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The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

tious, and when duty called she had
never been slow to answer.
"John." she said, going up to him and
putting her arms around his neck and
kissing him tenderly, 81 will never
smoke again" John gently put his
arms around her and drew her down
onto his lap, letting her head rest on
At first he felt an impulse to burst out
laughing, but seeing the tears in his
wife's eyes he could hardly keep them
out of his own.
John" she said, 81 never promised
you before, did II"
"No"
81 promise you now. And, John, you
never knew me to break a solemn
promise, did you?'
No, dear"
Half an hour later the man came out
the back door, wiped his eyes on his
shirt sleeves and went out to the barn.
When he thought of his wife's tender
earnestness his face would sober up
Immediately, and, again, when he
thought of how hugely he had fooled
her he could not keep from laughing.
Things had not gone as he had
planned He had only intended to
simulate anger and then compromise
the matter by allowing his daughter to
return on condition that his wife quit
smoking. "But 'all's well that ends
well,'" thought he. "Some day I'll tell
her how badly fooled her."
That evening the man slipped down
to the telegraph Office and sent short
dispatch to the children:. "Wife and I
will take dinner with you tomorrow"
In the evening after the dinner the
man proposed that as he and his wife
did not take wedding journey when
they were married, and as the children
had not done so either, now would be a
good time for them all to go on good
long tour
He planned this because he thought
the pleasure. and excitement of the
trip would aid his wife in forgetting
her tobacco habit. And his wife read
ily assented because she thought it
would aid him in recovering his old
time health and happiness.
1t was several years before the wife
learned of the trick that had been
played on her, and then she threatened
to go to smoking again. At this the
man got mad in earnest, and declared,
almost swore, that, if she did, there
would be divorce case in the next
term of court.
Then the wife, regaining her usual
good humor, teasingly replied: mo
doubt there viii be. There is seldom
term of court when there are not sew
eral"
'And you'll figure in one OF them, "
snapped the man.
But really she was glad she had given
up the noxious habit, and never re-
verted to it again. j. H. KoB.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
ABOUT EARRINGS.
The History of These Familiar Ornaments
Briefly Narrated.

Earrings have been worn from time
immemorial. While excavating the
ruins of ancient Thebes arch@ologists
brought to light sculptured remains
bearing representations of these arti-
cles. Ancient writer's make frequent
mention of these decorations, and state
that in early days they were worn by
both sexes. From the very earliest
times the male Asiatics wore them.
The Bible tells us that Abraham pre-
sented his sons wife with pair of ear
rings, and historians relate that Alex
ander the Great, when he invaded In
dia, found them suspended in the ears
of the BabyIonians.
Among the ancient oriental nations,
with the exception of the Hebrews,
men and women wore them, the latter
considering that they should be reserved
for the sole use of the gentler sex. Ho-
mer makes mention of this method of
adornment in his escriptions of statues
representing several of the NEUROLOGICAL
deities, and the great Juvenal is author
ity for the statement that they were
worn by all the males residing in the
Euphrates provinces.
Ladies and waiting-maids among the
ancient Greeks and Romans wore
plain hoops of gold Or silver in
their ears, and as time progressed
these became more elaborate, precious
gems being set in them. Many Roman
matrons possessed earrings of the
most costly and gorgeous description,
the settings being worth thousands of
dollars One of the most fashionable
patterns affected by those of rank and
wealth were modelled in the form of an
asp, with golden body shaded with
gems of the first water. Earrings that
bore the miniatures of the dear friends
or relatives of the wearers were quite
fashionable at an early day, and in
many cases they were attached in the
form of pendants.
In ancient Egypt and India those
made in imitation of the lotus and Ben
gal rose were sought after in preference
to all other designs.
Among civilized nations the wearing
of earrings by men has been by no
means uncommon, as it has been shown
that in early English days some of
the most distinguished courtiers
bedecked their ears with very
costly specimens. The immortal Shak-
speare is said to have worn them, and
Charles l. is reputed to have been the
owner of magnificent pair of pearl
earrings, which he bequeathed to his
daughter the day before he was exc
| cuted.
In the South sea islands the females
and males alike adopt this style of per-
sonal adornment, and even in the wilds
of Africa they are worn by the untu-
tored savages of both sexes.
At the present day the only civilized
persons of the male sex who ornament
their ears in this manner are the gyp-
sizes, the Italians, the French, few
sailors of other foreign nations, and oc-
casionally German, but as a matter of
course precious few females the world
over will be found without them. DE.
| troit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
Curious Natural tunnels,

