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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-12

The British bark Dinspoor has been
wrecked on the Spanish coast and six of
the crew have perished.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-12

Children Cry for Pitchers Castofa+
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-06-12
IN LOW PRICES.

For Harvest Groceries get our pri-
ces and we will SAVE FOU MONEY.
chickens you can spare, for which
we will pay a good price.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17

under the surface OF The ground, send
ing down fringe of tough feclers into
the subsoil that holds it like the suck
ers of an octopus.
"But the most exasperating thing
about it is that when you have dug
down and got a fair hold on the thing,
with your hands, if it's little one;
with your hoe "a big, strong. heavy af-
fair, made for the purpose), if it's mid
dle-sized one; and with acclaim attached
to a mule, if it's a big one; the pesky
thing breaks off in joints about footo
two long, at the first good pull; and you
have to hitch on all over again.
"Well, by the time had two acres
of palmetto roots pulled out and a will
derness of big trees down on top of
them, my back was almost broken, my
ready money all gone, and no prospect
of crop in sight. had come down in
the early fall and now it was about
Christmas. The season had been a
pretty dry one and the logs looked SO
full of sap that l thought they would
burn, though too green to burn fast. So
| set them on fire.
"That was the most disastrous fire I
ever lit. / forgot that the sap of these
trees was mostly resin. The way the
flames crept along through that mass of
underbrush and leaped up every resinous
pine tree it met was terrific. fought
it as long as could move q limb and
then dropped, exhausted and despairing,
and watched it roar off through the
woods like an evil spirit that | had
raised and was powerless to control. 1t
was shutdown when l gave up the fight,
and could do nothing more that night
Too wretched to eat, 1 drank freely
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
Queer Chinese sisterhoods.

There exists in the Canton province
of China different kinds of sisterhoods,
such as "All Pnre" sisterhood, Never
to-be- married" sisterhoods, etc. Each
sisterhood consists of about ten young
maidens, who have sworn VOWS to Heav-
en- never to got married, and they re-.
gard marriage as something horrid. be-
lieving that their married lives would
be miserable and unholy A sad case
lately happened. A band of young
maidens ended their existence in this
world by drowning in the Dragon river
because one of them was to be forced
by her parents to be married. She was
engaged in her childhood before she
Joined this sisterhood. When the prep
arations for the marriage were complet-
ed she reported the matter to the sister.
hood and they all agreed to drown them
selves, which they did.-Chicago Her.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
DISCOVERY IN MEXICO.
A Pyramid with n Spiral Roadway
From Base to Summit.

A Pyramid with Spiral Roadway
From Base to Summit.
During the recent visit of Jesse R.
Grant and Charles J. Whimple to Sono-
ra, Mex, on business, they were much
struck with the sight of terraced
mountain. 1t is located about fifty
miles southwest of Magdalena. Tha
mountain is circular in form, about
three-quarters of mile in diameter at
the base, and is terraced from base to
to peak. The height of the terrace is
from ten to twelve feet, and in many
places is built of solid masonry. AT
many other places it is cut out OF the
solid rock. The roadway is from
fifteen to twenty feet in width, starting
at the base of the mountain and coiling
itself, spiral-like, to the peak of the
mountain, which is not less than 1000
feet higher than the base of the mount
ain. The cost of the construction and
cutting out Of the solid rock of this
terraced road must have been enormous,
and the remarkable feature of this
wonder is the state of its preservation.
Here and there the masonry has yielded
to the crumbling influences of time, but
these are exceptions.
At the base of this terraced mountain
is a mighty rock, which has the appear
ance of having been hewn out of a solid
rock, and weighs one hundred tons or
more. 1t is placed at the mouth OF
what appears to be the entrance to this
terraced mountain. Here anotherquery
is suggested. Does this door to tho
mountain open the way to mineral
| treasure or to the shrine of ancient re-
| ligious devotees? Again, does the ter
raced road which coils it's way to the
mountain lead to the shrine of the an
Gent vestal virgin who kept eternal
watch on the sacred fire which was
never suffered to die?
One thing is certain, there is a wide
| field for those near at home who wander
far into Egypt and Persia to study the
mysteries of the hidden past.-Tucson
| Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
ABOUT THE RUSSIAN.
Ills Good and Bad Qualities and His Re-
gard for Religion,

