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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26

had a nemesis after them. Who it is or
how many no one knows, but if buck
gets away from the crowd it's ten to
one he doesn't come back, and when
they start out to find him, which they
usually do, he has become good In.
dian; and from the way in which
they're being picked off the whole
band will be wiped out by and by"
Just then a tall, gray-haired man,
dressed as a scout, came past and
changed the current of their conversa-
zion.
"Who is that chap" asked the lieu.
tenant of his brother officer, scanning
the scout closely.
81 don't know" was the reply; she
comes to the post once in awhile; gets
a lot of stuff, mostly ammunition; never
stays or stops to talk; always rides that
same big mare -
| The stranger dismounted at the door
of the store and entered. He had
scarcely passed out of sight when an
Indian sneaked up cautiously and be-
| gan to examine the horse, paying par
| tracks.
what do you suppose that bucks up
TOP" queried the captain.
"He's getting points SO that he can
trail the animal" was the reply.
Look out! BY gracious, that was
| neat"
This exclamation was called forth by
the action of the horse The Indian, in
his Investigations, stopped and picked
up her foot, presumably to examine
the shoe. There was quick move, a
thud, and an Indian rolled over ON the
grass with Il crushed skull. The ami
NAL stood as quiet as before. Two or
three white men ran up and the owner
of the horse came out of the store.
When he saw the dead brave a smile
lighted up his set face as he patted his
horses neck Another one, eh? Fan.
that's right; keep up the work, old
girl. One more scratch on the rifle
breech makes a hundred and eighty
one" AS the horse and rider passed
out of sight the lieutenant asked:
what was it he muttered to the
horse?"
81 did not exactly catch it, replied
the captain. 81 think it was some
thing about hundred and eighty-one,
and from the way that old chap bright
ened up when he saw that dead buck
leads me to believe that he knows more
about who is knocking off the stray
Apaches than he's telling. Edwin
Ralph Collins, in Texas Siftings.
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Horrible Oriental Execution.

The Death of Thousand Cuts of
which we have all read in some vague
story OF the secret atrocities of the
east" said George Trimble Davidson
recently, ''is by no means the hideous
unreality l fancied it. While in Ia
coma recently I was enabled to secure
with considerable difficulty photo
graph made instantaneously by an En-
glishman who in disguise succeeded in
being present at the execution by the
thousand cuts of mandarin who had
been guilty of the crime of less majestic.
Being discovered, the daring photogra-
pher had to run for his life; but not uu.
til he had taken views of the writhing
victim in the course of the administra q.
ton of the thousand slashes with sharp
swords by which he was tortured, and
indeed dismembered, while life and con.
seriousness yet re1nained!'-N. Y. All
vertiser.
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The Reading Habit.

One of the best habits thata child can
acquire is the reading habit. The prac-
tice of looking about for book or a
paper whenever portion of spare time
is found becomes habit that can not
be shaken off. 1t grows into desire
for knowledge, and becomes power
for good if properly directed. Interest
boy in reading good and useful Looks,
and provide him with the right class OF
literature, and he will find little time to
form low and debasing associations or
cultivate love for the life of the sa-
loon and billiard hall. He will seek his
friends among the great and pure minds
who have put SO much of help, encour.
agement and strength into the printed
pages. Teach your boy the reading
habit. Discourage any rapid 'skim.
ming" but let him know the importance
of thinking of what he reads. Let the
reading habit grow into an observing
habit, and the boy is safe. Rural New
Yorker.
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A Gallant Negro.