The mountain canyons play curious
pranks with the weather of towns sit
uated at their entrance In Boulder
one day the sky was bright, the sun
was shining serenely and the air was
absolutely without motion. 1t was a
perfect morning. About ten o'clock a
strange roar could be heard afar off in
the mountains For half an hour it
grew louder and louder, but not a
breath of air stirred the dust on the
streets of the town. Then there came a
rush of wind that almost took men off
their feet For an hour dust, sticks and
scraps OF paper were hurled with blind
ing force. Locomotion was nearly inn
possible. Then the wind lessened, the
atmosphere cleared, and in a few mo-
ments the day was as placid as though
the great mountains had given no mani
festation of their mysterious forces.
The canyons act as tunnels. They
gather the wind in the big end, as it
were, and shoot it out through the lit
tie end with it's power multiplied a
dozen times. It's startling freak un-
til you are used to it.-Denver News.
-Levassor, the well-known comic
singer in Paris, once took. part in a
charity concert, and, after the perform
ance, was inited by the promoters to
supper, along with the rest of the per-
formers. When all were seated at table,
Levasser found, under his napkin, an
Easter egg, out of which five pieces Of
gold dropped on its being broken. 'Ah,
/ perceive you have got to know that l
am fond of boiled eggs the comedian
remarked gayly to the entertainer; ''but
you are probably not aware that eat
only the white, aud must therefore ask
you to give the yolk to the poor"
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
:. Wish FOR A LITTLE MAID.

v,Spry nature, take this child,
Train her in thy forests wild
lad her by thy laughing brooks.
Till their Joy laughs in her looks.
Make her 1.-THE in form and mien,
A. the white birch, draped in green.
lot her voice as mellow grow
As the thrush-song's silvery flow.
FTIiing all this leafy wood
3 with sweet prophecies OF good.
Lot each breeze message bear,
unseen love and care.
Rrinr her from thy fountains bright,
Draugbts OF crystal, living light.
Feed her, lowly though her guise.
with thy strength to make her wise.
let her sacred maidcnhood
Grow ia sweetest solitude.
Let the fragrance Of all flowers,
And the hush of twilight hours,
Let the glowing sky's deep. blue,
And the rainbow's varied hue,
Fill her soul with lovcliest grace.
And shine outward in her face!
Tenderly to her impart,
O great nature. all thy heart!
Teach her much of Love. so she
Thine Interpreter may be,
Reflection, clear and fine
ofthy loveliness divine!
RS Merrill E. Gates, in N. Y. lndcpeideni
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

The proportions of the human fig
ure are six times the length of the right
foot. Whether the form is slender or
plump, the rule holds good on, an aver.
age. Any deviation from the rule is q
departure from the beauty of proper
ton. 1t is claimed that the Greeks
made all their statues according to this
rule The face, from the highest point
of the forehead, where the hair begins,
to the end of the chin, is one-tenth OF
the whole stature; the hand, from the
wrist to the middle finger, is also one.
tenth of the total height. From the
crown to the nape of the neck is one.
twelfth of the stature.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

MI. MY again, although numerous other
S. saus We're discussed by himself and the
NJ, me young couple now felt very de-
sn,sS rseh The prospects of an early con-
Il ia'ion na OF their hopes were certain
t. very discouraging ''The course of
,n0 ~ lose never did run smooth" and
,sa;a ,spafently was not going to do so in
haa a0oae this time the man. who had
~ Sea = Watching the proceedings with
ens aeenest interest, came to the res
pls 70 70 the great joy of the young peo-
a AZ, ne ne had plan, and they proceeded
/ se TO put it to the test.
elona, Jew days later the young couple
n ea ana were quietly married.
ana y man was furious. He stormed
yonns sed without rest; condemned the
desla couple in the strongest terms:
honsA they should never enter his
,ool, ase again; he wouldn't so much as
snem again; he said he would
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