The Russ can not fairly be termed a
merchant, but his good qualities show
themselves in his uncomplaining way
of continuously toiling during very long
hours, on the poorest of fare, and with
a minimum of sleep. All night long
some occupations seem to be going on,
and go to bed as late as you will and
rise as early as you choose, your servant
is always at hand, willing and obliging
to the last He is not bright or very
quick. but show him how to do thing,
and let him once grasp the manner of
operation, and he will produce work
evincing skill and cleanliness of manip-
ulation. He is an excellent carpenter and
cabinet-maker, and he would shudder
at the badly-finished gaping joints of
the woodwork in our houses; indeed, If
he were guilty of a 1.-THE of the bad
work which our carpenters continually
put into our houses Russian dwellings
would be untenable in winter. He
makes a capital soldier, obeying his Or
ders to the letter, without a thought
about himself, and frequently with .
love for his superior which would make
him go through fire and water for him.
AS farmer or peasant he is frugal ex
cept when he inclines to godks, tolls UNI
ceasingly, and perhaps his only fault is
that he continues to do certain things
in a certain manner because his fathers
did the same for hundreds of years be-
fore his time. His piety, in outward OBJ
seryances at least, is extraordinary; not
even a Spaniard would have the slight
est chance with him. There are about
three hundred and fifty cathedrals,
churches, or chapels in Moscow, or, if
shrines are included, about eight hum
dred places of worship. A pious man
crosses himself three times when passing
one of these. In every room of "a house
or office there hangs a holy picture,
generally with a small lamp burning
before it, and on entering the room the
sign of the cross should be made. At
the Saviour's Gate in Moscow, opposite
st. Basilius' Church, every passer, with
out exception of creed or nationality,
must go through bareheaded. A sacred
| amulet is worn to preserve the wearer
from harsa Of all kinds Every one has
his name or saints day in the calendar,
which is made of greater Importance
than the natal day. Blade.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17

had come to me after my father had
worried himself into his grave trying to
gesrich on it, and had landed in Florida
iallof guide-book opinions of the balmy
climate, the fertile soil, the clamoring
market for sub-tropical fruits, and the
ease with which they could be raised in
that Hand of the cypress and myrtle"
u took up homestead on the long,
narrow strip of land that divides the
Atlantic ocean from the Indian river. |
I'D not go to see it before entering for
Ratth land office, because knew that
lobe unnecessary. The guide-book said
hat strip was wonderfully fertile, salu-
sflouS and easy of access. | found a
good many homesteads on it not yet oc-
eapled, and / wondered a little that a
greater rush of settlers had not been
made Tor it. However, / set this down
Nny own good luck in being so early
N The field, and figured on selling off
enough OF the homestead in year or
Two to pay for fine house on what re-
lained for my own use.
M reached the spot by sail-boat from
iiasyllle, at the head of the river, and
was aeilghted to find that had neigh
sV's' not lar away to the north, and also
~ .ne south. They were Crackers
Il raat Is the name which one native
tiOfldiaii applies to other native Florid-
AUS whom he does not like. They had
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
lNsULTED MERCHANTS.
Told That They Had Done Their Share
nv Paving for the Feast,

Told That They Had Done Their Share
by Paying for the Feast.
The last issue of Russkaya Starina
the treatment accorded by the high
Russian nobility to the lower classes.
In 1856, when the coronation of Emperor
Alexander II. took place, the merchants
of Moscow applied for the permission to
give banquet to their new monarch.
The permission was granted them, and
banquet was prepared at the Exerzir-
haussfor 5000 guests, to which the high
est nobility and military dignitaries
were invited. Among the invited guests,
of course, was the Governor-General of
Moscow, Count Zakrevsky. Arriving at
the hall he found at the door number
of merchants ready to receive him, and
to offer him the honor of presiding at
the table. But as soon as he noticed
them he asked:
"What are you doing here?"
I'VE have come to meet our monarch,
your illustrious Excelency," answered
the Oldest man on the committee.
''What?" said the Governor. "You
have paid for this banquet; that will do
for you. Now be off with you.'
The merchants disappeared. This ex-
travagant sally of the Governor General
was brought to the cognizance of tho
Emperor the same day. He was much
displeased with the department of the
official He Immediately ordered that
he merchants who had been so Sighted
be invited to the dinner of the court
marshal the next day. On that occa-
sion he banqueted together with them,
paid them compliments for the affair
they had given in his honor the previous
day, and pronounced toast wherein he
spoke in flattering terms of the patriot-
| ism and usefulness of the Moscow NOR
| chants.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
Nipped in tho Bud.