People say that gallantry is going oat
If fashion. This is what was written
by woman from one of the southern
springs: II do believe the colored PEG
pie are the most polite in the world.
You know what a wretched memory
have for names? Well, an African gen.
tleman has been in the habit of bring.
ing me my coffee every morning. and
from the depths of my pillow l always
addressed him as William. At last one
morning, when I was rather more wide
awake than usual, said to him: BY
the by, is your name William?' And
he answered.: well, no, Miss, It amt
William, it is George; but if it gives you
any pleasure to speak to me as William,
itmakes me more than happyp Can any-
body say chivalry is dying out when
such an answer as. this is received?"-
N. Y. Sun.
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NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Garrison is not such an improve
ment over Quay that the moral ele-
ments of the republican party will be
greatly gratifed by the change. Both
are rery practical politicians. e., un-
scrupulous spoilsmen.-Tr Press.
The election of Clarkson is stab,
in the back for Harrison. Clarkson
accepted office under Harrison as re-
Enumeration for the part he took Ia the
corrupt presidential election, was
forced out of Office, and is now for
Blaine Cleveland Plain Dealer
When the next democratic con-
gress sets about investigating the rot.
tenness of the present administration,
a great deal of valuable testimony may
be obtained from the discharged
census clerks on Mr.. Porter's
methods of helping the republican
party by falsifying statistics in his. de.
partment Albany Argus.
The magnanimity and patriotism
of the bondholders in giving Uncle
Samuel further time on his bonds will
be long remembered by a grateful
country. In these perilous times Of
peace, the nations honor has been pre-
served, and the empty treasury has
been given another chance.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Was there ever anything more
impudent and shameless than the reso-
buttons adopted by the republican
national committee in eulogy Of Quay
and Dudley-two men who were forced
out of the committee by the indignant
public opinion of their own party?
Has the republican national committee
no respect for public opinion?-B Buffalo
Courier.
President Harrison has written
to ex-Collector Erhardt that he has al.
ways held him in the highest esteem.
The national committee has assured
Quay and Dudley that their reslgna-
tions are accepted with poignant re.
greet, and that they will always be re-
membered as persons of the highest in
tegrity-or at any rate as persons who
are as honest as the average man III
public life The crocodile tears hav-
ing been properly shed and the baggage
sent to the rear the grand old party
will aow return to the business OF try.
ing to carry elections by the aid Of the
federal Offices. Chicago Times
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Genius NIpped in the Bud.

Sat what age do children begin to
play?"
Oh, thou dolt with pigs head!
Cribbage, of course. Even the baby's
father knows that much.
And they ride at cabbage, and-eh?
Yes, sir No, sir.
How much was going to make of
it?' Thought I'd run over into the next
column with it.
''Cut it off at 'and'?"
All right. sir.
Private to Subscribers. -What this
paper needs is boss who can appre-
ciatc the genius Of originality. Best
man on the staff has been two weeks
hunting up words ending in "age" and
gets choked of on the second one, n
Busdeste. in philadslphis Press
Z
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the top of the roll before going from
sight, he called back to his wife: ''Mary,
let Georgie come to me at noon with a
lunch and fresh drink of buttermilk.
It's so far that l don't think I'll come
upfor dinner. Give the little collie a
drink and some grass, too"
His wife called back: Cali right,
DEAR" and waved her apron. He turned
to his team and started them on. AS
he said get up" the near side animal,
whose little collie was left behind in
the rough corral, turned her head, and,
looking back, whinnied long and loud
Come, come, Fan, go on; what's the
matter with you? My babies are back
there, too and they will see that your
baby doesn't get hungry or thirsty.
Come, go along, old girl; we must go
and work for our babies"
The team started. and chatting cheer
iully to them for company's sake, they
went on to their work.
The sun climbed higher, and furrow
after furrow was turned. John kept
'ne team going steadily, but Fan was
FESTIVE and would throw her head up
anu look around and then throw her.
sell INTO the collar and forge ahead as
though suddenly anxious to get the
Work finished.
what does all you, Fan? you seem
aai'' said John, finally; ''does your
harness hurt you, old girl?' And then
ne went over the harness, carefully ex-
anlning each strap and piece where it
Wnched her sleek coat. "Old girl, your
harness is all right, and you are just
.'sslng for nothing. Now. if you don't
~ steady you'll get whipped He
went back between the handles of the
pOw, and Fan threw her nose up over
~ s.. mates neck, looking in the direc-
~. ~0a VI Tue house and whinnied so shrill
, ius mournful that John involuntarily
,svaea IN the same direction. He
we ea We're his eyes deceiving him!
l., aas mat a thin column of smoke rising
u ''ie clear air from over the roll of
b. h. prairie? His heart almost stopped
sasns' 1t is smoke! Fast as his fin
f,.,.e souio move he undid the harness
hing from the team, threw the
how a'ss 70 the ground, released one
osas a anu sprang upon Fans back She
leaned ~ no urging or directing, but
AxtSs iAe an arrow from the bow.
~ y gained the summit of the rise
ground John looked, and had to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26

"A famous Armenian actor. Atam
ian. has died in Constantinople. He
gained his fame as tragedian in Rus
STA, Greece and Turkey, and at the
time of his death was arranging for a
tour in France and England He played
Shakespeare by preference, Othello and
Hamlet being his best roles. In looks
be was much like Rubeastein.
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RAUM's PENSION FIGURES.

