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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22

hic lock and KEY like sledge ham
mer. but this rusty iron has a history
and is associated with record OF hui
man passions, hopes and frailties that
once guided and controlled the lives OF
several people.
There was time when the Delaware
'front.' above Callowhill street was beau
tiful with fine shrubbery, and men in
the boat and spar yards worked under
the shade of big willows whose long
branches trailed in the water This
was especially the case at Grayley's
timber yard. The old brick house on
the bank of the river was covered with
ivy and Swallowed by a small grove of
elms, made musical in spring by the
whistle of the black birds and martins.
Here lived Martin Bentz with his wife
and daughter. lie was Mr.. Grayley's
managing man, kept his books, paid
the hands and sold the timber. The Of
fee was in a corner room in the house,
and in the wall was built the safe; it
didn't pretend to be freproof, but both
old Grayley and his clerk believed that
al the burglars in the state could not
get into it, and every night he locked
the door with serious mien and much
celebration and then handed the key
to Martin who kept it until next morn
ing.
10 one of our modern artists it would
be pleasant hours work to open the
old strong box with a keyhole that
you could put your three fingers in; but
these were primitive days, and old
Martin felt safe as long as the key
was in his possession. Bentz was a
German by birth, but his wife Ameri-
can, bred and born in Fishtown. AL
though the couple were not always &C
cordant in opinion, on one subject they
agreed, and that was the beauty and
excellence of their daughter Mabel;
and parental judgments are often
fallible, but there could be no question
as to Mabel Bentz' merits. She was
not only good daughter, but a very
beautiful girl. No race in America
produces more lovely women than the
German Americans, and there could be
no better illustration of this than
Martin Bentz' daughter She was not
much liked by the neighboring girls,
asthey were rather rough lot in those
days, much given to promiscuous
dances that generally ended in a free
fight among their admirers, so Mabel,
by avoiding them, got the credit of
being proud. She was assistant in a
millinery store on Second street and
was never without an escort home. but
very few were permitted to come to
the house, and the girl herself was cir
cumspect and as yet Indifferent to the
advances of any of her male acquaint-
ances
She had two persist ent suitors, both
young men; one -George Graham-was
ooatbullder, fair, manly fellow and
an excellent mechanic, but he was not
handsome, and, while favorite with
the Old man, Mrs. Bentz had very
pronounced dislike for him. The other,
refer Daily, was a very snowy young
man. ostensibly plum Der, but he was
seldom known to work; and yet he
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
PITH AND POINT.