A woman who appeared to be an ex-
cursionist was walking up and down
Woodward avenue yesterday with
mans hat in one hand and large calf
skin wallet in the otbar, and an officer
finally approached her and asked:
Madam, are you looking for any
one?"
ooh, no." she replied, 81 know right
where he is"
care you in any troubie?"
"No, sir. IAever allow any thing to
trouble me-"
''But you-you-
''It's just this way, sir. Me and my
husband came in on the excursion.
After we got here he began to frisk and
cut up, and proceeded to nip him in
the bud. He's over there on the City
Hall steps, bareheaded and without q
cent, while I hold the key of the posi-
ton. Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
BETTER THAN GOLD.

How Ga min of Twelve Consoied
Youngster of Six or Seven.
1t was in. Essex street the other day
that gamin of twelve found a young
ster of six or seven years crying on the
curbstone, and when he asked what was
the matter the latter replied:
IL lost cent?"
Lost cent, eh! Well, that's bad.
Hev ye hunted all over?"
"Y-yes."
.sPd give We cent if I had one, but
I'm broke. / hain't got no gum, fish
hooks, marbles or string, either"
The youngster began weeping afresh.
''Say, I'll promise to take We to the
museum next year"
The tears increased.
"Pll come around here with an apple
tomorrow"
Louder bowls.
Say, I've got it! If yell stop crying
I'll-I'll let ye lick me-
"You are too big" sobbed the other.
mo, / hain't. I'm bigger'n you, but
hain't got no grit. Any boy kin lick
me. Come now"
MAY lick you?''
.'Yes. Now. I'll get down on my stom
ach, and you jist pile on me and hammer
till holler."
He took position, the little one piled
on and pounded him about the shout
ders till he cried enough And whe1
they got up the small boy was radian
and excited, and exclaimed:
Didn't l make you holler, though
Now I'll go home and lick my two sis
| tersr'--N. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
CAP WAS WITH HIM.
How the Funny Man Made Himself Agree
able to the Shipper.


The captain stood in front of the pilot
house, telling the man at the wheel
what he ought to do from time to time,
and the funny man stood close by with
his overcoat buttoned up and his hands
in his pockets.
When the funny man had kept still
long enough, he spoke to the captain.
'Cap'n," said he, 'why do you tell
him to keep her to port, and then ask
him to keep her steady? She'd keep
steadier if she kept clear of the port,
don't you think?"
Have to keep her to port SO she'll
keep away from the bar" replied the
captain as he raised his glass and gazed
anxiously ahead.
1.-THE funny man shrugged his shout
ders, walked away a few steps, returned
and asked the captain if they kept the
vessels log down among her beam
ends
NO." said the captain, tive keep it in
the log cabin.
'I've often wondered" said the funny
man, thoughtfully, why the wheels Of
steamer don't work together"
..'They do"
"Do they? thought they took turns
How'd you tear your coat, Cap'n?"
Caught it on one O. the points O the
compass"
Then the funny man walked around
a little while. By and by he stood
still.
'Cap'n," said he, "this boat is adver.
tised to run, but she only just keeps up
with the walking beam. How's that?
well, dunno" replied the captain;
''she's got a mate running with her and
she keeps up with him easy enough. l
blieve this wind is hauling around so'-
west"
1.-THE mate has the advantage of the
boat in one respect l suppose re-
marked the funny man; "he's amphib-
ious, isn't he?"
"Am what?'
"Why, he can run on land just as fast
as in the water"
80 can the boat. can run her
ashore In minute and hall IL WanG-
ed to-"
"Your boat is very polite, Captain,
must say that
sHow SOP"
81 saw her bow when came out or
the deck this morning"
80, yes, certainly-Hark a minute!'
"What is it?''
''Did you hear her yawl?" "
mo! What time is it, Cap'n?"
''Ten minutes past--by George, this
is the mates watch Mine ends at five
o'clock" exclaimed the captain, and he
went off to find the mate, while the
funny man, muttering something about
that chap being pretty fly for skipper
leaned over the rail and thought ovel
the hull business. Detroit Free Press
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
THE CRANkS.
Find Of man has accomplished

