The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-12-03
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

AT harvest feast the decorations
we're sheaves of grain tied with red
ribbons placed about the room, pump
kins cut jack o'lantern. all kinds Of
vegetables placed on the walls and
palms and roses for ornaments
BARRIERS report that hair-dying is
going out of style. Many "tonsorial
parlors'' do not keep the dyes. Gray
threads in young mans head. especi-
ally If his occupation can be construed
to be intellectual, are considered dis
tngue.
Philadelphia is becoming noted for
its large number Of physicians and the
number is rapidly increasing. Within
district of five or six squares on Chest
nut and Walnut and the cross streets
there have been counted more than 200
doctors.
1T is said that in many shops in
Portugal at the present time the sign
american Spoken Here" has replaced
the traditional English Spoken"
which is put out as bait to foreigners
This is because OF the intense hostility
to the British Nation.
Peter ckers is the wealthiest
negro in Coffee County, Georgia He
owns between 5000 and 5000 acres of
land, and is No. farmer. His cotton is
magnificent, perhaps the best in the
county. and his corn crop is in good
proportion. He will make $1,000 worth
of produce this year.
Some of the names changed by law
show desire of foreign residents to
become in name at least like American
Cit zens. Kogoshek has recently be-
come Shek; Grodj nski, Gordon; Nylund,
Erickson; Maxheimer, Maxwell. A
man by the name of observation-disclosures
petitioned the court to change it into
White because he said that he had all
ways to spell his name. by no means
enviable task.
! I'm New Jersey there is keen ri.
valry among coroners. Says citizen
of that State: '.Dashing down the
street in our town the other day came
two carriages, going pell-mell, regard
less of all obstacles, each driver doing
his best to distance his rival. An ex-
cited stranger grasped me by the arm to
ask, Where's tho fire?' calmei his
anxiety by explaining that it was only
two coroners racing for body"
1t may not be generally known that
the Mt Vernon estate, Washington's
old home, was purchased by the women
Of the United States, who made volun-
tary contributions for the purpose. A
vice-regent is chosen from each State,
forming an association for the manage
ment of the property. The income de-
rived from admission fees of visitors
keeps the place in fine condition, Sir
Julian Pauncefote, acting for the Prince
of Wales, lately planted an English oak
tree before Washington's tomb in place
OF that planted by this Prince thirty
years ago, which has long since died.
Tho recent death of Lord Rosslyn
has recalled legend which is thus re-
ferred to by the Liverpool Mercury:
'Among the sages of the Scottish mo-
bility is the well-known legend that
Rosslyn Chapel is systematically
lighted up whenever death is impending
over the house of st. Clair. The chapel
is so disposed that its windows catch all
the reflections Of the gorgeous Scottish
sunsets, and this arrangement, no doubt
has given rise to the legend, which in q
more superstitious age was an accepted
belief. A correspondent, writing to Q
! church contemporary, mentions that he
was in the chapel only week before the
death Of the late Earl Rosslyn, when i
was most brilliantly lighted up. an Incl
dent VIII Oh might almost be regarded al
prophetic sign. The chapoi custodian
said that in all his experience he had
i never seen such sight