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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-10-22
Carson Water Works.

SUSHt RNSkskS ,slfsS Of
j Company ale supplied with watei
from Never Failing Springs. which 6ov
from the Sierra Nevada 5y analysis
from all imnnrities. The mains of thIs
Company having been laid in AL tos
principal streets of the city, the
sTep cred available to all within (
city limits. Families, Hotels, Bars
stat es, etc. su oplisd on fsvors bi
t.rms
CARSON WATER COMPANY
Otice one bloc wt st of Mint.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-10-22
WE GUARNN. .EE~,N RON~

To 'ura a. Sc. " u ss:l l 81 re-
ceived nv Il f. StN -. 49,, n II
led with $500, vii SAni the oar mas ar
our wrI te guarantap 10 refun IN .
IN onep If he tr AT n ut 4 'as n - tatfa' 4
c,re Qua an e. sSuA ,ntv by W. II
Oh Edo, sole Agent 'NrShn III NV
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-10-22

AND SHAVING,
NyExr e,r TEsE UNITED

NFgET oF TEEE USIvED
Carson CITY, Nevada, May lIth. 1891.
SEALED PROPOSALS w Ii BE
received by the undersigned until u
O'Clock nnon on the 20 h, dav oT June,
1891, for furt tshing such supplies as
may be required from time To time by
TINS Mini curing the - months e ding
June aGth, lS92- embracing acids and
other chemIc is, wood charcoal. salt.
boraX, soap, oils, cruel bles covers, stir
goods. metals, hardware and other nee
eSSary supplies >cde dulles IN ola
form for p opoS :. vii h Information as
To the quaUt.'ieS of each trticle tn at will
probably tie required, will be fur nished
on application. Proposals VIII b. c n
sidered -parately on each article, and
upon the comparison OF the prices
end samples IF articles furnished, and
will be acce Jte as to the whole or a part
may e deemed for he best interest
of the Government, he right To rel ct
any or all propose : being reserved.
Requisitions will be maze on the par les
whose bids may be accepted and the
articles must e Furnished as required
without delay. Pro 1oS Is TO receive
by sufficient bond, with one or more
suretieS and by tmpleS IT uch descr p
ton of the aTt1c es as will clea iy desig-
nate the kind and quality. Proposals
should ne addressed u the undersiged, l.,
and II closed with copy OF TN adver-
Proposals for supplies" The 4 IS will
be open. q and ~egislere at the hour
named In the presence of bidder and the
officers of the Mint.
S. G. WRIGHT, super ntendent Y. S.
Mint, Carson Citv, Nevada. law4w
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15

the bedroom stairs in a silent agony of
longing, the rascal clutched the key, in
a spasm of thankfulness.
by golly! you're good 'un!' NUT.
tered he, wrenching round the lock,
'an' I'll never come after the old chaps
chany bank as longs you're here, so
help me Bob"
With one terrified, backward glance
at the dread vision of wrath and its
fiery weapon, he tore out at the door,
and clattered down the frozen road,
leaving Alice staring after him like
person in trance.
Of course, she recovered herself in
time to alarm the household and have
the rascal caught?
Not she. She carried the shovel of
cinders back to the parlor put them in
the CRATE, and sank down on the
hearth-rug in a swoon, while the cold
winter wind blew in at the open hall
door, and dozen thieves might have
plundered the house twice over.
But at last her brother, reused by the
repeated slamming of doors and the
whistle of the icy air through his own
keyhole, came down to reconnoiter,
found affairs as described, and filled
with amazement made all fast
Never was there so timorous a guar
dian, never a house so effectually
guarded, and yet she never dreamed OF
defense. Annie Ashmore, in N. Y.
Weel,1v
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
soap From Corn.