-, IS one kind OF man has Accomplished
much good, .,o thank.
.'es his intentions were misuhue'S'o0''
q man to you kaown as cr"'iN'
uoab .,Is arl. IN the days oil old reareu'
W. . .l around him were frank
fns a ishn food was something unhearu'
, * % laugh TT the commodore crank
a, ,hcu the tide rose DER the mountain" ''p'
NOV strove in the seas bosom dank,
ird'as. Of the truth they once did dcride'
fAsy ' Dsnrsrnbered the words OF crank.
o,,u,,us first told TO the Castilian court
wen C oOnp,ry rich, verdant and rank,
y LAUGHED v" him to scorn, and made him their
sport, o,,o5 him , crank.
,,v world he discovered full soon,
bas va nuns and their raillcries sank;
lI' !, i,,ng M his harp to fit new tune,
Easn s s..,;ssd the wise thought OF the crank.
,,.,,o, his steamboat was building, It's
W1tn uitSN'
said, ,r,
f1' ,aan,ed his ft home in house for the mad'
aa w.. ut sools YOU know, laugh at crank.
-, ,vben the invention, completed al iast'
p. 49, m mid machinery's clank,
av' s.ened their eyes as she swiftly steamed
past
=, :. p,stcnr his mission attempted to show,
p rome called him a fool mountcbank;
M, now they are forced to acknowledge weowe
4 , mean Of praise to the crank.
-. ,,orobts are all twisted and tangled one
way, x,
,;he The strands in thread knitter's hank;
ya, mi, will be rlghted and Strengthened some
day,
,,d then all the praise to the crank.
INA foreign hand.organ that grinds but one
tune,
wsan turned by an Italian lank,
u' mind ever dwells on one thing; only one,
me onederful mind of the crank.
v.,os,nal motion oft claims his thought,
though to others It's almost blank;
n Nc wisbed.for invention should ever be
brought
10 work, 1t will be by crank.
o,,hls YOU can bet with assurance your gold,
And thigh on your winning can e,us,
fAoagh hsiiess, though homeless, though
hOuseiess and Old,
The snartess OF men is the crank.
Yankee Blade.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
REACHED THE sror BY sA1LBoAr.

1hE SPOT BY SAILBOAT.
No, ~ " groves to be sure, but they did
e,se em 70 DO growing rich on their
Ia. Ihls attributed to their shift.
tls,. nesnod OF agriculture. Instead of
ma, a their land of the big pine trees
ihe w, numbered it they merely girdled
md Ives and left them standing, dead
BY ,ps s'e, a constant menace to passers-
sers Az !, - the young orange trees which
!, - painted among their roots, as well
~ II syesore on the landscape.
ia ~ determined to cut my trees down,
se a,s :! good old New England fashion
sepes, ,ae land thoroughly, and raise
t,es ssa ~, between the rows of orange
agola sal they were old enough to bear
on TIA 'a harvest. First / set to work
inst =. anaerbrush, and then came INV
thera ! psFience with palmetto roots. II
than 40, : one thing more exasperatinr
it's a 70 get out of the ground,
HEB 4 s sssnesto root. A palmetto as
asahssy Jour waist, with a stem as thick
around arm, will have a root as bio
Viola h : boys leg and as long as the e
Ibis root runs along. just
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17

