants
do you remember meF was asked In
reply.
"vhas dere something's wrong, my frendtT
"Dont you rememberi | was here and
bought a coat of you last fallF
"Last fall Was dot coat all rightfr
"You asked So for it and gave you SIS
It was = Prince Albert You remember.
don't yAr
"Vhas dere some moths in itf Did it fade
outF
Il asked you If you remember mel While
we were talking the fire engines went by"
"Did somepody say dot coat vhas not wort
tree dollarsF
do you remember or don't your
my frendt, did some crock come of on
your hands in a wet dayr'
mo, sir The coat was all right and worth
the money. and now | want a pair or
"Vhas it all right Rememper youi Ger
tainly dol Dose fire engines vhas going py,
und gif you shange for ten dollar, und you
ask me where to buy refolver. und you al
most buys sachel of me Rememper youi
Well, shall shmile il don'tl How you
vhasf Come inside lvhas shust wondering
oafer you, and it pleases me dot you vhas in
good health How odd dot | don't shake
hands nit you hull block avhay. Detroit
Free Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10
HlLIoIous AND EDUCATIONAL,

r.4.
There are over 30. 0Ouchildren In the
fresby serlan Sunday schools
4, ~ nan wii ever feel right until he
behaves right and behaves right.
nere are 45S Lutheran ministers
ts 'iNsi 20 sns State Of Minnesota.
81 taay uoEetonn laid the foundations.
= Tone A. Mel poufne, on March II. OF tho
.sSe ceiiege Tor ladies established in
2 ''s %;
~ university Of the City of New
ofh bas aesidea TO admit women To the
S'A1nea y the law department upon tho
sAnpe Terms az men.
eported oenefactions TO forty-two
2 nerlcan colleges during The last year
amount 70 SS,6s5. 900, the gifts ranging
'fo'n sio'ooV % 800, 600 each.
Those two lovers, grace and assur-
me- are not ~ TOD 80 nearly joined
A'sogetner but that they may, by sin on
ou1 pafe anu 3uhtlce on Gods, be put
~euHucI'
ood mas given man two eyes; II he
roses one he hath another, But man
pain only one soul; u he lose that the
loss can never be made up again Chry-
Inc total number OF students ma
sriculatea at the German universities
aurlng tne last winter session was
s'ios, TINS exceeding the number be-
longing 70 any Other faculty.
An aged e ergyman met a man who
was deciaiming against foreign missions.
Why" asked the objector, doesn't the
cnnrcn look after the heather at homer"
- " 9 40 said the clergyman, quietly,
10 pc gave the man tract.
For the hrst time since Harvard Col
iege was founded, the quinquennial
record OF us alumni Is issued in Eng
hsn instead OF Latin. During its 254
years o. existence Harvard university
mas graduated 1880 pupils, of whom
nt.ie more than one-hah ts,G27) are still
living.
In doing good we are generally cold
ana ianguid and sluggish; and Of all
tnings AFRAID OF being too much in the
right But the works of malice and in
justice are quite in another style. They
are nnished with bold mastery hand,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10
CRUEL SLAvE-DRIvERS.
Narrowing Sights OF the InhumanIty Prac.
ticed by Arab Slayers


ticed by Arab Slayers
M. Menon, of the Island of Reunion,
who was formerly engaged in promot-
ing what he calls the African emigra-
ton to the French colonies, describes
the following scene on the River Lin
die. on the eastern coast: IAN Arab
chief told us he had, in the forest at
some leagues distant, depot of eight
hundred men, whom he would bring to
us the next day. / asked the chief to
conduct US to his camp, and at irst he
stubbornly refused. But when prom
ised him a rifle-musket, which he eager
ly desired to get, he consented, and led
us thither. After three hours march we
arrived, but could see nothing.
"'Where are they lodged?' we asked,
and he pointed to palisade of bamboo
open to the sky, where they were ex-
posed, at the worst season of the year,
to fiery sun, alternating with torrents
of rain, and some times of hail, without
any roof to cover them. A man of tall
statue, with spear in his hand and
poniard in his belt, pulled up three
posts. which served for a gate to this
were, naked as on the day of their birth;
some of them with long fork attached
to their neck-that is, heavy branch
of tree, of fork-like shape so arranged
that il was impossible for them to step
forward, the heavy handle of the fork.
which they could not lift effectually
preventing them from advancing, be-
cause of the pressure on the throat; 9TH
ers were chained together in parcels of
twenty. The expression is a trivial one,
but 1t exactly expresses the idea. The
keeper of this den utters a hoarse cry;
it is the order for the merchandise to
stand up. But many of them do not
obey. What is the matter? Our inter
prefer, who has gone among the groups,
will tell US; listen to him:
1.-The chains are too short; the dead
and the dying prevent the living from
rising. The dead can say nothing; but
what do the living say? They say they
are dying of-hungerr But let us leave
the consideration of this traders pict-
ure as a whole, and let us look to some
of the details. Who is this creature
who holds tightly in her arms sleep
less OBJECT covered Win HlbhY leaStS.-
On looking close you see it is woman,
lying in the mud, and, holding her
dried-up breast to the child of which
she has just been delivered. And those
little girls, who totter as they strive to
rise, and who seem to ask for pity, on
what are they leaningP On dead
body. And this man, who is working
with his hands piece of mud, which
he is continually placing on his eye,
what is the matter with him? Our
guide tells us: He is troublesome
fellow, who set bad example by
throwing himself at my feet this morn
ing and saying, in a loud voice. Il am
dying of hunger" and l gave him a
blow which burst his eye, he is hence
forth good for nothing and, he added,
with a sinister look, he won't be hun
CRY long, To the question addressed
o the Arab chief, why he dealt thus
with the men, his reply was; do as
my father did before me. '"-London
Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10