Soap of very good quality is now
reported being manufactured from corn
Experiments have shown that bushel
of corn will make two hundred pounds
of soap. There is probably no cereal
which can be put to more general use
than this one. 1t is favorite table
dish, corn starch being one of it's valua-
BILE productions, and it is often used in
making whisky. Heretofore it may be
said to have been used indirectly in the
manufacture of soap, being principal
agent in forming the fat on ham and
bacon, but never until lately was it
known that corn in it's natural state
possessed some of the most important
requisites for soap making. Now that
this new use has been discovered, the
corn fields need not necessarily be more
numerous, in order to satisfy the in
creased demand for the cereal, but the
cultivation of this grain will certainly
be none the less profitable in conse.
CONGRATULATIONS Grocer.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
A Common Case,

Wife Qaying down her newspaper
see an article here that a cure mas
been discovered for lockjaw.
Husband with marked INTEREST," No;
you don't say so?
Wife-Yes, dear. It says that to rem
der one insusceptible the germs of ba-
cilli of tetanus are first injected and
this injection is followed by injections
of tri-chloride of iodine at intervals of
twelve hours. The resultant blood
serum after this treatment is
Husband (interrupting firmly but
klndly)-There, there, dear, that will
do. You don't need any cure. You
haven't got it.-Washington Star.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
Again, a Single Tax Mayor I

Len w. Hoch is the new young man
mayor of Adrian, and his biography
may be read to children as a receipt by
which to make their lives sublime and
leave behind them tracks in the sands
of time, as it were He is but thirty-one
years old and has risen to political and
business prominence simply by lifting
himself by his own boot-straps. What
he is he owes entirely to his own efforts,
without assistance. He was born in
Coldwater, and spent the first thirteen
years of his life in Adrian. His parents
were not rich, and when very young
Mr.. Hoch made the great stroke Of his
life and joined the journalistic profess
sion as devil in the Adrian Times Office.
He learned the trade and worked in nu-
merous and divers places, always saved
his money, and finally drifted back to
Adrian in 1885 and began the grocery
business with his brother The busi-
ness grew and now their sign is written
over two big stores. He is . democrat,
single tax and Henry George man, and
sidely posted on economic potionA-
Detroit Evening News
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
1t Depends on the Oh lid.

A man down east has invented a
washing machine, the motive power OF
which is swing in which a child is
placed. The child swings to and fro,
and the motion causes the machine to
run, with the result that the family
washing is done up in good shape. AS
long as the child does not know that it
is doing any work it would seem that
this would be good scheme; but those
who are familiar with the nature OF
children will readily see that as soon
as the child finds out that the swing is
connected with washing-machine, it
will suddenly take strong dislike to
the amusement of swinging and get out
of it by some excuse or another.-Peck's
Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
TIE TRUNDLE-BED VALLEY.

+ know a little valley, in among the noun
tains hid,
A trundle-bed fer NaturS oaoes WIN grass
green coverlid
All buttoned down 18th tulips, an all trimmed
with dandelion.
A crib for Natur's child, like me, to toddle to
and lie on.
Tive to watch the ooyerlid sewed with the lilys
stem
An the trout brook is It's bindin' tibet curves
way aroun its hem.
wen the burden is too heavy fer my heart an
han an head,
7 lest choke down my tired sobs an seek my
trundle bed.
-Four big mountains are its bed'posts, an down
through its awning high
Tho sun shines like breas' pin in the buzzum
OF the sky,
An it shines so warm an frien'ly where my
coverlid is spread
TbetJ don't need any candle wen seek my
trunde-bed.
Mother Natur' loves her childen, so the good
oil soul has spread
Tiper.lily tangled bed-quilts over my big trun.
dlebed;
An to give her fretful youngster no excuse for
being cross,
She has stuffed q lazy piller with the softest
kind OF moss.
SO, wen I'm torn an tired do my weary foot
steps tread
Up the pussy-willer valley to my little trundle.
bed;
Mother Natur' bends her face down, and she
seems to love Inc so
Tibet rise and toddle bravely all the way
have to go!
S. w. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15