A ship-load of fine horses was recent
ly consigned from Calcutta to Bombay,
under the charge of very honest but
somewhat dull agent in the employ of
the East India Co. While the horses
were being landed at the slip, they man,
aged to break away from the men i'll
charge, and ran like wild animals
through the city.
The agent caught one of of them, and
mounting him, gave chase. After sew
eral hours of exciting work, with the
help of his men he had captured all but
one of the horses, as he counted them.
Finally he made his reluctant way to
the superintendent's Office to give an
account of the matter. The superin-
tendent came to the door and listened
to his story.
'And you say there were one hundred
and twenty-four horses in all, and you
have eighty of them in the company's
stables, and forty-three back in the
steamer temporarily?"
Eyes, sir, all safe but one, and we can
not find him anywhere"
"What is that horse you are ridingf
Have you counted him?" asked the SUI
perintendent
"Well, am an ass! Of course this is
one of 'em.' and the agent rode off in
disgust, while the superintendent roared
with laughter. Companion.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

An original mode of sounding fire
alarm is adopted in town in Colorado.
In that region the revolver is considered
an indispensable article of daily wear,
and affords the quickest way of an
nouncing to the rest of the community
the impending danger. Whenever fire
is discovered rapid and promiscuous
discharge of this frearm spreads the
news throughout the town. This meth
od, though crude, is found to work fair
ly well.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
The Law of Rent.

This is the law of rent: AS individ-
uals come together in communities
and society grows, integrating more
and more it's individual members, and
making general interests and general
conditions of more and more relative
Importance, there arises, over and above
the value which individuals can create
for themselves, value which is created
by the community as a whole, and
which, attaching to land, becomes
tangible, definite and capable of COM
putation and appropriation. AS society
grows, SO grows this value, which
springs from and represents in tangible
form what society as whole contri-
butes to production, as distinguished
from what is contributed by individual
exertion. BY virtue of natural law in
those aspects which it is the purpose of
the science we call political economy to
discover, as it is the purpose of the
sciences which we call chemistry and
astronomy to cover other aspects of
natural laval social advance neces-
sarily contributes to the increase of
this common value; to the growth of
this common fund.
Here is a provision made by natural
law for the increasing needs Of social
growth; here is an adaptation of nature
by virtue of which the natural progress
of society is progress toward equality,
not toward inequality; centripetal
force tending to unity, growing out of
and ever balancing centrifugal force
tending to diversity. Here is fund
belonging to society as a whole from
which, without the degradation of aims,
private or public, provision can be made
for the weak, the helpless, the aged;
from which provision can be made for
the common wants of all as matter of
common right to each, and by the utili-
zation Of which society, as it advances,
may pass, by natural methods and easy
stages from rude association for pur-
poses of defense and police, into a CO.
operative association, in which COM
bined power guided by combined intel
ligence can give to each more than his
own exertions multiplied many fold
could produce.
BY making land private property, by
permitting individuals to appropriate
this fund which nature plainly intend
ed for the use of all, we throw the chill
dren's bread to the dogs of greed and
lust: we produce primary inequality
which gives rise in every direction to
other tendencies to inequality; and from
this perversion of the good gifts of the
Creator, from this ignoring and defying
of his social laws, there arise in the
very heart Of our civilization those hor-
rible and monstrous things that betoken
social putrefaction.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
tells the story of corner lot in that
city that is more than unusually inter.
esting The lot is at the corner OF
Fourth and Home streets, and it was
bought by the Methodist Book Concern
two weeks ago for 800, 900, or over 81,
300 per front foot. The records show
that this same lot was sold in 1899 fol
81; in 1901 for $50; in 1904 for $500; il
1862 for $1,000; in 1891 for 500, 900
| There is story between the lines o
this paragraph that our single ia,
| frieuds can read to. the uninitiated.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
PlTH AND POINT.

