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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11
ARgIvE BYRD STREET STATION

$40 \. IL. Daily. Stops at Whitewater.
Brooke, frcdercksDurg. Nil
ford, boswell and Ashland.
aud other stations sundays.
Sleeper New York 10 Rich
.uond
2:b +. NJ. Daiiy except Sunday. Stops az
local stations and Elba. Par
Tor Car from Washington.
sos Z. NJ, Daily. Stops only NJ Fred
eicksburg. boswell and Ash
land. pullman cars from New
York and Washington.
II 3 A NJ, Daily. Stops AT principal To-
cal stations and Eiba Sleep
ing Car. Connects with Con-
gressional Limited between
New York and Washington.
FREDERICKSBURG AcCOAfMODA-
TION.
DAILY EXCEPr SUNDAY.
900 L. ~. Leaves Byrd-Street Station.
$50 A. NJ, Arrives az Byrd-Street sta
ton.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EACEPI SUNDAY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11
RAILROADS.


SCHEDULE IN EFFLCT AFItIL ~ I''0'
LEAVE BYRD STREET STATION
100 A. NJ. Daily for Washington and
points North. Stops at ElDe
and local stations. Pullman
Car. -
- 90 noon. Daily except Sunday tSr
Washington and points Norm.
stops At Eliza, Ashland. Dos
wen. Milford, Frelercksburs.
Brooke and Whitewater. fa,-
lor Car. Also connecs Win
Congressional Limited Al
Washington.
5:l0 4. NJ. Daily sor Washington ana
points North. Stops az ElDt'
Ashland. boswell, MEforo;
Fredericksburg, Brooke ana
Underwater and other stations
'undays. Sleeper Richmond
10 New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11

N-Il \ lT.|FI0TI NNlHNTIlH-
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS.
Nos. u and g.. between Manchester and
Glover, Va. ana Nos. SO and O., between
sengor7.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11

From Atlanta and Augusta,
40 L. NJ
connecting closely with trains for West
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Stare Armies,

I SEQ that MIR. Balfour made an al
fusion in the house of commons to
the stage armies of Drury lane. I"
In these realistic days even stage
armies are not to be despised, but l
remember an ingenious plan which
Mr.. Phelps used to adopt at sadler's
Wells, In Henry v" in the march
past Agincourt the troops defiled be-
hind set piece which rose breast
high. Nine. Tussaud modelled so
wax heads. These were fitted on
dummy figures Of wickerwork Glad
in the costume and armor Of the Pc
Rod. Every man carried two of
those figures, one on either side, at.
tached to q sort of framework, which
was dashed to his waist. Hence it
seemed as if they were marching
three abreast.
As they tramped past, banners
streaming, drums beating, trumpets
braying, the stage seemed crowded
with soldiers, and the illusion was
so perfect that the audience never
once discovered the artifice. In poll.
tics, / suppose, the thing Is simpler.
You have only to shout loud enough,
and the public will believe you have
"the people" behind you.-West
Minister Budget.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Women and Fishing.

Shocking it is to be compelled to
state that many fishing superstitions
arc ungallantly directed against the
ladies. Over against Ross there Is
the island of Lewis, GO miles in
length. In this isle there is but one
fresh river. Fish abound there in
very great plenty" but only let a
woman wade in the stream, and not
salmon will be seen there for at
least 10 months. There is a song
about "Eliza's Tootsies," but that
immortal lyric does not explain why
they should brighten the fish. l be-
lieve the ladies deny the allegation
in toto. In the south of Ireland an
angler proceeding to fish declares
that he will have no luck if he is
asked where he is going to, if he secs
q magpie Or IF he is so unfortunate
as to meet a woman. London Fish
ing Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
An Aluminium Ear.

We have had people with glass
eyes, porcelain teeth and artificial
whiskers, and now along comes a
man with an aluminium ear. He Is
SO years Of ago and was admitted into
the Queens hospital at Birmingham,
England, in April, 1893, with an cpl
thelioma of the loft auricle.
The greater part Of the diseased
ear was cut off by the attending sur
geon, and plaster of paris cast was
taken of the left side of his head.
Then an artificial ear was builtup in
wax to match the healthy ono on the
opposite side. This bogus ear was
then made in vulcanite and alumni
ium,, tinted and enameled to har-
monize with the complexion. No
artificial continuance, such as spec
tacle frame, was made use of to sup
port the aluminium ear, and adhe-
sion to the head was effected by
means of saturated solution of
mastic in absolute alcohol.
The man now can hear as well as
ever, but he takes care to sleep on
his right side at night, SO as not. to
break off his now ear At the same
time he has no fear of having it frost
bitten, and he Is probably the only
man alive who could even partly
| comply with the request of Marc An
tony, LEND me your ears. "-Alu.
minium World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
The Latest Mind Cure.