mother, being old-fashioned, too, al
ways retired to bed at nine o'clock;
her brother and his wife did the same,
and generally she was the last waking
thing about the place.
On this particular night Alice was
sitting before the halfburned embers
of the parlor fire, after all the rest had
retired, leisurely combing her long,
black hair, and dreaming, as maidens
will, of anything and everything.
The room was in sort of lurid dark
ness, illuminated now and again by
transient flashes Of light from a bank
of unburned coal at the very back of
the CRATE, which now and again sent
up spears of white flame to play upon
the warm, red window curtains, and
the dark tablecloth, and the crimson
wall paper.
Everything glowed red in the room
save one small white mound in the cor
ner beside wide sofa, and Alice
knew that to be Baby Weston's little
cradle, where he generally spent his
days kicking or vocally employed while
his mother pursued her usual house
hold avocations.
Baby Weston was now, of course,
sleeping upstairs, and the cradle was
empty.
When Alice had dreamed to her
hearts content, and was preparing to
leave the room, it suddenly occurred to
her to gather up the glowing heap of
Goals into the shovel and carry them up
70 her own bedroom stove, as the night
was chilly.
She proceeded to do so, and raised
the sulphurous pyramid in her hand.
As she elevated the shovel a light
hame burst all over the top of the pile,
ana Tor an instant the whole room was
illuminated by it.
In that instant Alice, looking by
chance toward the cradle, thought she
saw a second white object in the cor
aer' She lowered the shovel so that the
tunes might escape up the chimney,
ana looked more carefully.
Assuredly there was something white
uesiae the cradle-something surely not
'aere few minutes ago!
Alice's heart, which was as timid as
IN, mat OF hare, began to beat very fast.
'hae could it be-? Had they forgotten
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
WHY IT COSTS 70 MOVE.

Ono Has to Pay for tho Patriotic Pictures
on tho Vans.
I discovered the other day one of the
probable reasons why there was less
moving on about May /. Everybody
knows that double rates are charged at
that time by the owners of vans / ac-
companied friend to the Office of
man In the business to bargain for a
van to move his Office furniture. Tho
furniture would make one small load
for one Of the large vehicles, and the
distance to be traversed was three
blocks.
"I'll do It for eight dollars" said tho
van man.
eight dollars!' echoed my astound.
cd friend. why, there are only few
desks and tables, a stove, some books,
no looking-glas and nothing liable to
break"
Cant help that We have to charge
at this time of the year. just look at
that van pointing to a huge wagon in
front of the door,. I've just had it dec
grated and that oil painting put on, and
I will have to recoup myself somehow. /"
There it was. The painting on the
sides of the van costs the mover the
money. This van had picture Of
Washington crossing the Delaware on
one side and Abraham Lincoln blessing
, lot Of piokaninnies on the other. Peo-
PIE who want to move have to pay for
those pictures.
It costs to have your bedclothes and
carpets transported under guard of Lin.
cola, Grant o. shsymsn.-N Y Herald
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
HENRYL l. BIOSSAT, Business Manager

mouth IN frantic but dumb appeal
for mercy.
AS for Alice, she was as far from
thinking of aggressive measures as is
the mouse beneath the paw of it's de-
| vourer.
If she could have run away she would
thankfully have done SO, but her linn BIS
seemed petrifed
Here was some terrible robber in the
house. with intent to steal the con-
tents of her fathers wallet lit was well
known that he had sold pair of fat
oxen the previous day, and that he
would put his money in a china saw
ings bank on the parlor mantel, and
the intruder had crawled under the
sofa until the family should have re-
tired, and fallen asleep, and, doubtless,
the noise. she had made in putting the
Goals on the shovel had awakened him.
OF course he would arise and make
an end of her, and then carry off the
spoil, and her afflicted, bereft and beg
CARED relatives would find in the morn
ing bleeding piece of clay.
For Heavens sake, let me off,"
gasped the monster, breaking in upon
her sad reverie, land I'll never try the
like again."
With the blue flames Pickering upon
her white, set face, and the red cinders
dropping UNDECIDED, the puissant aven-
ger moved back, and the man crawled
out from his hiding place and gathered
| himself up.
When Alice saw the size of him Che
was at least six feet she would have
got into nutshell had it been within
! the bounds of possibility; but she could
only gaze up at him, her eyes wide and
awful, the shovel unconsciously
clutched in her hand
'Show me the way out, ma am, mutt
tered the robber, land on my Bible
oath I'll not lay hand on the value of
pins point"
Urged to flight by the impetus of
great fear, the panic-stricken captor
moved among the dusky furniture as if
her legs worked by galvanism, and the
panic-stricken captive slouched close
beside her, his eyes bullying at every
sound, the drops of perspiration stream
ing from his forehead.
Also the sulphurous smoke, which
now plentifully waited backward in
his nostrils from that shovel, caused
such an insupportable tickling therein
that it required much caution to avoid
loud and fatal sneezing.
Through the long, draughty hall
where the boards creaked appallingly
beneath their tread, these two timid
ones passed, and reached the locked
front door, and while Alice gazed up
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
A Handsome Pair.