IA Bad Shot He'll have never
yet met the woman l thought could
marry" She-"No, they are very
hard to please, as rule" -Life's Cal
endar.
-"I'm going to the races tomorrow
and l want to come home in good
shape What sort of mascot would
you advise me to carry "a railroad
return ticket."-N. Y. Recorder.
An Easy Way.-Editor of the Kazoo
1--WE must increase our circulation
somehow. What can we do to please
the public. Assistant Editor-"Sus.
pend. Saturday Evening Herald.
-Bobby-"What is nursery, Uncle
George? Sis says it is place where
they raise trees" Uncle George-"Sis
knows better than that It's place
where they raise thunder. Boston
Courier.
~ understand that he presented her
with one hundred thousand dollars on
their wedding day." :'H'mp' replied
Mrs. Jackson-Parke, ''that's new
scheme, isn't it; getting the alimony in
Observation-Disclosures journal.
Not a Marriage for Money.-Father
(sternly)-"Do you expect my daughter
to be party to a marriage for money,
SIR" Suitor (bashfully)-"N-no, sir
but it can't be, sir. really haven't
cent. daily Continent.
What do you call your dog?" was
the question which policeman asked
of very large man who was followed
by very small pup. 81 don't gall him
ad all, was the reply. "ven l want
him vissle. "-Washington Post
"A Good Little Boy.-"I like Sunday
school better than any other school,"
said Willie. 81 am pleased to hear that,
my little man." said the minister.
'Now, will you tell me why?" eyes,
sir; it only comes once weck."-N. Y.
Herald.
First you had whooping- cough,
then you got the grip, then malaria. and
now you have jaundice. Seems to me
you catch everything in your town, said
Wiggles. "Yes," said the commuter.
Everything except the train want. -
Harper's Bazaar.
"A Wretch.-Wife (rehectively)-"
do wonder why men grow bald and wom-
en- do not" Husband-s'Beca of the
intense activity of mems brains" Wife
-"And why is it women have no whis-
kers?" Observation-Disclosures of the in.
tense activity of their chins. Pitts
burgh Bulletin.
Why Knee-Breeches Didn't SUIT
Them.-First Swell-'T say, old chap
pie, what do you think of this talk of
wearing knee-breeches?' Second Swell
81 for one will neveh weah them"
First Swell-'I thuppose you lack the
courwage, old fellah?" Second Swell
TITS not a question of courwage. but
legs, don't you know Smith, Gray
& Co.'s Monthly.
Maj. Windup-"Whats this, col
onel-out with shotguns?'' Col. Saw
age-"l'm lookin' fer the Teller that
eloped with my wife" Mai. Windup-
"Why, I thought you quarreled with
your wife and had often. said you
would be glad to have her leave you"
Col. Savage-"That's just it. I'm goin'
to shoot him if I find him trying to
bring her back"
Not Cigarettes, This Time Willie
ION the fence)-"Say, Downy, heard
my sister standing up for you last
night" Epson Downs-"Ah! What
did she say?" Willie-She said she
didn't believe it was cigarettes made
you look so pale" Epson Downs
"Did she? That was good of her.
What did she say was the cause. Will
lie--"She said she guessed you had an
Improving mustache.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
Room at the Top.

Ambitious Youth-Do you know Of
my way by which young writers like
myself .can make money in literature?
Magazine Editor-Um-there is one.
81 am delighted to hear that. What
would you adviser"
keep a newsstand Good News.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
The Social Whirl.

Trotler-What has become of Struck.
ile?" When / left he was making des-
perate efforts to get into the first so.
ciety.
Homer-By the time he got in, the
people who then composed the best so
ciety had busted up, SO he is now as
badly off as he was before.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22

Making it Easy-Tom-I wish you
would say something good in your
paper about my friend Brown Jack
Ia newspaper mani. But don't know
him" Tom-"That is all the more
reason why you can speak we'll Of him. :"
Yankee RlaSs
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
The Boy to Blame.

Lady Customer-That pair Of slippers
l bought of you short time ago have
worn out.
Clerk-Bad leather, ma am?
''No; bad boy"-Jury.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
A Scientific View.

'sWhy are you SO anxious to hav.
every one cultivate weeds?'
'Be cause" said the scientific gar.
dener, Il am convinced that that is
the only way to exterminate them.
Puck.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
How a Jeweler Looks at 1t.

Mr.. Sterling Ware (jeweler)-1 wish,
my dear. you would not wear your dla-
monds at the Shyster de Puysters
soiree tonight
Mrs. S. W.-O! pshaw! why not?
Mr. S. W.-People will think want
to advertise my business jewelers.
Circular.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
A Union of ryrants.

Mrs. Youngwife-O John! l have
such terrible news.
Hubby-What is it, dear?
Mrs. Youngwife-Our cook is going
to marry the janitor. Wbataver will
become Of us2-Puck.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-22
A MASCOT IN IRON.
,Iov an Enormous Key Was
Twice of Service.

n THE wall of
an cold Curl
o sity Shop"
Belgrade street,
above Frank
ford road, hangs
a key made of
iron a foot in
length, and the
wards rust e d
up. 1t fifty rep
resents the old
time belief that
the best guar
antee for secur-
ty a G al n S t
thieves was a
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
A HUNDRED SQUARE MILES