Farmers have themselves often to
blame for the dislike their sons take to
business in which they find only the
rough and hard side of life. Farm
work is not so hard and disagreeable as
it used to be before the introduction of
much labor saving machinery that now
lightens it. Still, though less disagree
able. the boys do not like to have its
toughest and worst features put on
them. Nor will it make it any better
for the father, who now shirks whatever
he dislikes, to tell his sons how much
harder he had to work than they when
he was boy. Farm work is easier
than it used TO be- and the boys should
be the first ones on the farm to find
this out practically. Then fewer OF
them would be led from the farm by
the attractions of city life
So far as possible boys ought to have
personal and pecuniary interest III
everything they do, and the girls also
for that matter. Their labor legally
belongs to the parent until they become
of age, but he is indeed strange father
who keeps his sons or daughters at work
without pay merely to save the wages
of hired help. This working without
pecuniary interest in what one is doing
is too much like slavery. Just as soon
as the pressure is removed, and the
child becomes legally its own master,
all restraint is thrown aside. Every
young person should have some chance
to work for himself on some corner of
the farm, and whatever he thus earns
should be his, to be saved or spent I'M
der parental supervision.
In this way the habit of earning
money, and the knowledge of what it
costs to procure it, as well as the best
means of using it, may be learned. The
farm has undoubtedly greater opportu-
mites for teaching both boys and girls
this practical knowledge of money
and its value than any other business
in the city can possibly enjoy A great
part of the advantage of living in the
country for bringing up a family of
children will be lost unless this oppor
tunity is utilized as much as possible
American Cultivator.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10
THE MOURNING HABIT.


Long Grape Wallis Are No Longer Worn By
Sensible Women.
There is no matter that is regulated
80 much by personal preference, and
about which people differ in taste SO
much, as mourning dress. Ostentatious
mourning, like any ostentatious show
of grief rather suggests insincerity than
any other feeling. Those who grieve
truly for their friends are apt to lose for
the time all sense of what the world
thinks of their sorrow, and shrink from
parading their woe in public The ma
jority of people who adopt mourning
now wear simple garments of black,
with little Grape, and none of the elab-
crate insignia of sorrow formerly do
tated by etiquette. The long Grape vail
that muffied the face and stifed the
breathing in its poisonous dye, has lon Z
been condemned by physicians, and
women of common sense refuse to wear
1t over their faces. A regard for the
conventionalities of the world should be
observed by those who do not put on
black. 1t would be shocking to any one
to see widow with gay apparel at her
husbands funeral. Even If she does
not ''believe in mourning" she should
adopt on such an occasion garb that 10
In some consonance with propriety.
Brilliant colors and snowy attire are
always indicative of gayety, and somber
colors of sorrow. The feelings of per-
sons in genu ne sorrow are usually such
that they desire plain attire. Ostenta-
tious mourning is often as dissonant with
their feeling, as gay apparel. 1t is
therefore becoming more and more the
custom of refined people to adopt during
the period of their seelusion from the
gayeties OF the world simple outfit OF
black with gray and white, garb which
is entirely different in effect from regu-
lation mourning as any thing can be, yet
which is so simple and requires so little
thought that it leaves the wearer time
of life and death, toward which she
turns continually at sach times of be-
reavement.
Consistency certainly should be aimed
at when mourning is put on. The pict-
ure of a mother and sisters, who had
put on deep mourning, appearing two
weeks afterward at large social gather
ing once caused great deal OF gossip,
and worldly people imputed to them q
desire to display their grief in their
dress rather than sincere sorrow Ger
tainly no one in deep black should ap-
pear at any gay entertainment 1t is
equally absurd to refuse all recreation.
A widow usually remains out of society
for one or two years. A person after
wearing light mourning for three
months may attend concerts and gradu-
ally accept Invitations No person who
was in sincere sorrow would plunge into
social pleasures A widow who wears
diamonds and other snowy iewelry with
deep mourning is not likely to pay much
heed to the conventionalities of life.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10

Yes, man who commits e,,icfda n
hotel causes a vast deal Of trorible y
said an old hotel clerk. III thu nn,n. i
Der 81 the room Ia which tho deed was
committed gets out we always have III
renumber the room before we can oet
anybody to occupy it. recall Al Il.
cident OF a few years gro that Il inter.
esting. a well known Richmond mar
had committed suicide in one az the
indianapolis hotels. About the time
the corpse was removed some Of the
electric wires In the building rot crossed
That afternoon a travelling MAJ, was
occupying a room several doors f,om
the one IN which the suicide had or.
CURED Every time he would call for :
poy the register on the clerks desk
would point to the number Of the room
u which the suicide had occurred and
rom which the corpse had been "a
moved only q few hours before. A bel,
Toy answered the firsL call and came
back white as sheet, with the am
nouncement that no one was IN the.
room. Ting-a-ling arling' went the
call bell again, and once more the regis
ter pointed to the room in which TIA
suicide had occurred. A second bell bow
was sent to the room, and he came
back as badly scared as the first. With
the statement that no one was ia the
room.
1t is the dead mans ghost, said
guest who had become interested in the
proceedings.
Again tie bell rang, and for the
third time the register pointed to the
suicides room I ordered third bell
boy to go up and make sure that there
was no one in the room Not much:
ne wouldn't go. Said wasn't going
70 steer him in among spooks. Tscrewed
up my own courage and started ND
stairs to make an investigation myself
My breath was beginning to come short
when | met the travelling man on his
way downstairs, Tuning because his
calls had not been answered. It oc-
Cured to me in a moment that the
wires had become crossed. "-Indianap-
oils News.