Comparatively few persons know that
the Worth monument, beside being
monument to the "bravest of the brave"
whom ''amor Ratria ducit," is tomb
stone as well. But it is. William Jen.
kins Worth, a gallant and successful
soldier, sleeps underneath the obelisk
wherein his battles are sculptured, and
hundreds of thousands to whom the
monument is a daily sight know moth
ing of the man to whom it was raised.
At one time Worth was aide to Gen.
Scott. Scott was six feet four inches
in height, Worth six feet two inches.
Scott admits that he considered himself
handsome; Worth was acknowledged to
be the hapdsomest man in the army. A
glorious sight the two giants must have
made as they walked in the gorgeous
uniforms of half century ago down
Broadway to army headquarters, or
sauntered among the bloods and fair
ladies of those days.-N. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
Polka-Dots.

The great demand for the so-called
''polka-dot' reminds an Anglomaniac
that the idea belonged to Britain, and
that the Pritchard racing colors-bird's s.
eye blue-were the first of the sort
seen, and probably the start of the
popularity of the combination of white
spots on blue ground Every sport"
in 1921 wore nankeen trousers, blue
coat with brass buttons, and "bird s.
eye tie. The ''polka-dot" has always
been sporting symbol, and the rage for
it caused by the public's love for the
original Pritchard's horse-a great ia
vorite-has descended to this day.-N.
Y. World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
THE RHINocERoS' FRIEND.
A Bird that Rids the Awkward Beast of
Parasitic Foes.

"A Bird that Rids the Awkward Beast of
Parasitic Foes.
The forest of central Africa, like
those of our own southern states, are
infested with minute insects called
ticks; and as the forests of the dark
continent are more hot, more pestilen-
tial, more gloomy, than our own, SO is
the tick that infests them more per-
sistent and more irritating than the
little pest that we have to avoid. One
would think that the thick hide of the
hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant and
buffalo would be proof against such a
tiny creature as tick, but, as a matter
of fact, it is not, and all these pachy-
derms suffer severely from tick bites.
The little creatures burrow deep into
the hide, and it would be as difficult for
a rhinoceros to pick them out with his
horn as for you to cut down a redwood
tree with a pair of scissors.
But the "rhino" and the ''hippo" have
little friend who is thoroughly equip.
ped to play the part of surgeon in this
case. He is little red-beaked bird,
with sharp bill, who is endowed by
nature with never-satisfed appetite
for ticks, and he finds never-failing
supply of this dainty food in the pach.
yderm's hide. He drives his sharp bill
into the most tender spots in the thick
skin, enters the ears and mouth, and
'akes special care of the eyes.
This faithful little guardian is known
as the ox-biter, or rhinoceros- bird, and
it is proper that he should be named
after the latter animal, for undoubtedly
the 'rhino" has more use for his serv-
ices than the "hippo," for the "river:
horse" spends great part of his time
in the water, with nothing but his snout
left open to attack by the swarming
insect tribes.-Harper's Young People.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
The Single Tax in England.