or Standing Timber and Much other
Property Destroyed in Wisconsin, and
tho Fires stin Rage.
Fires have moved n pathway from
the st. Louis river to the south shore Of
Lake Superior in Wisconsin, and ex-
tending over territory from two to
twenty miles in width. The damage to
property can not be estimated at this
time, but the bulk of the loss will rest
on standing pine destroyed and logs
already cut and ready for the saw. At
present the greatest damage is reported
from along the line of the Omaha
railroad, on both sides Of which,
and extending to Lake Superior on the
north, the fire is still raging fiercely.
Last Tuesday night report reached
West Superior that L. M. Stockings
camps, near the Brule river, and 2,000,-
600 feet of logs had been burned Mr..
Stocking says that from all he can
learn the damage in the timbered dis
tricts, east of Superior has been very
heavy. Word came from the south
shore that the fire is rapidly reaching
out in the direction of several million
feet of logs belonging to the Peyton,
Kimball and Dardey Lumber Co. Over
100 square miles of virgin forest have
been utterly destroyed, and the head of
one logging firm puts the losses at ST.
$1,000 in standing timber.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
German
Syrup

Here is an incident from the South
mississippi, written in April, 1890,
just after the Grippe had visited that
country. 1 am a farmer, one Of
those who have to rise early and
work late. At the beginning of last
Winter was on trip to the City
of Vicksburg, Miss, where I got we'll
drenched in a shower Of rain. I
went home and was soon after seized
with dry, hacking cough. This
grew worse every day, until / had
to seek relief. / consulted DR.. Dixon
who has since died, and he told me
to geta bottle Of Boschee's German
Syrup. Meantime my cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along and l caught that also
very severely. My condition then
compelled me to do something. I
got two bottlesof German Syrup. I
began using them, and before taking
much of the second bottle, 1 was
entirely clear Of the Cough that had
hung to me SO long, the Grippe, and
all its bad effects. felt tip-top and
have felt that way ever since"
PETER ] .BRIAIs, Jr., Cayuga, Hines
Co., Miss. %
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
THE EsMR1HrDA
Lying just Outside Acapulco, And the
Itata Believed To BE with Her.

Lying just Outside Acapulco, And the
Itata Believed To BE with Her.
A dispatch received from Acapulco
says: The Chilian cruiser Esmerelda
entered this port Wednesday and sailed
again Thursday. Severalof her officers
were ashore and used the wires and
made various inquiries regarding the
action of the United States, showing
that they had been informed
that the cruiser Charleston had
been sent in pursuit of the
Itata. The officers who came ashore
were very reticent, but from one of the
sailors it was learned that they expect
ed to sight the Itata and act as her cons
sort down the coast. The Esmerelds
has numerous crew, and in appear
ances they are veterans and will fight.
The opinion prevails here that should
the Charleston attempt to capture the
itata a naval engagement will take
place and the United States cruiser
will get the worst of it. The above dis
patch was confirmed at the war de-
partment, but the officers were in
clined to be reticent. The captain of
the fishing boat which was nearly run
down by u large steamer which carried
no lights says that after his boat was
out of danger bright, binding light
was suddenly flashed upon his craft,
and that it was undoubtedly produced
by an electric light from a man-of-war.
He said further that the vessel was
steaming north. With this fact in
view there is but little doubt that
it is the Esmerelda going north to
intercept the Itata. If naval engage
ment takes place it can not be delayed,
if the Charleston is on the right track,
much later than Saturday, and will
doubtless be fought off the coast of the
state of Jalizco. The following dispatch
was received at the City of Mexico, Fri
day, from San Bias, Topic: A long,
low, rakish craft is lying on and off this
port with steam up and flying no colors.
Fishing boats report her as being
manned by large crew, and protected
by formidable guns.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
CHICKAMAUGA PARK.

The Unreasonable Demands of Land Own
ers May Result in the Project Being
Abandoned.
There is imminent danger that the
project to make a national park of the
Chickamauga battle-ground will end
in failure. The only reason is the
rapacity of landowners. Fair property
that was held at the nominal value of
So to $50 an acre is now thought
to be worth $780, $500 and over $500.
The commission will not favor a con-
demnation process, and as they are dis
gusted with the spirit shown they will,
unless equitable prices are made, report
adversely upon the plan. This DISPOSE
ton was the subject of two hours
conference Friday afternoon. Any fur
ther steps will probably be defer red.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
FOR CONSUMPTION.