Startling Conclusions from Sir Bountiful's
Statistics.
Gen. Green B. Raum, commissioner
of pensions, estimates that 1,2oS, 707
soldiers of the union are now living,
and that 1,0C4,65s soldiers were killed
in battle or have died during the war
and since.
According to this estimate, 2,2l8, se5
men bore arms in the northern armies
sprisg the civil war,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26
Out-Herodinc Herod.

Gunsmith-How is your new comic
weekly doing?
Funston-Great! It's bound to knock
Melancholy out.
tiunsmith--Yes; ! should think So
They are competitors IL the same Aps
Ct business Puck
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PlTH AND POINT.


miss Amanda, am over my ears
n love with your "Then l can GER
tainly believe in the size of your lover
--Fliegende Blaetter.
FIRST Office Boy--''He's no newspa'
per man." Second Office Boy-"No?'
Nav; he's a journalist. He writes wild
gold penn. Y. Recorder.
Lady Customer-'That pair of slip
pers bought of you short time ago
have worn out" Clerls-'Bad leather,
ma'an?' mo, bad boy.'-Dixie.
-Forewarned is Fourarmed. -"Why
in thunder didn't you girls tell me you
were both coming? A fellow can't ham
die pair of horses with his teeth. -
Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly.
Squeers lat the circus Look at
Pennibs! See how he starts every time
the ringmaster fourishes his horse
whip!" Nickleby-"Yes; Pennibs used
to edit society paper, you know.
Boston News.
An Unmeant Hint.-Miss X. Trava-
CAN'T think the brooch you are wear.
ing is one of the most beautiful Tyres I
have ever SEEN" Miss Sheye-"You
just ought to see the gentleman who
gave it to me!"-Jeweler's Weekly.
-Bowman-"How would you like to
go sailing on my yacht some day, Will
lie?" Willie-"No you don't. / heard
about that yacht" Bowman-"What
did you hear?' Willie-"Sister was
out in it two hours in a spanking
breeze. IN. Y. Herald.
Cause for Rejoicing.
~ was in your furnisher's yesterday,
and he said he was anxious for that ten
dollars you owed him." Travers--
"What did you tell him?" Dashaway--
81 told him he ought to be thankful
that it wasn't any more. "-Clothier and
Furnisher
Farmer ellison came down from up
country the other day and brought his
boy along to let him see the sights
"Paw," said the lad, amazed at seeing
hearse horses trot, that amt funer'l,
is it?" eyes, it's; these city folks hev
to hurry like sixty to get man buried
fore the mourners furgit i'm. Detroit
Free Press.
The Egotism of Genius. Fond
Mother-"Don't you want to see the
evening papers, Mortimer" Minimus
Poet-"Why, is there anything about
me in them?" Fond Mother-''Not
that know of, darling" Minimus Poet
(pettishly(-"Good heavens, mother,
then what on earth should want to
see them for?"-Punch.
Nearly every house has a skele-
ton in its closet, | suppose" said Mrs.
Hashem one day at dinner. eyes, re.
piled Billy Bliven, land I guess this
house might as we'll be getting closet
ready for my USE" That is how it hap
pens that he received only two berries
for desert, while all the other boarderr
were reveling in three. Washington
Post.
| Carrying Out Principle.-'Yes,"
continued the druggist, in an argument,
II think 1t very unprincipled in the gas
company to charge more for the gas
used rs light than for that consumed as
fuel. /, for one, am against such prin-
ciples. say let there be one price for
and to all and everything" Then, to
customer: "And what is it you wish?"
Customer-''I'd like one pound Of car
away seed How much is it?" Druggist
-"Thirty-five cents, please" Customer
81 have only a quarter with me. Its
for the baker across the way" Drug
gist-"Oh, is that so? only charge q
quarter to bakers. Thank you. Good
by!"-Pharmaceutical Era.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26
THE Annoy CHINESE WIFE.
A Creature that Lives tho Life Of an Igno-
bic Slave.