An English friend writing to Ma
George. says: 1.-THE English Land Re-
storation League has adopted very
effective method of carrying the gospel
of The Land for the People into tho
rural districts of England, which have
long been regarded as almost inaccessi-
bic for such work. A van has been
fitted up, with convenience for sleeping
and cooking, and in this-at once trav-
cling home and Office for the leagues
missionaries-the secretary and others
heve been travelling from village to vii
lage in Suffolk, holding a meeting every
evening, distributing literature and col
lecting information on the social condi.
ton of the people. In this campaign
the league is working in the closest pos
sible cooperation with the Eastern
Counties Labor Federation young
and vigorous organization, which, start
ing as an ordinary trades union, has
rapidly come to the conclusion that tho
labor question is insoluble except
through the land question. Crowded
meetings have been held in every vii
lage, and the federation has been con-
siderably strengthened by the addition
of new members and of new branches.
The laborers in this district are paid
about SO twelve shillings) or less per
week. Much of the land is out of cul-
tivation; most of it is labor-starved' A
wretched cottage rents at s23 year.
Some of the cartoons on the land ques-
ton which appeared in the Standard
and in the Toronto Grip have been
greatly enlarged, mounted and framed.
and these, displayed on the sides of the
van at each meeting, are found one Of
the most effective means of educating
even the most ignorant.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
Probably Not.

''Cyrus," said his wife, as he came in
YEARLY and threw himself on the
lounge, after an evening down town,
Il wish you would let politics alone.
The excitement and worry are Just
running your health"
81 can't help it, Emily" replied the
alderman from the 'steenth ward. Il
am not in politics for my health. Chr
oago Tyibuse
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
ON THE GOLD COAST.
Some Singular Habits and Customs of the
Natives.

The native habits and customs of
these extremely interesting people are
gradually reducing them to state of
absolute pauperism. Among the
pernicious practices is one which reigns
as supreme to-day as it did hundreds of
years ago, by which death in his fam
lily means ruin to G old Coast peasant.
Should he be unfortunate enough to
lose wife, child, his father, or, more
important of all, his uncle. 'custom"
requires him to fire off guns, to provide
rum for all corners for week after the
death, and to repeat these obligations
at an interval of six weeks, and
again after the lapse of year.
Sacrifices of goats and sheep must
be made at the funeral, and at other
times, as directed by the fetishman, and
perhaps fetish made for the purpose
OF laying the ghost of the deceased.
To cover all this outlay the bereaved
person generally is obliged to go to the
rich man of the place and borrow
money at fifty, seventy-five or even a
hundred per cent. Until this is repaid
the borrower is slave and is obliged
to work two days each week for the
lender, receiving no recompense for his
labor. This unfortunate condition of
affairs may go on for years until the
debtor is fortunate enough to obtain
sufficient money to pay principal and
interest A man may also be held re-
sponsible for the debts of his deceased
relatives, for he who makes "custom"
is invariably liable for the obligations
of the deceased. Custom, that SEEM
ingly ineradicable evil, is probably re-
sponsible for seven-eighths of the debts
OF the country, and weighs like an in
cubus on its prosperity by causing
vast amount of useless expenditure and
implanting in the people, from child
hood to old age, love of drink and
idleness. The observances referred to
are enforced by superstition and abject
fear of the anger of the dead, of the
wrath of the fetish, and, scarcely less.
public opinion, which is sure to applaud
the man who makes what is termed
"big custom" 1t is invariably to pay
for ''custom" that an immense pro-
portion of the land is pawned, and not
infrequently for its full value.-Drakes
Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-15
How He Wanted His Steak.

The waiter came back to the table for
The third time.
''Will you have your steak plain, sire"
he asked.
"Thats what I said ten minutes ago."
eyes, sir. Have it well done?"
'"That's what told you"
eyes, sir. All right, sir. Have it ex.
ira thick?"
''That was my order"
GAN right, sir"
Then as the waiter started to go the
customer straightforward up and called him
back.
"You forgot one thing he said.
Eyes, SIR
'I'll also have it served"
"What, sir?"
so, that's all right 1 know tho
place. You have good meats here. You
have them rare, medium and well done;
you have them tender; you have them
plain and with trimmings; but it's only
about once in three hours that you have
them served, and I'm particular to have
mine that way. Now go ahead"
He got his order in three minutes
Chicago Tribune.