Psyche physical culture is the
last modification of the mind cure,
a kind of judicious it inconsistent
combination Of the real and the
ideal. 1t is defined by woman
whose business is teaching it as
those exercises or movements of the
body excited and sustained by somo
force directed by without taxing
mental activity" One branch Of
psychic physical exercise consists in
going through all the motions usual
in gymnastio practice, but without
weights or dumbbells, mental pic
ture of a resisting force being sub
stituted. A trial will convince the
experimenter that it really is quite
possible to put as much effort of
muscle into these motions without
actual weights and pulleys as with
them, and all possibility of over
strain Is avoided Psyoho-physical
culture pupils are invariably won.
On. Most men would consider it ut.
ter nonsense. Philadelphia Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
The Ocean Trolley,

1ne OCeau ArOltey.
One of the most brilliant ideas
which this century has produced is
now suggested bya Yankee, who has
found that crossing the Atlantic in
the ordinary way by boat does not
agree with him. Whether 1t is prao-
ticable Or not time alone will show.
Briefly his proposition is to span the
Atlantic with a trolley rope. ITO
sit looking out of your cab window
far above the surface of the raging
and impotent sea, skipping along at
electric speed and daring the waves
to do their worst-that would be
bliss" Owing to the curvature of
the earth 8 surface it would be in-
possible under any circumstances to
do without supports, and supports,
in the ordinary sense of the word,
would be out of the question. It is
manifest that there Is only one plan
by which suoh wire could be car
ried. The two ends must be fas-
tened, one in London aud the other
in New York, while from coast to
coast two lines Of balloons could DO
stationed Of sufficient strength to
keep the wire raised as far above tho
level Of the sea as you require To
the ordinary intellect it Is not appar-
ent what would keep the balloons
from blowing away In the midst of
raging storm. To the originator,
however, this is simple enough.
1.-THE trolley would. Of course. -
New York Dispatch.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Old John Brown.

An eyewitness of the execution Of
old John Brown who commanded
the troops drawn up around the gal
lows told me that Brown was as in
telligent and genial man as ever he
talked with so long as the subject of
slavery was not mentioned. But if
that was preached he became in
stantly transformed into almost q
raving maniac. When brought out
for execution, he looked all around at
the beautiful valley of the Shenan-
doah with the Blue Ridge In the dis
lance and said, "This is indeed a
beautiful country, and do not Won
der that you people love it 500 AS
for the story of Browns kissing the
negro child on his way to the gal
lows, my informant said 1t was pure
fiction, and that no such thing oc-
Cured. -Washington Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Smokes Cigarettes Now.

He regarded himself as very Eng
lish, and he certainly was very
young. He fancied that he cut an
imposing figure as he sauntered past
the theater just as the matinee girls
emerged on the street. Buta large,
coarse man who was going by spoil
ed it all by remarking in loud
voice:
Hello, Willie! What are you 60
ing to do with that pipe? Going to
blow soap bubbles2"
And now there is one more young
man in Buffalo who will never again
smoke pipe on the street Buff
falo Express.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
A Question of Wood Sheds.

Bashful bachelor, nervous and fdg-
city, trying to remember a speech
he had been rehearsing for an hour
previously. Helpful maid, anxious
and expec+snt.
B. B.-l y dearest, IL have long
wished to tell you that / am FULL
meant my heart isfull-my palpitat-
ing heart-I-I-mean your-your
smiles, dearest would shed-would
she'd
II. M.-Perhaps, dear, we could
live in a fiat at first; then we should
not need wood shed.
The all important date was fixed
within five minutes. -Minneapolis
Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

Transient advertisements $l00 per
square for FIRST insertion, so cents for
each subsequent insertion.
All advertisements of political ma
ture must be paid for in advance.
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Marriage and obituary notices, not ex-
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Personal cards, double regular rates.
Communications solicited, but we dis
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Correspondents must invariably send
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A failure to comply with this rule will
consign all such communications to the
waste basket.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
A Freeman In Old Colony Times.

A freemani In the early days of the
colonies was one who held the right
of franchise. No one was allowed
that right without first becoming a
member of the church. The laws
were made by quorum of the las
sistants" or magistrates" sent out
and commissioned by the company
in London which held the charter.
The law compelling church member
ship was passed by the assistants in
1881. In 1875 five-sixths of the peo-
pie of Boston were nonvoters because
they were not church members and
were thus shut out from any par
ticipation in the local government.
Boston Transcript
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
A NEW ENGLAND VERSION OF TEN
NYSON.