-Tom-"It pays to buy good
watch" Jack-"Yes, you can get all
the more on it when you come to pawn
Yankee Blade.
Pussy (savagely)-'I ordered ham
sandwich twenty minutes ago" Waiter
--"Well, boss, it takes some time to cook
ham. ."-Harpers Bazaar.
Whats the matter with that MANI"
"He fell in ft,'' "Where?" In Fit
ter's tailor shop" sThat's strange. l
could never get a fit there. Yankee
Blade.
Even in Florida. Henry Don't
you think Stella has a beautiful COM
plexion?" May-"Yes; l selected it for
her myself before W. left New York"
-Bostonian.
Sarcasm is an effective weapon, but
it acts like a boomerang when it is ap-
piled to his landlady by the young man
who is two weeks behind in paying his
board. journal.
-Malicious.-Pro I see
You have written this poem under an
assumed name, was your name too good
for the poem, or the poem too good for
your name?''-Fliegende Blatter.
See here, doctor, you told me to
avoid any sudden excitement $50
did; it's likely to be fatal to YOU"
''Then why, sir, did you send your bill
to me Observation-Disclosures Blatter.
There is deaf and dumb woman
in New York who has no mother. At
least we infer that to be the case from
the fact that she has had six husbands,
and is only thirty-six years old. Texas
Siftings.
An Implied Refusal.-Harry-"Did
she positively refuse you?" Jack (de-
jectedly)-"Not exactly. When asked
her if she ever thought of marrying,
she said she had never yet had man
ask her about it."-Epoch.
-Tommy-"Can we play at keeping
a store in here, mammaw Mamma
(who has a headache)-"Certainly, but
you must be very, very quiet Tom
my-"Well, We'll pretend we don't adj
vertise. Art in Advertising.
-Smithly-'H -'Here, Stickler, what is
the reason you do not tend to your bus
iness?" Sticklcr-"Why, do strictly"
'But it seems that you are always nos
ing around into other peoples busi-
ness" ''Well, that is my business, -
Light
Her One Charm. Blight-"At
least one thing can be said of Miss
Hoamleigh. She is very considerate of
other peoples feelings" Miss Spight-
"That is very true. She always wears
thick veil when she goes out. Chi
cago Times.
What was Terrible?-Mrs. Hicks
81 had terrible dream last night,
John" Hicks-"What was it, my
dear?" Mrs. Hicks-''I dreamed that
you were dead. Then woke up and
found it was only dream. Oh, it was
terrible!"-Yankee Blade.
-On the Improve.-Fond Grandmoth-
er = Understand Spanish? Speak
French and German? What talented
little lady you are, to be sure" The
Little Lady {grandly)-"Yes; and my
governess says that after awhile may
speak English correctly. Puck.
-Dedbroke--"It'sn no use denying that
times are hard. tested the matter
thoroughly this morning" Jackson
"How?" Dedbroke-"I accosted a dozen
prominent citizens whom met on the
street and asked each one for the loan
of five dollars for short time only.
Would you believe that not one of the
twelve had that paltry sum in his
pocketf"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
THOUGHT HE HAD THEM.
A Broker Almost Frightened Into Deli.
rum by Papier Mache Sernents.


rum by Papier Mache Serpents.
young artist of some ability, who
possesses through the business quail
lticatioDs of a deceased parent more
wealth than he can ever hope to acquire
by means of his profession, occupies a
handsome suite of bachelor apartments
in house not far from Broadway.
He has peculiar taste, which he has
taken ample pains to crafty, for hang
ing and placing around his rooms about
every horrible object distorted
Japanese conception is capable of in
venting. A sea-serpent of alarming
proportions is coiled around column at
one end of the studio, while horned
toads, small snakes, fishes, turtles, n
queer-looking object with the body of
an animal about the size of small dog
and the head of an alligator, and
numerous other nightmares are scat
tered profusely about in prominent
places.
The young artist has an acquaintance.
broker who, while an all-around good
fellow, drinks to excess. He was very
intimate with the artist, but had never
up to few days ago visited the latter
in his studio. He made the visit while
recovering from an extended spree, and
he has hardly recovered from the effects
of the visit.
The artist was engaged on land
scape when the door was opened and
1,a
the influence of liquor. He took a seat,
and after telling his host to go ahead
with his work lit cigar, and for the
first time looked around the room. His
glance lit on the candelabra, where
huge yellow and brown snake was about
to swallow "a small green and red one.
The broker started and turned pale.
He looked at the mantelpiece. There
an undersized drago gazed in awful
anger at an exaggerated crab. The
broker shifted in his seat and began to
perspire He trembled and dropped his
cigar, and in STOPPING to recover the
weed he caught sight of purple and
Van Dyck brown boa constructor coiled
around an unused easel in corner.
That settled it. The broker leaped
up, and in doing so attracted the atten-
ton of the artist, who had been paint
ing in silence
what's-do you see any
thing on the easel ?' he TREMENDOUSLY
inquired of the artist, at the same time
pointing at the boa constructor.
"Yes" replied the artist; "a picture"
The broker shook worse than ever.
Nothing else?"
"There is nothing else to see," an
swered the artist, who had perceived
the cause of the brokers' fright and in
spirit of fun decided to prolong his
misery, except the wooden frame.
Youlook sick. Anything the matter ?"
The broker failed to give any cohe-
rent answer. He uttered an inarticu-
late YELL grabbed his hat and rushed
out of the room and down the stairs,
two steps at time. The artist fol-
lowed, but his cries only tended to in
crease the brokers' speed. He learned
after that the broker did not slacken his
pace until he entered the Office of q
physician.
The two men met later in cafe and
peace was patched up, but the broker
and artist are not quite so friendly now
as they were.-N. Y. World.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
Providing for the Inevitable.