A Creature that Lives tho Life Of an IEno.
BILE Slave.
The domestic life Of the Annoy Chi.
nese is admirable and detestable. The
wife is not companion, but Q drudge.
Unless she belongs to the coolie or boat.
man class, her feet have been bandaged
in infancy, SO that her gait suggests q
young boy learning to use stills. Her
costume is unique, consisting of four to
seven blouses. as many trousers, hose
and low-cut shoes. She wears no hat,
and, in lieu of gloves, buries her hands
in the folds Of her long sleeves. In ap.
pearance she is neat as fashion-plate.
Her hair, oiled every day and sham
pooed every week, CLEANS like carved
jet, her face shines from soap.
water and friction; her clothes are spot.
less and are brushed and ironed every
morning. She is mild.mannered and
courteous. But her ignorance is un-
fathomable and her superstition won
der. She burns joss-sticks at the door
to keep away evil spirits; in the garden
to scare mildew and parasites from her
plants; in the dining-room as an anti.
dote to poisons. and in the bedroom to
intimidate the nightmare, burglars and
wild beasts She receives no company
but few women of whom her husband
approves. She knows no men outside
of her family circle.
1t is deadly insult to ask Chinese
gentleman how his wife is She is sad
when her better half makes money be.
cause she fears he will take an addi
tional wife or two and purchase one
or more concubines If he dies it Is her
duty, prescribed by custom seven
thousand years old, to commit suicide,
SO that her sons can erect o monument
to their mother as "a Virtuous Widow"
She goes nowhere, reads little or moth.
ing, sees no amusements and has no
social pleasure. She never complains be-
cause she has been taught to be what
she is and no thought of change OF
difference has probably ever crossed
her mind At times she catches q
glimpse of European women, but re
CARDS them with more contempt and
deeper loathing than the outcasts Of
her own sex and race. Her Happiness,
is in her kitchen, her garden and hel
children. 1t is through having nothing
else to do that she acquired her mar.
vellous skill in raising silkworms, il
spinning the thread, weaving the tissue
and making the exquisite embroiderie,
for which China is famous. Y. Jour
| nal.
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w HER NOSE OVER HER MATES

N NFUh.
alGup Morse 5 name to keep from
Us r;s;u .hin blue column of smoke
lope ing from the ground where his
ssOpi,asa u stood, and as he cast an
IN ~ W look over the plain for some
mt h.. ie ne saw away off on the dis
Peeks 40 a few rapidly-diminishing
sOb aaa little cloud of dust.
ne IN IAN hurry, hurry"' No use to
Is iaas creature; she seemed to share
saA s,a alo was doing the best that
N Il NY blood could do. At the little
~ asfes she stopped and he
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26

n THE cool of
the m ornin G
John NJ a T t in
kissed his wife
and two little
ones bye bye
at the door Of
their h UNI bl e
h o m e, h al f
frame, half dug
out, took h i S
team and went
over the roll Of
the prairie t o
work a t h i S
blowing, about
half a mile from
the house. AS
bo narSad ON
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26
A False Diagnosis

Miss Cropper--How do they tell the
6ge of horse
Jack CrupperwBY the teeth.
Miss Croppep-oh, yesi whether thal
as artificial ss not t~Fast
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-08-26
A DEADLY HATE.
John Martins Terrible Revenge on
the Savage Apaches.