Come into the garden, Maud,
For the white cat winter has fled,
An You got ter hustle around
An spade UP the garden bed.
Tha horse reddish down by the wall
Has sproutcd; the rhubub, too,
An the fenncl an sparrergrass
Is calm. Maud, for YOU
Come into the garden, Maud,
Bring tho rake, the hoe IN the spade,
An tho lcttis on miIyun seeds,
1t is time that the beds wus made;
An will look over the wall,
While the robin sings you song
An the bumblebee huzzes around
To see how you're gittin along.
For there isn't o soul but you,
Al your ma has the rheumatic,
To work in the garden, Maud,
So you buckle right down to biz:
For me an the hired man
An the boys has plenty to do
With plowin, plant!n an sich
An pushin the farm work through.
Go shet the pianner up,
An your woostered dogs lay by,
Take the rings from off Of your hands
TN do no good to cry
An into the garden. Maud,
Like dntiful, clever young lass.
You hustle this minute, now,
Or therell be no garden sass.
The buttercups bloomed in her hair,
Tho roses blpo,ned On her checks,
She could rastle tho township down
When she'd worked in the garden t
week.
M. Phelps Dawson In New York Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Dust In Ones Exes.

To least dust in ones eyes" per-
fectly explains itself. It is, how
ever, interesting to know that Epam.
inondas at the battle of Tegea de-
feated the Spartans by masking his
movements with a large body Of cav
airy. He caused the horsemen to
gallop to and fro in front of the enc
my in such way as to raise a cloud
Of dust and soveiled the movements
of his infantry and enabled them tc
take up a new and more advanta
geous position.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Do YOU Want 70 STOP 7!sat!! /
YOU CAN BE CURED WHILE USING IT.

The habit of using tobacco grows on a
man until grave diseased conditions are
produced. Tobacco causes cancer of the
mouth and stomach; dyspepsia; loss of
memory; nervous affections; congestion of
the retina; and wasting of the optic
nerve, resulting in impairment of vision,
even to the extent of blindness; dizziness
or vertigo; tobacco asthma; nightly sutfo-
cation; dull pain in the region of the
heart, followed later by sharp pains, pal
pitation and weakened pulse, result
ing in fatal heart disease. 1t also causes
loss of vitality.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
YES, TIE PEOPLE WERE RUDE.

YES, THE PEOPLE WERE RUDE.
But Opinions Differed as to just Who Car.
ried OFF the Palm.
They happened to meet at. the en-
trance to one of the large down
town stores and stopped for friend
ly chat.
Isn't it awful tho way people do
behave on bargain days?" observed
the stout woman in the plaid gown:
Indeed it is,' replied the tall,
thin woman in the striped dress,
"and today it seems worse than
usual. Why, I just came from the
ribbon counter over yondor. Some
of the remnants, of course, are much
finer than others, and naturally I
wanted the best, SO l took my time
selecting two pieces which suited
me in spite of the fact that the
woman hac, of me was pushing all
the time. What do you think she
did while I was holding 'em and try
ing to catch the salesgirl's eye?
Why, she just twitched 'em out Of
my hand and said, There, I'll take
these, anu before could catch my
breath they were on their way to
be wrapped"
"Yoa don 'tsay SOP" said tho stout
woman. "Woll, awhile ago I was
standing In front of an elevator
wondering if l could squeeze in, and
a little scrap of woman just took
mo by the arm, pushed mo aside and
stepped In herself, and everybody in
tho car just laughed when got an
Cry
ooh, tell you it's just awful"
said tho thin woman. If / wasn't
so tall, I'd never even get to SEQ a
real bargain counter"
"Oh, don't know" was the COM
Portable reply. II get good deal
off 'em myself. You see. I've board
cd lots, and reaching for things at
the table seems to have sort Of
heightened my arms. Mercy, don +
the people push, thought"
Indeed they do, and what noise
they make! My husband says the
women make most of the noise in
the world anyhow. I guess. though,
that's because they mostly do the
playing on tho piano and singing in
our neighborhood."
"Humph! 1guess he's never been
over to tho board of trade, :" retort-
ed tho stout woman II went there
once with some friends, and after
we came away q kind of. Sabbath
stiffness seemed to linger around tie
bargain counters Ny gracious, that
woman's elbows are sharp enough
to boro holes right through bodyl"
well, you can't expect much pos
likeness In crowd like this, but IT
does seoln as if they'd rather walk
ovor you than go around
The crowd had pushed an exaspar-
ated looking man right against the
fat woman's back.
well, don't care, Mary Agnes"
he was saying to the woman with
him as he shifted a child, two UNI
brellas and II packages so he could
get o better hold on them. 1--WE
seen lot Of pushing and crowding
toduy-yes, and felt it-without
saying word, but when 1t comes to
the rudeness of two women blocking
up tho whole entrance to q store
while they gossip just can't keep
still.
| And with startled look at each
other the two friends walked out
into the street and separated.-Ch
cago Tines-Eorald.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
ENGLISH INNS AND ROAST BEEF.
The Bottom Knocked Out Of Some Delu-
sions and Traditions,