Mayor of Western town Ito stranger
who has just alighted from the train)-
Excuse me, sir, but can't l sell you a
lot in our new cemetery?
Stranger - Thanks, no. I'm only
going to stay here over night.
Mayor tdoubtfullyl-Y-yes, but the
boys here act on sudden impulses. 1t
is always well to be prepared,-MuD
sey's Weekly,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

NCE UileTe was
a man and his
wife, and their
daughter a n d
the daughters
fellow.
The wife and
the fellow were
addicted to the
use of tobac-
co. The wife
smoked and the
fellow chewed,
much to the dis.
gust of both
h us b and and
daughter.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

1.-THE greatest glory of America" >"
said Carlyle, sis that there every peas
ant can have turkey in his pot" Alas,
that glory is passing away and we are
rapidly tending towards conditions in
which the lot of the masses will be
harder than it is in Europe,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

"What experience as an electrical
expert have you had3n rI'va heep
struck by Lightning" !.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13

THERE is way of securing the equal
rights to all, not by dividing land up IN
to equal pieces, but by taking for the
use of all that value which attaches to
land, not as the result of individual la
Dor upon it, but as the result OF the in
crease of population. and the improve
ment of society
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
The indians and the Land.

With the Indians, land was the prop
erty of all. 1t was one of the original
elementary gifts of the Creator to man,
and hence the birth-right of every child
born. 1t was grouped by them with
air, sunshine, wind and rain. 1t was a
wealth, a right a property that no
power could ALLEVIATE from them. The
earth under their feet on which they
were born, in which were the graves Of
their sires and in which their dust
would finally repose, was Gods gift to
them and loved with a passionate devo-
ton. Even war could not obliterate
this primal right. No victorious tribe
ever took the land from the conquered
|band. They might not take what the
Great Spirit had bestowed. "Sell a
countryT Indignantly exclaimed Te-
cumseh, when protesting against the
sale of land to the whites: "Why not
sell the air, the clouds, the sea as we'll
as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit
make them for all his children?--Mr.
Murray, in New York World.
THE Ohio senate, last Wednesday,
passed the Rawlings assembly bill,
with amendments. AS it passed the
senate, the bill provides that manufac-
turers shall pay taxes on raw material
and manufactured goods which are on
hand on the first Monday in April, ex-
cept those articles which have been
manufactured subsequently to the first
of January preceding. The bill was
passed as concession to the Farmers
Alliance, who claimed that the manu-
| facturers did not pay their share Of tax
alton; but if the manufacturers are
sharp they will see that the bill gives
| them an opportunity to get off with
even less taxes than they pay now, for
they can run on full time and force DUR
ing the winter and avoid paying taxes
on the goods manufactured during that
time. Cute manufacturer! Poor
| farmer!
The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-05-13
LOVE AND TOBACCO.
The Gentle Passion Proves to Be
Mightier Than the Weed.

Written for This Paper.l
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
SOUTH A NOTES.

THESE notes were received too late for publ
cation last week. Ed
A number of new families expected
this season.
The Misses Ellison spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Julia Finger
r. Finger came in Wednesday from
his ranch in the Bad Lands, the first
time since January.
j. X. Moody, who spent the winter
Oh his ranch, has gone to Dickinson
to take up bridge work again.
Moody e. Clark have a fine ranch
eight miles southwest of here, and
are two of the many who have proven
that cattle pay in this country. They
have 900 hcad-some good grades OF
Sllorthorn.
S. S. sutherland intends to go back
to Cooperstown about the middle of
April, to return with more stock il
May. His partner and the rest of lis
family will accompany him an(
settle in this vicinity.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04

i. +. Ss"ltz, Il. G. Stamp and VIM.
q. Wliinn made proof on their home.
steads before Clerk of Court Bonnev
on Tuesday.