Report to the Paris Academy of Medi>
cine That Coats Blood Is Beneficial in
First Stages.
Prof. Bernheim has submitted his re-
port to the academy of medicine at
Paris, regarding experiments made to
cure tuberculosis by the TRANSMISSION of
goats blood. The professor in this re-
port says that fourteen patients
have been treated by this sys-
TEN, and that two in the last
stage of anpmia were cured. Ten
of the remaining number, suffer-
ing from tuberculosis, the report adds,
have greatly improved under the new
treatment, and the last two of the four
teen patients, both of whom were in
an advanced stage of consumption, died
six weeks after receiving the first trans
fusion of goats blood. Prof. Bern
helm declares that the goats blood
treatment has an important effect in
the first stages of consumption, but
adds it should not be used in the last
stages.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK. nv
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
FIRE AND LAVA.
a New Volcano Appears in Armenia, De-
stroyinG Villages and People.

"A New Volcano Appears in Armenia, De-
stroyinG Villages and People.
The DiX-Neuvine Steele says that
commercial advices have been received
at Marseilles from Trebizond to the eff
feet that a new volcano has appeared in
Armenia at the summit of Mt. Nimrod,
in the district of Van, vomiting forth
flames and lava. The villages at the
base of the mountain have been de-
stroyed and many persons are said to
have been killed or injured The fugi-
tives are camping outside the range of
destruction. They are almost entirely
destitute, and the greatest misery pre-
walls among them. The Turkish gov
ernment has taken measures to aid the
SI1tfererS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
pemolisnad with Dynamite.

The house of Daniel Morgan, quiet
aud reputable citizen, three miles south
of Oak Grove, Mo, was demolished by
an explosion of dynamite Thursday
night. 1t is not known who perpetra-
ted the outrage. Mrs. Morgans collar
bone was broken and she was other
wise injured. Mr.. Morgan was badly
injured, though not fatally. His two
children escaped unhurt, but stepson
was blown twenty yards through a
tree-top and lighted on a fence. He
was not badly hurt.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
ICY VISITS.
Once More Winters Chilling Blasts
Arrive,
Completing the Damage By It's Delayed
Appearance-Enrly Fruits and
Vegetables Gone.

Northwestern Ohio was visited Sat
urday night by the most destructive
frost during the past twelve years.
The temperature fell to ~ degrees in
some places, .and ice formed to the
thickness of nearly half an inch. Such
early fruits and vegetables as escaped
previous visitations were destroyed, and
in many fields of wheat the destruction
is equally complete, the straw being
frozen down to below the first joint.
The loss TO the wheat is estimated
at 80 per cent Naturally the corn
planting has been late and little suffi-
GENTLY advanced to be affected Very
heavy frost at Warren, o., Saturday did
untold damage to vegetation and
grapes. Ice a quarter of an inch thick
was formed. The heaviest frost that
has yet appeared at Winamac, Ind,
this season fell Saturday night, doing
much damage to fruit and vegetables.
The ice in some places froze to u quar-
ter of an inch thick Heavy frost at
Fremont o., Saturday night did much
damage to fruits and crops. Grapes,
peaches, potatoes and corn suffered
most. The frost Saturday night was
the most destructive in the Musl1ingum
valley (O.) of any since the celebrated
one of June, 1859. All vegetables are
killed, as well as the fruit. Ice formed
on still water half an inch thick Con-
tinued dry weather is seriously inter
fering with the crops in Central Ten
nessee. The growth of vegetation is at
a stand-still and the prospect foI sotton
is especially bad.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
Parnell's Paling Star.

At a meeting of the electors at North
Wexford it was resolved to stop pay
ment of the salary of Mr.. John L. Red
mond, who represents North Wexford
in parliament, and to devote the money
thus saved to the relief of the evicted
tenants. Mr.. Redmond is one of Mr.
Parnell's ENJOYS now in the United
States. 1t is stated that E. Dwyer
Gray has seeded from Parnell.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
THE FLEEING STEAMER.
Rumored That the Charleston Has Sunk
the Itata.