Now. an inn. q genuine old Eng
fish inn, such as one finds in remote
places, writes correspondent of the
Boston Herald, is an idyllic resting
place for one who cares not jot for
luxury, but can put up with solid
comfort; one who likes freedom and
picturesque surroundings. Such an
inn Is vastly more homelike than the
average English home" of which
we hear so much. Butt you sojourn
in it you must have as long q purse
as you would need for a period at a
first class hotel In London. In point
Of charges the English inn is a delu-
sion. There is 10 sweet simplicity
in the landlords bill, though his
manner may be as bucolic as you
Hike.
England, you may as we'll know,
Is not cheap country to travel In
Emotional writer's who explosively
apostrophize their dear readers"
and their dear old" prints which
give them space are accustomed to
prate of the oheapness of living in
England. To be sure you can live
cheaply here, as you can anywhere
else, if you choose to- put up with q
state of things which you would
never suffer in the land Of your Ma
tivity. But when ono speaks of tho
cost of living and of travelling he
must estimate by the standards to
which he has been accustomed. And
SO l say travelling in England is
not the cheap pastime that so many
soribhlers prattle about If 1t were,
so many English folk would not go
to the continent for their holidays.
You all know that England lies
feet deep under traditions. There is
a tradition about 1.-THE roast beef of
old England may, 1t Is supersti-
ton. They are funny people, these
English. They go on believing in
spite of facts. After all, I like 'em
for it. It is restful to find q people
who ore not moved by every opinion
that blows. Their majestic indiffer-
enco to what everybody else thinks
or knows Is truly glorious. Would
thatwe could master the secret of 1t
Now about "the roast beef Of old
England. Do we not know that its
praises have been sung time out OF
mind9 But. as you must not ask for
fish Of fishing village, neither must
you expect to find delectable roast
beef in rural England. You will get
it in the big towns, if you have luck,
but In the country, no. In the first
place, the country butcher purveys
his beef fresh killed. It is as tough
as rails. Then the cook roasts it to
melancholy brown-through and
through. In Shoroside Tho roast
beef of old England" is the stiffest
of illusions, and 80 have found it
in every other country place where
have lodged in England. Of course
of great houses one could tell diff
ferent story, but ! am adhering tc
the law of averages. Mutton, yes
Especially here in the south, in Hill.
shire, in Shoreside. Here mutton
melts l. the mouth, and lamb yield
i eth celestial ecstasy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Home Lectures on Finance.

Hobbes-I tell you I'd like to have
wife who could discuss questions
of the day with mo. Now, suppose
when you get homo your wife never
talks over the money question with
you, does she?
Poorpurse-Doesn't talk over the
money question? You just ought to
hear her when she wants a new hat F.!
Chicago Record.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
Her Memory.

A Bismarck schoolma am who had
been telling the story of David end
ed it with, "And all this happened
over 5000 years ago." A little
cherub, his blue eyes wide open with
wonder, said after moments
thought, ooh, my, what memory
you've gotw-Machias Union.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

A shoemaker who once took the
measure of one of Lincoln's feet in
order to make him q pair Of shoes
has the sole plan" in a frame in his
show window, and in the card ex-
planning it he alludes to Lincoln as
1.-The second father of his country"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
To strenethen Che Voice.

A simple way to strengthen the
voice is before going to bed to battle
chest and throat with cold water and
rub with bath towel. To carry out
this recipe regularly through cold
weather will be an effort, but it Ger
tainly has It's reward. Many people
add sea salt to the water and find il
very invigorating,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26
A Judge Of Shoes.

stranger-If order shoes of you,
are you sure you can make me a
good ftp
Cobbler-A good fit? Just you ask
Mr.. Riohman. He always comes to
me and gets his shoes made to meas
ure.
"Who is Mr.. Richman?"
HE is tho owner of that big shoe
factory down town New York
Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

Niagara Is from the Seneca word
neagara, across the neck. The In
dians called the falls Datacoro 10
zaza, tho thunder of waters" Six
teen different spellings are given to
the name of the river.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

Don't let iron enter into the soul"
without a desperate effort to prevent
the entry.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-06-26

Sydney, in Australia, was first
lighted by gas in 1s41.