IN THE cool Of
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on the door and broke 1t in. The room seemed
in perfect order, except that few articles of
female wearing apparel were hung over one of
the chairs. The folding bed was in its accus-
toned place and had not been let down. Where
was Indanag lit the gas, and behold, sticking
out on the side way up near the top of the
wardrobe bed was one dainty, naked foot
waving like flag of distress. AS modest men,
our first impulse was to fly; but our humanity
got the best of this weaker feeling, for Miss
Indiana was plainly in need of help. The
poor girl, unused to the mechanism of the
wardrobe bed, had somehow after retiring set
the weights in motion and folded the blessed
thing up, holding her aprsoner in an inverted
position. We speedily released her, and then
she confessed that she had never seen any
thing of the kind before out in her State
When it trapped her she stood 1t as long as
she could, to be in the fashion and not cause
any trouble. But the position became so un-
comfortable that she determined to sleep on
the floor rather than stand it minute longer.
When she tried to get out, however, the bed
wouldn't bulge, and, hearing MIR. Post Office
moving about in his room, she called for help,
with the results already narrated. This ex-
planned matters to the satisfaction of Mrs. p.
o., and Mr.. 2. o., having been released from
his uncomfortable perch and the horizontal
advantages of the wardrobe bed explained to
Miss Indiana by the landlady, we all retired
to our rooms, and quietness soon reigned
throughout our boarding-house. GRAIL.
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vst-, ROCHDALE COOPERATIVE so
6SISa ciety.-Members are informed that
the new trade cards and books, running to
April, 1892, are now ready for issue. Please
write your present address across the face of
the old pink cards expiring April, 1891, and
return them with proper fee to any of the fol-
lowiDg-named members and obtain the new
ones. Merchants will not recognize the old
cards after April 80, 1891:
A. T. LONGLEY, S12 A street northeast, Ag-
ricultural Department.
T. P. KEENE, 1904 o street, Second Auditors
Office
j. w. HARSHA, 9O5 street, Cash Room,
Treasury Department, aud at 705 Fifteenth
street, from IL to 1890 noon and at 4 P. Nj.
l.. VANDERHOEF, 931 French street, Bu-
reau of Statistics.
e. G. FAWCETT, SOB Massachusetts, avenue
northeast, Fourth Auditors Office.
j. e. McCABE, % Third street northeast,
Post Office Department.
H. w. SMITH, ZIG B street southwest, Quar-
termaster Generals Office.
l.. f. HUNT, 1910 street northwest, Sixth
Auditors Office.
L. E. GRIDLEY, FOG L street northwest, Reg
ister's Office, Treasury.
JOHN MORRISON. 415 R street northwest,
Pension Office
DR.. JOS. JOUY, 221S Pennsylvania avenue,
Surgeon Generals Office.
JOHN FINN, 51S Twenty-third street, Adju-
tant Generals Office, War Department.
" d. ga L Ens 40 SlAIeeuUn SUreeC uOrJnea6U
Record and Pension Division, War.
FRANK SIBLEY, 7o5 Fifteenth street north
west.
j. G. BROWN, Seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue, drug storey
ID. NJ. DAVIS, 1913 Nineteenth street, Bureau
Engraving and Printing.
Ii. r. ELLIOTT, 207 south Washington street.
Alexandria, Va.
JOHN H. JONES, 1926 Sixth street north
west, Signal Office.
j. NJ. ANDRUS, 935 Rhode Island avenue,
General Land Office, Interior Department.
j. F. PAGE, Grocer, 1910 street northwest.
JOHN JOHNSON, 1015 / street northwest,
Registers Office Treasury.
N. G. MARTIN, 627 G street southwest, Third
Auditors Office, Treasury.
w. III. WOMERSLEY, 1926 II street, Office
Revenue Marine, Treasury.
A M. SALMON, 1888 Fifteenth street north
west.
By order of the executive committee.
j. w. HARSHA,
apl9-2t Secretary.
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School Notes.

Concerts and school entertainments are be-
ing talked Of, notably one In the Seaton
building, but it is not yet completed as to
programme. 1t promises to be an unusually
good one.
There are several teachers of the public
schools who are expert bicyclers. Miss Annie
Tichenor. Miss McMann, and Miss Donglas
ride bicycles to school from the city to Capitol
Hill every day.
Miss A. l.. Grout, principal of the Grant
school, of Capitol Hill, is still confined to the
house on account of the severe fracture of her
arm near the shoulder some weeks ago, when
she fell on the school-house stairs.
Miss Douglass cooking school in the Wal
ZACH building is very popular with both
teachers and pupils. One of the teachers says
1T is partly because what is cooked is after
ward eaten by the little cooks with relish.
Miss Annie Tichenor, successful teacher
Of the fourth grade, says that one of the
duties of parents should be to interest them
selves in their children when at home. The
child OF reading parents who talk about
events or topics of the day is always notice
ably intelligent.
Every Tuesday morning the children of the
eighth grade, lin the Lenox Building,) which
is girls school, meet with Mr.. Chickering's
school, eighth grade, in the Wallach Build
ing, which is composed OF boys exclusively J
to join in great singing class, and it is very
popular feature with the pupils OF both schools
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Density ofPopulation.

The density of the distribution of popula-
tion according to the census of 1890 is shown
by map prepared by Henry Gannett, the geo.
grapher of the eleventh census, and just issued
in connection with bulletin on the subject
by Superintendent Porter. Mr.. Gannett
observes that, speaking generally, agriculture
in this country is not carried on with such
care es yet to afford employment and support
to population in excess of As to a square
mile. The figures show that the settled area
has constantly and rapidly increased. Dur
ing the last decade the per cent of increase
in the settled area was 2406 per cent, while
the increase in the population of the country
was 24.86 per cent. 377,715 square miles have
been redeemed during the last ten years, ex-
ceeding by S0,3S4 square miles the area settled
between 1870 and 1880.