Rumored That the Charleston Has Sunk
the Itata.
A dispatch from the City of Mexico
says The Anglo American newspapers
publish rumors OF the sinking of the
Itata by the United States cruiser
Charleston, but give neither time nor
place. The authorities have no news
on the subject. A fact which may be
Of interest in view of the expected ar
rival of the Itata at a Mexican
port, probably Acapulco, is that
she can not stay there. Under the
practice of international law the
Mexican government could not refuse
to protect her, but she could not re-
main in port more than twenty-four
hours, as to do so would subject her to
the charge of using the port as base
of operations against a friendly govern
ment. SO that if the vessel reaches
Acapulco before the Charleston, the
latter vessel would have simply to wait
outside the port for twenty-four hours
to get an opportunity toretalle the Itata
and her stores, providing that these
have not in the mean time been trans
ferred to the Esmeralda.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
THE REMEDY,
AS Pointed Out BY New Orleans
Citizens Committee.
They Recommend That Immigration lie
stopped From Certain Parts of Italy.

stopped From Certain Parts of Italy.
The special committee Of fifty ap-
pointed by the mayor of New Orleans,
prior to the assassination of Chief of
Police Hennessey to investigate the
workings of the Malta, made a report
Thursday night. 1t states that in an
interview with Corte the Italian con-
sui, held prior to Hennessey's death, he
admitted to the committee that he had
incurred the enmity of his countrymen,
who induced him TO join them
in supper, and that he
was made deathly sick by eating oys-
ter soup, which, he had no doubt, con-
tanned poison. The report of the COM
mittee concludes as follows: In the
resolution of appointment this commit
tee was requested to suggest needful
remedies. 1t only remains for us, there
fore, to point out the remedy if possi-
bic. In our opinion the remedy is: 1.
The regulation of immigration. 2. Re-
form in the criminal laws and admins
tration of criminal justice 3. A law
recognizing the existence of bar
association, and endowing it with full
power to try and disbar any attorney
whose evil practices render him un-
worthy of being an officer of court.
The only radical remedy which suggests
itself to us is the entire prohibition of
immigration from Sicily and Lower
Italy. 1t was found necessary to
prohibit Chinese immigration and
congress passed the necessary law.
The danger to California from the
Chinese was no greater than the danger
to this state from the Sicilian and
Southern Italians. We have had long
experience with these people, and that
experience has been a sad one. They
are undesirable citizens, and there is
no reason why they should be permit
ted to participate in the blessings of a
freedom and civilization which they
are not only unable to appreciate, but
which they refuse to understand or to
npppnt
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
Expensive Rats Nest.

United States Sub-Treasurer Bailey,
at Cincinnati, received a call Thursday
from lady who presented rats nest
for which she wanted S525 The nest was
composed of bank bills to that amount
which the rodents had torn into small
fragments. She was advised to make
an affidavit to the fact and forward it,
together with her very valuable rat
domicle, to the treasury department at
Washington.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
The Esmeralda Exnecta Heln.

Ell Universal, the only Mexican organ
that has so far made any mention Of
the arrival of the Esmeralda at Aca-
pulco, says that in addition to the Es-
meralda other Chilian warships are ex-
pected at Mexican ports. A telegram
from Guatemala states that schooner
captain just arrived reports having seen
two strange looking vessels under full
sail proceeding in southerly direc-
ton.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
To Bnnm North Carolina

The representative business men and
capitalists of North Carolina have in
augurated movement for the develop
ment of the interests of the state and
for cooperation with other states 'in
the march to prosperity" There are
railroad extensions nearly completed
that viii make Cincinnati as near as
Philadelphia, and nearer than New
York to the old north state.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-23
A Task for Arbitrators.

The Paris Steele says that in spite of
the rupture of negotiations between
Balmaceda and the congressional party
Of Chilli, France, the United States and
Brazil intend to fulfill the task of arbi-
trating the matters in dispute between
the contending factions. The Steele
adds that this task will be undertaken
with every prospect of success.