from my little store of whisky and
threw myself on my couch.
"The liquor and the exhaustion made
me sleep far into the next day, and
was awakened little after noon by
loud knocks at my door. Opening it I
was confronted by five or six big, rough
men, all armed with shotguns and
with an ominous look on their faces.
They strobe into my cabin and shut
the door behind them.
"'Stranger, said the spokesman,
gruffly: You have started a fire here
in your darned Yankee ignorance of
farmin', and all the good you've done is
to burn the rawsun and the bark off q
lot of green trees, and now ye've got a
lot of black logs on your hands that are
derned sight meaner to handle than
ever. But yer derned fire has spread
into the groves of yer neighbors, where
the dead trees were still standin',
and they have been burned to the
ground, as anybody but natural-born
tool might 'a'-knowed they would, and
our orange trees is ruined with them.
Such varmint as you isn't fit to live in
this country. Say yer prayers, mister,
for we're going to plant you before we
go back
81 was terribly frightened, for could
see they were in dead earnest My teeth
began to chatter, but bright thought
struck me. | had deposited some money
| in bank at Jacksonville on my way
down, and had check-book with some
blank checks left in it, though the
money had all been drawn out long ago.
Gentlemen said, 4 am clearing
this place for Northern syndicate, who
are going to make extensive plantations
here, and / can pay you on the spot foI
your losses, caused by my ignorance Of
Florida forests, and l assure you that
such thing will not happen again.
| With that whipped out my check-book,
took up pencil and prepared to write
with. as much show of confidence as
could muster under the circumstances.
81 had been pretty free with the five
or six hundred dollars had brought
down with me, and so the story OF the
Northern syndicate seemed to them to
be likely enough. The word syndicate
any wav, seems to have an awe-insplr
ing power down there. The idea that {
syndicate might be penniless seems pre-
posterous. But it was the bank checks
that overwhelmed them; checks on
real National bank were something
they had heard of, but never handled
before.
''You may be sure they swindled mt
awfully in making up the estimates o
their losses, but was not disposed t.
be penurious, merely making enougl
objections to allay possible suspicion
So drew check for each man, bi
enough to buy his whole farm fv
times over, and they went away laugh
ing to themselves at my gullibility.
"As soon as they were out of sight
packed into my boat all my outfit, Sc
every stitch of sail and reached tn
r nearest town by the next night, sold m
. outfit for enough to buy a ticket Mort
and did not breathe freely till 1 felt my
5 self we'll beyond the reach of thes
| simple crackers whose groves ha
| ignorantly ruined, and in whose hand
: / knew my life would not be worth a
4 hours purchase when they discovere
| how had escaped their just indigns
tion."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
Dinerent Breeds.

Portland Man-There is some fine
wool-growing country here in Oregon.
We have some Of the best feeced sheep
in the world.
New York Man-We have the best
aeeced lambs in the world, though, ip
Wall street. -West Shore,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
"A good deal is heard of the injuriouu

"A good ueaI IS nearu Oh JUG IN tiVuI
nature of the burned air. which ID
given off from the furnace used in
heating our houses. 1t is impossible
to "burn" air, and there is no chemical
change whatever caused in it by being
heated in furnace. If the furnace is
gas-tight, and does not heat the air to
too high temperature, it is perfectly
safe and healthful means of warming
buildings. The disadvantages OF fur
mace are due to other causes than from
its burning" the air. Popular Science
News.
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Too Heavily Loaded.

Prisoner-Yer Honor, would you be
kind enough to discharge me. 1 want
to go off into the country.
Judge-I am afraid to discharge you.
Sullivan. You are too heavily loaded
Texas Siitings
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according to italian journals, this
dome in St. Peters Cathedral, in Rome,
is cracking in a somewhat serious man
ner. A similar state Of things was dis.
covered about one hundred years ago,
and was remedied by encircling the
dome with strong band of metal. This
band WAS heated, and its contraction on
cooling was found to be sufficient to
close up the assures. Tho Eectriqus
suggests the use of electricity if a SINH.
lar method should be tried n the pres.
eut case:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
A Public Benefa cto

Black What MISUNDERSTANDING
man that is, White.
White-Yes; through his direct In
strumentality vast numbers of his fell.
low beings have been raised to a higher
level.
Black-You don't say! A preacher, !
suppose?
White-Oh, no! He runs the elevator
in the Produce Exchange Tower. Nun.
sey's Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-09-17
He Had Mastered His Melster.chaft.

"Who was that gentleman l just saw
you talking with so earnestly?"
ooh, that was the exiled Nihilist, Mr..
Acknowledgement chee-at-chiskir
''Why, what frightful cold you
have!"
mot at all; not at all. was merely
giving you the exact pronunciation Of
the gentleman's name. It's sneezy
enough when you have learned how
Judge.